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WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.


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A WALK
TO THE WORKHOUSE OF ST. MART-Mennatik
?VICAR 1311PrItORDs 7,
When March bad wag'd her storms, and April's show'rs
With May's soft gleams t,edeck'd the fields with flowers;
When the proud soaring lark wig tow'ring high,
With songanelodirms clarioning the sky,
I left (as is my custom ev'ry year),
The City's? Ones to breathe a purer air !
Blythe VI 41% the morn, and.my perambulation
I destin'd to repaotk. and contemplation ;
Our envirqes my prompt attention drew,
(A scene pow.cvervarying, ever new ;)
It each fres.% yetr, appears, as if command
Of Pcmer unknerwn, or stroke of magic wand,
Rad caus`d'streets, squares, and villages, to rise.—
Nor doe.* in my mind cause less surprise
(More puzzle. or defy my power of thought),
To judge from whence tb' inhabitants are brought
But thistless'd truth is clear—with the increase,
Philanthropy's career keeps equal pace !
Offspring of HEAVEN !—Whose benignant smile
Thro' ev'ry portion of Britannia's Isle
Engenders blessings !—Where'er surfing poor.
And destitute exist, howe'er obscure,
Thy balmy fountains with compassion flow'
Like Le:he's streams, to chase away their woe!
South-east from town I steer'd, and sure the mind
That does not glowing consolation fins
In contemplating those provisions made
For Misery's victims on that road display'd,
Inviting Woe and Indigence to share
Comforts which Charity dispenses there,
Must sordid be ;—I, as I mov'd admied.
And pleasurable thoughts my bosom fir'd!
There, to relieve, or soften ev'ryhind
Of human ill, of body or of mind.
Extensive, noble edifices stand,
siifoonnsents in praise of Batain's land 1°
The first I staid my progress to explore
Was an Asy/uns4 where some Parish poor
Are hotted, and fed—a momentary space,
'Hind buildings gclept " ST. MANY .I.Z-STRAND PLACii,"
Access to ev'ry part I quick nbtain'd, •
And all the wish',!-for information gain d ;
The wise establish'd plans and regulation,
Claini'd, and receiv'd my warmest approbation ;
Health, cleanliness, and comfort prov'cl- the whole
Was nianag'd well, and under good controul !
In the Committee-room, where matters are
Of'gWroits import agitated. There
A Porinnit (by an Artist t great) is plac'd t
I view'd, admied, and through each feature trac'd
Those noble mental properties combiti'd,
Which form the candid, philanthropic mind;
Without a scroll, or name, or means to tell
The fame, or worth of the original!
At which, involuntarily, I warmth express d,
And thus instinctively the shade addreadt
Why art thou statiou'd here.? or by whom sent?
/rim, or tehrt is he, thou (lost represent?
hi is he, as Conqueror. mighty deeds achieved?
lias he curb's! Tyrants, and th' etislav'd reliev'd ?
Is he for wisdom and research renuwn'd?
In .Arts and Science is his skill profound?
Can hr (like Nt.wrox) with exactness trace
The glorious 'orbs afloat in boundless space
Which to our Solar system arc confin'd? •
Like Ism, with almost heaveitli pow'r ot mind. ,
By a deep savvy of CNEATION s plan,
Serve, whilst be shows the littlezess of nun?
Is he, EVCANNTNO, LIVERPOOL, or Pry, •
Esteem'd for learning, eloquence, and wit?
Is Ito of titled birth, or grand estate?
Banks he amongst the wealthy and the greit?
The shade (I fancied) teus replied—" I own
' To Such distinctions he pretence has none :
No wide domains are his, nor lordly pow'r,
His frown nt'er made his humbler neighbour cow'r ;
His name ne'er echo'd thro' the festive hall
For deeds renown 's!: nor on the blazon's!, wall

