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•• - 4zu . kolre • • 4,444_ 45 \11 . 17 1,1 ',./;•k= $l. • • ..0 /4( S r:‘\lt'44 ~, / 1 51 (11 - r 1-` NUMBER 9947. FRIDAY, JULY 30, 0424. 1 ) 11.1CR MARINE INSURANCE. THE INDEMNITY MUTUAL MARINE AL INSURANCE COMPANY hereby give Notice, that they will commence Business on MONDAY, the 9th August, at their temporary Office, No. 36, Winchester-street. No Insurances can be effected with the Company but by Shareholders. The Advantages exclusively offered by this Company to Me rchants, Ship-owners, and Insurance Agents, will be made known at the time when Policies are contracted for. By order of the Directors, GEORGE CHANNER, &cretary. No. 36, Winchester -street, Old Broad-street, July 22, 1823. MADRAS filtASl‘l Alt SCHOOL, GITILSBOROUGH, NEAR NORTHANII)TON. IN consequence of a VACANCY, created by 11. the Ittsvisition of the Bee it. 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R. 1/. and witat other Gentlemen (whose Illkint'S have been repeatedly i 1)411844 for 11. cull. I tICCUREs CUR El) BY AN INTEAN.XL MEDICINE. This t)ay was gridPrincei-street, Soho, nod Sold by all booksellers, It. , Third Edition, eillArzed. prier Is. hACTICA.I. 0 LIS ER V ATIONS on ST It IC hl tn ltke,:r 'n E I and other DISIE• of the URETFIRA, -"g etreetu tt Mode of Cure by MI Internal Medi.. P r ovinK the appli c ation of instrument! unneces ll:4',),, ictnerally productive of injury. Illustrated by tit the It WI the Origin, Symptoms, and Treatment of I/is ectuni. • , By WILLIAMII RENOU. P i .,"' fn enu 'er of the Royal ColitKe of Stirgeoni . London. the difficulty of the Chem . ..cal Process in the Clenno if the Remedy (the effrcts of which are dtscrilted its o,3::'lescuntisined in the %Voris), it lir ditytllsed by p l , l ir t () O, or ill the Collise of business. r "std p acc ommodation of the Faculty ;11)(1 petsons le,chel":f Abro ad or in the country, the Meilicitte is sold in • 4 ' 1.'4.1 9 S• each, by Mr. GiffOrd. Chemist, Iot. Strand. 1 -1 w INTELLIGENCE. ILIRT OR KING'S BENCH, JULY 29 CRIM. CON. Mr. je Tr.TER versus itANcocK. ti 0 4011GHANt Opened the leading& r" lan a"i for criminal conversation with ft, , . ii , nst the defendant I Intl " t 8 wire. The defendant pleaded the general t.;', In stated the case. His Learned Friend ex i_ 1451,..,e,e Jury the natur e of this unfortunate case. tie„'„,.l Jury that case, of this kind were so frequleinet was I..it . in tir. etirticular one he was sure the Jury would feel with hits r the e ; be en , e a ' n arid leetrtfelt an iish into whi c h th e plaintiff had 8 fted. Nu occurrence of the kind w ith w hi c h h e (M r . ,rtailerlett) was acquainted, affected his own mind so sensibly...-. thi ~Plaindfr, Air• William Franklin Peter, was about ciee rt, '_! e l !eryears of; age, and was descended front an en tree": ';_l the family in Cornwall. Early in life he lei ` into the . n aval service, and had enjoyed the honour of t ut ":".lS Present it the consummation of our naval glory at the t 4 1.11114 : tt eearer`f!arstr (i f it i lgar . H e wa s put on half.pay at the , peace, erigaeed in the merchant service, being en. j f _ 1 with the coianand of a ship bound to . the South Seas. 4 nade two voyages. In 1817 he was married to the Lady 414%72 tll,.2ubject of the present unfortunate action. Her the eel'.'l afiss Jere Mary Alergaret Beckwith, daughter of l e e Mr. Beckwith, Minor Canon of the Cathedral of St. t1e,i5.,,.? and Recto r of tit. Alban 's, Ni r ood-tureet. After their ii ~.lege it was Imatiged that he should reside with her father, ''4'l,lll) it 'Pling offollowing she presented her husband with s ~ " Q ya tai fruits their domestic happiness. On the:second iteeVia accompanied her husband to Plymouth, and re ,4rvi 1 to London where she produced a daughter. the. only pa n ' in g Pledge of their marriage. On his return he became tem.eweet of the vessel, and as she expressed an unwilling- 01 hi s r ' 4ls in at home, he took her with him as a companion . fle mo ' t 'TYaett. In the summer of 1819 they proceeded ai th e , ', l 'Yres, and round Cape Horn to Valparaiso, where ield'thr,‘"llaillei till 1820. The ship was sold at Valparaiso, h er ren'icante home passengers. On their return, she took up , the e t r,eee in the Imam of her father. Captain Peter's fa hbreett'lig (tt Felmouth, he went down to Cornwall 'to settle qeel e tettr'r: affairs. !During his absence Airs. Peter went to enure which was purchased at Moulsey, where she eerearlirithTed till the unhappy event which separated her for ever tip 4 win effectionate husband.. Mr. Hancock was a partner den. ag e s house in the grocery line, in the city of Lon aelmis°4l b etween the family of Beckwith and Hancock there 111 % fate a `'ery friendly intimacy. The defendant succeeded liet p , er vid uncle, snit the . grcateut intimacy took place titi rthnself and the eieintiff. Several letters from the ii bi 'l'u tit could be produced in evidinee of his warm feel. bi s :41 uttecliinent for the plaintiff. But he (Mr. Scariest) Neire i . 14 1?t , re to the defendant the design of seducing the AN, . 