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Now if they had any beneficial interest in the property by the will of Judd, they would have produced the will, and not allowed Parliament to pass an Act, expressly stating that they had no beneficial in terest, but tvere merely trustees. The Lox]) CHANCELLOR asked, how could it be, assumed that Parliament was cognizant of the will at the time of the 'Passing of the Act ? Mr. HolticE said, it was fair to presume that Parliament were acquainted with all the deeds on the subject before they agreed to a legislative measure with respect to it. Looking at the question in all its bearings, he came to this conclusioa, that though.the Company now set up a claim under the will, yet at the time of the passing of the two Acts refcxred to, they were convinced they had no such claim. Mr. pEMBE ON' followed On' the same side. _ _ then approaching : the Stihject cf this extraordinary proceeding had been much talked about, and this step of the Magistrate might thus be accounted for. Under thcseoeircumstances, these young women applied to this Court for its interposition on their bepalf, in a cause fraught with cruelty, oppression, and manifest ilkigality. Their personal sufferings had been great. BruiSed in their persons by the mode of their conveyance from. place to plaee, Mrs. Scarry, in particular, was greatly injured in her health. Indeed, the coachman who earned them in the c.irt t 6 the MagiStratcs ' said, that if he had know n th e r idi ng ' was so bard, he would have borrowed one of his master's coach horses 'to. rfde on. It needed no argument or commentary upon this state of facts to induce the Court to yield to this application. _ _ T HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA JEST? S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that PrOpoials will be received at their Office, in Pall Mall, on or before Monday, the 26th Instant. from such Persons as may be - willing to undertake the Supply of BOOTS and SPURS, for service of this Department, fora period of One Year, determinable after the expiration of the First Year, Upon Notice of Three Months, at the option s of sillier party. .I'tlr.Juitice RAY LEY, after consulting with the other Judges,. thought there wag not enough to inculpate the fifth . person against whom the Lcarned Counsel moved. ;' but directed a Rule Nisi to be granted against the other four ; namely, the Magis trate, the Gentleman, the Valet,-and the Constable. It bcing discovered that there was no affidavit of the service of - the usual notice of this application to the Magistrate, the Ride , was ordered to be stayed until such an affidavit was pr.).- dtteed, it being stated,in point of fact, that such notice had been given. THE KING V. TUE REV. R. BLACOIV. BROUGiIAAL moved the judgment of the Court upon this defendant, for a libel upon her late Majesty. Ile immediately appeared upon the floor ; but Mr. Justice TIOLROYD was obliged to leave the Court to attend Chambers, at two o'clock. The case, was. ordered to staid over to a fu ture day. SUBSCRIPTION For the RELIEF of the WIDOW and CHILDREN of the late CAPTAIN HENRY HALES., Of the Ship OFFLEY, Southern Whaler of London, Who with the Second Mate, and Boat's Crew, were inhunianly Massacred by the Spaniards, on the Island of St. Maria, Coast of Chili, on the 24th of February last, under circum .stances of the most aggravated barbarity,lsl , which deplorable event his Widow and Orphan Children are left entirely des titute of the means of Subsistence. opus Melancholy Catastrophe occurred on a voyage to the South Sea Fishery,—Captain HALES Sailed from England in the Ship Offley, about the month of October 1820, and having doubled Cape Horn, after a rough pasagel early in 1821, he put into the Island of St. Maria, which is uninhabited, On the Coast Of Chili, to re-fit.—On the 24th'of February, about 10 A. at., several men were seen 432. the beach, and Capt. Hales supposing them to be Spaniards, who had come over from the Main, went on shore with his Second Mate, Armourer, and four Seamen, armed, for the purpose of procuring fresh provisions. The party was seen to land, and join the Spaniards, who appeared to be very friendly with them ; they shortly afterwards retired from the beach to gether, and it was supposed that Capt. Hales was in treaty with them for provisions, and was gone over to the South Bay to look at them. Towards sun-set, the Captain not having re turned, the crew became alarmed and a boat was despatched to search for them, which returned with information, that on their approach, several strange men were seen on the beach, and 'rum their movements more were supposed to be concealed, and it being near dark, it was deemed most prudent to return to the ship without venturing to land. The following morning no tidings having been received of the party on shore, at day-light the Chief Mate manned and armed two boats, for the purpose 9f endeavouring to find them ; on coining near the shore, they perceived a man naked, sitting on the beach,: and on landing, discovered him to be Thomas Moore the Artnourer, covered with blood, and severely wound ed; h e was perfectly sensible, and informed-them, that on their first l anding, the Spaniards appeared to be friendly, giving them bread and meat, and induced them to accompany them some distance from the shore, where they were suddenly sur rounded by 40 or 50 men armed, ,on which the Captain re solved to return to his boat, which was refused, except on con ditii)n of their delivering up their arms—They were compelled to comply with these terms.