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Ao ACCOUNT of the Total Produce of ell FUN DS at the
Disposal of she Crowns and usually deemed out to he
a,„41" the immediate control of Par IiATCIII, since the
Areessiou of his late Majesty; dissioatrishilic she
arising from Midis of she Admiralty awl Dads.. of the
Crown; per rent. West India Diiii..o SrOlCh Re-
venue ; suit from all other 500,551 nos hereiubefurst spe.
so far as the same coo be ascertained.

An Account of the Droitx of the Athol. z a, fg.
rally slid Moho of the Crown, from
1760 to 1820
The application of this sum, is re-
wards to Captors, and payments to
Claimants, and in aid of the Put.
hr Service, and of the Civil Lief,
and fur other purposes, is to he
found in the Accuants which have,
from time to time, been laid before
Parliament.
An Account of the Four and Half per
Cent. West India Duties, from 1760
to 1)420
This Revenue is charged with the
Salaries of the Governors and 'Va-
rious other Public Oilier,. connect-
ed with the West Indies, soul also
with the payment Of Pensions
granted by the Crown • as appears
in the Accounts laid from tame to
time before Parliament.
• An Arrousit of the Surplus of Gibraltar
Everest'. s, remitted to &ghoul from
1760 to 182 u, after dischuging Gar-
rises Expenses
• An Account of the Surplus of Scotch
Civil List, from 1780 to 1820, now
appropriated as it may arise, tooter
the Act 50 Gen. 111. c. 111, in aid of
the Civil List in Fatgland
•Au Account of the V.i.chcals to 111. Ma
jelly is case. of illegitimacy or other-
wise, from 1740 to 1880
• An Account of the E.rheses to hi. Ma-
jesty, being the Properly of Abe.. Erse.
mica, from 1760 to 1821).
.• Au Ammont of the Fund. aricing by Sale
iet. Lands in the Frcuch West loth&
Island", ceded at the Peace of 1763
•As Account of the Revenue' arising
Aram the lolanda of Minorca, Marti-
nique, Bt. Croix, sod SI. Thomas, and
from the Feettlyueot of Sonnets, white
the same were to the possession of his
Majesty .................
• An Aceount of the Casual Revenues
arising from Quit Rests, lee. in the
British Cukinics, and from all oilier
pourers not before enumerated, fo one
1700 to 1820

f17,7C5A61 11 7

• The whole of these sews hare been •ppropristed at
various times in discharge of the debts uribe Civil List, and
to other public purpose., as will appear by the Reports and
Accounts laid before larliarrsent ; wish the exception of
385,0001., which sun was applied between Isis 111ajesty's
Accession and she year 1820, so numerous payments, for
the purposes of the Privy Purse, as direcied by Ins 11ajesty.
CHAU...LS ALlBUTtirtio.r.
Whitchell.Treasory Chambers,
April IS, 1820.

The Bill which Sir Joett NIIWPORT has given
notice of for to.morrow; is to regulate fke Act of
Clerk of the Pespri3srijreland, tiot.Plasta.
The two troops of the 16th lancers, who were on
their way from Bath to Plymouth, received orders
at Wellington to proceed to Truro.
Three companies of the 21d segiment of foot
rived at UurLain on Monitoy last, on their mach
from Walton Barracks, in Norfolk, to Newcastle
on Tvise.

The first division (►bout 300) of the 79th rebti-'
men', embarked this morning. on board the Thomas'
transport, fur Cork. The 84th regiment,,froM.
Dover, is ordered here iu their stem% —( Plrnottik
"l'elegraph./ '

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TRIALS FOR JIIGII TREASON.

