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• . 00THER MRLANCHOLY MUM: OF AN OFFICER. We ham spin the task arms/ding the retelenchisly death .f a. Hiker its the Spanish service, by his own Isaisii. The ralastauste maim gentleman was named Cheeks Permit's, • Satire of Switserlailds be burs a asinrais sit the Spa. }irk service, and WIN 110 iVtlyellgagird is the war in the Pe ninsula, prior to the roestablishascat of Ferdinand VII. on th•Thrune of Spans. At the temainatlois of that war, he ta me to England with a brother wave, with wh • during she campaign, a mislaid attachment and (teetotal, had been formed, named G—, who was a Cameln in the slier re. gsownt. The decrees II was promised a 110 . 1'111V, ailollooo in consideration of hi. wo•itea 31550451; hat in that respect he us. doomed to dissppoilitivient. The (, Send of the sle• erased, Captain on his arrival in England Mated his relatives. who reside in the country, and are persons o r great respectability sad properly; he took the de. ceased with hini, who was received with great respell and asteatioo, sad met with that kladoess which might asininity be supposed would be paid to one who had been the companies of their sow in extreme disinter and adversity, as wi ll as his friend when disinter had anh.nleel. During this visit the nufortunal• Penguin was smitten with the beauty of one of G.'s slaters, a very lovely woman ; his portion f bee increased, and be took an opportnnity of making a de claration to the object of hie fond affection's; she did suit give much encouragement to his passim', slur discourage him; bet from his Not laving a fortnise megabit In his mock, site was averse Is making any rash engagements alum se impbrtaat a subject. The deceased returned to Londoss with his friend G. and they toiled together, at she west-rod of the town; the deceased often spoke with great fellow of his extreme affection fir C.'s sister. A short time ago the piling tidy to whom we allude came to London, with n rela tive, on a visit to some friends, and the deceased was main iiiidorril to herby her brother; he pressed upon her his Pasture • Ilse very first occasion that an opportunity presented ilss If ; she slid uot discourage him, but only tem - ex:4-d a wish sisal hie Monomial prospects were Weber. His visits at the hoisse of she Geutleman where Miss H. G. resided were (re quest, and he was received in the character of her liver fool fattier hsssbesid.• The last time hot oft, that the deceased rim led M iss G. he pressed ber much to (unseat - to a marriage, mind en the game time. expressed great nueasinesa that same of lief frienda opposed rather than encouraged their anion. the told him that such a step would he Imps wient bet use he had a suitable eatablishment. He then expressed that she had formed au attachment to sonse other Gentle. man, and dir ectly accused her with' it ; she 4 stied it, tool he then declared that he would do something to make himself ...w or thy or her; afire further conversatiou of a friendly na ry?, they separated, and the deceased wrist to his lodging.. Oa Medistsciay night last the deceased again paid a visit to the lady ; he was left alone with bee in a parlour, at the gentl.maa's house where she resided, near one of the S q it. comas rarities fur several hours. again pressed her Su marry him s be acknowledged that his lure was su great that his mind was un the rack with jealousy, lest she should marry Mme oue else. Mose G. endeavoured to remove his ungrounded jealousy, but smiting she said would relieve him from his t. mere upon the 'skier.. unless she would give buts her bead, as he knew sonic of jeer friends were not (mastoid* to km pre tensions. Hr agaiw, to the moat urges' manner, endea voured to force from her her croireot to their immediate union, by p• i.ataaii.na, entreaties, sighs, and teals, slid she At last said that she timid nut give him a favourable answer upon the setieet, lint es 'erred him to the gentleman louder whose prottesion she Own was, and whom she enissidered as her father, fur as anew. r; he declined, statism, as his reason, that that 'entente*, noshd out sanction their mars riser He deed vs quested pen and ink , write a leiter in a foreign fantasize, and aildr..sed it to a particular (nem!. It war betwera fear and five