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~" _1,... V l 4R:L'f A NI E N.T. TIOUSE OF COMMON:), WEDN'EsnAy, Arim.2l. tr)itse re.aseembleil tliis day at a quarter beture 4 o'clock. MILBORN PORT. The Chairthan of the Milborn-Port Election !Conottitree 'reported, that the Sitting Members, Sir I.':(lward Paget and Robert Matthew Cashetd, 'Esq. e‘ere dilly elected ; th-ft the petition against their return was not frivolous or vexatious, and that thrir opposition to the petition was not fri voloos or vex:itions. Mr. H. SUMNER fixed the motion of which be bad given notice before the holidays, for leave to bring in a Bill to regulate the trade of country butyrs, for to-morrow. A petition front the Roman Catholic inhabl tan:s of the Count y at Roscommon, praying to he admitted to a t ill enjoyment of constitutional 'privileges, was received, and ordered to_lie on the table. fir (ig()ttGe OSBORN presented, in tie absenee of an 11011. Friend, a 'petition from the Protes tant iiii4blitititS of the •Borough of Newry to the same effect —Ordered to lie on the table. thyssEs BURGH - presented a lietttion from the insolvent Debtors confined ici (.;ac low Gaol, pra)l,:g tor relief, and for a geuerai act of grace. Ordered to lie on the table. INVERNLI MING. Mr. CRIPPS pest ii a petition from John 11I`1'41 , elet; Ley. cOmpl:Uning of the undue return of the ot. F.. XV. Primrose as a Member to serve to Parli,oneut for the Inverkeithing district of Borodghs.—Ordered to be taken into consider ation on the I lilt of May. Alrlortwan Woop gave notice, that he should on th , 27 , h instant move for leave to bring in a Bill for promoting the employment of the poor in the fisheries in Ireland, by the encouragement of parts ne r s hip undertakings. Alderman WooD said, be held in his hand a petition from a person named John Dutrene, late of Leeds, in Yorkshire, and at present confined by order of the Commissioners of Bank ruptcy, pray ing that he might he allowed to give evidence at the Bar Of the House on the subject of the Bank rupt Law generally, and more particularly with refereoes to that part of it which relates to his own case i and praying also that the House would take into its consideration, whether, as the law Dow stood, a reasonable ground for refusing to answer questions put by the Commissioners ought Inn to protect a bankrupt from their-arbitrary power of imprisonment.--Ordered to lie on the table, and to be pi kited Mr. DowDESwFLL presented a petition from the Borough of Tewkesbury, praying that 110 further indulgences should be extended to the Roman Catholics."—Ordered to lie on the table - . Lord LowTHER, seeing an Hon. Member (Mr. Curwen) in his place, wished to ask him, sihe tlier it was his intention - to tomtit arty motion on the paper's now , produced, relwive to the accounts of the Receivel-General of the County of Cum berland ) Mr. Cuawex replied, that having itispected those papers, he had nu hesitation, in stating that he w a s completely satisfied. Lord LOWTHER complained of the statements sr filch had been put in circulation respecting large sums being unaccounted for. Air. CURWEN observed, that such rumours could not have arisen from any thing which had fallen from him, having, studiously guarded him self from making observations that might be con strued to convey a personal reflection. He had acted front no other motive tl►atr a desire to dis charge his public duty, General MAtioN presented a petition front the County of Roscommon, praying for the repeal of the It kb Grand Jury Presentment Act.—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord FEANCIS Osaoatis presented a petition from the Turn of Cambridge, playing for the establishment of Courts for the Recovery of Small Debts.—Ordered to lie on the table. On the motion of Mr. BENNET, the new Chim ney sweepers' Regulation Ilia went through a Com:i l l:tee, and the Report ordered to be received to - morto 'v. Mi . . BEN NET moved, on the ground of a certifi cote of ill Lealch, that Sir F. Burdett have leave cf absence tor a foftnight.