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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY • Ertracts from the 31oning ,Papers, Dec. 1. [NEW TIMES.] "Yesterday the Funds remained nearly sta tionary, the only variation in Consols being from 95 to 954 for the ACcount. There were no ar rivals yesterday from the Continent. In the afternoon it was announced that an Express had been received from Liverpool with information of the arrival of a New York packet with intelli gence from the United States to the 9th ,ult. The reports respecting South America were said to be favourable ; and had a slight tendency to improve the prices of the Foreign Securities ; but little busittess was transacted, and at the close the prices were somewhat higher than on the pre ceding day. The coaches which arrived in town yesterday from the Northern and North-western counties were detaiad several hours beyond their usual time of arrival, by the floods arising from the long continuance of the late heavy rains. In Leicestershire the loss of sheep is said to be severe ; and in parts of Northamptonshire the water is stated to be as high as ever was known. [THE TIMES.] . . By the Leeds .l'acket, arrived at Liverpool, Papers from New York to the Bth ult. have been received ; but they contain no additional intelli gence from Peru which possesses • any claim to authenticity. Accounts had been received from Maracailse, dated the. 21et of September, ; of a second • battie having been fought with ,the Royalists, in which Bolivar gained a complete victory, with the loss of 6,000 men ; but as they rest on the -authority of letters from Bogota, *written as far back as the 22d of August, later dates than which have been received in England, they are clearly entitled to no credit. 'l'he question respecting the contest in Peru is, in fact, left : precisely where it was by The pre. ceding arrivals from New York. .The widow and family of the unfortunate .Iturbide landed at Ba rataria, in Louisiana, on the 2.9 th of September, whence they proceeded for New Orleans, where they arrived early in. October. Madam Iturbide, ho was in a delicate state of health, iutended remaining a few weeks in the neighbourhood of New Orleans, and when sufficiently recovered to bear the fatigue of travelling, proceed through The western country for a northern port, and thence embark for Europe. [IIIOIININD CHRONICLE.) The Dublin ,Eveuing Post, Of :Saturday., con tains a very able defence of ;be Catholic Asso ciation against the attacks of The Courier. After!, chewing that the Rent is a proof that the Catho. lie Body has identiiied, itself with the Catholic Association,, and stating the purposes to which the Rent is applicable, namely, " to the legal and constitutional defence of the Catholic Poor - 7 40 the expenses necessarily, incurred in petition ing —:to the publication in England andelseWhere of Catholic grievances--to (lie defence of Catholics against ,the ' unceasing calumnies which are poured upon their religionnod•thernselvesand to other shailaily legitimate' purposes;"—the writer goes on to notice the. good effects which have already resulted from the proceedings :—" The flat is, the Association have no secrets. Its very essence is publicity ; and The Courier may con cur in our opinion or not, when we assure him with sincerity, that this Association, un der the present circumstances of the country, has been a main" engine in producing that tran, quillity which now so happily prevails in the South of Ireland. The wretched peasants have a hope, at least, that their grievances will be . righted fey the Association, and tints they abstain from those confederacies, which took the law infolts own hands. They, have the effect of tranquillizing the country, and keeping the pea santry quiet—they have been the means of pre, venting the jlibbunmen from associating hitherto, and they are now preparing to nip in its bud a Confederacy, which has begun to appear in cer tain•l3aronies in the County of Tipperary." [BRITISH PRESS.] Our .Paris Correspondent mentions another in stance of the denial of the rite of sepulture' by the Roman Catholic Clergy of France. In the case of the actor Philtippe, the ecclesiastical ce remony was refused because the deceased, be longed to a profession obnoxious to the censures &the clergy ; but in the case to which we noW refer, the rite was denied to an old and 'respect able Magistrate, M. lialobe, formerly the Mayor of TOyes, simply becuuse'he was a Jansenisti This venerable man, who, at the period of his decease, was 84 years of age, was refused the sacrament an lesi he would abjure his errors as a 3 ausenist ; and while this indecent violation of the sanctity of the hour of dee th was perpetrating, M La lobe expired, the last effort of nature only just enabling him to make a sign to the priest expressive of his anxiety for the last offices of his religion. This occur