(Conclodedfroas our rape► of Yatereldry.)
TRIAL AND CONVICTION OE JAMES INGS.

ilo wish lis hlve
Chief Jufticeclrdt,BerfALLEJaYine'
!nue dePtler to the observation. of )jar Cou I, tie do
,SSIT.VviII,DAT, dwelt,
run j
wish to any soy thing pinnacle
logs-1 wish to Late the particulars how I came &cleated. '
ell with Shia party, i? you will allow me.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—Any thine, and every "ling Yon
wish to slate, of coarse the Court and Joey will hem.. Nuw
is the lime for you to stale those things: speak loud, and
we will attend to what you say. Probably, before you say
ally thing, you will consult your Couusel.
lop have but little to say.
The CHIEF JUSTICE—After having drawn your attention
to lite propriety of consultiug your CA.IIIIIIO, you will now
do what you think hest.
(Hers Mr. Hariner's clerk weal to the'Prisonet, and spoke
to him in an under lone.) After lie had gone,
logs spoke as follows:—Gentlemen of the Jove, 1 am a
mail of DU education, and very humble abilities. If you will
hear me with Wiener, I will not detai• you long. I lived
in Purtsra. I came to London in the beginning of May,
1819. I rime with my wife and family. The reason I left
Portsmouth was, that 1 was instable to get employ to support
my fatudy.--(Here the Prisoner seemed winch riff cted by hie
feeling.] —Whets I came to London, I this :ht I could get ens.
ploy, bat I was for a considerable lime and could get tottltiog
lan 110. Knowing nobody, l suppose, was the remain. I
had a few pounds with me when I came from Portsea.
Flailing my money going I did not know wheat to do. It
dill out go by drinking or gambling. I determined to get
into business, and I we'll op to Eekei'a-row, where I set
up akutcher's shop. I stopped three woman from Midsum.
mew to Michaelmas; the summer being hot was against
me; I lust • considerable deal of money in the course of the
slimmer; I then took a house in Old Montague-street,
which I unw ire! as a coffee shop; in fitting up the shop my
money was all pile; I did not take
port my family. I now persuaded my wife to return to
Poi sea among her friends, where 1 thought she would be
better than with me them in London. After my wife had
left me some considerable lime, there was a man who used
to come and take a cup of coffee at my shop. I had never
nothing to do with politics; but he began to speak about
the Manchester massacre. I said very little; I always took
Linn ill be an officer. He came frequently before '1 left the
!muse. Some lime after I met him in Smithfield. I went
there to see if I could get any employ. He asked me how
I ihil, and I said very well. He said he had been often in
my house, sod asked me to stand treat. I said it was Not in
my power, and my reason was, that I had no money: I add.
eft, that I should be obliged to sell my things. He asked
me what things I hail to sell, and I told him various mad.
cies. He 'petit to boy a sofa bedstead. I then went to live
in Primrose-Ifeet. This was is J y last. A few days
after, I met him in Flect•market He asked me where we
meld have have something to drink; and respecting the
sofa bedstead, he said, he thought lie hada friend that would
hey it. I took him to my house, but we could nut ayes.
We came back to Fleet-street; he then told me there was
sumethiug going to be done. 1 asked him what it was, sod
hr said no good man would waist to know what was to be
dime before it was began. We went directly and hail some
bread sisal cheese. He took be to tSe While Hart, where I
saw a few of my fellow prkkoners. I asked who he was. I
undentood his name wag. Williams; but I know wince
that it was Edwards. He told me that it was he made
Thomas Paine (the statue of Paine), at Mr. Carlile's; and
it was the mane matt that did make it. "Ile afterward, look
me to another rosins where I got refreshmeut. I did taut
kuovr the particulnrsof any thing that was going to be alone.
I was a stranger, and went fur food. That very day he
brought me u sword to get ground fur him, whirl. I took to
the cutler's in my own name; suit do you think, C. sidemen,
