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.IINTARY . -COURTIMARTIAL. . EXTRACT - 1110 M CAPTAIN warrF.l DEFENCE. a j or• Gene 141 I, the President „and Gentlemen o,f this Llon. Court,-1 ,had hdped that.. the -assola tibn'of the lateCdort-Martial had closed my . i-riids un these coci)plaints...,:Notvithstaidinz.the threat of an immediate se' mid trial delivered befdr ; e:this•Coart-Martia.i . ,Tl yielde'd to.iiierstta:u. sion tivat;- the hmtili'ly of Illy prosectitOr;: if Out diicOuntenanced, was at least . fatigued.. 'l3itt npdetvalued the - energies of his 1 ante . - anted the periodrit iuy ow 4 reptitte-. - PO the et-e.a -ing of -a Sunday 1 first received notice that a pi i s'oner WOald be tried on the following "morning., ana when 'the 'Court assembled, I for the "first tinte a..eertaitted that you . were- my judges,. anti. Oat prisoner WAS Ilyleir.. I have ziiffered much,- Gentlemen; I have suf fered lonp,-, and I am not .sure but I should hate sunk under my suffering. had I not been stistin ed by the expectation ghat a high-minded tribonal iyouid declare on their conscienCe that my suffer ings had:been undeserved. • If my manners have been ungracious, few men 'have suffered more for ungraciousness o mariner. s I cannot go imptiniShed, arthou4h I should go fort It tirrinitted ;. for it' is now bordering on three snowlis since the Assibtant-Surgeon attached to s q uadronjtiy Milipstown has,held we, his.com . . p,,,,odipg'ollieer, . arrest,' for my manner and : order in respect to him;" and, justly, 1 admit, it that manner or ordtr was uureAsonable Or un justifiable. , , • , • I respect that great 'privilege ofra British officer, however subordinate bis rank .may be, to Ining. his Senior to account even for-his manner—to britig. his commanding officer to,aceount _even-for 'his manner, even tor his orders. It is a glorious en d rare privilege,, but it was not granted for or dinary purimses. , It. is an extraordinary tenully for an extraordinary evil, but .the remedy must have the evil to grapple with,' else it becomes it self an evil. lhy uo means question but Mr. Brorrir ltAs 'been trtivi'sed to bring this eiturt -mart ; strongly, .'petiorps, 'and perhaps by. many. ,But re .spect for those who may have so advised, I ap 7 'prebend that this Cotirt may have sonic doubts in. :a military, as well ti„4 judicial point of viem, re-- speefing the soundness of- , that advice,, would prompt a subaltern to Minh his Command ing Officer to a Court-martial, , on a transaction ofwhich 'he has no witness except bimself, and to. which his . Counnanding Officer could have none at al - It in point of discipline .such trials should he. - seldom brought, I humbly venture this opinion, that in point of justice and discipline, considered together, they: should not be broug h t in any case. where there was no witness except the prosecutor, :for what will be the consequence ? • man, the opposite of Mr. Bro w n, any low or mcan character, hot-ding (by some ac c ident) the 3 conitni,;sion of the Kuuig; may-arrange an inter view with his Corinuandin'g Ottieer, at , which no third person.eould be present -; he may then prefer chat ges for any tiling that he likes ; his Charge, Of `necessity, precludes the prisoner' front giving . any evidence himself. Such a - 'prosecutor may swear Just. whatever he pleases, and if the. Court en ;forces the rule "that the eVidence of an officer must riot be discredited, as they have been disposed to do in the present case, it must be • all silence on the eine side,_ attd uncontradicted yet interested stateMent on the other;. G.ntlemen, - under such. circumstances, the Consequence clear; The worst prosecutor nnist he'snecessfUl, and the Vindication of innocence absolutely possible. ' 1 am ready' to admit the propriety of the rule in respect to aIT Officers who may he made witnesses,; yet justice and. discipline can never extend to