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HOME CIRCUIT. IWIT ARRIVES, BILIDSTONI, MARCR 31. 'St XIV, v. CAPSELL. This yea ala information - Shad by his blayeety's Atsomiey-Oene nilEß'set the eefendant, for having, on the 2154 of February, le S, LTlnts:lovra‘ offend to emeEdwatd Oldey, a seaman of his Ma. Jetty ip Homilies, employed in the Preventive Service, a bribe amain uneastomed *rite to be landed sad imported. plesded Na (Lath,. dey, Lamm Tomball, and Lieut. arahara, of the sterelosamined by Me. Sergeant ()),stow. assisted by Ike I train of. King's and other Counsel, from whom k ap. that the defendant, after having repeatedly tampered with st "length Offered him II!. to 11M,iii rubs of spans to be rim; iA use agreed to apperr to asetpt the offer, which was done. The tabs were lar.detl. the money pall by the hand of the defendant to Older (and no v produced), sod then the rest of the Preventive piny tame t ip ; the spirits ROW sailed, and the smugglers, part of 61r i sto., Reared. and part, among whom was the defendant, escaped. MCAreotrucs, for the defendant, cross-examined the wit. aNdleywith great severity, but he did not swerve front his . He then 'thinly addressed the Jury, but called no wit t' end no defence being set up, the defendant was, without belefltition, found Guilty. • Tlonnur forcer and IPm. Retie, were indicted for having, with efilieta k feloniously usembled themselves armed with bludgeons, at the parish of Eastehurch, in order to aid in the illegal running sod landing uncustomed goods in the night of the 10th February LYL Mv. - §argeent Owsvow and Mr. Kwox conducted the promo. illeva ce. teb was instituted by the Admiralty; and 31r. CLARKSON .6..: Mthe examination of Lieutenant Hamilton, the officer coat. the Preventive men on the night in question, who had most cruelly beaten by the body of persons of whom the pet. KOMI formed a mug, and whose conduct on that occasion was most warmly applauded by the Learned Judge for his coolnevi and lamanity hi not using his pistols, which were loaded at the time , CiallneOlf, on the part of the prisoner, with the Counsel tette Crown, applied to the Learned Judge that hie clients might be permitted to plead guilty (It having been stated by Lieutenant Hamilton that they had in nn respect joined in the assault), and that Judgmem might be respited to enable the Crown to avail itself el the testimony the prisoners were willing to give to further the anmelcdon of the met ;when apprehended) who actually used so 'ridseiltde e. wed ' settled on the part of the Learned Judge, and the con *Wow wan k with the judgment, recorded, the Learned Judge de peeper representation of the case should be made to tie •aR Ambler. ofFeiiiiCrrecur. 01.0110ES'rER, THURSDAY, Maitcw These Assizes commenced before Mr. Justice LITTLZDALI on the Crtiwn Side, - and Mr. Baron Gastow at Nisi Prins. The criminal calendar - contained the names of 109 prisoners, nine of whom ere charged with murder. On the Civil Side, 46 causes were entered, of which ten are to be tried by Special Juries. There were six infortnations quo Tarrant° to try the tight of voting in the tuiriof Monmouth ; end three other informations quo warrant° swish Sir George Chetwynd, Bart. and two other gentlemen, to ry else right of voting in the Borough of Stafford. CROWN SIDE. Before Mr. Justice LIT TLED•LN. 4-4er Whitt!' was charged with stealing a salmon, value 305., the pralerty of John Cornock. THr SS stated, that the prosecutor was the owner of a fishes? in tote river Severn, and that, for the purpose of taking fish how that river, he had a number of wooden engines or traps called pouters, into which the salmon swam when the tide was high, but is which thefish were left dry as the water receded. The prosecutor bee* reason to suspect that his traps were robbed, marked the sahlifin in question (which had been caught on a previous day) and pliced It in one of the traps*, if it had been just left there by the tide, andstationd himself behind a projecting rock to see who was the vim. *I, had not been there long before he perceived the prisoner eft to the trap, and as soon as he saw him take the salmon out of healed out, " You are the man 1 wanted to much," on which thweprisoner ran away, but was pursued and taken by the pro. riestiter. Jebs - Cornock said, I have s fishery in the river Severn at Thorn- Doty, in this county. I use engines called posters to take the fish, and, in consequence of some suspicions, I marked a sear on this fish vs know it again, and put it in one of the pooten. This was at abOut three o'clock in the morning. As soon as I had done so I bid behinds rock, and saw the prisoner go and take the salmon ; csied out, " You are the man 1 wanted," upon which the prisoner was running away, but I caught him and he threw down the fish ; he begged of me to let him go, but I held bins, said delivered him ovl, to a coosnrble. lihe servant of the prosecutor confirmed this evidence. be prisoner made no defence. if : ;dct ir sJ i ustice .L/ TTLEDALE surm y. ised up the evidence. acetsinae—Six months imprisonment with hod labour. CIVIL SIDE. • Before Mr. Baron °Annoy% COLLEY, WIDOW v. HAWKINS AND *ROYER*. Ma Cites, opened the pleadings. Mr. LUDLOW stated, this was an action of trespass brought by fee.itlaintiff, who wan a poor washerwoman reeding at Cheltenham, and who had the misfortune to occupy a small bottle under one of the defendants. It happened that the plaintiff had bad a small diapers with the wife of one of the defendants, and had taken out • Magistrate's warrant against her, which warrant was, however, dia. cragged, the Magistratee having effected a compromise betimes them: But the defendants feeling indignant that any one belonging to them should be called In question by a washerwoman, they, one darerhile the plaintiff was out, came to her house and nailed up her door, having previously turned her children into the street;' theeletntiff returned, and finding things in this state, was, as might be expected, very indignant. and she was then assaulted by Mradefendants • and not being able to get into her house, she wse Moony obliged to go to the workhouse; and going again to ii 4 Magistrate, he sent revere! constables, and restored her to the pos. enelbe of her house. These were the facts of the case which be had to lay before them, and he trusted