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OF XINO'S BENCH, JULY is.

• JOHN BIRCH V. LW'S JOHN TRISTD.
The Plaintiff is fur eon to the Prince of Wales,
and to St. Thomas's Hofpital. The Defendant is a
foreigner naturalized, whole former name was Haut-
fouiller. We before noticed the fracas between thefe
two gentlemen at the Opera Houle, on which the
prefent anion was founded.
The Soucrroa GRIMM., for the Plaintiff, Rated,
that this was a very ferions cafe ; but the fortune of
the Defendant, by the accidents of life, would enable
him eafily to satisfy the demands of jultice. Some
ten years ago he came from his native country as a
dealer in jewellery. In the courfe of his bufinefa, he
formed connexions with a great variety of perfons,
and, among others, with the noted John King. By
tome means he was fent to Bath, where he intro-
duced himfelf as a man of fortune and fathiun. He
there became acquainted with Mifs Trißd, a young
lady of the age of feventeen, and an heirefs to a pro-
perty of 30,0001. He prevailed upon her to elope
to Scotland, where they were married, according to
the ceremonials of Gretna Green. The wealth, thus
eafily acquired, was fettled on the wife and her off-
(piing ; but, however, Ile and her two children
died, and left the Defendant in potEdlion of there
riches. On the 23d of February lall, the Plaintiff
was at the Opera, with a female friend under his
protedion. When the piece was concluded, he went
on the Rage, and in returning, from the concourfe
of people, was obliged to pats near to the Defen•
dant. What was the concluel of the latter on the
approach of the Plaintiff, would be explained by the
witneffes ; what was his intention would alto appear
on the fame authority; and he wined this gentleman
would be now infirated, that be would not be per-
mitted to exercife with impunity in this country that
violence which he might praCtife in others, where
the laws and the peace of fociety were lets regarded.
In an action of recent date, for the unbridled indul-
gence of palllon, a late Nobleman (Lord Camel-
ford) had been required to pay damages to the
amount of cOOL and he trotted the Jury would not
be lefs difpofed to maintain nubile order. '['he pre.
fent cafe would be found, to Le that of a man loiter-
ing refentments in his bofom, and taking the firft op-
portunity of offering perfonal intuit. The Plaintiff
was a man of honour, and of high rank in his pro-
fellion, the emoluments of which depended upon are-
gular attendance on the duties of his Ration. He
was publicly difgraced ; be was wounded and disfi-
gured ; he was confined, and interrupted in the dif-
charge of his engagements ; and for this, he fought
reparation from the proteftion of an Englifh Jury.
Mr. George Blunt and Mr. George Lewis Newt-
ham were in the pit of the Opera Houfe when the
affair took place. They faw the Defendant Itrike
the Plaintiff, who, on the &ft alarm, returned the,
compliment ; feveral blows were afterwards dekver-
ed ; the ground changed from the image of the
houfe to the benches of the pit ; and, in the fequel,
the Plaintiff was knocked down amidit the exclama-
tions from the males of A fight, a fight ;' and the
fcreams of the females, Part them, for Gon's fake
part them The more ditcreet exclaimed, Town-
fend, Townfend I' who WAS found at his poR.
Mr. Towntend depefed that he was in attendance
at the Opera ; he heard his name called, and imme-
diately battened to the fpot. He faw the Defendant
giving Mr. Birch feveral violent blows on the face,
on which he feized the Defendant, fent for a coach,
and carried him to the watch honk, to prevent far-
ther ditturbance.

Mr. William Nafh, furgeon at St. Thomas's
Hofpital, and Mr. Thomas Davis, furgeon of the
Firft Regiment of Life Guards, give telt imony to
the degree of injury the Plaintiff had fuftained. His
face was very much tumified, and one of his eyes was
for a time completely doled ; and after the fpace of
a month the marks of violence had not wholly cnt
appeared.
Mr. George Davis laid, he met the Defendant at
a, Five's club, to which he belonged, fume time in
the lift year, where, he laid, the Plaintiff had offend
ed him ; and that whenever he met Birch, he would
kick h m on the thins.