—The Spaniards then treacherously bound them, two and two, and carried them about three miles into the island, and when dark, brought them back near to the bt : a elh among some bushes—stripped them—and cruelly stab bed them in cold blood, himself alone . surviving, whom they left f°l " dead, he having received 23 wound& in his body, and two 'Thre cuts, one on each side of the neck. He was perfectly sensible, and was immediately taken on board, where the Sur ,-eon examined him, and found his wounds mortal. The boat n ° sooner returned, than a nip - 1 ,1 )..r e f men were seen corn towards the beach, and soon ~.edt, a man presented boat ; ' , lf drc '''ed in the Captain's clothes, waving his hat for a wh o a „ cnr ne on shore; he was accompanied by three or four, and u 1; 1- ' ea r''-d to he 0 flicerS in green uniforms, with cocked hats othcrs -were discovered from the mast be , ad lying lik e c. in ` l beach. The leader of the party appeared so_ mu ch they Captain Ilal2s, that the Armourer was questioned whe 7 the„:lle""'p3sitive that the Captain was killed, when he , assured tni a ; was, and that the Captain o leader of the Spa.iards so resembled Captain Hales,that ' he had remarked it when for shore• • ' 1 Oliley immediately weighed anchor, and stood worms"eeption; and at 5 r. al. the Annourer became. much a roe ? and. at 9 the same evening died.—An instance of more Secon°dll" barbarity perhaps never occurred; Capt.. Hales, the t inh 'late, Armourer, and four men perished, in this most ch.:!n transaction ; Capt. 'Hales has left a Widow . and ses e obt • ia lre'n• totally destitute of the means of subsistence, to ,r 1 which this appeal is made with confidence to the bene volence of the Public, convinced that they will humanely con ,e ute to the relief of an unfortunate family, who have been pnved, by this unforeseen and calamitous event, of their only 5 ,',. 1 , 141 1.art, and who have thus been reduced from respectable and l'ortable circumstance: a to the greatest poverty and distress. t sT ynsentaartom will be thanktully received by Sir JAMES A.u4te . and Co. Lombard Street ; B. I. LINTHORNE, Lo rri b il W. CURLING, jun., Esq. 10, George lard, Street; Cur:LING, YOUNG, and Co. Lime house I tr a ci nd at THE SUN Newspaper Office, 112, Strand. s. d. 21 0 0 . 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 o 0 5 e 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Curling, Yotyr, and Co. - . * : William Nl ellil, Esq. Samuel Enderby, Esq. • 13. Bennett and Son • • ' . 1 • Gale and Son ' l in> Boul cot , . and Hill • • • 'layman, White, and Co. • and : m i tt and Son Blyth an Sons • • • . B ru nt Co. • • • . . The Sun Newspaper . - titeorge Brown, Esq. • • • • Thomas Ward, Esq. • ' °x, Kelly, and Young • ~.41r. Sturge • • . . . 1 4 s• R. Curling, Camberwell • 7.Surling, se — n'., Esq., Blackheath • • B Oldtield, Esq• • N. 4.tcbeson, Esq. • • . . I t: S. A teheson, Esq. • ' • • yllliam Williamson, Esq. • • . ~n aarkness, Esq. • - • • ' Thy 'leY Wilkinson Esq. r . ' h Coppe r s Company, by Mr' Ro wcroft b .„ Its rl• Linthorne, Esq. - • • . - - . 7 f es '',C• P. Barney, Greenwich • AY* D ° S 1 Linklater . . V. D. Saul . . • . • Adr• Duncan Dunbar . r • . • aPtatn Joseph Clarke . Air. J• R. Hoffman • • 1 )t. E. Mr• C. Rich Barber an jun. • • 14 t• J. an • . • R. W. C. R harles'Edward Pigou, Esq. E. p. S quiers an d Steane • 41r. ' Lombard-street •l•Hinson . • 11.‘ Per Tnr. SUN Newspaper. . . Ambrose Martin lahonourable G. Vernon rge Green, Esq. • N ie u hiolas Charrington, Esq. 't inn Forbes 11. b and E. liemble • Roert Batten 11 i qrs. Po r b eß, . ~! i r sl . Adams, }Camberwell '. IcemblWile, • NjCaptainWilliam Young, R.N. r. J o h n Stock 'lr. Tames Walker ~ , r. A- . H. . • • • A r l itiru warr Per Sir James Esdaile and Co. , • • • • 5 5 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 Patterns of the rirt4les may be viewed upon application to the respective Officers of the Ordnance in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, and further Particulars, together with the Terms and Conditions cy' the. Contract, 2itay be known at the Secretary's Office, in Pall Mall aforesaid, any' day between the Hours of Ten and Four o'Clock, where on wttl, must be delivered, scaled up, and .endorsed "PrOpoOls for Vantimand Spurs ;" but no Proposals can be adhaitted after the saidefith Instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the someday ; neither will any Tender be noticed, unless the Party making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall attend. By Order of the Board,• R. H. CREW, Secretary. OFFICE OF ORDN.4NCE, November 12, 1321. T HE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that Proposals will be received at their Office, in Pall-Mall, on or before Monday, the 