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London, England, 1808-03-10 00:00:00

CROWN SIDE.

Jemta Wage, a t'espeetable-looking man, was in-
dicted tar borse-stealing, in taking, ou the 17th daf
ofJuly last, two leirses from the fields of a Mr.
Ilailsell, where they were depastnring.
Mr. thiblN EV, for the proeseeution, stated, that
what was singular in this case wus, that the prisoner
had himself formerly been possessed of the homes
in question, and that the property in them passed
by virtue of an assignment under a commission of
bankrupwy, awarded against the Prisoner, and,
therefore, in one count of the indictment, they
were alleged to be the property of his assignees.
The circumstances of the eusewere as follow :—The
Prisoner had, during the last two years, been in
partuership with a person of the name of Darby,as
a hop-dealer, and. upon a settlement of accouuts
between them, it appeared he was indebted to liar-
by in about 1,1001. which not bell able to pay,
cud having committed an act of bankruptcy, a
commission of bankruptcy was awarded against
him, and the messenger took palision of all his
effects, and among others, of 14w horse* in ques-
tion. They were by him delivered to a Mr. lied-
sell, into whose tieldi they were put. Ou the night
of the 17tli of July, they were misiiwg ; and as a
much more valuable horse wax in the saute Kehl,
which was not taken away, the Prisoner was sus-
pected of having taken thein, and, upon inquiry, it
turned out that he had himself lett them at a house
in the parish of Harlow the next morning. The
Resigners thought the present
.prosecution was a
better mode than by indicting him for secreting his
effects. In order to maintain it,. he must prove
all the stages of the bankruptcy, anal that the Pri-
soner was the actual person'who took the horses.—
The Solicitor wider the Comusimion was then call:
ed to prove the issuing the Commission *paint the
Prisoner. _ _

_
On eross-exatnination by theConmor SEILIEAST,
he stated. that the Prisnuer had not passed his list
examination before the Cominissiouers ; that the
Prisoner told him he had taken the horses, and
where be had placed them ; nt the same time in-
sisting that lie had a right to the custody of them
until his last examination was pease&
The Lotto Cater Kilos here immediately in-
terfered, and observed, that this could be no felony;
the Primmer acted under a wi.toketi impression of
his right. It was like a cam which occurred at the
Old Barley a few Sessions hack. when souse jour-
neymen printers were tried for taking copies of
some hooks which they writhed at pruning : they
claimed a right to hare onet•opy of every hoof:
ineh they pliatteti. It was clear theycould have
no such right ; but as the thing an' taken claita
of that right. it was Rot afelumiuss taking. He di-
rected the Jury, therefore. to acquit the Prisoner,
which they did.

CIVIL SIDS.

TYTHES.

WISMIIAN HARDING, Fig, w. Noma*.
Tufa VMS an action against tlrr Defenoliiiit,asPro-
prietor of the Tythos of the pariah of I loruchurch,
in this county, for net takiii4 away the t)the of
Kra ts after it was set out, but su ifering it to remain
and incuinher the Plaintiff's laud.
Mr. (;AltltOW stated, that this eat; a question of
considerable interest to the inhabit:nits of the pu-
rists of llornehurch. which aas at pre.eut in a fer-
ment ou the subject of tytht-:. The Plaintiff. in
this cause, was a gentleuattu of cousarrable pro-
perty in the parish, and had set out his tenth cock
of grasewhen it was snowed, with it hecsune the duty
of the Defendant, as proprietor of tytlies. to take it
mows, and not to leave it nicituaberiiag the P611'1611'3
611 a.
Mr. Justice Its %TR here interfered, and said he
took the law to be clearly otherwise. The farmer,
lie said, by common law, was obliged to ted the
grass for the parson, and not put it in a green state
into the cock, and that the Iverson was eat
obliged to take it away bc:are it was termed in the
swarth. . _

Mr. (i meow cited • cue from the CflUrt of
C:hancery, when the contrary had hero held; hut
the Learned Judge hoeing clear in hit opinion, and
Mr. (arrow admitting that it was cocked as soon us
mown, the Plaintiff was ***suited
VA114111.311 e. SPARLI-.6 end wooer.

