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London, England, 1801-01-14 00:00:00

HICKS'S HALL, CLLIUCENWILL, JANUARY 13.

Frehriel &drama was inditled for an affault
upon Elizabeth Bramwell, a young girl, appa-
rently about fifteen years of age. The circum-
fiances of this cafe, which excited a confiderable
degree of fympathy towards the profecutrix, were
there the had for three years lived as fervant in
the family of the Earl of Betborough ; and, dur-
ing the whole of that period, her condua had been
modea and exemplary in every refpea. The De-
fendant had been employed in the fervice of the
fame Nobleman, as porter, for the fpace of five
years, and, till the prefent tranfaaion, had de-
ported himfelf with regularity and propriety. On
the ad of November 411, Lord and Lady Befbo-
rough were out upon a vitit, and had molt of their
fervants with them. Such female fervants as were
left behindhad gone out, and left the houfe with
no other perfons in it than the profecutrix and the.
Defendant. The former had remained at home
becaufe the expected thine friend to call and drink
tea with her. About one o'clock the fat down to
dinner by herfelf, when the Defendant entered the
room; the. was fomewhat furprized at his intni-
fion, and Aced him what he wanted ? be made
no reply, but feized hold of her, and was pro-
ceeding to take molt unwarrantable liberties with
her. Dreadfully alarmed at the dangerous fitua-
tion the was in, the immediately loft all recollec-
tion, and fell into violent fits ; how long the con-
tinued in them the knew not, but when the in
fome degree recovered, perceived the Defendant
clofe by her ; and, from the difordered hate of
her own drefs, as well as his, was but too well
perfuaded ofthe iniquitous purpofe he bad in con-
templation. He dragged her to a room in the
back part of the honk, and, holding a knife in one
hand, :and throwing his arm about her neck,
threatened to take her life if the refuted to fulmiit
to his withes.—Terrified at this ;talon, the again
relapfed into fits. When the had a fecond time
recovered herfelf, the by a violent effort difen-
gaged herfelf from the Prifoner, and rulbed up
Etairs to her room, where the locked herfelf in.—
She looked out of the window, and in a film time
raw the friend the expeacd at the door, upon which
the Went down and let her in. Her agitation, at
this time, was beyond alt defeription. She re-
lated the cattle of it to her friend, who remained
with her until tome of the fervants returned.
—As the even ng advanced the grew worfe, and
at length gave way to Inch Itrong hyfterics, that
it was with difficulty (he could beheld. She was
conveyed to bed, and watched the whole night
by one of the female fervants. Till two o'clock
the continued ravin,,, calling upon her parents
and Mrs. Peters, the-Lady who was Lord Beth:-
rough's houlikeeper, to thve. her. In her deli-
rium, the repeatedly called upon them to keep
Frederick awav, who, the exclaimed, intended to
murder her. The woman who was with her hav-
ing occafion to leave the room in order to get a
pillow to raith her head, found the defendant at
the door of her chamber. He enquired how the
profecutrix was? and, upon being told her life
wits in danger, manifetted the ataxia degree of
terror, and abfconded from the houfe. The pro-
' fecutrix continued fo ilt, that the could fcarcely
be moved in her bed; the received every necef-
fary advice of the faculty, but it was neat a
fortnight before the perfealy recovered. The cvi.
dente did not go the length of inferring that the
lull outrage had been committed on this unfortu-
nate girl; on the contrary, the probability was,
that the fufferings the experienced, after the held
been put to bed, were the unlit of the violent
agitation of fpirits while the was under the domi-
nion of phrcuzy. Such were the leading features
of this cafe.

The defence confined merely of fuch arguments.
as the ingenuity of the Defendant's Counfel could
urge. The nature of the tranladion did not admit
of any witnelfes being called in his behalf.
The Jury pronounced hini--Gisiky, and the Court
fentenced him to one year's imprifonment.
John Keeler was indicted for a nuifance in the
neighbourhood of Oxford-road. It appeared that
the defendant, altogether regardlefs of the com-
fort of his neighbours habitations, had thought
proper to eftablint a beggery at the upper end of
Wardour-ftreet. It was his conftant praktice to
drive so or 3o of the fwinifh tribe into a little
yard at the back of his honfe, and these (laughter,
feidd, gut, and hang them up ; in thort, he per-
formed all the operations of a pork butcher. Vac
(tench arifing from the blood and filth was filch,
that thole whole houfes were near him were dcfcrt- '
cd by their cunomers and lodgers, and, after vain
remonftrances, neciAlitatcd to appeal to the law
to remove the nuifance. to appeared to the Court
that the flint:ince was of a private and not of a
public nature, confequently the Defendant was
acquitted, but under au atfarance, that if he did
no remove himfell and his hogs, he would be
liable to the confequences of a lets:trate atftion at
lse Putt of every neighbour sito* he annoyed.

From the LONI36N-GAKET7E, January

MILITARY PROMOTIONS.

J'AbIILIIII,Y 13.
BARRACKS.

John Wilton Gent. late Barrack-Matter to the temr
Cavalry Barrack at Canterbury, to be Barrack•Maft74
the.pertuanent Cavalry Barracks at Canterbury.
Panes Am. Chaundy, Gent. to be Barrack-Maiter to the teme
powy Cavalry Bariacks at Canterbury, vice Wilton.