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London, England, 1817-12-30 00:00:00

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MIAMI _COURT.
• THE .SIUDZAT' SPECTRE. . .
mall-wirumm Iniiikarell CHARLES, Au ernitatT.
Ie this action the plaiutiff.sertght to recover from
the defendant the sum of 05. for half a yearis use,
stud occupation of -a house .situated in Judd-street,
New-road. The Conasel, in stating the case to the,
Jury, thought they would have but very little diffi-
culty in deciding the point at issue between the.para
ties. Toe plaintiff was a gentleman possessing *eve-
nd houses; and the defendant had described herself
as a widow, and,under this description the house and
furniture in question were let to ha by a Mr. Smith,
at 4150 per annum. The defence he understood to
be set up was, that she was a married woman, and
not a widow, as she had described • herself when the
agreement was entered into. But he shOuld leave it
to the Jury to decide whether this Lady was to rem
from one end of the town to the other to swindle
people, first by taking houses under the representation
of being a widow, then turning round, snapping her
fingers, and saying, “ I will pay you by the produc-
tion of my marriage certificate."
Win..smith waLthe Bret and only witness called to sepportthe
plaintiff. case, and he stated that he witnessed the agreement
produced-it was put in and read: it we. made between lamp
Wilson, on the one part, and Elizabeth Wright, of Greet aim&
borough-street, on the other, and dated used July, 1816. Tie
reet was to be ;El 50 per year. • defendant occupied it Ida
months ; she gave witness a reference to a Gentleman * Somer-
set House and described bend) to be a widow.
The House,
oiiiisel for the defendant then addressed the
Jury I he did not stand there to defend her couduct
in a moral point of view, but tJ state that she 'Asa
married woman, and had been so for a considerable
time: he should tall two witnesses who would prove
it beyond the power of contradiction. •
Wm. &Meld, clerk of St. Giles's parish, peadaied a copy of
the register of the marriage, by license, of Atom Charles, EA.
andELsabeth Wright, widow, on the 11th Nottembie, 1799.-
QuaresainaneiL--.kie should not know either of the parties, it
was so leng slum, bet the espy of the register war a correct use.
*s. Ass Ricketts, said-. 01 was present at the marriage. I
Saw Mrs. Charles; she is in the Marshalsea-prison; use Is the
who weimarried 1799. I know Mr. Charles; he is pesos who
fn the Navy; I jaw him two months ago in Gibed.
term, bet I did not speak to him; I bad not sees hiss six
mesas berate."
In her cross•egamination, she said she lived with
the defendant in Portman-sweet; she lived there 17
years. Mr, Charles did not live with delendarit all
the time,
Counsel-a Did he live with her sit yam, six days, or ales
weeks r
Witness-.." I believe six years; Int: I can swear to thriatee
four years."
Counesi.=." In what capacity did you but with her
Witness.-" I aired with her as companion*
Ceutisel-" Wisat time of the day was it you saw this walking
spectre In Ozford.steeirt.which is not to be seen anywhere else"
PWituess-`• It was about three o'clock in the afternoon."
Counsel-" How was' he dressed ?"
yitness-" II black-in deep mosirning."
C'ounsel-0 That's nothing uncommon now, I Waver
Witness-" No, I believe not."
Counsel-" Were the gas lamps lighted?"
,Vitnes.-a No, they were not."
Counsel-" Did pats smartly by your •
Winless-" No."

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Coutnal—" Did you speak to him r
WI nias—" Na, I did art; but. I will sweat to hirri, Alleges
I had not seen him before for IS years. I don't know how long
the defendant bas gone as a widow, nor do l_know bow long she
has pused as a widow. I don't think she owned her Marriage
to the World, b. cause It was kept a secret. in Portman-street
she went by the name of Wright."
Counsel-44 lA'beti did the take the name of Ctrs/les?'
Witnets-44 I cannot tell."
Counsel..." Pray are you the lady who Molt a bottse in Contip-
tou.sireet r- thianswer.
Judge-4 You must answer the question."
Witness—(after much hesitatlon)-7" am." • ,
Conned—" And are you the latlY that ran:awil widen pap
log the'reaaro
Witoess.;." No, I did not run away."
Counsel—" What mow did the defeittlaot go to wino As
lived with Mr. Charles ?"
Witness..." Bbe went by the name of Wrthe what Mr.
Charles lived with her, w>Zleb was for three.yrars."
The Counsel tror the drferdant birc interposed, and
objected to the mode of cross•exammetion pursued.
. The Counsel for the plaintiff said, the questions
were pertinent, and tended,to soak: her testimony by
the discredit which they threw'opon her It gamma.
ladge--" If I anti askid the law of the ease. I think her credit
b e matter for the coadderation of the,lary ; but naiad the. Me&
has ID a mum point of view,' think it a net abominable Maid."
—Examination of witnetareenned. _ _

