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A new Cornedy,lei Arms ants. entitled Nine Points
Of the Lair; or. Possession, and said to be from the
pep of Mr. JAIRNSON, was produced on Saturday
night. Though by no means one of the best of this
Gentleman's productions, it is likely. after some al-
terations, to have a successful run. Its general tea-
description, which is supposed the
tore is of that Reit
best adapted io.the constitution of. Summer Theatres.
There are a few jokes too gross for the modern taste,
and a few too illiberal to be pleasing at any time ;
but when those are expunged, as we make no doubt
they will be on the nett representation, there is suf•
firient liveliness and bustle in the Drama' to entitle
the Author to a conliseance of that encouragement.
which he has hitherto received from the Politic. To
sum op its merits and defects in a few words—it is a
production well calculated to amuse an idle hour;
but those who possess a moderate acquaintance with
the Stage, must not expect to have the present stock
of their ideas much enlarged by any thing in the
shape of humour, sentiment, or character, which is
here presented to their notice. The plot is compli-
trotted in itself, and the manner in which it is con.
ducted, and the multitude of personages with
vetch it is Whetted, render it still more per.
plesiug and confused. But•what it lost in, sim.
plicity and perspiceity by this means, it gained in
bustle and variety. The following will give a suffi-
(jell, notion of the plot :—Crafty (BA RNARD), for-
merly the servant of a deceased man of fortune,
named Feeble, keeps possession of his hoes., and
represents tlischis master is still living. He form
will in his own favour, and is countenanced
scheme by a drunken fellow servant (lawrow)
finally deserts him and discloses his villainy. fillre•
chubby (Mrs. DAVENPORT), with her son Peregrine
Chubby (Toe etes(), being relatives of the deceased
Gentleman, are very importunate to be admitted late
his house. Crafty uses all his arts to exclude them,-
but they are at length introduced through the bung.;
ling of his drunken associate. There is another
plot, whether principal or secondary it is hard to
determine. The lion. Mr. llairbrain (JONES), in
lose with Min Liquorice (Miss MATHEWS), follows
her to her relation's house, whither also hit father,
Lord Liquorice (Russet), pursuether with the same
view of offering his hand in marriage. The son is
naturally preferred by the young Lady, and as she
proses in the end to be the heiress of the late Me.
feeble, her relative, the Noble Lord consents to her
union with his son. In addition to the parts already
mentioned, Mr. Teens sustained that of Mr. Pre-
cise, a Police Magistrate, and Mr. T. Russet that of
a Police Officer, and both with great effect. Mr.
JONES'S part afforded him little opportunity of dis-
play. Mr. LISTON'S gave him little further scope
than that of appearing drunk ; but the outline was
enough, and with scarcely any assistance from the
dialogue, he looked, and dressed, and laughed, and
hiccupped in such a manner, as rendered him a very
prominent personage in the dramatic group. Mr.
TOR ELLIN character was, perhaps, upon the. whole,
the best:. seta as the author is concerned, and the
performer deserves praise for the felicity with which
he imbibed its spirit. Some opposition was mani-
fested early in the course of the piece, but it was
directed against those indelicate allusions which we
do not expect to hear repeated. At the conclusion,
a slight contest took place, but the friends of the
poet succeeded, and we anticipate a still more deci-
sive victory on their part when the necessary omis-
sions are made in the repetition.

A MOST AITECTING AND MYSTERIOUS CASE.-
I'Ve rejoice to announce that soother individual has
been rescued from an ignominious death by the be-
nevolent interposition of those friends to humanity,
the lion. Mr. Bennett and Alderman Wood, under
• the following circumstances :—ln March last, is the
above Gentlemen were investigating the mile of the
boys Kelly and Spicer, a young man, named George
Matthews, who was then recently convicted of a
capital offence, for robbing his master, addressed
_them.; and, from the communications he made, they
were impressed with an idea of his innocence;
%whereupon Mr. Alderman Wood undertook to in-
vestigate the mysterious transaction, and' he devoted
several days in examining various persons acquainted
with (acts connerird with the young man's case, and
the result decidedly proved his innocence. Upon
this, Alderman Wood had all the evidence collected,
Wad a memorial prepared and laid before Lord Sid-
mouth. The unfortunate lad remairted.confined in
irons in the condemned cells, mixed with filons of
the worst description, for nearly three mouths, until
the worthy Alderman, at his own risk, ordered his
irons to be taken oil', and he was removed, to another
part of the prison, and placed among a better class
of prisoners. Thus had this young man, 'though
ultimately proved innocent, snd with the best of cha-
racters froth all the respectable families where he had
lived, been tried, sentenced to die, and confined in
the prison of Newgate near seven months, when on
the Recorder's making his last report, a day or two
since, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent was
- most graciously pleased to grant him a free pardon.
