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the met ter at. isintiel-the moppw.ssion of evidence;
%bated/v. to t e present MULAUeI6 ib.:46 to be re-
garded. eith..l6oo je.stanply, eiiakile CellelU-'
du being, that ht., woo lines. ;hest aimat it, wouia
iiamcvl cC sertuq hip vinaeleyers, There
was another CiftUrigiatier which lie considered so
haring great weight. It would appear/ upon re-.
ferring to Mr. Coili in'a ot.okn. that, on the very
day ippon which the :take of SumorN give the din.
tier. at entry ~f phtit .vat Windt.. sr purchnied by
his. Hoye! iliglattess ; beanies, his name was jib..
sa*meisi on the peeloni,nntnines. When all these ciro
earnstautes were we:gheil, he was cure the Jury .
would not hesitate to nod a verdict for his client.-
. Chtionan (the nlioninan of Mr. Collitip) wits calf,
red end examined ; he reculketed that a service
ryas preporing for the Duke of Stissexl, but to ver
delivered to him w . Detaied ports it of had been ,
• vent to Ketwiitstou, he believed, for the nispeetiou
of the !Queen, and returned again. •
Nis Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex was
then eellitelieWlL. He limey Collins ; he had pute
ehmied souse glass frail him; a service was seta to
Kennington Palace, for *dinner which he gave; it
war hired for the day.i pout of the glum which he
had purchased, (nigh! have beet amongst it ; he
did not know; hat certainly the glove exhitrited at hs
entertainment vies notlourchuned, it wits only hired
for the day, sit inconvenience he was sohjected to
by halflll elt
'The Cou ar being of opinion that the delivery was
not made out, a verdict was found fur the Plaintiff,
subject to arlittritticio.
Other cases of no interest were tried, after which
the Conn adjourned.
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C'Aairstaa, and

Brfare Jamul Mwttri sarma,
• ilericAl Justec..
Mr. Mama Bunko, coal-intrchant, Northum-
berland-street, Stroud, was inelirted for assaulting
John Coeknet4 a wailer to the Ke) Bagmu, Chan-
dos-street.
The Prosecator deposeJ, that in the mouth of
February last, about eleven o'clock at night, as he
was goiug throagh Cockspur-street, he saw a wo-
Illait's palliest sliding oloiig the flugs ; he stooped to
'pick it up, when he was knocked clown by the Dt-
lentbent, alio took lue umbrella, and struck him
junial tunes; a watchman came up, and conveyed
4heiu both to the watch-house.
Mr. A Etta, Counsel for the ascendant, stated,
in defence, that he war instructed to say, the
Defendant, who as, a respectable swan, was re-
turning home; he had been at a denims party, and
had drunk rather freely ; is Cockspur-street he
was eccostediiy two feinalrni, who insisted OSA NO
goinghottie with them; he refused, informing them
family; they began to treat him very rough-
of them threw her patten at him. The
for immediately came up, apparently to
miusaws et the women; su-b the Defend-
:
altl4=4 be had given hint a beating for
Ls •
• The Jury food hint guilty of tierasault, and-
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paid, and was discharged.
FUCA, TFIlt IIIAYINARIIICT =EATS&
Mr. Media Mil*, of the East India Compa-
tsy's service, was inducted • for an asmiult on Mr.
yeas, a Solicitor, of Vtrdstminster, an the 2lst of
Nottery, Meer iirt: the .Haymutket Theatre. The
Prosecutor deposed, that, between the Play and
Farce, he was coming through a narrow passage.
that led from the Coffee-roisio—the Dellindant
posed him, and immediately turned round, and
asked him if he meant to oAend him ? The Prose-
cutor &Mitred he did not, and, if lie. had done so,
it wee unintentionally ; on which the Defendant
raid he was a scoundrel, he kora he meant to 'in-
sult him. The Prosecutor gate him the woe aw
slyer as befoie ; when the Defendant said, "then I
am determined to be insulted:" Ind struck the
Prosecutor to the eye, blackreed it, and knock-
ed him down; oft his getting up, the De-
fendant served bis other eye 112 the tame way;
some Gentlemen then interfered ; the Defendant
followed him down stair., to the entrance of the
Theatre, calling him rowel and acoundiel. He
obtained • constable, and had him taken into
*ode.

custody.
On his cn. _ -aawituation, by Ms. Keep., he
said he would not undertake to sat that his case
might not have hit ngainst the Dufendant's leg,
as he poirfed him in the postage.
In defence, it was i.tatrd, that the Prosecutor's
cane struck the leg of the Dtfciiitant in the pas-
sage ; that the • Defendant had drunk more wine
after dinner than usuel. and thst he did not 014 k
the Prosecutor, until he hail put his closed hand,
in a menacing maumer, up to the Defendant's face.
The jury found the Defendant guilty of the
assault ; and the Court sentenced 'him to pay I
tine of forty shillings. which be complied with, sad
ass discharged.
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The total amount of the Public Expenditure of
Great Britain, exclusive of the charge of Loans
raWed for the service of Ireland, for six years, end-
ing the 3th or January. 18099. Wax the %ix first
years of the present war, is about 395,9454991. •
whereof 166,443,0321. arose from eh% vieverr;,6l

public fended and unloaded debe,and
from ell otherserviceii: uud that about 134,403.,024.
ha* been raised by the ordinary rcretine And loci.
dental payments of various kinds; 92,240,0tru1.
by extraordinary war taxes ; 81,168,4181. by inks-
tions to the public funded debt ; and 3,4500•LAV.
by an advance without intereat from the Batik.
By the last Art of Parlia.nent, relating to he
Local Militia, the Colonels are empowered, at ll
tinter, to efteive•volunseers into their regime
who are to be MAIM in for four years :--these vol
teero receive no bounty; but are, ofcourse, elm
front Lill bailees..
Tot Lieerpoof Aldeertiser, of Thursdays fouled
it necessary to publish a Supplement, ua accodot
of the unprecedented number of ordeals freei
Americo and the Wentthe arrengesneots
made by Mr. Ensatne appear to haws? ham ewer).
winse considered w ceoclidive and all classes al
tact load beipin to act uparllefllaieb-of thew fens-
'lag if 4 iraiia of a new minicab!. optima of policy
between tiga two omentrics.
Saturday siennight. four children were poilataell
at Love, hie 011464 by satin water Amekia:#