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London, England, 1819-04-15 00:00:00

POOR LAWS AND POO/► RATA'.

There are now in Parliament three Bills for the amend.
meld of the Your Laws. They give to select vestries the
...!e dirretwu ref the managemscot of tlw poor ; they set
aside the control of Magistrates, whose authority suit
interfrrence respecting the Poor and Pnor Rata, hart hi-
floe to, in noloy instances, besil .41. the 'protest utility in
pri aiding by meliorating the ruiiilisioa of
papers. It a obvious that the inteotiou of the Moose of
Commons is gradually to assimilate the Prior LIMA, and
the modes of raising money nod of administering rel.ef to
the pour iu England. to tloydr laget, and modes of raising
money and relieving the poor promised its Scotland, some
of which are evidently contrary In the law, to the Scrips
tares, WWI 10 WHISId policy. 'hoe great !only of the people
must sorely he imsoiant of the purport of these 13.115, others
wise doulatiess they *out., protest and petition rig limo their
twine passed tutu law if some of the clauses of these
Bills 1w carried him practice, out great bulwark reared by
our ancestors against tyranny and oppression will be
blokes) down The twit-gates of oppression appear to he
about being opeord, whose sweeping torient Mill evehtorilly
bring c,uiu upon the British 'salon', miler:4mm, unforeseen
harrier put a stop to it. " t:urely oppression maketh a wise
mail mad"
The poor people in Inland mood it' Stoll old are sot this
moment in I 1 must deplurable melancholy rlafr; want of the
Is • tee of life have brought iipon them a pestileirthil
disco.., which a Poor Kate, levied and manag,eit in Ireland
Serittail as it P. 11l England, would
.11:19/1.
It has been tit,. po4ctice of aWalbere Or III? lower rlds,rl of
people to flee from Scotland and Ireland into as a
place of refuge Sr tire strong arm of oppression. That
soviets, or loofas's:no is about to be partly rdout against
throe. geable poor bons in Scotland and behld, uut
having obi: hoed vettlements in fingiaud, are Si, too removed
to the place of their birth, and a Bill to prevent the ancieutly
made humane Poor Laws of Scotland from being carried
info wavier, is now ios the Must of Continuos. The
paroling mid law this minim.) Bill, it is hoped, a ill lie op-
pose) by every benevolent Member of Parliament ; but it
is to he feared that it sill pass through trolls Moises of
Parbaineot before its tendency he generally known among
the nuiltitude of utosishopecting people, especially the p.uplr
We Scotland, who °furiously appear ois Mistake
sod nasivioal •tuterrst mpteting the Pour Laws, and relief
of the distressed furloru poor.

yestefauy Ballot stns tukto at the East lotlia
House far We Electi4ll of Slit 11:1•,czor,, in the
mom -of—

Jacob &magnet, Joseph Comm, E Ina l Rirri,, Thomas
Reed, William Wigiam, •ud Wtliialn Taylor Money, F.,q4s.
WM go eel by rotation. •
. . •. . . .

At aitt o'clock the. Ovine* were closed and deli-
vered to rite Scrutitterre, who repotted that the
Election had fallen ou—

Alexamlrr Albin, &tubed Campbell, Samuel 1) ti i., 17,qtro.
Ho,. Hugh Liudaay; Jubu Mwr and Ihwid Scutt, Evils.

Tlie numbers weie as follow :
Alexander Allan, Esq... 464 I Hull. Hugh linilviy. .. 460
Robert Campbell, Esq... 490 John Mullis, F. 041, .... 4:4
Samuel Davis, E5q..... 461 David Scutt, E,q. .... 161
Yesterday a Court of 1/irectors Iva,: lath! at the
East ludic House, whets the Thanks of the Court
were voted unanimously to JAMES PATTISoIs and
CAMPBELL MARJOBIBAISKS, F.441r0. Chairman and
Deputy-Chairman, tor their zeal and attention to
Atha Company's interest during. the last year.
The skip Emperor dieraader, NPLEA, an ivell
in the Downs on Tuesday, trout Denier:ill, sail,-d
let ult. ; left outside the bar the ship Ilan,Nay,
WoonAt.t., sod brig. Henry. LAWES, bosh lor
London, tn sail in the course of the day. 'rile hug
iloretio, MIA, wet to Wive the River the follow..
ism/ day f.r Loudon. The Laguna, 1.0%1E, fur
London ; the Fairly, DAWsoN, for Bristol ; the
William Ilaihhorre, WHITE; and the Atm M'kenzie,
MuttnisoN. for Liverpool, had sailed, the former
six, sand the other two dry* before the Emperor
dle.ru;uli r.

