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Tikt OItF.AT Iblesome times produce great men and great Among the latter, none has inspired, for ten years, more fur in Italy than the brigand, known by the name of " Grand a Great Devil." Any person incurring ran certain to perish. He has dispatched , surrounded by pleaders and guards; lered husbands by the side of their wives, midst of their families ; and he has stabbed the line with their comrades and soldiers. _1 not plunder, was his principal passion. generous and revengeful, humane and cruel, • took from the rich he distributed among 'rut no sooner did he hear of an unjust or all. than the name of the oppressor was ut his list of proscriptions. He was neither Id, nor of wine, nor of women. Ile had 'Wiwi( a code of right and wrong, which followed on all occasions. He restored several ender, when be heard the plundered was ruined by his loss, and be allowed several to widows and orphans, whose husbands he found out to be innocent, after he had to death. The band of brigands under command amounted to 1200, dispersed in the in the Appeninei I but he was only per. known to twelve inferior Chiefs, who, under 'death, were forced to execute his orders twentr.four hours. He was conviaed of killed 176 persons, either alone, or in corn. ► other brigands, though he denied having more than twenty-six individuals. His claim was was Padre Francisco, a priest; who mistress's confidence in the confessional, debauch her; and his last was the Advocate whom he suspeaed of having sold the liberty independence of his country, Genoa. The one stabbed before the altar, in the Magdalen Chapel; latter be strangled in his study in the Senate He never murdered any females ; and per . the other sex under twenty, and above sixty, always respelled by him. On the 17th May executed. and 'hewed, on this trying occa -11KM:111110A firmness. From the prison to of execution, be kept the step with his SH . he bad belonged to their battalion. He mat suffer any bandage for his eyes ; he called the gees d'armes who were to shoot him, Comrades! And he died in asking of God 'mess for his mistaken motions, not for his His body was buried in the usual place for criminals, but it was dug up in the night, and in was interred the body of Signor Sebastiano, .. decided as a judge for his death. These prove that his band has survived its chief. Traublesom i n u al ls. At .sese last ten brig= p 4144' or, is hatred wat agistrates, . has murde and in the mi. .fficers in the ' and n Alike genero what he tool the poori be oppressive at inscribed on fond of gold , made for hir be followed times planets wear being I peniiosts to or parents h put them to his COMMA Alps and sonally knot pain of dea within twee having kills pay with c destr sled r first viaim abused his to debauch Retro, who and indepe be stabbed and the lam House. H sons of the were alwm be was ete 'ion, an tut the place c escort as if • would not esest to the Corer, C forgiveness crimes. I criminals, its place w who had d ,e els prove .r The on Comment been latel where it bi learned ge r. new ediva the librari to oaavo sit upam. A particular bead writ • liographs summed by Sir Ea at present is the ye to Middle of To by a part additions t the origin es Sir 74 • laded to 1 e.l Same 1 sill be sl :c IT. The 14 for a pie Hoikhan P . silver mu an flexes 1 =le are a DI the life, are firm arid of 12 s use for d handles, ors, a bunch t he Mr. Coi tr. leirerre 11.• al.' :ti• 15 I; 4 7 " I At Oa • : , embyem a s four • • represent ',di 1681 SIR EDWARD COKE. original manuscript of Sr Edward Coke's Commentary upon the Tenures of Littleton has lately discovered in the British Museum, bad escaped the observation Not only of the gentlemen, who some years ago published a ,sitson of this invaluable work, but also of all ibrarians. It is an extremely thick book, small %lie, and the leaves are very closely written At the beginning, are some very curious ,tars of Sir Edward Coke's We, in his own writing, which sbew many inaccuracies in his rphers. It appears to have been formerly or ited with a very rich embroidery, wrought , Edward's daughter ; but of this, few traces present remain. An edition of Littleton. printeJ year 1572, by Tottill, is inserted about the of the book. which is curious from noticing. e particular mark, the various interpolations and **Mous which had been at diEtrent times made on nriginal work. ?Award, in the title page, has quaintly al • his Commentary in these two lLnes:— Übi Me!, ibi Metes ; Übi Übe!. i►i Pubes. t account of this curious MS. we understand, shortly given to the public. Norfolk farmers have subscribed 600 guineas piece of plate to be presented to Mr. Coal., of tolkhats, in a lew days. It is a superbly embossed 'vet vase, near three feet in height ; on its tnp is elegant figure of Czars; round the top