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•' • . ••• '.. ;.. tiff had breathe rsrtner Ofklaitinati Boydell and 'was his successor iu business ; and as such brought the present action. Thevespeciable name of Boydell could not be unknou a to the Court and Dory ; they were celebriskerl engraVers. The De fendant hid been a Colonel in the army, and a Member df Parliament for the Borough of Lancas ter. lira &feeding this action mut: be altogether attributed to forgetfulness: he subscribed. as tit. Leek asl/97. for the numbers of Sliaktpear*. lie would prove their delivery : but the defence set lie would toot attribute to such a 111311 us the De- Tendairt, who had held a high post mdse army and Senate, but to his advisers, who had misled him. The plea which he hod entered was that of the Statute of Limitation. He Must have fancied he had paid the Plaintiff's account ; ur perhaps he found a receipt of some other person's for WI. which he thought was the discharge of the Plaintiff for his debt : however he might have deceived 1 • self, or have been deceived, his plea would not answer : he had paid five 'wands into Court for the only item that had been received by him within 6 years, it was the supplementary prints to Boydell's publication of Shakspeare : he did not wish to at tribute any blame to the Defendant, only that he had a must treacherous memory, for he held in his hand letters from the Defendant to the Plaintiff as late as HOC in which he acknowledged the debt. He (Nlr. Attorney-General) hoped he had nut given offence by accusing the memory of the Defendant, for if it was not defective, the plea that had beers entered was the most base that ever had been put oil record. He would prove the letters, which would entitle the Plaintiff to a verdict.— There wits some little difference about a set of llocortke Lone A-14-zoode ; the Plaintiff had pre sented him with only one set, and the Defendant in one of his letters, said he was entitled to two. The letters were then read by Mr. Lowten ; they fully wade out the statement of Mr. Attorney- General. Mr. SEUL/CANT. on the part of the Defendant, contended, that the plea of the Statute of Limita tion was pe►fectly bottou►uble and justifiable. The Defendant was unaccustomed to businees, and did not know the date of his letters; he had procured the original iseintings of flugarth fur the late Alder man Boydell: there was an agreement between them; it was only a verbal one, but it was such as to give the Defeiciant a conviction in his mind. that it would have been more than sufficient for a • se, off to the preseat demand. The .fare, under the direction of his Lordship. give a verdict for the plaintiff-831. 9s. 6d. 41.1. v. WILKES. This was an action brought by the Plaintiff. the Aothor of -• Treadle on the Effects afekihzation. against the Defendant, a respectable printer in Chancery-lane. who had piloted the book, to re cover 37.1 copies of it. It appeared, that the Plaintiff, who is a Physi ciao, wrote a hook, and employed the Defendant to print it : when it was completed, anti he had shown a few copies of it to his friends, he was ad vised by them to suppress it, for if he published it, he %emit.' certainly pay a visit to the King** Bench. as it contained much libellous matter. lie wisely took the advice of his frien l.; taut hating am bition to appear as an author. he revised it, end left out the libellous part, which reduced it to a nicer awe of milk and water. It came still-born, for not a single number hail ever been wild, although it had hren printed live yerns, and reinaiiied to the Defy-admit% woirelimi*e until Ja ausry last. When the thoniaind copies that bad been printed *ere demanded (they had been paid for before), the Defendant. to his great aurorae. found that 373 copies were ; lie could not ISCCOUnt for them its any other way, than that his warehouse had been lirokea open come time before. and a quintity of blank paper taken out ; anal ha aaistake, he 4upixiserl. the robber.. had taco the missing Aerie of the ftleiutiff 'a book. The Chfrti,l4nt sgrer4l that s verdict should be taluti spinet him for 301. which was accordingly enured. COURT Of memos PLEAS, JULY 23. Siccing, a Nisi Prins beffire Lord Chic, Justicsi M ►IIIsFIELD. SCAN DA 1.. MILS AM 16 CATHIE. This mean action lirnaglit by the Plaintiff, an PhAeneas'', and a baker, residing at Deptford, si,gailist the Defendant, a Ceiedeetims. sod