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.100 w 0 8 1 1 g Ad J. I SAIr; A i • • alp. r "'NM.> l i am. 1 ..... al • I P• , 4 10 4 e ',. .... rAstitoh Abu: morstsNis. fix Archbishop of Csoterbsisty sad basis let lam Seth Pau, for Aokliagtou The Duke and Melees et Saireed kA toes yesterday worms( aassiesa,desa. Nowhere theylsavr takes a horse f.r Isa Inestbs. The jetties part of the family arrived yes terday trinia Wooten Abtrep.-to-asoerow limy leave lowa to 'is Their Graces. soil The Marquis i Marehioaess of Twists's* ate *veered ill Wire ibis day, froaa their seal, Oakley Mow. Bedford- Wee. The Earl Verolaee Itaa arrived al his Nest, Goehambary, Herta, front a Incr. - . Lord Aides has wired at ►ia scat, Nerk Pub, Surrey, Loin a tear. Lady Witlangloby liaa arrived at km oral, Grinatiorpa Caade, Linea'native, from a moor. Lady newt ham left taws fat her seal al itiallooad. His Eseellesey N Zen hoe wired at Exeter from a tour. His Eseelleney Comet sad Cosmos D'Aglie have at. rived at their Lowe in Chielesotriret, Berkeley square, from a Vier. Sir Jo Sebright, But. has left towe fur his seat, Beech. woody Hen , Herts. It y I Departures from Warren% Hotel, Regret-street i—siv Julia and Lady Pollen fur their met is Hams; mid Colonel mil Mrs. Sfelesster fur their seat is Smartt. The Hoe. B. Craves hi. left toms ea a tour. Mr. Rowell and Mr. Sharpe have left /mdse. Hoteh M. taro's street, us a tour. Hyde Parker, Esq. has arrived at Pentos's Hotel, eft. iseses's.street,f. uns his brother's (Sit Wm. Parker, Bait.'s) rest. Milford House, Suffolk. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's.street Brackenteury Gone a tour; Sir Hersey Fate, Bart. frees Ids rest in Hams; Sir Huse, Vivian, Bart. from his seal its Hants ; aad Petrick Dot, Esq. from Semiarid. Departures from ditto klardy for Leemiremee, Warwickshire; Mr. and Mrs. Amos and Easily fur Paris; and F. Geer, Esq. for C.anshridge„ Arrival at the St. James's Hotel. Jerniya.street ie.—Co lonel Steed Irons his seat in Herts. Departures t—Tlair Hun. Crsteral, Mrs., sad Miss Hope, on • tour, in their way to their seat in Sew harf; sad Mr. and Lady Mary Singleton fur their *eat in Surrey. The Earl of Riaatutrroa, we are glad to learn, is nearly recovered from his late severe fit of the rut. Lady Notrawr, we are happy to state, was consi. &red yesterday somewhat better. The Marquis CAMDEN and his son, the Earl of Bascesoca, arrived ow Wednesday alserooon at tke Alsequis's seat, Priory, Brecon. On Tuesday last the Countess if Posey' (mother sf Ilrf Grace the Duchess of NORTHUDIDZILLAND) left Alnwick Castle for the family seat in Shrop shire. Her Ladyship arrived at the house of Tilos. DAVIDSON, EN). is Newcastle. the same day to dinner, and proceeded on her journey the following minting. The following a►e amongst.the latest arrivals at Cheltenham : Lady nitrates?. Lady Grade,. Lady Amdrother, Lady Hollis., Lady Rodeo,. Como de la Pasture, Si! Isaac Coffin, 11 P. S.r J. Reed, Sir Jobs Plaillisuore, Liruteaaat•Coluuel sail Mr.. Coup, !Major Rielltr, mad Captains Skey. Major, Carter, Hall, Stuart, Noriboote, Joan, stadersam, sad Rey naldo. Lord JOHN RUSSIILL hos a tragedy in the pros, which is sent to shouted with'sessiaests of grtat spirit sad energy. The subject is Dos Carlos. The Norwich Musical Festival has not produced sufficient money to reimburse the actual expenses incurred, notwithstanding the attraction of Mrs. SAL lION and the other yr:colitis. Ou &avidity evening Mr. LISTON (+peeved for the first time, we believe, foe many years, ow the brittle of Cheltenham, as SonSuripes, in ExrAtioge so Robbery, and Apollo Kriel, iu Killing no Mou— ser; end from the moment of hie mord to the fell of the costal*, almost. abetment laughter pervaded he audience. An batten poet, going to present a copy of verms to the POPE, and finding. as he was looking than met in the coach as he went. a mistake of a single lain' in the printing. broke Air beert, from vexation and chagrin !! Mr. Wise, an establielad fasoorite of the Dub. lie ',thence. murk his first appearance on the boards of the New House in that city on Mondiy night, in the character of Major (1 I-inhere,. This Knitlearati's admirer* were glad to see him look iss well as he slid when he performed at Crow-oardtt some years ago. Mr. Wren is a true sots of tuirilh, aid with throe of his happy disposition, we ere told, t • rnheedeti fly ibe hours, uoi•eless falls the Not of time, Which oily tread. ow Rowels." Irish songs were much applauded ; one. "Ilorbg Kelly." be was required to sing a third bate. At the Snrri theatre on Wednesday evening, us Mr. CIIIIIIERY wasetanding OD his head OD a spear, right fret high, he unfortunately lost his balance, end was Frecipitated with great violence on the stage, th oug h b e h ad done the some teat the pee. ceding mots, with perfect facility. We ore hope, to state that the injury reireived was DOCIPIIIINII to the alarm which it excited. thrash Mr. Casititqy streired some severe bruises. 