The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-15 00:00:00

CUILDILiLL.

Yesterday a Court of Common Council %vat held
here. After disposing of some preliminary Corpora-
tion business, the Court proceeded to the considera-
tion of the question, relative to the condual of Go,
vernment with regard to,tlie Patriots of Spain, for
whiCh it had ben specially summoned. ,
Mr. Qui N rose to move an Address to hii Majesty,
expressie of the approblition of that Controf the
decisied and magnanimous measures whicli had- been
adopted by his Majesty's Government in aid Of .the
Patriots of Spain. When he looked round him, and
beheld so many Gentlemen eminently distinguished
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by.tbeir talent; and abilities, lie could riot but lament

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that the question shOuld hive. been brought for-
ward by' so humble art individual as himself.—

However, he was not without hdpe thA he should
meet the indulgence of the Court in discharging
the' duty which he Irad -.undertaken to perform.
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The glorious struir,glo' in • which- the Spar.isl; People
were engaged in two points of view; an object _ .

of sympathy and• interest to the British 'Nation: as
well ,because, in case Of .a successful issue, it would
liberate Spain itself from the Juost odious tyranny
and oppression with which any nation had ever been
cursed, -as that in that event it would: deprive the-ty-
rant of so large a line of coast, frotn.Whieh he might
otherwise deriVe an PecessiOn of means for carrying
into- effeci his hostile designs against this,Country."-
Under such cireurrigtances„ he thotight it would
have the trtbst beneficial effect. upon
.the common •
cause of this Country. and Spain!, to prove, by.
the adopti4.ll of the
.Motion with which -.helnearit
to conclude, to the Patriots- of that-COuMry, that
the• People of this 'free .nation identified interests
with them, and were ready 'to Make every efhii't to
release them from the subjugation with Which they
were menaced. The conduct of the French Despot
towarcE Spain,was without example or record in the .
• annalS of the world. He had explored tlie.pa:.;es of
ancient lOre, he had resorted to- the history of the
darker ages, when the traces .of past Civilization va-
nished before the desolating tritimphs of cruel, fe--
yocious and sranguiiiary barbarial ; he had cohsulted
the records of-'more recent revolutions and vicissi-
tudes, but in no case. was he able to Lind any tranS7-
a4:kion which, Par fraud, pet.6dy, and atrocity, could
bear comparison With-the utipt-incipled" and netatious
conduCt of the French Despot toward, Spain.' The
eventful period since the commencement of the French
Revolution had appeared to him a succession of woo.
ders,..which he had looked upon as at an end, but the
stupendous effbrts of a great nation, such a Spain, in
defence of its. Sovereign, its laws, its integrity, and its
independence, -shewed that the preieht vas the age
of wonders. Having dWelt with much force, ant,
pation, and eloquence; upon the various topics above
alluded to, the. worthy Deputy concluded an able
.speech, by- moving,.

" That a rlutiful. and Loyal Addres.be presented to his
Majesty, expressive of their rita.lks for the great, des:isive,
and magnanimous rnevurks adopted by ins *Majesty, towards
assisting the Glorious Cause in which the Spanisa Nation is,
engaged, to defeat the Perfidy and Usurp..tion Ot the Coin-
mon Enemy of Europe." ,

Mr. Alderman Buton.secended the motion, upon
which he trusted there would not he a dissentient.
voice in that assembly.' Fleu welt ivith much anima-
tion upon the importance of the efforts of the Patriots.
of Spain, not only 'to this country,. 'but to Ewope,
and adverted with satistiktion to the electtic Procla-
mations issued by them, decisive at once of the good-
ness of their cat.te, and of the enthusiasm and devo-
tion with which they were resolved to maintain it.
The day on which that Court 'was assembled to
deliberate upon the motion under consideralmn, was
the anniversary of the_ French Confederation (the
141.11 of. July). That day bad beep at one time ce-
lebrated by a party in this Country, lout it remained
tbr that Court to consecrate that day by an :unani-
mous vote in. favour of the patriotic efforts of the
'Spanish People, to rescue the independence of their
country from the galling yoke ofa foreign tyrant. •
Mr. Sheriff SMITH thought sthat it would have
been better to have deferred the present. motion for
a few days, till that Court and the country could
,have seen what the measures of vigour and magna.,
dimity were which the Government had resolved
on in support of: the Spanish cause. However, as
the'question had been brought fOrward, it should
have his support. _
Mr, Jac:Ks 'thought that' something more than .a
simple Address ought to he voted by that respectabl6
Assembly, in order to shevi to the people of Spaiti
the sympathy felt by this Nation in their present ar-
duous contest. He trusted, therefore, that the ques-
tion respelling the Address, would be followed up by
some such expression of the sentiment of the
City' of London as he had alluded to.
-Mr. GRIFFITHS supported the motion, and ob-

