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PROVINCIAL BANKS. PLYMOUTH BANK. The partners of the late firm, Messrs. Sir W. Elforil, Tingcombe, and John Were Clark, must, we hear, our rentkr, and make their appearance before the Commis sioners, at the third meeting of creditors, to be holden at the Royal Hotel on the 4th of February next. Many ru mours are in circulation as to the probable amount which will be paid in the pound ; it was, in an early stage of the bankruptcy, Imagined that upwards of lOs. would be realised from the assets of the estate, but it is now generally onuadered that 61. will be the extent: of course a great deal of this calculation must be founded on surmise. We have b een informed, from very good authority, that the debts owing by the firm amount to about 330,000/.—.-P/ymouth LEIcF.STER BANK._ The principal crators of Messrs. Clarke and Phillips, of Leicester, bankers, have inspected their accounts, and find that there is a surplus of bank assets to the amount of 39.8101. Ts., and that there is a further available property to the amount of 1140,0001.; forming a total surplus, be ♦ond every claim upon the bank, of 240,0001.—Leicester. eh:re Paper. DECCAN PRIZE-MONET. Treasury Chambers, Jan. 111, 1024. Sra—l am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to transmit to you, fur the information of the Marquis of limning', and of the (,rand Army, on whose behalf you are appointed to act in the matter of the Deccan Booty, a c opy of a Treasury Minute of the 16th instant, containing the decision of their Lonishipo upon the points therein mentioned ; and I have also the honour of conveying to tou a copy of their lordships' Minute of the 21kb September, upon the Reports from the Duke of Wel lingtcn and 31r. Arbuthnot, which induced their lAwilships to deem it nee...fairy to hear further arguments on either aide nn the subject of this booty. I ant also to state, that the Trustees have been in. strutted to prepare a Scheme of Distribution. in conformity with the decision,. contained in the Minute of the 16th instant, in order that my lands may submit the proper instrument to the King for carrying the bane into effect under his Majesty's authority. I sin. Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) J. C. II ER R I ES. Lmeut..Co!. Doyle, Agent for the Marquis of Haulm, and the Grand Anny. COPY OFTILEASURY MINUTE OF JAN. 16. Present—The Earl of Liverpool. the Chancellor of the kxcuTquer, 31r. Berkeley Paget, Lord Lowther. Lord Granville Somerset. My Lords, twisted by the Trustees of the Deccan Booty, Lord Bexley, snd the Law Officers of the Crown, having heard Counsel on behalf of the Marquis of Hastings and the Grand Army, and also on behalf of Sir Thomas Ilislop and the Army of the Deccan. upon the subjects of discussion relating to the distribution of the Deccan booty, which have arisen out.of the difference between the actual circumstances attending the capture of a large proportion of that booty. as stated by the Trustees, and those which were assumed at the bearing before their Lordship,' in January. 1823 ; and having maturely considered the arguments severally stated by the Counsel, and also the whole of the documents upon the subject of this booty now before the Board, are of opinion— I. That with respect to all that portion of the booty now at the disposal of the Crown., which is described as having been '• taken in the daily operations of the troops," the distribution thereof should be made to the actual captors according to the terms and conditions of the Minute of this Board of the sth February, 1823, and of the warrant of his Majesty of the 22d March following. 2. That with respect to that pert of the booty which consists of the produce of arrears of tribute, rent, or money, due to the Peish. wah, it appears to my Lords to have been acquired by the general result of the war, and not by the operation of any particular army or division ; and they are of opinion that it ought therefore to be distributed in conformity with the alternative stated in their mi. nuts of the sth February, 1823, as being " the only correct or equitable rule, if the principle of actual capture cannot be adopted." viz. " amongst the forces of all the . presidencies engaged in the combined operations of the campaign.' 3. With respect to the properly captured at Nassuck, my Lords are of opinion that the booty recovered at that place cannot be dol. tributed upon the principle of ac:ual capture, and ought therefore to he divided amongst the forces of all the presidencies engaged in the combined operation of the campaign. 4. With respect to the booty recovered at Poonah, alleged to have been removed thither from Hai °hue, my Lords are of opinion that this booty cannot be distributed upon the principle of actual cap tive to the force by which Hai Ohur was taken, under the orders of the Government of Bombay, unless it can be proved by the captors of Hai Ghur that the property in question was actually in that tort at the time when it was taken ; in default of which proof, my Lords ate of opinion that this booty also ought to be distributed among the forces of all the presidencies engaged in the combined operations of the campaign. 5. With respect to that portion of the booty which is stated to *insist of money recoveresi on account of deposits made by the Peishwah. my Lords are of opinion, that any part of this property which can be proved to have been In Formals at the time when that place was captured, via. on the 17th of November, 1817, ought to be distributed to the captors of Puonab, according to the terms of the Minute of the sth February, 1823, upon the principle of actual capture; but that with respect to those parts of the above property as to which such proof cannot be established, such moneys or effects must be considered as haying been acquired by the general result of the ear, and, as such, ought to be distributed amongst the forces of all the presidencies cogaged in the combined operations of the campaign. 6. With respect to the share of the Commander-in-Chief in the distribute o, under the several heads above enumerated, my Lords are of opinion that the 313tquis of flutings ought to share as Commander.in-Chief to all those cues in ehich Sir Thomas Hislop is not entitled to share as such, under the terms of the Minute of the sth of February, 1823, wherein it is declared, " That Sir Thomas Mali). as Commander-in-Chief of the Dec can Army, and all the Officers of the General Staff of that army, ate entitled t 3 participate in the booty which may arise from any capture by any of the divisions of the army of the Deccan, until the sad army of the Deccan was broken up on the 31st March, 1:311." Lords ate further of opinion that the general rules of division hitherto adopted in distributing booty to the forces in India, among the several classes and ranks of the army should be adhered to on the present occasion. COPY OF TREASURY MINUTE OF 28TH SEPTEM. BER, 1823. PIIIISCXT. The Earl of Liverpool, the Chasesilor of the Exchequer, Lord Lowther, a. d 