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STH OF OCrOBER mom TMil, of the Old State Lottery O ffi ces, • 4, .oornhill, and . 9," Charing-Cross, respectfully re minds his best Friends, the Public, that in the Present Lottery there will he NO SUSPENSE, as every Number will be-decided on the sth October, on which day FOUR. £40,000 Prizes rung be drawn, and the Sum of 1:200,000 all distri buted ; and notwithstanding the number :11111 :111101111t of th r Capital Prizes, there are absolutely NO BLANKS, as every Ticket will receive £s, and Shares in proportion. - DISH has now a selection of Numbers on Sale, at his old and fortunate Offices, 4 Cornbill, and 9, - Charing Cross, where Three £.10,000, Prizes were shated and sold in the Last Lottery, viz. 5,g91 in 10 Shansi. .£10,200 14,618 in I I Shares £10,500 19,414 s Whole Ticket Besides others of .3C1,000, £5OO, Bcc,ticc. , :Share; All which were distributed throughout, various parts of the Kingdom by Aic,nts. * * *lt should he recallucted, that the Act under the sanc tion of which the present Lottery is to be drawn, is the last that will be introduced to Parliament, and that when the year's Lotteries are drawn, the system will be entirely dig cuntiuuesl. 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Mr. MERR TWEATIIE it opened the pleadinga and • • • Mr. Serjcant PE LL stated the plainti ff's case to the jury, and observed, that the case they had that day to try was one of a most disgusting description, and would require all their atten tion -tO enable them duly to appreciate the condtict pf the de fendant on the record ; for he had destroyed the litipoiness ora young man entering into life, by taking from hint the wife of his bosom, who had been always most all'ectionately inclined towards her husband, in which the Wily arts of the adulterer had succeeded in causing her to forget the itacred and 'solemn duty of a wife. The Jury would find as curious a case developed In , the present instance as ever appeared in a Court of Justice. Actions of this description differed in their character; and le thought the Jury wouldafrree with him in thinking that theitese now before them was as singular and aggravated .a one ever brought under the consideration of a Jury. The coo difficulties attending it, that required the application of all - their judgment in the consideration of the various Circumstances con nected with it. Ile would assert, that there never .wasa Ca , sq! that denianded a calmer and more deliberate attention,,, , ii that called more loudly for large d a ma ges from the defendant, for an injury that he could never redress, and which theconduct of the plaintiff towards his wife ought h i t have protected hint against. The plaintiff was a young man of the age of 24, earr}:- ing on the business of a land surveyor and clothier at Frome, this county, and the defendant was a gentleman . of fortune; he would say of considerable fortune, for his property, if he were rightlz informed, amounted to between 40 and 60,000/. His age was 21. Mr. Porter married in the year 1822, in the month of June. There had been a courtship between Mr. anti, Mrs. Porter of a year and a half. When the acquaintance com menced Mrs. Porter was between 18 and 19, and was the daugh ter of a most respectabletlirmer named Yeoman, who, with ,Mrs. Porter, had six or seven children, all brought up well in every moral and domestic duty, and calculated to he an ornament to society, and a comfort to those with whom they were connected. Up to the period of this . unhappy transaction the conduct of the plaintiffs wife had been free trout blame—indeed, it had been exemplary; it was truly without reproach. Porter, soon after his marriage, connected himself w i t h t h e d e f en d ant, by taking a house of him, in which he (Jone s ) was to have ap artments ._ After he was married, for the first 6 months he lived with his Wife's father, 31r. Yeoman. He afterwards removed to a house near Frame, at Kaford Terrace, the defendant having a house to let at Lower Kaford. The plaintiff ultimately took it, and Jones himself lived at Rutford, about fiften or sixteen miles from Frome; but considering it necessary (having large pro. party there) to live occasionally near Frome, it was agreed that he should have apartments in his own house that had been taken by the plaintiff at Lower Kaford, for which he was to pay 20/. per annum. Alterations Were accordingly made to keep Jones's apartments separate from Porter's. 'rite house had a ground,floor, a bedroom floor, and one room over it.—. There was one general door to enter at ; on the left of the ground-room floor was the defendant's parlour, and to the room above, where he slept, he passed by a separate staircase to the one used by the plaintiff's family. There was a passage to the right on the defendant's staircase that led to the plaintiff's kitchen.