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London, England, 1824-08-04 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL„ DRURY-LANE.

''SSEX SUMMER ASSIZES.

HOME CIRCUIT.

RUSSI.4N FINANCP.I.
St perinteniling Council of the Russian Credit Eats-
hinlimisys having teweinblell on the gist of June, Lieute-
nant-I:erre' Cowrie', the Minister of Finance. opened the
business of the meeting by a speech, in which he took a
tllctrdscraive view of the accounts submitted to the con-
:4(10'60o of the Council. lie observed. that the report
Men the Sinking Fund Commission showed that all the
liayments of the public debt had been effected in I mg:t with
the mod gunmen's punctuality. `donne impivrtant immune
Gad been adopted .lute the prey-ding r port ; otte of which
was the trilivirary suspension of the burning of the ',ang-
inas, and the eninloyinent of the Klima ih %tined to that
object in the a stinction of the public debt. The Loan
Kink W 35 t 3 prllreed to further loans on a new basis.
This teasure was dictated by the mei ssity of giving
rem ti the great capitals which remain unemployed in
banks. lir tie:a entered into a statement of the! debut of
the State, whether rimisting of is rpetual or terminable
antiJit cv, ae. they appeared I v the accounts made up to
the Ist of inintry, Iy'33. Among the debts iitscrilmil in
the Grtnti Rook in I WM, hi. mentioncd 19,499,Mt1) rubles,
coolequence of the loan eontracted at London with the
house if lt, dlischild in I-en. The State debt eorts:st,d,
~n the let of January, Inlt, i,r—
The 'hitch debt . .

