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RO:11.1.N CATHOLICK--PILTII'IQN. MEETING AT LORD EINGAL'S. TUESDAY, JAN. 10.—Mr - 'Shiel•ptesented a draft of the Petition which he had. - drwn - up,•according to th^ directions of the *Counnittee, and at the same time suggested the propriety of post-. poring the discussion of its. merits • until Saturday. 1-le said, that it had 'been ohjecteo to the Com mittee, that its meetings- were of a private tn►e that it would be right,So rescue themselves from such an imputation. • The members- were exposed to much misrepreSentatiou, and a great dedl of clamour had been excited. It were well,. if t,e next meeting took place in a manner which would euable every person who wished it, to attend, Lord Fingal stated, that whoever Was anxious to attend, might do so at his house, but thought it more judicious that there should be no numerous meetiu2. -- prior to the aggregate, as it would ob struct the business of the Committee. i%!; O'Gorman was of the same opinion, and thought that holding their meetings in a - different place, and in a different manner from the usual • one, would- amount to an acknowledgment that they had hititerto acted with impropriety. Mr. O'Connel th oug h t i t wou ld- be better to adopt Mr. Shiel's Suggestion. Mr. Lube and Mr. Randal McDonnel disagreed with Mr. Shiel. • . It was finally agreed, that until the Petition had passed through the scrutiny of the Cows mittee, it would be - better that the meetings • should take place in the usual , way. - Mr. Shiel then read the draft of a Petition which he had prepared. It was as - follows : THE - HUMBLE PETITION, &c. &c. " Shewettr,—That your Petitioners, in renewing : -their ap plicaliou to your Honourable House, f o r an equal extension of colusitntional benefits and ble:siog", retain the rleettest sett e of every relief 'already affort'eul, and are grateful' for the libetal attention mhielt has been manifeitell, whenever their circumstances have hecoinea subject of tliscussiou in the imperial ParliamenU.., That yuni- Petitioners come thus'repeatcdly before your Itomotrable House with the greater coafidence s ult , • , botig con scious of no otliylbotiye but that. which entitles them, not merely to the indulgence, bat to the i.iqurobation of their country; a r.esire which may be repelled butt never. cal be extingnitlitel; of bring unre:;ervetlty ineorporatied th?,t invaluable contitution, which has raised lull:Ilan' 644 raeter to um unexampleu,l height, atil.ha3 .onule, the British Enipire the etivy,of.tbe ';rortd, , _ • -" That the ndrEeveratice of your-Petitioners this happiness, cannot; in reason, -4susp_ected lieing,other than upright .and honourabl e , as it is obrittuis, that in obtain ing equal capability of ColiStitutional ilistine'tion;";.ttiey inuSt proportionably co - me- within the -tiliere: tionstitutionat influeneeand controul,and thus incur a multiplicity of:ntiraJ restraikts, which would infinitely . tpure tltan ctuinteeloise the utmost extent of power that could he attaiited' duals of the Rennin Catholic holly.: • . " That your Petitioners are, therefore,- so far irii kr , ng; chargeable with a spirit of party aggranilizeinvit, in seckint;; their share as'iddirjdnals in the full - privileges of the English ' Constitution, that they are, in truth ; persuing only 14- (Leal cure for those --elcutetits of turbulence and faction, which, in the nature of thitigs, must always exist, and ti,b frequently actlAt s e, where any class, at mice distinct, riume rims, and activt• is -left with ou t. those ties ahicti hi n d a ll : other classes tel ti e State. It is fur the universal establishment of those ties that your Petitioners are now asking; and, in urging their suit; they conceive they are pleading the cause of the whole community. - They are imploring internal peace • for Ireland, from that, ,1113tIo . in whizii has g i ven peace to the world. They are entreating that now, at length, aft e r ages of calar. - ity, the happiness of England may be communicated to•the people, by extending' the same constitutional or- ganization to every part of the Etupite ; awakening the same home-felt interests in every description of its inhabitants, and creating, every where, the same imb r e,tight agents .of goad, Government, the same wakeful g o at kliau's of g e n era l tranquillity. " four Petitioners • presume to rem,ind ,this Honourable Houie, that in thus Applying to the liberality and wisdom of Parliament, they , seek to disturb no settled principle of the English' Constitntion.