Mr. Easaras, for the Defendant, faid, that the
Plaintiff had been very ill advifed in bringing the ac-
tion in its prefent form. It appeared, however, that
there was a fort of combat ; that Mr. Townfend,
the molt ufeful officer of the police, interpofed
that no material injury was fuftained ; and that or-
der was foon rellored. The appearance of Mr. Town-
fend's yellow wig at the Opera, was as formidable to
the enemies of peace, as the approach of the flag of
Lord Nclfon .to the hoflile fleets of France. The
yellow Admiral 'milled his colours, formed the line,
made the attack, and condriaed the enemy into port.
From the evidence of Mr. George Davis, it was ap-
parent that fome provocation had been given, but
as no juffification was entered on the record, be
ftsunld not (apply any teltimony as to that particular.
Then his Learned Friend gravely Aced. 44 if this
were not molt difagreeable to a furgeon ?" A black
eye was a difagreeable thing to any man, but to a
furgeon lets fo than to another, becaufe he had the
means of cure within his own knowledge. They
were, however, extremely a mple ; the erudition of
this learned profeftion Teemed to be thrown kwaynp-
on the fubjea ; for a piece of brown paper immerg-
ed in common vinegar wa% the belt recipe the phar,
maceutic art could Cupply. Then if we met with this
fchool boy's calamity, any of us fhould have com-
mon wirnelfes ; but this gentleman is a furgeon, and
he enjoys the advantages of the depofizions of his
rhetorical brethren. Our faces would be/we/led, but
his was ramd. We fhoula have bruited chops,
bloody nofes, and black eyes ; but with him, the vaf-
cular fyllem was injured, the adlion of the ablorbents
was deflro)ed, and the organ of tifion was endan-
gered. Tbefe were the fcientific artifices by which
loch a familiar cafe was to be rendered important.
But the Defendant was a foreigner; and this was to
be introduced to aggravate the damages, as if bre
were not tube entitled to the privileges which every
man ought to acquire when he trod the happy Cod
of England. This infinuation regarding his nativity
was likewife introduced to indicate Come dat k
Come vundiSive fpir it which diteas the hand
of the affaffin, when ali the menace they were ca-
pable of proving was, that the Defendant would kick
the thins of the furgeon. This was, indeed, to re-
verie the claffic adage—
', &cloaca arccm (seem"

Revolutions had lately occurred which tended t•
fubvert the foundations of the world. In the gene I
chaos refulting from there awful events foreigtie.
fought refuge • i this land, and fruited to Britifh 1.
tice for that fecurity, and in the exereife of this ge-
nerous confidence they should not be difappointea
He would not affult to juflify any didurbance given
even to the frivolous amufcmente of fociety ; but
Volenti non fit blintz.'
It was not enough to brand the Defendant with being
a foreigner, but he mull be called the friend of Mi.
King ; thus he was to be inlorfed over like a Bill of
xchauge, and to devolve into any villainous hands
to whom it fhould be the pleafure of his Learned
Friend to commit him. This was not all ; the de.
mands of natur; fati•ficd by the death of his wife'
and children were to be attribute.] to him, not as a
misfortune, but as a crime. Then, what was the
caufe it.f this reword'? ? Alas ! h was woman.

" Caufa deterrimi belli."
Lord ELLINVOILOUGH. If you affert this, yru
mtia prove it."
Mr. ERSKINE faid, his Lordihip prevented birn
from doing what was at all times contrary, equally
to his nature, and his hsbits—to be guilty of irregu-
larity. The Defendant klid npt feuk the Plaintiff; but
on tree approach of the latter, the infult was offered.
What was the language of the fpeetatfil Not
" knock him down," or " throw him over," as the
vifitants of the gallery would have vociferated, if the
Defendant were the aggreffor, but " a fight.! a
fight!" and from the trembling females, " Part
them, for GOD'S fake part them." This indicated,
that the two gallant knights were at tingle combat,
and the confequence of the ffcufile had been fuffici,
ently explained. It was fometimes a little unlucky
that perfons went to thefe places of entertainment
fomewhat elevated after the conviviality of the fef-
tire board • they were not fo perfectly compofed as
they felt themfelves with the tea and muffin of the
morning. The jury would know how, from the
candeur of their own minds, to make due allowances
for the infirmity of human nature, and would vilit
this frivolous cafe with their accuaomed Juftice and
moderation.
Lord ELLENSOROVOH. after Elating the form
the asflion, and the nature of the offence, as it ap
pcared on the teffimony, laid, " You will take into
your confederation the fituation in life of the Plain-
tiff. The ;sank was committed in a public place,
where he was obliged to degrade himfelf to the chat-
reeler of a boxer and broiler in his own slefenex.—.
It is not required that you fhould look to the general
confequences of your verdict, as conducing to the
peace and order of fociety ; but you will, I con-
fident, be glad that the effeet of it lhould be, that this
deferable objed fhould he promoted by it. Front
the evidence you will collect the degree of injury the
Plaintiff has fuftZined, and you will aQign to hint
the reparation to which he is entitled."
After a fhort deliberation, the Foreman delivered
the verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages 3001.

