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this deponent saith, that having hirnself,taken and
paid for the saittfixtures.zt,a valuation at the time
that he bought -the original lease.of the said house,
he, this deponent, objeaed to Mrs, Clarke's pro-
posal and insisted upon having the money 3, where-
upon the said Prancis on the day and
at the time of the execution of the ...said lease
(which lease is witnessed by the said plaintiff' and
Stokes, the attorney of the said plaintiff and of Mrs.
Clarke), gave this deponent a draft upon his bankers
thr one hundred and six pounds fourteen shillings
and sixpenceoneaknouot of the valuation of the said
grates and fixtures And this deponent further
saith, that the first quarter's rent ,of the said house
becoming due, and not being paid, this deponent
employed Messrs. Robins to distrait) for the,saidrent,
and such rent was then paid by a bill or draft of the
said plaintiff,
.and the second quarter's rent was, also
paid by a draft of the said plaintiff on his bankers.
(To te continua.)

men are proud of, I know not that I could have se.
letied one so insignificant in itself as that which has
been the subject of this paper. All titles seem little
in the eye of a man of sense. A virtuous, atlive,
and ta,;eful lire, is beyond all title, and stands in.
need of none ; and if we consider how useless even
the most dignified rank is to confer happioess, bow
meanly must we think of those who repine, when.
they receive a letter addressed,to themselves plain Mi-
ster. •The calatmties of hutnan respect no dist itic-
t ions of rank, and fallen grandeur is the most deplora-
ble spealacle of human misery.
To be pleased with trifles is the province of child-
hood y age and maturity ought to set at naught
petty distinctions that can imply no merit, and which
being self-assumed, argue 'the very essence of all
species of vanity. The time is fast hastening, when
the. Insignificancy of such honours will mike us

POLICTI-.

Bow-STREET.--Yesterday a man was brotht to
the Office before Mr. GRAHAVI, th'..; Sitft)o' Alegi--
trete, charged with baying taken Mr. Whirl°Ws net - , •
trom him a tea evenings since in the pit ot Con nt-
garden Theatre. • .
It aepeered that the prisoner had p.iwned the hat,.
• and converted the money to his Shan use. The
pawnbroker, with whom the pi isotier itiel eawited ' -
the hat, appeared and identified his person : lie was
therefore convicted in the penalty of forty '.billings;; 7
and IL 4s. 61 the value oldie hat, which the pri-
I sarner paid. • Mr. Witiholt received the value ef his
hat and half the penalty.
IMr. David Forst.4-, of N.0..66, Basinghall-street,
was brought before ine Magistrate; at se'eeh o'clock
I yesterday evening, charged bytwo perems. 'the one
named John'Goddard, and the other Ge,'lrc.:, Farmer
1 vetli riotous condud in the pit of Covent-garda, 0
. Theatre, towards the termination of the lit "t' ad
the performance. _
Mr. Forster behevieg improperly before the Sit-
ting
Magistrate, he was reprimanded in the strongest.
SIR, manner for his conduct, and was 'ordere I to find
That the honours of Nobility may ever, by erea- . bail. Two gentlemen, his friends, Mr. Robsoii and
tion as well.as natural descent, fall upon unworthy • : FABIUS. Mr. Bryan, instantly cattle forward, And beca'aie iiis .'
persons, is a tad which it would be foolish 'to deny, - --....--. ~
sureties, and he was discharged. ,
-because it woeld be imeossible ; and which it would iYesterday ;about half past twelve o'clock, his MA-. The next persons brought forward were Mr.