also a hak•r, tieing in the cone place. to recover damages foe &finning his character as a ;professional man. It appeared that ilw Plaintiff had been fw • tweeters of years carryinil on the Wiliness of a baker iu Drptford, and the Defendant hail lately can wieweerl. weed to make a practice of foiluwing the Plaintiff when he went to peeve toe elastomers, eal!ing not aloud that his bread was pernicious, made of poisonous itieredieuts, and short of weight. These facts were proved by eight witnesses. On the part of the Defendant, a man of the name of LaVlite deposed, that it was the Plaintiff who had ahnsed the Defendant's bread. This witness de scribed hims-lf as keeping the Priaeess of Wales, and prrysted in his aseertion, although most i stirring 1111 I by Me. Serteent Setriteati hnwever„ is answer to a question pstt from the Beni It, it appeared that he kept a publo•-hoii.e at et Deptford, which had the sign of the Princess of Wales. _ _ Tiw Jury gave a verdict for the Iblatutifi.— Doutairr .20). ItteW Srilm):l rssizyt. BO NI /1 CI RCI. IT. r•iesty erCashe—At Carly+, lAtoseisF, Almost 6. coast! .111LiSuer.—At Athy. Thomley. !h. Qin.% • CAllt:4) liwyweimeli, Moi;iee, is. kiwi% rueno)— tt p•!..arg, 1 , 164111, Al . odaty ifnimr th—At Mutimeir. 'r•nday. i • t0....ty n( ‘limth-•-111 Tear). Themieby, The fUtlas awl. I Jag No?. au ay. I login,. The timer 14r •tecto. Sart The MI tel. en.l Wsetieutt nt the Balters' COM. pen, yesterday 'tatted ea the Lost) M Altos. flit Ler.Lthip. star esstsistog. the NteJlereighre.' or.leresi the rut. %IL liread w ematigautt the saute as Loot tae. tattit 3giv ttritAMY. Gorge Meer was indicted far Marrying Sarah un the lit of March. 1010 ; AIIII3 Sophia Colley, otherwise Helfer. to whom he had brew ►Harried on theZth of Feb. 1793, hieing then alive. The prusesiviou was clerical uu at the imitative of his brst wife. Mr. A tt.s:T. foe the peosecu; ism, sho►tly detailed the circuinstanoead the ease, which he described as one of a very aggravated nature. The Pri soner, iu the year 1793. had married his first wife, at* period when he was extremely poor ; by per severing Mil ostry, however. he had acquired a CVO. siderable property. He followed the business, of a coach-body-maker. In consequence of his af fluence/ he deieriniued to give his daughters, of whom he had lulu, a geuteel domestic education; he therefore selected a person whom he thought capable.of undertaking the charge. This person was a Miss Morris. Soon after she becaine an in ' mate of Mr. Helfer's house, his wife perceived that she was much neglected ; sail u separation took place in October last; Mr. Heffer aline ing his wife 20s. per week. In the month of March succeeding. Mr. Helfer, haring obtained the con sent of Miss Morris, espoused her at the parish church of Paddington. It was painful for him to state it, but he *wild prove, that he brought one of his daughters, a girl of sixteen years oforge, to Paddingtim church, to witness his seeond mar riage. When it was demanded of him. why he laid committed so foul an action. he said, that tl►e marriage was null, not being in conformity with the provisions of the Marriage Act ; and, heiiig a man of a religious turn of mind, he added, "'That Fa ther Abraham had dune the same!" He then pro ceeded to call his witnesses. Samuel Ames. parish cleat of Sr, Mary's, Beth nal-green, produced the registry of Prisoner's marriage. ou the sth of Feb. 1793, to Auua Sophia Mr. GUIINCT. for the Prisoner. here ohjected, that the marriage was not in conformity with the provisions of the Marriage Act ; that Act sPecilied that the banns should he published in the true names of the parties; here, however, a difference existed between the name set forth in the merrieee registry, and that which .too: on the baptismal re gistry. In the oue she was designated Anna, in the other Anat. The Ricoania held that the objection was not good ; it mattered little whether the clergyman had spelled the name with an aur au e the was. man bad herself signed her name, and the identity of the parties was then alotienecessary. Mrs. Russell deposed, that she was present at the first marriage, as bride's-maid ; titer name was lIIPU Morcott. Before the Magistrate site hesitated a little as to the identity of the Prisoner, not having seen hint for 17 years; but now, having skived Mm a second time, she had no doubt h was the identical George Helfer, who was married, iii her presence, to Anna Morin Colley. After ih. mar riage they went home with her to her !anther's house, where they had a little entertaintneo.. The soother of the last witness core ohursiel her testimony, and wieistilied the Prisoner. Without Hammitt, pari•h clerk of P..lriim ton, produced tke vgister of the Premite-'s marriage, on the Ist of March, IRin, with Sarah Morris. J. M. Finn:tall deposed, thst he attended Pflten* er's marriage with Miss Morris ; isoner's ter, a girl of Ili, was also prevent. When Witness asked why he had in.