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JAW INTELLIGENCE.

C OF KING'S RENCII.-161141N,11R, Nov. 6•
This being tbe first day of Michaelmas'Te*.
several Judges came down to Westminster-hall, in
the usual procession, and, alter the accustomed for-
malities, proceeded to open their sespedive Courts.
The proper Officer made his usual returns upon
oath, respelling the state of the several convicts on
bard of His Nfrjesty's hulks at Portsmouth, Wool-
wich, Lane.toa, &c. ; the prohibition of strong or
spirittuins liquors, except in the medicinal way ;
of their being employed at the works carrying on
at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. Sec &c.
A great number of bail justified, nearly to the
amourt of 100 persons. among whom were two gen-
tlemen in the sum of 35001. in a cause of Passing-
ham e. Forrester.
CRIMINAL INFORMATIONi.

Mr Famine moved for liberty to file a Criminal
Informatioo against Ralph Sheldon, Esq. of Weixon
Hoe •aunty of IVarwick, at the instance of
ickins, for sending him a letter ts
fight a duel. The Learned Conn-
.at the gentleman on whose behalf he
jon, was a Barrister, and well known
lemen behind the bar, to be a man -I
iniable and inoffensive manners. Haying
t to visit his uncle, in the neighbourhood
-don, he was ono day riding through the
, when he came to a gate on the high toad,
to Chedwick, and, supposing it to belong to
timid', and having a long round to go, if he
..reed, he forced it open ; however, altcrwards
finding his mistake, he wrote a letter to Mr. Sheldon
on the subjeft ; but, before he could send it, he re-
ceived one front that gentleman, couched in the
most unpleasant terms, charging him with having
/ committed a most violent and outrageous ad aglinst
Lis Perk Gate ; stating, that the point of right
s'hotild hr derided in a Court of Law; but that
Ile considered the aft as a personal insult, and de-
sired satisladion. Nlr. Dickies, feeling some dif-
ficulty en receipt of this epistle, thnught it bet-
ter to send the letter he at first intended, with-
out appearing to have received the other. He,
therefose, sent it, apnlogising for whist had occurred ;
declaring that be always thought it v as the carriage-
way, and assuring him that nothing was farther
Ulm his though.* than to give any man a ner,onAl
insult. Ia answer to this, he received another letter
from Mr. Sheldon, expressive of his resentment,
declaring it was a most ungentlemanly at on the
part of Mr. D. insisting on a sauifatekory public
apology, by !leggin.; his pardon ; otherWiie he would
have recourse to the only alternative lett. to this
Mr. Dickins thought proper not to reply, and came
before the Court, for their Lordships' interferen:e.
The Cowl granted a conditional rule.
Mr. GARKOW regretted, that he had a similar ap-
plication to make against two Military Gentlemen ;
and he considered, that the Gentlemen of that ho-
nourable priiiinsion, should 1-el most thankful for
such a business being brought before a Court of
Justice. Ile applied on behalf of a Mr. Forcrott,
of Nottingham, against Lieutenant Keating, of the
4.5 d foot, and a Mr. Wilde, Assistant Surgoin in the
same regiment. In the year 1797. the former Gen-
tleman, who was then in a Fenrible Regiment, con-
traeled a den with the sisters of Mr. 1...5cr011. and
Soon after loft that town. On the part of his sisters,
Mr. Foscroft wrote several letters to him, request.
ing payment ; but never received any answer. Limit
Keating came back to the man some time since,
and Mr. Foscrott spoke to him on the suhje/1 of the
debt due to his sister.; bat the other had no recollec-
tion of it ; a week elapsed, when he again met him,
and again reininded him of it; hut the gentleman an-
swered, that he hid taken advice upon it, and lie
(Mr. F.) might seek his remedy ; in reply to which,
Mr. Foscroft observed, that his only remedy was to
state the fail, that no others might suffer; and he
accordingly told several persons of the transaftson.
The next time they met. Mr. Foxcroft's wife being
with him, the Lieutenant put out his tongue at
him. Atter this, he was visited by Mr. Wilde, on
the part of Keating, who insisted on his retraaing
his words, or meeting him in an hour, to give him
sitisfa3ion. lie answered, he would do no such
thing ; and Wilde went se.vav ; but soon after return-
ed. and said, that he would post Mr. Iv:croft in
the coffee-house ; and, in an hour after, papers were
stuck up at the Exchange Coffee-house, and other
public places, to the following purport :
" Lieutenai.l krating beg. lean to inform the gentlemen
of if,., town, that in a transaction with Mr. loxcroft, he
found him to be both a liar and a coreaid."
This was taken down by some persons, but put
np immediati ly again by these gentlemen, who
threatened to i 4:nose any one who should touch it.
The Court also granted a rule to shew caws in
this case.

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COMMON PLEAS, !!.. 6.

This being the first day of Term, much time was
cunaumed iu justifying bail.
Serjeant nArtev moved, that in the case of
bite passed by Sir John Morshead, the affidavit of
Mr. I homes Latter, fur the acknowledgment of the
caption, sworn before tsto Justices of Peace, now
prisoners in France, should be allowed. The lads,
as stated, were as follow :
Sir John Morshead, who is now a prisoner at Ver-
dun, wishing to pass a fine, found, on inquiry, that
there was no Magistrate there before whom this
affidavit could properly be made, except the Presi-
dent of Tribunal at Verdun. On application to
him, he refused to receive it, unless four lives eight
*sus per hundred byres (nearly five per cent) of the
value of the property, was paid to him, to be hand-
ed over to the French Government. This demand,
which, if paid, would have amounted to an enor-
mous sum, was judiciously refused on the part of
Sir John Morshead, and the affidavit was made
before Mr. NICHOLS and Mr. Curia, Magistrates
for the counties of Oxford and Hereford, and also
prisoners at Verdun. ibis motion was therefore
made for the purpose of baying this affidavit al-
lowed.

The Court, after some consideration, allowed the
• ;and as regular. •
6 sratn said, ironically, that he
;dent of the Tribunal *vas very
. tugsst'' sng with Government foe any
tin cases similar to this.
166), ‘ll `r•-"ki'.. •• •. C A MILRON.
V." n the part of the Plaintiff. moved
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