The Sun.
London, England, 1819-08-09 00:00:00

SHIP NEWS.

PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 7.—The Tartar frigate,
Commodore Sir Gao. RALPH COLLIER, arrived
this afternoon front the coast of Africa and the
\Vest Indies. She left the island of St. Domingo
on the 7th. That island was in a state of per-
fect tranquillity. The import and export duties
Lad been reduced to 5 per cent. for English goods,
and 10 per 'cent. for the produce of all other
countries. The King was superintending the
erection of a line of battle ship, as a harrier to the
Spaniards. They Havtian Hospital is wider the
direction of a MIWSTRWART, of the navy, who
ranks as a Brigadier-General. The King had es-
tablished several schools on Dr. BELL'S plan of
education, in which the children ate taught Eng-
lish (under English teachers), with a view to the
extermination of the French language in the
island. Souse of these schools contain 300 boys,
classed. in the most regular manner. The Grand
Dignitaries gave very superb balls and dinners to the
Officers of the Tartar, and showed thesis the greatest
attention. The • Spartan frigate, Captain IVzsE,
had conveyed a large quantity of specie from the
Spanish gain to Port... Royal. General M'GREGOR
was at Port-an-Prince : be had nearly lost all the
remnant of his diAeated troops by sickness. Ge-
neral ENGLISH, with. 4000 Englishmen, well arm-
ed, was at Margareita, and were to proceed
thence in a clay or two to the Caraccas. The
Tartar has brought about 40 chests of silver on
private account.
AuG. S.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Blossom
from Lima, with a consider.ble Tiantity of spe-
on board on Merchants' account ; also the Royal
George yacht from Brighton, with several ships
of tvar, all of which are gone into Cowes Roads.
DEAL, AUG. B.—Caine down from the River
.yesterday, and sailed, the Agincourt, FOREMAN,
.from Ceylon.

We caused itiquiries to he made at, Sr. Bartho•
lomew's Hospital last night, and the report at a
late hour was, that Mrs. Stent was considerably
better, though she is not yet believed to he out of
dau«er. Mr. Stent seems now well satisfied that
he had not accomplished his original purpose,'and
is evidently pleased to hear intelligence of her
recovery.—(Morning Paper.)
Ras.—This mottling, a fire broke out at Mrs.
GRIMALDR'S lodging house, Strand ; it began
-bout two o'clock in the lower part, and burnt-
through to the roof, but did no other damage
This morniok, about nine o'clock, another fire
broke out at Mr. LAY FORD'S, barge-builder, Bull-
stairs, Upper-ground, Christ Church, Surrey,
which consumed the premises, with the stock in
trade. It was occasioned by the pitch-pot boiling
over.—Last night. a dreadfUl fire broke Out at
the house of Mr. NAuGin, oil and colourman,
Ratcliti-highway, which in a short time consumed
the premises-, with the stock iu trade.

POETRY.

EVrOC.9 TION

E 11 I N,

WRiTTEN 13Y JOH!4 TAYLOR,

Hence, foul DTWONT3TY
Of grovling Vice and sordid Interest born',
Even of thyself the scorn;
By Conscience !wonted, never IO he free:—
Gn seek some loatlntonie cave,
Whet e pallid .Assßic:: ;does am id its store,
With burning tli.:r-st for more;
There ply each' c,fty Scheme and lawless art;
Fiini'd by thy lialcfol heart,
Till Justice doom thee to a penal grave.

But ERIN come, of
Heroic heart, and temper knit.]:
Twin horn with littiTAtN, ne'et to veer,
But move in one harniiiniiins sphere;
For dye with mut t1;-ii
Share the bliss ordaiii'd
Come, display thy gen'rous icai,
Now for injui'd Genius feel;
Mootie, who loves his native Isle,
oti whom the Muses smile;
By hii Open heart betray'd.
Owes the dros, that must lie paid;
Or no more shalt he he seen,
Di.mirting on thy twit-gent green,"
Then fur Modar exult to prove,
All a gen'rous Nation's love.