o'clock use the afternoon, he Seal entered she home% and between tight and 0,1111 wbp he espresso d an intentiott of going • home, Mius G. Mom wished him to go, she was se greatly distressed at his appa rent wisely. A abort time prior la obis, she left the deceased a few atinii t. a. and told the gentleman of the house the na mer of the yroposals made tio her by the &crassest ; she said rhr;dtfeot k. ow what to say to him, he was in such an ex. grease state of anguish; he gave her such advice as he thought proper, and she returned to the deceased la • frt. unions,. ale came out of the parlour, and gave orders to the servant to go for a roach for Mr. PeregaoX. On her return 10 the apartment where she had left the' deceits. d. She nob ed I. open Ilse dour, but was pre. vests d by the deceased having fallen against ii. She site. credets i s optiallag it, so a. to be able so see that the de ceased was talsedirg; she renamed very 101 A and mime doter niaistance caw; the deceased was raised Anna the ground : the blood lowed from a number of wounds in his bteast. and a dagger was found sticking in his side. He was smalite so sie ak, and seemed fob dying; medical assistance Was I. at fur immediately: Mr. Vincent, a surgeon, arrived mad sent off for farther ad; Mr. Hai!, a sturgeon, cam awl Monied Mr. Lomat. They found those deep Istituto. is the left aide of the deceased, which appeared to bar. penetrated the heart. The deceased lived mold one o'clock on Thursday morning. He his been opened since death, and the heart was found incised 'is three places. The dagger *as covered with blood : the blade was shout fire ioclev is length, and had entered his body to the 'motile.— Tile letter written by the deceased, about half use hour be fore be emainitted the act, was opeord; it referred to Isis untwists of ending his existence, and lakes leave of all his friends. An inquest will be held use the body this Joy, or on Monday next. The 'illation of the yuuus lady say but better conceived than described. A requisition, signed by a number of respectable burgesses who supported Mr. ADZANE, at the late contest for the borough of Cambridge, was on Fri day,the 4th instant, sent to the Deputy Mayor of that place, to convene s meeting of the Corporation for the purpose of voting au Address of Condole-Lice to hie Royal Highness the Pei ace Rat:v.'s?, ors the Death of her late Majesty. On the following day the precepts were issued, and the nievtilig took place on %Vtdoesday last, whets the Address bring unanimously agreed to, was ordered to be transmit ted to the High Steward (his Grace the I)nke 01' RUTLAND), to be by him presented to the PRIMUS REGENT. %Ve here just heard of a truly melancholy seri drill, which occurred on Thursday between B. hur b and Killesandra, and which has plunged 4 high ly respectable family o f this county tutu the most poignant affliction. The particulars, of related to rid, state that several gentlemen, who were startiik nig in the pleasures of the chase, were in close pur suit ;Ater a fox, which took to the war, (a deep 'As), into which the two foremost of the chase, Mr. I. CS AUZP, jut'. of White field, near Killessndras and Mr. Vsticis, jun. of Gartinarilresr. were nn avoidably precipitated, being unable to check their horse' speed. Both the horses and their riders ern niethairly disappeared ; but in a shot time became agent vkible, the gentlemen retainiug their place, "" their horses, from which, however, they were iesnoved, by the exertions of the animal* in I 11 , :rat ., Iuring to extricate themselves from their oat gerow situation. Major FARRIS, of Kinross,- tiro, who was also of the party, perceiving their alarm s% situation, in the most laudable aild re solute manner plunged into the lake, sensed Mr. VI ITCH, who was nearest to him, and rescued !vitt from u watery grave; brit he was not equally Stilt rs , rtil as to Mr. LANAUZZ, who sunk to rise no wore. Io some hours after, the body of this la ills young gentleman was procured and cui l yq. Id to pus rllltctrd family.