that they would give a fair con•erensation to the plaintiff for the injury she had received. ifeenah Colley said, I am the mother-in-law of the plaintiff; tSe Teets a house of the defendant's father. On the 16th of De cember my daughter-in-law and I went out at about twelve o'clock; we bit one of her children in the house, and returned at one °lima: and found the defendant Hawkins nailing up the door. Theehild which had been left at home was out in the yard ; the defendant had nailed boards across the windows ; when the plain. Organic up she took a hatchet and got mu one of the nails from the door, b u t the defendant drove it in again, and said that his lebra bad ordered him to do ad, and she should never come into the eratege again • she said, if he wanted the rent she had the money to her man, but he had nothing to do with the rent. She meld not pet into her house all that day • but the next day the constable put her In possession . The defendant Hawkins was not teerwriven, but when he came back he said that if there had been r‘nohunitred constables she should not have got in if he had been at come. My dagghter-in-law is a washerwoman. Come-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—When we got in again eese.rahing was safe. Me.3llThatley said, lam the plaintiff's attomey. I called on riairkins's father, who said that his son had acted by his cedes, and Ben Mrs. Ga lley should never come into the house again, for =at she had robbed hint of coals. I said that if he thought she Lad steles his coals, he ought to have indicted her; but he said Mat he preferred the mode his son had taken. I told him that for sith a things% that his son was liable to an action ; and he said on tilt that if she brought an action, he would indict her. Cress-examined.—l am sure this was not after the action. lam sbeentiorney of the plaintiff, and if the action fails, 1 look to her Fa She costs. She is a washerwoman living in arsouse at a rent of three Millings a week. M.. C. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury in mitigation of damages. He observed that the case had been much exaggerated ; and they must see the nature of the action when they found that the plain tift'e attorney looked for his costs, in case the action failed, to a poor wieberwomae. living in a house relied at three shillings a week. It was plainly an action for the benefit of the attorney, and the poor woman would never get a bantling by it, for even if trey gave five pounds damage.. she would never see any prat of it,, tor the attaireey would soon tell her that she owed him midi* mereAbao shat for extra costa. He admitted that a verdict amat pub for the plaintiff, but he d'd hope they would not gratify the atrysey by giving so much as forty shillings. as that would put several praude in his pocket as the fruits of his speculation. : 1 4i.`11aron DARIO w observed, that it' he ever saw an attorney,' no mettee how high, trying to set persons together by the ears, he, would at once say in plain terms, that it was disgraceful to him, but be hoped he should never live to see the day when even the poorai person could cot gain redress for an injury. They bad no doubt beard that it had been sarcastically said, that the law was equallt open to every body, in the same way as the London 'I avails—that is, only to such as were able to pay for it ; but that teas realty unfairly said, for he hoped . the time would never arrive when the 'poorest person could not obtain redress for an injury, and if someone in the profession would not undertake such a cause es' this, lila lnierim must remain unredressed. A poor woman like tab' could Dot come into Court and plead !icemen cause ; she could sal go ts any of tie Learned Counsel who were sitting them and tell hitt her work. They saw the desks opposite to him loaded with rtedetcs of papers, and the table be had left was (if it was not breitraLeowci), equally leaded with parchments ; and yet if this poor warm tad gone us ary of those eminent attorneys, who pm fermate* great piles of briefs which lay before the Learned Coun sel arable emigrate (Mr. Taunton) and his Learned Brother, eery :-meesid •say, •' Poor woman, we an really, very sorry, but Otweerenet attend to your case, out time is occupied with toe aele eserrisnto cases from Steford, and the qua war raffia caseelhamehleontoeth; and the great causes to be tried by Special itriesßeteemen trah gentlemen, who can *Word to pay us largely for Me eiretapeand we really cannot attend to you. Therefore the only eowrio left for • poor pawn, who had been aggrieved was, to apply •to •is person who, like the plaintiff's attorney, was young, and l to advance himself in his profession by the care and dili gent:o Mk rat bestowed on such cases a' were entrusted to his oilsleThey were therefore to weigh the circumetrace% of tt give such a verdict as they thought right, en the Matter before them. intio the plaintiff—Damages 61. M this county is the heaviest ever known, end is ? e 'soupy ten days more than the usual time. . i I 'ff. to 7v Oja. . fb to sr 301 to 4ft Ikon . - At to blo SALISBURY, Masers SI. SO to 7b Oats . . N l s to 47s Beans . . 21. to 2th 60. to 600 WARMINSTER, M•acat 26. Wheat . 53i to 78a Od I Oats 2ls to 319 • Barley . 30. to bas Od l Beans -46 s to fibs SMITHFIELD, FIUDAT, API/1.1. Beef . 4s Od to es Bdl MSO 4 Veal . frs Od to Os Oa Mutton - es 8d to 5s 8d Pork - es Od to Lamb to 84 HEAD OF CATTLE THIS DAT : Beasts, 305 I Sheep, 6,100 I Calves, 158 I Pigs, 80. BAY-MARKET. Hay (Old) . 41 10s Od to 4/ 17s Od Inferior . . 11l 3a Ott to 41 Os Od Clover - . 61 Os Od to 61 7s Od Ditto (Inferior) . 31 7. 641 to 41 15s Od Straw - - 21 Os Od to 21 6s Od NE%VOATE AND LEADENHALL—(By :he Carcase). Beef . es 4d to Is ed I Veal - 4s Od to 6s 41 Mutton - Ss 4d to 4s Ad Pork - 4s Od to 14 Sd PRICE OF FLOUR. Town Made, per sack 64ki to fitis Norfolk and Stockton 45s to 60s Seconds - 6.54 to 60s Bran, per qr. -14 s to IS. Essex and Suffolk, on Pollard, Fine - les to Ns board ship -60 s to 65s PRICE OF BREAD. The highest Price of Bread in the Aletropolis is lid. for tho four.pound Loaf. There are others who sell from a halfpenny to three halfpence below that rate. PRICE OF POTATOES, Aram 1. Oznoblea - S 1 les Od to 31 154 Od per Ton. Scotch Reds - 41 Or Od to 01 Os Od ditto Marsh Champs. 