LIBEL.--TROY V. SITMOiDS:

This was an aelion brought by Dr. Troy, the Ti-
tular Roman Catholic Archbifhop of Dublin, agaioß
the Defendant,'gb eminent bookfeller, in Patern6fter•
row; as the publiffier of a libel upon him, contained
in the Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, for July,
1804. This being a caufe of great expeetation, the
Court was greatly crowded. The Earls of Fingal
and Camden, Vifcounts Sichnouth and Caßlereagh,
and the. Right Hoe. William Wickham, fat on the
Bench with Lord Ecitelsottoucti. At an early re-
riod, Mr. Eentin it intimated to the Court, that he
could not examine Earl Camden, Vifeounts Sidmoutl&-
and Caßleseagh, according to the rules of evidence,
and therefore did not with to detain them.. Their
Lordfhips loon after retired.
Mr. Taxaot opened the cafe, and Rated, that tMa
.was ao aftion feeking a compenfation in damages for
4 libel, which appeared in the Antiliseals Review',
Ireflecting on the chara&er and conduef of the Plain.
tiff. He then read the libellous paffitge from thaale.
claration, which was in thefe words :
" Nothing affords fuch ftrong evidences of Poplin dinimulathin
in Ireland as the exhortad the Romig' Clergy, and the loyal
addreffes of their Rocks. Thlf onaigfare commonly found to Ire fare
Ipretages of a deep-laid eattpiracy againft the Proteftant !tate. and
after it has exploded in rebellion, their Clergy generally lament
from the alter the Muttons of the people, and their treafeaable
condud towards the heft of Sovereigns, and the only Conftitution
that affords any degree of rational liberty; though, front the na-
tured their religion, they mutt have known' and might have pre.
vented it. The dreadful rebellion of z79B,aocompankd with filch •
inilances of Popilh perfidy, mull convince the Reader that no re.
hence is to be plated on the oaths or proftfnons of kith Pepin.* to
a Proteftant State. Dr. Troy evil have known an the circum.
(lances which preceded the hifurredion in Dublin, on the 23d of
July, 1803, and yet he did not put Government co their guard.....
fhe prefent Admiuill ration are convinced of bin treachery on than
occafinn, and yet, for many years paft, he had been treated at the
Cattle with the utmoft refired, and even received heelers for tome
perfons of his own family. His saboltatton, then,eo which Lord
Fingal alludes, mutt be con6dered as a mockery of the State, and
an intuit to the anderßandings of his Proteftant fellow-fullediss
and an ungnefillnabie teflimony of his want of candour.
" By his orders. exhortations, competed by himfelf, were read
in many Popilh chapels in his Diarele on the morning of the seek
of July, and a few hours after the infurreetlon and maiEtere had
taken ;due in Dublin. The reader mutt be convinced, by the fol.
lowing moral evidence, tbat there exhortations were framed prn
vious to that dreadful event ; there was no Mullen to it hi any of
them; and the diftance of the Chapels, in which they were read,
from the metropolis, was foAreat as to make it pbyheally Irmo&
able that they thould have Teen framed and feat to them tubte.
pent to that cataltropke. The rebellion of tygB broke oat en the
night of the 23d of May, and notice appeared early in the mom.
tog of Thurfday the setis, in the Dublin Journal, to Roman Ca.
tholics, that an Added!' to the Loid Lieutenant, intended to be
immediately prefented, and containing a declaration of political
principles applicable to the times, lay at certain hada for bine.
tire ; and It 'laced, that all fignatures muff Joe ghat in, on ce
before Saturday next, via. the moth of May. The names of per.
toes were tubferibed to it who lived in various parts, fo remote
from the metropolis, that they could not have bees informed that
ft was in contemplation. It was entitled, ' The Addrefa of the
Roman Catholics of Ireland, though the contents of it could not
be known to any of them except to thofe in Dublin and its vid-
nity ; for they were nut allowed two entire days to fubfcribe
The names of MI titular or Popilh ilitheps were fubfcribed to it,
though tome of than lived rso miles from the Metropolis.*
I'he Defendant had pleaded the general Ate, and
upon that iffne was joined.
Mr. ERSKINE, for the Plaintiff, raid, that the•jety
'would already have been a pptized, from the extrae
j u Bread, that this was a cafe that called loudly for their
interference. Theta, caufe was cotnparativelyinfigni-
ficantrand 3001. damages were affigned where the i.er-
fon of the Plaintiff was flight!, disfigured, and he was
expofid, to a temporary inconvenience •
more was the juflice of the country -
the moral character of an individi

