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:114-4:7 ‘•\ ADDRESS, SPOKEN BY MISS COPELAND, AT TAR SURIITY THICATRE, ON THURSDAY STEAMY:It PRI?ISVS TO THY PIALTORSIANCIS IN AID Of TAR susscaurmt ros TAY OISYTTUTV HOUSULESS." ITha Lines were added " on the spur of the raonaont," to the Prologue to the new Piece of Ivanhoe.] WRITTIII EP MIL T. =MN. But for the cause which brings you here to-fight, To give unshelter'd Poverty your mite; How, worthy Patters of our nightly tasks, Shall I convey those thanks your kindness asks? Hare are no Heroes wrapt in fiction's veil; Truth forms the ge:usine Drama of the Tale; And let stern snarlers at the Thespian Dome, Who scarce allow one virtue here a home, Behold this scene, and with conviction say, " We may do good, though sitting at a Play!" And did the hc-rts you cheer supply the rest, Thus might their grateful meaning be exprest Nay lIE who Mid with oil the witlow's cruse-- Ifs who will ne'er the poor man's prayer refuse, Record the gcn'rous aid you here bestow, While mingling joyous in the cause of woe. Then, since to-night wii; bear sweet recollecion, Nay all your pleasures please upon reflection; And whlle with joy you count good actions past, May each succeeding day prove happier than the last! COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Special Court was held, which was numerously attended. DZATIt or Tit DUKE or RENT. The letter to thd Lord Mayor, from Lord Sid mouth, upon the subject of the death of the Duke of Kent, having been read, Mr. FAV ELL rose, to move a Resolution for the adoption of the Crum He said, that however in competent he might. be to address the Court upon the melancholy occasion, he should have found much greater difficulty, if the subject on which he was about to speak required any embellishmentafrom a flatterer. But a simple detail of the actions of the late Duke of Kent was all that was necessary to esta blish his-claim to the admiration of his survivors. It . WAS weii known that he was not more illustrious for his rank and titles in society, than he was ennobled by acts of public and private charity. • The conduct of his Royal Highness in public companies was such as. to inspire universal respect; and it was not long since the City had an opportunity of hearing him de clase, at one of their entertainments, that he should never do anything to disgrace the name of the House of Brunswick, nor abandon one of the constitutional principles upon which that House was seated upon the Throne.. Evsry corner of the Metropolis wit nessel the exertions of this great personage, whose efforts for the education of the poor and the circu lation of the Hely Scriptures had been unceasing. The worthy Member then stated the number of So cieties of which.his Royal Highness was Patron, and slicer having made some observations upon the seri ous loss sustained by those Societies in particular,' drew the attention of the Court to the situation of the Duchess, who had, in conjunction with her brother,' Prince Leopold, suffered bitterly under-the remark-; able dispensations of Pnoviosece. Mr. Favell added;, that the Duke, although educated in military, habits, vas capable ef shewing in debate that his commercial knowledge was as great as that of • any man. The worthy Member concluded with moving a Resolu tion, expressive of the feelings of the Court upon the melancholy occa , ,ion of the death of his Royal High nevi, and reccir4ir.g the sympathy of the Court with his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, the . Duchess of Kent, the lest of the Royal Family, and Triune Coburg, &c. Mr. Dixon seconded the motion, in every word of which he wereed. He highly approved of the prompt titude with which the Lord Mayor had called the Court. Mr. OLDHAM could not give a silent vote. He spoke of the many calamities which had befallen the Royal Family within the lag few Teals. The Duke, was endeared to the Public by numberless. public virtues, but the chief ground of admiration was, that he had faithfully followed his father's steps in private transactions. At a period when efforts were made to establish blasphemous doctrines, the example of such a character was inestimable in creating a horror of principles subversive of all order and religion.. Alderman Wools joined in the general praise of the Duke's character, and