Star. — London, England, 1824-04-05 00:00:00

SIZSS. - - - i A. S aoucrAmt,.AritlL MN Sony wisitiditted for minslatigititM, 0%11 It man whose.name was unknown, at the parish of St. 'George, in this county. It appeared in evidence that the•prisorier was scream. , W Mr. Packer, a salt-merchant, residing in St.PFprges, and who, with other neighbrairs, having sustained great depredations on their property, gave directions to the prisoner to watch it by night. About five in the motn ing of the 2,i of Febrility, the prisoner gave an alarm, and informed his neighbours, in great agitation, that lie had killed a man,—that pit was luck for him "—that the man lay dead In the garden, and that he would go anywhere to deliver himseliup to justice. At the same time he stated that before he fired, a man cried out to him—" Fire, and be d—d," and to a corapanion— t,D.---11 it, Tom, why does thee not fire r he aimed at the legs of the man, whom alone he *saw, and Hho was on an elevated ground, and so mortally wounded his comrade below. The body was found in the place described by the prisoner ; the heart perforated, and the pericardium filled with blond. In the pocket of the de ceased was fcond a steel and flint, andsby his side were three fowls, newly killed, in an apron. The pfhoner's master described the situation of the ground, which sustained his statement of the manner in which the death occurred, and gave him a most excellent character for good temper and general propriety of conduct. Mr. Baron GA arrow charged the Jury, and ex pressed his great anxiety that the doctrine he was about to lay down for their guidance might be distinctly un derstood. It was the duty of men set to watch the pro perty or others o or engaged in protecting their own, to abstain from firing or mortally assailing those whom they suspected to he robbers; to endeavour to secure their persons without qui . and not to attack them with dangerous weapons, until such a measure became necessary for the defence of their own lives ; but if such a measure was necessary, then they were guilty of no offence, in resistiog till death, but their case would .be one of justifiable homicide. In this instance, then, the tlue,tion for coniideration was this—did the pi ironer fa 4 sbly, without due cause, fire the gun, or did he file it with a well-grounded persuasion that such a measure was essential to his own personal safety ? In the first case he would be guilty of manslaughter, in point of law, even though the precise effect which followed was not contemplated ; in the last, he would be wholly guiltless. The Jury almost instantly returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Mr. Baron GA R ROW, in directing the prisoner to be discharged, expressed his hearty concurrence in the ver dict, and his opinion, that if any man should reproach him for the misfortune, lie would disgrace himself, and do great injustice to his neighbour. APRIL 3. THE KING V. COOKE AND ANOTHER. Shortly after nine o'clock this case was called on by the officer. A full special Jury answered to their names and were sworn. Mr.: James S:aznp Sutton Cooke, one of the defend ants, rose in Court, and announcing that he intended to defend himself, requested that the witnesses on both sides might be ordered to withdraw. Mr. CAMPBELL, upon this, begged to state that he . had die honour to appear fo r M r . J en ki nson , t h e ot h er Attendant now to be put on his trial. 'Mr. Justice Pam gave directions that the wish of Mr. Cooke should be • complied with ; and the witnesses accordingly withdrew. Mr. TALPOORD stated the substance of the indict• ment, which charged Richard Stafford Cooke, .James Stamp Sutton Cooke, John Russell Miles, and Richard ienkiiison, with a conspiracy to disturb Sir George Jer- Liugham in the possession of lands and manors which he had long enjoyed, and of the issues and profits of other lands which- had been leng'in the possession of his tenants, by unlawful means and devices ; and stated as overt acts of such conspiracy, a forcible entry into a messuage called Stafford Castle, which had long been in the possession of .the prosecutor; an assertion by James Stamp . Sutton Cooke that he was appointed,agent to his hi other by the House of Peers, which he knew to be false; and a pretended holding of courts beet and baron in manors possessed by Sir George Jerningham.