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ring tit ity Of ni I in 1 1 [kit ht r ot , be rlli of li e , of 1 ti tli n. ire t ic 11., 11:n. uF 141 Mot ) ye eh pr 'ecif Ju in n-rc o. r, et 411 lit 1" al di if 14. in ai lei nu Ca Ct , n• of d J 4 '4, I S. 10.1. C. 'en/ ti 3 tt.4 :I tP ft et* al ets TI 31. a. rival if a •d 1 rM nit 'ady heft , o2 et 0111 net the isera. ear irat I. tut 11 I Di. :oat Ilia ~ ting , or r be use imr, Ids. ina• lure hick heir Ably seen the tae !Yea ;rat 44'11 be lefe inn 1 ire- far San this eat ,iflo 0 a It'l rile the Di- a to ia- al ed. ci tr. in- hA: the It tits la i is in pas parti,:ularly desirous tb avoid touching at all oiyas :he Taestion itself, as in his situation he thd n,.t w i s h to h,, zar d an y cpinion, and he hoped the /Inn Baronet woull sta' e FpeciticAlly ,n what way he meant to bring for st a nd this inquiry ;or whether he only intendea e• tertain the young Members of the t louse with an acfo2u t of the historical affairs of lodia, during the Easter recess ? Mr. H!LEY ADDING TON observed, that there were more papers moved for upon tilts stub- NI, than ever had been moved for o pan any (pies lion that ever came before that Hnu.e. He also urged the necessity of the Honoura'de Baronet's stating distinelly what motion he intended to gtound upon these papers. Sir A. WELLESLEY and Mr. GRANT se verally explained. Mr. SPENCER STANHOI'E thought, that all charges for East India transadlions would more properly be investigated before the India Court of Judicature, which was ballotted for every Sessions in that ►louse, than any other. He considered that nett G vet nment in India had overturned more Noce.; in tf..t country, than ever Bonaparte had ned in Europe. Mr. It. A DDINGTON explained. zolr 1110 H Vi •TI.Jd. N, after some Length of observaeon, w our limits will not permit us to detail, replied, that he should not tie himself down to any specific condu4l, his °Ilk& was to investigate the whole transaetion, and see to whom blame was imputable; he would then make it the subje& of another treasure ; and be had some idea that he annelid submit a motion to the House, ter a vote of censure upon the Government and enmpany of the Eas , Indies, for their assumption of the Government of tha Carnstic. After some further ernversation between Mr. Tierney, Sir A. Wellesley, Mr. Fuller, Mr S!,eii dan, Mr. Wellesley Pole, and Mr. Whitslied Keene, t .1• oeiginal motion was withdrawn, and one for th- re printing ,if all the papers bet . re the Home, on the su• jet of the Carnatie, wrs substituted, and carried in the 21%1-ma-ice The Irish Sugar Dress bark Riil was n'ad a thi.d time and passed. The Dlib,in Paving Piit WAS COMMilvd, t he re . solutions recd and agreed to, and the repot-t oid::ed to he received to morrow. Th: Irish Ettise Inland Duty 13 11 was tea.' :1 sec , al time, and ordered to be committed to-nor- TOW. The Report upon the Sierra Leone il.ll was brought up. toe Resolutions read and agre-d to, and the 13 7 11 ordered to be read a third time on Wednesday next. The Sugar Drawback Bill was ordered to be committed on Monday ; The lir Naval Asylum Bill, and the Bran•ly Ditty , were severally lead a second time, and ordered to be committed to.morrow. Mr. HIBtiC.IIT rehe to give notice. that he would, in t' e Committee upon the Trade Ah lution 8.,1, to morrow, (this day) move some Resolutions respecting compensatioe to certain persons. 