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the ,bole of the diseenbodied Staff of gon-iom-
goistioned Offiters Of the two Regiments of London
ittlitia have been on permanent duty since the riots
• Monday, the 2d inst. firuishi'ng strong guards,
dm, at all the principal prism): in the Meti-opolis ;
so these precautionary measures, it is expected,
on not be discontinued until after the meeting of
Parlioneot.
The new dress for the four Regiments of Lancers,
is to, be assimilated in the manner of the four Regi-
ons of Hussots,• viz. two Regiments crimson
ficinp, with gold and silver embroidery ; the other
tin, stole, facings, ornamented in a similar manner.
It is in AgitAtion to raise the standard for this inno-
"60;1 in our military system, a more powerful de-
saiption of hien being required, to effectually wield
Jesiruc ive weapon.
A siTiotiS affray took place in Ray's tanning
uunds, near 'l7eddington, on Thursday, between
free 1.41 rAdiers and a deserter who was known to
t 4 working in the fields, and whom the military inten-
ded to ..pprehend. Tne deserter escaped from the
resni,es with the Men of war in pursuit. The for.
per was joined by some brother workmen and navi-
gatOfi 011.1 were working near the spot, and the sol-
&II were gverpowered, one of them was seriously
he. The deserter effected a safe retreat.

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fortis size, and having given shelter to Queen ELl-
fatter's, *ho eace breakfasted under its extensive fo-
liage, on her way throogh the village to London,
bas List week partly blown down.
• Much controversy has taken place with regard to
the authenticity of the Poems of 0:lion. We can state
however from authority, that these were actually in
the Scots College of Douay, and perished with a
sass of other interesting documents at the Revolu•
tion. Such was the malignity of the Revolutionists
of the time, that the greater part of the papers of this
thliversity were actually made into ball cartridges I !
The Corporation of Bristol have given directions
for the immediate excavation of the ground on which
the new gaol is to be erected: it is thought that chid'
extensive building will find employment for all the
labouring poor of that city and its vicinity.
The estimate i't expense for rebuilding Burlington
Phone exceeds £lOO.OOO. Mr. HENRY CAVPMDISIef
house, which is erected on the site of the dices on
the left side, is nearly completed.
Among the projects simply charitable, that relat-
ing to the foreign sailors, whose miserable condition
we have so often brought to the attention of the
public, is proceeding to be carried into immediate
execution. The Houma frigate will be at her sta-
tion off the Tower on Monday next : and the Lotto
Mavon yesterday put forth a Proclamation, calling
epos all the \iagistrates of the Metropolis and its
vicinity to send on board this vessel all distressed
Foreigo Seamen and Soldiers found in their Di-
stricts, to the end that they may be lodged and led
there, until they cin be sent home to their native
country. The proclamation informs all seamen, na.
tiro of the United Kingdom, that if they will apply
at the M smite: 1-I oise, they shall be furnished with
She means of returning to their native homes.
At this time of public distress it becomes the duty
of cloy one to give to the public any ideas calcu-
loot to alleviate, or which may at any future period
prevent yr provide against such calamities. We theree
fore are desirous of calling the attention of Parishe%
to the propriety of petitioning Parliament, for ad'
equalization of the poor-rates, by which a provision
afoul,' always he at hand fur the deserving poor ; and,
RS Mr. Cemotsoo observes is his Treatise on Pau-
perism, a very considerable sum would be saved which
is now expended in law suits, and removals of the
poor from one parish to another; and by providing
work of same kind in district houses, many appli-
cants would be got rid of whose desire and expecta-
tion is to get relief without work, to the injury of the
really deserving poor. The idea which the same
gentleman throws out of having separate !muses for
the abandoned and vile, so as to exclude them from
the unfortunate, aro: to give them work and treat-
me" commensurate to their deceits, might tend to
iopsove the morals of the people ; and, therefore,
is that and other respects, may be worthy of con.
sideration.
Wednesday night the Brighton patrole took into'
custody a person, who had broken into Crescent
Lodge, nn the East Cliff, and was ir. she act of car-
rying off various articles of linen from the premises.
Neat day he watbronghtbefore Mr. Boers, at the Town
: he proved to be a footman of 'Mrs. roman, a
Lady of opulence and fashion residing on the Grand
Parade. The fellow could not have been driven to
the commission of the burglary by poverty, his
standing wages being 1/24 per annnum, besides
half-a-gninea a week for board-wages, and perqui-
sities, amounting to between 420 and /60,a year
more. When taken he had a BS note, a guinea;
and some silver, in his pockets. His mistres, it ap-
peared, had often missed money, but was unwilling!
to attach suspicion to her servants. He was fully
committed to Horsham Jail for trial at .the neat As-
sizes. His name is Ma FM.
