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k. S ' 4O ; • 463 'r • 4 • • „,,,,,,, - e•vovr., • • all„‘ -`2J , „ . • • ' ,7 0 , 1 • *s\t, • c„ # • If t "t r i , ,k \ * 0 a/tv a , -) . ft • it.. NUMBER 9673. MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1823. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER, AUUUST 22: EGAN.AND ANQTHEIL V. THRELFALL. Mr. TINnAL , _ in' opening the pleadings, ;aid that this was an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant for the recovery of the amount of" a 1,000/. Bank of England note, which was their property. • Mr.ScaaLET T, in statingthe case to the Jury, remarked that they were about.to be called to the consideration of a case, not alone involving theparticular interests of the parties whose names had just been read to them, but embracing also the broader inter ests of society at large in this commercial country. The plain tiffs were Messrs. Egan and Waterman, Who were most respecta ble solicitors in the city,of London, and the defendant was a per son who united in his/Scale of bustness a variety of occupations. He was a banker, as he said, but one very peculiar in his mode of banking and keeping -accounts, and of very different practice from that which was scrupulously observed in the commercial transactions of such a line of trade, whose general dealings in .the respectable way in which bankers conducted them, were not only profitable to themselves, but beneficial to society at large, and furnished both the means of preventing and detect ing a variety of frauds in the pecuniary transactions of the country. The particular case which he had to state was this—The clerk of the plaintiffs had either. lost, or had stolen' from him, a bank note for the value of 1,000/., which note was at a subsequent time traced into the pos session of the defendant; that very, circumstance entitled the plaintiff to demand of the defendant how he had become possessessed of the lost or stolen note. It was a matter of public notoriety, both by the Parliamentary returns of the Bank issues, and the general knowledge of men of business, that very few notes of that large sum . went into general cirenletion—they were more issued for the temporary- convenience of those who bad large payments to remit, and were by no means calculated to remain long in circulation, from the circumstance tf the greater value of such a sum to a commercial man in any other form, were he retaining it, than in that of a bank -note. The Jury would see that in the case of the note in question, it re mained out of circulation from time it was lest or stolen, until 15 months afterwards, when it was traced to the defendant— The plaintiffs, when the note was missed, gave every pilblicity to the occurrence. They had advertised far and near, and no banker in .England could have been ignorant of its loss.. The note was at length traced to the Ilank.of England, in the month of June last, where it'was received from Messrs Williams. and Co., bankers, who had received it from the defendant; he was upon this discovery naturally asked now he came by the note, and his story was, that he had discounted it for a person of the name of Henry, in Liverpool, to whom he had given for it several hills of exchangecun a deduction of an - lith or a 4th per cent. The bills he gave for it he could enumerate, but nut the balance in cash besides those bills; for of that, he, a banker, declared he had kept no specific memorandum. Thus, the defendant wished the Jury to, believe, that he, an experienced trader, a banker, brewer, grocer, and general 'dealer, had dis counted a 1,0001. bank-note, made an entry of the bills he gai4 in payment for it; but no entry whatever of the 300/. balance in cash, which was given with these bills. He knew, indeed, for whom he had discounted the bank-note ; he knew he had taken It from the notorious Mr. Isou Henry, a :slopseller end sailors' tavern-keeper—a Jew clothesman. But the defendant must have known more than this dills customer ; for, in the pre ceding month of October, this very Henry had'heen discharged under the Insolvent Debtors' Act; and in his schedule the defendant's name would be found inserted as a creditor. He (Mr. Scarletti would put it to the Jury fairly to consider bow such a man as this Henry, so circumstanced, could come, with a one thousand pound bank-note, to' the defendant, or to any other banker in the kingdom who had knownhisprevkita condit ithout being; asked to account in some satisfactiny waY t+: ` manner of his becoming possessed of it. Wits an insolvent' ew, keeping a lo* public-house, likely to receive such a note in the way of his business, or was he likely to be honestly made the methunt of Procuring its change for another? or if a banker, knowing 4tich a man, had Cbahged-tbe note. for him, was it likely that 'dint banker would hare neglected to par ticularize in his books the bank-notes, as well as bills; which he had given in the discount le The Learned tlentleman here mi. irately detailed the , evidence which lie bail to offer in support of the plaintiff's legal right to recover the amount from the person to whose possession he had traced the note; unless that person could satisfy them that lie had honestly and fairly be. come possessed of the property. - Charles nubbins examined by Mr. Van non a sr. ..;1 1 1,as a clerk and cashier to Messrs. Snow and Pawl's bank, London, where the plaintiffs kept an account in the name of their firm. 