The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1804-08-25 00:00:00

SOMERSET ASSIZES.

At the Assizes for the county of Somerset, held
at Wells on Saturday the 11th instant, before Mr.
Baron Tuomesois and a Special Jury, was tried an
information filed er °frac), by His MAJESTY'S At-
torney General, the Kiu e. June SOVTIMTON,
an attorney, for unlawfully obtaining from Mr.
Pa•TClitr, of that town, druggist, the sum of 101.
It appeared in evidence, that Sou-rot...a roe had
written to Mr. PIATCRET in Aogust 1803, stating,
that he had been applied to to prosecute him and se-
veral other druggists, for pilling medicines without
stamps, and offering to settle the aliti ins in the best
manner he could without bringing the complaints
into court. In consequence of tlti. application from
the Defendant, an answer was returned, tueng
to be informed of the name of the inhume', tile na-
ture of the offence, and how it could be settled To
this the Defendant wrote in reply. that the offehcz
was for selling Friar's Balsam without a stamp ; and
that a 101. note enclosed in a letter, addres•ed to
70/an Greenslade, the pretended info 'nez, at the
Post-Office, Wellington, would stop at -oceedings.
A letter was accordingly sent, inelos ng the note:
which letter the Detendant himself fetched from the
Post-Office. It appeared also, upon inquiry, that
the Defendant, his children, and servals s, had Lem
in the habit frequently of fetching letters from the
Pmt-Office, addressed in the name of Greenslade,
but that no such person resided at Welling! on.—
The information contained thirteen counts toe dis.
turd offences. The Jury found the Odes dta:
redly ; and he will be brought upf for judgment
nest Term in the Court of King's Bench.

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The notoriety of the Defendant's co-clittl, as a pro.
secutor of the Clergy, prodoced from a gentleman
present at the trial the following lines inippirepte
The Friars, for non-r. s
Paid Snutherton's rx-,t
Till Parliament a 1).11.84a found,
To cure their mai. fartni:l4
But Birmingham her Drugsin< aria
To 3tickle for a small stint ;
S. Sauttlerton at lag was
By dint of Irises liaison.

CORK, Rua Is.

Yesterday the important cause between the Ear
of Cork and Lady Fitzgerald came on, and after
occupying most of the day, the Jury returned a
verdia for thd Plaintiff, by which his Lordship gets
immediate Possession of a valuable train of land,
near this city, said to be worth 1,5001. a-year, to
which the Defendant claimed a title for nineteen
years longer.
A cause of inferior consequence came on to be
tried the same day, in which Lord Cork• was also
Plaintiff, and the Rev. John Webb was Defendant.
The question for the consideration of tint Jury, re-
lated to the title to some fields near Sunday's Well,
for one year only. After the tutraination of a few
witnesses, a Juror was withdrawn by mutual con-
sent, and the Counsel for the Defendant agreed to
submit the merits of the case, as well as the com-
pensation for damages and costs, to his Lordship's
own discretion raid well known lijerality.

Yesterday a man riding a cart horse down Fleetr.
street, was suddenly thrown off by the unlucky
animal, and in falling his leg was broke—ferteugaidy
it was a wooden i
Wednesday morning, between three and four
o'clock, a fire was discovered in the kitchen of the
Golden Lion Inn, at the top 04 Dale-street, Liver.
pool. The alarm bell was runs, and the St. George
fire-engine brought, but the bre was extinguished
without doing other damage than alarming the fa-
mily, several of whom leaped through the windows,
without however sustaining any material injury.
On Monday evening, a tout race t_f 25 r .Js w u
run at Faversham, between the note t Ilse sows i f
that place, and a gentleman from Dr. don. .ere 5.5
Tameas, Which was won by the tot ho
has antagonist half a rod.
An .kgricultnral Gentleman, who has I.ttely been
employed in improving the growth of ,) .:ts, yea•
terday left town fo- Northampton, for the humane
purpose of distributing the produce 01 ety acres
of that valuable necessary to the rnr, smti.. •he
planting of them cog him tile trifiiix; sum of four
shillings and sin-pence per acre.