• They rejoice, .that through the care of over-ruling Providence, their cause is.at this day nit only unimpeded by any established rule, hut countenanced and s,:ictioned by generically - identical admissions and indul-• };eaves ; for your 'Petitioners beg leave to *represent that they ash nothing from your Hon. Home, 'but that they may be permitted to enjoy the benefits and blessings of the Constitu tbm•, as they have been for a length •itf time, not only inifox ionsly hut. beneficially enjoyed by bthers, liable,. in point of fact, to the same objections which have been. urged against your Petitioners. Youi Petitioners, in truth, ask this one thing, that they may be placed on the saute civil and political • footing with others 'not of the established lteligion. They . merely entreat, th a t a conscientious d;sagreenient with the Church, as by law e,tablished,' may no longer diSqualify, iii one solitary instanc,•—that privileges, never forfeited by deserting the establishment, 'should not- In. withhekt . 11.6 m-• those ;NEM only adhere to the r e li g i on o f t h e i r ancestors. • " Your Petitioners presqine to represeut, that this is a par tiality• unratified, and unacknOwledged by the ConstittitiOn uf - Englaud. They humbly lies attention to ttic obvious fact —that the constitutionally favoured form of government is not Protestantism, as opposed 'to the Roman Catholic re- - ligon t but the ripiscopal Church of 'England, as contra-dls- - , tioguished : to every other, religious description.—Your• tioners - consequently,solicit nothing but what has been already virtually_conceded--to share equally In' that tolm'ation which the wisdoth of your predecessOrs adopted, and the experience • of one hundred and thirty years, marked brwicissittides the most peculiar, has So amply justified. ' Without murmuring at the pastior envying the hitherto more favoured lot of their dissenting fellow-siihjects; on the contrary, reflecting-with pleasure, that those special objec= lions of a political nature, which alone prevented their parti cipation in the otherwise general benefit, have long_cease'tho"•: exist, and are now passing from recollection, your yetitiolicrs confine themselves to this respectful representation and ear nest prayer—that being, in the view of the-Constittition, age admishilde, they may, through the beneficent wisdom of the -Legislature, be alike admitted, to unite with their jests in every exertion for the' establishment of internal quiet -'-•the advancement of national happiness -the maintenance of, British glory, and the transmission of the English Coniti t7,t;-in, unimpaired and unadulterated, to'the remotest pos terity. i",eir Petitioners inalie these statements to your Honour able !louse, with retire conviction, as feeling that they repeat the senthuetits of Statesmen, %%ton swayed the minds of dolt• cotemporaries by their talents, and have astonished - their survivors by depth of fOresight, 'and justness of eaten- . lation.—Were even such a liberty allowat;le in addressing Tour Honourable House, it-would be unnecessary t o p o i t i t out advocates, whose deliberate support inspires con fidence not less than it excites gratitude." lint your Peti tioners trnst.they will be pardoned for'advertiug to the well known fact, that that rc-anion to the Constitution to which your Petitioners aspire, was the one ineaSure, - and almost the only ony, respecting which the three greatest politicztl Dories that ever sat at once in the :atilt assembly; were stain ially and cordially agi ‘, Your Petitioners, there fit e, snhinit these eft resentations to the consideratioa of your flonourable .ho o ,b; y " trusting