3lr. B. Paget, Ilia Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Right Honourable Charles Arbuthnot, u Trusters of the Deenui Prize 31oney Loed Bexley and also the King's Advocate ; the Attorney-Gene rel. the Solicitor-Deneral, the King's Proctor and Solicitor, attend the Board. Aly Lords resume the consideration of the papers relating to the Deccan booty ; and read a letter received since the last meeting on this subject from Sir Thomas ilislop, dated 17th September, 132 i., setting torch the peculiar circumstances under which he is placed with regard to the booty captured by the army of the Deccan while under his command, and stating '• that the great body of persons interested in the event are extremely urgent to obtain information as to the claims laid before their Lordships, and a knowledge of the scheme of distribution which may have been recommended by the trustees, before these important matters are submitted fur his Ma jePlT's approbation." _ _ - lly L'oids, after hiving advised fully with the trustees, and also with the Law Officers of the Crown, upon all the circumstances of its important case, and more particularly upon the very material affluence between the (sets mounted with the capture of the booty now ascertained, and those Which were assumed in the pleadings store their Lordshipsin 1823, by the Counsel for the several _poetics nterested, and upon which their minute of the .Ith Feb.,1823, was incipally founded, deem it proper that the particular attention of r T. litslnp should be drawn to the terms of that minute, and that should be informed that the trustees appointed by his Majesty's arrant to collect the booty and prepare a scheme of distribution ire reported, as their opinion, that. with the exception of certain tots, amounting together to about 1541.0002 the produce of sales of 'tures made in the daily operations of the troops of the army of the scan, no booty was captured at Nagpoor and that none has been Used that was captured at.,Maliidpoor ; and that the whole of the ty, with the above exception, now at the disposal of the Crown, into the hands of the officers of the East India Company after e army of the Deccan was broken up. That these facts being ,fferent front those which appear to have been assumed in the ar intents addressed to their Lordships in January. 1823, they deem to be indispensably necessary. before they can proceed, to submit Ins Majesty a scheme of distribution, for the purpose of carrying sr said minute into effect, to afford an opportunity for any further )lunation and remark, with reference to these circumstances, that e parties may be desirous of offering. 3 1y Lords at the same time desire, with reference to those pas tes in Sir Thomas Ilislop's letter of the 17th September, in icit he eomplaina of haring been deprived of information on the 'rot of the claims of the army of the Deccan, that his attention be recalled to the communication from the trustees to him, tra 14th January. 1/12:i (confirmed by another of the 14th Sep. tither i 'HZ), hi which they they informed him in reply to his applies " permission to inspect the tapers and documents furnished I the Court of Directors respecting the booty captured," that they ere willing "to submit those documents to his examination, or to at of any number of his brother officers that he might name to on:" and they further desire that it may be stated to Sir T. flits. a. that my lands, upon a full consideration of the whole of the 'N'roonder.ce between him and the trustees, have entirely sp. 'red of the measures adopted by them, and are fully satisfied 'at they have pursued the course which was the best calculated to ..istice to all the interests concerned in the important trust con. 'ed to them, and to lead to the speediest and most satisfactory :Litton of it. A letter from Holyhead, in one of the Liverpool papers, .tes that no less than three hhadeetland Ibrty-tieo vessels, .omeward bound, passed that port on Tuesday. MESSRS. CONSTABLE AND CO. The fact of the stoppage of payment by the great pub lishing house of Constabie and Co., is, we are sorry to say, confirmed. It is reported that the matt of the greatest literary reputation in Britain will suffer by this event. Messrs. Constable and Co. have long been known as publishers of the very first reputation, both as to the ex tent and nature of their transactions, and have been the channel for conveying to the world an unusual number of works of undisputed literary superiority. We cannot but lament the calamity which his befallen them, and the more so as they were on the point of commencing a publi cation which promised to lie of great public utility ; a cheap miscellany, to he produced in numbers, and to con tain works of established reputation, as well as Foible fions hitherto unpublished, of the most Esteemed writers. A project of this kind, which tended to improve the cha racter of the cheap literature, and, cons:gm - may, of its readers, promised, it is said, the most decisive success; and it is said it would have commenced with a sale of nearly 1.5,000 copies. The • following are some remarks from the Scotentais, in which we have no doubt most of our readers will cordially concur:— " The temporary stoppage of a great publishing house at the east end of Prince's.strect has been telt as a calamity to Scotland; and so it will, if it should be permanent; but we are most anxious to think that the partners Inar be allowed to continue the manage. mrnt of a business, which has given encouragement to authors, and employment to tradesmen, to such an unexampled extent. The projects of l'orstable and Company were magnificent : and it 1 will be limn& we believe, that on the whole, they were also sue- 1 cessful. More than one of those just on the tapis were full of ' promise not only as mercantile speculations, but as means of ac- cemplishing good. These, we trust, happen what may in • the winding up of the affairs, will yet be proceeded with. To us it is matter of the deepest regret that gentletnen who had so lung occupied such a high place in the public estitnation. and whose enterprise and judgment hail conferred so many benefits on their country. should now be placed in such a painful situation. We feel deeply foe them, and fur those also—the deserving as well as the gifted—who are at least present sufferers; but when we think of the extent of property that must be on hand, the number of valuable works which either belong to the company exclusively, or in the right of publishing which they have an interest, in con nexion with their numerous claims to sympathy and support, we cannot believe that the consequences will or can be disastrous.