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We have had a most jeiltipesittons niglsri. *a a
more awful or distressing 5ig1g.440,4e ow the
Beach presented this morning I never saw ; feag.
ments of a wreck floating in all direaions ;
greatest part of the deck of a large trading Tenet.
supposed to have been lost on the Goodwin Saadi,
is now lying on the beach; some kegs of liquce,
bags of cotton seed, and a medicine chest, have bees
secured, but nothing that can lead to any certaiatv
as to what country the ship belonged, or whether the
unfortunate crew have been saved; a small boat his
come on shore, supposed to belong to the wreck,
with the name 4, Peter Tr.p" on her stern, but di,
is the only boat, and as the ship must have hm
I irge one, I hope the crew have saved them Ayes is
the Urger boats sh.: must have had on busrd, God
grant it may be so!—Some suppose the ship to in
Dutch, others Swedish ; but from the cotton mei,
I should suppose it to be an American.

It is surprising to see the eagerness and temerity
with which the sailors and fishermen attempt to se.
cure parts of the wreck as they float on shore; oes
man caused a great degree of interest by his lad's.
cretion in endearmring to attain what afterwards
proved to be the medicine chest; although the sei
was very rough, and the shore very bold, he veal.
Lured in his shirt and trowsers and reached the chest;
having no hold, and endeavouring to push his prize
betore him, he was very near being lost ; the waves
dashed him on the gravel, and, deprived of all power
of helping himself, he was immediately hurried back;
and, had not a sailor ventured in ar.d lai.i held uf
his shirt with a boat hook, he mast inevi, Lave
perished. The scene was interesting 1v!ye.,..1 de.
scription ; several ladies (for the pier was crouddli
fainted, and nothing was to be heard but screams
and exclamations. The boat was putting oa:, but
he must have been drowned before it could haw
reached him.

Mr. Fosrta mean, to set out vpis his retina to
Dublin on Tuesday lieu.
Sir Davin and La.V U :•tsv proceeded front
Newry on hoard the Corry ?::eket for Liverpool,
on a tour to Lakes of Westmoreland. SJuth
Wales, upon th, 2.7 th last.
Married, on N: -tday, at Mary-la-bonne Church.
the Rev. FRANCIS LLZ to 1!:_s BALL, filter to Li.
WARD IRI,DHES B tLL, Esq -cessor to the late
Admiral Sir Eown en 1-112,:u L.. _ _

EXI AORDINAIIY 13111111.111 e fOneWliig
gular birth appeared in a Morning l'aper of ye,.
terday : " On Sunday last, at Bath, John Walton,
Esq. of Church Lane, Whitechapel." The next mile
delivery we hear of will probably be of a Street or
a Square!
On Tuesday at Newmarket, before di! Races, s
foot nee was run between Mr. hlcl.l.lli and Lord
F. BEN TINCK, for fi4..y guineas a wde. over de
Beacon Course, WhiC.l WAS won by Mr. MEMILISA by
about fifty yards : the winner was 38 mimres and
10 seconds in doing it: both of them walked pan
cf the way.

The M. .vrouri, arrived at Plymouth, sailed from
Batavia about the 422 d January, la,t, put i:Ito
the Isle of France on the •ti9th February. ;:pl
sailed thence nu the I tith March. The 31issotai kit
at Batavia the following vessesls: the Hem YcA•••
sat, of Baltimore: Financier, SECO...ANT, Borer.;
Relecrl, DALE, BAlTbore ; Erre,* T Anttts,
hope, You, Martha, EisNoiescla, Rebecca, M lota,
New Jetseg, Coo PLR,' ; Bed Sa:er,
Coots a, Boston; Ho, r, Tri.sis, Beverley; .41
Moselesm non, DE/NIL/Ls, Baltimore.

