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AIM in presence and hearing, and of his associate,
the full particulars of their ctime were disclosed and
detailed ; he did not and could not deny their truth;'
his name and address were asked of him by Latch-
ford ; he positively declined and refused to give them.
That refusal under its circumstances was natural ;
the constable, however, had f duty to perform, and
after that refusal, and in order to obtain some infor-
mation as to that person who wa.; thus heavily ac-
cused, and yet appeared to be and WAS in the habit
of a dignified Clergyman, he thought it necessary to
examine the Bishop's person. He then approached to
him, and even at that moment the Bishop bore Upon,
his person strong evidence of, and, by his acts and
exprossions at the moment* fully admitted his ;pat :
during that search the Bishop was observed by Latch-,
ford to take from his pocket a paper writing, to tear
it with violence, and hastily throw the pieces or frag-
ments of it when torn into the fire-place of the room-
in which he then stood. This circumstance attracted
the attention of Latchford ; he did not then observe
upon it ; he knew that there was no fire in the grate,
nor any other paper in it. The Bishop was shortly
afterwards removed from the room, and to a cell, or
place of solitary confinement within the watch-house.
Shortly after his removal, he was heard by Latch;
ford to cry with a loud voice, and to ask him " could
he not get bail r and no reply being given, he asked
for pen, ink, and paper, in order that he should write
a note or letter. The pen, ink, and paper were fur-
nished to him by the directions of Latchford, and
with a view that he should be thereby enabled to ob-
tain some knowledge of the Bishop's name and ad-
dress, which were still unknown to him. The note
was written by the Bishop, and by his desire it was
delivered to Latchford, in order that it should be sent
to the person and place to whom and where it was
directed. Latchford retained the note. It was not
his business to admit the Bishop to bail—he could
not do so. The Bishop, in an anxious and impor-
tunate manner, requested and urged Latchford to
send the note as directed—Latchford informed him
he did not and could not send it. The Bishop again
and again pressed him to do so, and in an earnest
and supplicating tone of voice, cried out and said—
" For GOD'S sake send it!" But Latchford retained
the note, and it is now in evidence, and before the
Court. That note has been exhibited to many per-
sons now resident in Ireland, who have beer* for
many years acquainted with the Bishop and his
hand-writing. They have been examined in this
cause, and they have all agreed in their evidence of
this note being of the hand-writing of the Bishop,
and that the initials 66 P. C." subscribed to it, de-
note his Christian name and title of honour. The
note is in the following words:
" St. James's Watch

" Vine Street

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" Come to me directly, don't say who I am bat I am
undone. Come instantly and empire for a gentleman below
Stairs. 12 o'clock—l am totally undone. P. C."
And was thus addressed—
" Mr. John Warring,
• 21, Montague-St.
Portman Square."
This note affords. strong proof of the material
facts of this case :—The crime of the Bishop—his
consciousness of that crime, and of his then alarm-
ing situation ; and his anxiety to conceal his name,
and high station. It also affords, in addition to the
other circumstances adverted to, powerful and per-
suasive evidence of his identity. During the re-
mainder of this unhappy night, this lost and de-
graded man was intent upon, and engaged in prayer.
Those prayers were sincere and contrite, and were, it
is hoped,' graciously heard and received. His sup-
plications and ejaculations throughout the night were
loud and unceasing. He was visited occasionally by
Latchford, in the cell, and he was found at all such
times upon his knees, and in a posture of devout
prayer and devotion. After the removal of the Bishop
to his cell, Latchford took up and collected the frag-
ments or pieces of the torn paper. He joined or
pasted them together so as to make the paper writing
in itself perfect and legible. He preserved it care-
fully, and also the note which had been wi itten by the
Bishop, and retained both of them until the Occasion
on which they were afterwards shewn to the Bishop,
and hereafterparticularly mentioned. In the forenoon
of the following day, the 20th of July, the Bishop
was removed in custody, to the Police Office of the
District of St. James's, Westminster, in which Dis-
trict he had been guilty of and charged with these
offences. Soon after his arrival there he was brought
before Mr. Dyer, the sitting Magistrate, and one of
the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.
In the presence and hearing of the Bishop and the
soldier, the several persons who had charged them
with their offence, were, severally and apart, and
upon their oaths, examined. It was Viva voce exa-
mination. The Bishop was then professionally as-
sisted. They deposed to and detailed the same facts
against him which they'had stated in the watch-.
•house, and are now in their swoin evidence in this
cause. The Bishop did not contradict or deny the
truth of these charges. He was particularly called
on and required by the Magistrate to attend to him,
and, in order to give him a further opportunity for
denial or detence, he read to him and to the soldier
a private short note of these examinations, which he
had taken for his own information and guidance.
But the Bishop and the soldier remained silent: they
sought not any evidence—they relied not on any
facts for their acquittal, or proof of their innocence.'
The Bishop appeared before the Magistrate and his
Chief Clerk, Mr. Fitspatrick (a principal witness to
this transaction) in the dress of a dignified Clergyman..
The letter which the Bishop had torn, and endea-
voured to destroy the preceding night, was then pro.
duced by Mr. Latchford. and given to Mr. Dyer.;
Mr. Dyer read it. It was of a private nature. The
Bishop, by himself and his COunsel, claimed the !emr.
as his own, and requested it to be given to him. It,
was done so accordingly, and immediately upon thei
Bishop's getting possession of it, in the presince of
Dyer, his clerk, and of Latchford, and of his
own Counsel, he tore and. destroyed that letter, so
that no fragment ro.ild have been thin Eared, (;r can

