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London, England, 1821-10-19 00:00:00

iAW INTE►LLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S RFNCH,
Tawasoav, °crones Is.
•• The Coto JUSTICK Wet in the Court of Cemnv n
Plelis according to adjournment. mud Itwu q. hea.fl
vie undefended cause, adjostrued the sittings •till
Saturday morning.
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Note.— The Court of King's Bench was pulled
down fur the Coronation.

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WESTMINSTIIK NKSSIfIIVS.
TRUB.DAT, OCTOBER I.

RIOT IN IVEITHINSTER ON TFIF. ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.

Oar readets are already acquainted with the facts
of this ease.

This day the following Primners, Js. 51•Curtiy.
Rieh. Muck,tem, 'Dios. Harris. Was. Hardy.
JoAss Duridson. and Wort. Jones. prism/es .to
foot guards, were. on the motion of Air. Atiot.•
Pima, put to the bar, on an iudiet meat cli,egiiisc
them will ■ tiot in Westminster on the lath of
Jostle lest, in which one man lost his life mot se-
veral others were wounded. The Lears.eil Counsel
stated it would be recollected that the Privutier4
hail been tried at the Old Batley for murder. and
that two of them; M'Certhy and Roishottron. were
found Guilty of Mans&lighter. There being Iry
intention. as he understood, of offeriog any ev:-
dence against the Defendants oil the prevent pm,.
soon, all that remained for him to was to submit
that they might now be put to the bar for the pur-
pose of pleading.
Mr. ALLEY, Counsel for the prosecution. said.
he was not instructed to offer any evidence.
The Defendants Own pleaded A'w
The CHAlltil•N severely reprimanded the De-
fendants fur the conduct evinced by them since they
had beau admitted tin bail, in their abuse of the po-
lice.offieers, who had only acted on the ceca.inot of the
riot in performance of their du y, and also for the
same conduct towards other persons, which strongly
inferred they gloried in what they had done. lie
hoped the dangerous situation they lied hero placed
in, and the great lenity that had been Pince sbewil
to them, would have sums effect ou their lettere
conduct.

The Defendants were then discharged.

POLICH.
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GVILDRAI

John Joins**, also st•sds charged with ruble% his em-
ployer Mr. Painter, trot& and cam-maker, of a quality of
wails, was farther reasaded till Wednesday out.
Charles Sfasasoas, charged with ostessyslog so pass a
einsaimfeit sovereign to Mr. Hoblway, rheeseniunger, of
Gastlestreet, Holborn, was brush* op for farther nomi-
nation. The Prisoner bad written to the pawnbroker, 11r.
Nicholls, of Gray's lan-lame, with whoa he pledged the
carpet on which he stated ia his former cauniaations slat be
had received the sovereig• its esestioa, to sellout his attend-
ees.*; hot Mr. Nicholls was oat of tows. His shopww,
however, seat a note to the Sitting Aids ratan, Mating that
he had taken the carpet is pledge, and had certsisly given a
sowereiga upon it ; bat ►e was positive they had out • ba.l
sovereigw in their possession.
In this state of the emir, the Rolkihscia she Mint des-list.
jag to anted; the worthy Alders*. (*holey) did w..t fed
justified by the gaga/was of (whimsey as us the 'silty knee.
ledot sad nitration of the PrillUifer to detain Issas is custody
foe trial, sod therefore ordered him to be discharged.

The sovereign was cut in two is the 'moire Rums and
appeared to be of silver, Mr•ugly gilt.
Colkoritte kidney, • wretched lankiest old women, less
brought up us • charge of passing bad mosey. The Psi..
miser west to the shop of George Worrall, ow Orme, of Si.
A•drew'r, Holborn, shout friar o'clock yesterday alieremo..
to purchase two peace worth of lebsero, is peruse-at t..r
whirl' she testier'd a sisproce, which o• canonisation prow.
ing to be bad, Worrell &tensed her, sod so watching hoc
found wrapped up in a paper two haMpeotry hallo of cottoe,
sod ive-pence is copper, sod is • small folded riper •
parcel of prepared quicksilver for colu•rusg had inorree
The Prisoner slated that she gamed her livelihneid by
selling swatches about the streets, stud received she alai ea, o
of a customer. With respect to the eirlouriug preps...two,
she said she did nut know what Ma it was, INN skas it or-a
for, our how she came by ft. The paper is which it yes
folded, however, proved on esaminasion to be a role
dressed to the Prisoner by mintier r female mew in cooties-
wient is the Compter, desiring her to "bring her some
Ihiugs to sell among the women."
The Prisoner was remanded for further elimination till
Wednesday sett, to give the Solicitor of the Mint so op-
portunity to littered.
BOW-STILEET.
Late on Wednesday evening Williams Liffey, a notorious
character, was brought isi custody of Jeffreys, owe of the
patrol belonging In the oiler, sod underwent an essanina.
Outs before Sir Richard Rimer, on suspicious of having slot, ft
a silver coffee-pot sod lamp, found i• his possairriers mow r
t►e following suspicious escconsatmsees:--
. Abseil fuer o'clock on Wednesday afternoon Jr they* met
the Primmer i• the Hamaersait►.rosd, carrying a smell
►asket, avd sesperting Ise had massellsog concealed in u.
was nabs' op to him, s►es the Prisoner threw it down
sad ran awry; Jeffrels first secured the brain I, sad ibis
pursued, sod succeeded in ervertakrog the Pawner.
The Prieeuer was remauded till Monday treat.

