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London, England, 1819-04-13 00:00:00

LANCASTER ASSIZES.

ALBYN'S CHARMS.

WRIT MR 11l ♦LLCSIO\ TO TUE WEITIAOSOT DIE• WALTER SCOTT. '

now svelcorrie thy mem'ty, dear Scotland, and ho
Who sing: on thy mountains so sweetly and free,
Whose st,rains uucantrourd as the torrents he views,
Speak the voic..! of his country—the breath of the Muse !
Thy come as legends of infancy dear,
As the song of his youth to the wanderer's ear,
Every rozit, dale, and iivt, wit's its stoty rombin'd,
In tita'auni!t;oe of truth 3p reads its charms to the mind!
The hill, Mist, and heathar—the rills that gush by,
With the freshness and lr.!auty of youth in their eye—
Alt, scenes how belov'd need; my heart not to learn,
Foad ci!jzats of hopa I raay aavar discern !
Fresh charms are DOW Albyn's—each valley and hill
New steps shall invite and new warmth shall instil,
While her mountatus and shores, nude with deeper sleight,
Bring the phantoms of genius and glory to light !
Nor vainly the map o;- her warfare he shows;
Though dark be if only art, and Britaas her foes,
Of the decd:: ui his fathers, bath S )uthron and Scot
Nay hear without blushing, nor v.i-h them forgot !

Nor vainly o'er Albyn the ribrn:h arose ! -
in the day of her error—thni Lt of her woes:
Though dlstrm...ir.2, his heart. in llumanity's cause,
Waits the Gael for the sanction of wisdom or laws!

From the darkness of discord broke brighter the ray,
As the storms of the night bring more gladly the day,
Peace, confidence, freedom, united abolind,
And a brother is claim 'd where a fooman was found !
And gentler the hearts and the thoughts that prevail
Where is silence the moon lights the home of the Gael,
Where, 'no•ith the tall shade of the mountain's rough breast
Spreads the lake her still form like an infant at rost.
As tranquilly smooth, save at times from the shore,
O'er her bosom of peace comes the dash of the oar,
And the song of the rowers as lightly they steal
O'er the depth of pure waters—the home of their zeal!
• Undimm'd through long years be the fire of the Bard,
As his minstrelsy bright be his merits' reward,
Wkile the children of Albyn delighted prolong
The language of Loyalty, Scotland, and Song !

1. C.

Sr. Luxes FREE Setroot..—Yesterday the cere-
mony of laying the foundation. stone of a new School-
house for the Children of the poor Methodists resid-
ing in St. Luke's, Middlesex, took place in Radnor-
street, Old. street. The company assembled on the
occa:ior. were numerous and respectable, notwith-
Standing the incessant rain. Several of the Ladies
and Gentlemen remained in their carriages during
the whole time. The children, who walked in pro-
cession before the company covered with a cloud of
Umbrellas, were the chief attraction ; they were all
dripping wet, and wei e conducted home by their
respective •friends without any examination taking
place, as was expected. At twelve o'clock precisely
Mr. BorrEnwortru, the late Member for Coventry,
arrived, when the Architect having every thing in
readiness, he performed the ceremony of laying the
stone at the East corner of the building with the usual
solemnity observed on such occasions. The inscrip-
tion, which was cut in the stone on the side in front
of the street, was as follows—,, The Methodist Free
School instituted in Golden-lane." After the stone,
was fixed the company separated as soon as possible, '
and nothing more worthy of notice occurred.
Saturday te'nnight William Bennett, of Minchin-
Hampton, returning with a loaded waggon from
Chalford, accidentally fell down in a rut crossing the
Common, and the wheel passing longitudinally over
his body, he was killed on the spot. The preceding
past of the week, the son o 1 Lord DuciE's huntsman
slipped into one of his Lordship's fish-ponds, and
was drowned.