Wednesday a young woman, of the name of Sher-
amid, the wife of a carpenter, who lives in Edward-
street, Brighton, fell down and instantly expired.—
The deceased had been married but two months.
A letter from Vienna, dated November 28, says,'
" We hope to see the Royal Family of Bavaria here
by the end of December, when there would be many
enteltaintnents at Court. The Emperor of Russia and
tie King of Prussia are said to be invited for the Car-
Illtal. Their Highnesses Prince Leopold of Sicily, and
his Consort, ii e Archduchess Clementine, paid within
these f.w days their visits to take leave of all the
Menthers of the Impetial Family, and departed to-
.ktY, with tloir suite, in nine carriages, for Naples,
by the way of Ivt•dena, Parma. Florence, and Rome.
It is affiroed, that tae Princess is in a state of prep
nmicy, and that J..e journey will therefore be made
in short statues. It is with heartfelt sorrow that the!
P:int.Qss leaves' 'ter native country, which, however.
)3 alleviated bithe hope that she will be able to visit
Lei fatray again setae years hence; a hope which
will probably not be etijoyed by her elder sister, the
Archduchess Leopoldiue, who is destined to (teeny in
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PORTHEit l'AitTiakAARL
Maay furtliel. particulars or the Sainte and Wended
extent of the late riots, have been discovered Mnee our
last pnhlicatioik, some of Whith, however, We are not
yet at liberty to promulgate.
The younger Watson had not been heard of in any
authentic shape up to a late hair yetterday evening ;
but from the nature of another letter, received yes-
terday by the Lonti MAYOR. from the
northeast of
England, the most sanguine hopes are entertained of
his apprehension. Mr. Woniner, the Marshal, who
we before stated is gone in purstiit. states, that the
individual described as young Watson, had obtained
an advance of two miles only, and that the more fre-
quent his enquiries were respecting the parsuejl party
the more satisfied he felt that it was the. person, to
whose apprehension the public ansietl, is so much
directed.
Walter Bracher, the youth already twice examined
upon a charge of baying pistols in his possession soon
after the riots, was;again yesterday put to the bar, when
his story appearing true that he had received them
to sell for his mother, he was discharged.
The mother acknowledged the fact, but stated that
she had received them from the father, who, instead
of giving her money for her support, had foolishly
squandered his money in the purcbase of pistols.
The man now stated that he had bought them
from a person named Thomas Gill, and this person
not being in attendance, contrary to his own promise,
the Louo MAYOR directed a warrant to be issued for
enforcing his appearance.
One of the Serjeants of the Veteran Battalion, sta-
tioned in the Tower, waited on the LORD MAYOR,
and informed him that he was sent to his Lordship,
by the orders of the Commander, to introduce to hi is
a Gentleman named Rutledge, and .who gave the
following information t
He stated, that on the day of the riots, residing at
the Crescent, in the Minories, he was endeavouring to
make his way home, when he was interrupted by an
armed mob, among whom he observed two men ez.
ceedingly active. They advanced close to the railing
at the Tower, where some of the soldiers were on
the wall. These they addressed in inflammatory lan-
guage, at two different times. He could not dis-
tinctly understand the precise %torch of their ha-
rangue ; but perceiving that it had little effect, they
presented their pistols in a menacing way to the sol-
diers. One of them was a tall man, with a thin vi
sage—wore a light great coat, light-coloured waist-
coat, and top boots. 'the other was shorter—wore
a dark coat, was a full-faced man, much marked with
the small-pox, and stooped much in the shoulders.
The Loan MAYOR. said, he had information that
the last man had been extremely active in the riots,
but he hid not yet been found. Of both his Lordship
said he had witnesses to speak. He advised Mr.
Rutledge, however, to wait upon Sir N. Conant, or
some of the other Magistrates, and give isiformation •
of what he knew.
In addition to the above it was stated, that three
other Gentlemen, one of whom holds an office in the
Tower, not only heard the soldiers addressed, LI
order to induce them to depart from their allegiance,
hut heard and saw the persons who spoke demand the
surrender of the Tower, •with presented pistols,
draw.i swords, tkc. These Gentlemen also can fully
identify the parties.
The Lotto Mayoa has traced the hiring of the wag-
gon us-ci by the speakers in Spafields on the 2d inst.,
to some of the rioters now in custody.
Mr. Platt still continues as we last stated.