'laza ID and Co. respectfully rewind the PubliP. • that • Lot , ery on the good 1114 Plea. fume as Thirty years bats, hellos Drawing NEXT WEDXESDAY,, WI which day all the following Capitals obey be draws (aa "'ere its so fiord Edam) :—Three of 20,0001, Two of 1 0,0001, Two of 5,0001, of 2,0001, Teo of 1,0001., hesiikos 0,,e Hundred mote Nous of 5001..5001, add 2001. HAZARD aid Co.'s Old-established Offices, Royal.Eschatige Gntr ; 20, Curuhill ; sod 324, Osford-streer„ ',hwy. was wild Three Piing of :0,0001. is the Last Lottery sad preceding Contract. We understand from a friend, who has been in the habit of 'porting over the hills in Cardiganshire snd Radnorshire for forty years, that a large num h,r of birds, of a description be never saw before, lately made their appearance, particularly in the vicinity of Rhayader. They are of the plover Furrier, and some of them very beautiful in their plumage. PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—For • number of years ts many Government buildings have not been known to be erecting or under repair es at prevent. Windsor Castle ; Cumberland Lodge (in Windsor Park); Hampton Court; Buckingham House, nod bew Mews at the back thereof; St. James's Pa lace; Pavilion, B. ighton ; new Courts of Law; Royal Entrance House of Lords, and many other public Inuldinge, which undoubtedly occasion many work men to be employed, sad will likewise enme them the whole, of most of the winter. tacit**. • . . DICIT-Lllll. thiselegOut theatre was last sight elowikd, aor. withmessehog the worthy, wee in every orty . egisinet it. &Kiruna"; farcical comedy of WiittligUre was Immured. end from the strong cast of eminent performers could scarcely. fail of being attraative: Mr. EilisTos, as Roger. acted with great spirit and whim. Lktiewou, in Mr George • Thunsier, was well received, and iu his speech to Jo%.mi Dory, on their arrival at Ltidy drisaraath's, that Wheu it was " known who he was, they should meet wither hearty welcome," the auckeuce egeiw seized Ihio opporta. city of 'hewing their respect to this admirable actor. Mr. TERRT, us John Dory. woo very good; Mr. Knicur, as Sim, gave a fine proof of rustle simplicity; sod Mrs. W. as Lady imo• raark, drew a faithful mid elegant portrait of the . amiable Quskerress:. she was warmly and de. eervedly applauded. • After the play, Mrs. K. Nutmeg appeared for the second time as io the farce of The Agreealde Surprise, wills the happiest effect. COWENT-CIRRVEN. Sinee the commencement of the present season several new performers have been introdiwed on thaw boards. and, generally speaking, with decided success. In the tragedy of Douglas, last 'vesting. the character of Lady Randolph was sustained by Mrs. W. CLIPPOED, who appeared in a first-rat tragic part, the season before last, at the Haymarket Theatre. This Lady possesses conoderable.eset, end is skilful us isaaimpjag end sending heraeifi of all those "appliances" which conduce to s sioge effect. This would entitle her performance to very brief notice, but she also eviuced capabilities of no,. ordinary stamp in exciting the feeliugs of the anis dience, which were not suffered only "to emit an. busty spark, and straight grow cold again," but au. eonspanied the noble mourner to the last scene of her desolation. A young Gentleman, whose name we understand is Sisson, and who is nephew to Mr. C. KEMBLE, made his first sppearsuce as It'orvaL His external appearance (to use a word which is sometimes applied out of mere compli. ment, but which in this case is nothing more than the truth) is prepossessing:. his features bear some resemblance to those of the distinguished, actor to whom we have alluded, and are capable of strong and varied expression. He is very young, and seemed under the influence of that timidity as naturally to be expected in such • situation. This was particularly observable in the delivery of his first