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opinion the Magisiette ha. 4 exercised a very sound discretion. . . Tilt KING O. WATIRHOVSe. The lkfendant was brought up for judgrutnt, h tvin . .; been conviLted at Cie last Essex Assizes of wilful and corrupt perj , :ry. It became material that he should b' examined in an action brought by his brother, William Waterhouse, against Skinner, for anon-performance al - contract, when he svxre that five quarters of oats delivered by Skinuer wa'; a dc livery on account of his brother's contract, and not a private delivery fur himself; and further, that he had never bought at any time five quarters of oats of Mr. Skinner. Ili% however, was contradicted by two credi.ile witnesses, who or:t only proved the order, but the delivery at the Dciendanes stable in Stratford. Mr. Justice Gaosx, in passing judgment, ob set red, that the crime of perjury struck at the very root of justice, civil Cr Clirrlllt4l-.that no man's life or property could be secure, if it was passed over wrath indifference, and therefore it was the more ne tessary that the Court should endeavonr - to stem the torrent of corruption, by making a fit and proper eLample of those who should be found guilty of an offence'ef such magnitude and evil tendency, he therefore erdcred and adjudged that he, Richard Waterhouse, simuld be imprisoned in the county gaol of Cheinuford for two years ! POLICE. 1 . Ir . ; . i. t i , t. lit , , .1. . . ► , 1 I . . I A NSION4i oust. Saturday Rver Prsti, an Excise watchman, was fully con:mit:ea for t rial by the Lord ) I .ayor, charged with s:ealiug china from the warehouse, at the Custom-House, where he was upon duty. Rek:ca ,tisrp.Ars was likewise fully committed, for sealing muslin, corded dimity, &c. the property of Iteisrs. Hartwell and Beaman, merchants, Wal brook, vrith whom she lived as servant; she got access to their warehouse by Ricans of false keys, which she rlundered of goods to the amount of 601. part of which was found in her possession. A ir.an surrii.ed to be concerned in robbing the prei•iises of Mr. Morris, of Aldetsgate-street, was .sounuitted fur further examination. MARLIOIIIOI:GH4ItEr 7 . STEALING DEAD BODIES. On Saturday Noss it Twr..xev was brought be fore the sitting Magistrate, charged with opening the doer of a respectable house in Marlborough street. by the means of a false key. It appeared that the prisoner went to the house about eleven o'clock on Saturday morning, and after letting her self in, was posting along the passage, with a bun dle concealed under her apron, a person belonging to the house saw her enter, and demanded her bust. ness, and by what means she got in, as no one had opened the door to her. Not being able to give any satisiactorY account of herself, a police officer was ra.e.: for, who took the prisoner into custody, and conveyed liar to a contiguous public-house, where he insisted upon searching her. This she strongly resisted, and expressed much indignation at such an attempt. Ile, however, searched her, and found a bundle placed under her apron, containing the dead body of female infant,about two years old. She was immediately brought before the Magistrate, who ordered her to declare how she came in possession of the body, and her motive for entering the house with a false kev. She pretended, that a gentleman , lusd given her half.a-crown to carry the bundle to a Mr. Carfew, and that the key was also given her for the purpose of going into the house. She said , she was a stranger to the contents of the bundle, and did not know there was a.dead child in it until she saw it opened. Very luckily for the detention of this rovsterions affair, a woman, who said her name was Anne Harnet, happened to be present, who informed the Magistrate that she knew the prisoner, who lived with her own husband in Butcher-row, WhiteclusPel, and that he had long been engaged in the horrid praftice of stealing the dead front their graves, to sell tie bodies to the surgeons of St. tartbolornew's Hospital. She had frequently known the prisoner carry such bodies about to }anises in different parts of the town ; and that she was a dealer in dead bodies, otherwise a reaurredion TVOSILM• The testimony of this witness appeared to carry every mark of probability. She produced a certi ficate of her marriage with the man the prisoner lived with ; and further stated that she had long 'horrid left him front the terror occasioned by the 'horrid trade he had chosen to follow. surgeon