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London, England, 1807-03-20 00:00:00

VERSES TO ANNA.

O firer than li,ht's tendereft ?ay
That breaks athwart the op'uing rofe!
Pure as, mid Heav'u's eternal da7,
Each thought thy guardian Engel knows !
•
And gentle as the figh of Love,
• Wbich flesh the firft from Beauty's. lips !
And, fprightly as the flutt'tirg dove,
That,from thy hand, its nalar Bps !
Benign, as Pity's melting eye,
When o'er the full ring babe it bends,
Shares all his fpecehlefs agony,
Feels rv'ry pang his frame that tends.
In youth's firft blufhing frefhnefa,flueel,
In native truth and genius, wife;
41/ei 1, as when young Spring to greet,
From Winter's lap loft Crow-drops rife.

O ! dtarer to this tortur'd heart,
1 han Hoy ea fodd joys, than Mem'ry's woes;
Conte, ANNA ! to my foul impart—
That blifs which argel love beftows!
And I will (Meld thee in my arms,
And only live and die for thec ;
Ar.d HEAVEN (hall guard thee from all harms,
And blefb the maid that pities TUC!

ASSIZE&

KINGSTON, MARCH IS.

RIOT AND ASSAULT.—Mr. Fellows, a furveyor in
Richmond, Mr. William Smith, an attorney, Mr. ;
&dwarf, E. Gough, fchoolmafter and tax-gatherer,
al:la of Richmond, IVilliam Patch, carpenter, E. Eu-
pee, and Richard Brewer, carpenters and bricklayers,
were all feverally put to the Bar upon a charge of
having, on-the Bth February 1803, with a party of
men, to the number of too, armed with pickaxes
and (hovels, all:rutted the premifes of a Mr. Clarke,
refident at Richmond, levelling the walls, and laying
wage his garden, and putting him and his family in
bodily fear.
It appeared from the Ratement of Mr. GARROW,
who opened the cafe, that two honks in Richmond
were put up for fate by a Mr. Martin in 1803, and
the profecutor purchafed that on which the battery
was committed, and in which he at prefent refides,
but the agreement made at the time with Mr. Sayer
and Mr. Gough, as agents for Mr. Martin, was, that
the approach or coach yard before the door lhould
be kept open to the road ; but Mr. Clarke, after he
had taken poffegion of the premifes, inclofed a court-
yard, and confiderably altered the cootie of the road.
Mr. Clarke was then called, and examined by
Serjeant BAILEY. He Rated, that he was in poffef
Pion of the hook at Richmond in February 1803.—
On' the 3d of February a mob came to his gate, to
The nnmber of about 2o ; he believed Mr. Fellows
or Mr. Stedman demanded admittance to fee the
premifes, but he denied them entrance ; he afked
them by what amhority they came to diaurb his
quiet ? Fellows faid, they came by the authority of
Mr. Farrer ; he told them he knew nothing of Mr.
Faller, and that he had no authority there what-
ever, and advifed them not t I enter by force. They
made no reply, but proceeded to kale the walls,
which were ab. ut eight feet in keight, and to de.
molifh the wall. He ordered his let vants to prevent
them as much as poffible. They went aw,:y that
evening, and returned on the two following dazs in
confiderable numbers, and annoyed him very much;
but, on the Bth of February an innumerable multi.
tude came to his houfe ; he could not form an accu-
rwe computation ; he believed there were above Soo
perfons, nearly too of whom were Irifhmen from St.
Giles's, aimed with pick-axes and fpades. They
announced their approach by three loud fhouts, and
advanced to the charge, under the direition of Mr.
Fellows and Mr. Smith ; they afcended the breach
in the wall they had made on a former day ; they
then began to dig tip the garden; and broke down
the pales. The noit: and conform° was fo great as
to tetrify the whole neighbourhood, and affeaed the
lives of his whole family. They continued the attack
for about four hours; being fo much alarmed, he
was obliged to apply to the Lord Lieutenant of the
county, Lord 01. flow, to fend tome force to difperfe
them, as they threatened the <leant:lion of his whole
houfe. In confequence of his application to Lord
Ontlow, he came himfelf in his carriage, though very
much indifpofed. On his arrival, Fellows and ionic
others came up to endeavour to juftify their conduct,
and all loon after difperfed.
Mr Clarke was very minutely crofs•examined by
Serjeant BesT. On his being Aced, whether he
would (wear that he faw Mr. Fellows take an active
part in the nit ? He helitated, and laid he could
not be certain ; as alto, with refpeCt to fume of the
other Gentlemen, he was not politive, as to their
having given orders, or as having led on the invaders
as aCtive aggreifors.
Mrs. D. Bell, koufekeeper to Mr. Clarke, laid, the
was in the fervice of Mr. Clarke ilia the month of I
February 1803. She did not know airy of the defen- I
dant% except bmith, who was a tnwnlman of Rich-
mond, and to the bell of her recolleaion law him in
the riot in the Bth of February ; the could not fwear
politiecly as to any other ri the accomplices, as
they were all ftrange to her, and very blackguard-
lookiag men.. She 4!fo corroborated the fait of the
garden wall having been demollared, and every aci-
ng.: of the garden being completely effaced and de-
flroyed. She alto added, that the herfelf received
materiel injury from the terror the was in. At that
time the was fix months advanced in pregnancy, and
was fo much alarmed by the confution and uproar,
that the was never well until the was delivered of a
dead child about three months after the affray at
Richmond.
Crof:.-examieted by Mr. ESPINASSE..--Whell, as to
the riot, the laid, that Ike was alternately looking
out at the window, heard a violent noife, hot did
not fee any blows, or perfoual violalce initiated on
either tide.
-Mr. Sermon, who formerly lived with Mr. Sayer,
and now in the fervice of Mr. Clarke, corroborated
the teltimony of his matter. He (Wore pofitively to
his havirg ken Mr. Fellows, Mr. Smith, Mr. Sted•
man, and Mr. Brewer, tahe an active part, the latter
of whom was one of the foremoft in the attack.—
Mr. Euaace appeared as the leader of the teinfotre-
ment hunt St. Giles, and Brewer I,:d a party from

