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London, England, 1824-12-16 00:00:00

BANK OF IRELAND.

(From the Frerunnes JawedL)
A Court of Proprietor: was held at the Bank on Saturday last,
Barb Trevor, Esq. Governor, in the choir.
When the Governor read the resolution of the Directors, award-
ing a dividend of 5 per cent. fur the curtest half-year.
Sauuxr.Frteors,Esq. rove and said, that he considered the
Directors entitled to the thanks of the Meeting for keeping up the
dividend, had moved a resolution accordingly.
Jous linen, Csq. said, that however be might approved some
of the observations of the worthy Proprietor, be could not concur
in the proposition he had made. He conceived there was no
danger of any reduction of the dividend, unless occasioned by bad
management. The reduction of the dividend of the Bank of
England arose from the circulation of the Bank being reduced by
itany millions upon the resumption of cash payments ; whereas,
the circulation of the Bank of Ireland. instead of being reduced,
was increased to a great extent, so that the profits now arising from
discounting at four per cent. with an increased circulation. is equal
to the profits from discounting at five per cent. with a diminished
circulation, and such profits might be greatly extended by discount-
ing on a more fibersl principle, and taking bills or longer dates,
with the collateral nanny of Bank Stock. lie considered it very
bed management for the Directors to have suffered the rights and
privileges of the Bank of Ireland to be interfered with, and in-
fringed upon, by a late Aet of Parliament, foe establishing the
Hibernian Joint Stock Company. By that Act of Pirliament
powers are vested in that new mnshrootu Company, which the Act
of l & 2 Gem 4. declares shall only belong to the Bank of Ireland,
and some privileges are given to it beyond what the Bank of Ire-
land has. They should have taken the advice of Counsel upon it,
and have called the Proprietors together, and with their concur-
rence have petitioned Parliament. lie did not think the Directors
merited the thanks or gratitude of the Proprietors of Bank of Ire-
land Stoclt,..._ . .

Boost 0 Cowxou, Esq. ere. and objected to the term mush-
room Company, used by Mr. Burn,• whereupon Mr. Boyd moved
the question of adjourntner t, which was carried unanimously.

WINTER HOME CIRCUIT.

KENT ALSIZES.
IllaTorroxii, Dsc.l4.

The Winter Gaol Delivery commenced here to-day before the
Hon. Mr. Justice Buiauvuu and the Honourable Mr. Baron
GANNON.
Edward Camber., Richard Jour* Hamowied, Joh* Farley,
henry Charles Dealt, Fordham, Guillaume Ilockherst,
Emend Roast, and George Rembigtose, were capitally indicted
on the 15th Geo. 111. c. 121. fat having, on the Bth of October,
on the high seas within am bandied leagues of the coast of the
county of dent, maimed and wounded James Quested, an officer
of his Majesty's Customs, while acting in the execution of his
duty. A second indictment, founded on the II th section of the
same statute, charged the same prisoners with a transportable
felony.
Mr. Sergeant OrisLow, Mr. NOLAN, and Mr. DOLLAND, sp.
peered to prosecute the ease on the part of the Beard of Cus-
toms; Mr. A xnxzwe and Mr. ADOLPHUS were for the prisoners.
Upon full consideration of all the circumstances of the ease, the
prisoners, by the advice of their Counsel, claimed the privilege of
pleading guilty to the minor offence, on condition that they should
not be prosecuted on the charge which, if proved, would of their
lives. The Counsel for the Crown siguitied their readiness to take
the more merciful course. The prisoners then severally pleaded
guilty to the minor offence, and their plea were recorded. To the
capital indictment they pleaded not guilty, and the Counsel for the
Crown having declared that they did not propose to offer any eel.
dente for the prosecution, the Jun were directed to acquit the pri-
soners, which they accordingly did.
The circumstances which gave rise to the prosecution were, we
understood, of a desperate nature. Sir. Quested was the Com-
mander of a revenue cutter, and had boarded a smuggling vessel
on the coast of Kent, laden with smuggled spirits from Flusffr g.
for the purpose of se:ins the "MO. The pnwnae, who formed
the crew of the smuggler, resisted with • olence. lily. Quested
received a desperate blow, and was *brown into the sea, and oar.
rawly escaped drowning.
The prisoners put in a written statement in mitigation of punish.
meat, in which they disclaimed any premeditated violence towards
the crew of the revenue cutter. They were wholly unarmed, and
though they had their pocket knives, with which it was in their
power to have wounded or murdered the custom's crew, yet they
abstained from violence, and actually throw their knives into the
MM. The blow which Mr. Quested received was inflicted by the
prisoner Remington. without any co-operation on the part of the
others. All the prisoners ex pressed sorrow for the unlawful con-
duct into which they had been betrayed, and threw themselves
upon the merciful consideration of the Court.
Alr. Justice RIIIIDOCIk/1 expressed his conviction, from the de-
positions before him, that the prisoners had meted in conceit srith
each other, and had determined by force and violence to effect the
purpose of their unlawful trade. Providentially the wounded off.-
ter hail survived the injury he bad sustained. He did not thick it
necessary to carry the law into force to its fullest extent against all
the prisoners. The lenity with which the Court was disposed to
treat them would, he hoped, have a salutary effect upon their foture
lives, and worn theiainst the repetition of offences of this na-
ture'repeatedwhich, if, must brhtg Oven to an ignondnious death.
Thoessee of Remington was dl sent in its clecumetanees from that
of the other primulas, sen-
tenceandereaseirstrefe:dtaaccordingly. The sen-
tence upon him was, shat be et • sof sim sgram,
that the other prisoners be embed for 8 months, and kept to hard
labour in the House of Correirtion.