Counsel--" Thou you meet saw tilts walking Shoo Al black
but once l Oalord-stneetr Witness—" N 0.7
Coessal—A And then you did um speak to him r
Wismar" films • . •
. The Counsel for the plaintiff addressed tile Jury in
reply. It wits, he said, a gross and wicked fraud,
and the defence set up was a most iniquitous one,
and the Jury •should be very cautious now they:ad-
/ omitted the polluted evidence of a witness who ap-
peared an accomplice in the villainous transaction,
and who was, in point of fact, a companion to the
defendant in her wickedness. He could not expect
that the Jury could give credit to one word that she
said. Was it at all likely that a Lieutenant in the
Navy should- have a wife, and got have the slightest
,intercnurse with her for fifteen years The inference
to be drawn was, that he was dead ; for in 15 or 19
years there was plenty of time fur a man to die.—
Laughter.)—Unless the Jury elm Id place the Mott
implicit credit oa the evidence of Ricket:i. the plain-
tiff wank, be-entitled to their verdict. Theiestrabl'
Judge (Burrow Monica, Esq.) in. summing up ob.
sented, that titer, was an doubt but the house in ques-
tion way let to the defendant at £l5O per year, and.
there was but very little doubt but she represented
herself to be a widow. The only question, therefore,
would be, whether she had established to the cdrivic-
don of the Yury, that she bad, at the time of the agree.
meet, a Midland living?
The Jury.eonsultafor a short time, and fcuoda
verdict kir the plaintiff—Damages kr&
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We feel pleasure in publlfhing the following lettae•
as transmitted to us, in con fitulation. of a paragraph
whit% appeared in our Paper. relative to the cure M
that general and dangerous complaint Rupture:
' . TT THE EDITOR OF. THZ stmt.
Sat—.olseetviag a paragraph in your Paper respecting the mew
of an Hernia, motsortued (et a large site) by the Medical Semi,
at Charlotte House, Great Charintte:areee, Birelitrhus Road, la
justice, .'Jr, to Slums. COOPER and Co. I beg to add my pea'
sonal testhoony Having been Aimed seertyrwmey yeareos4
demand Assurable .by eminent Surgeons, I petieutly bare my
expecting aver hoer to in my firit if IRS .ienllt=
sloth, Medical and la* remain to pray ler ilk
Estabbohasesiti for lin ssoff so, win woe* bigisa
s few weeks, aid Dow. thank God, aajoy good bed*. - •
1 WM, As. Editor, an Soho bow ms eYI show *Kw'
have itA mbar motive for this mmumulsatlan Shan • radio
pilisa.-1 sat, Sir your *WM* derma',
Dos sad 4111., near rAftwrolig,tL ewes •
I.)ekts, One*, 417.

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POLICE.

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Mantiolopolt Stailffem..Taniulb and Oetragea
lbetween the Life Guards aad• the Populace.—lt
by the testiasony of four pertains who bad suf.
fired much le these affrays, that they were eemtnen.
red by Henry Day, a
_private, at the Britannia, in
Brown.street, tdary.la-Bonne. A watchman, who
came in to quell the disturbance, was moch injured.
Neither of the injured pertains, via. Pearce, Cochrane,
Andrews, and Murray, could swear to any but Day.
The civilians at Imgdi butane so imaserons
eight of the dragoons foiced their way into the
lour for protection, whilst eleven others barricaded
the do,r. It was stated that one of the dragoont
said, the battle of Britannia had begun, and that
battle of Waterloo should be a fool to it.

The Corporal of the guard of King-street Barrack,
beard of the distutbance at the Britannia, and took
file of men to release the dragoons in the parlours!
when he got there, he found the temper of the pope.
lace inch, that it was not safe for him to atter:tr.-
bring them away, and Liemenant Martin released
them with eight more of the.guard. The Corporal
(Calash) stated, that he had been told by the law'
lord, that the soldiers were not the aggressors ;
the Britannia was then so surrounded that the land
lord could not with safety ?Head.
In. defence, Day said lie was struck first, becar
be /*fused to wrestle, and his comrades were alv

insulted there ; and in this assertion the Qual
Master coincided.
blnotaraara—" There has been a serious cum
and some tremendous ass:sults. If• the common