•i nett a second tune. his first lwife being alive? he send. he ;hougnit the first mar vine good foe nothing, and shewed the Marriage . Act. He did not recollect his having quoted the *maniple of Abraham on the u.sasion. When itesener was taken ur, the first Mrs. [idler, ard saphew, a Mr. 'I urfurd, who 14 43 the same Midi nith Priaouer, took possession of his house I nod liminess. P.isoner's Counsel here offered to produce the Baptismal Registry. The Ricoatitat said, h► condi, not hear of such a defence; it would go to destroy one-half the mar riages in the country, and private property would out be secure. He thought this a very aggravated Calle, as it w e nt to bastardize foisr children, ■nd of course to destroy the character of their mother.— The Prisoner had gone to the altar, and told the clergyman, calling God to witness, that there was no impediment to his second marriage, well•know. ing at the saute tune that there w as. Whether coosidered in a moral or religious point of view, it was a very bad case. EVlthiltle to character had been °dared to lwaddocril, but it was useless here; dui Primmer was not accused of a common felony, and no doubt email exist st- to the facts. The dairy returned a venire% of (:orifty. A Denim, who had been salptratid to speak to the Prisoner's character, here Monti top, and said, that he hail known the Prisoner's family for misty years, and that the present unfortunate occurrence was caused by the hest wide. lie 111114 very laconi cally desired to go hots► ar.d take ca►e of bit own wife. whiab,diuslitles.. wroth) fully employ lieut. 111(;t11~ 1Y 110111 BERT. Wilheis Kane. - httierknowiiabisiit town by the desi.tsiatniu of !Pally Kane. was lad/ tad foe Mu niorisly assaulting tlii:liant Price on the King's highway, on the nth of July,sputting him iii fear, and toking from his persists a watch, and seven shil lings in silver. Mr. IPout.st detailed the circumstances, as lien in evidence, cud commented on them at consider able length. William Price was then cello]: he stated that he was Assistant Surveyor to the Itlethcal Board ; he resided at No. lb. queens-place. Golden-square; his h. other was acting Physician to the Royal Mi t lit.:ry Ilnivnal at Chelsea, end resided there. lie l i was accustomed, when his daily avocations were concluded. to visit his brother. On the tith of July, at nine *clock in the evening, he set out from his trvlgings for Chelsea; when he arrived et the Hospital, mit observing light in that part in hahtted by his Owettier, he re:invert to town: 'la lim•iiiiii: througis Upper Eatria•strect, opposite Lower (..wvelinr-place, about half-past ten, he met the Pr.sonm„ who s-ealed coming from the liiiig's New Itlarl. P'risinicr •eized him by the himiells of his carat, violently ; snatched hit watch, and then de manded' all his money: he gave bin. 7 ne B'. Urciouer Molted very hard at witneis, and slid, he had sects him before in Parliament-street; and thew I aide a us) t tif.inous ac‘asat.rna.—" II," said the Pritanev, :ran do ttot petard* to behave to one Ilte a gentleman, 11 wit have you iss the polmr iti Irms than a neck for a detestable crime." Prisoner then desired witness to meet hisu nest morning in the baillt• place, anti g've him 51. 11'itness promised that he mould. Prisoner per. tooted in his tlireahs, that if witness did not behave to him 114 a g eotkolon, he nuul.l Certainly lipped,' against him le the clime which he had went:acted. The witness then arid, boo threats would read hint but little, as his character would bear the most nute inquiry, and that hiscnimections were most re. spectaLle ; he then told Prisoner his name and em ployment, and also the situation held by his brother; which the Prisoner would not credit. He then dragged witness by the arm into an thljnining public house: having called fur some liquor, lie took a candle from the bar, and examined wit nest's face very attentively. After having drunk some brandy and water, he handed the glass to wit ness, who just tasted it : they then went out to gether, and witness retired home. Witness did not meet the Prisoner next morning; but on the Wed- nesday following, being informed that setne prisms desired to see him at the Medical Board, lie west . •. down staira anti PAM the Prisoner. lle told witness ..