— There were other Counts, severally' describing the cah sphacy as above, but omitting to state any overt acts. To this indictment, Richard Stafford Cooke had pleaded a plea in abatement, which was still pending ; Miles bad not pleaded; the other two defendants, J. S. S. Cooke and Jenkinson, pleaded la Not Guilty," and they only were now before the Jury. Mr. TAUNTON stated the case. The charge against the defendants was, that of liavin4 put their heids toge ther, and devised means of obtaining money under false pretences. Sir G. Jerningham was the party against whom these malpractices had been devised, and to whose injury they wete brought into action. The de fendant Cooke was a Solicitor, and might be supposed to know that the law was sufficient to establish a legal right. Sir George was a gentleman of Most ancient family, of lineage the most direct, and of connections the most respectable and honourable. Such were the titles of the plaintiff, and it would ere long be seen of what nature those intended to be opposed to them really were. In order, however, to meet the misrepresenta tions which had• been most industriously made, he should enter into some description of the lineal descent of Sir G. Jerningham, as a more historical statement . , as recorded in Acts of Parliament, and enrolled in the archives of the High Court'of Chancery. Sir George is lineally descendel from the Duke of Buckingham, who Was attainted and beheaded in the reign of Hoary VIII. On his death, and after the attainder, the blood of the Barons &afoul was restored to Henry, one of the sons of the attainted Dike. In the reign of Charles H . great peat gland-daughter of this Henry mauled a Sir ;;;,',ran ! Howard, who was then created Baron Stafford. Nobleman was convicted of treason.on perjury ,of Titus bases t and was beheaded in 1680. Through him, llen, undouhtek27, no title could be claimed. Supposing his attainder to be legal, his chil dren could not as such inhetit; but the rights of his wife were unaffected birdie attainder, and she was af terwards her se lf summoned to assist in the coronation of James 11. The Crown alterwards, by letters pa tent, granted the !eversion to the Baroness; so that her right was indisputable in any view of her case; for if she was seized in fee, then she had an absolute :fight ; and if she was only seized in tail, this grant! conferred such right, and • rendeted her title com plete, notwithstanding the attainder of her husband.— From this Baroness, and from one-of her heir s who was created Earl of Stafford, the present Sir George Jer nir.gham was lineally descended. The Learned Counsel tit:n st;:ted the nature of an application made by Mr. Jaci:.:s Cooke to Sir George Jerningham, iu November, f 8225 Isis applicatiOn, however; was of conrse.unstte cessful, and the ciiiiipirary to - defraud was then first embOdiecl: jatires Stamp Sutton Cooke forthwith gave a dinner at his lodgings or hnirse,. at Somers' Town ; one of his guests, named Crank, lxiappoiated his Secretary, receiving SCI. for such appeietrueut. On the 30th of December, they met - a t StaitsA; and associating them selves with . one Smith, a tieriff's officer, went on the' same day to Stafford Castle, which wasoot then com pleted. This Castle was shewn to strangers ; and when the party arrived, Smith told the old woman who lived in and exhibited the Castle that the two strangers with him wanted to seethe Castle; they were admitted, and then it was that the defendant Cooke declared his bro ther the heir of the estate, and took prisses,ion ; he then endeavouted to bribe the old woman, who, however, in• stead of obeying the mandate of her new Lord,- Richard, Baron Stafford, applied instanter to Mr. Seckerson, the steward of Sir George, and who, on his arrival at the Castle, 'finding Mr. Crank, the Secretary of the new Baron, left in possession, forthwith ejected him.