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left in the care of his business till he returns. lie has lived there six months, during which time he has been a month in London.—Does not know the distance between London and Southampton, but from Southampton to Rumsey is between seven and eight miles—had no subpoena to give his evidence, nor any conversation with any body on this busi ness—never before the lime of the Fair saw Wood or Snowden—did not know Snowden's name, but knew him at first sight to be the man who lent Wood the money to pay for the horse—came up to town in consequence of a letter which he found at his house when he came home from Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, and which appeared to come from the Prisoner—had not the letter with him—did not know, but wished it, who was to pay bins his expenses. The Learned Judge having summed up the evi dence, and left the Case entirely to the Jury, they deliberated a few minutes, and found both Prisoners Not Guilty. Thomas Porter was indicted for breaking and en tering the dwelling-house of Samuel Bradey, in the day-time, no person being therein, and stealing therein a bed, blankets, sheets, Ezc. his property, of the value of iol. _ _ The house was fitted up for the purpose of the Prosecutor's son sleeping in it, and had been so occupied by him, who is about twenty-four .years of age, and eats and drinks with his father and family, and forms a part of it. This house was fastened up by the servant girl of the Prosecutor about nine in the morning, when she went out and kept the key. She returned about noon and found the bed taken off the sacking, and-also . the sheets and blankets, and thrown upon the floor, but nothing was carried away. She had made the bed fit for h'er young master to sleep in, in the morning before she-went out, -which was rte 3 tst of August. The Prisoner was seen by a neighbour opening the door of the Prosecutor's house, which he entered and locked himself in ; an alarm was spread ; the house was surrounded ; nobody could enter without breaking open the dobr, but on a person calling for a large hatchet, the Prisoner opened it himself, attempted to rush out, but was secured and searched; had about him, in a concealed state, an iron crow, bent at both ends, and,a bunch of pick-lock keys, one of which opened the door as easily as that which belonged to it. .- The Learned Judge told the Jury, that by an Aft of Parliament made for the protection of houses that were left without any body in them, it was made a capital offence to break and enter a dwell ing-house in the day-time, no person being in it, and stealing to the value of ss. Now as to the stealing, the law of the Case was this—if the Pri soner broke and entered the house, and removed, from its place, but for •a foot, with intent to carry away if he had not been interrupted, property above the value of ss. , he was as much guilty of stealing as if he had aftually carried it away.—Guilty — Death. William Steven was indided for an offence similar to the last, but was acquitted of the capital part of the charge, and found Guilty only of a sim ple larceny. Daniel Besset was indiaed for horse-stealing.— The evidence against him was clear and decisive, and therefore he was found Guilty--Death. .john Brook was inditled for an highway robbery and stealing a watch chain, of the value of twelve pence, the - property of John Scriven. The Prosecutor said, he was going down White_ chapel road on the t ith of August, near nine at night, he went to hear a person who was singing, and as he came away, the Prisoner came and snatch_ ed at the chain of his watch. He collared the Prisoner and secured him, The watch chain broke in the scuff, but was lost ; it was only worth is. The Learned Judge observed that the Jury might relieve themselves from any consideration of the capital part of this charge, for here was neither that coustruc'live fear or force which were requisite to constitute an highway robbery. The Prisoner in tended, no doubt, to commit a greater crime, but he was so fortunate as to have . been unable to ac.: complish it ; he was, however, if the Jury believed the evidence, guilty of the simple latcetty.