— Our wish is to riew matters on the brightest side. It is the duty of the press, indeed, to be at least cool, at a time when the public seem inclined to yield every thing to vague fears—ta magnify all that is unfavourable greatly beyond it true dimensions. Sir 1S alter Scott, it is said, is here very deeply involved ; but the author of Mansion, of the Lady of the Lake, and of the Scotch Novels, is not thus to be borne down—Scotland, Britain, cannot permit such a misfortune to befal them. To all concerned, we trust, there will be a favourable rebound. Even the bankers must regain confidence. Neither the skill nor the capital of the country is vet lost ; and it will depend on their firmness and good sense, whether the industry of the country shall be seriously obstructed. There would have been some failures, although there had been no shock to paper credit in England—no panic extending to Scotland. But much of the present stagnation in business is owing to groundless alarms. There still is capital, stock property, skill, and activity in the country ; and if matters shall be managed with iudgment and nerve, there is very little additional risk in bankers ailiirding a fair and reasonable amount of accommodation to persons in busi ness. Let them beware, therefore, of all at once running from one extreme to another. If unnecessarily timid now—if they decline taking the trouble of being satisfied that they are and may be safe —and of giving assistance where they are secure—they may rely upon it, that at no distant period they will be sufferers themselves —that the evils which they inflict on others, either from vague and general fear, or from a desire to obtain higher gains by fund specu. lations, will recoil upon their own heads. " There has been one large, and several smaller. though not in considerable, failures in Dundee; there is stagnation in Glasgow, lied fear, to some extent or other, everywhere; but these circum stances, which are by no means unexpected, or so very serious as many will have them to be, instead of leading to despair, or being converted into new and additional grounds of alarm, should induce the leading capitalists and merchants of Scotland to adopt some joint measures for the re-assuring the rublic mind. What is there, either in the public relations or internal condition of the country, that should warrant any one in assuming that the present depressed state of feeling can continue ?" been this b LW! the ti of Ita at the are of the to of the r. OM nil Pe:•t whicl place be di the 3 eaptu as to must of th forcer the ci 6. distri are Corm H ash Mini " TI eta army from Dccc 31st 31 , tithe the .1 the p CO Th L9WI Ili Chat Lord ral, t the DeeC ibis welt with unde intro as to ocher trUsti j ests ' 311 with this i differ as no befor Intel rine 'ir '1 e eh sift Ire 11111, ptu ' calls .oat dlit 1 )e nfen "tie t to hit heir' cpla 1), 313 Intl S' nibt rhl ere at 0 rrn p. t nevi me( hat ti tied vr:ut A li gt :tee Loint THE LATE ADMIRAL MACNAMARA. On Sunday, the 13th inst. died, at Clifton, James Mac namara, Esq. Senior Rear-Admiral of the Red, a dis tinguished officer in his Majesty's naval service, which he entered 44 years since. Ile was made a Post-Captain into his Majesty's ship Southampton, in 1793, in which he frequently signalized himself, under the orders of the then Sir John Jarvis and Commodore Nelson. In the memo rable battle off Cape St. Vincent, Feb.l4, 1797, the South ampton was one of the repeating frigates to the centre division of Sir John Jarvis's fleet. Ile was afterwards appointed to the Cerberus, and served in the West Indies. On the 6th April, 1803, Captain Macnamara being in Hyde Park with his Newfoundland dog, the latter began to light with one belonging to a Colonel Montgomery, who alighted from his horse to separate them. High words ensued between their respective owners, which led to a duel the same evening at Chalk Farm. The parties were both wounded, the Colonel mortally. A verdict of man slaughter having been returned by the Coroner's inquisi tion, Captain Macnamara was taken into custody, and on the 22d of the same month tried at the Old Bailey. His defence, which he read himself to the Court, was so elo quent an appeal to the feelings and passions of the Jury, that we cannot resist giving an extract from it : " Gentlemen—l sin a Captain of the British Navy. My cha. ratter you can only hear from others; but to maintain any cha racter in that station, I must be respected. When called upon to lead others into honourable dangers, I must not be supposed to be a man who had sought safety by submitting to what custom has taught others to consider as a disgrace. lam not presuming to urge any thing against the laws of God, or of this land. I know that, in the eye of religion and reason, obedience to the law, though against the general feelings of the world, is the first duty, and ought to be the rule of action ; but in putting a construction upon my motives, so as to ascertain the quality of my actions, you will make allowances for my situation. It is impossible to define in terms the proper feelings of a gentleman ; but their existence has supported this happy country for many years. and she might perish if they were lost. Gentlemen, I will not detain you longer; 1 hope to obtain my liberty through your verdict, and to employ it with honour in defence of the liberties of my country." The Jury. after retiring for about ten minutes, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Captain Macnamara subsequently obtained the command of the Dictator and Berwick. He was advanced to the rank of Rear-Admiral on June 14, 1814. He married Jan. 28, 1818, the widow of the late lion. Lieut.-Col. Carleton. CONFESSION OF A MURDERER. James Reynolds, who was lately executed at New York for the murder of Captain West, made the following confession of his crime to a friend, whom he requested to visit him previous to his execution : I confess to you, in the presence of God anti his holy Angels, that lam a guilty man I murdered Captain West on Saturday morning before day-light. lle went to bed perfectly sober, and remained asleep during the night. About d a y -b rea k I went into the cabin, took an axe in my hand, and struck him a blow on the head, which Instantly killed him. 1 was alone ; in all this there was no person with me, nor on board, when it was committed. I do also certify, that I was instigated to the whole of this by Townsend, • wicked man, and an old offender as I have been informed. Ile proposed the thing to me two or three times in &joking way, before a thought of the kind entered my heart ; he said, what an easy matter it would be to kill West, and get tall his money. Ile expected, no doubt, that he had a large sum about him, but he was mistaken ; for Capt. West told me that he hail left all he hail, pretty mach, in the hands of a grocer, whose name I do not recollect at present; I think the stun was four or live hundred dol lars. I heard the grocer say lie would want to borrow part of it from the Captain. I took from Capt. West's pocket forty or fifty dollars, which was all the money he had with him. I then dragged the dead body on deck without assistance, where I tied a stone to his feet and a blanket around his head, and threw him overboard on Saturday morning. This was done without a moment's re flection. The day previous I had no intention to kill him ; his money did not induce me to it ; for, first. I knew he had but little about him and, secondly, I did not stand in need of any, for I had enough