— The party immediately set to work. They first enlisted a Stifford schoolmaster, of the name of Jenkinson, who was the other defendant to this indictment. The next step was.to publish notices addressed to the tenants of Sir George, Mr. James Cooke having oaken his abode in the town. There, in all due pomp and apparently oppressed with business, he received such of the tenants of Sir George as his notices had induced w pay him a visit. The first notice served was dated on the 30th of December, 1822, from Stafford Castle, arid cautioned the tenants not to pay any rents to Sir G. Jerninghem, or his agents, or to any other person than to Richard Stilton Cooke, as. legal Baron of Stafford, or- to his bailiff, steward, or agent. On. the lst'of January the' second notice was dated. It was in effect a caution to the tenants, that if they did not pay their rents and arrears to Baton Richard they would be distrained on. It offered a reduction of one half the rents for the ensuing seven yea: s, and pledged the new Baron not to eject any one of his .tenants from his occupancy. The first thing the de , Pendant did to get the money, was resorting to acts of trespass and violence of a description such as had never been seen since the days of the civil wars. Men were employed to cut down timber on the estate. To quiet the scruples of these men, an axe was drawn round the bottom of the trunk of such as were to be cut down, under the persuasion that this ceremony gave a legal title to the cutting down. Many were the trees that fell in pursuance of this system of devastation, and even sold to those who had no objection to ad " vancing money upon such security. Sir George, how ever, obtaining an injunction against the further cut ting down of trees, this plan was for the time ;than-, Boned. James Sutton Cooke was alsa appointed game- keeper to the manors of Sir George Jernirigharn.— For these acts of trespass and fraud the present in dictment was preferred. On the 15th of January, Baron Richard visited his barony ; nut, however, with all his baronial honours, not in his baronial splendour, but under the appellation of simple Mr. Brown ; and as a mean of fur ther disguise, he put up at a humble public-house, and drank ale and smoked tobacco at night, and drank rum and milk in the morning. This disguise was certainly effectual, for the host of the inn never, for a single mo ment, dreamt that he had been honoured by the patron. age and support of so noble a guest as Baron Richard Stafford. He Shortly after repeated his visit ; again smoked tobacco, and again drank ale ; but still his 'Lordship thought proper to travel incognito. On the 13th January, a third notice was served upon the tenan try, fixing the 16th January for the payment of rents, at the George Inn, for which receipts were to be given by James Stamp Sutton Cooke. Jenkinson was sta tioned at the room door in which the steward of Sir George was sitting to receive the rents, at the Swan Inn, for the purpose of using such - misrepresentations as should induce the tenants to repair to the George Inn, to pay their rents to the agent of Baron Richard. The result was, that James Stamp Sutton Cooke, as the solicitor, and young Crank, as the agent, received, from some few, intimidated tenants, the amount of ten pounds for rent, and, he believed, a whole hatful of halfpence. What was the next step ? A distress for rent was put into the house of Mr. Seckerson, Sir George's agent, at the time be, was attending his professional duties at the Stafford Quarter Sessions; constables were called in, and the agents-of Cooke ex pelled: A second distress was put in the house in the afternoon, by four men forcing themselves up stairs, and intruding upon the privacy of lilts. Seckerson and Some female visitors of that lady, in a manner he should not then describe. James Stamp Sutton Cooke next ap plied to an old maiden lady, named- Mary Peake, for the purpose of endeavouring to induce her to acknow ledge his brother as her landlord. For this purpose he told her that Sir George had given up possession to his brother, who only was kept out of his rights by . Mr. Seckerson. He further said, that' the House ,Lords, the House of Commons, and the King himself, had ac knowledged the right and titles of his Noble brother. With this maiden lady', however, he Was unsuccessful in every particular. Under preteocesenUaliy false, how ever, he obtained the sum of eight pounds from a man named Rogers,and 171. 