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London, England, 1806-12-06 00:00:00

Xll2. 1E LLLISH `S' A;.:%.-An.

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YEISTLRDSIT a mere numerous
.aAkmbly than w
recollea to haVe seen for many years at any public
dinner, met at the Freemasons' Tavern, to celebrate
the EleEtion of Mr. MELLISH for Middlesex.

The great room - was crowded a hare after five
o'clock, and near one hundred and fifty Gentlemen
were obliged to dine in another room. The com-
pany consisted of between five and six hundred
Gentlemen. Sir WILLIAM GIBBONS was in the
Chair.

After dinner, " Non Nolis; Domine," was sung
in a most excellent manner by several of the first-
rate professional singers. •

The Chairman then gave " The King ;" which
was drank with the mostapplause.--
The enthusiastic applanse.
The profeSsional singers (among whom were SALE,
LEETE, VAUGHAN, &c.) then sang " God Save the
King." The greater part of the Companyjoined in
the chorus, which produced a grand and Kapressive
effe&.

The healths of "The PRINCE of WALES," and of
" The QUEEN and ROYAL FAMILY," were then
drank with considerable applause.
The Chairrhan then gave as a toast, " The Navy ;"
which was drank with three times three, and loud
applauses. The toast was folloWed by the song,
" Britannia's best Bulwarks are her Wooden Walls."

The next toast was, " The Army," whiCh was
drank with similar applause. This toast was fol-
lowed by the song of " Britons Strike home," which
was sung in a most delightful manner.
" The County of Middlesex" was next given as.
a toast ; and after that,. " The .Constitution which
supports the People, and the:People which support's
the Cons:titution."

This toast was drank with great applause, and
followed by a song, given (as we understand) by a
Gentleinan of the name of SLATER. In this song,
Mr. REivEs' comparison of the Constitution to a
tree, of which the King was the trunk, and the
Lords, &c. the branches, was put into poetry. The
last verse of it was given by the Chairman, as a
separate toast, and is as, follows :

Your glasses fill,
And with good will,
I3e this each Briton's toast
May this Tree last
Without a blast,
Till Time's great revolution :
May Cod defend,
Unto the end,.
Our King and Constitution.

This toast was drank with enthusiasm.
The Chairman then gave the health of Mr. Was.
MELLISH ; which was drank with very loud ap-
plause.
Mr. MELLISH then rose, and addresSed , the
Company to the following died :—Gentlemen, I
fear I shall not be able to find language to express
how grateful I feel, and how gratified I am, by the
warm and kind manlier •in which you have been
pleased to drink my Health. Upon' former occa-
sions, Gentlemen, you : had to contend against a
fadion, which was then more powerful than it is at
present, which used against you the most corrupt
means, and -which did ntt stop at .perjury and
bribery to ,obtain its object. At present that fac-
tion, although less powerful, still continues to ex-
ist, and. . Still_ requires: that ,you should use every
vigilance
..tocounterad its dangerous designs, and
to extirpate its principles. You should, not con-:
this 'contest as' entirely at an end, but you
should be prepared again to resist every attempt
which, may be made in future by this fadion. If,
Gentlemen, I should continue steadily, with my
utmost power, to :support " the best of Kings and
.the best •of Constitutions," I trust I shall be, on a
future occasion, honoured with the same.cordial
and strenuous support which I have met with upon
the late contest. I cannot avoid, on the present
occasion, returning my most sincere thanks to those
of you who, on the day when I was declared your.
Representative, attended me from the Hustings in
such numbers, and in such an honourable manner.
The recollethon of this can never be effaced from
my mind., I have nothing more to say, than to re-
turn you my most sincere thanks fbr the honour yOU:
have conferred upon me by drinking my Health in
such a flattering way, and I beg now to drink your
Healths.

