Star.
London, England, 1820-08-02 00:00:00

DUKE OF NIA RLBOEOUGII.

Mr. SnanwELL, on the part of the Trustees in
this canse, moved that it should be referred to the
Master to declare whether any and what proceed-
ings should be instituted upon a certain bill of ex-
change for £5OO, endorsed by the Duke of Marlbo-
rough, and accepted by Mr. Thomas• Wright, of Hen-
rietta-street, Covent-garden ; the same being one of
two bills for 12500 each, received from the Duke, un.
der an order from the Lord Chaniellor, in part sa-
ti4action of the loss sustai•-•ed upon the Marlborough
gold plate.
Mr. WRAY submitted that the two bills in question
were merely given as securities for a sum of £l3OO,
which the Doke of Marlborough had agrebd to pay
in order to avoid the appointment of a Custos upon
the plate, books, and other properties lying at Blen-
heim House. On condition of this paynient the
Lord Chancellor's order for the choice of a Custos
had been suspended ; and the effCct of the dishonour
of the bills would n:et el y, he apprehended, be the en-
forcement of that order. If a reference were taken to
the Master, no doubt the effect of that reference
would- be the institution of proceedings against Mr.
Wright : such a course, however, could only serve
to increase litigation, inasmuch as it would compel.
that Gentleman to file a bill, setting,up certain new
equities in his own defence. At all events, the plain-
tiff, could not be allowed to prosecute the order for
a Custos, which they were 'doing, and at the same
'time to take those proceedings which were to arise out
Of the-present motion. • •
Mr. HART denied that the £l3OO had been ac-
cepted by the trustees as a waver of their right to the
appointMent of a Custos. That sum was not given
as security for the property which "remained; but as
compensation for the property which had been car-
ried away. The order upon the Dukeof Marlborough
to make up the deficiency had been imperative; and
the order for the choice of a Custos had merely been
suspended until the end of Trinity Term last past.
The VICE-CHARCELLOR thought that the bills in
question had been received from tbe,Duke of Marl-
' borough, under the immediate • Odd ;tif. the Lord
Chancellor ; and that, in consequencevallheir disho
nom-, it became necessary to take :mashies' for en-
!'orcing parment. He should therefore serid the Mat-
ter to the Master; nor could he order the choice of a
Cstslos to be further suspended in the meantime.
Mr. Stranwxtr., to prevent any imputation upon
the Messrs. Wrights, who were most respectable
bankers, thought it his duty to state, that Mr. Tho-
mas Wright was not one of the firm. •
SUSSEX Assfus.—LElVES, JULY 31. .

The Commission for this County was opened here
on Saturday, and this morning the business of the
Assizes commenced before the LORD Ciliar JUSTICE
in the Crown Court, and before Mr. Baron WOOD in
the Nisi Prius Court. In the Calendar there are but
thirty-one cases, and there are but seventeen- causes
enterei. Neither Court has been productive as yet
of interesting matter.
William Norman was indicted for a burglary in
the dwelling-house of William John Champion, Esq.
the High Sheriff, at Danny, on the night of the 30th
of March last, and stealing four shirts, and other ar-
ticles of wearing apparel.--At appeared that the pri-
soner had- been br9ught up in the family of the pro•
secutor, and st as employed by him as a domestic ser--
vant. In the month of February he had been dis-
missed in consequence of improper conduct, and in
the night of the 30th of March he came dOwn from
London to the prosecutor's house, and broke'open
the laundry, and took away the articles in question,
with which he went to Brighton, and thence to Lon-
don, where he was detected in the act of disposing of
them by sale.—The case went to the Jury, and un-
der the Learned Judge's directions; the prisoner was
found Guilty—Death.

