The Sun.
London, England, 1808-04-05 00:00:00

MISREPRESENTATION.

Lir.. H. 'WELLESLEY said he was„under the neces-
sity trespassing fOr a few moments upon the
time of the House, in consequence Oa gross mid.
representation (iti.erted in a Morning,Paper).of se-
vi.dral. passages in the speeeli deliveted by an Hon:
ptre4Or, art Thursilsy last. Mr. Wellesley observ-
ed, that the. statement 'contained in the Paper which
be held in his band, was direaly and absolutely con-
traditaory to the whole tenor of .the Hon. Gentle!.
man's „speech, at' least; as far as 'it related per-
vinally to. Lord Wellesley and to himself
Whatever opinions that Honourable: Gentleman
may have expressed with respat • to the gene-
ral arrangement in (rude, he entirely. disclaim-
ed any Imputations of a personal, kind. He was
.persaa led that the House would feel with him, that
to suffermisrepresentations of such a tendency to go
forth uncontradiaed, could not fail to lie highly in..
jurious to the Characters of the individuals alluded to,
and ilterefore?'that he need make no apology for
having brought thesUbjed before the HOuSe; As,
however, heves willing to believe that the mi,re-
,presetitationkof which he complained were `lot in-
sentional; on 'the part Of the'persons concerned in'
the paper to heialluded, lie should, with the
leave of the Housei rest satisfied with having brought'
the .subjeel under its notice; in the hope that this
%Willd be a sufficient warning to thoie persons to be
enure cautious and More accurate in fUttirtL

Mr. It. Tuoil N TON said, he understood his speech
on a former evening to be the one alluded to, and
iituarked that fieVeral friendslhAd litated to him, hbw
initbh it was Enisrepreiented, which afterwards was
Fmfirtned by his (mu purusal wha; was attri-

butte! to him. Though he had animadverted strong-
ly on tile general system of policy in lniia, and, the
particular transactions in Oude, be bad pointedly
signiherl, that he Meant to impute nothing disre7
speaful to the personal chara&er of the Noble Mar,
quis or of the Hon. Gent. himself. Had he been
only silent as to every thin; of a personal tendency,
the allusions in the newspaper would have been high-
ly unjustifiable, but when he had in two separate
debates adopted the language thrown out as a chal-
lenge by an Hon. Baronet, and admitted with him
that there was no where , an attempt to wound the
Noble Marquis by personal insinuation, Mr. Thorn-
ton thought it very unfortunate that an erroneous
report should mislead the public mind. He believed
the misrepresentation arose from accident, not from
design, mid therefore hoped no further steps would
be taken against the proprietors of the paler in
question.

- The SPEAKER hoped the House would excuse him
for remarking, that. however the pra6lioe may have
been tolerated, tht• House -was always at liberty to.
limit and to punish any infradion of its privileges in
the publication of.what purported to be the reports of
its proceedings. At present, he did not understand
that any complaint was made with a' view to the
animadversion of the House.
Lord TEMPLE wished lo know, whether it vas-
intended to found any motion,on the Papers preSent-
ed relative to the Pardarelles.

Mr. W. TAYLOR answered, that it was his inten-
tion to offer a motion on the subjeEt of these Papers
on the earliest open day after the recess.
An order was made that the Papers be taken into
consideration on Thursday, May 5, when Mr. TAT-
Loa said be would move for a Committee upon
them.

-Mr. Ron,. presented a Petition from the British
Museum, praying the annual aid.
Mr. HUSKISSON presented some further estimates
of miscellaneous services.

. .
Mr, HUSKISSON brought up the Report of the
Committee of Supply. • i .
The Resolutions making various grants for miscel-
laneous services were agreed to. .
Mr..W.H.t wroN brought up the Report, of the
Committee of Ways and Means. The Resolutiofts
were agreed to. , .

ThelnAwcst.Loa of the EXotIEQUER thought it
right to state; that the restrictions on carrying arm
for the pretended destru&ion of other animals, but
in reality for the destruCtion of game, was to extend
to rabbits.

Mr. CALCRAFT wished to know, whether it was
not intended to extend the same:prohibitinn. to the
killing of blachbirc6 and sparrows latigh). .
Mr. Nxcuoi.sow CALvEnT thought rabbit's a great
nuisance on fartns, and that every tanner ought to be
all Owed to kill them on his own lands.

Sir ..eiIiTHUR IcELLESLEY rose, in pursuance
of the notice he had given,. to move for leave to
bring irfa Bill to amend the Law now in force in
Ireland,, respecting Persons entering into Recogni-
zances in Criminal Cases. He said; the necessity of
• some legislilive provision on this subject must be ob-
,vious.to every person acquainted with the manner in
which Recognizances were entered into in Ireland..
He had, therefore, prepared a•Bill, which he;now
desired to submit to the consideration of the House.
It was not his"intention to make this a retrospective
Bill, and to call now for the payment of the forfeited
Reeognizances, of which, he was sorry to say, there
were a great number : his object was, if possible, to
introduce Regulations which should prevent the evil
for the future. It was well known that numbers of
cases occurred that persons without any property
entered into RecOgnizauces, and readily swore
themselves worth the sum required; of course,
if the Recognizance was forteited, the sum
could not be levied, or, very often, the persons
found. Upon this point he should propose
that a person entering into a recognizance, should
swear himself worth double the sum required, and
that. he should also give his place of abode upon 'oath.
He also .proposed.to give the Judges of Assize power.
to examine into the state of the property of persons
who had entered into recognizances, in order to
ascertain whether it was sufficient to answer .the
amount of the recognizance, 'and to authorise them
to confine persons mlnise property should not be.
found sufficient to, discharge the engagement they
had entered into. - These, were the leading features
of the Bill which he had to propose, and which he
trusted would meet With the approbation of the,
House. He then concluded with moving for leave,
to bring iu the Bill.
Mr. Al. A. TAYLOR wished to be informed
whether forfeited recogitizances were not estreated.
into the:Exchequer in Ireland, as they were in Eng..
land. .•.

Sir A. WELLESLEY replied that they were not
estreated into the Exchequer Ireland .; they were
applied to the purpose of making and repairing'
roads, &c. &c, and were levied by County ColleCtors..
Sir JOHN .NEI-VPOAT said, he. was perfectly
aware -of the necessity of making some, Legislative
provision upon this subject ; but he feared this Bill
would not altogether answer the purpose-for Which
it was intended. There were many essential points
which appeared to him to have been omitted.; he
hoped, therefore, that bill, time would be given,
during the progress of the Bill, to make it as perfect
as possible. With regard tcribe power given to. the
Judges of the Assizes to investigate' the property of.
persons who bad ehtered into reeognizances, he
thought it would be throwing a great burthen upon
the Judges, who; from a. variety of causes, had more
btisiness at the Assizes already than they could well
ptirforin,

Si 4. WELLES,LEY said, it was by no means
his wish to burry the Bill ; it was his intention to
move that the Bill should be printed, and that full
time should be given for its consideration. He beg-
ged, however, to observe, that this Bill had been,
brought in after repealed consultatiOn with those
who, from their situation, were best qualified to
form correct• opinions upon this subject, and that
part of the Bill to which the Hon. Baronet•had ad-
verted in the conclusion of his speech was inserted
by, the consent of 'those who were to carry the Bill
Into execution.

