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• -,. CITY aronntss. A Coon of Aldermen was held at Guildhal yes. terday, which were present, the Right Hon. LoaD MAYOR. rieventeen Azotamett, RLCJIRDLR. Sowers, and other City Officers. The Court, after having examined the returns of the Mealweighers, ordered the Price of Bread to be continued the tame as last week, viz. 11.0 d. the Quartern Loaf, Wheaten, and I Id. Household. risostas PHILIP Par se, Citizen and Cord waiaerl J once n Low r za, Citizen and Currier; S carman Tet:ste, Citizen and Currier; JOHN LANODON. Citizen and Currier; Hasty MATCH WICR, Citizen and Currier; JOHN HARDCASTLE, Citizen and Currier ; Jowls Prat. Citizen and Cur rier awl Joan Cowtono, Citizen and Cordwatner, were 'kited the Searchers and Sealers of the Lea ther, in Leadeuhall Market, for the year ensuing. The several Bills of the Artificen and Trades men, and Salaries due at Michaelmas last, were or dered to be paid, It being the List Court in the Mayoralty, the LORD Maros, in a handsome speech, took his farewell of the At Ozer en. Six persons were sworn iuto the office of Brokers ; and ten others were allowed of, till the next Court. THIS FOG. the greatest Fog that has been observed in inn. don these twenty y•trs, prevailed yesterday, It commenced at an estly hour, and increased with the progress of the day. until five o'clock, when the Metropolis was involved its utter darkee,s. It is difficult to describe the awful sce.te which the Strand, Bond-street, Oxford-streef, and other hely streets presented. The thickness of the fog obscured entirely the light of tile street•lamps ; and it -vas with d h that the glare of a s hop-window, full of patent lamps, could be dis cerned at the distance of a few yards. The coaches could otily move with a foot pace, and to avoid running against eac's other, th:re was cant nu.tl hallowing out ; this, with the screams of issengers, who coneeived themselves in danger of being run over, presented a terrific scene.— itrieges.as ventured our. proceeded in slow a id isolvmis procession, the servants walking with benre them; many of the foot passengers bad also a torch. Toe hackney and stage-coach men elig! - ited from their holes, and led their horses. but no pit caution could guard against accident and coalmine. At the corners of streets, and its narrow passages, particularly, carts, carriage;, and pede,- inane, might be found ho Idled together, not know ing how to move or extrizate themselves, withaint incurring the greatest possible danger. Lord Mul grave's carriage drove against the , hevean-Je • freeze inclt,..iog the great g un in St. James's Park. A Cart litge, wi th tour la dies in it, was upset in Osford-street, but they did not receive any ma. tOrt4l injury ; and a servant of Mr. Christie, of Pall MALI, was ran over by a horse in Piccadilly. and v-ry much hurt. !sixty other accidents must have happen , - I. Alroist seven o'clock the fog be gan to Jtsp• I se. GRAND JUNCTION CANAL. Vesterday, at noon, a half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors in this great concern, tock place at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, in the Strand; about one hundred and fifty share-holders were present, William Praed, list in the Chair. This sleeting is remarkable, both from being the first since the works of this Grand Canal we , e all cempleted (although they were hegira twelve yeats ago), and from the very considetable changes which have taken place in the direßion of the affairs of the Company. since the Last half-yearly Meeting in May t principally in consequence of an estraordi . nary Ganeral Meeting of the Company. on the II th "bkhily last, at Stoney Stratford, by wtiich the Ap porttl.eirt made by the Committee of Chatrle. Her vey. Esq. to be General Superintendant of the affairs of this Company, was confirmed by a most dacided majority, aed the subsequnt resignations of Mr. J:tmes Barnes, who itae.las engineer. and of Messrs. Gray and Chaplin, the clerks to the Company. At this meeting, a letter was read from the Mar quis Rockingham. stating. that he bad with drawn his more as one of the Committee of Mi nagemvnt ; after which it was privately nsentinned, that the Marquis, as well as his son, Earl have sold out the twelve shares and a half which they held in this concern. Mr. Richard Colliag thaw Sale was put in nomination for Clerk and Solicitor to the Company, :Uhl was unanimously eleaed. A at iternein of the pecuniary ef.i rs of the Company was read. and of the gross receipts for tolls. on the line of the canal and its branches, since the last meeting; these were as follow, via.