examined the child, and found it had died of the small pox ; no marks of violence were seen about the body, or any appearance to indicate that its death was occasioned by any other'circum stance than the disorder. The Magistrate committed the prisoner until the Coroner's Inquest should set upon the body.. Mr. Charles Newman, the proprietor of one of the Richmond coaches, was charged with assault ing John Boaden, the man who takes the toll at the Sunday Bar at Kensington. The prosecutor stated that last Sunday the Richmond coach passed through the bar in the morning, and the driver threw him down sixpence. When the coach re turned in the evening, he demanded another six pence, which was refused : he then stopped the horses, and Mr. Newman, who was on the roof, jumped down and struck him. For this assault, Boaden said his muter had desired him to prefer his complaint to the Magistrate. Mr. Newman said, that when the coach had once paid sixpence, it was entitled to pass and repass throughout the day without paying any thing fur ther. The prosecutor had no right to stop him; in fad he had been the means of breaking the reins, nearlY ovestsurning the coach, and endangering the lives of the passengers. Mr. Bivdie, the Magistrate, ver7 properly dis missed iloaden's complaint, and severely repri nianded him. He recommended Mr. Newman to tetort the charge of the iilegal detention of the coach, ilthough the toll had been paid, and to indict Boadokfor the aterault upon him. He did so, and Boadete was con,mitted.to prison till he should find ' The English continue to leave Pat is in great num. kers, acme of them for the South of France, and for Italy, and others, ou their return home. The num ber of Diligences established between Calais :uid Paris is so great, that now the passengers are uhni rashieg, they &ken come with onetn two persons, ;t nd eimpe o m es even empty. This will of course ocipuiegi. nutty Whines an that deperdnent. - ii - CROWN LANDS. W. this day present our readers with an abstract of the second Report of the Surveyor-General of the Land-Revenues of the'Crown. It will abe re colleded, that the Crown Lands formed, at one time, the only regular incothe of the Crown; and that it was only in times of extraordinary emergency, that v;me imposts of the nature of the taxes of the present day, were demanded in aid of that income. In the course of time, however, the revenue of the Crown Lands Was so much reduced by grants to favourites, that it became totally inadequate to the - maintenance of the Royal Dignity, and hence origi nated the necessity of permauent taxes. The rem nant of lands in the possession of the Crown was, however, considerable, though, fora long time, counted fur nothing in the revenues of the Crown, when they fiat became an olirct of Parliamentary care in the reign of Queen Anne. Some useful re , gulatior.s were then adopted, which, however, were ' not sufficiently precise in the letter, nor sufficiently enforced to obtain the proposed benefit of deriving such an income b; fair mean; of increase from the Crown Lands, as would give such aid to the Civil List as wosli relieve the subject from a great part of the burttwns attached to that service. The ' provisions of the Act of Queen Anne being thus in adequate and imperfectly enforced, the Act of the 3.lth of Geo. 111. was passed, and the report from which the inllowing abstract is made is the second , formed upon that Act. In consequence of the regu lations of the Act of Geo. 111. various improve ments have talzen place in every branch of this re venue, which, from the introduction of a better ma. nagement in every respect, is now made to yield a vast increase of income. In the first dabs of estates comprised in the Report, lands of which leases had before been granted, the rents received by former leases amounted only to 4-781. 4s. 84d. whereas the rents now reserved amount to 273:A. 9:.:i4. with a proportionable increase in fines. In the second class, lands of which lc uses were not granted before, the rent is 9131. 12s. 6d. The increase in rent by leases of both classes is 32531. and the increase of fine.; 505'21. '2s. Id. There are also some trifling grants in perpetuity, and some sales for a full con-. sideration in money, the price of which has been vested in the 3 per cents. A number of new kases have been agreed for, in Nvl lit: h the increase of rent is 7,3431. with an addition of 8,0011. 