Star.
London, England, 1811-09-21 00:00:00

•LD MILE►Y. SBPT.2•• •

Daniel Davit, a letter-carrier in the General Post-
office, was capitally indicted, for having, on the 31st
of May last, feloniously embezzled a promissory note
of the Bank of England for RIO, which came into
his hands in the course of his official employment, in
a letter entrusted to hint for delivery, but feloniously
by him secreted, with intent to defraud Wm. Scolfield.
The case was stated by the ATTORNEY GENERAL,
and the facts proved were shortly as follow ;—The
letter containing this note, was put into the General
Post-office at Liverpool, on the 29th of May, addres-
sed by Mr. William Scolfield to his father, Mr. John
I Scolfield, and directed to the care of T. Rape, No.
25,, King-street, Covent-Garden ; and it aught, in
due course, to have arrived in London on the 31st.
On that day the prisoner was employed with all the
other letter-carriers in the sorting room at the Post-
office, assisting in the business of sorting the letters
for delivery ; and upon that day he received credit
three different. times for mis-sorted litters delivered
to him, the addresses of which were not within his re-
gular walk. In consequence of some correspondence
which took place between Mr. Scolfield and his fa-
ther, the note was missed, and the payment stopped
at the Bank. On the 21st of July following, the note
was paid into the Bank from the firm of Robarts and
Co. into whose house it appeared to have been paid
by Messrs. Meux and Co. brewers ; through whom
it was traced to a publican named Rose, attheCrown
and Two Chairmen, Soho ; and to whom the note
being brought, in order to enquire how he came by
it, he.turned up the back, and shewed it to. be endor-
sed in his own hand with the word Post.man,"
which the publican said referred to the prisoner as the
person from whom he had received it.
It also appeared by the testimony of a pawnbroker
that on the 31st of May the note was tendered to him
by a woman, in order to release a ring which she had
pawned there for ss. ; but after he had endorsed this
woman's name on the note, he declined'taking it,
and this name also appeared upon the note produced
in Court. This woman also proved that she had re-
ceived the note from the prisoner, to whom she re-
turned it when it• was refused at the pawnbroker's,
and he gave her a one pound note in return. The
prisoner being afterwards interrogated by Mr. Par-
kins, Solicitor to the Post-office, as to how he came
by the note, he answered that he had received it in
payment of a draft for £l2, from an army clothier,
named Oswald, upon the house of Messrs. Marsh,
Sibbald, and Co. but upon enquiring there, it was
found that the RIO bill paid there to the prisoner was
No. 17,734, on the 6th of May, and was then paid
by the prisoner into the Post-othce—whereas the note
in question was numbered 8,161, and did not arrive
in London until the 31st of May.
Mr. Justice HEATH summed up the evidence, and
the Jury immediately found the Prisoner, Guilty
Deal h.

George Basset and Thomas Ford, two labourers be-
longing to the London Docks, were indicted for
stealing 571bs. weight of silver from a vessel called
the Archduke Charles, the property of Mr. Thomas
Moore, on the 30th of July last.
Most of the facts are already before the public, on
pr.:vtoes examinations at the public office. The pri-
' soners had been employed in clearing out the vessel,
las also was Jarvis, an accomplice, wro was admitted
las a witness for the prosecution. Thom is Cap, a
publican in t? .e swighbourhood of the Ikcics, was the
person to whom they entrusted the stolen silver, in or.
tier to dispose of it, and who fiat made the discoirerys
upon his learning some time al terwards that a reward
was offered for the offenders.

Captain Henry Mooie stated, that his vessel arrived
in the Docks from Lima, in Punt, on the 9 h July
last, and having a quantity of silver on board, tie
had deposited two bags of it under some indigo upon