served, that he had it from good information, th,:t
the Resolutions of the Covert of*Aldertuen and Com;
mon Connell of the City of London, being always
followed by- every other Corporate Body in the tini-t
ed Kingdom, made the 1) rant of the Continent
tremble. •
Mr. WAITHMAN; though indisposed, could, not,
after the course- he had pursued in that . Court for
,fifteen years past, suffer a intestionof,the description
of that under consideration to pass without an obser-
vation, The motion of his-worthy, he could not say-
his decided Fr iced, appeared to him. not to be at ail
applicable to the, tenor •Of :his speech ; and he . was:
sure, if .his worthy Friend had weighed the subject
with proper consideration in his mind, het would have
produced his motion in another shape... His worthy'
'Friend Inid talked of this being the age of wonders;
and certainly, after the fluauat nig condua which had
hitherto been pursued by that Gentleman, hid bring-
ing forward his motion 'in the present shape, .was
amoirgst the worn)ers of the day.. The worthy Alder.
mart too who had ecouded .t he motion, afforded ano.
titer instance of the wonders of the presentage. On a
late occasion that worthy Magistrate! would not consent
to any further grant of their civil rights to the Ca,
lilacs of Ireland, and yet now he was so enamour-
ed of the cause of the Catholic People of Spain,A hat
he thought every assistance ought to be afforded to
them in the prosecution of the glorious struggle in
which they were engaged. The repentance of the
worthy Aldertriau he hoped would prove sincere;
and :that at any future period, when it might be pro-
posed to retnwie the remaining disabilities affecting
our Catholic fellow-subjeas; he would adopt a line,
of conduct consistent with his present sentiments
with respect to the Catholic People of. Spain.—
Having made these. observations upon what had al-
• ready passed in. the discudSion, he tame next' to coil-

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tja.ei..the imtnediiiiely before the Court, ;AC'
however, that respea to .11.te objed of
it, could be no difference ofopiniou. Agree-.
lug heartily. as he .did in the,en:',of the .motion, lie
dicApproved the rnocle in Which•it was'
to be 'attained. . i.ie regretted that Parliament bad
Sep:a.rated without t.ty declaration of its flings with
respect to.the cause of Spain. y. But it *as decidedly
his opinion, that the coiai.s.• which ought to be pur-7
stf6d'in that Assembly, was, ,not by Address td
.Majesty, but by a Declaration of their sympathy
in the-Spanish cause, and. their deters itiation to sup-
port any, measures necessary to afford them effe&ual
assistaece. A worthy friend. near him (Mr.-Cood-
behere),,had an amendment to offer, which he was
confident would attain the end of the Mover ,qf
-the Address .in a way more desirable than by hiS
Motion. He was an enemy to'...AddlresSes, because
Under the semblance of a mark of attachment to the
Sovereign,.they amounted indirealy, to an.. approba-
tion of the.condua of Ministers. Theworthy Alder-
man had alluded to the celebration of the .A.nriiver-
eary or the lieStruaior-. of the Bastile. He could
not see any distin6tion between the cause of the
people of France at that period, and the struggle of
the people of Spain, for their independence and li-
berty. in the present instance; and if the people had
been then suffered to pursue their object without
external interference, a great part of the calamities
-which 'had since befallen Europe would have been
prevented, as well as the vast eflUsion of blood and
treasure which had since taken place. •
Mr. Hut and Sir Riontiow CARP, GLYtirl supi-
ported the `Motion, 'as did also seve-al other Gentle=
tnen. • ' • •

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Mr. Goonii-tahrtE followed on the same side and ,
in the same line of observation with Mr. WILIT/I-
Id AN, and concluded with an amendinent in the
form of a.deciaration on •the part of that assembly,
expressive of their sympathy in the Spanish cause,•
and their readiness to concur in any measures that
should be adopted for their aid in the struggle against
the most atrocious usurpation and tyranny that had
ever been imposed upon any 'nation. The worthy
Member, however, stated, though he had thought
it his duty to submit this. amendment to the Court,
irk should appear that the sense of. the Assembly
wrtis against it, he should not press 4 to a decision.
WAITHMAN seconded the aniendment.
"-Mi. S. DIXON insisted, that as tlieamendrnent
was in the possession of the Court-, they ought to
decide upon the question, in, order to shew to the
Public 'lbw few there were who would support
.4.
The motives of the two Gentlemen who propoSed
and seconded the amendment, were too obvious and
apparent. They wanted that that Court should aet;
on this'eccasion, independently of the Executive,
through which alone they could constitutionally
convey their sentiments to the Public in the shape bf
an Address to the Throne. •
Mr. 7?,.f.,ADi: vindicated the Mover and Seconder of
the Amendment from the imputation of improper
motives, and contended, that if the worthy Gen-
tleman who had .brought forward the original Mo-
tion, had considered the subjea maturely, he would
have preferred the mode of attaining his object by
the amendment, to the Mode by an Address.
-Mr. WAITHMAN, as motives had been personally
imputtql to him, would have been glad that the mo-
tives.hl.l been mentioned. ft had always been his
wish, as _it would through life; that his motives'
should be not only apparent, kit publicly known.
As the imputed motives had not been mentioned, he
shOuld state some motives by which he had not been
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influenced. He had not written to Lord GrenVille for
a living tbr one of his sons, nor had he obtained from
the present .Administration places for two other
sons. . He would not confide delusively the affairs
~f the Country either to the late Administration or
the Present, or to any other set of men, unless they
should give him more reason to anti.:ipate a wise and
edicientsystef o of go-Vernment than either the .late
or-the preseut Administration had done.-.
After an eloquent reply from Mr. Qt.ilN, ,the
amendment was withdrawn, and the original motion
foi-theAddress carried unanimously. ' A Committee
was then appointed to 'prepare the Address; which
was agreed to • and the Sheriffs were ordered to wait
upon his Majesty, to know when he would be graci-
i otisly pleased to receive the Corporation With their
AtidresSi

THE IVEAMER.

TO TIIE ED! CUR OF THE •SUN.