. The brig Dry Barbour Planter, STRONG, nr-
tired in the IJowns ou Monday, from Jamaica,
bound to London, spoke on the 13th February,
olf St. Jag(' (le Calla, the brig elfin, from Port-sii..
Prince to On the !nth, off Cape Ti-
buron, Si. was boarded and treated po-
litely by she brig head, under American colours
dte apprined heavily at ined, and full of men of all
colour.; was informed by the boarding officer that
she belonged to Buenos Ayres, and was fitted out
at Nrw Orleans--supposed her to be in search of
Spanish vessel., she being anxious to obtain in-
formation of them.

There was a very thin attendance at Norwich
Coro Nlarket wr Saturday, and but little bush.
roan dour, except at ("xtrenirly low priers ; iu
Get the inarLet 'appeared perfectly •tagnant.—
'The %hew of cattle was thin, iii COllMeqUellee of the
lair on l'hurad,iv, hut high pricy• acre ioked lor
0101 4 orte soh!, particularly hagg•tr, which are
mnrb• iu icquevt, notwitlntunding the bite !wavy
&cline no wools :' on the fair day one lit !etched
52'. 6J. a-brat. There were pleuty of home, but
the 1{44/9 ul/.

PLiSrwrße GRE,IT SESST7.".

MOLD, THURSDAY, •ARIL S.

Before Mr. Serjetint CoPLEY and ,Wr. Serjeunt
Al aRS HA lA, his 314ijerty's Justices.