Yesterday a Meeting of the new !tenter% of this Theatre (ealled --_
by the Trustees, Sir T. Turton and J. P. Fallowfield, E.q.) was
held at the splendid Saloon, fret the purpose of declaring the dui- Clle:kwaronw, TUESDAY.
dead upon the &loci:tuna for the last acting season. The Summer Assize% foe this county commenced here today be-
At two o'clock Sir Thosiiwt Turton was called to the Chair, and flare 31r. Rana: ()rattan; on the Crown side, and Mr. Justin Reir.
briefly stated the object of the fleeting, which was to hear the; rough on the Civil side. In herh Courts the business is rather
Report drawn up by Mr. Fallowlielti, and if they approved it tol light the this county. The ganl calendar contains no cave of very
agree to its being confirmed. The Renter* had on Werner aces- , great enortinev. AIWA of the commitment% are no larcenies • horse
sous made many ssecilicta, hut in el ' g so had acted sensibly, and : stealing Mina to be the prominent feature of crime, and for that
as it now turned out very considetably for their own benefit. In ; offence there are a great number of prisoners fur trial. There are
consenueitee of letting the Theatre to the present beast*, they had about 101 priumers named in the calendar.
toornany impr„,„l the Theatre. as well as their own y; ; (In the Civil hide the cause list contains an entry of IR causes out
and there was nothing which might not be fairly extort front the !of 20 venires brought down. Up to the time of this report four
zeal, talent, and assiduity of Mr. }Aston. The last season the !cases were nice!, bat noneof them were of the least public interest.
number of peetiormance. were forty more than usual, which car- I CBI/11'N SIIIIK.
euneeance enabled the Trustees to increase the dividend front! Thaws K Tn.; and fl'ltren.a Virphred were indicted for stealing,
It/. Ills. to IW. Ills, on each share. (Applause.) The uhyect of at East Ilanningfleld, on the fit of May, two horses. the properly
the l'iustees was to give every facility to the new Renters, who of Chs•les Yell. It appeared that the horses were naioed on the
might now go to Moore. Ransom., and urn the production of :td of May, and next day were traced to the posaession of the
their certificates receive this hatiehmtne dividend. Foe himself he'. prisoners, who hall entered into a treaty to Kell them to a man
had been, 'since 1793, connected with this Theatre. certainly the; named reek, at Strati:end. The animals were in a very wasted con.
most splendid Theatre in Europe, and be felt the highest %atonic- i lotion, and not ~,,eat ;le to the hor,,eamteh,
(ion in stating, that it wax the anxious desire of the Sall-Con '-; The ottoice ins clearly mode ant against the prisoners, and they
be to go hand.iii-hand with the present lactate, and by so tieing ; were ham,' (;„,ny, add sentence of ji,vgA was yee„raeat
increasing the property of the new Renters, and every other person l Mimes Briggs was indicted (tee being at large in this country
having any demands upon Ihury.lane. before a twittence of transportation to which he had been adjudged
The following Report was then read:- in 11119, had expired.
" TO YOE NEW ItENTEni or THE THEATRE ROYAL, The prisoner had been convicted of a capital felony at the Bunt
italliY-LANS:• 1 ASlntea, 1819, ia meeting in the dwelling.hnuse of the Rev. W.
47.4:011.000 florins. " Your Toasters have the pleasure to inferno you, that since the' Clifton geode to the amoont of Ifs. The sentence of death to
It 1it.1..... meeting in the year 11119, an Act of Parliament has passed. which ; which he was then adjudged wee afterwards commuted by the
. :I,Ir2ILINSI
In silver . . gives you the security to which you hail long bent entitksl, namely, I Crown, on condition that Ise should be transported beyond seas far
Id assienats - - - nt,te,lteti-rq 'that of enabling your Trustee. to take proper steps to recover your , seven years. On the 4th June last he was (mind at large in Chelms.
I kin% bearing perpetual Interest at 6 per cent. annuity, if at any time it should rewtaitt attpald beyond the period . find. itail being now identified as the person tried at Bury, as
f;..141 - - - - ;:t0(1.20 of three months. . abovenientioned, he was found Grill y, and judgment of Death was
Silver - - - . 8,1431.112 -'33i " They have, however, every reason to believe, that from the recorded.
A stigmas - . - 2211,465,131 good regulations alionnel be, the t;on aaaa ince of Management, and The remainder of this day Iris occupied in trying persons charged
I kbt% heariag menial Interco at a r r cent. from the zeal, mercy, anti activity of the lessee, nothing will in t with stealing dunkies.
Sliver - - . - 79,677,2110 future arise to prevent the neuter receipt ef your annuity. I our'
The amount of assignats It present in circulation is equi- , Truett:es have made arrangement% with the banking house of
Hann, in the j Messrs. Ransoms, l'an.mall, for the immediate payment of the
vat, tit to 595,1/6,3111 enlace. The 'Ann
,e loans to the
exh.nt
of 4.156 rubles in annuity due to the new Renters for the past season, on your ap-
courage of Is eI, mad plocation to them.
..t!„.et anal row etsl in assigner.. lhsring the sante year olt will be to your recallections that by the arrangement, impel'
the profits of the Rank amonnted to 1,133 rubles, G 11,44apees in 1819, it was agreed to give rep the meters of the annuity then
in gum ; ple,fet t vebh,,,, 4th in silver ; 6,14,255,093 in as- due, and likewise the payments that would have become due for
The c.,iititni of the t,,mineee
sivia,4. .ist (tank I. 34) suilijobs , the neat four years, nan.ely, to the commencentent of the t casein
111121.1, reserving your claim on certain extra nights beyturd the
of rubles; the deposits, consignments, Ilcc. amount to
1 usual session of performances. TM% has wielded your Trustee% to
1n2,L19.301 rubles. The number of bills protested was „,„te )0,,, during tl.e last linty years, two dividends of I/. and 41.
itooloiderahle, compared with theme of the priweding years ; ' each, but you will see the propriety of a small balance remaining
a
and lice mount of the emits which remain to be nrovered !in the hands of the bankers, partly to compensate for the trouble
The i Oreallinliell to them, and partly to enable your Trustees to take
