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lhav°iay recalli 11 leis priacipl it , wade 0 cc! `posts st being tbi 1 back npo ;L•Mici-re1:1 bout ten n'cj: .(!;f6llll-..05.,c` our ads'' r ` A very Iry g„l,Nt nototil t h e ,p) talk i11;44c of SP clie:! too oe4'' pa i de 0 4 ' (II this -side 102( 1 regi me° v 4.11, solo hit s" sf ‘ v ec to the ). Dien hi 16 0 1 p tiCoo 20 , c The two l '``' the fl 6 , 1 ad) , hid(' (H 1°1 : of thc liPc' h e rs len ru t . real g the i•lt` J .o' svhicis 0 0 • 6 , they arc. sen d i*Pj l4 depa rtmes >f Ow' yied otiti o ~ pic e lu' a u of liel, 1 a i tile 1/. vo eil3 d o't . th e v et -i3 l vi tt, .thiff2 Of AJKA,4 4 o °l'l [llo9t ,0 Dent tl, the st il „ti old , * rir r fron tie We s l it 11. tell b) ,ec - At 101 i •ct :1, pe/ , itC bel 010 : • • ()"' 11:1 4 le bra"( - 4 Letlb el P l ire 1 .00P g ./14 • . v ott Dui French troops extend all along the gine of the lihine. Zuaton, Nov. 17.—The Minister of Bavaria and Wurtemburg' arrived here on the 14th and ,15th, as did the Charge d'Affaires of Italy, Baron Tgsini. His Excellency Count Talleyrand, the French Minister, arrived here on the 13th inst. Wesee, Nov. 20.—According to acdounts re ' ceived from Munster, that city is occupied .by • smile of the enemy's irregular troops, who coin . alit all kinds of denredations. General Merle has taLen the command of our city, which is in a for . - midable state, and daily receives a new increase of its means of defence, and provisions. Our 1.0111 , 7 . party are defended by numerous cannon, and we are perfectly able to repulse the entnny. The ac : • taunts that we receive .front Cologne announce ' . that. the Duke of Tarentuin daily receives, fresh reinf orcements. ' General tliney, who had been i ...,-.: here some time, is going to Holland. Gen'. Caren 4!-- t. Cyr is• still in our town, I'llAsKifotT, Nov. 20. We are informed of all the measures that'are taken on the left hank of the :Rhine to r ece i ve 'th e arm ie s o f the coalition, in case they should attempt to poi that barrier. The • 1 9sses which theses armies have 'sustained during, the campaign are not vet repaired, and it is aflirin ed that there. Is in the councils of the coalesced powers a diversity of scatiments concerning their 'future Operations. It is not Mr. Amstellen who . I ms accompanied the unhappy King* of Saxony ".--., t 0 terlin, This Counsellor at State has nor '' ' e T" t '"Fite•-b-e-i- in , die. suite. of the Emperor of . l — 1 1 ' 33 ' 3 . The most distressing circumstance I c..rour present situation. is the inundation ' ln ' federative ift Der, in 'Which - nobody has any e ,t'ofitlene e; an d the value of which dithinishes daily, ' There wanted but this invention, 'of ‘ v itieli li;neland may boast, to ruin Germany; and . paralyse ill the branches of its industry. By this 'neaps, and by the introduction of English mer ehandize, all the gold of Gerinany find's its way to Loudon ; :Intl we shall soon have nothing left but . . their new piper money, which will he of no use to t °' rcpt to heat our stoves. We have heard le most lively participation, 'that his nigh e Grand Duke, who has fled, has been in-. Al, but that' he is happily recovered. ASBURGII, Nov. 22.—The fortress of Kehl '0 best condition, and our patroles go daily,. Sundlreim and Nenmuhl. Sometimes they ,etachments of the enemy, which occasions ' 4l rmislies-• but it seems that the enemy nily a k w light troops in these parts, inca of attempting any thing serious. ' en, N„,. 25.—The f o ll ow i ng i s .they list of. Pities of the nineteen Cantons to the Ex ,nary Diet :....... 'cu—Mr. Reinhard, Landanman; Messrs. Limber and ''' l4 ‘ — ‘Vattewill, ancient Landatanian ; MeSsrs. Jenniel bar. :' -- Iltirgomaster Weeland, and Mr, Counsellor Stehlin. 4 NE. - --.li emirs. Ruttinunin and Gerhard. ,116 —Messrs. rliesbaeli and Herrensellwand. 'tit:---glasses. Grimm De Warteule4, 1)e Bull, and , rn• 111SEX—INewis. Pfishes. and Wahlkirck. . -Messrit. Arnold and Lusiier. `'—Nlessrs. Weber and Reding. ,w.tt,nEx—Messrs. Flue and Zelgers. .Messrs. Sydler and Hess. A s—M essrs. Herr and lin rgen. tAtexze.i.f.