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.^.np a tre;dent 2tr.Asvr, ther.-44tutd er-A4 generally ap-
at at the coainter.ccie,.at efthepoll. Thi geu-
emei mu/ the other caLlil.tite trete opposed by 51r.
sTbarten, wfusi on (so dilvg thepoil tilts to go against
ins, ireace,iiately wec.i to-Loudon, where the whole
the. Freemen fyt Piirbtist, there tesidinly, were
mat toge.'.l .r at a .puhlie-house, Itriolvn°by the
:vs cll the'llth: in Vii4her-street, Coldest-square,
ad, by the Loind'oaxi, Robert,tm, cosidnete.ii into g
4uk-room, where they mere paid 51. a man,.and
eirnces paid m lhirhitin, to give their votes
tor Mr. Whartosi ; the consequence was, they went
thcre,'and the latter gentleni.sn cati:ied the poll in
live days. The sudden mariner in which his eleElion
tea's place nacasioned asitspicion that theproceedings
bad ilia been fairly canied on ; and todiscoverthefad,
sevural-persons went to London, and among them Sir
1-renry Vane Tempe t, who, with the assistance of
for Vlaintilf in this case, fins taykr) succeeded in
from the I)efendan!, at the pii)dic-home
atone-mentioned, that lie h.id been one of those who
:Lid been paid 51. to go to Durham to give his vote,-
And that lie had been gone thirteen days, during
whicl.l time he was paid 7s. a day for his ex-
pences. On this intelligence the present aEtion was
brought. The Learner Counsel conclud•od with ob-
serving, that the evidence which he should call
would prove the facts which he ha:! stated, .i. 13 the
Jury would, have no difficulty in finding a verdict
I.)r the Plaintiff.

The principal witnesses- called• were a person
marred Tille, and Sir Henry Vane Tempest ;
them the bribery was clearly proved in the manner
before mentioned.

Mr. 'hostas and Mr. Grafts, In behalf of the
_ Defendant, contended, that the present charge of
bribery was brought by a conspiracy of persons who
were engaged in the Darhait elcetion, to take the
'advantage of the statute, whereby they were not
made an4werable for bribery themselves, after hav-
ing discovered any bribery that might have been
3waCtised by others ; and th:a the money which had
.been given was merely to defray the expences of the
vows on their way to Durham.
i Mr. Easst (sr. and Mr. GAnitow in reply, main-
/aim:a the necessity which. there had appeared of
bringing *the cause into a Court of Justice ; and
stated to the Jury, that the Defendants might have
brought Robertson the publican forward, as he was
acquainted with the whole of the transactions. His
evidence would unquestionably have afforded the
best satisfastion which could be afforded, with re-
s?eet to the intention of giving the voters 51. each,
...sides their expences to Durham, and back again
; ) London ; this they had not done. The .lury
I...atild therefore see, that their case w:,s chainif,:!. • -
Lord EtAtsrtntovon summed up the evidence,
wits of opinion, that there had appeared strong
evi.'. • ce to prove, that the voters had been bribed
2•vi: their votes at Durham, and among them
the .I)efinsdant. If; however, the Jury lyAit?,,c.d that
the mcrey had been given for the purfa of con.
:lar-ring them down, and merely to fiirnish them
with 1)C:0! nnodation on their journey, they could
dour:: t,t:ier than find their verdict for the Defendant;
but If i 7 Was I:dies-ea by them, that bribery had
been used;, Defendant had actually taker.
woual t:-.-eide in favour of tile Plain-
tiff.
..11,e .267 y. T.l.lnouneed a verdict for the Plain-
fli.-4.Danrages COO!.

