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I - Litrntitimitmcc GUiLDHAI.I., Jul.' , 6. Laing , kfwe Lord ELLENSOROUIIti. SUOMI P. PLOWER. • This was an Mhos for an assault. Some abusive language passed between the Plaintiff and the De fendant in Whitechapel Market ; in consequence o f which, the Defendant, who was the aggressor, is the first instance, struck the Plaintiff on the cheek ; which occasioned a violent bleeding. The faits bring proved, the Jury found a •erdia Offcr4 Ail ! for the Plaintiff. THE PLUMBERS COMPANY C. SUSTEN %ACE. This was an action brought by the Master, War ens, Lind Freemen, of the Corporation of Plumbers a gainst the Defendant, to recover a penalty of 51. ter refusing to accept of the livery of that corpora. i:on according to the charter. The Letters Patent, granted by James the First, tu this Corporation, were read, whereby the Master, Wardens, and Brethren, were empowered to make bye-laws, Sec. and to admit into the livery or cloath ;ng of that Corporation, such person or perso•ls as iIICS shall call or chute, and such person or persons so called, shall wear the livery or clothing, and pay to the use and relief of said Corporation, such fees as should be appointed ; and the person or persons re fusing to accept of such livery should forfeit a s'llll rat . 31. or a smaller sum, at the discretion t.f the niiter and Wardens, not less than 40s. The Bye Laws, with the confirmation of the Lord I ligh Chancellor, Treasurer of the Exchequer, Lord Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Com mon Pleas, were then read. The certificate of the Defendant's freedom by redemption was proved, and the service of the several summonses, requiring his attendance and acceptance of the livery, and his refusal. It appeared, that there was but the Master and one Warden present when the fine was assessed, whereas the declaration averred that the Master and two Wardens were present. The Plaintiffs there tore were Nouvited. I , ICK7 , IAN V. RODSOS. This was an ac ion for meat, drink, washing, lodging, and other necessaries, provided by the Plaintiff for the Defendant's wife. Mr. GAkIIOW stated the case of the Plaintiff. He begged to remind his Lordship of a disturbance which took place yesterday,and which was materi ill I conneaed with this cause. It was at firs: that some person had received personal vio:, ace sad his Lordship, with his usual human' y, had stopped the proceedings of the Court, ti'.l assured thdt it was not sb, but occasioned by a female, who was carried out in a kind 01 fit. This disturbance was produced by the brutal conduit of the Defend ant towards his wife. Reason and justice, he ob- Served, required, that if a husband turns his wife out of doors, or treats her it.humanly, and in sup it a way as to oblige her to leave him, ha is bound to pay for her maintenance, and for such other neces saries as she may require. In this case, the Plaintiff WAS a res ? eaable single woman, and sister to the Defendants unfortunate wife, who had been mar ried to him at the age of about 27 years. She was handsome, accomplished, and well.educated—and had not been two years married to him ; when she found her health very materially impaired, from some close unknown to her ; he procured medicin's for her, which he obliged her to take, persuading her that the disorder originated from other circum stances than those she suspetted; but, when he could= longer conceal his infamy, insisted that she should not acquaint her mother, or any other person, with the cause or nature of her complaint, and she accordingly kept it a profound secret. However, a servant of the house, seeing her in a melancholy, and nearly dying state, and di , Tovering or suspeaing the real can't., communicated her conjeaures to her mother, and for this, and this only, the unfeeling husband turned his unhappy wife out of his house. Notwithstanding all this, she was willing to have a reconciliation , and to cast all past enormities into oblivion, for which purpose she returned to his house, with the hope of at least a civil reception ; but, instead of a kind and grateful welcome, he swore he would blow her brains out, and aan.illy fired a gun out of the window, as the walked up the