Star.
London, England, 1802-02-03 00:00:00

PINSII.O V. HUOIIIIB.

This was an atflinn of qui tax, brought to re-
move feveral penalties on the game laws.
The witnefs for the profecution was a perfon
who defcribed hirafclf to have been formerly a
flay-maker, and having failed in that bufinefs, now
follows that of a houfe-agent, in %teen Ann-ttreet,
tall. This perfon (wore, that he had at four fe-
veral times, between the zoth and 3oth of Decem-
ber ttiot,purthafed game at the defendant's (hop,
in Leadenhali-markit, for his own table; he Paid,
he mentioned the circumftanee in the prefence of
the prolicutor, by whom he was brought into
Court by ftibpcena, to prove the faa. He (wore,
alat'lle bought the wme from a young man who
was in Court, and whom, be believed, to be Ro-
beraidighes. A card was alio produced, which
was hid from the (hop, and purported, that the
balmas was carried on by Robert Hughes, fuc-
ceGr to Mr. Ford.

Oa the defence it was proved, that Robert
Hughes, the perfun named on the card as fuccefibr
to' Mr. 'Ford, bad been dead nine years ; that Ro-
bert Hughes, his for:, was under age, and had no
concern in the burtnefs • that the butinefs was car-
ried on by Sarah Huilites, the widow, for the be-
nefit of her children ; that the witneis foe the pro.
fecution was a common informer, and, therefore,
his cellimony flsould be received with diffidence;
that be could not pofftbly have wanted game for
his own table fo -frequently, in In thetrt a fp:tee of
time ; and that, having (worn incorreetly in one
inftance, he could not be believed in another.

Richard Smeeton, the fhopman of Mrs. Hughes,
whoth the witnefs for the profecution had pointed
out as Robert Hughes, the perfon who had fold
him the game, (wore, that he knew the withefs to.
be a common infohner ; and, fo far from felling
him game, if he came to afk for any, *he would
have had him flogged round the market. He was
confident he had not fold him any, as he never fold
to any but thofe whom he knew. This witnefs
and another proved, that Robert Hugh-s, the fon
of Mrs. Hughes, was under age, had no concern
in the bulkier', and never ferved in the fhop.
Mrs. Hughes proved the fame. The cards were
&ruck from the old plate to live the expellee of a
new one ; but the bills, accounts, &c. were made
out in her own name.

The Counfel for the profeention then wifhed to
maintain the anion semi} Mrs. Hughes, as aging
under the denomination of Robert Hughes, fitc-
ceffor to, Mr. Ford ; btit this would not be permit•
ted.—Plaintiff nonfuited.

There is now a curious trial pending in one of
the Courts of France : A Lady has inflitutcd a
fuit againft her hufband fur alimony—The huf-
band admits that he was married• to her, but ccn
tends that the marriage is not valid, becaufe it was
contradict.' merely ,as a device to Pave the life of
the Lady who had taken refuge in his honfe during
fauguinary reign of ROSESPILIRI. On the
other hand, the wife aferts tharthe marriage was
to all intent" and 'aloft, a real one, and that as the
gentleman was kind enough tofeve ber fife, he can
now do no lefs than maiidens her for life.
A forgery on the Bank of England has been
fprtunately difcovered at Plymouth. On Thurf
day a girl of mean appearance went to a Otop to
purchafe a fhawl, and offered a tol. note in pay
mcnt, which, upon examination, was found to
forged': the offered three more of: tot. an of which
were forged, but tolerably imitated. On being
aped where fhe got them, the Paid, of a chaiti-
driver ; on which the Town Police Officers went
with a- warrant, and after fearching the hour',
found the man and in a bundle, concealed in
a back wood-houfe, were difcovered forge/ Bank
notes of 51. and nil. amounting to 5901. 'Me
man is committed' to prifou for for Mer examina-
tion.