---Niewss. eta Zellweßen and Bisehofshergen. ~ ,' r • CIA k.oN—Ntessri. a Mtiller, Friedberg, tind-linmtew. • liittsbtoNs—Me,irs. ciaadanz, Plant, aad .1, alit. de etbirreu. TEssiNo—Messrs. D'Arlperto and Itasca, TsstionortA—Messrs. Morell arta Anderwo tit. • VA , ln—Nle,a , rs: Alurvi and Monad, and Ih. Secratau, sell. .• Aiwovin—Messrs. Feiner awl ilarner. • The troops of Berne wh; .e.t arc here, are in bar racks, as well as those of Basle, forming a part of the contingent. The troops ekpected to-day will hi ymrtered on the citizens._ All .navigation ou t ht , Rhine ceased. riiits Nov. 2.--41 is Majesty held to-day a Lunch{ of the'Administration of Military, Subsist- • . "c'•!. His Majesty rode out On hOrseback this bloraing., He visited the street of Tournon, the tew works at the Luxenibourg, and the ancient gar : 'leas of the Charbleuse, arid the new wine-market. '' • it "e 3 attended by Geii.,Connt C•iffarelli, Baron ••• '\All'igity a Page, and Chevalier Fontaine, his '.'... Arehitect,'who slimed hint the several works. •-„, jp,, „. , .'' iAlajesty whs much pleased with those in the '.. -Wlne7tuarket; and•convaMti along time with the 4 0,-: Peroits wh o de a l in the article for which this '''. "4(11 establishtrient is destined. ' His Maie::ty,re i • tufned by the Archbishop's Palace, the Flower ' ' Th'ilitet and the Qttays, in the midst of a crowd of People, Whose' tieclatnationt testified their joy at , Ste.ilig his) l itieSty. : ' MILAN, NOV. 20.--:fhe Austrian General in (duet linkers ' published an Order of the day, , I r';..• . 4ted Botzen„- October 24. which is inserted in ''•• the 'Journal of TreUte. 'll.'annOnnces, that by a ''':' • tleis'iOn' of the 'Emperiir of Austria, the notes k:., . 4 e ailed ()in m m lets d'Aortisseent' shall• be taken . t i: '," itn* their nominal valtte.—" I hope (says the Ge i . . 1 1 "a 1 ), that every body Will cheerfully bear this . "'s .4 • mono!, seeing the extraotdinary expenses of the. Austrian Monarchy to support the war; ' :-• , '!"( 1 I (I.•tqare that I will punish severely:those N l l'ho raise the price of their gOotls.' The rota „ li mits will be recompensed in the sequel, for * ill . o'. , ' t the Austrian arm y causes.thent to suffer." PI a Decree, dated Venice 13th November, the Vi • . "toy has confirmed the. former regulatioo,. which rennet. the Captains and Owners of vessels I( ' 9) , ( nisible' forthe .return of their crews. They .o,' Pay a fine of iioO Lyres for every person who 'mad be wi •si ', al before they go to sea, they ,„_. . J lIS, t . it . "2 41 1. give secur it y f or two-fifths of their crews, at v:. rlie rat e of 500 - livres a-head. 44. v .„-- 4 -, ' 1 1,1 N,,0cw. 30.—Cin the , 29th . October, the . ' I T; 111 (1 'Wirier, accompanied by a great number of [. 4. "Ps, onnle his-soleum entry into Belgrade.' It , , 'i t a .e. '"' he will remain there only long enough to ti t, i s Y ; the foundation -of the future tranquility of le'' , l , e f,vla. General amnest y is spoken of. rt: in r Au's, i5z0i,..;30;;;•--We are assured that the open ~::, " r c i f of the .Sessions of the Legislative Body Is pro- , '' ' ' A .gued but. we are not informed on what day it 1;.::. .. " 11 take place. ' • The • •4:: ti 407,,,ta,/ de Paris of the 30th, after ermine l'A „,, ,lig a number of Dukes, Duchesses, Counts, 111.(11 C outttesse's presented to the Emperor after 0 SS on,Stunlay, says, " • ' 4 Y - held Ilis Majesty on the sane ,'•• i a Council of Administration for the e u ., 1 . , - ' t "'"''' of the army ; Count Daru, Minister i 45 f NV',ti• 6 , ' - • ti . , and Count Cessae, President of the Sec '', of lid,t W Pa azi ar, 1% , e e present" '* : er)e tio , i: ''''. I 'V • 27'. ••••- For nearly a month the J nett upon our frontiers without day- • i • ~ • so'. ~. 0 : 2 , 0 Iva}, th glb diel!e' /less t i lt ;' • ~f ' ' iisPoSel .l iii° ~ , t 4 ol'p i t v o*, "- if th e ''' i , is in th .g7,561', 4 , uroiltl , 1 1 i UPI c _,.,"'''; T . Ili t ' =et. di Ifr.t cl"V r. ''. 4"trle s i e re 0 ,„ jeru r , r .:,. Isaac 01 .. r . ii,o l , Pabie c :: ~ the ...... .....I.'"'" : ' traord i it 40 114, , franc , - ii , ~, ZI/11Jc' n eti 0 40 ' '''' 14 %tits, ' ii .d ac„ , oa F:10, I. l.