Star.
London, England, 1809-11-07 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCP.

KING'S HENCE!.
Yesterday being the first day of Term, the Court
did not sit until one o'clock.
The usual return was made of the state, condi..
tion, and behaviour of the different convicts on boarol
the hulks at Woolwich, Portsmouth, and Langston
Harbour : the returns were ordered to bz filed.

sYDWIKIN v. riuNTi ESQ.
Mr. EASTItiaN stated, that this was an actioti
brought against the defendant for trespass, in going
upon the plaintiff's land to kill game, after he had
received notice not to do so. The defendant had suf-
fered judgment to pass by default, and attended him-
self at the execution of the Writ of Enquiry before
the Sheriff, and conducted his own cause ; on which
occasion he addressed the Jury, maintaining that the
plaintiff had received no injury. It appeared, on the
part of the plaintiff, that the defendant, after notice
had been given to him not to come upon the plaintiff's
ground, camv on horseback with some dogs, a hare
started, and the defendant's dog killed it. The de-
fendant than proceeded to cross-examine the witness,
and asked him, whether he thought that the plaintiff
had received damages to the amount of one shilling ?
The witness said, he did not think he did. Then he
asked, Mhether he thought the damages amounted to
eivience? He said he thought it did not, and perhaps
not to an halfpenny or a farthing. Upon which the
defendant addressed the Jury in a speech of consider-
able length, maintaining that they were bound by
• the oath they had taken, to give a true verdict ac-
cording to the evidence ; and that evidence was, that
the plaintiff had not sustained damage to the amount
of the lowest denomination of coin within the realm,
and therefore the verdict should be accordingly.—
Upon this address the Jury retired, and remained
locked up for a considerable time, and returned a
verdict, " That the plaintiff had sustained no da-
mages." He therefore now moved, tint this Inqui-
sition be set aside, and a new Writ of inquiry he exe-
cuted, on the ground, that as the defendant had suf-
fered judgment to pass by default, there must be some
damages given for the plaintiff—fur this verdict was
recorded.

Lord ELLENBAROUGII.—" That verdict ;must be re•
corded. Take a rule to show cause."
Mr. Apounius moved for a Writ of HaLeas Cor;:ns
to be directed to the Keeper of Tothill-fields Bride-
well, commanding him to bring up the body of
Francis Frederick Hepden, for the purpose of being
discharged, he being illegally committed. He was
committed on the Act of Parliament, called The Lit-
tle Go Act, for insuring in a Lottery, called the Little
Go. There were tvo Acts of Parliament in this case,
the 43d of the present King, which had been done
away by a clause in the Act of Parliament of the 46th
of the King, c. 119, s. 59, by which it was provided,
That all prosecutions of this kind should be insti-
tuted by his Majesty's Attorney-General, and this was
instituted by a Common Informer, and so he told the Ma-
gistrate who committed the man, but he was wrong
in i construction of the statute, for• the man was
committed.

The ATTORNEY-GMNERAL said, that Mr. ADOL-
PHUS was right in his construction of the statute which
governed this case; hut there were sothe powers of
mitigation given to the Justices, which the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL found it difficult to carry into execution.
Rule to shew cause granted.

COURT OF CHANCERY, NOV. 6.
WARD OF COURT V. GILES.
Mr. RICHARDS moved for an attachment against Mr.
John Giles, for carrying off Miss Attgasta Nicholson,
a Ward of that Court; and also for having a fit and
proper person assigned by the Court, to whom the
care and custody of the infant should be intrusted.—
The Learned Counsel read the affidavits cf Mrs.
Sarah Frances Steel; of Westmoreland-place, stating
that Miss Nicholson and Mr. Giles came to her house
on the 21st of last month, and had been seldom out
from that time to the period of their being taken into
custody. That the understood that they had come
to her house for the purpose of being married, and
that the banns had been.proclaimed in Mary-la•bonne
Church, and also in another Church, the name or
situation of which she did not know. Mrs. Nicholson,
the step-mother, had also made an affidavit, stating,
that it would be inconvenient for her any longer to
take charge of the infant. There was a relation of the
infant's, however, (an aunt) who, he believed, would
be ready to undertake the charge of her. The friends
of the young lady bad reason to suppose that her in-
discretion had gone no farther than the act of eloping.
The Learned Counsel, therefore, left it with his Lord-
ship to determine how the other parties should be dis-
posed of.

