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London, England, 1807-09-17 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 16.

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Arrived the Experiment, MARTIN from Dantzic ;
and the Betfey, Yeoman, from Riga; alfo the Danifh
veffels Franan, Mersa, from Triette ; and the Wil-
helmina Catharina.--, from Alicant, both detained
by his Majefty's Rain R*cs HORM—Sailed his Ma-
jawa fleips-Incormratur and Mistreat. with a con-
voy for Cork.--Wind S.W.

Q..}lls Lord(hip haslet your lodgings ?" A Ya he lea. •
I g._ Aud he did not employ you as his Shoemaker-he was not
, your Cuftumcr ?A. No-but I would not give him fixpence for
1 his cultorn.
Tv asDAY. SUlrragallt Igo 1 Ot. You do not care fixpence for kis cuitoni becaufe you cannot
Lord Kircudbright was indided, under the title have it ? A. I never Abed for it.
Q._. Have you Hot faid that rather than this profecu:lon lhosikl
of Sholto Henry Maclellan, late of the pain of St. he noPt, you yourfelf would expend sol. on it ? A. Never in my
,george, Hanover.lquare' Baron of Kircudbright of vie
that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain . 41„,Never, to any body ? A. Never.
and Ireland, called Scotland, for affaulting Anne ' Lo
have Do u (wear that ? A. Ido fwear it. I would have given
i 5 had nothing to fay to it.
London, fpinfler, on the Bih of April fall ; UP which
CHAIR MA NIIS there any other wands? A. There is a boy
his Lordlhip pleaded not Guilty. of mine who faw the fame thing that I did.
There was no Connie' for the profecution ; but 1 Thomas Harding-1 lived fervaut to Mr. Bruce when my Lord
there were two, Mr.-KNAPP and Mr. ARSBIN, for the , was In the houfe. 1 was down Min, and beard the noire about the
defence. dog-I went tap ftaire.-1 few my Lord kick Mils London on the
Miro.
Ann London, the profecutrix, examined by the Chairman. I Q. You did not bear what happened at first ?A. No-but I
Q. Where do you live ?-A. At No. 8, Piccadilly, the Weft heard him twee: at her.
end of it. ' Crofs examined by Mr KN.! r1P..4. Did you not know what
Speak loudly, that the Court and Jury may hear you. they had been doing el'ore ? A. No, I did not hear any thing at
(What have you to fay againftthe Defendant to this solid- i that time-hut 1 besPd my Lord call her a darnti'd bitch.
meet ?-A. I live at No. 8, Piccadilly, in the fecond floor. The •
What did She call him ? A. I did not hear her call him
Defendant lived in the firft Boor. A Lille dog came out of the : '
any thing I did not bear her fay any thing to him
room of the fiat floor, as I was going down thin from the fecond, •
, Q.How long did this noire take place before you went up flake?
and it laid hold of the lace of my pellffe. I was afraid he would iA. Tuft before.
tear it, and faid-" Get away, little dog" He an% kept' pulling 1
, Q_ But what happened before you cannot tell ? A. No.
my pate, and I called fora Rick to beat the little dog. The De- ,
Mr. KNAPP addrelred the Jury for the Defendant,
feodant came out, and faid-3 You b—, you w-, -e, and •
kicked me down ftairs-down a flight of Rates. I laid bold of and fubmitted that a perfon of the diminutive figure
the hancifters, bat fell. 1 came up, and he kicked me a fecond ,of the noble Lord was not likely to commit fuels an
time. ! afrault as was here imputed to him, upon the perfon
gyld you do nothing at all ?-A. nothing. I was going out :of
the Lady who had exhibited this complaint. It
to dinner, and I was palling his room door, and the little'dog hid ,
hold of my peliffe. and I faid-" Get away, little dog," but be con- , was not of neceffity that a Jury gave full credit to
timid to pull it. I called to my mother and to my ferVant, to get ' every witneft, for every thing. that was (worn, if it
me a tuck to beat *Way the dog, or be would tear my pdiffe. I I was not probable. He maintained that the ftory hew
bad no words with the Defendant-I knew nothing what related was improbable ; and therefore ought not to
ever of him-I never faw the man before. He came out of his
be credited, efpecially as none bf the witneffes, ez
,--
room on the fudden to me, and tad, " You b.A., you ve -- i
will kick you down Mimi( you meddle with nay dog," on Which ceps the Profecutriz, knew any thing of the origin
he kicked me down itairi,four of five Mfrs. of the tranfaftion.
Q When was this, mid at what time of the day?-11A•1t was on One of the Jury stilted to whom the dog belonged?
the gib of April lan, between one and two in the afterooon.