garden W . his door. Finding all at tempts towards a reconciliation entirely fruitless, she applied to him for her wearing apparel ; but he answered, that he had given them to another per son, who had axe been her servant, but was then his mistress, and then that place in his bed, which had formerly been hers. He had the audacity to bring this woman yesterday into Court ; and the un happy wife, on seeing them arm in arm, was so Gverwhelmed with astonishment, that she instantly fell into violent hysterics, and in that state was car ried out. She had, ever since her separation from her husband, resided with her rister the Plaintiff, by whom she was dieted and lodged, and pro vided with other necessaries, to the amount of 601. and upwards ; but as she had received some articles for which they could not give sufficient evidence, they were therefore content with about 501. which sum would be proved to be due. It was represented, that, the Defendant was a corn-faetor, in very good circumstances, and had acknowledged that his bu siness produced I AAA per annum. Richard Pickman, the brother to the Plaintiff, was first examined; he said, that he knew of his sister's leaving her husband for his brutal conduct, and that she went to the house of her sister, the Plaintiff ; that he wrote a letter to the Defendant, but having re cived no answer,hewent witbhis sister, Mrs. Robson, to his house in Westmorland-row, Walworth, when they endeavoured to obtain admission but the De fendant flew to the window, and fired a gun at them. Upon his cross.examination by Mr. E.t.a ts F., he saidhe had been a tide-waiter upwards of three years, aral formerly , resided at Kingston, in Surrey. He was taken from thence, envier a process by the Crown, for some duty payable on malt, with which he had been charged, and which was yet undeter mined, to the Sesstons Jail in the Borough, where he remained for tour years. He could not of his own kn ,wledge say, • hat particular ails of brutality the Defendant had been guilty of towards his wite, but was informed by her mother. His sister, at the time of these ciicuittstances taking place, lived at Mr. Lane's, and had unfurnished lodgings in his house: he knew of no improptiety in her hying there; and if he did not kin" her to be a woman of Pro- priety and good Condua : forward in her behalf. haVE COME I Mr. James Lane deposed, that the Plaintiff lodgod for some tithe in his house, and the Defendant's wire lived with her for some months. In June 1803, the Defendant sent to his house for his wife, and as his message was, that a person at_ the opposite coffee house wanted to see her, at her request he went to him. The Defendaat appeared in a passion ; Wit ness endeavoured to pacify him, and to reconcile matters; asked what he wished to say to his wife ? he replied, he did not know ; she was sixth a fool he was mad with her t and it he had her there, he would :drag her by the hair of the head, till he would barely leave the life in her. She sat a Is—h, and had spread a rip injuri et io him in the neighlamrhood. Ihe Wanes-- ; ir:it a. stated, that the two sisters always condo:" J themselves with great propriety ; if they had n. t, ee should not have allowed his wife to a‘sucitte will them. He had solicited the Oefendant to take hack his wife; but he would receive ber I.y. , n no other footing, but that of being servant to the person p-h-: had been former ly her servant; and upon NiTun , ss's remonstrating w:th ard requesting her el,,thes, he declared he would do nothing unless he :s compelled, and he would k-ep the servant mai,l,ts his mistress, as lung as he liked. The Witness then stated, that lie had seen the Defendant came into Court yesterday, with that woman tinder his Al m, and when the poor wife saw them, : , he screamed and fainted away. I;aon his cross-examination by Mr. PARKS, he said did not know th ,t tile Defendant's wife had aped from him, but understood she was obliged to run aw IV funs him. She stayed two nights at his loose 11 , • :first intr she came, and he forced her to v' h• -, ::me, ..rowing any of the circumstances at '• time Mar. . 3 itm.ta, the servant, proved the state of the lief a.:mit's wife's health, and the circum st inces which induced her to make the discovery to her mother. •!