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THE AIL\iY. con' of a CIRCULAR LETTER, dated AO June, 1917; No. addressed to Officers commanding Regiments of the appriziO 4 them, that Pensions, granted for Wounds rece;ved subsequently to the 9.4 th June, 1317, are not to incr:•ase with Rau's `i a,—The PalNcc REGENT having talien into consideration tl.e Rules under which Pensions are granted to Officers wounded in his Majesty's Service ; and especially the Regu 11lion promulgated by the second paragraph of the Circular L,tter from this Department, of the 31st July, 1315, No. 257; I have the honour to acquaint you, that his Royal Highness has been pleased to order, that the Pensions, which may be gr;,nted to ()dicers fur Wounds received subsequently to the flth June, I s 17, shall be confined to the Rate attached to the Raul; tritich the Officer held at the time when he was wounded, und shall nut he augmented progressively according to the Rank Au which such Officer may, from time ta time, be pro- I have the honour to he, Sir, Your most obedient bumble Servant, (S4:ned) 13,11;‘IERSTON. tuottd. War-Officc,June 30, 1817. Cot, wr-MARTIAL:—The Cqurt-Martial, of which Colonel WALcace., ot the SSth Regiment, was President, and which sat at Glasgow, for the trial of Paymaster BRUNKER, of the Dragoon Guards, on charges referred against him by Ser. jeant HEANY, ot the same corps, concluded its sittings yesterday sennigitt. - Yesterday the •Royal Mid Lothian•Volunteer Cavalry, haviug completed their number of days of permanent duty, were reviewed on Portobello sands by the Lord Lieutenant, his Grace the Duke of BuccLEuGu, attended by the Vice-Lieu tenant, Mr. WAucuoPE, of Niddrv, Lord Ro- BELT LiLr,, &6. when his GraCe was pleased to express himself to Sir JOHN HOPE, Bart. the Ma. ior, in warm terms 'of approbation as to their steady and soldier-like appearance, and manner in which il;erCxecii;ed the different manckuvres. Tic regiment made• tender of their services to any part of Great Britain.— (Edinburgh Courant, July 5.) EMIGRATION TO AMERICA. In answer to the flattering accounts held out to those who feel the alteration of the times, and think they shall improve their situation by mov ing to a distant country, we submit - the following Letter• received by a most respectable merchant of this town any comment upon its contents from us would be superfluous:— " Boston, June 4,1817. " DEAR Sra,—l am sorry to hear of the distress you have in Logiaird, hut I do assure you, though I know the people in your country will not believe it, that almost every kind of provision hos 'been a third part dearer in all the sea-port t9•,tis in Amin lea than in London, except flour, and that has been 15 dollars the Larrel the greatest part of last winter, and baker's bread ripe- fourth dearer than in London.—Pro visions were nev, , r Isnowir to be so dear as they have 'been the last season. We hate scarcely had any good beef, and bad as it has twin), the average price was tenpence per lb. ater-. ling; and wititt , m half a dollar, or two shillings and three• pence per lb. which, when I was in Birmingham, was only sixpence per lb. • But in this country they never complain, for fear the world should not think they are happier than in any other. Many mechanics have lately come over from Eug- Limi, and ntinibt•rs of them are in a wretched state, as they Cannot get emplo:ment. I think your Government ought to put a atop to liimigration, or take some means to inform the peep!, of the true state of this country, which, at this time, ism ru overstocked with 'manufacturers than Great Britain. " I, ant, dear Sir, your's, &e." (ilirating,iam Commercial Herald. July f)) Ck E PET A D .