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THE PRINCIPAL AND THE MINOR THEATRE. The information preferred by the Proprietors of Drury-lane Theatre, against the Cohurg Theatre, was fixed fot hearing at Union-hall, in the Borough, yesterday, but in consequence of the ',Menet: of COMPEL the hearing was postponed to Wednesday next. It has excited great interest, as it will de cide the question between the two great Winter Theatres and the Minor Theatres, the former of which complain that the latter have encroached upon their rights and privileges, by pevforming p eces in a mode not authorized by their license, mai by so doing have infringed upon their patents. The principal performers at the Minor Theatres attended, and awaited with apparent anxiety, the result of the discussion. The postponement took place on the application of Mr. Burgess, the soli citor, who appeared for Drury•-lane Theatre. He merely solicited • delay of half an hour, to enable Messrs. Adolphus and Pollock, who were engaged at Serjeant's Inn, to attend. Mr. CHAMBERS. the Sitting Magistrate, oh. served, that the day was then advancing (it was two o'clock), and it would perhaps be better to postpone the consideration wild a future day. Messrs. ROGERS, Solicitor., of Mantitester•build ing", who attended for the Coburg Theatre, accom panied by Mr. Gloo.op, jun. earireaseil themselves ready to meet the discussion, moil hoped any further delay would not be attributed in a wish on their pert. After some further conversation between the Magistrate* and Solicitors, IVedneaday neat was fixed for the Itenrisig. DESTIWCTIVE FIRE. A Are broke out on Monday at Ilanor House, six miles from Epping, the residence of J. H Talbot, Est The tire must have originated in the laundry, situate in one of the whirs of the mansion, as it was consumed before au alarm 'eras riven. The family had a very narrow escape; and from the severity of the weather, there was a great want of water, and also of bands, from the time it broke out. The house bad been fitted up in the most costly manner, with ass elegant library, and not a stick or a hook was saved. The whole was a heap of ruins within two hours, and the insurs ante we understand to have been very trifling. A groom, who slept over the laundry, was dangerously burut. IMPOSITION ON THE CHARITABLE. We have to record as a caution to the hemline and Ilene vulent nougat similar defrauds, the ease of William Henson, who was convicted last Friday at Hicks's Hall, for • defraud on the Bishop of Durham, endeavouring to obtain money wider false pretences ; he rspresented himself the brother of poor woman named Arden, whose husband had been killed in the irommill belonging to Messrs. Wilkinson and Co. at Rotherhithe; Heoson enclosed a petition to the Bishop of Durham, with the names of several noble families, and • certificate signed by the Rector and Churchwardens of Rotherhithe. He was convicted on the evidence of James Price, servant to the Bishop, who suspecting it was not a true ease, accordingly applied to the Rector sad Church wardens of that parish, sad found the certificate to be a forgery, and on Henson's applying for his answer had him secured by • constable, and taken before a Magistrate at Iklarlbormigh-istreet, who committed him. Price received the thanks of the whole Court fur taking so much pains to send such a character out of the country. ZHOCKING ACCIDENTS. Yesterday, as three boys it; the employ of News. Yoyer and Hicks, chimney-sweepers, in James.atreet, Grosvenor. square, were sifting root in a vault occupied by their mas ters, in Bird.strect, the arch gave way, and !storied two of them in the ruin,. Oue was immediately got out, with little injury ; the other, about 12 years of age, owing to the great holy of rubbish which fell upon him, was not found for ■pwards of an hour, when he was lifeless. On ruiday evening last, as a party of Ishonring men, of Chester, were on their return home, proceeding up a bill, near Hm:thou, with a waggon load of coals, drawn by them inlets, six or seven of them, who were pushing at the back part of ulhe vehicle, fell down at the • uric time, owing to the shpprry state of the rued: the men polling iu trout out being aisle, in consequence of this occurrence, to hold the waggon, it receded, with great rapidity, down the hill, and in its progress the wheel passed over the hotly of tine of them, of the name of Job 11..eilow (a native of that eily), and crushed him dreadfully. He was removed to a public house ii. the Neighbourhood, where, after lingering in guest agony about two hours, he expired. rFrom a Gioacetter Paper.) Oa Monday last a poor boy, named