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Mess of Raistor. will leave
rightono where they lowed

re.

en Westminster
lEtteices pleasant Comedy
they displayed much comic
ded by a -most crowded and
Stalin left town, yesterday,
t.e„, Esq. and family ar
r house in Great Stanhope-
Ingleficld -green.
q. arrived yesterday at
se-street, Oxford-Mafia ffrin
n Sussex.
posing the Committee for the
Witenis A res E.leflion; met,
es Head Tavern, in Holborn.
ounefs upon which they sv...re
er of the evening was spent in
and ft iendship. Several re-
amongst which it was pro-
.ly agreed, that there shouli
to celebrate the event. One
irable Secretary's tasth-day.
14th of May, and the ether on
being the day on which he
or the tautly of Norfolk.nsv
ar liC till a LW hour.

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School.

• • PROLOO&B
TA Tut CONROY '0?
MAIDS ►nd BACHELORS ; MY HEART for YOUR=S.
b►
LUMLEY ST GEORGE SICEIfriNGTON, Esq.
iiy N;t
(Never before publishea.)
Let Truth's elrr eye, to equity reOstn'd, '
Mirk eery fear that atutteA the mind,

Search thorns conceal d, eitatimie thrAe ennfes`d,
And meet the greatest in an sethor's
This night is filed to as anxious bard,
Whose diffidence 'elicits your regard.
Though whispi:ii hopes first used his treniblini lyre,
Those hopes, alas! now one by one retire;
For apprehensions, crowding on his view, ,
Wake ey'ry and ev'ry wish pimue
Nor flattery on eninfAt will he hear :
The terrors thicken se the dome draws near.
The Drama's Muse Mould, like • Painter, bac:
Feel. trimled esprenion el the human face;
Gotip'd with illict, the imitated skew,
With force should strike, with animation glow;
Till, tow.h'd by emir, in wiry part,
The ernes to o the caritas start
r.w can eme.4; since few an well inspirit
The legless ;atm, and the blushing, tint,
Winch fairly setts, valwesdrawn from Nature's bent,
T`. at very Natus*, which they repriment.
The trawling freedom of a bold design
a wraith isiewaii breathe, in liberty refine ;
White Ishii sal Media &mingling aid corapme,
Sofatunl by them, mad waited by Mom r

Those bright VW Orbits& -
gal withalt glitti-r, without liars •n ail veld.
Rides mil .asti4l vide, yet no restraint timpani
Art follows genies genius governs lit
OM IMOD hi,PelUe44. one twellant touch,
Transcends all laboiNa, when it servos as sub
Mittens, and only Macre, an inspire,
btrengui,, iresions, tins, the fames, and Meets! .1
In het they live, in hattlieir tome declare,
Arrest the hart, and Is an empire there !
t late treinlslini artist, elan. asseas'4l by ker.
This shebasieddrsensia fur toilittritiwn hews,
Anon.' to dusk (tbeettrossneines 4 dant)
Centra.ted peesionsi and crsenho'il 'het.
If he, tow daring. want J 114141611 na mach
Thaw! nobles lines„ w kb !LW, which mimes teach,
T.it mit se reo4ect, re erttie hands
The aiele..nbast 00..04, inks a abasteet bait
Herd is tie Mt "Nib mirth Nelms
Oinewatels &gene% and Guide's aer
at patens easinawif oggievated mese
Osmium olis tiesser, or rebel wish boat,
