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Wm. Gell,
A wain.

mod Mr. Wm.

The Gentlemen erbe were to present the Address,
Mr. Andrews and Mr. Stranger, we were inform.
ed, of-the East India Compeny's naval metric*, Man-
ing entered the haute, her alejesty retired from the
window to receive them; end after the Address bed
been presented, returned again to the window, se.
eumpenied by Mr. Aldermen Wood, who by her
Majesty's commend read aloud "in a plain hut
forcible and iateiligent menses. her Majesty's An-
swer, which was interrupted by frequent cheers,
and at the conclusion was hailed with the most en-
thusiastic greetings from the elated and gratified
assemblage of honest tars below. The hunt then
played " Hale Britannia" and Hearts of Oak ;"
after which the crowd of spectators began to dis-
perse, the seamen also retiring, end for the most
part making their way towards town in small
detached parties; the ainellne.s of the outlets
from the grenade, the nemher of strangers with
whom they were there consiningled, the latency'
of the hour (half-past five o'clock), end the
length of time winch they had been on foot during
sit intensely hot day, and through roads choked
with dust, seemingly rendering each man anxious,
the bogginess of the day bring over, to regain
his ship or his home with the utmost speed.—
Some parties of them, however, pursued a leisurely
pace homewerds; aryl as they approached the
tow* were received with approving cheers by the
crowds which lined the road-side, and' the leading
streets of the west-end of the town, in expectation
of their return.

The day being remarkably fine, the number of
holiduy folks on tin+ occasion was immense, but
good humour and order seemed every where to pre-
vail. Nor did we hear of a single accident which
we could trace to an suihentic source. beyond what
we have mentioned of the result of the forcible
entry into the avenue of the crowd there assembled.

4DDIIESSEs TO II ER MAJESTY.

PRESENTED YESTERDAY.

