Star.
London, England, 1816-08-14 00:00:00

LONDON MARKETS, &c. AUGUST 13.

Corrox.-The accounts from' Liverpool and from
Manchester were very favourable last week; the,
business done was extensive, the prices improving :
these reports had a favourable effect on this market,
particularly on Friday ; the holders generally were
asking an advance, but no improvement of conse-
geeace was realized. The sales exceed 1100 bags,
nearly a half for exportation: the put chases were-
-250 Bahias at 2s. ; a few ordinary 230.; 20 Maran-
hams 2s. ; 10d Pernatns 2s. 2.1. ; 60 Minas 23 .1. ;
150 Boweds 19d. a 20.1.; 70 Weans 2014.1. a 21d.;
350 Spanish at 190. ; 8J Gre.nadis 221 d. ; 52 De.
meraras 2311 d. ; and 800 Bengals in use house at
18. d. a 144.-We have lately stated that the prices
.of Cottoa Twist at Manchester, &c. have been ad-
vancing ; the export demand has been very extensive,
Ise considerable indeed that the mahulactureis are in
apprehension of a serious rivalship, partictilarly of the
French goods; some time ago, applications were
made to Governniept to prevent the supplies being
shipped, and td prohibit the export; thi: is a question
of deep importance; generally speaking, it has been
found true policy to leave trade to Lind its own level,
and any prohibition would be of little avail ; the eras
title would be manufactuied on the Continent, and
this country deprived of the very considerable profit
attached to the manufacture of Twist; the duty on the
raw article, &c.
Soomtei-There has been a very general and rather
extensive business done in Mustovades this forenoon ;
the prices cannot he stated at any variation. A public
sale, consisting of 210 casks Barbadoes, went off with
briskness ; the late pzicei were fully maintained.; the
yellow and middling descriptions of white, went off a
shade higher ; fine /white 94.5. 6d. to 95s ;
white 88s. to 90i. ; bright yellow, 78s. to 8:1x;
there ware no brown descriptions in the sale.
COrgE6.-The pnVic sale of Coffee this forenoon
went• off with much briskness ; good ordinary
maica 625.; ordinary middling 70s. 71s. and 71s. 6d.;
good middling 90s. 6J. 925. and 955.1 middling
Dutch 72i. 6J. to 755.; middling Dominica 755. 6d.
to 765. ;• the prices are higher than last week; yet the
sale was very inconsiderable.
Inuit l'anvisniNs, &c.-We have lately noticed an
Apparent scarcity of prime provisions; a very consi.
derable advance took place last week. Pork became
in article of able speculation; the scarcity of
prime Beef continues also to be experienced. Bacon
continues in considerable demand. The Butter mar-
ket still brisk, and some probability of
,the present
currency ben)? maintained for some time.
Toaacco-I'he holders continue generally firm, yet
the market has been se long languid, that purchases
rhaf be made a shade lower; some export orders
limited as to pie" it is reported, have been transmit-
ted to an outport, where sales have lately been effected
considerably undje. •
Raca-•-Thedemand for Rice continuesconsiderable;
the quantity in. this market trivial; some New Caro-
fine realized 26g. on bond last week ; inferior detail).
lion of East India 20s. A public sale 6f Brazil was
last week brought forward, sold, for pAyment of sal-
vage by Dectee of the Admiralty Court, and by order.
of the Commistioners of Customs. free of duty for
home consumption, 40bags ; the prices were 325. 6d.
a 955. 6d.

ChLs—There are no accounts received of the Davis
Striiti Fishery; the Greenland appears at present to
lurnish a fair average supply; the prices since our
last cannot be stated at any variation.—A public
sale of 60 tuns pale S.iuthern Oil brought forward
last week, the whole we believe sold ; the prices
4421. 15s. a 028.—Rape Oils have advanced 42.- a
ts 3. i • in other descriptions there is no alteration.
Rust, BRANDY, AND HoLLasios.-16The prices of in-
ferior Jamaica 'Ruin may be quoted a shade lower;
other descriptionv unvarwd.-Geneira without altera-
tion• Brandy in demand, an'd.liegher.