Manor House, Hayes, Middlesex, juiy.r3, 1808,

SzitThe extraordinary heat of yesterday and to-
day (which exceeds any ever previously experienced
in England), induces me to send you a correct ac-
,count of it, as observed in a north open aspe& at
this House..by two thermometers, by RAMSDEN and
CARY, quite detached.

011 Tuesday the tzth inst. at two P. td. both stood at 57°.
At midnight - - - - 690
At halt past &even this morning 6 - - - 9.°..
And at this instant alone have fallen to - -

'The hbt Sunlay and Tuesday, in the year 1790,
only amounted to 830, in open shaded situations.—
The average-heat of the West Indies.is about 820.
I retnain, Sir,, your obedient servant,
W. WALKER.

We arm informed. that Sir IlEw DALRYMPLE, the
Deputy ~,ernor of Gibraltar,w hen the first applica-
tion was Made to, him by the Patriots.of Spain, in-,
stantly supplied them with 10,000 musquets, 3000
barrels of gunpowder, and a variety of entrenching
tools, aud.loo,ooJ clollars in money. .

It is probable that the first employment of Sir AR-
THUR Wir.Lus LEY'S force will be against the French
corps in Lisbon, the conquest of which, besides de-
livering Portugal, and assisting Spain, will transfer to
us the Russian fleet in the Tagus.
Died, on Tuesday last, at Ins house ;an Windsor,
after a longcnd painful illness, Mr. SLINGSBY, stone-
mason to his Majesty : he was one of the oldest in
habitants; and a Member of the Corporation ; .was
high?). respeded through life, and has left a widow
and numerous family to lament Ins death.
A Mtlancholy instance of the uncertainty of hu-
man life 'occurred yesterday in the family of Sir
Frede,-icli. 'Eden : his son came home last week frOm
boarding-school, ill with the scarlet fever, and
throuzli the maternal attention and anxiety of. Lady
Eden, who ha:i only lain in a week, she, sad to re
late, caught the infection, and to the inexpressible'
grief of nailer acvaiatance, died yesterday morn=
ing.

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-.EECOI4I? DAY.--TI:7I.IISrAY,ZULI Si.
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;Stephen .diked- was._ ppi4lllY,j-ndi4ed,for,ktr,gb.i
way.,,robbery upon, Joseph P.o.t)inaoti, oia
tthe evening
of the •tlt, inst. by 'taking ,lyttn hitn silveratcht.
I appeared trolt7l,,tb.teStithony of Robins'cn; that
he trt?.:,t, with the Prisoner and soldier,,in.the'el•en'-,
ins of-ibe day itated, a the City. Arms, in.;-,the
City-road, and at
,their. entreaty, after drinkiii.g stiff: h
them part of two pots of beet, returned home inxon7.7.
parry thith them tO Old-street-road. ~OintartiVirig at a
spot where'4here were no hotises, the Prisoner gays
the Prosecntor a slight. jostle against tae soidict', rttd
at the `Sapie time snatched at his watch-chain, and
pulled his watch out of his fob, which fehl :on pio
qround,-as the chain broke by the force of the pull:
The
,Prisoner sttioped to pick it up : ttie Prosecutot
sold -that it was his ; thid the Prisoner;
,who he
thought had the watch,
.ran. oit one way and „the
soldier another. A Gentleman picked up the watch
where' it fell, and deliVered it to, the, watchman to
find an owner i it was identified by the PrOsecutor.
Some pet-sobs appeared to give the Prisoner a goOd.
cbarader, one of Whom, the employer of [file Prison.:
er, swore the PrOsecutar was much intox!eated the
wh01",.! of that evening;. as be .Was one of the Witii-
pany. . .
tir SlthbN LEIILANt ehtekrea, that in. orckr to
sustain the capital chart; for highway robbery,. it
was requisite ti prove that either the Prose4utor
must have been deprived of his Proi3rty un4r the,
influence of some threat or fear of personal *ioience,:
or it Joust be taken frOm.hi:n against his will, and
by forte. Unless the :Yury considered the bustlittg
of the.Peisoner as constituting an kit of force, they-
must acquit the Prisoner Of the hapital part of the
offence, There would theh retrain fur their consl-
'cleration only the question a( larceny. Of this part
of the charge the Jury found the Prisoner-Guitty.:
John Bumstead, a boy of only !3
years old, was
capitally indieted for stealing in the dwelling-house,
-of C. FL P. Artis, .at Kingsland;- Hackney; on thi.,
29th of, May last, two hundred and fifteen guineas
and an half, in hold, one 101. and two 51. Bank of
England notes, some dollars; a crown piece, and
some shillings, with a bracelet; and some ether ar-
tides. . ,

Artis is a master chimney-sweeper, and the pri-
soner was one Of his three apprentices. Artis had
this property locked in a small tea-chest, which
wag ,alSo lbcked within a large chest; and on Mon-
day; the .i.gth of May, about half-past two in the
afternoon, he left hii house in ,the care of thA pri-:
goner alone. On his return. at night the prisoner
was gone, and he found his chest was broken open,
and the tea-chest, which contained the Money, taken
away. Artis could learn nothing of the prisoner;
until he had been taken up on suspicion by tht;•
POlite;