According to advices from the coasts, the French
National Flotilla continues its manceavres upon
different points with a.tivity. The latter end of law
month was distinguished at Sables by the fortunate
arrival of a convoy of ISO flat-bottomed boat', et-
enrted by several gun vessels. It was to no put pose
that the English cruisers attacked the rear of tris
division from the Isle of Rhe to the Road of Sables.
The Kura of Swericts will, most probably. re
main at Carlsruhe till autumn. His )41 AJ &ET v ap-
plies himself closely to business from seven in the
morning till two in the at noon, every day.
The Queer R wens: Of ET KURIA, in sending her
new credentials to her Ambassador in France, bas
written two letters of congt at lation wish ber own
hand, one for the Ell? tROR and another for the Ev-
P iss, which their *MA J LIT I s have condescended :o
answer in a m inner highly honourable to their send.
meats, and flattering to the Queen Regent. The
Empress JOSEPH:Nei letter was accompanied wi:il
Her MAJE.TYN portrait, set round with diamonds,
valved at ten thousand Louis irid-s.—CGs:eite
France.)
An article from Frankfort has some s?eatistiora
in die shape of cpie,tions, wh a :he most iagen,o4s
politicians of the day will he unah!e to op,i,ei
Among them it is asked, " Will the Ears !ere .1
Itt:ssts shortly declare wrs against Fiance, aed
will the Poex abdicate the See of St. Peter r'
The registers for voting the hereditary Imperial
dignity in the family of Emperor N E 0 ice
now closed at Nlontz. Of 792 votes. two only wvre
against it ; and they were those of the public exe-
cutioner, and the sexton of the cathedral, v.how
°d ices will no Conk suffer from the destruFtion of
anarchy by the new organisation.—(La
A private letter from Paris, says, a On the scaf-
fold, Geoeoes made a motion, as if be intended to
speak ; on this the greater part of the populace ifs'
mediately took off- their hats,
and a dead silence
prevailed. when on a signal being given, the mil-
tary immediately surrounding the place of elt01•
Yon, raised a cry of " Vaa l'E.noperrigr!" which ea-
tirely drowned the voice of the viaini. Thus is'
terrupted. he gracetully raised his right hand 10'
wards Heaven, and after wards laying it upun Res
breast, bowed most respetifully, and retired root,.
paces. The execution immediately took PLO, w
the midst of a general murmur."

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Tilt ZING O. MM. DR•IPCS
This was an iniktment for an assault upon Re-
becca Manafy, wife of James Manafy
Mr. Li re LID•LLS opened the pleadings on the
part of the prosecution.
Mr. Feauussosi stated the case nearly as follows :
• My Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury, my learned
mead, in opening the pleadings, has stated to you
that this is an mdiament for an assault. It is my
painful duty to state the circumstances; and if my
lastrudions be true, it is an offence of a most enor-
mous nature. 1 have no occasion to inform you
who the Defendant is, as he is well known in the
law as a person of uncommon merit and great ta-
lents, who has raised himself to that most honour-
able situation in which we now see him ; and I hope
be will do me the justice to believe I would not ad
in any manner in which he would not do were he in
my place ; in which case he would feel it incumbent
upon him to perform that duty which has now de-
volved upon me. The Prosecutrix in this case is
the wife of James Manafy, whose situation in life
was formerly much higher than it is at present.
They have been reduced to much distress by most
lusfortunate and untoward circumstances. About
sine years ago, Mrs. Manafy had a reversionary in-
terest in a property then belonging to an aunt,
and employed Mr. Sadler, an attorney, to prepare
had manage her claim. Mr. Best was engaged as
counsel for her in that cause, from the time of its

commencement till the year 1802, when the cit..
camstance in question took place. A correspond-
ence was carried on between the parties, and fre-
quent interviews were the consequence; but, no-
g improper appeared in his conduit, until the
mouth of April 1802, when, in consequence of an
intimation from the Defendant, importing to be
upon the subjea of her aunt's property, this lady
went to his chambers. When she came, no con-
versation took place on his part relative to the busi-
ness; but a circumstance occurred, which I shall
decline stating, as I would rather you should have
k froth the Witness herself. I will merely say, that
k was an attempt to violate her chastity. A person
of more virtue and respeaability is not to be found
than the Prosecutrix ; and, if you believe the Wit-
ness, she has been seriously ill-treated ; but my in.
struaions do not rest here. As it is stated to me,
the Defendant had declared to Mr. Ally, a gentle-
man of eminence and respectability at the Bar, that
he wished to compromise the matter; and was
ready to make an apology for the injury offend.
It may be said on the other side, that this indid-
nsent wis not brought f award so soon as it ought
to have born ; hut the husband of the Ptosecutrix,
having suspicions upon the suhj,..d, wrote a letter to
the Defendant, Which he had construed into a chal-
lenge, and upon which he was arrested, and impri-
soned three months. Flom these circumstances,
and the poverty of the party, which was Ly that
event greatly increased, they were nut able to brio.,
the business forward a: tut e.trlier period.
Learned Judge, I am confident, will aft in this case
as he does in every case hich comes before him ;
and I shall now call my 'WitiLsses. When you h.sve
beard the fads, it will Le h,. you to say whether
the Defendant is guilty or ry.t."
The Prosecutriz, Mrs. ttebecca Msnafy was then
called, and =minima by Mr. LIT Tt.EDA