a prosecutor, who is the only witness against his Commanding Officer. But tak:ng the matter on his own statement, I submit that lie itys made no case against me . . He lays, he came to my • rooms to' make an Qi JCtal. dominunicat Be it so, be was also 6ii businesS peculiarly his own. He had .beeo previously, and tin til very lately, attached to, my squadron— When he_ entered Philipstown, he was, again„ whilst there, under my coon - Ix:m(1. lie enttred my apartments to-make his offiCial commun:lcation. lie was out of uniform. I made no remark upon, it, Although he knew it was a ride which it was. my habit to .enforce, that official duties should be dune in unitorm.- MAjor-General, theTresident. and. Gentlemen, you will please.to recollect, ,that about a , month before Mr, frown's" visit to me, I had issued the following orders :--- . . . . Regintentaj••Orders ISy Calitaiii White, I'hilipstown Barrieli, - . • •'‘ . - - • - 111a9,817.. , . . . . " 'l7-n.goard against tinf-ilisadvantage operating . • upon the soldier? erediti:trop ;the freqtreti4 of the men beidig ordered into the hiispil , ii, - when'they have arnes:rof severai•ilays laid in for•Ahetn, the .Issistiii•-surgeon will,:in•fitture; inspect the jnen..eoulpit:in•,; the ggniiiii : ort,everNtaii•day, at such hone as %%ill L appoiated;and inslie his report aceordiozly." , Thin is the head and front'of !tiro:Fending i : n respect to the second charge, I understood that he cotidei-ed it unintelligibie, ; if he conSNerizd it so, and I soon .alter found that- lie. slui s . lionld have applied ,to 11;A: - .for eNplana ti,,:l, That was his duty,.and that he did not do.- 1, iherefOre t Wrote to hiin the following note of cxplanation_:— • ‘t captain White wishes Assistantsur,;eon Brown clearly to „,„d, rs t an d the purport of the iiietlic:4l inspeetion .artleted , on a•Moilday ; merely to ascertain, a-, nearly . ns pos sible,.fuch•putients as it o:dy. .tieeessary , to crticr into the hospital at any intermediate ti: ie daring- the wt-e%. The ineri's weekly mess will inlitturtS he laid in.on Tuesthiy, the iliarket-day at Tallamort ; and as the cin•4,;es, against the men of late have been such as to be productive.of great debt to the troops, the los4 of three Or four !lays' mess to a •lrg l ion 'on4lif as flinch as possible to bo avoided, as it tends to increase h debt." • To ihi; •I received ti,e follovriN reply :-- . _ `-` Assistant-N - nrgeon Brawn feels _ obliged `to Cap. Witite fi.r expldhatory note of this morning respect . j o _ 4 4 ;In order inserted under date nd May, illu! , whigh at Lich application, •Lat-,F.irtrlNon tfrown, tiotWiihstan (I'l4 to untletstatitt;" begs . l6 say that itr • shall, for the I ; ; ec iii of flu: soldier, .be happy -to ulcer Captdin. w is :, cs , c onsistent with the orderi•of the .:uanaati(lsl: is Chief; Ti Pasi , ,i T. - ;; . 4tf." . But to • add, bat' ii ft qltieh 111: bac ende4voined to improve for t' , .! , (e to •0:e artrtj ,and ill t 114.4. nirer, , ity, he d•rsiV lerl - 14,itiotell .at now. nspectiorr of troop; , , to s,sy -the - (!it?ott - whicit 'bleb may be t .;,!,,..„ ; ~111; th, n , twith:tanding . Captain White's older, he shall be oltlf..vtl to under into the regimental hospital thoseitteri which, at the ti‘oe'rOey are attacLeJ, may a2rear, to rep t i te th e , livcc!,siify ~ ~~•t ti•eabucut ; his orders. froth the departnaent being such as aro . fully within the kaeli of lips comprehension. "Philipstowa . ,• N k nitlay rooming. " captliit.Wls , lli;; 4th. Dragoon Guarthr - 'pleaseob4refore, to observe, Gentle rneit,'•‘t hat thifs3lst of May was not 'the first occa- Oou in' whit:ll'lW.. Browitrinsintntter;•arYil more thin.in s szitinateso.hat Iti,Connanding Officer was little more than - a:COOL fleAfi*lthitt - my order is unintelligible; and thay,the,„expianntion was as bad ; and yet his medical superior, his own wit, -tress,' proved that' f it - Iv:li' intell-i,gible to bitty 'and 'many meinbexs. , Of this Court.Marthl, When-they : first beard,that order read, admitted that .111,ey eon :it very. intelligible,, by deel..aritig:,oo4-4),tey cotssidered. it, very,reasonabie.; : but . Mr. Brown . , differing. both front these members and his own witness, not only considers both-unintelligible, but tleclare that the most industrious exertions of his -talents,' assist-cdby the light of a University:edit :cation, and the improvements consequenVori7lo year study, failed to enable hint to Unravel their .absnrility, or extraet.any - meaning - from The one or . the Other. PerhapS, Gentlemen, vote have Tint' fora long tinic.rvai.i a more offensive prri'duttinn - than-this note, and I ant sure you will - adu:tit that ihere was nothii'lg in lay order,. or note ofexplanatiOrt, that L.shnuld have provoked it. • Gewlemen; I never cothplained of thisirprotic tion. He never apologised for, Or explained, or ex 7 ensed it.. This happened - near a month-before the 31st of May, and with its.ittipressiens remaining bn his mit - rd and mine, there could be eicusefor any freed'orn by r'elerence' lo'any"fatmliarity I)etween us. - Under snch; circatnstances, lie enft•red my room On the 31st Of -May. Ris'kutick aCthe dour unlit hate attracted my,attetition. He Must brive met thy eves bot , his' Witness,' the'Sergeant; did not hear him athlre'S'sine. - ;;and if lie 7 loidtaildresSed iVily'slnitittl 'her' Obt haVe.,heartr - iti • ' Gentleinen, - that. notwithianding the distal-it turnis on wiliclywe were; . and his former still nitexpliaed - tifsult - to toe, he cros-..ed the tribin with - ont addt'es.sing site, took his pitted' -on the health', with 'his - hick:to the fire, and his bar tin hiB head,-and tbe act--.of sitti3g down, by my invitation; 'he' to,•ik off his hat - :,--and placed it, with Ii stick and gloves,'On the table, - among,my glasses 'and decanters.. :Nly assertion is,hnwever, oothing except so' far as .-pi- Of may sustain ObserV . r; then, how far it is sustained ; he cer tainly the)t - dochred; in his written statement to Colonel',Sherlock; witieh I shall lay on this - table,' eta 'his 'own• hand-writing. - attested lay Major ~ 04ilvie, that onentering toy room •he rook - off his' hat; with the usual salutations ; .he certainly de clined tit say so %Own he gave 'his evidence here';' he only -recollect edy • that ; shortly afterwards his hat and gloves were an the. table ; and I again ap pegl' to the Judge Adsocute - i, if the following arc nett, word for 4,rti, the • evidence of •Serjeant Johnston, in his-'answ.er to the tomtit _quetion, On the' cross-ex;uitivation :—'' i.llr. I.Vro ten in-, tered the: room and 'went - ronnd :the end of the table, and' iviien he - got • near:to-4kt; fire-place, lie took off his cap and 'gloves and kid them nit the' table, and stoo T l with• his' back -clos'e to the fire plaCe." - of all this •-I - did - not •Complain, for Iteltdittit's that its y demeanour during this time and loOger bad nothing in it disagreeable' to hint, . fact, I was- lunch on my guar.l, fin' I suspected ILO :he c,ime to fit lit nie - . In -further proof that. lie did not address me, -his witness . "- That I opened the conversation by inquiring how he faiizitl the . He then commenees . ..his . part of the con vet cation by rebuking me formy mismanage. ntent of. the patient, whom I had reported as sick 2-h hours before his arrival ; d AI was the ground : of rebuke It was because I had not sent a man ilia fever seven miles on horseback, and at a - 011ie When I had not received' any_ orders how to act,-in consequence of the bospital being ref moved ;. titer:4ot e, I submit, that Mr. litowii in any view of the ease, commenced his part of the . • dialogne,.by a rebulce tincalled for roar unjust ; but how did,l answer Surgeon Brown ?