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LAX REPORT. COURT OF KING's BENCH, JUNE i 6. TVIE KING 'DANIEL SETO::, JUN. E,Q. The Delen.iant is the son of the Governor cf Su tar. He had been found guilty on a criminal irfor mation, preferred at the instance of William Wick ham, Esq. whom, in the words of the proceedings, he had attempted to provoke, and to excite to fight a duel. In .one of the counts, the expressions charged were, " If you do not give me the satis fiaion of a gentleman, you are the greatest black guard that ever lived." The cause of the resent_ went of this gentleman, wac some advice to Mr. and Mrs. Flint, a young married couple, who resid rd with Mr. Wickham, during his official situation in Ireland, and to whom he sustained the charaaer of guardian. Mrs. Flint is sister to the Defendant. Lord ELLENBOROUGH read the minutes of the trial, in which several threatening letters to Mr. Wickham were given in evidence, and the conver sation of Major IVlorgan (the bearer of the challenge) was detailed. Mr. Gin as, for the Iltfendant, said, he should be highly reprehensible if he attempted to vindicate the condul of his Client, and was proceeding to state the circumstances its mitigation, when Mr. Sewn, from the ground fl nor, desired to read, in open Court, his own Affidavit on this subjel. It con tained an acknowledgment of his miscondul, ex pressions of deep contrition, and a confession, that the part Mr. Wickham had titled, was not only ho. nonrable to his own charkier, but originated iii the most friendly motives towards the Defendant. It further stated, that his leave of absence from the India Company expired in August, and that the op. portunity of returning was of the greatest conse quce to his future success in life. Lord ELLENBOROUGH.—" It rests with you to soy (addressing himself to the Counsel for the Pro becotion) if you will pray Judgment °i-on the De fetuiant. On such a serious offence, it Judgment be .4:r4Teti,_rhe Court has hut one course to pursue 442 Mr. EatSKrNE, for the Prosecution, after a short pause—" I waited to correct a little informality in the Affidavit, before I addressed your Lordships, who have been now Witnesses of the honour and forbearance of Mr. Wickham. lam instrubed by that Gentleman to say, that he has the greatest respeet for the family of the Defendant ; and he wishes, notwithstanding what has passed, to con duce to the happiness and prosperity of this unfor tunate person. It appears by the Affidavit, that absence from India would be a material injury to the Defendant; Mr. Wickham wishes his return may not be obstruCted ; I shall, therefore, not pray the judgment of the Court at this time." _ _ forclELLENßoßoucx.—" It will be in the power of the Prosecutor to call the Defendant up for judgment on some future occasion. I hope the impression made on this young man's mind, will be .agreeable to the friendly wishes of Mr. Wickham, The Defendant may retire." COMMON PLEAS, [urs 6. COLLINS V. ROETT. Mr. Serjeant BEST skewed cause against'a Rule obtained for discharging the Defendant out of the' Sheriff's custody, on the ground that she was a mar_ tied woman, and her husband responsible for, the debt which she had contraeted. From the Plaintiff's affidavit, it appeared that the Defendant went tel his shop in the Strand, represented herself as a faricy dress maker, residing in St. Alban's-streer, and pUn. chased various articles, which the Plaintiff gave her credit for, under a belief she was unmarried. A considerable time having afterwards elapsed, and 'no payment being offered, the Plaintiff proce e d e d for the recovery of his money in a legal way : on which Mrs. Roett begged to be allowed longer credit, and offered to pay, by giving a note, accept ed by tWo persons of rel3eetability. The lattet pro posal was not acceetled to, but the proceedings were delayed against her, during which she went away, 'and the Plaintiff did not know,where she was, until he accidentally met her in Fleet-marker : adion was then comnenced, and she was arrested. It' Was contended that' - the PLAintiff had never heard the Defendant was' tnatried'Aluring