and where a large proportion of his
jets were wounded through the fides
and inoEfenfire Plaintiff t he malt not,

INIEMENNI

clue : how touch
r concetned.whei e
lual was defamed,
his Moiety's rub
les of this innocent
not, however, toe

*
LAIL,

acre t heft Q raid calumpiete his client if he difi 'fir ;I
he was a mcMbei !lie, great conuemnity *ION
jubjet:m moll honourable and meritorious, and, at
this critical ermjuo4lore,his very deferts were made
the foundation of the Hander. If this perfon had
confined himfclf to the fphere of his private duty,
he would not have been Ruled by this anonymous
writer ; but beeaufe he Rapped forward is the molt
dangerous times to promote the welfare of his coun-
try. he was expofed to the envenomed arrows of the
fecret affaffin. He (the learned Counfel) was the
man, the kali Mr all difpofed to Declaim in favour of,
the .atholic tenets ; he was not only a Proteflant,
but he was boin and bred in that part of the domi-
nions of his Sovereign' whew, to avail himfelf of a
flrong expreffion which had been employed, pro-
felledled the ',avian:Vol of the Protillant religion. He
confidered the writ of the Reformation as fupplying
the mon luininoth page in the annals of our country,
and theevent as eminently conducive to improve and
humanife the fpecies. Another important period was
that of the Union with the Sifter Ifland; and he null-
ed, when the firength tithe Britilh empire was com-
bined, we fhould be competent to bid defiance to the
bolts of an embattled woad. It would be lien, that
thefe oblervations were not irrelevant : the jullice of
this part of the kingdom would be acknowledged or
denied acc,wding to the deciflon of our Courts in cafes
of this nature. The lsifi'ole Judge who now prefided
was at all tines difpofed to difpeirle the laws with
equity and with waom, but he knew, he could not
but know, he would regard thole eternal principles
of right on this occafion, when the Catholic fought
prntedion front the public inflivations of the State.
pecuniary compenfation the Jury could align
could repair the injury an Plaintiff had full:lined by
flander widely and indtalrioufly diffeminered. It
was the infirmity of all human laws, that, for a
wounded fpirit no cure could be provided ; but it
would at lealt be latistallory that when, in futureages,
this calumny fhould be recorded, the verdia of a
Bata Jury &mild be proclaimed to vindicate the
inflated honour of this individual. Many unhappy
--differences had arifen among Chriftians, which had
deluged the world in blood. Our GasaT Masras
—h id fai.l—

deAgn to injete his &maw. This cattfe had
hcen poit_poned on account of the abfence of the Earl
ef Pinot and it was quite apparent, that the real
intentinit was, not to vindicate the eharafter of the
Plaintiff, but to give the authority of the Verdift of
an Eniliflt Jury to a Roman Catholic queftion which,
by an unlucky accident, was decided in the Houfe of
Commons before this caufe could be determined.