be weak to repine at, because it is the fate of all in- JESTY arrivedr in his travelling carriage from Wind- James Johnson, grocer, of Gracechurch-stree ea d
stitutions not to be able to exclude certain abuses.— sor, escorted by a party of Light Horse, at the i Mr.:Jo/m4 61er, fiiii-salesman Of Billins,ate.— ) The r
It is not, however, any intention, in the following , queen's Palace, where he was received by the Dukes.E Were charged by Mr. J. .Brandon with I epeatedly
observations, to interfere at all in speculative ques- ut'
.yo- RK, CUMBERLAND, and CAMBRIDGE. ' Crytng, silence, in the back boxes, with intent to
Lions on the advantages or disadvantages of created _
,Soon after two o'clock his MAJESTY held a prieate create riuhandinterrept the performance; the charge
or hereditary nobility ; but to poipt . out the, absurd ,
,Levee, which was attended by • ' , - was further supported by two other persons attena
abuse of a title, which from vanity and foolish corn- 1 The Archbishop ot Canterbury, the Lord.Chancellor•the darts Of the Theatre. . .
piaisance, has been so generally extended as to kap Lord Privy Seal, , the First Lord of the Treasury, and Chin- .•
Mr. Johnson declared, that his cries of silence
esttur oi the Exchequer, the three Secretaries of. State, the
its dignity, and become almost, a term of reproach. arose solely from a wish to strip the tumult that ex-
]test. Lord ot the Admiralty,the Commander in Chief th
The title I mean is that of Esquire, appended to the lutige Advocate: the Duke of Montrose, Earl Ha ros b; ;sled, Ko as to enable him to distinguish the voiceeot
name by the common abbreviation of Esq. Let us Lords SoMerville and Heathfield (Aoki stick), Sirs s..r c‘ovt te :
the performers; and Mr. Tyler swore that the charge
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stet, C. Hamillton, T. Williams,,- I. ilouttray, and R.• Wit.
consider what this title was originally, grid what it girLi.eitie -N.taans:i
iveairaelleiellsiearstat De Wattevilie ;': Captain exhibited ag:tiost him was erroneous. -
legally, is, and We shall Soon be convinced, that the ' Both Gentlemen were ordered to find bail.
indisciiminate use of it,is totally without foundation,
The following had the honour of being presented Mr. GRAHAM then fined ial I. Tyler two shillivas
0$ • .
upon any knowo la w, or source of honour. In this' his MA for -profanely swearing one oath it!:
iris
presence,
to hsaiesTy.:—
part of my subject, lam principally, though not al- lere.Homfray, of Landafalouse, Sheriff of the county of which with three .shillings cots, he 'ionnediaiely
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together, assisted ny the learried.author of "Corn- Gtatnorgan, by Mr. Ryder; upon which occasion he received a id.
•
mentaries on the
,Laws of En land."--Esquires are the honour of Knighthood. p
g
Sir Robert Wilson, upon his return from Spain. fieven Jones' was ordered to find bait ;kir assaulting
said, by Cam& th. to consist of four classes. • Sir Charles Hamilton, upon his appointment to a Colo. Clarke'and•Jackson, BtAv-street Officers,w tine in the
.
Ist. The eldest sells of Knights, and,•their eldest neiey of Marines.
Capt. Peter Parker, Royal Navy, by Lord Mulgtave. execution of their duty, in the pit; •he stated himself
SODS in perpetual succession. . . I Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Williams. upon his tiromotion. to be clerk h., Messrs. Larkin and Co. batters, No,
2cl. The eldest sons of) ounger sons of Peers, and Major-Generat Orr, upon his promotion. - 424, Strand.
their eldest woes,: in like perpetual succession ; both t Major-General Macleod, upon his promotion. , , Mr. David -Forster was brought in . a secure! time
Major-General De Watteville, upon his promotion.
which species of :Esqttire,, Sir -Henry Spelman en-
.: - in custody from the pit, and charged by Mr. E(7-r, •
titles " a7nzigeri ntztalletti.7 . His MAJESTY gave audiences to Mr. PERCEVAL,. ton p :a-
Cutler, of Blootnibury-sare, with haraneeing
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. •3d. Esquires • creased by the King's Letters Pa- , the rest' of the Cabinet Ministers present, and Mr. the people in the pit, and promoting riot and dis-
tenthand their, eldest sons. , . M. SUTTON, the Judge Advocate, who laid before !
turbancelay his general conduct.