After some more songs were sung, the CHAIR-
MAN gave " The Health of W. MAIN WARING,. Esq.
and thanks to hiM for his faithful conduct. as :their'
Representative in Parliament, aid for his activity
and vigilance in the discharge of his ditties as a Ma-
gistrate." . _

This Toast was drank with great applause.
Mr. MAINWARING Senior, then rose, and said,
that he felt himself highly honoured by the very
distinguished manner in which his health had been
drank : as to the discharge of his duties as a Ma-
gistrate; that was a simple task, inasmuch as he
had only to follow the book which prescribed to
him the line of his duty; but in his political career
and his tonddel as their Representative, he
would venture to fay; that he could lay his band
upon his heart and declare, that he bad, to the
to the best of his judgment, and to the utmost of his
power, faithfully discharged • that duty which their
favour had iniposed upon him. It had latterly
been 'his lot to oppose that man; who, for the four
last years, had been disturbing the County of Mid-'
dlesex. In the contest in which he had been op.
posed to him, that person bad made use of the most
corrupt methods to obtain a majority. By bribery'and
other methods a number of spurious voters had been
introduced, who did- not hesitate to perjure them-
selves in the most direct manner. In the late con-
test, however, the Baronet had 'found himself con-
siderably weaker, and that the sense of the Free-
holders of the County was decidedly against him.
As be, however, still professed himself not to be
disinclined to again offer himself as a,Candidate, he
thought the County could not be too much upon its
guard to prevent itself from being taken by sur-
prise, If the worthy Baronet really wished to olo•
tain the good opinion of the Freeholders, and to get
a seat for Middlesex, he would giVe him a recipe
hoW he should set about it. He should first retraa
those foul and atrocious calumnies which he had so
assiduously propagated respedting the management
of tle Coldbath-fields Prison, and in which he charg-
ed the Magistracy of the County with being guilty
or cruelties, murders, and tortures. He should
next recant the political principles which be had so
long professed, and declare himself sorry for ever
having been the bosom friend, the supporter, and
protector of that traitor, CY gonnor,. He, should de-

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(.1101.6 himielf sorry fdr having been the as.Sociate tiiiit 1
intlrtiate of Colonel . Despard, up to the very time
wheh be; WaS•arreSted,pUt upon hiS trial, and 'exc.-
,cuted: If he werethus openly to recant,-and apo-
logize for allrthe errors of his political life; and de-
'dare himself sorry for the conduct he had hitherto
pursued, then; perhaps, he might gain some credit
and attention from the Freeholders of Middlesex,
and then he would have.better pretensions to stand
forward as their Representative : . but until he should
take this course, the Freeholders must 'continue to'
oppose him. Mr. MAINWARING then concluded,
by again returning thanks for the honour which had
been done him.—[This speech was received with
great applause.] ,
After a short interval, the Chairman. gave the health
of GEORGE BOULTON MAINWARING, Esq. which Was,
drank with considerable applause.- , , -
Mr. GEORGE BOULTON MAINWARING Ille/l,roSe,
and said, the 'proudest bumper that ever he drank:
in his life would be in - giving the hcalth of the
company who had paid him so , great an , honour.
It was, however, necessary for him !first .to endea-
vour to express, as well as he was ,a; le, not only
his sense•of the high honour which `ht favour—but,
he • might say, the hereditary
.atti(:arn4ut ,:of ,the`
Freeholders Freeholders of Middlesex had conferred ()whim. He
hoped that his humble endeavours had been 'of
service to the County, and had • le,: to the triumph
which they had now gained, and ,which they were,
then .assembled to celebrate. .. The faction that ex-
, isted when he was chosen their Representative did
still exist, althongh in a lesser egree. It was. a
consolation, however; to find,
,th t. although, Jaco-
binistn was formidable, it was.not inxincible: It.
shad, upon the present Occasion, been CoMPletely.
subdued ; and if the friends of the Consfitution put.
forth as much zeal and energy in •a good cadse, as
their enemies'did in the defence of a bad one; there
could be no doubt about the issue. After expatiat-
ing for some time on the.corrupt practices which
their opponents had recourse to upon the late elec-
tion, he concluded by returning thanks, and drink-
ing
.to the healths of the company. .•. _.,
Several more songs and glees Were afterwards
-sung, and the company did nut break up till a late
hour. ,

The boy who was torn by the bearin thebeginning
.of the week, continues to be in a very precarious si-
tuation. The fever returns at intervals, and it is
impossible to. declare with any degree-pf certainty,
whether his life is or is not safe at present.
LITERATURE.-,-The Plan of the new OXFORD,RE-
viEw,challenges the attention and curiosity'of the
literary Public, and from what we have heard of the
:names of those concerned, its publication will. form
an. epoch in the literary history of the age Inte-
grity, Independence, sound Learning, and good
Principles, have long been desiderata in many of
our Critical Journals.

