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Fredcrirk l'al?rr was iudi.fted for offering two
pistols loaded with gun-powder and two leader halls
to the Prosecutor, John Bendy Lloyd, and desiring
the said John Bendy Lloyd to accompany him to
an adjoining wharf, with the intent and for the pur-
pose of provoking and exciting the said Lloyd to
fight a duel. And he was farther indiifted for corn•
mitring a most violent assualt upon the person of
the said Lloyd.
The Prosecutor, Mr. John Bendy Lloyd, being
sworn, deposed thnt he and the I/et-ea.:am had been
clerks together, in the house of Me•srs. Harding and
Jaques, grocers, in Upper Thames-street, for up-
wards or one year and a half ; during which they
had been in habits of the closest intimacy and
friendship, until within the last two months. That on .
Tuesday, the t.?'.fi of May last, about ten o'clock in
the morning, the Defendant came into the ware-
house, and called him aside, and told him lie wished
to speak to llim. They walked down the warehouse,
till they came to what they call t he gangway, when
the Defendant pulled two double-barrelled pistols
out of his pocket, desiring witness to accom-
pany him to the wharf. Ile was exceedingly
surprised, and expressed a wish to know in what
manner he had insulted the Defendant, who
de4red he would immediately come to the wharf,
at the same time holding one of the pistols
to his head, and telling him they were loaded with
ball. He then offered' one of them to the witness,
who begged and entreated to know his meaning or
purpose. The Defendant then said, that Mr. lkey
had informed him the day before, that he, the wit-
ness, had said, that the Defendant was afraid to
fight him, which the witness declared was a fa-
brication, as he had never said any such thing ; the
Defendant then insisted he should go to the wharf
and fight him, and offered him his choice of
the pistols which he held in his hand. Witness
was exceedingly alarmed, and requested some ex-
planation. They then went together into the compt-
ing house to Mr. Ilsey, and the Defendant put his
pistols into his pocket. He spoke to lkey in the
presence of the Defendant: who, upon being charged
with fabricating a repot t prejudicrl to the Defen-
dant as a man of Eon or, and alleging, that he
was afraid to fight, denied the charge. Witness
then observed upon the conduct of the Defendant,
saying, he thought a man of his age ought to know
hotter; upon which, he immediately struck the
witness with has fist, who did not return the blow ;
but the Defendant continued beating him till inter-
rupted by a customer who came into the shop.
He was cross-examined by Mr. MA Runt, nn be.
half of the Defendant. Ile said there had bean a
coolness between him and the Defendant, for some
time previous to the transaslinn in gliestien ; that he
had never made any observation whatever upon the
Defendant's charaler or courage. He then, at the
desire of the Counsel, again repeated the former
part of his evidence. He admitted, th it there was
a foot path hetween the warehouse and the wharf,
which was a great thoroughfare; and that there
were from ten to twenty person; tv.utlle at work on
the wharf ; it was a very public place.
Mr. They was next examined : he nearly corrobo-
rated the testimony of the prosecutor, in the more
material fags. He said he sew the pistols un-
screwed, there WAS a ball in each of them ; but he
did not perceive any powder. Upon his cross exa-
mination, he allowed it was not usual to file pistols
without powder; he stated, that on the eiening
previous to the trans:Vtina in question, he went with
the Defendant, and some other of the clerks, to take
wine together : on their way home, they had a long
conversation about Lloyd the prosecutor, but no.
thing about fiAluing ; the Defendant said he was a
little rascal, and called him other onprobrious names.

