The Sun.
London, England, 1810-06-29 00:00:00

EXTR AO RDINA R Y ROBBERY.

Bow-staaa'resterdaY Georges lowers was
I brought before Mr.pean, by Humplueys, by whose
exertions he 'had been apprehended,, charged with
robbing Pierce BrYan, Esq. of Maechester-streefe
Manchester-square, of three' valuable gold watches,
three gold- snuff-boxes, a number of diamond and
other rings, bank notes, and other articles of consi-
derable value, to the amount of 10001. In conse-
quence of the wounds and bruises the
.prosecutor
received at the time of the robbery, he has been
confined to his room, and he was yesterday brought
to the office in a sedan chair, in which he remained
in the body of the
,office, and Mr. RRAD attepded
close to him, to take his evidence, which was given
in such a truly Hibernian style, that the Magistrate
and all present were kept in a continued laughter;
but when we state some part of his general cooduet,
r his mode of giving his evidence will not be thought
extraordinary. He sometimes has as many as from
six to twelve servants, and at others none; frequent-
ly, when be has a number of them, he will att in
the most good-natured manner, send them 'out to
keep holiday, telling them he does not want them.
He stated, that the prisoner lived with him in the'
capacity of a footman about six months, during that
-time he missed a silver butter-bbAt, which was
traced to the prisoner, as having stolen it ; in conse-
quence of which be was apprehended ; but the wit-
ness did not prosecute him, and, on his liberation,
took his note to pay the diuount of the butter-boat,
at seven shillings a week. In the beginning of last
May the prisoner was discharged frouethe prosecu-
tor's house. Oiluethe evening of
.the Bth of May. the
prosecutor's nieces who resides with him, went out
in hiv carriage to pay a visit, leaving, as was suppos-
. ed, no person in the house, except an old 'woman :
but the prOsecutor was not sure of that, and, in face,
it is much doubted. The prosecutor was sitting in
the front parlour reading, with, two candles.burning.
About a quarter before twelve o'cl'ock he heard thq
parlour-door opened gently, and on looking to-
wards it, he observed a man, with something over
his face, which had the appearance of a crape : the
way the prosecutor described the movements of the
Man, was exaolly the sameas a performer in a ballet
of ab-lion ; every step he took he made a noise like
the barking of a dog, and at the same time pointing
towards the door, for the pros.ecutur to follew him,
which he declined•to do; the fellow then opened
the back parlour door, and dragged the prosecotor
atter him, and he fell over a table, which falling
' upon his left leg, cut it open in three places. The
fellow then held trimdown,.and picked his breeches
i and coat pockets; from the former he rook Bank
Notes to the amount of one hundred pounds, met
the key of his iron chest ; and from his coat. he took
his pocket-book, containing several Bank Notes,
but to what amount he could nut tell. The fellow
the proceeded .to un;ock the iron chest, and took
out the gold watches, snuff-boxes and jewellery, to
the above amount; after which, the villain got•upon
the prosecutor, and with a violent blow, cut open his
temple ; which induced the prosecutor to ask him
if be intended to murder him ? The villain made no
reply, nor did he speak .otie word during the whole
trausaction, but continued the whole time making
noises like the barking of a dog. He put the candle
out, and locked the .old Gentleman in the back
parlour. After a little time. the prosecutor, who
is very infirm, got to the window, and called out
" thieves ! murder !" &c. which alarmed the neigh-
bours, wank of
.whom were afraid to enter the
house; the watchman at length forced the street
door open, and a number of persons entered the
house, broke open the parlour door, and released
the old Gentleman. The villain, it appeared, had
left the other candle in a corner, in the front par-
} lour, in such a situation, that there cannot be a
doubt of his intervion to set fire to the house,.bot
• the candle breaking prevented it. The prosecutor
said, that although he could not see the face of the
fellow that robbed and ill-heated him, from the al)-
, pearance of the prisoner's persou, and his know-
ledge of him when he was in his service, he had no
doubt of his being the robber..
Charles Huniphrevs, belonging to the Office, said,
that being informed by the prosecutor, at tide of the
eobbery.. of the prisoner having beet) charged with
stealing the. silver butter-beat while he was in 'his
service, he had a strong suspicion he was the robber,
and had been in 'search of him. ever since: .He
I heard of him seven 'times attempting. to go to sea, •
to settle in the country, &C. Last week lie dis-
cOvered a new lodging he had ' taken in Barlow-
'' street, Mary-le-bone, with a; soldier,. .On Monday
! evening, Humphreys 'went' there, ani itiqttired• for
• the prisoner, and procured an Interview. Hum-
phreys introduced-. himself to the. prisoner by pre-
tending he knew hith, and that he knew of his wish
to go to sea, and told him he could procure him a
situation. The prisoner acknewledged he had lived-
servant to the. prosecutor: Humphieys noticed his

seals and chain, and at length told him who he was,"
and that the prisoner was suspected of having stolen
them from his master, and that he muss go with
him to clear his chara6ter. fte-reluied to g,), but
at length 'went very relutiantly. When.,they ght
to the prosecutor's' door .the ..prisoner made his
escape, and ran a considerable distance ; H umphrey 5
pursued him, and secured him again, put him into a
coach, tied his . hands, conveyed hint to the Brown
Bear public-house and locked him up,- and then

returned to the prisoner's lodgings, wl►c~re lie learnt
that a box, which the prisoner said belonged, to! a
soldier who lodged with him, was his own upon
which Humphreys broke. it open, and found the
whole of the property stolen from, the prosecutor,
except a gold watch, seals, chain, and snutf-bo,x,
which were found upon the prisoner, and a watch
and snuff--box which cannot be' fciund. Humphreys
produced all the articleS, which were identified by
the prosecutor. In the' snuff-box •which Was

found upon the prisoner; mere hank notes to the
I anfount of thirty-seven pounds ; .they proved' to be
1 part of the notes taken out 'of the :prosecutor's
hwetches poCke.q, the numbers of which were proved
by a clerk 'of Mr. Antrobus, the tea-de-aler the
Strand, Who 'had tgiven the prosecutor change the
.day preceding the robbcry.---The prisoner was coin-
! mined for trial':

. James Fago, a well-known.charafter, was cha;-,;,..d
with storiping and ru. bbing
.Pickering, of et rl.
Rink-note, in Greek-street, SA)o, ow til riday 0:&! t,
an 1 •A as cOunnitted for trial.

