frequently. Soon after Meyer had got the bills, he was not to be found. His Lordship next received letters, signed Yeates and Phillips, describing themselves as merchants, and holders of some of the bills, for a good consideration, and requesting payment. This being refused, letters were written again under the same signature,

went away. A day or two afterwards came a most artful letter, addressed not to his Lordship, but to a lady living in his house, and which it was known would reach him. This letter was signed "O'Brien," and purported to come from a person who knew the lady's family in Ireland, and requested her with as much delicacy as possible to caution the Marquis against having any deal-stating that Meyer was a man of notorious inings with Meyer, whom the writer by chauce saw coming out of the Marquis's house, because Meyer was noted for his nefarious transactions; that in fact he had amassed his great wealth in that way, That he had lately been turned out of a mercantile house in the city for lending £50,000 to a person of exalted rank, upon usurious terms. That he made pretended purchases and sales of wines, which were in fact only dealings between himself and clerks, and that by these pretences he made the parties to whom he lent the money pay ten and fifteen per cent. The writer at last cautioned the lady not to mention his name, as rich men had always influence enough to do mischief, and Meyer might injure him, if he knew

he had made the communication-This letter unquestionably produced on the Marquis the intended effect. He was led to believe he was dealing with a wealthy man, and he expected to pay usuriously for the money he was to receive. The next day he received another letter from Meyer, stating that he could make an advantageous purchase of wines, which could be immediately resold at a very trifling loss, and the Marquis, by drawing his bills, thus have them discounted at not much more than legal interest. In short, his Lordship wanting the money, accepted several thousand pounds worth of bills, which Meyer took, and for which he never did receive a farthing consideration except only £100. Meyer gave his cross acceptances, which, of course, were never paid, and the Marquis's bills, as many as could be, were put into circulation. With respect to Kierulf, it would be in evidence, that the day after Meyer had got the bills from the Noble Lord, Kierrulf wrote to say he held a £500 bill, which he begged to have changed for two of equal value; to which he added, that he would renew them as Meyer had promised, which shewed he knew the terms Meyer had proposed. When taken up, a rough draught of this letter was found, in Sedley's hand-writing, with copies of all the correspondence between the Marquis and Meyer. He should also prove, that Kierrulf took the counting-house where the letters were directed, and that he and Meyer were there together

famy, and endeavouring to work upon his Lordship's feelings, stating to him that the world would be apt to say, "birds of a feather flocked together;" and that his Lordship would not go free from suspicion if his connection with Meyer were made public, which must be if they brought actions by his not paying the bills. They therefore advised him to smother the transaction by paying them. These letters also would be proved to be the hand-writing of John Sedley, the prisoner's son, and they had the rough drafts in Da. venport Sedley's hand-writing. The Learned Counsel then adverted to the law, and contended under decided cases, the obtaining of these bills by such fraudulent pretext amounted to felony. Lord Ellenborough, however held, that as the bills were parted with voluntarily, on the supposition that they were to be repaid by other good securities, it did not amount to felony. If the prisoner had a legal possession for a moment, felony could not attach, and here it was admitted he had them to deal with as he thought proper, by discounting or otherwise. In another form of indictment, many of the circumstances might be most important evidence, which could not be re ceived in the charge of felony.-The prisoners were acquitted of the felony, but ordered to be detained, the Counsel for the prosecution undertaking to prefer another indictment; but Kierrulf tendering respectable bail, he was admitted

to bail.

MURDER James Fallan was indicted at the Old Bailey Sessions, for the wilful murder of his wife, at Chelsea, on the 9th of February last. It appeared that the prisoner, who had served in a marching regiment, had, in consequence of wounds and long service, been recently admitted an out-pensioner of Chelsea College; that be lately took a cellar in the neighbourhood of the College, where he resided, and in which two other persons also dwelt. On the day mentioned in the indictment, the prisoner was out for the most part of it drinking; when he came home he had more liquor, and became extremely violent, turbulent, and boisterous, which his wife and another woman observing, entreated Him to go to

then, in a solemn manner, immediately pronouncing them he found upon her notes to the amount ed on him the awful sentence of death.-Previous to his execution, he kicked the shoes off his feet, and appeared quite indifferent to his fate.

PROVINCIALS.

