The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-07-04 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. FRANCE.—PECUNIARY INDEmNiI7. - An Account of the Sums re ceived from Prance, in respect of the Pecuniary indemnity payable Under the Convention No. 3, of the 13th of November, ISIS; and of the appro priation thereof : . 5. d. The total sum received by his Majesty's Government, in pursuance of this Coo t ntion, and of the several arrangements F , :bsequently made, was 123,12:4,482f. 42c., which, at the exchange of 2M. 20c , the average rate of remittance to this county, was .... 4 951,699 1 I 73 By interest, &c. viten the money received beyond the accoint paid by way of dis count upon anticipated payments, com mission upon negociations, dc 71,473 4 9 £6,023,172 18 43 By payment on account of proportions of the pecuniary indemnity due to. Hanover 166,890 10 5 By p tyment on account of the sums due to Brunswick, for subsidiary force.. . 19,211 4 9 Paid the Chevalier Canova, for removing works of art, &c. 9,971 10 Re nitted to Lisbon, todisebargeoutstand ing demands of the army Paid as prise money to this anny 1,000,000 0 0 By the expenses of the office of the Com missioners of Deposit .... 23,527 1 81 By amount paid for the use of the army in France. beyond the sem received from the French Government. on that account 1,909,071 1 91 By payments In respect of fortifications in the Netherlands... 1,529,705 9 8 By payment on account of supplies 1821, pursuant to the grant of Parliament.... 500,000 0 0 By amount paid the Treasurur of the Ord natter on account of expences incurred In'the department in England. in respect of the Ordnance corps stationed in Trance.. . By amount paid M. de Ladebat, in satis faction of his elsinis, In respect of pro perty belonging to him, sequestrated at the beginning of the War by the British Government 09,331 4 7 By amount by M. Martin, towards the in demnification of proprietors of property at St. Domingo. !*.ir the sequestration of their property d.ring the occupation of that island by the British forces 3,400 0 0 Byousount paid the French East India - Company, as an indemnification for the property belonging to then), seques trated at the commencement of the war OO,OOO 0 0 By amount granted to Lord Beresfurd, and the Portuguese army under his com mend, on account of their proportion of the prize captured by the allied armies, end deliv.red over to the British autho rCes, beyond the net sum received from France, as the value of the prize pro perty left at Bordeaux 22,733 19 81 By "mount paid Mr. Spearman, remuner ation for his services in the payment of subsidies to foreign powers ... 1.000 0 0 At payments on account of his Majesty's Coronation 138,231 0 By amount paid on account of the expenses of his Majesty's journey to Sccrtland..• • 3,358 9 7 13,034 19 3 £4,910.0f.6 17 I Dy BliaDee *62,183 10 34 X 5.0.23.173 16 44 • This balance is liable to the payment of a farther sum, on account of the subsidiary force of Drunswick : as also of R fJrther sum, as Indemnification to the proprietors of pro per!v in St. Domingo, the amount of which cannot at pre- Or::1 be accurately ascertained. _ _ J. C. IfERRIE3. Whitehall Treasury Chambers, June 25, 1623. WHITEHALL PL(CE, TIIE NEW STREET, &c. According to the Fourth Triennial Report of the Commis slouers of his Majesty's Land Revenues, Woods, and Fo trsts ; regarding the great Metropolitan improvements in 'Whitehall Place, the New Street leading from Carlton Pa lace, Sec.—The ;whole amount of their receipts, up to the present time, on account of the New Street, is as follows: Z. a. d. _ _ Amount of Loans from the Royal Ex change Assurance Company, and Bank of Eng land Amount received in respect of two Perlis ren:ary Grants of 100,0001. each, after deducting fees at the Exchequer 194,999 111 0 Pro.!uce of sales of Estates of the Crown, and of Fee Farm-Rents 110,823 11 10 Produce of sale of a Ifouse in Charles- • street. to Pascoe Grenfell, Esq. as stated in last report ll,OOO 9 0 Fines on r-newal of Crown Leases 63.251 16 2 Re , .ts of Estates of the Crown ..• •.. 330,872 18 3 Rents of Property in the line of the New Street laterest of Monies invested in Government securities tili wanted 61,606 0 6 • Produce of sales of Stock transferred under the Act of 51 Geo. 111. c. 70 Produce of saves of old Building Materials.. 7,028 8 ct In part reimbursement of payments made to the respective parishes, on account of de - liclencies in parochial Rates,. 000,000 0 0 £1,6 6 25,249 IS 8 The EXPENDITURE up to the present time, has been as follows: Purchase of Freehold and Leasehold Pro perty, Including Compensation for the " Goodwill " of Occupiers, Rents of Leasehold Houses purchased, Interest on Purchase Monies, Gratuities to Tenants at will, dm The Expense of forming the New Sewer, and sundry surface drains to communicate therewith 60,140 9 9 Purchase of additional Ground Rents . 