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. PO Y. 4 L JI d NT. , • • The &et that It-as iurned nut on Tuesday for the diversion of klis..Maftst r, on Ascot Heath Race Course, is a very,fine young one. At starting he chewed great sport,: he ran full speed across the Forest, and milt; several turns towards the Bagshot toad; he pasted through the turnpike on the road, tak ing to the right Llitough the tow!) of Bagshot, followed hy a very numerous assemblage of gentlemen sports. yarn, to the no small amusement of the inhabitants. He continued his course upon the road till he came to a lane on the left, where he got into some inclo sures, in which he ran for several miles, till he got into the road again, and passed through the town of Bagshot, and took the same course as he did at starting ; being closely pursued, he was taken, after a hard run of about three bouts, nearly five voiles to the left of Bagshot. r 2 7'HE QUEE2V'S HOUSE. t' It is confidently stated in tha fashionable circles, that Her MAJESTY has determined to dispose of her elegant house in St. dames's Park, with all the appur tenances, including the whole garden, riding-house, out-houses, improvements, &c. from Buckingham Gate to Hyde Park corner, and round by Grosve nor-place. Report, indeed, goes so far as to state,tkat the es nveyance is ready for execution, and that the Earl ut Geobv esue is robe the purchaser for a sum of /20,0001. As .•um as the purchase shall have been completed, v,e understand it is the intention of the Noble Earl, to build a magnificent range of houses from Buckingham GAte so Hyde Park-corner, and another range from Grosvenor place to Charlotte street, The back of t :e garden, leading to Constitution-hill, is also to be laid out for build ing, as A street or a square. These alterations will entirely clunge the Appearance of that end of the town. BOCKLEMN FETE. A grand Fete was given on Monday last at Bock ;eon Hall , Worc.•ctershire, to celebrate the anni verwary of the birthday of THOMAS ELTON MIL., Las, is+ A temporary kitchen was ereeted, in whic.t an ox and sheep were roasted upon the occa sion. Long t ,bles were laid for the accommoda tion of the tenantry. Above 3,000 persons from the neighbourhood attended, to whom take, ale, a.ei cyder, were liberally distributed. Hats and tans were given as prizes for toot races, &c The Tei )ury band attended, and at night preceded the corni any to Bockle:on on the Hill, where they were agar , regaled, and ushered in the morning with a merry dance. A IRI%'ALS. FAN . IIIs The Duke of Odom* on a visit to the Prince of Wales, f" bean Two•kenham. fawns Drummond, Eel. and Family, from Scotland to i 11l roe'. Hold. Mi.. Si. to her house in ntratfnot plant Mrs. Williams, front Moore Park, liertford.hire, to her boner in • • -------- • On Wednesday morning, the Prineesse. Soritia. .t. arse, Aftstra tee* en wiring en tia.rseback in Wind . soy Great Park, with their usual an :slants. Yesterday morninir, soon after breakfast, His MA• if.STY, the * Duke of Conine as:ti, the Prnicesses S t:o p al& and AN EEL A . with a number of attendants, rode on horseback in Windsor Great Park. On We !riesd:l morning, Lord .2 IVERS arrived in London from Windsor, wncre he had been on a VI- A: :1) His 1`.4AJ.51Y. Lord and L.Jy Ha arrived at Bath or Monday last, where they will remain till atter Christmas. The Duke of BOXICRGH has taken a house in Suffolk -street, Bath. for two months. Hi' Grace and the Duchess are espetied w alder there on Monday next. AN•cmiloN MOORS k arrived at Plymouth, he Came from America in the beitas frigate, Capt. Do tna I. as. MONSIEUR, Bmther to the King of Fa iNCL, since b:. return front Sweden. has taken an elegant house its South A mlley •,try—.; for the season. [he Dek , ! of Gate aisa, and Count Br atr.ini. a is, paid their iespefts yesterday to the Prince of trAI.LS, at Carigton-house. the Karl and Countess of Sc sennaos;nit and noisily were to honour a conceit of snosic at Dur ham Theatre on Thursday last. On Sunday last, the Lad id Firt arriVed at \Val. ter? hotel, Edinburgh, on his way to London. Duke and Duchess of Aritel.. and Family, .)