- 1 a Jane, 6,2381.4 July, 8,99e1.; August, 6,18'21. ; S-pnenher, 6,7111. ; Ortober. 6,A11. focal, 53,1601. some discussion then took place, on the propriety of iLstinting to make a dividend to the holders of the original shares in the concern, who have, it sp lear:. yet te.:eiy.ed no return for their money, so ong ago advanced ; but the revenues of the Corn luny have hitherto been applied to paying the interest on the optional loans, and money borrowed, aud the surplus has heels applied towards complet ing the works ; and these having been. in a great measure, done some months sinze, the surplus has been applied to a sinking fond, tor paying off sonic of the mortgage,: ; and we cannot but think that the good sense ni the meeting yesterday was shown in vieir determination to persevere in this system during the next half year, instead of declaring a dividend. At four o'clock, the company sat down to an ex cellent dinner, fitty•tive in number, Mr. Praed in the Clioir.—After 'flu Awe, Quern, Arm, end ANavy, had been drank, ... Tie (4 , 1 Gm'. Societe to the. Grand Junction Canal, the M,r.litig of nuckinghe,n, the Earl of Bri•'rwater, Mr. Pried. the CJ,a. mutt, vilth three Illiett three; Earl Spencer, Admiral C.rtiwanis, I..rd Nelete are. were rven. It vacs agreed to isisid the next half-yearly meet ing at Freemason's Tavern. Durt..—On the 2/d tilt. a meeting took place at Kin•Aie. between J. K. Esq. and Captain H. both of the 8.241 Regiment. At the first fire, the latter I was wim u,,,kj—vie we soiry to add, it is feared mortally. • LAW INTELLIGENCR COUIT OF CHANCERY, Ltweaui's•tts Hs• y Nor. 5. Es-parte BITTOIt. This was a Petition in the matter of Aldridge, a Bankrupt. praying that the Bankrupt's certificate might be stayed, &c. Mr. COOZE, for the Petitioner, Richard Button, opened the Petition, stating, that the prayer of the Petition was, that the Bankrupt's certificate might he stayed, and that the debt due to the petitioning Creditor under the commission, as well as other., might be expunged. The Petitioner, in the present Petition, was..a man of upwards of RO years of age, and, in the year IROI, was possessed of a small farm in North amptonshire ; from excessive old age and infirmities, he was unable to manage this farm, and gave it up to the Bankrupt, upon condition that he wa , , to maintain the Petitioner in ample meat, drink, wash ing and lodging, which was agreed to, and a deed executed accordingly. Soon after. the Bankrupt withheld the usual allowance, and the Petitioner WAS obliged to apply to his parish for relief. After some time had elapsed. the Bankrupt took him back again, and maintained him as before ; but, taking advantage of his infirmity, he persuaded him to execute a release, and he was again thrown upon the parish. ASions were then brought against the Bankrupt for breach of covenant; damages, and costs, were awarded to the Petitioner, and torectiiirms issued against the Bankrupt, in vain ; for t th et liniment, thee petiti , ening Creditor under tl.e commission, Robert Chamberlain, laid his claim for a sum of 4001. odd, as he swore, for cattle sold to the Bankriipt,, and mon'y lent; upon which the commission issoed. and Samuel aid John Aldridge, the father and brother of the Bankrupt, claimed for considerable sums of money, and proved debts to a large amount, without any evidence of the manner in which they were contrafied; and, what was most singular. thew permits never were known to possess a,ny such sums of moiler, being poor farmers. Isaac Farley, another near relation, aka claimed a large SUM to he Inc to him, who was only a journeyman baker. There was a further objeftinn to this corn wiis:eie, that the Bankrupt was an trader, and, the:efore, did not Come within the &mete. As to the List charg-, thit of having signed the certificate of