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^~`~ 77U; f, %~y; A . ' „.. \s. , • JP' ' '`.\\ , 1 t I illt r o /7: - ) fi - 0i y i 144-- FrI K : ;1 11 / 4 7 ' 4 SUN. NUMBER 9816. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1824. PRICE SEVENP.ENCE. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, January 28, 1824. NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons de sirous of contracting to supply the following Articles ..tar t>Ae Use of the Army, vix. BREAD—To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties : Berke (including the Town of Hungerford), Berwick, Chester, Hants, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northumberland, So merset, Wilts, North and South Wales. • OATS, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses, in Cantonments and Quarters, in the under-mentioned Coun cies : Bucks, Cumberland, Leicester. FORAGE, viz. —OATS, HAY, and STRAW,—To his Ma itsty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Barracks, and Oats, Cantonments and Quarters, in the ander mentioned Counties : Berke, Cornwall, Devon, Essex, Hants, Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Norfolk, Somerset, Surrey. • That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the nth day of . March next; that Proposals in writing, sealed up, and marked "Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at this Office on or before Thursday, the 36th day of Fe bruary, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock en that day. Proposals must be made separately for each County, ex cept for the Counties comprising North and South Wales, all of which meat be included is one Tender; and each Propo -41 must have the Letter which is annexed to the Ten -11•1 properly filled up, by Two Persons of known Property, 'Rtgaging to become bound with the Pasty tendering, in the Astsount stated in the printed Particulars, for the due per formance of the Contract; and no Proposal will be noticed *ales, made on a printed Tender, and the Prices expressed sa words at length; and should it so happen that during the s uatinuance of the Contract no Troops should be supplied Ly virtue of the same, the amount of the Stamps on the Con tract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contracture *hell be refunded to bins. Particulars of the Contracts may be bad upon application at these Chambers between,the hours of Tess and Four. P. S. Samples of the Bread and Meal may he seen at the 011ie, between the hours of Twelve and Two. ARMY CONTRaCTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, January 26, 1824. N OTICE is hereby given to all Persons de sirous of Contracting to supply BEEF and NILITTON to his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quarters, and Barracks, in the under-mentioned Counties and Islands Alderney, Bedford, Berks (including the Town of Hunger; ford), Berwick, Bucks, Cambridge (incl u ding the Town of Newmarket), Chester, Cornwall (including Scilly), Cumber land, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham (including Holy Island), Essex (exclusive of Tilbury Fort), Gloucester (including the City of Bristol), Guernsey, Hants, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Jersey, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Kent (including Tilbury Fort), Lancaster, Leicester, Lincoln, Middl esex, Monmouth, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, Not tingham, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, York, in the several Counties of North and South Wales, and in the several Counties of North Britain. That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th da y of Mardi next ; that Proposals in writing, sealed up 4 " marked, " Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at this Office on or before Tuesday, the 24th day of Fe bruarY, but none will be received after Twelve o'Clock ai that 12)y. I% P a tale must be made separ'ately for each County and Island, except for the Counties comprising North and South Wales' all of which must be included in one Tender; likewise the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney; as also roast the several Counties in North Britain ; and Tech Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to the Tender properly filled up, by Two Persons of known Property, engaging to become bound with the Party ten dering, in the amount stated in the printed Particulars, for the due Performance of the Contract ; and no Proposal will b e noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the Prices expressed in Words at length ; and should it so happen that during the continuance of the Contract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor, shall he refunded to him. Particulars of the Contracts may be had upon application at this Office, between the hours of Ten and Four. ADDLE-AGED FEMALE, of unexcep tionable Character and Connections, wishes for the SITUATION of COMPANION to an ELDERLY LADY, or HOUSEKEEPER to an ELDERLY .GENTLEMAN. She is well acquainted with _Domestic Affairs, is very ready at her Needle, and would undertake all the Household-work, Cooking, &c. which a single person might require. As she is of a cheerful disposition, can bear confinement, and has no objection to the country or to travelling, she might particularly suit an Invalid. She would be happy to assist in a Nursery, or in a Preparatory School. She has no Followers—Please to address (post paid) to M. N., at Mr. Nyman's, furrier, No. V, Fetter-lane, Holborn.