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commEitcliii. si7777sTICS. Yesterday the . LORD MAYOR held a Court of Alder men at Guildhall, for the dispatch of public business. Mr. Wm. Payne, son of the late Mr. Payne, principal Clerk to the sitting Justices, was elected Assistant Clerk in the room of Mr. Beresford,who was at the last Court elected to the senior situation. The Chamberlain laid before the Court a statement of the Orphans Fund for the Quarter ending the '.sth instant, and the Court directed 7,7001. to be paid off, and the Chamberlain to give the necessary notices to the parties interested therein. The 4th of March was appointed for licensing the several' ictuallers within the City. • ENGLAND. In that name There is a charm which runs through all her sons, Where er they wander. In the battle's rage For England, aye for England, is the thought That runs from gun to gun, from rank to rank, And warms each heart, and nerves each arm to strike With force resistless! 'Twas her magic name That won Trafalgar! " What will England think ?" Has been the spirit-stirring question oft Iq many a bloody conflict, when the scale ,Of victory hung in dread suspense; and long, My country, may thy all unrivall'd sons, As now, enkindle at thy honor e d name, And England be the talismanic word That shall, from age to age, its influence shed, — The safeguard—bulwark —glory of the land ! CAPTAIN LION. N. T. C. Friday last the Freedom of the City of Chiche , ter was presented to Captain LYON in due' form. It was inclosed .in a box of oak, being a piece taken from his Majesty's ship H ECI, A, which that intrepid officer com manded in the late voyage under Captain PA n hy's or ders. The box is lined with gold, and ornament•d with 'everal handsome and appropriate devices. In the lid is the following inscription : Presented Jan. 16, 18/4, By the Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of Chichester, To Gamma FRANCIS I.rox, Esq. Captain in the Royal Navy, In testimony of their admiration Of the zeal, perseveranc , , And spirit of enterprise Displayed by him In hi, Travels in Northern Africa, And in the late Voyage to the Pular Seas In search Of a North-West Passage. -----i------ THE ,litME By the death of General ritaacts DUNDAS, which recently took place in Scotland, the Colonelcy of the 71st (Highland Light In te.try, and the Governorship of Dumbarton Castle, have be -4...13:e vacant. Iktacknents belonging to the 20th and 47th Regiments of Foe!, e!ibarited, in pursuance of previrni4 orders, on the 15th instant, on bard the Cartic Huntley East Indianian, for liornliay. . , Friday, detachments from the 11 th and 16th Light Dragoons left Cantert . Try for Sheerness, from wll,2nce, the followiil day, they rtnbarked en bot•rd the Ouches - 4 of Athol East hidiaman, fa r Bengal. It ii reported tlrAt the 48th Regiment, at present stationed in New Soh Wales, is to proceed immediately to the island of Ceylon. FLUSHING, JANUARY n. In the year 1523, the number of ships arrived here was mach more considerable than in 1822, the number being 757, and that of the ships that have sailed, C 45:. in 1822, the artivals were only 580, the departures 511•. Among the arrivals last year were 4.19 Netherland ships, 120 Eugli4l, 83 American, 32 llanoierian, 29 French, and other nations. OSTEND, JANUARY 12. , In the year 1823, there arrived here 301 merchant .vessels; of which 127 were Netherlanders, 136 iO French, 2 American, &e.—The packets to and from England are not included. ELSINEUI, JANUARY. • The following is a completespecification of the ships tliarpmled tile Sound in the year 1823: From the N. Sea. From the Baltic. - 1,517 1,499 159 - 157 331 ' - 306 546 587 484 462 748 707 154 152 216 245 17 15 244 252 12 11 20 21 26 33 24 18 77 81 'English . 1 lanoverian Danish - Swedish Nnrwegian l'russian 12 ussian - Dutch French - Meck lenhurgh I lamhurgh Bremen - I.ubeck - Oldenburg American - Port uguese 4,57 G NAVAL MALLIGENCE. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. 4,627 ----- The Queen Charlotte, for sundry small seizures made by the Lin rct, tender to the said ship, between August, 1822, and February, in 3; and the Starling cutter, also for sundry small seizures, on the bth of February, at the house of Mr. Glover, Portsmouth, where the same wi,l be recalled. His Majesty's schooner HORNET, Captain Wintav, arrived at Greenock Monday sennight, from the Irish station, for the purpose of receivi:lg repairs, having experienced some injury during the late FA LMOV/TH, JAalmty 19.