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LORD CLINTON V. THE EARL. OF COVENTRY.

This was • motion that the sum of 6,000/. lying
in the hands of the Accountant-General. might be
laid out in 3 per Cent. Annuities, in the name of
the Accountant-General.—Motion granted.
A gees' slumber of petitions were briefly dis-
posed of.

POLICE.
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Yesterday morning three young boys, John Avery, Char.
Green, and John Hodson, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, us a charge of swindling.
It appeared from the evidence of the constable, that these
boys were in the habit of making up parcels, containing
hay, rags, ke. and directing them to persons in Taejon, parts
of the town, and demanding a handsome sum for the carriage
of each parcel : by this means it is supposed they have suc-
ceeded in swinillinz, many uusiclrecting persons.
Mrs. 11'0Ish stated, that an attempt of the description
above stated was made to swindle her, by the Prisoners; but
it appearing that the case lay more properly within the jos-
risiliction of Ilse Magistrates of Hatton garden, the Pri-
soners were ordered to be transmitted to that ullice.
Joiner Mitchell, who underwent an eaawsinaliote a few days
past, under a charge of defrauding Mr. Flint, was this day
brought up again.
Since the laid examination, Mr. Flint slated, he hail ex.
Rumbaed the goods found iii the Prisoner's house ; that they
amounted altogether ill value to about 1401.; that he care-
fully inspected and to the best of his elter the entire,
save Mails, 161 worth, were his property, which, of coarse,
insist have been molest out of his shop by the Prisoner. That
bills of parcels weer also found of goods purporting to have
been sold in Mr. Flint's shop—these bills were in the hand-
wrilinx of the 'hammier. It was usual on the sale of goods,
to wake out two hills of parcels, une of which is moistly
give,. to the porchaser, the other is kept by the seller. No
duplicates of the bills in onestiou have beru Gland on klr.
Flint's Ole, sal search has been wade in hts books fur en-
tries of the sale of Ilse coml., but no such entries appear.
Eschisi ve of she cowls, a slain of 25/. in Hank motes, a
verragu, it lialtainerrigii, and aumr silver were found iu the
Prisoner's house. A pplica limn was now made by • solicitor
to his Lordship, on behalf of Mitchell's wife, for the rests
intim, of this ley, because, though the Nods were ides-
tifiell by Mr. nod, as lies property, the MOUry was not. OW
grounds of humanity, too, it was pressed soi his Lordship,
that this woman was without the mewl% of sobsistence.
Ili. Los fiAsip said, it was true the money wad 1501 idenii.
fled by Mr. Flint; b.O it was yoke re...maid...10 assume that
this moi.ey was received by the Prisouer air Isis wife ns the
prier of Mr. psoperly. There could be no doubt but
that they, from tonic 11l lime, 11111p1111141 rf such property. pro-
bably to a large ammo's. As to the claim of humanity, it
was but poorly boopporteil ; there Mrs neither hum ttttt y nor
compunction in the breast of the Pannier, when Ise violated

all roolidence and hoursiy in his cussursinor with Mr. Flit.
However, such OM the appeal was, it WWI fur Mr. Film to
answer.
Here Mr. Flint stepped forward, and consented that 101.
of the money should be psid to the Prisoner's wife, fur his
the SerSi tttt a.
The Prisoner declined tusking any defence, bet said, be
would leave his ruse iu the lauds of bit Solicitor.
He Wu eonvonisie.d.
.HOAX ON THE LORD MAYOR.

In the early part of the inornios a letter was bawled np fn
, his Lordship by oat of hi. own servants, • Ito said he roreiv.
eil it from a man ni the door. II was written in a feittned
hand, and apparently ■ laboured istsmitaisso of the slang. It
commenced im ibis stammer:—
k Your Lordship is ot ass ; but listen to my pro.