10s. from another named Dudley. To these men he produced a letter, which he said he had . received from Sir George, althotigh he had never re ceived any letter of any description whatever from that Baronet. Thetime having arrived when the Noble Lord Was to make his formal entry into Stafford, the sth of March, it took place with all due display of ribands. First appeared a hired London' carriage; on one of the pannels were painted the arms of the Stafford fa mily ; on the dickey sat Baron Richard and fhe Honour able James Stamp Sutton Cooke; inside* Sat- Nlr. Miles, the first who had.its;yet appeared ; tag-rag and bobtail followed the carriage';.. the horses were unyoked, and that which is ussally done on such occasions was done by. the mob of the day. Speeches were also made, and as Stafford is famods for its ale, that Axitent 'beverage was plentifully disObtfted. A dinner' 'was also given, at which speeches were again made, the false .ple tensions. previously made by the Honourable J. Cooke were repeated by Baron Richard. The next act of the farce, or comedy - , was the holding of COurts Leet and Courts Baron, precededi . of course, by formal notices in the usual technical form of words. These were signed " John Russell Miles, Chief .Steward."—. On the day fixed, the Courts were duly hel&—a• Mr. Ward acting as bailiff, with a wand in hii hind duly painted and emblazoned, and John Russell .MRes ciating as chief steward. Mr. Seckersozremonstrated, and warned the defendants of the illegality of their pro ceedings; but hi> remonstrances and warnings we* unheeded ) and the Courts were held with much form( and ceremony. The .Learned--(.;ounoel, after stating the nature of his evidence, observed that the conduct Zi the defendant was unexampled in the . annels of inprfs-.1 . 'turel He concluded by informing.the furl tht t Z • -•• • could not fi nd, piesent. detail° . ...A against Mr. Itiehoialte'Or Rules , ; Wag not necessary lie' should prOve M. James • Cooke to' have conspired 'with Mr. jenkinson' to' defraud Sir George Jerningham, as his Lordship would inform them that, if the former was .proved . to have fraudu lently conspired with either his brother RiChard'or - wiz) , Miles, he would be equally liable- to their ierdict against him, as if he had been proved to Italie conspired with Jenkinson, although) neither of the other two de. fendants appeared to this intlictment.-4 , lr'Was'statei that Mr. Ri c h ar d C oo k e had pleaded - his:Peerage in abatement; and that the King's Bench had allowed the plea. Miles, one of the defendants, was out of the country) —Several witnesses *ere called in' support of the indictment. Sir George Jerningham,eramined by Mr. TA UNTOS, said-1 have been in possession of the estates and barony of Stafford 14 year s , I succeeded my late father, Sir W. Jerningham, who had been iii possession since 1753. He succeeded to the possession of them on the death of my ! , ran.imother, who was a Plowden, and niece of the C arl of Safford, who-e son dying without male issue the ea t ld om b ecame ex ti nc t. Th er e is* , building on my estate called Stafford Castle: . it is a modern erection, built by me on the site of the ancient castle, and on the old Nindations. I saw Mr. James Cooke in ; lie came to me, accompanied by a Mr. ; Lane, neither of w hem I bad ever. seen before. Mr. Cooke said, he claimed the estate on behalf o f hi s bro ther; he wished to have nothing to do with haler's; ,and ill would give it up quietly, he would return the back rents. Ile read me an opinion of a Gentleman, think Pet kips, in favour of his brother's' claim. I re- . 