. The Defendant's Counfel faid, to his Lordfhip's
Crofs Examined by Mr Kuser.
Q_He treated you with great coarfenefs of abufe and brutal houfekeeper.
force 1-k He did. The CH Attbucx.-It is really too much to have the
Q This little gentleman you mean ? (pointing tobis LordOsip, time elf the Court fo long taken up, on a cafe which
Whole perfon is confiderably under the middle fize)...A. Aye; is CoI clear upon the evidence. Two witneffes, betides
that's the very man.
Q., He kicked you down four or five flairs ?-A. He did. the Profegutriz, pofitively (wear they law the affault
Q And you were as temperate then in your conductas you are committed. The Jory found the Defendant Guilty.
nowt-A Quite Co; perfedly quiet. Cs a tal4 A M.." Sholto HentyMaclellan, the Sentence
Q:. And did not abufe his Lordship?-A. I newer did; I neva of the Court upon you is-That you do pay to the
once (poke to hint.
Q_And what belongs to all females,t and ufed by fome, you King a fine of soh" ;--which his Lordlhip paid im-
never lad to him, your sails, by fome called claws?.-A. I neve mediately, and retired.
did. Samuel Douglas, porter of an Inn, was ;edified on
(Nor entre.; him hyvrorth?-A. I never raid a word to him. the Statute of George 11. for obtaining money
I only turned round, and call:A to nay mother to give me a Ala,
that I might beat away the little dog that was pulling my plink under falfe pretences ; that was, that he having a
and I was afraid that he would tear it. It was the flick which parcel to deliver to the Countefs of Wincheller, for
any mother ufed. which he was to have charged 6s. 6d. deftroyed the
Q, it was a crutch, I believe?-A. She does not walk upon a ticket by which he was authorized to make that
crutch; the ufes only a (mall flick with a handle to it.
. (Did you not brandilh that flick about ?-A. No, I did not. charge, and forged another, and figned his name to
(I:pid your mother not alike my lord ?..tt. No,Ose was not it, charging 9s. 6d. which money he received, with
nal- hins, intent to defraud the faid Couatefs, again* the
Q.. Did be not brandilh the Rick about and threaten to Strike Statute, ate.
.Lim. or to kick him 3-A. No, fhe did not. To this indictment there was a demurrer, and the
.-` Upon your oath, do you mean to fay, that you did not ufe
A. 3
your nails on my Lord's face ?-A. I did not. queftion was, Whether the indidment could be fup
Q._ You mean to fwear that ?-A. I do, upon my honour. ported by law ?
Q.. Did you never fay, that if ieL or 51. were given to clothe Mr. GuILNEY inppaTtCd the indintgent. He con.
your meld, you would not goon with this profeention F-A. Never. tended that ,his was os clear a cafe of obtaining
Q. Nor any recompense 1-A. I want no recompence.
Q. How much was proporedon yourpart. that my Lord fhould money sander falfe pretences as could be Rated. Here
pay for fettling this bufinds ?-A. Nothing at all. was a Porter of an Inn, who availed himfelf of his
Q.irou never propofed the film of soh?-A. Never; I never fituation as fuch Porter, and of the truli and con fi-
propored ar.y el i-.g in my life that he Mould pay. dente repofed in him ; and, by means of fraud and
Q:_so without any provocation whatever from you, my Lord retences, obtained a !tiger fum of money than
bounced out o' .:is room, and kicked you in the way you have de- falfe p
(edited to us?-A. He did; he bad no provoeation at all from me. he was entitled tu. This was clearly within the mean-
Q.:. How much did you promife the girl taut of this profecution ? ing of the Statute againft obtaining money under
....A. Nothing at all. falfe pretences.
Q_ You never promifed her 51. ?-A. Never; but the was to
have laid a charge againft him, for be kicked her afterwards. The only 'queflion was, whether the fubfequent
(LI aft you, upon your oath, whether you ever promifed to Statute made for , egulating the conduft of Porters,
your girl 11 out of this bufinefa T.-A. Ido not recoiled any furl and the charges which they were to make on the
thing, upon my honour. delivery of parcels, repealed the ad againft obtaining
(Upon your honour-your ninth: remember you are upon money under folic pretences, as far as related to the
your oath-Did you not promife that your girl should have 5L out
of this profecutiou ?-A. I cannot recolledt any fum at all. conduit and charges of fuch porters ; and he conten
Q. was not there a fum of money which the girl was to be ded for the negative of that propofition. It was true
paidJf this matter was to be made up ?-A. No that the party might have been indicted on the fall