- Mr. &ton appeared for a Mr. Smith, an accessary,
against whom an attachment bad already issued, and
expressed his deep contrition for the part he had taken
in the business.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, if Mr. Smith wished
to throw himself on the Court with this expression of
sorrow, it would certainly avail him in some degree,
and if he had any thing farther to state, he should
have an opportunity of doing so on Thursday, when
his Lordship would dispose of the case so far as be was
concerned. As the proclamation of banns, where
any of the parties might happen to be a ward of that
Court, was held by the law to be a matter of very
serious importance, his Lordship ordered that the
persons who had been concerned in proclaiming the i
banns in the Church of Mary-la-bonne, and in the
other Church, if it could be found out, should at-
tend the Court on Thursday. This order he made,
not for the purpose of having it held out that their
conduct had been improper, but because the law
was particularly strict in such matters, requiring
that every diligence should be used for the purpose
of ascertaining that the parties, as to uhom the
banns were to be proclaimed, resided within the pa- •
fish, and laboured under no disability which should
prevent the marriage from taking place. Seven days
were even allowed by Act of Parliament for the pur-
pose of making this inquiry. The care of the infant,
in the mean time, his Lordship ordered to be entrus-
ted to the relation whom the Learned Counsel mg.
gested. Against Mr. Giles, he ordered, that the at-
tachment should issue, leaving it to the discretion of
the Plaintiffs to judge how far it would be proper that
it' should be carried into execution. If not absolutely
necessary, he was satisfied they would not feel them-
selves called on to resort to such an extremity. Mr.
Giles, in all probability, was not aware of the situation
in which he stood, and, if he chose to appear by his

I Counsel, and state arty' thing which he might think
would be for his vantage, his .Lordship w ould hear
him on Thursd
We yesterday stated the elopemem fromT, nhridge
Wells of a young Lady, with Mr. Giles, the Come-
dian, who is the subject of the ~bove case. T .01-
lowing are some further p irtictilars :
The fatelily of the young 1.., y reside at NVorcester ; the Colonel
is, we understand, at the Isle of Wig'a ; the young Lady's mother
is dead; the Colonel is married to a second wife. Miss Nichol-
son has become entitled to the large fortune of £14,000, when
()rage, in consequence of the death of eight relativ, s since :I'C3.
During the Colonel's absence from home, Miss Nicholson and her
mother-in-law visited Tunbridge Wells, at which fashionable
place the parties first became acquainted. Mr. G.'s first intro-
duction to the Lady was by an offer to carry some book- for her
from the library. ()n the fellowing evening she went to the thea-
tre, accompanied by her mother-in-law, and sat on the front seat
of the stage-box, and while Mr. Giles was pertorming close to the
box, Miss Nicholson contrived to drop a letter to hint unohserv-
ed, which he pkked up also unperceived by her mtieher-in-law.---
In that letter she acknowledged her attachment to him, and I, Ave
him encouragement to pay his addresses to her, and said that she
would marry him. Prone that time, a mutual intercourse awl
correspondence took place, in which the warmest :Action was
expressed. This proceeding was communicated to Mns N.'s mo-
ther-in-law, who, to prevent the intercourse proceeding farther,
confined her to the house. This regtdation, however, had not
the desired effect ; for Mr. Giles contrived a plan of exchatii;itig
letters through the key-hole of the street-door. Miss N. ;hid a
bed-room to herself, and got up every morning before five &clack,
and conversed with her lover one of the window. This corres-
pondence continued about five weeks previous to the elopement.
The elopement was effected by the following circionstaeces:—
Mr. Giles, destitute of the most needful article, money, for
carrying on such an evloit, made Mr. Smith, a brother perf-r-
-mer, kie confidant; what he had been doing, and What
he was about to do, and asked him to lend him z sum of money
'to enable him to run away with Miss Nicholson. Smith entered
into his views, and lent him £3O, being the whole of h;s stork.
The two sons of the buskin having agreed upon their obj.ct, and
having the consent and approbation of the Lady, set off to wait
from Tunbridge Wells to the Seven Oaks, on Tuesday evening f&
and to avoid suspicion, the, hired a chaise and four at a bye init, •'s
a few miles from Seven Oaks, and set of in it about three o'ciock
in the morning, and proceeded towards Tunbridge 'Wells. They
stopped a short dis:auce before they came to the town; Smit
stopped in the chaise, and Giles went for the Lee", and she on
tie signal of love dew to his embraces with only oee change 0f
clothes, in hopes never more to part ; but, disappointniehe Las
overtaken them.

