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London, England, 1808-11-16 00:00:00

to make more frequent demands.: Tired therefore
with her importunities; as 'well as fearful of\ao.
'nestle strife, Mr. B.,came to a final comt,rpmise,
and agreed:to give' the nurse INA. to 4ake the child
entirely off hi hands. 'To this she agreed, and the
bargain was duly ratified, and a ,receipt given: but
the buyier still urged his wife to further demands,
and threatc:,iutd to .discover all to Mrs. B. if thoie
demands were not S tisLi cl.

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• Mr. B. retuseu to give any more money, but
agreed-to lend Hayes 60L upon his bond, which was
done; but not satisfied • with this, new deimind4
were made ; ,and on Monday both husband and wife
weyt to-Mr.l3..'s house with new claims on his lite-
rality. The hUsband first xntered, but being unabie
to suiccedd, sent in his wife as the abler advocate,
and She refused to quit the house withogt either re-
ceiving,,ber demand or riling the threatened-dis-
covery. .
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finding persuasion ineffectual for the lady's
departure, endeavoured .gently to shoVe her out.;
butiprovuked by a steady resistance, he felt'.4neces-
sary to proceed a little more roughly, and to push
her into the street by main- force ; and in this rcri7
contre she received the couiplained
• The Magistrate (Mr. Baonto told- the "Defend-
ant he ' had made a very improvident -bargain, in
paying 1001. in die first instance, as the Plirish
cers would . have, readily.' indeinniticd him from
future expellees for hay' the .7rsottq.; however, as
under the circumstances of that case it was dear the
tables Must, be turned agoinst the Vro,ecUtor, he
advised him to stand coMmitted for the assault, and,
enter bail fur his appearance; which was according-
. ,
ly done. k. • 2 • •.•

acr EnN -MU ARE .--Yesterday William b'zirrige
underwent.a.,rinal xaminitiori; charged h
i*ig Mr. , Gticling,.a Mas.er Butcher, of a
,purse
containing Bank (if
~Englan:t Notes -and other mo-
nies, amotuiting to bet wt.ten six and seven pounds.
it a.,•pear-d by the sta emeat of the Prosecbtor, that
returning:. home. from Hampstead to Ken-
nington,- he in passing through town missed his
y.,ay, and meeting with the Prisoner,,asked him the
road .to Westminster Bridge. The:Prisoner readily
offered to condu& him, and was-tai en into the Pro-
scan oes Chaise.. They had nor, however,' proceed:
ed far before the Prosecutor deteCted the Prisoner in
rid ing -his pocket of. the abovesum; the latter
jumped out of .the carriage, but the cry- of "Stop
thief" bting giVen, he was soon secured. The Pri-
soner made no defence, and was fully.commhted to
Newgate for trial.

PUBLIC OFFICE, 't-lAT roN-GARDEN.-Yegterday
Ann Clayton was fully commi;teo .I‘)r trial, charged
wirh moking.an old man drunk, ifflitinghitn to bed,
in Saffron Hill, and afterwards. rubbing him of 2.35.
in gold and silver, which the swallowed, to prevent
de tea iou;

, Jane Smith;. a celebrate 4). 'fortune-teller, in. Pert-
pool-hoe, was apprehended by Wood, the Ottieer,
• breodinv over tutttrity, to ease the minds 'of two
youn4 females. -She was committd to take her trial
,at the. ensuing. Quarter Sessions.
At Tottenhani, last Monday, an old-wan, who
absconded' tibout a year ago, and for whose appre-
hension .a reward of ten guineas .was offered, 11(3-
clerv:-ek t an examination before Mr. Moßms, Magis-
trate there, charged with having committed a rape
on a girl of twelve years of age. he was fully
committed fur trial.

LAW :KEE QAT.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov.to,

DAY V. EDwARDs.

This was a MOill)11 for a 1 ole:to 'spew cause why
the writ of inquiry,, and the damages aiaesSed there-
under, beiore the Sheriff ot Hampshire, amounting
i'sool. should not be set'askle, and a new writ be
directed to the next going Judge of Assize. The
Plaintiff is a iliiragent, residing at Cowes, iii the
isle of Night; and the Defendant the owner of a
vessel, winch, in hyr passage from Cork to' London,.
was Obliged_tO put in at the Lie of Wight to repair,
damages sustained. on the voyage. the Plaintiff,
who was employee by the Captain upon this service,
furnished his bill to the above amount, which was
certified by thecafitain, and the Jury found for the
W1101•SUE11..• It was contended for the Defendant;
that :the whole- Of. the charges were enormous ; that'
many,of-t he' items were propel-1y chargeable, tint
against the owner of the vessel, but the proprietors
of the cargo:y and., in addition, that the Captain,
‘'vlio was not .the one appointed by the Defendant,
but who was substituted,in his
.place, was in collu-
sion with the Plaintitf,--The rule to sliew cause was
granted. - •

Upon Date application. from • the Merchants of
Holland to BU.ONAPARTE for some, relaxation of his
• cOrninerciaL deciets, the' were told to consider
themselves as-French subjects, in all matters relative
to trade. A new and severe regulation agator the
_ clandestine juttoduCtion of Foreign inerehand;',,,e Is
still intended to take place in. Holland, on the 39til.
instant. It is something in the nature of an LAcise....
Otlicersove understand,'arew he appointed in eVery
port,, to take an account ;of thc_vartons articles. iu
the several bilips and warehouses, and also of Al
those-sold and deliveYed. Should it appeat that thtle
has at any time been an increase of the 6toCK; the
introduction of which cannot be supported by legal
and sufficient vouchers, .iuch surplus, is to be.suh-
jetted to confiscation.

The various decrees prohibiting the introduelion
of British manuladures or produce into the' coun-
tries subje&ed to France, are most rigorously execut,
ed.. It is 'stated, in letters received yesterd4 from
Flushing, that a .considernble-seizure.of.prGhibited
articles was invade last week ,in ilia town, in the
house of the Secretary to G;givral rciotrrNET.
Secretary, though absent at Paris at the time, was
not exempt from suspicion, and orders tor his arrest
were consequently sent to that city. •

In consequence of the high price of grain in Eng
a -
land, Ministers have wade contras fur the' supply
of our armies IT/ Spain and Portugtil, as well as our
troops at Malta and the Garrison of from
Mogadore and the ports of Sicily. It is even be..
lieved that they have made arrangements'for the sup-
ply ofthe West India Islands from the
,same quar-
ter. - •