that the grounds . on which ttiel - zisl;, veil ilrld Vfeight to the limner of their l'etition, and tilat ties shell obtain from the wisdom and brotificerre of .. t io•l'Avislatlti'e, that (n -th, rit iranchixeme.izA, - which is alit,, t...autiog to identify Ire-, ,laud With the firitisli Laipire, and to gii4 3 ., his Majesty'.4 lerslc suiijects an united, ttl anc oappy.people,:' fier Siiid had . re.rd d Petition, a variety . of ())jections weye L-ons olio rtii ii, r.iat tip' words " liberal /mention- in tne urst 'paragraph, wc;.e not, per . „. Rite iIC, veiy consistent ytii • Air. Shit! ssiih, -tis. the catholic q,lestioti bail Pnli.iinent, l\a - if 'been imam - 114 conside . rea • • wit!) Si) ni nc ji••d e lyf ier , tquo , that *the . ternis, which thing . could No lie had einploVilii 4 Wril' - e''oppOsite. he cr;iitied hv that sull enness which is oaten Luis t o k scr t f- ':*•• • or,dignity: ••••: • .• • AI r. 'COII II Slid; be rcgLordt.d as the language of form=—be objected, however, to- the assertion itt the second Paragraph, ,that " the British Empire'was the glory of the world." NOthing should be meMioned\which was not strictly true. • Mr. Slid said „as it -was his opinion that England had leached a greater etninenee than . any, other Nation had ever attained, and as her glOry, her power, and her late mighty efforts, by •which the freedom .of mankind had been achieved., ‘v.ere na turailv the envy of Europe, he thought it was, not improper to embody • the thought in. the Petition. It would have a cottei:iatory tenderieY—n e had bech reproached with a hatred to England, and it. was right to repel the charge. Such language: would have the effect of reconciling anitimsities . , and giving a general aspect of . modetition - to 'our proceedings. .. Mr. O'Gorman and Mr.O'Connell censured the: word " influen ce ," as being of an ambiguous na ture. It implied that we favoured the influence' of the Crown; and 'sought for 'Lofting hat places,- Shiel.Do you deny that we seek for_, places what else. do we seek for ? NVe ask for hooOnr—we are shut out ft Oat' Parliament—We 7 are incnpahle of reaching distinction—we.are eluded from every situation, of rank, at the Bar, in the Army, and in the Navy ; and what is the meaning of Entancipatidn, but that we may be permitted to attain them -• Mc..o'oorinan said, A.:hatore Alarely;ao?d. for, eligibility --that there Avere many who. did • not wish for election, and not WisliTOr place,' even if place could he attained lli. Spiel.- It . , i_s a :sttiing. , .: tlistittcfion . 'Y'Oti" wish to be cap:Ode - 6f himottrahle-;'sitti'avion" ; *but', nut to he elected. 7 rh'e one thedther, Lord Fingal.—Perha:ps'-there is no use-in intro, clueing thiS argument j'ati); tlid Pe(ftion. Spiel.-1 think;: my Lord, • that • there is . • great use inintrodueing - it l ' ir:is • 4." strotig argu ment ; it refutes the ass-ertion of those - who say tic Catholics w ish to s u b vert the Constitution.— In niy Elttan&patioti'wonlil make theta its stedfast friend, .because it would enlist . the strongest feeling's. 'of: huntan:n4 ure iii its support. 'll. , %void& infuse their reart;3 a tette' allegiance, 4:e"onnecting tliinterestt2iif-the intlitidual with those of the .:COinniiiinveatill cen: said, thaf - - the,Catholleg corpdrate "eitAcity--.l.; : deny: it ; 4 wish tb'islievti- that EinanCip - ation tOtictriiiy ari&d:disknboe.y . the'sphere olcOnSiitutional - infliteneeland - •• • Lord Finuill'lNlr.:.llaVaal M . `Dtihnt},:llll Art, totrilthiined• -the words `,` _ turbulence and faCtion,'"inthe;fonttlgiarligraph; 4t - Was• an that we wer . kiliicontetited/ lOakcd • • . likCA tlite4t;' .• • - • libt'i`threat a stti!eitce:is belndj.;'ed by . the Colife7:r; and s will 'say tlift the spirit of ibis Vetj't•idn is hot that :of modern tiOn ? It - approaches to . MeeknesS:' I assert that' • the elements of political disUnion•do this unhappy country; and t h at su c h disitnionis causeil bY:the political inequality of, its inhhhitants. 