Thy bounty, GRATTA,I, amply shar'd,
For patriot zeal a rich reward;
,And-aball thy Bard pot share it too,
Who ;times with paft4ot zeal as title ?
When Eloper-ice forgotten lies,
Still Nlouutt shall fire poetic shies,
His genius aniMate the scene,
While Nature Spreads thy vivid green.
Bast thou not a thousand times
Dwelt delighted on his rhymes?
Rhymes that Fancy's hues adorn,
Sparkling like the dewy morn.
Like more too, tuneful, airy, gay,
And glowing as meridian day,
Is his lyre at times too free ?
'Ti, a proof he springs front thee,
Inspir'd by LOVE and LIBERTY.

Yet must the moral Muse con Fess
His fancy wore too gay a dress;
Too oft, with wanton lunch, his lyre •
Has kindled flames of loose desire.
Too oft, with SEDLEY'S j daug'rous art,
Has deck'd with tlow'rs a barbed dart,
That deeply struck the youthful heart.
But now 'twill be his nobler pride
To list his Muse on Virtue's side,
Since now his lot to boast a wife,
With ev'ry charm endearing life.

The Muse, besides, with sorrow owns
Too freely he has treated ►hroaes;
Too freely, in satiric strains,
Those able Statesmen he arraigns,
To whose firm Counsels Europe owes
Delie'rance from imnumbeed woes,
That else a proud Usurper's hand
I-lad spread O'er many a rnici'd lard ;
The labours harder, dangers more,
Than e'er on Statesmen fell iletore,
Were those their wisdom triumphed o er :
Yet liniTAlN's sun in glory rose,
Its radiance dazzling all her foes,
While by its light the Nations round
A Bute return to safety found.

Can Justice then such Mlleis blame?
No—Europe Alai' record their (dine;
Who saw by then) her thraldom cease,
Rtstor'd to Honour, Freedom, Peace

Hence should our suff'ring Monarch find
Returning- Reason guide his mind,
How much de;ighled will he view -
The SON his owy bright track pursue;
Seleci)og those, by worth and weight,
Best lifted to preserve the State.
That Patery may their deeds revile,
Can but excite t scornful snii:e;
Far Place a ould strait the clamour still; - •
It ever did and ever will ;
. But Montle can on him Self rely.
And need 'Mt join the selfish cry :
The rich resources of his mind
A Patron to the World can find.
'Twas but the food mistake of youth—
Experience, time, reflection, truth,
Will regulate his future lays,
And censure turn to rightful praise.
Yet after all the world may find
That Rumour works to Mooas; assign'd
Which other Bards, from party spite,
Or disappointed spleen, night write,
While stainp'd as his, they could not fail
To gain a quick and ample sale.
Enough of Politics—again
Let injur'd MOORE demand the strain.
That Poets are a careless kind,
Too well, alas! in blot we find;
He, trusting to his geo'rous keart,
Where mean distrust could bear no part;
O'er heights Parnassian prone to range,
vers'd in trade, accounts, exchange,
F.equir'd no formal bonds for pelf,
Deeto'd others honest as himself,
And so an easy prey became
To one who tool; too sure an aim,
And like the " mousing owl"$ could smite
The Falcon tow'ring in his night.
But ERIN to his aid trill run,
And nobly raise her fav't ite Son.
For tear'd by hint, fresh laurels smile
'lb decorate her verdant Isle.
'llen ERIN come, assist thy Bard.
Thy heart will feel a full reword;
Bounty to such a cause applied
Will live a mark of patriot pride.
Haste the!), at once, that bounty pour,
To rescue Genius, Learning,'Nlootte..
ANACREON, Ned in ancient times,
To Love and WINE decreed his rhymes;
Behold him now in British lore§,
And full as graceful as before.
With learning-, taste, and genius fraught,
Mootts: all the Grecian's spirit caught,
And Britain hence may well avow,
She boasts her own ANACREON now.
The Tcian Bard, with humour gay, •
Thus to. his frien3s was heard to say :
" %Well I know that when I'm dead
" Ye wine will pour, and roses spread,
" O'er the spot where rests my head :
" But throw nut such good things away,
" Let me enjoy them while I may,
" Give the the wine and flow'rs tc7ilay."
And ERIN, thou, no doubt; to show
Respect and love when Mown,. lies low,
Wilt plant unfading wreaths, to bloom
Aroood thy Poet's honour'd tomb ;
Wilt bumpers ['natio( votive wine,
In annual homage to his shrine.
But then, alas ! the Bard no more
Will hear the festive table roar,
No more will strike the magic lyre,
And strains.of patriot love inspire; •
Nor, wrapt beneath, in silent oust,
Behold the Pile, and laurell'd Bust
His country then will proudly raise,
And Fame nu:scribe, with lastiog praise.
Them ERIN, now with ardour strive,
And aid thy Poet while alive :
For when concludes his mortal doom,
• His storks will -form the noblest tomb.

