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senors, had the.eoach betn 4kverturned,-. sentenced'
the defendant to he imprisoned in the 'House.of Cor-
rection, at Bedford, six months, and to security
for his good behaviour for three years:..
SENDING A .CHALLENGE. Jo
THE SING v. W. Y. PEEL, ESQ. AND G. !t. DAWSON, ESQ.
The defeMiants; Mr. Peel, M.P. for the Borough
of Tamworth ; and Mr. Dawson, M.P.-• for London-
derry, appeared, on the motion o_Mr. SemtLErr, to
receive the sentence of the Court,
.after having
pleaded guilty to an information, granted against
them by the Coug, for challenging a Gentleman
named Floyer, a Magistrate Of the County of Staf-
ford, reAding in the vicinity of Tamworth, to fight a
duel, and for posting himas-a i'Vvrard.
The -dispute between these Gentlemen arose out
of the contested Election for Tamworth, when Lord
Charles Townsend and Mr. Peel were candidates.
Mr. Floyer supported the interest of the Townsend
family, and conceiving that Sir Robert Peel had bro-
ken a pledge he had given not to oppose Lord
Charles Townsend, he made some allusion which Mr.
William Yates Peel considered not. only disrespect-
ful to his father, but a challenge. Considerable hos-
tility was the consequence; and, after various publi•
cations, Mr. Peel sent the challenge in question. On
the refusal of• Mr. Floyer to meet him, Mr. Peel and
his brother-in-law, Mr. Dawson, followed Mr. Floyer
to Worthing, in Sussex; where, on their arrival, upon
a Sunday, near the residence of Mr. Flover, met that
'Gentleman and his family going to church. Mir.
Peel, shewing his horsewhip, said, addressing
Foyer, he should abstain from inflicting chastise-.
ment in the presence of the females of Dir. }lone's'
Tinnily, but desired him to consider that he had been
horsewhipped. Mr. Floyer said —o Very well, Sir.-
The whole proceeding was then made the_ subject of
an appeal to this Court. A number of affidavits were
put in by both parties, stating the facts.
Mr. SCARLET f, in support of the prosecution, dis-
claimed all party feeling himself, and expressed him-
self only influenced by a sense of public duty. The
Borough. politics of Tamworth had been improperly
introduced into this dispute. Upon some miscon-
ception of an Election proceeding, an altercation had
taken place, and Mr. Peel had proceeded to a chal-
lenge on two grounds. Firit, he charged Mr. Thoyer
with canvassing his interest in favour of Lord To m-
end : and secondly, that he had challenged his tather.
Both those charges Mr. Floyer denied, and yet Mr.,
Peel sent a challenge. Unle,s the Court considered
this :i ease for prdsecutionand phnishment, it would
be in vain for any man to apply to the Court in future
to protect hint in his determination to avoid a breach
of the peace. If this was not a proper opportunity
to put down a btu barons practice, he knew not what
case ought to call for the interference of the law.
Mr. MARRYATT followed on the same side.
Mi. GURNEY did not rise to vindicate the conduct
of the two young Gentlemen on the floor. • They had •
suffered judgment to go by default; but if any per-
son could claim the lenity of the Court under art ad-1
mission that they had oltended the law, it was the-
defendants, who had been . goaded and driven into
the course they had adopted. The Court, in such a
case, could never shut their eyes against the.conduct
of the prosecutor. Mr. Floyer, who was no voter
for Tamworth, had commenced with a libel on Mr.
Peel's venerab!e father, and fbllov-ed it up by an ex-
pression which, Mr. Floyer said, had not the mean-
ing Mr. Peel affixed to • it; bat every man who read
it would affix tht, same meaning that Mr. Peel af-
fixed. Mr. Gurney sti.enuoutly defeaded Mr. Peel
and his brother-in-saw, and concluded by leaving hill
ciients to the mercy of the Court.
Mr. Notatt and Mr. linm; followed on thesame side.
• Judge BAYLEY, in delivering the judgment of the
Court, observed, that looking to cases of thy sort,
fit was prover to consider what had been the con-
duct of the prosecutor. At the. same time they.
were bound to prNect the pahlic peace, and re-
vent those into %.!.:ch were destructive of the
peace and qviet o: If this case rested on
the conduct of th., prosecutor, perhaps the punish-
ment would he inconsiderable indeed. There was
much on his p:,rc which the Court could have
wished he had ath,tained from doing, but they ap-
proved of his conduct in resisting every attempt to
goad him to a bleach of the peace, which might have
terminated in the death of one or. the other. The
Court had looked with great attention to all the facts,
and the respective affidavits, and they could nut but
regret to find that duelling was still considered the
relay mode in which outrages could be redressed.
They had looked to the consequences which might
have resulted to the families of the defendants and
Mr..Floyer, and were of opinion that the.rank of the
parties aggravated the offence. The conduct of the
prosecutor did not :rake a material difference in the
punishment which was due to the offence. It was
the duty of the Court, in the disch.trge of its public
functions, to reprobate the attack u1.,0n the prosecu-
tor on that day, set apart for Divine Worship, when
the minds of Mr. Floyer and his family were directed
to different objects.
The sentence of the Court was, that the defendants
respectively be imprisoned in the King's Bench our
month, paf a file to the King of £5OO each,-and
find security for good behaviour, themselves in •
1.:1000, and two others in £2OOO each, for the term
of five years.
. • The latter part of the sentence was immediately
.complied with, and J. W. Creker, Esq. of the Admi-
ralty, and Hobert Peel, Esq. became sureties for
the defendants.
TUE KING V. PAULET, VYIj.LIAVIs, AND ANOTHER.
Sir W. .owart obtained a Rule to file a Criminal
Information against the defendants, two Gentlemen
residing at Carnarvon, for outrageous conduct to
Dr.liowell, of the same place:

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MiIiSioN•UODSI.--....RORRIRY OP TIII lIRCITOI6
AND LiVRRPOOL Mair.s.—Yesterday, Writ.-ffrettea,.
alias Mellish, was brought before thg LORD MAYOR,
sad 'charged upon suspicion df having been concerns
in _the robbery of the Bristol and Liverpool Mails.—
Mr. Waterhouse, proprietor of the Swan-vflth•twd-
Necks lan, Lad-lane, stated, that, about twe'inenars
ago the Liverpool Mail was robbed of a parcel, eon.
tainitg gold and silver bars, which Were estimated
at about a420b0. The parcel was insured for £lOOO,
and wa(on its way from the house of Mr. Jones'near
Liverpool, .to a house on Ludgate-hill. Since the
period at which that robbery had taken place, the
Bristol Mail was robbed. Four persons, who had
engaged and occupied all the inside seats, were sus-
pected of having opened several parcels which had
been deposited within the seats, and of having stoles
the contents. From the description that had been
given of the passengers, by persons who had had op-
portunities of observing them, witness believed the
prisoner was one of them, and consequently that he
was one of the robbers.
The LORD 'lAyon asked the prisoner, whether he
ever went by any name but that of Watson ?
Prisoner.—Watson is my name. 9
The LORD MAYOR repeated the qtiestion.
Prisoner (after some hesitation).—I never went by
any other name—to my knowledge.
A Liverpool timber-merchant stated upon' oath,
that he had seen the prisoner in public company,. it
Liverpool,' where that person went, by the nanae of
Mellish, about twelve months ago.
The LORD MAYOR asked the prisoner where he
lived.?-.-Watson'said, at the Black Rear, Piccadilly.
Mow long kave you been there?
The prisoner's Solicitor (Mr. HUMPHRIEI).—Make
no reply.--rrisoner--111 leave that to mj Solicitor.
LORD MAYOR,—Were you not once transported ?
Prisoner's ',llcitor.—lion't answer any question
of that kind.; I am surprised it should be put to you.
The LORD MAYOR.—Certainly, he is not obliged
to answer, although I may think it necessary for the
ends of public justice to put the question. •
Mr. llumettaiEs.—Prisouer,_ I desire you not, on
any account, to answer any question.
Prisoner.--I shall not answer the question, my Lord..
The LORD MAYOIL—We know then what infefence

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to draw from your silence.
• Mr.llommatas then submitted that them Was- no
ground for detaining the prisoner, the suspicions of
Mr. Waterhouse being exceedingly-vagte,. ana inca-i
pable of being confirmed.
The LORD MAYOR said, the case was a very im-
portant one. Most extensive robberies were commit-,
ted.by gangs, who went to considerable eipense for
the purpose of succeeding in their destructive object,
and strong suspicion was attached to the prisoner,
'both because he answered the description of one of
the passengers, and because the officers knew him in
'a certain *ay. under such circumstances there could
be no propriety in permitting him to go at large until
.witnesses were brought forward ; and- he should be
lodged in the Compter if•Mr.Waterhouse swore that
he believed, from the description that hadbeen given,
that he was ene of the gang that robbed the Mails.
Mr. Waterhouse Swore to this effect, and Watson
was sent to prison. Upon the arrival of the witnesses
from Liverpool, Congleton, and Bristol, the case is
to be fully investigated.
Bari ison, the Marshalman,.while the examination
was going forward, observed a elan, named John
Pannifar, whom he had seed a short time. ago in
disagreeable • circumstances, • attentivcoly listening to
what was going forward. When Pannifar was put
to the Bar, Mr. Waterhouse said he believed that
Rerson to be one of those who sat in the coaches,
from the description that had been given. Pannifar
was also sent to the Compter. •