10s. 4d. in fines. Other kases have been proposed, affording an advance in rent, of near 7,0001. and the advance in fines near 7,:.i001. The sum derived from the falc of fee farm rents, and laid out in the purchase of stock by the late Commissioners of the Land Revenue, amounts to 118,1081. 10s. 2d. in 3 per cent. Consols, which, by the additions in consequence of the Lite sales, - is now carried to 123,4421 14s. 3d. The sums arising from the sale of the lands dis posed of were intended to be applied to the redemp tion of the land tax of the lands not sold, but the distance and irregularity of the termination of the leases of those lands has retarded the execution of this plan for some time. A very large sum has arisen from the sale of royal manorial rights, royal manors, small dispersed parcels of land, tithes, mills, fisheries, forties, and Wastes, amounting to 74,1581. 18s. 7d. which has been laid out in the pur chase of 111,6661. 16s. 9d. 3 per cent. stock, af fording a dividend of 3,8.501. Os. 14. instead of 2011. 2s. .scl. annual rent, and 5,49b1. ss. 4d. in fines on the renewal of the leases. _ . His Majesty's property in the mooring chains in the Thames, lett on lease to Lord Gwydir for one eight of the profits, is also among the parts of the land revenue sold. The purchase money given by the London Dock Company, together with an ad ditional sum derived from the sale of some private chains, amounting to 73,0221. 12s. 9d. with which has been purchased 124„,931.35. •Id. the annual di vidend on which is 3;7371. 15s. •Ild. whereas the average net produce of the chains in the last eighteen years, was about 20001. and the reserved eighth part only 4731. 17s. 9d. The monies arising from the sales of lands, amounting to 74,1581. 13s. 7d. and from the ap propriation of the mooring chains, amounting to 73,02'21. 12s. 9.1. making together 147,1811. I Is. -id. having been paid into the Bank of England to one account, entitled, " The Account of the Com missioners of his Majesty's Treasury," and the sums of stock purchased therewith, viz. 111,6661. 16s. 9d. and 124,5931. 3s. 4d. as before stated, making together 236,2601. 05..1d. having been transferred to an account under the same title, are not distin guished in the accounts transmitted to me front the Bank of England, and inserted in the Appendix. horn this Stock the sum of 15,1221. ss. 7d. having been transferred to the Commissioners for the Re- duction of the National l)ebt, as the consideration for the redemption of those parts of the Land Tax charged upon the Land Revenue which have been already redeemed, the amount of Three per Cen tutu Consolidated Bank Annuities, now standing in the names of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury is 220,137 L 9s. Id. and the annual divi dend thereon 66041. 2s. Id. The total increase in the Land Revenues, by these means, amounts to 21,4381. 2s. 9d. a-year. The principal improvement stated in the sche dules, is on the sunk island, in the Humber, the history of which is extremely curious. It was formed by the accumulation of mud, &c. and con tinued increasing till in 1662, it was of sufficient magnitude to be demanded as a grant by Anthony Gylby, Esq. to vhoin a grant was made for an annual rent of 51. to commence from the embank ment of the first one hundred acres. Little pro gress was made till a new lease was made, in the course of which the estate devolved to Wil liam Gylby, by whose exertions 1560 acres were embanked and divided into farms, by the year 1744.. In 1755, a third lease was made to Margaret Gylby, which expired 15th March last, rent 1001. fine 1,5501. The representatives of the family of Gyl by have now agreed to expend 10,0001. on a new lease within these three years, and to pay a rent of 7041.25. Bd, in the first year, 30901. for the second year, and :31901 for the remainder of a term of 31 years. The lessees have already expended '20,0001. and '2835 acres have been added to the lands already reclaimed, the whole secured by em bankment. By the system at present adopted for the manage ment of the crown lands, it is intended to take no tines, except on lands lett for building, in which case a small tine is thought a necessary security. The nioq adviseable of the new improvements the man tgement of land, are imposed on the tenants of the crown in the way of covenant as new letr,irs, and where any improvements are made on old leases, a teas enable extension of interest is allowed in in demnification. This is particularly the ease on the crown lands within the City of Landon, where every inducement