„ „ ..d ,;„,„„ .. • • . i 6 1. 1 . : ii . J,. , ,C.C1i.til f, r'' • ..... oev ! N 4 11011 ;t . 110: O r cl IN3LEti, ' V " 4 rcY. etadats;, , it o, . c . , t o I go' tl''' , 5 , ...„::' , T %r; fit . d j..1.(cu., ~. :, ;it , ......:: N for 0.11: 110'. -....iiciiwy ONT T , ' z.tfu At, i relit) of 01 ;, . ,lit;:ics, ing to•pass:them. 'rise imposing attitude of our invincible phalanxes, the devrition and ardour of all the male inhabitants contained in our provinces of the Rhine, has been sufficient to restrain. their audacity, and dissipate their foolish- hopes. But the danger is nut passed. Thisgenerous move ment must be communicated' to all part's of France ; the tire of patriotism must animate all souls. When the theatre of war, was still 'far front our country,. when the cannon thtindered oily on a foreign land, we might quietly contemplate these terrible spurts of Mars---we might lull ourselves in a pleasing security. But now it is no longer time to slumber ; we must no longer talk--,we must act—we must shew ourselves worthy of those morable and difficult periods when the liberty of France was in 'danger.' When the enemy was posted, 20 years'ago, in the plains of Champaign, and threatened us with impending destructiOn, all France, indignant, arose spontaneously, and the enemy retired preci pitately to his frontiers ; and for whom Was this movement made ? What had we to hope for on returning to our homes ?—.lluarchy, and all, its (;,orders awaited .us,. Vet France preferred honour to every danger. She chose rather to fall into the' chains of her domestic tyrants, than into those of strangers. — She submitted to the fury of anarchy rather than to the shame of servitude ; anti now that all parts of the social . order are reconstituted ; now that the enemy can only bring us slavery or anarchy, shall we. not fly to the combat—shall we not be, ready 'to: make the greateit sacrifices I ; • Who can sutler himself to be seduced by iusi diDUS promises—by vain ;Ind fallacious proclama tious.? The enemy boasts the'discipline of his ar mies, and his principles of moderation and•disin terestedness. Can you believe, that should he penetrate into our provinces, he will long retain his pretended discipline, or keep his promises ? • Certainly the conquest of so .many flourishing cities, of so many rich countries,cannot be achiev ed ‘yithollt fighting, and then to what an excess of disorder will not our country be,given up ? What .plundering, what slaughter, what conflagration ! Let us imagine for a moment the enemyat oitr• gates. See the women trembling, distracted, flying ; the old mon, young virgins, and children obliged to quit their paternal roof, carrying with them sonic melancholy remains of their for tune, seeking in 'the depth of the woods, in the most impenetrable retreats, an asylum froM the furies of the soldiery. Alt ! what discipline can you expect from those hordes of Cossacks who have no' pay but what they can carry off front the inhabitants of cities and the country ; evha, strangers to civilization, to arts, sciences, and letters, cats esteem nothing which we esteem, respect nothing which We re spect ; they have burned...the own habitations ; can you suppose it will 'cost them much to burn, yours ?. • Let us recollect, tatat the Army of the Allies is only an Army in the pay of England ; that the Coalesced Powers arc only the blind instruments of a boundless ambition, 011(1 implacable. hatred against France. What good intention . , *hat fa vourable sentiment can we expect from 'the Ca-' binet of London During ten years we have been ((''prey' to. all the horrors of the Toculution, to all,. the scourges of civil discord. Certainly, if Eng- . land had wished to stifle the monster anarchy . , how often might it have found the opportunity. r .But far from wi s hi ng to restore us to repose, i t is our repose which she dreads ; it is our power, our glory, our ind us t r y, our, arts, which s h e wishes to annihilate. To reign alone .o iT er t h e whole world, to tender all 'nations trib u tary to h er me rc h ants , is the only object of her ambition —the constant aim of all her efforts, of all her intrigues, all her inconceivable profusion. She wishes,, at any price, to deliver herself from a ri valry which distresses her. 