rence, which at another time would, perhaps, hardly be worthy of observation in this country, deserves - Some interest now,' from the dangerous and groutolleQs pretensions of the Catholic Clergy in Ireland. We must all recollect the outcry that was raised because the Catholic Priests were not suffered, in Ireland, to perform their rites in the Protestant church-yards. We see, in the instance of M. Lalobe, what is the condectof this same clergy where they have power toast according to their will. It affords also tr striking and ,decisive answer , to the boasts we have heard as to .the perfect unity of the Romanists. The mutual hatred of Jan senists and Molinistil seems to reign with,-as much fnr.y as ever between the members of the. G'.a,l - church, The Protestants are,. we know, ?gyred to , enjoy their worbip unmolested. in " I "‘rance ; but we cannot' be ignorant that this boasted liberality of frit! itomall Catholics was really the result-of 'Buonapaite's indifference' to, all. religion. • Siece the restoration of the Bourbons ..the .priesthood have allowed Ito opportunitr . .to Jetss ; without : manifesting. their hostility to the sectarians ; and when we see, them pursuing with relentless hatred to the grave one of their own flock, because he erred in some itn material point of doctrine or discipline, we may easily guess what they would do towards the Protestants if their inclinations were not fettered by their. inability. In some parts of Germany the same edifice is at different hours of the day occupied for the purposes of divine worship both by Catholics and Protestants. Is this a proof that they are in those places less opposed to each other? Certainly not. It shows Only that there is a balance of power between them, and too much poverty to enable each party to provide itself with a separate Church. LTUE PUBLIC LEDGER.] At a late hour last night we received New York Papers to the 9th instant, which contains advices from Mexico, Buenos Ayres, and Peru —all of a very recent date, and of a character so highly favourable to the independent cause, that we may safely say they have not the least alloy, even o 1 a doubtful nature. The accounts from Mexico state, that as soon as General Santa Anna, who commands in the province of Yucatan, and whose resistance to the au. thority of the general Government was noticed some time since, had been apprized of the landing of lturbide, he immediately ad dressed a Proclamation to the inhabitants of his Government, exhorting them to oppose the Adventurer, and to remain firm to the great cause in which they are engaged. This intelligence is probably the precursor of his unconditional sub mission to the general Government ; and thus we hope to see removed the last black spot in the political horizon of that most interesting portion of the New. World. The intelligence from Buenos Ayres mentions, that the preparations on the part of that State to co-operate in the deliverance of Peru from the yoke of Spain were nearly completed.. A force was to be immediately de tached to UpperPeru,and the General was already nominated. But the most valuable information of all is contained in a letter from Porto Bello, dated the 15th of October. At this time a great number of Spanish prisoners had - arrived there from Peru. General Sucre, of the Colombian Army, had entered Lima; and; according to all ,appearance, the contest was rapidly approaching to its close. The returns for the Election of President were not received at this date ; though 'it was generally supposed that Mr. Adams would be the successful Candidate.— The above are the principal contents of these papers. The remaining, consisting chiefly of election squibs, in favour of, or opposition to, the can, didates for the office of President; together with further accounts of the reception of the reception of Pe la Fayette, in the different places which he has visited ; and the Addresses presented to him, in which adulation seems nearly to have exhausted itself. • • NO ItNI NG POST.] The details of Mr. Fauntlorojes execution, and of the scenes by which it was preceded, will be found in another column—(see Tun SUN of yes tortho.) Melancholy as they naturally are, they can excite but one feeling, approbation of the Justice which condemned him to die, and of the firmness which rejected the humane but ill advised applications for mercy. As long ns a word of our's could influence a decision in which the life of a fellow being was involved, although our opinion- was fixed as to what strict justice required, we abstained from saying any thing which could atand in the way of pardon. But ' now that the duty due to the public has been faithfully, though pain fully discharged, we must unite our thanks to those of the community at large, for the Ha came which has been made in support of its legitimate interests. That much sympathy should have been expressed in the fate of