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"posits He ilifit heJetlw Oa
Lorded with the bider% Of the day.
After ernistilerable latiee Of Mae, ittaa ar.
gip had weedy pee through die 'Ware Melia' •
pallor preseisted himself at the bee. Ilthilopetfeire
live face amused the sureties of Ole Lsrllollllo9 who
demanded In limner hit busierm. ,
The Sailor—My Lord, I have been waiting os par.
ship these swo loom Tor as dishier Of lisit {here ietteg "'loath
I went is ley lona of your men.
The Lora May held up the letter, sad asked, web it
hrooeht it ?
the Sailor—lt iaa, mid I will he obliged to yoer
fur an answer.
He wet then asked hose he came by the lilt',, hid be
stated that he Part a stationing in the street Who &Sired
him take it to the Mensioss-Itoase, nail twilit beet an lies-
ewer from his Lordship. •
The turd Mayor—My honest fellow, you hove bevel hiked
in in this Whir. Go back to the person that wit you here,
sad it you chance so *beet with hies, tell him yul have the
assort in your pottet, which you mum deliver until be
pays you &tiptoes.
A despisers hamstring to Meters. Barclay sad Fertilise, ap-
peared so answer to the summons of Thames Smith, street-
keeper, fur negligeotly and wilfully deities his dray, iu
Fleet-street.
Smith stated, that the draynian was sitting on the shaft
of the dray, whith was drawn by three horses, hi the eurricle
style--iwo leaders, and owe in the shaft; the man appeared
nearly asleep, and the dray canoe in costae with • cart in
Fleet-street, nearly opposite the boast of Mr. Sheppard;
the cart was dashed on the Sap, and if it had 'hos been fair
the activity of the driver, it ereeld have been climbed through
Mr. Sheppard's wiadow.
Mr. Sheppard cusihrined this 'eidetic,. and stated, that
shim wan was brought before the Msgisirater merely to try
the question. The mode of driving drays in the public
streets was attended with great danger, and it wu desirable,
if possible, to prevent
Mr. Alderman Smith countered in this ; he had
ofie• witaesseil the way in which Barclay and Porkies 's men
drive, and it appeared to himself that obey could not, by
possibility, have a sufficient command of their horses; the
danger in crowded streets was imminent, and should bepre-
vented. He would line this same wow is the mitigated pe-
salty of five shilling., which he hoped woad operate as •
warning. Should a similar case come before him, be would
feel it his duty to Inflict a severer penalty.
Joist Nit4olsa, a dentist, of Fleet-street, appeared to the
summons of ---- Simmeeds, as interesting, intelligent
boy, about Ili years of age.
Similtonds had been lately is the Peewit:, of Mr. Nicholas.
He made • complaint at this Office that Mr. Nicholas had
repeatedly assaulted him, without !Doi provocation ; on one
occasion be horsewhipped him, because kis livery was not
on before the hour of ten o'clu;k ; on soother occasion he
kicked him, baconse his diluter was wet reedy; and nn
*nuttier, he threw knives and forks at bins, because the
ivory handles were nut sufficiently white. He was not able
to submit to this hard treatment, and applied for redress.
A summons was issued and served on Nicholas, to which
he did not think fit to appear, upon which a amid sans.
mons was issued.

Siminonds now stated that he bad been is the employment
of Mr Nicholas for six months in livery; he was the sou of
a man who was once able to support him; he was not
brought up is a rude way, but reared with leaders'm by his
father and mother. Here the poor boy burst into tears.
His master kicked him several limes, for no reason: he
threw knives and forks at him, sod horsewhipped him. The
last tine be kicked him was on Monday, on which occasions
he pursued hint with a horsewhip. 0.. the Saturday pre-
ceding be kicked witness twice in the hitches, before the
*enlist woman, merely because be was sot dressed in his
livery. Witness, before his master kicked him on Saturday,
was shoes to dress himself; he had been cleaning ■p his
toaster's horse, it was then half-past nice in the morning, and
he was not to appear dressed till ten. Witness subsnited to
ill treatment for a long time—he did Not wish to return
home, though his father blamed him for putting up so Isms
with the conduct of Mr. Nichols..