—Wind N. light airs.—Arrived the Ann, ILLLs, horn London. Sailed the Royal George, WILLI...Nis ; and Mines va, CRAtero... D , for London; and the Good Intent, TONMIN, for Terceira. Ptrmott; , JANUA RY 11 —Wind N.W. Sailed the 'Minerva, Flown ; and Hope, ---, for London. Porrrtmourst, TAK LARY °O.—Li g h t a i rs f ro m the Westward.— . arriv:ils or failings. DE tI.;..)ANUARY 20.—Wind N.W.—Came down from the River this morning and sailed again, the Duchess of Athol, DAIIIRL, for Bop, and China. Sailed the whole of the outward-bound for their diTerent desthiations. I.retnt..ct, JANUARY 19. Wind N.W. Arrived the Laura, IttaraN, irtm. Savannah—sailed the Mb December, in company ith the -Term, for Liverpool ; also. arrived the Margaret, PILEINO "N. Fr , /nn S. . John's, New Brunswick ; and Neptunus, PICK, from Antsto-rp. Jaxeart3. Is.—Two hundred and fifty pieces of oak '!rt' tr a: Al an anchor and cable, belonging to the London packet, )417t ;icked up by the 13iankenese. C HATnAIIi Jam:astir I R.—The RATTLESNAKE, the Livror, and the ltaiNt.r.v, the latter in Dock, are fitting with all expedition.— husra ss of,the Deck-yard is very brisk. a considerable number 0: Cie watkclen are now employed the other half day in the week, up the whole six days. The Ordinary of the Navy at this Pr:, were r a quarter of a year's wages on Friday last. CUSTOM-HOUSE, JANUARY so. 5% , -% EvTFRE. INwAnis—The Hannah, from Limerick; Waterfurd ; \'roa Daenwke, from Worcum ; Prince of Orange, hotterdaro; Chtmpron, from Dunkirk ; Swift, front Hull; Ilogla Crawford, from Valparaiso. , I:s7tlttn Onrwanos—Tbe Calrhorp e , f or El s i neur; Tranmore, 1 7 Si. Rot's; and Jane, for Fayal. 3Lnday se'nnight, Hisl77 - y Highnvs MoNstsuß, Pve ri• varc amlierice to Was. RAE Wn.sos,, Esq. Author of aVo hl:l' TrJvclk through Egypt and t h e p o l y Laud. M r . Niiit.sox • I. tr).lu,:,:tl Ily the Duke de MAILLE. . _ .. s - • " • .- . • . . . COURT OP ALOE Yesterday the. LORD MAYOR hel wen at Guildhall, for the dispatch Mr. Wm. Payne, son of the late Clerk to the sitting Justices, was el in the room of Mr. Beresford,who elected to the senior situation. The Chamberlain laid before tt o f the Orphans Fund for the QII i ns tant, and the Court directed 7, and the Chamberlain to give the the parties interested therein. The 4th of March was appoin several 'Victuallers within the City ENGLAND In that na There is a charm which runs throng where er they wander. In the ball For England, aye for England, is th That runs from gun to gun, from ra And warms each heart, and nerves With force resistless! 'Twas her n That won Trafalza, r! " What will Has been the spirit-stirring question Is} many a bloody conflict, when th, ,Of victory hung in dread suspense; ' My country, may thy all unrivall'd As now, enkindle at thy honor e d na And England be the talismanic wot That shall, from age to age, its infli The safeguard—bulwark —glory of CAPTAI.v L Friday last the Freedom of tl was presented to Captain LYON inclosed .in a box of oak, being Majesty's ship I 1 ECI,A, which thal manded in the late voyage under (lers. The box is lined with gold 'everal handsome and appropria is the following inscription : Presented Jan. 16, By the Mayor, Aldermen, slid Citize • To Gzaitot FRANCIS • Captain in the Royal In testimony of their al Of the zeal, persevi And spirit of enter Displayed by hi In hi, Travels in Nortin And in the late Voyage to I In search Of a North-West P • E 'I /tM By the death of General Fn-tacts Dt • place in Scotland, the Colonelcy of the • f,rarFs;, and the Governorship of Du roue vacant. lkucl.rnents belonging to the 20th an • embarked, in pursuance of previous ord laord 'he Cast'; Iluntley East Indiana Friday, detachments from the llth left Canterhury for Sheerness, from w 11.2 embarked en I:01 , rd the Ouches' of Athol t It is reported !list the 48th Regime New South Wales, is to proceed itmuedia COM,IIERCIAL r FLUSHING, JANI, In the year I 523, the number • was much more consislerable tha being 757, and that of the ships in 1822, the arrivals were only :3 Among the arrivals last year wer 120 English, 83 American, 32 Ii and other nations. OSTEND, JANW , In the year 1823, there arrive .vessels; of which 127 were Nethi 'JO French, 2 American, &c.—T • England are not included. ELSINEUE, JAN Thefollowing is a completes' tharpassed the Sound in the From the / Fnglish - - 1,5 • I lannverian - Danish - - Swedish - 5 Norwegian - l'russian - '1 t Russian - - 1 Dutch - s French - Mecklenburgh - - C I lamburgh - Bremen - t. 