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London, England, 1806-04-21 00:00:00

mistress signed-her name as a witneSsnot to its
'authenticity, but to its fabrication. _ Whdt.seemea
most to have,led to this discovery was :he point of
law, of wlikh they were entirely ignorant. To dis,
pose by 14V4.11 of personal property requires no
ness at 'all ;. and the demise of .real estate only
requires' the attestation of three witnesses.
Wifh regard -to Richard WAlker,. his ,Lordship_
re-
marked, tlrat he appeared, upon thesevidence, mere;-
ly to have aaed under the diredion of Dodds, in whom
he confided, and if the Jury considered he had been-
made the innocent instrument Of fraud, he must be
acquitted. 'The.lncli&ment Was.laid in the county
of Middlesex, and as :Rochester appeared to have
'committed no offence, whatever he. might have done'
elseWhere'„he also could not, in the present forty) of
the record, be found guilty. His: Lordship con-
cluded •his address, by, stating . three distinet
points for the consideration the Jury ; • Ist, if the
instrument were forged---' 2dly, if it were forged by
- the,Prisoners at the bar; and 3dly, -if the offence
were committed iwthe county of Middlesex.
The Jury retired for about half an, hour, and, on
their return; found G. R.-Walker and 'Christopher
Dodds--Guilty, Richard Walker
_and Thomas Re-
chester-Nat Grafy. • .
The trial lasted from nine o'clock in the morning
until half-Rast ten-at' night.

MIDDLESEX SEsstows.-,--Saturday Walter Kane, a
labouring man, was 'indi&ed for-uttering- base coin.
It appeared that a counterfeit shilling was offered to
l‘lr. Cooper, a publican, in Petticoat lane,- White-
chapel, for liquor, , and on being Mold that it was a
had one, a .companion of his replied, that he bad a
b.agfu/4 of money to change it, when in reality, ;1
bag, containing, iiear ei liiy I,ad shillings' was found
upon .him of that description generally knovVn as
Irish shillings. He
,was sentenced to six months irri-
prisonment, and at the -expiration of that period to
find.securiti for his future godel behaviour. Several
Other trials of no consequence took place during the
day, and the Sessions ended.

At the Jedburgh,Circuit, a few days Since, an-ac-
tion was brought vtinst a Rider for a beer score,
which he had contra&ed at a public-house, to the
amount of 10]. The: defence was an 'overcharge,
and the right of proof remaining with the Plaintiff,
he hack • no other witness than his tap-room door.
This singular evidence was produced_in
.Court, coin-
-pletely covered with hieroglyphics, and considerable
amusement was affdrded by the faCility.with which
the landlord decyphered them. He 'turned' the
chalks into pounds, shillings, and pence, in a few
'minutes ; but he made the
.total amount to no more
than the exact sum which the Defendant had paid
into Court.

Saturday, about twelve o'clock', Mr. Firth, Clerk
to Mr. Casser, timber-merchant, of Milbank-Street,.
Westminster, was hustled by a gang of pickpockets,
in Fleet-street, and had' his pocket picked of his.
pocket-.book, containing Notes to the -amount 'of
upwards of I poi. The robbery is supposed to have
been committed by kill Woocrsgatig..
Saturday a Coroner's Inquest-was held at Charing=
Cross, before the ?ding's Coroner, on the body'of a
servant to Colonel Carey, of the-3d Gdards, who
shot himself on Friday 'night, close to the rails of
the Queen's Palace. Verdict Lunacy. - •

One of" the American Journals mentions, the ex-
traordinary circumstance of a pawder-mill, at Mid-
dle-town, belonging to a 'Mr. Curtis;-having lately
blown up by accident, and the owner with it "but
that he Came doWn without much injury !
Mr. SAMPSON, the•lrish Barrister, who was_ im-
plicated in the 'Rebellion of 1798; was a few days
since taken into custody on his arrival from Him-
burgh : his case has been investigated by the Privy
Council,- and he reniainss'i the of SPAR?
aow, the Messenger. •

ExiiA.TUM.--lothe Re-port of the Trial- of Hugh Mack„ for
" Mr. Worthless" read " Mr. Worth."

SHIP NEPVS.

POOLE. APRIL TS.

Arrived—the Brothers, Dalling, from Bristol.
Sailed—the Atlive, Williams,' New Hope, Manelaws,
Boynes; Annabella, Savage, and Dan, =Ai. Ports-
mouth.; Charming Molly, Mott, for Dover; Good Intent,
Thaichell, .fur Weymouth ; Anna, Andrews, tor Tenby ;
and lilizabeth, Turner, fur Liverpool. •

GRAVESEND, APRIL ,18.

Passed by—the Ipdustry, —, from Poppenburgh.
Sailed—the Vicissitude, Cummings, for Jamaica; Presi-
dent; Lynch, fbr Teneriffe; Jane, Davis, for Gibraltar;
Simon Cock; Boon, for Surinam ; Benjamin Franklin,
Weeks, 1b Scrampour ; Fritndship, Andcrson, ang, Transit,
Lifson,. for Smyrna.

On the r4th inst. at. Chester, the'Lady. of -Maj-ot Farwell,
4th Dragoon Guards, of a'Son.
On Friday morning, the "Lady of Daniel flake, Esq. in
G rosyenor7square, of a Son. - • --•
On Saturday morning,. -at his hon.'s& Hanover square,
the Lady of E. ,-Maitland, jun. Esq. pt a,Son.
At his houSe, in Brunswick-square; the Lady of James
Pipon, Esq. of a Daughter. -• 2
•On Friday the IStli inst. at RiOhmond, in Surrey, the Hon.
-Mrs. Smith, of a'Sbn.

MARRIED _
Yesterday, at St. Ann's Church, Soho, Mr. Oliver, of Stil,
ton, to Miss M. Sutton, of Sawtir. •
On Thursday last, at Clifton, the Coint De Mesnard, to
Mrs. Blundell, relict of the late Major-General Blundell.-