- 4th. Escloires. by
,virtue of their officesi as ins- his MAJESTY the C f proceedings o some ourts- G. KENT corroborated this statement, and Me.
tires pt toe feace, and others,. w.ho may bear any '4;uti3i. . ' Forster was again ordered to find hail.
. i A litt?e before six o'clock;.his MAJESTY set off on,
office of insse-under. thee Crown. .: Goddard, the witness against Mr. Forster in the
To theae• may •be added the
_Esquires of , the
.: his return for Windsor. ' • I first charge, then applied for a wart ant to - ) rel d
04.. :-Yesterday the Cabinet Ministers dined with *Mr ' el P lea-a.
Knights of. the Bath, each of whom constitutesa person named Bryan, one of the bail for Mr. Fora
;'three at his installation ; and all foreign and even RYDER, for the first time since his appointment to be 7'
ster, for an assault. He stated, that on his return •
Irish Peers ; for not only these, but the eldest sons Secretary of State for the Home Department, at his
, house in Great George-street. •to the Mr. Bryan pointed lain out as an inform.
of :Peers ot,Geeat - Britain, though frequently titular
Konigsburg, dated the 26th ultimo,, er, and they tore the skirts of his coat nearly off,
A letter from
Lords, eve only. . Esquires in law, and must be so 4which he exhibited in a very ragged state, as a proof •
l. named in all legal proceedings. .
;says—" A most singular and curious cacurnstance of his assertion.
.
The title of Esquire, therefore, like all other titles, 7 took place in ibis city, a few days age. A poor
,Mr. GRAHAM granted the warrant, and at the
proceeds • direCtly or indireCtly from the King, as bricklayer, at a very auvanced age, woo was on his conclusion 'of the performance, Mr., Bryan was •
tee fonntain,of all honour, and it • can be conferred death-bed, sent to one of our Ministers to come to .brought from the. Theatre by sortie of the officers,
by no other person, not assumed by any person from him, intimating that he had a great secret to divulge attended by an immense crowd of the 0. P.'s, who
vanity or caprice.. But if this be the law, hew ' before he breathed his last. whith, would tend to the i made a tremendous noise at the font of the Office,
strangely/Jiff-trete is the paactice of mndern times ! welfare of his country.. Our Minister complied with in proof of their displeasure. • -
Tralestnen, merchants, and tnechaaics, of all
,de- his request, and went to the poor man, who in- l Mr. Bryan ' was ordered
.to find bail. Two hen-
' scriptions, confer the title upon each other; and formed him, that during the seven years war, old tlemen orlhred to swear that the charge was f:lse ;
many do not scruple to write Esquire to their n.:mes Frederick had employed him, and two of his corn- but as the intonnaut positively swore to th ; co,- ,
in books of subscription. But no individual in this panions, to,bury in one, of the schurche in Konigs- reetuesa of his statement, their evidence was not •
kingdom (his Majesty only excepted) chin confer any burg, a vast treasure of gold, silver and diamonds, received. .
title.; and if foolish custom or cotnplaisance allow "
at the same time causing them tO take a solemn Several pereOns were then brought in fro e c
men to dub each other Esquires, an equally foolish 1 oath that the secret should never be divulged until. door of the office for disorderly conduct in the street, '
and equally well founded custom may, in time, induce thelast them was going to die; or that a great :some of whom were discharged with a repo nate:,
them to prefer the title Honourable to their names; scarcity
t of
prevailed in Kenigsbnrge The Governor of and one was ordered to find bail for attempting to
caprice is boundless, and human vanity will alWays :he e
7,
y immediately received' order's ,to have the strike an officer.
furnish it with an apology. The highest orders of cave opened, when they found the hidden treasure."
