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London, England, 1809-08-30 00:00:00

spoitriziq AVTZL4IGENC.E.

4SSIZ*S .

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At. SOlineriet Assizes, a can-Se of considerable iate;.
rest to the proprietors of lands, adjbliiing- rivers, and
also to millowners, was tried before Mr. Baron
Gawk/sm.—Mr.. Kinglake, the owner of a floor of
meadows, adjoining a stream of water, brought this
action against Mr. Norman, the proprietor of grist-,
mills t.nd silk machinery, worked by such stream ;
and the queseons were, whether the mill-owner had
a right to pond the crater higher than its accustomed
level; and whether it was not his duty to draw his
fenders after heavy rains, to prevent the adjacent
lands from being flooded ?—The Judge declared, that
the occupiers of lands have a right, by convon law,
to the natural flow of water through the same, and
'that any claim in opposition to such right, must be'
proved to have been exercised without interruption
for at least twenty, years. He stated the law on the
other question to be, that if a.riaill-owner had been in
the practice of drawing his fenders to discharge, by
the natural channel, the superfluous water, it was evi=.
dence of his having been perthitted by the proprietors
of the adjoining lands, to erect the drains, and pond
the water, upon stipulation so to do. In this case it
appeared that the fenders had been raised within 26
years, and that the mill-owner had neglected to draw
the Sluices, until the plaintiff's lands were flikded.—
. The. plaintiff, therefore, obtained a verdict. sa.,
I3ENRY WHITE PAIP•ON3, E. v. Youso.---This
was an ejectment cause. 'MS action was brought
lit Mr. Parsons, to recover possession of a valuable
..atate, purchased several years since by Mr. Young,
a farmer, of the late J. W. Parsons, Esq. of West-'
= Camel, which the phial.? coraended belonged to him
Sunday se'nnight, two French privateers drove a under the will of his great uncle H. Parsons, and as
bri.; close to the-share, to the West of Little Hamp-
his heir at law. After the examination of witnesses
ton, and captured her. The people on shore could to prove the will was not the same in substanceas the
discern them tike out the crew. donor executed, but that it had been altered by some
Same day, three French prisoners stole a boat at persons unknown, the Jury returned a verdict for the
Bognor, and proceeded to sea, but were met by'one of plaintiff, as heir at law to his uncle.
our cruizer,, and brought back. The boat has since
been restored to its owner.

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EGHA.M RA 1
CES, AUGUST 20.
The Gold Cup of 100ss. value. Three-yr-olds to carry 60.31 h,
4:yi-olds 7st 101 b. 5-yr-olds sst. 61b. 6-yr-olds Su. 121 b. and
ap4 9st. One 4-mile heat.
Mr. Forth's Sunbeam, 4 yrs old • - 1
H. K. H. the Duke of Clarence's Nymphina, 5 yrs old
Mr. Ladbroke's Trirnbusb, 4 yrs old - - - 3
14 Barrymore's Angiolini, by Waxy, 3 yrs old - 4
Sir J. Mawbey's b. c. Botley's, by Teddy, 3 yrs old - 5
Four to 1 against the winner. Anglollni the hyourite, sto 2
oa the field.

7he Surrey Stakes of 500. each, h. ft. for 2-yr-olds ; colts to
carry Sst. 41b. flies Sst. foaled in the county; to run the laic
half of the new mile.
Mr. Durand's ch. f Sitter to Tristram 1
Sir Joseph Mawbey's ch. c. by Sorcerer, darn by Saitram

3 to 1 on the urinner.•
Tile Noblemen and Gentlemen's plate of £SO for all ages; .1-yr.
old to carry 6st. slb. 4 yr-olds est. 3-yr olds est. 101. 6-yr-olds
and aged 9st. 11b. Marc, to be allowed gib. The best of three
hears; two miles and a half to each heat.