James Brodie, was drowned in the river Severn, at the quay, in this city, iu the humane attempt to Midst a dug, which had been mischiev. ovsly thrown on the ice. He bail s u cceeded in ge tti n g t o the animal when the ice broke, and no assistance could he afforded him. His body has nut yet been found. Amongst the casualties brought to our Infirmary last week was one which befel a little boy, who became entangled amongst the machinery, at a clu:hing•mill, near Stroud, and bad both his thighs broken. Tuesday evening last, a poor fellow was brought to Bristol Infirmary, from Mangoisfichl, in this county, with one of his legs torn entirely off, by the machiner• of a coal-pit. The limb was so shattered, that hr was obliged to submit to immediate amputation above the knee. Nothing but his extraordinary presence of mind saved him from instant death. The chain caught his body in a coil ; but he pushed it down with all his strength, and disengaged himself. His expression was, that the tearing air of the limb " was done in the twinkling of an eye, and he scarcely fell it!" There is at present every reason to hope that he will du well. There was a thin market at Norwich on Saturday, and little business was transacted. The prices of corn remained much as last week.—There was more stock than buyers on the Hill, feed being difficult to procure. The peas were partially tilled, but mutton keeps up its price. 1)n the afternoon of NVediresdayse'unight. as Mr. WALTER CI!AMBERLAIN, youngest son of the late Chief Magistrate of Worcester, was amusing himself with skating on the Diglis Basin, near that city, he suddenly fell through a hole slightly frozen over ; on rising, he caught at the surrounding ice, which broke under his grasp, and lie a second time stink into more than nine feet of water; hut more fortunate in his reinimersion, he caught, by one hand, a firmer hold. whilst Mr. DEtritteors, stationer, who saw the dreadful accident at a con siderable distance, swiftly approached, and, regard less of danger, a ith a prompt humanity highly honourable to him, rescued this young man front a watery grave. Much praise is likewise due to the great presence of mind shewn by a little boy, who, skating close after him, and seeing the plunge, sud. denty threw himself on his back near the aperture, and by catching at his coat, on rising the last time, materially assisted in supporting him till M r. DEIGUTOWS Plost provideoial arrival. LORD BYRON. A gentleman of this town, whose literary ardour and tasteful pursuits have led him to visit moat of the capitals and principal towns in France, Ger many, Switzerland. and Italy, in his prowess re. sided some time at Venice. In a principal coffee house of that city, in the Piaui St. Mark. he found himself in company with Lord Byron. with whom he conversed a considerah;e time. his Lord ship mistaking his interlocutor for en Italian. On discovering the fact that the person with whom he was discoursing was an Englishman, his Lordship did not manifest that disposition to avoid the society of his countrymen, which has been so generally at tributed to him. The deportment of this Noble man was distinguished by the eccentricity of hew ing two handsome horses. which lie almost daily exercised in • limited spot, called, " The New Foundation." to the great astonishment of the Ve neri•ns, who, besides coutemplating she famous ' brazen horses of St. Mark. very rarely witness a steed in their aque•wo city. Terre is another trait in his Lordship's conduct which, in justice, we must rueutiots. and which it is pleasurable to record. His Lordship's inuaificence Ices berm displayed in seer• rah pre•emntent arts of liberality. sad has excited towards him, in consr q • seutiment of respect and admiration,. The lust instance which occurred was that which arose from the destruction by fire of the house of a shoemaker, near his Lordship's residence its St. Samuel, who lost every article lie longing to him, and was, with a large family, re duced to a must pitiable condition. Lord Byron keying ascertained the afflicting circumstances of that calamity, ordered a new and superior habits• lion to be immediately built for the sufferer, the whole expense of which was borne by his Lordship, who also presented the ank-tunate tradesman with a sum equal in value to the whole of his lost stuck in trade sod furniture.— ( Tairsaan Courier.) A detachment of the 634 regiment arrived in this city on Friday, the 14th instant, from Ply mouth, and marched on Saturday morning to Li verpool. On the latter day the remaining part of the same regiment reached here, and remained in quarters until yesterday morning, when they pro ceeded to the above town. Their destination is the sister kingdom.