:merchants, mechanics, and bankers, assume it with c • c the
..30113e Ot merchants of Tonnincaen are SOSpea- MARLBOROUGH.STREET.—Mr. Weinholt applied
no better title; nor can the landed interest prove. 0
ed of having prepared and contributed to the capture, to the Magistrates at this office to obtain a wet rant
that.they have a superior claim ; for as Blackstone .
and condemnation of vessels trading to that' port.— against a person whom he stated to have stolen his
7 observes, aahestate, however large, does not confer
They are taken, after they have delivered their car- hat in the pit of Covent-Garden Theatre; on the
this rank upon its owner. But in flat contradiction
goes, by privateers fitted out for that purpose ; and evening of the 6th of November: Mr.Weittholt slat-
, to those of honour, how many thousands of Esquires
as the 'proofs of the illicit commerce are in the hands edethat he wa,s attacked in the pit, and hialife was
Aloes' this nation contain ! Besides persons concerned
of the owners of the privateers, there is little ditfi. in imminent danger ;. a man took his hat off i,is hear,,
in trade, it is assumed by every man who has no vi-.
cvlt 'y
in obtaining condemnation.. • and it bad been since pawned. The man weo pawn-
siblemeans of living, and who, therefore, calls him-There is not, we are happy to state, any founda- ed the hat wan not theananeewlid•stole it', but he (.N•lr.
self a Gentleman, and is by others denominated an
lion for the report resnedingthe loss of ,the sloop: Weinholt). knew his nainef and where to find him.
Esquire. Even debtors in jail are frequently ad-
of war Little Belt, off Jamaica. She arrived at Hali- The person who pledged the hat had beet, just con-
dressed by this title; and I recollect to have seen
fax on the 28th of September, after having seen a vided at Bow-street. On being asked:tally a war-
ini 'newspaper, under the head of Old Bailey Intel-
convoy for Barbadees, and a vessel with. iirovisions for rant' had not been applied for 'earlier,. !Mr. Weinholt
ligence, the " Trial of $G— B , Esq.
Honditras, to their respective destinations. stated, • that 'the Magistrates in 'Bow-streei had re.
the most -infamous pick-pocket and thief that him a warrant, 'arid that was the
Ott Satueday se'imight- a desperate attempt was PeatedlY 'refused
ever disgraced a good understanding." Is not reason he had applied at' another' office. The Ma-
made to break into Carlisle Gaol, for the purpose of
this enough to sicken us against Squireship ? Me-
liberating Stokes, the robber of the Whitehaven gistrates observed, -that it was a. point of. etiquette
,clianics, though ever so low• of birth, who re-
Bank, from prison. This fellow, who hascommita with them, not to grant .a: warrant when'ene bud
Me to doze away the remainder of their lives in
Led more depredations upon society than almost. any been' ref tased .by other Magistrates. The Justices ar
solitude, are, to a man, Esquires. It is said that ..
• .
persons enjoying patent places under the sh or ,Lion from the proxiMityvf the office Co the Theatre,
; through the humane interference of Dr. ‘Blatuire,
offices of municipal administration, are entitled to
returned from the condemned cell to a room at and if they bad dune wrong in refusing a warrant;
the rank of Esquires ; such as Commissioners of the .
the other end of the prison, in consequence of his they were liable to an inforeaatioo for such refusal.
Customs, Excise, Como rollers, &c. To render this ' The warrant was, refused by the Magistrate,; but
as ridiculous as possible, We find the title et Esquire having lost the use of his limbs.. Acquainted with
Mr.. Weinholt was informed that he might pester a
always bestowed on persons who enjoy the high of- this circumstance, the villeips, to effete then design,
five
of Stewards to tavern dinners. Whether or net i had succeeded in perforating the wall about a toot bill of indictment, awd if a true bill was found, the
alleged offender would then; be taken by a Judge's
squareh immediately opposite the bed Stokes. slept
they enjoy this title for life, remaining to their eld-warrant.---=Mr. Weinholt then retired.