• Corr EXCHAWOI4 Acouit 14.—We had •erylittls
bosineu doing this morning, there being but few
buyers of any pain. at nhirkei, ionsagnently the sales
in general were heavy ; but there ib DO ,altriltioa in
the rites din, article.
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Coltman- le intinitvr..—John brAper ts one of the
beadles of the Court of Requests for tale district of
Enfield, Wei forind dead on F, idly morning last, in
well; distante from the.,Bald-faCed Stag
publit-House, between Enfield and Barnet.' The case
had ekiited a great deal Of interest, and she inn yard
Was thronged during the whole day. • Ott the inquest
sag summoned, the Jury, After viewing the body of
the deceased, inspected the well; which is situated
about twenty yards front the house, is .uncovered at
the top, and partially surrounded with a rail, hitt
there is an opening of about a yard and a half to.
'Wards the yard, where the stables stand, and. car-
riages, &c.. are placed. The Coroner called a great
number of witnesses, and the Winning is the sub.
stance of their testimony :—The deceased. in his office,
of beadle, had Made some distresses in the manning,
and had received a considerable sum of Money. At'
six c'elotk in the evening he was seen at a public-I
house in Barnet. ,While there Le produced a small
pocketbook, saying " here is enough to buy you all ;"
lie was then in liqaor. A young man of the name of
Smith accompan:ed him in his cart from Barnet on
the road to Enfield. They arrived together at the
Bald-faced Stag. At this house they fell into com-
pany with several persons, amongst whom Were certain
pugilists, who were,then in training, The deceased
began to talk about lighting, and to propose some
bets ; and, taking out the same pocket.book he had
produced at 'Barnet, offered to bei ten or twenty
pounds. Sonia altercation took ;slice between OW
deceased and a black pugilist, who very prudently
said he should not strike him, but should take the law.
About .ten. o'clock, Smith left the deceased in the
public-house,. and walked towards Enfield. Going
along the road, the deceased's horse and cart followed
him, without any driver ; upon which,Smith got into
the cart, and drove back to the publichouse ; he
there found the deceased in the same comp my, and
pressed him to go home, winch he assented to when
he had taken another glass or two. The witness
staid about half an hour, when the deceased, increas-
ingly intoxicated, went into the yard, and had a
scuffle with the hostler, and afterwards with a hay-
maker. He did not appear to be hurt by these eta-
counters, and was the aggressor in both. Smith then
set off home, ashen, to his surprise, the horse and cart
followed him a second time without any driver. He
got into the cart And drove on, till the horse stopped
of his own accord at his master's dtapr, when Smith
infornied the family of the deceased where he had
left him.

Charles Johnson. a carman in the employ of Mr.
Paris, of Enfield. was passing the 13ald•faced Stag
about 12 o'clock.• It was moonlight. He saw Mr.
Tuck. the landlord of the Bald.faced Stag, with two'
or three others, come out at the front do:w. They
went round the corner towards the lard. He heard
the landlord say, 4' D—n his old eyes, he's, gone this
way. I know." One of the other men said, " We'll
give him a good hiding." Witness paused on. and
heard no more. is well acquainted with the person
of the landlord, but could not identity the others.
Mr. Tuck, the landlord, being cautioned. was then
called, and confirmed part of the evidence of Smith,
and ststed that the deceased lett his house about hall
past ten o'clock : that being told his d,►g was still in
the yard, he went.oot to search for tam, thinking Le
might have fallen asleep : that Crouch, one of his
lodgers, was with him, hilt de,iiud that he had used,
the expressions mentioned by Jotiosnn. Crouch, on
being called in, said, that he had been at the Bald-
faced Stag about-a fortnisht ; saw .the deceased in
the parlour ; was in and out of the room, but did not
hear any betting, nor did he see the deceased produce
any Money; went to the door with Tuck, but no
further; and denied either hearing or using the ex-
pressions mentioned by JohnsOn s said 'that Church
and Robinson, the two men in training, had been in
bed an hour before.