Mr. Diag, another of the clerk, disosed, that
he saw the pistols, and was the person who un-
screwed them. Ile found a ball in each, hut no
appearance of any powder having been in them
sitter they had been cleaned. lie afterward, loaded
them for the purpose of firing them for a wager.
On his cross-examination, he said the Defendant
Was a very friendly man.
Mr. liigledon, another clerk in the same house,
stated, that he had had a conversation with the
Defendant, who told him th..t he was informed
Lloyd had said, he-heard that he would no; fight
with pistols; he declared he would shew Lloyd he
was not afraid of him, and would bring his pistols
the next day ; that be had fought a duel before.
and, therefore, Lloyd was not his equal ; that he
would give Lloyd the first fire, and it he missed
him, he would step up to him and blow his brains
out immediately. Upon his cros.wwxamination, he
said, that the Defendant hid remained at the ware-
house till a very late boor that evening, for the
piirpose of seeing Llo3d. and having the matter
explain. d. He admitted it was ten days before
any examination took plisse upon the subjea before
the Loaf, M AY OR.
!tsetse DER observed, that, if the D-fendant
was an desperate a f Dow, it was his, the Witness's,
bounden duty to have given information to the
L0..0 Mavol, and had them both taken up. The
Witness said, that the !felendant told him he would
see Lloyd in the mon:ins, and acme to some ea-
planatioo with him.
The Prosecutor was again called and examined
by Mr. blartior. He said, it was not until right
days after the transaftion had taken place, that he
applied to the Loso M A von. He did not make
any entries at the samv desk with the Defendant
after that time, as lie always wished to avoid him.
The Loau MAYOR slid not recommend any com-
promise; but Mr. J agues expressed a wish that the
pasties should make it up over a bottle of wine. Ile
admitted the Defendant was willing to do so ; but
as his life was in danger, he could do no such thing,
unless the Defendant would ask his pardon in the
pooh: newspapers, which he refused to do. They
were bah volunteers.
Mr. MA RR lOT mi...de a very able defence for his
the case at first appeared one of great danger,
ar.d the charges against the Defendant were of the
most serious nature, but it was then very evident
that, though the Defendant was a little brave or so,
yet he took special cars no mischief sbuuld ensue;

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what he had done, wat mercy to keep Ll9yd in a
little order, as he was at times very overbearing ;
thing had the desired era, as I.loyd had been con-
toundently frieghtersed;scemuch so as not to know
the one end from the other of the pistol.
The Jury returned a verdia of G rill,, of Ike As-
Int& only, and in consequence of the previous offs.]
tithe Defendant to compromise they matter, they
recommended him to the consideration of the Court.
The II txt.i LIER sentenced him to pay a tine ot
.red be then discharged.
Some other indi.!ments for assaults of no moment
were disposed of.

lIICKS's HALL, cLEKKENwELL.
Yesterday the Middlesex QuArter Sessions corn•
inenced here before WILLIAM MAsswArisso. Esq.
tnd the Bench of Justices.

.104 a Hooper, a fireman of the works at Wapping
Docks, was indicted for violently assaulting Bar-
tholomew Mycr, a labourer of the same place. on
the 13th of last March. While the Counsel for the
prosecution was proceeding to cross•examine the
witnesses, the CHAISSIAN, as well as every one pre,
sent, were thrown into a burst of laughter by the
extraordinary interference of one of t%e Jury, who
called out aloud that they were perfealy satisfied.
fhe CHAI a m As very properly asked him with what?
when he gave the following uncommon verdict :
That the prowention woe
.fricalow and et-tattoo', the
Dethilant Net Guilty, and no danta2cs.
Ana lhath,:li was indicted for an assault upon
George Jackson. lhe pat ties both live at Chelsea,
where they have had several violent disputes, and
prosecuted each other for assaults. Upon the day
laid in the indictment, the Prosecutor, who is• a
tradesman, went to the afendant's house to receive
the amount of a bill from Capt. Tichboorn, who
lodged in her house ; when the Defendant came
up to him, while conversing with the Captain's
lady, and told her the Delcinlant was a very im-
proder man to deal with, having murdned his
Mother by dragging her through the streets by the
hair of her head. At length she gave him such a
violent blow in the back of his neck, as to knock
hint down a very high flight of stairs. She in-
nantly followed him, and while he was on the
ground, seized him by the nose, and twisted it for
A considerable time. Sate was found Gliitv, and
the Court sentenced her to pay a fine of forty
shillings.
jo.cph Tarontend, one of the patrole belonging to
the Public Office, Be, ar-street, was indiCted by Jo-
seph Riley, a soldier belonging to the Coldstream
Regiment of Foot Guards, for violently assaulting
him.

Joseph Riley said, that on the King's Birth Day,
he was stationed centinel at the Engine Court, near
the great staircase, St. James's Place : while he was
making way for the Nobility going into Court. the
Defendant passed him, and went to Corroral Ta -
lor, and asked him to lot him loss ; the Cornc ral
answered, it was impuysilile, and told the D. tend-
ant his °triers. Upon which the Defendant drew a
constable's stair from his pocket, and knocked him
down by a violent blow upon tile head. The Wit-
ness asked hi n, how he could serve a ceutincl
who WAS only doing his duty ? when the Defendant
struck hint a violent blow under his left eye, and
several others upon var..nas parts of his body ; one
on his groin was so violent, as to break his watch.
The Dolendant WAS at length secured, and held tiil
Colonel Sullevan, the Commandi•sg Officer on
duty, cairn:, and gay.: him in charge to Marriot, the
Marshalman.
Tha Witness, on his cross•esamin:tinn by Mr.
Cases, could not tell whethim the re!ul aims to
keep out strangers, eLcrpt those who had tickets
from the Lord Chamberlain, was a new one or spa.

