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BRURY-LANE THEATRE. DEATH OF LORD ELLENBOROUGH. The tragedy of Brutus continues to ultra( t cr owded and Splendid audiences. The house, last Hi ght, was foil in every part—and the fine acting of Mr. KERN, who is the life and soul of the piece— in whose absence there is very little on which the m ind can repose with pleasure —was received with loud and undivided applause. The farce of Is He Aline ? which was originally ' ,reduced at the benefit of Messrs. 11 .-AaLEY stud ltdietvol. It un amusing trifle—writ. ten ht the brnatleat style of farce—and has been extremely well got up. Mr. KNIGHT'S Cu • g gardener is an excellent piece of acting. It is fully , fni t to his Jerry Blossom, although the character is of a very different description. Jerry being all Aim pl i city, and the gardener a compound of cruft and roguery. Mr. CowaLL, as Soap, an in. triguing servant, played with much ■nitration. He appears to have token Mr. HALLEY for his mo del—of whom. though he did not directly imitate him, he ►eminded very strongly. We deeply regret, however, that Mr HAILLEY't Inng-continned and dangerous indisposition, has rendered it neer.- sary for Mr. COWELL to assume this part. MISS KELLY. This distinguished Nobleman shed nn Sundae night, almost seven o'clock. at his Lordship's house in St. James's-square, after a rapid and decided ' , finery, which, flora its e 11111 l neneernent, left little hope of :414 recovery. Thu., a few weeks only have intervened between the resignation of his judicial office and his decease, mid it bast nut pleased Providence to permit him to pass some years in dignified repulse, which the apparent strength of his constitution seemed to promise. His Lordship was the third son of Edmond, Bishop of Carlisle, by Mary Christian ; was educated on the foutidation of the Charter Douse, and afterwards removed to the loner Temple; was appointed King's Counsel in 1801, Attorney-General in 180.2, presented to the Chief Justiceship of the King's Bench and the Peerage Oil the death of Lord Ken yon. Ills Lordship married, in October 1702, Aiss Towry, daughter of the late George Towry, Esq. of the Victualling Board, who survives him, and by whom he has left three sons lIMI three slaughters. He is succeeded in his titles by his eldest son Ed ward, now Lord Ellenhorough, who married, in De. eemher 1813, Octavia Catherine Stewart, half-sister of Lord Castlereagh. TO THE EDITOR. D►e it ISIt. • Ma—Shocked ael ant to be compelled to obtrude myself on public attention, sod totally incompetent as I know my. self to be to engage in ally thing like consiuveray with Mr. Stephen Mesabi% I consider myself to be imperiously called upon to us.tice his letter - taltich appeared in vowr pane of this day, its which I am very unceresoonioosly 'crowd of hairier attend • deliberate falsehood. I shall not an far forget myself as to retort the siecusal tiptoe Mr. Stephen Kentish.; I will rather, in charily, believe that he must have forgotten the eirceenstences of my duct eorrespeadesice with hint, when he ventures I n impute ~, me the unmet* of an ontruth. I will also believe that Mr Stephen &cable wag ignorant of the nature of my former engagement al Drury-lane Theatre, alien the sub. loaned lettere passed between as, or be would have know,' that the salary I received was fully adequate to my outmost unites; but that salary was by no means the most essential einistderation with me. In my former engagement I had ex. rent, stipulated for an sloenre of six weeks to fulfil an en gagement in Ireland : and the hub Committee were falls op riled of my existing engagement at the Eoltlish Oseta Hun-c. which preluded the passibility of my accepting our which required, ass preliminary condition. that my services • te• confined to Drutylaue Theatre during the irho'c of Nu Seems. • Thu offer. therefore, was no offer at all—it woe an un worthy Irsiftre to arm Ilse Ststi-Comusittee with a elefens.ve saucer, in clarion, inquiry should . .e made by those oho ron. descend to consoler my humble talents as of some conse quence to • Theatre Besiikc this, it will be (Atari, et!, th,t Mr. S Keroble's letter to me is dated August hth, about use smooth only before the usual period of opeoing the Th. etre! The Sub Catapult. e (from wham I hail irecived, denny the who!' past seas...), the most unprovoked sults, wish • detail of which it is unnectissry to trouble the pohlie,) were perfectly notorious that I had art-rived my eenstfor discharge at the en.' -f the senson, together 1/11:1 utterer 1101 under ariieles ; and they must have been will aware, that I had toot suffered more than h a lf th e su m_ mer In elapse. without making suck arrangements for COMO. try .11gs:rem...Is, as might occupy a porticon of my fester, tun.. seal whirl. I was ',waist Ilea to form by the natural conduit n that they had oo intention to irises my services. The following offer, through hlr. Steph es Keintihr, there. fore, cosopkd with resurictioac, which tiny knew it to be impossible Alf me to comply with, wu a were rockery, and as such I considered it. [Copy, No. I.] " Theatre.ltoyal, Drurydane, August 5, ISIS. " lime, it in command (min the Gentlemen of she Siih Committee of Drury-lane Theatre, to offer yam fur the u• at station the wins you had last se.sson; only I am desired to observe, that they require your talents to be full. fined 1.. this concern solely daring the whole of she SeB6oll. The privilege of writing orders, I sin desired to inform yuu, is ditemstinued. _ " I am, Madame, your obedient Servant. (Signed) " 8. KEMILE." (Copy, No. 2] " Sto—Pressure of bueiuesa and some Muni have pre. vented my earlier reply to your letter. From what I uuw hear of the state of Deury-lane Theatre! pinume it will not be requisite to trouble either you or myself with an answer which would necessarily be at considerable I. ligth. It will be sufficient to say at present, that the total mere of the Sub.eunicnittee has driven one to form enactments else wheie, independent of prior ones, which they ale fully aware of, and which would render it isapossibia for sae to have ac cepted the terms of your proposal. " 1 have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient Servant, " F. M. KELLY." It must also be noticed, that at the time I received this •ffer, such as it was, an injunction front the Court of Chau. eery bad restrained the Sub.Cumenittee, as I understood, fnon entering into any engagement whatever; and it will be seen, by my answer to Mr. Kemble, iliat I declined going into portirsdare un rust account fur the present," but when the injunction was removed, there was not the slightest in. rimming' manifested by him to renew the negotiation. The public have now my ease before them; they will best deride %sheltie'. I ans nut justified in amercing that the Sub. Committee hare not chosen to retain my sere/err," which Ilse) might have retained bad they thought proper, as in the formtr season, fur such periods as their Own elnitentpin. Onil !Weer, had left at my disposal; and also bow far Mr. Sieptirti Ketaible is justified in the chsrge of falsi hood whith he has nut sernpleil to bring arminst me. I cannot rum-hide without observing that Mr. S. Kembk, in his Anxiety to prove me guilty of an untruths in sine respects totally overtunheit the main grievance of which I have C ,, 111111001/. The fact of my being deprived ~1 a liberal ~ . •:..st• 'tient at Covent Garden Theatre, by the perverted of r.rtion of an injurious monad remains isneontriidict "l "listever may be Mr. S. Kembles hopes and wiAlov sin the 51 . 1 jet., the stubborn truth exists, in all its force, that I the olefins of a cruel conspiracy—that by the tinjust tr. (corner of the Sub .Committee, I am deprived of she films " 1 "iv Prefisio ,, al laloma , —,old that I am compelled to threw 011011 my linvti.,l and hardly sl savings for the means of present subsistence. I luxe the honour to be, Sir, " Yuur must obedient Servant, " F. M. KELLY." An eminent artist in liirminhatn is at this tone execrating a great number of silver medals. 