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.THE QUEEN. Yestatasy her Majesty, agreeably, to previous arrange:seat, received the following Ikddreiroes:.- One from the pariah of St. Sidwell's, Exeter; one from the city of Exeter, and another from the Ladies of the city of Exeter, presented by Mr. Northmore, Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Welby itiorilunore, and a Lady, whose name we could not leant ; one frets the Ladies of Edinburgh and the vicinity. and one from the royal burgh of Montrose,. ',resented by Mr. Home ; one from Coventry, by Sir Gerard Noel and lie. Peter Moore; and ode from Ipswich, by two Gentlemen of that city. But that which excited. in a peculiar degree, the attention of the inhabitants of the metropolis. and the surrounding villages, was the Address of the Seamen of the Merchant Vessels now lying in the Myer Themes. The circumstances attending the presentation of this Address was such as at. tschcd to it a degree of interest, and of import. once in a nolitical view, greatly exceeding those of ally preceding Address to which the injuries of our .nsul'ed and peosecuted Queen have given rise; and must, to the illustrious object of its tribute, have rendered the day the proudest of a period marked by a series of triumphs. Former Ad dresses spoke but the language of persons in the or dinary class of addressers, confident of the inno. cence of the Illustrious Accused, and hearty in their wishes and anticipations of her future acquit- , sal :--the applauding shouts of the multitudes as. sembled to witness their progress and presentation were but the token of the concurrence in those wishes, of a people indignant at the heaping of the ignominious treatment, due only to convicted guilt, upon one who, being as yet untried, was, by the touiversally admitted' maxim of English Isw , en. titled to all the consideration of innocence. But the Address of yesterday, presented after the whole case against her Majesty had been fully closed on the part of the prosecution, the evidence of all the witnesses in support of it, a n d the speech of the Solicitor-Grimml summing-up, and enforcing by the most elaborate and ingenious comment all the stronoest poitos of that evidence having been fully laid before the potblic; that Address. from a int furrons portion of our countrymen who have never heretofore es a body interfered in political questions even to the extent of a public expression of their unmans, must he taken as the record of their judg ment in fievour of the accused ; and the united plaudits of the congregated thousands of every ink and condition, who thronged the line of their moist he received as a verdict of acquittal from the vast majority of the population of this metropolis. The procession started from Blackwal!, and pro ceeding towards London Bridge, was joined in its route by large parties of seamen, the crews of the sloffermt vessels in the sipper part of the River.— About one o'clock it reached the Strand, at which time the body of seamen amounted to about 5,000, all dressed ioi their neatest attire, most of ;limn ' , m i n , blue jackets and white trousers, With cockade, of white ribband in their hats, and many of them with blue ribbands worn scarfwise. in scribed, in gold letters, " God sane the Qaeem !" They were headed by a Gentleman, whose name we were inforintil was Stranger. mounted on a white horse, and bearing the Address. He was fut lowed by a stamen bearing a light blue banner, inscribed " The Seamen's Address." After whom came the COlUnill of semen, four abreast. In the line were three other small flags of fight blue, with inscriptions, " Heaven protect the l'hnocent!"— • 1 God sure the Queue" — '• Non mi Ricardo !" in addition to which we comae(' four Union Jacks; three white, three red, and three blue ensigns, or ships' colours; and a 1141,1 striped blue, white, and blue, horizontally, bich we believe is the Vrio. , ration Independent nag, but the meaning of its appearance in this procession we could not learn. They passed from the Strand along Pall-mall, round St. James's-Nu:ore, cheering moat entliusi asticall2.