if I keen that any thing was going on, that I would hare
lett it its my uwu omen.? loiter went to the man afterwards,
Air I had eo friends. On Ilia 2:141 of February be came to
me at my lodging, io Primrose-street, for any laudlurd
charged me toithiug fur my lodgiug, and says, " There's
something • going to be striate; do you come up to the alley
opposite Mr. Corlile's shout six .'dock; I shell meet you
there. I went from there up to the room. I was there all
day, and I got some breed and cheese. At six I went to
Fket-street. He was standieg ta the alley. I sederstaad
since, from the list of the witnesses, that he lives in that
alley. He told me to wait, which I did, fur an hour. He
then came and gave roc a couple of bags end a belt; and asked
me to come to the room in Fox-rourt. On my goilag there
lie told me he was going to pat some gin in the bags; and that
it •as to be gut oil the sly. That was the sole reason that I
put the bars under any coat, lest the patrol si„,„id see them.
wrist wish hiss up to St. Giles's, where he said we were to
get the gin. %Then we gut here, he told me it was not there.
We wrist up to Oxfoid.slreet, where i.e said a freed lived.
He left me, and I waited for him an briar. He then look
me up to Juba-street, I believe at was, fur I never was there
loftier, to the stable. Ile told sue I would see some friends
there!; he then left me. When I came under the archway I
saw avison; Oivison fuel: me into the stable. I never
was up in the loft. I declare positively, before God, I was
not its the stable more than five minutes whenwithaelooffipetchnot
came is: there was only me there. Mr Ittothren then, Pr
somebody with carrtikty whiskers, and atiothi r.
ladder into the loft, and a third man Caine in, collared me,
and said, " you ere any prisoner."-0 Very well," I says.....
Soon after be collated me, be began In along in* with his
staff, till nay head swelled must dreadfully. In the soma
time, I beard • gun or pistol go or in the loft. When be
let me go and ran out of the ',titbit, I followed him into
the street. On going into the street, au ullicer went after
me, and I ran all down the street. I met a EMI who struck
sae violently on the head with a stick as I was going towards
him. I ran fruits pins, and with that I was pursued, when
I was stopped by • watchinaia, who heat me also. They
look me down to the wateltisaitse. That is all I loom
shoal the meeting. lam likes bullock drove tato Smithfield
market to be sold. [Here the prisoner burst into tears]—l
say 1 am lake • bullock drove into Smithfield to be sold,
(This he repeated with great energy)—TheAttorney.General
knows the man. He knew all their plane fur two the be.
fore I was acquainted with it (still erying.)---Wbee I was be-
fore Lord Sidelined, a gentleman said, Lord Sidonsils knew
all shunt this fur two mouths (still in tears)—t consider
myself murdered if this maw is nut brought forward—(a
mole violent gush of tears.)—l am willing to die on the seat.
fiild wslb barn. He told of everything which he did himself.
1 don't value my life if I can't get a living fur my family—
(in still greater grie(.)-10 life is of no use to me if 1 want
bread for my wile anal fatuity. I have w wife and four chi!.
deem. I never was in the habit of drinking, nor nothing of
the sort. I cannot describe Rey feelings to you about my
wife aud family—(io lean.)-1 hope, before wins give your
verdict, that yen will see this man brought forward, or else
I consider anyrelf a murdered man. I knew nothing of their
plots ; be was the instigation of it all. I never attended
noneuf their radical meetings. I hope you will weigh well
this in your minds before you retarii your verdict. Adams
would Mine his father to get his uwit ueck out of the halter.
—This i. all I have lu
The ATIIIIIBIET•GENERAL replied, and the JUDGE sum.
meat op with great clearness and impartiality.
At nearly eight &Huck the Jury retired, and after being
abacus about an hour returned a verdict of--Guilty upon die
first end third connte.
We are satisfied that our readers will desire only to rend
the mere srcapitulation of the teloatuieg trials.

TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF BRUNT.
MONDAY. APRIL 24.

At aloe o'clock the Loan Cam BAIIOII, Mr. &roe
GARROW, suit 3lr. Justice Ricormosok, touk their Mill.
The, were dressed 1u Mew merle' rose% iss tumour at the
Kiwes birth Ass.

At teu o'clock the Prisoner, Juba Thomas Brunt, was
put to the bar. He looked much ■gitaied, and bail its his.
haul feveral sheet* of (noise ap paper, closely written. •
Mr. Shelton insineiliitely proceeded tri call over the mimeo •
ankte Jury, commencing with the name where he left uff o.
Fridey morning• the list, Mr. Shelton
qua it stain. Upou Mr. Alexander Barclay, of Teirditigtell,l

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the l'aeman of .:he Jury by whom Thiekwudd Wes tried,
heist C.olleel, be canoe Tutu the hoz, and beard to be excused
un arroirlit of his former entrices. lie was not cholknged
either by Mr. Curieuud, is this pert of the Primmer, or on
the.part of the Crown.
lir. Ctiawoots said, he wished him to be on the Joey, be.
rails.•. having Ines on the first trial, he would be esisblrd to
see the distinct i )))) between the two eases, end to discover
the difference in the shades of evidence.
Mr. Barclay was then sworn its, as were
Timms. Coutlchild, Esq. North Erni, Hendon, on t►e for-
mer Jury.
Thomas Sul:field Aldcraey, Esq. Limon Grove, North,

Jamie Herbert. Isleworth, ditto.
Jobs) blimitor,.Nortli End, Hendon, dine.
James Wilmot, timallborusgh Gem's.
John Edward ybrphrrd, Fig. Eden Grove, Holloway.
Julie Fowler, St. John•otreet, iron plate-worker, we the
fermer
William Gibbs Roberta, !lawmakers-fickle, Limekoesse,
cooper, ditto.

Juba Dickesson, net on the former Jury.
John Smith, dims.
John Woodward, dill°.
The reason assigned by Mr. Cuctwoota Ur not objecting
to Mr. Barclay, was not rtineisiewily stied open threngtioni,
■s be challenged Corr or the Gentlemen who Iversen Thistle-
wood's Jury.
'lbirly.ihrre were c►allenged by the Crown, end thirty.
eight by the Proctors'. The lame had challenged, by mis-
take, three natter Ilion the number annoyed him by law.
The Jury having beer sworn, She Court was opened in the
ulna' trim.

The Jurymen not on the Jolty wrrefallowed to depart,
upon an understanding that they should attend agate au
&Vedwesday.
Mr. tinat.Ton now proceeded to read the indictment
against the Prisoner; it was, of course, the same as that
against Thistbirood. He repeated his Oran( Not Guilty.
The Arensti air-6 t then, before the brunet+ of
the trial eataineaerd, addressed the Georg um the publics-
-1 of the trials by Mr. Element, which we bate already
stated.

Mr. 80l LAID oprurd the pleadings apisst the Prisoner.
The ATToansv•G stated this use So the Jury ea
affecting the Prisoner.
Robert Adams was 'bra called, and merely staled the suns
as before. Whew be came to ustisliaa that part of the eat-
dewee where some words were said to be altered by Renal—
Prisoner--" My Lord, I wish to speak ; why, Adams, can
you look as me soul the Jury mitt say tliat I ever altered
these words r

Adams, laying his baud on hie beart—J, Yes, I ran, and I
du so with a safe eousaroce."
Prisouer—" You are !bra a big villain."
' '

The LORD Cuter Bumf told t►e Primmer, be mi`►t u
w•lt nut iiiterrept she proceedings, bet that when she Siam
for niskiag his defesee came we, t►e Court meld, wit►
mach pleasure, ►ear .11 he had so say.

Adams thee west ow with his evacuee.
Adams was entsr-examined al some e.gib by Mr. Cult-
WOOD.

Deastow Walker, Mary Rogers, Joseph Hall, Thomas
Smart, H. Beams, H. Gibbuts, ftimpaost, sad Jabot Moe-
roans, were exaatised to as mats effect as as the Gartner
Irani..

Aldine', the pawnbroker, with Thomas blonaurent, the
areutoplice, sod John bloounresit, his brother, were exa-
mined.

't'latus• Hildea was also addsced. Upon the eiseclasisa
of this witnrss's deposition hr erisced a dispositius to re-
main. which induced the Pri.GUer to observe, " My Lord,
tire wittiest; slops in Court—is that regular !"
Wilson—Let that perjured villain be turned oat of Quirt.
Hilden was then talkies out ur Court.

Land ilartowby, Joint Bakst., bis butler, and Rickard
Tlfunday delivire4 the same evidence as no She forgoer trials;
as did Rothern, Ellis, Wesicot I, Wright, Champion, Taun-
ton, au, Bishop, the police °liters.
Captain Fitsclareuca mid Serjeast Legg also repealed
their evidence, sad the Court adjitartied nwtd lbw neat day,
when lbr atlas ■ud amnisuilkos mimosa at Cale-aired, &c.
are to be pi uductd.

TUESDAY. APRIL 25.

