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London, England, 1826-01-10 00:00:00

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Jam Gin», a shoe-milker— in the City, was indicted.
for assaulting Daniel Mario*, a bricklayer, and his
wife, on the 15th of November. It appeared that the
defendant had a country house near Edmonton, from
which some of his pigs had strayed and gotimpounded.
The prosecutor was charged with having been instru-
mental in putting the vagrant grunters into winter
(ratters, and an assault was the cthnsequence. The
complainant said, that his breast was black and blue,
and that he was at death's door till this very morning.
He admitted, however, that he had called the defend.
ant's wife a liar in the presence of her servants. The
defendant had a stick in his hand when he waited on the
prosecutor, but he only punched him with his knuckks
doubled inwards—(Lnughler). During the course of the
trial, the prosecutor, who was a diminutive odd-looking
Personage, kept his hand upon his breast, and when he
happened to forget h mself the hand dropped down, to
the great annoyance of his watchful wite, who always
reminded him o' the pain in his breast, and put up his
hand, to the great amusement of the Court. This Lady
had more to say than t'4e Counsel on both sides, and
she even outdid the Drctor's aperient and pectoral
draughts, by the virtue of her homely drugs, no doubt
thinicin.3, that—

" ••••••=mm The sovereign'st thing on earth,
Was her own spruce beer for an inward bruise."
For she gave the poor fellow sprUce beer the last thing
at night and the fist thing in the morning. The dear
man was at death's door, and took to his bed ; but he
took care to get up by day-break, not liking the visions
of the night. He was represented to be upwards of
sixty years of age, but he himself said that he was only
five or s'at and forty, and his wife confirmed him in this
statement, ndtwithstanding that his Counsel insisted
that he must have forgotten his age.
The wife, however, said, that he was not a bit older, for she
ought to know—(Laughter).
The defendant denied having assaulted the prosecutor at all.
: The Jury found him Guilty of the assault. Fined
.10/. with
liberty to speak to the prosecutor.
Aim Morris, an Irish woinan of decent bus reduced
appearance, was indicted far asssul i g Mary Thorn,
who stated that she lived in Stanhope-street, Mayfair,
where a Gentleman, who went by the name of Wall,
and a Lady who passed as his wife, had lodged with
her for eight months. On the day in question, the de-
fendant wanted to see this Gentleman, and was told he
was, not at home; but she insisted on going up stairs,
and upon Mrs. Thorn's attemptingcto prevent her from
so doing, she put her fist in her fa e, and would have
struck her but for the inter ference of the prosecutrix's son.
Mrs. Morris stated in her defence. that she has been
married several years ago to Mr. Morris, an Oitcer in
the army, whom she had followed all through the
Peninsula in the late war. About four years ago,
however, he deserted her and two children, and went
to live with another woman. She had, consequently,
instituted a suit against hints is Doctors' Commons for,
alimony, but be had succeeded, by assuming various
disguises and false names, in keeping himself concealed
from her for a considerable period, until one day she
saw the woman who lived with him conveyed from St.
Martin's w itch-house to Dow-s:rcet Pol'ce-effi:e, from
which she had her dodged to the Louse of Mrs. Thorn;
in Stanhope-street, where, upon her calling them, she
tour's] her husband living with this woman under the
names of Mr. end Mts. Wall, whilst she (Mrs. Morris),
with her surviving son, the other having died, were
endeavouring to subsist upon a scanty allowance from
•he parish. Mts. Thorn then proposed to her to live
comfortably with Mr. Morris and the other woman,
and the neighb ors would know nothing about them;
hut she iefused to associate with her husband " so long
as he lived with another hussey." The discovery of his
residence caused him to be aireqed for some of her,
debts; however, he got out again ; and upon her calling
at his lodgings on a subsequent day, Mrs. Thorn ee-
njed that he was there; but she, well knowing that he'
was up stairs, insisted upon going up. arid there accord-
ingly she found him and his lady. Tnis was all she
had done, nor had she the slightest intention of striking
Mts. Thorn, or using any violence whatever, beyond
merely forcing her way up stairs to her husband, which
she conceived she had a right to do, when she and her
child were starving on parish bounty.
Mrs. Thorn, in reply to a question from the Court,
said that she had always considered the other woman
as her lodger's wife; but now she " rather believed that
the defendant was his true wife."
The Jury returned • verdict of Guilty, under circumstances;'
(meaning, of palliation.)
The COURT sentenced the defendant to pay a line of one shilling,
and to be discharged.

