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London, England, 1821-01-09 00:00:00

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We are happy to learn, that, with a view to the
r.lief of the hop-planters, the Lords of the Tree-
sury have token into considerati,on the propriety of
granting n drawback of the duty upon thr expor.
tan on of hope to foreign countries, ■nd that the
Hoard of Excise have been iust►ucted to take into
their immediate consideraitoti such regulations as
may be brat adapted for the security of the re-
venue, in payment of the drawback.
The Commissioners for inquiring into the Cheri-
tie. for the Education of the Poor have made a
fourth Report : it is ♦ery voluminous, and contains
a great dent of curious matter relative to the funds
bequeathed to ahtturt every pariah of the kingdom
by the wealthy, fur the benefit of their poorer bre-
thren.
The average amount of the Bank of England
notes which have been in circulation during the
qoarter ending the sth of January, 1821, accord.
mg to an official statement in Saturday's Gazette,
is 22.693,5751. ss. GJ.

A few days since a French vessel put into the
port of lidrush, to be repaired, and discharged her
ca►go, consisting of raw cotton, coffee, and dye.
stuffs, in the Custom-house there. She lord near
been lost et bunch.. where ►he stranded, but wee
got off next tide—she was frotu St. Doi ll aa go,
and bound to Uiuiki►k.

At Egg-Butklaiiil, near Plymouth. seven per-
sons were atttcked with inflammation in the lungs
enured by the extreme cola, aix of whom are Mace
dead. This is one result of the severe weather ; ws
fear there are tow many other instances in the coun-
try; anot.vince such is the case we sincerely hope
that humanity will prompt those whom Providence
has birmitd ~ith weclllti to pity and relieve the
sutFeritigt which me but too commun.

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ADMIRALTY' SESSION&
OLD LULEY, JAN

These Sessions were held this ouruing, for. the
•rpurpossi of taking no;nizacce of all offences com-
mitted on the High Seas.
The Cominiset2n tor holding the Sessions having
heel, read, the (Wand Jury was called over : e great
number were fined WO shillings for nottesttesid.
ance. Twentc-three Glentlespii having at length
been sworn,
Sir Nl'm. Scarf delivered the following charge:—
" o.”ttlemen of the Grand Jury, you are called
upon as Jurymen in this jurisdiction, under ii new
Commission, issued in consequence of his present
Msjeety's aceew- to the Throne; but Ido not
understand that that Commission contains any
thing new, except the introduction of some new
mimes as Commissioners, and some reference to
Acts of Parliament, varying the system of justice
administered in this Court, *lnch have passed since
the state of the former

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4.

" Gentlemen, I do not understsild that any busi-
flell to which these modern viiiiations apply, is
likely to come before you ; therefore, I do iiiit feel
it necesta•y to call your attention to them by any
special observation. If the inforinatioti I have re.
ceired be correct, your attention will he called on
to consider evicence which will be adduced before
you on two bills of indictment our is for the
offence of mutinv committed on hoard a merchant
vessel, and for proceeding to acts of great outrage
and violence ag.titist the authority and person of
the commander.

" Gentlemen, as commercial 'men, you cannot
be but sensible how important it is to enforce autlio-
rny and discipline on board of such vessels. The
safety of life and property to an incalculable ex-
tent, requires that justice should be administered
on such occasions with Ile utin-st circumspec-
tion ; and where guilt shell be proved, that the
I :1411 be visited with exemplary severity ;
if, therefore, on inquiry you find reason wilfi-
tient to justify, and to require a further exami-
nation of facts, you will act prudently in findiarg the
bill, and referring it to a tribunal furnished with
ampler powers of investigation. other (dlence is
a crime of an odious nature, differing in nothing
from the similar offence cominned on laud, except
its having been committed at sea, if it has been
committed. The trial will tyke place in the juris-
diction of the Admiralty, but it is subject to the
same principles of justice, and to the same penal
consequences, as if committed on land. Gentle-
men, 1 du not feel it necessary to detain you longer
from the discharge of your public duty, to which
recommend your immediste nitention."
The Jury then retired to the Grand Jury Room
to deliberate on such business as might be brought
before them.
At eleven o'clock Sir ‘VILLIAM SCOTT, the
CHIEF BARON, cud Chief Justice DALLAS, came
ou the Bench, when the Grand Jury attended in
Court, and returned a true Bill upon an indictment
against if Brown.
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Charles Stewart and William Goodwin were
tried upon an indictment, charging them with be-
ing seamen on board the ship Good Czar, and felo-
niously and piratically making a revolt eta hoard
the slid ship. A second count charged them with
en ',avowing to cause n revolt.