After a few worth from Mr. PA 11NU7.1, the Motion
Was agreed ito, and the Bill brought itt, read A first
time; and ordered, to be read a, second time on Thurs-
day,_ and, printed.

Mr. IFiLLIAMS WYNIVAT ruse, pnrsuant to his
notice, to move that there be laid before the Rouge
a Copy of ttu MillUte2 (dale Froc9edingt ot the Sus.

sex Maine Committee, so far as the samerelated
to the Petition Of Mr. Sergison. He declared that
be hod no intention whatsoever to impeach the de-
cision Of the Cemmitoe, or to recall to the jurisdic-
tion of the Hodie what it so properly delegated to
the hands of a selea body. On the contrary, his
desire was, to fortify and preserve the . rights of_.
Committees, by - establishing .a-,permanent barrier-
against Resplutions of the House which frequent-
ly. milled the Committees. He had already given
notice of his intention to propose, in the next
Session, a measure relative to the general .exchange
of lists on questions of comroVerted,...ele4lou. He
conceived 'that the Minines'qf the Sassex'dena-
mittee, sliewing the imperfeCtion of. the `law as
it stood, by the construction the Committee had
felt itself bound .te put on it, would materially
strengthen the grounds on which he meant to submit
his intended preposition to the House. •He conclud-
ed with moving for a Copy of the Minutes relating
to Mr. Sergison s Petition.

The. CiiiiiNCELIJOR. of the EXCHEQUER
knew -no instance of moving for the Minntei of an
El pion committee, except when the Committee
itself wished for a proeeeding on them. Every ner,
cpssary use may be made of the decision of the'Com-•
ipittee, and every appeal trade in argument to the
grounds of that decision, as if they were before the.
House. The, intended measure of the 'Hon. and
Learned Gentleman may; therefore; as well be
offered without the Minutes, and of course he
thought it wrong to innovate on'the practice of the-
House, or to cast an implied refle6tion on the Com-.
mittep, by calling for them.
Sir AUTH PH. PIGOTT thought no proper Par-
liamentary reference could be made to the. decision
of the §ussex Committee, and certainly not to the
groOds of: it,. unlesi the: minutes were before the
House. •

.17.44hEi thought it absolutely necessary
that the Minutes of the,Cornmittee should be before
the House, and as a Member -of that Committee, saw
no objealon. The Committee found itself by a
Itesolution 'of the House precluded from taking
Sergison's. Petition into consideration, Mr. Fuller
!was therefore declared duly elected. The situatidn
;of the case was strange. Mr. Sergison could :not.
'be supposed duly ele6ted, because there was ,a ma-
jority of fifty-seven votes against him. Neither
could Mr. Fuller, because he had given in a deelara-.
• tion abandoning his seat. -Yet, in these circumstances,
Mr. Fuller was declared duly elated, because the
Resolution of the House prohibited the considera-
tion of Mr. Sergison's case. It wRs most material to
:lfave.theso faCts in ciproper'shape before the House,
with. a view to the proposed legislative remedy,
which he hoped would be brought forward early iu
this Session, instead .of being deterred to the .next.- •
Sir THOMAS TUBTOA thought it a grievous
hardship on Mr. Sergison that his case could not
be taken into consideration,and thought the proposed
legislative retnedy•excee. dingly pi-61)er : but he could
not therefore allow the
,call tor. the `Minutes of
the Committee, .which was neither necessary nor
proper.
Lord TEMPLE allowed the propriety of the
conduct of this, CoMMittee, but contended that the'
Grenville AO was frittered away by Resolutions of
the House interfering with the general itiicretiOn of
the Committee.

Mr. GRAHAM objected to the prodeetion-of-the
List.

Me. PONSONBY thtiught it necessary to have
the•grounds of the decision in. a substantive form, in
order to shew the necessity of an Act of the Legi-
slature to remedy the existing deficiencies.
The .question being called tor the • House divided,
; • ur the Motion - •.• 31
Against it • . - - Sh

Majority - . •ay
FINANCE COMMITTEE.

1111.. LIDDULPH ruse to make his promised mo-
tion on the constitution 'of the. Committee of
stance. It appeared to him to be of the utmost im-
portance that that Committee should be so consti-
tuted,. that the public should not have the least sus-
picion of any management having been used in its
formation.' He disclaimed all invidious or personal
motives. , His.motion was deed against the Chair-
man of the Committee of Ways and Means, and not
against any, other particular person. On the first
appointment of the. Conimittee of Finance, for
;which he had had the honour to move, it was
felly, understood that no
.persen holding an office
should be included in it ; and although it had ap-
peared that a Noble ViscoUnt was - SO included,, yet
.ou a subsequent. formation of a similar Committee,
that Noble Viscount's name was omitted in the list,
on the specific ground that he held a sinecure place.
It certainty was not without example that persons
holding odiees had been included in such Commit-
tees. In the Committee of 3797 for instance ; but
then the House would recollect that that Committee
was formed-in a manner contrary to the wish of the
~Hcin. Member by whom it had been proposed. He
would not attempt to argue . incompetence on the
pin of that Committee. Its reports, which were
on the table, Were the best guides which the House
cpuld have in foiming their opinion of it. The first
oblation which he anticipated to his Motion was,
that the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Meanswas not appointed by the Crown; but was'
called to his situation' b' the Suffrages of the Honse.
His 'Resolution: was framed so' as to acknowledge
this; but still it
.was perkily well known, that the
nomination did prOceed from the other side of the
House; it was perfectly understood that the Chair.=
mail of the Committee of Ways and Means was
under the absolute patronage of the Chancellor of the'
Exchequer; at lease he might state, tlizit the K4O-
- came &nal the Ministerial 'Benches, and that
the House generally found it .cotlvenient tti accede-
to that proposition. He was anxious that the
nancial 'Ceinmittee, like Caesar's . wife; should not
only be:, .free front guilt but tree from snspiciOn. l f
t Le principle of Isis Resoletion were related, it might'
happen that a committee might .he appointed at the
commencethent of a Session,cortipth;ed of twenty
five Meinbera net ht any office, and that by the
end Of the Session, 'the wisule might be in official
situations.. He hada strong objection to see any of-"
men in the Finance Committee ; he had a
cuiiarly strOrig objeelion to see the CilairMan of the
Conitnittee of Ways and Means there, thinking as
he did, and as he had formerly declared to the House;
that to that sit9ation no emolument ought to be at-.
tached. He acknowledged, that on the oct-Itsion to
allUdecl, few persons coincided with him