DUI"( TV, JIINP

COURT OF EXCUEOUER.

)3(iNi) V. YAIIIIELL

On Saturday, the 9th instant, came on to'betri
in.the Court of Exchequer, an ii-t ion brought by
Mrs. Elinor Bond, widow of the late Oiiver Hood,
merchant, deceased, against htnes Farrell, E,q. of
Merrion-square, for slander.

Mr. M‘botioALL opened the declaration, and
stated, from it, that aCtion was brought by Mrs.
Bond, for the following malicious and
words spoken- by Mr. James Farrell, in the month
of S.eptember last, at the table of Mr. A:derman
Alley, then one of the High Sheriffs for the city Of
Dublin, and before a company of thirteen g,entle~
men, at his country house near llutilw,
(meaning the said James Farrell; was present at a
dinner table in the house of Mr. James Johnston,
Attorney, on Arran-quay, in 4h'e ;:ity of Dublin, in
• the 1798. There were some company at table ;
and I heard Mrs. Oliver Bond give the ',Towing
toast publicly, namely-1' I wilt give yofi a bloody
simmer, and a headless, King."—Toe ,ciechraiion
stated these wc,rds in the several counts and inuen-
! does, to shew their tendency and meannig, a, con-
; neeted with the Rebellion in the year 1795. That,
' for this slander, Mrs. Bond brought the present ac-
lion, and laid her damages at 50001.
The SOLICITOR-GENRRAL, in a very able, energe-
tic,' and eloquent speech, stated the case on behalf
of Mrs;Bond, and defied Mr. Farrell to Prove that
Mrs. Bond ever uttered the words laid in the decla-
, ration,.

THOMAS GOOLD, Esq. stated the defendant's case;
witnesses were examined oa both sides.

Peier Burrowes, Esq. spoke to evidence fot the
plaintiff. 7

- The CHIEF BARON chirped, that the pl,intiff had
proved' her case, atick the dete►:dant liad tailed to
substantiate
,his.

The Jury retired for a few minutes, ai!cl.brou6,ll;
in a verdict for the plaintiff, tool. daioagc.

TIidLEE, JUNS 18.

Yesterday a'mostdiSgraceful scene of outrage was
exhibited at Ballinagerah„ in this county. Shortly
after .Divine Service was pettbrmed in the
Chapel, it ti as veer! that two rehows, who kid
some previous annoosity to eAch other, should ad-
just the caU"se of dispute by single combat—their re-
- spefiive par ies witnessing the savage contest as um
pires.7--They had not, hOwe‘`er, 'been 10114 enga4cd
, . •
in " doubtful Conflid," when a friend of one of the
cornixuans conceiving his Champion had received
an unfair-blow from his antagonist, stept into his
assistanee,. and, withbut ceremony, laid on the other;
this was the signal for battle, and in a short time
upwards of two hundred wtre engaged promiscU-
ously in the afliay,'beating each other wifb the most
sanguinary and brutal ferocity ; many dreadful blows
were given on both sides ; one man in particulaf,
named John Kane, a blacksmith, ,received so severe
a wound on the torehead, inflicted by a heavy olk
stick,•cased with iron, that no hopes are entertained
for his recovery.
• •Friday last a dispute occurred in Killarney be-
tween two women, when une of them, enraged at
some aspersion cast on her character by the other,
struck her adversary (the wife of a soldier in the
Sotith Cork Regiaient, far adt aneed in, a state of
pregnancy) a violent blow with a stone, iu cmibe-
(pence 01 which, we understand tier life has been
since despaired of. The offender, who is a native
of the town, has absconded. •

Another mdaricholy instance of the brutal custom
of having recourse to these dreadful weapons (a
`pradice which we are sorry to ohierve becoming
every day more prevalent) oLcurred in the same town
on Wednesday last, when, in "a scuffle which took
place in the street, a man of the name of lieen; a
tanner, received a blow of a stone on the head,
hurled from the hand of a woman, which terini7
mated his existence thesame evening. Sev...ral per-
sons Charged with being. concetned in the arltay
have been committed to the gait of this to‘‘
. riot took: place at the Fair of Currans, on the
7th ult. in w'hich 'a matt, named Prendeville, re-
ceived *so severe a beating, that tie died conse-
quence a few days ago.

A letter fromlNltinich,..ols: June 7, recei'ved yes-
i.terday sys, Inteltigencetroin Salit.uurg=states, th4t
the lasureaiy concludvd between Anstfia•atid
Rus-
sia has beeu carried into. evectitioli in all its
The Itussian.ormy e,.tablisbedr.in the disirietS of I✓4,t-
-.ea ti ciallicia,....which has. just been. ceded to mar
power,Thas. already set out., with the exception of
troin three to tour ihousandimen, who remain there
in gairiscLas. Accord.intii: orders lately -received
from St.. Petersburgh, tni.oarriny 'is immediately to
. march for the banks of :Danube, beeanse the
CollllllllatiOil of. the war betweei-the Porte ind Rus..
sia is ,considered inevitable. grand: Enssvaii
army will receive by. this reinforccmitnt an augtnt-n
taunt) of -neatly. 40,000 Men, without reck,aling
the tronns that are ID r.11:,t16 ditietent.yarii ut
: ' ,