*lt is understood that breach of taith in his Deputy has
involved Mr. MuonE in great pecuniary obligations.
' Sir CHARLES SEMEY.
" i falcon, tow'ring in his pride of place
Was by a mousing owl haw•k'd at and kill►i."
• Maul/db.

§ It would he unjust not to notice an admirable k, enti-
tled " Anuertun in Dublin," written by a Gentlonnan of well-
known genio,, learning, and poetical talents ; but that Work
was merely ..otended a? a Political Satire against the Advocates
for Pop t Ty,

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

MEETING OF THE PROPRIETARY.

Saturday a lq,iting of the P;opr;e'ors of this
E§lnblishmeilt was held, fur Lim virpos-- of receir-

og the Report ot th, Seit'ct C .onoittee, relatiyti
:Ot the letting of the The 4 re

Mr. CALCRAFL M. P. being 'called to the Chair, pro-
ceeded to read the Report. It counbei.ao 0 by stati g, that
the Select Committee had nearly br,,tight to a close the
very important duty ittipoSeil upon taco:. The man of
25,e001., which Was absolutely necessary to relieve the pro-
perty, was realized. The new real et s bad groerously gieeta
up the at rears due to them up to the pee.ein ~ervid, toil also
the surni, aecroing tt, them for the next for:.
~c .t!-5; that is to
say, until the end.of the theatrical sees ii of leaS, it which
_period they were to resume their rents. Ihe bond- ,olti\ers
(with the exception of one Gentleman who was in the ‘...!un-
try) had made a similai. sacrifice of the intere-t due to then►
at present, as Well as of that which would ari:ie Attiring the
next frnr years. It was determined to tit e ;Ile new re.,,rs
the deed of agreement provided by Ain tit Parliament, but
out hitherto carried into effect ; aitil also ti‘ give the Lond-
bidders a Valid secerity: The Committee ford ckperienced
the greatest. li;terality from tire tradesmeir, waiitora of
the establi,hmebt,• all of whom,. aith the exception of cre-
ditors to the amount of about 16001 had coo, Into the ar-
rangement propoaed to thera.—(Applause.)—The Ceiethittes
had examined the sealed tenders for taking the Treat ! Ott
lease. Among them wcre heist two offers on terms of a rest ad-
vantageoui natbre to the proprietors, with adequate sec.:Vity I
they had seleeted the highest offer, and recommend,' it to
the General ConiMittee, win, were to investigate the security
offe, ed. The Geueral Committee were Satistied aith the se-
curity offered. and this day the securities were realizca. The
Report went oil to state that the period of notice required lir
Act of Parliament on the resignation of the SulaCoanuittee hat
expired. and probably 'another Sub-Committee could not be
elected before the 6th of September, when the general ballot
aould- take place. The Select Committee having beet&
honoured with the 'unliMited confidence of the pi oprietoes,
felt it their duty to offer their services until a Sob-
Committee was /eletted. The R.eport coniluded by re-
presenting the ng•cessity of the Subscribers immediately
paying their Stibsi:riptions into the haudi of the hanker
of the establishanent. The Honourable Gentleman having-
, concluded the Report; observed, that the Committee had) after
much labour and attent'nm, realized the object fur wiiirh thee
had been constituted. The Theatre was now let, and he I,„a
no doubt, from the judicious management of the Gentleman
who was to hold it, Mr. Elliston, that the hopes held out to
the proprietors would be realized. Ilut even, if in the
, first, second, or third year of that Gentleman's management,
he was to fail in his undertaking, still the proprietors would
be in a much better situation than they were at present.
Here he felt it necessary to state, that in the course of their
negociation with Mr. Elliston and his legal adviser, a Gen—
tleman of the greatest respectability, they found the greatest
liberality and punctuality [applausel ; nothing had beets
' held out which had not been realized. The Gentiemau's
offer was a large one, and the security was as good as it was
reasonable to expect in such a transaction. Every thing bad
been conducted on the part of Mr. Ellistun in a manner which,
did much credit to that Gentleman, and gave great satisfac-
tion to the Committee. [Mr. El list on, who stood behind.
the Worthy Chairman, seemed evidently affected by these ob-
servations]. The favourable !paltrier in which t iie Taratre was,
let, augured well for the interest of the proprietors It
would be necessary to appoint sonic part of the select Com-
mittee to disburse the sum raised among the tradesmen credi-
tors. Nothing could be more satisfactory to them than to
pay off those demands, and he trusted that, ere very long,
the Proprietors would reveler a divldr;id on their shares.—
Much had been done to relieve the estahlishment from the
weight under which it laboured, no ess th .n front 35,0001-
to 36,0001. of debt having been extanguished by the consent
of the taatlesmen, new renters, and bo.ol-iol.ters. Thus
the deit was reduced from near 90,0001. to les, groat 50,0001.
He did not mean to take any Inerit to the Coroo,ittee tor tats-
If they had been angels, instead of iliele men, iney could
not have brought about what had been done artairot the
consent of the renters, bond holders, and tradesmen.—
Considering the suns now due, which, with the accruing
interests, had been given tip, it might he said that the debt
bad been reduced to the amount of between 50 and 60,0001.>
He did not wish to be sanguine itt his expectations, but there
was little doubt but the hopes of the Proprietors would be
realized, and that in the course of ten years, the property
would be free from all ineutobrance, save 1 Ste claims of this
new renters; and though in the meal time no ilividend could
be made; still the value of the shares would be eonsieerably
increased.