j, le sy thall that exhibited by the account tope 11•!'3.
ity at s future time seised recover
eit% of the Hank for lw:3 amount to 911,111 rubles, i Proper awl," (shook! any ^cc!'"
pro • your annuity., ietor had they upon severai fanner oe.
', up iv. II I,lteral f 'ancriti Concluded by say iag—" 't„am . visions been in possession of a small fund to retort to, your interests
:,!.. ;eh of the situation of our credit establishments in I sv.3 I would not have .uffend so materially as they have done. and they
- tint they continue in a flourishing state. and that I were at Lost only enabled to act efficiently by the subscription
rol .. *sill amongst yourselves of one pound per share, and which has
1,,, ,;',e.,,:rrealile accident has disturlwol the progrese of any !!
:eau returned to h person within the last three years.
t' the lii. The too great accimoulation of capital remaining I
I " The accounts prom the last time your Trustees had the plea-
unemployed in the two Banks has, without doubt, beea sere to meet you, are sv.ted up to the present time, and will lie
e„eisalls7ohle to them. 'this inconvenience, which has, in upon the table fir your inspection.
.pile of airy eftert to cheek it, existed for several years, '• It is necesrary to state, that by the last Act of Parliament,
every new Renter, holding a MIW. share, must obtain a certificate
twill rot he remedio din !sell; ; Lascaux% on the otw ltanol,
1
from the present Preprietors of Drury-bine Theatre, which is de-
ti. i-1 ty emusiolerations prevented tio.
"'an Bank f livered by Mr. Penn. the Secretary aed Treasurer, free of or.
1. liming it v. operations before tl e year twat; and Oat the pease, on making upplicatian to I , and producing the certili-
; :I; r, it was impossible to give. to discounts, entirely rate, which must have the pinions payments written oil ups: the
is pending! on the state of trade, an extent which would 1 bark by Mr. Fellowlield, on: of your Trustees, previous to its being
tot have been in harmony with it. It was, on the con- I Presented fur Parnenf at the bailers-
" In conclusion. your Trustees beg leave to state, that they have
((try, necessary to pnweed with all the circumspection,. received your annuity for the pest seaUni, anloUnling to the sum
shitli operations of this nature require. The ope gen of 4,500/. aid that they ate enabled to pay Match Renter a dividend
tl- Loan Sauk, :itiwever, affords at present, if need be, the of 151. 100., leasing a small balance in band to answer any cuntin-
te ay, of putting in circulation the capitals which are lying gencies which may arise."
• august 3, 11t24."
lac sou Ille Co 1111 l uncial Honk." Mr, FA L Low r 'LLD, one of theTrusteee. gave a detailed history
e of the Theatre its far as regarded the situation 4: the Renters, since
the year 1791, when the original subscription was made. Ile stated,
that the annuity was only paid for seven years, when the debts be-
came no numerous that all psymeuts except to the performers were
suspended, and after many years of litigation in the Court of Chan-
cery, the destruction of the theatre by tire emend up the concern:
that at this tiu.e the debts amounted to 450,01 W. and 'natters ap-
petered hopeless, till, by the exertions of Mr. ll'llitbread, and an
_let of Parliament to legalise the composition fur claims, a new
subscription *to nitwit by the present Proprinnrs, and the existing
Theatre nautili : that upon de. occasion the new Renters, with
great liberality, gave ue all their arrears, amounting to 60.011111. and
/greed to take an asininity of !a.m. per night instead of 2s. lid. and
likewise gave up their entsimon the patentee s lease, insurance money,
surrounding buildings. Ac. whirls had all been assigned to them,
on having a pewee of distress to enable them to recover their an-
nuity if in swear at any future time: that differences arising be.
(wren the Trustees and Committee respecting the power of distress,
and the Theatre pitying the annuity foe three yawl, no active mea-
sures were taken. In the mean time the Theatre again became
involved. and debts to the amount of 90,0e01. had again accumu-
lated in 1/119, when the Theatre was first proposed to be let; but to
do this effectually it was necessary Wet the debts should be arrang-
ed, and the Reiner% again, came forwasd, and, with their usual Jibe.
Talky, gave up their claim furaszears amounting to 16.0110/. and
likewise tar four years to come, amounting to as much move. The
Itonelholden, with equal liberality, folhowtel their example, and the
creditors, not to be behinti-lu.nd, agreed to take ten shillings in the
pound. To raise this flattery a public subscription was entered into,
upon a mortgage of the rent of the Theatre; the whole of this sub-
scription has been repaid. and no debt now remains but a portion of
the nom! debt, which will he eorapletely paid nfl' in about four'.
years to mar. when the Pzoprietor. themselves will be enabled to
make a small dividend, which will go on gradually increasing.
The Renters have this year received their annuity, and nothing in'
the enuntion course of evt nts appears likely to 1111 l oak the future
receipt of it. Mr. F. concluded by seeing, that the shares were
actually now selling for 2.10 g ' as, and lie had no doubt, upon the'
declaration of the ;meant dividetid, that they would fetch 3110 gni.,
near, which would ins a nett 7 per cent, for seventy years to come,
• target suns than they had at any time sold for during the hot 251
years, even when the annuity was double the amount it now was.
(coosiderable applause.)
The Rev. Ale. Resit moved that the payment of this dividend
should be anauuneed in some of the morning papers, and that the
day for receiving it be the pith instant, which was unanimously'
agreed to.
One of the gentlemen present wished to hare the Renters vote a !
sum for a piece of plate, to present to the Trustees, especially to
Mr. lallowfield, fur the perseverance and the zeal with which they
I attended to the attteint of the Theatre.
! Sir Teton ss Tr nerna amp Mr. Fat town ern respectively
thanked the worthy gentlemen for hi. kind intentions, but requested
him to take sumo other opeoitunity of carrying his object into
effect.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.