1 m iwire, at the time of their mutual friendship. During ' V er y eter's re3ldenee at Aloulsey, Mr. Hancock went down y 4441415 Y and Senday to visit her, and spend the time . with the family. Some time before Christmas last, Mr. Peter was engaged in an arbitration of a difficult nature in town ; Hancock urged by letter that Air. and Mrs. Peter should make his house in Bread-street-hill their home, while he should be engaged in the arbitration ; - and said if the did not comply he should blame the inmates of the Wood-street rectory (Mr. P.'s father) for it, and dlr. Peter must therefore prevent the coolness which that would occasion. Mr. I iancock had written some poetry in the letter, which amused the ladies exceedingly, and it must have been very good, as they are allowed to be the best judges of poetry.—(Laughter.)—They came to his house in Bread-street ; and it happened shortly after that they went to (hove Cottage, Moulsey. Mr. Peter was obliged to come to town early in the morning, and came by the stage. Mr. Hancock was to have followed him, and to carry Mrs. Peter to town with him in his own carriage. The children were to come by the stage. Mr. Hancock, instead of coming to town in a short time, remained with Mrs. Peter till five in the afternoon. This was on the kb of January. The coach did not come so early as expected. They canto in the evening to Mrs. Hancock' s mother's house. Mr. Peter thought nothing of their stay in the country, so confident was he of the affections of his wife, and the disinterested friendship of the defendant. A few dsys afterwards Mr. Peter had occasion to go.to the country—he was then happy—most happy in the en dearments of Ms anlinble wife. On his return to town, Air. Peter, on going into the house of Mr. lianeoa, was met by a person at the door ; 'who hastily put a note into Li, hand, and hurried away. The note was to the following effect : " Captain Peter—You little expect the intrigue that's going on between your wife and Mr. Hancock ; look in the little trunk, and you will see the letters passing from them daily ; they sleep together when you are from home." —He azted upon this suggestion. It happened that Mr. Han cock pressed him to take a dressing-box into his bed-roorn which he did not want, but his wife prevailed upon hint, and he took it. He went abruptly into the bed-room, where there were two servants at the time, he opened the trunk with great agitation, and found the parcel of letters ; he then opened the dressinK box, and found enough to, convince him that his future happt nees in life was blasted. Thus the Jury would see that he had laid the guilty secret before them. He did not know what could give a higher colouring to the case. Those who knew life, knew ton well the insidious arts, the professions of ar dent vows, and the unconquerable passion of love, by which persons like the defendant endeavoured to seduce the ob• jests of their illicit desires. The Jury would find it insinu ated in some of the letters that Mr. Hancock had an early at tachment for Miss Beckwith, but if such were the case, what could have been more easy than for a (lentlentan of his wealth to obtain her. He and r. Peter were of the same age, and it would be too much to suppose that if any affection had sub misted between the defendant and Miss Beckwith, that she would have refused hint. lie (the Learned Counsel) would produce letters from INlrs. Peter to her husband while abroad; expressive of the tenderest aKction, and he would also pro duce witnesses who had seen them both abroad, living in the utmost hartnonv. He would defy the other side to' show that the plaintiff had any doubt of the affection of . his wife till the calamity burst all at once on his mind--; The correspondence was carried on in the house—a proof of the caution and d ecorum w i t h w hi c h t h e parties co n d ucte d , - themselves in the presence of third persons--he was so con summate in the arts of hypocrisy and treachery. In the se veral letters to Mrs. Peter, the defendant endeavoured to persuade her of her husband's wart of love. and of his own unconquerable pa ss i on . Th e l etters were written with great warmth of aff ect i on, an d i n A Vo d style. He addressed Mrs. Peter its "JI d earest Jane" ---"'Prue affection, my Jane"—" I have no other tie on your Affection but your re liance on my truth and honour"—" William (her husband) has constant access to you ; b ut !me you only s:fe ate as a whisper ing, deceitful, hypocritical, wretch." No words could give a better description of him than his own. The sßbsequent pails of the letter expressed the utmost ardour fur her; a bride. groom in the arms of his bride could not picture up love more Passionately. In another letter front the dressing-box, he said, " I would sooner forego chic ecstatic pleasure of Saturday end Sunday (meaning his visits to the Grove Cottage) than the hope of going with you to the theatre." lie said that her mother was the cause of the doubts which had been cast upon her reputation. " A woman's fame is like the bosom of a peace ful lake, let It be ever so calm a breath will disturb it " The defendant was Indeed " a detenta , de fellow." according to his own worth.