—.. - he had Woken his appointment. and demanded 81. : witness said he had not got 51.: Prisoner then de sired witness to meet him at seven k that evening, and to bring him that sum ; they were teat minutes talking in the street; before parting, .... _ ..._ _ _ he desired witness to give hint a 11. 'iota. — The Rt.:comma objected to this evideoce being gone into ; each Finn, so extorted. constitntuag a fresh robbers, %Inch wan not 'petitioned its the to- dictment. Witness continued accordingly met Pri soner in the eveoing, at the end of Berkeley-street. l'risoner took hint into Lansdown-passage, lending from Berkeley-street to Curzon-atreet ; he said to Witness, "Sir, have you seen the newspapers, he which there is en account of a number of persons having been taken to Bow-street for • certain crime ?" Witness answered, he had. " I do not." said Witness," mean to take that advantage of you ; and If you will behave like a gentleman, I never mention your name npou such a subject. Have you brought the 51. r- Witness said he bed, and gave it to him. Prisoner then said lie had pawned his watch; and told Witness he most give him 501. to enable him to procure his discharge from the Guards, from which be was a deserter. Witness promised to meet him next evening. and to give him 501. They then parted. Witness then determined to communicate with his brother, Dr. Price, which he immediately did ; and a plan w u . laid for Prisoner's eppreliension. Hi. brother hitting procured two active officers of Marlborough-street office, made them put their initials on a 11. note, which he and witness had previously marked. On the evening of Thursday they proceeded, at a little distance from each other, to Berkeley-street. They met the Prisoner, ve hu said "Sir. you will hardly know me, 1 sl, lease, I inn so very await." Prisoner was much betterdreased than usual. He then took wit ness into. Lanadown-pass igv, tient thus addressed him: " Sir. lam a Geallesum, and wean to behave to you as such: twee have you beard, this morning, that a certain Noble Lord (whose mime lie men tioned) has been obli,, , ied to pay a thousand pounds for concealment ?" Witness said he had not. "Give me," a-onboard Prisoner, " tool. end I never will trouble you again; thet sum will enable me to re turn to lay own country. where I have as estate . 1 " Witness said, the sum was extreme!) beige, and he should not be able to pay it. Prisoner then de manded .201. and the remainder on the following rutting. ‘Vitness told him lie lied got but 31, and put 11,10 hi. hald the note which tied heart previumily mar keel. The 4 liti-ers then came up and appre hended him. Witness never received his watch nor any pelt of his money fi.nn the Prisoner. Witness repeatedly atateit.iii the coarse of his evidence# that lie had never seen the Prisoner before the tight of the bah instant ; that at each interview, he was in the ittiurea terror ; and that horror and disgust, at the dreadful charge ma le agrinst him, prevented him from disrio.ing his satiation at first. De was extremely weik, haviwg but just recovered from a severe fit of illness. Witness having tiiiished his evidence, the Prisoner asked him a number of filthy and disgusting tines bons ; which were answered in the negative. Craig and Foe, the Officers, described the no p re. hension of the Prisoner on the tdth of July. Whets Prisoner was asked what lie had done with Mr. Pike's watch, he antrwrred. thin lie hid given it to him the preceding night ; and. whin be observed Foy, •• .1h ! Mr. Foy," said lie. "this is a bad job !" He slid he lived in St. Giles's, but amtht not tell the teirtienlar house. as he chiasged his lodgings every night. It was at length discovered, however, drat he loved ileac the Broadway, WP6I• minder. and the house as. searched for the pur pose of discover:llg Mr. Price's watch, but the 'Climb was ineffectual. Dr. John Price, brother to the first witness, cot roberated his testimony, so far so kit was cau tioned. The Prisoner. in his defence, aehnowledged