Mr. COCKER asked whether no dividend would be made
to those who had already advanced such large sums ?
Mr. CA LCRAFT said, there could be no expectation of a
dividend before the expiration of tell years.
Mr. ROBINS.—" Certainly not."
Mr. COCKER. said the money advanced ought to be se-
cured to the Subscribers.
Mr. CALCRAFT said he had omitted to state some other
particulars. It was held out to the subscribers, that they were
to receive a security to the amount of 80501. annually, now
the Theatre was leased out at 10,2001. a year to Mr. Eliistoo.
The fruit-otfices and the houses in Vinegar-yard were re-
served, making all together a rental of 11,2501. Front
this there was a deduction of the Duke:of Bedford's rent,
the expencee of watch and firemen, amounting to 24101. ;eav-I
ing a clear rental of 88401. being 7901. more than was origi-
nally stated to the subscribers. No more than 80501. however,
was to be given as a securi4lo the subscribers, the remain-
ing 7901. being kept as a surplus for incidental expences.
the first tour years the 25,0001. loan, with interest, would be
repaid. Then the liquidation of the bond debts wouldeam-
owner, after which the claims of the new renters would come
in. .Thus, in the course of ten years, the Proprietors would
step in, free from every lien but the annuity of the tear
renters.
Mr. COCKER said, that for ten years the Proprietors would.
share nothiirg. For the four following years they would hare,
about 21. per cent. in repayment of a sum of 210,0001. ex-
pended in building the The.ttre.
Mr. CALCRAF t observed, that at the end of 14 years the
boxes would fail to the Proprietors, which would greatly in-
crease the interest. 'cite lease was for 14 years, and due ill
that period a sum of 15,0001. ,was to be expended on this
Tiesstre. Its the course of the second season, it was 1111
ed to contract the lemse considerably, which would render it
• attractive to the public and beneficial to the Pi opi ietors.
Mr. COCKER said, it would be Water if those alterations
were made immediately.
Mr. CALCRAFT said, the Committee had stipulated that
the money to be laid out should be expended as beneficially as
possible. The meeting should recollect, that they had commott
cause with the lessee ; they ought nut to screw hint up too
tightly. The Committee acted on the principle of give and
take, lire and let live.—(Applauses.)
Mr. COCKER meant to cast no imputation on the Com-
mittee; they had employed themselves most zealously in this
trust confided to them,. lie merely wished to understand the
situation iii which the Proprietors stood.
Mr. CALCRA FT observed, that the free admissions to the
renters were to be secured.
Mr. ROBINS remarked, that the low interest of 2i percent.
hued been objected to, but it should be remembered, that were
it not for the measures recently adopted, there would be no
interest at all. He bad known shares to have been sold tor
151. and 171. each, but in a short time those shares would, he
had no doubt, be raised to-101. and .501. each. tie hoped the
subscribers would speedily make good their subset iptiuns, as
at present every thing depended on dispatch.
Mr. CaLCRAFT here said, in a low tone, that he had
known shares to have been sold for 101. eat b.
Mr. ELLISTON said, that he would at that. moment give
151. each for 100 shares, if he could procure them.
Mr. C.NLCP.AFT said, that when the private boxes fell in
to the proprietors, it would raise the interest paid to mote
than five per cent.
It was then moved and cart ied, that the Report of the Se-
lect Committee be confirmed, and that the Committee be con-
tinued as a Select Committee, with power to carry the ar-
rangements I ecommended in it into effect.
Mr. ROBINS moved the Thanks of the Meeting to their
worths, Chairman, for his able and indefatigable exertions its
behalf of t he Theat re.
Mr. ELLISTON, in rising to second this motion, said,
" Gentlemen, you have reposed a sacred trust in rile; I feel
this to Ise the most awful moment of my life. My property,
my all is at stake. Permit me, however, to have t lie plea-
sore of seconding the motion of thanks to our worthy Chair-
cid unanimously.
Mr. CALCRAF I', in returning thanks, said, that the other
Members of the Committee Were equally, if not more, entitled
to tueirt hanks than he was. He did not mean all the Gentle-
men who composed the Committee, at, some of them had not
attended ; those, however, who did attend, had exerted them-
Selves in a manner to merit the thanks of the Proprietors ge-
net ally.
Thanks were then voted to the other Members of the Cout-
suittee ; after which the Meeting bruise up,