—Guilty of stealing to the value of Ir. John Hughes Eddy and Thomas Brannan: were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the sth day of August, a chaise, the property of Murdoch Mackenzie. Our readers having a general idea of the circum stances of this case through the channel of our Po lice Reports, it is the less necessary to enter into a detail of the particulars, and a brief recapitulation of the leading points will suffice. It appeared from the evidence, that the prisoner Eddy, so long since as December last,was known at the livcry'stables of Mr. Mackenzie, the Prosecutor. At that time he hired a chaise limn him, which was duly returned. On the of August he came again to the Prosecutor, and treated with Mr. Mackenzie, Jun. relative t o the hire of the Chaise in question, which he : said he wanted to go to Brighton in ; he was informed the charge would be five shillings a day.—The Prisoner said, he should consult a friend at Hounslow, who if he should not choose to accompany him, he would return the .chaise that evening, and accordingly the Prisoner did return the chaise that evening, having sent it back by the Prisoner Brannam. On the next day, between two and four o'clock, the Prisoner came again, saw young Mr. Mackenzie, and said, he was determined upon having the chaise to go to Brighton, he at the same time inquired if Mr. M. was willing to sell the chaise : on being answered in the affirma tive, they spoke about the price, which was settled at forty pounds or forty guineas, but upon • the Prisoner asking Mr. Mackenzie if he would take a draft at a short date for that sum, he pe„ remptorily refused it, and said, that if he chose to rake the chaise at 55. a_day he might have it. The Prisoner drove out of the yard with the chaise. In some time after a person came to the Counting_ house with a draft from the Prisoner, stating that BIRTH. Mrs. Henry Drurnmrmd, at her house in Hanover-build ings, Southampton, of a Daughter. DIED Yesterday, at Lewisham, Kent, Mrs. Wilmott, wife of John Willinott, of that place. On Tuesday morning, the intant son of William Williams, Esq. of Lincoln's-inn-fields. Lk INIMN : Printcd by 111 CHANAN IVI'MILLAN, !of Row-Street, Covent-Garden); and Puhlished by W :.r.z ATtmlr:7 a Sca er• s, fot Horse- At the SuN.OF I , I c.E, No. II 7, Strand ; where Advertisements, Orders fur the Paper, Letters_ for, the Editor, &c. qest-paii be should buy the chaise, and tendering the draft in the way of payment. Mr. Mackenzie refused to take the draft, on which the person left the draft on the desk and went away. It further appeared by another line of evidence, that on the afternoon of the 4th of August, the Pri soner Brarinam, who was known in that quarter asat Dealer in horses, chaises, &c. came to the George Stables in Drury-Lane, kept by Mr. Newman, and informed him,. that there were two Gentlemen at the door in a chaise, who wanted to sell it, a West Indian Gentleman and another. He went out and saw the Prisoner, Eddy, and another person in the chaise ; they had some conversation about selling it, Sec. but nothing final was then concluded. The Prisoner drove away in the chaise. The next day, the sth, between four and five o'clock, the Prisoner came again to the George about selling the chaise : they fixed -the price at 21 guineas, which Newman, .after getting a Coach-maker to value it, agreed to. —ln the evening, the money was paid to Brannam, who gave _a receipt for it ; as for the value of a chaise, the property of Mr. Hughes (the Prisoner Eddy) of No. 8, Bolton street, Piccadilly, which was the address he latterly gave to Mr. Mackenzie. It appeared that Newman had the chaise in his possession until the 15th of August, when he lent it to a Mr. Ogle, a Pawnbroker, in whose pos session it was found, we believe, on the Hampstead Road, by Mr. Mackenzie, jun. who claimed the chaise as the property of his father, and, in conse quence, got possession of it. On the cross-examination of the two principal Witnesses, Mr. Mackenzie, jun. and Newman, of the George, - Drury-lane, nothing material trans pired to affect their chief testimony, of which the above is. the outline as applying to the charge in question: The chaise was particularly described by the Prosecutor, and in which part of his account he was fully confirmed by Newman. The Prisoner Brannam was not put on his defence. Eddy being called upon, said he left it to his Coun sel, who called Mr. Dickie (a Stationer in the Strand), apparently with a view to state something