4*erred him to Mr. Charles Butler, my Counsel. I re ceived a letter from M!. Cooke, to which I returned an answer. I never wrote in that letter or . in aril other that I was wilting to give. up the estate; or that I Was convinced of the justice of his claim ; or, "Gci» forbid I should keep it, if he had a clear title." I never saw him_ but twice in my life. I never gave hire the smallest reason to believe I would resign the estate, by word or writing. I never made an offer of 8001. a-year, or of a farthing. I have no por trait of Mr. Richard Cooke, at Cossey-hall; he called there thirteen years ago, when he was buying timber in Norfolk, and then said that he wished to be quiet, but his brother urged him to prosecute his claim. I never received.an invitation to dine with Sir C. Wolseley in' my life ; .md in January last was in Norfolk. I never wrote to him in my life, and have now no acquaintance with him. I never had an idea of dining with Sir C. Wolseley, and never wrote an apology to Mr... Cooke for Pot being there to meet him. Criate:exairtinedby Mr. Cooke.---I did not sly that " Goo forbid I should keep the Barony front Mr. Cooke." I am realty not aware that I received this property only on the death of Lady .%liactasia Howard. Will .you swear that this property is yours?—To be sure I will. (A ~ ,r eat laugh). Mr. Cooke.—Then I will prove to the contrary. Sir George.—Very well, if you please. Mr. Justice ; 1 shall not allow it ; I cannot. Mr. James Currie-said, that he had searched the Journals of the House of Lords in 1813, and found no appointment of any one as , agent to Mr. Stafford Coyke, though he was mentioned as appear ing as agent to his brother.—This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. CAMPBELL. waved his right to precedence, and Mr. Cooke was ealled on to address the Jury. Mr. Cooke rose, and began by reading a long history of the Noble House of &afford, beginning with Edmund de Stafford, in the year 1311. After rapidly reading this paper, through which it was im pouliale to follow him, he sail he now came, in the year 1521, to the Duke, his great ancestor, and to that which was the no plus ultra of his case; fur from this great Duke lie would deduce his pedi gree,, and prove it by evidence. Mr. Justice Peale said, he could allow of no such proof the whole question was this—had he conspired by unlawful means to obtain money and disturb A peaceable possession ? After Mr. Cooke had called witnesses, and concluded his ease, Mr. CAMPBELL addressed the Jury for the defendant Jenkinson. He reminded them that the question was not whether his client had acted discreetly—whether he acted rightlybut whether he was a conspirator, and guilty of a crime which would render him infamous for life ? Did not the whole evidence prove that he was the dupe of Cookethat be left his school, deceived by the splendour of his pre tensions—and that be was deluded by the documents.exhibted to his view ? The Learned Counsel here produced a book on the Stafford peerage, written by " John Campbell, Esq." (not himself certainly) and displayed an immense pedigree, by which ft was shewn that Mr. Cooke was related to kings, dukes, princes, and emperors, and bad the blood of five Plantagenet. in Ms veins-- (A laugh). Mr. Justice Peat —Does it begin with Adam or Noah, Mr. Campbell?—Mr. CemnittL—My Lord, Adam is about the middle of it—(Loud laughter). Mt. Cameari.t. proceeded to allude to the apparatus of Mr. Cooke's establishment, by which his client might well he deceived. The splendid living—the carriage with the Stafford arms—and the crier in a scarlet robe. For his part, be had a great respect for the office of crier, having long held it himself in the Oxford Circuit Court, though he bad never worn a scarlet robe, or wielded a inure imposing staff of office than the fire shovel—(Great laughter.)