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COUUT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday R .specia: Court was Ireld, which was 'numerously arteuded. vote for the lesser rather than the greater gum it came to the cote. Messrs. Waithman, Chirk, Jacks, Hurcombe, Blakesley, and Hick, spoke to the question ; after which the amendment was adopted without a division. DEATH 01."I'HE DUKE OF KENT. The letter to the Lord Mayor, from Lord Side rnteole, upon the subject of the death of die Duke of Kent, having been read, ROBBERY AT THE ADMIRALTY. Mr. l'Avut.t. rose, to move a Resolution for the Bow-STREET.—William Giles and John Somer= adoption of the Cutot. He raid, that however ford, the two men charged with stealing a great . incompetent he might be to address the Court quantity of journals, log-books, tend other official upon the melancholy occasion, he should hav e documents trout the Admiralty, underwent a found much greater' diffienliy, if The subject on final examination yesterday at this Office, before which he was about to speak required any embel- Rieueen I3lttsltl, Eq. the presiding Magis lishment from a flatterer. But a simple detail of trate. the actions of the late Duke of Kent was all that The Solicitors of the Admiralty and Mr. Fin vt as necesseiv to establish his claim to th e art f ul- layson, one of the principal Clerks, were present ratio,' of his set vivor.„ It was well know n th at on the pert of the prosecution ; and Mr. Helmer he was not more illustrious for his r ank and titles attended for the prisoner Somerford, who has ie soetetv; than be was ennobled by acts of puddle been employed as a Messenger in the Admiralty and private chat it v. Th e conduct o f hi s R o y a l upwards of 20 years. lliehnes. in public companies was such us to in Front the e t idence of a Number of cheese and snire universal respect ; and it was trot lot - t 4 since' hott er d.-aler s , it appeared that the prisoners bare the City had art opportunity of hearing him des been carrying on an extensive business in this ellre, at one of their etorttaitinients, that he way for a period of nearly two yeate. - Among should Its ver do any thing to disgrace the name of others was a Mr. Cooper, of Mat ket-streer, the House of Brunswick, nor almndon One of the s Jainee s , wh o deposed that he had frequently constitutional principles upon which that Howie • bought old log-books and journals of the prisoner was seated upon tire Throne. E%cty corner of Somerford ; and that at the present moment he the metropolis witnessed the exertions of this gre it had more than three cwt, by him. Others had putsonage, whose eff o r ts f or t h e education of the purchased them of Giles ; and its some cases poor and the eiteulatiou of the Holy Scriptures women bad been employed to dispose of them. had been unceasing. The W° ll4. Y Mrmb" t hen T star e he wit nesses were a s k e d by t h e M 4g i strete, d tile 11111Ilbcr of .o c i e ti es o f w hi c h his Royal whether they were aware of the naiure of these Highness was patron, and otter hav ",," documents when they perclia , ed them ?—They re those "P" the . serious 138 - 1' 1918 ' 11 "i : 1) y plied, that they were aware from the general sub of the Cowl to the situation of the Duchess, who pers, bur the pi isoners alweys spoke of them as had, in coujonction with her brother, Prince Leo papers which had been•exami'ned and done with ; pold, sotfered bitterly under the temarkable that and they (th e w i tnesses ) conc l u d e d t h at they sold penseit ions Prov dunce. Mr. It avell added, th e peke, elthongit educated in military tidbits,t them tie a p erqu i s it e to w hi c h t h ey were ful l y en titled. wac capabl e o f s h ow i ng i n d e b ate that his emu merciel knowledge sp as as grea t as t h at o f any Mr. Finlayson said it w as b ut r i g h t h e s h ou l d state publicly, that thes e tra d esmen h a d come for a ma n. The tVort hy Member concluded with movi ng teterd voluntarily, as snort as they saw the report Itcsolotio n , express i ve o f t h e f ee li ngs of the to : the newspapers. of the first ex am i nat i on o f Court tome the melencholy occasion of th e death m of his the prisoners, and th e y had shown the greatest Ryal e Highness, and recording ilea sym - desire to hive ev er y i n f o rmation in th e i r p urser.peril of th e C ourt wi t h hi s R oya l Hi ghness she hie( e Regent, the Duchess of Kent, the rest of Malty large bundles of the papers were produced the Royal Family, and Noce Coburg, &c. by the witnesses, and sw orn to by Mr. nulaysoo as being the property o f hi s M a j esty ; b ut i t was Mr. DixoN second e d th e mot i on, i n every word b stated, that there have been near l y two tons o f whi c h h e agreed. li e hi g hly a