61 les Od to 61 1 ris Od ditto York. Kidneys 61 Os Oil to 01 Os Od ditto PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW. ST. JAMES'S. WIIITECR•PEL. Hay -70 s Od to 105 s Od Hay -68 s Od to 100. Od Ditto (New) —s Od to —s Od Inferior . —. Od to —s Od Clover . 86s Od to 100 s Od Clover . 80s Od to 115 s Od Straw -42 s Od to 57i Od Straw . 42. Od to 48s Od PRICE OF HOPS, pet Ent. APISH. I. POCKETS. BAGS. Kent . 61 Gs to 01 Os Kent . 51 15s to 71 10s Sussex - 61 Os to 6/ 18s Sussex - 51 121 to 61 6a Essex . 6! 6s to 71 10s Essex - 51 15s to 71 Oa Farnham, Hoeg! Os to 121 Os•--$etonds 81 fla to 91 9s PRICE OF RAW FAT, pa Stone of 81b. Price by Tallow (as stated by the Tallow !Vickers), 2s 71d PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of good Store Candles in the retail shops is as follow : Candles, per dozen - 1;1 6d to is Moulds - Vs 6d RAW IDES. I Best Heifers and Steen, Ordinary .2s6dto 20 Bra per stone - Se 2d to Ss IdMarket Calf (each) . 11s 001 Middlings - 2s 10d to 31 Od PRICE OF LEATHER, per lb. Best Dressing Hides -19 d to 210 Common ditto 130 to lid Coach Hides 3S to 36 lbs. - . !N to get. Ditto, 40 to 45 lbs. Ditto, 45 to .101bs - Calf Skins, 36 to 4016 s Ditto, 4.5 to 56164 - Ditto, 55 to 761bs - Small Seal Skins - Tanned Horse Hides Spanish Horse Hides to 180 to 204 d 184 to 21 214 to 284 22d to 25d 184 to 184 d 13d to 16d 151 to !14 [From the London New Prier Crrrent.] FRIDAY, ATisL I. COTTON.—The speculation in Cotton has this week become more general and extensive than we have vet experienced it. We estimate the sales during the present week at 24.000 bags ; the greater proportion are parcels changing hands ; the advance in the prices of the East India description* is id. a la. per lb. ; on Egyp. Lien and Brazils, Id. to lid. per lb. COFFEE.—The holders continue 40 refrain from bringing for ward public sales; the request by private contract has been consi derable ; St. Domingo, 77e. a 79a. ; males yesterday of good qua lity at the latter price ; Bradl. 765. a 80s. SUGAR.—The Sugar market continues languid ; free brown Jamaica 31uscovadea, 661.; Demerara, 645. ; we cannot quote any reduction in the prices this week, hut the market is exceedingly heavy. The Retitled market this week has been very steely. brown Lumps, 83s. and 83a.—Molasses, 295. There were renewed inquiries yesterday for Foreign Sugars, but no purchases were re. ported. RU3I. BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—The Rum market continue; in a very depressed state, but no parcels are pressed on the market for sale ; the prices remain nominally the same as on the preceding week.—Brandy is held with some firmness, but no actual sales are reported.—Oeneva is heavy, on account of the re cent arrivals ; pale, Is. Ild. a 2s. SPlCES—Spices are very heavy. with the exception of Pimen. to, which is in some request, at an advancing currency, l Id. a II id., the latter yesterday paid.—Nutmegs, Bs. Cal. ; saves reported even below this price. TEA.—There has been little business doing since the India House Sale ; Boheu are offered at a trifling discount ; for the Hy. sons a small premium has been obtained. SALTPE f RE.—The prices have declined ; the nearest quota. Lion of Saltpetre is 321. SlLK.—There is no alteration in the prices of Silk. IRISH PROVISIONS.—There is no alteration in Beef cr Pork.—Bacon continues heavy.—Butters are quoted at a small ce. duction. TALLOW and HEM P.—The Tallow market has become ex ceedingly heavy ; the new, 38s. yid . a 39e. for parcels here, and 395. tkl. for amval.—Hemp steady at 421. OlLS.—Early in the week a panic took place in the Oil market, in consequence of the reductions of the import duty on Olive Oil, Rapa—ft.d, &c. ; Greenland and South Sea Oil fell 31.; the market is now steady at the reduction. TOBACCO.—The market continues heavy ; the late sales re ported are 300 hhds. Virginia at 30.; 150 at sd. a 7d. ; and a few fine stemma, 9ed. 111R1T. On Tuesday. the 29th uli:itirnham Hall, the scat of the Right Honourable Lord Clifford, the Honourable Mrs. Clifford, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Tuesday last, at Hof.Mam, Henry, youngest son of William Padwick, E.q. of Co..ham-house, near Portsmouth, to Susan, youngest daughter of T. Chasemore.Esq. of the former place. DIED. On Saturday last, in York-buildings, Mary-la-boane, John Pol. lard, Esq. in his 83d year. On the 224 ult. 51r. John Lunson. of Aldgate High-strcrt, aged 71, one of the oldest inhabitants of the parish of St. Botolph, Aldgate. On the 30th ult. at Aston Tirrold, Berks, the Rev. Richard Fut ler, in the 76th year of his age. On the 27th instant, at Caher, county of Tipperary, Ireland, the Lady of George Mecham, Esq. of his Majeaty's 3d, or Prince of Nrales's Dragoon Guards. Yesterday, in Somerset-street, Portman-square, Lady Leith, the wife of Joseph Blagrave, Esq. On the 29th inst., Mrs. Catherine Owen, of Devonshire-street, Portland-place. Suddenly, in the prime of life, whilst walking in a field rear his house, Mr. John Hunt, of Fifehead. On Sunday, the 20th instant, at his mother's house, Orford Hail, near Worrington, after a protracted illness, the Rev. Edw. Stanley llornby, fifth son of the late Genfiry Bombe, Rector of Winwick, and nephew to the Right Hon. the Earl of Derby. Suddenly, on the morning of F t id ay last. aged 63. Ur. William Plumer Willson, for thirty years Governor of Ilotford Gaol and House of Correction. Mr. Willmin had been indisposed fir turtle days, and the servant who sat by hi. bed-side during the ..ight of Thursday observed that he turned himself on the bed at two o'clock on Friday morning. At six Mr. W. found him a corpse. HIGH WATS& THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDOIL 31orning 10 min. after 1. 1 Afternoon 39 min. est I. Printed at THE BRITISH PRESIS Office. b. J.M. CAULTOIr, 181, Strand, and published by a. 