,_lloolbrest doll Nil hobos to stale.
I.4•PayeitemardSt, are Mae fawns bag
stii,o4asifiniani• bogies sesiOnettere.
Ls by yam weak erae almeing f •
-ammisamemonwesivo
SIR ROGER RIIII,3IGATE, BART.
' On Tuesday seitoilht died. at his seat at Arbury
in the Ccunty of Warwick, after an illness of less
than a wick. Sir Roger Newdigate. Bart. aged up-
wards of 88 years. Sir years
Roger
r as for many
one of the Hrpressintatives in Parliament for the
Un:versity of Oxford. to which he has for a
long period been a liberal benafaitor : be was svelter
of one of the horn estates of coal in the kingdom.
and hit exreasive coal- storks, near Bedsworth, have
for a long time been very produeive. - He several
years ago cut manly miles in length of navigable
can il through his toll'er es and wr.odas to join the
Coventry Canal; by far the greatest length of canal,
solely helonging to an individual, in the kingdom.
Sit Rog-r was an alive promoter of the Coventry,
the Oaford, and Grand Junetion Cass* and of she
Turnpike-read from Coventry to Leitester, which
has so much benefited those parts of the country.
Sir Roger, .who enjoyed his faculties unimpaired
almost to the last, was a liberal bveefaeor to the
prior, particularly in finding them employment ; he
vomited a fine estate at Harefield. in Middlesex,
where his remains are to be interred in the family
rank to-morrow.
OXFORD, Nov.
Wednesday lest, the Rev Thomas Welles, B.D.
of Worcester College, wag admitted I)ciftor in Di-
friaity. Mr. Town fiend Selwyn, of Christ Church,
and Rep. Christopher D'Oyly Aplin, of Lincoln
College. B.A. were admitted Master, of Arts.—
Messrs. William Mullett Hohlyn, of Christ Church;
Thomas Knox, of lit aseriose College ; Charl a Lewis
Merlon, and Charles John Craven, of St. John's
College, were admitted Back lora of Arts.
On Tuesday last, the Right Hon. Sir William
Scott, and the Ri ht Hon. Charles Abbott, the
newly elefted Me in Parliament for this Uni-
versity, arrived in Oxford. and on that and the fol-
lowing day returned thanks to their respeaive
friend` for the honour of their eleelion.
The Right Hoe. Charles Abbott, Speaker in dte
last Parliensent, having, previous to his becoming a
Candidate to represent the University, resigned ass
Orme of Recorder of this city, the Deputy Re-
corder. Wilbarn Elias Taunton, Esq. was, on Mon-
day last, unanimously elected to succeed hien in that
boeourable and important offts.e.
On Thursday last, the Worshipful the Mayor, and
a Imputation of Member, from the Council Cham-
ber, waited on the Right Hon. Mr. Abbott. at the
Deanery at Christ Chinch, and presented to him au
Address ut Thaaks tor his very able and faithlul ser-
vices during the time Ise filled the office of Recur ter
of tis city. To this Mr Abbott made an ..ppro-
Priate reply. *sprits. mg Ms tanks tor the way dis-
tinguished manner is which the city Lad thought
proper to manifest their approbation of his conduits
aid eongratuadtiog the city in terms of the lushest
•Inegyric on their chow* of his successor.