--((,ovum Herald.) • • LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, liscours FRIDAY, DEMISIIII II _ _ _ ..... HAXTEft v. THOMAS JONATHAN WOOLER. Mr. lIART moved for an enjuoction to restrain the Defendant Lenin using the name of the firm of Baxter, ‘Vouler, um! Co. and frosts recriviog any money on account of the firm, or accepting any Mils for, or in the tissue of the liim, under the fol lowing circumstances the year 1816 the Plain tiff arrived iis this country from Bombay, and be came known to the Defendant, in 'consequence or having a parcel to deliver to him from his, the De fendant's, brother, oho is residing at Bombay. The Plaintiff on his hist interview with the De fentlasit conceived him to be alum' of property, and he mentioned to him that he, the PI .f, was gun'' , to titter into a sp ecu l i t ins,, by conmenieing the ' business of a commission agent for SW,111111.• ill the Emit Indies. The Defendant approved of the plan, and after they had mime cooler swim' relative to bubo, the Delesselaut proposed to bee a portlier with the Plamilff to the sites which the latter consented to, and they *gored to severally produce their .yl4 shale of money, so as to create is capital to c suence the business, and that the proliis should be equally divided hetweeo them. The Klima ay. cordinely drew up a short tnemoraistlons to th it eff_ feet, which he gave to the Defendant ; hot there was nu time 'specified in it hi; the d , solutiiiii of the partnership. The Klima produced his proper boss of the capital. The Delentlasit excused him self front producing his shore, by saying, that frion ass unex o ected payment be had to make, it would nut be convenient fur • few days ; hut, in lac', it never was produced. The only busiiirss, huvreve , , dour under the partnership did lint amouid to mere than 611/. The Defendant, niter ....., tioreenes of the Plaintiff, cousesited to tit , ..eiv« the pertiser. ship; und it was agreed !kilt rw lit should d p uuN at rrfi see to settle the account, liroweelt thew. The Plaintiff appoint e d Mr, Joh n Nl•Csillsiin, mid the Defendant Mr. Lovell, of Salistairy-ceurt, Fl,ll - Mr. MiCullum, the Plaiiitiff's ret . erer, accordingly called on Mr. Lovell, sod dint-gentle tnaii refused to act as the referee of the Del-.it! tilt. The Plaintiff's affidavit, set forth, that the Defeo dant had threatened to execute deeds and recent bills in the statue of the firm of the puitilership, and that lir (the Platestiff) was fearful 'isat lie would du so, as lie knew the Defendant wits i's aseceobiluus circumstances, fie (the Lamed Cusioniel) had no doubt but lie had staled sufficient to induce the Court to gra n t the sojin clas. The Voce.4llaNeet.Lcitt—'• You have not obese'', Mr. Hart, that the Derrild.i..t made use of the name of the partnership hem toilooperly, the Plaintiff bring fearful that lir sill do so, is not auffiment for the Court to grant sit Ulletloll. Can you call ou the Cou't tie hitt-titre, because the Plailitiff lies made its iint•tsstillclit ilisrgstm • would be too muds for the Court to presume, that, • beCiiiiie a luau is in necessitous cirCuaistaticet, that lie 'hula mullein a fraud." Mr. HAUT --" The Plaiiitiff swears that the De fendant has threateried to do so." The VICE-CHANCe.l.l.olt—'r I cannot believe that if a mail intended to con 't a fraud he would publish it to the world ; I cannot grant au in juoction on such indefinite evidence. lir my opi nion, much ini•chief his been done by granting injunctions ma slight tx•purte evidence." liujunctiun refused. WALKER V. LASHLEY and ANOTHER. The SuEicitoß-Gerseast. moved tun un injunc tion to resirein the Defendants from committing waste by digging upwind ma cerium lands and sell- Mg it. It appeared that the Plaintiti had granted to the Defendants* lease for 21 years of a certain number of acres of land iu the county of South ampton; there was au express proviso in the lease, that they should nut cut up the laud or sell any roil of the Land, but that they might do so for their own use, as brick-makers, and that they were to cult,. vote the remainder of the land. But iii face of this covenant iii the lease they were digging up the whole of the land and selling the read. Under these circumstance* lie had no doubt but hie Honour would grant the motion. The VICE-CuAwcr,Ll 011.