A young man of the 'nhitle of Ph-elps.vienf from
.Kensington Burick; to Slotiji, tt)encz to
k.toutislow,,yesterdty, tour
imiirZ, for a wager of .30 He had thre::.
.rninui6s to" spare. ~ •

Ott WedtivsJay last died,: innorshatn Gaol, aged
82 years,: Simon Southw.rd, formerly of aosgi-ove,
near Chichester. This character rasa:\ mil-
ler, whichocctipation he followed with industry and
attention-. till :about the year Mb', when, by a
strange spexies of insantry; he fancied himself En'
of Derby, King in Man, assumed those titici,
mg-
lekted his business, und became very troublesome R..)
many ,of hiS neighbours. In February, t 767, he
was arrested- for a .small debt, at the suit Or the
late Duke ofßichtnond; and was conveyed to the
old gaol at Horsham, horn which be was' removed
riithepresentigaol, and remairted•a prisoner till Ids
_death, a peOodjd.4),3 yeami for InOuths; anki eight
days. lie supposed himself a *Sc3te Prisoner, an
Wro .uld.aecj
ptil):1 no nion,y our-clothes tvh c rt wee
not presented:to trim its coaling frornithe-Knig, iris
cousin. W.: AS alvtias•adOr6i,!d, as *di' 1)) the
Governors of the g:tcd, as by hi; fellbi,v-prisniters and
visitors, ‘.B"-My-Cord," and to :no other denoinitrr-
tion would he ever reply. He hdd been slitipoltvd
for a number of years past by a wei kiy s. ii end from
the parish 01.

THE ARMY.

orncEits TRIBb BY GENERAL COURTS MARTIAL

Any Officer who may be tried by a.General Court
Martial,' within the United. Kingdoms of Ore a Bri-1
tain and Ireland, is .entitled to a Copy of the Sen-
tence .and proceedings of such Court Martial, upon
demand made by himself, or by any other per Son
in his; behalf (he or they paying reAsonabfe for the
same) at any time not sooner than three mow he.
after such Settteiiee given by such General Court
Martial, (and in case of trial hv' a General Coll) t
Martial) in the Garrison of Gibraltar, not ti 0,1112:
than six •months 3 in his Moje,iy's other domini'o:l3
beyond the seas, or to parts,' at any bout
not soon( r than twelve months after the •entenctt
given by suit Ciart Marital, whether such sentence
'be approved of or MA.

Qf 'the 52d regiment of. f.ot
Marched on thy week into Chatham from Aih-
ford Barracks.

A troop of the h Dragoon Guards, commanded
by,Capt. PokVitti, marched into Worcester on S:
t urday list, where they are to remain for he present.
The 1, ini•ashire. Militia left 13ristoi on W,
day, on their route- for Worcester, and is succeeded
by the Glamorgaoshire.

Yesferihy -week, cite 2d Dragoon Guards, or
Queett's 15 tys, was reviewed by General CltAiJk. Rli
on Barham Downs.

1 I."e:terday rifternoon, about two o'clock, as Mr.
Comaiz,, lire Attorney, along with Mr. HILL, Mr.
~; D'EGVILLF., and Mr. RovEntNo, of the Opera-house,
i were stepping out of a hackney coach, at the brit.,
torn of the Ha, m irket, Mr. RQVEDINo accidentally
fell down and bloke✓ his thigh.
The 101 l 'wing accident happened on Tuesday last,
at the residc-nce of kIENtrY SPENcE, Esq. near Kes-,
w iek.. The fa Indy were awakened early in the mot n-
-1
1 ing, hy dreadful screams. A young woman, a ser-
ivant ran into the room, all in flares ; her head a
i 40rrid spectacle. As her cap ...and her handkerchief .
i v. ere only on fire, the filmes were soon extinguish-
i ed; but it was sortie time before she was sufficiently
recovered 10 account for the injury received in her.
face. It seems another maid being ill in the night,
the soberer had rrsen, to get some hot water. The
! tinder. was.thinp, and she.could- not strike a light t
when reo.lieCting that she had beard gunpowder
; would produce .the effect, she got the servant's
powder-horn which he bad to destroy magpies, and
put a considerable quantity into the tinder-box. The
consequence is obvious : however, Mr. EDMONSONI
(the surgeoti) is of opinion, that she will quite re-
cover her sight k nor does he exiled she will be dis-
] figured, the grains having exploded before they
fixed on the lace: We hope this will be a•cautiou
never to leave gunpowder, where those unacqulint7
ed with its powers can procure it.,

t A dog otter, 4 'feet lontg, and 381bs. weight, was
on Monday shot oa,the- Wears near M ,tik's. Mill.
Tuesday afternoon a fire brbke out in the pre-
mises 4.3 baker in Mary-le-bonne-lane, , where an
immen-e collection of shavings had been made dur-
ing the erection of a chapel in the neighbourhood.
Though three engines were soon on the spot, no
water could be obtained from the fire-plugs. In
this emergency, Dr.-',l'hoawroN, whose house is in
the next street, proposed-that the neighbours should
. carry water to the.engines from their respective cis-
; terns. By this means such a supply was furnished
as enabled the firemen to subdue the names in a
short time. Is'it not surprising that means so easy
should not be generally resorted to ? On the present
occasion the appearances were so alarming, that the
firemen expetied the *hole lane would have been
destroyed before the usual mode of supplying water
could hate been resorted to.
On Saturday, the 23d inst. Mr. Thomas Bowen,
overseer of works in the Royal Engineer Depart
1 ttientat Duncannon Fort, put a period to his exist-
ence, by shooting himself through the head' with a
I horse-pistol—having placed himself (as it is thought)
opposite.a looking-glass in his chamber, anh firing
the pistol under his left eye. Twelve or fifteen
mutates pre.lous to this dreadful catastrophe he
sent f r a Gentleman, with whom he had Some con-
versation relative to the Department, and who de-
ClareS that le never saw the unhappy man more
1141011 or collecled. In letters which were found
in his room (direCted to his mother and others) he
lissigni• pecuniary embarrassment and
.disappoint-
teem. in . Lottery speculations, •as the motives for
tis commitifig the rash deed. A Coroner's
Intfuest. was held on the body, and the Jury
eronght in a. verdict of felo de se. Mr. Bowen was
anon( (JO years of age, extremely abstemious, of
amiable and gentlemanly manners, and ,generally
esteemed as a worthy and sensible man.