'File plaintiffs' clerk came to the bank on the 3dorApril, 1821, with a check for 7,ti43/. Is. 3d., and received Cash fur it, in the following: manner :-..seven Bank of England notes of 1,000/. each, one note for 500/., one for 1100/., and one for 401., theret‘t was paid in pound notes and silver. "Witnesi, as was his prac. tice, entered each note (except one pound note) separately in his book. Among the 1,000/. notes was one dated 12th October, 1020, No. 1661. George Wilkes was it clerk and cashier in the office of the "plaintiffs who were solicitors in London, and had been with them upwards of ten years. lie remembered receiving from the plaintiffs the check alluded to, and being paid it in the manner which was described by the lastwitness. lie counted them over with the banker's clerk, and found the amount correct ; he then put them into his inside pocket, and proceeded to the cashier's office of the Bank of England, where the notes were to be cancelled, that being the case when money was to be paid into the Accountant General's office of the Court of Chancery, which was the case with the amount of this check. He arrived at the Bank of England a little before 12 o'clock, and went to the cashier's office, where there might have been others at the time doing business as well as himself. The clerks of the office were busy at the Urn's. He then turned the note down wards for the purpose of writing upon one' of the pound not:s the name and address of the plaintiff's. Four or five minutes possibly elapsed between taking the money out of his pocket, and delivering it- to one of the Bank cashiers. The cashier .asked him, atter counting them, what he made the amount. Ile replied 7,843/. The cashier said it was a mistake, lie did not find so much. Witness declared that he bad just re ceived that amount at Messrs. Snow and Paul's, end not knowing the number of the missing note, he went back there immediately. lie there again counted over the notes with Mr. Gubbins, and found that the 1,0001., No. 1,601, was missing. Witness imint , diately gave notice at the proper office of the Bank; and stopped the payment. • Mr. SCARLETT here produced four newspapers, offering a reward for the recovery of this lost note— he Traveller, of April the 6th, The Conrier, of the seine date, oaring 801. re ward ; this amount was .subsequently increased, for in The Times of the 12th the reward was 2001. and esti in The Morn. big Chronicle of the 14th, these being the papers of the greatest circulation in the kingdom, and, as he would prove, in Liver- pool. Wm. Williams was one of the out-tellers of the Bank of England, and received the Bank-note for 1,00012N0. 1,061, on the 3d of July, 1822, from the pay clerk of. Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co., bankers. It was id to_ him in part of a sum of 40,000/. On his return to the Bank he took it to the exa miner's office, because it was above a twelve Month old from its date, and because notes of that amount (1,0000 were rarely out so long, he never knew an instance of it. The examiner found it to - be a stopped note, and as such it was returned to 2ilessrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co., and a charge was made upon them for the amount, 1,0001 ; they refused to acknoWledge it, unless the note was returned, and notice was then given them from the Bank that it was a stopped note. Mr. Cooper was clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Wil. hams and Co., where the defendant kept an account. He re membered receiving a remittance from him on the 211th of June, 1822. (Here the letter which enclosed the remittance was put in and read in evidence, as well as the fact of its containing the 1,000/. note In question.) Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant . Cnoss—The defendant kept an account at Mewl's. Williams's, and his account of re- Mittrinces averaged 200,000/. annually. James Low examined by Mr. linounitaet.—Was a solid._ for aeLiverpool, 'and knew the defendant, who was in that town a banker, brewer, grocer, spirit-merchant, and general dealer. He believedhim to be a bill-broker, but did not know it of his own knowledge. On the It3th of July he received a letter which induced him to call upon the defendant, at his counting-house, and inquire from him under what circum stances he got the note in question,. and - what consideration he bad given for it. lie !Oiled that he had discounted it for Mr. Isom Henry, who was a slop-seller -seller in P oo l-l ane . Witness in iuired whether it was the Item Henry who lived in Water, etreet, as he knew that the man of the Same name in Pool-line bad removed from Water-street, where lie kept an American tavern. The defendant replied that it was the same man, and • that he had received the note from him on the 24th of June, 113:32. Witness immediately repaired to Henry, and in con. sequence of what he had heard :from him. he eenunord, cited with the plaintiffs. Mr. Egan (one of the Plaintiff's) in consequence came down to Liverpool, and in corkjunt. don with witness inquired Imre fully into the subject.' The defendant admitted to .them that he had discounted this note for Henry, and giVen him cash and bills in exchange, le; ducting one-eighth per cent. They questioned the defendtit about his discounting a bank note oft that value for Henry un: der such circumstances, with out i nqu iring as to the mode of his being possessed of it t but he said he made no inquiry-- , lte knew the note to be a good one, and :that was enough for hint. In answer to Mr. Egan's inquiry for particulars of the discount, defendant gave a memorandum, which he copied from his own book. Upon examining this account there appeared between the bills given and the amount of the note to be a deficiency