INCLUDING REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES, &c. IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF GREAT BRITAIN,

ed from thence about 29 minutes before twelve o'clock, and arrived at Gloucester a little after two, twenty minutes after the culprit had been turned off, and who was then suspended at the drop."

SHROPSHIRE.

DARING OUTRAGEOUS ROBBERY.Oh Monday night, the 25th of March, about twelve o'clock, the dwelling-house of William Norcop, Esq. of Betton, Hales, Salop, was entered by three men, who went into Mr. Norcop's bed

two of them held him in bed, while the third presented a pistol, demanding the immediate sur render of his money and keys, but not per

one anticipated the presence of a greater number than nine hundred voters; this was deemed a pretty strong assurance of ultimate success. On the contrary, his most noble antagonist was deemed to possess no ordinary strength; the support of the Prime Minister, and the conformity of his Grace's politics with those of the people in power, were circumstancess of great weight; and many who were not swayed by political motives, were biassed by fox-hunting ones, to give him their votes; his Grace's hounds being, as is supposed, among the best packs in the kingdom.room, where he was lying, with a lighted candle; We never heard of any argument of this kind being used in favour of the Duke of Beaufort, at the Oxford election; and it is most remarkable, that the lulus of the House of Spencer, Lord Al-mitting him to rise, one of them took his thorpe, voted for the Duke of Rutland on this very account; while his Lordship's father, Lord Spencer himself, who is not so strongly addicted to the pleasures of the chase as to suffer them to overpower his party feelings, appeared and voted for the Duke of Gloucester. The contest terminated in favour of the Duke of Gloucester. The numbers for each candidate were declared to be as follows:-For the Duke of Gloucester, 470-The Duke of Rutland, 386Majority for his Highness the Duke of Gloucester, 114. When the result of the contest was announced, the gownsmen in the gallery of the Senate-house, rose from their seats, and gave three cheers.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

DREADFUL MISTAKE. William Townley was executed on Saturday, March 30th, at the drop in front of Gloucester Gaol, agreeably to his sentence at the late Assizes, for burglary. He was turned off a few minutes before two o'clock, in the presence of a vast concourse of people, and apparently experienced no protracted struggle or suffering. On Friday night, March 29th (says the Bath Paper) “a reprieve for the above man was put into the Post Office of Hereford, addressed, by mistake! to Wilten, Esq. Under Sheriff, Herefordshire, instead of Gloucestershire, some time after the post letters for that night had been delivered out, and of course remained there till next morning, when about half past cleven it was opened by Messrs. Bird and Wollaston, Under Sheriffs for the county of Hereford, and immediately the importance of its contents to the wretched object of intended mercy was ascertained; an express was humanely sent off with the utmost celerity, by Mr. Benset, of the Hotel, at his own expence, who start

breeches, which lay on a chair near the bed, and rifled his pockets, taking there out two guineas and some silver, and also a small key, with which they attempted to open a desk in the room, but not succeeding in unlocking it, two of them wrenched it open, while the third stood over Mr. || Norcop, keeping him in awe in bed. They took from the desk cash and notes to the amount of one hundred and sixty pounds.

SOMERSETSHIRE.

DIED. On Sunday, April 7th, at his house in Green Park-place, Bath, aged 83, Sir William Addington, Knt. who for upwards of twentyeight years was a Magistrate of the Public Office, Bow-street, in which situation he evinced a spirit, fidelity, and zeal for the public good, highly honourable to his character. In the year 1795, at a Meeing in St. Pancras-fields, he was particularly active, and in the suppression of many riots (especially in those of the year 1780), no Magistrate ever stood more conspicuously dis tinguished. In the memorable affair of Hadfield, be acted with that penetration and firmness, unshaken by popular ferment, for which he was remarkable; and although his judgment at the time was questioned, and his conduct severely commented upon, the correctness and integrity of both were afterwards sanctioned, on the trial of that unfortunate man, by the verdict of a Jury, under the able direction of Lord Kenyon-Sir William withdrew from his public situation, but the treatment he experienced in this affair, was a source of disquietude to him during his remaining days.

SUSSEX..

