Star.
London, England, 1826-07-29 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY.

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The cause Wynn v. Blair commenced yesterday
morning at nine, and did not conclude before a quarter
past ten this evening. Oa each side a considerable
number of Welsh witnesses were examine-1 through an
interpreter. The cause was adjourned last night, at the
request of the Jury. at half-past nine o'clock ; the Cuurt
met again this day at nine.
Mr. Tenets made an able address to the Jury for upwards of an
hour and a half.
Mr. Salvo GAILROW than proceeded to suet up.
'lb. Jury then consulted together for a few minutes, and found
a ♦erdict for the plaintiff.

Meow Rasa:, Biases Perri. ..knees Zursacrojk, Mx Robison',
and Wm. Wasson, were indicted fur assaulting John Holditch, and
pasdng without paying the toll at Stonehsoase-bridge. near Llevonport.
Several witnesses were called for the defendants, and contradicted
the evidence for the prosecuties is nr.any important particulars.
After deliberating for a few ialnutes, the Jury acquitted them.

HEREFORD., Jour 27.
Aagws Lamont, a wild4c.oking fellow in sailor's at-
tire, was indicted for feloniously stealing and taking
away, a bay hackney hot-se, the property of W. Davies.
It appeared in evidence. that the prisoner had, in the
month of April last, hired this I orse from the prosecu-
tor Davies, for a day's ride, and as soon as he 134c1
reached ShrewsbuLy, proposed selling him for 81. to an
innkeeper named re.ters. The latter suspecting, as the
horse was worth ttpwarCfs cf 201. that a man who had
honestly obtained bim.weuld not easily sell him for 81.
locked up the animal in his stabler, and told the prisoner
that he, must let a:letter Irons the sw'n in Hereford
Ifrom wbotn he 'oldie had borsgkt him, before he would
pay him th•• purchase *met. Upon further inquiry,
ha fonad the real owner of tbsu horse, and a constable
aritre.ltended the prisousns The latter;, upon being asked
i% Court if he had any questions to put to the witness
Peters, replied in the-affirmative, and put the follow-
ing quecions :
Du you Sir, know the ninth commandment ?—I really cannot
call it to mind at tins suoinent.

the Covers—!t is a questioa peculiarly befitting witnesses in a
Court of Justice to know; for it enjoins them not to bear false wit-
ness against their neighbour.
The pri.oner —My Load, this witness bat contrived to twist lies
in his evidence. 'Dun. turning to Peters, be esked.-.-
Do you remember your conduding pledge before you kissed the
book—to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth ?
Witness—l do.
Prisoner—Then why do you conceal all that passed, for it ran in
a direct chain from the beginning.
He commenced and continued a cross-examination of
Peters and the constable. which bad reference to trivial
points immaterial to the pie,ent inquiry, though confir-
mates y in part of the felonious intention of the prisoner,
who seemed to labour under a delusion, that as no
I money had been paid him for the horse, no charge-of
stealing could be substantiate.l.
Being called upon for his defence, he ran into a long
rhapsody of the services he had rendered his country,
having served on board Lord Nelson's ship, at Trafalgar,
in which he received a wound that, according to his
own account, had " cut into the cerebellum of the brain."
and occasionally exposed him to mental aberrations,
during which he knew not what he did. On arriving
at Shrewsbury, where he bad business, he drank a good
deal of ale, which seriously affected his bead, as the
weather was then very warm. It was during this pa-
roxysm that he wext about offering the horse for sale,
sometimes for SO shillings, and at others for 81. but all
this was a mad joke. and nothing else, it was all for
'matter of amusement and idle talk in the streets, while
he was non compos mends. He had no witnesses.
' Mr. Baron (;wallow, in charging the Jury, explained
the law as applicable to the case. He said, that formerly
great doubts had prevailed among the Judges, whether
a man could be legally found guilty of felony, for ap-
proptiating to his own use property which be had only
acquired by hire for a temporary possession; but of late
years it was held, sustained by a current of authorities,
that a man hiring any article for the purpose of con-
verting it to his own use, contrary to the wish and in-
tention of the lender, was guilty of felony, and among
others the noted Major Semple was- transported for
selling a chariot which he had merely hired for a stated
period. The distinction, however, drawn by the law
was this—Did the party hiring mean at the time he so
hired. to convert the property to his own use? it he did,
then he was guilty of felony. But if the felonious in-
tent arose subsequent to the original hiring, from any
niisforsune or unforeseen casualty, then the conversion
of property was not felonious ; for to be so, the intention
must exist in the mind at the beginning. If the hirer
meant honestly when he hired, and, to use the common
phrase, it was afterwards that the d—l put it into his
bead to sell the property, then the law took a merciful
view of the act. He left it to the Jury to say, whether
they could have any doubt of the original intention
upon the evidence adduced in this case.
The Jury, after some consultation, returned a verdict of "guilty
of stealing, but DOC Unending at the moment be hired the horse CO
seU him.