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est sons, I know not ; but his Majesty's gift. appears in, which was on the ground floor. .In a few vin-
nutes he would certainly ,have escaped, had they ! a---._
to lose considerably its value, since his privilege of
not been alarmed by a chaise driving up to the gaol According to the. last accounts from the Mediter-
conferring honours can be assumed by such Codgers.
door about half past five o'clock in the morning.— raneati, we may fairly believe that the Jnbilee was'
If the question is asked, why the title of'Esquire iskept there by Lord Cueing .vood, with bearing ofeensa
Stokes is said to be extremely rich, and was the
thus confounded, and rendered common to the and other demonstrations of joy ! Tw oof the
meanest as well as the greatest, I know of no answer leader of li gang, who, it is supposed, have ,c"'''' . crackers which went off the day after, were so loud,
witted depredations in this cauntry to the amount '
but by referring to vanity ; a principle in our naturel ' -
of upwards of 200,0001. This Stokes, along with that they were heard thirty miles troin the coast.
too often powerful enough quire to ac the mastery
'Edwards, one of his associates in the robbery, ate : A dreadful accident happened, on Monday eight,
over reason and CQMIIIOII sense. There is often , a to the mother of- Mr. laurien, •of the
,Cioss Keys,
sentenced to be executed at Carlisle oft the- 28th •
very great degree of vanity in proclaiming the titles
instant. . . Belton-street, Long-Acre; Being there on a visit,
to which we have a right ; but to assume a title to • h,
the family were alarmed by her shticks, and on en-
. The Brighton coach was upset on Tuesday, near '
which we have no right, is an uncommon degree of .
tering her- room, they discovered' her'emeloped to
on its way to town. The accident was oeca- •
arrogance; and to be proud of it, may withont any . ‘‘'°lsflames ; her clothes hating by accident caught fires
stoned by one of the wheel-horses falling down and
breach of Christian charity be denominated a very She lingered, in great agonies till yesterday morning„
breaking the pole-piece, when -the fore-wheel heel of the
great defect in the understanding. tt is indeed .a *
coach went over the animal's neck, apd killed it ma ,
species of childishness, for we observe that children
„the spot. The passengers did not receive -any..in- 1 CANINE IViADNESS.—A few days ago a dog
when she centred, ,
bit a
are remarkably fond of " playing at Lords; Dukes, horse belonging to Mr. Ashinden, Farman, in Cum-
Geneials, and Judges.".—The purpose of this paper, jury, but the coachman was severely' bruised. No
berland-street, Shoreditch ; another belotheing to
blame was attached to him by any qt the-passengets,•
however, is to awaken the attention of Esquires to • Mr. 'Bastian,' of the same place; and one hee.,,,n a
who proceeded to town in postChaiSes. •' . 6tng
the insignificancy of their title ;, as men of sense l'
to Mr. Crow, Nortdn Falgate. The horses, as well
Last week the Executors; of the late•Archhishop
they cannot be ignorant of this, but long custom may eas the dog, have beeo.killed.
of Dublin paid into the Stamp-Oltice, in that city, .
have reconciled them to it, as it has done to' many There are more young horses in training in Rich-
otheroe thousand seven hundred and ihirtystheee pounds
absurdities, and an honest man the moment he mond and Widdleham,ethan ever were knoWn at
finds himself possessed of that title to which he has six `ahillings and eight-pence, for duty uitont he last
will and testament of his Grace, 'He is said to have t • time of tle
this I year.
no right, will resign ittente,ntedly.. To be proud of , Mr Cave Browne's (late Mr. Hewett') M‘George,,
died'. worth nearly four hundred thousand pounds.- ' -
what does not of right belong to us, is to acknow7-..• •
fhe bulk of his property descends to his son, Ow dropped down dead auddenly iu his cetetcise, in the
ledge a principle of injustice, and of all thing; that ' --
last Newmarket Meeting.
Earl of NORMANTON. I

ashamed that we ever coveted them, and when
nothing will be found of real value, but the retlec-
.tions of a spotless mind, that has been.laudably em-
ployed in exertions of wisdom and charity, and acts
of goodness to promote the welfare and happiness of
mankind.

ON THE TITLE OF ESQUIRE.

TO THE EDITOR.

I am, Sir,
Your constant reader,