Private information having been received at Hat-
ton Garden office yesterday, that young Watson was
concealed in a certain place in Liverpool, Mr. Fitz-
patrick, the second clerk, who has a knowledge of his
person, was dispatched there to apprehend him,
Lord Cranbourne having returned home on Thurs-
day, John Butler, whti, as we before stated, was in
custody on suspicion of his being young Watson, ap-
prehended at Hatfield, was brought to London on
Thursday night, in the custody of Mr. Beasney, the
constable, accompanied by Mr. Mawe, the clerk to
the Magistrates of that district.
Yesterday he was brought to Ilnw-street Office for
examination, when Mr. Mawe, the clerk to the Ma-
gistrates, produced the written exatrination of the
prisoner, which Lad been taken before Lord Cran-
bourne. Mr, Brume, the Magistrate, went through
lit very minutely in his interrogatories of the prisoner,
I and in addition to what we stated on Wednesday, it
appeared that he denied having been at the meeting
at Spafields. What he had said at the Salisbury
Arms Inn. et Hatfield, on Monday night, he al-
leged must have been the effects of intoxication, as
he knew nothing of either of the Watson:. He was
so much intoxicated that he was not sober on Tues-
day when he was examined before Lord Cranbourne,
and therefore could not be accountable for what he
or
Hat fie. He
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but whenlie hirld not assign anyed reasothen
horse why hof Mrs
Smurthwalte, the Leaping Bar livery-stables, Black-
friars-road, he only intended to go to Barnet, and
his only reason for going there was to take a
tide. He could not assign any reason why he went
there, or that road, in preference to going to Ripley,
where he said he bad been so fortunate as to find a
parcel of Bank notes tied up in paper with white tape,
amounting to 426, consisting of a £5, two sit 2, and
seventeen et notes; he persisted in this story, and
accounted for being there by saying he was going to
Guildford for employment, as he had heard a butcher
there wanted a man, but he could not t
el
his name:
Mr. Smurthwaite attended, and stated, that the
prisoner hired a mare of him on Monday, about 11
o'clock, to go to Barnet. and as be was not known
to him, he left MO in Bank notes as a security, and
he had kept them separate from any others. He sat
up till near one o'clock, expecting him to re
Bonet
rn, as
the prisoner had oily hired the mac to go to
and return that day
James LitIDACR. a farrier of Hateeld, stated, that
on Monday night, between seven and eight o'clock,
he was at the Salisbury Arms Inn, at Hatfield, when
the prisoner arriand there on horseback; he came and
joined his company; he had evidently been drinking
freely. He asked Wm if he knew the Watsonsfat;
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he
:replied he knew the father, but not the son, the ,
was a surgeon byprofession. The prisoner then said,
he knew young Watson, and where be was, end asked
him if he was rsittenneh in the can* He replied'he
was. ',l;he prisoner then gave him his band, and,
tsid. „afro is toy Warr (pointing a h." 74e was

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husking brandy and water, ana the prisoner wine.
•nd water, *hid) tie mixed together; to prove their
tunnel attachment. The priconei isid he had been
to Huddetilleld, Mansfield; and 'Sheffield. He'asied
hide if there was any riotiriii chem?' he replied" there.
was not to much any wheie as in London—he said
ha 6titiness at Hatfield Was to britig an express to
ete Marchioness of Salisbury.
Mr. Stratford, a butcher, of the Islington-rOtd,
attended, and gave the prisene'r a most unexcep-
tionable character. He had lived with him three
times; and had nut left him for any crime. The last
time he left his service it was because he was going
to live in the country. He had trusted him with va-
rious sums of money ; he had brought him the change,
and in all other respects was strictly honest. On the
day of the riots he was assisting him in his business,
and was in the company of him or his family from
two o'clock in the afternoon, till past eleven at night.
After a full inquiry, the Magistrate was perfectly
satisfied that all the prisoner had said at Hatfield
arose from the effects of liquor and stupidity, and he
desired it to be understood by all present that he left
the bar perfectly exonerated from the charge of being
concerned with the Watsons, but es to the circum-
stance of his stating he had found the sum of money,
supposing that to b. the case, it was not honest to
keep it, and as there bad been a robbery committed
near Ripley, he must be remanded for a further in-
vestigation, on suspicion of stealing the bank notes,
the property of some person or persons unknown.
Thursday the Pawnbrokers, and all other persons
residing in the District, dealing in arms, attended at
Union-Hall, in consequence of A summonsissued by
the Magistrates, to receive 4 communication of the
precautionary measures reconsmmded by his Ma-
jesty's Government, as fit to be adapted by all per-
sons having a quantity of arms in their possession.,
to prevent a recurrence of the disgraceful scenes
which passed during the continuanct: of the late riots.