—The Learned Counsel proceeded, on a minute examination of the evi ce as affecting bis client, to argue, that he had evidently acted ide; that he was engaged to copy notices long after the scheme have been formed; that he was tar less implicated than the I witness Crank; and that alk his conduct was consistent with the supposition that he believed the proceedings legal, for which he had already been visited with heavy sufferings. Mr. TAUNTON having replied, Mr. Justice PARK recapitulated the substance of the Indictment, 'and gave his opinion that it clearly charged a conspiracy in point of law. To convict any one.defendant, the Jury must believe that he conspired with others mentioned or referred to in the record, as he icould not conspire with himself alone ; but they might find one only ttf the defendants before them guilty, if they thought he conspired with Miles or with Richard Stafford Cooke. As to Jenkinson, his !Lordship really thought the case of conspiracy slight, though no doubt he had acted very incautiously and improperly ; yet, pro bably, be was deceivedeby the representations and papers of Cooke. With respect to Mr. J. S. S.Cooke, he was ready, late as it was, if !the Jury desired it, to read the whole evidence. The Jury intimated that it was qui-e unnecessary. Mr. Justice PAUL said, then he would only observe, that such a series of proceedings, such a tissue of misrepresentation and talie hood, as had been proved against that defendant, he never recol • lected. If that defendant. had a title, the law was open to him; but fur such conduct as his no excuse could be made ; and if they believed that this conduct was the result of a conspiracy between him and his brother, the case was roved against him, and they must find him guilty.e—The Jury consulted for two or three minutes, and then found James Stamp Suttou Cooke gui,ty of conspiring with his brother IL S. Cooke; and acquitted Jenkinson. The trial lasted eleven hour& lon e have teceived by the Lis,. , packet the Lisbon Gazette, from the 9th to the 15th ult. inclusive: it contains an announcement; that the Secretary - of State for FO iiign Affairs has issued orders to all Portuguese Diplo nhitic Agentsat Foreign Courts, to make known akshe. edurt44.re he resides, that his Faithful 111 . satiteivill never recognise any Loan contracted by the actual Cio veritesitit; r(e' facto, of Rio Janeiro. Letters 'from - Gibraltar state, that the Consul of the Netherlands, vesidentln Minorca, had received an offi cial intimation from the Consul of the Netherlands at Algiers, that au Algerine squadron had sailed in pursuit of Spanish vessels. In consequence of this intimation, 't has been 6otified to the Dey, that as soon as any cap. tore has'been 'repented, the Dutch squadron will act ogainst. Monday,. Nre, James Kor, ship -master, Greenock, having gone ilownics the Quay, in front of the Custom louse there, to baths tsis.eyes, which he was iu the habit Of doing, unfortunately slipped.froot thr soya, and was *owned. - ... . Corget )goes, front* .... • • .- - . 1.. . • . sign•Macnstataas., half-pay 36t., Pepn, - ' via' tVI "?"-!i• ' a • ' Mopdtrys: apart findin 'wall .Yid if . •'r ei.4,41414 ',, 7., nuettstoca4soarnment on TurutiVfor tlte+orpßlPieinstist4idtaln .' a thargeragliffisria• Officer . of:the 9s4litsigikeA f, . from - lhe regisnantatreaulatlans.respecting dress. The eosin was- : composed of-General-Wm/mac:lora and several Officera belonging- ... to different Regiments. Thu. Officer accused, at the suggestiOn of ' the Court, committed his defence to writing, which he presented on Tuesday, and the• whole proceedings were forwarded to 'the , COSIMANDERTN-Citisr, from whom an order has been received fur the disso.ution of the Court. NA VAL ./A . 7 . EL LIG ENCE. • ; -.•.--- r‘ DISTRIBUTION GE PRIZE TIONF.Y To the Commanders, Officers, Non- commissioned °Macre. and , Mien, forming the Naval and Itlifitary Forces engaged at Ow tea speeder captures in America, as follow :-Brig a fkalacooiLa and ,schooner Atlas; schoont•rs Ilazi aad Margaret; 176 Mids. of to bacco, sloop Unity, and goods from his Majesty's ship Marna ; pro f oeety captured at St. Mary's, ship Countess of Harcourt; bark !Istria Thereat, goods from ship Carl Gustaffs and schoarier Cooler; property captured at St. Simott's and the schooner Reserve ; the .. ships . Maria, Francisca and Governor Kindeland ; anti the brig For-. ~ tuna; all to be paid the stl May, at tile ftoyat I lospital, Greenwich. The Pritieess Royal, ,torsi;, from Bristol to Liverpool, was tot • tally Inst on the Ist inst. near Barsisey. i : - The Providence, Goonwica, from Yarmouth to Hull, sunk