Miss Nicholson's flight was scion discoveFed after the family
get l,). and it was at length ascertained that ;Ate had eloped with
Mr. Giles. On Thursday, the following day. her mother in-law
wrote to Messrs. Cardale and son, solicitors, of Bedford-row,
who arc trustees to MISS Nicholson. They cmpl, yed :editing
and hi 3 brother to trace the fugitives out. The officers ;m: sued
their inquirers with ell possible exincbtion and esci :in 1. They
traced the parties to have changed hoNes 't the Whi: e Hart Inn,
at Bromley, and from thence gradually to N'estnito el ml-placn,
City-road, which is extremely well calculated for persons :o con-
ceal themselves. Adkins went with Mr. Cardale to tLe house of
Mrs Steele ; Adkins knocked at the door, a female answered it, ant
Adkins asked if Mr. Giles waa within ? she anstvend in the affir-
mative, and that he was at dinner; A Air]: followed her in, and
saw Mr. Giles; Adkins addressed him by his name, and he an-
swered to it; but when Adkins told him !lb business, he to.d hire
he must be mistaken, and that he neezr was at Tunbridge Wells
in his life; Adkins, however, persisted that he was the man, from
the description of him that he had received, and that the young
lady who was dining with him was Miss Nicholson; the dispute
about the identity of their persons was soon settled by Mr. Cardale
the solicitor, and Miss N.'s trustee, entering the room, by a frantic
tragic scene taking place ; Miss Nicholson finding any attempt to
conceal herself longer a folly, both lovers rushed to tack other's
arms,and swore attachment, beating their heads, and running about
the room distracted; Miss Nicholson agreed to go with thena
quietly, after much persuasion; but said she must go up stairs
first—Adkins told her het must accompany her, to which she
agreed, and one of the principal objects to take care of was her
purse, which was not for the amount of cash it contained, as we
understand it onlycontained a dollar and a few shillings at the one
end, but the other contained the jewel of all jewels to her, the
wedding-ring, 'which was to tie ;her to her d,arly beloved Giles
yesterday morning at Mary-lagbonne Church, they having been
asked in that church two Sundays, and the third time was to
have taken place on Sunday,
Smith, the actor, who assisted them in their flight, was served
' with a notice on Saturday se'nnight, by Harry Adkins, from the
Lord Chancellor, at Tunbridge-wells, to produce the infant Miss.
Nicholson. Smith attended on Thursday, before his Lordship,
when he denied any knowledge df the parties,

131.13 BAILED'.
Yesterday, MOW'S L221:10I, alias Jantc.", stood capitally
dieted for stealing four silver table spoons, four silver forks, four
salt ladles, and ether things, the property of a Mr. Jourdan, his
master, in the month of October last, ill a dwellirphouse.
The prisoner oh being put to the bar confe•sced his crime, and
threw himself on the mercy of the Court. In consequence of
this candid confession, and his expressing great contrition for his
fault, the Common Serjeant, after having.strongly admonished
him on the heinousness of his offence, sentenced him to seven
years transportation.

Wiliam Johnsen was capitally inciicted for privately stealing in
a dwelling-house, 22 yards of carpet, value fitry shillings, the
property of Edward Loader, on the 18th of Oc ober last.
The prisoner was porter to the prosecutor, and was tletecLad
in the robbery by a Bow-street Officer, who met him with the
carpet on his shoulder, and suspecting he had not obtained i.
ho-
nestly. be stopped him, and asked him where he was going ? the
prisoner replied he was going home ; the officer said he would
accompany him, but the prisoner objected, and the oMcer took
him into custody. His employer being sent for, it was disco-
vered that lie had stoical the carpet from his master's warehouse.
—Guilty of stealing to the value of rms.

Sard; Howell was convicted of stealing eight yards and a half
of muslin, front the shop of John Hoyle, a linen-d.aper, on the
3d ult.

Sarah Marray and Honry Shaffer, were indicted for stealing'
from the person of William Brbniley, 17s. Gd. in silvcr and g.la,
on the night of the 9th October.

The female prisoner was a Cyprian, and the prosecutor having
entered into conversation with her in Frith-street, Soho, she con-
trived to disburden him of his purse, in Which the money was ;-_
the other prisoner shortly after came up, and the two prisoners
went off together. The prisoner immediately missed his purse,
and went in search of them, as he supposed they l.•ad picked his
pocket, and having found them, he gave them in charge to the.
watchman. On being searched in the watch house, the nay
Which the prosecutor identified as his, was found on the person .t
the man. The prisoners were both found Guilty.
Mary IVetvberry, another cyprian nymph, was convicted of
stealing a silver watch from Ralph Garratt, in the night of th. 4
25th of October, at her lodgings in York-street.

