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THE' I.()NDON JOURNALS. NWIDACTS mom , THE DAILY MORNING PAPERS Decenter 14, 182. NEW TI M Es.] The spe c ulations of the money market, both iq l e or,glort and Paris, seem to incline, in a small 11egree, towards Peace. Consols for the Account iWer4a . y left oil at ' 8O and by letters from Paris it appears that on Wednesday evening the itentex were at 89f. 50c. 'lt will be remembered ttiat this Stock fell to 82f. 25c., in the course of last December, soon after the present Ministers curie into office ; so that notwithstanding all the afayms or pretended alarms as to the effect of a war, the French fundholder who purchased only a twelvemonth ago is still a gainer, a gainer of 7 , 4 per cent. on his stock, or 8i per cent. ,on his rikonied capital. This dues not indicate any great instability i n the presen t state of public .credit in F i ance, or any great want of confidence in the existing Ministry. ['nu TIMES.] Anecdotes and tales generally bring up the 7.ear of any political crisis, during which the dis- Ossiom have been of a more serious nature, as light troops follow or attend the motions of the heavy armed battalions. We now, therefore, give some specimens of the Parisian gossip which has reached us. -In a conversation between the Puke of Wellington and a Spanish Nobleman now. in Paris, the former is reported to have said that he saw no reason for apprehend ing a war between France and Spain ; but that, at all events, it- was the determination of England' to oppose an armed interference in the internal concerns of the Peninsula. A Liable re solution,. we should say, though perhaps for awhile better suited to our wishes than our Rowers. There is no doubt but that if war were waged between France. and Spain, the hearts of all Englishmen wotild fight with their gallant friends the Spaniards from the very beginning of the contest ; neither would it be long before our persons, also, were by the side of theirs. A. Minister, however perverse, could not long keep this country out of the contest. [MORNI NG POST.] The Monlieur has not suffered itself to be be trayed into any further explanation of the views of tae Government, by the furious attacks of the Ultras. Satisfied with" havin g s h ewn b y i ts adop tion of the article of the Journal des Di;bats, that the inkluence of the friends of peace predominated in the cabinet, it has since returned to its cus tom4ry silence and impassibility. The same course has been adopted by the Journal des Dames, so that the. Ultra and Liberal publications are left to discuss the matter amongst themselves. The former do it with their characteristic violence, whilst the latter content themselves with a war . of observation ; for though unwilling to give to the moderate part of •the Ministry all the credit to which it is entitled for its support of a just and pacific policy, they are. unable to suppress a Jaug.h„ or: to withhold a sneer at the surprise, wrath, and alarm, of their astound e d opp onen t s . .4ltras, indeed, disguise their ill-humour and. Mortilication so little, that they make them /selves fair. objects of ridicule. [MO RNIN lIERA - 011-e of the French Papers mentions rather a curious circumstance. It is that the insurgent hands of Navarre contain considerable numbers Of deserters from the. French army (we suppose the Army, of Observation, that alone being suffi ciently contiguous) and that the French Com mandant of Bayonne - entered into a compact wish. General, O'Donnell, when leaving that place, for delivering them up. Without having the highest opinion, of the morality of French soldiers, we stal cannot suppose th a t th e y wou ld a b an d on t!.s.eir country, their colours, and their regular pay, for the actual wretchedness and desperate hopes of those undisciplined and unprovided banditti., It appears to be an attempt to give an impression, indirectly, of the zeal of the French soldiers in the cause of " the Faith." General Torrijos has routed several, bands of the Navarrese insur gents, but had not yet come in contact wi t h th e mmail),' body, under O'Donnell. The latter is stated. tp have been in momentary expectation of being attacked:, which he awaited. EBIIITI S II PRESS.] The French . Papers of Wednesday are uncom monly destitute. of news. The all-agitating ques tion, of war has subsided into petty altercations arnpng. the. Journalists. The Ministerial Papers are extr,erneLy ferti'le, of misrepresentations and fictions from, Spain. The answer to them is, that the Cortes, are. acting with equal v ig our an d mo deration,. aNi t t h at . G,en. Mina has &yen all the fugitives of the Faith into Prance, except the feW, who, lave shut themselves up in the fort of Ujgel. It really ; is not worth while to notice or to, refute the falsehoods of the Quptidienne specting. the Spaniards, or of the Austrian Ob server respectin4 the Greeks. We are told that the Miuisters are to renew the deliberations of Verona at Paris, and the Emperors at Vienna.