Saturday four perlbns were privately examined'
before the Loan Mayoa, charged with forgery on
the Bank of England. They were committed to
prifon, and orders given to bring them up again.
on Wednefday for further examination.
At the Seffions held for Bury, at the Guildhall.
on Thurfday laft, Mary Hicks was convi,Fted of
grand larceny, in Healing four pints and a half of
wine, in three bottles ; half a pound of tea, and a
pound of fugar, the-property of John Benjafield,
Efq. with whom file lived a.: fervant, by fecreting
the fame in abox, in order to convey the fcveral
articles out of the dwelling houfe.—She was alfo
funher indiCted with her fellow (errant, Bridget
Pooley, for dealing three pints of wine, in two
bottles, and caufing the lame to be conveyed off
the premifes of her mailer ; they were both con•
viacd of the latter offence ; when Mary Hicks
was fentenced to be tranfported for the term
of (even years, and Bridget Pooley to be im.
prifoned twelve carendar months in the gaol of
Bury. Mary Camplin, another fervant in the
fame family, was di(charged, no true bill lacing
found again& her by the Grand Jury.
On Friday night, about ten o'clock, an alarm-
ing fire broke out at a China (hop in Whitechapel.
road, near Mile End, which threw the whole ,
neighbourhood into a Rate of confternation, in
confeqoence of no party walls miffing in the
whole row, comprifing at leaft 40 houfes. The
whole of them being very ancient, were, of courfe,
in a ruinous Hate, and great appreben(lons were
entertained for the fafety of tile workfhops and
manufaCtories in the vicinity, they being built of
wood. The fire had completely deftroyed the
premifes where it began before the engines ar-
rived; and the adjoining houfe on the right (a
fmith'slhop) was in flames before water was pro-
cured. Happily, however, a plentiful Inapt), be-
ing at hand, the different engines belongingao the
Sun, Phi:cilia, •Royal Exchange, and the Britifh
Fire Offices were brought into play ; and not-
withftanding a ftmng current of air from S. E. a
range of wooden buildings (immediately behind
the place where the fire broke out, and not more
than a dozen yards diftant), were preferred from
conflagration. The fmithy was burnt to the
ground, as well as the china (hop, and the ad-
joining houfes were confiderably damaged. The
mute of the fire is laid to be owing to the ;null of
a candle falling among the Ram in one of ,the
cellars where the china was depotited. The
owner of the (hop had been in the cellar about
an hour before with a candle, and had :tune tittle
(hut up his (hop, and taken his family with him
to fpend the evening at a friend's houfe at Mile
End.

Cotetovs Du tx.—A difpute lately took.place in
Paris between a military man and an apothecary.
The foldier irfiLled upon fatisfaaion from his ad-
vcrfary, and appointed a meeting neat morning in
the Bois le Boulogne. The next morning the apo-
thecary waited upon his antagotriii bciore the hour
appointed; and laid to him, with great co:Anefs,
" you are a military, I am a medical, man—You
underhand the ufe of the fword and pitkl—l am
only .acquainted with drugs. You are the challen
ger, therefore I have a right to dff,: my weapon.
Here are two pills—one is pnifuned, the other is
not. Do you chute one and fwallow it, and I will
fw;,llow• the other." The Officer. laughed very
heartily at this prupofttion, and they fat down to
breakfaft together very-good Friends.

FROM THE LONDON GAZE rrE, 2.
BANKRUPTS.
John Robert Anderlon, of I larogmerton-fireet, Lordenmer.
chain, fatter, tlealer au.: chairman, tolarraider Feb. 2, 16,
and March 16, at t 'l3, at Guildl4ll. Attotni ai , Media. Greg-
fan and Smart, A.ngel-curt, Throgmotreiniftrect.
John Gray, late of Ilirtningham, horfe-dealer; draier Chap-
man, Fcb. 6, 13. aud March 16, at ten, at Guildhar, London.
Attorney, Mr. Shearman, Hart-itrcet. Bleatnibury.
'aleph Lees and Samuel Stater, late of Mang:heart, ticakrs in
weft and twill, and eoPtrillers, Feb. Sir 13, and. Much 16,
at ten, at the New Inn, Bolton. Atom:der, Mr. Ralph Board-
man. Bolton : or Mr. Meddosvcroft, Gray's-Inn, I .andon.
Robert Clarke, of Ring-ftreet, Covent•Gardcn, linen-draper,
dealer and chaprnan. Feb. 6, t 3, and March. VS, autlrienrat
Gandhian Atter:aim, Meffra. Mounky and Sun, Cattle-
ftrect, Holborn.
Ralph Stubbs the elder, Ralph Stubbs the younger, Oeorgt
Stubbs, and James Stabba, of Stockton upon Teca,llurham,
upbolfterers, and copartners, dealers, and chaparral, Feb. is,
at one, Feb. In, at eleven, and Morita t 6, at one, at the Black
. Lion, in Stockton. Attorney, Mr. Oakley, of New London-
Brett, l.ondon.

