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PARIS PAPERS.

PARIAH JANUARY 15.
The King yesterday beard mass in his sport-
The Five

Cent. Console were—

On Friday, 72 1,. 30 c. Bank Actions, 1,425 fr.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF THE 14TH JANUARY.
It being well known that the
,accumulated Peti•
turns for the maintenance of the Charter and the
Ltw of Elections would be reported upon, the
Vilsones and avenues to the Leg ',tansies Hell were
thronged to excess. On the appiarence of M.
Mestadier. the Reporter, at the tribune, the most
ip °found silence prevailed. After observing upon
the tenor of several Petitions of iudividnol interest,
I;e 'proceeded to remark, that " his Majesty had con-
descended to communicate to the Chamber, that
measures would be proposed to them to allay a
spirit of vague inquietude which •pervaded the
public rabid, and to consulidete the Constitutional
lopparchy. Petitions, the .only- object of which
•* io counteract, by anticipatiOti, the intentions of
the Mustard' and the views of the Government. had
been signed in different parts of France. To esti-
mate the spirit of those petitions. it was import.
sot, iu the first place, to essmine their authenticity.
Of • these petitions received by the Committer,
amounting to 139, forty-five from such and such
cries were not signed by the commove nor muni-
pvl authoring', but by some inhabitants. Four
only were from individuals, and signed by one per-
eon each. Two petitions, however, had been re-
ceived, signed by two public fuuctionaries, which
Poided to develope the suspicious character a the
p at. One of these was from the Mayor of l.a
Charlie, the other from the Mayor of Chatesubriant,
and both were framed with the view of denounc-
ing the manoeuvres practised to obtain signatures.
Printed drafts of the petitions were dispatched from
Paris, and secret, though intelligible practices,
were employed to sow dissention and inquietude
amongst the peaceable inhabitants of the provinces."
Three hundred and eighty-nine individuals, styling
themselves Students of the School of Law of Paris,
Signed one of these collective petitions. The names
of some scholars of the City Colleges were aloe to.
be found in it. Thirty petitions of different coos-,
triunes of the department of La Sarthe, evidently
all copies of one model, were numbered and trans-.
mined to Paris in the same parcel. Some few o(.
these ere Avows op in very improper terms, sod ex.
• - The total

press very unconstitutional opinions.
insontsm of petitions is 139, and that of the sipo.•
tures 19.057."
• The ,Reporter thee, at some length, expatiated
isptititke arrogant and unconstitutional language ip
the petitions. " The object of them," lie observed,
*Fed oat for the protection of personal hberty if
• propirty,, tier to propose emellioratioo. The peti.,
tioners.diel *it prevent themselves as the victims or
erliiiiisW power ; Obey. aestmed dictatorial nod
haste reeve." illodfste this assertioa, be read
seve4reiiiidelbika the Petielia,;...l4 of thaCl
IifYIPOINIOPA.‘t We berre4ll tr to as
iieutiqprirtXPlPMe.ii rots deed* Chatter Or`
iiiidLeANdeiiiiiiis be iefiliped„ !re will net

r %-'••

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outrigeotes
adopt these baneful measures, you will be the
elk agents of power ?" In a word, token together,

they ,are real addresses for excitement, encourage-
ment. and menace, announcing by anticipation
praise or blame. This day they precede the plans
proposed by Goverament ; to-morrow they wonld
arrive in the midst of yoer deliberations ; shortly
they %meld follow your resolutions to applaud or
censure them. •

The Reporter, in continuation, observed, that it
Pould be derogatory to the dignity of die Chamber,
and the respectful duty they owed to their beloved
Monarch, to entertain addresses of en factious rod
menacing a character, and concluded an eloquent
and impressive peroration by proposing, on the part
of the Commission, the Order of the Day with re-
spect to them.

Several Member. on the right and left sides ro.e,
and demanded to be heard ; others called for the
printing of the Report, when the appearance of
M. Roy, liiiister of Finance, gave rile to loud
and vehement contention as to his Excellency's
right to address them at that stage of their proceed.
ings. These clamours for precedence having sub-
sided, the President decided in favour of his Ex-
cellency, who, he observed, had a Ministerial com-
munication to make, and his right. was founded
upon an article of the Charter, which enactei:, that
the King's Ministers shall be heard in the Legi-la.
live Chamber whenever they may think proper.
After much confusion of voices—

M. Roy, Minister of Finance, announced that
he should not himself develope the motives of the
projet of law upon the Customs, but should impose
that task upon the Director-General.
M. de Saint-Cricq read, amidst a very lively
agitation. on the left side, the exposition of the mo-
tives. We remarked particularly in it the impo-
sition of a duty of 23 per cent. upon cachemere
shawls, instead of the absolute prohibition, to
which.they had been hitherto subject. It is also
proposed to rai►e the scale of duties upon foreigu
sugary, as the French colonies furnish it in suflieient
quantity.

Theprojet was ordered to be printed, and re-
ferred for consideration to the bureaux.
M. de 'Cliauvelin inflecd that the discussion of
the petitions respecting the Charter ►limeld be de-
ferred until Monday, that is, until after the pr
-
tog of the Report. The motion was negatived.
and the Chamber heard the first Member inscribed
on the list of. speakers.
11. Dupont (de l'Eure) supported the Charter,
and concluded with ttttt vim; that the petitions
should be laid in the office, in order that they may
be verified. Ile felt at a loss whether "to admire
the monstrous policy of Ministers, who had plunged
France into anarchy, or the heroic courage of the
majority of the Commission. who proposed to them
to reject the prayers of 20,000 Frenchmen !"
continued 'to enlarge upon the versatility of the
men who governed the country, to whom " peti-
tions, winch last year appeared innocent, now ap-
peared criminal." In the course of his speech lie
inveighed against the old religious corporations
which are now re-eitablishing, and the armies of
missionaries which traverse France, us if they were
marching to conquer it.