THREATENING LETTER.-The Rev. Robert Bingham, was arraigned at Horsham, on the 26th March, on two indictments; the first charging

any motive. His counsel then called the follow

him with sending a letter without a signature, Mr. B. has been curate many years of Maresthreatening to burn the houses, barns, &c. of field, and had always duly performed his clerical Richard Jenner; and the other charging him with duties. He had also been instrumental in foundsetting fire to his own house, to defraud the In- ing a charity-school for the poor. There had surance Office. He was put to the bar, and tried been lately many inclosures in the forest, which on the first indictment. It stated, that he, on the had been thrown down by order of the Lords of ist of December last, feloniously and wilfully the Manor. Robert Turner, Attorney at Lewes, did send a letter, without a name, addressed to Mr. Attree, and Mr. Busan, all said they believed Mr. Richard Jenner, and which letter was as the letter to be the hand-writing of the prisoner. follows:-"Fire! Murder! and Revenge!-Fifty || This closed the case for the prosecution.—Mr. of us are determined to keep our Lands or have Bingham then read a written defence, in which Revenge. Therefore Parsons Churchwardens he very feelingly commented on his unhappy situand Farmers your Barns and Houses shall burnation, and argued on the improbability of his if you take our Lands, your Lives too shall pay. writing a threatening letter to his friend, without Your sheep we will eat-your Oxen we can mame, your Stack shall blaze, and Dick you shalling witnesses :-William Cramp, Keeper of the be shooted as you return home from the market or fair. We are united and sworn to stand by one another 50 good fellows."-To this he pleaded not guilty. The first witness called was John Jenner, who said his father lived at Maresfield; the prisoner was clergyman of Maresfield; he went to school to him, and he taught him to write. He has seen Mr. Bingham write; he and his brother went to church on Sunday, the 16th of December; Mr. Bingham was at church; his brother and a cousin returned home with him. Mr. B. overtook them on horseback; he said in a joke he would ride over us. After Mr. B. got by, he saw a letter dropping to the ground. He was then distant about six roods; he thought it came from Mr. B. but he was not sure; he thought so, because he saw it flying in the air before it reached the ground-it was wavering in the air. He came up, and picked up the letter. Mr. B. rode forward, but looked back very much. He carried the letter home, and gave it to his mother. Mr. Richard Jenner deposed he was a farmer at Maresfield, occupying the Dairy Farm, on which there is barns, oxen, sheep, corn, &c. He is called by his familiar friends "Dick." He was in London when the letter in question was found. He had known Mr. B. five or six

years, and their families lived on friendly terms, and he should have thought him the last person to do him an unfriendly act. He apprehended himself to be meant by "Dick" in the letter, and that the threats were directed against his lands and cattle, &c. He has had frequent correspondence with Mr. B. and is well acquainted with his hand-writing. (Looking at the letter.) He believes it to be Mr. B.'s hand-writing. On his cross-examination he said, he first suspected that the letter came from some of the Foresters.

House of Correction at Lewes. In the month of January (the 12th) Mr. Richard Jenner called upon him, and conversed on the subject of the letter; he said he wished to have some conversation with a man in custody on a charge of felony, of the name of Best; he observed, he supposed witness had beard of the letter; he replied he had; he then said he wished the witness would examine Best, as he had no doubt that Best knew who the writer was. There was no doubt but it was written by one of the foresters. Lord Sheffield said he had known Mr. Bingham about five years. In doing his duty, in redressing dis orders in the country, no man had been more diligent. He had a very good opinion of Mr. Bingham, and he was convinced he had incurred

a great deal of rancour by his attempt to repress the disorders of the foresters. The Rev. Mr. Turner, the Rev. Mr. Bradford, Mr. Claude Matiz, of Trant, and the Rev. Sackville Bayle, all spoke of the prisoner in terms of the highest praise, both as a gentleman and a clergyman. The Lord Chief Baron then summed up the evidence with great minuteness, and impressed the Jury strongly with the necessity of their being perfectly satisfied, as there was no motive in evidence which could induce the prisoner to send this letter. The Jury, after considerable deliberation, found the prisoner" Not Guity."-The same prisoner was then indicted for setting fire to his house, with a view to defraud its owner, the Rev. Mr. Rivett, his rector, and the Union Fire Office, in which he had insured furniture, &c. to the amount of £500. The evidence on this trial was long and complicated; but the only circumstances which appeared to make against the prisoner, were, that he the day before the fire, busied himself in causing to be removed from one out-house to a nearer, the