'The SPEAKER informed the Honourable Mem ber, that the usual course was first to ornain a re romeneridation on the pert of the Crown, th e n to move for a Committee of t',e whole House to consider of such a measure, and lastly, to report the same in the Committee upon the Bill. Mr. unaBER I said, he should make such a motion to-morrow, and would then ask the consent of His Majesty's Ministers. The SPEAKER r, plied, such a motion could not be , received without such consent. foe Report upon the South Sea Fishery Bill was brought lip, the resolutions read and agreed to, and the Bill ordered to be read a third time to.inarow (this day). The tuber Orders of the Dsy were then disposed of; and, at Half-past Eleven u'Llock, the House adjourned. ••• FJr Foreln Intelligence, see the I4st page. THE BRITISH PRESS. I.ON DON, FRIDAY, FtertuAgy 27. A letter was sent yesterday to the Bank from Lord GRENVILI.I, which was read by the Secre tary of the Rank, to the Gentlemen at the Stock Exchange, stating. that this day he would inform them of the amount of the Lean, and the days of payment ; and th Tt on Monday Iwo, he should be ready to receive I , iddmgs from G•ntlet•.ten inclined to contrast for the Loan. Several Inr3, have already been farmed. A Petition, on behalf of Mr. PAULL, was laid last night upon the table of the House of Commons, charging that ate mpts had been made by the *rents of Mr. SHER IDA N to buborn certain witnesses so keep out of the way from giving evidence before a Committee to be appointed to try the merits of the it'. s•minsrer El Ain.—A correi copy of the Pe t. .r •n is given in our Parliamentary Report. We gave yesterday cop,oos extraas from ti:e Fo feign Papers, received in the morning. We this dty re'ume our ext:.:Els, in which will be found an account of the battle of Mohringen, as given in TGe fia•nber"b Gwy.vmndent of the 14th inst. This account is of importance, because it may be fairly considered the French report of that adion ; the Harnhurgh Papers being now under the dire& ma nagem.nt and cnntrool of the French Government. It clearly appears from it, that the Russians obtain td mensive and dzcided adverva . 3es on that day, in consequence of which, the safety of the whole French line was so moch endangered, that Doe k r A nye found it accessary to take th- 621 d A letter horn Elsineor, of the 10th, says, " that days before, 'lie Frenct forces is Panora- nia attempted to cron f:om thenie to the ',land of Rugen, in !Ai vessels, but the) . - were vigorously at tacked by some Swedish gun-boa , s, which destroyed 28 of them. This intelligence , -as received from Ystadt and Land.,:rona, at He. nzberg, and from thence at Elsineur.' We yesterday announced 'he arrival of Mr. JACKSON, brother of the Eng . .sh Minis. :r of that name at the Prussian Ceur, with dispatc! es from Lord HUTCH! mom, confirming the report the de test of the French under Marshals N cv aad iSeRMA• DOTTC. on the 25th of January, at Molaingen. The amount of the killed and Notincled may be ex aggerated, but that the Fre,ch sustained a severe defeat is certain. Gene'alc DUPONT and LESCURC were taken prisoners ; and sever al pi ces of cannon, with the whole of &anew - rrs.% baggage, were also the prise of the vienrs. At the departure of Mr. J scrim , : from Memel, i t was reported that the French were reheating in ail cfire&n.is to Thorne, and the Allr s in eager pursuit. he French General, Tunatracte, had deserted to the Russian Head-quarters, and had declared, that f Ais wade Prison,r were notified at the ad. vt need posts of the French army, several • tber French officers of consequence would follow his examp e. BIRNADOTTCRTIJ MIJR•T were both re ported to be ill At Warsaw. Mr. J AC7SON has brought with him the Con. ditinns of the l'reaty of Peace between the Courts of London and B:rlio, fur the ratification of His BRITANNIC MAJESTY. Yesteri ty we re:eivrd New-Ynrlt Papers to t'e t B.b ult. The Slave Bill itad not passed on the I ;th I..sr. The charge of trcasona'ile proceedings agora t NIT.. Butts is revived, and an opinion grae• raly p.c./ails, that he meditates the sulikigafion of N i iw Mexico, and the separation of Lie Western country from the United States. The Coroner's Inquest yesterday resumed its it q'iiry at St Bartholnmew's Hospital, with ex• traordinary minuteness, for the lau I able . purpose of ascertaining the real cause of the shocking accident nn Mondai . with a view to prevent it, reciirrence.