Henry Carton was indicted for an assault upon Hes-
ter, the wife of Cooper, on the 26th of September.
The defendant, it appeared, was driving a horse and
cart at a rapid rate, through Broad-street, Golden-
square, as the prosecutrix was crossing to another street
with a child in her arms ; and owing to his negligence,
the poor woman was knocked down ; the child was
thrown out of her arms and severely bruised, whilst the
cart passed over herself, and hurt her so seriously, that
' she was confined to her bed for a fortnight.
Mr. Az.s.zy proposed, on the part of the defendant, to submit to
a verdict of Guilty, and pay the prosessutria SI.
Mr. Puu.urs aa behalf of the proseeutriz, alter some hesitation,
assented to this proposal.
The Jury, therefore, returned a ♦erdict of Guilty, and the de-
fendant was sentenced to pay a tins of 101. to the King, with liberty
to speak to the prosecutriz.

ROYAL Bow Mor.—There is abroad a Royal box-otot,
which, strange to say, has not found its way Into the Newspapers.
The Koss, on hearing sans owe declare that Moose had murdered
SiIiILIDAX, observed, 14 I won't say that Mr. Moore has INWIIIIIIII4
Sheridan, but he has certainly-'myeed bisVe."--Lesidess Megssiose.
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Most alarming reports hive been in circulation in
this city and neighbourhood, within the last few days,
with regard to the health of our excellent and valued
County Member, Mr. 'AMMON, which has been re-
presented to be in a most precarious state. We base
great pleasure, however, in observing, that although
the Honourable Gentleman has, for a short time past,.
been suffering under an attack of nervous head-ache, of
more than ordinary violence, he is not allicted with
any malady from which seriaus consequences nerd be
apprehended. Indeed, lie, has so far recovered from
his illness, as to be able to pracced to London, for which
place he left Lambton Castle, in company with Ladj.
LouisA LAMBTON, on Tnursdsy last, passing through
this city.—Durhassi Chronick.
Letters from Rotterdam of the 6th January, were
yesterday received. Amongst other commercial inf..r-
mation we find, that upon comparing the reek of coffee
on hand, on the Ist Jaiwary, 1826, with that of the Ist
January of the preceding year, there appears to be a
deficiency of 34,600 bags; in 1815, there being 82,800
bags; and in 1828, only 48,200 bags; whilst, on the
contrary, sugas appears to have materially increased ire
quantity.

4AW 44104 T.
• COURT OF CHAV.RBl___...aaav t.
The Loss Onasaizsos's *Oak in Cann, has this day bees
agaitipostponed, in censequeniie oftis Loraship'scontlnued illness.
will sit in a day or two, if he should possibly be able to come
out. Next Monday will be the first seal.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, -•NUART 9.
AIR BALLOONS.—HRRLY V. GRAHAM AND 'VIED..
Mr. ABRAMAIIS opened the, pleadings, and Mr.
EVANS stated the plaintiff's case to the Jury, in s low
a tone of voice as to be nearly inaudible in the Stiident's
box ; we understood hilts, however, to say, that the
plaintiff was a tailor, and that the first defendant was
the celebrated Mr. Graham, and the othei defendant
was a scientific Gentleman connected with him in hi,
pursuits. Some time in the last year a hallo-in ascent
was contemplated by these Gen lemen, but the balloon
needed considerable repairs, and the plaint'ff WAS en-
gaged, under the immediate superiptendence of the
defendants, to cf.) such repairs, and it was fur a remu•
neration for his time and trouble upon th it occasion
that he brought the present action; he had made a very
moderate demand for his trouble, but the defendants
had refused to pay it, and he (Mr. Evans) understood
that the witnesses that would be called before the Jury,
would say, that a far larger sum than that wh'ch the
plaintiff had demanded, would be a very moderate re-
muneration for his trouble.
A 'witness was called, but before his eunilnation was pro.
seeded in, the Luso Cuter JUSTICE suggested a reference, which
was agreed to, and a nominal verdict . was consequently found
for the