Jonathan Coakfield, a watchman of St. LeOnard's,
Shoreditcl:, proved that the prisoner Came to him a;
ten o'clock on the night above-stated, and asked
leave to-sit in his box to eat his supper, adding, that
his master had turned him away in conaequence of
some falling out, and that he was afraid to go' to hie
friends. And, after a variety of other artful but un•
interesting circumstances, he prOduced a crown-
piece, and wanted to treat the watchman with drink,
and some time afterwards tol4 him; " tH't he had a
good find of yellow boys". that day, which he ex.l
plained by producing a nutmeg-grater, containing
fourteen guineas and two five pound Bink of Eng-
land notes, adding, that he had lost another piece
of paper like thern;and could not find it again. The.
watchman, ,suspeCting all was not right, gaye the
.boy in charge to the constable.
A boy of if! years old; proved that he had received,
from the Prisoner a bracelet;
.which proved to be
that stolen out of the tea-cheit;

Another boy, of t 2 years, proVed, that the Pri.;
sober had called on him that evening; told hiM he
had sortie money which he had saved up,,made him
a piesent of ss. 11,1 d sheaved him three half-guineas,
which he had concealed.in one of his shoes.

The bracelet and the two notes were identified bi
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Armstrong, the Pollee-Officer, stated, that ,the
boy,was given into his custody on the Monday, and
that he afterwards went along with him to a brick-
field, where be said he had put the remainder of the
money. They carte to ail archway, in which the
boy pointed out a spot Where he said he had hid it;
but' it could not be' found.
Sir A. Ca AMBRE summed up the eviderice for the
Jury, who found the Prisoner Guilty. '
Rob. Witittingham and Lyn/4 Levy were conviaed
of priva►ely stealing from the dwelling of G. liattoh
above the value of 40s. ' There was au indictment
fol. burglary, but it was not proved the entry was
made in the night ; and Eliz. Flindall way acquitted
on a charge Of receiving the same goods, knowing
there* to be stolen.

Joseph Bodth was capitally indiaed fdr
in the dwelling7house of 3. Levy, fourteen pieces of
Gingham, value. 101. on the 27th June. It was
proved, that the Prisoner had stolen the property at
noon day, from the door of Levy, and the .articles
were traced to his posSession, from the Moment he
.quitted Mr. Levy's, door, until the goods were placed-
in t4e'care of Mr. Renshaw, a silversmith, at bOrri4
distanee; at whosa.door the Prisoner laid doWn sti4
bundle, and then sat down, and laid his head on it
to sleep, seemingly much infoxicw.ed.
' ' The .Prisoner presented a ‘rs ritten derencei in
which he stated that he had a wife and four chil-
dren, whom he endeavoured to support by the
trade of a: barber, and occasional jobs in porterage :
that he had spent 17 years in the,sea and land 'se:-
vice, and in consequence of a wound on his head,
he Was so easily intoxicated, and became in cOn:te-
quence. so much deranged, that his neighbours
stiled him " the Mad Barber," as he knew not what
lie did or said on such occasions. He, however,
stated that the bundle was giver. him tO carry by a
Man, who immediately afterwards deserted hnn.
His occasional insanity
.was proved by two wit-
nesses, who gave him likewise a good' character.
Sit ALAN' ciiP,MßrtE said, ',h.: capital part
charge was not sustained, 23 the goods appe;
have been stolen not from under the protectiu
dwelling-house, which constituted the c.ip•
fence in law, but from a chest, in Which t.,e;
placed, and which was partly butsida, the door
Prosecutor. •,
The jury 'found the prisoner Guilty, but
mended him as an object of Royal ntercy.

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COURT OF KING's SENCN, 1u 13.

SITTINGS AT WESTM!NSTZR HALL.

CUMB6RS V. Gt:LLAN.

The parties in this action were hot h.horse-dealers,
and it was brought by Mrs. Cumbers, to recover
241*! tne value of a mare hired from her by the De:
fendant, which had died, as was alh-;dged, by being
over-ridden. It appeared that a Mr. Foster, of the
Audit Office, Somerset-house, had been in the' habit
of hiring horses occasionally from the Defendant,
who, when unabld to accommodate his customers,
hadAuthorised his hostler to get horses from the
-Piaintiff. Upon. Thursday, the sth of August last,
this case accordingly happened ; Mr. Foster called
at Gullan's, wishing a horse to go, to 'Woolwich, to
visit a brother belonging to the Navy; but the
hostler not being able to furnish one, went to the
Plaintiff, and procured the mare in question.. From
the evidence it appeared that this .niare was appa-
rently in-pertect. health when it set off to Wool-
wich, but on its return it was evidently overheated,
and Mrs. Cumbers having considerable skill in the
veterinary art, thought proper to administer td her
mare a ball or two of her own preparation, together
with a tankard of ale. This remedy, which was in-
tended to cool her, had not, however, the desired'
etleet, for the mare languished until the Sunday
• morning following, when `she died. Mr. Foster's
evidence shewed that he not having met his brother
at Woolwich, •he rode to General Hurst's, about
three miles beyond that place, where he understood
he was upon a .visit.. There not_being room to ac-,
commodate the mare at the General's, the coach-
man took her to a neighbouring inn. Next morning
Mr. Foster and his'brother set off for Woolwich,
'the one walking and the other riding. When they
reached Woolwich Common, the artillerymen were
firing at a mark across the road, which started'the
• mare considerably, and in' order to get her to pass
them Mr. Foster had to apply his spurs and his whip
with some degree of violenCe, and leaving his bro-
ther at Woolwich, he pushed on towards London,
and reached Mrs. Cumbers' at twelve o'clock. The
mare, after its decease, was opened by two farriers,
toe, presence of several others, in order to ascer-
tain the real cause of its sudden death. As Do tors
often differ in opinion, it so happened in the pre-
sent instance, tor the one farrier attributed the in-
flammation, which had evidently taken place upon
the lungs, to its having been over-ridden, and the
other to an indisposition of long standhig. The
matter thus depended .upon the weight of the cor-
roborating evidence upon each side, to strengthen
either of these assertions.
The Jury gave a verclid foi the Plaintiff.