of upwards of three hundred pounds, which defendant, upon in quiry, said was made up with bank notes and cash ; but the particulars of such balance he informed Mr. Egan he could not make up. Upon a request to r e f er to hi s b oo k s , h e sa id th e y would afford no intimation of such details. The defendant said that the discount took place between himself and Henry in his own counting-house, when nobody-vise was present. Witness knew that he was suing Henry, being employed by the firm of which the defendant was a partner in a ,brewing concern', fot a sum of 12%., and Henry offered: Cogwavit to set de the business. Ile also knew that Henry had taken the benefit of the-Insolvent.. Act 6or 8 months before. The advertisement respecting the loss of the IMO/. appeared in the Traveller, The 7'ime3, Courier, and liforninif Chronicle, newspaperi, which were, except the first, at the time of - the notification, in very general circulation at Liverpool. The defendant did not say that Henry had got the note from a stranger living at Ids house, which was half a mile from . the defendant's. There were three bankers of eminence in Liverpool, between the house of Henry and the de: fendants.. Cress-aatnined by Mr. Sergeant Cuoss.—The reason why .witness knew the defendant to hate been a partner in the brewery, was because he had brow ht actions in his name. The memorandum containing ~the items -of the bills (7000 said to have been given to Henry for the LOOM note, was here read in evidence, and Mr. the keeper . of Lancaster Castle, produced henry's discharge under the Insolvent Act, on 21Ith of October, 1021. • Mr. Wilkes produced an attested copy of henry's schedule, which contained an-item of an acknowledged debt front nenry to the deli:adapt, for spirits. Cross-examined.--41enry was subpumaed on the part of the plaintiffs, but'was told not to came unless he was desired ; 'he was also told to attend at the Liverpool Wien-office; he ap peared there neither as a witness nor a criminal, but something between both. E.W. Jefreries. cxamined.—Was a clerk •in 11r. Lowe's office in. Liverpool, and went with Mr. Egan to check the list of has which the defendant said he had given for the 1,0001, note. Mr. Egan inquired for the particular book in which the particulars. riere entered. The defendant said he had no book, but his bill book l'or that purpose. Mr. Egan remarked that it was the custom fur bankers to have other books for such pur poses. Defendant anmitted such to be the regular course. of business, and that he had for it time adopted it, but afterwards abandoned it, upon not finding it answer. In answer to a question from Mr. Egan, the defendant said he had 'charged - an eighth, or a quartet per cent.; Or discounting with these bills the 1,0001. note. litre the plaintiffs' case v. as Mr. Serjeant ()Ross then.addressed the Jury for the defend. ant. Ile reminded them. that in the very ingenious opening of his. Learned Friend's (Mr. Sennett's) statement, a great parade lutd..been made of thenights of the plaintiff, but not one word bad Keen said of those appertaining to the defendant. - It was on that account his duty to be the more particular, in im. Mow, ing upon the minds of the Jury that part of the MSC which , 114 Learned Friend hull, no doubt for good reasons, (united, and to apprise them that the law respecting the retain. ing-postessiuri of the currency of the country was materially distinct from .. that which applied to e any other description of property. Were it a horse or a trunk that any man had lost, 'llO matter how many transmutations either the one or the other bad gone through, the original owner was invested with a sutranary.right of reporieeasion, unless, the property could be proved to have been purchased in what the law called it 4 markd mvd." Bat it was different with respect to the legal e Petty was entitled to reten tcrirn ne no y n ° la f tt th e:l l t a e n w d' th fa e r t i n n o t n h e ll y t h ti t l t e d become diverted from the original owner, if he could prove he had dilly received it in th e regular couric of his business. In his support of his opinion upon this Point, he begged to refer to the case of " Sir .1. Lawson v. IVeston,"ie which Lord Kenyon lied held, theta bill of exchange, although the party presenting it was unknown, was binding upon the acceptor, if, with a knowledge 'of the hand-writing, he had I advanced money upon it. f i o r d K enyon on that occas i on referred i to the case of " Miller v. Hate," in which Lord Mansfield had held, that an innkeeper on nagshot.heath, who had changed a note for a highwayman who had taken refreshment at his inn, tt: t othantehde their house oern" s e" was entitled to recover the amount, although that note had been previously taken by the highwayman from a traveller. It was true that . Lori Mansfield had accompanied his opinion with an obaervation, that if there were the slightest idea of fraud or collusion between b d e iff tw er e e c n n t. th i c ie hi si g i l o iw u r an or the innkeeper, the case his client had received and itiven value for the note in the fair course of business. His' Lear e n tea ed r4 F es rie tft n i t 'l l i* h i tt i t i i n t e a l l i k d e e d ne o e f t t h l: practice of London bankers. Why, Lord Kenyon, in the very case alluded to, had said, that the practice of certain banker!, whatever it might be, constituted no general rule; anti with respect to the present case, any specific rule of business, but to subvert a wholesome prac tice, and recover a IMO/. bank note from a man who bud fairly this wai'an action not to support and openly become