Star.
London, England, 1813-08-20 00:00:00

BRODIE "J. TWEEDY.

This was an action to recover damages for a tres-
pass, assault, and false imprisonment : the damages
ware laid at 5000 rupees.
The case, as contained in the evidence for the pro-
secution, was as follows :—/The plaintiff, Mr. Brodie,
was Chief Officer of the ship Woodbridge; on her
outward voyage from London to Bengal, she left
England on the 4th of June last, and arrived in the
river on the 16th of December. The defendant was
the commander. On the 10th of August, 1812, while
the ship was between the Cape of Good Hope and
the Mauritius, a short time after dinner, Mr. Brodie,
the plaintiff, addressed Captaiu Tweedy, g, Now that
the lady passenger has retired, I must request, that
when you have any thing scant at your table, you
will inform me of it in a propel. manner; and not
when I ask you for rice, say, laying down your spoon,
Let every one have their share." Captain Tweedy
denied having used these words, and referred to all
the persons present whether any one had bean these
expressions ? they all replied in the negative; on which
Captain Tweedy addressed Mr. Brodie, 4, Now, Sir,
what do you think of yourself ?" Mr. Brodie replied,
it was no consequence to him whether other people
heard it or not ; he was confident that he had heard
it. Some conversation here ensued, which terminated
in Captain Tweedy's saying to the plaintiff, 441 have
heard your character in England, Sir, to he that of
a d—d scoundrel." He then added, 46 D—n you,
Sir;" on which Mr. Brodie i etorted in the same terms,
and much scurrilous language passed. It appeared,
however, quite clear, that the opprobrious terms were
first used by Captain Tweedy. After this abuse had
continued some time, Captain Tweedy seized a quart
decaliter of port wine, and threw• it with considerable
' force at the plaintiff ; it struck him below the left
shoulder, broke, and fell on the table. Mr. Brodie
said, 4, Very good, Sir ; very good, Sir," and shook
his head. Shortly after this affray, the boatswain
came in, and reported, that the fore-top-mast stay
was gone ; the plaintiff then asked the defendant if
he should go to his duty or to his cabin ? The defen-
dant replied, “ Although you are a scoundrel, you
shall do your duty." To this Mr. Brodie said, "
will do my duty whilst I am supported or respected
as an officer ought to be." • He rose up and went on
deck, it being then his watch.
In the evening, the second Officer, Mr. Mitchell,
delivered a message from Captain Tweedy to Mr.
Brodie, importing, that he would not permit Mr.
Brodie to come to his table, but that Mr. Brodie must
continue to do his duty. Mr. Brodie to this replied,
that he could not expect to be respected by the ship's
company, if he did not frequent the cuddy-table, and
he could not do his duty on such terms. This reply
being delivered to the Captain, the message was re-
peated, and Mr. Brodie replied, " If not allowed to
come to the table, I will not do my duty." On the
following day, Mr. Mitchell was poblicly appointed
Chief Officer, and Mr. Brodie's furniture and other
property removed from the cabin he occupied on
deck, to the one below which Mr. Mitchell had for-
merly inhabited. Mr. Mitchell informed Mr. Brodie
he was to remain closely confined to Ms own cabin.
-The Officers of the ship were not convened or con-
sulted. Two or three days after, Mr. Mitchell, at the
.request of the Plaintiff, inquired of Captain Tweedy
what was to be the extent of his confinement? Cap-
tain T. returned for answer, that Mr. B. was to have
the use of the quarter gallery, but tot other indul-
gence. This confinement lasted till the' ship arrived
at the Mauritius. _ _

