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MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sz.l4. 19.

Andreas, the specul or in Boroughs, w
brought op by Habra, Corpus, from Newgate, to take
his trial for obtaining money under false lererenees
from Major Davison ; when Mr. ALLar. as Coun-
Irl for the Prisoner, told the Court. that in conse-
quence of the absence of a material Witness. the
Prisoner was compelled to traverse his indiAment
until Tuesday. the 27th of Oanber next. —The ap-
plication being made on proper affidavits, was ac-
d to. The Earl of Besnorough, and several
persons of distinftion, attended the Court at an
early hour, in expectation of the trial coming on.
Andrews was genteelly dressed in black, and previ-
ous to being placed at the bar, conduced bintsAt
with his usual effrontery and aan. fiord. He was
conveyed back to Newgate, in Custody cf the Offi-
cers; and after Mr. M rmwe a :so. the Chairman,
had explained to the Earl of BeAvirough the cause
of postponing the trial, his Lordship kit the
Court.

William Brawn, Peter Dann, Catherine Paten. and
Mary Merril, were coavicied of passiiig counterfeit
shillings and sixpences. The two former, at the
houses of several tradesmen in Kentish Town. The
women at the shop of Mr. Brooks, linen-draper,
D:ike-street, Manchester-square. The Court sen-
tenced Brown and Dunn to be imprisoned one year,
and Morris and Patten six months.

J.•bn Dowson was also ron,-ieled of uttering coun-
terfeit shillings, at the china shop of Mr. Byrne, in
Leicester-hquare. He was sentenced to be impri-
soced six mouths.

GUILD-HALL.

ALIP.N3.

Mrs. Hooke, a Lady of French extraaion, and a
native born of France, but for 18 years last past
domiciled in this country, and widow t fan Engli.di
gentleman, underwent a long exami,leint, ou Satur-
day, before the Commissioners of Bankrupts.
It VI AS ia the use of the Bar krupt,:y of a Mr.
Corson, and Mn.s Hooke was examined to provc a
debt doe to her from the estate of the Bankrupt,
amounong to a sum r f 20001 !wing money lent by
her to the Bankrupt (after h-r I.u.baud's death ), in
the month of November. 1802.

Phis Lady could speak but little En%eih, and of
course there was a young gentleman sworn to inter-
pet truly her evidence.
She was very firm in her ezamination, but seemed
very much surprised at the many repetitilos of the
same questions put through the interpreter and the
Counsel against her alternately. It %%as alleged
against her that she prevaricated in her evidence,
and the Bankrupt being examined, swore most po-
sitively against her tescimuny respeslling the fall in
issue between the parties.
The faZt under examination was, whether Mrs.
Hooke had le.tt the '2OOOl. in question to the Bank-
rupt separately, or to the firm of which he was then
a partner t
She stated, that having in her hands a sum of
30',01. part. of her own dower money, after her
husband's death she sent it by a Mr. Cassano to be
lodged in the house of which the Bankrupt was a
partner, and had received cheeks for it ; and that in
s •me time after she authorised the same Mr. Cis.-
11110 to take out 20001. of the 30001. and to lend It
to the Bankrup: for his separate use.
The Bankrupt swore positively that Mrs Hooke
had in person delivered with her own hand the
30001. at the counting-house of the firm in his pre-
sence, and that the 29001. admitted to have been
taken out. was afterwards lent to the firm, and nut
to him solely.
The Counsel for Mrs. Hooke emended, that
this lady's evidence was clear, consistent, and per-
Wily true in all its parts, and that the Bankrupt's
account of the transanian was palpably take. To
prove this he produced the books of the firm, the
checks, and a letter, proving, to a demonstration,
that this was a separate and not a joint debt
These documents were so conclusive as to s.:•isfy
Mr. Reeves. the chief in the comas:l,4'ton, and Isis
brother Commissioners.
Mr. Reeves observed, that no motive could be
seen for taking out the 200u1 and patting it again
back to the credit of the firm, and that it must
have been lent to the Bankrupt se:iarately, as the
lady had stated.
_ _ _