The Magistrate (Mr. EvANee) informed the per-
sons attending, that the Ordnance Board were rend]
to receive into their care any quantity of arms from
individuals, packed in cases, which cases would be
deposited in the Tower for safe custody ; and where
persons .preferred, or were obliged to keep large
quantities of arms in their own houses, they were
strongly recommended not to expose them to public
view, and particularly to take off the locks front all
fire-arms, and thus render them, in a great measure,
useless, in the hands of mischievous persons. These
precautionary measures were recommended as well
with regard to private safety as to the public good.
Wednesday a travelling shoemaker was taken
into custody at Hearne Bay, on the Kentish coast,
on suspicion of being the younger Watson, from hav-
ing a mark under one of his eyes, and his dress
otherwise answering the description of Watson. The
mistake was slon ascertained, and be was imme-
diately liberated,

This day, at the Mansion-house, Hooper, Prestos,
Gamble, Cashmire, Carter, and Sinnoru, were again
ex.smilsed xt length, and remanded for a final hear-
ing on Wednesday.

The parishes( of Kilgarvan and Coolcarney, in the
barony of Tyrawley, in the county of Mayo, are in a
state of serious insubordination. It is represented to
us that each succeeding night produces some new
atrocity, and that night meeting. of ft troops of
thrashers." mounted upon borrowed chargers—rob-
beries, pulling down houses, kting sheep, stabbing
horses, &c. are become familiar occurrence:: there.
The Ward of Coleman-street was called together
on Tuesday, by Mr. Alderman Htvotrr, to consider
of the means of relieving the Pour of that District,
when a most liberal subscription was commenced.
The new coinage goes on with great rapidity : its
issue may be looked forward to as likely to promote
our internal Commerce. Even the local distresses
have given some spur to exertion. In almost all parts
of the cottntry we bear of some new undertakings, of
which, though the primary object be to find work for
the poor, yet the eventual result will be to facilitate
and quicken commercial intercourse, and consequently
to increase the national wealth.

Thursday Mr. THOS. MOMS, farmer, of Crough.
ton, was drowned in the Oxford Canal, near Banbury.
Mr. Janes Ronissost. of Sydenhans, farmer, met
with a serious accident yesterday evening; in driving
a gig in the Walwortn-road, be unfortunately ran
against a watch-ho:, by which accident he was thrown
out of the vehicle, broke one of his arms, and re-
ceived a severs fracture in his head.
Mr. WHITBREAD has thrown open his Manor of
Cardington, near Bedford, for public coursing•matches
during the season, highly to the gratification of the
neighbouring sportsmen.
The body of the celebrated horse Sir Joshus has
been dissected, to ascertain the cause of his sudden
death. From the examination, it appears that either
in lying down or getting up in his stall, be had
broken the round bone of die near hind leg, and the
pieces of the fracture had cut the 'adjacent veins, and
filled his body with extravasated blood.
HUNTING.—The hounds of R. S. Lt.o.rn. Esq.
meet on Wednesday, at Hitchom Wood Friday,
at Leven Heath, near Stock. Each day at ten.
A desperate gang of p3achers, six in number, as-
sailed the pheasant covers of Mr. THARPE, of Chip.
penbam Park, near Newmarket, by moonlight, on
Wednesday last, and were daring enough to shoot a
considerable quantity of silver, as well as common,
pheasants, off their perch, within two or three hun-
dred yards of the manson. Mr. Marty's': two
gamekeepers were out, and saw them ; but, from
theii nainthets, found themselves unable to oppose
them.
Saturday last Man Chandler, sen. and lanais
Chandler, jun. bin nephew, were committed to Abing-
don gaol, on the Coroner's inquest, charged with
the wilful murder of Francis Chandler, brother to
William Chandler, jun. on Wednesday night, the
4th of December. between Bagley Wood and Radler,
Berkshire. they had been drinking together till late
in the evening at a wood-sale ; the two brothers bad
(laurelled, and the murder was committed in their
road lame. It is said the brother has confessed his
being guilty of the horrid crime.