'Lubeck Oldenburg American - • Portuguese - 4,4 NAVAL IN'rELL DISTRIBUTION OF P 1 The Queen Charlotte, for sundry sm; rr ret, tender to the said ship, between A 1:423 ; and the Starling cutter, also fo the s th of February, at the house of Mr the same he recalled. • ilis ,Majesty ' s schooner Hoots?, C Greenock Monday sennight, from the 111, of receiviiig repairs, having experienced gales. Fm.strunu, JANUARY 19.—Wind N.l 7.11nr s, from Londor.. Sailed the Ro) Minerva, CRAWI'ORD, for Loudon; ani r for Terceira. Pcrmourn, Jana RT 19. —Wind N PH:curs; and Hope, ---, for Lon& JAM;ART 20.—Light attivals or sailings. - JA NUR RT 2.—Wind morning and saho o d again, the Du Bop, and China. Sailed the whole of diTerent desthiations. JANcAtir 19. Wind / /311 r 1 Q , , Irtm Savannah—sailed the 1 the Juno, for Liverpool ; also. arc loN. From S. John - s, New Brunswick 11 . 1 3.114.:ZC:1, „TANtyAro• 1.5.—Tw0 hu 1. a:d an anchor and cable, helon •e be•'r. ; , :cketl up by the 13iankenes C HATnAm• Jam:astir IR.—The RA: pf ite flatNt.r.v, the latter in Dock, are husUi t of,the Dock-yard is very 1 wo:kmen are now employed the *• up the wh o l e s i x d ays . Th e C p were r a quarter of year's , A RIE CUSTOM-HOUSE, 3, I;sw.urns—Tlre Han I ,terford ; 'row Daenwke, from fr.r thotterdani; Champion, from E of lirgh Crawford, from Valparaiso. ES7FII for S baits; and Calthorp i• of 31 •Inday se"nnight, His il " 7 ". oya De- ;av e , Private antlienet to Wish RAE V v... •,•` • JVCA rhrnuph Egypt and t h 1. tr.tduced Ily the Duke de MAIL* 't _AG • • COURT DP ALDERMEN. GENERAL MINA. Saturday several of the distinguished but unfortunate Spaniards now resident in this country, waited on Ge neral Miria, at his residence, - to communicate to him some recent arrangements formed by the Spanish Com- ' mittee and others ; and they availed themselves of this opportunity to impart to their countryman their sym pathy for the sufferings he had underironeP and their admiration of the fortitude with which he had hitherto borne them. Amongst those present were several of the exiled Deputies of the late Cortes—Galiano, &c. and there was also a member of the Spanish Priest hood. He addressed• the General for his companions, and at the end of his Spanish and cotnplimentary ora tion, the Reverend orator introduced a Latin quotation. Mina knows only Spanish and English; he is wholly unacquainted with French, Italian, or Latin; and he is moreover a decided enemy of ceremony. The Latin quotation enabled him to rally, and to rescue himself from a multitude of words; and he thereupon good humouredly remat ked, " Ah, ah ! Mr. Priest (the ob servation, however, was made in Spanish), had you ad dressed me in my own language, I should have been prepared to answer you ; but since you speak to me in a tongue I do not understand, it is impossible for me to Make any reply." Among other communications forwarded by the Committee to the Spaniards, it was stated that the Re- 1 Itigees would, according to the class to which they should be found to belong, receive 30s. 20s. or 15s. a week ; it is, however, apprehended, except there; be some fresh supplies, that the Spanish Committee's Fund will not last any great length of time. Some of the Refugees are reduced to very limited means, • so limited, that in one room, prepared for their accom .notlation, six or seven ex-Deptaits may be seen taking ; their dinners at one shilling per head ! . health was considerably impaired during his . several campaigns. He was on one occasion well frost , bitten, and the sharp weather of the last two or three I days affected the General in a somewhat similar manner; he was tro much affected by it, that on Thursday he was unable to leave his room, but he had yesterday greatly recoveied, and was enabled to meet his Spanish friends. *Emir affection for him appeared to be very great. It is reported that the late Colombian Minister, M. ItAVENGA, has made a proposal to the gallant MINA to proceed to South America. It is probable, however, that MINA will wait to see what course ..will be taken by the mother country before he again enters the field, however anxious he may be to see a speedy consumma tion of the wishes of the Patriots. RESPITE OF HUNT. This wretched criminal, it will be remembered, re-' ceived sentence of death at the same time with his com panion in guilt, John l'hurtell, but no day was named by the Learned Judge for the execution of the sentence as far as regarded him, and