possessed of it. ..The Learned Sergeant then dwelt upon the dangerous consequences of establishing . such n precedent in the - pecuniary transactions of the country, and complained of the cloud of repr oac h wh t i li c 4n il dLi ti i i v e ienri l t) a ti.ll l oe a l r d t f i io e rl t .. l Counsel (.Ir. Sennett) had endeavoured to cast over the de fendant. Not content with his generel trade, be had widen voured to depreciate the honest details of the defendant's occu.,. tuitions ; he wax described as being a brewer, a grocer, anti this, and that, and • the other thing. Item new among Engliah men to hear the extension of' a turn's . commercial transac tions converted into so many moral Wilts. upon his charac ter-. A brewer, forsooth, was to -.he a term of deprecia. tion ! Did his Learned: Friend never hear of a brewer, who was not only the first in his line of trade, but also the great manager of what were called the Opposition in the ifouse of Commons ? nay, further, the manager of Drury-lane theatre? (Mr. 'Whit bread). Whoever heard of that distinguished man, the great !never of the impeachment of Lard :Melville, having been up. ' braided for his private pursuits ? . Why did his learned friend set the impolitic example of making those distinctions invi. tiioU9, which, so far from being matters of reproach, were sub jects of honourable notoriety ? Was there any thing more re. markahle in the same person being both a banker and a brewer, than in the same person being both a lawyer and a senator ? indeed, he believed that he had learned friends near him, who looked forward not only to great pre-eminence at the bar, but to a similar leadership in the senate, however distinct might ap pear the two avocations. Why, then, mention them in nits invidious manner, were it not to endeavour to excite a pr e j u . dice in the minds of the jury, by mutating anti overcharging the various occupations of an intelligent and industrim p i r s e j n u i d a i n ce . Why excite such a prejudice, and efxocrhawnhgaet floirutplaorttageek?eoonknes`loyr. nothing really connected with this c e au d se e , fen h d t a t n t. of it, and nothing else ; and merely as an experiment, to try discounting with how far the plum imagination of his learned friend could work upon the credulity of the human understanding to promot e hi s client's joim P S u tr r ritfo sem- rd was a clerk of th b :rn e a r ejv June r nne., Mr. lips:lfleen; quarterr lie ewbringingaspi itlpercent. ale: lfrequentt bank wnso notete habit o c f h ni charge them, and in the instance of this bill, Henry said it was for a person who lodged in his house, which was called the American giving small tunes of' any kind in Henry said he should wisps the defendant to divide the commi e . sion, as he (Henry) meant to have sonic profit by it. it w as in consequence of that that the a d li e s fe a n ti ti s tr ie( t i ai) receiveec one-eighth per cent, it' Henry count, part bills and part cash. This was agreed to, and eight bills were given, the interest of which for the time they had to nm, was a ll owe d to Henry at the rate of five per cent. The commission on the discount was *2 s g. On the tome day, th e y remitted in course o ost, the 10 04 not, to Messrs. NVillierns and Co., Londo n . Witness made a regular entry of the remi t , tance in their book. Two of the bins which were given in pay_ They had, of course, ledgers and p rn boa ef ki t b.i t h o yet lif enie en tryd r lfew w nas ere dani et u t a u d r e n . ed dishonoured, and we re a f terwards Cross.examined by Mr. SCARLETT...-It WWI in their day other bookS. It was not their practice to enter the details of money paid out, unless it was to a customer. Had been with. the defendant for 0 years. Mr. Henry was a customer, and they. used to discount bills for him. Henry kept a tavern; witness thought he had been in it, and was not ashamed of it. Ile believed he went there to desire Henry to attend this trial, and he did not know that the tavern was one frequented by the commonest sailors and Jews ; he had heard nothing disreput able of the hous e , nor diet he know that Henry had ty‘en in solvent. Witnesa could not say what quantity of gold coin was paid in the dis count . He believed Henry was, besides the business of his tavern, a riOp-seller, but could not say whether slops were publicly exposed for sale, or notified its being on sale from the window. Witness had been in the habit of seeing banknotes fur 1,0001. Re-examined.—Pive notes of 1,0001 have passes] through his hands in one dm. The defendant had never had any other dealings with Henry as a banker, except in the way of dis counting bills. Isou Henry examined by Mr. Sergeant Citosa, 'after being sworn on the Old Testament.—lt w his hand-writing that ite now saw on the back of the note shown to him (the 1,0001. - note.) He received it from a Mr. Hughes, a merchant, who had lodged in his house. In the month of November before this transaction, he (Hughes) w as a t hi s h ouse , b e f ore h e too k his passage for America. He asked witness to' procure a yes sel for him, as he was acquainted with a number of the Ameri can captains. Hughes remained at his house for three weeks at that time, and gave him the 1,0001. b a nk-n o t o , to get ex-. changed as he said he wanted to purchase some goods to tak e to America. Witness told him that the note being for so large as amount, he should have to pay a c mu m i si d on f or i t , an d i n answer to his question respecting the rate of commission, wit ness said he thought it Would be one-quarter per cent., unless, perhaps, that being a note of the Bank