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the pillory and his earl nailt4 to it, ito that every
man might shun him, but by a late decision of he
,Court of King's Bench it was decided that that Act
only affected informers in the upper ODOM and not to
that where he had the honour of addreasiug the Jury:
It was not for him loony that tbst decisions was wrung,
but this he knew. that 'ter sinte it was made com-
mon informers bad heehaw emboldened, and they dial
not hesitate to give a receipt for the comooundi,ig
of an information. which had been done in this
cote. On the evening or the day on which Mr.
Russell wee at Worship-street. the Defendant
Manse called on him, and tokl him he had better
settle it than go before the Magistrate; that 755.
would accornpliali the business, sod settle every
thing fur twelve mouths to come; and that he hod
better come to the office on the following day, see
the other Defendants, and have an end of it. Mr.
Russell did not go, but sent Mr. Killingirorthb
snot her pawnbroker. whose. all the Defendants con-
ferring together. lie spoketo the Defendant Manse,
who said it would require 75.. to settle it. Mr. Kul.
lingworth said that was toumuch; he had settled that
of Stephens, the pawnbroker, fur Qr. On which
Manse handed hie, a piece of pew, which con•
tained a list of seven informations against Mr.
Russell. for Wass illegal interest, by the same
parties; but it appeared that two of the articles
pretended to be pledged were stated to have been
Pledged before Mr. Russell opened his shop in
Sherediteh. MOMe told him to take the paper to
Mr. Russell on the following day. He took Mr.
Bradley. another pawnbroker, with him to the
public-house, near Worship...street, and there the)
saw the Defendant', Manse and Coombe"; Me.
Killingworth said, that 73a. Wes too much to pay,
on which Manse wrote on a piece of paper 65.. for
and handed it to Coombea, who looked at it,
handed it hack, sod nodded &ascot ; Manse then
hitioded it to Killingworth, who said he had better
take it to Russell himself, on which Mr. Bradley
said, that Killingwortb had better take it, and not to
give Mr. Russell se much trouble, which Killing.
worth did; on which Manse said, if that was paid
it would settle all for le months. Ott the evening
of the same dry Mr. Killingworth sod Mr. Bradley,
accompanied by another person, went to the same
public-house and eow the Defendants, Manse and
Coombe% Killingworth aid he thought two sorer
reigns woe money enough to pay. They said they
would sot take leas then was written on the paw
they had given hint. He then offered to pay Coombs
the 635. on which he said he could not take money
there, meaning before a third person; Manse then
*hewed K it li tigworth and Coon, bee into another room,
shut the door on them to the exclusion of the other
two persons, by standing with his beck against it;
short time Activated' K illingwort h stud Coombe. come
out of the room together, on which the former said to
the latter, " How do you know, old boy, but that you
are done now, for two of them sovereigns I gave you
• may he had ?" on which Coombe, took the three
sovereigns out of his pocket, and sounded them on
the table, saying, he was right enough. " Well,"
! says Killingworth, " but you know I
gave you
31. ss. ;" he answered, to be sure, he knew he did.
So, by this little contrivance of Mr. Killingworthi
he admitted the feet of having received the money,
and the Jury could not doubt but that the other De-
. fendint was privy to it. The very fact of his having
kept the door while the money was paid was sof.
&tent evidence of his guilty knowledge. He (the
Learned Counsel) did not think that he had rot:
6cient evidence to convict the female Defendant, for
which reason the Jury might leave her not of their
1 consideration.

The Learned Counsel then called witnesses, who
fully proved his statement.
The Jury retired for about 40 minutes. sod roa
turned a verdict of Gaiityagatust Thomas Coombe;
and Thomas Manse. and a verdict of Neilty
for Elizabeth M'Michacl.
seatence postponed.

EVA•ION OF THE Niw M•RZIAGE Act —A
couple having. during the week, given notice to the
cleric of oae of the chapels in Whitebaven, that the
boons of their marriage were to be put up, and un•
de/standing that their names must be placed for
three successive Sundays on the chapel doors, re.
quested that in that ewe they might be fixed bee
hind the door, as the Act did not forbid it. Thin
is not unlike Lord ROCHisTEA'S evasion of the
Lamp Act, who, as directed by that Act, had a
lamp placed before hie door, but never lit it, as the
Act did not specify that it was necessary to do so.
We are happy in being able to state from the very
best authority, that an officer's widow, in the neigh.
bourhood of Edinburgh, having sent in a memorial
to his MAJESTY, of certain pecuniary embarrass.
,meats which she was labouriog under, io conic.
(Irene* of the lon of bee husband and one of her
children. after a long and expensive illness, his Ma.
JISTY immediately transmitted her tool. through
Sir Wu. KNIOIATOM. The effect produced by the
sudden and almost unexpected arrive! of two SOL
notes, at the humble cottage of the distressed widoti
and her helpless orphans, may be more easily Coil.
ceived (bap described.--( Edusfiargh Paper.)
On Monday last the first stone of the new btfild.
ing at Norwich Castle. was laid by ti. tvu, Esq.
He was accompanied by the Freemasons, in the
decorations of their orders.

HUMS SAVINGS RAWL—Saturday, September 7-
-By cash recrived,96,Bs3l.6a.lod.—Ctuilt returned
to depositors, 32,551. I Is. td.—lnvested in the
Batik, 63,828/. 19.. 4d.—ln hand, 4501. 16r. 4d,--
Number of depositors, 1,603.

The tread mill, for the purpose of affording Is.
hour to the prisoners in the Chelmsford House of
Correction, was brought into operation on Wednes-
day Int, in the presence of a Committee of Ma-
gistrates.
Yesterday morning a coocou.rse of opectstoia se.
sembled in she Horerferry !toed, to witness a match
made for 501. between Caleb Baldwin and John
Barton, to drive two buckoey-cunches,drawn by rise•,
from Pimlico to Valleyslt Bridge. Each of them
was to drive his own coach ; but as Balclwio was a
lighter man than the other, bets were in Ina favour.
They started at ten o'clock. The scene was both
amusing sad lorhcrone. Baldwin bad a whip.
thong with a quantity or nails attached to ir.
Barton had his reins also curionsly interopers.Ll
with brads, and each used them dtlttgron►ly. Aftei•
much tuition Baldwin arsi:dat
greet appleuer.

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