, C3ITT:7 3F COMMON PLEAS, JUN& 2.
kfre Lord A.l.v ANLEv.
. GOLDIN V. V;NCEN r.
This was an anii.r. to recover damages fur atres-
lass committed on the Plaintiff's premises.
Mr. Sei-jenat Bass, in his opening, stated, that
-the Plaintiff was a gentleman residing at KingsLnd,
In the. ,puish of
.Islington, at which place the De-
fendant also kept a public house, known by the sign
of the Coach and horses. .A field adjoining to that
house was the subject of the present anion, and when
the circumstances attending the same came to be
fairly laid before the Jury, he entertained no doubt
hut they: would consider' his client entitled to their
verdin. The field was in the possession of Mr.
Goddin, who so far complied with the solicitations
of the Defendant, as to give him a licence to make
use of the same for the purpose of affording a place
of entertainment for his customers to play at trap- '
ball and howls upon particular occasions; such as
fradesmens' bean-teasts, and other parties, which
might he formed for the benefit of his house. This
licence had, however, been grossly abused by the
Defendant, who, on the l sth of B,ptenzber last, had
broken the lock, which secured the gate, and had in-
troduced into :he field a Mountebank Donor, tho
erected his stage, exhibited 4 huge warn, MONKEYS,
dancing Dons, and jack puddings, with the whole
of the absurdities generally attached to persons of
that description. He had also, made a ring round
the field, by the means of ropes, within which
a number of hack hluses were running, stumb-
ling, and tearing the ground up. The no-
velty. of such proceedings, drew a multitude of
asecple, of all descriptions, to the spot, and the
consequence was, .that the fences were broken, and
much injury done to all parts of the premises. In
the midst of these entern.inments, Mr. Goddin, the
Plaintiff, went into the field, addressed the moun-
tebank, and desired to kOow that right he had to
*be there exeri.ising his buffoonery so much, to the
injury of his premise:: ! The .Donor said, he had
been authorized to mount the stage in that place by
The Defi.ndant, who had given him full liberty.
On which he was told to go away immediately, or
ocoestahles should be sent for to force him. The
Defendant came up at the moment, and told the
stimtn:;4,:init to pay no attention to the Plaintiff, for
he weinld stand to the consequence of whatliad
lrippened. 'These fads, the learned Counsel ob-
served, would be proved by evidence, and the Jury
'would have no difficulty in dociding for his client.
'lle witnesses called for the Plaintiff proved the
assertions already stated.
Mr. Serjeant Os'iow, in his reply, contended,
that the Plaiiitiff's ca.c had not been made out, as
-his Learned Brother ought to have stated in his
declara:ionk the full extent of the licence given by
the Pialutif to the Defendant, relative to his use of
the field.
Lord ALVANLLY said, the only way to decide
that question was, to produce the agreement which
had bed entered into by the parties. It; hnw-
k•ver?, appeared, that 'the Defendant was not in pos-
session .of any document to that cud. 'Evidence
was cured to prove .that an agreement had been co-
ati ired,fitto, but -it verhal, or during the
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L./ • •14 for •iiiirposeie nuntithe already.
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thissow cinema, that tat '

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would tale into enn4deration, that no material in-
jury had been made out, and if they were inclined
to give their verdict for the Plaintiff, damages to
the amount of a shilling would be suthcirnt, as the
tests would fall on the Defendant.
Mr. Serjcant again referred to the agree-
ment which had been entered into, and stated, that
he had never heard of horses playing at trap-ball ;
and if the Jury thought the field was intendad for
the use of the Defendant to admit horses instead of
men, they would rmnsuit the aaion ; if they did
not think so, they would give a verdia for the
Plaintiff. With respea to the damages, it had ap-
peared, that the fences had been broke down, and
the grass destroyed ; he did not want greater da-
mages than what the. Plaintiff had suffered, and he
hoped the Jury would give adequate compensation,
without considering that the costs would tall on the
Defendant, as the latter had committed a trespass,
consequently w.s answerable to the law.
Lord A LVANL CV summed up the evidence, and
was of opinion that the trespass had been committed,
hut direaod the Jury to give trifling damages, as
the deterioration did not appear to exceed the value
of 5 1.
The Jury gave a verdia for the Plaintiff, da-
mages 51.

CHRIST CHURCH. sußnr.