at the tank fir payment, hue instead of having the
above indorsement upon it, they found the words
" bad note," converted.into 44 bad notice," and Hop-
wood was completely obliterated, and " Wcst.street"
was converted into " West-Ham ;" 27th" was
changed into R 27, and " April" into " Appleton."
On the prisoner being called upon to account for
again issuing the note, he excused himself, by say-
ing, that he had kept it among other notes in the till,
but some person came and robbed it when he was ne-
cessarily absent.
It was very singular (said Mr. Knapp) that the
robber had taken that single note and left the others,
which were represented to be genuine. He rills ed,
however, that the prisoner would now give a better
account of it, or submit to the sentence of the law.
Mr. Justice BAILEY asked the Counsel, whether he
was prepared to prove that the prisoner had uttered
it ? The latter answered, that he was not.
Couter. " Then there is no evidence to convict
the prisoner," and he was discharged.
' Margaret Arowland was then tried, on an indictment
similar to the last.
It appeared that she went to a pawnbroker's named
Hulme, in Bow-street, Bloomsbury, and tendered the
note charged in the indictment, in payment for a
pledge which she wished to redeem. Mr. Hulme
having discovered it to he a forgery, asked her where
she had got it ? when she told a variety of different
stories, but at length, on being taken before the Ma-
gistrates at Bow-street, confessed she had received it
of her father, who was a bricklayer's labourer.
These facts having transpired in the course of the
trial, Mr. Justice Hearn was of opinion, that there
was not just ground for imputing to the prisoner
either the act of forgery, or the guilty knowledge of
the note being forged. In this opinion the Jury con-
curred, and the prisoner was Acquitted.
Jeremiah Nagaland, the father of the last-named pri.
soner, stood indicted for feloniously having in his pos-
session, without lawful excuse, one forged and coon-
-1 terfeit note, for one pound, purporting to be of the
Governor and Company of the Bank of England,
well knowing the same to be so forged and counter-
feited. In this case also, the prosecution failed through
defect of evidence, and the prisoner, under the direc-
tion of the Court, was Acquitted.
Sarah Davis and Elisabeth Edward: were capitally
indicted for forging and uttering a certain note for
Je.s, purporting to be a note of the Governor and
Company of the Bank of England, wiih intent to de-
fraud the said Company; and afterwards for f.. 10-
' niously having such forged note in their possession.
. Mr. KNAPP for the prosecution stated, on the part
of the Bank Directors, that as the prisoner Davis had
this morning pleaded guilty to the minor charge, they
were not disposed to press the prosecution on the ca-
pital offence, as they conceived the ends of justice
would be answered by the minor conviction ; and
with respect to the other prisoner Edwards, it was
found that she had a sister so like her in person, that
something like doubt had arisen as to the identity of
the prisoner. The latter,: therefore, was at quitted ;
and the former remanded under the conviction upon
her plea of -Guilty.
[The difference of nerve between these two priso-
ners was strongly marked on this occasion. Davis,
who had pleaded guilty to the minor charge in the
morning, had a prepossessing person ; and ahhough
she was aware that her plea had averted all danger
of capital pttuishment, yet was so much affected that
she could. scarcely stand at the bar, but seemed all
honor and dismay ; whilst Edwards, a tall, robust,
and rather masculine young woman, pho had made
no such compromise, stood upon her trial on the ca-
pital indictment with the greatest firmness, and per-
fectly unmoved—but the moment she heard the ver.
dict of Acquittal, she fainted away, and in that state
was carried out of Court.]

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, SEPTEMBER U.
the starboard side of the hold. On the `lath of the!
same month he discovered' that it was taken away. I CIIILD STEALING.—Frances Dunkerly, a strong and
He identified the property, which was pr ielticed in ' stout young woman, was put to the bar, charged with
Court. The amount of the silver stolen was about ! stealing a child's frock, of the value of one shilling,
£BOO, and the loss still sustained was 83.50, the whole' the property of William Turner. Mary Turner, the
not being yet recovered. lwife of William Turner, stated, that she lives in the
The prisoners made nu defence, but called several ! neighbourhood of Bethnal Green. That on Friday
persons, who spoke ravourably of their character. I morning her little son, a child of two years and a half
Mr. Justice HEATH itAted to the Jury that this i old, was sitting at the door of the house where she
offence was merely a simple larceny, and cautioned lodged, when it was suddenly missed, and after a
them as to the manner in which they should receive long search was found a considerable way off, strip-
the testonor, of accomplices.
ped of its clothes. On the Wednesday after, the wit-
• The Jury found both the prisone rs—Geilty. nos was sent for to the Public Office, Whitechapel,
where the prisoner was in custody, and identified the
The following prisoners were capitally convicted,
viz.-4lur Kent, for being at large beft:re the expira- child's frock in the hands of an Officer of the Police.
A Mrs. Thatcham, who keeps an old clothes shop in
lion of the term of seven years, for which he had been James-street, Bethnal Green, deposed that the pri-
ord.oeil to be transported; Afergart Davis, for stealing
a g?iLang, price 45, the property of John Hanmore ; sorer sold her the frock in question, and that hearing
JetiliAM /airy, for ste.aing a quantity of plate, the
a woman was taken into custody upon a charge of
stripping several children, she had the curiosity to go
property of William Rowlatt, in his dwelling house ;
and John Bond, alias Smith, for a burglary in the to the Public Office to see her, and there recognized
dweillig house of John Mackinder, and stealing se- •
her as the person who had sold her the frock in ques-
tion. On being asked what she had to say for her-
veral articles of wearing apparel, his property. self, she said that the witnesses were all perjured.—
The following were convicted of felony, viz... John
The Jury found her Guilty, and the Court sentenced
Pawsey, for stealing two silver salt•spoons, the pro- herto
party of Thomas Record; Joseph Dalton, for stealing John Leval was indicted for assaulting Margaret
several hanks and bobbins of silk, &c. the property of
William Winter ; Sarah Collier, for stealing £3 in ; 16,
Barnes and Mary Barnes, her daughter, a girl about
and treating the latter in a most indecent manner,
halfpence, the property of S. Nicklin ; Ann Lewis, !on the 9th of March last. It appeared that the par-
for stealing various articles of wearing apparel, the : ties lived next door to each other, and that they had
property of George Robinson ; Caspart Thomas, for
I each the privilege of drying linen on a platform erected
sealing a hearth-rug. the property of Messrs. Wooer- i •
ward and Marton ; Charles Parsons, for stealing five at the back of the house. On the day mentioned in
! the indictment Mrs. Barnes had hung some linen out
black scarfs and 24 half pieces of ribbands, of Tho-
max Hughes ; and William Wilson, for stealing ito dry on the platform, and some dispute arising re-
mss specting it between her and Mrs. Leval, the latter
deal plank, the property of Thomas Hacker. I threw a waistcoat into the mud, and said her husband
' Join licieweed was indicted for uttering a forged .on his return should roll her, the prosecutrix, In it too.
note fir .IEI, purporting to be a genuine note of the No blows passed at that time ; but in the afternoon
Bank of England, knowing the same to be forged. Mrs. Barnes having sent her daughter ()mon the plat-
Mr. KNAPP, for the prosecution, stated, that he was form for something, Leval, the defendant, being at
,not instructed, nor had he any desire to throw the least home at that time, came out, and seizing her, pro-
reflection upon the general mural character of the ceeded to correct her in a very indelicate manner.
prisoner; on the contrary, he understood that ha was The girl cried murder—on heat ing which her mother
a Master Baker, near tie Seven Dials, and had al- came out, ss hen the defendant attacked her, threw her
ways acted honestly till the present transaction pc- down, and rolled her in the mud several times. The
curred. The Learned Gentleman then stated, that detente set up was that the girl was impertinent. The
the Officers of the Bank having heard that the pi- defendant, however, denied having treated her in the
soner had had a forged note returned on him, sent a manner stated ; but said he only took hold of her by the
person to inspect it, who instantly discovered and in- arm, and shook her—and on her calling out, her mo-
formed him that it was a forgery, aMd marked ort the they came out, seized him by the collar, ano struck
back of it, the words " bad note, J. Hopwood, Aim several times. The Jury found him Guilty, anti
Baker, Vs'est-street, 27th April," and told the pri- the Court sentenced him to pay a fine of £. for sad:
soner and his wife, that it was felony to utter it after assault.
that notice. The prisoner promised not to part with R. Browne was indicted for assaulting Atch
but shortly afterwards the mums was pramted d
,eacoll. The prosecutor wits cookies. to Mr. Mac-