of the • are embussed figures of a South Down ram, Delon ox, excellently done after models from Me, by Mr. GAlia•ao I on the opposite side figures of a Norfolk team and plough at work, Cooaa's drill, the implement generally in _. drilling the crops in Norfolk; between the Indies, on the same level, are a wheat sheaf, and bunch of turnips. Beneath this, on one side, are 'oar's arms, with the motto Prouirrys qui , and, on the opposite side, the following U2* ia;•-• Pretested to T 1034111 WILLIAM Cons, Esq. of Malmo. By the Farmers of Norfolk. At a token of their ateem For the /,lberality of hit conduct at a Landlord. And Of their g-atrude Forth. bentAst of his er.ample A.. Pfrar:al Farmer, And Ino.. ranutSle Member of sxgety, June 104. I OW censers of tl:e stand are four female figures, iblensatieal of the four seasons, betwcca which four tablets, with beautiful enilyossed figures, 'resenting the difiensot azric altars' operations 01 A seams. LAW INTELLIGINGI. GUILDHALL, Juan 4 , Sittin;; Gefore Lord ELL EN BORO UGC I OUTFITY AND ANOTHER V. WARD. This was adtion against the Defendant, as a com mon carrier, for the recovery of 41. 2s. 4.1. being the value of a parcel of hats delivered to him to be carried to Woodham Ferret, near bfalin. The Plaintiffs, who were hatters, sent a parcel of hats to the office of the Defendant t‘s be iurwardt!..l by his waggon, to a place called Woodlat,J Ferres, within seven miles of Malden, where die waggon sets up, and to he there delivered to one Datl;el Drown; bin the hats never came to the hands of the said Daniel !imam. Some months after, the Hairs- tiffs traveller, Mr. Bolsertson, being in that country, found out that Brown had never received the goods ; and having applied at the D4endant's waggon office in Malden, he f ,und they had not been delivered, but still remained there. By that timz, Brown had styplwd himself from another quarter, and did not want the article. The ques tion the. was, whether th- c !r• ;-, blutid to de- liver the goods at the pLt cof • it being some distance from that wh-re -;..! ,••• • •.•,•, n set up'? But, upon the cross-examil it;.”l • t traveller, it hav ing appeared !hat, soin , to the transac tion in questinn, a s;mi!ar ;-- -col had been sent by the same cliv , :yance th- same place, and was returned again by the carr.,:r, it was held that he was only bound to carry as far as Malden, and was not bound to deliver them at IVociland Pyres ; the Jury found a \'erdia for the De fendant. RC).11311.T) V. FM;LASD. This was an elicit" for the use and occupation•of four rooms belonging to the Plaintiff in Cherrytree court, Alder-rate•strect. I: a;peared that the De fendant, accompanied by one Mrs. !ones, we:lt to tare the rooms from the Pi iiatittf, who was a widow lady ; for %illicit he was t spay at the rate of 2.21. per annum He and ...tones came to take pos session ; and the laver br'oe;ht with her a tea-board, by the way of doing it I:: a :none form .1 m.,..ner ; it turned out afterwards, tau the Defendant had taken the lodgings far one Drury, an engraver, who, having occupied them about two months, complained they wene toe aoisv for his purpose, and offered to give up Cie f , •: • e.si ea, upon payi•.g for the time he had ; t tender of :Y.. 13s. was first made by Engl.; i, ::•:d afterwards by Drury, both of Wili.*:"! were r. ed by die Plaintiff, who contended she was in to the fall half year, and that she had le,. .!.e premises to Defendant and not to Drury ; she, therefore, brought this ac tion against the Defendant. On the part of the Defendant, it was contended that Drury was the ac tual occupier, and that the Plaintiff had represented the situation as being as silent as a church, and that not a mouse could by heard ; whereas, on the con trary, a watch. raker lived sip stairs, whose wheel and hammer were continually at work, to the great annoyance cf the Engraver. The question, there fore was, whether the Plaintiff could sue the person who made the contrail, or the occupier ? Lord ELI EN soanurat said, that the question for the Jury was, whether the Plaintiff ought to de mand payment of her rent from Drury or from the Defendant ; she conceived she was suing the per son who made the contrail, and in all cases where an Agent does not name his principal, he is bound himself. --Verdiet for the Plaintiff, Deets Peunds. DF.FANI TAILOR U. NIN!CS. In this case the Plaintiff was a young Attorney. and the Defendant a Farmer, both residing near Dunchurch, in Warwictaliire. Mr. EasoMt stated the case of the Plaintiff, and expatiated largely upon attael:s made on the cha racters of professional men. The words made use of by the Defendant, in a conversation with his neighbour Good, and one Mrs. hornbury, were as follow "He has but little bu , iness, and he is likely to have less; he is the d—dest rascal that ever came into a parish, and