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~ i • 't:# Al,f' ~~ NUAIDER 9798. The First Dirision,—To all Stations in the East and West Swale and Isle of Sheppey, excepting Sheerness, in the said Isla-rid. The Filth Division.—To all Stations b;tween Seaford and Shoreham, both places included. And the Sixth Division.—To all Stations from the Western Bank of Shoreham jiarcn, to the Eastern Point of Hay- ling Nand, at the Entrance of Chichester Harbour. The Conditions of:the Conicts may be sewn at this Office, i'g applying to Captain M'Cullock, at Deal; Mr. Reeks, Agent for the Victualling at Portsmouth ; and Mr. Stokes, dgent for the'Victuallingat Chatham , Each Tender must specifil Me Price in IVords at len,s.rth, and be delivered befrre One o'Clock on the day appointed, a nd must be arcoMpauied by a Letter signed by Two re sponsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering, in the penal sum If 500/. for the due perform . ante of each (f the Fresh Beef Cintracts, and in tool. for each of the Soft Bread Contrac:s. The Person who meeker the Tender, or some Person on ids behalf; must attevd to . ansulet when callet! for 111. irdbLER CLIFTOV. VICTU.-ILLING-OFFICE, Jan. 14, 1314 O.E COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL- His MAJESTY's NAVY, err. do hereby rbae * Ndtice, that on Friday, the 23d instant, they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed .Itp), awl t reat for One Thousand Sachs of BISKET STUFF ; to be delivered . between thee9l7z.,lonunry instant, and the 4th February next, i;ito the Victualling Stores at Deptford. The c un ditions of the Contract may he seen at this Office. Each Te;vter must specifY the price in word, at length, and Le delivered before One o'Cloch on the day appointed; and the Permit who makeß the Tender, or some Person on his oehalf, , must-attend to anwer witeneatice for. 3L WALLER CLIF7'o.v. CONTRAICT FOR ORDINdRY DEALS. . Nara-Office, Jan. 16, 1824. rr PRINCIPA OFFICERS ax6l CO.II - or — HIS AteiJES7'PS'..N4 FY do herely give Notice, That on Thursday next, the 2'id at One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat will:. such Per sin as may be willing to Contract for Supplying 40,000 NOR/1 7 -1Y DE.-ILS, or C.IN.,,ID'A • RED PINE DEALS, to Le deliv e r e d a t His 211vjestlis Dock Yards at Deptford, froolwich, Portsmo ut h , and Plymouth, by or before the 31st or March next, li . istrlbution of the Deal.s, and a Form of Tender, may be s een at this OlRce. - No Tender wilt be rcc:eired after One o'Clock, on the Day y' Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Part', or an figentfOr him, attends'. -E , tery Tender 2 'Just be accompanici.' Letter ad dressed to the'Nwev Board, and signed Sri two responsible I.'ersuns, engaging to become bound with the Person ten ((e)l7'g, in the Sun: of £5OO for the due per;ormunce of the Contract. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Jan. I I, 1824. TRE COURT of DIRECTO R S of the Lz,„„- UNI TED COMPANY of MEP.CHANTS of ENG "D TRA DING to the EAST INDIES, do h e reby give Noti ce, • That the 's s 'DRT will be ready to receive PROPOSALS at an n u Y tin . On or b e f ore WEDNESD A Y , the 4th of February next, from such BUILD the fur the C ompany, Person or Persons as may be willi ng t o in the River Thames, a SHIP o f B urthen of about 1800 Tons Builder's measurement, spe- LifYing the Rate per - ton at which they will engage to build such Ship. The Particulars of the Dimensions and Scantlings, and other Conditions conformably to which the Ship is to be built, may be had, and the draft of the Ship seen, upon ap lartcation to Captain Boulderson, the Company's Master At- e dan t t, at this House; on or ' I n nt t, after Friday next, th e lath "sla Li etaover, „ The Tenders, with the words " Tender to build a Ship" on to be severally sealed up and left with th e Se ".Y, at this House, at or befare Twelve o'C:lock. at Noop, °II the said 4th day of February next, beyond which hour no 'render will be received. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. tIAZARD and Co. respectfully inform the Public, that the LOTTERY begins Drawing the 19 : tit of NEXT MONTH, whim the TWO FIRST PRIZES be entitled to k2O 000 MONEY each. Tie Scheme contains ' SEVEN PRIZES of 1:20,000; and cl er 4,Y Blank drawn the First y will he put into the Wheel . - F 1 4 0 , , and have a Sec on d Ch ance, or t h e Holder may receive if presente are selling by HAZARD and Co., at Gat: • Old-established and Fortunate Offices, Royal Exchange street 2 f;,Co rn h ill : and 324, Oxford-street, End of Regent amou't. 4t which SOME M Offices have ILLIONS. been Sold Capital Prizes Jug to. T"EP°It COLDS, SOUG HS, ASTHMAS, &c. P d ; CTORAL ELIXIR. Experience • -ur.n g . • ,te s tibly proved the sup er i or • i: very long period, has incm coaglis e..icacy of this Medicine, in all cases of Colds, Ox rind Asthmatic Affections. By protuoting gentle rPreeecteonriateioonid,, l il t nytiery shortly relieves the Patient ot a slight :1111?ve- those which negl ect ' few .t 1 -I ):: e r s eil a d r e e red moregenerally confrliracieey and to cc ~i.nate, and which L ' e ce accompanied with Cough, Spitting c is,: e l "d, and other serious symptoms. Its peculiar: halsaiL fu n ' is . t end to heal sorenes s,. and allay the irritation o f . %1 1 ,P, in cases of Cough ; and in Asthmatic A ff ections it as iti;Sold ! I ml . gives freedom to the Breath. 