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•-~- --- TLIA CI7O.,STREET SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRITONS. Yesterday being St. David's•day, the Anniver sary Feast of the Society of Ancient Britons way celebrated in the usual manner, its honour of the Principality of Wales. The friends and promoters of the benevolent objects of this Society attended divine service in the morning, at the parish chnrch of St. Ma rti ii-in-the-Fields,where they heard provers, read, in the ancient British language, by the Rrv. Thomas Alban, A.M. their Chaplain, and an ex telletit srimon, in English, by the Bishop of Lon kin, Li evening the a 111 l iversary dinner took place at Frr•rna-olis' Flail. Stloll ober five o'clock Lord JAMES STUART en. tried the room, to till the Chair in the alnence of his brother, the Marquis of Bute. Ilia Lordship was accompanied by Mr. Protheroe, late M.P. for Bristol. and several other Gentlemen, who take ail active interest in the affairs of this Society. The dinner and wines were excellent, and abun dantly supplied, and the room fillrd by a number of the twit friends of this benevolent Institution.— Nearly 400 were present, and the gallery was filled by ladieit'sif great respectability. The Chanty was originally, from want of ade quate means, circstutscnbed in its object ; but it has latterly enlarged its sphere, and afforded main- trounce. as well as education, to the poor children of the Establishment. This Society, according to the account circu lated at the dinner, has ndw stood the test of more than a century ; for we learn from a pamphlet, writter by Sir Thomas Jour, Knight, its first Treasurer and Secretary, that it was established on the lit of March, 1714, in honour of the birth day of her ICoyal Highness, Caroline, then 'Prin cess of Wales, which, by singular good fortune, happened exactly to coincide with the anniver miry of the Cambrian tutelar Saint David. Num bers of helpless children were, by this Society, rescued from misery, and not only found present relief, but were put in the way to escape the cur 'option and vicious habits which they were exposed to in the world. and became pedal members of the community. It ought not to be omitted, that the education here bestowed upon " the sons of thi brave ' " is calculated for national es well as indivi dual advantage; for, while the moral, and all brioches of • good and pious education ere incul cated on the one baud, the military exercises, its hours of relaaation, are practised by them with a zeal and precision. which alike contribute to the improvement of health, security of the state, and brink and advantage of the public in general. After the company had disposed of the good cheer of the table, . Lord JAMES STUART (the Chairman) rose to pro pose his :Majesty's haukh. The Noble Lord, in i proposing this toast4ille pate begged to forna them, that before • sent . siou to the throne, he hisv rin grai to stittPliis amnia) donation a l / 4 100 Society. But that shortly after It lisle revered Suvereign, the ',resew graeionvly ',leaved to col 1111 l uotesi neojamin Bloomfitltl, that he viol the same patronage to this Soviet; wimp!)• done while Prince of Wale!. javoin farther said he was corninorsded jevty to give* further donation of - the Institution, w. it (as tbs./Noble sprees') mailer .iutale donation. lee trinus I'atraii„44sing the eirilp I issue the Seeicrosst feel thily r t.triging mark %- of Royal l'avoar.( And it had pleastW the King furffliet r , to continue the Tliii rp , rtiiii of 111146 ... I. n proof of the continuance .. is, the well-being pUteirSuci:‘ (,„, The NOOLIt C4140N A N , reed Illoninfidd's let l. en ' •nt coofeorring this • . . g• Itort the Socki • ties et i lip insing tit leech..; -- tkrvA,, grd a the settee tinte - to express Isis b s . • : I • I the empire would not Ale found Mare 'e - "vm*ii Isla, and mow devoted subjects than ,11 .. r;ineipaility.—The toast was drunk with en it/i; thu , AA'. 