WORCESTER ASS.22lol..Auoeir 2.

D•VIES I'. AXII 01'11E21.
The plaintiff s owe wk. conducted by Mr. Jervis. Mr. Taunton.
and Mr. O. Russell; Mr. Curarami and Mr. Carrington appeared

Cur the defends, t ectske.

THE GREEKS.

As the threatens) campaign in 4 :recce approaches, the
intelligence from that quarter becomea more interesting.
Hyatt. letters from ft:dottiest state, that the Capitan Paella
Lad found consitlerahle difficulty in inducing the auxiliary
.illostiian troops to embark on board his fleet, on account
of their dunanding not only their arrears of pay, but like-
s'se dirty months in advance ; and that the corps of those
Irwin moo fort of Eparnona had absolutely refused to join
the Paella until these conditions were cum died with, al-
though he had arrived purposely to embark them. If. how-
ever, seam to believe the subjointtl article from the Frank-
f trt Pares, the Pacha of Scutari has, through " the in-
tervention of a foreign agent," got the means of satisfying
the Albanians, so far as money is concerned, and that he
is prritarisg to attack NI issoloughi. Alatmeortlato is doiiig
a!! in hiA Omer to fortify the place, which we doubt nut
I'M mnke a most determined resistance, if treachery does
us do the walk which the Turkish scimitars arc unable
to accomplish,
1 t is confented in the Utters from '!.ante, that a massacre
of the Gretis has taken place at Smyrna. The perpetrators
were the Asiatic troops, which passed through that city on
their
way. to the scat of war. It Was added, however, thta
when thu intelligence reached the Pacha, he caused some
veer!: examples to be wade of those who had been most
active in the butehery. Considerable uneertainty prevailed
at Sslonica as 'to the real destination of the Ottoman
squadron; but it was generally thought that it would first
proceed to raise the siege of Negro Cont.
The folbwing article is from the Frankfurt Papers re-
cited yesterday :
FRONTIMIS Or ITALY.JCI.T 12.

Thanks to the intervention of a foreign mg. nt, who en-
qss enolit with the Porte, the Pacha of Scutari basin
•

bilah`reci revel a coissiderahle sum of money, for the 'l:q-
-uo-slot wh.ch (buds had already been provided some nine
*i we is a considerable commercial city in the Adriatic;
nntennutaniling all the efforts which this Pacha had made
sum; the Albanian tribes, even those with which he had
the tut)st connexion, he had not been able to succeed in ob-
Lining troops, because he was unable to pay the Chiefs.
lin urinnt solicitations at Constantine* have at length
ni,lnid him funds, and he will now have nu difficulty in
psairing 'mops.
All II circumstances are perfectly known at Misso:
l'!:i-'11i. aml measures ere taken to put the place in a state
l': Ifence to resist the new attacks that tinny be expected
from the Pacha of Scutari. There is no doubt that he
%%ILI lure comitgoicol ofroutive operations much sooner
1.:1 fir the difficulties which we have spoken of, but now
1., will net dilly taking the field. Marrocordato does
'thiri,i; in his power to organize his mains of defilice in
U., b.. 5.. manner. Fortunately he has already received
s,,r, ?Initiatives of money front England, which have come

.....
Air. J att• in stated, that this aqui an lardetnatiem against therms
drtrndants, Itichard Dint, Thomas Pats, IVilliant Pats, and Thus.