'll Bottles, at • Is . lid. and 2s. 9d. by Butler's Che- , th e s ' 4, cheapside, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent.strcet, (ne i ar CrgYle Booms), London ; Waterloolace. El l inba .q.' ' b_c ville-street, IYublin ; and by the principal Medicine ,tildert throughout the United Kingdom. • ''''' Be Careful to ask for Butler's Pectoral Elixir. vlcruemr...NG-OFF ICE, Jan. 10, 1824. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LEVG His 314JESTrS Arai Y, 4^c. do hereby give .4yotice, Mat on Tu,sday, the 20th Instant, they will be be ready to receive Tenders in wriang (sealed up), and treat for the supply of all such quantities of FRESH BEEF and SOFT ?TREAD respectively, as may be required for the use of the gricers and Alien of the COAST BLOCKADE; ens• played en shore for the Prevention of Smuggling at the ►laces under mentioned, on separate Contracts for each Di- . vision, the Contracts to commence on the Ist February, and to continue in force—the Fresh Beef Contract to the Slst December, 1524, and the Soft Bread Contract to the :loth September next, viz.:— MEP:: op ery- Ltur .will we r xne* Aidg - SO. • • c .NV ?••v•-• o ••••• • (gß,i ) fn S :4/14 - 4e•G SATURDAY, JANUARY -17, 1824 -LORD ERSKINE. • AT a numerous MEETING o f th e MEM BERS of the PROFESSION 'of the LAW, held in LINCOLN'S INN HALL, on Monday, 15th Dec. 1823; Mr. SCARLETT in the Chair ' - Resolved, Th a t a Subscriptipn be opened for .erecting a STATUE to the Memory of the late Lord ERSKINE. That the following Gentlemen be appointed a Compiittee for the purpose of carrying this Resolution into effect: Mr. Sergeant Lens, Mr. Reader, Mr. Sergeant Vaughan, l Mr. Campbell; Mr. Jervis, , Mr. Dover • Mr. Raine, Mr. Richar ' d Wilson, Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Kaye, Mr. Bell, Mr. Lavie, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Adam, Mr. Brundrett, Sir W. Owen, . ' Mr. Atcheson. UNITED FRATERNITY OF FIMEMASONS. i THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL in honour of the BIRTH-DAY of his Royal Highness the •DUKE of SUSSEX, M.W.G.M., will be celebrated at FREEMASONS' HALL, . Great 'Queen-street, Lincoln'.i \inn..fields, en TUESDAY, 'the 27th Januaty next: • Tickets 15s. each, to be had of the Stewards, or their Secre tary, until Friday, the 23d instant, after which date none will be issued. By Order of the Board, • ..7 , .!. D. BUCK, Secretary, 18, Broad-street-buildings. 1 ' • 1 ~ - .2 . STli WA RD& • Bro. Sit'W. C. de Crespigny, Bart. i11.P., President; P.G.M. . for HampThire. • • Bro. Simon M`Gillivray, Vi ce- P res id ent, P . G . M . for Upper - Canada. • ,4.1 Bro. F. W. Pott - • - ..-'.Treasurer. •l3ro. Col. T. Wildman R.G.Mi{for Nottingham. .Bro : r+Tajor'W. J. Syttie6c.e,-.14 k - - Bro. Rev. G. A. Brown, ti . :l'.€olM7`. 4 lr Cavabridgemt: 7re. Bro. T. It. Smith - - - Grand Master's Lodge.. Bro. Jos. Conder -.- Bro. Herman Hendricks - Lodge of Antiquity. Bro. James Whitchurch - • Bro. the Rev. W. Fallofield, W.M. of the Somerset House Lodge. Bro. George Mott . - - British Lodge. Bro. 3. S. Hutchinson - - } Bro. Andre w R amsay - - Lodge of Emulation. - - Bro. John B o tt,. W.M. of the Corn e r4St one L o d ge . Bro. W. H. G as k e ll Bro. -W. A. Wilki nson - } Ditto. Bro. - T. P. Savory - - Bro. Henry Francis - P.ro. S. L. de. Symons - Bro. Glynn That an account be opened at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s, and such other Bankers as the Committee shall appoint for ,receiving Subscriptions. That it be left to the discretion of the Committee to deter mine where the Statue shall be placed: J. SCARLETT. - - Mr. Scarlett having left the Chair, the Thanks of the Meet were unanimously voted to him for his conduct in the Chair ; and a Subscription to a considerable amount was immediately entered into. Council Chamber, Lincoln's Inn, Dec. 16, 1823. The Committee beg leave to inform the Public, that a book is opened for receiving Subscriptions at Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s ; at Messrs. Remington, Stevenson, and C,P.'s. ; at Messrs. Smith', Payne, and Smith ; and at Messrs. Hoares, Fleet-street ; as, although it was thought proper that the mea sure should originate with the Profession of the Law, there, is no intention to confine the Subscription to that body. Sub scriptions will alio be received by each of the Members of the Committee. - Jerusalem's Lodge. } United Lodge of,Prucince. - ••Lodge; No. 2, Ireland. List of Subscribers. H. R. H. Duke of York - £52 10 H. R. H. Duke of Glo cester - - -26 5 The Lord Chief Com missioner of the Jury Court in Scotland -21 0 Mr. Serjeant Lens -26 5 W.GeorgeAdams, Esq. 10 10 Wrn. Holt, Esq. - , 2 2 Mr. Serjeant OnsloW, M.P. - - -10 10 John Gust. Lemaistre, Esq. 10 10 Jon. Thos. Sleap, Esq. 5 5 Sir Wm. Owen, Bart. 5 5 The Morning- Chronicle 10 10 Thos. Haviland Burke 1 1 John Gurney, Esq. -10 10 