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EDINEURCN, JUL) 19.

HIGH COURT O/P JUSTICIARY.
ADMINISTERING UNLAWFUI. OATHS. •
THE EIRD.Ite. ANDREW WICINLEY.
The Court having yesterday determined nn the re-
levancy of the indictment, it met again this mornieg,
and proceeded to the trial of the prisoner; when the
interlocutor tor the relevancy of the indictment being
re.tt

The L•m ADVCCATE rose and addressed the Court,
and stated, that, from the decision of the previous
day, the persons accused of the crime libelled had
placed their lives in the full effect of the penalty of
the law; hut he thought he should be following only
the beneficent views of the Government if he restric-
ted the punishment to an arbitrary one. He then
entered into a defence of his conduct on this occasion,
And accused the Counsel on the opposite bids of
charging him with a desire to take away the life of
the prisoner. This he dented, and averred, that he
only sought what was maintained in every Act of
Patliament passed for the safety ct the country. He
vindicated, at the same time. the necessity for pass-
ing the Acts which at different times had been eruc-
ted for suspending the Habeas C• tins Act ; and con-
clude lay saying, that having never acted from any
selfish motive, he despised the endcavt_.urs which had
been made to lower him in the esteem of the Parlia-
ment or the Public.

Mr. GRANT followed on the part of the prisoner,
and made some spirited remarks on the speech of the
Lord Advocate, particularly on the assertion formerly
made, of the Bar having entered into a combination
to defend the prisoner.
AULr a few words from the LORD Anvocave in
reply, the interlocutor, restricting the punishment to
an arbitrary one, WAS read, and a most respectable
Jury sworn.

The first witness called was Rain Nonillion, Esq.
the Sheriff Depute of Lanarkdrire.—He proved the
declarations of the prisoner taken before him. The
declarations were then read. The first stated, that
he had been fourteen years a private in the Volun-
teers, and always did his duty ; that he never beard
of any association for overturning the Government by
force, and that he never was at any meeting held tor
this purpose; that the meetings. he was present at
were only for the purpose of attending to the amelio-
ration of the poor rates. The 2d. That he was pre-
sent et different meetings, the object of which he
could not very well describe, but that they were prin.
cipally concerning the poor rates; that he did not
wish to disclose the names of the persons in whose
houses the meetings took place, for tear of their los-
irig their licences. The Sd. That the object of all'
the meetings was merely the amelioration of the poor
rates, and that the meetings were all public, and that
every person wishing to aid in carrying this into effect
WAS welcome to attend them, and that during his
attendance nothing political was ever brought for-
ward. 4th. After being admonished by the Sheriff
to be aware of disclosing any thing against himself,
he stated, that he WAS afraid he had been led away ;
that he understood that a Club existed in Glasgow,
consisting of Gentlemen, who would assist them in
their plans ; that an oath of secrecy was signed by
these who became members cf the society. sth.
Nothing.
John Caingell, a prisoner in the Castle of Edin-
burgh, was then called, when
Mr. JEFFRAY objected to his giving his evidence ;
as the prisoner% agent had been denied all communi-
cation with him, and, in effect, that the prisoner had
been denied all the benefit which he had a right to
from
sthis communication. The Governor of the
Castle, in answer to the demand made by the Coun-
sel for the prisoner, having stated, that he had not
the power of allowing any person to see the person
named. Mr. Jeffrey also stated, that the identity of
this witness could not be proved, as both the civil
and military power had refused all intercourse
with him. He contended, that the prisoner had
every right to refuse the testimony of this witness,
as he never had an opportunity of ascertaining whe-
ther the John Campbell in the list delivered him was
the John Campbell who could appear against him.
Mr. Jeffray contended at great length on the right
which the prisoner had, by his Counsel or Agent, to'
converse with the witnesses cited against him, and in
consequence of this being refused by the public pro-
secutor, as well as the Governor of the Castle, in
whose custody those witnesses were; and concluded
by hoping the Court would not allow the witness to
be called.