—" According to the covenant in the lease, I sin obliged to grant the in junction. therefore take it. and let notice be served iniundiately on the Defendants." CHURCH PRESENTATIONS. atTuuNE v. Ike I;/./fop of BATH and OTHERS. Mr. WETHERELL moved that the injunction in this case ►1 lal be ►lissolved. It laid Loren granted on the application of the Plaintiff to restrain the Defendant.. the Bishop, from coutirn►ing the pre sentation of the living of IVarigoti. by Mr. fig more to Mr. Mitchell. Sis.ce the injunction w a r granted. Mr. Higusere haul given up hi■ supposed right to present, mid Mr. Mitchell to receive the presentation, acknowliidging the right of the Plitio -14 to make the pre►eutstioo. It was necessary that the Injunction ►huuld he dissolved, to allow the Bi►hop to act. 'flue VICE-CIIANCeI.I.OR—" Take •our motion." COURT OF KING'S RENCH, Wammistut, DECLIIIIER I I. Silting, after Michaelmas Tem. before Chief Justice ABBOTT wtil Special Juries. ATROCIOUS PERJURIES. THE NINO V. WILLIAM ALCORN. This war all indictment against the Defendstit fur wilful and corrupt perjury. The indictment statrd, that, at the sittings at A isi Pries. held, after Easier Term, in the Court of Exchespitr, that is to on the sth of May, 1818, italic was jained on a certain htfortuation filed by the Attornry•(irorral against Walter Guy, the eider, Walter Guy, the younger, and Titania. Bishop, charging them with aiding and astistiolg its utt.hipping a timoullty 91con sr.bass,t1 • spirits, at a place called hlilitide-hridge, in the comity of tiuw.rx, uu Sunday, the 1411, of September, 1817 ; nu the trti,l of winch I.,ttr, it bteame a mates-ail rinrst , whether :oy the tidel and youl.ger, and 'l•hotm.ts l'atilop. 11-141 as-weed, un the 14.11 or September, 11l fist.) t tug stir the forgo of 4 Certain halt C0144014V. tol 400 (1.1113 f brandy and gin—and that the Drictitlant positivtly swore that lie was present *n the aforesaid day, at Mill. tiole-bridgr, and that be there sew Guy the elder and younger, end Thomism Bishop. assisting in tak ing away the said contraband our. The itiolic:- mein went fill to opieigii perjury arrive* the Dr- Godson on this evidence—to which he pleaded that lie was /tot NIr.GURNM.Y .14,41, the present indictment im puted to the Defetirhint wilful and corrupt per jury, committed in the course of proceedings which took place in the Court of Exchequer. tor the trial of au infuronatiou exhibited by 0.- Attorney-Gene ral against Walter Goy, the el-ler, IValter Guy, the y ger, mid Thomas Ilississop, which charged them with having hero engaged in a smuggling transaction, on the coast of Sussex, in the mouth of September, 1817. It was necessary to observe, that 'ail illfOrttiallon w the Exchequer dill not point out the precise matter which a Defentlntit would be e sled on to answer ; it merely alleged, that. within a certain period before the information was filed, contraband goods were landed, and that the person against whom the information was filed had assisted its taking them away. If lie were a pithy mass, lie would easily guess at the tratioaction chaNed agaisig him ; but, if lie were an innocent lw would have sin conception of the offence alluded to, Nod must, therefore, he but ill prepared lit meet it. He did not mean to compleist of the law, hut found it tweet-vary to state this fact, which colds' soon be dented. A person might cools- into the Court of Exchequer, perfectly unprepared to re .el a Charge, though falsely brought agsmist hint, an-I, if it were sworn to, the Jury had no choice left, they town lied a verdict fur the Crown. %Viten the witnesses came forward, under such cir. crown...lees, the 'persists accused, front the nature of the proceeding, trod no means of impeach nog their evidence. They swore at the peril of he l o t: indicted for perjury. If what they swore to-day was they might he culled on to an swer for it to-miprrow—hut still, in the first i n . soasice, their eii miser was received against the D e . feit:mt. In cases of felony, the accused was alit. fere-nil) treated. He was taken bcfme u Magis trate—lie was pot in possession of the specific charge against him—and he Ives thus enabled to g.ve evidence of his innocence—particularly of that sinoortaut fact, that, at the time stated, lie Wivi at a difii-resit place alleged to have been committed. Haul the two Gov* sisal Biel; or, %elicit obliged to take their trial to the Exchequer, been aware of the day and place fixed ma, and the crime imputed to them, they would have