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London, England, 1806-09-24 00:00:00

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•
Yes'terday A numerous. Meeting of tlw.,lnost
spetiable inhabitants of Westrninster 'was held; :pur-
suant to public advertisement, at WILLIS'S 'Great
Room, in King-street, St: James's„
Auiong the Gentlemen present at the Meeting,
which consisted of at least 500 persons, we observed.
Lord J. TOWNSHEND, Lord W. RUSSELL, W.
NORTHEY, M. P. JAi\IES BROGDEN, M. P; COlOnel
MACMAHONy M. P. SPENCER SMITH, M. P. WM.
BALDWIN, M. P. EDWARD MORRIS, M. P. T.
CREEVEY, M. P. Mr. CHARLES DRUMMOND, Mr.
BOOTLE, Mr. FROGGAT, Mr. ADAM, •Mr. LOW-
TEN, Mr. WISHART, Mr. GURNEY, Mr. CLARKSON,
Mr. WILLOCK, Mr. GRAHAM; Mr. FRANCO, &C. &C.
G. BYNG, Esq. M. P. for Middlesex, was called
to the Chair.

Mr. WHITBREAD then call ed the attention of the
Meeting to the great blankwhich had been ,lately
made among them, by thd loss of that illus"trions
Statesman, whom it had for many .years been- the
hon Our of the City of Westminster to have for their
Representative—who was the ornament of the Bri-
tish Senate, the great bulwark of the liberties of the
People of this Connery, and the admiration of all
Eierope.—On him the task devolved of proposing to
the Meeting a Resolution in dicative,of the sense which
the Citizens of Westminster must entertain of the ir-
reparable loss which the Country has sustained by the
death of that great man. He could not think, however,
of proposing any. man as a successor to Mr. Fox—the
thing was utterly impossible—his place in Parlia-
ment and in Council must be ever vacant.—
But a Representative for the City of, Westminster
was' to be chosen, and he did not know a person
now living Who was More worthy of being the Re-
presentative of that•city than the Noble Lord who
then stood on his, right-hand ,(Earl PEacy).—
Loud applauscs.—lt was impossible that he could
say any thing of a young man at his outset in life, fur-
ther than What might be fairly augured from his pri7
vate virtues, his independent circumstances, and the
uniform attachment to the liberties of the subje of
that Noble family to which he was the apparent, heir.
This much, however, he could take on him to say,
that if the person whom he bad the honour to pro-
pose, had not the experience of age, be had at least
the innocence of youth. The Heir,to the House of
Northumberland—a family particularly dear to Eng-
lishmen, would doubtless look to the condut of the
beloved and ever-to-be-lamented,Representative,as a'
standard by which he would endeavour to shape-the
course of his political life, as it was most incontro-
vertibly a model wee-thy the imitation of every Bri-
tish Senator—(repeated plaudits). He concluded
With submitting the Resolutions to the ,Meeting—
[See our First Page.]
Mr. ELLIOT declared, that it was with some de-
give of diffidence he addressed the Meeting.—
Throughout the coarse of his political life he had
most generally differed from their late Worthy Re-
presentative, whose loss he HOW deplored'as sincere-
ly as any Gentleman at that Meeting, or through-
out the Nadel), could do. But at present he could
not think that the confidence of the Inhabitants of
Westminster could, be placed in better hands than
in those of Earl I'ERCY. kid therefore seconded the
Motions.

They were then put and carried unanimously.—
The) Were afterwards ordered to be published in the,
-Daily Papers—and the Thanks of the Meeting were
voted to the Chairman.

Earl PERCY, in the most modest manner, return-
ed his sincere thanks to the,Meeting, for the una-
nimous declaration of their: confidence in him ;
and assured them that 'it should ever be the ambition
of his life most zealously to attach him Self to those
principles, and to endeavour, as fir as his abilities
would permit, to persevere in that line of condu&
which had gained his family the esteem of the In-
habitants of Westminster.—(Three distina peals of
applause).
The Meeting then adjourned.

The following is an. accurate' statement of the cir-
cumstances which gave rise to the 13t61 that took
place on Sunday morning last, on Blackheath, • be-
tween Lieut. General Baron HompEscx, and Mr.
IticnAnnsort, of Lexden near Colchester, and it is
considered necessary to insert it,
,because several er-
roneous statements have made their appearance in
the Public Prints.