Joseph Rudolf was indicted for stealing iron the person of A.
gelo Majosa, twenty-eight pounds in Bank notes, in the Minories,
on the Stith of August last.

The prisoner, In company with an accomplice named Michael
Mordecai, who was tried and convicted last Sessions for this
offence, met the prosecutor, who is an Italian sailor, and had just
received his pay from his Captain. Mordecai took the money out
of the prosecutor's jacket pocket, and gave it to the present pri-
soner, who ran off, but was not apprehended till the latter end of
October, when the prosecutor positively swore to his idendty.-.
He was found Guilty.
Edward Powell was indicted for stealing four pair of silk stock-
ings, six muslin neckerchiefs, and six silk handkerchiefs, in the
dwelling-house of Mr. Ibbetson, who keeps the hotel in Vere-
street, Oxford-street, the property of the Rev. Mr. Bowen, a
lodger therein. The prisoner was Acquitter'.
Abraham Shepherd, a lad not more that fifteen years of age,
was convicted of privately stealing a great coat, sty, ral articles
of wearing apparel, two one-pound notes, and other things, the
property of Charles Finch, on the night of the 30th of October.
The prisoner and the prosecutor were servants in the e
mpiny-
mem of Mr John Taylor, a farmer, at Hadley, in the parish of
South Mims, and slept in the same room. The prosecutor went
out very early on the morning of the lith of October, leaving the
prisoner in bed, who, shortly after his fellow-servanl's departure.
got up, broke open his box, and absconded with the property enu-
merated in the indictment. The prosecutor met him in a few
days afterwards, when, after some hesitation, he confessed his
crime, and accompanied the i•rustetnor to Northr:l Common,
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11

he 25th ultimo.

‘At's ten-course
.
• ki of gr..rOsire trebles, containing 5040 harmonious
e!;.1n,x5,..VC14 thmg at the chnrch,lfelmsley, Black-
moore, in Yorkshire, and completed in two howl and
.50 minutes, on the fine and musical peal of eight
bells. The ancient performing Art i• ts were-
-1 Mile, Mr. Robert Walker, aged 62 years-2. Mr. Anthony
aged .13— 3. Mr.l homas Jackmo,, aged 54-4. Mr.
John Sp..nc. , aged Z 9--5. Mr. Thomas Cooper, aged 45-6. Mr.
Thomas Nlonlfortl, aged 37-7. Mr. Richard Spence. aged 57
Tenor, Mr. John Hornhy, aged 115--Mr. Wm. Jackson, aged 77.
The whole of their ages make .509 years.
ANrrilma Jußn.lai Pam..—Same day the Society
of College youths change-rim:yrs of Ashton-under-
line, Lancashire, rung on their peal of ten bells
2556 changes of grandsire caters, in honour of
his Majesty's 30th annual Accession-day, and to re-
present 2556 creeks he had then reigned, which was
composed by one of the Collegians of Ashton for the
Majestic necasi,n, and all country members to his
Majesty's most honourable Society of Change-ringing
College Youths at k Martin's Church in the Fields,
Westminster.

• . 'Wednesday last, when his Highness the Duke of
Gloucester paid a visit to the great awl rich com-
mercial town of Liverpool, in honour. of which the
Soci..ty of College Youths Change-ringers, country
members to his Majesty's Most Honourable Band of
College Youths at St. Martin's-in-the-Ftelds, City of
Westminster ; ascended St. Peter's octagon tower
in that borough, and struck off the bells for a mu-
sical peal of 30$8 harmonious changes, in the in-
tricate and scientific method of Oxford treble-bob-
major, which was charmingly rung and nobly brought
round in three hours and 23 minutes, being the first
long peal rung in that composition on the hells by any
society, on v ich occasion his Highness presented the
company with five guineas. Weight of tenor 21 cwt.
—The Society proposed ringing 5088 changes in
the s..'ne method on the 25th nit. being the King's
; it was attempted twice, but through un.
foreseen accidents it WAS lost both times.