•• very te , pefiable ladies, Mrs. Payne, and !. proe , .1 that the Plaintiff and her sister the r house, and always conducted thernsel- . with the greatest propriety ; the Plaintiff maint h , tr sister all the time she was with her etc.. to Pr y Lour. . .„ . ;•' ~is :atatd the case of the Defendant. 1i• uta: this was a family party made ....1 , husband, who had the misfortune to :c such a one. Instead of the Defends .'s t.,ti • itian of circumstan• es, he was instruded s a as only wash half a guinea per week, 'tat. Zil Ni!. sd attually injured the health of her husband, aid that her own bad cousin& had been the cause of 'lie whole qua , rd. Matilda Betteridge, the female servant of the De fendant, a young comely gill, was examined : she said that he and his wife would have lived veryhappy together, only for the interference of het family, ho could never let them alone ; she used to fight and scratch him, and tear whole pieces of Seth from his face; he always behaved very well. Upon bring cross-ctamiaed by Mr. GARROW, she said she had a very good place of it, her master slept in the hack drawing-room, And she slept is the house. Upon being asked in what part of the house, she hesitated, looked confounded, and a dead pause en sued fur sonic minutes. Mr. Gassow then ob served to his Lordship, that he believed he had gone far enough. Lord L 1. EN nonotion observed to the Joey, that he had little to say to them, what they had been witnesses of was quite sufficient; they would give f.tr, ample, and liberal damages, such as would fully compensate the Plaintiff for any ex pences she might have been put to. Verii& fur the Plaintiff LOW. — l -401. more than the damages laid. OLD fikii.ET, Juts 6. BifolT Mr. .1 tiO ICe ROOKIE and Mr. justice L*w. 'LNG E. FORGERY. Thomas Burl net was capitally indi&ed for forging and uttering several ii. bank notes, with intent to defraud Andrew Peckham, John Nunn, William Stone, and the Governor and Company of the Bank. Mr. Firi.oimo, as Counsel for die Prosecution, stated the case, which was disclosed in the follow ing evidence: Joseph Timbell said, he lived at the Brill-house, a public-house, kept by Mr. Peckham, at Sommer's town. In May last, the Prisoner, and sevetal COM. paniims, went there to drink and pass the afternoon, they drank tea together, and the Prisoner presented a ti. note to pay the reckoning ; witness carried the note to his mistress in the bar, who refused to give change for it, unless the Prisoner wrote his name on the back : it was therefore taken back to him for that purpose, and without hesitation, he backed it, " lYilGtas Humphries, No. 17, Charliou-street." Wit necs observed, as soon as he saw the name, " you are a near neighbour !" (Charlton.street being near the Brill-house), to which the Prisoner answered, Yes, I am." Change for the note was then given, and the Prisoner and his party scent away. The note being produced, itness knew it to be the same the Pr isoner had formerly given him. Ssseral witnesses proved the Prisoner never te sided in Charlton street, and that he had given a false address. Mr. Wii.t.t•in BLISS, inspdtor of bank -notes, ex anained the note, and described it to be a forgery, the signature W. COLIEll," was not that gentle- Mall% hand.writing. Oa the 24th of - June, after the note had been stopped at the Bank, Witness, and a Police officer, went to the Prisoner's lodgings, No. 14, Queen street, Drury-lanr, and took him into custody. Jacob Thomas White, a publican, saw the Pri soner at Brcntford fair, on the 17th of May : he was buying some dressed ham in the shop of Nunn, a chees.:monger, and threw down a 11. note in pay ment, which Witness looked at, and told Nunn it was a bad one. The Pi isocer asked—" bow Wit ness knew it was a Lad one r' who answered—•• bow do y•-i I:a.w it is g,,,d r' The Pri•oner made an excuse t',e.i, that h Lad just t.tk.