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I .. :';;)1:17.4L .r.r.T7 ER of THOMSON, THE POET. ft‘, THE EDI'l OR OF I FIE ST. R. I have grr it pleasure in sendin.; is for p,iblicst erla in the STAG . he copy is, original Letter from [tat ;:teat and sweat poet. Twists:ix, to his sister, tom I have taken fr , :n the original. It con s much affection, SO much religion 01 the right anti ..to misers psaylohies , , that I think ;• will be oi the Itvaders of the S•ratt, and useful to inahkiiii, in tLe ondst of these denim:l;lml; and tul t &c. BLNEV9LUS. '• I - Lela)•, in lVoreettershire, Oe•n!►er the Ith, I 747. :)LAB. • ail kat tl.miett yuu know': INV better than twettiret my silence into a decay of affection; e 'penally as 11,,c bchaviout:a.i. aiveaya been such as mbar to Illefe.i , e than Ottun:-1: it. Don't illt because lam a had Com:T.4l*km, Shat 1 C.llt ever p7ove an unkind Fri•mtl aod Brother. I mon do eayi-i 'ha judic_ to tell you, that my affection. are naturally vet) . fix and ; and if I had even reason of complaint ija wench, by , he bye, I have n u t the least ma'am). :am cm.scious ivf so MAtiy Jcfcets au ni•iself at thsposcs me to be tot a tittle tharnahlv and thetpving. " It g vet me the truest heartfelt satisfaction to hear you have gam' kind husband, and are in easy cinretited c!ratmstanees ; but were they otherwise, and your situation the same it mice was, that would only Mort awaken and het,hteit my tend4rtresa towards you. As our good and tender-hearted parents did nut i•ve to receive any material testimonies of that highest human gratitude I (sw. d them, (than which nothing could have given me equal pleasure), the only return I eau make them now is, by kaiditess to those they left behind them. Would to Goo poor I I Litzy had lived longer, to have been a tanner wt nes. of the truth ut wi.at I say; and that I might have had the pleasure in seeing mice more, a sis:er who so truly deserved my steam and bye But ante is %any, while we must toil on a little longer bare below. 1...1 us, however, (di it cheerfully and grate•ully, supported by the pleasing hnp-• of meeting yet a,iain un a eater chore—whets, to recollect the storms and thfacultiee of IN-, will sot, perhaps, be 111C011•16ICIet WI b that blstful state. Yon did sight to call your elau,:ht:t by . her name; lie you out' needs have iiad a pardcularly t-tieler tarnisher for o.le ano• her, en deared as you were by nature, by having pas the affectionate --ears of youth toge , her, and by that great solrener and engager of hearts, mutual hard hip. That it was in my power to ease it a little, I account um: of the most exquisite pleasures of my life: inat enough of this melancholy, though nor unpleasing strain. - " I esteem you for your sensible and disinterested advice to XL% •••*, do you will see by my letter to him. .1s I approve en sirely of his marrying again, you may readily ask me why I don't marry a, all? My circumstances have hitherto been so variable and uncertain in this fluctuating world, as in prudence to keep me from engaging in such a state; and wow. though th:y Sc,- more setttled, and • late (which you win be glairto hear) considerably improvi d, I begin to think myself icto far r.•!vaiterrel m life for such youth. el uod , rtakin g s—not to mellow' smite flitter petty reasons that are apt to sta. tle the delicacy of dtfaeult old batches lore. I am, tuwever, not a little suspicious that was Ito pay a v.sit to :cotland (which I have some thoughts of caning woo) I m 1 let possibly be tempted to think of a thing not easily repaired if done amiss;. I have al earl' beet of i‘, : ition that none make better wive:: than the Utiles of eertlaistl; and yet, who more tor s sadien than they, while the Gentlemen are clutiuttally running abroad, ali the word over ! Some of them, it is true, are wise enough to return for a wife. You see I ant beginning to make one tercet already with the Scots Ladies.—Bat no more of this Miter tious subj.:cr. " Pray lea me hear from you now and then ; and, to I ant not a regular Correspondent, yet perhaps I may mend in that re spect. Remember me ►indly to your Husband, and believe me to be ever your most affectionate Brother, " JAUII4I TI1011SON." L.IIV INTELLIGANG.E. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 19. DISCUSSION AT TliE BAR.