GUILDHALL—Z. Adams, a girl, who had been
examined in the course of last week, for attempting to
pass two forged £1 notes at the same shop, was again
brought up, and Cully committed for trial. The
story she told was, that one note had been given to
her by a Gentleman at a bad house, in the neighbour-
hood of Skinner•street, Snow-hill, all which Mr.
'Harwood and the Officers stated to be, on inquiry,
totally false, the girl never having been in the house
she mentioned on the night in question._ Mr. Har-
wood, to account for the readiness with which he de.
tected the forgery in both these instances, stated,
that lie had been a very considerable loser by bad
notes, and had at length, by woeful experience, and
close observation, enabled himself to know a forged
note almost at sight. There were 'not less, he said,
than thirty forged notes at the present time in the
hands of different tradesmen in their neighbourhood,
which had all been passed to them very lately.
,The
prisoner, Mr. Rocler said, had been tried at the last
Sessions for a similar offence, by the name of Eliza-

beth Ann Harwood ; there could, therefore, be little

doubt of the guilty knowledge. Some of her com-
panions, too, it appeared, were in waiting while she
was in Mr. Harwood's shop, and a rescue was at-
tempted as she was being conveyed to the Compter.
Bow-rriterr.—A young man of respectable con-
nections was yesterday charged with uttering a
forged £lO note, at a brothel. Them was nothing
particular in the case, except the circumstance that
Lewis, one of the Bow-street patrole, when sent for
to apprehend the prisoner, recognized him as an ac-
quaintance, sat down and drank wine with him, and
strongly urged the keeper of the•b:ignio not to pro-
ceed against him, on the ground that he was a
highly respectable person. After a long .examina-
tion, in which the prisoner protested that he knew
nothing of the character of the note, but had re-
' ceived it from a Gentleman, whom, however, he did
not name, he was remanded till a future slay. The
forged note bad been tendered previously at another
brothel, but the mistress suspecting it to be forged,
had declined to change it, telling the prisoner she was
unable to do it. Her suspicions, however, were so
strong that she sent her porter to watch him,. and it
was in consequence of-the porter's intimation that the
note was suspected at the second bagnio.

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INTELLIGONCE.

YESTERDAY.
•ARInNO AT TA'rrERSALL'S YESTERDAY.
ODDS ON THE OEXAT RACES TO COME

DEIST.
'tl esti Ara Mr. Pierre's gr. c. 17 to 1 apt Brisels e.
11 to 1 apt Duke . 20 to 1 apt Phularee
1/1 to 1 apt Sailor . 24 to 1 apt Cat colt, Comes
16 to 1 apt Brother to Blucher i colt, Harpooe, and Kestrel.

OA.II.
9 to f apt Nieces+ ftlll 111 tcrl apt Mr. Wyndham.
RIDbL.SsWOItTIFf.
7 to 1 agst Puadaree.
ST. LEG HR.
12.0 to 1 apt any other.
DRIVING MATCH.

Mr. HOLT, of Windmill-street, ur.dertook yesterday, to drive
his bay mare 15 miles in one boor, in harness, fur /Co guineas.
The spot selected was the I luntingdots-road, and the Match was
accomplished as fellows :—lielf the distance was performed in
49 minute., and the mare afterwards improved upon her speed,
and accomplished the task in two minutes and ten seconds witJelt
the time.-7Bettting 6 to 4 on time.

Monday se'noight, as the shepherd of Mr. CRAW-
FORD, of Netherton, was driving 1.80 sheep to firth
turnips, across the Coquet, at Pepperhaugh, on the
ice, their great weight made it give way, and fifty-
seven of them went down, only twenty-three of which
were recovered.
Wednesday se'enight, as some boys were amusing
themselves on a pond, at hlarris-mbor, near White-
haven, owing to the recent thaw, the ice gave way,
and one of them, a fine boy, about eight years of age,
named Coward, was unfortunately drowned.
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Friday evening, as Captain CooxitkTY, of the Sir
Joseph Banks, of Kirkwall, lying in Leith harbour,
was stepping on board his vessel, the plank slipped,
and he tell into the water. He was got up imme-
diately; but in the fall he had unfortunately dislo-
cated the neck joint, and died in consequence, about
two o'clock next morning.

