property stolen. Humphries found in his fob four small saws, about three inches long, of highly finished tempered steel, to bend completely round like a watch spring, the teeth remarkably fine, and there was no doubt they I would cut iron bars or chains with hardly any

noise. They were both taken to the Office, and examined by Mr. Graham, where the patrole proved the man taken in Little Drury-Lane to have been in company with Harper, taken in the George-yard, at a quarter past six.

HERTFORDSHIRE.

CHARGE OF ADMINISTERING POISON.-The Rev. Samuel Hornbuckle, of Watton, was capitally indicted under Lord Ellenborough's Act, on a charge of administering calomel to Sarah Weeks, his maid-servant, in October, 1808, with intent to procure an abortion, she being then quick with child. The Rev. Gentleman against | whom the charge was made holds the living at Watton, which is of considerable value. The first witness called was a Mr. Taylor, a medical Gentleman at Watton. He stated, that in October, 1808, the 16th or 17th, he was sent for to see Sarah Weeks, Mr. Hornbuckle's maid-servant. He saw Mr. H. who told him that S. Weeks had had a fit; that she was in a dropsy, and he apprehended the water had flown to her head. He replied, "Poh! it was no such thing." He went up stairs to examine her, and found her lying in bed. She was pregnant and had labour pains upon her. Her mouth and tongue were also very much swelled, and he detailed the symptoms which ensued for several days; the result of which was, that the girl was in a deep salivation. He told Mr. H. that the report of the neighbourhood was, that he was the father of the child, and if the girl died, he would be in an awkward situation. Mr. H. burst into tears. A Mr. Tyce was called in, and the girl recovered. Mr. H. told him that he thought the girl had been dropsical, and he had given her some exymel of squills, and shewed him the phial with some remaining; but he was of opinion that a large dose of mercury had been administered in some shape or other. On the cross-examination of this Gentleman by the Common Serjeant, it appeared that Mr. H. and himself had formerly been intimate, but since that time they had been at open variance; and subsequent to this transac ion, in 1803, Mr. H. bad prosecuted this witness

on a Special Statute, and made him pay a fine of £20. The next witness was a Mrs. Vigis, whose husband lived servant at Mr. H.'s farm-yard. She stated, that one day, about the latter end of October, 1803, Mr. H. came from the parsonage, which was near to their house, and begged her to come up, for Sarah Weeks was in a fit. Sarah Weeks, as she understood, had lived with Mr. H. about seven or eight years. When she got to the house, she found the girl insensible on the floor in a closet. They got her up, and carried her to bed; her tongue was very much swelled, hanging out of her mouth, and her teeth clenched upon it. Mr. H. shed tears. Mr. Taylor was sent for, and he attended several days, and she was delivered of a child, which was dead. Mr. H. sent her to the clerk with half-a-crown, to desire him to bury the child directly. The child was buried at dusk. After the girl recovered, she was sent to her father's, where she remained some time; and the witness deposed, that she was sent by Mr. H. several times to fetch her to the parsonage, and related a number of messages which it is hardly credible any man in his senses would have sent; such as to inquire of her from Mr. H. whether she was with child again ? not to be persuaded to say who was the father of the last, &c. &c. Upon the cross-examination of this witness, it appeared, that she left Mr. H.'s service in the month of March following; that there had been a serious quarrel between them, as Mr. H. had accused her of incontinence, and reproached her with bringing up her daughter in loose habits; that her husband had sued Mr. H. on the acconuts between them, and had also threatened him with an action for defaming his character. The husband was next called he spoke in confirmation of some part of his wife's testimony; and, on cross-examination, admitted he was in hostility with the prisoner. The

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Learned Judge here addressed himself to the Counsel for the prosecution, and observed, that if the prisoner were convicted of the crime, he certainly must leave him for execution. It was therefore most important that the fact should be proved by clear and unsuspected testimony. The charge was a very stale one, it was about three years old, and no reason assigned why it was not before inquired into. The witnesses already produced, it was clear, acted from other impressions than the desire of justice, and he had carefully read the deposition of Sarah Weeks herself, who was most conversant with the transaction; and if she detailed in evidence what she there stated, it clearly acquitted the prisoner, for she denied that the prisoner had ever administered any medicine to her, or that he was the father of the child. Now, ought they not, at least if they thought they could bring the fact home to the prisoner, to do it by witnesses against whom no imputation of malice could be traced. The Counsel for the prosecution admitted that they could not make the case stronger. The Jury therefore found the prisoner-Not Guilty.

LEICESTERSHIRE.

ceived, on a nearer approach, that vitality had been actually extinct in two of them for some time, the bodies being perfectly cold. The third, a soldier, had some faint sigus of animation left, and the persevering and active humanity of the spectators, aided by medical skill, for a time flattered their anxious wishes with a prospect of success as the latent spark of life was so far rekindied, that he took some refreshment, and was put to bed; but nature was too far exhausted to render these hopes of any long duration, and hẹ expired the following morning. From some papers found in the pockets of one of them, he proved to be a journeyman pewterer, from London, who being afflicted with a contraction in his wrists, had obtained an order of admission into the Bath Hospital, for the benefit of the waters, and was going down for that purpose, Our readers will recollect, that on that fatal night it rained both violently and incessantly, and to the cold, added to the drenched state of their garments, the fatal catastrophe was doubtless owing. We must add, to the credit of the place, that the bodies were decently interred, attended to the grave by nearly the whole of the inhabitants; and that to the widow of the pewterer, the only one whose relatives were known, they behaved with the kindest attention, and administered every consolation her unfortunate situation would admit.

