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urt the rain TurqnaY there was a General Meeting of the above Institution. Mr. Jactesoet opposed the can. flrmation of the former minutes, as far as respeeled giving salaries to the I)irefttars. The Learned . Gentleman recapitulated his former arguments : he Cordially consented 'to the elegant gifts of .plate which had been voted, but he In.iintaioed that sala i , ries could not legally be given while aosopart of their dividend was in arrear. He pointed out the order in which their funds were strialy appropriated by the Ad, and expressed his apprehensions that any depar ture from the stria letter of the Statute might bete. gatded as working a fOrteiture of their exclusive pri vilege, and would give their enemies an advantage over them, which common prudence should prevent. k i HedeNired to be understood as protest ing,in the name tr'' of himself and friends, against the Directors voting Upon the 'question of their own salaries ; ballot, and said he should d eman d a not with any hope of success, for he knew how vain it was to argue against the passions, hut to put 'upon record so singular a fad, and which might become an important document, in proceedings elsewhere., Lastly, the Learned Gen tleman denied that he was i(litroiced by , apy, sordid motive; o n the contrary,- he pledgedltneielf, that "when the works were finished— when their revenue should be ascertained, and their expences known— he would support an, application to Parliament for I Clift lies 'giving them leave liberally to reward a lttch Direetors as really devoted any material, part 'of their time to dick servicl ; but in the present +kap of their existence he thought the measure pre. lature ; and, if'done at the expence of their divi. tde,ed, highly. illegal. • • , • , I.i?,.ll.,Salvtatal. DIXoN renewed his former objec `titans, end. 'showed, from the Ad, the impossibility ....PlOthe. Aldermen and. Comtnon.councilmen reedy. tang salari es without the most flagrant disobedience i of the principles, the pradice, and the declared will . of the Corporation. He asked if ,the piece's of plate Were not already. ,in g rea t forwardness, al. .tho tigh the Minolta had not been confirmed ? ,The Chairm'an admitted they werel. whiCh oCca. tictiteil l t au h .. , .Mrs, Hittaartt the Chairman), in a speech of '6O nsiderahle leugth,.aefended the.tutabote'e, He'tfis , c_,Llintedall idea olpersonal gratifleatioa, and argued ;tall the paying salaries to the Direelors was Mani. ~I l nlY the interest of the Proprietort, lie referred to ,Ite example of all other Companies .4 consideration, .particularly I the .fiank and .g.isr India ,Comliany. tie. achnioed that one Director, from his age ;•ano. t i ller, irom his office ; a third, f rom his military 4 1 Y.; and Others from various pressing public en. ptgetnent.,, had been prevented from attendi ng ; ' ~hat charged it as illibe ra l ma ki ng, such d i st inetions: He Contended that the Corporatio n of London, who. Lad. no more to d o wi th the i r affeirs than the D ivan o.t Constan t i nop l e, were presuming to digitate; to ythem the line of their conduel. He particularl'y ad .perted to . th e capt i v e} o f the Committees of the,Cor. -Pt?tation who received no pay ; and asked ,if salaries OI to some,of the . Iltei most intelli gent W ould ' not, be .l) tier for the,Public thanaheir prodi ga l l aw expenoes, r tavern bills, and the injurious tardiness o f a ll oftheir proceedings ? He drew a more flattering pidute the state of the Company's affaits : he wished to -11194 pate all uneasiness and dissatisfadian from the. Mints of 114 l'toptietors ; he admitted the dodritie Which had been circulated in pamphlets and speeches, that the Proprietors were entitled to an equal share taf, consideration with the Public, and to the com rensation.which the Legislature had assigned to They retur n for the spirit of their undertaking. lhey might be assured that the Diredars would ad !hazardnut . of any future interruption taking place either svc the amount or the period of their dividends.— L c , ee n the one.and.half per cent. arrear, which had 11 as n so Often alluded to by the Learned Gentleman, • ..w .,.t. now under onsideration, and they were pro. . 