4.1 celebration of the noble struggle fur indeptui ‘l4.l.ce made at the late general election by the free holders of Westmorland. On one side is a striking A 'rtless of Mr. BR O UGHAM, with the legend. " HENRI BROUGHAM." and on tlw the fol "mg inscription To the patriotic. ineoprstpii tle, and aahuught Freeholders of the county of Westmorland. Atlt of My. These medals sre of the sole charge of a high-spirited Freeholder of that county, whose intention it is to present o n e of tltrtn to rail; of his brother-freeholders who voted 15 1(11 bun on that memorable uccobion. JOAN HOBllOllsE, ESQ. Vrsterday a Nfeetiog of the Coiled Parishes of St. afar• ✓ani and St. dolues, Westminster, took place at Slam's Brewhumw, Mai kr grafter', Ho, sefer. y.roml. fur the par_ pose of promoting the interest of Ur Hobhoose. nod In form a Committee to conduct his Rtect• The Streting was iw appearance very respectable. Mr. o i.r lomsrlr was present, and made a lung speech, professing his inten tion, in the fruit of being returned for Westminster, to sop. port the principles of Sir Francis Smartt, and in very 'ening terms urged the necessity of a Reform in Parlimnent, as the • means 'brunch which the Electors mold reasonably expect any allevial of their burdens. Resolutions were thus read, and unanimously passed, after which the Meat lug broke up. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday evening an Inquest was held at the Dormant! Grapes, Queen.oqusrr, Westminster, before Mr. 11160%, Coroner, on the body of the Rev. ,Ir. /Au Grin ley. 1.1. U. of Qwees-etieare, who was (timid dead un last Saturday taoruiag on his bed-room Boor. The Jnry went to view the body, and fonnd it bad been put into • coffin by the undertaker. They returned to the Jury-room to hear the evidence. Mr C Hynes, Pompon, of Mole-place, Lambeth, stated, that hr had been sent for to the house of the dece..perl, Saturday morning; he arc lard about nine o'clock, and found him on the floor, near his bed-aide, quite dead ; sloe head appeared mach swelled, which indicated be had hero seised in a fit of ....on/11,1.6,y. Mts. Eller Elletilord, who had lived servant iu the family of the deceased foe noisy yeses, deposed that lie had beau lately sway unwell. She a4ll , Lim b.. supper ..f seen, its the dials.: parlour, shout haliptist issue ti'elork on Friday night, and beard bin, going to bed at ten u'rl irk James, .be foot. man, weal up to call him as usual, in th.• morning, and opeu M. window, but die door was fissiested. He told witness., who west up with a Mails of gruel, which he was in the habit of taking, at half-poet sewer o'clock ; sloe opened fbe door by a key she had for the purpose of leteitig in should be want soy thing, accompanied by Jose, the whet servant, and foam/ him dead on the How on the opposite side .of the lied. domes Plait, the foistesam stated, that he went tit call up his master, as related by the last writings, mid finding the door fastened hr proems ed • ping of steps, and looked lulu the nouns through the fan-light, but cult out see him in bed. He slum told his lellow-servauts he apprehended something was the matter with Lim, as he was gewtrally quick of bearing, and did nut answer; on which they weut in t• before stated. Wittiest took him up in his arms and fumed him warts; his 111110 111111 been beat under his right arm, and be was quite dead. The euschotas was Shea dui patrbed for Dr. Hynes. Mr. Hyatt was re-examined, and added to his evidence, that some blood issued from 1111 C deceased's mouth, which cost al med his upimna that he deed by apoplexy. Mr. iVrn. Chandler, undertaker, Fleet Market, stated that he went to the deceased's bootie *bout eleven o'clock, and found the hotly of the bed: there was a pad round the ucck, bat quite loose; be put the hotly into a shell. Juryman—" I appeal to the Coroner if that was not wrung, and contrary to law. We ere called here to ascot. tots whether the deceased met his death by his own set, or say other cause. MTe was a mark upon t h e nick; and we should see the body is the position in which it laid, which, with the evidence, would citable us to return • ver dict." Coruna—' in eases of accident, when application is made to the Coroner, it is allowed to move the body, because au! (-silicate touching the death may be afterwards