Master BETTY is now performing at Bristol. It
is said that he is engaged to play a few nights at Co-
vent•garden this winter. It so, it is probable that he
me), also be engaged tbr a few nights at the rival
Theatre..

On Thursday night, when Mr. Skinner, of Shoot-
er's Hill, with his temily, were coming out of Drury-
. Lane Theatre, in -Brydges-street, as the -footnian
was carrying one of the children to the carriage, 'he
was hustled by a gang of pickpockets ; he put the
child down, seized one of the villains, and called
the Watch, who took him into custody ; but he and
the footman had the mortification to''see the villain
hand off his watch to one of his gang, who made
his escape with. it. Yesferday he was taken to Bow-
street Office, when he was recognized to be William
Thompson, alias Country Will. He was committed
for trial. .

Wednesday. se'nnight an inquisition was taken.
before Mr. RICHARDS, one .of the Coroners for
terkshire, at. the Three Kings, at Sulharnslead, on
view of the body of William Chanipon, who' died
in consequence of an unfortunate blow which he
received from Mr. Joseph Lovegrove, of the same
parish. It appeared that the deceased, in company
with Lovegrove and several other persons, had spent
the preceding evening together at the above house,
with much cheerfulness and good humour;. that- tlie
party broke up between eleven and twelve o'clock
to go home ; that some words arose between Love-
grove and one of the party; and that the deceased,
without any provocation, after they had proceeded
near a mile it'ont the house, pulled off his great
coat, and challenged to light' the best man ; upon -
which Lovegrove advanced towards him, pulled off
his coat, and the second or third blow, which was
given under the left ear, brought the deceased to the
ground, and he almbst instantly expired. The Jury,'
after an examination of the witnesses, and mature
deliberation, returned a verdi& of Manslaughter ;
,and Lovegrove is committed, under 'the Coroner's
watrant, to the County Gaol.—Mr. Lovegrove ap-
pears deeply_affecaed at the issue of this unfortu-
nate circumstance. , , -

Some mornings since as a post-chaise belonging
to the White Hart Inn, at Kendal, was returning
home, the driver drove the horses into the River
Kent, • a little above Nether Bridge, to wash, when
the waters being considerably out; they were im-
mediately carried down the stream ; the horses and
driver perished. The following morning the body
of the driver was found at Heslington Laths Mill.
On. Thursday last, as Thomas-Foreman; hind to
C. J. Brandling, Esq. was driving a cart along
Percy-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the horses took
fright in consequence of a discharge of musquetry
by,.' some soldiers exercising in a field adjoining, by
which the driver was thrown down, and so severely
bruised by the vehicle passing over him, that he died
the thllowing day.

• To men of economy, the saving of one per Cent.
is. an obje& both of interest and prudence ; yet,
strange to say, many persons, .by delaying the pur-
chase of their Lottery Tickets and Shares to the last,
moment, frequently subjed themselves to an 'ad-
vance in price of two or three per Cent. If this has
been notoriously the case in Lottery Schemes of no
very striking description, what' is likely to be the re-
sult of such conduct in so truly a noble Scheme as
tiol.v invites the warm embracb of. Adventurers in
general.
housekeepers and others, who are accustomed to
lay in their winter stack of Candles and Soap; will
find their adranfage in applying for those articles at
the Wholesale Warehouse, No. 182, Fleet-street
(two doors from Fetter-lane), where an allowance
is made for ready-money, in proportion to tlie gum-
purchased at one time. •

OLD BAILEY.

THIRD DA.---PRIDAY.

MURDER.

John Antonio Nardi and Sebastian Grandi were
indiEted 'for the -wilful murder of, V Brood, by
infli&ing on him, on the sth of 'Novemb, r last, it
mortal wound ,in the arm,'' of which he for some
time lingered, and then died.

