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! l • . • _ IPPaNes, iIIDDLESEX SESSION& rr.spuAny 414. .k.SSAULTS. THE KING V. STEVENSON. !COURT OF eiiANCERSY, FE. 12. .4iti.. ~... M sterty,lnt aid napes - a - may dozy any of the charge:. The Jury found the prisoner G The Recorder observe.!, that-she waf found guilty, to the great satisfaStion of the Court; and said it -was well for her that .the Coroner's Jury had brought in their verdidt so faTourably, or her life must have been forfeited, as.one womnn had some time since lest her lite for c similar offence. He exhorted her to devote her 'long imprisonment to sincere repentance, and sentenced her to—Tkra rar's im . pricsnmerit in M toga's. The crowd was so much incensed against her that they clapped their bands for joy when ‹le re ceived-her sentence; end the constables were obliged aoconvey her in a coach to Newgate, fearing, if she walked, that the populace would lay. violent hands (upon her. This day the Sessions commenced for the County , of Middlesex, at Hicks 1 - 1.111, before Wu. MAIN• IVARINo, Esq. and the Bench of Justices; when the f..,lluvring trials took place:— Arche)ald Stever:sox was indicted for awaulting Richard Hensy, while in the execution of his of The Defendant, who peeps a linen-manufactory, in Princes-street, was in arrears for rent with his landlord, a Mr. Reddish, in consequence of which the Prosecutor was sent to keep- possession of the :goods upon the Defendant's premises, until the rent should be paid. While in that situation, the pri • toner came to hint, and ordered him to leave the house, threatening, in case of refusal, - to makeitim go by force ; the Prosecutor said he would go when rent was paid, and not before.: he was sent to keep possession of the goods upon the premises, and he would not leave them without orders from his employer.. On this the Defendant struck the Pro secutor several severe blows, and forced him into the street. The Prieatner alleged, in his defence, that he Tented the house which he lived in of Mr. Reddish's -mother, ar.d not of any other person ; he had there fore resisted the Prosecutor's being put into pos session of his goods, from the belief that he was not authorized to come into his house. It was, however, proved, that the Prosecutor had been le gally placed upon the premises, and that Mr.. Red dish was the prisoner's landlord. The Jury re turned a verdict of guilty, and the Court sentenced him to.pay a fine of Ten Pounds. yaw: .Warlditacv the elder, and jays:: Waddilow, jun. v:ere indifted for assaulting William Everitt, the Toll-keeper at Cambridge-Heath, Hackney. It ap peared that the Defendants, who are persons in ve speaable situations, were passing through ehe,xoll - in a cart. On paying the toll, they de manded a ticket, which was refused by the Prose cutor, who used very abusive language, and told them to drive on. Ifladildow immediately got out .of the cart, went to the Prosecutor, and struck him; the son also went with intention to assist his father, .and joined in the affray. From the evidence ad duced, it appeared, that the Defendants were the ag gressors. The Jury, therefore, found Mr. Wadai. low the elder guilty, aad acquitted the son.—Sen tenced to pay a fine Of 101. Richard Park was indicted for assaulting Mr. Fenton, by crverturning him in his chaise on the Sd .of December last. The Prosecutor stated, that he kept a "home at the Foot of Highgate Hill. On the Sd of December, about four o'clock in the afternoon, he was coming from Kentish Town towards Battle Bridge, in his chaise. He observed a cart drawing upon the side of the road which he was upon; on this he crossed over. When on the other side, he saw a coach, driven by the prisoner, coming towards him ; he attempted to get out of the way, but the driver would not stop his horses, or suffer to pass. The consequence was, one of the wheels of the chaise was locked in the wheel of the roach, by which means the chaise was overturned, and the Prosecutor much hurt. Several Witnesses spoke in favour of the Prisoner, and proved that he had not been the cause of the accident. The. prisOner said in his defence, that he had not the least intention of causing the misfortune that had happened. The accident was solely to be at 'tribute(' to the Prosecutor, who had turned the head of his horse in such a dirciion as tocaure the wheels to lock within each other. He had not made use of his whip, nor was he driving very fast. lieloped the Court would, therefore, acquit 'him. Mr. MAiNws a two stated' to the Jury his remarks 'upon the evidence, and observed. that coachmen were much given to drive their horses hi a manner highly dangerous to the public. It was, therefore, of much importance to prevent the effeCt produced .by such conduCt, by punishing the offenders with the utmost rigour of the izw. In the present instance, it did not. :however, appear that the prisoner had been aftuated by any propensity to commit the as .sank : it looked more like an accident than design ; they wo'ild consequently give.their verdiCt aceorffing le the evidence, and their belief af he prisonees .conduct. Verdid, Not Cult. Several other trials for assaults took place, but in general so uninteresting to the public, that we .tanit them. MARQUIS 'Or'!!!lNEGial..'S ESTATE 4. An applieation w,4 . made to the Court by Mr. 