William Taylor, the corporal, sail, selrla he tot.:
the Defendant he could ni,t pass, he answered he
WAS a police officer; but NYitness told him that did
not entitle hint in ;ass : the Defendant innited
that he would, when the Witness seized the De.
fendant by his coat, to torn h.m out, but the De.
fendant prevented him by knocking him down with
his stair The Prosecutor, Riley, came to his assist-
411Ce, when the Defendant asked wh at he had to do
with it, and said, " I saw you tare sixpence for a
pot of beer and tobacco ; and I will work the tele-
gragh in the mean time." Tie Court could not get
this speech explained.
On his cross-examination, he aeknowledged that
numbers had been admitted by the officers without
tickets, but dinned that shillings and sixpences were
taken by him or any of his comrades, to his know.
ledge.
Several others of the military were examined.
Mr. Gave?. addressed the Jury at considerable
length for the Defendant. lie said he should prove,
that the Defend:tit was struck first by the soldiers ;
they hustled him, knoziced him down, and presented
bayonets ; and he hat no hesitation in saying, if
they had wounded him, and he had died, they
would have been guilty of murder. He proceeded
to call Christopher Jones, who said he is a CAII.
iltiftor of the patrole, belonging to 131 w-street. who
s,tid he parted with the Drtendant aboat a miatitc
bel,,re the dispute began, when he was ;n the engine
yard, and saw the corporal holding the Defendant's
collar; one of the soldiers struck him violently,
and the corporal was very drunk.
Mr. Kinnard proved that the Defendant Was going
into the Palace for him, a of the treatment he re-
ceived from the soldier:.

Mr. Bell, the high Constable for the Holbcra
division, said, he w.ts on duty at St. James's on
the King's his th day, and the ta.iliavione of tlr mi-
litary was so abominable, it was hardly possible to
describe it. The Bishop of Chichewa applied to
him to assist him in getting to his carriage, and
when he attempted to go into the Palace to inform
the Bishop his carriage was ready, the soldiers re.
fused him admittance, although he had his silver
staff in his hand, and told him the Bishop and he
might be —, and he should not come in.
Mr. Ar.r.i.v objected to his givirg any ?wire evi-
dence of the general behaviour of the withers.
Mr. ALLAN., in his reply, observed, that he
thought it had been lenity to bring the case into this
Court ; for if it had been taken into Westminster
11411, it would have been tried. under an old Statute
of King Henry the XVlllth, which clads. that
any person drawing blood of another, within the
verge of the Kin's Pal.ice, must have his right
hand chopped off' (Here the Cristiana,' inter-
rupted the Learned Gentleman, by laying, he had

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no ple..surse ard he was sure no one else could, in
hearing use recital of ra*s, made lobe executed in
the most barbarbus times). The Learned Gendemart
bowed, and went on to justify the soldiers. He slid,
the Palace was a kind of garrison where thti police
had no business.
The CllAlaMala, in summing trp, obsert•eds he
believed, they were all agreed in lamentmg the •
Case had ever come into conrt ; for his part it was
a wonder to him. He concluded by stating to
the jury; that it was a mistaken notion, if the
Defend.irt supposed he ha !•:4 right to go inty the
Palace; that wit the Sovereign's horse, and' I.e
had no snore right to go into that than he ha. to •
go into the house of an individual.
The D,fendant was found Guilty, and senteLced
to cr.e month's imprisonment:— ':

,SP();ITING.
(Extrel frail The inri, Herrid.)
'fIiuRNVILLIt-ROYAL, SEPT. I.
•Mg. EMTOR,
HAVill read in your Paper that Mr. Flint paid
me evil-, attention that could be shewis on the oc-
casion • f die Race, I request you will sillunit the
followiog r.lements of Politeness to die Gentlemen
of the 'Puri; for -them to sainflion or reject, upon
any future Match of this kind taking place. .1

