BEDFORDSHIRE LENT 4SSIZES. NON-ATTENDANCE .I.T DIVINE WORSHIP. TOE REV. EDWARD DRAKE nun:, CLERK. V. LIR MONTAGUE ROGER 1111 lit:Or NE. This %sus an action of a very nose' as well as of a very extra ordinary description, and cseited a emisiderable degree of interest throughout the county, Dr. Free, %% ho is rector of Sutton, appeared iu court, dressed in his canimirals, and was prepared to take part in the conduct of his own cause. The Court throughout was crowded almost to sallocation. The jury, wliiele %vas common, having been sworn, Jattiesson said, it became his ditty to detail to the Court and Jury the particulars of this case. The plaintiff was rec tor of the parish of Stilton, an:l the defendant was lord of the matter in which the said parish was situated. The action was brought to recover penalties under the statute of Elizabeth, for ;Jou-attendance at di% time worship. at his parish church, thereby, iii consequence of his example, spreading contagion around the country in which he resided. It was his wish to abstain altogether from a statement of the eirciunstaliees under w this action had tp.N.ii hmiught; he should, there. fore confine himself to the sanpl't observation, that the plain tiff, in coining forward as the acettin of the defendant, was solely actuated by a desire to enforce the laws for the ob servance of religious worship. The statute under which this action was brought was the 2:01 of Elizabeth, by the fifth section of which it was enact e.l, that all persons in England absenting dualist Ives from divine worship, either at their own parish church, or some other place appointed for public prayer tier one month, forfeited a penalty of gUI. lie should be enabled to prove, in this case, that the defendant had ab sented hintselt from his parish church for ninetet wombs; and having done so, lie should be entitled to a verdict far ilie full amount of the penalties, or in all events for twelve months, which was the period within which the statute requited the action to be brought. Witnesses were then called to prove the case. _ After which Mr. Sergeant Illossett addressed the jury on the part atilt! defeudailt. Without entering on the coati-vic tims of the statute, he should be enabled to meet the plaintiff in the most conclusive manner: tor, in the first instance, he should be enabled to prove, that fur several months of that period daring which the servant of the reverend pluintiffliad so positively sworn that she had regularly attended Sutton Church, no divine service had been performed in the church at all: he meant the months of June, Jul, August, and part of September ; during which months the plaintiff had so shamefully neglected his duties, that he had received a moni tion from the bishop of the diocese. Ile should also prove, that at other periods, the reverend plaintiff was so inattentive to the performance of the religious service of kis church, that his parishioners were constantly in a state of uncertainty as to the hour at which service was to continence, or whether it would he performed at all. Independent of this, it was no very pleasent thing for the defendant, when he did go to church, to haw a sermon delivered. which, instead of inculcating divine truths, was made the vehicle of personal abuse to himself. With these facts before them, the jury would be able to firma a pretty cor rect judgment of the motives of this action. The next ground on which he rested, with confidence, on tl s goodness of his own cause, he derived from the game of Elizabeth itself; for by the statute of the lit of Elizabeth, which was embraced by the 41d, it was enacted, that where the defendant in a qui tom action, such as that now before the Court, could assign a reasonable excuse for absenting himself from public worship, and s!asuld afterwards contbrin to his religious duties, the action should be quashed. On this head of defence he 'honk' be enabled to prove that Sir Montague Burgoyne, who was a General in the British service, had returned from Gibraltar in eSIA, in a moat precarious state of health, and bed continued thus afflicted