. -
Cooke, to recover a penalty for twang a gate net to destroy game.
The defendant% were needle-makers, and unforunately addicted to
poaching. Ile ld prove that a gamekeeper of Lord Plytiirh,
being out on the watch for poachers in a field in the parish of rat-
debigg, an he Lir under a hedge, saw the defendants place a gate
net and wine fur the destruction of hares. tie came out of his eon-

cc:tiniest, went to the gate, Riot took away the net, when one of the
[tints none up. and asked where the net was ; he replied, that
another man. meaning one of the utter poachers, had got tt ; he then
whistled in the way in which keepers usually ihistle to their coo.
miles, and one of the poachers said, "there is the rogue's whistle,"
as.l some other keepers came up, and saw the defendants, one of
whom said, we will give you something to swear to, and produced
1410111 ff gate net, which, however, he itinnediately put in his pocket
again. The defendants were apprehended, and taken before a
' Magistrate 8 but as they were neither of them armed, they could
not be proceeded against for the mistlemeahor of night poaching.
Ile should only, howecer, ask for a verdict tar one penalty of
It was here observed, that the three defendants' Richard hint.
Thomas Bins and William Pitts, did not appear by Counsel, and
that they therefore must he personalty present.
Mr. Lavender, the Governor of the gaol (they being In his cus-
tody), declined bringing them up without a writ of 'labels Corpus.
Mr. July's-1 We will give you an undertaking not to prosecute
for soy escape.
Mr. CURIVOOD—Lord Plymouth will give you an indemnity,
Mr. Lavender.

Thr gentleman then declined the proposal for the present, but
explored hi.dettruanation to persevere on some roller orcrumm.
tharAt were thtn ruled to the Chairman, and the Meeting

Chu
in
JUt°
the.

separaittL

The Duke of Wellington honoured Daviis Ampbi-
thestre with his presence on Monday night. His Grace
paid marked attention to the representation of The Baffle .
of WO. do., and was much gratified with the inimitable
horseinanohip of Mons. !Newly.
prorm CAST. N PARRY'S EX PEDITION.—'I'h(` WitBIM ItarriS
I transport, which was ordered to attend Captain Parry to
,TP, Greek corps, which is in Acartiania, beyond the I the verge of the ice, has Fca:ed Whitby. on her return to
ins„''• of Knh3, has tarn reinformi, and its vanguard the River, after discharging her cargo into the llecla and
„,.,: 'l4 serer detachnitatts. This vanguard is in she Fury. She rut some letters on shore, by which it appears
. ,'"'"ebovil of Arta. All the inhabitants of the 1111 l un- that she left the discovery ships on the `441 of July. in the
, "a o •
C 'l' um*, and rt:.olved to make a tksperatc resist- nei•Otbourhood of M hate-fish Islands, Bailitt's Bay, all
thinl's' t"
lII' it'ekti of the Turk' lint in this slat al well, and about to inoceed iu the pursuit of the ulterior
, i
~' •11 I %Thrtadato must renounce all offensive opera- objects of the expedition.
f, , if% i
I, 'rk 'n'n are employ. d without intermission in in
••I,NTINI; Cill' %TRY VAVANT.—" The country lately
It i,.. 6
..i• VP=u4ongiti. should the Turk.; advance so far.
j,,,
o,:it 'I die the plan of defence which succeeded on the hunted by Mr. Shard is now vacant, inconsequence of that
, (maculates (
health being unequal to the fatigue of f0x-
..,,, ,•it.s may he reissued ; het is, to eiti off their tunting—a circumstance very much to be regrefitd, as no
I "L.:.4;.net. 'lit by this means compact them to retreat : man was more popular in his station, or more anxious to
s.elitv.vible for the Turk:, to make thuluselvi a niaa. -dease.
~..:.'r V2W.llailess the fltet attacks it by sea ;at the ' Twenty couple of good limning hounds, issitles
puppies, belong to the Ilunt. which Mr. Shard gives up
„i
i.: -,ri,.. se have not yet heard that the fiat has appt ar-
" Inbuilt Sea. The gnu:Lain of Patras remains 'on (caving the country : and he is willing to act most lilac-
' 1% and rally with respect to the other I tttttt ids. as he wishes the
kut not attempted fresh sally itor has any- 1, b. * ..ti . The country only showed one
r-,,,f ~ _. any
__ .. .• .. . Floe to • kept top. ur.
v blank day last season, though hunted three times a week,
I
is said to be the best south of London. The kennel
now oceupitill by Mr. Shard is in the very centre of the
country. rituatet ten miles from Winchester and twelve
from Portsmouth, on the I:is:port road."—Norting .31a-

1,,ULl fie.