M'HITTINGBURY V. DUFFY.

This was an attion brought by a journeyman
carpenter against a master builder for an, assault.—
It appeared that qle.Defendant erLployed the
Plain-
tiff and his father to do some work for hitn, at a
hoUse upon the Hackney Road. Upon his coming
to the premises, on the 6th of. November last, find-
ing some part of the work had ken wrongly executed,
Mr. Duffy flew into a violent passion, and pushed
the Plaintiff out of doors. Upon this the father-and
another workman interfered, and in their turn as-
saulted the liefendant. It thus appeared,„ that there
were errors upon both sides, and aCcordinglY, by
the direttion,of Lord ELLENBOROUGH, a jurur was
Withdrawn.

HAIINVQI)D V. LOMAS.

himself Gentr6raan, who swore he, had seen pinata.
Yoting that morning, and she was at the time in
strong convulsion fits,
_which would render. it im- •
possible for her to be present at the trial this day.
,The ATTORNEY GENERAL not being satisfied of
the truth of the statement in the affidavits, the De-
fendant Roberts was called on, and asked if the per-
son, Sam. Coles, who
_bad' Made the affidavit as to
the situation of Dinah Young,: was not his servant ?
This:. he denied. Q. \Vas he not the person of that
name, who had been his servant ? A. He had, been
his-servant, but had- ceased to be so for mote than
Le months. —Q. How has he so speedily acquired
the title of Gentleman ? A. Having ceased to at
in a servile capacity, and following no other avoca-
tion,
.the description of " Gentleman" seemed most
proper.
After some little interval Cole himself was found,
and on being examined by Lord ELLENBOIIOUGII,
falsified the material part of his own affidavit, by
confessing he had not seen Dinah Young in convul-
sion fits, as deposed, but she had told him she had
been in that state, and was so weak in consequence,
that she was unable to attend.
The trial was then ordered to proceed.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL opened a cases to the
leading features of which the public are no.strangers.
This was an indiEttnent charging Robert Brown, Ed-
ward William Roberts, and Dorothea Brown, alias
Dorothea Roberts, alias Dorothea Cole, with con-
spiring together to give false descriptions of them-
selves, and of their circumstances and situations in
life, for the sake of detrapling all who could be in-
duced to deal with them, of their property, goods,
and chattels. He proceeded to detail the acAS of the
Defendant Brown, and of a Lady who appeared as
his wife, in a house, No. 36, Great Coratu-street,,in
the months of August, -September, and OEto,ber,
within which time an ironmenger of the name of
Hancock, an upholsterer of the name of Bailie, ano-
ther upholsterer of the name 41 Rackstraw, a coal-
merchant of the name of Peck, and others, Lad been
defrauded of property to the amount of several bun-
'dred pounds. Mr. Brown and his Lady came to the
shops of these tradesmen, sometimes on foot, some-
times in their chariot. • Mr. Brown Was represented,
both by himself, and in
.p.resclnce of the Lady, as a
person of the greatest respeelability, who had consi-
derable • landed property in -Scotland,. was a-wine
Merchant in the City, and had' considerable cargoes
on board of different vessels at sea.
After some time, Mr. Roberts, who during the
former part of those transaEtions had been in the
Fleet, arrived. Things were then changed; Mr.
Brown came only occasionally to the house and
the Lady, who was formerly known by the domestic
servants as Mrs. Brown, became, with the furniture,
the property of Mr. Roberts; and was known by his
name. When the tradesmen who had furniShed
their goods, however, alarmed at the rumours which
were flying about,' came to look after their property,
they found it . in the possession -of Sheriff's Officers,
who had taken it in execution on a bond iii judg-
ment, granted by the Defendant Brown tp the other
Defendant. Roberts bialself was, at the time, dg-
teded by one of the tradesmen bed-room with
the • Lady whom he, had formerly known as Mrs.
Brown ; and on being questioned how he had taken
out the execution in guestibn, denied that it was tins
process, but that it bad been taken out by a brother
of his, a barrister in:Lincoln's Inn.
These,fae4swere clearly made out by the evidence
of Mr. Hancock, Mr. Bailie, Mr. Rackstraw,
Mr. MARRYATT, as Counsel for the Defendants,
maintained, that evidence. of more. than one of these
alledged offences could not be given in one indict-'
i
went. As -well might. a person be charged c)n
amid , diament with four or five highway robberies!, t e then-
suspicion arising from the one accusation be adduced
as a sort of auxanaryproof leading to condemnation
on the other.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH asked,could not a person be
indiCted for being a common cheat ? and what did the
present indiiatnent charge, but that the Defendants
conspiring to carry on the trade of common cheats,
had, in furtherance of that Qbjea, given false de-
scriptions of themselves;. and thereby committed
frauds against those tradesmett who would deal
with them. To make out such a charge it was
necessary that the instances should be accumulated,
in order to the formation of the aggregate.
The Servant of the Defendants in the house, 36-,
Great Coram-street, swore, that during the first
three weeks of his residence .in the fdmily, Mr.
Brown and the Lady alone occupied the apartments,
she being then known as Mrs. Brown but that
after Mr.. Roberts' appearance, Brown only occa-
sionally came to the house, and the Lady -was
ordered to be known by the name of Mrs. Roberts.