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Donald, the Army-agent, in Pall-Mall: He *as
turning from the Public Institution, on Vie night of
the .sth of July ; having occasion to turn aside, he
Stopt near the defendant's house. Whilst standint
with his back towards the street, the defendant cams
bellied him and knocked him doe 1. The defence
Was, that the defendant remonstrated with the prose.
cutor nut to stop there, but he persisted in doing so:
The Jury found hirn Guilty, and the Court Sentenced
him to pay a fine of 13s. 4d.
David Martin was indicted for a riot and assault;
charging him, with 10 other persons, with creating
riot, in breach of the King's peace, on the 50th of
June last, on Saffron-hill.
The prosecutor, Jahn Barnsley, stated that he wart •
la shoemaker in Saffr eohilf, and also a street Constae
ble; that about seven o'cli ck • n Sunday, the Seth of
,June, he was disturbed by a g:eat noise opposite hie
door, he saw a number of persons, between ono and .
200, collected together, braudishing sticks. and knock..
ing each other down ; he Went out among them, itt
the hope of quelling the disturbance, and took an
active part among them, but catild not succeed in dis-
persing them, and the disturbance continued until
I after nine o'clock, when they retired. In the after.
I noon they returned with many others, and Again com,
menced the same disturbances, swearing vengeance
against any b—y Constable who would prevent
them," and by this time the diiturbances had got to
such a pitch, the witness was obliged to collect his
' neighbours to protect his house, which ti:e tiuters
Ithreatened to pull about his ears ; they continued ira
this manner until nine o'clocit at night, and lie ob-
served the defendant, whom he knew, taking an active
part among them.
On his cross-examination by Mr. A/IDRIS/it for tbst.
defendant, he admitted he was a very smite Officer*
but denied that he had thereby made himself obtiesi,
ous fn the neighbourhood ; he admitted that-some
the parties who were to have been prosecuted, had
compromised the matter with some of them who were
to prosecute, and th it some money was paid f r chit
purpose, but denied Leing any participator in it; he
could not say whether he was to rer.ive any of that
money, but he might possibly partake of & supine
on the occasion.
Several otter witnesses were called on the pert of
the prosecution, who spoke as to the tint, but none
of them could identify the defendant as being a party
' concerned. One witness spoke to a sum of res cing
paid by one Donovan to settle the matter, with the
' knowledge of the defendant. —Upon this evidence the
'Jury acquitted the defendant.
! JAN Barnsley (who was prosecutor in the befere.
mentioned case) was indicted for assaulting Catherine
Anderson. The prosecutrix stated, that she was a
barrow-woman, and the defendant a beadle. A girl
in her empl iy was standing in the Old Batley veldt
her barrow, whin the defendant seized t;!e barrow•
threw its contents into the street, and drove it to hit
own house. The proseeterix toil wed him, a d in.
treated he would return it ; instead of d rng so, ho
pursued her out of the hotoe, when she tell, and het
leg was broken ; she was taken to the hosietal, anti
Iwhen disch irged from thence it;;plied to the di fen:
dint to allow her a trifle till :he was able to wolf&
.vin ; this he refused, and slid he wisf.ed her leg
• had been worse. This staternent was correb Tate
by two uitnesaes.;--Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the delendaila
con:ended that he had only been in the execution of
his duty in removing a nuisance. Hr ce:tAtnly se zed,
the barrow, as stated by the prosecierie, and cenvey-
led it to his house, the prosecotrix followed, and abuse
led him, and on his arrival at his house, she assaulted
him ; upon her doing so, lie laid hold of her in order
to take her to Hatton-Garden Office, when, in her
struggling to get from him, she fell, and the accident
in question happened to her.—The Jury, without he.
sization, found hire Guilty.—The Court observed.
that the defendant had certainly bees' guilty of great
want of caution in the execution of his duty, though
it could not be supposed he had any intention of do-
! ing the woman the injury. It was necessary that
parish•officers should do their duty, but it was equ illy
necessary that they should do it with humanity. The
Court, therefore, ordered him to pay a fine of U to
;1 the King!—The poor woman may st.ll bring an ac. _
'1 lima for damages.