down to the present day, a circumstance which he hoped, in addition to the uncertainty of the performance of church service at Sutton, would tsmsidered a sufficient excuse for his non-attendance. With regard to his sentiments on the subject of religion, those would be best proved by the evidence he would adduce of its being his invaria ble practice to read the church viewers to his family every Sunday, when capable from the state of his health so to du; and it' unable himself to perform that duty, to call upon Lady Burgoyne to read for him. Ile should also prove, that pruyers were frequently read in his house by the itev. Dr. Hughes, in his occasional visits to his family. There was another ground on which he was still more de cidedly entidsd to a verdict. This was to be found in the statute of the Ist James 11. c. 4, whereby it was enacted, that uny person of fending against the statute of Elizabeth by a non-attendance of di vine wors:iip became exonerated from all consequences, by conform ing to the rules of his church before judgment was obtained, and de claring himself publicly to be a faithful stun of the I. hunch of Eng land. This Sir M. Burgoyne had done in the presence of the Bishop of the diocese himself, and was there ready again to declare openly in Court his high veneration for, and accordance in, all the principles of the Christian religion. Evidence was then called to support the defendant's case, and Nlr. Baron Graham being of opinion that a reasonable excuse for the non-attendance of the defendant at his parish church had been proved, Mr. Sergeant Blossett did not call any more witnesses. His Lordship abstained from snaking any remark upon the mo tives by which the plaintiff had bled actuated in this action; but at the same timetemarked, that so liberal mind could have construed the statute of Elizabeth in the manner in which it had been con strued by him. He left it for the Jury to say, whether a reasonable excuse had not been proved for the non-attendance of the defendant at church, and whether, in other respects, the (sue of the plaintiff had not received a complete answer. The Jury without hesitation found the defendant—Nut Guilty. The Avizes for Oxfordshire commenced on Thursday week. Hr. Justice Park sat on the Crown Side, and Mr. Justice Burrough on the CI% il Side. William Archer, an °indent farmer, aml John I lityrock, a respectable farmer, were both capitally convicted, and sen tenced to dead., for set.tag tire, in July, !Mk, to a clover rick and barley rick, the property of Aun Burkett, their neigh bour, at the parish of Great }Murton. —The circumstantial proofs of their guilt were—footsteps traced through the dew to Archer's house, and threats of vengeance from both pri soners, in consequence of some precious grudge—Archer was proved to ha% e said to others, that he %visited his right arm might drop Flom his shoulder blade, it' he did nut do the ilacketts a private injury"—and Haycock used these ex - pressions—" that the liuckeits blamed hint and Archer I'm stabbing their horse (they had a horse stabbed); tiny had better take cam what they said, or they would have another injury dram them that night or the next, and their ricks unclad be set on tire the next MA!, -- his heart."—Not the slightest hope of mercy was held out to them by the Judge. J. Becher was capitally indicted for wilfully and malici ously setting tire to a !rid. In a seroad indictment he was charged with stealing front the sail will a gnu, two jean ock•, awl three ferrets, the property of T. Ilai% kes and E. oods.—Respecting the evidence as :41)03 inz to the charge of arson. Mr. Josiire Park observed, that there was art a 1.. le of es idence to prose that any malice existed between 6, wit:otter and proseec:oe, or tact lie was cell near the pt. ibises on the night of thy tire. The Jury fouLd .A._ THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Guilty. 'l•he evidriier as to the stealing of the artielei was enured inb ,, whi•rt the date found him I iitilly, and the Judge sentenced him to he :ratepoi tad for seven ear , • — Jo" 11 °!" ton 114 . 