The Sun.
London, England, 1822-03-18 00:00:00

MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1822.

Lion Inn, Bath. Attornies, Mr. Turner, Bath ;.;and Mr.
Price, New-square, Lincoln's Inn.
M. Rose, Berry Hills, Packinoton,„ Leicestershire, farmer,
April 3,4, and 27, at eleven, at the White Hart Ida, Ashby-
de-la.:Zouch. Attornies,Messrs. Long and Austen, Gray's
Inn ; and Mr. Dewes, Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
T. Pius and T. dollison, Beverley, Yorkshire, woollen-
drapers, March 28, 29, and April 27, at eleven, at the Tyger
Inn,:Beverley. Attornies, Mr. Iveson, Beverley; and Messrs.
Eyre and Coverdale, Gray's Inn.
F. Petitpierre, and E. Petitpiere, South-skeet, Finsbury_
square ..inerchants, March 19, 23, and April 27, at one, at the
Court Of Commissioners. Attorney, Mr. Hutchison, Crown-
court, Threadneedle-street.
R-.• Maddock and J. Tweed, Rosemary-lane, Darby-street,
timber, merchants, March 26, April 2, and 27, at twelve, at the
Coint of Commissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Sweet, Stokes,
and Carr, Basinghall-street.
W.. Button, Bicester, Oxfordshire, innkeeper, March 23,
April 2, and 27, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. At-
torney, Mr. A. Umney, Clement's Inn, or Chancery-lane.
J. llilthorp, Priol, Yorkshire, maltster March 28, 29, and
April 27, at eleven, at the Court House, Leds. Attorney, -111 r.
T. H.• Granger, Leeds.
J. Lightfoot, Eccleston, Lancashire, miller, April 16, at six,
17, and at ten, at the Fleece Inn, St. Helens, Lancashire,
and 27, at one, at the York Hotel, Liverpool. Attornies,
Messrs. Clarke, Richards,,and Medcalfe, Chancery-lane ; and
Mr. Barnes, St. Helens. -. .
E. Glover, widow, Hardshaw 'within -Windle_, Lancashire,
shopkeeper, April 16, at five, 17, at eleven, at the Fleece Inn,
St: Helens, and 27, at two, at the York Hotel, Liverpool.—
Attornies Messrs. Clarke, Richards, and Medcalfe, Chancery-
lane, London ; and Mr. Barnes; St. Helens.
W. May, Newgate-street, victualler, March 23, 30, and ,
April 27,, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Attornies,
Messrs. Clare and Dickenson, Frederick's-glace, Old Jewry,
London

J., Hort, Great St. Helen's, coal-merchant, March 26, April
2, and 27, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners.. Attor-
ney, Mr. Steel, Queen-street, Cheapside.
P. Butler, Little Bolton, Lancashire, manufacturer, March
22, at nine, April 6, and 27, at one, at the White Bear Inn,
Manchester. Attornies, Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, and
Faulkner, Bedford-row ; and Mr. J.-Morris, Manchester.
G. H. Edwards, Craven-street, St. Martin's in the Fields,
wine.anerchant, March 23, 30, and April 27, at twelve, at the
Court of CoMmissioners. Attornies, Messrs. Williams, Brooks,
Powell, and Broderip, New-square, Lincoln's Inn.
K. Leppingwell, Croydon, Surrey, linen-draper, March 23,
April 2, and 27, at one, at the Court of Commissioners, Lon-
don. Attornies; Messrs. Willis and Watson, Warnford-
court, Throgmorton.
J. Kirkland and J. Badenoch, Coventry, ribbon-manufac-
turers, March 23, April 2, and 27, at one, at the Court of
Commissioners, London. A ttornies, Messrs. Webster and
Son, Queen-street, Cheapside.
DIVIDENDS.
April 6, Sir R. Graham, Bart., London,' J. Railton, Man-
chester, and .J. Railton and J.' Young, London, merchants-.
April 16, H. Dunnage, Colchester, miller-May 6, Jr. Bennett,
Blackburn, ironmonger-May 6, W. Stockhouse, BlaCkburn,
linen-draper-April 9, J. Fox, Dartmouth, ship-owner--
April 10, W. and J. Durkin, outhampton, ship-builders-
April 12, B.Tuck, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, draper--
April 19, J. Swanzy, Austin-friars, merchant-April 20, S.
Butler, Shirston Magna, Wiltshire, innholder-April 20, R.
Lawrence; Minety, Wiltshire, shopkeeper-April 10, R. Abram,
Liverpool, merchant-April 6, T. Gill, Little Tower-street,
hydrometer-maker-March 23, H. Langhorn and W. Brans-
ford, Bucklersbury, merchants-March 19, W. Sykes and T.
Shackleton, White Lion-street, Norton-falgate, seed-mer-
chants-April.lo, J: Walker, jun., Axbridge, Somersetshire,
common brewer:-April 20, J. Phillips, Prickett-green, Kent,
victualler.:-April 20, R. Baverstock, Brompton, plumber-
April 10, J. Morgan, Stroud, Gloucestershire, linen7draper-
April 2, S. ' Humphrey; Charlotte-street, Portland-place,
merchant.