'What a triumph, what joy would it he to her, if she could ever flatter herself with being able to ethic i the ruin of France, to destroy her fleets, to annihilatelier.commered, to divide her provinces. The ruin of France would be the 'common ruin•ot the world. , gate France,: and the enslaving of the imiverse is completed. Anti can we deliver ourselves to such reflections with shuddering ? Will ,not every hand be armed to ward off such a ,calamity ? Ah 1 let us- not imi tate those Athenians, who, devoted entirely to their pleasures and. to indolence, were solely Oc cupied by the, sports of the Theatre, and some fri volous tales, when Philip was at their gates ; but,. let us reinember,• that to preserve the laurels of Apollo, we must must gather the palms of Mars. FuE . Ncit FUNDS:—Nov ..39, 55 franks 90 cents. H IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF I.oltDs, Eau)Ay, Mc, 3. In the Appeal, " Andrew v. Min-dodo," judgment was post poised Monday. In an Appeal from the .Conrt of Session in Seotland, "'Duff v. the . Magistrates ant the Town Council of InverneA.," Sir Samuel Romilly and Mr. Wetherell were.heard for patient, and Mr. Adam and Mr. Grant for the Respondents. ' 7 --Judgment on Monday. • 'ln an i‘ppeal from the Court of Chancery in Ireland, *" Hone V. Davies and others," Sir Samuel Itoinitiv and Mr. Hart were heard for the •appellent.—Further h'eailtig oh .Moticl.!.y.' • -, The New South Wales. Debts hill .was read a third time and , passed. The Madder Duties. Bill, the •Exelletutr Bills Bill, the Lo cal Militia Bill, and the Scuts Salt Bill, passed through Com mittees, and were reported. - The Mutiny Bill, the Sugar Bill, the Wateh and Ward Bill, the Militia Amendment Bill, and st Road Bill, were broiticht up from the CounnOns by Me. Imshingteu, Mr, Lyttletun, 111111 other Members, and read a licit time. Mr. Kingston front. the India House, presented a Res-olu tion of the Court of Directors, fur granting 40001. to the fa- • mily of the late Major-Generai Agnew, which was ordered to lie on the tabis. UNSOLIrIiNT'DEBTORS. • Lord Ettimnottouon's temporary Insolvent Bill was read a third time and passed, r Adjourtsed till Monday. , • HOUSIi:OP COMMONS. A Petition from the Debtors confined' in York 0141 , was presenti'd by Mr. Ito and ordered to tie on=the On the motion of Sir W. Guam, the London Militia )4 4 lt was committed, and the Report "was ordered to he brought'up on Monday. Mr. Kingston, from the Ea-qt Indiallonse, presented at the 'barn Copy of the Resotidbit' of the Directors, granting a cer tain sum (40001. as we understood) to the family of the late General Agnew. The New Brandy Duty Bill was read a wand time and' committed tot to-morrow. The Militia Volunteer Amemlanent and the Watch and Wad Bill were read a third tine and passed. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' BILL, Mr. LOCKIIART Said, that as the original Birl, to amend which this had been passed by the other !louse, Lad, in the last session,' been, surrere4 to go thiough this•-i-louse without any discussion, 0" even comment, for-the purpose of liberating a lai.ge bony of Unfortunate persons. confined for dent, he thought it ncresSary now to call the at tention - of the llou , q to a few observations which he wished to 11::11,c On the principle of the in.ginal Thtit principle went to operate an extensive alteration io the established law of the land, Os it related todebtor and,credi tor ; and it woulq benecessary to onsider what would be the effect of .the Bill. The crowded state of our gaols had, front time to time, for many years past, made it necessary to pastemporary iwolvent Bills, fur the purpose or clearing them, though the legisla= .titre were always convinced of the evil tendency of them, The principle of the original bill, which Was to continue for four years,' was to provide a Oermatient law for the liberation of persons con