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London, England, 1802-08-18 00:00:00

VERSES

lISITTZN ON Tit ARRIVAL 07 THE 420 lIIIIINCNT IN TREIR
NA7IVZ Cot/NTRY. 1802.
Sons of Chiefs renown'd in Rory,
Ye whole fame is beard afar,
Ye who ruth'd to death or glory.
Welcome from t►e toils of war.
Allen for conqueft late affembling,
Madly arm'd the frantic Gaul,
Europe, for her empire trembling,
Doubted where the ftorm might fall.
Britain, from her lea-girt Ration,
Guarded by her native oak,
Heard the threat with indignation,
Well prepar'd to meet the sock.
But the foe her thunder fearing,
fled her naval arm before,
And far diftant wildly Reeling,
Seis'4 the fam'd Fgyptian (bore.
There, in vain, her boated legions
Vov,d to keep the wide domain—.
Eager for the torrid regions,
See, Britannia plows themain.
Ye, whole are; of old oppoling.
Cbeek'd the haughty Roman band,
And, in the (hock of hank elding,
Free'd theCaledonian land :
You, our guardian genius naming,
To the tab of battle bred,
Chofe to hurl her vengeance naming
On the foe's devoted head.
Methinks old OMAN, from hs Ratios
On the Ikirts of yonder cloud,
byes his race with exultation,
Hark ! the hero (peaks aloud,—
m Sons of Chiefs renown'd in Rory,
" Ye whole fame is heard afar,
N Ye who rulh'd to death and glory,
" Welcome from the toils of was!"
Argyiefhire, July ihol. A NIAN.

ASSIZES.

MONMOUTH ASSIZES.

A confiderable degree of curiofity was awaken-1
ed in the public mind on Tuefslay fennight, at the
trial of Miriam Swallow, of Pont ipool, being charged
by the Coroner's Inqueft, with the wilful murder
of his fun, John Saunders, by (hooting at and
wounding him with a gun, of which wounds he
died ; when, after a full and patient inveßigation
of four hours, he was found guilty of Mae laughter,
and difcharged on paying a fine of 6s. SI The
outrageous conchs& of the fon, not only in leafing
and horfe-whipping his aged parent, but openly
threatening to murder him the fiat opportunity,
urged the father to load the gun in his defence ;
but although the fatal charge took effea, the pti-
foner folemnly declared, he had no intention of
killing the deceafed, but only to deter him from
repeating his avowed threats, which he refolutely
(wore he would ultimately put in eaecution.—
Under thefe circumftances, the Jury returned their
terdid.
SURRY ASSIZES, AUGUST 10.
'FHA RING O. THR INNASITANTS OF WIT.
This was an indiftment for not repairing a
;midge, one moiety of which was iu the county of
Kent, and the other moiety is Suite:. As both
thefe counties were interelted, the Court of King's
Bench had ordered the indiament to be tried in
Sorry.
Mr. Serjeant SHEPPARD Rated, that the bridge
in quellion formed the communicat. between
Kent and Sam It Rood at a place called Afhurft
Mill, and was in the dire& road from Tunbridge
Wells to EaR Grinßead, leading alto to Cowden,
and many adjacent places ; that this was a molt
ufcful bridge. he Ihould prove beyond the power
of contradietion, and the law was now fettled, that
if even an individual crated a bridge, which was
ufeful to the King's fubjeCts in general, and the
public ufed it, the public were ever after hound to
keep it in repair. The county had, however,
pleaded that they were not bound to repair it, as
not being of any utility to the public. Was it
merely ornamental then he would all ? If there
was no bridge, there mull at leaft be a ford, but
he would prove that the waters fomctimes were fo
deep as to prevent all pollibility of palling over.
He would go further, and prove that many per-
lons had 'laity 101 l their lives in attempting it.—
What more could he do, unlefs, indeed. he was
expeCteel to give evidence of people being adually.
drowned ! It was true, there was a circuitous
road to the fame places, and here indeed was to
be found the true fecret why the old bridge had
not been repaired. The new road was a turnpike,
and all who were interefted in the tolls of that
road, unanimoufly voted again the old bridge.
The only quellion for the Jury to try was. whe-
ther it WAS really of utility to the county or not?
It it was, they were bound to repair it, and he
was glad to add, that from their opulence it would
be no confiderable burthen upon them. The fill
witnefs called was a MAD of the name of Adgate.
1 le raid he was So years of age; he knew Minna
bridge; it WAS the dire& road from 'Tunbridge
"%Veils to Grinttead; he always went that way when
a young man. It was the &mutt road alto to
Cowden, to Blackham Common, and Old Tye
Common. The bridge was built about 36 or 37
years ago: before that time there was a horß bridge.
They could not get a cart through the ford; they
were obliged to unload and carry the goods over
piece-meal ; the water was fometirnes fo deep, that
they could not get over even with a hos le ; the
bridge was a great convenience, and was much
frequented. Several other witnesfes were called,
who gave the fame account. Being croti-exa
ruined. as to the ufual Rate of that road, they all
Paid, that the road was as good as their Suffer
roads generally are.
Edward Everett, the miller of AIWA-mill,
(aid, he had known the bridge forty years. He
- the new turnoike-roack fine(