4 COl:Viet:4f or breaking into the ilwellinzliou'r• uf JJ. liawkas in the da'- , inn•, nod .lealin4 therein a satiety of artielcs. 'Vet diet- , death. POLICE. ntssios.nousr.. COUNTERFEIT ClON.—Friday Samnel IMyerv, a Jew boy, was brought henore the Lord Mayor, eh:trued with tittering counterfeit sh;lhinzs and si‘penees of the new coinace. Iu his defence, he said that the money was given him by a emi• sin of lii,, Wilol3 lie Wit% to re•cive one p e nny fir each piers. that he toteeeedeti in pa•:•itoLt. 'fhe person alluded to attended at the Maa,ion-horse, anti proved to the satisfac tion of the Lint Mayor, that he had en share W hatever in the trap action. 'l'hr priwner was folly committed for trial. TIII•MLly 'l'. M.llllll, W. Brown, and S. Dcmiett, under-. went a final examination, charged with felonioirsly opening several letters, and taking therefrom certain bill , of exchange, and other property to a very considerable 4411011111. Deimett, since the former examination, had made a voluntary confes• • shin of till the transactions wherein lie was concerned, and he was now, with the consent of a:1 parties, admitted an vi• dense on the part of the Crown. lie stated, that lie had know n the other two pri .oners Montt two years, and during that time hail freipienny met Brown by appointment; and that the latter had at various times given Misr lettei s, already opened, containing bills of exchange and hank-notes, which br ww , employed to and they afterwards met at a certain house and divided the booty. On the 22d tilt. he watched Brow ii en coining out of the post-ofrice, and fol lowed him into it. Sw ithin',-lane, where lie received a letter front hint, addressed to Ilr. Helium, New-street, Covent garden, which, on opening, he found to contain a bill of ex change f0r.21. 75.; this lie nei 4 ociated in the usual way, and. gave Brown his share. C. Craig, a clerk in the hoit,e of Messrs. Barclay:and Cu. bankers, in Lornhard-street, stated, that instil(' 22e1 alt. Dennett cattle to their house and °tiered a bill of exchange, and upor. being iptestioned as to Nihon' the bill belonged, lie .said to Messrs. Mown and Co. 'Me payment of this bill had, however, been previously stopped. and witness detained the prisoner until an officer came and took hint into custody. On searching him 11 bills uF ex change were found, all oh whirl', it has been discovered, were obtained in the manner described. beveral other charges of a similar nature were exhibited against them, when Avow' and Martin were fully committed, and Denuett ordered to be detained to give evidenc... UNION HALL. llit unru.—John Ma• o n was brought up ttp by Olennon the Officer, charged on suspicion of having inorilered hi: wife. He was committed Cu. re-examination on ‘t (Mutes t:lay next, wlwn the result of the Coroner's Inquest is ill be knows. Alderman Sir M. Bloxman is appointed Comptroller of his Majesty's Stationary office, vice Burden. Saturday at noon, the remains of the late Sir James Leith, who fell a prey to the ravages of the yellow fever, were interred in Westminster Abbey. The heat-se was followed by six mourning coaches and six, the family carriage, and the equipages of the Duke of Northum berland, the Marquis of Huntley, Earl Bathurst, Lords Harewead, Harrow•bv, Euston, and Sir T. hardy. MARCH 17- FATAL nt••r..--We have received an aceotint of a fatal duel be. tw e e n two officers of the 91 , th light infantry—a I dettieliant Ilindes and Licutenent Gilbert Conroy, in which the former was unfortunately : the latter. with his sceontla Il.ieutenant Hobert Conroy and. Ensign Stuart), has absconded. Tata (1141,10 of the quarrel is not stated : it wok place on Saturday, the fitli instant. Ext:er 1 - mIN —Friday morning A, Barton and J. Frampton were executed in front of Nengatcs tbrtinily robbery. Both were Very youtse. their rages not eneccrling 20. b u t they were most desperate characters. 'fly> Inltuppy culprits be haved ‘t ith rind. resignation , on the afl 6:1 Bill tint was one of those %%lin was accused of the inhuman murder of u sailor in Nen ton's-court, St. abo u t a )ear ag0,13 - cutting and mangling hint n jib a razor. 4CCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4.c. MORE APPREIIEN4IO,OI FOR SEDITION, &e.—Friday morn ing, Nichols, the Bow street constable, apprehended a QM in London, who Is charged with living a great promoter and propagator of what is called the Spenecan system. lie was taken to the Secretary of .hate's office, and after a short investigation was committed to prison. The snag who was apprehended on Friday, by Nicholls, the Bow-street constable, on suspicion of being concerned in seditious practices, &e. underwent an examination the came day, when it turned out that he was not the man he was sup posed to be : he was, therefore, dischai getl. Drummond, Bagnley, Ogden, and Johnson, who were brought to town on Thursday morning, or late on Wedne,day Hight, by Mr. Viek and others of the King's messengers from Manchester, underwent a short examination on Fi iday, and afterwards we►e remanded. One of them is a tailor, anti was living in one room with his wife and six children ; he left London about six mouths since to go to live in Manchester. There is no doubt .but he was apprehensive of being taken into custody, as he had prepared two retreats from the back of the hon:•e where he fiend, by two large holes, which were merely filled up with lath and plaster. and his wife denied his being at home when a magistrate and officers went to take him, and said he had been out for three days ; but he was taken in attempting So break through the lath and plaster at the back of the premises. Taunton, the Bow street officer, has returned to town with in these few days from Dumkiik, where he had been in pur suit of two men answering the description of young Wat , on aml Thiselwoud, who were going to America. The same men had been In Jersey and Guernsey under suspicions cir cumstances. 'rite information, however, respecting them, turned out to be incorrect. Mr. Farley, of Covent.garden Theatre, was run over by a horse at full gallop in Hyde-park, on Wednesday last, and, we are sorry to hear, was so severely hurt as to be considered in a dangerous state. Two poor defenceless boys, returning from their labour, near Great Cbestertiird, in Essex, were inhumanly fired at, on the evening of the slh instant by a man in the dress of a pone keeper, «ben the whole contents of the piece were lodged in the thigh of one of them, who lies without hope of riCoVcry. . . . . ~—.,..„. A Coroner's Inquest was taken at the Cleveland Antis, moil:ague-street, Moutagne-sipm reoupou the body o f a ho was suffocated in the chimney Of the house of Mr. Buck, of Cumberland-street, Bryanstone•soate. The deceased was apprentice to Mr. Guy, master bn ecp, Park street, my road. Verdict—Died by sulfite:lf . But Svictne.--A Coroner's Inquest was on Fri day herd on the body of the Rev. Dr. Hughes, who shot him self a few days ago at his lodgings in Holton-street, Picradilly. The deceased wits 1 ti years of age, and WWI married about three months. He. had no childt en. The decea-ed nits in a very de: , ponding state for some time past. Verdict-- Itkanity. I.oNnov t—.-Printed and published by A. Wints, at No. Ili. S i HAND. po,ittt Exeter 'Change : and fiw wanted into the Country by all Newsmen, Clerk of the atud Liooksello , *co of Pliatogo. BIRTH. At her foire , -*% house. Pall i‘1:111,, the - Lady of - W. J. Lockwood. Eby. of I.4ws 11.11, Eases, oft S4lll and heir. NtAniti ED. C. Summer, Esq. of Chtmtsey, to Anna Maria, dau. of Skels ton, Esq. of Istion-garden.—At Itoft, Wilts. the It er.J. G. 'Flinn's', Rector of Bodkin, SuratA. and S4)II of Sir J. Thomas, Bart. to Elia. Ann, widow of the late Lieut.-Col. Gray, of ifoth Font.—At Ching firth, Essett, 'l'. Williams, Fs+ of Milk's, Berks. to Mary Frances. tlati. of late .1. P. Jlertlion, Esq. of the Register Office in the Court of Flianeery.—Mr. W. Ntuni, surgeon, Ac. to Mary, tlau. of Mr, W. Seaby, both of Royston. DIED. P. llirke.t, Esq. of Ifonnt Douse, Ilailley.—Mr. E.' Dicker. sort of Mr. Dicker. banker, of Lew t..—J. Curling. Esq. of RalterhitlT, Burry.