Lord Egremont's b. f. by Gohanna, 9 yrs old 1 1
Capt. I iaffenden's Sir Edward, 3 yrs oil 2 3
Mr. Trevaninn's Jocasta, 3-yrs old - 3 2
DO:e of St. Alban's b. la. Mr. Goodhall, 3 yrs old 4 dt

The course was extremely well attended. Her
MAJESTY and the Royal Family arrived on the ground
in scciables, at one o'clock, and the Dukes of CLA.•
ENCE and CUMBERLAND took their stands as Stewards.
The Dukes of Yoatc and CastsRIDGE were also pre-
sent, as was the Duchess of Yontt. Among the sport-
in7 company were Colonel Thornton, Sir J. Lade, the
Hon. B. Cravea, Lard Barr7mov,

Friday se'unight, James Stewart, a deserter from
the 79:h Regiment, was committed to Leith jail, on
suspicion Ll' having committed felony near Harwich.

A girl, about 10 years old, was burnt to death on
Monday, at Stamford, in consequence of her cloaths
taking fire.
A singuler combat took place yesterday evening,
in Sommers-Town Fields, between a one-legged man :
of the name of Brady, and a bricklayer's labourer of i
the name of Murphy. Brady is now a journeyman
plumber ; he last his leg in the battle of the Nile
and Murphy agreed, in consequence of his crippled I
state, to fight him across a rope, neither to close upon '
the other. In this manner they set-to, and fought
about 98 minutes, giving and receiving some most •
unmerciful knock-down blows, till each of them was
a me-st hideous spectacle. Brady, however, could no
longer stand up to his man, yet he would not give in,
when it was settled that they should finish the corn-
bat seated on the grass. To this they themselves
readily assented, and to work they fell again. But
Brady, by the help of his timber-tor, kept his antago-
flit at such a respectable distance, that neither could •
make a blow tell. The friends of each party- at
length interfered—a drawn battle was consented to,
and they all retired in perfect good humour together ;
to a neighbouring public house, and forgot the disc.
cord of the day.
A ruffian, with the outward appearance of a gen- ;
tleman, who had beea for some time past in the con-
siant habit of parading. the fields in the vicinity of
Somers Town, and treating unprotected females who •
came in his way with brutality, and addressing them
in the most disgusting language, met with a deserved
chastisement on Monsay evening last, a moment
when he thought he was most secure in the exercise
of his disgraceful practices. Two young ladies, resi-
dents of Camden Town, were walking on the Hamp-
stead-r -ad, and were followed at some distance by
their brothers, who, perceiving a gentleman in dis-
eaurse with their sisters, immediately quickened their
pace, an.; arrived, unperceived, within hearing of the
party, when their insligeatisn was roused to the ut-
most
pitch, by hearing their sisters addressed in terms
most shoclaing to the ears of modesty. The rinriau
was instantly laid prostrate by a blow from one of I
the brothers, and on his rising was most severely 1,
beaten. Several persons, on seeing the affray, came
up to the spot, and being informed of the conduct
and general practices of the person they saw cha,ais-
ed, instantly concurred in the justice cf his correc-
tion, and proposed that, in addition to what he had
already received, he should be conveyed to the neigh-
bouring horse-pond and ducked. The proposition
was unanimously acceded to ; ard the crowd having
by this time considerably increased, seized on the
fender, and, notwithstanding his reiterated cries for
mercy, conveyed him to a pond in the middle of an
adjoining field, into which they precipitated him with-
out ceremony, and on his emerging from this slotieh,
they repeated their operation till he was nearly suffo-
cated, when he was allowed to crawl off amidst the
scoffs and hoots of the multitude.
Saturday afternoon, as a young woman was_re-
turning from gleaning, and had nearly reached her
home (Gillingham Fort), with her little store, she
slipped off the bridge that leads over a small creek,
and though there were others with her on the bridge,
and several people close by, she could not be extri-
cated fram the small rivulet beneath in time to save
her life. After her fall she rose once, and then sunk
to rise no more.

