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SUMMER ASSIZES. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, AUGUST 8. CIVIL SWF.. SLANDER.—TELL V. HILL. This case cached so much interest, that long before the outer doors were opened the Court was com pletely crowded, and it was not until after repeated orders and threats that a passage could be opened for the Counsel or witnesses in the cause. Mr. Serjeant HULLOCK—It falls to my lot to lay before you one of the most cruel and .serious injuries that was ever inflicted on a virtuous female character. Miss Bell has had her best prospects destroyed, and her health permanently injured, by a libelous letter, written anonymously, but which I shall clearly bring home to the defendant. I have only to explain to you the circumstances of the parties, and the letter for which this action is brought. Miss Jane Bell is a young woman about 30 years of age, who lives with her brotiter,with whom she has been in partner ship, as venders of china, in North Shields. Her father died about two years since. About three years ago she became acquainted with a Mr. Sissis o n , of Hull, who was in every respect her equal; and who afterwards paid her'every attention which generally precedes a more intimate relation. He will tell you 'that a time was fixed for their marriage before her father's death, which took place in 1820, and that July last year was again appointed, and that the marriage would then have taken place but for the anonymous letter now to be proved toifaVe been sent by the defendant. Early in July Mr. Sissison wrote a letter to Miss Bell,which indicated a change in his opinion. She wrote for explanatiea, • and he stated that the change in his mind arose from information reflecting on her character and virtue. She naturally inquired what information had been received, and from what quarter it had come. Her brother went to Hull, and Mr. Sissison stated that he had received two anonymous letters. An arrangement was made, '• by which he gave up the letter this day produced before you. It is written in obscure language, and the imputations are conveyed its ambiguous terms; but it contains imputations which rendered it impru dent in Mr. Sissison's view to have any further con nexion with a female of such character. The defend ant, you will be surprised to hear, is a Minister of' Methodists, and has been in that character in North Shields for about a year and a half. Surely, if the case is made out to your satisfaction, no damages can be thought too large - for such a libel. I understand the defence to be set up is, that Mr. Hill is not the author of this letter. I cannot help wishing, for the credit of human nature, that it could be proved that he is nut the author. The effect of his being proved the author must be to make him infamous all his life. I will read to you the letter; itis dated the Bth June, 1821 ; it is addressed to John Sissison, evidently by mistake for his brother, and runs thus: " Sir, excuse haste, brevity, and obscurity ; you are engaged in an affair in this place which will prove your ruin, except Pao vtemies prevent. As a friend I warn you of your danger. May Goo help you, you are cruelly deceived ; instantly break off the connexion; better spend your days in a prison than continue it. ' The prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth Ask any respectable person in North ur South Shields for the truth of this letter, except ler. o—. Oh, my friend, be advised; I' could end this with a name that would easily convince you, but I forbear. Pray make further inquiry." The same quotation—" The prudent man foreseetb the evil, and hideth himself." is found in a letter ad mitted to be written by Mr. Hill. The expression I 0, my fries d, be advised," was also found in a letter of his writing. This Gentleman seems to have consi dered himself Providence, and was therefore to pre vent the marriage. If this letter be proved to have been written by the defendant, I need say nothing with respect to damages. As fathers and brothers, you can consider no damages too much for such an irreparable injury. John Bell—l ant the brother of Jane Bell. I know William Sissison of Hull. There was an engagement between them. The marriage was delayed by the death of my father. Early in July, 1821, it was afterwards fixed to take place. That time was not kept. I went to IlulL I received the paper produced from Sissison. By Mr. ScAaerrr.—l ant 40. My sister may be 38. She is nut 59. She lived with me since my father's death. We al ways lived together. My father was a shipbuilder. I am a ship surveyor. The property was to be divided between us. I can't say what property she has. I can't swear what property. As far as I can tell, my father left £BO in money, and the furniture of the house. I have three sisters, but one of them was unfor tunately married, and received her share before my father's death. 