— Porter's parlour was on the right of the passage leading from the out door, and on the left was plaintiff's kitchen, and there the staircase was leading to the defendant's bed-room. The door at the top of this staircase was locked in consequence of Mr. Jones's lodging at Porter's, and a person wishing to come from Jone's bed-room to Porter's bed-room must come down stairs through the door of communication, which, as he had stated, was at the time to wittrli he referred kept locked. Over the bed-room floor, as he had stated, there was a servants' room, in which on one occasion two of Jones's servants slept. Porter's servants consisted of a man named Slade and his wife, who would be called that day before them; they slept in an out house, to which the house did not communicate. A factory was at the back of this out-house, and on that account it was neces. sary to have a person sleep there for its protection. Porter took possession of this house about Michaelmas 1823; Jones only slept one night in the house between Michaelmas and the 19th October. On 19th Oct. Porter was obliged to go to London on business; when he went to town the defendant was not at Lower Kaford. Porter thought his wife would go to her father's during his absence, or have a Miss Smith, who would be call ett before them to-day, to stay with her. In point of fact, she did go to her father's for three or four days, but she returned, and met Jones at Lower Kaford. The Jury will perceive that during Porter's absence Jones crime, anti found that he was front home. He then brought his two servants; and in this part of the case he wished to state, that lie did not feel , justified in making observations that might naturally serve his case ; but, if his friend did not ask the questions to which he alluded, his Lordship would allowany of them to ask such -questions as might tend to elucidate evidence. Jones, on. the 27th October, came to Lower Kaford, and found that Porter was gone to London. On the 2d of November he came again, and brought two servants; one of whom he sent away on.the. 6th, and • the other on the 7th. He was observed looking at the house, and keys of the doori that were kept locked, on - the Bth of Novem ber. On the morning of the 9th, Mrs. :Slade came • into • the house to light the fire, and prepare breakfast, front the house where her and her hustand slept, and went first into the defend= ant's sitting room. He ought to have stated, that on the pn. ceding night the defendant seemed anxious to get Mrs. Slade to bed. When she got to the house the next morning, and was in the defendant's sitting room, she heard a noise in the pas sage, like a person walking without shoes ; and immediately after saw Jones, with only his shirt on, in Porter's part of the house. He then said t o M rs . Slade—" Pray don't mention you have seen this." When she next saw him he was dressed.— He again asked her not to mention the circumstance. He spoke this slightly, that he might not injure Jones's case.— He did not mention it with that view, and he only ;lanced at it, lest it should not be proved. Mrs. Slade afterwards went into Mrs. Porter's bed-mom, who was in bed, and on seeing Mrs. Slade, she lad her head under the bed clothes, and seemed confused. Mrs. Slade afterwards exa mined the door, and found the staple forded. Airs. Slade and her husband afterwards had a communication, and it would appear that Mr. Jones had offered them both money. —lle believed that he should also prove expressions had been used on the part of the defendant hat whatever the nature of the came might be, could not be justified, for they were the taunts of opulence over poverty, andetilded oppression to injury ; for the defendant spoke of not cart% for what had happened, as he had more money than Porter. tie would assert before the Gentlemen of the Jury and his Lordship, any allusion to pro. perty tinder such circumstances was sdding oppression to insult. On the 18th of November the *WO returned from London, and on the '2Bth January following the comm un i cat i on of his wife's infidelity was announced to him. None had been made to him befOre. Neither Slade nor, his wife had mentioned it. Whether it was good or bad feeling was not tbr him to s a y. The communication was first made to Porter's brother, and be did not know how to act. lie threw out hints before .Mrs. Porter, and ultimately he believed that Or wife informed the husband herself of the disgrace that had taken place. Mrs. Porter re. rosined two days afterwards in the house, sleeping in a separate bed from her husband. She was now under her father's protec. tion. It might be that Slade and his wife might come to com. mit gross perjury to-day, but he thottght the Jury would re quire more evidence on the other side man they would have be. fore they would 'Come to that conelesion. If they thought the crime had been perpetrated, then came the question of the ' damages : and here he could not but express his satisfaction that Mr. and Mrs. Porter had no family ; but the Jury would consider that an affectionate wife has been tome from an indulgent husband, and that would be heard to day from members of the fa mily, who would declare what sort of man 3lr. I'. was, anti how kind and affectionate towards him was Mrs. P. It was impossi 'he to believe 'that Mrs. Porter's mind has not been corrupted before her body ; and if it was not done by a long course of persuasion, so much deeper was the injury, for it spewed the defendant had determined to gratify his passion the tiro. time •he saw Airs. Porter. It was unpoesible to know if the crime had been committed before Bth November; but he thought no one could venture to break in upon the sanctuary of a mar. riage.bed without knowing the state of the woman's mind. Probably the unhappy female's mind was in a state of uncer tainty as to the course she should pursue when the destroyer broke open her door; but this he had good reason to know, Airs. Porter's affections continued in favour of her husband after her fall. After Porter knew the