In a former Parer we mentioned that the Pastor
and his Flock were at variance upon the state of the
Church, and what. -difficulties had occurred upon
the luestion, whether the old Church should be re-
paired, or a uew one built. We represented that
the subject had been referred to a Committee of the
House of Commons, hefOre whom it had been satis-
faeorily proved, that the old Church was like the
old English Coastitntion ; its foundation firm, its
walls secure, its timbers sound, and that there were
only some cricks or fissures, here and there, whissh
might be easily obviated by a few necessary repara-
tions ; and that, as in the one instance, there was no
occasion for a new Constitution, so in the other there
was no' necessity fora neWChutch. We stated how
this old fabric had been depreciated and run down
by those who were desirous of revolutionizing it,
and erecting a new one of modern strudure and
fashion. We inferred, what was strictly the truth,
that the present Christian Exhorter was desirous of
hearing himself preach in a splertilid temple. which
should vie with those of Athens or Byzantium ;
we added, that the Committee, after laborious in-
vestigation, had disc.wered that the old Church was
only in war... ~f partial repair, and that it might be
made perfectly substantial at a very easy charge ;
we also mentioned the heats and animosities which
*ere manifested before the Committee, and that the
Committee found it impossible to proceed without
imposing general silence On the part of those whom
it had bc;:.) found, by the experience of many days,
were incapable of expressing an opinicn with any
tolerable degree of temper.
The Committee met again yesterday, and repeat-
ed its injuadion, hut it was no more attended to
than the Pope's decree would be at Paris. The
Committer got the length of two or three clauses in
the Bill, when the respeaable Minister of peace, un-
able to contain his zeal in the cause of the Church,
and what, he said, were the instruaions of his Ordi-
nar„ gave vent to an apostrophe, which seemed as
if it had been direaed to the Committees at the far-
ther end of the House. Sir John Frederick and
Lord William Russel called him to order, and most
peremptorily insisted upon his repressing his Sten-

toi tan powers.
The Conunittee then advanced a step further in
the Bill, when new claims were advanced on the
part of the Persona Ecclesis, as well as on the part of
the Trustees of the Founder of the Church. These
respetlive claims were found so materially to clash
with each other, and to be so hostile to the interests
of the parish, that it was impossible to reconcile
them.

Lord William Russel immediately rose, and ob-
served, that he never had sat upon a Committee,
upon any measure submitted to Parliament, in
which so much had been done to weary and ex-
haust the patience of the Members : they had the-ar-
t-Ay atienZed, day after day, for now nearly a
month, in hopes of effeiting something like a spirit
of conciliation, but in vain. The farther they ad-
vanced, the more obstacles were thrown in the way.
He thought the Committee ought not to suffix the;n,
selves to be so trifled with ; he ther.•fure moved,
thatihe further consideration of the Bill should be
postponed to this dayahree months.
The motion was immediately seconded.
Sir John Frederick observed, that it must be
much more satisfaitory to the parish at large that
this Bill should be dropped. It was impossible to
suppose that a Bill so introduced could ever be
cordially carried into effeet ; it would be much bet-
ter that the parties should have a year allowed them,
in order that the effervescence, by which they
seemed -to be a&uated, might have time to cool,
and perhaps if some of them whom he could
mention wereadvised before another Bill was intro-
duced, to lose a little blood, and take some spring
physic, it might not be amiss ; however, he hoped
that the circumstance of their having to pay all the
expences might operate favourably ; it certainly was
fruitless for the Committee to attempt to proceed
any Carther.
fhe question of adjourn tent was then. rut and
carried unanimously, to the great discomfiture of the
Clergyman and Church-wardens, and to the extreme
joy of those who represented the Parishioners.

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Yesterday the LORD MAYOR, -attended by the
SIIRRIrFs, RECORIANCITY SOLICITOR, and TowN
o.i:so, held a Court of Conservancy at St. Mar-
garet's Hill (Surrey; from whence he went in his
private carriage to Westminster, and swore in the
Jury for Middlesex, and afterwards was rowed in
the City Barge to the Star and Garter at Richmond,
where a splendid dinner was prepared for his re-
ception. , After which his Lordship returned to the
Mansion House.
The Honorable Mr. Covemiav has offered to
run Sir John, :and the 'sister to .2111rranti, a'ainst
any two horses of the same age, the bona/de pro-
perty of any one gc ntleman, for any sum.
'the ecelehrated TO:I COVENTRY sported a new,
barouche at Epsom Races, which for elegance and
simplicity, has never been surpassed. It was built
by Gonsai.t...,and Co. Long-Acre.
Mr.:JoILDAN HOOK If •Nl,of New Bond-street, was
dieted a hundred guineas. for a ticket for the I;&:hts'
ball, at two o'clock yeq.erda,y morning.

