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to thit. The scoge immediately began, and several , bloNs were exchlnged, Mr. Haigh still sitting down. He saw Mr. Haigh make a blow with the, candlestick, which m a d e a deep hole in Mr. Whal ley's hand. , The second blow must have split his skull, had it taken place, as it made a deep indention in a mahogany tabk 'Upon which it lit. He *aw . Mr. Whalley take up the poker, but did not see , him strike With it. The rest of his testimony in no respell opposed that of the first Witness. Mr. ALLEY addressed the Court and Jury upon .the evidence before them, and made a very warm and feeling appeal upon the gross, wanton, and flagitioui injury that had been sustained by his Client. ••• '7l"he Chairman observed, that the eloquence of the Counsel had in this case served but to puzzle 'and Perplex a case, of itself the most concise and simple that could be. He then shortly recapitulated the circumstances of, the evidence, and Said, the only Point for the Jury to consider was, whether or not they believed the - testimony of Mr. Haigh, which stood wholly uncontraditled. The Jury, without hesitatiod, returned their Vet., 'IVA Guilty. Mr. Haigh relinquished his adion for damages, and the Court sentenced Mr. Whalley to a fine of sol. Several Chamhtrs in New Inn have been broken open and robbed of property, amounting to con siderable sums, in the course' of last week, in the middle of the day. • IitaI t. IOO . O VOILSTREET.---Yesterdav Mr. Wit : liana Pearce,' the person in custody, for firing at and Shootin g at Wi lliam Cobb, a butcher in Npry 1e bianne,street was. brough t u p f or re-e xamination, when Mr.leteowLys, as Counsel for the Prisoner, - very ingeniously attempted to prOve the want of 'malice in this transatlion, from which he con tended that there was no authority that intitied the Magistrate to commit, under the Black Att.,— the Magistrates were o f op i n i on, that from the 114 rute of the evidence adduced, there was sufficient rounds to cnmmit him, fully to take his trial ‘‘ for Malicinusly shooting at, with intent to kill," which ~ is a capital offence under the ad .commonly called the Black Ad. Mr. Pearce was committed to New. gate,—,Misti lohnson, the ther.amie of Pearce, was committed to the New Prison, for want of sureties, • at emit Cobb is pronounced out of danger, of which eVent there is little reason as yet to entertain much ltpe, as the jaw.bone is considerably fraftured, and a part of it has been taken away. ' • taesday Thoma s Johnso n , a G ent l eman ' s coach rna 'I, was charged before Mr. Ki teNAt RD , t h e Si t- .. ting Magistrate at Marlborough -stree t Office, with e xtreme and wanton cruelty to one of his master's . coackhorses ; in the course of the exercise of which bathaity, he gave the poo r , but fitse anim a l, so vio lent ablow with a large stick, a; to break the gristle of its nose, from which and the other severe Strokes he had so brutally given, the hOrse was not ktpefted to live. Mr. KIN/lAIRD reprobated, in the strongest terms, the savage conduti. of the Pri. loner, and as an example to others, ordered him to be confined to three months hard labour in the Muse of COrredion, UN tow.l-141.L.—Yesterday Scraggs, e two l'ilayers, the men who are in custody on suspicion of s "g elmcerned in the murder_ of Mathews, the IJUtivich Fhrtnit, underwent •ii long private exa. rnin ation, and were again remanded for a further cx'rnindtion, when we understand it is supposed sortie tnaterial evidence will be brought forward to .orroborate the circumstances already known of this teliuman transaainn• - . A y • flung n Lady aP of the name of WALSTEINt has with cbare great d inSti Dubli both i n C omedy and Opera, : cCess. __ great number of designs hive been exhibited illPsris for the Medal which is to be struck in booms; of the Peace of Amiens. , :4ee A L nY s RE n x No, the I tern of Switzerland, before tnek an aetiee' part in defcece of his Country, pi:lmade up his mind to every' 'sinister event, t.g asked by. the French Minister to repair to is) he nobly answcred—ii No — never,.except in Cual t • l6. ., .• e n Tu ,1 fo, e . ~. ;.ay last, about eleven o'clock in the 1 0 ,1 4c ,`,)A,as ", James Bolton, map.painter by trade, 'I a t - Ntr Reel Lion -street, Holborn, an inde,4 s :l.',. ' !