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_!. fiOUCE: Mr. 0,0: fat., `./ D 0.1.1 rist-Pd • Leg. St, peted. ibly At .uns bn eir rr4. - uanY ot . as well )e king- Was pit MA! g repre very re /ma 11.1 , - )(Trivet,: k nd Ger i Sufbik 1114 IrisA )4.l.'itUFft OP Mt. BLIGHT 11./W•STR ZIT. Mr. ORA is A !.1. who - se ° exertions to investigate this mysterinos mu, der have been the most praise worthy and indefatigable, .ax a Magistrate. t; loheo to con digit punishment, the perpetrator of this horrid deed. not being able to procure eny more evidence upon the bushiess, gave direftions for Mr. Nevi to be brouebt front the House of Corresction, to undergo a final examin neon yesterday, and witnesses, to Cie number of thirty•one, were summoned to give evi dence. At twelve o'clock. Mr. Seams u being voted upon the bench, io the Public Offiee, accompanied by Sir R; ten Fuer), His Royal Highness the Duke of Ses:ox, and a number of Gentlemen of distinCtion, Mr. Patch was hr ught into the Office, and placed at the bar. lie bowed very respen fully to the Magistrates. Mr. GRAHAM addressed the Prisoner, and told him he had sent for him in consequence of his being now in possession of all rite evidence which he thought he could prricure, and on which, al th-tigh only circumstantial, he considered sufficient to commit him for trial. The worthy Man tsrß ATE confe•sed, that he was at first induced to take up this lois;ness from what he read in the newspapers, that came out before the Coroner's July, and he was led to enquire, what benefit could arise to any person by the aft that had been committed ? The Priso. er's account of his conneCtiou with the de: ooed, and description of the circumstances at teird;net. ;he murder ; Mrs. Blight's (the widow of C . •ased) account of the ronnedion between her 1 esband and the Prisoner; and the evidence of Ste r''en Goom, William Edridge, Juhn Brown, Mary Salter, William Gil:tert, R ichard Wright, Jane Evans, C.:arks Overton, Richard Frost, Sarah P-'ch, Eoher Kitchener, Richard Murch, John Ilaroood, Sarah Blight, Robert Ferguson. Tho mas Graham, Serail Reikes, that's Morgan. James Berry, Dorothy i'rain, William Jhnes, George Smith. Ann. Louisa, and Eliza Davis, Cheri:et Stonord, and Mary Smith, were severally read as they w-re driten up in regui4r informations. With rtopeCt to the origin of the conneiion be to e. n the Prisoner and the deceased, it appeared, the Pr:, mer came from the couriety, and called to see his sister. woo lived servant with the deceased; and want foe employ, the deceased took him into his yard, silt ;n be caning up ship.; and finding him answer the purpose, the; agreed for 401. a-year, and hoard and 1 edging. Afterwards toe salary was increased to 1001. aorear, and the Prisoner was to board him self. The Prisoner a very frugal man, and st.:ady, suffered his salary to accumulate in his master's hands, till it amounted to 2501. The cease I having a v ry high opinion of the Prisoner, offered him a third of the business for 1,2001. last summer, which the Prisoner levied to ; the Prisoner saying, ht could procure 10001. from the sale of an estate he possessed near Exeter.— The Prisoner commenced a third share of the busi ness, from the 31st of last Augnsr, And gave tlr. Blight a -o•r, or check, for 1000!. upon a resped able tradesman in Bermondsev, which, not being re gularly paid, brought Mr. Blight from Margate; and, it is supposed, he intended to insist upon the payment of it on the night he was shot, or the fol lowing day, from the contents of letters he sent to his wife, at Margate. Mr. Ile rcivol, the Banker s proved, that the deceased kept cash at their house, and that his aCCOUIIt bad been transferred to the Prisoner. An account of two thousand and sixty five pounds between the Prisoner and the deceit eJ, app-ared very mysterious. A number of loners, put ting the Prisoner in possession of the Intecie .ss, which the Prisoner said he had been in posse..sion of from the day of their date, hut, on Investiy;ation, did not prove correSt. We are in possessicso of the w hole of the evidence, which took up :throve four bouts in reading, and would more that fill our gape-, were we to attempt to give it ; b ut, as it must be necessarily rr perre evidence, we t