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COMMON COUNCIL. Out I. DH A L L. A erne woo held 'yesterday, which was very Numerously eNeoslo i • REcoftvEß informed the Court, that sinew last he Iced t h e wooer to attend them to the exercise of his ditty as Co e v iesei, he bad received from the Court of Alder. he a ppointment to the highest soil most houniirairle 1 7 1 ,, - I it to whieh any Genitetisati of the taw could succeed. itlor"one hot tinly to en render iiitu their hands the office at eon Setjeatit, which lie hid held fur several years, as, he1 . 7„,44 rink their approbation of his conduct. He wished hirottlf possessed of guillemot power of Isugoage to exposes the reeling. of gratitude *Melt he hid felt towards themevery hour or that period, anirertich he insist con tinue t o feel 111 the lest mimeo of hie life. Ile never could Swot that he hsdeabortly aiter•hia appointestiti, all unasked to him, reeriecil fwas them a liberal aritlitiou t o the p uoo l o _ ruente of the office. end that be had saberepiently enjoyed, lett which ww. of higher importance then emolument'', ' their feed ant constant regard. During the last year,. from the emote! Istillotttea of the hie Recorder. lie hint hen c alled pe to discharge a pontos of the duty of that Aim so far sis it rinser rued the atieudisce of the Clime - teal Court at the Old atol forfora short petite', towards the otose of his life, that Ant, lila &lodged un limo allogethi r. He bad ale had the hnsiners of the Mayor's Conti its his heads, sheen the Commis of London hail the privilege of recovering small debts by peoneeliug to attachment of the person of the debtors to a mire direst way. He bad 'lever failed so remind the reams what a Fetal astrautage they enjoyed is !vine enabled to brtieg ibew 'action ai Commuu Lewin that Court. iestesd of being compelled tolesort . at once to the superior Condo of Westminster There was no lo bster or exerhon, whether el Owiutellett or nay other, which to apply to the doilies of Isis he was nit prepared chaos fully new s jin a lopo. The Worst and most zealous acrviCe of the leneett life, were no more than whet would be due to them fur the f moor' whirl, he Lail received. Ile begged most respeeifolly is take leave of them as Cammorf Serjeant., wish. tog them alliappinine, and that the great City of London might coutoote to etijuy prosperity, and hold her privileges umitapsiod. ~hike her riches cunt noted ruereakieg. He prayed that they might all enjoy the highest degree of happiness which this world cool.' afford them. He concluded by pro misiog to lay oat all the powers of hie mind in the discharge of the high duties which had sue fallen on The LOCI) MAYOa snid, that, Os eouseqsenre of the re. ingaillien of time otike of onIWOO SCljeaot. it scold he for the evert to proceed as soots sa possible to elect another Gentlenvin to fill that situation. Ile had received a requisi tion to that effect, which should he lead to them. Mr. SLA DE said, 11101111 e Conti had beer.' from the Re. evader sonic part ' , oleo; as In Hee roomer and importance of the duties of Comea, Serjeeet, He begged leave to as sure thee:on:l,4m behalf of the requititiouitts, that in seek ing the loloplino of seine measures to wee ure the election of C• esellewian of ate highest lege' Wrote sod isformatioo, • they were not acted on by any piety feeling whatever. Mi. HICK, Oe owe of the requisitionists, denied that they had the ekctiou of any one Kt ntlentan in particular in view; to testify sloth he would have the requisition read. - The fentii‘illoil was then read. Mr. SLA !Meant it world be seen that the requisition was quite destitete of parts elusions. The tinportsnce of select ing a Castleman suakjlllily eligible was the ammo consider ation. The tarsal office was one which might be con sidered a step-ladder to Le highest honours of the State, omit eseht. ouly to bet tilled lay a. person possessing the highest Went, in the law. Futtatuidely the country could boast the possession of such Warts in richer abundance than any nulnt country hoEurope. His object is rising was to en deavour to remove some trammels which went to feller their choice, which trammels were at present imposed on it by the itgulatiens of their standiug orders. There were some pre rerienta of the rates laying bees purchased. He thought that they Que.% to take care to du away the effect of them un the cletractec of their' Crowe election,. It was as office. of that nature which should Lever lead to a hope that any our might acquire it by purchase: the moppositme existing at nil oniii.l Lea hi.r to the application of prulessional mew of high intents soil houourable feeling. it would be Deceit: ssre e ie theeext place, to free the election from the mirk- Hoe WO. 54th eta miaow order, which declared that no place of proll, er emolomeut could he taken or held by any one who had not o to, !ears a Getout, of the City. Except- • tug *mope, l on. , n.yi".eenn o, there hail hardly ever been • (rookie/4n of the law react) to take this office out him on ereasiquauf racaey. It was ouly nee, story to look at the high important.. of Hite office iu times past: from the time of LordClhinectior Jrf'eries to the distance of a hundred rats after the office had been a eteppingettone which tended to rsi'e those who held it to the Ciiief Jesticeships of the ten fonds. It became a duty which