adduced." Mr. Chandler said be was allowed by •II Coroners in and abort London, to pot bodies into Ilve coffins under 'inch cis. ennosianura; he had been twice on Saturday to Mr. Gill's of to ask his permission, and if he acted wrong ha was sorry for it. A friend In the deceased said, he forbid removing the body till the Jury saw it. The Coroner and Jury expressed themselves satisAeil, and returned a verdsct—" Died by the risitalioa of God." Wednesday morniog the Veagenr, i 3 gun.. Captain F. L. MAITLAND, came to her station in Leith Roads, accompswed by the Alert sloop of war, on winch occasion tialute‘ were exchanged with Leith Fort. The l'engeur is to bear the flag of Rear-Admiral It. WALLER OTWAY. Crowder, who was indicted, and was to have been . trefl for the robbery of the Sterling moil-coach of a box containing a large quantity of book notes be longing to the Sterling Batik, has beets liberated, the Brisk having declined to prooettl any further in the business.—(Edinburgh Paper.) A Meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward of {;read-street was held las.t morning, at Gerard's liall,Chrapsitle, to take into consideration the cares of the uolurtnnate men, viz. C'arlagnair, Weller, and Driscull, who are to be hanged this morning tor uttering forged notes, and to adopt such measures as may be deemed best calculated to procure the su.:p►ar►iou of their execution until their case are fully investigated. After a brief rxillonstion of the object of the tueetitig, a Petition to the PattiCE Br:GENT was read and ogrtril to, pro)ing his Royal Ilightiers to he graciously pleased to %toy their exe cution until the evidence on their trial could be re nted, there bring reason to suppose that a hare conspiracy against the lite of one of them (Wel ke/ existed between two of the witnesses, Anne tiers. a COIIIIIIOII prostitute, and ✓ohn Gay. The Petit . was signed by the persons present, and ordered to be prowenuell immediately, with an ac companying letter to Lord SID3IOLITY, prrr•tug his Lorrisl►ip to use all expedition in forwurdisig the petitr►tr. The petition was instantly sent sill by express to Brightoth M. NICHOL, we understand, volunteered to be the bearer of it, LAW INTF LLIGENCE. VICF,CHANCELLOR'S COURT, I.nucetar4lllll, Mom DAY, DIMEMBI.R 14. THE UNIVERsITIEs OF OXFORD and CAMBRIDGE b. 111.41 i F. unit OTHERS. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for an ii•juttc * to ie.train the Defendants from printing and selling s Holy Bibk, commonly called Gurney's Bible. with notes and annotation:, which was mere ly a colourable difference from that printed by the King's Printer. Its Honour would bear ill mills', that the patent granted to the Universities gave them the copyright to all Bibles, with or without note.. The Vies-CrtANCELLOIII--.." The 'totes appeal• to he only a summary of the contents." The SOLICITOR-GEN ERA L—" I have to wilt your Houritir for a similar tiquoccon relative to the Common Prayer-hook, printed and sold by the Defendants ; it is printed with a note at the botroni of each page, which may he cut Of, and then it would appear the same as the authorised hook. The next hook I have to complain of is what the Defendants call an abridged Prayer-book, but the only abridgment consists 111 leaving out th. prayers not in general use : mod the next is a quarto Bible, with reflections by the risme editor, Gurney." Injunction. granted. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, c NIONDAV, DECEMBER 14. Sittings qfler Michacimus Terns, before Chief Justice Ausorr and Common Juries. The Assignees of HARPER V. GREENWOOD. This W4/6 14111 action for 71. and n fraction—for th•. Plaintiff alleged that the DerrMina was iicemtlitAle. The Delesidant denied the fact—and on this point i•sut was joined. The facts of the case were amply these : Deletidant has distightt rs, and the eldest of them wrist to thy Plaintiff, and asked whether lie would give her credit lOC Cel . tali) g 00th, to which lie assented.— The yon. , g 1-idy, in emisegiariice, became II cur boner. Hod Irani the Plaiiitiff, (or different articles, front tune to time. lie c.nitinned to deal with till he become a bai.krupt, at which period, the •Ulll tow sought to h , rtel;Vered We% due.