THE APPEMACIIING BATTLE.—Somernivinderstand.
ing has existed the last two days between the partizans
of Molineaux and Cribb, relative to the place of com-
bat, and to such a height, that it was even betting
yesterday there would be no fight. It was agreed ,t the
time of the match-making that the battle was to take
place on the North Road, above 100 miles from Lon-
don; and within this day or two the Black's friends
have claimed the toss for the choice of the place for
combat, and in the event of winning have named the
Cheltenham Road, which wound leave Crib nearly 300
miles to travel in four days, and this has been claimed
within the last two days ; but Crib's friends are deter-
mined to abide by the articles.
Our Readers will recollect the melancholy affray
which happened at Thatcham, as inserted in our pupil-
of Saturday last, which has since been investigated
by the Magistrates of the Newbury division ; when
Richard Farran, George Arnold, John Hairis, and
James Ccok, ii.habitants of Thatcham, were corn-
Tin ted to the County Gaol,' for the wilful n.u-der of
the Irish soldier at that town. The other soldiers
were liberated, and are bound over to prosecute.
REFINEMENT IN PUNISHMENT.—The following cira.
cumstaiice is stated to have taken place in May last,
on board the Sampson prison-ship, in the Medway :
In May last, the French prisoners confined on board
the Sampson, formed a conspiracy to forcibly take vs-
session of the chip and effect their escape, which was
prevented by one of their people imparting secretly se
the Commanding-Officer their projected plan: ena
raged at the disappointment of their hopes, they neat
every elf rt to find out the indivitia.il by whose cum.
munication their secret transpired ; and haviog, as
they thought, fixed upon the right man, as soon as
the prison doors were shut, they assembled a Csurs
for his trial, at which a preC47 Verbal was drawn up,
declaratory of their proceedings-..a diversity of (lat.
nicn prevailed as to the punishment necessary to
bit
inflicted on him for his imagined treachery ; at length
A refinement on punishment was suggested, which wan
the tstuoing Cn Ilia tace the u.iture . f the c i ne, ana
the man, Who is now on board the N.4-tur, bears 1
the following d' claration on his forehead and cheeks,
J'ai 'nodal mes fuses aux Anglois abaci tits pa.
tea, LC 4*zapson, May ill, 1011.'1

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Mantionohnn-srazar.— Afi interesting looking
young female. w!,n stated herself to be a widow, was
charged .rtich mbhing a lady of her purse, containing
about .42, at the shop of a lirten•draper in Oxford-
street. The prisoner, it appeared, had gone into the
shop under pretence of making a purchase, and whilst
the proseentrix was looking at an article, with her
purse on the counter, the prisoner took it up and
walked out of the shop, but she was pursued and
taken, when she made 'a voluntaty confession of her
guilt, but implored mercy for a first offence. She
stated herself to he of rook respectable connections,
and that she had £BO per annum to live on ; and
what devilish idea flew across her brain at the time
of the robbery, she could not state. She was com-
mitted for trial.
An East India Colne.el was yesterday charged at
the above office, with having rode from Cheapside to
Albentarle-street, (a ss. tare), and only paying 2s.
and when the coachman demanded hisjust fare he shut
the street-d9or, but the chain prevented it coming
quite close, and through the aperture he frequently
thrust a stick into his face, and at length sallied forth
and felled to the ground. The Magistrate obser-
ved, that the o.donel's cnil'uct had been most un-
justifiable ; as, if he dealite,l the demand; he might
have taken the number of the coai;11. He was held