7 i 1 d with assets fur its payment as soon as the ° P in iOn of Counsel should be obtained.. Mr , fits kit'k l . - !crest of therepeated his convielion, that it was to the in. Proprietors that the 1.) . 6 tte ors should be Paid, an d li nder . ti at linnretoion it their deter, kittieorn and duty to vale upon the question. ~ ._ tilt _.sonne 'debate upon a point of order relating t °,,,,. 1 City's right of representation, 4 tvitoriJAexsoet replied. He defended, with great 4:itvaaititeuno; 'the corporation of London from the oba s'_whi . eh had been made. He reminded the lvdeetinge that it was owing to the vigilance and.4o fne unconiverable perseverance of one of thote Com a kitties, t, , that the West:lndia Dock Company owed st e l l ia e ro x _ isfec c a e t . lt was much easier, he aaid, to le. th e r o'4flis that great 'Body, than to enumerate loPtiadous works which it was continually on. itidettsking and accomplishing far the public good.. He . ti n ' sti le_if* he said, had had many opportunities Of wit ) ug the advamage derived by the kingdom at " l e from the ttlac,tvil~, Corporation ho ur. 3 ,i . 1 he had breath he would defend its Ito_ th e I ,„_ I l e expressed the most entire saiisfaftion at 0 , co unt which ;he Chairman had given as to tett fund te t t o , ti and Coeir ideas of their doe application ; bile Which would ' prevent a rn ntion he had other. Itto i ,, l : ne nded to make. He pointed out several a1, i ,,,,, t s s both in the Wappiog Ael and their Own, ~,,,...._ . t()I, cCi ned to shew, beyond the possibility of ..r a ..._ ter wctsy, that when, 'from detention of convoy, ~.other incident over which they had no cnntroul, t'll asse& of one rull:ao i i d. . Year should fall short of paying the, tril l . * ' - i n 'll it might be made up from the extra teh h °I the succeeding year. Mr. J. concluded iii.. repeating his ' 4 of sal ' readiness to assent to the pay. pli til , ' aelee at a proper period, 'and when ex. the u p l o y n a t u h t e ho b t a i t s i e ot i t btr being taken, the majority for sal ar i ek tea. . Was much the same as upon a former , we believe 1 dsio n . 00 to 27. 1*" . .. 711: On the mornin g of Christmas - Day last, as Writ. 4,4) Jhnsn, servant to Mr. Landles, farmer s 111 i 4 the Liberties of Betwick-upon.Tweed, was jeturning from the North in a cart, on descend o n & the hill to Lumberton Toll -gate, his horses vi4etetetied With such rapidity that deeming it ad to check them, Co le a p from his tv " e i t hr unfortunately fell, and the cart rttrining, li n ,' .Isis breast, liel h i ,that' t after Wat SO Ifitte I rtf.sc( ~ 4 . & t rio& in &teat torment till next mwtingt 1144, he ex. WE are authorised to contradift an assertin that has found its way into different Mwspapers, stating, that Mahon, escorted to town on Sunday last by a Squadron of Cavalry, was liberated_aiid sent home, as he had been arrested throttgb mistake for Mahon the Rebel, for whose apprehension a reward is offered by Government. There was no mistakC in the arrest. The man's name is M'Ma. hot, a well.known Leader in the former Rebellion, and against whom there are charges of a most seri ous nature—as having been deeply engaged in Em mett's conspiracy, and one of the must confidential associates of that misguided young man.—(Tejo. graph.) - The flagrant robbery committed on Tuesday night, in the house of Mr. Venables, pawn. broker, on Usher's Island, by a banditti of plun. derers, has excited the most general surprise and indignation. Mr. Venables and his family were spending the evening from home, and the villains, by meins of a lamp-lighter's ladder, got over his stable into the yard of the house; the back door being either incautiously open, or only latched, they obtained ready admittance. There were in the kitchen at the time, three lads, we are told, be. longing to Mr. Venables, one of them 20 years of age, and a female servant. The plunderers, immediately on entering,placed two armed sentinels at the door of the kitchen, and closely confined those who were in, in using, we suppose, wicked menaces. They demanded a •andle, but the people declared they had not such a thing; the desperadoes sent cut for one themselves, and had sentinels watching for . them With out s id e . Having provided themselves with light, they went directly to those parts of the house where were deposited the watches and plate, which. they en. tirely carried off;. but not at otice, having made some turns of plunder. Thq.took between five and six hundred gold,and silver watches, -- the loss; of which, and plate„ will amount to upward* two thousand p outtis.' 