$* :hil d • ..Y ; •Yoting man, with a wife and four t,e ,ren; whom he maintained in a decent and ditable. manner, was employed irsr his business,' 1.).. hest , 7 ttng some preparatton they make use of, It unfortunately boiled . over. In exerting them• the to extingui s h tee Rattles, which threatened , c h clime, the husband, wife, and all the chil. ..4.rep were Most dreadfully burnt ; the youngest Child, lying in the cradle, it took are, and the "r infant was literally toasted alive. The bus.. right hand and Sly are almost burnt off; :and here are little hopes of his surviving J . the wife and ovtiltleorlethurne;o'crlttildren are shockingly burnt ; and the onate family Inew's Hospital, havin b i ate now in St. Bartholo 'tlOthec, fi l -,_, g), y t )is.accident; lust their ii t • t his . worldn.iture) and every comfort they Pouf" iOn 'fiuy.l last ,„ - --Lay , Sir CHARLES DAVERS, Bart. iiushbrotik, in going up to the side of a horse in i i ,• Fable the animal took fright, and kicked at . )112 several times with great violence, by feeeived a s e vere blow na hich he ere on the stomach, but we are ,PPY to Bear that he was not materially injured, s s now in a state of recovery. • we S ure tittle since, two genteel.looking young men, t .,' ,l ' Ptetetided to have been Merchants, and about t;') establiah a verp extensive concern, opened , a munting-hons in h e neighbourhood of Camomile. a t Eishopsgate, and Iminedhitelygave an order . ur 4 lay quantity of goods and furniture to some I . l : 4 4!strien .m. Moorfi.elds,. who sent. them in .but alp -' 4Pornino after, on inquiry, they /wind the *l - nll6 ' Inflows shut up, and the young Merchants de it kepe ...-- tt • with their booty, to . a very considerable ti.teteurtt. ' The following is an afriling instance of itmortaly If en .„ ,•, . If .' u rrillY. Mr. Henry, Ratcliffe, innkeeper, of 4slingden in Lancashire, had four children's the old e ' f 'r) (about eight years of age) was buried on ... 0 .: ,„_.**4l-nas day last, and on the Mondayliollowing, "*Writlin int three died-within -a few hours of each 6 ther, ' , ID YrSTPRDAV the Sessions commenceti at this place, before the City Officers, the Chief Ilaron 1,1 the Exchequer; Mr. Justice RoOKE, Unti.Mr% Justice lAwßtlsrce. .George Dtston was indi&ed for stealinl a Coat Of the value of 38s. the property of John Somers and. John Prosier, privately in their shop. ' . It appeared in Evidence, that on. the zzd of De cember -last, two boys ..came to the Prosecutors' shop and-asked, " if they had a waistcoat like that which one of them had en ?" and they said " they believed they,had not, but would look." They staid between four and five minutes, dUri'it which they kept the door open, and stood so between them and the door, that they could not. see it : as they ware going out they said " they wouldgive him no far. ther trouble," and just as they had gone- out a con stable brought the prisoner into the shop with the coat in question; which he had upon his arm; and lie took-him - On 'suspicion. The coat was proved to be the property of the Prosecutors, it was made by them for a Gentleman who was a customer of theirs, and had been put by in the &hop for the purpose of being sent home to that Gentleman. - - • The constable, George Dora/dron, proved that he apprehended the Prisoner in the Strand, near ,the Pro secutors' door, on snspicion, from the manner he carried the coat, that he had stolen it, and the rea. son why he did not stop two boys who came out of the shop, as theTroseeutorsdescribed, was, that he thought they were coming, out in. pursuit of the thief. There was no doubt that the coat was stolen while the boys were talking to.theProsecutors about a waistcoat, for they had seen it. in the.shop a minute before, but they did nut see the Prisoner in the shop, • Mr. Justice ROOKE told the Jury, that this was an indilment for' a capital offence, upon a Statute of King WILLIAM, which enaded, " that if any one shall steal privately in *a shop or warehouse, 'to the value of five shillings, such personAuill s'uffJr death;" but the construaion which the Court had. put upon .that Statute: was this, that at the time,of the steal ing, the goods must be in the shop pr sale ; now as this coat was bespoke and made