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BOW-STIRtET.—PIAT.ONANCE AT A J rev. ISH'SVNA.
cootie.—Thursclay the 19th of September being the.l
day on which the Jews celebrate the Anniversary a
the comotencement of the World, and accordingly
keep it as their New Ye;r's Day, the Jews attended
the•Synagognes with great punctuality. Application
was made for William Smith, belonging to the as)ve
Office, t:t attend at the Synagogue, in Denmark.
court, in the Strand, fur this purpose, who brought
Clarlet Davis, the son of Mr. Simon Davis, a Jew,
In Newport-street, charged with assaulting Henry
Jonas, the beadle of that Synagogue, while in the exe-
cution of his office. The question arising out of this
eharge is of considerable importance to the manage-
ment avid regulation of places of worship in general.
It Appeared, that all persons who pass within a bar
at the above Synagogue must pay a certain sum to.
ward; the establishment. Yesterday morning, about
/fine o'clock. the defendant presented himself to pass
the bar, the beadle it fused to open it to let him pass,
when the defendant forced it up and drove the end
against the beedie's breast, and by violence made his
way towards a seat belonging to his father, which
caused a very great disturbance in the Synagogue.—'
The defence set up by the defendant was, that his
father paid for a seat in the Synagogue, and as be was
not there, he had a right to occupy it, and that the
disturbance and interruption of the public worship
was occasioned by the beadle ; and in addition to
this, his father had subscribed £3OO towards. the place.
—in answer to this, it appeared that the Elders of
the Synagogue considered the defendant's father as
£l5 in debt to the place. That the question had
been disputed in a similar manner by the father this
time twelvemonths, et the festival of the New Year,
and it had been settled by his doing penance.—
Mr. NARES said, it was his wish to make peace
between them, but it appeared to be a dispute of
long standing, and not likely to be son settled. He
ordered the defendant to find bail till the Westmm-
ster Sessi us, where he laid they could settle the
question ; by that time their grand feltival, which is
to last three weeks, will be over.
The I indlerd of a house in the neighbourhood of '
the S!rand, chat fsed a broker, and a man who had
Rot possession of his house by impreper mean's, with
feloniously stealing the fixtures, and other property
on the premises. It appeared that the man who
tented the house had within these few clays abscond.
ed, and sent the key to one of his mesh, ors, directing
him to tate all he found on the premises to pay him-
Self. He aetoidingl3 went for the house, taking a
broker with him, to snake an inventory of what was
On the premises, put a value on the articles, &c: He
procured a cart, and was loafing it with the property
to tlke it away. When they were in the act of doing
this, the landlord arrived with two parish constables,.
seised the cart and its contents, took the man in pos-
session, and the broker into custody on a charge of
felony, and conveyed them to tie above office, when
they underwent an examination before Mr. Neres,
litho gave it as his decided opinion, that they had no
right whatever toenter the house at all, without it
were -‘4ith the consent, and for the benefit of the
•whole creditors; and advised that the rent should be
paid, and the key returned, which was refused by the
Man who had got possession. There being no ground
'for a charge of felony, they were dismissed. While
the parties were persisting in their opposition at the.
Office, the bone of contention was carried off by the
Tax-gatherer of the district seizing the contents of
the cart, with the assistance of a broker, for the taxes
that were due from the absconded man.
HATTON-GA RMEN•--Yestcrd.iy J- Knight, j. Har-
wood, and 7'. Moore, were fully committed, charged
with entering the premises of Mr. Cooper, in the pa-
'rush of St. Sepulchre, and stealing thereout a quantity
of wearing apparel.
Ames Alain:, a decent Toting woman, was put to
the bar, charged with uttering a fictitious £2 note to
Mr. Sparks, a publican, with intent to defraud and
cheat him, knowing the same to be fictitious. The
prisoner said, in her defence, the note in question she
received of a person who appeared to be a gentleman,
and Accompanied her to the house, and who, on the
same being discovered not to be a genuine Bank note,
absconded. The fact of having uttered the same
being sworn to, she was committed for trial, for a
misdemeanor.
UNION HALL, IN TIME Boonton. The men in
custody on suspicion of stealing oil front Vauxhall
Gardear, have been again examined, before It. J.
CHAKi:LItS, Esq. endSirJoltvPivlloßN. Mr. BAIIIIETI'
and Mr. 51U1,..,0N attended ; and the circumstances,
which are already before the public, having been re-
stated, Brown, Guildford, and Ciowland, were fully
cornmi•ted for trill. Redley, Street, Hinton, and
Chiswick, were held to bail. Tyler also was held to
bail to answer the charge against him of having re.
eteived pot of the oil, knowing it to he stolen ; and
Johnson, being recognises as a deserter from the
navy, was sent on board the tender. The Ken of the
viietiatls% were discharged. -

EIIESTER ASSIZES.