speech, and was gradually diminished, though not completely removed, during the evening. It has been observed that the genius of the author was most conspicusus in the oturatiee past of the cha racter; Mr. Mssoc, we think, was most successful in what may be termed the dramatic part, us i• the interview with Gleserileori; there he played with great effect, and the Grey blood mantled in his cheek. as if he possessed a congenial spirit with the Dangles so proud of stable bank, used images for warlike fame. The whole performance, Seared, was one of great promise, and any I , trivial faults" are fairly to be ascribed to inexperience. It was re ceived with uaqualified apptobatiop.end ‘ the „youth ful and interesting appetite/ace of 'lithe shepherd Norval," which aceosded so well wish the poetical fancy of the author, contributed in some degree perhaps to it. favourable reception. Mr. BART LEY, who never undertakes what he cannot per form well, played The Stranger with ability and success. The Waged, woo announced for re petiliosi 'midst very general applause. The musi cal farce of 7'he Poor Soldier followed, in which Miss BEAUMONT. as Patrick, was loudly encored in the two wanes of "Hose happy the soldier," and " The wealthy fool with gold in store;" this flattering wont:a was certainly not more than they deserved. A Mr. KERLIN made his first appear ance as Darby. He possesses a fund of dry hu mour, of which he was iso niggard, and which afforded a great deist of merriment. He wus re ceived with the cordiality of a favourite, and be is likely to become so. The new mein-donne of Ali Parks, that veteran is wars and cruelties, who has ceased to be terrible, ' and who is now destined to strut and het his hour upon the stage,"• farmed a very satisfactory con-, elusion to the entertuinments of the evening. TER WEST LONDON. As usual this elegant little theatre was: crowdect last ugh& belies the rising of the curtain by • very petite,' &atheism.. The burletta of My Gr - aredfuther's Will" abounds with mirth and au. term. and the performer., Messrs. BRUNToN, HOOPER, LoTEDAT, Miss BRuNTON, and Miss Ho tnswsc.arquiited themselves with considerable spirit, and their exertions were rewarded by re peated bursts of appirmse. 'Loathe, or The Koli bees of Bagdad, or indeed it may be called The Forty Thieves, was repeated for the thud time at this theatre, a nd met wish decided success. We understand that a rencontre took place en Tuesday morning between Sir HUDSON Lows sod the Baum Le! CilAs. eldest sou of the Count of that name, apposite the house of the former, when the Berm& applied a horsewhip to the shoulders of the Major-General.—(Erinting Paper.) Colonel Sir A. CHRISTIS had his shedder disk.. cited on Saturday lest, during the review on Chat ham Liner, in COOllll (pence of his horse falling. The funeral of the Waist ono of the Doke of NSWCASTLE. which survived the Duchess a few days, took place at Bothamsall, yesterchy at 11 o'clock, in a private manner. The cafiu was coveted with rich crimson velvet, and decorated as the others. with silver ornan3ents, dec.- On the plate was the following inscription : The Right Hosooroble LORD GEORGE► PELHAM CLINTON, Soo a the Doke sod Mellen of Neweastie, Died October Sib. 1822, Aged 1$ dap'. A great number of respectable people were admit led into the vault to see the splendid coffins, and in the course of the afternoon it wag finally closed, by turning so arch over the steps which lead into the vault, and levelling it with the ground. The Caledonian Canal will be opened from sea to sea early next week. A number of gentlemen of Inverness and neighbourhood sue to accompday Mr. GIUIPIT, of Waternish and Castlehill. one of the Commissioners for tilts great national work. on this first interesting voyage, which is to be unties tsken in the Loving's: stenaa-boat. OFFICJAL iCkirthESt.iskii city OLlC.ilialk. ~_ A serious miessihreetaadiug has arisen between the Committee for conducting the affairs of Lloyd's and the &triter . y of the Admiralty, which list created a. great Isesestion among the subscribers to that establishaient, and, indeed, the whole com mercial interelt of the City. Every body knows or has heard of the nunisrone piracies that have been cosissitted upon British capital, in the plundering of our ships upon the toasts of the Havanuah. or rather the island of Cubs. We have frequently called the attention of the public to the horrible atrocities which have marked these robberies, so disgraceful to our flag; to the vigour and intelligeute which ought to exist at home, and the spirit and activity which once characterised our navy. Ritter complaints were made. sttafe particularly by the underwtiters, who ore always the greatest sufferers, and these were answered by assurances in the usual style of official perspicuity, that is, "making that darker which was dark before." At lot, about a fortnight sincsn four vessels of war were dispatched to increase the squadron under Admiral Rowley, and •lech. was, in slue course, most pompously announced is the Ministerial Prints. 