and to spare ; thirdly, the Captain was very kind and friendly to me. Ile told me whenever I wanted money to call an him and I should have it ; so that it was a momentary temptation. and I gave way to it. I was but about two weeks in his employ when the murder took place, and this is the first crimeof the kind I have been guilty of; and when 1 tell you, sir, that it is scarcely one year since Iliad been led astray, 1 suppay you will be surprised. My poor mother Ire. (Lundy said tonic, when young, and when any person had been guilty of such a crime," my child, they are well guided whom Cod guides," but Uod was not in all my thoughts at this time. Had I taken her advice I should never have been where I now am ; but now it is too late. One year ago I went to church twice or three times every Sabbath, I shunned bail company, and evil of every kind ; but, unfortunately for me, I was led from one evil to another. until at length I tell in with Townsend, who was the means of my ruin, and the cause of an ignorant youth imbruing his hands in an innocent man's blood, and this when he was asleep and tinder my protection ; but I freely forgive him, and every man, as I hope to be forgiven by my Saviour. I first neglected going to church, profaned the holy Sabbath, fell in with wicked and bad company, who led me to 1;013es of ill-fame. and thence to the gallows. (Signed) JAMES REYNOLDS. IRIS!! EVANGELICAL SOCIETY. Last evening the lslington Auxiliary Branch of this Association held its Annual leering in Claremont Chapel, Pensoriville; THOMAS WILSON, Esq.. Treasurer, in the Chair. The CHAIRMAN, io opening the business of the Meeting, ad verted generally to the progress made by the Parent Society the past year, and though through its itietrumentality it wan obvious that agreat deal of good had been done, yet lie regretted that the work was yet only in embryo. The persons employed in this ex. pensive moral waste had to contend with long cherished opinions and deep-ranted prejudices ; the extreme Ignorance of the people, together with the disinclination of the Roman Catholic priesthood to the admission of the Sacred Scriptures had proved almost insurmountable barriers to the march of intellect : that it was, however, slowly and surely advancing in that unhappy country could not now be denim!, and lie trusted that it would speedily bear down all opposition. The Rev. Joni: Yoe,: N el' (one of the Secretaries) then read the report. It alluded in strong terms to the past and present con dition of Irelsnd, which it represented. notwithstanding the cflhrts of various religious societies, to be generally immoral and unen lightened. To effect something like an amelioration of this de plorable state of society, the Parent Institution had already eats. blished eighteen stations in various parts of the country, compre. bending respectively a tract of twenty or thirty miles, which were under the care of missionaries of approved talent ; the principal means they resorted to were the establishment of Sunday and week. day schools, where people of all ages enjoyed the advantage of moral and religious instruction, and an addition to these there were several other itinerant teachers, who went about to all the plates of public resort, and preached the gospel in the vernacular tongue, and from their acquaintance with the idioms of die Irish language had been enabled to render the moat important benefits to those whom they addressed. The demand, however, was so greatly superior to the Society's means that their exertions were necessarily limited, and they saw, with regret, an extensive moral waste wholly unprovided for, which might be supplied with teachers, could they double the number of stations. The receipts of the Islington Auxiliary Branch, during the last year. amounted to GW. 3i. of which 55:. had been paid to the Parent Society. The Rev. DovID STEwaitm, of Dublin, Chaplain to the Parent Institution, moved the adoption of the Report, and took a s cry comprehensive view of the state of society in Ireland. The Society, in order to provide teachers of ability, had founded an academy, in which there were now twelve students, three of whom had formerly belonged to the Roman Cs. tholie Seminary of Maynooth, but who had abjured Popery, merely from • conscientious conviction of the errors with which it abounds. They saw that the participation of the Sacrament literally was contrary to reason and to revealed re ligion ; they felt that receiving absolution or remission of sins from a frail mortal like themselves was an innovation on the prernga. tire of the Deity. It wan on these principles that the Society wished to make converts, and on these alone. They disclaimed any thing like an exclusive mode of worship ; they did not seek the establishment of a particular creed, and in proof of that he begged leave to torte, that there were at that time in the Academy young men who adhered to the Church of England forms, Calvin. tats, and Independents. It was needless to dwell upon the advan. tages the country would reap front civilization ; that was already manifested in the north of Ireland, once the scene of anar chy, rebellion, and bloodshed—now a happy and well-organised community. lithe people of England wished to extend the bless. ings of peace to their brethren in that distracted country—if they were anxious to confer on them any real or permanent benefit—if they wished to destroy the hydra.heatled monster that had so long stalked over those fertile plains, poisoning every spring of social happiness, he would say " Evangelize Ireland." JOSEPH BLAME. Esq. seconded the motion. When the Cum ;imam was about to put it to the vote, A GENTLEMAN rose in front of the platform, and said—Mr. Chairman, though not a subscriber, still as an Irish Protestant, perhaps I may be permitted to offer one or two observations on the Report just read. It is, I conceive, not consentaneous with the general feeling of those who are the best informed on the subject. There is one passage contained in it which is a complete, unquali fied, and uncalled-fur libel on the Irish nation. The Citst n MAN here interposed, and observed that the objector was out of order in obtr u din g his opinions, not being a subscriber; the business of the meeting must go on, and any objections might be answered afterwards. The question was than put and carried. The Rev. Wisst. ALAN EVANSON deprecated the system which latterly seemed to be adopted by the enemies of Ireland's best in terests, who intruded on meeungs of this sort merely to vent their spleen. To say the least of it, the means were uncourtentos and the time ill-chosen. The gentleman had talked of lihelts--but who did the libel emanate from %—was it not from the Roman priest. hood themselves, who, acting under the instruction of an apostolic letter or bull, had publicly denounced the Scriptures, and from the altars had commanded the people not to read them on pain of ex communication ? (Hear, hear.) Toe Objector said that the part of the report which he dissented from was that which set forth Ireland as in a general state of