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Q Are you the wile of lkl4ll4fy ?—A. I am.
Q. Do you know Serjeint Best, and how long ?
4—. A. I h4ve known him ten yc.trs.
Q. Do Yoa remember seeing him in the Temple
in the ye it 1802 ?—A. Yes.
Q. How came you to go to his chamber . ?—A.
I went in consequence of s letter he wrote to me ;
it WAS about twelve o'clock at noon.

Q. ltehte to his Lordship and lip- Jury what cir-
twu:tauces occurred r.in your goin' r:zvie ? —A. He
said he had m_litioned in his letter my estate.
m trJer that Mr. Mana'y might not o,..jt:et to my
corning alone. lie the:: said, from the pecuniary ciiih-
cul!ie under which I lab.iured, my aituatinsi must he
cauerioly disagreeable ; and that he would F
away and live with me, if I chose to make him
what he called happy ; he sail he s.tw that I wal
made unhappy by my htub...d's circumstance., ao.l
that hz would endeavour to procure the appointment
for him which he had so often mentioned.

Q. Explain what appointment you mean f—A. A
place ;ii the Custom-house, which, he uid, he
ro9trti for any on. he pleased. (The witnesses on
both sides were here ordered to wlth.lraw.) Wit-
ness in continuation : I told him that sul.jeCt was
entirely at rest between him and mc.

Q• *hat subjea ? Jc, von mean relative• to the
appointment ?—A. N•t : He knowing my sentiments
en that held, and my sense ttf duty and obligation
to my husband.

by Lord EL, tmc.,:,.4.tmu.-114c1 ycu
eernmunicaed those sentarnents before to Lim:—A.
I bad.

Questinn by Coansel.—What tool• place then
ft—A. He behaved in a veay rude and inJecent
warmer.

Q. lam sorry to obliged to ask you the par-
ticulars I but be so good to state them in the best
manner you can ? (here the Witness &scribed the
Particulars, which regard to delicacy obliges us to
emit).
Q. Upon his attempting to do so, what did you
do?—A. I told him if he did not desist I would
tali his clerk. He attempted to do so twice.
Q. What did he then do ?--A. He made use of
scandalous and indecent expressions ; and upon
being sent for to attend a consultation at Serjeant
Itunnington's ; he refused to go till a second mes-
sage was brought.
Q. Particularise his expressions.--Al. He said,
a'
nu make me fee: the pain of hell's flames ;" and
be then threatened me with his resentment, and
tirre 1 me repeatedly to see him again.
Q. V hat answer did you make to him i—A. I
told him it was my intention never to ice him again,
and never to communicate with him.
Lord Er LIN BOROUGH. She has not given any
?profit. day."
Q. What time was this ?--A. On the 23d of
April, 1802.
Q Did any thin[ more pass ?.--A. He would not
mare the room foesoitie time. I told him it must
be ITly min if such a circumstance was known; but
Le still urged sue to see him again.

Q. Did nothing more pais He then left the
chambers, and I went away isemediatelnafter.
Cross-examined by Mr. GA ita ow.
Q. You have been several years in the habit of
going to Mr. Best's chambers ?—A. I have.
Q. Was your husband always with you?—A. He
was not always in town.
Q. So when you went there the servant said he
:tad orders to fetch his master word ?—A. Yes.
Q. How soon did he corn, to you afterwards ?
A. He Came almost immediately.
Q. Pray of what length of time might your visit
be !—A. About h2lf an hour.

Q. On the second message, you say, he went out;
whom did you see as you went out ?—A. I saw the
clerk.

Q. What did you say to him N—A. I bid him good
morning.
Q. Was this at Pump-eourt, or at King's-Bench-
walk ?—A. It was at king's-Bench-walk.
Q. How often were you there before ?--A. I was
never there before.

