Star.
London, England, 1825-07-27 00:00:00

'VICE.CHACELLOR'S COURT, JULY 26.

IN TEE MATTER OF THE CLOTH-WORKERS' CHARITY.
Mr. HART said, that in this cause it had been referred
to the Master to make a scheme for the appropriation
of the funds arising from a crt tAin estate, at Islington,
in the possession of the Clothworkere Company. The
estate in question had been beque sthed 'to the Company
in trust for charitable purposes, except one part of it,
which was given to the Company, unburdened with
any lien. The < bject of his present application
was to secure to the Company the enjoyment of the
estate; and for that puipnse he wished to have in-
serted into the order, which directed the scheme to be
drawn up, the words " without prejudice to the rights
of the Company." He might take this opportunity of
stating, that the Attorney-General, by whore the io•
formation was originally filed, was perfectly satisfied
with the e.indnct of the Company, who, it appealed,
nod expended in chatitable purposes many bunt/tea
pounds mote than were derived from the estate.
Mr. PtIIIIICILTON on the pan of the Attorney-Getters!, con.
seated to the application, which the Court granted.

The accounts brought by Captain CLAPPERTON and
Major Denstttat from Soudan, and other places in the
interior of Africa, which have been vi-ited by these en- -
tetprising travellers, is very satisfactory, and muds
valuable information relative to the inhabitants has
been obtained. The surprise of the iormer Gentle Man
may readily be conceived, upon his reaching Sockatoo,
in finding plates dishes, basins, and other articles of '
English manufacture, with the makers names marked
thereon ; and during his residence, which was nearly
three months, he daily used wares of this description.
The markets are regularly supplied, in addition to flour.
with fine stal-fed beef, mutton, and kids ; as also •
poultry, including wild, ducks and geese, egg!, &c.
The existence of this place, which is to the westward, of
Bournou, was before unknown; it is governed by a
Sultan, who has several wives and insity children, and
with all the persons about him evinced every attention
to Captain CLAPPERTON. Major DENHAM proceeded
to the south and east of Botnou, and examined the
Lake Tsad, which is an immense fresh-water lake, visit-
ing many towns and villages in his journey. The
'country to the southward of Fezzan may be considered
as a new discovery, and extends from that place to
about the ninth degree of latitude, Leta esn the sixth
and fourteenth degrees of longitude east of Greenwirh.
It has hitherto been deemed impracticable to travel 's
any part of Africa as Christians until this 13ot:t
these Officers pet formed the journey as such, occasional: y-
wearing their uniforms, and were deemed by many of
the followers of Mahomet as curious personages. Mi-
nisters have considered it an object 0 such impGrtance,
as to again send another mission, placed under the
direction of Captain CLAPPERTON, in which he will he
assisted by Captain PEARCE (also of the Royal Navy),
and the CAMELION sloop of war is preparing at Port:-
mouth for their conveyance. Very sanguine hopes are
entertained of success, aad of ultimately Introducing, by
the route Captain CLAPPERTON will procced, many of
our manufactures into Central Africa.
A very alarming fire broke out on Tuesday last, on
the premises belonging to Mr. Edward Hughes, in the
parish of Stanford, at a quarter beln.e twelve o'clock,
at noon. It appears that the calamity was occasioned
by a child, the daughter of one of has sant knied,' who
took a firebrand through the farm-yard for the pterpos,-
of assistlig her mother, who was at some divert? with
' het family, to prepare the r dinner ; the dreadful de
+touring element commenced its work of destruction on a
rick of turnip haum, containing 14 loads, which speedily
communicated to a lodge, the roof of wlt ch was,
thatched,consumed it.and almost instantaneously reached
a mass Of straw of 18 or 19 loads, which, Irom the In at
of the sun, and the long drought, as quickly disappeared.