—Letters from Offices will not be attended to. INCORPORATED SOCIETY for the CONVERSION and RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION and EDUCATION of the NEGRO SLAVES in the BRITISH WEST INDIA ISLANDS.. AREPORT of the PROCEEDINGS of this SOCIETY, front July to December, '1823, is ready for del:very at .Alessrs. RIVINGTON'S, Booksellers, Wa- Iterluo-Ti/ace,' - and St.-Paul's Church-yard ; .and at Messrs. RI VINGTOIsr and COCHRANE'S, Booksellers, 148, Strand ; with a List of the Donors and Subscribers to the day of pub lication. J. T. BARRETT, D.D., Secretary. 14, Duke-street, Westminster, Feb. 2, 1824. I MPEEI,IAL LIFE INSURANCE OFFICE. St7N-COUKT, COLINE-lILL, and SAINT JAMES'S STREET. .Capital—k7so,ooo. DIRECTORS. CORNELIUS BULLER, Esq. Chairman. SAMUEL DREWE, Esq. Deputy Chairman. Charles Barclay. Esq. Daniel Mildred, Esq. John Bourdirii, Jeremiah Olive, Esq. George Brow., Ese. R&Jert Shute, Esq. Andrew Colville., Esq. Henry Smith, Esq. Robert Lang, Esq. John Smith, Esq. M.P. Richard Lee, Esq. Henry Merry, Esq. Ebenezer Milli land, Esq. John Heaton Tritton, Esq. AUDIT() Rs. Sir Charles Pi ice, Bart. I John Baker Richards John Tritton, Esq. CONSULTING PHYSICIAN'. U. Lidderdale, NED. Falcon-square. Two-thirds of the profits.of the Company are periodically added to the sums specified in the Policies effected for the whole term of Life; at the same time the insured are pro tected, by the Deed of Settlement, and the above ample Ca pital, from every chance of loss, by the responsibility which attaches to those who b ecome mu t ua l insurers of each other. Lives insisted are allowed to pass by Sea from one part of the United Kingdom to another; and also, in time Of peace, to pass in King's Ships and Packets, or other decked Vessels, het wenn British Ports and such Foreign Ports as lie between Ostend and Havre de Grace, both included, without extra pentium or special leave of the Directors, as is usual ly required. No extra Premium is required from Persons engaged in the Army or Navy, unl e s s wh en ca ll e d i n t o actua l S er vice. No Entrance Money, nor Fine of . Addossion, is charged, except its the case of nun-appearance. Attendance i, givt ti daily at the Company's OfEccs from Ten till Four ()'Cluck, where Rates and t onditioos may be had, or at any of the Company's Agents in the principal Towns tin oughout the Kingdom. By Order of the Board, JOHN GREY,. Actuary. NAVY OFFICE, February 4, 1824. . - - - - CHAPLAIN'S BOUNTY. —MONEY be ing in the hands of the TREASURER of His MA JESTY'S NAVY, to pay BOUNTY for the Year 1823, to Bn eh CHAPLAINS of the ROYAL NAVY as are entitled thereto, tinder His Majesty's Order in Council, hearing date the Ist February,l76s, Ist February, 1784, and 22d October, 18 ° 2 , and who have been entered upon the list, by.virtue of th e papers they have respectively transmitted to this Office ; Notic e is hereby given, that the payment of the same will commence at the Pay-Office, Somerset-place, on Monday, the 9th Instant, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning.—And It o . uta es ilett th at i n f uture t h e Ch ap l a i ns ent i t l ed to the davit Y will, as s oon as i t may b ecome due, cause their Atti the PaYtnen eto be deli vered at this Office, in order to expedite - tnt. T OOTH-ACHE AND EAR-ACHE. DERRY'S ESSENCE' has receives] the sanc tion and support of the most Distinguished Person as in in the kingdom, together with the united Testimony of zt i l , first Physicians in Europe, and numerous favourable COW. b e 'nu in highly respectable Nledical Journals, where it has e_n declared to be the " Best thing ever discovered for the ,%th-ache and Ear-ache."—lt instantaneously relieves the .zinct excruciating Pain, preserves the Teeth sound and firm, rarivonts further Decay, effectually cures the Scurvy in the vi illll fastens loose Teeth, and renders them Firm and Ser 1, abie to th e l a t est per i od, and effectually Prevents the ache.SOl N in Bottles, at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. by Butlers, Chemists, 14 4 , Ch eaps id e, St. Paul ' s, and 220, Regent-street, (near V, ll :rgyle Roo ms ), L on d on ; Waterloo-placc, Ed inburgh ; d t 7ville-st ree t, D u bl in ; and by the principal Medicine Ven ae the U Kingdom: 134 careful to ask for nited " Perry's Essence for the Tooth- Just poblished, By Authority of th e Lards Commissimlers of the Admiralty, ANEW ATLAS of the ISLANDS of SI CILY and MALTA, with the Adjacent Coasts, being a complete Hot fur that dangerous trait id the Mediterra nean, by Captain W. H. ::i,MYTH, It. N. price 71. tOs. in sheets, or Eight Guineas in boards. A SURVEY of the CAPE VERD ISLANDS, with the Ad jaunt Coast of Africa, under the direction of the late Cap tain ilmmoipmEw, R.N. A NEW SURVEY of the BANKS and SOUNDINGS for entering. into and sailinz up the ENGLISH CHANNEL, with Plans of the I,dands of Guern•ey and Jersey, by Captain MARTIN WHITE, R. N. A SURVEY of the