deserves to be shot through the head. He has been trying to establish a society to prosecute felons, for his own purposes ; his the raEler is so well known, the neighbours will have nothing to do with him. He has but few jobs, and is not very likely to get any more." Mrs. Thornbury proved the words made use of ; but, upon her cross-examination. the weinld not say what had been the previous conversation, nor an swer any question that was put to het. She was the only witness examined. Neighbour Good was in Court, but was not called. Lord Es trig 110110U011 observed, the words made use of were words of abuse and obloquy, not of spe cific defamation. It WAS rather an odd circum stance that Good, who was present at the conversa tion, and then in Court, was not tiled ; and there was much reason to think, if the whole of the evi dence had been disclosed, it would have been less in favour of the PlAtintif.—Verdia for Plaintiff, Os- Stahl:. H.:NSON •`tD OTHERS P. NOSRS. T!174 was an aaion for goods sold and delivered by the Plaintiffs, eminent tea-dealers in Holbotn, to the Defendant, a Jew. The Defendant was recommended to the Plain tiffs by one Mr. &smut} Davis, in a letter to them, stating, that tt the bearer was a particular ac quaintance of his. an honest man; and he would be answerable for him to any amount r" in cone queace of which recommendation, Plaintiffs gave him goods to a large amount, which be Jireaed to be sent to Phineas Davis, at Pottiest. The Plaintiffs always understood his nlnte was Davis, until he came to them to request time for payment, and offered them ten shillings in the pound for his debt ; they then discovered that his real tame was Abraham Moses, and that Piiineas Davis was an officer of mace at Portsea. Mr. Samuel Davis, and Mr. Hanson English, Fr :wed the case. The Defmdant endeavoured to screen himself under the pretence that he was not the pers , n who reccieed the goods. The ►ury found a verdia for the Plaintiffs, 1.511. 13s. sd. •OT.n Jct., 4. d fie . Roo r. n Ad Mr. 7a 'lke LAW- ALNCR. r)Rnritr .Arcpt .Ia,IY”, a g - .rnieri) - n - rtng man, was indi4l - farging rho indorsement of a promissory note for 130'4. ; and littering the same with intent to defraud Jnh:r Brown. o , her counts in the india rnmt charged him with having a forged indorse- Merit in his posstssion, ss hich he had uttered, know ing the same to he forged, with intent to defraud Messrs. Lindsey and NAarmOuth, on whom the note was drawn, and others. From a lone train of evidence, it appeared, that the Prosecutor, Mr. Brown, being in want of cash, made application to Mr. Acres, a gentleman reJ siding on the Adelphi Terrace, who, on the 1 nth of Mitch last, went to Baker's Coffee-house, with a view to get two bills discounted, drawn on Near mouth and Lindsey, for e,eool. one of them was a 1,2031. acceptance, and the other for 1,3001. which was not indorsed ; having met the Prisoner there, after some previous conversation, he said he would get a person to prieduce the money; in consequence of which, with the consent of Brown, who was with Acres, the bills were put in his hands. and Acres desired he would come to his house at five o'clock, and bring good Bank of England note , . Acres then went home, and Brown joined him at his house, at six o'clock ; about which time a young man was sent by the Prisoner with a letter, StAIIII:T0 that lie was sorry the bills had not been discounted, bet that the person, with whom he was settling the business, a Mr. Corms, had expressed a desire that the 13031. blll should be indorsed, as the rash w..uld be peid immedietele. He also peered the propriety of being ,inteested with the bulls ti I ?not n ine, on giving ...!cur;ty. In the mean time, the Prisoner, in orcn- to obtain the discount, h id ap plied to Cooms, a raiser of money on stock, who readily undertook to procure the cash, by pur chasing linens from Mes rs. Webster and Cr.bbet, and afterwards disposieg of the same. An arrange tnent to that. etre& bein:; made between the parties, the notes were car:ice by :he Prisoner so Me;srs. Webster and Co. in 1 7 6 , 6y -street, to be apptovt-d of : the result WAS, they objeeted to the 13001. bill, and sent it to Corms to he regularly indorsed. Coons gave it to the Prisoner, with the necessary explanation ; and the latter went away with it. About half-past six o'clock, the Prisoner returned to Cooms, at his warehouse, in Queen-street, and said he had sent the notes to be indorsed. A short time after, the lad, who had been cent by the Prisoner to Brown, returned, on which the Prisoner said, Brown had not indorsed the bills, but had expressed some anger upon the oc casion—but if Cooms would go and hurry the par ties who were to deliver the goods, he would go himself and get the bill indorsed. He then went away, and Cooms went to Webster and Company, and from thence to the