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LANCELOT SIIADWELL, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, has
just canvassed the Borough of Ripon, in the place of Mr. gins,
who, it is understood, will retire on the dissolution of Parliament.
The public-house called the Elephant, in Fenchurch-
street, supposed to he one of the oldest in London, is
condemned to be pulled down. It is not perhaps gene-
rally known, that in this house the inimitable Hooarru
enjoyed many of his convivial meetings, and on the
walls of the tap-room of which are two paintings from
his hand of convivial meetings, which may probably
contain portraits not only of himself, but of characters
well known in his day. It is much feared, that in con-
sequence of theie being painted on wall, no part of
them will be able to be preserved.
The Corporation of London are in a very great dif-
ficulty with respect to the Courts of Justice at Guild-
hall. The Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas suffers particular annoyance, not only on' ac-
count of the reverberation 'of the sound of his own
and other voices, but the doors are so unfortunately
disposed as to cause the wind to blow upon him with
peculiar violence. In the course of last Term he called
the door-keeper, and ordered him, upon pain of a 10/.
penalty, not to allow any person who was not a Barrister
to pass through' the -doer through which the wind
makes its entrance in so intolerable a manner. Some
of those who have been proposing a remedy for tlae
echo are of opinion that the purpose would be an-
swered by lowering the roof; others think it would
be more advisable to have a false roof. The fact is,
that very few of the architects of the present day have
any notion of the doctrine of acoustics, in which their
inimitable inaster„Sir Christopher Wren, was as well
skilled as in the other great principles of the art. Some
persons in the City some time ago thought proper to
remove the pulpits in the churches built by Sir Chris-
topher from their original position ; but after turning
them one way, and then another, they found, that the
spots from which they had presumed to shove them
were the very best adapted to the voice, and they ac-
cordingly resigned their judgment to that of the archi-
tect of St. Paul's.

Friday a barbarous and cowa►dly robbery was
perpetraa d on a female, on the road between Cali-
muck-houses and Leichtown March, near Port of
Monteith. She was knocked down by a fellow who
tied her hands behind her back, and fastened her feet,
and, after having stopped her mouth to keep her from
crying for assistance, he ro'sbed her of a one-pound
note, Is. 6d. of silver, and some peace ; four ells and a
half of black cloth, nine ells of checked cotton cloth,l
some cotton shining, some tea, sugar, soap, and
number of other arc.cles. He also took from one of'
her fingers a gold ring. She lay neatly two hours in
a senseless state, occasioned by the blows she had re
ceived ; and when she recov,ered a little, it was with
the greatest difficulty she got her feet disentangled,. so
as to be able to walk back to Calimuck.

Thursday a Vestry-meeting was specially convened
at Cambridge, to take into consideration the conduct of
John Allum, the keeper of the workhouse in the parish
of the Holy Trinity. The Meeting was numerously
attended, and it appeared that a poor diminutive young
man, of the name of Robert Silk, about 25 years of
age, had been in the house some years; he WAS dumb
and an ideas, The charge against Allum was, that he
had, during the severity of this season, and for a long
time previous, confined this poor creature in an out-
house without any fire, penned up in one corner, there
placed upon a board without shoes or stockings, and
with his arms bare, and only a petticoat and some coarse
covering for the upper part of his body ; there he was
accustomed to remain till night, trampling in his filth,
when he was put into a crib or manger, with a small
portion of short straw. There was no chair or stool in
the hovel for this unfortunate victim of severity to rest
upon. The cruelty thus practised reached the ears of
Mr. Alderman Coe, a Magistrate, who well to the
workhouse, and saw the young man in the situation
above described; he instantly ordered him to he re-
moved into the house, there to be clothed with shoes
and stockings, and plaied near the fire, and otherwise
properly taken care of. Two days afterwards the worthy
Magistrate called again to see the youth, when, to his
atter astonishment, he found no attention had been paid
to his directions by the master; but the unfortunate
creature was still standing upon the board, penned in
the same corner, and apparently in extreme pain; still
withont shoes or stockings, and the very water and dirt
he stood in gushing up between his toes. Mr. Fantasia
the surgeon, who in his visit accompanied the worthy
Alderman, instantly ordered him to be removed into
the house: he examined his feet and legs, and expressed
some apprehension lest mortification should ensue, and
gave directions for them to be put in a warm-bath,
after other precautionary measures had been taken. •A
Vestry Meeting:wai held a few days after this happened,
to transact the ordinary bissiness of the parish, when
Mr. Alderman Cos attended, and informed the- parish
of what had occurred. A iluM was instantly suspended,
and directions given for calling a Meeting to inquire
into his conduct, when, the statement-brink confirmed,
the Meeting unanimously agreed instantly •to discharge
him, for acts of cruelty, tram his situation.—C'dnabridge
Independent.