The following Address was presented from thi
Ladies of Edinburgh
TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
MADAM—Under the deepest impressions of sympathy for
your unhappy situation, we beg leave to approach your
Majesty without best wishee for your speedy and honourable
acquittal from those calumnies which have been so malici•
uusly raised against your fame and honour.
We must sincerely lament the harsh and tooprecedented
usage which your Majesty low received in this country; but
while we deplore and deprecate that wage, we feel comfit' t
in the buoyancy of your own magnanimous spirit, and in the
general sympathy expressed fur your sufferings by all ranks
of people.
As your Majesty has jusLy observed, the principles and
doctrines now advanced by your accusers do not apply to
your case alone, but if made part of the law of this land,
may hereafter be applied as a precedent by every careless
and dissipated husband to rid himself of his wife, however
good and innocent she may Ire, and to render his family,
however amiable, illegitimate; thereby destroying the tarred
Loud of matrimony, and reuderinz all dinuesdie felicity very
uncertain.
Such being the consequent' of these principles and floc-
trines, your Majesty's Case becomes a ct ttttt 11011 cause with all
the females in this kingdom, %blow utmost efforts ought
therefore to be lawfully exerted to peeve's( innocence from
suffering tinder the power sod influence of servile and in-
terested pressing.
Trudwg to that God, who seiteth hounds Collie wroth of
man, for your protection, nod anticipating the triumph of
innocence in your honourable acquittal, we do earnestly and
humbly solicit your Majesty, since you have declared your
reeoluti tttt to rental's in /Britain, to honour the ancient Capi-
lal of Caledonia with your residence, where you will in a
peat measure be relieved from the iniqgneg of Cowl, and
I receive the was meet welcome and the most devoted services
that a beloved Queeu cat, expect front loyal and nffectionele
suliji
To which Ad Iress her Majesty returned the fol-
lowing gracious A looser :
I have loug knowts, and, is several instances, have expe.
rienced, that the Females of Scotland are iun rior to mine in
the culture of their minds, in the purity of their pt 'maples,
and in the steadiness of their attachinenie. This Address,
therefore, from no many respectable characters of my own
sex, iu the capital of Caledonia, has afforded me more thim
ordinary satigfactiou.
In my progress through life, it has been my first object to
retain my own self-respect, *Mont which integrity can
have nu strung hold upon the heart. My next desire has
be n to be esteemed by those who are themselves estimable;
and whose approbation, while it is regulated by the juilg.
nice!, is spontaneous and mibouebt. If 1 tinsvois the good
opinion of this l;etier portion of the community, I mu in-
different to the vile herd of s•cnal traducers, or to that cur.
rupt part of the Ilaii ttttt who praise or blame-emit as them-
-I,I.IVCS Cl:Malmo or 01111111Ve, but as higher authorities rum.
mend. he praise or the Maine of such presoits, whirl' is
, always to be purchased in Ilse market if infant', is a matter
of little moment; for venality is equally contemptible, whe-
ther it deals in panegyric or invective.
The reasons which are ernpliqed to annul my marriage,
have a tendency to melee t vie), nuptial obligation flue's's',"
lug and insecure. The permanence of the inet:tution would
thus he .made to depend more on inclination than on
principle.
A. far, therefore, as this Bill of Pains and Penalties may
hereafter he employed as a precedent, it must be istjusious
to the moral iuu rests of the Collllllllllity. I am glad that •
the discriminating and intelligent Females of Scotland are
beginning lit view the question tinder this aspect ; and to re-
' gam! the experiment of me new nubile of divorce, that is mak-
ing in the Howe of Lords, as lull of peril to the nation.
The inure the good sense of all classes of the community
and of huth sears is exercised on the present 3:tempt to
annul my =arbiter, and to effect my degradation, the more
they will Ie• convinced that, if arch an _as trot pt should be
successful, it must be hazardous in thesextreme to the mere!
• and politic d interests of the people, to the ',resoled cum.
; flirt of individuals, and to the genteel welfare of the cum-
: muuity.
(lir Majesty returned the following Ammer to
. the Address of the Frmalc.4 or Eleter :
The Female Tuliabitauts of the ancient City of Exeter and
its vicinity base excited my cordial regard fur this agree. "
tionate Address. The charges that have here brooch! against-
sex are so utterly false, that I cannot coneeire it possible
for any tribunal, however constituted, in be so unmindful of
the sacred obligations of truth and justice no to find me
guilty, with respect to allegations in support of whieli tto
proof has brio adduced.
I ain happy to find that the peopte of Cliglaitil consider
my triumph over my enemies as necessary to the security
of their rights and the establishment of their libert
I should unit feel the Intrepidity of ioanceure, it flue eon.
stionsuess of rectitude, if I did nut despise the base libel*
by which 1 have been occasionally assailed. As far as my
own internist tranquillity is concerned, those libels have
never rolled the amenity of my breast, Hoe caused me a
moment of oueseiness.
I am too strung in the hardihood of integrity to be easily
vanquished by any of the shafts which malice may extract
• flame its quiver to aim at my hews. Where a free Press
*Howl ditHwent opinions to strive fur the mastery, and the
conflict between truth and falsehood is unrestraiued, false.
Loud must ultimately yield to the force of