fined for debt ; that Act had been found . defeetive, but the amenthnent bad rennived all the objections to it. He thought the Legislature ought to mo dify:the law, as r it now stands on this sub- jeer. The' crowded state of our gaols had been frequently attributed to • the obduracy of creditors ; but, he could not believe that to be the case. He thought it Was more owing to - the e,:travagance and prolligacy'of debtors. If the legislature relaxed too melt, it would give en couragement to the thoughtless, the extravagw.t,' and 'profligate, to the great injury of the fair cre-,: ditor, and to the morals - of the country. By this' Bill debtors were to he liberated after three Aonths 4 ,sonfinement. Ile thought the term not long entnigh,. It would hold out a temptation,to the young and itiexperieneed,;. and much more to those of bad. principles, to obtain as much pro perty as possible by running in debt, and then free themselveS; by an imprisonment of such short du ration.‘. Another objection was, that the creditor had now power to come before a commissioner mid give up all his property, as Wai the case of the cessio banornin in Scotland, on the principle of which this' bill was said to be founded. The debtor had ,time • power of liberating himself at the end of three months if he chtise; hut if he possessed a freehold or leasehold landed estate, an annuity, and various tither kinds of property, he might stay in a. jail, and live upon it as he thought 14, the cre ditor %vas left to console himself with the ti ldititin of heavy costs to the loss of his original debt.— lle thought, also, there should be a difference in the period of conenement between those who immediately 'suffered, odgment, and those who by every species of' del q ,vhich the law id lowed, putt- their creditors to all possible ex pense, and frequently Made the costs rise to five • times the' amount of •the debt. Another objection,was, that the Bill was too great a de viation from the law at present established, and would, he feared, be ,productive of the curtail ment of Credit, which, to persons carrying on va rious small branches of. trade, would be a serious ' grievance. .Another °hive:ion was, there was a clause in the . Bill which said, that-no person con fined for damages in eases of criin. con. or other it:a/kiwis injury, should have the benefit of the. Act, unless confined five months. What was the construction to be put On the expression malicious injury ? It 'Might, perhaps, be extended to all .li a in4of fraud ; anti if that slicald he the constroc -tion,.persous might commit all those with impu nity, excqt imprisonment for five month 3. After mentioning several other cases of hardship, he' said the 13i11, in his opinion, %teat too fair; but as he did not mean to oppose its progress, he hoped the subject would be debated in future ses sions of the present Parliament. It wits only by freqneat discussions, and by Gentlemen of abilities lending their aid, that this Bill could he made a valuable permanent part of our code of laws, and productive of real benefit to the comMunity. , - Sir S. koratt.LY said, that great part of what had fallen from the Honourable; and Learned Gen tleni.in did not apply to this Bill, which had [teen passed for a particular purpose of ha . ..n[lll4y, and which it was desirable should be passed as soon as• possible. There was no doubt taut sZnne fur titer- vrovisons ,would be made. :Many. poiuts petitioned by the Honourable, Gentleman cer tainly deserved the attention of the Hoose, and he hoped a Bill or Bills would hereafter be brought forward to correct and amend tho.se defects 'in the law. lie alluded particularly. to 'which was suffered to take place, to the grd' 'of the creditor, by the allowance'cif writs o i• where no error lay, but which caused many months delay, merely to obtain so much money in the shape of fees.. Thlt part of the law ought un questionably to ipe umended and he saw uo vett 'son why real and other species of landed e3tates should not be made liable to the payment of debts. So convinced was he of the propriety and justice of this, that he