SUPERSTITION.—FYNNON ELI AN.
1-.4e Mut:, on the prmeention of EDWARD PIERCE,
against JOHN EDWARDI, fur üblesinin4 motley
under false pretences.
• The followin4 is an iti.-ciirite copy of the first
soil second connta of the Intl irtmetit :
The James of onr Lord the King, upon thieir oath pre-
Aleut, That John Ellwards,tile of the parish of St. Aesph, in
the comity of Flint, labourer. brine an pried person
.and l'oollllolll cheat, and euutriving and intending;
bau,holently, and deceitfully, to cheat and defraud One
Edward Pierce of his inuniea, on the 31st day of 31ay, In
the fifty•eightli year of the reign of one Sovereign Lord
George the Third, King of the United K 614.1010 of Great
Milton and Ireland, with force and arms, at the parish
afuresaid, in the county aforesaid; did unlawfully, know-
timely, designedly, and Mealy, 'pretend to the said Edward
Pieter, that lir, the said Edward Pierce, was put into
Finnan Chau : the said Jelin Edwards nteanitig thereby,
that the name of hint, the said Edward Pierce, had been
written and pat into a certetai well, known by the name or
Fyititon Elian, situate mad being is that part of the parish
of Elatitlrillo in Ithos, whirli lies in the county of Car-
eservon ; by which said putting of the paid Edward Pierce
into ['rums, Eliau, the said Joint Edwards, then and there,
In a it, at the !Wilk of Saint Map?' aforesaid, in the said
county of Flint, did unlawfully, knowingly, designedly,
and falsely, pretend to the said Eilvrarill Pierce, that some
great • vil aud misfortune venial hefal him, the said Edward
Pierre, and that he, the said Julius Edwards, could avert the
said evil tool nisfortnise fr the said Edraril Pierce, by
taking I • , the said Edema Pierer (meaning thereby the
yam, of the said Edward l'ierce), tint of Fro .... Elicit
(meaniug a eel Wu well called Fyiiiion Ellen), and that be,
the said Jolt,, Edwards, would lake the said Edwaid Pierce
(auca :nee the name of the said Edward Pierre) oil
of })noun Elicit suing a certain well called Francis
Eliati), if he, the said Edward Pierce, would pay tulle
bon, the said John Edwards, the sum of fifteen
stop s ; by which rid false pretences, the said John
Edwards slid them, and there, to wit, /011 the Annie day and year
afuresaid, at the p,irish of St. AMpll aforesaid, in the said
county uf Flint, knuaingly and designedly tildatit fain the
said Edward Piero., a large sum, to wit, tuter.. shiliings
and sixpence, of the •noney of the algid Etwatil Pi..e.. with
intent then and Dicer, wit, at the parish of :..;; i A 'ph
aforesaid, iu the said comity of rim', 10 .1, fraud loin, the
said Edward Pierce, of the same . whcrraa, In bud' cud in
fact, the said Edward Pierce was out put inia Frown
Elian; and whereas, iu troth and in fart, by putting the
name of the said Edward Pierce into Fyntio,, Elio's, no evil
ur misfortune what would have befallen hint, the said
Edward Pierce; and whereas, in truth and iii fact, lie, the
said Julio Edward., could ...it merit the said evil or inis.
fortune from the said Edward Pielee, by takiti; him, the
au th EAFeard Pierce, out of Fyittiuti Elian, if the said El.
ward Ponce did pay (lute the said John Edwards the sum
of Wirth shillings, to the great damage and deception of the
said Edward Pierce, also against the form of the statute in
such cane made aud provided, and against the peace of our
said Lord the King, his Crown and dignity.
And the Jerurs afuresaid, holm their oath aforesaid, do
farrier present—That the said John Edwards, tieing such
ill-di.pa.•J person and CUMlillln cheat as aforesaid, and cost-
triviieg am! Intending unlawfully, fraudulently, and deceit.
fully, to cheat and defused the said Edward herce of his
mummies; after's:oda to wa, on the 31st day of May, in the
58th year of the reign of our said Lori' the Ki.sm , with force
and arm., at the parish of St. Asaph aforesaid, it, the said
county of Flint, did unlawfully, Lima iugly, designedly, and
Wady, pretend to the said Eland Pierce, !lid the itanie•of
him, tie said Edward Pierce, had been put tutu Cynthia Elia'',
the said John Edwards, meaning thereby, a eettain well,
kuuwii and called by the name of Frisson Elian, situate and
brine in that part of the parish of Llaudrillo in Itlios, which
lies in the couoty of Carnarvou--and of and concerning
which said well, certain weak cud superstitiuua people enter-
tain an opinion, that if the name of a person be written 31111
put into the said well, such prison cannot prosper either in
body or estate, but that sushi person muat endate bodily pain,
mid be unsuccessful in his worldly affairs, avail his name be
taken out of the said well; which said superstitious opinion
being entertained and adopted try the said Edward Pierce,the
said John Elwarils, on the same thirty.tirst Jay of May, in
the fifty-eighth year aforesaid, with toter awl arms, at the
parish of St. Asapla, aforesaid, in the said county of Flint,
did father unlawfully, kauwitigly, designedly, and falsely,
pretend to the said Edward Pierce, that be, the said John
Edward., would take the name uf the said Edward Pierce
out of the said well, if he, the said Edward Pierce, would
pay unto Inui, the said John Edwards, the sum of fifteen
shillings ; by which said false pretences, the said John
Edwards did then and there, to wit, on the same slay and
year aforesaid, at the parish of St. Asapli aforesaid, in the.
said comity of Flint, knowingly and designedly obtain from
the said Edwaid Pierce, the sum of fourteen shillitiga and
sixpence, of the money of the said Edward Nein., with in.
lent then and there, to a it, at the p irkh of St. Asaph store.
said, lit the said enunty of Flint, to defraud hint, the said
Edward Pierce, of the same; whereas, is, both and is fact,
the elastic of the same Edward Pierce had wit been out into
the said well ; amid whereas, in truth mid in fact, the said
Julio Edwards did not take the 11311Ie uf the said Edward
Pierce out of thl• said well, to the great damage :Ind dece-
tion of the silid Edward Pierce, also against the fun in of the
statute iu such rase made and provided, and •against the
peace uf our said Ltd the King, his (-sewn and dignity.

Mr. Mid, (the Attorney-General) then stated the
ea►e with his usual peopicaity and ingenuity,
which fora cou►iderable time excited the laughter
of a soy crowded Court, and produced a stalk
even on the gravest cou.stenance.
The Pro.,ecutor was then called up and examin-
ed by Mr. TEstui.E.