stated that he well knew. his Royal Highness's anaiety to relieve himself front the embarrassments inevitably caused in his early life. The Duke was no loss remarkable for his readiness to assist all military. persons who were modes priva tions, and incurred vast expenses by his boundless liberality in cases ordistress. • Mr. Jades said,, that he . could not give a, silent vote on the present melancholy . occasion ; he believed no ether member of the Court, with perhaps the exception of 'the worthy Alderman who spoke last, had opportunities of . seeing so. much of the late lamented Duke of Kent as he had .had, particularly at a period when all state and etiquette were laid , aside, and in a country where his Royal Highness was probably. glad to take a countryman by the hand, whom he had formerly known ; in the various conversations which he- had tutered into, upon a '. great variety of Stibjecti,he . was.surprised to find his Royal HighOess so well informed on all points; and more particularly on those of. political economy, a study which, from'his education in camps and armies, • I.e did not suppose could have much come under his obseriation; but he found the Duke to have formed Very accurate observations on the state of manufac tures en the Continent, and exhibited much knowledge - on their comparative state, and also of commerce. After a few words from Mr. Alderman VAITH MAK, the Resolution was unanimously carried, and ordered to'be'published in the usual Newspapers. The Court agreed to a Petition to Parliament for leave to bring 111 a Bill to raise further monies for currying into execution the Act for erecting a New Post Oface. Mr. YALL(OWLEIC brought up a Report from the General Purposes Committee, recommending if. 500 to be subscribed in.aid,of the. Manchester Sufferers, which; after a veyy &bath s was sardered to lie on the Table. . . - LAW COURT OF KING'S. BENCH, JANUARY U. THE KING V. MRS. CARLILIE. • The defendant, having obtained time from last Term to imparle to an information' preferred against' her at the instance of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, for publishing her husband's trial, Contain ing a copy of Paine s Age of Reason, appeared this morning in Court, with an infant in her arms, to plead to the information, and put in a plea of Not Guilty. She then asked for a copy of the in dictment, bdt the LORD Cdotir-Jtisrlcs told her the Court could not .nake an order to that effect, except in cases where the proceedings were instituted by the Attorney or Solicitor-General. Mr. DEALTRY gave her notice, that her trial would take place at the Sittings after the present Term, in Guildhall. The defendant left the Court as she entered, with out any companion. - THE DUKE OF BEDFORD V. EMMETT. • This, it will be recollected, was an action brought by the . flaintiff, as Lord of Covent-garden Market, to try the right to take certain tolls on fruit brought to that - market for sale. At the trial before the Chief-Justice, at the Middlesex Sittings after last Term, the plaintiff had a verdict. The question in dispute was, whether the plaintiff had a right •to demand tolls in respect of each round or basket of fiuit, as contradistinguished from an aggregate toll in resi:cct of a cart or waggon -load. The market gardeners insisted that the usage of the market was, to pay fourpence for a cart, and one shilling for a waggon load of fruit. It appeared in evidence, that the usage was to pay by the basket - or round in one part of the market, and fourpence for a cart-load, and a shilling for a waggon-load in another part of the market. It was insisted that the defendant was liable to the former rate of toll, and under the Learned Judge's direction the plaintiff had a verdict. Mr. MARHYAT now moved for a Rule to shew cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial granted ; contending that it was quite contrary to law to demainf two rates of toll, in different parts of the same mat ket, for the same commodity. The Coter, after hearing the Learned Counsel at considerable length, ruled, that the 'verdict being founded on a question of fact, - it could not .be dis turbed, and recognised the principle Lid down at the trial to be "nght ; for that it was possible the • local advantage of the seller, in point of accommo- . dation in the market, migh; very well justify a dis tinction in the amount of toll in different parts of the market.