'Do we not alt knoW, that the most dreadful scenes of 'turntilt and of-outrage, are frequently actedin the North of Ireland ? Do they not spring-froM re ligious antipathies, aml . is it not riht to call u p on the . Legi s l ature to h ave pnercy on us ? It •is to have mereY, to quench the fires of disse n ti on , an d to permit us to love otir Country.. A conversation ensued' upon - 'that Ott' cif-the' Petition relating to the admission of Dissenters into the privileges of the Constitution It was said, that the Dissenters were subject to many disqualitication, from Which the Catholics wished to be pwancipated. • • - ' 'Mr. Shiel.----The' Presbyterians of It are subject' to no disqualification.' But in- '”rgitig the athiiissiOn of DiSenters itn- the.' blessings - of the CouStitution, I speak of .a'princijile only, without entering into the dctail'orpelialty. Observe, that at the conclusion, I haven•sedthe Win . fls . " entire , enfranchisement,".: to yesene•ml irons the charge, t hat 'I ask ed>motlung . 111• it part fat : liberation Thi4 is iny*gument it `'s a're' elfgthle' Petry- die - 'not tve - 'y /114 words genthically-itlenticqa,7lmply thliC It-As:Only ht . ' • principle of admission t o which I meant to a ll u d e, NvitJipu.t. referving;t4 tire Manner - in n'hich it may . he 'Modified,. ; '7' • O'Co ihere:tiraii a statethent ' • • at ,the . close of Ibt 4 Petiliaii,.. which belieVe'd not conipletely to 'Eft"obrd 'With fact-- - -natuelr, 'that' Mr. Pitt had - sitpp . Pttk.'44 theYcause- of die *otntn - C4liotieS., lle•preikitthed,44liat •Slikernicant to •,,Illtidelo him.' . 2- c ' ' Shiel.-44liaVe--.:4 g ie4 P.:.ti`tatesin4n l .ittliesadvoc a l e fth Einancipationl ;;' pletig3 niYself to pro‘ie,.,o) the'Satisfaction Learned.:Briend; thatliCrtigarded -it as tli - e greatest . .bc7tic6t . bauld froin:thi!.Unitila: Ale 1),, in as variety of speeches, argued thug clearly_ and. unegnivocallrin . its favour:' • Lord 1 4 'ingat —lt was denied 'lir -die'llouie of Commoni. - • • Shiel.—Yes, my Lord, hut Lo.ll Castlereagh . instantly'rdse and said; that he kneiv the send-- ments of Mr.-Pitt to hislatestbour, and was as atued, that he considered Catholic Emancipation as:of vital.tiecessity. I state a fact which comes Within mysowtt knowledge. ' Other remarks were wade "upO ttition, and many concurre d i n the objection ions urged ; they' agreed that the Petition had been drawn op•in admirahle .language. Mr. Shiel said, that he was sorry h could not aceotd midi th ose w h o made the objec e tions and many persons disagreed with hint, it was, pelhaps, better to withdraw the Petition. O'Connell moved that it should lie for fur ther consideration. - Mr. O'Gorman proposed that the COrk Petiticin slrouid :be Adopted. Another Petition was afterwards 'read, They .were : all • lerred COmmittec 'Of Five. Th e Meeting the adjourned. - FATAL ACCID,ENT.—On Thursihay lag, as the. Marquis of I.II)CiiINGIIAM and •Colonei BROWN "were entering'the town of 1-'l.lshury; from Stow, to. attend the Quarttr Sessions, the carriage was overturned; by xvhich his Lordship's servant, who rode on the dickey,. was somptch injured that he . died yesteriLly worming: llotb the „Marytk , ,; and , Colonel 13Rowtc were hurt, bitt not materially. OLD BAILEY, JAN. i 4 . . _ LAiICENIES,L . Vm. Neighbour was indicted for stealing . a . horse-pistol, value 11. 1-!s. 6d. the prOperty of his Majesty. The : prisoner, whb is a • soldier', Was on . gpard at the Tower' on the day . .. on which - , he comm i t t e d t h e. robbery„, He went into the armoury withsome company who were viewing the curiosities., and. was seen going out with sciniething under his coat. _ lie. was pur sued, and thepi. ; ,tol in question ; was . found in his posseisiOn.—,Guilty, . - W , in. Richardson wa s i n di cte d f or stealing a looking-giass,,anq a whip, the property of Sir Morris. Xinienes.. , The family of Sir MOrri,s, left their lionie, in Gloucester - place,.. Portman ' square, to .Proceed .to the country in October last. i l o 'h o %.: ( r ; t a i F ie litnan,. previous.. to his, qu itti ng t own , , stable, which, was at, the back of the house, and his own bed-room, which was over it. In tecember he waOnfortned,thaL the stable -had been broken of; u, . and. on, coming tO'town, lie found that. as large trunk which was in his•bed 7 ropm,hlidbeen foreFtl open, and thelooking7o4ss and whip in...tfuestion taken away. The prisoner ,vas found : in the:room by a.marf who had been left in care Oi: 4AI honse, 7 and,inifis breeches pocket were foundtwo dapficates, which . proved to .be for th e Whi p and !Obi:big-glass : in questiwi.