—We have great pleasure in insertitq; the following extract of a letter from a respeced and intelligent correspondent at Kidder minster, upon whose veracity we can implicitly tcly :--- The Carpet Trade never was so brisk as at the present time. I am assured that more car pets, especially of th-e superior kinds, have been Blade thin the last three months than ever were Wore mannfa.cttired in the same time. There are very considerable (otters on hand both from Ame rica and the Continent of Europe. From the price nf wool being notch lower than it was, the carpets can be made much cheaper than they could be sold for sonic time ago. Weed the wool was at one time at such a price, as to amount alinost to a to tal prohibit ion of the p (lon of carpets. The opinion or the manufacturers seems generally to be that the trade is now 1 kely to continne steadily good. With respect to the Bombazeen trade, that is sill notch depressed ; but is upon the whole ra• then improving. --(Worcester Journal.) Por vrops , —There was lately a lamentable de ficieney in this excellent root in Ireland' but we are liarCp_rto find, by the following article from tiie Cork Advertiser of the 28th ult. that they are unw abundant :—" This was a busy day at the Cook lieo it 'llion Market. So great was the quan tity of N Potatoes sold there, as to afford full entlruyn en - ,0 ttvo clerks in superintending the stile, l tie size anti quality of the Potatoes were reinatliably fine, and they varied in price front Is. 6d. to 2s. per weight. The Old Potatoe Mar kets .have been well supplied, and the price is falliwg. The holders will of course find it their interest to send them in without delay." On Sunday an Ordination was held at the Ca - thedral by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop oft his Diocese ; when the following Gen tlemen were admitted to Holy Orders:— ))eacons—Thomas Blackarore, A.B. of EXeter College; Boger M. Maowaring, A.B. of Brasenose ; Henry Wright, A. 13. of Exeter College; and James Control, A.8..0f Lincoln College, Oxford. Benjamin Ward, and Henry Baker. Edw. Player, of AVoreestet College, Oxford, by Letters Dismissory from the Bishop of Bath and Wells. William Somerville, of St. Peter's College, and Jos. Milner, .Scholar of Catherine .Halt, Cambridge, by Letters Dismissory from the Bishop of Bristol. And John Montgomery Mercer, SC L. of Christ College, Cambridge, by Letters . Dismissory from the Bishop of Winchester. Pries/s•—llenry Thomas Ellicombe, A. M. of Odd : Wit liam Villers, A. B. of Baliol; Thos. Blicknin Newell, A. B. of Christ Church; an.t Lort Manfell, A. B. of Trinity Col lege, Oxford. Robert Gell, A. B. of Queen's, and Christo pher Jetireson, of Pembroke-Hall, Cairbridge. Robert . Mayor, Robert Montague Austin , of St. Edmund Hall, Ox ford, by Letters Dismissory from the Bishop of Exeter. Ri chard Master, of Exeter College, Oxford, by Letters .Dismis flory from the Bishop of Salisbury. And William Piguenit . Wait, of Wadhant College. Oxford, and Charles Neat, by Letters Dismissory fruit] the Bishop of Bristol.—(Gloucester Herald, Jul:; 5.) In our Paper of Friday last we gve an account of a dreadful explosion which had taken place in a coal-mine near Durham, by which above thirty - people were killed ; and we are now sorry to learn, from the Duram County Advertiser, that on the following day, some pitmen having de scended - into the pit, io order to ascertain the • injury which had been done, eight of them were suffocated, ..in con4epatuce of the very impure state of the air. LAW IN FELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 7. Middlesex Sittings after Trinity Term, before Mr. Justice BAILEY and a Special ✓ury. SLAVE TRADE.-SIERRA LEONE. COOK V. MAXWELL. ESQ. This was an action of trespass and false impri sonment, and also to recover a compensation in damages for the destruction of the plaintiff's pro perty by the defendant. The case opened and proved was this :r--The plaintiff had been a settler on the Rio Pontus, On the coast of Africa, in the year 111, at which time the defendant, Colonel. Maxwell, was Go vernor of Sierra Leone.