• Mary Holborn, thelervant maid, at seven o'clock
on Friday morning went to the well to fill a pail of
water : s'-e there saw W hitt, and immediately intorm.:d
her master. Mr. Tuck went to the well, and, as he
stated, found the deceased floating. H: cam.: in and
aim meJ the inmates of his house, and with their
assistance brought the body into an out-house. The
relatives were sent lor, and on searching the pockets
of the deceased, two large pocket-books were found,
and a purse with some silver in it, but not the pocket.
book which several witnesses had identified as the
book in which he kept his Bank notes, and which he
produced at Barnet. and afterwards at the Bald-faced
Stag.—. Mr. Thomas, a schoolmaster, was in company
with the deceased on Thursday ;'.knew the deceased
had received several sums of money, and at seven
o'clock in the evening of Thutsday knew that he had
a large bundle of notes in his packet-book.—Mr.
Clarke, a surgeon, at Enfi.ld, examined the body of
the deceased, and did not discover any marks of
violence which could have occasioned his death.
• The Coroner, in substance, observed, that although
a great suspicion had arisen that the deceased had
been robbed of property to a large amount, and had
afterwards come to a violent death to screen that
robbery yet, however just might bey the grounds fur
the first 14 these imputations, the second was not so
clear. The deceased was excessively intoxicated, and
in his way to the-yard, where his cart had been left,
must necessarily have passed near to this well, which
was onenclused in the front, and into which he might
have fallen by accident; .and there was a d.ffi:ulty in
conceiving that be could have been forced into this
well, unless he had been first violently deprived of all
sensation, in which case some external marks of injury
tivotald have been visible. Looking atthesitiation of
the place, and the dimensions of the well; there are
difficulties either way ; but the Jury would decide on,
the superior probability.—r The Jury, after a short
consultation, returned a Verdicv-i-Accidttnal Death.
After the inquest.was oven, which lasted several
hairs, and the undertakers were putting the body
into a cofia, the .brother of the deceased; and b.s
nephew, came forward, and informed the Cavorter that
they had disotivertid a violent bruise under the left
ear, and some blood on the clothes of the decetied4
Mr..Ustwur upon this issued an circlet to Mr. Clarke,
the surgeon, to open and carefully etamine the body
of the detested; and to refer' to hint the result; and
he intimated to the relatives of the deceased, that lilt
should appeaar that aty'violbnce had. been ;offered to
the deceased, he' hoold proceed on a hither iniesti.
ration of the case, and call for the aid of the •Police
d Magistrates.

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LEWES, AtiotiST
ouiia West, a very pint), young 'simian Of as',
Was inflicted, tinder Lord Ellenborough's Act, Fok
editing and tribbing lialrlion, with intent. td
Murder her, or do her bodily hartii.
- Mr. UntwoOn haling stated the case, it was iirdtrea -
In evidence as tpllows :
'The prosecutrit stated, that the prisoner and her•
self lived in the parish of West Chatington in this
county, and that they ;had had a Quarrel oo the Fri:
day.before Easter B.inday ; that on Easter Monday
she WAS going to a shop' near tike pet meet's, when
she saw tile prisoner, as if waiting for %woe one; as
ao.in as she approached, the prisoner c "xe towards
Itir, and the Eat,/ Something in her hand, which she
took to he * pet:knife, as she saw the blade, bat her
'hatail concealed the handle; she *as friginened, and
attempted to run It.rtay, but the prisoner was board
her, and the footpath seat on a narrow cauftway,
with a deep ditch on each side,,so that she Coald not
pass her. The prisonet addressed her 14 ,tayFrig, "
have been waiting ti a- you, you ;" arid :hen tur;
ing upon her, she g .ve her nine wounds Gh the face
and head, cutting het through the cliva., between
the jaws, two cuts on the head, and one crt the shoul-
der through her clothes. At length she escaped fmnis
her, and tied to a neighbouring cottage, kept by *
Mrs. Skint.

