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London, England, 1806-12-18 00:00:00

it peculiarly was to preserve order and, decornm -
in places of public amusement and resort. , The
Defendant was a player in one of the London winter
Theatres, and likewise a proprietor of the Rich-
mond and Margate Theatres. The,. assault took
place It an :eatertairiment called The Lounge, con-
sisting partly of recitation, and partly of music, held
at Wigailore-street,.cavendis\h-square,. in the month C•
of .T' Jay The Plaintiff was . sitting tin QM: 'of
the benches, perfealy unconscious of the Defend-
ant's
:being in the reom,_ when he came up to him,
during an interval of the entertainment; and, after
exclaiming, " you, you're the Man," struck
him a violent blow on the head with a stick, with-
out any provocatiengiven upon the occasion.
Mr. Henry Frederick. Holt, of Abingdon-street,
surgeon, deposed, that he was present at Hughes's,
RooMS; 'in Wigmore-Sfreet,'On the (,iiiof May,
anctsaw Mr. 'Gore, the,Plaintiff,' sittinga
on- a ben
opposite to him. Ile-observed the 'Defendant come
up, to him, and, withotitany provocation, strike 'Dila
a violent blow with a large 'stick, after exclaiming,
" Damn you," you are the man." Mr. Gore re-
ceived 'a very severe L'ut, and imniedietely- fell on
the' floor in a faint. The whole 'company were
throvau into 'the utmost confusion. Surgical aid
being • requisite, usdd 'the 'necessary . means to
stop the bleeding, which was very profuse; the
witness accompanied him home in a coach, after
he was somewhat recovered.' He continued to ,at-
tend him for about seventeen or eighteen
He -was not previously acquainted either \yid' M.
Rtissell or Mr. Gore.
Cress-examined by Sir. V ' GIBB'S..--He never
heard Mr. Russell say, that Mr. Gore had attempted 2_
to seduce his, wife. Mr. Gore was silting quite tin-
.
suspiciously, with his lhatiri' his band, and leaning
forward on his walking-cane. This witness :pre.
duced the instrument of assault in Court.
Mr. Nixon Black,. of Cumberlandi-street, New-
road, deposed, that he sat on a benchnear...Mr: Rus-
sell, and saw him rise to go-away, in company with a
lady. • When he. heard the scuffle, which' soon after-
wards eiastied,' he imagined 'that it had originated •
from some: persons having been making observa-
tions about Russell and the lady, Who was with him,
which he (Russell) had beefy - resentineo He heard
the word scoundrel, and . saw Mr. Gore struck
lently by the Defendant, and also-saw him. fall, aud-.;
become in,sensible through the loSs.of,blood.
\ Mr. 'Alexander Fraser, of. Lyon's-Inn, stated;
that he was ASO present arrthe.occasion alluded to
that he was sitting on thehench immediately behind
Mr. Russell, and perceived him rise-after the-con-
clusion of the first act, with a young Lady under
his arm,, whom he understood to be his daughter,
and both., of them seemed about to retire from the
company. He soon afterwards was alarmed with
the noise, of a scuffle, and heard the worci, " ssouo-
drel" used; and, on looking about, he perceived the
Defendant brandishing huge stick, with
.which he
was armed,. and aiming a blow at the Plaintiff, who,
at that time, had received a previous one,, and had
fallen to the ground, bleeding profusely. In aiming
' this last blow, Russell struck the chandelier, and
was stopped from committing-further violence, by
the interference of the company, 'who were by this
'procedure thrown into, the ,utmost consternation,;
benches were overturned, and , several of the ladies
tainted. The Witness, on beholding this
.singular
outrage, immediately advanced,, and contributed
his assistance to disarm the Defehdant, and was the
means of preventing him:from receivieg, from one
of the company, who got tios,2ssion Of the' stick, a
bloW as severe as that. which he had given the
Cross-examined by Sir Gn3134---He did
not hear .Russell- assign any reason for thiS outrage;
during the time that Mr. Gore was insensible,' bat
„he heard him afterwards assign a cause fq
,lifs:cou-

eiiett.