— We are St it opinion, that the line of carts, by hemming in the crowd, and oburuaing their de parture, was the primipal cause. Centrals KANlitsSit , iy Intl BLIHOLVDEN ate cer tainly recalled. and Bitnittansr.st is in the chief command of the finis; •n army. Prince BAG'S- Tiltais is t t ad ws seemed to ttisNinc..ror. Cenerit Bit:cuss, who, our Readers will recol left, made the gallant retreat to, and I frbperAte re sistance, in Latwilit, and who is esteemed one of the best Officers in the Prussian set vice, is exchanged fur General \Truro's. The Kisio has heen pleased to grant Letters Pastsnt, order the Great Seal of the High Court of Admiral.y of Krigland, appointing the Duke of ARGYLL His Maiesrv's Vice-Admiral over the, Western Coasts and Islands of Scotland. excepting the shire of Bute, and the islands of Orkney and Zetland. Wrdnesday morning, the Vir-1. gun brig, of guns, Lieu-. H A SCO rT. from oils roe frisk sta.ion, grounded upon the Goo.i B.inds With c-wildc rahle difficulty she WAS got off, and proceeded to ftamsg.ar. On Seurrlay fait died, in 13.4 th, th• Mai chin. nest of ELv, relift of the late Marquis ot Ecir, and mother to the present Marquis, and the Bishop of Kul L ALOE. Lieut. General -AMON FR ASCII goes nut as Com mander in Chief, with a Staff, to Nova Scotia, in place of General GA awisisa, deceased. Government really deserve great credit for abolishing the office of Barreek Master General ; the dudes of this is to be consolidated with that the Ordnance Department ; the Master General of which is toeonni bothin his office. The Karla Miii a A delays taking charge till Lieut. Gene. al Hi watt has finally arranged and given Coe Depattnieitt up clear to him, previously to his departing to his com mand in India. Colonel Caner, now the 2.1 in the Baftack De- Firtmtut, goes on the Staff to Yesterday the Loaty MAVOR held a Court of Common Council at GuildhAll, which was numer ou,ly attended. The Commission of Sewers, Lamps. and Pave ments. fix the year ensuing, had the City Seal affixed to it. Or, a R-pott from the Port Committee, an appli cation to the House of C..mmons for further aid to complete the several improvements carrying on in the Port of London, was agreed tot and a Petition being prepared. w is ordered to be fairly transcribes'. lived by the loon Clerk, and pri vnted by the Sher 44, attended by !he Remembrancer. The thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the Rev. Putt to Dor D. A.M. Chaplain to the Right H •n. the LORD MAYOR, for his very escel teat Sermon., preached at the C.!thedral Chorei of St. Pod, on Wednesday last, being the day ap pointed for a General Fast, and r was desired to print the same, and send a copy of it to evety mem ber. Mr. Deputy Broca gave notice, that he would, at ii.e next Court of Common Council, submit for their consideration, the followitig motion : '• Tiiat Curt do Nike into their most serious consider ation tile alarming measures proposed by the Sixes , TART of *riot, far the War Department, he inierted a. new clauses in the Motiny But, to Papists to fill certain C‘minti.sions in the Army of the United Kingdom, and to have the free ex rcise of tho Roman Catholic Religion herein, under the santlion 4411 security of I iw." The Loso 7sl volt has Lie I Thursday next for the wositierazion of this important QW abuts • • thfElLiattiti elarilir OW [Nil's ll' NCH, Gutionao, Pei. 26. lArd iisi Prima, &foe Chief Jitt€jN EL LES BORPEOH WELLS, 9u. This was an A rline brought in the name of the common Informer, to rccovtr penakies for usu rious iiiteresr. It appeared upon the part of the Plaintiff, that a person, of the name of Tssother, a linen.draPer, in the neighhourhood of Temple Bar, had pawned a qitanthy of Irish linens and printed calicoes, with the Defendant, who was a pawn-broker, in Fleet -street, about the mooch of May 1805, for 601. The linens wt...re worth towards of 1041. and the printed calico was also valnaole At the expi ration of the six months, in order to prevent the goods b.isqg forfeited, Toother paid interest, at the rate of about 20 per cent. At the expiration of the next six months, not being able so redeem toe whole of the deposit, Towbar took the printed calicoes out of pledge, and paid up the interest upon the Irish linens; this last transaction taking place come days atter the six months had expired, the Witness upon asking the question, was answer. ed by the Clerk of the Detentiant, that a few days soul.; make no diferenc.e, and the interest then due being 51. 