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OLD BAIL E) . FOURTH DAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 19. THE RING V. GEORGE RICHARD WALKER, CHRISTO- PHER TiODPS, THOMAS ROCHESTER, AND RICHARD • These persormwere indiaed for forging and Con spiring to defraud the -heirs of Major Richard Haw- • tins, late:of the Island of Guernsey : G. R: Walker _big charged with forging an. instrument purport ing to he- the last and testament of the said' Major Hawkins, Richard Walker and Christopher -Dodds, with subscribing the same as witnesses, and 'the other Prisoner with aiding aril assisting in the offence. Mr. Guntriy, as Counsel, for the prosecution, of ter a short exordium, steed the prominent faas of the case,- Major Hawkins was a Captain in the Corps - Of . Royal Engineers, and in his military charaCier went to Trinidad im the month of April,lBo3, where he died on the -ISt of. July of the same year. Ac `counts Were received in England of his death in the month of Otl. 1803. He had one brother and' two 'nephews, one of whom Was a Lieutenant .in the - Army, and the other in the Navy: both these young Persons had ,been educated - at his-own expellee,: and under his patronage wove recommended to the service of their Country. The former had been employed • with him at - the Fortress - of Gibraltar. Besides these relatives, the Major had ,one natural child. Soon -after the news had arrived- of .his decease, his con - - neEtions. learned that his Will in the possession .of G. R. Walker:, and that steps were taking toprove it in Doors'Commons. The contents then were. enquired - into, and several 'circumstances conduced to: 'strengthen the suspicions at first entertained. Several -errors appeared hi the wording. The Testator, although "by rank a Major, was_only titularly Captain ilia Corps. The Corps, itself, was denominated " The Roial Engineers," whereas, the appellation - in the Will, was His Majesty'S Royal Corps'of Engineers," and these errors were wholly inconsistent with the habitual ac =curacy of the decesid,' 'By-this Testament, a few .triffinglegacies were left to Mrs.Tatinel (with whoin • the Major lodged in London) and some others. Be -sides this, 10001. was left to his . natural-daughter, payable on the day of her marriage ; .and all the re mainder of his - property to the -mother of G. R. -Mqlker, of whom the /relations of Major HaWkins had' no - knowledge whatever. G. R. Walker was made also Sole executor. This will' purported to be, dated on the 26th of March, and to have been exe-' • cuted in Dartmouth-street, at the house of one Williana - Browning, and it was pretended that Brown , incr and wife had ,taken their departure for America. On inquiry, it,appeared that persons under that name ' had netually lived in Dartmouth-street, but it would -be seen that these:were no others than G. R. Walker - :himself, a woman he kept, Elizabeth Hind - e, his own mother,' and others concerned in the con- . spiracy. • • _ Mr. Henry Stephens, .a.Proelor, - ofDoetors' •Com !tons, proved, that the Prisoners attended to support the validity of the Will. • Major John Rowley, of the Royal Engineers, said, that he had been acquainted with Major Haw kins before he went to Trinidad, and that intelli gence of his decease was not received, until some time after that event took place, which happened on the Ist of July, 1803. The Witness received a let . ter from Mr. G. R.. Walker, mentioning the disco.: very of a Will.. Major Hawkins was a man remark able. for, his accuracy, and no dispatches or. other - documents of the greatest importance were ever re ceived _without the whole of them being written by himgell. On the Will being handed to tbe'box, the 'itness said he was positive it was . .not the hand- . writing of Major Hawkins, :•He had never heard of -the person who was made residuary legatee, or knew that the deceaSed was acquainted with any one 'of the name of Browning ; nor Was Major Rowley ever informed of- the Testator being acquainted with \G. ,R. Walker, swhen he was in Jersey, in Ow and 17'9 . 