—(Chester Guardian.) Un Saturday, the 15th instant, the first division of the 634 regiment, under the command of Cul. OIiARA, arrived here from Plymouth to embark for Ireland. The remainder of the regiment is ex pected this day and to•ruorrow.—(Liverpool Ad vertiser.) In looking over some productions of the daily press, about half • century old, we were struck with the following proposal in a newspaper of 1771, the approximation of which (though of course in an imperfect degree) to the charity now carried into etfcct at London-wall, may be considered as curiaus " Until proper and convenient halls can Ise built for the purpose, let a house in every ward he hired and fitted up in the following manner:—Let a large German stove be placed in the middle of the room, with a long funnel to be led per pendicularly to near the ceiling, and then to take a bend to be brought into the chimney. By that means as much heat will proceed from the funnel as from the stove itself, and the fewer coals will be requisite to warm the room. Round this stove let there be placed fixed benches at a convenient distance, and another row of the same along the wall. Between those two rows of benches let there be laid at night canvass bags filled with straw for the poor to lie upon; sod lel them be laid in such a manner that the bench at the wall shall serve to cover their heads. A flap of cloth or leather Axed to the bench, and depending from it, might supply the use of a curtain. Let clean straw be put into the bags every month; let there be two porters belonging to each hall, who should relieve each other's atteoslauce every six hours. Their business should be to sweep the hall, supply the mese with cual9, and take charge of the bags of straw. They should also have anthority to keep order in the hall, and to admit no more people into it than it could conveniently contain. No eating, drinking, or smoking should be al lowed in the hall. The hall should he lighted with lamps, hung up out of the reach of the people. One ward should have • hall for melt, Our ward a ball fur women, alternately through the city." Ar Huntingdonshire Quarter Sessions, John Leads and Junta Curter were indicted fur stealing thirteen turkies and two geese, the property of JOHN PASHELLRR, Esq. of Godmancheater. Leach having turned King's evidence, Carter was found Guilty, and sentenced to seven years trims. portation.—frillium Thorley, John West, trillium WWl's, William Neale, and Henry Sawyer, were indicted for an assault on JAMES BARNES. a con stable of Eyiresbury. The Prosecutor belongs to a party of singer., who, last Christmas-eve, went round the town rf Eynesbury. singing hymns and carols; they were annoyed by the Prisoners, who followed them, drowning their voices by noise. and inging immoral and indecent songs. BARNES frequently requested them to go home, which they refused to do; at lust, after much provocation, he laid hold of Sawyer, told him he was a constable, and insisted on his going with him to the cage. Sawyer on this struck him a violent blow on the face, made his month and nose bleed, tript up his heels, and ran away. He was afterwards again brought to the ground, when the whole party rolled him in the kennel, and struck him several times. They were all found Guilty; Sawyer and Thorley were sentenced to be imprisoned one month ; the others to enter each into a recogni zance of 101. to appear in Court at any future time, if called upon, to receive punishment. It has long beets a vu bject of complaint, that letters to and from foreign parts, by way of Har wich, travel round by London, which occasions de lay in some cases of two days. Many merchants and others, therefore. resort to ship conveyances from trading ports. whereby the security of cor respondence. and the Post-office revenue, are ma- I terially affected. To remedy this, it is proposed, that the various mails and cross posts which already run near the direction of Birmingham, Coventry, Lutterworth, tlarboro', Kettering, Huntingdon, Cambridge, and Ipswich or Colchester, to Her. rich, a distance of 160 miles, should be connected and put into one coach, so regulated as to leave Birmingham at noon. to pass the Chester and Holy head. Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh. Lincoln and Norfolk mails, very soon after they pass South, and the lost-mentioned mails immediately before they pass North, mid to arrive at Harwich at noon, in tune for the foreign packet.