Edward l'ierce esuminfd by Mr. TEm r
I live at I.lanulyrisog, iii the countv of Denbigh.
I saw John Eulwards, at his own lioutr, callrd
Berth (lulu, in the parish of Northop, in the wroth
01' April, 1813. 1 understood I had been put in
Pyimuis Elan; I mean wy 11t11111e hail beets lint So.
I thought something was the ;natter wills tar. I
sibs every thing going cross. 1 was informed that
Julius Edwards pulled people out of the well ; 1
went to I ; i ttt in order to be pulled out. 1 told louts
voinething was the nestter with me. lie immedi-
ately observed, that my name was pia in
Frition Elian. 1 trembled ! He raid it Was not
then a ht time to take ray name out, but desired
me to wait till the next full moon, when he would
take use out. He requested me, its the interim, to
read the following prelim, 6,7, 30, 68, 109, and
118 ; afterwards he would let time know when
to go to Fynnou Elisio, as there were other people
to go with its—it war absolutely necessary to go
there; I weal to his house in May following, to
inquire about the proper time to go to the well. He
said he would go the following Sunday, and de-
sired me to meet him at St. heap!). We met there
at seven o'clock on the Sunday cresting ; it was
then full moots ! Edwards fixed the day. When
I saw I at Sr. Asap!), he de-;red me to
go on one side with him to pay the money, which
he said was to be given to the Woman of the %Veil,
for taking' my name out ; lie said, if I paid him,
my mimic would be take out. I was to pay 155.;
but 1 told him 1 had only 14s. 61. by we, which
he accepted ! Ile then engaged to take my name
out, and pay the money to the 11'omon of the %Yell.

He told lot, that; in ronAapiehre iii 14.4
mute taken neat, I should have illy ,in.l
uu-
thorily ns
I washed to have;- I ant sore he uoid
so. 1 paid him the y, tor under th.it
might lie taken out. John 114:alwarek, lf, :tit l
t%4) tither wen Oil the Same IneAtiess, theta Mal It'll
tor the weA ; we derived their Irons twelve it, halt.
past twelve of Sunday night. 1 never -,ow the uell
before; Edwards called rue. to the well, awl ietr-
rd
it use; we went in a stile near the veli lie bill
us three gu over mid remain there, t;!1 he leeched
the key from the house where the IVIIIIIIIII II the
Well lived. He told we lie would these pay the
wog:mu—he did not say where the house was. 'rite
well was i.. tat a fence. 1 did mat ate is ke.y ; there
was no Ar on it to my knowledge. Edo aids ass
uhseirt t t.O emulates; when lie returned, lie
desired nee of the linen in follow One of the
strangers %rid with him; they writ :snout it
quarter of an hour or twenty minutes ; when t!.e
mint ieturtitil, I went in his strut. I found Ed-
wards at the well ; lie hut toe stand real one side of
the well, and ray the Lord's prayer; 1 did so. Ile
then emptied the well wait a small wooden cup;
wheal rani.t3ing it, lie prayed to Father, S ao, and
Holy Ghost ; rue wt II then filled ugmil He then
put some &sitter win the cup, unit desired the to
drink of it, and throw the rein: her over toy
head ; lie s.nd I must do so three 'Mita; l emu-
After this, Edwards said, now we will look
for your adult. He put his hand a little above recur •
where the water goes Into the well ; hr round some-
'thing immediately, and said, fleet is SWIM'.
tionsg," which he gave to ale. He dewed lute to
put toy baud its; 1 did au, but couldlieedisialm.g.
What lie gave rue was, a piece or slate, a etiik, a
piece of sheet-lead, rolled up, owl tied together
with a wire. I did not open it till I Kul Wine; it
was in my possession kill then. When I irpereed
the sheet-lead, I found a piece of parciiiiiesst its-
suite, with the letters E. P. upon il; there were:
Ow same cruises. It war too dark to read at the.
well. Edwards give it me, lie weed lie
thought et was lily mime, and said every thing
would be right sod- go on well with tie, and that
! should come no better than usual. gave the
slate. &e. to Mr. Edward Thelwall ; 1 had thciu.
io my possession till titres.