GULPII of FLORIDA, with parts of the Bahama Islands, and one uf Itie Island of3ainaicas, with the sorrotindin (hangers, by Mr. De Mayne, R.N. To be had of the following Agents : Wyld, Charing Cross; Arrowsmilh, Soho-square ; Laurie, Fleet-street ; Norrie and Co., and Parberry anti Co., Leaden hall-street ; Walker and Co., and Jones, tircrpool. LATIN CO3IPOSITION. This day was published, In Royal 12mo. consisting of more than 1,000 pages. Price 15s. hound, ADICTIONARY of LATIN PHRASES ; comprehending a Methodical Digest of the various Phrases from the best Authors, which have been Collected in all Phraseological Works hitherto published ; for the more speedy progress of Students in Latin Composition. By IVILLIAM ROBERTSON, A.M. of Cambridge. A New Edition with considerable Addition s , Alt erat i on s, and Corrections. In one volume. London : Printed by A. J. Valpy, and Published by Bald win, Cradock, and Joy. •.* The present edition has this advantage over its predeces sors, that it is enriched with many hundred phrases which have hitherto been unrecorded; and these have been drawn from the purest fountains, by actual perusal; from Cicero, Tacitus, Terence, Plautus, &c. coNslsTonv COURT, I"a;n. 6. wi r.Dity v. WILDEV. Sir C. llosiNsoN gave judgment in this cause. It was a suit instit u t e d by Capt. Watley against his wife, for divorce, by reason of adultery. The parties were married on the 27th of September, 1814, the lady being then only seventeen years of age. They resided together until October, 1821, when Capt. Wildey's regiment went to Ireland, and he was compelled to leave his wite to proceed with it. Several of the particulars pleaded by the husband regarding the lady and her family had been struck out, as being of too strong a nature to be admitted. Captain Wildey remained in Ireland until May, 1822, when he returned home, and lived with his wife ; but, in consequence of a quarrel, no conjugal intercourse took place ; and in September, 1822, he met his friend Mr. Hallet, an army agent, who congratulated him on the pro bable accession to his family. Captain Wildey seemed much surprised at such intelligence, denied that it was likely to be the case; but Mr. Ilallett added that he had seen Mrs. Wil dey, who was in an advanced state of pregnancy. Cap tain IVlldey then, and not before, ascertained that his wife was pregnant, and accordingly proceeded to his solicitor, since when he exerted himself in gaining all the intelligence lie possibly could of his wife's conduct during his absence. Shortly after this discovery she eloped from her husband's house, and from the evidence produced, it appeared that she was delivered of a full-grown child at her mother's house._ Now the evidence shewed that no conjugal intercourse had taken place for the period of about forty-six weeks, and on the husband's arrival at home, it did appear that he was not so sagacious in perceiving his wife's pregnancy so soon as other people ; but as soon as he did know it, he took that course that every body would who was desirous of shield ing his own honcur. It did not appear that Captain Wildey had comnitinicated his wife's infidelity—quite the contrary ; nor did it seem probable, from his long absence, that the child could have been his, and from sonic circumstance that Mrs. Wildey's servant beard between her and her sister, it did ap pear that adultery had been committed. So far from any con nivance by Capt. Wildey at his wife's situation, it was distinct ly proved by several gentlemen of great respectability, that as soon as he knew it he exhibited all those symptoms of agita tion and distress that a person could be presumed to do who had been so much injured. After her elopement she wrote a letter to her husband, expressing a desire that they should live separate, and the whole contents seemed to ,how that she in tended placing herself under the protection of her paramour ; she did not reproach him with any misconduct, so that no fair presumption could be made to affect Captain Wildey. There had been a great deal clandestinely practised by the lady and her family, so as to preclude the possibility of Capt. Wildey's obtaining better evidence as to her paramour; therefore the Court would presume circumstances favourable to Captain Wildey from such conduct; and under all the circumstances, the Court was of opinion, that a decree might issue for the divorce.—The divorce was accordingly adjudged. EDINBURGH. HIGH COURT OF *JUSTICIARY, FEB. 2. ♦SSAULT AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. A case came on for trial this day, which seems unparalleled by the recent atrocity in Hertfordshire, and can only be compared to some of the crimes which the busy tongue of rumour had alleged against Thurtell and his gang. I n the present instance the accused, Thomas Hay, resided in a solitary manner in a house in King-street, Leith ; no living creature cohabited with him. Having fitted up his inner-room as a human slaughter-house, he set out one morning in July last in quest of his intended victim, whom he decoyed to the place of ' sacrifice, and against whom he aimed the murderous blow, but happily failed in the accomplishment of his diabolical purpose. Vtio prisoner 