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MIDDLESFX SESSIONS.

Till ICING v. NIGHTINGAL.S.
The defendant in this case was indicted for wan-
tonly assaulting the prosecutor on the 19th of Au-
gust last, by breaking his windows at eleven o clock
at night.
Ms. Am:metros stated the case on behalf of the
prosecution. The charge, if proved, as he had no
doubt it would be, was sufficient to excite the indig-
nation of every honest and independent mind. What-1
ever his own feelings might be, (and he would at
once frankly own they were powerfully excited on,
;inch an occasion), he trusted the defendant would
not conceive that in the expressions he might be ob-
liged to use, he meant any thing personal. At the
same time, if the evidence was satisfactory to the
Jury, it would be utterly beyond the power of lan-
guage to express the indignation and contempt which
one must feel for a person who could be guilty of
such a wanton outrage on public decency and public
peace. Happily the Bar was distinguished for the
liberal terms in which they spoke of every person,
rich or poor, and he trusted the day would never
arrive which would see an English Advocate avail
himself 'of the privilegecof his situation by Indulging
in abuse. After going through the evidence he was
about to call, the Learned Counsel.animadverted, in
the most severe terms, on the defendant making use
of the words—" that his honour prevented his dis- '
closing the name of his friend who had broke the
window." For him to talk of hoiour was wonder-
ful. A man of honour to go about breaking win-1
dows ! ! One had repeatedly heard of honour among
thieves, and Among persons of a more infamous
stamp.* But liras it a proof ;.,f honour to see a danii::
going about and annoyiug peaceful families? Much
better would it be for suci: cr•atures to assume the
name of Mokro;:ks, as-la .beer. done in the days of
Addison, (for ;::?en we had no titr:ei!,-s, but 'bucks),
than assurrl•the feminine name of a'aud...c.e. ‘V hat-
ever optrion a dandy might have of himself, cer-
tainly he was a thing not fit for social purposes, and
he trusted the creatures of the present day would
find the law more than a match for thorn. If the
dandy supposed that breaking windows was a new
invention he was much mktaken, for the very same
thing had happened a century ago, only wi h this
difference, that the bucks at that time broke them
with halfpence, but our modern dandies did so with
stones. Theo-Learned Counsel called then the follow-
ing witnesses:
-I‘lr. Denison stated, that he is a surgeon and apo-1
thecary, living in Duke-street,' Manchester-square.
and has done so for 40 years. He was sitting at
borne oil the evening in question 09th of August) in
the midst of his family, the windoat--:-.hutters not
being closed, and his wife being within two feet of
the window, whoa a great crash was heard, which
broke two panes of glass and the window frame. llc
foupd a large stone in the room, which unquestion-
ably must have been carried some distance, as no
such stones are in the street. Heard the watchman
cry out some time after. He went cut and found
some person in custody of the watchman. That was
the defendant, who said a friend of his had done it,
but he refused to give the name. Ile was taken to
litrlborougli-street. and held to bail.
Cross-examined.—When taken to the watch-house,
witness did not de ire he should be put in the black-
hole. Did not hear his daughters make use of abu-
sive language to the defendant alien the window was
broken. Does not himself know that the defendant
was put in the black-hole.
Re-examined—The drfendant has never yet diS-
closed the name of his friend: •
J. Weal, a Clerk in a Public Mee, was at Mr.
Dennison's on the night in question. lie had spent
the evening there. The account given by Mr. Den-
nison was quite correct. Witness thought persons
passing in the street must have seen Mrs. Dennison's
back, as she sat near the window. The defendant
treated the matter lightly when he was taken, and
mid, his friend and he saw a party at Mr. Dennison's,
and his friend, who was drunk, threw the stone. and
then they ran away in opposite directions. When
they appeared before the Magistrate neat day, the
latter produced fro a a drawer a similar stone, which
had been thrown is at a window in the same neigh-
bourhood.