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' ',PROLOGUE,
TO DR. VALTY'S ALTERATION Or KING JOHN.
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RLAFBIOILD At COVENT-UARBEN THEATRE.
IVRITTEN BY H. J. PYE, ESQ.
SPOKEN lir MR. BRUNTON.
TH-Hight OW scene from British annals, shear;
I low British warriors bray 'd their tountry':; foes 4
Whether their hardy hands with martial tbll
Lard the proud Gaul upon bit native soil,
And by his ravag'd plains and prostrate tow'rs
Lail in triumphant march their couqu'ring pow'rq,
Or on his own insulted fields, defied

'rile whelming deluge of Invasior's tide.
The Muse Dramatic, with ati angel's tongle,
Proclaim; the ills froth civil Di.curd sprung.
When hound by Union, Eirghunri heroes stands
Dread of each wive-win II Shore and hostile hind !
Whon w.irp'd by Fraiorr,—,„irik, divuav`d,—they mourn
Their f.tireit wreaths by foreign hiroa.!
Then be this truth on even• 1...101.h breast

In adamantine charailers inapr;:ss'd :
" That England never (lid and never shall"
Bow to a victor fue's inglorious thrall,
Tril her own sons, sedated by tact hair's slund,
A irra at her heart the parricidal wawa!:
Far now such feare—if specion, art; awhas

Line some misguided suns of Albion's isle
To think those traiti'd to Lend the suppliaut knee
(2,,tilit teach the manly Er;tons to be free—

The fiend wink, in Freedom's semblance dressed,
In all h:i native horrors stands confessed;
And still o'er fertile ailliaes weeping laud
Despotic empire Wavm his iron hand.
Britons be fiim—Be firm !—We know y., arc!
1)::.de of the ken ! the thinalerbolts of war

And when the swind in.ulted Valour d.4lkS,
Wh^n sacred Ju tica combats in our cause,
While tho fam'd charter, offspring of the clays
The awful en which our scene displays,
Beams now with bright eflolgence u'er the land,
Protected by a Monarch% guanFan haul,
Tho Europe tremYe at the Gaul's alarms,
" Come the three corners of the world in arms,"
That force the island Queens united form
" Smilr at the whirlwind, and derides the storm."


EPILOGUE TO KING JOHN.
'WRITTEN BY MAURICE JAMES, ESQ.
StOKIN SY MRS. LITCHFIELD.
Corstance alive ! ah, yes, that gen'rous sigh,
Warm from the soul of honest sympathy,
Caught her distracted spirit as it flew,
And gently pow'rful drew it back to you.
Grant she may meet a friendly welcome here;—
Greet with a smite, you naouried her with a tear.
Kind, pitying Britons, if she vainly plead,
Constance must die again, and die indeed.
But hold ! I fib no more—alive ! ah, no,
'Twas but to try you, that I told you so.
Robb'd of her child, poor soul! in very spight
She died as mad as any Bedlamite.
Weak, silly Constance—oh, had I been you,
So young, so handsome, and a skidoo t.io,
I could have tumq, I think, two maudlin kings,
Like John and Philip, into diff'rent things ;
Chang'd the dile foe and the perfidious friend
To whining lovers, who for smiles contend
Lcer'd, ogled, languish'd, fainted, sickened, sigh'd,
Stormed, flouted, pouted, any thing but died.
But, to say truth, in those barbarix.days, •
Widows wore manner:, stiff as were their stays
:
Scarce could the panting heart be felt at all,
Thro'buckram breastwork, and tliro' whalebone wall;
Much less the passions' soft vicissitudes,
Alike now obvious in coquette: and paths,
Thro' Grecian folds, and Grecian attitudes.
gip A;:e of Reason, when soft female grace
May, like the savage, say, I ani all face.
'Tis not alone the bps or eyes impart
The thoughts and fe.2lings of the mind and heart ;
Each limb, each !notion can a .lar.guag? s;:cak,
Flail) as th' expressive brow, or varying cheek—
E'en shoutil,er bones have ta'en a hostile part,
And held to storm the batter; of man's heart—
Cupids have ambush'd in a well-turn'd ear,
And rosy elbows cost beholders dear.
Rise, r.s', academic:ails, hail the flame
That nobly glows in very British dame.
Lovely enthusiasts !--snist;, cease to roam
For Grecian models--they abound at home.
Frtlghillefl# your antique trophies we defy,