they owed the public littorals to 6x 1111 the persist of the higheist qualificat 1111 l sithout reference to any oilier motive. He flattered hint self that the same feeltug would ',equate the whole Court is making their election. He would move— First, Thatt he office of Common Serjeant having become want foim the vssi,oiatios of N. Kotrolys, Erg. the said °Ste be fired vp tea *hellcat Cuart, to Lee held the 24th iteitent. gerondly, That the 54th standing order, restraining the eketion to offices of trust or emolument to persons who had beets frogmen fur two years previututiy, be suspended with regard to the said eleetion. Thirdly, Thai the pull, should any be demanded, be kept open from one to three o'ckal on the avid day. Lastly, that instead of the slectititi being annual, the election should iu this case be during the pleasure of the Court. Aldermen RRO I NE said, that as the Judges were ap. pointed to he iildrpreldrltt of the pleasure of the Crown, eon so lie illei.oht Oat the Common Seijeant ought to be inade as ind•pta•leut Lai poaible of three who elected him. He belimerl Oi it the late tiot.h e of the Reetordership had actuaily refried to nrcept th appoisolonelli doting the plea sure of the Vona. They ought to lo•stow it as they did on that occaotte. Mr. S. DIXON remembered very well that Sir J. Silves ter refused the appuintateut ou the terms first offered—that th v Court were induced to alter and Kornai the Resolution, and :sec him the suffice as he bad smoked et, 'during good helts.mar. Mr. DOtNPO2D said, that for tweedy years the late iterordeehed Lrt h the rare iu the usual , nod no toconvesience bud lo.en outoolaitted of, either Ly how or the Coart.—(Thi• was denied by Aldermau licuoue.)—He ap. pealed to the Journals for proof of hes accuracy. The minutes relating to the last electioa iu 1803 being nod— Alsteretati BROWNE said. it appeared that the election took place wilbuwt specifying any coaditicio whatever—ROl! he w•traded that they ought 10 elect tire person who wee to CI so high a judicial use, us the swot eisdrpeoileni terms. He would have it done its the very terms in 10)1(.6 tho Judges were appointed. He was astonished that ihere should he • werd of among those who displayed its *hat cavil so lively a3iuloosj of the prerogative of she Crown. Sorely they did nut whit lu hold • prerogative which they Amsted to the Crows. He wowed, as as assesidisseoh, that the se "'ink 860 vId be adined to Ile Resoiutiuo for suspend ing the 94th standing iirdcr- 4 Add Ilia) the Oadifromil circled shall cout,oue ha hold the odice dosing gaud be h.no•r." After a few word. from Alilrma. TENABLE, and Mr. 11 Yf. OW AlltritliMel4i was wiihdrawas. The two first Itosulutiuns acre thee pot and carried. A abort discus.iou arose or the motive /or keeping the Poll open for two hours, because it eoutrevemed the 35th °Pier. which required the election 10 , couchette is •.'e hour. The Resolution for coationisa the poll from one iu thrirc was carnal; air, another itermalutios fee awapeodiag 'he uperetn a of the 3.5411 Malthus order s with regard to dia estrum attctios. CONDUCT OF ALDERMAN WAITHMAN. Tlie Resolutinn of tic late Comma. Han, exProoloo of 11- kalt. to th.!7 Committee of laqa t ry h a l o th e O utrages. at Kultblebrid g e. was then reed to the Court. Mr. FAVELL stored, that the Rtmolatioa be calends's tbr lminials of the Cow t.—Ordered. A:derrnen BROWNS then rose to fulfil hie promised AN an in q uiry into the conduct of Alderman Vtaiih lilac on the iuqoest as the body of lleoey. lle felt great pain and difficulty in doing it, and Ito was most antioas to disclaim all peraunal best or _duly malice in bringing the ' sob : lett forward. Pubic men were public property, and their conduct, especially when. filling offices of trust, must ! be subjected to scrutiny; and examination. He knew the consequence of chat he was doing ; he was aware that the Peeiniutr seventy of dist he had to propose might sonic day or other be applied to bis own conduct. He tboUught it doe not only to the character of the Court, bat to that of the worthy Alderman himself, that the facts should be examined, that he might come out either ftee from blame, or that in the eonerary event the Court might he cleared from any partieipatiou in his miceutiduct. Ile 'two proceeded to re capitulate some of the pm:peelings which took place cos the. day of the plumed funeral, and on'the fueierad. and iniast of Honey did naiads. The thanks-of the Court hail beeu gives to the worthy Alderman for no eundoet to Knights_ badge our the day of the funeral of Honoy and Francis. is his opinion that vote of thanks ought to have 141.1. sidered relatively with the coutlat of the • Sheriff on the inquest, whereas 'ots• aqiice was :alien of thee cooduct iu the deseassien .sir the vole of thanks As to the dieereltnee ou the inquest, conooletieig the port be • took as that of an individual anxious to • succour the vp• presvol, it was highly honourable to him; lad the • situation he did, it was medico as oinconstitutioal as any that ever was charged meatus' the worthy 'Alderman or army other officer. Ile, in the event of rudder having been mnn muted, or a hill for wilful meirder fouud by liseGratot Jury, I would, no the proper utlirer, have bad.no to suiom, take Jary, and, In case Of couviction, to 'execute the offender, Now it was necessary that justice should not only be pure', io all its ewhecuistratiou, bin that it shooed be free from the ' iboasaiidth part of the shadow of ea sheds of suopicluo. Her' would put the. ease of a soldier onqrkelly Mock with is brickbat by the mob, and pupping Ids colleague of the, worthy Alderonn in tho Shrievaliy to' base been as busy io banging the offentlei - juatiee, Mould 'they hare domed day expreniod of demure too Meese ? Would they Imvs becu smarted with! patting 'lt • or. reidd• is marble oc the wails of Guadliell?.. 