The trial lasted from ten o'clock in' the morn ink
till past six:in the evening. . .
• The evidence for the Prosecution wislvarly similar
to that adduced. before the Coroner, on. Which occa7.
sion the-JurfgaVe a verdict of WilfidAtrder.againsi
'Nardi. It amounted in general to this,: that Grand?,
While standing at the door of a sadler's i Long
Acre, on the evening of the sth of Nov. 17:a.t,i.stictil-
ly dressed, With Birdof Paradise feathers,a r2,'..saorst-
-ed sash, &e. waiting for Nardi, Who was in the shop,
seeing a crowtlassernble around him, advised tiieui
to depart, or else his friend .who was in the, 'shop
WOuld'zhoot them. That some words then ensue 4
,tween Grandi'and the deceased,. , winch ended
scuffle. 'That Nardi Came mit of the shoji; and, as
'Grandi had before skid he would,-tlifeateneFl to,shcpt.
them That he ova,;. not attaeked hy,the deeepl'ajaal,
-but that, at a motrient`),Vlen the cio‘vd was ri&ti,pr%.l-
sing 'upOn, him, or endovo4ing to irist Inm,
'-tie•put • his hind' ihto Ills breeches pocket, took
Ont something WhiCh he. held, in his right liana,
applied his left hand to it, then 'brandishing th
instrument in his right band, rushed forward.
struck at the deceased. An alarm was soup.
- giVen thathe bad a:knife. in his handa the,croo:l
• bore'away to the opposite side of the street, W'he;'.e
. Nardi -.Vent into a cheesetnonger's shop, and was
soon after taken into custody. The deccase4,
in the mean time,, was observed-by a young Gentle-
man, a Surgeon, staudiog in the middle. of the'
street, supported by another :young man, . hardly
-able to stand. On approaching nearer to
-the Gentleman heard a rushing sound, as if
~.
'water. The..young man complained of_his thigh,'
which induced the Medical Gentleman to suppose that
the principal artery of the thig'i had been cut. He
accordingly, with the hope Of snapping the farther et:-
fnsionof the blood, clapoOd his right hand on the part
most jilely to effect that ohjeca, and '.vith the other
hand assisted hirtracroSs the street. Inalts manner Le
conveyed hirn to the.nearest surgeon's shop, a.l;ere
on examining his thigh, though therewas blood on the
breeches, he could not perceive any cut in them.-7
b Observing the hand bloody; he earnlned .the wrist,
thinking,the.tendon'S' of it :had been cut through, so
as lo'-occasion the grot effusion of blood. Finding
the wrist entire, he examined farther up the arm, and
observing a ctit in the Coat, hr: slit it up, and disco-
vered a wound a little above the bend of the arm, of
between two and three inches long,. This Gentle-.
man declared himself dearly Of. opinion, that both
the Main; artery and, thedarge nerve were cut thro'.
Indeed. he 'cOuld not: be mistaken in saying so, as he
bound thern both 'on. The deceased had bled profuse 7
ly,and the Medical'Gentleman.supposed, would have
bled to death. if' he had not accidentally. gone up to
hint. He did not examine the wound on the thigh;
as he understood it was on the outside, where there
were aio large arteries. - He recommended it to the
deceased to go to the Hospital, offering himself
to accompany him, but the deceased said he would
go home to his uncle's. About eleven o'clock;
however, on the same night, the deceased was car-
ried to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, wheie the
House Surgeon, Mr. Barker, who stated, that
though he was not yet out of his:time, he had been
a surgeon for six years, examined the wound. He
took off the exterior dressing, but seeing-it had al-,
ready been skilfully dressed by a professional man, he
did not altogether undo them, of course he could not
probe the wound, nor could he thenljudge whether.
the main artery was cut thrOngh or not. There ap-.
peared to have been a great effusion of blood. The dc-
ceased was cold and nearly 'senseless. After adminis-
tering some:cordials to him the surgeon :eft him for
the night. Next dayhe found the deceased a great
deal better. The wound was dressed on. Friday, and,
the parts seemed nearly united. It continued to
Mend till the Monday following, when Mr. Barker,
Clue ' surgeon, went out of town. On his return,
the same evening,, be was informed that, the wound
had bled afresh. He-did not see the 'deceased till
• the following morning, but he understood, he
had been visited by the other house surgeon, and.
by Mr. Abernethie, a
.Gentleman of great expe...
rience. On examining the wound next morning;
he tund • the deceased had lost a deal of blood,
and that :the wound was, again bleeding. He
therefore serif for additional. 'aid, as he could not,
ascertain from what vessel'the blood came. Am-
putation of the arm was recommended, which was
deferred, however, till Sir- James Earle should ar-
rive. When he and Mr. Ramsden 'came it was
foPnd that the loss of blood had been too Much to
enable the deceased to support the operation, and he .
died about half-past twelee that day. On exarnin-
ing the arm after the young man's death, it was
found that the incision had been made completely.
to the bone ; .that..the main :artery and two of the
principal nerves ere entirely divided. 'On being
. questioned by the Judge as to the cause of the
young man's death, Mr.. Barker said, that the woun9
in, the arm was the cause of the bleeding; and, of
course, of his death.