Tbes was an action of *vault against the De-
fendant, an Mummy?, at Colchester.- and the Sen
leant of Mace, of the same plaice, fur taking the
Plaintiff custody. It appeared in evidence,
that the Plaintiff had taken a piece of mond,
to whieh the Defendant claimed to have u fair title.
The Plaintiff attempted to put up seine pales to
inclose it, which the Defendant resisted. This
caused the assault, which was so tri►ial as ant to
deserve notice. The Jim, after hearing a great
deal of evidence as to who struck the first blow,
found a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages one
fiirthitig.

The Prist-hop. conveying the M.►il from Ennis-
killen to Church►-hill, was attacked on the nizht of
the 17th of February, by two men, who knocked
him down (rota the mule on which he rodc, and
tied his bands and feet, and then attempted to seize
the mule on which the Mail was carried ; hut the
honest task effected his er:spe safe with the Mails.
Last Teacher, the first day of chasing, No.
4409. drawn a Prise of 10001. was sold its a Waf-
ter, two Eighth, and eight Sixteenth Shares; and
No. 19.439. a Prize of 5001. in • Half, two Eighth,
and fuse Sixteenth Shan... be RICUARDION, GOOD,.
Luca, and Co. Tickets and Shares, warrauted 'in-
drawn, are on sale at their Dices. censer of Ilauk-
buildings. Corolla,. and facing the gate of the
Kiag's Mews. Litaring-Cessa. The second day of
drawing will be on Tuesday next.

.FEIVJLE SAILOR:
The Mars privateer, of Plyinonth. having, about
three weeks ago, returned trout a cruise. came to
anchor in Catwater, and being in want of Willie
repairs previous to her putting to sea again, Mr.
flasen, jun. ship-builder, at Catdowu, going on
board to superintend the work soon after her ar-
rival, discovered one of the crew lying iii a helpless
and miserable condition, just under the Lena
hatchway, almost naked, and quite exposed to the
inclemency of the weather, in the midst of a con-
siderable tall of snow. Moved by this affecting
scene, he, by his exertions, procured this miserable
creature to be brought on shore, and alodging was
obtained at Mr. flaaLows's, the Old Passage
house, at Catdowu aforesaid, where every atten-
tion was paid to this unfortunate young ereatare.
then literally covered with wounds. bruises,
and putrefying sores, to which may be added,
swarm* of vermin. A. surgeon war sent for, who
humanely adusioistered his ready assistauce, but
on his second visit discovered this young, almost
expiring tar' to be a female, whose sex, in all pro-
bability, had never 'till then been revealed whilst
in the service. which bad been two years and up-
' wards. She says she is now but 17 years of age.
She lies now lies dangerously ill, though not with-
out hope of recovery, through the humane treat-
ment of these kind Samaritans, without whose
assistance lusd protection she must inevitably have
perished in a very little time, being totally ne-
glected on board, to say no worse. She says she
is a native of Truro, and being friendless, and in
much distress, was driven to the resolution of dis-
guisiug her sex, and entering on board a privateer.
This extraordinary account having gone abroad,
the Mayor of Plymouth, with his woutevi activity,
went to visit her at Catdown on Monday sennight,
and took her dipmition respecting this business.
The neighbouring women, awl other kiwi friends,
since this discovery, have paid her the greatest
atteution.

