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Mr. G A 0 yes, my Lnrd, be is a gentle.
man ; he is 'tiled Thomas Flint, Esq."

Lotto EateetiorrouGn.-44 Take ; Rule to shew
cause."
Mr Serjeant Vaunt' AN also made a similar ap-
plication for a criminal information against Messrs.
mner, Persons, and other Gentlemen, Magistrates
of the County of Lincoln, for an abuse of their au-
thority in the false imprisonment of the person on
whose behalf he moved, a Mr. I)ellion.
Articles of the peace were eshihited before them
Magistrates against Mr. Dellion, by a man of the
name of Sculihorp, and a warrant issued for the
parties to appear before them. The Complainant,
ace°, ditily, appeared, with his bail, who were then
approved of by the Magistrates, who advised them
to enter into recognizan:es ; but*, upon their prepar-
ing to do so, the Magistrates rejeted them altoge.
ther ; refused to take any bail, and the Complain-
ant was committed to prison, with stria injundi-
ons on the gaoler, not to allow him either pen, ink,
or paper, or even to suffer any of his friends ad-
mission to him ; and thus he remained, from the
month of November till the 18th of Jely following,
when he was liberated upon the recognizance of one
of the same persons who had attended as his bail at
the cammmcemeot of the business. Notice had
been served nis the Magistrates in the usual way.
Comsr—" Take a Rule to shew cause."
THE MHO r. 10.011ERT MACH, ESQ.
The judgment of the Court being prayed for
against the Defeudent, fur an assault upon the Earl
Of Darnley,
Mr. Ana H rose, and observed to the Court, that
he understood it had been agreed between the par-
ties, that that gentleman was not intended to be
brouglit up for judgment this terns ; however, be
was then in attendance on the Court, and ready to
receive their Lordships' jodg:nent.
Mr. GA meow answered,tlsat it was with very great
regret Lord Darnley had been obliged to proisecute
this gentleman, nor did he now s--k the sentence
of tOe Court umin him, but was sAti,hei.l, for the pie-
sent, that he should enter into recognizance for his
a:op..arance, to receive the Judgmeut of the Court at
a future day.
This proposition being acceded to.the Defendant,
Bligh, entered into recognizance of 5001. him-
se'f. and two sureties, the Eail of Conyngliam and
William Dennison, Esq. in 25111. eaco, for his ap-
pearance the first day of nest Term.

THE KING, e. TIIE SEV. THOMAS eititsrtv.
Mr. %%. itoson moved the judgment of t:,e Court
against this Rev. Gentleman.
Mr. 14:not:me, for the Defendant, stated, that he
was a respen able Clergy man, upwards of 70 years
of are, and had been coilvAed of a lioel, contained
in a letter written to the Executors of a gentleman
of the name of &unman, upon a subje&, i• which
be was materially concerned, and much irritated :
and when the fias were iliiclosed to their Lordships,
he ti usted they would have great weight with the
t2ciiirt. The Affidavits, however, were very long,
and it would not only take some time to state them,
bin, as the opposite party should have time to an-
swer them, he conceived the ends of juvice would
he equal:), weil attained, if the business stood over
for souse time.

Mr. WILSON, fnr the Proseentinn, had no marc•
rial obj,celi,n to this proposition ; and as the De-
fendant was a Revereid Clergyman, and no likeli-
hood of his evading the justice of the Court, he did
not press his cnransitmert.
The Defendant accordingly entered into recogni-
zanc'- for his appearance next 'Ferro, in the penalty
of :e.noi.
Till RING R. RICHARD IBADHASI THORNHILL. ESQ.
Upon Motion of Mr. Jce v t., the Defendant in
this Case was brought up for Judgment.
He was convicted on the last Assizes in Bridge-
water, for the county of Somerset, before Mr. Ba-
ron GAAHAM, or sending a letter to the Prosecutor,
Thomas Summer Chempney, Esq. with intent to
provoke him to figla a duel.
The affidavits of the Defendant, stated that he
was Captain and Adjutant in the East Mendip Vo-
lunteer Cavalry And Infantry, consisting of about
too men. He had gone upon the manor of the
Prosecutor to shoot game,. when he was met by one
William Corner, the game-keeper, who accosted
him with ff D—n you, you are a d—d rascally
Adutant, and I'll get Mr. Champney to write to the
Duke of York to have you dismissed." Upon
which the Defendant, in a moment of irritation,
wrote the letter in question to the Prosecutor. He
expressed his contrition and sorrow at having writ-
ten it, and since offered to make every atonement in
hi. power, by apologising in the fullest manner.
This was refused by the Prosecutor. A letter had
been sent to the Commander in Chief, by Colonel
Homer, commanding the Volunteers which he be-
longed to, refleaing, as he understood, upon his
conduit.
Sir John Keen, of Bath, Bart. and James An-
thony Wickham, Esq. had also made affidavits on
behalf of the Defendant, stating, that terms of ac-
commodation were proposed to, and refused by the
Prosecutor.
On the part of the prosecution, William Corner
had %worn, that on the 29th of November, 1804.
he was on the manor belonging to Mr. Thomas
Summer Chtunpoeys, in Somersetshire, when he
observed Benjamin Richardson. a clergyman, who
had fiequently before trespassed on the grounds, in
company with the Defendant, when he, being the
gaine-keeper, desired to see their certificate., or by
what authority they came on this manor ; when the
Defendant abused him, :Ind put his gun in a mena-
cing manner to his sl.oulder, swearing he would shoot
hint, &c.
Mr. Champney's affidavit stated, that having
been informed, that the Defenekent used to go upon
his grounds, he wrote to him upon the subjea ;
when the former answered, that he never would do
so any more. l'he transaction above-mentioned,
afterwards took place, when the Defendant wrote
to him the letter in question, abusing him grossly,
And insinuating a challenge to provoke him to tight
4 duel.
!Mears. ERSLINR. JLKYL. and PELL, were beard
at same length on behalf of the Defendant, and
pressed the offer of accommodation made by ha

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prittions to the teal, Otid sinFe his eons* ittinis, in mi-
tigation,Of punishment.
Mr. lerjeant Lerai, Mr. Naw.3l,T. and Mr.
Co rfoN, on the part of the prosecution. urged the
necessity of making an example of this Gentleman,
by an exemplary punishment ; being guilty of an
improper aft, he wrote a letter to provoke a per-
sonal quarrel between him and the Prosecutor ; and
when he found he had gone too far, he offer.d an
apology, just at the moment he was Abnut to be
brought up for judgment; being only proposed a
few days ago, after be had been informed be was
to he brought up.
Mr. Justice Game, in pronouncing the judgment
afthl Court. observer!, that the Defendant had been
guilty •.1 a very high offence; the Prosecutor had
treated him like a geintleman, in return for which he
had written to him a letter, not only containing a
challenge, hut a very bad libel. The time to make
Atonement for this offence, was the following more-
ing, at which period he might have had full leisure
to refit:et upon the impropriety of his condo& It
was to be lamented, that Gentlemen who were fond
of sporting, as he supposed the Defend Int to be,
would not always follow the golden ruie, in do;ng as
they would be done by. The present case admitted
of no extenuation whatever, and taking all the cir-
cumstances into consideration, for the safety of the
Prosecutor, and to preserve the public peace, the
Couri a ordered that the Defendant should pay a fine
of 501. remain in the custody of the Marshal of the
Marthalsea, for three calendar months, and enter
into security of 50 01. to keep the peace fur three
years.