HIS MAJIITY'S ships :traps ♦nd C,.wlla, which
railed from Plymouth nit the 17th, and from Fal-
mouth on the Syth of Augert, in c nii.an with
His MAJ 'a ship nom. der. tried for the Crelph
of St. Laurence, arrived at Sc. John's, Nearionncl-
Liu I, co the 1 9th of Oitober.

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LAW INTEELIVENCE.
COURT OF KING'S Bitten. YVF.STMINSTKR —llse. 3.
Sittings- at Ned Prier, 5 tare Lard Chief pities
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THOMAS HICKEY iv .MasidAßlT DONoTAH.
This was an action for work and labour, :Ind for
goods sold And delivered, amounting to 121. 14s. 74.1
to which the Defendant had pleaded a set off, and
lodged 31. 3s in Court.
Mr. GAititOW, for the Plaintiff, stated, that his
client was a mason And stone-cutter, and, in the
course of his trade, had erected a marble mantle-
' piece in the house of the Defendant, who foll.weed
the trade and occupation, of a milk-woman, in the
neighbtiurhood of ‘Vhiiechapet, and having gained
a considerable property by her milk, she wished to
become genteel, and accordingly employed the
Plaintiff to decorate and modernize the interior of
her state chamber, by ereetog the mantle-piece in
question. However, like other fashionable folk.
when the work was completed, she did not choose
to pay for it
Thomas Carrington proved the charges to be
reasonable, and said, the mate, ials alone cost up.
wards of 101.
Sir VICART Gins, for the Defendant, said, that
these parties had hitherto been upon extremely inti-
mate terms of friendship, and were once very likely
to become much more so, as a treegr of marriage.
- had beet) on foot between them, and the banns of
matrimony &finally published: hat...after this I:aid-
hearted man of marble had hewn a deep impression
upon the milk of human kindivis of Mrs. Donovan,
a certain coolness came suddenly over him, and !,e
found another objet for his affeitio.is in his *um ney,
an attachment which, on many occasions, took •
most violent and absolute possession of its objett.—
The defame he had to set up was. that this mantle-
piece had originally been intended as a bridal gift
to Mrs. Donovan, the Plaintiff having declared, he
only intended to sharge her for s. ttmg it up; but,:
as he had thus Chnopc; to solo law about the matter,
she was also at liberty to set up her claim, and there-
fore charged him for seven weeks board, at the rate
of one guinea per work, which was consid.:,ed a rea-
sonable allowance ; beside., 3i. I Is. which had been
paid on account of tie mantle-piece, and three gui-
neas paid into Court.
Eleanor Call n proved the boarding ; she knew
they were making love together, bet could not speak
II to publishing the banns.
Lord St.t. seen motion observe.', that most cer-
tainly, it - the Plaintiff 'hose to Ming his at
the Defeodai,t ha t an equal right to retaliate,
The Jury found& Yenta& for the Ds tendant.
11•11111DEH V. MILLI.M.
This 11121 an aPtion broug‘t tin the Endorser
of a Bill of ffechange, for 1001. against the Ac-
mapiair.
Sir Vichs• Gins owed, that the bill in qiestion
was drawn in favour of a third person, rotti
ae-
copted by the Windom, • G sideman of fas.drin-
c able notrxiety, aad well knows spec the tat at
Newmarket.
The bill became doe on the 6th September. 184)4,
and when desql.ed at Goslin's, in Fleet-street, where
it was made Is, the answer was, that they had
so cads wherewith ropey it.
The asecessery p-uefs being made.
Mr. Gasauw, for the Defendant', said, he had a
ease to make, which would contilielely defeat the
Plaintiff's action, namely. a gambling transaCtinn ;
hut even this ihrence his client dit net wish to Arai,
himself of. bet for the following circumstances t
Mr. Mellish having lost et play SUSI.. at the
Smyrna Coffee-hose, to she payee, gave him
his three acceptances, of 1001. each. ow of
which was the bill in qh-stion. If nothirs more
had oectured, he would not noe ham been an 'steed
to take advantage of the defence the leat has pat iam
his hands; but, en the mune of a few &ye after, Ise
'net tee party, and had the good forma to *in
back his 3001 ; and the latter p, iced torment the
bills in a day or two; that period, however, sever
arrived, and he was under the necessity of making
this defence.
The payee was thee called to prow this twee, but
after being called three times open his vibrant'.
he did nor appear, and the Jury accordingly foiled
a verdilt for the Plaintiff.
MOODY t. Dove wad
This was an thine ie. wort and pal our, and for
goods sold and delivered, arnounting to I M. brought
by a tailor, against the Defendants, attorneys of
this Court.
Mr. G4tIIOW, in stating the Plaintiff's case, ex-
preaid great surprise that Mr. Dove, the Attorney,
had so soon set his feathers to sights, as to come
again into Court, after what had passed a few days
age (alluding to the case of Tyers g. Verson,
re-
ported he our Paper of Monday lest.) He then '
seated, thee a Clerk of the Defaidaties (John Smith
being iir wive of clothes, applied to the ?Wail,
who turnished him with them to the amount of W.
(tint being able in pay for them himself, the De-
fendants entered into ea agreement together with
Smith, by which they stipulated to pay the demand
at the rate of sixteen shillings per month; and in
ease of the failure of payment of any of the
instal-
menu, the whole was to become due.
This case being proved,
Sir Vic* air Guest, for the Defendants, objected
to the agreement, as it hail been stated to have
been ma e jointly acd severally. but upon the tea
of it this did not appear.
TboCourt acquiescing in the *Nation,
Mr. Gamow, to prevent a non.suit, consented
to a verdict to be taken fur the Defendants, which
was accordingly done.
teammares
In the case of Tv tee a. Palmist, reported in this
Paper on Monday. in which there was a verditt for
the Detentlast, we understand that Mr. Trees
mewls to move for &sew trial.
Admiral Pose had an interview of two hours.
yesterday, with His Royal Highness the Duke of
Otaaence, at his apaunents in St. James's
General Fit:by a has arrived at Limerick; to take
die command of that district.
Cuxhaven is oacupied by the French. A corps
,eopposed to amount to about *OOO men, entered the
just as the valuable convob.whicla was coi-
gnes'', bad taken its de e. One of the
vela*. signs arrived at%Teri sip-
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NIP amps.