118,599 8 0 The Expence of Paring. Lighting. &c. and of indennitying Parishes for the loss of - Poor and other Rates 62.811 7 4 Interest of Monies borrowed .... 191,939 8 8 Architects', Surveyors', and Solicitors' Bills; Salaries; (Ace Rent and Inci dents; Treasury. Parliamentary, and Auditors' Fees; Insurances against loss' by ire, and Allowances to persons for keeping charge of untenanted Houses.... 86,009 0 6 £1,369,334 610 In addition to the above, there have been advanced old of the Pupils provided for the New Street:— For thb purchase of various Interests (in cluding the Fres hold) in an Estate in Orange-street, Leicester-square, herein after mentioned, of which the Rents bete been received in this department ........ For the Repairs of three Chapeld in the pa rish of Saint Mary-la-bonne. Included with others in the purchase of the Rec tory of that Parish, the Rents of such Chapels saving else been received In this departmese. 22,186 12 11 9.962 IS 0 21.601,233 17 3 • 'Ate sites of "bleb lessee here either beet, granted. or *peed to be so. wilt produce the yearly sue of 31,6321. Its. 9d. i tho estimated yearly Table of the mood reenlis t*, le be Mt is I.3t*Ll She estimated revisbe to aria *ow Its SOWN. bud Paylol Row 11 MOW. per omeole: toehiag the Ode peoi_ty ieee to arts, from the Crows property I. poi woe via New Street, above 30,00. Tag STAtESM COURT OF RING'S BENCH, Jim 3. -.....-- kilter! e. LLOYD AND co. This was an action of tweet, by the Assignrils Of a bankrupt named Lewis, tO recover a gestalt) , of fallow. to the amount of 120,0001.. which was alleged to hare been converted by the defendants, who are bankers, to their *we use. The plaintiff's ease yea conducted by Mr. Seaar.wri. Mr. W. E. TAUNTON. and MT. ADAMS ; and the defend. ants by Mr. SOLICITOR-01E111AL, Mr. F. Pommes, and Mr. WILDE. It appeared in evidence that the tallow in tondo* was in fact the property of the defendants, Ind she pond on which Mr. Lewis's assignees claimed it as belonglog to his estate was, that be bed signed certain receipts, by which he purported to be the owner of the tallow, and the question was, whether tills, which was mere prima facie evidence of ownership, ivas sufficient to over-rule the defendants' claim, as the teal owners of the propery? The LORD Cater Jusrica was of opinion that Mr. Lewis, the bankrupt, could only be considered as. trustee of the property, and therefore had no title to give his as. StITEIMII a right of sedan. The plaintiffs were, therefore, sewesitod, with liberty, however, to take the opinion Oda Coat, on elation to set aside the nonsuit. WOOD, Cl lir,. WAINWRIGHT. This was an action of assault and battery. Mr. C. PHILLIPS conducted the plaintiff's ease. hap peared in the evidence, that on the I,sth of March last, the plaintiff was riding in Bond-street on horseback, when the defendant came up to him, and struck him several blows on the back and shoulders with his whip ; as soon as the plaintiff was dismounted, he again struck him and laid his head open. It appeared that this vio lence had arisen, in consequence of a quarrel of some standing, and that the plaintiff had spoken of the defend ant as one of the most damnable of characters. Mr. BROUGHAM whom was Mr. AB SA Itlad) ad dressed the Jury in mitigation of damages, and urged that when one gentleman used such language as this to wards another, he could not reasonably expect than the offended party should not feel indignant, and endeavour to resent such unjustifiable conduct. The offensive language of the plaintiff had drawn upon him a degree of violence on the part of the defendant, which, certain ly, in a Court of law, meld not be justified, and therefore the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict ; but being in the station of a gentleman, he (ale. B.) could not suppose that the plaintiff could wish to pot money into his pocket by this action. The Jury therefore would do their ditty if they confined their verdict to the most under:ire dam ages. The Jury found their verdict for the plaintilt—Dam ages, 1001. that the prophet intended to pnahlbit gin iweold weather. Indeed, it appeared to this complainant, that as gin was not known in the mortal days of the prophet, it was wholly excluded from the prohibited articles ; and that Hit Were known at that distant period, the prophet would leave been too wise to reject it. A third, who could speak broken English, appeared highly indignant at the insinuation that gin was not sanctioned by the religion ()rale East. Ile thought that If the faithful chose to indulge themseive with grog, it was of no importance to the infidel, who could not suffer for the errors of the former. A gentleman who attended in behalf of the East India Company