SMITHFIELD MARKET, juNE 29.

This day's Market was but thinly supplied with
ditivrnt kinds of Cattle ; Beef and Mutton sold at
last priCes ; Lamb and Pork are cheaper ; Veal is
`d
.arei i and the trade for the most part was s,,me-
what fiat..-!—The sales in the Hay Market were 'tri-
ti lig ; Hay, Straw, and Clover,. fetch: betivr
price 4 than Monday's Marked.—The underti mino-
r\
d prices And numbers are a correct siatemen

To sink the offal per stone of Blh.
Beef Sti. to 6s. od. Muttons. Sd. so ss. 84. Veal
ss. od. to 7s. otl, Pork ss: od. to 7s. od. Lain() js. od. to
73,0 d. -

Beasts 650. Sheep and Lambs 7,100. Calves 300. Pigs
32Q.

SMITHFIELD HAYMARKET.
Hay sl. tbs. od. to 91. os. od. Straw 21. tas. cd. to 31.
55 ott. Clover 61. cs. cd. to 91. 9s. cd.

CORN-EXCHANGE, JUNE 29.—The market to-day
has' considerable remaining supplies of wheat, with
this week's torezn arrivals of near 30,000 quarters,
sAles are heavily iii3de at rather lOwer prices ; Barley
and Malt fluctuate but little ; Pease and Beans of
the two kinds maintain last quotatitit-4 there are
likewise considerable supplies of Ohltil and this
trade hardly at last week's currency Vicki remains
without alteration.
Wheat Bzs a toOS a nos
Fine ditto - 1 i 25 a utstob
I(ye - soi ;b.
hat ley -, - 3.0 a 48s
Malt - 765 a t3s
hue Pease -76 s a 82s
Grey ditto -47 s a Sts
leans -56 s a Gzs

Tick Beans - • 46s a szs
Oats - 2ss 30S 4 354
Poland ditto -37 s a 4f)4
Potatoe ditto - os a 43$
Rape Seed - - - 581 621
Vine Flour - 954 :A loos
Seconds - - 904 a 954

,Xlo=l,

I LiiiV REPORT.

C`WitT OF IXCL:IIFQUER, ►,vxe 27

'TDB PRINCE OP WALES V ‘:11( JOHN ST. AUBIN AND

OTH ERS

TJtis WAS an information filed by the Attorney-
General ut th... Prince of -Wales, as Duke of Corri;-
wall, to compel the clef, ndatos to relinquish the
tight .of soil on a part' of the river Tamer, between
high and lbw. water mark, wit 're they have effected
a wharf other hniidings. The place in dispute
ekiined-t?y his Royal Highness, as belonging to'
the Duc.!iy of Corn all. It appeared that a lease
ot land adjoining the spot in dispute, had been
granted fir 99 years (4.vhich included three lives)
to S. Tixker, .Esq. Surveyor-General to his Royal
Ifte,hness. The eocroachments-Stated to have been
ma lc by the defendants on ' the premises of Mr.
Tuckt-r,
•corrsequently became the foundation of
the proceedings which came hi-fore- the Court this
day on a demurrer. Toe princil.-al objections w.!re
a denial that the Prince of -Vales could proceed by
his Attorney-general filing an intO,rnation. This
vs descru4ed to be irregular, and not cognizable by
J.iw. It was contended that the prop.-r process _was
by etectthent, ant that the Prince could only
proceed by the law, which every Nobleman was
bound to submit to, in support of his claim to.
lauded property.

Mr. DALLAS, and Mr. WiFTHERALL, who argued
in su,,pari Of the demurrer, cited a varieti of ca•es
to prove thatithe proceedings irregehr. The
Court of Exchequer wasstated_ip b..: a Court for
the recovery of property sbelo-riging to the CrOwn,
and it was argued that a process like the, present,
to ,recover the 'claims of the Prince of Wales,
coOld not be sustawe'.