'PP. lieablis of " Ike Puke of York and lie " The I)ake of Clarence and the Airy," and 41 T llt Woyal Family," were the three toasts 'tidal, followed, in succession, from the Chair, and Were received with the warmest approbation. Mr. Taylor and several other professional gen. • Omen accompanied the delivery of the toast by appropriate wogs and glees, and the enthusiasm of the congruity was not abated by the presence of two Welsh harpers. who played excellently well upon their national instrument. At H o'clock the male and female children of the Society were introduced. Their interesting and cheerful appearance bore the most unequivocal tes tinansy to the practical good diffused by the So ' ciety, and they mg an ode written for the occa sion in the most feeling and gratifying meaner to their benefactors. The CHAIRMAN, while the children were in the loom, addressed the company in en unaffected and forcible atwitter, upon the value of an Institution which presented such an example of practical good.' Ile lamented the absence of hie relative, who (as he oaid) was so much better qualified to fill their ChM I ; but consoled himself with the persuasion, that the advantages of this Society were so exten sive and palpable, that nothing more was necessary than the exhibition of the children they had jest seen to call forth their aid to *give perpetuity to an Institution which reflected so mach permanent ho mage upon their Countrymen. This appeal was immediately answered by a very liberal subscription in the room, and the company remained until a late hour in the enjoyment of that social mirth, which always receives an additional rest, when, as on the present occasion. it is con nected with the promotion of the best interests of humanity. In the course of the evening the appeals from the Chair were enforced by other .Gentlemeo, a variety ol songs were sung, and s • number of additional donations from benevolent redividtude peoseuteds [Proes eat; ttowitreott Reporter.] No fresh arrests, nor guy proceeditegv took place at the above QICe or at the Secretary of State's Ogee (*Vibe me Deportment yesterday. It is greedy , tf tiegretted that the Couuml of the fission cud the iiikabitants are to be put into a state of serioua telOrtn'by such an assembly of miscreants, whose coiediia has shocked every individual to that degree, tient nothing has equidied it slime the horrid menders of the Marrs and Williams. 'Yesterday was the day appointed for the second Cabinet dinuer to take place since the demise of the late King. We regret it slid out take place at the EMI of Harniveby's house in Gro.vesior-square, is intended s kit week. It would have r•hrwit a proper contempt of the arsapsins ; liiiwevrr, as it was ordered by his Majesty's Miiiii•ters that the Cabinet dinners (which are meeting, of State busi ness) should take their regular rotation, the ;boner of yesterday was appoisited to take place at Earl Bathurst's, in Mauslleld-street. Pottland-plates. As a matter of raiseworthy prudence and premie n 111 l , Lord Viscount Slammed', who has the cafe of the internal state of the country, as &entail of State for the Home Department. ordered several of the principal officers, consisting of Lavender, Bishop, linthven, and others, to attend at Earl Bathurst's house. Such is the state of the British Metropolis, that the !Moisten are in more fear of the miasmas, at their own houses, than even travellers is Italy. The public at large continue disgusted to the extreme at the horrid cutidoet of the. •ssa►sitss. •fhr shop windows of the booksellers end stationets in the metropolis were yesterday mostly filled with a representation of the premises its Cato -street, and neighbourhood. which were exposed to vale, math, street continues crowded every day. Earl Groove tin, and his son were among the throng on Tuesday. The Noble Earl was admitted into the incomes where the horrid and diabolical gang of wr e tches were assembled, by at boy, in the employ of Firth, a cow-keeper, the owner of the premise., wlt• is confined in Tothill-fields, Bridewell, oa • cha►ge of high treason. The Noble Earl was not generally known, but he was admitted by the boy, wlosh•d the else of the premises, and who admitted abowt a dozen prisons at a time, who gave bins eiziseisce, or any thing they pleased. The Noble Emil es mined the whole of the premises Trey minutely, amid whets he was in the loft, Ise appeared and ex pressed himself extremely slim:keit at the visible appearance of the blood of the ussforinuate there upon the carpenter's bench in the kat, and expressed himself in a onauuer that did honour to ins humane feelings. It is strongly suspected dist mirk ‘ of the wretches the back • TIM of hie being well acquainted with the person of Thisilewood, having lied the care of him, and being cintounily with him for tees days, when wider trial on a charge of high treason, in Westminster Hall; and Champion, our of his party of patrol, was also for the duty in consrqueuce of his lowing a thorough knowledge or Thistlewood's person.