Refre Mr. Barra GA itiow.l
SITE ZING V. WYNAIIt AND •NOTTICIL.

This was an agaiTst 11;;.% Irt;;;47and Chad,:
(;nonce Rolerts, two Excise otHcers, for a conspiracy to intern into
this country, for wear, certain manufacturNl goods or China,
contrary to law, and for receiving a bribe from one Charles
Thomas Hodder to allow such goods to be imported and landed.
Mr. Sergeant Os 41.0 W, Mr. Not. ax. and Hor.z.aNn, con-
ducted the prosecution, at the instance of the Board of Excise; and
Mr. ANDREWS conducted the defence.

It appeared, from the evidence of Mr. Holdder, the principal
witness for the Crown. that on the Slat of blanch last he arrived in
the River Thames, off Gravesetd, OP board the Royal George,
China 'hip, of which he was the steward. The defendant aVymark,
whom he had known before, came, along with othcr Excise
officers, on board, for the purpose of attending the vessel to the East
India Docks. As soon as Wynetrk came on board he addressed
himself privately to witness, and asked him if he had any things
to take care of." Witness replied that he had a few articles
which he wished to have landed, and said he wished the defendant
to take care of them. Immediately afterwards NVymark introduced
the defendant Hober.s. as a friend of his, who might be ealely in-
trusted with some of the articles. ll'itness delivered fifteen par-
eels to the defendants, containing China crape. &heals, end scurf.,
to the number of 19, and desired then; to be deposited with a Mrs.
Baldrey, whose husband keeps the Dyers' Ams in l'anr.on.street,
which the defendants undertook to do. In a few days afterwards,
IVytnark asked the witness what he and Roberts were to have for
their trouble in the business. Witness desired him to boas mode-
rate in his demand as possible, inasmuch as the articles were prin-
cipally intended as presents to some 'lien& in lamdfm, and not for
sale, end asked him what he expected. Wymark said he hoped
SI. would rot be thought too much. Witness replied such • arms of
money was quite out of the question, under all the circumstances.
' He, however., told him that he had ten Spanish dollars (all the
money he had), which were much at his service. This proposition
was at first treated with oontempt by Wymarh, but soon elicits-cuts
he took the dollars. When the vessel arrived in London. aim'ss
went to his friend's in Cannon.-street, and there heard that only IS
out of the IS parcels had been delivered, and that they had been
removed to the Three 'runs public-house, in Cripplegate, kept by
a Mr. Worcester, brother-in-law to Mr. Hadley. Titither he
went, and upon examining the parcel*, he found that their original
wrappers had been removed, silver paper substituted, and that lifer
of the most valuable of the shawls and scarfs had been subtracted.
l'pon this discovery he returned to the vessel, which was not yet (lift_
charged of her cargo. and taxed NVymark with Iris breach of trust. A t
first the latter positively denied any knowledge of the articles. and
insisted that all the parcels had been delivered. eutufant to his un-
dertaking; but upon being told by witness that he sitot.l.l make
the whole transaction known to his superiors in effiae. ha fell upon
his knees, sued for mercy, and said he booed witress would not
ruin him. Witness insisted upon having the 'Mame articles re-
stored as the condition of his forbearance. lVymark then said, he
would see what be could do. Is a day or two afterwards, he re-
stored to witness two of the missing articles, and said that was all
that could be done. Witness was still dissatisfied, and fieally
made the transaction known to the Board of Little, aad they insti-
tuted the present prosecution.
Mr. Hodder was earoborated in his statement by several wit-
nesses.

Mr. ANDREWS, finding the ease too strong to grapple with,
yielded his clients to a verdict. but submitted them to the inereihit
consideration of the Court, on account of their families, their loss
of character. of situation in the Excise, and the cons:No:sot poverty
and ruin which they had entailed upon thetnsclrn by their mis-
conduct.

The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction, found tLe de-
fendants Guilty. and they were sentenced to three months' int-
prieonment in the county gaol.
Wi/liass Simmer and George Collimr were indicted under the
nth Geo. 111. e. 9. for being found in the night of ti.e 27th Nc.
Teethes In a wood belonging to the Earl Thanct, in the ',wish of
Ashford, armed, with the intent to kill game.

Mr. BEREIN and Mr. BRODERICK conducted the prosecution,
and Mr. A ultra s the defence.

William Woodgate, gamekeeper to Lord Thanet, proved, that
between eight and tine in the evening of the 271:i of November, lit
was nut to look after poachers. He heard the report of a gun in
Potter's Corner-wood, belonging to the Earl, rod presently lie maw
two men come out of the wood, one of whom hae a gun. He at-
tempted to seize the armed man, who immediately felled him to the
ground with a blow on the head from the butt-end of the gun.
Witness believed that the prisoners, whom lie had known for three
years before, were the men ; but he could not swear positively to
their identity.
Several other witnesses were examined. who proved that they saw
the prisoner Skinner and another man near the spot. in question,
about the time spoken to by the gamekeeper.
One witness was called to prove an alibi fur Skinner.
The ease went to the Jury, under the loarne.l Jutige's direction,
and they found Wit: yrisoove —Not Gailti.