:ZZ, IN FELLItiENCE.

'DEVONSHIRE, AUGLTSr 8.
t.II.OtVN SIDE.

Rnr, . Frances Clarke-was pot to the bar for
ionr.l, time, on an indictment for the wilful
murdt:r of her bas•ard child, George Lakeman,
old.—At the Devon Lent Assizes,
!SIG, stie v': as convicted of the murder, but a
p reserved for the opinion of the Twelve
iot;ec, the indictment having named the child
•• G-orge Lakeman Clarke," wheteas he was
" George Lakeman" only; the varia-
was aditulaed sufficient to justify a second
wi.ich took place at the following Summer
A•size;,. when she was acquitted on an error in the
ii.,iictureut, which stated that the child died of
iit vitriol received jab -the stomach ;" the
suedica! men, however, proved that the vitriol did
ritig into the stomach, hut produced suffoco-tion
the tt.roat. She was arraigned again at the Lent
in the present year, and die trial was post-
poned on account of the record of her former ac-
quittal not being brought down. Yesterday she
was again tried, and found Guilty, but is once
more sent back to remain in prison until a point
of law shall be considered by the Twelve Judges.

CIVIL SIDE.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

JACKMAN V. HILL.

Mr. Serjeant PELL, 'in stating the case to the
Jury, said, that the plaintiff was a young woman,
wito,e situation in lite was humble, but the daugh-
ter of honest parents, with a fair and upright clot-
racter,living int he parish ()feolebtooke. I:l)z:defen-
dant, Samuel Hill, was a farmer,. living upon an
-e,rate in Zeal Alonachornm, which he rents at
about 2001. a.-year ; aad he has -also freehold pro-
perly at Bow, which he. lets at about 301: a-year.
Six or seven years since defendant hired the plain-
tiff to live with him as housekeeper ; she was then
about 20 years .of- age, and he about 24. After
she had resided with him between two and three
years, he,- the defendant, sent-for Robert Jack-
ntan, the Wher of the. plaintiff, and informed hint
his daughter was with child by him, butt that he
tneant to marry her, and desired the father to go
to South Tawton and procure a note of his
daughter's ace, and then get a clergyman to
marry them. The application was made to the
clerl4yman of Dotneltideock, who was absent, and
afterwards to the clergyman of Tedbury, as de-
ftndvnt oreiptested, but lie i'efnsed to perform the
-ceremony trail of residence of the par-