the trans_ action between them and had .trFways considered her as single. Her name and.. profession being on the door of her house, and every other . .appearance to confirm such a belief. In support of the Rule, Mr. •Serjeanr -ONSLOW stated, that the Defendant was married at St. John's Church, Westminster, to Michael Roett, who at present resides near Charing-cross. -; In con . , sequence of which, he argued, she could not he held to bail. • Sir JAMES MANSFIELD observed, if there was ho doubt of her marriage, ,she must be di s charged. was, however, an unfortunate ci,se, that she could not be compelled to remain in prison ; her condua was of. that description which rcquired investigation 2t the 0:0 Bailey. The Court acquiesce,' in the propriety of the Rule obtained. SPORTMG INTiLLIGCNCE. BIRURY MEETING. tRIDAY, JUNE 75 The. Barrington St - IkeS of 2.5g5. each, togs. forfeit, for all ages. .Sir W. W Wynne's b. h. by Alexander, 6 yrs old I.ord Graves's Piercer, 5 yrs old - Mr. Douglas 4 Exiling, 4 yrs. old - 3 to I on Piercer. FiftY Pounds by horses of all denominations. The new mile. Col. Kingscoreis Wile tear, 4 yrs old, t ist. glb. r. Fuller's Clodhopper, av,ed 11st. 4th. Mr. kavilinson's Spectre, 6 yrs old rost. glb. a tot on Wheatear. 2 - 3 1 1 2 3 3 2 Whirligig. 21st. 91b. beat Tango, iolb. 91b. two miles zigs. zto tun Whirligig. We last week gave an account of a grinning. snatch, which caused the death of two of the compe ; and stated that the third was not expetted to recover. We have now to add, that he also is t!e,td ; and his father, on going to visit him, was so shocked with appearance, that Ile took to his twd, arci never rose again. E;CHANCE WITH IRELAND. EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF EVIDENCE Taken before the Committee appointed to inquire into the State of I r::land, as to its Circulating Paper its Specie and Current Coin: and the. Exchange between that part of the U►lited Kirwlotit and Creat Britain. The Right Hon. 101-IN FOSTER, in the Chair. (Continued from cur Paper of friday.) TAMES WARRE D ESQ. MERCHANT IN LONDON, CONTISUED. Has any mode occurred to you, which . would re. duce the circulating raper ?—I have never considered it ; I have not been in Ireland lately. Would the restraining private Banks from issuing notes under iol. have any effeft that way ?—lt would lessen the circulation, and would tend towards it. Is there any mode which occurs to you, by which the exchange could be lowered ?—I think that if any common circulating mediutri could be adapted he. ttveen Great Britain and Ireland, it would certainly lower the exchange to nearly par. If there were no restritlion, gold would answer as a common citcu. lating medibm. How would you propose, now, to obtain a corn. mon circulating medium, when gold cannot be had ? By making ILA of England Notes to be in as great a degree a legal tender in Ireland as they • are in England. Are you aware they are not, stritlly speaking, a legal tender in England ?—I am. Do you imagine any arrangement between the Bank of England and Bank of Ireland could effect what you propose ?—I think so, completely. Do yon imagine such an arrangement could hurt the internal interests of Ireland, by rendering dig. counts difficult or unsteady there I—l think it could easily be arranged without any inconvenience of that kind. Can you state the mode of arrangement am not well prepared to state it ; but I should suppose if notes were issued by the Bank of Ireland, or even by a branch of the Bank of England to be establlshed in Dublin, which notes should he payable at the Bank of England, I think it would certainly lower the exchange to a very moderate rate. I think it is praelicable ; I see no obstacles to it, nor have I heard of any. In the aetual s►ate of exchange, would not a con sideratle demand come upon the Bank of England for those notes I—l think not, because the Bank of England is at present restrained by law from paying in specie. Would not the notes to be issued be payable by the Rank of England in specie, whenever the re stridion should cease I—Certainly. How is the Back of England to be reimbursed ? Precisely in the same way as they would be reim bursed for any other notes which they might then have in circulation. 