The Bench—Did any one see hint ill-treat yor in the
manner you describe ? _

•
Simmonds—Yes, Sir; the nt maid saw him kick me
in the kitchen; she said she would come here to tell you so
if her master allowed her, but she has not come.
Mr. Nicholas was now called spots to slate his defence.—
You must know, said be (addressing himself to the Bench),
that this fellow bas been my eervant, and I Ihiok 1 was
justified in giving him a castigation—be was very iurper.
Mend, and I am ooly sorry that I did not treat him more
severely; be gave me impertinence before a friend, and if
gentlemen like me, of important professions, itre not to
have the power of chastising such persons, IhePe will be an
end to that liberality which induced me to take this boy off
the streets and pot livery on him.

Alderman Smith—The boy mares that you knocked him
down, and you talk yourself of castigation; had the boy
acted improperly you had your remedy, you might have ia.
Mandy dismissed him your employment, and be could have
no claim on you for wages from that moment. It appear.,
even from yourown statement, that you committed an as.
sault on this youth; and it appears from his statement, that
you made mail wanton attacks on him. I must now tell
you that the laws of this land will not suffer the hand of
any man, however high in his own opiniou, to fall on the
humblest in society—the law protects the servant as well as
the master—the weak as well as the strong. You must And
bail to appear at the next Smits*, to master before a Jury
for your condom.
The decision of the worthy Magistrate was received with
the greatest satisfaction.

