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bid him stand off , or he would be obliged to knock him down , saying at the same time , " We have interrupted the company sufficiently here , and if you have any thing further to say to me , you know where I am to be found . "—X further altercation ensued , but his Lordship being at the other end ofthe stand , did not distinctly hear it , and then the parties retired . Capt . George Donisthorpe , one of the seconds in the duel that ensued , was called , but not examined , lest he might criminate himself . John Sandiford , a coachmaster , witnessed the duel between Mr . Rowlls and

Mr . England , in a field behind Mr . Goddard ' s house , at Cranford-bridge ; several shots were fired ; he saw Mr . Rowlls , when shot , reel and fall . John Farmer , a collar maker at work at the inn , saw part of the transaction , and heard a Gentlemen offer iool . on the part of Rowlls to put an end to the duel , which England refused . Wm . Scragg , the gardener at the inn , saw only two shots fired , and he saw Mr-Rowllsfall . Lord Dartry and his Ladynow Lord Cremornewith a Gentlemanwere at the

, , , inn at the time the duel was fought : they went into the garden , and endeavoured to prevent the duel : there were several other persons collected in the garden . Mr . Rowlls . desired his Lordship and others not to interfere ; and on a second attempt of his Lordship to make peace , Mr . Rowlls said , if they did not retire , he must , though reluctantly , call them impertinent . Mr . England , at the same time , stepped forward , and took off his hat : he said " Gentlemen , I have been cruelly treated ; . I have been injured in my honour and character ; let there be reparation made , and I am ready to have done this moment . " Lady Dartry retired , and his

Lordship stood in the bower of the garden , until he saw Mr . Rowlls fall .. . Mr . Woolhouse , a grazier , recollected Mr . England afterwards saying , he should not have shot him ( Rowlls ) if he had behaved like a Gentleman . One or two other witnesses were called , who proved nothing material . A paper , containing the prisoner ' s defence being read , the Earl of Derby , Marquis of Hertford , Mr . Whitbread , jun . Col . Bishopp , and other gentlemen , were called to his character—they all spoke of him as a man of a decent gentlemanly deportment , who , instead of seeking quarrels , was studious to avoid them .

He had been friendly to Englishmen , while abroad , and had rendered some services to the military at the siege of Nieuport . Mr . Justice Rooke summoned up the evidence , entering on all the legal cases in point , as laid down by Coke , Hale , Holt , Raymond , & c . after which the jury retired for about three quarters of an hour , when they returned a verdict , — Guilty of Manslaughter . . .. The prisoner having fled from the laws of his country for twelve years , the Court was disposed to shew no lenity . He was therefore sentenced to pay a fine of one shilling , and be imprisoned in Newgate twelvemonths .

20 . Kydd Wake was convicted of a misdemeanor in the Court of King ' s Bench , charged with an insult on his Majesty while going to the House of Peers to open the present . Session of" Parliament , by calling out , NO WAR!—DOWN WITH HIM ! —DOWN WITH GEORCi : ! & c—He is to receive sentence the first day of next term . For the sake of the military character , we are sorry to have occasion to relate the following very unpleasant circumstances , the effect , doubtless , oi inebriation ,

which , in this particular case , cannot be too severely censured : A poor man going home through one of the principal streets of Guildford , on Sunday evening the 14 th instant , was assaulted by two officers ofthe nth light horse , stationed in the barracks at that place . The cries of the poor man being heard by Mr . Waugh , one ofthe gentlemen ofthe Surrey yeoman cavalry , he immediately repaired to his assistance . On r . Waugh ' s coming up , one of the officers had drawn his sword , and was' making a stroke at the object of their unprovoked resentment . Mr . Waugh at the instant stepped forward , and disarmed the officer ; which was no sooner done than the other officer drew his sword , and gave it to his companion . Mr . Waugh again rushed upon him , and wrested the second sword from his hand , but not without being desperately cut in the scuffle . Both swords are