- in front of the house of Lady Francis. As the time approached of the expected ariival of the precession. at different points of the line of its route might fw Seen bevies of elegantly dressed fe males at the windows, crowds of people of all sorts mid conditions thronging the streets and road sides, which gradually - lecame lined with carts, waggons, caravans, gigs, chaism, coaches, and vehicles of every description, filled mud covered with a prontio. cootie ousemblaset of ardent Good exulting specta tors. 'flee throng in Hammersmith was immense beyond all former remembrance. puling the fore noon persons of Poqiectatile appearance ;wined ready admittance into the avenue of granderoburgh House. but thr .yriutie injury done to the trees and plantations about the grounds by the crowds of mischievous persons who intruded thomselves en homer occasions, caused the police in attendance, nodose the directors, of Mr. Perry, the Noire officer of Bow -street, to lose redoubled vigilance and exer. tine in the eaclorami of improper characters. But between two awl three o'clock, when time Gentle. men front Ipswich arrived with the Address from that city the crowd ar the gates became irrepres sible, and forcing their way in spite of the most spirited resistance on the part of the officers. num iors were thrown' down and trampled over ; a scene o,f indescribable confusion *emting, amidst which were heard the mingled shouts and groans of men and bo.•!:, and the s c reams of women, some of whom w ere nub difficulty exsrieared from situ:Amos of imminent peril, at Ore expense of lost shoes, hand. kerchiefs and bonnets, and torn scarfs, shawls and stresses. About half-part three 'tlttir poromion reached the gates, and marched, the band- playing hearts of 4hmk, the avenue, post theiairld of the house, on to the limn frootioog the liver, which presented a pleasing o:peciscie of parties in boats, and groupes of degailly dressed females on the opposite bank. The column having marched in st slow pace round the Linn; formed in a dose body in front of the house, the whole area of the grounds in that direc tion outside of the seamen hrtii covered with spec -Ist-ors of both sexes, who- had fneCed' their way io. About half-past four her Ittsjetity appeared at thin reel re window, attended by Ludy Ann Hamilton, Sir Gerard Nool, a n d Alderman Wood, and bowing most graccfolly to the assemblage bene.dh, was re ceived 7 with enthusiastic aiirt long-continuid cheers mid hems. The toiler windows were filled with a liumerous colt patto.of atagentlenien, among whom we observed the Hoc. Koppel Craven, Sir Wm. Gell, A wain. mod Mr. Wm. The Gentlemen erbe were to present the Address, Mr. Andrews and Mr. Stranger, we were inform. ed, of - the East India Compeny's naval metric*, Man ing entered the haute, her alejesty retired from the window to receive them; end after the Address bed been presented, returned again to the window, se. eumpenied by Mr. Aldermen W oo d, w h o by her Majesty's commend read aloud "in a plain hut forcible and iateiligent menses. her Majesty's An swer, which was interrupted by frequent cheers, and at the conclusion was hailed with the most en thusiastic greetings from the elated and gratified assemblage of honest tars below. The hunt then played " Hale Britannia" and Hearts of Oak ;" after which the crowd of spectators began to dis perse, the seamen also retiring, end for the most part making their way towards town in small detached parties; the ainellne.s of the outlets from the grenade, the nemher of strangers with whom they were there consiningled, the latency' of the hour (half-past five o'clock), end the length of time winch they had been on foot during sit intensely hot day, and through roads choked with dust, seemingly rendering each man anxious, the bogginess of the day bring over, to regain his ship or his home with the utmost speed.— Some parties of them, however, pursued a leisurely pace homewerds; aryl as they approached the tow* were received with approving cheers by the crowds which lined the road-side, and' the leading streets of the west-end of the town, in expectation of their return. The day being remarkably fine, the number of holiduy folks on tin+ occasion was immense, but good humour and order seemed every where to pre vail. Nor did we hear of a single accident which we could trace to an suihentic source. beyond what we have mentioned of the result of the forcible entry into the avenue of the crowd there assembled. 