— We rejoice, that the Congress of St. Stephens will assemble s, on.; Arid will not, with shut doors, and: under th!wix_lionsprotectiOn of police officers and. spies, but in, the faC : e of-the people, and with the k l noWledge of ail, Europe, discuss the mo mentausquesrjons. which involve the peace and. liberty, of the presetri age, and the happiness of sncceeding generations. 'When the light of day hr i eaks . forth,; the ilkornened birds of darkness slink into, tIIT [. ° )F I A. N . C II11 9 ! '! I P I ! E .] 13rsidgs. the ex„trepediftlkspity of the position in whichtheAulse,of. W,ellii►gton was placed, and e,ve,ry, allowance' also for his own arql, peculiar . ipsiinations, we mustcan coufsss, that • ofjginally set_ out with inafiressions. v,e.ror djiferent : from those he after fßand hg act . upon, anti that he" was called upon to:perform a duty he by no means anticipated. He must have been bewildered by the change in his instructions,l and by the new facts, the progress of the deli berations elicited, and at a loss how to act amidst the artifices and intrigues employed against him. • • Fortunately, the deliberations of the Paris Con gress being nearer home, the communications can be more frequent ; and we understand that no determination is to be come to in the name of this country without the previous knowledge and consent of the Cabinet.—This new plan of ne gociation will, we trust, make up for the errors committed in Verona—errors which had begun to rouse the indignation even of those high circles in this country in which it is fashionable to think that every sacrifice ought to be made to keep down popular revolutions. Like Eng lislunen, they nevertheless feel for our national honour, and the circumstances which have sub sequently developed themselves, have greatly shaken that unbounded confidence they formerly placed in the person intended to support it in a Congress of Allied Sovereigns. Lucidly for us, these errors are not irreparable. Sir Charles Stewart, by his recent remonstrances to the French Ministers, has shewn them that his Go vernment is not only fully sensible of the nature and extent of the intiigues played off at Verona against Great Britain ; but also that the policy France is blindly pursuing must eventually in volve herself in ruin, without answering the end proposed. ROBEEIIY OF THE BIRMINGHAM COACH. Thursday about five minutes after four o'clock, the Birmingham Balloon Coach was robbed of two parcels containing between, 7,0001. and 8,0001. At four the Guard of the coach, which was about to set off for Birmingham, appeared in the yard of the Swan with Two Necks Inn, Lad lane, in preparation for the journey. The horse keeper, who had just put too the cattle, observed a man walk up to the door of the coach ivith a great coat, aad throw the coat upon the seat, as if he intended to follow it soon after. The guard, who also saw the stranger throw in the coat, asked the horsekeeper who the person was, to which the other replied—" Why, he's a pas senger of your's to be sure." The guard took it for granted that there was nothing to be appre hended from the man who had been the object .of his inquiry, and proceeded to load the coach. lie had in his possession three parcels of the notes of country bankers which had been paid in Lon don by their agents, and were inclosed to them. One of those parcels was directed to Messrs. GIBBONS, Smel' and Company, Birmingham, and another of them to Messrs. TAYLOR and Lloyd's, Birmingham, and contained promissory notes of their respective banks. These two were laid by the guard on the seat of the coach, opposite to the seat on which the coat lay, the man intending to deposit them in a place of more se curity in a few moments. He had riot turned his back for many seconds, when the two parcels and the great coat disappeared. The guard had put the third parcel in his coat pocket. lie im-. mediately ran off to Sir TnomAs ESDAILE'S, and Messrs.llAN BURY and TAYLOR'S banking-houses, from which he had received the parcels, and in formed them of the robbery, but could give no description of the person who threw his great coat into the coach. Judging from the manner in which the thing was done, the Police are of opinion that the notes art, in the ring (amongst the mail coach thieves). Those who negociated upon the celebrated Ipswich bank note robbery expect to be applied to on this occasion to make a similar arrangement ; and it is conjectured they will have to deal with the same party. POLICE HORSE PATROL.