26th Instant, from such Persons as may be willing to undertake the Supply, of CANDLES for service of this Department, for a period of One Year, determinable after the e,vpiration of the first Year, upon notice of Three Months, at the option of either party. Samples of the Candles may be viewed upon application at the Principal Storekeeper's Office in the Tower, and farther Particulars, together with the Terms and,Conditions of the Contract, may be hnown at the Secretary's Office, in Pa aforesaid, any day between the Hours of Ten and Four o'Clock, where the Proposals most be delivered scaled up, and endorsed " Proposils for Candles;" but no Pro-- posals can be admitted• after the said 26th Instant, at Twelve o'Clock at Noon of the same Day ; neither will any 7'ender be noticed, unless the Party making it, or an 4gent in his heAalf, shall attend. By Order of the Boirrd, R. II CREW, Secretory. IMPERIAL CLOTH FOR SHIRTING, &c. By his Majesty's Letters Patent. • • - • Ne contenent pas de tin ma's en poss6dent les :Tremens. THE NOBILITY, FAMILIES, and MER CHANTS, are respectfully informed, the above de sirable Cloth for the East. and West Indies, as well as the cold climates, for its bealthfnlness to wear at sea, fur Youth at school, and f u r a variety o f family pu r p ose s, for its pecu liar economy, is regularly sold, Wholesale, for Exportation, and by the single piece, at IS(1.-2s.-2s. 6d.-3s.—and Ss. 6d. per yard, stamped, MILLARD'S PATENVI"WINE CLOTH, at their Warehouse, No. 16, CH EAPSIDE, and no where else whatever. The Pieces for Sheeting coatain from two to four pair,- adaptod for winter wear, the cold climates, and for travelling. Families in the country, on sending their orders (by post) will have them executed as if present, and the greatest variety of Foreign and British Goods are cow stantly ou safe. X 5,000 CEIVI AIN, with the CHANCE of OTHER CAN . TALS. RISK - only 40-SHILLINGS, on the 11th DE CEMBER, CA RRO I,h, the CONTRACTOR, begs to inform the Public, that all Purchasers between the 20th of November and I lth of December, will he allowed to return their Tickets or Shares after taking the Chance of the Next Day, when a Prize of .X 5,000 at least is sure to he drawn, and nearly the whole of the Money will be given - back, by which the risk.of . loss is reduced to the following trifling sums, viz. : • Whole Ticket -Pi 0 0 Half 1 5 0 Quarter 0. 7 6 Sixteenth 0 4 0 The Wheel is very Rich, and contains, • Prize of 3 £2,000 £l.OOO £5OO 3 4 • £2OO - Besides other Prizes of tool. 501. &c. &c. AND NOT TWO BLANKS TO A PRIZE! • All to he Drawn in Two Days, 11th and 20th December. Tickets and Shares are Selling - at CARROLL'S Fortunate Offices, 19, CORNH ILL, and 26, OXFORD STREET, lihere Schemes, with full Particulars, arc delivered gratis. No. 11,48 G, a Prize of (30,000 Money, drawn on Tues day, November 20, was Sold in Shares by CARROLL. LAW INTELLIGENC& COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 21. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE SKINNERS' COMPANY. Mr. HORNE followed Mr. Trowle in opposition to the appeal in this case. He said, that after all that had been already said upon the subject, he should strictly confine himself to the sub stantial facts of the question before the Court, and deal with that question as briefly as possible. He considered the main point at issue to be, whether or not certain lands in the parish of St. Pancras, originally purchased by Sir Andrew Judd from two parties named Gates and Thorowgood, were vested in the Skinners' Company for the benefit of the Tunbridge School. — He should contend that they were vested for that-exclusive p The LORD CHANCELLOR. said he would wish Mr. Horne to consider, first, whether he thought the. Vice Chancellor right in saying that the will of Judd had nothing to do with the ques tion. Suppose, that after the passing of the 14th-of Elizabeth, all property devised to the Skinners' Company beyond that purchased from Gates and Thorowgood had been swallowed up by an earthquake, and the rent of the Pancras estates had in creased above 301. a-year, might not the Attorney-General have filed an information on behalf of the ahnsmen provided for by the will of Judd, and contended that notwithstanding the pri vate Acts of Parliament which declared the estates to belong to the school exclusively, yet the will in question ought to be con sidered as a declaration of trust, and therefore the ahnsmen were entitled to 'their provision of :31. a-year out-of the rents, after they had exceeded the value of 301. annually ? Mr. Hon xi: subthitted with great deference to his Lordship, that the will -might be put wholly out of the question in this case ;_ but if the Court should not be of that opinion, he would maintain that the Company ought still to be considered only as trustees for the benefit of the school. Ile did not think that Mr. Sugden's argument in favour of the present distribution of the funds called for any detailed reply on his part. UpOn this point the principle advanced by his Learned Friend was that of long usage ; there were, however, instru ments in existence which would enable his Lordship to de cide the question; and