of England, they Might exchange it for one-eighth. Witness went first to Mr. James Aspinan's, to get the exchange, but he had not so much ca s h at the instant, and that was the reason he went to the defend. ants. The latter at first said he had not bank-notes to spare fin exchanging so large a sum ; but at witness's suggestion, he said he hail promissory notes, and he would give them in the payment, allowing the interest for the time they had to run, and that they would answer equally as well for Mr. llugues in purchasing his goods for the American market. The defendant, after examining the 10001. bank note, and saying it was a good one, took out his pocket-hook and desired witness to make a selection from the bills which it contained. Ile did so, and the bills amounted to 7401., and he received the remainder in cash and bank notes. Cross-examined by Mr. BliOUGlTA.il.—Witness was positive that the remainder was paid to him in cash and Bank notes. There might be about 2201., and about thirty guineas ih gold. Perhaps there were one or two notes of 201. in the sum, and he would not swear that there was not a 1101. or aaa Witness afterwards obtained Spanish kohl for some of the notes. Mr. Hughes went on board the ship to America, carrying his port manteau. • Witness admitted that he was a slop-seller, that is, he sold clothes, the word s " c h e ap c loth es " were i n his sign, but not " old clothes." [Mr. Bnouol M here imitated the Jew clothestnan's cry, " Old clogh," " old clogh,'' was not that it?. (A laugh.) ] Witness--" I perceive you know the cry, Sir." Mr. As pinall, to whom-the witne ss first applied to change the not e , was the banker who failed a few years ago, and was now a bill broker. There were two bankers nearer to the witness than the defendants. Mr. Aspirin'', to whom the witness took the note at first, was now a bill-broker; , his place of business was about a quarter of a mile from that of thedefendant. Mr. Stratford, clerk to the defendant, was here recalled by . desire of Mr. Sergeant Cross. In his answers he said he never struck cash balances. lie was himself cashier—receiied all,. and paid all. He believed that the defendant kept no cash . account. Mr. SCAIMETT, in rising to teply, that • his Learned Friend had thought proper to charge lam with a studied silence upon part of this singular case, and with passing loosely over the rules of law as applicable to the questions of currency be., tween man and man. Now this charge was misapplied, and the Court would do him the justice to believe, that he was not a man to waste the public time by dwelling upon distinctions, with Which every man in trade must be supposed to be perfectly eonVersant. Indeed, his Learned, -Friend had been rather guilty of suppression ; for in the very case which he had.quotcd, " anti Race," would be found additional expressioes of Lord 31ansfield, beyond those which his Learned Friend had Maintained ; for Lord Mansfield had there said, that although an innkeeper might, in the way of business, exchange a note for a robber who bad just stolen It on t he highway . , yet If from the circumstances there w a s reason to suppose Stint to be feed front any collusion or suspicion in the transacdon, or know, ledge of the theft, he would b e ent i t l e d to retain the mon e y, . for - he was necessarily exposed to receive in payment what ever money strangers of respectable appearance thought pro per to tender him in the way of his business; and Lord Mans field's words were, " Had it been a 1,0001. note, tOr instance, instead of the notes ordinarily in circulation, - then indeed the complexion of the case would be altered." , Here then was that very exception, here was the. 1,0004 note, and covered with every degree of suspicion. Ilad that note been tendered by a respectable person, Who might have telien' it in the due course of business, then it would be ditibrent. But here was a note which had throughout the country been adver. tised aa lost or stolen, and here was a man appearing with it at a banker's, covered with every suspicion respecting his property in it. Did the defendant know Henry, or did he not? if he did, how came he to lull his suspicions? If he did not, how tame he to take such a note from a stranger, and keep so singular au account of the details of the transaction ? Upon the latter point there was much to be said. What conside ration had the defendant given fbr this Bank of England note of 1,0001., according to his own account ? Ile, a banker, had avowed that nobody was present at the time but Henry and himself—he kept ice cash account of his dealis, to show the precise nature of the monie s h e p a id an d receive: the way, forsooth., that he regulated his cash account, was not by the in. convenient written registry in books of account, but as it were by putting into one pocket what he received, and taking out of another what he paid, and perhaps on the Saturday in each week striking a balance between the two pockets, and they were to be told this on the part of a man who averaged an amount of 200,0001. annually in his banking account in Lon. don. The jury would, if the statement before them were true, seen motive for so much studied obscutity; it was convenient for the suppression of unpleasant dealings which were not fit to be disclosed. The clerk had said that at the 'defendant's the practice was to enter all notes down to 20/. Henry admitted that he believed he was paid one or two of 201. ; where, then, was the entry of them ? If t h at were forthcoming, then might be traced the endorsements of Hughes the notable American merchant, and