Cross-examined.--,ITe wrote an accountof the trans-
action for a newspaper. Tha writing shown to him
was not his, nor hal he the least idea whose it was.
I3utlin, a Surgeon, was also at Mr. Dennison's
on the night in question, and agreed in the correct-
ness of the account given by that (gentleman.
Cross-examined.—He never wrote a letter to any
Editor of a Newspaper. He expressed his indiena-
tion to Mr. Nightingale; but lie did not hear the
latter abused in gross or improper terms.
P. Connor, a watchman, heard the crash, and
caught Nightingale as he was running away ; but he
saw no other person near him, no:. did be see any
other running away. Ile was 20 yards from the
house when the stone was thrown.
Here the evidence for the prosecution closed.
Mr. ALLEY now addressed the Chairman, and
contended that no proof of any assault bad been
given, neither was the parish in which the offence
had been committed proved.
The CHAIRMAN admitted proof then to be taken
from Mr. Dennison, that his house is in the parish of
Mary-la-bonne, and left the question of assault to
the Jury.
Mr. ALLEY then addressed the Jury on behalf of
the defendant, and contended that no eridenc,• had
been adduced to support the charge. Ile wondered
at the anger displayed by his Learned Friend against
the Dandies, and supposed that it Must have arisen'
from his being bitten by one of that breed. From
all that he had heard, or lately read in the News-
papers, about these creatures, he thought them per-
fectly harmless, and only fit to dangle at Ladies'
apron strings, and carry their redicules. But his
client was none of these; he was a respectable young
man, the son of a Lady of rank, and himself holding
a Commission in that Army which had done so
much for us. He had been to Hampstead with a
friend, where they had dined. This friend got in-
toxicated, and threw the stone. The defendant had
declared upon his honour that he did not throw the
stone, nor would he have suffered it to have been
thrown, if he had had any controul over his friend.
Still he could not think of giving up the name of his
friend to a prosecution. without the leave of that
friend, and therefore must bear 41 the consequences

himself. If the Jury returned a verdict against thi
defendant, a Court of Enquiry must be held on his
conduct; and if that verdict were taken as a guide
to the inquiry, he might be deprived of his Com-
mission.
The CHAIRMAN then began to sum up the evi-
dence. He laid it down that the one, who was by
when the stone was thrown, was as guilty as the
thrower, if they acted in concert. He recommended
to the defendant to give up his friend.
Mr. ALtrt said, his client lamented that he could
not do that ; but he would make an apology for any
part of his conduct, except for the throwing of the
stone, of which he knew himself to be innocent.
Mr. ADOLPHUS said, the prosecutor could only
accept an apology for the whole of his conduct, and
a sum 'paid to a public charity.
Mr. ALLEY repeated that his client could only
apologise for any act which might be erroneous ; but
he could not admit that he threw the stone.
The CHAIRMAN then-went on. He lamented that
the defendant slid make himself the sacrifice for
an undeservingd, and would not take the ad-
vice offered him to give him up. The attempt made
to serve the defendant had only proved, what was'
often observable in such places, that they only vatt-
ed their own time, and left matters in a worse state
than before. The conduct attributed to the defendant
was a most disgraceful outrage, aggravated by the
insult of offering to pay for the broken panes. It
would not be endured in this country, that the do-
mestic circle and peace of any man should be out-
raged in so gross a manner as had been done to the
prosecutor. The defendant was as guilty as he who
threw site stone, and he must not think, that if found
rmilt?, he would get off for a fine of £lO or 030.
i':
the Court knew that many men thought nothing of
paying that much . for their frolic. Ile wished the
affairlad taken another turn, but as it was, the case
must be left to the Jury. Ile then summed up the
evidence as we have already detailed it.
The Jury then deliberated for a few seconds, and
just as they were about to return their verdict Mr.
AboLritus begged the Foreman to stop a few mo-
ments while he made another proposition to the de-
fendant's Counsel. He then handed over a written
paper to Mr. ALLEY, which we afterwards learned,
was an apology, which the prosecutor was willing to
accept. Mr. ALLEY, after having consulted with his
client, and shewn him the contents of the paper, said
the defendant had consented to read it in open Court,
na which he immediately rose from the end of the
table, where he had been seated during the whole of
the trial, and did to the following effect:— •
" No one laments more than myself the fact which has been
cornniit;ed ; and I am extremely sorry if I have done or said
Lily thin: which has given °hence to Mr. Dennison or any e
his copiiv.-
‘itt also understand that he agreed to pay f.:50 to
a charity. A Juror Was then withdrawn, and no
t
vcrdict taken or recorded.
The CHAIRMAN then complimented Mr. Dennison
on the he had manifited.