ple insult the soldiers by words, they must not rel
by blows. It is the first duty of a soldier to ci
strand his temper, and he ought to feel above
alleged insults."
I)ay Was held to bail, and the others were
charged tor want of identity.
CHIMNEY SWEILPERS. --• Fefix nftds appeared
an information exhibited against him by Chi
Young, of Frilh•street, for sulfating his little swee'
boy to ply in the streets for hire at a quarter past '
o'clock, contrary to Act of Parliament. Mr. T.
eau Campbell again appeared with the Act of
liarnent ; and Mr. Young said be bad 'brought
information to prevent cruelty to boys. It appear.
in& however, in the first place, that the summon,
was not correct, and secondly, that there was no
deuce to prove that the boy was plying for hire,
information was quashed.
RIOT IN THE ISOROUCIII.—Yesterday, Mr. Serjrant
Smilax sat for the purpose of examining the person!
who are in custody upon a charge of being concerned
in the cottages committed on Friday night be
Southwark.—The efficers, (Mayo Go', and HI )
brought about 70 persons forward upon the general
warrant granted by the Magistrate on Satuiday
The following petsons were examined :
Edward Jaws, George Adam% George Tucker, James Gallo-
way, George Want, Charles Barker, Robert Vandriills, Joseph
Dowdey, WlEliat England, Thomas Abner, Goorgh•Earretr,
Thomas Davis.
They were ordered to enter into sufficient reeogni-
xances to answer what might be preferred again?
them.—Mr. Davis and Mr. Abbot, who Bred up
the mob, were ordered to 60d bail in.the MUD of
each.—The Magistrate ordered the other prisoner*,
be examined on a future day.

Yesterday morning, a fire broke out in the Arsenal
at Wo..lwich, which did considerable damage betr
it Was got order. •
SaturdAy morning last, as Mrs. ELIZASETH
Moss, of Hare4treet. Bethnal- Green, was sitters
down, eating her lunch, apparently io good health,
she fell back in the chair, and instantly expired.
Sunday lest was buried, at St. Saviour's, South-
work, Mr. thaws, formerly of Drury-lane'fheatre,
Sadler's Wells, the Circus, Astley's, acc. His unri-
valled exertions made him the greatest faiourite of
hu day.. He died at the advanced age of 68, and
his numerous admirers will be serry-to learn,- under
circumstances of peculiar distress, arising from do.
mestic misfortunes.

'Last week Richard Mosley. a nalloc, was =for-
tanatelr drowned in Whitehaven harbour. '
Friday se'nnight, a fiery melancholy accident hap-
pened at Kirkbamptone in Cumberland. Mr..thhn
Johnston having come in from shoohng, put his gun
l'on the rack in the kitchen, charged, from whence it
was soon after taken by his too, a boy about ten
years of age, Who laid it across a chair and began to
meddle with the lock t the gun went off, and its con
tents entered the side of Mr. Johnston's daughter
Jane, who was standing by the fire, only about tont
yards, from the muvzle, and she etpked in four
hours. She was but nine years ef age. Coroner's
verdict—Accidental Death.
The Southwark Bridge s in great forwardness.—
The bed of the arch leading to Queen.street is com-
posed of a very y massy state of masonry, lying dia-
gonally, to resift the constant pressure of the weight
of the arch, and meeting the bead *lithe whole span.
In digging for the Inundation on the Southwark
side, a copperas spring was discovered, the water of
which was quite green.

A young gentleman on hoard Lis Majesty. ship
Prometheus, asked a midshipman who had just hove
'the log to ascertain the ship's rate of sailing, how
much she amiss P IS Three and fear,' was the reply,
meaning three knots, four fathoms, or three and a
half mile, per hour. " Three and four, that': seven,
mod very good pig too, with rut& Usk mind l"

• A Saw days dace, at CaadoiS;;;;isi die Woof Mao, (Avails'
geillbea, R.N. to Miss Stephenson, of the same place.
Liddy, et Alventolto,— 'filly, Eq. Purser of lab )daiesty's
, deep of weir Rosario, to Elba, ad daughter et Mr. J. Cockrell,'
; et the lloilases Oflice, Dock-yard.
Saturday .at TitcaSeld, Lest chard Danford. R. N.
to Hume, *dawn bluebells ea* lete. Amu. no. Faq. of
the six Regiment e Foot. -
.Oa eh* ist Inst. at Lowasteft Chile* S. H. Ayers, Esq. Pur-
ser In the service of the Hon. Ewe India Company. to Ann,
pemniest daughter of Mr. '1 bAklaal Johnson, of Lowestoft, dap

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DIED. T
At ShdMean Rank, by Newhaven, on the tlthinstante Cop-
ed:l DA'S yirt.bart.
On the With instant, Chrisdani, yeengeet &wittier of the late
Reterea Proud. Steer, lied a.
Thepiryrbty. lebn Reed, la sentiment men,. ettleweesdes
4074, Many pwtpmenaft, hie din and intlinitgwill be bunt
ra vaddie vine, wideb Ilee,ethe bilges et the ise.
re cut, et the Lew Liditet
Shteds, ablio e , was wiltb Rear Adati
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