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when the prisoner declared he had found it on the

steps
The leaned Judge at first , had some doubt
whither the coat were his Grace's property, or that
of the servant ; but being intoimed that these coats
did not become the property of the servant till the
expiration of two years. and this was only in use
from January twelvemonths, his Lordship was
satisfied.
The Jury immediately returned a verdia of
ONO/.
The Old Bailey Calendar exhibits, this Session,
a long lief of offences. The Loudon commitments
amount to 13 in number, via. six for grand and
six for petty liateenies, and one for obtaining mu.
ney und• r false pretences. Ameng the former is
yaws litains, the constaSle, charged on suspicion
isf stealing the Duchess of Gordon's diamond ear-
tin. The Middlesex commitments amount to 113,
including 57 for petty, and sixteen for capital felo-
pies. One for cutting and maiming, ss it't intent to
milder, five far burgla-y, Into for highway rob
trey, one for murder, tilt ce enitsezzling money,
one for forgery, three tor rrtotuitig from trans-
portation, and two for kn-iwingly harbouring and
assisting felons. In London, 59 prisoners remain
under orders, and 137 in Middlesex.

CLERKENIVELL SESSIONS—APRIL 16.
Odd befits Mr. MAINWACING, and a numerate: B(irch
of Alagi,frab I.
Marc. a gallant youth, between sixty and
L seventy years of age, was inclined for assembling,
r with many others, and raising a riot on the 10th of
December, at the house of William Longford, a
Coal Merchant, near tile Commercial-road.
The sole cause of this dreadful business Was.
" Woman, lovely woman." The Defendant, it
was stated, was desperately in love, and had been
wooing the present wife of the Pi osecutor, for on
less a space than ten years before she had etaered
into the =triage state. lie was credulous, and
either really was, or conceived he was, encouraged
• by the fair lady. In consepoome of this, in the
month of November last, he employed one of the
most fashionable tailors in London to make his
wedding clothes, and also purchased some handsome
nuptial presents, for his dearly beloved. All things
went on verve well ; but when the poor gemleman
desired the Parson to call him and the lady in
church, he was, to his utter astonishment, informed
that the lady was to he married the following Sun-
day to Mr Longford, the Pi osccutor in this anion.
He could scarcely believe it ; however, the fan was
so ; lam. Longford was on that day married to the
only woman on earth, with whom the Defendant
scald expel a moment of happiness.
Mr. Longford, and some other witnesses, de-
posed, that about eleven o'clock on the night.nf the
d 4 that he. Mr. Longford, was matried, the Dr.
hoidens came to his honse, and commenced a vio-
lent knocking at the door t no words pr entreaties
could prevail on him en leave the place, and at
length the watchman was called, and took him into
curody. The Defendant mtde ese cf many words,
which could not 1* mentioned in Court ; hut it *A..
stated, that he often exclaimed, " I love her to tits-
traelion, but still 1 (mold plant a chiggor in her
heart, merely because I love her." The Prosecu:er
Rave his me Bence with mach precision I he also was
a man of between sixty and seventy years of
age, hut not more than a year or two older than
the Defendant. The bewitching fair one, who was
the cause of all this di:whence, was herself in
Court. She appeared to be far at the other side of
fifty ; we certainly thought her beautiul; bin it was
the general opinion in Court, that some of her an-
cestors had very near relations on the coast of
Clines. She seemed much interested in the event
of the trial.
The evidence being closed, the CHAIRMAN in-
formed the Jury, that this could not be considered
a riot, as there w is hut one concerned in making
tl'e noise. '1 he Jury, therefore, at-quitted the De-
fendant.
7.,nerr. Ckratyrs. a dealer in old iron, in the neigli-
hotithood of Clerkenwell, was indicted for receisin:r
a quantity of lead, being part of a leaden coffin, well
knowing the same to have been stolen.--1 he wit-
nesses who gave evidence against the defendant,
were the Grave-digger of St. James's Church,
Clerkenwell, and ton other persons, all of whom
It id been concerned in ste ding the lead. Two of
tlizse witnesses stated, that they had keen admitted
to the vault by the Grave-digger, who kept the keys.
aiid who stood at the door while they were breaking
up the lead. This was brought to the hou•e of the
defendant, who was to give them twenty shihings a
for it. dimes, the Grave-digger, was then
called, but he stated, that he did not remember one
word of the transanion ; and, in short, contradinecl
the other witnesses in every particular. Ilia deposi-
tion, which he had signed before the Magistrate,
and which was quite contrary to what he now said.
was produced to him, but be swore positively that
when he signejiit, be was not in his senses, mai that
it was not trur
The CM Al am A): then informed the .lury, that the
lea in such a ca.< as this did nor permit the Delend-
mit to he found guilty, as the witnesses being
thieves tbet:iseive.. had no other witness to corro-
borate them, nor did they even corroborate each
other. The Defendant was dirpiessed.

The Castle which the Marquis of Laismcnew is
• buil.tin7. at SCTlZE:arriptoll. has (MP circumstance.
which the genius of the late Mr. Coitus eta wculi
not, we thirst, have been .1% II C 4,11
venien,:e. Its ki:chen-garden is at the distance of
Eve miles._

The following incident is said to have lately ne-
tarred at Berlin:—Prince Loots, the h'ose's bro-
ther, went to the Levee in his regimentais, with ties
sword reversed. This circomstinA.a auratling the
6.4 notice, he hastily asked his brother, what
be meant by wearing his sword so unlike a soldier ?
PleAse your M.ij sty." said Prir.ee Lows, " you
ditrinoe of your tet ritniirs. as if they never had been
's why may I pot dispose of my sword
• • •, ' The K tit c: tizw into a violent passion,
. Oclr-1),,?o you know. Slr, that I can pbntsh
,•,4 - sujoined Priace Louis, t, you may
• u cannot • .4el my wainscots,