The .Lydia, Captain W N,rrL ,is (kiwi% ed nt Li-
verpool frouisSulLitt's, which place she left on the
16th of January. in company with the St. Anna,
for Lancaster; Mentor and Eliza, —, for London ;
she parted from the Mester on the 17th of Fel:em-
ery, the Eli:a MI the 'Jed, oti Tusear.
On the 19th. an ship was brought into
Dieppe. a prize to Le Grand Napoleon privateer,
of &ulnae. She is laden with butter, pork, and
oak beef, from irehtud, and her inirgo is supposed
to be worth 100,000 francs. _ _

The Eardidon. Capt. Roarer'. from Jamaica,
for Liverpool, is pot into Antigua' in distress..
A letter from Conway, dated Feb. 41, says—
" About six o'clock on Thursday evening, the
horse-boat sailed from the Denbighshire side for
this place, with the goods of the Cheater waggon,
Mr. W tt. LI ANS, the proprietor, Mr. SAMUEL.
WALK Eli, of lleanmaris. with hishome, and three
ferrymen. Soon after they had left the shore. a
storm of snow and wind commenced. Tbw they
•f the elements ioilticel the passengers to urge the
boatmen to return, but in vain. half an hour,
the boatmen themselves did not boo* where • they
were. or in what direction the land lay. An this
dreadful state of iumfety they continued isotiinbout
testis o'clock, nearly three hours ; during which
time, in paroaysins of despair, they were screaming
for assistance from the shore; when at length they
perceived whist they thought was the island oppo-
site the town, but which the ferrymen swore was
a cloud .• the passengers declared it was the island,
and with much pewlwasaw they bore up to it. At
this time the sea ran very. higia, and the boat was
nearly fhll of water. '1 ne ferrymen immediately
left the boat, with the two passengers, goods, and
horse in it, going, it is "epee/444 to the arioriewed of
the island, to call for assistance; Mr. Mre.xtuts
got out•next, holding the host for Mr. WtElita
and his horse to hand, which, with great difficulty
and exertiou, he accomplished ; immediately after
which the boot sunk !—Through the intrepidity
and humanity of Captain and Mr. H. Rows (sous
of Mrs. Roca), Mr. H. dreams (Mr. RiAD'S sou-
in-lavri, and Captain Ram, of Pwlhelly, the pas-
sengers we:. brought to shore, nearly inseusable
Rom the cold and hardships they had endured
No comments are nee-eery on the conduct of the
boatmen, it being uoirersolly allowed, .that the
Conway boatmen arc. in general, far metre disa-
greeable to the passengers than the ferry itself.
On Friday night, an atrocious transaction,
which for years back has not had a parallel in the
tranquil county of Kilkenny, took place in the
neighbourhood of Ballyraggeft :—A Young man of
the name of Downey, we believe, had forined so
aitachineet a ith the daughter of a farmer named
BERGEN, who disapproved of the proposed union,
and was in treaty with moodier young man, whom
he preferred, for the match ; Down re haying been
made acquainted with this intention. noreuilded a
party of his comrades on the above night, and pro-
ceeded to the house of Beaune. with whom he en-
tered into an expostulation on the business; but in
the mean time, his party, under the apprchensiou of
an attack from the friends of the flavoured mat, had
retired for the purpose of recruiting theirtitnithers;
and on their return, without inquiry or ceremony.
they fired into the house, and shot their leader deid
on the spot ; intoxication probably has Mg destroyed
the remembrance of their basin left bum behind
en their former departure.
Some daring footpath. have lately infested the
neighbourhood of Croydon and the adjacent parts
of .Surrey. robbing frequently to the number of
five in a gang. Three of them stopped an higgler
Ruckstearl, in Sussex, a: the thirteen mile-
stone. by Riddlesilown, no the Goalstooe-road, be-
tween twelve nod one ut unort vestertlay, and took
from him slime fifty pounds : he gave alarm, and
the hue and cry was immediately raised. Col. II A-
nn:fox dispatched various parties of military; Ma..
jor Maier called out the Niitchaus Volunteers; Mr.
ROSE, a Clergy man, and a mast active Magistrate
•f CroYdon, rode round to, and personally searched,
the reined public-!oases. At length one of the
parties. with Mr. Arxissaix, a farmer, of Cools-
don, at their head. tracta than into a wood called
Thieves Den. near Pesge Common, and after a vi-
gorous pursuit took two of them, with some of the
property. The hinter has positively onions to
them ; but they are remanded for farther exami-
nation. to give an opportunity for the numerous
'serums wished to come farmyard and identify them.