Tiro hio al-stain'd spoils of groaning Italy—
Britain pi esents her sons a nobler school,
A breathing study, and a living rule
Itolo!rei.-, what works d'ye boast thus' senseless stone—.
Or.ns are all life, alt soul, all beauty, all our owu.
Oh the lady Constance flown fur arris,
To all the bright artill'ry of her charms'
!—Ale was chasti• as ice, and purr as smi,v,t
Wirrie-s the teais that grace her mimic woe.
In such a case our British matrons cry,
Mailne,s is reason, death a victory ;
A mother's pangs, her anguish, her despair,
tier rage, her phrenzy, all are sacred brie.
lam a mother too—this night try
g .iiiiine farce of British sympathy.
?slay nut this plea fastidious frowns rt.:train
Say, shall a mother plead her cause in vain ?'
Alt no !. the brow severe soft smiles array
Relonting critics throw their shafts away—
Brit.tin will take a suppliant mother's part,
And own to night no critic—but the heart.
The Ball, which was announced to be given by
Mrs. MONCKTON, on the Ist of June, and was
postponed in consequence of the Installation Ball,
took elace last night, in Portland Place: notwith-
standing the great fatigue of the evening before, it
was attende& by three hundred of the first persons of
rank. ay.d distinaion, who sat down at one o'clock
to all the delicacies the season could afford,
The New Pantomime of Number Ni*, at the
ROYAL Cinc es last night, met with the most un-
bounded applause. Its scenery, nosiest deesses, de-
corations, &c. are t/se greatest adiniratioL It ij
announced this eretiluz for a fourth lime.

OCCIDENT.
On Sunday afternoon Mr. Ric H, eldest !.on of &t.
•CR •IL I. Ir.l RiC 11.1; Batt. was riding. down Berkley..
street, Piccadilly, returning from Hyde Park, la:
found himself between his :loyal Highness the
Duke of Yottit's carriage and a coach ; being
klarmod at his situation, he made his horse spring
forwards, who slipping on the curb stone, fell and
threw Mr. Ricu on his head upon the pavement,
and notwithstanding the exertions of the coachman,
the wheels of the coach passed over his body ;
in. this melancholy state he was brought home
to his father's house in Grafton-street, and
Surgeon Flo Lai Es called to his assistance, who
found his skull. fractured in three places, and his
chest and ribs moth bruised. On Tuesda: an opera- , .
Lion was performed, on his head, and with very
great concern we state, thit last nigh*. he was son-
sidered in very great danger. Mr. !licit is about
sixteen years Of age, a most promising youth, and
extremely amiable in his manners.

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nuAg LLorI7. ' •
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ARRIVED. . .
In the Dr-Arm—The Sybil, Morro, from the. So,;th Sea:;
the George 44mi Maiygtiudnorr, from Lisbon; and !lope, A!).
;germ:, from Spain. • .
At Plymouth—Tile Vrow Elizabeth, Probet, from Surinam
(iletair,ml); and the P.irse•retaitee,-Carill, from Madeira.
At Eiceaer--Tber A,lrentisb; from Cadiz.
O Fahnouth—jrnsi•Easily,iledizmutid, frame Bsrrelasie.:
At loiverpoel—Cf be Alexander, Ainsworth, trona I.),:moramj
and tho Bausburgh, S from LiAaini.
•At tlydr•—Tife. Washington, Gibbs, from l'irgiu.3.
Virgin la—'rhe Aletcander, King, frum London.
AtJankai,:e.-11'he Clalartibine, Campbell, frotri Loodo.n.
At,4Vtica—TheComnuantme, Murray ; and Tiat.:ty, bavia-
wan, from London. .• .• , ,