—Ortlered. LICENSED VICTUALLERS. Mr. BENNET 'heti gave notice of his intention to wove on the sth of May, for leave to bring in n Biil For the better Regulation of the Licensing Svst ern. On the motion of Mr. LUSFIINGTON, the Life Annuities Bill was read a first time. An Hon. MEmnca, whose name could not be ascertained, moved that IV, Corry, a prisoner con fined in llchester Gaol, should be brought up in custinly of the Gaoler, in order to give evidence belor'e the Election Comtnittee.—Ordered. Mr. LUSiIINGTON then MOVed, that the HOLM ‘VYNN suggested the propriety of enforc- Ing the order for calling over the names of Mem bers immediately after the appointment of the b a llot, for • admitting none subsequently, and for allowing no business to intervene till the list should be gone thrOugh.—Ordered. Mr. IVILsoN presented a petition from - the pa rish of Sr. Bartholemew, in the Exchange., against the Fire Act Clergy Bill, whiCh was ordered to . lie on the table.--Adjourned. ACCIDENT.-Yesterday morning a young wo man crossing Pall-Mall over to the Haymarket, was knocked down and rode over by the Marchio icess of Huntley's carriage. She was taken into a confectioner's shop in the neighbourhood, and . there instantly bled, and attended by Alr: Petti grew, of: Spring-garden, Surgeon, who imme diately alighted from his carriage, which was passing by..at the time, to render her assistance. Werinderstand, that though her clothes were torn to pieces c she was not very seriously injured.— 'rue Marchioness, who was im the carriage at the time of the accident, was greatly terriCed, b u t o r. tiered 'every attention to be . paid to the unfortu- Date s off:Jet.. _ _ tAq 110I7St COMPENSATION TO MR. WILKINSON. Yesterday a General Court of Proprietors was' held at the Cilitrpany'S'Hoirse Leadenhall-street,• for the purpostof proceeding in the consideration Of a motion, Maote.ou the 24th ult.- to approve a resolution of the Conn of Directors, of the 17th of FebruarY, 'gran:ink to 3AMES WILKINSON, Esq. the sum of . 75,000 sites rupees, at 2s. the current rupee ) with interest thereon, at 6 per cent. per annum, from the llth of October, 1816, to the day when the WhOle should be paid. The circumstances of this case, the discussion of which, and the reading of the documents con nected with it, occupied the Court seven hours and a half, were briefly these :-- Mr. Wilkinson, who has been a resident tree trader in India for the last twenty years, had in the year 1811 entered into large contracts for salt petre for five years with ,several native proprietors. At that titne the trade in this article was open, and encouragement given to private speculators in it. In 1812, however, the Government of Bengal istisd a proelArn-pion prohibiting any trade in sAltpetre except by the Company or its agents ; and the consequence of this- order. Was, that Mr. Wilkinson's extensive speculations were rendered void, by which, from the nature of the contracts he had made, .and the then'price of the article, he lost the means of lealizing.a fair pro spective profit or a sum amounting to several lays of rupees. In the interim between that period and the beginning of 1814, Mr. Wilkin \son tried to bring matters so to bear, as that he might continue his contraci ; but nut succeeding, he presented a statement of his case to the Governor in Council, claiming compersation for the loss he hail sustained by the unexpected .order of the Government—a loss, of which the Company had then. got into their hands, the sole advantages, of a trade which his previous exertions had rrndered unusually profit able. The matter was referred to the Board of Trade, who after long. consideration circlet ed, that Mr. Wilkinson had no legal claim to any com pensation ; but recommended, under all the cir cumstances,, that be should receive the sum of 75,000 sicca rupees. It was afterwards referred for the opinion of a Special Committee, ap pointed by t he Governor in Council, who were tumultuously of opinion, that Mr. son was in equity entitled to a considerably greater sum. The opinions of the Board and of the Committee were afterwards referred to the Court of Directors, who, On the .17th of February, adopted the recommendation of the &lard of Trade, granting the 75,000 sicca rupees, adding the interest, at 