The Sun.
London, England, 1813-02-20 00:00:00

KILIIMNUAM. a

111r.-PET.E rose, pursuant to his 'notice, to hove
for leave to-bring in a Bill to. ,continue- certain
Pensions which had been granted' to Privates
of the Irish Militia, under the circumstances
which lie was about to • state. It appeared,
that the Governors 'of Kilmainhana had, through
• tit4apprehension -the law, extended to
-
privates of the Mlitia 'the benefit which was
intended be -Oven May to soldiers' of the line,
viz. that of a pension from length of service:: This
'was a mistake which it ,was' necessary to corract,'
but at the same, time he thought it would be hard
to take away the pensiona frOut those persons who
now enjoyed them,•eiren though- they were not, by
law entitled-to them ;he should, tlrerefore, pro
pose to continue to' them the' perisions they niaw
possessed, but to take care that for the- future the
law should be 'correctly idministered. He
.con-
eluded with nioving for leave to bring in the Bp.
-,Mr. POLE could not consent to reading the
Bill, if it went to deprive the Irish Militia of any
privilege they had hitherto enjoyed ; and-if he
understood the itigla Hon. Gentfeman, such was
the case, and unless he was greatly in6takvn
the meAstire, be should feel obliged to mop can
.Anlendinent to it.
Afr. C. LONG: said, be was inclined to belitve
the 'got]. Gentleman-laboured unifier a misconcep-
tion of: the It was not intended to take
from the Irish Militia any thing that they before
pOssessed by law, lat,-t. pensions had been granted
to soldiers for length of service, and it was making
a difference in the Militia of the two countries.—
It was not meant to take away those pensisms; but
to prevent the grantini•of Others ; and when
,the
Hon. Oentletnan understood: thN, be wonld,.of
course, not give the Dili his opposition.
• •
Mr. Paxt.ti said,- that the ,only persons, belon-
iog.to the Militia Who Were cat tied, from length
of,service, to pensions.; waie serjeants, corporals,
and drummers, who were considered as being.
permat,ently employed. The privates Were only
Anaitled to .peos,torts fi=r v received iu ac-.
tual service.. The (entle:nein
Ofr. Pole) mistaken in, the olijecz at, thi3
Bill; it nt•it to take any -thing away from tk: a
Irish Militia to -Which they were entitled on t)k:
contrary) it 'was intended ac a beuent to many Of
'theta, heaanse it wOuldivontintie to them pensions
to which,by tiro theyina no cbdm.
Leave was gi,fen,.and the 'Bill broue-ht
joUrned. " ,

A few days back the Princess CHARLOTT.R, at, I
tended by the Duchess of LitiPS and Alins Ict,; Li; al',
hPilOkird Mr. BACON' by calling in Newman-
street, to view the .statite of the King, .;rhivli is
Slimily to be sent to Ireland. 'ler Ito al Iligh
ness was pleased to ,express her unlimited appro-
bation of the reseniblatice, and, to honour• the
Artist by remaining an hour -and -6.-balt inspect-.
inr, his different works, and tile method cif their
exe.c.tition.--The PRINCE RE%) wT 11a$. also been
plet,thett intimate.his intention to'view this Sta-
:tut before it leaves Engl.-intl.—We are requested
to ytdtt that the ;Wove statue cannot remain in
view beyond next Saturday week, and that Mr,
BACON Will be gratified in -subtilitting, it ,to-,the
Nobility and •Ainateurs of Art (any day but Sun
, dity) previous to that period, No other ticket of
admission is requited than a Larly'or Gentleman's
own card.