— - 4r the lotnre lot of his -.tents of eatanc sec. ife. lie hail done this for some, few niotn, light, which he knew would be short—for the seducer finds but a short gratification, and turns away with disgust from the victim of his seduction. In another letter he alludes to the possession of her person in his own house —" It wakes me distracted to steal to those embraces which shall in fu ture be mine—mine alone—and from which no ." But he would read no more. The Jitry would find that the plaintiff* and his wife were happy—happy in themselves—happy in the friendship of the defendant, who had professed a fervour for the husband which was romantic and sznthnentaL What case could call fur more damages?. The plaintiff was deceived and misled-in every thing. On the other hand, what could palliate the guilt of the defendant? He had known the Lady from infancy-.she was the,friend of his father-the daughter of his father's friend, and the fond wife of a man for whom he had 'expressed the purest affection. He sought, by a base and hypocritical . paision, to seduce her front the arms of a tender husband, the extent of whose atiiction had since affected his Mind. Rut no damages, could alleviate his loss—on returning to the bosom of his family, he foUnd his fond wife seduced, and his infant daughter an orphan—r.ll caused by the friend of his bosom. But the Jury would ex press their deep sense cf the injury sustained by the amount of the damages. Alexander Indeman produced the marriage register. Joseph Lee, parish clerk of St. Albatt's, Wood.street, was present at the marriage —knew rs. Peter front a child. Miss Peter, sitter of the plaintiff, examined by Mr. BROUP fIAM.—Her brother was a Lieutenant in the navy at the time of his marriage—since commanded a merchant vtrssel plaintiff's family lived at Devizes—ln 1818 witness last saw them at Holston, in Cornwall—her broiler caine there to place his wife under his father's protection , on his going to South America—witness was in company with them every day—she accompanied witness afterwards into Wales, and then she went to reside and at her fsther't; in London—they appeared to live on the most affectionate terms—witness and she corresponded—the produced letters are Mrs.. P.'s hand. .writing. Captain Wright went out to Buenos Ayres in the ship corn. mantled by the plaintfl'; Mrs. Peter went with her husband ; they seemed very much attached ; never saw married people live more affectionately together. Wm. Crozler'wits mats of the brig Indian ; Capt. and Mrs. Peter were at Valparaiso, from whence witness came passen ger with them to Rio 'Janeiro ; witness was forty or fifty days on board with them. The Indian was sold, and they came home in the bard Cathcart together. It was impossible any couple could live More affectionately together ; saw them at Mr. Hancock's, in Bread-street, London, also at Mr. Beck. with's, the Lady's father's living on the same terms. • ,• Cross-examined by the TTOR 24 EY•G EN EltAl..--Mr. Beck. with has sons and daughters beside did not know of any quarrel, or of: plaintiff's leaving his wife rit ValparaiSo—does not know of their having had a quarrel since in London, but has heard as much. By Mr. BnotrottA Nl—There Was some quarrel between.him and the Governor of Valparaiso—remembered- 'seeing M Peter - in Wood-street after this affair—when she mentioned that Peter bad left her, witness said to her '6 never mind, he'll come back to the cottage." Mt. liaise, solicitor of St. Ives—Knew the Rev. Mr. Peter, minister of that place, plaintiffs father— also knew Mrs. Peter —whilst living there she was received Into the first fatnilles_ saw nothing incorrect in her conduct. • . Mr. George Dickson lived at Buenos Ayres—Plaintiff and wile lived with witness there, and seemed perfectly happy. Mr. Hetfield, auctioneer at Truro, knew ' plaintitrs father, who died in 1819, when plaintiff came down as his father's ex ecutor, and staid there about two mouths ; witness sold his fa.. titer's effects. Air. John Joseph Miley, was executor of defendant's uncle ; he is a wholesale grocer; always considered him. in good cir cumstances ; his uncle left hits NOM , besides a fourth of the residue when his younger brother comes of age,(now fifteen); that frill amount to 'SAW/. more; the rent of the landed estate, which he takes the whole ot', amounts to 840/. a year; he sue. ceeded his father as partner in the wholesale grocery,busineas, which is very extensive. Being shown several letters, proved plaintiff's hand-writing ; Mr: Hancock's age is about twenty. seven or twenty-eight.--.