ASSAULT.—JoiIIooN v. wifiTsltlMP.
The plaintiff in this cause is a Gentlem ;al of for-
tune, residing in the town of Macclesfield, and the de-
fendant a clothier, in partnership with his father, at
Saddleworth, in Yorkshire. The following are the
circumstances of the case :—On the lath of July last
the plaintiff, with a respectable solicitor, Mr. Locket,
had met at the Bull's Head, Macclesfield, for the pur-
pose of concluding a treaty for the purchase of an
estate. The defendant came into the same house
during the same time, and, on attempting to go into
the same room, was told that it was occupied by Gen-
tlemen, who were engaged on private business. The
defendant, nevertheless, accompanied by a Mr.
Moorehouse, rushed into the room, and took each a
scat. Soon after, the attention of those obtrusive nisi- j ;
tors was attracted by the melodious performance of a
fidler, then passing in front of the inn ; and Mr;
Moorehouse, throwing back the window shutters,
called the musician, and begged to have the plaintiff !;
ditty of the " Maid of Lodi." It being late in
the evening, however, the man of meet sounds was not
suffered to proceed, and the defendant apologized to
the filler by asking his pardon. At this moment
the plaintiff, who had gone out of the room, returned,
and having heard the apology, without knowing from
whence it proceeded, jocularly observed, that it was
surely a great condescension to ask a fidler's par-
don. This drew from the honest Yorkshireman
sifirited demand, if the plaintiff intended to insult him?
The plaintiff replied, he did not speak to him, nor did
he know him. la this the defendant felt his impor-
Lance still mare outraged. His choler almost stifled .
him, and omitted itself by " Sir, I am a Gentleman
by birth, tt sci,lier by profession, an officer in the
army, and my residence is the Bull's Head." This
was followed by a violent ringing of the bell for pen,
ink, and paper—" I will write a challenge." He
did so ; and having chewed it to Mr. Moorehouse,
who was a professional man, to see that the billet was
in due form, desired him to take it to the defendant,
which he did, who tote it in pieces, and threw the
shreds in the fire. The enraged defendant, finding
he could not obtain satisfaction in an honcuinble way,
and suspecting the reason was because his challenge
had not been conveyed by a military man, said, that
he expected some Officers belonging to hit regiment in
Macclesfield in a few days, and then one of them
should wait upon the plaintiff ; and, in order to lay
deeper the fiwndation of a meeting, he took up a glass
of punch and dashed it in Mr. Johnson's face. Upon
inquiry the next day, it turned out that this redoubtable
Captain was a Yorkshire Clothier ; or, as the Connsel
denominated him, a Bagman, who had come to Mac-
clesfield fair to vend his commodities.—Verdict for
the plaintiff—Damages £5O.

tied'
Mutts

Wednesday afternoon, about three o'clock, a man
dreesed in black, much like a Clergyman, accosted a
nursery-maid that was walking on South Sea Com-
mons with two children under her care. He intro-
duced himself by first noticing the children ; and af-
ter a short time addressed his conversation to her,
Having walked with her nearly to South Sea Castle,
he took the opportunity, when she was stooping to
tie the child's shoe, of throwing her down, and, with
a sharp instrument, made a large incision in her sto.
mach. Her cries were heard by same soldiers, who
previously had noticed him walki.zg with her, who
immediately put wed him, but could not overtake him
in time, he having got into sonic of the back streets
on the Point. It is supposed that this must be the
same monster that accosted and ill-tiled the Lady in
the fields at Fulham, some short time since. By the
girl's description, given to the Magistrates, of tbisi
wretch, his person is known, and the most minute en-1
quiry is making after him throughout the towns of
Portsmouth, Pot tsea, and Gosport. The young wo-
man is very low from the loss of blood, but from
the Medical Gentleman's account, is in a fair way of
recovery.
• A melancholy tecident happened at Plymouth, on
Monday, previous to the launch, on hoard the Ame-
lia frigate, in llamoaze. Mrs. Campbell, wife of Mr.
Campbell, carpenter of the ship, went on board with
two female friends, to see the launch, and were all
three sitting in the cabin, when Master John Camp-
bell, her son, entered with a large boarding pistol in
his hand, which it is presumed he did not know to be
loaded. His ntether, as the two ladies with her were
much alarmed, went to take it out of his hands ;
whens from the trection. in which he held it, the pis-
tol went of, and the contents passed through his
hand at the side of his head. - Hopes are entertained
that hit lift will be saved ; but hts unhappy mother
is nearly frantic.
Monday morning, as a man was working the mill
at a tobacconist's warehouse, in Coventry-street,
Haymarket, he unfortunately let go his hold of the
handle of the machine, which was moving with great
velocity ; when it instantaneously. struck him and
snapped one of his thighs. The poor man was con-
veyed to St. George's Hospital, where he underwent
amputation, and languished in the most excruciating
- torture for the space of two hours afterwards, when
he died.
Beautiful White Teeth may be regarded as one of
the greatest blessings Providence can bestow, without
which the finest formed face is imperfect; inattention
to the teeth and gums is the principal cause of an
offensive breath.— BUTLER'S VEGETABLE RESTORA-
TIVE TOOTH Pownrat is a most elegant and certain
remedy for all diseases of the teeth and*gums ; its
particular qualities are not simply confined to clean-
sing -the teeth, but will preserve them in the highest
state of perfection ; it will render them beautifully
white, fasten such as may be loose, and restore them
to their original purity, emirely eradicate the scurvy,
in the gums, cause them to adhere close and firm to
the teeth, rtt,d,l. them of 'a healthful red, and the
breath delicately sweet, relieve and cure the most
excruciating t,,oth-ach, gum-bile's, and swelled face.
—Sold wheusale and retail at Mr. Butler's, 4, Cheap.
side, come, of Paternoster-row; and retail by 13elam
did Sharp, Portsitotith; Hall and Johnson, Gosport ;1
Allmitt, Weston, Mallory and Jones, Portsea ; Trew.
man, Exeter ; Cookwortliy, Glenville, Gi:bert and
Hoxland, Plymouth ; Newbury, Dublin; Baxter and
M'Donald, Glasgcod ; 'Smith, Manderston, Scott and
CArgil, Edinburgh ; Crotwell, Bath ; Ross and Peck,
Hull ; Gregson and Billinge, Liverpool ; Stains and
4ynch, Manchester ; Bowen, Norwich ; Knott and
Lloyd, Birmiugham ; Gregory, Brighton ; rayst
Vendsrs, in BOZO 2s. 91 cads.