which transpired at the examination of the Prison ers before the Magistrates, and might operate in their favour. • Mr. W. Dickie stated, that he was not the least acquainted with any of the parties except Newman, the stable-keeper; that happening to-go into Bow_ street, h. heard—[The Witness was here informed he should not be troubled, the Court deeming it unnecessary to go into that kind of evidence.] No other Witnesses were produced on behalf of Eddy. Mr. Justice LE BLAttc then entered upon his Charge to the Jury. He stated, that he deemed it unnecessary to put Brannam on his defence, as by the evidence (whatever there might obtain on the ground of his being an accessary either before or after the flab there was nothing by which he could be legally considered as a principal in the charge of stealing the property in question. His Lordship then recapitulated the evidence generally, and observed, that with respell to the Prisoner Eddy, the great question for the consideration of the Jury was, whether at the time he obtained pos session of the chaise, and agreed for it at a certain hire, under the pretext of going to L righton, he really and bona fide intended to go thither or to perform any other journey with it, &c.; or whether he got possession of it with the design offraudulently converting it to his own use, by selling, or other wise disposing of it to his own benefit, as in such case it was a felony. If it appeared clearly in evidence, that he got possession of it under a ContraCt of Sale, it would become matter of a Civil Adion, and not of a Criminal Prosecution. _ _ _ In the course of his observations upon the Evi dence, his Lordship.observed, that were the testi mony of Mr. Mackenzie founded in truth, there was no sale at all, he having refused the mode of payment offered by the Prisoner ; and as to the fart of a Draft afterwards being laid upon his desk, it was no more binding on the Prosecutor, than if it were thrown into the kennel in the street. The Jury, after a very short conference, found Eddy Guilty—Brannam was necessarily acquitted. Eddy stated his age to be zo : his countenance does not seem to he very prepossessing, nor does his demeanour appear gentlemanly. These two Prisoners were then tried upon a se cond indiament, for feloniously stealing a grey' gelding, the property of William Hilcox. The subjea of this indiament was, as we could colle6l, the horse which drew the chaise, for steal ing of which they were charged as above.—The Prosecutor stated the particulars of the applications made to him respeaing the horse; Brannam appear ed to be the most alive on the occasion—he hired it, and spoke of the other Prisoner as the Gentle- Man for whoni it was hired, and who wished to buy it.—On the gth of August, Eddy came to the Pro secutor, ordered him to take the horse to Mr. Mackenzie's yard ; they spoke about the hire and purchase of the horse.—The Prosecutor fixed six shillings per day as the price of the hire, or twenty-five Guineas as the purchase money ; on which it was settled between them that the Prisoner, Eddy, should take the Horse, have till the next Monday to make up his mind, when, if he purchased him at that sum, no charge was to be made for hire. The Prisoner then drove away with the Horse and Chaise, and between nine and ten o'clock the same evening Brannam brought a letter from the Prisoner, inclosing two iol. notes, and a draft for the re mainder. The Learned Judgc here interfered, and observed, there was an end of the Prosecution, as it appeared the Horse had been sold, and though unfortunately a bad draft might have been given, it did not in validate the sale, it was therefore no felony—and a Verdi& of Acquittal was accordingly pronounced. A woman named Eliz. Stringer, has been corn. mitred to Stafford gaol, for killing Hannah Tom kinson. They were both servants in the house of Mr. Hale, of• Norton-Farms, and having quarelled, the former struck the latter a blow on the head with a milking-stobl, which caused a concussion of the brain. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPT. Ig. INFANT STEAI.II:C: Elizabeth Salmon, of Cooper's Gardens, Hack ney Road (a woman of decent situation in life, and whose husband is. possessed of a pretty considerable leasehold property), was indided for having feloni ously, and for the lucre of gain, received the clothes of an infant child of Eliza Impey, of White-cross_ street, Lnowiizg the same to be stolen. The Indidment was- merely for having received the child's clothes, inasmuch as there exists no posi tive Statute with reped to stealing of children, on which she could have been indided ; there Was no Counsel employed fbr the Prosecution, but the Wit nesses being examined by the Court, gave the fol lowing account of the transadion : Eliza Impey said, she lodged, in June last, at No. zl, Red Lion-market, White-cross-street ; that *on the 22d of the same month (being a little more than a fortnight after she had been delivered of a daughter, a man, who was a stranger Co her, came into her room, and asked her, " Which was Mrs. Impey's zoom ?" She answered, she was Mts. Impey ; he then sat down, and told her that he called by the diredion of a Mrs. James, of Fins bury-place (a Lady who had often relieved her in distress), to see whether she wanted any thing ; he then asked her, whether she had ,coals and bread sufficient ? She told hien she had no coals, and, after a little farther conversation, he bid her take her child and come with him to a public-house in the neighbourhood, and take some refreshment ; she consideriag that he called by she direction of Mrs. James, accompanied him with her child to a public-house in Golden-lane. Here the man called for some ale, and after she had drank a little . of it, he gave her eighteen pence, which, he said, was sent by Mrs. Jamea, and desired her to go out and buy a loaf of bread and some coals, and he would take care of her child in the mean time; he also desired her not to be alarmed, for he was . well used to handling little children, having had many of his own ; she gave him the'child without suspicion; and went to purchase a loaf; but be-, fore she had got to the baker's shop, feeling some uneasiness about _her child, she turned back ; but when she had nearly arrived at the door of the public-house, she resolved within herself that a man sent by Mrs. James might be trusted with her child ; she then went to the baker's and bought her loaf, but when she returned to the public house, the man was gone with her child. ,She then went home with her loaf and the cols she had bought, and in about an hour after (being about . ten o'clock) she called on Mrs. James, who was not then at home., She called again at twelve, when she saw Mrs. James, who assured her she knew . nothing of her child, or of the, man who had used her name. She was almost distraded that night ; but the next day, was desired by a Mrs. Dixon, who lodged in the same house, to call upon the Defendant, who mi3lit tell her ; she did call accordingly the next day at Mrs. Salmon's. — Mrs. Salmon was then in bed as a lying-in-woman, appeared to pity her, and bid .her compose herself. until she could get up, when she pr: raised that she would go to the Foundling Hospital, and ex amine the ve.eto mot litzei r .I;ocerci the child. Her suspicions - then fell entirely on • Mrs. James, and she went to Guildhall for a war_ rant against her, which was refused—(the Witness being then asked upon what ground it was refused, declared, that she was at that time so agitated and distraded 'in her mind, that she could not recoiled.) The day but one after this, she went, in company with Mss. Atterbury, her present mistress, and a Police Officer, of the name of Ray, to the Mien_ (lanes house, where her child was found in the bed with the Defendant, as were also the clothes which were the objet of the present Indiameur. On her cross examination she declared, that she was not at that time. in a stare of mind to take notice of, or to recollea perfealy, any circum stance but the finding her child. Sarah Atterbury, and Ray, a Police Of f icer, proved, by a variety of corroborating circumstances, that Mrs. Salmon had procured the child ro be stolen, in order to impose it as her own upon her husband. Dr. Weston deposed that she had never been de livered oft child. It was objected by the Counsel for the Defendant, that she could not be . convicted on the present in diament, inasmuch as before a person could he con iCted of receiving, a felony must .be previously proved. She was indiCted for receiving the clothes, knowing them to have been stolen ; but the faas of the case clearly proved, that the intention was to steal the child, and not the