dust. . --
_ Sir VICARY Gums, as Counsellor the Defendant,
argued;that the -Jury, if they consulted their. own _
feelings on this occasion, ainst be convinced that
the Defendant had certainly received, 'on sonic
forrner occasion; Very serious provocation. He,
however, shoUld not des re them to -4e left by his
surmises,. but to be gnided by the facts` in evidepee,
joined to their own ' teelingS.: -Nothing 1).4 the
grosseSt provocation could have induced Mr. Rus-
sell, who himself Was-a public man, to disturb the
harmony, of the company at a, place of piablic en-
tertainment. All the witnesses had proved that"
he used the• word " scoundrel," but •it Was not
denied that he had said something about schne im-
proper conduct having been shown toWards his wile.
That, however, was not a- matter which they could
discuss on this occasion, as the - law was' opetko
him to have redress. He apprehended, however;
that the Jury would be, of opinion, that if a person
had any very gross previous provocation, of the
nature he alluded to, such an assault as the present
would- be rendered very excusable. . He Could not,
however, enter into any evidence upon that point,
in this case,'aiid therefore he must leave the matter
to their own understandings. . ..
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Lord t:t.LENBORoUGH, in stiilU up .the eVi-
deuce, observed, that-if the.Plahititi had really been
the seducer of the Defendant's wife, as was evidently
surmised by his Counsel, the laws, of the country
were open to him,- and he might have recovered
.damages from a Jury, which they were in the habit
of administering with no niggardly hand. They
were not, however, on the present occasion, to look
to conjectures. They had the evidence of a surgeon,
that the wound given was. a very severe one.;, and
the other witnesses also proved that the. outrage
was very daring and violent. It .was a ,great dis-'
turbance of a public meeting, and was a degradation
, to a person who himself was in the habit of appear-
tug in public:. With these observations, he should
leave the matter. to their determination ; and had no
doubt but the amount of the damages would be. a
.considerate one, and such as, under similar circum-
stances, they would wish to be given to-theruselves,
_were any of them to have a similar claim left to the
. determination of a -Jury.—Verdiat—Datnages tool.
_ besides costs. - - , . .•

During the.. sitting of the .CoUrt, this day% the
Learned Judge received a letter from a party in a
cause now on the list, stating the circumstances re.•
lating to that cause.._ His Lordship having remarked
to Mr. GAR.HOW, the Counsel for the' party, the great
impropriety of this proceeding,' intbrmed him, he
must be under the necessity of ordering the party

to be attache4; qnd .xcprdingly-gave orders to that

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, 1) c. 17.

ELDRIDGE V. PA.YNE.

This was an, a6tion for slander. The counts in
.the declaration charged, the, Defendant with having
said,: the Plaintiff was a Swindler, for giving a
.cheque drawn by Pa:c.h, %s7l-m was execured.for the
murder of Mr. Blight, of liotherhithe, upon the house
of Willis and Co. bankers, post-dated ; also that he
knew it would not be . paid at the` time he gave it.
_The parties are respectable .merchants The cheque
in question was given by Patch:for a Valuable con-
sideration to . a person named Ricknian,, from
:whom it had got into the hand,i of the Plaintiff
.by negotiation, ,and by hint it was paid to the De-
fendant on account of two drafts. On the 18th of
Sept. 1805, the cheque was presented to the house
and Co. but not paid, as it was post-dated
and net due; the Defendant consequently went to
the Plaintiffs bankers, and used the expressions
which became the ground of the prescnitatiion. It
appeared the cheque ;was, after Wards paid, and that
Patch kept cash at the li'ditkers before-mentioned.
Sir JAMES NlANsi,iEto was of Opinion,..that the
counts in the ,declara.ion were not made out, and
thatthe words spoken by toe Defendant did not con-
vey a meaning that the Plaintiff was a swindler,. he
therefore directed a_nonsuit; but the Counsel ex,
pressed a desire in behalf of his client., hat the case
might be, submitted to the Jurors., The 'learned
Judge accordingly.. left it in ,the hands of ,the Jury,
and they found ,a verdic'.l, for the Plaintiff—damages
fool. .