(Letters from Mrs. Peter to her hits. band, the first announcing the birth of A son, were here rand, couched in terms of great affection.) Mr. ScAutx - rT observed, the license des:ribNi Mrs. Peter aq a minor. Miss Peter re-examined by Mr. ScAnLETT to the hand writing of Mrs. Peter, in a letter addressed from St. lye's , to her husband at Falmouth :—" My dear, and faithful William; my sweetheart, &c. hoping to make you a father before your re.urn, may God spare it for our coraort, honour, and happi meta. lam much ind e b te d to t h e kindness of your relations, and am delighted with your sister : Your father won't part with the medal you obtained for the battle of Trafalgar out of his hands, but showed it me. Affection would induce nie to turn to the other side of this letter t' write further to you—may nod blesa you, my dear 'William --Adieu—your ever dear," &c. Another letter, announcing that she hourly expected to make hint the father of another dear baby, to reward him for his toil and danger. That a Mr. Williams, of Cardiff, in Wales, believed her to b e a s i ng l e woman. That she coal be happy with her husb a nd i n any p l ace. lam very glad you have left oft grog, and prefer ale.—(Laughter.) Affectionate letters to the plaintiff't (ober from defendant were read, one with these verses:— An Inn is life's epitome, i n " s ee among the ladies. And a wise saw to borrow ; Which sleeves of life the brevity, We come to-day, and go to-morrow-4 Another, containin g a critique on some verses • by' • plaintiff—that they were greatly Lauehter.) written tee Jones lived servant with Air. and lira. is. Peter, t the' cottage, !Woolsey ; Mr. Hancock, th e defendant, used t o coine tliee Saturday and stay till Monday ; ors the s t h o f January en Capt. Peter got up at seven ; Mrs. P. m a d e b rea kf ast for hitnst Hancock came on the Saturday anti remained till the Mond a y after Mr. P. went away; the children went off by th e ceach at four : witness, as directed, brought defendant's gig at four, and was desired to bring it leek at.five ; Mrs. Peter and Defendant drove off in the gig for London. ; witness did no: see his master for some days after. Cross-examined by the .I . yronsEY-GENfltat.—Mr. Iran. cock, on former occasions, used to come down with his servant on horseback ; he generally came down in his gig, and used to drive Mrs. P e t er ou t i n i t; h e use d to b e a goodl deal in the garden and fields ; used to read to her on the sofa. Ile-examined by Mr. SCARLETT—When she rode out with defendant her little girl went with them—they used frequently to be seen sitting on the sofa together alone in the room. Harriet Harmond, servant to Mrs. Hancock, of 13read-street bill ; Mr. and Mrs. Peter were there, they had a bed-room ; witness used to take a dressing case by directions of Mr. Ilan cock, to and from Captain Peter's room to Mr. Hancock's ; witness has remarked that Captain Peter made no use of it, he said that Captain Peter had the key of it ; remembers Cap tain Peter coming into the room when witness and another were making his bed, about nine or ten o'clock, when he took some keys and unlocked a little trunk of his wife's, in which he found some letters; that note is like the hand writing" of 0, Coleman, a porter in Hancock's house, whom his master transported for theft ; hag seen defendant come out of Mrs. Peter's room during the plaintiff's absence, be tween nine and eleven in the morning, which struck witness as remarkable, and she mentioned it to her female fellow gurvsnts. When Captain Peter- took the letters front his wife's trunk, he seemed to be in great trouble; lie never returned to Hencock's house after that morning ; remembers. the Cope. lauds coming to a dance at defendant's house during the Peters' visit; Mrs. Peter danced with Hancock t old is a widow; Mrs. Balls also came there with her daughter; Mrs. Peter's child slept with her in the same bed ; also when her husband writ a: hunie. the Jury_ h e fast child died, this wag the youngect— witriCS3'S sister is still in the service of Mrs. Hancock—soon attar the discovery Hancock went to Paris, rs. Morris assisted at Ilancock's to make the beds; re members Peter coming into his wife's room with his hand pressed to his forehead ; saw him unlock the box and take some papas out in great agitation.—(Letters from defendant to Airs. Peter were here put in and reaita You are - WI wife—cursed thought ! -neVer has or can possess that ardour of attachment—that undenying love ; 0, no, no! When I gaztstl on that lovely face, my whole frame was rhivered whit delight. What was my delight on opening the box, to find my Jane had rot forgotten me. I Wish to btrget my troubles on your bosom. If I cannot hair :.o b. Patted _from You for a day. ...A..... • . 37; U ' 4l; TaVia l it.4 l4 Worn. 434 t• 7.` granted me every tiling. A woman'', fame is like the bosom of a tranquil lake—the least breath will disturb it. You see what a base 'hypocrite lam ; bull have loved you fervently with a love only the grave can tern - dilate or disturb. h mnkes me distracted when I think you haven hu,a,and. Heaven„biess yon, my beloved Jane— God bleu, you, my dear.— Your constwit and affectionate friend, “ JOHN.” Another. 1 t 4 You cannot conceive my clksppointment when 1 open the box and find no.letter from y ou .'