M. l'asquier, Minister of Foreign Affairs, an►wer.
•d in a speech of considerable length, which con.
chided thus:—" As Minister of the King, I pro-
flounce these Petitions uuconstitotionel—•ss a
Deputy, I move the order of the day."
M. de Cervelles spoke against the alteration pro-
posed Ly Ministers, which li • pronounced tint a
reform hut a total subversion of the Charter. In a
day it is not 19.000 petitioners, but 30 millions of
petitioners whu auuld remonstrate against it.—(4
lass h.)

il.eastrlbajac ridiculed the number of 19,000
sigoatares as trivial, compared with the population
of Fence.—(Laughter and asuronstrs.)—He
cluded with asserting that to 'receive the petitions
would be to arrest the ezetcise of the royal prerega.
tire.

General Foy spike In favour of the petition'.
M. Barthe Labastide stated, that the petitions
bad been all seat from Paris reedy printed, sue
that men traversed the country to extort signatures,'
the same maonsu•rea that preceded the arrival of
the men of -the Stotb March. Their object sad
their language were no► only unconstitutional, bUt
factious. He compared them to the fatal efects•of.
Paaderaes box and the shirt of the Centaur Nereus.:
—( Laughter on the 101.) •
M. De A►genson said the model of the Petitillllo-4
only was went from Paris.
Benjamin Constant supported the motion for• re-.
(erring the petitions for verification. The threat of
. taking ante of the Deputing who should betray their
trust, meant nothing more than What was practisee
in Eriglead, where the- baser the division en'ilir
impatient question in the House of Comps= v.-
pebibited in the Newspapers.

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The autism fir chasing the discussion Wit-pressed;)
'weitteasV kw" the etystre and right of the Chintsbore,
'llWD4Wiartliymimplaitied.' right
the o*'
4,.hriiWilieWiSsi the i‘leoliers Allid done Rai
'rkai Sold with Asir hands ' doggie kw-

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LONDON.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1120.

The Paris Papers of Saturday contain • report
of a debate in the Chamber of Deputies on the
preceding day, upon the petitions for the toting,-
nonce of the charter and the law of elections, against
the alteration, which it had been announced his
MAJESTY intended to propose. These petitions,
amounting to In, had been previously referred to
a Committee, and it WAS upon their report, which
recommended that they should not be entertained,
the debate acme. From the numerous interrup-
tions, the personalities, the laughter, murmurs,
and applause, it appears to have been one of the
most spirited and animated deludes that has OC
curred for a long time. The Milliners admitted
the right of petition against gr:evaisces ou the part
of the subject, but they contended that the Km;
haring by time charter the initiative of the laws,
the present petitions were unconstitutional, as
militating against the exercise of that power. They
further objected, that the language of the petitions
was disrespectful mid menacing; that the petitions
were not fairly obtained ; and that the number of
signatures was inconsiderable, compared with the
population of France. To these arguments the
Opposition answered, that meditated alteration was
not a modification, hat a total subversion of the
charter, slid that the mode of preparing the pe-
titions, and the terms in which they were con-
ceived, were free from the objections made against
them. A motion was then made for closing the
debate, which was negatived ; and it was agreed
that the Chamber should adjourn, and the debate
be resumed on Saturday. Those who felt an in-
terest in the spirited and patriotic resistance
made io our own country to • the recent re-
strictive measures, will know bow to appre-
ciate the ardour with which the French Opposi-
tion rally round their charter; and yet this char-
ter is only a recent acquisition, of which they have
as yet -scarcely tasted the sweets, or can have
ascertained the value. Dad it, like the charter
of Eliglind, descended from cum of its ancient
Kings— had the country increased in prosperity for
centuries udder its protection—had it with its aid
attained aacheight which no other country could
boast, and become a model whirls the greatest na-
tions on earth are proud to imitate-.-wbat exertions
might not be expected in support of a charter so
venerable and sacred from Frenchmen who ma-
nifest such seal in defence of an infant and almost
untried constitution ! The pain and regret which
this contrast excites are not a little aggnivatkl by
the recollection of the facility with which the re-
cent inroads on our liberties were effected. A
few days ego it was the boast of a Briton that
Ws house was his castle—that though the wind
blew through it, and the rain penetrated it. roof,
weak, fragile, and ready to tumble about his ears,
it was as inaccessible to the footstep of the .mid-
pied intruder as the palace of the King. This
um the first principle of civil liberty imbibed by
the iambi born in this hovel, and led him to aspire
to the first rank and honours in the state, which
many infants so born have attained. • But this
system is now no more; it will soon become
• tale of oilier times—and the same vicissitude
of fortune which has wrought this change in
England may in • few years hence present in Fiance
the freest people in Europe, and the must jealously
tenacious of their rights.

We regret to state that the Dublin Pipers re-
ceived yesterday announce, among other excesses,
the anassmation of a re►pectable Gentleman its the
county of Galway. One of these Journals also an-
nounce. the enlist of Mr. Tutrrt.swooD, and a son
of Mr. HUNT, on • radical mission in Ireland.
We entertant ttosbta of the accuracy of this latter

coniintitaltitilia. That 'g4nial root, die potato, is
the only tbiacconnected with radicalism For which
the poor in Ireland feel any desire. and that neither
Mr. HUNT nor Mr. TaIifLZWOOD bare sot to give
them.