Mr. H. DRUMMOND contended, that Mr. Jeffrey's
objection, as to the identity of the witness, was futile,
as he could not prove there were any mare John
Campbells in the Castle of Edinburgh. He contended
that it was the duty of the prisoner's Counsel, it they
had any objection to make with respect to their de-
privation of access to the witnesses confined in the
Castle, to have brought it in a previous stage
of the business; as it was not a new thing for
witnesses to be confined, by order of the High Court
of Justiciary, iu the Castle of Edinburgh, to prevent
them from being tampered with.
The LORD ADVOCATE said, when the persons al-
luded,to were first imprisoned, he had distinctly 'sta-
ted, that he desired that the names of persons who
wished to see them, or whom they might wish to see.
should be handed to him, when be would either give
his consent to their admission yr refuse it, leaving
these persons to apply to the Court if they found-
themselves aggrieved.
Mr. JETFRAY contended, that he had every right
to bring forward any objection which appeared to
him of importance, to prevent the testimony of any
witness which he might think detrimental to his
client. He therefore said, that I,e had a right to do
this at any. stage of the trial he pleased. He again
contended on the impossibility of the prisoner identi-
fying the witness, and therefore that he could not, or
ought not, to be admitted to give evidence. He
stated also, that the Lord Advocate had given a pe-
remptory refusal to the admission of the prisoner's
Counsel or Agent to the persons confined without an
order from the Crown Agent. He contended far-
ther, that the Lord Advocate had no power to pre-
vent access to the persons whom the prisoner had a
right to see and converse with; and that he had suf-
fesed greatly, or was likely to suffer very much, by
the privilege he bad a lull and complete right to
being denied him.
Mr. CLERK followed on the same side at consider-
able length. His arguments turned chiefly on the

inpo;lib;ii;g• of if)" prisoner ider•.tifying t".' person of
the witness, and therefore he considetc'i 'Jim as.alto
gerher incompeteni to be examined.
The Court having t ikon the obj' etion into eonside.
ration, they agreed that proof should be given of the
refusal of the Lord Advocate to grant admission to
the witnesses confined. in the Castle, which was ob-
jected to by the Loan AnyccaTE, unless a distinct
charge to this effect :h..uld be entered on the record.
This being done, the Loup ADV( CATE read a written
statement, exactly the same as h: had before verbally
stated. A letter was then read from the Crown
Agent, in answer to an application for admission to
the witnesses, denying such admission in the most
positive terms. Repeated applic;•tions, it appeared,
were afterwards made, but received the same answer.
The Cam' baying iesumed consideration of the
objection, Lord Gauze observed, that he thought
the designation of the witness sufficiently stated in
the list of witnesses; but he thought at the same
time, that the refosal of the Lord Advocate and
Crown Agent, of any intercourse between the pri.
sinter and the witnesses in the Castle, without any
reason assigned, was detrimental to the case of the
prisoner. ilt the same time, he thought the pri-
soner's C(4111141 bad been guilty of neglect, in not
advising him, at the proper time, to apply to the
Coutt for admission to the Castle, who would cer-
tainly have granted the permission required.
Lord l'ermit.t.v and Lord Rearm delivered their
opinion to neatly the same effect; and concluded by
stating, this was not the time for starting such an
objection.

-Tne Loup JUSTICE Cz.rux was of the same opinion.
The objection was of course repelled i when the wit.
ness was called in and sworn.