cremexasient by Mr. MAN LtY.
I can't tell I was better airier gaol/ to the well.
o,;e of my dnughtern wits ill hefure I went there ;
he was better idler I come hick. My cum', impirs.:
1„„r, eherp,colia. 110 f doge. were Hot ill, ..or *J4
my wife el tow, hot I thought 1111 l rifting was the
to with Me ! Edward, told ow my name was;
put in the well ; be sold if I would boy him 15r.:
lie -would take Bey walue.out. I dou't kiln sibst•
you mem' by 146011 No! I raw do cows without
heads, nor did I see black plus !
lig she Cuter Jurrtce.
I thnught if Illy mime wits in the well. I slo,u;(I
Hot pribl.r. l'nuoglit my tome was put in, a.iil
that I wars going trt sbe its um...eyrie-nee. Thought
by lirarpig tither pen ple talk I toltutild suffer bodily
pain. end go tin badly hi the world is, lung al I was
in the well.

By ✓rd,'e MAR•H.tI.t..
Warily told me It my name continued in ll.e
well, I 'could go worse trod worse every ;noon r
another!!

Marg trct Poitchard, examined by the ATTOUNI.V..

GF.NLNAL.

I now live at Row, in Carnarvonvhire ; resided it
Cern y Fyinion (the f.arns where the well is situaied)
in May last. I was called " the Womagi of the
loVeII." I know John Edward*. I did nut see loin
iu play list, nor tor three years before; lie did not
pay we 144. 6d. iii ILI last, iis, nor a halfpenny.
I am sure I did not'see him since the time I men-
tioned. There is no lock or dour to the well.

The Iles. E. Tiethwali produced the •late, cm k,
end pat chtueot. whic:l tie End were delivered to pun
by Pierce—they had hero in his custody ever billet..
•' Edward Keree," and the letters E. I'. were
written 011 the purchmeut, and E. P. was cut upon
the t•late.

Edward Pierce !lien said. lie received the articles
produe.d by Mr. Th. I wall, from Joilia Etlwai(l9.

Cuter JUSTICC—Who proves the well to be in
Coo ?"

Margaret Pritchard was then calle►l, and %Hid,
the well was situated in the taswitfloup of Enid-, in
that lout of the riti.ll of Limßhino in Ithos, whicl►
I►es n► the county of tarriarvon.

The case Ito. iltr !prosecution having closed,

Mr. NIAN LEY then inlitressrd the Court and
Jury, on behalf of the Defendant, with the greattst
skill awl facetiousiiesi-, which, if irovi;itik, causer!
even a greater degree of risibility than the able and
linlierniti. address of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
No witritasei were called on the part of the be.
frorlant.

The Learned Cm FP Justice. then proceedud to
sum up the evidence, and simuadverted much on
the enormity of the offence.
The Jiity, oiler a few minutes th liberation,
found the Delendmit Guilty.—lle was then re-
manded, :out ordered to be brought up for judg-
ment the following ; when the CouaT
iuti-
tuattd, the offence which he had been p;oveil
convicted, subjected him to transportation; but
consiterdiion of its being the first offence, and
of his iniprisonitient ADC(' last (Lein Session, s.
traced him to be confined in tile county gaol fur
7'weke Calendar Months.

On Saturday laid, at twelve o'clock, James
Bele/wan was brought out for execution 011 the
Castle 11111, Norrich, and after praying a short
time with the Chaplain was turned oil amidst au
immense number of spectator.. He appeared irer-
fectly resigned, but struggled repeatedly after the
platform fell. The sufferer was convicted of steal-
log 500 yards of hempen cloth, the property of
TIIOSIAS Seams, front the o,ttich
Custleacre, of which place lie was himself a ini-
tire, and where his parents bear a reputable cha-
►acter. Frost being at the head of a gang of
lighters he had obtained the appellation or Captain,
which is by some supposed to have given. lilt Court
un itlea that lie cominatidril u gang of depredators
the iteighbritirhiiiid, and to have operated ►o far
to his prejudice as to pion lion out ns a tit object
for an example. He war 40 yeses of age, his !err a
wife near her cuitlirseni!irt, and two young children.
Wm. Thurrold, his accomplice in this rubbery,
and Wirt. cock, were both reprieved.

