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,14teration "en the present, were to take it oist of the
**waning of the hot.
Lord-Eit.xsisonouslo asked, if there was any proof
of the defendant being the maker of the bust ?
Mr. Gmittow replied in the negative.
Lord ELIANIKInOUGH" I must sake the words of
the Act slid of the Declaration as they are. I mast
therefore take thii to be .n exact copy, or, according
to the Act, it is no offence merely to expose k to sale.
Can this produced be taken as a perfect copy if you
had shewn the defendant to be a maker of busts ge-
nerally, I would have presumed, and s's left it to the
Jury, that he was the maker itt this instance; but as
the case stands now, I cannot do that. The question
therefore is, whether ibis comes within the description
of an exact copy ? I think it does not, though I am
sorry tor it. If Artists wish to he protected, they must
apply to have the Act of Parliament altered."—
Plaintiff nous uited.

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th, tlsett went but ter ther to aspelalic house,
bet returned to their lodgings sheet eiet o'clock,
eaten the' prosecutes- htforeied the latidlor4 of the
loss he had sustained. The landlord immediately
interropte4 Coleman ft to what money he had in his
possession ? whe he denied that he had any ; a con-
stable then was snit for, and he was seal chTd, and in
hiKp:sekef were fronts! two Ss. tokens, and some half-
pence, and in the foot of his stocking was
ole doubloon ; notwithstanding this, however, he
still persisted in as..eit;ng his ignorance of the manner
in which the prosecutor had been robbed. He was
consequently taken before a Magistrate, and commit.-
ted for trial.

The prisoner, in his defence, this day said, the I
money which had been found in his possession, had I
been given to him Ay the Captain of a vessel, on
board which he served, for his wages ; he also stated
that there were two other men sleeping in the same
room with himself and the prosecutor, who had not
be n searched, and who hail run away.
Mr.. Justice Gftose having summed up the evidence,
the Jury, not being satisfied that the guilt of the
prisoner had been substantiated, returned a verdict of
—Acquittal
The following were also acquitted, viz. J. Britten,
W. Crawley, 0. Fallenger, and Mary Harcop.
AMERICAN JUDGES.

OLD BAILEY.
Yesterday the Court was crowded with females of
respectability, who waited until nine o'clock, in' the
h..pe that the trial Of Mrs. Russell, for child-stealing,
wotili come on. They were disappointed, however,
as htr trial was postponed until to-moirow (this
evening).
John Drivie: was capitally indicted for assaulting
John Brown on the King's highway, and taking from
his person Jell in bank notes, the property of Wil-
liam Brown.

We recommend to the perusal of the admirers of
a Republican form of Government, the (o owing
heart•rend.ng Speech of an American Judge, who
seems to have been a victim to the capr.ce of a patty-
fogging Governor. It is extracted from one of the
American papas received yesterday : •