the culprit as ' the• dreadful hour of atonement approached,• is pot surprising in a land where misery front whatever cause it may spring never fails to meet with pitying hearts. But that it was a false and morbid syMpathy cannot be doubted. It is dangerons to suffer feeling to fling a veil'over crime, audit must be recollected that the Character of his offence Was aggravated by some of the circumstances which Most contributed to awaken public interest. For as it was towards his family and friends rather. than to- Wardi himself that Sensibility was roused, it ought not to be forgotten that it was'he who:dealt the blow which prostrated their 'peace and bap jpiness. Whether his crime be considered there ifore in relation to the interests of the public , t)r to those of his own connexions, both of which the deeply injured, there never was a case which !displayed a more' complete absence of all : grounds or excuses for the exercise of the divine prerogative Of mercy. That' he may have found it in that world to which his own offences have hurried him, but for which he appears to have prepared himself by sincere re pentance and Christian faith, is a hope which Hit will he disposed to indulge, who shall peruse the relation of his last moments and of the calm re signation with which he gave up his existence to satisfy the offended laws of his country. He is said to have been himself of Opinion . ; though he -gratefully allowed the exertions of his friends to procure a remission of punishment, that his case was not• one in which it was possible .or Royal Clemency. to interfere. • [monsiNc: ItEitAt.n.] No leading article in this Paper to-day. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (FOomthe Dublin Corresponden(, Ni?v. 25.) Exactly lit proportion as the Rant is corning in, the more do the dangerous, gigantic, and unconstitutional principles of the Itonian Catholic Association display them• selves. The orators or this licidY have long since assumed, in their various speeches and resolutions, that the Roman Catholic population is exclusively the Irish nation, and that they, of course, form its only Teal and true representatives. At the Meeting of this Assembly, yesterday, it will be perceived they are resolved to carry this assumed 'maxim t;t theirs into practi cal illustration. An Ambassador Extrizardinary is either to be found at, or sent to, Paris, who is to conduct and superintend the political relations which they may have to transact with the French Government, as well as with other foreign States. If it were not one of the very first measures of the American Revo lutionists, it was at least one of their preliminary proceedings to send an Agent to France, who succeeded in arousing the hostility of that nation and Government against England.— , The precedent is quite to thepurpose of the Irish Revolutionists of the Roman Catholic Association. To pass by the legitimate sources of redress, where the grievance is more imaginary than real, and to seek the aid of a foreign and natural enemy, or indeed any aid which can advance its interest, has been always the resource of factious discontent, and more especially when it finds its own intemperance tohave furnished the best plea for disappointing its wishes. We will, however, shortly discover whether this new expedient of making threats precede petitioning shall have its desired effect in the proper quarter. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Nov. 30.) BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. T. Barker, illedbourn, Leicesterxhire, corn-factor. BANKRUPTS. J. O'Hare, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, grocer, to surrender Dec. 14, 15, Jan. 11, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. Soil. chars, Messrs. Poole, Greenfield, and Gamlen, Gray's-inn square. B. Lewin, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields, coal-merchant, Dec. 7,11, Jan. 11, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Spyer, Bartholomew-lane. L. Chambers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, spirit-merchant, Dec. 21, 22, Jan. 11, at the George Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Solicitors, Messrs. Bell and Brodrick, Bow Church-yard, Ch eapside. G. Lomas, Burslem, Staffordshire, pawbroker, Dec. 11, at the office of Mr. Ward, Burslem, Dec.ls, Jan. 11, at the Legs of Bien Inn, Burslem. Solicitor, Mr. WolstQn, Furnivars- Inn. • T. Burslem, Abchureh-lane, wine -merchant, Dec. 4, 11, Jan. 11, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall•street. Solicitor, Mr. Farris, Surrey-street, Strand. J. Kite, and B. Best, Macclesfield-wharf, Shoreditch, Pop ham -terrace, Islington, and 'Borstal Flint-Works, Rochester, wharfingers, Dec. 11, 14, Jan. 11, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitors, Messrs. Young and Vallings, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry. J. Thomas, Piccadilly, draper, Dec. 11, 18, Jan. 11, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-street. Solicitor, Mr. Beavan, Clifford -street, Bond-street. Charles Fennell Thompson, Wood-street, Cheapside, silk manufacturer, Dec. 4. 