About half-past eve o'clock on Saturday evening
last, a fire broke out in tbe malt.kiln belonging
Comm" Esq. in New-street, Ipswich ; but by active
exertions the fire wail 80t .nd without any very
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Sir SAmust, Rosnr.t.ir moved that a tan efesitinee.
tration Nisi, served epon the noble defendanee souse
in Stanhope-etreet, May-fair, might he deemed en od
service. He was a Member of Parlianient, and on
application at his hotise by the Cierk of fee 131anc and
Co, Solicitors, he was friformed that nil Lordship
WAS in Paris, but in what pare of. it they could not
inform him, and it was uncertain *hen be would re.
turn, and they (the servants) were sure that no per-
son in London could inform him. The Learned
Counsel said, as the noble defendant was a Member
of Parliament, he thought his motion regular.
The LORD CHANCELLOR-1g Let it be so."
Motion granted.
CONTEMPT of Mint HERRtHO.
Mr. Hera moved that the defendant should he
committed to the custody of the Warden of the Fleet
for disobeying an order of his Honour the Vice-Chan-
cellor. It appeared that the plaintiff was in distressed
circumitinces in the year 1815, and he applied to
the defendant, an old lady living in the same neigh.
bourhood (that of Plymouth), for a loan of £2f,O.
which be secured to her by making over the furniture
of his house, with liberty for her to sell it on the 2d
of November in the present year if he did not repay
the money on or balore that day but instead of wait.
ing for the day of payment, she was ;theta to pro-
ceed and sell in October, aqd the plaintiff applied to
the Vice-Chancellor for an injunction to restrain her.
His Honour did not greet an absolute injunction ;
but directed the defendant to be served with a notice
to shew cause why an injunction should not iskne, at
the same time restraining her from selling until she
had shewa cause. She was served with this notice ;
but by the advice of het, Solicitor, she treated it with
contempt, and said she could not believe such a no-
tice was ever issued from the High Court of Chan•
eery, and she proceeded to sell. This was a stiff,.
cient contempt of Court to authorize him (the Lear-
ned Counsel) to move for the defendant's committal.
Sir Sesteee Rommel, Counsel for the defendant,
Said his Learned Friend had carefully avoided enter-
' ing into the merits of the case : but the facts were,
that after the plaintir had borrowed the £250 on the
seenrity. as stated, another creditor was about to
issue an execution on the furniture, and the son of the
plaintiff informed her of it, and represented to her, if
she .would advance £45 more he would secnre it lot
her, by patting a person in possession in her name,
She being an ignorant woman, advanced the 414.5,
and in the month of. Octolier she learned the plaintiff
was about to make away with the furniture, and s) e
seized on it, As to the disobedience of the Vices
Chancellor's notice, she did not understand it, not
having known that a suit Intd been instituted against
her in that Court. Zee did 1,o:, however,
.sell the
goods, but was abate: to remove them, when the
plaintiff paid her £ls') in part of the debt due, with
a promise to pay the remainder on the 2d of Noversi,
ber, which he had not dare. He therefore con:en-
ded that this could not be con?iciered a contempt of
Court, as the plaintiff had agreed to an arrengem,n
He therefore had no doubt out li;s Lordship w0i.14
dismiss the motion with costs.
Mr. HAI%T replied, and said that the defendant was
suing the plaintiff's son in A Court of Law for the
£45 which she advanced to him.
The LORD CllANCin.toß.—“ I will take home the
affidavits and read them to. night, and give you my
opinion to.merrow. Jr is a matter of great imp.-
tance, so far as it concerns the authority of this Ceurt.'f
Decision postponed.
COURT OF COTANION PLEAS, DECEMBER IS.
OttUESER v. itNATCHBULL.
The SOLICIToit-GENERAL stated the case for tee
plaintiff, who was a respectable merchant. Mi.
Grueber had, in the year 1811, made a contract wi It
the defendant, (Sir E. Knatclibtlll) and others, for
the purchase of an estate in Kent. This estate was
to consist of 700 acres of land, the title of which we'
to be completed by the defendant, and in the interim
the plaintiff was to enter into possession ; such an en-
try, however, was not to be understand as compro-
mising his requisition for a full and satisfactory tile.
A deposit of £5OOO was to be paid on the instent,
which ores accordingly dose, and the remainder of 4
sum of 4E52,000 was to be paid by instalments agreed
upon. In the sequel, however, it was found that the
defendant could not make out a satisfactory title to a
small part of the estate, and the bargain therefore fell
to the ground. The plaintiff refused, of course, to
complete his part of the contract, and demanded a
repayment of the 05000 deposit money, which was
refused. He was turned out of possession, and the
present action was brought for the recovery of the
deposit money, and his expenses as arising out of the
transaction. It also appeared that the defendint
commenced a suit in Chancery against the. plaintiff,
to compel him to make good his purchase; but thu
the Vice-Chencellor, saw an reason to compel him to
fulfil the purchase part of the contract.-,-T,nie state-
ment was proved in evidence.
