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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

visuals, and that man who would feel it the greatest crime to
cheat his neighbour of one tarthing, bud no objection to
draw what t‘licy could from the public purse ; thus it
becomes necessary to arm the Pubic with stronger powers to
detect and convict in such cases, and it became the more neces-
sary to inflict exemplary punishment upon the offender.
Mr. Jek?,!, on the saint side, observed, that in times like the
present, economy and integrity on the Fa of the servants of
the Public was peculiarly necessary, an i unless. offences like
this was detected and punished, the evils to the Public would
become enormous, he therefore Doped he did not put it too
strong on the part of the Public, in trusting that the Court would
visit this offence with severity.
The Court then ordered the defendant to be committed to
the King's Bench Prison, to be brought up again for final judg-
ment on the last day of Term (Thursday next).

sons were. She was eteeriag direct fur the coast of Holland-a•
and upon examination aiateea passengers were found son board;
they were all Germans except one, who was a Frenchman.
They also found on hoard 4til.als. 6d. in the gold coin of the
Realm—a quantity of foreign gold, gold drops, emeralds, and
other articles of trade; and discovered that sonic bags of gold
had been thrown oveibiaird, and also that they had on board a
quantity of letters for the Continent. There was no trade spe-
cified in the license, except fishing alone. This, therefore, was
an illegal voyage, and the Admiralty was justified in detaining
these persons.
The Court, upon this, ordered them to be remanded.
CHARGE OF A RAPE. •
Mr. Searlett moved for a Writ of Habeas Corpus, to brim* up
the body of Mr. Thomas Deers, who had been committed to
the jail of I.ancaster upon a charge of a rape,salleged to have
been committed on the person of one Elizabeth Stowell.
The affidavit, in support of this motion, stated, that the pro-
secutrix's mother kept a hoarding house at Liverpool, where.
Deers lodged for about two years, but having taken a small
house for himself in Liverpool, the prosecutrix proposed going
to live with him as servant, until he could provide himself with
one, to this he assented, amid, accordingly, on the taath of Sep.
teniber last, she came home to his house. In three days after
the parties slept together, and this way frequently afterwards
repeated, until the 10th of October, when sin gave notice of
quitting him, alleging, as her excuse for leaving him (and no
other), that she was goirg to Ireland with her mother, and oat
the day she lett him (the lOth) she prepared his breifklast, made
the beds, and cleaned out the rooms, and then went away
without making any complaint, or giving any intimation what-
ever of her intentions. On the 17th of October he was taken
up, on a v; arrant dated the 16th, and committed t.) prison upon
this charge. It appeared aiso, that the prosecutrix's mother
and sister had been frequently at I.3isers's.house, about the pay-
ment of a bill, between the
mate
of the 10th and 16:11, and do
-mention whatever was made of the circumstance, or any insi-
nuation of improper conduct on his part. It further appeared,
upon the affidavits of an Attorney's Clerk, at Liverpool, and
another person, that, previous to this time, the pro,ecutria
was considered, by ttem, as a girl of loose manners and
cunduct.—Rule granted.

VI riThESDAY, NOV. (27.

THE KING V. HOSEASONT.
Mr. Parke showed cause against the Rule obtained in this
cause, calling upon ti defendant, a Magistrate of Norfolk. to
show cause why a Criminal Information should not be filed
against him, for misconduct in his office as a Magistrate. The
complaint upon which the Rule was grant, d, stated, that a lad
named Gueval Baddely, wa's engaged in the service of Mr.
Hoseason, as a labourer in husbandry, and, upon a complaint of
Monteith, his own Bailiff, he acti..,l as a Maerstrate in his own
cause, and committed the lad to Swain-am jail for a mouth,
and to be whipped.
In answer to this, Mr. Parke produced the affidavit of Mr.
Hoseason, Mr. Monteith, and several other persons, in which
Mr. Hoscason stated, that he considered the lad as the serva.:t
of Monteith, who had the hiring, payiNg, and dismissing of all
the labourers, and when he cot:it-Otte-41 hint on the coniplaint of
Monteith, he thought he regularly took cognizance of the mat-
ter, as upon the complaint of a master kraiii,t his servant. He '
then detailed a number of circuinstanr,4 of the misconduct of
the lat', and that there was no other Magistrate near to take
cognizance of his conduct.
After Mr. Atbritcy-Go:cral had he'n .heard in reply, Lord
r.LLFNMOROUGn very much reprobated the conduct of a Magi-
.- in sitting as.a whet; in substance he was the accu-
. ~ ; but in considering all the cirrumstances of the present case,
thought the Rule should be discharged, the defendant paying
all costs.—Rule discharged.
THE KING V. THF. JI'STICES OF SUFFM..K.
Mr. Carney moved fora Rule to show cause why a mandamus
should not issue to the Magistrates of the county of SAO*,
commanding them to tender the oaths and receive Cie declara-
tions under the Toleration Act, i W. and M. a. (2. C. 18, of
Leonard I.llington, who had been six months dissenting teacher
of a congregation at Mitton-hall, in that county. This the Ma-
gistrates had refused to do, without assigning any reason; awl
the applicant could not be other ise exempted from the pains
and penalties of certain statutes of Ch. 11.-4tule to show cause
granted.

TIMRSDAY., N0V.128.

THE WING POTTINGER AND BOOIMRST.
The defendant's in this case were this day braujint ty for
judgment.