— Application was made to Mr. (1. ern I, for the amount, who, for the first time, learned that such a demand existed. He resis ed the payment—and the present action Will 11101%111 to recover the al leged debt. It appeared, however, that a bill had been made out, prior to the bankruptcy, to Misr Greenwood—and, this being proved, the Jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the De fetidant. HANCORM r. SHORT. This action was brought to recover compensation iu damage•, for an assault and false imprisonment, and also for a trespass. in detaining horse and cart, the property of the Plaintiff. The Defen dant pleaded tint guilty to the te.sault—and justified the trespass, by alleging, thiit the Plaintiff had put some of his (the Defendant's) goods into his cart. and that lie only detained the horse and cart, till he recovered then,. The Platotiff, a wine cooper, went. oil the 29 hof May last, to the house of the Defetidatit, a wine-merchant, where he saw his clerk, of whom lie inquired, olietlier he had any wine-casks to dispose of? The clerk answered in the affirmative, sod took the Plaintiff tutu the ware house, where he 'hewed him four casks, which the Plaintiff agreed to purchase at the rate of 15s. Cf. each, which be immediately paid. He them, went out to get a cart to take the casks away, and re turned in about an hour's time. The clerk was not at home—and the Plaintiff', iu his absence, was prep .ring to remove the casks, when the Defendant ordered him to desist. The Plaintiff chinned the casks, as his property, and au aliercatton ensued, which 'tided in the Defetidaut's c.ilhng in an offi cer. and 'giving the Plaintiff in charge. He was taken to the Mansion-house, and detained about three-quarters of an hour, when the Lord Nlayor discharged him. The Defendant alleged, that the clerk had sold the casks, contrary to his order, and that lie offered to return the Plaintiff the y he had paid. Plaintiff' would not relinquish his bar gain —and they had merely gone before the Lord Mayor, by mutual consent, to have the dispute settled. The ClitEF JUSTICE said. the assault was very clearly proved, and there must be a verdict for the Plaintiff—but the case was not o,:e which called for large damage*. Verdict fur the Plaintiff—destines a.—coats 40*. LEE D. PHILIPS. This action was brought to recover the sum of 391. 7s. Bd. The Plaintiff is a grocer, awl resides in Hackney. The Defendant, some tome 'ince, was in Ins employ, lid cullectmg clerk, but had quilted his twister. In August la►t, they parted under unpleasant arcuinstani es. A dispoite took place about their accounts—the Plaintiff claiming the balance which formed the subject-matter of this action—and the Defendant demanding further re ductions in his account than those allowed by the Plaintiff. The whole was a nuttier of accouor, iutere►liug only to the parties immediately con cerned—and the Jury returned a verdict tor the Plataitiff—damages 251. 411. cow V. AKERIIAN. This was an stenos, of trespass. The declaration stated, that the Defendant had broken and entered the Plaistiff's apartment. on the ground that rent was due, and carried off certain goods, the pro perty of the Plaintiff, The Plaintiff H lodger iu the Defendant's house at the liaise the alleged trespass was committed. On the Y•th of Septem ber, the Defendant. acconipAtied by • broker. entered the Plaintiff's apartment, and drniemiled tv.elie weeks rent. The Plaintiff rr.istrd the de migod, 011 the ground that sloe was a quarterly and not a weekly tenant. A distress was, however. • feather-hed was taken away ; but it was returned the next morning --and the D r . renol.int exprts,etl his 'egret at havisig taken the Pliuntilr's good-. obseiving, 1114 t he w oul.l not have aotr4l in that manlier, if he had not been ad by the bunker. The t;.r the Plaintiff being closed— Mr. GultNuv, for the stated, that he was iii a c titioll to fitUVV. Illeyfilld doubt, that the Platutill was a weekly ttuutit, at her uwa par titular request. Still, he was ready, in mercy to her, 10 *1111(1r:ow a Juror. The CHIEF JusTice advised the Counsel fair the • Plaintif to consider when lie was well off &Hid ec- Cept the offer that had just been wade.. Mr. St:ARIA:TT as las L. 111111,1411 afhilupti this ! Course of I•ruceeding, and Ilia caws, lie featA, was not it very Strtl4 one. he would accede to the iteu• po,itiose of his ',ran. d A Juror was immediately withdrawn, land the parties must defray their r-spective costs. KISUT b. iipioN. This wee su action of a!