A-decided thaw commented yesterday, accoutpa.
Med with sleet, whigh continued the whole day.
At night a very heny rain came or, which had not
ceased when this Paper was put to pms. We •n-
-ticipate many serious accidents and much damage
&our the rapid and sudden brreking up of the ice. .
• --•

There are nn fewer than fifteen indictments fee,
Ihiel "against The Mentrkester Observer. One ati
'them is against Davits Woos. • child• about lex
;yvar• of age, who has already 'Offered focerceratiisa
hee. held (*.bail. for that he (being *instigated
by the droll) did. nttirr, *end, ind •• *editions.,
libel. contained in Thilthertser newspaper, Bte..
It would be • benevoleat sit in .the
awaked' Drory•lose to reirne the rent of theTiwodeo
tie the night orhbeeallrdtitho by hitaLiMille•
to. Ilk Novicki. Peon


, and __.. tLaw half a
Board of Admiralty and to
stance of that comtnoniat

'reasury the sub.
The Admiralty

immediately directed that all ilia wank's**, where •
naval stores were stessally deposited should be
searilsed, and that if there should be found
in them any articles of clothing, ouch • distribu-
botion ahoulh take place u the Committee thought
molt expedient for the advantage of the 'nume-
rous objects of charity. It was NO/ I • scertaiuerl
that a quantity of the articles of which the poor stood
in most need had been a abort time before ordered
for roblie mile. This order was walnut delay
tonntermanded, and coats, waistcoats, and trousers,
lb the extent of about 130 suits, were directed to
be sent off in a waggon tq London-wall. The
Lord Mayor yesterday gave to Mr. Bodkin, the
Secretary to the Mendicity Society, intimation of
what had been done by the Board of Admiralty,
and requested that the Committee should be in-
formed of the very proinpt co-operation of Govern.
ment with the views of that part of the humane
public who started owl proceeded so zealously in
this work of extetnove charity.

Lord Sidrwouth had not up to this period received
an answer from the Treasury upon the subject of the
contribution. but the Gentlemen of the Committee
aces)) convinced that the conduct of the Admiralty
wns thr criterion of the wishes and efforts of all
the other departments of Government ; and that as
the public are determined to ripply every thing
else, the higher powers may he considered as equally
resolved to protect those who are without covering
from the agony and shame of going naked. It was
stated to the Lord Mayor, that the Committee were
intent upon disposing of the poor in such a manner, r
to set at rest all the apprehensions entertained by
those who looked in too terrified a manner at the
intense severity of the times. The subscriptions
were going forward with • rapidity which seemed te
set at defiance all probable chances of extremity.
and it was matter of great consolation to see that
the first day's receipts were considerably inferior to
those of every subsequent day, and that the cents.
nuance of the frost had given
_greater and greater
proof of the dissolving materials of the hearts of
the British public.

A more indefatigable and efficient body than forms
the Committee of the Asylum for the Houseless,
never, it was admitted, assembled together upon
an important occasion. Five hundred and sixty un-
fortunate creatures were on Monday night comfort.
ahiy accommodated in the place of refuge at Loa-
don-wall. Four-fifths of that number are sailors.
The Committee fur dist d seamen regularly
dispose of those who are sick, and though disease is
to be seen in the Asylum, the specacle is rendered
less appalling by the solicitude that prevail*. It
says a great deal for the discriminating benevolence
of the public, that very few women have found it
necessary to take op their abode in Mr. flicks's
warehouse.

Yesterday two merchants of the city visited the
place, and ousted to Mr. Wontner, the C►ty Mar-
shall, that as soon as the ice broke up they would
give employment to 120 seamen. Those who have
taken up their quarters in the asylum are really ob-
jects of charity. They are all in tatters, and upon
their persons was not found the ♦alue of a farthing.
The Committee consider most of the seamen able-
bodied mess, and are of opinion that as 110011 as the
present inclemency has iu some degree relaxed, they
can he all disposed of without difficulty.
Most of the half-starved creatures in the asylum
belong to parishes at a considerable distance from
the metropolis; 250 of them were examined on
Monday, and of that number no snore than 23 had
claims upon the perishes of London. Those who
have the superintendence of the poor in many. of
the perisl►rs are becoming rather alarmed at the
censure which has been so undisguisedly cast upon
them, ■nd pretend now to be must anxious slut
their poor, whose they had hernia busily employed
for so long a time in driving into the streets.
The spirit with which the Committee of the
Asylum for the ilouseless are performing their very
arduous duties is amazing. There are upon the
Committee several young men, who act without
taking the slightest notice of dame mandisgusting
things which unavoidably present themselves in the
course of investigation, and pursue the plan laid
down at the commencement with the strictest ob-
servance. The language in which they address the
oppressors of the poor (for such is the epithet given
to those who neglect the poor) is that of authority
and not intreaty; and the refusal upon the part
of overseers to grant shelter where shelter is due,
will be sure to meet with punishment and expo-
sure at the hands of the Committee. In this plan
of compelling parishes to support their own poor,
the Magistrates of the city have one and all coin-
cided.

We lament lo trite, that advice was ►eceived at
Kensington Palace, on Sunday, announcing that
his Ites)al Highness the Duke of KENT'S illness
had assumed moat alarming symptoms. It is :on
inflammation en the chest. Yesterday morning Sir.
DAVID MIND*, sit off express to Sidinoteth, to
attend on.his Royal flightless.—/Evening Paper.)
It having been mentioned in a Sunday Paper,.
that the Lord Chamherloin had granted a licen•e
fur the performance of ltooloon op-r.ttra, twice a
week, at the Argyle Rooms, we are asailicnisrd
state that his Lordship has granted no such license.
and that the statement is ultogetlier without routs.
datien.