'Would not this proje& go to increase the Bank of England Paper ?—I think it would not increase it very much. My reason for thinking so is, that the People of Ireland would not have occasion to call for a great quantity of these notes; for I chink the rate of exchange would instantly fall to such a price as would enable the remitters in Ireland to purchase bills of exchange on London on cheaper terms than they could procure the notes payable at the Bank of England ; I am confirmed in this opi. nion by some circumstances that occurred in Lon_ don about four years ago in the exchange up_ on Dublin, on the 29th of 04Iober 1799. The exchange on Dublin was 13f per cent. A plan was immediately after proposed for taking in, at the Bank of England, Irish Bank Notes at the rate of 9- per cent, exchange, to the amount only of 900,000 in part payment of the public loan in De cember 1799 ; that plan instantly lowered the ex change in Dublin to 87.8ths per cent. On the tzth of December exchange rose again to 14 per cent, be cause a doubt was suggested that the Irish bank notes would not be received at the Bank as was proposed ; on the 27th December the notes were exchanged, and the rate of exchange the day before that tell to 7 I per cent. ; the very next day after the payment in of the 16,1 i notes, it rose to 13 per cent. These circumstances convinced me that a very small sum of such circulating medium as I have described, would fully answer the purpose to lower the exchange. Do you mean lower it permanently, or occasion ally ; only so long as such operation should conti nue ?—I mean it permanently, ( .or rather as long as the Restrk.tion continues. Is it not true, that the effeEt of the operation you have described ceased immediately alter the opera tion had disclotioued ?—Certainly it did, and that is the reason I think• why a permanent system should be adopted. Are you of opinion that the Balance of Payments with this country is against Irellnd, or otherwise ? I am inclined to think, that for five years east the sums to he remitted from England to Ireland were greater than those to be remitted frorrateland to England. I include the Loans of course. Can you estimate the balance of trade between _ the two Countries for the last five years, or how it stands at present ?—I should suppose that it is not against Ireland, because I think that Ireland has paid every thing that she owed, either in her ex ports, or bills of exchange which she drew on account of those exports. I think that Ireland owes as itile upon her trade now, in proportion to the ex eat of it, as she has owed at any one period. JOHN IRVING, ESQ. MERCHANT OF LONDON, EXAMINED. Do you deal with Ireland ?—I do ; I know the exchange has been high. Has there been a depreciation of circulating pa. per in Ireland ?—I have heard so. Is it your opinion that it has been depreciated ? It is not. Have you heard that guineas have been purchased fora premium there J—l have, and I believe it. Do not you think of course, that P a p er i s d e p r e. ciated when guineas are bought at a Premium ?—I do nor. Explain your reacons.—l am of opinion that a bank, managed with prudence, would only isita its notes in proportion to the demand which may be made for those notes, in exchange for good and convertible securities, such as mercantile bills of exchange payable at specific periods, of undoubted respeCtability, founded upon real mercantile trans_ actions, upon Government securities, such as ex_ chequer bills, in the purchase of Spanish dollars, ur other hullitm ; and the circumstance of the bank notes of Ireland being demanded for such good and eonVertible securities, I am of opinion, is a proof that they are not too large in amount, sod that their value has not depreciated. A country, such as I consider the present situation of Leland to be, threatened by foreign invasion or internal commo_ tions, naturally creates a disposition in its inhati_ tants to hoard or conceal the precious metals, whe ther in the shape of the current