----`` I did not - k How, I anti not profyssional." lA/Os:Oat a meek and forhearing reply ?. And_ how did Mr. Brown ansver to it ? sgid," Cotillion I eason would have pointed out " lie admits that 1 bad borne' every thing up to this 11/0111C41t ly, aud I ad....-. mit that my patience was exhausted, :and that, I could bear it no 'longer. ' In the.second interview which he' obanded on me, he imputeS to me but . one shOrt phrase tO which any.donbi can be attached„. lie ash'ed, w e, " Did I brink he teas afraid of nie ?" and lie says. I replied, ". I did not know that," This, trith the answer to his question, that theze were no . witnesses---a subject on. which he was so anxious, and the obit.et trt which 1 no‘ir and tin: command '' to leave my room," wer e the Ivoy4 impnted to inc y hini in the last inter-: view, But tvli4t does he state ag:rinst ittsCll, ? lie sa . id, 4lier he had, aSleed me it th.erc were any witliesses,,lind I had said none, that' I - walked tip, and down.tbe 100(11 With great violence. rnere -is a.mhst - - xtraordinaiy.inco)4,trhitf between.., the calmness of the words which he impais,and •the violent ge•stures tvlriGh his description is ac comp,ehied; andthele is a similar incongruity in the ratio.,baweeli (by -violet's& of his phrases, aadthe eiilinuess of inanner he says thty were conveyed. 'or instance, when he says I answered to his question, " that there. were no witnessess this was the only phrase 1. had at that time used; and tybith‘ ti6qta,i(t bY the tire-place, ,I waiked it tend down 10) rOion.ly a, !nannei Si) violent, that lie thmight Weitdd'sl4ilic Walking up and down the rbom'iii . tiof the direct way of striking a mail at the ;, and, the words None, Sir," is noliliethrase' that : indicates the approach.Of'a But he . says-- - -1 did not walk tip to the fire . 141aCe after - he asked tne if I thought he . was afraid of uie ; and then he says Ififted my hand. - Thi s , one would suppose, - was-ttiMing • 6e - at=eiClO the blow ; but .what was the phrase - that accompanied this inei , -pient assault ?- '‘‘ I don't know -th at ." f . rb en ; ,t • was .that his appiaensions were at their acme ;, lint he 'says that my handd - WaS not clenclicd, and'" that fertainlY'roy manner is habitually in its niter4eranec and gestures;'and that my band. generally moves with My expreSsionS'.. Froin his 'cletription, it would appear thiit my winner git!., 1114 my words :;veVe ice ;'lmt twit h him the re-. • , verse is the case ; for when I had s*.licl;t.t‘Al , elon't • know that," what is his last rejoinder ? With the most perfect coolness, he soys-he addreised to .Y.. me the followioi , tirmle.:—" I am sQrry„ \ Capta in . 0- IVhitc, that rip have permitted tliiiintempee - fance to get the better . of. your reason ;"•,-.-at this time., be it,remembered that „I, had .said nothing except the two short answers to two questions, from him, namely, There are no witnesses;"..'diul . " ,clou't know that :" "for;`-with respect. to:Lis'coun teratud the yard,_ it, appears that .1 ,did. not Make 0, single obseryation on it. Mr. 13rown then proceeds in theie words . :— . — . Thi.s.,ehullition of this . vinlence of behaviour,• thiS• ungo,- vernable conduct;. doe,. not -become.- you ,; . and let;me ad;l. (observe the politeuess t.th which„he asks pertnis'sion), males yutCforfcit all claitri to the character or a getitletn'an."--All.claim to the ,liaracter of a .gentleman I.—He — then "sys,.that .he vas perfectly cool. He swors, that,; and •then 1 .was all flame.'. Yet :what:did.l do Why, says, I walked to the door,'and opened it for him, and bid him leave the room. Had JOIS - or WiMath - Penn been engaged in a similar rencontre, 1 cannot comprehend what else either cOuld have. done than Open the tloor and, bit' him go down stairs; unleSs perhaps they' had locked the door; and regnesred the gentleman Walk out of the window." Ile says" was in a mood to strike pint', and your must perceive 'the Mild Manner in which he avoided it.. If I had beet( ilia previous mood tci . strike him, what cifuld have preServed him on thirlast OccasiOn ? If (as he describes 'it) the cup cif'tny wrath had beech full, what Miracle then preserved' it ,from over ? If T hail struck him, had ever a man a greater provocation or a stronger excuse? Then that preserved him ? 