On Thursday' last Mr. RICHARDSON, with two of
his sisters, was passing along the Strand, between
Temple Bar and George's Coffee-house, towards
.Charing-Cross; Mr. RICHARDSON: was walking on
the edge of the foot-path, and the • Ladies bet Ween
`him and the houses. They ‘were overtaken by
Baron HOM PESCH, who appeared to wish to pass by
Mr. RICHARDSON without leaving the, toot-path,
and pressed against, for that purpose, but Mr.
RICHARDSON not yielding, but keeping his ground,
the Baron left the foot-path, making use of some
expressions in a low, angry tone of voice, which
were not distinaly understood, passed closely to-the
right of Mr. RICHARDSON, and turning towards him,
by a violent motion of his right hand knocked Mr.
RICHARDSON'S bat froth his forehead. Mr. rticlIARD7
sot.: then struck At the Baron, who fell in consequence
of the blow which he received, The parties then
adjourntxl to a Coffee-house near, exchanged cards,
and the Baron observed to Mr. RICHARDSON that he
should expea to hear from him; to which Mr.
RICHARDSON answered, that he was perfectly satis-
fied, having at the moment. resented the insult which,
'he had received. ,

As Mr. RICHARD.SON now unfortunately lies in a
very dangerous, state, the parties best able to give ac-'
curate information conceive that it would tx..-
improper to give a statement of the unfUrtunate cir-
cumstances which were the resat of this transadion.
The public mind, as to them, it is conceived, ought'
at present to receive no impression Whatever from:
-a statement of faas irr the public channels of inthr-
ination'; and it is regretted that details should have
been already introduced which we are authorized to
say are all of them extremely defective and errone-
ous, and some of them most incorrect and untrue.

Mr. RICHARDSON now lies at the Par-
liamen't-street Cotke-house. - It cannot possibly be
expelled that he should be otherwise than in the most
weakly state, after having received so dangerotis a
wound as has been described. It is some consola-
tion, however, to the fends of that Gentleman, to
Ite.ir, that there are now
.hopes of his recovery.

DAIVIEL.S.

GUILDHALL, SEPT. 2j

•
•- This being the day appointed for the thir er.amv-
nation of Mr. Daniels* before the Commissioners un-
der the Com Mission of Bankrupt issued against him,
an utiCainnin'asseinblag'e of persons colleeted,before
twelve o'clock, in the 'Court 'of King's Bench,,at
Guildhall, Where the l'•:eting had 'be&ti appoitited•to
take place.
Mr. CONST, Counsel for Mr. 'Montefiori, said,
that before proceeding to the examination of the
Bankrupt, it would be necessary fir him to allude
to certain objections of a Jegal nature which had
been started against' Mr. Montefiori's right to prove
under die Commission.. These ob:leetions, if be at
all understood them, consisted of three : -First,
that Mr. Montefiori was not entitled to prove a debt
which,was not entirely in his own person, he not
having paid for the whole of the, Omnium stated in
his affidavit to have been sold and delivered to the
Bankrupt. Secondly, that it was not his own pro-
perty, but the property of third parties,' which he
had purchased for Mr. Daniels, not sold to him.
And, thirdly, that the whole, or greater part of the
Omnium in question, was not a6tually in the posses-
sion of those with whom Mr. Daniels bargained for
.it at the time of entering into the contra6t. These
several objections, however, admitted, he conceived,
of very plain and- satisfaCtOry answers. That Mr.
Montefiori had not paid for the whole of the Stock
delivered by him to Mr. Daniels, he had no ,hesita-
tion in admitting. He had, however, made himself
responsible for it : he had given, drafts for the
amount, which had been paid so far as his Banker
had. film's. That they had not been entirely paid,
proceeded from the fraud pradised on him by Mr..
Daniels ; and it would rather be hard to say, that
because a man was ruined by an imposture which-
he could could not foresee, and because, in this situation,
his creditors did not complete the work, by Calling
On him to perform 'an impossibility, that therefore
he was not entitled to the red: ass he would other-
wise receive from the original injury. As to the
idea of the'Omnium sold not being Mr. Montefiori's
property, but that 'of the persons from whom he
purchased it on the employment, of Mr. Daniels, it
was true—that he (Mr. Montefiori) might not have
purchased that. Omnium on his own 'account, had
be received no authority from Mr. Daniels, whose
agent, so far as Mr. Daniels was concerned, he cer-
tainly was, and did appear; but it was equally in-
disputable that Mr. Montefiori was the only person
with whom the sellers of the Omnium transacted,
on 'whose credit they disposed of it, and 'to whom
alone, not to Mr. Daniels, with whose name or con-
cern in the purchase even they were unacquainted,
they could look for payment.—AS to the third ob-
jection, the Learned Counsel thought it sufficiently
apparent, . from the bare statement of the fait in the
present case, that it did not apply. Here, whatever
• might have been originally. intended, a-real purchase
and sale of Omnium, and an actual delivery, to the
whole extent of the Sum bargained for, 'actually took
place- and was concluded, accounts being settled at
the same time, and a draft aiven, not for, any dif-
ference, but for the real value of the Omnium de-
livered. It could make no alteration on the trans-
aetion, whether the persons selling -the Omnium
were in the actual possession of the individual quan-
tities sold at the time of bargaining for it—it was
quite sufficient that they spewed it to be no gambling
speculation on their part, by handing it over on the
day fixed for the delivery. The Learned Counsel
therefore 'hoped the Commissioners would have no
diffictilty in allowing Mrti, Montefiori to prove his
debt, leaving it to those persons who objected to it to •
appeal to the LORD CHANCELLOR, when they would
have an opportunity of. stating the grounds of their
application;and of pointing out in what manner their
interests were to be ati-Cad by Mr. Montefion's
being permitted to prove his debt. •