N•RLBOROUGIFI-STREIT.
Yesterday a female of about twenty.four years of age, awl
▪ decent appearance, attended at this •ffice to make 'wintry
bee she should proceed iu order to be sent back to her
&alive country, America. The pour ereatare appeared to
be moth distreseed in her mid, and during hes siateseeret
&be was frequently interrupted by ell.CefaiVe grisf,l *bids
&lined the utterance of her sentiments.
Her parrots, she said, were restdeut at • plate eaIINI I'ertb,
in America, and were in allesent circumstances, lee father
beiug possessed of HMIo landed property. She lived wok for
freed' in that country moil within 'be lust few years, but 14
.eroossequenteuf the entreaties of a young num, fur whom she
bad formed an attachment, after having paid his addresses
-So her, she left her friends and came to England was
married to the object of her affections, by whom she h .1
two children; since tieing married Ise Ind used tier in • w. st
brutal manlier, and at length deserted bulb her suet It., cs,
dive, who we.. literally starving for waist, amid .hr knew 5.,1
where to ,rate tier husband, who had addicted biat,elf to
drinking. mu *id no mentor of getting her living 111 tto•
country, and sli was sure that bee 'hotels would receive her
under their Reelection if slit could possibly get back to
America. If she ass to remain here, her ehrielern sad bee-
welt must starve, Ne knew that Lnrd Authors, would use
kis estriravones to stud r bask to her 11. It conntry, but
having no friend to gnaw. y the nature of her mitigalibeli to •,y
Lordship it caused her to apply Were to kitow what also
should do.
She ea* advised to go to the °veneers of Mary-le boar
perish, where she resided, mad either apply for retie( or
make • full statement of her use, and these was doubt
but they would find her bombard, and make hots mipport her,
or they would furnish her with relief until &be and bus Ail.
dreu could be relit herk to her a* country.
Sbe quitted the office 111 tears tellb that determination.

M ART-LE-BONE.

Yertertley Jakw Fellows, who stood r►manded mu the
charge of (rewire tly titesteing 301. Ms 31re flill, of Shwa-
ford-ones, Manchester-plum., mode, the pretreee air:tint
■ pmeidat sue fur ►.r a child &beet 11 years age, 1.,