was determined, woo alto— the recess, to move for leave to bring in a Bill to that effect. : • The 13111 was then read n second time, and or dered to be ennunitted to-morrow., coIrtIITTEE 'OF' SUPPLY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the estimates on the table be referred to the Committee of Supply. Ordered. The.; House then 'vent into the Committee, in which Lord l'',l.mF.us•rox said, that as he meant only to move for stuns on account, he should postpone troubling the HouSe.with any detail till after the ,reeess, i - Ic then moved the several items which make up the 6,000,000/. already agreed to by the Committee, on neCount, for the ordinary service of: the year lBl4l,whieli were severally read and agreed to. He then moved, that a suit nOt eXeeetiMg 3,000,0001. be granted to his Majesty, on account, for the extraordinary service far the same year, which was agreed to. LACE ritAME BILL The order or tho day being refl(L for the House to go into "'Committee oil t►►e Lace Fr. u t►e Bill, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to state to the House, previous to the Speaker'l-kaving the chhir, the outline of what was proposed by the altera tions intended to be made an the Committee. He then - recapitulated the reasons which weighed with the Legislature to pass the original Bill, and the good effects it had priAuced, viz. the entire quell ing of the disturbances. If, - by the terror of the law, men' could be made to keep the peace, it might be' desirable to continue so harmless aaa experiment for a short titp. Great objects us, hiy.f.Yever, , bdeo made td eontillte El.e il.! • natty Of death, by an linnoutable friend of his (Sir S. Romilly), and several A•hosc opinions t t. C deserving of every atten:;.;n, he - nieant, when:the ihtise was in the i2olawittee, to prOpose that the punishment of deAth ~h;ml,l cease, and . th:tt ,it should he transportation for li 'e t instead of I 1 years at the most, or seven years at the least, as in the 28th of the King and :her, that a power should be given to the'Judqd to lessen the punishment according to his disere. , thm, lle should also propose a clause tO put prthccutors iu Ihe.sante state as in ail other CfißCs for felony, lie concluded by moving, that it bd an in Arlietion to the said Goltttuittee to alter an 1 amenfl the said :Act.- 7 -Ordered. Sir'S. llomtt.LY said, he thought it would be better 'to drop the present Bill"elltirely l and bring in another Bill with the proposed ena4lmeots. The House then went into the Committee, and after sonic conversation, the further bon,iideratiou of the Report lvas fixed for Monday next. Mr. Lot !Ain' postponed his notice at a motion resprrt,. ins. Insolvent Debiors, till Friday next. • ' .1 'Message (roil; the Lords inNrthed• the tionse of their .Lordships Concurrence to th e NewSouilt Wales llebtots ; and that their Lordships had ps.ssed a Bill fur the s2eedy charge. 01 the !nsolvent DebtorS of England, to nhich they' desired the k onentrenee of ,that The mil then read a tirszt tine, and ordered to lie read a second time to-mtL•row.—Adjtiurned. OLD BAILEY. F9itt; • E It r Yesterday John Drew May, late a bill broker 'hi the city, was indicted for forging, altering, end publishing as true, a navy bill, drawn by the Cow inissioners; for 7.31: 'l3s. 'which was. altered to 17321. by.adding the firir figure of-one thereto, with intent to'defrand the cernmissioners of the Navy Board. This case occupied 'nearly the w h o l e day, but the facts lie in a very narrow comp as • . 