im morality; this was not the fact. A person in the crowd, cried out, "No, no, it's rank blasphemy." air. EVANSON said that he need only refer to the history of the country during the last half century to prove that it was grossly immoral. Ile was himself a native of that unhappy country, and he had but too much reason t o su b scr ib e to t h e trut h of the as sertion. The Rev. J. PARSONS, Rev. T. GiLimitm J. GILBOIIf, E.g., anti several other Gentlemen, then add resse d the Altering in turn, and„witit some little interruptions, the busktese was concluded by passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman. THE BRITISH PRESS. THE IRISH-afHoLk.IS-SOCIATION. On Thursday the lion. Mr. Pars-row took the Chair. The Secretary stated that he had received several letters in answer to the invitations Ist the national dinner to be given on the 2d of February. Ile then read letters from Lord Kingston, Lord 'Porter lington, Colonel White, and Sir Capel 3lolyneux, accepting of the invitation. Ile also read letters from the Eirl of Meath. the Mar quis of Sligo, the Earl of Kington, Ur. Ensor, and 3lajor Bag well, declining the invitation. Lord KILLEEN rose to move on his notice for confiding the Catholic petition to the Marquis of Lansdown, in the House of Lords, and to Sir F. Burdett, in that of the Commons. The Noble mover, after a high panegyric on the talents, virtues, and patriotism of the two distinguished individuals whom he recnm. mended to be intrusted with the petition, proceeded to observe, that the Catholic question was no: yet in that. state which would enable those most interested in its success to determine whether it would be prudent to have it pressed, during the approaching Session, to a division in the Commons; he, for himself, was not prepared to give a decided opinion; but he confessed that his pre sent feeling coincided with the view Mr. Sheil took of the matter, and which the learned gentleman had eloquently conveyed to the meeting on the day before. The Noble Lord concleded by mov. ing the resolution for the petition being confided to the Marquis of Lansdown. Sir Turmas E3XONDE seconded the motion, which passed unanimott4y. Lord lit t.LT.Ex next moved that the petition to the Houser) Commons should be intrusted to Sir F. Burdett. Sir Thomas Esstos he said he would second this motion also, from a conviction that the Catholics had not a more tried or zealous friend than Sir Francis Burdett. Mr. CORLEY moved that the petition should be confided to him to whom the immortal Grattan had bequeathed the destinies of his country, and whose unexampled zeal and matchless powers had been so triumphantly manifested in the advocacy of the Catholic question. As an amendment, therefore, he moved that the petition be transmitted to Mr. Plunkett. The amendment was not seconded. 11r. LAWLESS was glad that such a proposition had found no seconder. Removed that the petition should bs intrusted to Henry Brougham, who, in the House of Commons, stands the terror of the knave and the fool, and the admiration of every man who knows how to appreciate the splendour of eloquence. the value of intellect, and the honour of a gentleman. Mr. Lawless's amendment was also without a seconder. A tier some general remarks by Mr. O'CONNELL and Mr. Sit EIL respecting the London press, the original motion was carried una nimously, On 14iday the Hon. GONVILLE FERENCII took the Chair. A letter was read from Alderman M•Kenny, accepting of the invitation to a dinner on the 2d of February. Letters were also read from the billowing Noblemen and Gentlemen, declining the invitation for various reasons t—The lion. and Rev. F. Mullins, Lord Clonbrock, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Essex, Sir Edward O'Brien, M.P. and Henry Grattan, Esq. Mr. O'CONNELL brought forward his motion concerning the adoption of a petition he had read the preceding day, for the re. peal of the Statute passed last year for the suppression of the Ca tholic Association. That Act, he said, was a violation of the Con stitution, and a disgrace, he must say, to the Parliament; but the same Parliament. he trusted, would blot it from the Statute-book. The lion. Enwann Puesrog took that occasion to declare that the petition had his cordial approbStion. The Act against the Association was disgraceful, for it left the grievance, and took away the remedy. lie had no doubt, that if the Association had lasted one year longer, they should have obtained emancipation. (A pplause.) liter some discussion the motion was passed unnitinmußly. A vote of thanks was afterwards passed to Mr. Eric, tor drawing up the petition. Lord KILLEEN moved that the petition should be confided to Mr. Brougham. With the assistance of that most able and talented. gentleman he had little doubt of its success. The motion was passed unanimously. The meeting then adjourned. DARING Busol.ArtV.LOnSuinlay forenoon the family of Mr. George Willingham, solicitor, of 13, Park-road, Regent's-park, quitted their house to attend divine service, but on their return, about one o'clock, found the house had been entered and plundered of about 1001. worth of plate, jewellery, apparel, money, and linen. Among the stolen property were a variety of rings and curious pieces of gold. In their hurry the robbers overlooked thirty sovereigns, which were in a drawer from which they had taken some articles. The gang must have watched the family out, and then climbing over a wall, obtained a math , access to the interior of the building, by the application of burglarious implements. Information has been lodged at Marylebone office, and a vigilant inquiry instituted. A large rewardlia offered for information. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF CHANCERY. The lined Chancellor has appointed to-niurrow fur hearing luna tic petilinem nicronc TUE VICi-CHANCIALOR ?HIS DAT. Further directions per order—Monk house • Piper. REMAINING e•ViS PET! VIONS• Witter v Yorke Price v Price In re Pulfores Mar& cumin • Wokifl In re brod Somerville Charity Demi! v Brewer .De Lisle • Feliwick In re Kelley's Cha. La Terriere • Buttner Goodall v Newbury thy Scott v Wheat/1 In re Compets In re Bowyer Wilson T Mount NVoodna v Woodlisll Harrington vOregson Brandon v Brandon B eaumont v Paine, Marchus v Wulf Wool v Batchelor I two petitions I HEMAINISG PET: Lel - If/olds I,e Grand Robbins v Prior Binningtun r Har wood In Re Kingsbury Miles v 31iles Newton v Manning Samuel v Samuel cluelch v. Farquhar tholerton r Renting The Master of the petitions by consent, morning. Causes and petitions must beset down by ceding dsy. COURT OF cominN PLEAS. miDmAgrx CAUSES TO OE TRIED AT THE FIRST - R&TTING Iv IfILASY TERM. THIS DAY. Davenport v Ward I Quieter v Burn and I Cambers v Device Kerslake r Robson another Garrattv Buckthorpe Revell v. Revell I Chester r Carers and I Blackest • Gibbs Smith r Pigeon others Eames • Asboru LONDON CAUSES TO BE TRIED Smith v Hillman I Smyth. ger•.t., v Ha). I Cobbett • Forster Alliston. Assignee v wood and others Sitford v Joseph Hobbs Vincent, gent., v Wooldliouse v Ilay. Barclay and others v Colwyn don 11 itchins Atkinson r Jarvis Blacklow v Waffle- Robinson r Sutcliffe Viner r Joyce &ley COURT OF EXCHEQUER. canes TO ■C HEARD THIS DAT. Exceptions—Attorneptieneral • Deere. CAESES TO BC HEARD TO-MORROW. Wilson • Durant., I Brasier • illytton, to Bamford • Archer petition produce e•idet ce Dories • Evans Price • Llewellyn, by order Watkins • Smith petition Miller v Jacksot , Ripley v Stockley lialthem v Harrison, ' part heard Rowley v Carter report Colebrook • Need I Mason v Nixon Expert* Hammer. Norton • Hammond Tarpley v Linnell smith Bridge Corn. Dean and Chapter of I iirard r Buvill ploy, petition Yoilt • Middle. Lurgh LAW INTELLIGIiNCE. %ICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. 