“ 'think not that I come to bring peace; 1 conic not to bring ,
peace hi the world, but a (word.
Yet it was to be hoped, from the mercy of Plovt•
attics. that by flow •:.egrees, at polemical
corneas will fubfide, and that Catholic and Proteßant,
the folloseere of Confucius, Mahomet, and of Chrill,
will be tutiled in one common bond of love and fen-
timent. The Miniitry might be confidered in a du-
plex view, as fpiritual and temporal. When the
oath of fupremacy was carried into a law, Qzeen
Elizabeth was told, that. the former charafter no
earthly authority.could confer. The Plaintiff, a Ro•
man Catholic Priell, (Whining the honours of the
Titular Archbifhop of Dublin, naturally fuppofed
that the veneration for his charafter and the dignity
of his Ration, would procure him great-influence over
the lower et:lifts of the hint concerned in the late
ebellion. The refpea for the Proteßant,Clergy was
not inconfiderable, but it bore no proportion to the
profound reverence in which the Minilters of religion
Of the Catholic perfuafion were held. This reverend
petrol.' was anxious that the authority he poffeffed
fhould be employed in the moment of peril for the
reiteration of peace, happinefe, and profperity.
The Learned Counfel Paid, the circumilances of his
proof did not require that he fhould detain the Noble
perfons who bad appeared in Court and withdrawn ;
of the affiftaace, however, of the Earl of Fingal, he
fhould avail himfelf, but not of an Honourable Gen-
tleman (Mr. Wickham, then on the Bench), whore
intimate knowkdge of his client, and great refpea
for his ch.:latter, it would be firlficient merely to (late.
The publication was proved by James Anber.
The Earl of Fingal raid, he was of the Catholic
profeiEon, and that he refided in Ireland.
Mr. ERSKINE was propofing a queftion refpeaing
the correfpondence between his Lordfhip and the
Chancellor of Ireland, VA* he was interrupted by
Mr. GARROw, who object elf to any obfervation.s, un-
lefs the letters were produced and proved. A Jong
altercation took place between the Learned Counfel
on bo:h fiats, dining which the different counts were
examined as applicable to this correfpondence. In
the fervid the Cntry Jusrict ruled, that no interro-
gatories on that fulsjea were adestiflible until the let-
ters appeared in Cgurt. The confequence of this de-
termination was, that the averments rcfpedting the
exhortation to the Clergy of the Arch-diocefe were
unfirpported.
Mr. GARKOW (poke with great energy for nearly
two brows. He was not fo fanguine as his Learned
Friend in expecting, or even in wifhing, that we fhould
all be of one flock, under one fhepherd. Until the dif.
pofitions of mankind were more fuited to fuch an
union, it could not be beneficial or- deGrable. It was
fingular, that the plaintiff was the only one who chofe
to objefb to•this publication, and who thought his
cliaradier was at all implicated in its contents. The
Noble Perfon then prefent (Lord FINGAL) and the
titular Bifitop of Cloyne, had more apparent ground
of complaint. It was not Ids extraordinary, that
this aaion was brought before a jury in Middle-
rex, inflead of being committed to thofe who admini-
fler in the county whcij the Plaintiff refided. In order
to give a degree of importance to the caufs which did
not belong to it, Lords Sidmnuth, Camden, Well.
moreland, and Caillereagh, were all required to at-
tend on the part of the Plaintiff; but their authority,
it feemed, could he of no rile to him ; and after mak-
ing their bow to his Lordfhip on their entrance, and
littening to a polite apology from his Learned Friend,
they repeated their bow, and retired. This acquits.'
lion, to dignify the proceedings, was not made with
out fome trouble and ceremony. A (cries of appli.
cations was made to thefe Noble Perfons, and they
were nrialy enjoined to be prefent in Court at nine
o'clock ; Lit by the indulgence of their ordinarrre-
pole, they fhould he too late to fanflion the preten
lions ot this Plaintiff. But it was not enough that
thefe Peers. fhould advance before the curtain. His
Learned Friend lamented pathetically the abfence of
Lord Redefdale, aid the Earl of Chichefter and
there was a f rt ot plikintafmagoria difplay of por-
traits, which in no way contributed to the tellimony
in the caufe. Mr. GARROW concluded with obferv.
ing, that the few lines in the Pamphlet, to which
the evidence applied, were only employed in the
way of general difcullion, and that the Defendant'
bad no knowle
ftdge of the Plaintiff, and had not the
la, •