-r, Edinburgh last Monday, Inc the Isle of Man. Lord CIIIIDWORTI4 I 3 will has gone nearly through tis many oldie*. as Mrs. Lot's Lord !Ir.ssiaLis presided r• the Bath harmonic Society, last week. The seleetion of glees, duets, 8:c. did honour to his Lordship's taste. Th e La i d Cr Live fir, is the title of the new Co medy, in preparation at Dina y-lane Theatre. It is slid to (save received some touches from the pen of SHIAIDAII. Nine 'toilers were examined last week at Taunton, 'before the Magistrates, charged wit': combination. ne result was, that One .It.in was committed to the Mouse of Correftion. Mn.s PARK'S, the celebrated damvr, arrived at Cilasgow on Saturday last from Dublin, where iatends to perform some of her native strathspeys. The Drayton Assembly, of this night, is tinder the auspices of Viscountess KILSOKEY, and Sir Cog air CORILT, Bart. Last night, Mr. Honst A 24 performed Mack:i. at the Bath 'L'heistre ; aud, ki-morrow night, he sill play Bardiri. The Marchioness of ELY is amongst the last arri vals at Bath. The Bath Catch Club commences next week. Sir Magee, Souistaviat.c, Bart. and Sir Jous HAw ctl•s, Bart. arc President and Vice-President. The Countess of Kemal *a e gave an elegant Ball and Su ,per or Tuesday evening last, to all the Nobi lity and Gentry now remaining at Cheltenham. The Ball was opened at eleven o'clock, by Mr. Ke A T IMO and the beautiful Lady C. Litowist, and at one o'clock, eighty persons sat down to a most sump tuous supper, consisting of every delic..cy of the sea son. At three o'clock, the dances were resumed, and kept up with spirit Cs'. five o'clock in the morn jlig• 1 .., LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF RING'‘ BENCH, wl$T11111)117t111, Nuv 15. The Court was chiefly engaged this day, in pass ing judgment on several persons who had been con vifted the last summer circuit of assaulting excise officers, and obstruaing them in the discharge of their duty. THE ZING S. THOMAS DRURY. In this case, the Defendant was indieted for as saulting an officer of excise, obstruaing him in the discharge of his duty, and rescuing from him a bag of smuggled tobacco. The aCtion was tried by a special jury, at the last assizes for Essex—and it appeared in evidence, that the Prosecutor met the Defendant on horseback, with a bag of smuggled tobacco, which he attempt ed to seize ; but the Defendant resisted him, threw the bag into an horsepond, and struck the Prosecu tor several times, after which he got back the bag, add a scuffle ensued ; when the Defendant swore, he should neither have bag or tobacco. The Defend ant produced no witnesses ; bet, on account of his good charaeter, the Jury recommended him to mercy. Mr. CARRON', who moved for the judgment of the Court, in the absence of the ATTORNLY-GLNL HAL, observed, that though there was no evidence as to the charaaer of the Defendant, yet the Jury, who, in that part of the country, were very good natured to this description of persons, thought pro per to recommend him. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment in the gaol of Chelmsford. Tliz RING a. JOHN MORGAN. In this case also, the Defendant was indiaed fot a similar offence, in assaulting a Revenue Officer, and obstruaing him in the discharge of his duty. He suffered judgment to go against him by default. The affidavit on which the information bad been filed was read. It was sworn by the Captain, Mate, and mariners of His Majesty's revenue cutter the Endeavour, that having received some inform ation, %Valiant Abrahams and another mariner, belonging to the Endeavour, were ordeted at twelve o'clock, on the night of the 13th of August last, to take a boat and row round the brig Jacobins, then lyiog in Milford harbour, Pembroke, and to observe whether; there were any illicit practices going on on board of that vessel : they accordingly rowed round her, :end, upon hailing her, there was a large shot or piece of iron immediately thrown at the boat, which struck her in the stern, and, had it struck the gunwhale, mu,t inevitably; have sunk her; on the following morning, the officer of the cutter sent some hands on board the Jacreiaa, in order to ascertain who the persons were who had thrown the shot, when