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,il9o..itingtrl. . nr4!, !Ifni:. kitft a snot ws kept
melt* vlrsie; eßer iPti,*-71'.1!fr- •11•PArkA '4 brigli Cr 171718; 7 7:. 4'; . . ; 'die litiikr it;i!, doers sifter
tailikatAlwil in hrtekinjt air!. the new ?f r stoney, at
Illfedifiellotied aerating twireti-lihkirdecee of bilk laastlker. theipurwhase; he qriis I,:iiie'' ; .tii..trevo tspdvhfin
rillie
241 turd otheroropereg. Iriforiselitlele ooh sett I. Mr. 6;4 on tile IlahJUlysit!.Refi-etirparj; he paid lit did
0/1:4 that. She Peiotoete were it "weed,' ehd "eel° be notiknoi 'll4 ,lintie, le wpa so npoeh out ..t emote-
•xotte,,isedroler4y. hat tleatd "I °lama. Ti. P4•111"9'. tionip.ant§ 4Ould not bike. bun ziairt; the price, I a
fns terelr defence, set el 11111 444 and elthetl• rlllolgl/0401110, • „. .
afg,„ i,,,,, Aid ise pribm;,,,,•- ri,,,,n, jo her.„,„,,pin im the told witness, was.4s guinea*: t t lielloisd warranted
illght of Ole 'mike* it Is slieriy-Makliig, in tint ilisitgeld. him 'lingua, 11,1(1 heLwase! win II ,m! 1 1l 1 11l •
The Prlnuiers were diathirged. Ciosi-exasisiadi ht Mr. CLARA g.-..111e us. i.,
. Louise Workeriegtaa, mese Ben. Jane Xafirr. Dirk, good coistlition whfu he come to Welton. I
am_ out
Dol!hat Daniel Douglas, sad Dartil Morgue, were chatted of Condit ' when liken back 10 (iritSloltthy ; Olt..
Ott 911.P.Clott or Illeiolf.hern coacrrind in cosamittiorg vari. '
'Ons &Predations in the neighbourliiiiiil.4 Isliughio. tiros manic, • (the Plaintiff)
'rode him it-t oisr.to
The Primmer* were apprehended by Samuel lock, the thinks he went tik-Ifuneing with tiro liner ; motor-ii
petiole, al • gearter.post twelve O'clock in Wednesday pit hith iii the ph:igh:. ,
eight, in Mr. lAyceek's field, at latingorri, when they sot ite.adidaed 6y Connie/ for Flointiff.— WAS as
girding • satisfactory accusal of decorative', he took them him/custody.. well nied ~„ !wive pie,' ljr.
W16.'161)1'564 Hied at Grimuldby in the summer
Joiaph Day, the owner of the whrery-boal No.. 1,470,
woo brusght to the Ofbre by a sumernoni, charged with us. berate test, and knew the, horse; he we. Line in hot
lawfully detaining and ill.treetiog Emelia Williams, the 6101 fore-leg; was Away, ten whep witiiess saw
Wife of
liza Falco...Williams, of Phetent.alley, Loirgisere t sad him. and 1114 was two or these times a day, its a
aho Ebplk Watson.
kmelia Williams slated, that on Monday evening she at-
is ' 'lllialphaied by Elisabeth Watson, went In Vauxhall Gainlen C e ara
s; field of Mr. Sheararond's.
a-- ez Ineif .-sLivell Mith Mr. Cotion thee.
*el went by water in • wateriness's boat, of the name of I and afterwards with Mr. Tuisler, the Plaintiff ;told
Arnow, who promised to be in attendance at Venation Stairs one or his then about the state of the h.q., at 'Go-
obert two o'clock, to bring them hack. Abort, tweedy ill„,(11),.. ;it was the litter rile' of Julie when witnewo
Minutes after two o'clock they went to Vauxhall Stairs, 5.,,, loin again; he we. then i,,,,,, in the some Irg.
'when the Defeudant told them that Arthur was gone away
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*ilk his hint, and that he Would carry them as safe aii end Id the
„. same manure before.
Arthur, end the agreed lo glee him two .killings to John L.Prisig had known the horse ever dune lie
tabs diem to waterloo-bridge, on the Strand side-- was a foal ; rode with Mr. Slierrwood ore of lb-
He bed oat, put far his boat from the shore bat a short way to Louth; he was very lame then. 1)11 the
distorter, when be eoroatesced his improper beitutrinor, Wednesday before he was sold to 'roister, De.
Made use of indecent language, Sgt. which on alarmed her,
r d t told witness tha! Ilia brother hail ridden the
Shit she desired him to pat her on shoes again, and she eh an
would pity him bis fare the same as If he took her to Water- horse very hard without a shoe to Louth to fetch a
100-bridgw—bat this bad as effect spoil his ralliaa.likt con- midwife, and had lamed him in a 'rod ; that he rigs
duct, which be repeated, sad told her If she did not sit foul of the House of Correction, sod had hurt his
quiet be would throw her overboard. Another host them (the brother'sknee in consequence very much.
came alongside the Defendanrs boar, in which were ire mew,
Benjamin Goulson had been a farmer for 2.5
who all tame into the boat. She wept to sit with him fur . . .... • .
protection but tie refused to afford See any Irmo. their as- r's". and tor a tong time attended in the Duke
malts anliadeeent attorks. Part of the boat was several R11111101;r7 stables; the horse is lame in the near