—The prisoner, who is a well -- li,nowthiel..at the West end of the'rown, was found 0 yilty. . • -...• •. . BI GA NI 'l .- .-,--Jantes Hap,* . Edwars4,.:4lias Charles Edwards, :Om was tried and convicted of Bigamy at'tfie last Sessions but whose...judgment . was res.- pited in consequence of an objection taken by .his COuncil, was.put to the bar,+:43aron , Woon ad, dressed hint . , and observed, that :he ,had. been in dicted and Convicted, upon the elearest'evidence, Of having married Annaliinson, his former wife being : - still living ; his judgmentinid been:us pited-, - however„ upon an objection„,taken, found ed upon the - fact o his second wife's: name being Susannah Icinson, and not.Ann.Kinsori,io 'which name she had been :Mari led. This pointhad been subMitted to the Consideration of the Judges, anil they were of opi n i on tha t 11c had no right toques .tion . the name in which -he suffered himself : o-1)e married. They were therefore agreed_ that Iris, 'conviction was good— - . ~. •; 7; ..,, Roc BERY OF. THE SW AX S,E A -MA I L.. 7- Chdrie.Z triallerwo indicted- for stealing. notes and bills :of: the value of 23001. the property of Messrs. Fine.: man and Co. of Newport, in the county of Mon. , . mouth,, bankers. : • ' ..., -Air. GURNEY stated the case, and then called ttticlenCe. Charles King, clerk to the prosecutor, proved that , on the I,'d of October, 1813, he made op a • .parcel .of bank-notes, checques, 'and bills of ex -change, to the amount of 23001. Among them . there was one of the Brecon Bank, for 5 guineas. No. 2257; two of the Abergavenny Bank, for five pounds, both dated 21st Sept. 1813, Nos. 130 and . 132; This parcel was directed to Messrs. Down 'andCO:'bankers, and inclosed in a wooden box, which was directed to.-Mr. Richard Fotbcrgil-1, at Mcxsfs. Slices, merchants, Lawrence Pountney lade, London. , box was put into a bag, and seat to th e M a il C oac h Office. ThOmas Dunn, a clerk in the house of Messrs. Shee's.—On the 4th of October, 1813, received the box alluded to by the. last_avitness ; saw it opened, but the Bills of Exchange, &c.were gone.' John- Vickery, the Bow -street Officer, upon re ceiving intelligence of •theyobbery, went down to Bristol and sate the prisoner, who was guard of the Swansea Mail, -and who confessed he had re ceived the parcel in rinestion at •NeWport, andlia4 faithfully delivered it at till . : Coach-office- at Bris-' tol. Witness discovered t:iat..sonie the Notes Lad been circulated at From some infor mation which be Neel v erl Totterdo wn ; • near Brist6l,to search•the .horise- of a Mrs: Hick -; he did. not : finds any. thing •-to confirm his suspieioris. Mrs.. Hickman had atisconded. " • • Harry Adkins, another Officer, apprehended . the prisoner- on the 30th of No-Vemberlast, at a man's house-trained .Ikkeobs,.- in ,- Dtike's-place ; he was_ eorninftil'to.the House oftorreetion 'for, exami liatcou'; there, on .the 'l2th of December, iu therpeesence of Mr.• yothergill, • the prisoner asked - if he. coubtr•elieveArithself froni the charge,. * by : giiing information of the person who' had re- Ceivetlfthe Nofes• from him, 'Witness said he • could - not answ,er that luestion what• he thought proper to say 11-e (witness) was ,bound to bear.