The SoLICITOR-GENERAL answered t - objet-
tons., and'stated a number of precedenfs tq wove
that the Prince of Wales had constantly -suOported
his clauirs •as Duke of Corn A all ' by his Attorne-
y In several reigns, .when the minority of
the Prince of Wales had, required protection, the
Crown had issued letters patent to empower a per-
son w'io had been. appointed Attorney-General iolhe
Prince, to enforce his clams as Duke of Cornwall,
aod in this character that (-Moor. of his Ito) al High-
ness's Household had beet received by the Judges.
in the reign of James the Firsvtiie. Prince h indi-
cated his rights through the mediuni of ,his Attor-
n4-,General. Judge Parke, and all the lawyers of
his. Baia, were of Opinion. 61.4 the Prince had a
right to 'proceed by his Attorney ; but it appeared
riat -Iti,onaries of the prsent day had c-osder-
ed Judge •Pai ke ignoramus.- .•.rj,ey had disc. vered
that toil proceeding was, irr-gular ; bit the Giurt
woo:d too aL:ch haste, refuse to abde by
the opinions of the great andllktinguished Lawyers
,who. had already determined the question. How
were they to adopt preved.ttts, if the most respec-
table auth,lities were to be denied ?. The Judges
who acknowledged the right of the Prince of Wales
to proceed by his Attorney-General had btlni t'rong
'in Into, if, the demurrer could he sustained. It was'
supoosed that the .interest t loch the lease vested:in
heir. 'rocker, hid preyeoted the Prince of Wales
from ma - ruining the present process, but
.the
Prince had an interest in that lease. It was iwid
for the benefit of his Royal Highness, who was there-
kr- entitled to sustain the information. His Royal
Highness was bouni, for the interest of the public
to see that this property should not be encioached
upon. Was there any ground, under these- circuit).-
roarces, on t ireh to fiend blame which had
been throxii on the Prince's Officers ? Was it not •
nroiecned tor the benefit of the public ? Whiv'
,would Love been said it' :Idferent Means had been
adopted? • It would have been -Said that •tkvy had
abandoned the rights entrusted to their care. He
had said thus much to vindicate the honour and
clia-
racter of those constitutional officers who had inter-
fered in this -proceeding, and to do away any
hiea of improper pr, ceediuns, lie wished- to
enableevery won to try tai ,• ques!ion-OR the fairest
principles, and: to have -it dechted, whether
,the
property hi question belonged to an individUal, or
wherxr it was not to be prote.led as part of the
D,,t.oy of Cornwall. •

Sir A. l'ioorr followed on the-same _side, and
contended, that if any part (4' the proceeding Was
su,tai..ed ky the Court, it would be fatal to the de-
murrer. Their Lordships had heard a great number
of cases which they might consider premature, be-
cause the Court was not then called on to dt.Feide on-
the iss to of the claim. The falls were these : his
Royal HOmess, the -Prince of Wales derived by
the fitly of Henry Abe. Third the grant ,of the wa-
ters. Ut Tamar, ai hart _of the possessions of the-
Duchy of Cornwia: That the defendants had en-
cr ,ached of .late, years on the soil, by building
I.vhar!s on the Tamar, which- belonged to a part of
the Duchy of Cornwall, .leased-to Mr. Tucker. .It
was with surprise- be • heatd observations- made on
the conduct of those who.had instituted. this pro-
cess, those who were the constitutional advisers of
the Prince of Wales, appointed by.' the Crown to
watch the rights of the Duchy. He was surprised
to tear some of the topics, 'because an offer had
been made to the defendants to give. them a lease of
we' soil on which they . had erected their buildings,
tree of expellee, on condition that they should give
right of soil.- They Ind, hoWever,, refused
thi, gift, atul instt-ad of meeting the claim in -a pro-
per wanner, had sl i.ltered themselves, under - a de-
insUrrer, which could have no other eded than to
increase tr!e expo-flee.- Hp, then contended, in a long
sp.:ecii,_ that the Orhects of his Royal Highness had
r In a constitui,o •al mode, and that the
iniorinit:tou hid been cOoducted with rcqulanty,
The Court then rose, and postponed the further
heating to:a future day.

COURT OF,K.ING'S jpNE 27.

s:rrisas 11XFOkE ELLENZOROUGH AT WLST-

MINs rta.
LI riLE GOES.

WALKER V. lILTNI‘LE.

Mr. GARROW hoped that the verdi& to be given
in tnko.ise, joined:to:the exertions of the Police in
ceiveluig and bringing .to punishment those. persons
who 4%,--re 'conCerned in the abotn'cabl43 traffie of
Little
_Goes, would have ilte- desired etfect ; and
woukl go far to cut off ti,e templatiops wh.ch were

I al present held tint to servants entrdited with the
money of the ;waters; and to. theAvives Of trades-
men who might Belaying by a little money for the
payment of any extraordinary demattd, to embark
that mcney in illegal insurances. The regulations late.,
ly adoinedlo the drawing of the State L'ttrry, by
which.it was alleged, that insuring had been greatly
diminished, it .not entirely done away, in conse-
euence of the drawing being completed in a single
day, would be great) frustrated, it inaelices such as
those which bad been resorted to by the present de-
fendant were suffered to exist, and if be and others
_in his situation were to be allowed to- pocket the
fruits of their own deception, and of the credulity
of. their unfortunate viegms. The Plaintiff in this
•case was a bricklayer, who had been enabled by his
industry to lay by between 801, and• ool..:to meet a
demand' which he expe&ed .to come againsi him.
When that period, however,. arrived, to his grief
and astonish t ents he found that the money which
he flattered himself was ready to satisfy the purpose
for which it was intsmded, had been handed over,
day after day, by his wile, to the defendant, in the
ensuring of certain numbers in a Lottery, or Little
Go, in which the defendant, a shoemaker, was c -
cerned. 4 This Lovery, unlike the State Lottery,
.which was to be drawn in.one day, it was stipulated
. should last for 37 days, and, as if even one insurance
a day was not sufficient ta satisfy the eagerness of the
votaries .of fortune, it was to be drawn twice during
each of these days—morning-and evening.
Sarah. Cartwright said she was n;ece to the plain-
. tiff. She insured with the- defendant, at the desire
of the plaintiff's wife. The Lottery was to con.,
tinne for 37 days, -and was. called Warlyr's Go. The
plaintiff's wife paid' from 11. to 51. at a time. The
witness
.paid it for her,. or saw her pay it 34 days.
The first day she paid only t 2., but afterwards there
wtrs no payment; of less than 11. The highest pay-
ment was 51. This the witness only made once ;
afterwards she paid.3l. and 41. more titan once. She
uniformly saw Mr. Bunkle himself, - and the money.
was constantly paid to him.. There two G,es.
—the Go in the morning waS.cailed Martyr's; that
in the afternoon Hodges's:. The wit. ores, had seen
her aunt ar both, but could net say what suns she
paid in Hodrs's
Cros examined
,by Mr. Pant!. This transac-
tioti tollt place about the month of April, !two ;
Hodges's Go began a few days after Martyr's finish-
ed. The Defendant kept ,a private house; she
could not say the Little Go was in the room; she ,
-never saw it ; her aunt did notlake the tvititess for
the purpose of enabling herself to recover the money.
by the 'present adion ; she expett,..d to have made
by the Little Go ; she got papers from the _Defen-
dant, but the greater part of them had been burn!, .1s
she had been informed ; she now produced some.
of them ; on being read, the consisted of payments
of hits, 'or lucky chances, and of rests or balances
to be paid. Sweeps meant the first and last drawn
tickets, and G. meant guineas.
Again examined by Mr. GAttanw.--To the best
of the• witnesi's knowledge there :+vas nob :dy pre-
sent during the drawing, on :-the tof the foolish
adveettirets, to take care of their interest,