he would submit that when a title was made evident by documents, usage could not prevail in contravention. The Learned. Counsel then referred to the charter granted by Edward VI. to Sir Andrew Judd, from which it appeared that Judd, as trustee, was peimitted to held lands for the exclusive benefit of the school, and after his 117 r. HEALD was then heard in reply. Mr. SHADVELL said that if the funds of the , i,chool should be increased by the decision of the Court, the Schoolmaster had aright to expect an increase of salary, and he appeared on his behalf to intimate his intention to, apply fbr it. The LORD CHANCELLOR said that being now in possession of most of the facts of the case, he should give judgment upon it on his coming into Court to-morrow morning,--The Court rose at three o'clock. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 21. Ex parte.SHAW in re EDWARD AND GUMS. Mr. HORNE applied to his Honour in this case in the fol. lowing circumstances :—There were affidavits filed in this case from another petition of Grimstcad and Carroll. 'That petition the Lord Chancellor agreed to hear to-morrow. Ile (Mr. Horne) meant to apply to the Lord Chancellor to hear the pe titions of his clients (Shaw and others) before their petition. This he felt it necessary to mention to his Honour, as he was to be applied . to onlFriday to fix a day for hearing the case. Mr. MART had no objectil:n ; and his HONOUR assented. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 2.1. THE KING V. JACKSON AND OTHERS. This, it will be recollected,. was an indictment against the defendants, respectable persons, named Jacksons, father • and son, and Jervis, for an alloged conspiracy to sue out a com mission of Bankrupt against Jackson, Jun. and prove fictitious debts,to enable the other defendants to obtain the choice of as signees, and so grant him. his certificate, thereby intending to defraud a Mr. Fox, late a surgeon and apothecary, to whom the Bankrupt was indebted for part of the purchase-money of a share in his business. At the trial before the Chief Justice at the Middlesex Sittings after last Term, the Jury found the de fendants guilty. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, in behalf of the defendants, now moved for a rule to show causa why the verdict for the Crown should not be set aside, and a new trial 4:tanted, on the ground that the defendants were now in possession of evidence, which they could not obtain previous to the last trial, tending to exculpate them from any criminal intention, by shewing that Jadcson; the son, was in fact indebted to his father in the full amount pro - .7ed before the Commissioners. The COURT, after hearing the circumstances of the case fully stated, and the fresh matter now adduced, were of opinion that the case ought toundergo further inquiry, and therefore granted a rule Nisi. THE KING V. CHARLES BAKER. Mr. JERVIS prayed the judgment of the • Court on this defendant, who• was convicted at the last. Assizes for the county of Oxford, before Mr. Baron Garrow, of a most atrocious offence. Mr. Justice BATLEY (the Chief Justice being absent) in con currence with the other Judges, issued an order that no person shoil take notes of the particulars of the case with a view t o publication in the Ncwspapers,on pain of the displeasure of the Court. His Lordship said he was induced to make this order in consequence of the suggestion of Mr. Justice Best. The case was of a nature so diabolical, that good taste as well as.a regard for public decency, must induce every respectable Journalist to abstain from entering into its details, without re. gard to any imprimatur to which the publication of the pro ceedings of a Court of Justice might be subjected. • Mr. G. CROSS, who conducted the defence on the trial, though he was now without any instructions, stated that he had submitted an objection to the Learned Judge a t th e t r i a l, as to the form of the indictment, which the Learned Judge seemed inclined to entertain as of considerable validity.— The Learned Judge also had summed up strongly for an ac quittal, as to that part of the case_ which formed its greatest feature of enormity. . The COURT, upon this suggestion, desired that the case might stand .over until to-morrow, in order that some communica tion might be made with ie Learned Judge who presided at the trial. CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Mr. PEARSON' moved for a rule to shew cause why a crimi nal information should not be filed against fiVe persons, whose names he abstained from mentioning. He moved on behalf of two young females, named Ann Ensor Scarry and Ann Evans, who complained of a conspiracy and false imprisonment. One of the persons against whom he moved was a Magistrate of the County of Stafford ; the next was a Gentleman of respectable family and very large fortune in the same County ; 'the third was the valet of that Gentleman ; the fourth was the Constable of the Township where the transaction took place ; and the fifth was a person into' whose custody the young women were delivered. The substance of the complaint he had to lay before the Court was—that these young women had been