6 per cent., from the time that recommendation was made. Against this resolu tion of the Court, however., a protest was entered, signed by nine Directors, which slated, at some length, their reasons why no compensation at all should be given, The question before the Court yesterday was, that the resolution of the Court of Directors be agrted to.' To this an amendment was moved by C. Forbes, Esq., M.P., and seconded by Sir C. Cockerell, that instead of the sum of 75,000 sicca rupees, at 2s. the current rupee, heating interest at per cent., from October, 1816, there should he in serted in the resolution the stun of 2z-03.800 sicca ru pees, at 2s. 6d. the current rupee, beat hug interest at 8 per cent, front the 20th of Aptil, 1817. Mr. Forbes and Sir C. Cockerel', in urging this reso lution, and Mr. Srrettell, Mr. P.' Moore, Mr. Ga began, and Mr. It. Jackson, in seppOrtiug it, contended, that in point of equity Mr. Wilkinsou was fully entitled to it ; that he had suffered a great loss, if not of a sum - immediately in his pos session, at least of a very large profit, upon which he might have calculated with morarcer tainty, if his speculations had not been frustrated by the act of the Government,, which he could neither foresee nor controul ; that though the sum which was demanded for him might be large, yet it was the justice of granting it, and not the amount, which should be considered ; and that, in justice 4he Company were bound to make a large compensation to a man whom they had in jured by a measure which had put immense pro 7 tits into their own pockets. It was also added, that the constant practice of the British Legisla tore, as also of the Indian Government, in many instances, was to give compensation to indivi , duals who Might suffer in their property by any legal act, and that such compensation not only extended to the immediate JOSS sustained in that property, but also to a certain extent to a pro spective one on the prOfits of business, &c. It was maintained on the other hand, by Mr. C. Grant, sen., Mr. Plowden, Mr. Patison, Mr. Bebb, and Mr. S. Dixon, that Ito claim could be made by Mr. Wilkinson, in law or equity ; that, as a free trader, be was equally bound with all others by the rules of the Government ; that his speculations were made like those of others, and that if they did not succeed, he ought not to ex pect a remuneration from the Company. The pre cedent would be a dangerous one, for if Mr. Wilkinson's claim were allowed, it would cpen a door to a number of similar applications trom others. The Company had the monopoly of salt petre originally, and though they might have re signed it for a time, they had not given it up al together, and could - resume it whenever they pleased. Mr. WILKINSON, who was present during the discussion, addressed the Cow t, and in reply to an observation of Mr. Patison's, who regretted his attendance on such a delicate question, defend ed himself From tht implied charge of [indelicacy. He had not, he' observed, come with 'a view- of advocating his own cause ; that had been taktn out of his hands by the Committee appointed by the Marquess of Hastings, who quad already de cided in his favour. With three Members of that Committee he had no acquaintance ; the two others who composed it he knew, butt their high characters placed thetas above the suspicion of be ing improperly - biassed in an affair where their honour was concerned. He had not attended the Court to aidt a favour ; he sought not the com miseration but the justice of the Court ; and it they refused to grant him justice ) he should re nounce their compassion. . In his reply, Mr: Foaaas, to meet the wishes of some Members, agreed to withdraw his amend ment, and substitute one which would reduce it from 265,500 sicca rupees to 180,000. ques tion was at ieugth put—that the words proposed to he left out of the original resolution stand part of the questiOd. Upon this, of►er several tittles counting hands, and at length separating the ,yeas and nays right and left, The:numbers were declared to he, 32 for, and 32 against. It was then deel;4ed that the original question was negatived. The ques tion upon the amendment