in sentiment, but he expressed himself to be still of
opinion, that it was one of the greatest solecism's
which the institution of the House exhibited, that
any Member of it should be paid for doing his duty.
He was aware that- the Chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Meansexectited many important duties,
but he was convinced that that part of those duties
which wits eohnefibed- with therevenuemight be-un-
dertaken without expence by-some of the persons on
tbe Treasury Bench, and that that part of the duties
which- was conpe6ted with local interests, ought to
be undertaken by the representatives of those places
or districts, the interests of which were affeaed..--- •
At tome'futore period be Would again submit to 'hp
House the propriety of abolishing the salary at pre-
sent given to the Chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means. The success of 'that motion must
in a great measure depend upon the temper of the
Financial Committee. lf they went as deeply into
retrenchment as be wished them, he had Tittle doubt
that such a-measure would be recommended by' them
as oneof 'predicable and adviseable reform. With,
out, theretore, imputing any thing' dishonourable try
the present Chairman of the Committee of Ways
and Meahs,:it was impossible, • reasoning upon the
priticipleiby winch human nature was actuated, to
suppose that that Gentleman . could bp so zealous.
member -of the Committee of retrenchment, as if -
he were not in possession of a lucrative situation...-. •
It was a'principle of English law, that no man
should be a Judge in his own case. In Juries, to
shear that a man had the slightest interest iq that
which was' to be submitted to his own investigation,
sufficiently warranted a.challonge. This was a case
strietlY analogous to the present.. Besides* eat the
score of the duties imposed on
,the Honourable Genl..
tleman in question, as Chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means, he might well be excused from
filling another situation, by which his labours were
aggravated, although he (Mr. Biddulph) ellowed
that, he had only once seen that HoneurableQoCle,..
Man in the Finance Committee !town. He couldr
'state to the House, however, that the next Report of.-4
the Finance committee would not be exactly • what
it, would-haveyheee had that Hon. Gentleman not
a•ttencled:eveg .that once. It rnighi.be better-4
might bi,worse--unquestionably it would be differ-
;ern, Waving declared his •intention Of folloWing up •
his motion, should it be.agreed to, with another for
adding the Hon. J. W. Ward
Moving th
artitotiiie Committee
tin.9Jitowitedpl
Resolution Finance, e concluded
" That Mr: Richard Wharton having. been eallect,,hr.thif
House to ;fie Chair ofthe Committee of Ways and Meansl,
be
e)pcuout4e'reAdintsi:cali3,tt. LuthrLiehoe, aqvhdancp b;i the Corninitteq,t
Finance." ;
had HRonof. getirtiern4!CuillPEul9dUli4 049
adduced some precedent, or would 'have Made. out
some strong case, ere jie had snbmitted to the Home
a iriptiorewhicli seemed to cast no slight iMpLitgigq
on,the-Hen. Gentieman against whom it was
ed, more especially When it was coptiected *ith oae
of his laitobservatiops, By that observiition it iv-,
peered that a majority in the Committee of Finanest
had been- recently occasioned by the presence of the
Chairman of the ,Committee of Ways and 'Means,
and -that bad not that ,circumstance occurred, the
Hon. Mover's attention would not have been direaed
to ~tlie subject.- To him it appeared inippssibiSst
without the establishment of some grave chargp, to
remove a•Member from a situation to which he had
been chosen by'-the House. The Hop. Gentleman
said he thought it necessary to do this= because ba
imagined, that the Chairman of the Committee of
'Ways and Means-:was an Vtficer appointed by
vernMent. • It was not so. He was appeifited by
the House', who voted him into that situation,. AS
to the recominendatioe of hii Majesty's Minuiteis,
the Honourable Gentieman might as well apply hill
reasoning -on that subjeet to any (-Abet act of 1141
House. The. H.;tl-.. Gentleman fancied it ppoilko
that iof-a' Committee composed at the coininencli
meat of a Session of twenty-five Members, hplding.,
no official' Sifitatiuns, the whole,- ere tile close oill
sinne Session, might become possessed of Otfit.•es...-.:
But was nut 'the Hon. Gentletnan aware tbat by ail
appointnient to +mice, a Member-vacated his seat ia
the House, and consequently in a Committee; 1114
tuhloatuseoniihat-,riet-lenled,thetuiln.
aspt(otsiwheFitidlttottlirege.lib)itlesit,rareot.epeelie:iiie,
Committee or not,
there hatt been instances 'since the establishreent,`,"
the Finance Committee, of individUalS who; 1111V-1"!6.;
accepted ()tikes, had been sent hack to their quote
tuents, and• who had *been re-etected, but v(lio 144
not been re-appointed Members of the Committal
He was far from being ready to adtrift, that becatist
his Majesty thougot proper to confer an otlice On 014"
cdusidered as disqualified for Any
Member of the- House, that he ought thei4oretq'
lie
duty to wniFf
any other Member of the House was competent."'"
He denied that because a person was in office, he.,
must necessarily be distrusted. He did not Poss'
What were the Honourable Gentleman's views, of
public life, but it he were desirous of has-tug the,
portunity of discharging any great public duty with.
fidelity, he did not think that he Might to fall in tli
estimation of the world were lie to embrace sueil'al
opportunity if it were afforded' him. Of thiS
her
hwiams
wsuerree, that
not the
i thatH on,
opinion,G tlilem en who surrounded.
that men pursued the noblest road to'farne by Seeking
it in public utility. He trusted, theref re, that the
nd
duties thoa th
ft
ai
Iyey.ct(l:Onergnilti:,
House would not feel that the a
tee would be worse performed because it inclode4 •
within it persons holding official situations.
leis could an objection apply to a Gentleman chiii.fq,
by the House, in consequence of his distingui#ol
character and talents, to till the honourable situation
WChairilian of the Committee Of Ways and Means;
as, he on" that account tO be distrusted ? As wel',
Might the Speaker of the House be distrusted. Nei-
ther situation was the appointment of Government.;
Beth were in .the election of the House, and to no
Oentlillianeln; filled either, could any dishonours-'
ble imputation on that account with any, thing like,
justice tar plausibility be attached.
Mr. lk 1-11TBRL,-1 D allowed ihat he felt the ut-
most ine.ignaiion, in common with the Right Hal.,
Gentlernaiii.whleieser it was.siated that all Placebo
Must necessasilp..be dishonest. He admitted that
situations, itieh.as, that Right Hon. Gentleinanfitled, .
were the [nest laud.ible objects of ambition„ and Ire-
miently Called birth the noblest energies of the hu-
rnan mind. ititL path to office might be, and Ole?
had beeta,,,tbe pilot, of honour.J. but unfortunateir
other paths had sometimes been pursued, by whic'.
QttiCq hack become disrepuyable. - There were Pauli: •