'HART, on the part 4. Mr. kites, who is one of the lholders of debenture granted by the Marquis on his estates, praying that..the Cotirt would be pleased to appoint a receiver. It was stated that the late Marquis had nominated the 111nourable Chiches met Skeffington, and Henry', Alexander, F7sq. re •ceivers ; that they continned..to act as such until the month of November, IfloO, when the pre sent Marquis desired that they •would not pay .any further stuns of money into the hands of the hankers ; that accordingly they complied with the .desire of the Marquis, and ceased their functions until the 'following April, when they were al- Jo wed to resume them. The creditors, Mr. Hart •rtated, had not been elle to Fro cure the payment <of the interest on their debts, the whew amount of Achich is little short of 200,0001. and since the deed .of trust was entered into, a sum very little exceed ing 20001. had been ludgedin the hands of the bankers, schicl, if partitioned, would not go to allot to each creditor more than three-pence in the pound. This, he observed, must augur very great mismanagement in some quarter, the Marquis hav ing allotted the residue •of his large estates to the payment of his creditors, reserving to himself an in come of 10,0001. per annum only, consequently the creditors had a right to expect from the produce of his estates a very large dividend, considering the length of time since the trust-deed was entered into. On the part of the Trustees it was stated, that they were ready to ,abide by the decision of the Court ] Mr. Rots tt.tv observed, 'that the Court already had appointed a Receiver on an application made some years since. This was ackitowledged by Mr. Hart, who said, that the Receiver so appointed was only for a part of the estates, and he believed had never acted. The present application was for Jane to receive the produce of the whole estates. Mr. Rom i 1.1. Y said, that the Gentlemen named by the late Marquis were .of unimpeachable-charac ter; the one, Mr. Alexander, is Chairman of the Committee f Ways and Means. Why they had relinquished, for the time they had done, to the Marquis, the entire controul of his own estate, he was at a loss to conjecture. If the Court thought it just that another Receiver should be named, he certainly, .on the part of the Trustees, mast acqui esce. The CH ANC ELLOR observed, that *in considering the propriety of the application, he should be go verned by the circumstances which had been dis closed.—Tirenty years since such an applica ti on would have been refused, but latterly that Rule had been departed from. In dociding,.perhaps it might be right to consider subether the controul should not be wholly taken out of the hands of the Marquis of Donegal POLICE. *WEN-SQUARE. On Saturday Robert Matthew: was brought be fore Heifry James Pye, Eq. and charged on the oath of Mr. Thomas Kcuts, a livery stable keeper, at Moorgate, 'of hiring a mare of him, on Tuesday last, and which the prisoner had not returned ac cording to their agreement. John Godley, an ost ler, deposed, that the same day the prisoner came to his master's stables, and sold him the mare in , question for six pounds ; the prisoner immedi ately went away ; and some circumstance causing the ostler to suspect the mare might not be properly come by, he would not let the person have it for whom he bought it. On the Friday following the prisoner came again, and offered hini another horse, much under the value, which adding to his suspicion, he immediately informed Mr. Bly, who contrived to be present at the interview of the proposed 'pay ment of the seiond horse, and saw the prisoner write a receipt fcr the same, which he secured, and immediately took the prisoner into custody, who at first went very quiet, but after walking a short way, insisted on going no farther; he being a powerful man; a conflict ensued, but by proper assistance he was forced into a coach, and taken to the office, and committed to prison till the next morning. The prisoner was further charged on the oath of Mr. John Blyton, a livery-stable keeper, in Brick-lane, Spitalfields, of hiring a horse of him on the 10th of January last, and not returning it according to the agreement. The prisoner was fully committed for the