The Sun.
London, England, 1801-12-09 00:00:00

DEAL, Dec. 8,

ARRIVED the Hildin Frigate, from a CrUiZe ;
Iljawa, ditto; and Deptford Navy Transport, frog;
Portsmouth ; the latter has sailed for the. River.

Admiral Sir J. E. WARREN yesterday attended
at the Admiralty.

The Lords of the Admiralui have ai)pointed Mr,
DolovAN Lieutenant of the St. Antonio.

A Squadron, consisting of the Windsor Castle, 01
98 guns, Temeraire, of 98, 4a Jude, of 84, and
the Resolution, Vengeance, and Majestic, of 74P
was, on the 29th ult. lying in Bantry Bay, vic-
tualled and stared for six months, and in complete
readiness for sea. The Squadron is under the com-
mand of Vice-Admiral MITcHELL, whq lvd re-
ceived sealed orders, but its destination was supe
posed to be Jamaica. It has probably sailed before,
this time: Rear-Admiral cAmi.BELL is second is
command,

Yesterday the Lord-Mayor was waited. upon ar
the Mariiion,House, by the Master and Vivaiden9
of the Bakers' Company to set the assize of Bread,
when his Lordship, after examining the. Meal'
weighers' Reports, ordered_ the price and weight
of bread to' be as follows, which will Commence
and• take place to-morroW,
•
The Peck Loaf„ Wheaten to, lb;; f.
Weigh r 17 6 .0 and sold for 3
Ditto, Houshold , - • 17 6 03 51.
The Half Peck ,Loaf, Wheatell $ ;1 o I II:
Ditto, 11011gbOid - - Blt •••••-••••••... I
The Quartern Loaf, Wheaten 4 5 S 11
Ditto, HOushold 4 5 S
Halt:7•quariern, Wheaten 22 I 2 '• 51:
Ditto; Houshold • • 2 II
The Penny Wheaten Loaf, is to weigh scz.
Ditto, Houshold, to weigh - - 6 tz.
The Twopenny Loaf, Wheaten, is to weigh 11 13
Ditto, Hcatshfild, -
The Threepenny Loaf, Wheaten 7 I lb. i II
Ditto, Houshpld _ 4 4 5
Which said assize the Master and Wardens of
the cotripny of Bakers are enjoined to see
kept. •

Lord kigt4vo* has been so much indisposed evo
since Satgrday last, that he has been unable to pre.,
side in the Court of King's Bench,‘ Mr. Justice Li;
B&Arrc has sat for him, His Lordship, we ate
happy_ to learn, is upon the tecovery.
It was stated some time ago, that at the Opera
at Paris, the Chief Consul had sent for Lord Ittorytw.
to his Box, and received him sitting. Loma 11-11.0-4 F.
and some f the Gentlemen attached to the Englis4
Embassy being in a Box opposite, a message Nvas. •
delivered that .the Chief Consul wished to see then/
in his Box. They accordingly attended the viz.,.
mons---BoxAPARTE, without rising, said to Lord
BRUME, " I have taken the liberty of requesting,
to see your Lordship, merely to express my high
sense of your father's distinguished merit--I will'
not longer detain your Lordship." Lord 840.`4*
and his companions bowing, of course retired.

The following Paragraph we copy with satisfa.
tion, from a respeCtable Dublin Paper ; fc One 9.
the most common efforts of the Seditious of Irelan4
in the cause of, Treason, was to calumniate the gal-
lant Soldiery of Great Britain, who volunteered
their services in this Country. We cannot foti,'c
the accumulation of enormities which Lord Mole?was so far imposedfelon, as to retail for truths ,
the Parliaments of both. Kingdoms, nor the decisive
contradiction which those misstatements met frog
the firmness and sagacity, and. superior informatOP.•
of Lord CLARE. Since the suppression of the gc:
hellion, the same spirit of falsification has been v.
work ; and we have seen with pain and disgust, tll6.
mischievous industry, with which the British 17encv
ble and Militia Forces have been slandered in vari'
ous publications. It becomes every man of honours
who possesses the means of refutation; to overtill
and expose those calumnies ; and it is not a little
to the credit of Sir WATKIN W. of tb6
Ancient Britons, that he has stepped forward nits
such a subjea, to contradiet a wicked and unfouna`
'ed attack upon the brave and Loyal Corps which'
with so much honour and advantage to thit Conntl
he commanded threaghout all the most difficult an
dangerous moments of the Rebellion." s.-
,19
Artaxrrxer, supported by Mrs. BILLINGT"
great powers, was again attended by a very raver'
.ous audience last night at Drury-lane Theatre.':i
.Her M.v:danc really appeared with new graces, and
the Songs were sung with the most captivating el‘''
cellence.