Mr. Serjeant Best replied, and censured the con-
duct of the plaintiff, who took advantage of the de-
'predation in the value of landed property to slide out
of a contract. Of the' whole estate, there were only
eleven acres to the title of which objection was made,
end every compensation was offered under this cir-
cumstance, and in two years the plaintiff knew those
eleven acres must come within his general title.
The Junes, in summing up to the Jury, observed,
that where a party making a contract failed in com-
pleting his title, and where the other contracting party
did not waive his objection to such a departure from
the original :contract, it wa; quite clear that the ar-
rangement mutually entered upon become void a 6
ieitio. It could not be overlooked in the present
transaction, that the Court of Chancery hid not
thought fit to exercise its extensive jurildiction of
making an equitable arrangement between the parties
to regulate the eleficieacy in the title, if it appeared
trivial and unimportant.
The Jury mimed a verdict for the plaintiff of
£6,153 for his deposit and costs.

Common Pleas, DuElias
Monday, in the Court of
a. vend of of /1120. 2.5. 7d. and OJ. costa, was re,
turned against GEORGIC EtCLIMON, Jsq. High She-
riff, County of Louth, for a false return made to a
Writ of Ca. $4. which had been delivered to hint
Atgainst Major MKS, of the Westmeath Militias
, the Nit of Mr. gooPPg, Atopkg9iter• of AthsT. •

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ANINTERRSTINO TRANSACTION.
.40,4 • M Mr. JAMS BATRanstom.Hootio—Yesterday ,Of
- • r heapside, appeared betore the LORD MAYOR, to an-
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sow to a charge ea„.staied against him by the Bank
• 'of England, for having nolawtully put away a false
and counterfeit note for ses, well knowing. the same
to be forged.
• Mr:•WaStrwoon, of the honse of Kaye, Freshfield,
end Co attended on the part of the Bank. Hel
'stated, that he had applied to the Lord Mayor, on a
former day, to obtain a summon; for the appearance
of Mr. Bare, nod to call upon that Gentleman to,
sliew causi: why, after he had presented A £5 note
for pay nient at the Bank. and that the proper officer
of that s,,tabilshment had informed him it was a
forgery, he had unlawfully carried such note away,
n..; withstanding the rcuumr.trance of the clerk against
such conduct.
Mr.Westweod now stated, that the case had, since
his first application, assumed a much more serious
aspect. He had discovered that no: only had Mr.
BAte seized and unduly withheld what had keen the
prnpeity of the Bank of England, but that he had
violated the Act of Patliament, which says,' that
whoever shall put away, and cause tn be citculated,
any forged Or conntetfeit note, 'importing to be of
the Governor and Company of the Bank of England.
knowing the same to be forged, shall be guilty of;
felony.
Mr. Batr.," Sir, I am a respectable tradesman,
and will suffer no man to inipe..c:l my integrity—the
property was mine, and I kept it—l gave salue for
i and neither the Bank nor any other shall ever rob
fine of my own property, unless they effect the.dis.
possession by violence."
Hem Mr. Bate was about to enter into a defence
of his conduct, as it regarded . the presentation and
tepossession of the note, when—
The LORD MAYOR said, nothing had been proved
against him, and 'inquired whether Mr. Westwood
was prepared with witnesses ?—The latter replied in
the affirmative.
Henry Hogben deposed, that he was one of the.
iaspectots of notes an the Bank of England. On
Monday, the 9th instant, a note was handed to him
from one of the cashiers for inspection. He imme-
diately discovered it to be a forgery. Upon hearing
this, Mr. Bite asked witness to let him look at the
note : he did so, and that Gentleman appearing to
recognize an endorsement upon it, he immediately
put it into his pocket, and was about to walk away.
Witness, however, ran to the dour, stopped him, and
said that he must not take away the note—that it
was a forge:y, and the Bank insisted upon its being
placed in their hands. Mr. Bate replieet—t, The
Slott is mine, I gave v slue for it, and do not attempt
ta stop me ; I am known very well, *y name is
Bate, and I Lye in Cicap-ide."—Witness did not
ersevete, and Mr. Bate carried away the mita.—
/he test day the note was again presented at the
bank FY another perinn, when it was fiaaliy stopped.
He had not, up .n its beatg first shewn him, marked
it, as was usual, with the word 64 forgery."