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tions which a Placeman ought 'riot to occupy, that
the public might not even suspe4 him. That in
question appeared to him to be one of these, The
night Hon. Gentleman had asked why,the Chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means Might not
be as honourable and. impartial as,the Speaker;
it must be recolleCted, that in the Committee of
Finance, Mr. Wharton's opinion and vote had.
constant influence,: while those of the Chair ofthat.,
}louse
,were seldom called forth., Once indeed
on the ever memorable occasion id April, 1805,.it
4ad been _incontroVertibly proved that strict impar
tiality was compatible with the situation of a Speaker
of the House of 'Commons. 'With reEtpett to the
anointtnent.of-the.Chairpan of the Committee of
Ways and Means ;to his' office, it was well knoern,
that that always fbuk place in consequence of 6 re 7.
commendation. from Ministers. He did not cop-
tend.tbatit-Was improper;. he only contended tbai
the person who• obtained that Chair was rendered '
unfit for-the-Committee of Finance. .He might be
a very honourable man, and so might the First Lord
of the Admiralty, and so might the First;Lord of the.
Treasury, and so might the Secretary of State.-^olt,
They might be all honourable men, although they.
voted one day against the prodnetion, of papers, and
another day for the procluetion ; although they .said
No to a proposition 'to which they were soon after
prepared to say Yes; but though they were all
honourable men;''' he did not think that the public
would be .perfeelly satisfied- to .;see them in the
!Committee of 'Finance. He trusted that the House
would agree to the Motion for. the purpose of sutir'
stituting fur the Chairman of the Committee .of
'Ways and Means, 'a man who has given unques-
tionable evidence of his capacity, to fill.any situation,
-however high and inaportant its duties.
Mr. H. BROWNE opposed the motion. There
was a narrow and vulgar prejudice against persons in
place, which be did nut wish to see encouraged.--s-
It was disparaging to ofEce--;it was disparaging' to
'the country. If the Hon. Gentleman who was th'e
objeet of this motion were to.be removed from ,the
Committee of Finance, that Committee would' lose
-One of its most valuable Members. He was sur-
prised that the Han. Gentlein,4l Should hake me-
tioned what had occurred in the'Committee. Whitt
respea Co the transaction to which lie had alluded
it Was a question of small importance; on winch th
Committee happened to be equally divided, 'and on
which the. Chairman of the Committee of Ways
'nd Meant; happened' to,be on `one side rather than
.on the other. •
• , Mr. HURD was anxious 'that it. should. be 'di 8-
tinaly understood that this proposition was the'
etiontaneous a& of his Hon. FriencL. He stated this
lest he should be suspeded-of-having stimu-,
Mated him, to make a motion, the ultimate objeCt-sof
which was, to appoint him (Mr. Ward) to a situa-
tion, to the duties of which he felts himself incorn-.
patent. With resped to the 'suite& immediately'•
before the HOU*, lie could not be expeCted to offer
any opinion. He would only 'add, that if he had
any influence with his Hon. Friend, he would re-
commend, to him to withdraw his. motion, or at
least not tq press it. to a division.•
Mr..PONSON.I3Y supporeetl it, as the Chair-
*an of Ways and Means had already eneugh to oc-
'cupy him. .
Mr.. BIDDULPH denied that it was in conse-
.
nuenCe of the vote which Mr. Wharton 'gave in the
'Committee that he .brought ,forward h 0 Motion
'and he assurett. the Right Hon. Gentlemin,ioppositc
to him, that if he Were.called to any appoint:A:tent in
the State, he would perform its tun Mons falthfully
without.-fee or reward. ,• • ! '1:
The House divided—
For the MOtion
Against it

21 •
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Majority - —49
After a short conversation between Mr. TIERNEY,.
Sir JOIN NEWPORT, and Mr. FOSTER, the Com-
mittee on the Irish Supply Bill was postponed till;
Nednesday
.next.
Some Papers relative to the Danish Navy, were
toresented, and ordered to lie upon the table.
.;
The House then resolved itself into a CorprojAce,
to hear Evidence in support of the Petition pf,the;
American Merchilpts against 010 Orders in, Council
till; and several Witneises were examined by Mr.
Alexander Baring, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Rose, Mr.
Tierney, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
Mr. Steven's.
Adjourned at half past twelves

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Wv yesterday stated, that when the post left Ply.
mouth on Saturday, the Leyden, from off the l'agui,
was standing into the Sound, and that it w not
known what intelligence she brought : we have now
4n-fly to add, that she brings no news of any •im.
portance.

Another report was yesterday circulated respect-
ing; the battle which is supposed to have taken place
in the Mediterranean. It was stated that a Noble
toKi had received a Moniteur of 'a late date, which
stated, that the French Squadron had sustained a
check in the Mediterranean.

According to another account, a French Paper of
the 22d ult. (not the Moniker) contains the fa-
towing article :—" Letters from Bayonne speak of a
naval battle in the Mediterranean on the last day of

February) one of the most aangninary thistles hap
paned in the maritime history of the:present cen-
tury, The particulars are not yet 'fiillylnown."
But after the/Post diligent inquiry we cannot find
that any such Papers have been received, and we
believe this report is entitled to as little credit ai
taosa which we noticed yesterday. ,

St11(LIN:11, hl the Diatienz, turrit-,:d ye:-;
terdpy, in the4.)owos, having:the following Fleet,of
indiatiten from Bedgal and Madiai inkier his .etit-
,.Marchloness o 1 EXeter, Admiral Catchiert AOKI Melville
Dover Castle, Baring,Unitecl Kingdom, .andDevaynt.s, Tot-
tenham and Union, extra Ships.
The Dialem left the Cape on the loth January, at
•thtttstimetheCsarrison were in perfe6t health..
Ihe Last-Tudiatoen exiled from Bengal, Op. the
11th of Oclobery from Madras on. the .24111,--arrived
nt the Cape of Good Hope On'the 30th ofbecem-.
"ber, ailed froth thence on i otli Jannary—arrived a t
St. Helen's on istli January, and sailed on 4th Fe
bruary.

The E.rperinient And 71g-- icss. East-Indiamen Ar-
.Tived at the Cape of Good Hope; and sailed from
thence 1 oth January, for iuciia. •

,),11
:Orit of the OppOsition Papers informs us, that a
Letter ha's just been received frond Holland, stating,
that ", the Orelers of Council have excited, tile
ode of the Continent, the language'of which. is, that
'we hale lent Oii`f hands to execute, the. piirposes of
nce • as .Prance th:re44ti4.l. 'What she
„ •
could not perform, we have come flii-Ward. and per-
formed it oiarselvd.4. We heartily 'tin2-raValate the
Dutch upon their facetiOusnes' which is the. mare
•to be.adMired in. therm,. as this. same Letter con-
fesses, that " Holland is in a t3fate•Of ex-
treme distress—that the ta%es are not paii„;!.and that
.Government is compelled to compromise with the
•defaulters !" I. Assuredly this• Pleasant Statenien(Of
`our witty iteipbuqurs clots riot abSolut'ely'pro've that
•
,we have lentAttr bands to ext;eute inc;prrrposes, tf
i,-lileakee.!"'•:Nordoes, what•foilows., in ,the-same Let:.
'aitogetter.'ConVince us that Frat;ce thre'at'eneci
9:: • ~77ti z) . • ,
Sile:gggid .not perform, since we learn that
ft.,44.ll:.A'mericztri .Ves4elS which have obeyed the-Or-
'lrirs Of Connell 'are innitediately forfeited 1" The
questioq;.alter detailing the ilrliiiant,Sallies
. meek
•
. of the Dutch upon those unfortuitate,Orders,-
ly adkiq:•—" We should hope 'thit'thCie points are
.knot well founded.:" a trait of roodesiy thit, iu thoe
days, of impudent pretension to politkal:sagacity,
-cantrot be rob hi hly applatided, sine..every one of
these prints" has been positively asserted a htlki-
'Aired times, within the last two months; in the %cry
• Paper which ,new-littefts to doubt 'of their foUnda-
tion
.This is ,the whitiing,l)ypotfrisy of a . •
..
disap-
pointed and malevolent arty thy tirSt. supply the
Enemy with 'argument.,.; such as they are, apinst
their Country ;. and, '. hew the‘y their; adopted,
re-itasert, them' their favoutite tits-
sembled.appren.e.nsion, and a canting hope, as in the
present instance, that they are " :trot well founded !"
Tile real fad, however, is, 'a
.fa6l Which can no
longer be palliated or concealed, that the Orders in
Council have had an effeel on France and her Al-