fact, what could he do ? this. He had heard reports that is beamed Friend might f li m e m m h u i s s t wif e . eitile a l i l l u o m w o j u e r alo ss u 'a s s y F t l o hr bi ag t Il a fi l li t t lis in co a mf c o o r u t nt or ry rite entleavoor to embody into proof; but he thought it would be a disadvantageous course for him to itursue, without he could beyond all doubt spew Mrs. Porter a woman of abandoned habits, and plaintiff's conduct unbecoming in a married man. lie might attempt that course, but he warped his Friend that It would be a dangerous one. The damages were laid high. They were as high as 5,000/., ant! It was for the Jury to say, whether they would give the whole or what part of the damages to the plaintiff but, in adverting to the damages, he mould not avoid again reminding them of the property of the defen dant. The come was in their hands, strip he had no doubt they would let justly bed,• parties, estemined by Mr. MERRY WEATHER _ww. present when di my r sister wit Married to the I p r iate la tih r e t . er ie r. hem , Deter, on e oh of June, lti2:!. My.twoltisterJand • other branches of m f roily were present. My sister was Air: Porter had been Y pa a yi - Hs addrClview tonlyesieter aboula year and a hale. Air. Porter inns about Mr., and' Mrs. rorter, after their marriage, at first dived . with nay f a ther. My father - lo w nine children: -In lialf Is year, Alr. Porter th d l e il nv a c elnas nt i t . o , K l a 8 f 7 1 3. H 1 Terr e a t c h e en li n e .e l i i r v t ed to th e re tineLatly.t 11el hitothy4x:e. live en togetherrllrs. Porter been in n ta the . sm habit .le ioftismeee past wi ingAir. n a te n r d , hlssnys rversince they have been married. They ?11 r. Poeteetante!to ruv father's ho use with Alias Smith. ('rocs-examined by 31 r : A believe Porter was in the brisitiess'before he m arr i ed . He was once clerk to an attorney. Ile Was in no business when he married. The house Porter first went to was six miles frost my father's. Mr. Robert Lee sworn--I have visited the plaintiff' at Kaford Terrace, and always thought he and his wife lived comfortably together. Attire end of l as t year , they removed to Lower lie fo'rCdr.ess‘-le7xlineiliii first by k n A e l vi r. t e ' . ort F er . e 't u ri n t * .t a a3 s i tl i— rve gr r ier has been something in the surveying and Something in the clothing way . Mr. 'Joseph French sworn--I know Mr. Porte r . l am hi s . foreman, and have been so fifteen months. He lived, when first I knew hiM, at Kaford Terrace; he then went to Lower. Kaford. He had formerly been a clerk to Mr. Wickham, the attorney. 1 have frequently seen Air. anti Mrs. Porter to. };ether; they appeared very happy. In October Air. Porter went to London. I sent him several pieces of cloth to London. Ile stayed three weeks and three or four days in town. Ile re turned on the 13th November. He brought his wife a very handsome gown-piece and shawl. Porter rents his house of Mr. Jones. Before Porter took possession of the house there was a door-way that communicated between one set of rooms and another stopped up. There was a staircase that commu nicated between the different rooms above stairs. Airs. Porter is a very comely woman. ,Hiss Elizabeth Smith sworn—l know Mr. Porter and his wife; I am the sister of Mrs. Porter by the mother's side ; I had not been staying with them. The witness was told she ' might withdraw for the present. Mr. John Lawson sworn-1 am a clothier in London, and first saw Mr. Porter on the 27th or 20th of October last in Cateaton-street ; I had transactions with him ; 1 did not see him in London after the Bth November. Susan Slade sworn—l am a married woman ;my husband and myself went to live with Mr. Porter last Michaelmas; there was an apprentice boy beside; Mr. Porter's house was divided, and there was no communication between Mr. Jones's and Mr. Porter's sleeping rooms; my husband and I slept in an outhouse t I know Mr. Jones t I first saw him on the Bth Of October; I waited on him ; he stayed then one night ; he came again on the 27tia; he stayed till the 30th ; he returned the Ist or 2d of November, and brought a footman and boy ; Mr. Porter went to London,. on the 10th of October; tlrs. Porter did not go; she went to her father's for two or three days; I first saw Miss Smith on the 16th of January; Mr. Jones returned to the house on the Ist or 2tl November; when Mr. Jones returned on the Ist or 2d of November Mrs. Porter was at home; she had then returned from her father's; on the 27th October she was not at home; Mr. Jones then asked me where Porter's people were ? I said he was in London and away on wife at her father's ; one of Mr. Jones's servant s w ent on the Gth November, and the other on the 7th. The man went away first, and the boy on the 7th. I know the door that leads from the passage to the kitchen t it is kept locked. The other door that leads to Mr. Porter's stair-case is also kept locked. When they are locked all communications are cut off between the two parts of the house. On the 7th November Mrs. Porter stayed up after me. I went to bed about ten. She was in the parlour. I went to bed through the kitchen. I saw Alr. Jones in his parlour just before! went to bed. Th e next morn . ing I came down at half-past five. flat myself in by the back door, the key of which I had. I first went into Mt. Jones's par lour, the 'door of which was open. I lighted the fire there, and then I heard some person coming without shoes from Mrs. Potter's room, along the passage to her staircase. It was then quite light. Mr. Jones came down Mr. Porter's stairs and opened the passage door. He then had only his shirt on, with out stockin gs or n i g h t es p. He ran by me up his o wn sta i rcase When he got up stairs, he exiled me. He said, " Slade, Slade, Slade, come up." He was then only in his shirt. Ile got me by the arm 'and said, " Don't say a word, you must keep your own counsel." I told him I should not. He then said "it is done, and cannot be helped.