- In the month of February in that year, the defendant sent au expedition, under the command of Major Appleton, to the Rio "'Unit's, about 90 miles from Sierra Leone, and not within the defendant's Government, for the purpose of putting 3 stop to the Slave Trade, then supposed to be going on in that territory, notwithstanding the British law of prohibition. The plaintiff was an American subject, and occu pied a factory at Rio Pontius, containing progeny to about ti►e amount of 2QOOO/. sterling, winch he had purchased of another American subject some years previous. The territory belonged to one of the Native Powers. On the a rrival of the expedition, hostilities were immediately com menced with vigour;` the plaintiff's factory was destroyed by fire, his'moveable property corals. cated, and lie himself carried a prisoner to Sierra Leone, where lie was left in confinement even after the authority of the defendant was super seded. He was afterwards sent home by th estic .. ceeding Governor to England, in custody, and upon his arrival, which Was at the expiration of 12 months captivity, he was immediate ly liberated by order of the British Government. It appear ed, that the defendant had, as Governor of Sierra Leone, received a share, of the proceeds o f t h e plaintiff's property taken at Rio Pont o s. F or these grievances the present action «•:e: brought. - The case for the plaintiff was conducted by Mr. Scarlett, Mr. Marryatt, and Mi. Gurney. The Attorney-General, Mr. Topping, Mr. Rich ardson. and Mr. Shephet d conducted th e zase for• the defendant. The topics Suggested inbehalf of the defendant, in mitigation of . damages, were, that he conceived himself authorised in the conduct imputed to him, by the' late Act of Parliament, which made 't fel6- ny for British subjects to traffic in slaves—that imagining the plaintiff to he a British subject, and carrying on this illicit trade, he had treated him as a. person who had subjected himself to the pe 'sialties of that law. It was further suggested, that the defendant could only be liable fur the impri sonment during the time he was actually. in com mand at Sierra Leone, and not for what subse quently happened, which was dime under the au thority of nis successor in the Government. Mr. Justice BAILEY was, however, clearly of opinion (and charged the Jury to that effect), that in all events the Defendant was not justified in proceeding against the persons and effects of par ties residing out of the terrinsryptaeed under his command. Here the plaintiff was residing in a distant settlement, not under the antitorily of the defendant, and consequently the leter was liable, as well for what had been done under Isis imme:= diary orders, as for the subsequent detention of the plaintiff. It was agreed that the value of the plaintiff's property which had been destroyed should be es tim,,ted out of Court. The Jury, under the Learner! Judge's direction•, found a verdict for the plaintiff, for the false nu-. prisonment, damages 1,000/ ; and for the pro. perty, damages 19,000/. subject to a reference. OLD BAILEY, JULY 7. CHILD STEALING. Harriet ilfolyneur Hamilton was tried on an indictment charging her with feloniously stealing an infant male child, six months old, son Of Mr. Por, kr, butcher, in Quebec-street.—Tilis case has been already detailed .at great length in our Police Report. The prisoner, who is a handsome woman, 23 years of age, was rather elegantly ;attired, with a silk shawl y:gligently thrown over. her back. Louisa Wood, setvarit to the prosecutor, proved that she was : nursing the child in company with two other girls, when the prisoner contrived to send the two other girls away, and she then gave witness money to go to No. 21, Lower Berkeley.' street, on an errand, having undertaken to nurse the child until the 'girl's return. Witness could find no such number as directed to in Berkeley street, and on her retort' the prisoner vas gone.. The waterman at the coach stand in Oxford- Street , and. WOodhard, a hackney coach -master, v ere next. called. The former provvl that lie put , ,the prisoner and. the child into tic coach ; ,and Woodhard entered into a detail of driving th e pri soner to Croydon, she having first desired to h e . ,driven to Charing-cross, and next to the Elephant and Castle. This witness proved that the p r i, soner put fresh clothes on the child whilst in the coach, and' that she was very humaoe and atten tive to him. On witness returning to London he .was apprised of the loss of the child, and he com municated what