—it was stated again by Counsel this morning, before the Vice-Chaticet.Lott, the inconvenience of not knowing any given Rule with respect to the Motions made in Chancery. The VICE CHANCELLOR said, that the ',NW CHANCELLOR had lately made the Rule, and that as long as the King's Counsel were called upon to make a Moti:m, it should remain within the Bar ; but that where a Motion had got behin'd the Bar, that there the motion should continue to be made by the Junior Counsel, without in terruption from 11n King's Counsel. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. JULY 18. LIGHTFoOT V. GOIRDDN. An action, under stat. 7 Geo. IL c. 8, to recover the penalty of 4500. The Act is entitled " An Act to prevent the intam•'us practice of Stock•jobbing," and the section applying to this case is the eighth, which, alter providing that what are usually known by the name of lime bargain: shall be void, farther enacts, " that all and every person whatsoever contracting nr agreeing, or on whose behalf and with whose con sent any contract or agreement shall be made to sell, assign, or transfer, any public or joint stock or stocks. or other public securities, whereof such person or per sons sisall not, at the time of making such contract or, agreement, be actually possessed of, or entitled unto," &c. shall forfeit and pay the sum of £5OO. Mr. GURNEY, for the plaintiff, observed, that no man would regret that the present action for a large penalty was commenced against the defendant for the violation of the provisions of a most wholesome Act of Parliament. The transaction on which it was founded occurred in the beginning of the present year. Mr. Joseph Lightfoot, brother to the plaimiff, on tilt?. 20th of January last, made a contract with the defendant on the Stock Exchange for the purchase of .15000 Consols, to be delivered on the 27th February following. ( The defendant had done business for some years as a Stock•hrok r, and very successfully; by finding persons more honest in.their dealings than himsel4 who having sold stock to him at a certain . price, to be transferred at a future day, performed their contracts, or made up the difference. Mr. Gor don, however, was a gentleman who, when the settle. ing day arrived, was quite satisfied with informing those wilt; had . claims upon him that the contract was void, and that he had no stock to deliver. • As he took the benefit of the Statute in one way, neither he nor any ether person weld have a right to com plain if it were applied to him in another. In conse quence of the non-fulfilment of his engagement with' 1 Mr. J. Lightfoot for the transferring of the £5OOO r Consols tor which that gentleman actually bad Gcca . loon, Mr. Lightfoot had been compelled to purchase the stock at a loss of about /000. The penalty was ()illy £5OO, and the consequence of this verdict per haps would only be to iuduce the defendant to engage in larger speculations, by the profits of which he might be indemnified, Weaned upon under the Sta tute. At present he was a gainer of 8200; so that when t. e p•aalty should he enforced, lie would be re3o•l of pocket--of course, that sum the plain tqf did it it intend to apply to his own put poses. Mr. J •seph Lighttoot being called, deposed to the circnmst titers under which the contract bad been made on the 2 ith of Jour:all. The .defendant Of teri to sell initiio Consols at 63. and at that price the witness agreed t, take it. The account day was the 27th of February, and the witness had his money r•-a.ly to pay for the stock had the dtlendatit been ready to transter ; but he never made his appearance, and when required to transfer by the witness's attor ney, be positively refused. Mr. Gordon had Leen' rather shy of the Stock Exchange some time before the :ruling day ; but alter the 27th of February the witness saw him, and said, " Mr Gordon, you are a pretty Gentleman, to rwn away and never to come near the place to deliver the stock." The defendant hardly sod any thing in reply, but that be should do as he liked ; that lie was endeavouring to collect a property;little and that I.c would pay when bis rents came in. The witness admitted th be was very se. vere upon the defendant. The witntis was not a stocx.brok,r, but a stock joblyr buying of the broken. Crost-exmined.—He allowed that the attorney for the plaintiff was also his (the witness's) attorney; and when asked whether he did not, in tact, bring the action, and consider himself liable for the costs ? he answered, ai h ludicrous simplicity—" Yes; to 1,- sure." He had b ee n a st o c k-jobber for 21 years, , hut he knew nothing of the law. A knowledge of stock was not a knowledge of the law ; and a know ledge law was not always a stock of knowledge. Mr. Torrtso submitted that the witness had dis. Tialified hi ,self by his own evidence ; and Mr. Gun- NeY admitting uort he had nu other witness to prove the contract, the Learned Judge directed that the plaintiff - should t,• called.