Crosi-examhped by Mr. PARKE.—HOW she hap-
pened to know this, she never being present at the
drawing?

A, Mr. Runkle mei! every clay, a little past twelve
o'cicck, to Ming into his parlour a list of tie tick-
ets drawn, for the information of those in kyr:ring.
The Defeedant 'himself explained to the wiin. ss the
meaning of the words and letters on.the tickets .pro-
duced by her.
Re-examined by Mr. GARROW.—The witness
heard her aunt declare; iii Mr. Bunkle's presence,
that she had lost to him upwards of 801. his answer
IA as, that he should have been happy to have paid'
her more hits if -she had got them.- This happened
about six months ago, and the plaintiff's attorneywas
present at the time.
Mary Walker, daughter to the plaintiff, • went to
the defendaneisomeinnes with her mother; mine-
times witlioA. her. She -went with her mother six
or .sevri times. and her mother paid sometimes 31. or
41.1. The witness herself has paid as much as 31.
This, however, she did (only once., Six or seven
times she paid 21. or mire, and about twelve times
11. or more. Sae wen, by herself about 20 times in
the whole. Soinet,mes the insurances were fbr,
Martyr's, sometimes for Hodges's Goes. The de-
fendant used to go and fetch the list from some
other place. Those which were prizes were marked,
and those which were not were left blank. The
witness had never one hit., Her's were always
blank. She heard her mother, in Bunkle's presence,
state her 100 to be Upwards of 801. He did not
deny it, but said he would have been happy to pay
her, if she bad had hits. Being shewn one of the,
lists, she said the letters F. r and L. at two of the
numbers, meant-first and last. There were only a
few numbers in the list, which the witness said, did
not apply to her mailer's numbers- :shine, but ex-
tended to the whole congregation as3ernbled at the
'defendant's, which occasioned Mr. G,iarrow
,to re-
mark, that they were fed from band to mouth, t heir
lottery not being intended, like the State Lottery, to
be drawn in one day.
'Cross-examined by Mr.. PAitEE.—The witness
stated she was now turned ofl3, and, of course was
not 12 years 1:71d at the date of the transactions in
question. She did not know why her tuottier had
taken her to the delenclaet's, or, if site had any
other reason besideS initiating her in the mysteries of
this syst\em of education.
Re-examined by Mr. GARaow.—Her father was
a bricklayer, and her mother could not always get out
at the proper hour, as-her father was ignorant that
his wile saS insuring.
Again cross-examined by Mr. PARKE.—The wit-
ness had heaid from her mother that the Defendant
had been arrested at the plaintifFssuit for 401. and
upwards.

Lucy Cartwright, *other of the first witness,
heard the defendant say, he wished the plainta and
his wife bad come to him before he had been
arrested, and he would have given them 101. or
201. rather than' it should have been done. Mr.
Parke advised the witness to remove her daughter
from such a school of immorality as speedily as pos-
sible.

Mr. PARKE then addressed the Jury, declaring
that he did so under great distress of mind. He
really was convinced that the plaintiff's wife appear-
ed here in a most odious light, and he could not deny

thai the defendant's condUft, as it appeafed ',dote
the Conn and Jury, was *as 'bad: The Conduct of
the. plaintifrs u ife had been roost aboininab!e, in
carrying op such transactions in the presence of in-
fants, who could be there for no other purpose; if
not for the planning of this anion, unless with the
wish to. initiate them in these abominable mysteries;
He'had no defence for his client. He did not wish
hint to escape. But lie cautioned the Jury against
being carried away by indignation at his conduct,
Their's was not the task of punishing the defen-
dant, but that of reimbursing the plaintiff for such
loss as they saw evidence for believing he had sus-
tamed. The admission, in presence of all the plain-
tiff's family, seemed rather singular, but, it the sum
paid had actually amounted to Sul. why was the de-
fendant held to-bail for only 401. •
Lord ELLENBOROUGH said, the money paid in this
case being for an illegal consideration, the plaintiff
was clearly entitled to recover it back. There was
nothing to discredit the witnesses, and the only
question was, how much had been paid ?. As to this,
the evidence was altogether indefinite, except.as to.
an assertion by the plaintiff's wife, not denied by the
defendant, that she hod expended 801. ,As justly
remarked by the Counsk 1 for the defendant.) why,
if the claim was for The 80i, hold the defendant to
bail for 401. ? The plaintiff's own mind should best
suggest to him the amount ..f his claim, and the Jury
Might tairiy take the plaintiff's own oath in reduCtion
of his demand.

The Jury, after deliberating for a few minutes,
found lcir the plaintitf—Dathageii 401.

KING'S BENCH, THURSDAY, I UVE. 2,8.