Ldrd ELLwasottoncit having Dimmed up the evi-
dence, the Jury found—A_Pertfia for the Plehriilf sol.
In the caufe of TROY y. HALES, for the fame libel,
Mr. Easaise fignified, that fo far from having any
mercenary views, the Plaintiff would be fatisfied
with nominal damages and his coils. The Verdi&
was given accordingly.
*son may, JULY SO.
LORD MACCLESFIELD v. HODGES AND OTHIRRS.
The Plaintiff refides in Conduit-Ilreet, in the parifh
cf Sr. George, Hanover-fquare : the Defendants are
Commiffioners for paving and lighting that difiria.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL (aid, that this ot9ion was
brought againft the Defendants for pulling down and
carrying away fome gates belonging to the Noble
Plaintiff, which abated the communication be-
tween his Lordfhip's Rabies and Maddox.ftreet. He
&mild Ihew the title the Plaintiff had to the polreffion
of the yard thus feparated from the (freer, and he
fhould prove the violence was committed ; after
which he was authorifed to tape& the verdift of the
Jury. The witneffes having withdrawn,
Mr. PARER, for the Defendants, laid, that the
parill of Sr. George, Hanover-fquare, had always
the reputation of decency and propriety, and its
affairs were concluded by Lords Romney, Hamp-
den, and many other perfons cf the Rrtt dißinetion
in that neighbourhood. The yard from which the
public were excluded by thefe gates of the Plaintiff,
was public grounl, to the enjoyment of which all his
Majefty's fubjels were entitled. As a proof of this
right, he fhould thew, that for twenty years pall it
had been lighted, and that in 1793 and in 1799 it had
been paved at the parochial expencc. The Comma:
fingers, who were the Defendants, were appointed
under the flame of the a9th Geo. 3. C. 75, and it was
their duty not to admit the public itrivileges to be in-
fringed. If the place were oecafionally converted to
the reception of proftitutes, every fituation was liable
.to be abufed, and the inoffenfive paffengers were not
to be denied that accommodation which the parochial
limits afforded them. When the evidence was con-
.
eluded,
Lord ELLENBOROUGH Rated the nature of the
aftion, the principles of law, and the faits as refer.
able to them. He kid, the confederation for the
Jury was, whether the fp,ice from which the public
were prevented free admitlion, was a place under the
care of the Parochial Commillioners, within he
meaning of the A. A place might be entirely laid
open at aU times, or might be public only fub roodo.
If the juty thought that his Lordfhip had no general
right, they might confider he had a partial tight, at
particular times and fcafons. to prevent intruhon on
the premifes. The cirenmftance, however, of the
lighting and paving at the expense of the parifh, was
indicative that no fuch right exiled; but the Jury
would attend to all the circumßances of the cafe, and
draw their conclufion accordingly.—Verdict for the
Defendants.

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the length of time that it had been thus publicly the Drops. Another recommendation, the dole is
known, was equal to any exprefs acknowledgment (mall in quantity, and taken without reftraint cf diet
of it by law. The Court over-m ita the oblation. or eaercife.
Mr. Srtt.ssutY is not accountable for any II ixture
fold, unlefs the words " By the King's P.utent" are
infected at length in the bill of direetimis, hot tlr, a%d
wrapper; the (tamp Aro (the King's duty) is piloted
in black ink inked of red.—Bottles ss. 15,1. los. and
11. 25. duty included.

MIDDVESEX. 3AssroNS.

OLD BAILE r.

Yefterday eleven prifoners were tried, three of I
whom were capitally convieed, viz.
fa. Powell, alias Starb, for returning from tranf-
portation.
.7. Mogan, for Dealing a chefiwit gelding, the
property of Tuckley, a farmer at Reek, on the
3oth of December, 1804.
Th. Profecutor Rated, that his (table-door had
been broke open on the morning of the day Dated,
and the gelding flolen. He distributed handbills of
the robbery, but he never beard of his property until
the aoth of June. His mane and tail had been
'docked.

Mr. Brown, who keeps literytkables in Maryla-
bonne, bought the gelding of the prifoner.for 201. on
the 3d of January, 1804, and he fold him about two
months after, to Dr. Hayes, in wbofe polfelGon he
was owned.