8. On 'cross-oaniination, he said Major Haw kins was only a Captain in the Royal Engineers, but a Major in the ArMy by, brevel. L Gexieral Robert. Ross, General Twriss,' Sir William ,Green, and Mr..Srnith, swore, that they were con= &lent that the signature to the supposed . Will was not the writing of Major 4--lawkins: they had seen him write above a thousand times. . • • Mr. Richard Hawkihs, nephew to the deceased, ,said, ,hat he was an Officer in the Arthy,' and had ,served. under his uncle the late Major. The witness, .bad sat up writing with Ma jar Haw . k ins whole nights, and could swear, that not a single letter in the stglia-- tuie, br any other part of the Will,- was his tticle's writing. The forged„ Will was now read, in which. an_ an - . . nuity of 301. a-year was" gtven to Mary Taffnel 5 the like grant to Charlotte,' the daughter of the same, by • Major Hawkins and further; 10601.• on the day of. %ler marriage, :Or when she should arrive at the age of 2 . 1 years. The - remainder cf the property, of which 'the Testator might die poSF.essocl, 'was left to 'Eliza teth• Hinde. After enumerating 'several smaller IVrajOr klawkins - appointed his trusty and worthy friend George Richard. Walker,: sole Execu• ,tor to -the, last Will and Testament. The different 'allegations' were then read by 11Ir. SHELTON, the. Clerk of the Arraigns, from .wbich it appeared that - the Prisoners, in tboir depositions; at Do6tors' CoMmons, had sworn, that.,-on the .f..6th- of, March, 1803, the deceased Came to the house of Wil liam Browning, No. 28, Dartmouth7street,Westrnin stet-, with whom he was on terms of the greatest inti inky 5 . that, - after some Short conversation, Major! Hawkins told Williatn . Bqwning - that he had his Will with him, ready prepared, as, lie was going out upon: foreign service, and,recLuested Mr. Browning, and a. Gentleman there, of the name of Rochester, to witness; it. This, however;they both declined, as they were? going out of the kingdom but Mrs. Browitig,m her: owuname; - being:then present, attested it. Soon after the, Instrument had 'been signed and witnessed; Richard Walker ;and . Christopher Dodds entered 5' and, being asked to join in the attestation, they, 'after sortie demur, complied, the Major having - again retraced his • name With The pen in their presence. The deceased then delivered the Will in, an envelope to Mrs. Browning;; telling ;her that, it was his last 'Will and Testament, to which he had appointed his dear friend, George Richard Valker, of Guernsey, sole Executor. • , Mr. Wm. Carr said, he had been at 'the heginnino of,the- transaction Attorney to Mr. George Richard Walker, and lie bacLnever heard him mention the -name of Browning, nor dig his client tell him who Browning w at the time they perused the Will. together, he had likewise neve`r been informed of the situation of Eliiabeth Hinde,.the Residuary Le gareeson the face of the Will. • • - Elizabeth Rudder said, she lived at N 0.28, part mouth-street, and had resided. there for five years.' She had-seen three of the "Prisoners before. She knew- them all - bi]t Christopher Dodds. • George . RiChard Walker lodged at her hatise, and 'passed under-the name of Browning. She remarked' that he was„ deaf. -On her cross-examination she said, that the Prisoner, who lodged at her house 'with, his wife, was ye: - y Much altered ;-- : -but she was • almost sure it was the same Man. 3.VlaryWoodfOrd deposed, that she lived at No. t., - 13 rook-street, Finsbury-square.' She had - seen the Prisoner, G. B. Walke'', before; his wife, wider the name of Browning, took her lodgings - . The Prisoner was deaf, and used'a trumpet. ,She remarked any of the other. PriSoners. .Being cross examined by Mr. KNApr, she said a , 'woman of the name of Hinde lodged ~there with Mr:and ,MrS. Brownin.. She said s she could riot swear,-• but . she ,:believed G. R_Walker to be the man. -Robert Eddington was then called; .but before'he proceeded to give his - evidence, - he observed to the Court that he had been seized - upon and put in irons as one of the parties, ,and very ill-used: he therp forehoped, that if his testimony to-day should'differ from what he had