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The Counsel, after describing the various circumstances of the case with much eloquence, produced the following evident , : in support of his statement. Margaret Macartney, the first witness, examined—Knows plain tiff; he was the father of right children ; knew his daughter Mary Ann front childhood ; her mother is alive: she was the only daughter; witness lives in the neighbourhood, and was intimate in the family ; knew the defendant, but could not say there was any particular intimacy between them, until matters turned out as they did ; saw tlern together at parties ; it was suspected that they were going to be married one morning, and witness and her hus band were sent for; nothing particular happened while witness was present; Mr. Orr and witness's husband were present ; thinks plaintiff's daughter was 21 when she died ; sees defendant in Court and identifies him. Win. John Dillon, attorney—Lives in Antrim in vacation ; knows plaintiff and his family, and has been on terms of intimacy with him ' • knew the deceased, and believes she was about 20 when she died; she might be mote; heard she had been educiated at • boarding-school in Belfast: knows defendant, and cons ders him very independent; heard reports of his ,paying attention to plain. tiff's daughter. Rev. Robert Orr—Knows plaintiff thirty years; he was a hearer of witness's, and defendant has lately become so. Was sent for by Mrs. Hunter upon an occasion alluded to by a former witness, but Mr. M'Cord did not stern ready for marriage until he would consult two particular friends. The plaintiff was anxious the mar riage should be celebrated that day, but defendant put it off. It NM nearly four years ago. John M'Coy—Knows defendant • had a conversation with him, the substance of which was, that he would marry Miss Hunter if her father would agree to give him over the property, if he (defend ant) would pay the mortgage debts on it, and that there was not • more proper girl than Miss Hunter in the country, in her situation. There was a mortgage of 600 f. against plaintiff's property. Henry Christie—Knew the daughter of plaintiff, Mary Ann Hunter. Knew her when she was with child. Was coming from Handalstowa fair with defendant, when defendant said to witness, it was • terrible thing had befallen Mary Ann Hunter, but lie would do for the child, as he believed it to be his. This was after Mary Ann Hunter's death. Cross-examined--Never had any quarrel with defendant, but bought a piece of land from him and a John M'llvenna, and gave him a bond, which witness's brothers afterwards paid, and got rid of him. Never said he would be revenged on Mr. M`Cord. Mary Montgomery—Knows plaintiff and knew his daughter a long time before her death. Was on a visit at her father's more than a year ago. Knows defendant, and knew of his coming there at night. Saw him there at night at the window of her room, and knew of his being admitted through the window once ; heard him at the window more than once. Sarah Mulholland—Knew the late Mary Ann Hunter ; she has a child, which witness took care of for fire nights and six days ; knows defendant ; met him one day, and he asked if Mi.g Hunter was getting better, and if it was true that they were good to her ; the lay in in her father's house ; witness slid they were very good to her, and she was getting better ; he said be would be sorry to see her in wan•, or the child either, as so long as he had a penny she should haves halfpenny of it, and hoped she would soon be his own ; this wasabout seven days after she lay in, and she died in about a fortnien. James M` Donnell, surgeon, attended Mary Ann Hunter from the 28th May, when site lay in, till the 10th - June, when she died ; she was properly attended, but died of puerperal fever ; her father paid witness for medicine and attendance. Elisabeth Hughes nursed the deceased ; knew her living at her father's house, spinning, sewing, and knitting, and doing other things ; she was a very fine, nice young woman. Francis M`Anullis—Lived with the plaintiff; knows where plaintiff lived in the country, and often saw defendant at the back of the house, in the garden, at Miss Hunter's windows, between ten and eleven o'clock; he saw defendant once on his knees at the window, and laid hold of him, and attendant said he was waiting for a letter to give to his brother ; saw hint there after that, and saw him go in by the window. Mr. Bcac LIR, in an able address to the Jury for the defendant, dwelt with much force upon the apparent incredibility of the wit neva Christie, who was the only one that attempted to prove ad ac knowledgment of seduction by the defendant. The Jury returned with a verdict fog the plaintlff-3001. damage., and Id. costs. * -Atri . V4l 1.41 POLICE. GUILDHALL. Fredrrick Drlmo* and Joseph Mould, the two young men ap prehended for the offence of extorting money from Mr. Thomas Cozens, chemist, Castle-street, Leicester-square, under the throes of charging him with indecent and unnatural propensities, were brought up for final examination, before 111 r. Alderman Ar arKS. Since their HIV. hearing, Mr. Harmer had been indefatigable in tracing out a previous connection between Denman and the lad Mould, and endeavouring to procure evidence as to the hand-wrias in of the former, in both of which he had been successful. From the evidence he now produced it appeared that the pet. sonars had never succeeded in ascertaining Mr. Coterie residence, though they had by some means found out correctly his Christina and surname, and. 111ould having on one occasion watched Mi. Cozens into a hackney-coach in Fleet-street, and followed It all the way to Mr. Griffiths's, Pollen's-row. Islington, where Mr. Cosecs went in, after waiting some rime without teeing hint return, knocked at the door and inquired for him, saying, that the gentleman had given him some money • day or two before, a part of which was bad, and he wanted him to change it ; and being told he was gone, , threateted to get an officer and search the house. On the Thursday afterwards both the prisoners called at 111 r. Griffiths's, declared that they knew Mr. Cozens lo d eed there, and insisted upon seeing him. The man-servant looked at them well, so as to be able to recognise them again. To prove the hand-writing of Denman two witnesses were called. A respectable venerable-looking gentleman, Dr. Nisbet, of the Cottage ketreat, Doris.strett. Lambeth, stated that he knew the prizoner Denman, by the came of Frederick Henry Annersley, and that he had had him as his amanuensis for some months. (A letter was shown hint, which he (Dr. N.) had received from Frederick the previous day, in which he informed hint that he had forfeited his life to the offended laws of his country, expressed in the strong. eat terms his gratitude to the Doctor for the many kindnesses