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the Committee, we shall be proud to attend to
him." •
Mr. CALVERT observed, that so far from having
any reason to offer in support of the tax, he was of
a direct contrary opinion. He had only endeavour-
ed to vindicate Sir William Curtis, and account in
some measure for the assertion he had made. With
regard to the tax, if he had an hundred hands he
would hold them all up against the tax. He agreed
with the Committee, that the ships were totally un-
able to bear the tonnage duty.
The Chairman. " I hope some gentleman, v.ho is
in habits of intimacy with the Hon. Baronet allu led •
to, will persuade him to give an explanation of his
conduct. As he has stated in the House of Com-
mons what is a palpable misrepresentation of the
fact, he ought to be anxious to explain his mistake."
(Applause.—Certa;n6, he ought! exclaimed many.)
Mr. R rot. " Let him make the explanation him-
self ; let not other gentleman do it for him."
Mr. ROWCROFT said, he believed the Hon. Ba-
ronet had never been at the House of Commilsillis
since he made the declaration ; he had ever slice
continued ill; this was undoubtedly the reason he
had neither explained or qualified it. He had no
doubt he would do so as soon as he appeared in his
place in the House of Commons.
The debate now assumed more the form of gene-
ral conversation. It terminated by the resolutions
which will be fottnd in the front of our Paper.
The vote of thanks to Mr. Hill, the Chairman,
was passed with acclamations.
The meeting then adjourned.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S RENCFI, F .1.

ROBINSON V. FRENCH.

Mr. GAR ow moved for a Rule to shaw cause
why the Nonsuit in this case should not be done
away, and a new trial granted. It was an action
on a Policy of insurance on the ship Chesterfield, to
sail from the Cape of Good Hope with a cargo to
the coast of Broil!. The cause had been tried be-
fore a Jury, and the Plaintiff had been nonsuited.
The learned Counsel urged several material facts as
the grounds of his motion ; in consequence of which
the Court agreed to gr.uit a new trial.

PUBLIC OFFICE, BOW-STREET.

Before Sir R. FORD.

On Monday evening The ma; Abbe', alias F tz-
praltl, was brought, in the custody of ler r,
charged with defrauding a young man of 1501.
under pretence of procuring him a place in the•
Stamp Office. The prosecutor stated, that some
time ago lie advertised for a place tinder govern-
ment, and offered a handsome reward. The pd.
goner answered his advertisement, ani they had se-
veral meetings upon the business. The prisoner
told him he had two places to dispose of, one in the
Navy Office, at 1001. a year salary, and one in the
Stamp Office, salary 601. a year. Fitzgerald desired
to have a specimen 9f his writing, when he said he
thought the place in the Stamp Office would snit
best, as it required very little writing, which the
prosecutor agreed to, and the prisoner was to
receive 1501. for his trouble, which was accord-
ingly paid to him. The prisoner said he was agent
to a lady at Basingstoke, who had the disposal of
the plates for her own benefit, and they were given
to her by Lord —. A day was appointed for the
prosecutor to meet the prisoner at the Stamp-office,
to put him in possession of the place. The prose-
cutor attended at the appointed time at the Stamp-
office, but couid not learn any tidings of the pri-
soner, nor had he been able to meet with him at his
lodgings since. A few days ago, the prosecutor ob-
serving an advertisement in a newspaper similar to
his own, of a person offering a reward for a place
under Government, and suspecting the prisoner
would answer the advertisement, he went to the per-
son advertising, and on inquiry, found his suspiain
true, upon which he related to the person the man-
ner in which he had been defrauded. They accord-
ingly agreed to exert themselves to apprehend the
prisoner, and on Monday evening, being the time
appointed for the final settlement of the business,
they gave information at the above office, and Ri-
v Err went with them, authorised with a warrant,
and on the arrival of the prisoner, he took him into
custody. He was coznmittei for further examina-
tion.

Yesterday, the two men in custody, on a charge
of rubbing ;he Chiswick Fxrand Cart and stabbing
one of their pursuers in a most inhuman manner,
the particulars of which were before stated, under-
went another examination before Mr. BOND and
Sir Wm. PAasotis, and were fully committed for
trial, and the parties bound over to prosecute both
for the robbery and assault.

About one o'clock on Tuesday morning, as ions;
TowsiseNn, jun. and LAVENDER, two of the Po-
lice Patrole, were passing through Crown-street, St.
Giles's, on their duty, they met two men with a
very large bag, one of them having it on his back,
and the other supporting the end behind ; the offi-
cers stopped them, and desired to know what they
had got in the bag; the men made no answer, but
the one who was supporting the bag immediately
stabbed TOWNSEND high up in the side, nearly un-
der the left arm, and then with the other ran off
and made their escape, leaving the bag ; LAVENDER
and the watchman carried him to his lodgings, in the
neighbourhood of Tottenham-court-road, when the
discharge of blood was so considerable, that it was
feared by his friends he could survive but a short
time. Mr. Artoa Lws, the Surgeon, was directly
sent for, and on his examining the wound, he found
the instrument (supposed to Ise a large knife) had
entered the cavity of the chest, and had passed into
the lungs, and his opinion is, we are sorry to say, a
very unfavourable one. The bag contained up-
wards of 100 pair of men and women's shoes, stolen
from a shoemaker's, in Earl-steet, Seven Dials,
which was broke open the same night.
A meeting of the Ship-owners of the Port of Hull,
was held at the Guildhall et that place, on Saturday
last, to take into consideration the best means to be
adopted to oStain a repeal of the present law, im-
posing a &Aron the tcnnage of all vessels sailing to
foreign pmts. Several resolutions were entered is.-
to ; by one of them it was resolvc.l, that SA Nil lA.
THDRNTON and JOHN STA RIFOR I H, EST's. be iv.
quested to co-operate with the Members for the
Lity of London, and of the different out.norts, in
using every exertion ¶o obtain a =Fed of the law.

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