s‘vorn - before , the Magistrate, a' proper allowance would, be:,made for -the disagreea ble situation in which he was placed. To thiS Lord ELLENBORP6GIT replied, that the Witness -. would not 'be in 'the least danger if be spoke the :truth, andendeavoured to obtain the ends of Justice. The - examination vas then . commenced. ,The Witness now said,' that he had known the Prisoner, G. R. Walker, for a number of years; that.in xhe month of July, .1304, he received a letter from Ro chester, to be conveyed to Walker, and that in cdn sequence he called upon him and delivered it, and in return procured One for Rochester. On the next morning the Witness breakfasted with' the 'Prrisoner G. 11. Walker. 'He afterwards 'went arrain to his lodgingS:, He there saw' G. R. Walker, - Rochester,. and another Gentleman. Rochester took him up • stairs, and shewed him the Wills Upon which the Witness smiled, and said that it was liewly written. On one side of the Paper was -" - R.' Hawkins," mid on the other, " M. G.-Browning," v - hich were not yet dry. Rochester then Offered the Witness five guineas, apd at a fUture time a hundred, to keep. the, Secret. -- , "The next morning he saw Rochester again, and the subjea of the Will was renewed, when Ro-. Chester told- the Witness, " I hope you do not go away with the idea that that is the original Will, it is only a copy. " Some time after this. meeting Ed dington saw Dodds upon the subject, with G. R. Walker, at the Saracen's Head.. The fOrmer held up the' Will to the window to examine the - water ' .mark of the paper,' and to see if it corresponded with ,the date of the Will, and then observed, ". - This has every appearance of a good Will. I have known many, Wills, in my long experience, proved at Doi•lors' Commons where there was no -Witness at all 3. but if yon like to have two more Witnesses added to M. G. 'Browning, I will procure • some to sign it." Eddington was positive the Will then ex amined was the same which . Rochester had sheen him a day or two preceding, and which 'was-newly written. The Saturday folloiving was appointed by ROchester and Dodd's for obtaining- the Witnesses, and,adding the attestation. On.'the day appointed, all the Prisoners (excepting Rochester) and the Wit ness attended in Brook 7 s - treet, when Rich. Walker and Christopher Dodds signed their names under that of M. G. Browning; . the former at the same time remarking, that . Dodds understood the matter much better than - lie di& being a- man of the law, and that hevelied entirely upon him. The Witness was afterwards sent down ,by Walker to Newcastle, in order to purchase coals for the•Barracks.—Dur 'nig a long cross-examination by Mr. GARRow, no thing material appeared, excepting that the Witness `had frequently said .to different persons: that he would liana t' Walker and the whole Barrack Board, as a set of d---nd rascals.' -.Upon the Prisoners being called upbn for their Defence, . George Richard'Walker said, that be was deaf;and had not been able to bear the evidence, and could not therefore give any 'satisfaoory. answer to the. charge brought against hnn. The other Prisoners also left their case to their Connsel: Mr. Richard Hawkins ,being - . recalled, "'aid, that the amount of his uncle'i property - at the. time of his death was 5 0001, in the ,Three - per Cent, ConsOls. . •-• Colotiel,M(K'enzie, Dr. Scott; Mr: Crawford, Mr.:.' Richardson, Mr. Unstick, "Mr. Stanbank, aHd Mr. Dunt, all . deposed, that Robert EddingtOri.'-during, the "transactions they had had with him, had be, hayed in 'a -fuost dishonourable Way; and :was, 'not worthy- of belief on his oath in what he had stated that day. • - • - Louis Brotillez, Thomas Beck, Charles `Williams, and John Henry Brodier,• gave the Prisoner, G. R: Walker, a good chai - ader. Charles itodley, William Armstrong, John'Mord ley, and William- Lacey, spoke to the charaaer of the Prisoner, Thomas' Rochester., The other Be - fendants called no witnesses. . ,Lora ELVEEBOROUGH slimmed up the evidence at great length. He observed, ,that from • all the cir cumstances in .the case, there was strong internal evidence,of