1 1 401111 any lAttOg $llOll of qu lihelick erected of every eromorpad iu and 'bud, film effy'blive 'al/peered (heir resedineut! He wished to bare an krisher Io these qtlentione.' There irotsfil Lc uo diffeveiste . allowed Is favostemf a perdu detected ; trace establinhed,' it wooed be draiitle for the omious' •Of will as thie op. pressed. Ile main isioed abet tba-tatrtliF Al cacao, ,by the office which he then held, was readsreit the mon; tentlepersore fur such interference, though as In individual it wallet have been a matter aright," add a eery act fel' him to ioterf. re. A eery dospictehle Magistrate bsol been degas tilled from sinking a Jury because he had sobserjneal, pre node/ to his appototatia:nt to. the tare, to.the expiators of the Komestiom which were to be ivied. Heartmjunkred the, ease'equetly objectionable, *kilter the interference were with aschsquat or a Jury. He hoped he Sidldikelidegett hie' duty temperately, and with that avoided" of leetimott dot' 'party acrimony which he hr J 'monies He moved to serer. it to the Committee of Geocteal Purpo.e. so Maguire tidings(' conduct of It. Waltham% Esq. late one of the Sheriffs or. the City, before the Inquest betel on the body of Righerd: Honey, and to ' report their opinion thereon to ihii The LORD MAYOR asked who stcoutied lb* odbitlese and a pads assuring— . . - Mr. FAV ELL moved the Order a:0014y, - Mr. CROCKER hastily rose and egeptoledthe motion.-- (Laughter • Mr.DORNFORD moved the Previews question: There was no ground for the mothia, amid it was nearly fading for wad of a secouder. He condd too support it, though he differed frum the Alderman whose modloa was in decalitre, and hail sent him a letter at . the time to Iv) lout knav Mr. DIXON role, but Mr. OLDHAM art:d, that it was customary to give tote party who was implicated in thM motion an upoortuulif feel' defence, immediately Mee the queatiou was put. • t Mr. JUPP put it to the worthy Aldermen., considering how little had been rook and that the motion w.as cony s a demand for iiiqueiy, out Id -judgmeut 00 WA cuoduct, be would think it ilerossary to detain the Court, or to shriek . from In lovestigatitai which would probably redound to bis honour. Alderney WAITH M A N sold, he hoped isbeallnwed to take his own usurer. The mmtion had bees Imaging aver fie • eisosiderable time-npancts anintadversir had gone abroad respecting it; .thy.le is ofille the strait went to • Committee, be had facts to 'stale which it would be useful for them previously to know. As to the motives or the Mover, be they what they might, he. hsdnnihing to do with them; they would be judged righikyvlilte the- eon.' • duct of all other men, hy Mae public. * lkoogin, however, that they would not be benefited by the eleity. of four months, until the orencrenie of a rote of thanks lo * himself % on accouut of the favourable Report of the Committee. to which this motion sivracillitteasird as a suet weaset-Mr.-.. Again, nhy hid not the Alderman brought • charge fort the abuse or trust of othei• against thut offices to whom hie,had alluded; and also against ma r Aldermas, who was m. toot ly treasurer to a Society for conducting public /Marcus. 'ions, and also might be eulled on to and the juries to try his unit indictments? These• men had disqualified them. Wye* from effecting fit which the City eitgliteraoire them to fulfil at the Old Batley Cala. 1.1•4 lie Alderman been sincere in his public principle, he would not bare fail : el to bring the conduct angst perponi before the Cuairt. As to his condom on the inquest, it t.ad nothing of the cha racter imputed to it whatever; all lie had done was via take the names el 'Seesaw' who bast been Honey all, awilh-dter liver them ui the summuoing °Ricer on the ioqutiet, It was to he remarked how closely the proceedings it, the laquust wood.' have been conducted, had he not sought out the Aare with much difficultly, and caused the evidence to he sob. milted to the Coroner and Jury. That his 000a0Ct was free from impotation might be karat from ilsii—Owst Govern. meat bad held a secret Baguio upon it, wader the direction . of the stipendiary Police Magistrates; the questions were put (as he mould prove, were it not for endangering the nirans ofllle to lbe parties a ho !midterm' him the information) by the clerks of the police offices; all sorts of queries were urged which istigfit be supposed likely to bring out a charge of Improper Interference in the enatsagesipast of Ilse luquest against hurt, and ILe answers were all to the negative as to the object sought. Did the Court imagine that the King's Government were so full ulf leader mercies to. wards him, as to forego their resentment or his punish ment, it they could bone grouuded a rha.ge against bins of abusing his authority of Sheriff? laquiry in the open and fair mote had been raised by. Government, on every application, though