4DDIIESSEs TO II ER MAJESTY. PRESENTED YESTERDAY. The following Address was presented from thi Ladies of Edinburgh TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. MADAM—Under the deepest impressions of sympathy for your unhappy situation, we beg leave to approach your Majesty without best wishee for your speedy and honourable acquittal from those calumnies which have been so malici• uusly raised against your fame and honour. We must sincerely lament the harsh and tooprecedented usage which your Majesty low received in this country; but while we deplore and deprecate that wage, we feel comfit' t in the buoyancy of your own magnanimous spirit , and in the general sympathy expressed fur your sufferings by all ranks of people. As your Majesty has jusLy observed, the principles and doctrines now advanced by your accusers do not apply to your case alone, but if made part of the law of this land, may hereafter be applied as a precedent by every careless and dissipated husband to rid himself of his wife, however good and innocent she may Ire, and to render his family, however amiable, illegitimate; thereby destroying the tarred Loud of matrimony, and reuderinz all dinuesdie felicity very uncertain. Such being the consequent' of these principles and floc trines, your Majesty's Case becomes a ct ttttt 11011 cause with all the females in this kingdom, %blow utmost efforts ought therefore to be lawfully exerted to peeve's( innocence from suffering tinder the power sod influence of servile and in terested pressing. Trudwg to that God, who seiteth hounds Collie wroth of man, for your protection, nod anticipating the triumph of innocence in your honourable acquittal, we do earnestly and humbly solicit your Majesty, since you have declared your reeoluti tttt to rental's in /Britain, to honour the ancient Capi lal of Caledonia with your residence, where you will in a peat measure be relieved from the iniqgneg of Cowl, and I receive the was meet welcome and the most devoted services that a beloved Queeu cat, expect front loyal and nffectionele suliji To which Ad Iress her Majesty returned the fol lowing gracious A looser : I have loug knowts, and, is several instances, have expe. rienced, that the Females of Scotland are iun rior to mine in the culture of their minds, in the purity of their pt 'maples, and in the steadiness of their attachinenie. This Address, therefore, from no many respectable characters of my own sex, iu the capital of Caledonia, has afforded me more thim ordinary satigfactiou. In my progress through life, it has been my first object to retain my own self-respect, *Mont which integrity can have nu strung hold upon the heart. My next desire has be n to be esteemed by those who are themselves estimable; and whose approbation, while it is regulated by the juilg. nice!, is spontaneous and mibouebt. If 1 tinsvois the good opinion of this l;etier portion of the community, I mu in different to the vile herd of s•cnal traducers, or to that cur. rupt part of the Ilaii tttt t who praise or blame-emit as them -I,I.IVCS Cl:Malmo or 01111111Ve, but as higher authorities rum. mend. he praise or the Maine of such presoits, whirl' is , always to be purchased in Ilse market if infant', is a matter of little moment; for venality is equally contemptible, whe ther it deals in panegyric or invective. The reasons which are ernpliqed to annul my marriage, have a tendency to melee t vie) , nuptial obligation flue's's'," lug and insecure. The permanence of the inet:tution would thus he .made to depend more on inclination than on principle. A. far, therefore, as this Bill of Pains and Penalties may hereafter he employed as a precedent, it must be istjusious to the moral iuu rests of the Collllllllllity. I am glad that • the discriminating and intelligent Females of Scotland are beginning lit view the question tinder this aspect ; and to re ' gam! the experiment of me new nubile of divorce, that is mak ing in the Howe of Lords, as lull of peril to the nation. The inure the good sense of all classes of the community and of huth sears is exercised on the present 3:tempt to annul my =arbiter, and to effect my degradation, the more they will Ie• convinced that, if arch an _as trot pt should be successful, it must be hazardous in the s extreme to the mere! • and politic d interests of the people, to the ',resoled cum. ; flirt of individuals, and to the genteel welfare of the cum : muuity. (lir Majesty returned the following Ammer to . the Address