Goonwm v.NniiMPTs.
! This was an action for good sold and. delivered.
Mr. Ganow- stated, that the plaintiff in this case
was a respectable flour-dealeri• residing in Hereford-
*. shire; 'the defendant .was of the profession (as he
supposed he must call. of a,ivxton and grave-
digger, still he had other emOoPnents; he was a
'salesman and a raiser of pigs.; all .these would not
satisfy hiM, and he turned baker.- It was'-not his
intention to contend that he carried all of them on
.. under the one roof, or that lie went from the new--
made grave the dough tray; his•occtti ainns were
too *well known in the neighbourhood where he
Hied, Ketitisti Town, to suppose he could get cus-
tomers for his bread; they were not so fond 01 mix-
ing the food for the tving, with the day that co-
vered the dead ; lie was wed aware of this, he took
a different house, tie put his son into it,' a man of
straw. He, furnishes it, purchases ..the' utensils,
pays the rent of the h,use, and the taxes. The
next thing necessary was the ; he orders that
aloo, and a'terwards pays for it. But when he fiords
that that he trade did not prove as !profitable .as -he ex-
petted, he. shuts up shop, turns his s,on out, and
then says to theSe whom he had rece4edflour from,
after tlte'.first *that was-sent in He •was
,n•nti 'ac-
countable ; the business was not his, it had belong-.
ed .to his "son, and they'must• sue . fiat it
often happened " when.rogues'fell our, that. honest
*men got thvir own." the son not being
..WOO at
being set adrift, had declared that•litiljtaS. 6e7"..ni0.4
servant of - the defendant,. 'and did'Uot,
to receive one shilling of tliep. Lifilu'r:turiately
for the plaintiff, the tither and sodhave..again come
ry
on terms, and he might tell -a ;ditferenv .sio ;21iir,
there was an old proverb, " put ii.begg' frOr`se
. back, and he will ride to.the.r/eVilf sp,..with"the
son, by being again taken in favour 'by the defen-
dant:, lie might un,ay what he had betbre declared.
The price of ten ba,s of flour wins the cause of. the
present a6tion. Ite would.. prove. that the, de-
tendant had. been in the habit of ordering- the
flour ; that he had paid for some, and thitt he was
considered as the,ostensible persOn.- Under those
considerations, the plaintiff would be entitled to a
verdict.'

John Elgood proved that he delivered for the
twelve bags of flour, at the house of the
son, in November, 1806 ; he neser saw the de-
fendant.

• John Peck deposed, that he delivered ten on the
following month.
Mr. Brazier deposed, that he was a flour Mer-
chant ; that the defoulant gave him an order for
ten bags of-flour, and told him, it his son did not
pay 'for them he would—;-the son paid for them. The
defendant ordered ten sacks more, which he him-
self pad for. He did not know any thing of Ile
nature of the dealings between the defendant and
his son.

Tnomasßird, tax-gatherer, proved that the de-
fendant paid him the rent of the house.
Mr. PARK, Counsel for the defendant, contended
that -his client, wishing to make an establishment
for his son, who had. been just married, took this
house- for him, bought the proper utensils for
baking; and laid. in FJO sacks of flour to commence
with; but he would prove by the young man,
that his father never afterwards interfered in the
business, and never entered into all agreement for
any part" of the profits; because the son •was un-
fortunate in trade, it would be too severe to make
the defendant sutfe4, who only tried to give his son
a settlement. •

George Hampts, jun. proved this stattment,..-and
the Jury gave a verd.Et for the defendant. •

GALE 'V. BRICKFORD.'

This was an a6tion to recover 01.- 85. 7d. from
the defendant, the Exec:n.6)l- of. a ars.- 7o'nes; del
ceased. It appeared that the defendanthad aitend-
ed Md. Jones in her last illness as a nurse f0r.13
weeks, and had not received any. remunen:ion.
It was proved that the defebdant-ha.d received. assets
to a greaser amount than the plaintiff's demand..
The Jury, under the direetion of his Lordship,
gave a-verdiet for the plaintiffibr 101. Ss. 7d.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS,, JUNE 28.
WATER V. MANSELL, BART.

This was an action to recover upon an implied 'as-
sumpsit the sum of 7501. paid, by the plaintiff to the
defendant in January, 1793.; in considetation of an
annuity, to which the defendant pleaded non-assump.
sit, the statute of limitations, and a set off. ,
. Mr. Serjeant LENS, on behalf of the plaintiff,, the
annuitant in this case, said, that he would produce
such evidence as must lake, that case out of the sta-
tute of llmitations—evidence that would prove that
negociations had been going ou down to tile period

at 'Which the pi•eent t ttoii commence;. the-
fendant, Sir \Vtn. Mansell, was in' very embarrassed;
cireuinsiances ; tilt• plaintiff wanted either his COw
sideration, money back, or that to be wad- good foci
which he lnd contrza to pay_ it. n
Thomas Newbury and Charles Jennina.., iubserth-
ing witnesses to the bond,. who proved' the hand-
., writing of -the defendant in the receipt passed by.
him for the consideration-money, as also his siva'
ture to the bond.
Mr. 'WILLIAMS, the defendant's Solicitor, wa-4,
nest called. He stated, that he had Lettemployed;
by Lady Mansell, the defendant's moth( r, in t 804 i
to settle her Son's affairs, wtnch were at that thud
considerably deranged ; that he had had a treaty with
Mr. Bolton., the plaintiff 'S Solicitor, respcdting
annuity, and had offered to give hack the 0011'
.
sideratiun-money, together with interest at five pit
cent:, but that. Mr. Bolton required also the eX-
pences of the insurance, &c. which the other ft
fused. Being asked, whether he had nor: heard
that the annuity could be avoided on the groofoleti
defeEts in the memorial ? he replied, that tie „o'er
had heard any doubts upon that subject till that (UV'
Being shewn a passage in one of los own lever:;, is
order to refesh his memory, he obs.l-ted, thoi
passage referred to the annuitants gvnerany, and per'
sisted in his former answer.