Germain Lavie,-.Esq. - 10 10 James Gibson, Esq. - 10 10 David Wm. Gregorie, • Esq. - 5 5 Wm. Haslewood, Esq. 5 5 T. Pearce Brown, Esq. 5 5 Henry Smithson, Esq. 1 1 George H. King, Esq. 5 5 Samuel Marryatt, Esq. 10 10 George Bernard, Esq.' 2 2 Hy. P. Standly, Esq. 10 10 Henry Tripp, Esq. -10 10 Henry Dover, Esq. -10 10 Jonathan Rhine, Esq. - - 10 -14) Jonathan Brundrett, Esq. 5 5 Thomas Jervis, Esq. - • 5 5 Nathl. Atcheson, Esq. 5 5 Robt. S. Atcheson, Esq. 5 5 Lewis Flanagan, Esq. 5 5 Lord Holland - -10 10 Henry Smedley, Esq. - 2 2 Daniel Rowland, Esq. 3 3 Henry Cooper,_Esq. - 5 5 Daniel Giles, Esq. -10 10 H. W. Tancred, Esq. 5 5 Charles Bfbdrick, Esq. 5 5 William Tidd, Esq. - 10 10 Hon. Algernon Herbert 5 5 Richard Wilson, Esq. 10 10 Rowland Stephenson, Esq. - - - 10 10 Henry Brougham, Esq. - - 10 10 Robert Chambers, Esq. 5 James Burnett, Esc. - 10 10 James Searlett, Lsq. - - 10 10 J. Canipbell, Esq. -5 5 Joseph Kay; Esq. - 5 5 J. W: Freshfield, Esq. 5 5 J. P. Thomas, Esq. - 1 I R. C. Scarlett, Esq. - 5 5 The Earl of Darnley - 10 10 Sin Edmund Antrobus, Bart. - - -10 10 Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart. 10 10 Edward Majoribanks, .- Esq. - - -5 5 Edmund Antrobus, Esq. 5 5 Dd. Jardene, Esq. -2 2 Jas. Manning, Lsq. - 2 2 It. Langston, Esq. -£2 2 G. Tomlinson; Esq. - 10 10 J. M. Hutchinson, Esq. 2 2 G. Vincent, Esq.. - 2. 2 C. H. Ware, Esq. - 2 2 D. Shifter, Esq. - - 1 1 - 10 10 Wm. Leaks, Esq. M.P. 10 10 L. B. Allen, Esq. - 5 5 TI E o a r . u Hall l of es s of f Jerse y - - 10 /0 CJersey E -10 10 - .o. Bicknell, H. s j.Adean e ' '. - 10 It) Jos. Esq. - 2 2 John Adolphus, Es q . 5 5 Wm. Reader, Esq. - 5 5 T. Steel, Esq. - - 2 2 H. J. SandZs, Esq' - 5 5 'J. Carter, Lsq. 31. P.. - .5 5 el. R. Reynolds, sq. 5 5 H. W. Lovatt, DI E : . 5 5 - 2 2 The Hon. Jas• Aber al p. - 5 5 G — eor! ' e a C n l g a ' rk E so s n q , Esq. 5 5 cronmie, h • Joseph Chitty, Esq. - .5 5 - 10 10 , vc rh ri o ll m ia m tn i P v o i t i t d , e E: F, sq ;q. 5 .5 5 d r John Davis, Esq. - T. 'Wilkes, Esq. - 5 5 . Thomas Swain, Esq• - ° ° E. H. Maltby, Esq. - 1 1 Thomas Saunders Esq. 3' 3 11.Whitma rs h, Esq. - 2 2 Wm.,Lowndes, Esq.. 2 2 The Duke of Bedford .52 10 The Duke of Somerset 25 0 - - . I.....ucuTTA JuLy 10, 1823.—We regret to hear that all The Lord Chief Baron - , of Scotland - -;20 0 accounts represent the prosnetts of the Indigo crop to be Peter Alley, Esq. -10 10 most dis couraging. The heavy rains which have fallen, it James Agar, Esq. -10 10 appears, hav e laid the ground un d er water, and the plant is not John Calcraft,E sq ..M.P. 10 0 ; Wm. Masterr nan E sq . 5 a : yet sufficiently advanced to g a th er. We expect to be favoured T. H. Sterli ng , iso. - 2 2 with some d eta il s on this v ery i mportant paint shortly, and Thomas Den man, E sq. i M.P. - -1010 ; hope that things will not prove to be so bad as respresented. John Spinks, Esq. - 22 , JULY 15, 1823.—CornPanyN Opium sale at the Exchange Samuel Dendy, Esq. - 2 2 . yesterday morningrte en hundred chests of Opium, of Thomas Milles, Esq. - 10 10 1401bs. each was yesterday sold by action at the exchange. Mr. Serjeant Peil -1010 ; They produced' Sa. Rs. 6 a- . 4 0, malting an average per Lord Ellenborough _lO 10 c hest of Sa. Rs. 1761 4 7 . 22 ' 8y - John Bell, Esq. -10 0 We regret to state, that by the accounts received at the Pre_ John Richards, Esq. - 5 0 : s id en cy from the Moorshedabad, Kishnagur, a nd Jesso re Di s- Joseph Hume, E5q..01.-P. 2 0 1 triet, regarding. Indigo, it is too' certain that very serious Alderman Wood, 31. P. 2. 0 . injury hai been done, and much more is to be apprehended Mr. James- Anderten 1- 1 from the rising of the river. Serjeant Vaughan -10 0 The following account of the Launch of the first Steam Ves- Randal Jackson, Esq. 2' 0 sel ever built in India is worthy of particular notice. We un• w m . B ro d er i c k Esq. 5 - 5 derstand e.he is intended for the Navigation of the .River only, Dr. Wm. Ruddithan 10 10 but anothir 'Vessel of a similar descn, but of lar r di- Major-General W. Fox mensiona ({sand greater pow h ' • , er, as already we hear, been corn ' Calcraft - • - 5 5 menced. Erasmus Madox, Esq. - 2 2 Lan NCH of THE STEAM VESSEL.—This beautiful little George Gregg, Esq. -5 0 vessel, built in the- yard of Messrs. ydds and a* The Tinies Journal -10 10 launchedat three o'clo k • ''afternoon,• C 0.,., c on Saturday in the presence Samuel Kay e E sq. Mac.. , 1 . of a num erous crowd of spectators, amongst whom we noticed chester - i ', no inconsiderable portion 'anti c r an k and fashion a , dalcuita. Robert Kay,Esq.Bolton 1 1 The mere-launching - a ', 3 =n il a vesse l o f another description Thomas Erskine Perry - 5 ° would of course be a matter of no importance. • Yet we cannot -10 0 ! Earl Grey - but regard the launching of the first steam boat ever keen in India, as an event worthy to be recorded in our pages. That 1 it is generally considered in this light, the magnitude of the as sembled crowd bore ample testimony. In the elegance of her model and the high finish of the workmanship, we understand this little vessel hat been .seldom equally--never surpassed.