1 had the £BO in stock as a glass and china-merchant. 1 am new declining business. I ant selling off at prime cost. sister has got part of the £BO in valuables, clothes, and furniture. I can't tell how much, our interests have been so interwoven together. I borrowed no money, and she bor rowed none for her clothes. I cannot state exactly what my sister did. I believe that she has borrowed money for clothes, with an idea to leave this country when our business is wound up. There was about ,Cleo left in furniture. My eldest sister may have received 1'.20 or £3O. I don't know how she is to pay the expenses of this action. She has many wea:thy friends. I believe she has borrowed money, I don't know that It was with the express view of paying the expenses of this action. I gave no security to the attorney. I believe I may give my oath that I ant not security for money borrowed with the expreu view of paying this action. I am joint stein ity with her for £3O, which I received from Ale. Spence, and gave to her. I believe I cannot answer what she did with it. That that money has net been paid to the attorney I do net know positively. I don't know into whose hands the money has got. I ;an sweat I un derstood it was a delicate business, and spoke little about it. The attorney told my sister he could not go on without money. I cannot say that I believe he got the money. My father died in Oetober, 18W. By Mr. Serjeant Meetoce.—Her health is very bad. Her mind is considerably deranged at times. - John Carr.—l believe that letter to be in the handwriting et Mr. Hill, the defendant. I have seen the defendant write se veral times. • By Mr. Cooxsoe.—l swear I saw him write four times.-- twice in writing quarterly tickets, once with a vine (pencil) in the pulpit, when I sat below. I saw him writing in a persoa's house at Nigh. I was at the same table. 1 got one ticket for myself. The person's name was written on every.tietet. I have my own name in my pocket. I know a Mr. Beek I do not know whether I had any conversation with him respecting Mr. min handwriting. I am sure I did not tell him that I knew nothing about Mr. Hill's band-writing. I told him that I did not see M. Hill write a letter. If I had any conversation with Sir. Ikel, it was that. I do not know whether I had any con versation with Beel. I swear that I did not say to Beel that I ceuld not swear to the hand-writing. I was at Mr. Beers house a fortnight ago. I do not recollect having any conversation about liars hand writing. I am a Methodist. By Mr. Serjrant Iluetocc.—Mr. Beet is a trustee for the C'hapel. I went expressly on business respecting the Chapel. The number of tickets signed in my presenee.was thirteen. I have seen several letters from Mr. WU to us official men in the Society.. I am one of the Steward*. By Air. Seeseara--There an six stewards. I ate a class. leader. The dam-leader give& lectures, and receives from them the sentiments of their minds, whatever they be. I am nut a Daisy to receive confessions. I too sot presend to give absolu tion ; that belongs to slasher power, you know. wiliiam Little.—l have known Mr. Hill terLyears. He has been two years Methodist Minister at North Melds. I have wen him writs fregnendy l and I reeetwe4 one letter from him. ' I lam Circuit Steward. I have often sat beside him when hi wrote at Circuit Meetings. Tito fait time. ha took care. not to ! , write. Ile sometimes forgot himself, and took 1p the pen threw it down, as if he was scalded. It was after this business began. I belieVe that letter to be in the hand-writ* of Mr. I Thomas lIW. I know his hand perfectly. I bad two much , reason to know it. By Mr. Bsouonass.—l am a draper. Not more active In this cue than I ought to be. I have tint paid money for it. I talked about it. I was not equally for both sides. My conscience would not allow me.---To be impartial ?—t have been one of four, not a Committee. I went about thawing the letter to six or seven people in vindication of my character.—You have been charged ? —No. Stop. now. It is my, time now, that is our way here though not yours. You have been charged with taking part against Mr. Hill, and you sheaved the letter to six in your vin dication 2—Yes. Precious Mr. Owen was one at the consulta don ; accepted Mr. Potter was another. An arbitration was proposed. They would object to me. I swear I never said I thought the hand-writing was Mr. Beers. I did not say it was like a woman's hand, it was so omill. I won't swear that I did not, a month after I saw it, and at a public leaders' meeting, say it was a woman's hand. I never said it after discovering it was his hand. I mean by discovering, perceiving it to be his writing. Ido not recollect saying before twenty persons that I believed it to be a woman's hand. There have been differences upon this occasion among us. The congregation have been di vided in opinion respecting Mr. Hill. He and I never had any disputes before this. On thee:ley question?