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Jo nes trintle wits indieted.on suspicion of hay- ,
lug
..fiilontinsly forged and counterfeited, upon
silver• spoolkilti and silver' plate, the stamp or die
used to
,lenote the duty paid to the King.
It appeared in evidence, that the prisoner was a
respectable inanitfactuiing silversmith. The City
Marsbainui, two. or three in namber, deposed,
that, on the, 42.4 th-pf October last, they went. with
warunt: .earell the prisoner's shop mut
raises, in 1,3e11e Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill, where
they found the plate produced before the J try,
consisting 'T at several dozen of gravy, . table, ttzaii
,other. sitwe spOons. When the Officers .went
they found the,prisoner in his countirtg-house.r—
'They said; We have come to search for silver
having false stamps upon it." The prisoner Inflekt:.
answer,' '' Iflliat was all) be cared nothing about
„it." They found a variety of impletnert;s used in
the 'prisoner's trade for marking, &c. but cot the
dies Which Were alleged to be fOrged. 'llhe offi-
cers proceeded to different apartments Up thxet
'pair of stairs, where they found an adclitibettl
quantity of Plate, Nthio they seized. '-
Thomas DizAins, a workman, then in the .ser-
vice of the prisoner', deposed, that on the 15th of
Octoberlast he was at wore;, polishing •spoons tar
his master, when the officers came. lie identified
the spoons bearing
.the false-die, as alleged, but
,that any of theth were put into his hands
whilst in that state. He swore that the stamp
must have been awed to them from the time he
brought them to a certain degree of finish, within
24 hours, i. e. between the IC;th uud 16th of Q.
toter.
The witness, because of the evidence be Might
;be expetted to give, was advised by thc Fisoner's
.son, who niatiliged- his fatr's business, to ,get -
out of the' Way o i purpose.
The prisons r gad a house in Camberwell, where'
he was abseil doting the space of tine Within
Which .the act of forg.ery was proved to have been
committed:, It was objected, therefore, -that the.
,indictment must 'fail, • as. it %vas laid in Londou.'--...
This objection 'was left' to tht•Jury, who rctirei
for three hours, girl op their return, pronotnaced
.verdict of Not Guilty. .
The prisoner Wa:; remanded into custody,-Mr.
for'the prosecution, intimating that an-
thher indicttnent shoUld he framed. ,

Yesterday sixteen prisoners wei.e tried, five of
whom 'were capitally convicted, .
Thomas Blade and Riellurd .110binS011, for pr.t• !.
vatcly stealing three hams, the property of Joseph
Stiles, in his shop.
Jon Franks and Antony Joseph, for privately
stealing in the shop of Rebecca Hemmings, a
cheese, herprnperty. • ,
Abraham ',NIOSes,,• f 0): f,tetil:tig two silver candle
sticks, the property of Judah Cohn, in his dwell-
ing house.
Nine were convicted of fJony, iz.
Mary Manning; for Stealing ,counterpane; and
other articles, the property of Eleanor Griatimell.
Ann tones und Halvah ,Smith, for stealing
. about .28 yards of printed cotton, the property Of
John Harris.
• William Hunter, for stealing a coat, the pro-
perty,.of the ion. Edmund Phipps, and a pair of
boots,, the property of Thomas ~,oveltick,
William Thompson, for Stealing a watch, the
property of Sarah liroadlittrst. •
George Russell, Robert Johnson, Sohn Wilion,
and John Davis, for feloniously and without law-
ful excuse having in their possession certain forged
Bank notes.
• And two were acquitted.

Yesterday, at one o'clock, a fulllVleeting of the
Cabinet Ministers took place at the Secretary of
State's Office • for the Hotne Department, White-
upon the subject of the Princess of y;Atts's
Letter, for the porpose of haviugrecourse to 1)3.
pets that have been deposited there, relative to
the former proceedings; and it is iiippoied it
then iletermihr.d whether ail, and wivat measure
should be adopted in conseqUence.
'Nlatlame AugGlo-LINI, we find, has followed the
ample. Of. a cut iitt illustriousand ad-
ikesded a letter to the public on her cliffrences
with the Opera Manager: Who may be infculft,
on the present occasion, We pretend nOt to
bkit we khould be more gratified in hearing that
the. enormous sums annually' hivislied upon
reignets were employed in the protection ;and cm-
courftgements of native merit. We arc 00x-rtitt
b forei,gners of one deser;ption or another, and,
I the countenance which they receive ib discredit :0)1e
to us on the score of common sen,e as %%e.ll as pa-
triotism, and indeed of obvious pAicry
On Friday night, the I':th lat. about nine.
o'clock, as the wife, of John Hurst, of Rylands,
Nottingham, %Tali .viaiting the return her bus-
' -band, she heard f00tz,t41,3 in the garden .which
leads to the houge, and heard the door open, but
on turning her- bead, in enpectation of seeing 114 r.
husband, she was surprised to see ru.tn
with his face o(2loured, who lernande.d ,s pox
which was kept in the house with this'requeA
she, refused to comply, when'the rufttin threatcacd
her' life. She iminediatelY ran to a licighbf.,wr's
- house; and gave the alarm ; but on assistance be-
, ing Trammed the vplain had fled, apparemlf with
precipitation, as. he had not time to take e y
fi4ag away.