— She went off the stocks into her destined element in high style amidst the cheers of the, multitude, and was named the Diana. We were informed that a diniier party was to be . given in the evenin g , to ce lebrate t hi s event, so novel in the annalsof our Indian'hiSto r y. The following are the. dimensions of the vessel. Length between the perpendiculars - - 99 4 Extreme Breadth _ .... - - - 16 8 Depth in Hold 8 8 Burden in Tons - - - - - 125 0 Power—Twe-Sixteen Horse. ILETTEILFROH AGRA.] . AGRA, JULY 16.—The raitia-set in generally much later than usual to the West of the Jumna this season ; and in Mal wah, up to the 20th of Jnne, no rain had fallen ; the clotids were gathering and threatened rain, about the station at Ny mutch, on the 20th of June ; and between Agra and Delhi, the rains did not fairly set in before the 27th and 28th of that month ; since then, the showers have been frequent on the right bank of the Jumna and throughout the Doab ; and the season favourable; though extremely sultry ; the Thermometer in general standing during the day at 88 and 8;.; to 91 deg. In. the Doab, the indigo crops promise well, the prices of guad, about Coel, Maras, &c. have risen considerably, and seed has become scarce, so as hardly to be procurable for the Assar sowing. Sir Ochterlony continues to remain at NusSerabad ; and the troops of that division in Rajpootana are expected to be in the field during the ensuing season. The liberality of Government has authorized the erection of a proper place of public worship, at the cantonment of Agra, which.will speedily be commenced on. The splendid Tomb of the Emperor Akber, at Secundra, is also undergoing repair ; but every person who recollects the venerable aspect of this noble pile, must deplore the taste which attempts to re-touch it, or to modernize its appearance ; more especially, if the intention be respect for the illustrious dead, whose ashes are there protected, or regard to -the feelings of the Mahomedan subjects of our present empire. In either case, the sole view of Government should be carefully to protect the tomb froM spoliation, but cautiously to avoid all further inter ferencee or pateh-worke such buildings are invariably with the natives, constructed of the, most, solid materials ; but once finished, it is considered a spaces of sacrilege to touch them, after the corpse is enshrined in it ; both the body .and the building are then considered sacred, and not to be polluted. Ti:;;: G OVEnaron-GEx a itat..—Yesterday morning, , the Right Hon. the Governor-General, Lady Amherst, and the Hon. Miss Amherst attended Divine Service at the Cathedral, and afterwards received the Sacrament. The duties were per formed by the Rev. D. Corrie, and the Rev. J. Parsons, the two senior Chaplains. • The Right Hon. the Governor-General, and Lady Amherst, will honour Chowringhee Theatre on Friday next with their presence.--( Calcutta Journal, ,lue,-ust. ) I N I) I A. i MADRAs, Aug. 25, 1823. RATE OF EXCHANGE, WE'D PRICE OF COMPANY'S PAPER. On England—At 30 days' sight Is. Sid. per Madras Rupee. .. At 90 days' sight Is: 9d. p er di tto. At 6 months' sight is. 94d. per ditto. On Bengal—At 30 days' sight 95 to 97 Sicca Rupees per 100 Madras Rupees. - Company's Paper„-Remittable 324 per cent pm. - Unremittable nominal 10 to 12 pm. CALCUTTA. CURRENT VALUE OF GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. BUY. . AUGUST 9, 1823. SELL. PREMIUM. 32 121 Six per Cent. Remitabl e I 3:5 2 11 2 . New F:ve per Cent. Certificates. klO 6 Exchange on London Is. 11d. to 2s. ld. per Su. Rup. • BANE OF BENGAL LOWEST RATES. Discount on Private Bills - :. .. .- 3 0 per Scent. Ditto on Government Bills of Exchange -2 8 --_______ Interest on London on Deposit _ _ _4 0 _________ BANE SHARES—Prem. 68 a 70 percent.—;tom. BOMBAY, AUG. 13, 1823. EXCHANGE. On London - 6 months' sight Is. 9d. per Rupee. Calcutta, 30 days' 102 Bombay Rs. per 103 Sic. Madras, ditto - 99 Bompay Re. per 100 Mad. COMPANY'S PAPER.' Re mittable 142 Bombay Rs. per 100 Sicca, Notninal, Un remittable 121 Bombay Rs. . do. do. Spanish Dollars, per 101) - -211 i Rs. Total - £!140 15 .PRINTS, AND BOOKS OF PRINTS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. SOTFIEBY, at his noose; WF.LLINGTON-STREET, WATERLOO BRIDGE ,STRAND, on THURSDAY, nuary '2 2 , ;m T a wo foll o wi ng D a y s , at T we l ve o 'Cl oc k , ACOLLECTION o f PRINTS, recently consigned 1, orn the Continent, consisting principally of ENGLISH and FOREIGN PORTRAITS. several' of them of a very rare description, by Faithorne, Hnllar, Glover, Lotubart, Nantneil, De Leo, Wicrix, Goltzius, Visseber, British and Foreign Costume and Topography—Fin e En cravings, by ‘Ville and other celebrated .French Masten. Valuable Books of Prints, anion; which will be found—Al bert Doter and s.neas Cramich's Prayer Books ; Pirc4' Lives, with Houbralten'S Illustrious Heads, large paper ; No Theatre de la. Grand Bretagne, 3 vol. incindina the very rare Views by Winstariley: large and tiea , lv complete Collec tion of the Oxford Almanacks..