he had received thorn him and his worthy family, and imploring him to call upon bin at the Giimpur.street Compter, and inquire for him in the name of Denman.) This letter tire Doctor knew to be the ptisoner's hand.writing ; but upon being shown the letter sent to Mr. Cozens, he said It was something different front Frederick's general hand ;it wan like it—he thought it might be his, but he could not, in his conscience, swear positively that it was his hand writing. . Denman, at the former examination, and up to this moment, had conducted himself with an air of confidence, and even of pert. ness, but the appearance of his venerable patron, and the unaf fected feelingof reluctance with which he gave evidence against him, entirely overcame him. lle became greedy agitated, burst into a violent flood of tears, was no longer able to support himself at the bar, and during the remainder of the examination was in dulged with a chair. The lad Mould, however, maintained throughout his composure, and viewed his companion in guilt rather with a look of contempt than pity. The depositions were then read over with great care to all the witnesses, and the prisoners asked by the Magistrate if they wished to put any question to either of them : but they both uniformly declined to put any, and they were both committed to Newgate for trial, Mould for tit° separate offences, viz.—for highway rubbery, in the county of Middlesex; and secondly, conjointly with Den men, for the felony, in sending a threatening letter to obtain money under the late statute, 4th Geo. IV. cap. 64. By this mode of indictment the life of Denman will be spared, the punishment for his offence under the statute extending only to transportation for life. QUEEN-SQUARE. MISOON DUCT OF WATCH 311E31.--OM Thursday Pateiek Hewett, a watchman belonging to St. George's, Hanover.square, appeared on a summons before Messrs. GRLOORIE and WA 'TIC, the Magistrates, to answer the complaint .1 J ohn -Colman, a die. mount night patrol, for an assault, and obstructing him In the execution of his duty. The complainant stated, that he, with another patrol, were sta tioned round Grosvenor place and its avennee. Their instructions are. to be very particular in inspecting the areas and gates of the railings; that in the exercise of his duty the orisoner rtpeatedly in. suited them, although he (witness) said who they were, and re. monstrated with him for his improper conduct. The prisoner, however, said he knew them well ; shin used several insulting ex- pressions, and shoved him into t'e middle of the footpath. ness, in consequence, was induced to acquaint his superiors of the prisoner's conduct. Warren, the other patrol, fully confirmed his partner's testi mony. !Jewett, in his defence, said he had been a watchman for MX months past ; he had never made a chargers. inst any one during that time, nor had ever been before a Magistrate. 31r. WAITE told him his conduct was disgraceful. That busi ness had he to he locked up in the box intoxicated ? If that was his usual practice there was no chance of his ever bringing a proper charge before them. He was not a fit person for a watchman, and he was ordered to be dismissed. Rokrt Pr:flows, a watchman of St. Alartio'a in the Fields, was charged with bong of his brat, drunk and disorderly. Patterson attempted a paltry excuse in vindication of himself, but the fumes ot liquor not having evaporated, The Magistrate abruptly ordered him to be expelled, and a no. tice sent to the Board of Green Cloth for his dismissal. THANES OFFICE. if ilfio+x Dent/ew, an `• Excise watchman," wu put to the bar on Thursday. charged with felony. William Clarke stated, that about ten minutes after six o'clock OD Thursday morning, he saw the prisoner going oat at the Dux TIME BRITISH PRESS. heoff his duty, and baring sortie suspicion against the prisoner, he caused him to be stopped. Witness took off the prisoner's hat, in which lie found a bladder containing five pints of brandy, and on further search fotmd secreted under his apparel another bladder, antaining three quarts of the tame description of brandy. The pri. after some hesitation, said the brandy bad been given to Edward Bond, an Inspectorof Excise, said the prisoner has been aleployed as an extra watchman to take charge of a craft called the 4lle Thomas, laden with three casks of brandy, lying in the Lon. Dock brain. It was the prisoner's duty to go on board at six it dock in the evening, and to remain there till the same hour on ghe following morning. A ft er the prisoner had been taken into cue. My, I went on board the craft and found one cask had the appear , des of having been plundered. I discovered a spile in it, and the Oak was then wet, which I perceived was w;th brandy. Thomas Bignell, a Surveyor of Exports Excise, deposed that en krhay morning he examined the casks before described, all of ad been soiled, but not in the usual manner. In two of the Oaks them was a deficiency of two gallons, and in the third one pillion. The brandy produced was of the value of three pounds, tad of r quality as that on board the Little Thomas. The 4.WISTRATE committed the prisoner to Newgate for trial, and the pinks were bound over to prosecute. WORSHIP-STREET. A woman named Amos, a laundress, was brought before Mr. TWYTORD on a charge of unlawfully pawning linen, the property of kir. Hockley and Mr. Heath, of Homerton, which had been entrusted to her to wash. Duplicates of a number of articles which had been pledged at the the shops of 11 r. Elliot, Kingsland.road. and Mr. Harris, Hackney, were produced, and the floor of the office was nearly covered with the bundles of linen which had been taken from their premises. The prisoner admitted the charge of pawning the goods of her employers, which it appeared she had been iu the habit of doing for nearly two years. She was committed to the House of Correction for three months, and the pawnbrokers fined. Mr. Elliot in the sum of N. 4s. and Mr. Herrin is the sum of 51. &s., being double the amount of the suns lent on Mr. llockley's goods only, Mr. Heath not pressing for a conviction in his ease. The gocds were then given up to their respective owners. LA M BET lI.STRELT. On Thursday John Iriagne and Catherine Holton were placed at the bar before John Hardwicl.e, Esq., the Magistrate, upon the following extraordinary