pp rove d o f t h e pr weight stole n ! an d not more t h an a b out eight or omptitude with which the Lord Mayor had • Among I • nine cwt. recovered. t lem were the og called the Crat. books of the vessel in which her late Majesty first Mr. ()entree' could not give a silent vote. - -He came to this co u nt r y : - wh ets IA ere i n the hand tspoke of the many cahmities %%Alia had befallen , e writing of souse o f our o ld est Ad m i ra l s w h en they he lioyell Family within the last few years. T he were only Li ee te nants , procee di ngs o f N ava l peke was en d eare d to t h e pu bli c b y num b erless publi c ei ttues , b u t tht: chief glow's! of admiratiou Courts Marti a l, & c . & c . was, that he had faithfully - followed • his father's The Magistrate inquired, whether papers of this steps its - ptivaue transactions. At a period when description were ever, under any circumstances, efforts were mode to establish blasphemous sloe- allowed to he taken away as Perquisites he example of such a character was in- M r . Finlayson replied, Certainly oot. On the es:int.:hie its er e:a lit % a. ho r ro r o f principl es sub- contrary, they had been carefully deposited as im vtrsive of all order and religion. port alit records, almost ever since the Admiralty Alderman WOOD joined in the general praise of had been in being. The log-books especially, the Duke's character, a nd st a t e d, th a t b e , well we re cons id ere d as moat i mportant. It an officer knew his Royal Hi g h ness ' s anxiety to relieve i applied for pension, on account of his wounds, himself from the embarrassment inevitably caused the log-hook, recording•the action in which he its his early life. Th e D u k e was no l ess remark- stated himself to have received those wounds— ehle for his readiness to assist all military persons was a n invariable reference for the. particular who were under privations, and incurred vast I merits of the case ; and the same with respect to expenses by his boundless liberality in cases of seareep, alleging to have been unjustly struck off distress. the Pension List fur desertion—the log-book was Mr. Jecas said, that he could not give a silent always resorted to fen information. vote on the present melancholy occasion ;be be- The examination lasted several hours ;. and at lieved no ather membtr of th e Cour, with per- i ts c l ose, the pr i soners were both comm itted to Traps the exception of the worthy Alderman who s Newgate for trial. spoke last, had opportunities of saying so much of the late 'entente(' Duke of Kent as he bad done, particularly at a period when all stare and eti gitette were laid aside, and in a country where his Royal Highne es was probably glad to take a countryman by' the hand, whom he had formerly known ; in the various conversations which he had entered into, upon great variet 3 of subjects, be was surprised to find his Royal Highness so informed on all points ; and more particti latly on those of political economy,a study which, from his education in camps,awl armies, he did norsuppose could have much come under his ob servation ; but be round the Duke to have forth ed very accurate observations on the state of ma nufactures on the Continent, and exhibited much knowledee on their comparative state, and also of commerce. After a few words from Mr. Alderman WAITti- AN, the Resolution was unanimously carried. The Court agreed to a Petition to Parliament foe leasre to bring in a Bill to raise further monies for carrying into execution the Act for erecting a New Post Office. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 111ANCHESTER SUFFERERS; Mr. YELLOWLY presented the Report of the Committees of General Purposes, appointed to inquire whether any, or what sum, should be granted 'o the Manacster Sufferers. The Report recommended that the stun of 500/. should be granted. Mr. OLDHAM moved, that until further infor mation should be received, the Report should lie On the table. Mr. PA rTEII Was surprised that the Members who tormed the Committee did not support their rtepot t more spirit edly. WILLIANIs (01 Smithfield) considering the stAte of the poor in London, should prefer a vote of 2001, to the sufferers at Manchester to that of 5001. recommended by the Committee. CHARGE OF ENIBEZZLENI ENT MADE BY THE EARL OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. MARLEOROUGH•STRRET.—The Earl of Bock inghamshire charged his Valet and Butler, James Wright, who bad been six years in his service, with divers acts of embezzlement. The -Noble Lord, in an opening address, took a brief review of the several eases, which he- afterwards called evidebce to prove. The prisoner was discharged soddenly when his practices had been discovered ; but .'onlits being ascertained that the embezzle ments had been so often repeated, :Martin, a Mary ie-bone constable, wa's sent after him to Reading, where he apprehended him. The prosecutor had got possession of the hook in which the prisoner made his entries of bills paid, and which was brought to him every month tor inspection.