Comsuternot4 or TIMEER.—The extreordinary
number of 7,300 trees was used in this yard (Ply-
Mouth), between January end December, 1817. The
quantity of timber on hand is now rather scanty, but
the contractors have orders to send in supplies im-
mediately. Timber k expected from Dalmatia, and
even from Africa: The utmost economy in the con-
version of wood is observed, and the present system
of working by the piece bas a tendency, not only to
diminish its consumption, but to ensure the most ex.
prlitious methods of completing the respective jobs.
Punt LISTIC INTELLIDENCE.—The completion of
the stakes of '2OO guineas aside between Painter and
.Spring, for their great match on the 7th of August, is
to be made good at Belcher's, Castle Tavern, Hol-
born, on Friday evening nest. The following new
matches are also expected to be made at the Fives'
Court, to-morrow.:—Davis, who remedy defeated
Belasco, against Randall, for 2001. a-side ; Cab-
bage for 1001. a-side with Scroggins; Young
George Nichols, of 9st. 21bs. against Hudson (the
conqueror of lVesi Counirg Dick), for 1001. a-side.
Isle of Wight Hail, and Martin the baker, for 1001.
ao,i(ie. Oliver is quite recovered, and a second
match with Neale is talked of.
Kworourn, JULY 15.—Sailed the Lord Welling-
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lists, JULY 0.-:-Yeslerdayi tamb doskst from
the River and sailed the Oriticesi of Wales, Symii
for America ; and the Atalanta, Corney, for
Ja-
maica ; and to-day arrived ihd sailed for the Meg
the Maria, Zone, from Leghorn ; add Royal SOT&
reign yacht froin Calais, and rensains:--.Came down
from the River and sailed the Oceadi Neilage, for
Virginia ; Morley, Brown, for New South Wales ;
Scholfield, Evans, for Rio Janeiro ; Amity, Ander.
son, for Halifax ; sod Pelmets, Kethp, for the Isle
of France.
PORYSMOUTII, JULY 19.—Yesterday arrived the
Commerce, Iluchen, from Falmouth for London.
—Sailed the Lord Musgrave, Moffatt, for Cork ; end
Conflauce, gun brig, for Jamaica. And to-diy 'st-
rived the Scout, gun brig, from the Eastwards and
anchored at Bpithead.—Sailed, his Majesty's ship
Liverpool, for the East Indies ; Proselyte, Barton,
for Madeira and Barbadoes ; Old Friend,
for the coast of Africa; Resource, —, for Memel ;
Mogen, Chitty, for the Breeds ; and General
Stewart, Granger, for New South Wale:.
FALMOUTH, JULY 16 and 17.—Sailed, the Duke
of Kent packet, with a Mail, for Lisbon.
LIVERPOOL, JULY 17 AND 18.—Arrived on the
17th, the Frederick, Davies, from New Orleans;
on the 10th of June, in let. 27. it. long. 80. it.
spoke the schooner Matchless, and the ship Victori-
ons,from Havaonah for London; on the 25th June,
in lat. 40. long. 59. 30. spoke the United States ship
of the line, Washington, Commodore Chauncey ; on
the 3d July, in lat. 48. 41. long. 33. spoke the
Amanda. from Liverpool for Baltimore; on the 15th
July, off Wexford, spoke the Atlantic, for New
York.—Sailed, on the 18th, the Brilliant, Baker,
for Batavia.
HARWICII, JULY 18.—Arrived the Furst Blucher,
Brinckman, from Rostock for London ; Castlereagh
packet, with Mail and Passengers, from Holland ;
Eclipse packet, with Mail and Passengers, from Cos.
haven.—Sailed the Lord Nelson packet, with a Mail
and Passengers, fur Cuxhaven ; and the Auckland
packet, with ditto, for Holland.
HOLYHEAD, JULY 18.—Arrived off this place the
ship Margaretta, La Fevre, from St. Andrews, hound
to Liverpool. Oo the 23,1 ult., off Brea,. Island,
' spoke the brig Jesse of Ayr, to St. Andrews, out 52
days, all well. On the 3,1 inst. spoke the St. Helena,
Ellis, from London to Quebec ; out 30 days, all
well. On the sth inst. spoke the Samuel Whitbread,
, from Liverpool to Quebec ; out 30 days, all well.