— This plait will save much time in foreign letters passing Harwich, ill or. from most parts of Eng. lauds N9lth of London, all Ireland, and all Starts a laud. LAW INTELLIG-ENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, laireas.W9 Irrj WIIDNViDAT, JANUARY 19. LUNACY. WILLETT IN TES MATTES OF WILLETT, • LUNATIC. Mr. SIDEBOTTON requested leave to mention this petition in lunacy. It merely related to the regulation the income of the lunatic ; he had been allowed 3,0001. per annum for his maintenance, but the rents and refits of his estates having fallen lower than that sum, it was found necessary to re duce his annual allowance. The rents and profits bad now 'risen considerably abase the 3,0001. a year ; hod what the petition prayed was, that it might be referred to the Master, to inipiire and report, whether it would hot triad to the comforts of the luttalic, teat the original sum ordered by the Court should he allowed for las maintenance. The LORD CHANCELLOR—" Take your mo- The prater of the petit granted. LEGITIMACY. GOLDING, AN INFANT, BY His NEXT FRIEND, V. EULETT AND OTHERS. [The circumstances of t!tis case we reported yes terday.] Mr. HORNE, Counsel for the infant Plaintiff, said, it was not his intention to follow the course o r his Learned Friends, by entering into the evidence given before the Jury, as he had a much better ground of opposing the present application for • new trial, that of the verdict of the same Jury, es tablishing the legitimacy of his client, ou the evi deuce which had been so much arraigned. Did his Learned Friends suppose that the memories of the witnesses would be refreshed on a new trial, if it was granted, because ten years had elapsed since they had been in the Jury-box? If they had this ex pectation, it must be from come communication the Defesidauts had with the witnesses. He would not call it tampering, but a second Jury would know how to appreciate it, if ever they were produced before them ; but that opportunity they would not have, as he was certain his Lordship would never grant ■ new trial. As to the opinion of the late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of king's Bench, at the trial of the issue, it could not now have any weight—it hail not any with the Jury, for they returned a ver dict in contradiction to it, and must properly, as it was not a question ef law, but merely an issue for the decision of the Jury 011 the evidence adduced before them, " whether the infant Plaintiff was the legitimate son of the late Mr. John Golding, or not ;" and they declared by their verdict that he was, and he would undertake to say, that if it went to ten Juries on the same evidence, they would re turn similar verdicts. The Defendants had not attempted to shew that they had any new evidence to prove the illegitimacy of the infant Plaintiff, but rested their application for a new trial on the very evidence which, ten years back, a Jury had returned a verdict establishing his legitimacy. He was not Counsel in the cause when his late Learned Friend, INIr. Holies, moved, after the determination of the issue, for a receiver, which was granted, and at the statue time (ma he understood from his Learned Friend, Mr. Hart) that he was about to move for a new trial, whets he was stopped by his Lordship, and told he might move it when the cause came on for further directions : from not being in the cause, it certainly was not in his recol lection, but he was of opinion, if his Lordship thought Mr. Hart had a strong case to entitle him to a new trial, he would have allowed him to have mode his motion then, and not ten years afterwards. He would not trouble his Lordship with any further observations, as he was convinced he would dismiss the application. Mr. HART replied. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that his opi nion was fully formed on this application, which was, that it was his duty to dismiss it, and empha tically added, " I will hear no more of it." Application dismissed, which confirms the legi timacy of the infant Plaintiff, who, we understand, is about 18 years of age, and heir to 30,0001. Tuesday was settling day for the Account, when an unusually great quantity of liminess was done. The funds have since declined. The Con sols+ closed yesterday at 67!, and for account at 672. The letters of Saturday last from Paris quote the concluding price of the relates on that day, at 72 r. 30 c., with 24. 