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, . ~- DEATH OF THE CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN. if The venerable, learned, and pious Doctor JOHN THOMAS TROY, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dub lin, died at his residence iii Cavendish-row, on Satur day evening, after an illness of some weeks. He was a Bishop forty-seven years, and filled the Metropo litan See thirty-seven. Doctor TROY was born in the cith of Dublin, hi July, 1739—appointed Bishop in December, 1776, consecrated in the following year, 1777, and translated to the Archdiocese of Dublin in 1786. Doctor Tor possesses a sound understand mg, extensive information, and great virtue. The whole of his long life was exclusively devoted to the duties of his sactred calling. He was aged eighty three years and ten months. As a mark of respect to his memory, it has been resolved that his funeral shall be a public one. EAST INDIA HOUSE. A Special General Court of Proprietors of East India Stock, was yesterday held at the Company's House in Leadenhall-street. The CHAIRMAN (W. Wigram, Esq.) proposed, that the sum of £60,000, annually, should be granted to Government, for the purpose of defraying Pensions, and retired Allowances to the Officers and Soldiers of his Majesty's Army employed in Mr. IIt;ME and Mr. KINNAIRD opposed the mo tion, on the ground that no Report had been laid before the Proprietors, containing reasons for making the grant, which, they contended, was contrary to one of the bye-laws. TheCllAln zAN, the DEPUTYCHAIRMAN,Mr.PAr - TISON, and Mr. TRA NT, supported the proposition as perfectly regular. Tire Company's standing Counsel, Mr. S,:ijeant Do s kNQUET, gave it as his opinion that the bye-law was nr - a ir.:iinged.—The motion was ultimately carried. Tile grant (4 . 30,000 rupees to Major Carnac was confirmed, after a few observations hum Mr. Hum L., Mr. THANT, and Mr. MONEY. Papers relative to the steps taken by the Court of Dir,:clors to effect the equalization of the Sugar Duties were lai:1 on the table, and the Coua agreed to a Pe tition to Parliament on the subject.—Adjourned: LLO.YD'S COFFEE-110 USE. A Meeting of Subscribers was held yesterday, for the purpose of confirming the appointment of Mr. JOHN BENNETT, inn. as Second Master, and balloting for the election of a Third Master. The attendance was very numerous. Mr. Mannyar, as Chairman of the Committee ) wa, of opinion, that in consequence of the recent death of Mr. Bennett, scn. it might be desirable that the immediate object of the p:esent Meeting should be suspended, inasmuch as a complete revision of the funds, and general aim:valetas of the establish ment, was deemed necessai y. For alit purpo , .e,.he sugge,ted : that there should be an addition of twelve to the number of the present Committee of nine, or a:; Arimitlonent of a freAl Committee of twenty-one. 20:e: a few observations by Mr. BARNES and Mr. i:;:xoN; the fllowing Gentlemen were added to the Committee :—Messrs. Dixon, Shaw, Spence, Dewar, Hobson, liva7, Leathley, Wood, Pratt, Rule, I'..l:kiiisrm, and another Gentleman.—The Meeting. a(!jour.:cc: to Wezinesday next. S TI TEL L!G NCE. Nnr. - : , TAnKET sEcoNi) 'SPRING MEETING, 1823. WEDNF3t.4I", \Jr 14. Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each, for . 7-yr-olds, celts, Bst. 71b. and 1 - tt. 4!1). T.V.C. Pulte of Richmond's Pi::::usition - - - - 1 Mr. W}m.thant's by. c. by Wanderer - - - - 2 Mr. Crot:lsford's 1. by Sulitn Vnliers's br. f. by 1)on Cossack - - - - 4 Bishop's h. f. Mstgarct liruce - - - 5 e. by Filitn d - pd 4to 1 agst Pincushion-3 to 1 agst Mr. Wyndham's br. c.— to I agst Mr. C:ockford's 1. 11,mdicap Plate of £5O, by Subscription, being the third of the three . £5O Plates, fur three, four, lave, six-yr-old, and aged horses. A.V. Wyntlharn's ch. c. Vedette, 3 yrs old. 6st. 91b. - 1 Major Wilson's c. by Juniper, 3 yrs old, 7st. - 2 Lord Warwick's b. e. Cardinal Puff, 3 yrs old. Gat. 91b. Duke of Portland's ch. h. Comical, r.ged, Bst. 81b. • Mr. Grecille's ch. c. North 5 yrs old, Bst. 51b. Duke of Grafton's b. f. Varnish, 4 yrs old, Bst. 11b. Mr. U. Perth's ch. c. by Stamford, S yrs old, Est. 91b. The Judge placed but three. 5 to 9 agst Vedette-10 to 1 agst Major Wilson's c.