'sias:iiibseduted under the Scotch Law (that of Lord Ellenborough. not extending to Scotland), and stood charged with asssaulting, stabbing, and wounding, with a lethel weapon, Mr. Wm. Moffitt, to the effusion of blood, and with intent to slay him, on the 18th of July last, at the prisoner's own house in King-street, Leith. At a former diet, in consequence of a statement by the panel's Counsel that they considered him in an unfit state of mind to be put on his trial, the Court appointed a Committee of medical gentlemen to inquire into the state of the prisoner's mind. Their report was now delivered in, and it stated that they con sidered the panel to be of sane mind. The COURT then asked the panel's Counsel if they intended to persist in their plea of the prisoner being incapable of stand ing his trial. They replied in the negative. The indictment having been read the panel pleaded " I am not guilty, my Lord ; but 31r. Wilson is guilty of rousing me out of my bed this morning, and bringing me here without my breakfast, a state, I presume, which no one present is in be sides myself." The LORD JUSTICE CLERK told the panel that his manner bore evident signs of being affected and premeditated ; and he would just caution him to look more narrowly after his own in terests, and to remember that awful situation in which he stood. His plea of " not guilty" should be recorded. MENZIES, for the panel, delivered in a written defence, which stated that the panel pleaded " not guilty," because at the time the crime was alleged to have been committed his mind was so distempered as to render him irresponsible for any of his actions. A jury having been chosen, John Mackay, Esq., Baron Bailie of Leith, was called to identify the declarations of the prisoner. The witness identified the panel's declarations, and deposed, that at the time of their being emitted .before him, it was only a few minutes after the man had been stabbed ; that the panel's hands were covered with blood ; that he appeared much agi tated, and in such a state of mind as led the witness to believe that he was deranged; and he therefore remanded him until the evening.- When witness questioned hint , he hesitated for some time, as though he was making up a story. It was three o'clock in the evening when he examined him again ;he then appeared perfectly sane and sensible, and answered all his ques tions in suc h a manner as did not induce him to alter his opi nion that he was perfectly sane. Witness took great pains to ascertain the state of his mind before proceeding to examine him ; he saw the prisoner afterwards; he was' then more cau tious, but witness still believed him to be sane. A Leith police-office r deposed, that be was present when the panel's declarations were emitted; that they were emitted freely and voluntarili!;-444 that be was in a sound state of .mind, as far a 3 the witness could s ay . - - M r . William Moffat, wright in Leith, knew the prisoner. hinagppaebnoetelatoeitgabktea o'clock,w alk out w c a n s far as 50 yards from his own wo r k s h o p, w hi c h i s s i tuate at t h e Yard ends, Leith, he saw the prisoner standing alone, who, as soon as he saw witness, Caine towards him ; witness asked how he was this morning; he replied not very well ; for, jumping over a ditch, he had put his foot on a stone and sprained it; he said h e had some repairs to make ; witness said he was glad of it ; he asked witness then to go along with him to his house to see what they were; witness said, that having been out so long that morning, it would be necessary first to step into his workshop, and see what was going on ; the panel said he could not so conveniently see him at any other part of the day ; witness seeing him so anxious that he should go with him, said, " Come along then. The panel conducted through a by-lane from the Yard-ends, but told witness to send his two dogs (pointers) back, because he had two cats at home, and one had kittened ; witness accordingly sent the dogs home ; they then proceeded down the lane to St. Andrew -street; the panel moved on a little below hint occasionally, and particularly when in sight of his own house; witness followed him up two stairs to his house. When they got in, he shut the door, and locked it. Witness said there was no fear of the dogs coming in. He said the cats did not appear to be there—perhaps, he observed, they might be in the next room. He then asked the witness to go into the other room. Witness said all the business they had to do might be transacted where they were; lie pressed, and said, " Mr. 3loffat, do go in," and he went in ; witness observed on enter ing the room, " You are got very tasty now, I see you have a carpet; but it is not laid down properly." It was a waxed oil cloth, turned the red side uppermost, and the sides and corners standing up in front of the chairs and bed, instead of being laid down under them. The panel then invited witness to take a glass of spirits, as he had been out that morning; witness at first declined, as he was not used to taking spirits in the morn ing ; but lie said he was going to take some himself; he did so, and witness tasted it out of compliment to the panel. The pa nel then said he had bought