has been held out to the royal te nants to make improvements. In most cases within . the precincts of London, the improved.rents from the ground of the areas, would exceed the rents none derived from the existing superstructure. From this system of management there appears ' just reason to conclude, that there will at length result such advantages as will tend very much to effect the benefit proposed by the various acts re ' lacing to this subject, the reduction of the burthen of the Civil List Revenue upon the subject. We have already observed, that the advantages which the subject had a right to expect from the tan management of the Crown Lands were retarded and diminished by the hardship which the tenants of the Crown affected to find in allowing a fair value for the Crown Lands, and the tenderness which the officers of the Crown concerned with the business had (we suppose not without good reason) for these hardships. Between both these descriptions of pep.- ' sons the Crown Lands were managed in the same manner in which many other Evanches of the Royal Revenue arc between smugglers, who think it no matter of conscience to cheat the Crown in any case, and collusive revenue-officers, who would wink at every violation of the laws with which they arc en trusted, rather than be urcivil. This system has now, at least among the upper ranks, undergone an entire alteration, and :t is at present understood, that the property of the Crown, which is, in these cases, the same thing as the property of t he public, may, and will, be managed with regard to the interest of the right owners. We arc, therefore, not a little surplice] t cee, among the papers, a copy of a memorial presented by a number of the tenants of the Crown, complain ing of the general hardships of leases granted in the manner now adopted, and putting several extreme cases cf distress which may occur. It is rather re markable, that among the tenants complaining of these great hardships and possible distresses, the greatest number of names are those of peers, of the highest rank, members of parliament, and pri vate individuals, of high distinction and fortune. The titles of Richmond, Marlborough, Leeds, Queensberry, Essex ' Harrington, Gower, Fife, Shef field, and Whitworth, are not the only remarkable Ones • and some of them, to make their of hardship the more laughable, have theft names signed by J. Bannister, pert The answer of the Lords of the Treasury was, that it was impossible to make any general regulation where every two indi vidual cases were dit&renf, but that no individual, who had a real cause for redress, should suffer hard ship from the crown. No leases are now renewed till within five years of the expiration of the existing lease. It has been strongly recommended to sell those lands which are capable of greater improvement in private hands, and to vest the produce in the three per cents. where, by vesting the accumulating interest also, the advantage arising will, at the end of 31 years, be double as much as can be derived from the re tention of the lands. A Gentleman walking through Holborn,some few years since, accosted another who was coming the contrary way with the common-place salutation— " How do' do ?" He was a stranger, and civilly , replied, " Sir, I believe you are Mirk:len." " I am, Sir," says the other (upon (loser inspection), " but hope I am not Wm, a-Niiss." " Certainly not," re plied the Gentleman, " it is a Miss-chance that we often pick up in this populous town, and he would be ill calculated to be Master of himself who suffered such Min-hap: to affect his passions." 44 Give me your hand," ejaculated the other, " 6 and I hope it will not be Misv-applied in the grasp of a friendly . shake." This was an actual occurrence about three years back, and the two gentlemen have continued very intimate ever since. Whenever they meet in a mixed company, they take care not to Minn an opportunity of explaining their accidental Mist-tabs ; and though they are both married men, they seem to take Much delight in playing punning-pranks with those Mum— l'he following sentiment is com monly given by one of the Gentlemen,—" May we never Aiiti-trust innocence, nor be deluded by Ma,- fortune." The circumstance of an innkeeper of Deal, who for several years has enjoyed a high reputation, be lag committed for trial on suspicion of having been concerned with two other persons in perpetrating a murder twelve years ago, in Lincolnshire, re minds us of the many extraordinary