Two witnesses confirmed the prosecutor's state•
ment as to the hloody state of her !ace wh'sn she
escaped from the prisoner.
On crosPeiansinition by the COMMO,t SEUJEANT;
she said she did .not go to a surgeon, but she walked
!nine mites to the lawyer, without washing the blood
}from her face. _

The Jury at first returned a verdict of guilty of
the assault, but not with an intent to murder: but
the Noble Judge telling them they must find a verb
diet of guiky generally or acquit her, they, after
some deliberation, returned a verdict Of N)t
John Howell, an old man, -Upwards of 66 years of
age, and_ who came to the bar upon crutches, was
indicted for an assault upon Harriet Pattcrsell,
child between seven and elzlit years of age, with* tiss.
tent to commit a rape.
Mr. POLLOCK, as Counsel for the prosecusioni
stated, that Use prisoner was a pauper, residing id
Ironmonger.lane, Brighton, and that Harriet Pat-
tersell had been frequently.sent to his house, on mesa
sagus by her parents. On the 9th of Apia last, tit*
child being at play with other children in the lam)
the prisoner called her in, and alter using certain
freedoms with her, which tecre interrupted by a young
woman coming into the house, he used Means to get
her up stairs, where the attempt was made, which
was the ground of the present proceeding.
The circumstances of the case were detailed with
considerable clearness by the child 1 crelt; and a
youn&wonian named Elizabeth Martin, stated, that
passing by Howell's house about six o'clock in the
evening on tin 9th of Apia, and observing his win.
dow.shutters fastened, she was induced to go in to
see the reason, when she saw the pr saner tak;ng
proper freedom with the child. h;.e went out to
her mother, who was not a: Itunse, upon which shit •
• int untied another young woman, named MAY Daveyi
who went into the hou.e with her.
Mary balmy stated, that having been told of the
tondirct of the prisoner, and Efiding that Ile and the
child were in a reoli a:;ove, she went a few stairs
up, anti limn What s!:e saw very materially corro•
borated the account given by the child.
Mary Pattersell Stated, that she was the mothei
of the child, and upon being informed of what had
passed, she went to the prisoner's house, and on ask.
mg him what he had done to. the child; he put hi;
crutches behind the door, went upon his knees, and
begged her to forgive him, saying he was net sew..
sible at the time.

Mr. Battcock, a surgeon of Brighton, ekamineci
the child pn the 11th of April, and described the
marks of vidence which were upon her prrsoir.
'Toe prisoner, upon toeing lulled on for his defense)
denied the cht.4ge. He wAs hiond guilty, mid sea•
tented to be imprisoned for two years.
DEVON, AUGUST la.

CAarkite Ashford, Lae ot Cisimstock, near Co
ton, in the Couoty of Devon, the wife of A .run
Ashford, was indicted for having, on the lth day of
July last, felonionsly sent a letter in writing, witiioJt
any mum subscrioed thereto, directed to Miss Ann
Hewett, Peter's-stinet, Tiverton, Devon, demanding
the bUip of £3O in the foillowinv wrirds :
" Madam—When your soot, the late Mrs. Hit!. was in Hots
land, and obliged to keep a tavern to maintain herself, my oithee
was then an liuglish merchant their. He trervantly lent
niuney, which she always honestly repaid. He recornmen.
ded tor in het business to all his friends, and Ile atnayt Conies.
red how touch .lie was obliged to hint. He his heal dead mail
years, and I sus reduced by tairfortunes to power y; and having
a large tamely that I canon, maintain. I am bectine qute deep,;.
race. i must raise £3ll Immediately, or my chiteren most *tarn.
It you wed send me X.so the Loeb will bless you, both tor your
good intot's rake, and tdr toer own, for saving a Laity troop
rum.
" If you Will not seiid Me the ASO tot must *bile by the cons
sequences, which you Wall have cause to repent; for, as I sad
beton', l ant ready loran? desperate act to save try poor starving
children; and I have been at l'itterton, sted et nli led yonr
boom, Ursa consult any attorney or doctor, of spew ihtl letter'
to any body laving; except your old tenant, I Judi be sure to
know it, and then work will befall you than what I have
threatened you with. If you send me the money, you need
never fear any harm from me. Bat I know you have enough of
this world'* goods to give to such a sufferer as I am ; therefore. if
you refuse, t advise you to beware of tte consequences, jor I ant
posjtively resolved to do what I hate threatened ; and It you we'll
to have men to watch your house every Meat, I ,hould Old ad
opportunity Mlle time or other. Ask your labial. I and sensible
old servant, Whether it is not better to part with k :Jo, and that
too for a good purpose; and to sleep in quiet and p race, thts to
keep your Motley, and never go to bed Without t dread ot
thieves and fire, and of being destroyed• before the mot-Ling.
Besides, it you hired a let of men to watch your house ly 444 i;
for niooths together, how much leis than iESO would it cord lon
I shall say no Mace 9 except to inform you, that I not .wait
more than four or Eve days'fOr your ausseir. You evil! eneu.ie •
three £lO &Wept Englaud cotes in a letter firmly sealed, and
direct /our letter to Mr. /olio Calvert, post office, Bristol, till
tailed ton 'nus is hot my dame, bit it Will be state to reach in. •
With this dlreedurt." On the envelope wan written-14 Before
you open this lettert I begin inform you, that if you value your
Own life and iatety, you will not eettututurcite the contents to
any living creature. Direct your letter to Mr. Jolla Calvert.
post•oilke; Bristol."
To this indictment the prisoner pleaded Nit Gushy,
Mr. Talent* then Mee and addtetsed the Jury to
the following effect i —Gentlemen. the prisoner at the
is indicted Alpo° a charge which, too doubt you
will see, demands your most grave and serious con-
sideration. In elating to you the various circunt.