`. I [The further reading of these letters was so fulsome and dis gusting, that we are compelled to omit them.l The A T TOltltElt-OENEttAL addressed the Jury for the de fenclant, whose unhappy conduct he did not mean to palliate. Ills Learned Friend (Mr. Scarlett) had the cards in his own liana. He heel produced many witnesses to substantiate his case, but had only brought forward one witness belonging to the family, who had seen the parties together for one day. He had produced evidence of their being extremely /m l at home and abroad—in England, in Buenos Ayres, and V a l paraiso; ol but he had not dared to bring forward any members of the family, because, on their cross-examination, things would come out which would throw great doubts on the lady's happiness with her husband, The Jury had been told, that if Mr. Hancock' was so dispoied, he might have married Miss Beckwith; but at that time, the time of her marriage, Mr. H. was only 90 years of age. After her marriage the lady had gone abroad, and it was only on her return that Mr Hancock's early tam titre was renewed. They lived together with great intimacy during Mr. Peter's absence in Cornwall, and while his wife resided in London. The Jury would find that at Moulsey, in London, and elsewhere, Mr. Peter was .absent in the garden and the fields, while his wife was reclining on the sofa with Mr. Hancock, all with her husband's knowledge. He left them auntising themselves on sofas, reading novels, romances, and love-poetry. Mr. ScattLETT—That is all mere %opposition. The ATionsvf-GENEHAL—IIie learned Friend said it wee not true that they read romances; bat did the Jury think th sermons ?—(Louri laughter.)—The defend lUit'ey were reading sermons letters confirmed it. To b e pl ace d at the side of a beautiful young woman on a sofa, was a dangerous trial for a tientle ,man'a virtue. It woull be idle to deny that the act of adul tery had taken place. But admitting. -that therevaa much to be allowed for the defendant, who hail been attached to the Laity from his boyish years, and would have married her but for his uneltvanti Ida own minority.. Only four letters from the Lady to her husband had been produced. Surely she had w ritten- many more; but it had not b een d eerned advisable to produce them, as they would *how a change of feeling. In a thbrt time her Ilusbauti'4.affections cooled, and it was not strange . that tire kindness of her early lover should not be unwelcome to her. to say wh at d amages should be There Ras no de ' R i t t' of iO , j a RD criminal r nelcOn j o u ee s t t io l n u b c :t u w rn ee m u ci d i te u d P e . lexxl ant and Mrs. liable and temperate' demages they ourht to give, te;ll‘adering all the circumstance.' of the cane. i P tz et vo e p r . ; ,..r i e t a r ,to emained. for the Jury TheJury.coustilted for a few minutes and returned a verdict for the pleintiff—Rmaages. 6.0 001 ; This announcement was received with d e rnonstratione of joy, nod come el:Wing was lieurd, %Oriels the Judge sure ;fly repro- I hated. 'PARKINS v. MORAVIA. This aCtiAtl IYAB brought by 4ellißk. Parkins, tuerchants, in the (Iv of London.; upon a bill oftxchange for 4110/. which the defendant had accepted not accommodation fora 31r. Benjamin, who carried on the businttes of a packer WWI partner named Detwmon at SulA triad. The defence wat, that the kgil had been ob:l:ined by Ben;arnir., who was related to the def er ,d em, on d m a representation r p,p ect i ng a dissolution of purt oer „h ip, which did not turn out to be correct. The Jury, "wever, under all the circumstances, found a verdict fur the plaintiff. " o bj ect to queltion of law, arising upon the Statute of Frauds. coewr OF COMMON PLEAS ; Ju L y • IPLIIIRTER V. BRAGO. Mr. Sergeant PELT. stated the case to the Jury. This was an action brought by Mr. 'William Mister against Mt. Edwara Bragg, in ,eanneytienee of watk &..a by the far the defttdant. The defendant was the proprietor of n tio 4 se in Hunter -street, - New Duver-road. The plaintiff kept tevern in hunter -vr: , ..t, ami Lad some though: of pirrha.ung the de fendant's house— 11ragl . way very desirous of finding a pur_ chaser for it, and otfcred the phiintiff; if he would prOcure a purchaser for it at 500 guiness, The plaintiff was much connected with persons likely to buy It, and the proposed re, muneration was not unreasonable. In consequence of the re hresentation of the Plaintiff; Messrs. Calvert and Co. bought the ouse for the sum stipulated. - Witnesses having been. examined, 51r. Serjeant VAUGHAN addres.ied the Jury fur the de. fendant. The CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury, azid said that he considered the defendant had made a had hargain,but if ip.v . ph: made such bargains they must he bound by there. The Jury immediate:) , fount a verdixt for the plaint.rf--Ds: maps 251. his goads' himself; owing to the lots of — DiretaT his Mr. SIiEPPICItI) said, that he had o great nurphcr of withese , 4 to call, who would speak to the character and habits of the purl aocutzix ; but he thought it.unneccisiity, afceir theittitifactory litatantertts of the prisocers. The Foreman at the Jury said, that they Itsdliade up %trait minds, and would not give his Lordship the trouble to autri 44 . 5; .