one Harris pointed at the Defendant, and said he had t.arown the shot. and said, that he, at the same time, declared, he did not cam wheelie it was a King's boat or not; he would do the same to any boat which should come alongside at night ; he would hive thrown a second shot, if he had not been preveP ed by Harris. The Defendant's affidmits being produced. the first mad, was sworn by tf ree Justices of the Peace fat the County of Pend:eat, several Clergymen, and a number of other respeaabie persons residing in that part of the country, all of whom gave hits an excellent chooser for Ineltrity, honesty, =std loyalty, and as a person who never willfully coo. mined a breach of the peace ; stating, that what he had done most have prccmcled from his ignorance sit the law, as he, at the time, conceived he was faithfully and hon estly discharging his duty. The Defendant's affidavit stated, that the Jacobins bring Dutch prize to His Majesty's ship the Re: and his brother having a large share on board, Ire was put intoter. by the prize -master, to take care of the cargo, which consisted of rum, sugar, and coffee. tieveral boats had put off horn the shore, at Wight, and plundered the vessel of a great quantity of coffee, which bad been seized by the Revenue Officer on shore : this obliged him to keep constant watch, and about twelve o'cl-,ck on the night mentioned in the indictment, while the hands were at the pumps, he perceived a boat rowing round, and, suspecting she was com ing for snore plunder, he stopped the pumps to listen, and, having hailed her, received no answer; he then, not knowing she was a King's boat, threw a three pound shot, which struck her. He concluded his affidavit, by swearing, that he never wilfully of fench•cl against the revenue or any other laws, but was always ready and willing to support and main tain them, and was most firmly attached to his King and country. Mr. Efts PI e, on the past of the Defendant, ob served, that, in cases like the present, when persons were convicted of obstiuling revenue officers in their duty, they were generally ready with an ex cuse, when brought up for pudgment, and it fie quently happened that the persons making affidaviu in mitigation of punishment, winked in a great mea sure ar the offence; btu, in this case, it could not for a moment be supposed, that such a number of Ma gistrates, Clergymen, and other respeaable persons, would com Sine to misrepresent the concha& and diameter of Defendant, and there was no reason whatever to :appose the Court had been imposed upon by them ; but, if it were so, he considered it should meet with the resentment, instead of the mercy., of the Court. There was no proof what ever of any personal violence, and, in cases of judg ment by default, the Court would admit of every presumption in favour of innocence. Mr..lustice Gaon, inpronouncing judgment, ob served, that much was to be said nn the Defendant's b , 2lialf ; it did not appear quite clear that he knew the persons in the boat were revenue officers : on the contrary, it tatter appeared he was in the ea of doing his duty; but as many mischiefs might ensue, it such violence of condua was allowed to be pur sued with impunity—the Court felt it absolutely necessary to teach men in his situation to aft with more moderation. He was then sentenced to pay a fine of 51 and be imprisoned in Newgate till such fine be paid. 1 H E KING r. JOHN •UTTRES. This was an indithnent for an assault on James Suggresa, of which the Defendant was convided at the - last assizes at Maidstone. It appeared that the Prosecutor, who is a mari ner, belonging to His Majesty's Revenue Cutter S.,wage, was walking on the quay at Deal, with the Lieutenant of that vessel, when the Defendant ac costed him, and accused him of having said, dim TPII RING V. JAMLS ROSLINURGY. He was sentenced to six months imprisonment in the gaol of Bodmyn. MI KINO V. HANNAH JAMES. The indiftmentiri this Case was tried at Flereford, and was preferred against the Defendant and seve ral others, for a similar offence against James Wood, an excise officer, of Glamorganshire. The Court sentenced her to two months imprison ment in the King's Bench