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the cell was then produced, and read before him by
the Magistrate. The circumstances under which
that note had been written and detained were fUlly
derailed by Latchford. They were not denied ok
contratined. They were admitted by the Bishopt
Hi was then informed by the Magistrate that his of-
fence was bailable, and that bail tr, the *Mount of
£502 him elf. and two sureties in £250 each,
be required for his appearance at the nest C
General Sessions, and his trial for the *wee
imputed to and sworn against him. His bail ifkat
in irtendance. He was then called on by Mr.
•patrick,. as Chief Clerk of the Office, and in oriet
to perfect his bail, to give him his nesse 'and ad=
dress. The Bishop hesitated, and for a dine re.
:fused. He was then informed, and in the premed
and hearing of his intended bidisruen, that it wart
necessary for him to give his true name and ad.
dress ; and that without it his bail could not be if:
fitted, or himself discharged. He then, of himself;
and in the presence and hearing of the Magistrate 3
his Clerk, and Latchford, freely and voluntarily did
state and declare, and for the first time, gave them td
know that he was the Honourable and Right Rob-
' rend Percy Jocelyn, Bishop of Clogher, in Ireland;
and that he was then residing or lodged at 2.1, -Maw •
tague-street, Portman-square, the house to whichliii,
note of the preceding night had been directed.
bail were then, and in his presence and hearlag,
sworn to their qualifications their names and reeve.
deuces, and one of them, a Mr. John Fay, swore and
qualified as the prop, ictor of the house, No. 21, Mon-
, tague-street, in which the Bishop of Clogher had pre-
viously, in his presence and hearing, declared he was
a lodger. Ihe bail was then perfected according tq
the course of the Office, and the Bishop was accord-
ingly discharged and 'eared. These facts are fully
detailed in the evidence of Fitzpatick and Latchford ;
and Fitzpatrick has confirmed his testimony by the
production of the book in which, at the time, he
made an entry of the names and residences of the
Bishop and his bail, and his entry perfectly agrees
with, and confirms the parole testimony.
The Clerkenwell Sessions commenced on the 9th of
September last. That fact is alleged in the pleading
and proof. It is also alleged that the Bishop did not
attend to take his trial at those Sessions, pursuant to
his recognizance. This was not a necessary proof
for the office, or to sustain it case. But it was alleged
by way of challenge, and to this hour it remains un-
contradicted and unexplained.
(To be continued).

WOILIHIN4TRZILT.-411FORTANT TO PUBLICAINS.MA. Mart
Jackson of the Salmon and Ball, Lamb-street, Spital4eldsl
was sunitnoned for keeping her house open at late hours.
The Bow-street patrol proved that they found persons in the
parlour, with liquor in their glassesabbut 17 minutes before
o'clock at night.

Mrs. Jackson admitted that persons were there, bat the proved
that the tap-room was cleared •at the proper hour, and that the
persons in the parlour were respectable tradesmen, and not
journeymen mechanics or labotwer-t : and that two of them had
come a considerable distance, 4d on their arrival came the)*
for refreshment.

Mr. &vat. said this was not a case Tor convicting.