2: the Clerk agreed to take 51. in notes, the rate- charged was about 17s. 4d. per month, which bring calculated, amounted to about 20 per cent U .on the cross-exarnitsati - of Mr. Toorher. Ar. Tooth. , it appeeied, that he had ht .n paid the 601. in a c;,tcritie upon the LlefencLu.t's banker, anti he ad. nr tted that he received three several duplicates, het denied that the grads s pawned were divided into three separate deoo-its ; it was all one tiansaftioa, nor did he uncliti.:and that such division was made, or intendtid w• ri he made. The sum for which the liners then r. msitied pledged was 521. Mr. PA Bak, for the Defendant, took several (As k etions to the various counts in the d. claration ; first, with respell to the two Ant counts; which charged the transaClion to have taken plats up wards of sir months previous so bringing the aCtion, and, therefore, by the statute, these tout is could not be installed. He neat contended, that this was one entire bona fde transaction, and that the second bargain for the 521. was part of the first, and upon these grow ds, aiso, the aftion could not be sup p , rued ; for if a man was to be subjea to a penal ev ry time he received interest upon a loan, the penalties bti •g treble the amount of the sum so lent, there would Le no cud to such actions, and the penalties would be most enormous indeed. He therefore submitted, that - the transaftion to .k place at a time long beyond the period limited by the A. of Pailiament, and the *llion could not he sustain ed. The next oljeanut the LrAl ned Counsel took, sas t r the time of paying the interest. wiatch, he contended, was a rnuo I sum. paid • n account of lint-rest for six months ; whereas, in ail adhons for usury. it was necessary that the fag should be ex aCtly stated, and the averment in the declaration should be, that it was a payment of interest from one certain date to another. Lord El. tars BOZOLIGN observed, that, with rested to the two first counts, they teem out of the ques lion. not being within the time limited by the A& The cut! count, then. for consideration, was the third, which related to the trahsaftion of the 25 h November, when the interest was paid upon the 521. It did ran matter what sum was paid, or at what period. It was sitflici-nt that it appeared to have been paid for a follsearance for a certain time. In point rat law. his Lordship considered their was a new contraa at that time, and t.,e Irish linens ap peared to stand spectfiealy pledged for 521. and tile iv!e;eit was adjusted up to that time. It was, therefore, fc,r the Jury to say, whether the taking of 101. per Cent. for 521 was, or was nor, a new and distinCt transaction, which was, beyond question, a usurious imetest ; and if so, they would find a verdict for the Plaintiff, in treble that sutra. The Jury, after a short consultation, found a vetclud of 1561. debt - , ins the Plaintiff. S veral other causes were also disposed of, bet nothing ut any public interest transpired. CUU:tT OF C.PANAON PLEAS. JCASPIII S. WAT►Rii'L'Si AND OTHERS. This was au aftion for damages against the De fendants, Proprietors of the Bath Coach. The Plaintiff was a passenger in it for Bath, in 0610- her 1-I,T. It had proceeded a considerable way, when the guard forced the passengers, alreadysix in num ber. t ad nit an nu side passenger. Tins %.:41 ob jeCted to b 1 Plaintiff, who stated, that the coach WAS alrea , iy full. Atter they hrd gone about five miles, the con!, was overs•t, by the wheel °reeking in