charge of felony. It appeared that about a month ago the female prisoner, who is • young lady of considerable personal charms, absconded from her parental roof at Oakingliam, in Berkshire. taking with her a small casket containing 100 guineas in gold, belonging to her widowed mother. The old lady, a few days after her daughter's absence, came to London in a state of mind bordering on distraction, and procured the assistance of Furlong, one of the Bow-street patrol, to whom she related the whole circumstance relative to the dis appearance of her daughter with the money, and expressed her suspicion that she had eloped with a man named John Wingoe (the prisoner), a silk weaver, who worked at a factory in Oakit.g. ham, who had been secretly paying his addresses to her daughter, and about the time she absconded, Wingoe left his employment unexpectedly, and had not been heard of since, and two persona answering the description of Wingoe and her daughter were seen on the road, between Windsor and London, gin a post chaise and four. Furlong, on receiving this information, lost no time, but instantly repaired to Spitalfields and its neighbourhood, that being a very likely place to hear of IV ingoe amongst the weavers ; and fortunately in a few days he succeeded in apprehending him, and on searching his pockets the officer found a duplicate of a watch and other articles pledged at the shop of Mr. NVilliamson, a pawn. broker in Brick-lane, and ascertained that his prisoner had just returned from Romford. Furlong conveyed Wingoe to a place of security, and proceeded to Remford, and discovered the inn where he and Miro Holton had stopped for several nights, and that a day or two before the young lady had gone by the coach to Norwich. Furlong instantly proceeded thither after her, and after being there two days he met the young lady in the market-place, and from the description given of her he had no doubt but she was the female he WAS in quest of ; he put several questions to her, and asked her if her name was not Holton; but she denied being the person in very positive terms. However the oiler felt satisfied in his own mind he was right, and thereupon took het h 3 custody, and carried her before the filar), of that city, before whom she underwent an examination, but she persisted in saying her name was not Holton, but that of Williams. The officer traced out where the lady had been residing, and found in her chamber a quantity of dresser., a memorandum book from the Savings Bank at Norwich, where she had deposited 101. a few days before, IL of which had been with drawn. Furlong took possession of all the property found, and with the young lady came to London. Wingoe, when first brought before the Magiatrate, declared that he knew not how Miss Holton became possessed of the money ; she told him that she had bccn left it as • legacy by a friend of hers, and as to the watch, the duplicate of which had been found in his possession, she had made him a present of it, Miss Holton and Wingoe were now placed at the bar together, and on the former being called on for any thing she had to say in her defence, she stated that Wingoe had, while in Oakingham ' paid his addresses to her, and swore eternal fidelity towards her , , but leaving rather abruptly without taking his leave of her, she was determined to follow him to London, in hopes of finding him out, and she therefore resolved on robbing her mother. She did so, and proceeded on her journey, when on her arrival she accidentally met Wingoe, and told him what she had done ; he vowed to be constant for life, and agreed to accompany her to Norwich, where they were to be married. She purchased a new suit of clothes for him, and had also purchased the wedding suit for herself, the ring, and other necessaries for the marriage state. They first took the coach for Romford. where they stopped two days and nights, and in the morning they set out from thence to Norwich ; conceiving the cash was nearly all gone, he got up at a very early hour, and absconded with her watch and two guineas and a half. Finding that he had so acted, she determined not to return to her friends, and met out by herself for Norwich. The MAGISTRATE asked her what had become of the remainder of the money, as she had in the whole only accounted for about 40/. She said she expended a great deal on the road and at Nor wich, and that she did not know what had become of the remainder. , Furlong said that he understood she had been extremely liberal, with her money at Norwith ; she frequently went to the Theatre, and paid the admission fee for other females with whom she had formed an acquaintance; he had no doubt but she had squandered a deal of money in that way. The mother not coming forward (not wishing to prosecute her own child) Miss Holton was set at liberty with a suitable admo nition from the Magistrate. She was then taken from the bar, and her evidence was received against Wingoe as to his pos session of the watch. She positively swore that he bad taken it without her consent. The fiIAGISTRATE then addressed the prisoner,and said, that he ought to be coin tttttttt for the felony, but under all the aircum stancea, and in consideration of his having a wife and five children, he would punish him in a milder way ; he would therefore take it under the l'aanbroketa' Act, which weit that he should pay double the value of the watch (U.) for unlawfully pawning it, or in default of payment he should be sent to the tread-mill for three calendar months, _ ..... The prisoner pleaded inability to pay the fine, and he was com mitted accerdit.gly. Miss Holton Wsll conveyed home in a post-chaise to her mother and friends on Thursday evening. UNION-HALL. On Thursday a young fellow, named John Johnson, a workman in the employment of Messrs. Wyburn and Thomas, of Great Surrey-street, coaehmakers, was brought up in the custody of Glover, a Bow-street patrol, on a charge of having robbed his em ployers of a quantity of horse-hair. From the evidence of one of the gentlemen belonging to the firm, it appeared that a great quantity of horse-hair had been missed from the premises, but in consequence of the number of men em ployed it was a most difficult task to pick out the robber. The prisoner was one of the last upon whom suspicion attached, in con. sequence of the excellent character they