111-y sense of n' own sit. o mi on ,.cotipled with a belief that he WAS courting a blow, and my resolve to disappoint the s,pcculati.on. , , . • am sore.l 'was-right•in not striking- him ; per; haps 1- w3s wrong in.not bringing. him.,to. a court. , martial; Lam persuaded-there is--not, an un pieindiecd mind in the...world. that- %%ill not say, rm.:reading At is own- statewent, that shoul‘l business have been brotight before a,COurt at all, my : present situation should have :been his. :TO -this second- charge,- I'l-h-not coodcsdend to reply. Be has only.m.adeLaise against ,-.lt ,Js in standing regimentakprders,: to..givethail,y_ medical reports, and I only required him to hohlAtt in spection of theoral-everyZlon4lay. This he calls' lowering-hid-it : in the opinion of the-pun-commis-, sinned oriicers and inett;and: obstinietin; the dens of the Comonmder- i „o 7 chief, and forcing hint 40,41eviate from his dot y, and obstructing hint from i sending the sick to the-hospital, and ,other.icifer ences equally reasonable, equally true..with the rest-of the charges, and - equally contradicted by his own witoelses. To this charge, he never gave time-or place ; and +could prove ,to•you i ,that up -to the. : night previous- to this Court-martial, al-. •thoug for, the six -weeks. preceding in .continual communication with my professional adyiser,. never could conjecture wfrat , it meant. ;. made sonic doltiction....from m-y,toaritter in the rtiomolCaritaiti Burn, slappingtfre door with, tiolence when I left the'rObto on .the day tha.t issued this.order, 1 believe:l .didsn, and Lieut. Falkner is here ready to. prove . that' the lack of the door had been 'disordered :uol would not cloSe in any other- manner. .cidp , iin Burn might have known this; and I-marvel touch ‘vby he did not inentinn it. ' I agree in Opining - with the prosecutor, that his itic,linntion has not,gone,,‘l;ith this proceeding. I have enemies. It--was -Foxed that my house was bell* nered with dragoons, watching the tvitnesses chat might come to me, and oper : ating to intimi date •thern-by instantly reporting that circumstance to the officers,: and bringing down-the ill-will ot. thc.officers upon 3u h "Witnesses who ; Might be imprudent enough:to approach. my residence, ,it will be for thitiCourt' to proteer its' own- dignity by.ao inquiry intOthe cable of these obstructions to the course- and 'freedom : of, its proceedings ; these ot tempts to Intimidafe evidence -and chciak the avenues which lepd to•jnitiee, ' Finally, Assistant-Surgeon Brown _has given his . own testc - theipso, that haVe..- forfeited every claim to "the clumicier'pf }ilrgenile'man." I shall not condescend to answer this either, I have al ready proved : my character from those who tire-my . supet tors and . 1115 itielidS., :I do not - (:onsiifer the. imputation of sufficient weight to impose upon this Court - the - trouble;ofilistening to its-refuta tion. • -My character has already been •given-, on the - flatiis - of ninny uhoin he knows wobld not flatter. ; an:l in all his reati.ing, beloc,e, :and in the University . , and his ten„ years' .r)t subsequent -- 61 , 0 y, he never, fierhaps, read a fairer character Wan .theirs of, ncir. 4.46,re .grisLiriilless . libel, than his un-tne. •• • • - • . . • POLICE INTELLIGENCE. i MANSION4RSLISt. . _ I'nE BANit.—Yestck4s7.ll',Gniteman, - lielong, ing-to an eminent noilt.e inaeil,Cross 7 street, ap plied to the Loy.n MAvoit for a soHai - lons against one of. the elet-ks jii:tlie Inspect'or's_ Oifie• of the ... Bank. of . :Englantl, , wilo,ll4.,violenti.y. assaulted Jilin. • - • . • -.