—on the Oxley con troversy—l think we did nut sake opposite sides. There was some conversation about Mr. Oxley nut attending to rule as a leader, by not attending meetings and laying money. By Mr. Serjeane HULLOCLI had a conversation about a disagreeable business at Bligh. The friends there had a misun derstanding with Mr. Hill. I blamed him, but 1 had no dispute. He apologised for expressions in letters he wrote. We had a Meeting, and thought we settled it, but it yeas not fully settled. I must confess it was by comparing I discovered the letter to be Mr. Hill's writing. I arrived at belief by comparison. • The witness wished to go Into comparisons of expressions In the letter, but he *as not allowed. Michael Cook.—l have seen Mr. Hill with the pen in his. band writing, more than once—Aye than twice, I cannot say mere than thrice. I had no letter or note from him. I did In the'order of writing, but not bound up. I have seen a letter of his confesdon, that is admitted to be his handwriting. That letter is Thomas Hill's handwriting. By Mr. Scauxre.—l am a bricklayer. I have seen that letter three times before. Jane Bell abewed it first, and I said I thought it was Mr. Hill's. Not long after I said 1 thought I might be mistaken. I racer I did not say I did not believe it to be his handwriting. I did not write it—Ah—l did sign my name that it was not his handwriting. Mr. Hill came to me and said, " Friend Cook, you used to be my friend, but you have said the letter was my handwriting. Perhaps you have changed your mind—others have ;" and I signed the paper, for the sake of peace among the congregation. I did not sign that it was cruel and unjust to say that it was Mr. Hill's writing. I did not see those words. Mr. Hill said Thomas Boddam wrote the paper I signed, and I said if he did, then Boddam wrote the anony mous letter. Mr. Hill said he himself wrote that part at the top. By Mr. Loan.—l did not read the paper.! signed. It was not read to me. I did not know what it contained. I signed it to keep down tumult in the country and for peace. Thomas Ilill told me there would be tumult. William Oxley.—l know the defendant. I saw him write, perhaps litre or six times. I saw him write when I visited pro fessionaUy. lam a Doctor of Physic. I saw him writing at Quarterly Meetings. I received letters from him. That letter I believe to be Thomas Hill's, the defendant's. I know Miss Bell. She has been for the las t twelve months in a very ill state of health. She is now better, after a sea voyage. Her health had been previously very good. Her mind has been very bad, under great nervous irritability, bordering on derangement, owing to anxiety and want of rest. By Mr. TIXDALL.—I never had doubts about the hand-writing I never thought it was Mr. Moss's. I charged Mr. Moss with writing the anonymous letter before I saw it. I never, to my re collection, said it was like Mr. Moss's hand-writing. To the best of my knowledge I never said I did not believe it to be Mr. Hill's. I have practised in North Shields for twenty years. Be fore this I was on good terms with Mr. Hill. I said to Mr. Wingrave If this action will not do, something else will."— I had bea rd the plaintiff say she should bring an action unless the whole correspondence between &mum and Bill was laid before her. My proposal to Mr. Wingrave was to bring Mr. lIIU to be tried before the District Meeting of Preachers. I have not been very active in getting witnesses. I was in Hull, going to see my children in Lincolnshire. I brought letters to shew Mr. Sissison and Mr. Cookman.; but as to collecting evidence, it was none of my business. It was in December. Lionel Heppie.—That letter addressed to me I received from Mr. HiL I believe it to be his hand-writing as signed by him. Wm. Little was recalled to prove the last letter and the ano nymous one to have the same water-mark ; but his Lordship thought it quite irrelevant, and it was not given in evidence. The sameness of expressions in that letter and the anonymous letter was also refused as evidence. Wm. Sissison.