shewit that the whole shrtement was the wicked invention of the two witnesses called against them, tool" that they had mo more to do with the tratisact ion than tiny of the Geistlemeti no the Jury box. Now he would go on to 'thew, th-ot what was sworn by the . Defeirslant consisted of foul and wicked perjury in all its ',arta. It was not in the rover of the Nrosecutors to do this in the Court of Exeorquer. They were defended by Rotor of Ins Learned Friends—they could mat then defend 'bestiaries-a by evidence. All they could do wry, to instruct their Counsel to watch the one nar rowly, declaring, that, if any person imputed a smuggling transaction to them, it was wholly false. Alcorn, m his evideoce, " that he was at Alidtide-bridge, at five o'clock in the evening. and afterwards between ten acid elsveti o'clock at night, on the 14th of September, and that he there saw W a lt e r Goy, the elder, Mid his suit, together with Thomas Bishop, who were assistiog to unloading a boat. on board ad which there were about 400 tube of wind. liiidger (die Defendant's co-wst neat*, who would be tried on the next nitlicimetit) 'Jointed out old Guy to him. Guy had goods to his hinds. Witness did not speak to him." Oil this evidence, supported by the testimony of Bridger. a verdict was returned for the Crown. Tlw Defendants were astonished at the evidence, and this day they hail affioroled him all opportunity of proving. 11,at it was altogether false. So much alp, that tlw Attorney-General. the 'nutter protector of his owu witness, would, when lie heard the statement, leave the Court, and gibe up the coo lest, tilled with indignation. The place called Milltide-bridge lay between Seaford mod Newhaven, part of it was a beach, covered with shingle. Along the whole line reveime-officere were stationed— mini, if dime who instituied the prosecution, had compared the return of their oast officers with the evidence. they would have perceived its fallacy. The witnesses staid, that, between four and tire o'clock a boat artived at Nllllttile-bridge—end that, at feu or eleven (o'clock. the parties accused proceeded to unload the boat, end to take away the spirits in carts. Now, 110 persons, connected with omiuggling, would, io the first instance, take anay cootrab rod goods from the shore in caris—they moved too slowly. Horses wane employed to take theist over the shingle, mid carts were used to convey them through the inte ✓. ur. fie would he able to prove distinctly, that the'stateinent of Alcorn was entirely false, and false to his knowledge. Ile would 'hew, in the first place, that Guy, the elder, was not et Milltide . bridge, on the night in question. nor for years be fore. Guy was a small farmer, and resided ten miles fruits Milltide-bridge—and circumstances en- Oiled him to speak cicasly to the manner in which was tatcoptrd 11111 Sunday. the It b of Septrin ber. On the preceding day he had lust a grand. child—and, after attending church, on the 14111, he went Min the vestry-room, to request the clergy men to appoint a time for the child's burial, and the fdlowing Tuesday was fixed rm. He then went home. At nine o'clock he retired to bed, mod slept till live o'clock Mt the following morning. Fie wool(' prove the time of his going to bed, by a male and female setvant who sat up after Imo. He would call Mr. Goy's( son, who would state, Ilia he was awaked about two o'clock in the usorsiiisg. by his father's carter, who was going out with a load of chalk, nod who desired him to procure Toomey fur lean to pay turnpike. He, in consequence, went into his father's room, and got the . from him. Here were four witnesses, who would positively swear that the elder Guy tens 111 his house, and wit ten milts off, at elyvell o ' llocit al night, oil the 14.1tuf September. With respect to Guy, the yontiger, lie *mild spew, with iwarly the same strength of proof, that he also nos tiot hrial r. Ile laved al a consols-tidbit. dust:nice Itoni the went- 4,1 at hots--antl he *amid plisse that lie wall its hillOWle 1101lar the whole 4,1 iliat tvrimig and high,. Ile wou l d next phonily dose, in,. Tonsmas Bishop was taut present at the smuggling transaction raid • to hive taivm piece at Millt;dr-bridge. He ten miles uff—and, on the evening of the 14111, visited • 'ming woman, to