,:lies tar beYond the most: sanguine eitpet;tatiOns of
those .who,so ably proposed .anacarried them into
praEtice: They. are deeply. felt.in.every part
of Europe ; and, if maintained with the same
-ft.trialneSs and vigour, that. prevail at, present, will
:inevitably, in tln 'course •of a feW Months, decide
this 16ng p‘retra'aed struggle in our Wont . But there
must be no relaxatlon, no mitigation of severity—
noiattentiori to that-puritanical whining Which, would
convert Parliament into a conventicle, and, while
it.•pasiies over in 'silence the rigid interdict-which
BUONAPARTP. has laid tin .the exportation of grain,
thunders out its anatheinai; against a simple attempt
to raise the price of bark ! Already France is .
agi-
tated and alarmed: hence those pathetic
.remon-
strances against our unfortunate blindness, which
till the pages of ,the Monitetir hence those kind
intimations that we are "lending otir lianas, to exe-
cute her dearest purposes!" hence those prophetic
assurances, those considerate warnings; that vile• are •
incurring the displeasure of the Continent, and in..
juring ourselves through the sides of those innocent
and dliintereited. Neutrals, who have hitherterrO•
-lieved us from the Carrying trade, and borne the
biirthen. of 'our' profits ! Topics, which have long
since lost the grace of novelty with our iteaders,and
which the French politicians, much to the discred
of 'their ingenuity, have, borrowed, without .a single
improvement, from the senatorial harangues of those
,profound and disinterested,Statesmen, Lords' Avoli."-
LAND and SIDMOUTIi, as delivered itt the Opposi-
tion Papers

Dispatches from Admiral Sir A.t.ExANUE.R Coon-
!UNE were yesterday received at the Admiralty :
'they contain an account of several of the
,Enemy's
Privateers having been captured by the Ships under
his orders.

Sit JAMES SAUNIAREZ had yesterday a long inter-
view with the Duke of PORTLAND and Lord CAS-
?LAHR/COO, at Burlington House, and afterwards
with Lord AItYLGRAVE, at the Admiralty.
I.llJrn the number of flat-bottomed Boats that
are landing at Deal, not less than 200, it iy sup-
pasti that another Expedition is preparing. Other
Boats are nearly completed, which are to carry cat -

A Letter from Demerara, dated 20th JannarY,
1808, says—"'An Emblrgo W:l4 yesterday hiid on
all Wssels hem, tnerely to detain the Amerivrtis fr.)in
getting away, till re see on which side 11,•y w
declare."
Bread continues at last weelL'el4ice.

1

NAVA E W S.

r: • i•
PoarsmouVr, A RIL 4.-41.rrived this day the
Boadicea Frigate, Capt. MAITLAND, from a cruize
off Havre; Brilliant Frigate, ,and dnt Schooner,
from Guernsey ; and Streniiaus Gun-brig, from a
cruize. Also the Eckbse, Ricamtbsos,,,,and
Li-
lerty, SHOIViEtt (Transports), from Guerh3ey, in 12
hours. •

nosed by a Flea of boisters and Vianallets from
the Westward: . .•

ii.:igatc, Capt. POUVERLE, has cap-
Ored and sent inni this Port a French Lugger .Pri-
.;
y ,
ateer; and has detitined and sent in, the American
;Ship riLvander, cf Boston) FRANCIS HOWELL Mas-
,
ter.

The whole of thid. day it has,. blown a . most ire-.
"tpendOns, gale frotri the S.W. .and 'the Aristides
Aperican Caps., ,GAI,LOGHIE
.(cletairte4 , by ;
the Fig Privateer), parted frs)m both her anchors
and tap into. FLIrb(M; a
,lzirge Brig is ,aground °Li
Southse9,:,Apagli, atscl, an Ainerican Shi is on th.!

,p
§hinglei,-near Ertl. StVorth liarbour,.andi- it is .fear-
ed, .dainbied. • •
The .iVenzesi‘i SOM ER V lIILE , (instead
,of. the ,Thetis), grantsf;conioy instruetions.to . the
Trade: bound to Neivionntiland, Canada' and Nova
L,:.
t; ,:"
. 3.
E ik Maj
D esty'a Brigs
Virago and-Bold ; the former from Plymouth, the
linter from .POrtsmouth; with Convoys, which are
sAlcd foithe Liver: 3, -• , . .3 .• •
Arrived this afternocin'Ris Majestys Ship Dia-
dem,—llenr-Adiniral STier.rNo, froth the 'Cape of,
having tin:ler ,her conyoy the fiord
Melville, Baring, -Devayies, Admiral Gardner,
.MarchiottesOf. _Zteter, Kingdoms, i)oVer.
. •
Castle,' Union, and-Tatothrzni East Indiamen, and
Pnrilo;:d Solit Sc. a. coati ; and remain;; in
tho,Downs with the Ships as per last. .

DOVORy APRIL 4.—The East India Fleet, con-
6t. ',bur Whatersciaassed by thii
place tltisafternoon ifbr, tbe powns.

CHII.DEItS SLOOP,OU WAR.

0n Thursday last came into Leith Harbour,. to be •
rePa:t.ed; lei. ALtjesty's Sloop bili/di.rs, after an en-
gagement with a Panish Brig of War of very snpe-
rt6rforoe. «e ore .harpy to lay, before the. Public
Coiiy Lfr'Capt. litettiN's Btatemen ch t to the Ai11..)
..)
ha .
ho Ve • signified their, high approbation of
hi 9 cc.trmiu&- as weii,as that his Officers and
Creve, ivy I..,(ttet, and conferred on him the.
rank ofTest Captain.

