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PM HOYE CIRCUIT. SURREY ASSIZES, GUILDFORD, Moxoit, Aro. !3. CIVIL SIDE. A : pr e Mr. BRION al t•I An. 'T!II: KING V. 111VTTER. This was an indictment against the defendant for all aSsatilt lit•os Samuel Linstead and Richard Bedwell, officers in the' Excise. 31r. ROLLAND opened the pleadings.. Mr. Sergeant Oxstow stated the case to the Jury, the particle. h e s of which will he seen from the followim evidence : (lichen' Bcdwell examined by Mr. M AAAAA TT.—I am an Excise officer. 1 had in my possession, Co one occasion, a war tart to arrest the defendant. Samuel Rutter. A petition was f mimed by the defendant for a mitigation of the penalty. I He paid to East, tie other person named in the wierrsnt, the sum of five pounds in my yresenee, in May, litre He fixed on the July following to pay the remainder. Ile ap.' rioted with Mr. East and me to meet him at the Bell, in iloandaditch. .11r. East was there at the appointed time. I was a little later, as I was unable, on account of other business, to at. I tome punctually. This appointment no: having been kept, I went to Peckhant fair, in the county of Surrey, to look for him, on the list of August. That was the lest day of the fair. I found hint ; theta sotialing his booth, which was called the " Freemasons' Tavern." I told him be was not a man of his word, as he had reeked.; his promise. He said he was very sorry, and the reason he had not come was, because he hadn't got the money. I asked him whether he had the money ; he said no, but if I would camel d o wn the following evening, between seven and eight, be would par it. and would be much obliged to me I accordingly went dorm in tompatiy with Samuel ',instead, an Excise of f icer, and odd Mr. Rutter I was come in consequence of Ms appoint- I meet. lie told me to walk into the dancing-them—(a laugh).- or w o the bithrottn, and he would pay me. I did so, and then freesia. **Those who take money generally sand treat." I told him the money was no benefit to me, I was come down on Moti ve*. but 1 would have a bottle of porter, fur which I paid 15d. Mr. Rutter, Mr. Lingered, and myself, drank it. I then asked I him fur the money, as I had some business in town. and wanted to ; get back. He asked me whether I had got a receipt; I told him I had, and he said, "Lay it down, and I shall pay you." Accord. ingly I drew a copy on a blank piece of paper, not on a stamp. Mr. ',instead had the stamp in his pocket, and Mr. Rutter caked me to let him take it, and show it to a friend of his, which he did, arid then returned it to me, telling me to write it on the stamp. I did iso. and then asked him fot the money. He said he wide' come directly, " 'fiat a hurry you arc in." I then waited for a considerable time, and asked him repeatedly for the : roue, telling hint I had business in town, and a few minutes : coukl make no difference to hint in paying the money. Ile then meal me it I had got the body warrant? I told him no; I did raceme there to arrest him. I hail come there according to his ; cwt alpaintMetit. He then said he would not pay me, and made I meet the worst rossible names. which he applied to me. He said SKIMe two intoruars come there to extort money from him. I ma," Mr. Rutter, I am surpnsed at you; this is not the treatment lupe:led; you appointed that I should meet you here." He then rereeted that we were informers, in a loud voice, and pointed us ; or. There were at lemt two or three hundred , ea in the booth ! at the time. Soule other people in the romp said to it., " Von know' ere." This was about nine o'clock at night. Rutter then con. timed to call us informers, and said to the mob, tt Give it to than t kill them !" and used more bad names. There was a con. rable in the piece with a stall; and ',instead applied to him for powd e r'. mad the constable shored him out of the dancing-room lam the drinking-room. I don't know who the man was. I had coo seen him hefore, no, do I know that he was a constable, only that he had a oaf. I th...a went after Linatead, and Rutter con. Meal cilia; sot to the mob. " they . tire b—y informers, we It is them. ' I had a black-thorn s ti ck in my hand, which was /token by the people about us. I said, " We are no informers., trit officers come on revenue business." Rutter still kept setting tie mob at us. I was knocked down, and my left foot was very IMeh hurt. Rutter had seen the warrant and read it in Smithfield. Cross-examined by Mr.sinnerurs.—The money was for the ('enrol and tun for myself. The penalty was incurred on my io b:n'.atii'r: 1 can't tall how much I was to receive. The U. re. aired is still in the hands of Mr. East. It was near 12 o'clock when I pot away. I don't think I have been examined as a wit less so often as one hundred times. Rutter was standing at the dueneg.reom, taking money from those going in. We w e r e no t melted at all in the dancing-room. ',instead Joined me in laying tie idartuation. Hotter stood at the door of the daricing.room, and I think he took a shilling ahead from those who went in. The onviztion took place before the Justices of Croydon. Samuel Linstead was then called, and corroborated all the main (sets deposed to by the former witness, and stated that he bad been eery much hart it; the ;affray. Charles (Ireenland txamlned—l sin an Excise permit writer. I was in a lamethat Peckhain fair, called the Freemasons' Tavern, in Auguse last. I saw ',instead there in company with another 10fielK beitelfiuteer say, " You have had W.. and now you come inieothre another.", The people abused the offi:ers. William East, examined by Mr. Sergeant ON am an pace in the Excise. On the :26th of May I received 6i. from the diteraiant Ruth?. I 'hewed him the warrant, and he appointed to nay the other SI. at ihe sign' of the Bell. in Hounsditch. I went titre according to appointment, but the defendant did not attend. This was oil the 4th te(June. On the 4th of February, 1824, I ae rated him. Jahn Willis examined by Mr. '3IAIIiT•TT-1 sin an Excise G!'"eirr. 1 went to racklami fair with lic t i we ll, in A ugust . Bed spell asked /NW Tot nwiemaisder of the M. which was due, and Rioter told him to call the next evening, and he would pay him. Mr. ADOLPHUS addressed the Jory for the defendant. Ile was sure they must have perceived, it the progress of the cause, that there had !wen n great deal of management in getting it up. Now, Is e of various kinds were held in different request. L a di es , for had some stuipicion of lovers' oaths, but all men Lv a dislike to the oaths of excisemen, and yet none o an eashanan had been examined on the present occasion. As tti of the transaction, it cppeared that in the year that committed some ollence against the Ex. Lie Law.. nod the name of a man called Hoskins was put in as the informer, although they all knew that these gentlemen who had been examined were, in point of fart, the real informers. Ac.' onlingly a warrant hail been issued • and was it not strarle that they should sot hors selected some other place than a fair for the the purpostef dunning him ? and was it not also strange, th a t a ll dime excursion should - have been at this fair, and that none other bat hail been estimated to-day ? The sum of U. was not egliketed, mid alibough . Mr. Rutter had received a shit. the datum", it was to be remembered that it oni ti li?shillings to make AL ; and they all knew too' evil the y of fairs, to be ignorant that on all such joy. occolous,, the fairsex were exempt from payment • so that 14 1 Cis case, ore hundred persons wo u ld only produce 2/. 