whom he wa• pay ing his addreises, mod, fixed on tlw Friday following to meet her at the for. He would call the young svolll4ll, her soother, and Bishop's servant. to !trove these facts. But perhaps it would il^ said that Alcorn was mistaken—. ►hat, as it was eleven o'clock at slight, be might hive taken Conte other Items' for Guy, the elder. If, however, be were uri•takru with respect to old Guy, could it be inbigiiied that lie fell iiito the seine error with respect to Goy, the younger, and Thomas Bishop ? IVere they to have this triple mistake put upon them ? IVhere they to he told, that the transaction really took place, and that Alcorn was present ? lie would completely destroy, such a defence—for he would pruve, be yond a doubt, that Alcorn was not himself' at Nlilltide-hridge, on the 14th of September. He would call witneeses, who would chew, that Al corn heed twenty miles off, and was at home the whole of that reeolot.f. If he should, us he con fidently expected, snake out such a case as lie had tooted. the Jury would, of course, return a ver dvm of G•ihy against the Defendant. The Learn ed Gentleman nett proceeded to call his evideoce. Mr. Gude, from tlw Court of Exchequer, pro duced the record of the niformation against the Prosecutors. Mr. Charles Gwynne was the Attorney for the Defendant•, Guy and Bishop, in the Court of Exchequer. Ha knew Alcorn, and heard him give his evidence. lie wok down iii writing, us it came from his bps, the material points of his testimony. He produced his note, which contained the same statement as that which Mr. Gurney bud read, -charging the two Guy, and Bishop with removing contraband spirits on the 14th of September. 1817. Walter Guy, the elder, stated that he lived at Cliedingley. leis miles and • half from Willett.- bridge. He is a brick-maker and small farmer. He had not stirred from home from nine o'clock on the night of the 14th of September, 1817. until Ave the following► morning. He knew Milltidew bridge. but had not been there for seventeen years, until idler the trial in the Exchequer. Thornier Goy, the son of %Vatter, Ann Haywood, and John White, his servants, Philemon lleplirsi den, his sou-in-law, and Frances Guy, his wife, deposed. that Walter Guy. the elder. was ■t home during the whole of the evening of the 14111 and the morning of the 15th of September, 1817. Thomas Bishop stated, that, in September, 1817, he lived at Laughter', about twelve miles from 51'116de-bridge. On the evening of the 14th of September hr went out, and visited a young woman of the name of Simmons. He returned early, took some supper and went to bed, where he remained till ix o'clock next morning. He did not know Mattitle-bridge, 'Chi' evidence was corroborated by Elizabeth Simmons, the young woman whom he had visited, AMU Simmons, her mother, Harry Home, his ser vant. and Aim Home. Walter Guy, the yonriger, deposed that he lived within half-it-mile of his taker. He Iva, not frotn home on the 14th of September. On the day pre ceding one of hi, children died. %Vali respect to the abvroce of Alcorn, from Milltide•bridge, on the noglit of the 14111 of Sew , telpher, Mary Lawrence (win, re-idea ut Marevfirld, itt: or Y 3 mile. from Newhaven, clove to which place Ali Wide-bridge iv bituate4), John Lawrence, John Wycombe, and Henry Scott, were examined. They deposed that Alcorn came to the honor of Scott, after nine o'clock on the night of the 14th of Sep tember, where he drunk tea, and remained until near twelve o'clock. This was the case for the prosecution. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL adr4►es►ed the Jury en the part of the Defendant. He .aid he was ex tremely anxious to explain to them the situation in which he stood there. This was an indictment fur perjury. mud, as one of his Majesty's Law Officers, it would, perhaps, be thought more natural if he appeared as prosecutor on this occasion. But, when information was given of offences against the law, calling for the interference of the Solicitor for the Crown—when, during the progress of the in quiry into that information, nothing appeared to °venom the statement originally made—and when, the cause being brought into the Exchequer, or soy other Court, nothing in the shape of evidence was adduced, to support the ides of a guilty