The Cesar—Then your verdict moat be not guilty generally.
The Learned Judge recapitelated the facts, and the application of
the law to than, when the Jury found a verdict of atilty.
Mr. Baron GAaXOW expressed his entire concurrence
in their •erdict. He said he had rarely witnessed more
mischievous activity and ingenuity in the perpetration

rof crime than he bad in the conduct of the prisoner ;
and he was whop acting widusivehlt lesierie not
leaving him fee enecutloa : however, he *lad only
recommend a essmatatation of the cipiddsiiitewee, upon
the prisoner's being consigned to tr for life.
What would the public think of this der, when they
were told that he had been only 14 days wised
from prison when be stole this horse? His persioir,
offence was endeavouring to pan a gilded or polished
farthing upon an iawkeeper at Monmouth, as a.gold
half sovereign, and he had only escaped conviction
because of the illness of the principal witness, which
prevented his attendance on the trial.
The prisoner again addressed the Court. appealing to his sorrel/es
in battle, his previous respectability in commercial traissaajlass,all.l
his want of concealment its all he had duns respelling this horse, to
thew that mental aberration was the cause of his wren
Sentence of death was, however, recorded against
THE. LORD MAYOR'S VISIT TO OUORD.
Tuesday, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of London
honoured this City with a visit, accompaoied by Abler-
men Atkins (M.P.), Heygate, Magnay, and Lucaii the
Venerable Chamberlain, Richard Clark, E.,q. Henry
Woodthorpe, Esq. Town Clerk, W. L. Newman, -Esq.
City Solicitor, the Rev. Mr. Dillon, his Lordship's
Chaplain, and other Gentlemen of his Lordship's suite.
the occ4sion of the visit was the 'bolding of a Cony; on
the Weer Thames, connected with the tigifti of the
City of London, which Court is held every fourteenth
year. The in•ended visit of the Lord Mayor having
by accident come to the knowledge of the blayor of
this City, his Worship immediately convened a meeting
of his brother Magistrates, the result nr which was,
that invitations were sent to his Lordship and suite.—
The invitation was accepted in the most handsome
manner; and on Tuebtlay, at six o'clock, a banquet of
a superior kind was given in the Council Chamber, by
the Mayor, the two Members, and the Magistrate's of
tuis City, at which the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and
other Gentlemen above mentioned, were present. The
dinner on this occasion, whether considered as to the
taste and elegance of decoration, the sumptuous and
costly entertainment of the table, which consisted of
every delicacy that could be procured, the choice and
vatiety of wines, the profusion of fruits and ices, of
which the party partook, has not been equalled since
the banquet given to the Prince Regent, on the Royal
Visit to Oxford, in the year 1814. On Wednesday,the
Mayor of this City, with the Magistrates, Bailiffs, Town
Clerk, and Solicitor, dined with the Lord Mayor at the
Star Inn, where a most sumptuous entertainment was
given. Invitations were sent to the Vice Chancellor,
and Heads of Colleges and Hal's, with the Proctors,
and also the County and City .Members. This dinner
was honoured with the company of John Pane,
_Esq.
M.P. the Vice Chancellor, the Master of Pim& oke,
President of Corpus Christi College, Warden of flew
College, Principals of Magdalen, t. Mary, end St.
Edmund Halls, both the Proctors," and other Nesothers
of the University. The. Lady Mayoress, andth,e !oodles
of Mr. Aldermen Magnay, Lucas, and Heygate, frith
the Daughters of Ald rmen Atkins, 111a.gnay,. and
Lucas, graced the table o ith their presence. The Lord
Mayor and his party left Chris: Church Meadew at
seven o'clock on Thursday morning, in theiesplenclid
barge, for London.

SPORTING' INTiLLIG WOE. - ,
XNUTSFORD RACK..4--1162m0v. •
The Produce Stakes of SOgs. each, b.ll. he three-yr-alde--
atiln,
L. W. Wynat's be. e. • .
Lord Derby's cb. c. Prussian
Sir T. Stanley's ch. c. by Tirestas .
Seven paid.—A good race.
The Gold Cop. value 100 sees. by subscription of 10 emit; ell
sties.—Three miles.
Mr. Clifton's eb. e. Mr. Muun . •
I.prti Wilton's ch. m. Hybla . .
Mr. ToUrmache's ch. g. Euphrates ..
Five paki.—Wod easy.
A Maiden Plate of SOL for all sges.—Two.tnik beats.
Mr. Robinson's br: f. The Countess . . 0 1 1
Lord Grosvenor 's b. e. King Henry . . 1 0 3
Mr. Pustlethwaltes b. c. Rim:tondo . • . 3 2 2
Colonel Yates's b. c. Netno . . . a 0 dr
Mr. Ogden's b. f. Dispatch . . . odr
Woo easy. •
DERBY RACRS—Tvesnmr.
Slaty Guineas given by the Duke of Devonshire, for amides hens%
Heats two miles.
Mr. Ekarolsworth's b. e. by Milo, 3 yrs, 7st. Mb. . 3 1 1
Mr. Sender's Victory, 3 yrs, 7st. alb. . . 1 $ 2
Mr. Platers Lult, aged, sst. 101 b. . . a 4 4
Lord Ansou's b. 1. Careless, 3 yrs. 7st. . • 411 5
The Gold Cap, value 100ge.—Three miles.
Lord Chesterfield's Arachne, 4 yrs, le. . ' 1
Lord G. Cavendish's Bizarre, 6 yrs, est. 31b. . . $
Sit C. Mutiny's eh. m. °Deviation, 4 yn, list. . . 3
The Two-yr-old Stakes, of 20gs. each, was won by Mr. Gifferd's
Tatter, beating &r R. Gresley's Sharpshooter, Mr. Losidee'll/kM.
Mr. Beardswonh's Loraine, and Mr... Cares b. by Magistrate.
The Devonshire &alms of U urn. each. for was
wen by Lord Chesterfield's b. e. by Mile, beads,- Pate of
Devonshire's b. f. by Filbo da Pun.