10s. This pisctim of ex , nerating the ladies was not confined to this country, fee :it remembered having been in I ranee about four years ago, sad walling out one evening he saw a crowd assembled enjoying the fesninty of dancing; he approached the crowd, and asked one of the spectators a hat must be paid for enjoying the amusement. and It tali answered, live sous for the gentlemen, and nothing at ail' le:Cc: ladies. (A laugh.) Now the defendant's story was very shun Ile should call witnesses to prove that these gentlemen had angered themselves in a manner so improper, that the constable I 11 4 °blind to turd them out, aril that until they had so conducted themselves. go diamur whatever had been raised about informers. IS fart, they bad pethokcil leery thing that had occurred ; and as for the deilludact, he should prove that he nenr stirred from his NH, Or took any Whist the disturbance, or had instigated, by wed or deed. at *out. the treatment which the excisemen had ex ? tienred. Now, he should prove these facts, and having done that to was satisfied Ms Client would receive a verdict. 4. Savory was then called and examined by Mr. Anot.entss— was an Ohm of Exci se i n t h e mont h of August, and attended ht. Rued at Stepney and Peckham fairs. I had a staff, and was teemed at the ball-toots door. I dare say there might have been uotte hint about sor GOO persona in the ball.room. They paid I a sbilibte eac h f or admission. My duty was to keep the door *eh Mr. Rutter was stationed inside to receive the money, lbw- a yard and a half from me. I heard high words Is& tvem the two prosecutors and Mr. Delahunt, :11r. Rutter's 1 : 0 1 1I r ec ; , a ZYZn t g en t i he h li t az a m s e a nt ve o r f y sizte„, mon per pety..oe to brea k went t ig b lewd, I was a peace officer abd could tiet allow it. They said tti woe orfee•s, and required my assistance. I said, "if you be i:lEcers. I am surprised at your breaking the peace ;" and I asked there for their authority. They said they were Revenue °Ricers. ..e Tone's went on to state, that the defendant hail, front first to . 61 ‘ ht with the utinoet pmpriety, and had never used any mcolve language towards thorn, still less had he treated the officers 'mil violence, either by gesture or otherwise. Tea other persons, canted Joseph Powell and John Walter •..iff•tlis. deposed to t hel same eliset. tin Sere, ant itycaLow replied. S' . Bunn littsti.sw, in 'unit:ling up the case for the Joey, eh tlut they had a very psinfnl duty to discharge on the pre h.amittch as their verdict, whichever wsy it was given, the witnesses on the one side or the other, as persons "al come tory:ad to commit the roost wilful and corrupt l'Le -fury, after deliberating for some time, retired to consider ulu: verdict, ail after being out Mr a considerable dm; re. verdict (at the Judge's lodgings) of Guilty. ' er a LING I. 611,1 JOHN PHILLIMOIN AND LIEUT. ANI3II2W DREW. ~kft, am an indirtment ag a i nst the defendants for an outrageous 7 4 !Poll Mr. Richard dames, author of the Naval History ef L:_aritaips. The peculiar circumstances of this ease, which - ,.!_lem.dp been folly before the public, excited considerable in. 7 and o u rieetsion was expected to &fibril some amusement ; ut!ie or trill approached, a negonation took place be. * efconsel on both s id es , w hi c h en d e d i n an arrangement, 1. 1 _ o defendant. sho u ld su b m i t to a verdict of guilty, and pay of the proteCiatitli, Which, it is supposed, will exceed A • 7.4 m poutoX J url was now sworn, end Mr. Anoxenvs, who was Counsel 'rrosecatinn, nitormed the Olen of the arrangement above.. 44:1 411 1 wed that Mr. Rolland, who was Counsel for the el Mahe. de., wat mstructal &to consent, on behalf of his clients, to a 1, -. ‘ ▪ r• u.se anti htformed the Litrted judge- th" he mammal, and accordingly a verdict of Guilty was re- TrICIIIDAT. AI:OUST 21. 9 1 tarrELL r. 4 X610C1) AXD OTHERS. .7 11 1.4 an action of trespass end assstah- The defendants 11a In!iunlion. RV AT and 51r. CHITTY conducted the plaintiff's It ".• Mr. t: ;tN kr and Mr. PLATT the dcrendante. itlrarell in eviticiire that the tl#fsatlants. Mosn' nan ! r " rd "'or, are hat inanufact:lUTS, CZTLT!ng sin as extensive haunts, in Monument-yard, haring a manufactory in Webber-street, near the Coburg Theatre. The plaintiff had been in their employment as foreman of the works, and was allowed to reside with his wife and family in • dwelling attached to the manufactory in Webber street On the part of the plaintiff it W;11 insisted that his engage- , meat with the defendants was yearly, and that he was entitled to a monthly notice, in order legally to determine his service. In i January last, the defendants suddenly dismissed him from their ' service, on the ground that he hail spoiled some hate which rem irtrusted to hint to make. A negoeiation was opened for the re newal of his engagement, but the terms proposed could not be airreett upon. On the day mentioned in the declaration, namely, the 2d February, the plaintiff came to the premises in Webber street, for the perms^ of having some rept nation resprctthg his sudden dismissal. The defendants and Mills, a constable, were in the house, and as sum 1111 the plaintiff cane in. the latter palled out a pair of Muth-tiff% and threatened to put them on, and take hint before a Magistrate, if he did not immediately quit the house. The plaintiff said he was willing to go wherever the defendants pleased. They Ilrocceded to lay held of him to force him out. Ile held the door in his hand, when the con stable rapped Mm over the knuckles with the handcuffs, and made hint leave his hold, and, with the assistance of Mr. Ransford and Mr. Higgs, he was turned off the premises. The plaintiff's wife and her children were turned out of the house in two nr three days afterwards; the plaintiff, however. was permitted to remove his household furniture without molestation. Under these circumstances the present action was brought. The suhstan tial issue in the cause was, whether the plaintiff had been employed u a weekly or yearly servant by the defendants. It us, insisted, on their behalf, that he was merely a weekly servant, at a salary of 3/. a week, with the use of the dwelling-house at tit: futory, so long as his service continued, and that he had received a fortnight's notice that his services were na longer necessary, and which had ex pired