Star.
London, England, 1806-10-22 00:00:00

POLICE, &A

Bow-arialT.—On Monday evening Mr. calillais
received a letter informing him that John Wier, a
rink in the Sea Policy Office, and John Hatchinfo
a clerk to Mr. FAIRIBILOTIfiII, an attorney of Ely
place, Holborn, were to fight a duct at fix o'clock
yellerday morning, VICAR' Chalk Farm.
Mr. GRAHAM, in confequence, direAed Pearkes
and Adkins to attend on the foot, and gave them a
warrant to apprehend the parties in ca:e of a bretteh
of the peace. The Offic,rs attended accindiegly,
and at the time appointed two yonng' Men arrived,
who walked shout opon the fpnt. 'The officers, hay.
ing no doubt alas tHey Were two of the Dirties. Ifs-ally
after wards *ppm/lentil:4 them, seams (catching them
found a boric pitlol upon each of them, st,itli (tee
balls and a horn full of powdrr. They proved to be
Mr. Wier and nit fecortl. The r.fficert ink
in cutiody to the Office, and afterwards brought Mr.
Hoitcliittron.

It appeared, on the invalligati sn before the ikl2
gillrates, that the parties hail, home time liner, been
very intimate. Hutchinfnn was a member of a de.
bating-and fpnuting club, and prevailed upon Wier
to be propofed as a member of the club. Hntehin•
fon accordingly propofed Wier, and the night of the
meeting, of the club was appointed fcr his eleftipn,
.when he was to attend; but this he negleCled to 41s.
A few evenings after, Wier and Hutchinfon met
by accident in Fleet-Brett, when kintelsinfon altacked
him wi:i• very violent language, telling him be was
not a man of his word ; that he had treated him with
great inattention in not attending the meeting of the
club as appointed; and that be confidered him nei-
ther as a man of honour or a gentleman. Mr. Wier,
in reply, Piked Hutchinfon if he would accept of a,
ehallen:zs 3 He replied he fhould treat it as it de-;
ferved. The next day Wier fent a challenge to
Hutchinfon, who returned a written apfwer, Hating
that he was furl:oiled at being troubled with a letter,.
as it only contained what: he anfwered verbally the
preceding evening; but concluded his letter with lay-
ing, he was ready to vindicate his c..ndnit as a Gen-
tleman and a man of honour, at any time or plater.
This anfwer induced .Wier to believe he intended to
meet him, and went to Chalk Farm yellerday morn-
ing for that purpnfe.
-This filly Wines occupied the Magittrate's
tion for fame time. At length Mr. Roan laid he was
quite tired of hearing about a gentleman and honour,
and ordered Wier and Mr. Bland his feened, to Ail
bail, themfelves in 2001. and two fureties in tookeach.;
Hutchinfon not having committed any bleach of.
the peace was difcharged.
Milos HALL.—On Saturday an athletic Haw.;
nian, named Michael Doyle, went into the houfe;
called the Red Crofs, in the Boroughs High.hreet,l
and called for a pint of porter. The landlord, Me.•
Hind, and feveral others were in the tap room, titit
he cortrived, notwitbßanding, to carry otTrafider th
flirt of his coat, a gallon copper tea ketttc, full of,
boiling water. It was loon mtirstil„.2 hoe And ,c 4
was railed, and. an officer fent for.. Doyle was tall.
near Union-dreet, and on being. fea:c.bed, ahedtertit
kettle was found, together with a black fi[keloak. art
a brafs candletlick. He was commiitat for re.ciansi-
I nation on Friday next.
HATTON•GAAMtI.—Friday, Mr.. Samuel I4njels
who had been before the Magiftrates, at this Ufee
upon a former day, underwent a further examina4
don upon a charge of felony, profecuted agairft hiseX
in behalf of the other Executors and Co• Legatees of
his late father, for carrying away a cosfulaable part
of the property belonging to the ileeeafed.
Mr. Aaa s Y attended, as Counfel, in fupporrofthei
Profecution ; and Mr. Connt for die Defendant.
It appeared that the decealed, Mr. SaMuel Mort
tie, had retided at Hendon, where he left a confi.
derable perfonal and other property, which,,by hit
laft will, be direited fLould be uilpofecl of bt,Flobtie
auCtinn, and the proceeds thereof to be divided
equally among all his children, leaving a Isfi."Charl-
ton, with others, his memo's. By order of dm
executors, the property was accordingly fold, as di.
radled, and the Defendant, Mr. Samuels Morris, put.
chafed a confiderabic part of it, and gave it depok
Of five guineas, and afterwards tendered fix inure.
A Mi. Hoare, a neighbour, was left in the care of
the property, with infirnaions not to deliver any
thins out of the prensifes, unlefs paid for, or nn re-
ceiving an order from the executors to that effart.
Mr. Morrie, the defendant, retorted to the place,
with an order to take away the goods, upon payment
of the value.

This order, by Lime accident, was deflrnyed, and
Hoare refuted to deliver the goods without payment;
but Mr. Morris conceiving he had a right, at wen
(mentor and legatee, tb carry them away, prccured
a cart, and, in oppofition to Hoare, rather forcibly
poffelfed himTelf of them Upon thefe groutlds the
charge of felony War preferred; and
Mr. At tar, in rapport of ..that charger in a very
able manner ccntended that tbkdefertdAot, although
a co•executor and legatee, bad no right to exerefe
aft, of ownerfhip over this property,. n the ;riot? of
the other legatees. And from she whole of the cit.-
cumilances, he fiibmitted that the charge of felony
.was fulliciently made out.
Mr. Class.. on the other hand ;Milled these was no
proof whatever of this property being , taken with a
felonious intent. Mr. Morris was teeny to pay the
money ; he might have iced under misconception or
millakc, but there were no grounds whatever to fup-
poi t the charge of felony.
The pt eliding htigiftrates were unanimous in
opinion, and ditinifTed the charge accordirgly.

/Lue and Thomas, alias yam, alias jaw,
4.1 Z who llo.id convieted of fraud, yetlerday itond
in the pillory, in Fall timi:hfield, the ufnal time,
purtitant to their lenience, after which, they were
cnnduaed back to the Rude of Cotreetion, to un-
dergo the remainder of their (oftence.

SAttirday morning early, thirty male conviets,
under kntence of tranfpnrtation, were removed from
Newgate to a barge at Ithrekirt.trs, which conveyed
theca to IVoolwich.—.iieris, the pugiliti. vasarnongk
the number.