On
his. Cross-examination by Mr. GURNEY,
,whe-
ther, if a ligature had been applied both above' and
below the wound, the yoting man might not at this
moment have been alive ?—fle,answered 'in the af-
firmative. There was only one ligature applied,
whereas, if they had been aware that the artery was
divided there would have. been two. He did not exa-
minc'any thing about,the artery till after the young
mail was dead. It went on so well he did not think
it necessary. He did not perceive any symptom to
induce a belief that the artery was. divided. Any
examination of the parts while the deceased was so
much exhausted by loss of blood seemed imprudent,
as it might haVe caused a still greater effusion.;, and
he did not think himself warranted in undoing the
dressings of any other medical man of skill, as the
person who had dressed the arm seemed to have
beeP., when accompanied with so great a risk..
On the part:oe the Defence, the evidence-adduced,
was, in 'many
,particulars, ccmpletely contradictory
to that in support.ofthe ProseCution., Among Others,
tiVilliacn .Drew, ,shoethaker, of Duke's-court, ,St.
Martin's-lane, represented, the .conduet of Mai
originally to have been entirely- jocular. That the
deceased, after previously abusing- Grandi, cam-

jutted the first assault on Nardi ; also struck hint
two or three violent blows oh the head and tace, and
knocked him .to The distance of two or three yards
from the place where he was originally -stand-
ing, himself one way, and his- hat and a bundle
which he had, another. The deceased and his corn-
panion then again rushed on. Nardi, carrying him, •
*with the mob, into the middle of the road, where
they were completely surrounded, and the Witness
could not see who gave or wlicareceived the blows. ,
At this-time, however, he saw Grand' standing at •
the cheeaemonger's shop while the fighting continued
in the crowd, and he afterwards .saw Nardi creeping
out flour the midst of the crowd, as if creeping out
of the mud. This statement, the witness said, he
had given to a respeClatale • ncialibour, in. conse-
4ence of his having seen so different, and to his
mina!, so unfair an account of the transaCtion given -
in the Newspapers, as detailed in the evidence be-
fore the Coroner. Several other witnesses deposed
to the same etrea.
1 he Prisoner Nardi made a Very rational defence,
in which he illedged that he had been quiet, steady,
and civil in his manner ; that the word " Paull"
had been pot into his hat by a set of men whom he
paased, without his knowing the meaning of it, as'
he 'could not read English ; tlait he had been furi-
ously attacked and abused at all hands, and that in
drawing his knife he had done what he considered
at the time an ad of self-defence, being desperate,
Viei not knowing- how best to consult his own safety,
winch he conceived to be in danger.
Mr. Grandi also, made a long defence, principally.
:punning out -the' manner which he had been ern-
:ployed on the preceding part of the day on which
:the accident happened.
Dr. SinituonS was then examined„ who declared •
that he had been called on about ten months ago to
'ciSit the PriaoneiaNardia who, in his opinion, 'exhi-
bited every sign of, an insane person, He had seen
him 3iuce, in August and OClober lat,.and the opi-
.-DiOn he had originally formed of hint was confirmed.
'He accordingly offered his assistance to Nardi's wife,
to get him into the Hospital for Lunatics. -
Several of Nardi's respectable neighbours repre-
sented him as a man who was formerly accustomed
Ito live in a creditable stile, and to pay' uncommon
attention to his business, and to the Ladies Who em-
ployed him. Of late, however, he had taken greater
pleasure in decking him Self With his valnable feathers
a -d floWets titan in endeavouring to make them :go
off among his customers. He used to ride on horse-
back furiously about the streets ; to call, in that
style, at the houses 'Of those Ladies who employed
him ; tcrsknock at their doors'on horseback -;" and if
the answers delivered by the servants did noiplOase
-him, to strike them. His condua was, altogetho-
- as to convince those who knew hiai best, that
be IN insane. In faa, some of his neighbenrs had
at One aitne sent him to Mary-le-bone.lefirmary.
• In behalf of Grand', the Secretary'to the ItOyal
Aeadeniy, and Mr. Northcote, Mr. °Pie,' Mr.
Wright, Mr. -Aldellinan Boydell, Sac. Sac. were exa-
mined, all of whom had known the Prisoner for a
nurnherOf years, from'26 to 14, and who declared,
that besides being a man of great merit, in the lay-
ing of grotinds for painting, Mixing of colours,. &c.
he was a most amiable, humane, and mild man ; in
fait, if he had a fault, that it consisted in too much
good nature and simplicity.
While the Counsel for the Prisoners were proceed-
ing with their proofs of the insanity of Nardi, they
Were stopped by Mr. Baron GRAHAM, who tried the
cause. He thought there was no occasion to go fur-
ther into that point, which was already sutlicienty ap-