A newly erected barn was the next object foe de-
struction, this achieved, with the exception of its %sone
walls, tl:e vast body of fire attached itself to a large
fatting lodge, also thatched, after destroying seventy
feet in length, it consumed nearly the whole of four
ricks of Insy, got up in excellent condition, all the
fencing of the yards, kc. The barn and lodges con-
tained twenty-five quarters 01 turnip aced ; about six
quarters of beans and oats, 151 fleeces of Kent wool,
a winnowing and another cleaning machine, three-
sail cloths, twenty quarters of sacks, a large quantity
of thatch-wood, faggots, fence poles, &c. also two
ploughs, two OX cart., gratten rake:, and a sayer' of
uthcr ingrlcn,cttta in litn;bundty.-I.pu

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called. The: es idsnce,lit.wever.eati:ely failed it it..'
—Mr. Justice l'ank summed Lp the evidence with the greatest
perspicuity, aid the Jury, after a few moments deliberation, re-
turned a verdict of Giria:/.
The Learned JO . ,
ge immediately passed sentence of dea'lls upon
the prisoner, and ordered him for execution on Wednesday next;
and his body to be delliered 'over for dissection.
814A1`POTID, JULY 25. •
HIGH ThEABON.
Theodore Moore was indicted for high treason on
Bth and 9th William 111. c. ?.,0, sec. 1, which subjects
any person to the pains of that crime who shall, withs
Out lawful authority, knowingly have in his posses-
sion any instrument used ift coining the current money
of the realm, not having been employed in any other
manufacture or trade. The indictment charged him
with so possessing certain edged and edging tools, for
the parpose of milling the edges of counterfeit shil-
lings and half-crowns, in the manner employed in finish-
inq the coins of that descriptioa issued from the Mint.
The prosecution was instituted by order of the Mint.
It appeared in evidence, that on the 26:h of May
last, a cart was observed by the constable of Stoke-
upon-Trent, standing in a field near the Antel,pe
public-house, in that parish, without any one in sight
to manage it. As the field in which it stood had
no path, and it seemed to he loaded, the constable sus-
pected something wrong—probably smuggled spirits—
and determined to search it. About three o'clock
in the afternoon, he, with two others, weat to the
cart, and found there the pri Amer and Jolla Lawly,
who hal been admitted to give evidence far Ole Crown.
The constable asked what they had got there? to which
Moore replied with an oath, " what is that to you r
The constable stated what office he held, and ch-cla•ed
his intention to search ; and while he was beginning to
examine the cart Moore slipped away, but was shortly
taken. In the cart was found a cask, containing the
implements which were the subjects of prosecution,
called collars, being round pier:es, of iron, open in the
centre, and formed to mill the edges of coin of the size
Of half-crowns. Five of these were discovered ; and also
a press taken to pieces, and 14,000 blank pieces of metal
of the size of half-crowns, but no edge. The collars,
according to the evidence of officers of the Mint, re-
sembled those used for milling the edges of genuine
coin; but these instruments had only been used since
the year 1815, as before that time the coin was milled
by a different process.
John Lawly, the accomplice, gave a history of his
connection with the prisoner since November last, when
he entered into his service on his marriage with his sis-
ter. According to his testimony, they had gore from
place to place, coining and disposing of shillings and
half-crowns to a great extent, chiefly at Bursiem and
Hull. A hundred dozen shillings were made in one
day at Burslem, and 4.00 halt-crowns at Hull, which
were disposed of to ci•culators. in exchange for linen,
stuff, gold watches, and other light articles. This evi-
dence was confirmed by other testimony, shewing that
Moore had gone from place to place in company with
Lawly; that he had taken houses under suspicious cir-
tumstances ; and that he had received from Jews linen
and watches, and given casks in return.
It Was suggested, on behalf of the prisoner, that the case was
not within the statute, as the instruments found in his possession
were not used in the milling of coin till after it had begun to operate.
Mr. Justice Hiram= said, that in case the prisoner should be
convicted, he would reserve the objection fur the opinion of the
twelve Judges.
An atteihpt was then male to suggest that the collars might be
intended for the finishing of medals; and a number of fancy medals
were produced, obviously milled by such instruments; and a sister
or rawly was called to contradict him, but failed to shake the
material parts of his story.
blr. Justice Bustaoustr, after reading over all the evidence, left
the Jury to 'say whether the collar was an instrument used for
milling coin ; whether it was employed in any other manufacture ;
arid whether the prisoner had it knowingly in his possession?
The Jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty.