+iiiikLuilfl battery. The Plaintiff had been in the employment of the 0,- fesidatit, who is proptittor of the coach office, at the Kies 's Arms Inn, On the of July last the Plaintiff called on the Defendant, and demanded a sum of money, which, lie stated, was due to him fur wages. The i)efentlant re fused to par h•in, and ordered hint off his premises. Plaintiff refilled to go, until his demand was helm dated. Defeautant then struck him with a book on the head, and afq , rw:trils beat him with his fists. Nut content with this, be diiected our of hi' ser a:Hits, mimed Thomas Mings, to bent the Plaintiff, girl encouraged hint, during the operation. with shouts of .• Toni!" The Plaintiff was left almost senselo , s on the ground, and was ultimately removed by the beadle of the parish, into a coach. On the part of the t)efendant, witnesses were called to prove that the Plaintiff had committed the first as:atilt, butt the defence failed. The CHIEF JUSTICE summed up—and the Jury, having retirtd, alter half an hour's consideration, returned a verdict for the Plaintiff—Damages 2.51. ; costs 40s. DREADFUL MURDER AND ROBBERY AT HORNSEY. A most sanguinary murder was committed on Thursday last, on Mr. John Thos. Taylor, a young gentleman about so years of age, a surgeon by pro fession, of a very respectable family, who left his home, No. 74. Goswell-street, to see some friends at Sosithgate. In consequence of his not returning home at Hight, according to his usual custom, his friends were very uneasy, and snit up till late on Fri. day morning. On his still failing to return, his friends b eca m e m oo t ' distressed; they waited lit anxious suspense during the whole of Friday, and their fears increased. Early on Saturday morning several of the deceased's friends art or to Southgrte ; 011 their arrival they learned that the deceased had been there at the holm of an acquaintance natntd Pearce, and left about seven o'Llock on Thursday night ; be travelled 011 foot through Horiasey-wood ; before he left Southglie he informed Mrs. Pearce that he Inol to meet a ',articular friend at the Jolly Butchers, at IVood-green, in the parish of Totten ham, which house war, on his way home ; his friends hastened to that place, awl noon inquiry found that the deceased was there on 'rinirsday night ; he sat in the bar with Mrs. ‘Vatson, the landlady, and took tea with her, and expir...sd his disappointment at his friend not coming according to his promise.— Ile left the Jolly Butchers a little after km at night. His friends made impriries at every house on the roafl, but could Irm o nu tidings of the deceased. On their arrival tipoo the iron bridge at the New River, they observed the marks of some foot-steps which were very deeply impressed in the ground, and there werel4ppeurtlices of Isersons having strops gird near the edge of the river. Upon further inquiry, they learned that the house of a gentleman near the wood was attacked by dime men on the Thursday night. but the family fortunately being up, they foiled them in their 'memos and pursued them ; it is supposed the robbers took refuge in the wood. On Thursday night. • short time after the deceased left tire Jolly Butchers, a person who resides in the neighbourhood heard cries of murder, the sound of which appeared to proceed from near the iron bridge over the New River. loqiiiries were made at the Queen's Head, and the Half-Moon, public-houses in the neighbourhood; but nothing could be learned of him there. Drags were procured and the river (Instro, mild after stone time the body was discovered on Sunday morniug in such a dreadful situation, as left no doubt upon the minds