Montefiori was tlieri examined by Mr. CooK,
as Counsel for the Creditors who had already proved
under the Commission. He said that he had been
employed as Agent or Broker for Mr. Daniels, in
purchasing quantities ofOmnium. The bargains he
was to make were time-bargains. When he made
any stfch, he handed over to Mr. Daniels a note,
containing the name of the person from whom he
had so purchased. To that person, and not to him
(Mr. M.) was Mr. Daniels understood to be entitled
to look. On the other 'land, howev,er, it was solely
on the credit of the \Vitnets, that the persons mak,
ing the sales contra-610; to none of whom was the
name of Mr. Daniels ever mentioned by the Wit-
-ness ; nor, so far as he knows, could they have any
suspicion that the purchases were made for hit-n.
The Witness himself dealt in Omnium ow-his own
account, besides ailing as an Agent for others.
• Mr. Daniels confirmed this evidence, admitting
that not he, but Mr. Montefiori, was liable to the
persons from whom the Omniuin was purchased,
and who, unquestiobably, trusted to the credit of
Mr. M. whom alone they saw. in the transaction:
Mr. Cook, for the Creditors, contendedthat Mr:
Montefiori could not be allowed to prove ' his' debt
under the Commission. He admitted that Mr. M.'s
situation' was one of great hardship. He was of
opinion too, that he had acted with the •highest
honour through the whole of the transaction ; but
still the rules of law were.all that they were entitled
to look in considering the present - question.
There was an Ad of Parliament passed for the spe-
cial purpose of regulating transattions.on the Stock
Exchange, and be entertained no doubt that he
should be able to show, that the present case was
struck at by that Ad. The Ad to which he allud-
.

sied wa4 the 7th of Geo. 2.'c. 7. by which it was
declared unlawful for persons dealing on the Stock
Exchange to dispose of, or bargain to sell, any stock
not actually in their own pOssession at the time.
That Oniniuni was comprehended under the geneial
4lenomination of Stock he was warranted in stating,
in consequence of the deciiOn in the case of Brown,
v. Turner, Seventh Term Reports., In that case too,
the hardship
,was even greater than it could be al-
ledged to be on the present occasion. There the
draft sued for, which was for the amount of the
difference on a bargain for Otunium, had got into
the hands pf a third party, a bona-fide holder,; 3et
there she Court held that no :talon could. lie, the
tra-nsadion bring from the beginning illegal. Here
in like wanner it was proved by Mr. Daniels, and
net dispuied by Mr. Montetiori, that the mode of