at the time when he obtruded himself on the defendant's pre mises, and provoked the assault complained of. Witnesses were called in defence to prove the special pleas. The case went to the Jury under the Learned Judge's directions, and they found their verdict for the defendants. CROWN SIDE. Erfore Mr. Jounce Hu SI OCOU. MANSLAUGHTER. Jltnes Miohnel Rowe, and Affred Townsend, were in dined for feloniously killing and slaying John Oxley, at Mitcham. It appeared in evidence that the prisoners and the decefised had been drinking at a public-house at Mitcham. The deceised be. came quarrelsome, struck the prisoner Sewell, and challenged him co tight. The latter said he would rather treat him to is pot of beer than fight, and endeavoured to pacify him ; but in vain. He agaipstruck Sewell, who then agreed to go into a neighbouring field, and settle the matter by fair combat. The other prisoners i were the seconds respectively on the occasion. In the first round • the deceased received a blow in the throat which was mortal. Be fell senseless on the ground. The moment Sewell heard that the unfortunate man was insensible, he run for surgical aid, and did every thing that kindness and humanity could suggest. Ile n. pressed great concern for what had happened, and surendcred himself into custody. The deceased died in consequence of the blow he received. On opcnir.g his head, there was a considerable quantity of entravasatecl blood suffused on the brain, which, in the opinion or the surgeon, caused death. The case was opened with great forbearance towards the prisoners by Mr. ADOLPH The prisoners were defended by Mr. Tri ESIG it. Witnesses were called to their character. and they were spoken of as young men of temperate and humane dispositions. The Jury acquitted the seconds, but found Sewell Guilty, and he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment in the County Gaol. James flornetl, Richard Smite, John Dilli,., Thomas Smith, James Mills. and Alfred /.each, were indicted for feloniously swaling at Ileddington, from a bleaching ground, forty pieces of printed muslin, the property of Samuel 3lakepeace. Mr. not-Ls:OlD and Mr. LAW conducted the prosecution, and the prisoners were severally defended by Mr. AWDRI:WS. Mr. Anoirm• 9, Mr. BIOIMHICE, Mr. THESIGIA, and Mr. lluTcutwunr. - It appeared in evidence, that forty pieces of muslin were taken from the bleaching green of Mr. Makepeace, who is an extensive bleacher, residing at Ileddington, on the night of the WI of April, and that two officers of Union-hall being employed to trace di: robbery, proceeded at an early hour in the morning of the 27th to a house at find's-row, Islington, where the prisoner Mills lived, and where the greater part of the property was discovered, and all the prisoners, with the exception of Leach, found. It was further 'hewn, that all the prisoners, with the exception of Dillon, were in company at a publie-E•euse in Mitcham on the night of the rob_ bay. It was admitted that there was no evidence to affect Leach, I l and a very clear alibi wax established for Dillon, by the landlord al a public-house at Islington, confirmed by a gentleman who lodged in the house, both of whom proved that be slept at the house every night front the 20th to the 25th of April. liaised received an ex cellent character from several respectable witnesses. The Jury Acquitted Dillon. Barnett- and Leash, and found Miles, Smith, and Thomas Smith Guitty, but recommended the last to money, on account of his extreme youth. Miles and the elder Smith were sentenced to seven years trans portation, and the younger Smith to one year's confinement in the !louse of Correction. OXFORD CIRCUIT. MONMOUTH ASSIZE, Aufatfre Defwe Mr. Jarfice LITTLEDALIR. C 0011: .r. BROWN. This was an action of nowt' to recover the value of fifteen old sacks, worth when new 4a. &I. a piece. It appeared that the plaintiff: a miller, had sold fifteen sacks of dour to the defendant, for which he :tad paid, but it was contended that when the flour was used the defendant ought to have returned the sacks, but did nut. The tacks were demanded, but the defend ant said he was under age. The Learned JCDOE suggested, that it would ba better that a Juror shook' be withdrawn, which was acceded to. The corweeuenre of which arrangement is, that each party pays his own costs, and spends about forty pounds to settle a dispute about property, probably not worth twenty shillings. - - BrAre :11r. Justice PARA. Marl Jones was indicted for stealing a variety of articles of wearing apparel, the property of Joan Prosser. Joan Prosser stated—l was a servant to Mr. Wm. Lewis, of Trehere; I quitted his service on the 24,h of July. I parked up my clothes and money, and a ring. I directed it to be taken to Thomas Jones's house, and delivered to the prisoner. The box Was corded, and I sesscel the knots afterwards with brown cotton. I went to the prisoner'• and saw her. I asked her for my box, which she gave me. There were no appearances of the box having been opened ; the knots appeared sewn, as when I left them ; but on opening the box I missed a silk shawl and two silk handker chiefs, two aprons, a guinea note, a sovereign, and a gold ring. I am not married, nor widow. I was present when the prisoner's house was searched on the 3londay following, by the constable, Her "min Watkins, and some of the property was found between the bed and the wall. It consisted of the shawl, one of the hand kerchiefs, the guinea note, sovereign, and the apron. The gold ring was found when I was not present. As soon as the things west' found ;JellflXl the bed, I said this was not all; and the prisoner fetched the rest of the things up stairs. Cross-examincd.—l had let the box fall on the read, but It did no! break the knots. lkniartin ' lV stated—l am a constable. I searched the prisoner's house, and found the things as stated by the prosecutrix. The prisoner said, her husband knew nothing about it. I produce the property. The ring I had from a person named Lewis. The prosecutrix identified the pruperty, psrticularly the ring, which she knew by an inscription on rt, which she nor any one else could read, but it was supposed to be about love. John Lewis stated that he gave the ring to the proseentriz ; and the prisoner gave it to him after the robbery. The inecription in question is " Love and Thee." The prisoner made no defence. Several ladies, with whom the prisoner had 'teed as a servant, gave her a good character. She is now married. Mr. Benjamin Williams, a surgeon, said—l attended the pri. loner. Shr had been ill, and had nut recovered up to the time of her committal. She had had a fever, and was at times delirious: and afterwards I told her husband to be careful of her, as she re named rather wild, and I feared she would do herself mischief. She was weak, but she managed the affairs of her house. The Learned Juno[ mimed up the evidence, and observed that it was the weakest case of insanity he had ever known set up