— The prisoner (hen said.,he certainly committed the robbery, .bet Ween Npwport and Bristol, by - taking the parcel directed to 'Down and CO. out of the bo x , a ft er w hi ch ,he made up: the b ox as be 'fore; kind forwarded it to London: Ito said he bad , givea . the•Notes to Mri. Hickman, the same night Or the day after; wfioni 'he advised. to negociate Solite . Of the Bills,, before the robbery could be .made knowliat.Bris - tol. She did circulate several, •It then became known at Bristol, and she ab• - sconded, fearing to : be taken into custody : she went to Bath, Mrs. Hickman and her daughter had buried the. others in the garden, where they • remained till July ,lust ;. they were then taken , up in a danfaged sta_te,-and:he brought thenVto don,. to man of, the name of Porter, to Whom he was recominended by - Mrs. Hickman. To Porter he gave 3001. worth of the Notes, some of which had been passsd ; 125/. was got from him at a pub lic-house in Portpool-lane, by two men of the names of Match and Edmunds, for which.he bad got nothin g , • Jane Hickman and Sarah Porter confirmed the confession of the prisoner : the former said she had been before imprisoned for smashitig , or passing bad money, and the latter said she had been imprisoned for robbing her muster. M r. R o b ert Syret received Rile of the Aher gavenny Bank Notes alluded to.by the first wit ness from the last witness, in payment for some goods which she purchased. Ile received an 'other AbcrgavennyNote from her at a subsequent period, 111 r:. W. Gr egory, o f Sun-street, Bishopsgate street, receiv e d the Brecon Bank Note for. .F67e Guineas also from Sarah Porter. • , Mr. King proved these Notes to have been packed up by him in the parcel sent by the Swan sea Mail. Baron NAToop,summed lip the evidence, and the priBliner was found Guilty.—The offence is not ca pital. UTTER LIG FORGED NOTES . - -lignizah Johnson, who stood indicted for uttering forged One Pound •Bank of England Notes, was acquitted of this offence, on pleading guilty to the lesser crime of - having them in her possession. •BURGLARY. —Joseph - King was . indicted for breaking and entering the house of the Hon. Miss Broderick, with intent to steal.—The whole of the circumstances of this outrage has already ap-. peared in this Paper.---Verdict, Guilty. William Rice, a young, man of respectable aP...! , pearance, only 22 years of age, was capitally in dicted for a burglary, in the shop of Cary Maria. Jackson and Ann Jackson, and stealing therein ..300 yards of lace, value 1001. their property.-- Verdict, Guilty—Death. Denham,'a 'boy , only 10' years of age-, was found guilty of cutti ng with a scissars two gold seals from Mr. Green's, watch, on Saturday, in Leadeuhall Market. .The prisoner was tried May Sessions last. , , POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • BOW-STREET. EXTRAORDINARY FIIAUD.—On. Saturday an cx.. traoidinary instance of a fraud came on to be in vestigated. 'A few days since, Mr. Lynn, one of the principal clerks belonging. to Chelsea Hospi tal, and who resides there, .received a parcel, tied up iii brown paper; ivhich purported to be brought from a distance in the country, and brought by a, coach to the Swan with Two Necks Inn, iii Lad-lane, having a porter's ticket, belong inn to that Inn, pasted on it, xvith a porter's name, with a charge of 4s. for Carriage and porterage to 'the place for booking parcels by the Chelsea coach. It was conveyed to Mr. Lynn' by,one of, Maslin4 Chelsea stages, who happened 'to take it in him self, and. for-which 4s, Gd. was - demanded. Mr. Lynn -observing it to be very awkwardlydirected, it being addressed to Mr. Joseph Lynn, Esq. had; the curiosity to open it previous to his paying th'e money r: when Ire found it to -contain-only some old pieces of canvas ; upon which Mr. Lynn refnsed.to.pay ; he has in consequenc e been mon . ed to the Court *of 'Requests for the amount, by The Chelsea . §fage,Coachnian, who attended at 'the offie& on Satinday,, to: explain how , he became ,7, posSasecl: of the parcel, which wa§:that he re- . ceived it .front Mr../q)Plebee, a cheesemonger Wesimiaster, who takes in, - anti bOLItS parceisJos thikoatli; to whom he 'paid four and! . four shillings, he said, he_ paid to the Porter from the Swan with Two `Necks Inualict i the tWo-pence Was for his hook *On .enttuiry at' the Stran with - Two Neck's rid such parcel. had come to the inn. f rom the country, nor had' they such a porter as the name affixed to the ticket.