his man of business, Mr. Henry. But would any man in lii senses believe, that Mr. Hughes, if there existed such a man, would pay one quarter or one.eigh t h p e r c en t . t o get a Bank , of England note exchangett—and for what ? fbr promissory-notes of private hands ; and this, too, to e nabl e him to purchase goods for the American market with greater , convenience. If a man really wanted the change, would he have passed the respectable banking houses, of Roscoe and Co. Leyland and Co., and others which were in his way, before he could arrive 'at the defendant's ? Was it that he, according to the old adage, " that birds of a feather flock together," went to deal with a man after his own heart ? In conclu. akin, lie should only remind 'the Jury, that here they had not to consider, whether the defendant knew the note to have been stolen or not : all they had to bear in mind was, that be did not prove he had given an adequate valuable consideration for it; that he had participated in the profits with the wrong possessor of the note, and thereby rendered himself liable in the eye c f the law. Mr. Justice Ilmatoyn then summed up the evidence to the "Jury., who, without leaving the box, found a erdiet for the plaintiff's for 1,0001. and 40s, costs.--( ?Imes. j There is at present in confinement in the Devizes House of correction, a female who up. pears ,to have been well educated, and to have moved in a respectable state of society, hut who refuses to tell her name, or give any information respecting her connections. She was appro. headed in the neighbourhood of Swindon, in a state of vagrancy, and it has been ascertained that she has hews wandering about Wilts and Berks for the last seven or eight years. She ad. mite that she has b een marr i e d, an d k ept h er carriage. Sire is about forty-five years of age, of a delicate person, rather deformed in her chest and back s , and walks with crutcho.s. OFFICE OF THE GAS LIGHT AND. COKE COMPANY. Bridge-street, Blackfriars, August 12, 1823. OTICE. is hereby given, That a SPE. CIAL COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this COM PANY will be held, at the CROWN and ANCHOR TA VERN, in the STRAND, in the County of Middlesex, on FRIDAY, the lath day of September next, at Eleven o'Clock in' the Forenoon, for the purpose of-taking into considera tion the necessary Measures for raising the New Capital.,•pur suant to an Act of the last Session of Parliament, and to adopt such Proceedings and Resolutions thereon as to the said Special Court shall seem meet. By Order of the Court of Directors, •. RICHARD GUDE, Secretary. N. B.—The Cbair will be taken at Twelve o'Clock pre cisely. OMERSETSHIRE.—TO BE SO LD, a very valuable and beautiful FREEHOLD ESTATE, upon which is a capital Mansion, with Offices, Gardens Lawn, P . lantations, &c. The particulars and price of which will be gtven on application to G. B. TYNDALE, Esq., Lincoln's-inn. fields. LONDON REPOSITORY for the CABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, for every Description of CABINET FURNI giCTRE, FEATHER BED and MATTRESS MANI/. FACTORY, No. 71, Corner of LEADENHALI, STREET, London, opposite Aldgate Pump.-Read.. Money Only. T"L Society of Cabinet-Makers respectfully inform the Public that they still continue the above Establishment, for the Benefit of Industrious Mechanics who have large Farniles, by offering them , Manufactured Articles in the Cabinet Line, of the best Workmanship, and Cheaper than any House can do in London by twenty-five per cent., there being no other profit requited on the Goods but the bare house expences ; at the same time will he sufficiently satisfied with having constant Employment for themselves and families. This Society W.IS Established in June, 1821, consisting of 20 Mechanics, adding the number of their Wives and Fami lies, amounted to fib; in June, 1819,' five more were added to the Society; in June, 3820, 10; and in June 1621, 8. The total Number now receiving Support through the Means of this Establishment is 191. •. . The Society and their Families beg leave to return their sincere thanks to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have hitherto honoured them with their Orders and Recommenda tkons, and shall always feel happy in their endeavours to give future satisfaction; at the same time solicit a Continpanee of their Benevolence, whereby they may be enabled to increase the Number of the Society. • The following Articles are inserted as a Specimen of the very Low Prices, all warranted.-Ready Money only. • Full size Mahogany four- post Bedstead., lath bottom 31. 15s. ....Full size tent Bedstead 11. N.-Bordered hair Mattress to tit 11. ls.-Mahogany Drawer, solid ends 3L Bs.-Feather Bed 21. 10 s. -Ditto, five from dust and smell, full size 31. 10s.- Six japanned Chairs of any description in oil 11.65.-Best do. Wash-hand-stand 165.-Ditto, Dressing Table M.-Hearth Rugs 145.-3 ft. 6 inches Chest of Drawers 41. 45.-Three-foot mahogany Pembroke Table 11. 18s.-Three-foot ditto on pil lars and claws 31. 155.-Mahogany Dressing 'fable 11.-Ditto Bidett, best 11.45.--Ditto Bedateps 11.85.--Ditto ditto 11.125. -r-Ditto ditto 21. 2s --Ditto Box Glass, 2 &Eileen, best British ?late 155.-Ditto ditto Is. tts.-Ditto ditto 11. 18s.-Ditto . Swing Glass, largesize, commode 3 5.-Ditto ditto 55.-Ditto ditto - N.-'Ditto. ditto 125.-Sea Bed and Pillow ss. 6d.-Ditto ditto 68,--Ditto - ditto 75.-Tray Stand 75.-Long Mahogany ,Tray W.-Japanned Book Shelf 7a.-Tea Caddy 10s.-Porta ble Desk 215.-Desk covers in number 1.45.-Music Chairs any pattern Bs. 6d.-Eight 51ahogany• Chairs, covered with horse hair, brass nailed - 61. 