bad happened to Mr. Porter : Woodhard went through the history of driving the father of the child by way of Brighton - to, the Golden Fleece at Chichester; where the prisoner was taken. Mr. Porter corroborated the coachman as to the route, and on his arrival at Chichester he en, tered the room where the prisoner was attending the child in bed. The father spoke, and the in, fart knew him. The prisoner was hushing the child and patting him upon the back. Ile had fresh clothes on which did not . belong to him. R. Hewlett, of the Golden Fleece,. corroborated the above evidence as to what passed at the inn, and the mother prOdneed the child it'" Court. The prisoner gave in a long written defence, in which she disclaimed any malice towards th e child or his pareuts. She did not take • the boy to keep him for any length of time, neither did she take hini for lucre or although her Pre- sent situation rendered it impossible to disclose 'tier inientirms further. The other part of the de ience went to ~tate that the act required a ma i cious intent to be proved, when Tto such inteni existed. Her mind was overwhelmed with sor row at the rash act. The JUDGE, in summing up the evidence, ob served, that the carrying away the child by farce, or by hand or collusion, implied malice, upon the construction of the statute. There was no occa sion for malice against the child or against the parents. The Jury, without hesitation, found the pri soner Guilty, which subjects her to transporta tion, at the discretion of the Court.—The Solici tor-General prosecuted, and the Court was crowded to excess. SPANISH BUDGET. EXTRACT OF A DECREE RESPECTINO FORM OF THE FINANCE PLAN: s• - . Del lqr.,. Expenditure of the Royal Household - • . . 2,3 13;WaS Ministry of State . .. . • . . . - 7,7,0i000 Home Department . . • •- • ... 60(i. , 0() War Department • • . ' • • • iii ,3 occr.- 700 Navy Department . . . • .. : 5,039,0c2 Finance Department . • • . • 5;56(.40i,J1 Charges for promoting Agriculture, Industry, &c. 50o 3 1;,)0 War Contingencies, and other incidental Charges 1,500 000 For Arrears of Public Debt . . • • 4,5.400) Supposed Amount of Annual Expenditure . 35:098,630 Net Revenue • 29 COO Deficit . 5,848,633 MEANS PROPOSED to COVER SAID DEFICIT.. General Contribution . . 0,0,000 Contrikition on Clergy. . . . . 1,50,000 R e d uc ti ons in Salaries of Persons employed by Gio-1 i s „ _ 4360. vermnent • • • • . ; 5, 414 ,680 The Annual Contribution on the Clergy o f I,soo,ooiiidoi., 'ars, is only to last for six years. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEK. The highest price of the best Wlicaten Bread throe; host the Metropolis is stated by the Bakers to be Is. tied. the 'goat. tern Loaf, being a redaction of three halfpence since •last week.--Soine Bakers sell the Quartern ,Loaf from Wig penny to three-pence lower.' _ lb. oz. ' lb. oz. Peel; Loaf to weigh 17 6 Qoarte . rn Loaf to weigh 4Li Half ditto.. ditto .... i 6 11 tialf QuArttrii ditto .. 2 7 HOPS. New Pocliets, Kent 14; 171 17g .to 191 19s Sussex 131 13s 171 lOs to 19153 Essex .... 1 , 11 Os to 18i Os F.arnhain.. 01 iSs t , , 351 (Is per Stone of 816. stated by the Butchers. St. James's Market Od ‘Vbitechapel Market as id tis Average 3s 441 SOAP, &c. per 1 I'd low Soap Ses Moi tled Card 9Bs Palm Graves l4s 04 Guod Dregs 7s 04 em Tallow Chandler's Hall. •n, 105 od—Nloul,di, lls 6d !d for ready money. SPECIAL COMMISSION. A Special Commission was appointed to try the following prisoners : Win. Ball was indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah, his wife, on the 21st of October, at. Heli goland, by knocking her down, and otherwise ill treating her. The prisoner was tried by a Special Commission, and the prw,ecutiun was catried.on by the Soli , ci tor- GenerAl. The prisoner was a soldiei, and resided with his wife at a lodging not far from the barracks. It appeared by the evidence adduced, that the pri soner had been drinking all the afternoon of the day stated, at a public-house not far Irom his lodging, and he was accompanied the latter pit of the time by wife; they were both inebri ated. After they got home, some