-6 to 1 agst Comical-6 to 4 agst North Waster. LOXING. The match between Ben Rowers, the Wiltshire blacksmith, and Jekrs•4rr, the American black, took place yesterday :naming, in a twenty-four feet ring. at l-4eston, Surrey. It was a merry fight of twenty-one rounds in forty-two minutes, when the Black was completely vanquished. ROWING AND WALKING. The singular wager that was to take place at lilackfriars.brlige, on the 20th, of rowing 60 times through the bridge, and going five times along the bridge on,foot and thence to the Obelisk, within an hour, is put off to the following day, Wednesday, the 21st, at four o'clock in the afternoon. Saturday se'nnight, as Mr: Davis, a respectable farmer, of the Moorhouse, near Tenbury, Worcester shire, was driving a bull to Bromyard Fair, when but a short distai,ce from his owl, premises, he was attacked by the animal, and, gored in so dreadful a manner, that, after enduring the most acute agony for a feve hours, the unairtunate man expired, leaving a wife and family to deploie his untimely fate. Wednes•iay se'nnight, Rachael Perkins, a daughter of Mr. Perkins, of the Butcher Bank, Newcastle, cork--cutter. aged about eight years, was unfortu smotliered, by being accidentallly shut up in a press-bed. . Tuesday se'nnight, the congiegation of Lochgelly presented Ohandsoine silver cup, with a suitable in scription, to the Rev. Mr. Gam, on his completing the fiftieth year of his ministry; the Ladies of the congregation at the same time presented him with an elegant•gown, as marks of their esteem and gratitude for the faithful and laborious services of their worthy pastor, during the above unusually lung period. • . Early on Sunday morning a fire was discovered in the extensive outhouses of Mr. Hutchinson, coal merchant, . Ramsgate, by Mr. Hills, the Blockade- Officer stationed there, but for whose prompt exer tions in getting it under, the whble of the buildings, and a brig (about to be launched) was preserved. LAW INTELLIGENCE. • COURTOFCOMMON PLEAS, MAY 14. R. W. ELLISTON, ISQ. D. WEDSTILIL Mr. Serjeant TADDY said, that in this ease the, plaintiff, who is the le•,see of Drury-One Theatre,. had thought it necessary to bring an action against the defendant, who was a performer, for a breach of contract. The action was brought, not for the pur pose of obtaining damages, but to shew that his en gagements were not to be broken at the arbitrary will of pet for rrters. The defendant did not periorni very higlr characters, yet if the letters he had sent, soliciting an engagement, might be *relied on, it would seem that he was a very useful individual, for he offered to play IThsencrantz or Guildcnstern, Har lequin or Pantaloon, or the Waking, Gentleman. To the latter character, indeed, he seemed particularly attached, and had performed it too well; for, having played a few months, he triok it into his head to play the Walking Gentleman" to perfection, by walking off to Birmingham. The Jury, however, would teach him on such occasions to "'go slow," and to mind his contracts. • ------ - The letters of the defendant, dated in Augnst and September, 1820, and ip July, 1821, soliciting an engagement, were then put in and proved. Mr. Winston was called.—He stated that he was acting. Manager of Drury-Lane Theatre. Saw the de fendant after the receipt of the letters in the course of August, 1821. Witness then told him that Mr. Elliston agreed to engage him for the next season at a small advance, but not at the advance proposed.— 'The salary for him an•l his wife would then be 21. 55. a week. It had been previously but 21. That en gagement was for 1821 and 1822. The salary was pl.tyhouse pay—that Was, pay only when the house w.:s open. In Lent, for instance, there was no pay. IMendant and his skife :melded during pact of that season. On the 18th of May, 1822, after having re ceived his salary, he absented himself. He then sent a note, declaring that " business obliged him to .leave iown." lie played that niht, but not afterwards. Witness ttild the defendant to meet'hirn at Mr. El listen's room, which he did. Mr. Elliston then ad vised the defendant not to go, as his engagement would be enforced in a court of law. Defendant said he would ; and front that time to the end of she season he absented himself. Cros-examined.— Did not recollect that the defend ant had complained of Mr.Elliston'stteatmeut of him. Serjeant VA VGIIAN.—Do you recollect the defend. ant having complained of Elliston's having• taken im proper liberties with his wife more than once? Witness.—l do not recollect that he made any such • Mr. Serjeant VA VG IT AN.