The Sun. — London, England, 1806-08-16 00:00:00

T Rl,l L jOHN DOEKE ROMNEY ROYELET, FOR '• FORGERY. • • The following case, which wited uncommon in= -torest, throughout the county of Somerset, came on at Wells, last Tuesday, ixlfore Baron TfiomrsoN : John ,Dbeke &mite y, alias Rovetet, was indiated' for having feloniously and knowingly forged a cer, tain Exchaqige, dated Grenada, toth of NO venther, 1804, for 4201. sterling, payable at nine months sight, to the order of George Willey, ,Esq. and drawn by and Co. on Messrs. Child and Co. in London,- with the forged acceptance of 2.`iessrs. Child-and. Co. on the face thereof, with in tent to.defraud Mary. Simeon. • Alr..BuwitouGH efitered into the details of the easy, which were afterwards substantiated 'by the; e‘it ice. George, the-Younger, eletk to the AiLiyor of stated, that the Bill in question was delivered to him by the Mayor of Bath, and that he had ever since kept the Bill in his - own cuStoq: Mrs. Mary Simeon, dealer in laces, at Bath,' was next called, and was proceeding to.giVe her eViance,. when Mr. JEKYLL,' Counsel for the Prisoner, sub ,nntted a legal objection. to the Court.: He observed ,a difference. between the bill itself, and the bill as set•tbrth'in the indi&rnent. The words to which 'he alkided were Willis and, C. in the bill, whereas in the indidment they were set forth Willis and Co. After some discussion, Baron THOIOSON and the Jury, agreeing that there appeared no essential dif ference, as the letter o, could be distinguished, the obj... , dion was over-ruled. Mrs. Simeon deposed, that in April, 1805, she lived at Bath ; the Prisoner at the -Bar came to her house on or about the 16th of March ? 1805 • hav ing loOked at several articles in which she dealt, he bought a fan, paid for it, and said he should biing his wife with him in the afternoon. "He according ly did so, and brought Elizabeth Barnet as 14wife, --- Mrs. Romney;• he asked whether Mrs. Simeon had a Brussels veil of 150 guineas value ? 'The witness answered, she had not ; he. Ihen bOnght,two yards of laCe, at four guineas a ...yard; and went away. This happened on a Saturday. The Monday fol l Owing:. he ; came again, accompanied by his wife, fooked at - a lace cloak, at veils worth 25 guineas, acid osher.goods,.but did notbuy any. In the course of the weAlle . balled again, and proposed to the wit ness to purchase a quantity of goods, if she would take a bill of along date, accepted by Messrs. Child ana Co. Bankers in London ;, witness answered, she had no objection to 'take bill accepted. by such a hoUSe. Ile returned in two or three days, and-pur chased. ,articles to the Value of about MA. Whith, 'with other goods afterward's - bought, arid'with money. advanced by her,' made-the , Prisoner: her debtor to the amount of. mi. He bought an the arucles unaccompanied•by - his wife. In the month of between the 20th 'And 24th, the Prisoner • ,•.• propi.,..cipsying . for the ditierent articles, and lie brought,his wile to the house, when a meeting 'took place between them and the witness, and her brother, Mr. Du Hatnel. He said,." I ani going to - Loollai, and I should like to settle with you ; this is the bill I proposed to y•ou,to take; it is accepted by Child and Co. Bankers, in London ;" and turning - over the bill, he added, "the' indorser is as good as the ac ceptors, The bill was here produced, and proved by Mrs. Simeon to be the same - which the Prisoner gave to her in April, 1805. The Witness then took, the bill; and her brother, Mr. Du Hamel, paid to him for her 351. Which, with the articles 'previously bought, made the whole of the Prisoner's, debt to her 2991. He wrote before her on the bill - the name of John Rotting, as his name. He afterwards - Went to London by the mail. She sent the bill the next day to. Loudon. The conversation which pasSed between her and the Prisoner, in the - presence of her' brother and Elizabeth Barnet, was entirely in the French Jan ;page. 