o Wiatertan, on Friaay. a. .. • 'Die Layton, MILLER, from India, cut away het main and miten masts, off Margate, and has been towel ep to Gravesend by a steam-Inuit. Tile Wata.essatr, 74 gun; is ordered to be commissioned at Portionnutb,and to be fitted as an additional guard-ship. Capt. G. Ea Hamaratin, C.B. Lieutenants W. 11. PiEßson, G. Maar:are, •R. fiEtsnEstsoN, G. Drcisot, E. hloartra, and J. M. LAWS, and Mr. F. ERANCILLON, Purser, are appointed to her. The Rom:Enna, 80-gun ship, Captain SeIitIMSERO, C.B. sailed on Monday last, front Portsmouth for Chatham, to be paid off. Arrived on Tuesday, at Portsmouth, the SEARLINC: cutter, Lieut. TettNen, front Jersey. &Ott: on Wednasday, the MAIDSTONE fri gate, Commodore Booker, C.II. for the Cat of Africa, to assume the command of the squadron employed on that station, with ex tended instructions, for the suppressioe of the Slave Trade, fatinds•d dpon that admirable measure introduced by Mr. CaNNlNotby which Cape itis carrying slaves are declared pirates, and arc liable to gaf fer capital punishment. Sailed also, the Haw List; cutter, for Chatham. • We have now sixteen Sail of th: line iii commis:iota six of which are employed on active foreign service; via,-the Itnvitace, bathe Mediterranean ; SPARTIATE and C.%%iIiKIDNIR, at South America; GANGES and Smut; in the West Indies ; and %Nova's CASTLE, at Lisbon. The others (guard-ships) are thus stationed 1.-VICTORS', DULWAILE % m Laar, and Manors, at Portsmouth ; Batrautna, Omits, and GENOA, at Plymouth ; PKINCR Remora and OLOOCSSIRR, at Chatham; and HAMELIN.% in the Downs. The Query CIIARLOTTit, 108 guns, Captain J. NASHi the present flag-ship at Portsmouth, is ordered to be paid off and laid up. Arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday, the CALLIOPt, Lieutenant . Juswon, film a cruize; also, on Friday, the Aattow, Lieutenant POWNEV, from a cruize ; and on Saturday the STARLING returned to . her station; leaving at Spithead only ale CALLSOPE and ARRow. The Plurnit convict ship, which put into Poitsmouth on Friday • with foul winds, sailed on Saturday fur Van Dieman's Land. She joss 202 convicts on board, with Mr. CoaoLev, late Surgeon of the Dublin Militia. • The order which was given (soon after we stated that the differ ences with the Dey of At.anots had been amicably arranged) for Vessels bound to the Mediterranean not to wait for convoy, has been rescinded, and such are now directed to assemble at Fahnouth for that protection. It is presumed, therefore, that other unfavourable • circumstances in the affair have since arisen. The transports Loyal Briton (e), Lieutenant T. J. Lev, and Joseph Green. Lieutenant S. SPENCER, with part of the 95th Regiment (400 Officers and men), bound to Malta, sailed front Portsmouth yesterday, for Falmouth. Tile remainder u: the 95th Regifuent will march in front Winchea ter, and embark, on the arrival of the Surrey, from Deptford. • Funny-tat, ApRIL 5.-Wital 5.F..-Arrived the Duke of Kent, packet (I), from Lisbon in seventeen days; Rising S•in, Stokes, from London for Newfoundland. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet CO. for Lisbon. PINMOUTII, Aran. !S.-Wind S.E.-Arrived the Eliza, SCOTT, front Sr. Michael's; Harmony and Rebecca, front London. Sailed the Iloppet, Pause?? ; -and Ceres, Asia for St. Übe's ; Mercator, Jacoastna for Trieste; Lady Arabella, Ilessaut, for Jamaica; Kin- • nersley Castle, Cocci; for Mirarnichi; Tom Bowline, for -. PORTSSIOUTII, APRIL 4.-Wind S -Arrived the William Harriv, • front the Downs for the West Indies ; and Willi:Ml Manning, Smell; front ditto for St. Kitt's, with loss of anchor and chain cable; and Tiber, READ, front London for Africa, and sailed, with mast .of the outward bound. a DEAL, Aran. 5.-Wind N.-Sailed the Ann, Boons, for Quebec. ' A brae ship was seen yesterday morning, near the western side of the North Foreland, dismasted. Several of the outrarti bound have passed through in the course of the day. , Aram 4.