illegally, wantonly, and cruelly committed. to the House of Correction as vagrants, without any colour of pretence for such a proceeding. The circumstances disclosed in the affidavits were these :—Ann Ensor Scarry, a young woman of prepossessing manners and person, had been married very early in life, and resided with her husband in Ireland until the beginning of the year 18l j, when he died, leaving her in a state of destitution. She came over to this country, and lodged in London in the house of married people of the name of Smith, and, by her industry as a sempstress, endeaveured to maintain herself respectably. In the course of this employment, she had occasion to o to dif ferent shops for work. The Gentleman of fortune to whom he alluded met her accidentally in the street, and being struck with her person and appearance, endeavoured to.prevail upon her to disclose her place of residence. She, however, declined with complying with his wishes. He. met her se vera l ti mes after wards in tae same way, and at each time urged her to discover her place of abode, but without effect. It seemed, however, that, by some means or other, he had attained his object ; for, in the course of the summer, being tieken 'extremely 'at her lodgings, she sent for a physician, and to her surprise when the physician came he brought this Gentleman with him, and introduced him as his relation. After this he sought every opportunity of being alone with her, and made a pro posal that she should live with him in a state of concu binage. This she resented with indignation, and finding that he could not effect his purpose, he gave her some shirts to snake, which she did not feel herself justified in refusing to do, being in the Way of her business, and she accordingly completed them. Soon after this, finding great difficulty in supporting herself by the labours of her needle, she accepted of an offer made to her by Air. and Mrs. Smith to go out with thein to Philadelphia, and seek her livelihood on the other side of the Atlantic. After she had been at Philadelphia for about two months, the Captain of the vessel in which she sailed, called upon her, and told her that a Gentleman who 'had come from England was in search of her, and had been making most anxi ous inquiries for her residence. In a day or two after Wards she met at the door of her residence the Gentleman in question ; who told her that he had been seeking her out for a long time— that he had followed her from England, and had now happily found her. He put into her hand a letter, winch, he said, he had employed a friend to convey to her, but as he had met her himself he would deliver it. The letter was short, and express ed the anxiety of the writer to meet her to whom it was address ed ' • and alluded to the proposal which she had rejected whilst in England, and the writer concluded by subscribing himself her faithfully attached friend. Ile was admitted into the house, and in the course of a long conversation, in which the proposal abovementioncd was again fervently urged, " - she was at length prevailed upon to accompany him to England. In the mean time they lived together in America, and they passed as .man and wife, she being designated by his name. She did not re.. turn to England until the beginning of the year 18'20, when they proceeded together to London, still living together and passing us man and wife. After some raonths residence in Lon • don, he took a handsome house for her at Brompton, and fur nished it. Part of his time he resided with her there, and the remainder at his seat in the country. During his absence from her in the country, frequent letters passed between them. In those from him to her, he addressed her in the most affectionate terms ; he styled her his dearest wife, and wrote• upon topics of a domestic nature, which evidently'proved the terms of famili arity and mutual affection on which their intercourse Was founded. In one of these letters he regretted that his ahgenee was occasioned by his rural sports, and condoled with her on her residence in London, on account of her inability to join in such sports, even if she were with him. Alluding to this cira curnstance he said, " When we join in the duet of ' To gether let us range the . fields,' you would more gladly think bf Moorfields or Spaflelds." Many of his letters were couched in these terms of playfulness and familiarity. The' Learned Counsel read .several passages of the Gentleman's letters to confirm his character of their intercourse. In Novem ber, 1820, he returned to London, and joined her at Bromp ton, where he continued to reside until the month of Feb ruary in the present year. Until this time he had treated her With the utmost kindness, and he had never discovered any in tendon of doing what afterwards followed. One morning in that month, he left her after breakfast, and she expected his re turn as usual in the evening, but he did not come. Several other dhys passed and she did not - see him. At last the elder brother of the gentleman called, and told her, that he had been consulting with his friends, who had advised him to part with her, and as that was determined upon, no better moment