was then put, but by some mistake, either on the part of the Chair man, or misapprehension on the part of the Court, or probably trom both causes, the amendment was also negatived by 33 to 31. Several proprietors then came forward, and stated that they had voted against the larger sum, with the idea that it was put in contrast with the smaller one, which they had by no means intended to oppose. A long, desultory, and rather confused conversation then ensued, in which a great number of proprietors joined. It seemed to be agreed pretty generally, that the last decision was the effect of mistake ; but the great difficulty was, how the mistake should he remedied. On one hand it was sug gested, that both the questions shook; be put again ; and on the other this W 35 opposed : the matter having already been recorded as deCided by the Secretary. It was at length agreed on, that the Court should adjourn, which they did accotd indy, with the nnderstandizig, as could he col lected, that the whole matter will be brought for ward de not'o. • LAW INT OLLIG ENC COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 2). OPERA-110USE.-WATERS V. TAYLOR. The Court this morniog wAs crowded to excess long before the Lord Chancellor took his scat, in expectation of hearing the long litigated and im portant cause of the Opera House decided accord ing to the intimation given yesterday. 1 - Ls Lord ship brought down the papers with him in the eases, and it would have proceeded, but their were a great many lunatic petitions which were very pressing. lie of course preferred bearing of these, which occupied him from half past ten in the morning till five minutes past four. The aladbornsi g li case and the Opens House will both be discussed to-morrow. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT', APRIL 21. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. COOK V. THE COMMITTEE oF DRURY-LANE THEA- TUE AND GLOSSOP. Mr. HART moved, that the injunction former ly granted in this case should he dissolved. On looking into the injunction, however, he saw that it ‘ras,granted by.‘ he Lord Chancellor, and there fore it could not he dissolved in this Court. He had accordingly to postpone his motion, and to bring it on before the • Lord Chancellor, utter serving notices on the parties. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 21. CONSPIRACY. THE KING V. JOHN 111EYF.R, JOHN KINNEAR' AND OTHERS. The in‘ , estig.rition of this interesting case Was resnined this inornin2:. In our allusion to this cae yesterday, we were led into error in stating that Mr. II Ce 102.9 had been included in this indictment, this Gentleman ap pear, to hare been altogether ignorant of any improper intention on the part of any of the de- The parties in whose favour the none prosequi was entered, were David Levy, Michael .Levy, and Samuel Jacobs. • The parties on trial, as we stated yesterday, were John Kinnear, Lewis Levy,' Montague Le V o y, and Mozeley Woolf ;..,Joseph Leigh, and Henri/ Weiner, were called as witnesses. Joseph Joseph pleaded a misnomer. Muyer has abscond ed, and the rest have not pleaded. - The indictment charged ihe defendants With COT).- spiring to set up some 'of them, who were literally beggars, for opulent Merchants, that they might and various manufacturers of gowis to the amount of snore than 50,0001. . _ This morning the letters and documents abided to in the course of yesterday's bnasiness were l►ut in and read, and the case for the prosecutfon 'was closed. Mr SCAALETT then addressed the Jury in favour of Woolf, and was succeeded by the COMMON SERJEANT for Levy and Le Voy. Mr. DENMAN spoke with great eloquence on the part of .-Kinoear. One witness was called, but was not examined, And the case for the defendants was rested upon the speeches of their respective Counsel. The LOkID CtIIEF JUSTICE summed up the evi dence with great perspicuity,, leaving the Jury to form their own conclusion upon a deliberate re- View of all the evidence, as to-the guilt or inno cence of all or any of the defendants. The Jury retired, and after an absence Of nearly an boor, at ball past-six o'clock returned 'k vet - - diet of Guilty against Woolf, Kinnear,'and Levy, and acquitted Lie Voy, The 'moment the verdict was announced, the Court, which was crowded almost to sofl"Ocation, rung with acclamations. The intere s t excited in tie commercial world by this trial was of the most intense description,—(Morning Chronicle) OLD 11,LF,Y.