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• . •AIEETINCS OF CiEDITQLS. AT .GUR...iniALL.
T J-1•1011110W. • ‘. • •S• a.
Thomas Arnold, of Canterbury, Kent,eireeserarmr.r •
George Smith the younger, late of Lovers-courti P&L+ 10'
nutter-mw, silversmith .
• 1 10 •
Thomas Weston Lewis, of Falitiouth, Cornwall, fuer-
. chxnt* 1 10 ,
Mary Harding, and John Harding, of Swanbourne,
Bucks, dealers and chip:nen 1 10 '
John Anderson, of Molar's-wharf, East Smithfield, mer- •
chant
James Soden, of Coven—try, money-scrivener lll
John West, of Somer's Place East, St. Pancras, plats-
terer
.
Thomas Btnns, and James Brown, of Tuttenham-street, I
Middlesex, engine-manufacturers 1 I
James Maturing, Thomas Ileaviside, and Thontas Bore-
man, of Barge•yard, Bucklersbury, Manchester-wars
housemen
John Dense Reilly, late of Bond-court, Walbrook• insu-
rance-broker
Richard Bentley, of Wellclose-square, London, haber- •
dasher 2 .1 ,
Thomas Binns and Thomas Cooper, of Charles street,
Long-Acre, candle manufacturers 2 1
W. H. Hitchener, Bird-in-hand-Court, Cheapsidc,
London, warehouseman '
D. Gwynne, of Frith-street, Westminster, taylor 3 10 i•
W. Every, of New Sarum, shop-keeper 3 10
R. Chapman, of Old Bethlem, London, straw-hat-ma-
nufacturer
J. Curtis, of Oxford, wine and brandy-merchant 3lO '
DIVIDENDS.
C. Dixon, of Fenchurch-street, London, brush-maker 13 •
Thomas Jones and John Harrison, of Ludlow, Salop,
wholesale glovers and manufacturers lO -
William Burdon, of Chatham-Place. money-scrivener l3
W. Pardoe, of Clement's-lane, ivory-turner 3Li
Thomas Fawcett, oiChirwell-street, Moorfields, dts
tiller and rectifier lO
John Dr v.lon, of Charing erg..., Lontiwn, prigstaaner .lO
Thomas Whitaker,. of the Colonnade, Russell-square,
Bloomsbury, Middlesex, victualler
CERTIFICATES.
James Brander, late of Angel-court, Throgmorton---
chant.
Thomas Hellyer, of Sussex, timber-merchauts
F. George, of Panteague, Monmouthshire, coal-merchant.
John Hostage, of Oxford-street, Middlesex, haberdasher.
W. Joyce and W. Batchelor, of Bristol. silversmiths.
A. J. J. Tessier, of Bentinck-street, Soho, feather-merchant. -
Charles Newman, of Southampton, clltirtet-make:.
.I.lin W a;ner' of Tooting, Surrey, calli.:o-printer.
Joseph OiorgeDurner, of Livc.puol,Linca,hire, merchant.

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BIRTHS.
Thursday last, at Ball's-park, the Hon. Mrs. Boyle, of
a daughter.
On, Tuesday evening, at his house, in Portman.square
the Lady of Matthtw Montague, Esq. of a daughter. •
MARRIED.
Ott Monday, the joth of May, at St. Georges Church,
Hanover quarc. Arthur Caylcy, jun. Esq. of. Grosvenot
place, to Miss Lucy Caylev, of Wellburn, in Yorkthitc.
DIED.
At Blackheath, on Saturday the 28.11 ult. Mrs:Farring-
ton, wife of Capt. limy Farrington, of the Royal Artillery.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Jane Aust, wife of George Aust, •
Esq. of Chelsea.

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