Minuet otthit kt.,*iit.Ot be my inclination to
po one late pat isrAkViayihi. any observations I may
have to n5.44#4 Piot itr ther .ffischarge of my public
duty, Pani. 6eliddqoJfily before you the leading
facts,. anditroffei.Sticli-remaks as the nature of the
offence requites. Thrlaw has made .it capit'al for
any perion to send a letter signed with any name, or
signed-Avith a fictitious name, requiring money of •the
parry 10 whom it is addressed; and it is als9 a crime
tor any person to .send a kiLet, though not requiring,
tnorey, if it threateas great violence to the party.—
On the present occasion, the later which has just
been read to you from the indictment, will be the
princi,pai subject of your inquiry ; and if I am r ight.in
my interpretation or that letter, it contains not only
demand ot money—tor we are not now Acs be told,
that a Bulk note does not come within the statute—
but also a threat to the individual tr. sihorn ;t is ad-
dressed. The prosecuttis is a Lady at gteat respec-
tabilig, fir advanced in
.lile, and labouring under
many mfir tnities ; it was most likely, therefore, that
she would be stro..gly affected by receiving a letter
of this description. she, is by no meant desirous,
liowt:ser, to have it supposed that she . wishes to pur-
sue the prisoner :it the bar with, any personal ven-
geance ; and when I say there exists a relatismship be-
tween them, you will give me credit for being in-
ciiaed to forbear (trim any thing which the justice of
the case does not require. It was impossible„ situated
as the prosectitg's was, that she could have the most
distariestirmise that the prisoner could be implicated
in such a transaction. It is not necessary tar me to
prove that the letter was written by the person who
sent it—if it was wtitten by any other person, still, it
you believe that it • was sent by tie prisoner at the
bar, sufficient will be done to convince you ot her
guilt. It contains the essential of the crime, either
"as a demand of money, or as a threat. .It begins,
with some observations as to an aunt, but whether
such ?. person really existed I am not aware. It then
proceeds to state, that_in consequence of some rnis-
tottuces, the writer has become quite desperate, and
• mast have sE3O immediately. This sum the prose-
corris is ordered to' send, or she must abide the con-
seciiieuees, which she will have cause to repent, for
the writer has been at Tiverton and examined her
house; and as the writer is positively Pesolved to do
what.she has threatened, the prosecutris is desrred to
ask net servant, whether it is not, better to part with
£3O, and to aterp in quiet and peace, than to keep
her money, and.neirer go to bed without the dread
of thieves and fires Under this threat the is required
to send three sell) Bank of England'notes, addressed +
to Mr. John Calvert, post Office, Bristol, which is not
the writer's‘nairie, but the letter will be sure to:arrive
with thAt direction. On the envelope the prosecution
• isfor!ii:Uert, if she values ber.lite and Safity, to cam-
iniunicate the contents to any living creature. Now,
as to the history it the aunt, whether it be true or
'false is perfectly intivraterA ; I know nothing. ot the
fact. Supposing, however, it were true, it is a means
of using .4n.lue 1• flue-nee to extort money froth the
person to whom it is address. d : it false, it is a meaus
of leading astray the party, in order that the writer
may elude detect' . This letter has the post mark
of Taunton upon it, and reall prove to you that it
errs sent by the pri.oner at the bar. The prosecutrixo
, as I :i.tee already stated, is a person infirm in health,
. and vouch advanced-in age—she does not, therefore,
Usually open her own letters, which are read to her
by-a. servant. Matti this letter arrived, it wac accnr-
&ugly opened and read, and, as might be naturally
• expected, it had the effect of exciting so much alarm
'in the lady, that she was induced to send a reply to
this John Calvert, in the following words—
Mr. Gurrono, one of the prisoner's Counsel, here
rose and submitted, that the contents of this letter
could not be read, unless the. Learned Gentleman
tad evidence that the original letter reached the pro-
securtir.
Mr. Justice Houtovn said, that if the Counsel for
the prosecution th,.nglit they could bring it home, he
could not prevent its being read.
Mr. 'nesKlN continued, 4, Gentlemen, I will not
state the contents of this letter at present. . A few
days alter, the prosecittrit received another letter,
signed ‘, John Calvert," in these words
" Madam—l have been detained front home by very severe
uttasioned by poverty aril detpair, on 1 si.ould have set It-
ten you briatre. If you will send me the sum I have required of
You k.C.O) by the return of pout, 1 will promise you never to
ttiolOt you, or to arply to you in the *attic way again: but it is
of ao use to oEer me less than that, for I will make no promise
for a smaUer sum than Xtxt: If you do nut send it, you must.
elude the eortsequincts. It my father had not befriended your
• suat, she would never have Iteetral.te to return front Holland.—
Blow I advise you, for your twin safety sake, to send rue the ,e
immediately. I beg you will get a 220 Batik of England note
' anaaoClo. Seat the letter firmly, and at .he ends also; anti
direct as your last,, Mr. John Caivert, poste see, Bristol, till
called for.-1 am, adan:, your bumble servant,
" Bristol, July 17. " )(MN CALMT..'
eoGetitlemen, thisletter was received by Miss Hewett,
the prosecute ix, by the common conveyance of the
post ; and as she now began to be truly alarmed, she
consulted with her friends, to endeavour, if possible,
to tame it. In consequence, a person was dispatched
.-go Bristol with the cover of a.letter directed to John
Cialvert, and with instructions to watch, and see what
person would call for letters so directed. inquiries
were also made at the post-office, and there another
letter was found, directed to the Chiel Clerk of the
Office, and signed John Calvert. It. stated, that
John Calvert intended being in. Bristol, and not
. knowing white his residence wouldbe, had ordered
his letters to be directed to the office; but being.pre-
vented from going thither, he would esteem it a
favour it the clerk Would forward them to him at
the post. office, Columbton, Devon. A one-pound
note was enclosed as a fee for his trduble, and he was
requested•te acknowledge the receipt by the first post.,
In consequerge of a communication with the Post-
• matter at Bristol, the letters were redirected, -and
forwarded to the Post-office at Colunibto'n, and a
person was directed to wait there and see who came
for them. During the whole of the following day
no person came; but on the 29th of Arty, Mary Flay
.appeared at eke office with a letter, which contained
alt request that any letter for Mr. Calvert should be
forwarded in the cover •which was erclesed to the
Post-master for that purpose. The letters were ac-
cordingly sent, and constable then took Mary Flay
into custody, with the letters in her possession. On
being taken before a Magistrate, she stated, that she
'wits sent by her mother; and her mother was em-
ployed by Ann Barry. Of quitnstock, who isu servant
• et the prisoner stud Ann Berry will state .that she