City Coffee-House, where he had appointed to meet the prisoner, who was not there—but his vcife and a gentleman were ; and the Prsoner came in soon after ; he said, it was rrfeeily right, he had been with Mr. Brown. and had got the bill indorsed. Co MIS, and the Prisoner then went to Messrs. Webster and Co. and the 43001 bill was paid to them, purporting to be in dorsed John Brown. The goods purchased, came to 1,3381. they were Irish linens, and were delivered at Cooms's warehouses, in Queen -street. On the next morning, Saturday the 17th, Coons and the Prisoner went with the goods to Ricarby and Co.'s warehouses is Gracechurch-street, and they were sold for 2000 i. The Prisoner, on going to the compting house to receive the money, was told by a gentleman present, that as the linens were to be examined very quickly, he would pay 14001. and the balance when the whole was approved of; is cheque to that amount was given on the house of Neseenham and Co. which the Prisoner presented, and was paid in several notes, one of which suss for 10001. dated ith of March, No. 333. Ruing get the money, he told Cooms that Brown was weitine; for him at Baker's Coffee house, expecting the cash; they then walked that way, when the Prisoner sud denly went towards London Biidge, and said lie was just going to see his wife or for Maidstone, Cooms offered to go W1 . :41 him, but. appearing not to desire his company, the latter parted, and observed the Prisoner turn down Cannon -street, instead of going over the Bridge ; before be parted, he desired Cooms to meet him at the Antigallican Coffeehouse, at the Royal Exchange. And the latter went there. but did not see him ; in consequence of which. he went to Baker's Coffee-house, in hopes of finding him. but did not succeed. Cooms then went home, and on his way met the Prisoner's servant ; after which he retooled to Baker's Cnifee-house, and ir.- formed Brown,whom he found there, of then isoner's absence: the first step taken was to stop the cheque. The Prisoner was shortly after traced to Ireland. and Mr. Nalder, the City-Marshal, being sent to Dublin, found him in custody ; he had been appre hended. and a pocket-book was found in his posses 'jog, containing memorandums of his journey iron% London, by which it appeared that the day he parted with Cooms, he took a coach to Ken sington, from whence he went in post-chaises to Bristol, and in a packet called the Geaeroar, ar rived at Dublin, es here he remained a short time, then proceeded to .killing, where he was taken into custody. On king conctuaed to London from Dublin, by the City Marshal, he confessed he had been induced to take the money from poverty, but denied forging the indorsement. A note was found in his wite'e tippet, answering that which had been paid him at Messrs. Newenhams and Co. It was for 1 etOol. No. 533, and other circumstances were dis:overed to prove he received the amount of the cheque. After the evidence for the prosecution had proved the above fads. The Prisoner in hie defence denied the forgery, but acknowledged his having run away with the property. He persisted in solemnly as serting that he had met the Prosecutor by appoint. ment, who indorsed the Ell, and gave a receipt for eOOl. as past of the two which he was to dis count ; he complained that al: the evidence had not been called which was liksly to prove his innocence of the forgery. In order to prove Mr. Brown had no knowledge of the indorserncr.t of the Bill, it was stated by hfis. Brown and daughter, that the Prose cutor did not go out of his house until twelve o'clock on the 17th of March, two hours after the Bii: was present:A to Webster awl Co. indorsed. The evi dance of Mrs. Webb, of Air -street, Manchenes square, and that of Major Allen, Dr. Buddy - man, with others that were at tslrs. Webb's house, proved, that the Prosecutor dined there. and was not out Of the house the remainder of the day. A receipt was pr siuced on behalf of the prisoner, purporting to hay.: been given by Brown for 5001. received as as pert of the - Bills which the prisoner had to diieount. The s'giviture was, however, disbelicArect to he Brow: ifs hand writing, and a Witness named Man..' cere ot , who was in B tker ' s. Coffee - house, with the Prisoner, explained the instrument to be a forged one, by stating that a receipt bad been written in Ba ker's Coffee-honse by a man that did not appear to be Brown : that instrument had afterwards been destro . - ed, and the Fri sorer sent for Maucereati in the Poultry Compter, and threatened to take his life, if he dist not sw:Ar, when called upon, that the receipt now produced was the identical receipt which had been given by the stranger at Baker's Coffee-house. After a long investigation of this intricate case, whie.4 lasted five hours, the faes appeared to be brought home. •'.ll after some deliberation the dtiry found the E. i r Guilty of tett.