A melancholy accident occurred yesterday in the
Blackfriar.:-eoad. A job chariot stopped at a shop
door, and on the coachman getting off the box, his
foot slipped, from its wetness, and he fell between
the horses. The animals started off at full speed, and
ran away with the chariot to the middle of the bridge,
when the wheels came in contact with a coal wag-
gon, and it was overturned with such violence as to ,
dash one of the pannels in pieces, hut the career of
the horses was providentially stopped. A Lady, her
two daughters (children), and a maid-servant were,
withinside. One of the children had the row of double
teeth on the right jaw beat out, and she received a
contusion on the head, which deprived her of her
senses; the Lady and the other child were bruised.
The Rising Sun Tavern, in Blackfriare-road, was
broke open on Sunday niBl,t by some thieves, who
forced an entrance into the 'uar, and carried off Bank
rotes, silver and plate, value upwards of one hun-
dred pounds.

•
Sunday night, about half-past ten o'clock, as Mr.
THORNTON, draper, of Oxford-street, with his wife,
were passing along Knightsbridge, by Hyde Park
wall, towards Piccadilly, two shabbily dre:sed men,
apparently sailors, went up to them, when one of
them snatched Mr. T.'s gold watch and appendages,
and the other a valuable shawl which Mrs. T. had
.--- on, with both of which they ran clear off.
Dinner had scarcely been announced, and the corn.
pay seated at the festive board of an hospitable Ba-
ronet iii Wimpole.street, a few days since, when a
do hie rap called forth inte of the footmen, to whom
a decent dressed person announced himself as assis-
tantto the fitmily apothecary, with medicine for the
cook, and with orders for irs being instantly taken,
desiring the servant to bring aim word if there was
any message. The man, in tilting the message, was
called afoot for his pains by the cook, and hastily re-
turned, but too late to save the hats of the Baronet's
• guests, which were all carried off.
Fran Synay.—A Gentleman sent his Black Ser-
vant to purchase a fresh fiQi. lie went to a stall,
and, taking up a fish, began to smell it. The Fish-
monger observing hint, and, fearing the by-standers
Might catchthe scent; ex el ainied—" Halo!. you black
rascal, what do you smell my fish ford' The Negro
replied—" Me no smell your fish, Massa,"--t,
are you doing then, Sir?"—" Why, me talk to him,
Massa."--" And what do you say to the fish, eh?"—
i, why, me ask hind what, news at sea? dat's
Massa."—'! Arid what does he say to yottr—u He
says, he don't know:--he no been dare chise tree tteaker

very I

CFVIL SIDL—CiAIf v. RIDGWAY.
This was an action brought, by, Messrs. Clay and
Cullingworth, merchant!. of Manchester, to recover
from the defendants, Messrs. Joseph and Thomas
Ridgeway, bleachers, at Horwich, near Bolton, a
compensation in damages fur the non-fulfilment of a
contract. It appeared from the statement of Mr.
SCARLETT, Counsel for the plaintiffs, that in the
month of January, Mr. Cullingworth, one of the
plaintiffs, went from Manchester to the defendants
works at Horwich, and being shewn into a room
where tie goods rejected by the manufacturers as
damaged were deposited, he looked over and marked
a number of articles, for which he was to pay an
average price of 10d. per yard ; in this assortment
was included a number of jacconot muslins ; the
whole amount of articles for which he contracted
came to nearly £l,OOO. In a few days, goods to
the amount of £474 were sent to the plaintiffs ware-
house, at Manchester. Upon examination, the pack-
ages sent were found to consist only of the interior
goods included in the purchase, and contained none
of the jacconot muslin. Mr. Cullingworth, after
waiting some days, finding they were not likely to
be sent, went over to the works of the defendants, to
ascertain the reason of the delay, when Mr. Ridge.
way insisted that the whole of what he purchased
had been sent. This was denied by the plaintiff, who
requested leave to go into the warehouse. He there
found a considerable quantity of jacconot muslin
with his mark upon it, and also 16 pieces of cam-
brics ; the latter Zr. Thomas Ridgeway admitted to
have been overlooked, and they were subsequently
sent to the plaintiffs ; but Mr. Ridgeway denied that
any jacconot muslins had been included in the con-
tract. This fact was the issue the Jury had to try.
The most material witness on the part of the
6E4 was Mr. James Barrow, at that time a clerk in
the service of the defendants, but who had refused
to be examined by the plaintiffs' attorney, alleging
that he had taken an oath of secrecy to his employers !
When placed in the box to be sworn, Mr. Barrow
asked the Court if he was obliged to declare the
I whole of what he knew of the transaction ?