BRUTAL ASSAULT AND HIGHWAY
ROBBERY.
GVIILDUALL.—Fridny a young man of genteel appearance,
named Ashton. was brought before Mr. Alderman Woo°, at
Guildhall, charged with an assault upon Sarsh Taylor. In the
receress of the esatnintrion. however, it turned out that he had
set ape's by three or four vile women, and some pick-
pockets, who infest the upper part of Fleet-street, near Shire-
lane. 'I hey were assisted by a watchman, named John Alder,
stationed in the neighltunrhood, who, like many more of his
brethren, is place of being a source of security, are only ne-
cotnplices in robbery, and the hirelings of prostitutes. Ashton
was beaten in a most cruel manner: and robbed of a five wuld-
note, two one pound notes, and four shillings in silver. Upon.
intimating what had happened to. him, he was inunediately
called from the bar. and his accusers, Sarah Taylor and the
worthy guardian of the night, to take Ids place.
The young man stated, that he was going up Fleet-street at
an early hour on Friday morning, and upon arriving at the
court next to Temple-bar, was suddenly seized by three or four
women. who pinioned him so closely as to deprive his arms of
all power. Whiteln this upte airflow, who had the appear-
ance of a Jew, and whom the women cants] by the name of
Joe. came up and gave him a violent • blow on the face. which
brought him to the ground. The watchman. Alder, who it ap-
peared had witnessed the transaction from the commencement,
refused to take charge of the Jew, but insisted upon conveying
Mr. Ashton to the watch-house, whom, while he lay upon the
ground. the ruffian struck several times with a bludgeon. The
women and pickpockets were not idle in the mean time. They
indicted so many wounds upon his face that it was completely
disfigured with scars nod blood. Having rendrred him as they
thought quite seaseleis, this gang of villains, assisted by the.
watchman, dragged him along the ground op Sbire-lane, where
r they repeated their violence. Upon searching his pockets he
found that every halfpenny he had was mkt-Dewey. He was
then brought hack into Fleet-street. and conveyed to St. Dun-
stan's watch-house, where he was toned tip, and continued
bleeding all night. The unforintinte young man appeared quite
faint, and in so deplorable a condition as to excite the pity of
every person present.
, A Mr. Hathaway and hi. wife, two respectable looking per
mos who happened to be ',moue when the attack was first made
.• wpses Mr. Ashton. fatly corroborated his statement, and ideal'.
Ord Sarah Taylor its one of the Fisgtibints. Two more of
them were found in the outer room of the office, waiting to
, I know the result of the husines. They were imme.qately taken
into custody.and the.whole ordered to be brought up fur another
examination.
Saturday the Prisoners were again twilight np, when Iwo of
them were remanded on the charge of felony, and the rest were
ordered to dad bail for the assault.

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On Friday morning, a young woman, servant to
' Mr. Williams, of Foe-lane, Shadwell, went out on
an errand, and left the hall-door ajar ; on her return,
in a few minutes, she met a fellow. coming out with
a bundle under his arm ; having no suspicion (bathe
was a thief, she did not speak to him, but went in ;
wbe., she discovered that a valuable great coat was
stolen from clothes' peg, which hung in the passage.
They pursued the thief to no purpose.
The convicts forwarded to Cork for transportion
to Botany Bay, amount to 441 :—County and City
of Limerick sent 31, County of Tipperary 53, Coun-
ty of Kerry 15, County of Clare 14, County of
Galway 21, Queen's County 17, King's County 23,
County and City of Dublin 147.
Coast EXCH A N GE. Juts V.—There was a great
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supplv of
Wheat this alarming, hot u dull trade lit it decline of . from
last Monday's prices.—Oats 6s. lower.—Harley 2s. cheaper.—
lu Beam, Pens, and rather articles 110 alteration. .
Wheat (English) .... 70 66 IGrey Peas 're QO .
New ditto
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Dit..,Foreign) .... 74 814 Old du ~. . ....
Rye 44 .481 lin do • 63 7tl
Barley 4O 5i Oats ..... ...,..... 40 44
New.....
Matt s 70 85 Poland &v.,— ..... .38 42
White Peas 56 60 ' Feed do. . ...... .... 26 34
New ditto—. .. . —— I Fine our.~h
Ditto Boilers . 63 66 Seconds.... . ..... 65 70
SMITHFIELD MARKET, ..Ivl.l' V.
To sihk the Offnl. per stone of Slat,
Beef .—. 34. , HA. to 4s. 64. I Head ot Cottle this day'
*moo* ...Is. OA. to 5.. ed. Baum
Veal .... Ss. 06. to 6.. WI. Sheer nod Lam
Pork .._.fa. OA. to 6s. 04.1 Lambs
Calves ,320
Laurtt,...6s. OA. to 7s. 04. Piarv.... ......... 26d
HAY-MARKET.
iloc .. 41. 0.. N. t ) 81. Os. flit:
• Clover .... hi. Os.. I'd. to 91. (b. On.
bird w .... I. lit. td. li 31. ‘s. Od•

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VIIWIT O. WOOD.
thill Wes art echo,' brought to reciriei a coMplin-
sation in &Mee' for defaming the character of the
Plaintiff's wife. The Plaintiff is a linen-draper, and
the Defendant a Saddler, at St. Albans.—lit appetrid
that some lime since the Plaintiff became elinbarrassed
in his circumstance', and called his creditors to-
gether. Previous to this his father-in-la*, a Mt.
Wall, authorised him to say that be would guarantee
to hit creditors the payment of 10s. in the pound.—
Pending this arrangement, the matter Of scandal, the.
subject of the present action, took place, sod the
consequence was, that Mr. Wall declared he "meld
...withhold the promised guarantee.
Mr. Wall was called to prove the fed, and it ap-
peared from his statement, that all the parties were
well acquainted with each other, and that the De.
fondant and himself met very frequently at a dissent.
'log house of worship in the town. On return's'
nue evening from the Meeting, Mr. Wood caotiona
hit against getting into further trouble respecting
Frost, said he was sorry for Frost, but not for his
wife, as her conduct was most shameful, and in every
body's mouth.-0a his ctoss-examination, he admit.
ted that unpleasant reports regarding his daughter
had been Very prevalent in the town, ,end he did not
believe that he was actuated by any malicious motive
its repeating the expressions. He thought, on the
contrary; it arose from friendship, end a desire to do
a service rather than an evil. He thought, in fact,
that Frost would be a rained Man, and that he,
Wall, would forfeit his security.
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Mr. Jdstice lathy iald he hid rill detilit of die
propriety of sack eliminations, but, for the greater
satisfaction; sent a nil* to conduit Mr. Heusi% Wood;
Who thought It very dotibtful. His' latirdihip ihooglit
It fidmisiible.
.• Witness went, on the Ist: of Moil, iii IC naria.
borough; and booght a little veil for her husbantri
supper. It was intended for him atone. It *as put
on tke fire about weed that evening, ih the kitchen.
The Prisoner came iii afterwards +Then is itnesi went
upstairs. She heard him take a their. Nod ask her
tether-M.l'w what was in the pan. lie told him it
wad a little broth making for Joseph. She went
down five 6r ten minutes afterwards, and found her
father.in.lsW, lOU Ilaw, and the Prisoner; at the;
fire. She went With* candle to Iciok into the pan.—
The Prisoner asked how her husband was; the re-
plied that he *as story poorly. She observed a white
skim upoit the btoth she skimmed riff, and
tasted the brot, and which tasted very ill in her
mouth. She made no remark, because she thought
At hid taken a spoon used for her husband's medi-
cines. She got a clean spoon, and took a little ost..
meal to thicken the broth. The Prisoner then got
up and. went out. She tasted the broth again, mint
it had the dame effect as before. She asked her fathei
to taste it and Heir; ell were affected 'by It. She
had not taken above a table spoonful. She felt a vio-
lent pain at her itomich, which continued till twelve
o'clock et night. She pot the hrdth Intb a dial*, and
saved it for Mr. Sedgewick. She pat it in a closet.—
It was not locked. Her sister, Mary Haw; came in
after*ards, arid looked at the broth with her. She
*as never in the house by herself, sod Karl no np.
poriunity of putting any thing into. it. Mr. Sedge-
wick saw it neat Morning, and in consequence of hid
advice, she took it to Knaresboroogh, to Mr. Lam-
bert, the druggist, and left it with him. It was not
till after the broth we taken to Mr 4 Lanibert; that
the looked at the medicine in the drawer Which had
Sickened her husband on the 261 h March. She deli=
vered It to Mr. Sedgewick. 'I wo or three days after-
wards she received a parcel from Thomas Haw, With
two seals, directed to Mr. Murray at lismresbotough.