tow with reverence to the opinion of the Judges em the impropriety of publishing, in the present stage of the business, any part that might prejudice the minds of the public, net among them must be the. Jury, who will try the Prisoner. Sullies it to sa'o, it is entirely circum stantiat. After the whole of the informations had been read, the parties were tooled in a recognizance 11t 401. each, to give eviehenee on the trial, at the next Assizes for the cotes' ,y of Surrey, to be held ar I.;,„, gst o s o next Masel o . Mr. GRAHAM ooti.hed to bind over Mr. Ferguson. the executor of the : deceased, as the Prosecutor, bet be declined, and ougge4tcd, it would be better to bind over Mr. Savage, the Parish Officer, who was or. the Corouer's -Ivry, and had offered a reward for the discovery of the murderer, which was agreed to by the MAGIS Mr. Forrcose. the Attorney, attended for the Prisoner, and Mr. GRAHAM stated to him his grounds of suspicion upon the evidence, as the in formations were severally read over. Mr. FLETCHER made application to the MAGUS. TRATE, in consequence of the long confinement the Prisoner must experience, that he might be allowed some money, and that he might have access to him to prepare his defence. To this, Mr. GRAII Am pro posed, that Mr. Ferguson, the executor of the de ceased, should pay the Prisoner the 4501. which was due to him for wages; and, as that was all the stake he had in the business, he should give up all claim upon it, which was agreed to by the Prisoner. Mr. CR A NAM directed that Mr. Folorcits.R should see the Prisoner in the House of Corm :bon. The Prisoner was then ironed, and conveyed to the prison. The House of the late Mr. DAVID Scovr, was among the foremost, if not aClually the first, private one engaged io the East-India trade ; it has established, regularly. an overland express, to and horn India; a measure only occasionally resorted to by Government. On Sunday sennight a cutter, being abobt eight leagues off Aldborough, with three men in it, was unespeiledly hailed by a French lugger privateer. The Capt. 'n immediately came on board the cutter, and on the.: pleading that they were poor fishermen, generousiy gave them back their vessel, though worth not less than 3 or 4001. and in return for some fish, which ha requested of them, made them a pre scut of two bottles of brandy. BANKRUPTCY. Pursuant to notice, the Commissioners yesterday sat in thu Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, to • hear evidence adduced on the pert of Mr. Jenkins, a bankrupt, triding to account for the deficiency of 24,0001. which, from the books and papers already furnished by the Bankrupt, as stated on the p irt of the creditors, remained entirely unaccounted for. Mr. CULLEN, as Counsel for the Bankrupt, stated, that he was convinced he could prove to de monstration, th it the apparently large deficiency in the Bankrupt's property, entirely originated in his selling almost all the goods he dealt in, con siderably under the price he himself had en g.iged to pay. l'he proof of this, he said, would take up a considerable time, as he would be obliged to go over the different invoices, and call witnesses to prove the sale of the different articles in earh, on this account ; and further, because on the last exa mination (Saturday last) there was so much in docent behaviour manifested by the spectators, by laughing, and otherwise, he submitted, that it would be the better way to let the business be exa mined into privately. The Co st mISAONZII.S observed, that they could not consent to go into a private marnination, or into so long an examination as the learned Counsel had in timated, unless he would call some witness at the present time, who would, by his testimony of the losses sustained by the Bankrupt, give them s , .me reason to hope that such au immense deficiency could, in any manner, be accounted for. With ra ve& ru the miscondua of the spectators, the Cost issi N zits said, they would be very sorry to give the slightest countenance to it ; but if people would laugh, and behavo indecently, provided they did not interrupt the proceedings, they could not prevent them. Mr. CI'LLLI4 then went into a further argument on the deficiency of the Bankrupt ; in the course of