• ELEMENT I.
Mr. Baker, who kindly offered to ride round with
me, on account of the dangerous accident I met
with oil the Wednesday before, from my saddle
turninz round, was pontsrociy and peremptorily re-
fused this permission. . #
ELEMENT e.
At the starting-post the must distant species of
common courtesy was studiously avoided ; and I
received a sat of word c: command from Mr. Flint,
AS thus,—
Keep this side, Ma'am
For a morning's ride this might he cowiplimentary;
but it was here depriving me of the warp hand.
I did nut expea :qr. M lint to shake bands with me, "
that, I understand, being the common prelude to hos-
ing.
kll.i4k.ST 3.
Wiser: my horse bruke down in the terrible way
lie did, all the course mast have ,sitoessed the very
handsome manner in which Mr. Flint brought me
in, i. e. kt 7 me out, by distancing me as much as he
possibly could.
If these should he received as precedents, the art
of riding against Ladies will be nude most coin-
plet.ely easy.
Cif ),LIANGE.
After all this, 1 challenge Mr. Flint to ride the
same match, in all its terms, over the same muss
next year—his horse Brown Thematic, As ainst any
one he rna:cchoose to selea out of three horses I
snail hunt this mason. A TIIOIOIEOII.
..41ARMISG FIRE.

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Yesterday evening, about five o'clock, a fir? br.
out in the workshop t f Mr. Gillett, Carpenter at d
Undertaker, in Titchborne strec:, top of the Ha- !
market, which burred w'o such fury, that it very
soon consumed entirely Ole w.,01e dwelling house.
Luckily the engines arrived very rsedily, an J,water
13.-ing instantly obtained, its fa;al ; . tc- were
soon stol.rd. The tire burned backward , •.. •• Lut
for two very strong party walls, must have etcze
most extensive and irrepa. able Jam ige. Mr.
Li;..:co's stables, lull of bay and straw ; and Mr,
Hicknel's array cap mauufaSory, in Queen-street,. lo
al.° foal of enmbustUe matter, were saved by the
two party walls before mentioned ; had they taken
fire, all itchborneostreet, (21Cell-street, and SheroL I
rard-street, would, in all likelihood, have fallen a i
sacrifice to the flames. As it is, we hear of no
further damage than that of Mr. Collett's house and
shop, and a very str.all part of the bask of Mr.
Kirks, window-hi:ad-maker, which a.liosined
Collett's. 'llea engines wets- playing at ten rt'ciock ; t
bu: the danger was supp. eel too be entirely neon%
The St. James's Volunteers attended uno!er arm.,
with alacrity, to proteCt the property. .1:no..io• the ,
most naive Officers of the Corps, we noticed Noiaj it.
Downes, Captain Cator, Lieutenant Rice, Kosogois
Willock and Booth. A memb:r of the St. Clement's
Danes Volunteers being present, and knowing that
his Corps had a grand field day in Hyde Park,
ran to inform them of the event, and brought them
under the command of Major Blake to Mr. Collett's,
where they did gaud service. The houses of Messrs.
Page and Gordon, pawnbrokers, and of Mr.
Hutchinson, berdwareman, were much damaged. •
Colonel o*Relly distinguished himself much by his
aCtivity, upon the occasion. The crowd about the
place was immense, a report having been spread,
that the tire was at the Opera House.

A small detachment of the Ist Regiment of snot
Guards proceeded on Sunday to St. Gi es's, o -
prebend a deserter, an Irishman. of the name of
~,f. i:tc latter made an obstinate resistants.,
and received several wound% h.tt none of Cum
d toigtr.ms. Several hundreds of the 1 swest class
of people assembled, app trendy with intent to re-
scue him, but they dill n t proceed to any an of
violence, and only M. 0... .1 h %cited at the military.
1.1 %As secored, and carted off by the *oldie!:
in a coach.

kit cu. Ic:;.^111 00X116 Md:el/POW rikeil.
I'enses vi T-or,tvnsw.and Pounds.
Thrre.Priscs of Tea Thsrsard P.w•rdt.
Three Preset Ir. Ft.( Vomsa, d Puimis.
This incomparable collelion of Gfand Prizes has
en engaged the attention of the Pabiic, that we see
the Licensed Offices crowded with adventurers of
every class, eager to embrace the present and only
opportunity this year of gaining rapid and prir.cely
fortunes.—Monday the 24th is the day fixed for
Drawing.
Tiro Twens Theyonsi Pogue! Prise►,
nee Tan Th•esond Aiwa Pr,7es,
Three Free Thousand Pound Pet es,
Besides .creral r Canals.
The Volunteers (Male and Female), who usually
enlist under the banner of Dame Fortune. are ac-
cit:airtcl that she will commence (for the only time
this year) distributing the above Capital Prizes, at
her head-qua.tc:s. Coopers' Hall, on Monday the
£4.h instant. Apply in time. oche:wise all the
Prize 'tickets will be disposed ot.