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ieceiVed fh 9 &flit from lfer inkteesi's hand. o•,
far, Gentlemen, we have traced the lettepto thb
saner at the by. It she had -no knowledge of the.;
first letter, it would be one of the Most extraordinary
circusostanceinn earth- that she should send to receive
letters diretted to John Calvert. How should 'the
know that any letters were coming for john Calvert,
or what had she to do with John Cal/ten ? It is not_
possibla to'bring evidence of • the prisoner's sending
the first letter; but /heti we find her so mixed up
with this transaction--when- you find he name of
John Calvert pervading the whole of it, it seems to
warrant hut one inference—and that is, that the ori-
ginal letter could only have been sent by the prisoner.
It is not tube expected that oiore time circumstantial
evidence could be givzln of this ; 'but if from strong
and irresistible circumstances you find she was the
only person who could have written this letter, it will
be your duty tofind her guilty. Gentlemen, I have
now stated the outlines of the circomstanc's we snail
have to lay before you in evidence ; and I'can only
say, that nothing will be more gratifying to the pro.
eecutrix if the prisoner at the bar can give any thing
like a satisfactory Account so as to entitle her to your
acquittal.
Mary Gunner was then called. and examined by
Mr.Wiatatas, theaaher Counsel for the prosecution.
Witness lived. with Miss Ann Hewett at 'fiverten.—
Miss Hewett Was nearly 80 years of age, and of a
very delicate constitution. Witness was in the habit
of taking in her letters, and of transacting her busi•
ness she had always opened and read her letters to
her for years past remembered the letter coming on
the 6th of July, and slifauld know it if she saw it
again.—(Here the letter was handed up to the wit-
ness, and identified.)-On the receipt of. this letter
she read it to Miss Hewett, who desired her to write
anamswer, which she sent by the post to the Bristol
Office, as requested. On the 20th of July she received
another letter for Miss Hewett, in the same hand-
writing- as the former, repeating the threat. She
then addressed a blank cover, and sent it, as before,
to Mr. John Calvert, Brim' Office, till calltai for.—
There was nothing in the inside, but she enclosed a
sheet of paper, to snake it look like a double letter.
Cross-examined by,Mr. GlFlreiltD.—The letter on
the 6th of July was brought to Miss Hewett's house
by a girl. After witness had lead it, she gave it to
Miss Hewett, but saw it again every day It was
kept open on the dressing-taLle in her Lady's bed-`
room. The same girl brought the second letter,
which was put on the same table. The letters- were
sent to 13tistol by•the person who went to the Office
about last Tuesday fortnight. Witness saw them
again at Tiverton last Monday : she went to &met
with the person who was sent : the letters were then
in her possession : she showed them to the Guide.
man at the Office, and took them back into het own
custody : the Attorney had them for a day or two.
Re examined by Mr. WILLIAMS was the gill
who usually twines letters frem the Post-office, and
who carries them to the did'. rent per-antis in the town.
Witness knew them again by having put her initials
on them the day' before she went to Bristol; could
have sworn to them without the initials, having exa-
mined them so much betere : had never before seen
any letters of that desciiption about the house : they
were kept in a bedroom of Miss Hewett's : the old
servant, and no other person except Miss Hewett and
herself, had access to that room knew they were
the same letters that the little girl brought to her
mistress's.
John llawe, Postma'ster of Taunton. examined by
Mr. Toarcue.—Had been postmaster of thitilare for
-sixteen years.—['fire first letter was here handedto
the witness.] The Taunton post-mark was on it,
:Ind it was taxed by himself = it was immediately put
into the hox, according to the direction, and forwar-
ded the same evening in the Tiverton bag; could not
recollect what hour of the day it yeas put in: ditl.not
know when it reached Tiverton.
Cross-examined by Mr. T. Moone, ere other Coun-
sel for the prisoner.a-The only reason for knowing it
was forwarded was the general practice of the office:
seldom sent less than 255. worth of letters to Tiverton
daily: could mitten who put in that letter : knew nothing
of it, except what was common : the stamp was kept
on his sorting-board: a sworn letter.cat tier sometimes
assists in stamping letters, bpi witness always taxed
them himself: the t ffice and box were always kept
locked: had a son and daughter : the latter assisted
in sorting letters, but the former had nothing to do
with the business.