?dr. Justice BOAROCOH respited sentence, in order that the opi-
nion of the Judges might be taken on the point reserved, and
ordered the prisoner to be detained till the next Assizes.
CHARGE OF MURDER.
James Bartley, a man of middle age and respectable
appearance, was indicted for the murder of William
Price, his servant. The indictment charged the murder
to have been effected in several ways ; by striking on
the head and neck ; by compressing the neck with a
cord; and by drowning in the canal. The particulars
of this case were given in the STAR of the 15th inst.
For the prisoner, his own son, his daughter-in•law,
and his daughter, distinctly proved- that they were in
his presence, except for very short intervals, during the
time that elapsed from his entering his own premises
that morning, and his going to bed; and duting all
that time a single blow had not been girtea to this boy
by the pt ironer ; but that having taken his coat soon
after he came in, he left the yard, and was not heard
of. There was the additional circumstance in his favour,
that it required the greatest exertion of strength. and
it must have been after a violent struggle that the in-
juries were inflicted on the deceased; whereas, by the
account of the different witnesses, tie deceased was a
powerful, well-formed young man, more than a match
for the prisoner.
The Jury, without a moment's hesitation, returned a verdict of
Net Guilty.
An expression of applause was breaking forth, but was imme-
diately stopped by the prohibiting gesture of the Learned Judge.
The prisuner,who had remained unmoved during the trial, bowed
to the Judge and Jury, and was immediately discharged.
HUNTINGDON, JULY 25.
WELLS, GENT. V. SIMIGETTS, GENT.
This was an action brought by Mr. Wells, att attor-
ney, of political celebrity, against Mr. islargetts, also
an attorney, to recover damages for an alleged libel
upon his character, which appeared in the HuntinOon
Journal, on the 21st of May, 1825. Lord JOHN kill
SE:A. was on the Bench. near the LORD CHIEF BartoN,
during the trial. His Lordship was subpcsimed.by the
plaintiff, but be was not examined.
The Jury, which was special, being sworn,
Mr. J11712.11t6/1 opened the pleadings, and read the libel. The
defendant pleaded—first, the general issue of Nut Guilty; and,
secondly,justification; on which issue was joined. •
Mr. STORKS said, that the duty devolved upon him
of stating the case of Mr. Wells to the Jury. It so
happened that a Paper, called the Independent Press,
contained a paragraph, in the month 01 May last, in
which the conduct of the police of this town was at-
tacked ; and in the following week a letter appeared its
its real Paper, which was called the Hurttingelos Jour-
nal, daserving upon that paragraph ; and in t is letter
was the libel in question, which he would now re id to
the din y. It appealed on the 21st of May last:—
Ma. Itorroa-1 was rather surprised to observe, in the istiepers-
awr Press sf last week, a censure on the police or I luntingdon.—
Yet, mistake me not. Sir ; my surprise was nut excited at the re
port of the respectable inhabitants of tb..t town being grossly an
unJcd by rabble; but at the appearance of such a paragraph ill
Paper patronised at Itast, if ma edited, by Mr. Welk. how is such
observationart front stick a quarter to he accounted foci I do no.
recollect exactly the number of years Mr. Wells has resided at
I luiltingdon ; but this I know,that on every public oc,casioodurini
cis relikience in that town be has used e-rcry Zr7.4l'S which hi
,ft•ck,:t and in.:laity tea'. corTesa, to draw or!:

UMMER • ASSIZE,.
NOTTINGHAM, JULY 21
,lehn Aka !, aged 20, was indicted for the mariJangh-
ter cif lts.tadwallader,in the town of Nottingham, on
The 27tli..tisr April last.
Williarn ,Buxton examined.—l am a whitesmith, and
in Apul lait.l was in the employ of Messrs. Lingford,
G: Parliament street, Nottingham; the prisoner worked
the Same shop, and on the afternoon of the 27:h of
Aprillast, was employed upon a screw; the deceased
came tip to the prisoner and said that the screw was
too thin, to which the prisoner replied, " you old fool,
chat do you know about it?" Upon this, the deceased
seized the prisoner by the arm, and a warm altercation
ensued. Meeke was pushed down; upon his recover-
ing himself, he stepped back, and picked up a screw-
Otte, which was lying close to him, and he threw it at
the deceased, The screw-plate struck the deceased be-
-I.ind the ear, and he immediately fell down ; he never
tittered a word, but died in about two minutes. A doc-
t-r arrived in about ten mitin'es, but tve deceased was
e:tite dead ; the blow did not appear to have twee given
ith any. violence.
