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MEETING AT SUNDERLAND.. On Friday last, a numerous and highly respectable Meeting of the Inhabitants of Sunderland, Bishop wearmouth, MonkWearmouth, and the vicinity, vas held in the Assembly Room, Sunderland, to address tier Majesty the QUERN, on the happy termination of the late proceedings against her. .JOHN NESHAM, Esq. was called co the Chair. He briefly stated the object of the Meeting, and requested they would give a candid hearting to all parties. Mr. BERNARD OGDEN rose, and in an animated speech, moved a*series of Resolutions, condemning, in strong terms, the late proceeding as repugnant to the principles of the British Constitution; as originat ing in a foul conspiracy to deprive her Majesty of her just rights and privileges; and as persisted in by Ministers to gratify their own cupidity and love of power.—The proposed Resolutiops were adopted. A. Fet.wxcx, Esq. then rose,. and proposed an Ad dress to the King, praying that he would imme diately diirniss his present Advisers from his con fidence and Councils. The Address was read, and carried ananimously. Mr. WILLIAM WALTON next proposed an Address of Congratulation to her Majesty, on the triumph she badjachieved over the machinations of her enemies. The Address was read, seconded by Mr. LOTIIER- I SC: roN, and carried without a dissentient voice. The CHAIRMAN then inquired if any difference. of opinion existed in the Meeting? and perceiving no thing but unanimity, he again reqtteited to know if the Address and Resolutions which had been read should be adopted, and they were carried by acclamation. It was resolved, that the Earl of DARLINGTON should be requested to present the Address to his .Majesty, and that JOHN GEORGE LAMDTON, Esq. and C..e Hon. W. PONVLETT, the Representatives in Parliament for this County, be requested to present the Address to her Majesty the Queen. The Thanks of the Meeting were then voted to J. Nesn NT, Esq. for his impartial conduct in the Chair, and the Meeting dispersed. A letter from Rome, 'dated November 18, says, a The Austrians occupy the citadel of Ferrara, con formably to the :Act of Conran at Vienna, which -reserves to them this right. Ancona has a garrison of Papal troops." A letter from Rio Janeiro,. contains a fact deserv ing of notice. It appears that -the Kirin, by some means or other, had been•convinced of the aggrieved state of Portugal, which was gradually creating a large fund of discontent among his European subjects, that must eventually produce serious consequences. With this conviction operating on his mind, he had determined to du something grand and important in alleviation of the sufferings of Portugal, and se 'vend persons had been consulted - on the subject.— I t is even added, that a specific plan had been formed, v.-hich had met with the concurrence of a liberal party that has been created even is tke Brazilian capital. The whole had, however, been &dad-atmd by the endeavours of the Minister Vlttatrova, wire found that he and his colleagues were not prepared fur reform. This circumstance had quite dish . cart mei the liberal panty, who, for the prosecution of their design, had resolved to wait the areival of Count PALM CLLA, the long-expected Prime Minister, judg ing, though perhaps with no great feunclistion, that when placed at the head of affairs, he would be in clined to uphold a scheme connected with a liberal &iject, and intended to benefit the Monarchy. They are likely, however, to be deprived .of the Count's power/lu aid for tome time longer, as the packet in which be sailed from Lisbousprung a leak, and has put into Gibraltar. We find by the American Papers last received, that party spirit is nearly extinct in the United States. The election of Members to compose the seventeenth Congress is concluded, as are the Governors and Li gislative Assemblies of the respective States. Mr. Monson is expected to be unanimously re-elected Pi e .hlent for the ensuing four years. It appears that four new States. have been added to the Union during the last Session of Congress, viz. Illinois Alabama, Maine, and • Missouri ; which, with the territories of Michigan and Arkansan, which will, s on have a population to entitle them to become in dependent States, will double the original number Oat declared themselves independent of Great lei i:ain on the 4th of July, 1776. The number of States being then only thirteen; it is now twenty-four, and with this acquisition will be twenty-six. A Conven tion is now sitting at Boston, of whichthe vene rable Joan ADAMS, who succeeded the late General WASIIIXgTON as President in 179.5, is a Member, to form a new Constitution for the State-of Massachu sets, which is expected to adopt Universal Suffrage and Annual Elections, .as . the adjoining State of Con necticut has lately done. Congress were to meet on the 15th of December.