up for .1 Gentle. man, and was put by in the shop, and-kept fcir until a time should come when it might beconve. nient to send it home, the .article 'stolen could not be said to be in the shop, fOr sale, and theiefure the case•do not come within the meaning of that Sta. tute, lso that the Prisoner was entitled to an acquit. tal of the capital part of the charge. Two Witnesses, gave the Prisoner a good cha raacr, said he had been for, many years to sea, and was looking out fur a birth, and that in the mean time he was supported by •his father, who . was a Gentleman's servant. - • Guilty of stealing, but 'hot privately in the shop. Catherine Martin was imilined fur stealing 1 z Penny-pieces of copper,' three Bank-Notes of the value of tot._ 51. and 21. and two pieces' of paper, the one a Memorandum, the other a. Check upon a Banker for 61. Bd.. the property of Charles Cross, in his dwelling-house. Mrs. Mary Ann Lross,• the Prosecutor's wife`, said, that her husband's house is - No; 14, - - Chaste- pher..street, Finsbury-square, in the Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, where'they keep a s chool.--- On the Bth of Dec. last, between eleven'and twelve at night, she put the BankdNoies above stated, to. gether with the Check upon the Banker, and a pri vate Memorandum.paper into a pocket- book, and left . it in a,desk in the study On the following 'morning about. nine .o'clock, she missed the contents of the book, and also twelve Penny-pieces she had left on the desk in the study ; that as her own ser vants were not well; she. had hired the Prisoner .o. a Chai r- woman, and s she had slept in the house one night : she suspeded the PriSoner, and insisted on searching her, which she did as .well -as she could, but not being used to any thing of that sort, she could not do it effectually--she foinid nothing ; she was not satisfied with her search, and, therefore sent, for the Beadle,. who being buy about.:sornething else, did not come until the afternoon, tinit'in the mean time, - the Prisoner was allowed - to go . about the house to scour the rooms, 3ce. :Who the: Bea, die came, he insisted on' searching her, Which, she resisted as much as she could, insulting, that all the children in the school-room should he searched first : the Beadle searched her and found the two pieces of paper, the Memorandum, and the Banker's Check for 61. Bd. in the Prisoner's possessiorfe-rMrs. Cross .swore to both the paint's. . James Black, the Beadle, gave an account of his searching the. Prisoner she was very unwilling to submit to it, insisted. that all the scholars in clic' school - should be' - searched tirst—but he said he .would search her first ; he found down her bosom these two paperi;the Memorandum and the Check, but nothing else except three Penny-pieces. Before, he searched her, he asked' her, Whether she had any papers about her ? She denied that she had any. The Prisoner said in her defence, That she picked up the , two pieces of paper on the stairs as she came down, and put them in her bosorn;'-ivith intent to give them to her Mistress, and that she told the Beadle so before he . searched her.—This the :Beadle , denied. • Mr. justice LAWRENCE said, that this was an Inditment for a capital offence, and the only ques. tions were, Whether, from the circumstances of the ease, of the property being put into a pocket.hook, and left in this desk between eleven and twelve at night* *and missed at, nine the following horning . ; and two pieces of paper, the Memoundurn and the. Check, which were put up with the three Bank. Notes, being found in the bosom of the Prisoner, after she denied having them, and resisting search Whether, after she had been ineffectually Se b irchtd, and going about the house for Several haucs'before the. Beadle came, she might not have digitised of the'Notes, and whether the Jury were satisfied that she stole the Notes, as well as the Check and Me.