the fabrication of the Will.. Gentlemen m of the most respeaable chara&ers who had seen Major Hawkins write a thousand times, asserted in the most positive terms that, the signature was . forged, and not a single witness was called' for' the . Prisoners to assert the contrary. It was diiikult-to believe that the deceased should - leave the whole of. his property to persons who were alfiloSt utter . strangers, when he had near 'relations to whom' he -was attached by the most engaging ties. . Under all tI facts in the case , there -caul(' bO:no doubt tlnit the - Will was fabricated, and 'then the question would be, by whom was it forged ? On this point it appeared that there was ,no other .person in the Nyorld .who went by the nairw . of RroWning conneaed with the case; -but G. R. Walker, whose wife Or FRREHOLD DAIRY. FARMS, NF'AR EP?ING anct . _ WALTFIAIVt Alll3l Y, ESSEX. T 9 BE scnn. BY - AUCTION, By. :Mes"srs..HOGGARTiirifi.THILLIPS, (Successorsito Mr ,SA.11:1:II),.. . • At Garraway's,. on Friday the 16th of May, at Tv‘ , cl ye o' Clock, in Four Lots; by Order pf tie Trustees, under the Wiil of Wril. Cowling, Esq deceased, • • Lot . 1. ,A N Eligible FREEHOLD FARM, Ring Fence, called II Llls/TERS' fIA,LL'; con- . taming together upwards of Seventy A - cresof excellent Mea dow and.: rable Land, itugood co ltivatipti, in a beautiful part IA the Country, with delightful prospects, twenty Miles from London, two .- from Lpping,' and tix from Waltpatn Abbey, in the County.of Essex, with a- substantial Farm:. House, Barn, Stabling, Cow-house, and , Out-buildings, excelletit s repair, Garden,- Orchard, "&c. isethe ocelipation of Mr. Joseph Appleton, whose Lease expires at-Micifitimat' next.—Lot 2. X very desiratrie Freeliold'Farm,called Peace: cocks, situate . a short distance from Lot-r, in the Parish of Epping containing upwards - .of Twenty-one Acres 4rl fiat Arable.and-Pasture Land, with a Farr;-house, Yard, Barii"; Stabling, Out_ buildings, -Garden, Cottage; lett ta Mt. George Ellis,' whose Lease will expire at Michaelmas next.. Lot 3. Whitehall Farm ; .comprisingiour itclosures a. rich Land,, containing together'upwards of Seventeen Acres, near .Lot, 2, with a Cottage and Garnen —Lot 4. A very improv .able Dairy, Barn, delightfully situate in the Parish of Wait.; har=t Holy Cross, with a Cottzige; 'Barn; Stabling, and Out buildings, containing together upwards of Sixteen Acres, of which about six are,Copyliold, of excellent Land, within a Ring Fence, also in the - occupation,of Mr. Ellis,vhose LeaSe expires at Michaelmas next. • • - To be viewed with leave of the Tenants, and Particulars ilia& six days prei!eding the S:4le; at .the - Cotk, Epping ; White Hart, koniford ; Four S vi;,ans, Waltham Cross; Black - Boy, ChelmsfUrd ;- of Mr. I{3Whinien, S.dieitot,_ Old-South Sea House; at Gerratvay's ; and ct Messrs. Hoggart and Phil lips-, No. 6z, Broad-street, Royal Exchange. ' FREEIIO4I3 FAMILY RESIDENCE', With about Twenty Acres of Land, on Enfield Chase Green, commanding pleasing Views in two direcaionii. , TO BE SOLD 131 AUCTION, By Messrs. HOGO-ART and PHILLIPS, {SUccessOri to M r. SMITH), At Carraway's, on ,Friday' the , 16. th of May, at Twelve o'Clock," unless in the mean time an acceptable 0114 be Made,' . rrHR - HOWSE presents a regular Archite&ural Elevation, is uncommonly welt built, and contains, on an elevated, Ground Floor, the Notlowing Suite of lofty Rooms, viz. NhandsoMe Hall with marble dots, Breakfast_ room r 7 feet ,by 16, Dining room 2.5 feet by -18, Drawin 'rooin z feet by 17, Library 17 feet by 17, a spacious Kitchen with .Ciosets, and a Butler's Pantry; on the Chamber and Attic Floors are four large and six less Bed-rooms two Dressing-rooms, and one Store.room : the princip a l Rooms and best Bed-chambers have Marble Chininey-pleces There are two Staircases with landings. and a lower Ground-foor, containing Larder, Dairy, Store-rooms, and Cbal-rOom, with capacious Cellars for. Beer, Ale, and Wine; detached Brew_ house, harder, and Lodging-room; roomy, Stable-yard, two Coach-houses,,Stabling forsix Horses, Flay-chamber, Grana ry, Pigeon-cote, Piggery, Poultry houses, &c. ; 'Back-yard with other Stables • and Cow-houses; Drying-yard, Melon_ house, Fish-pond, - and spacious Green-house ,31 feet by -I . y. with Kitchen and . Pleasure Garden well laid out, Orchard. .Approach-court, 4c, Containing around the House about five Acres of Land, well ornamented with lofty Forest ,Trees; also' about eighteen Acres of Land lately taken from the Chase,. in two Closes,. furnishing beautiful Building Situa•- tions, where a number of tine Oaks have been preserved.