George Dattfon and Abraham Zitnoq Doncker Ctivelje, now
or late of Lancafter, brokers, nserclunts, dealers and chap-
men, and copartners in trade, Feb. is, at five, Feb. z 6, and
March 16, at eleven, at the White tart, Lancafter. Anor-
aks Mars. Mafon and Wllfon Lancafter.
. ,

Thomas Smith, of Derby,worftedeipiniter, dealer and elapman,
February 16, at eleven, at the Bell Inn Feb. 7, at ten, and
March 16, at fix, at the Kin 's Arms Vann!, both In Derby.
Attornies, Mr. Forbes, Ely-Plsee, London ; or Mr. Wolley, ,
Matlock.

Thomas Cook, of Mach Cowarn, Hereford&ire, farmer, dealer
and Chapman, Feb. 24, 25, and -March t 6, at eleven, a the
Crown Igo, Worcefter. Attornics, Mr. Hyde, Woreefter
or Mr. Bland, Racquet-court, Fleet-ilreet, London.
Joint Cox, of Hackney, Middlefee, oilntanwd taftuw-chandler,
Feb. 9, t 6, and March i 6, at one, at Guildhall. Anomie',
Mr. Jeremiah Simpfon, Khig's- Bench-Walk, Tempi., or Mr.
Spencer Townfend, Cleveland-court, Saint James's.
John Barnlley and Joky& Smith, late of the part% of St. John,
in Bedwardine, Wortefterildre, morocco flino-manuftau-
NM, dealers; displaset, and copartners in trade,. Feb. 22, 23,
and March 16, at eleven, at the Swan, St. John, Strwar‘line.
Anomie', Mr. William Wines, Worcefter; or Mr. Janub
Platt, Bride-court, Bridge-ftreet, London.
DIVIDENDS.
Feb. Ig. George Dation, of Lancafter, merchant, at eleven,
at the Grapes Inn, Laneafter.
Feb. is. John Potts, of Bilbop-Weirmouth, Durham, fhip-
owner, dealer and dogmas, at tea, at the Bridge Inn, in
Bithoi-Wcarmoutb.
Feb. t 5. Herman Zrtrhorft, now or Lite of Bafinghall-fireet,
London, merchanti at ten, at Guildhall.
Feb. ty. WilMa,n Tomlinfon Simpfon and George Townfend,
of Wafter, boSers and partners, at three, at the Threc
Crowns Inn, in Leiceiter.
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Feb. sj. Francis Nalder, of Snarefbrook, Wm, rianaller,
dealer and cbapman, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
Feb. 13. Thomas Kirkpatrick, late bf Church-Patbge, Cates-
ton-Brett, London, merchant, dealer and airman, at ten,

at Guil.llWll.
Feb. 13. Jofeph Walker, of King-Meet, Southwark, (hoc-
maker, dealer and eltapman, at ten, at dulldhall; London.
Feb. so. Charles Thompfun, of Maneltefter, liquor-merelun-,
dealer and ehapenan at three, at the 6tar Inn, Adanchellcr.
Yak 23. William Page, of Ware, Hertfordthire, maltft,w,
dealer and chapman, at ten, at Guildhall. London.
Vela. 20. Peter Plank, of Long Acre, Middletea, refuter, dealer
pad ehapman, at one, at 0611dhall.
Feb. 26. William Barfoot and Thome Barba. of Coleman-
' fturl.-1231406. 'meas, tm-dmicreb and colattams, at
tee, at .GuikUiali.