11, and Jan. 11, at the Bankrupts' Court, Basinghall-strcet.—Solicitor, Mr. Bean, Dyer's Build ngs, Holborn. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 6, T. IVindeatt, Bridgetown, Devonshire, woollen.ma nufacturerDec. 7, J. Emery, Rosamond-street, Clerkenwell, victualler—Jan. 4, D. Campbell, B. Harper, and A. Baillie, Old Jewry, merchants—Dec. 7, T. and J. D. Payn, Cat. eaton-street, warehOusemen—Dec. 18, J. Robertson, Old Broad-street, merchant--Dec. 22, C. Jones, Welsh-pool,' Montgomeryshire, draper—Dec. 4, G. 11. Browne, John-street, Bedford-row, scrivener—Dec. 23, T. Sumner, Preston, Lanca shire, corn-merchant—Jan. 4, J. Banks Leeds, flax-spinner— Dec. 22, T. Edwards, Alton, Hampshire, ironmonger—Dec. 21, T. Reed, High Holborn, linen-draper—Dec. 22. A. Grif fiths Swansea, Glamorganshire, grocer—Dec. 23, A: and C. Sheath, and J. Dixon, Boston, Lincolnshire,' merchant—Dec. 28, W. Humphries, Nunney, Sontersetshire, innholder—Dec. 23, T. Gower, Weathersfield, Essex, maltster—Dec. 21, Q. Gale, Newgate-market, butcher. CERTIFICATES; DEc. 21. C. Dyng, Acton green, bookseller—T. B. and A. Smith, Old Trinity-house, Waer.lane, Tower-street, corn-factors-- E. Helling, Bedford.street, lledford-row, painter—W. Mayell, Exeter, jeweller—R. Houlden, High-row, Kensington, coal-. merchant—J. Harvard, .Blackmore-street, Drury-lane, dealer in glass. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. .W. Furnival, T. Fowler, J. Tartion, and W. Lloyd, Dmit. with,, Worcestershire, salt-manufacturers ; so far as regards W. Fiirnival.—S. and S. Sharman, and W. Wilson, Welling. borough, shoe-manutacturera....J. Chard and S. Colver, Picker ing-place, Edgwate-Mad, brick-makers. —J. and S. Johnson., Manchester, brush -manufacturers.--. 1. Booker and J. isher. wood, Liverpool.—J. and 11. Swart, Union-street, Bishopsgate, silk manufacturers—R., G., a nd J. Lees, Manchester, cotton merchants—G. Collinson, sen., G. Potts, and G. Collinson, jun., Chenies-street, Tottenham -court - road, cabinet makeraz- J. Jones and T. Murray, Liverpool, general merchants—D. Smith and A. APTurk, Nottingham, drapers—E. and J. Wil lingham, Strand, fishing-tackle manufacturers—R. Barnes, liolton.le-Moors, and, it'. Stables, Manchester, captains of packet-boats—W. F4telsten and •W. Jones, Liverpool, pin manufacturers. ASSASSINATION ofMAJOIt CHAMPION. (From the Newfoundland Gazette of Nov. 9.) ST. VINCENT, OCT. 16.—1 t is our painful duty to record, in this day's Gazette, the melancholy death of Major Champion, 21st Royal North British FuSileers, commanding the troops in this garrison. On returning to the fort on Wed nesday evening last, at about 7 p. m., he was shot by the sentry posted at the drawbridge, and expired before 10 on the same evening. The wretch who committed this diabolical act is now given over to the civil authority ; and as this is the second in stance of a similar nature which he has endeavoured (though in the fitst instance .happily ,unsuccessfully) to perpetrate, it is hoped that he will soon meet with that fate which he so richly deserves. The body of-Major. Champion was interred with every military honour due to the much-lamented deceased' on Thursday evening; and marked respect was paid to his me mory by the principal authorities, civil and military, together with most of the.respectable inhabita»ts. The foregoing parti culars (transmitted to us from the regiment) comprise a faith ful detail of as shocking an . event as ever was recorded —one, we are happy to say, hitherto unprecedented in this colony, and of which, perhaps, scarcely a parallel can be finind in the annals of the British army. •It has thrown a gloomy melancholy over this community, which at once marks the detestation and horror in which the crime is held, and the deep commiseration that is felt by all for the fate of Major Champion. and in the affliction of his widowed lady. and five fatherless children, when the me lancholy tidings shall reach them in England. We have but few particulars to add; to what .is communicated officially above, respecting the death of.thii gallant officer. He was on his return from town to his quartera in the fort, and had reached about the middle of the drawbridge, when he was challenged by the sentinel on duty at the end of it, who in quired particularly as to his identity, and being assured it was the Major who approached, he immediately shot him, and he fell from his horse on the bridge, the distance be tween him and the assassin being about six yards, and the shot passing beloW the left breast through the body. An inquest was held on Thursday on the body, and a verdict of wilful murder returned, when the culprit was committed to gaol upon the