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London, England, 1804-08-21 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AT SWANSEA.

Lord and Lady Liltbtd, .1...0d (Intim, Sir Rabat Sa
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harding, Ks Northcote,
Spearman, the I art of I.andatf arrived at Swansea Rnd ,
yestent..y morning, last from Tentry, and after brealciastio,
the bdackworth Arms, pr iceedcd on for Laitdstt.

On Saturday last, Mr. Purr gave a Cabinet
Dinner, at his house at Putney, to the Earl if
MA I 4115111:11'. Lord CAST LERE*OI4, Lar4l H.
aowny, Lord G. L. Gowan, Sir SIONLY Sam.
kc.

Lord Viscount RAMA AOlt will be united in wed-
lock this day to MisS STEPHCNS, daughter of Sir
PHILIP STLPHENS, BA t. _ _ _

Yesterday morning was married at St. George's
church, W. 1.,. Gowts, Esq. to Miss Gauss's,
daughter, and sole heiress to the late Sir lons
Gatsnsu, liars:; Lurd VMCDULL F•LM01:21 war
present.
'1 eEarlofCHArway has h.ei prevented by in-
disposition from attending his military duty. Yr-
terday, accompanied by the COL:NI-us, he left Lcu.
don, for Cotheath Camp, what: he means to resLe
for some weeks.

Sir A. and Lady Huai. hay.: returned to tor'
from Brighton.
Lord GL CC SERV to set off yesterdly morning rice
Bushy Park, on a vi.tit to Lord SULrFii,D,
Sussex.

Lord G. L. GrAV6It does not set out on his rth.
sion to Peterslisrgh until the beginning of ner.
month. His Lordship is on a visit to the Duke aral
Duchess of Devotscut RE At Chiswick.

Lady Ressctt. is expeded from Irvla is tie net
fleet. Her Ladyship returns fir the benefit of his
health, which has been impaired by the climate.
She is sister to Lord Visccian; WHIT wo aTn, aal
lady to Sir Hte R V it CS•I t.. a bodge in India.
Lord and Lady F. Sranca t at. w .1 in towa
yesterday from Brighton.
The Duke and Duchess of Brnroao left Chel-
tenham last week for Monmouth, and inteaaci
to be in Bath last Sunday ; on Iburs.tay next to
leave Bath for Longleet, Wilts, the seat of tie
Marquis of BATH.
The Earl nf)Motß A and his amiable Conntess are
now on a visit to Mr. HEecumer, of Clarkiniaii.
Scotian I, where his Lordship partakes of I.:walnuts.
ment o 'grouse shooting.
'lbis day se'imight the Earl of A 'wintry' =ls-
e,' at WALKLICS Hotel, Edinburgh, oa his w-y
northward. _ .

The Duchess de COLONY and family. with otha
foreigners of distinftion, arrived at lalmout
Thur►day, from Lisbon.
The remains of LOl4l DU WC Ail were intend.
on Saturday .e'nnight, in the lan.ily vault. Lauda
church-yard.
We a►e glad to find that a icarrea plan of :1r
Chins lea, on the attack of we French, is to ie
given to the public by an ingenious artist, uuder tin
immediate eve of the Commodore.
The blusical Festival commences at Salle. . : ... .
to-marrow evening, wren Mrs. iltsusaras :$
Mane with "Saw.: Bird," and, on Thurscia,
asionis4 with " Mad 8e:,."
The Hampshire Musical restival is announc.6
for the 18th ut neat me nth.

The Mk: of Suss's came to town from %Visi-
tor yesterday, in his German landau, arid copped s
considerable time at Carleton-house. His RoY4
Highness's hussars sat upon the coach-box. l'ha
I.:ng beards and platted whisl-rs highly arreisxf
the populace. One was dressed in cliff k greer
sesihterrs, high caps gold bound, German lav
overalls, a Woad sabre belt, &c. in tl:e Gcrrr..s:
style. The other, Hessian boots, round hat,
cloaths faced with red. They are fine lookias
each above six feet high.
On Sunday evening, the large city barge, ocA
lies constantly below Kew-bridge. was it" 111.
its mooring, and removed to near Putney-bridge.*
wait the arrival yesterday morning of a large pall
of Aldermen and their friends, who are going to
spend two or three days in an aquatic =comical o?
the Thames. _