— The Premises are amply supplied with Water, at a sinalter pence, from the New River, which, passes in front a few yards beyond the Approach -court. The Neighbourhood is highly respectable, the Roads good, without Toll-gates, anal the Country plan resq ite and healthy. • Printed Particulars at Garraway's.; and of Messrs. Floggatt and No. 6z, Broad-street, of whom may be hM. Tickets, without which the Premi s es . c anno t b e v i e w e d ; 'a r id with".- - them (as the family'of the owner resides in the house) only on Mondays and Fridays, from . i i tOI3 'o'clock. • MANOR, MANSIONIIOUSE, and FREEHOLD FA, • TATE, near BOS'T'ON. TO BE SOLD .BY AUCTION; By Messrs. HOGGART and PHILLIPS, (Successors to Mr. Smith) At Garraway'§, on Tuesday, the 2.7 th May, at Twelve., 1111., less an - Acceptable Oiler is in the mean time made by Pri vate Conin}, ARING -FENCED, FREEHOLD ESTATE, paying no Tithes whatever ; consisting of Br o thert o ft Manor, Township, and the entire Lands thereof, near Boston. in the.county of Lincoln, together with a valtiable Estate is the parish of Wyherton,:cpntiguous, having a Mansions house with the customary Appendages for Use and ornament, with. sundry .Farrn-houses and Cottages a Horse-mill, new Steam Engine for sundry operation's, Granaries, Corn and Straw . Barns, Sta Wes. Cow- houses, Smith's and Carpenter's Shops and all sorts of farming Conveniencies, with Nine Hundrea and T.tventy nine Acres, more or . less, of 'unconiniOnl'y rici Land, interseled by a Turtipi;c.eroad,..bottnded•by two .sepa- Tate Navigations, with Wharls - ar 'the two principal Barns. aryt a Coal .Yard in each Navigation. The prt-%enpney Kental of the Lstate is upwards of 'I vo Thousand_Three Hulidrel Pounds per annum. May - be viewed by applying to Mr. Seton, the -p`rintiplt Tenant : and•Particulars . had Thirty Days previous to the Sale'of Mr . Thirkill, Boston; Newthmb. printer, Stamford ; Mr. Hodson, pi - Liter; Cambridge ; 'Mess. Butbage and Co. printer s , Nottingham; - MesL Itastisoll'and Co. and Mr. Peck, printers, Hull ; at Garraw.ay,'s, ; and of Messrs. Hoggamand Phillips, 6z, Broad-street. To TROMAS TAYLOR, Esq.• - Sir, . • . No. 9, New Bridge-street, London. ICONSIDER it but an ac'sof justice due to the merits of your EA K PATIWc PILLS, to, com municate to \you_the following Curd which has recently been 'Perthrined - - - by them: An Acquaintance - rif mine, by the breaking out of an old Venereal Complaint (attentled , bv complication of 'disorders arising therefrom), was redrieet4 ai mosc firit a skeleton; and althoul,r,h he had the best meelicat -- advice whicheotO be obtained; and tried a variety of Patent Medicines, nothing could lac procured which seemed to suit his case, or to do Mtn any. service : he remained f . t' a most re.: - duccd and pitiable situation for two years, unable to follow his profession, ,and-scarcely able to walk or • even to stand on his legs ; in fati no one who knew:him ever supposed it pos sible for him to_rieover. He was advised at last to try your 1-cake's did so, adhering Strictly to the diretions given with them.