Star.
London, England, 1807-04-08 00:00:00

MIDDLE3EX SESSIONS.

There Seffions commenced ye9erdav, before W.
MAINWALING, Efq. and a full bench of bagillrates.

Thomas Feather, the mailer of the Guildhall Coffee-houfe, was
indidted for affaulting John Rae% a broker. On the day men-
tioned in the Indictment, the profecutor and his daughter were
walking down Bunhill•row, when the defendant croffed the way,
and (topped the profecutor, alking him whether he had not re•
cently made ufe of his name in an improper manlier ? The prole.
tutor anfwered that he bad, and with good reafon; on which the
defendant laid—" b—ft your eyes, I'll knock your teeth down
your throat." This menace he inftantly put in pradlice, by hit-
ting the profecutor on the chin with both his clenched fifts. The
profecutor defended himfelf by retiring, and endeavouring to parry
the defendant's blows, when he fell on his back, and hurt hWifelf
extremely.—On his crofs•examinatlon, he Paid he had not had any
intercourfe with the defendant for the laft four years, when be
bad done tome bufincfs for him as a broker. The profecutor's
daughter confirmed the above evidence.

l'he defendant addreffed the Jury, Rating that the prof, eutor,
inftead of being, as he had reprefented himfelf, a rilleßable broker,
was merely a barter, and not entitled to belief, as he mould fpeedily
demonftrate by two witneffes.
Thefe witneffes were a ferjeant and a private, in one of the
City Militia regiments, who were on guard at the Artillery Ground
gate, in Bunbill-row. They pofitively (wore that the profecutor
made theifvfl affault, and that be actually croffed the way in order
to quarrel with the defendant.
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Mr. MA:Kw/mime; obferved, that the charge was ftrongly de-
nied; the Jury would therefore, by their verdiet, declare to which
fide they thought the greatsft (hare of credit was due. The Jury
acquitted the defendant.

4. Cam was indicted for a snifdemeanor, in having received a
large quantity of iron (hovels, fpades, and pans, well knowing the
fame to have been felonioully ftolen.
Mr. ALLZT objedted to the ludidtnent, flaring that it contained.
twenty counts, ten of them charging the articles as the property of
Mr. Harman, of Bufh-lane, Cannon.ftreet, and the others charg-
ing the articles as the property of a firm at Birmingham. Mr.
Alley therefore objeded to going into evidence, in regard to more
than one tranfaetion at one time, contending, that if a contrary
practice was fuffereal, the whole of a swan's life would thus be ren-
dered a fubjedt of dikuffion.
Mr. CORNS, maintained that a diftiodion had been laid down
by Mr. Baron HOTUAM, under the fandion of as great a lawyer
as bad ever exiftcd, Lord Kenyon, which was, that in felony,
there could be no accumulations of offences given in e—(donee,
whereas, in tnifdemeanors, there might be Rated and proved, as
many fcparate ads of delinquency as there were counts in the in
didment. The Court held this to be the cafe in the prefcnt
inftance.

Evidence was then called, and Mr. Harman depofed that he
was a wholefale dealer In articles of manufadured iron, in Beth-
lane, Cannon-ftreet. On the 3d of January fait, he dikovered that
he bad been robbed by Byrne, his footman, through the afflitance
of a feldier, named Nicholfen, who was employed in the manufac-
tory, and by Nicholfon's information he went with fume of the
City and Weftminfter aims to the atop of the defendant in the
Almonry, in an obfcure part ne..r the Abbey. The prifoner chewed
his premiers very readily, and the profeeutor found a great number
of his thovels and fpades. He found fome in a hay loft, bin they
did .cot appear to be at all frcreted or concealed. It was next
proved by Nicholfon, that he had repeatedly carried fuck articles
from Eyre to the defendant, who always paid him lefs than the
value of the goods, and always appeared eager to have more.
After a fpeech from Mr. ALLEY in behalf of the defendant, and
a charge from the CHAISMAN, the Jury hefitated fora few mi-
nutes, and returned a verdict of—Guilty. Sentence was not
paired.

