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London, England, 1807-09-15 00:00:00

CLERICENIPILL SESSIMS—terr. 14.

Mal clAy the Sessions commenced.—Mr. Ales 4
Lein ,z, of Ozford-strect. was tried for an assaillt
znd battery. on the prosecution of out of his own
former coach-drivers. The charge wa:,. that the
Prosecutor applied personally to Mr. Lemmor: for
a balance of wages disc to hint at the time he ass
dismissed frorn his service; initaad of receiv-
ing the hairy., in cast,. had received a severe beat-
log upon his head with a stick from Mr. Le 1110303.
The s.n of Mr. Laminac stood ah,o indifted with
the father, who is a .1c,..) CiPachddrer, and in the
habit of employ isig .evetal drivers.
The Prosecutor, ho.sever, when struck and cut
on both tides of his head, as he stated, mos. into the
stable-yard. and seized a short square plan' of
tirolser, svitli intent, it further attacked or struck. to
retaliate, by bcatii.g the Prisoner, or throwing it at
him. Ibis plank. however. the Priwo.es's son
wrested from the Prosecutor's hand in the yard.
Cut offered no further violence. It WAS admitted
by the Prosecutor, on cros--szissidatioa, that he
had beets dioni..ed from los master's service for
drunkenness. The assault was fully proved against
the Lather, but the son was atersiiird. The Pri-
soner was only fined thirteen shillings and Out-
posts, and discharged.

TURNPIKE TOLLS.
.70tist Doter,, the gate-keeper of the Turnpike on
7utney Bridge, between Putney and Fulham, with
a man of the name ofDav Is arid one Ta,l-r, were
indicted for an assault on the prosecut.oo of use ser.
Wants of Mr. Vernon, of Berkeley.square, a gantlet-
mast of fortune, who had advised Liss servants to
carry on the present prosecution.
Mr.. Vernon. with Mrs. Vernon. and a young
Lady, were driving to town from his urbanity seat
in a pliaaton, followed by his groom on horseback.
and his butler and footman in a gig ; as soon as
the phaeton pas.ed the toll gate, the gate-keeper
seized the rein 01 tae groom's horse, which was
high-spirited, and caper,:d about, white the groom
told the gate-keeper that he must no: be stopped.
as his fellow-eerealtr, ju.: following down from
the centre of the bridze, would pay fur all the
equipage.
'Die butler, on seeing the seizire, put up his hand
from the gig. and hallooed out that he would
pay all. The gate-keeper, howevai. held the reins
of the groom's horses! ill. and, aid•zilty 'Cadet, pull-
ed the groom tram his horse. A scudl: ensued, :s
the gig came up, and the butler paid the toll for ail.
bat the scuffle had not for some time suhsided, and
not until the constable, having treenaent for, had ar-
rived A uumhor of friends from the water, and
the Swan public-house, in Fulham, assembled on
behalf of their neigh:sour, the gate-keeper, and the
groom, toraged at being stopped from following his
master aid mistress, and being unhorstd, offered
to fight the gate-keeper. or any other loan in the
ship (as he &tiled it). It was proved that this was
the usual mode of paying in such cases, the last
person in the equipage paying for all, not only
near London, but in distant parts.
It was contenlei, that the groom had alighted
of himself to fight the toll-man, for stopping his
!nose. and that the capering was caused by the spurs
Mr. Coyer, 'on the part ct this very kong and
well-cos ested FiLisecution, being with Mr. Gua-
nav, at i;viansel far the Defendants, :n to

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tl.e soar. male *Witt :ram a rg.liogrewritratt
Ity Mr. Sheri-lu.
ia vr 41 the eittes•
trizn heroes or Itottea-tow. that eel;brat.ll Wit
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" Wh kit hip Ide 1044 issictinuOy
" Provokes these c•pons whir,' lie »eras to eitide."
After thr greater pin of the day was con.uslit4
by thi: trial, the inry, after a VII y ettlyrate ;Large
Irons the Chairman, toilful," 'erg:a 'AL GuAr 2:.,41X5t
tLe gate-keeper. ar.d verthas et evquiel.,l es to the
other I)ef:e.daskit.
zivier, juJgment, the Bench expressed their
regret that such a trivial care should bah ecetspie.4
r, 49tr:h of the time of the Court and aid
And the gite-keer..r one shilling ugly.

ItlvAislllP IN ,
Mr. M.No:trjv test, a surivon and man-misl,
wife, residing at Hammersmith. in prabice for se-
veral year!, was tiied (pt an assault upon another
Sitrgena, a young man of the r.anse of Chapman,
tile same place, iately set up in business there. It
was erated f•Jr the prosecution, that. akhzugh the
injury sastained was very trivial, haling on:y
the saiz.ng of Mr. Chapman by tht left arms
and tr.:to:rig him from one side of a lane to
the other. and tgueezing his arm hare by the ath-
-I,tic grasp of Mr. West's far supe:ior strength. yet
that, as ill will. or a rival:hip in bwintss. sftemed
to have provoked this assault. and as Mr. West was
in the habit of shaking his head at Mr. Chapman,
it became necessary to pot end to itteS Pradtices,
by this prosecution.
The Prisoner had no Counsel, and as:tehtecl the
fad; but stated. that the Prosecutor provoked the
assault. by putting his bark to a gate leading into
the house of a Mrs. Fowler, whern he, the
Prisoner, was goi-g to visit, shofar after be
tad attended her in a labour ; he said Ike had ret
.quited the Prosecutor to leave the gate, which be
rating to so fast as to prevent Mt. West from visit.
ing hia patient ; but a Lady produced for thlifria
scoter, as a eitseos, who was looking, at the tfani-
aZtion, from a twighlsouting house, did estse cor.
rs.berate this state ear.