Mr. Bate, in reply, now addressed the LORD
MAYott, and st-ar.d. that on Monday last he had
occasion to pass the Bank of England, and being in
want Of small mites, he h% gone in for the purpose
G. c'tanging a 1:5 note, but which upon being pre-
ae.nk d, was declared to be a forgery. He, in conse-
quence, desired 014 E it might be shewn him, in order'
to his seeing itnm whom he had received it ; which
being done, ha instantly recognized the name and
add:es; of the party. He, therefore, instantly put it
in his pocket, and proceeded towards the eh .r, %%hi.
ther he was fo:lawed by the witness, Hoghen, who
said he shoal not have tio! note, and peremptorily
demanded its return. Witt,ess replied, it was his
property ; he had given value for it, tend would re-
turn it to thase who gave it hint, in order to the
security of his property. "If I have dane an illegal
act," said Mr. Bite, " charge me with a constable,
anti bring me beinv a Magistrate—but my property
shall not be tweed from me by violence, nor my
person be attacked with impunity by any set of men
whatever. lam will known, my name is Bate, and
I live at 45, Cheapside."
Mr. West Wood— • Had I beets there, Mr. Bate, I
would have charged you with a constable."
" I dare say you would be capable of attempting
it," replied Mr. Bate, " but you should have an-
swered for it. My property to Me is as sacred, as
that which is considered to belong to the Bank of
England ; and of the integrity of my conduct in the
present case, as well as my duty, I will, 1 have no
doubt, fully satisfy every honest man, as yell as the
Lord Mayor."
Mr. Bate then continued to state, that, after he
had succeeded in bringing away the five pound note,
besemembered having taken it from a Lady, calling
herself Seriatim to whom he had given nearly its
full aniount in change, via. £Q4. 12s. 6d. The Lady
bad put her address upon it, as from the house of
Mr. Crouch, High Holborn, and thither witness ina.
tnediately went. The note was instantly recognized
there also, and Mr. Crouch returned to witness in
lieu another five pound note. He leaned impledi-
itely that the note which had been refused at the
Bank was next forwarded by Mr. Crouch to a Mr.
Jennings, and of this Circumstance he (Mr. Bate)
gaye information at the pank. therefore; con-
ceived that his conduct would be considered very
different from that of a felon ; and that, on the con.'
teary, he had acted with that spirit 'which should
characterize a man deterinined to protect his own
property
Mr. Westwood left the case in the hands of the
LORD MAYOR, and remarked, that it was not until
after Mr. Bate bad received the summons that be
bad given the information he mentioned to the Bank.
Mr. Bate replied that this was false. He had been
out the whole of the day, and.had not seen the sum-
=lons until his 'return, about two o'clock in the
vc.orning.
The Loan MAYOR said, be was not a little sur-
prized at the new feature which had been on the pre-
sent occasion added to the complaint, namely, a
charge of trimly. He called to Mr. Westwood's
imind, the circumstance of his saying, that when the
latter had applied to him for a snntmons, he threw
out a hint that, confined Oen to its then object, it
hittnild prove of little use. his Lordship could not,
there, e, see that a- cabs d felony was at all main.

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.tainable. Here a respectable ttadesman gives valuti
fur a note, which being declared sl be a forgery, hr
endeavours to regain his property by returning it•to
those who.had given it to him. Nor does he do this
privately, but being known, in the most public way,
and after tracing the note as far as he could trace it,
he giyes notice to the Bank of the whole proceeding.
The uttering of the note, therefore, could not, in his
opinion, be a guilty uttering, as constructively put
by Mr. Westwood, who simuld have recollected,
tnat the words of the Act of Parliament were not
only, that the putting away a forged note must be
.13roeed to be felony, but that it must also he proved
to have been done .t with intent to defraud the 'Go-
, vernor and Company," &c. His Lordship therefore

dismissed the chaige.
Mr. Bate, subsequent to the decision, attended
by Mr. Jennings, a Gentleman of great respectabi-
lity, stated that the imputation thrown upon him by
Mr. Westwood, was of such a rature, that he ic:t
himself bound to remove it, if if were possible it
could have been established. Mr. Westwood had as-
serted that he, Mi. hate, had by his cont.ruct, given
circulation to the nuts, which, having passed
two different hands, was again pre:eutcd to the Bank

for payment.
Mr. Jennings n Carr! forward to deny this as-
sertion, and decline,' that wileit the note had been
returned to him through the medium of Mr. Crouch,
he took it to the Bailk, riot for the purpose of receiv-
ing payment, bee: for the sole object of ascertaining
the fact, whether the note was or was not A forgery?
The Lorin Mayon approved very much .of the
conduct of Mr. Bate, and said that he would have so
acted himself under similar circumstances. His
judgment might appear to one Court or to another
Court to be wrong, but he would try the question in
every Court which gave laws to the country.