—The first rase was an entry of ten guineas paid to Mr. Plaskett, • of Burlington street, for wine in Feb ruary, 1819. The prosecutor had paid Mr. Plea kett 2831. for wine just before, and he desired the prisoner to pay the other 10 guineas, contracted since the-payment - of the other bill, as he was about to leave London for some time. Mr. Plas kett's clerk proved that the 10 guineas aCeounted for in his Lordship's book as paid never had been teceivedr—To this charge the prisoner said - lie-h4tl paid the money; when Lord B. asked for the re ceipt, which the prisoner said he had not got. — A second charge was preferred against the pri soner by Mr. Chevery, a coal-merchant, in Upper Thames-street. The sum of 81. 19s. Gil, had been charged in the book as paid, which Mr. C. proved had never'been received.--A third charge was preferred by Mr. Butter, an iron-monge r io Ox tord-strret. An' entry of 41. 16s. 3d. had been made as paid, when Mr. B. proved that no such sum- had been received. A fourth charge was made by Mr. Coles, a butterman iu Wigmore street. The prisoner had made au entry of 21..145. 9d. paid, which Mr. Coles proved bad never been received. The Noble Lord said, that the book was in that state that he could not get at the extent of the embezzlements. He bad other cases, lie had come forward with conside rable reltzetance ; but fa om the prisoner's miscon duct in not coming forward to explain himself when sent for, he should pursue him to trial. The prisoner here handed over a written character, given him by his master. Lo'rd Buckinghamshire refused to give hint back the letter, which was written before 'these frauds were discoveTed, and since 'that, be co9ld not in his conscience suffer hint io have the letter back —The prisoner tsar fully committed for trial, end the parties bound over to let osecutg. Mr. DIXON believed the motion upon this sub jeer had its origin in ,party feeling, and not in hu runnity. Those who were culpable were the men who ►ook advantage of the poor, and worked up on their feeliogs by gross misrepresentations. The respectable people of Manchester were extremely liberal to the poor, and the money already sub scribed was more than sufficient to answer the purl - costs -for which the subscirption had been opened. lie therefore opposed the grant alto gether.as ridiculous. PaACtiCK !Wiled a specific sum wcruld be v0..,1. Air. ..Fv7t..L wished the report should be sent hick t o ,hr Cotirnittlee. Tilt' Lot poration 0 11 01E1 0 hr j!:tt't thiore they wete generous, and be Should ADMIRAL rir SESSIONS. CHARGE OP _PLUNDERING A WRECK. William Lilly and Alexander Wood we're then arraigued for stealing a quantity of beef horn on hoard the brig Mary, of Carnarvon, Robert Wil liams, master, while she was stranded on the Goodwin Sa MIS, oil the coast of Kent, on the 21st Dec. 1818. Air. A RABIN read the indictment, and Mr. HOL LAND opened the case, and detailed the circum stmni.es of it as they %vete subsequently disclosed in evidence. Ile said the offence was a capital one. The brig kvas proceeding from .Lintel ick to C:arnarvon with a cargo of beef, butter, pork. an bacon, value 70001., lich en in a storm she got wr,cked on the Goodwin SantlS. Several hardy seamen went to give assistance front the contiguous putts in about fitly boats, and he was sorry to say, that amoog them were a number of men whose sole object raa•: phoder, and who con quered the work of destruction so completely, that they carried of the whole of the figgiog and mater ials, as well as the cargo. The facts wer: proved by several ►sitnesses. The ptisoners, on being called upon for their defence, merely said, Qiey used the beef for their own hindy. Mr. J;i , tice PARK summed up the rvideuce.— Ver-diet— Guilt!) of Lorceny. . CHARGE OF MURDV,R. Samuel Baker was Indicted for the «ilfiil rutin ilcr of E!ii.otiel ilryant,, on the 161, of March, 1519, in a vestal on the High seas, about 15 league's off' the coast of Holland. The deceased was Apprentice to the prisoner, who was master of a fishing - vessel. I:he boy having eaten a part of a dumpling intended for his master's dinner, received several severe blows of a rope, and having stooped, received one or two blows on the head, which were not aimed by the prisoner. It was clearly proved that there was no malice prepense, and the prisoner (to whose hu mane character several witnesses appeared), was depitted. DREADFUL CASE OF MURDER. James Pater, a man apparently 60 years of age, W as