Q Don't you know there is only a thin peitition
between the clerk's office and Mr. Best's'—A. I
don't know any thing about it.
Q. Don't you know he was e: married man, and
had several children ?—A. I knew he was married,
and had children, and always supposed him a moral
and thinking man.
Q. How often before had he addressed you in
this kind of way ?—A. Never before in dire&
terms.
Q. In what situation were you when the message
from Serjeant Runnington's was brought in ?—A.
I was seated where I was when I first went in.
and he was at some distance : there are dangerous
consequences, if I set any value on my life, which I
do not.

Q. Explain this ; your husband is out of Court ?
—A. What it may he that has icjuired my health,
or how it originated, I can't say.
Q. Did your husband treat you badly He
threatened me with violence.

Q. What was Mr. Best's meaning when he said
" you make me feel heli's flames?.—A. I could not
comprehend the meaning of the expression.
Q. How soon after did you mention this business
to your husband ?--A. I did not communicate it to
him for some time.

Q. bid you ever write to &leant Best after that.
requesting any money from him ?—A. I believe I
wrote to him for the loan of loot. on my title deeds ;
but I afterwards raised the money elsewhere.
Q. You have had a long correspondence. I dare
say a lady of your cleverness generally keeps c,ipics
of her letters ; have you gut any t:—A. 1 believe I
may have copies of one or two letters.
Q. Did you write any other letter to him since,
an./ what answer did you receive ?—A. I did. He
sent a letwr addressed to my husband, inclosing a
51. Bank note, with a co: ions ins, riptiun upon it.
Q. I wish we could see this inscription ; have you
the note ?--A. No. It went into the Bank.

Q. Was that the only letter you wrote to him
aftere-ardi I am almost certain it was.

Q. Did you write any letter by your husband's
desire to Setjeant Best A. I did ;he never be-
fore put me to so painful or cruel a task.
Q. Did he write the draft of the letter• he so
compelled you to tyrite, or did you do it yourself ?
A lal amys write my own letters.
Q. Did your husband write to Mr. Best?—A.
ile did ; he wrote for au explanation of his consitiet.
Q. What conduill ?—A. His not having per-
formed his promise relative to the appointment, and
my not going to him as I used to do.

Q. Did yo—u
kilow the cause of your husband's
imprisonment?--A. I understood he wer.t to beat
Seljeantßest.

Q When WAS the indiament preferred against
Mr. Best?—.A. Alt(Illt tht•o Sessions ago, and it was
Afterwatds removed by rerfeJrari into the Court of
King's Bench.
Q. What Magistrate did you apply to for the in-
form uin<s against him I had ut.t the most
distant intention of applying is any Magistrate,
but my husband's imh isonment brought Ira tern to
light which should ever have been conceaied ; he
remained in custody among felons far three months,
without a hod to lie on. I was desired by him to
6x a star: nent to Mr. Alley's brief at the sessions.
Q. Did you or your husband authorise any per.
son to wait on Serje.nit Best, to obtain money on this
account Never.

Q. Did you know one Kelly ?--A. I knew Kelly
a little; he was an old acquaintance of my hus-
band's, not of mine. He used to dine with my hus-
band sometimes. I sent him once with a letter to
Serjeant Best, in June. 1no2; and told him, if he
WAS my friend, he would enter into conversation on
the sullies% and speak all that was right and proper ;
and to deliver the letter personally.
Q. Did he deliver the letter according to your
instruainas ?--.A. No; he declined it.
Q. Who struck out his name in the letter It
WAS struck out.

Q. Those letters were written with your approba-
tion f—A. Every letter was written against my in-
chr.at inn.

Q. When did your husband begin to reproach
you. and use you with violence?—A. His re-
proaches were before Juoe.
Q. Were you desired to make any statement of
this matter?---A. I was desired to put down what
my conscience diElated, and to swear it before the
Clergyman of the parish. as early as July.
Q Did you afterwards apply to Mr. Best for
money ?--A. Having obtained relief from a friend. I
was saved the necessity of doing so.
O. Did you ever communicate this matter to your
husband He was fully apprised of it as early
as August. I was so ill I could not go to him. but I
dropped a letter for him in the post, apprising him
of all the Defendant's conduit.