This was an *talon brtjught by the assignees.of a
bankrupt, named Odell, toirecover 4ml. the mount
of a bond due' by the Defendant to the bankrupt)
not upon the ground that the money had not been.
paid, but because the Defendant was, at the time
he did pay it to Odell, in the knowledge of his cre-
ditor being insolvent, and a bankrupt. A legal point
arising upon the constration of the Al of the Igth
of Geo. H. it was reserved for a subsequent case ;
and the %Jury being of opinion that.the lefendant
bad no reason to think Odell was a bankrupt,
merely on account of his haying brought a writ of
error, to gain time in an action brought against him,
which was the reason alleged why he (the Defend-
ant) should have known of the bankruptcy, fonnct
a verdia for the Defendant.

JULY 14.

;ITTLN.GS BZFORXLORD ELLENHOROUC4L A,ND A LYILCIAL

JURY

WRIGHT V. SHELDEAKE.

This was an anion by the Plaintiff, who is an emi-
nent upholsterer, against the Defendant, who is a
truss-maker in the Strand, to recover a balance of
4701.- 17s. 20. for furnishing a house in the neigh-
bourhood of Tottnham-court-rOad, for a Mrs.
Knight, and for whom the Defendant had made
!limself liable.
Mr. GARHOW, %VII() stated the case to the Jury,

said, it, was the Defendant's wish that his concern

for Mrs. Knight should not appear to be a matter of
• intrigue, but of they purest philanthropy ; and the
house where the Lady lived was converted into an
asylum for Ruptured Children. 'ln short, the De-
fendant's liberality kept pace with Mrs. Knight's
taste, and the llou.e was fdrnished in the first style
of elegance and fashion.—The Learned Counsel then
read a letter from the Defendant to the Plaintiff,
wherein he engaged his own credit. Upon this,'"
The ATTORNEVGENERAL interfered and :said,,
the playful observations of his Learned Friend were
of little consequence, further than
.as they might
create domestic differences in the Defendant's faint*
ly 5 but he had heard him alio. read a lettei•,. Which
he- was ready to confess would make his Client
liable. The truth was, that the Defendant, from
motives of humanity
.and philanthropy, Dad placed
some ruptured children in an infirmary under the
superintendance of the Lady, alluded to,. and if he
had made himself-liable ,for the furnishing of the
house, it was just he should pay it. • He therefore
agreed that the Plaintiff. should have a Veidiei for
qubjea to the v4.lstrne.nt of the Account.

JURIES•

HE. IC.ING V. AND ROBERTS.

erilpt was made to postpone the trial of this
affidavits 441 w Defendant, Edward Wm.
Esq. Blrriater-at-Law, that a young woman
of -Dinah Young W2S a materiitl witness
fence and by Samuel Colss, describing

FOWLES V. SMITH, ESQ.

alone.
Mr. MARRIATT submitted to. the Jury, that the
case, as laid in the indictment, was not made out.
It appeared, that Mr. Roberts had been in the Fleet
down to the 25th of September, if not later ; it was
therefore going far indeed, to hold that he was a
party or privy to_ any representations made by the
other Defendants, for nearly tWo• months preceding
that period.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL replied.
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH addressed the Jury, laying,
it down, that the subsequent conduct of Roberts ar-
gued strongly his ori(ginal privity to the whole trans-
a&ion. He left it with them, however, to, say
which, if any, of the parties were guilty of the con-
spiracy charged against them.
The Jury, without hesitation, found all the par-
ties guilty.