pieces, the PLffilliir WAS so pressed in the fall, that his c , Alar bone wll broken, and he was, in consequence of this accident, confined to his bed fir some weeks, arid under the ware of a Surgeon, who was produced us a Wetness in Court. and ,tated that the Plaintiff had received vouch injury. It was also proved, that the coach was very heavily laden, inside and outside, there teeing 15 pa•sengers in nurnhi-r, and -.lgo great quantities of luggage, part of wi:ich con sht .4 or 4S barrels or oysters. Verdi& ter PlAlllt , if 31)1. I'M (A. HATTON-G A RDEM. Yesterday. Henfirld. the AC ^:111r 11Ce del of Mr. Steel, was brought by frost and Chap man to this Office, on a charge of having use.i threats towards Governor Ark, of the New Prt o Clerkenwell. Mr. Aria did not attend himself, hut one of the Turnkeys of the prison states. that he bad heard Hanfield threaten the Governor previous t the Trial of Holloway and Haggerty. There was. however, no specific chary, to induce the Nlagi - trate to detain the prisoner, who was if. charged. st epi 4,, awe, who surds charged with the mur der of his wife, was brought n i and committed until Monday neat. Yesterday was incerie4 in the family Tea. St. Maty-la bonne. the P-maing of Mr. ilium Letteon Moo &cretary to the Middlose• Club. the funersl less attended by Sir Faanci f) al' T. `lr. Baswest.. Mr. Loo.teLer, lte. & w . Ca. 1 'Ago' welt in nracesstota stied% el. . •.. • 4 a :s • • CORONIR'4 tNi~DBST. N. The inquest met yes•elJAV marniiig at ~tsliat'tlio lomew's Hospital, and tialuesed its intrilley ne' tly cause of the deaths of the several persons killed at the execution of the murderers, in front of toe 011 Bailey, on Monday Last. Sarah Fry was identified by her flOalmti, Fry. rho stated that he ;s a mho, and lives at N r. g, Margaret-street, St. .f.ones's. Piccidilly. and • hat he is hushand of therleceased SA ith 'rv. 1 1 ; left the deceased at s;x o'cl Kik in the morning. w' eri was gon g to w rk ; s •e told him she had finsiness o n the way to the Old Bailey. and said she • -odd gn to see the ea cu•ion ; did M g t we her vain dr•il three o'clock in the af• ernonn, wrier, tie t a s r ee dead in Elizabetn's Ward, in Barthidorn sr/ :hos pital E . :salseth Howard,' wife r 11. nry If/award, coach-maker, lived in the same fronse with the de. ceased, accompanied tis• de caned, ab is; ten minutes seven o clock, to see the es , curio. about five minuet beffir• erg.? "'clock thle , arrue-cf tit t' h'rbtn of Netvgate.orevt. when +great m• - 1 of people carried them down to the front (it • • Old Sailer, where they remained about ran minutes and were very mucn sq'weaed and hurt; about a *tarter a'ter right, Witne‘s tell ov or an , her person that was lying on the gt• und. Hear the foot pave. ment.-elaceased called nut and IrAi* 4 . Lord tune mercy upon me, are you gonef are PRI goner Witness was senseless and did not teemr herself until she found herself ti r on the steps of St. he. pulchre's Church ; she believed it was half past ten before she recovered herself Qoestionied by the Coecomta concerning what she heard before .he fell. She felt herself ,queer-d to a great ex cess ; she heard also the cry ot murder, seee a tra,, and groans; she lost her bonnet, can, shoes, a. u mittens ; befire she fell, she reeri!led d a cry rf " hats off," and a cry of rs they come " When she came to he: self, she was 'rid 4 man had Ivor,. 4 .:t her on his back, and laid her on the reps el •:•• churn' ; before she fell, she recollects stumbi g over several things in tl e crowd. Mr wnat the were she zoold not tell ; at last the tbll on theto• of a woman erbn lay ith her back; c•suld not tell wl ro then tree -as dead or alive The Wort was very much broiled. •f h. Coronet, with g ...t humanity, offered her a note tr go to the heipital ne an nut-door patient. which lA itnerts aecepted. • Thomas Cross was identified by I homes Crhilky his father, who sta'e +, that he is an Attorney's ('reek. living at Na 10, Ndreicheeourt, Fetter-lam. Tfn deceased, Iris lon, was twelve years of as-, at cl went against his will to see she execuri". 