-- Westcoie was the officer who apprehended logo, the butcher, who was sentiuel at the stable dour when the officers entered it. He saw Thistlewood diicharge a pistol at random, and there is no doubt but he was armed with two pistols and one sword, winch his black cloth belt was made to contain. There were then several candies burning in the ' , able, and although ‘Vestclite had lugs in custody iu a corner of the stable, who had discharged the pistol as he was coming down the ladder, his at tenii..in was fixed upon him, and as soon as lie saw his bier, he had 110 doubt whatever of his being Thistlewood. He has every reason to believe that Thistlewood knew him, as lie seen him present his second pistol at him, and at the instant from the aim taken, the impression upon has mind was, that be should be shut dead, which induced bin) to stoop down. and bold up his left arm and hand to defend his head. The pistol went off, and he observed Thistlewood escape out of the front door of the stable into Cato-street. He did not dis cover ills injury he had sustained till he found has • left hand bleediug, what, on examination, he found that a shot had passed through the cuff of his coat, and elm) the fledly part of his hand, between his thumb and fore-finger, and immedattely after he re ceived a violent blow ou the left side of his temple, the effects and swelling of which are still very visi ble; but by whom, or from what iustruraent he re ceived the blow, he is not aisle to describe. After. wards three pistol shots passed through the crown of his hat. but by whom they were fired he is also unable to account; his escape from being mur dered is. therefore, a mired,. lo this state of dreadful amt assassin-like attack upon an unarnalid peace-officer, his Prisoner logs. the butcher, made his escape out of the stable into Cato -street, where be was stopped and secured. The public voice is impatient for vengeance :upon the assassins; but NO punishment that the English law kuows of is adequate to their crimes. We hope they will be speedily tried foe high ~teitheas t. aif foetid gedi t y, that as great au ex... ,ratetc wi ll be mad* of their persons as possible, an4,Plat wilt be beese4 near the spot where 14.1144.T1;deed. - TI7V GENERA. Romptf. The 140111 it of the state of the Coraieb Awning accouut Boroughs, with reference to the approaching General Election, is the result of the observations of • Grua &man wholly unconnected with the different elec tion interests iu that county, and ,who has resided Aare during the last five or six months. STATE OP CORNISH BOROUGHS. • ST. IVES.—Tbis Borough will he 'monied ; the present liensbara are very unpopular, and.lt is gearrally expected that they will both be thrown out, It two well.knowa respec . gable Caarlitlates should enter Ike lists against thew. Sir C. H. Mgt great Coraistt Borough trrtathan, has a pro _petty in Ibis town, and has for some )ears past influenced • the return of IJNI; of the, %It-sobers ; but the Baronet's in- Burlier here, as well as in other Boroliglis in the County, is believed to be greatly din ionbnl. - DEIS ros Corporation have enlisted ander the pairoissge of the Dyke of L. Stnior of the inhatotsests Lave exhibited a crest inclination to rrliel, instigated by thr C. 11. who is anxious to regain his patronage.- us this Borough ; bet the Duke's interest is believed to Ire sec,:re. PEN KY N.—This Borough will he molested:. it has been einivassusl by Sir Christopher Hawkins, the present Member, and by the friends of 31r. Swann. Mr. Gieufell, too, having 'trellised Marlow, has started, and made such •,„ s as leaves no doubt of his success; arid it is gesieranr believed that of his two opponents the Baronet will go to the wall: Kormigh is is a most critical and anxious position, the Iwo contending parties being equally divided . the one he:bit by a Noble Lued, wh at, (omits. (the Bus rayon') have been patrons of this Borough fur the last century; the other party, led by Mr. John Vivian, whose family boasts of an antiquity equal In that of the Hosea- Wils, at is evident from the universality of the name of Vivian throughout this comity. The told* run in favour of Mr. John Vivian, who, it is sappoiielf, will now heroine the patron of this borough—for be is extremely popular, as well from his unassuming manners., as (eon: hit liberality, dia. interestrilarss, and well known