MAR KM'S.

INSPECTOR'S RETURN AT UXBRIDGE, Sept.
Wheat per load COs. to 291. 00s.
Barley, per vaster 36,. —d. to 465. —4.
Oats Lis. —l. to 3i. —d.
Boans lls. —d. to SJs. —d.
Old ditto :o Ws. —d.
Peu Us. —4. to 054.
SMITHFIELD MARKET.--Swer. 20.
44 Gd t 9 A fid Veal 51 44 to Ss 4d
44 id to Si od Pork 5s 44 to is 34
MEAD Of CAITLt Tint DAY.
Beasts, about 650—Sheep and lantbs, 5,500.
Calves, 140-I'igi, ISO.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKET.
Beef 4s 04 to Ss 01 Veal 4. Ski to Ss 04
Mutton° 1s 04 to 41. 54 Pork 5s Itl Na tie la

PRICES OF HAY AND STRAW.
Sv.i.setri's. Wall ECKAPELs
Hay 41. os. to 61. 15s. Hay 51. Os. ti. 7s. Os.
Straw 21. 2s. to 21. is. Clover 71. is. to tts. Os.
Straw 2%. Ss. to 2s. 111 s.
PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW IN SMITHFIELD.
Ilay 61 Us to 81 Os New Clover 51 Os to 71 Os
New Hay 41 Os to 61 Gs Wheat Sti-aw 21 ires to 41 0.
PRICP OF HOPS IN THE BORCUGH MARKET.
Bags. Pockets.
Kent 41 6s to 61 Cs Kent 41 10. to 71 O►
Sussex 41 4s to 51 121 Susses 41 is to 61 6s
Farnham, Pocket•, 51. Os. to GI. 6s.
PRICE OF LEATHER IN I.EADF.NHALL MARKET.
Butts 21d 2fld Calf Skin* 50d :lid
Ditto 25d 2G4 Ditto Mid 42.1
Merchants' flacks 18d 20.1 Ditto 36i 40,1
Dressing Hides 174 18d Small Seals ts Ild to Ss Od
Fine Coach Hides 19d lOW Large ditto 1201 It Us
Crop Hides for cutt. 17d i 61,1 Tanned Horse Hides 16d lod
Ditto 19d 234 Cost Skins 34s G.

11l Od
70s Od
66i Od
66s Od
Stst ad
Sss ud

PRICE OF TALLOW.
St. lames's Market 4s id Town Tallinn
Clare Market 4s iota Yellow Russia
Whitechapel Market 44 Oil White ditto
par atone of Olb. ----- Soap ditto
1::s 111 Melting Stuff
Average 4s Old Ditto rough
Graves 16s Od. Good Dregs 9s Od.
Yellow Soap, 34s—Mottled, 92s—Curd, 965.
Price of Candles per dozen .12s Od—Moulds, 135 Od.
COAL-MARKET, Sari. 20.
Ships at Market Sold ?rice!.
23 Newcastle 27 3ss 9.1 to .51s Od
3 Sunderland 3 445 lid to 00s 04
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Amsterdam, 29 6 2 U I Palermo, 125 Peace per ea
Ditto at sight, ¶.2 10 Leghorn, 58
Rotterdam, C. f. 9 0 2 U Genoa, •54
li-isti+urgh, 26 6 21 U Veniee,n. C.. 52 Liv.Plccole
' Altona, 25 7 21 U effective per/. stw.
Paris iday's da. 13 12 Liv. Naples, 42
Ditto, 2 Us. 16 16 Lisbon, 671 .
liourckauz, de. IS 11 Oporto, 67
Madrid, Effect. Dublin, 11
' Cadiz, 451 Effect. Cork, 11
alboa Effect. New Dollars, Ss. ily.
Rio Janeiro 67, Malta 61. Gibraltar 40.
New lileubloone, £4 121. 64. Sliver in ban per ea. Os. IL •
Portugal Gold in Coln £4 Ifs. 6d. .