Prison. TN[ KING V. Roaurr stority. This was a ease of great outrage on the part of the Defendant, who WAS convitted at Warwick of assaulting Jesse Hilton, a shoemaker, with a poker, and disabling him. It appeared upon the evidence of the Prosecutor, that he had given information to the supervisor of some malt. which was to be removed in the night. iit went towards the plate when it was dark. cc.. . :r' . :; 3 r4l : 4 ... e • companied by one Waller. an F. F. :• -in in, and ‘ eaw . a in in walk backwards and fors.. •rrlsO who. upon' seeing them, concealed henselt. +1.1.e» thee caste a up to him, he turned out to be the Prisoner. who, ' looking under Prosecutor's hat. cries gut--"' 1)--itti your eyes, are you waiting for an •thet- job ? I'll do ye." He then struck Prosecutor -.A..): *is fist, e - ho returned the blow with his stick, old knocked De fendant down, and, while in that situation, edvi•ed him to go home. This he repeated twice. I'iiii Defendant then ran away, and, a, ti, r Prosecutor and Waller were returning home, on passi ig the Defendant's house, be came our, and, with an iron instrument, struck the Pensectitor severe' violent blows in the head, and cut lona to the bone I he fell senseless to the ground, and when recovered a little he crept home, as well as he could, or his hands and knees. He was confined for upwards of thirteen weeks after, and entirely lost the use of cue of his eyes; he has ever since been ill, and not able to earn his bread. When he preferred his India. ment at 'the Borough Sessions, the grand-jury, whe were mostly maltssers, laughed at him, and did not find it. Serjeant BAVt.r. V I.Y. in the absence of the 11-r- TOINCY GaNSII•I, observed, U was a heinous of fence, and the Defendant had good reason to con gratulate himself on not having been tried for a ca. peal felony, which might have been done ender two efts of parliament, for laying in wait. and wider Lord Ellenborough's late a& for cutting and maiming ; he then observed, no punishment the Court could inflia could compensate the Prosecutco for the loss of his eye. Lord LLLCSJOROUG}I observed, it was an enor mous matter of complaint. and a most shocking thing that the Prosecutor shouid be dismissed with contempt by the July. The Defendant was then committed to Newgate a to be again brought up the last day of term. raANCO V DUBOIS AND OTallaf. Mr. EaSICIhE shewed cause against a kale ob tained by Mr. GI ens, for the Defendoneo he dis charged upon filing common bail, inasmuch as a commission of bankruptcy had issued against him, and be having obtained his certificate. There had been an exchange of piper between those parties to a considerable amount ; and at the time the Defendants became insolvent, there were bills outstanding to the amount of 6,50u1; it was agreed by the Plaintiff, for the accommodation of the Defendants, that he should renew bills to the amount of :110001. which were to be paid to Nlr. Wilberforce Bird. The 6,5k111. being due pievions to the bankruptcy of the Deendant., the Faint,ff claimed on their estate for that sum; hat the 20001. did not become due timil sub, ap:en. to Defendants obtaining their certificate. The question therefore bef• •re the Court was, w ther the 2,0001. was renewals. and a per- of 63001. and whether the Defend ,nts were now liable to that sum ? Rut it appearing to the Court . " (after long argument) that rse P ainiiff had not . suffit:iently *hewn. whether those. Bi Is were a sub- stitution or not, or mane out to what t ansatti-n they properly belonged, the Court made time Rot* absolute. In the case of Karl St. Vincent, against three persons fur a libel, Mr. Easel ns nit vied • to •be t .4s Rule for a Criminal Information shied , t . twi an affidavit boils, acad. 'satin.; A.: - - the principal Defendant in Ireland, and ' - t irertni- • sibibty of his being served with the or.:er. :h e c , v .t . enlarged the Rule to the Lit Jay of toe preset.: Term. 11 ---- 4 1 The letters brought be the Lisbon Nfair, haring , undergone the preventive p:ocess of fumig ult.'s, were delivered on Wednesday at the Post Office. 