Coroner's warrant. Major Champion was in his 37th year ; he had seen much service, principally as an Officer of the Staff', in various parts of the world, and was much esteemed by his brother Officers, as well as all those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. A vessel was grit express to his Excellency the Governor on the night of the Major's death, and he returned here early yesterday morning, from Canottan, since which he has directed a Court of Sessions to be called for the trial of the prisoner. The wretched assassin is named James Ballasty ; he is a native of Ireland—has been about ten years in the regiment, and bore a bail character in it. He acknow , lixiged his guilt at the moment of the murder, and repeatedly • since : indeed, the savage and unfeeling manner in which, , we are assured, he ex u l ts i n t h e d ee d, a lmost exceeds belief, al though his victim not long since is understood to have solicited and obtained 'a remission of his punishment for an attempt to commit a similar crime. TIIP Gazelle of last night contains a Proclama tion, .p,romising his M a jesty's most gracious pardon to any one concerned in the atrocious murders of Frances Smaller and Mary Ann liattenborough, the two little girls who were found murdered ne ar Boston some time ago. The Proclamation ex cepts those w h o and 'offers, as a p ecun i ary rewar d 135/. (with the previous ex actually committed either of the said murders ; ception) to derer4 to convlctie n , ai l Person who shall bring the murderer or mur. paid by the Mar* and acting Magistrates of Boston. the Govern ment, yermissiinoi,thoetri of fhe the start cases : o t f he rewards to be The Custom -house at Saint Peteriburgh has DOCIITEROWI ment, to 'allow the importation of tobacco from i l:o rn k e li: i d il l ) 211 : n 1 porter (we presume English porter Payment of certain duties. Last' week Capt.-Lieutenant „ Commander of the Imperial corvette the Smirnoo, sailed from CrObstadt, on his voyage to Katns chatka.—(B7. Petersburgh Paper, Nor. 2.) LAW INTELLIG ONCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH,. Nov. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE sat at Nisi Prius, and tried causes with common juries. SPYRING V. GREENWOOD AND COX. This actio n was brought by the widow' and personal repre sentative of Major George Spyring, an officer in the artillery, against Messrs. Greenwood and Cox, the paymasters of his Regiment, to recover a balance of 1601. ss. 9d. due to his estate. There was no fact disputed between the parties, and the case was tried on admissions. From these it appeared that certain allowances, formerly permitted by . the Board of Ordnance, were in 1816 withheld, and notice given to the defendants that they must so longer expect to receive them on behalf of the officers. Messrs. Greenwood and Cox, however, neglected to communicate this determination to Major Spyring; , and in 1820 furnished him with an account, in which they gave him credit for the allowances, nearly, if not quite, to that period. The question was, whether, having given this account, they could now dispute its correctness, by showing that in 1816 the allowances were actually withdrawn ? It having been agreed that the point should be reserved for the opinion of the Court in the form of a special case, The LOAD CHIEF JUSTICE told the Jury, that, in his pre sent view of the case, the defendants were not now at libery to dispute the correctness of the account which they had chosen to render. It was very important to all men, and certainly not less important to military . men than to others, accurately to know the extent of their income, that they might accommodate their expences to their means. As the defendants had allowed Major Spyring to go on in the supposition that his income re• mauled unchanged, and had supplied him with an account on that supposition, he thought they were not now entitled to skew that they had been in error. The Jury, then, by his Lordship's directions, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1601. ss. 9d. THE KING ON THE PROSECUTION OF PALMER vernss CLIFFORD. _ Mr. CHITTY opened the pleadings, and Mr. OtritrEY stated the case to the Jury, as exposed in the following evi. dence Thomas Palmer examined by Mr. CIIITTY.—I am a painter and glazier, residing in the Hackney-road; in May last I wanted 300/. ready money, and on the 4th May 1 inserted an advertisement in the newspapers, as X. V., addresed to Parents and Guardians; stating, that I wanted to borrow that sum upon good security, at 5 per cent., and would, for the accommodation, take an apprentice without a premium. The next day I received a letter from the defendant, dated May 4, No. 25, Ely-place, and offering to procure me the Money if my security was good. (Here Mr. Adolphus, the defendant's Counsel, put in a letter, butthe witness denied that it was the letter lie had received.)