coin, or manufac. Lured plate; to this disposition, I attribute the pre mium which I have heard is paid on guineas. Specie, therefore, being entirely taken away as a medium of circulation, I am of opinion, is also for that pur pose deprived of its uses ; naturally by this depri vation of part of the circulating medium, a vacuum must be created in the channel of circulation, which there only remains paper to supply. Another rea son why I am of opinion that bank notes have not depreciated in value is, that the interest of mo ney has not been diminished. May not notes be depreciated in the value of their currency, although they are in no way alert. ciated in the opinion of their security think not, because, from a parity of reasoning, it might be said that a guinea is a!s depreciated ; . because comparing the quantity of gold which is contained in a guinea, according to its mint price, it would yield, according to the present market price of that commodity, a premium. Might not a greater quantity of notes being i n circulation than the country requires, cause their de preciation ?—Yes ; I have already stated that bank notes can only maintain their value when they are demanded in exchange for god and convertible se citifies. Would they not continue to be so demanded, supposing there was too great a quantity of them in circulation, and no gold ?—Certainly, * a.tid upon the same principle, that any commodity of tuerchandize diminishes in value, when there is more than is re quired to supply the demand. Would not, in such case, the value of such notes diminish, there being more of them than is neces sary to supply the demand ?—Certainly.• Must nut, of course, more of them be given for any convertible security ?—Certainly. Do you call a bill of exchange on London a con_ vertible security ?—Yes, because it can be sold, and because, at the period of its maturity, it is paid. Does it not follow thco in such case, that a greater quantity of those notes must be given for the bill of exchange ?—Yes; upon the, hypothesis, that there are too great a number in circulation. Supposing a forced issue of paper, would not the surplus return to the issuers, and being redeemed, would not the remainder be supported without any depreciation; and would such redemption by Sink of Ireland paper prevent any depreciation ?—I think it would, because the Bank of Ireland, arriving at the knowledge of their paper in. circulation being more than would be adequate to supply the demand for it, would cease to lend upon the secorities such as I have stated. May not an excessive issue of paper take place from private Banks, although the issues from the National Banks of either Country be not excessive ? —Certainly, but the same rule of prudence which would govern the liredors of the two National Banks, would probably govern the condud of the Directors of private Banks. Do you think that the same confidence which may be placed In the prudence of the Diredors of the National Banks, can be safely placed in the prudence of private Bankers, while it is competent for every Individual, without establishment of any fixed criterion of property as security to the Public, to issue Bank Notes for any thing that he may chuse to consider an adequate value for them ? The private Banker is governed by his own inte rest ; the Diredors of a Public Bank are governed by their public duty. Have .there been great .fluduatiens in the ex. change I—There hat e. Have those fluduations been caused by ary cir cumstances not immediately affecting Trade ?—I think the high exchange has been occasioned by other causes than those 'affecting trade ; but the finetnation, I think, has principally arisen from the greater or less demand for Bills. Is there any particular cause which will occasion that demand to be more at one season than the other ?—I think there is, particularly it) that season when money is demanded in order to supply the purchasers of salted provisions ; the Linen Markets at specific periods ; and those periods when it is known that the Treasury must draw twos) England. Suppose the' Treasury left the power of drawing to the Bank of Ireland upon the B ink of England at their discretion, would that fluctuation be any way likely to he remedied thereby ?