—Jt wax not the woman's fault, it was all my own." The boy went in the afternoon of the 7th. .tones said, " I broke open her room door and took the keys Yesterday on purpose, and I sent away my boy George on pur pose that he might not know." Mr. Jones's servants had slept in a room over their master's. My husband was then in the stable. Defendant said again,. It you will keep your counsel I'll m a k e yo u r fortune--I'll make your fortune, lit-Glod."! I came down stairs, and then went into Airs. 1 - t.rter'srooni. Ste was in bed. My, attention w a s di r e cte d to. the soa k of the door. The catch .where the lock went was broken 'ont, - and 'the wood In the screw: The door was ill looked, and I unlOckedit. The bed appeared very much tumbled.. Mrs. Pones appearance was very sorry. I went into her ro om a second tiMe, She Called me. When I lett Mrs. Porter's room the first time, I. went into defendant's parlour. He was drew.' lag. His bed had not been slept In. I Was going to get his breakfast, but he said, " I shall take no breakfast to-day." He then went into her bed-room. He then clime to my room door, and said. " Now, Slade, you must keep your counsel, it is not her fault ; her husband was away and shed id not know where he was." I said, " Not know where he was ? lam certain she does. It is no reason for her to. be great with another man, whilst her husband is away for a week or two." lie said, " No, I don't know that there was ; but 'it was my fault; broke open her door upop her'.and took the keys from the kit ellen door on purpase." I said, " if Porter knew it, he would . kill his wife, and ruin you." He skid, " Pooh ! all abo u t that • that I don't mind a straw : 1 have more money than him, I have plenty . otmoue,y." ,Then he seemed angry with use, and turned himself, and went into the stable. Neither of the keys of the communicating doors were in on the 9th of November. Mr. Jones went away about seven,. and +lid not return for three, weeks. When I found the doors opened, I called my husband, before I lighted Jones's fire; for I thought the house had been robbed. My husband went with Jones, to carry something for hi m t o th e Wheatsheaf. I called my husband before I heard the noise over head. I re. member my master returning froth London on the 13th Nov. t:bp, l nTro t .t i tt id not tell my master any thing that had passed during his absence; I did not communicate it to him till ho l t,i ti o l hm e3l : l2 e N : o rl r g. „ 0 : Sli vo i c e e i ti r y l u j e ta n e i ; u a nt r i 3 l ; t : e t Y: r s r; ; : d. f i elr n ererct e l i i n ltei t ets i at n :r i ltw t . a lahi t yc i i o nti n : — .,l7 ; ,3,; k xlr o tti o n ! worh A othe l tirin r : . l3;oo l T a in. m ltath e ewe s r husband about three clays after the 28th January; I remember Miss Smith coming to the house abo ut th e I f i th January. My master and his wife lived very happy together before he went to London. .acnotusbienfortoe they l!e pla Cr in os tiff s- rl am do i n n f ed t k b n y ow M l r v . he l i n lier 3 t r l — rey i a k m ept a a fi r se s r t s . Came to Lower Kaford ; Mr. Jones lived at Porter's about 15 weeks before Michaelmas = Jones has a great deal of property about Frome ' • the doors were l oc k e d up b e f ore Michaelmas; Mrs. Porter his one own sister, and I know of two hall.sisters. In Mr. Porter's part of the boom there are two bed.rooms, dressing-room, and garret; Porter has two sisters ; when I first came into the house, on the Oth of November, it was not quite light;' the first time he told me to keep counsel was ill his bz.d. room; the nez time was near the factory, at my room door; and 1 kept my own counsel till the 28th January. By the CounT-1 made a communication to Mr, Porter's brother James on the 28th January ; 1 kept my own counsel till then ; I never, to any one, ma d e a Communication on the subject but to James Porter, on or before the2Bth January. Robert Slade examined by Mr. M cuRYWEATHER-1 am the husband of the last witness; I was partly employed by Mr. Porter anti partly by Mr. Jones; before Porter went to Lower Kaford I was employed by Jones; Porter went to bower Kaford at Michaelmas 1823 ; it was Mr. Jones's house; I was cm ployed by Jones as a labourer ; Mr. Porter Went to London on the 19th October; on the 9th October Jones was at Lower Kaford, and stopped one night; Jones returned on the n7iii Oc tober, and went on the 30th ; then Mrs. Porter WAS absent from home • she was away three or four days ; Jones came again, I believe, on the 2d of November, and stayed till the fith ; he came again before my master returned from Lon. don; I and toy wife sleep in a back kitchen joining Porter's premises; Jones had a g room and a boy withlum ; he seat one away on the 6th, and t he other on the 7th of Nevetriber; know their persons, but I have nut seen them here during the Assizes; I and my wife got up on thatliNoxcittlier, abonitalf. past fist; in consequence of snmettfing my''ttife told rise in the stable, where I first went after getting up, I went. into the house; 1 saw the desk open, and saw the front passage door open. The parlOur door of defendant Was open. The front house door was locked, and the key inside. The door in the kitchen leading to Porter's bed-room was open. After that I went to the stable. At about a quarter past Nix o'clock I saw defendant in the stable. Ile remained about ten minutes. Be fore Jones came to me in the stable I had spoken to my wife for two or three minutes. That was about ten minutes after I had observed the doors. It was after the conversation with my wife that Jones came to me, and said, " About this concern, Slade, you must keep your counsel."