.loha Caw/dell—On the usual interrogatory being
put to him, if he had received any lee or reward fin
the evidence he was to give ? he answered, that he
had —Ellie Lolin.tosTiem CLERK then cautioned wit-
ness respecting the evidence lie was to give, and his
being Ferfectly freed from any trial connected with
his share in the transactions which produced thus
trial.]—The prisoner then addressed the Court, and
stated his sense of the obligation of an oath ; that Ile
knew lie must answer to GOD for what he said before
this Court, and offered to lay before the Court the
names of those persons who had come forward to
offer this 'reward. He was then asked by the LORD
Jusaiee CLERK, what were the grounds for his giving
the answer to the question above mentioned ?—Ans.
He was apprehended along with the prisoner on the
'2'2J of February last, without cause assigned, or
without a warrant ; was called upon on the Thursday
or Wednesday following, and was examined before
the Sheriff-Depute of Lanarkshire, and was asked if
he knew what he was brought before him for ? Told
the Sheriff' he did not. The Sheriff insisted that he
did, and that it would be wisdom in him to make
his breast clean. After some similar conversation,
the Sheriff left hint alone with Mr. Salmon (the
Procurator Fiscal), when Mr. Salmon came up to
him and said—" John, perhaps you do not know
that I know so much about this affair ;" and add-
ed, " I know more about it than you think I do ;
you do not know that I have the Oath you took
at Legion's on the first of January." --- He then
shewed him a scroll of an Oath,. saying—" You
see, John, I have got it." He then added, " You
and other persons," whom he named, " took that
oath at Legatt'a on the Ist of January." Witness
then told hint that he had not taken that oath.—
Witness here expressed his wish not to enter into any
description of the ill usage, threats, and stratagems,
practised upon him by the Sheriff of Lanarkshire to
induce him to become a witness by torturing him
with the same questions, couched in different terms,
which the Court agreeing to, he proceeded to state
that aster several examinations, and being cloteted
with Mr. Salmon—one of these times, he cannot say
at what date, Mr. Salmon (after using many entrea-
ties, and these having tailed) began railing against
the prisoners as villains who had betrayed the wit-
ness ; he said that it was only his regard for witness
that made him wish him to become an evidence—
said then to him, " I assure you I have six men who
will swear you took that oath, and you arc as sure to
be hanged as you are in life." Witness told him,
that if he got six men to swear lie took that oath, they
would perjure themselves. He replied, that it might
be passible to get two or three persons to perjure
themselves,but lie did not think it was possible to get
six to do so. After this he said to witness " you will
ruin yourself if you take this way ; but if you take
the other way you may do yourself much good."—
After much conversation he stated that he saw no-
thing he had to apprehend from the one way, and no
good that was to come Irons the other. Mr. Salmon
said, that the Lord Advocate was in Glasgow, and
that lie would come under any obligation he (slit-
ness) chose, it he would be a witness. Shortly after
this he was taken back to the Sheriff's room, when
Mr. Drummond, Advocate-Depute, came in, when
Ile examined him ; but the subject of the obligation
was not then mentioned, and he was a few days af-
terwards sent to Edinburgh Castle. Some time after
he came to the Castle he was visited by Mr. Drum-
mond, who stated to him that MiKinley was saved
with his indictment, and that his name was in the
list of witnesses, and now was the time tar him to
determine whether to become a witness or not : this
he refused, saying, that it lie did so he need not re-
turn to Glasgow. His reply was, that le. :night go
to another town, and change his name. Witness said
he would change his name on no account ; and that
it would be much the. same if he lived in any other
manutacturing town as in Glasgow. Mr. Drury
mend then stated that he had been thinking of a pl..n
of writing to Lord Sidmouth to get him into the Ex-
cise : and that if witness chose be would write to j
Lord Sidmouth,and shew him the answer he rect I Jed.
Witness answered, he did not choose the office of an
exciseman, and remarked at the same time, that it
was perhaps the only office under Government that
he was capable for ; but as it was an effice which
was attended generally with risk and ill will, he did
no: choose to accept of it, as he had already suffered
considerably in that way as a peace officer. No per-
son was present at this conversation, but Mr. Drum-
mond had been with him several timesin the Castle.
Mr. Drummond asked, on one of these occasions,
what witness wanted to have, when he remained
silent Mr. Drummond then stated, that if he would
give every information, and it that information
pleased the Lord Advocate, he would neither be
called on as a s►uresr, nor be tried. He then stated