-4 think fund being invested in London, upon which the Bank of Ireland might at all times have it in their power to operate, would give them the ability of cot reding fluctuations of exchange. Explain what Fund shJuld he invested, and how it should be provided ?—The Fund which would he the most convenient to invest, I should consider to be the Government securities of England, bearing interest, which at all times might be converted into cash according to the demand, such. as Exchequer Bills ; I take it for granted that there is a Fund in England to be remitted to Ireland, which, in place of remitting,' I would invest in the manner before stated. Do you mean that the Latins should be first in vested in Stock or Exchequer Bills, to be converted into cash from time to time, and if so, explain how that differs with respea to the effcas on Cie Ex. change, from the Lans being remitted or drawn for as heretofore, and at present ?—The spirit of my reply to the questions put to me, Why there would be less fiuttuation in Exchange between Dublin and L o ndon by a Public Fund- being in the direction of by W IL: . eAm Aaluictx Scitirrs, (ot South Nloiton LONDON : Printed by BUCHANAN MG:AII - LAN , ( o f Low-Strect, Ac ..the SuN-OFFIcr, No. tit, St r and; where Adverttsenrsts, Orders for the Parfri Letter; for the Editor, &c. (post paid), r the Ba in place of the Treasury, is thiS ; th 4 periods of. drawing by the Treasury are k m) " the Bank, by havi n g it in their p o w e r to be always drawers of Bill s , wou ld g i ve a !,upply according t° the demand, and therefore - there would never be too large a quantity of Dills at market. Do you think that the Bark drawing Bills for smaller sums than it is in the habit of the Treasury s to draw, might n o t lik ew i se t en d to prevent in greater degree that fiu6luation complained of I think it would b e a point of convenience, 1)1'3" would produce no N-al died on the Exchange. Do not you think, that if the Treasury dr a v r for low sums under wool. and that the Persons who want Dills for a smaller ;unt, go to a person wil° has got the toool. Draft, he does not pay a hig her rate of Exchange than what such person paid to Treasury I—l n av e never k n ow n in the course of 11- experience, any difference of price betwixt a Bill° large amo u n t an d one o f sma ll ; I s peak of Londcnt being ignorant of the faa as to Dublin. Do you not think t hat t h e Diretorst Bank of the • r of Ireland, as deale rs i n exc h ange , would feel it ;hello duty to that B o dy w h ose T rustees t h e y are, to r j ., the best profit they cou ld ma k e , un less they we restriaed by Gov ern m ent i n "r espe ll o f their agerl.: v '4 for Government I—A Bank having an "'lfs Charter, I atwof opinion, exacts from its Dirr—d° a two-fold duty ; a duty to the Proprieto rs ' , duty to the P u blic, whi c h operating tr)getrilrng think would make t he Dir e d ors avoid s a t, 14 ,'1 0. their duty to the P u blic, to the i nteres t of prietors. n ee • Do you admit th a t t h es e t wo d u ties are in c r f sition to each other ?-1 do not ; but say are inseparable. (To be continued.) A combination of upwards of I too inurnerilevecl boot makers, against the closers of their res p ell' k shops, has exi,ted for upwards of ten week s, which has completely stagnat e d the trade. Warrantsor w the e re apprehension of twe l ve w h o have aaed a s delegltest four of w h om un d erwent an examinati on on and the f a d being clear ly made out, t hree ot them were sentenced to hare labour f o r two months , in the house Gf CorrettiOn, and one for one month. o n Friddy, f issued fr om M ar lb roug h -stree t, A gang of tort), women are now engaged ita pass' ing counterfei t seven s hilli ng an d halt-crown Piecef.