•:s it of a person at ;s::d non's! go and re:nisi again immedi at..l. ; accindi!igly I.e went out, but did not come h tck• ; W:tifess endeavoured to disc.,ver where the Prisoncr went to, but lust sight of him therefore - reared trpme - rmre m paper, :Illerrire — frlVllTlll, TtY take care of, in case it should be required. John Nunn cori - oborated the evidence of the last witness, and had no doubt (.1 the Prisoner being the min who gave the pot., Which, being pro ditcA, was found to be prnted from the same plate as the one off:red to Peckham. Mr. Stone, a Biscuit Baker. at Brentford, remem bered the Prisoner coming to his shop on the 17th of May, to busy giogerlsread, in payment for which he pave a. 11. note, and recetved the change ; witness soon after discovered he had, two bad notes, and sent for Mr. miss to inform him of it. Mr. Bliss acknowledged that two bad notes were given hime:by List witness on the lath of May, at litentfoill Fair; ‘4l examination, they proved to be like the )then, which had been traced to the Pii soner, sslin being diligenCy searched after by the ().'ricers, was tams into custody. 'eh; Prisoner made an :mild defence, stating, that he had taken the notes from a stranger, whom he had met at a public house, in payment for same cups an.l a watch which he had to dispose of. He denied having seers any of the witnesses who re ceived the notes. After a charge from the Judge, the Jury found the Prisoner Guido of uttering tor notes knowing them to be forged—thatb. iriliflm yonev, described as an accomplice with the last Prisoner, was iodides! for having in his possession ICO forged Bank Notes, contrary to the statute. In consequence of information received at the Bank, Smith, a Police Otriesr, was sent to appre hend the Prisoner at his lodgings, in Cumberland street, Tottenham Court Road ; and going there, he found the hitter was out of town, but expened shortly at home. Having taken the Prisone7-'s wife into custody, Smith waited in their apartm..:nt dur ing the night of the 23.1 of June ; and, on the after nos.a hillowing, the Prisoner came home, accom panied by sevsral other persons, and made inquiry for his wife ; Smith said, she had just gone out, and that he would condua him where: she was : to which the Prisoner consented, and they all scent into the street, where some of the company were suspicious, and refused to proceed further ; in consequence of which, the Prisoner said, "I'll be d—dif I goeither 1" The officer said he should, and collated him; a scuffle then ensued, during which the Prisoner took a parcel out of his right hand pocket, and threw it into the street, exclaiming, " For God's sake some body run away with that ;" to prevent which, the officer drew a pistol, and threatened to shoot the i man who picked it up, if he offered to go away; the man, intimidated, threw it at the officer's feet, and a little girl passing by was desired to hold it: in the mean time the Prisoner was completely over come by the officer, who tied his hands, and took him to Bow-street. On opening the parcel, it was found to contain five other parcels, each containing twenty 11. notes all forged, making 100 in the whole. They appeared to be like those uttered by the Prisoner last convitted. The fasts necessary to bring the offence home were clearly made out, and, after an absurd defence, the Jury found the Prisoner aiilty--Triontportatifln. Anna Smith was tried for the wilful murder of her female bastard infant: The evidence failing to prove it was alive at its birth, the Jury acquitted her; but found her Guilty of concealing her delivery ; in consequence of which, she was sentenced to be im priNllta One Year in tie House of Corm-ilium. The whole circumstances of the case cannot be de scibed with delicacy. MANSION HOUSE. FORGED DRAFT. Yesterday a little boy, who underwent a former examination. and has since been in custody a week, was reexamined before the LORD MAYOR, on charge of attempting to utter a forged instrument, purporting to be a draft for tool. on the Howe rf Messrs. Thornton and ('a. (II rakers near the Royal Exchange), drawn and signed by Mr. Adams, a so. licitor, re.iding in the Old Jewry. 