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OLD 11.111. Er SESSIONS. •
I
The Sessions commenced here yesterday, befcwo '
Mr. Justice Cayce, BAtOR GII Alllll4, the Loan
MAYOII. &c.
Waal. Herirrt, a private in the First Regiment
of Foot Guards, was charged with assaulting and
nabbing Samuel dames of a 101. Bank Note, on the
night of the 2d November last.
I r appeared. that S. James, 'the Prosecutor, is
butler 'o Mr. Stacko te, rot Gro,venor-square. That
coming from Charles-street, thrruAh Hyde Park,
he met the Prison-r near th- beidn. about the hour
of nine in the everome. The Prisoner. a: he passed,
struck him in the f 'cc. trippid op his herds, an
proceeded to rifle his pockets, damning him for a
scoundrel. During this transaelim, the Prose
tutor had an opportunity of accura'ely examining
the Prisoner's countenance and uniform. as the
night was very bright. and the moon risoy..
The Prisoner. imm-diately after, `fled with lit
booty, and was pursued by the Prosecutor a short
distaste:. Concrivi.ig that the offeneer belonged
to the barrack in the neighbourhood, he called at
Portman-street barrack, but could not then disenvet
the Poisoner. He was afterwards sent for on the
9th. in consequence of some suspicion attaching to'
• One Gibbons, who was observed to spend muc •
more money than could be expelled from a privax
soldier. Gibbons having been examined by his Ser-
"pants, confessed. that he was privy to the robbery,
And had received part of the property, to conceal
the circumstance. On his going a second time to
the barrack, the Serjeant shewed him seven men, in
drill uniform, "and chaired him to sale& the person'
he could charge with the robbery. Whereupoo be
instantly pointed mit the Prisoner at the bar. 'The
Counsel far the prose.ntion, humanely recom-
mended the Prosecutor to &insider well the conse-
quence of his testimony, arid whether the Prisoner
twos positively thy perom who 'had robbed him.
he Proseestor againaook.ed at him, and affirmed,
be had not the least doubt of his being the person
William Gibbone, the neat witness, deposed, that
being on guard the evening of the robbery at Port-
man-street Barrack, he had seen James tall at the
Barrack, and being induced to believe Herbert
guilty of the robbery, had challenged him on the
morning site' with the fact. Whereupon Herbert
confessed it, gave him the hill, and requested him
to keep it. lest a search should be made ; and that
he should have an equal share of the booty ; they
divided the money that day at a porter-house in
King-street, St. Jamos's, while they sat drinking.
Wm. Shaw, publican, con& meet the evidence of
Gibbons, and identified the Primmer and Gibbons
as the persons who had changed the bill.
The Prisoner adduced nis Serjeant in his be-
half, who said he had known him some time. He
gave him the *charafter of a good soldier, but
could give no testimony with respell to his private
character.
The Jury found the Prisoner Guilty—Deetb.
George Seeah was indifteri for stealing, in the
house of G. Soley Foyle, in Brunswick-street, two
silver candlesticks, the property of the said Soley
Foyle.
Mrs. Handcock, housekeeper to Mr. Foyle, de-
posed. that on the 20th of November last, she places"
the eandlebticks in q restion in the Butler's pantry,
Oaten n'elrick in the ns sing; *Coolly att,:rwards Mrs.
Foyle desired her to run attar a person whom she
had observed with one of the candlesticks in his
possession, and escaping by the area steps into the
street. Mrs H. I siloweil him, and abed out—
" Stop thief," hut lost sight of him whoa he mined
the corner. The Prisoner was shortly after brought
hack with the candlesticks (which were found on
him) by a constable, and two other perms in the
neighbourhood, who were alarmed
,by Mrs. H.'s
outcries
Mrs. Foyle, the wife of Mr. S. Foyle, corralsa
rated the above testimooy in almost every pertienimil
sad added, she had seen a man, with the caw
diatirk in his possession, in the passage leading to
the bother poetry, which occasioned her stspiekM;
on being asked by the Learned Judge the video of
the candlestick, she stated it at about thirty, shil-
lings. Neither she nor Mrs. Handcock could iden-
tify the Prisoner at the bar see the person Isiah to the.
paring, or area. but swore positively ts the pasposty,
being marked with the arms of the family.
England, a constable; met the Prisoner in
the colonnade, on the 20th, with the caache-
sticks in his possession, mid stopped him on hear-
ing the outcry ; and with the assistance: of Ran.
dal and Roby, neighbours, brought him back.
whereupon he was committed to prison ; from
the time of his being seen is the area, to his appre-
hension, was not above three minutes.
The Prisoner pleaded his ignorance of any thing
relating to the robbery : stated he had found the
candlesticks tying in part of the colonnade, but could
adduce no witness with respect to his chuadar.
The Learned Judge observed, there could nos ex-
ist a doubt with respell to the Prisoner's guilt, from
the conneeed chain of circumstantial evidence ad.
dosed f the only plausible defence he could urge,
considering the quickness of his detedion and
arrest), would have been that he had received them
from another, which defence the Prisoner had not
attempted to make. The Jury. without retiring,
found the Prisoner Guilty-11846.
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