l'te Prisoner said he was a peacea!sle man.
well krriwn to all the neighbours. and bad newer
of any one by land not by sea, wh:ec he
hsd been ; bot had a tight to slake his he-Ad Lt
any one coming on his side of the way.-llc
found Gudly, and fined 13s. 4 I.

Capt. Forritt is appointed to corvmand t!':e
chewer pion ship, and is to saperintu• ;1 the whole
of the prison ships in the Ri-er Medw .y.
Two sons of M.srq is WstLastsr
Kntont, CHARM'S CORNEWALL, and Wr •'
Am:maims, Esqrs. sailed from Oha-, on t e :
instsnt, en board the Primo, of Weer elute!, C
WALLA CZ.on a tour through the I-kW' /es.
Capt Joists is appoicitsil to command the Nanur,
of 74 gnns, which ts to be stationed as a gusrd-chip
at the Notre.

C:tptain Dbwass ♦xs appointed Commodore of the
division of prison ships at Portsmouth, is to hciit
his vitJ pradAnt on board the Assittana, Lieut. J.
MAC tITHUII.

Capt Citaetts Brtt.ar. who commanded the
oirtairtia in the glorious battle of Trafalgar, ea
Thersday,_commissioned La F.hweire frigate, at
Portynctiet.

The statement of a Dutch East ndiaman having
be-n captured in the Downs, is erroneous. A
Swedish Indivsian anchored in the Downs to wait
to convoy. ...id was boarded by an Officer front
the Ant? Arr. Capt. 842 at et-, whl, after 'examining
kir page's. returned t cm, v.ich permission for hce
to proceed ea her voyage.
An interes-ing inquiry took place in Sherborne on
Moi.day se'nnight, before tie Sheri' and a lu-y of
the County, summoned on the occa;ion, which was
attended by a great nurnter of verse:is. It was ao
exefution of a visit of ei tad damn•.ns, whereby the
Earl of tit astooe sought to establish a grant from
the Crown for holding a permanent market on Mon-
days at Stalbridge. Mr. Serjeant Barr made as
eloquent ans: impressive speech in opposition to the
measure, as did Mr. Callllllll3 (Lord counsel)
in support of it ; when, after a trial of eight house,,
and examining numerous witnesses on both sides,
the jury found a verdia against the grant. It was
the general understanding, if such ex c iu tive psis :lege
were Irauted to Ms Lordship, it would render un-
lawful all future tittle-shows both in Sherborne and
Sturminster.

In August.lllo4. the Principal and Professors of
the University of Glasgow, together with the Dean
of Faculties, laid the foundation stone of the build-
ing intended flr the reception of the Iftree,iom Mu.
SUIT in that city. An elegant building for that va-
luable Museum is finished, the greatest part of the
articles belonging to it have already arrived, and
the remainder are soon expected. Such of the Stn.
dents :n that University as dire& their atrenticn to
medicine, cannot fail to derive much information.
paricularly relative to aeatowly, from the Anat,..
meal preparations in that Museum. Dr. liCtilta.
in his introductory Lectures. which were publiihed ,
has stated. that" be had (Welled each am
.0/opinions as was sever hi sigiSt together in any age or
orosery." This celebrated collection, now beloug-
ing t the University of Glasgow, no doubt must
vmetihute greatly to promote tug eelehriry of Glase
gow as a m-throb school.
The Popularity of the new Lottery Plan may be
easily accounted for. as hinvelry, when rendered
rntere.ting to the public, as in the present in-
stance, will not onl) acquire, hut merit general atter -
tion. It needs onty an impr rtial view ot the erejunci
Lirtery Schemes, 0071 offered to the embrace of
adventurers, each produetive of greet gni-
requiring but one 'NI:* for both, to be con
of their surefor claims to the cistinguished •
age they already boar.
At it exhibits an example of judielowe Ii
and rosy direet the attention of tho public ant
individuals to laudable institutions—w • in
to un.ieritehd, that a gentleman, lately di
has bequeathed (besides considerable sum:
Sessions of the village and parish where he
the following Legacies to purposes of puhl
vnlence, via. 1001. to the British and Foreii

Seiciety-1001. to the cl'etgow Canaria
301. to the Glasgow Asylum Int the indigent
—3Ol. to the Fund for the widows of the tnit
of the relief denomination—fol. to the Fe171.1:1
ci.ty of Glasgow—aad 401 to the Semintry f r
"Armlets or poor female ehddren founded
!Amoy:.

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