Yesterday was sett! ng-rlay at the Stock Ex. .1
Alpage, and, contrary to general expectation. tho'l
tMlNnt Went off quietly. The differences to he'•
4wid'arevery • forge, iu consequence of the great'
Ilbetuations.
Our Correspondent (who keeps the Se{!regisle►-
iag Thetissmetirk has favoured -es with the (bi-
llowing statist ions •bn different ' ',honcho% Orly on
Sabirday abol,niqg lilt, the iSth instant, one of the
rer dee ever NYS, lellS country :A-Borten-street, g;
Elihrus, Kent. 4; Stratford by Bob, 1 ; Tot.
trehaio,- Alliadtesh, ; Kett, 'kV.'
Zero.

• • 1

JAW lAZELLICENCE.
INXIRT OF CHANCERY, Lawann's hex,
TvesDAT, JAIIIMILT IL

.11VDGIA ENT&
The LORD CHaucat.t.ou stated, he would gqe
Judgment in the following COW. :
The Disfiley 'retro/howl se Thdruler.
Gordon,. Gordon, in tars er three days.
Drury v. Thacker. ou Saturday.

HIS 1-4014101N1 NlYpi.d Yntif one o'clork,:„
hearing motions of be interest. exerpt to ►hr perl,l
concerned; after which he proceeded with the tiger
Papa.
Liman NACT.
OLDING, AR 1111741111 Te $I WRIT PRIEND.

V. ZULITT MID OTHIRS.
Mr. HART. Coombel for the Defendants. 'farm
that this Muse came before his Lordship for funk:,
directions; bat the real object for known it
before him was. to set aside the verdict of @Jury al
an issue directed to the Court of King's ileneh,
and that a new trial should 1w granted. The pi..
camstrinces of the case were, that Mr. Johm fio:11.
ing, a stone-mason in Grey's bon-laiie, died with.
oat making • will, freeing considerebk property.
The Defendants claimed to be his next of kio
is tight of their *lees, Ina niter., and they await
posersvion or the props., ty. The prevent bill
was filed by she infant Plaintiff, who claimed to Le
the legitimate son of John (lidding, deceased, sod
it prayed for an account and that • 'reviser night
be appointed. On the hearing of the motion for a
receiver, the Defeurbints denyilig the
legitimacy, his Lordship directed en litallr In a
Court of Law to try the quest ion whether the Pll,O.
tiff was the legitimate or illegitimate inn if ihe
ceased John Golding, sed the Plaintiff
igiiitv we.,
of course, the Plaintiff at law, as it as. 1,-orutl.lwi.t
on him to prove the affirmative of his legirima".
It csine on to be turd no the Court
Bend) sitting at Pries. before Lord Ellen.
borough, mod io the absence of the primary et,.
deuce of the Plaintiff's legitimacy, the irgivler
the msrrisge of his father end mother John God.
ing and Elizabeth Pritchard. there was produred
at the trial the certificate of the baptism of the
Plaintiff at St. Pancras chinch, ow the sett of John
and Elizabeth Golding, dated eight months alt.,
his birth, and several wittie•ses eve teldritte
that they had known Elizabeth Pritchard as
the reputed wife of Goulding before the birth
of the Plaintiff; and afro to the repeated erdira.
tious of John Golding and Elizabeth
that they had been monied in the seer 1801. The
Lord Chief Justice did toot think this evidet.es a.,;
sufficient to establish' the legitimacy of the Ploo.
tiff, in the absence of the register of rummage, par.
'Ocularly as all the register books belonging to .11
the churches iii England load been tiertt bed ill
vain to es:ablivh tile marriage‘ as well is all
the• archirees of the Ecclesieetical Courts ter a
marriage license with the same effect. This. ores
,1 opinion; and so the directed the Jury, boot they
thought otherwise, and found a teediet fur the
Plaintiff, thereby establishing his legitimacy. After
this verdict was recorded lois late Learned Filen.%
Mr. Hollis. Counsel for the Plaiutiff, moved
before his Lordship that a Receiver might he ap.
pointed. He (Mr. Hart) at the same time moved
the verdict might be set aside sod a new trial
granted. He had began to open his case un that
occasion when his Lordship stopped him, and
observed that the verdict of the Jury gate
him • jurisdiction to appoint the Receiver, but
Mit he (Mr. Hart) when the cause was set
down for further directions, would hove the op-
portunity to move for a new trial. It was, there-
fore. his duty to enter into the evidence that mat
laill.before the Jury. It appeased from it. that
Elizabeth Pritchard, the mother of the Plaintiff,
had been a servant in the family of Sir Philip.
Francis, and went from iii' service to be the hour,
keeper of the deceased, Mr: Golding ;- it was ad.
milted that she was not marred to hunt when she
first weut to live with him as his housekeeper, and
it also appeared that Mr. Golding lead kept
several other housekeepers before be eogoneil
Mrs. Pritchard, who had done the fenuliar duties
of a wife, without the marriage etreetneny bring
performed. The only evidence Own of Ike mar-
riage was, the certificate of the baptists of the
Plaintiff, as the son of Joh° and Elizabeth Gold-
ing ; this was all very natural in en old noes, Ur_
words of sixty years of age, who was p'oo'l of
being alather, whether the child was his o r toot.
The declarations of Mr. Golding its to EtieNtorth
Pritchard being his wife, might be ...counted f.r
in the same way, and also his having a tomb..
stone pet over her pave after her death, with
" Elizabeth Golding, wire of Julio.," togias-
eel on it. It was, however, singular, that Mr.
and Mrs. Golding could not agree in their declara-
tions as to the place they were instilled in, lie Nay-
iug it was at Cowes, in the Isle of Wight, and she
declaring at one time that it was at Hastings, and
at another in London. The church books of all
these places had been searched, and not • trace of
the marriage found, he therefore trusted that under
those considerations his Lordship solid be of opi-
nion, that the Jury had come to a mistaken cots-
. elusion; and that their verdict ought to be set
aside, and a new trial granted.
Mr. BLAKE followed on the same side.