BOW-STlMET.—Yesterday Lady Bruce was re-exa,
mined. Previous to the examination, a hatter in Bury
street, 54. James's, said, that Lady Bruce had re-
sided in his house some time ago, and had always
conducted herself with propriety. She paid him and
all who bad demands on her with punctuality. Mr.
thymic said he was tight to state any thing he might
know of Lade Bruce ; but the proper place for such
a statement would be before a Court and Jury should
site be sent to trial. The Solicitor for the defendant
said, that the transaction, which had been made a
charge'by Mr. Jupp, was nothing but a contract
debt. lie had bills and papers to prove that Mr.,
Jupp had given her Ladyship credit before.—A
licitor who attended for Harding and Co. who fur-
nished the defendant with fur trimming, said, the
goods never would have been sent, had they not
olight she was really the person she represented
herself to be.—Mr. BIRNIE, " Can you prove that
she is not Lady Bruce ?"—The Solicitor said a variety
of circumstances had led him to believe that the title
was assumed. He thought it was for her to prove
that she was Lady Bruce.—Mr. Spicer, a wine mer-
chant of New-street, informed the Magistrate, that
since the former investigation, his case, he thought,
had assumed a different complexion.—Defendant's
Solicitor, " A check has been offered to you, Sir,
for the amount of your demand; but you would not
accept it."—Mr. Spicer said, a check had been ten-
dered, but he chose not to accept it. Ile had no
vindictive feeling towards the defendant, or any
other person. He had sent the wine and spirits under
the impression that the defendant was the person she
described herself to be. Two days after the wine
had been sent to George-street, he called there for
payment, and was told Lady Bruce had gone away.
Mrs. Tanfield, the owner or landlady of the house,
behaved insolently to him, and told him she was
glad to see his wine come into her house. She ac-
knowledged that she had inquired of Lady Bruce
who supplied her with wine, and upon 'being told,
said, " then you had better order in some wine, and
that will serve to pay me the rent you owe me."—
Mr. Spicer remonstrated with Mrs. Tanfield; bat
she only became more insolent, and told him she
would not be annoyed by people coming there bo-
thering about Lady Bruce. He called again on Sa-
turday morning, when he found the wine and other
things under the care of a broker. He asked the
latter if he could have his wine, as it was all he re-
quired, ar.,i he thought it ought in fairness to be re-
' stored to him. The broker answered in the nega-
tive.—Mr. Br RNIF new said, that Mr.Jupp's case, even
if he had been present, must fall to the ground, as
upon looking over the depositions, he found that the
y oung man who had carried the articles to the defen-
dant.-had agreed to leave them, upon the latter say-
ing she intended to call and give more orders. This
swag decidedly a contract.—The young man from
Messrs. Ilarding wished to press his charge, and said
; the defendant had deceived them by assuming a false
title.—.A Gentleman, a friend of the defendant, ob-
served. that if the latter had assumed the title of
Lady Bruce only for a short time, it might be in-
; ferred that she had done so for the purposes of fraud,
but when it was well known, and could be proved,
that she had borne that title for a number of years,
both in Ireland and in this country, the case was
materially altered. If; therefore, the charges were
. to rest merely upon that point, be submitted " that
they must fall to the ground."—Mr. Blame, " I am
of the same opinion. I have letters in my pocket
from Lord LW:W:4 is which his Lordship accts that