.From the testimony adduced in support of this
case, it appeared that Mr. William Brown, who is a
clergyman residing at lietimal-green, sent his sans
John Brown; the pro?ecutor, a little boy not mere
than eleven years of age, o? the morning rf the llth
of September last, to get two Country Bank .n rtes
changed, the one for £l, payable at Master:nor and
Co.'s, and the other for £lO, payable at Messrs. Lad-
brook and Co.'s. The boy having procured the
change was on his return heme through Iliseopsgate
Church-yard, when he was accosted by the prisoner,
who said to him, e Yon have been to Masterman's
to get A check changed." The child said, e No, I
have tro: been to get a check changed, but to get
cash for a country bank note " The prisoner then
said, ' 1-lave you been any where else ?" and the
child again replied, " I have been to Ladhrook's to
get a £lO note changed ;" upon Which the prisoner I
said, "These notes are forgeries, and your father is
2 desler in forged notes ; you must come along with
me." The child then accompanied him as far as
Old Bethlern, when the prisencr said, " It is in vain!
to lose any further bent., give me the RH, and go
ihome and tea your tether to meet ire in an hcur at i
j Masterman's, or I will telc.• yomitito custody." The
chili immeeiattly delivered him up the notes, under
the fear of being sent to prison, and the prisoner went
off. On the leth of November following the Child I
was again sent to town to Messrs. Berwell and Co.'s,
to receive the balance of an account, and, amongst I
' others, he received one for £2OO. nom the house
of Messrs. Barwehl and Co. he went to that of Messrs.
Gibson and Co. to pity £BO, where he tendered the.
£2OO note, and asked the change; they however told
him they could not give him the difference' but de-
sired him es go to the Bulk of England for that per-
' pose ; the child accordingly did go thither, and pro-
cured the change. On his way back he again met
the prisoner, who said, " You have been at the
Bank,"--".1 have," said the child, to which the pri-
soner immediately added, e After you have been to
Mr. Gibson's, meet me in 'Change-alley, there is a.
mistake in the business." Upon which the child
said, " I shall not go into Mr. Gibson's now, for you
are the man who robbed Me ofCl I some time since;"
awe instantly seized the prisoner by the skirt of the
coat ; he however extricated' himself and ran Off; the
ceild however pursued him, crying " Stop thief!"
and he was taken into custody as he was turning into
the Post Office.
The child, on his crols-examination, said he gave ,
up the notes in the fear that the prisoner would take
Lim to prison and prevent his father and mother
knowing where he was. Ile did not feat any vio-
lence
to his person.
The Recommit, in summing up the evidence, said,
he thought the offence imputable to the prisoner was
merely a-stealing from the person, and net what, in
the meanng of the law, could be called a highway
robbery, in which money had been extorted by force
' and violence.
The Jury returned a verdict of guilryof stealing
from the person, but not with force and violence.
The same erisorer again stood indicted for assenit-
ing eche Smith, on the King's highway; and taking
ifroth his person and against his will, £lO in Bank
notes, and 10s. in monies, the property of Thomas
i Smith, in the parish of St. Botolph, on the 9th of
I Novemberi last.
In this ch tree, as in the former, the prosecutor was
a child of thirteen years of-age; and had been sent by
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his uncle to get change of two five guinea Birming-
ham notes; and having obtained the change, on his
return home he was accosted by the prisoner in
Bishoesgatestreet, who told him the notes he had
presented to theeßenk were forgeries ; and, finally by
threats of taking him to prison, he obtained from
him the £lO notes and RM. he had received. Of
this offence the prisoner was likewise found Guilty.
Jaws M.Coy, for entering the dwellithe house of
, W. Combs, with intent to steal, was capitally con-
; 1, ictsd.
1 • Two persons of the names of Nash and Field, were
! indicted ler stealing some hog's bristles, the property
of T. 14 ! Mr. Pig stated the case—one of the
prisoners was forted guilty—fined Is. and discharged
—the other acquitted. . .
1 The following were convicted of felony, viz.—J.
j Mills, for stealing a width, two gold wale, and a key;
R. Rees and 1 Turner, for stealing I cwt. cf lead ;
Mary Hamilton, few etcaling a curtain ; and Owen
Carty, for stealing a piece of fir.
• John Coleman was tried on an indictment, charging
letn with stealing 20 Spanish doubloons, value sue,
fr m the person of John Pierre Gotly. • I
It appeared, 'that the prosecutor and prisoners, • Monday as Mr. M. Atwbod, tinker, of Fish-street-
who are foreign sailors, slept together on the night of hill, was returning to hi; hour at Peahen:4
his horse
the Bth of November, at e house in Butcher-row, East
became unruly, and shiest him, his wife,
and child,
Smithfiel.i. Previous to their retiring to rest, the out of the chaise, by which Mte.A.'ierm was broken,
but the lady andchildescriped with slight contusions.
prosecutor placed• his waistcoat, in the pocket of
It le somewhat remarkable; that Mr. A..anciefamily
which were the doubloons stated in the indictment,
only returned on &turtle? nighifietm *a jemmy caused
m
wider his pillow. He got up in the morning. at six
since, he bloke the same atinen two 'places, at the
o'clock, end, on taking up his waistcoat, he une- by a simile? accident, Whereby, only - a few weeks
Effetely missed his money ; he mentionek the-fact to
Coleman, who denied that he had any knowledge Of same spot,. the earartieadhig toNutt:greets.
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44 REMOVALS FUOM OFFICE.
44 Judge Warren, the eldest Judge of the Common
Pleas under the old system, ha been removed by Mr.
Gerry, Governor of Mitssachuietts. On this cccasi,n
t!..e Judge addressed the bar in the following-pathetic
speech