he had stated to them that. he had been *sato:lied, and offered to identify the per. sue. There was still more thin that: a person named Fly bad been prodecuird by them for rioting, because be had, us much provocation, given • trooper a slap in- the face. This person offered uo evidence iii defence, and yet was ac quitted; tied Goilernm inquiry" refused He &Med that be was deprived of his emit right to kilted:re, becaluse he held the ofSee of Sheriff. The ynuager Henke, had said in the House of Commons, that he had acknowledged him self the iprortecutur at the irquitst. To this he gave a very positive iteutik, which lie would give the eeneleinan to his teeth. But because lac was Sheriff, was be to Liu the rights of humanity? His relation might be shot—a man might be murdered beton his face—w is be to lake no notice of it because Ise was Sheriff ? He would take higher groused, and spew, hat as conservator of tie peace, he was bowed to pursue and loin); to jostiee all murderers and reboots. He had that aiuhuritp -of Blackstone, wild, after describing the business and authority of a Slyeriff, al/scribed it-as a part Of his duty to pursue al) traitors, m u rderers, sod felines.. Bet acrordiug tu the Alderman, if die Sheriff saw thensdo the murder or the robbery, he Was humid to stay away. Tle• words of Dalton were stilt stronger. Ile said that nu Sheriff, Carouser, or Bailiff of the King, nary hold pleas of the Ceowo ; yet the Allperiff may itiquim .into the death of a maw, It was enough for hiealhat he hid • right tv be there, mid was there in his civil rapacity, anti had infi.rmateins of importance to give to the" inquest. There was too necessity fur his snlking the Jury afterwards—that' might base been dune by soy other officer howling the power: There was no tkim: ui the office of Sheriff to induce*, eauthleihins to hole back iisformation. It was very 'emetic:4de that the questions put by the clerks of police respeetnig his conduct, hail been again put to him through the press, and this. it was proved that he was libelled by the ngetita of Gosernment, and ac tually threatened with prosecution. He did not flunk It ne cessary to go at much length iglu the remarks which bad been merle on him in the Houle pr Common.; he thought it would be enough to' observe, Halt one wise Aldermuu de clared Holub, had uo business ale Knightsbridge --while the worthy Mr. Butterworth thought that he ought to have berm prosecuted fur not being tireseut. He disclaimed the com miseration of the A klEflOall who mused this qu•stiow; he had no dread of inquiry, soul should be sorry if his conduct would not...nbisle the test of the strictest scrutiny, fur other wridt it cutilJ not lung cuulinue mu object of soy reupeet. Mr. OLDHAM supported the question. Much is he af f.• - "mired the general coodnet of 114 worthy A liternrin. he could sibt amens u(. ha* .raked Istesfrrenee no I partnain no the iscliseatrr .ofignatiti 149 k, trust the judgment of the worthy A kit rstim otnetlyteetion of taw, chosen Ise lwd quoted very terlictl.autbogialete.. 11" AI%, Aire*" thought it hi, defy to ;why dill' he alueol himself otter the hr,t few days; inky Mg ceittinimiipultecteme? •Ide theuzht inq u i r y s b is ... letely seeming, Inhjeuitify the character of the worthy Al deflatigtu • .:'Erts+ -40 1 Mr..JVFO-.nines notjustify tie eendoet of the worthy aVlersosim, hilly astri was 41 almost ail times to admire it ; but Hoe& wages, cage made mu for inquiry, sod lie would • • imt soitiseprAt. hir.BeiDiX4 . )! complained that political qiestioas and cliarscie,tpµtomed Mit hp Win Of the Court. Ile wished I si the mt, - 4,kleicsia, hati.coo*itiel Lis jusiiheatiou to what ' took . lice•pik . Jimmie • iiiromal..; He Oiled have intruded weir, ut the.gpiticr port iii.plao, riot. seemed lu have taken ylagel qt he eftgicooy of thnforepht to see bow he wou ld' Iceboye t ‘• itowgggied,l4ljoispleresco of any civil officer ,with the li stones of Isquesti or Juries. , Mr. JAMS, support ed , ijfe, mstioq,, tied cupliiiseti the . at!. vacifats !Midi tqletsrbe derive,' to,the Court. hid, fiandhly hi the if4rfieV'Alekte4ll, frsi* . st /street tuiragigetios of his cettideiet. ' ' • • ~ . Mr. GA LlA)WAY!batiktiifiot o yet NJ hoeing brought . Otis s t ill, & ebb befor ebb C i owrlX 10 ,he had iudirectly censurill - ilti:' Wiithhy Aedctsiogr ii doing so, yet be bad proved akar pito-tin r the con4odt of the worthy Alderman wee' to be siti_fici as obit of • pihrito or a public moo, he tad 'ieudrid — i great service to hantanitii ap4Aad upheld brit aiiiiilylii.4 as a Sheriff audmau. He was surprised to hi-ni Kai ellqgpl as harms . 1014ais ill head of a poli ties! piety. • Mr. ULUIIA 4 ei r ifijno that f lte bad no such ink . ciao°. frit undelifild'iliat the ifbiecenao bad acted for the frieodi of tie deceitl: . ' 111i.'