'lle boy, in star ing the transadion, described himself to be an er rand boy, out of place ; and that going through St. Paul's Church-yard, he was accosted by a well dress ed man, who gave him the draft, with direidiens to go to Messrs. Ihornton and Co.'s, and procure the change, promising to give him a shilling, on his re turn to the Chapter Coffee-house, with the money. He accordingly went and presented the draft, which being examined, although Mr. Adams's signature was pretty well imitated, was discovered to be a forgery, and consequently stopped, until the bearer could produce the person who gave it bins. The latter. however. as was suspected, could not be found, nor has he yet been traced. It is presumed, the offender belongs to a gang who have of late car ried on the nefarious pradice of forging names and indorsements in a style of accuracy hitherto un known. Several persons, whom the boy had lived with, gave him a good charader ; and his Lord ship told the father and mother who attended, it they would find two house-keepers to be answerable for the lad's appearance when wasted, he would discharge him. - On Wednesday morning at nine o'clock, two of the mutineers of His Majesty's ship of 7-1 guns, who have been for some sv.:ekx past under sentence of death, were eseeti.ed in Plymouth har bour, one of them on board the Alinotartr, of 71 Funs, in Cawsand Bay, and the other in I lamoare. wo others, who are tinder sentence of death, are reserved, as it is said, to Ise executed on board one of the ships of the fleet off Brest. By a letter from Colchester, we learn, that the information received last week, respeCting the duel that took place between two Officers of the Si West York, not haring prot t t:rtal, was , rragrnat. The affair took place on the I 3th tilt. when, on the first shot, Lieutenant NV AOct LR received a hall through his arm, which entered and lodged in his body ; he was immediately conveyed to his room, where he fingered in the most excruciating pain till the follow. ing Sunday. The coroner's Inquest, which sat on his body, gave a verditc.t of Wilti4l Al order against some person or persons unknown. Two Captains and two Lieutenants, seconds and abettors of the transailion, have absconded. • Mr. Hourom, a private in the fish Company (.1 the West London Militia, was struck blind by the lightning, as he stood on guard, in High -street, Woolwich, on Sunday se'nnight. The firelock is supposed to hare attratted the elearic 0.1 Friday night last. as Major Sirr and Justice' Bel; were in pursuit of some persons against whorls they had information, in their ,search they discover ed, in a house in Stoney-hatter, a rolling-press, that had been recently at work, printin g forgeries on the Malahide bank—of whicl , thry fOtyl.l an incredible number ; some for 9s. and others Tor . 3c. 9ict. and a copperplate for forging on the same bank. They also found an immense number of forgeries .filled and unfilled on the different banks of Cork, Lime rick, Clonmel, 'Futon, Bin' -Tipperary, NewrY• Galway, Dungarvan, Yough.:l, and Fermor, and an the banks of Sir Thomas Lighton and Mr. Beres ford ; with a quantity of paper, with the v..te, - marks of the Youglial, Fermoy, and Sir Lig' ton's banks. Unfortunately before they coull obtain admittance, the fellows who had been at work escaped backwards; the wife of one of them, however, remained ; but all she would admit wasi that her husband's name was Kenned 7. It spears that of the twelve Judges who tat oti the ii;,,l ..f Moa: ..i, foot of them voted for death, Icor tor acquittal, and four fire two years imprison ment. "nit, %jugular circumstance is said to have produced a debate of six hours, when the majoritl declared for the latter sentr.ce. lic rrenci. in I lanover are celebrating, with Om utmost gai: , t:-, the accessi-n of 800 AAAAA t to the Imeeria. l':::. )i... All this is done at the expence, of the iniaoita its, who are obliged, during these festivities, to give double fdlow:ince to :he offieeri and soldiers .. it miy happen to br qua , timed with them. L'iy order of .he, r.:w Commander in Chief, 1 1, . , :NADOTT F., all thc hinitin:_ t .pparatus formerlt b.. 1 aiging to the Sovt,cign, : tit in requisition, an 4 will immediately be transports.; to Paris. , At the Meeting of the Committee for managing the Patriotic Fund, or. the I, , th lilt. J05i.1.3 ' I•ft av a!, Esq. in the Chair (in the absent. ..: Sir Fsattc— Bylaw:), three swords were v.n.d, 4 honorary marks of distinction, to Capt. A. i;issur, of the ir :4."0n; Lieut. li-twEtt, of Le /win; ant Lieut. ‘+',°.TT, of the Vire de Pais. ; the two Limit- I tenants v •re represented by their respedive fat, who are both Captains in the service. ..... . .