some property in Edinburgh, and wanted some partitions to be put up in it, as it was too large for him to occupy himself; but that his leg was so painful that ,! he could not go to settle with the person whom he had bought the property of. He repeated this so often that witness thought i:e wished him to propose to do it for him, and at last offered his services. They sat down ; the panel took bold of his hands, and said, " You have a stronger head 'than I." He seemed rejoiced that the witness had offered his services, and said, if he would write out a receipt for the money he would intrust it to I him. Witness, before writing it out, said he should like to know the amount, and panel said 2201,, and gave him twelve 201. notes. Witness said that was more than was required. The panel replied, that interest was due on the money, which only left a balance of 171.; and if he (witness) would write, he (panel) would dictate the receipt to him. The panel turned • his back to him, and appeared to be looking out of the win dow, and repeated what he wished witness to write in the re ceipt. Witness objected to the terms, and said he could write a better one himself; the panel desired him to write one, and they could then compare the two. Witness wrote a receipt, which the panel said would do very well, if witness would add, after the amount received, the words " from Mr. Thomas Hay, King-street, Leith." Witness did so. The panel then asked witness if he could read crampt hand-writings, and witness said he was not much accustomed to them, but he would try. The panel then fetched a letter from a drawer, anti witness said it was a crampt hand indeed, it would take hint some time. The panel told him to take his time. Witness, after looking it over sonic time, said," Mr. Ilay, you must have read this over before, and are well enough acquainted with its contents, I dare say ; I must now go home, and see what the men are doing." Prisoner insisted on witness reading it over to him ; witness proceeded with the letter. On taking his eyes off, witness saw prisoner unfolding something, which wit ness supposed would be the money ; but shortly afterwards witness was surprised to hear a very strong suction of breath very near him, and surprised at hearing it so plain, after hay ing seen the prisoner at such a distance, looked up, and saw the prisoner standing over him, and making a thrust with a knife, which, in attempting to ward off the blow, witness re ceived in his right arm. Witness then collared him, and called him a murdering scoundrel; and, wrestling with him, drove him back against the bed, and held him on the floor in a trembl ing state. Witness, in attempting to take the knife from the prisoner, cut the leader of one alas right hand fingers, and all the leaders •of his left hand. Witness having secured the knife, considered whether it would be best to cry out murder or to fly to the door ; witness did the latter, and the door being locked and bolted, witness had some difficulty in opening it; this he at last effected, and then called for assistance, and the prisoner was apprehended.— (A large buckhorn-handled carver, stained with blet4d, was now produced in Court.)—The witness identified the same to have been that which was used upon the occasion ; had s3en no such knife in the room before the attempt was made up-. on his life. When the pellet arrived at the door of the • panel's house, it was fastened Withinside. 'Witness said 'he would b responsible for any thing the police would do; they then brad an entrance, and apprehended the prisoner. Had previously been acquainted with the prisoner for about three years, and had been in the habit of repairing his property. Never had had any quarrel with him ; had not seen him for a fortnight before this event; witness, oh, that mOrning,.saw nothing diffe rent in his manner from what was usual, and had not The least conception of his being in a state of derangement. Prisoner drank a glass of spirits and water, but was by no means drunk, either berore or after taking, it. Witness identified the surtout coat which he had on at the time.. It bore marks of blood on the sleeve, and there was the mark of its having been pierced by the knife. It was St. Giles's-street, not St. Andrew's-stra t, into which the lane from Yard's-end led them. The was:- cloth was turned up in such a manner that all the blood spit would have fallen upon it. Mrs. Lawson, King -street. Leith, saw Mr. Moffat on a day in July. The house in which the panel lived was just opposite to hers. Recolle,Gs having seen Mr.' Moffat come down • Tatiel's stair that morning; he called out " Murder," and "The pOlice.". Mr.- Moffat griped a large knife, and after 'speaking of a conversation with the panel about some prop:rty, said, " That is what •he meant to take my life with." Mr. Moffat was cut through his coat and shirt to his arm, wfic'alwas bleeding. (Witness identified the coat and the knife.) Wit ness saw his wounds dressed. Mr. Moffat had not his hat on when he came down the stairs. The panel had lived there, she supposed, about fifteen years, " but you can ask him ; he can tell."