--A few . Framed and Glazed Prints, by Woollett. &c. To he viewed, andCatalagues had, at the place of Sale. WIDOW W ELCIPS FEMALE PILLS I 7 have obtained tbe sanction and approbation of Gen tlemen of the Medical Profession, as a safe and valuable Medicine, in removing obstructions, and relieving other inconveniences to which the female frame is liable, especially those which at an early period ot life frequently arise from want of txercise, and general debility of the system. They create an appetite, correct indigestion, remove giddiness and nervous head ache, awl are eminently useful in windy dis orders, pains in the stomach, shortness of breath, and palpi tations ot the heart. Purchasers are requested to remark, that, as a testiminiyiit authenticity, cacti Bill of Directions is signed with the name of 7-)r-J'Z:a Pitl I in writing Sold wholesale and Retail, in London, by Wright, No. 46, Fleet-street ; Barclay and Sons, Fleet Market ; New bery and Sons, St. Paul's Church Yard; Sutton and C0..11,iw Church Yard ; Sanger, 350, Oxford-street, opposite Bond-' street; Evans and Son, Long Lane, Smithfield ; Johnston, Greek-street, Soho ; Butler and Sons, Chei,p,ide; Godfrey and Windt's, Bishopsgate,strret; Macke:6ll,B3, Whitechapcl: and by Mr. Francis Cupiss, Diss ; and all Country Venders, at 2s. 9d per Box. It is necessary to inform the public that KEARSLEY'S is the only original and genuine Medicine, and has been pre pared by.them fur more than thirty years. LAV," INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF OHANCERY, JAN. IG. HIGHGATE CHARITY. - ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. LORD MANSFIELD AHD OTHERS. This day was wholly taken. up with a renewal of the argu- Mem in this case, but nothing material was added to that which was reported in our Paper on the 16th of December, and in two previotis hearings of the ca'a.—Further hearing postponed. COURT' OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 16. ' -. Mr. Justice: MST sat for the Lord. 'Chief Justice at Niri Prita. ..:. THE ICING, ON TEE PR,OSECUTION OF SIR COLIN CAMP BELL, V. WHITEHEAD. .• • . . This was an indictment, charging the defendant with con spiring with a clergytnen named Brown, 'to defraud Sir Colin Campbell, as trustee of Sir Alex. Campbell, of 6,0001, by a pretended grant of an annuity seen red. on an estate in „Essex, and a vicarage donative, and marriage settlement. M r . B rown has absconded; Mr. hitehead has - been already tried, and convicted of the charge, bat itainecl a new trial. , Mr. ScartaE Ta. detailed the circumstances of the case, which have been partly before the, public. In outline they were as follows :—Mr. Brown, a clergyman in Essex, married to the daughter of a gentleman of large fortune, and otherwise most respectably connect e d, was d es ir ous, in 1818, of raising the sum of 6,0001. by way of annuity, and employed Mr. Whithead, acting as a conveyancer, for that purpose. Mr. White= head applied to Messrs. Watkins and Peoly, the attor nies of Sir Colin Campbell; who approved of the proposition for the advance of this sum by their client, to be secured on copyhold estate, represented to be in the possession of Mr. Brown, on the vicarage of Clackton, said to be worth 4801. a year, on the donative of St. Osyth, worth 2201, a-year; and on the interest of Mr. Brown,under'a rnarriagesettlement. Messrs. Watkins and Peoly were surprised, however, to learn that th e y Could not be allowed to inspect th e Court rolls of the manor of Great Holland, as Mr. Brown was most anxious that his father '-- in-law Mr. Coale, from whom h e h a d g r eat expectat i ons, should not be aware that he was raising money on the estate which he had given.him on his marriage. Being assured, how,- ever, that Mr. Whitehead had ma d e f u ll enqu i r i es, and had raised money from his own clients for Mr. Brown,, and seeing an abstract, apparently signed by Mr. Hills, whom Mr. White ' head represented as the steward of the manor, and a paper pur porting to be a copy of the Court rolls, they assented to the .s%ipulation that they should refrain, from making the usual - search. They proposed to send a surveyor to estimate the value of the property ; no objection was made, but it was requested. that 13 that should . have notice of the time; the sur veyor went down, met Mr. Brown, looked over the estate, and reported it to be of adequate value. All; therefore, appearing satisfactory, the deed was executed ; Sir Colin Campbell be coming a trustee for his, brother Sir Alexander Campbell, instead of principal ; 6,0001. were paid at Ronaford, and the larger portion applied to pay off previouti annuities. The first halt year's payment was not made, and it was soon discovered that, in respect to Mr. Brown at least, the whole transaction was an atrocious fraud; that the vicarage, the donative, and ynnt a°rrktihlenyve°e:rri. e ldhe !o nd l g V e ee t been,htt i eo o n of Messrs. Watkins the marriage, settlement, were greatly_ overrated in value ; that Mr. Brown had no title whatever to the estate; that the ab stract and copy of the Court rolls were entire fabrications; and steward w Whitehead,o f the manor. and fraud, l the Courisel for tsT t 060 a twi:rrtilohnrsag.e that l habot i e l imo l s y , ; , : a se s lygi n oeu o ldui t ino : and Peoly, as to conversations in which he assumed a per personal knowledge of the truth of some of the representations; on the alleged circumstance that some of the documents were in the hand writin g of Brown himself, which Mr. Whitehead must have - know, ; On. the testimony of a Mr. James (since d ea d) ; and.on that otic - 51r. Smith, who had made previous' rlg the estate, and had told Mr. Whitehead. i i n h q at uj l r e was issatistied. PRICK SEVENPENCEs gested thathis'release should be entered on the roll: For this purpose Mr. Whitehead gave the address of Mr. Hills, at Col chester, and,the release was sent down addressed to Mr. Hills at . that place. This was answered 'by a' letter purporting re come from Mr:lis. 