t ittS

it; was shortly t4terwar,!svemoved
lionse at litiVV hnd brought to
bed; the cotlibe of a si,:u time she returned to
ber father's house, and remained halt a year, during
iechich the ileft'ndatit cattle times to see her,
and proposcd ttnnotirable terms bath to tier aul
her fat',er, continually renewing his promise of
I<ich, Itov, ever, the entreaties of his
Is ;ends and telAtioos, lie btattil, would prevent his
contract in ely ; hut as an earnest of his
intention, be proposed to secure plaintiff the sutu
of sini. it 14e wed of ta.ited 111 pel'llti ll li ii eugage-
mem betore the Ist of Noember, 1816, which
vas arCOl'dli)44l). Cillered into, and a pl'OMiSsiOly
note 101 that amonut given. The defendant sub-
sequently induced the plaintiff to sign an agree-
theitt, that if he paid the soot of 101. a year to-
,w?irtl3 the maintenance of the child, the promis-
sory note shnold be of no use The defendant
married another persoo in March last, The
Learned Serjeaut, after expatiating with great
erur ietice upon the conduct of the defendants
called the father to prove the facts.
Daring the examination
of the evidence, an
offs r of compromise was made, but the defendant's
friends at that time refused the terms. A weal
deal of legal dispntatiost also took place bet,veen
the Counsel, as to the adutision of the bonds or

ifyivernents.
Mr. GAsat.y.B addres;l the Jury for the de-
fendant, and endeavoured to enforce upon their
;hinds, that the second agreement was a COl3lnlU-
teflon f,,r the promissory note, and which de,troy-
ei the tight of action, it being a virtual tennuci-
alio,' of C,e. contract : he then called a witness to
prove that the plaintiff had demanded the pay-:
meat of 51. being a half year's enstalmeut of the,
second agt cement.
Mr. Serjeaut was replying in most warm
and emphatic language to the Jury, when the de.-
Conitsel announced that the offer of the
plain: its. had been acceded to, viz.—Damages
Fifty Pounds.

SEDUCTION.
GIFFORD V. BRAGGE-(5. J.)

Mr. Seejeant PELL, in his opening addres4 to
die Jerry, described the defendant as a young MAD
of no property, but as the son of a farmer of con•
siderable opulence. The plaintiff is a merchant
in the ,Bland of Guernsey ; his daughter was
about twenty-five years of age when the transac-
tion took place which formed the ground of this
action ; the defendant was somewhat younger.
The young Lad); came to England in 1817,
on a visit to Mrs. Shore, who resides near Ax-
minster. Daring her visit she became acquaint-
ed with the family of the defendant, who me-
side at ['Witch ; they were much struck
.with the manners of the young Lady, and she
'was induced to visit them after repeated invita-
tions. The defendant succeeded in engaging het
affections, and he promised on her return to
Guernsey. that if her father approved the match,
it should ultimately be consummated ; he accom-
panied her to Guernsey, and was received in the
e.:.aatcter of her intended husband. She was af-
terwards prevailed on to come to England again,
elid visit
,at the defendant's house ; during her
visit, being left at home on a Sanday, from illness,
the deteedant succeeded in accomplishing her se-
dttc inn, and she was delivered of a child in July,
1818.
'I he principal evidence was the female herself,
opntetied but little embarrassed.
The defendant seas in Court, and was pointed
out he Miss Gillord, at the request of Mr. Ser-
;eaet DELL.
; . Wiet.l,!ms, for the defendant, laid great
circumstance, saying it was calcu-
lated to wri;;lt wjari the minds of the Jary, as if
the young hot) was indifferent or ieseusible to
the transgression he had committed ; he attend. :d
there,-however, against his own will, and at his
Williames) tequest, that by his tirgieucabc•