—The decision was • postponed: UN lON-HALL, Ft iday last William England, brother of the notorious robber George England, was brought up to this Office, on suspicion of having facilitat ed the escape of his brother from the custody of the officers ; he having been retaken at William's. house. It appearing, however, on investigation,' tht. he had no knowledge of the transaction until George _enteed his shop, be was discharged by order, of Mr. CHA;NIBEiS, the sitting Magistrate. Friday morning, early, Mr. DEACON, a respect able warehouseman in Watling-street; was dis covered quite naked, and nearly lifeless, m the fields near the Shepherd and Shepherdess, City road. He is too enfeebled to - state what had caused his being found in that situation. On Sa.• turd4y„ all the Persons who knew any thing of the manner in which he was - found, were privately examined by § . ir Wm. PARSONS and Mr. Mozeiv, and it is hoped the perpetrators of this nO;(trious crime will shortly be apprehended. . An old system of robbing has lately been re vived In the streets of London, by females falling down, under pretence of fainiing, and while men who happen to be on the spot at the time assist in picki..tg,them up, they contrive to rob them of ,their watches, &c.. A robbery of this dis,criptioo. was practised on Friday night, in Covent-garden Viazza—a woman fell down in a pretended fit, antra coachnUtu, while in i the act of helping h er up, was _ ro bbed of his *ate!). In the evening of; Thursday last two women, supposed to be mother and daughter, knocked at a gentleman's door on Blackheath, and delivered a basket directed for the Master, which they said came from • Mr. B. at Greenwich, and contained some goods. The master 'soon afterwards came home, when examining, the contents, to his utter astonishment, be found a fine girl fast asleep, ap parently about !lace days old. FECUNPITY.----Ac Moorbottse, near Carlisle, a turkey last year laid the extraordinary -1111111ber . of 258, eggs. MARRIED. . . Last we e k, --Beal dmore, Euq. of Queen -street, Nur Fair, to Miss Parke ,- of Dean-stre c t, th e celebrated Vticat Performer, and daughter of Mr. Parke, sen. co well known to the public for many years as the chief Performer on the oboe. On.Satarday, at Paddington Church, Richard Pollen, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, to Ann, the eldest daughter of Samuel Pe pys.Cockerell, Esq. of West Bourne. On the 16th ult. at Lanark, Mr. J. Young, to Margaret, daughter of Mr. Archibald, of Cortland; and at the same time, Mr.. Thomas Gairdner, jun. of Throughburn, to Isa- India, second daughter of Mr. Archibald: The united ages of .both couples amount to .G 5 years, affording an average to each person of about 16 years. Nine couple were lately married at 'Nottingham—the unit ed-ages of one couple not reaching thirty four, while the ages of another'Aunounted to sac hundred and hperity.s--the man in the latter.case being upwards of seventy, and his pre, seat wife beingthefifty he has led to the Altar. DIED. ' Owthe 4th. inst. Mrs. Dobr6e, of Vale-place, Ilammer smith, in the 60th year of her age. , • On the 31st ult..atTibshelf, in the County or Derby, in his 102 d year, Jonathan Wee ldon, labourer. He retained his fil eulties tolerable`perfection till within a few days o his death • He had Shaved •him Self as usual on Christmas-day last. . - On Friday sc'nnight, at the advanced age of years, Mr. Collin, Statuary, Exeter. .0n Thursday, the 7th inst. at Portslade, Sussex, aged B.l' years, the John, Clutton, Vicar of that Parish, and Rector of .Tl9ne:leton, late of Magdalen College, Cambridge . On Wednesday night last, suddenly, at Plymouth Dock, - Mr..l3 rown , - A si i s t a nt-Surg,eon at that Dock-yard. On the 12th of November, at Funchal, Mr. Thomas Car rick, aged 28, son of David Carl ick, Esq.Ba ulcer, of Carlisle. Last week, at Exeter, Captain Charles. Ilutzlthys, on the superannuated list of Post Captains. LONDON: Printed 1w .1. 11. CARSTAIRS,. No. 7, .Craven- . buildings . ; anti published by W. A. SCRIPPS, of lltixtont, at the SUN-OFFICE, No: 112, Strand; where Adtertis" Nevis, Orders, Letters (post-paid), 3.:e. must be addressed.