the defendant has for several'
Lady Stewart Bruce, Loth in Li
—The Gentleman said, that no
made, and the demands of all 1
tors would have been quietly
publicity which had been given
gation, and the exertions of an
gone round in a chaise to her
tltem to come fcrwarti and pro
ling. In consequence of these cii
to whom she was indebted had
" like a host of locusts."--Mr. 1
person . —Defendant's Solicitor
ought to indicted."—The Gentle
tiinly shall be prosecuted:'—N
upon the whole of the case, du
would not exercise commcn prt
their business, the Law provided
The case of Messrs. Harding to
a simple contract debt.—filer
discharged.
MANSION HOU:Z.—Mr. God
Head, Aidgate, charged a won
to be presumed, from 47 dupli
possession, was Elizabeth Wan
about 201. worth of feathers. '
his house fur a bed on Frida)
morning was seen waddling a
giously increased in siv.. Susi
with her more than she brough
be searched. At each side, un
a large bag filled with feathers
of monstrous size. They were
by cords. Upon examining tl
half the feathers were taken frr
in the tick had been very neat!:
the 47 duplicates, a bunch ri
upon her, and several nails ani
which locks could be opened.
respectable appearance, and
Mr. Godfrey said, he was sure
months ago of feathers, in the sa

A sheet time ago, while a fan
was employed in removing his
house, where they hod remain,
for upwards of six weeks, he I
wasted to a skeleton, .lowly at
liberty. This circumstance h
mer's cutiosity, he looked into
discovered the bones and fea
' which bad no doubt entered at
ted by the few grains acorn tl
strewed about the bottom of t
men: of husbandry. The sun
lives, was soon recognised, ar
peaty of John Vernon, shoema
about the time the fanners h:
from the circumstance of only
of the ether hen having been
the survivor had become canii
sity, and subsisted for some tir
from tire carcase of its fellow
-Where an assemblage of to
concentrated in ene line of pi
attend their application, not
This has been evinced in tht
Medical Board at Charlotte-I
and at Woodstock-Uonse, Wo
street, where cures are every
which have baffled the skill
and excited their astonishmen
have particularly attended to
certain disease, which entails
bilities, and unhinges the con
They also remove the elects c
ing from juvenile indiscretion,
and from a long residence in
description they beg particul
eruptions in the skin, sore thro:
limbs, frequently mistaken for
fistulas, scrophula, &c.—Me
after forty years practice in
consulted at Woodstock-street
from eight tiN eight; and ai
Charlotte-Houce, Great Chad(
road, precisely from twelve urn
—Mechanics, and persons of
advice, gratis, if they attend at
Tuesday, Thursday, and Stand
o'clock, and from six to eig
it? A side door, and privat

BIRTH
On the 17th instant, the Lady o
Fraser, of 3 son and heir.
On the 13th instant, at Wismar
taro Bethune, of the 78th Regiment
Thursday se'nnight, the wife of
Cupar Angus, of two girls and a bo

Lntely, the Rev. William Lodge
mash, to Anne' second daughter
Corick, county Tyrone.
At Belford, the gist inst. John
wick, to Miss Dean, third daughter
of his Blajesty's Justices of the Peac

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At his residence, Easharvan, cos
strong, Esq. one of the Aldermen 1
At Newton Green, an the 17th
Maurice Crawford, of the Royal
At Strachur, Argyle:hire, Duct
morning of the day on w!.icl, he di'
and had eaten a hearty breakfast.
rainy, he overheated himself by joie
cants in housing corn. Having go
thought he had fallen asleep, when
sheaves that were placed before hit
of death ! A blood-vessi-1 had bur
him of sense and existence.

At Edinburgh Castle, on the 211
his age, Mr. John Cramer, band-r
a young man of great professional
the alms of the corps. Mr. Crary
lebrated military musical instrumet
don, and has taught the band of
years, and accompanied it during
Mit. His remains were interred
church-yard, Rdinburgb, attended
meat, as well as a numerous assn
Edinburgh Encampment of Ettigh
of which he was a member.

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