—l am a currier at Hull. My brother John is married, and has a family. My acquaintance with Miss Bell commenced in 1819. I paid my addresses to her, and she re ceived them in the character of one that was to be her husband. I knew her father. The time was fixed generally for the mar riage, but not particularly, before his death ; and again for July, 1821. It has not taken place. The real cause was the receipt of two anonymous letters. That letter I believe to be one of them. I refused to marry her. The contents of- that letter formed some part of my reason. The two letters came by suc cessive posts. I have not the other letter. In North Shields I had some acquaintances, besides the plaintiff's family. I knew Mr. Hill and Dr. Oxley before I received the letter. I have seen Mr. Hill since. My recollection does not serve me with any pre. cise conversation withhim on this subject. I had conversation with him on the subject: There was an action brought against me. I was present at a conversation between Mr. Hill and a third party, at HulL He sent me a note from York, intimating that he would beat Hull. We met at Mr. Highbeld's. He never did state his object in coming. I don't recollect any part of the conversation. I think no letters were produced. I can't tell the month. I recollect that Mr. Hill asserted that he never wrote the anonymous letter. It was delivered up before that. By Mr. SCARLITTe-.4 am thirty-three. I saw Miss Bell first at Hu II in 1819. She had made a long visit there. I went in October to see her in Shields. I caused inquiries to be made in consequence of the letter. 1 applied to two friends who were going to Shields. The reports I received from them was partly the cause of breaking off the engagement. I have got a release from Miss Bell this morning. That anonymous letter was the cause of inquiries; and the result of the letter and inquiries and subsequent conduct of Miss Bell, was the breaking off of the connection. I did not see her, but I heard from her frequently. Her letters were partly the cause of breaking off. I had no large expectations of property ; I did not expect that she was entirely without property. By Dr. 0. I certainly understand 1)r. Oxley. Mrs. Wawn was called, but represented to be unable to come, being lame, in consequence of being thrown last night out of a gig. The letter was then read in evidence. Mr. Sluison was recalled, and in answer to Mr. Scat aterr, said he would not have broken of the marriage if the result of the bad bees highly hossoarable to Miss Bell. In the cousr.—!t produced nb other effect than to make me inquire, and suspend my resolution till*, result was known. If the result had been different, I believe the connection would not have been broken off. By Mr. Serjeant did not make inquiry of Mr. Hill in the first instance. The . LOED CHIEF JUSTICE said the letter did not say a word of character, but only caution ; though he did not approve of the terms.—Nonsuit. CROWN SIDF. W. Ferrage was indicted for setting fire to a stack of corn, on the 15th of December, the property of Benjamin Perry, of Rothbury. The prosecutor stated that he was a constable, and employed by the Duke of Northumberland to prOtect the fish in the river Coquet, against the depredations of idle persons in his neighbourhood. Nearly half a mile distant from his house at Rothbury, he had a stack of corn, consisting of barley and oats, and on 'Saturday, the 15th of December, about eight o'clock in the evening, he was informed ;hat it was in flames, and, before he could' reach the place, it was entirely cousumcd. Iu the village of Rothbury the prisoner Ferrate lived, and had been known to the prosecutor many years; there was also a man nan3ed,Huggins, who resided in the same place, and oho was a party to the same felony. This man was apprehended, and convicted capitally at the last Assizes for the same! offence; bat his punishment was afterwards.ensn muted to two years' imprisoement, in consequence of information which he gave, directly implicating the present prisoner With the villainous transaction. This confession determined Ferrage to abandon his home, which he did, and notwithstanding a large reward was offered for his apprehension, no traces of him could be discovered till within the last two months, when he was found at Kelso, having there assumed a Ealse name. The evidence of Thomas Reclhawd, a husbandman, was, that he was standing against some of his out buildings on the night of the fire, when he saw a largt body of smoke issuing from what he at first con ceived was a neighbour's house ; but, on approach ing the spot, he found it to be Perry'storn-stacks It instantly occurred to him that it had been maliciously fired, and thinking that the act had been committed by some tinkers, whoni he presumed were lying in ambush, he hesitated before he gave the alarm ; but, finding his fears were groundless, he hastened to Rothbut y and procured assistance. There was no daelling-house near the 'spot. The next person examined was John Scott, a ma son, who was at the house of John Selby, at Roth