Parent,
Mr. Baron GRAHAM then addressed the Jury.--.-
He said, that he and they would probably be fortu-
nately relieved from wading through that miss ,of
eontradiaory evidence which had been addUced
fatr and against the present Prosecution, and the
weight Of which, after ail, might probably elude
their search, if, like him, they should be satisfied
'en another point which hail occurred. Before call-
ing their attention to thiS point, however, it was ne-
cessary for him to inform them, that they might
safely dismiss from their minds all consideration of
the case of Grandi, who, it was clear, had nothing
to do with the offence to which he was charged as
being a party;
He then entered into the evidence of Nardi's in-
sanity, which lie submitted to the Jury as the first
subject for their consideration. If they should be
of opinion that he was insane, there would be no
occasion to enter farther into the evidence. Whe-
ther he had itifliaed the wound wantonly, or after
experiencing the provocation, which the law in -its
mercy held as an apology for the offence, would, in
that case, be alike,inditferent, as, in neither event,
could- he be responsible for it. If, however,- they
should not be of opinion that Nardi was insane, it
would then be tor him and for the Jury to enter
more fully into the merits of the-case.
The Jury immediately found Grandi—Not Guilty
—and that Nardi was Insane at the time.
Grandi was accordingly dtsmissed ; and Nardi or-
dered to be held in safe custody, agreeably to net of.
Parlia men t. ,
John Smith, 'a boy 13 years old, was conviaed of
usly stealing, on the Bth of November, a Sol.
Bank of England Note, the property of Thomas
lUnson.—Tue charge, though it might have been,
was not laid capitally ; but as a single felony.
Three other yrlsoners,viz. William Oakley; James
Carty, and -.ll7,ilham Husband, were conviaed of
felony ; and five were acquitted.

On the first alarm of taking possession of English
Vessels .at Bremen, an order was sent, amongpthers,
to" a ship laden with West India prOduee, be-
longing to a mercantile house near Crutched-friars
(one of the partner,' of which was on the spot); the
Captain rcfused to ehey, and began to unmoor ; a
detachment of 250 troops • was sent to enforce the
order ; but the Captain assuring them he was pre-
pared, and would not submit, they thought proper
to return, when he instantly put to sea, and is hour-
ly expeeled
'A Gentleman who belongs to a Mediol Board in
London lately wrote to Dr. 'M'QuniN, at Surinam,
to know what he had heard respecting the Yellow
Fever Remedy. The answer from this' Physician
was,. we understand, that he had proved its efficacy
ts) his entire satisfatlion in fifty-seven desperate cases
of tlyar dreadfnl disorder, and that it bad not failed
in 'one instance, •

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH.