CERTIFICATES, APRIL 6. •
J. Mackie, Watling-street, merchant—J. Eastwood, Liver-
pool, haberdasher—H. Russell, St. Martin's-lane, Charing-
cross, cabinet-maker—C. Toussaint, Castle-street, Leicester-
square, plumber—R. Dye, Peckham, wheelwright—T. and T.
R. Pigram, Maidstone, grocers—J. Browne, Canterbury,
linen-draper—E. T. Palmer, Bedford, draper—S. Weetch,
George-street, Commercial-road, linen-draper—W. Tanton,
Prince Edward's Island, North America merchant—W. and
A. Copp, Exeter, linen-drapers—C. Thompson, Halifax,
watch-glass-cutter—R. Parker, Whitchurch, Shropshire, sta-
tioner—W. H. Marshall, Bristol, ship-broker.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Jones and W. Wood, Booth-street, Spitalfields, dyers.—
J. and J. Clark, Southampton, brush manufacturers.—W.
Lancefield and G. Guyatt, Dulwich, butchers.—T. Pinsent
itnd I. Sparke, Plymouth-dock, linendrapers.—J. and S. Saun-
ders, Watford, grocers—J. Eenworthy and J. Winterbottom,
Saddleworth, 1 orkshire, surgeons. D. and .T. Bell, Suffolk-
lane, Cannon-street, wine merchants—J. Chalk and G. Cooke,
Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars-road, coachmakers.--.1. Whet-
lings and W. Robson, St. John-street, hay salesmen.--J. Lam-
bert; sen., E. Bryan, and J. Lambert, jun., Jewry-street, Ald-
gate, coach builders, so far as:regards E. Bryan.—D. Brown
and S. Lunt, Liverpool, plane makers.--T. and. J. Reeve,
Calthorpe-place, cray's-um-road, chymists.—l. Ketchen and J.
Grant, London, fnerchants.--J. Davies and T. Jones, Shrews-
bury, tualtsters.—T. Hodsoll and R. Brown, Duke-street, Lin.
coln's-inn-fields, grocers.

ESSEX LENT ASSIZES.

MURDER.

On Friday Daniel Seward, alias Sayward, was indicted for
the wilful murder of John Ballard, at Romford, on the 3d of
October last, by stabbing him, in the abdomen With a shoe-
maker's knife, of which he died on the 4th of October, "in the
parish of Hornchurch.