first offence, and detained on the second for fur ther examination to-morrow, at twelve o'clock, when the owner of the second horse, now in'the possession of the ostler, will attend to prosecute. On Friday as the Court of King's Bench was rising, it being then within a few minutes of five, Mr. Chf ford moved fork rule to shew cause why a criminal in formation should not be filed against John Barber, the messenger of the Great Seal, and Colonel Wood, the member for Gatton. By the 7th and Bth of Wm. 111. when any vacancy happened in parliammt, on Mr. Speaker's order, a writ should be issued out with all expedition, and delivered to the proper officer to whom the execution of it belonged, and to no other person. The proper officer was to indorse the day when received, and to make out the precept, which was to be delivered in three days after the receipt of the writ. The Learned Counsel said, Ilk affidavit stated, that Mr. Speaker's order WAS dated on the 27th of De cember, and on the 28th, the following day, Mr. Barber, instead of delivering it to the proper , offi cer, the sheriff of Surrey, delivered it into the hands of Colonel Wood. It was not thought decorous to make thii application till the time of petitioning had expired. Co s lonel Wood had kept it twenty-one days, instead of three days, as the Act directed. This, therePme, was a violation of the Act of Palliarnent. • Lord ELLENBOROUGII asked, if any improper mo eves were ascribed to this gentlergan for so doing? The Learned Counsel replied, no; but he stated, that the borough was - his own, and on that ground he had kept it twenty-tee days, contrary to the act of Parliament. Lord ELLENBOROLIdR.-- 4 Nor lire, but that Cdlonel Wood might have delivered it into some hand or other, in proper time, and that that person had neglected his duty. They might, go before a • Grand JurY."--4tule refused. Some curious Galvanic experiments were made on Friday last by Professor ALnINI, in Dr. PEAR SON'S Lecture Rooms. They were instituted in the presence of his Excellency the Ambassador of presence of his Excellency the Ambassador of iirance, General Assn 'moss!, Lord PELHAM, the . Duke of Roxamtots, Lord CASTLEREAGH Lord HERVEY, the Hon. Mr. UPTTON, &c. The head of an ox, recently decapitated, exhibited astonishing effects.: for the tongue being drawn out by a hook fired into it, on -applying the exciters, in spite of the strength of the assistant, the tongue was re traaee, so as to detach itself, by tearing itselt kom the hook ; at the same time a loud noise issued • from the mouth by the absorption of ait, attended by violent contortions of the whole head and eyes. The Literary and Philosophical Society LW New- . castle have,'very much to their credit, passed a re solution, to institute A Ledureship on Natural Phi losophy. Such an institution, liberally supported, might be very advantaleatis to the rising generation, if established in most' of the capital towns through out the British empire. Classical knowledge is taught to boys, rather than natural and scientific truth. The former -may qualify them to be critics, and is a proper ornam;n:al knowledge for people of fortune ; but Natural Philosophy affords useful prac tical truths, calculated for the general body of the people, and the interest of the State. • IVAYAL INTELLIGENCE. poarsmouTH, ins. J. Yesterday arrived at Spithead his Majesty's ship An ow, of 30 guns, Capt. Vincent, from the Downs, and remains with the Neptune, Blanche, bit, Loire, yiniaz , m, Dryad, Cerberus, orgiana, :Port Mahon, and K rtr. His Majesty's ship Calcutta, of 56 guns, Capt. Woodruff, bound to this port, and thee to New South Wales, having, from the late easterly gales and thick weather, overshot her 4istance, bore up for Plymouth, but is now hourly excected to arrive at Spithead. FEBRUARY 13. Remains at St. Helens, his Majesty's ship Le Hercule, of 74 guns, bound upon foreign service. Sailed his Majesty's ship Ccrberw, for Chathatn. Arrived his Majesty's ship Calcutta, from Ply mouth ; C . bichester from Halifax ; Woolwich, from Jama;ca, and Starling from the 'Westward, and re main at Spithead, with his Majesty'L. ships as per last. Wind S. W. thick weather. The Cliche:ter has been put in quarantine by spe cial orders waiting for her at this port ; but we arc happy to say she has no sick on board. The following ships of the line, now in ordinary at this port, arc ordered to be docked, and taken in hand without delay.: the Magnficent, Vengeance, Brunswick, Defiance, and Zealous. It is reported that his Majesty's ship Diamond, of 38 guns, Capt. Elphinstone, is appointed to take ont her late gallant commander, Str Sydney Smith, to Egypt, ou a special embassy. PLYMOUTH, FEB. 12. Arrived the Caryfart frigate from the Eastward, and the Belroir Castle from Valentia. Sailed the Grikagia man of war. FALMOUTH., FEE. 11. Arrived this day ihe jemmy and Sally sloop, Young, from Liverpool, for this port, v‘ ith bale goods, earthenware, &c. ; the brig Belvoir Castle, }:vans, with fruit from Barcelona, for orders, eight weeks passage from Gibraltar; and the Dide of Marlborough packet, Bull, with Mails, from the Leewards Island.