'The villainswere:above ao' flour in the ?rouse perpeir,ating the robbery. 'We happy to that some of them.can be identifted.. Their knowledge of the manner in which the pro. perky . Was secured in the house was so accurate, that they took certain valuables from the desk 'of Mr. Venables. There is a stable lane from Bridgefoot. ;meet, at the rear of the house, by which the rob bers entered, and in it was found the lainp.tighter's ladder 'with which they ascended. Wednesday night the 'Warehouse of Mr. Oxley was entered, on the •Nferci,int's.quay, by some. Vil. laius, by means of skeleton keys, and rubbed of much property, consisting of woollen and cotton goods, and other articles. In searelii.g fit the offenders un Thursday night , who robbed t h e h ouse of Mr. Venal)les, Uarlees-quay, on Tuesday night, two ruffians, of the names of 111•13ria'e and Co io/O, were discovered at a house in West Arran.streer, in whoc posNession was found most of the propgrty belonging to Mr..oxley. The ruffians 1104 with them several skeleton keys, and yesterday inortiing more than 50 others, belonging to these pluocirrOs, 'and their confederates, were taken: Examinations are lodged against these villain's, and they are now in the New Prison. It is suspeUed, that the above. mentioned delinquents are of the gar% who Eubbrti Mr. Venable*. A plan for a Light. House, intended to be erected on Flamborough Head, is now invented on a 'Very peculiar construction, and suhmitred' to - the inspec. tion of the Trinity Houses, Ship Owners, 'Under. writers, and Merchants 'of London, NewcAtlr, Hull, and other Ports. , We believe, that it meets with the general approbation of all who are con. eerned in the preservation of property, and the lives of Mariners, at sea, and that it will be carried - • - into ere& The plan is the invention of B, MrLsa, Esq. 'Colledor of His Majesty's Customs at. the Port of Bridlington; if is to be construe't e d wi t h two lights revolving on a horizontal plane,. se. venty feet from the ground, reflected by, concave mirrors; appearing to the Mariners at sea alternate. ly seventy feet aspader, and then as one light, by eclipsing each as they pass round, every five. mi. notes : by which means, they will be distinguish. able from all other lights on the' Coast. Those must perilous. rocks at Flamborough . Head, on which continuation of property, and scenes of great ais. tress occur, May then„be passed With satety.' Since the formation of new. Harbours and otter improvements, which ,hive been made by the.Loe. my on their Coast from Calais to Boulogne, it has become:art Object} of importance that our oppciiitc Coast should be rendered equally defensive : with this view, theCanal.throughßoinney Marsh, from Shorncliffe to Rye has been projefted, 'and is exe. eating. with unexampled aftivtty, at various places along the line ,• and great numbers of labourers, lately employed at the Dockiand Public WOrks of the Metropolis, and at other, places, are arrived to . assist in effeaing The expense of cutting (only) is estimated at sso,pool. In addition to this Line of Defence, MortelliVfowertrare to be constrnded an the edge of the sea, three of them equidistant between Hythe and Romney ; • those near 'Dyrn. church will be placed immediately behind the wall .for the parpostof building these, large quantities of stone are already - collefled, and twenty vessels, freighted with bricks, are arrived 3' besides which, three millions more have also been contrasted for, • to be made near the spot, as soon as the season will 'permit. One consequence of these works, together with the expensive repairs of Dy atc h urc h W a lli , h as been an increase of population hitherto unknown in that part of the caunty. On Monday the' 3 tat ult. a melancholy accident happened at the Kilmarnock ,Coal.pita. A; Adam., Miller and Peter Stewart stepped into the bucket to go down to their work, the tope unfortunately 'broke, by which they were both'precipitated to the bottom, and killed on the spot. It was found the rope was injured by the intenseness of the frost ; and it is hoped, this fatal accident will be a warn. ing to other s , et a ll times during suck severe wea. ther, . to examine carefully that the rope be not frosted, and run the buckets down and. up the pit beTore any of the workmen be allowed to two into it. The for m e r h as l e f t a wife:and two dren, and the' father of the latter was killed in the same pit about 14. years ago. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, Tins d.ty the Session was opened at the Old Bailey, before the RPCORDFR, Mr. Jostle:. ROOKE, S4r ARCM BALD M'DozALD, and Mr. Justice LAWRENCE. Mary jahns . m was capitally indiard for stealing various articles of wearing apparel, value upwards of 41. privately in a dwelling house, the property of Andrew Therborn. The circumstances of the case, as they appeared in evidence, were as follow : The Prosecutor, who lodges at No. t z, Swallow.street, on his going out in the morning of the 28th of November, locked his room door, leaving the key on the window.stool, at the stairhead, for the servant to make his bed. He left his trunk unlocked ; and on his return again at night, he missed several articles from the trunk , amongst others, a waistcoat and pair of breeches, a Bible, three yards of Scotch linen,a pair of breeches. Slings, a neck.-kerchief, and some other articles.-- He lodged information at the Police Office, and in some days afterwards the Prisoner was traced to a house in.Brewer.street, by an Officer, who, upon searching her,, found twelve keys, two of which were found' to unlock the Prosecutor's door. The Constable then went to a house itt King.streer, Se. ven Dials, where the Prisoner had lived under the name of Robinson, where, upon searching, helound a neck.kerchief, marked with A. T. the initials of. the Prosecutor, a pair of slings, and other articles, which he produced, and which the PioseCUiar .proved.to, be those he had lost. He 'ptoduced . ,also three yards oflinen found,,at a Pawobroker's,,wfme it had been pawned by the Prisoner, and*to the pro.. parts' , of which the Peo s ecu tor aka swore; On be..' ing asked, by the Prisoner's Counsel, how he could .swear so positively. to Otis linen ? He answered, it was part of a. piece of his mother's webb, sent hiM from Scorl.ind, and that he had for` many years worn no other-than his mother's linen. The Prisoner, in hettlefence, said, that sbe too had 'a milt Incr. Scotiatici who sent her linen .and that'rhii was part of -The jthy, first,, found her Guilty of stealing to the value of 391.. which would have saved the capital issue of the ; but the Court ob. Served, that this was not a verdid , according., to evidence, as the Prosecutor had sworn to above 4.!. value s The Jury reconsidered theit•verdia, and returned a general verdiet—Guilty, Death. Thc Prisoner was a decent.looklng youngiwoman, aged a 4.. :CUTTING AND STABBING. Richard 14y7.004d, alias Reginald Haraudod, was 'ntliCied for stealing two bolsters, value five shil. ing f i, the gods of Richard Crabtree, and after_ wards for having cut, s t a bb e d, ant i woun d e d Bert . . pooh) Champley, with intention to obstruet and re_ seise the lawful apprehension of him, the said Richard Hai , Wood, alias Reginald .Harwood, for the above felony. Mr. GIIRNISY observed, that this was a case un der L'ird ELLE N BoROUGHIS Aft, the circumstances of which were very atrocious. He then stated it as came out in evidence, Susan Jenkins was the first witness called. She stated, that Mr, Richard Crabtree, a Stirv4yur ) had taken s house in Vere.street, IVlanehester.aquart, where he put some furniture, and Jett it without any innbitant. On the zoth of October she discover ed that some r of the property had been removed from one Place to anothet, attd in consequence of this she arid Mrs. Wilson watched in a house opposite to Mr. Crabtree's,' They saw two persons, as soon as it was dark, go into the house with a key. Mrs. Wilson ioirtiediateli ran ovel,and went into the house after theta. Mr. Williams deposed, that he saw Mrs. Wilson go into the house. Two persons came out of the house, and one of them struck Mrs. Wilson.. They then ran away. He 'cried " Srop timid !" and a Gentleman seized the Prisoner, who, however, got away.: in making a double, 