The case was stated by the leatiting Counsel for the prosecu.
tion in a very impressive address to the Jury, in which they
were called upon to exercise a discriminating judgment upon
the facts which would be detailed- in evidence. The ivisoner
was a shoemaker at Rainham, and lodging at Dagenham, in
this county. He had formed an attachment fora young wo-
man named Deborah Smith, who, after a courtship of some
months, transferred her affections to the deceased; and it was
alleged that the assassination of the deceased arose from mo-
tives of jealousy. The unfortunate girl who was the innocent
cause of her fatal calamity Yid! brought into Court, but was so
overwhelmed by the singularity of her situation, as to be un-
able for some time to for
evidence.
After the evidence for the prosecution was closed, '
Several witnesses were called for the prisoner, who gave him
a good character as a peaceable and good tempered man.
Mr. Baron GRAnAm summed up the case with the greatest
minuteness, charging them that if the prisoner had had no pre-
vious malice, and the unfortunate affray in which the deceased
lost his life arose from a sudden provocation, the prisoner could
only be found guilty of manslaughter ; but that if the prisoner
having previous malice (which was to be judged of by his bor-
rowing a knife, and sharpening it) sought this occasion to pick
a quarrel with the deceased, who had supplanted him in the af-
fections of the young woman, and had lain in wait for that
purpose, the prisoner would be guilty of murder, though the
deceased was the first aggressor in striking a blow. The in-
tention of the prisoner upon the question of malice was to be
judged of by his previous conduct: his borrowing the knife,
sharpening it; watching the parties during the fair, his subse-
quent expressions, his lying in wait, and his expressions to-
wards the young woman, tending to provoke the deceased to
interpose in her behalf.
The Jury immediately found the prisoner GUILTY, Death.
The Learned Judge then pronounced the awful sentence of
death, and ordered the prisoner for execution on ,Monday next,
(this day.) The prisoner seemed stubbornly unmoved during
his trial, and retired from the bar apparently unconcerned. At
Romford he was designated as the « Dandy Cobbler." He is
about 22 years of age.
SATURDAY.-This afternoon the Assizes finished. The
Court was occupied with cases not fit for the public eye. Thir-
teen capital convicts received sentence of death. The only un-
happy persons left for execution were, we believe, Deborah Low-
den, for uttering a forged bank note for 101. of the banking firm
of Messrs. Sparrow and Co. of Chelmsford; Wm. Turner, for
uttering a forged Bank of England note for the payment of 61.;
Wm. Arthur Brett, for forging a cheque for'2lol. in the name
of his Master, Mr. T. Andrew, the attorney, of Coggeshal, in
favour of Messrs. Chapman, Stevens, and Wood, the London
attornies, on the house of Messrs. Sparrow and Co. of Chelms-
ford ; and Daniel Say, for murder. The other capital convic-
tions were for ordinary statutable offences, of frequent occur-
rence, the circumstances of which were not remarkable.

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY ofSt. PATRICK

On Saturday, the annual festival for the bene-
fit of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick was
celebrated at. the City of London Tavern. The
attendance was numerous and respectable. At
seven o'clock, the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, the
President of the day, entered the room. Be
was accompanied by the Duke of WELLINGTON,
the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, Earl DARNLEY,
Lord CLANWILLIAM, Mr. CANNING, and other
persons of distinction. A short time before the
,arrival of the Noble Chairman, an American
Chief, in his Canadian costume, was'introduced
and seated at the cross table, with another Ame-
rican, who wore an Officer's uniform. The singu-
lar appearance of-the Chief,' his fine person, and
dignified deportment, attracted universal atten-
tion. The cloth removed, Non nails Domine
was sung.

The NOBLE CHAIRMAN, who was supported on the right
by the Duke of Wellington, on the left by the Marquis of
Londonderry, then gave the• health of their Patron, his Ma-
jesty, with four times four, and took that opportunity of an-
nouncing that he had received his Majesty's royal commands
to present.the Society with his customary. donation of 100
guineas.--(Great applause.)
The toast was drank with four times four, and with kud
acclamations.

" The Royal Family," and " the Navy and Army, of Great
Britain," were severally given with three times three.
The CHAIRMAN next called on the Meeting to drink Pros-
perity, to the Benevolent Society_of St. Patrick. He had the
satisfaction to state that the hopes formerly held out to the
subscribers were now fulfilled, and the whole of the children
educated by the Society were collected under the same roof.
" Prosperity to the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick" was
then drank with three times three.