Weer's! ; he is indeed as mach beloved as he is respected, by all who have ever hail the happiness of being acquainted with him. Much too is especial by the Electors from the eilcumstanee of his aims Sir Hussey Vivian , briag &Inert', 10 his present Majesty, and the probability of his rising still higher in the King's Household. Sir Hussey, it is smimmed, will lie the first an , n o w .. o f his fiber at the approgrhing Election. The Electors like to have a .frirtitl at roar/. GRAMPOUND—This noroneh it , in 'itch bad repute, and its disfranchisement by the next Parliament tito confi dently expected, that no porson, as yet, appear! to think it 'meth white to canvass it. It has sinned beyond redemption. CA M Ell.FOllD—Thia Bosouxb will he conseatetl by the mime partie. which opposed the pairouazr of a Noble Earl, Zara U—, at the hal election. There is no other ►►uruuElt, unless it be Ferry, where any Willie is expected. The present Members for the County will be re-elected, with the unanim o us rood wishes at all who know them, both in and out of Curlewsll. Terre, February 27, 1821.1. VIATOR. Sir Lucius Curtis, /ha and M. Greethnni, F.sq. friends of Mr. Compton, an ived at Portiinninth yesterday afternoon . from Winchester, and immediately commenced canvassing for that Gentleman There are four candidates for the County of Diddin, viz. Sir Campion Duinvillr, Mr. 11. Hamilton, and Colton Is Tat. but and IVlsite. A 'bird eandldate, in the person of Mr. G.l6(lloE4lhr Member fur Dundalk, has olli•red himself to the Electors of curk. We millers's:id that Alit-ahem Duple, Esq intends to offer hinuutlf for Ilw County of Sligo. Mr. Wyndham Quin,une of the present Members, has sig. oified his intension of witiolra—ing front the Representation of the (*utility Limerick. 'Phi, is what we MNpeCied., JW. ?Merest, Esq. has canvassed the tits gh of Bury St. Eilatesurs. Ilis MAJESTY ha. purchased the noble mansion at the foither extremity of Kew-grern, opposite lac Royal Botanical Carden., and late the pro peter of.-- HUNTER, E.g. it is undergoing Terficutensive rr pairs. ittomi Concert of the Ancient Musk took yeaterdsy evening, tinder the direction of the Heil of Mawr. cur his Royul Highness the Duke of CAIIOIIIOOE. Count and Countess ST. ANTONIO and family are expected to arrive in ti few claym, at their house in Ilanover.square, from Brighton. Ou Tuesday arrived at the St. James's Royal liotel, iu two chaises and four, the Right lion. Sir Wit.t.tsts STARER, Bart. Lord Moyer of the City of DaMin, Mr. Sheriff Nvett.t.E. MoLes. WORTH GREENE, Esq. and his Lordship's Private Secretary, for the purpose of presenting a dutiful and loyal address of condolence and congratula tion to his most gracious MAJESTY. Miss Goonsi.i. did nut sing at the Oratorio it Drury-lane Theatre. List evening, in consequence of the death of her father, which took place at Coventry on Saturday last !. _ . The Ptris Theatres, which had Leen stint since tlw murder of the Duke of BERRY. were re.opened on Thursday, but almost all were empty. The Po lice (says the l'ario Journals) may permit amuse memo, but public grief forbids them. Sir HUMPHREY DAVY list had great success in unrolling the manuscripts of Herculaneum and Pom peii. In a short time the contents of each roll will be known, as well as its title, which is generally formed in the interior. We understand that before the assembling of the new Parliament so entirely new Royal Throne, worthy of the empire, will supersede the present State Chair in the. House of Lords. Particular directions have been given for its immediate con struction. The design is very elegant, and will certainly throw fresh splendour round the upper end of the House.—( Evening Paper.) There are three modes of proceeding, on any of which the conspirators arrested in Cato-street may be brought to justice: —I. Indictment for treason ; 2. Indictment for the murder of SOUTHER% and. under Lord Ellenborough's Act, for shooting and stabbing; 9. ludictmeot for a conspiracy to mur der the Ministers. A conspiracy to murder may be executed in two different ways—tither by vio lence or by judicial proceeding; the former of those is a capital crime, the latter is only a misde meanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment.— In both cases the intention is equally guilty; but in the former the law is cautious of tuakiog the pa nishuseut the lime terrible that it can Millet, lest witnesses id i'Cisisit of Justice alight be rendered gielidit and the ends of justice defeated. - - . I i Mrf INTRLLICENCE. cot= pF CHANCERY, Liscomes Wimissomr, MAIMS I. ' JUDGMENT.