Q. Did you ever apply to any person to interfere
in t is transaBion ?--A. I applied to Mr. Erskine.
Q. I hope he was not alone with you?-.-A. lie
genet oust,' offered to interfere; and by his interpo-
sition, as .1
could not obtain bail, my husband was
enlarged.
Q. Did you ever publish a narrative of those
transaaions ?—A. I attempted to do so, but the
press was closed against me.
0. Did you cause An advertisement to be inserted
in the newspapers ?—A. I did. _

Q. Who-cut out the advertisement, and seat it to
Mrs. Best ?—A. Not me.

0. Did you not know it v-iis d 0!,.. 2—A. f L.
I)on't xor, know wbo did it.

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Mr. Feacrusson ohjefted in 11th question:
Lord Extibisio4ounis--74! There is a. link t.;
chain—As this now st.inds,. it dpipe.vs a conspiracy
to extort money from Mr. Best. 1 think it would be
evidence if she aged with others in the coo spir4cy ;
but she is not bound to say any thing that would
tend to criminate herself."

IVitness--" I have no objellion to answer ; I did
frame the advertii•ement fur the pap; r ; I have the
draft of it here, and knew it was sent; I have no
objeftion to go into it."
The letter was then shewn to her, which she ac-
knowledged to be her husband's : she was then
shewo two more, which she also acknowledged to
be his.

Q. How often were you at Setkant Best's cham-
bersi—A. Very frequently; I can't say how often.
Q. Were you there thirty, or forty, or fifty, or
were you there 500 times ?—A. I can't say how
often. .

Q. I must have an answer ; say even four or
five times t--A. I dare say, I was very many times,
thirty or forty, or much more in the course of ten
years.

Q. Had you ever a female friend went along
with you ?—A. I don't recoiled that ever 1 had : I
went alone in general.
Q. What times did you generally gn ? —A.
Morning or evening, as it suited the Serjeant.
Q. Were your conferences, in general, long or
short?—A. Some conversations were of great
length.
Q. When did be begin. to take those liberties you
speak of ?—A. A very little time before April he de-
monstrated to mehis wishes.

Q. What did you takeoff:nee at?—A. I did not
think it was right for him to leave his chambers.
and walk out with me, a very considerable distance,
through tne streets of London. I thought it indecent.
Q. You thought it indecent ?—A. I thought it
not indecent, but improper.
Q. It was alarming ?—A. Not alarming.
Q. What happened after this, did you ever write
to him ?—A. He was going circuit on a Wednes-
day, and wrote to me, that as be would be at his
chambers on the following Saturday, to send some-
body, and he would come. I could not think of
coon:1g out in the evening, I thought the thing im-
proper, and therefore wrote him a line while upon
circuit.

Q. Do you Mr write without your husband's
knowledge? Did he know this ?—A. I certainly
wrote without his knowledge; he did not know this.
I wrote to Mr. Best that no uneasines might occur.
Mr. Best charged me publickly with having been
wicked, or I never should have seen such a day as
this.

Q. Explain yourself.—A. Ile said, at the office,
in Bow-street, when my husband was about to be
committed, that I was a woman of loose habits : it
added much to my grievance, when I found such an
accusation against me.
Lord Et Lissom:soon. You knew he meant
something improper by the meeting when you wrote
him a line; had you any doubt it was an overture
towards a criminal intercourse ?—A. I had com-
municated my sentiments on that subjea to him.
Lord E. Could you have any d.nibt he would
renew those overtures?--A. I never thought he
could.

Lord E. Had you any doubt he meant a criminal
intercourse I certainly had.
Lord E. Had you any doubt when you expressed
your sentiments to him He knew my senti-
ments on every thing.
Lord E. When he wrote about your aunt's estate.
had you any dnuht ni his intentions ?-- 4. I should
hot have oone if I had. I wished to withdraw when
I found his intentions; I arose to go away.
Lord E. \V.re you afraid to call out when he took
those liberties with you?—.A. I did not wish the
clerk should know, which he must have done if I
had called wit.