and as to character, however it might weigh in doubtful ruses, in those which were proved to the satisfaction of the Jury it could only weigh when the punishment came to be coasiderol—Verdiet, Guilty. Sentence, three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, if her state of health is such as to make it not injurious to her. Janus Garret was indicted for stealing three pair of heeltaps, the I property of John Lane. The prosecutor stated that he was s curries, and the prisoner (a lad of sixteen) was one of his men. Ile suspected the prisoner of rubbing him, and one de/ stopped him going off his premises, and searched bins. He found the heelutpr upon hi.n. They were marked with his own Isand.writir.g. The prisoner, a very decent youth, made no defence, but called • young man named Prosser, who gave him a good character. This withers atsted, in answer to • question put by the Learned Judge that he had left two letters at the Judge's lodgings. Verdict, Ilia LORDSHIP stated, that many persons, respectable, he be. lieved, had been foolish enough to send a sort of certificate of good character. This was of no sort of use. The only evidence that he could receive was evidence on oath. Jlut if any re •,3Cf:able person would employ the prisoner, it would be of Pavice to him. A respectable currier stated that ho would give the prisoner em ploymer*. His hosnantp, after an impressive admonition, sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned one week. Julia Snail/sant was indicted for manslaughter, in killing James Evans. MT. JUSTICE stated the cue. and called William Meredith. who said—l live at Backfield. At sis o'clock on Sunday, July 18, I was on a turnpike-road leading from Monmouth to Newcastle. Some boys were fighting, and a crowd was collected. I saw the deceased and the prisoner there. The Owner's brother was one of the boys fighting. The deceased was hacking him, and was stripped to the waist. The prisoner was looking on. One oPthe boy. would tight no more, and the deceased said, " It should not be Garr for that," and gave the prisorer a blow on the head, and knocked him down. The prisoner said he would not take that, if any one would see fair play ; and then the de ceased and tilt prisoner fought one round, and the former hit the latter down into the gutter. The prisoner had only taken his coat off; but had not stripped. The deceased had proposed to go into a field to fight it out, but the bystanders would not suffer it. The de. I ceased called the prisoiter a coward, and they went into the chuteh. yard to fight it out. They fought six rounds. In the last but one the prisoner hail the wont, and when on the ground the deceased said, " Well done, my buck. come alone." in dte last mund, the' deceased was lilt on the pit of the stoma,' . Ile fell hack into the ant* of his " handler (second), and never spoke afterwards. 31r. Nroolet. a cuescou stated—l saw the deceased at nine o'cloek on the same evening. I was sent lin immediately as it happened : h e was dead, but not cold. I believe he died by reason of some of the nerves connected rith the respiration being paralysed, there were no marks of any injure sufficient to cause death. His •death might have been caused by blows. I opened the body. There wt. a good deal of inflammation in the hymn : this could net have arisen from the blows, as the Inflammation would not come on so soon. George Mercdith stated—that tha lest blow was given by the dE. umeti. The prisons made no derma.. His master gave him a good character. Mr. Justice 'Pasta summed up the evidence to the Jury.• Verdict.—Guilty. Sentence—One Month's imprisonmmt. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. NORTHLT3IIIERIAND ASSIZES. NrwcAerLE•uros-TrN E. SATURDAY, Avocrr 21. trzolf-N SIPE. Rtf,•rc the Ilan. Sir J. HU1.1.01-ir, The Learned Judge took his scat in the County Court ptecisely at nine o'clock, when --.-...... John Duke, for feloniously marrying one Jane Brown, his for mer wife, Mary Mahany, being still alive. was pu: to the bar. On Mary 31ahany, the prosccutrix, being cuUed, she did not appear. ~ The Jvne z immediately ordered her re:agnizance to bee:treated, which was accordingly done. Charles Burke. aged rtsj years, and Rickard Armetronz, Aged 44. convicted at the last March Assizes for feloniously stealing certain goods, the property of William Little, of Ilexham, and sentenced to death, were put to th e b ar , whe n-his Lordship I.3'd that their ease had undergone the opinion of the Judges, and bra subsequent Art of Parliament the capital part had been tak:n or, but as their offence was of. an enormous nature. thejudgmen• of the Court was, that they be severally transported foe the term of their natural lives. Ale.rander Bosertson, fur sheep,nealing, was the next pesener pat to the bar. 31r. Loon state.' the case * e part of the Crown, and Mr. Rein called in support of the ecution. Wm. Readhead--Ile aent his s heep to 3lorpe:h market; they i o were his own property ; he sent them to one John Gibbs, his chap ' herd, and had them put in a field thud, i John Gibbs. examined by Mt. attn.—He is the shepherd; be' was to take them to M or p e th market. He saw then, at lire o'clock : anti found none missing. These were other sheep in the held. He took them out in the morning, and found two missing. He went in search of diem widi James Taylor, and found them near War ton. Ile left Morpeth at seven o'clock, and proceeded to Hatton on I the Wall. He got there about eleven o'clock. Mr. Taylor had also missed suns sheep. We found the prisoner there; he had nine sheep with hint ; he knew two of them. He went forward and got a constable. One sheep had lio 0 on The back, and the other two an A, and two bad red marks on their hicks. Ile is the sleep. heed, and knew them ; thiy had been under his care from the Ist of November. They were has master's property. He put the' marks on them himself. By the lent:E.—lle has to doubt of the marks. The prisoner said that he wished the sheep to be taken care of whilst he tried to end the person who gave them him, and that he wished the con stable to go with hint, which be refused. James Taylor, examined by Mr. Rctn.