—Rule refused. , ADMIRALTY SESSIONS. • These Sessions commenced • yesterday at the Old 1 Bailey. At nine o'clock precisely Sir WILLIAM. SCOTT (the Judge of the COurt) took his . seat ou the Bench, attended by several Civilians. The Commission for holding the Court was read in the usual-form, and' the Grand Jury were sworn. They returned into ,Court at, eleven o'clock, with a true bill against Lilly and Wood. - Sir Wt LLIAM Sour? resumed hilt seat on the Bend), assisted, by Mr. JUStiCC PARK and Mr. Justice Him Ifilliam Lilly and Al:a:oder Wood were arraigned for stealing a quantity of beef from on hoard the rig Mary,. of Carnarron, Robert Williams master, while she was stranded on the Goodwin Sandi, Off the coast.of Kent, on the list December, 18114 Mr. Aitisats read the indictment, and' Mr.*Bot.- LAND opened the case, and detailed the ciscom• stances of- i: as they were subsequently disclosed in evidence. lie said the offence was a capital one. The brig was proceeding from Limerick to Corm . - Von with a cargo of beef. butter, pork, and bacon, value C. 7000, when; in A'storm, she got wrecked On the Goodwin Sands. Several hardyseamen went to give astistanco from the contiguous port in about. 40 boat:, and be was way to say ' that among them were a number of men whose sole object was plan , , der, and who coadueted theivorls of destructiolt so completely, that they carried off the whole of the rigging and materials, as well.as the, cargo...AS*sMß _ them were the prisoners at the bar. The.prisimers, on being called upon for their de. fence, merely said, they used the bad' for their own family. ---Mr. Justice. PARK summed up the ev' dance—Verdict—Guilty of Larceny. DAZADTUL CASS-01, 1111USIDEIL James Rater, a man apparently 60 years-of age, was indicted for the wilful warder of bit brother, John Pater, on the 14th of 'November, on board a vessel called the.Aurorai lying about two miles o Dungeness, in the. county of Kent. !lore was no Couasel for the prosecution. Wm. Ronsey, a youth, stated, that he was cabin bay on board the Aurora. smack, of which the pri soner was the master. One night of some day (which he could not recollect) before. Christmas last, the vessel was off the coast of Dungeness, and lie was lying in bed in the cabin,- when he heard a noise, something like a tumble. He looked out of bed, and saw that it was John Paterwho had fallen down. The prisoner stood oven him, and was beating him over the head and body with the. bellows. Tbesde ', ceased kept crying out, 44 My dear brother Jaws, pray leave off." The -prisoker soon after desired witness to get a bundle of straw, for that some one had brought the dead body of a•man on board. The prisoner and the deceased were both. in liquor, and witness saw the former wash the . face •f the latter with liquor.' The prisoner soon after dragged wit ness out of bed, and repeated his order to get a bun dle of straw, as he wished to make an alarin and sar a dead man.was on board. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY—Prisoner had some wounds in his head, and was often mad. A person named Richardson, just before the transac tion, had a smack belonging to the prisoner, and be. was much enraged against him. When the prisoner met a smuggling vessel at seal, he became quite de ranged. While beating his brother, he constantly, cried out, " Richardson, lam giving it to you." He had always, previously, been kind both to the deceased and witness. Churchill Meadows said, that he was also onboard the Aurora, at the time mentioned. Witness and de ceased had that morning gone on board a smuggling vessel and got some liquor. They all drank again however after dinner, and-the prisoner stripped and got across the table to fight. Witnesi fled for fear, but the prisoner pursued, crying out, 66 You are.tilp . • 110111*I0* Seroggiii s,' ones the terror of light weights, :iris last night backed, at the Castle Tavern, against David Hudson. The contest to take place on the 13th of next month, within twenty-five miles of London.— Betting, 6 to 4 on Hudson. An offhand match was fought on Thursday morn ing, at Banning Green, 8 miles from WAwy:., Herts, between Harty Plank, a man of some skill in this fashionable art, and George Ford, a Leicestershire man, of athletic powers. The match was . for forty guineas a-side. The backers were, Captain Hinds, for Plank, and Ford was backed by subscription.