-The Ogle Castle, BROWN; Demerara packet, Malmo rant; Sydney packet, and the homeward-bound vessels, got under weigh at noon, with a light breeze from E.N.E. The Navigator, &atoll; and Mirables, Ilternearoan, are reported to have lost an- • chore and cables during thea'gale on the 24 inst. and gone to tiara Westward. The homeward bound have rounded the North Fore. land. Arriired the Little Sally, Gissort, from Smyrna-sailed the 4th February; Britannia, from Carthagena-sailed the 28th Fe bruary ; and Rosetta, ATILINEION, ttom Havre. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 3. SIMS ENTERED lawanos-The Verwagting, from Rotterdam; Margaret, and Ardent, from Belfast ; Waterford, from Waterford. ENTERED OUTWARDS - The Landsturni, for Pillar ; Mine, for ,Elsineur; Caroline, for Havannah ; Busher, for Port-au-Prince. CLEARING ()um A nns-The Jane, for St. Michaels; Brilliant, for Corona ; Pomona, for Lisbon ; Hero, for Dantzic ; -Desire, for Balboa; Marshal Blucher, for Rotterdam; Flying Fish, for O sten d ; . Heroes, for Calais; Nile, for Cape Haytiera; Aimwell, for Ha... burgh ; Alfred, for Genoa • Endeavour, for Q,uebec, and *m,. esti for Calais; Woodford, fur jamaica. a....................... ? . . - / • f,tp Letters from Petersburgh ou e 16th ult. state ihat. l the Imperial Family has sustained a severe lots by the unexpected. ~ death of her Royal Highness the Duchess Aseroitarrre of Wunaem. Scan, Consort of Doke ALEXANDER of WERTESIBERG., Director:Gra neral of the Roads and Canals. The Duchess was a Princess of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld. . Henry Calverle y , who was charged with the murder .. of Mary Gill (whose body his not yet been found), has been discharged by proclamation at.tile- York Assizes, there being no evidence ng - ainst him.• • • • CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANF., APRIL 5 . :. The arrivals of all descriptions of Grain last week were only mo derate. This morning there are not many samples of Wheat, Hal... ley, Bean; and Peas fresh in from Essex, Kent, or Suffo:k. There• arc but few vessels fresh up with O.,ts this morning: Our millers confine their attention to-the prime dry samples of Wheat; such ' parcels have sold freely, and Lather exceed the last quotations, but damp sorts remain nearly unsaleable. Barley is in fair detartsl ' at Is, to 2s. per quartor advance on the terns of this day se•nai;lit. Beans are sought after toalay, and they also are Is. pn.quarter dearer. Boiling Peas are without raatration. Grey Peas are to. ther dearer. There has been a tolerably free *isle for Oats; this morning, and the prices of this day se'llnight arc fully sumsfa4lo; this.article. The ,Flour trade•cmititiues dull. . - ; •• 1 f!. TRICKS CIN ROARD SUM • • Wheat, Red (new), 525. 645. Rye, new, 58e. 445. - - ' ...-. old, Gls. 70s. - old, 58s. 445. ' White new, 58s. aca7os. , Beans, Small, new, 425. 455. . --- aid,- 635. 78s. -----altl, 455. 475. Barley, New, :;Ss. II s. Tick, new,•ss-s: ?i's. Old, 00s. 00s. '• - • --- old, a9si 444. • Peas, Grey, New, 535. Star;. Oats, Feed, veer, '2os. fas. a--- Old, :a3s. 7:Bs. a l - . .--- old, 265. 28a • I%laple, • new,:373s 40s. • , . Padand a new, 21s. 275. old, 00s. 00s: ' - • ....:-1..... old, 255. -29 e. White, now, 381. Vs. • Totatoe, new, 23e. 296. . ohli - 408. 425. • . ... old, gas; 501. • * boilers, nevt, 425. 445. - • ---e-i- §coi.r-hs - 3 126 . . • 01d,405. 455. . Flour, per Sack, 50s. acs. Rapeseed, per last £25, £27. A nnwAT S LAST WEE*. Wheat, Engliali, qrs. :003 Beans - - Imo Barley - a,989 Peas • - 594 Malt - . 5,040 Irish Oats - 1,400 . . Oats - - 1 6 ,560 . Eaglish Flour, sacks ... 6,814 hut moreof. Cattle, • particularly t N i l c r u T lar li ly F i l n E s l h .D ev lt . lA ga ß r f i C y F in T. , he morning a griatnum. eonsumption is great, and Oaea of the best sort obtained last. Fri. day's prices. her of mark et Oxen w e w re as di l s v p e o l i s disposed p o i ; i ; ie t d l;e st t it o h w a n li : A it e i ls g 'cßr o ri;6ss. vary fall, the 5 . 5 t . 0 8 4 d 5 . . ` . . t lt:a 4i. -11 1 ut oj to . o, 3s. 6d. to 4e. Bd. . . . 11. 18satafkif. 6s. Cloven, A until. . velireitysf,:.p4loe.drisottin6tesiooaofd.r.:r...losOd,awi ~. _ - .. .' .l. -- - ~-- r . . --:~ `~ • 1,!. qb .. . • _ _. • r I F !~ 3 4 •~~,1 a,, , •