She sent it to him by John Haw.
Thomas Dodswnrth, the fist witoess's father, rust
the Prisoner at Westfield-gate, to I alto medicine front
him. There was no one With him or with the Pri..
soner. Ile did slot see Robert Nicholton. He got
a bottle from him ; he said it was to be shaken Op.—
Witness gave it to his daughter-in-law in the tam 4
state in which he got it. The Prisoner; *hen he
came into the kitchen, ticked within* shoot the broths
and witness said nothing about it. His daughter
gave him the broth to tette. It did riot taste well :
he was not well, but no way that he might call Airily:
Ile had tasted very little of the broth. Wind given
no directions to buy poisob for rate. He had never
ordered to buy any.
Cvoss-esarnined by the Cotanv.-4le believed the
Prisoner was about half an hoot in the kitcheo,witen
the broth was on the fire. Witness wallirelent sit
the time. There was no cover on the pan: He saw
no one putting any thing into it. He thotight the
Prisoner could not put any thing into it without his
seeing him. lie believed that he put nothing into it,
and thought it was not possible he could.
Mr. Sedgewick visited Dodsworth on the 26th:—
Ile had sent him some medicine on the fanner day.
There was nothing in it to occasion sickness. Dods=
worth said he had been afflicted the day before with
sickness and vomiting, sad told him the medi-
cine he had sent had relieved him. The symp.:
toms were those of a person affected in the sto-
mach and bowels. Arsenic would have pro.
dieted exactly the same appearances. Ile went
home and made up some more medicines ; the milt-
Sure was a saline mixture, coloured with lavender; it
was 4 scruples of prepared kali, which was a sub.
carbonate of potash, 2 ounces of concrete acid of
lemon, 2 drachms of sweet spirits of nitre, and half
drachm of tincture of lavender, and mixed in 4 otinort
of water. There was nothing in it to occasion sick.-
neis, or to create sediment. He gave it to the Pri-
soner, but gave no direction whatever. There was DIV
Cover on the cork. He found the Prisoner next day
much worse, with all the symptoms which wqnlfi
have been produced if he hail taken mineral' poison
in the mean time. On the 3d of April he saw. the
bottle again in the possession of Anne Dodsworth.—
About half had remained. It was quite different
from what he had given. The colour at the top woe
not altered,- but there was a sediment et the bottom ;
he 'took some of the sediment, and put It on hot iron ;
it smelled like gorlick. Ile took the bottle home,
and 'Meet, it up with a little ammotnia, with the nitrate
of silver. This produced a yellow salphur.toloured
precipitate. Ile believed a decoction of onion would
have produced the same effect as well as arsenic. Ile
*could rather leave the thymic.' evidence to Dr.
Murray. His own conclusion was, that arsenic had
been put into it. lie sent it to Dr. Murray, having
milted it with water only in order to get the sediment
ell out of the original bottle. He was present when
Dr. Murray and Mr. Limbed examined it. lie was
able to say that arsenic was detected in its me-
tallic state.
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visited Dodsworth on the dill olispril. Ilistonguewee
entered with a thick w iiiirtcerf, greater than the de. •
gree `of fever warranted, from which he inferred
something acrimonious in the alimentary canal.—
Arsenic produces pale in the pit of the stomach, fever,
and diarritcel. Dedsworth's appearance was certain. •
ly that of a person effected by Mineral poison. There
was nothing specific, forthe effects of mineral poison
and of acrid bile were eery similar. The paralytic
disorder which affected Dodiworth's extremities was
very ordinarily a secondary effect of mineral poison.
In his opinion decidedly there was arsenic in the
bottle which he examined In pretence of Mr. Sedge-
wick and Mr. Lambert. There *es the oard of
arsenic, it was not metallic arsenic, forover that was not
-soluble. There was such a thing Vs dosing, of
' which the effect was to prevent the poison from act.
ing by exciting immediate vomiting. Ile had eat.
mined the broth, which also contained arsenic. - Ile
bid no doubt whatever as to the presence of arsetlio
in both ~...sses. •
Mr. Lambert cdneurred in this evidence.
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NAVAL, INT'ELL'IGENCE.
IigitTFORD AssIZES, ArLetS. of this wittitiss to a transaction on the Ist of Apia.
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