.d i LLOWAY we. glad that h« hail stumbled on a remark .110 .bi.,tl.,eisuilitd. the worthy Gentleman to re insure iht charge of political paitisauship ; hut let the Churl rriekr to the farts, which came home to theknow-, „Ifalge of tgelhen Sheriff more perfeeily than to soy other peripu. All chime who had tuformatiou to give respecting the 'tiFails orhthmey and Francis, knowing of nu channel so direct, tencitied it to him; lie became the most eligible person fey the time with *hum they could deposit it, and" lie prepared tentacle to submit it to the Inquest. Au Inquest was a enure of belch*, not of lodgment. Any one who, could eel/tribute information to the subject on hand was . bound to produce. it. A worthy gentleman had written to .' the Mderman to say that he thought the Alderman acted wrong. The Akierman was obliged to hiln fur his advice,, but hesfeted on a &truest opinion. Ai to the question why ; be had not staid till the Inquest was over, he left the In. quest when hr had tendered all the testimony he had to pro duce. But why had not the Aldermen substrilsers to the Bridge -street Associatioh bean visited with censures? Hi liked justice, but lit them have 1t eveu.handed juitice."" The Sherawas tight, in taking Ids own course, whether be_ acted iu a public or private capacity. He could witness that the Meld had been prompted in his presence testis.. mit the facts which tout come to his knowledge to the lu , quest, He did so, sad left the question to ifs fate. That ' . ftte had atigpsatizod the authors of those atrocities, and he hod tontribdted to put the queotiou in the right peiint of ~' view. tie hoped that ibe friends of humanity would uoiat itcoipt to shrink from this inquiry, which wOuld,csrlaillii :redound to the Minos( of the worthy Alderman. Mr. TATUM *Tacd io justitieathin of the conduct of tie Sberifr who had comributed information to the imistuda al he was bound built as t Magistrate and a one. , ' Mr. FAY CLL., slur justifi log the conduct of the worthy Alderwau, whom he was more than ever proud se call his friend, put It to the Court if it would be fair to attempt to impeach a hog' course of useful aad.bostoorable service, by cosautenauciiig so Inquiry into • point of alleged I,IIIIICOII. duet which no microscopic investigation —not the ingcousty of the mover, nor any tact of special pleadiug could make tangible, or enable them is any way to grasp. He ridiculed the professions of independence and impartiality which bad kern offered by some of those who supported lb. motion, . which he could hardly refuse to grant them, but that there • was no grossed whatever foe it. Mr. W CLAN deprecated the evaded of those who sup ported the hetrwe against the worthy Alderman. He was ,Wry humorous is hie deannelations of the crowd of lawyer, Whioniearian their Court. In the time of Elizabeth, when " Imeters wcr •rarer, it appeared from a history of the lale of INl4ht, that the Captain there, baring detected a lawyer harkitig on We ttri story, bad him seized—bells were:appended to Ma heels, and ha was encircled with lighted amines,' and 'ID hat mate driteo out of the island. '' The worthy orator was repeatedly called to order lo the run of hk 4ieedurse by the member. who were of !be pro le/oln of 114 . Jew, sad • louder burst of tatighter arose on ekrh 01 them 'appeals to the regulations of the Court. He ' ronnlrriest yiper many instances of thiti mirth, by imploring the Coles mot to mike itself a Slur Chamber- of inquisition at tbe instigation of any lawyers, bat to banal the motion Out lit Court. - Aldermen WOOD could not understand into what the Committee were In inquire, and would ',rata the motion. Alderman C. SMITH supported the motion. Mr. inittcomeg sold a few words in support of the cadre! of Akknann Weidman. ',dermas WiITHHAN said a few words in e7p!anation, and deseribed the requtst that bad been made to him by the relatives of Honey to.pro.erute the murderer. He bad ob jected to any mune which wuuld fix the reline on any parti cular peewit, whets it ought to attach to the first movers and bistigstors. Ur. GALLOWAY, oho hid beet present, bore testimony ItO this conduct on the owl of the setwhy Alderman. Alderman BROWNE, after a short reply, withdrew the . reettiow. The remaining orders •ere postponed, Slid ihe Court sdjourned. The Hamad, Proutitove, from Memel for Ka% was on awe st IListillus.i us the 25th ult. but rot off after die chamisag part of her eilelgo, and proceeded for Rhoachant. • THE Fe; NEs.—.Yeslerday morning provedutterly. unproductive of reports either true or lake, end the trinket was very steady. Consols were 78iile for money. end -780.truther buyer, for May ac count ; Reduced 77d; Navy 1021 i ; Long An minnow.; 11-16 tbs Foreign Stocks little doing : Spanish 600 Danis!l 80 ; Prussian 851; Coitin. Wan JO per Cent. Bonds 108; New Columbia 6 per•Ceot. 83i. The Charleston pipers which have arrived to the 15th nit. contain no news. It seemi the American Government have appointed regular convoys for the protection of their vessels against pirates in the Mexican Gulf, and on the coast of Cuba. By letters from the Hammett, dated the 2cf of Meech, it appears that that pint has bern esta blished as aii.enteepot for merchaudise of every desctiptiort s with the liberty of export end impart at the rate of one per cent. The situatiors of, that port, its superior harbour in ull seasons, end he tranquillity amid all the lateagitetions, have givta • a degree of ,importance which it 'ctsiild not have enjoyed tinder the strict monopoly of Old Spain. The overage yearly crops of assorted sugar, exclu sive of Muscovado, are said to exceed 300,000 boxes, and the quantity of coffee exported is stated at 18,000,000 pounds. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Ltseoves IDA, WIDIVIDAY, ATAIL 17. The LOAD CUANCEL4OII came lot* Court at halt.psot ten o'clock. . TUN ATTORNEY-011VMM. V. DTSON. Mr. HILT 'nosed that it should he referred to the Water, to isequire aid report whether it would be for the benefit or the charity estates that a search should be made for coal. under the 'outface of the land—and, if it should be fouud, whether shafts ought ant to be opened for working it ? Mr. HORN; Comm! fot the Defendant, said that nn • former occasion his Lenined Friend hati made a similar apphestion to hi■ Lo►dship, which had bee• refused, and it wm.irrceular to renew it. • Mr.ilaarr denied that the application alluded In by Me. Horne was the tame as the prevent ; it was true that it might' have. formed a part of the satire of intrettute, but he did not pees fur an order on it; in feet, he had tree it op on that occasion in consideration that the order would be too large. It would be is the reeolteetlen of his Lordship, that this W.ll an laformation filet by the Attorney.Geueul. at the mistiest of rertal• inhabriants in the neighbourhood of the charity Inside in the misty of Durban., complaining that the relate had been let on long Imes, and at low rents • a receiver had been appoint e d, and the temente were orSereel to anoint?, which they hod dune; but it appeared that there was COO Of moat valuable deacriptioa wailer the surface of the lam:, 'and he (the Learned Counsel) was. convinced that kit Lord 'alttp would slut prevent a charity from hewing the bent fit of working it, witen•he ireuld not refti.e it to as individual posiewsing a similar ploperty. Under those eireuinstenere he trusted that the Court would grout the reference to the • Master. 'Mr. HORNE talk he was convinced the Court would lie etarefni boes It simile such an order as asked to, by bin Learsed Friend (Mr. Raft) its the case of n'eholty, particularly in is case like the iireleut, where the informal°p had been filed in the year 1814, and had been moved once to be dismissed for went of proseCution, and a similar motion was then in I'Veraration, made aeceasary by the same cause. Hid Learned Friend bad not attempted to account for the diAsy in bringing the information to a bearing, he had pissed over the eireumstanco withont deigning to notice it. In (so, this was the motion of the receiver, who wan a Magistrate in that Iran of the country, and he wished to have the belies fit of working the coal mines at the expense oldie charity. It wialtopossible that the Master should know whether it Would or would not be fee the benefit of the charity, when :the interests of the charily bad wet been defined, and would out until a decree was made. ilecoutended, if the motion was granted, she information would never be brought to a hearing, as the receiver, and hitt solicitor, who was also the salieitur of the relators, would be perfectly coatent to sit ,thisre in the p ion of the mines, and work thein at the espense of the charity by the order of the Court. It was . welt known that property of this nature was very preeatiosts mid might never become profitable, and seldom did so, until large soma of money had beets intruded, and be was cu. taiu the Court would not allow the funds of a dimity, the purposes of which had not been defined, to be appropriated fur such a speculation. Under those eareumaisoceo, be bad no doubt but his Lordship would refuse the applicattou with costs. Mr. HART replied. Tbe LORD CHLINCICLLOR was of opinion that the applies— lieti DRS not • proper one to be made to the ease of a dui. • Ay; be therefore refused the motion with costs. tbw-parie ILOSOMAN, IN TUB 11080 LIAN, • LUNATIC. This woe a petition to remove t►e committee ofthe person of the tomtit% The cireuwitattee• of the case we have &I rma/ ,Wwwirted. The further art/tomcats of Counsel were iswatak. COTINFOF NINON BENCH, Gvu. au., LONDON, iVEDRIRIDAY, APRIL 1?. Scfordi ami LORD CRIII JIIPTICS ands Special Jury. PREEMAN Alt° ANOTIIIIIR O. THEAtT lIDIA COMPAIIf. Mr. IKLIIRTATT staled the particulars et the Plaintiffs' case. 'this was an action of (tower, to reeuver the value of forty.tuu cheat/ of indigo from the East India Company, Who were merely nominal' Defendant, !Acres! Defeo& nl s be ing the persons who had purchased the indigo, wader the fol lowing eirenrostaneee :—The plaintiffs directed their agents at Coladle to ship for their account the indigo in question. as a return cargo fur goods sent from England. The indigo was accordingly shipped tin hosed the Ci rlacros, which pro eeeding afterwards on her voyage In England, met with such bad weather, when off the Cape of Good Hope, that she be estne a Mere wretk, and was incapable of prosecuting her voyage. The Captain placed himself und, ..the direction of Mr. Christian, the agree to the owners at the Cepe of Good Hope. Some of the cargo was damaged awl some tint, and in the latter predicameut stood the indigo in questioa ; ne vertheless, Mr. Christian directed the whole to be sold at public vale, and It was bought by the persons who were the real Defendants iu the present action, and by them *hipped fur England, and lodged in the warehouses of the East In dia Company. Of all these transactions the Plaintiffs had no knowledge. The indigo, which coat the Plaiutiffs be. lween three said four thousand pounds at Calcutta. was sold at the Cape of Good Hope for 2,0001, and when sold in Eng land it fetched LW/. The question, then fore, for the Jury, was tbe right of Christian to sell. The Plaintiffs contended that be had no such right, inasmuch an the goods were not of a perishable nature, and might have been sent on to Eagland. Mr. Stammer? then proceeded to call elegem% who established the raid as ',prised. For the defence, the SOLICITOS-GUIRRAL etansined the Captain of the Cerberur, who stated the dial d condition of the vessel after the storm. She lay seven miles from the Shore, and the see continually broke over the open boat, into which that part of the cargo was pat which was saved, and, froin the external appearance of the packages, the wits's, thought the contents must have been damaged. if he had caused the indigo to have bee', unpneked, be had no means of repacking it. The salvage on 15,000/. the whole proceeds of the ship and cargo, amounted tb . 