--- Walton, the cricketer, seconded Ford, and Vs'illiarn Jones officiated for Plank. Seventeen gallant round were fought in 42 minutes, as follow : ROUND i. Plank pli.ced a lift-handed hit upon his adversary a. mouth, which shook the ivories, and in following with his eighi hand, he was met on the ear by Ford's left hand, which warmet: the wax, and floored him. Betting was even at going eff, bOa. Fold was now backed at 6 and 7 to 4. 2. A smart rallying rounil, decidedly in favour of Plank; whose quickness painttd his adversary's head in all manner of forms, He was hit away, when performing active operations ; by a blow in the throat, which produced a mountthank focr but, instead of going down, he recovered and bored upon his adversary, and threw him. 3. Both were waiting for wind, and it was a long tine coining ; at length Plank floored his adversary by a hit is the mouth and he dropped two of his grinders. - The next six rounds were manfully fought; and although Plank was contending against a man 181bs. heavier than himself, yet he bull-dogged him iu a manful style, and from his strait hitting had equal advantages. 10. This round reduced the fight to something like a cert:AL:7, as Ford's right eye was completely closed, and the le.( was damage& Plank's object seemed to be to sew up die other, lilt his tactics were clumsily returned upon by his adversary's lett hand, which floored him. 11. Ford's head *a! so disfigured, that his wife would not have known him, and his opponent gave up the twlior. of c.le.inj .the other peeper, from the blow he km.pped in the Ls: revons- Both were too much tired to do snischLf, and they went down together in a dose. • 1.2 t Herr Plank wan the fight by plating a chance Lit or. his adversary's temples, and although he stood :. - attir.3 up live valor rounds, he was then obliged to say—enough. -FESTIVITIES AT WIIERSTEAD LODGE.—WherSteai Lodge, near Ipswich, the residence of Lord N iszt liit GRANVILLE, was last week visited by the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Count and Countess LIEVLN, Count PAHLEN, Baron NIEL:NAN, Lady HARROWP.Y, Mr. F. STANDISU, and Mr. MONT.IU:UI:. On Monday and Tuesday there was a grand. shooting pity in hisLordshiis extensive game preserves, to which and a superb entertainment, Count IE'ILLIAIILINSINISEN, .Sir ROBERT HARLAND, Ban. Sir B. P. V. Batista, Bart. CHARLES BERNIZRS, Esq. and Bear-Admiral PAGE, were invited. The return of Eli first day's sport was 64 pheasants and 97 hares ; the second day, 33 pheasants and 66. hares. On Wednesday, the Duke went to Orwell Park, the seat of Sir IL 1:1-Ard.ANu, and notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, the party shot 110 hares and pheasants. On Thursday, he passed through Ipswich, on a visit to Lord SUFFIELD, at Blickling, in Norfolk. The Duke, on his way, honoured Admiral and Mrs. PACE with a visit. • NEWGATE A3to LEADEN II (By the Beef . • 3•"8d to .4s 4d• hilottoo is tid to 4s 4d' [ALL MARKETS, JAN. Carcase.) Veal' 4i id to Es 4d I Pork 53 NI to is CA PRICE 1 7 HOPS. NEW TOCKSTI, Kent Sussex Essex . 3l Cs to 41 Cs Farnham,— .11 5s 10 61 6s PRICES or HAY Aso STRAW YESTERDAY. ST. JAMES'S. WHITIAMAru. Hay 31 8s Od to 41 15s Od Hay... 31 I6s to 41 61 *sift!ll 5s ed to II 16's od Stiaw 11 sz to 11 143 ed Cloverol - Os Od to 01 Os Od Clover a els to 61 Os ed W?W BAtn. Kent Sussex Essex Foreign ,AW 111 DES. Best Heifers and Steers (per Ordinary... is 10d to ts 01 stone) Os lid to Oa 10d Market Calf Os Od to 0s Od Middling:, Os ed to 2s 6.1 Eng. Horse h• Od tO OS Od Sheepskins--Downs, 3s 6d to ✓s Od—Shearling, 43 6d to 61 34 PRICE OF CANDLES—From Tallow Chandlers Sall. — Candles, per doz. 11s Od—Moulds, 12s 6d; Gd. per dozen allowed for ready money. • COAL MARKET, JANOMIT U. Sbips at Market. Ships Sold.. Price. 44} Newcastle 20% 575 6d to 46s ed 0 Slunk:laud 0 • Ott to —od COUNTRY MARKETS. ' Oirools, Jaw. 27.—The price of a Bushel of Ohert es. Cid. The Half-peck Loaf, Wheaten, Is. Bd.—Houvelsold, ls. BANsuar, Dec. 27.—Wheat 6s. 6d. to 9*. U.—Beans 4s: OL to 7s 6d-Vetches, Os Oct per bushel.—Barley, 29a to 30 — Oats, 20, Cod to 46s Od per quarter—Bread, Is 6d. half pock— Fleur 921 per sack. Newayay, BERNS, J. 27.