— In consequence of this letter I went to Elpplaca, and saw Mr. Clifford on the sth May. There were several Clerks present and 1 811 the appearances of business were preserved. Mr. Clifford begged me to chew him the letter I had received, as he had such a vast deal of business of this sort; it was necessary to re fresh his memory. He took the letter and did not return it, I never saw it again. Mr. Clifford took down a discription of the property .Iproposed to mortgage, and made me sign an au thority for his raising the money on my account. Ile made me bring him the leases, and took them from •me. He said, 1 have a better way of raising money for you than upon mort gage—mortgaging consumes a great deal of ready cash. ' He made me fetch him my father's leases, and give him a re. ference as to my respectability ; he said lie could raise me the money in a day, he did so much business of that sort for the most respectable people. lie then made me take him to my mother's, and made me draw two bills for a hundred pounds each, on my mother, at three and six months: I said, " Why, I want*the money for three years; not for three Months:" He said, " Pshaw, never mind, I will give you an and to renew your bill from time to time, as they become (hie." mother accepted the bills: Cliffor d said, " now call upon -me to-morrow, and I will give you the value of the bills." lie gave me his own acceptances in exchange, and said," Mind you don't blot them, but put them carefully in your pocket book." He then • took' me to the City of Carlisle public house, and induced me to give up my. mother's acceptatices, that he might take them into the market, and said, " call upon me to-morrow. at one o'clock, and I will give you the cash, and you must then give me back my acceptances, 'they are only meant. for your security for the night." After he was gone, I had shrewd suspicions that he was not an honest gentleman, and 'I went to my attorney, Mr. Dennis, and told him all. that hadhappened. He advised me to get my bills back again, and went with me the next day to Ely Place. The clerk said 'that Mr, Clifford was not at home, and I said, that it was very sir- . prising that he should not be at borne when he a pp o in te d to give me my money at one o'clock. I waite d six ours—and he never came. During that time many letters arrived, as l if from Mr. Clifford to the clerk.—l saw him next day; when he said that he bad so, much business, that upon his word, he had not been' able to get' the . rnoney. ' , said, upon my Word, Mr. Clifford, your behaviour is so strange, that, my suspi cions have been very much decided.' and my Mintier is In great distress. I: found Mr. Clifford. was an uncertificated bankrupt, and was a prisoner in the King's Bench. Ile had got a day rule 'to meet me at 25, Ely-place.—l sawhiro again ; I importuned him to give up the bills, for the sake of my mo. ther and' my own anxiety and' trouble. He said. I had no need to be under any apprehension ? he must take time to consider of it. Mr:Dennis said, that if yoti'don't give up. the billS, Mr. Palmer is deterniined to prosecute . you. As to that, said he, it is nienly an exchange of billi-•-exclinge is no robbery. I af. terwards went to a Mr. Musgrove, the collector of the rents of Ely-place, who gave me a letter to Mr. Clifford, at his room in the King's Bench prison, Cliffordsaid, you have made a fine stir, a fine fuss about the bills ; how came you to Lind out Mr. Mus grove? he has written. a very feeling letter .for - you I' wish to oblige Mr. Musgrove; call again, and I may give you up the bills, you have made such a stir. Clifford afterwards said, you ought to be more cautious ; you have lea r nt a lessor.that might be of service to you through life. He said, the agree ment we have.signedwill be found to contain no promise to pal ( you money. After much trouble and threats, I got the bills back fronihim, on my paying him 4/. 10s. as his charge& tbr his trouble. He made me copy a letter which made it appear, that I had Solicited this termination, on the ground of 'my not being able to get his acceptances discounted. After signing this letter, he would not give up but one of the bills. Ile said that he had a point to carry with Mr. MusgTove, and he would give up the other bill to him.—He then claimed, a further sum of 2/. 14s. of me, and threatened to proceed against me on it ; I was afterwards arrested on my second bill.--. Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS : The security given was my own property, and that of my mother's. My own property brought in 13s. fid. A week, subject to a ground rent of eight pounds a year. The other premises were not so profitable. • I have another business besides my plumbing and glazing ; I sometimes preaches the Gospel of the Lord to every benighted neighbourhood ; I only employs myself in preaching for the laird, when a better em ployment can't be had.