. Saturday sennight Robert F:rguson, fur forging on
the Bank of England, suE,2red the sentence :f the
law, at Winchester, though great interes: was made
to obtain a reprieve for him. At about eight o'clock
be was conveyel to the usual place of execution,
where he spent some time in prayer with the Clergy-
man.--He most pathetically admonished the spec:a- .
tors to avoid the company of bad women ; and ac-
knowledged the crime tur which he was about to
snffer. While the rope was round his neck, he very
devoutly read freen his prayer-book the 102 d psalm ;
aftei- which, hc said he was perfectly happy, and for.
Fee every one. He delivered a note into the hands
ei the Under Sheriff, and was then launched into
eternity. Thus died a young man, of good educa-
tion, who might have been a comfort to his friends,
and a credit to society ; but who forfeited his I:fe to
his country, by the criminal misapplication of his
knowledge and talents, which originated in bis keep-
ing bad company.
Yesterday a German,- who is a journeyman su.eor-
baker, attended before the Lonn MAYOR, at the Man-
sion House, in consequence of a citation at the suit of
his spouse, an Irish lady, who complained that his
treatment of her was by no means a kin to his trade,
for it was in all cases the very reverse of sweet. Sne
charged him also with not only withholding the means
of support from' her and her child, but going after
other women, and occasionally seizing on her furni-
ture, clothes, and other chattels; and selling them for
money to drink ; and at one time he had threatened
her with a guithlield divorce, i. e. to lead her to the
mart for a:::-..druped cattle, with a halter round her
neck, and dispose of her to the highest bidder, ire aid
of his boozing finances. " It was all she axed, then,
" of his Worship, was to be dirvosted from him quite
" entirely, and to leave herself to herself, just to keep •
"'her little place about her."
Mr. Vanicrarom, in his turn, complained that his
rib was not only prone to certain lapses in her chastity,
but much afflicted with an excel, of eloquence (a :liseicte
highly epi,keteiea/ with ladies of her class and country),
and that in her loquacious fits her tongue savoured a
good deal more of 'wormwood than sugar-cane, a symp-
tom which no topical application could abate, and for
' which even the patent oil of crabstick, and the ounce
of stliTute leath..r, had been tried in vain.
' The 'Lotto MAYOR thought a separation would be
the most effective plan for the quiet of both parties ;
end accordingly recommended the measure, with an
iejunction to the husband to allow her half a crown
per week, to aid her in the maintenance of her child,
tho sole guardianthip of which . she claimed as a fine
qua lon. With this assignment of alimony the lady
seemed satisfied, and deperted, with her divorce a men-
sa et tioro, exempt from the tedious and expensive
forms of an application to Doctors Commons.
Yesterday the Loan MAYOR ordered the price cf
bread to be continued at Is. 20. the Tiartern loaf of
wheaten, and household Is. I,ld.
Corn: ExcrlANcr., MARK-LANE, AUGUST So.—The'
remaining quantities of Wheat are rather considera-
ble, with some further supplies, waiting the expected
arrivals—sales are heavily effected at lower prices— ,
( Rye and Barley in short supply,. and full as dear—
Melt at less—Peas and Beans, of the two kinds, con. '
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tome nearly at our last currency—of Oats the supplies
i are large, end this trade is again quoted cheaper.--
: Flour inclines downwards—American is lower ; fine,
wholesale, 50s. to 525. per barrel.