Baron WOOD Most certainly you are; kis very
wrong to administer any such oaths : it is an indict-
able offence."
Mr. Barrow was then sworn.—lfe stated, he was
clerk to the defendants. In the month of January
Mr. Cullingworth came to their works to buy some
damaged goods. Witness went into the damaged
room with Mr. T. Ridgeway and Mr. Cullingworth.
The latter looked at the goods, and selected a par-
cel, in which were pieces of jam:not muslins ; but
there being a disagreement abouti,the price, they all
left the room, and the door was locked. After Mr.
Ridgeway and Mr. Cullingworth had conversed some
time together, r. Ridgeway came into the count-
ing-house, and' directed witness to attend Mr. Cul-
lingworth in the damaged room. When witness had
got to the door, Mr. Ridgeway called him back, and
said, in a low voice, " There are many eight-quarter
pieces ; secrete as many as you can out of the way,
but take care that Mr. Cullingworth does not see
you." Witness went, accordingly, into the ware-
house with Mr. Cullingworth, who marked a great
variety of articles, and, among others, some jacco-
not muslins. Witness so far attended to his instruc-
tions as to remove out of Mr. Cullingworth 's view
four pieces of the 8-quarter muslins, but, consider-
ing that they were included in the bargain, he in:-
perceptibly led him to the place where he had depo-
sited them, when Mr. Cullingworth marked them.
Witness thinks that Mr. Cullingworth marked goods
to the amount of nearly £l,OOO. He afterwards
made out the invoice, which did not contain all the
golds Mn: Cullingwosth had marked, nor did it con-
tain any jacconot muslins; the amount of this in
was £474, exclusive of some goods not included
in this contract ; a subsequent invoice of 16 pieces of
cambric, amounting to £l5, was afterwards made
out and sent.

Mr. Edward Brindley, the salesman of the plain-
tiffs, proved that the goods in the three lots sent by
the defendants, were not, on an average price, worth
more than Bd. a yard.
Mr. Serjeant Hut,Locit, on the part of the defen-
dants, contended, that the invoice produced by the
plaintiff's, was the only evidence of the contract, and
it was not probable that muslins worth from 2s. to
3s. per yard, would be sold at an average of 10d.
After a few words from Mr. Scautterr, stating
the damages to which he conceived the plaintiffs
were entitled,

The JUDGE very shortly charged the Jury, who
found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages £lOO.

CROWN SIDE.

On Friday, the 2d instant, at two o'clock in the
afternoon, the CHIEF BARON passed sentence upon
such of the prisoners as had not received the judg-
ment of the Court at the close of their respective
trials. The following prisoners were first placed at'
the bar :

John Goulding, James Grime the younger, Solomon Mather,,
William Entwistle, Ellen Barret, Patrick M'Corrnitt, Mary
APCsorivick, and Peter Hesvgate convicted of having unlaw-
fully in their poasession gorged Hack-of-England Notes; and
Mary Thomas, J'ilen Carr, and Joseph Smith, convicted of re.
ceiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen, were severally
ordered to be transported for the term of 14 years. John SiUs,
Anthony Lea, and Benjamin Heaps, convicted of petty larceny.
to betransported for seven years.