dealing- was by time-bargains, not by delivery of
• the stock, but by payment of the ditfelence ; that.
Mr:. M.'s praatice Vvas to baud over to • Mr. D.. a

note, of the name
.of tttA perscn whom tl e
. pita:base n h;i; -eh c ise the tisk lay. on M.
13. C-.“:ept in sonic few. ir:•-inces I,vbere he did pnct
chuie to disclose the'tnimes of the sellers, in Vtgliicl:
event he hitusOlpassed tie and was 'rc.-
111 00 instances cenneaed with
the present transaoioo, except two, had be followed
this latter plan. in. all others, t he:vivre, ,be con-
fessed that be i;tied only as ah Atfent, and having
•once,assumed that eliaratier it was impos,ible that
he could be allowed to turn round aid/say that he
was the Principl, and of cotiNe entitled to prove.-the
debt, as due to himsa: lint suppbsing that Mr.
Montefiori should be still entitled io himself
• free from his charat,l- ofop A.,7;eJt, and to appepr
as the seller of thn Oinuinin, wits nut his claim Still
more evidently cut downcby the At‘kof Parliament ?
would he pretend to alledge that lie was pos'
sessed of the quantities of Omuhat» sold
Daniels at the different dates specified in he account
produced not, however, the Learned
Counsel ,contended, follow as; a consequetice that,
because Mr. Montefiori was not entitled to prove
this debt under the 'Commission, no other" persons
could prove it. Let the persons .'ho aetualy sold
the' Omnium in question to Montefiori, who
purshased, it not for himself but as Agent for Mr.
Daniels, come and claim to be allowed to prove, ,
and if they could shew that they had not aged con-
trary to the Statute, but that they were,tona
sfide
possessed of the. ditferent qulintities of Omnium
sold by them at the particular periods vs hen they
were so respeaively bargained for, there could be no
doubt that their claims would be sustained. All the
Creditors wished was, that the to,iialide Propri. tors
and' Sellers of the. Omniurn should themse
lves come
forward, not that they should, put forward Mr.
,Montetiori, who could not be supposed, s:; well as
they did, to know whether they aacaily had the
.stock at th.rt time or cot.

Mr. Cossl, in reply, repeated and enforced his
former arguments, and particularly ridiculed the idea
of supposmg, that any man, who kite;: nothing or Mr.
D. as the purchi:s:7 of stock belonging to them, but
who knew that they sold such stock to M. and
had taken his (1 art for the amount, Should attar wand
feel themselves at liberty to tuzll-,e affidavit that they
had sold the stock to Mr. D. He was certain, had
the Gentlemen alluded to a&d so by Air. M. they
would have been entitled to, and should lizi-ve re-=
ceived his best b.ny ; and he should with pleasure
have left them the task of chiming, under Mr. I)a_
niels's commiss:on. 21s, it was, however, this seemed
to be an attempt to prevent from proving, a person
who could do so; for the purpose of introducing
others who could not prove.
The'Commissioners gave. it as their opinion, that
there was nothing-in the smallest degree illegal in the
transaaion between the Bankrupt and Mr. which
should deprive the latter of his Privilege of proving
under the commission. He was accerding,y allowed
to 'prove, his debt.
Mr. GURtil,:i begged to be allowed to_make a sin-
gle observation on The p; rt of Air. Ainiels.- 'flat
untbrtunate person had, unquestionably, been guilty
of a highly improper and of a temporary deviation
froni reaitticie. He begged, however, that it should
be remembered, that it was merely temporary; and
that when Mr.'Fli;ler saw him in the Isles of Man,
he described his 'situation to be little short of insa-
nity. From that period he had endeavoured to make
every reparation in his power for the improper at
into which 'distresses .of several years had driven
him; and, as one strong proof that such were the feel-
ings by which . he was now actuated, the Learned
Counsel 'begged leave to read a Letter which his So-
licitor, Mr. Tomlinson, had received froinhim three
or four days ago :