which he stated, that the stock in bands, at the time of the bankruptcy, amounting to a sum of 3,0001. and upwards, should be dedmied from the 24,0001. said to be the deficiency, and the remaiodet he had no doubrof be i ng able tu account for, within a very trifling sum. The Con mi iCION CRS said, this was no argu:nent, as the sum failed for was 26,0001. front which 2,0001. was deduaed, being the amount of :he stock on hands of t:: as taken or the creditors, leaving a d , fi.nency of 24.0001. to be aceoun, ea for ; for any tat in which, they were then ready to Lea. the Bankrupt's evidence. Mr. Coss Will first exitoirtird ; he said, he had been s!inpin...n to th, Rankreo:. tit, sine ha left him, had changed Ms name o .lo , es, no person being willing to t..ke him, he its a is. :sad lived with Mr. - Jenkins. Resit present lived rub go itloma • of the trade, who was C Abe his nine wets Cross, though he ustailly w •ft •.‘• -.he name of Jones. There never hal been. he sa J, serf r-gular acconnt kept of the goods sold. hip ne often re , membered selling Coleraio .o. ss. of diTerent cut ci ties, for the same prii. ,; one at the :ose of three farthings a yard, and some s.:l,igh as foutpence yard, under the prime co tof t , :! article. He also stated, that one-half of the Bankrupt's husitvss consist-1 in the sale .1C Scotch and Colerain linens. On making a calculation, accord4ng to this StA.C• ment, the loss sustained by the Bankrupt in this line of his business, amounted to no less a sum than 8,0001. Mr. Jenkins himself was then examined ; he cor. roborated the testirnony of the former Witness, and stated, that he had a further loss of ten per cent. on one item of 1,0001. for Yorkshire sheeting. and also a loss of ten per cent. on an item of upwards of 5,0001. for Irish cambricks, and many other losses, which he was prepare I to prove, and hoped be would do it to the Commissioners' satisfaElion. He was asked by the Cox MISSION Las, what mo tive be could have in selling his goods so much un der the price he himself had agreed to pay for ' them ? His motive in doing this, he said, was to get a quick return of money, and, by giving his ' bills at two months date, which was considered as cash, he was allowed a discount of two and a halt per cent. He also stated, that he did not feel in the least embarrassed in his circumstances, until a few days before his failure. . _ . The'CommtSSIONERS did not appear satisfied with the statement of Mr. Cross. He had kept, they said, no account or memorandum, and therefore might, on taking the general average of the goods of different qualities,which he sold at one price, have disposed of some to a considerable advantage, and, therefore, be a gainer, though he sold some under first cost. As to Mr. Jenkins's own statement, they thought it most extraordinary that he could sell goods at ten per cent. loss, when he was aware that his drawback for ready money was on two and a half per cent. At two o'clock, they adjourned until a future day, having remanded the Bankrupt back to prison, and having expressed the greatest desire that the business should be Trickly ended, without squan dering the remainder of the property in the expences of the Commission ; and also for the purpose of allowing the Bankrupt to regain his liberty, if he could give a proper account of his deficiency. The Conn was greatly crowded during the whole The trills of the iron bridge at Sunderland have been lett at ' OdJI. being an advance of 4001. on the former year. Several Jays past, a great number of immensely large porpoises have been tumbling about the Sound, into Catwater, Mill Bay, and Hamoaze, and at the ebb, roll back again in the same hog like manner, and go out to sea. The fishermen consider this omen as portentous of same very great hurricane at this season of the year ; they have been frequently shot at, but none of them killed, their backs being impenetrable to musket shot. Mrs. NCI 1410GL never kept the Windmill Inn, at Salt-11.11, as erroneously stated in a paragraph in Tee BRITISH Pat.. of Tuesday. It was the Castle Inn that was formerly kept by that Lady. The art'de containing the misstatement, was co pied into Tut BRITISH Pa ass from another paper. All the Twenty Thousands I all the Ten Thou