—Upon your solemn oath, ‘vill you swear that Mr. an 4 Mrs. Webster did not complain that he hadtaken improper liberties with her? NVitness.—l ant sure they did not say he had taken improper libel ties with her. Mr. Serjeant VA ucausN.-z--Nlr that le had taken improm liberties with other females in her presence? Air. Justice Bunnoutni here stopped the t samina tion, and said; that whatever liberties Mr. Elliston might have taken with other females, they could not be maintained as evidence in this cace. Mr. Serjeant Vauonm:.—What! if ElliAon's con duct has been ever so gross in the presence of Mrs. INebster, am I precluded from going into evidence tlf,Oil it? Mr. Justice BunnOt - cm—Certainly, in this case. Mr. Setjeant yol!.t N.—Then I must confme my self to his conduct to lArs. Webster. Mr. Justice IlurtntAron.— If you attempt that and fail, I shall advise the plaintiff to go for damages. Mr. Serjeant TARDY.—Certainly I shall, my Lord. Mr. Serjeant VAUWIAN..--YOU'il go for whatever you can get, and jet whatever the Jury think you eiaitled to. Witness resumed.—lle did not hear any complaint of the sort from Mr. and. Mrs. Webster. The season did not usually end in Passion Week. It did so end in the first year of M r. Webster's engagement, and in the second year also': that arose from Mr. Kean's . , going to America, and from the nature of Mr.:Ellis ton's lease of the Theatce. None of the actors ►ere at liberty to go at the end of Passion Week, except these engaged by artic•es. A bill was here placed in witness's hand, dated the 30th of March, in which that day was stated to be the end of the season. Wit-- ness explained this, by'saying, that if the performers' went on alter that day, itavas to be considered as an engagement for the nextbseason. Defendant conti nued to play after that time until the following May. Serjeant VAUGIIAN here submitted two objections: the first was, that e v ery count in the declaration stated the season of 200 nights to begin in October, and alleged a breach of the engagement during that season. By the evidence it appeared, that the season properly ended on the 30th of March, and that' the time in which the house continued open after that pe riod, was strictly a second season. It was proved that the defendant had not broken his engagement until May, which wits clearly not a part of the season stated in the declaration. The second objection-was, that the letters of the defendant, if offered in evidence as part of the contract, should have been stamped. Mr. Justice BURROUGH was of opinion that the first objection was fatal, but he would reserve both points for the consideration of the Court above. A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff for nomi nal datnages, with liberty to move to set it aside on thee objections. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, MAY 14. The calendar for this Session is a very light one, both as respects the number of offenders, and the na ture of the offences committed. The whole number of prisoners for trialis only 114; and of these five*re for burglary, one for perjury, 19 for stealing from the person, and 75 for various larcenies. The Sessions commenced this morning before Mr. Justice BAYLNY and Mr. Justice HULLOOK. Two young men of respectable appearance, named Connor and Cooley, were capitally convicted for steal ing from the dwelling-house of David Bevan a quan tity of plate, to the value of about £4O. Win. Morlard was put to the bar on an indictment charging him with stealing, on the 2d of May, in the parish of St. Clement Danes, two saws, a square, a pair of pincers, and other articles, the property of l Samuel Wigley. The prosecutor, who could literally hardly stand without holding by something, from the effects of liquor, gave his evidence in such a mm ner as to is duce the Court to put it to the Jury tway whether, under all the circumstances of -the case, they could place such reliance on the testimony of the man as to wart ant them in finding.the prisoner guilty, and they accordingly acquitted him. Mr. Justice BAYLEY ordered the prosecutor to again come forward, and he accordingly staggered up to the witness's box. His Lordship then addressed him as follows:—" At present, according to the evi dence of Sharpe, the officer, you are in A state of great intoxication, which is a high contempt of the Court, and for which I shall now commit you to pri son, and the Court will say, when you are sober, how at will act towards you." The prisoner was then removed from the bar in the custody of the officers, and conveyed into Newgate, Mr. Justice BAYLEY having given directions thut be should be kept apart from the felons. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. Last night John Latrtoa, part proprietor and driver of Prier's Brighton Coach, that runs from Islington, in six hours, was brought tip to Union-Hall by Clarke, the officer, belonging to that establishment, and underwent en examination before I- B. ! ALLEN, Esq. charged with killing at:a slaying two sisters, named Elizabeth and :Mary Ann Woodfoffe, the former aged five years, and the latter three. The infant sufferers were the daughters of Thomas \Vootiroffe, a labouring man, residing at No, 44, Regent's-place, Kenning ton-lane. Ilis wife, who is a very industrious woman, assists in maintaining her family, by going out to wash, and yesterday she went to a g.ntlernan's house at Kennington, where she remairred till four o'clock in the afternoon. On her going home to her little family, consisting of the two deceased children, she gave them a penny to purchase some cakes, and they went out fur that purpose, in company with the lodger's children, a girl about twelve years old, and a little boy about five. They went to a cake shop, at Newington Causeway, and after they had made their purchase, the four were crossing the road nearly opposite the Peacock public-house, when one of the Brighton coaches, driven by the defendant, was coming towards town. The driver, seeing the children in such danger, pulled up his horses, and two of than gained the other side of the road, but the two Woodroffts were knocised down by the leaders, the youngest ! was trampled on by one of the horses, and its entrails actually torn out ; the elder si,tar l!ty .between the horses, and it wea thought she would have escaped any injury, but the hind wheel passed over her head, which was ci uslied to pieces. The little sufferers were conveyed to the house of Mr. Dixon, ! the surgeon ; but, it is usele.s to add, nothing could he done for them, as they died before they reached the surgeon's, which is only twenty yards from the spot. The sad catastrophe soon ! reached the earn of the parents, whose feelings can be more easily conceived than described, and such was the effect the me lancholy affair produced on the mother that little hopes are en tertaived raf her recovery. The coachman immediately pulled up his horses and dismounted the box, and expressed his con trition at the sad accident. At this moment Clarke the officer came up, and took the defendant into custody ; but in mist querce of his having passengers, permitted him to drive to Isling ton, his place of destination, he accompanying him, and after wards brought him before the Magistrate, at this Office, at eight o'clock, in the ever:leg. .John Apple and Thomas Mason were examined, and stated that they saw the sad catastrophe, and they Conceived the de fendant was not at all to blame, and that their deaths were purely accidental. The MAUISTRATIt said that he regretted the accident, and was very happy to hear there was no blame attached to the defendant. lit bad nu altet native but to commit him for re-examination till the Coroner had held his Inquest. He was, therefore, com mitted accordingly. The E.ther of the deceased children was present during the examination, and was absorbed in grief the whole time. The spirit of Orangeism, so far from being confined to the sister Island, has begun to manifest itself much nearer home, and in a quafter where we least sus pected its existence. About a year ago an Orange Lodge was eAablished in Newtrin-Stewart,Galloway, which, as usual, has proved the source of much mischief. lies ious to this event, the Catholics; it is said, always' conducted themselves in a quiet and peaceable man ner; but, subsequently, the obnoxious association so galled and irritated them, that there has been no thing but fighting and quarrelling ever since.