The officer sail, if this were admitted, there nould always he
found an excuse for parlour cuatom, and it would be no use foe
the slicers to trouble themselves about the parlour.
Mr. Bevitaa—Nor is it cur wish that you should nimble your
with the parlour custom, where it is so respectable. 'the
Act of Parliament says " late hours;" and in deciding what Late
hours are, It leaves it to the discretion of the Magistrates, and
in exercising that discretion they are aware that what are late
hours to one class of persons, may ni t be late.baurs to another;
and what may be a late hour for a labourer, may not be a late
hour for a nobleman, or a person in a differefit statipn of life.
In administering the law, they were • bound to extend-it accord-
ing to the purposes for which it was made. The complaint was
accordingly dismissed.
Bow-svalm.--.Aluch of the time of the Magistrates was yes-
terday occupied in a dispute hetweta br:Coates,:a physician,
and his wife, who, notwithstanding they-have 'several children,
have been some years involved in a Chancery suit with each
other. The present appeal was brqught forwarit as a charge of
assault, committed by Mrs. Coates, on the blitiJadx pf aloe house
in which the Doctor resides. It'appeartd, that on Tuesday she
knocked at the dour, and, ors its-beingooreed, ;sashed the com-
plainant aside, rushed up stirs, snatched up a young ch!!d,
then lying dangerously ill, and ran out of the house with it. The
child was subsequently recovered; but the complainant felt her-
self so much aggrieved, that she had her apprehended, and the
husband and a great number of friends attended. On the Ma-
gitrate directing Mrs. Coates to find bail, she declared she could
not, and a violent altercation on.6mily affairs ensued. The Dace
tor, a mild, gentlemanly man, repeatedly held out the olive
branch, and three Magistrates Wll4 were on the Bench zealously
interf.red to reconcile the parties; but the Lady seas stubborn
the Doctor, she said, would murder her, and bad a rriend who
wouid then swear he was in.ane. At length, boVrever, they re-
tiraß with a pray( et of coming to an arrangement.
-The driver of the backney-ch.krior, N 0.17, was charged with
cruelly beating his horses. The pri;on.r expressed sorrow fol.
his conduct ; and Mr. Mtasouat. said; is it was the first in..
fringement of the new Act which had come under his cognizance,
he would inflict the lowest penalty, which was ten shillings;—
but his master refusing to advance this trifling sum, he was com-
mitted for four days.
Bmaart.—Tlionies Gibbon was brought up charged with fa.
loniously intermarrying with Mary Ann Parsons. his lawful
wife Elisabeth being alive. The two wives were present, and
seemed to vie with each other in grief at the discovery of the
perfidy of the prisoner. The first wife seemed *eagerly able to
support herself. The second was just recovered from her at,.
couchenaent. The prisoner seemed quite indifferent about the
matter,and laughed and winked at his benwife. He was remanded
to give time fora copy of the resister of the first marriage tobe
procured from Daventry.
hlaxsiou-Houss.—Mr. M'Guire, the brother of one of the
individuals who took part in the disorders in Ireland, in 1798,
and who, although, acquitted df treason, was transported
for seven years, applied to the Lotto alarm', forhfs iota fen ace
in behalf of that brother, with whom, although Is s term of pi:.
nishment had expired 17 years ago, the succi alive Governors
bad not kept their promises, either to send him home or make
him a free settler. The Loan MAcca referied the applicant to
Ain Cappertat the Secular/ of &meg Office.
HATTON.GAIIIDEN.—IPI Nuiffen, a labourer ii the Gal Mame-
factory,in Crolner-street, was ordered to find b. B. for abstract-
ing the officers in their attempt to extinguish a large bonfire,
which a number of boys had kindled in a hod babied lie.
Smith's- Livery Stables, in Gray's ne ro.d. Warrants
were ordered to be Issued against a-veral or his confederates.
Three lads were fined 20w r eh, ' -•:ss of squibs, &c.
the streets. -
hangs Ptstant —11,6111111•11 • s-
man a pupil at St. TlONlete,...llllrls
seeabling on Guy Fawkes night, sex
bill, and diagnosing two Roman candle,
be was born ; Boston, In Lincoinshire,
savi;lll6.'oti tierations of this sort, to
and, being ignorant that a different no'
he trusted to tha,gaial sense of the klas
the present Cc-castors. The Magistrate
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!been ! L.-Upon bit *Moat at the wateti. odsokdie lifishOp :nature-and- subscription of big much respected
deed and his asindittolviere biritight lei 'et :into the pri4 . amiable nephew, the Earl of it ,Otur. ft was c
mof :jsentteof the con Stable el die watch a Ml:Joint Lath- : private nature. Its contents have tuft been disci°.
ritted . ford. 1 wlintial atamko'd iii
_tido Camie.— but it may be fair to pronounce upon them that t
ors to; The - had then again to' and and see those 'are such as did honour to the head and heart of
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nucheisons w ohe knew could and did depose against writer, and of the man to whom it was addressed
prim; in his presence and hearing. and of his associate. The note which had been wrirron hv .h. Mehni

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for lei tin; of squibs, Bte. to t
ctirstalt:e loath', young . 1,
petal, was charged with as-
kb se% et..l others, on Tower-
:audit • The defendant said,
shire, when the C 4 e.t• radon
t, to he spelt In cepacingt,
st lit'
custom prevailed London,
11.3tstrate not to be severe on
rate cs.kred bhn to pal 2Ds.