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Early in the Morning of Friday last, as a post-chaise
from Sandwich, in which were three sail6rs and one
woman, was proceeding down St. Martin's-hill, towards
Canterbury, one of the horses on a sudden began to
kick, when the post-boy, who was driving on the bar,
in the endeavour to check it, broke the reins ; on
which the horses ran off with the chaise furiously
through Longpart, and in turning the corner by the
towers of St. Augustine's monastery, came in contact
Irish the projecting end of a piece of timber lying on
the ground, which striking the side of the chaise upset
it, and the concussion and fall shattered the body to
pieces, liberating at the same time those within,-who
miraculously and literally escaped (for it is conjectured
the sailors were deserters from a ship in the Downs),
without any serious injuries, and have not since been
heard of. The post-boy also was not hurt, neither was
any other damage done to the carriage part of the
chaise, except breaking the splinter-bar, nu the end
if which the carriage fa

GENERAL CVRIENCY AS UNDER:
Wheat, 745. 90 livOs. :titans, 5Gs. 624
Nine dittl, 102 s. I.','s. Tick ditto, 465. 525.
Rye. :e2s. SS. OAIII, Yes. Sts. 365.
Barley, 4,95. 4Cs. Poland ditto, 375. S9s.
Mali, 724. 82i. Pc•tatoe ditto, 4 Is.
White Peas (boilers), SOs. ON. Rape 6red, £5O to £53.
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Grey ditto, itla. .51 s.
Fine Flour, 80a. to (I.ss.—Seconds, 755. 130 s.

HOP INTELLIGHNCE.

WORCESTER, Attcus-r 23.—Those hop-yards in this county
and Herefordshire which were mast inateriodiy in.jii••,d by insects,
have not by any means recovered, but those which wec less in-
jured are tr.atcrially improving. -
CAN raaltußY, ALMOST 26.
Br. Wheat 705 Od to 10i,s cd Amber Malt 9/s Od to Os Od
White ditto B('s Od to Rios ce P.:le ditto 08s Od to Os Od
Fine ditto 108 s Od to 00s Od line Ficur bll Od co Oe Od
Rye 563 Od to 60s 041 Second di to 76s Od to Os Od
Barley 403 Od to 46. Cd Third ditto Ens Od to 71s Od
Oats 915 Od to 4ts 0.1 Rough Meal 523 Cod to Os osl
Beans 40, 041 to 526 04.1 Hops (bags) Sl 125 to 41 6s
Tick 565 Od to 665 od 1 iti (pockets) 41 Os to 41 155
Hog Peas 50s Od to 525 04 Bay (tons) 41 Os to 51 Cs
• Boiling ditto nos Od to .14s 04.1 ~ainfoin 41 lis to 51 5s
Tares(bush.) Ins tid to 165 od I Clover 41 Os to ,41 1011
i ere Ina Malt 905 Cod to Os Od bums. Si lOS'to 01 05

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Ptn,rag.

FIESIALE imPorron:

GUILDUALL.—Harrid Eliza Jar, who stood ro
mended on a charge of imposing on the public by'
swallowing opium, &c. and thereby extorting money
under false pretences from the charitable and humane,
was again brought up for examination.
Mr: Aldermay SCHOLEY said, that in consequence
of the publication in the Newspapers of what had
appearod on the former examination, he had received
several letters on the subject; and among.others, one
from Mr. Ford, Governor of the House of CiuTection •
for Devon, which he wished to have read, it I:6ng•
more than probable tliat there were persuns present
who might also have charges to exhibit against the .
prisoner. He presumed the prisoner knew Mr. Ford ?
She answered in the negative. The person he alluded
to, was Mr. Ford, Governor of the House of Correc-
tion for Devon. She still profelsed complete :zno-
rance of him.

Mr. Alderman 'Worm (the Sittin(;' M tgistnite)
ittinnittede whether this' lette.r contained more infor-
mation of the prisoner than they alreAdy possessed.
Mr. Alch-rrnah Scnotai Conceived that it did, and,
in his opinion, it was nt.cessary that the public snould
.be acquainted with its contents.