— Smarting, therefore, under some former insult, the Catholics residing in Creetown, Wigtown i and Gate. house, all hurried to Newton-Stewart, on the fair day (Wednesday, the 9di ult.) determined to be revenged of their Orange brethren. A cause of quarrel was soon found, and the row, so far as we are informed, began on the side of the Catholics. The slogan, or war-cry of the party, soon sounded far and wide; and, anon, the Orangemenmustered in such numbers, that Newton- Stewart was converted into a second Donnybrook Fair. Then began a most fearful uproar ; 60 combatants at least, all armed with thick oaken cudgels, entered the lists,and,what with cursing and swearing, pushing and smashing, broken heads, and bleeding faces, the scene was such that business was at once suspended, and the country people, alarmed for their personal safety, ,forced out of town sooner than they had intended. The row, in fact, continued for several hours, till the Catholics, fairly worsted, were glad to flee for safety to every open house. Unsupported by a military or civil-force, the Magistrates durst not interfere; and the consequence was, that so many persons were hurt, that the surgeon of the town had a whole night's em ployment. in dressing bruises and bludgeon-wounds: Next day, the Orangemen paraded the town in tri umph ; but the affair, we are happy to say, has-been legally investigated, and nitnebers bound over to keep the peace.—Dunifiles Courier. Saturday the 3d inst. the following persons, viz.— Neil McLeod alias James Thomson, Alexander Do naldson, Hugh Mackay, John Gaul, Alixander Troup, John Melvin, William Forbes Duncan, and George Hutcheon, all convicted at the last Circuit Court of Justiciary held at Aberdeen, and sentenced to trans pcirtation, were shipped at that port for the hulks at Woolwich, per the smack. Nimrod, under the charge of a messenger and his assistants. AlthoUgh some of them had, before removal from the jail; shewn a disposition to be refractory, yet no resistance after- 1 wards was anticipated. On getting on board,. how ever' several of them required force to go b e l ow d ec k, and Mackay struck the Master of the vessel with a handspike, but was soon compelled to yield to supe- rior power. Troup and Melvin, on being ordered below, with the most abusive and insulting - language to those who had charge of them, and others , ,,yho were present, expressed their, determination to the contrary, in which they so far succeeded, as that, after conducting themselves in thesmost violent and outrageous manner, and maintaining a lung and bloody conflict with the constables - and others wise mite to their assistance, it was found absolutely me cessary to.lash both the culprits to ring-bolts on the deck; in which situation these desperate characters were carried to sea, to prOceed to - their destination,. and undergo their merited punishment. The parting between Nail M‘Leod, and his brother William, -now under anntents.otsieattii .wits very. dieting. . • • • jit lir CHARGE OF HOUSE BURNING. Yesterday, at Bow -street, the sitting Magistrate, G. R. MI NSII Int, Eq. was occupied nearly the whole' of the istorning. in the investi ga ti on of au ext raordi. nary case of Arson. The: person accusea was .1 0 4 4 Gottie, the man whose house New -street, Covent.' Garden, was burnt down on Monday night last, upo n which occasion an elderly Lady, who lodged there unfortunately perished in, the flames. The pre sent charge was preferred by Mrs. Anne Gibbs, the wjk of one of the Conductors of Patrol of Bovv.stree Office, and froth her testimony and that of other Ma nesses, the following circumstances were collected: In September, 1811, Gibbs, who was at that tim e a cabinet-maker, in a respectable way of business had occasion to change his residence for premises more convenient, and Mrs. Gibbs, when page- 4 through Whitecross-street, C:ipplegate, saes a bill a window announcing that the greater part of the I house was to he let. She found the prisoner eat the occupier; that lie carried on a sm a ll b es i ness a! a pastry-cook in the lower ;Torments; and that he and . an apprentice were the only inhabitente_, She tired the rest of the house, and removed h er furnitare, of which she had a very considerable stock, nearly new ; but they had not been many clays there before she expressed to her husband a strong dislike to remain, on account of the singular. habits of the prisoner; he had not mole than 3/. worth of fermi tore in the whole house ; he scented to do little or no business, and was morose and distant in his manners and behaviour. When they had been there about x we-k, he requested her leave to put three sacks of shavings, which he said 'he had bought cheap, in one of her rooms np stairs (he oefupied the lower pan) and she consented. Oa the following Saturday, Gibbs told the prisoner !le was going to St. Alhan's on Sunday to see his aged father and mother. The p:isouer asked if Mrs. Gibbs was not going also? :old being