'l The latest account. from Lisbon, down to the ' 3d inst. mention, that a Nlesseoger, wh • had pm.. ed through that city in his way to Madrid, had re turned to the former place, where it was sail he 'I would remain till he,..receiverl dispatches hem the latter. It was supposed that they would bringebe uncertain state of our Negotiation with that Pow r i to a speedy issue. This event, however, it w a s I imagined, would not take place till the arfiral of the French Ambassador at the Spanish :.*onrt, The Alegi 'cane frigate is undergoing a complete , repair at Sheerness, in consequelme of the damage 1 she sustained in the North Seas, during the late se- c .' vere gales. The salaries of the Secretaries to Flag Officers, and Commanders in Chief, are to be advanced. 1 On Thursday, the Bth inv, a rr .t -et from Bel. fast was landed at Greenock, fpm the Surd/ sr packet. He is the man who some tirnz a'go Lrutte Renfrew prist.n: he had been ermined there for is suing base money, a considerable quantit;• of which was found in his posseisinn whet, h: was first apply- i bended. He was imnictliat-iv rent off from Gree nock( in irons, to occupy his old birth at Renfrew.. An entire new branch of mama In::: has trees introduced into Scotland. In the netehbourhood or Glasgow, a work has just commenced ,or hemanu fraAute of iron - wire from the raw mate! al, an ar ticle much wanted in this country. %Ve hope the adventurer will meet with that encourig ment his lendable enterprise well entitles him to. Serious fears are entertained for t e safety of Lord Venter in, who sailed :loom Bengal in the beginning of December last His L - i-dship having visited the Continent of India w th a view to the Listory, politics, and natural prod Aions of that country, went to Ceylon. from whence he was to cross theninsula, and emb irk o i the coast o f Malabar f ur the =Red Sea. lie was exectfted in England in July. Yesterday, the Wandsworth troop of volunteer cavalry paraded at their head-qua:tent. at one o'clock, in complete marching order, and proceeded' to their usual place of ex:retie. where they welt through the business of a field-Jay. in such a man ner, that we feel confident in asserting, that, th io' they are the youngest co_ r p s in the county (being the i last accepted by His M *JEST Y), they pert rmed their r:-.anceuvres with a degree of alertness 'and pre-I cisinn, that would have done honour to a weren't' corps : they returned at hal'-past tour o'clock, to the Eagle Inn, where a dinner bad been prepared by the privates, as a compliment to their Officers, and to which most of the neighbouring Gently were ' invited, and attended. The dinner conosted of every delicacy the season afforded. and was served 1 , sp. and condufteci in a degree of perfeetion, bybl n. r . .. ii i Wiitts, landlord to life Eal/1 2 - /11111 1 / _ he, the Defendant, had been employed to put out Pets on the beach, as a sign for smugglers to land. He then struck the Prosecutor, and knocked Lim down several times; a large moh collated about him, armed with mops and broomsticks, who joined the Defendant in assisting to beat and abuse the, Prosecutor; his coat was cut and torn in piece , ,, and he never after recovered the beating he had received. The Defendant produced no affidavit, nor did he make any defence by way of mitigation, except that of having been ten months in confinement. The Court sentenced him to twelve months' imprison ment in Maidstone gaol. TUE KING 0. ISAAC JARVIS. The Defendant in this case was convieted at the last assizes for Devon, for assaulting one Bridge water, and two other Excise Officers, and for pre venting their entrance into his house to search for spirits, said to have been concealed. Upon the trial it appeared, the Prosecutor had 'one to the Defendant's house, about twelve o'clock an the day time, and having shewn their warrant to the Defendant's wife, were proceeding to make their search, when the Defendant himself came in, put his back against the door, and taking Bridge water by the collar, swore he should not starch there; and at last having colltded a great number of persons about the door, obliged him to retire. In mitigation of his pnishment, the Defendant produced the affidavits of the Clergyman of the parish of South Devon, and also