The letter ivas then read, and is to the following
purport -
" St. Thomas's Bridevreil, Exeter, Augult 46.
-44 §ll—Having seen In a London paper, of the 23d, a narra-
tive of the examination of a person calling herself Harriet Jago,
I have thought it proper, for your opinion and judgment, to sere
a few facts relating to her. As there cannot be a doubt on my
mind respecting her person, I shall beg leave to inform pest,
Sir, that after this impostor had practised the same mode of de-
ception in Devonshire, with laudanum—and stated herself to be
abandoned by her husband, Colonel Mexwell...so be the daugh-
ter of General England-and a hundred like falsehoods-.-she wav
committed to my cestody by the several names of Harriet Eliza
Beauchamp, otherwise Harriet Craves., as a vagrant, in August
140.;.woman having excited the attentieu of principal
gentry of she neighbourhood of Exeter, by pretending to b
thnately connected with so malty great charactets in the king-
dom, I was Induced from e sense of duty to discover her if pos-
sible. I therefore write at least 50 letters, and it last completely
ascertained who she was, from a correspohdinte with her bro.
tter, who either lives to Carlisle (Cumberland) or in an adirin-
ing par nit. In the year above stated, 1805, she had a mother
living ; her filher lately dead; both of them had been pauper., t
think of Carlis'e. Her father was bred a burch.e.; her brit:lite
is inatried, and living there In the same lisle of busine-s. He
stated to um that his sister had followed this mode of h'e and
deception fro:u the age o' twenty; aiid that her brother Graves,
who at thot time drove the coach from e.slishury to London, had
several tires sent her, and once in perticu'ar tom her, from
London to Carlisle, bimseir, to reclaim her; and, on bursting
round, as he got affront the coach, she elnptel from him. The
several I had received respecting her I laid before the Court
at the Mie. a'silinas Sessions ISoS. So massy proof of impo.ition,
nom Magirts .-es and where, within 93 trite, of Exeter (which
would swell this statement beyond the limits of my paper to re-
peat them) induced the Court to order her to be imprisoned in
my custody, in the Heuee cf Correction, as an incorrigible
rogue, far six months; after Witch to be 'passed to her settle-
ment at Carlde at a veerant. During her imprisonmesit with
11:1C (about eight months) she frequently co:leNsed her mode of
deception, by betting at the principal names of Gentlemen; and,
among others, when she declars:d kereelf she natural daug'iisT of
General England, and bad just left him, when questioned about
a description of his person, she described him as a thin genteel
man, about 50. 1 presume, Sir, you have heard, or know the
General to be quite the reverse? 'I he statement of her brother
appearing against her at Exeter is wrong. Hu hat (as lie wrote
me) given her up for e sength of time before. She can write
very indifferently. After the habit, jewels, :eel pretended lady
were thrown off, I found her an flint rate woman, If the dis-
tance was nor so great, I should very readily attend your meeting
to identify her. The several stetereents of eer impesitions at
Brighton, before a regiment MI parade, at Sz:isbt,:y, ...Inucester,
Bath, Cheltenhatn, &c. &c. &c. I found from Iser acceem t. be
correct. If any further informations is neecasary, to etucadati
her character, as one of the compleatest impostor • I ever mec
with during 85 years its my office, I shall be ready at all times to
answer soy queries. I am, with the greatest respect, &c.

" *WM. FORD,
11.overnor of the House of Cornctiun for 1)t von.'`
Mr. AlCleimart Wool:, stated, that a number of let-
ters he had received confirmed the above statemeot.
He had also seen the wife of Graves mentioned in the
letter, who, however, was not the prisoner's brother,
but kr cousin, and whose account of her coincidel
with the above in every respect. A certilica.e w.s
read, signed by Mr. Hodgson, the City Apothec
and the otemer medical Gentlemen belonging t L e
City -hospitals, declaring it to be their opinion tit t
the prisoner was insane, that her insanity lt.td
induced by an external injury to the head ; and that
this malady might have produced the acts lately at.
tributed to her.

In these eitcumstances the prisoner Was ordered to
be sent to the house of Mr. Miles, at Horton, for the
space of one month : the proper medical inspect;ons
to take place within that period ; and at. the expira-
tion thereof, a regular report to be made to the sit-
ting Magistrate.