Reteximined.— The charge on the leper was made
by himself. Always charged the letters himself on.
the• day they were put into the t.ffice. They were-
first stamped and then charged. The letters went in
the ordinary course.
Mr. Grfronti.-6, My Lord, in this stage of the
proceeding, I beg to submit an objectioti,*whieli ap-
plies to all the counts that set out the letter. The
indictment states, that she sent a letter to Miss Ann
Hewett., of the tenour following. Then it sets out
the letter. But they go on to state in the indictment
as part of the letter that which is written on the en.
velope, wlficb, I submit, is no part of the letter, as
it refers to the letter itself, in• these wotds: • before
you open this letter.' This is written, not on the in-
ternal part of the envelope, but on the external part
of it. The whole language shews that the other is
the letter, and what is written on the envelope is quite
a separate matter. I submit to your Lordship, that,
this forms no part of the contents of the letter: it is
not considered by the writer as such." •
Mr. Justice Houtoen.—.44 That which yoU refer
to is written within 'that which contains the letter,
and I think the whole of it forms only one letter. It
is on a separate sheet; but it is not necessary that the
whole of a letter should be written on one sheet of
paper. I have frequently received long letters from
the East Indies on several ibeets of paper, but they
constituted only one letter.".
Benjamin Dodd examined, by Mr. Waltman.—
Witness remembered having written something for
Mary Gunner on the'tith of July.
Mary Gunner examined.—She remembered that
paper, which she afterwaida`copied t it was the copy
'of that writing which .she sent in answer to the first
letter. Mr: Dodd indited it for hci, and she copied
it and sent it by the