—CONTEMPT OF COURT. CLANDF.STIIVE MARRIAGE. IN :DE MATTER Or ANTHONT J. DEANE. ESQ.**A MINOR AND A WARD Or caaicEse. The LORD CHANCELLOR—" This case comes be fore tne on petition, which, after stating the circum 'stances of the clandestine marriage and the miscon duct of the parties, prays that the ward and Miss Sarah Eliza Stables may be restrained from enter ing tutu another •marriage in thii country. The lur.tion then before me is•wilether Mr. and Mrs. Stables, Mrs; Deane thrir daughter, their two sons, and their two servants, are guilty or a contempt of this Court ?• I referred it to the Master to inquire tints the validity of the marriage which took plate at Gretna-cern, and he has Yeported otc evidence perfectly satisfactory tome that a valid marriage has taken place in Scotland. Oos the •1 Ith of De ( ember a bill was tiltd in this Court, to make this bin, who is reprosettled to •he about 19 years of age, a awl *of Court. , Ile left the University of Osford in the long vacation, and went to the Wrat of.Ecoglasid, where he stet the three Miss Stables, and formed ass attachment to one of them; lie or teiworilt returned to the University of Oxford, sold finally left November, *bets lodgings were taken for hint by Mrs. Stables, in Maddox -street, Ilamover-aquure. Batons of marriage had beets twice regulutly published at Si. Pancras church in the !alter end of November and beginning of Denim her, ootid I do not bud that Mr. and Mrs. Stables informed Mrs. Mane, the mother of the infant, of the banns haying hero so published. The 101 l was tiled in this Court on the I ttli of December, and the elopement to Scotland took place cm the night of the 14th of the same month. I will not look into the conduct, of the potties before the I !di of December, alien the Court. The only question I have to deal with is the elopement, at eleven o'clock at night on the 14th of December, sod how far it is a 'contempt of Court. Looking at the conduct of Mr. and Mrs. Stables, their sons and servants, however strong my auspicious may be as to the impro priety of it. I have not the judicial certainty in evidence bcfore me, to authorise me to commit Mr. and Mrs. Stables and their two sons, and without that judicial conviction, I would not he justified its doing so. If I was asked nut of Court what my private opinion was, I would an swer, that that question ought not to be put to me, for whatever my private opinion might he, it had no right to interfere with my judicial one. Mrs. Deane, the wife of the ward, is certainly guilty of a contempt of Court. So is Ballard, the man servant. and the cook-maid ; fur if people will aid and assist in a clandestine marriage, this Court cannot take it into its consideration that they did not know that either of the parties were sward of Court. Whether I shall go the length of committing any of these three persons, is a ques tion 1 will take further time to consider of. The world ought to know it is au idle thing to attempt to throw the cloak of protectioo of this Court over infants after the mischief has taken place." WRIT OF HABEAS CORPES. LYON v. BLETSON AND WIFE. Mr. HART stated, that a writ of Habeas Corpus had been issued directed to the Defendants to pro duce in Court the three daughters of the Plaintiff, which they had refused to deliver up to him. The Plaintiff instead of insisting on the usual return to the writ, had consented to a special one being made. It was not his (the Learued inten tion to go at lentil into the circumstanc.-s of the case, it was enough for him to state that the Plein tiff was the father of the children, and by the law of the land no person could retain his children against his consent. The Plaintiff had thought pro per, and. iii his opinion, unnecessarily, to file affidavits made by persons of the highest respecta bility as to his character ; they stated their know ledge of him for a length of time; that his moral character was unimpeached, and that he was a man of considerable literary abilities. The Defendant Mrs. Beeson was the maternal aunt of the chit. siren, but that character did nut authorise her to withhold them from the protection of their father. The Solicitor for the Defendants had thought !pro per to introduce a letter from mie of the children, expressing her dislike to be under the protection of her father. He