—(A laugh )—Never spoke to him in all her days. He was a stupid gang-about sort of a person ; never supposed him to he a crazy person ; never heard hint tall of in the neighbour hood as a madman; he appeared a sober man front what she saw of him. Mr. Anderson knew the panel ; he was formerly a weaver ; did not know that he had been any thing lately ; had known him a long time; became acquainted with the panel through being neighbours, and knowing his father and family. After his father's death he gave up the business, and he appeared rather silly like ; but saw no other sign of derangement - about him than that of giving up the business. Mr. Thomas Black, grocer in Leith, had frequently seen the panel at his shop ; he always seemed quite intelligent, and in the full possession of his faculties. • James Mackay, sergeant of police at Leith, recollects being called to King -street, in July last, in consequence of the assault on Mr. Moffat ; saw a crowd standing about the panel's house; witness was ordered to enter ; he rapped at the door, and it was opened by the panel; conveyed him to the police-office; he seemed more agitated at his house than after he arrived at the was stuck on the key-hole ; on panel) asked for the kev, police-office. Witness was sent to fetch a knife ; received it from the hands of a man named Jolins u o p n , , ‘ a v n h d on s t 6 l e m s e p t otso com ing with it; witness was sent to search the house; observed blood th r i e n e g cornersuawpol;tathhpet the e oo poa r in c iel l la o? eh t turned(the go e which was hanging up, that he might lock his door with it' ;. this was accordingly done. Rose Campbell, another of the Leith police-officers, who went' and apprehended Bay, corroborated most of the last witness's evidence. William Ross, superintendent of the Leith police, stated that the panel appeared rather agitated when first brought to the police-office. He looked rather curious; he had a downcast look, but he seemed to know what he was doing. Did sot appear to be deranged; his downcast looks witness supposed to be his usual expression of countenance, as he had seen him be fore. Witness searched the panel's house between 11 and 13 o'clock. that night. The oil-cloth was turned upside doWn the edge of it rested against the chair and bed, and the coverlet. of the bed, as well as the floor-cloth, was stained with blood.---et..: The key-hole of the street door was covered with paper stuck • on with wafers and bloody. Found 33/. lid. in the house, andsome halfpence. The panel was present . at the search, and directed where the things .were to be found. The Panel's declaration was now read. Among' other things it stated that Mr. Moffat made up to the panel in Giles.strett, on the morning in question, and accompanied him into his house : that the wound was occasioned by his foot tripping, while he had the knife in his hand cutting bread and cheese with it; that in falling he upset the table and cut Mr. Moffat's arm. He (declarant) was unable to say where he purchased the knife, which appeared new, and never to have been used for any other purpose; he was unable to account for the other circumstances, and refused to answer several pertinent questions. _ _ Mr. Coombe, surgeon, stated that he was called -to dress MofFat's wounds on the morning in question. Does not con ceive it probable that these wounds could have been inflicted in the manner described by the panel in his declaration. Sup poses that a wound inflicted by raising the arm to ward off the intended blow, would have been exactly of the same descrip tion as that which he saw on the arm of Mr. Morat, provided the edge of the knife w•as held downwards. Considers it highly probable that the blowlwould have been fatal if it had not been warded off with the arm. TO BELL-FOUNDERS. rrtHE TRUSTEES acting under an Act of Parliament for Erecting TWO NEW CHURCLItS or CHAPELS in the Parish of ST. MARY, NEWINGTON, SURREY, WILL MEET at the COMMITTEE-ROOM of the PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, near the Fishmongers' Ahns-Houses, NEWINGTON, (being also the Committee- ROOM of the Trustees), on TUESDAY, the Ninth Day of MARCH next, at 7 o'Clock in the Evening precisely, to re ceive Tenders from Persons willing to Contract fo r TWO PEALS of EIGHT BELLS each, for the Churches now Building in the said Parish. Each Tender must specify the different Sums at which a Peal of Bells will b e h ung c omplete, including the Frame and every Appendage, from a Tender of IS Cwt. to a Tender of 20 Cwt., both inclusive, an d varying at 1 Cwt., and the difference of Price (if any) between a Wooden and an Iron Frame, and whether the Party Tenders li)r both Peals or for one only. Each Tender must also contain the Names of t wo responsible Per sons as Securities. The Trustees do not pled ge themselves to accept the lowest or any other Tender, unl ess t h e same s h all be cons id ere d satisfactory to them. Any further information may be obtained on an appli cation to the Clerks of the %Works at the Churches in Beckford row, IValworth, and Great Suffolk -street, Blackmore-street, or at the Office of Messrs. Clutton and Carter, 40, High-street, Southwark. JOHN CLUTTON, Clerk to Feb. 5, 1`324. the Trustees. TO BE SOLD BY AucTioN. By Mr SOTHEBY, at his House, 11'ELLINGTON-STREET , WATERLOO-BRIDGE, STRAND, oil MONDAY, Fe bruary 9, wit! Five folliiwitig Day,, ;it Twelve in'Clock, APORTION of the CURIOUS LIBRARY of EuwAhn JONES, BART) to the KING ; com p, is", 4 an extraimlinaiy and mare 2ollectiou ot.Old Poetry, Songs, Old Ballads, and Works relative to Music. To he viewed, acid Catalugtws (price li.) had at the Place of Sale. THE FIFTH REPORT of the PRISON DISCIPLINE SOCIETY IS Tills DAY PUB LISHED. .1. and Arch, Cornbill : Longman and Co., Paternoster row ; Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly ; 11. Lizars, Edinburgh ; and NI. Goodwin, I)nlilin. This Day were published, price 9s. 6d. CONSIDERATI 0 NS on the GAME LAWS, showing the Advantages of Declaring Game Property, and Possibility of doing . so, notwithstanding the objection raised by reason of Inability to Identity it, &c. &c. Published by ltidgways, Piccadilly. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 6.' SIR G. P. TURNER. Mr. SUGDEN, for the Solicitor employed in this case, said that he had been appointed by the wish of the family of Sir Gregory ; that he was employed, and was for some time in the confidence of his mother; he. wished to do away with the im pression on the public mind, that he had been now for the first time connected with the family. GARRICK V. CAMDEN. Mr. HART applied, that Mr. Bailey be allowed to transfer money into Court. Mr. Bailey's Counsel was willing that it should be done. Mr. LEYDEN prayed the Court that the money be given to Mrs. Payne's creditors—it did not belong to Mrs. Payne. The LORD CHANCELLOR sa id th a t the parties may be able to arrange among themselves the future disposal of the money ; but if they were determined to have a suit, it would go to per sons who were not entitled. There was a lengthened discussion about priority of mo tions, in which the great arrear of busios as was alluded to, is and the dissatisfaction of th e suitosat theltequent postpone ments. FARQUHARSON and BALFOUR followed, which was not decided. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Frs. 6. MANDAMUS. Mr. MEnEWETHER. moved fora rule to sliew cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue to the Mayor and Alder men of the borough of Portsmouth, for the purpose of con sidering the conduct of six Aldermen, who were non-re sident ; and if it should be found that they were guilty of non-residence, then to proceed to a fresh election. The Cor poration had been created in the reign of Charles I. and con sisted of a Mayor, twelve Aldermen, and an unlimited number of burgesses—eleven only were now alive. Seven of these were out of the same family, an d s i x non - res id ent ; some o f t h e i r residences were 70 miles from the borough. Frequent incon veniences had arisen from this circumstance. Naval officers, desirous of transacting important business before their depar. ture from the country, were disabled from so doing, on account of the absence of Aldermen. On one occasion, there not being a sufficient number of Aldermen to hold a court, they were obliged to adjourn to the house of an Alderman, who died the next day. Under these circumstances, he hoped the Court would thi n k itself au th or i se d to grant a ru l e to c h ew cause. The LORD CniEr-J USTICE said, he knew of no precedent by which the Court could grant a writ of mandamus, the effect of which would be to remove some of the members of a cor poration from the situation they held in that corporation. The rule could not therefore he granted.—Rule refused. C RIMINAL INFORMATION.—REAL JOHN BULL. THE RING v. THE PRINTER AND PROPRIETOR OF THE REAL JOHW NULL. criminal information upon th e defendants to shew cause, w h y a On a f ormer d ay , Mr. ScAnLETT obtained a Rule calling should not be filed against them, for a libel published in the Real Joh n Bull Newspaper of and concerning the Lord Bishop of Exeter. The COMMON SERJEANT, this day, in shewing cause against the R u l e said the lib e l h a d appeare d i n N ovem b er l ast, and the Bishop ought to have applied for the Rule in Michaelm as Term. T he af fid av i ts of the defendant stated, that one of them was the p ropr i etor an d the other the printer of the Newspaper—. that theywere untru e . were ready to contradict such parts of the libel a s The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—Who is to judge what parts are true, or what arc not true ? Mr. ColotatoN SERJEANT.—The defendants were willing to insert such contradiction as the Bi s h o p wou ld g i ve th em . With leisrpoc a Browne, to the libel itself, it w a s wr itt en by a p erson named , who s tated that it w as di ctate d to_ hint by the Clergyman ermine whom the proceedin gs were i ns tit u t e d i n t h e itre w EcelesiasticarCourts. The defendants gave up the manuscript to the Bishop's Solicitor, and were willing to join him in his exertions to discover the elergYrnan, 07 Browne, who bad since abscon ded * The defendants would not attempt to justify the libel, and they therefore threw themselves upon the merciful consideration of the Right Rev. Prelate, who had now, upon oath, cleared himself of a charge which had been pretty gene rally inculcated. Mr. AnitAxAsts followed on the same side. Mr. Sca at, LTT