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ning-; be was therefore fined only 

 6s. 8d. and discharged. 



24th. Mr. Foote, partner in the 

 banking-house of Martin, Stone, 

 and Foote, in Lombard-street, was 

 drowned by the upsetting of a plea- 

 sure boat oft' Gravesend. 



In the court of King's bench, Mr. 

 Wigley moved to exhibit articles of 

 the peace against lord F^eay, at the 

 instance of Mr. Bailey. The afti- 

 davit upon ^vhicli the motion was 

 grounded, stated, that Mr. Bailey, 

 in the year 1793, entered into part- 

 nership with a Mr. M. Kay, with 

 whom lord Reay was connected ; 

 the consequence was, that disputes 

 arose, in which his lordship acted 

 with great heat. He stated also par- 

 ticularly, that, some time back, at 

 the opera, his lordship insulted Mr. 

 Bailey, and thrust his cane against 

 him, and on several occasions he had 

 insulted him. A few days back, 

 both parties being at Mrs. Dupre's 

 masquerade, in Hanover-square, his 

 lordship annoyed Mr. Bailey while 

 he was at cards, and at last proceed- 

 ed to the length of attempting to 

 pull his nose. Mr. Bailey endea- 

 voured to strike him in return, but 

 the company parted them. After 

 Ihis fracas, Mr. Bailey was informed 

 that his lordship wiiited for him last 

 Sunday, in liyde-park, with thede- 

 Bign of further insulting him ; and he 

 added, that in fact he was there, 

 and lord ilcay was restrained from 

 Tiolcncc only by the interference of 

 friends. On these grounds he 

 prayed that his lordship should be 

 T)ound to iind sureties for keeping 

 the peace. The articles were or- 

 dered to be filed. 



23th. in the court of king's 

 |)ench, Thomas Price, for perjury, 

 in falsely swearing himself uu elector 



of Middlesex, and voting for sir 

 Francis Burdett, was sentenced to 

 be imprisoned for the space of 1 

 month in the gaol of Newgate, an4 

 then transported beyond the seas 

 for the space of seven years. Mat- 

 thew Creese, alias George James, 

 and W. Jenkins, alias Prince, con- 

 victed of like offences, received thes 

 same judgments. AVilliam Elpher, 

 ropemaker, at Queenborough, in 

 the Isle of Sheppy, for receivinj; 

 stores from the workmen in Chat- 

 ham dock-yard, (an aggravated 

 case,) was ordered to be confined in 

 Maidstone gaol for two years. 



Sir. Russell, the great Exeter 

 carrier, was brought up to receive 

 judgment, for suffering his broad- 

 wheel waggons to remain for whole 

 days in the public streets of Exeter, 

 to the great interruption of the in- 

 habitants, &c. Mr. Russell con- 

 tended manfully against the mayor 

 and corporation of Exeter, and 

 claimed an almost prescriptive right 

 to load his waggons in the streets, 

 saying that his predecessors had 

 done so for 50 j ears past. Lord 

 Kllenborough, however, laid down 

 a difterent doctrine ; and told Mr, 

 Russell, he must consider, that the. 

 street was not to be used as his own 

 private property. Mr. justice 

 Grose likewise hoped it would be 

 an example to persons in other 

 towns, and in the metropolis, that 

 they were not to sutler nuisances of 

 this nature. After some consulta- 

 tion, the court directed that the de- 

 fendant should enter into a recogni- 

 zance to appear and receive judg- 

 ment whenever called upon, and 

 discharged him Avith a caution to 

 avoid such practices in future. 



A general inspection of the new 

 Londondocks took place J at "which 



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