stacks of wood with which the house was fired || plea, and pleaded Not Guilty. The prisoner, (as the prisoner stated his supposition at the time maliciously), bis depositing of a few private papers and quills over the privy, and of his burying a quantity of copybooks of no great value in his garden, planting over them a flower for better concealment. It was proved, however, that the prisoner's plate and watch, which might have been more probably removed, were burnt, and that he had actually sent for the latter on the evening of the fire to the house of a neighbour where he had been visiting, and where he had forgetfully left it. The prisoner had immediately before the fire been in town to transfer insurance of £50, upon a cottage to a further security of his furniture; but that cottage it was proved he had before sold. He then stated to his friend, the secretary of the insurance office, that he was afraid his house would be burnt, in consequence of the incendiary spirit of the neighbourhood, and always stated to those to whom he told the story of the fire a presentiment, which possessed him on the evening of the fire that the casualty would happen. It was proved by the prisoner's brother, the Rev. Richard Bingham, Incumbent of Gosport Chapel, and Magistrate for the county of Hants; and Captain Joseph Bingham, R. N. that the prisoner's books and furniture were worth from £900 to £1000, and that he was in far from distressed circumstances, otherwise he would have applied to the former brother, as he had before done, and always been relieved, and that the latter brother had lately laid down a large sum to free the prisoner from his embarrassments, upon the positive assurance that the prisoner had told his brother the extent of his debts, and was made a free and happy man. Many of the prisoner's 'neighbours and servants also spoke of his furniture, linen, &c.—The prisoner on this occasion also read a written defence, and the learned Chief Baron recapitulated and commented on the whole of the evidence, adopting the prisoner's expression, that he must have been mad to have committed the crime of which he was charged, if the testimony of his Hon. Brothers were to be at all credited. The Jury found the prisoner-" Not Guilty,"

YORKSHIRE.

ATTEMPT AT MURDER.-At the York Assizes James Whitehead was tried for attempting to murder his sweetheart. The prisoner being arraigned, pleaded Guilty, which plea he persisted in for a considerable time; but by the advice of the Court, and the repeated entreaties of his Counsel and friends, he reluctantly withdrew his

who was a good-looking young man, seemed greatly affected during the whole of his trial.The prosecutrix had lived servant with Mr. Brown, a farmer, at Heden, in whose service the prisoner also was. The young man had paid his addresses to the prosecutrix, but she left the service of Mr. Brown, and shewed considerable shyness and reserve to the prisoner, which, in an irritable mind, had probably led to the attack of which he was guilty-Ann Ockleton, the prosecutrix, when she appeared to give her evidence, was so agitated, that it was with great difficulty she could proceed. She is about twenty years of age, and a handsome young woman. The following is the substance of what she stated, respecting the attempt made by the prisoner:--On the evening of the 4th of September last, she went with her aunt, Jane Ockleton, to milk in a field about half a mile from Aldborough ; on their way thither they were met by the prisoner, who said to her, "How do you do, Nancy?" She answered "Very well, thank you." The prisoner then stopped, and she said, "If you mean to go with us, I will return home." The prisoner replied, "No; I do not want to go with you;" and then turned, and walked towards the town, and the witness and her aunt went forward; they were employed about a quarter of an hour in milking. On their return home, at a short distance from the close, they met the prisoner, who spoke to her aunt, and desired ber to leave her with him, as he wished to have some talk with her; which her aunt declined; when the prisoner swore, and said he did not care for her, and turning himself round, stood before them, and said, "Stop!" and drew a knife from his pocket and opened it, on which witness and her aunt set up a loud cry, and witness let fall the milk-pail. She then ran back two or three yards, and was followed by the prisoner, who caught her in his arms, and threw her on the ground, he falling with her; he then cut her throat with a knife; and after being wounded in the neck, she wrested the knife from him, and threw it over the hedge-and while he was seeking the knife, supposing she had dropped it near the spot, she extricated herself from him, and ran away, the prisoner pursuing ber; and almost immediately met Issac Ellard, who took her under his protection -Isaac Ellard said, on the 4th September he met Ann Ockleton in the lane, and James Whitehead pursuing her. She exclaimed, "Save my life!"-and witness shouted out, "My friend, what have you been doing?"-To