of the Frmalc.4 or Eleter : The Female Tuliabitauts of the ancient City of Exeter and its vicinity base excited my cordial regard fur this agree. " tionate Address. The charges that have here brooch! against sex are so utterly false, that I cannot coneeire it possible for any tribunal, however constituted, in be so unmindful of the sacred obligations of truth and justice no to find me guilty, with respect to allegations in support of whieli tto proof has brio adduced. I ain happy to find that the peopte of Cliglaitil consider my triumph over my enemies as necessary to the security of their rights and the establishment of their libert I should unit feel the Intrepidity of ioanceure , it flue eon. stionsuess of rectitude, if I did nut despise the base libel* by which 1 have been occasionally assailed. As far as my own internist tranquillity is concerned, those libels have never rolled the amenity of my breast, Hoe caused me a moment of oueseiness. I am too strung in the hardihood of integrity to be easily vanquished by any of the shafts which malice may extract • flame its quiver to aim at my hews. Where a free Press *Howl ditHwent opinions to strive fur the mastery, and the conflict between truth and falsehood is unrestraiued, false. Loud must ultimately yield to the force of OLD DAILEY, Wvniesear, SaVreitmrs The Sessions commenced this day before the Right Honourable the Lola Maros, Mr. Boron GaasaM, Mr. Justice BSI; and Mr. Justice RICHMIDBOII. ARSON. Joke Bates was indicted under the did of the late. King, commonly called Lord Elleuborough's Act, for wdfully setting fire to his house. the sips of the Kiag's Arm., No. 140, Higirstreet, Strad. well, with imitate to defraud the Son Fire low. ancesolice. There were other. counts, charging the offence as committed with introit to injure the owner sad other persons who had an interest in the preasiies. Mr. WALFORD stated the charge, end Mr. DOL.. 11.At4D opened the me to the Jury, and repressed his determination to cull witnesses to support the first and second counts of the iudictment only. The following witnesses were then railed Richard Lawley exaraissed. He knows the house in which the Prisoner lived. it was called the King's Arms, in the High-stree►. Shadwell; but the house had been shut up some time. On the 6th of * June last, about ten o'clock. there wits ass :liana of tire given. smoke having beru observed to issue form the house. Nobody answering the knock given by the people who had assembled, the witness went for Isis maul, and broke open the door, which lie found bolted and chsissed, sod let the people in. In the bar there was a fire boron% close under a cask. with a cock in it. The witness assisted in extinguishing the fire there. and af►erwards went down into the cellar, where 1w found a large pile of fire on the ground, and a partition near to it, winch ran np to the bottom of the floor of the lair, which was also in Nines. They threw wider upon it, and succeeded in putting it nut. By Mr. Justice BEST.—The fire hail commu nicated from the cellar to the bar. 111 Warn Thomas Jammu said it was nearly eleven o'clock when he first beard the alarm of rue ; when he got to the house the people were then throwing water on the fire ; he went down into the cellar, where lie saw a parcel of wood, which woo on fire; it was in a little place divided off by a bulk-head, as if it were a place intended for keeping wood in : he afterwards examined the beds, and found they had no sheets on. In a cup board up stairs he raw a quantity of paper, which had the marks of fire on ►t, but he saw no Wine; the closet was on a different ride of the house from the bar, and one fire could riot possibly have beers the cause of the other; he saw a brindle of candles taken out of the cupboard, !wily burnt ; the upper rooms did not appear fully furnished ; the furni ture was not of a good kiwi. Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPIIU The house was shut up front the last licensing day, in September 1819, and he knew there was a petition si ► {ned by the Minister, Churchwardens, and inhabitant', to the licensing Magistrates, for re-opening it. The wood in the cellar seemed stowed us if for use. The people had been in the huus.2. some time before the lira was discovered in the closet, and when discovered there was only a few sparks. The panel of the door was blistered by the heat. By Mr. Jwstice The wood w , ta spread all over the Owe parti— tioned Mr. He did not observe that there were wore usher near the partition than in any other Richard Winans is a police officer of Shadwell. Ile confirmed the preceding witness's account of the state of the fire in the liar and io the cellar. He.went up stairs and opened a cupboard door ; there were half-buret papers on the floor. Some sparkles of fire appeared—in the cupboard was a bundle of candles partly melted. The witness lied a candle in his hand. He examined the boxes and drawers, but found nothing in them. The beds were without sheets, and there wes riot much fur niture• in the rooms. There was a bunch of matches, a tinder-box, and a candle in a candles stick on a table use Inc parlour. Cross-examined by Mr. A LLEY—None of the matches were burnt ; they appeared placed iii reo diners to light the candle. Wtn. Randall, a fireman belonging to the Ph.- nix Fire Office, was- next examined:—When lie arrived at the fire, about eleven o'clock, people were already in the house ; in the cellar the parti tion was on fire. but the greater part of the fire was a busty of red ashes. Ile saw the closet up stair., and when the door of it was opened, some embers or ashes were drawn oat on the end of a piece of iron. %%glen lie had seen the fire out, he went in search of the Prisoner, shorn he found at the house of a Mr. Jones, at Stepney Causewaf. It was about tc.: o'clock when he got there; lie waited tit the door, and asked if Mr. Rates was there, and was answered " Ye r," and the Prisoner came to him. Rehire he said any thing *of it, somebody said, " Is there a lire ?" He hail on his tiremisn's drew' at the lime. He answered yes, there had been a tire at Mr. Bates's house, but it was onr.—. ' The Prisoner immediately proposed going hack to the house, and, pis% along, he asked iviinees if he had the key. Witness told him no, the door lied been forced open. Mills, another fireman, who was with witness, then risked the Prisoner if he hod not been in the housethat evening ? He said he had left it about half-past eight o'clock. Mills then asked him it' lie locked the door after him, and if 1w was not the last person in the house? He an swered that lee was ; upon which Mills obsirved. " You must have the key then :" and Prisoner re plied, " Oh, dear ! I believe Mrs. Ilates has got it." witness went into the back parlour of the i Prisoner's house with him ; he then left him, mill never saw hint afterwards till he was before the Ma gistrate. John Martin, constable of St. Paul's, Shadwell, saw the loose stuff in the cupboard and the attunes (seltieli were produced, they appeared partly melted but riot hurried). l'hointis Mathews, watchmen of Shadwell, sane the first witness break the street door of the hoes* and get in through the panne!. Ile knew Batts very well. The house was shut up its September lust. Richard Lawley recalled.—fie observed nothing us to the state of the back door. Joseph Greenwell, fireman of the San Fire-office, remembers that when Hates came in with Randall, be asked him who he was iusured witli;•the Prisoner replied with the Sin Prt-nlce, when witness asked' him to look at his pulleys. which he immediately teak out of hie pocket add chewed -him. The policy was put hound read, being fiat may. ed by Richiiid Atkins arid W. N. Salem. fions.the . Sun Firw.office.• The total amount insured weer S. IDOL, after which J. Crevasse emunitiatieu was, resumed. lie raid Bates held the policy while he hooked at it its his hands, but he did not say how it was be happened to have it about him. Lt his crow-examination he acknowledged . the. Prisoner suede uo ditlcutty of showing helm t h e policy. J. Toplis.appraiser to the Sun Fire-oltce.' went Ole day after the fire to survey the Prisoner's house. lie ifonud .the quality of the furniture was very mieerable ; the whole, including wearing apparel. he valued at 1151. 