Shylock, and Sir Areby Sarcasm, were per
formed by COOKE last night, at Covent Garde'
Theatre, probably for the last time this season,
order to give way to the variety of dramatic novel".
ties which are forth-coming.
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Mrs, CRAWFORD was sixty-eight years of --qC
When she made her exit from " this wide and. Ol'
versal theatre, the world," in which she acted W 1 J.
such distinguished merit, that more '' pomp aq
splendor" might have been expected to atterul he
departure from the last aweful scene.
The proposal of abrogating the Assiwe is m.
approved in the neighbourhood of St. Gilts's;
Where they say, that nothing will he watitifig
je
their happiness now but the destruClion of t'
Quarter Sessions.
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the Head of Farming Society of Ireland :—" Se'cris
Class, the only two beasts produced in this
were not considered to have .tiflicient merit
title them to be slauKi-tered. - Eighth Class, t° 'tbe
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COURT of KtNG's BENCH, DFC, S.
TI CGS BEFORE MR. JUSTICE LE EL,INC IN
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was an aaion for' damages for. slander;
t ,the Defendant spoke certain words, stated in
elJeclaration, importing that the Plaintiff was
Nerson of fair fame and modest charaae'r, but the
horning
intending to injure her, &c. said of and
stance
her, certain things, stating them ; the
it of which was,. that she was totally desti-
e of chastity, and that the Defendant himself
;1/41 taken the most indelicate liberties with her,
c That the Plaintiff was about to be married
LtYoung marrof the-name of Francis Kelly, but
Lt in consequence of the slander of. the Defendant
lost that marriage; &c. .
ellle Defendant-pleaded not
,guilty,and also a
ttacation ; that is, that the words he spoke were
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kMI.. GARROW said, that he was of Counsel in
Lt_t case for the Plaintiff Barbara Jones, who had
71 under the necessity of bringing this adion
{east the Defendant to recover such damages as
Jury should think she was -entitled -to, under
a.,
~'-‘llristances which were painful fo him to relate.
{hey had arrived now near the conclusion of Sit-
"'g which had been long and laborious to the.
Y, in which they had, in his opinion, and he
confident he was speaking the sentiment of the
Tole Profession, who had attended, given such
ias as satisfied the justice of the various cases
a, '
'1.41'.-11 came before them. In doing this, the Jury
a:t discharged their duty well ; he was
,persuaded
Y would do so in this case. he had to repre.
a' to them the interest of a young-woman, who
'‘to be ruined -for the remainder' of her life, or
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4 reteaed by their. verclia. He would not,
A lite his lips by using the very language which
aiis stated on the Record, and stated only be-
r,„ Ct u'e the condu of . the Defendant .had made it
'etssary it should be there stated. The Plaintiff
ell. a young woman who had no means of sustaining
erLelf, but by her reputation, and if she did not
'eeed in this a&ion, . she must be turned out, and
i?.%tne a wanderer 'and vagabond for the rest of her,
;tefor into no house of decency could she ever after
17allowed to enter, for if what the Defendant had
SIE4 of her was true, she.not only was destitute, of
'4stity, bur absolutely. one of the -most profligate
~,,rilen upon earth. Such was the substance of
,rit the Defendant had.said of her. This he had
teittd to justify on the Record. Ile said it Was
at''.e. If he proved what he said, there would be'
Nl of the case; for if he proved it, he would be,
Titled to the verclia of the Jury. If he did not prove
' the Learned Counsel said, helnew the Jury too
S'll, to doubt. they would resent his conded. He
membered hotelthe case of the Captain of the East in-
was determined by them. That Defendant had.
f,recii to justify what he did (when he-beat uninerci_
i
, i,, Y 1 fellow-creature who was in'his power),by aase,
'ol,there was a, mutiny on board the ship, that the,
r'lltltiff was a&ive in promoting it, and therefore
oight upon himself what he complained of, but.
ti:',.faileel in proyihg what he had
,alledged, and
eTttefore theJuty, under the diredion of the leoltD.
th lEF JIATICEi gave that 'Plaintiff 3001.' more
than he can receive from the unfortunate state of
eki ?leading, and'this the Jury gave because, the.?
t that the Case was aggravated by the attempt
e'tCh had been-made to justify it. That. was a
ia'e only of Assault-and False Imprisonment, and
that was aggravated by the attempt-to justify it,
it,
"t was to be said of the case of a man who had
141°,stbasely slandered the charaEter of a woman,
4- '', attempted to deprive her of its value by taking
'ay the reputation.ofher chastity ? s .
i-he Plaintiff in this Anion was a Maid Ser.
eltit, and let nobody suppose that she • was there,
if,re, the less entitled to damages ;, she was more
t;tlt)ed to damages, because she was a Servant,
1t this Slanderer had said what he had of a person
the higher walks of life; in the neighbourhood
liampstead, *here this was f said, .thi .. slander'
it'uld of course have fallen to the. groU6d . without
hjng any, injury,„becadse every body AvOuld have
to
it to be false; but unfortunately we lived,
an age' in which female servants were but too
z,tich exposed to, and to ofteh alte.viainis of the
le t' -of seddlidn; therefore to say any thing,that
has injurious to the chastity of a servant, maid,
t 4,1 to take front her the means whereby 'she could
l, ain an honest livelihboci . While 'single] and to
rut the door against all. chance 'of her being muss
Iced 40 any man of credit. This the Defendant had
:id of the Plaintiff.' He had accused her, net only
ktithe most wanton,. but also of the most, indecent
e 3 of lewdness, and that publicly, in the most
w'dalaus manner. They should hear-it from the
witnesses. Now he should state who the Parties'
aere in this Case. The Plaintiff was the maid-
kevant of a respeCtable house, near Hampstead,,
Sby a Gentleman at tile name-of Corpe--,he
4,1,4 a the daughter of 'a farmer, as he understood, in
i' tQrShire and she had lived' in her present place
or /
al ')lx .years last past ;stwo of her sisterslived with
ter branch of the same family, with the brother
I,,Mr. Corpe, and a more modest or .discreet ser-
emtlt these Gentlemen and their families never had-,
is tae they were ready to testify froin the experience
14 !ix years ; and yet this Defendant, in all the.
aettems ways in which he could attack thin young
i Alan's reputation, did so, notcOntent with say-
t that
at she was not chaste, but he determined to de-
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°Y her roof and branch,by saying of her such things
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if true, took away from her all idea -of modesty
eemale virtue, which if proved,. would of course
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latt.i her into the World as an outcast from decent
piety, for she could not, after proof of it, be per-
oaa