hav ing received the property, hut declared it woo given se presents. He then tell a diet/listing. Impro bable, and totally uncorroborated story, of the same deserigAion as his question.. The Recommit stated the evidence, pointed out the law of the case. and dwelt forcibly on the hor rid nature of the crime. The Jury immediately returned a verdict Gaiffy. Saturday atartiong. a fire broke out in the house of Mr. SToltel. printer, Chelmsford, which, to gether with two adjoining houses, were entirely de stroyed. Monday a shocking accident happened at the Corner of Queen-sireet, next to Drury-lane. A cart was to , the corner loaded with an immense quantity of li ig pave.itent stone% the sides of the raft cosisisting only of strong upright stakes, with ' out any boards. By a sudden jolt the stones were I shaken againA On be uprights, which broke, sod down cause the stones with a terrible crash, over turning the cart at the vain, time. Colo ttttt tautly. a man was pa-sing at the time with a truck, and part of the stones falling upon him, he was terribly bruised, and some °Nita ribs broken. He was jar ineilintely taken to an llospi• ill. nab bet faint hopes of maven*. The Una was brukeu to pima. kkf'Ai I NTELLiGEa~('p . PORTMOUTR. JCLII Arrived the Diana frigate frun► off nark phie stoup from a creme ; Rifleman guo-hrlii, Gueriseey ; (*early ditto, train ditto, aim sr agate oil a eruize. Sell It-LI the 1./g bun-brig to the Eastwarsl.--11 westerly. FALMOUTH, JULY 2 S4ileil the Francis F►erfi* ll kart for H. and New-Yolk; Atiza packtt for Cadiz. DEAL, JULY Arrived the Apelles gnu brig from r crture remains with a fleet of pest , have the 7th veterau baibiliou ou board, bow Gibraltar. The Algeribut cutter remains with her tom wiml-bouii.l.-4t i.d S. W. writhe► =Wenn, LEITH, JUI.Y Five Dutch iirsggers, prizes to the CltiLlsrs of war, arrived Ia these :toads on Thursdiv. Friday morning arrived from a cruize the a stoop, with a foreign Greenland ship in cony which she captured to the northward ; she I, fished. huving 24 whales.--Same time sailed Egeria sloop, with a convoy for Gottenlaugli. GRUNOtK. JUI.Y Arrived, this morning, the baited Kius. ' from Jamaica, in ;di days, a ruuniug ship; thruitgli the windward pus Age. file m, Wellesley. Irvine. for this, in company witl packet fur England,,. willed ten days helot, latter put lynch, with the loss of some of her but sailed again two days tiefkire ; and Capt. I passed her live days after salting. Also arrived, Kerr, Smith, from Quebec, in dsi days. liesultaims. Kelso. also from Quebec, far Glasgow, has jug come to anchor in Cartsdyki J AMAIC A PAPERS. ILINGSTON. JIM The very heavy rains which have Weil this wzek have done very material injury streets and lanes of this city ; many piszi..s been completely undermined and clairied me , The Aurora frigate, of es guns, Catit. _ sailed on Wednesday for Ciirasoa.—La //miaow b r ig, of 12 guns, Lieut. Oliver, from a truize, the Chall schooner, of ♦ guns, Lieut. limes Bermuda and Turk's Island, arrived the faint • The Dukeuf Kent (2) packet, Captain LAWMAD's with the April Mail, anchored the same ( Fort Royal. She sailed Irsint halmon b, 'd of that month, arrived at liarbedots Guth tilt. sailed from thence on the follown.„ touched on Martinique on the 31.1, aid proireid for this !•lend the same evening. In a litensed trailer, which strived on W day from Santa Martha came pas-enee-,'.!r. ton, late mate of the ship Yafentine, el Luerc. South-Seaman), which vessel was Walls itut severe gale of Wind between Pima and tin, on the Yd September last ; the Waif, tee ' ,No and a boy, were saved, but (rnelaticiwtl• to rena l. the remamder of her crew, 80 in nuatur, um" The schooner iletelope, Brewer, arrlvedoi any from the Caraccas, Is at trona Clinic , 11. Mariano Montilla, a Lieutenant Colonel mantling the Light liars.. of Aragon', camel ger in ber, and was the bearer of tlispsteltes imports/ice from the Junta at Caraccas to I rernor and Admiral. The sailing of the June horse, ard-houl have been po..tponed until ME It inst., at . are to take their departure from the port Of sons. _ COURSE OF EILCHANI Asurterdem.... 33 • • Y. Dam at Sight.. 3J • ROl4. clan. c t• •e O. Hatrborgb..... JO • OW • Alums Ju Y •11E Par.... et I lb. Date's/ re„ 21 5 Boordraux ttl S (idle Madrid Bilbao 4l Patti ow las 4. Re O•• Leghorn Naples.. N Gene•.. Venire •. 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