Carpentet, clerk to Meffrs. Dallets, lbw
manafaeturers, at Putney, hated, that he had fie- ,
quently feen the gelding in quellion in the poffelEon
of the prifoner, who frequented the houfe of his em-
ployers on bufinefs. The prifuner had informed the
witnefs that he did not like to be feen in the high
road with him, left he fhould be owned, and that he
had given to). for him.
There was, however, a good deal of obfcurity in
the whole of the evidence, and the Jury gave the
prifoner the benefit of it, by a verdict of acquittal..
The prifoner was arraigned on a fecond indi,--
ment, for Healing a bay horfe, the property-of Mr.
Ellis, of Gravefend. The horfe was Rolen from the
Prolecutot's Rabies in July 184, and although hand
bills, &c. were difperfcd throughout the country, hd
was never heard of until recently difcovered in the
Chelfea Rage, the proprietor of which produced the
receipt of the purchafe from the prifoner.—Guilty ;
and

yof. Delaforce, for privately (leafing in the dwell-
ing houfe of Mr. Blake, in Change-alley, Cornhill,
five guineas.
The prifoner, a young man of genteel appearance,
was in the habit of paying Sunday morning vifits to
Rowe, the profecutor's apprentice, and money had
been miffed regularly every Sunday from the profe-
cutor's drawers in the parlour. He tufpeeted the
prifoner. The parlour was [operated from the count-
ing houfe of Mr. Turner, the next door neighbour,
by a flight partition, and Mr. B. canted a hole to be
bored, by which, with the affiftance of Mr. Todd,
clerk to Mr. Turner, the prifoner was detetted.
He rung at the bell as ufual, on Sunday June 9.
when Mr. T. placed himfelf at the hole, and while
the errand-boy was gone up (lairs to call Rowe, he
law the prifoner open the drawers, and put tome-
' thing in his pocket in time fufficient to place himfelf
in the [hop, where the boy had left him, before his
return. Mr. Todd gave the alarm to the profecutor,
who canted the prifoner to be fecured. The profe-
cutor bad marked 16 guineas, five of which were
miffing, and they had been concealed by the prifoner
under the counter.

Seven were conviEled of felonies, viz.
Sarah Lea, for (leafing a flyer milk pot, and other
articles, the property of IL White ; Martha Burnan,
for (leafing one linen apron, &c. the goods of W.
Brown ; Mary Lee, for Ruling a black (ilk cloak,
and other articles f wearing apparel, the property
of W. Cantell ; Margaret Broffey, for (leafing four
yards of black Holland, the property of H. Thomas;
Jofeph-011and and E. Molton, for (leafing one half-
guinea, one half crown, and one Milling, the monies
of R. Taylor; and
Martha Luke, for (leafing a quantity of wearing
apparel, the property of Thomas Lock.
Mrs. Lock Rated, that the fent her daughter, a
'child of five years old, to fchool in Pitt-firect, Tot-
tenham-court-road, on the 21 ft of June, and it was
not until twelve o'clock at night that the was brought
home from Mary la-bonne Fields by a granger. The
child was eza.mined minutely by the Recorder, who
took great pains to inveaigate her capacity. She
Bated that the law the prifouer in Chapel-greet, who
bought her fome cherries, and led her down Totten-
ham-court-road, and into the &Ids ; the there (trip-
ped her naked, and left her. The child correaly
identified the prifoner.
Hamilton, an officer from Marlborough.
•Rreet, apprehended the prifoner, and found on her a
handkerchief which had been taken from the child's
neck, and which was fwo:n to by the mother.
The prifoner was tried and convicted on two other
indidments of a fimilar nature.

MARRII D.
At Edinburgb, on Saturday UR, W. L. Gilmour, Efq. of Craig.
Rana, to Mi 4 Macdowall, of Canon-milli.

OED.
On the 7th inft of era Mort Midi, at his honk at Richmond.
Surrey, in the 67th year Of his age, lames Wuodhrige. El-.
On Sunday night, at her bottle Wm King Arai, Rath. dtet a
li ming and painful iUncfs, Mrs. Nixon, widow of the late Ro•
Is:rt Ni-:on, Efq. of Devonfliire fquare, nitre/sant.

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And three were acquitted, among whom was
6. Sintassh for haling in the dwelling houfe of
Richard Druce, a pocket book containing two bills
f Exchange, of the value of toBl. 95. 6d. and 431.
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