13.., which was all that was to twisty the insurance of 1,0001. on thole articles. China and glass he valued at 91.7.., insured foe 100/. ; stock utensils and listing up he estimated at 96/. Ss.. insured for 5001. Witness asked the i.oner if he had Itot any thing. he replied he had lust • portmanteau from under his bed, which con tained a quantity of silver plate,asid jewellery. the value of which lie did not state. Witutas tben -told him the circumstance. of the lire were so sue. picions. that he did not imagine he would ever be psi,' a farthing. lie replied it was a very bard case. Witness believes it is the practice of the Suu Fire.office to send a collector to see the sort of risk to be ivaured, but not a surveyor to ifs a value. Pzomened by Mr. Janke BErr. The bed in the first floor appeared to have beet in use, but no sheets were on it. The front and back doors were the only outlets from the house; the latter opened into a public passage. Mra. Butes, ou • subsequent day, told hint that they had afro lost some linen. John Paulin, auctioneer, went over the house with the last witness, whose valuation he confirmed. Edward Griffiths, Mio.Tishme of Shadwell, stated, that the beeriest of the Primmer's house had been susper►ded for twelve months, for no misbehaviour of the man, hut on account of same irregularity on the part of his wife. The case being closed for the prosecution, the Prisoner was called upon for his defence. He stated that when his license was stopped, lie with. drew his entry from the Excise, and renamed the spirits which he had on had to his distiller, and the beer to the brewers; bet as he hoped to get Isis license again, he had nut thought it worth while to make any alteration in his insurance. He account ed for his wife and himself being absent from home on the evening of the tire, by their having accom panied a frie n d of hi s nn business to come distance, where they were detained by bad weather till a late boor ; after which they returned to his friend's house to supper, where he was when the fireman carne to inform him his house had heen on fire. The man told him not to hurry himself for the lire was out, when he (the Prisoner) replied, 44 Good God ! how did you get in, ss Mrs. Bates has got the key ?" In conclusion he declared he was not su the house after eight o'clock, and could not say how•the tire had happened. Ile left the calling and examination of his witnesses to hi. Counsel. Elizabeth Rider, swore and examined by Air. ALLEY.. She said she hadlivedas;serviint with the Pri.; soiree' shout a year ago, and had since assisted as 1111 occasion4l servant. The fire-wood and coals were always kept in the cellar ; there was a cat kept in the house, which she s:lw the Looming after the fire with a burn out its hack. Crospexamined by Mr. ANDREWS. ‘ SI:e went to live for three months at Mr. Jones's after quitting the Prisoner's service. and now is married and living with her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Bates usually kept their clothes iu the hack room, first fluor. • Examined by Mr. Justere The Prisoner •itad his wife were living in the house at the tiine of the fire. They used to hare sheets on the beds when she lived there. W. Biddulph examined.-11e lives next door to the Prisoner ; the people had been in the house above an hour when he first ba w the cupboard-door dour up stairs opened. The paper in the cupboard appeared to have been recently on lire, sod, in his opininion, the fire could not have been of more than 10 or 15 minutes continuance. Cross•examitted by Mr. 11°1.Ln:up. in Lis judgment he conside►rd it most probable that the lire in the cupboard had been occasioned by some accident, or otherwi+•e by the people who were in the house. He was about two 3 ards from the cupboard. Examined by Mr. Justice REST. The opinion he had given was formed now ■nd not at the time. and it Was founded on the appear ance of the paper being only partially burned. He could not say if it was burning or not when the door was opened. Re-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS. He thought that if the paper had been alight mote than ten minutes it would have been entirely consumed. The Prisoner bore generally a good Character. R►chard Jones examined.