—He drove sheep on the 9th of March, for Mr. Howell, his master. B a r the Jc DU c—Caa't say how far Hatton on the Wall is from W ton. (Palm recalled by the Junot--Can't say how for it is off. William Brett examined by Mr. lensit—He is a ennstable ; they are sic nines from each other. Gibbs cane to him; he took the prisoner; he had nine Aber', with him; he said he had got them at Alorpcth of one Mr. Reid ; he was to take them to the Three Tons, at lieddonon-the-Wall for hem. He said Mr. Reid assisted him out of Morpeth with them. The A; DGE called on the prisoner for his defence. The prisoner said they were given to hint by a man of the name of Reid, and that he wished the countable to go with him after the person who had given hint them to drive. The !awned JCDGE charg.si the Jury, and said it was particu larly to be regretted that the constable had not accompanied the prisoner to the place where he said be originally had them. The prisoner had told a consistent story all along, and it would be for the Jury to say whether the prisoner had taken them with a felo nious intent, or whether they had not sent by Mr. Reid, who was only heard of by name, and give the prisoner the doubt. The Jury retired, and brought in a verdict of Guilty —DeJth. The Clerk of the .tnaigns asked the prisoner what he had to say why judgment of death should not be recorded against him ? The prisoner stood mute until he was tenured from the bar. Thomas Booth was then put to the bin, and stood capitally in dicted for stealing a ttun gelding, the property of Mr. Thomas Thompson. Mr. Lout stated the case on the part of the Crown. The Learned Gentleman called Thomas TI;;;;;;;JVhe prosecutoe—Be was at Stagshawbardt fair on the 3th of July; he pater:gild a pony. 'and tool it to a ptibtfc-bour-, Mt give It into the care of an officer ; he paid M. 13s. for it; he saw it afterwards about seven in time evening, when it was in the foallard ; he went again to the hone fair, and saw the prisoner with the pony. I said, " What do you ask for the dun pony ?" He said Ili.; he said a person had given it to him at that public-house (panting to the place). I laid hold of him and the pony, and mod it was mine, and took him before the Bailiff; he did not say from whom he had the pony. Cross.ciamined by 31r.Cooxsox—He is a cattle dealer—not a horse dealer ; he bought the pony about eleven o'clock ; he was amongst the cattle all day ; he was in the tents among the beer and ale; he might have had two or three glasses of ale on that day ; never saw the prisoner before ; he never spoke to him until he catched him with his pony ; he never saw him in any of the tents; would swear that he was not in one kept by a man of the name of 3laish ; a man of the name of Weight was with him; nothin was said respecting • po u nd note and a great coat; be heard Weight say there was some dispute about • hone and three pounds: he had no doubt the dun pony was Ids ; he did not say it was; he only asked hi m if h e wou ld be ll i t ; he never said that the potty belonged to another man who would take 111. for it. He appeared to be in liquor, but capable of doing business; never said to the hostler that he would take 2tk. and the great coat; lie never said any thing about 201. to the hostler. By the Jr nor — The pony w a s 13 or 14 hand s hi g h. The J CDGE—it is described as a pony or gelding. Now there is no mention of the word pony in the Statute. His Lordship spoke of a case where a niece was called • filly, which was held to be larceny in one ease, and felony in the other. Gilbert Snowden Reid. examined by Mr. R ern—lle was hostler; he recollects the prosecutor putting a pony under his care, it was a dun pony. lie tied it to a gate first, until be put it into the fold. This was in the afternoon. He saw they:ismer that evening about half an hour before lie tied it up; the prisoner was riding on a Chesnut pony. He was in the stable when the pony was taken away. The fair is not above 30 or 40 yards off the house. I said. the pony is not your's. He said he had bought it. I asked hint to pay for the hay, and to remember the hostler; he said he had no small change, but afterwards gave the atableboy a penny. Ile is sure it was the same pour. Cross-examined by lllr. Cooxsost—He is quite sure that the prisoner is the individual who took the pony ; be never said that either the prisoner or • lad had taken away the galloway ; never said, that if Booth would pay 201. he would not appear against hint at the assizes; never said that the prosecutor would compound the felony for a pound note or his top coat. He was not in • tent kept by a Mrs. Blanchard ; never heard the-prisoner say, " I'll be ti—d if I dr., as I tun innocent." , ..... Re-examined by 31r. bosii—The pony tsbne. Joseph Hall, examined by Mr. the constable who took the p: ironer on the 6tn ofJuly ; the bailitTgave him in charge. He said n man put it in his hands, and that he would not take lens than eight guineas for it. He afterwards took him before a Magistrate ; lie said he had got into this mess by being drunk ; his deposition wu not taken doers in writing. Mr. Losrt—l will tall the 14Ingistrages clerk. The Juno E—lt always ought to be done, and I am bound to consider it as such. Cross-zxamined by Mr. Cooing° N—lle did not say he was sure Weight was the man who gave it him. The J ync E—Prionner, if you have anything to say in your de fence, now is your time. . . . Prisoner-1 . was in liquor, and Weight has had a spite apinst me these seven years ; he once b indica my mother out of a pound note. Mr. Coozsox called a person of the name of Wiliam—lle Is a saddler at llexhatn. In a conversation which lie hsd with the host. lee, he (the hostler) said, that he could not say if the prisoner or a lad ook away the pony on the I;th of August. heard the pro secutor say that lie would compound the felony for '2os. and his top autt. He said, let old Booth raise me !W. and 1 will not ap pear against him. It was b accideut he saw the parties: be did not seek them. Christopher Thomas Marth—lfs is a carrier in this town. Ills father had a tent at the fair, and lie was there to assist him. The Prisoner came to the tent. He had not a pony in the morning, hut be had in the evening. He came on a gelding. lie thought hint tipsy, and told him to take care of himself. His hat tell off. Ile was afraid of his life, he was so tipsy. lie saw him talk to three men---the prosecutor was one of them. One said, " Toth. take care of yontsclf, or we will play you a trick before night." The prisoner said •• I'll be If you an play any trick upon me. Witness has known the prisoner eight or ten years. Worn he has come to Newcastle fair he has slept at his house; he bears a good character, for err thing witness know.. Cross-examined by Mr. Lose—lle does not know what the other two were doing. The prosecutor was in his father's tent. Matthew Emus examined by 3lr. Losu—lle has known the prisoner from his infaacy, and he has always borne the character of an honest man. The prisoner is by trade a black :mitts. The J t• hoz charged the Jury, and said the prisoner was charged with a carnal felony, and it would be for them to say by their Ter. diet whether the prisoner became possessed of the pony with a felts. Mous intention. or whether he had been employed by any other lt+ sill the pony, as he had stated, and form they own opinions from the evidence before them. The Jury retired and brought in their verdict Cuity—Death. Thnneas Trotter for highway rubbery was acquitted—the prose. tutor not appearing agslnet hint. • John Ckwei, a child aged only 11 years, was charred with steal- 1 ing • silver watch, the property of William Heron. 