said, that the complainants were urged to make those groundless charges by interested persons. The . complaint about the wages was not general ; it was mere ly made by the sprang of this gang, who bad takep the men frtm another smog who had received the full pay, but badreserved twfi'Montbs of It for his own Ise, and was now at Bombay. The most ample allowances of Coed bad heed uniformly given,and there was no ground for grumbling. Gin certainly was not served to them, for the moat desperate consequences might be appre hended from giving to persons of their constitution and habit any liquor that was likely to excite them. Even when sober, they were apt to draw their knives upon slight occasions. A witness was then called to disprove every charge.— He was a Portuguese servant, who had never been a sailor -before the • voyage that lately brought him to this country, and fated, as a !smear. He was asked whether lee bad been treated in the same manner as the Lascarsi by the Company. He replied in the affirmative. " Then you are perfectly satisfied at your treatment ?" " Why, yes : I'm satisfied, because it's DO ass not to be satisfied." No further question was asked of this witness by the Company's agent; but, on being interrogated by the• Alderman, he admitted that there was no reason to ap prebend any of those dangers which sometimes arise from too high feeding. The gunner elan East Indianian swore most positive. ly that the allowpnce given to the complainants was the same that bad always been given, and had never before been complained of. timer was not included in the al lowance, but the English sailors made converts of great numbers of them with the favourite beverage. Alderman Cox was satisfied, that the only ground the serail; had of complaint was, that his men hal been cheated of two months' pay by the smog who preceded him, and for whom he ought to keep a look out on his return co Bombay. The welfare of the soul, as well as of the body, in the opinion of the worthy Alderman, was very properly consulted, by withholding grog from the Lascars. The sersng and his men then departed, declaring that they would not join the ship, unless grog and the two months' pay were forthcoming. • • • - ROW-STRUICT.—EIeanor liteker was brought before Sir RICHARD RIRNIL yesterday, charged Kith having as saulted die Inspector of Seamen's Wills in the Nary Of fice. This Eleanor Tucker is a singular being. More thaa half a century ago, she kept a lodging-house for sailors, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Whitefriars, and was accounted a woman of property. Since that time she bad been condemned mare for some off.nce, had her sen tence commuted to transportation for life, was seat out as a convict to New South Wales, and emancipated in less than three weeks after her arrival there, it having been discovered that she was inaocentof the crime for which she had teen condemned. She railed from New South Wales on her way b.ek to England, but chose to remain at the Capc of tio. d Hope; and, after having spent teen years in wan eriag about various parts of Africa, the East lodies,.anit South Americo, she is returned to her native country a link shrivelled old woman, " with scarcely clothes enough to cover her," as she says, " or a bit of bread to put in her mouth." These general farts were stated by the Clerks of the Navy Other, who now attended to make good the charge of assault nricst her; and they add►d, that she was a woman of very extensive information, though of very strange habits and disposition. The assault they. stated to have originated in a claim she has on the Navy Office, as the executrix of a deceased seaman, whom she alleges to have died in a French prison many years ago. They had am rtained that she proved the will of this seaman so far hack as the year 1752, but the circumstance of his having died abroad necessarily created much delay in obtaining prooftof the fact, and this delay she would not brook. Latterly she lass presented herself at the Office almost every day, and every day she has become more and more peremptory in demanding an instant settle ment ; so that the busiress of the Office has been fre quently impeded by her clamorous importunity. Yester day morning she came again, with her pockets filled with pieces of stone, and, nut receiving an answer to her sari faction, she deliberately flung one of them at the head of the Inspector!—at the same time declaring that she would never leave the Office again without her money. Under these circumstances, she was given in charge to a constable. Sir Rica ARO endeavoured to reason with her, but the angry al woman refused to listen to reason—" I am much obliged to your Worship," she said, " but I have done business with that office forty years together,and I know all about it as well as any body.