'At the interview at itoinford, the 8,0001. was paid to Brown himself, on an understanding that the money- should be appropriated, 2,9001. to a l lay to Me. Whitehead to disch a r ge t he securities with which be wit-cor,- - cerned ; 2,0001. to Mr. Watkins; to - discharge securities-in hi; blends, and the to Mr.-limit). When the first half year's annuity . became due, it , was not paid. The tithes of Clackton proved to be Worth '1631.,- instead '4801..; -the dona tive 63/._ instead of 2201.;' and the marriage-settlement. was reduced to 801., instead of 1301. Mr. Brown had no copy- held estate at all. Air. Maberly, not Mr. Hills, was steward of the manor. The. title 'deeds exhibited . were wholly fie , titious, The documents were then put in and read. Mr. John Pricker, ,the surveyor, who went .- to survey the farm, stated, that he met Mr. Brown at the premises, - went over them, and estimated their value at nine- or ten thou sand pounds, and 'so lie reported to Messrs. Watkins . - end Peoly. Mr. Maberly, steward of the manor of Great Holland, who had been in that situation eleven or twelve •yeaes, proved that the abstract was altogether fictitious;; that Bro3y_•n eever was.• tenant of the manor; and that no putsm named' fills had any concern in its affairs. Mr. Whitehead :lever had any com munication with him respecting the manor. Me.' Coale, Mr. tiown's father'-in-law, p: - ceed that he was proprietor of Holland-pereen.farin and that h e lid never p ar t e d with it. Lie did not b e li eve Mr. ' Brown capable of fabricating the documents. He did not think the sureetder was in Mr. Brown's writing; it was moth better than ifs usual hand. The signature to the surrender from Brawn to Whitehead was rather more like; but he did not believe it to be his. Mr. Hills was his `son-in-law e he never was steward of the manor, nor was the signature tothe abstract at all like his. , The witness wa s p resse d as to the hand-writing of the ad mission, and swore he did net know whose it was ; and that he did not believe it to be Brown's. He did net recollect having sworn otherwise at the former trial. He found letters of Brown's among his papers, from which Messrs. Watkins and Peoly made such copies as they thought proper. 'e Mr. Edward Brown, a trustee under the marriage.-settlement, proVed, that the beneficial interest of Mr. Brown was (only tiv. Bs. 2d. The last tidings. of' him were from America.- a -, The witness believed the letter signed `' William . Hills"'tek be his hand-writing; the abstract, he thought, was written Cbv,him. in a disguised hand, and the surrender to him from 0a1e... .• The evidence of Mr..-James, who has died since the last trial, was then read from the notes of the Lord Chief Justice, according to the terms on which the new trial was granted. The important point in it was,.that he pointed out eo. White head,. that the surrender to Brown:liras in the hand-writing of that person ; but that heemadellet answer, and put th e papers away. .-• to lend m oney on t h e estate of Mr. aßlrwoawns l e :: eha Mr. Joh n Smith peeeed th a t M r. Whitehead applied to him quested a friend to inquire. H e was not- satisfied ; and he told bore Mr. Whitehe a d h e was not satisfied, an d h e would have no thing 'ec re eer othfiongretsopedcotanbiltelimito.n.Mr.. Whitehead y The letters of Mr. Whitehead were. then read ; one posing a fu r th er l oan, the other desiring that the survey or rn :gh pro- t not be sent d own t il l the end of the week, when Mr. Brow', would be at home. Mr. Ensor, from the Enrolment-office, produced the book s shoWing the memorials of annuities by Mr. Whitehead to Mr. Strong and others. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL addressed the Jury for the.de fendant. He intreated them to keep their minds in suspence until the conclusion of the cause, and deprecated the effect of those prejudices which the situation of his client was calculated to excite. In the, fir e :- instance, Sir Alexander Campbell brought a civil action, M which lie h a d s i nce abandoned, no doubt 'because in that form .Messrs. Watkins a nd Peoly, who had in denmilied. him, coulthnot be witnesses. The farm, therefare, of proceeding was changed ; the object remaining the sam e _ to force money from the defendant; but though Messrs. Watkins and Peoly were thus made competent, they bad a deep interest in . the result of the inquiry, and they might uncon sciously give the colour of their feelings to distant transactions. That Mr. Brown was guilty of the gross and abominable fraud imputed to him; no man could. doubt ; but Mr. Whitehead's case was, that he was not his partner, but his victim. -He would show, step by step, how" Mr. Whitehead was deluded by Mr. Brown, by what specious appearances he had been misled, and how lie had acted, botia fide, throughout the whole of the negotiation. In pursuance of this 'design, the Attorney-Gee neral proceeded to trace the progrees'of the connexion between Brown'and Whitehead, and stated that he should produce and, read in evidence the whole of eke correspondence; COnsisling en Mr. Whitehead's part, of letters fonnd by Mr. Coale after Air. 'Brown's departure, end im partially - communicated to both the parties in the cause. From these letters it ,Would appear that Mr. Whitehead' had no - suspicion of' the fr:iud which Mr. BroWn was practising; why, indeed, should not he be deceived as well as, Messrs. Watkins and Peoly, whose greater age anti experience might have rendered them less - accessible to delusion? If to these, gentlemen Mr. Whitehead asserted that he knew Mr. .I.lfOWn'e title to the estate to be 'good, lie must not be understood as having intended to speak with the accuracy. requisite in a Court of' Justice, but to-express an en tire moral conviction, founded on a perfect confidence in-Mr. Brown's integrity and honour. With respect to the evidence of Mr. James, evitience would be given to shew that it was-en tirely false, and to raise a strong suspicion that he was himself implicated in Mr. Brown's .contrivances. Testimonies of the highest kind, from a cloud of witnesses, would be given to Mr. Whitehead's character; it would appear that he had no motive to commit the fraud charged to . him ; and th ese c i rcumstances, even if there w ere any ambiguity' left in the case, ought to ets title him to a verdict of acquittal. • . - Mk. George Hicks, an attorney, proved that in .1817 his father raised 800/., 350/. and 1,2001. on annuity for Mr. .Brown, secured on the vicarage, denaeive, wed marriage -settlement. In 1818, when he had 21.1CCVedtA to his father's business, Mr. . - IVhitehead called on him for _particulars of Mr. Brown's pro- pevrtyeand received the r e u tal I3e i carage, 480 ; salary of dona tie, 220/. ;in the hand-writing of Mr, -Brown. The witness informed Mr. Whitehead that he believed. Mr. Broa•re to be . very respectable man. These ..annuities were regularly paid down to the time when Mr. Whitehead applied for infer rnat;on. Air. William Whitehead, the defendant's brother, said that he remembered Brown in 1810 applying to his brother, in order to raise a sum of money to pay oft former annuities, and referred. Mier to Mr. Hicks for the documents- Mr. Whitehead accord ingly applied to 31a. Hicks, and eatained from him a rental.. A person named Kellett said he was very. well satisfied with Mr. Brown, and, would take 5001. or 6001.; Mr. Bruce also . was referred to, and gave tatisfactory enswers ; and in conse quence of those 414 other assurances, .1,7821. Iv es a d vanced on annuities to Kellett a nd others. The witnese then proceeded - - ~ fo state, that Mr. Brown, • from eime to.time, made representa tions to . Mr. WhitelKad,by whichhe was deluded ; that when the deed was. executed, Mr. Brown owed to Mr. White head more titan 4001., and that the letter produced was . written by his brother. • • The correspondence was then read at great length; it showed that Mr. Brosih was in great pecuniary distress ; but referred to the securities proposed as complete..- Three letters from'Mr. James eta Brown were also read to show that his testimony could not be true. Mr. Joseph Bruce, principal porter to the Bark of England, proved e that, in 1818, he had, by desire of Mre Whitehead, made inquiry respecting Mr. Brown's affairs at Clackton; that be umierstood his character was highly respectable, and so re- .• ported it to Mr. Whitehead.. ' Cross-examined.—. Mr. Whitehead was an annuity-broker-in • Burlington -gardens, and parish clerk of St. Elden's. Rydr, a gentleman residing at St. ()myth, also proved that Mr. Whitehead made inquiries about Mr. Brown, and - received satisfactory answers, . • Mr. Robert Strong proved, that he advanced 8001. on Mr. Brown's :annuity, And received it back in November, 1819; with the interest. It was agreed that the other parties Who lent money to Mr. Brown on annuities were paid off' with the money borrowed of Si: Alexander Campbell. A great number of witnesses gave the defendant an excellent character. Mr..ScARLETT replied at considerable length. • Mr. Jpstice.BEST summed up the evidence, and left the ' Jary.to say, upon all the circumstances, whether Mr. White head was or was not privy to 'Mr. Brown's fraud. The Jury, at seven o'clock,, returned a verdict of—Not. To u pport this ea s e Mr. Peoly was first called. He stated that in October, 1 8 ,_ , bis desire to r a i se tu Mr. Whitehead; then a conveyancer, called at the chambers of the firm of Watkins and Peoly, and 6,0001. for a client, according to .a written