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London, England, 1810-02-19 00:00:00

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"COVAIr 0 F:KIWG'S BENCH, F. r 7.
j SYTT;NG EFURF. LORD HLLENBOROROUII IN WESEMiN.
STER.- HALL;

. THE. KING V. JAMES LOVEDAY.
This- was an inclittment for an assault. .T ~• c r- '
cutnstatices 6! the case are shortly these:,-,
The .1)10,..g.-utor,,,, a prioll of. the name;Of Fran-';
cisco, keeps 1 house at-St. Catherine's fOr lodging...
. for Sjilors. _On the 2i.n_ft- of Maylast, his wife was:
standing at the ••door, about eleven. at vi,ght. The
13.;!euc1?0.4.-eikttolit, insisted on ,her. retiring, 'and-
slit tins; tp.p.ilpril,, applying to -her an opprobrious
app.eliation. ,-,:-She.i. said she Would take him befiire
his 1.!,:t tura, ,anti;J;oke hi'm pr4ve his words. Upon,
which the ,I)'efeirtint - rushed-into -the , house, and
brandished his- cutlass, as :well as his stick, with
the lAtter:of.Whieli im,letilents' he- struck the Pro-
secutor's wile ,5,ev....r.11 tinfes. On the cry of murder,
a neighbour rnshed i..tO the house, and the cutlass
aricl'stick'w,.re.latten frOm , the Defendertts, and he
"`eta; suffercdto retire. This was on Saturday night.
0., Mondoy Jnorning, when the Prosecutor went
-for.h's Warrant,:_hefo•and, to hi astonishment, that •
the. Defendant had lodged/a complaint against him_
1 That co'inPlaint, however,. the
.Magistrate dismiss-
opt, ain.l uid red the I)efendrt 'to 'give bail for this .
i 4 Siiillits- '‘,l,:hicli lie dici.accordlogly.
The dtfekica wiiieb v,4i,et ,upby Mr. GURNEY,
Was, that there was. a great rivt at the house 'of
, the prose,eutor, -bet weep, sailors and-some loose wa-
ttle') f-- that Oft; Defeti;!'nt• ititerli.'-ired, to •ti tore
i peace; that tie \vas an Officer p.f., the Police; against •
i whom, the Prosecutor hid.r.nalice,,:heau.,e his vigi7
lance was tronbles&in to-suelt pefsems•a§-the Prosi-
cutor, and fur which reac.on'the Defend-tint was sup- •
r ported.in his .:t,:tence' by "the Coniroi,;siorrtrs of the
I Paverrient. filicse, .he7said, 'Were the fstis• of the
Icase, , which- he '.S:',,,,tild. lay before' the Cow t• here-.
after, when '!ik,ilijeleoditit should 'he hruir3h.- up
t for judt,ll`Mr,l,44t he bad no witocss to call at
Iresent.
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Lord 41.t..E.Naartobda ,said, that, -.'since :there
Was no..vidctii:7o to -be called; the stnternent
'be !-etrred- for the affidavit, by which it was tote
su:r,Ao: tea.
The July found the Defendant Guilty.