clothes. Mr. MAINWARING said, that next to the con. viaion of an innocent person, it was most painful to see one so flagrantly guilty escape through de_ fete} in legal form. He. was of opinion that the Jury could not conviCt her on the present indift ment, for the reason stated by the Learned Counsel; hut he should order her to be detained, while the Grand Jury sat, in hopes that some other indiament might be preferred which could reach her. The Jury accordingly acquitted the Prisoner. We Understand Mrs. Salmon is suspc6ted of Lty.. ing employed a Bricklayer, who has - disappeared, to steal the child. Mrs. impey's loss made a great noise in her neighbourhood ; and it coming to the ears of some of Mrs. Salmon's neighbours, who suspealed she had not really lain in, led to the dis covery. The cry of the child, when carried into the house, was heard by some of them ; and the Bricklayer is said to have tattled. The objed of Mrs. Salmon, in appearing to have this child; is said to have keen, that her issue might enjoy con siderable property, - to the exclusion of Mr. Salmon's children by a for Mer marriage ; in whose protec tion the neighbours felt an.interest. srltp .VE CRAVLSENII, SEPT. Passed by -the Betsey, -, from Petersbz , g't ; Sus. pence, ----, and Aln, Cook, from Antigua ; from Leghorn; Aro, White, Catsfrird, Wilson, and Recovery, Watson. from Tobago ; Vine, How land, from ~, I.Jtinique ; jan l,lCclly, from Sur:nam;•Tri. vior. Gray, sod Portland, Allan, from St. Kitt.i. Sailed--tho Economy, Ilorewood, tot Pet.,.:rsuro; Queen, Diamond, for Lisbon ; Fanny, - Seville ; Mary, Atkins, for Cork; I.evant, Dryden, For Hainburgb; both. Teller, for Dublin, and the Reiu Deer, Classen, for AnisterdaM. r. STOCKS', Rni t. India Stock South Sea Stock , . . Excheq. (sills a. s: pzr EulE:able ditto prem. 3d Exchequer fills this Ornnium 8 7 64 64 dit. Imper. 3 per (.:01t. Ditto Ann. 12 1-16 ihmk for Ir!Lia tbi ft, thd. 60 7 0-6 94 701 PRICE 0 YESTE +nk Stock stint Navy S per Cent. lot ; Cent. 1797, shut Irish s per Cent. per Cent. Con, shut per Cent. Pee,. shut per Cent. Con. 69 Ditto Scrip 1.7 0 liank L. Ann. shut !)itto Short Ann. Ditto 5(.1.41 WANTED to RENT or PURCHASE, in the Vicinity of a good Market Town (the distance not to exceed a mile aild . a half) where the Roads are good, :Ind the Country dry and pleasant, a neat Modern HO U S E, contain• log Dining. Prawing and Breakfast Rooms, three or four good Bedchambers, Servants Rooms, Offices, Garden, &c_ &c. in proportion, and from xi to 3o Acres of good Land surrounding the same. Time Banks of a River, or the Sea. Coast Would be preferred, and a Country where Fuel is nor very dear; or, a House of the above description and situation surrounded with from One to l'hree Hundred Acres of dry fertile Land, would be rented or purchased, it the Terms are Moderate. Direct (post-pald) to C. Sanderson, Esq. Post-Office, Doncaster. N.B. Early Possession will be required. ORDWELL, NEAR LYMINGTON, NEW FOREST, HANTS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By - Mr. CHRIS TIE, At his Great Room in Pali-Mall, On TUESDAY, the 28th instant, at One o'Clock, In TWO LOTS, LOT I A DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, con. , silting of SEVENTY-SEVEN ACRES of RIM ARABLE and PASTURE LAND, entirely compad, and within a Ring Fence, a beautiful Spot, particularly eligible for ereding a MA E VI L LA, delightfully situated at 0R1P...7 ELL, «ithin finir.mileA of LY NGTON, with beautiful command of View of the Sea, isle of Wight, Needles, Bay of Pool, New Forest, and surrounding Country, remarkable for Came and Field Sports, let on Lease to Mr. Durham - , which will expire at Michaelmas next, at a very low old Rent or Fifty Pounds, capable of very con sidA-able imp:oven-lent. LOT 1I.