told that her health• would not pci mit her to go, he said it was non,ente, the journey would do her good. She did not go to St. Alban' s, but we n t cat ion Sunday ailernoon, and on her Rutin at 'an Calle hour she found the prisoner had reatoved the heartfo stone of the room immediately over his oven, and tea; engaged when she entered the room, which she did ra tiler suddenly, in sttang . shavings with a chiselinto the crevices between the boards, and spreading then over the place whence he had removed thelicai di-stone I She asked l;itn why he was doing this, and he said he only wanted to dry the shavings. On Monday bight just before bed time, he conversed with her and her huhaod, and when they wished him good night, he said he should go to the - top of the house to look at the Comet, which was visible at that time. They heard him ascend the sstairs, and went to bed them selves. About one o'clock in the morning Mrs. G. was awakened by the scratching of a ,iog at the chamber door ; and the animal whining at the slime time, she called her husband, and said she was sure there were thieves in the house by the noise Pincher was making at the door. By, the time lie awoke, however, the room was filled with black smoke, and Gibbs jumped out of bed, and on opening the door the flames burst into the room. Ile closed it, again, and exclaimed in despair, "'We are lostr but at the same moment he recollected having a small working-bench in' the room, and forcing out one of its legs,. he wrenched away an iron bar which secured the window, and opened it.— He then took his wife, naked as she was, under his arm, and dropped her from the window on a wail belonging to a brewery adjoining. He. followed in the same condition, and they were rescued from their still perilous situation just as a stack of chimneys tell, which must have crushed them to death. The house was on fire in every part, and in ten minutes was burnt to ashes, not a thing being saved ; even the faithful Pincher perished--(Mrs. Gi bbs, when she re lated this fact, burst into tears). —When the fire was first seen in the street, the prisoner was observed standing opposite the house with hi, arms folded, and being recognized by a young girl, and asked where his lodgers were? he said they were safe; they had escaped, and gone away. This was before Gibbs and ' his wife were getting hom the window. The prisoner, a few days before the fire, effected a policy of insurance upon "house and furniture' for 5001. at the E:tgle Insurance Of f ice. He, however,, absconded on the morning of the fire, and never claimed the amount for which he had insured. He was seen no more by the Gibbs's until about eight years ago, when Mrs. Gibbs caw hint in Holborn, andion mediately seized him by the collar, but he threw her from him, and ran away. •On Tuesday, Avis, one of the patrol, wag describing the person of the Mail who had his house burnt down in New -street, in hit 'presence, and she said it must be the same 1122110 ,•She was taken yesterday morning to a plact wPace he.was appointed to meet other persons, and shepas him in charge to Davis, another officer. Davis said, that whenhe Apyrebetuled theltiOW there was another man welch him, withaththotjE4d: taining a policy of insurance with the SuliPtienlct, effected some weeks ,ago for £BOO, for the boeskand furnitul in New-street. rniture i: _ ~ . James Bradley, one of the principal firemen olds Sun Office, was sworn to the last-mentioned fact. It vas further. stated, : that the entire house.AsC . street, with the exceftion . of the shop, aritistball back room, were. let out to lodgers, avid the pus4s had scarcely-any furniture is the house. • The thule• box was almoit the only article Lived; It waill4fle4 also, that the prisoner had been burnt out feoin 01 0 ther house at Shadwell. • . The prisoner said nothing in-his define& • Mr. J. ImAts, 'Who, in therAkstrice of IN . = to the: Fire 011ke, - Atoluntaerect his services tb erg the promcutloni requiated that the prison remanded, . to give . tiiperttr picture' funhbe • 'The prisoner was rettoisiltnt for Lftelitit __, I . • ::. !TM tion on a future day: itaiTiik - - . oer aaa,s. • - i . driiila, " l i i i. • Dublin '• 1 0 France . '.i 0 1. Waterford ' : 2 0 Hamborgh 1 0 1 Guerosei alidlersey 0 0 • Flanders 0 0 Lisboa u 0 Malta 0 i Holland 0 0 GotteptOrpgli 0 I Anterleaßrazu 0 0 EIGH-WATZIt at LONDON HUI Deil TO-1101141, . 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