the law allows to persons convicted only as accessaries to a murder the same lapse of time between the sentence and the execution which is allotted to all capital convicts (except pi incipals in murder) tried at County Assizes, namely, fourteen days. This (Wednesday) therefore is the day upon which Hunt would have suffered death, had no order to the contrary been received from Government, and up to Monday morning no such order had reached the persons in authority at Hertford. Mr. Nicholson (ihe Under:Sheriff), under these cir cumstances, felt it his duty to order the preparations ne cessary for an execution, and at the same time wrote to Robert Sutton, Esq. the High Sheriff, acquainting him with the steps he had taken, and stating that the total silence observed in th!• higher quarters upon the subject of the unhappy man's fate, had kept him (Mr. Nichol son) in a most painful state of suspense, after the im pression which had been left upon his mind,•subsequent to the execution of Thurtell, that pardon would be ex- . tended to the accessary. The High Sheriff, with his ac customed prompt humanity, determined to wait im mediately upon the Under Secretary of State, for he (Mr. Sutton) had somehow or other conceived, that Thursday, and not Wednesday, would be the day of execution, and he thought it possible that a simi lar mistake might also have occurred elsewhere.— He accordingly attended at' the Home Office yesterday morning, where he saw Mr. Capper (Mr. Hobhouse being out of town in consequence of the death of a near relation), who informed him that Government had de termined to grant a respite for one week to Hunt, and that he (Mr. Capper) had transmitted the order to the jailor of Hertford, and had received an acknowledg ment from him of the receipt of it. This acknowledgment he shewed to the High Sheriff. Thus it would seem that Government have not yet finally determined upon the course to be pursued with respect to Hunt, and the fate of the wretched man still remains in doubt. Mr. Harmer had an interview with Hunt on Sunday last. He found him sunk in the lowest depths of despair, and entertaining, to all appearance, no hope whatever of a favourable consideration of his case by the higher authOrities. Mr. Harmer told him that he had but very slight hopes of a commutation of the sentence, and left him in the most pitiable state of mind that can .be conceived. The cause of the Greeks has been warmly espoused in the United States. The Theatres are giving benefits 'to aid it, and the Schools and Colleges are •contributing liberally. For instance, the Students at Yale College, in Connecticut, have contributed 300 dollars. Several Meetings have been held, at which strong and impas sioned Addresses have been agreed on. Letters nom Constantinople state, that a rupture had taken place between the Swedish Charge d'Affaires and the Turkish Ministry, in.con►equence ot claims made by him for the restitution of some Swedish ships seized by the order of the Porte in the Bosphorus. The Swedish . Chargé d'Affaires has quittad Constantinople for Stock holm, in disgust, and threatening retaliation in the name of his Sovereign. Letters from Constantinople of the 15th ult. give a very favourable picture of the prospects of the Greeks, as founded upon the disunion of the Turks respecting the niode of operati ., n against them. The Divan having, alter a discinsion of nearly a month's duration, resolved upon sending the Grand Vizier against' the Greeks, armed with full powers by •the SULTAN, had caused their decision to be made known through private chan nels, not daring to do so publicly until they had ascer tained the state of public feeling, on account of the great objection ss hich the Turks have to the Grand Vizier's .quitting the capital, and which arises from a supersti tious notion that such a step is only justified by a state of extreme peril. The communication had, it appears, met with the most decided objections, and the JanisPt ries had even proceeded to outrage. .It was therefore imagined that the intention would be abandoned. L.IW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JANUARY cLAUGHTQN V. HARRISON. When the tom) CHANCELLOR came into Court, it was expected he,. would immediately proceed with parte Grimstead :In the matter of Howat d and Gibbs," but he ordered the above part-heard motion to be gone through with.,. It was an application for an injunction by Mr. Claughton, stay proceedings at law on two bills of exchange, amounting each to 