• • Leith; March xB, 1838.
I have the ho'nour to .yon,-that on' the
14th inst. at four P. M. 'when standing in for the
coast of Norway, a Sail Was discovered in shore
and, on seeing us,'appeared- to be seeking a port t r
safety; We iiist4otly, gave: Chase; with a fresh
breeze from. the eastward. As we neared her, she
was llntlit!damongst the rocks, out of Our Sight; to
take slicker in the Sthall port or Midbe. Immediately
a number of boats came out to her assistance, I sup-
poie with the intention. of removing her cargo.—
1 dispatched Mr.War..soN, Mting'lViaster, areorn-
ixtnicti by 21,1r.XNtoti-r, Mate, With'the Cutter well
armedi to bring! her Out ; the Jolly-boat was also
sent with Mr. M‘NicueLt., Gunner, and Mr. La
Nava, Purser, who volunteered his services. This
,ditty; was performed by Mr. WiLsoti, with the ut•-•
(mit gallantry; far when tniking with the Boats,
they. were dispersed' in all direftioni; leaving him at
liberty to board .the Ve.issel, in doing which het was
opposed by the: inliahititits with' musketry, whilst
others 14q1ed'dOwn s..oties upon our Olen froM the
- top of the, precipice, under which she lay secure
-ed;:hoWever, she was carried without any lois, 16
the astonislunent of an inCregishig multitude, NVII4
crowded together on the surrounding heights. .She
is a Galliot (name unknown, her crew having deg
s'ertedy with only part of her cargo, consisting
cipally,of oil and fish,
Scarcely had the Galliot hove in sight from un.
der the rocks„When alarge Brig was obs'OrverlcOming
out of Hitteroe. He, bore down on Os with-co:61i:-
dence, indicating a. Vessel of force, and apparently
u the design of rescuing. the Prize. About six
he got on our weather-beam, and, judging'hiM to be
within the reach of:our guns, I sent a challenge, by
tiring a shot over hi n. He hauled his wind close, and
kept in-shere. Finding he would not join tis, I Made
sail for the purpose of bringing him to aaion, which
soon commenced at half gun-shot range, distant from
tile shore half-a-mile, passing each other on different
tacks— When he received our first broadside, he
caught fire forward, anck had we been closer at the:
moment, to profit of his confusion, I have no 'doubt
of the result. He kept so near theland, that lie was
held from our view, so that we could only be guid-
.
ed in Our fire the'flash of his gti6s, and*ere also,
riotn this eireums!anee, prevented weathering hith.
We Continued engaging him in this manner for three
lictirs, --but found he ha 1 a decided advantage over
us. 'The Dane was a Man of War, well appointed in

" ;
..; 0. • , ;
catiyiqg i4ng eighteen
seemingly hat.l takgrt fresh,:bourage. atlert4.f..W bf out
broadsides, as,:if awar ow inferiO'rity to hip in
weight. of rnetal,,,the..,Chi.Mere! bearing onlirti*elve
pounder carronedes,: latterly, his guns urere se well
.that every; 01;4 us misehief, ,partioui.
larly between wind and. v:Ater....Qpserving t,hat no-
thing:Could be done.- Whilst ~he kept So, near hi;
own port, :from whence he might, at. pleasure draw
fresh, supplies a men, conceivedpiari- of
•
enticing him cut to sea; where thecontest would
be more. equal, by. giring.l: us an ppl.iortanity Hilt
forcing forcing him to close 11 ion,- whibli be bad hitherto
so, repeatedly
,avoided. 11l order to, etTe6t this, T.
stood out under easy sal. !It WWI scale time before
he iefisheci.the idea of folloi/ing ; but in the'enci •
he did .so: At eleven he Ir:'nb. about three mile oil.
the land. , I set the courSes.and tacks, intending to
Weather him. As weappraached; the. wind unfortu-.
tiately headed.us, and foiled our attempt. I there-
fore passed under his lee, as close as it could he, done,
without touching ; d poured round arid grape upon
his decks, Which I itnagine did the 1i my d
mage, for •we distinaly, beard the groans of the
Wountied;' his grini-also did us tnatcrini injury, tau t
of hiSishot
.takinn• betwcen wind. X',l. water; anti
itritptt, on the point of renewing it ptuv,el.
impossible. In the mean tirac the enemy . tacked,
and Made sail to l'egaitt. rite
_Bl3ure, r.nd nhor,l-i
after lost of y that uui
situaticut would. not. adtuit• of our Repoli ng et he 'ene-
my. We ha l five, feet water in th• 2 hold, tilt! nia.:
..)!, • • !.'. • 7 . ,
gazinc afloat, the it-)Wer roasts wounOod, bovvrit
and rnaininast badly', and th-.putni ;!.,rreasing on us ,
• iti:-;ncli g-Wgry Iprsi MT' mak c. 34; it. tol ,w het h2r wt.
should.' 641 c; to prevent': Vessel sinking Miller
' •
• 1.14. 40).(.1,11p to ;secure our, prize,
with the only,satisfaaion•left us•of havingdrove-
Mari itf War,'Orrtinch tape.rior form!, off the field
of detion, which we kept awing the space 0f.54E
hounr; in. the veil, entrance of his own hi/Wan

Y therefore trust that, when thenticirve partied-
lare arc. seen in ihei;- proper light, it Will be found
that although.not successful in capturing the enemy,
the Childers has supported the glory of the Navy.,
and the hohnur of the I fun happy to
have thli opporlunity of testirying the spirited cow.
dti6lB£ my Irifst Lieutertatit,' Mr. EnAtarthi, ai 'well
as' the othe:r. (*flecks and Crew, who, ad t l is occao
sion, behaved with that determined courage which
,at all tioir..s disitinguishei the bravery
.of English
;men. , Mr. DiiummoNO and itlr. GORDON, Pilots,
des.erVe,tnuch praise for the able manner In which
they.tondueted us among the rocks. The Atting
Carpe'Ater, Mr. INTA sox; his rendered him Self worthy
of his appoitgment bY, his ability in' stopping the
shot holei.. . .

°" Not being nble to keep at sea, from the nature of
our kaki and wounded masts, I could not put into
execution the remaining part of your orders, have in
conseqitence judged it proper to return to this an•
chorJE,o wiiiriny Prize. 1 ant, 'S c.'

Rear... 4041441 NiAshon;&C'. &c.

W. H. DiLLotr.

" P. S..,\Ve could riot possibly' ascertain the num-
ber of guns board the Dane, buthaving tnemutsd
his length, in,which he had considerably the ad'van.
tags of us, we are all of opinion that he had, at least,
nine ports Of aside: the shot on board us. weigh
20 pounds."

The Amdrica— u Schooner FaustAtt
ATKINS Master, laden with barilla and fruit, has
been forced into Kinsale by contrary winds.. She came
last froth Torroreca, a small creek near Alicant, and
has consequently been placed under 'quitantine.4—
She left Alicant on the til i ita was l'ito•k•rt ut
that Port the Squadron which sailecl"from hat ena
had put into .IVlaj-orea',. and it 'was' added t hat the gAle
of wind which drove them in had distnasted Sevp-
ral or all' ei the Squadron. Thelliternia, an A.tne•ri-
'64 'Vessel which had arrived at Alicant froth' Bristol
in ballast to take in a t.trgo, had' been' seized upon I*-
a French Privateer lyiztg at the forther Pot t, therely
for having beeln 'visited n,l the passage ont by an
English ernizor, and ininwiliately condemned.
Master of the Hibernia is a passenger on board
the Mohawk. On the gth instant, the Master
of the .1170/iewk spoke the 13utaPark, of 74 guns,
one of the Squadroti blockading Cadiz, under the
command of Adiniral Puttvis. The Admiral hid
then with him 13 Line-of-battle Ships. It was
communicated to the
,Nahawk friim the' lidwaq,
that a Fleet 'of Nlerchantthen from England., bound
up thd Mediterranean, had arrived
.Gibraln:tr, un-
der conttoy. of a Frigate. • The Mahuttik reports
nothing al: the English Squadrons in that sea, al-
though Shein alt likelihood had passed Sir limn It D
STRACD AN.