the Bankrupt, it was done in ig sorance et the real meaning thereof. Therefore he conceived the ceetificate should be stayed, and the debts of the Ceedieors already mernioried should be ex po need. Mr. ROratia. v, in reply, said, there was no proof of the release being invalid, in t'ae adion which was brought, and the award was made upon a general account. The fag was, that the Bankrupt had taken the stock and farm, nor under the condition of sup prating Button for his life, hut as long as heeshoold enjoy the posses:inn However, he had not been long in possession, until the head landiari, Sir John Kaightly, gave him notice to quit, and. in less than a year. he was nulled out. Button, like an honest mate, knowing this, elecuted the rel.e.oe ; the parish • however, wishing to get rid of a pauper, instioned the aaions at law apainst the Bank, upt, when it was agreed the release should be given in evidmee. As to the certificate. it was sworn by two witnesses, that when they went to him for the purpose of signing it, they fully explained the meaning. The CHANCELLOR ordered that the Petition should be dismissed; when Mr. Rouit.LY elates,ed a difficulty as to the costs His Lordship in reply, said, if they could verify, upon affidavit, that the parish WAS at the bottom of this Petition, the business might come on at a future time. The Petition was therefore dismissed withaut costs, and without prejudice to a future application. Er-perk MEALINO. This was a Petu ion in the matter of Garret, a Bankrupt. Mr. Ts+ omesurf, for the Petitioner, stated, that the Petitioa prayed, that thu. Commission which had been issued against the Bankrupt, might be super seded at the expense of J. Turner, the petitioning Creditor. Among other nutters. he stated. that the Bankrupt was supposed to be dead Upon the affidavit of George D'Estairs, it ap peared, that the Bankrupt left him in the month el February last, at St. George's Stairs, in a haat, to go on beard a ship called the Nunn, of which he was master, and pact owner, then lying at Lime house, down the River Thames, and he never was heard of since. It was vinested by the Solac ITO!' against this Petition. that he meant have gone to sea ; but Mr. T PSON considered that not probable, as he had lett all his cloaths behind him, and no applica , tints made for them. He contented, that about that time, several dead bodies were picked up, near Limehouse; but his was not awing them, nor ever since found. On the 10th of Aptil last, the pe titioning Creditor, Turner, wrote a letter to a rela tion of the Bankrupt. saying, that he believed he was dead, and ten days after, he sued eus the Com mission. The present Petitioner claimed all the real and 'irsotaal property of the Benikrupt. by virtue ct A will, in which he was nominated as the sole exe cutor. The property amounted to near 1,3001. and the debts of the Bankrupt were very trifling. He therefore made this application, to prevent the pro perty from bviug wasted away in a useless com missies. The Csattcet.acta said, that if the petitioning Creditor would make an affidavit that the party was alive, this Petition could not be supported. Mr. Ro mita. y, ie reply, said, he was informed by Mr. Turner's Solicitor, that the Bankrupt was alive, a id pressed fur an issue to try the fut. Mr. Titosie,ote said, that the mere suggestion of the Solicitor was not sufficient. Mr. Itosi tato answered. that he understood he WAS alive. Mr. THoM PION further objetted to the Com mission, on the grounds that they had made the .a of bankruptcy. his leaving his ship. The Loan Citaatcettoit considered this a very singular Petition. Yet. if the patty swore the bank rupt were alive, he could not supersede the Com mission. The result in the end, perhaps, might be. an issue to try that fat ; but. at present, it stood on the face of the proceedings, that he was dead. His Lordship, therefore, wished the business should stand over. in order to give the parties an opports- I tatty of inquiring further into the. Matter. cry POLICE. ROW4TYLIIIr. QUI TAM QUI TAM. • A great number of persons, who are acquainted with Mr.RohOrt Halloway and Mr. Shepherd, an At torney. have been in expeitation of amusement for se vee week's past, in