of every one present that he had been robbed and strangled. and then thrown into the river. He had been robbed of his watch and motley. The ibusttion of his body was such, that it was evident lie had made great resistance; he had grasp ed at the grass on the river side, it was evident, his hands being clenched, and grass in the inside of them. The body was removed to the Wood House, at Hortisey. Upon further examination, it appeared that his small-clother were torn, his hat was found near the river, and an umbrella, which the de ceased bad on Thursday Hight, was found twat the iron bridge ;it had been recently turn. Informa tion of the horrid act was given at the ditrerent Police Offices, and to the Coroner for Middlesex, who immediately issued his precepts for holding an Inquisitiott on the decea.tol. It is supposed that the villuica who committed this satiguinury deed were the gang who attacked the house of the gentleman near liornsey, as before awed. they having retreated into the wood ot Ilorii sey, through which the deceased passed a short time afterwards. The rairociatts moire/en, who perpetrat ed this horrid crime we are in hopes will be brought to justice speedily, their faces having been seen sufficiently to be 'dent fled by the servants of the gentleman whose house they attetnoted to rob. A more daring attack was scarcely ever made than by three wretches upon the property of this gentle man ; they first bit d Itath of the back windows of the hover part of the I ~,,, se; they then got upon the 1 w 0..., a n d endeavoured to toter throngli the attic wittdows ; they were discovered by the servants, who mode an alarm ; through their cries, the villains were afraid to persevere, and ran off into Hornsey Wood, The &ceased was gect6tnen highly respected; he ova, shoot to he wituiltrd a Member of the Royal College of SurgeouP. Among the rumoured changer in Administration, it is said that the &Litwin. 4,1' BUckINKKAK will succeed Lord IIELiI/.1.1i, 111 the of CC oh Flllll Lord of the. Atimirolty. Al as sorting of the M iyor, Aldermen, slid As sistants ni Leeds held u. the Court-11,0%e, on Wednesday last, Uttat•Turittert BECKETT, Esq. ...04 chosen an Aid...mini w the place of his lather, Sir JOHN BECKETT, Bart. (it,vied from limbs posi Is morallkoANlMw OLD BAILEY, MONDAY, bECEMBEIL In consequence of the great interest which the public have recently taken iii the prtivecuti , ms the Bank, the Old Bailey was crowded at an e,oly hour this morning, as it was understand that tw.-I%e per.osis would he put to the bar on ("latices of hirg log Bank notes aho had already pleaded Guilty to the minor offence of basing forged antes is their ',asset...lo%, hut vtho had now petitioned the Court for peritti , sion to tkithdrave their former plea, an d put themselves on their At ten o'clock, Air. Bunn Wont), Mr. Justice Hot.aoitn, and the Recounts, took their seats Olt the Bench. The following prisoners, on Bank prosecution.. were then brniight into the Dock, viz.—Brode rick, Jones, Ihivies, (Yorker, Heifers, Kingitun, King, Townsend, O'Hara, and three others. The foll.owing Jury were then sworn Dinars. Edward Wilkinson (Foreman), tivo. Goof& Rola. Nrwril3ll, Wm. Abbott, Jaa. Winthia, Jas Ald•ratan, tt nj. °richt, Jeremiah Blount, Robt. Raughton,Johu Lynch, J o .. mph E. Miller, sod Julio Williams. Rickard Broderick was then pet to the Irtr. Mr. srrjeent 809.0441/61' rose god addressed iI e Court us follow.: " My•Lord—Before the Prisoner is put to the bar to take hiA trial on this indictment, I think it necees►ry to address an observation or two to your Lordship: It has been for a long course of years the practice of the Prosecutors, in cubes of this kind, to prefer two indictments against persons charged with the offence of forgery against the Bank ; one of them for uttering the note knowing' it to he forged—and the other for what is called the minor offence, namely, having in the P►iaiu-r's possession without lawful excuse, and know ing it to be forged. This has been the uni form course during all my experience. And where ever the parties have been permitted to plead to the minor offence, the