A Vessel is at length arrived in the Docksr rums
Oporto ivitli a cargo of port wine, being the first
since the last disturbance.
Yesterday afternoon the infant son and,beir of the
Ea'rl •and, Countess of Main was baptized at his
Lordship's. ,Atoit4se in Sts.jame's-place. The cis
iii iy wps,pertoruled by the Bishop of LIMERICK ;
ond the Sponsors were—the Prince of 'NV4l.ts,
p uke of Noraoth, and the cotintess SPENCLit,
His Royal Highness named the child GEoitoc
Avousros &Nola.. After the caretudny. a 'most
'splendid and sumptuous eptertaiiirnent was given.
The Boxing Matche.s between young Belcher end
Dochartli, and Thetc:it ~9-avz and. Cropi, Wore to
take place ibis day.at !We've o'elOck.
The London and Micl3l,:tex ;(.:,,,ions commenced
yesterday. Some cases of were tried, L:ut
none worthy of being particularly noticAl.

..:.,,; .

71,11/11., OF M.R. ALCOQIC.

wt,XFoRD, MARCU 28.

This martinis, shortly after eleven o'clock, the
Court sat, .aril Wm. Cungreve Aleocti, fttd _Henry
Derensy, were put to ti.,L; ; the former in-
ditted for -the wittid tnumer of John Culciough,
Esq. and the tatter for aiding and'assisting in the
committal of the said murder., - - •
Mr, Win, _Henry Carrollfiry Exanzined.

I wa4,lwilt to Mi. Colelough.
Q. Is he livitv:f or dead ?--A. He is dead. I was
present when a duel was fought between Mtn and
Mr. A!cock, in ,Ar bleb Mr. Colclough was killed.
Mr. Alcoa. and Mr. Coiclough were the principals;
,a Gentleman, whom I heard was Mr. Perceval, was
Second to Mr. Alcock, and Mr. Henry Colclough
was Second to Mr. Colclough.
Q. Did Mr. Alcock wear spe&acles, and of what

:deiicription were they I_—A. He did ; they appeared

to be brown mounted. ~
Cl. Did you hear any thing said about the sqieeta-
des ?—A. I heard Mr. H. Colclopgh strongly re-
monstrate against Mr Alcock's wearing them. , Mr.
King said he did not believe Mr. Aleock Mould take
. . . . .

aft; spe&acles, and pledged his honour it was his
decided belief Mr. Alcock could not see. four yards.
Q Had. any agreement been entered into about
them ?—A: Previous to this it had been agreed there
should be no spectacles worts
.Be so good, Sir, as to relate what, you heard
after theground had been measured ?—A. Mr. Per-
ceval came up to Mr. H. Colclough, and told him
he believed 'Mr. Alcuck would not take Off his
glasses. Mr. Henry Colclough lamented it very
much, .and said aloud, if you do not take off the
spedacles, I withdraw the pledge I have'given'that
there shall be no prosecution ; so if any thing un-
pleasant occuis, Mr. Alcock must stand the prose-
cution.

Q. Did Mr:Alcock hearthis ?—He did, he took
notice of it, ;Ind bowed.
Q. Atter the p►stols were given to the parties,
aid you ,see Mr. Dvrensy do any thing ?—A. No ;
but before the pistols were given, Mr. Dereusy, not
approving of the manner in which Mr. Alcock
stood, made him alter his position : this was atter
the ground was iiwasured.

How did he settle him ?—A. He put his
side more to Mr. Colclough, and 'shook filth' by the
arm.

, Q. Was the signal then given About two
minutes after the; word was given, when one .was
pronounced, they raised their arms, 'and when two,
they fired.' Mr. C. received the ball immediately
unnt.r his right 'arm, :he fell instantly. on his. back,
acid expired.
q. Was IVIr. Colelough near sighted I be-
`litti4 he was ; he wore a glass, but I never obserVed
-him 4trillr.spealicies. . , •
Y. Mr. Bagoall Colclough, was thert_called. He stat-
ed, that on the first day of the EleCiion he ' as pre-
sent on-the Hustings when Mr. Piers Newton King,_
who'was Mr. Alcock's particular- friend, stated, that
if ,any one ,Would,, during that ElOpoe, dare to
ia-
tetfere with his tenants, or separate the interest of
landlords ,and tenants, he would call hith personally
to account for his ungeetleMan4ike.condutl. Wit-
nestralso rememheted, the 30th of May, the day on
which the fatal business happened ; he saw Mr. Al-
cock that day in the Court House, and having heard
that scrne altercation. had ',taken about the
tenants of Mrs .Imnly voting for Mr. Colclough, lie
had a conversation with. Mr, Alcock on the subjed,
during which.he pledged him his honour that Mr.
Colclough had not in the slightest degree interfered,,
but thai if any one had interfered, he (the Witness)
Was the person, and he was ready to answer for it
in five mihutes. The speaaeles Mr. Alcock .woe
on the'ground were dark mounted; and lie had then'
on him a black viaistcoat and breeches, and a black:
neckcloth. The Witness said Mr. Colelough .was
very near sighted, r.but - did not wear spectacles or
glasses, on the occasion.
Mr. Charles Eigee was agent forMr; colclough ;
he was stationed in the tally-room d the Barony of
Bantry. Nineteen oh the tenants of. Mrs. Chumly
came there on the morning of the day Mr. Coldough
Was killed, and offered themselves as. votera. The
witness reeollOing what Mr. King had said on the
first day of the elation, asked them whether they,
came there of their own will, or whether they were
tampered with ? and they 'said' they 'Came of their
own free will; in Consequence of which he put them
on the tally: afterwards', in the streets; he heard
Mr. Alec)* aCeuse'Mr. Colclough of behaving in an
unhandsoine manner with the tenants in so bringing
them over to his side: Mr. -Colclough answered,
" On my honour I did not iiiterpos€ with any Gen-
tleman's tenants, and those in particular." Mr.Al-
cock replied, " Either you Or your agents dicl, and
by G---41 I will Make it personal with you in half an
hour, if they are not given Up."'
Mr. Dudley Colclough stated,
,that having heard
of the (Oriel, he endeavoured to reconcilematters ;
and for that purpose he went up' to Mr. Alcock,
who was in the,Cottr, House Hall with Col. Piggot.
.344 asked Mr. Alcock what was the 'cause of the
dispute ? and on being informed-by him that Mr.
Colclough had acted ungehtleman-like, he said
My dear Alcock, it is no such thing, we will do
what we can tesettle it." Mr. 41cock made *no re-
ply ; bui Colonel t'iggot, taking Mr. Alcock away,
said, " Come, come.., there is no mein this, the bu-
siness is fixed."