proposal before them. At the first or second interview, be mentioned the name of his client, the Rev. William Robert BrOwn, of Little Clackton, in Essex, who, he said, had been for some time„, his intimate friend ; that he was acquainted stated with his affairs ; that he was the eldest son of Dr. Brown, of Aberdeen , and would eventually become possessed of a large fortune. Mr. Whitehead further described Mr. Brown as the s on-in-law of Mr. Coale, a gentleman of large property in .E„ e x, and said th at he received with his wife a copyhold estate in Great Holland manor, which he occupied. Mr. Brown, lie said, was a very respectabl e man, though in embarrassed cir cumstances, and wa nte d the money to clear off incumbrances, and to obtain preferment. He represented the estate as having cost 13,000 k, and that it was of great value. He desired that t h e knowledge of the loan should not reach Mr. Coale, as it might destroy the expectations he had from him, and that the • court-rolls must not be inspected, as the steward of the manor, Mr. Hills, married one of Mr. Coale's daughters. On this, Mr. Peoly said he thought. the title could not be accepted; Mr. Whitehead replied that he knew the title, and would give every requisite information. He was referred to Mr. Watkins. He said he knew Mr. Hills, and had had business with him be fore or somethin g o f th at ki n d. On, cross-examination, the witness said he could only swear that Mr. White k head said he knew Mr. Hills was the steward. The representations that Mr. Brown was the son of Dr. Brown, the .son-in-law of Mr. Coale, who had a large fortune, and. Rector of Clackton, were true. Mr. Milton originally left the proposals for the loan before Mr. Whitehead called at the office, but did not mention Mr. Brown. An action was brought in the name of Sir Alexander Campbell, against Mr. Whitehead, to recover the money: Mr. lVatkins was then called, and asked by Mr. GURNEY .on the mire dire, 'whether he had not given the prosecutor an indemnity for the sum of 6,000/., and whether this indictment was not prosecuted for the purpose of' obtaining the - money ; which, he contended, he had a right to ask ; as the answer of both given in the affiritative, would show such an interest in the result as incapacitated him from being a witness. Mr. Justice BEST over -ruled the question, being clearly of opinibn that no improper motive for instituting or promoting a criminal prosecution, however it. might lessen the credulity, would destroy the competency of a witness. Mr. Watkins then proceeded to state ? that Mr Whitehead was introduced to him, in order to consider the difficulties in the way of the loan. He Proposed as securities the copyhold estate, the living of Little Clackton, the donative of St. Osyth, and some interest under his marriage -settlement. A document was produced, to show that the tithes of. the vicarage produced 480/. ; ,the donative 220 L; the marriage settlement was pro duced, but the enact interest did not appear ; it was stated that it amounted to 1801. a year. Mr. Whitehead stated that the court rolls must not be searched., which met with a decided ob,. jection. . He stated that he had satisfied himself fully on the subject of the title : that he had prevailed on a client, Mr. Strong, to advance 1,1001. upon it,- and. before he did so, he had perfectly satisfied himself of the title by the examination of the rolls. He said Hills was the steward, and the abstract which he produced was certified by him. He furnished a draught of Mr. gong's security, and pro duced copies of surrender, purporting to be signed by the stew ard, and stamped on parchment. He said he perfectly well knew the steward ; that he was the son-in-law of Mr. Coale; that any search of the Court-rolls would come to the knowledge of Mr. Coale, and be injurious to Mr. BroWn. added, that as security to Strong, he had procured a surrender to himself as trustee. He .was asked how he obtained this without exciting suspicion ; he replied that, as he knew the steward very well, he had managed to do that without exciting any suspicion. To those appearances and assertions Mr. 'Wat kins trusted. The witness afterwards saw . Mr. Brown in company with Mr. Whitehead, and asked him for references. He produced letters to him from -Lord Buckinghamshire,- Lord nacre, and others; addressed in the most familiar lin guage of friendship, and franked by . them. Mr. Watkins then observed, that it was indispensable to have a surveyor's opinion of. the value of the estate; Mr.'Brown begged to be apprised of the surveyor's visit, in order to prevent, it from coming to the knowledge of' Mr. Coale. Sir Cohn Campbell was the party to lend the money, and all suspicions were lulled asleep. An affidavit was, however, prepared to guard against secret incurnbrances, approved by Mr. Whitehead and sworn. The annuity-deed was prepared and executed on the 10th of November, 1819, at Romford, in Essex, to Sir Alexander Campbell, he having itgreed totake the place of his brother.-- As there had been a surrender to Mr."‘Viiitehead, it was sug- N. his , hat nd or!, ar golf Or'" gtf the 2U init Y 2(r