The leading ground for this great and long oppo-
sition to this lady's demand, was to prevent her
Irons having a voice upon the appointment of
Assignees; but she was admitted to prove her deLt
in the first instance, subject to the decision of the
Commissioners, and afterwards of the Lord Chan-
cellor (if either party choose In move the Court
upon it), on the question of this lady's legal incom-
pete..cy, as an alien, to sue for this property. A
considerande time was spent in arguing this question,
and upon the legal distindLion between an alien
friend and an alien enemy; several books. of high
authority, were produced and iiispeded on the
occasion, and particularly &ewer .slralgaknt and
Blechstemes Goremesteries. The law was admitted
to be clear against an Ahen's right (however long
domiciled in England), to inherit any real property.
'Mere appeared. likewise, general rub:s in the hooks,
against the sights of Alleus to sue in certaiu dhow,
and particularly in mixed anions.

Dir. One's+ contended, that this was an excep-
tion to those general rules, as the Lady had a dear
right to be deemed an alien friend, by her being
domiciled in England 14 eighteen years, although
she had, for the benefit of her health and the edu-
cation of ner svn, spent some of those years in France,
without haring. however. acquired any fixed resi-
dence there. l'he Learned Counsel added, that her
marriage with an English subjett confirmed this
right, and left no doubt of her having been an alien
friend, ,nttleJ to sue, and a resident in England.
by the will and permission o. the Government of the
country.. . . . .

The opinion of the Commissioners PppeareJ clearly
in favour of the Lady, up. this point of law, like-
wise.

The Blank and Prim list of several Lotteries last
past exhibited i.lact einem throughout. to a very
considerable extent.—Far different will be the cows.
tenancy, through the entire Drawing of the patent
list of the present improved Le.ier) Plaa.—Scarce a
chasm of a wail's breadth ww intervene between
either a Money Prim. or a Ticket Pm:4 which is
now guaranteed to be paid to gooey at whate►er
office bought.

OLD BAILEY. Styr. IL

tuclousur FIRING OFF A PISTOL.

illezettelr Mettrie was indisfed for wilfully and
maliciously wounding Miss Emily Wyat, by di:-
charging a pisto!•in the public highway, or. the 1101
of Juno.

11r. Ceawoot), Counsel for the prosecution, 'tared
the lefts of the case, which were in SIDEIIICe as
follow: —The Prrr.ecutrix was walking along Fleet-
street, On tyre day stated in the indiftment, when
she heard the report of a pistol near to her, and
from the alarm she fl rd into a shop, without having
seen the person who fired it. Whilst in the shop the
perceived the blond fl iw from her head, an: it was
found that she had blen wounded. It would he
pri,vrd in evidence that the Priwner was the person
who fired the pistol, and if he Vli9 deranged, how
necessary it was that sa:h a man should be put un-
der wholesome restraint ; but the Jury would du
well not to suppse the istmer insane on account
of his strange condoft, because some men were so
n duraly depraved, as to commit such aas as the
human mind would inter to be madness. Unless
a plea could be advanced that the Prisoner was de-
ranged at the tirae ..t eomnsit:ny the aft, the evi-
dence well such as would induce them to deliver a
verdk of guilty.

.
Miss Ernaly Wyat, a very handsome young lady,
about 21 years of age, stated, that she was walking
along Fleet-street. on the day stated in the iiidia-
ment, when she heard the report of a pistol, but
she did not see the person who fired it. Witness
went into a shop in a state cf alarm, and she per-
ceived that she had been wounded under the left
Car. which woiind produced a good deal 01 blood.
Mr. ltichard Nunn, who resides at 149. Fleet.
street, saw the Pr isoner puil the pistol from his
pocket and lire it, Lot he did not appear to level it
at any pers in. Witness saw the Prosecurr ix go hit> a
shop, arid she was about ten yards troth the Prisaacr,
when lie hied tile pistol.
Wm. March, an ctlic-r belonginz to the parish of
St. Dunstan's, heard the report of a pistol, and in a
moment afterwards saw the Prisoner put a pistol
ii:to Iris coat packet. Witnesa searched the Pri-
soner, and he fund a pistol, two balls, and some
powder in his pockets.