Dr. Paxwell said the Spe6tacies 'Mr. Alcock wore
at the time. of Ihe duel were different frorn. those he
were at any of tier time.
The case
.being here closed on the part of the
Crqw,n, I,ordralentia was sworn en the part of the
Prqoners, 1-thi Lordship stated, that he was de-
puted by,
:Mr. Alcock's Committee to carry' a mes-
sqge'to 1,0r.,(..7,01c1utigh, Which message
cp, , Mr. Al-
)(::1;• Irci/a,4 c.died in, acquiesced.: The purport of
Mc that they Considercd Alt. Aleut I
4, the rep,es,...llt.v.ivt.; (4 a party; that they would
wish .thereture that the buStness.shotild be postponed
until atter theeleaion ; and that it any loss 'of dia-
rat;ter rt.:Sitited to Mr. Alcock from withdrawing. the
4.:Wl)(hge, they would take it on thettibt..hes. The
aOsw,..- given t 6 Lordship by Mr. Colclongh's
trieodsHwas', that bincc Mr. Alcoek 'had committed
him Lit siJ fair; 1.6 mcist: Mee.ll\it..COlvlonet4h to half
hour. Lord Vit.entia also hi:itieti; that he waS

the ground When he duel took- place, preview; to
which be met Mr.i.4agnal colclough, and baring
eniCred into conversation
„with- him, Mr. Weeird
dime up, and took Mr,. Bagiial Colclotigh away,
saying 'you must not 'speak to Lord-Valeiniai, lest
any rePenri4atiotvghould take piece..--Lord Valet).
tia then underwent a ltaug taus;-examination by Sir
30.24.11 BAIIRING'iON, but nothing material came

. Mr. William Perceval, the Second of Mr. • Alpo*
stated, that be went three times. to Mr. Co!dough's,
in order to see him and have the business settled,
but would not he allow:ed to see him by his friends.
The proposal h.. 1 had to make was, that Mr: Alcock
did not want both the: voices of Mrs. Chumly's
tenants, but was willing they should poll for Mr. C.
and Mr. A. When the Witness mentioned this.pro-
posal,..Mr. McCord said,' " We must have all or
noue,--Mr. Coldough's carriage is at the door, and
they must go out..'---Time and place were thew
Axed, and it was agreed that only three friends.on
each Bide should accompany them. Lord Valencia,'
Mr. Devereux, and Mr. King, were the three that
the 'Witness. .thok•with him..; several hundredS were;
however, on the ground.. •
Mr. Gilbert :Austin proved, that the effe& of
the glasses Which Mr. Alcock wore on that day, on
a defective eye, 'was that the °kith% is made clearer,
but mute defined, and that ,it is diminished in size
and sight. He did not, think it rendered the hitting
a distant objea more secure.
Mr. Pierce. King was then produced, and identi-
tied the glasses, :as being the same worn by Mk. Al-.
cock a the timenf the duel, This he did by a small
flaw on one of them, which. be_had taken particular.
notice of. •

The evidence on the part of the Prisoner was here
closed, and. Baron Sswru commenced his cliarge.
He stated to the Jury what the crime was, name
that if, in,a premeditated engagement, the life of,a
man was lost,the survivor was guilty of murder.
The Jury retired, and in about three minutes re-
turned a verdittot *it Guilty,-as to-both. ,
The Court was instantly in an uproar. During
the whole of the day it was crowded to an excess.
The trial ‘"Vas not over till halfpast nine o'clock.

FEMALE SWI NDLER.

• .
Charlotte biumslead was yesterday charged at
befofe Mr. Alderman Cuwits, 'with de-,
several wholesale haberdaihers ofg6ods.to.
a considerable atuouut7-apon false pretences.
The lust charge against her was preferred by,
Messrs. Jones and Co. null Head-court, Newgmffr.
street.

Mr. Jones stated, that the 'Prisoner came to Their
warehouse on the t 5 tire FebrUary. She pretended
that she was sent by. Miss Lisney, a shopkeeper, of
High-Wycombe, to make an, assortment ofgoods for
her. Miss Lisney was, a customer, and witness sup-
posing that the Prisoner was her assistant, and was,
sent to town for the purpose, permitted her'to:locik
out: dame pieces of silk handkerchiefs, silk stockings,
lace, and other goody, to the amount of 581. tss.
which they sent with her to, the High Wycombe.
coach. The PriSoner at thnsarne time ordered some
more goods, :.chiefly black, silk handkerchie* to be'
Sent after her as soon att. possible, whißlft w,as
Cordingly done. These goods', however,. Were sent
back on the next day, with a letter from Miss Lis-
ney, as' uring Messrs. Jones and Co. that they had
not ordered .any,such goods. This chewed that the
whole was a fraud, and accordingly they had printed
hand-bids circulated through the trade, describing
the person of the ::Prisoner, and cautioning trades.
men against yhrr prgtices. In consequence of this.
very prudent notice, the Prisoner_ was stopped at
Messrs. Ingil!y and Co.'s, Wood-street, Cheapside,
where she had applied for goods upon a like pretence.,
Upon examination, .a great number of pawnbrokers'
certitiates, were found in bet polstssion, for part of
the goods of the Prosecutor,' as well as olother per.
suns In the trade. 0.- • • •

Several Pawobrokert, from .Knightsbridge, Chel-
sea, Bloomsbury,. and other remote parts of the
town, attended, and produced pieces Of handiter»
chiefs, lace,' silkstockings, &c. pawned with them by
the Prisoner, and 'which she confessed had beenob-,
wined by, her. in this way.
Mr. HUNT aepeated as Solicitor to the Society for
the Prosecution of Swindlers. He informed the Al-
derman, that he had several other charges, of a. simi-
lar kind, against _the Prisoner. He then called a
gentleman, who stated, that the Prisoner had obtain,
ed goods to the amount of 321.,
.from the warehottse
of Adarna and Bell, No. i 2; Bread-street, Cheapside,
upon the pretence that she came from Mr. Nice, of
Colchester. These goods she at the same time or•
ciered tube sent to the shop of Mr. Thorp, at Aidgate,
with diredions to be thence forwarded, with others,
to their destination.—The goods se ordered ,were
sent to Mr. Thorp's, and afterwards carried away by
the `Prisoner. Mr. Hunt then read a letter from
Mr. Nice, who denied all knowledge of the; busi-
ness, But he was informed that this was riot evi-
dence, and that Mr. Nice must attend in person to
substantiate the charge.'
Miss Lisney, from High Wycombe,'" attended,
and•deposed, That the Prisoner bad lived as shop-
woman with her, but had left her about two years
ago, since which time she had never seen her, and
that she knew nothing of the goods so ordered in
her, name. ; • ,

The Prisoner, berg called on for her defence,. did
not deny the charges, but complained that she had.
been very ill used by a Mr. Hawkins, with whom
'she had cohabited, some time y she added, that she
passed as Mrs. H4#kins, and had paid for every thing
at their lodgings, out of the • produce of the-gOodi
thus obtained, and'that he had part Of the propert.,
In his possession. •
consequence cif this declaration, ,Hawkins was
sent for. He accordingly attended, anti stated, that
'he is a'Quirtei-Master in a regiment ot Light
goons, lately returned from foreign' serVice,that he
Tad been strangely deceived by this woman, who
had persuaded him that she -was entitled to a iortune
30001. and that a brother supplied' 'her with
stich money its he had seen her 'With, until
should.' receive the 'above sum. Ffe d#nied that
he had. any, knowledge ot tier- obtaining goods
in the manner btai ed and in prow di the, "de,
ception practise-1i upon him, he produced a letter;
purporting to Lave .been written by Ler brothel'