--[Much laughter throughout the . Court.] Mr. A no LPICUS--I dont eXactly understand what you mean by a benighted neighbourhood. • • The LORD Crum , JUSTICE—Come, come, don't let us have any of this matter. Cross-examination resumed.—.A letter, purporting to be 'Mr. Clifford's answer to the advertisement, was put in the hands of the witness; would not be positive, but thinks that is not the letter.—[The witness, against the wish of the Court, wss here obliged again to narrate the whole transaction with Clifford.] ,The two letters now produced are the handwriting of Mr. Mus grove ; the two other letters produced are my. handwriting ; I employed Mr. Harmer as my attorney, whose clerk wrote to Mr. Clifford the two letters now produced; never passed any accommodation-hills in my life, nor offeredao pass Mr. lord's bill; he offered me the value of his bill in my hand, ten days after it become due. I have raised upon my property 1,100/. at 8 per cent. Clifford offered to get the property out of the mortgagee's hands, and to .let me have > the money upon it at 4 per cent ; lie nearly got all that property out of my hands. _ _ - e-examtned by Mr. GURNEY : I was arrested by the at torney who had offered me 1001. 7s. to redeem Clifford's bill ; the arrest was the next day.—George Dennis, attorney, corro borated the testimony of the preceding witness. Elisabeth Palmer deposed to having accepted Clifford's bill, at his persuasion, as a security for the money he was to ad vance to the plaintiff. Clifford said 'that her son was too honest ; he was only fit fur a niat for rogues to tread upon. If he knew more law and less religion, it would be better for him. She offered Clifford thirteen sovereigns to get her acceptance back; he refused. Charles Gaye, solicitor in a commission of bankruptcy against Clitlbrd : He had not got his certificate; he paid no dividend to his creditors.—Cross-examitied : The defendant had lived in Ely-place from 1822. The assignees, but not the creditors of Mr. Clitihrd; have received a compoSition of their debts. Ambrose Parish, clerk of the King's Bench prison, proved Clifford to have been in that gaol from Nov. 2 . 1822, to the pre sent time. He had had the rules, hut has long been within the walls. Therenvere fourteen actions against him, and he had discharged eight of them. David Spence porter of Ely-place , kn ew Mr. Cliflbrd ; he was four quarters of iiis quarterage or rates in arear. Timothy Greathead, treasurer of thesates of Ely-place ; Mr. Clifford was in debt four half-yearly rates, amounting to about 31. 10x. each.—Thomas Morgan , baker, proved the defendant to be indebted to bin' in about 21. Mr. Anorxutia took objections to the counts in the indict. ment., . The Court held that the first count was bad, inadvance as tru the money out of his own funds. - The second, third; and fourth counts charged the defendant with professing to procure this itt money, with a view of defrauding the prosecutor, the Coi over-ruled the objections, and held the counts to be good. Mr ADOLPHUS addressed the Jury aiconilderable length. He complained that the cause had been mixed up with extra neous matter, in order to prejudice the Jury against the de fendant. He commented upon some appareqt inconsistencies in the evidence of the prosecutor, and contended that there was no evidence to prove any fraudulent intention on the part of the defendant; that the prosecutor had endeavoured to get . the bills out of the defendant's hands, and to. close the transaction, Merely because, that during thenegotiation he had altered his mind as to his mode of raising his money. He put in the litter written in answer to the advertisement, m prove that theoori ginal offer of the defendant was, only to raise money for Oree months, upon his giving good security. ' ' • William Owen Humphrey's, a :witness, was titiled.fer the defence, to prove the delivery..of. the letter in answer to the lid'. vertisement. Cross-examined : I saw theletter written and heard it read: it ' is the same letter I delivered to the.prosecutor in answer to the - advertisement. 1 will swear it. lam clerk to Mr. Clifford; Clifford kept but one clerk; I was not his clerk, I was only his assistant ; I went to his office to learn what I could; 1 sal now out of employ; I lived last with a Mr. King, of Suf. folk-street, but only for a week; I have lived at another, but only for three months; I don't know when f left Mr. Clifford. and I can't say when I went to him; Clifford had one real clerk, and two others that appeared to be clerks on particu lar occasions; one was a sereant .out of livery , there Were clerks with an appearance of something to do; my business was to go to the Coffee-house and . to read advertisements, and to answer such as I thought would do, such as the plaintiff's ; won't swear that there were *five • pounds of furniture in the upper part of Mr. Clifford's premises. 