t!le ,ei to stay one hour where she was, nor could
t, °e taken in any *here amongst decent people ;
V;,•° this occasion there were Special Damages.--
lat:itude, it. had been observed often, was no in-
taeLtance, and, therefore, prudent Servants, when
a' Y hadgot a little money, thought of settling as
delti,l as they could, in marriage._ This young ~.v0t-
,,,,.`) was courted .by a yotung man of the name of
'lal-cl3 K-elly, a' Servant-of .a family in the neigh-
tt}(3od, and esteady, sober young man. He had
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the Defendant had said;that he had Mat' 'Married her.
[Here Mr. G.,iateiw recitedsoMe of the particu-
lars which, the Defendant had said of the Plaintiff,
but *lnch we shall not re'peat, as the material'eari
Will cope in the evidence, and even in that detail,
we shall shun every Offensive expression.]
The Defendant justified all, this. 'He said it was
true. If he proved it, there was an end of the case.
If he did not, the Jury would .recollect that, affluent
as they might be at this dar,they knew not how soon
some of the branches of their families might-be-
ccne Servants ; such was the vicissitude of human
affair's, at all times, more especially the present
time ; and, indeed, he knew striking instances of
the truth of what, be said upon this. occasion, and so
did many of his friends around him, in which some
Females, who.' had been; well educated, had been
obliged to seek their bread in the service, of a re-
spcaable family, The Defendant had the good for-
tune to be decended- by an, Advocate who would do
all he could for him, and that was more than any
body else;—possibly he would tell the Jury, amongst
oilier thing's, that his Client was a beggar. Now,
he would take the liberty of saying, that was no
answer to this action. He would venture to tell
the Jury, that they ought not to liSten to that suge
gestion. He would tell them, that if this man•was
a beggar, and could pay no Damages, it would not be
just in the Jury .to think of that—they should be
just towards the party injured without looking at
the consequences. If this man was unable to •pay
any. damages himself, he should borrow it of a
friend,. if any .such he had, for indeed he did not
deserve-to have one : if he had none, let him go
• to jail,-and give sttisfitaion, which wicked men do,
by the imprisonment of his body; such was the law
of this land, and wisely so, otherwise a beggar
Might slander' any body with impunity. _ The Jury
were. to give the rule of action in these eases,
They were to tell theiPublic, whether slander was
.ro become the Order of the Day among Servants.
If they did not proted the virtue of Servant-maids,
it would too soon be thought not to be worth pre-
serving, and indeed it would appear of little value
if Juries should, by their verdiets, say it was not
to.be proteded. There was one observation which
he had.forgotteti to Make : it would appear that
this Defendant had Offered money to a fellow-la_
•bourer of his, for lie was a day workman, for say-
ing he knew the Defendant had taken liberties with
the Plaintiff. That sh9uldStill enhance the reckon-
ing. •
It appeared by the evidence of Mr. Benjamin
Corpe; that•the. Plaintiff had been upper-maid at
his house at North:End for six years ; and by the
evidence of his. brother, Mr. Richard Corpe, that
her two sisters lived, the one five, arid the other
four years, -with him. The Pleintiff's Counsel
could only call theseGeotlemen and ask these que-
stions ; it was left to the discretion of the Defen-
dant's Counsel to pursue the examination into the
charader of the Plaintiff or nor. Mr. ERSKINE
did not ask either of them a- question. •
Richard Mackey, a servant in the family of Mr.
Saint George, at Hampstead, said, he knew the
Plaintiff Barbara Jones, and that he knew also a
young man of the name of Kelly, who was Lady's
footman. He proposed to marry Barbara Jones.
He said he knew the fad. from the intercourse be-
tween him and them ; he had seen 'them often to-
gether ;. they appeared very attentive to one ano-
ther, with a view-to marriage. He knew the De-
fenant John Strutt ; had- heardhim say that he had
taken liberties with her, saying, " she has taken
me 'drunk On her back. up stairs to- Mr. Corpe's.
bed, where I lay with her." At this time the De-
fendant knew very well that Kelly was courting
this girl. •
Francis Kelly, a servant in the family of Mr.
Saint George, at Hampstead, being sworn, said—
I and a footman in the family of Mr. Saint George.
I know Barbara Jones, Mr. Corpe's servant. I
paid her particular attention ; my intention towards
her• Was to the way of marriage.. I was fully det%
tetmined to . marry her. I know John Strutt. He
has spoken to me many things about Barbara Jones,
its consequenee of which I certainly could not think
of" marrying her, for I could' not marry a person of
such a diameter. I did not go to her after that :
'and- my not going was inconsequence of that.
In the course...of cross_examination, Mr. ERSKINE
put to him, over and over again, a question; whe-
ther, if this matter was cleared upi he would not
marry her ? to which he answered, that he cer-
tainly -would never marry her if her charader was
not cleared up—and that, if it was cleared up ;
why ; then ; he; would—think of it.. He had not
given. it up altogether; but, if her charader was
cleared up; then he would think of it.
----- Price, a working man; said, he had a
conversation with Strutt about seven weeks ago. He
asked the Witness, whether he knew any harm of
this girl, Barbara Jones ? The Witness said he
did not. He said if he bad known any body, or
had seen any body put his hands into her bosom,
and he- would say so, he would treat the. Witness
with five, or ten, or twenty shillings to drink. The
WitnesSesaid, lie • could not, for he had never seen
any harm of the girl.
Mr. ERSKINE stated, that this Defendant was 'a
Day Labourer, working in his garden, paid by
the person from day to day, whom he employed
to look over those who laboured in hiS garden, and
nothing more. He knew nothing of him except
1 that he was so employed, and so paid by his Servant.
I-4e could never defend Slander in any shape, least of
all in such a case as this ; for it would be as scanda-
lous if true, as it were, if false. It was not to be
endured. The only thing wife urged upon it, was,
that this v. a low, coarse, and flippant expression,
which did not really deprive this young woman of
her charader, for it was pretty evident, that if the
" Jury found a Verdi& for the Plaintiff (by-the-bye,
a Shilling Damages, in this case, would catty costs),
'and establish the eharader of this 'young woman in
Court, Kelly
.would marry her, so that in reality,.
she had •not lost her marriage. The Law of
England, which Was the Rule by which Courts
of Law 'must be guided, did not allow that
such an' Adion as 'this should be maintained ;
for ,slander on the chastity. of a woman, be the
words ever so • gross, unless special damages
were proved to have resulted from the speaking of
such words, was not aetionable---- a severity upon
the female ‘ex which constituted,. in his Opinion,