COURT OE COMMON PLEAS, lUL? r 3.
SiT,TINGS BEFORE SIR JAMES MANSFIELD AND S:ECIAL

The Major proceeded,, and: admitted that Miss
Fowles had slept with another person in his house ;
he denied that he had wafer said the goods in (1,-,,.5-tion
tion were his property admitted that some election
books, music books, and old tmeks, were his pro-
perty; that the pi&ure of a, lady was vainted in
India, which pi6tUre was arnoript those seized ; ad-
mitted that he slept one night in: .Northumberland-.
street ; and that he' is P,t present in the Rules of the
Fleet Prison.
Mr. Wilson, au&ioneer, proved that the goods sold
for' 27
This was the substance of the evidence.
M. Serjeant Sit EFnEItD contended that his client's,
Messrs. Savage and Co. must have a verditt ; for
it was evident that the furniture• was the Major's
indeed it was idle to suppose that such costly trap-
pings could be the property of a young person, jour-
ney wonaan ton straw-hat maker, who had no friends
of.her own tb purchase them ;: the trappings were
more fit for a modern lass than a decent tradeswg,
man about to begin, the world. A more gross case
of suspicion never carne. into a Court of Ju,tice-; it
was a colourable saile to defeat the just creditors.—,
Messrs. Savage and Co. had, entrusted the Major with
carriages to the amount of 3701. and he now Aught
to deprive them of a part of their levy. He should
prove by evidence the Major had acknowledged the
goods to be his property ; and therefore his clients
would be entitled to their verdict. •
Frederic Fisher, a Serjant at Mace-of the City of
London, stated that the Major had lodged at his
house in the Old bailey ; he teld the witness Savage
had got all the goads in Middlesex, and he wished
him to get them back if possible ;- he did not care
what it cost him, so the plaintiff received no benefit
from them. The witness declined interfering. He
then wished the witness to claim the :goods in the
Old. Bailey, as he expeEted an execution against
them : this was also declined, and the Miljoi; remov-
ed' his goods. • The Major told him that Miss
Fowles had lived with him as his wife.
Mrs. Morris was next called—She stated that she
became acquainted with the Major in the King's
Bench prison, from }which, she was relieved by hitu„,
and called afterwards to. thank him at Durweston-
street, where a Miss Graham lived. He then made
witness-an offer to come and live in his house until
she got a.better situation, She accepted. the offer,
and Miss Fowles was in the habit of visiting her.—
At that time she worked with a Mrs. Odell, in the
strew hat business, and lived at her aunt's, in Hem-
ming's-row. She afterwards came to reside at the
Major's, and slept with him. The Major wished
to have had the furniture assigned to the witness
but Mr. Castles, the' attorney, said that could not
be, as she was a married woman : she, however,
paid bills, and aoed,, in every other respect as the
ostensible proprietor until she quitted in Aueiusr
laSt.
On her cross-examination, she said that her hus-
band's name is Joseph Morris, an Attorney, to
whom she hadbeen married 21 years ; that she re,
sided with the Major by her husband's leave,, but
without licence being drawn up ; that-she bad for-
merly lived in Ifeland, but never had been taken
i up on a criminal charge. Admittedthat Miss Fowles
was a virtuous girl until .she introduced her to the
Major. Denied that she hadmade the Major's house,
' in his absence, a, receptacle for prostitutes, or that
Noblemen and Gentlemen came ,there•for the par-
poscsof meeting Ladies ; never'received 301. for the
purchase .of Fanny's virtue, or the virtue of any
other young girl.
Sir JAMES MANSFIELD here observed, that the case
was clear enough. It was impossible a yoeng.girl,,
under such circumstances, could have money to .puro.
chase the goods v, hick she now claimed. •
The Plaintiff Was accordingly Nousuited,

Tills was an adiOn -.brought by Miss Margaret
Fowles,against the Defendant, Sheriff of Middlesex,
to recover 1,4e,:k certain articles of household furni-
ture, which she alledged had been unlawi ally seized,
they being her property. Thee Defendant pleaded
that the goods were not her property, but belopged
to Major Davison.

The case was stated by Mr. Serjeant CocKgt.L;
from whose statement it appeared, that the Pitiin-
tiff had purchased this furniture of .the Kfjor,,,and.
had them conveyed to' her residence, No. North-:
uniberiand-street, New-road,,Mary-lc-hone ; that
she intended to com►nence business in the straw fiat

JOL'i 14,

line; where the creditors of are 'Major .(llttar's.
Saviage and Walker, coa.ehratakers) issued against
his_-IiINKL
. ~ .i, • . VES V. -SI..ATEL . .
the goods in qUestion a writ off. j'a. and swept them . ~ .
was am from the Court of Chancery tn
all off. He should prove that the transaction, as
. try the v.alidity of a Will. The cause occi.ipie,:t'tlie.
betweenAliss Fowles and the Major, was a tona,fidc
Whole-Of the day; hut all that can have any interest
one, and therefore the consideration of tile :Jury
for the public may be stated in a few words. 4
would be the quantum of:damages. . Mr. Sinn li,who had beeu a Magistrate, and. was said
Esther Platt, servant to Mist Fowles, Stated, that to .
have at' one tittle reiresented the County of Lei,
" Monday cester in Parliament, made i Will in favour of the
four
.mencame about nine or ten o'clock.
era 1800 a few montha before he
eyening, the latter end of January, aud.shewed her . plaintiff in the
died, which was at the age of &q::. He I•ad made -a
halstreas. the writ of execution. Her mistress ex,
hi-bited her receipts for the goods, but they deft a Nai ii • •
1 IEI t7.naa in favour of the DAa efendant, d. a,
man in possession till Friday, when every. article, Mrs. i I,asswena ~ •
, whom be was•wont to call hisadopt-
ed claughtUr. He- had lived with 'Mrs. Pas Swell at
save a few pans and saucepans, were removed from
Wapping, till, within a feW years of his. deatha.and.
the premises by virtue of the authority of the writ,
quitted her'sliouse only in•-' 4"
The witness pro Ned that a great many articles of I husband consequence oa
, these goods were brought horn, Alsop's ]?lace, the i• , - . .
his paving failed- in business. He .afterwa:,!a weht
residence of the Major. to live with the -Plaintiff, and was with him it the
A Mr. Simons, a linen-draper, Mr. Norria, an time' he executed the last Will.. The objeal of the;
upholsterer,, Mr. Price, a glass-seller, Mr. Bulmer, Defendant was, to set asitle;this Will ou the grotand.
floor-cloth-seller,..and several other persons, proved of the incompetency of the Testator at the tune it.
7(
the delivery of aoine articles, which Miss Foivles was ex uted, . .
paid for. For t e Plaintiff, a Mr. Wright, a tenant of the
. a
Joseph Rhodes, at. present Clerk in the Bank of testator, and several other witnesses, w ere calk-4,-
England, but formerly employed by the Major, in who swore to the sanity of Mr., Smith at the time of
executii/tg the wilt. Mr., Hughes, the attorney vv1,14
copying papers and doing errands for him respeCting.
drew it, stated that he took down the instrudiona.
Andrews, the fatuous Swindler, slated that he re-
from, the testator's own mouth. The will was, be,,
sides, fairly written ont,
.aS, Weil aa aighed by al
and paying some motley down. %
collected Miss Fowles agreeing for the furniture,
testator .hinaself. ' - . •
The Major was. ex- .
'For the Defendant, several res enable p witnesses
treinely distrested for • money at that time ; the sum
. attended, who on
She was to pay for the furniture was,. he believed.,• '
about 2001. He admitted that Miss Fowles took all the other hand deposed, that sotto
her meals, in Alsop's Buildings. . • : years before hi-s deathaMr.• Smith was in a .state oC
that
, second childhood and altogether nic
Mr. Searle, collector of taxes, proved -h he . . ! otheetent 10..e&-.
ecutp 4 will.
put a distress in for faxes at Northumberland-street, . . . .
Mier: the things were removed. i Sir J. MANSFIELD, C. J. in surnmiug up the eve
d.ence,, observed, that he believed this was the fisrSk
.
-Ma",tor- Davison was then called to prove the sale :
of his
.furniture to Miss F. He stated that she was, ! time a will was dilnlted which was altogether it}going into .the straw-hat business, and agreed to the testator's own kincl-wriling.-- lie only way tta
reconcile the. testimony of, the witnesses Wasa by
give hint 200 E for .the. furniture : tont. was paid, ~
supposing that the testator Might be in ditl-eret4
and the reinairider was to be paid within the. year. -•
states at different times; but the wilt arilother-
He was. shewn several receipts far monies on ac- -
count,, Which he identified as his hand-writing.— ipapers 3.vri:ten by hint spol.,e for themselves.
...
He. declared that the transa6tion Was a bona ft-4-one. Verdia for the Plaintitt Sp that the validity a
-On his cross-examination,, he said, that he had the will. WAS established. ''' '
become acquaiuted with liss Fowles through the
'medium of Mrs. Morris, his housekeeper,.whom he
had relieved from prison ; that she slept for some
nights with Mrs. Morris, a,nd was a nice visitor.
[Some questions were then put to the Witness re-
specting Miss Fowles, when the Major requested the
proteCtiou of the Coon agaiust them, as he was a
1
married man.]