—At Kensington Gravel Pits. Dr. W. i'llemon; I. .. Belton-row, the Counte.is of Uxbridge. mother to toe Marquis of Anglesey. She was in her 1•5 tile-Ker. R. 'Ruston. Rector of Great and Little Burford. Iletlfordshire, and Allister of the Latin School, NVymondliam, Norfolk, for upwards of 50 years.-. 11... e. W. Johnson, of Ellin ham, Norfdlco—At Cavershani Park, near headin g . C. Mart -tic, Psq. C..ipt..in the Oxfortlshire Suddenly. in Bolton,strea, liev..Dr. Hughes. Principal of Jesus College. Oxfortl.—At Pent-m.3le. W. Paley, Esq. Barrister at Law. son of late Arehile::orm.rttky.--G. P. Towry, Esq. commissioner de the Viettt,t)li7); Othce, father of Lady Ellvnborough. FIVRGESS'S ESSENCE OF ANCHOVIES. 'WAREHOUSE. 107, STRAWD. CORNER OF THE SAVOR* STEPS. LOWDOX. JOHN BURGESS ANn SON, being apprised evf the•numcroes endeavours made by many persons to impose a sputa. otts article for their make, feel it incumbent on them to request the attention of the public, in purchasing what they contrive to be the original, to obs:•rve the name and address corresponds with the above;—the general appearance• of the spurious descnptinns will de ceive the ►tnguarded, and for their detection. J. 11. and Sons solimit the tainting Caution, some are in appearance at fir,t sight • the genuine.' but without any name or tuldress—some • Burgcss's F.seenee of Ancliosietd—others • Intrgii.'s.' and many more without address.— JOH N Br IttIESS and SON baying been many years honoured with such distinguished appmbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the public, and earnestly solicit them to Inspect the labehs previous to purchasing what they conceive to be of their make. which they hope will prevent many disappointanents.—WAßFllOUSF„. rtes. STRAND, CORNKR of the SAVOY STEPS, LONDON. LONDON MARKETS. CORN . ..EXCHANGE, 14ARCH ?7. We had a good supply of Wheat this neiming from E.cex and Kent, which in the early part of the morning had a brisk sale at Moutlay'zi prices, but toward the. Close the sales were heavy and from ts. to 2s. lower; tine Barley supports its price; Malt has a very dull sale; Pease and Beans are also dull, and from Is. to tls. lower; Oats have but a heavy side at a decline of ts. per planer. In other kiwis of grain there is no alteration. Wheat a /8 Fine ditto Rye 4ti A S 6 Fine Barley .TO a 62 MAlt. s. $. Whitereasc67 a 72 Grey Pease 44) a :SO Beans 2a a 34 Ticks 36 a 42 Oats c a. Poland ()Ate ?f) a it rotatoilitto 4 a 31 Fine Flour .140 alo3 Second ditto !i3 all6o Hap': Seed... 501 a 511 PRICE OF potEAR The highest price of the bc.t Wheaten Bread throughout the ma. "is stated by the Bakers to he t7id. the Quartern Loaf. Some Bakers sell the Quartern Loaf from ►d. to V. lower. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN PER QUARTER, IN ENGLAND AND WALES, TOR THE WL LK ENDING FEN. 29. Wileßt. I Rye I Barley I Oats I Beans Pease IUO 9I 61 8 I 4A 7129 11 is' 6 I 41 6 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, Computed from the Returns made in the week ending Mar. t.?. use. Id. per ewt. exclusive of the Duty of Customs paid or payable there on on Importation thereof into Great Britain—(saturdoy's Gazette.) PRICE Sntit/j a. (1. 6. d. Beef a 4 s Mutton 3 8 a 5 0 Veal ...-4 0 a fi 0 Pork —. 3 8 a 5 0 Lattil) 0 0 a 0 0 T. JAMES'S WnITLC Juni. SMITHFIELD coAl, MAIIKET. Ships at Market. Ships sold. a. d. a d. FRIDAY, MARC IL 7 I 41 Neweamle 22r; howl 330* 44 • Sunderland 2 33 6 0,3911 ; I I PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY. Bonk Stnek 3 p.•r Cent. Heducal nut 3 per Cent. Como' . , 69j 4per Celt. 3 per Cent. Navy IF MEAT, MONDAY, 1107 (Is of Cattle et Sm;il!flt Id. . , Beams, about...— 20e4) Sheer 16400 Calves Pigs 540 rAitcll 17. , zate and Leadetaalt. Carcase s. d. s. d. Beef Y 8 a 3 Mutton -3 4 a 4 *I Veni 4 afi 0 Pork - 4 4 a 5 0 Larnb 0 0 a o • AND STRAW PER LOAD. .C. s. d. s. d. Aver. L. s. d. Hay 3 0 0 a 6 0 0— 4 11 ('lover 5 0 0a 6 p 0— 3 15 0 Straw 0 2 0 a 2 12 6 2 7 Huy 5 0 0 a 6 0 5 10 n Clover 6 10 0 a 7 10 0 7 n n ,Straw 1 10 0a 2 A 0 2 3 44 'Hay 3 0 0 a 5 15 0 5 5 (lover 4 0 n a 8 5 I, Straw 1 10 0a 2 5 0 — S 2 0 HAY