Mr. Oivisho, pet turner, in Fleet-street, produced
the ball WhiC:l was fired tram the pistol. which he
had picked up i. 4 l.is .hop tilts runincut Alter the pis-
tol was tired.

Mr. Carr...right, surgeon, proved that the wound
which WAS units the ear of 1114 PLJSUL:triK, was
made by... 4

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The Prvoner being called on for his defence,
said, that he tired the instA ID his Own tiCICIICe, 2i he
tea; troubled.

The Jeuiie asked if there •wzre any persons in
Court who knew the Prisoner ? but no clic answered.
At tlw suggestion of the Judge. etc keeper of New-
gate was es.imined as to the coi,dii.'t of the Prisoner
whilst in prison. and on \lr. Newrn to being in:erro-
geed, he sail he hail no reason w siqyose the Pri-
soner deranged until that day. Ile had always
conJua,:d himself in prison in a quiet nsinn...r.
Mr. Justice /lasi-H, in his chAig: to the Jury,
observed, that the offence with which the Prisons
stood charged, amounted to murd.r, it the person
willnied had died, and it was still complete in the
eye of the law, if he even missed hi; aim, as it was
construed a wilful and malicious aa. It behr.ved
the Prisoner to offer some excuse for his condua,
but he had not done so, nor had there been any
plea of iusanity off-red. No flicads had appeared,
and the gaoler Kid never, until the Prisoner ap-
peared to take :.is trial, any suspicion of his being
ioissine. It the defence offered was sufficient to
justify a Prisoner, it would be an easy matter fur a
felon to elude jastiise.—Gisi:rys (1,406.
.7,,bn newly:, was indieed for feloniously assault-
ing Salty Liversage NlA:ravers, a child ten years td
nor, an I committing a rape on her body.
The Prosecutrix, an i.‘teresting little girl, after
being ti tetrogAted as to her knowledge of an oath,
gave ihr evidence in the most artless manner. She
stated, that the Prisoner is a Schoolmaster, in
Golden,lane, barbican ; she went to the school kept
by bun on the 12th of August, and on the girls
leaving seiool, the P:isoner desired her to stop to
get more perfeil in her lesson. There was no other
person lett in the school room but herself and the
Prisonsr. The Pio•ecuirix then proceeded to de-
tail t. g: treatment eehteh she received from him, the
pArtictilars of which are too horrid and disgus jag
to be related in this Paper. The annals of the Old
Bailey do not furnish any thing so shocking, so
vile, and disgraceful to manhood.

••
The Prisoner, who is 61 years of age. WAS ac-
quitted, only because the crime he committed was of
A more aggravated nature than that for which he
stood incifued. This hoary-headed miscreant looked
the very wretch which his unnatural passions have
stamped him ; the features and contour of his coun-
tenance strongly bespoke his ctiminality. The
crowded Court was honor-struck at the disclosure
of his unprecedented atrocity.
John PoVer, a black sailer, lately arrived from
China, was capitally inchaed for stealing, in the
dwelling•house of John Hill. No. 123. Wapping.
several Bank et Etighted Notes, half-a-guinea, and
a few shillings, the property of John Parsons. one ef
his brother sailors, and amounting to 471. sterling.