—These men re ceive their salaries the moment they are. du►, and why am Ito be kept out of my just rights month after month? Here have I been dancing attendance upon them ali through the wet and stow of last winter to no purpose— though they owe me more than twenty pounds, and I am starving." . The worthy Magistrate told her 143 was convinend every thing was condurtk in the Navy-Office with the utmost dispatch Tossible, and if she persisted in her pre srut conduct he should be under the disagreeable neces sity, of sending her to prison— :. Well, I'll get bread and water there, at least;.,and here I get nothing!". replied the ancient dame, " shot me up any where, in a Distil* if you will, and I'll be thankful to you—for then I sha'n't die for want of bread at any rate." In the coarse of some further conversation, the Magis trate asked her if she bad ever thought of writing an ac rount of her life? " I don't know," replied the singular old woman, in a careless under tone, " 1 do'nt know. I kept a journal of all my wanderings; and 1 was offered fifty pounds for it; but the man was a scoundrel, and I dared not trust him." Ills Worship seemed to commiserate her situation very much, and aggin attempted to convince her of the certainty of her case being properly attended to by the Navy-olfice; but she declared, if she oas suffered to be at large, she would go there again ingeotly and break every window in the house, and eventually be was commuted to prison iu default of bail. QUSSN-SQUARIL-Yesterrlay, Richard Readers**, coachman to Sir K. Hobhousr, was brought to this of. on a warrant eliarerd by Mr. Martin, Y.P. for Gal. way, with wantonly and cruelly ill•treatieg his horses. Mr. Martin atsited, that on the 26th ult. be happPoe.l to be looking out of the window of his residence in Man chestee.buildion, Wesbuinter. When he observed Sir B. Ilobituuse's carriage at the actor ; the defendant was on the box whipping the horses must furiously . , and at the same time pulliog the reins with all his rated, so that the animals reared op and pleura moat vlolintly in caw ce(peence of the severe Maw, Which was coalinted by the defendant more than. usinnt Donald Agdersun; !tire& - -keeresr, Tlveggally, stated thatthe horsse bet maell to Lin , Sir lienjentas Hoblionse basin( hired them of him fur a twelvemonth; he bad been frequently told that the horses were ill-need, in consequence of which he thought it his duty to see them, which he did a few days ago, %then he was shock. ed at their appearance, they being reduced nearly to sk . kW.. and covered with whip marks. The defendant pleaded, that in con.eqnenre of the Tee. fleeces' of the horns be was compelled to use the-whip as he bad done. Hi was fined in the penalty ef4os. WANSTSAD-Hovsc—The materials of this princely mansion are now dispersing, and although a con-ider . able tinse most necessarily elapse before it shall be cleared away, still curia is the great variety of appli cant'', that it will tr.- long he reduced to a wreck, awl, like the" fabric of a vision," there will he nothing I.ft to trace even its base. Whilst some lament at the cause of this event, and heave a sigh for fallen greatneee, there are those who contempt& e the mere with mttrh more cheering prospects—and none have greater cause to adopt the latter, than those gentlemen who so judiri. onsly contracted fur this lar;.e ma s of the best materiels and chastest workmanship. The sal:. h s now been open to indisstidaals !idle more than f otrteen days, during which period some of the more choice articles have been disposed of. Lord Tankarville and the Rev. Saville Ogle, of Newcastle. have hitherto been the largest-pur chimes, particularly for the marble chimney-piettes, dour of which have been sold for 4261. Nearly 300(11. has already been realized. whilst the interior rem :ins bat little disturbed, and the exterior not toucl ed ; still Vie prices asked ere spoken of as extremely moderate.—The wainscot Boors are sold for about 51. per square ; wain scot doors with locks and joints, 21. to 2s. 611. per foot. The sale during the present summer is expected to be confined to the fittings up of the interior. However la mentable it may be to the lovers of the arts, to he ito formed of the circumstance, it is no less a fact that tie historical paintings upon the ceilintes, so much admired for their designs snit the repetition of them, being painted upon plaster, are rendered melee:, as being ir removable—they must, in the general wreck, error n to the dust with that brittle composition which they now so magnificently embellish.—(Chantsford Chron.) INCRSASING MORTALITY IN TUS PSNITENTIART.