Mr. HORRR.Coonsel for the Plaintiff One *host
to address the Court.
The LORD CifAlBoll.l.ol rose. sod desired that
it might coo.), on to-morrow.
Further coireiderotion postponed.
•
SERJEAHTS INN HALL, TosaspayiAsmaniv IS.

The Judges reprieved theiereirti•geire4me es.
'tine• for eel. NeDe of theie hitOiriewit
public interest.

During the late frost, the lowed degree indicated
'by the thermometer in. the vicinity of Gt..gow. wits
lour degree,. O. the Slid January, 1814. it was
degree below Zero. On 14th January, 1760. it
'wee 14 below Zero. le Uppet Cosside. theeeiti it
'frequently 6. sod secuisasily Si Vetted,
.below
,Zero.
R cm littsolf, GiOODiflft. *Obi. ReptiiNllT
ecquettit the Vulvae that the Slate
'fiaielv Desoto, the to i..t: The Mosel towbar Tim
'Prize* Of UMW. Mew% Ste, Ste. -111101, WWI Sono
(warntoted eastratio) • ere ea deb by 111011AltD9014,
GtX)DI.I.7CK; slid CO. at Owir Ogee% Dowat.beildinge.
Corsiti 11, itatt 11/4 110411,1111. 7111,
I 'a Prtee•of 30/111111.Ciitile..

answer that the public tranquillity and loan ally,
not soon be corqpruciisecl." . .
In auott y _tad, le Shod 'ld theia Amid*
a Von; yosJo..p es w!). shall pecjir• tlsaaiiieltas
on their oaths, ire Shall take account of them."
Another or them says, 41 Will you suffer this
outrigeoss ahrise of a criminal power P If yOu-N

. .
'Lend litsigiug.)—He opposed the seeing of the ,RELIEF TO TIM POOR:
debate. a . --.....a.-4-4
. . ..
After Omo further lidkultl/2 the motion I:Woer . OPhoo Lord Skloos& rilljtved the Lent litayorir
iag the Illisosesioi wee pit, end negatived by a ceimeueication upon 1160 oilligot of the effects of
smell majetity. The Chamber then adjourned to the pubNc for the service or thet large part of our
appeared in our streets half Mery-
to-morrow, when the discussion will be resumed. Population which,
ed, and more than half waked, he wrote t• the

OLD BAILEY. JallV-Arf it

John Robertson, • feahimnblo•lonking men,
dressed in black, was indicted for stealing, on She
4th June last, a mare value 401. the property of
James Richards.

James Richards deposed as follows live
at No. 265, Oxford-street, and am a stable-keeper.
On the 4th June last I lost a chesnut mare, value
401. from my stable. The Prisoner at the bar
came to me in the middle of that day, he had been
previously there to hire a horse; I hired the mare
to him for one day, to go to Stanmore, and he was
to pay 12s. ; I never saw her since, nor did the Pri-
soner ever give any account of her. I went to Stan-
mote on the following day, and called at the Aber-
corn Arm., where he said he meant to go, but ob-
tained no information of him there. In July 1 saw
him at Reading, and challenged him with the act—
he denied having committed it, said his name was
Henley, and that it was a mistake, as he was not in
the habit of hiring horses. The landlord also said
I must be deceived. as he {mew him to be a com-
mercial traveller, who often visited his hon.,. Pri-
soner then gave me an address of the house for
which he said he travelled, as follows :—' Mr. Hart-
ley, of Messrs. Notts, vinegar.honse, Borough.'
In consequence of this, and the landlorit's reser.
tion. I did not then proceed further. On inquiry
in the Borough, at Messrs. Potts', the vinegar mer-
chants (the only house like the name there), they
knew nothing about him. The next time I saw
him was on the 4th of this month, in Quebec-street,
Mary-le-bone—he was then walking and I took
hives into custody, after telling him the cause of my
taking that step. He said he was nut the person I
had seen at Reading. and that his name was Jul*
Robertson,' and he lived at Bloomfield Cottage,
near the Regent's Canal. I have not the least
doubt of the identity of the Prisoner. and of Ins
being the max who took the mare, and whom 1 saw
at Readiag. My man will also proVe that he took
the mare, though ■t first he had his doubts.
brought him with my man to Bloomfield Cottage.
which was near the Junction, not the Regent's
Canal. He then took me into a house in King-
street. Edgeware.road ; the name of Bedeway was
nn the door ; we saw a woman, who was Mrs.
Budenay, and I gave him in charge to a constable.
When he hired the mare he gave the name of Vin-
cent, 42, Berkeley-street Upper."
Cross.e.ramined by Mr. ALLEY.—" I found him
living at Bloomfield Cottage, where he said he
resided."

It was on the 24th of July that witness saw the
Prisoner, at Reading. When witness saw Prisoner
at Reading, he was not sure that he was the
persists who hired his home ; he is sure of his person
now; be is sure of it, Isom circumstances, and from
fusilier intercourse with him. The person who
hired witness's mare did not wear powder ; the dress
.1 the Prisoner, at Reading, and at London, when
he hired the mare, was as near as possilale. The
landlord from Reading is not in Court.
In answer to the Court—Hone is the name of
the landlord at Reading.

George Hartley is ii- servant of Mr. Richard.,
vas po on the 4th of June. Sonic person applied
to witness for a horse on that day. What the man
asked for was a horse that would suit him, on which
witrobss called the ostler to him.. Witness would
know the man who so applied for the horse. The
l'risoner at the bar is the man, of that witness is
positive. Witness saw him in his master's yard the
day he was taken up; he saw him accidentally, and
knew him instantly.
Cross-examined by Mr. A LLET.—When the
Prisoner was brought into the yard, on the 4th of
January, witness dial not say he knew him. • ‘Vit-
urn kept on about his work, and did not interfere
in the matter. Witness attended at Marlborough-
street. Witness cannot ny how the man was dress-
ed ;he had a pair of shabby boots an. Witness
does not know whether he wore powder or not.