7501. drawn and accepted by:Thomas farquharson(Sec!etary of the tape of Good Hope Company), in favour of plai•itiff, and indorsed by him, John Leigh (v ilo was at that liinu a prisoner in the King's Bench), John Leightons and Co. and R. Govett and CO. It appeared that the bids were in the hands of the defendant as a bona fide holder, who has brought an action upon them against 'dr. Clangh ton, which stood for trial in the pa ; er, at Westminster, on Tuesday, and which by this time was expected to have been tried, and a verdict given lOr the plaintiff at law. It was alleged, on the other hand, that the plain tiff at law was aware, at the time he became po.sc,sed of the bills, that no valuation had been given ter them when they were drawn and negociated. r.Clatighten allegei that, therefore, he w as no t res p ons ibl e , an d prayed for the injunction. His L irdsliip granted the injunction on condition that the money should be paid into Court on oi before Mon day next, to abide any order of this Court ; and that the plaintiff at law should he paid all his costs, together with an under taking to sign judgment, and not tooting any writ of error. The SOLICITOR-GEsiEnAL then rose to open the case " Gitinstead," tvhich is likely to occupy at le.tst .1 day or r.vo. The debt sought to b r pro yes: is upwards of 32,090/. - COURT OF KING'S JANUARY TUE KING V. lIITCHENS-.PER.11..181% The same course precisely WaS folim%ed as yesterday in the prosecution of Flake. Tier evidence given by Flitchens before the Committee el the !louse of Com- mons, on the trial of Dunn, was read from the short hand notes taken at the time. Witnesses were next called to contradict this evidence. Mr. Oliter, after having read the parts of the evi dence required, stated, in answer to Mr. Attorney-Ge 'neral, that Mr. Hitchens had been under examination upwat ds of eight hours. The matter in issue was restricted to the single point of a conversation alleged to have taken place 'at Mr. Halse's house on the evening of the Ist of Mai ch, 1820. Alt. Hicchens swore there was no such conversation. Mathew Richard, Wm. Nod, Ephraim Maj, , r, elec tors of St. lye's, stated that they were at Mr. llalse's at the time in que'tion, and that Mr. Ilitchent was Oleic while•the conversational canvas took place. • Alex. and Thos. Noel were called upon their subpoena. Mr. ATTORNEY GENRRAL addressed the Jury for the defendant. lie was a very young man, not at all con versant wit+• elections. The only point now regarded _ . a supposed contradiction between the evidence given by Mr. Hitchens before the Committee of the House of Commons, and on the trial of Dunn in this Com t. It was indeed a strange thing to hear the representative of Sir Christopher Hawkins in this Court talk of bribery. The defendant had been aialled to contradict the testi- snotty of Dunn, who .ha 4 sworn to a conversation with the voters in the 'presence of Mr. Graham and Colonel Evelyn, which would make their election void, upon the ground of bribery. Not a word of Dunn's state ment was true, and he had since been convicted of per jury in making that very stateme n t. Th e defendant had then sworn, that no voters came into the house where the candidates were, and that no conversation re specting their votes took place on that. occasion. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE stopped the Attorney-Ge-1 neral to point out that the supposed contradiction de pended upon whether the word " house" in the ques tion put to the defendant by the Committee, was not understood in the more limited and definite sense, of the part of the house in which the defendant was? The voters might consistently with this have been in the outer hall, and conversed there with Mr. Hake. The Jury were imme.tiately directed to find a verdict of Not Guilty. CONSISTORIAL COURT, EXF.TF.R. RAMSEY V. RANISEY, OP DFVONVORT. This cause, which has for some time occupied the at tention of the Court, was decided on Friday last, and sentence of Divorce pronounced. The Comet is disappearing rapidly, but is now visible in the evening, with a clear horison, in N.N.W. Housz or CottuacrroN.—The election of a Chaplain for the above Prison, under the provisions of a recent Act of Parliament, took place on Thursday last. Eleven candidates contested for the election, but the choice at length fell on the Rev. Mr. ANSBY, he having gained a majority of upwards of 50 above his competitors. The salary is r3OO per ann. INCREASING PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY.-ob serving from the official statements just published, that a very considerable increase of Revenue in the Department of Customs has taken place during the last year, we were led to inquire whether the receipt of Customs in Scotland had been in proportion to the increase in Eng land ; and as the information we have obtained cannot but prove highly satisfactory to our Readers, more espe cially as it .appears that the increase in the receipt has arisen principally on articles, the consumption of which is a sure indication of increasing prospet ity, and of im• provement in the internal state of the country, some par• titulars are here given : The sum remitted last year to London exceeded that of the preceding year £170,000 The excess of Duties at Greenock was about 60,000 • Porr-Glasgow 55,000 Leith - 23,000 And at almost every other port, particularly at Glas gow, Grangemouth, Aberdeen, and Dundee, there was a considerable increase. THE FUNDS.—The time has been when warlike ru mours, such as have been•in circulation for some time past, would have caused a depression in the Funds of 2 or 3 per cent. So great, however, is the entire confidence; the very flout ishing state of the Revenue, and immense capital in the hands of the Monied Intetest, that these rumours have not had the slightest effect. Stock con tinues rising, and the 3 per Cents. are expected to be at par. All the present great rise till be added to the per Cent. Prizes in the new Lottery, and great rttt chases are daily made. The Scheme is highly approt•ed, which could•not fail to be the case When it is seen that the Contractors (Messri, J. and J. Stvewntawr) have contrived to give to ad ventuters Seven Prizes of Twenty Thousand Pounds; tw•o of which will fall to the fi:st two Prizes the first day (19.11. February), when, in fact, all the Tickets draw will be Prizes. ~„- JOHN THURTELL. Robert Sutton, Esq. r "."--- he High. Sheriff of Hertford shire, waited upon Mr. Minshull, the sitting fkist,ti-tra' g at Bow -street. yestel day, to make inquiries respectin r the air-gun belonging to J.,hn Thurtell, which the latt 0 , 1 individual had, before his execution, desired to he give, * to Mr. Wilson, the Governor of the Gaol. The Hig . Sheriff had applied to Mr. Minsbull on a former day ; when he produced a •letter written by John Thurtell authorizing the officer who had the gun to give it up to the hearer, and upon that occasion the worthy Magis trate said he shpuld have no hesitakin in ordering th.! officer to give the gun to hint tthe nigh Sheriff.) The order, we believe, was given as soon as the officer 1 11 0 . son) could he found ; but in the intel im he h t I lseen served with a notice from the Assignees und.q .1:6•1 Thurtell's Bankruptcy not to give up the guts to any but themselves, as they considered it their property on behalf of the creditors genet ally. The object of the High Sheriff's visit of yesterday was to ask Mr. Min '1)1111 whether be was inclined to enforce the ord:u %.Iricli he had made on the former occasion for the lrltvc y of the gun to him, in compliance with the de •iie t.f Tiutteii?. Mr. Minshu;l said, he understood that his officer bad received a for•ral notice from Thutteli's Assi g nee.: not to deliver up the gun, and he . feared that he could not ot der the officer to give it out of his possession, unless the High Sheriff was pt epared to give him indemnity against any action that might be brought for its tecovet y. • _ _ _ _ The dig!) She:iff said he thonght he should he in clined to do so, but he should not feel himself justified in tiete: mining on the instant, and he would therefore take time to conei•.fer of it. Mr. Sutton, in the course of his interview with Mr. handed him two letters, which he had jos! receive,l from N.)rfolli, relating to John Thurtell.— The first, of which the folirmi l pg is a copy, was front Ml. Aidei man Thomas Thurtell, the heattriven lathe: of the clece:Led. " Lakenhatn, 15th January, 1824. Ste—The purport of this letter to you is :o apologize for the publication of your very handsome and humane lettek to me. rh. limey, I know, would have prevented your consenting co it. had i requested it. My object for doing so was this :—the tide of public: opinion had so forcibly operated against my poor unfortunate son, and receiving, so consolatory a letter from such high authority es your's, I fat would alleviate that feeling, and I have again to - ofi.tr yo' my sincere thanks and prayer+ for Cie kindnets and feeling you evinced towards him throughout his wretched confinement% and which never can he oblterated from the memory of myself and family. The Editor of the ..Vorikh .11ervtiry will forward you a paper by this day's post, whetvin you will observe a leiter to my escsllent hind Alderman Bolingbroke, froth Mr. Franklin,/to whom also I stun ever feel greatly indebted for his attention to wards the spiritual welfare of the unfortunate deceased. " li,gging your excuses fur the trouble I have thus given you, I subscribe myself, your truly afflicted servant, " THOMAS TritiftTELL. 