-ng the Note, knerr , :.,es it t., 1, J . I.:ed.—A.olh. . Rear-Admiral Dour:re, who has been some time ening as . first 'Captain to Admiral Coto watLlS. off Nett, is ordered to hoist his flag on hoard the 410,- 1 pc, of .50 guns, off Ostend, and is to have the command the ships on that station. On Tee:day evening. the Coroner's Jury took * view of the body of a young man who WAS killed in a boxing-match with another man. in a tit•ld near the Shepherd and Shepherdess, .City road ; the &- ceased was taken to the City Arms public-house ; near the ~/111C place, where, after a minute inves tigation, the Jury returned a verdift of Mantlaugker. • Wednesd ty, a Post Assembly was held at the Exhibiti , n-House, Wiiii :m-street, Dublin, to take into consideration regulatim.s respelling the New Prison. After some deliberation, the busiueu was' referred to the neat Quarter Assembly, on Frulay. the 4 20:1) Lily next. NATIONAL IMPrOVESSLi:T IN PAINTNO —We are alwayi happy in affording every encouragement to the Fine Arts through the medium of our paper; and we know of no late one more deserving our notice than the SCPER i PAINTING exhibited in the PANORAMA of Messrs. REINAIRLE and BAKKEN, in the Ste Aso. Their beautiful views are taken from an elevated situation, on so large a scale, aril so extremtly COTI Ca, as to embrace the most min•tte der.:lling, as well as every aka of magnitude in the largest towns and cities. Their present C: and View of Rome has been visited breat part of the No bility ; and we are happy t end a daily increase t-t -elcg int visitants to a spot where the mind is a• u:k with awe, on beholding the :indent bnildieg; that still remain, as well as a perfelt view of 4.ome its modern state.. The eye is ii:Lrested beyood de scription, a: the distant views of Cathedrals,TernpLit Falaces, Baths, and Villas, sarrounded with mountains of Mario, Soractc, and the Appeninee. COINAGE.—On this interesting subject it m • t be unacceptable to state the quantities vf . • .1.: coined since the time of E Liza ass u Gold. Sy ducat Eliiabaill bine. 1 . C.,arirs 1 ...filament and Cr:nuirell Ch:al - 11 II . 1,400,000 1,...,7 .3; WI:kali!!! km. (I!..rge I . 8.0110,0410 '• Y.; • nrl;c II - 111 C3,774:36 From this it is evident that the coinage of has been greatly neglefted during the las: duke reigos. and that the quantity in existeneu is s..n.e what inadequate to the circulation of the coanti y. A snort time since, died at Ortots on t:le I /0. Leicestershire, the Rev. WILLIAM . 'fhis gintlzman was the yotmgest brotntr to poet, and was educated at Wes:minster Set-, L • the STOIC standing with LLOYD, BOXIILL r/104r - TOM, CUM:STORMER SMART, and other contz•mp rary sons of genius. Mr. Cni:aciriLL's mocker • was unequalled; and he would have contiroiro humble Curate to the grive, if his uncle. t 1 J.. Bishop of Sr. Asarb,lski not rewarded I.i. with the living of Orton. Besides maily uth • lu:thk puhlieatioas, he has left a corcrit, • . his brother CHARLES, wit:, natory cf those political passag es a n d likely to grow obsolete. The work is pu two ofiava volumes. Mr. CirtAiessi ss-ir celler4 scholar, a man of merit and prole' ten bene•rulcnt to his own prejlas. lo►ed by all his acquaintances; and, 's and *literature are cherished, will live b ante ut all who possess a knowledge (.f h:. I aatr. Monmouth Wonl Fair, on Wednesday, was - respedably attended by a numen.us of s. thiers and dealers in that article, and a Lug,- quitr.- tits. wa, brought for rale. Prime samples vta3 se n 2.65. to 31s, tid. per stone. all of which :uet ready purchasers; inferior meta from 14.. upwards. Le:ters f-om the Coat: cort:nue to -pc I: e` the encrease.l preparations in the enemy's ports, and of the frequent movements of gun boats, and other small craft along the opposite coast. Every 'set lion, however. is making to augment our blockading squadrons with that description of force wh'cli, it must be admitted, is hest calculated to encounter the light flotillas with which our shores are now so in siilently menaced. Gun-vessels of various descrip tions are fitting out in several of our ports. to de fray the expence of which a vote of the House of Commons was on Monday night obtained by tie Min?ster. The First Regiment of Somersetshire Militia, commanded by Earl Politica, marched into Salis bur y from Tiverton, in four divisions, on Wednes day, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last. Th-ir first route was for Winchester; but. having received counter orders on the march, the first division of s 5-1 men halted at Fordingbridge and Downton the second division of 293 men, at Stockbridge and adjacencies ; and the two last, amounting together to 513 tnro, remain at Salisbury, till further orders. together with 1 pan of the first division, who have marched back from Fordingbridge.