- He had not taken more than two boxes be fore he found' an alteration forthe better: - this encouraged Mm to proceed, and by taking a few_ boxes more he found his appetite. and strength gradually return, and is now as healthy and stout as-any man You are welcome, ' Sir, to icier any person to me for a confirmation of the above account it' it shOuld be donbted. I any, Sir, your obedient humble servant, Library, Volkstone. • - • THOS. I'URDAY. • Prepared artd Sold by the Sole Proprietor, Taos. TAYLOR, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons,. London, at his 'louse, No. 5; New Bridge-street ; Where, aftei - a constant residMce of more than. Forty Years, in, a practice particularly - diretled to the Cure of Vette .real CoMplattits, and those incidental to the-; Parts-of -.Generation in both Sexes, with that inviolable secrecy which Metz •of - his Profession should always'observe, he . • flatters himself, the advice and assistance he grAtuitous ly zdministem tp. Persons taking.this Medicine, will be • esteemed-- by kdiscerning public, as an advantage seldom to be obained, and void of ambiguity. Al.o Si)id, by his Appointment, for the convenience of thosediVing-at a distance, at the Perfurner's, No. 35, St. Al ban's-street; Pall M;rdl ; 'the Toyshop, No. 103, Oxtimi street ; Mr. Disborouglfs, No: 7, .fistr-street-hill; . Mr, Baxter's, Soufh-bridge, Edinburgh Mr. M' )onald's, G las gow.; Mr. CallWelVs, Dublin ; Livefpool; Mr. Atkinson's, Manchester ; and by one _person in every considerable Town in Great Britain and Ireland, in Boles of only zs. gd. each, Sealed up with fuil aniPplain direc tions, whereby persons of• either sex may:care themselves with ease, sreed, secrecy, and safety. N. 13. Every , l3Ox•sold.in Great Britain is sealed-up' with a stamp, on which,•by ravonr• of the Corniiii sioners,, is print. ed, at the. Stairp-ollite, ." T. Taylor, No;. 9, Newl3tidge, street,". to imitate which is I , elohy,• and all others are'ciattn. • .. terfetts. • mistress signed-her name as a witneSsnot to its 'authenticity, but to its fabrication. _ Whdt.seemea most to have,led to this discovery was :he point of law, of wlikh they were entirely ignorant. To dis, pose by 1 4V4.11 of personal property requires no ness at 'all ;. and the demise of .real estate only requires' the attestation of three witnesses. Wifh regard - to Richard WAlker,. his ,Lordship_ re marked, tlrat he appeared, upon thesevidence, mere;- ly to have aaed under the diredion of Dodds, in whom he confided, and if the Jury considered he had been made the innocent instrument Of fraud, he must be acquitted. 'The.lncli&ment Was.laid in the county of Middlesex, and as :Rochester appeared to have 'committed no offence, whatever he . might have done' elseWhere'„he also could not, in the present forty) of the record, be found guilty. His: Lordship con cluded •his address, by, stating . three distinet points for the consideration the Jury ; • Ist, if the instrument were forged---' 2dly, if it were forged by - the,Prisoners at the bar; and 3dly, -if the offence were committed iwthe county of Middlesex. The Jury retired for about half an, hour, and, on their return; found G. R.-Walker and 'Christopher Dodds--Guilty, Richard Walker _and Thomas Re chester-Nat Grafy. • . The trial lasted from nine o'clock in the morning until half-Rast ten-at' night. MIDDLESEX SEsstows.-,--Saturday Walter Kane, a labouring man, was 'indi&ed for - uttering- base coin. It appeared that a counterfeit shilling was offered to l‘lr. Cooper, a publican, in Petticoat lane, - White chapel, for liquor, , and on being Mold that it was a had one, a .companion of his replied, that he bad a b.agfu/4 of money to change it, when in reality, ;1 bag, containing, iiear ei liiy I,ad shillings' was found upon .him of that description generally knovVn as Irish shillings. He ,was sentenced to six months irri prisonment, and at the -expiration of that period to find.securiti for his future godel behaviour. Several Other trials of no consequence took place during the day, and the Sessions ended. At the Jedburgh , Circuit, a few days Since, an-ac tion was brought vtinst a Rider for a beer score, which he had contra&ed at a public-house, to the amount of 10]. The: defence was an 'overcharge, and the right of proof remaining with the Plaintiff, he hack • no other witness than his tap-room door. This singular evidence was produced_in . Court, coin -pletely covered with hieroglyphics, and considerable amusement was affdrded by the faCility . with which the landlord decyphered them. He 'turned' the chalks into pounds, shillings, and pence, in a few 'minutes ; but he made