-A reduction in the pay of this very useful body of men is' about to take place—and, as an cgaiziatent, the houses and stables occupied by them, and the horses on the several roads on which they are stationed, are to be provided and paid for by Government, instead of by the Patrol themselves, as here.. tofore. Yesterday morning the Worcester Mail, in urning round the corner to the Post-office in Wheatly, came in contact with the scrapings- of ,he road, which had become so hard by the in, ense frost, that it upset in an instant,—The coach received so much damage that the guard immediately procured a post chaise, and pro ceeded with the bags : fortunately, no person re ceived any serious injury. Three of the Liverpool Gentlemen, graduates of the University of Cambridge, who went to give their voices at the election of a Member of Parliament for that learned body, were auda ciously and very dexterously robbed, on their route from Cambridge to London. On their ar rival in town, it was discovered that the boot of the carriage had been opened, and, exclusive of some loose articles, one of the portmanteaus, containing a quantity of wearing apparel and a sum of money, had been carried 'off. No traces . or circumstances connected with the robbery or thieves could be discovered or recollected..---(Li verpool Advertiser.) It appears that the last place where the two unfortunate Men,HicamAN and ROE, drank, was at the Swan, between Whetstone turnpike and the.S wan with two Necks, where the Inquest was held, and within half a mile of the spot where the catastrophe happened. Hickman ob served upon the darkness or the night,and spoke of the fog coming on when he g ot into the chaise. Randall, as it has been stated, left the unfortu nate. men at South Minims, drinking. The stay at the Swans proved that wine was the cause of that which happened. The horse escaped un 7 . hurt, and the. chaise was perfect., and, in it th e sufferers were conveyed:more than'a quarter of a mile to the Swan with two Necks.` It is ar ranged that the unfortunate men are to be buried in one grave, in the early part of next week. • The heavy, rains which have fallen within the last fortnight have caused th e l ow J an d a hetween Taunton and Bridgewater to be inundated. The rivers and.Varrett, haTe. sweite4. to. a grp3t. Ileight, which make 4 - dangeroits fpr, boa 6 to go up and dOwn. SUICIDE. —An Inquisition was taken yott:rday afternoon, in the Committee Room of Si. Eiukit!4 Lunatic ilospital, before Joux,Watnicr.l3Nwts., Esq. Coroner, on view of the body 'of Mary= Jones, aged - 46, a lunatic confined , in the. afore= said asylum, who put a period to her existence by hanging herself. Verdict—" Insanity." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dpc. 13. IN THE MATTER OF CRESWELL, THE LUNATIC. Mr. WETHERELL applied to the Court to have the inqui sition removed from Pinckney, in Wiltshire, the residence of• the lunatic, to London, because there was a necessity for having the evidence of two London medical gentlemen, whose attend. ance would be very, expensive to the parties, and very inconve nient to themselves. Mr. liriLinamiAN opposed the application, on the ground that the people about the lunatic, and in his neighbourhood, were likely to give the best information ; and it was of import ance in this case to determine the precise time when the lunacy first occurred. He thought that the Jury of the county ought to sit in a room of the house in which the lunatic resided. The Loup CHANCELLOR thought that the immediate neighbourhood was liable to objection, on the score of common or particular prejudice. He ordered that the Jury should sit at Salisbury--that being a place of convenient locality, and of such extent as would secure, with little expence or trouble, all the useful information which the case could require. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 13. MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN ONE OF THE COUNSEL AND THE BENCH. Mr. WETHERELL was engaged in arguing a cause (which we do not think it necessary to report) when The VICE-CHANCELLOR, conceiving that the Learned Counsel did not apply himself to the only point in issue, twice interrupted him, and directed his attention to it. Upon the last occasion. Mr. WETHEILELL ,said, I have a right to be heard, and I will be heard. The VicE.CuANcELLon.—I am always desirous to hear you ; but when you are heard, it is for the Judge to see that you do not apply your arguments to points about which there is no doubt or difficulty. lir. WET E REL L.—ln support of my public character and for the sake of the privileges of the bar, I contend for my right to be heard, and to state my view of the case, and I will not submit to be put down by your Honour. It is the unani mous complaint of the bar, that your Honour will not permit Counsel to'exercise that right, without which it is impossible they can do their duty to their clients ; and petitions are pre sented, complaining that causes have not been properly heard by your Honour. The VICE-CnasCELLOlt.—You do not address yourself to this subject with your usual good sense and gentleman-like de , portment. In order that Counsel may do justice to their clients, it is necessary they should know what the real difficulty in the case is, and apply their arguments to that point. Mr. IVETHERELL.