could be fixed upon than then. The Gentleman who had seduced her had frequently promised that she should never know digress, and that he would settle upon her an annuity of 1001. but he had ! forgotten his promise. The elder brother, however, brought her 1001.. with directions to break up her establishment. This sum was soon exhausted in paying her rent, the wages of sera vants, and little bills contracted in the neighbourhood.' Thus abandoned by him who had seduced her from the paths of vir tue, she returned to her former habits of industry, and endea voured to support herself by needlework. Unfortunately, how ever, she was seized with serious illness, and being unable any longer to work, she was reduced to the greatest distress. B e ir a; indebted for rent, which she was unable to pay; the landlord of the house in which she lodged, put in a distress on her goods, and swept away what remained Of her little property. Finding it impossible to maintain herself by industry, she determined upon going to Dublin, where some of her relations resided, and to whom she looked for some support. Collecting together what money she could, she set off for Liverpool in company with a Miss Evans, as 'her companion. When she arrived at Liverpool her health became worse, and being unable to pro ceed on her journey, she soon exhausted the little money of which she was possessed. In this situation shebethought herself to write to the gentleman, and state the unhappy circumstances of her case ; but having waited several days in expectation, she received no answer, She then determined upon returning to London as a choice of evils, and in her way stopping in Staf fordshire, to apply to him for some trifling assistance, to enable tier to carry her intention into effect.. On Thursday, the 9th of August last,she accordingly stopt at an inn near the gentleman's house, to which the stage coach in which she travelled carried her. She continued there during that and the following day ; and on the Sattraday she determined upon applying to him by letter. She sent the letter by Miss Evans, her friend. tihiss Evans, on approaching the house, met the gentleman—stated the unhappycircumstances of her friend, and presented him- -with the letter. Ile immediately said, " I know from whom it comes, and I won't receive it." •She returned to her disconsolate friend: It was then determined that she should deliver it her self. She set out for that purpose, but she did not go to the residence. She stood in the common road, and sent a little girl with it to the house. The little girl accordingly delivered it to the valet at the house, who received it, took it into the house, and shortly afterwards returned it. In ~short time the valet hithself came down to Mrs. Scarry and her friend, and asked if either of them was the woman who brought the letter Mrs. Scarry answered that she was the person. Upon which; he said, that his master did not know them, and that unless they went away, lie would find a means of removing them. They then went into the Church-yard !in a disconsolate state,' and it was not long before the valet returned to them, and said, that if they did not take themselves off he would send for somebody who would take them.off. Next 'morning being Sunday, Mrs. Scarry returned back to the hohse lieiself, - finding there were no other means of application left her, determined to apply to the Gentleman in person. On going to the house the Gehtleman passed her on horseback on the road ; she attempted to speak to him, but he hurried on rapidly. She was convinced that he saw and knew her, for helooked back several times, but rode on. • She was then determined to wait his return in the adjoining vil lage, at a public house. After he returned to the house she Went to the hall door, ' with an intention of seeing him at all events. • She was answered by the same valet, who said that his master did not know her, and rudely pushed her off the steps.— He then said, " if you don't take yourself away I will send you an officer." Ile behaved with great rudeness, and he car ried his threat into execution, for in a short time, the constable, a butcher in the village, came to these' helpless young women, seized them violently by the arms, and said, " If you resist I will shew you something more," and shook his handcuffs at them. The unhappy creatures, in their defenceless state, could make no resistance, and, therefore, there was no Occasion to add inhumanity' to injustice. The constable took them into custody, conveyed them a short distance, and then delivered them to another person who was no peace-officer,nor in Any way connected with that situation. Ile carried them to a neigh bouring cottage, kept by a pauper, for the reception of va grants, until they were brought before the Magistrate thr exa mination. In this cottage there was. but one room above stairs, and one bed, in which the man and his wife slept. Inhhis room these two young women sat up all night, one of them being in a state of ill health, without any other covering but their clothes. Next morning a neighbouring farmer, taking compassion on their distress, begged that he might be permitted to convey um an