An Eticusts BULL !—Every State Lottery Ticket
drawn next Tuefday mull be a Prize, even if drawn
a Blank ; and the Firfl•drawn Ticket will be entitled
to mood. Thefe unufnal Fails, aided by the grand
Scheme, which contains Four xo,oool.—Four to,oool.
—Four 5,0001.—Ten,t,0001, &c. have been the cattle
of the rapid demand for Tickets and Shares.

ALL PRIZES THE FIRST DAY ! 1!—On the t4th of
April the Lottery begins—the holder of the Full-
drawn Ticket mutt gain Twenty Thoufand Pounds,
perhaps Thirty Thoufand ! ! The Tickets and Shares
are on tale in great variety at SWIFT and Co.'s Offices,
No. t 1, Poultry, and No. 12, Charing Crofs, where
in the laft and preceding Lotteries, IS Capital
Prizes from ao,oool. to I,cool. were fold, in upwards
of 200 Shares.

The announcement of the Lottery CommitEoners,
of cutting cif, and depofiting in the wheels, the
number;, &c. which form the fcheme of the State
Lottery now fo near at iffue, ought to give alarm to
all fuch as are nut yet in poffellion of Tickets or
Shares, fince the fcheme is evidently and indifputa-
bly the molt opulent in capital Prizes, and interelting
and advantageous in its mode of determination, of
any that was ever corltudted. In truth, dilatory
adventurers will very fpeedily be cut off themfelves
from all opportunity of obtaining chances for the
more momentous prizes.

DORCHESTER ASSIZES.

BAILIFF AND BURGESSES OF BLANDFORD V. TNI ItIT.
GEORGE CHISHoEM, MASTER OF THE SCHOOL OF

BLANDFORD.

This was an alion of ejectment to recover the poi-
feffion of the School.houfe. Mr. BORROL/Gli Rated,
that the cafe was fo plain and Pimple, that he was
quite furptifed to fee his learned friend Mr. Scott,
brought down from the Court of Chancery, upon a
Special Retainer to defend it, at %; concluded there
mull be fimething in the defendant's cafe of which
he could form no idea. The plaintiff' cafe was this.
In the year 1777 they granted the defendant a leate
for feven years of this fchnol houfe, at 6s. Bd. a year,
and the defendant had held over ever fince, and paid
the rent of 6.. Bd. regularly. The Corporation about
two yeas ago propofcd to Mr. Chilholm to take a
new leak, which he refufed, and they ferved him
with the ufual notice to quit, and were compelled to
follow it up by bringing this adion. He then read
Come letters written by the defendant, one declining
to Ellen to the new terms that were propofed to him,
and another written immediately after the fervice of
the notice to quit, in which he maintained that the
Corporation had no power to turn him out, and that
"in imitatirn of their wife example, he proceeded to
repel one folly by another, and accordingly gave
them notice to quit all, and fineular the premifes
called the town hall in Blandford." As to this School
being an endowed School, Mr. Burrough contended
there was not a pretence for it. The cafe was the
common cafe of Landlord and Tenant, and nothing
but the effeet of the comet that was now going round
the world could make Mr Chifholm think of defend.
ing it. The cafe was then proved, and the letters
written by the defendant, and the payment of 6s. Bd.
a year.