-. ',rife appointment of lloaor BAIRD, - or- General of Naval Hospitals, &c. while the JO high value of his former services, refl cre dit no the present Admiralty Board, as ‘tt sloAve, that, in considering the merits of the man, and the ad vantages derived by the public from his exertions, they were uninfluenced by party prejudice. The vi rulent clamour raised against the DoOor, on the formation of the new Ministry, when he was absent on an important duty in Adnak.... l COKtiWAttas's fleet, off Brest, was thought by some of his proud.iin friends to be well-timed ; but his unexpeffed tclar to town gave him an opportunity of demonstra ting the efficacy of his official conduet, and thaw:Jy of attaining the support of those with whom it 41441 been endeavoured to injure him. A material alteration has been made in the ;hie Signal Stations in Essex, conformably to the follow ing Notification : Colchester, July 3,1 V... Sir—l have the honour to inform you, by the d.re t:uti of L:••:tn•naut-general Sir James Craig, that the Prima+ Sigusil St.ttiqns are now e4tablished throughout the Courtly or Essot s at the fulbwitig places C .Irtie,ter Bright;isea OA= ti.s: . ! Id End • l••b:cy Thax4•J Harirltl Broad Oak Mums Hedge Whim Node, Onpr Pink blessing Rave:mks Danbury Lancelon 101 Come Omen. A White F ag is constantly flying, at the Stations, merely t. noun it out n.ore clearly to the Centinel. on guard at the Mir. municating St-tions. The hoisting the Red Flag is in Nana to he cuus.derol the Signal fur general alarm, and will be J .tif ficient authority fur lighting any Keaton alre sdy enablished, and hoisting the Red Flags that may have bmn ,srosided at the diff.lrent towns and villages for tie same purpose. . . 1 lose the honour to 87c. dre. T. BIRCH, tient Col. A. Q. M. We. E. Dr. The military force in the Eastern Distria IRTROURLIR to 32,1X/0 effe,live men, who are continually on the alert. The General commanding there has informed the iris:leetor, that " the hoisting the Red Flag is in future to be considered the signal for general alarm, and will be a sufficient authority for lighting any beacons already established, and hoisting the red flags that may have been provided at t e different towns and villages for the same purpose." The Canadian Fencible Regiment, commanded by Brigadier-General PETER, are marched into Glasgow, from Hamilton. They are a body of uncommonly stout good looking men, in number about 7(10. The St. n•lrew's Regiment of Royal Fife Vo luitteer, comminded by Lieut. Colonel CUM, now on permanent duty in Dundee Barracks, was reviewed on Friday. the 29th of June, by Major General Isl.Dcm•to. on the exercising ground ad joining, who in the strongest terms was pleased to , vz, res hi, entire seisfatEtion with the steadiness and vom Suess with which the movements and tiring w.re per formed by thc Regiment. On Wedne , day a number of very respeaable American Gentlemen met at Grove 11111914 Cam berwell, for the purpose of celebrating the an niversarY if the independence of the United States. •. A grand discharge of cannon took place on the. occasion, and Mere was, previous to the breakint tt; of the company, a brillianrdisplay of firework A number Of appropriate masts were given in the course of the evening, and among the rest the health of our illustrious Sovereign was drank with great, eathusiasm. Among the company present were Mn Mona°, the Amen. an Minister, and Mr. 'ay's°, Consul-General for the United States. PATTON a, the pugilist, who lately fought Pad dington Joxcs, is matched to fight Wool:), th coachman, ni.st were, for 50 guineas a-side. Last week, Lows so TAYLOR, who kept a wr ting-achool, -at the village of Lqvaton, in the parie of Ilsington, near Ashburton, was committed to tl t county high gaol, by W. TICKER, Esq charged s the oaths of lto BERT PETI4 E all I DEM and .JANE P Tll tk situ ne. r, of Iditirton, with assaulting the sa. JANE Pt Tut:kale 'nog fan in:ant about eleven yea of age), with intent sn commit a rape. She w, taken away from a he:lt-ding-school at Bovey, and A pretence of carrying her home to her father's dry ing the holidays.