L'idet in tile system of our Laws,--i-bilt ildw.ever
so it was by the Law of thil Land, that no -Action
can lie Suppdited by any wonian for any words re-
on her chastity, unless it was proved that
a special dathage had in, fat, taken place in conse,
querice of such- tvordS'.. _ And thf;'refore with all the
anger which the Jury had, and they would riot have
More than himself, at these vulgar and gross words
so flippantly spoken by. the Defendant, yet this Ac-
tion could not be maintained, unless the Jury were
of opinion,. upon the evidence, that this young
woman had lost her marriage in consequence of
these words. A shilling damages Would carry
costs, and that would be more than this Defendant
could pay by the way, he was now married also to
an innocent young woman b:r whom he had chit-
dren—the jury had too much Humanity to devote
this poor fellow to gaol for life, and his family to
ruin. _ _

Mr. justice LE. BLANa said that this was an
Ation for words, uttered in a way which need npt
be repeated, hilt they were on a subjeet for which
the Law of England (lid not provide that an Ac-
tion should be maintained, unless special damages.
were proved to have been the result of thern, -It
was only on ihe ground, that damages had been,
aaually sustained,, this aftion was to be supported.
It was stated that,the Plaintiffhad lost her marriage
with a person of the name of Kelly, and that was
the ground of this. Adioh. This young man stated
that he was paying his addresses to this young wo,
Man, and that he was determined to marry her, but
that what he heard the Defei'.'ant say, had. such an.
died on his mina, that, he gave up for a time that
idea. What he may do hereafter was not :o be
guessed, for he said he had not made tip his mind
upon that subje4. Perhaps toe Jury might think
that it was the intention of this young man to
marry her when this Cause was over ; still she had
sustained damagerbY its-being put off for the present ;
for she had at present lOst her marriage by the De-
fendant's expressions—therefore, the Plaintiff, upon
his evidence was entitled to some damages.— Now,

