The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-06-24 00:00:00

POWER OF FANCY.

A consultation of seven Physiri•ns, together with Surgeon
Richards, was held on Thursday evening, upon • very rr.
spectahle Priest, from the county of Galway, who, 011 Ins
Malin to towu upon some business of his owl,, was ie.
quested, by the head of • respectable family, i &oboe in 'lost
county, to convey with him a very large sum of nu/114'y for
certain put poses, which, the Gentleman was ciiiitidt ut, he
could not place in more secure bands. So careful was thl
Priest of his trust, that having, on the road to town, brought
it fur security about his pt rson to bed, he fancied, in the
course of the night, that a person stood over him with a pis-
tol in his hand, demanding the money, whirls was the entire
subject of his thoughts. Determined to protect himself atid
the motley from the supposed 'Other, he made a surt.ten h ow
at the imaginary pistol with such forue that be iinfortumitely
struck his arm against the bed-post so violently as to
titre it, and render ampistution necessary. Tlo unforionate
Clergyman had respicsted 48 hours time to consoler whe-
ther or not he should submit to a sacrifice, whirls for es, r
renders him unfit for an office, that, in his earl• days, los
had solemnly bound himself• to perform Cur 14-
paschal

The Her. William O'Connor, of the Atieusiiiiian Order,
whose case we alluded to yesterday, had his left urns stow',
tared by Surgeon Richards. The f,lluwing Gentili:li is at-
tended as friends, with their usual kindness sod
viz. Surgeons Collis, Crampton, II Dugan, *Del moo ,
and Dr. Healy. He soillersent the operation with Christisii
fortitude and manyr resolution; au we are hippy to soar.,
that the Reverend Gentleman is doing well. The a•m was
arid fur dissection to the College of Surgcons.—(ibill.)

NATURAL CURIUMITY.—A singular and ran
Curiosity, well worthy ll* eitletit• of the ',muralist,
has recently been pick, d up at Ara, tiiiti iv 110 W in
the lioesititsititi of Mr. 01.cl1. irtierniiit. at I iviwiel.„
it is deseritred iu liftricles Ilistorycf Biros (vol. n.
page 309), in an extract hr,in Gerord't Herbal,
published in 1597, and is called the Kirolacle tree,
or tree bearing geese. The shell is amnia' to that
or a muscle. but composed of tive ditfen lit pans,
and attached to the wood by a neck, rtsettibling
the windpipe of a chick, four or five it,' hes 111
length ; and, notwithstanding the molly titii.ilreck
which hang to a few inches of the tire. the resem-
blance to part of a fowl may he seen d siMictly tuna
each shell. A few years sioce one of these woudrr.
ful curimaties ot nature was exhibited 111 London,
and attracted much attention,

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LAW IXT,ELLIGENCE.

COORt Of eN.4l4itEllY. lageoues tin;
Ttles•At. Jumz

The Contt war orcutord "he whole of jhr day in
htarnsesitotiuus ut tao 'tartest sterria to the petters
tusturintril.

COURT or ICIROI BENCH. Wisiln4NA.
aIoSDAY, Just U.
Sasings after Terme. Inlore lb% :fiance AllSoit
and Juries.

• NEAMINT O. ZINO.
This was en union nn a WI of Itehine fir
51i/. Is. Al. drawn in Ireland, by if peraiin of rite
wine of EaL;leton, c care, r and gslaiir, and accented
by the D-reinlatit, Mr. J. King. in wiyinesit of
611 for tilting up Belvidere-house, which the Coon.
tea of Lariealtoritugh, the wife o 7 the Defendant,
took poss.tesittis or, to consequence of the death
lwr retailer, the Earl of Belvidere, in Miy 1813.
The Dill W. 14 endoised over to Ergleton by the int.
beta Plaintiff
The ImA-writing or the parties to the bill having
been provril.
Mr. ToPPING, for the Defendant, contended.
that the word sterling, stated in the dories-on:to.
meant sterling money of Great Britain, whereas
the 101 l realy was given for SW. Irish currency.
he conceived to be a variance. which must
prevent the Plaintiff from succeeding in the action.
Mr. Justice Assorr reserved the point fu* future
emends. ration.
Evidence was then adduced, to prove tN;t the
Defendant was at Belvidere-house,• iu Dublin,
about the time the bill was given.
The Jury, under the direction of the Learned
Judge, found a verdict for the Plaintiff, fur the
amount of the bill, with interest. •
The Defendant is at liberty to move for a ttoo
snit, in order that the legal objection taken by Mr.
TOPPING, *Boy be discustied.