'however, he fell down, so that he kept sight of him till he was finally ap prehended. Henry Huleot, Merchant in Crotched Friars,' de. posed, that on the 2001 of Oftober he was in Vere. street, Manchester-square. He saw the Priiciper coining out of No. &r, and aiming a violent blow at a Lady,. As the Prisoner passed near him, he .seized him, .upon which the Prisoner struck him with , snmething .which be had in hia hand, but he did not.observe what it was ., H e r e turne d t h e blow, and die Prisoner fell, but quickly got up and ran away. lie never lost sight of him till he was taken by. Champley, the Prosecutor. Re then oh. tieSeel an iron crow in his host, with which he strock r Oltampley violently on the thead. Benjamin Champley, the Prosecutor, on the zoth of (Ntober, heard the cry of'' stop thief," and saW Mr. Koko pursuing 4 man. He ran after the man and soon laid hold.. of him to apprehend hint. He led him along 49 ,or so yards, when Mr. Holcot told him that the Prisoner had some iron in his hand. He took no notice, however, till die Prisoner gave hiin a blow on the head with the iron', and cut his head in a dreaditil manner. About tzor 14 pieces of hone had come out, and more wee coming. He was then taken to the hospital. Tile iron tvas produced, which appeared to be a large crow. The impression on the door of the linos; io - Vcre.street correspooded with the instru. ment. .Mr.Stcphen, 1 flow, one.of the Surgeons of Mid dlesex.Sospital, described the state' in which he futodC.'hampley's head to be when he was brought, to Wilt. Th 4 skull was . (adored, and the fra6ture seetntd to have been produced by a . sharp initrurnent a's part of the Wile was cut away.' 'flie scalp was very much tom. The bone seemed' to be cut out . by asharpinstrument. The I ) ,,ritnmer, in his defence, denied that he knew of his having, butt any person. LORD CHIRF BARON IVIAcnortALD summed up the evidence. The Jury immediately foond 'the Pritoner duilty--Deatb. Martin Ryan Was indided for having, on the p7th of the month before last, in Brook.street, stopped Susan kiall,put her in fear, and robbed her of a cap and some other articles. . Susan. Hall. depned, that .she was going from niong Brnott-etreet, when the kcisocur ituat4 her, pushed her down, and rubiled I er of her property', which consisted of a cip, ring, and other things. She did nut cry out at time. Oa her cross-examination by Mr. ALLE y, she insisted that she was sober, though she had drank some gin and beer. She confessed :nit sie had said to the Magistrate that the robbery w as cotmnitted in Butcher-row, flut she now insisted that it was in Brook-street. William Brown, a Police Officer, produced the property, which he found on the Prisoner. A Pawnbroker of the name of Nichols, deposed, that theProsecutrix had told hirn that she had lost her property in a public.house. Mr. Justice LA.warNcE observed, that the yea. man's evidence was too loose and vague t 9 be de pended upon in a case where a man's life was c.m. cerned. The Jury, therefore, retutned a verdict finding the Prisoner—Not Guilty.. Charles Chrimpher pox, a Journeyman Cirpen. ter, in the employment of Valentine Labrow, drug. gist, of St. Jahn.street, was tried f , :r stealing four pounds and fourteen ounces of Jallap, the property of his said employer, on the 18th of July last; and convieted. Smith was capitally inclined fur stealing in ' a dwelling.house two Bank: ,Notes, value a!, the property of a person named Armstrong, at the Blue Anchor public.house, near ilCatcliff!-higliw d y, It appearing that it was a sort c‘f scrianhte in a gam, bling transattion, by way of repris3l, the Court was of opinion the aft neither came within the legal de. finition Of privately stealing in a dwclling.h ouse , from the person ; •and th e Prisoner vvas—Aratrittei: John; Hodges, Edward Illaboh'and john hold, three fashionably -dressed young men, were ac. reigned on a charge of robbing Mr. Lod i r'tt.:"o“a sum of money on the highway ; but on the m of Mr:Goß . Nrir',grotinded,on' t h e absence rial witness, their trial was pat ofFtiti' next 8.„ 3 ,i 0 „;„ Thomai ,lone:` and Willitint Collier were 'con vided of stesling,, the former a parcel from. a wag.. gon, the Intes several articles of cut 81a,s. 