in considering that subjea, the Jury would look at the
situation of the parties, particularly the party suing,.
because, what would be next to nothing to a per-
son of elevated rank in life, would he compensation
to one. of for station. Here the PlaintifF.Was,a
Maid Servant in a Gentleman's Family. As to the
`Defendant, there was no evidence of hiS property,
and the Jury might take it for granted, th„it he was
in a low situation.. The Jury would take this also,

as well- as all the other circumstances, into consi-
deration, and say,,What Damages this young woman
ought to fricei %;e. -
The Jury withdrew, and in about half an hour,
brought in their V erdia for the Plaintiff---Damages

SEDGEWICK P ERRING,

This was an lion of .Troyer, by Mr. Sedge-
wick, 'a Gentleman of.the Bar, to recover from the
Sheriff several' copies of a work of which he was
the Author, entitled, " Remarks, Critical and Mis-
cellaneous; on the Commentaries of Sir William
Blackstone,",. and wh2.6 had been taken in execu-
tion by the Sheriff under. the, following circum-
stances :
Mr. Sedgewick had employed a. Mr. Glanville,
a bookseller in St. James's-street, to get .the work.
• printed, and vested in his hands sufficient money-for
that purpose. This, being done, Glanville was
authorized to dispose of them for the benefit of Mr.
S: but as he was embarrassed, he pawned several
copies; and afterwards one Barnes, having a Judg-
ment against Glanville, redeemed these books, ;and
proceeded to sell them as part of the property of
Glanville.

Mr. ERsT 'NE stated that the whole question was,
whether a factor could pledge the goods of his prin-
cipal ? which it was clear he could not, and the She-
riff could not take under an execution any but the
goods of him against whom the execution was di_
rested.

The Counsel on the other side admitted he could
not support his Case, unless he could shew that the
goods were the property of•Glanvillea as against
Mr. Sedgwick fcir this purpose he called three
Witnesses, but failed in making odt any such Case.
Verdi& for the Plaintiff—damages, subjea to the
value of the books.