Daniel Munro stated, that on the 20th of Octo-
ber last he was master of the Good Czar, a mer-
chant vessel. and on that day he anchored about
three miles from Bermhohn, on their way to Elsi-
nore. She was bound on a voyage from Antwerp
to St. Petersburgh, and back to London. While
on the voyage he took the two Prison, rs nn hoard
as able seamen, but in a short tinie their conduct
was such as to render it necessary to place them in
confinement; after a lapse of two or three days they
were released, on a promise of behaving better.--
The allowances of provisions to the crew were very
ample. etch men being allowed two pounds—one
pound and a half of salt and half a pound of
fresh meat per day, with a proportionate quantity
of bread, potatoes, &c. besides coffee and molasses.
On the mo • gof the day stated in the indict-
ment, the Prisoner (Stewart) came abaft on the quar-
ter deck, and demanded from the witness more meat
for breakfast. He told the Prisoiter that the al-
lowance was sufficient, and that he had as much as
any other man on board. The Prisoner then went
forward, and witness went below to brenkflist.—
When he returned upon deck, the Prisoner (Stewart)
came again to him, and said. " 13-.-n ye, you are
neer a port—get some fresh supplies." Witness
took him by the arm, and led hint forward to the
starboard gangway, desiriug him to go to his proper
station iii the ship. Instead of doing so, however,
lie turned upon witness. and putting himself in an
attitude to fight, said, " 13--n ye, are up? mesa.
iwg, as witness understood, he was ready to fight.—
Witness succeeded with some difficulty in quieting
him, and he went forward again. IVaitess being
desirous of having the conduct of Stewart investi-
gated, sent for the Captains of three other ships
lying near him, and they came on board.
About time o'clock in the afternoon, while lie and
the other Captains were dining below, it noise was
heard upon deck, and witness hastening up to learn
the cause, fouud the Prisoner Stewart fighting, swar
the forecastle, with another man, and. Goodwin act-
ing as his second. He desired them to desist, and
endeavoured to separate them, but Goodwin aimed
a blow at him, and said, s' D—n your eyed, what is
it to you ?" Finding it impossible to reduce them
to obedience by mild means, lie went to Ins cabin,
and armed himself with a musktt and a pair of
pistols; but, on his retort' upon deck, he found the
prisoners coming abaft, armed with a handspike arid
a serving mallet each, and Stewart hada clasp-kitife
open. He then laid down his fire-arms and took
up a carpenter's adze, and at that motorist Goodwin
ran at him, and aimed • blow at his head with a
handspike. The male of the ship caught the blow
on his orm,and a scuffle ensued het wero witness and
his first mate and the two prisoness, in the course of
which witness and Stewart fell together on the deck.
After a scuttle of tame durum'', they separated,
and witness ordered the mate to charge the PI 1-
'OIIM with the bayonet and (bier them forward.
The mate did so, bat Stewart couturierst to get pos.
session of the 'bayonet by twisting it Irvin the
musket, and he mid the other Prisoner kept call-
ing out that they would lase their lives. At length
they were overpowered and &tyro forward, but
there they reuewed their threats, and Stewart said,

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