that it •V3l a very uncertain matter, that he they t
know vehar iisteresation they waisted, or v. i.er
they were unt already in possession of all the iner-
mall is he was :101l to give ; and that if i . ;illotnee-
lion dud not please the Lord Advocate, he would lie
„pen to every attack they might choose to make upon
him. Mt. Drummond then replied. Ido net know
what to du with you ; yen see I em inclined to faveur
you as much as in my power : I shad give yoss a slay
or two to think of it. .D. yeu wish I theuld c.s:l
back „pain ? Alter some he:.itation. witness replied,
he :eight do as lie pleased. Mr. Dr ummond Cher le:t
him : he calleJ again a le.v day s afl2rsvards. when he
said, " Now, Clitylrell, this is the last time: you :nu,:
be determined now." He asked if he had written to
Lord Sidmouth ? and W S answered, No, as witne.s
hAd rejected the offer. lie was then :likes!, if he had
made up his mind ? when he answered, that he Is id,
upon concleiont—which were, that he shield receive
passport to go ta the Continent; wben be Wes told
by Mr. Drummond, that he supposed there was no-
body could stop him. Hs aissamed. 'het being a
mechanic, he raid trot believe the laws of the misery
would allow him to quit it. Mr. Drummond replied
with a smile, " that all there is no qua eitei but
you will get that, and means to carry you there."--.
Witness then said, that on ti.e:e ceneitions he was
willing to become a witness, if his wife Was included.
Mr. Drummond replied, " Let us under4eisd cacti
other preperly; for I should not wish to have any
misunderstanding between us at the latter end." He
then told him lie believed witness had received a let-
ter from his father, when, alter some farther conver-
sation, the situation of his wife was spiiken of ; when
lie stated to Mr. Urummond that his wife was in e.
licate health, and had nothing but what she earned ;
and he we, apprehensive, that, if it Was knows that
he was to be a witness, the public might manifest
their displeasure by ill will to her. Mr. Drummond
then desired him to write to her, and to mask 4 ice
pound note on the letter, which he would inclose. ile
desired him to inform his vnle that lie was to he
a witness, and to tell his wile to leave Glasgow and
to go to witness's father's to stay for t!se present.—
The letter, however, was net sent, as the Lord Ad-
vocate objected to its being sent to the person to
whose care it was directed, but to direct it to Mr.
Salmon. The letter, however, was not sent, but Mr.
Drummond directed the money to be given to his
wile in Glasgow. An examination afterwards took
place in presence of the Sheriff, Shesiff.subttitete,
Solicitor-General, and Mr. Dremmosid s the terms
formerly agreed upon, viz. that I.e siseuld receive
passport for himself and v..i!e to gn to Pressie, end
means afforded to carry them thither, were discessed.
His reason for making these terms was, that he did not
consider either himself or his wife sate iii this .:1),1•1••
try, should he appear as an evidence in this busines..
The Sheriff (Sir Wm. Rae) refused to agree to them,
and stated, as his reason for doing so, that being an
officer of the Crown, it was his duty to see justice
done ; and he :mimed the witness, that if he was to
sign any such agreement lie would not be answerable
for it for a good deal : for if, when he was brought
to his oath as a witness, having any such agreement
signed, and were to swear that he had received no re-
ward, or promise of reward, lie would perjure him-
self. Witness answered, " ;if it was considered
the means of his preservation :" in which he was sup.
ported by Mr. Drummond. hut the .nheriff persisted
in his refusal to sign :my such agreement ; on which,
Mr. Drummond proposed, that the. Iltitish colonies
should be substituted for any other kingdom ; hut tl c
Sheriff refused also to agree to this ; adding, that I.e
was willing to agree that every means necessary for
the preservation of witness and his wife shculd le
taken, but he would agree to nothing farther. A.
pause in the conversation here took place; when,
after some little recollectionip Mr. Drummond said
to witness, 46 Now, Campbell, you know whether
you can be a witness ies theee terms or not." Mr.
Drummond. after another pause, said, " Now, Camp-
bell, do yon believe we are able to do for you whet
you expect without its bring put down on paper ?"
Witness answered, he knew they were able it they
were willing. Mr. Di ummund t eplied, " Could you
rely upon us for that ?" lVitness answered, " May 1 ?"
Mr. Drummond answered, " You may." To which
witness replied, "'Then I shall rely upon you SS
Gentlemen." Shortly after this, witness was al.
lowed to write Isis declaration himself, with the ex-
ception of one part releting to a Mr. Kerr. Some
days after this the Sheriff and clerk came up to Lien
the declaration, when the Sheriff said to him," Camp-
bell, when you get rid of this business, go home to
your loom, and leave them to rule the nation as they
please." To which witness replied, that it he thought
lie was to go back to Isis loom, lie would rattier be
served with an indictment after all he had wiitten ;
to which the Sheriff answered, he had nothing to
do with that, it remained between witn, ss and othess.
Mr. Drummond visited witness after this de:ler:4ml,
when he ordered the gaoler to procure pknty of beoes
for witness to read, which he gr!: to the amount or
about 100 volumes. Shortly :sites witness mete to •
Mr.-Drummond for some clothes and money. W.t-
ness received a pair of short ; het with segesd • to
money, he was answered lie would yet none till after
the first trial, when he netild get mete), ; tl.is writ
about three weeks ago. He wrote another letter to
Mr. Drummond, stating :: pert of what had been
put down in his decla:.iiior, as a gentle demand for
money, when he rece.ivad the same answer. Both
answers were conveyed M him by the gaoler
told him he had them from Mr. Dr urtiniond.,
witness continued under examination at three

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LAW INTELLIGLKGE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 21.
THE I.UDDITES.
DEATIICOTE v. WODEHotIsE AND MANLOVE.