The following znaMae proves g the loves of PP
/men and I.u..tiaa are not past ; Lately was mar
tied, in BuCkinghanishire, JUNK As giro', Eta.•
gentleman of independent fortune, to Nwiscv CO'
Tlss daughter of a common Wsuiner .—T he erg"'
site beauty and genuine modesty of Noincy ".erg
the praise of the whole village ; and, by cord,,rinil
herself to the advice of a gentletan who .Wll ZWIP
years ago on a visit in those parts,
sae won the heel,
of Mr. AT Kiss, who, after giving her a wit.iblf
education, led her to the Altar of Hymen- N .141
has since written a gra.,ful letter to the ge.itletn!or
expressive of her sease of his kind advice, w4+411
duet ciestat to Jles beu,stiailay and worth.

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CARLItiI.F., AUGUST 18.

NARRATIVE OF Tim NISI PRIM ACIIONS,
TRIM) AT THE LATIL CAR LISLS ♦SSIZLI.

WALTON V. LADL('W.

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Yesterday, at three in the afternoon, ta-
la CT, Esq. Cl:4°ller for Surrey, held an inquisition
at Mr. Buchanon's, the Masons' Arms, opposite
Lambeth Ten-ace, on a view of the body of Miss
Charlotte Burden the young lads who fell from a
two pair of stairs window, and was killed, on
Thursday last. From the evidence examined be-
fore the Jury relative to the unfortunate occur-
rence, it appeared the deceased was sister to
Mr. Burden, of No. 8, Lambeth Terrace ; she had
been a short time at his house on a visit, and her
family resided out of town. On Thursday last the
deceased 'hewed no signs of despondency, bus
seemed to conduct herself in her ordinary manner.
—She was seated about half past one o'clock at the
two pair of stairs back room window, which was
open, and looked into the back-yard. Two servants
belonging to the family saw the deceased about that
time, but observed tin more of her until the fatal
accident took place, which was first discovered by
;entleman (a visitor,) who being in the back
pall.ur waiting the arrival of Mr. Burden, sud-
denly heard something tall iu the back yard, and
going to see what it was. he beheld the deceased
lying close by the wall which divides the nest house
from Mr. Burden's, without signs of life; and by
the near situation of the deceased to the bottom

of the wall, she appeared to have fallen with her
breast upon it. Mr. W.— and Mr. Morgan,
Surgeons, being instantly sent for, immediately
attended ; but their assistance was useless, the de-
ceased had expired. On examining the body, no
bones were broken, but bruises appeared about the
breast, and on opening the one, symptoms were ob-
served about the chest, which left no room to doubt
the deceas,..l came by her death in consequence of
the dreadful blow received in her .1:11. Ni person
having beui present when the deceased ill out of
the win,.ow, no further fats of this dreadful ac-
cident transpired, further than that the deceased was
stated to be cubic& to fits, and hat been seized with
one while lately riding with Mr. lorgati, surgeon,
in a single-horse chaise.
The Jury, after a charge from the Coroner, re-
turned a verdid of Arc4eslal Death.
A letter was stated, in a former account of this ac-
cident, to have been received by the deceased, from
her brother; but, as nothing of the kind was ex-
amined at the ha; iisition, it is not noticed. The
deceased was an amiable young lady, between 27
and 28 years of age.