Cross.examined by Mr. DENNIAL—The prisoner is
:,bout 19 years of age; be and the deceased were on
good terms, and the prisoner had generally borne the
character of a quiet, inoffensive lad. The deceased had
hurt the prisoner's leg against a piece of iron in throw-
ing him down. After he had killed the deceased, he
appeared much distressed ; he has been in jal ever since,
on the charge of the murder.
Dr. Wiliiams, a physician, ri Nottingham, examined
the body of the deceased, and found a laceration behind
the left ear ; the wound allowed his finger to penetrate
the skull to the inn.:r membrane, which was pressed
upon by the fractured bones. The injury was calcu-
lated to produce immediate death. (The instrument,
an iron screw-plate, of about 18 inches long, was shewn
to the Jury.)
The prisoner was now called upon for his defence. He urged
Ids extreme grief at what bad happened, and that he had never
intended to do the deceased any serious injury.
Several witnesses then gave the prisoner an excellent character,
and the Medical Officer of the Gaol deposed, that the prisoner, in
being thrown down by the deceased, had received a severe injury
in his leg.
The Jury found the prisoner guilty of Manslaughter, but recom.
mended him to mercy, on the ground of his previous good character.
14 VltDp.
7 horns Dewey, aged 28, was charged with the wilful
murder of Maria Austen, on the 2d July, inst. by stab-
bing her with a knife. This case had excited consider.
able interest in the town, and the Court was crowded
to excess. The prisoner was a married man, and had
cohabited with the deceased, who was also married,with
three children, but had separated from her husband for
some time, and at the period the offence was committed
was far advanced in pregnancy.
Mary Fallowell-1 am a single woman, and boarded
in the same house with Maria Austen ; the prisoner also
lodged under the same roof; I went into the deceased's
room, about half-past ten on the night of the 21 July,
and the prisoner fullowed soon after ; lie aked me what
he had said the night before to Mary Austen, the daugh-
ter of the deceased? I said, you threatened to set ike her.
he prisoner admitted he had said so, and the deceased
then said that her children should n'st be controuled by
him. He then went into his own room, which was on
the other side of the passage, and returned, went up to
the deceased, and struck her a violeet blow below the
!eft breast, saying, .4 There, then." The prisoner then
returned in:o his room, and I heard him lay som(thiag
on the table. I supported the deceased in my arms;
she put her band to her left side and groaned. I de-
sired a daughter of the deceased to go and fetch her
uncle, but the prisoner replied, .4 Don't send for any one,
for she is a murdered woman." 1 then asked the pri-
soner to latch a light,,,but he said, " Its of no use, she is
a dead woman." He fetched a light, and went up and
kissed the deceased, saying, " it will be the last time."
The prisoner was going down stairs, and met the bro-
ther of the deceased, who said, " Tom, what have you
been doing ?" He replied 44 Nothing." A Surgeon was
then sent for, but before he arrived the deceased expired.
I assisted in carrying the body up stairs, and on nisch ess-
tog her I saw her clothes were very bloody. I did not
know that there had been any quarrel between them.
The next morning I went into the prisoner's room, and
,haw three knives on the table, one of which, a butcher's
ktrife, i delivered to the constable. I compaied
knife with the cuts in the clothes of the deceased, and
thought they corresponded in size.
Cross-examined by Mt. Hew..—There was no fire or candle in
the room • the prisoner did not lock his dour when he well out.—
The knife I found on the table in the prisoner's room early the
Lest morning; the deceased did not wish anybody to be sent fur.
have known the prisoner about half a year. and 1 always thought
k a very quiet man.
By Mr. Justice PAILL-.4 saw the deceased's husband that night;
Le had been living at Leicester,but had come toNottingbain that day.
