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tied out of Court than in it; and he would advise
dip parries to reave it to the determination of sop*
wan of business. •

-Mr. GunNLy assured his Lordship, tht,hiS
was perfectly willing to do any thing, except pull
down the steatn-,engine,, which cost upwards of
30001. He was wiling to build the, chimney
higher, or to regulate it in. an,r way that any per-
son Who understood,the nature of the business, should
direet . .

After a couskiltation between the Attorney-Ge-
newt and Gurney, it was agreed that the De-
feridaut should be acquitted, on tiis, giving security
to tits Court that 'the ctigine should be managed Tor
the futurein a way that should be pointed out by a
person notnivated by the Court.
~On the suggestion of Mr. GAttrto,,v, Mr.Serjeant
Palmer was apPointed-as.arbitrator. •
Lord ELLEN BOROUGH observed, that he would be
at liberty, if he thought proper, 'to call in the aid
and assistance of an engineer or mathematician.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY rS.

SITTINGS AT GUILDHALL BEFORE SIR JAMES I4ANS.

FIELD.
WARD V. JOHNSON.

. .
This was an acc.tion of ,damages for an. assault and
false imprisonment, under thecircur46nees follow
Plaintiff is a master weaver.in Spitalfields,
and about ten o'cloCk on a Saturday night in
vemberlast,•his wife went into the shop of the De-
fendant, a linen-draper„
in the same neiakbourhood
Mrs. Ward was accompanied by four young women
who were employed as weavers 'by her butiband.----
The lamp in the.shop was nearly extinguished, and
one of the girls stood. at the end of the" counter
whileihe others were in conversation, with the shop-
man at two yards distance. After having. purchased
.some cotton for gowns, andother art icies,,Mrs. Ward
and her party went away, and the Defendant disco-
vered that a piece of cotton had been stolen from
the end of .the counter. On the Monday following,
INlrs. Ward and two women came again to the shop,
and the Defendant immediately procured a Consta-
ble, and gave. Mrs. Ward, and one of the females.
who-had been.in the shop before, into custody. On
being taken before a , Magistrate, an inquiry was
made•after the cotton stolen from the Defendant,
but as no evidence could, be procured to implicate
Mrs.. Ward and the young woman, they were dis-
charged,

. It contended, that Mrs. Ward, as the wife of
a respeaable tradesman, ought not to have been made
the object of suspicion. - .
Otis the-other side, Mr. Sergeant BEST maintained,
that the respectability of the husband did not at all
times.guard the unfortunate shopkeeper against the
Aniscondual of a wife. He observed, that the wives
of many honourable men had lately committed felo-
nies in the shops of 'tradesmen, and if women who
appeared under .suspicions circurnstahees were not'
liable to be examined on suspicion,, there would be
an end to all security for the shopkeeper. After
this cause had occupied a considerable portion, of
time, and much contradi6tiou had appeared among
the Plaintiff's Witnesses;

The Learned 'Judge was of opinion, that the De,-
fendant Ivas jcistifted in taking Mrs'.-Ward into cus-
tody by the suspiCion entertained that a felony had
been committed either by her or the females who
accompanied her. - .The Plaintiff was nonsuited.

OLD BAlLEY.—Yesterday nineteen prisoners were
tried, fifteen of whom were conviaed of fekiy, viz.

Margaret Griffiths' Henrietta Williams, Isaac Leech,
Charles Janes, Ann Al'earty, Ann Clines, I:o4.abeth
ti:rs, Thomas Smith, William Finn, -Mary Jennings, Sarah
Delaney,. Margaret -Cook, John Connelly, j ohn Tharby, So,
piiia Taverner;
And'four were, acquitted.

At the Clerkenwell SessiOns, on Saturday, a NVO-
man -was sentenced to seven years transportation for
stealipg'the cloaths of a child. The offence liad•been
committed previous to.the passing of Ali. -Alderman
ComßE's Ad, elSe the woman would •have l?cen
tried for stealing the child.
_ _

A conspiracy-has for some days existed -amongst
the coal-porters, to obtain an advance of wages tor
loading, unloading, &c. although, according to the
present rates, they earn frOm ten to twelve shillings
is-day per Man. Two of them were on Satur-
day, convicted before Mri FOLTRNIER, of this COITi.,
bination, and sent to the Surrey gaol for a month
each. ,

The wife of a dashing young man of fashion,
who is at present a prisoner• in the King's I3ench,
has, within these few days, eloped with an Irish
Gentleman, and no traces have yet been discovered
of the fugitives. The gallant has placed himself in
a very aukward situation; as the husband, although
unable to pay his shut, is ohe of the best tats in
the country. _ _

The heit of the weather has been found so op-
pressive for the:last five days, that not less than fitly
mail-coach and post-horses have been killed by it-in
their work upon the great North Road. -
Intelligence had been received at Oporto, that the
SwiSs regiments of Reding and Preux had joined the
Spaniih Patriots—the latter was ordered ,against the
inurerzents at Toledo, but when dire&ed to fire,
\ven't over to them in a body. Thirty of them Were
afterwards takes by the French, and shot. On Sa-
turday letters' were received from our squadron off
the Guadiana, an extract of one of which, dated the
18th ult. we subjoin ,
I-gladly embrace an hasty and unlooked for oc-
ca'sion to inform you, that I am just returned from
reconnoitring the French position .at Villa Real
there are about 600 troops, and they are busy, in
strengthening their wprks, but they have now only
three 2.4-pounders mounted. The Spanish battery
on the opposite side of the river mounts two la inch
mortars and seven brass guns of different calibre. At
J.lyairionte and Ingarita, a village on my way thither,
I saw the patriotic levies exercising. Their appear-
ance is not very martial, but theyare well armed, and
think will use their arms to good effea. I have the
pleasure to say,. that 600 Spanish troops are now ar-
viving, having effeeled their escape from Portugal.—
They have their colours, &c. and are greeted with
enthusiastic exclamations, Two hundred 'stands of
arms were landed from the Commodore Windsor
Castle), yesterday, and various stores are now send-
ing off. The enemy will be attacked in a day or
tti+o if they do not surrender; a summons, I under-
stand, goes in to day. Every thing in ibis quarter
bears the most promising appearance."