consequence ache above persons having declared war against each other. The for mer, to commence hostilities, laid an information against the latter, on the I sth of Odnber last, for playing at an unlawful game, with dice, called hazard. This Rating iteszel about in the Avcruing world, much anxiety was raised among the Anowiss uses, to be pre sent at the hearing before the M ACAS 'RAT es. Those who had raised their elate:aims of hearing what they termed a proper Wow we, were disappoin:ed, on the Above day. Mr. Holloway, on the evening pre vioas to the day appointed for the information to be heard, discovered an informality in the summons, which, he was convinced, would prove fatal to the information, and therefore sent Mr. Shepherd a note, that he need not attend the summons Mr. Shep herd being at Woburn, in Bedfordshire, Mr. Bell, the friend of Mr. Shepherd, being well versed in the same school with the Prosecutor and Defend tnt, in this business, did not attend to Mr. Holloway's piend:e ,o,r, but appeared before Mr. B:1ND, and Sir WM. PAllso%s, at the time specified in the summons; when Mr. Holloway, nor any witnesses. attending, Mr. Bell obtained an acquittal. for informality. Mr. sot dismayed at this match being stolen upon him, laid another ieformatinn against Mr. Shepherd, and served him with a Iteth summons, and yesterday was the day fixed upon for the derWe to take place. A number of Qua Tern Alters:is. and isseevier otter, from Pall-mall, and Sr. James's -street, attended at the Office, in hopes of hearing urrets worth larowinr. Their curiosity was, in some de gree, however, disappointed, by Mwh o, feeling Sb •pherd, feeling himself deficient in oratory, as well as strength of lungs, to his antagonist, engaged Mr. KNAPP, the barrister. as his second l'he parties attended Mr. Boron and a a sit PA It%ONl. about one o'clock. The information was then read by the Clerk. It charged Mr. Shepherd with having played at an unlawful game with dice, called ;weed, on divers days, betsveen the 20th and 2sith of September : to wit, on the 26th. Mr. Shepherd was asked, whe ther he pleaded guilty, or aot guilty ? He answered, he pleaded a former acquittal, as to the 26th of September ; and, on reference to the Office books of the 15th of (Mober g it appeared, that the De fendsnt had attended to a summons, and Mr. Holloway being called three times, and not appear ing, the information was dismissed for want of evi dence. Mr. itlfAtr made several observatinus to enforce the regularity of the Defendant's pleading. Mr. Hostew•v, in reply, said, that although the Defendant had been acquitted for any thin{ done un the 26th of September, the intormatioa charged him with divers days, on the 20th to the 28th of September ; and contended, he had a right to go for the 27th. This was warmly opposed by Mr. KNAPP, sel.o cited several cases in opposition to Mr. Holloway's arguments. Mr. Born was eeeldedly of opinion, that Mr. Ka aee'a Phiraiott was good. Mr. lielLowAy having tied himself np to the 24th of September, that being the avermeet in the information, which stated, to wit, on the 96th of September, had shut himself out frrim taking advantage of any other day. Mr. Bose severely reprobated the condua of Mr. Holloway in this busines., in playing at do pren or see-sew, by sending a . note to stop proceed ings that were before the MAGII*ritA ors, which he contended was Mr. f ini.inwAv, in reply. cortended, his cnndult had been %Hedy regulas., and tbat similar praßice Was constantly adopted in the Courts above. and called upon Mr. lin Al? in corroboration of his statement. 