Samuel Spzncer.-1 am one of the police officers of
this town; I received a knife from the last witness,
*shich I now produce. (The production of th's instrue
merit, together with the clothes taken from the body of
the deceased, and which were nearly saturated with
olood, excited great sensation in Court. The knife was
similar to those used by butchers, and had been made
very sharp at the point). I compared the knife with the
cut in.the clothes. of the deceased, and thought they
corresponded.
Maria Austen, a child of nine years of age, after being
questioned by the Lea' tied Judge as to the nature of an
oath, was sworn.--I am a daughter of the deceased,
and was in the room on the night my mother was hurt.
The prisoner came into my mother's room, and my mo-
ther told him he should have nothing to do with her
children.

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By the Jroce.—l saw the prisoner strike my mother ; I was
atanding opposite my mother.
Ann Whiting, the mother-in-law of the deceased.—l
was sent for about half-past ten on the night et the
murder, and. found my daughter dying ; I sent for a
surgeon, but she died before he arrived ; I assisted in
undressing her, and found a wound under her left breast,
and a considerable quantity of blood.
Mr. White.-. 4 am a surgeon in Nottingham ;on the
'night in question I was called to the deceased; she was
then dead ; I examined the body the following day be-
tnre the Coroner's Inquest, and found that the left lobe
v)f the liver had teen pet torated by some sharp instiu-
ment, and a considerable effusion of blood in the *o-
men ; the wound was about four inches deep, and had
evidently taten given by a violent blow; I compared
the Irnife r.o.V produced with the wound in the liver,
and it precisely corresp,nded in s ze; thedeceasel watt
tar advanced in pregnancy.
The examination of the prisoner, taken before the Magistrates,
wa, then put in. It contained a complete confe.sion of the murdt.i.
The prisoner in his defence said, that he bad, fur the laNt few
',ears, been subject to violent pains in the head, which at times de-
prived him of reason, that be had more than once attempted suicide.
'l'4e Learned C.artisel for the resever set up a plc.& of inssility,
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loweit classes in society to treat with insolence the higher orders, • wanted them to go. away. I don't knew the words 1
himself setting them a fitting example. Who disturbed the Sab- used. I w •
bath evenings with Bacchanals and public music, and clustering • • " ll°
confused at the time. He s sid I must go
immedtately, and they took me away.
„together in groups the limpaione. m tha great annoyance of the Holland said, I
ampeetable pan of the inbabhants? Who was the instigator of will marry you to-night, and make you Ils'happy srs
almost every riotous party that ha's assembled, not only ensile- may be. Upon my oath I wtnt without my consent.
count of politics, hut on•every tither uceasien;in the town of• Hin- undoubtedly; they carried me about e ,mile, but I
Ingden,since that worthy Gentleman has resided here? Surely it
might with truth be said to Mr. Weill, " Thor art the man." - -
I screeched so, that a party came up to til assistance.
lesided, Mr. FAitor, at Huntingdon long previous to the glorious A man of the name of Sexton heard mecrytand he came
entry of Mr. Wells. It wits a town remarkable for the orderly to my help. I went into Sexton's house, and then toe
and good conduct of all classes of Its inhabitants. But Mr. well. Hogan: came up. and I made my Way beck as fast as
stands a living proof of how much mischief may be brought on / could. Indeed there was no courtship at all between
society by a single individual. Since his residence here the town
has become the unhappy reverse of what it previously was. Even us, but he had a friendship for me. You may 'say Unst
during Divine Service on a Sunday, the streets are thronged with I went to his house often, and he came as often to mine;
1 the lowest orders. And in the evening of that day, as the writer
of the paragraph justly observes, the respectable inhabitants of the and sure I suppose it was the friendship I had fur him '
that made him run away with me.
town certainly experience gross annoyance from impertinent and
idle ruffians, who stand in groups on the footway. For this
vioßleny. cMe;r.anFdadnaton'atsToupilidkeyoitu,
Sir, we have to thank Mr. Wells and his partisans ; and you will Knr;rteyr? hear iinw, Kitty, o! E.nta..
oblige me much if you will say min your own language.—Your's, Witness—Sure, Sir, then (smiling), I don't know win* 1r 1 .
mean: Indeed I can't say that I lice gentle violence Lt an
An OLD I/MAMA:Cr or Hulannenon.