In consequence of Monseignor EF.SKIfCR, the
POWs Legate to this Court, haVing received a.
cardinal's Hat, he is abotit to leave this Country.
It is said the French Governinent have caused
the Arch-Bishoprick and Territory of Saltzhaig to.
be demanded of the Court.of Vi6nna for His ,:Royal
Highness the Ex-Archduke of Tuscany. .• -
A great number of respeftable families of Exeter
have lately united in. one large subscription, said
already to amount to tsool, to supply themselves
with butchers' meat at the 'first hands, by buying
living stock, and dividing it twice or thrice a week
under proper regulations. The last week‘the prime
mutton cost each householdcir sd. per lb. •

On Fric"ay the 4th instant, Mr. Franeis Pick,
Corn-fador of Leicester, was convikled• before
Thomas Peach, Esq. Mayor, and the Justices
of the Borough, for buying six quarters of wheat,
contrary to the statute of the /z 1 of Charles 11.
and was fined the value of the wheat, and the penalty
of forty shillings, amounting together to the sum of
twenty-eight pounds eight; shillings—Mr. Isaiah
Banner, Frainesmith the Informer, ordered his pro-
portion 'of the penalty (the other being ordered
by the MI), to be distributed to the Poor, and is
the same person, who very lately convieted three
Bakers, for selling bread deficient in weight, and
gave, all the money arising •from the penalties
to the sartie laudable purpose. It is to be helped
that this will be a warning to Farmers, Coin-fac_
. tors, and Bakers, in not. buying or selling more than
the legal Winchester Bushel of • thirty-two quarts
only ; for there can be no doubt that Mr. Pick was
not aware that he was acing contrary to Law
when he made the contraft.

Yesterday afternoon an unfortunate accident hap-
pened at the new Paper Manufalory on Millbank :
the people being employed in raising a piece of tim-
ber, the scaffolding gave way, by which one of the
workmen was killed on the spot, two of them had
their legs broke; and two others their arms faux
more were terribly bruised,

'COURT OF CiIANCERF;

Lir;rcoLN's-Liriv HAi.t; DEC; 9.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE

,
. THE SOLICIToIt ENERAL, on. behalf of Mr;
SNERIDAN4 and Mr. MANSFIELD on the part of the
Trustees, having declared they .11a4 mutually con-
sented to an arrangement , and Mr. AGAR, on be
half of Mr. GRuati, hairing- hapdecl to the LoR6
CiANCELLOR a proposal on the part .of his Client;
who diSserited in some measure to .the•-arialigentent
made by tlie other parties

The Lotto CitANCELLOR ordered the busine
to stand over till Monday; that he might have tittle;
to bonsider the propOsals.

JCOILIIND.

ARBROATH; DEC. 2;

A Mob of 'disordei-ly people.. assembled. here
about six o'clock last -night; with an intention
of (yarning a ship- in the harbour, which was td
receive grain; and alSo to destroy the honseS of
some Gentlemen in the - Corn -Trade ; but frotri
the immediate interference of thedetachnient of
the Aberdeenshire Militia quartered here,. 'their
intentions were - some degree frustrated, - though
not till
,they had- destroyed' the windows of three
or four houses; Much praise is due to the detach:.
ment, .for their steadiness and alacrity ; though
they were pelted by the mob with stones and brick
bats, and several of them much hurt, yet their hit;
.manity was such as not to fire,' but closed on the
mob, and seized :seViral of the 'ringleaders, - who
were lodged in jail; About ten o'clock the whole
. were dispersed; and quietness restored'to the town.
We are sorry to say,.Captain GORDOg,. command-
ing.thedetachment; received a violent blow on the
head and side by a brick bat : had. it not been for
his cap; there is but little doubt of his scull being
frao,u red.

Most daring robbery was committed 'on the
High Road, in
,the neighbourhOod of Logic tlphin-
stOne; between Inverury and
.Old Raiti, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon of Thurs‘lay, the 3d inst.
upon one William Carnegie, who was atta*eil, and
robbed of upwards of eighty guineas., by two per.
sans yet-undiscovered.