-1 trust I have done nothing ungen tleman-like ; but I must repeat that I will not submit to re ceive my view of the case from your Honour. I have a right, and I will not be prevented from exercising it, to pursue any line of argitment which I think essential and necessary to the interest of my client. The VICE-CHANILELLOIL—I have endeavoured to direct your attention to what I conceive to be the real difficulty of the case. Having done so, I shall upon this occasion, as I do upon every other, permit Counsel to adopt their own course of argument. Mr. WE THERF.LL continued his argument to the conclu sion, uninterrupted by any remark from the Court. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 13. ACKROYD v. BIRD. This was an action by the plaintiff, who was the owner of a certain house in St. Clement's Inn-passage, against the de fendant, one of the contractors for the Commissioners of Sewers, to recover compensation for the loss of her house, which had fallen to ruins in consequence of some operations under the de fendant•'s direction, for the repair of the common sewer beneath the said passage ; and which accident was alledged to be through the mismanagement or the carelessness of the defendant, or those employed by him. The proceedings in the cause occupied the whole day, to an advanced hour of the evening; and a great number of witnesses Were ey,:unined on both sides. But the whole of the case is al ready before the public ; for the present was a new trial between the same parties, and, nothing occurred in the case interesting to any but those immediately concerned. It appeared that four houses belonging to different pro. prietors, had fallen at the same time, and from the same causes. The mischief was imputed, on the plaintiff's part, as wholly owing to the mismanagement or negligence of the defendant, or those employed by him, in consequence of which the foundation of the house gave way, and the building turn bled to ruins. On the defendant's side it was contended that the houses were so old and ruinous, being built above 150 years since, that they might have very soon fallen, if nothing had happ ene d t o the 'sewer to require repair ; but th a t i n all events they had not fallen immediately in consequence of any thing that °c anted in repairing the sewer, hut from the falling of a stack of chimneys belonging to one of the houses, the danger of which Was observed three weeks before it actually fell, by several of the persons. employed under the defendant, and notice given to the owner of the house to which these chimneys belonged; and that if this stack of chimneys had been taken down in time, as suggested, all the danger would have been prevented to the other houses. The Loup CHIEF JUSTICE was of opinion that the notice given to the party owing to the chimneys was not sufficiently specific and effectual. The notice served should have specified a reasonable time for taking down the chimneys, and if the party failed to comply, the the Commi ss ion ers of Sewers should have proceeded on their oiwn authority to have taken down the chimneys, and thereby have prevented the consequences which had occurred to others. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintifr—Damages, 37W. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 13. The Court was occupied with hearing Common Jury causes this day'until four o'clock ; nothing occurred of any interest to the public. HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, DEC. 13. THE MATCHLESS. _ _ (The Judges sentence, and the points reserved in that sen tence, in the case of the Matchless, will he found in the St:2i • of the 12th.), • Dr. LEMINGTON. said, that if he had rightly understood • the Cotitt - 14 the list 'Sitting, it had distinctly decided that an alien born, though some time, a British subject, but subse quently a resident in America, was not entitled to trade with the Colonies of this country under tne privileges of British born subjects, and that the question, therefore, which th e C ourt had left the ousel to discusa.this.day, if they should consider theinselvcs.competent toSustain it, was, whether an American subject (as it had decided Mr. Milwich really to be) would im port a cargo of the description, and under all the circumstanc e s in question, into Newfoundland-? Acting upon the Court's in timation, the Learned Counsel stated that he had looked at the various. Acts of Varliament connected with the subject; and it did appear to him, that. one of them (the 28th George 111. c. 0. sec. P, 13), if taken alone, would go decidedly to pro hibit any such intercourse with, or import a tion i nto , New foundland. But it seemed also, that a subsequent enactment I had. corrected. the severity of that prohibitory statute ; and he alluded to the .53th Geo. ILL c. 19; which had, he conceived, erected qUite a new law in the place of that laid down in the 28thsOf the'saMe reign. Lord - STOWELL asked, in what part of the latter statute Dr. • Lushingtou found such a new law established ? "Dr. Lusx6:64oN replied, in the 3d and 4th section. The object. Of this Ad (58t11..Ge0.111.) was to make Halifax, inNova Scotia, it. freeport, for certain purposes. But the language of the enactments for these purposes was so very different from that of the exclusive