Sir Samuel. ltosmaa moved for an injunc:ion to
restrain the defendants from making and selling ma-
chines for the manufacture of bobbin lace, for which
the plaintiff had obtained a special patent. By a
considerable degree of ingenuity, and after much
exertions, the plaintiff had invented this machine, by
which lace was made much broader than by the,
common machines, and also extremely similar in
quality to the foreign lace. In his affidavit the plain-
tiff declared his belief that the machines made by the t
defendants and sold, some at dl 50 and others at
ari.2.00 each, were, is not the same altogether, at least
in many parts, the same as those for which the plain-
tiff had a patent. By the diabolic:el practices of those
individuali, called Luddites, toe plaintiff had lost
AMOCO, and had finally been obliged to quit that
county (Nottingham), thereby rendering it more dif-
ficult for him to ascertain the full amount of damagel
he had sustained from the defendants. He, however,
had heard something of it, and in course had raised',
an action in the Common Pleas, which he had
not brought on for want of witnesses, but which
would certainly be brought on next Michaelmas
Term. Exul.ing that this had been the case, and
gratified at the impossibility of the plaintiff to sustain
his action, the defendants had embraced every op.
opportunity of selling these machines, thereby doing
every thing they could to ruin the plaintiff.
The LORD CHANCELLoIt—It ever this Court did
interfere in any case, this is one which particularly
calls for such interference, and therefore let the in-
junction be granted, and serve it instantly on the de-
fendants. 1 should think the Court did wrong it it
did not peremptorily interfere here.
Injunction granted.
Two other Injunctions were issued against two
other defendants, on the motion of Sir SAMUEL Ito-
WILLY. the LORD CHANCELLOR expressing his willing~
mess that such practices be instantly put a stop to.
• THE ATTOUNNY•GENERAL O. THE MAYO& AND DUES-

GEbbEti OF FOWEY.
The LORD Cunt:or:l4°u in giving judgment, went
into this case at considerable length. It appeared
that by the judgment of the Court of King's Bench,
the Corporation of Fowey had been disfranchised, and
that an application to the Prince Regent was now
pending for restoring the charter ; it therefore was
clear that at the present time the Corporation was not
in existence. The f let of the Corporation havii g
ceased to be one, was proved by the granting of a
new charter by William, after which, bye-laws were
made by the Corpt.ration tor letting the estates in
question in the best possible manner, but which had
not been acted upon for the last 6A years. The prin-
cipal question in this case appeared, in his Lord ip's
opinion, to be, whether the Court would suffer pro-
perty left for "Charitable purpose:" to be converted
to •' Gorporatio o purposes ?" It was a difficult ques-
tion to solve in respect to whether the landlord and
tenant were in existence, as the Churchwardens could
tot not be censidere. as such, nor was it right to
gaffer property worth 0250 per annum, to be let for
eijkspowndr. His Lordship, in conclusion, directed
the appointment of a Receiver, without prejudice to
ar.y applicant, observing that the difficulty which
would arise, would be got over by following the in-
structions of the Court, and should the Attorney-
C2neral advise the re•establishing the Corporation,
they might make any application to the Court that
might be divined beneficial in regard to the Charity.

cot:lu or KINC4'S BLNCII. JULY :is.

WARD AND OTHERS O. THE HOPE ASAMANCE COMPANY.

This was an action upon a policy of instnance to
recover a lon occasioned by fire, in the house of a
person flatted Dunkin, a bankrupt. of whose estate
and effects the plaintiffs were assignees. and which
the defendants had insured to the Amount of ,63000.