'Like latter •confosed his guilt, and said he wasrr deserter from ,the4st Aegiment of Life Guards.: .Castlet to all prrsvis er.t;ko'hep ibr.us.—What gave rise to the fire in' Queem:.streei last week, which broke out in the stables;'diad . des'troYed' fou'r horses, appears.to have. been; upon the strictest quiry, the fall of the lanthorn. It is a general preAice to suspend the lanthorn by a cord, Which passes over'a puny ,near the centre of the stable. This cord will in time lute its tenacity, by the heat and , smoke of the candle and- steam of the htscs, and is not an effeCtual security. The' 'lanthorn should be fixed against the wall, and out of the 'way of all litter, which would, in all probabili•ty, pre serve the lives of those useful animals. We recom_ mend the above hint to the serious attention of all parties concerned. Yesterday inorning,about six o'clock,fi young ern. man, about 18 years of age, WAS ( iiCOVereti, by Some men going to work, st intling on the top of the middle arch of L )nct an Bridge, goiog to throw self from the same, when nno inen se,zed her by the clothes, and rescued her from the danger, Me Was) conveyed to a ptiblic.house to ha taken care off A young Lady, of confident.address, has recent. l y ma d e her appearance in this metropolis, to the great detriment of many tradesmen : she calls her,. self the Hon. Mrs. -----, and she has, within the last fortnight, made some successful adventures on those who were so unfortunate as to behold her fascinating figure. She generally calls at a shop, and purchases a quantity of expert ve 'articles, for which she giVes a checque upon 'a bulking house ; but is particularly careful not to do so until alter the hours of business. Having purchased a quantity of jewellery at a shop in Oxford -street, on Sato'. day last, she .made a strong and successlu/ plea for the change of a 201. checque, stating, that she re-. sided in Portlan&place. She has carried on such deceptions at the principal watering places ; and while at Hastings, in Sussex, about two monthi s i tiee , she paused for the wife of a Naval Li eutenant , whom she described to be gon e to the West Indies to secure some extensive estares. Her'arlifices have equally succeeded in most of the towns in Sussex, and as bet-person, Bcc. is well known to the Police, w e have, no doubt but we shall shortly hear Mora of her. On Monday evening sennight as Daniel Macin tosh, a labouring man, Was returning borne . from conveying a friend to the country, he was attacked near the CowoAlens toll-bar, near Glasgow, by five villains, who knocked. him ti,,wn, anti rubbed him of A 54. in . silv . er, his hat and shoes; and after beat. ing him severely, threw 'him into the quarry', where he lay, all night unable to move, arid insensible where he was: - however, at day-light, on Tues. day morning, finding his situation, he seratnbled on his hands and feet to the mouth of the quarry, and. by assistance, reached his own house, where he lay in extreme pain till ten in the evening, whente was carried to the Royal Infirmary. He is very much bruised ; part of his ribs ate separated from his back-bone and breast. On Menday evening •e'nnight an accident of a shocking nature occurred in Dundee, JA woman rejoicing with her .friends on the last day of the year, became intoxicated, and in that situation ap-. proached too near the fire Of her apartment. The flames caught her clothes, and ahe was instantly in a blake, She was helpless. The smell attra&ed the, attention of, a. neighbour,- who run, to her as. sistance, and extinguished the fire ,by throwing water on' her. She is still *Jive, but in such a me larbeholy situation, that her recovery is neither to be hoped nor wished. OnMonday last a Midshipman, aod part of the Press.gant, went into the Black Swan, North Shields, and began to rumuntge the boom for Sea. men. The ,Landlord interposing, caused some high words to pass on both sides; he at length, bow. ever, became so irritated, stiat he presented a Gun at the Midshipman, which was fortunately wrested out of his hands by one of Ore Gaog, and he was compelled to do two days Penance in the Tender's The stage coach, in returning with the Come,. dians from Bristol to Bath, in the night of Thurs_ day last, , by some accident was overturned. Me person, Owever, reccivcd the tiishtett injury,