The damages were laid at X5OO. (still smiling).
The publication havin been proved. and its author- Mr. Faaassan—Was it not your brother that male yonpro,
g—
cute the poor warm.hearted boy ?—Sure,
then, Sir, it was site ;
ship by the Edi:or, and the libel put in and read, the
and both my brother and I think the lad has been punished enough
delendant's Counsel proceeded to cross examine the for what he did—(A. laugh). •
Editor as to his recollection of certain bills placarded Mr. Faintest—And Kitty, you think that an offer of ruarrTage
about Huntingdon, signed by M. Wells. They con- from the boy you love is a good thing?—Why, then, how shoald I
be able to answer that question, for sure I never had that happi-
tained invitations to the people of Huntingdon. ness—(A laugh).
The plaintiff's Counsel objected to their reception, but they were Mr. FILIMLAN—But you think it would be a happiness?—lndeed
received as proof of correspondent papers having been circulated —and upon my word I do—(Smiling).
at Huntingdon. Mr. Faanwa—Shouldn't you set a great value upon a ring if it
Witness recollected the actrittal of the Queen. Mr. Wells's was nicely made, and had an M. G. wove in it ? Well, then, I
house was illuminated, and beer was distributed; and Mr. Wells should, if such a smart Gentleman as yourself was to make it ;
spoke from a waggon to the.lower ordeis. for sure it would be made very nately—(Lowl laughter). 8.. t,
On the part of the defendant, it Was very ingenuously should you have any objections to a handsome boy, ?—lVhy, if
arbnittei, that Mr. Marge is " love.) the Constitution, such a man a you came in my way, I think I should not hesitate
because he was a m •rn';er of an a cient Corporation, much Great laughter).
Mr. r ILMIAM—WeII, well, Kitty, but did you not give the
and was attached to the thirty-nine Articles and the boy a ring?-1 believe there was a little matter of a ring pass..d
Established Religion, and, therefore, with Mr. Wells's netweea us.
chat acter fur notoriety,it was surprising he should against The Learned Judge then ob,erved,that had the offence
such a nran bring an act;on for libel. Ills political li e been made out, and the Jury had found the prisoners
was freely and fully animadverted upon, and it was Guilty, he certainly should have left them, for exec.,-
contended that the libel was of a public nature, don ; for he considered abduction a crime of great
violating nothing that was private, and touching not enormity, and one chat ought in all civilised societies ti
in the slightest degree upon his home, but reflecting be visited with the most exemplary punishment. The -
upon his known principles, and the natural tendency present case was certainly a very light one. Verdict,
of these principles. Various passages from his ia Con- Not Guilty. .
clones ad t'opulum" were read. His addcesses to the
electors of various boroughs, the independent repre.
sentative of which he was anxi .us to become, and his
Sunday nigh's' Vauxhall, it was contended, had the,
inevitable effect of rendering lax the morals of the
lower orders.

GENTLEMANLY SPURTS.

Monday morning, as early as four o'clock, a ba-
rouche, drawn by four blood horses, and driven by
postillions, was observed coining in the direction from
Edgeware, at a very rapid pace. In the baroncbo
were seated three or four young eent'emen of. vay
dashing appearance, who alighted near the S iuthamp-
ton Toll-gate, and collected a vast quantity of stones,
which they took with them into the carrage, which
was instantly driven off with amazing rapidity, and had
not travelled many yards before the Gentlemen in the
carriage commenced an attack with their mi.siles upon
every lamp and window that a stone could reach. They
continued this along the whole line of road, and were
pursued by the watchmen and others for a considerable
distance; but wLen any of their pursuers gained Ni on
them, they turned and pelted them with such effect,
that many persons received severe cuts and contusrons.
The barouche continued its course down PAt k•l4ne,
through Piccadilly, and it was stated, was aftetwards
seen gcing along Westminster-bridge, into Surrey. The
parish of Mary-la-Bonne have offered a larg reward
for the discovery of the pers-ns concerned in this scan-
dalous and mischievous transaction.