" The ...!rith of August is generally considered the first
day of stag-hunting, anti the tetills the first day of hare-
limiting. The la,t we, k June is the commencement of
buck-hunting. which genet-Ay ends the last week in fz,•p-
timber. Stag-hunting lasts until the loth or I.lth of Oc-
tober. Ilinil-bulling begins about :mat April, and con-
tinues through great part of May. A few hinds. when,
they are plenty, arc killed early in November. Bunted
venison is eon:Acrid by epicures tendeter and superior to
shot venison."—sp.riiiig Malta: in..
A I krman journalist. in translating an article lately from
an English paper, framounced that a certain English NO-1
Minim a aaa t a sett himself ev, ry morning before breakfast byl
killing a number of pet:mints on his estate, upon which fact,
he entered into a long iliatrite against the cruelty of the
I English Nobility. The British Ambassador complained:
of the calumny to the Magistrates ; the Editor was cited
.
• rime theta, and produced his authority, by skewing the
raper front which be bail made his extract, when his crime
Is proved to originate limn his ignorance of the En,luth lan-
ai I guage, and taw following clay he made an tant.eride honer.
fur; obit., by inserting in his paper an owlet's, for proms's,
stead CLIO ft:J.—La Pa,:dort.

Mr. Lavender hesitated, and appeared to think that a writ of
Habeas Corpus would be a better thing fur hint thao Lord Ply-
mouth's indemnity.
Mr. CARRINGTON—I apprehend, nip Lord, that as in bringing
these men to the Hall they must pass through the city of Wor-
cester, in which the county gaoler has no authority, he would be
therefore guilty in law of permitting an escape unless there was an
Ilaheu l'orpus.
Mr. Justice LIT TL EDAL E-11 filial there ought to be • writ of
Habeas Corpus.
This want of precaution on the part of the plaintiff caused •
busiderable delay; and in the mean time another cue, of no
public interest, wee disposed of; previous to which a conference
of nearly halt an hour took place between the two Judges, ,Mr.
Justice PAVE and Mr. Justice I.creserstex ; and the defend.
ants being brought up in the custody of Mr. Lavender, the case
proceeded.
Joseph Vakeford, an assistant keeper of Lord Plymouth, was
called. lie elated, that on the 2:14 of October, Ift.n, he was in a
field in the parish of l'ardebigg, and saw the four defendant.: and
after he had observed them for • short time, he saw Richard
Riot set a net across a gateway, fur thfr e of catching hares.
cle
arly what took place, and i m. Pitts said he had some
co.
wires; and he. jointly with Richard int, proceeded to set them
in • hedge. They knelt down in thi ditch to do so. Cooke and
the other flint were standing PICO( path close by. While
11. flint was setting the net all of them were together; they
were all at the gate. They had fire or six dogs; they were
lurches, which are good for hunting in the night, as they don't
give tongue. The witness hail seen a lurcher named Rose often
hem; this dog had belonged to Cooke, but he did not know that I
it belonged to Cooke then. Ile certainly had seen this dog
often at Cooke's house, and this dog knew a keeper well. One
of the persons hearing the witness, cried out " Tom !" but no one
returned any answer ; another man afterwards cried out, " lt.ho
are you 'e" and the witness replied, " I saw you set the net ;" and
as this man ran away across the bean-field, the witness took the
net, and proceeded down to the other defendant., Cooke and Thos.
Dint, who were standing in the path. while the others set the wires.
Richard Dint said, " Hist," and Thoniaa Dint started up with a
wire in his band. The witness said to Richard Dint, " I have
been looking after you for a long time. but could no: find you out."
He replied, " What have you seen?" The witness replied, " I
saw you set the net ;" on which Dint observed, " It you saw me set
the net, who has got it r" Witness fearing they would take it from
him, said, that the man who ran away had got it. Hint then chal-
lenged the witness to tight him, but witness would not, and whistled
three times as a signal to his assistants. All the others went
away but Thomas flint, who said, •"fhere is the rogue's whistle."
The witness went away and came back again with two other keep-
