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London, England, 1807-01-10 00:00:00

PAL DUEL PRA'YRTE►D.

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS—JAN. 9.
---- nowt, whose .nduCt had, is we ! ave Two young. Gendemn, one the son of a mer-
alrealv va•ed. 'tinseled the n tier of 0 The So- chant in at- city, a youth of gold-rt priopeas, the
ciety foi Cie liu pr Ilion of Vii.e." was indifled other an artist, a fawns. eh'. dof Pallas, met on
and opovered of Indecency. in the company of fn. Thursday, near Ealieg, t fior a
idd. The dis.
of
nn the rtv)st satisfanory evidence. pute orrginated at a festive board,the vicioittr
Han”oh 4t/en was found :Nifty of an assault, Fiizroy-equare, whore som- dashing &Mrs, dia-
but discharged, on tiaying a small fine. monde of the first water, were !,resent. Tise God-
Mend %eerier, atria, late of Westminster, was dens uf Secrecy not h p !saving sealed the bs of these
imtuCted fur uttering titious %cot ds. fair daughters of loveliness, an alarm was spie.d.
I. appeared. tio• D-tetulant ulad, on thi• 14th of which soon reached the viglant d, arms th, Po -
last December, apple d to the landlord of the Le- I lice, and one of the daring youths eras biositd over
MOO tree Porter-house, in the Haymarket, for ac- to keep the peace. Th. du 1•r s timely pr vented;
commodation for the slight, arid can d for a glass the rage of t pa, tie' ,übsi ted, Awl the beans of
of shrub, which he sat drinking in the tap room, the fair ceas palpitate with fear, for the
till his bed should be prepare/. T.,ree other per• safety of the rerrelive heroes.
sons were in the tap room, one of whom said, he
w"nld presume to give the company a toast, and
pr lo •sed. `• ?he Bruit., Navy; or, Bonaprte's
riseek-‘trio,o " The Defendant, alone, refused to
drink it • aisert;ne, Bonaparte was the universal
friend of mankind ;" an-I give as a toast, " S4CCCIII
to Boooperte wad his urns, suberttur he Neu go."
This he repeatedly drank, in spite of the remon-
strances of all present. The landlord requested
him to desist ; and told him, eseept he chose to go
quietly to bed, he would not permit hum to remain
in the house. He accordingly wet to Ind, while
the test of the company, aetuated by a laudable
feeling of loyalty, though two of them were fo-
reigners, resolved on giving inlormati.in to ifs*
Bow-street Officers of the Defendant's extraordinary
comma. and he was immediately arrested, ems•
mined, and committed for trial. Alt-thei widow,
agreed, that the Defendant appeared pettedly sober,
and in his senses.
Ttir Learned Counsel stated, he had only that
moment receive.' instiabons to 4,`.1 for the Prisoner ;
he, of course, could only suggest in his decrier?,
what he was happy to Bred h .d been laid do Nri by
the Counsel for the Prosecution. vie. .1-hat in the
circumstances of the Prisoner. to one but a fool in a
drunken man would have expressed himaelf in such
An un;uarded and dangerous manner, particularly
when there could he no obvious reason assigi ed hit
his rashness; he had. however, witneres of great
respeltability to attest the Defendant's general ceA.
rafter for loyalty, though the same witnesses. he was
informed, could not but admit. that he had for a
long time been in the habit of mduiging too freer/
in the use of spirituous liquors, to which indulgence
he liopi.d 'he Jury would be of opinion this str nive
and unaccountable cousin& of th- Prisoner ought to
be attributed.
Messrs. Norris, Mortice, and Porter, respeftable
inhabitants of Westminster, were cep called, and
all concurring in the itaternent of !le Prisoner's
Counsel, the Jury bro.ight in a verdia —Net Guilty,

The Bank on Thursday cornmenead the payment os
Dividends on the 3 per Cent. Consolidated Annuities
to the Bankers, a-14 this day the payment (as
usual) will be made to the Public. This circum-
stance will tiring a large sum of money into the
market, in consequence of which, and the improved
prosiled of affairs on the Continedt, a considerable
rise in the Funds has taken place. Omnium, which
for some time past had been at a premium of about
one p.r cent. rose to 211, and Consols to 61b.