1. post.
Mr. Giyro rose again.-,-.4‘ My Lord, in examin-
ing the Indictmept, I perceive an error which mate-
rially affects the cases The lettet says—• IS you
hirq a set of men to watchyOur house dirsii‘tl• but
it is sec out in every rinse of the counts, • dy
Nowa I Submit to your Lordship that this varsaneeip

and Iri an the Cain of Rex %o. Bear, referred
to in Hart's rase, East 978, w!lich was tried at the
Worcester Lent Assizes in 1776. The Court agreed,
that where an-instrument is net out jaw,: tenorent,' the
tenour must be in the indictment according to mein.
strument. In this case the indictment prefesset to
state the tenour, but uses the words ' by nights,' in
stead of the exact words • by night,' which comes di-
rectly within the case that I have cited."
Mr. WILLIM4I3.—•.' My Lord, I submit, than bY
'.l(,,,hts' and by night' is the same word. It does' not
al.er the sense ;, and your Lordship knows that where
the omission or addition of a letter does not alter the
tense of the word, the variance is not mate' ial.. This
was expressly held by Lord Mansfield. Hart's case,
which my Learned Friend has cited, was an indict-
men,t for forging a bill of eschange. The bill pro-
duced in evidence corresponded with that set forth in
the indictment, except that it was written g value re-
eeiv'd," instead of ' value received." The prisoner
was convicted', but jeidgment was respited upon the
question, whether this literal variance were material,
the words sounding the same ?,and on the 7th of Jane,
1776, all the Judges (DI Prey, C.,J. and Willes, J.
absent) were of opinion that the variance was not
material, as it did not change *the word ; and by
Gould, J. it the word had been written reesivl,l or re-
med. the e in the one it:stance, and the i in the other,
must have been necessarily understood."
'Mr. GlFPaiev. My Lord, I still submit that the
variance in this case is fatal. It is ancthcf word, and
I.rely oa the case of Rex v. Dear. There is alsO
another case, the Queen v. Drake (Salk. 6SI) which
proceeded upon its being a different word, nor for not
and Powys, J. says, in the report of the same case,
in Halt, Rep 350, that he did not mark this to be'
so small a, variance of a letter as it it happened in
fake :felling or abbreviation:, which possibly might not'
hurt. Here the instrument is laid in the indictment
according to the tenour, and the very words laid,and
not the stsbstance and effect of them must be proved."
Mr. Justice HOLROVD, after having looked into the
several cases, delivered leis opinion as follows:—" It
seems to me, that the words by night, and by ngbrs,
are two distinct words. The sense maybe the same,
though certainly it is not common parlance; but the
law ties me up by the word tenor, to have the exact
words. I ant nut inclined to go beyond whit has
heen•determined, but it does not appear to me that
those cases have been overruled." The Learned Judge
then told the Jury, that an objection had been taken
to the indictment in point of law; and though there
was no alteration in the sense of the words, yet, as
they had undertaken to set out the tenour of the let-
ter, the objection was fatal.
The Jury immediately returned a verdict of Not
Guilty.
The prisoner is the wife 'cf a surgeon. and att.
thorebs of several literary works : instead of being
placed at the bar in the usual way, she sat on a chair,
attended by several friends, and her face was' con-
cealed by a thick veil : she is between thirty and forty
years of age.