sands, and nearly all the other Capitais of the pre sent Lottery are yet in the ‘Vheel. Ten Thousand Pounds will be given to the First-drawn Ticket on Saturday ; such another opportunity cannot occur lagain in the present year. SURIZFk SESSIONS, bcr. 16. Ilea &fore Tun '4 kS Ev ANC t, Es?. Chairman, and nameeoug Bench of Jurtiret of the Peace for that aunty. Mary Swear", a young Irish girl, was iridided for feloniously stealing a cotton gown, a sheet; pillow, case, some caps, and various other articles of wear ing apparel, out of the lodgings which she had rent ed from tile Prosecutrix, Mary M'Cree. In consequence of the absence of the Pawnbroker with whom the articles were pledged, they could not be sufficiently traced to her possession. The Prisoner was, accordingly, A,ya•tted. The Pawnbroker soon after arrived, and, mak ing some excuse for his abs.mce, requested the in dulgence of the Court, in vacating his recognizance ; but the Cir A lam AN refused the application, observ ing, that it was his bounden duty to attend, and give testimony. The neglea of periods in his si tuation was frequerrly the cause of much injustice, and might have materially altered the present case ; lie, therefore, ordeted, that the recognizance should he e-treated. 11 1, 111 am Choi, a very young man, was indiaed for stealing a cruet-stand, two table-spoons, and other articles, the property of Harry Diggles, in August last, at au early hour in the morning. The robbery being immediately discovered, he was pur sued. with a cry of 'top Pik"; and taken. Of this offence lie was fully eearieted. The judgment of the Court was, that he should be trans ported for seven years. LI rTI.E Soroh Burii . ked, who had been conriCled before the Magistrates as a mglie and vagal,ond, and for unlawfully keeping a game, or lottery, called a Wile go, where she insured atgainst the drawing of certain tickets in the same, was brotigk up upon a demurrer in the cnneietion. Mr. Moe RR, for the Prisoner, contended, that the commitment in execution was bad, utismuch as it charged two offences against the Pries/ter, the one far keeping a hide go, the other for insurance ; whereas, by As of Pailiament, there should be sepa rate convielions ine each offence. And to suppmt thi tie learned CounsA referred lo the case of one SoLitno,is, tcuodcaltin inttery tickets, and insured on the same, without a registry. The Court allowed the •Demurrer, and the Pri soner, at .er a e4atlon frog the Bench nit to follow those illicit practices id futiire;W:lr. di whar;ted. Eligabeth Dens was iadi,led for stealing a dia mond pin. a shawl, some muslin-ceps, and various niter articles, the property of Martha Goodwin.— phis 'case we enticed in a former Paper, in an examination bek.re the Magistrates at Union-hall.) The night nn which the Royal Circus was consumed by fire, and in the midst of the hurry and confusion on that occasion, the Prisoner found means to get into the house of the Prosecutrit, who resided in the house adininiog the Circus, and while the family were busily employed in removing the furniture, 3cc. she contrived to conceal these articles, and got clear off with them. She was found Gurity; and, after several severe ob servations from the CMAllltilAlt, upon the enormity of her crime, in taking advantage of the distress of her fellow -creatures, at such a moment, she was sentence) to seven years transportation. g n awes Hunt, alias Butler, was convicted as a rogue and vagabond, upon the oath of George Do naldson, a Bow-street officer, who stated, that, on the night of the last anniversary of the Prince of Wales's birth-day, he was stationed, with other Po lice officers, at Vauxhall, where he perceived the Prisoner, among others of bad charaiter, in the crowd, and knowing him to be a noted pick-pocket, he apprehended him. In addition to two months imprisonment and hard labour, which he had already suffered, the Court sentenced him to three months further confinement, and to be continued to hard labour. Sarah Plateau, Mary Robson, and several others, had been indifted for a riet, and some of them had been convieted. 