CliriliGE:OF MURDER,-

On. Monittrnig!)r, Mr. Ralph Bowden, gntinet
of his M.'4-s!lsLohip • Rose, stabbed Mr. John
Pringle, master.'-s mate of that ship, at the Wheat-
sheaf Coi-The7houe, • Purtsea, .of which wound be
soon aftetwaids died. Mr. Pringle had ben left
on The Rose; as 'Commanding Officer, with.
direEtions 'not to leave the ship ; instead of which,
he- enticed Mr. Bowden to go on shore. They -
walked to the Half-v.ay houses together,. and after.'
wards went to the Wheatsheaf, at about 11 o'clock
at night; to drink some grog. Pringle said he '
would not leave the house till he had had supper,
and ordered some accordingly. Bowden- went out
of the house, with a supposed-intention of going oa
board ; he however returned in about five minutes,
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arid finding the deceased at supper, he was persuaded -
to -sit down to partake with. him. Several personS
were in the adjoining boxes of the coffee-room„and
were witnesses that rio angry wordS passed Let ween
them. A female servant saw the whole tracsatlion,
as she was "blinging; them some beer. Bowden
asked Pringle if he would- now go on board ? the •
latter answered " No,- twill note till I have seen
my girl ;" and Pringle;•while so expressing himself,, '
put his knife into BoWden's fade, appatyntly by ,
way of joke, and'in perfeet good humour. It how---
ever, mide his face bleed', in a -trifling degree.—
4;lowden instah,tly:took his knife off the. table,-and
stabbed Pringle .66 the- left .lateast;' between the
thifd and fourth ribs, with such violence, that the
bloW forced titedel6ased against the partition of th-e
-box, and .made:)ittshake ; the -knife'. entered hiS
breast aboyA,--inches and a half, and penetrated
the. heart. Pie lived- about anhdur and as half, btit
did not speak nbOve a dozen words, as he fainted, , •
ancl.was afterwards delirious. Bowden dicFnot at-.
tempt to escape,
_but said, that the handle of hii , -
(Bowden's) knife was en'tle table, with the point
epwards, -and that when the deceased bent forward • -
and struck him in the face, he fell on his
A 'Jury was -summoned, and returned a verdi& 6f
Milirc/ALB.owden .is coMmitted
P Poi] the .COroner's'decision:
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few days agotiAine,of the labourers on the Ca-
ledonian, Canal :found, at the depth of five feet, a
large brass helmet—one side represented a warrior
reading a captiVe in-chains, and on the other were
various figures, but too much defaced to be. distin-
guished. It is supposed to have belonged to spine
chieftain who had fallen in battle.'

A pdrson, Iyho was formerly a Sheriff's Officerris
in custody on heavy charges of forging and uttering
note 3 to a great amount. ,

SMITHFIELD MARKET, FEB. 19.

This. day's Market.had a considerable supply of
prime Beasts, and• the show of ,Cattle,,in other re-
..speas was very good' ; Beef, Veal, and Pork, sold at
last prices'; Mutton is. dearer,; quid the trade iri ge, •
neral was,s6mewhat_brisk..-,--The sales in the Hay.
Market were pretty lively
_; flaw, Straw, and Clo-.
ver; continuo the same- as' per last.—The under-
rnentidned prices and numbers arc arLaccurate state-
ment

.To sink the
.Offal persto...te of Sl5.
Beef 4s. 6th to 6s. od. Mutton 4s. ed. to bs. 4d. Veal is.
od. to .;s..od. ,Porks,s, od. to 7. od.
13easts 2530. Sheep"l6,so4.—Calves 24o.—Pigs 340.
big TWIPI D HAYhIARKET.
1-1# 4440/3v fti.c.tos: od. Straw ii, ios. od. to 21, Lcs.
ed. Clover 01: tos: od. to 71. tss. ed.
''otrxt 9.ti2

CORN EXCKANGE, EB, 19.—The fresh supply/of
Wheat to-day-is rather short, and sales brisk at 'an
advance ofabout 2s. per quarter; Barley has- arrived
in -large Supply, and.is- cheaper ; Malt,-and- Beans `of
the two kinds, nearly at lastprjces ; White Pease are
loiver .'..there are considerable supplies of Oa s, and
second, with inferior qualities; are heaper
without.
Wheat - 763a-905 a 1025
Fine ditto ,&sit a ioBs
Rye Hilt;,,
BarleY 30t- a 45$
Malt . - .14501- tB2ll
White Pease -66 s a 7'45
Grey ditto 42 a" 475
Rposs (old) . sas a ,sas

Tick Beans (old) 47s a 5-s
Oats - - 105 a zas a 26s
Poland ditto 28s a 3-ts e.rl
Potatoeditto "3.0 a' —s 0.1
_Rape Sega - - '481.a S3;'
Fine Flour - ' 85s a gos
-Seeppds -80.5. a 85s.