—Passengers by her are, Samuel Martin, Esq. Mr. J. W. Dort-, and Mr. and Mrs. Sharp; they left Tortola on the 10th ult. and on the 10th inst. in latitude 49. 28. long. 9. 13 west, spoke the schooner Reherea, Sinclair, from Liver pool, bound to Lisbon, out six days, all well. Yesterday arrived the aesenjeld packet, Blight, with mails from America, after a passage of thirty one days from New York : left there the Leicerter packet, Sharp, with mails from hence. Passengers by the Chritecneld were Charles Williamson, Esq. Mr. Richard Price and son, Mr. Aquila Brown, Mr. Thomas Glynn, Mr. T. Cooper, and Mr. Xavier Antonio Prince. The Wahinghans and Prince of Wales packets, from Lisbon, ,and the Princess Elizabeth packet, with mails from Jamaica, are hourly ex-pdted. The Prince Adeltbay, with two mails for Lisbon, and. the Armband (packets), with mails for America, sail the first favourable wind. DOVER, FEB. 12. Arrived the Two Friend, passage-vessel, Capt. Gillet, with mail and passengers from Calais.: Also the At passage-vessel, Capt. Bael, with passen gers from Calais. Sailed this afternoon the Auckland packet, with mail and passengers for Calais ; Cie brig Symmetry, ,of Scarbro', with.coals for liavre de Grace; and a French ves.el, La Petite licking, laden with zish and salt for Ostend. FEBRUARY 13. The Aflive passage-vessel, Capt. J. Hamilton, will .sail early to-morrow morning with Mr. Chi chester and family, brother of Sir John Chichester. DEAL, FEB. 13. Wind S. W. blows hard, with rain.—Arrived and sailed for the River the Brothers ' Barr, from Jamaica, and the Britannia from Cork. Arrived the Necersity French man of war, from llochfort. Passed by, for London, the Nile, Swinton, from China. FROM LLOYD'S UST. The Dalrymple, Stevenson, from (Inebee, for Clyde, is 10, , t on the island of Barra, and ail the crew. The Diana, Warren, from Philadelphia, for -Dublin, was deserted at sea on the 25th of December. A RR 4V ALA. At Liverpool, the Louisa, Lawson from unaica ; MiY sitsippi, Callahan, from Savannah; Hussey, from New York ; Diana, Wilson, and the John, atria, 'from Charleston. _ _ At Clyde, Endymien, Millar, from • Lisbon ; and the Pzisurose, Galt, from Newfoundland. At Killibegs, Mary, Jameson, from .T imaiea. At Clerk, Speeivrill, Handy, from Jamaica ; Montezuma, Morgan, from Charleston; and the Jano, --, from New York. At Dublin, Newry, Reilley, from London. At Kinsale, Minerya t Laider, from Charleston. At Limerick, Ann, Jenkins, ftorn London. At Belfa4, Eagle, Parker, from New York. At Waterford, Liverpool' Packet, Waite, from New York. At Londonderry, Stratford, Ker b s y, from Philadelphia. At St Kitt':, Lady Nelson, Bonner; and Crescent, Parry,. from London. At St. Vincent's, BaCkluntse,Livegon, from Africa ; Eclipse, Rowe, Ealing Grove, Slime, and the St. Vincent, Johnson, from London. At DOMillin, Finny, Matthews, from London. At Antigua, Prince of Wales, Trew,P.itficrt, Str mr ock, and Atigtr na, Wood, from London. At Grenirla, Boyd, Dickenson, and Grenville Bay, Smith, from London. At Nevis ; Britannia, !cake, from London. Several petitions, praying for the - repeal en the duties on Cotton, are preparing in different parts of the kingdom. At Glasgow a meeting of all the persons engaged in the Cotton Trade was held last Thursday for, the purpose of taking this impor tant subje& into con,ideration. After agreeing unanimously in declaring their conviction of the impolitic nature of this tax, they resolved to apply without delay to Parliament for its repeal. A.Com mittee was named to pr, pare petitions, and to carry the views 'of the meeting into eifeet. A sub scription having been afterwards opened to defray expences, a large.sum was instantly subscribed. TIC towns of Portsmouth . and Gosport have for some time been infested with a band of robbers, unusnalin these places. The greatest praise is due to the officers of justice on both sides the water for their steady perseverance in watching over the pro perty and safety of the subject. Eighteen of this gang of intruders arc already apprehended, and committed for trial ; end we have no doUbt, that by the continued strenuous efforts of the magi stracy and their assistants, the rertiabadez will ,be ! soon brought to justice. PIUNTING CROVSDS. We learn from Dunbarton, that on Friday the 4th instant, a case was decided by his Majesty's Ins tices of the Peace fbr that county, of considerable importance to the manufaduring interest