About one *o'clock on Monday Morning,. the
inhabitants of Stratford were alarmed by the. cries
of a young man, who had been robbed about two
mileS from thence on the Romford Road, by four
footpads, who took froth him a watch and one guiriea
and a half in gold, after which one of the most des_
perate proposed to shoot the poor fellow, which
the others consented to; provided he Would suffer
the young man to proceed a -short distance, and
by hitting hiS mark, prove.himsclf a good shot-. He
had not proceeded many paces; when a pistol was
discharged, which fortunately missed hith, It Was
then in contemplation to raise a party of the neigh_
hours to pursue tliem, but supposing that after coni-•
mitting such a desperate as they would no longer con:
tinue on the toad, the plan was abando;-,cd until about
an hour after, when a person came to Stratford, and.
stated that as he was corning town 1;c•-ith:i cart, he
1.-v
'‘vaS stopped by four footpads; lioiAfter ta;tin ,all
the money he hid, fired upon him after he had:pro;.
seeded some-distance,. but the Shot did not take'
effed. It was then agreed by •the. fotir. Watchmen
'of, Stratford, who are ygong men, •to .go in quest
of the footpads, and for that' purpose they armed.,
themselves with guns and pistols. When they .had
proceeded about three .miles' on the koa.'s,
joining the Rotdord. -TUrnpike Road, they heaßt.
a noise, which proved to come from the four foot::
pads in The aft of. robbing a man with a cart: The
Watchmen Made up- to • them, When one .of. the
villains discharged a pistol, but at too great a dis.'
tance to do mischief. One of the Watchmen- return-,
ed the fire with a gun loaded with slugs, and sup.
poses he wounded some of the gang, ...from a cry that
he was much hurt; The foOtpads, however, made
the best.of their way, each taking different roads;
and the Watchmen also separate& ancl pursued them.
The Watclutian who had fred his piece, followed
• the foodpad who had discharged his pistol, and over-
took him after crossing a field, when a.. desperate,
• battle ensued. The Watchman at length secured the
. footpad, by knocking Min dciwn With* butt end-
,of his gun. 'The rest escaped: I • ' , '
The next day, hoWever, the one in cuAatty, Made
a discovery of his accomplices, who, he said,' were
frishMen, and in the habit of working for Farmers
n the neighbourhood of East Hahn,;' where, .on
Monday, three of the same • watchnien took another
of the gang in a field at work, who defended him-
self with a• sharp weapon AvhiCh he had been using:
Both the Prisoners ate now- confined in Barking
gaol, and will undergo an examination at Stratford
on Friday next..

r ,
The Rev. j..SHuTsTLEwoRTH, of Cowling-Hui,
Yorkshsre, sh..a tettet.,• dated August so, sBor,
addressed for publication to P... D. PERKINS, of
Leicesterscinare,- London; the Patentee Hof the Me-
tallic 1-7ratiors', a longAi,st ofCures by those Instru-
'Twists ,among which are, three of tcosh-achs, two
chronic head-achs- two burnsi af.severe.scald, arid
several cases of inflamed eyes, one of vtrhich follows-:-
-`‘ A persdp who had for • three years been much afflialcd •
With-a, Rheum about one of her. Eyes. For ten days•betbru:
she applied to me, the Eye had been'so coveted-with a web,,
that she could not see at all. Hey Physician, Who had used
a wash,, without any benefit, feared the.. sight ..was irrecover-
ably lost : she could neither sleep nor test from the violence
of the pain and inarninatiOn-. -1 the Tra6tors thirty
minutes, during which she found grkta-t. oapei smd soon after
was enabled to see.. _I used them again only twice during,
the two following days, when the eye was well ; the pain •
and inflammation being gone, end the sight restored."..
The Tractors,' so necessary in eery Fay,ily, and among
Horses, may IN: 114 genuine, with rv:Vv and. improved. Direc-
tions . for using. them, for rive- Guineas die Set, of B.
Perkins, A. M. the Patentee,, in the..ouse of the late
john H,inter, Surgeon, Leicester-squarp ; and of' Frederick,
smith, Chemist and Druggist, in she Htty-Market,:
Lon-
don. • The _portable nature of the Praetors renders their
conveyance by coach, or evat by post, pm-fee:lly convenient.
Letters inclosing their amount (post-paid) duly attended to.
• N. B. The purchasers of the Tradots receive watis, two
different Books,: which contain, as communicated by the
first literary charaaers,abont three thousand Cures of Gout,.
Rheumatism, Scalds, Head-ach, Toosh-'ach,Sprains,
mations, Ste. &c. andallanalogons-biseascs or Horses.
CA Ll T 1;0 N,--The genuine Tradors' ate stamped with the
words " PERKINS'S PATENT TgAcToas,"atad at.the b.rt-
tom.of the printed directions is a Receipt for toe five guineas,
signed in the hand writing of tne By ohioty344:
04*, imposition,; will ottw4 .bc dvttotled, - •