OLD DAILEY, Wvniesear, SaVreitmrs
The Sessions commenced this day before the
Right Honourable the Lola Maros, Mr. Boron
GaasaM, Mr. Justice BSI; and Mr. Justice
RICHMIDBOII.
ARSON.
Joke Bates was indicted under the did of the
late. King, commonly called Lord Elleuborough's
Act, for wdfully setting fire to his house. the sips
of the Kiag's Arm., No. 140, Higirstreet, Strad.
well, with imitate to defraud the Son Fire low.
ancesolice. There were other. counts, charging the
offence as committed with introit to injure the
owner sad other persons who had an interest in the
preasiies.
Mr. WALFORD stated the charge, end Mr. DOL..
11.At4D opened the me to the Jury, and repressed
his determination to cull witnesses to support the
first and second counts of the iudictment only.
The following witnesses were then railed
Richard Lawley exaraissed. He knows the house
in which the Prisoner lived. it was called the
King's Arms, in the High-stree►. Shadwell; but the
house had been shut up some time. On the 6th of
*June last, about ten o'clock. there wits ass :liana of
tire given. smoke having beru observed to issue
form the house. Nobody answering the knock given
by the people who had assembled, the witness
went for Isis maul, and broke open the door, which
lie found bolted and chsissed, sod let the people in.
In the bar there was a fire boron% close under a
cask. with a cock in it. The witness assisted in
extinguishing the fire there. and af►erwards went
down into the cellar, where 1w found a large pile of
fire on the ground, and a partition near to it, winch
ran np to the bottom of the floor of the lair, which
was also in Nines. They threw wider upon it, and
succeeded in putting it nut.
By Mr. Justice BEST.—The fire hail commu-
nicated from the cellar to the bar.

111 Warn Thomas Jammu said it was nearly
eleven o'clock when he first beard the alarm of
rue ; when he got to the house the people were
then throwing water on the fire ; he went down
into the cellar, where lie saw a parcel of wood,
which woo on fire; it was in a little place divided
off by a bulk-head, as if it were a place intended
for keeping wood in : he afterwards examined the
beds, and found they had no sheets on. In a cup-
board up stairs he raw a quantity of paper, which
had the marks of fire on ►t, but he saw no Wine;
the closet was on a different ride of the house from
the bar, and one fire could riot possibly have beers
the cause of the other; he saw a brindle of candles
taken out of the cupboard, !wily burnt ; the upper
rooms did not appear fully furnished ; the furni-
ture was not of a good kiwi.
Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPIIU
The house was shut up front the last licensing-
day, in September 1819, and he knew there was a
petition si►{ned by the Minister, Churchwardens,
and inhabitant', to the licensing Magistrates, for
re-opening it. The wood in the cellar seemed
stowed us if for use. The people had been in the
huus.2. some time before the lira was discovered in
the closet, and when discovered there was only a
few sparks. The panel of the door was blistered
by the heat.

By Mr. Jwstice
The wood w,ta spread all over the Owe parti—
tioned Mr. He did not observe that there were
wore usher near the partition than in any other

Richard Winans is a police officer of Shadwell.
Ile confirmed the preceding witness's account of
the state of the fire in the liar and io the cellar.
He.went up stairs and opened a cupboard door ;
there were half-buret papers on the floor. Some
sparkles of fire appeared—in the cupboard was a
bundle of candles partly melted. The witness lied
a candle in his hand. He examined the boxes and
drawers, but found nothing in them. The beds
were without sheets, and there wes riot much fur-
niture• in the rooms. There was a bunch of
matches, a tinder-box, and a candle in a candles
stick on a table use Inc parlour.
Cross-examined by Mr. A LLEY—None of the
matches were burnt ; they appeared placed iii reo-
diners to light the candle.
Wtn. Randall, a fireman belonging to the Ph.-
nix Fire Office, was- next examined:—When lie
arrived at the fire, about eleven o'clock, people
were already in the house ; in the cellar the parti-
tion was on fire. but the greater part of the fire was
a busty of red ashes. Ile saw the closet up stair.,
and when the door of it was opened, some embers
or ashes were drawn oat on the end of a piece of
iron. %%glen lie had seen the fire out, he went in
search of the Prisoner, shorn he found at the house
of a Mr. Jones, at Stepney Causewaf. It was
about tc.: o'clock when he got there; lie waited tit
the door, and asked if Mr. Rates was there, and
was answered " Ye r," and the Prisoner came to
him. Rehire he said any thing *of it, somebody
said, " Is there a lire ?" He hail on his tiremisn's
drew' at the lime. He answered yes, there had
been a tire at Mr. Bates's house, but it was onr.—.
' The Prisoner immediately proposed going hack to
the house, and, pis% along, he asked iviinees if he
had the key. Witness told him no, the door lied
been forced open. Mills, another fireman, who was
with witness, then risked the Prisoner if he hod not
been in the housethat evening ? He said he had
left it about half-past eight o'clock. Mills then
asked him it' lie locked the door after him, and if
1w was not the last person in the house? He an-
swered that lee was ; upon which Mills obsirved.
" You must have the key then :" and Prisoner re-
plied, " Oh, dear ! I believe Mrs. Ilates has got it."
witness went into the back parlour of the
i Prisoner's house with him ; he then left him, mill
never saw hint afterwards till he was before the Ma-
gistrate.
John Martin, constable of St. Paul's, Shadwell,
saw the loose stuff in the cupboard and the attunes
(seltieli were produced, they appeared partly melted
but riot hurried).
l'hointis Mathews, watchmen of Shadwell, sane
the first witness break the street door of the hoes*
and get in through the panne!. Ile knew Batts
very well. The house was shut up its September
lust.
Richard Lawley recalled.—fie observed nothing
us to the state of the back door.
Joseph Greenwell, fireman of the San Fire-office,
remembers that when Hates came in with Randall,
be asked him who he was iusured witli;•the Prisoner