words ensued, and she was found dead upon the bed soon after, with marks of violence about her head. A wit ness, named Lucas, heard them quarrelling. Ile saw the prisoner strike the deceased twice with his fist, but he did not knock her down. Other witnesses proved the striking. - Win Brick wood, the publican, proved that the parties were not sober ; and Peter Scliwartz, who lived in an adjoining room to the prisoner, heard the deceased call out, " don't • str,ke - are, Bali " He ahem :ink beard a noise as if some one had fell upon the floor, which was followed by - gt oau ink; or sooting, as the witness described it. Wit ness afterwards sa v the wonnitt dtatl upon the bed, and the prisoner was weeping by the aide of her. • Dan. Ryan, a soldier, proved that the prisoner said to the deceased . ‘vhen she begged of him not to strike her, that he would settle her by and bye. Another witness proved that the deceased tell down twice trout the drects of .drink. I'atrot, a surgeon, opened the body and head of the deceased, who died in consequence of the rupture of a vessel on the brain. There were bruises behind the neck, - and incisions be hind the ears as if done with nails. The material blow was on the temple, which might have been occasioned by a fall or with a fist. The vessel might have been ruptured by drink alone.—GuilfY of Manslaughter. Henry Harkroot was indicted for ti.e wilful murder of William Fitzpatrick, by drowning him in the Canton river, in China. The prisoner and the deceased' were bath seamen belonging to the Union East Indianian, and being in the ship's boat coming up the river, a dispute erose about the deceased's not pulling properly, when the pri soner, Said he Would throw him r overboard; the deceased sail he could not do it, upon which the prisoner caught him up, and putting him over, said, •` there you are ;" the deceased-sunk and did not again appear, until his body was tonnd several days afterwards. T!ie 'witnesses said the water was shallow and the bottom muddy, in which the deceasei probably' stuck ; and they be lieved the prisoner only meant to give the de ceased a ducking, as he would 'have thrown him self overboard when he Intimd the. deceased disap peared. Verdiet—" Manslaughter." SINGULAR CIRCUMsTANCII., , A man name Jen kin, residing on the island of Trescaw, in Scilly, having some damp gunpowder in his possession this week, very incautiously put about 21bs. of it in an iron pot over the fire, in order to dry it. He employed his wife to blow the fire, whilst he s'irred the combustible matter with an iron poker! The pot becoming heated, a dreadful exploion took place, attended with lamentable results.— The MRII was struck blind ; his thumb and hand were lacerated in a shocking manner ; and his clothes, and several parts of his body, were much burnt and injured. His wife likewise was severe ly scorched. But what is most remarkable is, that not a vestige of the pot has been found since! (Cornwall Paper.) The following audacious robbery was commit ted on Friday :—A youth was sent by a Gentle man in Lincoln's Inn-fields to the banking-house of SysEs and Co. in Mansion-house-street, with a draft of 1701. He was desired to tie 15 ten pound notes, and the rest in small notes. The Bankers said, they happened not to haie so many tens in their drawer, and they gave the boy note for 10/. 'and one for 501. with directions to step to the Bank, and get them changed 'for tens, • which he accordingly did. On returning home, he was accosted by a man with a pen behind his forgeries, and l t i l i r g n l y w i tht ke taken bins e ri a a r i , )k w . ho said the two notes he had given in were back,to a t 1 1: ( e i boy ' e w was u a s e t c o r r e d t i when in the Rotunda, the fellow, who bad the 'appearance of a clerk,. took the notes, t i n d e r t h e pretence of carrying them to the Cashier, and in an instant disappeared. The lad, after waiting h a lf an ' wo e, gave an alarm, but in triin. .re much more severe than our Readers were We tnulerstand that the e ff ects of the late storm were to imagine from the ,statement in our l a st, an d it