Engrav'd appear'd, his ae:ions to record, •
His mina's approval was his sole reviard.—.
TimOw in worth has hzen an erer3reen,
His gen'rous deeds were meant tow blush unseen,"—
Where, may they rest In their desigu'd abode,
In His, and in the bosom of his Con !"
•—The question still I urg'd—%% by thus pourtray'd ?
And why on this asylum's wall display'd?
Proclaim his name—Ana answer me—Say why—
, hlethought as ohe•L—oni: thousand made reply,
" BT. blase, henour'd by his lift's career,
has plac'd in gratitude his likeness here."
• And still more /bud, the l'utith join'd as one,
" our worthy Father, WAILIWITON r 5 .
Strand, Sept. 30, lira. PET7.II pEggq RINE.

* Between Westminster-bridge and St. Mary-le-Strand-plait,
on the Deptford road, we pass no less than ten Hospitals, Alms-
houses, Institutions, &c.
It contains all he Infant and Adult Poor belonging to the
Parish of St. Mary-le-Strand, who require such provision, to
which is attached a very extensive garden, in a very high state
of cultivation.

.t Mr. GODDARD.
§ Mr. Wm, WAsummeroat is the oldest inhabitant housekeeper
in St. Mary-le-Strand Parish ; his portrait was placed there by
a few friends, as a pledge of their esteem for his worth.

Qn the sitting of the Court on Saturday, Thomas
Pates, who on the previous day was convicted on the
evidence of three girls, about twelve 3 ears sof age, the
children of respectable parents, of having. exposed
his person, and committed acts of great indecency
with each of them, was sentenced to six months' im-
prisonment in the House .of Correction ; the first 14
and the last 11 days to he solitary.
Waddington, the Radical, who on the first day -of
the Session made an application to the Court to have
the recognizance entered into by his bail, for his ap•
pearance at the last Sessions •to take his trial, deli-
vered up to him, applied again on SatUrday to the
Court; with-the Bible in one hand and the Recogni-
sance ACt, passed last Session, in the other. He
• said Mr. Allen, the Clerk of .the Peace; had shewn
him that Act as binding him to return the recogni-
zance into. the Exchequer ; but that Act did not pass
till the 21th of June last, and he had appeared, and
been tried and acquitted, before that time. He must
say, both as' a suffer and as a political character, it
was pne of the most crying gi ievances that ever came
before a Court, that after a man had appeared and
been •acquitted, his hail, who were Only hound for his
nppeitrartce; should have their recognizancei estreated.
He Would pay his last shilling to. keep his bail safe:
Ile would then proceed against the Clerk of the Peace
• for extorting money by threats.
The CHAIRMAN said, he might see by the table of
fees ivliat be was legally bound to pay.
• • Wfddinkton asked Where the table of fees was ?
The 'Clerks,of the Peace said it had been hanging
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lip in the Fall during the Sessions, and was only that
day iakeh dOWn.-''One of the Magistrates told Wad-
dington atalge of fees should be given him, which
would serse,bius for all eccatsions—(4 laugh).
Waddington now opened his Bible, which he ap-
peared to have kept in.reserve for that moment, and
said he would read the 16th verse of the 11th chapter
• When the wicked are multiplied,
icteasetb ; but the righteous shillsee
'Addington then left the Conn.