• A COPVTIOLD ESTATE, delightfully situate adjoin. ing BURTON CU FE, on the road to an:i sewn mi YMI NGTON, and three of Cif I t, - .1 C in the County of ',Lints, consisting of a Tonc , iic,nt, barn, &c. and Thirty-eight Acres of Rich Arabi?, Pa:iure; and Mar Sit Land, including Col,! Croft, let to Mr. I? , irsey, Teliailt at will, at an old Rent of Twenty Pounds, hit of tie annual value of double that Sum. . Particulars may be had at the George; Christ-Church ; Angel, Lymington ; Crown, Ringwcod ; Coach gnn Horses. S3uthampton ; Horn, Newport, Isle of ; Rain bow Colle-house, Cornhill ; and in Pall-MAI. TO• WEST INDIA MERCHANTS AND OTHERS. E:)it SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT,. \RDs(,f FIFTY HOG;3HEADS of (2.LA• RFT, o excel lent quality, and about fl UR. HUN DRED and FIFTY CASES of FRENCH WINES of the quAities of BURGUNDY, CHAMPAGNE, HERMI TAG E, CLARET, WIN DE - GRAVE, &c. and Within time tOr exportation. . _ samples may be had, and further particulars known by applying to lVir..Cluistir, in A BEAUTIFUL SITUATION at EAST-IOURNE. TO 13E SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. WHITE, At the Lamb Inn, at East-Bourne, on Thursday the 23d of September, 180. i, at Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, , A COTTAGE, BARN, and GARDEN, with X. a Pi , sce of I.:lnd adjorning,'contz:ining i A. 7 P. si— tuate at Maids, in Eust-Bourne, and now in tltc occupation of William Rawlinson. This Property is Freehold, adjoins a good Road, and com mands the finest Prospects. It is not liable to any Hedor, Quit-Rent, or Right of Way. The Occupier will the Prernises, :ind further parti culars may he had of 7.\lr. Hoper, at Leiwcs. SEA H.GUSES, EAST-BOURNE. • • • TO BE LETT )3Y AUCTION, By Mr: WHITE, For Sixty-one Years, from Michaelmas ISO 2, •At the Lamb Inn, East-Bourne, on Thursd.iy the 23d or September, 18:2, at Six o'Clock in the Afternoon, E ER AI, COTTAGES and BUILDINGS, with the Ground marked out, and thereto adjoining, it l the most eligible Situations at the Sea-side, in Ea:it-Bourne , . which have been lett on long Leases, and will fall into the hands of the Lords of the Manor, at Michaelmas 18e2., viz. • In Emir Lots, a PI LCE of GROU ND,.situate on tits West Side of Mrs. Beckett's Lodging-house, with the %Ware houses and Buildings thereon, containing in front towards.o° Sea-beach St feet, and in depth, at the East End,, 29 fcc: 2 inches, and at the West End 20 feet to inches. In Two other Lots, a PIECE of GROUND, with the Cottages and other B:iildings thereon, containing in front to wards the Sea-beach 65 feet 3 inches ; in the rear toward s the Road 63 feet, and in depth on the West Side 53 feet, an d on the East Side 68 feet. This Piece of (.3 rounctadjoins,the Capital Lodging-hous e of Mr. Bradford, and commands the same Prospects and Con- - veniencies. It is consequently a most desirable Situation f O C a. Hotel, or any.other public purpose, as well as for any pri vate purpose. Mr. Charles Vine, or Mr. White, of East Bourne, wil l , shew the Premises ; and further particulars may be had 01 Mr. floper, at Lewes. SOUTH WITHAM, LINCOLNSHIRE. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, Sometime in November next, in Lots, of which Notice end further Particulars will he given - THE following FREE HOLD ESTATES' The MANOR of souTH WITHAM, in ti le . County of Lincoln, with the Quit-Rents and Appurtenanc e ' thereunto belonging. • Al so a good Mansion-house, with the Yards, Carden; and suitable Offices, situate in South Witham atbre3aid,l ,t ' in the occupation of Charles Manners; Esq. and Nvell lated for a Hunting scat, for which purpose it has been .;2 0. ly occupied. And also all that Messuage or Farm-house, Dovecote, ana divers Closes'or inclosed Pieces or Parcels of Arable, dow and Pasture Land, containimg together 2So A. 27 South Witham aforesaid, and in Lobthorpe, in the 53 . 1- County, in the several occupations of Richard 1,lue1V11: Lsq. William Pilkington, Joseph Watson. John - Tate, I' mi Hewerdine, John Priestman, and William A tkinson.,, c 3 And also all those hour Words or - woody Grounds ca" ~a Whites Wood,' Knights Wood, Addleborough Head, Millwood, containing together 94 A. i R. 2.2 P. situate 3 4 1 , being in Lobthorpe aforesaid, and' Castle Bythazn, . . . . same County, near to the Great North Road. eel s And also those Three Closes or inclosed Pieces or Par ic t of Land, containing 35 A. 9P. in the occupations of Ricl i r ai p Lluel4n, Esq. and Joseph Watson, held by Lease ° Brown's Hospital, in Stainfdrd, for Twenty-one Y e ars. ir , Witham is a plea , .;ant Village, in 'a Sporting Country , t ic ing near to the Great ' North Road, and ten miles dist _ii, from Stamford and Grantham, and well situated for Siu ben eathcnte's Hunt. _ irt i " The H Tenants will shew the Premises •, and further P' iv culars may be had of Mr. Torkington, Attorney, in Staff ford. _~. ==~~l -ferry-react, Westminster); V), must be addressed.