- -Plaintiff nonsuited. HARRIS V. T••DD AND NIORRISON. .... This st as all ac i .11 bioughi by the plaintiff, a rib. bon-menufacturer, to recover from the defendants, tieberd ers ail,, bilk.nsercers, the sum of £3ll 64. for goods sold end felivered. From the evidence produced by the plaintitt, it appeared, that on the mentioned in the declaration he called on the de fendants and offered them a quantitji of ribbons fur sale. They retetred him to a person named Crowe, et that time in their employ, and who managed this pat ut their business Mr. Crowe looked at the ribbons. and agreed to take them at the price of BJI I 6s. wishing, however, to communicate the ar rangement he had made ire Messrs. Todd and Mor rison, he desired the plaintiff to cell for pny•oent of his bill the following dits. He accordingly did so, when the defendants refused payment,•alledging, as their excuse for do.ng so, that the property had been taken from them by the assignees of the plaintiff's fethLr, who chimed it as the property of the bank rupt. In tuns: pence of this refusal the plaintiff brought re present action. Mr. Come was called, and stated, that he had agreed for tl e purchase of the ribbons, but desired the plainAf call for payment in a day or two. The plaintiff With sway, and the same evening one iit the elder Harris's Assignees, accompanied by a Messenger iii bankrupts, came and claimed the pro petty, which was given up to them. Witness believed the Ai.signee was in the shop at the time the ribbon were left by the pl Mr. Justice Anaorr held, that the defendants in tins case were liabw. They had entered into a con• tract with the plaintiff and received the goods: they could not afterwards alter the property. If any dis. purr existed as to the right, it should have been de cided by an ection brought by the Assignees against the present plaint ff. Verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, £3l I 6s.—Costs, 40s. RUSK V. THR ROYAL EICHANOR ASSURANCE COMPANY. Tllib was an action upon a policy of insurance, to recover the sum o► seBoo, being the amount of the defeinants' subscription upon the Russian ship Caro lina, at apd from Amsterdam to Petersburgh. It appeared from the statement of Mr. Thema, that the ship, Captain, and crew, were Russian; that on her voyage from Amsterdam to Petersburgh she met with tempestuous weather, and was forced to take refuge in the Sound of Viotti), where she arrived on the 9tii of last November, and the frost having set in, she was locked up in the ice until the fbh of January last, when - she was consumed by fire ; that it WAS the custom amongst all Russian vessels, on re turning to a Russian harbour, to have all the crew immediately discharged, and the vessel to come im. mediately under the protection of the Maritime Po. lice of the port; that only a Mate was left on board this vessel, as a watch for security, and that this man on the Bth of January, having left every thing sate on board, and the weather being intensely cold, he went on board another Russian vessel, where he re. mained all night ; but that at four the next morning he came on deck, and sap his Ship on tire. Captain Ward, of an English ship, in the Russian trade thirty years, said that there WAS no prohibition to have fire on board ships in Viotto Sound, although it was prohibited in Cronstadt and some other Kos __ ,sian ports. He knew of the custom of discharging the crews from Russian ships, as soon as they le turned at the end of the voyage. He sent his own mer. ashore at this time, but had a house for them, leaving his Mate and cabin-boys on board. He went himself lour times to l'etersburgh while his ship was frozen up in the Viotto Sound; but on his return lie always went on board of her, and slept there. Some other witnesses were examined, to prove the custom of discharging the crews. Mr. SCARLETT, for the defendants, contended they had been deceived at the time of subscribing this policy—for they were never apprised that the ship, Captain and crew, were Russian, or they certainly never would have taken so small a premium ' • on the contray, they were taught to think the ve s s e l , Captain and mariners were English, and therefore reckoned upon the security which a ship so navigated would derive from the skill and care of British mariners— who never would have abandoned the vessel to the care of a single person, and left her liable to the plunder of her cargo, her rigging or stores, by any set of marauders who might walk on board over the ice—or to be set on fire through the malice of ene mies, or the gross negligence of a single watchman. as in this case. Therefore, the accident having oc curred from gross negligence, the insurers must be discharged from all risk, The Jury found for the Defendants. OYPORD dasizr.e. W , :dnenday last, the county Assizes were holden at the Guildhall, below Sir JAM FS ALLAN PA us, and Sir WILI.IA GARROW, Rut. Conran.; v. 