—lle is a publican ; • while lie lived at Stepney Casiseway he took a pub. be-house (the Samson urn! Lion). and intended to go in nu the Gth June. Witness, in company with his wife, called on the Prisoner at his home, by sp. pointinent, at eight o'clock, to accompany witness to the public-house he was about taking, to meet the brokers upon that business, lie went into the parlour, and thinks the Prisoner diJ not go down to the cellar. They (Mn.. Bates, witness, and his 'lifer) went out by the front door, and Prisoner faa. tened it after them, let himself out ley the back door. and immediately joined them in the' street. They l►eet went to the. S unson and Lion, where they waited to ►ee the brisker. till half--past ten o'clock, and were afterwards delayed by the bad weather till half past eleven o'clock; when they got to his house at Stepney Causeway. whew they were at supper, when about half past twe;lvie o'clock the fireman aunt and they leartwd •tint Bates's house had been on fire. Bates and hie had been in his company the whole of the time. tic has known him for fifteen years, and he always bore a load character. etvas-examixed by Mr. kipanws. hht. Bates went into byttitics atilt did not necompany her hd4iiiallind the fireman. Botts afterwards fetched he 4:" Elisabeth Jose}, Wei& . 6f the last wittreme confirmed Isis teetinssui iu eve" p A rrieula:. dram other *isomer ware called, Wi a carrot*. •vased their test Smeary. JShn Kellt. alietionett i , • eifitrritiiiPd..i.;:rarolse Months at° he drew tits an sitierinci.it tor t! Smear, to dispose Of his hiumie so. noose (;eur4re A offer. Dett• fer the sum .1 I,tveh t let siterworila lost hes hems', and the home betettle Gkdty wyrtis Ety think. • John nos., a firefaan cT tte Nun Pit? Office. Wag at the fire on the 511, June, anti P:aw ro; it appeared to leave breu burned; the hair tvas oil, as if a spark bed fallen on it. • •A• greaetteusher of respictable per.o, s gatc thus Prisoner an excellent. ehan k t ee , Elizabeth Itider recallt.d.....fte k n ew that the Prisoner had plate, which eras kept in a port utatsteau under the Lid. Mr. Justice BUT summed up the esiderce with 1 his usual diveriunnurior. The Jury retried lUr a gaunter of an hour. - a,ri on their retoru delivered their verdict 11ot Gaihy. • POLICE. I .m.linv... , MAX1 4 1011•510VI g. UTTERING FORGED NUILS. A decent looking female, far adieus al in pregnancy. wi•ls an infant at her breart and another child by her cde, ,544 4amight op at this office, and enelerweut an cianonatio.s in a charge of having uttered a forged Bank at ihe shop of Mr. Marglew, liurn•Jraper. This was the seemei perms, within a week, who was brought before the Masts- Irate by Mr. Maritime, charged wills basing uttered forged meatiest his shop. V. Cross, the Minimal' of Mr. Macglew, stated, that tie Primate went into their shop on Friday evening last, sod bought drapery to (lie amount of 165.; in payinssit she pro . Dented a IL note, which the witness instantly perceived to be a forgery. The witness gave Mr some and aildrews, "JameH, Nu. Id, Windsor-terrace. City-road ;'' bet of, its Ming in timated to her that an officer would be sent with her to as certain whether her statement wait Init, she shelved to make her eseap►, which was prevented. She after wards tantruml that it was not her address that she had given, and said she hail no home. Mr. Illarglew said, that he interrogated the Prisoner ae to the manor in which she became possessed of the note. Slit gave rations amounts, with which he If. rimed hr was to t satisfied, and told her that she mast tell him the troth. Moe al kegtb, after come hesitation, confessed that she bad been deserted by her husband, who had left her totally demitnte, with her two children, in the stale she then was; ilia bad been severely primed by want, and could not obtaio simlficiesit relief, and that whilst she was in that situation a man had met her, who sold her some forged Heir, tha t she gave him three shillings and aispetice for each one p.mn•l note, sad five shillings for each elf those of larger amunnt. On its being intimated to her 'that she would be skittered ever to the hands of the law, she said she knew the conse quences, and was happy that she should he disposed of in some way or other, :viol seemed eery iffilift.reat all to . ha was to be done with her. She said she had no repair home but slept any where. Sitwell, the officer, who was seat for to take tip. inure into custody, stated, that be searched her, but found nothing upon her person except a few halfpence. lu her bosom he found the. e night-cam which she said belonged to herself and children. 