of :this country, wherein Messrs. WILLIAM STIRLIsc and Sons, of Cordale and Dalquharn Printfields, with concurrence of the Fiscal, were complainers, and certain operative printers were Blenders. The complaint was founded on the Ad of the SDth and 40th of his present Majesty, cap. 106, for " pre venting unlawful combinations of workmen." in the course cif the trial, it was clearly establiihed, that a combination, consisting of apprentices as well as journeymen, had existed for about a ye;.r past, and extended to every ,printing-ground is England, Scotland and Ireland. The combinalioa, had for its ehjed to transfer the regulation of prices and management of the hands from, the masters to the operatives. To accomplish this purpose, local didrids were established, regular meetings held, at tended by Depaties from each field, and officers ap pointed for the general management of its affairs, and who maintained a regular correspondence with the leaders of the different distrias throughout the kingdom. By the regulations of this association, any member who conceived himself in the smallest de gree aggrieved by his employers, or who was offered by them any price for his work which he considered inadequate, was direded instantly to leave his em ployment, and was from that moment entided to re ceive from the public fund an allowance of 122. per Nheek, until he should find a master elsewhere .who would accede to k:s demands. Such member was also entitled to a pass, signed by the Clerk and Steward of the district. in which he was employeci, certifying that he had paid his full proportion to wards the general fund of the Society, which pass insured him to the good offices and friendship of the dperative printers at any printing-ground in England. Scotland, or Irelands whereas any person applying without a pass, even if he should be offered employ ment by the masters, would be so ill-treated and abused by his shopmates, that he could not possibly continue at his work. These fads, with others of a similar kind, being proved to the satisfaCtion of the Court, the defenders were•conviaed upon the statute; two of them sentenced to three months, and two of them, on account of some •favourable circum stances, to one month's imprisonment. GEORGE M'FARLAsE, grocer, in Dunbarton, Clerk to the distrid, was also committed to prison for three weeks, for gross prevarication upon oath, and coo tempt of Court. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT QUILDNALL, TII4I DAT. Anthony Girliny,, of Hackney-road, shoemaker 1 Ji Stribblehili Nuonvood May, of Great St. Helen's, mer chant 1 12 E Presgrave, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, merchant E. Toy, of Plymouth Dock, draper 2 IS W. Joyce and W. Bachelor, of Bristol, silversmiths L. Wicken's, of St. Clement's Church-yard, haber dasistr 1 10 William Clancy, of 'Waterford, Ireland, merchant Pri:chard Haswell, of Little Gulldford-streei, Blooms bury, carpenter 9 1 Timothy Perkins, of Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, _ _ tanner J Teesdale, jun. of Boston, Lincolnshire merchant William Glen Johnson, of Bond -court, Wilbrook, vier _ chant _ Grant Hewlett, of Shipton Lee,. Brickingliam, dairy. man Esiward Green, Charles-street; Soho-square, mares- ~ ITICUCX DIVIDENDS. R. Nmuchamp and .E .Lloyd, late of Kirby-street, Or Hoitton-garden, lacemen lO S. Adifirrie, late of Illoizom-street, cooper George Williams, of Saffon-hill, shoemaker lf J. Dearlove, of Manor-row, Walworti) corn-dealer J. I. Keielily, E. Fergusson, and W. Armstrong, of Lon don, merchants George Cawthorn, of the Strand, bookseller R. Redhead, a Niark : lane, wino-merchant 3O CERTIFLCATES. R. B. Jameson, of Dro:twicit, Worcestershire, miller. I'. Minster, of Coventry, money-icrivener. W. 'lreppass, of St. MArthes-le-Grand, Middlesex, Wei- sel let J Froorne, of lizrmondiey-street, Southwark, currier. W Blogg, of P3ll-mall, architeEt. BIRTHS. Lately, the Right lion. lady of a son, at his Lord. ship's strut, Ugbrooke, near Chudleigh. Wednesday, Vic Countess Sonthwell, of a daughter. At Wil mar, Ireland, the Hon. Mrs. Jepttson, Lady of L. Pile • ke•y Jephson, Esq. °fa son. At Richmond ) Surrey, the Hon. Mrs. Smith, of a son. In Queen Ann-street West, the Lady of Hugh Doherty, Esq. of the 29th met Dragoons, of a son and heir. MARRIED. On Monday, thC7th instant, at Holston, in Norfolk, the Rev. W. Legard, son of the late Sir Digby Legard, Bart. of Granton, in Yorksbile, to Miss Oldershaw, eldest daughter of the late Dr. Oldetshaw, of Stamford. On the 17th tilt. at Baltinglass, County of WicHow, Ireland, Mr. Frazer, of the 71st Regiment of Foot, to Miss Eliza King, daughter of W. King, Esq. On the 12th instant, at Woolwich, Mr. Willis, of Fleet street,lo Miss N. 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