The children at present educating by the Society then pass.
ed through the room. Their appearance was most gratifying.
The number was'much greater than formerly., Those who had
been apprenticed out, and the young men and women who had
been enabled to provide for themselves, did not attend.
The CHAIRMAN said it had been customary to drink the
health of the-Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. On the present oc-
casion, remembering the Lord Lieutenant was an Irishman,
thatand Irishman the Marquis of Wellesley, he was sure the
toast would be drank with enthusiasm. He begged to give
the health of the Marquis of Wellesley, with that of the Mar-
quis of Hastings, and the other absent -friends to the insti.
tution.

The Duke of WELLINGTON returned thanks for the Mar-
quis, and said he was certain it would afford his Noble relative
much satisfaction to hear of the manner in which his health
had been drank on-the present occasion.
The CHAIRMAN now rose to propose one -of the standing
toasts of the Society," The health of the Duke of Wellington."
The toast was drank with shouts of applause.
The Duke of WELLINGTON expressed his high sense of the
honour which had been done him by putting his name in the
list of their standing toasts, and the cordiality with which his
health had just been drank. He was not insensible that he.
owed these honours to the manner in which he had done his
duty whilst engaged in the service of his country ; and he, be
to assure the Meeting that, in whatever situation he 'night
hereafter be placed, it would always be the object of his am bi.
tion so to conduct himself as to merit a continuance of their
approbation.
" The Fishmongers' Company was the next toast drank."
" The healths of the Marchionesses of Hastings and Down-
shire" were then drank with applause ;" after which
The Secretary read over the subscriptions received on the
present occasion. Among them was a donation of 3001.' the
produce of the copyr-right of the " Suffolk Letters," given to
the Society by the Marchioness of Londonderry. This called
forth loud and reiterated applause, as 'did the announcement of
the total amount of the subscriptions, which was 1,6651. ss.
The CHAutmAN.called the attention of the Meeting to the
splendid and magnificent donation received from Lady Lou'
dondetry. ' It was fortunate for the Charity that her Ladyship
had been possessed of valuable family papers, which, while
they amused and informed the public, would thus be made to
swell the of benevolence which flowed to educate the
pion He begged to propose the health of her Ladyship, whose
birth-day, he remarked, happened to be St. Patrick's Day.
He was sure all present must rejoice in the coincidence, that
the Noble Marchioness, St. Patrick, .and the Sudialk papers,
first saw the light on the same day.
The health of the Marchioness was_drank with three times
three, and immense applause.
The Marquis of LoxboNDEitin, begged to express his
sense of the honour which the Marchioness of Londonderry had
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received. Pe should not fail to report what had passed on the
present occasion, and having Slit , a task to perform, he was
sure that he should be welcome .h me. It was a singular feli-
city that her. Ladyship, in contributing to the amusement of
the public by giving these papers to the world, had been able,
as the Noble Chairman had remarked, to swell the tide which
flowed to educate the poor., and thus combine the interests of
literature and charity ; and it was a satisfaction peculiarly,
dear to her heart, that she had been 'able to present this offer-
ing at the shrine of Ireland.—(Applause.)
The health of the Vice-Presidents, with thanks for their
exertions, was the_next toast.

The Marquis of LONDONDERRY was deputed by the Vice-
Presidents to return their thanks for the honour which they
had received. They Felt that instead of being entitled to
thanks, their thanks were due to those who had placed them
in a situation so patifying to their feelings. He remarked,
it was not then seen for the first time that public men, how-
ever great the
_differences which divided them in their efforts
to promote the prosperity and glory of their country, could
meet there with perfect accords to unite in the cause of be-
nevolence. If the • Vice-Presidents had heretofore contri-
buted to the success of this Institution, their efforts would be
continued with the same sincerity, zeal, and integ-rity, and
meeting there, political hostility would be buried, and all par-
ties would cordially unite in the work of charity. He begged
to propose the health of one of his colleagues in the Vice-
Presidency, who had ably advocated this principle, and he
trusted the meeting would prove, by the manner in which they
received the toast, that they duly appreciated the past exer-
tions of the Noble Lord he was:about to name. He then gave
" The health of the Earl of Darnley."
The toast was drunk with great applause.
The Earl of DARNLEY returned thanks. Thirty-years ago
he had laboured' to exclude all politics from the consideration
of those who interested themselves in the cause of this Charity,
and to the adoption of the principle which he had reCom..
mended he imputed its success.- He begged to propose the
health of a Right Hon. Gentleman, whose distinguished ta-
lents had recently been exerted in 'this cause. He then gave
the health of Mr. Canning.—The toast was drank with loud
acclamations.