SITTINGS ISEFORE LORI) ELLENBOROUGH,‘ IN GUILD.
lIALL, LONDON, MONDAY,. D4G. I.

SALKELD V. LUCAS.

.Tlyis was an salon upon a Bill of Exchange for '2 5 .
drawn-by John Lucas on his father,-,the Defendant,
why was the acceptor.
The Bill was produced and proved, and'that was
the plain
.case, Sir Vi..G113.13S said, on the.partof the
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GARRONi', .for the Defendant, said, it was
necessary he should inform 'the Court and' Jury,
that the Plaintiff in this case was 'an Attorney,
and he hoped he would be careful how he appeared
before -the ,Court upon such an occasion again, and
hinted at the:power of his Lordship over:Attornies..
The 'consideration given for this Bill, he maintained
to be such, as would not the right -of an ac-'
tion in the Plaintiff, and would perhaps astonish the
Court.—First he Would observe, that the Attorney
--had printed bills distributed, of a particular mode of
doing business, by which he undertook to recover all
sums of money under fol. for the premium. of three
shillings ; and, for 51. he would recover a sum of t 001.
and' up to 5001. if justly due, Sze. Bills to this ef-
feet had been distributed thrOughout the Country,
or in various parts 3 and hp had further to observe,
that the Defendant- 'had received in considera-
'lion of this Bill only lal. In money, as part of
the 251. tbr whiCh the Bill was given, and the
teSt in gOodS, With an agreement to spend a guinea
forr-supper theSe goods being pawned by the.
young man Whoil3dribWed, .the Plaintiff bought
them afterwards, while in pledge, allowing the
young 'man -who. pawned the goods at the rate
of fi% e shillings- in the- pound for the sum lent
,upon thetn:'lf •he 'proVed this, he should be sure,
to nonsuit the Pl:,.intiff. •., .
,John Lhcas said, that he received for the above
Bill-of ECliange of 251. -only fol. in money, as
part of the consideration, and the rest in goods, v.ith
an agreement on his part to spend a guinea for:sup-
per, &c. at which a Gentleman at the Bar was 16 be
present: The goods' were, a hunting watch, valued
to him at four guineas and a half, which he after-
wards pawned, and the Plaintiff bought the duplicate,
giving five shillings in the pound 'upon the money
advanced by ' the Pawnbroker. He had a 'metal'
Watch valued to -him at, two guineas and a half,
which he pledged:for thirty shillings,-and whiCh the
Plaintiff purehated upen the advance of five shilings
in-the pound on the surf) lent..A gold seal and a piece
of cloth were disposed of in a similar manner, the
Plaintiff purcifasing the duplicates after the goods were
pledged by this young man, at this' smalladvance upon
the money lent by the pawnbroker, falling so very
short of the price at which the goods were valued
when he had them of the .Plaintiff as a part consi-
deration of this Bill.:
Lord ELLENBOROUGH asked Sir V. GIBBS, if
he thought he could make any thing of this
case on behalf the Plaintiff, in proving a more
valuable consideration this Bill ?--7That Learn-
ed Gentleman answering in the negative, the Plain-
tiff WAS nonsuited.

DECEMBER 5.