31r. Lost: stand the case oE the part or the Craven, Ind called William Reves—He lives at Iforpeth = remimbers the 14th of Jul► last ;he lei his wtftelt on day In his venting desk ; don't know if he kicked the desk; he locked the doors of the room; you might enter the room by a window in the yard ; he left the window open; he had been out. and missed his watch when he came hack ; he traced a fuotwark near the wi: low ; could not my if a large or ■ small one. He knows the prisoner at the bar; re members seeing him near the garden on that day; he afterwards found hi, watch under the door and charged hint with the theft, and he did not deny it. Robert. Ilumpbre) s czar:mined—lle 13 a police officer, and lives at Murneth ; I.e apprehended the prisoner on the Ilith of July. and took hint to the House of Correction; he asked me what I took him there for? I told him for stealing William Heron's watch; he said that he had put it under the door; he has had the watch. Thomas Hardbottle, a child of ten years, examined—Th ose who tell lies go to Heaven, sod those who tell the truth go to Ilell—he Afterward* coervted, the mistake.--H'imess saw the prisoner with a watch; he gave, it him to keep bilk( of; he had fallen into the River ; he took it out of his clothes; it had a chain and seal ; he gave him the watch, anti he gave it to Edward Challener. Edward Challener examined.—He knows the prisoner ; saw him on the Thursday before he was taken up ; Hardbottle gave the watch to him 4 the prisoner came out of the water and asked for it ; lie said it was his father's watch. Hobert Henderson, another boy, examined--Ille knows the pri. loner ; he had a watch with him : t he saw it ; he said he paid is. for it; he took a knife and tiled to open it, and chipped a piece elf the free ; it had only one point ; does not know what the prisoner did with it ; that is the place (pointing to the dial) • he saw it broken. Th e wa t c h was produced in Court. The boys spoke to the chain and hey, but not to the watch. Mr. Heron, the prosecutor, was recalled, who described it to be his watch. The Learned Judge then called on the prisoner for his defence. The prisoner cried, and had nothing to say, but that his father was here. The poor old man only sp o k e to his age.. The Learned Judge charged the Jury, and said that thee* sp. peered very little doubt of the prisoner's_gutte. The Jury found th e prisoner Gatiltg—Death. The prisower, kneeling down, claimed the benefit of the statute. The Learned Jt; E—You have been convicted on the clearest evidence, and it is necessary that an example should be made of ' you, in order to reform you and deter others. The jud ent 'of the Court is, th a t v ow b e imprisoned months in the gaol of reignmouth, and twice whipped, and kept ; to hard labour; and t a k egreat care in future, or you may be ulti. I irately hanged. Thomas Jobfiv, for tittering a false counterfeit note, was dis. charged by proclamation. The Grand Jury informed his Lordship that they had disposed of all the business before tht.o, and that they had reason to believe ' that there were no more bills to be presented. Mr. Baron licu.ocK—Uestletnen, I thank you, acid you are discharged. At half-past twelve o'clock the business finished on the part or , the Crown, when his Lordship told the Crow.; Jury they *ere also • discharged. Ills LOADSII44. afterwards sat at Nisi Prins, and took nosecoon V. WILKINSON; C. P. Mr. COOESO s opened the plesdiugs, and said, this was an action On the case, and brought by the plaintilr, a surgeon, for malice' attendance; the amount claimed was only 121. 9s. The Learned , Gentleman then called Thomas };laden—ln June, 1022, he resided at Relstrode. He had a wife and lout children ; one of his children took fever, and he sent to Newcastle fa 'dr . Ilusegood ; he came directly (four miles distant), and inquired into our condition. Witness Oat working at that time, but was poorly . off. They all fell ill with the fever woo afterwards ; they were in a very destitute state, and one week had only Is. id. to support his family; the neighbours were kind to them; he got a man to write to the overseer; Wit tenstall is his settlement : no person else wrote. The plaintiff at tended the whole time, and he was very attentive ; no permn could take more care than he did. A man of the name of Taylor came to take fare of him. He gave him a pound note; he did not owe him any money. Crow-examined by Mr. Loam—lle made 14s. anti 13s. per week; never made 30s. One of the children was ill a month. He paid him nothing. lie made no application to the parish for two months. Ile was out of work when Taylor came. lie was dl for ten weeks. Robert Snowden—He recollects the plaintiff going to Wittenstall in the month of °eptember. He called upon him, and went to the overseer ; Sir. George Wilkinson, the defendant, was the overseer at that tints. !le saw hint. The plaintiff stated to him the nature, of his errand, of the distressed state of the family, and that they were all ill of typhus fever. He said that they must not be lost, but that he must send them something. He received him in a very kind manner. He cannot say if he gave hint a pound note for the benefit of the family, but he said that the family were not to be lost. His son acts occasionally for him. Witness belongs to the toirnship. Can't say if Taylor did anything for him in the shape of en agent ; he acted as ehurchwasdr..and overseer for his father. He has seen him with the books. Cross.examined b Mr. Caxswet.s.—Can't say what time it Plaintiff was in September. did not say how long be 'm attended the family ; doee not recollect be said he would won be well. Inherit Ilarryman examined by Mr. t'ookaox—Mr. !lose. good gave hint • pound note; he gave as. to Ms. Elides, and he applied the rest to the family. Robert Snowden recalled by the Jrnoz—He has known Sir. Wilkinson, overseer. for tour years ; his son officiated for Mat ; he was overseer at that time. Ale. Eisdeu recalled—Wilkinson said the bill was heavy ; it was a stiffish one ; but he thought he hail been moderate as he had not charged more than ss. a journey; said he was coming to Newcastle, but he did not say for the purpose of paying the bill ' Mr. Lost; contended that the party who had originally employed llosegeod were the persons who ought to pay the bill, at.d not the parish, besides which he could prove that the defendant was not the overseer at the time, end that Air. Wilkinson would have to pay the whole, if a verdict went in favour of the plaintifE What Wilkinson did, was done in charity, and nothing more. The Learned JuDGE addressed the jury, and said there could be no doubt of the reasonableness of the plaintiff's bill ; and the only question for their consideration was, had the defendant made himself liable for the payment of the plaintiff, as overseer of the parish of Wittenstall. The Jury asked for the bill, when th retired, and afterwards brought in their verdict for the plaintiff:— 121. ifs 1 • i I ; t 0 • • I •3 1 i PROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. W. Crawford, jun. late of Chespaide, bookseller, Aeal 28 to September 7. I W. MacCenrce, of Lower rore-etreet., Lambeth, brewer, from Sept. 4 to Oct. BANKRUPTS. T. Tappenden, of the King's Ilsal public-house, Cumberland , street, Aliddlesex Hospital, victualler, to surrender Aug. 31, Sept. 18, at eleven, and Deo. 3, at ten, at the Bankrupts.' Court. Solici tor. Mr. Whitton, (heat James -street, Bedford. row. R. Jones, of Westbury-Leigh, Wiltshire, clothier, Sept. 9. 