- morancluto. Guilty, Death--aged 29. .70b17 Williams _was charged wit', capital of. fence, in kloniously stealing in the dwelling- Ise lie I Will VIM four il. 13 4 .: ng- ::lilt! notes, cne tali guin - ea,' - a'seven rhillit g anti COI it crown, oithe 24. th of August lest, hip fltert 11)% The vrincipat Wirnevi against the Pri4onct ,was Mrs. Oarloid,the Prosecutor's wile. From het statement it appeare:l, that, OR the above men. titmeti day, the Prisoner 'came to theii- house (4 public one, in the vicinity of. Smithfield), in a chaise cart, accompanied by a person he called his man. She had nerf,r s:en the Prisoner before. He mer Mr. Girland'and a friend of his, a Clerk to their Distiller, viii; ova:. The Prisoner &puke. to the latter, and see:nett well acquainted with him. He said,. he cline there to pay and to receive money; 'that' he had . a little to receive from Mr. Potts, a neighbour of his, the . Distiller's Clerk._ Prisoner and lais companion then descended from the *cut ; they had, in the first instance, some ale, brandy and water, and peppermint. The son he called hi, inan, Mit. G. (the Witness) said was a shabby to :king man ; they desired to go into the back-parl, , ur, and to have some "paper brOught ; — the Prison, r said. he had a bill or two to make Qin :7 -one . rartienlarly for Mr..Potrs. They had also sonic ruin -.oat water 'to drink ; the Pri soner told the Witness he had • a favour to ask of hercould she change him a tot. or it 151. note ? She said she had just parted with all her money 'to their Distiller's Clerk, 'but she should see What-she could'do—he believed she had . some small Otto* left. On this, she Went up stairs, and btought doWn the money laid in the indidment, which would have changed a 51. note. This she laid upon the table ; the Prisoner said' it was of no u4e, he wanted change of at least a tol. note : he would, hoWevet, see it the 51. of cash would do ; he then went out, saying he would be back in five. Minutes, which the interval it would take just to go to and re;- . turn fruit Mr. Potts's.' He returned in about that time, 'begged to see Mrs. Garland, and asked her, envhatieally, what money she could let him ha% e? 'She repeated, the five pounds, already proffered, was the utmost: on which she laid it on the table—the Prisoner said he would . take it,. and try - what it would do, and return again - in five minutes. 'He immediately swept the money off the table, pocket. cd it, and . Went au ay ; but "returned no more.— The 'man teMained. Ina kW minutes, thisper3o however, Uegaii to aft. He told Mrs. G. that his master Would want some refreshment when he return ed. Had they any ham ?--No. Any salmon'?--His master was very fond of it ; nano in -tht!bouse, but probably it could be got in the neighbourhood, 'and Mrs. Garland Said she would 'send the maid for it ; this was a trouble the man said he could tot !Milli. of giving, he would go for it hinitelt ; 'on which ,he took a basun aril said he would fetch it im mediately. He then went our, burretUrned no more. ----- Smith, the Officer, was the only othdr Wit. nets. In consequence of some information he re.. ecive.d, he took the Prisoner in a pi blic.hou,e. On being apprelintied, the Pri4nner_said he had bor. rowed a 31. Note from the Prosecutrix, antl lie would rcturn U. Proseeutrix was questioned not only by the . 1:i-i,oncr' Counsel, but by the Court, respcaing ,the impression, under - which, she gave the troney to the p ilsoo er. Whether as change for a 51, Note, which .she immediately expeaeti to get from hefriencr, or whether she It3Li lent to him, expdling him . duly to return it as at: hon e st man ? ": • To which she replied, she had no :idea o ncOing 'it, nor would she have let him take,the money, . 1 :it he had not ran off at once with it. In his Defence,: the Prisoner entered into a ;very. ci r cumstantial :11arrative in the course of which, ,he said, 'he:Went:to- the.how,e .imeompany with a friend ; he had bought a:cart in the neighbourhood, and wanted some cash to.pay_for it. He applied to the Landlady-for the change of a tol. or a .1 51. Note; not being .able that, he, begged to know he- cnuld' snake. a .ItielA 'of her,: if ;she would lend...him, the money she produced as Mart of the change fir seven or eight -minutes, What , he. said, was as true, he observed, as God Almighty in ,Heaven ;.'but he would,ldave the issue.to , twelve 'respeEtable Gentlemen-men of feeling and charac. ter. The affair, he,iseemed to say,- originated -in. ''pique, as be had -seen- a young,. many there, :with. whom he had played a game of cards for a belly of tripe, and quarrelled, 4c.