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the eltsrfor Fluor/. underwent a f.trtfor, resmin/stino before
John Ks.bash* and Edrissod Griffith", Fantant.
Al rosy it'cl•wk, the •ppotati ii tour, the Jo-tire Room and
the *venue It acting bi it was crammed wpb persons ansiiiiis
to ea eh a glimpse of the Pri•ouer, many of whirr attended
to prefer charges striost him.
/start Payne, Trolling in ffrook•street, Filen*, *goitre, de-
weed, that he was in the employ of Mr. Tablet, **lto was fur.
Merle ranger to the Marcron of Witiche•tir, hot now a
hieeder of ipurting dogs, and brio, tat Upper (:httford, rear
Andover, Hants About nine weskit ago Ins meter (Me.
'Cubits) was ignitor through Rosie 1-sonate wish Iwo setter
• thenthe Prisoner came rip to him, and •Aer admiring
the beauty of the animals, said. that he was taunt, to par.
chits, two dogs eel the sett. r breed for a f•allellan who was
going to 'Leicester, and that he •harild like to trent f.ir
thone two, It was they agreed that the Prisoner shoold
roll next twirsting at a public-Lorne at Itav•w•ter, at ohich
boo., tautness's master plot tip. At/I/ordinal, the Psi-osier
dame, sad she kennel of dog. were gunned tint into a field,
nod the Poisoner made ehoire of a t.rsee, salts- 25 guinea.
he thee went away, rosiony, be would wait on the gentleman
viii Paint the prier to him, and aft/aid exit arlitl. Neat list
be came. and raying the gentleman had left Loudon, &freed
tot awn hell fur the prier of the dogs, which vo•• agreed to
ht his master, who tallyd at the Pt tosoner'e lintritign, No. 3,
/fealty vireo t, Red Lion•mpisre, and he accepted the boll,
Davie', at two witsetha,•nd the Prisoner had potsse.sion of
the doge, sleet whir% he bail dispn•ed of one of them to a
Nir.ltiettlsensnes, a dealer at &tole-bridge, fur h/ On she
bill hemming due it was present. d by a oleo k of Ma•termsn's
• isiyment, at No 3, Drake Street, whet, the Poisoner
"third. whin it tnerted out the Prisoner had run inane. Al
it.. time of uurrlotaiwg the doe., ohs Prisoner st•ted himself
to be a fo ewer residing ors hi. own ...tate st Rockmart/tenth,
/whieh t, had been I. possession of 3" year..
Mt,. Thome/doe Wows, of Nis 3, Drake street, Rod
'l.ion•selisare„ stated, that In Jaly lasi the Priaolter took
apartment, roasialing of titling and bed-sonows, for two
months rertrifw, daring whirls lime lie Never slept in the
tolm, tho hit treaty fur the lodging he said he warted •
loom that he comfit see ticalletness in, as he detested trans-
acting huisineet in a pahlte•lsonse nr e..ffre-room ; he also
101 l her that he had the rontraet in provide theoew barracks
tiab hay, die. Whilst the Prisoner bolted her, • I
• INOMPa who had adrertitrd for ladies' instils aline-
tti.tia, came tot him in ronsequenee of his having an•w•reil
;ke advertssements., ststitsr, that he could provide them with
a aituation, having beer "robed to by a lady in the country
fur a body's maid. file* hail out west say of the yinihe
shorten eine', nor did •he know whether the Prisinter hail
obtained any morel from them or not. There we'r skit
su.se young men of very respectable appearance fro trent!,
calling, hut air could
At expiration of the two ramoths, which lime the Pri•
so/ter had t•keit the lodgings for, witness applied to hint for
vh• rent. Ile said he was gulag to trattovet sense kitoneris
at the flank, Med DO his return he world pay her ; but be
sever re/error/if. ser had she seen or heard of him till iohe now
••••• him at the bar.

Mr. Edward %Vitoria, hair-dresser, ►esiding at No. 67,
Deco-atreet, Sohn, statNl, that *hoot three yesrs aro he
wisapoointed accent to the iVnreriater El.ction, anal was
alstiosird at the Grotto Tavern in Statithareoptaan Hoi!dings,
Holborn, at which time he herself arrgnainted with the Pri•
tomer, who frermentid the roffereisom, and passed himself
•s an independent t•itl•arsi, residing at his estate in I.ei•
'menhir.; he was, On refore, treated as sorb; suddenly he
.1.4 appeared. aed it was isentos-eil that he had left tondos. /or
►is estate. Sometime eller he called or witness at his hawse,
when be was met by a friend of lair (witnem), slop slimed
Fellowee, ■nd after some tonsersaiinn, ibe Prisoner said,
he was serplaisted with revisal Noblem►n, aid providing he
(Mt. F.) runlit advance lib/ as a elcoseeur, he conk, proctor.
bunt a tolerative sitestion ••der Government. It was final'y
sereed that the Prisoner should iseenteipeney Mr. Fellow/ s to
turd who was a friend of hi., and would 'dime,e
the required sem A few days after they waited ■pon his
Lordship, who screed to give a eheek no hip hanker fair the
*mono', which Anna he placed in witness's hands till Mr.
Fellow., bed possemion of the situotion. He (the Pristreer)
hail !escrowed notory at different times or witness, to the
eminent of 41., and be had river bum a bill at event disys
for the payment. hat it was *ever paid, sad he had
Dever seen him Mons till about three mondos ago, when he
was met in the olives bt• Mr. Feline/se, In the greatest do.
«, anal he Iwotateht him towilmel.
The l'r i ..rnrr had obtained* romOdershle PII 111 from a

R• nlefork, under pret►nce of procuring his son a •iination
in the Cuottiese, whirl' he n did; suet prniii.lint the
ri issuer was rellearideil, witness would procure hill Wend-
el. r►.