bPONTING INTELLIGENCE.
BICTTINCLROOIII, TATTERiALL'S, Lus. s.
The Room was veryweß-eiteisitWineMloilifief
few some time past. The Odds it will be seen, have varied; the
chief alterations being on B.:llvar for the Derby, who is rsing
very fast ; for the Oaks, on Mows; who. is rereding, while Fila- .
gree has, in one day, risen from 14 mad 15 to 1, to Tits 1 ; Eliza-
beth is also getting up. Fur the St. Legtlr, Ilelsonlis now second
favourite. although hr bas never yet beta 4 win try. barb.% been
beaten two or three times: Crusader retrogrades; Thrataria and
Calypso bid fair to become great faviturites. Tbe general odds
are thus:

Si to 1 agst Monarch
11 to 1 art Tredrille
144 to 1 agst The General
IS to 1 agst Gramarie
20 to 1 agst Advance

Dca lIT.
23 to I ass? Zukika •
28 to l ag.t itowtila
28 to I agst
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30 to I aget Bolivar (taken} • • •,•••.,
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6i to 1 agst Mignionetta 10 to I agst Elisabeth •
6% to 1 apt Pawn 11 to 1 agst 'Nlo-es
76 to 1 apt Filagree 12 to 1 apt Henry
Doucarrea Sr. Laois..
76 to 1 apt Bedlatnite I 25 to 1 apt Calypso
12 to 1 apt Belzoni I 35 to 1 apt Barefoot
126 to 1. apt Crusader 40 to 1 agst The Geotril
li to 1 apt Barataria • I 1000 to 15 apt HardwriCh

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DONCASTER RACES, 11126.
The following are the arrangements for the various Rocca •
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the week:
hluitisay--:-Fltzwilllam Stakes, Champagne Stakes (!1
Four years old Produce. Stakes (8 subs.) his Majesty's Plata, and
handicap Sweepstakes.
TvasaAr—Great St. Leger Stakes (99 subs.) Doncaster Stakes
(30 subs.) Two years old Produce Stakes (I subs.) aid Corpora.
tion Plate.