In answer to the Court.—Witness does not recol-
lect the colour of his clothes, but only his boots.—
laagA.)—He wore emirs.
Alexander Patrick. ostler to Mr. Richards,
wus in the yard when his mare wi.s take.* away ;
line's swears, to the best of his belief, that the
malt who took the mare was the Prisoner at the
bar, but witness cannot speak with certainty. The
mail told witness that he would return about eight
nr !line in the evening; witness saw him on the
saddle ; witness heard him say that he was going
to Sta !!!!! ore. On the 4th of January witness saw
ham sod his master standing in the yard ; witness,
ld
souse time before that, saw • man in Ooed.street
whom he believed to be the Prisoner; he followed
him for about half a mile, but on his own reopon.
Pibulity did not wish to take him into custody. On
the 4th of January, witness told his master that
he could nut say positively that the Prisoner was
the than who took sway the horse ; witness met the
man in Oxford-street in the month of August.
&surnamed by Mr. ADOLPINI.--Mitatile had
snare conversation with the person who took sway
the horse. On the 4th of June, witness went with
the man who hired the horse to the farrier's ; he re•
tit tined there about ten minutes or a quarter of an
hour; when the person mounted the horse, witness
lout an opportunity of looking at him; he wore a
light mixture cent, kerseymere breeches, and shabby
top-boots and spurs ; he had no wig, and wore no
powder, but wore his own black hair ; he had
a full display of • hiskers, brushed out very much.
On the 4th of January. after a conversation be.
toren Mr. Richards and the Prisoner, witness went
to the house of the Prisoner. The Prisoner said,
it you are not satisfied that I am not the man you
suspected, and if you want further information, you
ess, go to Mr. Mitchel, pest door, my landlord.
%riffless went there. The Prsoooer soon after come
out to the corner of the cottage, when Mr. Richards
ei)il the constable came op. They went, at Pri-
proier's inrnance, to the house of Mrs. Rodensy. in
KIN; street, in whose house the Poisoner had last
I. vrel, who gave a good account of him.
Williasn Thorp.—ls so ostler at the Angel
at Reading ; 'knows the Prisoner ; he'saw him twice;
rt
,Itesdisig; be saw him it the Angel lash,
Wltness saw Mr.* Rieharcla on the 24th of July;
scow the Prisoner in witness's, yard on that day ; he
*diked with witness for about five minutes; he slept
el the Angel on the 14th of March receding; wit.
cans sold a mesa for, him on that occasion; it was
hloutk mate oritness. got 101. for *henna,* ; was.
'old also his saddle and bridle, for whit-W*loMo

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got a crown for Witold Witham cannot be.
taken in the person oft pristine,: he is positive
slliim t he saw; Nest htorlborough4p7et office;
he was then also gaits mere that the Priernsee was
the person.
cross..ezessaued.-IVitnesio was etantlned before
the Mayor of Reading. with reipet to the
enure he sold. Witness believes he ea* the person
once before, for whom he sold the mire is March;
he saw him as he can judge. about twelve ruontlis
before; he sold the snare to a publican for 101.
the publican's name was Shelly. The mare waa
afterwards claimed by one Jenkins, which caused
the examinatiou before the Mayor. Witness. on
that occasion, told tht Meyer he believed be sold
a horse for the same person two Years before. Wit-
ness does not believe he told the Mayor that he saw
the person frequently ; lie believes he told the
Mayor that he saw him trice, and that he slept at
the house a. • traveller. When Witness saw the
Prisoner in Marsh. he was dressed in a broon cost.
top-hoots, and light kerseymere breeches ; his own
hair. without powder, and full Whiskers.
The evidence for the prosecution having been
closed—

The COMMON SERJEAAI addressed the Prisoner.
He said that his Counsel were nut at liberty to ad.
dress the Jury, hut thst lie might do so himself if
he hail .0 ohserwstions to make, on which the Pri-
Soner hande' ill a written statement, which he re-
quested might be read. It wai accordingly read
by the Clerk.

After some prefatory observations, tlif paper
went on to state that the Prisoner was the son of a
respectable-gentlemen residiwg iii the %Vero ludic.;
that et an early age he wan sent front his native
country to Scotland, to be educated its that coon.
try : and after his education was completed, he was
put into a respectable compting-house—the house
of Messrs. Rutherford and Co. of London, who
were relations of his father; lie retnaineil in that
house diFtharging his duties and sustaining a good
diameter for five years, when he left it for a situ..
Lion in the Bank of England, in which situation he
continued for five years ; when lie left the Bank in
1815, he received a sum of money from his father
for the purpose of setting up in business; he en-
tered into partnership with a respectable Gentle.'
man, hut finding the business not nuwenng their
expectations, in two years after the partnership was
dissolved by mutual consent. He afterwards en-
tered into business himself, but still not succeeding
according to his wishes, he determined to retire into
private life—he accordingly took lodgings at the
house of Mrs, Dodson, of No. 34, King-street,
Bryanston-square, where he resided from the
month of November, 1818, to August, 1819 ; from
that lodgings lie went to reside in a small cottage
near the Regent's Canal, at Parldingtoo, which he
took from a Mr.• Mitchell, who occupied the next
house; he met the Prosecutor, Mr. Richards,
early in January, who addressed him. saying he
met with him at Reading fair. The Prisoner, in
reply, said that the Prosecutor must be in error.
[Here the atatement went on to describe the cir-
cumstances of Prisoner being arrested and taken
to Marlborough-street office.j
Witnessed of respectabiliry would be produced,
as well to his character as to some material facts of
the case. The Jury were to decide whether lie
should still preserve that character which, mail the
present prosecution, calumny had newer stain-
ed, or consign him to infamy. He had never
any dealing in horses; lie never was on horse-
back since he left his native country ; when
in the counting-house of Messrs. Rutherford and
Co. he got his head shaved, he not having hair, in
fact, but wool ; ever since he wore a wig, which
he kept constantly powdered until the last two
months. 'fhe address concluded by a strong and
solemn appeal to heaven that he (the Prisoner) was
entirely innocent of the charge brought against him.
The first witness for the Prisoner was