Mr. BotToN, the. plaintiff's Solicitor, was then
called, who-differed materially from the I.4st witt,e,;',
and swore that lee understood the ground Of Cite
treat!) between him -and Mr. "Williain was, 'dun 014
annuity was void.

Mr. SerjeaDt. BEST, far the defendant, called ;I°
witnesses, but submitted to the pours, that 1113
pla.ntilf must, of Ili3'QWll spewing, be noninited..
He did not mean to say, whether the present cave
came within the statute ~r not ; he had gcoc~ de"
fence enough without dwelling upon tl at point.' It.
was a ma4im, that no man could take advantage (3t
his own laches ; but in case the defect in the
memorializing, the-annuity Was the deflut ('f the
annuitant, whose business it Was :to take cat 'tiPit.
the memorial be good and cot.rect. But what prooff
.was there that the annuity was void % What pro°
was there that his cli,!nt thought it ?Su far 40'
proof of this that there had 'been evidence to 04
contrary. And Unless the annuity had been avoid;
ed, and that the Court had, iudicial knowle.
it was void, he submitted that the annuitant (IA"
not claim the' consideration of the contract ra re,
funded to him before he had proved the contr
itself void. Lord Kenyon had so ruled in the c e
\Veddham v. Lynam -iind Jones, t Eitina.se, Si'
Prius, 309. On this case-he relied and r:sied
nonsuit of the plaintiff:
Sir JAMES MANSFIELD,- Chief Justice,-
ei:)ncurred
with the 'decision of Lord Kenyon in Ihe case cl-'
,but did not think the principleof that judg:ment.."P-
plied to•the case before the Court. . It
wis-
saitt.where G:ntlemen 'gave-evidence so contriiClici,
Cory ;• but he could:not hdp thinking that Mr-
„
ton?'recollealion seemed to have served him belio
than that of the other witness; and that thje
a mutual understanding that the annuity
.was
He would not, therefore, nonsuit the plaintiff; b.-0
fallow h,iin to take 'a verdict subject to the dtct•sl`iie
fof the our on
the point reServed.Verd4.4 for

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01 ' AATTEMPTTij COMMiT SUICIDE;--4 ast night, n ~"°,e,
niiVe'o7clock, a yociiig worna:i of decent appear°.
walked into the water at Blackfriars St idge,-in ii dy
liberate manner, and attempted to destivy her° d
The- tide was running out, and though slx 1321
waded a considerable distance from the laud'
place, the Water was not higher than lier chin.,
3;
this situation/ she threw herself on her-back, vna ''
.nearly drowned, when two watermen picked her 1:
She was carried to her friends in Water-lane, Blac
i friars, in a dangerous state, from the, quantity
Water-which she had swallowed.
Lord CHOLMONDELEY is building a beautiful v.'stic j
do
1 cottage on the banks of the Thank - , a little IY:Y- 0.
Craven Cottage, as a summer retreat for the (-;°°
i ! .tes-s, who selected this favourite site. . __.---

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CRAVISSND, JUNE 27.
Sailed—the ITercules, Fullerton, for Martin:riue.

• BliatiS.
On Wednesday morning, the Lady of John Griffiths,
of Lower Grosvenor-street, of a still-born intant.
At Sydenham, tl►e Lady of Ralph Face, Esq. of a L'""'
ter.

lIIARR I D.
Ott Saturtlay last, at Lambeth Church, Mr. Frcw-I
Chaproniere, to Miss lane Hullo,' only daughter of
Eulle, Esq. late of Holloway.
The same day, Mr. W..T. Smith, of Clement's.lanct
Miss Hall, of Bermondsey •
On Monday morning, at Ennis, "by a special licem
Liam Daxon finucane, Esq. to I%liss Sitred, of Enni-.- ,jett•
On the 27 th inst. at Eastliarnstead Chur,:h, Berks. „;ttic
tenant-General Brownrigg, Quarter-master-General or.ic..of
Forces, to Miss Sophia Bissett, of Knighton-House,
Wight. 0,
The• same day, at Sawston, Francis Cannir.g, ts4,,i.
Foxcote,•in the County of Warwick', to lane, dintAt'h,nt'l
the late Ferdinand Huddleston, of Sawston in the
of Cambridge.
flrt~rf
On Thursday, at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Mr.
Marshall, of Orchard-street, Bristol, to Miss- S. L. re
ton,
eldest daughter of Mr. Thowas Charlton, of the A 11
gative-Oflice,ire Dodtors',Comm,ta,.
At Glanm Church, near Cork, Robert Nerventram.
ec„,
son of Major Newenham, and nephew to William ‘V • 1:100
enham, Esq. or Coolniore, to lane,. youngest d:a/l;1;'
Edward Hoare,. Esq. of Factory-hill.

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n Tuesday tile sth inst. a°
.at Newport, in the t
Mayo,'hi the 22er year of his age, Neal O'Do“el,. Pllw ri)
of the. late John O'Donel, Esq. of that town,•za4
.Sir Neal O'Donel, Bart. ' • • r•
se
On the 24th inst. in his 65th year, Arthur COsens, "
of Yetnainster, Dorset. In.ttie morning he attedded the
.t
vice in the Cathedral at Wells; where .11e;was,oli '6'l9. 0-i°lll
near relative, and whilst at dinner fell from his chair,
stantly expired. ob
0
F•
On Wednesday last, at Clifton, aged 22, ;
Wells, Esq. eldest son of Vice-Admiral IN
The same day, in kpitherstone, I-3olhorn, In
i7tlt year, Mary Ann lane, eldest daughter of Peter
Esq. of Dedham, Essex. • j

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