—l said, " I don't know, Sir, about that." He said, " You must,' and I will make you a handsome prement." He then said, " Your wife has been talking of one thing or another.; if Porter should know it he would kill his wife and ruin me. About myself I 'don't care a straw; I stole the keys from the kitchen door, and broke her door in upon her. If he uses his wife ill I'll take her away from him ; I've more money than him. You keep your counsel and I'll make you a handsome present." Jones then ordered his horse, and went away about seven. I know the Wheat Sheaf at Frome.— I took is mat-case there for him. 1 was absent about half an hour. I first went into my own kitchen, and then into Mrs. Porter's parlour. • She wax lying with her head on the table, crying. Inconsequence of something she said to me. I exa mined her bed-room door, the lock of which was off', and a screw in It. I think it'must have been forced off, becauss there was wood on the screw. I then returned to Mrs. Porter's par. lour. Mr. Porter returned from London on the 13th Novem ber. In January I saw defendant at the Wheat Sheaf. lie sent for me by his groom, who had been in the house at Ka ford. 1 believe it was the same man, but lam not certain. When I went to Jones he said, " Oh S Slade, I want you." He was then in the yard ; he said, " Follow me," and then " I suppose you know this afftir is foundwent up ti b ta et i w rs z lid between Mrs. Porter and you." He said he did not, and asked,who it was that had told of It. I said, " Mrs. Por sa, ter did some of it." He said, " That cannot be, for there is " It MUM be your wife." He had promised to make her a pre not a woman in the world would have told of it." He said, sent, and if he had done so, she would not have' told. Mrs. Porter left het husband's house on the same day I had the con versation with 'Jones. On the 29th January I communicated to Mr. Porter the transaction between Mr. Jones and Mrs. Porter. ' I never said any thing to him before. On the 16th March Mr. Nicholls Jones, 'and I believe. Mr. Messiter, came to Lower Kaford, and ordered dinner, which we did not get for them. Porter was then from home. Cross.exan►ined by Mr. WlLLtasis.-31r. Porter lies two or three sisters. I have spoken to Porter often in December and January. Mrs. Porter has several sisters. I took no notice of the lock, but I pushed back the catch. Jones made me a re mise of an uncommon handsome present. Miss Elizabeth Smith recalled-1 went to Mr. Porter'►► house On the 18th of January•. On the 29th 1 heard sonuithing un. pleasant had happened; before that time I remember walk. ing out with Mrs. Porter. I think it was in the same week the ltith was in that we walked our. We met Mr. Jones in Upper kaford, about a quarter of a mile from the house. He wished Mrs. Porter good morning, and went away. Mr. James Porter came to the house on the 28th of January. Before supper, James Porter said something which caused Mts. Porter to blush Very much. She took some. supper, but did not eat it. I slept in a room near Mr. and Mrs. Porter's, both on the 28th and 29th of January. On the 30th of January. Mrs. Porter slept with me. On the 31st, Mrs. Porter went to her brother's, where she has been since that time. I hsve seen Mrs.: Porter since she has•been at her brother's. James Porter sworn—l am a brother of the plaintiff. I know Susan Slade. I remember seeing her about the 28th or 29th of January. She then made a communication to me.. I was at my brother's house.at supper, on the day I had spoken to Susan Slade. I said something loud enough fur all in company t hear, anti Mrs. Porter blushed very much. Cross-examined—l did not make a comunication to my brother the next day, , 111 r. Serjeant PEX.I, said that was his case. Mr. ADAM rose on the part of the defendant, and after an able address, called the following witnesses:— John Ilitscock—l live at Prome. lam a clothier there; in May, 1823, 1 was at Porter's house. I was taking bread and cheese and radishes with him. Some time before Porter had been in London ; his wife was in the room.—(The witness then stated a most profligate expression of the plaintiff in the presence of his wife with reference to his visit to London ; his wife only laughed at Cross.exammed by Mr. Serjeant PEtt—l have been in dif ficulties often. I was about 18 months since a bankrupt- I had a niisword with plaintiff about a year ago. I said if I came here I would speak the truth; I never said I would stick to Porter; I can't NM any notion when I got my certificate; I never ran away from my wife ; 1 went to London on bust 'nem, and she came after me; there was a girl went along with me on the same coach ;, her name Ras Mobledon; she had ~/'y . MEDICAL. SCHOOL OF GUY'S HOSPITAL. THE' AUTUMNAL 'COURSE of LEC x. TURES will Commence on MONDAY, the 4th of 0C- Tom, •vik. PRACTICE of MEDICINE, by Dr. CHOLMELEY and Br. BRIGHT. CHEMISTRY, by Mr. ALLEN, Mr. AMIN, and Dr. 80. 