Saturday, at three o'clock, the Yorkshire Assizes
were adjourned till the 9th of September, at nine
o'clock in the morning. Four convicts are left for
execution : RiekardPuncheon, aged 20, and William
Kettlessell, aged 20, for burglary ; Joseph Pickersgill,
aged 26, for highway robbery ; and 2'hosnas Smith,
aged 28, for stealing 28 sheep at Thornville.
At the Assizes, held at Cavan, Ireland, W. Wilson,
a pensioner from the Bth Foot, and Lucy Gardner,
were capitally convicted for &nspiring„ with F. Cun-
ningham, a pensioner from the 101st ?oat, to charge,
and capitally convict, several persons with forming a
conspiracy to murder the Rev. G. dpaight, and by
such conviction to obtain a reward.

Monday se'nnight,the workmen commenced operst-
tions to inclose the Tron Church of Edinburgh, with
an elegant iron railing, for the erection of which a
subscription has already provided funds.

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POLICE.

•
MA1185011.110411.-1A Merchant of respectability th- City,
stated, thaton Saturdmoisist as be was walking through Lom-
bard-street, he beard a femate.voice crying out " 31urder !'
on going to the Spot, perceived a young woman lying on t.l.
back; her clothes had been dragged almost from her body, t!.r:
was covered with mud, and there were a number cf pers.); s
gaping around her. The Gentleman thel) cal!td to a comAal,h,,
and with his insistence succeeded, notwithstauding the vast ni'd-
titticie of pickpockets who 'were collected round, and «kira
those whose interest was excited, in carrying. her as far as the
entrance to the Queen's Arms Taveria; in the Poultry, vol.rre
he proeured a glass of water, but when presented to her. sLe
dashed the glass to pieces. During this exhittition the metch.xt
lost his hat and handkerchief, and the Meet his hat. A char i•>:
was soon seat for, and the witness and the .offscer got al;:n
having lifted their protegee into the seat, !Cr the tkrpnse of c!,r-
ducting her to the Compter. While in the coach she struggled
desperately as to render it necessary to hold her hands and
to prevent bar doing serious injury to those who were with h. r.
At length she arrived at the Compter, when she kicked, a!
plurged, and cried " Murder!" and finally .charged her prat.:
tors with having robbed, and attempted to viontte her person
The young woman, in answer to this, declared must solcmitly
that when the merchant and 'constable took hold of her, she had.
' two. pictures ,in her possession, a shawl, and. ether proyerty of
considerable value. She denied that she had been at all Mzenci
cited, and said, that as she and her mother-inlawzwere walking
along Lombard-street, some person knorked her (1, n, aud
broke the glasses of the pictures she held, upon which the mer-
chant and constable ran ever, and laid it-old her for the purpose
of abusing her, but under the pretence of humanity. Sha th, u io.t
her property. They dragzed her on in the midst of a mob, ,T.. 1
hurried her into a coach, where thty polled thedothes front licr
back, and were proceeding to ee.mmit the violence she most ai,-
burred upcn. her, when she kicked open the ucor of die coach,
and cried to the multitude to are her from being violated...-
She addA, that tbeee were several persons who could Con O
forward to bear tertimor.y to the truth of this account. The
Lsen Mwt-on sent for several City Mict•rs who ware on du,
rear the place, ri'd also rot Mr. Teague, Keeper of the Comilter.
Some of these witnesses said, they considered the v:omsu either
mad or drunk. 'They stated that there were above 500 persons
around her during her extravajancies. Ito Loreiship declared
Via he did not question her being robbed, but that the resi act-
able person who came to her assistarce :ho,:id base joined
the robbery, or attempt to violate her pees r: is .he pi usence c:
so many, was incredible ; he world tlitr.:fore dimiss the c'
and-was convinced that her yrotectr.ti were entitled• to hPr
titude. She however p.rsisted iu her intention of proceed;:
against them for actampting to violate her ch Achy.

A quarrel took ',lace on Thurvday afternoons in
Potter-row, Edinburgh,-which er.ded is a sort of gr..
natal- battle among a number of young men,, and Ara:
maintained with much animosity .and eesFeraticr,
till the combatants were separated bra.e
One of them was so dreadfully hart. th 4 t he •O.
very soon after. ' An investigation it :c, the cause; ( t
this unfortunate affray is now. gOittg on ; some of
parties have abscondeJ.