Bow-STREET.—Nun WEEKS MITER MA
A person of the name of Scott was yesterday brought
to this Office, by his wife, charged with attempting
to stab her, and threatening to shoot himself and
her with a pistol. They had been married only nine
weeks! She stated, that her husband had married
her for her money only ; which, considering the ap-
pearance of the parties, was not unlikely to be true.
He had, she a:so said, made away with all her cash,
and now menaced her life, because she would not
consent to part with ,1100 in the funds, which was
all she had left, in order to purchase the lease of a
house for one of his own family. Mr. Scott being
now asked what he had to offer in his defence, said,
that his wife acted from bad advice ; that they had
trail/ made it up, kissed one another, and agreed to
be friends, but she absented herself horn a comfort-
Able home.—Mrs. Scott, in reply, said they had
quarrelied long enough. and she livei in fear of her
tee. Her husband was ordered to End bail.
Yesterday a little boy, only thirteen years of
age, was charged with feloniously stealing a violin,
the property of Mr. Byrne, the Billet Master of
Drury-lane Theatre, %elm stated that a few days since
he went in his chaise to Brompton to teach, when be
asked a man who was sweeping a crossway to mind
I:ir chaise, while lie went to teach his sell, lar a
lesson, which the man declined doing, but recommen-
ded the prisoner. On his return to the chaise, alter
he had given his lesson, he found his horse tied to a
rail, the prisoner not to be found, and his violin taken
irom the chaise.—Westcote, the cons:ahle, was em-
ployed to go in search of tie prisoner and the violin,
and he succeeded in finding both. The violin he
found at an old iron shop, in 1%1.4th-street, Sloane-
:tree, Chelsea, where the prisoner had sold it for is.
The- way the prisoner had disposed of the money seas
in the purchase of apple.) and plums, a shilling's
worth of gunpowder to make fireworks, and Is. 6d.
to A groom belonging to a staple in Grosvenor-place,
to let him ride a horse.—Mr. Byrne humanely pet
the most lenient construction on the conduct of the
-pribonei, considering it more the act of a child than
of one viciously inclined, and requested to be allowed
not to proceed in prosecuting him. The Magistrate
acceding to Lis humane request, the boy was di:-
charged after a proper admonition.
QUM SQUARt.--Yesterday John Wood, William
liagfield, Joseph Thom/iron, James Webb, and David
Davies, all under 15 years of age, were brought up
in the custody of Pace and Pople, officers, charged
with robbing a Lady, who resides in Marsham-street,
of her ridicule and its contents, which were trifling,
as she was walking along Peter-street.—The priso-
ners Thompson and Davies, were tried at the Old
Bailey last week, along with a boy named Shean,l
who was transported for seven years, and they, on
'account of their youth, (not being more than ten
years of ape) were discharged.--. They were reman-
ded till the Lady could attend.
MARLBOROUGH-MM.—A robbery was commit-
ted in the house of the Marchioness of Downsbire,
on Tuesday evening last, and a quantity of plate, a
valuable tea caddy, and other articles, stolen. Plank,
the Officer, was sent for, and at his suggestion the
house of Lord Le Despencer, situated tour houses
from that of the Marchioness, was applied to, as
that family were out of town, and the care of the
house was left to a man named William Jessop and
his wife. On Plank going thither, after the robbery
on Tuesday evening, he was a quarter of an hour
getting adm:ttance, the door being at that time
chaiped. Plank went to the upper part of the house,
and he found marks of feet without shoes, up the
stairs, through the front attic, and over the leads
without. Jessop accounted for these marks, the Sur. ,
veyor having been there from ten o'clock till three
on Tuesday.—Mr. Jenard, the Surveyor, proved that
be had 'intended to have gone out upon the leads,
where the feet marks were observed, but the attic
winds. was locked down, and Jessop's wife said the
key was lost.—Plank took Jesscp into custody, there
being no doubt of the robbery having been commit-.
ted by the first entrance through Lord Le Despen-
cer's house. The prisoner was remanded for another
examination is a week.
Woassuo-sramer.—Yesterday Francis Wheeler was
brought up in the custody of Joshua Armstrong,
charged with stealing, on the Bth of November last,l
a parcel from the Norwich Mail, containing bills and
drafts on the house of llammersley and Co. bankers
in London to a considerable amount. The coach-
man and guard, who attended, declared he was one
of the isside passengers at the time alluded to. The
prisoner not being able to give a proper account of
himself, was committed for further ezmir.ation.

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