limes ander water, so that it peered in, and she was eons. shoulder :it appeared to be an old grievance front
pktely wet through on her elothes,whichlad given her such coming in contact with something ; there was ion
• violent cold and boarsewess, that she mold scarcely speak, eniaritentent in __nee i -t 1 1 1
cu (pence. ant wt ness 100 147
which was very evident in giving her evidence.
She was so extremely alarmed from the indecent treatoweat whet Ker the horse would ever be sound again ; sew
robe experieserd from the Defendant, and the ive mew he him last Sunday : the injury impeded the action
admitted into his bust, that Ore fainted. When they were of the near fore-leg, and he stepped short.
near Wealmisister-bridge she entreated him to put them os Mr. CLARKE, in addressing the Jury tor the de-
shore. sad she would pay him his fare, bet be refused to
fence, observed strongly upon the circumstance of,
chtordgeply, hireit,,,hashgeorinrgegiuke,..,,t;gt,";theo,°:eirshceamscree Inoinned...icer:"-lied the Plaintiff's keepie-ii the horse for fire romdlut
fur assistance. and insisted on being put ou shore, when after the purchase, and the sending him buck..
be, with much relactsoce. rowed to the steps of the bridge. without having before made any complaint or ap-
When sbe gut out of the boat, it was four o'clock, having plicatiOn to the seller, who lived at a distance of
been kept there an hour and forty mines; she thew told the only siren or eight miles. The Learned Gentle.
Defendant to come with her to the top of the slept, nod she
would pay him •he then seized her by the arm, and at. man called the following witnesses:—
tempted to strike her; she having paid him and extricated James Longstaff; a farrier et Grimoldby, knew
herself, celled for the watch, when two watehreen from the the horse when he was foaled; he was bred by one
Strand came to her assistance; however, on ibeir approach- Scargill, a neighbouring shopkeeper. and was
tag hint, be got into his boat, and rowed off.
bought by the lather of Mr. Shrnrwood as a pre.
This statement was coulirated by her companion, Oise.
beds Watson' who also charged Samuel Abet, whom she ob- sent to the Defendant ; Shearwood broke the horsepeeved in the office as being one of the Ave men who cause himself, and frequently lent him to tenor.* ; lie
into their boat from she other, with assaulting her. was always sound. befendant's brother-m.l,m
A singular eireinostaisce took place on this charge. Eli- took him to fetch a medical man, and rode hisn on
salteth Watson had charged another wateeman, who was the frost without a shoe on the far hind- foot, which
dressed in • similar jacket as that of Abel and she Defeo_
dart, apparently belonging to one of the Fire Offices, who broke the frog ;it happened 14 month* before he
declared that he was not out that eight, and Abel came foe- was sold ; lie recovered its six weeks, and witness
ward and arknowledged that he was the wan whose conduct never knew him lame before or since. When he
Elizabeth Watson bad &seethed, and not lbe other man i came back from Welton, he was galled with draw. however, this was accounted for, by a similarity of comae-
ing. and not worth 10f. in any fair •; he is stow
naTncheeams
iweselltnasteedreasso.t
only
reprobated
the
waternetee out. routed sa an astray iii Mr. Scrope's royalty, and has
estrous and infamous' conduct in Ibis particular case, hit been so for 12 montha and a week.
their conduct ho several, which was so very bad, that the Cross-examined.—Old Shearwood gave his bosh.
public were deterred from Ernst into their boats. hey nets up to witness-Dot the father, hut tile uncle
confessed that they would sooner put up with any iacouire. of the Defendant. Witness will swear that he
ciente than go into • boat. It was impossible or vane,
them with money, fur their demands had no Naiads. aad their neverubserved one shoulder large! than the other.
general insolence and misbehaviour was nut to be endured. and Shearwurni never told him that the horse had
itiscouduct was not coallued to the man employed, but fallen down with him.
there were bodies of others, who spent emir tinge is idleness Moaes Wells had lived with Defendant. and
at the top of the stairs/ hooting, ice. after Pen"' who knew the horse ever since he was a lord ;he never
Parted by
In these
pentimeets the magistrate. were most
cordially was lame but once whets his loot was hurt. He
joined by every gentleman in the of was like a dog-hurse when he was returned.
Day was convicted in the penalty, with costs, and Abel Prao. Elston. a blacksmith at &mit Coekering.
was ordered to find bail. ton. shod the horse fr-nueittly. and had known 1,