80. fur the rate of exchange— s material improvement un the prices brought by the preceding mail. The previous fall is attri buted to very extensive sales made on English accounts. It hes been affirmesl, on the authority of intelli gence received through the United States, that such was the unfavourable state of the troops of the Royalists in Caraccas, that General MortitAo had determined to proceed to the Havannuh, where lie was expected on the 10th of November. Let. ter*, however, from thence • month later than this date, do not give any confirmation to the report. iVithin the last day or two some vessels have reach. ed the coast from the West Indies, one of them from Trinidad ; but no late information respecting the operations of the Royalists mid Patriots have been received by any of them. It i., however, stated by the Agents for the Patriots in London, General Mott:m.o was at San Carlos, where he would be attacked by the troops under General Boj,iyAo. from a western direction, and by the English forces which were at Maturin, ou the 20th October. We feel much pleasure in communicating that the documents forwarded by the Sovereign to Mr. GRANT, respecting the poor Irish families tran sported from Cailtale to this country, and landed in the most forlorn manner upon our coast, under the provision of two Acts !moved in the SO' of the King, have received the immediate attention of the Chief Secretary, whose reply to Mr. Vsam se. testi fies the kind interest lie takes in the concerns of this country•. He closes his letter by requesting Mr. Veltman " will communicate to the Commit tees who have called the attention of the Govern ment to the Acts in question, that the Government will not fail to pay to their appeal every con• sideration."—Ths u a gratifying centuple of the confidenecto be reposed in the Secretary for Ire. land.—(Beffaat News Letter./ OLD BAILS); Wsonesoar, JANVAILY 19: James Hicks and Rickard Hicks, &thee and son, were indicted for stealing three heifers, the pro. perty of Mr. Thomas Mahone. Mr. AILABIN shortly stated the case for the pro• 'mention. Timms. Mahone, s farmer, living •t Lelora, stated, that cn the 4th of December lie saw his liree heifers ; they were in his field with a Dumber _ . of other cattle ; the three heifers having beeu a long time grazing on the same grounds they always fol lowed each other; nu the 7th he missed the three heifers ; he matte every inquiry after them, and •t length iliey were returned by Mr. Farley, of Smithfield ; the Prisoner, James, hail been in the work.liou,e; the Prisoner. Richard. is • labourer, sand William, his brother. was in part supported by the vati•h. Mr. Farley stated, that a man who called him self Taylor, hut whose nume turned out afterwards to be Clements, It teat the three heifer, to him on the 6th of December for sale; witness sold them on that day ; tort• were brought at eight o'clock in the morniog. mind sold at two; not knowing the man he refused to pay him the money ; the witness afterwards paid the money to Clements ; at twelve o'clock the next day Clement* came with a palter; there was a man with him ; this paper was a certi ficate, signed. •• James Newman, of Cranfoed Bridge," stating that he knew Thomas Taylor, and that the cattle were his ; on this certificate the money was paid to Clements. James Milner, clerk to Mr. Jones, the agent of Mr. Varley, stated, that he paid Clements the sum of 26/. Bs. for the cattle; lie paid him in one note of 401., one of V., one of 1!., and the rest in silver. Richard Clements stated, that on the 6th of December lie lived at Cranford Bridge ; about four o'clock in the morning, witness was called out of his bed by the Prisoner Richard, who said to him, " 1 have three things here, and if you will go to town to sell them, I will pay you for your trouble." Witness then did not know what he had; he said, "Go on, and 1 will overtake you." Witness's house is full five miles from Lelain ; witness dill overtake the Prisoner Richard, and found that he had three heifers, which he was driving before him ; they had no conversation till they came to the bottom of Fleet-market ; he then said, " Di vide them ; take two to one salesman, and one to another ;" they tried to divide them, but could not ; they then drove them to the market about hall past seven o'clock ; the Prisoner Richard dropped back, and desired witness to dispose of them; witness then delivered them toVarley for s•de; after the beasts were tied tip, the Prisoner Richard remained near them all day ; witness went away, and returned in two hours, and the Prisoner Richard told witness what had been bid for them. The cattle were told about two o'clock in the afternoon. Witness asked Mr. Varies; to settle for them ; in the course of about three quarters of an hour Mr. Varley said, that witness being a stranger, he could not pay him the motley, unless some person came forward to say that he knew witness. Witness gave his name as Thomas Taylor, of Cranford. Witness told Richard