Richmond to meet. the recruits. In every other re-
fpe& his evidence was fimilar to that of his mailer.
Crofs-exemined by Mr. LAWIS—When it appeared
that he was the perfon who was fent to Mr. Gough's
fur the key of the bottle his matter had purchafed,
for the purpofe of viewing it, and that his mailer
had not given proper fecurity for the purchafe, and
that .the key of the hOufe was given to him under the
I.remile of his returning it to Mr. Gough within a
certain time, when he Mr. G. would fend for it ;
but Mr. G. having negle&ed to fend for the key
within the fpecified tittle, Mr. Clarke thought proper
to begin his improvements on the premifes without
the knowledge or cunfent of .the proprietors.
The Right Hon. John Trevoir being called, Rated,
that he wes prefent at the tranfaftion on the Bth Fe-
bruary ; about eleven or twelve o'clock he faw about
fixty or eighty perfons, divided in groups, and all
bufily employed in pulling down the walls of Mr.
Clerke's garden. He went to Lord Onflow, and
prevailed upon him, though extremely ill, to go to
the fcene of aaion, and quell the riot. When Lord
Onflow appeared, f;)me perfons came up to apologize,
and accost for the condo& of the invaders.
The evidence being doled, Mr Serjeant Bssr, on
the part of the prifoners, addrelfed the pity.
• Mr. Juflice HEATH then fummed tip the evidence
with great precifion ; and the Jury after confidering
for a few minutes, found a Verdi& of Guilty againft
Smith, Stedman, Gough) and catch—Brewer and
Euftace Not Guilty.

MARC). t o day IV. Smith, alias Hoknes, was
capitally incliaed for ftealing privately from the per.
fon of John Horatio Savigny, a gold watch, chain,
and feals, on the lath of Auguft.
The profecutor hated, that he was at Vauxhall
Gardens, on the night of the lath of Auguti
and whilft pretfed by an immenfe crowd, the prifoner
at the bar contrived ro pick his pocket of his watch.
Witnefs felt the watch go from him : he fcized the
prifoner, and detested him with the property in his
puff Flinn ; after which he refigned him to the cufto.
dy of Rivett and Lloyd, officers of the police. In
confequence of the profecutor having felt the watch
go from him, the capital part of the charge was done
away, and the prifoner was found Guilty of Stealing.
The prifoner was arraigned at the bar on another
d•
In tement, charging him with healing privily from
the.perfon of George Powell a gold watch, and its
apparidages, on the lath of Augufi.
The profecutor hated, that he loft his watch on
the night of the t 2th of Auguft, which he believed
had been ftolen from his pocket, hot he did not
know the prifoner, nor had he, to his belief, ever feen
him until he was in the cuflody of Rivett and his
brother officer. Witnefs did not feel his watch taken
from him, but half an hour previous to his freeing it
in the poffilli.m of the officers, he had pulled it from
his rob to afcertnin the time.