watts togogsmagggsg.
DANDY HORSES, ACCIDENTS, ice.
For several days peat complaints have been made at this
Office, by persons of the greatest aespectability, residing
near the Regent's Pa►k, who stated to the Magistrate that
every evening (Sundays not excepted), the most disgraceful
scenes were exhibited near the Regent's Part, especially at
the end of Portland-road, which is exactly like • fair.
A set of persons, amounting to 500 or Bywords, assemble
every evening to view persons riding cta hobby-horse% and
scarcely an evening passes that some accident does not
happen by their going over persons. A boy was ran over
by one on Titeseay night, and was taken to a Surgeon i■ a
atriums condition.

The Rev. Mr. Minor attended yesterday, and made a si-
milar complaint, and reiptemed to know how to proceed to
pat it down. He was relined to the parish.

LINCOLNSHIRE ASSIZES.

Before Lord Chief Jostiee Ansirr.

NISI PKIUS.

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DARWIN. ESQ.,. BAILEY (MARK), BAILEY (JOOR),
AND HARNESS (Wm.), ASSIGNEES OF BAILEY, A

IS 4NKRUPT.

Jrry ly, btut
ever since he was a foal ; once knew his foot broken,
from which he was lame; there never was any thing
else the matter with him.
John Michael, shepherd to Defend.int at North
Somercutes, had the horse at grass from Juise till
October, 1917, and never knew him lame.
Serjeant VAUGHAN, in reply, made IS humorous
speech, in which he was particularly severe nit the
turtle-green paunch of the blacksmith (a very cor-
pulent man, its a green plush waistcoat), who he
said was • fit bolster for such a defence; and as to
his capacity for examining the foot of a horse, the
blacksmith from his size could nut have breta Ilia
own foot for the last thirty years. With respect to
the length of time before the PlaintiNreturned the
horse, he had been willing to try whkher the horse
Would get rid of the lameisess ; and the L.-aimed
&desk begged to say, that • nisei might keep a
horse that bad been sold on a warranty anal ehould
turn out unsound, end still brim( his action against
OW seller fer the difference in value lietween the

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animal as sound mud unsound.
The JuunE, aflrr she evidence.
left the case with the Jury, observing that tr Wry
elnruld find for the Plaintiff, they might. if they
thought proper, give a less sum than the cost prier.
in consideration of the horse's tieing returned out
of condition.
The Jury in five minutes returned verdict fur
the Defendant.

This action was brought by Wm. Brown Dar-
win. E•q. residing near Derby, and nephew of the
late celebrated Dr. Darwin, of that place (an the
pimento, of Robert Waring Darwin, E•q. lisle of
Elston. near Newark), against the Defendants,
who are assignees of one Batley, of Bilaioghay. u
bankrupt.
We understood the Counsel for the Plisintiff to
state. that under the powers of a deed made from
the bankrupt for securing money by way of mort-
gage, Mr. Darwin. the deceased, had, by his
agents, entered on the premises of the hai.krupt, iu
the West Fen, neat Rrvr•by, and taken possessioit
of his crops, in part satishiction or his dept, Milky
was soon after declared a bankrupt, and the men-
*roger or the mosignees entered noon the lamb, took
forcible possession, drove Mr. Darwiteji agents out',
nod converted the crops to their own use. For
the value of those crops the action sess brought.
The cause bring called on.. an arrangement Was
was made by the Counsel. when a verdict was given
for the Plaintiff—damages 3751.

CROWN COURT. Ilfoxe.tv, it'LT 24.
Befare Chief Baron It IC H A RD!.
HORSE STEALING IN SKIRBECI-Z ALLOTMENT.
Richard Procter, aged 16, late of East lin
labourer, WII4 indicted fur feloinously iteslii.g frusta
off the common in'Skii beck A llotinen., in die 11'est
Fen, its the month of October last; a brown mitre
pony, the pronerty of Thoiiiis Paleilioriw..lSteck•
ney. farmer. Prisoner meld the pony at Porte
lacy October fair, where tt wai °wised by toe I't•-•
srentor, end he was taken into custody: it upper.
rd that the poiiiiiestciii Berri seen esther hr the
Prosecutor or his servaidi for 0 mouth before the
'lgoe it Wee discsdrereil iti the pasission a the
Prisoustr.
said he bought the
On being called on hits ulerrner.P•i•ao•r.
17th of Octidier: poUy at Dosinsgtou lei r Ulf Ilse
Mieire seititiiiiic np by, the Chief Damon in 1s •
vowing* the Pii.oiier, the .11 cntriiiiri together
fir ebowe'n'qinitier of hots w Ara ,lie of l'hotti
seld'••• II is rite genirill Liitf. the, do-
t
Prisotil4 '4 Not Gary." -- Amsted. "

TOWLItIe (GEeltdE) O. sitaiiwooi
Serjessit V.itual.im plated; that the Paitire.are
farmers., resitheig at Welton and G►inidldby. The
action was to rrcover the price of a bowie, per.'
camped at Ott Lauds' Cotsiaing Mrestitif' for 454 e.
wider a warranty of sootobwal, bat which liaised
theitioiltder.