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" Gentlemen of the Bar—The time is now come,
when that connection which has so long and sst hap-
pily subsisted between us, mist be dissolved. Among
the astonis:iing revolutions which have taken pi Ace in
this Commonwealth within these few mouths, cur
civil fathers have decreed that these seats shall be ec-
cepied by ethers, and they ..re to knrw us no mar
for ever. The decree has gone forth—they have whet
the glitteriug sword cf rower, and their hand has
taken hold in vengeance. But, Gt-ntlrmen, indulge
me for a moment—indulge a heart etplee with
gratitude at the recollection of the kindness which
you have always shewn to me by making proper
allowances for My want of a tvgulitY legal edu-
cation—l thank you for this 'mark of love., ,Ift our
State Convention fdr the ratification of theiedetial con-
stitution, it was said if one Bann each thirty thousand
of the people should be sent to the then contemplated
Congress, many thousands as sagacious as themselves,
would be always ready to alarm us of our clingers,
if the Government should not be wisely andfaithfully 1,
administered - and not a thought had I, when I gave,
my vote for that instrument, that in less than twenty.
five years the men oho should give such alarm,
would be wonted as the vilest criminals: by the very
persons whoJaboored 'with all their sciptgth to pre.
vent'its adoption. For proof of what rbsiert, see the
=Met prefixed to our Constitutiort as it came from
Philadelphie,the debacles in our State Contention, and
the Yeas and the Nays on) tlaii Airtime question.-- !
Litle did I think when I .etvlanteetreil.my
.services at'
the battle cf Lexington, in defence of the liberties of
my fellow-c:tiaers, that this was the liberty I was
fighting for, or when we caused the invaders of our
country to fiy from our capital by the vigour of the
siege, that thaw who then and ever aiace have given
' such evidence of their attachment to the country
Iwould sa soon have been dept ived of its honours, by
the ruthless hand if par,y power.
j" 6.. Btu, my; brelthren, let usuot be weary of well do-
in. Our souls are tree, let us not despair—Toe
. blood of the martyrs was the seed of the church.—
; Igo harm, said Socrates to his Judges, can befal the
i' good man—living cr dying his accounts are always
ready. 'l'he honest man must not always expect to
!be popular—He will, he popular or unpopular as
' right or wrong shall prevail ; but he will be ever Li-
; tisii-ed with himself, for he has within a lining aping;
—a wring that cheers him in all his toils by day--a
pleasant companion in his waking hours by night—
his 'terse in sickness, and the foundation of his hope
1 in death.
I" This Commonwealth since the formation of our
State Constitution has been favoured with many ex-
cellent Governess —Several arc yet living; but they
mostly are gone to their twarla.sting abodes;
sand I
cannot forbear to mention the late Governer Sulli-
I van. Had that gentleman have lived until this day,
our State would have been much better united than
at present, —His patience and firmness endeared him
to them who at first were his opponenti, and I saw
him at his own house the week before his last hick-
' ness :—He observed to me, drat all the qualifications
; he considered necessary for office, were integrity and
: capacity.—lf his conciliatory plan had beets pursued
' our State might have been happy. But' where the
i new course of proceeding will end is uaknosen to all,
save him who reads the volumes of futurity, and to
' whom all things are present. The men who were
: the first opposers of British tyranny art ruestly gotre.
They dared to think—they dared to speak—They da•
red to unite, not fearing the wrath of kiligs. These
; men were as chariots of our Anseriean 'lsrael, and as
! the horsemen thereof. The Etijahs have passed the
, spheres, and they call on our Elishas to take up their
1 mantles.
" Gentlemen—When our public career is ended.--
when our pelititat connection is dissolved, we are ir-
resistibly reminded of mu: natural dissolution. I
must acknowledge that this last intervieeraw me is
ttuly afflicting : I must bid a final adieu to this seat ;
to you, gentlemen, I bid an affectionate tatewelL"