This was an action bretight against Thomas Lad-
low, near Knarsdale, on the border of Northumber-
land, for defaming the charafter of Jos. Walton, in
saline that he had poisoned Robert Batter, two
cows, and sheep innumerable, that he was a mur-
derer, a rogue, a thief, &c. that he had done all
this repeatedly, deliberately, and without passion
The Witnesses on this trial were rather suspicious ;
William Lamb (a boy), immediately on takirg the
oath, set off as if his lesson had been taught him,
how that bread and butter had R. Baxter, and
that the Plaintiff had given him that bleed arid but-
ter, &c. Isabella Lamb, this boy's moth:, spoke
(but with much inconsistency) of a report prevail-
ing among the people of the orintr;, that Walton
had poisoned Baxter with bread and butte', and that
Leßow was the propagator of this report ; two or
three other Witnesses endeavoured to prove this with
aggravated circumstances, that the offence might
appear to be from a mal;gaant intention, and that
the Plaintiff was obliged to bring .he anion in order
to preserve his life and well being Serje.utt Cote: ex 5.
contended, that it was nothing sonic than abuse and
ill nature on the part of the Defendant, and had ori-
ginated from a quarrel between him and the Plain-
tiff, some time ago; that the Witnesses had proved
nothing further; that Will:am Lamb came meets-
like a school boy to say his lesson—" I low that T.
Walton poisoned L. Baxter, and how that he poi
toned two cows, and how that lie peisoned a dog,
and how, and how,' just as if lie had been repeating
Chevy Chace. That the Plaintiff poisorsed all the
sheep in the country is not worthy of bclief from
any, much less from Master Itichai ason. who could
not recollea lodging longer than three days d.
Carlisle at any time, nor did he know the little place
at the end of the sweet (the jail), although he had
lodged there five weeks. The Serjeant thought the
Defendant ought to be acquitted, egpeci.illY as shy
l'laintill had neon fully acquitted Flom th Olarge
of murder in the judgment of the country u, which
he lives. These superstitious people believe, that,
if a murderer touches the corpse of Ile person mur-
dered, the place so touched will it:surely bleed;
accordingly they sent for the supposed murderer.
and he went, forsooth ! hut, upon touching the
corpse, no blood came. The Jeotre observed, that
the elaintiff certainly was loaded with slander.
altch was a very feel charge. and, according to
the law, such a p. rein was entitled to some corn-
' atio i. The Jury returned a verdia for the
P i .14, damages el.

WALTERS 1,. Mt.tilt AS.
114 was a question teurbtrg th- unsoundness of a
mare. On the 9th of February lasr, Walters, the
Plaintiff, bought a mare of Mutt av, the I krenclant,
for 311. 101. on condition that the mare proved
sound; after this purchase the Plaintiff went with
the mare in a loaded cart from Brampton to New•
castle; on his return the mare appealed quite lame,
from a blemish nn the neat shoulder, and she was
immediately returned to the Defendant, who re-
fused to take her. Lewis Jones was in the service of
the Plaintiff; remembers the mare being brought
home, and went with lwr to Newcastle; her load
seas only tiu stone, and on her return snmethi tg
k's tit t-I ;in going she was very well, but on
tetutnu,n became quite Lune. John Holliday said
he saw the snare short'', before Walters purchased
her, at that time she had .t VC!' . sore shoulder; Ise
saw the wound pinhed, and dead flesh appe *red
tinder it. Another Witness corroborated the above
evidence.

hlr.erjeant Coes:ELL, on the part of the De-
fendant, said, he would prove tic mare to be a,
sound, when returned, as she is now : the blemis/.
Proceeded entirely from a blister; and if this
.was
case of unsouadness, whoever has got 1 blow

on his finger must be pronounced unsound. But,
contrary to thin, the blacksmith that dressed the
woteid, pronounced her to be a mare of a. good
constitution; and, therefore, the W.II relty was, that
it she had any disease at the time of sale, that would
end in unsoundness, the bargain was rendered in•
valid. o I believe (said the Serjeant), the Plaintiff
got a mare at a cheaper rate, and wanted to get
quit of his bargain." The Witnesses for the De-
fendant said, the Plaintiff observed the wound on
the shoulder at the time of purchase, but did not
think it of any consequence. A blacksmith de-
posed, he shoed the mare two years, and always
considered her perfealy sound: believes she had a
nip on the shoulder, but when let out, proved only
to be skin deep ; and that in eight or ten days, she
became well, and he believes the mare is now per-
fealy sound. Here the Jeuuv interrupted the evi-
dence, and said, it did not appear that this wound
was the cause of any unsoundness. The Jury re-
turned a verdia for the Defendant.
CITY Or CARLISLE U. WILSON, r AIRS AIRN, &C.
This was an aaion brought by the Mayor and
Corporation of Carlisle, to establish a claim of right,
which they believed they possessed, of exa&ing pay-
ment of toll, for all merchant or other goods brought
into or carried through Carlisle en horses, carts,
waggons, or any other vehicle. at the rate of Id.
for every horse load of goods, of two-pence for
every cart load drawn by one horse ; of four-pence,
if drawn by two horses, and so on, in proportion to
the number of horses in each cart, &c. In March,
1800, the Plaintiffs went to the Defendants, and de-
manded Id. toll for a box of muslins carried by their
coach to London ; this demand not being complied
with, the Plaintiffs brought forward their claim last
assizes, that it might be discussed in a court of
law ; but as they had gone the wrong way to work,
and demanded Id. for the box, instead of levying
the cull according to the number of horses—the Jury
gave a verdia fur the Defendants. This aCtien be-
ing brought forward again, its °lip& was to establish
a claim of 2d. a horse drawing any cart, waggon,
or other vehicle carrying commercial goods, as stated
above. In support of this claim, they produced a
written evidence, containing an inquisition taken in
thu 25th year of the reign of Edward 111. in which
it is found that the citizens had a right of exaaing
toll for goods passed through the town. Two or
three witnesses were called, who proved that the
Corporation had. ever since they could remember,
levied and received toll for goods passing through
the city, according to the above rites ; that if they
went through without unloading, they received a
ticket on their entrance ; it they unloaded, the same
goods going out paid toll again, according to the
number of horses by which they are drawn. Mr.
PARK, who was C, dnsel for the Defendants, did not
wish to detain the Court any Ice7e: there being
sufficient evidence to substantiate ti.e claim. The
Jury gave a verdia for the Plaintiffs.

SOMERSE ASSIZES.

At the Assizes held last week at Wells, Mr.
John Southerton, Attorney at Law, of %Vellington,
the well-known Prosecutor of Penal Aftions against
the tiergy and others, was found guilty, upon an
;Idol mutton filed against him in the Court of King's
Bench, of having uritten threatening letters to a
tam:titer of respeCtable druggists in Birmingham, for
rhc purpose of extorting money from them, on a
charge ul having schl pa:ent medicines without
Stumps.
Locus EWA NT•43L:.4%2 At. co% ELL e. SWZET.IVID3W.
This was an Ik.atun brought against the Defend-
ant, who kfep. the Castle Inn, at Taunton, for net
fulfilling an atrreement, by which she had under-
taken inanediod7 to repair the house and premise.
rented of her by the Plaintiff; but it appearing to
the entire satisfallion of the Jury, that not • slight-
est hopntatinn of blame attached on • e;weet,
for delaying the execution of her ngi c •nt ; but,
on the contrary, that the work v completed as
,non as the nature of it would aumit, althotrh it
took some wr,is to effett it, they made no hesitation
in finding a verditt for the Defend an: .

WINCIIII....STi..It, Ana. 20.

C.. tg C0,.---A circumstance that occurred here
on Tuesday night, has engrossed the conversation cf
every tea table :
A medical gentleman of Southampton, who had
missed his wife from a country-house in the neigh-
bourhood, traced her to an inn here, and nn breaking
open a chamber door, realised the suspicions he had
entertained of her fidelity, by finding her in bed with
All sllieit lover, who is of the legal- profession, and
who was severely beaten by the injured husband As
the affair will probably be subject of serious investi-
gation, we forbear at prcient to be more explicit.—
(Sehidery journal.)

A letter from Dover, dated on Sunday, says :
" The alarm of invasion has consiaer.ably subsided
in this neighbourhood. The several encampments,
the fortifications, the increased number of ships of
And the general vigilance and activity, inspire
universal confidence:*

The last Accounts (torn Constantinople state, that
the most violent commotions still continue in
Egypt, and that French influence is exerted in
every possible way, to create divisions and disputes
Among the rdspeetive powers, with a view to their
again establishing a footing in that distrafted coun-
try. Some of the powers do not scruple openly to
call up,.n the Trench to assist them ; hut the majo-
rity decidedly look up to the English fur every

The French prisoners from Pondicherry, that
came to this country, on board the Matilda cartel
ship, have been embarked on board the Ardent, for
the purpose of being landed at one of the cartel
ports in France.
The giriihly Castle, from China, which ship un-
fortunately went on shore in I:idlers Reach, on Fri-
d ty last, was not got off the ground without very
considerable exertions on the part of the Commander
and Officers. She now lies off Greenbithe, making
eight and nine inches water in a quarter of an hour ;
the pumps are kept constantly at work, and the
boys are Alongside receiving her cargo as fast as
possible. We are happy, however, to learn, that
the last accounts state the leak to have decreased, and
that there were not above fourteen inches water in
the hold while the pumps are kept going.