said, the libel was one of a most indecent character, and lie must th ere f ore made absolute. urge that the Rule should be The LORD CHIEF Jun i , lute. Z—Let the Rule be made abso- COURT OF COl‘llllON PLEAS, FEB. 6. FRYER t. DITEE 01' DUCXINGRASI. Serjeant PEAEE having obtained a rule calling on the plaintiff to show cause why h a of the avowri e s, should no t ma k e an amen d men t Mr. Serjeant LAVES show e d cause against the rule, and contended at great length upon several grounds, but upon one in particular, w hich was that of delay.; the declaration had been delivered the 11th of F e b ruary, 1823, the rule to avow the t h e sum mons taken out the *2sth of Fehruary, 22d of February, and repeatedly re newed until t h e 9th of dune following (nine days before the expiration of the term) at which time the avowries were put In ; on the 113th of June the defendant pleaded in part, anti on the 11th of July notice of trial wax given by defendant, hut this notice was countermanded on the 18th of t h e same month, and consequently the trial did not take place, and nothing fu r th er was proceeded in until this present term. The CounT here interposed, and observed it was of opinion anxious for it t o ta k e place. plaintiff m i ght have given notice of trial, it h that ei riii.liasrdeeirbig lee e ev a n r i l l', t I th A e wEs said he had not done so ; and after some further observations front the Learned Gentleman, The Co car made the rule absolute. DEFENCK. The following evidence was then called by the panel's Counsel : Mr. John Harvey, a Solicitor in Leith, examined by Mr. RoßEnTsoN.—Had known Mr. Hay for about four years. Two years ago he applied to him for professional advice. He said he had some property, and feared some one was going to take it from him. He said he wished to talk with witness in private ; witness took him into a private room where he opened his story ; it was very inconsistent ; and witness felt convinced the panel had no property whatever, and that he was operated on by some delusion. The panel was admitted into the Corporation of 'Weavers. A member expressed his surprise at the panel being introduced, observing that he was only likely to be a burden to their funds; witness was of the same opinion. Witness afterwards discovered that he had property, because he conveyed sonic from hint to a client. Witness thought him of a sound mind, though he con sidered him a weak man, and that there was a great deal of mental imbecility about him. Mr. Steadman, merchant-tailor, Leith, had known the panel for 14 or 15 years past. He frequented his house once a week, or oftener. His disposition was quite simple and innocent. Witness really thought he was not in the full possession of his intellects, and considered him of so silly a nature as to afford game for his people rather than any thing else. From his infancy upwards he might sometimes have been called " daft Hay." The LORD ADVOCATE then addressed the Jury on the part of the Crown. Mr. P. ROBERTSON addressed the Jury for the panel. The LORD JUSTICE CLERK summed up the evidence in a very compendious and distinct manner, and deduced from the law and evidence of the case, that the plea of insanity had to tally failed, and that the crimes charged had been fully proved against the panel. The Jury, after about a minute's deliberation, without re tiring, returned a verdict, by the mouth of thair Chancellor, J. W. Brougham, Esq., unanimously finding the panel Guilty of the crimes libelled. Lord lIERMAND,after remarking that it would be neces sary to apply to the Legislature for an extension of the capital punishment in the case of maiming to Scotland, if this crime should continue to make any progress here, proposed the same punishment which had recently been awarded in a somewhat Similar case—namely, public whipping, and transportation for 14 years. Lord MEADowsawx said he considered the Jury had done a great service to the country by their verdict. lie could not lire imagined any thing more unfortunate for the law, or any thing more fatal to the security of the subject, if the present. had been treated as a doubtful question. The LORD JUSTICE-CLERK informed the panel, that if his crime had been committed in England, and followed by a similar conviction there, nothing could have relieved the Judges from the duty of pronouncing upon him the last sentence of the law ; and he fully concurred in what had fallen from Lord Hermand, as to the expediency of applying to Parlia ment for the extension of Lord .Ellenborougli!s act to Scot land, if this crime should not be arrested by the present ex ample. Ilis Lordship pronounced the sentence of the Court, that on Wednesday, the 18th instant, the prisoner be publicly whipped on his naked hack through the streets of Leith, which he had disgrac e d' by his crimes ; and that he be afterwards transported beyond the seas for 14 years from this date. The prisoner, after the admOnition of the LOUD JUSTICE CLERK at an early part of the proceedings, confirmed in a real or counterfeit stupor, seldom exhibiting any signs of anima tion, except when he had recourse to his snuff-box. His ap pearance was pale and sickly, and he walked lamely out of Court. vt , ft yd. ;of