'A. daring robbery was, c:.•ommitted very,
Toe-sday night, Of early on. Wednesday morn---
The counting-house of an emMeht wholesale'
mongery-house in Upper, Thane,-street,
next the foot-way, am., very ne2r a Wat'7.:ll-T
stand, was broke open, the desks,
bills, notes, and to the amount of 'tear 25001.
takgPi away : tne oat ; bt4
it being- sus*ted that sorne pcii-ions well 'acquainted
with the situation ~I.the haa heeh4„:uncL%-il7
ed, the pr,Ter steps.are taking to trace th4d.

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Clubs. in general, -both in town and country, have
given a preference, on a very just ground oi:rvason,
ing, to such L(:ttery Schemes. as containe.:
Prizes of a tuagmitule tlLit, would produce sot,',etui.ig
of consequence,to each Melnher, on the cootinboncii
of. obtaining but , even t Sli:ire of a principal i'r ze;
With riluen force, .iherefore, of, cb_)t-rupel-1;t113.
must the.pres!..at, Scheme come to those Stec:-t:,:,;
sine a Sixteenth Snare only of eithe.r,olthe 30,00ph
.Prizes. will amours :to-nearly Two Thousand.Pouids:

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It is.evident that-every peison, young and 014;
should purchase book wherein they are-ruateri:.:ly-
intereAed. .This being the case with respect to the
GUID.i, To IlE,1"1,T11;2., \Valid) is ,so just y recorrr
Mended •to young men and. boyS,.an: ealt .?.tentiott
t 9 its maxims will guard them from a fatai rock on
rbo.isands have•split ; and be the eans of
ng their bodies from disease,, their 50_144,
tiicir minds, and ail their faculties-sr from dt t. iction6
The pui4e to. f,_ is Sold by, Aithews
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POOLE, DECEMBE,R 16.

.Arrived-the John, Wake, • Newfiundland ; Busy,
R'ussell, and liove, I:4;lithead,-Irom Soutlimiwtou,; Anna.,
Andrews, from Shoreham ;•.lohn, King, from Portsmouth ;
and Endeavour; • Mitchell, from Weymouth.
Sailed—the A&i'c, Williams Active, Bro.tsn, Dart,
Boyne's, and Goixi latent, Thatchell, for Portsmouth; !u.dustrious, Aldridge, forSouthantiiturf.-

• GRAVESEND, DEC. t 3.
Passed by—the Silvanus, Lawson, from Memel ; Hunter,
Dorrowciaikt, from-. Seville ; Specntation, (fray, front Ply.
mouth'; Flarmooy, bungle, and Argo, 13urke, trout Cork..
Sailed—the Nancy and 11aty, Holman, for C,,rk ; saiy
Anni'Michel!; far Limerick'; Three BriAlius, Patrick, for
• Oporto ; Wales, for. 13erbice ; aeid Olive-Branck,
il.tddon, for Jamaica.
EC.• i 6. Sailed—the 1-ionnut:, Christmas, for Cork; :tar
vigator, I•:orrester, for Gibraltar ; Nl'Grath, and
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On IVlondiyi, at ,Taplow-HTuse, Bucks; the Hon. NITS,.
Grenfell, Lady of Pascoe G renfel I, Lsq M. P. of a Datigh—
ter.

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„On Saturday-lasr, at. t... George the Nlarr)r, Queen-square,
Mr. Henry Nlottle.- of Be4tara„-,treet, lcusselksquare, to
Miss Wilkinson, only Itughter. of Wilkinson, Esq..
of Lamb's Conduit-street.
Oia-the .. at St; .Mary, I,lington, Ebenezer AlexL
ander Whytt, Esq. of St. Switinn's-lane, to- Kiss Guitloni
d.aighter of the. late Captain Peter Govlon, of Isii..gton.
On the. 4th inst. .lienjatnin Calk, jun... Esq. -of Christ
.Church, Surrey,- to Miss_ lenkins,ol th s line p;ace
On Satuati) last. aCSt. )aines's Mx. Tillotson
-Laycock, of *Great I' ulfeneystreet, Golden.squitie, to Miss
Sa)er, of Lcicester-place. • • • = -•-