—Wheat, Sts to 806—Barter, 26a to 55o—Oats, 201 to 290—Beans, 40, to 47s—Psak. 40$ to 48s.—Bread, Is Sid to Is 71d. per Gallon. Uzaatuei, JAIL i7.—Wheat, per load, sel 2Os to XlB 01.-•-• New Wheat, £OO Os to £0 ON—Bailey, por quarter, Is to is.—Oats, £4l to MN—Beaus, 29s to 41s—Peas, 4es to Ws —Rye, —s to —s. BI RTH. On the 15th inst. at Edinburgh - , Lady Elisabeth Hope. Yens of a daughter. MARRIED. Saturday last; at St. Paul's, Deptfordb Lieutenant George Franklyn, of the Royal Navy, to Barbara, ynungest daughter of the late John Duncan, Esq. January 14, at Edinburgh, W. F. Campbell, Esq. to 44 Elinor Charteris, eldest daughter cf the sari Wesnys and March. FOR COUGHS. HOARSZNBSSES,'.3te. ltirllGß-EENOUGH' . 3 PEc TO RAL LOZENGIS af 1 1 01.13%:lbeLVMA -demand after sixty years trial, proves them .4 superlot,yetnedy for aft Coughs, Hoarsenesses, Sore Throats, Asthmatic and . Consumptive Complaints. The genuine only have " R. ilayward," printed on the stamp, by whom they are prepared, as suecessor to Mr. _Greenough, the Inventor. Sold in Boxes at is. 10. each, by his' appointment, by Nevrberys, 43, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Sutton, Bow Churab yard ; Bayley and Co. Cockspur-street ;. Nix, Royal It:change, Cornhill ; Ward, 324; Holborn; Clerk, 2611, Borough I Sanger, 1.50, Oxford-street; Barclays, Fleet-Market; Blake, 56, Piccadilly ; and' the Vender' of Geluine Medicines. \There alto may be had, Mr. 6REENOUGH's CFLRORATED TIN C TLIRES.for preserving the Teeth and Guam, and curing ME Tooth-ash, in large Bottles, at 25..9d, sash. MAILS MIS DAY.—AU.. pus. Dublin -. a et Dation Warfrforcl 0 1 *France ... - Oneruserand Jersey •0 • 1 Hamburgh Holland - - •. - 0-:- 1 . . Gated/web Flanders. - • 1 , 0 Malta ♦BD. DISSi 0 0 1 0 ' 0 2 0 0 o , • . • iIIGPI-VIATER at LONDON BRIVGIC TO-M OR ROW. - - Morning ••• - 19 minutes after s Afternoon - • 5f - *-- 9 . _ LONDON;. riaute4 and published Py lijari A ngAv t. teaoaar. -•• . • • aittOth-Uouts. nave ) =an be ba nged for you." Witness jumped 'into the, hold of the vessel, when .the. prisoner jumped after him and swore he was taking the part of the Custom-House officers. Akout this time some other men came on board, and joined the prisoner in drinking, for at least three hours. As soon as they went away, the prisoner again" began -44 his action," and made a tremendous nurse, swear ing and calling out for "lis enemies." Witness then saw deceased come out of the cabin, and soon afters' I wards 'heard him exclaim, " 0 don't( my dear bro- I ther !" This was accompanied by a great noise.l Shortly after the deceased fell down the ladder into the cabin ; he.was bleeding in the face and head. The prisoner followed and beat him until he broke the bellows in pieces, vociferating " I'll be killed for you; I'll be hanged for you, you --." " T)on't, my dear brother,' was the only reply of the decease When the bellows had been bzoken, the prisoner got froth under the bed a large iron maul, and seizing, it with both hands, laid about his brother until he was quite senseless. When the prisoner found him in this state, he lay down by his side, placing his head on his brother's body. Witness was so alarmed that he ran out of the after-cabin, whence he saw'the trans action, but the prisoner pursued him. He was obliged , to run up the rigging for safety, when the prisoner called out for his musket and blunderbusses. Wit ness cried out for mercy, and begged that he would spare him far the sake of his wife and family. The prisoner replied, he would " do" for both. Witness got down soon after and hid under the bowsprit, where he took off his clothes, ready-to jump over board, if attacked by the prisoner. The latter soon after called out to the boy, Bonsey (who was h:s step-son),- to bring the straw. The boy said there was none. The prisoner d—dhim, and said if he could get it he would put him in the middle and light it up. The boy then ran to witness for protection. The pri soner also ran towards witness and seized him by the throat, so that it was with difficulty he got his hand out of his neckcloth. He swore lie would be hanged for him also. He afterwards agreed to go to bed, and as he went through the cabin, he saw his brother lying on the floor. " Who's that ?" said he. Witness replied, " that is your brother, whom you have mur