cases in which the crime of murder seems, by a peculiar interposi tion of Providence, sooner or later to meet detetclion. The most remarkable case which has occurred in latter times, in support of this opinion, is that of the niurtkr of one Daniel Clarke, a shoemaker, of Kn:uesborough, in Yorkshire, in the year 1745. The man who was murdered had in his life-time entered into a confederacy with Eugene Aram, and one Houseman, a flax-dresser, to defraud several persons of plate and goods, under pretence of hav ing received a good fortune with his wife. This Clarke effectually did. Soon after which circum stance Clarke was missing, and a suspicion arising, from the intimacy between him, Aram, and House man, that they might be concerned in the fraud, their houses were searched, and some of the goods were found at Houseman's, and others in Aram's garden;' no more thought of till the year 1758 (thirteen years afterwards), when, as some work men were digging about Sir Robert's Cave, near Knaresborough, they found the remains of a human body, which revived the • recollection of Clarke's sudden disappearance. The wife of Eugene Aram (who had withdrawn from this part of tfie country) intimated a suspicion that Houseman and her husband'. had murdered Clarke. This turned the people's attention on Houseman, who being shewn the skeleton, discovered every mark of fear and guilt. • From Aram's trial, which took place on August S, 17.19. It seems that Aram and Houseman mur dered Clarke, and dragged his body into the cave, where it was found. Eugene Aram was a man of most considerable genius and learning : his speech in his defence was a master-piece of eloquence and sophist..y. Notwithstanding the subtility and plausibility of his speech, the fury without hesitation found hint cmiby, and he was hung in chains at. Knaresbo rough Forest. . N4ITAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOCTH, JAN 28. Sailed his Majesty's ship Leda, for Leith ; Theti:, for Sheerness ; and Censor brig, for Deptford.— Wind N. N. W. moderate and variable. Extract of a Letter rece ved this day from an °jeer cn board his Majesty's Ship Blenheim, of 74 guns, dated Barbadoes, December 10, 1802. u We arrived here two days ago, after a very fa vourable passage of one month : no accident what ever happened to us during our voyage. Commo dore Hood is about to leave us and proceed in the Ulysses, to carry into effect his orders respecting the affairs in the island of Trinidad. I -am happy to state that we are all well, to a man." The above account entirely does away a rumour of an unpleasant nature which has prevailed for some time, of a great explosion of gunpowder hav ing taken place on board the Blenheim ; as it de clares they have met with no accident whatever during their voyage. Serjeant Henrick Schmitt, of the Royal Marines, this day underwent his punishment in part, being able to hear but 350 of the 500 lashes he was sen tenced to receive a few • days ago by a General Court-Martial, fbr having, when a paymaster-ser leant, deserted and embezzled sums of money be onging to Government and in his charge. From the late appointment of Samuel Perkins. Prichard, Esq. by the Lords of the Admiralty, to the office of Master-Attendant, in the particular duty of stowing the holds of all his Majesty's ships in ordi-. nary at this port, the happiest consequences may be expected. Several line of battle ships are already stowed under the inspection of that Officer, with their iron and shingle ballast in ; also their ground tier of water, upon a near principle, approved of by the board. By these means we shall always have • a.nartiber of line of battle ships in a much grater state of forwardness, in cases of necessity, than heretofore. Among the number already so stowed,. is the Royal Sovereign, of 110 guns. HIR'THS. At Mi nn the bath ult. the Lady of St. Andrew St. John, I.:sq.. of a son. On Tuesday, the Lady of the BigLt Hots. Lord HU : Vey, Cl a son. Same day, iu Colden.square, the Lady of C Bul:er, q. of a ton. MARRIED. On the 21)th instant, at St. George's church, Hanover-squa-e; Mdtjur-General Gent, to Miss "I",,tn pie French. DIF.i). On Monday last, at the droTre,i'oxfurri, in the 79th year o f his age, Ellezzar Drvy, Esq . . one of the acting rnagistr,ttes of that county.. On the . 