—An inquisition was again taken at the general Penitentiary, Milbank, before 0. H. eELL, Esq. coroner, esterdav at ternoon, at three o'clock. on the bode of Mary Knight, a convict, aged 16 year.. The jury being sworn, ret red to view the body, which presented the inert skele on re mains of a once pretty-featured .nteres:i g female. tin their return Mr. Benjamin Chapman. the yew Governor, deposed that, as appears by the prison resister, the lir. ceased was tried at tire, Old Bailey, on the 17th of Febru ary, 1819, and found guilty of felony, for which she wits sentenced to be transported for 7 years. sytaieh sentence, under the provisions of the Act,was afterwards commuted to 5 years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary. She was received therein on the :Atli of March following, in a good state of health, as all prisoners must be when re ceived into this prison. Mr. Pratt, stria-on, deposed, that the deceased was removed to the ioliruiary on the 24th of March, 1822, with ulcerated legs. Site remained there till the 1411, of October, w hen she was discharge:l cured. On the 231 she was again brought up witu a recurrence, and remained until the 31st of Di-cambia, and was again discharged. On the 19th of February last, she was swain received, complaining of debility. She continued till the 2d of July inst. and lingered tilt between one add two o'clock in the mornin %lieu she died. During- the last period of her eordinieuent she had pains and a couch ; she die:l (rum the rupture of a blood vessel en the lungs, which occasioned her to vomit a quantity of blood; had this not happened, witness thinks sue could no- have survived (ruin her redly-NI and debili tated state of body. The disease of h.q. lanes mac tut* cause of her death. She was ittteraid by wittie.s and Dr. Hutchinson, and lastly by lire. Boers and Latham ; every thing was done that could be thought of for her recovery, but to no effect. [Juror—Had this woman been properly cured, she would not so soon after had a relapse ?—Witness. It was a new okitase. [Juror. — Why do they not remain where they die Witness.— Suppose 1 was to die here, it would be a cruel thine for all yon, Gentlemen, to sit here till a jury was ito itA 11 nen ed. [Juror. -11 the body remained, it wou ld g i ve t h e jury an opportunity to see the nature of the prison.— Coroner.—l take it to be a conrenietice that this loom is built for the Jury. Ido not sac this ease can be mire folly established. The Jury considered a few minutes, and then returned a verdict—" flied a uatoral death by the rupture of a blood vessel." The following are the number of deaths since 1816 :-1817, three ;1818, four; 1819, three ; 1820, eleven ; ltf2l, twenty; 1822. twenty one; 1823, up to the Ist of July, thirty-one.—Total, 93.. CHILD-DROPPING.—A few nights ago, as Taylor an I Allan, two of the Bow-street Patrol, were on duty near Kensington Turnpike, they obserte I, as they believed, a dog rross the road anti take shelter in an nntirisheil house in Leonard's-place, close to the turnpike. Stb petting the possibility of the individual to whom the dog might belong. Writing in the place for no good purpose, they proceeded to the new building, where they suppos ed the animal had retreated, but, inst , ad of a dog they discovered a female infant, not more than 21 hours old, which Allan carried immediately to the Work-house.— Tbe child was wrapped up in a bed-gown and a piece of flannel with a cap on when discovered. An alarming accident occurred on Wednesday at the house of Mr. Anderson, the sign of the Lamb, in Lamb's Conduit-street. The house Icing undergoing a thorough repair, it was deemed necessary to pall down the front wall; the persons employed in the work, piled the bricks, Rce. as they took them down on each floor; the first floor being overloaded, the beam which supported the joist gave way, and live poor labourers who were standing on it at the time, together with the bricks, &c. fell in. Hap pily, no person was underneath. Several of the neigh. hours rendered assistance to extricate the poor fellows; one of them was taken outin a dreadful state, and etrrietl to the hospital; another was severely hurt; the other three escaped with only a few bruises. FAIRLOP FATIL-At a Special Sessions of the Peace, held at the Angel Inn, Great Ilford, Essex, on Saturday last, it was decided by the Magistrates, is consequence of the excesses committed on former occasions, that the fair held annually on the Forest of Hainault, known by the name of Fait lop Fair, the same not bring held by clor ter or prescription, should last but one day, namely, the present. MARRIED.—On Thursday morning, et at. tides's, crip- Pieltite, Mr. John Lake, or Fore-•treet, sergeon, to Au- Rama, youngest danghter of the late Mr. Joseph Dialer, of Whltreross-street. DIED.