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• LAW IN7'ELLIGENCL
COVAT OF KINOIf BRNO% OCTOMINtIe.'
PROSECUTION FOR KEEPING A GAMINIR4IOuO..,
THE KING it. FIELDER AND Amwttitte: •
This 'was an indictment at theiruit'bf Thomas
Erskine Grant, against John Fele*: And Jan' Aid-
ridge, for keeping a• common gasustiphouse.. The
' first count described the house to be vitiate in Ben-
nett-street, in the parish of St. James; Wiltmineter ;
the second count described .it as, in Bitinett-street,
without specifying in what parish.
The COMMON SER.DIANT stated it to that Jury. It
was, he observed, a subject which demanded their
!most serious consideration. It was an indictment for
one of the most obnoxious nuisances with which so-
ciety was afflicted—the keeping a.common gaming-
' house, tending to debauch the morals of youth, and
'defraud the unwary of their property. Indeed irwas
unnecessary to enter into any detail as to the charac-
ter of a.nuisance which was but too extensive in this
great metropolis—an evil in some measure tb be at-
tributed to the difficulty of bringing the offenders to
justice. The defendants were the keepers of a noto-
rious gaming-house in Bennett-street, St. James's.
:The prosecutor was a young man, 'Who shortly after
Ire came of age, and had arrived in this country from
India, became possessed of a considerable property.
With the heedlessness and folly of youth, he was se-
duced to enter the defenslants" house, where he soon
became the victim of 'those wicked practices which
had for years been there carried on with impunity.
Sunk in the vortex of dissipation, he lost every still••
ling he possessed in the world, and was shortly after-
wards consigned to a prison, destitute of the common
necessaries of life. In the hour of distress he wrote
to the defendants, representing to them his deplor-
able situation, and beseeching, them to afford him'
some assistance to keep him from absolute starvation,
and at the same time reminding them that he had
been ruined by the practices allowed in their house.
To thinapplication he received a cold answer from
the defendants, disclaiming All knowledge of
saying that they knew nothing of him at the period
to which he alluded, and refusing any relief.. His
situation became known to his friends, and they re-
lieved him fiom his embarrassments, upon condition
that he shnuld bring the authors of his ruin to justice.
He now, therefore, summoned courage to confess his
own folly and weakness to a Jut-y, in the hope that
his example would be an awful wattling to other
young men in his situation. A conviction in this case,
if well founded, could not fail of benefitting society.
Thomas Erskine Grant, a young man of genteel
appearance, was then put into the box and examined
by Mr. RoTen.-1 am acquainted with the defend-
ants, Fielder and Aldridge. I know the house, No. 9,
Bennett-street, St. James s. It is a common gaming-
house. I knew it between October, 1819, and the'
December of the same year. It was kept at that time
by the two defendants. I have seen them both there
acting as masters of the house. Mr. Aldridge dealt
the cards at the ga.ne of rouge et noir ; Mr. Fielder
gave orders to thee• waiters to bring refreshments to
the Gei.tlernen who attended. He was sonietime,,
appealed to in cases of dispute, and occasionally lent
money to the Gentlemen who played. I have seen
several persons gambling there: I have seen money
lost and Won, and have lost and won myself. I• lost
a great deal of money there. In consequence of my
great losses I got into difficulties, and .was thrown
into the Nlarshalsea prison for debt. While there,
and in great distreSs, I wrote a letter to Fielder and
Aldridge, in which I requested pecuniary assistance.
I -sent it by a messenger named Jones, and he re-
turned with the answer. •
Here the proseentor's.Attorney was colic!, and
proved service of notice on the defendants= to pio-
duce the two letters written by the.wittieis. It ap-
peared that there was a copy of the first in the wit-
ness's handwriting, but it was left by mistake at his
Attorney's office. The date of the letters written by
witness was about March, 1820.
Examination in chief resume J.—l made a second
application to the delendants.—(llere a paper was
put into his hand.)—This is the letter which Jones
brought me back to the Slarshalsea in answer to
mine to Fielder and Aldridge. The letter was put in
and read. It was dated March 9th, 1820, and ad-
dressed Thomas E. Grant, Esq. and ran thus:
" Mr. Aldridge presents his compliments to Mr. Grant, and
begs to say. that neither Mr. Fielder nor himself could ever have
had the pleasure of his acquaintance, as during the months he
alludes to they were from home."
Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS.—I was put into
the Mat shalsea prison on the 10th of December, and
remained there till the 18th of April following ; I
never went to the defendant's house after I came out.
I was there in December before I went to prison. I
was in the habit of going there three or four times a
week in October. I do swear positively that I saw
Mr. Fielder act as master of the house in that time.
generally went there about ten o'clock at night, and
came away between eleven and twelve. I can't say'
that I have seen Mr. fielder there every night. I
have seen him aq often as four times in the earlier
part of the time I speak of. I don't remember havint
seen him do anything particular, except giving orders:
to the waiters about bringing refreshments. I also
saw him lend money to Gentlemen. I don't think I
should know the persons of the waiters. 'I know Mr.
Fielder. I Saw liim to-day in Court, and in the
street.' I did not watch for him. 1 have preferred
I four indictments besides the present against other
houses. None of them are settled ; I have not been
examined upon any of them except before thekrand
Jury. Lhave taken fifty pounds from the parties in
one case for not prosecuting. I did so by the advice
of my former attorney to enable me to prosecute the
others. I don't know of ray own knowledge whether
Bennett• Street is in St. James's parish-or not.
One of the Jury here said that. Bennett-street was
not in the parish of St. James ;•but was, in fact, in the
parish of St George, Hanover-square.
Mr. ADOLPHUS then 'submitted that the indict-
Ment must fail on both counts; for the,first desctibed
the house to be in the parish ief St. James, which was
contrary to the fact ; and the second mentioned no
parish at all, which it clearly ought to have done, the
'parish being part of the description of the offence.
The CHIEF JUSTICE said, the defendants were cer-
tainly entitled to be acquitted on the first count; but
be should not direct an acquittal on the second, being
of opinion that the description of the house, generally,
as being in Bennett-street,was sufficient. If ;It's count
could not be supported, at defendants should hue