Rivett, the officer, on being interrogated, Paid, he
knew the prifoner fome years fince, and proved hav-
ing taken him into cullody, at.Vauxhall Gardens, on
the 12th of Anglin. The prifoner was fearched by
this witnefs, and Lt- yd,. the other officer, but he re-
fined their efforts as much as poffihte. After having
nearly torn the finall cloaths of the prifoner to rib.
bands, the watch belonging to Mr. Powell was found
fecreted in them. The cafe being proved to its full
extent, the prifoner was found Guilty—Death.
games Totnlinfon was indiCtedfor feloni?ully being
at large before the expiration of his lenience at a
former Senior's, at the old Bailey, having been con-
viaed of felony, and fentenced to (even years tranf-
portation.
The record of the former conviction of the prifoner
wan produced in Court, and his perfon was identified
by others, as well as the officer who apprehended
him. Guilty—Death.
Martin Boobs- was indiCted for wilful and corrupt
perjury, in falfcly fwearing before a Magittrate at
Guildford, by which a game keeper was fined ten
potands.
It appeared in evidence, that in confequence of a
grudge which the prifoner owed a game keeper in
the fervice of T. Page, Efq. in the neighbourhood of
Guildford, he laid an information againtt him, cha-g.
ing him with having killed a partridge in a manor
belonging to another Gentleman, on the 3oth of
kNtober. The information was taken before Mr.'
SmApiece, one of the Magiftrates for the County,
when the prifoner (wore poiltively to the fait of the
game keeper having killed the bird in his prefence,
and confequently the game keeper was fined for the
offence. Evidence was adduced before the fame
Magiftrate fhbfequesit to the conviction, which went
to prove that the game keeper was not from his own
'mule on the day Hated. The fame evidence was ad:
duced in Court, and the Jury being fatisfial, found
the prifoner Guilty. He was fentenced to be tranf_
ported for feven years.
Robert Side was convicted of (leafing two pieces of
cotton, the property of Mr Robert Parker, cati:o..
printer at Wandfworth. The offence, by a Itatute
which proteels property in fuch cafes, fubjeas the of-
fender to tranfportation for 14. years.
A true bill has been found againft the gardener, Er
the murder of Mr. Chivers his matter.

At Horfham Atlizes an anion for Hander was
brought by a tobacconill in Pall Mall, againfl a
tradetman in Brighton. They had a difpute at the
latter place WI iummer, when the defendant, to in-
duce a Magifirate to bind the plaintiff to keep the
peace ufed the following words : " He is a dangerous
man; and I know that he drew a knife upon a Mr.
Hill, in Middle. dreet." This was proved not true,
and to have been uttered in the violence of palllon,
and not with any malicious intent. The Jury found
for the plaintiff. Damages One Shilling. The Cronn
Side did not afford any thing important.
week, as a female fervant was cleaning a lamp
in the hall of Samuel Hot rocks Efq. at Preiton, the
pulley broke, when the weight fell on her head, and
fraaured her fkull, to that the died in a few hours.

No lefs than four merchants counting•houfes, ita
Liverpool, were entered on Ftiday night, and cafb,
bank notes, and other valuables, except bills, taken
therefrom. Thefe burglaries were not committed in
the old &tile of breaking into them ; but the premifes
were neatly entered, by means of a mailer key, or
pick lock, and their bulinefs completed.—They con
trived to re•lock the eora.s, and leave them in the
lame apparent (late of fecurity as when their owners
quitted them.

Tuefilay,4 at Marlborough.fireet, a young Man
was charged with an affault, ari(ing out of the fol-
lowing circumstances. The defendant, a Miniature
painter, had been employed by a tradefman in St.
James's, to take the likenefs of his niece. During
the nectflary inrercourfe, the limner became inrap-
tured with the fair original, and after having per.
formed his talk, he made feveral unfuccefsful attempts
to gain another interview. He partly fucceeded on
Monday evening, and the affault• was committed
whilft the tradefman was exercifing hi, right iu put-
ting the modern Apelles out of his boat:.