111 r. GURNEY commented 'upon the general infamy of the transaction, and upon the audacity and turpittude of the de. fence. He animadverted upon the shameful evide nce of the last witness, particularly in his swearing to the letter wr itten in answer to the advertisement. The defenda nt had in this instance over-reached himself, had copied the date of the bills instead of the date of t a h_e original letter—a mistake which put the forgery beyond question. The defendant, stood self-convicted. °raider, The LORD CIIIEt JUSTICE desired the Jury, to c not generally whether the defendant was guilty of defrauding the prosecutor , but whether he was guilty of the fraud in the Ills Loniship for in forging that letter, he manner charged in the counts of the indictment• rupted his Lordship. tosay, that described the different counts of the indictment, and suMmed , up the evidence. , During the summing up, the Jurysit n i t r . _ was useless, the guilt of the defendant was beyond all qu . estl The Learned Judge;howeier, proceeded through the evidelcr and the Jury, without • hesitation, found the defendant gull y upon the second s third, and fourth counts, of defrauding tha_e_ prosecutor under pretence of procuring him the m oney, ft. :1._., quitted him of the first count charging him with factomen m w nt the fraud by pretending to advance the money ° his goiqg through the ovate. ° funds. Nt J. . . COURT OF CO3IIIION 'PLEAS, ,oy. J e. omm ors (Bebe,: th, LORD.CIIIII3iPNLUS T ICE BEST ana a C Jury 4 ai;Dnpv el v. LORD ALVANLEY. This was a wire flidas; brought by the plaintiff,, g e nt stnnitnol4- tratrix of Mr. Alexander Andrews, to -revise the Plagn — ,f t i, n „ .a bond granted by the. noble defendant, in the 54th Yea r ," 1 t h e late King. The defendant Pleadrid • that he had sadsu e ` l i .judgment ; but as the'proof of the issue was on WM, an d he did not produce any evidence to substantiate it, a serelict was The Court was oCcui)ied till half. taken for the plainuir for 1,3311. past twelve of two osher.tietions, but . they related to mere Matters ac ace cni a „: ' ' an4.were of no interest except to the parties engaged s ° "- ock it: . . 111611 COURT OF ADIIIRALTY, Troy' 39 : 1 • THE NEW s PIDEN IX. f ean3t This was a cause of wages,, promoted by a mariner - % n . his Captain. The claim was resisted by a charge of drus _e„ its detaihi, very uninteresting, - . was argued Hess set up as against the maxi, and the matter, which was . f . , day. . . .. iltl Lord STOWELL today pronounced the wages tot` due, condemned the master in the costs. . TIIE ZODIAC. . na ,l.,for In this case the master of the Zodiac, being colPPe'''e expence of 'repairs, &c.; to borrow itioney . on hoim mr ; t , port of Heston, in the United States , ' executed “ bout. tutu . a. , fees Aldersq, bearing . 14 per cent. premium. The censtu, 1 66.. a:mended by a Mr. George Manners, the Britidi C.u n ' 1 1 ; 0 0. n ral for the stateorMassachusetts,'lvere iilchi° in this. 011,, on a larder a'" and the owners; considering these tohive been most ex ° rD brought the case before tins Court for itwopinion. nett r,•,. tier. On a foitner Court.day, Lord STOWELL pronou_. after validity-of the bond, under all . the cireumstlinces t" btr• of t he' .expressing a strong opinion on the exorbitaney of sr? T ` to t he : c ll 4rges In pa meat of ,which it was given, referre" 11 the iis - Registrar and Merchants to report their opinion u' to tutilte. 2 1 ;;;. t t a o pl i e 0 a l re /. (-1 ; .tore and amount of the deductions it might beltOr a ; - brougli The Registrar and. Merchants! report this ""'Ala P "t: for consular fees, SLei b ' Mr . - the stm' ~ was I lere y r ed uced from c ~J, No that and th th e e d ra eu t l e an o d f m p a r d em e b tu* rit.ongtl' • e t c h r e ge .:7 il e 6 ' 141. to 10/. per cent._ , • , ,„ ... . • co pful Dr. ,Lt:SILINGTON strongly called upon the court t ° , i i i ifidy this report, and` expatiated at . 'scene - length od the she eta • excessive demand for consular fees, &c. It -"" Inl Iqi ; b t. . the Court had already pronounced the bond to . I ) , PLe v '" . done woold lim e e m .., the Learned Counsel doubted much whether it the 'eolliul's d sir' .so, could it have - anticipated, that upon alone, an itern of 272/. would be reduced to 1011. ,,,,,rt, The.Kitio's ADVOCATE anti Dr. ADAMS. prayed tea s !:,,,;(1, to refer the report back for re-consideration to the lieg.!. Merchants.' • - —• • :. -.-. •. ' ' : a skirig Lord STOWELL said he would take an opportuniti ; s i - prie the Registrar and Merchants to stet,: to him upoo„w „p re hi a . ciples they had proceeded in this matter, anti could 6 opinion on a future day. . ____-.....•'' . COURSE OF EXCHANGE, NOVIS/0 bei 30. c. } . Antsteidato . ,.. le I A Ditto, at Sight , ••• iFfto Rottenhini ' ll 4 _, Antwerp lg '' L 17•• Hanihorgli - . ....... •3 6 qi Ii• Minna ........... ( (Js. 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