: era, sod one of' the defendants said, on the keepers going behind a
hedge, " What do you hide for ?" and the witness said. " I have
seen enough, I saw you set the nets." The witness and the keepers
went away, and as they were going. Richard Pitts said, " If you
want something to swear to, see thi, " and obeyed the witness an.
other net. Cooke lay down in the.pat'h—lie did nothing at all. 'fine
witness saw all the defendants going away to liedditeh, where they
live. The Blots are fishhook-makers, and the other two are nee-
die-makers. They are journeymen.
Cross-examined by Mr. Cr Kw oon—l am a deputy keeper, and
not in full'cummission I the regular foot path is through this field,
and • man going to Redditch would go that way. It was a Month
iwrore any complaint was made before a Magistrate. I told Lord
Plymouth of it within a week ; I took Cooke into custody ; he
I was kept in prison three days before we took him before the Ma-
gistrate, and then the Magistrate would not go into the business.
' Mr. Robeson is laird Plymouth's attorney, lie examined me the
the next day. ('stoke is a traveller; perhaps he may be respect-
able. I quarrelled with Dint about tot sharing fairly.
Re-examined—f told the head keeper next day ; 3lr. Robeson
told me to en before the 31agistrate.
Richard !tint stated, that he lied had no notice of trial.
The other remaining defendants made a similar statnuent.
1110111il‘ Hawke's, another of Lord Plymouth', keepers, merely
corroborated the latter part of IVakeford'o evidence.
George Parsons, another of his Lordship's keepers, also spoke
to the same facts.
Mr. Cunwoon addressed the Jury foe the defendant ('mike.
Ile would confess, that when his brief was put into his harale he
was surprised to find Mr. David 1/ads, of Holborn, in the county
of Mishilesca, prosecuting poachers in 111.orce.terobire ; but it had
conic out that Lord Plymouth and his Attorney. Mr. Robeson.:
were elm bringers of this action. lie had heard of Lord Plymouth
before in Courts of Justice, and they would find that Lord
Plymouth, in his tenderness, wioluel to get these unfortunate men
transported for *even years: and when lie found that lie could not
' do that, instead of attempting to hare them fined before a magis.
trate, he gets them discharged, and directs his Attorney to prosecute
them in this dreadfully expensive mode. The defendant Cooke
indeed had given bail ; but the other defendants had been kept
seven months in a gaol befiee the Noble lased brought them to
trial. Ile had never heard of such oppressiem before, except once,
and then a plaintiff hail brought an action against a man who had
walked along a loot-path by the side of his hedge, and picked black-
bees ins as he went along.
Mr. Ctc a s rturun to Mr. Curwood—That plaintiff' was Lord
Plymouth.
Mr. Cs: law notj--In that ense, indeed, the Learned Judge soh!,
that picking a Noble Lord's blackberries out of his hedge was in
law a motors% and the Jury must give a farthing damages hceause
they could
'the plaintiff applied to the Learned Judge for his cenitieue to get
costs, but his Lordship refused it. and said, " You lave gut a
verdict thy a farthing. but I fear that is a farthing too much.'. Ile
sputa ask then in this case, whether there was anything like sulk.
cient evidence against Cooke ? With regard to the tubs, men, the
Noble Lord and his attorney might get a M. verdict aohist them
and if they did he was sure they would get five pound's worth ti
character into the bargain.
The other defendants, having no counsel, stated, that they hail
already been taken before t Magistrate, and discharged.
Mr. Justice LITT LEI) I,L E summed up the evil:ter, end left it
to the Jury to say, Whellta the defendants, or July of them, mitt(
the net or the dogs with intent to kill e,trne ; mid they would con.
aides whether the defendant 1:411.1ke was made out to stair satifaztion
to Ise one of the party.
, The Jury. after a few minutes deliberation, f anal Cooke -Vol
I Gorily ; and the others Guilty.

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duel: toarelail rani Owner to Cork in two divisions,
a his !!' !;',7 •onv, 111. di.' and :loth ult.
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