a Magistrate of the county, which stated, that the Defendant with an other man took out a boot, nod went for the purpose of rendering assistance to the crew of a prize ship, which had struck near the shore, and at the risque of his own life, saved the lives of seven of them : in a short time after, the vessel went to pieces ; for this alt the Defendant never received the least com pensation. Some time after, he seized and brought back to prison, three French officers, who had broke from their. parole, and refused a very consider able sum, which they offered to him to let them es cape. It was also stated, that the Defendant had a wife and eight children, all depending upon his in dustry. Mr. Jca rt., on behalf of the Defendant, admitted that the obstruetion of the officer took place, but no sort of personal violence was offered, nor did any thing occur from which an inference could be drawn that the Defendant was a smuggler. The affidavits were made by two most respeditable persons, the one A clergyman, and the other bearing a military com mission and a magistrate. On the score of his hu manity and loy, ahy, the instance of bravely saving the lives of seven poor seamen, apprehending three French officers, and refusing a bribe to let them escape, were sufficient proofs on that head : he there fore, under these circumstances, trusted to the w.ll known clemency of the Court, and begged, should they think it expedient to pass seritei.ce of impri sonment upon him, that he might be sent to the gaol of Exeter, where he would be near his family, and might have an opportunity of assisting, by his industry, in their support. Mr. DALLA S , on the part of the prosecution, ob served, that the Defendant had been guilty of suf. ticient violence to deserve the judgment of the Court : it was a common practice of the people of that country, when a Revenue officer appeared, to coiled a mob against him, and then plead that they had 'sot struck Lim. - Mr. Justice Gs as At lamentesi that the men of that part of the cot ,try horn whence the Defend ant came were es er forward to resist the laws. In this case it was evident the Defendant knew for what purpose the officer came, and there were grounds to susp• a, he had good reason for resist ance ; however, .he affidaviu shewed, that lie was not a man of a base and malicious temper ; and, taking all the circum•taaces into consideration, the Cruet adjudged that he should be imprisoned for the pace of three months, in the gaol of Exeter. TNL Lll , O 7. 101IRT MOODY. This indictment WAS tr ed at Winchester, and the Defendant was conviied of assaulting and obstruding an Excise Officer in discharge of his duty, and also of endeavouring to provoke him to fight. The Defendant was a common brewer, and called on the Prosecutor, Gregory Tomkins, who was a Colleftor of Excise, to pay his ditty on Malt, amount ing to 441. The Prosecutor asked him, if he were gorlg to pay his father'sduty (who was alsoabrewer) as well as his own ? be replied, he was tot; and the Prosecutor then asked him, it he were not hidather's servant ? Upon this question. he became irritated, words ensued, and he swore he would pull the Ex ciseman's nse.e, told him, he was a d—J trouble some fellow, and ever quarelling with evety body in Winchester ; the other retorted upon him, and called him an insolent puppy ; upon which the Defendant threw down a guinea on a table, and swops he would fight him for it ; he then struck the Prosecutor two or three times. ..... --- The affidavits in mitigation stated, that the parties both got into a violent passion with each other, and the whole dispute arose from the heat of the moment ; they further stated, that the De fendant had a wife and large family, and his con finement would be their utter ruin. Mr. Justice Gauss observed, that it would be ut terly impossible for colledors of the revenue to do their duty, if they were thus to be treated with in dignity and violence. He then pronounced the judgment of the Court, that the Defendant be imprisoned one month, in the gaol at Winchester, to pay a fine of 301. and find sureties in 2001. for his goal behaviour for the space of two years. Mir rat on!, to say --