'Wit ness to prevent him frrm g ing lock( d up his anti et which lie got by some means er other onkaiter 0 ‘V•triess, who did not see him until he found hit • St Barerolomew's H.ispital dead. Will am Cross, son of ire f•trar witness, beirg sworn, said, Chat he cam- with his brother, last •ndaT, to see the execroii•n ; hem:3.rd ha t •w feet in the cowl Witness was i the mid ..e or 0.5 Old flarldy, between the rail .n t the pavlovas there were a great many c •rr ago . 01, therant-ide of the ev4l, so as to bit c* i 7 the way ; nn Cl 4 ten back w•th the crowd, an I was tits* feet of the rail He observed, at a friar e• a.m. r eight, a boy, who had the appearance of a bri, klsyee,s r p.aisteres's lad, with a jacket He stood nee but one to witness. The boy said he was SO di, • wished he could get out. At this time. the ni b increased, as .appeared to sit , est, from Smir f• •. When the great pressor. came on, the boy cried ; t 6' Murder " several time.. A man th •i• wis st... • ing behind the boy, anJ ;appeared to wetness like a butcher. said to the I id, oV is &loin' lii it you don't hold your to. gue. I wit! knock y u down At that .ime, the boy s-em d citt.te taint, and ea- Jravottred to hold up his head i . t e air. I' Andin, on tiptoe, with his face towards wetness. The prnssu • continued to increase. Witne.s sem the boy sup and tall backwards, as it dead Witness never saw him ardo wards. This li.pp ned after tie clock had struck eight. T.,e cry of n Hats off I" was liter boy had (Alen The crowd increased till hail past eight, when witness heard the cry of Nlurilei Witness otivenvei, that a woman, who was near the boy that fell, cries " Murder I" several times. Witness cone away at twenty mi. nines past nine, and got iito of • ••• crowd as s. on as he could. H • had 1 sig tof the butcher, nor did he see him strike t boy This witness is a very genteel young man .bout 16 yeas' •.1 au., and gave Ins evidence in a very clear mann r His fa'n's, when giving his evidence, was very numb affetied. and shed tears nil the time William Guest was identified by Mimes Guerd, his father, who stated mat he lives in Red Litre. street. Cold-Biat;t•Fields. The deceased was 16 years of age. and went last Monda y .0 • tin no , onion ; :he last sighs witness saw bin, a,ive w.'s inn hiindsy evening last. Deceased was a., apprentice to Me:srs. Thompson and Jacks' q engraver, of Griner-lane, (.heapside. George Wilson was identified by Mr. Cha y man, primer. /nook's Market. The deceased lea ;is apprentice. Witness went with him last hiiine.y m see rue sir ninon in the fri.nt of uis Old Bailey; r toy stood close together, upon the pavement opposite the Dentor's dos r, near Green Arbour court. The er,,wd pressed in between witness and the deceased, and separated then when he lost sight of him. The crowd pressed from towards Skinner -street; whiten •aw a wo•nan &aver, in at a window by a s rd. Witness saw the mob c• ms like a torient, d all s• em •d to push towards ti e scaffold—did no' • • tt site boy atr-rwar.fs, rill he saw hum Jeal a Eliza. WA.d, in S . Bartholomew's Hospitaleeecou.d nor get away nl. at er the execution On gni, g away, he stepped r 1130 or 40 ptrscas, who were I) rig on vie ground ; he was so 4;ntat d he could not take much i•otice. but he perceived they ail were /leered with mud, so that he caul) not •crirn the col or of their clothes—Witness did wit see any person fall. but heard the cries and .creams of Is people th.t were Jown—Wit Itllf said they lay the airetFon of the crowd 1. 4 came from t:lwards nioniterestreet—a ureic wastur med round those that !ay on the ground He retired the same any he tine *bete, wands was by Skinoersthee.. Witness • . of inthrion. that •h • great number of carts which were across tram the to. nee ns N wnatesstret, ex. uding to the OW Orley tri •ii •si net street, pro. ore ti•e • .* I