Lord E. So you would suffer your chastity to be
violated sooner than let the clerk know.
Mr. Hankey, Foreman of the Jury. How long
did he stay after the message came from Serjeant
Ltinnington's•-•A. He stayed a short time,
Q. What time intervened between the ;first assault
and the second We were a little time asunder,
when indecencies followed each other; there might
be some interval. He sat down, and we talkedon
other subjects; he then made the second assault.—
The clerk came in, and I desired him to go.
Here her examination ended, during the course
of which she was by no means intimidated. She
appeared to be between 4') and 50 years of age, and
not of a prepossessing on itenance. She was dress-
ed rather youthfully; n w site, with a straw bonnet.
Mr. Axon. was then sworn, and Mr. FEaoussoe
was about to examine him, when Mr. G !stow in-
sisted that Mr. ALLEY should declare every circum-
stance of the traosadion within his knowledge, as it
WAS his wish that nothing whatever should be con-
cealed, and he did not intend to make any objeilions
whatsoever against any part of the evidence.
Mr. ALLEY then proceeded. " About the last
day of last Michaelmas Term, I was applied to at
the Clerkenwell Sessions, to move for Mr. Isfanafy's
enlargement, as he had not been able to procure
hail. The application to me came from Mrs. Mans-
fy, and her Attorney. My instruaions were, an af-
fidavit, which I thought it improper to state. I le
was afterwards discharged. A number of appli.
.i.
tions were made by her to me, requesting I noilid
apply to the Ceurt of King's Bench, for an ininr.
minion against Serjeant Best. She called at my
chambers repeatedly, and I told her it was useless
and fruitless, for that I would not be concerted.
She then wanted to know if a civil adion coal,' he
brought ? I told her, as she had no proof but her
own evidence, she could not recover upon that. The
circumstances she told me were, that lie attempted
to commit a rape upon her ; that he offered her vi-
olence, and hurt her breast. This she repeatedly
mentioned to me. I thought, for the honour of the
Bar, and the respell which I had for the profession,
that it would be most adviscable to have the matter
referred to some Gentleman of respedability, and
mentioned Mr. Erskine, as I was satisfied justice
would be done to all parties; and, if the charge
was a true one, ample reparation would be made.
I said, I was satisfied Smarm Best was a Gentle-
man, and a man of honour, and would willingly
make an ample apology, but, most particularly, in

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a ease wLere le elide WAS li..;t:rxt. The hit. band
seas with me twice bcibre I could speak to Mr. Best
on the subjed. I then went to Lim ; he declined I
relcrcuce is MA); sod said, it x.as an inf,imous at-
tempt of the party to extort money Truro him ; and,
let them proceed how they would, he would come
into no terms whatever. I told him, I WAS eta
tremely sorry to. hear a ctime of that sort imputed
to him ; that the world was censorious ; and she
was a woman of scaextraordinary t.tlent, that even
the abilities of Mr. Darrow himself could not
shake her evidence; he expressed himself rartch
obliged to me, and again repeated, that, so far from
taking the indecent liberties which she had mention-.
ed, he had not used any kind of familiarity with •
her ; and persisted in declaring he would vindicate
his innocence. On my return, I related what hill
passed ; they seemed extremely disappointed ; the
husband was very passionate ; declared his wife
had been cruelly treated ; was determined on a pub-
lic exposition of the fit% ; and would not rest, till
Ise had the goal] stripped off the Serjeant's
They again pressed me to apply to the Court, but I
positively refus..d."
Mr. (aaaow. Is there the least foundation far
the assertion, th it. Mr. Brat offered to Apologise
A. Most unqu:s iJnably he never did say he would
make an apology.
Q. Did you ever say to any one, that he would
makc an apology ?—A. I never di,L '
Lord El. LEN 89110141 H. He never offered to leave
it to a reference?—A. He never did.

Lori E. Had you any commtc.icatioh with them
afterwlirtis, oa the subjeit ?—A. When I found them
determined to prosecute an indiament, I would have
nothing more to do with them.
Question by a Juror. Were you authorised to
mention any sum of money, in c Serie-I:it Best
agreed to A compromise ?—A. I never was au-
thorised.