As a reward has been offered, these gentleman., we
should think, must be soon forthcoming, for as it does
not appear that the postillions took any part in this' •
low-lived froliF of their betters, they can have no inte-
rest in skreening the offenders. The amusement which
was chosen for pastime upon this occasion is some;hing
between the vocation,of the pickpccket amid the assassin.
They had not perhaps money enough in their pockets
to pay for the damage of which they wee guilty; and
it is beyond a doubt that no one of them would have the
manly courage to place himself within reach of the
horsewhip of any of those whose property and repose he
so Wantonly invaded.

Weston Hatfield, the proprietor of a Huntingdon
Newspaper, said, Mr. Wells was a friend of his ; he
produced certain papers containing " the Petition of the
Paup"" 44 Invitations to Vauxhall," &c. paragraphs
eulogising these Gardens. One of the paragraphs con-
tained this passage—" The entertainments at Mr.
Wells's gardens form a striking contrast to the usual
dulness tat a summer's evening at Huntingdon."
What tunes were played? National melodies, such as I remem-
ber to have heard when a boy in the market-place of Huntingdon,
before all the constituted authorities of that place.—(Some applause
was manifested at this answer, and the Chief Baron declared he
would send any person guilty f such misconduct out of Court.)
Cross examined—Were the persons who attended these prome-
nades despot and respectable females, and Gentlemen of the town?
Yes; I think so.
The " Petition of the Paupers" was then read,charging
that the fruits of their labour had been applied to sup-
port tax-eaters and sinecutists.
The Address to the Electors of Eye was also read. It
corn meuced by declaring, that " no place, not even the
. corrupt and degraded Borough of Huntingdon, owed a
larger atonement to the i üblic, than the Borough of Eye.
The master of " The National School" proved that a man was
employed to take care that no improper person was admitted to
Mr. Wells's garden. Mischievous boys assembled outside, attracted
by the music.
Mr. James was recalled, and stated, that at various
periods he had heard Mr. Wells declaiming in a power.
ful way about the Corporation. He remembered being
present at a supper of the Burgesses, where Mr. Wells
spoke of a Corporation in a degrading manner, charg-
ing them with venality and corruption. He spoke vio-
lently of Lord John Russell, for having favoured the
doctrine of Malthus.
The Learned Counsel for the plaintiff having replied,
The Lean CHIRP Justice summed up the evidence, and the Jury
having deliberated for half an hour, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—Demotes 40s. The trial occupied the Court from nine
o'clock until six in the evening.

THE MARKETS.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARK-LANG, JULY £7.

YORK. JULY ts.
HUTCHINSON V. lIAWKSWOISTH AND OTIIFRS.
The defendant Hawksworh had met a ith the plain
tiff Hutchinson, at a public•house at Pennestone, on the
evening of the 6th r f April. In the plaintiff's company
were other persons, named Dukes, Bedford, and Burley.
llawksworth having left the room, Dukes said ta Hut-
chinson that he would do for him (Ilawksworth) that
night, and afterwards he said he would kill him ; his
companions cautioned him to hold his tongue, seeing
that there were persons present who might put Hawks-
worth on his guard. Shortly after Burley and Hawks-
worth left the house and proceeded home ; they were
immediately followed by Dukes aid Bedford, and in al
few minutes the plaintiff Hutchinson rent 'after the
others. In the road Dukes and Hawksworth fought,
but plaintiff was not with them ; on their return home
Hawksworth said to Dukes' uncle, his nephew had
robbed him of above one hundred pounds, and he
would hang him. The charge was not repeated, but in
the evening, when the parties were together, they all
quarrelled, the tab:es and chairs were used in the fray,
and they got the plain,iff under them, and beat him in
a very cruel manner. \Vrigglesworth, a constable, came
to the scene of dction, and urn being made acquainted
with the circumstances, he handcuffed the plaintiff, for
the purpose of having him as a witness against the others,
and notwithstanding a large sum was offered as a secu-
rity he refused to take the handcuffs off.
After a patient investigation, in which a number of witnesses were
examined on both shies, the Jury returned a verdict for the plain-
tiff—Damages Ten Pounds. .
ENNIS, JULY 21.