replied with the Sin Prt-nlce, when witness asked'
him to look at his pulleys. which he immediately
teak out of hie pocket add chewed -him.
The policy was put hound read, being fiat may.
ed by Richiiid Atkins arid W. N. Salem. fions.the.
Sun Firw.office.• The total amount insured weer
S. IDOL, after which J. Crevasse emunitiatieu was,
resumed.
lie raid Bates held the policy while he hooked at
it its his hands, but he did not say how it was be
happened to have it about him.
Lt his crow-examination he acknowledged . the.
Prisoner suede uo ditlcutty of showing helm the
policy.
J. Toplis.appraiser to the Sun Fire-oltce.' went
Ole day after the fire to survey the Prisoner's house.
lie ifonud
.the quality of the furniture was very
mieerable ; the whole, including wearing apparel.
he valued at 1151. 13.., which was all that was to
twisty the insurance of 1,0001. on thole articles.
China and glass he valued at 91.7.., insured foe
100/. ; stock utensils and listing up he estimated
at 96/. Ss.. insured for 5001. Witness asked the
i.oner if he had Itot any thing. he replied he had
lust • portmanteau from under his bed, which con-
tained a quantity of silver plate,asid jewellery. the
value of which lie did not state. Witutas tben -told
him the circumstance. of the lire were so sue.
picions. that he did not imagine he would ever be
psi,' a farthing. lie replied it was a very bard
case. Witness believes it is the practice of the Suu
Fire.office to send a collector to see the sort of risk
to be ivaured, but not a surveyor to ifs a value.

Pzomened by Mr. Janke BErr.
The bed in the first floor appeared to have beet
in use, but no sheets were on it. The front and
back doors were the only outlets from the house;
the latter opened into a public passage. Mra.
Butes, ou • subsequent day, told hint that they had
afro lost some linen.

John Paulin, auctioneer, went over the house
with the last witness, whose valuation he confirmed.
Edward Griffiths, Mio.Tishme of Shadwell, stated,
that the beeriest of the Primmer's house had been
susper►ded for twelve months, for no misbehaviour
of the man, hut on account of same irregularity on
the part of his wife.