• the cvidenoe. Vettlidt-, Aka Gtdit)i. • Dick bowed to the• Jury, and dec:sred, that be-Slotsid indict the girl for perjury. Ifolyiand, late a FtoW•streit officer, arol now hard of the !leading Fohee, was present, and told Dinit' that he had better not. Liiitk replied, " spa not , my defsnc e good otte ? Niihy, I intended tci have called yoii, Mr. fioly , land, to speed( to in y ch aracter. " frolyland replied," I heliew.. nobudy knows' it hotter then I do." Sentence of death wax then passed ua Bail e y t f or f orger y , sstd on the ether convi c t s for their different offences, and tive Ai sits terminated. ffeklE . i .29. The /Come Circuit colimienced here to-day before Mr. Baran Ott /WAAL, on the Civil Side; and Mr. Justice iSts'otaounn on the Crown Side. frl both Courts the I:ashler...li is unusuety heavy for this county. The gaol calentlat contains tbiety.tsvo commitrnents, rainy of them for serious choices'; but the ntor. promin e nt it the bueglary.in Earl Cowpet's maintilOn. In the Civil Courc . thcre ar e twenty causes for ::al, many of which are c!....t:tresi as Special Juries. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE ABINGDON, WrnsrasilaY, Jell' [Before Mr. Justice LITTLEOAL.E.I TitfAL OF TWO II N IG O I T II O I LLI OU Ayl g to L a O s ei ey )li . TUX r " • Jo's', Carey (alias the Well known Dick Bowers, the wooden legged " Duffer," who aheut three weeks ago appeared at Bow-street, charged with other persons with having followed his trade of duffing in Oxfurd.street, and having enticed a Nobleman into his lodginga to purchase " cont,aband French goods," which, in fact, were of British manufacture), and JoAn Noah (one of the gang who was charged with committing the daring robbery, at the house of Mr. Haines, the Steward of Lord Cowper, in Hertfordshire, but who was discharged for want of evidence, and who, like his companion, has been known by the London Police as a regular Ole for years, -par tiereirtrly from his connection with Duthield'a gang), were this mornin g put to the bar, and pleaded Not Guilty to an indict ment charging them capitally , with having feloniously assaulted Hannah ttopkint on the king's highway, on Saturday last. and stolen f rom h er person two shillings of the coin of this realm. The prisoners had been itt3ictel for conitnitting a rape on the prosecutrix, and the Grand Jury threw out the bill, but they found a true bill for the highway-robbery. This ease has created no little sensation at Oxford and Abingdon during the week, and the Court was crowded during the trial. Dick Bowers, who has, under the assumed name of John Casey, been for some time following his calling as a "duller," in and about Oxford, and taken-in a great many " data" by selling them British for Foreign gnats, on appearing at the bar. was dressed very respectably. His companion, Nash, was in the same dress as he appeared at Bow -street, a short time ago. As coon as the indictment had been read, Dick said, " May 1 take tire liberty of suggesting to your Lordship that it is my wish to have the witnesses examined separately." Mr. Justice Lie TeErianr—Let the witnesses on both sides leave the Court till they are called. Dick-1 feel obliged to your Lordship. Females were ordered out of Court. 111artlia Hopkins, who appeared to be about 16 years of age, and rather a pretty girl, was called. She stated:—On Satur. day morning last, about twelve o'clock, I was coining from Oxford to Abingdon, and on arriving near die turnpike.gato, where there is a stile leading to a footpath, the prisoners over. took me, and asked me if I would go with them ? I said, No. I got into the footh-patta and they followed me, and said they would go with me. On arriving within about a quarter of a mile of South Ilinksey, the prisoner: hit me dawn into a ditA ; Nash teok hold of my legs, and postied me against a-bank ; I was quite " mated ;" r did not know what I wee about 4 Nash went sway out of the field, and the geidlrmaii with the wooden leg attempted to commit greet violence. I struggled, threw him from me, and got away, and ran round a hay-rick. He pursued me, and struck me three times, and swore " if you do not do art I wish, I will be hanged if I don't murder you ;" and he tookout a knife; and drew it across my hand. [She exhibited. the mark of the woond, which was very euperficial.l He then took up my goserz, and tore away the pocket, which was tied round my waist, and took out 2s. which it contained; I struggled for my pocket anti money, and while I tied the pocket round my waist again, he nearly choaked my by squeezing my throat ; my bonnet was broken to pieces, and my gown torn out of the plaits : I saw an old man named Hunt coming in that direc -iailuand 1 aboisid bare been naordered but for him ; I leaped St ane !wage, rout told him x bad boen by tf t • men, who had robbed ma °los. " Cross-examined by Mr. SIIVPPERD—i did not offer to make the matter up : Casey's brother came to me, and asked toe to do an; I did not see the prisoners till they were near Oxford turnpike; I did not know they were following me; I had not previously offered to show them a convenient place ; I do not understand you ; I was never served before as the wooden. legged man served me; the foot-path is a mile nearer from Oxford to .Abingdon than the coach-road. I never saw a sore, having h ;.1 rdotbdbreiodetblietnsitetaonnurtiosi,:ef mention is ebt sovereign otoeutibte. ert,lleex sovereignitwin witness, st Xa : ion