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the benefit of the objection hereifter,_if .kavie avail,
able, and the verdiet:shatitd authorise ft imptioPriP
arrest; of judgment. „.• . .- . e •
Mr. AaoLvoutihen 'addressed Ase,d ~p„- and
sifted that this, m far from being:smlsOgoist prosecu-
Lion, was instituted merely for the purpb4 ofseitort-;
ing money. This, he *sisted, was eptlerit from tht
manner in which the -indictment was frameJ,,
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much -as nothing could have been more easy than to
state the Rarisb correctly in which the house was si-
tuated. It was still farther confirmed by the fact
that the prosecutor had received the sum of 4.40 fiord'
one, of-the defendant!. He proposed, to chew, first,
that thebouse was situated in the parish of St.George,'
and not in the pariih Of'St. James and seCond, that,,
the defendant, Mr. Fielder, had ceased to have any
connexion with thenhouse before the month of Octo.'
ter, 1819, to which period the charge in the indict-
ment was•directed.
. A parish officer of St. George proved. that Bennett-
street was in that parish, and not in the parish of St.
James, as was commonly reported.
James Golding-4 lived at No. 9,l3ennett-street, in
1819. Mr. Fielder left ihe business 'ill the month of
July in that year. He had not anything to do wit')
it. I remained there till the end of that year. Mr.
Fielder had no concern in it flora the time he left
till then. •
• By the Commor Sttaarstrr.—How do you know that?—Be-
cause he told me.
Who.hired you in the house?—Mr. Fielder.
When ?—ln the month of March in that year.
Who paid yclu 2—Mr. Fielder, but not after July.
Who pays you now?—Mr. Aldridge.
You said Fielder had nothing to do with the Nisi:seas. What
business do•you mean?-1 mean what is .done in the room.
Don't you mean by business the game of rouge et noir T—l do.
Is not the house a common gaming house?—lt is.• '
What are you in it 2—Pot ter. •
You stand at the door and look through to know whether'
friend or foe is coming, is it not so?—Yes.
Did Mr. Fielder ever come after July?—He might have come,
but I never saw him in the room. I took my station at the door
at nine o'clock ; if he came after that, I must have seen him.
Re-examined.—ln July, 1819, Mr. Fielder gave me a .5/.
note; said he was giving up the concern, and that I should not
see hint there any more.
Tunkins, a waiter in the room, gave similar
evideve as to Fielder having given him Si. in'June,
1819, and to his not having had anything to do with
the house after. But on his cross-examination he
admitted that during the October of 1519, Fielder
came once or twice to the_ loy.er rooms, but it was
only to read the Papers. He added that he never
saw the prosecutor at the rooms at all.
Here the defence closed.