and prohibitory, statute specially relating to Newfoundland, (28 Geo. III: cap. 6.), that lie thought the Court would see. the different intentions under which they had. been framed by. the Legislature. By i the 28th Geo. III:, and in the casein Stewart's RePorts; to which the 'Court referred last Court-day., the- importation was. expressly. directed to be in I British ships, and. by. British, Subjects ;, and Sir Alexander Croke, in his judgment, went so 'far as to hold, that certain gOods being permitted to be imported by British subjects only, British. subjects.resident in America, or. other foreign States, could not lezally,iinport into the.islands and colonies .in question. But here was the distinction between the two statutes: the 68th of tile late King piovided. " that from and after the passing.of.thisact, it shathaud may be lawful in, any. British-. built strip or vessel, ci4v„.nedand navigated accbrding to law, or • in any ship or vessel, duly navigated, but owned by:States, or by the subjeCtsof Slates, to amity. with his Britannic. Majesty, taimport" (and; then,followed certain specifications) cargoes of ayartiet . ilar de t scription, and of which kind was the cargo in the present lbstance. The next enacting clause permitted the re expoXtation from Halifax. of. the: same-articles in any British built ships, duly navigated according to law, to the,United liing4in of Great Britain and Ireland, or its, dependencies:— 'hu only, cohditithi annexed to thiieTati'se was, that the bottom should,ha a British ship; nothing Was said as to the property on board iving„ that of British subjects, The,next(or,4th) clause permittcd such re-exportation of goods " that shall have been legally imported in the 'same manner into the said port or Halifax." Under this authority, and without wishing to open any topic upon which the Court had already decided, the Learned Counsel felt it his duty to submit, that importation might legally take place into Halifax of the goods in question, though they were not owned by British subjects. Dr. JESSE ADAX! £olloiVed on the same side : and The KING'S ADVOCATE did Dr: DODsol5 having been beard in reply, - - The COURT shortly. expressed its concurrence in this doc trine, observing, that if - this part of the cargo could not legally be carried from America to Newfoundland, it could not be le gally transported to the latter place in virtue of its mere inter mediate passage through Halifax ; and therefore, so much of the sentence of the Court below as regarded the condemnation Of Mr. Milwich's portion of this cargo, this Court felt itself un der the necessity of pronouncing for and affirming. THE TARTAR. This cause, the principal proceedings in which were had one or two terms since, came, on the day before yesterday, upon ob jections taken by the Counsel for the holder of a bottomry bond, given by the master of the Tartar, to a report which had been made by the Registrar and merchants, on the amount due to that holder, agreeable to reference some time ago directed by the Judge of this Court. The facts were briefly these :—ln 1820, the ship Tartar was chartered by Messrs. Hurry, Powles, and Hurry of this city, for a voyage to South America; and from thence to the West Indies ; and in case of circumstances rendering it expedient for her to come home on the charterers' account, back to a port in the United Kingdom. The ves sel performed her voyage to the coast of South America ; hit no freight could be procured for her by the charterers' correspondents. She then sailed for the West Indies, the mas. ter and crew being all in a very sickly condition ; and in this distress they put into Jamaica, where Messrs. Hurry had not a single connexion. In this dilemma, most of his crew hav ing died, the master addressed himself to a Mr. Hubbard of Port Maria in that island, for advice and assistance: Mr. Hubbard Undertook to co-operate to the utmost of his power for the interests of the concern which had charged the ship ; an d at the request o f th e master, w h o i n a day or two after died, discharged the original mate, a man of drunken and disorderly habits; and the whole of the ship's company being now de ceased or disabled, put on board a new captain, and a new crew. An eligible opportunity presenting itself, he dispatched the Tartar, previously to her return to England, on a voyage to Bermuda and back ; having previously advanced for repairs and disbursements on the ship's account 756/., for which the new master executed a bottomry bond, bearing a premium of 20 per cent., with a condition endorsed, that in case certain bills, drawn on the house of Robertson and Co., part owners of the Tartar at the same time, and falling due in May, 1821, should be duly honoured and paid, then the bond was to be defeasible and cancelled. Mr. Hubbard remitted these bills to the house of Alderman Atkins and Co. of London, who pre sented them in the usual course at the counting-house of Messrs. Robertson and Co. for acceptance. Those gentlemen returned answer, that the bills could