3,5001. The Set.tervolaG EN KRAL, fur the Defendants, contended that the Captain, under all the circumstances of the case, was justified in selling the cargo, It was not insinuated that the Captain had acted bows fide for the benefit of all the parties concerned. The 'Learned Counsel cited tic upi 'dui" uf Lord Stowell in the ease of the ship 'Gertrude, that although, generally speaking, the duties of the Captain were limited to the safe custody and conveyance of the Kurds with which be was intruated, yet circumstances might occur under which the cliararter of agent and supercargo would be cp,t upon him, and he (the Solleitor.Generall contended, that unle,s that were the operation of the law in the present ease, the greatest loss and inconvenienealsould result iu future both tushippers and underwriters. Mr. SCARLET! and Mr. GURNEY followed on the same side. Thelon's , CADY .It/Mitt said, there was no preposition of law more clearly established than that a person pouches ing tram one w 1.4 had no right to sell, hid no property vest ed is him by such sale or poorehaw, with the exception (whith in this case did out apply) of quids sold fa England in market overt ; but even theu no tills. would aces Lie to the purchaser if he knew dist the seller had Lot a good title. In the present case, the master had no right to sell, and Omagh he had acted with honest mentions, that could lint I, gslise the transaction. The case of the Gertrude was thfice.al; a master mogitt sell fur the porpoie 'of being enabled hi Con tinue his voyage, taut bete the voyage was at an rota, and the goods sold were not of a perialiabte nature. His Lordship thought tho Plsintitis were elearly'entit lett to recover. The Jury (Mind a verdict 'fur the lalmulaffsDamagea TUE ♦SSIGNEES OF JOHN MABERLET V. Tilt .t. - ~~ BAWL or STAIR. This was as action or two bills of exchange, oat for 8001. and the other for 300 f., draws by E. Al•ti,..ult on the Earl o f st a ir, then J. W. H. Dalrymple, Esq. dated at Eraumls lo May, 1816, and accepted, payable at Colitis and Co.'s. The bard-witting of the accepter, and the buknptcy of Nab,' ley (oho had carried ea the. business of a roirh. ruekrr), etas proved. The defence was usury, and WM that the b;'.ts, th.mg't purporting to be drawn at Brussels, were actually drawn is England, and shoal./ have had reinter esiainst as c•uddte't. From the ',ideate of the drawly. it did riot deist." atr• pear where the hills were draww. • Hastemwied eh., the see • gotiation with ltdaberley Iran carried on throagir the moss tremolos, of nee Tomkins. Warms. rere:verl Mr. merpterrees, and some east,. The carriages were afterward. 'old at T It's, and altogether f.r tin twi t tolls of 5001. (one of which was she anthert of site ef ewet /mum) he received, inetadiad the sale of the about 5001. in own, y • be bsdi of ioof. wan lirdged with Alaberlry a. a re'daleral seasick, One ass, *stows. *bleb the Witness might owe him. Thee* was an onaettied ateutiert between them. The Cuts, Jviever v. observed, that moor of the evidence' touched tiordsill of aooi. Ate. Guairtt to d in take a vercli , -1 for tir , t, •od Jury, noder his Loudthulia ditersion, roon.i acroctimely tar the Pialuta4, 393/., *sweat of 300 f. hull and Wiliest. VLL) Li.4ILEY, Aram 17. Tbe above Sessions containers' this day bitfore.Mr . .iflisl ace Palk, Mr. Jtialice Bus 'tingly the Liwil Milos. and 41,,Ider.nen. John Yale*, aged 19. and Andusel Doa;voital, aced N. wvrr capitally ind.cied 14 a burglary in tlic Wage of - Mrs. Bishop, Yofttindorrei, Vfestininiter, and stealaig Mr. Justice PARK slimmed up to lib! Jury, who pio..tatarad a verdict ufGetiffy—Death. MELANCHOLY PROSECUTION. Joshua Reed, mired 27, was indicted fur a biri glary In Cie house of his father, 51r. Thome" Rerd, builder, of If :oil, stead, and stealing 25 sovereign', SI. in silver, liti4l oilier tousles. William Perks slated, that on Sunday last, about halt% past twelve, be met do. Pi-ironer in Flask-plane, linmiestestl, who asked the witness if he wanted some nosy. ;it'd a :id he would lend hum a sovereign; witness said lie weult: row a shilling, as he should be able to pay that again: hat the Prisoner gave him a crown piers, and in so doing f; °MAI from his pocket • quantity of sovereigns, and a cloth eon- taining several pounds of silver. He said he had cif into his father', house, broke open the till, and took the looney. Witness earnestly entreated him to return, but lie refitted, aid expressed his intention to take enacts for London. Witness the., went to his mother, sad afterwards followed him to London, wher.e he was apprehended. Mr. Thomas Read amid hie son was acquainted' with the