Oztofte, September 14.—The second best price of a bushel of
Wheat was 13s. 41 according to which price, and a due allow-
ance matte to the bat r, the assize and price of bread are Ai 1.1-
low, viz. The peck loaf, household, to weigh 17 lb. 4 ca. 41.
The half peck, :is.
Wednesday, at Toiler Down Fair, Dorset, there was one of
the greatest shows of cattle seen fur many years. Shop aord
lambs sold at high prices. Store and fat bads also sold brisk, the
fertner at advanced prices, the latter on the decline. There were
but few horses, and those mostly of the cart kind and dull of sale.
Wilton St. Giles's great sheep fair was held on Thursday :-
66,000 sheep and lambs were penned. Sales were tolerably brisk
of fleshy sheep, and very great prices were obtained (Jr good
Sauth-down lambs, but interior sorts of an kinds sold dull.—
Webers fetched from 4ta. to At. ewes 265. to 475. sod lambs

111 s. to 12s. per bead.
At St. Giles's Hill I*, on Thursday, half•scoward -cheese
solki at 654. to Hs. per cwt. North Wiltshire, to 745. old
cheese 925. to 975. A large quantity was pitched fount., a part
a which remained unsnlii. The show of horses was biit indifferent.

Sir W. W. WYNNR gave his annual Agricultura
Fete, at Wynnstay, on Friday se'nnight, which WAS
attended by the Duke of Bcnroan, Earl Guusyssont
the Earl WILTON, Sir STEPHEN GLYNN', the Dean of
Sr. ASAPII, Mr. COKE, of Norfolk, and many respect-
able agriculturists of the principality. Laid BRAD-
FORD obtained the first premium for ploughing ; Mr.
SUDWORTH, of 131acon, was allowed to be the second
best plongh ; Mr. PARRY, of Peny.garden, received
the prize for the best Southdown ewes; awl Mr.
PHILLIPS the cup for the best heifer.
Recipe for curios Ms &wins or Shot in Cants—A pint
of chopped leaves, two quarts of old lint, an ounce
of bole ammoniac, half an ounce of shag tobacco, and
an handful of salt. Put the whole together, cold over
night, and give it fasting the next morning, and re-
peat nine successive mornings.
Recipe, to preoeat the Smut in IP heat.—Take of soft
green soap from fresh oil 1 lb. ; warm water sixteen
pints. Dissolve the soap in a glazed bason with a
small portion of the water ; continue stirring it,
and add more water as it dissolves, till the whole
is a perfect ley ; use it about the heat of new.
milk. Put the wheat into a tub with a drain-bot-
tom, like a brewing vat, and pour over it such a
.quantity of the liquor as standing some inches above
the grain will allow the operation of skimming it
freely. Stir it every ten minutes, and take off the
shim. Keep the tub covered with a blanket. After
an hour's steeping, let the ley run off; or, if a com.
mon tub has been employed, drain by means of
sieves. In this manner, forty pints of ley will clean
half a boll of wheat.
The ire& deg, which, in the course of his depre-
dations fr,r several weeks past, is supposed to have
destroyed sheep upca the mountains of Ennerdale to
the amount of 8200, was shot on Friday se'nnight,
after having crossed the river end about a mile below
Ennerdale Bridge, and being pursued in a circuitous
direction for three hours, by the hounds of Mr.
Westray, of Eskat. The chase was well fllowed
up, by Almost the whole of the inlii.bitants of Enner-
dale and Lamplugh, who, on the cry of the hounds,
immediately assembled. This destructive animal,
which is between a mastiff and a greyhound, mea-
sured, from the head to the tail end, five feet eight
inches, and weigbed six stone !

BIRTHS.
In Mlllonan.street, the Lady of T. B. Hughes, Esq. of a
daught .r.
1 uesday last, at Sudbrook Park, near 11.!chnsond, Surrey, the
Countess of Couttown, of a daughter.

MAKRIkit.
A few esys since was married, the Rev. Charles Crawley, son
or Sir •I'bomas Crawley Boevey, Dart. of Flazny Abbzy, Won-
ccstershirr:, to Miss lisrige, davghter of the Rev. Duke Yaws.
of Coornwood, Devonshire.

LitED.
On 'he 10th of rehroary la.t, of a malignant fever, at Jaulnali,
in-the East Indies, Lieu•. William Sibtkorpe Myer,, of the
Regiment N. I. on the Malras Establishment, eiguet tea of the
RIC& D. Myers, 'Ma et MiSahanis eA

PbLICE.