indicted for the wilful minder of his brother, John Pater, on the 14th November, on-board a vessel called the Aurora, lying about two miles off Dungeness, in the county of Kent. There was no Counsel for the prosecution. Homey, a youth, stated, that he was cabin-boy on board the Aurora smack, of the prisoner was the master. One night of some day (which he could nut reconect) betore Christ mas last, the vessel was off the coast of Dtinge iles3, arid he was lying in bed in the cabin, n•lten he heard a noise something like a tumble. He looked out of bed, and Saw that it was JOllll Pa- ter who had fal:en down. The prisoner sioo,l o►er him, and was beating him all over the head and body wick the bellows. The deceased kept crying out, " Aly dear brother James, leave ofi.'' The prisoner S 001) after desired et ituess to get a brindle of straw, for that some one had brought tl►e dead body of a man on board. The prisoner and the deceased were both in liquor, aod witness eaw the former wash the face of the latter with The prisoner soon after dragged ►vitness out of bed, and repeated his order to get a bundle of straw, as be wished to make au alarm and say a dead man was on board. Cross-examined by Mr. ALLEY—Prisoner• had some tvonods in his head, and was often mad. A.l. person named Richardson, just before the trns action, had a smack belonging* to the ptisoner, and he was much enraged against him. When the prisoner met a smuggling vessel at he became quite deranged. While. beating his brother he constantly cried ont, " Richardson, I am giving it to yon." lie had always previously been kind both to the deceased and witness. The fact of the murder was also proved by two other witnesses. Alr,Justice PARK called on the prisoner for his defence. He said he was quite insensible at the ti►;re, and kntw no more of what was done than a child. The Jury, after a few minutes consultation, re tired precisely at five o'clock, and after an ab sence of half an hour, ret►trned and pronounced the pt Honer— Guilty. lite unhappy man looked attentively on the Jury and breathed a deep sigh. He was asked by Mr. Shelton if be had any thing to urge in stay of judgment ? Tile prisoner made no answer, and the Learned Judge (Sir W. Scott), proceeded to pass the awful sentence of death upon him. The prisoner appeared faint, and was led from the bar by one of the attendants. Sir W. SCOTT. observed, that be had been in formed the title would not serve conveniently for the execution of the prisoner until Tuesday ; it would therefore be deferred until that morning, but he begged it to be understood, that on account of that circumstance, and that ulnae, it would be deferred. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.—There being a num ber of 101. forged Bank Notes at present in cir culation, the P u bli c are caut i one d from taking any Notes without close examination as to their au thenticity. • GLUTTONY.--A Correspondent informs us, that on Wednesday, a tradesman, in a public-house in this city, in the short space of hall-an-hour, ate 9- lbs. of beef : steaks, richly cooked, a.balf-qual tern loaf, three oranges, and drank two qua: is of bouie-brew e d beer. '1 his elegant task wa, performed for halt-a-crown wager, and the gourmand oGred to finish his repast with six WelSil rabbits; but was prevented by the spectators, who were shocker) at the disosiing scene, fearful of tin consequences. Ltu th her a ld .) These Sessions commenced yesterday at the Old Balky. At nine o'clock precisely Sir IV. Scull' (the Judge of the Court) took his seat on the Bench, attended by several Cirilians. The Commission for bolding the Court was read in the usual form, and the Grand Jury ware sworn. They returned into Court at eleven o'clock, with a true bill against Lilly and Wood. Sir WILLIAM SCOTT resumed his seat on the Bench, assisted by Mr. Justice PARK and Mr. Justice BEST. LAW INtr,LLiGBNCE. COL:tT OF CHANCERY, WE.srmissTErt, JAN. TII MARQUIS TOWNSHEND U. THE BISEOP OF NORWICH AND OTHERS. The plegclings in this cause having been finish.. ell, the Loan CHAtidst4ott entered at consider.' able length into the merits of the question at issue ; and after reviewing the arguments which had been adduced in favour of each of the three contending parties, he gave it as his opinion, that the advotvson was legally ' vested in the Marquis Townshend, as heir at law. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 2b'. THU KING V. MRS. CARLILS. This defendant, having obtained time from last Tern) to improle to an information preferred against her at the instance of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, f , , r publisl►ing her h►isband'S, trial, containing a copy of Paine's Age (74' Reason, she was brought tip this morning .to plead. Being called upoulor her plea, she pleaded NOt and received notice that she would he tried at ills Adjourned Sittings after this Term. Her plea being. recorded, she asked for a gratuitous copy of the information, but she As as info toed by The Cooar, that this was not •, case in which a gratniloos copy of the information could be or dered ; had it been an information sled by his Alajtsty's Atturncy-Gcnvial the Case would be different. • defendant• left the Court as she entered, without any companion. , . TUE DUKE OF BEDFOrD v. EMMETT. This, it will be tvai an action brought by the pl3iotiti,,s 1,01(1 of ( ..:ovent-prden Alqtket, to try [be tight to tike certai'n tolls On fruit broo ! zht to tl:,tt ma!l< - et for sale. At the trial brtnre , the Chivi jilsice, at the Sitting.; after last I erut, the vlainlifr bad a ver dict. The crestion in diqiute Oetlter the plaintiff had a riglit to demand toils in respect of each round or basket of fruit, as conirati.is:in guished from an aggregate toll in respect of a cart or waggon load. The matket gardeners insisted that the usage of the market was to pay four pence for a cart, and one shilling fora waggon load of fruit. It apnea; ed in evidence, that the usage.was to pdy by the basket or round in part of the market, and fotopenee for a cart load, and a shilling for a waggon load in another part of the market. It vas insisted that the defend ant was liable to the former rate of toll, and un der the Learned Judge's direction the plaintiff had a verdict. Mr. MANRTAT 110 W moved for a rule to shet cause why the verdict should nor be set aside, and a new trial granted contending that it was quite contrary to law to demand two different rates of toll, iu different parts 01 the sane mar- Let, f•)r the satne commodity. The COURT, after liearin t ,► the Learned Counsel at considerable length, inled, that the verdict tiein g founded on a question of fact, it could not be disturbed, and- recognised the principle laid down .at the trial to be right ; for that it was possible the local advantage of the seller, itt hoin►t of accommodatiou in the market, might very wellinstify a distinction in the atnottot of toll 'ita different parts of the market.—Rule refused. At two o'clock the Chief Justice held his first Sittings, but none of the cases tried were (A pub lic interest.. dO.-11.. AIARKET, J.,.,...23. Ships at Market. Ships n•old. Paces. 44i Newca s tl e 0 Sllnde:latid COURSE OF F.XCIIANGF:, JAN. 23. • A rii.ttet darn I)itto, at Sight Rotterdam ............................. 12 0 Antwerp • 12 1 Hainburgli r'ltont• • 36 4 2,1, Paris, 3 Day's Ditfo Zottrd.,:tox, ditto Frankfort 00 the Main Madrid il 'EiFectiye Cadiz liilbNii liibraltar 30 Barcelona Leghorn Cseuua 44i-Venice, ital.. Lie. 27 30 Malta -Naple s 3S Palermo 116,1. per Oz. Lisbon Oporto 52 Rio Janeiro Dublin 11 Corti ll per Cent. BUILIoN. - , Portugal Gold, in Coin - 1.3 19 9 per 01. Fortign Gold, iu Bars 3 17 10i New Doill)1(mns .... ....:3 15 6 New Dollars 0 5 0 Silver in Bars, Siandard ~, • 0 5 2 • .nurru. Yesterday, the Lady of 3. Ricardo, Esq. of the Lawn ) South Lambeth, of a son. MARRIED. OF/ the 270) inst. at St. Sepulchre's, the Bev. Henry Parish,. A.M. of Epsom, to Sayah, eldest daughter of the late Thus. Stowers, Esq. of Charterhouse-square. DIED. On the Qsth.in:t. at Torquay, Devonshire, aged 29, Eliza wth, wife of Domald Grant, Esq. of the Ordnance-Otfice. Tower, and yontn.:est daughter of the laic Lieut.-Colima lope, of the Royal ArtillerV. , 1 On the •28111 inst., at his house, Stockwell, Surrey, nos` Lett, Esq. in the 85th year of his age. At her lo4ings in tare Upper Biistol-road, aged 73, Mrs. Bell, formerly the celebrated and beantiful Miss Man sell, of the London and Bath Theatres. She possessed a con siderable share of professional merit, and in the expression of the pathetic. and the display of the higher passions she has seldoin been excelled. - To Henderson 's Macbeth, Mi Mansell was the original Lar'?l, and to our favourite Dinioml she ii as the equally favourite Jillict and Lady Ran dolph. Mrs. Bell, assailed bv atictions, and by the ap p oach of advanced age, had long retired from the dramatic world ; and tier chief support was latterly an annuity of 251. per annum, from the funds of the National Benevolent In stitution, and but for that admirable Plan and the aid of a few friends, who reinemliered her in earlier years, her de clining luinrs would have heel] passed "in quicksands and is miseries." BONI H}N : NI by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of. No. 29, Great Orimoul-street, Queen-square; and published be W. SCRIPPS, of No. 7, S.urth !.iolt(m-street, at Tr..ic r;r4l Ott: ee, No. 112, Strand ; where Adrertis , menla, ()rdr•-,. 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