68.--8 ditto ditto 01. 155.-8 ditto ditto 71.75.--8 Trafalgar ditto 91. 95.-:Mahogany Sofa to match 71. 10s.-Ditto Couch 71. 10s.-Ditto ditto 01. IN.-Ditto, with Bedstead 71. 10s.-Set of Mahogany Card and Sofa Tables, on turned legs, banded in rose-wood 81. 155.-Set of Mahogany Tables, two Card and Sofa, on pillars and claws 121. Ws.- Ditto, the best that can be made--4c, order or pattern 161. 10s. -Handsome 7 foot 6 pedestal, Sideboard, with carved back 171.-Ditto 7 foot '161.-Ditto 6 foot six 151.-Set of Dining Tables, of the last pattern, 4 foot by 10 foot 61 U.- Ditto, 4 foot 2 by 11 foot 6, 151.-Ditto, 4 foot 6 by 12 foot 6, ifil. 165.-If Spanish, an advance of 31.105.-Straw Palliasse 11. ls.-Tent Bedstead and fiirniture 31. 15.--11aniboo Bed stead and French elyptic top, with drapery and fringe, 111. 10s. -Five.lbot mahogany ~four.post Bedstead and furniture, with French draperies, lured all thrnogli, -complete, 151. 10s.- Five-foot ditto, ditto 16s. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with cornice, of a superior make, 181. 10s.-Ditto ditto, with gold cornice, ele gant drapery 201.-Drawing-room Curtains, of the best Mo rale and Chintz, fitted for window, 61. 6a.-Ditto ditto 71. 7s. -.Ditto, of a superior and elegant style of work, 101. 10s.- Drawing-room rose-wood-Drawing-rooin Trafalgar Chairs Ditto, inlaid with. buhl. 201.-Table, 2 Covers, and Sofa, 101. 111s.-Ditto 11. ls.-Drawing-room Sofa 6L.6i.-Ditto, 71. 7s. --4)itto 81. 8a..,-Horse-hair Cushions, each ss. Gcl,-Covered rlitto.4l. W. THURNELL, Agent. cOVNTRY DEALERS surimit:p . . G4ds packed free of expence, except the materials, and sent to all parts of Great Britain, and to. the East and West In dies.-'Captaina fitted oat, and merchants supplied with Ca binet Goods for Exported= ..** Apartments Furnished at a few hours' notice, and iteases two or four days. To T. TAYLOR, Esq. No. 9, New Bridge-street, London.. HoNoti aEti BEG leave to inform you,'. that ever since the year me, I had been afflicted With •the Lues Venereal, which, from its obstinately resisting every course of molicine Prescribed by the.most eminent of the faculty twee, and un dergoing severalsevere courses of salivation, and twice dis charged from the Hospital with little relief, would appear to be of the mast inveterate Hature. Wile spring of last year my disorder Katt got to such a head, as nearly to put a period to my existence—l had a large ulcer ou the crown of my head, on e on each arm, and my legs were broke out in a frightful manner; my right was dreadfully painful; and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven years; my left had also twe large nodes on it, was very much discoloured, and gave usesuch excruciating pain, particularly whets, warns in bedr as it early to deprive me of rest; in this lamentable state, I was recommended by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received so great a cure by them here), to take your Leakc's Patent Pills, which I began to do on the with o. May; the course of a fortnight 1 Nino to receive benefit—n; little more than a month the ulcers on my head and arms were seundly healed— soon after, the sores on my legs heated also ; leaving •,' how. ever, considerable discolouration in the skin, and pain in the bone of the left, which; by the blessing of God, and a little longer pet severance in your inva!uable Medicine, subsided; the nodes dispersing, the skin regaining its natural hue, and the nocturnal pains gradually going otf.—l thus became, by your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free frosts all my former complaints—hate recovered my former spirits a lid strength, and am become jolly and fist, in which State .having continued many months, te the astonishment of all'who knew me, I am at a loss in what terms to express toy gratitude, but beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this say case as public as possible, as I:shall on every oeca lion ; in so doing you wi!l greatly obliges - Sir, your grateful,' obedient, very humbleserrant, • ' ALEX. M J.KKR Swan's Close, High-street,,E4llntiurglr. Witnesses to the above Cure John Ti No. 3, New Poultry Market, Edinburgh John laglitosh, Qid Assembly -Closei Edinburgh. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, THOMAS 'TAY LOR, Member of th'e Royal College of Stageoni, at his house, No. n .‘ , 'New , Bridge-street, London; whet e, .after - a capstans residence of more than 40 years, in. a practice 11411 i• eularly directed to the cure of Venereal (.;,niplai 0t,., and those incidental to the Parts of Generation, with t hat Inviolable secrecy-which men of his profession :,hould always eine ree in gush cases, he flatters himself the advice and tivistance he srituiteassly adMiniiter'S to perions taking this Medicine, gill be esteemed, by a discern,ng Public, us an-adyattase seldom attainable, and wild of alt ambiguity. also sold, by, his appoint inent,tor the convenience of those arcing distance, at the Toyshop, No. IC..t, Oiford- s t re ti Mr. DiSboroughts, N.. 7, r t i!;b-stret,t=hili ; Mocter, South-W(4le, Edinburgh; Mt. Callwcl .' e, Pit blin ; nod of one pers on in utirvconsider[:ble toiwn in Groat. Britain and Ireiatid, in boxes. (slimly es. id. cacti, stamped, and staled up With full and plain di: ections, whereby ittrtons, 'of either sex may cure themselves with rase, 1 / 4 pecd, secs 'Ty, and safety. NI ..j°=~t~ .t;~, PitICE PARIS PAPERS. [From the Moniteir of Friday, i4ug.22.f ARMY OF TUE PYRENEES. DEPORT OF TUE DUKE OF CONEGLIANOTO MINISTER OF WS.R. " SiN' CUGAT, AUG. 15. " MY LORD—The enemy has Just made anew effort. Milans and Lloberas, after having united at Mouthlanch all their forces, which may be estimated at 5 or 6,000 men, appeared at first to direct their march towards La Sell d'Urgel.