'The Learned Gentleman admitted Mr. Holloway to be correct in many instances, hut said, however the praßice of the Courts above might he, it was no ruie for the Courts below. Mr. Boao said, he would never sanßion such conduß in that Office. After a variety of observations from the parties, Mr. Hot, 1.014'A v gave up the information ; but gave notice that he should, without loss of time, lay another information against Mr. Shepherd for having played at hazard on the 527th of September. Mr. hero, in conjunßion with Sir WILLI ttt PARSONS, gave direftions for the following acquittal being recorded on the book— A.:lamed for inbnatatity, the Itiformatiou being eonlined to the '2 Gth of September Ltet, of which he was actimated on the 15th of Oftoth.r, on a plea of Not Guilty, and the laiurreant not a,,pen.ng. This record did not satisfy Mr. Sem, and he prayed a general acquittal upon the whole of the information. "The MAGISTII•TaI not agreeing to this, the Learned Gcntlernan addressed the Bench at con siderable length, in support of his proposition. He ranged in is wide field of argument, in which lie was at length interrupted by Mr. KINN AlltD, the Magistrate, who observed. he thought the Learned Gentleman wandered from the ques tion, and be pertealy coincided with the decision of his brother M•oisreaess, as bethought there could not be a doubt upon it. If a man were acquitted of an offence on a certsin day, he car tainly would be liable for the same offence on any of the other 364 days in the year. provided it was in the limitation of the AR of Parliament, and that the Defendant was only acquitted on account of an error in the infor mation, limiting the charge to a certain day on which he had been acquitted. Mr. KNAPP, in the course of his speech, reprn bated Mr. Holloway's condua, in endeavouring to influence the public mind against the Defendant, by making a violent speech against the Defendant when he laid the information. which had found its way into a morning paper, which he produced to the M•GISTRAT ES. He contended, that this was done with a view to influence the minds of the Jury, who were to try the merits of this case ; tor the Ma ass s were most assuredly the Jury. The Learned Gentleman haying hinted at a com parison of chars/ten, of Mr. Holloway and the De fendant, Mr. HOLLOWAY. in reply, warmly minted, and defied any OM to prove he had aged wvorg as an Auesoey ; and said, be supposed Mr. Shepherd wished to have a rowel acquittal, es a s : winge to wipe away all be had against him; bat be was very , . 4,4 04. 4; 4 ! . • " :; ', A ' e yz e much mistaeft, d N'ff herd vsgu.,..e. iIt4L:J A .I NM' i lik . s I . L at hOnie, tfl ad gOrldiletra '1"•1 HAT:9 feted, as there was no q ..:tore them. Hor.t,owar eh erred, that the wit- s, in the.; cases, Wert like sparrows.theyareW be mct Accl den: in the streets, but their root ca •not he fount. Mr. Holloway ha; renestdly d. , (•.1.i-J. in publs and private. that if he gets a eut,v-:Sion. he will subscribe it to the Ls ing-in H05pi....1. • We under stand Mr. Shepherd said. that, as he custl.l Not obtain a general acquittal. he vrshed he had met the question, and no: made the ohjetinr. . Mr. shepherd afterwards gave bait, hints. if in 2)01. and two sureties in 1001 each. to a swer to a boll of indiament found against hi,n. for beong concerned, with divers others, in a cansporacy anainst Mrs. N. of Pall-Mall, and obtaining :Tom her 601. : on-oIHDEIA. Mira Clerk was yesterday : hef re the SJTT;NQ MAGIS 1, chargi. with b.-having is a disorderly manner at her father-in-law'shouse.l lc appeared that her husband be; '1; dissat•sfied with her conduB, had gone to WA ; but she suryniin! that he lived at his Lather's, demand J. in the mo t violent manner, that he should be dclivined in her ; and, diebehevin? the fan that he 11...1 pat to s a. proceedid to break the windows, and Jo as muck mischief as she possibly cmid. The Prisoner stated, in her deFence, that her husband was concealed ire the hatise, she having seen him making his out of the hack door She also said, she had two children by him, and was left without a farthing to support them The Mantrr4A,Tss dismissed the complaint, des , siring the Prisoner to canztuft herself with more propriety ; and if she wanted a subsistence front her husband, to apply to the Parish Officers, who would soon find him ont -- • - The following eliArge of fel ,ny came before the Sir) Imo MAGISTNATC, at Marlbormagh-street Of- tier, on Saturday evening I Anr Atkin charged Throphila. 