must, be" regarded as a most fortunate circum statice that the Magazine escaped its ravages. A body of condensed electricity struck the:chimney, which it shivered to pieces-as far as the coping, scattering the bricks to a distance of from 30 to 40 , yards in various directions, tearing up and breaking the coping stones for many feet on each side of the chimney. It afterwards descended into the cellar, where the walls were injured in various parts, and after forcing np tt large stone on one side, and. part of the pavement on the other, concluded with an astonishing explosion, .I , lriel) for the moment seemed to thre a t en t h e de struction of the ,_txbole.of the building.--(Ports mouth SEEDS. Red Clover (Foreig . n) . —s 70s to 90s per Cwt. Ditto English sos 84s to 96s Whiteditto. •. 6os Stis to lOps Rye-Grass Turnip, White ... 2O, Od to '26s ud per busit:, Red iltd I =teen .. 0 bite Mustard Seed 4s Os to 9s Od Brown ditto 7, Oil to , 16s 04 Carrawas S:n!ds Cimino Fi,iin .2 5s WI to 4os Od per ctr.; Coriztit6r do. '1 rein i 1004iass . Canary — s 42s to 5Us 04 per qr. Ditto (old) Linseed Oil CAe at for Mill, 121.'125. per thousand. Rape C.ike 91. Us. to .01. U. . . 13,03111 Corn-Inspector's Reim.' DGE. t.—'Thursday, July 3. Wheat perl,l. 201 Os to 351 !Os I Beans , 46s Odle 7Os Barley, per. qr. 38s Od to 48s Oc t Pease —s Ott to —s 01. Oats PRICE New Bags. Kent Sussex ll i Os to 131 Os NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL MAIIK,ETS. By the Carcase. Beef 3s Od to 3s 103 Veal - 2s B,l to its 84 Mutton .... 3s 4d to 4s Od I Pori: • Ss 8d to 4s lit Lamb, 4s Od to 5s 4d ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, July 5. Hay 3l 04 Od to 61 84 Od-Average;. 41 144 Od Straw Clover Ol Os Od to 01 04' Od--Averagej, Ol f m od WHITECHAPIA, HAY MARKET. Hat` 01 Os Od to 51 Ws Od-Average od Straw ll lis Od to 2I 2s WI-Average', 1113 s Od Clover. 6i Os 041 to 31 Os 0 4 1--Average, 71 Os Od New ditto.. 31 102 Od to 51 Os Od-Average, 41 hs PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to sGlbs each per lb 2od to 22d DittO, 56 to 66Ibs tact —ll to' —rl Dressing Hides l4:i to 15th Fine Coach Hides .to 171 Crop Hides, 35 to 40!bs for cutting • • 51(1 to 17d Ditto 45 to 501bs 171,1 to odt ' Calf Skins. 4 30 to 4011,s 1'..1 to lad Ditto 5O to 70lbs eV to QM Ditto 7O to 8011..9 22d to 24A Small Seals (Greenland) . . Large ditto per dozen 75s t'. 110 s RAW IDES. Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... Is Stl to is 10d 2s 4(1 to 2s d Market Calf ..,each .. 7s Middlings 2s Od to 2s 2d Eng. Horse bs ud to Os OA SHEEP SKINS. Polled Downs —sl to —d 1 Lawlis 2s 6d to 4s 01 PRICE OF FAT ; "hi—cited by the 7 aII. St. James's Market ~Ss Id .1 Whitechapul Market 3s 1:1 6s id Average 3s id • __ PRICES OF TALLOW, Town Tallow 53s 0(1 —s Oil Yellow Russia 55s Od —s Od White ditto —s 0(1.-4 Od Soap ditto.... 53s Oil —s od Melting Stuff —s 011 42s Ott Ditto Rough.. 98s Od od PRICE OF CANDLES, frc Price uf Candles, per dozy 6(1 per dozen alluwei COAL MARKET, JULY 7, Ships at Market. Ships sold. Pike. . 43 Newcastle .....24... ...... 365. 6d. ,t 0 gas. 9d. .5 Stinderland 1 Stone Coal . ........ 1... CO, - 01. to —5. Gd. 1 Cinders . . 1..• • • 2 35. Gd. to —s. Od. BIRTHS. Yesterday, the Lady of Mr. Tt.c. , rcas Clarke, •of George- street, Adelphi, of a daughter. On the 4th inst. the Lady of Ames Kelly, Esq.. of Gower street, Bedford-square, of a daughter. • MARRIED. On Saturday last, at Miche!darer, Mr. W. Castleman, of Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, to Jeraima, daughtaf of George Kersley, Esq. of Mitheldeyer, H ants. • DIED. On the 47th ult. Mrs. Elizabeth Marsden, of Maddox-street, aged 74. On Tuesday last, James Bradley, Esq. of Wandsvlortli, ag e d 85 years. On the 3d inst. at Unity-place, `.Woolwich, Charles heben, Esq. late of the Royal Military AaadetOy: LONDON: Printed-by 3. 11. CARSTAnts, of No. 29, Great Orniond-streat, Quer:l.:still:ire; and - pbblisbed by W. A. SCRIPPS, of No. 7; Soutti'Multon-strCet,;aVanz sm.; Office,. No. 112, Strand ; where il.dvelliselper4t4. ;9rders, Letters : &c. (post.-paid) nAusibe addrAssed,.