Q._ Win you fwear that pofitively that you offered the girl no Aft ; but he fuhmitted, that the profecutor had the
fur of money if this matter was made up 1-A. Yes, I will; for
I cannot recoiled that ever I mentioned fuck a thing. option to profecute on either of the Statutes. Here
Q Any Ran whatever 1-A. Not any fum whatever. the Aft againft obtaining money under folk pretences
Q Not with him, perhaps 1-A. Not with that man, nor with had been followed.
any body. Mr. ALLAY contended, that this indictment could
Q:,, Did you not offer to make it up ; and was not the fum men-
not be fu oriel. There were feveral cafes decided
tioncd; and did you never fay, that if the girl Mould have si. to
put her in clothes, you would make it up ? The girl was your fa. by no leis authority than that of the Twelve Judges,
vant -A. I do not recoiled any thing Vitt! that. which he quoted, particularly the cafe of Davis, by
Q.. How long ago was this 1-A. it was on the Bth of April. which it was determined, that where the punifhment
Q How do you know the precife day N.-A. I put it down on by a former Ratute was tranfportation, yet a fobfe-
a piece of paper.
Q. Have you got that paper here? -A, I have; here it is. quent Ad of Parliament palling, infliding a milder
ot_ And you did not offer to make it up for any fum of money? punithment, repealed the former Ad, although not
-a &d not offer to make it up at all, either for alum of money, ur motioned in the latter, nor diredly referred to there.
othawife. in. But, if it were poffible to doubt the fonndnefs
Q., Did you never enter, on paper, that you would ?....A. Never of this dodtine, which was, however, indifputable,
....Here is what I put duwu on paper. the Bth of April, it was one
Oeleck. he maintained that the prefent cafe would not come
IZill• e you not had any couverfation with any body, and laid under the provifions of the Ad of Parliament againti
you hoped to get money on this profecution, and that the girl obtaining money under falfe pretences; and there.
&mad have money 1-A. Never. fore, tuppofing the firft objection to be as doubtful
g_To find the girl in lonic clothes !-A. Never, upon my life as it was decifive, this indictment would be bad
and foul: I can fay moil truly.
CNA' &MAN ..(I,Nt'asno fum, or pecuniary recompense to be under that Ad of Parliament. For that Ad applies
given to you, or to fumcbcdy, on account of this volcanism 1- to the cafe of a perfon who obtained money without
None at all. any legal right or claim to it, where the pretence
Q. Nothing front the Defendant ?-A. Nothing at all; I never was altogether falfe. Here the pretence was not
thought of fuch a thing-1 never wilbed it.
Mr. Kaarr-Q,Wllatever Turn of money was to be paidto you altogether falfe, for the Defendant had a kill claim
both, was not the maid to have half of it 1-A. Nothing like it to the amount of 6s. 6d. bvt he had received, wrong.
ever paffed. fully, 9s. 6d.; and that by means of a fall* token in-
iz After this kicking, eid not you fay to his Lorsifhip, I will deed ; but how falfe ?He was authorized to Sign the
make you pay well for this kicking ?-A. Never.
Did you nut mention any funs of money, 101.1-.4%. No, nor ;nag Ument, and he did Sign it with his 9wn name ;
g.
even one pound. and therefore the inflrement could not be faid to be
One of the Magiftrates-Q_Froin the eircomflante of his Lord. forged-forgery being the making a falls ufe of the
kip living in the fame bade with you, did you not knew who be name of another. In one word, this cafe, as it ap.
wit ?-A. I did not know him; I never fpoke to him. , pealed upon this indiament, was nothing more than
4%. Did you not know his rank ?-A. I had heard of him.
Mr. Bruce... 4 live at No. 8, Piccadilly ; lam the landlord of the that the Defendant charged more money than lie
houre-i am a fboemaker-I law this tranfairdoo-I was in my Should have done for the delivery of an article which
Sop attending one of my euflonters..-1 heard a cry on the ftairs I it was his bnfinefs to carry from one pkace, and to
-I went up,and faw my Lord kick her (meaning tbeprofectitrix.) t deliver at another.
Q Did you fee any thing of the dog ?-A. No ; I did not (cc
the dog-he (meaning his Lordihip) had the deg. Mr. GURNIT, obferving that the opinion of the
Q._ Were the kicks repo fed ?-A. I did not fee them repeated I Court was againft him in this cafe, faid, be would
--lbe faid he kicked bcr down four or five Rairs--I faw my Lords not attempt to fuppart the indidment any further.
kick her.