'Ft:taxi:it AND term:Jas.—The rlaintiff in this case is a poor man, residing in or near Epwell, in this county, but whose settlement is in Gloucester shire. The defendants are the Churchwarden, Over seer, and Constable of Epwell, and two others. It appeared that the plaintiff had been obliged by the officers of an adjoining parish. to marry a woman who was pregnant by him, and intended to pass his wedding day with It's wife's father, who lives in a parish house at Epwell; but this the parish officers of Epwell, from a notion (almost too absurd to he credited) that a man gained a settlement where he passed his wedding nipt, were dart mined to pre vent ; and by taking possession of the house, they did sn clurinl the day, but in the even i ng t h e p l a i nt iff and his wife obtained an entrance through a window, and retired to bed: this being made known to the defendants, they, accompanied by some others, pro ceeded to the bed-room, and after trying in vain to persuade the plaintiff to go out of the house, actually dragged him out of bed, hand-cuffed, and carried him, with scarcely any coveting (this was in Novem ber), to a public-house, where he passed the night, still hand-cuffed, not allowed any refreshment, nor to see his wife. The nett morning be was taken before a Justice, and of course discharged. Mr. Jaavis, for the d, fend.ants, made a most iegenious address to the Jury, but atter a very able and eloquent charge from the Learned Judge (Mr. Baron GAR now), who commented upon the total disregard of decency and want of feeling on the part of the defen dants, whose conduct, he observed, could not have been justified under any circumstances, or even in the legal discharge of their duty, they, after some deliberation, found a Verdict for the Plaintiff— Damages LW. _ _ FATAL Beim was tried for the wilful murder of Thomas Claydon.—The prisoner, who is a single man, about 25 years of age, and by trade a sawyer, at Watley, was committed, on the Coroner's Inquest, for the wilful murder of Thomas Claydon, a labourer, of Weston-on-the-Green, on the 28th of April last, in a field in the parish of Rad ley, Berks. Charles Ward, a 'cordwainer, at Witney. was the first witness c4led : he proved that the prisoner and Claydon entered into a written agreement to fight for a purse of 20 guineas the winner, an.: 10 guineas the loser ; and they verbally agreed that in case either the prisoner er Claydon should have a broken leg or ar►a in the course of tl:c. fight, that the one who received vie injury should be aliowed £5 out of the purse ; that they should fight at one minute time; that the prisoner and Claydon tossed up for the choice of ground, and that Claydon won. The prisoner and Claydon, after they had settled the terms of the fight, drank several pots of beer together, and smoked se veral pipes. At the time the agreement was entered into they appeared to be on very friendly terms, and had never seen each other before. There was nothing unfair in the fight. Claydon bad the best of the battle the twelve or thirteen first rounds ; after which Batts appeared to have the advantage. He saw the last round but one, and there was nothing unfair. This itness gave the prisoner a most excellent cha racter for humanity. William hiller, a publican, of Witney. stated, that he saw the battle ; that there was nothing unfair ; that he saw Claydon fall several times; that he also saw the prisoner fall several times by Claydon's blows ; lie was about 20 yards from the battle ; that he saw nothing particular in the last round but one. This witness also gave the prisoner an excellent cha racter for humanity. William Holland, of the Maidenhead Inn, Oxfotd, WAS present at the battle, 40 or 50 yards of!; saw the deceased fall the List round but one ; he appeared to be in a very weak state the two last rounds. Mr. G. iiitchings, of Oxford, Singeon. deposed, that he was present at the battle, on horseback, near the ring ; that he saw the last round but one, and the last round; heard that Claydcn had received some serious injury ; he was called in to attend him; he was removed from the ground in about half an hour to Mr. Ward's public.house, at Sandtora, where he died about half-past six o'clock ; that he appeared to have died in consegtsence of falls and blows that he had received from the prisoner ; that the next day he opened Claydon's head, and found a considt rable quantity of coagulated blood ther.