Wroarnorir—Four years old Stakes (4 subs.) Foal Stakes (6
subs.) animist Racing Club Stakes (6 subs.) and AU-Age Stabeq.
THURSDAT—Gascoigne•Stakis (11 subs.) Three years old Stakes
son soy. cub (4 subs.) Two years old Stakes. 06 subs.) and
Gold Cup.
Pamir—Filly Stakes (Is subs.) Three yelp old Stakes of 30
soy. each (e 5 subs.) Sweepstakes for four yelle old and upwards
(11 subs.) and One Hundred Pound Plate.
•
YORK SPRING MEETING.—Secogre Day. .*
The FiUy Stakes of 20 says. each. for 3 yrs aid Sisk Bst.
each. Last mile and a half.
. . .
Mr. Mason's ch by Kgremoat, Lancashire Witch.
Sir E. Dodsworth's ch Miss Patrick, sister to St. Pauli!: 4
Mr. Rolling's b. Grecian Omen, sister to Homer. • N. •
Mr. Jaques's br. Galena, sister to Barytes. .
Duke of Leeds's v. by Walton, Lisette
Duke of Leeds's br. by Whisker, dam by Sir Paul
Mr. Watt's ch by Cation, Aldeldors.
Lord Muncaster's b Garcia by Octavian.
Lord Kennedy'sbl Mary Anne, sister.to Streatham.
Lord Milton's b Megadeals, by Tramp.
Mr. Brandling's br. sister to Osmond.
The Shorts. A Sweepstakes of AO soy. each, for S yrs OM; MN,
sit 51b; Allies, set. 31b. Last mile.
Duke of Leeds's gr fby Walton, Lisette.
Mr. Duncornbe's b c by St. Helena, dam by Wary.
Mr. Lambton's Claudine by nor, Orphan.
Mr. Ridsdale's br. e. by Oiseau---Medora.
Lord Kennedy's b e King Cattail by Cation.
Lord Milton's Barataria, by Cervantes.
Lord Queensberry's b e The Constable, -by Comte.
Sir W. Milner's ch e Amadis, dam by Tramp.
Mr. Payne's b. c. by Antidpatioss—Golden Rose.
The Gold Cup valuel 00gs for 3 yr olds, Est 41b ; 4 yrs, 74 121 b ;
5 yrs, 84 716 ; aged, Bat 131 b—two Wks.
Mr. Watt's eh I Zirsa, by Araadis or Blacklock, 4 vs. •
hir. Petre's ch ir Der Freischuts, by Outcry, 5 yrs.
Sir M. W. Ridley's b f Fleur de Lis, 4 yrs.
Lord Kelburne's bl h Jerry, by Smolensk°, 5 yrs.
ch. c. Actzon, by Scud, 4 yrs. •
Mr. Russell's b e The Alderman, 4 yrs. .
•
Mr. liollyoake's 14. h. Mustachio, 4 yrs. • •
Mr. NVhittaker's bt h Lottery, *yrs. • • • • •
Mr. Payne's ch. C. Barytes, by Ebor, 4 yrs. • •
• ,
Sweepstikes of 30 seic'esch, 10 ft; for two years slid col t/6;04 111 b
- fillies. Bst. 211 s. T. Y.C.
I Mr. Whaley's eh. C. Comas &epodes, by Chiseller or IBlllll9Brt
iloughton Lass. •I
Mr. T. O. Powlett's gr e by Ardressan—Jack Spigot's 444.4.4 • ;
Mr. Hartpury,• by Abjer.
Mr. Jacques's ch f sister to Ringlet, by Whisker.
_Puke of Leeds's b c by Whisker.-.dagn by ,Trughonlas.
Duke of Leeds's b e by Mddock, dam•by Oberon.
Duke of Leeds's gr c by Grey 3liddletr.m—Miss Cliff.
Mr. Allvsorthy's ch I Prospective, by oiseau, odt of Prospec:iye,
by Mroful. •
I Mr. Crumpton's b e by Cervantes—Margaret.
Sir 1%1. W. Ridley's b e by Catton—.liar riot.
Mr. Wright's b c Sampson, by Blacklock. •
Lord Kelburne's eh c by Androssan9 dam by Haphazard.
Ld Futwilliam's b c Troubadour, by Blacklock.

LAW DAY.

The Constitution Stakes, of Twenty Says. 'each, h. f. for horses,
&c. of all ages. Three years old, 3at 101b4 four yrs Est; five yrs
Ilst 91h ; sic yrs, 9st llb ; and aged 9st 51b. Mile and a quarter.
Lord Kelburne s eh a DafedeviL by Viscount. 4 yrs.
Lord Scarborough's ch e by Canon, Elias Leed's dam,3
Mr. liolynake's b e Dauntless, by Whalebone, 4 yes.
Mr. Russell's h c Tbe Alderman, by Bourbon, 4 yrs.
Duke of Lecti's> e by Comas, dam by Trophonius, 4 y►s.
Duke of Izeds's b c 'Whisker, dant by Masquerade, 3 yrs.
Mr. Fergussou's b e by Bourbon, 4 yrs.
Mt. Whittaker 's Lottery, 6 yrs.
Mr. F. Lumley's br e by Ardrossan, dam by Marigold, 3 yrs.
Lord Milton's b e. ilumpbrey Clinker, by Comas, 4 yrs.
Mr. Glaseolgne's b f. Sifter to Elizabeth,l yrs.
Mr. T. 0. Powlett's br h Conductor, 3 yrs.
Mr. B. Peter's b I by Tramp, 4 yrs.
Mr. Itidadale'sb f Decision, by Magistrate, 3 yrs
Mr. Crompton's b f Ztraa, by Black lock, 4 yrs.