Hinkle what had passed. Witness and Richard returned home, and Richard did not tell witness how he came by the heifers. Richard went into witness's house, and took some refreshments. Richard is witness's brother-in-law, he and his father are labourers. On Tuesday morning witness met Richard and his brother William. near Cranford ; William invited him to go with them to London ; he said he had got letter, and every thing was all right. Witness said, if he got a letter he could do without him. Wit ness went back with them, and nothing passed on their way about the heifers. %Ardor's went with them to Mr. Varley's office—Richard remsined outside, the witness and William went in ; %Va liant then shelved witness the letter, which wit. nets gave to Mr. Varley's clerk. The clerk said he could not pay upon that letter, they should bring some person that knew him.— Witness left the office, and he, and Richard and William, were all three together when they met Valley. Witness told Varley that he brought a letter, and William came with him to say every thing was all right. Witness and %%Warn returned to Valley's office. Richard remained outside; Varley spoke to the clerk, and after some little time, be said, we might as well pay the money ; he paid 261. fts.; consisting of a 201., 51., and 1/. notes, and the rest in silver. They then went to the bank ; witness got the change of the 201.; a gentleman wrote for him on the note, Thomas T a y. lor. of Cranford. They then went all straight home; they stopt at the Halfway-house, at Knights. bridge barracks, to take some refreshment. Wil liam then asked witness what would satisfy hint for his trouble, Richard was present, witness said, what you please ; W ilhrm asked, would 51. do ? witile.s said, yes; on which he kept 51. and roomed the rest ; he kept five 11. notes. William then said. the money was to be divided into three parts ; the father was not present. Richard then told witness how they came by the heifers; he said they called William up, and they went to the field, the father stood in the road; they brought two heifers out, and the other followed ; and the father and son drove them to Hounslow Heath; iVilliam and James returned back, and Richard drove them for. ward. They only meant to take two, but the other followed. The Court—You knew they could not come honestly by them ? Witness—l did. The Court—Then you are as great a thief as they are ; and if you do not take care you will cer tainly come to the gallows. Hannah Clements. the wife of the last witting. the daughter of one prisoner, and the sister of the other. stated, that site recollected her husband hair• nig been called up by some persons one morniog. sit four o'clock ; it was a Monday morning ; witness believed it was a fortnight before he was taken up ; witness's husband went down; she did not heir the parties speak to him ; lie returned about five or six lit the eveuitig; next summing her husband gdt up about six o'clock. to gather mosittousts;. he did not come back until the evening. lu rower to *Juror—Site expected heellusbasd.. home that day about•two•or three o'clock. Charlotte Berry..—Keeps balrees AO' at Chertsey ; she reticles* Dow 4•••• *et mobil produced to her, from Rebecca Hick.. the daughter. in.lurr of th. Prisoner Imes. Rebecca flickr.-1, warned to John. thv soil of the Prisoner James; she gut cliohge from the last witness; she received the note from her Ittivhand's father, the Prisiver James, for the purpose of get ting change for st. George Dexter.—ls • corn-chandler he took a' pound note now produced to him from the Prisoner :ismer; he took ;i on the 10th of December. A Gentleman of the Bank stated, that this note was one of those which were given to Clements in' exchange for the 20/. note. Samuel a victualler, at Lelam, stated. that he received tier our pound note now produced front Richard, to give to his wife. at Sarum►; ite gave it to the officer to look at, and it sria.miedc, since in witness's possession. George Neiia, o watchman at Cranford,—OM the 6ih of Deeesnber, shout four ill the nnusimg, three beasts passed him, :mil one man driving them ; saw Clemente, shout half an hour &diet, going from his Owls house towards Loi.don. Mr.. Elizabeth Ireson, mistress of the poor house of Lelam, staled. that thr Prieonrr James. • . on the 511 i Of Decentlot., staid out all loglit. owl teamed shoot eight in the morning ; that was Monday morning. In etisner to a Juror.—The Prisoner JAmes fre quently slept nut of the house without lease. Freiteiick Williams, a young man. about tifttets years of age, stated, that his father kept a grocer's shop at Chertsey ; the $l. note produced to sm ir k s he received from Mrs. Hicks, sem; she lived at Lelain. Clements again examined by the Prisoner Richard.