„: in difrerent parts o f th e M et ropolis ; four of theb have been apprehended in Wapping, 'one o f 0 4103 1 has made such discoveries as will probably leadcc' the detc6lion of the rest. Monday afternoon, while the tide was r ufv/ a iri ! strong at Woodbridge, a child, five years of fen into the stream near the Mill-pomi, an 4 hurried away, when a private of the 2d Laac a ' ll dll plunged in, an d ..f ter a searc h ten miauc es ' e; c. vered and brou g ht him, to land. He was r ec°vc ' by Cie means recomme n d e d b y t h e Humoe' c .cie c There is now in Bimicks at Woodbritig e ',, t) i i -c has pied by -the Lancashire Militia, a cat W ill— , as fostered two chickens. The circumstaiice t • follows :—A . lew days ago, alien was ob3ertc“ s ;o7 ting upon two eggs, but %VW , &tartly after soprs atonabeplkacielldAtli)wyma d ‘ og ld . er A a so c l a d t ie vi r ri t t i l t l en th t r o:; k s t in h a e ll eg j_;: 9 tens, when,. the course of four days, the made their appearance: one of them has five cl"' o on each foot, the other only four ; and the o'j` sc have lived together for a fortnight in the gr" le ar , harmony. When - the chickens stray from til e c she immediately fetches them back in her 03..)" with the greatest tenderness. the chick•es,".s Friday se'nnight an alarming fire broke Outwit of mail.coach stable, at the Pelican, in the t"i„g Cow bridge, occasioned by the horse.keei leiv his a candle burning in the - lantern, after harnessiog,ro horses. It is supposed the loose straw caugni sparks of fire blown through th e lantern, of wire, and instantly reached the loft, the rained a load of fresh straw and a deal of nehl , '1 it wind being high it burnt with great WY' ; i ll' o nr• was with great ,dificulty the 11.4ses wcr e ' s nor Happily no lives were lost. The stable W3- i of t t o he tllg ab rr ta n i c i i t , s, bu w t a l s t i )m ue t v l e te nt v e e d ry ir !Irieagtociix,;raln:;l or, t her. • On Monday, the t ith inst. at Okehampton, in 9; 3 ° ,7.. mouth, A:mile:le Commander of the London East shire, John Eastabraoke, Esq. of Stoke [louse, neri al " Au Lately, in H..nny-street, Dublin, Fiancis Henrf°9 ' Esq. T rinit y On Thursday Morning, Mr. Kenricit Dixon, Of ' square, Tower 11i11, aged S 4 y,:ars D a vid Lately, on his passit c trout i ' 'ca to New York, &mar IE • . dulal ( , ay. 0; lii,r isi,nlcl. , G • g iC ll' On Tuesday last, at Woodford, in Essex, Mrs. -•-• A .,1,b. arcs, wid o w of the tate ;‘l;".l.ltickarcii, of Goo,iitwo's-, c t , Lately, at his house in Thoriitlinio:street, Bediordsq" Mr. Spicer, Artist- f rah' On the 6th inst. in Stirling Rol:wit ;Links, pg.° . head, in the 7Sth year of his :1 7 1 4e. . Indiarri.ter - r..... .street, Crusvril.r-sk t uac); atidresse:l. r _.. SIIIP AEi/S. M , sr . ,::.' s j r t' i e ' v i,r l , '::l.: c l,i ---- : s e j s , ,, to ,. ,; : ,: e is ti n i p ' in l i c ,, i) , - thy -(1°. 11: 1 111 : : °1 Nelson, ~.. Il,er I k i Iv , K : ,, ,F; twin Newcas, - kiglit „ E is.ll.l. :: s p a i it i t, lo ad t:: : , ,, : ::: l g ll 6 4 so i .oo t a ti .rj e av a ria v r o er t i t le r , : i rif i C .. ..l: 2 ivr i l L s l ,f ito . i r,4 ;::: Place,pplosose.: by la t g i , le Spencer, for - NJ era . in-a'...in ; 1410 ,: 1 : 4 1;a1n , tor - - • 0, woo;i. for Newt w.. • oundland ; and four Sisters, " _3 mouth. sailed -the Bel:P h a a c i l:e S t e , g fo GRAVESEND, JUNI 15 :ruin Cat wick ,V -d ' ' fr '•k ' froin Stralsum ; row Anna, Utn, t., , ~ p rap se• 0 sta7l:. .13 •, rn wa, ANoiute, Al a i,s, and ritieha ue "' - Rani for liarb,,du . •,s ; and l'ilLebe, Carpenter, fur ludivuhiitr• lrytiw'o:ilasl3t.titiaidviiea: I(o)ngrioenpv eitli; MAR R 1.6 D. Berk' On Thursday last, at Speen Church, near NesvhUrY,_ MlSS Shire, Cain. Charles Pell, it, N. of U p ton, Esseoc s D r " , u t',, w o• ,Mary Bui lock, youm,est daughter of the late Franci sword Bulluc:k., - E4 f •Go.'er" Lately, in'Essex, ilartlet Bridger Sheticion, Fs q• 0 . E s q• strict, to Miss Goo.lrich, daughter of l3artlet Goodrich, of Saling Grove, Ili that Co Lnit y . , Ids, WO On Saturday last, at C hrist Church, Spital Fie ;,ter, Parland, Esq. of St. Vetersburgh, to Miss EliZa f°11"" of Sintal-squrire. O "Fh u rsday last, f. Kent, of .Paddin ' gicin Miss jeffersou, of EdAw ar e Ron 141 x . .id, tu reen, G lg: On Tuesday last, at Chester, Lieutenant ofColuler . that ctty• to 14Iiss Holt, daughter of Edward li on, Esq• , 2r, pIAD,