13. and Oct. 3, a t e l even , at t h e hopes Anne, Westbery. Solicitor, life Williams, Red Lion Striate ; or Mr. G. bleaker, Fromm T. Smith. of Derby, nail.manufacturer,_Sept. 17. at six, and Sept. 18 and Oct. 3. at e l even , at the Kinig's Head, Derby. Solicitor. Mr. T. Vl'rage, A ye-Mari...lane ; or Mr. Greaves. Derby. .1. Peck, of Andover, linemelraper, A ug.llBl 41. and Oct. 4 4. IA twelve, at the Hankrupte Court. Solicitor, t ie and Me field, Carev- st ree t ; or M r . B ar fi e ld , Thatcham, uceb. A. Anderson, of Lloyd's Coffoc•heuse, and of Efarling-Green Place, Kennington. master-mariner, Aug. I& Sept. 4. and Oct. 3. at twelre,et the Bankrupts' Court. Solicitor, Mr. emelt, Union. meat, Broatbstreet. I U. Helm, of li'orcester, linen-drapm, Sept. 9...111. and Oct. S. as twelve. at the Ilop.3larket Inn, Wornmer. Sobettor', flostrt rand Parlby, Holborn- court , Gray's Imo ;Or 31r. Swollen, Miter. DIVIDENDS. September 24. J. Quenbv, Liverpool, tea-dealer, at one, at the George Ina, Dale -street, Liverpool. September 17. R. Woodward, Liverpool, merchant, at toe, a: the George Inn, Dale -street, Liverpool. September 14. T. B. Smith, A. Smith, and D. Smith. OM Trinity House. Water-lane, Tower -street, corn-racton, at ten , at ' the Bankrupts' Court. September 14. C. Brooke, Southampton, eabhser - twelve, at theCuseh and Horses inn, Southampton. September IS. H. Cooper, Conntsercial-place, City-road, carpen ter, at ma, at the Bankrupts' Court. I Se/Weber IS. 8. Caner. Stratford, West Ham, Estes, check:- monger, at twelve. at the Bankrupts Court., Otter 2. C. Hammond. DarUm, draper, at ten, at the Cofelt te. and H I LIN Hanchester. Ta serwi y i*preset, Cam ma bridge, Cook. at ,at the Hoop G Liv . e ee , AIL . raishaw • Liver . poo Meambast, at one, at the eorg Se = flahmtvest„ rportL l, . • CERTIFICATES,Sgiettmaga Id- J. Sherwin and J, Deane, Gould-square, Crenised Friars..etamb makers-..W. Burrell, Thomas-hose. Wakefield, York, menitant— C. Poyrer, Doncaster, York, linen-draper i -.J. Fain:meter, Alfred mews. Tottenham-court-mad, horse-dealer—R. Hatton., PoehoV_ with-reuniters!, Lancaster, soap-boiler—T. Roll. Piccadilly, tarta a -keeper—C. %Vire, handling, new Malsleteme, Kett, p-per mak. r, at STOROE r. DRIGHTMORL. Mr. INGRAM opened the pleadings, and Mr. Scan LETT stated the nature of the case. It was to recover the amount of a cask of hardware ordered to be shipped at Oainsborough for Newcastle, which the defendant shipped from Newcastle to Oainsborough in- I stead, in order, said Mr. Searlett, to create freight. The vessel, the Thomas, which had the charge of the cask, was afterwards boat at the mouth of the Tyne. (Admissions put in and read to all but the mark on the :ask.) Oswald Caldicott called—He was servant to Anderton and Co. of Birmingham in 11121 ; he executed an order from the plaintiff; it was on the 31st of October; they were sent in a cask. Witness 'directed it; it was painted on the head of the cask—" John Stokoe and Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, pay to Brightmore and CO. for Gainsborough, from thence to Newcastle direct." lie did not see what ass put in the cask. Mr. WILLIAMS. for the defendant—We do not dispute the goods were sent nor the amount of them. Cross-examined by Mr. WI cuasva—Might have sent half a i dozen casks beh-e. This was the first in his time that had been sent to Mr.:40.0t at Newcastle. It was a month or six weeks after he heanl of the dispute. Can't say what the carriage was. The carrier's book would tell. Ile could tell by calenlation.—(Bill put in.) Six shillings was charged. (*an% say how much per ton. They don't trade to Trent now. They were formerly sending very I PROGRESS OF 7'OIrIVS. frequently. ___......_- Cross-examined hv Mr. SeartiitTY —When he said six shillings I In the case of country towns, where a Highland laird c r he spoke from the books. The order was not sent by letter, it was , a speculating society has not interfered, it is matter of a verbal one. 1 analysis, for th.: fashionable science of political economy, lliam Clarke examined by Mr. ficaatryr —He was ware.; to discovst how one of them has grown, or by what cement houseman to Andaton and Co. for forty years. He had known , ached the cas k— casks sent by the n , t o M r . S to k oe . li e v k _. •it is united. There is a church ; that is the ordinary .. 302 qrs. and ft." ' foundation. Where there is a church there mraiit be 'a (The head of the cask was produced anti thedirection read.) l parson, a clerk, a sexton, and a midwife. Thus we Sr. Swain was the water carrier. ' coma for four houses. An inn is :claims' on the road. Crow-examined by Mr. WILLIAMS—Cannot Mil , exactly how' This products a smith, a saddler, a butcher, and a brewer. many. Can't say i he had directed any casks to Hudson and Co. i The parson, the cltrk, the sexton, the midwife, the of Hull. six or seven years past. Joseph Wholly—He has a boat on the river Trent. On the 111th butcher, the smith, the saddler, and the brewer, require a of November he had a cask sent directed to Messrs. itrightinore, I baker, a tailor, a shoemaker, and a carpenter. They soon Iflainsbereugh. He put it on board a vessel for Hull. Ile knows learn to eat plum-pudding ; anti a grocer follows. The the direction. it was for .' John Stokoe, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, I grocer's wife and parsons w if e ' contend for superiority in pay to Brightmore and Company." lie remembers the direction, dress, whence flows a millin e r, and, w i t h the milliner, a use it was • peculiar one. Ile menti o ned it t o t h e Captain of the defendant's ship, home he had never seen such a one before. I mantua-maker. A barber is introduced to curl the parson's The JI:DOT oklectetil et the question. wig and to shave the smith on Saturday nights ; and a John Forbes examined by Mr. SCARLETT.—Mr. Stokoe had i stationer to furnish the ladies with paper for their scnti correspondents at Hull (Messes. liothor.), but they have no dell.' mental correspondence : an exciseman is sent to guag,e the ings row. The defendant gave the orders in his presence; they casks, and a schoolmaster discovers that the ladies cannot came by a Hull vessel r ii. A hatter, a hosier, and a linen-draper, follow by oas...examined by Mr. WILLIAMS—They w ere s hipp e d at Gainaborough on the 7th of December. 1021 ; the Thomas was gees ; anti as children are born they begin to cry out wrecked oil South Shields ; the goods were damaged by the wreck. 