„ ; The Loan CHIEF BARON, who tried the case, observed, in. his. charge to the Jury, that the etipital part of the indictment - WaS.ollt Or the question t— stealing -in the dwelling-house, as the property: taken by the Prisoner was not .of that-deserip. tion, .which i in the-estiMation of the Law; was proteCted by the dwilling-howie:. the question 'of grand larceny remained.; and,- incleciding that,they, would have .to -consider, whether the Prosecutrix had let the Prisoner have :the' money in the way of change - , and in expectation of immediately receiving a-note to that amount ; or- whether it was given as a loan ;. as,: in such case, , though it would be a very. foolish-one, considering she never saw the Prisoner betbre, the proceeding would rot be a larceny'. • After having the evidence (to the above effect) recapitulated to them, by his Lordship, the Jury. found-the Prisoner Gui4y-orstealing, hut not pri, This Prisoner was tried it pon a second Indielment: for knowingly, designedly, and feloniously obtain. jog from 'John Verrey, under false pretences, the sine 'of sl, his property with - intent4).cheat and , defraud him, •-ois was in most of its important circumstances, simibq to the receding case,, and was shortly dis. posed , of. 'he Prosecutor was a Publi:an near Westminster inatket ' • otci the Prisoner, in the lan, guar ; of the Loan CHI Er 13Attorr, by-a train of artifices, got the Prosecutor to produce the mancy in que,tion, which he t , :ok: out* his,hand and ran off with it. As,to the other parts of the case, they were in a similar predielment e. lilt the former ,one. I,he ~ury- i intnedittiely found t! :e Prisoner Guilty. F rom List lately made, pursuant to the At o PArliament, aprars, there are n, l t less than 65 Cotton and Woollen.Mills ani F.s;:tories in I'vlan. chester,. which employ 8 ,475 MAICI and Fmale's weekly ; and it is to be ob , servcd, that this ILit is only taken, where there are 20 w uktnen or upwards coployid, and three or mutt' , apprentices. iiICH COUAT OF JUSTICIARY, (dot:timid frota our Paper ohesterday ) john Ewing, merchant in Aberdeen, has resided in Aberdeen for a great number of years,, and saw fewer peofile on the streets on the 4th of June last, than is comiton on such occasions ; he saw several boys diverting themselves in die usual way ; that lie saw a number of the Military drawn up in Castle. street, and a Gentleman informed him they were loaded with bullets ; that afterwards they fired, and one man fell, and then another; that there was a crowd of people, chiefly boys, and' they were throw. ing things atone another; after he went home, he received a letter from the Magistrates, desiring his attendance at .the` Tow n.house, as they apprehemied some disturbanCe. Robert GIB, merchant inAberdeen, was in the - 10%6i-hall on the 4.th of June; from that he went to Gordoti's Inn, from a window of which he say, Capt.'nictionagh quarrelling with a parcel of boys; that • Capt.'MaCcionogh and Mr. Lanigan had - both their 'swords' drawii; Mr. Lanigan said that Capt. Macdonogh and he had been insulted ; and'the ness' answered, if he could point them out, they would be punished next day; that Witnesi advised' him .to send for a Magistrate, but 'he said he would not ; at that time the Soldiers were come from the barracks, and were drawn, up ; that the. Witness asked Mr: Lanigan if they Were to fire ? and he an. Swercd they were not. Lieut. Brown, and others, much blaMed the Officers, and said they would ruin the Regiment, and that the men would coo what' they were bid, but they would be answeiable ; the U. ficers were Capt: Macdonogh and Ensign Lanigan ; that they agreed to return the men to the hate if some of the Townsmen would stand between the mob and the Soldiers ; that then the SOldiers ‘vbetl ed, upon which the people huzzaed, and some, stones were said to be, thrown, but the Witness saw none ; that then there was an order given to front and charge ; that they accordingly turned, and the wit. mess and 11 . 12 people with him ccide.tyoured to stop them; they stopped two Scrjcants, bui'boc of them said he would be at the Rebels, and 'then Went for, ward with ateir bayonets, when the Witness run off ; he pointed out one of the Se • rjeants, Mackay, at the bar, Who was the one who took Inld of him ; he cannot say; 'which` of them it was who said they • would he at the Rebels; the Witness was of opinion, that the intention of the Serjeants who came before the Soldiers when they turned, wits to lead them on, and not to prevent them; that after lie run down the streets, the :Soldiers gut nearly opposite to the GlCird-hoUsei and had'fired o ! and the Witness endeavoured to get into a - - close,. - hot ccui ,not ; tit that time he heard the word, Fire, but did not know by whom ; he then run:across the at rect i and sereen_ ed himselt behind the Cross, when he heard a second fire, and SAW hose George WiCeriiie, 'merehant;Abeideen, eft Townmail About a quarter past eight; arid going to die . Castle.bill, he passed through 'Castle.st tee; ; that the street *was ontohimcinlY quiet fri , ' r the occasion ; that passlng the GuisidehouSe,.he thntight there wbald 'be some disturbance from the number of Biers walking about ; that he crossed Castle -street,. and came opposite thee New Inn Windows, Where'' he. saw the - Soldiera drawn up e Cipt. Macdonegh came to the''Creild - and m ide a IoW boW, and his con. - dusti seemed' he Soliciting proteetion from them that h'e was soon afterwards in the crowd, and the. Witness lost sight of ;he thinks the Military were a lititblarther up 'on 'the street at thk time, and they strotkalad with a blade 'Coat ; a few tuL. , . Mites after this there were'a good many flying shots; . but such of 'nieces as he ,discerned lvere all point. eel high ; the Sehliees then retired towards the hare . ricks ;' that he sites, Mr. Gibb come from the Seppo, site side of. the street ; but he.. saw an Meer with' ' his' sword. drawn, `who 'appeared to be an-,duty ;• that same Gentleman 'begged hiM to use 'his 'ender_ voars to cause the men to retire to the,barrackse but' ° • they 'Weaned to be but little ander' his to,ntroul ; the Witness said;:if he would march ofd' his men, he and some (Abet - Gentlemen would 'endeavour to keep off the mob ; that he then gave the word of Coin_ mand'io face to the 'right, and when sOnse of them •g - at near the ,barracks,..,ome person thresV a stone and a number buzzaed ; that immediately she men turned round, and - some running d own t e e s t r e et instantly commeeeed an irregular flee ; that going down the streets he was encirCled be the Military, and used every argument to epacify them e that' shortly 'after this there was •a 'cry Among the' Sol. biers that some 'ofeheTowriss.people were murder. ing thciz-oflicers ; that he saw a Serjennt with seven or eight men; drawn up in froet of the others bring deired to lank at the Serjeants atehe liar, the Witoes, aid, whatever opinion he may have; it is not sufficiently grounded to warraet hi m i n sa yi ng, any of these is the man; the Wi tness asked, pine what he was about; he answeredoainn the Rebels let us have e at them ; that immatately after this, lieeinst the Men run. down to the end of the street ; that when they were opposite to the East corner of the New Inn they 'made 'a halt, and TAO; on their firing, he saw a man drop, and thought from 'the dusk, he was dressed in green, a Rifleman's tarsi. form ; that he continued among , the men fur some little time, endeavouring to pacify them ; ther :iftet thi's the men stationed in the other end of the street came dawn along with the Magistrates; and went • off to the barracks ; that th e Provost desired Cold. net 'Mackenzie not to allow any of his men LO out Of the barracks that night. Alexander Cooper, Serjeant in:vthst.ollfeiguittnee.ntal Foot, was in` Aberdeen on the there were a number of people on the street; that he' sawiSerjeant Sutherland walking with a woman,. whom the boys, abused by throwing dirt at; that the Serjeant interfered and defended himself with his sword for some time, and afterwards got aw e y ; the sword was not drawn, and the Witne t s h e e t ies t t i ercecet: he could not, get it draW n ; that he Saw C o l one l Mackenzie and Capt a i n M ac d onugh and saw the crowd batter them up with dirt ; that Captain Maedinoe t h timed rimod, and as k e d „1„ ; :offence he had given them, that no Soldi er c„,,walk thG • without ec i s s . s of ulteAdbleiyidetleie6 toronw arejtaidicirnegmedtany being i t . Legg the. Commanding 91licer of a Regimen; toVtilich I k of h