—The Prisoner Richard called witness up about twenty 'ninnies after four o'clock; lie told him he had three things with him. Mr. Valley VIIIP again examined, merely in mi.. firniation of part of Clements's testimony. Mr. Higman, of the Bank of England, ►tated. that ■s well as he recollected, Clement., who a 4;, now before him, was the person who brought 20/. note to the Bank ; he gave in his name as Thomas Taylor, labourer of Cranford Bridge. Thomas Roirliven. an office►, searched Clements's house on the 19th of December ; he found four one pound notes; he took Richard on the 17th at Staines. The four one pound notes fouled in Cte metivio's house, were proved to be those given to Clements in exchange at the Bank. When wit ness first saw Richard, he did not wish to alarm him ; lie ►ne►tly said that he had a one pound note which lie understood Richard had given to his father. The Prisoner, Richard, said he did not see his father for five weeks ; he had given his father a pound note some time before, which he got at the Bank of Englaud, in change for a note, but did not recollect whether it was for a 101. or a a. note ; he said he had more notes it his pocket ; wituess saw them, they wefe six one pound notes. At Staines he told witness that it was a five pound note he changed at the Bank. Witness said it most be a larger note. for lie saw six pound notes in his hand. The Prisoner said he had only four.' Wit ness not wishing to alarm him, said it was so. IVitness got the Prisoner into a house, and to o k I into custody. He took from him four on pound notes, and asked him had he any more notes? he denied that he had, but witness searched him. and found a one pound note. [lt appeared that four of these notes were paid by the Bank, in ex change fur the 201. note, to Clements, and the re maining note was paid by Mr. Milner, ►he clerk of Mr. Jones.] The next morning the Pnsoner, Richard, said to witness, that he changed hits mind, and would tell the truth—he said he was going rt. London when he met his brother William, and told him he had no motley; William told hint that he was going into the city to get money, and if he would meet him in the evening at Hyde Park corner, he would give him some ; lie accordingly met ‘Villiam, who gave him ten one pound not-•. Witness asked was there any person with his bro - titer ? he first denied that there was any one, but afterwards said that Clements was with him. Wituess did not hold out ■ny hopes, or u•e any threats to get this information from the Pri soner, Richard ; it came freely from himself. The Cower now told the Prisoners that the evi dence for the prosecution bring closed, this wes the time for them to say any thing they thought right in their defence. The Prisoner James contented himself by •o lemuly declaring that he knew nothing tot the mat ter. and was entirely innocent. The Prisoner Richard said, that on the morning in question lie met the Prisoner's brother William driving three beasts before him, William asked him if he were going to London ? Prisoner replied that be was; then. said le, you will take these brats to Clemente, who will drive them to the market sell. Prisoner called accordingly at Clements' house, who got up out of bed. domed himself, over. took the Prisoner on the maid, and took the cattle lo Smithfield to sell. William met the Prisoner next dry, he never told the Poisoner where he got the cattle, but gave him 10/. ; the Prisoner gave his father one pound out of it, in payment of money lie borrowed from him in the summer. The Pri soner does Hot know from whence the cattle came, and is entirely iiiiiocent. After a charge from the Common Seualtilif t in which lie minutely recapitulated the evidence. the Jury retuened a verdict, acquitting the Prisoner, James Hicks, but found the Prisoner, Rielhird Hicks, pile,. After the verdict was returned, Mr. ARAMs ap plied to the Court for compensation to the wit nesses ; he applied, he said, under a late Act' of Parliament, which having abolished reward. to offi cers lot prosecuting prisoners, left it to the dis cretion of the Court, under peculiar circumstances, to grant eciropeuastion to witnes►es fur their trouble and attendance. The Learned Gentleman read the words of the Act, and said that similir appk catimit.had'been repeatedly granted by the Judges on eirenit. The Common Site.mate said be did not Teal himself justified its yieldierg to the applicatioor; tee ionsiCiple otter was acted on on this colinter. 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