111 the mean time the corres pondence has been going on betweeo the "mash. 'wed authoeitiee," as the French have it ; stud this has ended most abruptly, and left both parties in mutual and bitter acrimony. The poetic Secretary. it appear*, in his correspondence, had desired that . two of the Committee should wakt upon him at the Aelmieelty. This inundate gave great offence tir the City aristocracy : they demurred to what they conceived to he derogatory to their digniiy ; and they, net in official politeness, "declined," but is very plain terms refitted to comply, alleging that in all interviews heretofore they (the Committer) had invariably the honour of an interview with their Lordships, bud not their servant. Now, holding office, it appears, begets an iovemed rather than a prescriptive sight, cad the Right Hon. Secretary was commanded by their Lordships to signify to the dignitaries in the City that ell correspondence for the future must cease. We must, for the pre'ent, WI the busineva be comes perfectly public, avoid making further obser vation upon those differences; but we cannot help remarking, that the mercantile interests of a coun try so purely commercial as this is, sisorld stet be sacrificed to points of etiquette at so serious a mo ment, when ruin, from neglect somewhere, is staring a most respectable class of his Majesty's subjects in the face. The feeling of the Committee seems to be, that they cannot rely upon any verbal trans. action where the one party doubts or contradicts the most decided proofs brought forward by the other, and that with an official arrogance which time has made now habitual, but which must eve► be disgusting. FESTIVITIES AT 11ACKNESS. Sir John Vanden Bampeile Johnstone, Bart. who has recently come into possession of the estate and manor of H•ckness, entertained, on Tuesday, the 15th instant, his numerous tenantry, together with as many of the tradesmen of Scarbrough as had been to any way connected with his family, in the true style of old English hospitality'. A very sumptuous dinner was served up at three o'clock. Sir John was supported at the table by -- Hill, Erq. of Thornton, mid George Johnstone, Esq. his brother-in-law. The party, which set down in the large room. consisted of upwards of a hundred. The wives and daughters of the tenantry were sc. •oommerlated its • separate apartment. On the worthy Roemer' health being drank, he made a most patriotic and energetic speech, in which he took a view of the state of the country, and the impetions tall upon all men of property to stand formers', at the peseta utornent, sod male such sacrifices •s the circumstances of the country re quired. He alluded in his address particularly to Il►e poor, whose spirit had. in better times, raised thou above the asking of parochial relief, and ex pressed his determination to give the utmost coun tenance and encouragement to such as should h►nceforth display so laudable a disposition. He paid a neat and indeed a well•merited compliment to his relative, Mr. Johnstone, who had devoted himself to the business of the estate for the lost 13 year►, sad who had surrendered it to him, at the expiration of his trust, its the hest possible condi tion, confirming • declandion . highly honourable to his own feelings. and peculiarly gratifying to hi. hearers, by this irrefragible armament. that et the loaf west day he had hot a single teasel in orreur. This young gentleman, just returned from his tra vels, promises to support the distinguished character of his ancestors, and to be an ornament to the country. A band of, music was engaged for the occu►io•, and the festivities were kept up till a late hour the following morning. The battle between Mors, the Beth timers, and Flowers, the smith, for fifty sovereigns, was to have taken place yesterday, near Weybridge; but owing to scree enemies befog found bivouacking for the purpose of spoiling sport, a truce was airetti op. & until this morning, when it is fixed to take place. 