This being she sevewth dye trial, sad the screed of the
Pcietows Ileum, the Court sat sit the newel base to which it
is indjorrsied. At itelf.paet eight o'clock, the 15.., ewe-
munition, grenades, pikes, pike-beadles, kr. lakes in Cato.
street, and et the Isosets et two of the Primates, were
Wowed into Court.
At else o'clock precieely the Lord Chief Baron, Baron
Callow, and Mr. Justice Richardson, entered the Court, mad
took their seats on the Bench.

Madmen, the officer, was examined by Mr. Gmtntw, de.
posed lo tlw arises, ke. foetid in Catu.street.
Jobu Hector Morrison, showman to Mr. Underwood, the
Cliii'Tt identifies' the sword which bad been kit to be sharp.
eurd by one of the Ps Wooers. .

Taunton, the Buw-streri officer, deposed to suck parts of
the 11111111/111111iitiN as had beep futtust at the houses of twe of
the Prisoners.

Serino' Harrison, of the Royal Artillery, examined the
bags of powder, and dissected • leautEgreuadt, eke emaciate
of etherMwere exhibited to the Jury.
This closed the prosecution fur the Crown.
Mr. CURWOOD rose at :es o'clock on list part of the Pri.
sower, and, is a speech which lasted an hour, went over she
same grounds of defeat-, as n■ the precedieg trials. He
then called John Rennet on behalf of the Pributier, but af.
terwards declined to measlier him, sod said he would out
call any simmers.
Mr. ADOLIPIIUS proceeded to address the Jury for the Pri-
soner, at a few 'Gipsies after elrvra o'clock lie took •
comprehensive view of the whole ed the evidence.
Cuter BARN—Job• Thurnirie Brom, your Learned Coun.
eel have concluded their very able defrays; bat, if rum wish
to say any thing im yore own behalf, this is the time.
Brad then ruse, tied wilb a lira voice said, that • writ.
ten defence had jugt been put into his hands; bre se be had
nut had lime to rend it, he would make a few observations
OR the evideser. He then mated the origiu of his at-
quainietace with the witness Adams, sad attempted to 1..
peach the whole of t►e witnesses who had appeared noise.
him. He alluded to a person in the lest of witnesses as the
part of the Crows, whose same has ones bees **anaemia i■
the course of these p►uerediags, bat who has sot been
ed epos. He declared Haat he lead bete seduced by this
mass, sad bad often received refrainment uf 'west sad drink-
at his expense. He concluded an address of half as hoar,
by appesling solemnly to God for dee truth of his weer-
Hosts and declared, that whatever might be his fate, ►e
would net die unworthy • eleacralaut Si the ancient
After the Souccron•Gaticadt, had Ili•iahrd his .reply,
the LORD CRISIS Bator proceeded to NIRO op the evidruce.
The LORD CIIIER BARON sad Mr. Bares Gaiaaow seer.
rally informed she Prism's:, that his Counsel had couseoled
to the presence of the witatesee sow in Court, hat that if any
others remained, they should be en dered to retire.
The Prisoner hosed.

When the Chief Baron had concluded his charge, and jest
as the Jury were about to retire, one of the harpoons (wee
believe Mr. Goode! old) applied to his Lordship fur iufurnsa-
lion ou a point of law. This question was to know, whether
evidence, being given to prove the existence of an selstal
armament soil ...mmure made to the civil authority, mods
out au offence which ausuuuttil to the crime of 'trying war
seams. the King?
The LORD Cuter &Laos answered, that the mire proof
of resistance to the civil authority did not constitute the
offence .f levying war.
The Jurynta• then risked, whether arming with a view to
force hi. Majesty to change his Ministers, Caine withiu the
interpretation ?
The LORD Cuter BAILOR replied that It did.
Mr Jury them retired, aid alter enneelting about ten psi•
mates, returned with a verdict of GUILTY on the 9d sad •
4th counts.
[The trial of Richard Tidli and William Deriesac
which followed, was given in this Paper last week.) •"''

The Albury transport. No.
,Id. from En&and
fur the Cope of nom! Hope. !tilt, settlers. etas
spoken with on the 15th' of 111140.
3it wiw N. 194.'5;1 deg.