—••-• ---:.,:,•, . . The Gettlieinan.ta . ,te.(4,that a one-pound note, alleged to bedfor . ge4 ittnj come-into,itis possession in - the Way of linsiness- 3 - , and: that the , Cierk hay, ins; den - landed ; ,after inspection, i ns ist e d it•poil tett:tiling it, knowing-frinn whom it''l. been received'. 'The Clerk, however, .was .tketertnined riot tp give tip Ins point, and _jumping behind the counter, seized hitn.-by the collar,. tore, his Shirt'andneekeinth, anti other-wise abused him. Dining..the - coramission .of Mitrat7e,.. one of the prin`cipais of the hou:se cluei:Ad. the shop, and, lieadi.isenhe - ithutediate - assistance of. au-Officer. I3efore the latle,r,. however,,could he'clitarned,the. Clerk, of the Bank decatriped. . The Loan M►nYoßnid, -the offence 'had - been committed in the Gtii4lhall, and not his district.. Wercit otherwise, he...w.ould noiltesitate.a;mo, L noit (Vgratit a sunitnons. ' 1-lis opitrion on the subject %vas ;alreallyswell known, and he consi-. deredi he 'present case ore of a serion nature, and: is fit subject, of indictrpent. His Lordship recom mended. the latter proetretling.as..most proper to be, p urs tied— lry 0., caugilaioan t cr - wise, however, apply' to the Sitting Magistrate,. at Guildhall, who ‘rguld, no tlottbt,.rettdcr hint . „ that justice the extramtlitiary - circilMs ti P c .l tiltheast-de;ll:ttitfed. • MARLBOROUQH-STREET. AM! SETTING•FIRE, TO A DWELLING- FIOUSr-- _ : _ Barton,. John. Coakg, : and Thomas Kelly, mischiew ous boys, tinder 12 years of age, were eharg e(l . , With setting fire to the' shop shutters of IVlrs. ao d „„ • garty, Iroomonger-lane, Mary-le-bone, on ,„i' nesday evening, between seven and eight o • The neighbctrhood,,it.appeared, was much an: .noyed by groynes of disorderly boys, wbose,P, a a rencssuffereXthetn to run' about and infest Streets at night. .Some ,of them threw a plan" tp of :dirt.::-into:the„complainant's.house a few eve .T': ings since, and on M rs . llogarty remonstrat!": with them, they promised to serve h er out. ,_ e she-was At *oikiff the parlou r a t the back of ti°,, shop,- on Wednesday , evening , she was alart ye a" by a reportAhar her shutters were on fire, !",, fortunately it was in sufficient time for her to so u , flue it. The fire had kindled . in different parts' , quantity of lighted, rags and combustibles havS beeniintvduusced between the shytters. • • Wingrove,a constable, stated , th a t be apPr e : beaded Kelly from information , he bad recenn and took bun to Mrs. Ilogarty's, -when he 0 9i ' that Barton and C oo k w e r e Wi t h hi m , e nd 0111 t , ;Barton had set. -fire to. - the shutters. On bei n b closely interrogated by the Magistrate (Mr. BO' itnuono), - ;•anti - condoned to tell the truth, he de: nied:whorite had. told the con s t a bl e , b ut sa id that he had given a light • frOm , a ii - Orifire to the oth ct two-boys. •• . The parents of the boys' ( w h o h a d beet) 33 night in thia-ri , titeli-iiouse) attended, and 4 14 were informedi.-that had, the house been burl these. jnvenile - :-offenders woulii have • been tr ie d for their lives. They were liberated•on their pay rents-o.orni .; sing- (6*E:tell dem- strictly in future? and .-on 'condition. that Kelly' should - be se vere whipped for' the falsehoo,ds he had told; 'Ma ° the•Tarents Promised si u be tlone;. „ lo•thiedifitely , - after their discharge the pares': tn6k-them to apublie•;house, and - g•ake thou glass of gin each. • , - “Aq'TON-GARDFIST, NEW POLICE ACT.---Several persons front th e pa031.1.0f SC.Li:nes, Clerkenwell, - were broug h l tkp . .and: coilVicee'cl under thiS'Act'in the f ie:l - Faits , 0 c -, 1 78 each, for having scrods exposed to site 1. • . G d . on the foot plrenierm•-•Tbe Solicitor who a t ' ' tended nu tile. part--of the -shopkeepers. entkavoar. 1 eel to e' , l - ahlish-thepoint, that the grouiid !Jai a titan's houie, 'it not paved ,iby the parish., .and heir).