11. ti. and r4sours Willy, ass Attorney, with stealiag a quantity of plate, her property lhe Complainant had lived many years as the wife iit geliis. at No. ►. Sc. Mar tin's street, Leicester-square; and, after they had quarreled nn Saturday owning, he took a silver tea-pot and stand from the house, and, in company. with Wolley, went away. She cailied sit " stop thief," in vain. On searching, she loony. that pe e to a considerable amount had been taken from ace house, and she obtained a scare` -variant at this 0 - - rice to recover the same. Hamilton, and oiler Of , deers, searched the Louse of Wrilley, No. 8, kupert street, where they found the whale of the plate in a drawer, which they task possession of, and crindu:l - Mrs. Volley to the Office. The Prnsecutrix, on being examiaed, slated, that she had 11' red with Dellis for many years, and that the plate was her proverty. The tea-pot and stand were eselirsisrely hers, for they were a present from a Mr. T. Fade to Ler. She Went on to state, that Dellis and Wal ley were core fflom i• (of ram, and had ruined many fa milies. She had been an instrumen "is the hands of Belli' many years, was privy to if e :rensaairms of him and his colleagues, and had, by her own exer tions, obtained Mal MCC' per - animas. She was aware of t"..e iniquitous path of life she had midden, and she wished to retrieve her eh wad •T by forsak ng :he company of her comparians. After charging the parties with every despicable ad possible to be conceived, she insisted nn the resteration of her pr 'petty. as her indisputable tight. Belli., on the other hand, condemned his cempanion, as the vilest of women, and laid equal claim to the property. It appeared, that during the process of the search warrant, a writ of execution was issued on the goods of Bellis. by Woiley, %Nett were removed to his house, for a debt of 3001. slue to Walley. Bellis said the debt was jest, and it was the only way for him to aft htfree,t towards his creditors. The MAGICT RAT E was of opinion, that the busi ness should be farther inves•igated, and be would keep the plate in his possession until a future day, when the parties were ordered to attend. On Monday eyening last, a gentleman was pur sued by two 3heriti . 4 Officer a, along the side .4 the wail of the King's bench Prison, when. a. he -ar rived at the gate, and his pursuers had nearly run him down. a visitor eras comity out, and he, very opoortunely, popped in, where he w.ll remain until next Sunday. Last Saturday, a man fell out of a lighter, at Woolwich, and was drowned; he has not yet been found. On the evening of Friday se'nnight, two aejoin. ing cottage houses at Sandsend, near Whitby, occu pied by two poor widows of the names of H•L4N a fit Cocetatzt. and JANE Pvmsm, were burned to the ground ; and, owing to the rapid progress of Me flames, the roof being covered with tbateh, • very small part of the furniture was saved from either of them. In one cf the houses was a box, containing, it is said. beside other articles, upwards of 1001. in bank motes, which had been remitted, at various times, to his mother, by a young man now serving in the Navy ; to rescue which, a mass, at the peril of his life. rushed through the fianses, and succeeded in reaching the spot where it was desposited. On his return, highly gratified with the success which had crowned his exertions, it was discovered that he had unfortunately brought away a *tong bus, of lirtle salue. It being too hazardous to venture upon a second attempt, the notes were, of course. involved in the common destruaion. The fire was occasioned by a sp.trk from a candle having been accidentally dropped upon a quantity of lint. In preparing for the foundations of the row church, at Lewe., it became necessary to disturb the mouldering bones of the lorg defuna; and, in the pro , ectition of that unavoidabse business, a leaden coffin was taken up, which. on being opened, exhi. bited the complete skeleton of a body that had been interred about 6u years, whore leg and thigh bones, to the utter astonishment of all present, were co vered with myriads of Les (of a species perhaps to. tally unknown to the naturalist) as aftive and strong on the wing, as gnats, gadding in the air, on finest evening in summer. The wings of tkis deseript ratted are white, and, for cbstinetien's the spectators gave it the name of the C•jia PP. TIM lead was pertealr sound, and prrseuted not least chink or crevice for the admission of air. moisture of the flesh had nut yet left the bones. asd the Wen beard lay reenspienom on the under jaw..