Zachariah Holland and Michael Gavan were indicted
for having, on the 9th Febritat y last, at Rsheen,forcibly
carried away the person if Ca.herine Hockey, for the
purpose of procuring her to be feloniously married to
the said Zachariah Holland. In consequence of the ill-
ness of a material witness for the defence, which witness
is si-ce dead, this case was postponed at the last Assizes
The pi osecuti ix was exam;ned by Mr. Wetter:, and
Jeposed as fol:ows :-1 was at my aunt's, at Raheen,
bout sit months ago, but I can't say what month it
vas. Indeed I -was 'tint gone to bed when a party of
men came and demanded entrance. They said they
'mere policemen, became we infused to let them in.—
Vlie do ,r was opened by my cousin, when eight men
:AMC in, seven of whom I' knew, but am sure I did not
.now the other r•ne. Holland and the other prisoner
.ere w th the play. intle..d I knew Zachariah ts ell, and
,ta.,ee uudogn,e,
(t).iurtinitviitnhlanhcit.
..H1 ildrelasinrdeddleLa demanded that
wait
1
tilt
••"1,;112,i a..d I uould 'comerst. 1 said io becaose 3

There are moderate arrivals of all sorts of Grain ibis week.
There is scarcely any business doing In the Wheat trade to-day,
and prices remain as reported on Monday. Barley continues very
dull. Beans and Peas fully support last quondam. Good sweet
Oats find buyers readily, at Monday's prices, bus other descriptions
go off very heavily. The Flour trade is not so lively mint week.—
lArrivals—Englisb Wheat 2800 qrs. Barley 1850 qrs. Oatsls3ooqn.
Irish Oats 570 qrs. Flour 2790 sacks.
COTTON.—Last week's market for Cotton wasvery cries, and
few sales made, except about 1000 Egyptians, which changed hands
en speculation.-120 Bowed,l2id. per lb. in bond; 900 Bengali,
60. to 70. do. 230 Surat., 81d. to Sid. do. 1000 Egyptiam, 13d.
to 13Id. duty paid.
B. P. SUGAR.—The demand has been brisk, and sales have
been made at an advance of is. to 15. Gd. per cwt. There was sold
I 1 i bhds. and 9 tierces Barbadues Sugar, viz. fine white 70s, to 7+s.
6d. inferior, &c. 645. 6d. to 695. 6d. per cwt.
COFFEE.—Two sales of Coffee this day, consisting principally
of good ordinary Jamaica, went off heavily at last week's prices; a
few lots fine ordinary at 110 s. and two lots of good middling 925..
about 80 bags of good ordinary Brazil sold at 601.64. per cwt.

Marshal MACDONALD is for all the world a High-
lander in the outward man. In plain black clothes of
a morning, one might easily pass him off for a Hebri-
dean parson, or at least.for a comfortable tacksman of
Clanronald, which we believe was the status of his
grandfather, one of the " seven men t f Uist," as they.
' are still called, who first declared themselves fqr Prince
CAARLES, and emigrated to France alter Culloden.—
MACDONALD though his father was born in t is country,
and though he himself held a commission in the Isisw
brigade in the French service prior to the Revobition,
does rot speak one word of English. MACDONALD, of
an evening, with three or four stars and his cordon 6/ea,
looks very much the soldier, but he ha;
ever of the a:r 'Wk. In conversation he is plain and
unaffected, and I was much entertained with the care.
less frankness ef one or two expressions; as, for
" Ah pour ea—mais c' Emit dans k tents de noire brigan-
dage en Espagne." We suppose this is now the a cepted
tone of those who, having won their honours under NA-
' POLICON, are lucky enough to retain them under the
auspices of the Lilies. The Marshal went to mass at
the Catholic chapel, and greatly edified the congrega-
tion wi.h the unaffected devotion of his I-oks, and the
solemnity of his esponses. He his lost his magnificept
domains in Italy and Germany, but he has Iltunately.,
laid hands on a snug terre in France, to the value of
12,0001. per annum; so that the Marshal must, I WI
pose, be one of the wealthiest, as he certainly has well
deserved to be, of the set. He is in high favour wi
King CHARLM, who gave him the Esprit in• a psi.
irate audience a few days ago, but I.e excused his at.
endan eat Rheims on account of his domestic allitct.ous.
Oiiserver.