not be accepted at pre sent, but must wait advices from the other owners in Scot land. Soon afterwards the ship arrived in the river; and on the day the bills became due, Mr. Robertson c a ll e d a t th e house of Messrs. Atki ns and Co., and tendered payment of the- 756/. ; but this tender they refused, on the ground that some commission or additional premium should be paid, for the risk which had been incurred on the ship's homeward voyage : accompanying the refusal with an observation on the improba bility that Messrs. Robertsons would ever have called again about the bills, after refusing to accept them, if the Tartar had been lost ; in which case, of course, the bond would h ave b een a dead letter. The honditself, however, was subsequently put in suit against the owners, who resisted it on the plea that Mr., Hubbard's charges were most exorbitant ; and that the chance of a freight home had been lost, by, the unauthorized trip to Bermuda. This Court reprobated the opposition so offered, declaring that but for the interference of Mr. Hubbard, the ship would have been a derelict; and it sustained the bond. The question of costs was reserved to this day, when Dr. LUSHINOTON and Dr. DonsoN were heard for the owners; and Dr. BURNABY and Dr. JENNER for the bond-holder. The Court decreed costs against the owners • and as Dr. Bur naby and Dr. Jenner h a d o bj ec t e d to the deductions made in the report of the Registrar and merchants, which report the Court also sustained, they applied for their costs in the present application, but the Court would make no order on this behalf. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SWINDLING_ EXTRAORDINARY. 1301 V-STREET James Reading.--This old man, who on Tuesday last was examined on a charge of obtaining by false pretences a deed of assignment from a Mr. Charles, Butler Hall, was again brought up yesterday. The office was exces sively crowded. When the prisoner was placed at the bar, Sir RICHARD BIRNIE asked him bow he had spent his time for the last four years ? Prisoner.—l have lived at Chelsea, and paid my way like a respectable man, except during the last . quarter. Sir R. Birtxrc.—l mean since you left the hulks, you know. I have a little document here which informs me that you were transported for seven years, that you served four of the seven, and that you were then discharged in consequence of having bad eyes. The prisoner bowed, but made no remark. Sir R. BIRNIE.—Do you know Bieldulph, Cox, arrd Co., the Bankers, at Charing-cross ? Prisoner.—l do, very well. Sir R. BITUNIE.—One of the firm will, most probably, be here presently. Prisoner.—l dare say it may be so, because I owe them money. I kept an account there. Sir R. BrnxiE.—Do you know Mr. Capper? Prisoner— I do. Sir R. BIRNIE.—Yes, you offered to procure him a seat in Parliament immediately after your return from the hulks. Prisoner.—ls Mr. Capper here ? IF Sir R. BritxrE.—No ; but I can send for him. I believe you had once a very.narrow escape from a punishment of two- . ther kind—a punishment that would have saved, the necessity of sending you to the hulks, and have deprived us of the plea sure of seeing you here now. The prisoner appeared not . to hear this remark, but said he had three things to observe to the worshipful bench : first, that he was not at present pre pared to meet the charge ;—secondly, that at a future day he should be prepared to give a complete and triumphant answer to it, and therefore he wished to be remanded ;—and thirdly, he had to request that his Solicitor might be allowed to visit him in prison. He was informed that he would have the same indulgence in that respect that other prisoners had. A clerk to Messrs. Puget, Bainbridge, & Co. bankers, stated that about 1,800/. had at different times passed throUgh their hands to the prisoner, but he had- never cash there for more than a day or two together. A bill of exchange for 2001:, ac cepted by the prisoner, which he had given to Mr. Hall the pro. secutor, was sliewn to witness, and he said such a bill . would not have been paid at their house. If witness had been asked the question at any time, his answer would have been, there was no probability of its being p a id. Th e r e was now a aalanee of 2s. 9d. in their hand in the prisoner's favour. The prisoner, at this period of - the inquiry, saw Mr. .7. W. Parkins, who had been some time on the bench, speaking in an under tone to one of the Magistrates, and he immediately said very sharply, " What are you whispering about, Mr. Sheriff Parkins ? I know you, Sir, very well, and I know no good of you, nor does any one else." Mr. Parkins.— I have done nothing more in this affair than bringing a document from Newgate to prove that you bad been transported. Prisoner.--I don't care for your whispering. You have eat and drank, and slept at my house for a week together, and never had a farthing of your money : you are a shabby. fellow, and I don't care for you.=-7(A Sir H, BIRNIE.