Of the numerous examples of Loyalty and public
spirit witnessed on the late happy occasion, the rich
and populous town.of Uxbridge has been inferior to
none in its demonstration Of respect to our beloved
Sovereign. At the suggestion e,f the Rev. Mr. PIKE,
seven leading Gentlemen of Uxbridge collected an
ample subscription, by which they were enabled to
Five a substantial dinner to each poor iahabitant
tin oughout the town, viz. one pound of bread, with
one pound of meat and a pot if ale to each man •
the li!:e quantity of bread and meat, with a pint of
aloi each v °man ; and a pound of bread, three quar-
of a pound of meat, and half a pint of ale to
each child. Furth.. a distribution was made
of ten chaldmn of ccra F ;4'..,1ut 365 bushels) to the
rel ef of nc less a number •1-. • -,-..fourieew hundred per-
swu ! —Among the instances et respect and trul:.
hospitality afforded by in 31 yid uals, that of
1 • N:Er. Soot • nrom, Esq. ought not to be passed
over in silence. A coirpany,of one hundred and forty..
five persons, comprehending the tradesmen •of Ux-
bridge, and the men attached to Mr. NORTON'S ex-
tensive Brewery, were regaled in the Brew-house on
the old English fare of roast beef, plumb-podding,
and ale. Immeliately, on the removal of the cloth,
his Majesty's lie.lll was drank in the ancient beve-
rage, in addition to which forty gallons of punch
were provided by their liberal host. The soldiery
quartered in the town shared in the feelings of the
day, and voluntarily mustering before Mr. NoRTON'S
door, complimented him with a discharge of three
vollies over the Brewery : they were not suffered to
depart without partaking of his hospitality ' • in short,
a day unequalled in Uxbridge for universal happiness
and congratulation was concluded in the most order-
ly and cheerful manner.

At Anderston, near Glasgow, on the 25th ult.
at an early hour in the morning, flags were displayed
from the seats of several of the neighbouring Gentle-
men.—Frorn eight till nine c'cloclz, the bells of the
town, and of th r numerous surrounding public works,
were rung ; and a day of.lubilee was given to the mul-
titude of indivarions workmen, labourers and appren-
tices, in the manufacturing establishments, for whom
liberal anti hospitable entertainments were provided,
at the expense of their re' ective beneficent employers.
At h4l-past ton o'clock, _l. M. a number of the prin-
cipal inhabitants of Anderston and the vicinity,
walked in procession, under a military escort of a de-
tachment of the :k1 Regnnent of Royal Lanarkshire
Local Militia, preceded by the regimental band, ac-
companied by Lietitenant-Culonel Geddes and the
Officers of that refitment, and attended by several Mi-
nisters, to the Chinch of the Rev. James Stewart,
Chaplain to the regiment. Two other Clergymen
assisted in the devotional exercises; and the Rev. Mr.
Stewart delivered an excellent and impressive ciis-
tonrit.. from lst Kiegs, Ist chapter and ndi verse.
from the church, the Gentlemen proceeded, in the
Same c.: der, to the Anderston Tontine, at twelve
eclt:Lk nc,-)a, where ar, elegant entertainment was
provided, and the " health and long continuance of
ahe pro,perous reiri of our beloved Sovereign, over
a tree, loyal and happy people," was given by John
Semple, Esq. of Finnieston, the Preses, with reiterated
acclamation, tinder a royal salute; the band
4)laying Go!) save the Kin;. Several other appropriate
boasts were given, and announced by platoons of mus-
%etre. I'rorn seven till eight o'clock in the evening,
the bells were again rung ; and a brilliant display of
fire-works concluded the public festivity.

The collection at the Anderston church, on this oc-
casim, to be distributed as soon as possible, among
the most necessitous of the town and neighbourhood,
vnounted to XV.; ICs. I -',d. exclusive of -CS 17s. 10d.
added from a couttP:ution procured ty some benevo-
lent individuals, iron those who could nut attend
Church—Total, k:53 13s. 11d.

The commencement of the 50th year of the reign
of our racinns Sovereitrn was observed at Ayr with
Lecontin: gratitude and loyalty. The Rev. Mr. Auld
hItUitCIIVLI a St'l mon in the parish Church suited to the
4.0:3• collection at the Church door, which
e.sceeded Is. along with other beneficent gifts, to
awong poor house-keepers. The Ar-
e ur Aer the command of Major Mac-
AV:rer, fired Pu-,/,.);.ir at miii.day. In the evening
ther! wit% a grand &play ut iire-werks in the Barrack
Square, undor imrrediate direction of Major Mac-
iiiir;:er and Captitl'. =.111;"Y• Wheit the £e-Yttaks

DIED.

On Friday morning, the 27thuftinso, at Scarishrick Hall, Lan-
cashire, William, the second son of Thomas Fccksion, of
that place, aged 12 years We lament to add, that the father sur-
vived the sett only a very few days, Laving died at the same place
"67 wt W‘glaiiiday =ruing :tat, in the :a7th year of his age.

THE• JUBILEE.
....,,irs-Rgrtt..—len Wednesday, t}
-Jubilee-4a y, Mr. John He

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