Mr. CANNING felt that he had no claim to the distinguished
honour which had just been conferred on him. True it was
that by their kindness he had recently- occupied that chair
which was now so much' itiore worthily filled by the Noble
Marquis, and it was undoubtedly true that he had the interests
of this Charity sincerely at heart, but being there that day,
in no situation that could claim their notice, -the honour which
he had received was so unexpected, that he was wholly unpre-
pared to acknowledge it in a suitable manner. He sincerely
thanked them. It was most gratifying to witness the union
of persons-of different parties on an occasion like the pre-
sent. It taught perhaps a salinity lesson, as it presented an
epitome of that which might be witnessed throughout the
empire: Meeting there to devote themselves to Irish inte-
rests—to knit together Irish -affections, they did that which
must promote the welfare of both countries. From , this a
lesson might be taught to all who believed that there were von-
flitting interests in the country. There was no such thing. It
was the object of this kingdom—it was the constant aim of its
Constitution, by encouraging the cultivation of partitular
interests that each might gain -greaten-protection, to pro-
mote the general good, and thus form from the several
parts one splendid whole. Contributing to the happiness of
Ireland, so as to unite it more closely to this country, they
contributed to the mass, of strength which supported the ho:.
nour,, and power, and glory of the British ' Empire. By the
union of all parties in the cause of this Institution, during the
Short period with which he had been connected with it, he had

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seen it growing and flourishing: and he trusted, that acting On
the same principle, its prosperity would continue to increase
and gain new lustre and importance in each .succeedingyear.
Their attention had to .day been called to a 7. noble effort to
turn the stream of cultivated literature, to swell the tide of
education for the. benefit of the poor. If the rules ,of the So-
ciety permitted it, he would propose that the. name of the
Marchioness of Londonderry sfiould in all future celebrations
of the festival, be united to the names of those two Noble
Ladies which were-found in one of their standing toasts.—He
did not propose this in words, but he submitted it lo the con-
sideration of the Society.
The CHAIR:MAW begged to sa r that he entirely concurred
with the Right lion. Gentleman m what had just fallen from
him, and thought the suggestion entitled to his best support:
The health of. the Stewards having been drank,
Sir J. DoYtE returned thanksi—enforced the necessity of
abstaining from politics at these celebrations,—ond pronoun.
cod an animated panegyric on one of the patrons of the Soder
ty, the Marquis of hosting&
The Earl of Blesinton's health was drank with three times
three. Ills Lordship briefly returned thanks for that honour.
The CrtAntmAN understood that two strangers were. pre-
sent. These, though native Americans, he understood were
attached to British interests, and were under ;British protec-
tion, to which they were well entitled by their conduct. .Ile
begged to propose the heolths. of Mr. Brandt and Captain
Kerr.
-I`dr. BRAN-DT (the Chief) spoke to the following effect
rise merely to offer a few words in return for the honour, coß-
ferred on my friend and myself. t have made so little'pro-
gress in your language, that I cannot express my feelings in
the way I could wish; but 1 thank you from my heart. I
have been much gratified by the liberal and humane sentiMents
which I have heard in the course of the evening ; and for your
kindness towards myself, I again thank you from the bottom
of my heart.—(Loud applause.)
In the course of the evening a variety of songs and glees
were sung by Messrs. Broadhurst, Leete, Evans, and other
vocal Gentlemen. Webb, with his Irish ditties, contributed
Much to the mirth of the night, which presented throughout a
scene of perfect harmony.

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.
On Saturday last, being St. Patrick's Eve, the Children of
the East London Irish Free Schools were supplied with a plen-
tiful repast of beef and plum pudding, at the house of the Rev.
H. C. O'Donnoghue, the Secretary to the Institution, by the
liberality of the Committee. Above 300 children are, we un-
derstand, under the care of the Society, of which his Grace the
Duke of Devonshire is Patron.