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of this ease, whit), were eta very • aggravated al..
cure, and were as feillowi:
He said, that the ship Endeavour, a West India-
Irian, was, in February last, wrecked on the Good-
winSandit. and' that her cargo had been plundered
by the Deal men. In consequence of which the
owner went down from London, with Nicholls,
Carpmeal, and other officers, from Bow-street, to
Deal, to endeavour to recover the property which
had been stolen. That application was made to the
Colledlor of Excise, at Dover, for his assistance, as
a part of the cargo of the Enataveur consisted of
exciseable goods. Mr. Shadgett, the Colieaor of
Excise, Mr. MgAdams, the Tide Surveyor at Do-
•er, with four other Excise Officers, came, on the
19th of February, 1805, to Deal, to give all the
assistance they could. There being reason to be-
lieve that spirits, and other articles belonging to
the ship, were lodged in some warehouses its Ex-
change-street, Deal, warrants were obtained to
search them. The party proceeded to the ware-
houses, and not being able to procure a key, were pro-
ceeding to break open one of the warehouses, when
a great mob speedily assembled at one end of the
street, bringing with them a 12-pounder carronade,
which they pointed dire.ftly at the Officers, at the
same time calling out, " Clear ! clear !" to the
persons who were between them and the Officers.—
This occasioned so great an alarm to the Officers,
that they desisted from forcing the warehouse, and
mired under a gateway, out of the range of the
cannon. Finding the mob to increase, toe officers
thought it prudent to send to the barracks for the
assistance of the military; but, before they could ar-
tive, a part of the mob came forward, opened one
of the warehouses, and triumphantly carried off up-
wards of twenty till's of spirits. At length the sol-
diers arrived, the mob dispersed, and the officers
seized, from the warehouses, and in concealment,
under the floors, about 100 tubs of spirits, and some
tobacco.

'l'he Defendants, the Learned Serjeant stated,
were, Mr. Oakley, a brewer, at Deal ; Spencer,
Robins, Seath, and Hodgman.
He said he should prove that all of them were
near to the cannon a cuasiderable time ; C...t Spen-
cer was taking an adive part, was the owner el one
of the warehouses, and seemed to ad as the Captain
of the band : that Hodgman too, he believed he
should shew, took an aihve part in the rescue of the
goods from the warehouse. He observed, that
where a number of petsons assembled themselves
together, thereby giving countenance and assistance
to the few who may be most adive, they are allequally
guilty : and if murder had ensued by the firing of
the cannon, they would have been all guihy et mur-
der. If, iudeed, all or any et them were there r.aly
by accident, or as idle spedators, taking no part in
the transaction, however imprudent they might have
been, no criminality could attach upon them.
Several witnesses were called, and it was cleat ly
proved that Spencer took ar. active part amongst the
rioters; as to the ether Defendants, however, it was
only proved, that they were present during a part
of the time.

The CHI EFBA R 0 N summed up the case, an c
Jury found a verdia of Giinty against Spencer, and
•evenecd the other defendants.

Tilt KING G. wanos..x.
Mr. Jacxsue stated that this was also an infor-
mation filed by the Attorney-General, for assaulting
and of strutting TIIOITIAS Seats, an office: of die ex-
cise, in the execution of his duty.

Mr. Serjeant SIMIURD also stated the circum-
stances of this case, as proved by the evidence of
Sear, which was, that Sear, on the 6th of Fe-
bruary, 1801, was going to Huicombe, in this
county, to survey. Near Kingswood he met
the Defendant, %Vaddle, driving a covered cart ;
knowing him to be a smuggler, he insisted
on searching the cart, which the other resisted
As he attempted to stop the horse, it stared
aside, and learirg lest it should be overturned
into the ditch, he got off his own horse. As
he was attempting to lay hold of the cart-hone,
the Defendant cam, unperceived behind tins, and
closing upon him, threw him into the ditch ; when
the Defendant got him down, he asked him, what
he meant to do now he had mastered him ? to which
he replied, d—n you, 17l let you know what You
shall have fur ruining a poor honest smuggler. The
Defendant then tool from him his sword and pis-
tol, and beat him over the head with the handle of
his own sword. After this, the prisoner mounted
the witness's hcrse, and rode away with it, taking
his arms along with him. The next day, his arms
and horse were left at a public-house for him ; but
the Defendant absconded, and could not be found
until lately. When the witness served him with the
warrant, he said he should give bail to it, and never

mere appcar.
The Jury found the

ACCIDENTS.

Two serious accidents happened yesterday, at
In. rti Grenville's house, now repairing, in Downing.
street.—A bricklayer's labourer fell from a ladder.
He was very much hurt. and carried, in a state
of insensibility, to the Westminster Infirmary.—
Shortly alter, in raising a girder, the tackle broke,
and it fell upon the men below. The foreman had
his arm broken, and is otherwise much bruised.—
Two others were also much hurt. Lard Grenville
has ordered every possible care to be taken of the
unfortunate rr-n, and Lady Grenville has direded
inquiry to be made into els situation of their fa-
r.:ilics.

Between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday,
as a woman was stepping into the Deptford Stage,
at Charing .-nu, with an infant, it fell out of her
aims. The wheel went. over its body. and killed it
on the spot.

On Wednesday morning, between one and two
o'clock, a large mass of the venerable remains of
the ancient wall of Rcchester Castle, gave way,
with a most dreadful crash, and failing on a shed oc-
eupied by Mr. BUTCRCR, coach-maker, of Roches-
ter, entirely destroyed the came, and dam :ged se-
veral chaises, &c. which were standing under and
near it. The mass vilich fell wac third feet
arid above twenty in wilt:;, and its fall is supposed
to have been ccicasioued iky the aloilittillt swing the
foundation of it.