The case being closed for the prosecution, the
Prisoner was called upon for his defence. He
stated that when his license was stopped, lie with.
drew his entry from the Excise, and renamed the
spirits which he had on had to his distiller, and
the beer to the brewers; bet as he hoped to get Isis
license again, he had nut thought it worth while to
make any alteration in his insurance. He account-
ed for his wife and himself being absent from home
on the evening of the tire, by their having accom-
panied a friend of his nn business to come distance,
where they were detained by bad weather till a late
boor ; after which they returned to his friend's
house to supper, where he was when the fireman
carne to inform him his house had heen on fire.
The man told him not to hurry himself for the lire
was out, when he (the Prisoner) replied, 44 Good
God ! how did you get in, ss Mrs. Bates has got
the key ?" In conclusion he declared he was not su
the house after eight o'clock, and could not say
how•the tire had happened. Ile left the calling
and examination of his witnesses to hi. Counsel.
Elizabeth Rider, swore and examined by
Air. ALLEY..

She said she hadlivedas;serviint with the Pri.;
soiree' shout a year ago, and had since assisted as 1111
occasion4l servant. The fire-wood and coals were
always kept in the cellar ; there was a cat kept in
the house, which she s:lw the Looming after the fire
with a burn out its hack.
Crospexamined by Mr. ANDREWS.
‘SI:e went to live for three months at Mr. Jones's
after quitting the Prisoner's service. and now is
married and living with her husband. Mr. and
Mrs. Bates usually kept their clothes iu the hack
room, first fluor.

• Examined by Mr. Justere
The Prisoner •itad his wife were living in the
house at the tiine of the fire. They used to hare
sheets on the beds when she lived there.

W. Biddulph examined.-11e lives next door to
the Prisoner ; the people had been in the house
above an hour when he first ba w the cupboard-door
dour up stairs opened. The paper in the cupboard
appeared to have been recently on lire, sod, in his
opininion, the fire could not have been of more than
10 or 15 minutes continuance.

Cross•examitted by Mr. 11°1.Ln:up.
in Lis judgment he conside►rd it most probable
that the lire in the cupboard had been occasioned
by some accident, or otherwi+•e by the people who
were in the house. He was about two 3 ards from
the cupboard.
Examined by Mr. Justice REST.
The opinion he had given was formed now ■nd
not at the time. and it Was founded on the appear-
ance of the paper being only partially burned. He
could not say if it was burning or not when the
door was opened.
Re-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS.
He thought that if the paper had been alight
mote than ten minutes it would have been entirely
consumed. The Prisoner bore generally a good
Character.
R►chard Jones examined.—lle is a publican ;

•
while lie lived at Stepney Casiseway he took a pub.
be-house (the Samson urn! Lion). and intended to
go in nu the Gth June. Witness, in company with
his wife, called on the Prisoner at his home, by sp.
pointinent, at eight o'clock, to accompany witness
to the public-house he was about taking, to meet
the brokers upon that business, lie went into the
parlour, and thinks the Prisoner diJ not go down
to the cellar. They (Mn.. Bates, witness, and his
'lifer) went out by the front door, and Prisoner faa.
tened it after them, let himself out ley the back
door. and immediately joined them in the' street.
They l►eet went to the. S unson and Lion, where
they waited to ►ee the brisker. till half--past ten
o'clock, and were afterwards delayed by the bad
weather till half past eleven o'clock; when they
got to his house at Stepney Causeway. whew
they were at supper, when about half past
twe;lvie o'clock the fireman aunt and they leartwd
•tint Bates's house had been on fire. Bates and hie
had been in his company the whole of the time.
tic has known him for fifteen years, and he always
bore a load character.
etvas-examixed by Mr. kipanws.
hht. Bates went into byttitics atilt did not