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The prisoners capitally convicted then received
sentence of death. As the bar was much too small
to contain at one tinge all the wretched men who had
incurred this dreadful penalty of the law, they were
locpusht up in four separate divisions, arranged ac-
r cording to the nature of their respective crimes ; those
who were intended for execution being included iti
the last lot :

lupwar

Wm. Wallwork, aged' 10; Thos. Roberts, 42; Wm. Lewis;
49 ; George Cooper, 49 ; Thos. Rnwsthorn, 92 ;John Wrikeri
21 ; Samuel Jones, 16; John Smith, 30; John Bu4ley, 361
Win. Sadler, 49 ; Wm. Yates, 34; James Crawshaw, 21 ; Jame.
Crawford, 76 ; Henry Perry, 40 ; John Berry, 21 ; lanes De.
vine,l9; Jrrancis Morgan, 18 ; John Oliver, 16; Janie' Wilklb.
son, 49; Wm, Pate, 46; Thos. Williamson, 11, and_ Thismi
Lawton, 16; convicted of burglary,' Wm. Ste;lteuson, 1$;Robert eeves, 18 ; Joseph Thomas, 16 ; and T 1: un:as 'thopaso
18 ; convicted of stealing in the &wall:iv-house to the value of
405.: William Ilmbobbin, ; Edward Butler, 19; John
White, to; and Edmund gelly,l6; convicted of highway rob.:
krY John llowankt 40140 Nick!: 94; George Gut:diellow;
26; William Allen, 16; and:lllotuas Sp..nce, 40, coavicte4
borne-stealing : Chaties'7ll44e, of tittering counterfeit coin, liar;
a second conviction; and John Tattetddi, 40, convicted of shoots
Mg, with intent to In Some grievous bodily harm,
His Lordship, in addressing the above prisOauss

comnianied upon the-satatre of their re:
difences, bur -added, that as none of timid
tOr*- tied. with circUddltaittet,bf atrociout
71!•uld Obbstbl y Actd,ltTnend therms
*Mats of the Roy 4 mercy. ' -A I
James Grime, the elder, 56; Healy Entwistle. SO ;!
aoSs.lCay, 55.; Jelit.Clarice, 26 ?and Joha Ifirseigani
Drake, V, convicted of tittering forged I:ank ofEng-
land notes : Henry V, convicted of a rape; i
and William Smith, 17, convicted of highway rcb-
heti and burglary, having been placed at the bat,.his
Lordship, previous to passing the awful sentence of the
law upon them, addressed them in the following terms: •
Henry Entwistle, John Kay, John Clarke, and John
Horseman Drake, you have been convicted of utter-
ing forged Bank of England notes, knowing them to
be forged, under circ ;Li:lst:laces of great aggravation;
and I think it my bounden duty to inform you, that
'the sentence which I am row about to pass will be
carried into execution; and that there remains no
hope of mercy for you in this world. As for you,
James Grime the elder, who have been convicted of
the same offence, it is possible, but of this I can
offer you no assurance, that in your case there may
be some mitigation of your punishment. With respect
to you, William smith, though you arc so young in
years, you are old in crime ; yon have been.cenvicted
of highway robbery, attended with circumstances of
great aggravation, and of burglary; and I have strong
grotinds for believing, that you have been guilty of
other heavy offences ; for you, therefore, there re-
mains in this world no hope of mercy.. As fair you,
Henry Moncrieff, I ;on sure the law would bd re-
proached for insufficiency if you were suffered to
cape its severest penalty ; ycu have violated by force
the chastity of a female, of tender age, and with
circumstances of the most savage barbarity.—None
res", you, therefore, have any reason to expect the
extension of arty mercy towards you. And I earnestly
admonish you to prepare for that future state to which
• you must soon inevitably be consigned. It now only)
remains for' me to pass upon you the last, and I fear
to all of you, the irrevocable sentence of the law ; and
may the GOD of all mercy have compassion upon
your souls."—His Lordship then passed sentence of
death upon them in the usual terms.
The Assizes did not close till half-past one o'clock
in the morning of Tuesday. The Judges, on their de-
parture, left the following six prisoners for execution,
—Henry Moncrid; William Smith, Henry Entwistle,
John Kay, John Clarke, and John Horseman Drake.