—Fevers have been very gene ral inGeorgin, and most of the southern States; but they have not extended north . of Philadelphia.— The Democratic Press asserts positively, that the Treaty confirming the Cession of the Hondas is ar rived in America, and will be announced in the Pan stoesfs Message to Congress. A few evenings ago, about seven o'clock, as Mrs. Sarah Brown, of Grunscomstreet, Grange road, Ber mondsey, was walking along Bermondsey -street, with a bundle in her hand, she was surrounded by a gang of men and boys (between 20 and 30 in number), who began to push her about. Mrs. Brown, not aware of their object, trie3 to push through; but when they had got her to a dark part of the street, the whole body sur rounded her, and shoved her most violently from one to the other, till they succeeded in getting the bundle from her. She made an endeavour to seize the thief, but the property was instantly handed from hand to hand, till it was impossible tc tell who had it, and some of the ruffians seemed disposed to offer her more insult, which caused Mrs. Brown to scream out most vehe rnehtly. Mr. Stafford, a pawnbroker, living at No. 217 in the street ? was the first who heard her shrieks, and sallied out with a broomstick, with which he succeeded, after much difficulty, in beating the ruf fians off, and rescuing Mrs. Brown from their vio lence. Bi the courageous conduct of this Gentle man, one of the thieves, named Jahn Carr, a well- Mown character, was taken into custody, and lodged in the Borough Comptcr, and the property was also recovered. Corr was taken before the Alderman at the Town Roll, and fully committed. LAW ATEL4IarNCE. COURT OF EINOIRENCH, DECEMBER 7. PREStON AND vat's v..00010E. This was hn acticin'OCAsshilt.=. The parties, whose respective callings. we, did not learn, are co-residents in the same teneitletir at J-lanimersmith, and 'MT. - Coolce, after'using certain . expressions calculatedto excite doubt as to chastity of Mrs. Preston, most inhuManly struck that lady upon the face, The quairel, as described by Mrs. Preston's sister, took place in the honse passage; 'and the circum stances were thessei--112r. COOke insinuated, in good 'set terms, that . 'Mrs,Preston'eras no better^than she should be; Mrs.'Preston* defied Mr. Cooke to chew that black was the white of her eye; Mr. Cooke gave Mrs. Preston a blow . 'o,ll . the nose; Mrs. Preston gave Mr. Cooke a box on the .ear ; the gentleman went up stairs, and the lady *twit into hystencs Mr. ABRAHAM MDORE, for the defendant, went to the Jury upon two points—the extreme improba bility of the 'story told by the witness ; and the abso lute imposiibility (well understood by the lady) of contradicting it. Poor Mr Cooke was in a perilous situation, charged with' an unprovoked assault, and in a passage too, no witness being present but the sister of the plaintiff. PrOsecution for perjury was out of the question ; but, even into the depths of the dark passage, light"must be thrown by the sagacity of the Jury. What keeping, what consistency, what likelihood, was there in the story of the witness?— , There was imputation on the one side; aggravation on the other ; a blow from the gentleman, a box from the lady ; a flight by the defendant, ar.d a . fit by the plaintiff. But Mr. Cooke, it was sworn, was the aggressor. Now there might be a vocal assaulr as well as a manual one. The Jury were then of the world; would they believe—knowing the live liness of female temper—ewould they believe that any lady, much less the sister of the witness, from whose tongue (no offence to the comely damsel) epithet vituperative, in the course of her evidence, had seemed to run somewhat too trippingly—would they believe that such a lady . had very cautiously abstained from awakening the choler of the defend. ant? But take the facts as they were sworn to— There was a blow and a box—no want of prowess,. therefore, on the part of the lady ; to that the de fendant's ear could bear ample testimony. Now the witness, let it be remembered, was the sole directress of all the circumstances; she had theinarslialling of the evidence. Only suppose that she had made a little mistake in the order of things, and that Mrs. Preston's box on the ear had preCeded Mr. Cooke's blow on the Ice, and the whole matter was explained into every day's practice. Upon all the probqbilities of the case, the.Learecd GentleinaU* thought the de fendant was entitled to a verdict ; but,. at worst, he submitted; nominal damages would be liberal iom . pensation to the plaintiff. • Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages Is. DONALDSON PA:TTER . SONTAND MILLS. • . . This was an action against the ;proprietors of the 31o7ning AdvertiaT, for the followhig.parairaph in their Paper of the 10th April, 18I9.';-" Donaldson, clerk to Mr. Woodhead, chstiller,:of DrtirY-lane; was committed from the Bow-street dfPce, charged with embezzling vaiious sums of money, the property of his employe:-." . No justification .was pleaded, and the 'property of zhedefendants is the Paper was admitted. .. John Walker had known the plaintiff; Donaldson, many years, and that he was clerk to•M'r. Woodhead, of Drury-lane. Cross-examined by Mr. Gtrzwyt.Witness knew that Donaldson had been charged*at Bow-street with embezzlement. In fact, it was only a *disputed ac- :1 count, and the plaintiff was discharged on the prof, mirk of his mother to pay the money. Mr. (3 URNEY, by his questions in cross-examination, had no intention to att:vk the character of the ; he only meant to shew that there had.exiited some foundation for the paragraph complained of, although the 'statement as to committal was untrue. The IVor7.ing Adrettiser was a Pape:. taking no part in political ciscossion, conducted for the benefit of a most valuable Charity; it affected to give state ments rather than opinions, and this was the first in stanee to Which it had been subjected to an 'action for libel. Thearticle note complained of had been copied - from another Paper ; a contradiction had been at once inserted upon the application of the plaintiff,' and it had been promised that contradiction should be. accepted as satisfaction. • Matthew Mills proved a promise by the plaintiff to be satisfied with a contradiction cand the Morning . ..4drcriiser of the 12th of April, containing a con . -. tradiction, was put in. Mr. ScAnLerT briefly replied; and the Jury fo u nd for the plaintiff—Damages £5O. OLD DAILEY. Yesterday Ann Gibson was capitally indicted for pri-' vately stealing in the doelling•house of Mr. Galon, a respectable tradesman in the Strand (with whom she lived as servant), a si!ver goblet, a number of silver spoons, and other articles, of the value of £5 and up wards. It appeared that the prisoner had purloined the ankles, and pawned them at Messrs. Harris's, the pawnbrokers, who lent two shillings on a'goblet (part of the property), which they admitted was worth'E3; afterwards they lent further sums, till she received £1 upon that article. The prisoner pretended, when she pledged the goods, to have been sent by an old lady in Round-court. Mr. Galon identified all the property. The pri soner called no witnesses; but threw herself upon the mercy of the Court. Mr. Baron Gmtriow having summed up the evi dence, said, that if the Jury were satisfied that the prisoner stole t!.-e property, they must find a verdict for the capital charge, as it had been sworn the goblet alone was worth £3. The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and re turned a verdict of Guilty—Death. Mr. Galon entreated the mercy of the Court to wards the unhappy prisoner. Baron GARaow.—Your recommendation shall be attended to. You, Gentlemen of the Jury, seem to join in the-prosecutor's recommendation. Foreman.—We do, my Lord. Baton GARROW—I shall take care that your re.: commendation shall be attended to. I saw you wished to reconcile to your consciences the finding a verdict for stealing property less in value than 40s. I am glad you delivered the verdicr you did; it will be an erarople to othatr; and I can assure you, that the • • ' same fate will await the prisoner as if Yon iiid . 'found a more lenient verdict. Mercy will be extended to her, you may be assured. O'" A Juryman said, that he and his colleagues witiled • to notice the improper conduct of pawnbrokers lend ing money upon suspicious statements or strangers, which they considered to be wilful reception of stolen property. , Baron GARROW.