Mr. SCOTT, on the part of the defendant, in a
fpeech of above two hours, entered into the hiftory
of the defendant's being appointed to this fchool—of
the nature of the fchool itfelf—and of the pitiful
origin of this unworthy aelion, and contended that
the Corporation had no more right to difpoffefs the
defendant of his houfe, than they had to take away
the freehold eftate of any other man in the kingdom.
The defendant he would prove to be a Clergyman of
the greaten refpeetability, and eminently qualified for
the important office that he had filled now for thirty
years. In the year 1772 he had firft fettled at Bland-
ford, as ufher to this School, which, in confequence
of neglect, bad fallen into total decay, infomuch that
at Taft no boys were fent to the fchool at all. In 1777
the Corporation propofed to give Mr. Chintolm a
leafe of the houfe for feven years, that he might en-
deavour to recover the fchool. Mr. C. accepted the
offer, and in a !bort time, by his diligence, learning,
and charadler, recovered the fchool to fuch a degree
that he had above eighty fcholars at one time. The
defendant was then a very young man, ju ft come from
College,and in the year 1780 he was ordained by the
Bifhop of Briflol, upon which occafior the Bifhop in-
quiring of him where the defendant was fettled, alked
him if he was licenfed to the office, and finding that
he was not, recommended him to be licenfed imme•
diately, as he would then be legally in his office, and
it would be out of the power of the Corporation
to difpoffcfs him of it. The defendant upon his return
obtained from the Corporation a regular nomination
of him to the office under their common teal, and
figned by every one of them, and upon taking this
to the Bifhop, his Lordllsip granted him the licence,
which would be read to the Jury, in which they would
find that the Bifhop had declared his confidence in

the defendant's " fidelity, learning, true religion, and
diligence," and recited that " he had been unani-
moully chofen and appointed to the office by the Cor-
poration of Blandford, according to the laws and
Itatutes of this kingdom, and granted him licenfe and
faculty to the faid office of Schoolmatter of the Gram-
mar School of Blandford, and to receive the [Upend
or yearly falary due and accufiomed to be paid to the
Mailer of the faid School, and all the rights and
profits belongiog to the raid office." The defendant
had continued in this offiCe with great reputation and
fuccefs to the prefent time. About two years ago
the Bailiff, Mr. Sollers, invited the cle`tridant to a
converfation upon bufinefs, and then for the fira
time propofed to him, to take a new leafe of the
houfe, and told him that the Corporation mutt dir-
continue the 51. a year which they had always paid
him, and requelled the defendant to fend him an
anfwer in writing to his propofal, which produced
the letter that had been read ; this was followed by
the new terms propofed being fent to the defendant
in writing, which were as follow—" To take the leafe
of the houfe for feven years ; Mr. Chilholin to pay
all taxes ; to keep the houfe in complete repair, in-
ternally and externally ; to white wafh the whole
houfe once in three year., and to paint the houfe on
the outride once in three years ; not to let lodgings
on any pretence. As the funds of the Corporation
will not allow them to continue the 51. per annum,
ufually-paid to the Mailer of the School, it will be
difcontinued ; and the houfe tax mult alto be paid by
the Mailer. At the expiration of the leafe, the honfe
and out buildings to be left in complete repair ; and
during the term of the leafe, the houfe to be always
open to the infpeftion of the Corporation, on their
giving notice to examine into its Rate."
Thefe terms the defendant peremptorily refufed to
accede to, and was immediately ferved with a notice
to quit, and being a man of great good humour, as
well as an excellent fcholar, he returned them the
notice to quit, and deliver up to the inhabitants all
and fingular the Town Hall
.of Blandford, which
the Jury had heard. This notice had produced the
fame effed in the town of Blandford, that it had done
to the prefent audience, infomuch, that a hanger
paffing through Blandford the next day, and enquir-
ing his way to Dorcheiler, could find nobody to give
him an anfwer ; he found every body reading a
paper, and hurtling out in a !lode laugh, except a
few perfons, who, he fuppofed, were Members of
the Corporation, who walked about with their eyes
fixed on the ground, fo that this Itranger had fpread
a report at Dorchefler, that the greater part of the
town of Blandford were laughing mad, and the tell
melancholy mad. The defendant had confulted Mr.
SCOTT upon filing an information in the .Court of
Ctrarcery, and he had drawn the bill ; but the de-
fendant being Tearful of leaving a Chancery fuit to
his children, had determined to defend this a' ion
among his neighbours, and had done Mr: SCOTT the
honour to reptile this confidence in him. He corn
mewed with much feveitty upon the thie,t of dif-
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