dered." The prisoner - immediately knocked him down for saying so. After this he sat dovin by his brother,' : wished him with liquor, and exclaimed he was deid. Dy prisoner's desire, a bed was made - tip;- and -the dead.body placed in it. On alt. follinrine• morning, the prisoner came to witness and said, itlliave kissed 'John, and shaken hands with him. If I. could get him up here, I would *fasten chairis to our feet, and -we would both-go overboard together comfortably." Witness brought the iron maul,- and found it had blood and hair upon it, sayinf„ " here is what you have killed your brother with.' Prisoner seized it, and threw it overboard, exclaiming, " It will never kill any more." Cross-examined.—Had heard that the.prisoner was often deranged from a wound in -his head. The pri ‘soner turned the ship about and about, and had been calling for his boarding-pikes. There was no such 'thing as a gun or a boarding-pike on board. When the prisoner followed him the first time, the prisoner was without his shirt. After he discovered that he had killed his brother, he prayed by his side, and cried all night. The treat day the prisoner took his brother home, and the Police was informed. Wien lost of liquor the prisoner was a very civil man. . Benjamin Dentford was a sailor on board this ves sel,. and was pretest on the Sunday. He had been on board about three months. The prisoner was master; and when out of liquor there was not a better man. The prisoner on this occasion knocked him down, and he got away in a boat. Mr. Justice PARK called- on the prisoner for his defence. Lie said he was quite insensible at the time, and knew no more what was done than a child. Mr. Justice PARK remarked upon the evidence; 'in doing which, he observed, that the great question in this unfortunate case was. whether there was any reasonable excuse for what the prisoner had done? Now the excuse set up appeared to be, that he was in drunkenness and intoxication. That he was Vain a very, very great degree, could not be denied; but did that furnish an excuse in point of law? He (the Learned Judge) was of opinion, as were the 'two Learned Gentlemen who sat near him, that it did' not furnish an excuse ; and-he was borne out in that opinion by the Tanguage of the law, which said— ' that voluntary drunkenness excused no man from the commission of crime." • The Jury, after a few minutes' consultation, re tired, and after an absence of half an hour, returned and pronounced the prisoner--Guilty. : The unhappy man looked attentively on the Jury, and breathed a deep sigh. He was asked by. Mr. Snttron if he had any thing to urge in stay of judgment ?—The prisoner made_ no answer. Sir Wi LUAU SCOTT then proceeded to pass the awful sentenceof death upon him. He had (observed 4is Lordship), - after a painful and attentive consi deration, been found guilty. His country declared him a-guilty person—and he was now about to hear 'the sentence, which would be shortly followed by its dreadful consummation. His victim was hiS own brother, whom he ought to have protected' against the attacks of others; instead of which, however, in the moment of drunken passion, he had mak him* the object of his own vengeance, and had sent him un timely from the world . - For this offence he (the prisoner) must, by the operation ,of the law,. be excluded from human society. The proofs that had. been afforded, powerfully manifested his vio lent and guilty passions, when in a state of in- toxication. He tad but a few short hours to make ,atonement for his dreadful sins, and heAthe Learned Judge) had to entreat Mtn to employ those hours in a penitent appeal to that Sear OF MERCY, froni which alone he could expect it. The sentence was, that he should be taken from that place to the place from whence he came, and from thence to a place of exe cution, where he should be hanged by the neck until he was dead, and afterwards - his body to begiven over to the Surgeons for dissection. • . " Sir WILLIAM SCOTT., observed, , that he had been informed that the-tide would not serve conveniently for the execution of the .prisoner until Tuesday ; it would therefore be deferred until that. morning ; but' he begged. it to'be understood, .that _upon that.cir eumnance, and that alum, it woulsktoe deferred. _... N ~~ MOM PL"K'I ---;--- r~l ,~:~ . _~ ~, .: '. , ~.