A Foreigner, named Jean Litevaa, who, it
sce.ni, was a few says since arrested at Working-
ham, in lierkshire, has, we understand. nnillttg-ine
several examinations at the Ahem Office; and has
been since conduded to one of the out-ports, for the
pu• pose of being sent out of the kingdom Flom
what has been suffered to transpiie, it appears, that
this man was formerly arrested in the neighbour-
hood of Widmer Castle, in Kent, where lie was
landed from the French coast, out of a smuggling
boat. Much praise is due to the Magistrate who
caused this man to be apprehended ; aid, it is to be
hoped, that the Country Megists ales will be parti-
cularly aftive in the present moment, in tniorcing
the Provisions of the Alien AU in their respettive
distrifts.
A Parisian merchant was on Thursday apprehended
under a warrant from the Secretary .it State for the
Home Department. and underwent a lung examina-
tion at the Alien Office. He afterwards was com-
mitted to the custody of a Messenger.
A Foreigner, who, it appears, was lately a
Waiter at CI•1111.11 Hotel, the sign of the isatirc. bed
de Teresa', at RO:tefdattl, but who came over to
this country in the charader of a Merchant of
Brinsels, was yesterday committed, by the Coast
MAolltaaaL at Bow-Areet, to prim:, under the
provisions of the Alien Ad, for being at large
without a license. This man had tun away from
Gravesend. where he was lauded ost of A vessel
from Holland, in December
On Saturday last, ito.fer Purlorielt, of Littlewonli,
in the county or Oaks, higler, wa. careered before
Eow•an Luce, t.sq. Mayor of °Mord, in the
penalty of 251. for having five hares in t.is pos-
session.
Oii Monday last, two min were taken out of the
Shag Custom-house cutter, of Rye, Captain HAD•
DOCIt. inspected of being the persons into souse
time since broke open a house ; they passed
through Dover on the &Arne day. 41 their way to
Deal, for examination, with seta.' riding Officen,
belongin to the Customs, attended by proper of&
seri for their protection.
One evening last we.'.:, three men were drinking
in a public house at Buncougli, Lancaster, when t
quarrel took place amongst them. One of them
had an iron crow, and another a gun, these two
took part against the third, via,' was unatuseff
Atter they had telt the house, the person woo had
:he iron crow, called to his companion to shunt
the other person ; but his comnian.•s nut bring
obeyed, he struck him on :ne orA, which broitent
him to the ground, and repeate.l the blow on differ-
ent parts of the body; the Mall then appearing
to -ac dying. they placed the bnidy across ihe road,
And then left it. A gentleman was trevelliiig oat
road with his gig, and ft iding himself stimped, he
whipped the hone, but still the animal seeruing
either unable or unwilling to draw with force, in-
duced the gentleman to alight, and to examine what
it was list stopped his passage, when lie perceived
tne body a a Mar. apparently dead, lying against
the wheel; chi alariniug the neigtibuurhood, the
man was carried to a house near the place. and
found not to be quite dead, but nearly so. He lain
getistieu until the next day, aid then died.

It is feared, that, during the late tempestuous
gales, the Choler gun.vessel foundered. No aC•
count of this vessel- has been received at the Ai
mirolty since the early part of November, when she
was cruising off the French coast
The white flux continues to rag.• among the French
army in Mead. besi,:es another s'iocking dientoleit
called the rioNtoge: ars, Plica Polonie,s) In the
latter, puiulent mattes Rows not of the end of ewer/
haw on the heed, a. d the hails swell and grow
doters to the middle of the body in the form of ,
queues. The disease is almost ineerehlt.
A few days since. a otos d•rooill, belonging to
Mr. HASP v. e.f Battle, in Sussex, accidentally
leek fire. and blew up with a vett rtolosi•iii • and,
no the nut siAv. fh. , seder I al:other of the 'Bathe
mills, theistr,p• t.y rot Mr. LAnoltoco, alto exploded.
and did eonartletahte rtama,;e to the prenlises.—
['here were luckily no men in either of the mills at
the time of the explovon ; but three workmen had
quitted Mr. Ila avres mill oily a tew minutes
hew, the accident. Although disasters nf this tied
so fretorentiy happen to the powder-milts, at Battle,
yet the greatest possi'ale care is taken by the people,-
ters, in working what is calla 1 cetly on,- charge a• a
time, and by other precautions, to ptevert them t
ond by there means the exp7r.tion, ao:loftt an uccieent
does happen, is not soiLeiently great to de mischief,
swept in the hiiildings where they take place.