bury, a day or two before the fire, and there saw Ferrage and Huggins making matches for lights to go fishing. Those two persons, in the course of con versation, appeared extremely revengeful against Peri y, for his activity in preventing the destruction of the fish in the Coquet. Ferrage, with an oath, said, " that the prosecutor deserved to have his stacks upset." To this Huggins said, " they had hearts like bul:s -" and Selby joined in saying, " Have patience, the flames will fall upon Ben at last." Huggins and Ferrage were together on the night the stack was destroyed, and left Selby's house about seven in the evening, saying they were going to see what had become of a young man who had been taken before a Magistrate for stealing fish from the river. The account which John Selby (who was tins much connected with the guilty parties to appear be fore the Court as a willing witness) gave of the fire, corroborated Scott, as to the prisoner's being at his house at the time beforementioned; but he denied all remembrance of the threatening language which had been used. On the Monday night following the fire old Huggins (the foster:father of William Huggins), in a field near Rothbury, begged, in the presence of Ferrage, that he (Selby) would not divulge any of the conversation he had heard between Ferrage and W. Huggins, respecting the burning of Perry's stack.' On the next day (Tuesday) Ferrage called on Selby, and said, " I hope you won't tell what passed last night ;" and on Selby's promising he would not, Fer rage still seemed doubtful of him, and said, " I fear you will; if I thought you would I would cut my stick" (meaning he would run away). Scott, the man before spoken of, was at the time accused of being the perpetrator of the deed, in consequence of footsteps being traced, which corresponded v ith the impressions made by his shoes; but, after being in confinement several days, he was liberated, it being satisfactorily proved that his shoes had been soled on the same last on which Huggins's had been repaired: John Huggins, the father-in-law of the convicted felon, was also examined, but he evidently gave his testimuny with great reluctance. He stated, that on the day after the fire, William Huggins confessed that it was himself and Ferrage who burnt the corn-stack. On the Monday evening, this man was in a field with Selby, the prisoner, and Huggins, the convict, and said to Selby, " that it was a bad job the two young men had committed concerning the stack-burning;' and also said, that " he hoped that he (Selby) would be merciful, as he had a family of his own, and he hoped he would not put them out ;" Selby promised that he would not hurt them. Robert Aimere, a constable, of Kelso, North Bri tain, apprehended the prisoner on the 23d of June, on the information of a lad named Mordue, who had known the prisoner at Rothbury. On she prisoner's being taken, he denied all know•'edge of the offence, but offered £lO to be suffered to escape. Before the Baillie, the prisoner's declaration was taken in writing, which he afterwards recanted ; but on Mordue, who knew him, being introduced, he made a confession, " that he was one of the persons concerned in burn ing a corn-stack belonging to Mr. Perry, wear Roth bury, along with William Huggins; and that it was useless to deny it." While the prisoner was in con finement at Kelso, he attempted to make his escape by breaking away a part of the wall of his cell. After Mr. Baron WOOD had summed up the evi dence, the Jury, without retiring, found the prisoner Guilty— Death. Woasnie-rrairr.—ln consequence of a complaint alleged at this Office on a former day, atrium Twv roan, Esq. the pre siding Magistrate , issued his warrant for the apprehension of the Rev. Wil hantEyre, a clergyman, residing at Wing, in Buck inghamshire. Mr. Eyre was yesterday brought before the same Magistrate, and charged with having feloniously assaulted Jo hanna Quinlan, a child nine years of age, and with having car nally known and abused her. It appeared front the testimony of Mr. Howard, one of the overseers of St. Luke's parish, and of William Monk,, another parish officer, that the prisoner made application to the parisu for a female child out of the workhouse. lie represented him self to be the Rev. William Eyre, of Buckinghamshire; that he was curate for two parishes there, and that he did the duty of both. He said he was weU known to the Rev. Mr. Towers, formerly curate of St. Luke's, and also to the Rev. Mr. Crosby, of Shoreditch. Ile wished to have a little girl from the work ' house, to be a companion for a little boy, whom he had adopted as his own, and having a little property, It was his Inteiftion to divide it between them. He was particularly anxious that the child