'He left.his wife at her 'house, *here she sltpt. While he was absent,--the Witness received intelligence from London - that the bill was aforgery, and she instantly wrote a letter to the Prisoner, in= forming him of it. He came to Bath, in consequence of the lettsr,, late on a Sunday night, and a meeting took place then at her house, petween him, his wife, herself, her brother, and her SoliCitor, Mr. L. of Bath. The;eonversatiOn then passed in English. Se veral questions were put to the Prisoner by herself and, Mr, Evil. Mr. Evill asked him whether"he had any. buSiness with W. A. Bailey, the, endorser, whirh induced him to take the bifl. He said Mr. Bailey ,had sold some sugar for him. She' asked .Fahey lived in-London : he replied, at some inn or. Co:li.house; the name of which .he.did not recol lect.. He was then asked in what Island or Islands M. Bailey's . property was situated; - he mentioned tlio or three Islands in the West Indies, but he did. no know in which of them Alr. Bailey's at that time was:* The PriSailer then ehquired where the Bill was, and being informed by the 'Witness that it was in London, he said she. niust write to 'get it back. She, lykwever, declared that such an application would be unavailing, and the Prisoner pressed her to go to• Londo- herself. She refused to go alone, and he entrealed -Mr. Evil!, to accompany .her, say ing that he would give Mr. Frill 201. to defray the er)ences of the journey, which he accordingly did. She set out at ten ol.clock that night, accompanied by Mr. and obtained the bill from Messrs.. S!!oper and Allen, in whose' custody it was, by pay inc, Three hundred guineas, which was all the money she then had at ler'banker's.. She brought the hill back to-Bath; having stopped brit one day in Lon don ; but the Prisoner was not at Bath when she:fe turned. He had left some property at .her house with his wife, who had removed from Sidney House, with his clothes, Bce. The bill remained alter this in Ler cutody about a twelveniontti, and -was given up to Mr. Evill by her brother. Mr. Doratit paid the whole amount. of the debt dun by the Prisonr, on the 6th of May, 1805 ; a few days after the Pri soner finally left Bath. - Upon thi cross-examination. of Mrs. Simeon, it appeared that she considered the - Prisoner and Eli zAbeth Barnet as•rran and Wife. It was not until May ti3o6 that, she appeared ,before qie Mayor of Bath, againsl the Prisoner, whorn`she kriew . to have been in the Fleet-prison., .Shefiid not go before the Magistrate at the solicitation of ,Mr, Dorant, nor did she avany time, nor 'on any 'account, receive any thonq from Durant but what was aaually and fair- ly due to her by the Prisoner. Mr. Du Hamel, brother of Mrs. Sitheon, corrobo rated all the princip.d faiits seated by his sister. .Mr. Whelan deposed, that he was a Clerk in the House of. Messrs. Child and Co. He had filled that situation for about nine: years, • and front his know-, ledge of the business he eras 'enabled to statetheir manner of accepting billt.• The House had no cor-' respondents :whatever at Grenada I,y the name of Willis .and Co. and . the!aaeptanc&Whii2h appeared' : on the face of the bill was not the adccptance of 'Messrs. Child and Co,. COliiya was next called, but his evidence was not material. Mr. LriE Evu.x., Solicitor for the prosecution, stated, that he bad sent the bill from Bath to his Agent in Loudon; for the purpose ofitS being de livered . to Mr. Dorant; • ' 'Elizabeth Barnet was next called.. She .deposed, that she became acquainted with the Prisoner in the 'month of September, 1864, when at Liverpool.— About athrtnight.after she first Saw him, she began to live with' him, and continued till the - 16th ,of June, 1805 : during all that period-she passed Under the name of Mrs. Romney, She left Liverpool in "the month of January, I 805, and cane to Lehdon with the.