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sorry ; and, ifinaking an apology fa her and her mistress would
satisfy, he was ready to du it; but he hoped the business would
be carried no farther, as he was a man with a large family,
hay M., a wife and si.r children.
The Lord Mayor told him, that his story, so far from pal.i
Hating, highly aggravated the circumstances of his offence to-
wards a poor unprotected girl, of whom it was his duty,-as the
father of a numerous family, to be the protector and guardian,
instead of the insulter and violater. His Lordship therefore
held him to bail, to take his trial for the assault ; and, at the
same time, bestowed :Oust and. warm COMUICIOa ion on the tie •
coming modesty, fortitude, and good conduct of the girl, and ois
the kind and humane support she received from her present mia4
tress on this occasion.

GUILDHALL, DCC. 16.
Yesterday came on to he heard, the arguments on an informa-
tion lodod by Mr. Hague, an A ituroey, against Mr. Wood 4
fall, Printer. under the Act of hi, preent Mstjest., " For Lb.
better ',revelation of treasonable, seditious, and immoral publi-
cations, ' which obliges printers, under a penalty of vOl. to re`
gister their printiog-houses, to LAIL their names to all publica-
tions printed by them respectively, to retain one copy of each
,itittilicatiou so printed, together with the tnanusert pt. and to
`write thereon the name of the person by whom they may tar
mployed, that the same may be produced in evidence before&
e agistrate, in support of any, information Itulged in such case.
information in this case was brought by Mr. Hari*
against Mr. Woodfall, not upon alleged grounds of any thing
of a treasonable, Jeditions, or immoral tendency in the matter
printed (which was a sort of eiiigmatical prospectus to a peri-
odical pamphlet, proposed to he published, re>pe,ctiog inn
author of vermin anon, mous letters Idris have lately appeared
in print, under the signature of .‘ An Eit,gliehteae," fillet:Ong
oil the state of the British army), hot merely under an allega-
tion that 11 r. Woodfall had printed the prospectus, and had
not Mil Ned his name thereto, as by law required.
After hearing Mr. Wigley, ou the part of the informer, and
..Mr. Carney, on that of Witatlfall. the Magistrate was
pleased to quash the information for the present, not upon the
merits of the case, whirls were not argued, but pril, Pie
upon the informality in the pleadings as urged by :ste. ;mtey.
After the defendant's counsel, Mr. Curacy, and
withdrew, Mr. Hague signified his determination to proccea
with five other new iuformations against Mr, NVoudfall ; and
Mr. Wigley, his Counsel, moved the Magistrate who now took
the chair, Alderman Sir Matthew Bloxhion, for a fresh sum-
otorsto Mr. Woodfall upon another ground. namely, to cult
upon him to produce the printed copy he was hound to retaivi
together with the manuscript, and the name •of the party who
had employed him, under the penalty hf WI. upon default.

Mr. ilsigue said, he had to propose an alternative which would
free Mr. Woodfall from all farther trouble or difficulty in the
case, if he would now make affidavit that he was not employed
directly or indirectly by the Duke of Sussex to print this pa•
per, or that the Duke of Sussex bad ao knowledge of the mat-
ter, he would relinquish all farther proceedings against bins.
Mr. Dillon, although he was uut of Counsel for Mr. Wood-
fall, yet, as amicus curie.. begged leave to observe, that al-,
though his Learned Friend, Mr. Wigley, professed not to call
for such documents as those stated fur his own information, %et
it was obviously for the purpose of iullueneing the judgment of•
the Magistrate, and to cull on Mr. Woodfall to produce es Wetter
for his own critnination, in order to harass him by new info!.
mations. lie could say, on the part of the illustrious Duke for
whom he attended, that he could have no wish to interrupt the
operation of the law, or to sanction any concealment that could
have tech a tendency.

Sir Matthew Bloxham, however, thougbt he could not decide
upon the case, without the flolle.t evidence being before him, au4
therefore agreed to issue the =mons for Mr. %Vomit...ll, as in ()-
posed by Mr. Wigley.

The farthrr heario was then postponed till Thursday newt,
uoticeof which was to be communicated to his !loyal
the Duke of Sussex, in order that be way attend.

We would recommend to Carpenters, Builders, Printer's-
Joiners, &c. a Business in the above branches, established up-
wards of fifteen years, in a central situation in the City, which
is now to be disposed of, the present occupier ;,Diu; 11110 auotheo
line. immediate possession may be had. I'ni•tiri:iara be
known of Mr. Roberts, Timber-merchwq,
Rear llattou•garden, Ilulboru.

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