Margaret Anne Boderisy, crammed by /Jr.
At.-
LEY.—Lives in Kiug-street, Bryanstone-squart.
The Prisoner and his wife lodged with her. They
came t• lodge with her on the -24 of November,
1818, and continued with ber till the 7th of August,
1819. During all that time witness is confident
he never slept a single night nut of her house. of
course he never was absent for a sufficient time to
go to Heading. He was a man of extremely rep).
tar habits, and lived with more than ordinery eco-
nomy. Witness never heard him talk of horses, or
knew he had any concern with horses. Witness
recollects the 4th of June bast. Prisoner came that
morning to Pee witness's daughter, who was ill. He
told witness on that morning that he wanted to go
to Clipstone-street about a bill. lie always wore
a wig with powder; lit was always in the habit of
coming to see witness's daughter. It was impossi•
ble for him to have been at Reading either on the
4th of June or on the 44th of July, for witness saw
him on each of those days. She knew the Prisoner
for four years; he always bore an excellent charac-
ter as a gentleman.
In answer to the COURT—Witness's husband is
a messenger in the employment of Government;
he is not iu Court. Witness's daughter is now
deed.
Mr. Stephens lodged in the .house of the last
witness, where the Prisoner lodged. He lodged
there from the Od of November to the 7th of An.
gust. Witness was very intimate with the Prisoner,
and spent several evenings with him. Witness can
of his knowledge say, that during that time the
Prisoner never slept out of his lodging • single
night; he never was absent twenty-four, or even
twelve, hours together.from.his lodgings. Witness
can speak positively, and from his own personal
knowledge, save of two nights, thenith and the
SOth of May, when witness slept out of the lodg.
ings. The Prisoner wore a wig with-powder;
he wore it in March and June last. He knew the
Prisoner for two years ; he bore the very best dia.
racier. Witness is a carpenter and builder. Wit-.
fleas saw him wear his wig without powder, within
the last two months. Witness never saw the Pri-
soner on horseback, or speak of being on horseback.
He never slew boots. or spurs with the Prisoner, save
• pair of oil boots-which witness saw in his cottage,
and which he told witesei.he lad far Ablative's
:before.
A yon erg Lady was noir! easebed Ore 'veld:net
catch her name) —Witness 11. d her souther (who:
is sow ill) lodged at Mrs. Beirleasy?* . Image whilst,
the Prisoner hedged there. *Witness went there in
the month of .December,. after the P. 0..,, went
there; 'knew.** Winslow with the 'Prisoner and'

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. cottage
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which the Prisoner lives ; he lives next door to -hint.
He took the cottage on the Roth of July last.
There were repairs wanted which were to be done
at Mr. Robertson's expense, the repairs were put
in hands in a few days after. The Prisoner went
to the cottage almost every dry after he took it,
until he went finally to reside there on the 7th of
August.

sir. Sebastian Geoghegan is • sculptor, and lives
in King-street; the Presences dressing-room over-
looked witness'. study ; Ise generally occupied from
ten to eleven in drooping himself. Generally speak,
ing, witness had drily opportunities of seeing him.
particularly in the latter tame. Whom considers
that he was iii the habit of seeing him daily.
Mr. Manning is a solicitor ; igniters knew a man
who bore • strong resemblance to the Prisoner ;
if use Prisoner lied large viluskerin mid wrote his
own black hair, witness never saw so great • like-
pers. Ile thinks ally one may fairly mi.iiikeoneJor
the other. That Men left Esiglaud ; he was sent
out of the conotri• by the last fleet by Int relations.
The mom witness+ speaks of wore black hair and
large whisker., remarkably well kept in order.
Witness paw that person many limes during the
last summer. Ile saw him 111 July last. %Vitiitas
hearing that the Prisoner was r luau of colour, went
yesterday to sir him at the primp-, and war struck
with the strolig rereaublance lie describer.
Mr. Manning, jun. agrees with the testimony
given by the Isis witness; who is his father.
Mr. James Crooke is a member of the Com-
mon Council; knew the Privener fur the last seven
or eight years; he bore the character of an honest
man. Witness' always had the highest opinion of
hint.

Mr. A. W. Rutherford i• • merchant, Wit.
nem knew the Prisoner since he came (ruin school,
from Scotland, in 1806. He was in witness's
Counting-house I he always bore the very best cha-
racter. Witness gave security for him to the
ilink. He wore a wig and powder since he was in
the &ink.