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SALISBURY RACES—W=I MM
The Wiltshire Stakes of nes. sack. Two miles.
Sir C. 'Poore names Prosody. aged
Lord Palaserstoa's Luzborougb, 6 yes .
Mr. Russell's Hougoansont, 4 yes . .
Mr. Poore names &Whiny, 3 yes . .
Mr. Wyndham's b. 1. Witim, 3 yrs . .
An excellent race.
The King's Plate of 102r1. Heats, hoe albs
Mr. F. Craven's Cricketer, 4 yes . 1 1
Mr. Farquharson's Bleck and •All Black. aged . 2 2
Won easy.
4 Plate of SO sou. each was won is three two mile hems, by Mr.
Farquharson's Presentiment, beating Mr. Russell% Hoegonment,
Mr. Fellovrees b. e. by Anacreon, and Mr. W. Wyndhwies ►. e.
by 02221C0L

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SOUTHAMPTON RACIER Jour SC
The Town Plate of 100 sov. added to a Sweepstakes of 10 mir
each, for all ages. Two nide beau.
Mr. Gaantlett's Comedian, 4 yrs .
Lord Donwich's Phantasms', 4 yrs . .
Mr. Sheddoo's br. g. Talisman, aged .
Sweepstakes of SS sov. each, la ft. for 5 yrs old , 11-0. i
mks lb.
fillies and geldings, Sat. alb. Straight Mlle. .
Duke of Richmond's Dream . . 1
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Lord Palmenten's Pezbory . 2
The Soathampres Stakes of to sev. each, lift. and only No if
declared, &c. with SO added. IWO Miles
Lord Palmersten's Greyleg. 4 yrs, 7u. t us. • 1
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Major Gore's Hesperus, 1 yrs, list. Sib. • it
Sweepstakes of S wv. each with SO added by the Ladles, for all
ages, and that never woo stiO• at any one dm before the day of
naming. A mile and three quarters.
b Lord Palrnerston's Conquest. 4 yrs • $ 1 1
Hr. Radcliffe's ProMe, $ yrs • .1 sdr
RIFLE SHOOTING)

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2 0 $
2 Or

Sop At Chalk Farm, as Wednesday last, a few et the Boa.
Artillery Company, met for the practice of ball V* &oat_
ing as the long distances was exceedingly geed, never ex_
celled. One of the member Mt the target (tMtty beheemeatata%
twenty ere times secceselvely, from *5O pato& e pm; anata,
hem the same distance, Mt six suceessave Ghats whim* a net;
and a third, eleven out of twelve, tram SOO yards, wittiest * rest.
TM, is certalely a specimen of steady Rile libeethig.

I:zzzaii
Throughout England the harvest may now be consi-
dered as general, and in many counties a great quantity
of grain bas already been carried.

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AIR--" Blue Seib siScodand."

64 - ea% ithere, would'st thou rest thy weary head r
64 Barai daisies let me Make my lonely bed ;
• oi•••. • 11PbeW pain cometh there,
. And the sun shineth fair
Upon the turf where I shall soon be slumbering with the dead"
" Oh, why, lassie, why, in the morning of thy days
Seek'st thou the still repose of death, unbroken by the rays
Of the sun's cheering light ?
Thus chiul'd by sorrow's blight,
Art thou so early dead to love—lnsensible to praise ?"
Oh, no:maiden, no—had I wisely turned mine ear
Away from love's enchanting voice—so sweet, but insincere,
Still my heart, blithe and free,
Bligl.t rejoice in all I see,
And youthful spirits like thine own would make taistence dear I.
" Away, far away, be who sought my hand has rov'd ;
His vows of pure unchanging truth have vain and faithless prov'd;
Well, alas! may my heart
Its deepening gloom impart
To scenes which once look'd gay when I was happy and beloy'd!"
J. F. T.