s oo lny ti reign in Casey's possession ; I know that he charged me with on h so is ners l"d to s ld hip th would mention it. I wore the same bonnetanti supposed he then us 1 do 110 whom a e e v i dencel re to (black chip); I had then black feathers in, it. The Vice- Chancellor's lady, on the examination of the prisoners on Se tuniay night last, told me to take the feathers out, and.l did so on Monday; I live in Abingdon, near Bury-lane (a place chiefly inhabited by females of bad reputation); I went from Abingdon to Oxford about nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The further cross-examination of this witness weakened her evidence very materially ; she could give no satisfactory reason for her going to Oxford, and repeatedly g ave the most contra dictory answers. Robert Hunt, an oil man, sworn i r tie rof heard a talkinga m lo il l e id ofsolh it on Saturday morning last, about twelve o'clock, as 1 was cross ilnigintkilseeyf,7ntciPatulthuidwliindg'inofanbofeurtntl quarter The prosecutrix jumped over a hedge, and told me two men had been ill using her ; I replied that she had no bueinees there with them ; I saw the girl and the two prisoners before they went into the field ; they paseed by moon the Orford and Abingdon road, near the turnpike ; one of the prisoners pot his arm over her neck, and walked with her along the foot path. She went willingly. John Fletcher sworn : My uncle owns the field in which the prisoners and girl were found. I heard there had been a deal of hallooing, and went to see what was the ma tt er . I as k e d them what business they had there ! e,nd Casey said, sa much business as 1 had, and if I said much he would Llow my brains out. I saw Casey take oat a handful of ,iovereigns, and, he told me the girl„ who was crying, had stolen one. I 'odd if that is true, I will go and get it back from her. He walked away directly, and made no answer. Crese-eianimed—The prisoner* did not run awaY, they walk ed leisurely, and returned to Oxford ; Saw Casey stop near the market-place to speak to a person whom he nppeareti to be acquainted with; I inquired in the street if the pretoners were College gentknien, and told the person they had used et girl very ill. They were afterwards apprehended, and taken before the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, and Cernunitted. Mr. Justice LTTTLEDALE told the prisoners if they had arty thing to say in their defence, he would hear them. Nash then stated, that he was at Oxford on Saturday morn ing last, near the market-},lace, and ttie prosecutrot, who he had since discovered Was a woman of the town, passed by hint, and, winked one eye; he winked in return, and went up to her. She asked him if he would take a•wr.l4 with her, and he said he would for a Short time: he was then joined 'by Caney, and they walked with her. till they arrived near Oxford Bridge, when Casey took several sovereigns out or hie pocket, and she left him wed went to Casey. While she and Casey went' into the rick field; she requested him (Nash) to watch that no one came. He watched near a quar. tenor: : , an hour, and heard a screaming, and :the :faraway, and Casey charged her with robbing him of a sovereign, and tools out his money to count it. He declared that he never Went into the field, but watched at the gate, and saw the witness Fletcher watchiugaleo, at the bottom of Matlem'it.lane, and the girl never naid she had burn rohirrel of two shillings till Casey charged her with Stealing a sev are i gn of f half ai;l hour, and 171 '°C : k4"67 : : :! ; ' 7 7 ard ! h : r5 aWise ° a he h istt flowers, then made h iscadi tltah'r.eret:ltic;‘kml4}l°Yel , I, l , .. 4 t e Ti d t ep n a i r r i m i e i n t t o o l .f l N e r G 4I cu or itr, ri f fie L le l I e i:n . rt, C :: O na t 4 ri h r tzt,: t e .:: : :: :, Lard and Gentlemen of the Jury." Hodeclared that the girl v not re , d eca y e d him to the rick .yard, and that siie attemPte 4l " i ,ho ter tiaeo is violent stoma, in a burn filled with atraw , ' ;Pity h ti t o v f i t s o : shillings;/1 e a t ti l e i d.handottrduennlyp trumped t u t e l. : n p t ;i t t e r , g l,,at v:o rm / c; s ee .f _t i t wer e solo.),fill,o,ll,,::tlce ,.. e.tiht.l7,:avtoretiliv„::ll3oertlhe r 4, etiti,l.,;Slistti„,it' 0,.. r p e rm" but not Woven, as she hail said. }re never • a qtr l'taas by ra in +eeriof w do:v i n no w t i ta ti fri 7 t ti: i ring .. 7jored„ t i a 6 , ra re, and then of robbery, to ret money film o rrrnelt ,P(ifer . .) i' a " t ra li tte Fi 4l.lel , Attii hi alt laP i h s e : 4 4.P j: ' 'k t r , eerri a 'ig s itn°ellaae • .CHOWN SIDE. The only case tried to-day of the least public interest was e• following : James was indicted fot a burglary in the.dwelling . , house of Thomas Pratt at Sawbrldgeworth, in tote right of the llth of April, and stealing four watches. 