to his house, where they right get some refreshment, 'pro mising to the pauper who had them in custody that he would be answerable for their return. He toOklliem Maier his care ac cordingly. They were overtaken on the Way by the valet before mentioned, who abused them in the grossest language, and re monstrated with the farmer for liberating them, " for ley were his master's prisoners." They were then taken to the house of the constable, and in the evening, between 9 arid 10 o'clock, they were conveyed back . to the. pauper's 'cottage, where they sat up a second night in their clothes, without being per mitted to lie down. Next day they were informed that they must go before the Magistrate, and between -three and tour o'clock they were conveyed to a house for that purpose. When brought into the presence of the Magistrate, the first question asked by him was, whether both the yotaig women were pri soners ? The Constable answered—" No, only one," although both had been detained as prisoners. Mrs: Scarry then under went a longer examination, and she related to the Magistrate all the circumstances of her connexion with the Gentleman anion d to. The iUagistratc said—" He tells me he does not know you, and that you are an impostor." To put the matter out of doubt, she produced his letter, and said to the Magistrate, that he must be acquainted with the Gentleman's hand-writing,and told him that he was at liberty to take them, to see if he would deny his writing. Ile did take them, saying that he should re turn in an hour ; but before he left the room he was observed talking in secret with the Constable. As soon as he left, the Constable said todier, ." I will give you 21. if you will leave this neighbourhood, and trouble this country no more." She, however, declined taking the money. In an hour afterwards the Magistrate returned, and the first question he asked was, " ,A re you contented to take the 21. offhred you by the Constable r - She replied, that she had already refhsed it, and she intended to continue to do so. The Magistrate then said—" Then I Won't finish your examination now, for the dinner hour of the Gentle man is now come." He then ordered them to be brought to his own residence next morning, a distance of seven or eight miles. They were then conveyed back to the cottage, and passed a third night in the same manlier as before. Next day they were carried in a cart by the Gentleman's coachman, to the Magistrate's house. When they came there the Magistrate asked them if they would accept the 21. offered them; and upon being answered in the negative, lie said—" - Then I will make out a wataant and commit you for trial or hard la bour." They requested that they might be committed for trial ; but he said he should commit them to the House of Cor rection for hard labour, and added, " You had better accept the offer made, for you will find very different treatment from what you expect. You must expect hard labour, and if you do not work you shall be whipped." lie then ordered the com mitment to be made out ; and they were accordingly committed to the House of Correction for one month as vagrants. On the 15th of August they were carried in a cart to the Houst.‘ of Correction, where they remained until the 6th of Seatamter, when the Magistrate came to the gaol, and of his own accord ordered thentto be liberated, when rather more than a 'week of their imprisonment ieriisiiied unexpired. The Sessions were COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 21. The business of this day was quite devoid of interest. Mr. Serjeant LENS, in the case of DAVIS and OTHERS, as, signees of BounciliEn against HENLEY, moved for a rule to shew cause - why the warrant of attorney obtained in the action should not be set aside, it having been obtained un der the following circumstances :—A person named John Hop wood repaired to Paris, and had an interview with the defendant in the action s who resided in the Italian Boulevards : he told him that tile object of his visit was to execute a warrant which the Marshal Of the King's Bench had obtained from Lord Castlereagh, and which required that the French Police should immediately bring over the individual, unless he exe cuted to the said Hopwood a warrant of attorney in the parti cular action upon which he applied to him. This Gentleman becoming alarmed at this order of Lord Castlereagh, complied with the demand, and when Hopwood put the warrant of attor ney inihis pocket, he then said he was sorry to inform him that the other action pending must also be settled, and that no set dement but cash would answer for it ; he added, that if this were not done, the French police must be immediately called in to execute Lord Castlereagh's order. The Gentleman becoming again frightened at this formidable threat,delivered up to Hopkins his ,gold chronometer and chain and seals, worth abov e 1001. a nd 1001 in cash, who, after declaring he was satisfied , observed, that if his terms hat\ not been complied with, the Bens d'armes were without, ready to be called in to aid the execution of the warrant. The rule to shew cause was wanted. PREROGATIVE COURT, Nov. 21. LANGDON V. LANGDON AND JONES. This