necompany her hd4iiiallind the fireman. Botts
afterwards fetched he 4:"
Elisabeth Jose}, Wei& .6f the last wittreme
confirmed Isis teetinssui iu eve" pArrieula:.
dram other *isomer ware called, Wi a carrot*.
•vased their test Smeary.
JShn Kellt. alietionetti, • eifitrritiiiPd..i.;:rarolse
Months at° he drew tits an sitierinci.it tor t!
Smear, to dispose Of his hiumie so. noose (;eur4re A offer.
Dett• fer the sum .1 I,tveh t let siterworila lost hes
hems', and the home betettle Gkdty wyrtis Ety
think.
• John nos., a firefaan cT tte Nun Pit? Office.
Wag at the fire on the 511, June, anti P:aw ro; it
appeared to leave breu burned; the hair tvas oil, as
if a spark bed fallen on it. •
•A• greaetteusher of respictable per.o, s gatc thus
Prisoner an excellent. ehanktee,
Elizabeth Itider recallt.d.....fte knew that the
Prisoner had plate, which eras kept in a port-
utatsteau under the Lid.
Mr. Justice BUT summed up the esiderce with 1
his usual diveriunnurior.
The Jury retried lUr a gaunter of an hour.-a,ri
on their retoru delivered their verdict 11ot Gaihy.

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POLICE. I

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MAX141011•510VI g.
UTTERING FORGED NUILS.
A decent looking female, far adieus al in pregnancy. wi•ls
an infant at her breart and another child by her cde, ,544
4amight op at this office, and enelerweut an cianonatio.s
in a charge of having uttered a forged Bank at ihe
shop of Mr. Marglew, liurn•Jraper. This was the seemei
perms, within a week, who was brought before the Masts-
Irate by Mr. Maritime, charged wills basing uttered forged
meatiest his shop.
V. Cross, the Minimal' of Mr. Macglew, stated, that tie
Primate went into their shop on Friday evening last, sod
bought drapery to (lie amount of 165.; in payinssit she pro .
Dented a IL note, which the witness instantly perceived to be
a forgery. The witness gave Mr some and aildrews, "JameH,
Nu. Id, Windsor-terrace. City-road ;'' bet of, its Ming in-
timated to her that an officer would be sent with her to as-
certain whether her statement wait Init, she shelved
to make her eseap►, which was prevented. She after-
wards tantruml that it was not her address that she had
given, and said she hail no home.
Mr. Illarglew said, that he interrogated the Prisoner ae to
the manor in which she became possessed of the note. Slit
gave rations amounts, with which he If. rimed hr was to t
satisfied, and told her that she mast tell him the troth. Moe
al kegtb, after come hesitation, confessed that she bad been
deserted by her husband, who had left her totally demitnte,
with her two children, in the stale she then was; ilia
bad been severely primed by want, and could not obtaio
simlficiesit relief, and that whilst she was in that situation
a man had met her, who sold her some forged Heir, tha t
she gave him three shillings and aispetice for each one p.mn•l
note, sad five shillings for each elf those of larger amunnt.
On its being intimated to her 'that she would be skittered
ever to the hands of the law, she said she knew the conse-
quences, and was happy that she should he disposed of in
some way or other, :viol seemed eery iffilift.reat all to .ha
was to be done with her. She said she had no repair home
but slept any where.
Sitwell, the officer, who was seat for to take tip.
inure into custody, stated, that be searched her, but found
nothing upon her person except a few halfpence. lu her
bosom he found the. e night-cam which she said belonged to
herself and children.

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%Vile. Leeds, the Oink Inspector, ilierlsred the ;tele taken
from the Prisoner to be a forgery i■ every frspert.
The Lord Mayor 'stud the Prisoner if she wished to 'ay
any thing? She replied, she had nothing lu +ay. Upon it..
ing questioned, she staled, that the arenuot she had giaea of
herself to she Prose-crane was the truth Siie had two more
children, but who were old enough to take viol. of themselrei
were well situated in another part of the country.
The Prisoner was remanded for Nether (it imination at the
request of Mr. Rooker, the flank Solicitor, that the
might have au opportunity of inquiring into the C 5....