- his ownlreehold, did - nirt come within th e . r liseotZ of . .the ACt;• and therefore the,shopKeeP a had a right- to -,place his-goods on it with.iiapte i 'lvy.' -- . - ' The Magistrate replied ; that he did not-sit there to - dsecide points of laws, or to give - opinions' upo'' the acts of the Legislature ; that it was his doll ' - to convict' tin:der ' the act, if sufficient evidenc e were oyen ofrit'sf.infringem,ent. Two or three i witnesses had; in each of the c a ses before big'? i _sworn positiVely to th e f ac t, th at t h e g oo d s wer e ron the footway; and as the Sho i -- . . 1 - .' I re' p: !! er..pets 04 I ceived- legal notice t o removejltern, which . 11 3(1 'been also sworn to, he must convict them.. A ll appeal lay from hit decision, to which he . htito l° objection., , . 130 VV-STREET SACIIILEGE. 4—; -YCStertlay, -Matthew Bull, aliO Wool, was brought to the office,. and underwent second ev)mination- before Mr. 13 . tantE and Sic N, CONANT, the:Sitting 7111'gistrates, charged with sacrilegioilsly breihing epen the Parish Chnrcli bf St. Savionr!s, South wark;• and stealing a variety of artkles of prdkrty. lie was conitnitted t° Surrey, gaol for tri4l. . Last week, among-4.he2orimitiai trials at Glas' gri\v,' there , was one 7 for a rape- and robbery.- - ' The'only , witness - ex-amitied was-the woman her-. Atter stating that the -prisoner had first violated anlrthen robbed her of six shiliin s .and g bottle 0f. , -,thiskey, She stated as a reason for not immediately complaining of his conduct, that she tvai.,!‘ so sortYlitioat .the shillings and the whisd . key, - that sliecrean forgot the rape :" the prisoaer tv . as of course acquitted. On ll'ednesclay morning, before' 8 o'clock, a man Went to the house of Mr. Winter, in Tory' street, St..Litnes's,'with a letter; saying he brought it froth a gentleman, ands an ithrgediate aiiswer was require:4 7 ' The 'servant took it up to Air. Wioter's bed-rorim, and during, that tithe the: met! 'nt . ade off *wi+ h a Silver tea=pot and two tea-spoons- Sy cite exertions of Donaldson,' the constable, the tea-pot ryes ascertained to have been pawnealfihout two o'clock On . the saute day by a woman,. who fetclied it out of pledge in an hour afterwaos. . .„ Several JewA, one of whom is dressed. like a sailOr, and another with long clothes and .a bag under his arm, infest the High-street of 'White-. chapel, for the purpose of cheating the unwary, he offering tor.sale a watch, -tor which they a sk from 8 - to 10 guineas ; the intrinsic value of which. is not more than 10s: • , I - On the Gth inst. at Weyntouth, the Lady'of Major ttipalie, .of'a son. n Upper Flarley-street, Mrr..Sl4W flf-a daughter. On the 27th pit. at UktlSilllile the L L tdy of ieut . ...Colonel Wauchope, ot a dangliti4. AIM:RILED: On Tuesday last, at St. George's Church, ilanovcriSivare, John Bastard„ .shmpirun the co.uuty of •Devon, Captain in the Royal Na ry , 4i. P. en. Duirt mom 1,, to Frances, eldest survivirgi daughter and co-heiress of the-late . Benjamin Wade, 7 Esq. of Nets Grange,-in the county of -York: On Thursday last, at Chelsea,Cbmch., John iim , M.D. of Grevinc-strect,Tlatton-6 r d en , to Anu Eliza, eldest daughter of James 'Clark, M.D. Fit. and F.A.S. of the Island of Do minica. _ _ On the 9th inst. Thomas Warre, Esq. of George-street, Ha. , wer . s qoare, to Louisa Sarah, eldest daughter 'of Sir R. Geo'rge, Bart. of Park-place. .4.. • DIED. On tbe-ith inst. , aged 65' John Higgins, Esq, one of the Corporation for the Town and County of Havcrfordwest.. On Tuesday . niorninz last at Thauie Oxfordshire, Mr. dobert fledges„obtlitit place. On Sunday eVening, nt Sidtrouth, . Thomas- Hopkins, Esq. Barrister at Law, of the Inner Temple. _ . . LONDON: Printed by_ J. 11.,C,'ARSTAIItti, of No. 29, Great Queen-square; a nil,p üblished by W: A. 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