should be an orphan, in order that it might be solely de pendent on himself. He would delight in Its education, aad therefore, whether the child's morals or its future prospects in life were to be regarded, it was impos tart that the parish should accede to his proposition. The Parish Board readily assented to an offer front a person of such apparent respectability. The Clergyman was introduced to look at the children, and he se lected Johanna Quinlan, who was nearly nine years of age. This , child lisped, and could not speak very intaligibly, but the °illy objection he started was her having a mother in Ntwgate for shoplifting. He expressed great pleasure that she could say her prayers. lie then intimated his intention of leaving Loudon early the next morning, and he should wirkh to take the child with him that night. There was no objection, and he accord ingly took the child with him. It appeared that they slept the first night at a public-house in the city of Loudon, where he teas seen in the bed-room of the children in the morning. It was further stated by Johanna Quinlan, that he weut by the coach the nest day to Buckinghamshire, and on their way that she slept in the same bed with Mr. Eyre and the little boy, and that he committed his vile purposes upon her that night. Afterwards they proceeded to Wing, where he, the little boy, awl this little girl had slitra n t ies s tit In the eall i tr llva Ul and Whet* he was in the nightly corn of' this abo conduct. At length sordi intelltgenceirrached the parish offietwaef It. Luke, that the pri soner, though a clergyman, was an-immoral awl base characeer. A young woman; aged 41, inforiited the.% Ow was the mother of the little boy wleem the prisoner said be bed adopted, ma that the prisoner Was Use father, and that site bad been abused by him In the same way whet' she was eleven years dap. le consequence of this information, Monk, the °Seer, was net down to Win for the child, and While there the prisoner dueled the little girl not to tell Mrs. Edwards, the matron of St. Luke', of what be had done. When Monk brought the child an tie first inn on the road, she related to him the same story dieted the Magistrate this day. Attield, the police4scer, stated, he went down whiff Me* to execute the warrant, which they did on Saturday Upon the prisoner hying taken into custody, he deehred to Aso income Gon he was innocent; but be admitted he sonsellnurs had been out late, and when he came home he had lain wham on the bed, and he might have tickled her, but, he oho...reek • there was'ae harm in that. fie said he could not have dame Whist was stated in the warrant with so young a child; if its bad done so, her linen would thew it, and he brought the office , a shift to inspect. Ann Abted, the unfortunate young wnmstn who bad been fat-- merty rained by the prisoner, was brought into the parlour where this examination took place. She appeared an intetellingrAing Woman, dressed in black, and could scarcely support herself - while the prisoner was present. She proved the little boy tote bees by the Owner, when she was sixteen years old. The poisoner was committed to the New Prison, Clerkea. - well, fir re.examhsation. He is a tall fine-Melting man, about 50 years of age, with at the exterior manners of a gentleman. He was permitted to sit during the examination, and fie requested something :treat, as he said he had fasted for two days, and the indulgence was granted. He represented he had been tutor to the children of Mr. Dyer, the Magistrate. Tows-Ham, Somnwriee.—Yesterday a ease Came on WNW Alderman J. J. SMITH, the presiding Magistrate. Mrs. Ann Chick, the hostess of the Britannia Tavern, near the King's Bench, llamas, her soa and head-waiter, and Jane Mil, the bar-maid of the tavern, were the defendant;; and Mrs. Hannah Nathan, the wife of a master-tailor in 'Temple-plate, Black. ft iar's-road was the complainant. Thursday last, Mrs. Nathan had a beautiful live goose. Her husband, the tailor, wished to have the goose killed ; but be was a Jew, and it Is a strict rule with that sect not to spill the of the feathered tribe. llowever, Mr. Nathan determisted to have the goose for his diaper oa the following Sabbath-day, and. off he went to the Britannia, where there was a person who• performed this job for the Jews, leaving, his goose in the safe care of the people of the house. On Friday morning Mrs. Nathan went to the tavern to get the dead goose ; sbe saw Thomas Chick, and he told her that the goose was lost; but he after wards admitted that he had eaten part of-it, and that it was the " fattest" he ever saw. Mrs. Nathan not liking to be jilted in this way, began to insist upon getting her goose, but all to no ' purpose—Chick only laughed at her, and he