PAMIR!: 1i.)R11 VATOH CS

ILI 11/ ROA //.
Mr Buxton started on Ilssouslow Arad", early lePiel.l47
morning, vs ry privately, to &is r J couple of horses, lands in,
to ll.sre Howls, tirs hip tssur msse4, in two how R. The hors-e,4
however, not pacts; well Was slier, broke front the trot twice
HI the 14'1 six mtleol Cod.. *oh the Cara*, uecuptrd more
thssu an hour he fore less was performed, and 4: re-
sigssed. The maids was 11,0' lOU Villa:RC

FIFTY MI I.E.S I V RIG H7' HOURS. •

Jonathan West, the gri-iit pcilesirian, started from Black.
hi:111.1031i ylillerdly, to yo gni foot fifty miles is eight boors,
on the [Auer Kent-mail, out moil in. The pedestrian did
ratio r our foul trim miles flu. hest two hours, and he pi r-
Airniv.l the otlwr air. milrs nn hour with apparent iudif-
&menet., and rrtorneil to ;:t. George's-gelds at eleven o'clock,
ass if he had hero taking a inuroisig's training.

GRAND Ph7EON-51100T1N9 .114TC'.

• A crawl pierou.shoolinz maid), three Gentlemen of the
Mitchaen Club NrnillSt ths re of all England, look place on
NI today, 00 F.irahaut Ibtwos, at 21 birds, 21 yards distance
Irmo the gun, for 1510 g00n.... aside, charge unlimited.—
Hews Adatti 4, Russell, and Hidt were select. d from the
Crack Club, acaned 31,a• rt, and Keane. The
sport was as folher..-11r, Adams kills., 19 birtl•, and the
remaining 'twit were sternly hit; Mr. Russell killed 19,
hot lust Inge three. )atil• tint of 1,,,,, sod Mr. Holt
bagged &fi makink a total of 52 room 63.
The eitlJ was at ssl It:i keit h. t. in, but the Englautl shuts
wee: now basked freely at six to f.tor, as they were c3usi-
dered safe elphlez.ra 1•411 men NI,. King killed twenty, but
.lust two out of Lonna.. Short osnouvoi his three first birds,
strange to relate, which ;von ght belting to two to oar ma the
Club, but dm killed the neat seventeen, and missed the last
bird. :qr. had set e"ti en to lye and eighteen to
will, and lie e.'3"; 1/ 1C14,11 :It tilt to fOlir. And at two to one
afti r eleven birds or •ait cession; hz, however, missed
the 12th and 1311 i, and betting • was even. He also filitAfli
lbe 17111, and hail ho kill other four to win. He suc-
ceeded, and the prize 141• ./11 b • (the bird. It was &Jump.
Iber the must in It resting iii .l, of this sort known for yeatt •

FUNAI4I, (711.0NAL HARRIES,
OF THE LIGHT HI11:Sf•. VOLUNTEMS OF LONDON
AND 111 LSTAI I NST lilt .

ORDER OF TUE PROCESSION,
t ROY TOP. OFAD-QUAATIR3 OW Tilt TO WM-

OX lIATVRDAY NEXT.

To awe at eleven o'elne b in the forenoon, on foot, and
in two ranks (except the A.lvmired and Rear-Gaaid).
Advanevel 4u .rd (mounted).
• Fit for Kerty.
Trumpeters ..e.indinu the Dead March,
she llur•r of the Deceased,
Covered with 131.e.:k Bunts and Spurs reversed, led by
the ttiding-Slitsters.

Fielel-Offio
r, .rne
dr other Regiments SC""PSE. other Rp. 5
(inta,:

Helmet, Sword, ()Molt and Sash, on the Collis.
Clod* Monroe',
JOHN CIIAILLiSHrNRirB,,F...q.Setkof
,thc dtceaaed,
The Freannental Chaplain.,
stiff.
Offirers according, to rack, the Juniors leading.
biun.Ciinionissioned Officers and Prism's.
Houwary Mrtabess of the Regiment.
of the Deceased.
Reiir Goma (mouilleil).
Carriages of Light'Huri.e Volunteers and of the Friends of