Friday se'nnight, as Rica/ban BISMOIS, of
Birdlip, Gloecester and Cirelltest r earth :r. was
retutnitig home from the latter plact; 1.1. horse
tell smith him, and he was killed on the spot. The
animal certaing home about midnight, witl,rit his
metres, the family were alarmed. and immeo'i,orlo'
we• t out in s-arch of him ; when they hone the
unfortunate man lifeless it the road, about a hut -
dred y ads from his own boost. with a dreadful
wolitid on the right side of his head. ..vh:rh moist
have occasioned instant ileitis. On Monday an in►
qt:es was held before D. Wt on-, Esq. Coroner, on
view of the body ; when the Jury returned a verdift
—.ter eho fel Death
'Thursday se'anight. at the mutual meetioo of the
Members rf the Hurstperooint Amicable orciety,
in Boob:on, Mr. Tito% os MI tcHeIL, toeir Clerk,
bei,.g An czcellent sinner, was called upon f,r a
song, with which Ile had no fermer similar occasions
often entertained the comp aly ; he saeg it accord-
ingly, and with his accost ,tneci mei, dy and cheat-
' fulness ; but alas ! it was the list he had to s'ng.
for he had no sooner chaunted the concluding line,
than he reclined his head on the back of a chair,
and replied without spoon. The deceased was A
very worthy eharafter, and greatly repealed by all
who knew him.
Ah'at five minutes Nefore twelve o'clock, on last
Wedeesd iy se'riniolo, as the ringers of 13.aliharn, in
dune:. were about to usher in he new year with a
merry peal. the frame-work of one of the bells gave
way, and discharged its heavy burden, which fell
with an alarming cram among the ringers, and
htoke to pieces. hot f etunately without causing the
smallest hurt to either of them.
Friday setrovi h . a bor. about 13 years of age, the
son of THOMAS I,O•GILEY, of the Bank, near
Leeds, brickiayer. having repeatedly pressed his
father to allow him to rite a horse that Was rather
spirited, the father at length cur tented; the horse
bad not gone many yards, befote the fattier saw his
son hurled from his seat, and kil'el on the .pot !
Friday settlight, a troop horse got loose firm
the fareier's shoo and, in the narrow part of Gat.-
street, Winchester, going at full spe-d, went over a
youth. sun of Mr. fal•lSOT!ato, and kne•7ked one
rye art, and otherwise so dteadfully bruised him,
that his life is desuoired of.
Thursday a dog. which was supposed to be mad•
bit a plot min to the leg in North Aodley.streets
and afterwards bit a has dog belonging to a Gentle-
man. He ran off so swiftly that no person present
was able to overt.ike him, neither could their shoots
alarm others in sufficient time for say one else t
stop him; and it is not vet aseertaii.e4 what do-
moire he may have committed.
Saturday was committed to St. Dunstan's gin!,
Canterbury, Thorn is Orrifehl, of Itllton. charged
with having in his possession a quantity ef copper
bolts and sheaths or cooper, and other aidel o, the
property of His MAJ as/ v. 'Fre same day, Mrithore
Seers was committed. charged
Swith stone, itealing faggots
from the Workhouse.ys, at n Oso*
property of the overseers tithe said parish.
horn the thick fogs, *hitch. at this season of the
year, commonly set in with the close of the day, the
Public ate certainly obliged to the Lottery Office;
for their brilliant transparencies in various part. of
the town. They, doubtless, are of great use to pr..
vent accidents in heavy foggy evening.; et the same
time they remind passengers, that a Love, y Schalk
of unprecedeOtad opuien..e and cons quasar, is can
the very tee almost of Drewirg.
Mai not the post of Harnhuigh Seen shut against
our commerce, before Tuesday next, the slay on
which the Lottery commence, drewirg. the whole
of the Pickets would have been dispose.* of 'The
home crusumption. together with the orders Wel
Ireland and Scotia:id, will str,a else, the C .411%.4c..
tors of the remeimeg few. The Grand Voles
mew. of cootie, reme.n in the Unite-s 1 Kingdom.
which CitC,lnis'Anee makes anip'e itme,.cts tot
reign disappointment. The Puolic I t the Scheme
in moh estimation, and will, no doubt, part.cipate
in the thin y I hoosends, Twenty 'llonaands. Tim
l'housands, Five Thou,ands, which nuoy be load at
the Offices of HOMOSSY and Co. 26, Cornhill. 52,
Charing-Cross, and St. Margaret's Hill, boson to
N a. 53.979, it'd 44,569. Pram of 30,00J1. Wes*
'sold by Ho sassy and Co.