contrivance —if, this being the case, the witnesses who support ed the prosecution were, at a subsequent period, charged with perjury, he felt that it was his duty to the public at large to come into a Court of Jus tice, for the• purpose of seeing that the persona so charged were duly convicted by law, and according to evidence, or, if they were entitled to an acquit tal, that they received it through the medium of the honest exertion. and indUstry of the Law Offi cers of the Crown, who were called on to take care that the case was fairly laid before the Jury. He stood there merely to further the ends of justice; and, fully impressed with the feeling that the Pro secutor ought to receive the benefit of such observa tions us could fairly he offered in his behalf, he begged to state. that it appeared to him most extra ordinary, when the information for this smuggling, or supposed smuggling transaction, came on to be tried, that M r. Guy, the present Prosecutor, who was assisted by a skilful and able solicitor. did not bring forward any one witness, of any sort or kind, to answer the charge made against hirn. This was met by the observation. that the Crown was Riot bound, in Exchequer cases, to point out decisively, before the trial came on, the particular day on which the of.•ncr alleged was committed. Certainly this was Ilie cwt.. But he would take the Minty of saying, that though Guy might have known that it was optional with the Crown to take or not to take, the 410 y mentioned on the record— )et he surely must have felt that it would hr very important for bun, if he never bad been concerned in smuggling timisactionx, to have had witnesses in readiness, in order to wave how he was occupied a few cloys heti:ee and eft. r the 1411 i of September, as well as on that day, which was mentioned in the record, although the Crown was not bouild by it. Another point on which be wished to übsei te was tim:—vdieis individuals meant to found • chase nl p. gory on evith nee given lay a witness, the whole 4,110 s G 511151011) should he t.,ken —because aline judgment could only be foinied by it alti.geilier. Now, Mr. all/We Baal but dune this; lie had trot token down a word of Alcotri's cross.exathination—and, in fief, what lie did trite down, was not exactly correct. The Al corn was, that Al cot did not venture to swear positively to Mr. Guy sir his son. He merely stated, that persons were pollard out to hint ht Bridge., whom he believed to he Guy, se's. and Go y, jun. —and this point w a s virtu:allay adverted to by Chief &run Richards, sit his summing up. 1f the case rest d here, he had a complete answer to it— but. if Alcorn were slot at Milltide-bridge, ns had bent SWOril, their, of cots , se, all that he had stated must be false. He would not say, that five or %Illnesses would dclilirratcly stood forward to pet. into Iliciorrlves—but lie would pot It to the Jary, considering the length of tine which had elapsed since the transaction took place Jt I,dwreoce'i house, where Alcorn was said to have been late ou the night of the 14th of September, whether the witnesses had not deceived themselves, and Otis. taken the proud ? The CHIEF JUSTICE briefly summed up—and the Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of THE KING r. wII.I.IAM PRIDGFIt. This was an iiid,ctment for pesjhry, preci•i !y similar to the former. Brulic-r had !•usorn, hi the course of the trial in the Exchequer, ti the sth t I May, that lie saw Guy, s n. Goy, jou. and Thoa. unloadtiog a Ii at, beightril iitt contr.- hithd spirits, at Millticle-bridge, on the 14 h i.f September. 1817. 111 r. GURNEY. in stating the case, observed, that the present Defendant was far more wicked than he who hail Jost been found guilty. He sli uld be able satisfactorily to prove, that lie lia,l endea voured to suborn witnesses to aid him in his nefa rious design—thut of accus.ng innocent persons, He would shew that he was not at Milltide.brulge on the 14th of September, although he had p.sorii that he was present at a smuggling transaction there—and his evidence, assisted by 'he testimony of Alcorn, had occasioned a verdict to In- returned against the present Prosecutors. He had nits lives for this wicked proceeding, bu', iii the end, he would restive his just reward. The Clint+ JU3TIcE