CLERKENWELL SESSIONS.

Crofs examined by Mr.AAA DIN.
Q. You did not fee what occurred before ?—A. I did not.
tZ You did not fee the beginning of the quarrel T--A. I did tut
was in my fhop, and I heard a noire on the hairs. I went up,
and there I few his Lordlhip Itic";ing the lady.
Q.... Did you not fee her claw his Lordihip's face?—A. No, I did

not.
Q You did fee the marks of her nails on hi. Lordlhip's face af-
terwards t—A. No, I did not.
Q_Nly Lord r,..:opied the firft floor for Ms apartments in your.
book and tbefe people the garret t—A. The fecund floor, Sir.
tl:She had not offended his Lorded', ?—She had net, that I
know of.
Q Did not be complain of nallinefs and filth thrown from the
top of the haute t—A. That could not aft& his Lordihip.
Q._ Did not be complain to you-previous to this quarrel of that/
A. Ido not recoiled that he did. I remember there was tome
water thrown out of the front of the Lade
Q... Did not you yourfelf perceive ti .e nuifanee t A. I remem-
ber the drain was ftopt up, and the water ran into his Lordfinp's
apartment: But that has nothing to do with We cafe. Ikw MI
Istakip Via ha.

BIRTHS.
On the Eth inftant, at Gcanies Houle, the Lady of Charles Car-
ter Pettey. Efq. of a fon.
Wednefday fennight. the Lady of Philip Thomas Wykhant,
Efq of Thrum Park, of a fon and heir.

MARRIED.
On Tuefday Isk Robot Prince, E(q. of Minton, to Mifs
Malkin, of the Acne place.

DIED.
At Port jack fon, New Send' Wales, the loth Mut left. Mrs.
Short, wife of Captain joferh Short, of his Majefty's !hip Buffalo,
Ala 33 Yorr-
Tuadartennight, in the meridian of life, of an apopledtic affee.
don, at Mailings, in Suffer, where be went for the tecovcry of bis
health, the Rey. Richard Bidway Booth.
Monday left, at Hammering* the wife of Mr. Charles Grove 4

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