•Prisoper., They then took 'lodgings at Mr. Dorant's Hotel, in Albemarlestreet, - - The ac count he gave of himself to her was,7 that he was' a West Indian Planter, and that be had estates in Mars tinique and St. Kitt's, They remained bet Ween and months at Dorant's Hotel, during which- time they were not visited, - by any' body' except a' Mr. Hope, wham she remembered seeing with the:Pri soner. This Mr: Hope was not. represented to her as being .from Holland. She a'ceompanied Romney-to Bath, and; on their arrival - there, lodged at the White Hart Inn, for about albrtnight,,pre vlons to her lodging at Madame Simeon's. ' Sbon after their arrival at the White Hatt, she %,iertt alon4 with .the Prisoner to Madame Simeimi's, to look 'at some laces 'and a black cloak. 'None Of theSe tides, however, were purciased 'at that time by the Prisoner, they- being afterwards bought , when* she .was. not present. She 'heard the Prisoner''St'ite to 'lqad. Simeon, ,that: he issnuld'gwe her a bill of ex- Chamge,. accepted -ty..dhild and Co; df London. — She did not then see any bill in ins possession, hat saw him writing one three days afterwards, when he sent' the Witness for some:red-via, Shabrought• it to him, when he was still kAttiting - on-the same piece of paper, and he soon afterwards wrote thereon with the redink, and put it up into his pocketsbook with"- .btit saying any thing. The next day' he told her she must • go' and, Walk with him. to Madame Si meon's, as he svasgoing to pay her for some articles lie had-bought, which the Witness had_by that time got sent home to her,' She accordingly 'accompanied him to Madame Simeon's shop; where she saw that Lady, and her brother, a Mr. Du Hamel. A con versation then took place betwixt them, which•be ing entirely in French, she did not understand. She,' however,- saw a pane' rgiven by the Prisoner to Ma dame Simeon, which he took out of his pocket boOk. This was the same paper which she had for- Merly seen - him.writing, A good deal of conversas tion ensued - after the bill was put down, and she . then saw Romney put his name to it. The bill in question Was here shewn to the Witness, and she distinetly identified it as being the same one she had formetly seen the Prison& write upon with red ink, and After Wards indorse with -his:name:- Two or three days afterwards the Prisoner left Bath fOr Lon don, and the Witness remained at Madathe Si meon's. He returned on the Sunday night follow ing,' and remained at Madame. Sirneon's till'next day. She observed that he was then very much dis turbed, and she inquired the reason. The Prisoner answered, by saying, "'he must .be hanged." • He asked her to fetch him' his writing desk, which she did. He then. took out a large parcel of papers and burnt them. She had no opportunity of seeing wfiat' those papers were,. She asked him, "were the papers any harm ?" be said, yes, and that there was a paper which must not be seen.• further desired her-to go to such and such a trunk, and there she would find a Plate, which lie wished her to take thhe first' opportunity of throwing into the river. This Plate she found without any thing with it, - and she put it into her own truilk amongst her wearing - apparel.— He wrote her a letter afterwardsfrom Cilippenfiain, requesting her " to remember the risier."s(This'let- , ter not being produced, no interrogations were put. concerning it). - She had not an Opportunity of throwing this plate into the river,as She never went out but under Madame Simeon's proteEtion. , She never lived with the Prisoner after that day, the'dtli of June, 1805. She,. however, remembered visiting, him in the Fleet Prison. • She was soon afterwards arrested at Bath, at the Priseher's instance, for the. sum of 20,3201, and carried to Winchester jail; and afterwards removed to the King7s Bench. Site saw the Prisoner on this occasion, and again at -the Old Bailey, when be was examined as a•wittiess;against' her on her trial. He then chargedher with' having robbed him on the i Ith June, 1805; offortyguineas and a diamond-ring, when he was in the Fleet PriSbn. This charge was totally