6 lo 4 on moss. Ou Friday evening. the 11th inst. as Mr, JOHN. SON, Of Bedsit, was uu his road home from North . allerton races, his horse took frightst a tree that had been felled and imprudently left on the toed. Mr. J. was thrown, and big death was thereby nee.... sinned. . _ Ou Friday sentsight PATRICK Coccauvr, of Chuster.le.Streer, memo r fell from a scaffold 80 fret high, at L.ainbtors Kill, and broke several ribs, mud oar otherwise dreadfully bruised. As soon as Mr. LANBTON heard of the accident, lie gave orders for every attention to be paid to the sufferer, and that his nor's bliould be continued 'till his recovery. THE iik.rust AT TAiTEILCALLA Ocrossii 14. CLARET STARES. 310 1 agi4 Moses I 4to 1 apt Polk Mona. 31 to apt Swap BEADY. 13 to 1 art bro lo Moats i IN lo I scat e. by Sontheari I. I opt Emily cult 120 to I apt soy utlmr. 11 to 1 asst sister to Sailu ° r A r:O . lo 1 sgst sister to Sultan. NEW IWATeII ES. Mr. Charlion's Meister Henry is matched airaine 4 Lord Poley's Suites. three lime., fur 500 guineas each. et she reeve', Meeting, the First Spring Meeting, and the detober Meeting, al riewmaiket. iOX-lIVNTING ANECDOTE. The late W. L•ehp, Ent. of Carder,, Cheshire, kept s pork of fun hosed* many swaransa, which be hound loimaref. Is the hitter stemma him life he always retro wed home to dieser, whether the sport was concluded or sot, leaving the care of his peat in fill Ant whipper•in, who freluestly mode au Massy calls of his 'dad, etre a good run, that he was ineeps. ble of informing hie master of the arts of she day. Rettig oae MINOS liner tiara usual, Mr. Leehe seat fbr him, and Lollop him beep drunk, told him he might go about his hie and Ita would get soother whipper-io. Yesy well, Sir," said Sail, "and if you were to get a tend hanteasan at the same time, it would Be quite as well fur the hounds." Mr. Leese, it oat of' infinite humour, was so pleased with • It* asseaant dello reply, that flows continued in his place. COMPORT Fun LOV NRS. THE NEW MARRIAGE ACT. The Chester Chromick coutnins a letter addressed to it by William Harwood Folhott. Esq. of that city, or which the following is an extract : "s It certainty was my wish and intention to soliejt the la. habitants of this city to gigs • Requisition to the Right Worshipful the Myer, to call • Public Meeting to petition his Majesty to safer the Parliament now mt. Awed to November tiles so meet fur about a week, fur the express purpose of repealing this abominable Act • but as 1 ant this day informed, by the Ri g ht Re v . th e Card Bishop of the Diocese, that the person wbo inirodured the Bill I allude to wield hoosodioto/y, upon the meeting of Parliament, inoVe for its repeal, I relinquish my project." BRIGHTON, OCTOBER 23. The weather here is once more favourable; thut is, comparakively so : the wind has subsided, the rain ceased, and, to-day,•we have had lengthened intervals of calm and sunshine. The Stockton, of Sunderland, continues on her beam-ends, close un der Williams's Births, and hopes are now enter tained of stopping her leaks, and floating her into • dock to be repaired. The fragments or the stone laden Portsmouth sloop, which went to pieces by unfortunately running foul of the Stockton, col. lected into one rude heap, and then divided into lots for the conveaience of purchasers, have been sold for fuel. The remains of the Expedition, of Scarborough (not the Independent, as by mistake mentioned), wrecked at Portobello, have been dig. posed or in a similar way, and principally for a similar purpose. We mentioned, in a former letter, that the Dutch galliot which had take n i n pil ots 'f rom thi s place had been wrecked on this side of Newhaven. It gives us much satisfaction to correct this erroneous ru mour; the said vessel got safe into Newhaven liar. boar, and where, at present, she as safely remains. The name of the master of the Expedition, who unfortunately perished, as before described, was Robert Cawthorn. RETURN of Ow ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION. The late accounts of this expedition, which reached Great Britain through Montreal, prepared us, in some degree, to expect its return by the annual Hudson'. Bay fleet. On Friday last (Itrth instant) Captain Franklin, Doctor Richardson, and other officers of the land