—I do not wish to say too much about you ; but I will just read a small portion of a trial at the Old Bailey : it is this—" Trial of Jeremiah James Reading, the 'scape goat of swindlers, for forgery. The J ur y retired for some time, and returned a verdict of guilty upon the second count of theiri : . dictment, for uttering, knowing it to be forged. Sentence- 7 Death."* This Sir Richard read'from a Sessions. Paper, which, with a copy of the record of the conviction was handed to him by an elderly gentleman who had them in 'his possession,_ and who thought it his duty to furni s h the Magistrates with, the in formation, in consequence of what he had seen in the public Papers. Prisoner.—Let the subject of former proceedings die, Sir Richard. Sir R. I.3flum.—l almost wish it• had, according to the sentence. The prisoner again observing Mr. Parkins speaking to Sir R. Birnie, said, a Hold your. tongue, Mr. Parkins bUt. I don't, care for you.; you are speaking to, a. gentleman, though. you are a : bastard ; Of the Duke of Nerfolli's." Mr. 111 ixsitur.r. desired - the-prisoner not to indulge in reflec tions. of thiskind, or. he- would.be- removed. - The-prisoner asked. if the Magistrates.youldtake,bail, now.? Sir It. litaNtE.—;Not while yOuare 'uncle,/ commitment for re-examination. 'We neier - Prisoner—But hoai-many, tintes.arn I - to• be made.a shew. of here ? Sir R. is your own request you should be re manded. The prosecutor said.he had , more evidence.to adduce,. Mr. 'William Goodwin, of No. 5, OldiCayendish,street, said, that he was applied to by the prisoner, in consequence of an • It alipedied.fronilhe - Sesion4 paper, thttfthi ptisdher idas tried in September, 1793, fot forging the. name of - John King to, a bill of exchange, but the, letter ? K wAs.arluThr'w4ttgal 90 as, to resemble an It, and . the indictment, there him, with forging the name of John Xing, Otheriise fling; and upon this an objection in.poini of-law wa&raisedi and reserved for the Twelve-Judges,,wilo„clecided.ittg,he,fatitl, and thg,pri soner of course was pirdoned. — Hi was convicted of a fraud in the year 1813, and sentenced to seven years transportation. aci , advertisement similar to th a t o f Mr. Hall's. He was to tag— the prisoner 2001., an d th e l atter o ff ered him some documentsr; a security, but witness could not say that the assignment, P duced was one of them. The prisoner declined giving tflt n i p his name and address, and therefore he did not advanr 4 money. Mr. Saintsbury, of Cott--cross, ironm o n ger , stated, ths', th. ~ prisoner, some tim e i n S e p tem b er, was introduced to him w ' neighbour, as a person who had an assignment of some 3 .1 siopary property t o dip ose o f . H e produced the ass i gn tgr"' which was the sam e n ow b e f ore t h e M ag i strates, and dem AI 1001. as the price of it. The property was said to be undue _,'"" control of the Account an t-G enera l o f t h e Court of Chown which Court being at that time closed access could not be to it, and some necessary delay took place before the bargl could be completed. In the interim, the prisoner atteinf, twice to obtain money in a d vance , to t h e amount first of Anl and then 201., b u t wi t ness , b y t h e a d v i ce of his sol i c i to r, if , fused to give it ; an d i n consequence o f some subsequen ce quiries, he dropp e d th e negociat i on a l together. The Pr in told him the assignment belonged to a young man Valli Hall, who owed hi m 2001., an d t h at was all the s wirly had for the debt. He deplored the loss he should suffer very moving terms. Sir R. BIRNIE said this evidence was important, as it p-1 . 114 . 0 , an attempt by th e p r i soner to convert t h e property to his °"" use, and asked Reading what he had to say to it ? Prisoner.—l ha re no thi ng to say. I t i s perfectly true . I Saintsbury is a v er y h onoura bl e gent l eman, and I have th e highest opinion of hi m . (H e b owe d to the ground when „ said this.) As I said before, lam not now prepared with 1431 defence. Your Worships do not know all that is in this at but I do ; and it will come out i n t h e sequel, and astonish 34: perhaps. I shall b e a bl e t o meet i t f a i r l y and honoura bly " , ' spite of Sheriff Parkins.—(A laugh.) A gentleman, who stated himself to be a solicitor, said . prisoner had attempted to sell the assignment to a client all!: Prisoner.—Th a t i s true. I know you, Sir. You are " honourable a man as ever liv e d, an d I h ave t h e hi g h est p a ss " respect for you. Mr. MrssituLt..—Have you any thing more to say to ell' charge ? Prisoner.—Not at present, but I shall hereafter, and l i t that my solicito r ma y b e a d m i tte d at all hours, from day-liA• to dusk, and not merely from twelve to two o'clock, accordnig the rules of the prison. Sir R. BIIIIIIE.—The gaoler has certain regulations 1 1 0 a . down for him, an d f rom t h em h e, of course, will not depart:" We shall give no order for any particular indulgence to you. et , Prisoner.—V er y we ll, gent l emen ; I shall be able to ails% the charge, notwith s t an di ng t h e good offices of Sheriff Mr. Parkins.