DIED,.
On Saturdayilast, lVlr. Sestini, son f;,f lateii2f
the Opera-House.
• On boardA tie
.Rose hi Bloom, in ,which' he was.-a•p:!s:. •
.senser at,thq tiate_of tk kW.'that.Yer
W.' that
sel 111 August last, Ar: jalneS Miller, late u.t Mei/.
chant in enariestown, South Corolioa::
, . vu Saturday se'nnight, on, Boston,
,l;eepp, his passage
front Li.
ono:i scot isatCrson, the T
Packet. He Was in the act of castfnvoe lead, whiht he un-
fortunately over-reached himself:lnd tell overboard.

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To THOMAS TAYLOR, Esq.
' o, New litidge,street, London.::
7 • CONSIDER it but an at ofjustiee due tof.th
merits of your I' i, NT PILLS,. to-.com-
:mhnicate to you'the following Ciire which has recently been
:periOrined by- • thern:-, An ,AcqUaintahee of thine, by the
breaking out of an old Venereal
.Complaint (attended by a
•
complication of '.disorders arising therefrom), was reduced
'mist to• a `skeleton • and 'although he' had the best
advice which colaltl he obtained,•and tried:a vatiely ofTatent
Medicines,, nothing could be procured •which: seemed to suit
his case, or to do him ;tin,. service : he remained in a most re,
Aucedand pitilible situation for two years,' unable-to felloi.4
his profession, and scarcely able to walk or even to stand on
his legs ; in lad noune who knew him ever supposed it pos.-
sible for.hu tto recover. Ile was ailvised.at last to try your
• Leake's Pills--he- did so, adhering -,strially to the diredions
-givenwith them. He had not taken-inure than tWo'bOxes be-
fore he found an alteration for the better': this encouraKed
'him to proceed, and by taking a few boxes rinoe he found,
his appetite and strenAth Oaduidly return, and, is norw as
healthy and stout as ,:any man -1 • know You are weleolne„,
Sir, to icier any person .to rnefer a coatirmAtion of the, above.
'account if it should tie doubted. . .
• • I sin, Sir, your 'obedient humble servant,
Library, l'olkstone. TIIOS Pt/ RDAY.
• I' repared,ancl Sold by...the Sule Vroprietor,
T ups. 'ray Lott, Member of the Royal CoL.ege c.f Surgeons,
-Londoii,,St his House, . Nto, 9, New Bridge-street ,-
Wheres-atter a Constaritresidence of more than Forty Years',
in a p.rfiatice particularly dire4eil, to the Cure of • Vene-
real Coil'iplai:US; and titose to,. the Parts of
CAneration In -b) th--Sexes, witn that inviolable secrtcy
which. Wm, ,Protession•shou Id always observe, he
. flatters himself,. the advice ausiT?.ssistance he gratuitous-
Iv adminiSters to Persons taking-this Mrt...heitte., ybe
• esteetried,:bY•a discerning yobbo, -as an advatita,:e seitlom
to be obtained, and void of
also sou l,' by, his .-4yointinc,it, tor the convenience of
those living'dt a distance, at the I‘erfurner's, No. 3i, _AI
ban's-Street, 'Pall Mali ; the T:.-,yshop-, No. 153, Oxti,rd-
street ; Mr. DisberengTs, No. 7, F ish ,stre,:t-itii ; Mr.
Baxter's, South-brike, iinir; ; M' ; Jona:4's, Glas•
gow ; Mr. BUII, Mr.
VerpOoli Mr. Atkin,,3;i's, ; and by one
in every -considerabi% Town. in Great. Britain a•rid Ireland,
in 'Boxes 'of only as. od. each, sealed up with Lull and
plain directions, whereby persons of either sex may cure
themselves With ease, s,e.--ed, geeree'y and safety.
N. B. Every Box food in tireat.L.4taill is .scaLt.l up- with
a stamp, on which', bv favour of tliTCOltunissione.rs, is print-
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Is'iret.,-' to imitate which is I' elotiy,• wid,allotner,i are eouo.
tertin is .