4. Addreswd to " Robert Sutton, Esq. High Sheriff of the County of Hertford." The following is the substance of the second letter which was received by Ms. Sutton from Mr, Ruling broke, an Alderman of Norwich, by the same post " Sia—l embrace the opportunity which Mr. Thurtell has given me to repeat the assloance of the great consolation which your let ter has afforded to him ails; his tanuly, as did one addressed to hint by Mr. Franklin. You, Sir, most probably know nothing of lift. Thurtell hut front report, and although the public press iehot al ways to be relied on, in their reports of his character they have been just. I have known Mr. Thurtell intimately for many years, and during that time I never knew him, toiay nf a dishonourable ac or a mean one. To many such an asset tieti may appear dotibtfu', but I can assure you, Sir, that be [obsesses the highest notions dt honour and integrity, and it affords me great satisfaction iii addres sing you at this time, that you might know that you had not bestowed your Irtimpne atter:Lica oe a worthless object. " Mr. Thurtell does not know of toy writing; perhaps it is use necessary that he should. lie lists a mile and a half from this eiry, and his Etter was sent to me to be franked. This has given me Mal opportunity of doing nn act of grateful justice. He has received letters and Visits of condolence fr o m paSons of the first respeetxbi , lity as tc rank and character." [Here tha names of several of those who have condoled with the respectable Alderman upon Lis Oreaufail r..t-tutrunt• were hurried, but it is unnecessary to repeat them here—it is sufficient to say that they' are persons of high rank and consideration ill the county of Norfolk. j " It may la.vt- ap?eared to some that he has rot acted with suf ficient kindness and feeling towains hi 3 unhappy too, hut you num be assured, Sir, thut there was no part of his conduct which could not be satisfactorily expl . tined. Ile has isentrally acted under the advice of Mr. Unthank, a respectithle solicitor of this city, my out, and others. There are many :actions .in a mart's life of which co correct opinion can be formed without a km's' ledge of the motives by which they- have been itifitittictd.—l tic. " To Robert Sutton, Esq. &c. "N. 001,iNCIBRONE. " Norwich, Jan. its, 1824." • Mr. Franklin is the Chaplain df Hertford Jail. The foilowing is the letter of the Rev. Air. Franklin, alluded to by Alderman Thurtell: " Sot—The unhappy John Thurtell made me promise Idm that I would write to you, for the information of his father, an account of his conduct from his conviction to his last moments. " In discharging this melancholy duty there is one great allevia tion, that everything in the last stage of his existence was highly praiseworthy. His thoughts, were divided between his love and respect for His parents and surviving relatives, and the care of his own soul. I never witnessed any human Creature more devoid of all selfish feelings; and I believC he was sincerely penitent—he read and prayed aloud to me, while the teats flowed copiously down his cheeks and almost choaked his utterance. lie received the Sacra ment very devoutly, and intreated me to preach to the prisoners, on Sunday, a sermon Which he had read, and Which he thought would be beneficial to therm In all points of Christian duty, after his conviction, he was most exemplar y, particularly in frankly for giving all his enemies, and praying tor the favour of Con on his parents and family. The Newspapers detail all the particulars very minutely; but I can tell you his feelings from my own observations, as I was with him constantly, from his Conviction to his death. " He desired his respects to yon, and hoped you would tOMMU nicate to his father, in private, my information. " F. W. FRANKLIN, Chaplain to the Jail" The following intetesting Works are nearly ready for publication :—I. 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