expedition, arrived in Edinburgh, having posted from the north, where they were lauded from the Hudson's Bay ships. They waited on Lord Melville, the great pro. motet of this and all the other remarkable Rri , ish geographical expeditions at present on foot in dif ferent parts of the world ; and, before leaving Edin burgh, which was the evening of the day of their arrival, visited, along with the Professor of Natural History, our splendid Museum. Their discoveries, we understand, will entirely alter our present views of the geography of the northern regions of North America. iVe a►e also iuformed, that the gentle. men of the expedition, one of whom, Dr. Richard son, is a native of this city, are of opinion that Cap tain Pur►y will, in all probability, be able to double Icy Cape, and reach the South Sea.—(Fdiabargii (Mse►ver.) _ ACCIDENT.-On Wednesday evening, between levels and eight o'clock, as the Uxbridge coach was passing np Holborn, the axle-tree broke, and three of the outside passengers were thrown with great violence from the roof: not man was seriously hurt s and taken to the shop of Mr. Lumen?, High Hab born: after bleeding, und the application of leeches, he was sufficiently recovered to be removed home ju., a hickney coach. At Gloucester there were sixty-five prisoners for trial, two of whom, K. Clarke, for s t ea li ng n bee hive, and Admire( Price, for stealing two straw bon nets, were sentenced to be transported for seven years. The latter prisoner is an old and hardened offender, though only twenty-five years of age, having been twice before tried and convicted at the Sessions. in the present year, for which lie suffe►ed various periods of imprisonment, ■nd wns once whipped. On receiving sentence, he addressed the Chairman in the most audacious manner, wishing "he might remain there till he came back !" A Coroner's Inquest was held on Wednesday last, at East Monitore, on view of the body of JA mg, wife of T.WHITTLE. pitmen. Verdict—" That the deceased, by reason of the bad behaviour of her husband. having become delirious and out of her mind, did poison herself." This couv le, both very young, had been married about a quarter of e year. and separated a mouth. The wife had requested her husband to take her into his house again. which he refused. and even persisted in his refusal when he knew that she had taken poison. and was lying at his door in the agonies of death ! The wretch did not charge his wife with having committed any clitne,(lyne Me,cury.) Litt ImrstuGENclt COORT OF KING'S BENCH. Wernitlstra, Tsblusat, °crony* U. Before the LORD Chirr !VITO= and Spreial Juries. DAMEDEN AND ANOTHER v. ASHIOI/1 AND ANOTHER. Mr. GVINE* said, the l'laintiffs in the present case were farmer. of the pots-horse duty; the De fendants livery-stahle.keeptrs in Gray's lun-laue, in an extensive line of busineos i and they were more especially engaged in letting horses and car riages for funerals. The present action was brought for the purpose of setting at rest a tierilithi which had arisen respecting the mode of paying she post. horse duty. By the Act of Q 5 Geo. 111. it was provided, that postmasters letting horse 6 and car riages for hire. where the distance which the hirrse was to go could be ascertained, should ply lid. per mile; when they were let by time, and the lII*. tance could not be ascertained, then the duty to be paid was 19.91 per day. By the 57 h Geo. 111. it was provided, that when the hire was a specific sum, then the duty to be ohe quarter or that sum. Mr. Gamey contended, that when the distance could be ascertained, the duty was to be paid by the mile and not by the day. If there were any case in which it was possible to know where the horse *us going with more certainty than in any other. it was in the case of • funeral—and to take a coach and horses for the day in such case, Could wily be for the purpose of fraud ou the farmer of the duty. He would shew that in the instance of the fonerat of a late Nobleman, al though the distance was well known. several car riages were hired by the day. The Learned Cowl sel Said, there was another point arising out of 11 , 1 s case for the opinion of his Lordship. He these enumerated the different Acts of Parliament for licensing and regulating hackney-coaches, and con tended that, out of the bills of mortality, eten a tingle pair of horses were not exempt from the duty; and within those limits, when a hearse or mourning.coach