—The Sessions commenced yes terday before Mr. Baron WOOD and Mr. Juitice PARK. The Calendar is remarkably full, but the crimes are none of them of a heinous nature. — Among the list of offences, there is not one for murder. There are three prisoners to he tried for foigery, fifteen for uttering forged ewes, five for having . folged notes i►n their possession, and 330 wheys. No trial of importance took plaCe. KINGSTON AsstzEs.—Yesterday morning: the gaol caravan, with between 20 and 30 convicts row the recent Conn! y Assizes, :set off from the prison in Horsemonger.l.me for Wonlyvicb,.st here transport is preparing for their conveyance to Botany Bay, Many of them had been capitally convicted, pod sentenced to the, but K hose punishment bad bcen commuted for tra.iispOrGition. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL.. ResuertecTroN-MEN.—We mentioned a k' r days ago, t he . bodies of two children ha vin g bee° found undrr a heap of dung, - at Sutton, near Rei', gate ; the-bodies• were removed to the Red Lie° pttbhc-house, but no Coroner's Inquest was held, its consequence of its being discovered that dtel had been stolen out of Sutton church-yard.Tv": notorious Resurrection-men, of the natnes Joseph Naples and George. Martin , were 9" served with a horse and cart near the church.' yard the night the bodies were disinterred, by . the constable of the parish, hut seell4 them decamp with their horse and cart, did not pursue them ; these men were afte rwaoff drinking at rhe Red Lion public-house , and (11 landlord thinking them suspicious characters, b e t the curiosity to look into their cart, and saw' contained such implements a 4 are used by tor': section-men. On the following morning , at I ' v o'clock, these men, with their horse a nd. cart, were seen near the heap of dung where the b,n". dies were'found, but perceiving they were watcb. ed, they ran off, and the horse and cart-fe ll the hands of the constable. i gent letnoll `- the mine of Johnson, residing in the neig hood, and who had recently buried a child in the same church-yard. hearing of th e b o dies 1 11 found, went. to the public-home and iden tille n t one of the hotlies to be that of his child. It liesfjr° pears 'that-there' , has been only twenty b ° thers buried in that burying-ground, out of t , bleb have been six,een stolen. YesterlaY hailJi'sel,,)llc Naples and George Martin were held to - this Office, to answer the charge at the S essi°lls.‘ TOWN-HALL. ring SAGACITY OF A DOG.—Yestelidav Thom` [ ' hbotif•• was brought up by Reeve the MaisHalmau , rd on sspietou of robbing his em o lovers , MEs i s , l6 l , ti t Sent Alice and Flint, grolers, No. 300, 15 ` ) F ul t lie Iligh-street. The prisoner Was porter t('l,. prosecutors, and was frequently ah ,, ot - tb e A large house dug having often seen hint tat, money from the till, which he tied in his pocke,e,f handkerchief, followed him about till be ots3er i b . b , him to conceal it in a shed near the stabl es ' e el dog afterwards 'came into the shop, anti t/PV e ' th e quite restless, pulling every persoo 1) Y At skirt, and wishing them .to w I ' l° '' j o g length Henry H iydon, the apprentice, 14vtceit occasion to go to the stable, the dog foPileav hint, and, having drawn his attention of rubbish under whiCh the money wa' " - tv to began to scratch till he brought the b° ° t e r , tiew ! The apprentice carrel • it to his and to who found it to contan 12s. in copper c9i ° after marking, it, he desired the boy to d e P s i t er. in the same place, which he did ; and soon 6 d the wards finding that it was removed, lie t' sl i ce ,h i rea. prisoner some questions about it, but he tie e° f his ignorance the whole transactio n • 0 0, the Marsbahnan, was then sent 'for% w „;:;ked , searching the prisoner, found sonic Of the halfpence in his pocket.