1 for rattles and gingerbread. The parson becomes idle and Joseph Shields, examined by Mr. SCARLETT—IIe trades be- gouty, and gets a curate, anti the curate gets twenty chit tween tininsborotteb and Newcastle ; trade is conducted by agen I - i then and a wife ; anti thus it becomes necessary to hate re, both from (laittaborough to Nescastle, and yin rer•,l t by hull ; there is no other mode than the direction t o g u id e t h em " al" i more shoemakers and tailors and grocers. In Ott nwan ; he never knew an instance of th e ki n d lik e t h e p resent . 1 time a neighbouring apothecary, hearing with ititligoatim. Mr. IV ILLIAMS addressed the Jury, and called several witness. l that there is a community living without physic, places on, who spoke principally as to the trading between Newcastle and ; three blue bottles in the window ; when, on a sudden. the Gainsborough, and the direction on the cask. The house-book I parson, the butcher, the innkeeper, the grocer's wife, and was rtn!iured. the parson's wife, become bilious and nervous, anti their Mr. Z.C•RLETT replied, and said there had been no &fete:. I children get water in the head, teeth, and convulsions. The Learned Bartow asked for the consignment, and then ad. ! They are bled anti blistered till a physician finds it c mve dressed the Jury. His Lordship said as there was no question am • „;_,... to settle : the inhabitants become wor s e and norm I to tie contents Or price of the cask, the only question for their eon- f mr" videration sr-a, whether M r . B r i g h tmore hail been guilty of a dere.. !every day and an undertaker is established. The butcher lietion of his duty by sending the cask in an indirect way front the i having called the tailor prick-louse over a pot of ale, Snip, order of Mr. Stokoe, and they would pay particular attention to I to prove his manhood, knocks him down with the goat • the evidence on both sides, and say by their verdict on which aide the weight of truth preponderated. There was no doubt that the i Upon this plea an action for assault is brought at tli. , next goods haul ken damaged by the wreck of the Thomas, after the i S.lsions. The attorney sends his clerk over to take depo , transhipment at Hull, but still this was not th e guesnen for their sitions and collect evidence : the clerk, finding a good decision ; the sole one was, had the piaintifi'S order been executed ; opening, sets all the people by the ears, becomes a petti according to his direction or not, and if it had rot, then was he I fogging attorney, and pen-e flies the village for ever. B u t entitled to their verdict. Persons who sent parcels by land or by the village beetinies a town, acquires a bank, and a coterir water. had a right to expect that their orders should be faithfully I ofl old maids ; and should it have existed in happier days. exnrutcd. The Jury rid.... might have gained a corporation, a mayor, a mace, a " M Y I " Pr ' l, it is a very complicated p lai t quarter sessions of its own. a county assembly. tl:.: ast:acs, Tt-cr suer:van:. reti-01. and returned with a verdict for the t.::: . --I)nr.iages:".' 10s. 3d.—t...osts 40s. and the gal!ows.-31ac::,:loci. The impressions taken in the foregoing manner almost equal silver medals in beauty, and are very durable. If the box or a:Mild be rather larger than the impression of tin-foil, the plaster, when poured on, runs round in; edges, and forms a kind of white frame, or circular border round the foil, whence the new-made medal appears more neat and beautiful. If this tin-foil be gilt with gold leaf, by means of thin isinglass glue, the medal will resembld gold. Having dins endeavoured to put it into ate power of a young medalist to procure, in this manner, what uumbt r of Medals and coins he pleases, for at most as many pence. I shall conclude, with only saying, that if, by this means, I may prove instrumental to the promotion of a more gene ral knowledge thereof, by rendering the expense inconsi derable, it will be adequate to the motives of INVESTIGATOR. AIETHOD OF • • tA, TAKING 13fPRESSIONS FROM MEDU. Chiefly owing to the cost required for purchasing a CS: billet of 'medals, it has happened that the studrof them has hitherto been confined, comparatively, to a few indivi duals. Another principal impediment to the cultivation of an acquaintance with theft has arisen from the diffitrulty of understanding the inscriptions thereon, for want eif a suf ficient knowledge of languages; on which amount, in par ticular, this study has been condemned by the illiterate as 'barren and useless; but .such as are acquainted with the advantages Which have already resulted friar) tbeae nvms i memur tales, cannot hesitate a moment to assist the promo tion of a more general pursuit of the subject. While colossian statues, and the hardest marbles, with their deepest inscriptions, am destroyed by iictitlent or by time, and paintings, finished with the highest colours, quickly fade, a medal shall survive innumerable accidents, ; and disclose historical facts a thousand years after statues are crumbled away ; and when nothing but the names of an Apelles or a Praxiteles remain. Does not a single me dal of which we are in possession give us greater light into history than the once famous libraries of. Alexandria and Pergamus, which are now no more? From these and many other considerations I would willingly contribute my endeavours to render this study more general, and conse quently more useful. I have tned a volley of methods to enable a young medalist to collect a cabinet, which may initiate him into the knowledge of medals and coins at a trifling expense. • The method of taking off plaster of-Pans and sulphur impressions is known to every body. The first is too so*: to preserve them from injury, and the brittleness of sul phur is a greater objection, I found by forming a coat or layerof thin metal oyes the plaster-of-Paris it would be a omnitlerable defence Tin is the cheapest sad mose•convenitin trietatfor Me pm-- pose, as it is sufficiently flexible, and at the same time very much resembles silver. The tin-foil I have tried is of the same kind with that used for silvering looking-glasses. It should be laid over the medal or coin intended to be take- , off, and then rubbed either with a brush, the paint of s skewer, or a pin, till it has received perfectly the impressice, of the medal ; the tin-foil should now be tared oft' rounA the edge of the medal till it is brought to the same circum ference. The medal innat then be reversed, and the tin foil will drop off into a chip box or mould ready to receive it, the concave side of the foil, or that which laid on ihe face of the medal, being uppermost. Upon this pour plas ter-of-Paris made in the usual manlier, and, when drys, the cast figure may he taken out of the box or mould, with the tin-foil sticking on the plaster, the convex side being now uppermost again • in which position it is to b e kept in the cabinet after it be comes: dry. To have an im pression very perfect, the thinnest tin4oil should be math: use of.