GUILDIIALL.
Yesterday a rcapeelable-looking elderly man was biuugl.t
up on a warrant, on a charge of forgery.
Mr.Srentrel Cox stated, that the Prisoner huh been in the
habit of selling good. on commission fur the hoilet of Rum.
char and Lee; and un settling his accounts will. theca et
the close of the year 1819, he gave them a bill of e►claoga
fur 49f. Its. drawn by hion-elf, and purporting to be accept-
er! by James Gregory, of flow; and nu iuqu•ry these was no
such person as James Gregory of Bow to he found, and that.
be (the witness) believed the acceptance to be the ham:-
writing of the Prisoner.
Mr. Alderman J. J. Swyett, the presailing Mazktrate, th-a
addressed tbe Prisoner, and said, be uneserstood it wit
wish to be remanded fur sig6l or ten days, to give him .sst
opportunity of obtaining witsis,ses front the country, e.
explain how the bill complaint d of bad come iota loot
possession.
The Prisoner answered, that be would consider it a favour
to he giant. ii that time.
Mr. H•nwca, Sulicitni for the prosecution, said, it woolsl
not take him more than two or :hree days' In g. t up the rase
of his client. In mentioning this lie was. far from wishieg
that the lime asked by the Prisoner should slot be grantee;
so far retina ir, that be would consent to Is:s having firth• r
time if he thought be could rebut the cbarge.

The worthy Alderman then remanded the Prieoner
neat Mouthy week, when he will be brought up for further
ramifies t mu.

WORSHIP PT* CRT.
Yesterday Joseph Wilfred Parkin., Esq. one of the She, lira
of Londoii, was summoned before Robert ft. viii, Esq. stsultr
a local Act of Parliament, entitles' the " Ihrlywell-stn, t
Act," for refusing to pay the toll at Shorediteh turripike.-
gate, fur which offence be rendered binsstlf liab!e to tl e
penalty of 401. conformably to the shove statute.
Mr. IVilliams attended on the part of the asters of the
and Mr. Under-Sheriff Pullen on the part of the De-
fendant.
William Billie, the collector of the 1011, stated, that on
the Bth of August, the Defendant in his state chartist plass,'
through the gate on his way to the Mermaid Txvres•, pt
flacksiey, where a meeting of the freeholders of Midsilimir
was held, fair the purpose of addressiug the Hoer,,, rod ef
which mrvtiug he was Chairmau, witness demanded Ir. fur
the toll, which demand the Defendant refused, ohrervir g itat
his same was Partin', anal that he was Sheriff of 1.6:i401.
consequently he was exempt from paying all turnpike.. Mi-
nts, explaiurd that it was a private trust, and no r sew uti ))))
could be claimed, however exalted Isis rank mirk b., not-
withstanding which the Defendant drove on. Wit teas had
uu other alternative than to adopt the prise:se Fencer dings.
Mr. Pullen contend. d, that as the Sheriff in hie offisial
situation was • representative of the King, he was eximi
when on public duty (which was the.case at that Ina) Item
paying toll at any trust whatsoever.
Mr. Williams said the Act of Parliament under which the
information was exhibited did not corm; t any lures", earn
the Kin himself; or if the tuforentinsi had been laid under
the General TUrsipike Art no person even then would he
exempt except the Royal Family, providing they were going
from Palace to Palace, others ise they most pay as other
individuals.
The case bring considered of great intricacy soil impost
mice to public officers of his Majesty, IMO her question :4,144,
as lu whither the meeting above alluded to ass of that vic-
tors as to exempt his Muje►ly's calicoes. Suite argot:mot
arose upon that poise.
Mr. Bevilt, the Magistrate, said, the letter of the law was
imperative; but if he (Mr. Pullets) cools! point out aim
clause which walla exempt the Defendant, he would ad
harpy to abide by it. He considered the ease of vast ins.
port, therefore was anxious not to make say premolar de.
(Mims till the parties bad sulkiest cisme to examine 160
'Salutes.
The nee was is eoseirquesee poolroom%) fee to thes 'Jest-
ing ea a future day.

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