310NDAw. JAx. 23. This being the first day of Hilary Term the VICE-CHANCELLOR did not sit until one o'clock. His Honour intimated to the bar that during the present term lie should continue to sit at Lincoln's fan. Such also was the Lord Chancellor's intention. Some !notions of nu importance haring been heard, the Court shortly broke up. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, 1 .1 - nsTattiesVE*, Jars. 23. Hilary Term commenced to.day. It is customary on the first day of 'fern; for the Learned Judges to wait on the Lord Chancels lor, and take breakfast with his Lordship in Lincoln's Inn Hall, and afterwards to go in procession to the Courts at Westminster. We understand, however, that the Lord Chancellor was too unwell to attend and receive their Lordahips this morning, and that the Learned Judges (with the exception of the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who is still confined by indisposition.) took breakfast at Lincoln's Inn, without the honour of his Loniship's company. Mr. Justice Bayley was occupied in the ilnil Court, hearing jus tifications of bail, for two hours this morning. At two o'clock Mr. Justice Bayley, Mr. Justice liolroyd, and Mr. Justice Lattledale, entered the Court. CRiNi INA I, INFORMATION. Mr. Caatrun LI. moved for a rule, calling upon Mr. M'Queen, an attorney of this Court, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against him, at the instance of several gentle men who formed the High Peak Special Jury for the county of Derby on a late occasion, and who conceived themselves; to have been grossly libelled by a recent publication, of which Mr. M'Queeu wan the author. It appeared that certain persons in the county of Derby, trading under the finn of Nicholson and Co. claimed to be entitled to some lead mines there, and brought an ac tion to recover possession of them. The cause was tried in the lo cal court called the Barrnote Court, at Ashfield in Derbyshire, and the jury gave a verdict for the defendant. Another action was brought by the same parties, who were the clients of Mr. M`Queen, on the lid; of Oct. last ; and the persons on whose behalf the pre sent application was made were the jurymen on that trial. After hearing the evidence on the part of the plaintiff's (the defendant resting his cause entirely on the speech of his counsel, and the in. sufficiency of title shown on the other side), a verdict was again given fur the defendant. In thelmonth of November there appeared an account or a supposed account of this trial in two provincial pa pers called the Derby Mercury and Derby Reporter, in which the libellous passages occurred. Upon application to t he editors of those papers it was ascertained that the pretended report came from Mr. James al 'Queen, who was the attorney for the plaintiffs in the Sc. tion. The article was in the shape of a letter addressed to the esti. toe, but without any signature. It would be shown that it was in the handwriting of a clerk in the employ of M•Queen, and that it was sent to Mr. Drury. the editor of the Mercury, inclosed in a letter in the handwriting of M'Qucen himself, in which he re. quested its insertion, and desired that a copy of it should be sent to Mr. Pyke, the editor of the Reporter. Accordingly Mr. Drury published the article, and sent a copy of it to Mr. Pyke, who like. wise published it in his paper. 'I article stated that the verdict given by the High Peak special jury, in the late cause respecting the Magpie mines, had astonished every sensible and impartial per son who heart it tried and it then went on very strongly to insi nuate that the jury had been influenced by corrupt motives, and had returned a verdict contrary to the evidence. 'l'he Learned Counsel said he had the affidavits of ten of those gentlemen (the other two being at a distance, their affidavits could not be conve niently obtained in time for this motion) who were of considerable rvilt and station in thel county, sand who swore that they were wholly unconnected with the parties in the cause, that they found a conscientious verdict according to the evidence before them, and that they were wholly innocent of the charge contained in this pub lication. The Court granted a rule to show cause MANDAMUS. Mr. amp POLLOCK 8;1oved&;;ule to show cause why a mandamus should not be directed to the Commissioner* of the Court of Insolvent Debtors, commanding them to make an order to the Warden of the Fleet prison, directing him to move a person named IVilliain Yates, who was in his custody, to Bristol, in order that he might be examined there, preparatory to his taking the be. nefit of the Act. It appeared t!'at by the sth Geo. IV, ch. 6', sec. 13, the Commissioners were authorised to make an order for the removal of debtors from the prisons in London to prisons in the country, under certain circumstances specified in the Act, and that in pursuance of this power the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court had made such an order for the removal of Yates, but the Warden of the Fleet refused to obey it, because it was not specially directed to him. The wording of the clause did not pre. scribe the form of the order. nor did the Act appear to authorise the Commissioners to enforce its observance. Tic present application was made to compel them to direct an order specifically to the Warden of the Fleet. The Mandial of the Kiog's Bench and the keepers of other prisons had uniformly obeyed these orders, but the Warden of the Fleet apprehended that by doing so he might subject himself to an action ; which opinion had, in some degree, been cautioned by that of one of the Learned Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, to whom the Warden had privately ap plied for advice. The Co rive did not feel themselves empowered to grant the motion. as it wart more a matter of form than anything else : and Mr. Justice BAYLEY intimated that as the Commissioners de rived their authority from an Act of Parliament, in making the order he was inclined to believe that they possessed also the ne cessary power to enforce obedience TO that atithority : but his Lord ship did not express a positive opinion on the subject. Rule refused. Mr. Justice BAY LEY said that after the niotio , is nn the peremr, tory papers were disposed of. the Court would proceed with the motions for hew trials ; and that those of " Cooke v. Banks," and the " King v. Russell" were neatly the first. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MONDAY, JAN. 23. This being the first day of Tensi., the Judges d:d not come into Court till one o'clock. BAGWELL V. TOOT IT. This ease, a writ of right, was berore the Court last Term, and was then adjourned in consequence of the non-appearance of one of the knights appointed to form the grand swine. Mr. Sergeant BOSAN4 t: ET. in moving for a rule to show cause why a nonsuit should nut be entered, read a certificate from the medical attendant of Sir tleorge Alderson, which stated that from the precarious state of that gentleman's health, it would beimpossi hle for him to attend the Court during the present or any future Term, it being with extreme difficulty the, sir O. Alderson could be moved from one room to another. The Learned Sergeant said that in this case there were two courses open to hint ; the first was, that upon the affidavit now read the process should be taken ofEtlie roll and a new pmcess entered ; and the second was, that by a suggestion on the roll that one of the Khigh!l could not attend. the trial might be allowed to proceed, a fourth Knight tieing found by writ of intanirt f.iciar to complete the number requi:cd by Los to ROLLS COURT. :lONS TO 11F. HEARD THIS EVENING ♦T SIX. Pulkingion v Smith llorsiby v Hunter, par: heard Law v Du;:ter, part beard Price v Crump flallett v lluddleton Ditto v Green Ditto v Becker Sewell v Ifele tolls will hear causet. n Saturday next, the II Maurice v Hiatt Buck v Bradhury, part heard Mandy v Alexander Smith v Wtlwx I Wynne if Callender Smith v A iter.ole Thompson a Coign. houn H ocklee ♦ %Mock turthev directions. and Bth inst., at nine m the two o'clock un the pre- fern the grand wire. Mr. &agent Itosatelet said be rt hr oc tit co prefer tin dnt urse , and would toake a motion fur a new • should the Court went to that mode of proceeding. The Lomb CHIEr JUsiTICW said that this was an uncommee case, and that the earlier the rule was made absolute the better 3 he would therefore prefer that there should be a suggestion ow tbt roll that one of the Kights could not attend. There was a . castree a writ of right In Coke ' s clinic., where one of the Knights who were to tom the grand a•size having died before the trial, a writ of habeas corpora was granted to coatpcl the other tl,rze KNights to attend. The Sheriff might, on a suggestion on the Full, rourn a Knight to complete the number. Mr. Sergeant BOSAX(117 ET asked if Mr. Sergeant Vaugtom would press on the trial (on the adjuurnnueu day) should he (Mr. Sergeant H.) not bring up all 11:0 witnesses? Mr. Sergeant Vettnitas w.ts not disposed to male any conchs sin., 5. The Loan Cittar JUST ICC said that he wished a remedy had been protided for such caus as the present in another place. Hia Lordship added. that he thought it was better that this discussion should be deferred to Friday, that the Court might have time to consider upon it in the interval. To this the Learned Connie' assented, and the case stands all journedto Friday. 1)0N JOSE ANTONIO 31•1111SAIIIIT V. CLEMENT. Mr. Sergeant Terme* moved for a rub: to show cause why es minion should not be entered for the deleadant. The original cause of action srniie out of a libel which appeared some time back in the Aforning Chronicle. It Imputed to the plaintiff: that he as a Plenipotentiny of the Government of Chili, " had transferred to himself 200.0001. of John Bull's money," which enabled him " to live in a style that outtopped Plinces." Mr. Servant Teddy salt', that on the trial it had been proved that the Government of Chili had eezlared itself iodersideru, that h•ginlative ciso-ts had been ntab:islied, and laws ado i oitereil, and it I , ai admilted by the toosecutors that the }lain i.l in till: (.3i.:Ne WM the accredited Minister of the Government of ; but to support an action under such circumstance:. would be to exhibit a most glaring anomaly on the other hand. His Majesty's Minister for f oreign Affairs would acknowledge the King of Soaiii as the lawful and legitimate Sovereign of his own doti.ii,:ous, while the Courts of Justice of the King of Ergland acanoviledge hi 3 colonies as soeereign and independent staio. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, said that consuls were mere com mercial agents. Titers was, he said, tilts distrocion.between a State that was acknowledged and ore that was not", that which was Luc acknowledged should show that it possealed the character requisite to constitute an independent state; this was the opinion of Grout's, and of all writers who had crated of the law of nations. Mr. Sergeant TatinY thtnTriueri that a bond delivered to a pee. son in Paris, and afterward, issued in England, was not a legal in strument, unlecs impressed with the stamp required by law in this country. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE said that a bond, upon being sealed and delivered, became a valid d o c u m ent , an d th at if i ssue d in France it could not he subject to the stamp duties of this country. Mr. Sergeant HOSANQUET said, that the witness examined on the trial was a M. Newman. a clerk to Messrs. Bullet, who proved that the bonds were sold at t'se office of !hitt Jinn. It was likewise clear (said the beamed Sergeant) that those bonds were never in the possession of any person s in Paris who had an interest in them, and consequently that there was no ob,igee; the question might be narrowed to this propusititm—Chili is or is not an independent sta'e. The LORD Cif Er JUSTICE replied. tl:at, assumirg the country in question to be an independent sta e, the party had acted wrong in raising money in this country to forward the vi;:ws of a belligerent power. which ouch: involve hi. own country in war. if the editor of the Morning Clironick had charged the pisimiff with a moral fraud, the case would he altered. A tier some further observations on the part of the Court and the Learned Sergeants engaged in the cause, a non,uit ass alogrod of the lir4t and .econd counts in the declaration. About three o'clock the lord Chief Justice retired to his chanitirrs, and Counsel having no further motions w snake, the Court adjourned. PREROGATIVE COURT. MoxaAr, J•n. 23. DEW V. CLARKE. Dr. Enantnoroau opened this case, which is equally remark. able for the voluminous character of the evidence introduced into it as for the curious and novel nature of its details. It appeared from the eta put in by the plaintiff, Charlotte Mazy Dew, that her father, Ely Stott., deceased, practised as a surge" accoucheur, and electrician (chiefy the latter), for a number of years, and that he had resided first in the Temple, subsequently in Hishopsgate-street, and, since 1798, in Hart -street, Bloomsbury. He hail been married three times: in 17116 to Mary Simpson. his tint wife, by whom he had issue Charlotte Mary Stott, now thur. the producant in the twesent suit. After her death in Ins he re. mained a widower until 1814 when he espoused Susan bully, wise paid tae debt of nature in 1816, and in 1818 the deceased