'Me. Ford, clerk at the Victualling Office, proved that the bill was drawn under his inspection, and was made payable at nine months to a Mr. Kings forth, for value received. Witness delivered it •to Elliot and Co. ngent3 to Mr. Kint . sforth, and he proved the"signateres- of .the ComuJisiioners..ne bill was traced through different hands 'until ,it found its way to the prisoner On the Ist of July, when it bore its real value, 7321. The prisoner personally presented the bill altered to 1732/. to Bruce and Warren, bill-brokers, to get it dis. counted. The bill was discounted' at the house of Bruce, Simpson and Co. bankers The prisoner was proved to have received money for thehill, part of which lie paid into his bankers. The bill at length found its %Amy back to the drawer,when the alteration was discovered. It was next proved that the Ptisoaer's clerk (Lathey), his brattier in law, was high in his confidence, and that he had cheques with theprisoner's signature not filled .up, and in the prisoner's absence he was accustomed to fill them up. Some. stress was laid on this err. eirmstance by the prisoner's Counsel to shew the probability of Lathery having made the alteration in the bill. 'the prisoner being asked, if he hkd.any obser vations to ;nuke, addressed the Jury with miteh feeling, observing, 'C that hot Only his,life, but, what was infinitely !dearer to him than life, his character and honest fame., Was 'now' in their hands. He was one of . eight children, and hail received a - liberal atra-cirtrous -cdneation : ; and, till the moment of this accusation, had lived with cre dit and reputation. lie was coa..-erit that his life should he forfeited, if any nun could say' he had -been wronged by hint. He [mud been breil to hit,'ii nesS, had ii wife and three children, and 'atter the labour of the day, was wont to seek domestic in the boSoin of his family. Was it.probahle, that a man so circumstanced would have c,ommitted the crime of Which be wits accused, and bring ihame •and misery on those who were netiveyt and de:trest to his heart ? There %vas ucr , proof-that he had forged .the hill—none that he had'uttered it know ing it to be forged ; the case rested upon mere suspicio, and upon such suyTicion any num might be pliiced at that bar. He bud reposed tiulimited confidence in,his clerk, 'slid hacl left blank cheiptes with him to fill Atp. 'lli* clink was. now inyond his mach ; not, if he were not, could he be 'obliged to anawer any queition that might crimi nate, himself. Should the Jury entertain airy doubts in his case, the Judge would tell' them, that he u the pri,oner, should have the benefit of those doubts. He made no compliant Oil the sub ject of the prosecution.. —none Of the manner in which' it had been conducted ; and he Was certain that the public. prosecutor, having discharged his ditty, would be the first to 'rejoice at his tte quittal." . . The Judges in.srtniraing• up, observed, that it could he of no advantage io Lackey to .alter t.he bill, Ile, it appeared, was not to be f(juuti, it was proved, that the bill was left iii Hi,. i soner's hands in its original state,. and that it'had beenaltered 'whilst in his posseission„ The Jury retited,nearly three hours, and return, eel a verdict, Harry GrillithY'wo indicted for disposing of a forged Bank note, with intent to defraud the Go vernor and Company of the Bank of England. -t- The principal witness against the prisoner was, as Mr. GURNEY described him, a very bad character, of the mune of Wurnain, who had lately left Wor cester' gaol, and he was entitled to credit as far as his testimony wits corroborates! by . cabers. This witness stated, that he had been employed by Avery and another otlicer to detect the prisoner.-.- Witiw,s was acquainted with a man under sentence Of death in Novgate, who recommended him to the prisoner to purchase forged netts.--, Witness first met Griffiths on the I thlt of July in Carey-street,, and he introduced itiMself by inquir ing about this prisoner and Newgate, and he .0 1'- ler:tett to lanicut such a eiretunstance, as he want ed some screens (forged noteS). The prisoner immediately offered to supply him, and Ho ap pointment was made to meet the next day for that purpose. The officers •Itunished witness with a marked. IL note, and- on the following day tai bought two forged flutes Of the prisoner for ten shillings each. 'On. seeing the . prisoner again the next day, he did not like the iwte witness gave him, and returned it, and got n pound's worth of silver. On cross-examination by Mr. ADOLPH US, the witness prevaricated much, and stewed self the character M. GURNEY fiad exhibited him. The Jury retired for half an hour, and acquitted the F'tioner.