without foundation, 'as was also the alledged debt . of 20,301. -She never had any transaction in her life to which such a.charge' could refer.. She heard him also give lis, , eviderice at Westminster. Hall. • - • (Cros . s•exammed by IETr, JEKi'LL.) She deposed that her real name was . Elizabeth' Barnet. She is - the danghter ofa farmer ,in Shrop shire ; from whom she 'had liad a - plain.' educatiui She left her father when nineteen years of age, and went to Liverpool, where she lodged with a Mrs. Barns ; she lived in' Liverpool about nine or -ten months. After she had left off seeing Mr. Ro ve l e t in the Fleet, she lodged at a Mr. Vox's, in Henrietta= street; Covent-garden, for seven or eight weeks; Shenfterwards went to Berry-street. . To some additional interrogatories by Mr. BU4-; xouun, this witness fUrther deposed, that the Pri soner Romney sued out a writ against her for 12001.. exclusive of the sum before ,mentioned; This Was after she l'ad teased to visit him in prison; and had' gone to reside at heir father's, and it was also previous to thst arrest for 20,3201, already taken notice No demand vas made against her by the Prisener . , when she...visited-him-in gaol. • She is HOW aboUt to return to her fath&s, mid he knOws of her intention to do-so. She has three sWers ancl'a brother, who were all residing with her father when she' first' lett • home. When she was arrested for the 4 20,3201. - she was examined before the Mayor of Bath; What' she related concerning the bill in question, she most solemnly declared a was the perfe•truth. • .7 On the . intetTogatories 'of Mr. Baron THOMPSON, the - Learned juege, - this WitneSs added, that she. could read writing pretty well ; when she brought the red ink to th;Prisoner, she: remembered asking bhp what he had written, and be said he was draw ing on Child and Co. She .then observed to him, that what he had written with, the red ink looked very handsome, Made her perfeatly certain as to the bill produced on this trial, being the identical bill she - bad seen the Prisoner writing. 1\4.,R0m . ney at that time thought she could not-read writing; be was at that time teaching her to write his flatiie as he did, and she made Considerableprog - t:ess in imitati ng The bill upon whiph rote .. across With the red ink was printed ~(meanieg en graved) exactly asile one nth' produced. The IleXt day, When she saw the' bill given by, the Prisoner to Maclaine Simeon, she particularly:xemarked the.date upon it-being the same as that she had formerly • seen. • ' . . The Prisoner was on for his defence, and apparently witl cansiderable confidence and firm ness, eddressedtbe'POurt : •• Tire circumstances attending the Bill for Which be stood' charged, he could very well, explain -: about the mOnth of June; 'lBO3, a quantity:of coffee„-rum, - and sugar, the produce of. his estates. ; in the:West -Indies, were sold by his.agent, a ,Mr.M'Claurin, to a Gentleman of the name of Wm. „Anthony Bailey, : -for which he (i‘ir. Bailey), gave:a bill of exchange, , d-ratvn:-by the 'honse of Calvert Simpson, ofsSte I Chri'stophees; in the West Indies, - upon. the house of Bond and Proeter, - Ler:easier; at:six Month's date,. for 2181. t 6s. • BAI hes.:(ihe Prisoner) con sented- to take 'as. payment of the :produceesOlde and c'oining' to England upon ,business i he brpught, it with him. .Oh b2lngpresentd to the 'ho - use of.'llved and Pro6ter, acceptance. was refusN',... add it - was, t ht'irefore noted, and returned to his agent; in the \Vest 'lndies; in the year - who meet ing with- Mr. Bailey, at St.. Bartholornew's, 're ceived in--hen` . of the said - hill a bond f0r . ..3001. to ath .answer e damage arising from the expenses- of protesting, &c, as well as. the.:Originai sum. This bond was transmitted to him-by bis agent,. who ad- .vised, at the same time, that. Mr. Bailey; would be in 'England- intheend of September, 1804., and:that the transildion could be settled with himself. , On • Mr: Bailey's - arrival in L'ondOn, iii. Janue.:7y„ 1805, he (Romney) received a letter froM: him, addressed' to him: when• at intbraiing-'maim tef his readiness to iettle the busineSs.. .He (the PriSbner) accordingly waited on Mr Bailey at his lodgings, in - Craven -street, Strand, when he. offered him some other balm otexchange,draWn anctaccepted by other houses in England, which he (the Prisoner) did not objedt to, provided lie knoW. the a.cceptone Several' bills were their and:ameng others, the one in. .4uestion, f0r:4201, which he Consented-to take from him:aud" pay him the- difference, Which-, amounted to 1391. 75.• The bill W116:filC11 in dorsed by Mr. Bailey .to him, on his assurance that it was a good and .yalld draft .on Messrs. Child and Co, It leaving then 4boet seven or eight-months to rpn, it .becathe then in a Manner wless to him, as he could not get it discounted. Happening to be at -I.llth, fie offered it to Mrs. SiMeon, she having no o.bjeglion to take it in payment, of an account , run up o 1301. by theyoung woman whO had accom. , : panted him ,there. -Mrs. Simeon agreed to aceotint to him for t -proceeds. Haying oecasiOn'fo.go to- London upon his busineSs„ MrS. Simeon offered him the use•otj- an apartment for his trunks; &c. which lie gladly accepted of, 'and went off, leaving -the young woman under the care of. Mrs. Simeon. He was then lodging at Sydney House, and as lie did not think it safe to leave his effeas at a public hotel, he removed them to.,l\lrs. Sitheon's house, in the Grove, Bath, in, MI own carriage, and hy' his own-servants.' As he could not get a large Bank of-England note for 1001.'fbroke.- or .chanoed into 'small notes, he applied to Mrs. Simeon, Cho aceonmindated him Afith the loan of 301. in smallßank .of England notes, and at the same time be indoried the bill for" 42d1. tq that lady, in the presence "of het brother,',' who offered him more, Money in country bank=notes., , which ,he . - refused*, as .he only wanted ,So .lima as. to pay the expences of his lourney. to Lou-. don, After leaving ,his address with Mrs. Simeon, he.'was accompanied by her brother 'to the mail :Coach.- The addreSs he left was ." or at Harman' and Co'.s: Old Jewry." After being a, few hours in town, he was arrested at the suit i)f his Jeweller, 'Mr. Davis,' of Sackville-street, for a slam of nearly, 7001. Which he had refused 'to pip o w n. 2ccount of the greater part'of the charge being for. diamonds, sent,t6 him at Bath - against his positive 'orders.. Mr. -Dorant, the 'hotel keeper„ offered, unsolieited, to become his bail in , the glion,. so. That he w -vas releaSed from the lock-up hopse;. and went to Dorani's, where he. found a let ter 'from . Mrs. Simeon, apprising him of the blll being a' fo.,•ety, and : . requiring, hiS return to Bath,. or toadyise her what she was to do in the business.. 'He Was,then extremely ill of:a fever, created, by the agitation of having been arrested ; but notwithstand ing, his situation, he ~immediately set off to Bath,. after writing her an answer by the Mail two or three hours-after he had received he? letter. On seeing . Mrs.-Simeon • and her brother, .the.foraery becaine the subje& Of dismission. He avowed -he NiT3 then, ready to reclaim the hidorseitient, and lie tendered back to Mrs. Simeon the 301. or 351. which he had borrowed of her. She appeared to expect" that he .:"would lend her abOtit 43 . 01. which he resisted, .as 'he had not .so • much ;money about hhn. - He told., her SolicitOr, who was present, that he was perfeEtly ready to account for the bill having come into his. possession; and theiefore that ,he _had little to ap. , prehend .frorn any criminal-prosecution by,- Messrs.' Child and Co.. lie referred Mrs. Simeon and her brother to Mr. Hope; of Harley-street, and to Messrs. Harman and Co. of the Old Je‘yry, for his charaeter, be being personally known to them. He • had also recommended to Mrs. Simeon and !her Solicitor* 100 Make the necessary, inquiries respeelinm the bill.; and therefore wished them to go to .London, and had readily paid their eXpences. • • p, ri• sirocKs _ L LONDON : Printed by. It CHAR!) HARRIS . , of No,' 4,.Martirtf.court, Buw-str;et - and ribilsrtcd 13)'WILLiriftt Aitmtc.tß Scßires, [of Sodth.*Molson.stretr, Grosven4r-squarc At the SLTN.CIFOos, No. 1:!, Strand ; wbery Acivertisonents-Ottieri:for - the . Paper, Letters for Um &c. (051-paid6 must bc acitiressqd. i7RDAY. . I ndia.S tock, I tidia Bonds,. ts. is, dis. New Ann. I Exchequer Bills, par, is. dis, Oninium, G Imperial 3 per Ccat. 'Ditto Ann. • Cont., for 26 t h Aug. '6l; . 61-r1 • . To.THOMAS TAYLOR; Esq _ . . - • Sir, No. 9, New Bridge-street ; London.. • ' I.CONSIDER it but an a& of justice due-to the ' merits of 'your LEAKF.'s PATENT PI LLrS, tq com municate to, you the. following. Curelivhich has recently been , ; performed by them:— An, Acquaintance of minc by rne - breaking out of all • old Venrea,l.Compla'ait,t,atteiLled . byd ,iomplication f disorders arising theafrom . ), vas reduced-al.. most to,a skeleton;; and although• ii^ hod the best metriciir advice which could be obtained; and/tied a:va•rierk&of Patent , ' • Medicines, nothing could be procured which seen , ,ed to suit his case, or to do /inn any service : he teiriained in a. nrostre4l tiuced and pitiable- situation for'. t WO- years; tin mole to follow . his profession and.scareely able to walk or ,eVen to:Stand ust' 3 his legs ;' in fait no one who - knew•hlw ever supposed it po.e. sible for him tb reedver. He was advised at last to try ‘!our . Leake's did so, Adhering strittirto the diredirmS• given with them. Ile had,not• taken more- than two i.N.pxes be tore. he found an 'alteration for the better:. this encouraged •• -. him to proceecl,.,and by taking a tew boxes itiont lie found his -appetite anet,.strength - g . radually :return, and is ,nOw• as , health) and stout as any man .1 know, You - arr.welcdtrie, • Sir, to refer any person thine for a•conlirmatiori of the-aboV4' • 'account if it shntild-bedoubted. - • I am, Sir, your obedientlumble servant, • Library, Folksione. • THOS-.•.P I.IRbA Prepared and Sold by'the - S - 61e Proprietor, - ~ - Taos. TAYLOR, Member of the Royal 'College of Surgeons, London, at his 11.pusei•NQ 9, liJi(44e-street ;'. .• Where, after a constant residence of more than Forty Years; • in a pradice . particularly diretteit to the. Cure et Ven , .•, real Complaints, and those •incidental to the Parts of • Generation, in bath Sexes, Witn that inviolable .secrecy whicir Men of his Profession should always observe, he Hatters himself, the advice and assistance he gratuitol• r: Iy adipinisters to Persons taking this Medicine, will -le esteemed by adiscerning Public, as an advantage seldom to be obtaine4, and void"of ambiguity. Also sold,. by his Appointment; for the convenience of those living at a distance, at the Perfumer's, No. 35;--St. Al ' ban's-street, Pall Mall; the Toyshop, No. to;, Oxiind street ; Mr. Disborough's, No. 7, fish-street-hill; Mr. -. Baxter's, Sootli-bridge, ; Mr. M 4 tionald"s; Glas. • gow ; Mr.. CallwelVs, Dublui ; ,Mr. k3illing,e's, - Liverpool ; Mr. Atkinson's, Manchester ; and by one Person in Boxes considerable Town in Crcat Britain and Ireland, in of only as.. 9d. , each, sealed up with. fill) ani_i plain direc- • tionc; whereby persons of either sex mar cure themselves. with ease, speed, secrecy, and safety; .1,1. 13. Even , Brix sold - in (heat Britain is sealed s with a xtarrip, on winch, by favour Of the ;-:orninissioncrs, is at the Stainp-oflice,." T. Taylor N0..9, New Bridge, street," . tc imitate which is Felony, avid a ll others are court. Eel - fens. ' • The Prisoner then stated, as a proof of 'his inno cence, that he might, when in the.;rnles of_ the Fleet, have made his escape, • had. he beeilt'.qcnScious 'of any guilt" " Conclude - 4 his _defence by.Ylong detail of circumstances for the - purpose of sheaving - that the prosecution was founded in malice. The only. Witness called on the part of the, Pri soner was.-c -eorge -Fox tweared that Elizabeth nett bud lc at his house, in Hcm - i.?tta-street, ::00ventIGarite:ii,:abopt months; he'was a tailor and draper.' , - • - Baron MOMPEON: suintre.d up in a very able manner,,and..recapittziated, with' great minuteness, the whole of the 'evde,no. The - Jury having cot)sulted ror a few minute's, re turned a verdict jbrg-ipg Aci.ept..- unce,-and of aterin`g it, knowing it to te,fbrged., The trial lasted tw;elve. hotir.S;and the Court was filled in c'eiy parr, Among the audience were the fir. 4 chapf:.ters . in the county..• The, _Prisoner was generally. known at Bath; where passed for a :West Indian of considerable li.)ftuneand family. , Friday se' n nigllt the d‘velling,house 'of- Mr, Bond; of Stos.vey, in the County of t.: - nerset, was robbed of !.2. p pincas in bel 1,. during.the short absence of the farmer,his Wife, and daughter (the whole of the .latnily); in a neighbouring field: From the frequent depredations cpmniitted bn the weavers,and.whiteners about' the Cotsmild:Hills, the County of Gloucester:- it is -become •pranice ;with them, during the whitening.process, nightly . , to witch their-property. -About one o'clock on Scruar day the 2d inst., Mr: Day, - Of Donnington, ,near Stow, went_ from his . house to his hil::ning _yard, tospe if-all were safe--; -when be obseryed tWo men,,one of whom was stooping to. pick up a skain .of yarn, and W , hilst in the aft. of doing so a second time,, Mr. Day fired.a blunderbilss.loaded with hie shot, on which one of the villains fell; but before Day had sufficientlyrecovered from the effeas of the recoiling of . the p'w,ce,.-befhinade. - - off, 'leaving a bat behind them.. One . , "of them, at least,, ..I.lau.t• be dangerously wo.unded, .as a quantity. of'bicod was observed on the place and the wall Over whicu they escaped; large dr9ps were also traced 'to a con siderable diStane;- but at present , the offenders re .main undiscovered: : - - ‘c A sound mind ih a sound body, 'is 4 short full description of a • -happy state iii this - world that has these has little more tWwisli for, and he who wants , ,either, will be little the better for ally. thing . else." .We have not the temerity to attempt. the refutation of an,opinion advanced by one 4f cut`. profoundest philosophers (11.,otKt)'i 121. A,. NV. Wtput,- - - courting the severity of - criticism, we may obServe,-- that at the period in which '.his - ilaborate treatise Tv . - eclucatiou was written, the Guide . to Health - was not : in existence, nor had ,the . .'eothitry bt„zen Nosed: . with the discovery of iheardial BaZin of Gitead, BIRTILS' Orr T4tesday• last, at` Bowness, near Kendal, the . 1..71{:v . 0f George Hutchins Bel Luis,. 'Esq. of a Son. On Thursday oprning, Mrs. Huilis , Solly, of Crutche,i. friars, of a Soh, MARR I tO Lately, in Dublin, Nathaniel She)d, Esq. M. P. for tf.s: County of Cavan, to Miss'Aini Burgh, daughter.of Thoni.ls Burgh, _Esq„ Corrirnis.sionzt-or flis -. l .4ajesty - it. Icevent - .0. • DIED. • -On, Montlas ., last,' at Kenigi4 in Carnival}, Mrs. I..thhert, relid.of Chorles. Lambert, Esq. of Beau Park, and sister of the present Lord Sherborne. • - The same day, Miss Plumer, dati- i liter of the-late Thorias Plumer, rsq. of Lining - Mall, Yt. ft :hire. • On, Ttaesday last, at lieckinghani, in Kent, the .Right ll6n. the Dovt*er Lady Dade, reliti or Thomas 13arrett Leonard Lord'flacre, of Belhouse, Essex; and sister of tine late Earl Camden , •. • • On Monday the 4th inst. at Tiverton, Richard 'Nesbitt, Esq. formerly Major in the 63d Regiment of Foot. On Tuesday the sth inA. at his house in Sackville-street, Dublin, in the 75th year Of his age, john Godley, I sq. - On the gth inst. at Crakemarsh,. the.- Lady at Trevor Wheeler, Esq. , PRICE 0 YKSTE Bank 5t0ck,,2144 Navy ; per Cent. 954 941 ; per Cent. 1797, Irtth 5 Pqr Cent. 9; 4 Per Cent. 6 3 1 1 i. 6 . 2 per Cent . Red. 6314 62 Per et: Ceal 'o4' 63 61 i Rank L.,Ann. IS 17a Ditto Short Ann. . -