eventually turned her out of the house by force. According to her own account, she then proceeded towards the house of a friend in Iklvidere place ; but before she had proceeded IGO yards, she was rudeir seized by Jane Hill, who exclaimed, " Mistress, I've guther;" and in a few moments Mrs. Chick came up and assaulted her with great fury ; she buffetted her, scratched her ttee,and pulled her to the ground, whilst the bar-maid was striking her in the side with her knees. A person, however, at length gave her shelter in a house, or she believed they would have killed her, as they did the goose. On her cross-examination by Mr. Harmer, she denied that she had called the male defendant a thief, or had made any dons to the fate of his brother ; she was only anxious to net tire goose, dead or alive, and she might have said that it was a tram portable offence to make away with it in so suspicious a manner. Several witnesses confirmed Mrs. Nathan's statement. Mr. Minna then addressed the worthy Alderman for the defendants. He would net call any witnesses , as he was nut such a goose as to let out his defence until the Sessions. He :ben advised his clients to bail the matter till the Sessions. Mrs. Nathan said her husband would certainly prosecute, for such another goose could nowhere be found. 01/11LACIZ IN A GAMNG Hotsz—The other evening a party of Gentlemen who had been driven to need in consequence of ;heir imprudence at the table of a Gambling House, in Pall Mall, is moment of desperation proceeded to the house, determinedto be revenged on the owner, and if possible to recover (if not by fair— by foul means), part of their lost store. For this purpose they armed themselves with sticks, and repaired to the hotte t alma ten o'clock at night, where they found some persons playing; their first object was to make an attack on the individual who had the care of the box holding the stakes. Ore of the party attacked him desperately with a stick, while the ethers put out the lights and broke the lamps, and then succeed d in carrying off the stakes. The parties were recognised, and warrants it as'aut were issued against them, and yesterday they appeared before Mr. Hoe, the Sitting Magistrate, at Queen-squarr, when the charge was mule out by the person assaulted. A young gentle man of fashionable appearance was spokesman—he re rebated the existence of Gaining Houses, as being instrumental to the ruin of young gentlemen. He had 'seen Ird into the emve house, where in the course of three weeks he had lost .4.'500. The owner had been charged only the other day . at Bew-street, and now he had the unblushing effrontery to appear in Court again, against a person whom his house had ruined. Mr. Ros: told him he had his remedy against the house by indictment if he felt aggrieved, but he Iliad no right to exercise the law in his own hands. He was ordered to find bail. _ - ' I.scArs.—Brow*, convicted at the last Essex As , izes of robEr; the Colchester coach, made his escape from Chelmsford Howe of Correction, during the time of Divine Service in the Chapd, from which he had absented himself under the pretence of a bowel complaint. SEDUCTION.—In the Record, Court, at D6wnpa trick, a case of seduction excite.l some attention. — The action was brought by Thomas Daly, ct Kil lough, for loss of service and compensation, to: the seduction of his daughter, by George Henry Scratt, an Officer of the Water Guard. A verdict wasgiven for the plaintiff, £lOO damages, and 6d. costs. Friday se'nnight, an explosion took place in Croft coal-pit, Whitehaven, in consequence of one of the workmen, Henry Fitzsimons, having unscrewed the top of one Sir Humphry Davy's safety lamps, is order to seek for his beer bottle. Five persons were se verely scorched, and the author of the mischief MARRIED. On the 12th instant, at Poole, Dorsctshire, J. Bisrgl.c Gan. laud, fourth on of George Garland, Esq. of Poole, to P. Wa llis, daughter and co-heiress to the late Samuel ValLis, Esq. of thr same place. DIED. Monday sennight, at Newark, Mr. John Winn. aged 92. He was attended to the grave by several brother gardeners florists, carrying beautiful clusters of flowers. Monday se'linight, at Carlisle, Quartermaster Peter Polity. of the 7th Dragoon Guards: he was putting on his clothes, in his quarters at the Scotch Arms, Riekorgate, when he sud•leaiy dropped down and expired. He had been twenty years in the 7th, and had previously served in the Peneible Cavalry. COAL-MARKET, AUGUST 12. Adairs 39s—Beaumont 364—Dean's Primrose 37s—TIcatoi 39s to 39s 3d—Canfield Moor Us—Townley 35s 6.l—irall'cO Bel! and Co.'s 40s. s.i—De. Brumes 39s 3d—Do. Greets 374 th; —Do. Newmareh 40s—Do. Northumberland 59s 641—D0. 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