On the 19th. of September, the plaintiff wrote to
the defendant, desiring to know the extent of the re.
strictions on his liberty, how far he was to consider
himself a prisoner, informing him, that from the
noxious air prevalent between decks, his health had
suffered considerably. To this letter he received the
following reply :
46 I have to acquaint you, that your confinement is not in any
measure adequate to the nature of your offence. I therefore di-
rect, that you win nut presume to infringe on the liberty you
nave have. With regard to your health being endangered, a re-
presentation on that head should come through the Doctor of the
ship. and the same communicated to me, with an attestation
1 upon his word of honour."
On this, the Surgeon of the ship, Mr. Clapperton,

Was stit to Captain l'Atetcl7, and tal.l h;ni that Mt.
Brodie was sickly, And suffering for want of air and
exercise, Captain tweedy replied, •lrat he mad oat
cake off the restrict:o9s, unless Mr. Claitpertoo repre-

tented him tote in immediate danger.- -
The surgeon described the nature of the cabin in
which Mt. Brodie was confined : it was small, and
lighted only from above by a bull's-eye, adjoining the
gun-room,' in which there were many stores in a
highly putrid state, and through which, in bad wea-
ther, water was constantly running from a leak in the
after part of the ship. The air was generally 1.,51,
both from the noxious effluvia arising from the putrid
provisions and stores, and there being no ports or
scuttles opened in the stern or sides of the ship ; and
frequently, during Mr. Brodie's confinement, the
hatchways were closed on account of the rain. In
respect to the cat in, it was not worse than all the
others Eelow the upper deck. The Woodbridge is a
ship of 480 tons burthen ; there were six cabins on
that deck, and Mr. Brodie's was one of the most
comfortable.

After the departure of the ship from the Mauritius,
Mr. Brodie's health having been greatly reduced by
the continued effects of exposure to bad air and want
of exercise, Mr. Clapperton, on the Bth of November,
addressed the following letter to Captain Tweedy

" St a—Mr. Brodie has had occasion for some time past to
apply to me on account of the 11l state of his health ; and portico.
lady two nights ago I was called to see him a little past mid.
ni,,ht, and found him affected with fainting,, vom:tiegs, head-
ache, and other dinning symptoms. His complaints, which
hare continued with only a little abatement, appear to be area.
tions of the lungs and stomach; and, in my opinion, have ptin.
dpally been occasioned by want of exercise and ose conflae•
ment in a hot and foul atmosphere, which prevails bowels
decks, particularly when, on account of the weather, the hatches
are laid on."
This obtained for the plaintiff the liberty of walk-
ing on the forecastle of the ship for the space of five
hours each day.
The other privations and injuries the plaintiff cape-
rienced at the hands of the defendant were, that on
arriving at Port Louis, he made tso applications to
the Captain, to be permitted to go on shore to dispose
of his investment : to the first he received for reply.
that by his conduct he had merited both the loss of
his wages, and the forfeiture of his property.
To the second application he received the following
letter :

" That although his high!y reprehensible conduct subjected
him to *hat he had already communicated, he had to Inform
him, that his wish through lire had alway• been to assis., and not
to distress; he was therefore at liberty t•i dispose of his property
on board: but as every thing there wai done through an agent,
there was not any occasion for his b/ing on .More. Neither will
I on any pretence whatever allow you to quit the ship, until al
opportunity offers of bringing you to public justice."
The plaintiff having business on shore at Port
Louis, which required his personal attendill.ce before
the Commissary of Police, the defendant would not
allow hint to leave the ship until accompanied by a
police guard. During the first few days atter arriving
at the Mauritius, whilst the Captain was cm shore.
Mr. Brodie came on deck and dined in the cedd
with 'the other officers. Mr. Brodie contributed with
them towards the expenses of this table ; on learning
this, the defendant wrote to Mr. Mitchell to forbid
his dining there, and Mr. Mitchell acted on this order.
Mr. Brodie had an investment can board to die value
of two or £3OOO ; and it appeared by the deposition
of one of the witnesses, that he had sustained loss by.
not being permitted an superintend his own affairs.—
It was deposed by two witnesses that the parties had
been on bad terms, having had a disagreement in the
early part of the voyage. Mr. Mitchell, on being
cross-examined by their Lordships, said, that lie con-
sidered it a great disgrace to an officer to be com-
pelled to walk on the forecastle; during nine years
he had served in the Honourable Company's ships
and on boird other vessels, he had never heard of
such an instance of severity. That the other usages
on board the Woodbridge were such as are establish-
ed in the Company's service. It was expected and
understood, that the officers on board theWoodbridge
should dine with the Commander ; but if that he had
been denied this privilege in consequence of any dis-
pute or quarrel, he should still have continued to do
his duty properly.
Such were the facts substantiated before the Court
during a long and scrupulous examination of the
witnesses produced.
Mr. FEROUSSON, in stating the plaintiff's case, said,
it had been justly observed, that in many instances,
Counsellors were mach in the habit offieurirhirty, on
opening a cause. In the present instance, no flowers
of rhetoric were required from him: it was necessary
only to detail the facts which would be substantiated
in evidence: the case was so strong, it required not
any external aid. He urged, that the damages prayed
for were less than the case merited ; and bad the de-
fendant been criminally indicted, the Learned Coun-
sel was certain his punishment, by imprisonment,
would have equalled in duration the period of Mr.
Brodie's confinement.
Mr. STRETTEL, the Advocate. General, on the part
of the defendant, acknowledged the general tenour of
his conduct to have been unjustifiable, indecorous,
and cruel. He spoke merely in mitigation of da-
mages, distinguishing between such parts of the plain.
tiff's treatment as were wholly imputable to his own
conduct, and such as were justly the ground of action.
In the former view he considered the whole of the
confinement (the general severity of which he did
not defend) to have arisen from the plaintiff's unjus-
tifiable refusal to continue to do duty if not admitted
to the Captain's table,—conduct deserving of the .
most exemplary punishment, as involving the liven
and interests of all concerned. _ _ _

Their Lordships concurred in opinion with Mr.
Strettel, that the greater part of the sufferings of the
plaintiff were to be imputed to his obstinate refusal to
continue to do duty ; a proceeding in which he had
neither reason nor precedent to urge for excuse.
Sir WILLIAM BURROUGHS perfectly coincided with
Mr. Fergusson, that had the defendant been crimi-
nally indicted before a Jury, his punishment must have
been most exemplary and severe ; yet as their Lord-
ships sat there not to punish but to adjudge the fair
quantum of damage sustained by the plaintiff, they
must be guided in their decision by the real extent of
the injury he had sustained from the defendant, care-
fully separating it from that which he bad cleaily, by
his perverse conduct, drawn upon himself.
Sir Joins ROYDS, reprehending in the most severe
terms the conduct of the defendant as tyrannical, un-
relenting, and cruel in the zxtreme, pronounced for
the plaintiff—Damages 2500 rupees, (46500) with full
costs of suit.

I

Lratuiv THAA'R g.

Last sight a new .operatic piece, in three acts, cal-
led the Waltz, founded upon and altered ft omWietten-
Lices Comedy of the Gentleman Duncins,Marter, was
produced (for the first time) at this Theatre.
The plot is not very complicated, nor the charac-
ters very new. An old gentleman (Mr. Lovatinovs)
who, having made his fortune in Spaiti, comes back
to London sc, full of Spanish habits and prejudices,'
that he not only adheres to them hinlself, both in dress"
and manners, but would force client on his daughter,
an independent heiress, it appeals, of £l2OO a year.,
The young lady, however (Miss•lc,ELLv), like most
oilier young stage heroines, is determined to pursue
bercwn inclinations, and rejecting a booby cousin,
Call of Trench fashions ( Litton) is resolute in meeting
tae more natural addresses of a Gentle Man ( PH tun)
mho is obliged to have recourge to various shifts in
wissecution of his amour. In the progress of this bu-
tane* the true lovers ate aided and obstructed alter-
sketch by the offices of an old aunt (Mrs. SrAnKs),
apd el a chambermaid (Mrs. LisToN), but are finally
successful and happy.
• The performance, on the whole, was generally
wall received and applauded, but a few murmurs of
diiapprobation were heard towards the close, and ga-
dieted at length into such a tumult as left us in -sornei
degree at a loss to decide whether it was the desire of
the audience that the Opera should be repeated or
viiiildrawu. The feeling, however, manifested
titrongbout the representation, ind.:,:es us to suppose
thattbit storm was temporary, and that upon a re-
Fatititni of die piece it *ill be received with more uni.
form and Unqualified applause, and, consequently,
have what is technically called a run.
The lot:owing parody upon' the fiivovrite air of
Pray, Goody, 'Acme to moderate," ftotn Midas,
'vas sung by Kr. Lis-rote ; and, in imitation of the
popular favour with which Mr. Siset-Afit's exertions
were treated, it was encored three timer:
" Pray, Cousin, phi a toinuderate the coaxing of your tongue,
Why flash those sparks of fondness from your eyes?
Remember to be scornful, although you yet are young:
'A husband you must still daspiat

Press me,
Caress me,
Put don't, in public, kits me:
Should you not frown,
You'd knock ice down,
Never more to rise !
" Pray Cousin, &c.

The rnu'ic w•as composed and selected by Mr.
Mew ; ;tea some of the airs had a pretty character;
particularly one at the lei mination of the second act,
*hich was ably executed by Mr. PHILLIPS.

• The Earl or BRZADALSALE having already tra-
lled in one of hit carriages upwards of a thousand
miles, with only Oat priming oithe Patent Anti-Attri-
tion Composition being appplied to the wheels, which
did not cost a shilling, had all his carriages primed
. with it before he left town last week, for Taymouth,
in Perthshire, with his family ; and there is no doubt
but his Lordship will travel in the same carriage to
the' Highlands of Scotland, and back to London,
Without any thing else being applied to the axlatrees,
and without even taking off the wheels.
Thursday last, the remains of the late Sir HENRY
VairitTesiresr, Bart. were removed from his seat at
Vinyard, to be deposited in the vault belonging to
ere family of the Vanes, at Long Newton.
Monday evening list, about six o'clock, a destruc-
tive fire broke out in the paper-staining manufactory
of Messrs. Goodlad and Co. is Newcastle, which en-
Crely consumed the same, together with the ware.
houses belonging to Mr. Peat-son, dry salter. The loss
sustained by the parties will exceed £2OOO. -
PEDESTRIAN PE %T.—A young man named Samuel
Wedd, butcher, of Boston, having betted that he
would run from the Cross to the Hawthorn Tree (a
well known boundary mark) on the road to Freiston,
and back again to the &pot whence he set out, a space
of about three miles, in twenty minutes, he started
OD the morning of yesterday se'nnight, about five
O'clock, to perform his task, which he succeeded in
doing half a minute within the time specified. As
the road chosen for this performance is by no means
*a good one, the pedestrian having got over a number
of sties in the course of his way, this may be deemed
it feat of no easy occomplishment. Bets toe. consider-
able amount were depending upon this race.
INFAMOVS HOAX. --.--A short time since, Mr.
WRIGHT, a Magistrate for the county of Essex, who
resides near Chelmsford, and who is a considerable
landholder, with a large farm in his own possession,
had eleven Merino sheep stolen. Mr. Wright, in •
order to detect and bi ing to puni,hment the depre.
daters, advertised a reward of £2OO, to be given
Upon the conviction of the offenders. Early on Tues-
day morning Mr. Wright received a letter by the
post, purporting to be written by Mr. NORRIS, the
* post and coach-master of Woolwich, stating, that if
Mr. Wright would conic to him as soon as possible,
he could tell him where six of his sheep were, and
also the two men who had been seen driving them
across the country. In consequence of this, Mr.
Wright set off with all possible speed, but took the
pre-caution of first going to Bow-street, where he en.
gaged Vickery to accompany him. They proceeded
to Woolwich, and on getting an interview with Mr.
Norris, Vickery knowing him personally, began talk-
ing with him familiarly on the subject of the stolen
sheep and the robbers, at which Mr. Norris appeared
all amazement ; and on being told the cause of their
'calling on him, he requested to have a sight of the
letter. On perusing it, he declared that the whole
was a gross forgery, and of course a trick upon Mr.
IVright. Mr. Norris stated the letter to be in the
sauce hand-writing as a similarletter which had bean
serif to a gentlerhan in* distant part of the country,
who had lien robbed of two horses, and to which
his name was also forged. By this infamous trick,
besides the loss Mr. Wright sustains in the robbery
• of his sheep, he was, of course, put to an additional
expense of several pounds. The letters are suspected
to have been manufactured by some of the convicts.
They were put into the post-office at Woolwich.
Wednesday evening, as -- Bartlett was crossing
he fields from Camberwell to Kennington, he was
Met by'twofellows,ihro knocked him down, and rob-
bed him of a watch, a Sr. piece, and some halfpence,
grids which they made their escape.

IV TIM IDIOM OF ME StAt
Sts—Yott published a very Interesting Essay on
the Bth of June, in which you certainly proved that
DONAPMITIt's Decrees had the effect of supplying our
army and navy with men. It was natural to suppose
that the greater part of those capable of bearing arms
who were gg thrown idle in the manufacturing dis-
tricts," would enlist I but, Sir, you must be aware
that the army and navy cannot accommodate all the
idle manufacturers with employment—the wives and
children, the brothers and sisters, and the parents of
those who have lately become soldiers or sailors, re-
main unemployed.
They are now dependent on parish relief,. or upon
charity. From such funds they cannot possibly
obtain sufficient sustenance, and their number, there-
fore, must be daily lessening. It might reasonably
be expected, that compassion for the sufferings of
these unfortunate people, and gratitude to their rela-
tions who are now fighting our battles, would be a
sufficient inducement to us to endeavour to proride
those that remain with employ ment,.from which they
may obtain pay and sustenance.. But, to put corn-
passion and gratitude out of the question—ls it not
the interest of Government—is it not the interest of
the People, that this large portion of the population
should be set to work, and kept from starving ? Are
not theie manufacturers, thrown out of employ, a
great part of the stock from whence um might again
expect to draw recruits for our army and navy U If.
these are left to perish from diseases Srought on by
a deficiency of food, from whence in a -Teti years
are we to obtain men to fight our battles abroad, or
to defend us at home ? Wilt not BoteaPARTE'S decrees
then have the effect he intended ? Will he not have
carried his point, and diminished the strength of Eng-
land, should we, in these critical times, neglect our
distressed manufacturers lam sire, therefore, Sir,
you will agree with me that not a moment should be
lost in providing useful employment for these poor
people, so that they may either raise food for them.
selves, or obtain money to purchase it. It appears to
me, that the mode of employing them, which would
be most beneficial to the nation, would be, to seh them
to cultivate land ; but as the inclosed lands are al-
ready provided with labourers, I think the waste lands
ought by some means to be thrown open to them.
Upon these they might raise corn and meat for them-
selves, and a surplus to enable them to pay rent :
.this surplus of food raised by those manufacturers
thrown out of employ by the decrees of BoNAPAILTEI
would enable Government to keep on foot and subsist
a much larger force than we have at present. The
malicious decrees of BonareßTE would by this means ,
become advantageous to England and injurious to
France; but unfortunately, the Inclosure Bill, lately
brought forward in Parliament, has been thrown out,
and we cannot avail ourselves at present of the wastes;
but surely the Legislature must ere long pass this Bill
from the necessity of increasing our means of employ-
ment, that the rising population may obtain subsistence,
and that the strength of the nation may be thereby, if
not increased, at least kept up to its present standard.
Is it not grievous to think that any portion of our
manufacturing population, or those who have been
employed upon land (the Sutherland Highlanders for
instance) should petition to be sent to the woods and
inhospitable climate of Canada, rather than remain in
Great Britain? Why might not these people colonize
such wastes as Exmore, in Somersetshire, the estate of
the Regent, as Duke of Cornwall, instead of diminish-
ing our strength and our capital, by ethigrating to dis-
tant countries ? Is it not beyond eneas.tre vexatious to
thick that when we are in possession of so many mil-
lions of acres of land, capable of producing all that
man can want, and requiring only labour to make
these millions of acres productive, that we should be
so blind as to deny ourselves the advantage of the la-
bour of the Sutherland Highlander, and also of that
part of our population not capable of bearing arms,
who have been thrown out of employment by the de-
crees of Bonaparte? and at the same time that we deny
ourselves this great advantage, persevere in employing
our capital in feeding these people, capable of labour
and willing to. work, like indolent Lazaroni. I have,
Sir, been long impressed with the idea that we shall
never obtain an hononourable Peace till we avail our-
selves to the utmost of our neglected and uncultivated
lands. It has been a matter of surprise to most people
that an Inclusure Bill has not long since been passed ;
but there arc, I understand, those who say that it
would trench tut much upon private property—but,
private property is frequently made to give way, when
the public advantage is not so clearly ascertained as
in the present case of inclosing, or cultivating waste
land—and surely Government could sse justice done
to all the Proprietors of commons and wastes, when
divided for Inclosure. There arc others, who bring
forward as an argument against inclosing wastes, that
very erroneous opinion to be found in Mr. MALTIIes%
Essay, namely, •4 that an obstacle to die cultivation
of waste land is the impossibility of obtaining suffi-
cient dressing." This opinion, which has been copied
into various publications, has done, no doubt, infinite
mischief and damped the ardour of those who were
its advocates. The fact, however, is, that any land
well cultivated and judiciously cropped and stocked
with sheep, cattle, or begs, will raise manure or dres-
sing for. itself—but when we consider what immense
quantities of manure is wasted, and that we have,
besides, inexhaustible fertilizing substances, such as
lime, chalk, marl, and sea-weed ' • and that some of
these are almost invariably to be found in the imme-
diate neighbourhood of the most barren land, is it not.
absurd to talk of the impossibility of obtaining sufll-
- dressing for land ? Those who oppose a general
Inclosure admit, that it would be advisable to inclose
waste lands near towns, because manure can be easily
had in such situations, but they ask where can we
obtain labour and manure ,fers otlrr Wastes ? ad-
mitting, however, that. if labour
.can be supplied,
we of course can supply smart= ; for selabour (they
say) draws out manure." Alt we thenhaTe to prove,
in order to establish the necessity of enclosing waste
land, is. that we have labourers who Want employ-
ment, and this, I presume, I have already done.
1 remain, Sir, your humble servant, x.