The MagistrAte asked witness whether the Poisoner had
nhoosiwid 4ny money from I Ard U or from Mr.
Fel'owe% •su in aside she littler frith a siswasion )-11e was
au•wered in'the sanative.
The Nisi strain then called on the Prisoner fur his defence,
his soktansisig she 301. (runt Mrs. HAI.

The Prasoiter•ditl not the charge, hut offered to re-
tinal the *owl, which wrii c.,strav refeved, sod he was
epooniitril os that there., nut remanded osi the savers till
Monday. when it is expected many other charges will be
r.fr.rred against him.
UNION-HALL.
'ATTACK UPON A SOLDIER.
-Yesterday James Walsh, a private in The Marines, was
brought before the simat Msgistrwte, J. Chambers, Esq.
•'ivryed by Woo. White with hiring assaulted him onburs-
day last.

The Complainant st.ted that he wu►krJ in a tan-card in the
Grange-road, Itermourker, and alleged that the Drfrndmit
to the yard on Thurt.A.ty last and inquired for ►tm,
using the mono horrid epithets. The Complainant mid he
prmenterl himself to the Defendant, who, after some farther
nhn.., woe* him no the month.

The soldier, in Ito defrnee, said, he lodged is the neighbour-
Load, and in the roared of the day he wits obliged to psi
the yard, alien he was invariably assailed by every specii•
•1 oblige and insult that could auntie and irritate Idea—
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Is fad, be was assailed in all the orighboarhood, whatever
way be turned, for no oilier reason than that he was a soldier.
_ (Oa the &it, orlitta the assault was staled to have taken place,
doe I) f;nilant said he as% pawing by the tati-dird. when Ilia
c,,,a,plaiaai,t, as Tess the pearlier, left his amok and tame to
the gate to abuse hum, calking Lim b—y soldier, mud saying
that be and all Los dab shad red to be iniusportcd. The
L. readmit admitted, that, after haring received abundance of
rustication of this that, he did strikt the Compiaivaut.
The Magdtrate immediately dismissed the charge, and
veprimainded the Compaiward merely for his condole!.
'lllie moldier went on to stair, that a young mast, named
Cook, who worked in the same yard will, the Complainant,
and who bed bait the temerity in come forward as one of his
reihsemes, had slabbed kiln oat Tbutsilay Hight in Ilse gsuiu.
The soldier staled, that be was stainliug by a public-Louse
in the tie gbbittitLutol MLitt' right or nice o'clock at
iiigh4, *lieu Cook ramie tation him suddenly, stabbed him
in the groin with a knife, which penetrated shunt Iwo inches
aid torn lAN off. The soldier showed to the Magistrate the
place oboe the knife had pendia:id through his clothes,
and produced the shill which be load on at Ilse time ; it bore
marks of his basing bled profusely.
The Magistrate immediately ordered Cook to be takes
into custody, and sent the saltine lulu the Dispeosasy which
adjoins the Alger, that be might be exammod by the surgeon.
Souse pale had elapot 41, alien the Magistrate was infarmt d
tb rt the rubber had been examined by ibe Surgeon, who pro-
Hommed that the nomad was as (learnt:etc hut by no miens
deogeruno, although aumewhat el:crates: from out basing
hers, oath udeu Is.
The Pri,oncr denied basing seen the soldier on that night
at all, nod said Le could bring forward evidence to prove
11 11 be was not near the place at the lime; auJ lee declared
that he bad out bad a knife iu his possemion fur ineonths.
An old woman came Itide•rd, who said she was ready to
valour slat ilie Prisoner wad taking tea with lie: at the time
Slut the Complainant said he watt stabbed.
The soldier some positively Cook was the man.
'The Magirtrair repressed the sttintliest iodagnattun at the
tr. &intent which the Comp:Mosul idested in the place. It
W. 4 rot lu be endured that into abeiold be hunted about

Lir .11.1 bra.** liat sass 'emir g row satile.• prejudice had bees
POMP fired agatest ll•emirer terries.* airy were is kis e-
jests's e. He emoreeed .14a deka Mai 1.01410 le bare stem
got trr ispirel is VIPS 44 Led.
Tits Prisviter was tees rem .oded foe rai :bet elimination.

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