money bring in the humor. Willies, ors, at charelriliteing the robbery. The Prisoner was not weak le his mind; but irregular, nod addicted to drinking. The mitfortunate young man, who appeared affected at his situation, declined saying any thing in hi, defence. Mr. Justice BURROUGH said this was a melancholy else; but whatever might be live situation of the partici, I:e snit the Jury were bound to do their duty. There was no proof of a burglary having hero committed, and therefore-110(es pilot part of the charge was dose away with. The Learned' Judge, after recapitulating the evidence, observed, the only question to be considered was, whether the Prisoner state' the money ? Thr Jury, after a short consultation, returned a yertlfet of Guilty of stealing. EXTENSIVE BURGLARY. JoA* Nogior, aged 24, George Adams, aged S 2, LW. ward Ward, Lied 21, and Job Anson, apt! 2ti, wets capitally indicted fur burglarionaly breaking awl enirrimp, the dwelling house of William Coadell, Esq. and st.alliiig therein s great quantity of plate and other articles of calm. Mr. Platt stated, that he was an inmate of t h e Powell tor'a, wk.) resided in Oxford-street, and bad a country hoime at Centralised, iu 51Iddlesex, where the burglary wan MI On the idea of the 20th of Fanner, be made the Iteueo secure, and west to bed. About two o'clock he •as dis turbed by As barking of a dog and the sound of foulr. , 4o'• He immediately got up, took a douitiv.barrelled gun in In. band, and 'flit down stairs. He had not desireuded 'mere ibis six step when be saw a light mid figures of an... dm hall. The witness immediately fired, and persued the rola hers through the dieing-room on to the lawn, where hi saw two men running together on the grovel path, and another alto slartl amongst some bushes. He then pulled the It gir on his other barrel, bat it miss. d lire. He honer. e pursued thin, to a quickset hedge, six N'et high, but tb.y furred themselves through. Witness then reward to the house cotton his way stumbled uver a pairof eb4i, be too k with him to his bed-room, mid there dreeeedliin,- Pelf, and then alarmed the sereauts, who went in vati?us directions after the burglars. Several usher witnesses, servants, sad constajsiev. s j rre then rolled. Two of them stated, that about` a mile pod a bale from the house they overlook Naylor sad Adios. On searching the former three shiver forks ansi n cluet (stElso belonging to the Prosecutor were f. tied; Adam. „mask' desperate resistance, and a loaded pistol was foiled opOut him. The lam r had ho shoes us. About tno yards from the house a great quautity or the stolen . jsc,s. perry was found in a meadow-, apparently reedy p 4 be packed in a table cloth; near the boom a bottle of gra pu.l •n iron bar were tissoil; the oilier two Prisoners were feu s 4 about six o'clock at N•stiing-hill, in a hey cart, in *Pup!), relia found a cents e.bit. All the Prisoner" were seen the urty.e. ing evening so the neighbourhood of Mr. Conskill\h,use. Several persons gave the Prisuucts a :..rod 51..0.,:ter for Lonesly. Mr. Joilire PARK summed up at great lenzth to the July, who found all the Primmer' Ostilly—hattUs. lIIIDDL ItSE.t SgSSIONS, Vr MN ISDAY, APaIL 17. Mr. Thomas Colitis, a respectable baker in the Strand, and James Fletcher, a constable of St. Clement Donee, c.a.• indicted fur a..s.ulting soil imprisoning Peter Cooke anti John Biers, un the 7th of ['chrome], lag. It appearedsa evi• drnce, that Cooke, who is a common informer, meat into Mr. Colitis's shop, sad pun:hared some loaves, which ate. Coots being desired to weigh, and finding them short of weight, refused to give hack to Cooke. The lazier insisted up.tit having them, and during the cont-at HICIN who is also a common itifuemer, came in. Ihie,•0111i Coons then said, " I me what you are at; yun nee cant s on informers. and I mull have witnesses." He 'CCU. etttiely rent for Dlr. Jubilee°, another Baker, who, with several other neighbouis. came: in, and advised him to send for a conatabir; the other Defendant, took them onto eostedy, and earsie.l theca to Bow-street where they .vtere direhaactd, no there* having been preferred against them. It was stated !el •rirl . rat wituesses that the Prosavelora had helsay..l- to a uatragetius manner, and culleekd as inetweerc crowd a h.ut the house of Mr. Coutis. The Court belay that Mr. f!,•ntts having sold the loaves had no right the retina shrew Imes the pureiseaer.—The Jury fossil a verdict of Not Gala,. • , 1 SUDDEN DEATH. • It is aitb regret that we have to annntince.theatuldre death of Mr. Walioa. a Cowman Cutiociliniiti of the aqui of Aldersitate. Parsing by the Wh.te Hart, Tiitt•re court-road, between five and six u'elork ,estrid.iy, the ,:r. erased fell down and expired. The body was ritieurird to the %Mite Hart fur the Coruuti's I ppm.. . A new sea bank, for enclosing a Rue marsh near Burnham, has commenced. . 'MO 'lettere received from Noef...lk nod - Sultuli seolar"frirm being pativfocrorg. Qai . Eitirla,yathire woo it areal riot at IsYrelethatio, close I. the faro. petty is Sir : . THOMAS GOOCH. . •An eyries. wits rent to Norwich for the humeri. and their ifer,- ference dirperbed the areembloge. Mr. Gooch,. the Member for the cou n ty, arid Climate() of the late Committee of the House of erroomoos ou Agra. cultural Llhorress, wit present, owl read the lttoot Act haute'''. 'I -4111 ...,, ~ , • . MI