Mr. Gait af,w was proceeding to state the ease of
the Defendant. Mr. liankey, the Foreman of the
Jury, declared, he might be prevented the trouble,
as the Jury were all fully satisfied, and determined
to acquit the Defendant, in ttLe most honourable •
manner. "My principal nsotive," says Mr. Hankey,
" for interrupting the Court now, is, because we think
it t::e most honourable way to acquit him, on the
evidence against him."
Mr. Guseow said, from the circumstances in
evidence, and the share which his Noble and Learned
lqi.nid (Mr. E• skin!) had taken in the business, the
duty of Jefe ;ding his client and frieffd fell upon •
him. A m ire horrible and dreadful attempt to ruin
and destroy a worthy and highly respected cha.aCter.
never was made • and a more s. ill:glory and ho-
nourable acquittal never WAN pro ounced.
Lord Ef.t.t.m so It oliG . Gen:l men, you appear
perfetTy satisfied upon this motet., so that I shall
not trouble you with any observa:f. ns upo I it.
When the Jury was asked, bid they agreed to
their Verdi:l?

The Foreman, vri hmu a mo• sot's
we find him—Na CuiYe, rert.O.,4
We have never witneoed a tr al, upon such a
charge, in which the feehnp of t; e vire:tato-% wer"
more deeply interested, than in th. foregoing 1
Gentlimen of the llar, by whom Mr. Best i, t• -
versal!y estcemrd, we.e generally al:fate-4 cvco

The House of Commons will adjourn on Tnestlay.
or W.•JnesJay next, until the (Hie:tent Hills annq
have gone through t!..e Li.use of LorJ, and the
proroation is expeCR.•J to take place on Is iclay or
Saturday sennight, at farthest.
The .Middlesex EleEtion commences on M mday
se'nnight, the V.id instant, At Bre ttford.
It is rumoured that Sir FItANCIS 13.;ani:rr w
hive mire than one cpp ment, ut:iess the mutual
friends ,;f* the candidates shall succedd iu preventing
a division of interest. A final answer is to be give I
this day ; and the result will be imaiedi.‘iely
known, is every thing is prepared fur .t must Adive
canvass.

A letter from Paris, of the 44th, states, that in
air of mystery seems to pervade every public un-
dertaking in that city.
Yesterday a shocking accident happened to a
poor industrious washerwoman in Marke:-street,
St. James's Market. In attempting to hang si.nir
linen to tliy upon a line, that projecied from dat
two pair of stairs window, by ovet-reaching herself,
she fell into the ',feet, and fiadureil her skull in
dreadful manner. She was taken up with but li,t4
appearance of life, and carried to toe Nlic
Hospital. The unfortunate woman was lately left
a widow, with three small children.

Late on Monday night, ur early on Tuesday
morning, an American ship, outward bound, lying
off Irougate, near the Tower, had her hatches bi
open ; when two trunks were oaken out of the hidd,
the contents ta►en away, and the empty trunks hove
overboard, which were found flaiting the tide.
There is no account yet of the river pirates who
committed this offence.

Tueiday morni.;g two young men belonging to
the Paper Manufaetory of Mr. HA t.t., in the City-
road, fell out of a high window into the court.
yard, and were shockingly bruised ; they were im-
mediately taLa to the hospital, but with little hopes
of recovery.

On Tuesday evening last, as a person of the name
of BilIDOk:It, was fishing in a creek leading to 1-..0
of the flood-gates of the New Docks, Wappati„,
the gate was opened, when the torrent swept low
away. His body was tound a few hours after.
Batoots lived in Paradise Walk, Chelsea ; was an
industrious matt, and has left a wife and titres chil-
dren to lament his loss.

Mr. W•tcact, of Ludgate-hill, wa.: knockeJ
down, late on Friday night, at Fairlop Fair, and
robbed of his pocket-book, containing tourtelot
pounds in notes : a man has since been taken up ua
suspicion of the felony.
On Friday se'nnight two fine tor, each about
twelve years of age, went to batne in the r;v, r
adjoining Crenshaw Mill-dam, near Belfast. Unf •r-
-tunately, they went iu near to A dlep pool, into wni, Is
they were both precipita ed, and where they !: 0.12
perished, no person being near to use then. Some
time after, their clothes were observed 1) ing by the
bank of the river, which circumstance excited
suspicion, and search being made, the two
were found at the bon, ,m of the pool, lo red u e h
otlo.r. arms. On Saturday evening they w eseA
buried in one grave.