Mr. Curtis is a banker ; knew witness first in
1815 ; lie lost sight of horn for the last two years ;
I witness always considered him an honourable end
1 respectable man. He las at ibis momenta small
sum of money in wittiees's hands, which he never
called for. He wasintrnduced to witness's bank by
a gentleman of respectability.
Mr. Webb is • Surgeon; knew the Prisoner
1. very well for seven years; lie Is a man of the strictest.
honour and integrity, incapable colony unhandsome
! act ; lie always wore a wig and powder ; the Pri•
'wrier is a well-educated Gentleman, and not likely
to orris-spell.
Mr. Edward Bentley belongs to the Bank of
England ; he knows the Prisoner since 1811. when
he was under witness iii his office ; lie was remark-
ably attentive; bore a gond character there, and
left the Bank with the same goad character. for'
whet he considered a better situation ; be would
not be allowed in the Bank if be did not spell
correctly.
Mr. Joseph Hawker, of the look. Aso gave the
Prisoner a most excellent chewier.
Mr. Jebhing is head clerk to Messrs. Rutherford
and Co. He knew the Prisoner since 1806; he
was a well-educated man; knew perfectly well how
to spell; he knew the manner of the Prisoner's
hand-writing. The document produced wee never
written by the Prisoner; lie had wool on his head
when witness first knew him, and at witness's sug-
retina he had his head shaved, and gut a powder-
ed wig, which lie lies worn since.
Mr. Batton, solicitor, lives et Hatton-garden,
knows the Prisoner since 1815'; he drew up a pert.
nership deed for the Prisoner; lie always consider-
ed him a men of the highest honour.
Mr. issue. Batton, jun. agreed with the last wit-
ness in the account he gave of the Prisoner.
Mr. ALLEY said lie had a number of other wit-
newts of the first respectsbikty to examine, but
the Jury interrupted the Learned Gentleman, and
declared they were satisfied with the evidence pro.
duced.

The Coulson SIMEIANT briefly recapitulated
the evidence tio both sides, when the Jury instantly
brought in a verdict of Not Guilty.
Notwithstanding this verdict the Prisoner was
again arraigned and prosecuted for stealing a horse,
value 10/.. with a bridle and saddle, the property
of Lydia Thompson.

Lydia Thompson stated, than on the 3d of De.
cember, the Prisoner came to her stable-yard, and
took away a brown mare. De Paid be would re•
turn before dark, but never did return ; witness
did not see the Prisoner. until the 7th of this .mouth
at the (Ace, Marlborough-street.
Cross-examined by Mr. A no Lpir os.—A fter whet
witness had .heard daring the last trial, she yet
swears that the Prisoner was the mass who, took the
horse from her.

The ostler of Mrs. Thompson wee semi prod. faced ;
he stated that he saddled the mare in question for
the Prisoner, who rude her away. The Prisoner is
the man who took sway the mare, of this-he is mi..
tain ; he had on an olive-coloured breeches, tope
boots, and spun, with a blue coat.
Mr. Stevens stated, that he saw .Prisoner wear a :
drab-coloured breeches last anennser, bat did not
see him wear them latterly; he never saw him wear
an olive-coloured breeches.
The COlldod SIMJ.IIIIIIIT asked the Jury whe-
ther they would wish to re-timbals'!, or any of.the
mimosa's predued for the Prisoner od the hist
trial ?
The Jury considered further easmihation sone-
cessary, and returned an instant verdict of.--Ain
The Prisoner was spin arraigned for •Isming
stolen one mare, value 291.. the • property of W,l.
ham Austen, on the 30th of September. last. •
Mr. Austen,.a stable-keeper. is Windjaiti.rtms;
Haymarket. mated, that the Prisoner come to
Ins yard sod .took -mit • the more on 'the •ft4thi
of September last; he •returned in some", hoar%
and had -.both bin eyes blackened, which was
occasioned. he. said, by the mist, throwing an.ber'
head and hitting lam in.dse bee. ,tht.ihe,3olll,4if
September he. sidle 010009041 tiara Odd• teak old the •
mare, first • isomer immerged. • • Wiliness con -spook
with certeiuty that the Primmer was the oseikteho'

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bah away the elite. Re is pesitiie ap, ep his pet►
iota!
Din Attire—As to the impaction .f the Pei.
sooer, lr am sure there is no doubt on the Weds of
the Jury ; lilt in *der to 'hew hov► igtoosly in error
this wituess is. I will produce a pollens!, who se.
the Prisoner on the neat day, the gstb of *Septa*.
bee, and who will swear that the Prisoner iso that
day had neither black eyes, nor the appearance of
them. •
Mr. James Hatton wu then ekantined. tite
stated that be sew the Prisoner on the 45th of
September, he conversed with him far some time,
and gave bier • draft far UV. Hr 1:4(1 110 appear•
sore whatever of having had ■ black rye.
The COnIION SERJEAfii said, skit it was clear
the witnesses for these provecutions were mistaken
as to the person of the Prisoner, thongli it was
equally clear that those witnesses 'wore from con.
h was nertirtunate for the Prisoner that
he resembled in person a man who committed tit
many depredations on society. The innoceace of
the Prisoner could not be doubter!.

Mr. ALLEY said, he hoped he might be permit-
ted to mention that, though twenty persons had
been defrauded, and though all of them cense op
to Marlborough-street Office, and saw the Pri-
soner, yet none of them, save the present Prosecu-
tors, ...mild venture to ■weer that he was the person
by whom they were so defrauded.
The Jury returned a verdict of—Not Guilty.

The Prisoner was next arrisigued for stealing e
horse, the property of Mr. John .Anderson. Nlr.
Anderson, however, stated to the Court that he
did not wish to irrosecute the Prisoner after the
proceedings which had taken place.
The Prisoner was now relented front the dock,
after both the Court aid the Jury expressed their
entire conviction of his innocence. He modestly
bowed to the Court on his leaving the dock. He
was cheered by the loud and enthusiastic applause
of the aludience-,,sts honourable expression of led-
ing at the triumph of au inuoteut and injured man.

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Lis r►i're in the dauth kay; taw the Prisoner
doily ;. it vas inspesOtt rar hint to hose gone a
journey of eighty mike without witness knows"
it. The Prisoner abeam two powder. Witnirs
still ludgiug with Na. &Away.
Mr. Mitchell is the p►oprietor of the cottage in