23 tizitnbies, and vet rious articles of plate, to the amount of 201. It appeared in evidence that'the prosecutor, who is a shop keeper at Sswhridgeworth, was aroused front his bed by tte watchman, Who Wormed him that his house was robbed. He got up and found a hole made under his shop window, and the articles in question 61k:dna. For the purpose of pursuing the thief he got upon the top of the Norwich coach, then going to London. It being three in the morning, he could not &min. guish the features of tidy of the !wise :wars; after the coatt had proceeded a huh; way, and it became lighter, hi saw prisoner sitting at the back with a bundle in his hand; tied tap with a pocket handkerchttf, which he immediately recnoised as his property, and which he had seen the day before in his house. He stopped the coach and seised the prisoner, and upott examining the bundle, it was found to contain all the articles of which the prosecutor had been robbed. One witness proved that the prisoner had been seen lorhirg near prosecutor's house, about nine in the evening'before th robbery: The prisoner now said, in his defence, that he had seen a Ina% drop the bundle, and be picked it up, not kno.ving its contents, The Jury, under the' earned Judge's direutions, found the prisoner Guilty—Dealh. On the Civil side there were no casa tried of any public Meg. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday n ('curt of Common Council wiy held for the dispatch ofu variety of iiiiportunt hoiiness. tiTATf Tile 5Th LL:TS IN TUC CIT Y. The Loot.: 31.trort rose to direct the attention of the :41:111. berg of the Court to a subject of considerable importance to the trade and comfort of the Cit)%--he mount th 4 state of the street— During the hours of busineas, the streets were generally in state of great confusion, owing to the want of proper reguLa. tions. He had himself proceeded through the city from t} M ansion to Temple-bar, and back again through Hol kJ without seeing mote than one street-keeper, and the passage through the streets at the same time was obstructed by cart,. trucks, &c., which were ranged near the pavement. He haAt exerted himatif to remedy title evil, but all his exertions, he found, would be ,unavailing, unless they were seconded b, those of the DeputieS of the Wards in the city. Ile thereto:4 took this opportunity of calling upon them publicly toter that proper officers anti street-keepers sluadti be Appointed to keep the street* free from obstruction • The street-keepers ut present appointed were too often incapable of executing their dutie , had Veen t e;l d e st l r :l e i e e t w .ke th ei a .e t r i , n s o o n ie e ly itr n ta u n ni c , er ,o prevent l e t v in e l i t i a t i concluded front y t t becoming a burib en to t h e parish. ilistordshil: expressing a hope that hi, observationt: would have desired eOet. AIr..HURCOMBE thought that the public was obliged to his Lordship for calling the,attention of the Colin to thin subject. The COrporation ought, in his opinion; to apply for".arrAct of Parliament to ettend the Jurisdiction of the aitiermer, to many matters at pre ens beyond their centrotil. 1-iWw‘ti l Ltv:' ?'lc. Alderman Cnow.nr a aid, that' the street-keepoi were not appointul, by the wards, but by the pariahem, many et' which were too poor to appoint a suflietont number. Amcittgbt the nuieancea which prevailed in the city, he knee , of none yehleh more loudly called for auPpreesia n. than that of dogidtewitig tru:l:s. A great number of necidente had come to know ledge which litul been oceamioned in his ward by these savage . animals. It was for any person to walk. pti safety near these dms. SAVAG a ,:da, that the animals which had lieetiidiuded to by the worthy Alderman were dangerous to hsraegideri well as to foot passengers. lie knew that . hud, happened to pcnons on horseback 'in 'conse t rdent e bf 'truck p. rhe Lout MAYOR OtIOCTYCiI, that the aecidems occasioned by these dogs were not brought before the public,' 'benutte the trucks had no numbers or names upon them; by ,thiefi they could be idetatitied. - • k• Mr. Alderman WOOD *aid, that one griat cum of the ob. struetion in the streets was the practice of ?loving reit;ilaci.. ney•coachea on the stands than were attthoria^d'in he there br Act of Parliament. 'Here the conversation ended.; Mr. Deputy Rotyru presented a petition 11 . 6ril * Flr. Ralph Lindsay, oomplaining that he had been improperly remov eu from the situation of Deputy Bailiff' of the Fv.)rough of South wark. The worthy Deputy, then moved the following R,eival:A • " Ist, That 'the* said petition h , e referred to the Cote t tninter for General Purposes to examine and report ttlereon. , . -. " 2dly, That inasmuch is Air. Ralph I.indsayls appoint. .ment to the office of Deputy Rai:l,ft' of the Irorough'of t'Autb.. mirk received the sanction or this Court under their common Seal., - on the 13th of Feb. 1818; which has never, 01;10 20 0 ';A i voiced. dui Court canuot, in the presentlst= Of 'OE Profeel• inn, recognize 'any other Ivrson as Deputy 134fe g a tk. '' t '' rough of Southwark. .. md Resolutions were agreed to. . • t • : .I, :in A co,. The. Court was then occupied at considitidle Itogf s 0 . 11 ,„,„ cussion on a Report. of the egrOrnittie of City I;ar, 1 ne ,, ing a standing in Billingagate.market. rl'heßrl o 7_7f e t in E . :* tivtd an a division by a majority of 21; the - 13 ?"1i" . 1 . k. 1 .,,,,_.:; &. 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