read his note or the PV,.. dence given in the last case, respecting the absence of Goy, sen. Guy, jo4'. and Thomas boot Milltide.bridge, on the 14111 Septemb r, 1817, the correctness of which was admitted by the wii tl ,„ e ,. To prove that Bridger himself was not there, a t that time, Mr.Guriity __— Frances and Samuel Boyce who resided within two miles of Milltide-bridg-, L.cl et who‘e house Bridger lived. They &woe I, that he was iIl of a g ue, o n th e 14th of September. Ist7—that he went to bed about nine o'. dud hut leave the liwube unfit the hallooing morning. This evidence was con6sioed, in port, by James DOWlllef, who, together with the Driewlmtit, was, at the time, in the employ of Mr. Leadbetter, at Denton. Thomas Hook deposed that the Defendant had e:illrd ou him, on Saturday forini t zht, moot a.ke.l him now lie was? He answered, .4 Pow o , id heart." Defendant then said, " I will put money in our pocket, if you like it." Witness replied. " Tit it is just the thing, if it is an honest way." They went down to the Neaelno public-lion-e together, where the Defendant told him what he *uN to fur the money. He sail, " You inti,t swear th.t you were at Milltitle-bridg-, on the night of ilie 14th of September, and that you saw the two Go .s and Thomas Birlioti there. If you do, 1 wili give you 4s. u-day until my trial is over--and ht. tor pocket-money." He arid aka that he would give witness 254. aewrek, for three years, and they could " inform against a inan.every }ear." Thomas Holdins, landlord' of the New Inn, s.tw the Defendant and the last witness, at his house, at the time stated. Win. Christopher was called to prove a ...cowl attempt at subornation of perjury which the De fendant had made, but the CHIEF JUSTICE ex pressed an opinion that it was unnecessary. The Defendant was found—Guilty. Mr. GURNEY prayed, as the Defendants, in these ca►es, were in Court, that they .11,,unt he committed. Alcorn was committed to Newg.ite— and Biidger, who lies been apprehended on a eilacge of felony in. Surrey, was remanded fur fintlitr examinatiots. Counsel for the' prosecution—Messrs. Gt . UN CT, DENMAN. and liot.T. Fur the Defrodanii—the AT I'OEN IiTGENENALp Mr. RAINE, and Alt. WALTON. THE KING V. SOUTSR. This was ao indictment against the Defendant, for wilful and corrupt perjury, committed 1)y hint in the progress of a cause tried in the Court of Exchequer, at the sittings at Nisi Prius, after Easter Term, on the 14th of May last. ft war sit issue joined on an information tiled by the Attor ney-Gerieral against George Henty, E.q. for the recovery of certain forfeitures said to have been in.. curred by Jinn, in consequence of his lieving caused to be removed, at or about six o'clock IA the morn. ing of the 4th of April, 1817. from a loggeri.:l off a place called Ferring.erid-lane, in the; county of Sussex, and secreted in his barns 300 1t..11-ankrti of getieva. which had not paid the excise The Defendant, in his evidence, averred that Air. Henty employed him in removing the said ge o re u on which averment the perjury was assigned. Mr. DENMAN stated the CUP. Mr. Henty, he oh. served, was a gentleman of great respectability. lie had a banking-establishment at Arundel rid another at Worthing, and was, besides, a very - extemilee landholder. He resided at a place called We 4 Ferring, near which the smugsling transaction im puted to him was . said to have occuried. The Learned Gentlernao then briefly adverted to the Defendant's evidence—end strongly impressed uu the Jury. the' turprolktbility of a Grotlelnuo of thy rank and fortune of Mr. licutt tinbarloug publicly in a sutuggli.g traosActiou, t:-ad la) mg Innis. If open to disgrace MIA min. if any of thoee w itii whom he had associated in such an adventure thought pro. per to betray Into. He *mild adduce e ti t l tli c e to prove—first, that Mr. Henty was mot at the place where the trinu i :gling vas raid in have hero 'wipe. hated, oti the illort;iilK of the 4 , 11 ut Al.rit—sseend s that the Defrmdaci , Singlet, was nut their Naomi,* —rind lab.ly, that. at the time, 110 lugger UppfelVti coast —and that, to !volt!), uo such ttatssae. Uou had happe.r.ll. The ii•intiproot. of the conviction of Mr. linty. Court of Exch. qu.r, ...re put in, Mr. V. G. Uovrinig read, from his short-haul % .•