—I perfectly agree with you; and I was conversing with my brother Bayley, while you were considering your verdict, upon the propriety of refusing the pawnbrokers their expenses, in conse quence of their improper conduet. I know, Gentle men, what the consequence of what I have'said will ' be. I shall receive a number of *letters from pawn brokers, stating that I know nothing of the nature of their business ; that it is impossible to avoid taking in stolen goods sometimes ; and that such establish ments are of great benefit to the Public. I know that such shops give a great facility to the disposal of stolen property, but I admit that the. poor are re lieved at times of distress ; and what I condemn is, that when a person like the prisoner goes to pledge property of the description of that pledged at the shop of Messrs. Harris, no inquiry is made, though the account she gave was in itself so very suspicious. GOD forbid that I should wish to deprive the poor of the benefit of such shops; I only wisk that pawn brokers should not receive property, when there are, such strong grounds for suspecting that it is stolen. The JUDGE then ordered that the expenses of the pawnbrokers should not be allowed, and that the property should be restored to Mr. Galon, without his paying either of the sums advanced or the interest. John Haut and William Lawrence ' fur breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Bate, :and stealing £lo and upwards in Bank notes and money ; George Allen, for stealing a dial, three coats, Sic. the property of John Smith; in leis dwelling-house; and lames Farquhar and William Fulham, ter steal ins sixty yards of stuff, the property of Messrs. Burls, in their dwelling -house, were all capitally convicted.' C. Marcel Se ago was indicted for stealing, in the house of .1. Cook, in Upper George-street, Portman square, where the - prisoner lived as servant, a gold watch and appendages, value £7O, a one-pound note, and other articles, the property of Captain Mackay.— Guilty of stealing, but .not in the dwelling-house. 'I Barber was indicted for breaking into the house of J. Snell, Esq. in the Parish of Edmonton, and steal ing three dozen of silver-handled knives and forks, a driving -coat, and other property. The day after the burglary, a chisel was found at the prisoner's house, which corresponded with the marks upon the shutters of the window by which the entrance was effected ; a pair of half-boots was also taken from his feet—that of the right corresponded with the impression on the earth leading to the win dow, but that of the left did not. _ . A man of the name of Rhodes, who was first called to speak to the examination of the footsteps ' swore that both half-boots fitted the impressions; but the Constable who apprehended the prisoner admitted that that belonging to the left foot was of a different formation altogether, Rhodes Was recalled, and Mr. Justice BAfl se vet+ely reproved him for omitting a fact in.his exa mination upon which the life of the prisoner. almost entirely depended. The Learned Judge then told the Jury, that very little credit ought to lie given to the testimony of a witness mho had given his evidence in such a manner. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good charac ter, and the Jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty. GUILDPIALLAN EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT AND PUBSUIT:-...J. Lyn, one of the gate-keepers of thel Southwark Bridge, was summoned before Alderman Cox, on a charge of having assaulted a man of re spectable appearance, and forced him to pay the toll of another person.