RAMSAY v. DUANGIS AND OTNEN3.
Mr. GURNEY stated that this was an action to re-
cover a compensation .n damages fur an assault and
false imprisonment committed by two offiteis of the
Sheriff of Middlesex.. If the tnspri.o 1111 l rot arre
in owed, the question would he, whether the Plaisiiiff
had escaped out of. the hands of the Sheriff. Mr.
Thunsay kept, fur a coilaitterable period, a respecta-
ble seminary at Muswell-hill. He woo arrested itt his
house--when Mr. Kiel; his solicitor, on the 17th' of
February, 1817. govettlirbilfiff: in 'undertaking
that bail wonlel. bar put-inftsisailtsseaireepted. Mr.
Ramsay was, in cOniiquefic6lfooeil to proceed to
town on Isis pony. lie remained to London for a
few daysonid returned tphis boosr on the 17th of.
March, in conseqiwtice of his wife's delic..te
fske;* • btUte of tw4101." Thi: • iviutit lie einerett the
house he was .isirestitF.: tiffs 'tusliitil into
C 172 • his lady's chanahor,....
_gig; licr.situts.
lion, and drsgded hint`, 4Stit;
to bokloo, sod- lAged• jes the g-linusetof
%Vilson, the Sheiiffitivelleet,•:.in ' ‘l"atwitle-catirt.-
: Mr. Noel and two frie.nderol4ll
twthr.• o'clock the same 4gW. they silSt'd the
bull-hood. and the Plaintiff obtained Ilia liberty,
on buil. 'Phis was the case. If the Plaintiff Itwl
improperly left the custody of the h•uhtit, on the
17th of February. they were justified in taking
Lim again—bat, if the.undertaking had .been ac-
cepted. then. 'tieing and ion-
pri-oning hits, iryy d eYOil, of out ithlawftil act.
It was for .the Jury. Illty
case was made 00y1-6. jill4 Stich 51a0Nixes; us ttry
eunerlyril justice • rinaudrd. •
Mr. Not I was then called, • wbo proved that the
undertaking was accepted by the Bailiffs, who re-
ceived St as a doneevr. They permitted the Plain-
tiff to proceed to London, forty minutes before they
quitted the house.
The airliner bet up was, that the Plaintiff escap-
ed nut of custody, he having been regularly tures,-
ed at the outte.of tone of his creditors—hut the state-
ment was not substantiated by evidence.
The Jury returned a verdict fur the Plaintiff—
Dainagt 5/.

(LI) B.4ILEY SESSIONS,
TUESDAY, Juin 23.

Jobe Weems was capitally uttlicted fur stealing a hoot,
valor le,t u gumeas, in lb. doelltug-bouse of J. Owen, his
op. sty.
The Prosecutor is a licensed victualler, residing in Clare-
market ; the toot was of a singular shape, and he purchased
it as ■ !•rise hoot, for the purpose of &Whiting it at a shil-
ling each person, The Prisoner and another Wall called to
inputs it, sod shortly after they bad guile away, the hoot
was tnioad, sod the Pr:wmer's wife brought it back
The Prisnner's wife mit being present, the Recorder di-
rer,. d in acquittal.
Joist Conway was capitally indicted for stealing a watch,
•aloe 4tis. and upwards, the property of Thomas Dour, in
the ilwelling.house of George Metcalf.
The Jury found her Guilty of gusting to the amount of
3Ps

EU:whelk Goldfwg was capitally indicted for privately
'haling, in •be shop of H. J. Stubbs, several yards of lace,
i • properly
The Jury• found her Cathly of stealing, but not privately.

John Payne was found Guilty of steeling a liumile.coky.
tain.ng linen and articles of wearing apparel, the gooklyf
W.lion.
John ll'eller was indicted far stealing; on the 10th
els I,ve rabbits, the property of James Ursivin
Ann Sharplen Blood indicted for stealing Si) yards of li-
mit+, the property of John Flaaning. The Pri..ecutiir is a
lieu draper, living in St. Giles's and the Prisoner came to
bi- .b.sp under a pretence of pnrcisesing linen ; instead, how.
rv. r, of as Ain; anyluirebear, sloe concealed time linen in
yarct under her she wI.
Thomas Hopkins was the principal evidence against her,
A.. 1 on mounting the viiiness.huv,-the Recorder looked hint
'oat he was, and was answered very.pompously, " I am
principal superintendent iu Mr. Manning 's tuucerii its
Bluumsbuty."
The Rummy* looked astonished, and said," In !rshal)"

The alines., repeated his rue trier ohs rrvatimi, and woe 1i,i141
wgain ackett by the Rfeuerli.r. he repented it with this die-
•• in Itroad•sireel, St Gilrea •
l'lrr Itvcoaurit—' UL! thew the plain of it ie,
hies you are a shopniate."—(A load witiw
then pmreefted in a leas pompons manors to &tail e%..
deuce, which was couclusiveagaioat the
found Guilty.
CHARGE OF CHILTISTEALINC.

Rridgel was .utheted fur caroling a: ny Atarrtrt
DuriN n female t bud of the PO of two years, iutrot to
deiolve thr varents of the same., ant in a urrontl count with
intent io .t.al the cloth's of the fetid (Wet. Sev..r.tl reupect-
al,h. people pale bet an excellent ell.oracivr.—Anf ad!ty.

ntGA

rvr dulrrul•.rrpiug with

Harries Pitcher, Ins bnful wife, Sarah Chillers, being at '
that WOW
Timms. Jones Gnitetl, Mat he was the pariGh eleyk at
UnekitighninGtnee, in the year 11689. lie pro.
'Nord She resnaar of the biarti mes .4 that year, Gad the
ruin, of a marriage 'nieces John Stromley, the Prisoner,
and IfGrA (inhere,. Wsinew war preset at the marriage,
and knew the Primmer. to be the Game maw.
Wm !insole was at the twarriAs. ; Ranh Chiltern was alive
1.0 Greeli• Goner; h« Gist h r Oil the 3.l of May.
Harriet Pitcher said she knew the Prisoner I abe married
him Gni ski I.af fish llll4, st M. Pisani Chianti;
she had not the ',lightest tiolistu of his being at the time a
man ieel nuns.
Hunter 'WI nut uwkr any defence, but in his behalf
Ms. Mush, c 'llea Wm PillGford,tm. of Hackney, with
wh 1111 l the Pa Wooer lived as coaeittntin, mot be give hint an
encellent ammeter; be had herd wills him for leer year., and
was prlGctly maw. honest, and Melina/inns, mud bit fur Ibis
offence he thoseht him a scowl weather of social.
The /wry, without the slightest hesitation, pevooineed the
Triseaer Gailty. Aged 30.

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