Tilt C.ONINION SERJEA NT shortly replied, and main-
tained that the case was clearly made out against
Fielder (for as to Aldridge it was admitted by the
witnesses for the defence that he was a proprietor of
the house). The story of the 5/. to the waiter, and
the porter, might brunt ;• but it was one of those,
tricks which were so frequently resorted to by per-
suns in Fielder's situation, to make an appearance
of giving up the business, that their servants might
afterwards swear to it.

The Logo Cut erJusncE summed up the evidence,
and observed, that upon the first count, which stated
the house, to be in the parish of St. James's, the defen-
dams wereentitled to an acquittal, but he left it to them
to say whether the evidence as to the second count
warranted a conviction as to both defendants (for as
to Aldridge there could be no doubt).
The Jury,, without hesitation, acquitted the de-
fendants on the first count, but on the second found
them both Guilty.

THE EARL OY BAISTOL V. WI LSMORE AND ANOTHER.
This was an Lion on the case against the defend.
ants, for rescuing.sixty sheep, the property of a per-
son named Millar, after they had been taken in exe-
cution under a writ off.fa. directed to the Sheriff of
Suffolk, and by him transmitted to the plaintiff, as
High Steward of the Manor and Liberty of Bury
St. Edmund's.,

The case, as disclosed in evidence on both sides,
was this :—One of the defendants, Page, a farmer, 9
Suffolk, had sold sixty sheep for the sum of £B5, in
May, 1821, to one Millar. who rented about an acre
of land at Nayland, in Suffolk, as tenant to the de-
fendant Wilsmore. The sheep were to be paid for
in ready inGney on delivery. When they were deli-'
vered, Millar gave a check for the amount 6n his
bankers at Colchester, to Page's servant, telling him
it was as good as cash, and that he could get it
changed at the banker's. The cheque was not pre-
sented until two or three days afterwards, and then it
was discovered that Millar had no effects in the hands
of the bankers, although he had kept cash with them,
but never to the amount of 1.:85, and was then over-
drawn 13s. 6d. Just prior to the delivery of the
cheque, Miss Carver, sister-in-law of Millar, obtained
from the latter a warrant of attorney for 4.300, and
judgment being entered up as soon as possible, an
execution was taken out, and process delivered to the
Sheriff to levy on Millar's effects at Nayland ; but
that place being within the local jurisdiction of the
plaintiff, it was transmitted to him to execute. It
was executed accordingly, and the sheep in question
levied. As soon as Page, the vender, discovered the
trick which had been played upon him by Millar, he'
was determined to regain possession of the sheep, and
in concert with the other defendant, Wilsmore, it was
arranged, that during the night-time the sheep should
be driven from the pasture in the occupation of Mil-
lar, into a corn-field of Wilsmore's adjoining, and
then driven to the pound for the trespass. This plan
was accordingly carried into execution. Part of the
fence was removed in the night, the sheep got into,
Wilsmore's corn-field, and at three in the morning
were driven to the pound by a servant of the latter,
and by his order were afterwards released from the
pound and delivered, over to Page. The plaintiff
being called to make a return to the writ, returned
that he had levied the -theeP,. but that they had been
rescued in the manner above stated. Upon which he
was sued for a false return and after declaration de-
livered, he compromised ;he action, and pai4 the
value of the sheep, together with costs, to the judg-
ment creditor, whose exectltion had been thus'de-
feated. The plaintiff now brought his action against
the defendants to recover the amount of the money
so paid, .and for which be became liable in conse-
quence of their proceedings. Before the plaintiff had
compromised the, action with the judgment creditbr;
itil
he had given notice of it to Pa "e,.and offered to de-
fend it upon an indemnity, but ii litter declined the
proposal. It appeared $1 tbat. irhad absconded in
idebt, and could not be found.
It was contended, on behalf-cif the defendants, that
, tey woe not JiAble in this action—rest, becitis'etlie