1 to ~~' ~~ %Vile. Leeds, the Oink Inspector, ilierlsred the ;tele taken from the Prisoner to be a forgery i■ every frspert. The Lord Mayor 'stud the Prisoner if she wished to 'ay any thing? She replied, she had nothing lu +ay. Upon it.. ing questioned, she staled, that the arenuot she had giaea of herself to she Prose-crane was the truth Siie had two more children, but who were old enough to take viol. of themselrei were well situated in another part of the country. The Prisoner was remanded for Nether (it imination at the request of Mr. Rooker, the flank Solicitor, that the might have au opportunity of inquiring into the C 5.... GUILDIIALL. Yesterday a rcapeelable-looking elderly man was biuugl.t up on a warrant, on a charge of forgery. Mr.Srentrel Cox stated, that the Prisoner huh been in the habit of selling good. on commission fur the hoilet of Rum. char and Lee; and un settling his accounts will. theca e t the close of the year 1819, he gave them a bill of e►claoga fur 49f. Its. drawn by hion-elf, and purporting to be accept er! by James Gregory, of flow; and nu iu q u•ry these was no such person as James Gregory of Bow to he found, and that. be (the witness) believed the acceptance to be the ham:- writing of the Prisoner. Mr. Alderman J. J. Swyett, the presailing Mazktrate, th-a addressed tbe Prisoner, and said, be uneserstood it wit wish to be remanded fur sig6l or ten days, to give him .sst opportunity of obtaining witsis,ses front the country, e. explain how the bill complaint d of bad come iota loot possession. The Prisoner answered, that be would consider it a favour to he giant. ii that time. Mr. H•nwca, Sulicitni for the prosecution, said, it woolsl not take him more than two or :hree days' In g. t up the rase of his client. In mentioning this lie was. far from wishieg that the lime asked by the Prisoner should slot be grantee; so far retina ir, that be would consent to Is:s having firth• r time if he thought be could rebut the cbarge. The worthy Alderman then remanded the Prieoner neat Mouthy week, when he will be brought up for further ramifies t mu. WORSHIP PT* CRT. Yesterday Joseph Wilfred Parkin., Esq. one of the She, lira of Londoii, was summoned before Robert ft. viii , Esq. stsultr a local Act of Parliament, entitles' the " Ihrlywell-stn, t Act," for refusing to pay the toll at Shorediteh turripike.- gate, fur which offence be rendered binsstlf liab!e to tl e penalty of 401. conformably to the shove statute. Mr. IVilliams attended on the part of the asters of the and Mr. Under-Sheriff Pullen on the part of the De fendant. William Billie, the collector of the 1011, stated, that on the Bth of August, the Defendant in his state chartist plass,' through the gate on his way to the Mermaid Txvres•, pt flacksiey, where a meeting of the freeholders of Midsilimir was held, fair the purpose of addressiug the Hoer,,, rod ef which mrvtiug he was Chairmau, witness demanded Ir. fur the toll, which demand the Defendant refused, ohrervir g itat hi s same was Partin', anal that he was Sheriff of 1.6:i401. consequently he was exempt from paying all turnpike.. Mi nts, explaiurd that it was a private trust, and no r sew uti )))) could be claimed, however exalted Isis rank mirk b., not withstanding which the Defendant drove on. Wit teas had uu other alternative than to adopt the prise:se Fencer dings. Mr. Pullen contend. d, that as the Sheriff in hie offisial situation was • representative of the King, he was eximi when on public duty (which was the.case at that Ina) Item paying toll at any trust whatsoever. Mr. Williams said the Act of Parliament under which the information was exhibited did not corm; t any lures", earn the Kin himself; or if the tuforentinsi had been laid under the General TUrsipike Art no person even then would he exempt except the Royal Family, providing they were going from Palace to Palace, others ise they most pay as other individuals. The case bring considered of great intricacy soil impost mice to public officers of his Majesty, IMO her question :4,144, as lu whither the meeting above alluded to ass of that vic tors as to exempt his Muje►ly's calicoes. Suite argot:mot arose upon that poise. Mr. Bevilt, the Magistrate, said, the letter of the law was imperative; but if he (Mr. Pullets) cools! point out aim clause which walla exempt the Defendant, he would a d harpy to abide by it. He considered the ease of vast ins. port, therefore was anxious not to make say premolar de. (Mims till the parties bad sulkiest cisme to examine 160 'Salutes. The nee was is eoseirquesee poolroom%) fee to thes 'Jest ing ea a future day. _ • s - e Y i r i i , -