for Ive years. He had witnelfed feveral accidents,
by perfons attempting to pals the Dream.
Mr. GARROW, in defence, laid he had no doubt
but that the miller would be glad of a new bridge;
but the qnellion was—whether it was of general
utiti y ? They had it in evidence, that before the
carriage.bridge was built there was mete) y a honk-
bridge, and that anfwered all the put poles of the
old faimers. But people now grew too big for
their fituations. The prefent race could not be
contented to go on in the fame way with their
ancetiors ; they mull have finer and better accom-
modation. Fifty years ago, the farmers could
carry on their mutual traffic with only the horfe-
bridge and the ford ; to they ought to do now,
for he contended that the county ought not to be
burthened with the expence of repairing this bridge.
The Cuter BARON laid, the cafe lay in very
narrow compafs ; all the witnellcs had agreed,
that before the bridge was built there were fre-
quent and great inconveniencies to travellers going
that road. When the bridge was built it was a
very ufeful one,and now that it had gone to decay
former inconveniencies had recurred.—Verdia—
Guilty.---The other indiament again ft Safe: for
not repairing the other half, was of courfe not tried,
both depending on the fame eircumftancei.
KENT AistzEs.
PERJURY.—THE KING V. GOODWYN.
This was an indiament againll the defendant
for wilful and corrupt perjury, committed in the
courfe of a trial at the laft Summer Ailices, be-
fore the late Lord Kenyon. It was an indiament
stFainft two perfons, of the name,. of Hart and Ro-
bonfon, for affaulting and obliruaing Revenue
Officers. It became a material quellion upon
that trial, whether Hart, who was a publican,
was at home the whole of the night on which the
alfault was aledged to have been committed ? Se-
veral witneffes were called, who agreed in a linty,
evidently art anged for the occafinn, that he was at
his own houfe the whole of the everting ; that they
particularly remembered it; from the circumliance
of there having been a merry-making at his bottle,
at which the witnelfes and their wives, and a
number of their neighbours and their wives were
prefent ; they (wore that Hart was wholly em
pluyed in waiting on the company, and never
was abfent for the (pace of half an hour,,at any
time during the night. The defendant, Goodwin,
was the moll forward and pofitive in (wearing
to this fio, though repeatedly cautioned by the
Noble Lord who prefided. The Counfel for the
Crown had had the precaution of having the wit-
neffes kept out of Court, in order that one might
not know what another fhould (wear. He then
examined them as to what they had for (upper on
this gala night ; he fuppofed they mutt have had
AD excellent treat. He afked one how he liked
the (boulder of lamb and French beans at the head
of the table ? 0 ! it was excellent ; nothing could
be better. And then the bowl of punch after-
wards, no doubt it was made rich and Itrong?—
O
! yes, quite fo. The next witnefs he afkeditow
the landlord came not to provide any thing better
that a buttock of beef and greens ? 0 ! Sir, we
were fatisfied with it; it was very good.—
Another he diced how it happened they had not
a regular (upper ? Why, Sir, I don't know how
it was, but we had no regular (upper; every one
went down to the bar and took a bit of bread and
cheefe, or any thing he could get. • By this inge
nious crofs-examination, the falfity of the pre-
tended alibi was dete&ed, and the perjury of the
witneffes manifefted. The defendant, Goodwin,
was (elected as the objea of profecution, and com-
mitted to yoke his trial.
The evidence in the former eaufe was gone
through, and the teftimony given by Goodwin
was proved by a perfon who took notes of it.
'the defendant called a number of refpeaable
witnelfes, who gave him a good charader.
The LORD CHM BARON, in his addrefs to the
Jury, obferved, that he had fearcely ever tried an
indntment againft a (muggier fur obttrating Re-
venue Officers, in which the witneifes for the de-
fendant had not grofsly perjured themielves.—
He lamented that there fhould be perfons, appa-
rently in refpeaable fituations of life, who con&
dered the charaaer of a (muggier ids heinous
than it really was; but there were, he knew, many
who thought themfelves bonell men. and yet
deemed it no fin if they could defraud the King (WI
his duties—this was a very millaken notion—it
was not defrauding the King, but the public, for
the aid of fuch depredations on the Revenue
WAS, that they produced a confiderable deficiency
in the receipts of the Exchequer, to fupply which
it was neceffary to impofc additional burthens on
the public at large. He would venture to fay, that
these was nu courfe of life fo nearly allied to rob-
bery, or which more certainly led to an ignomi-
nious end, as that of a (muggier or a poacher, and
the reafon was palpable—thofe who puifued fuch
infamous profeffions were men of low conditions,
whole main dependence for the fupport of them-
(elves and their families, could honeftly have no
other lout cc than that of labour and induftry. By
liuuggling and poaching they perhaps obtained in
one tight what produced a confiderable (um, and
they apportioned their kyle and manner of living
to die magnitude of this temporary ftipply; when
it was exhaufted, they muff resat to the fame
means of renewing it ; but fuccela was doubtful,
and frequently their hopes were difappointed.—
What were they to do ? They had formed habits
of extravagance beyond their Iphere, which mull
be gratified ; their wants then raged them to com-
mit deeper offences againft fociety, and from
poachers and fmugglers they became honk-break-
ers and big's* ay robbers, till the hand of juaice
flopped their iniquitous career. But fmuggling,
independent of its leading to thole crimes, was
uniformly the parent of perjury ; for whenever a
(muggier was deteaed, there were always perfons
as bad as himielf, and conneaed with him, who
were ready to come forward, and (wear falfely,
in order to ref-cue him from the puniffiment he had
merited. When fuch offenders were deteOed, it
was of the higheft importance that Juries fhould
give effect to the law, by delivering them over to
coercion.—The Jury found the defendant—