—Rentant_ lol. •;' SPORTING INTE,LLIG DOCI-1 ' DERBY HUNT STAKES, EPSOM, 21 % . „ The sport was excellent. Mr. Tattersall conducted tirso., St• siness of the day fur the Stewards, the nuke of and Lord Derby; and Mr. Farrell presided as Judge• tho to Sweepstakes of sgs each fur horses that have Wrote! iv , season with the•Eavl of Derby's Stag-hounds, fist' eA Two-mile-Heats. Gentlemen riders. t Mr. Glendenin-'s , rr. „ .....................•... g S Mr. Shaw's b. tn. Pioneer ......................... • S Mr. E. Tattersall's ............................. • " 5 M . Tattersall's br. e. Buonaparte, .„. .... 4 5 l'ounes b. g. Warrior Buonaparte against the-tield.—A-good race.. „ t The Surrey Hunters' Stakes of Sgs.each, tor horses, n;ri•eit. rough by -d, that never started, paid, Or re ceicvv i ' oi prior' to tlie.day of naming; bona tide tl..e.proP e ' i ty scco d Gentlemen SubScribers, &c as in the Articles; horse to receive Isgs out of Stakes.' " ; Capt. Mabeyley b..g.,Hippolytas, aged ......... • • .ry Mr. Tattetsall's cif. - g, 4 yrs old • •• . .. •• • * Mn. b. g. by young L'Oyient, 5 yrs old ..... • 'Even betting,Taitersall's akaitis the fleld.—A A MxrctL-,-Mr. ThoMpson's bi. :[ - lapb ° TatteNall'sßoroughintniger, for 50gs• 4t o e- Swe4stake4 9f 500, each, for horses titat have ne ve- 7 ex cel' paid or received forfeit (!.alf-bred hunters' Stal , e' 1 ;' Gentlemen riders. - One mitt treats: - mr. King's b. g,............................. • • Mr. Hnirs . bl;g' ' .. ' ...... .. .. .. ••• •• di s • Mr. Coventry's h. * ; • • •• • ;„.00r Aft er'the first heat, 30gs. to 10 were laid 1". horse. of Tile Fan wer"s Stakesof4sgs. given by th e „, st - o f H. Jollilte,.F.sq..and .T. Matt...dry, Esq. ad d " colon ( ' seription of as. each, for buries .bred tq l " 4 5.1 Surrey and Kent. 1 ; Mr. Marten's U. g. by Fireawav,. 3 vrs ••• • • (2 or . Mr. Weaver's hr. on. by Y. [Tarring,ers .•• • • *. 3 - Mr. Wentworth's b. g. Tea-buy, 0 ors •• • 4 " r ibe • Mr. Neal's br. to. trq Fireaway the favourite at startinz—a t 2 second heat—An excellent' race. h bred. Hock Stakes of - sgs. each, for horses not thoNug Mt'. Turner's ............................... ••• • • $ Mr. Stansbury's . Mr. Clarke's • .•-- ~• Mr. Tattersall's A very fine race—Mr. 'Limner's the favo ur ---....C1en-- THORNTOIST HUNT RACES ( 131)."5.) t h e A Handicap Plate of .501 . T w „ m il es ;_ hetsk'e en b d ' CI' bona,fitle property of the Members of the Hunt , a ll t 5 had regularly appeared in the field. Heats' 1 , 5 Mr. F. Thornhill's h. h. Drift .. .............. •• • 4 I , Captain Somers's b. m. Charmitr , Mull .- ••• " •• • ! 2 $ Mr. T,rent's Tally-ho ......... f ' . ... •• • •••••• ' .. dr Colonel Fleming's gr. h. Sharper ........ ••••• • • • • 4dr Mr. Keene's Slender Billy ........ •.. • • • • ..... 6 , 6 t Mr. Ghent's Fly-hv.:niala ........... .. • ..... • ••• t i,, dr " Thortiliill's • in. Fanny .......... • 1 • 1;; °t, . A Silver Sub-criptioll G by the Nlenthets 'h ie t a Sabscriptii.l o f sgs each. ( " e rat -• • • . 9 . Mr. Keene's Slender Billy ......... • • • ••• • ' Mr. Farmer's Na Don't . ............................ • ''..:.••" 6 Captain Somers's Rocket ................... ''.. Mr. James's Scud ................................ _lit;. Three others start d.—Rocket thelavotiF biro BLit lii -—, 1, Yor ks • • n ro a.., On the 18th inst. at her father's bon'e , I ter. the Lady of Sir J. P. Beresforti, 1-1;10 , o f a daug' l o f Ol e On / Monday last, M AT:11.1 PAL William Hollingsvorth Qua yle, r a Ord're tt Middle Teinple, Esq. Barr i ster - a t-Lave, to Ma r Nta Y tt tte df only daughter of John Noble , E s q of Guts erstree . tut g ' square. jr. . P' fscv 1.4u,15, at SI. Anne;, Westminster, , • , n i n g, Ca rrY Sm.A) job:Jima, . third tian g ht e r of John 131-0' Moi l t,,a , ,e-1, - , , rt, Russell-squat e. C' ..iteet„ Liverpool, Richard Dawson, DIF.I). On Sunday morning, the IStil inst. at hisshouse , '-'''..- On Tuesday, the 20th inst. at Ealing, Middies",.,„lt,,eLlte( Pqn . s, Maria Margaret I)icliason Stephens, second 11. 0 si of Oo Sunday, the 18th inst. Clement Debbieg, A'sq' son of I.' • ' the Inte General Debbieg. -" Gr e o LONDON: Printed by .1. B. CARS'rAIRS, of ND. 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