TIIE KING V. RICII.
Mr. GAarsow, Counsel for the Crown, stated,
that this was a prosecution by the Society for the
SUppression of Vice; against the Defendant, for
selling obscene prints •and books; with intent to cor-
rupt the-minds of the youth of this kingdom.—
That, in effeding any • desirable reformation in so-
•ciety, those who laboured for that laudable purpose
were always opposed by the vicious ; and, as might
expected,be the Society of Honourable Men, who
were the prosecutors in this case, .were libelled in
the most scandalous manner, and were described by
some as a set of wild fanatics, who were promoting
the very purposes which it was their objet to sup-
press, by instituting prosecutions whichgave greater
publicity and more' general currency to that de-
testable poison, the vending 'of which polluted the
morals of society at their very source, and laid In
the young mind the seeds of depraved lust and con-
sequent imbecility and disease. The Society, how-
ever, with the fortitude which belongs to virtue,
proceeded in its laudable •course ; and be would
chew that it was possible to prosecute, and to pu-
-nish, without rendering a Court of Jpstice the means
of unwittingly spreading the contagion of vice, and
making filth and obscenity more public. By con-
sent of the Counsel for the Defendant, Mr. LAM/ES,
it had been agreed that the record should be. ex-
amined by him out of Court, which enabled him to
admit the passages set out to be faithfully transcribed,
and he should abstain from mentioning even the
names of the books, one of which he confessed to
be entirely new to himself': this he stated to be
printed in Paris ; and he was happy that it had not
the ingorimature of an English Typographer. 'lle
passages of the books were, -therefore, not 'read
publicly in .. Court,: nor even the names mentioned
by the witnesses ; and the books themselves were
seen only by Lord EL.LENBOK6UGII, the Counsel in
the cause, and the Jury.
It appeared, upon the evidence of Mr, Boyle,
Mr. Macauley, and another Gentler an, Members
of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, that the
Defendant sold these books at a stall .near the Ad-
miralty ' • and upon being asked the price of one,
which he publicly exhibited for sale for is. 6d.
called the Gentleman asi4, up a court, and asked
him if he would purchase a book of higher price,
which he afterwards sold him for 13s. He then
offered another book for sale, mentioning the title,
which he had not by him at that time, but which
• he procured for the purchaser in about 'an hour, and
said he had some still hatter.

- The case being proved,
Mr. LAWES, for the Defendant, 'objeC.ted to one
of the counts in the indi&►rent, that one' of the
books was improperly set out ; the title being stated
• only by the first title ; whereas it was entitled The
; or, -.
Lord ELLENI3-0110TI said, if " Tom Jones ; or,
the History of a, Foundling," were a work of tio.is
nature, and the publisher Were to be indiCted, he
thought it might very properly be described as a
book called " Tom Jones" only ; but he would
Mention this point wtr►a the Defendant should come
up for judgment. • •

Mr. LAWES then addressdi the Jury uprn
evidence, and in a very neat speech, endeavourtd to
skew that the scandalous and wicked intention
charged by the inclitlment was not proved.
Lord ELLENBOROUGII said, that every man must
be cognizant of -what he sold ; and it was ithposii-
tile for any one to cast a transient glance Upon thelie
books, and the prints, and not to see the vicious
tendency of them. The example of the tounsfi
he recommended to be adopted for decency sake- in
all such cases, and persons who brought forward such
prosecutions might well expea from the feeling anal
morals of Gentlemen at the Bar, that they would so
manage such causes as to assist in obiainingq:sublic
justice against criminals without injury to the public
. morals. He considered tkii,as an .offence of the most
heinous' nature, and it was proved that the De-
fendant had been seen exhibiting these inflammatory
and vicious incentives to debauchery to two boys Of
twelve years of age—a period when the mind is most
capable of taking a wrong direCtion from these, pan,
ders to Vice.

The Jury, without hesitation., pronoun Ced the De.
fendant Guilty,.
Mr: GARROW stated the Defendant was now iii
-
Newgate, and would have been released if he would
have disclosed the name of .the wholesale dealer.

Friday se'nnight the following shoCking accident
happened at Upchoch, Kent :—Mr. Bourne and
Mr. Ludgater, junior, both resident as. Upchurch,.
and yen, intimate acquaintances, went nut together
with their guns, for the purpose of shooting rabbits.
During the course of their excursion a rabbit
started, at which they were both intent' orrfiring
when Mr. Ludgater unfortunately darted across Mr.
Bourne at the-moment he was. discharging -his pi4ce,
the whole contents of which lodged in the back of
Mr. Ludgater'a-head, and lat All dead-on the spot.—
A ;Jury was held on the body on Saturday. Ver.:
da—Accidental

SHIP NEWS.

GRAVESEND, DE.C. 4.

Passed by—the Aurora, Fitzsimmons, from Belfast; For-
tut* Ross, from Caen; and Neu• Jonsey,- Mortice, frora
Ant were.
Sailed—,the Braganza, Coles, for Gibraltar; and Ailfzu.
rater, Heiland, for Embden.

BIRTH,
On Monday the 24th ult. at Chester, the Lady of Captain
Fitzgerald, of the Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, of a Soo_