About tree o'clock `yesterday, a Whirlwind* ok
vane of wi7.41, took two trees in St. James's -Park*
nearly oppcui.te the Palace, stripped them completely
of their brabches, and left them like flag; staffs.
was singulu that at the same moment. there /Iva.%
hardly a breath of air to be Telt out of .its range,. A
person who:was op the spot compared the vane, a*
to size and velocity, to that of a water-mow. its)
i.-.li...tence Was felt about the same time firthe Shand„
ticar Tetnpl4 Bar. It Made a noise like the crash of
a. falling hoase, and raised a ckqd of
,dust so denst4,
as to obstrua'all vision.. , . • •

Hereditary Passion for Me Hater.—A, young
girl was lately, convided at Paris for a trifling theft,
which, however; Tendered. her liable to a capitak
punishment. Frinn the nature of the theft, the?
modesty of her Demeanour, and other favourable
circumstances, she was advised to petition for pardons
as there was no doubt of its being granted. This,
however, sha refused, observing, that- her grand-, ,:-i
father, father 7, and brother had been:: hanged for
stealingthat the passion for, stealing: ri;n i tlie
blood—that she must certainly be hanged for it
some time or other.„ and that,. therefore, in order to
save time and trov.ble, she would be banged uow.

SMITHFIELD MARKET,, 14.11. y /5.
This day's market was bnt thinly supplied with
difliirent kinds oficattle Mutton,. Lamb, and Pori_ci
are cheaper than our last report.; Beef and Veal, sold
at last prices, and the trade, for tile most part, wa*,
somewhat Bat. The sales in the. Ilay-market were
inconsiderable ; Clover fetched a better price. hat
Monday's market ; Hay. and Straw have fallen. 4'4
price. The undermentionedprices and numbers att›-
a correa statement :

Pigs, 260.
HA), 61, cos. od. to 61. tis. od.—Clover 61. 16s. 6d. to Si?
es. od.—straw ri. od. to 21. 4s. od,

SHIP Nsl;f'S.

kryt.L., JtiLY 12.

Arrived—the .13radfor1, Dean, and Rebecca,
London ; Maria, —, troin the West Indies; anO. the ColLiati
Age, fro►t 1.ei;11

. - nttAvlt.3l4D., JULY ti. . .
Passed by—the tilliana, —, trom the River Plata ; and•.
the Nane:i., Evans, front Colk.
• Sailed - the Atalanta, Bowman, for Madeira ; Atleons-9,
.----, tbr Gottenburgh ; 'Abraham, Colden, and the Pie;l".;
dent, Owens; for Gib.altar. . il .
..,

't'o sink thd frai pe;;,stone of Sib.
Beef 45. c.d. to ss. oci.—Mutton 45. od. to 4s. Toki.—Veal /,
6s. od. to 7s. oti.—Lankb Gq. 04. to 63. 6d.—Pork 4s. 6a. is
ss. od.
Beasts, -jo —Sheep and Lambs, 476o.—Calyes, 1 ts.T-J

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