married Mary Clarke, who survived hint, he having died in 1821. The de- ceased had no 'Aida but the producant, who married in May,lBlB, but he had two nephews, T. and V. Clarke, the eons of a deceased sister. The deceased executed a will in June, 1818 ; It WAS drawn up in • regular form wide' the express direction of the deceased, and was attested by three witnesses. By this will the testator beep:wiled his fitruiture, plate, and china to his wife, a !eget,. of 15111. to his nephew Thomas ; a legacy cf 1801. to his nephew Valentine ; an annuity of 401. per annum to Miss Hilley, in consideration of wait the taetator iltaignated her unsuccessfideffints to train up his damin. ter, C. M. Dew, in the right way, and to give her the advantage I of a moral and religious eduettion. i The will further set forth that C. M. Dew had twice withdrawn herself from the testator's management, and had otherwise manifested a most perverse !lisps , sition : to her the testator bequeathed a life annuity of 100!. per year. which, with some trifling bequests to his servants, completed the disposition made by him of his property, the residue of which he left to any children he might I sue by his wife, Mary C'arke, now Stott ; and, in the event of his having no children by her at his death, lie transferred the residue of hie property to Thomas and Valentine Clarke. his nephews. Admin . % toton was granted on this will shortly after the death of the vitiator; but its legality was now impugned by Mrs. Charlotte Mary Dew. the testator's daughter, upon the ground that her lather at the time of his executing the above-mentioned will. and for many years before his death, was labouring under a delusion of mind which reniend him incapable of making a legal disposition of his property. Be sides the will above alluded to, other testamentary aapers of antece dent date were brought in to mince the dispoaition of the testator, as respected his daughter; in one instance he left the residue of his aim petty to his daughter's children, under the condition that they should be brought up in Evangelical principles, and in the event of her having no issue, he directed the residue of his property to gip to the funds of the British and Foreign Bible Society. In another draught of a will made by the deceased, he left the residue of his pro perty to his daughter's children, upon condition, that they should be brought up apart from their parent, and under the management of certain trustees, front the age of 6 years, until they attained the age of 21,snd in case the patents refused to give up the manage. nient of the children, the property was left to the Bible Society and Foreign Missionary Society. It further appeared, from the allegation put in on behalf of Mrs. Dew, that the deceased at his death was worth 40a100/. That he was at all time, a man of most violent and irritable temper; that he had treated his wives with systematic cruelty and severity, and that the death of his first wife was actually occasioned by his immersing her in cold water. It was also alleged that he had entertained a moat inveterate and unaccountable antipathy to his child front her birth; that he was possessed with the ides, whilst she was yet an infant, that the wee born evil, that she was the child of Satan, and that she wits pre destined to live a life of abandonment a nd clime, and to indulge in every species of depravity. 'Phis extraordinary delusion !occupied the mind of the deceased until his s can' ; and although his daugh ter manifested her filial affection on every proper opportunity. and conducted herself at all times with unexceptionable propriety, the deceased, acting under the impulse of this extraordinary delusion, frequently called upon stranairs and mutual friends to assist him in reclaiming his daughter. The [tree:meal abin indulged himself by the practice of most unrelenting end wanton severity towards her. He hail even frequently caile I upon her tcatell hits her secret thoeghts, and when she failea to staisre him, struck her with clenched lists, and threatened to horseahip her. In 1700 the Bi shop of Durham was the patient of the deteased. Mrs. Dew was then eight year. old. The deceased acqiisiniad the Bishop that hie daughter wan a most profligate sod crintlualtharaeree, and expels ed himself in such a violent manner towards her, that the Bishop said he would nut stay in the room to hear such expressions, and was about to depart when the deceased placed his back against the door and prevented him from going. When Mrs. Dew, hen Miss Stott, was only aged eleven years, the deceased charged her with prevarication, in disclosing her sestet thoughts. and upon this pre. fence he tied her to a bedpost, and having fastened wire on a stick, he beat her with it until the blood flowed from the stripe', and he then directed the servants to put salt and vinegar to the wounds. His severity at length induced his daughter to fly twin het home, and she put herself under the protection of • Mrs. Utley, where the deceased allowed her to remeiti for about three months, during which he obliged her frequently to comennnicate to him by letter her inmost thoughts. He expected her to confess that she had been very depraved, and solemnly to promise amend. menu. Upon her return home the deceased obliged her to perform many menial offices, although there were two maid -servants in the house. (In one occasion he whipped her, and said that he saw the devil in her. subsequently the deceased sent his daughter, to live with a Mrs. Newberry, wha refused to employ her i n meaial see. vices, and therefore the deceased withdrew her from Mrs. New berry's guardianship, and boand her out to service. ln 1808 the producant left her father's house, and went to resale wish Miss Brent, who keeps an establishment for young ladies at West minster; there site remained a year, but the aestraleit refused to supply her ash sufficient clothe*, aid she was theartut e threed to return home. In 1809, by the advice of SaaT. Barnard. a friend to the family, the producuit went out as a }fovea eat. a al conducted herself, it was alleged, in a most unexceotioaai la ma ncr. In 11114 she engaged herself iii the same situation with get family of Mr. Dew, of Guildford-street, toil in 1817, wAlt consent and approbation of his family, the was married ye air. Oeorge Dew. Mutual friends on many occasions endeavoutal to restore the mind of the deceased to a proper state of fettime a regard to his daughter, but he seemed immotahle in by t ptaitin that she was utterly abandoned, aa sell a. meat n a pocritaal Mal deeehr t aa The dcceasei; often used vary vialeat and estrauali iata langsam, lie had a patient named Harrower, and Mts. 11..rrores calla otte day us sequaiat deceased how her tuialsatet Sae getttriii • • on, he asked her to walk up stairs nail pray afoe pa ; :pc. cover). tie afterwards swore • vialanella and said be hail been wrestling with the devil. The &teased had a black boy to clean his shoes, and one day, observair that the boy had per, formed his duty negligently, he /dogged him %icier tly, and law,