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Particulars may be learnt from Mr. Stocker, Apothecary to Guy's Hospital, aho is empowered to receive entrance Money front Pupils, fur any of these Lec tares. NORTHERN MUSICAL FESTIVAL. 4 GRAND MUSICAL FESTIVA I. for the 41 Counties of Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle. tTon.Tyne, will b e h o ld en in Newcastle, In the FIRST WEEK of OCTOBER NEXT, under the Patronage of The D uke of P ort l and The Right lion. Thos. Wal.. Duke of Northumberla nd lace, M.P. the Marquis of 11 ' The very Rev. the Dean and The Marquis of Lon donderry the Rev. the Chapter Of The Earl of Carlisle ~.t h ee I . l .a ar r ! of o S, FarhoMugh Durham Sir J. E. Swinburne, Bart. 4 1 1 e ;; , _ 1• 1 1 ,f. lankerville Sir C. M. L. Monck, Bart. Sir C. Loraine, Bart. The t 11.1 :)ifTyrconnellW. Ridle, Bart. M.P. The ( I n t l e n v t . M.P. I l i o il r e gt Barrington Sir H. St. Paul, Bart. ALP V iscount K e lh urne Sir A; -Don, Bart. M.P. Sir C. Sharp Th.!, lion. and 'tight Rev. the - Sir T. Burdon ~i shop of Durham ' Sir R. S. hawks The Right Rev. the Bishop of C. J. Brandling; Esq. M.P. St. Dvid's T. W. Beaumont, El i M. I'. Lord Ravensworth The Venerable 11. G. ouyer, The Rev. Lo r d 1) • ~l e ecies Archdeacon of Northunf ber.. 4 , Bon W. K. Barrington, land High Sheriff for the County Colonel O'Callaghan, M.P. of Durhaf C. Ellison, Esq. /II,P. lid*. Collinngwood, Sheriff Esq. High J . G. Lamhton , Esq. M.P. for the County of The Recorder of Newcastle No rthumberland • The Sheriff of Newcastle The Right Worshipful the W. Ord, Esq M.P. Mayor of Newcastle . 'rhe Venerable It. Prosser, The lion, Captain Cochrane, Archdeacon of Durham 11. N. J. Raine, Esq. M.P. The Hon. 11. T. Liddell W. Russell, Esq. M.P. 'The Festival will commence on the Evening of 'Tuesday, October the sth ; and a Fifth of the Monies arising from the Performances during the Festival at icholaS' Church and at - the Th eatre, will be appropriated St. N to several of the Charitable Institutions for the indigent Sick in the above nam. IA Counties. ile Principal . Voc.tix. P— *rel., v 3Aladin:le Catilaili t ' • Mrs, Salmon, i ...lis 'Stephens, attt. Bedford, and Si yra Ronzi de Begnis. v 4, ~he Principal Ir.re'r itustm ,!°utl-....111r. Mort, Leader, colon cellos--Messes. Lindley , and Lindley , Jun. 1 1 • i r f lu te-11 , 1r. Mc to son, °r ng---INless ea . Peter Pe _ Irides and Joseph Petrides, 1-;,l,arinetMr. Willman, ume—lllr. Centroni,_ Ir. THOMPSON, Organist preside at the Or The remainder of ..the Instrumental Ban d wi ll consist of P er. f ormers of known Professional Talent.—The Cu on u s will be Pii'ttcts:NT and Ftn.r.. The -Whole of the Performances l 'lqer the Direction of Sir GEORGE SmanT, as Conductor. It Selection of Sacred Music from the Works of the most celebrated Composers will be given at St. Nicholas' Church on the Mornings of Wednesday the Pith, and Thursday the 7th, ti l , ( l , the Messiah, with Mozart ' s. Accompaniment*, on the aMorning of Friday the fith of October. 4 Concert will take place at the Theatre, on eack'of the flings of 'Tuesday the sth , Wednesday the 6th, and Friday the f Octobet, theOn the Evening of Thursda y the 7th, there will be a Ball at Assembly Roems. Single Tickets of Admission for the Church, twelve Shillings. animaet of Tickets TRANSFERABLE .for the three Perform. placeat the Church, one Pound ten Shillings. ... R.—Admission to the Church and Theatre will take hY Tick Theatre lett4 only. tuke t , i i y — .-oltea and Shah,...._ e I.tole I to fifteen sistsilofult ieltUrthilT TEL: " MANA' The Right 'Wntr tioned Get • .111ayor of New castle the The Rev. the Vicar of N ew . castle Branching E q R. Bell, 'lad, 8 -. • Waloydatiq•' • ' . ' J. Buddle,•Es-; ' J. J. Buiman ( I.'l, P. Bulman, 111.1)(1.. 1. Cranilington, Esq. 11 ` G. Clarke, Esq. g , „. Cockerill, Esq, Rev J. Collinson, Rector of' Qateshead ~:,• C ookson, Esq. • •••••• utile, E sq . Ili D avidson, Es ev • . Ekins, Rector of Mot'. Ptah Itranutus already engaged Mr. 13raitarn Air. Sapio, Mr. Bedford, Mr. Phillip.s, and Signor de Begnia. 4 TAL PERFOII3I gall are:— Bassoon—Air. Mackintosh, Trumpot—Mr. Harper, Trombone—Mr. Mariotti, Double Bass—Messrs. Drago. netti and Anfossi, Corn° 13assetto-Mr. Davies, Double Drum—Mr. Jenkin. son. of St. Nicholas's Church, will telve Shillings; and for a place ings.—Gallery,Shillin siX ,G4MENT for the Festiva l ntlenien : W. Errington, Esq. T. Fenwick ' Esq. G. T. Fox, Esq. - Rev. 11. 1 Griffith, Lecturer of St. Nicholas • Sir R. S. Hawks D. Hawks, Esq. Captain times, R.N. .1. Lamb, Esq. Rev. H. G. Liddell, Rector of lioldon J. L. Loraine, Esq. J. Murray, E. Rev. J. S. Ogle, Prebendary of Durham G. Shadforth, Esq, B. Sorsbie ' Esq. Rev. C; Thorp, Rector of Ryton. RY Order of the Committee W die of Management for the Musi ca l F est i va l , THOMAS SMALL, S ecretary. y RoomsAssembl Newcastle=upon.'ryne, tri, A ugust the 13th, 1824. Tiunit Register Book will be opened at the shop of Mr. N a - In e_l tationer, Mosley -street, for the reception of the thr , es of Persons who may have Furnished Lodgings to Let m r "4l the Festival ; and Families in the Country applying to then;every : lunb let by Letter POST PAID, will receive, concerning requisite inflorrnation. 