—lt was stated that the complain ant, a fat elderly man, had been pursued by a woman, from whom he had found himself for a time unable to escape ; but being aware that his pursuer was pen nyless, he hit upon an expedient. He took the di ection of Southwark Bridge, and passed the gate ; the woman was stopped for the toll, but a stranger, seeing her in tears, paid the penny for her, and she soon overtook the man, but he suddenly turned back, And again went through the gate. The woman was again under the necessity of makitt an appeal to the by-standers, and again succeeded. She overtook the complainant a second time on the opposite side of the bridge, and again he turned back. Determined to escape, if possible, from his pursuer, and to ex haust the charity of the by-standers t he dodged her several times• along the bridge. • After they had tra versed it about six times, the gate-keeper, of whom the gentleman now complained, refused to let the fe male pass without payment- of the toll. She said she was in pursuit of her cruel husband, who was about to desert her, and prevailed upon the gate-keeper, by her tears and entreaties, to allow her to, pass. The gate-keeper overtook the complainant, and demanded a penny, as the toll for his wife. The complainant denied that she was his wife, and refused, on whiCh the gatekeeper took the hat off his head, 'and refused to return it until the complainant paid the penny. The gate-keeper, in defence, cited a clause in the Bridge Act, which entitled him to distrain instanter upon the goody or chattels of any passen g er who went through the gate without paying the toll. He thought the husband was liable for the debts of the wife,' and therefore he had levied upon the complainant's hat. The complainant denied that the woman was his wife, but saidshe was one who had a design both upon his purse and person. But admitting that she was his wife, he denied the right of the gate-keeper to dis train upon him for her travelling expenses.-- Alder man Cox, on looking over the Act, thought that the clause which afforded the gate-keeper such summary justice was a most arbitrary one, and one which must have crept through the Legislature unnoticed, as it was contrary to the spirit of the law. However it did not, as it stood, enable the gate-keeper to levy upon one person for the toll of another. The gate keeper had, he thought, acted illegally, as the asser tioa of the woman was one of which the truth-could not be ascertained.—The gate-keeper agreed to the proposition to Make a public apology, and the com plainant said he should proceed no further. .An assemblage of. at least five hundred men en tered the premises of Mr. GOFF, of Yoletown, in the county of Wegord, ,in Ireland, la* week, and car .riea off eighty. bands of barley —sad upyt anis of seventy tons of hay. . : 001tTiNG #74liiiiivkAtt. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S YESTIERDIY, ODDS 014 RACES TO COME. . 14 to 1 art Gustavus 18 to 1 agst : Took 16 to 1 apt Morel 18 to 1 apt Parasol 18 to 1 apt Charm 18 to 1 apt Cowslip atzs.-5 to 1 -apt My Lady. IT. LEGER. 10 to 1 apt Jack Spiggott . I:8to 1 agst My Lady 16 to 1 apt Colwell I ED to 1 apt any otter. SPARRING. Fzvzs Corm—Yesterday, Summon, denominated the t 2:, mingham Youth, took his first Benefit -at this place. If ^(t very numerous, the muster of amateurs was very respecitl., The sets-to, upon the whOle, came under the minor elms c: ;z : lent. The ;lashing young (;ipsy (brother to the tretuendeu . *r• of the bush) had a sntoll taste of Curtis': quality; the lam: 1 4 hailed as a " pretty boy," and the Gipsy had none the bt-; it. The character of the bout was downright mining. The Sprig of Myrtle and G04.14;ce used the pepper-box. Burke wail Acton.—The latter, a papn of Ealer, some of Ilia master's scientific traits. Harris awl Dmods.—This bout was worth looking at! 1 4 Dowdy was rather too active for the nub of his opponent. Oliver and Larkin treated the amateurs with a fine display cf the science. The stopping, on both sides, was eacelleut.—La:;: is highly improved. Spring, Eales, Owen, Cribb, Randall, Belcher, Belasco, Scroggins, and Holt, were present, but did net Josh. Hudson, Smith, at , d Spencer, shofar' upon Ois but the well, Williams, had not sufficiently recoverel irerr. bruises, to put in" an arparranw." _ • Sampson and Turin , r gave the tie op. The etit.and-ciaer the youth to his work, which produced thunders of ap.iave— Sampson returned thanks, and the Court was clear‘d in Vit twinkling of an egte. Richmond's new black, MEnekn, was in Court, peering at -11 the milling coves, but his master 'said, " he must rot go te.w:i,. yet awhile; he, however, should have the office when a good was ready far him."—" Very well. Massa, me work hard, whiu you tell me." Prince ESTERHAZY is on a shooting visit to Fr JOHN SEBRIGHT. Poracx COURT, EDINBURMT.