the .total amount to no more than the exact sum which the Defendant had paid into Court. Saturday, about twelve o'clock', Mr. Firth, Clerk to Mr. Casser, timber-merchant, of Milbank-Street,. Westminster, was hustled by a gang of pickpockets, in Fleet-street, and had' his pocket picked of his. pocket-.book, containing Notes to the -amount 'of upwards of I poi. The robbery is supposed to have been committed by kill Woocrsgatig.. Saturday a Coroner's Inquest-was held at Charing= Cross, before the ?ding's Coroner, on the body'of a servant to Colonel Carey, of the-3d Gdards, who shot himself on Friday 'night, close to the rails of the Queen's Palace. Verdict Lunacy. - • One of" the American Journals mentions, the ex traordinary circumstance of a pawder-mill, at Mid dle-town, belonging to a 'Mr. Curtis;-having lately blown up by accident, and the owner with it "but that he Came doWn without much injury ! Mr. SAMPSON, the•lrish Barrister, who was_ im plicated in the 'Rebellion of 1798; was a few days since taken into custody on his arrival from Him burgh : his case has been investigated by the Privy Council, - and he reniainss'i the of SPAR? aow, the Messenger. • ExiiA.TUM.--lothe Re - port of the Trial - of Hugh Mack„ for " Mr. Worthless" read " Mr. Worth." SHIP NEPVS. POOLE. APRIL TS. Arrived—the Brothers, Dalling, from Bristol. Sailed—the Atlive, Williams,' New Hope, Manelaws, Boynes; Annabella, Savage, and Dan, =Ai . Ports mouth.; Charming Molly, Mott, for Dover; Good Intent, Thaichell, .fur Weymouth ; Anna, Andrews, tor Tenby ; and lilizabeth, Turner, fur Liverpool. • GRAVESEND, APRIL ,18. Passed by—the Ipdustry, —, from Poppenburgh. Sailed—the Vicissitude, Cummings, for Jamaica; Presi dent; Lynch, fbr Teneriffe; Jane, Davis, for Gibraltar; Simon Cock; Boon, for Surinam ; Benjamin Franklin, Weeks, 1b Scrampour ; Fritndship, Andcrson, ang, Transit, Lifson,. for Smyrna. On the r4th inst. at. Chester, the'Lady. of - Maj-ot Farwell, 4th Dragoon Guards, of a'Son. On Friday morning, the "Lady of Daniel flake, Esq. in G rosyenor 7 square, of a Son. - • --• On Saturday morning,. -at his hon . 's& Hanover square, the Lady of E. , -Maitland, jun. Esq. pt a,Son. At his houSe, in Brunswick-square; the Lady of James Pipon, Esq. of a Daughter. -• 2 •On Friday the IStli inst. at RiOhmond, in Surrey, the Hon. -Mrs. Smith, of a'Sbn. MARRIED _ Yesterday, at St. Ann's Church, Soho, Mr. Oliver, of Stil, ton, to Miss M. Sutton, of Sawtir. • On Thursday last, at Clifton, the Coint De Mesnard, to Mrs. Blundell, relict of the late Major-General Blundell.- DIED On the t3th inst. at his seat, Balleedalloch, near Elgin, Scotland, General Grant, at a - very old age. Early yesterday morning, after a lingering illness, Mr.: Eatwood, one of the Messengers belonging- to the. Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of His Afjesty's- Board of Admiralty. A few days before Good Friday, George NelsOn, of Great Limber,,ne,ar Caistor, Lincolnsldre, Gent. aged 75. He Was bbrn on Good Friday, was married •on Good Friday, and it , was intended that his funeral should be on Good Friday, but it was deferred until Easter Sunday, waiting for the attend ance of some friends. On Thursday, the infant son .of john ,Rolls, Esq. of the Grange; Kent. road. On the 13th inst. the-only daughter of . lohn Crbok, Esq. of Manchester-street. , , . PRICE OF STOCK.S , ON.SA,Ist.),.I.DAY. Bank Stock, 207 i India Bonds,. is. as. pre. Nivy 5 pei Cent. 931 92i 93 Old Ann.•shut i per Cent. 1797„snut 'Exch.l3ills, par zs. is. prem. .Irish 5 per Cent. , I Omnium 3 .2i 4 per. tent. 771 3 per Cent. Deferred, 3 per Ct. Red. 59-i Imperial 3 per Cent. 3 per Ct. Cons. 6.4 i• Ditto. Ann. Bank L. Ann. 171 3-161. Bank for open. Ditto Short Ann. ti . India for Open. India Stock, shut • . • Cons. for May, & ill • . LONDON : rinted by RICHARD 1-IAkRIS, of No. 4, I".4artlett.court, Buw-street; and Published 13} NV ILLiAstAamiosfe Sca !yrs, olSouthigolten-sfreecGrosvenor-square; At tile SUN.OFFICE, No. 112, Strand where ildvertis,iments Orders for the Puur,Letters for the Editor, &c. (Uost-paid), must be addressed; :.~F-~ I . t ram ry ~•_