8"- lillicTUßEs CURE!) By AN INTERNAL MEDICINE. By This Day was publistted, "I "/ and Wilson, Princes-street, Soho, and Sold by all Booksellers, PItrAC:PIeCTZZIO;dI34Ii*VAHTIVNio4s„.STRIC detern,-.1411E. and other DISEASES of the URETF-Ift4, ein e VIE an effectual Mode of Cure by an Internal Medi iiiiry "Ild,Proving the application of instruments unneces- Ca;4.014 !centrally productive of injury. Illustrateil p hy ittie illattihde itectinOrigin, Symptoms, and freatmunt of is , By WILLIAM RENOtI, • Member 6 of the Royal College of Surgeons, London. 0. e ttio r ru the difficulty of the Cheru'ical Process in the Comp . tilt ° ° I nit,ltemedv (the effecti of which are described in p rese ct,vs containo 111 the w wk). i t cannot he dispens e d by Po; 11 : 1 1 1 1 " 1, or in the usual course of business. residi ng e Reco mmodation of the Faculty at! d . o f persons p 4tk t abroad or in the country. the Medicine is rld in " of CI 2 s. each, by Mr.Giffurd, Chemist,' 104, Strand. • I;+\. ~ ~~ PRICE SEVENPIWGIZ. been a servant at a public-house in Frome ; ' the coach stopped at the Bolt-in -Tun; I. stayed there four or five days bef4re my wife came ; I stayed There some days after; I have lived with my wife Since; James Lee examined--I am a clothier; and live at .Kaford ; I know Isaac Porter; I knew him when he was at Mr. Wick. ham's I I saw him last year in London at the Hell, in Noble,: Street, Cheupaide ; I was there froth the 234 September to the. 6th October; I have been there. since I .retvnitnerided the house to Porter; We dined there together one dal at dinner, Porter lau g h e d and joked, And asked m e t o go to Stew:ll:lane veldt him ; he said he had been at a hattee thereat a girls' rout :I' he said he knew one of the girls there; he and I went to thitil house in Seacoal+l3fie ; we orilisair the Iteeper of the house, art old woman about seventy. CiOtte•examiped—l am a; dingle man. fly the COURT—.I knew the old woman was the keeper . at, the hotisc, because she told me so. ;John Kreirie ewttrn—i lire at rtbme; am a Clerk to M r. s ' Wickham, the attorney. I know the plaintiff • he was writer at Mr. Wickh am 's alai afterwards at Mr. Alexander's in Loudon, end then at another office there. In IRV he tame to Fmme, and issued earls as a land.surteyor. lie Married. in 1821. I have often been !It his hotsse hate , seen her weeping more than once, tiviee, or thrice. Within two or three years he has been a great frequenter of public houses. I have often heard Porter use very low, obscure, and beastly expressions, with regard to his connexions, with other women in London and elsewhere iu die preSerice of his wife. Mts. Porter has remained in the room, and has not seemed die.; pleased. I have heard him sing song of a particular descrip. tion before his wife; I have heard bun sing those songs on a Sabbath-day, when I" was In the street, loud enough for me to bear. On Toestlay s ,2lith -April, I sa t e .John Miles, of M. Wickham 's office, Porter, his Wife, and • my Wife toffether Miles's was not there, she was ill. Miles and I went to Vortex's to leave a coat. "lived on Kaford Terrace,.Seren doors abov e. Porter's. Porter wa s n ot at h ome. Miles then %vent with rile' to my house till nine o'clock; we then went out and met. plaintiff. Porter asked us to go home with him and take some cider. Africa refused, saying hie wife WA 111. Fie then asked us to go to the Unicorn, where he said rite had •beera playing skittles all the evening. We at last : went, to Porter's and supped; a ft e r supper my wif e came in, just as pipes and cider, were introdeeed. Porter then risked' me how ninny children my brother Harry had, and asked me, bow many f had got ? Ile then turned to Itils , and said, "Here is Miles, who_ has been married so many years, and ha s ' got n one , and I am m iu the sante predicaent" - Miles said to Po rter , " Y ou have., not been married long enough, there is no time lost for you yet." Porter said, " Suppos e you and I change - wives, ]Hiles ? I then related a'story of two brothers in porgettshire marrying two sisters, and neither of them having children; they agreed' to change wives. At the end of .the twelve months.they each hail issue, and 'the women would not go back to their lewful ! husbands. Porter then took up hie hat, and salt he would go'. to Alilee's wife; but hi turned round, and said, "Oh ! let us have it in writing ;" and lie went into his office and brought the paper. Miles said there was no ocraiim for writing, Pot ter •••" Damn it, are you jealous ; ca nl you take a jok e ?"' Miles old he could take a joke; and if i t was so meant he• would write something. Miles wrote something that Porter did not like, and which he tore. lie then put a piece of paper before Miles, and told hint to write to his wife, " admit the bearer to your heti ;" to which Miles, of his own accord, adc! . . .eel, "if agree a bl e ." P orter t h en tan k up his hat, and sai d , "I am now off." lie went away, hut returned and said to me and my wife, " You had better go home, and then Jere' (pointing to his wife) and Mr. Miles iney Au to oat:ether." Porter then left the house. In eonmequenee of what had, passed between Miles anti myself, I went to look for Porter outside the door, supposing' he was only carrying on a joke to plague his wife, but he was that at the door. in about half an hour Porter came back rubbing up his hair, and apparently out of-breat, saying he 'htid been" t o b e d to Mrs. billets. On my say ing i t w as all nonsense, he omit, " be if I have nine" and pointed to his coat, which was covered with lint. We tom . him it was all lies, and in a few minutes .we parted. Miles came to me next morning and made a coin• plaint to me. As soon as Miles left me I sent fur the plaintiff.