Saturday sennight, Johe J)enny was executed in
front of the county gaol at Shrewsbury, pursuant to
his sentence at the late Assizes, for wilfully stabbing,
with intent to kill, the Rev. J. Wilde, at I'ontesbury.

Friday se'nnight, at Derby, Thomas Hopkinson, for
highway robbery, was executed in front of the county
gaol. He was only twenty years of age. Wicked
companions, poaching, the robbing of hen-roosts and
gardens, and the use of improper songs, indecent in
their language and allusions, such as give a sort of
jovially to profaneness and depredation, led this vic-
tim to his disgraceful end. His last warning voice
to young people was to avoid bad company.
Thursday next the prisoners, who stand committed
on charges of felony, will be removed horn the seve-
ral jails in London and Middlesex, to Newgate, pre-
paratory to their taking their trials at the ensuing
Sessions at the Old Bailey, which commence =Wed-
nesday, the 21st instant,
The Sessions for Westminster will commence on
Monday next, and the Sessions for Middlesex on
Tuesday, the 20th instant, at the Sessions House,
Clerkenwell Green.

Saturday se night a gentleman was robbed of his
gold watch in Ancoats-lane, Manchester, by four men,
about half past ele►en at night. The gentleman had
a large key in his hand at the time, with which he
struck one of the robbers so severe a blow on his face
that the wards of the key were afterwards found to
be bent.—Four fellows have been taken up on the
charge, and two of them, Thomas Dearden and John'
Nelson, committed for.trial. The watch was found
in possession of one of them.
Tuesday evening last, about eight 'o'clock, as Mr.
E. Jenkins, butcher, of Windsor, was travelling home
from Maidenhead-market in his horse and chaise, he
was suddenly attacked by two footpads near Water
Oakley, one of whom seized upon the reins. Mr.
Jenkins persevered in urging his horse on, and the
robber hanging upon the reins was thrust into a ditch,
where the wheel is supposed to have gone over him.
The other villain, on getting up with them, struck
Mr. Jenkins violently on the head ; but his hat, which
was knocked off, broke the force of the blow, and
Mr. Jenkins was at length successful in escaping from
these depredators. On the following evening Mr.
Golding, of Maidenbead, was robbed near Hoirport,
of his watch and a sum of money, by two men an-
swering to the description of those who attacked
Mr. Jenkins.

Saturday night a gang of thieves broke into the
house of a Gentleman named Ptstroz, at Kennington
Oval, by forcing open the back entrance. They rifle&
boxes, drawers, and different apartments, of all the
portable property they could find, and having taken
care to secure a retreat, in case _they were alas med,
they spread a cloth upon the parlour table, laid
knives and forks for four, forced open the pantry, and
laid meat, &c. upon the table, tapped a cask of rum,
drew three large jugs of ale, and sat down and re-
galed themselves. They then carried off the pro-
perty and escaped, without alarming any of the fa-
mily. 'They are supposed to have been in the house
upwards of two hours; they lighted four mould can-
dles,: which were considerably burnt, but extinguished
thetti irhen they left the house. A quantity of egg-
were found under the fire-place'; and it appears
-ibat the thieves were so much at, case, thy they made
*quantity of egg hot, part of which they left. The pro.
perty stolen consisted of plate, linen, apparel, and cash.
Tuesday an elopement took place from Boston, of
Miss 13— with Mr. 13, ; the former, only nine-
teen, was considered the greatest beauty in the place ;
she had the superintendance of her brother's house,
and he, on this occasion, was from home on business.
The hero is of a familrof consequence in the neigh-
lroarhood, and has eihibited symptoms of great
(wrap- in the field of battle ; they left before day-
light, and would, no doubt, reach London the same
tirsht, as they were seen on the road, f 1 i.:g en the
wings 'of