used more than • pair, they were liable to pay for them under the post-horse duty. Mr. SCARLIIT—" Your Lordship knows it has been decided that persons going to a funeral do out travel post." The CHIEF JUITICI—" It has been decided that the deceased does not." Mr. GuasEir then called his witnesses. George Stogy!, nn undertaker, proved that he had on various occasions hired horses of the Defendant, but could not speak to any precise date, to attend funerals. He recollected having done en in the last year. about July or August, for the funeral of Lady Henley. Believes there were two carriages ■nd four horses in each; went from Hertford -street. May-fair, and went to a small village on a cross country road to the left of Northampton ; did not hear the name of the village; did not know previous to setting out where he was to go, as they were to be met by a person at Towcester, who was to conduct them the rest of the way. It was • bad road, a long way, and witness thought he should mare reach his journey's end. All the applicsticn wl kit witness made to the Defendant was, to inform him that he wanted such and such carriages for so mail days. Witness •lso recollected having carriages and horses at the funeral of • Mr. Bray, of Greet ttussell.street, but bad no distinct rcci•llectioit 4.f particulars. Mr. Bywater, an undertaker, in Grosvenor-street, furnished the funeral of the late Lord Dysart. in March, 1841. from Ham, near Richmond, to Ham. lingham, in Suffolk. about eleven mil. s below Ipstvich. Hired the horses, four sets of six horses each; knew where he was going before hr left town; sent to Ashton for horses for seven or eight days, he could not tell which; generally reckon the horses to travel thirty miles a day; does not com municate to the livery-man the distance; can safely take an oath never hired by the day with a view to to evade duty ; did not know any thing of the duty paid by the Defendant. Witness charged so snitch for a day's work—it did not make any dif ference whether he went twenty or thirty miles in the day. Paid for returning empty, as well as going out full ; could not always soy bow msoy miles he was going when setting out on a journey, as coaches were frequently ordered to go out of tlr.tr road to take persons up ; had in some cases hired coaches and hearses In town, and to go wither the distance prescribed to hackney-coaches, which were sometimes drawn by four, and sometimes six Wives. Mourning coaches ■nd the horses employed were mach more valuable than these employed iu hack ney-couches. Mr. Smith, another undertaker. was collect, whore evidence was merely a corroboration of the former evidence, and On the suggestion of the CitreF JUSTICE, • verdict was taken fur the PI if for 400. ; the point of law as to the construction of both Acts of Parliament bring reserved for tbe future Oproluu of the Court. THE KING S. HOWARD AND OTHERS. Mr. SCARLET? said this was an indictment pre_ "rived against the Defendants by a Gentleman named Donnell, charging them with hewn coo. spired to defraud the Prosecutor of 1,2001. which he hod committed to their care to invest for him it, good securities, by a pretended mimic, to the Duke of Marlborough for an annuity, against the wishes and desire of the Prosecutor. The Learned Counsel having stated his case to the Jury, called the following witnesses to support it : Richard Minorll, the Prosecutor, stated, that before the year ISIS he carried on business as a stationer in St. Martin's-court ; he was in the' bribit or employing as his "gents Howard and Gibbs to lay out money for him. In the brgintaiag of 1018 they received from witness 1,10)1. 4s. 6J. foe the redemption of an annuity which had been granted him by the Marquis or Sligo. Several intervfews took place between the witness and the Defeod ants relative to the disposal of this sum. Witness generally saw Mr. Gibbs upon it. Witness wished to have the money. but Gibbs arltisod him to lay it otst with the Duke of Marlborough. To ties Witness objected, observing no one would Irul the Duke with a shilling. Gibbs mirk "lj have,got the old Dake's will," to which witness aoswased, What's the ale of the old Dalites r: and they separated fo r t h a t ti m e; • filter th'ji wit. ness had severa l . interviews vrith 9014, otho,re peatedly promised him his money., Afterwards witness ,a* Ilowstd and Gibbs together, anti ors 4 ; NI ' r 1 7.. • . : { 4l tip • t p. 11 1 ,? 1 t . t I I s J ft. 1 4