- and asked him how he could serve Miles's wife as he had done ? she was ill, anti lie had done a very serious injury to her. He said, "damn it, I always like to have my larks out, and would serve any other man's wife the same," and that he had Aliles's authority so doing.. I told him it was only intend. etl for ajoke, and it was shameful conduct ; and added, sup. pose Miles had served your wile sa ? He said " Mlles was I a damned fool for not doing so , as h e went away on purpose. " asked to see the paper, but he said he would keep it to produce against Miles if he should do any thing about v% that passed the' night before. Alrs. Miles was very LI at the lime. tross-examined—l have been married nine years, and have four girls; the child who was with my wife and meat Poyer's was seven years old at the time; she was asleep when this con• versation took place; I cannot recollecii the month; I heard, him sing the infsmous song on the Sunday nigh'; others nuts' have heard it as well us myself; it was in the first year that he was married. , John Miles, clerk to Mr. Wickham, recapitulated the who; • of the facts detailed by }Crease. When I went home received a complaint front my wife; I saw Portcr, a few day! after iett From e.in srket ;The spoke to me, and I gave him a slap in the face. Mrs:Sarah Mites sworn—l am the wife of the last witness we nave been xnarried four years last Christmas.; Linow Par. ter; I remember, in April 1823, late at night. he came to our. house; I was in bed in a state of illness; it was between nine and ten ; he opened the front door, and said, " halloo, Mrs. Miles:" he said, " You don't know who I am." I said, "It endeavoured to t G o farce — lt i n n i y a o el u f r intogrea great mouth, f l a f t is Porter." He came through the house, upstairs, and opined my bedroom door. Ile said, he tvassent there to go to'hed to s d inc o ree ; a osr d y houe in t: t na n d it al way for; screamed as loud as I could, and p theil ut the door to go was not m y h us b an d , I down, he as k e d he attempted to go out; 1 had a ligh t i n t h e room, waitinA foe b l i s i r t heh whe h n e l go h t ea t r o d me to strike a light, for he would n ot b e a b le to ' find his wav' niy light hu s hatband ; b out. down stairs'; 1 said, I did not care_, and I hoped h e wou ld bfeliklix neck down stairs ; h e was forcing his way into bed to me for 20 minutes ; I was much worse afterwards; and I hive never been well since. Crowexamined—l am 28 years of age ; I hail seen Porter once .before; toy lituthand has hot .prosecuted this man for the injury I have stained ; my husband is 23 years old. John Nicholls sworn-=I ant bailiff to Mr. Jones.; mime time in Ma, 1823, Porter a p p li e d f or the workshop and iteuse at Kaforu; he said he could not pay the rent without he could get a lodger ; such a lodger as the ‘ 4 Squire," to make the r i en , c come easy; he said he thought if he had tire squire be we 11 . 1 cuckold him ; Porter offerettliis wife as aervant, Mr. JON,* ongoing to the house declined that Mar. John AI ilea recalled—By the Coon T—My wife did T r o t r eta ue, to bed before I came home; I never had ;he door left 1r Open but that night ; . there was no light in resit s when my wife ' * I have . not prosecuted Porter for w hat n when I got home; ix.... , curred t h at evening; I consulted an attorney, and the result . was I refused to prosecute ; Porter's wife saw the paper I WrOtit to my wife. , William Stiles Allwood—l know . Porter, arid rememb et Bias's wife being unwell ; Mn. s Blasts Forum's sister;' he was told his sister was 111.-IThe witness here related an obscen e expression of the plaintiff; on hearing this fact, in ptesen ct o f his wife.] • Cross..exarnined— ,l hate had a quarrel with Porter last May, dark it ore into the house , b ut Wag A.O He threatened to pi . 1 tei _ evi: r lin a matter improper ly. nothing. I thong-in lie li . Mr. Sergeant t.,/, .1. replied or plaintiff' at considerable length, and r. Baron (7 ARROW having summed up, The Jury retired from their box. They were absent upwards of an hour; when they catne into'Court they returned a verdict for the plaintift—Da • wages One Farthin g . This case excited immense interest in the county of Somerse3. The trial lasted front eight in the morning till seven in the ever , _ lna, and the Court way crowded to suffocation the whole of the time. PoisomiNG.—Jean Bard was lately tried at Riont, for poisoning . his wife a n d c hil dren. He was a peasant and hod dissipsted.hts property. Fired at the just reproaches of his wife, he resolved to get rid of her, and accordingly put' poison into n soup, which he gave to his wife and children. There sic , some difficulty in proving the cri me , though airwoman/ tfi' only person who di e d f rom taking the ' poison Last she had b een p o i soned by her husband.. Seven of the Jury were of opinion t h at h e was guilty, and Are that he wasutno celt. 'lite Judg es were o f the same opinion ,as the anklonlY of declsied to tine the Jury; and Hard wits sentenced to be exopcuted. Against this sentence he npreAleti, and the final resultu not,yet known.