was a testamentary cause. The testatrix left no rep:. larly executed will behind her ; but in her •escrutoire a paper was found, without date, signature, or concluding sentence ,• the inception of which was conceived in these terms : " My dear children, having little to leave except my blessing, I make no will ; but I desire to make the following bequests, which I have no doubt will be complied with." This paper was left in this unfinished manner : In consideration of r. Mayo's having been very kind to several Branches of the family, I trust he will accept my organ, with 801. to repair it, if he likes. I leave my harpsichord— The property of the testatrix is of the value of between, 11,0001. and 12,0001. She died a widow, leaving seven chil dren ; and of these, 6 were enumerated by name in the paper in question as the objects of her testamentary bounty, but the name of her son Philip was omitted- This gentleman at the time of his 'bother's death in June last, was resident at the • Cape of Good Hope ; and the parties to the present suit were, on the one hand, the next of kin, and on the other Mr_ Philip Langdon, who opposed the paper now propounded for, and as the last testamentary disposition of the deceased, by which he would be excluded from all`Participation in the property left by her. Dr. ADasis and Dr. DODSON were heard in sup fort of the paper before the Court. It was endeavoured to skew that Mr. P. Langdon had already received in the lifetime of his father, and subsequently to his death, such a proportion of fortune, as was equal to that which the rest of tile family would be entitled tn take, under the provisions contained in this scrip; 'and that, from the embarrassments in which he found himself at length involved, in consequence of his misfortunes or imprudence, he quitted England for the Cape of Good Hope, in the sear 1805; and had ever since remained in that settlement. The Learned Counsel further stated, that from the evidence, it appeared that Mr. P. Langdon, during the whole of this interval, had left his wife and three children under the care and protection of his family. And they argued, that upon these and similar facts, it was to be assumed that. the deceased was aware of the fact of his exclusion from this paper; that such exclusion was inten tional; that it was accounted for, and justified by the whole complexion of the case ; that the paper, though informal, was clearly-intended by the deceased to operate as the expression of her.final testamentary intentions and that the Court ought to pronounce for its effect and validity as such. Dr. liu;;IIHINTON and Dr. JESSE ADDAMS, on behalf of Air. Landon, contended that the paper was, on the fare of it, not merely informal and unfinished, but not even a paper originally intended to be operative by the deceased, and afterwards interrupted in its progress towards comple tion by the act of -GOD. They also dwelt upon the very affectionate terms of certain letters from the deceased to her son, as contained in the evidence, and upon the strong regard and interest which she was proved on all occasions to have manifested in his favour. Upon the whole of these facts, they submitted that the inference to be raised was, rather that the deceased was more attached to Mr. PhiliA ti liangdon than the rest of her family,• than that she viewed th resentment his former misfortunes, or considered that he ad already had the benefit of a sufficient proportion of that property which it should rather seem she was desirous of bestowing equally and without exception among the whole of her family. The Learned Counsel also submitted, that where a paper was thus professed. ly informal, nothing but the strongest evidence of testamentary intention would so far satisfy the Conrt, as to induce it to pro.. nounce for it : they conceived that in the present case no such testimony had been supplied; that nothing had been shewn to warrant the exclusion of Mr. Philip Langdon, and that the paper ought to be rejected. Sir Jonw NICHOLL commented at great length upon the effect of the depositions in the case, and finally declared, that the Court felt itself bound to pronounce against the paper writ ing propounded. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-On 'Tuesday, between eight and nine o'clock, a female of respectable appearance was seen on Blackfriars-bridge, in a dejected condition, clasping her hands, and praying at intervals. At length she got on one of the seats, and endeavoured to get over the ba lustrade, but was perceived by a person who had been watching her, and pulled back. She made no acknowledgment for his interference, but burst into tears, and walked towards Black friars-road, followed by the person who pre vented her committing the rash act. Yesterday afternoon, the servant of Mr. T. WHITE, 19, Castle-street, Holborn, imptu 'ently left the street-door open whilst she went on au errand, and during her short absence, some vil lains, who are constantly on the look out for plunder, entered the parlour and stole front thence a portable writing desk with valuable contents, and several books with which they got clear off before the return of the maid-servant.