• LAW REPOI,I%;

comm. OF KING'S rEA. 19.

itttVAt4T..
This was an actiOn by the indot*ie, against the
riticeptor of n bill of-exchange for 5001. drawn by
Jeremiah Bryant, the younger, apon his father,
the defendant, an ern inert coach4oetner at Barnet,
formerly of the flaymathet;;the plaintiff being A.
stable-heener, in Gtosvenor-sqnare. •.'
The hand-writing to the bill being' proved, the,
deftmee was, that the bill was given for an usu-
rious consideration ; to prove :which,
Jerethitih Bryant, the yottngc..i., was•called, and
stated, that being in -xv nit alit sum of ninney, and,
seeing an advertisement in the newspapers, Pat
vnoney was to he procured on good hills, by apply,.
ing to a 111 e. Stephenson, No. 6, King-sweet, St.,
James's, he accordingly called on Mr. Stenl•Wson:
with an acceptance of witness's father, for' 48:5L,
at taw months; and desired of him 'to discount it.
Stephenson. said he had not the Money himself,
but could procure it of a friend ; and the terms
agreed on was -71. per cent. to be paid by 'witness
be afterwards, at sundry times, received 'the
amount a the bill from Stephenson, deducting
331. as interest, at 71. per cent. ,The hill comilT
" to maturity, and witness hying unable to-pay. it,
'applied to teplienson to renew it at two months,
Stephenson referred hint to cote,,-the plaintiff, as
the •holdet; Cates referred him back,to Stephen-
son ; when, ultimately, he gave him a new ac-
- aeptance of his father's, at two months, for 5001.
" for 'the 'discount of which he was to. pay 11. per
cent.'and gave bitri 29/. on acentwt. This hill
ing dishonoured when due, witniffia agodn applied
for two months further time, and when that time
arrived, it was eXtended., to two months more,
witness paying at the same rate of 71. per cent.
interest. 'ln all „these negociations witness was,
always referred to Cates, as the holder Of the ,
bill, and who was, to receive the interest; and on
3 veral occasions saw stephenson and Cates to-
getlfer.uon the transaction ; but at length tin-
able any longer, to'ray stick intei'est, or, take, up
the bill, he paid him a bill of 3001. ari acconnt,
and CateS agreed' to take-the , balance and interest'
out in ba'y, witrass then, possessing a farm. The
taltire of the' transaction at laq coming. to' the.
knowledge of the elder Bryant,'he refused to pay
the bill, and the present'action .was brought.
To rebltt this <licleive, Stephenson was called
and examined by Mr. TOPPING, for, the- defendant.
Upon hift direct examination, he stated, that he
bail negociatect the bill' for 435/4 with one New-
ton is, win'-merchant; 'from ' whom be took, in
part, 50 gallons of brandy, at two gnineas per
gallon, and, sold it again on Bryant the yonnger's
account, at the 'rate of 355; per-.gallon, and paid.
him the difference in cash, deducting five per cent.
1., and 21; ~,,rninisSinti for his own trouble.

The'soo/. bill was afterwards discounted by Cates,
the plaintiff, Id whom !i"•c paid no more than 51.
per cent. and deducted •he 116114, commission of
21-. per cent: tor himself lie denied most positive-
ly that the plaintiff ha eve!. received more than
ti/, per eent. on this tral •aetion
Upol his crtiss-examia oion by the Somerroit
torthe plaitat if,•he said he had followed
the othilit.',6 of a soildier, at the tiohleri Lion,
Gray's lon,lane. Re VMS now, a broker, not a
sworn broker, in the city; but dealt itieVery thing
that came in his was.; he was a bill broker, and
tad'resided for- the last 'foor years st No.; 6, King.
street, St..James's. Fie never advertised tri lend
mOney in all his life ; he never saw or heard of
any advertisement to that effect in his name, nor
••••-i4fver anthorised any buitly to do so. Bryant WAS
f •:.,,•::•istrosineeti to hum by one raVell, a horse dealer—,
be kept no books of his bill transactions ; but
might keep some memorandimis.-7-SoMetimes per-
' sons applied to him to discount bills, but !,nobody
came to him in conseenenee of anyadeertisement.
Ile had known the plaintiff Cates upwards of seven
:years; hot could -not' tell the extent' of their bill.
transaCtioni. Plaintiff never `took More than five
per cent. discount,.. ,He could not say the amount
of their bill tr insactions for the hest' 12 Mentlis
they might amount to 20,000/. hut he could not
say. Ifriofrodueed.Bryant to. the plaintiff, as a
person in distrewfor money.
t'`OI,IcITOKrGENERAL, in reply, said he had
only one observation. to make, and that was, that
asihonest.,men, the Jery could not believe one
'Word this witness bad sworn.
After an able reply by Ur. Tor;rt.w;,-
Lord .ELLKNaotipucin charged the Jury, leaving
ae credibility of the witnesses to their decision,
DIA the Jury immeilikttely foUnd a-verdict for the
dtfinidant. . . •