A destructive fire broke out on Wednesday even-
ing, at the house of PHILIP A-LDEVEL, Esq. called
Somerton Lodge, Herts. It was occasioned by the
negligence of a maid-servant, in sulker ing the candle
to set fire to a bed-room on the second door. In-
stead of endeavouring to extinguish the flames, stre
.ran down stairs and alarmed the house: in the inter-
val, the room Was CM tire in all parts. The southern
Wing of the hiuse, consisting of eight rooms, totc-
they with the valuable furniture, v, hich was hot in•
sured, was all destroyed in less than two hours. A
strong-wall confined the Ranieri to this wing of the
house. The damage is estimated at £3,000.
Another fire broke out, on Wednesday night, at a
brazier's, the miler of Swallow-court, Oxford-street,
but it was promptly extinguished by firemen. Some
beddins was on fire, and as no person was in the
house; it Wi'S supposed to have originated by the act
of an incendiary,
Au atrocious murder has been committed on the
person of, labourer, a short distance from St. Asaph.
The deceased and a young man were threshing in a
when the former discovered a sack concealed
in a corner of the building, and•suspected it was
placed there by some person, with the intention of
carrying of corn in it. He communicated his sus-
picion to his employer, when it was agreed to lie in
wait fcr the parties who had placed-it there. The
agreement, it seems, was made in the hearing of the
young man, who, conscious of having concealed the
sack, availed himself of an opportunity oftaking it
away, before the time fixed upon for the watch. In
this intention he was unexpectedly foiled, by the ap-,
pearance of the old man, whom he immediately at-
tacked and killed, and the owner of the barn enter-
ing
at the same time, became a witness of the horrid ,
scene. The offender is in. custody, and has made a
full confession of the, leading facts.
Sunday night, aboyt. eleven o'clock; the house
door of the Cancer hstitution, Gerrard-street, Soho,
was entered by two villains, by means of a skeleton
key (the key of the lock not being inside), but who
were disturbed in committing further depredation, by
a ring at the house bell, which they had the presence
of mind coolly to answer, and by this manoeuvre,
being taken for people coming out after transacting
business within, made their escape. The mistake,
however, was almost instantly discovered, and an
active pursuit was made, though it did not end in
their detection. Their persons are well known, and
had they remained but a few minutes later, they
must have been taken, as the family returned with the
domestic who had unthinkingly taken the key of the
door along with him; though a female was left 'in
' the kitchen, who heard the street door Opened, avid
at first supposed it was her husband that bad retertA,
who, as before stated, had taken the street-door key.
Phosphorus matches .weve found lying upon the par-
lour carpet, two of which had been righted:-

• BIRTH.
• At his house iq Manchester-square, en Thursday, the 3d inst.
be lay of Henry Uiberae, lisq. of a daughter.

• ' HARRIED.'
On the Ist instant, at Putney, Charles Parke, Esq. late of tht
Islaqd of.liunaica, to Letitia, eldest daughter of Joseph Alsorkt
Esq. of Roehaniptsn. •

At Richmond, en the 25th oh. Miss Maria Dundas.
Jan. 21, at•Abernethy Manse, the Rev. John Great, Mids.;
ter of Alseraetily, in the 81st year of his age, and 57th of Min&
nistry.
Jan. 2f, the Rev. Henry Garnock, first Minister of Canis.
gate, Edinburgh.
Monday, at Worley-lodge, Essex aged eleven, Edmund
Henry, the second son of the Hon. George Wiun.
Monday, at-Camberwell, en the day he completed-his 95th
year, the Hon. Colonel Peter Frye,Judge of the Superibr Court
of Massachusetts, previous to the Revolution.
Jan. so, at Glasgow, Agnes Buckman, reliet of James Fisher.
late farmer at* Creigead of Campsie, aged O. Her husband died •
December 25, 1806, aged 7i. They were married 52 years,
and it is singular, that during that period no death till the hus-
band's occurred in their house ; and there were fifteen persopa
on as average lived in the family with them. They bad $7 de-
scendants, of whim% 50 are still alive.