application has uniformly eome from the Prisoner to the Prosecutor, and without any the slightest intimation front the later as to the particiair election which may be made by the accused. I find that the Prisoner at the bar was one of those who, early in the present Si'bVi applied to the Prosecutors to be permitted to to the minor offence, and that the acreded to his applicatioo II- permission of the Cont. N,iw while this p!ekt stdiode, we, on the part of the pro secution, have no wish to proceed against, the Nil sonrr upon the capital charge—on the contrary, it is our earnest wish not to be called upn:► to eir r y the prosecution still further, with such o plea u;im► record. It in ihi'refore my rumble prover, in this stage of the proceeding, to be permitte .1 to with draw the prosecution against the Prism; er for the capital cl►ing.." Mr. Baron \VOOD- sr But I umlerstrind there is some petition from certain Prisoners respecting the withdrawal of the plea on record." Ntr. SIIELTON —" The Prisoner, my is not one of the Petitiiners." Mr. Baron Woon—" Prisoner, you have already pleaded godly to the minor offecce; do you 'wish to withdraw your plea ?" Prisoner—" I signed same paper on Friday, liut I did pot know its Mr. B Wouo—" Than do you, or do you not, abide by your former plea ?" Prisoner....... I don't want to withdraw my plea." Mr. Baron WOOD" Then do you persevere in pleading guilty to the charge of having in your possession a forged Bank nine, knowing it to be forged ? Because, if you du, the Prosecutors sav they will not proceed against you on the capital charge; but if you withdraw your plea, it will he at their option to proceed on whichever indictment they please. You had better let me know what IL iv you say you have signed." Prisoner—" I signed • paper brought to me Ivy * fellow-prisoner on Friday, but I don't know what it was." Mr. Baron WOOD—" Where is this pepe► ?" Mr. REYNOLDS (who wss one of the Counsel for the Bank) said, that the petition presented by same of the Prisoners was handed into Court ante cadent to Friday, so that whatever paper was signed by the Prisoner must have been a distinct document from that alluded te. Mr. Baron WOOD—" Who brought you the paper which you signed ?" Prisoner —ff I don't know." —(.4 voice in the Court cried out. " It was Miller.") Mr. Baron WOOD—" Is there such a person as Miller in Court ?"—(No answer way returned.) Mr. Browne, the Gaoler—" I will expLtin, soy Lord, how this hes taken place. After the late trials of the Bank, in which the men wereaccoittrel, the persons who had pleaded guilty, sent me a let ter, stating that they were very sorry they had plead ed guilty, and hoping that I would apply to the Court to get them permission to retract that plea. I said I would do no such thing ; but I would prt fent to the. Court any paper in writing with which they might furnish tne. The petition in your Lord ship's hand was given to me last Thor day, and gave it to the Common Serjeant. Ott S tturdity last I asked whether the petition was meant from all the parties; I had not read it, and slid not know by how many it had been signed. I will In formed in answer, that it came from all the pat ties." Mr. Serjeant BOSANQUET said, that the. Bank Director+ were only anxious that the Prisoner should know clearly the situation in which he atood, receive whatever indulgence the Court thought pre per to grant hint. Mr. Baron WOOD Prisoner, do I 'till under. stand you to persevere in saying that p l ea d guilty to the charge of havii.g • forged Bank note knowingly in your prmiession 1" Priaoner—s. I did not know it to be forged." Mr. Baron WOOD —" Them you should - plead not guilty. Prisoner—" I rather plead guilty, and throw my. self un the mercy of the Court." Mr. BROWNE, the Keeper of Newgitte, said that he hod got a letter from the Batik Solicitor some days ago, and he immediately apprized the Prisoners of the situation in which they ►tool, Mr. Serjeant BosArstwer — 4 * As Mr. Browne has adverted to a letter, l mu desirous that lie should be asked what letter it is he means. l wn.b that letter, as well as any other trouseetioo 9 .'