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..nod, and theretore the. puipartYilli*in ttligetnitaLlitirnloit
passed. to him so as to authorise thesplaintiff to take
them .in igecution that plaintiff or his
agent had had 011 notice'of the circumstarKes under
Which they had been obtained by Millar Troth Page;
and consequently he alone was concluded. by the re-
turn which he had made, and with which Or defend-
ants had nothing to do.
• ..The Loses CHIEF JUSTICE was cleaily, gp;nion,
lit point of, law—first, that the property in the sheep
did ,pass to Millar, by the transaction between him
and Page, because the latterhad given him credit for
them, under circumstance: which did not amount td
a frand.in.law ; and second, that supposing, there to
lie a fraud in.the transaction, the plaintiff'also stood
in the situation of Sheriff, and was bound to execute
the prncess, and had no right to inquire into Millai's
title to the property. On these grounds his Lordship
thought the plaintiff entitled to a verdict.
The Jury found their verdict for the Plarntiff-901,

. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER' IS.
Ratutday, the following Gentlemen were appointed the Cap!
for the year ensuing:
The Vice-Chancellor.
Christopher Wordsworth, D.D. Trinity College, Divinity.
James William Geldart, LL. D. Trinity Hall. aw.
JAR Thomas Woodhouse, M.D. C.aius College, Physic.
Thomas Dickes, M.A. Jesus College, Senior Non-Regent.
Joshua King, M.A. Queen's College, Senior Regent.
Sir ThomasMaryon Wilson, Bart. f St. John's College, was
on Wednesday admitted Honorary Master of Arts.
OXFORD, OCTOBER 19.
Responsions commence on Saturday next.
Wednesday se'nnight, Mr. John Allen, M. A. of Christ
Church, was elected Master of the Free Grammar School,
Ilminster, Somersetshire.
ECCLESIASTICAT. PROMOTIONS.
The Rev John Bird, of Belle-Grange, near Hawkshead, is
appointed Chaplain to the Earl of Buchan.
The King has been pleased to recommend the Rev. WiWan
Cockburn, Clerk, M.A. to be Dean of the Metmpolitica
Church of York, void by the death of Dr. Georze Markham.
The Rev. John Moore, to the Vicarage of Otterton, Devon.
Rev. G. Pearson, to be a Minor Canon of Chester Cathedral.
The Rev. J. M. Colson, M. A. has been instituted, by tha
Bishop of Bristol, to the Rectory of St. Peter, Dorehe,ter.
The Itcv. G. Wells, Rector of Weston, Sussex, has bt.en pre-
seated, by the Bishop of Chichester to the Prebendary of that
Cathedral, vacant by the death of the late Rev. R. Louth.

MA R I.BORUGH-STlMET.—Saturday, Mr. &eel, proprietor of the
Cock public-house, in Grafton-street ; and Mr. iFiadie, of the
Bed Lion, Portland-street, Soho, were fined, the former 2CS.
and the latter ss. for suffering tippling in their bosses dining Ser-
vice-time on the previous Sunday.
Mr. Bartholomew, of the Black Lion, Castle-street, Blooms-
bury, was charged with suffering a raffle in his house. Iltit it
appeared that it was done for a charitable act, and that it was
the miscreant for whose benefit it was who had rewrdetl Mr.
B. by laying the information.—The charge was dismissed.
Qu E F.N-S(le A Itit. —Mr. Isaac Harris, of the Coach and Horses,
York-street, Westminster, was summoned for allowing persons
to drink in his house during Divine Service. Mr. Harris, said
the only persons in'his tap-room when the infcrtner contrived to
enter, were three soldiers, waiting for their Pay-Seajeant.
hlagistrate.— Neither soldiers nor any other persons, not even
lodgers, must be allowed to he tippling during Divine Service.
Mr. Harris was convicted in the penalty of .20s. and costs.

Of Proverbs—"
IL* Call."—Wil