could not have been well advised to have had dorm so, as it was sufficient evidence to shew his Lordship how the children had been edu cated, and the principles that had been instilled into their minds ; it was a proof that all that held the ties of consanguinity together had been forgot ten; that instead of the child being learned to look up to its parent as its protector, it war learned to abhor bins and think of him with contempt. Mr. SPENCE followed on the same side. and said he would advert shortly to the circumstances of the case. Mr. Lyon had married the sister of.the De fendant. Mrs. Beetson, and in the year 1809 his wife died ; her mother was then living, and she took the children of the Plaintiff uuder her care ; she had since paid the debt of nature. They alter. wards remained under the care of their maternal aunt, Mrs. Beetson, which the Plaintiff did not object to until she married Mr. Beeson, and lie being a total stranger to the family, he wished to have his children under his own protection. As lung as the maternal aunt had continued Mary Bouillons, he was satisfied that his children should remain with her, but when she altered her coudition, he did not like they should be under the management of a stranger, a man in a low rank of life, being a trades. man. The objection made to the children being restored to their father as appeared from the BA davits of the Defendants, was, that when he married he was. a Dissenting or a Methodist preacher, that afterwards he became • Calvinistic Baptist, which appeared to be the religion of his wife and her family, and that lie was now an Unitarian ; there fore a man who was so wavering in his religions faith was pot • proper person to have the care and education of his children. He (the Learned Coun. eel) was convinced that his Lordship would be of• opinion that persons under whose care the children were now, being sectarians. were very ill judges of the religion of other sectarians. The last charge they made against the Plaintiff was. that he was as Irishman, which lie was convinced would hate iii weight with his Lordship. lie- Ira tlserellirs nr ....‘ opinion, that there was notliiiig in this Me whidepot it out . of 'ire lode of ordinary cities of the 'Oat& no. lure, in which, on an application to that Court, it svas never denieJ the petted to be the protector of his children. • Mr. At.&R, Counsel fur the Defendant , said, this case was quite diffeient from common where ctsild•eii were forcibly kept f their parrot ; for after the &alb of his wile he aliesidoistel his rhildrrn ; their grandmother took them vender ' her protection, site maintained and educated theta, odd at - her death left theta a handsome peu es . 4oo , without mentioning the PlaiiittA's name. or owin g . tom any interest its her bequest. The Defendant. Mr.. grown), was Sliest residing with epee Teats. and it Was natural to suppose that' the Testa trix intended the children should remain limier her care. The Klima never claimed his cii.lstren until he rollout they were retailed to a considerable property by their grandmother's will. mid that this was the case, it appeared by his own act, 'iii fihtiX his hill ag:titt‘t the present Defeisilmuie fur Oil lICCOLIIII of the property bequeathed to the chtlilrrii. He was aware that ilea Court slid not look to the religious tenets of any Mail. except as to the keeping of the religious education of its %arils correct, but it could nut be milli, that a Wits . who hail so often wavered in his relsgious belief as the Plaititsff had dour, least a proper person to fix the mind of youth on that important There was another question for the tosissifer it of the Court ; the Plsiiiiiff was now a Umtata:me preacher, without any fixed chapel to preach to, and without any means of support, except what he obtained by performing the duty for regular Contemns preachers. when they could not theme selves attends His Whole paternal hr tune had br;et no wore than 491.. per annum, which hr hail by route mean* got rid of. lie was married to second' wife, sod they did not live on the 'mut amicable terms, so little to, as when his eldeet daughter Went 011 a visit to hkut for a fortsiielit, sit Chester, she was obliged, on account of their dos agreeinews, to return to the Llefeisdasiis' 'Willie be fore the expiration of that time. The PI admitted this, by saying that if he could not accommodate hie daughters at borne, he would has,. them accommodated iu a neighbouring 1 This, however. was' a cave of that nature. which bad hewer been determined on tile mere retorts to a writ of Mikes Corpus. As it Wila 10 important to all its component parts, that the Court would cwt decide oar it without the fullest investignisose he was convinced his Lordship would tint take i tiito consideration tbe interest of either of the couteterei Mg partite, but would come to inch is decision us would tenil to the future welfare of the children. Mr. HART replied. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that iii. was a case of great importance, so much so that lie would not think himself justified no deciding t on a return to a writ of Habeas Corpus. foe if I.e did the parties would be deprived of an appeal from his decision. As to the religious opinion. of any of the. parties. he had sothiing to do with, but if the children were before him as wards of that Court, lie would know how to act ; but us the ea.e stood, be would not give his decisio n without a short petition was presented to hint , MAIO: forth the property the children were entitled to, and ti • means the Pleintiff had of supporting which allegations it would be Weeeswary to suepott by affidseits. He would Not require the further observations of Counsel, except to the point. he hail mentioned to be stated in the petition. IVheis this was done, he would without delay give his judgment, as it was a question iu which delsy might be mischievous. A petition to be presented. His Lordship rose at a quarter past three o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. GUILDUALL, %VEY% ZSDAY, &L am 1. • , ••••10 Sittings after Teem, befure the CHIEF Jusricz and Common Juliet. LYONS V. BENNETT, CLINTON, AND TIPPET. Tim was au action to recover dismoges, the Plain tiff haring beer detained in custody by the Defend ante, and accused before the Lard Mayor of ob. taming money newer false pretence,. It appeared that a person of the name of Jane Smith had committed several frauds in the neigli• bourhoinf of Tower-stwort. Among others, hh,- had obtained SU. in the name of the Defrodatit Bennett's wife, front a Mr. Fwd, iu Tower-vowel. Tippet, Mr. -Ford's shopenin, agreed with Ben. nett to eente•her, and for that purpose waited, with Clinton, the officer, in Tower -street, through *Neil they expected her to peal, at six o'clui k morning of the inth April lest. The Plaiut,tf; Sarah Lyons, happened to be going down Tuwer street, at • half-past seven, when air was al-coated • by Bennett and Tippet, in the name of Jane Smith, and charged with, baring committed forgery. She was liken into a house close by, and couveyed through the back door to the Compter. From thence elss•was taken before the Lord Mayor, and accused by 'Bennett with having robbed hint whilst iu his ser. and haripg, obtained the money from Mr. ./Turd under false pretences. Both Bennett and Tippet felt confident of the being Jaue Smith ; nor would her own declaration, ur that of her friends whom she sent for, convince them of the contrary, until the charge was made at the Mansion-house. They then discovered their mis take. But the Plaintiff thought it necessary tv prosecute them, in order to defend her characier from the injury of such a suspicion, and to rec.• f , compensation fur being dragged through the crowd, on re ignominious charge. The Plaintiff's Niko ney had offered to settle the matter, if Bennett would give Si. in bread to the poor. This he re fused to do. There was a special justification entered for the Defendant Clinten. Mr. Ceurve quoted several two sod opinions, to chew that civil officers committing mistakes in executiog warrants, or detaining permits without warrants on charges of Felony, were getter-ally excus. able in the eye of the law. He put en proof that there was a charge of felony, upon which Clintua bud acted in the regular discharge of his duty. It was agreed, therefore, that Clinton should be lilt out of the •verdict ; end alto Jury pee a v.-r. r *toot the defendauts, Beetle& and Tip. tillasesDateigraSel.: ;....• 2 .! ..,• ) iy, begtrod to in- es i• ae d front the back preessei. Tlitt (revalue,* I Will"?' *roll- et the adjoining houses Ointied p let the editing fl'ci° o o l l pleased Arough, except hey w ilii turbos they were, it) winless to the a n d w h at t h e i r o bj ec t in pi n ires. The atom» ale demise or the. ,i,,, 'Mere so ceaulbtar reigity of their It king was moot a g it ate. 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