7th instant, at Bath, R. Fairfax, Esq. Newto:r kyene, DeAlr, Tadcaster, rorketnie. §micts bp au&fon. By Mr. KING, Oa the Premise s , No. 17, Old Bon6-street, THIS DAr,. • at Twelve &Clack, AVariety of FANCY ARTICLES, corssizting• of Medallions, plain and coloured Trari-pareucies, Bor. dcrs, ,Caricatures Landscapes ' &c. for Ladies ornament e d work, with a great variety of drawing-books fur the iroaroetlorz' of beginners ; they are allotted to suit the convenience of %ate fatnikeis Of schools, affording them an opportunity of purchasing at a reduced price, every requisite fur making . medleys or fancy furniture. May be viewed till the sale; Catalogues had on the Pre mises, and at Mr. King's Room, No. 38, King-street, Co vent-Garden. CURIOUS AND VALUABLE MUSEUM. By Mr. KING, At his Crest Roam, in King street, Gwent-Garden, by Order of the Proprietor, in a short time. THE CURIOUS and VALUABLE MUSEUM of Natural and Artificial Curicgithis, collected during a • term of be years, by the late Dr. GREENE, of Lirchficsi, comprising a large Collection of Weapans, InAruments, Cloth,„ Cordage, Baskets, Nets, &c. front the Sbuth Sea Islatids, un common Fish, Variety of valuable Birds, from various parts the world, in Glass Cases, finely preserved, a curious Collsee lection of antient Watches, a very large number of Roman and English Coins, in Gold, Silver and Copper,Trodnien's Tokens complete; Models of difFzrent kinds, Mochiutkal and Philo- • sophical M a dals and Sauk, Roman and &kWh Antionities, Choice Shells, an Inteommon Musical Altar Ciock., Roman - Missals in Vellum, illuminatA, Ntss, in Perste, Aralic ; an Air Pump, Electrical Mat;hine, various Articles from Russ,a, anti othei rareCuriositit.t. PRINTS, DRAWINGS, AND WOKS OF PRINTS. By Mr KING, At his Great Room, in King-street, Covent-Garden TO MORROW, and following Day, at Twelve o ' clo ck, AN excellent ASSEMBLAGE of PRINTS. • chiefly purchased from the Sate of Mr. PICKARD's cu rious Collection, late of York, deceased. Together with a few • Drawings and Prints, in Collodrs; the Gallerie Le Brun, 2 vas. Russia, gilt leave; the Bible, as published by Aladdin, 7 Numbers, complete, very fine impressions, itc. May be viewed on Monday till the Sale, and Catalogue then had at the Room. Ey Mr. KING. At his Great Room,. No 38, King-street, Covent-garden, on THURSDAY NEXT, and two following Days, at Twel e o'Clocic, by Order the Executors of Mr. SA t U FI. SMITH, lately dye-451d, AChoice ASSEMBLAGE. of PRINTS ; i n _ eluding a fine Collection of Woollen's Works, many of them Proofs and Etcniniet ; among thinit are the Deal; of w o v e , a proof siiiieriatively hoe; Ruttleg of the Hogue and Boyne, Proofs and Etclii,g; ; Oliver Cromwell and the ReS44,- ration - , Praili and Etching;; Cicero at his Ville , and Comp..' Dion, fine Proofs; kii,clwth, a proof; the Fishery, extremely fine; Ceyx and Alcyone; Cel4doo• awl Amelia; Niobz, CAttagers, an I docoml Pi-a-tants, Ditto and lErie:is, hylortling and Evening, Proofs aid Etzhinxs Drawmg and Engrai wt; of the Watch Pa;irr avid CHIC Aire ; Veptf .rd Proof and Etching. A few Rooks, and Books of Printi,•in- Ouding Hearne an.l nyme's ; Cattiness de Poulleirt and Lebrun • Watts's, Miskiiman, and Smith's Views. M a • hagony Eas:s and Eilgrlver's Tools. A few Copper pintm:,. particularly the'Ntobe, with 21'0 impressions, in the MIAs& con d;t ion po;iihle. May be viewed" on Tuesday till the Sale, and Catatogaus then had at the Rooms. Ily SOTHEBI Y , and SON, At their . Douse, in Yodcwtreet, Covent-Garden,- THIS and • Two following Days, A Very fine cot.i.EcrioN of CLASSICS a n d' LA. MISGELIANEOUS BOOKS, chiefly the Duplicates of a Gentleman's Library. Among whirl' are, Ilercatotus and . Diodorus Siculos, Wesselingii—Thucfdid•s, Dukeri ; Ste.. Waal Thesaurus Ling. Grecx, cunt Appendice et Glosario, et Scutti Appendix, 7 tom. !age paper, Russia, in folio; QUinc tiliani 2 tom. chart max.; Virgil, Liman, Suetranius, 2 tom. Phxdrus, et Poem Latin! Moores, 2 torn. Barmaniti, Xerto- • phontis Opera, I lutr:hinsoni, 2 tom. large paper, Rusia, in quarto; Oratores Grxci, a Reiske, 12 tom. Appian, 3 tom. and Potybus, 7 tom. tseliweie:ircuser; and many of the Variorun , Closio, °eta% o. Likewise a fine Copy of B ,yer's History of England, 52 Numbers; Macklin's Bible, complete; Oulu berlayue's Portraits, and other; equally valuable ; also a Copy ing Machine, by Watt and Co. To be rimed awl Catilogues had at the place of salo. London: Printed by J. Git.t.ta., NO. 18, ,Crown -court. Fleet-strekd ; add published hy I. Cattivie, Nu. 201, Strand. Advertisements and Letters (post paid) must• be addrefted te the o . !Ace, Nu.ly3, $llOO7 squire, • *l6 • ..., 4 ff, . 14. 4 .~ 1