Might restrain the young woman from stating any
tl►ing which would give him (qr. W.) the trouble
and pain of having explained by cross-examina-
tion, which would give her uneasiness. fie con-
tended, from the age of the parties, the defen-
dant being 21, and the young woman 27, that be
Was more likely to be the seduced than ;lie se,
(nicer. His Learned -Friend, he said, had repre-
sented the father of the young woarin as a ri►er-
chant:; with the view, perhaps, of inducing the
Joy to give larger damages, such as sho/ild be
equal to his ussumed station in life; the fact was,
however, that he was a mere al:eut of an army
contractor. He had also stared the father of the
defendant to be an opulent man, whereas he pos-
sessed an'estate of only 1501. a year, and bad a
fatniiy,of six children and he entreated the Jury
to award such damages only as would answer
the ends of justice without distressing the in-
nocent.

Tile Jury consulted about ten minutes, and re-
turned a verdict, Damag es—Four Hundred Pounds !

MAIDSTONE, AUGUST 6.
MuRDER.--,Henry Langridge was indicted for
the wilful murder of Richard Sex at l'ensworth,
by giving him divers mortal wounds, bruises, and
contusions on the head, with a bludgeon, of no
value, on the Ist of February, 1813, of 'which
wounds, &c. he languished until the 7th of Fe-
bruary, and died.
This case excited great interest, from the pe-
culiar circumstances awl tl►e lateness of the period
at which the prisoner was ht ought justice after
the commission of his offence. At an early
hour the Court Was filled with spectators; and,
notwithstanding the care of the Officers, the
pressure of the crowd was extreme during the
wh►de

iilr. ADOLPHus, in a most able and eloquent ad-
dress to the Jury., opened the cas*, against the
prisoner, and entered into a luminous and learned
exposition► of the law, applying it wilb iris usual
ingenuity to the facts he should have to lay before
them in evidence. The following is, a short out-
line of tie case :

On the Ist of February, 1813, deceased, a re-
spectable farmer, was returning home to his
house about seven in the evening, when he stum-
bled in his path over a bundle of sticks which had
been placed there by the prisoner, a labouring
man, who had worked with the deceased for about
a year and a half, and had then beeu dismissed,
about six months be tore, for improper conduct.
Upon recovering his feet, he cried out, " Who is
there and Was answered by the prisoner, who
was then cutting a stick in a hollow
close at
hand. The deceased remonstrated with him for
laying his sticks in the public footpath.—
Some altercation ensued, and the deceased re-
proached the prisoner_ with having stolen some
of his hop-poles, and having struck him a
slight blow with a hazel stick, the prisoner fell
upon him with the handle hat (a thick stick) upon
which he carried his sticks, and knocked hint
duwo, repeating his blows whilst down. lie then
told his son, a lad then about seven years old,
who was with him, to go home, for lie (die pi i-
soner) must stay and kill the deceased, or cite he
(the deceased) would transport hint. The pri-
' boner then retanued to the deceased, and after
beating him most unmercifully, left him for dead;
after which he returned home. The deceased lay
the whole of the night bleeding profusely.• The
nest morning the prisoner went to his work, and
on his way desired his son to go and see if the
deceased was where he had left him the preceding
night. The boy did so, and having told his fa-
ther that he was there still, the prisoner said he
would not go that way, and went in another di-
rection. About ten o'clock the deceased was dis-
covered welieriog in Ins blood, but with life still
remain)ng, lie was conveyed to his house, which
was not far distant, and died in five days after-
wards. On the 3d of February, the prisoner took
leave of his family", went away, and having as-
sumed a feigned name, *as working in different
parts of the country, and had escaped the hands
of justice- until May last, when the place of hiS
retreat is'as accident ally discovered.
'f o suppor( this case, satisfactory testimony was
call: cl, aml among otheis the son of the prisoner,
who was greatly affected in giving his evidence.
Mr. WALFORD submitted at souse length, but
ineffectoally in point of law, that the circum-
stances proved iu evidence were such as uould
only bring the ease within the principle laid down
by 111 r. Justice Foster, applicable to cases of ex-
cusable homicide.

Tire Learned Judge then 501=0 up the evi-
dence with the most minute particularity, and
stated the law on the subject of murder with
clearness and" perspieuit y.
'I he Jury, atter eitliberating about five minutes,
found the prisoner Guilty—and he was sentenced
to be executed o►► Monday (this day).