It appeared, from the evidence, that the Prisoner
and Parsons had arrived on shore in the same boat.
at the Dundee Arms. on the 23ili June, after having
had all arrears and wages paid them when on board.
They went to lodge at Mr. Hill's. After dinner the
Prosecutor fell asleep. and at that time had his
money in his waistcoat pocket. When he awoke,
however, he found all his money gone. and his
clothes scattered about the room, The Prisoner
had only received the sum of 31. 4s. Gd. as wages,
but very incautiously gave Mrs. Hill a much larger
sum to keep for him; and on the Prosecutor finding
that he was robbed, and that the sum so given to
Mrs. Hill, corresponded with the amount. be thaw
ad the Pri,oner with the theft. He at first denied
it datly, and said that he had received that sum of
mon 1 front Sc seland r but as his messmate in-
sisted that the money was his, he offered him three
ten pound notes to keep him quiet. This offer, how-
ever, not having the desired area, at the Prosecu-
tor would still have been a loser, and the Prisoner
a gainer. he was accordingly taken into custody •
I au! a crown-piece. which bid bean markart

upon him, which was remised lo be dal Pions*:
tor's property.
The Prisoner, on firmer etaminations, •
gave very
contradietury accounts of how be got this large sam
of money, and ma being now called up* tar his
defence, made a very Jong statement to the Court,
but in a manner almost unintelligible, both to Judge
and Jury.
The J•rry found him Gritty, but reemeassaded
him to mercy, on account of his being a forgiver,
totally unacquainted wit the Laws of this country.
and the vain* of its money.
The Prisoner. on hearing the sentence, again al.
tempt-•d to address the C"urt, persisting that die
:none)• belonged to himself.

DEWL.OI., SIIIPTESIBLII

A general meeting of the Freeholders of d»
Qtwen's County, convened by the Hital
WAS held at Maryboroogh, on Saturday, the lath
instant, when several R:s.dutions, declaring dos pro.
sent system of tythes impolitic and gnomons, Wen§
unanimously agreed to. Ile Resolutions were
moved by the Earl of Po It T • O.LINGTON, and monde
ed by 14 icit•lgo I,S/41111W, TON. E5l.
he Inez:mg was one of the most respedabte and
most numemus that has taken place attics the county
p:titiLned against the Union.

SHAM FIGHT.
Sunday list. at an early hour. emend corps if
Yeomanry issenibled at their respedive ifinsaidella by
command of Lord Harrington, /or the purpose af
performing a Sham Fight, the Om of which wag
sketctied by Major Cosby. The *Sion commenced
by two columns of infantry, supported with ma-
non, attacking two of the Canal Bridges asdesir
Barriers, to torte a passage into Dublin. The
assailants were received and repulsed by two other
euiumns, supported likewise by cannon, who drove
thlrn over 13a11ybough and Annesley bridg-s, end
by the two roads which lead to the plain of COO"
lock, where, atter hgbtiag in lin- till their ammo.
nition was expended, instead of rushing span each
o.hir with fired sayonets, they presented arms, the
bands pliiyirg " God save the King."
The Elvis of Meath and Chat lesnor.t. Mr. Shaw,
and Mr. Beristord, were at the head lit their several
corps. Ihe Captains of Yeomanry met yesterday,
and made Major Cosby a suitable acknowledgment
of their trien.i.hip and respell.

FV.VERAL OF sin WILLIAM ST4INES.

The remains of this worthy man were on Satter*
day removed from his house at Clapham, and f,?o,ii
sit?d family vault is Crioplegete church-yard.
The procession set out from CI Than), about tweive
o'clock, proceeded over London-bridge. stopped
fora very short time at the Mansiou.Hoese, and ar.
rived at the church at two. 'there wet. ten mourn-
ing coaches, in one of which were eta civic sword
and mace, accompanied by the proper officers ; it
Cie next were the Lurd May lf and Recorder of Lest.
den. In the others were Two Aldermen., several
Common Councilmen, and many of the oscessed's
friends. The mourning coaches woof followed by the
private carriages ,f the &ceased. the Lord Mayor ate.
At the enJ of Alder gate-street, the procession was
met by the beadles sad charier eh:Write e# Cripple.
gate p irish,who accompanied ins body to the church.
Sir William Staines served the • ffice of Sheriff of
London aLng with Mr. Langston, in the year 1797•
and that of Cord Mayor in 1801. These several
offices he tilled with the utm-st integrity. He raja.*
ed liirn,elf by honest industry to opulence; and al.
ways had the g,;().1 sense to ackrowleJge his hums
bit origin.