•in ; that he coul.l nor distinguish whether he died .by fails or blows ; that he had no doubt lint the falls or blows were the occasion of his death. This evidence closed the case on the part of the prowc *Mon. William James, of Endiam, was called on the part of the prisoner. lie stated that he was close to the prisoner and the deceased during the whole of the battle ; that there was noi,bing unfair in the prisoner's fighting ; that he saw no difference in the manner of Claydon's fighting from the first to the last rounds ; that in the course of the fight the prisoner knocked Claydon down on one knee, and drew back; that Claydon then recovered himself, and knocked the prisoner down ; that the prisoner's eyes were lanced ; that the odds were very considerably in favctur of Claydon, until the twelfth or thirteenth round ; that one of the prisoner's eyes was closed, and the other nearly so in the two last rounds ; that he had seen Claydon fight two former battles for money, which battles he won. On his cross-examination, he ad mitted that he was the prisonet's buttle-bolder during the tight. Mr. Justice PARK, in a most eloquent and impres sive address to the Jury, stated the evidence, and clearly expounded the law on the subject. The I Learned Judge observed, that boxing and prize-fight ing were certainly unlawful acts, but that in the pre- sent case nothing untair bad been proved against the prisoner; that no previous malice could be imputed to him, and that he was of opinion the case amounted to only Manslaughter. The Jury then, without any hesitation, returned a Verdict of Manslaughter, and the Judge immediately sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisoning:it, and a fine of Is. At the Quarter Sessions, held at the Shire HAII, in Ipswich, yesterday, Articles of the peAct were ex hibited by the Hon. Miss BENSIKen against WIL LIA.I 4iIIRLCCS, Esq. CORONER'S lIVQCESTi. SIVOCFCMG BaerAntry.—An Inqui-iiion was taken at the King's ileah. Lambeiti Fii!.s. yesterday atter- I no.m, on view cif the t)ily of I...iiz ibeth Srtipson, a I girl of about vet .ity pats . l age, who st a• st tted tq Lave been murdered by her mother, who is contt:ted in Horsemonger I..ne jail. The boly, when examined by the Jury. ex i'vrecl:A rctroltihg apr...ranct., men ly skoi and h I.'•, w•th black marks, the effects of blows. John Oiren, of Union-street, Lambeth, two-r, stated, that oil the I Ith inst. about (oar 'clock in the alto noon, he was standing cear 11, house in which the deceased lived. I - hr mother •ad come home in a state of intoxicati,,n ; uituess heard her say to the deceased, " d— yi u, you h—, wt.at aye you standing tht re tor, like a sin post !" 'l've de ceased made no ansuer to her, en which she struck deceased with her clenched ti , ... n :'le hi eye, and drove her against a bedstead,saying—.4d—n you, you b—, I shall be banged for yt..o " The deceased re plied—‘, Mother, for Gnu's sake, d in'i strikt me any more, for you have killed me." The 4eceased asked some nue to assist her up the yard to the privy ;-- when she was gone, the mother foliose ed her and forced her cif the seat by the hair of the head. The deceased was never able to walk aVer that time. Elizabeth, wife of Charles Cumaturs, copper-plate engraver, Limbeth, being sworn, stated, that she lived within a few dnors of Mrs. Simpson. On the 10th inst. she heard the deceased crying up the yard; she went to her, and the deceased sheaved her the ef fects of a blow she had received on the left side of the head ; her eye and forehead were shockingly brui,e.l; she cried very much ; she keew the deceased had bten unwell for some months of a consumption. Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Taylor, engraver, Lam beth, being sworn, stated, that she resided near fel!s. Simpson. She had heard the deceased and her fre quently quarrel. The deceased had been in a co.:- sumption for eight or nine months ; and 1 tely ire asked her to feel her legs, for the bones were nears through the skin. She ;puke very affectionately of her mother till the quarrel on the Kett instant, when she called her a drunken wretch, &c. arid then the mother struck her on the head. She was in a rio. lent passion, caused by her daughter's remarks, which she (Mrs. Taylor) thought were extremely unit proper, tinfigli lit't mother was a little tipsy. Susan Sonrrset, nurse at Lambeth Workhouse, said, that the deceased was brought tu the Work house on the 11th inst. she had the mar k bruist on the left side of her head, and appeared in the list stage of a decline. She died on the 16th inst. Mr. Charles Hyde, surgeon, Lambeth, being sworn, stated, that at the desire of the parish offi:ers he had opened t!•!e head of the deceased and examined the body very carefully t he found the brain perWt and unimpaired ; no wound was on the body via; could have caused her death. She died if a consump tion ; her lungs were diseased and almost destroyed; she had been lingering for some mohtlis, The Jury, atter some discussion, returned a var.. dict of—Died by the visitation of GOD. UNPOItTUNATD ACCIDENT.--Another Inquisition was taker at the sign of the Marquis of Granby, on view of the body of Mr. Charles 61141 p, coach maker, who was unfortunately drowned on Sunday last.— Mr. Thomas Sharp stated, that lie was * brother to the deceased. They were both coach makers, at No. 9, Lambeth Marsh. On Sunday morning last they agreed to go and bathe in the Thames ; they took a boat, and agreed, before they went int., the water, that if any accident should befal either of them, the other should fetch the boat, which they had fastened to a barge, to render him assistance.— They undressed themselves, and rushed into the water. They had swam about some time, when the deceased called to lam to assist him ; he made to wards him, but he sunk before he got up to him, and did not rise again. lie and several oti.ers dived for the body, but could not rind it ; he was about ten yards Irons the boat when be sunk ; he aias not found till fair days after, although the liver was dragged. The body was found :Amin a mile from the place where he sunk. Verdict Accidental Death. Mr. ADOLPHUS AND Mr. ANDREWS.— In cons.!- quence tit the hue af f air which took place between Mr. Alstntr.w.i and Mr. AIN)LPHUS, the Is!embers of the Home Circuit, to which those gentlemen belong, have taken the matter up serionsly, as will appear husk the follow ngrequisition, sent to Mr. Serjeant ()saw re, and signed by the I.adiug gentlemen on that Circuit " A iaateatent having appear• lis the Newspapers of an r. rener having taken place Linemen Mr. A: op LWII and Mr. Altos s, and it having been suffered to remit, wt.uly in:explained awl uncontradicted ; we, the u rsiEned, feel mu.: s: r.nitc y t , :at that tiaterntia teftects upon the clot deter which ought to Belo g to every gentleman of the loNot Circuit; a:ut we ritreh.re quest that you wdl C2ll a meeting of the Mentbtrs of the Circatt to take that etatentAu biro considers:ion." rn consequence ofthis, a .Meeting of the Gentlemen on that Circuit will take place on an early thy. Doer.—Tuesday morniog an affair or ioetow e was to have been decided in the neighbourhood of G-re nock, by two gentlemen (not military) hov.ever, one of the parties, from motives of hanzariry, We dope, requested the Mater of Polic e t o -,,trod airs to time ground, who, as might be expeted, prevented the premature end, perhaps, of two of jarot• ful myrrh I ALA lIMINO FlRE.—Yeswddy ororning, between twelve and one o'clock, a dreadful Ere broke out VI the shop of a butter and cheer..-man, at list end of Sparrow corner, in the Mincties. Such was the force and rapidity of the flames, that they in a short time communicated to three of the adjoining ho uses , an d, notwithstanding every exertion that could be used, the four were totally dtrzro7ed. The evilly disco. very of the Fte enabled the inmates, who were mow. rows, to escar, and scarcely had their saiety been secured, than the walls of three of the houses tell into the street. Immense quantities of turnittne, stuck, and other property were consumed, but all the par ties Vivre insured. Mr. Swift, a clothier, was the princi pal sntlerrr. By the prompt arrival of the engines from various quarierss and the aid of the affsignted neighbourhood, the fire was completely got under is a few hours. No accident happily occurred. Monday se'unight, at Stanwick, hear Richmond, the seat of the Duke Ot NoRTHMIIisKLAN v. during violent storm of thunder and men, the sons of Mr. George lii,,iede Odd], 01 the Vllldge 01 Al.llO up, tier a huge Or, which Wab ►uuce Is; and bosh the yourg men were Wean, I ' ••• .. log. two young w, v took bhearr t0.,- /y the ligh:t.i.. v fitly kill7d.