had received of him, and the length of time he had been in their service. Notwithstanding their utmost vigilance to detect the plunderer on the premises they failed, and the prisoner's detection and apprehens , on by Glover took place as follows :—Between seven and eight o'clock on Tues. day evening he saw Johnson enter a marine store-shop in the New Cut, kept by a man named Daniels, and open a bundle, which contained a quantity of horse-hair. Daniels instantly put it into his scales for the purpose of weighing it, when the patrol made his appearance, and on questioning the prisoner as to where he had got the article, the latter hesitated to answer, and subsequently. after much inquiry, the patrol ascertained that the horse-hair was a part of that which had been stolen from the premises of the above concern. Mr. Wybum, on seeing the hone-hair, identified it to be the property of the ihrtn, front a particular twist by which it was made up. The prisoner was fully committed. A FEN ALE CONETABLE.—The established usage at Hatton-garden Office, of hearing warrants of until( only during the day, was intertupted, through the active exertions, and power. ful appeal to justice, from Mrs. Molly Toomey, who, about a week ago, under the title of a warrant, kindly procured an order for admission for her husband, Mr. harry Toomey, into his Woe. ship'', presence. It appeared that the execution of this warrant was entrusted to Thistleton ' th e of cer ; but Larry having been employed at wotk in High gate, he found, besides the advantages of good air, many other comforts to induce hint to prefer sleeping in the country rather than at home. Ot course the officer got no trace of him ; but Molly, with becoming vigilance, pounced upon her sp,use hat night, and taking upon herself the duty of a peace officer, she dragged Larry to the office. When the parties were introduced to the Magistrate, the following dialogue took place : Magistrate—What iv your complaint, my good woman ? There's no living with him, your Honour, for he's always killing me (lay after day. Magistrate—When did he strike you last ? Molly—The day before Wednesday, your Honour. Magistrate— And when did he strike you helore that? Melly—The day after, Wednesday, your Honour. Magistrate—Have you any wit nem ? Molly—F*lga, I have, in truth. Magistrate—Then pro. duce your witness. ,11011y—Lord, there he is to the for:, Larry himself is my witness. Here the case for the prosecution closed. Larry, when. called on for his defence, assured his Worship there WAS no killing his wife, or doing any other gond with her, she was ' , such a devil. She bad tonal or pop'd aU his clothes; and the garments on him were borrowed from Nick Flaherty, to look genteel before his Honour. Ira proof, it was stated that Molly pop'd Larry", Sunday's east, to pay the law expenses. The Illa ftistrate cautioned Molly in haute neither to wear or pop the breeches; upon which she withdrew, with no evident intent:en of prodtinig suds wholesome eentisd. COMBAT BETWEEN THE LION NERO AND SIX MASTIFFS OF THE TRUE ENGLISH BREED, FOR FIVE THOUSAND SOVEREIGNS, ON THE RACECOURSE AT WARWICK, ON TUESDAY LAST. DOGS. 1. Crack - Handled by • Thomas Ewit. 2. Bai r . ditto . Charles Howlll. 3. Cribb - ditto . William Forster. 4. Neptami ditto . Thomas King. 6. Jerry . ditto - John Childers. 6. Nclson - ditto - NVilliana Wikeley. This singular contest was productive of great interest, and the door of admittance was crowded long before the hour of admission, which was fixed for one o'clock. As soon as the doors were opened (although the price of ad minims was 75. 6d.), die place was crowded in every part, and the most intense anxiety prevailed for the time to ar rive. Betting may fairly be quoted at five to four on the dogs, it being generally supposed that the lion was over matched, from the natural propensity of the dogs to hold their prey while any power of resistance remained, as three of them were to attack him at once. At length the time approached to "Cry havock, and let slip the dogs of war!" As soon as the lion Nero was brought into the area, he evinced something of his natural ferocity by pawing the earth, roaring tremendously, and lashing his sides with his tail for several minutes. At a quarter past two the dogs were brought in, and Crack, Billy, and Nelson were let slip st the royal beast ; Nelson appeared a little intimi dated, but the others rushed at their formidable antagonist with great spirit- Nero no sooner saw them advancing than he couched on his fore paws and sprang on Billy, grasped his loins, and literally crushed him to pieces. Betting was now sharp in favour of Nero, as Nelson and Crack hung unmolested on his shaggy mane, until he shook them off. Nelson succeeded in pinning him by the under jaw, while the other fastened his neat hind leg. Nero for cibly threw up his head, and raising his near forepaws, made a plunge at the far dog, but Crack escaped, and in turning to nose Lim, met the rage of the beast cleverly for a few moments ; Nelson loosed his hold, and winding to his flanks, caught a blow with the Lion's paw, which broke his back, and thus two of his ferocious opponents were dis abled on theground. The door of the caravan was now opened, and a cessa tion of hostilities took place for a few moments. In about five minutes Cribb, Neptune, and Jerry were brought out (Crack being kept in reserve to supply the place of the disabled dog.) The Lion was again brought out : he ap peared little worse for his fatigue, and met his three new combatants with unabated spirit. All the dogs rushed at his nose, and came in finely, without coming in contact with his deadly paws. This did not last long, for shaking them off', be got Cribb within the grasp of his leviathan jaws, and every bone was crushed in an instant. The other dog was now let slip, find the royal beast having his work before him, began to finish it in earnest- Poor Crack no sooner come within marl, than he feeeived a death blow, and the intrepid beast seemed goaded to madness; he lashed his sides, and rushed at Neptune, and succeeded in maiming him in the left -side, which reduced him to a helpless state. Jerry only was able to meet the royal beast; and as the articles specified, that if the number of dogs should be reduced to one, the remaining one should be drawn, and the owner entitled to 100/. ; victory was consequently de clared in favour of Nero, amidst shouts of deafening ap plause. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CROXTON PARK RACES. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. Ths meeting this year, both as to the number of the stakes and the superiority of the horses, was greater than on any former occa sion. His Royal Highness the Duke of York honoured the stewards with his presence. His Royal Highness is expected to be at Newmarket on Sunday. Match, 80 soy., 12st. each.—Three Miles. Mr. Burton's Donnybrook . - . 0 1 - - Mr. Smith Barry's Fencer . - 0 2 The first was a dead heat, and the second won only by half* nose.—Two admirable heats. Sweepstakes of Visors. each, 12st. Captain Stewareseit. Earwig - - . 1 Sir V. Coltoo's b. g. Lark . . - 2 Mr. llolyoake's b. g. Twighopper - - . 3 The Handicap Stakes of 10 guineas each, 20 added. Mr. White's Pecunia - - 1 Mr. Rose's Doctor - - - . 2 Mr. Payne's Comical - - - - - 3 Four others started but were not placed. The Billcsdon Copluw Stakes of 25 soya each. Mr. Watson's Tom Paine - . . . 1 Mr. Peel's Bogtrotter - . - - 9 Mr. S. Barry's Don Giovanni - - - - 3 The farmer's Plate of r.to guineas and 10 guineas to the second horse. Mr. Burrowes's b. m. by Vivaldi . . 0 1 2 1 Mr. Hall's h. . . . 0 3 1 2 Mr. Duke's b. to. - - . - 3 2 3 dr. These four heats were the best contested ones ever rua on Crox. ton Course ' • the first was a dead beat between the two first— nine started. Match, 60 sous. . Mr. Williams's. Burrby - - - Lord !lowan; Fiddler - - - - - The Forced Handicap - Mr. White's Pecunia - - - 1 . Mr. Wi ll iams's Burnby - - - - 2 . Pyson . . . 3 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. His Majesty's stag-hounds will meet on Easter Monday at Farn ham Common, and the following Friday at Worburn Green.—each day at half after ten, being the last day of hunting this season. bit BURTON 11 UNT.--Sir Richard Sutton's hounds on Mon day at Winston Wood. Wednesday at Somerby House, Thursday at Swallow Beck, and Saturday at Nocton House --at eleven. The Berkhampton hounds at Burderop Race-course on Tuesday, and at Kennet on Friday—A stag will be turned out each day. The Earl of Derby's stag-hounds meet this day at Coulsdon, four miles from Croydon. The Somerset subscription hounds on Tuesday at Rawling's Crop; Friday, at Hart Cleve; Tuesday, the 12th, at Rawling's Crop ; and Friday, the 15th, at Slowly Wood—at ten. Sir R. Sutton's hounds on Monday at Branston Wood ; Wed nesday at Somerby House; Thursday at Swallow Beck ; and Sa turday, at Stapletord Moore—at eleven. The South Vold Hounds on Tuesday, at Thornton ; and Sa turday, at the Tower on the 3loor—at eleven. The father of the P. R., the veteran Joe Ward, died on Wed nesday at his son's house, after four days' illness, aged 76. Joe was a ran good man in his prime, before the days of Tom Johnson, whom he seconded in most of his battles. (iii PARALLELED CHASE--One of the longest and most severe runs ever known in pursuit of a fox, occurred lately with the Shef field harriers, who discovered Reynard at Croach Tun, and followed him through a tract of country of between fifty and sixty miles, when the fox took ground at Male. The chase occupied six hours and forty minutes. THE GREAT TROTTING MATCH.—Captain Crawfcril's bay mare started at Bourne-lees, Leicestershire, on Thursday, to trot in harness, 28 miles in two hours, for 1,000 guineas. She lost the match by 67 seconds. ADYERTIBEWTNT.—THE INFANT LYRA:The follow ing Lines.appeared in the Liverpool Afererry, addressed to the interesting Infant Lyra, whose singular talents have excited so much wonder in the .Musical World, and now exhibiting daily at two o'clock, and at half-past three o'clock, at No. 134, Art thou indeed of earth ; or, say, from hewer:, To weary mortals for • season given ? Say, hast thou left thy starry mansion bright, Elysium blessed of supreme delight, To lure, with seraph farm and witching lay, And bear to far.off realms the soul away? Art thou Indeed of earth, that sweep`st the lyre With Inspiration's glowing hand of fire? Of ncrial spirit froth the bowers of bliss, To tell of distant realms of blessedness? human thy song, or sure thou well ',lie= seem Some fairy genii of Arcadian dream, So bright the sparkle of thy beaming eye, Whispering of Heaven in all its purity ! So fair the beauties of thy cherub face, filatchless in infant loveliness and grate: Hunian thy song, yet nc'er. oh ! neer did Art NVeave spell like thine around the captive heart! }leaven-taught, sweet Ines!—Genius, from her throne, Exulting. calls thee hers, and hers alone ; And het, thou art ; the breathes in every sigh, Lives in the lustre of thy speaking eye, Prompts the soft watblings of thy every tone. And sheds a halo round thee all her own On--Heaven-instructed—charm the listening throng With all thy sweet verieties of song. And with a lay befitting regal sphere. flo, win, in princely hills, the royal ear And when thy dazzling race on earth is run, And mortal immortality pot or, When the dark shadows on the mountains spread Shall call thee to thy last and quiet bed, Resume in brighter worlds thy sounding lyre, The sweetest Larpist of th' angelic choir I MARKETS. UXBRIDGE. Corn Inspector's Return, MaJtcn 31. Wheat, per load - . lel lte to /Ell 0 Barley, per quarter - . . II 13e to 0 b Oats . . - - . II Ile to 11. lb Bean° " ' • - 11 18a to It 4a Peas - • 21 2s to tt k Rye - - . • - 01 Os to 01 lb • NEWBURY. BERES, Manca 31. - bOs to 80: rats . lea to 92 . .—sto —s Beans - Ms to . -32 s to 43s Pt= 40s to 44. Bread, per gallon, Is 7d MIS lid Wheat Rye Barley DEVIZES, MARCH 31. Wi ly a h t eat and Berds to c le i : : Barley t and Oats .2 l s er t rr o tee. o Barley . 31's Od-to 64a Od I Beans - lOs to 26. 0 HU . NONILIO*D t Mums ft Wheat . . Barley . . Wheat • Barley . ; ✓~ PRICE a TALLOW, SOAP &-. pa 1121 b. Town Tallow - 49; Od Yellow Soap - As Od Yellow Russia . 41s Od Mottled - 8 k Od White ditto -39 s Od Curd • Os Oil Soap ditto . 39s Od Graves es 01 • Melting Stuff' -37 s Od I Good Dregs - las Od Ditto Rough . —a Od XSE_ 1 IN SF Bo 1 the the Bit puced T H Office, of Ape 4, 1 :117, which Pell The margel Di Isom, o•Clorl on TH Tie{ A havint many tended which tineit !Ninon any of ()pc et Pepti :irE S. N. S. S. J. 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