YORKSHIRE.

ROBBERY AND INHUMANITY.-Lately, about seven o'clock in the evening, a servant of Mr. Beal, of Smeaton, a village near Pontefract, in the West Riding of this county, was met by two men on his return from Sutton, one of whom demanded his money, but on assuring them that he had not any money, they inhumanly stripped himn of his clothes, in the pockets of which there were two guineas, and after forcing him to drink a liquid which they had in a bottle, they remounted him upon his horse, and tying him to the saddle naked as he was, they left him: soon after this he was seized with a fit of drowsiness so inveterate, that he could not resist the disposition to sleep, but his faithful animal took him home, and he was found in his master's yard naked and asleep, with his legs tied under the horse's belly. Medical aid being procured, the proper means were applied to disburthen his stomach of the noxious drug administered to him, which on examination, was found to be laudanum; and we are happy to add, that he is now in a fair way of recovery. It is supposed that one of the villains

to another, and one of them quitted his Lordship's had not strength enough to sustain his master arm in order to shut the door; the other servant

BRUTAL ATTACK.-Lately, a female servant of the Earl of Mexborough, returning from Pontefract, was attended by her father, till they met a cousin, a married "man, with a family, and who promised to see her safe home; but they had not proceeded far, before he made a brutal attack on her, and threw her upon the ground. She escaped, however, and ran more than a mile, but as she was endeavouring to get over a stile, the brute once more seized her, threw her upon the ground, and forced a pocket handkerchief into her mouth. She struggled with him till her pelisse, and some other of her clothes were torn to pieces, when, by some means getting the handkerchief out of her mouth, she screamed aloud. Her cries were heard by a lad at some distance, who immediately set up a shout. This alarmed the villain, he made off, and the poor girl, without stopping to look for her shoes and pattens, which she had lost in the scuffle, ran to the nearest house for shelter. The road having lately been mended with pieces of pots and rubbish from the pottery, her feet were shockingly cut. She was kindly received, and put to bed, but still continues much indisposed.-The savage is in custody.

of the Noble Lord's ribs was broken, and he lingered till Friday, when he was releas ed from all mortal sufferance. His Lordship was born June 18, 1744, and married April 11, 1767, Jane, eldest daughter of Arthur Campugne, Dean of Contacrois, in Ireland. He is succeeded in his titles and honours by his eldest son, Henry William, Lord Paget.

On the 23d ult. at Melton Constable, Norfolk, the seat of Sir Jacob Astley, Bart. Member for the county, the Hon. Lady Stanhope, eldest sister of the late Lord Delaval, and sister-in-law to the late Earl of Chesterfield. Her Ladyship was twice married, first to Sir William Stanhope, brother to the said Earl, who lived but a few years, and on his death, to Charles Morrice, Esq. the celebrated Lyric Writer, then an officer in the Guards. Her Ladyship was one of the finest women of the age, and a Lady of great understanding and accomplishments. She has be queathed the whole of her property, which is very considerable, to her nephew, Sir Jacob Astley, and her jointure of a thousand a year, devolves to the persent Earl of Chesterfield.

Suddenly, at his house, in Stoke, near Plymouth, Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, Commanderin-Chief of the Channel Fleet. This melancholy circumstance occurred lately, at one o'clock in the morning, while in bed, having retired an hour before, in good health and spirits. It is supposed he was carried off by apoplexy. Sir Charles was made Post Captain, August 10, 1779; Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Feb. 20, 17973 Vice-Admiral, April 29, 1802; and Admiral, April 28, 1808.

Lately, at his house, Hammersmith Terrace, P. J. Loutherbourg, Esq. Royal Academician.forty years, and during that period he embellished He has been a resident in this country for nearly it with many estimable gems; but his talents were not confined to the profession of painting only, he was a fine scholar; and what adds to his fame more than all the rest, he was a true Christian.

Singular mortality at Wimeswould, LeicesterClay, wife of William Clay; on the 9th ult. shire. On Monday, Feb. 3, aged 42, Sarah aged 14, Thomas Clay, son of the above on the 10th ult. aged 8 months, Eli Clay, son of William and Sarah Clay; on the 17th ult. John Wood, aged 25, husband of Deborah, the sister of Sarah Clay, and on the 22d, Wm. Hubbard, aged 80, father of Sarah Clay; and on the 26th, aged 19, Wm. Clay, son of the above Wm. and Sarah Clay-All the above, except Wm. Hub-bard, are dead of the typhus fever.

On the 24th of February, in the forest of Birse, James Brown, aged 103; also, lately in the same after her death, died her brother, D. Catanach, place, C. Catanach, aged 101; and a short time aged 91.

Lately, F. Bullivant, Esq. of Stanton-House, near Burton-upon-Trent.-He has left the whole of his property to the son of a poor man of the name of Fletcher, of Heanor, Derbyshire, which will amount, it is supposed, when the youth comes of age, to £200,000.