—This man has said a great deal about me, 611 all I know o f hi m i s t h at h e attempted to cheat me ou t (1 ,), 6,000/. ; but I ma d e i nqu i ry respect i ng him, and finding ll' character exceptionable, I gave hi m not hi ng . I b e li eve 1 11'"" twice at his house. moment, Mr. eot Flood, aod a Sir 1 i d R d . l es ß x R N M I a E g , is a t d r a d t r e e , s3 e i n o t g e r e t d h e t h p e r o i so fll o c e e r s , " Here is a worthy brother Magistrate of mine, who lives at Chelsea, and perhaps he kn ows y ou P — P r isoner.—ls that tie Flood ? Indeed I know M r . Fl oo d very we ll . He is a lug honourable man (bowing low), and I have the greatest nor, and esteem for him.—(A loud laugh.)—Do. you. know any ta" of me , Sir ? Mr. Flood.—lndeed I do, and I know nothing good of rtg, Prisoner.—llo you kn ow any h arm o f me ?— I d o ; a gre deal. Sir R. BIRNIE.—Thc fact is, he offered to get my friend seat in Parliament, but he did not like it. Mr. Austin, of the firm of Dwerrihouse and Co., wa i S, e makers, in Berk e ley- square , p re f erre d a c h arge aga i ns t 10, prisoner. In the ea r ly p ar t of the present yea r th e priso o c 4 came to their house and said he wanted two gold watclich to show to a young nobleman, who wished to purchase 09 ,,„, e ' old with knew him befor e , b ut wou ld not h ave trusted ly with the watches on hi s own account . H e purc h ase d a go' watch of small value some months before, at their boil Witness let him have two watches, one of them a repeater, vol, together 85 guineas, and he had never seen them since. saw the prisoner subsequently, and asked him about the weitchir and he said the young Nobleman had chosen one, but he cg at ' soner) did not know which • but he was gone to a tt en d a t York, and would not b e back again for som e time. Wit asked the name of the young Nobleman, but the prisoner r e ; fused to tell it, alleging as an excuse t h at it was an affair of gr e at delicacy, and that his young friend did not wish his father know that he was purchasing expensive watches. 'Witness 11 ' not seen the prisoner since that interview until the Preic ill moment. The prisoner declined saying any thing to this charge; after sonic further conversation, he was re - comm i tte d, a nd 4 ? 1. dered to be brought up again on Friday next. We are happy to find that the long-confr,.„nla plated plan of forming a junction between the English ,7ij . Bristol Channels is again revived, and a meeting is to be " e • r at Chard, on Wednesday the 18th inst. to adopt measures t° th e ' its completion, which; if effected, must essentially benefit neighbourhood, and particularly the towns of Taunton ann Bridgewater, by making them a thoroughfare, not only betsve,! the Channels, but by a branch which i s sa id to b e i n con temPur . tion from the line of the canal where it approaches near to 11(07 ton, such will, at a small expense, form a direct co m municatio n through the latter to w n to Ek e t er . By this internal connection the population of those wealthy and extensive-districts will be Or plied with the best Welch coal, at considerable less expel; ci e ; than what is now paid for th ose f rom S un d er l an d , as the )17.eie„ coal, by this inland navigation, is render d ed uty merchants will thus save the risk and expence o f sending; their goods from all places on th e Severn, round the Lou End. It is expected the co a l and i ron merc hants from wale s, as also the general trade of Bristol, will interest themselves 00 this occasion, to forward th e u nd er t a ki ng .—( E x ete r I1,0 : A . Post, Dee. 12.) COAL-MARKET, DEc. 13. Ships at Market. Ships sold Newcastle - 521 15 Sunderland - - 13 Price - ab, 37s Od to 47s 403 Od to 47: 4 u" COURSE OF EXCHANGE, December 13. ~. Amsterdam Ditto, 4 Sight Rotterdam l2 7 Antwerp ' 12 6 Hambtrrglt 37 3. ei. 66 Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto • . Frankforton the Main Sladrid Cadiz Rilboa 37 Erfecciv i Barcelona Seville Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa 13k-Venice, Ital. Liv 27 50 Malta 45 -Naples 39i Palermo ' tlB/1. pet o %* 52i* 52-i Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Dublin . 9, 1 ), Cork 9i pet Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, i n Coin Foreign Cold, in Bars New 1)0111)1001IS , New DoHari U 0 0 _ _ Silver m Bars. Standard. 0 4'14. BIRTHS. On the 13th inst., at Norfolk House, the Countess of-Sil.rr e l" of a daughter. On Friday, the 13th inst., the Lady, of George Drr i3 C le r: Esq., surgeon, of Prince's-place, Kennington, of a doght • MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Daniel Gurn4l4 I;sq., of North Runeton, Norfolk, to the Lady. MO° sy sister of the Earl of Erroll. On the 28th ult., at St. Mary's, Lambeth. Mr. Fred er t Leffler, of Apothecaries'-hall, to Harriet, only daughtei 00 ° Lagrenve, of Birchin-lane. DIED, , e, On the 11th inst., at Ivy-bridge, in Devonshire Dr, Get sr l' . Gilbert Currey, of Half-moon-street. taar . 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