—On the 2,1 lost. Mr. Henry Dowsland, of Step ney-green. aged 64. On the 2tl inst., in the 65th year of his age, the Rev. R. Freer, of Cumberlatid-street, Shoreditelt. On the 2d instaot, Mary, wife of James Trimbey, Esq. of Watling-street, and of Lewisham, Kent, in the 97th year of her age. On Wednesday, the 2d instant, George James Miller. R. N., eldest son of the late Walter Miller, Esq. of We lfare- On the 20th ult., at George Robinson's, Esq., Prince's street,. Rank, Elizabeth. youngest daughter of the late Joba Rotherham, M. D., of Newcastle-epon-Tyne. On the loth nit. Mr. Robert Ogle, of the Um of Ogle, 'lunean e'd Co. boekaellers. Lowder. Leedom: Edited, Printed, sad Published. at the OMee of ." Tme STairtessee." No. 297, Strafed. by It. WARDELL. '.L. D. to whom all Communications, Watts, &e. 'atil re peated to be addressed. OLD BAILEY.YISTERDAV. At 2 o'clock the RECORDER haring gone through all the indictments, ordered the convicted prisoners to be brought np to receive the judgment of the Court. for the various offences of which they had been found guilty, when sentence of DEATH was passed on the following convicts:— For stealing in dwelling-honses.—J. Henderson, Rnbt. Rowe, Gem Beavis, Charles Evans, Sarah Ilazlewood, and Hannah Ilu tcbi ns. Fog:breaking into dwelling-houses in the night.—Wm. Wells, John Wilford, and Charles Nibbs. For -passing forged Bank notes.--Samuel William M vles. To he transported for life.—George Davis, John Fitz gerald, and Wen Langford. For fourteen years.---Elizabeth Welts. Catherine Biggs, Sarah Day, Martha Shaw, Ann Powell, and John Coke. For seven years.—John Isaacs, Edward Donovan, John Adams, John Williams, Francis Creed, Thomas Cooley, Thomas Leader, Richard Dean, William Sears, John Seymour, John Turner, Sarah Bailey, Mary Connor, and Mary Ann Palmer. _ _ _ To he imprisoned for one vear.—Samuel Wells, Wm. Bassett, Jobn Moaks, John B . ownes, Herbert Gilbert, and William Hindsler. For six montlis.—John Porter, Randall Colntall. Na thaniel Daisley, James Collins, John .ill.lntosh, William Jones, Henry Carter, James Marshans lloyre, William Abbott, Ann Bing, and Mary Branson. Porter is also to be privately whipped. For four months.—Thomas William Bailey and John Thatcher. _ _ For three montlis.—George Harper, William Bulger, Richard Evans, William Gould , Danil Williams, John Cooper, Elizabeth Collins, Elizabeth Joyce, Ann Pember, Catherine Power, and John Lewes, who is to be privately whipped. For two montlis.—Thos. Irnapper, Wm. Dowling, Jos. Ball, Rapti Freeman, and Robt. Simmons. For one month.—Thomas Walter, Alexander French, Holliday Solomone, Isaac Solonions, James Scott, and Mary Donovan. For fourteen days.—Wm. Brown, Bridget Connor, and Ruth Rendrick. David Meson and David Evans were ordered to be fined one shilling and discharged ; John Walker to be whipped and discharged, and the sentence of Win. Harris was resplted till the next Sessions, after which the Court was adjourned to the 10th of September. POLICE. Mansion-novas.—A complaint was made before Ala. Cox, the locum teams* of the Lord Mayor while his Lord ship was engaged in other public business, hy theserang, or boatswain, of several Lascars, and the rest of Isis gang, against the East India Company, for non allowance et proper food and clothing, and for non-payment of their just wages. - - - _ It appeared from the statement of the serang, whose name is Doud Goober Gash, through the medium of an interpreter, that it is the custom of the East India Com. patty to engage with the Lascars by the gang, which is under the command of the serang, an officer looked up to as the father and protector of his men, and appointed by them the receiver and distributor of their wages, and guardian of their privileges, that he had only received their pay for six months instead of eight; that neither rice nor other food was served to them in sufficient abuod. ante, and that during their stay in this cold and miser able climate. they had not been allowed one drop of gin or rum, or other spirituous liquor to make into grog. Alderman Cox asked the serang and his IMO whethtr they were not Mabometans. The serang and his men severally answered that they were the followers of Alahomet, the only true prophet of Allah. _ Alderman Cox expressed his surprise at the wish of , the complainants to depart from the well-known law of itabomet, prohibiting the use of such liquors ; and asked bow the violation of ao good a law could be reconcileable to their consciences ? The earwig did not like the comment. He. got opt of the difficulty, by sta►ing that the prophet could Dever have contemplated that auv of the, faithful should live is a wretched country like this, or be would have prohibited the ese-of grog, which was actually a necessary of life is England. Another of the c►ew declared, that he wield drink grog wherever In Amid meet with it. and that he woad *mom tore 4.lwittiats timasirive tip the berefage, or lose the inclination for it. 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