The circumstances of this extraordinary case we
stax..d in yesterday's paper, and which it is now un-
necessary to repeat.—ln consequence of the result of
Ike trial of yesterday the case for the defendants
was not much contested, and the plaintiffs having
gone through the general proofs of their case, had
z verdict, for the amount of the policy, deducting
Lahr:tr.
In :Mother action against another Insurance Com-
pany, tle plaintlffs were nonsuitcd, in consequence
of some defect in the notice of trial.
About eleven o'clock Lord tcLENwleotron finished
his Sittings, and to-morrow (this morn;rlg) his Lord.,
ship kit town for Hertford, the first assize town
upon the Home Citcuit. '

SIiCONDARIES" OFFICZ, COLEMAN•STREET.
WILLIAPah, Ebti. V. MCI!' esq.
This was an action by which the plaintiff sought to
recover compenrsation in damages tor a most violent
assault, committed upon him by the defendant, and
in whi.:ll the latter had suffered judgment to go by
default.
Mr. Serjeant B&aT addressed the Secondary and
Jury on the pal t of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was
a gentleman formerly in the profession of the law,
but who had retired and was living upon his for-
tittle. Some }ears since lie became acquainted with
the Jelet:slant, who is an Officer in the Life Guards,
god he regretted it the more, because in consequence
of his becoming so acquainted the defendant was in.
trodect..l to his present wife, a lady of most amiable
warners, pt.ss::ssing every quality which cotild tender
her tie.ar t') society. The young Lady bad conside-
rable pecut.!ary expectations, and at the time of her
.rt,arriage with the defendant had irlIK) per annum
settled upon her it, trust, the plaintiff being one of
her four most respectable trustees Very soon after
the solemnization of the marriage, the defendant and
his wife discovered symptoms of mutual infelit.ity.—
Scarcely bad three motitlis elapsed before the defen-
dant granted a life at. • y of his wile's iimunse for
the-sum of £3(X). Added to repeated acts of un-
kindness, it appeared that be bad injured her in a
manner too indelicate to 'mention With particularity.
Her body became diseased and her health impaired
The plaintiff, hearing of the defendant's infamous
conduct, recommended that the Lady should be
removed horn the dominion of her husband, and
placed under the protection of her mother. For this
interfeience, Mr. Williams was threatened by the
defendant, who was in consequence bound over to
keep the peace. Ilus abutters rested until June

last, at which time the recognizance in qnestion had
expired ; Mr. Williams not supposing that he should
have to complain further of the defendant. On the
9th of June, however, it would appear, that as Mr.
Williams was walking along the Strand, unsuspicious
of any immediate danger, in company with Major
Brown. the defendant, s ithout uttering & syllable,
rushed upon him, and with the butt-end of a horse-
whip, which he held in his hand, made a violent
blow at his head. He then repeated the blow, which
was aimed at his face, but which was fortunately
warded off by the plaintiff, who caught it upon his
hand. Major Brown remonitrated with the Defen
dant on his improper conduct, who then offered to
fight with his fists, observing, is You may take me
to Bow-street—Sir blathaoiet Conant,, the ofli:ers,
and you, may all be d—d." ... -
Evidence being called to prove these vets,
Serjeant ()snow. on the part of the Ibleadant, ad-
dressed the Jury in mitigation of dantieges.p He read
a variety of letters which had been ortitten by Mrs.
Finch to her husband, subsequent to her seeking the
asylum of her mother. From these he inferred, that
that Lady was rather actuated in her departure from
her conjugal dunes, by the influence of others, than
from her own natural feelings. To Mr. Williams
he attributed the real cause of the separation, and
commented with much. severity on the conduct of
that gentleman, who had rather contributed to widen
the breach than heal the misunderstanding which
had taken place. In justiscation of the defendant's
conduct, he adverted to certain letters which had
passed between him and the pla stiff, in which the
latter had applied to the former the most contemp-
tuous epithets. After some further observations con-
nected with the difference that had arisen between
the defendant and his Wife, and the quarrel of the
former with the plaintiff, the Learned Serjeant al-
luded to the general character of his client—he ad-
verted to the fact of his being in nine general engagei
meats in the service of his country, and stated, that
in raising money upon his marriage settlement, he
was actuated by a desire to purchase a commission
in the Life Guasds, an object to which he was in-
cited by the wishes of his wife.
• Mr. Serjeant BPST, in reply, said, that whatever
might have been the sources of dispute between the
defendant and his family, Mr. Williams was in no
respect to blame. He had been called in as the
friend and trustee of Mrs. Finch ; he had given his
advice honourably and calscientiously ; and conse-
quently the malignity of the &fel:Want towards him
did not admit of the slightest degree of justification.
Mr. Cotsulnas, the Secondary, having summed
up the evidence, the Jury, after a short considera-
tion, found a verdict for the plaintif—Damages
I Three Hundred Pounds.