— , Col. Salpervicit received orders to advance from Vich, which he occupied with. the battalions of the Bth of the line, to Urgel, to reinforce the troops that formed the blockade of that place. " Lieut.-Gen. Curial remained charged wit h the chief commaud of the blockade of Barcelona, and 'marched with the 18th of the Line, a batta lion of the Ist of Light Infantry, and the Spanish squadron del Principe, to advance, according to circumstances, to Tarassa and Granollers. cc The enemy having suddenly changed his direction, and approached Manresa,Baron d'Eroles quitted his position at Calaf, tt; join en: Tromelin at Manresa. They learned that the Constitutional troops were advancing towards the bridge of Cabriana. The enemy was briskly attacked there on the 14th August. A charge of cavalry caused some disorder among the Royal Spanish troops. Lieut.-Col de Valz, of the 6th hussars, at the bead of a squadron of that regiment, and a squadron of the 18th Chasseurs, checked the enemy, and obliged them to retreat: 44 On the same day the Constitutional troops. driven from the position of the bridge of Cabri ana, took up a stronger one near Caldes, and defended it with obstinacy. 46 The 16th of the .Line, the corps of Baron d'Eroles, about 1,'200 strong, and the stiuntirons" of the 18th Chasseurs and the 6th Hussars, con tended alone with the whole force of the enemy. 64 Two battalions of the 60th regiment of the line having arrived on the field.of battle, General- Tromeliu drew them up in close columns, and attacked on - both Hanks the position occupied by the enemy. Colonel Monck d'Uzer marched at the head of one of these columns ; the other was led by Lieut,Colonel Magnau. Entire success crowned their efforts. The Constitutional troops forced at Caldes, attempted in vain to rally at Morja ; they maintained themselves but a few moments in their new position, and retreated pre cipitately towards Lestatig. . _ " The Allied troops are pursuing the enemy. I Arn,going to support them with the 18th of the , Lie, u battalion of Me: Ist of Light Infuntrx, and usquadron of the 518 d Chasseurs. " 'To-morrow the head of my columns will have reached Gariga, and perhaps Aygua4'reda. " The two battalions which formed the garrison of Vich concur with the troops dtrected against the enemy to increase the danger of his position. " In a second report I shall have the honour to make known to your Excellency the names of the officers, subalterns, and soldiers, who have particularly distinguished themselves. " The particular reports which I have received from various points agree in the discouragentent which continues to reign among the Coustitutioua troops. " The population of the country through which they pass declares against them. An officer and some soldiers have been arrested by the in habitants, atd.delivered up to the French troops. " The enemy, who has neither point (i'op pui nor. magazines from Torragona to the Sett rgel is followed by 200 mules laden with biscuit. Tam, &c. • " The Marshal Duke of Conegliano, MONCEY.' [Frew Me Journal des Debats.l 111ADit ID, A u is said that Zayas has capitulated, and that Carthugena has opened Its gates. It is also affirmed that the Spanish troops of Estremada, under the orders of Cas teldorius, are determined to follow the example of those of Bal. lasteros. On the other hand, General O'Danntd 101 s. arrived at Zamora, and is advancing on Ciudad Redrig o , t h c G overnor of which piece wishes to cater into arrangements. • In Cade the Cortes have riiaaolved leivring a Omunitteit to act in their stead. It may be reiMirked dtat this is what the Cortes of Lislion did at the Moment When the revolution was shout to take place. The Deputies Mime, SAltra, Taxeigto„ an d t h e el.nniotex Navaro, on leaving Catli:s withdrew to A licant. The reception given to the Iluke d'Angotileme at Anduiat will form an epoch in the annals of that town. The crowd of people collected from all parts of Andalusia was so great, that though there are more than 4,000 houses in Andujar,and each house is detached, and of considerable size, the .Ilaifistrates of Jaen and some other towns, who were among the visitors could not fine accommodation in tilt already crbwded houses, ;ma were obliged to bivouac. ke ee emt i n i iiedl c ,s c At o 4 lit u ai Accounts acclamationsiAt e i have aui beentl2: of the ! thjo i re v: a fr ' l marched t i f t r e . n n t t ' Puerta of d A e n etn l t t s; e [Prow titc Cor4 i fi p e ° , p l l' a r Maria. The Prince was marching to &liver King Ferdinand, aa r n S ea l that the desire of arriving promptly at a' denouement,- was the reason that so little was exacted fronfßallasteros, and the same reason may obtain for the city of Cadiz a very advantageous arrangement. This idea is so much accredited, that yesterday it was stated as a fact at the Bourse, and it trts , pre* tended that the conditions of the treAty were already known : but it is probable that a all this is premature, and that these reports are no better founded than the official reports given a week ago in the Moniker. in the meantime every one appears terminated to bbey persuaded g i ( Ot t ) tthe contest will be will give a d ai e it a t t o h f b o al l w :t o le t ii h t e at p ,t r , e is t t ersio of t monks, familiars, il l-t ia e grs:H y and c inquisitors, opinion obtainsuisitors,whoalre so much adyde e demand their that This the, ettti.„, culous decrees of the Regency are regarded as'