—A case of a very unusual nature came before the Court on Tuesday se night. • Some sailors, who had been dif.cliargeJ from the NIL NDEX, at Portsmouth, having reached Edinburgh a few days ago, agreed to takea trip along some of the principal streets in a hankaey-coach. They accordingly embarked, and had proceed4d far that the coachman deemed it necessary to desten& for the purpose of receiving fresh instructions. lb seat, however, was immediately supplied by one of the passengers, .who darted through one of the wins dews, when the horses were made to fly like light ning from before the eyes of the wondering coachman. Having proceeded with the greatest possible speed after his vehicle, he was in time to discover it at a. distance, overset, in the endeavour to lead it up to the fine broad flag stones in Picardy-place. lie was also fortunate enough, soon after, so seize one cf the sailors with his whip in his hand, and this man was now brought to the bar of the Court. He had little to say for himself—he had merely, he said, sprung out at . the hatchway when he found the vessel oversetting. He was fined 20s. for the share he had taken in this affair. It was resolved however to re mit the fine, on account of some circumstances, and he was called back to - the bar, but it was discovered that the money had been at oncepald, and he gone. MURDER.—Tuesday se'nnight, the following bar barous murder *as committed at a place called Mo gan Highway, in Cornwall was observed on the' Wednesday morning, thnt•the house . 42 man named Simon Rogers, who lined Arnie; was not opened at the usual time, and at length an entrance *as effected, ' when the unhappy man was found dead in his bed, under which were some sheaves of reed (straw used for thatching, &c.), partly hunted, and which had been placed there evidently for the purpose of setting fire to the bed and the house, in order to-cOosume the body, and conceal the horrid. deed. Happily, we trust, for the purposes of justice, the ruffians by slat ting the door prevented the access of air, and cued • the fire to go out. On exainining thebody, it -*as found that a sharp instrument had been.firee4 jai° the mouth and down thealisoat,- so as oti - - (raise the' . death of the unfortunate man. The house was rifled ; but the chief object of the villains was a ntiMber of guineas,-which the deceased was well *flown . to keep • by him, and which' he was in thehabit of known, ' and boasting of whenever he drank fteely, which he sometimes did. Every .exertion is mating to discover the perpetrators, who must have betn will acquainted with the habits of the deceased. IMPARTIAL Leimarv.-4 Akre* tradesman, who thought during the late illuminations, of hitting on a plan of pkasimg•all sides, exhibited 'a design in transparency, having- the King on one side, and the Queen on the other, in bold relief of colour. “ There," says the vain shopkeeper, .g there's the King and Queen in beautiful contrast ; and this I call being neither partial for impartial!' • BIRTHS. - Friday sennight, at Costaeld-house, the wife of the Rev. J. Tyson,. of a sod. At Di:softer-house, on the Ifith nit. Lady Kennedy, of a son. MARRIED. At St. George's Church, Bloomsbitry, by the Rev. Mr. Gur ney, M.A. and Domestic Chaplain to his lamented /torsi Higi noes the the Duke of Kent and Stratlsearn, Wm. Rae Wilson, Esq. of • Kelvinbank, in the County of Lanark, North Britain, to Miss Ann Cates, of Bedford-square, daughter of the late John Cates, Esq. of Kentish Town, County of Middlesex. 'The Comptrol ler, fee. 4c. of the Du ke and Duchess's Household attended the ceremony. At St. Bees, Mr. Home, to Miss Moreton, both of the Thea tre, Whitehaven. • DIED. At Coßesale Manse, Fife, on the 16th ultimo, Mrs. Warr widow of tie Rev. Andrew Walker, Minister of that Parish. At Edinburgh, on the 26th inst. Mr. John Murray, Student, of Medicine, in the 19th year of his age. . . At Dover, on the 23d ult. Dr. Francis Thatcher. Stuiday se'nnigbt, at Wilton Gilbert, aged 66, Mary, wife of the Rev. Dr. Richardson. On the 29th ult. at the house of Mr. Stevens,' Bibhops,gatf street. Mr. T. • Thackwray, son of Mr. Thomas Ilackwr2y, Wetherby. MAILS TIM DATe—autp. Dublin 1 Waterford 1 o I Lklion o ntike ♦lt. 14 11 O 1 O . O 3 O 1 0 0 O 0 Guernsey and Jersey Holland Flanders - Jamaica Leeward islands o Han burgh • Ootttnburgh. .0 Malta • .0 li4;;:York HIGH-WATER at LONDON. MUD ON TO-MORROW • Morning • r 37,initnites atm 4 , Afternoon • t . _ 5O 4 LON DON : rrinted anal puldbibed by Lyrist Kern /Mimi. Place, Ts.ciple- Par. 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