'A plea in abatement, and demurrer, had been filed by the first-mentioned persons to the indiament, stating, that it was nonsensical and ilk gal, in as much as the husband, James Robson, had been styled and titled gentleman, whereas, he was no gentleman, but a very honest man, and a maltster ; contending, that the plea should have been signed by the parry, and not by the Clerk of the Crown. Then' followed a replication and re joinder. Mr. Laws, at great length, supported the india ment ; and Mr. Moms, in answer, contended, that the plea should be allowed to be amended ; when the Court, after hearing much argument upon the subjeCt, allowed the demurrer; and the indiament was accordingly quashed. Henry Whamarch was indiEted for a misdemeanour, in receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen. The Prosecutor, in this case, Mr. Samuel Smith. was a respeftable timber-merchant, at Shad, Thames, and the Defendant a reputable master carpenter, in the same neighbourhood. The goods in question were a quantity of deals, found in the possession of the Defendant, which had been stolen (as was sup posed), from the Prosecutor, by one Walton, who had been his porter, and who. when apprehended, and brought before the Magistrates, at Union-hall. prayed to be sent on board a tender, which, with the full consent of the Prosecutor, was accordingly done. The deals, while in the possession of the Defendant, were exposed to public observation. for a length of time; and there not being any thing of guilt to attach upon the Defendant, he was ac cordingly acqoutted. .7o,eph Arnold, a hackney-coachman, commonly called Jae the Brewer (but not the Joe of pugilistic notoriety), was indiled fur an assault upon Joha Lee, a brother whip. As Lee was passing by the Defendant, at the Lord Nelson public-house, where they usually watered, the latter, from his coach-box, cut Lee on the cheek with the lash of his whip ; but not content with that, he descended from his bex, and, without any provoca tion, knocked him down, and beat and abused him. He was found Guilty —but the Gentlemen on either side interfering, he par security for the Prosecutor's expences, and for his future good behaviour, and WAS then discharged. This being the last cause, the en A, ax AN expressed his thanks to the Jury for their punCtual attendance during the wings, and the Sessions ended. SPOATINC TATTEruarNct. NEWMARKET SP.i;•)No MEE:FIN:I, --••••• • TILISSDAY, 0ct...1.5 . . Fifty Pounds for 2yr uid coliscatryi g ast. 2!b. Ohm Set Two. yr 014 coisr•e , Ld f;rosvenor's ch. I by John Br.li out of Nimble. - I D. of Graften's b. f. Merry Thought, br T dterirtge - - 2 . Mr Wilson's b c Parualoon, brother to Merryman - a . Mr. R. Phayce's b. f OrMIW• Girl, by Sir Pilltrr . 4 IA 1. G. Osborne s ch. c. Superstition, by Bossard tar Golding 's A f. Merry Maid, be liusgard S.r F. Standish's bl. c. be Mr. Te:zle Mr. Lake's br. e. Argus by Buzzard . . dr The Judge could only place (oar. High ,odds against IA Grosvenor', ch. f. 6 to 1 against Merry Thought, 5 to 4 against Pantaloon, 7 to 4 against Merry Mald. . . . . The third and last year of a renewal of the ()Bober Oatlands Stakes. B M. A Suliscrnainn of 90gs each, 10gs ft if declared by ten o'clock err Nlunday night. To be run ter by horses of al ages, gyr old, excepted Twenty.tpro Subscribers. Ld Grovaannes Violantt, .rye 7st. 10Ibs. - - I Sir C. Buribury name* Ld Foley's Watery, 4yrs 7st 10Ib. 2 . Sir F. Standish's sister to Duxbury,3vra Est. 41h. - s D. of Grafton's Lumbago, 4yrs 7st. Ilb. ... - 4 Mr. D. Rad:Jiffy's Rebel, 4 204, 9ef • lAD. - 5 Mr Windham's Tallboy, 3yrs sst. 41b. - - 6 Mr. Howarth's Wheatear, syee 7 t 7111. - - 7 The under-mentioned paid fOgs each. Mr. F. Scale's Bobtail, aged Rst. Dab. de Mr. Wiaoh's Marrau.,e, aged, 9st. 51b. . . de D. of Graftrin's Parasol, syrs 9st 9'h. - - dr IA SackYille., Fnehaider, 6)rs Set 21b, - dr Ld G Ii Cawaridailes Du abury, byr• Sit. 101 b. - dr Mr. troworth mime.; M. Artdrews's • Nureal, syns est. Sib dr Mr. Watson'. Dreadnought, Spilka. - dr Mr L a ke' s Lyiterus, 4yrs 7st. - 61b. - dr Ld Grosvenor names Mr. D Radcliffe's Pedestrian, Syts ;A. 21h. dr Mr Ladbroke names G. Gower's c. by Coriander, 3irs fist. I alb. - dr Six to 4 against Violante. 7 to I against Watery, 5 to I aßeds I gainst Duaoury, 5 to 1 again s t Lumbago, S t o 1 against Loud Fetey's Little Peer, the Dula 0f Grafton's Dodrs, pd. Blb. Actusr the FLet , 20ig5...