Messrs. PALMER, TOMLINSON, and THOMSON.
SIRS, • London, .Sept. 20, 18 6.
Having been informed that in consequence of some e al
:question it will not be in Mr. Woutiori's power to p,uve
his debt on my estate, and as it i, my sincere wish th..t ,very
reparation 1 can make him should be atiopted, 1 therefore
hasten to acquaint you, that it is nay firm resolution nut lo
myself of such benefit, but that I am willing and desir-
ous that in this case the t.tr plus ot my estate, :titer my Cre,
ditors are paid in full, be paid unto hurl, provided my Corn-
-mission be supersethd, and Mr.Mode.iori be discharged by hiS
Creditors in toe Stuck Exchange, by their Committee be
iiilowed to do bttsiness there as before.
It must be obviouS to you, Gentlemen, however reprehen-
sible my late conduct has. been, that t acled, under the fatal
impulse of a moment, under the inlictesice of a serious im-
pression of mind for a number of years, and that I must
look with. pleasure to every opportunity that offers to show
Mr. Montefiuri that. there is nothing more satistattory to my
mind than to make a reparation to him tor the loss he has
sustained, by me. " This being my firm resolution, I beg you
will make such assignments. over to hint as is necessary, in
case Mr. Alontetiurt should nut te able to prove on my estate
an Tuesday next.

1 am , respeafuily, Sirs,
YOLif 11104 OthNiient Servant,
JOSEPH E. DANIELS.

The Commissioners then asked Mr. Daniels if he
Surrendered himself under his commission i—To
which he answered in the affirmative, .Being again
asked, if he would Nrtish :to have a faPther''diiy to
prepare himself ? he again bowed assent, present-
ing, at the same time, an ,account, containing
_a
statement of his affairs to the best of his present
recoiled ion.

Having thus freed himself from the contempt un-
der which he lay, Mr. Daniels %Vas discharged.

His Grace the Archbishop of CANTETZBURY bai
been pleased to confer the degrecof Doctor of Phy-
sic on THomAs DAY, Esq. of Maidstone, a Gen-'
tietnan whose exemplary private chargter, eminent
abilities, and unwearied attention to the duties of his
profession', in a very 'extensive and successful prac-
tice, haVe long entitled hitn to the respe& and regard
of his numerous friends in this and many distant
parts of the Kingdom. •

CAUTION TO SERVANTS.—James' Evans has been
committed to Lawford's Gate Prison, Bristol, for
the mitigated punishment of one month to hard
labour, for having forged a Use written charac-
ter, whereby he got into the, service of JAMES
ALLAN, Esq. of Clifton. The 32d of George HI.
chap. 56. subje6ts the offender to the payment Of
twenty pounds, or to three Months hard labour in
prison.

• SPANISH DOLLARS SUPERSEDED. BY ENGLISH.
GUINEAS.--HOW gratifying to the feelings of Eng-
lishmen ,was the procession,' on Saturday last, of
eight waggons laden with Dollars' to the Bank of
England. The 13th of next month another cargo,
containing nine rich Prig,
.from, 60.001. to 20,0u01.
will commence distributing by D..me Fortune to
those who volunteer their service on er iz.tfore that
day.

OLD BA/LEY;'lStrr. 23.

Wiliam Hawkins was tried on an indielment for

,feloniously assaulting on the higikway, near Caen
Wood, on the road leading fro*Hampstead tp
Highgate,- oiv the 7th of. August laSt,7Williarn
ley, putting him in fear, and taking 'from his person
- two 11. Bank notes, one 75." piece, and two dollars,
his property.
From the evidence of the Prosecutor, it appeared,
that as he was proceeding along the road near Caen
Wood, on the 7th -of August, be • saw • a gent 4
young man' On horSebiick• towards him, -ti*
~ •
'served' him suddenly St( p, and take a pistol fro 4
`his pocket, which hehei:ia him cock. This persOn
. was tae Prisoner. He rode up to the Witness with
itis pistol presented, and called out, " Surrender
The Witness,, not immediately suspeaing his inten-
atked him what were his commands ? ,The
PriSoner answered, " Surrender your money di-
realy !" Witness replied that he was a very poor
man, and a very unfit objeCt for any thing of that
hind.; that he had very little money about him more
than was barely sufficient, to defray turnpikes. The
Prisoner, in a pereMptory manner, repeated his
demand. Witness took_ out a small canvas bag, and
was about to give him a dollar, but the Prisoner said.
he must have bag and all. Witness delivered it,
but still' intreated him to return a part.. The Pri-
soner said his fathe.r was in prison, and that he must
take all the money but yet he returned to the Wit-
ness a dollar, asked his address, and assured him he
should repay him the whole, on .a future day. He
then rode' away. ; hut Witness, after proceeding a
little way, raised the alarm, and the -PriSoner was
pursued and taken.
William Tay, a Constable, who lives at Fry-en.
Barnet, stated that he too'k the Prisoner into custody,
and on searching him, found in the breast-pocket of
his coat a loaded pistol, and another in his side-
pocket ; and also a smelling-bottle filled with gun-
powder, a pistol bullet,,and a green Silk•purse, con-
taining two Al. notes; a 7s. piece, and one dollar,
exadly cdrrespondingwith the sum lost by the
....
Pro-
secutor ; and in another pocket he found some loose
shillings and sixpenny pieces.
The Prisoner wade no defence, but a number of
very respectable personk gave hiM a very fair 'cha-
ratter previous to this affair. The prot.d of the fait,
however, teas-so clear, that the Jury Without hesita-
tion found him Guilty ;. but recommended him to
• mercy, both on account of his yotith and the good
character he had supported previous to this crime.
The Prisoner was a youth of a very 'interesting
aPPearonce; he was genteelly dressed in black, and
appeared extremely dej46.ted by his unfortunate
situation ; scarcely ever venturing to take his eyes
from the ground during his trial.
Elizabeth Rarer a verrgenteel young woman, was
inditt,, capitally for stealing various articles of fur-
niture twin her 19rnished lodgings in Bedford-street,
Covent Garden, value above ,40s. the goods of T.
Davis, in whose house she lodged.
From the evidence of Mr. Davis, it appeared,
that the Prisoner had, some months since, taken
furnished apartMents, on the second floor of his
house, at ifis. a week; that home time afterwards,
her sister, who is a married'avoman,. came there
pregnant, lay in, and continued for some time ex-
tremely ill. From some intimation made to him,
he had reason to suspea that the Prisoner had made
away with -some. articles ,of the furniture in' Sher
apartments, in consequence of Which he procured a
search-warrant :from the Bow-street Magistrates ;
and, with the aid of two Officers, proceeded to
search the lodgings, when he missed the window-
curtains, and several other articles. On . searching
farther, a number of pawnbroker's duplicates were
found for several articles, which, upon etamination,
proved to be his, and to have been taken from the
Prisoner's apartments.

, The Bow-street Officers corroborated these cir-
cumstances, and added, that while they were
searching, the Prisoner walked about the room ex-
cessively agitated; and in tears: that at one mo-
ment, apparently in despair, she seized a knife, and

attempted' to stab herself; ..but being prevented from
this, she became in a little time more composed,' and
_ _ •

before they brought her away, she begged leave to
go into an adjoining rbom, where her skier Jay ill;
and: where they heard the Prisoner, in great agony,
say to her sister-7." Ah ! Charlotte ! if it had not

been for you, I never should have been brought to

this situation."

The unhappy young woman made no defence,
and the proofs were so plain, that the Jury found
her Guilty; but reeornMended her to mercy, on
count ,Of her previous good Charaaer, and the consi:-,

deration that her sister's distress and illness had in-
duced her to' this unfortunate a&: , •

Hannah M'Carthy was capitally indiOed for steal:-
ing five shawls, value los. privately, from the shop
of Mr. Enbert Poole, lineff-draper.
This was a coonnon case of shop-lifting. The
Prisoner'came in under the pretence of purchasing,
and bought some trivial article; but on het' leaving
the shop, was suspe(ted by-the shopman of taking
away more than she bought, immediately followed,
and the goods, found 41 her possesSion a few yards
from the door. A number of witnesses gave the
Prisoner a good chara&er for some years before this

.occurrence:. But the Jury found her Guilty 1 and
both they; and the Prosecutor, recommended her

to mercy, on account of her former good chara&er.

John O'Donnell, the pugilist (who was yesterday
capitally conviaed of a
_felony,. at the Tap of the
Worcester Coffee-house), was again indiaed on a
charge of robbing Mr. Luke Cogden, a fanner, on

the i3d of August last; near Wilisden Green.
Luke Cogden, at old man about seventy, swore
that he was, returning 'from London, driving his
marketeart, between ten and eleven o'clock on the

night of the 23d August, his daughter being then
asleep to the cart, when he was stopped by two
men armed with pistols one stood at his, horse's

head, and the other, who he swore positively was
the Prisoner, jumped up on the shaft of the cart,
put- a pistol to his breast, .and demanded his watch

and money. He seized his watch string, and broke,
it in endeavouring to pull out the watch ; but the
Prisoner made him give up the watch. The Pri-

sower then thrust— his iqnd into the Witness's
pocket, but foUnd no money-; and afterwards he
robbed his daughter in the cart. He was positive

as to the Prisoner's person. It was light, night,
and be bad seen him twice before at Wilisdemgreen,
and kne* his name. , The Prisciner and. his com-
panion then Went' away ; the Witness drove a little,"
further, and then crossed the fields towards Pad-
dington, in hopes they would go the Edgeware-road,
that he might have them taken ; -and be there -met
a Bow-street, Otlicgr, to whom, he said, he told' the.
,
transaChon, and that it WiS O'Donnell who hadrob-
bed him.

Upon his cross-examination by Mr...KNArP, how-
ever, he would not swear positively to this last. fact:
He had gone to Martborough-strect, where he had
heart! the Prisonerwas taken ; but did not then tell
he was robbed, or that he Came to prosecute. He
never signified his intention. to prosecute until last
Thursday, He had heard there was a reward of 401.
for con-% iaing a highwayman, but did not want any
-of it.

Sophia Cobden,, his .daughter, swore to the rob-
bery, nut would not swear positively to the person'
of the Prisoner:

O'Donnell, in his defence, delivered a written pa,
per into Court, in which he expressed his hope that
the 'circumstance of his conv'iCtion yesterday-would
,not be suffered to bear against hiur in this case, all
concern with which he positively denied. He said
that he never had denied his`coneern with the for-
mer robbery, except merely when be pleaded. not
guilty ; but that, as 'he . hoped for. mercy -bele and
hereafter, he was innocent of this.

Baron SUTTON summed Up the evidence, and the
Jury' acquitted the Prisoner.

Mary Anne Smith, a Cyprian, was capitally in-
di&ed for privately stealing a silk handkerchief, a
gold chin, and two seals, from the person of Lau-.'
rence Fay, on the 20th of July last, at a house of ill
fame, in Bow-street.. _
The Prosecutor stripling about tR, and of the
true box-lobby breed) stated that.behad this chain
. and seals; but no watch, on the preceding. evening,
When he Went °tit to sup with some friends, .and:
'l,vith whom he gbt so completely :intoxicated, thiit
la .knew not what streets he NA alked through, nor did
he remember any thing about
.seeing. the Prisoner,
or howihe came td Bow-street, but found himself
alone in a room there on waking next, morning-,
and missed his chain. and seals. He went to the
Office in Bow-street, and communicated his loss ;
Smith, the Officer,,went to the house. w here he:had
slept to. inquire, and Was there referred to the lodg-
ings of the Prisoner, No. 4,C,barles-street,toog-acre. ,
She appeared then in liquor; he told her what he
came for,. and she immediately said a Gentleman
had given her a silk handkerchief„ which 'she gave
the Officer, and in it he found tied up the chain and
SealS, of which she denied any knowledge.
A servant at the house in Bovvstreet proved,
that the Prosecutor and the Prisoner had come

there, both in liquor, on the, morning alluded to,
about two o'clock; and that. the Prisoner had gone
away before him.

Sir StMON LE BLANC, who tried the cause, ob-
served, that the Prosecutor acknowledged his own
utter incompetency too-Temembey any _thing about
the transaaion, and could not swear the property
'was stolen by the Prisoner:: The Jury accordingly
acquitted her.; which had such an eifed upon her
feelings, that she instantly fainted away.