The harvest throughout Scotland promises soon to
become general, and every account presents it as very
abundant. Potatoes also :re .t plenteous crop, and
provisions of all kinds are beginning to be reducall
in price.

%OW.. •fa, ••• • /
The plot is not very complicated, not
Lets very new. An old gentleman (Mr. :
who, having made his fortune in Spaitil
. to London sc, full of Spanish habits anc
that he not only adheres to them hinlself,
and manners, but would force chest on '1
an independent heiress, it appeals, of d
The young lady, however (Miss•lceees
miler young stage heroines, is determir
beri,wn inclinations, and rejecting a
fsU of French fashions (Les Ton) is resolu
the more natural addresses of a Gentian
who. is Obliged to have recourse to vat
RFOserattilon of his amour. In the progre
mess the true lovers ate aided and obs
stingy by the offices of an old aunt (M
apd el a chambermaid (Mrs. LismN),
successful and happy.
• The performance, on the whole, w
*AI received and applauded, but a few
dbapprobation were beard towards the c
dieted at length into such a tumult as le
degree at a loss to decide whether it wa
the audience that the Opera should b
wiihdrawir. The feeling, however
throughout the representation, inc Lees
diat.thit storm was temporary, and the
putitiini of the piece it *ill be received "
term and unqualified applause, and,
have what is technically called a run.
. The following parody upon' the fav
Pray. Goody, please to moderate,"
'vas sung by Kr. Lts-roh ; and, in im
popular favour with which Mr. Siscea
were treated, it was encored three timer:
" Pray, Cousin, pica' e to'mudcrate the coaxin;
'Why Sash those sparks of fondness from your
Remember to be scornful, although you yet a
A. husband you must still despise:
Press me,
Caress roe,
Put don't, in public, kin me:
Should you not frown,
You'd knock inc down,
Never more to rise !
" Pray Cousin, &c."
The music was composed and sell
Min ; and some of the airs bad a pre
particularly one at the teimination of ti
*heal was ably executed by Mr. PLIILL
The Earl or BRUDALSALE having
jelled in one of hii carriages upwards
miles, with only coepriming of Pate
Lion Composition being appplied to the
did not cost a shilling, had all his can
. with it before he left town last week, h
: in Perthshire, with his family ; and the
but his Lordship will travel in the sat
the' Highlands of Scotland, and bacl
without any thing else being applied to
and without even taking off the wheels
Thursday last, the remains of the b
VAititTestresr, Bart. were removed ft
Vinyard, to be deposited in the vault
ere family of the Vanes, at Long Newt
Monday evening list, about six o'cic
tire fire broke out in the paper-stainine
of Messrs. Goodlad and Co. is
Crely consumed the same, together N
houses belonging to Mr. Pearson, drys;
sustained by the parties will exceed £2l
PEDESTRIAN PENT.— A young man r
Wedd, butcher, of Boston, having b
would run from the Cross to the Haw
well known boundary mark) on the re,.
and back again to the spot whence he s
of about three miles, in twenty minu
on the morning of yesterday se'nnigl
O'clock, to perform his task, which he
doing half a minute within the time
the road chosen for this performance i
'a good one, the pedestrian having got(
of sties in the course of his way, this n
it feat of no easy occomplishment. Ben
able amount were depending upon this
INFASIOVS HOAX. --.--A short tic
WRIGHT, a Magistrate for the county
sesides near Chelmsford, and who is
landholder, with a large farm in his o
had eleven Merino sheep stolen. 11,1
order to detect and bi ing to punishM
deters, advertised a reward of 47200
Upon the conviction of the offenders. I
day morning Mr. Wright received a
post, purporting to be written by M
post and coach-master of Woolwich,
Mr. Wright would conic to him as sc
he could tell him where six of his she
also the two men who had been seen
across the country. In consequence
Wright set off with all possible speed,
pre-caution of fir-st going to Bow-street
'gaged Vickery to accompany him. '1
to WoolWich, and on getting an inter
Norris, Vickery knowing him personal
ing with him familiarly on the subjeci
sheep '
and the robbers, at which Mr. N
all amazement ; and on being told tlu
'calling on him, he requested to have
letter. On perusing it, he declared
was a gross forgery, and of course a t
Wright. Mr. Norris stated the lette
hand-wiiting tus a similar letter
'serif to a gentlerhan in a distant part c
who had hien robbed of two horses
his name was also forged. By this it
besides the loss Mr. Wright sustains
• of his sheep, lie was, of course, put t
expense of several pounds. The letter
to have been manufactured by some c
They were put into the post-office at I
Wednesday evening, as -- Barth
he fields from Camberwell to Kent
Met by'twofellows,ihro knocked him
bed him of a watch, a 3s. piece, and
with which they made their escave.
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