Bow•srnser.—Yesterday morning. a Gentleman,
high in an uflicial situation, who came to the Office
in his own carriage, was charged before Rica Aim
litotNtit, Esq. the bitting Magistrate, with cruelty and
I ill treatment to his wife, to whom it appeared that he
had been married 15 years, but latterly he had
changed Lis conduct froni bring affectionate to vio-
lently assaulting and ill treating her, which was
proved by several friends and neighbours. The Ma.
gistrate observed, that he must call upon the defen.
dant to find sureties to answer the charge preferred
against him in another place, at %hicks he expressed
himself surprised and indignant. The Magistrate,
however, informed him, that he certainly should pro.
tect the Lady, his wife; and the defendant, there-
tote, must find bail ; which he refused to comply
with ; he was, therefore, detail ed in custody.
GuiLunaLL.— Yesterd Ay R. Henderson, a genteel-
looking lad, was remanded, charged with cutting
three gold seals from the watch ribbon of an eminent
Surgeon, while attending the trial between Dunkin's
Assignees and ttte lire-offices, on Monday 1414 in the
King's Bench. When apprehended, the seals and a
pair of scissars were found in his hand. The delin-
quent, at first, refused to give any account of him-
self, but at length confessed his name, and that his
family resided at Manchester ; from whence he was
enticed to tows by a Gentleman, who had dismissed
him since his arrival, and being friendless and dis-
tressed he was driven to the commission of the crime
(the first) he had committed.
INtavasia —An Ingliest was held on Monday, at
the Middlesex Hospital, before T. &rumen, El.
on the body of Joseph Jones, who died in conse-
quence of an injury he received in fighting with a
Man unknown, on Wednesday night, the 16th instant,
White Lion-sireet, Seven Dials, St. Giles's. Mrs.
Turner, wife of Mr. Turner, wheelwright, of Earl-
street, being sworn, stated, t1...t on the night of the
ltith instant, she heard a disturbance at the corner of
White Lion-street, with the deceased and another
fighting; the deceased received a blow frnm his op.
ponent which felled him to the ground. The watch-
man (John Wright) was present while they were
fighting, and made a ring and lighted thew with his !net horn
cu/tile they for:ht. fie watchman had previously •
parted them, but the deceased returned awl would
tight. The watchman said, II If you will fight I will
have a ring ;" the deceased's opponent was very
averse to fighting. The deceased was taken oft the
ground quite insensible, and carried to St. Ann's
watch-house; he lay there in that situation twelve
hours and was then conveyed to Middlesex Hospital.
The watchman barged to St. Giles's and was eV
his beat ; she told him she would report him to the,
Watch Board. The Coroner and Jury agreed to re..
port the conduct of the watchman to the Bard oil
St. Giles's. After some discussion, the Jury returned
A Verdict of—Justifiable Homicide.
•

An Inquisition was taken before T. STIRUNG, Esq.
at the Crown, corner of Pettr and Castle-streets,
Bloomsbury, on the body of Mr. Charles Roland
Drummond, of 37, Hart-street, Bloomsbury, who
WAS killed on Saturday night last by being thrown
from his horse in Hyde Park. Samuel Simpson,
footman to the deceased, being sworn, said, that his
master rode out at five o'clock on Saturday night ;
the horse was at times very apt to be frightered and
run away. About seven •o'clock on Saturday even-
ing the deceased was brought home by two Gentle-
men, Dr. Broughton and Mr. Roach, in a carriage
quite insensible. The Gentlemen said that the horse
ran away near Grosvenor Gate, and Mr. Drummond
was pitched over his head and fell on the ground
head foremost. The only words the deceased ever
littered were to tell him to take off his hoots. He
was thirty years Of age, and was in the habit of riding
daily in Hyde Parks Verdict—Accidental Death.