-.Pies to 2 on Lit& Pei+. Mr. K. Boyee's W•etch, 7st. Illb beat the Duke of Graf ton's f. Merry Thought, by Tntteridge, out of Woodbine, Sit. Two-yr old Course, 100 p. h. ft —Eleven-te 8 rigain.4 Wr •teri. Mr. kadrews's Norval, 9st. received 35 gutu-me from Mr. ?ennui's ch. f. by Guildford, out of LaAnsa, 7st. ?tb. Aerir , s F. h ft Mr. Warne, ch. c. by Bursar& milt of Vixen, 9.yes old, 6.t. 1181b.atoreivod forme from Sir J. Sh:Ley's Strap, b-yrs old, I•lst. fdb. D.l L 4 , 1 1 , 01e)'.. Czar ?eta . , Sit r'llb received 60 guilea ("rota Mr. Howartl,'s Honesty, 7sr. R C e C.41114A71D031:, Ocr. 14. . Thursday being the first day of T.ern, the follow. ins Gentlemen weie cho en Officers of the Univer. sity for the year ensui,g : Proctors - - :en-ge HArLes, M A. Queen's; and Sion :11 Ciulcur, M. A. Sidney. Morlerators.—George B.intes, M. A. Queen's; and Brown, M A. Trinity. Taxn:s.—.Wilt.am Webb, M A. C:arehall ; and Charles Rushworth, Af. A. St John's. Serutators —John Henry . Renoosid, M A. Trio ; and Thomas Castley, M A Jesus. Mr. Thomas Thampson, of Queen's College— Messrs. Williarn Ter: Jtt, Richard Williams, and Robert Roberts, of St John's—Mr. Wrn. Hanbnry, of Clarehall—and Mr. W. G. Phillips, of Caius College—were the same day admitted to the de- Icre vt Master of Arts; and Mr. C. E. Green, of Emmanuel, to the degree of Bachelor of Law. On Saturday last, the following Gentlemen were chosen for the Caput, for the ensuing year : Trir virectisiteetter. The Rev. Dr. Gratton Magdalen-College—wiNvinity. Dr. Jowett, Dr. Davy, Master of Rev. Mr. Cromwell, Clare-Hatt—lien Non. RAT. R... Mr. Twining, remb - nite-Hs'i—.Sets. Reg. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday, an inquisition was taken at the Barley. mow public house, Mount -street, on the body cf a female, found drowned in the 'serpentine, on Top,- day morning. The man who took the body out et the river, was the only witness examined. He Stated the faits, which have already been detailed to the public, namely, that a bonnet and cloak were seen Roating on the north side of the Serpentine by se veral boys ; and, shortly after, the deceased was dis covered, lying near the boat-house. She was dressed in a dark cotton gown, had rings on her finger., and appeared to have lain in the water hut a short tine. During Tuesday and yesterday, the body remain ed at Mount-street Workhouse, to be owned ; but no person attended who had the slightest know ledge of the deceased. The Jury, unable to obtain any satistaflory evidence, relative to the way by which the deceased came by her death, returned a verdiet —Rived drawled. From the situation in which the body was foun,l, it was cur.jedured that the deceased had straggled irs the water with a child in her arms, as her hands were fastened together across her breast ; the Ser pentine has consequently been dragged near the boat-houw, but no infant was found. Yesterday morning the body of a female wis brought to Mount-street Workhouse, taken eu• of the Seipentine, near Kensington Gardens, w..iLlt also remains to be owned. , Yesterday, a journeyman butcher, in Carraby market, cut his !trod. He was conveyed to St. George's Hospital, the incision wts sewed ur, and he is supposed to be in a state of recovery. The un fortunate man was deranged in his inteletqs. Mr. Beaks, jun. grocer and tea-dealer, of Co ventry-street, Piccadilly, was suddenly taken ill, ae eleven o'clock, on Tuesday night, and expired in about a quarter of an bout. On Tuesday night, as two men were waning along Lisle -street, they discovered a female attempt ing to hang herself with her garters. They has tened towards her, and, as they supposed, saved her life; but, on conveying her to St. Agnes watch. house, to be taken care of, she was identified as a itie de joie, who frequently pralised deceptions in the streets, to excite the .ommiseration of pawn. ger% with a view of obtaining money. On Saturday, a man, belonging to the Superb. in Portsmouth hatbour, chopped off hi. finger-, and maimed his wrist, with a hatchet, because ha was reused leave to go on shore, he having, a short time previously, . a a fortnight's liberty. He WAS con e sidered one of .ne best seamen in that ship. t • 1 ! In, nd to ad st r, for city ; !: