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London, England, 1807-02-20 00:00:00

DUB LIN.

COURT OE KiNC

CRIVINAL

TEIE KING V. GODFREY JAMILS,

This ease, ~- hich originated from.- the late con--
tested -.lettionfor the city of. Dublin.; excited a Coil-
id -able degree of interest. 'lt was an application.
'on the rant of Robert Shaw, Esq. one of the sating.
M.,-,lbei for this ~:‘, fa- leave to file a criminal io-
f_irinition agaiii“ Mr: Godfrey James, an Officer of
ti..... Conri of King's Benet), for endeavouring to.
simo rn William Greville to swear that Mr. Shaw
had been f'Uiltly of' bribery on the late eleCtion.
Mr. HAMILTOS, as ".Counsel on the part of MT:
Sll:4,tnoviq fia-leave to file a criminal information
against Godfrey James, .Esq., The motion.. was
grounded on the Affidavit of, William Greville, stat-
ing,. that on the 21st of Novembr, 1806, ,Godfrey
James, of South' Cumberland-street, called William
Greville aside, in the Court of King's',Beuely, and
told,him,- in private, that he wished to speak to him
upon particular business, at the• same time giving
Mr. Greville his address in writing, he desired to.see
him the Next .morning at nine
.o'clock. In conse-
quence of this, Mr. Greville:waited upon him at the
time appointed, when Mr. James, after speaking of
the late election for the city of Dublin, and some
other introduaery conversation, told :Mr. ' Gre-
ville that it WA now in his power to serve. himself
and family,
.and that he, Mr. James, would be his
friend,. would get something don?, for 'him, and
would shortly call on him for that purpose. Accord-
ingly, about the 12th of December last, -Mr: James
called at Mr. Greville's lodgings, and left his name
and address. Shorily after this Mr. James saw Mr.
Greville, and - said he was extremely sorry to See
him with so large a family and a wife in distress ;.
and then, having again introduced the subje& of
the late.eleaion, said, if Mr. Greville ;WOuld come
forward and be a Witness against Mr. Shaw, and
prove that at the late election he had bribed voters
to vote for him, in order to be elected a Member of
Parliament for the city of Dublin, be ,Would serve
him .most particularly, and would ' always be a.
friend to him: To this Mr. Greville replied, that
be knew of n 6 such has, as bad.been urged to hica
to prove against Mr. Shaw, and that, therefore, it
was impossible he could be a witness against him.
Mr. James-afterwards urged and importuned him to
swear bribery against, Mr. Shaw particularly on the
.28th of Jan. last, when Mr. James assured him that
it; he would come forward and pro;:e that Mr. Shaw
had been guilty of givine. bribes 'at the late elec-
tion, be could and .would prepare for him a place of
profit under the Paying Board, and would on all
occasions be a good friend to him, and use all' his
influence to serve him. Mr. Grel;.ill; again replied,
as he had done on former. oceasitins, and as' be par,
ficularly swore the faa was, that he did -not' know
of any bribery having been committed by. Mr. Shaw,
anl that therefore lie could not swear it; against him.
Mr. James then observed; that Mr. Shaw 'Was a
-very worthy-proper-man, but that he:waSataing
agent for Mr. Latouche. This, my Lords-, said the
Learned Counsel, is the whole of the evidence in
support of the Motion : A very long Affidavit has
been sworn by Mr. James, which I will now state
to your Lordships, first observing;that it so far-goes
in corrobOration of Mr. Greville's affidavit, as that ,
every interview sworn bY,Mr. Greville 'to have'taken
place between him and Mr. James, is by it edmit-
ted, though indeed the tenor of the C.6oversati'ons is

denied. This Affidavit, my Loid'S, begins by stat-
ing that, about the first day of Nov.: -,)er last, Mr.
Greville was brought up to the Court rt'King's tench
as. an insolvent debtor.;. and his dicharge having
been opposed by some of his ,credit Ors, Mr. James,'
from motives of, humanity, assisted him, and though
Mr. Greville was, then an utter stranger to him, he
contributed, -as he bZ;lieves, to procUre his discharge.
After Mr. Greville was liberated. i\lr. James 'fur-
ther states, he was informed that,Mr. Greville Coulij
give material evidence to chew that Mr. Shaw had,
on the late ele(tion for the city. of Dub,iiu, given
bribes to induce ekaors to vote for him,. and that

Greville .had himself-been bribed: In:• conse-
quence, therefore, of having.ia ffiendship for. Mr.
Latouche, the unsuccessful candidatecrand' being
desirous' to ,know whether Mr.-.Shaw:had been
guilty of brib“y, he requested Mr: Greville to call
upon:him at his ;::olf;,e early next morning,
,and at;
the same time gave -bhp his .:address in writing.
The next morning he accordingly came at. the time
appointed, and atter some -conversititin;. Mr. James
. asked him who he had voted for on the last ,eledion ?
He answered;, .he bad voted,for Shaw singly, and On
being again asked what induced him to do so ? he
said he could not then enter into particulars. The
41-fidavit then states, that it Was utterly untrue that-
. atr.,James then, 'or at any.-other time, told Mr.
GreVille‘that- it was in-his power to, serve himself
and family, or that something should, be done for
. him, or that he would call on him for that purpose.-
He, hOwever, admits, that being -impressed with a
strong suspicion, from the informatioa lielad re-'
eived, that Mr. Greale had taken a bribe for his,
vote, he did request him to disclose the truth as to
his inducement for,-giving his vote, and that he told
him if he would fairly and honestly disclose
ctirastance, he
.would .be much obliged, to hiM, and.
would be his friend, or words to that cited. ,

In a feW days after this Mr;(3revillozat,ain called
at Nit% James's house, and as- he best reeolleEts and
bjli(wes, informed him be had during the clea-tion
written to .Mr: Shaw,, stating, that be had a vote,
that he was then a debtor Conti-ned in ,the•She-
this prison in the greatest distress j this letler he.had
sent to Mr. Shaw, who gave his .wife 2: the-hearer ui
*..it,;fi six shilling token,-and said he could not then,

circumstanced as he was, give her more, .but that he
would send one of.his Agent's to her busbaUd. Ac-
4.iot'diugly one of Mr. Shaw's avowed.Ageuts,went to
the Sherifi'S prisoii, and told him -if be " would vote
.for -2,lllShaw he should have an erUplqment when
-,theelleetibn _would he over. .IJO-thcp.,entioned, to

-theAgi-.5,ty,1114ti1e was so ill-elothed and shabby he
`.'if`,1651.1-4),Vcd to appear, and the \gent promised hitu
!•i/itl,aftccimards gave him a suit
iota{ limes proceeds.to-.st4e, that a few da3;s
man: who,,lle, believes ..Mr. J. Latouche
.to Isr4dut.e, as a witness in support of the
rtti;ion :against Mr. Shaw, called on

11..ONDQN.; Printed by RicriA HA R R rs, Of No. 4. Dow-titre:A; arid
At tbe SUI,S-OfFICE, .N 9. 112, Stralld where ..thivertise4enti; Orders
.1;

on tli'e part of Mr. Shaw to come forward with the
Afititthy i-eqiiit'ed of -himsbjr*the Court. His Lord.-
s:lip here. concindedv:hv refusing -the. mot nu,! but
added, t ha: he would take a note in, his to in or-.
der to let in 14r.'Shaw to renew the apOca ion:next
Term. •

CITY
.BusisEss.--Yesterday a Coart of Common..
Council --was' held at Guildhall, which was attended
by a great number of COmmoners;.

The LORD MAyox-delivered into.,the Court a Let=
ter he had received from Sir. JAMES STPART, K. B.
wherein he expressed -his grateful sense of the honour
done him -by their Vote of Thanks, &c, -for his ser-
Vices on the Plains ofMaida ; the same was read, and
ordered to be entered on the Journals.

The Court., agreed. to petition: the .Honourable
House of Commons for leave to bring in a Bill for
Consolidating the several Laws for Regulating the
Coal Trade.

A.RepQrt from• the, Committee. of City Lands,
which had been presented and read at the last Court,
and -t he_consideration thereof adjourned, for treating
with the Governors of the' London Institution rela,,
five, to granting them a. lease of the scite of ground
whereon Blackwell Hall now stands;- was again read;
and it was referred back to the said dommittee to
treat with the Governors accordingly.

The Committee of City Lands Tdelivered into the
Court a Report for purchasing an. Estate iu LongL
lane, for the purpose of continuing the improve-
ment there ;, the same was read, and it was -referred
to the Committee, •to .make the said purchase ac-,
cordingly. .
The Court appointed the Comnstoners of.
Sewers, Lamps, and Pavement ; • and' also -the re-
spedive:Comalittees for the. year ensuing, viz, the
Committee for letting and demising the City's Lands
and Tenements, and Bridgehouse Estates, the Gre-
sham Committee, the Committee • for General Put-.
poses,: the Committee of Controul. over the: Coal
and Corn Meters, the Navigation Committee; the
Temple .Bar and Snow Bill. Committee, 'kind the
Committee for Improving the Port of London.

Otm BAtLEy.7--Yesterdarz4 Prisoners were tried,
two Of whom were capitally conviaed, viz. Willianz.
Disney, for robbing Mary Langfieid on the .King'S
Highwpy, and taking from her person two gold
rings and a.scariet cloak, the property- of Richard
Langfietd.-e-William.Bakidein, .for stealing, in the
dweding,house of Jeremiah Crowley, 30 guineas,
the. ie-operty •of .Charles -Henley: Thirteen were
conviaqd of felony, and nine were acquitted.
Yesterday a. well-looking genteel dressed :man
went to a house in the neighbourhood of Holborn,
and inquired for the person who keprit, . mention-
ing name ; being informed he was not at. home,
but expected very soon, he replied, -with 'permission
he would wait, and accordingly was shewn into an
adjoining parlour, and while. the servant who had
sliewn him in was 'gone up stairs, he managed to
decamp with a watch and some 'other articles that
were lying in the room. -
Lately died, near \\Toole., in -Northumberland,
aged 87, Sir Patrick Claud Ewins, Bart: who for-
merly married Signora Centuci, a Neapolitan_ lady,
by whom he had issue an only son, born at Eagle
Hall, Somerset ; this son marrying without his
father's consent, the latter disposed of all his estates,
invested the produce in the public funds, and with-
drew into yery humble retirement about 40, years
since, leaving his son (since •deceased) the scanty.
pittance of 401. a year only; and whom! he elever af•
terwards would be, Neconciled• to,- .or-see. The:de-
ceased tualle many wing.. and by the last, ',after
giving in. legacies about 40,0 t 01. bequeathed tho
residue of,- his immense property (exceeding,, .it is,
said, 500,000 i. sterling) to a -distant relation at
Newry, io Ireland, who dying.buta very short time
before 'the testator, the title -and whole. residue of
this splendid fortune -devolve by lapse to 'Mr. James.
Ewins, (now Sir James Ewins, Bart.). the, testator's
grandson, of Newport, Monmouthshire, perfumer--
a man of unblemished character, probity, and in-
tegrity, with -a _large family of children. .
Oa Tuesday morning, at 8 o'cloCk, a young wo.
m4n, of the name of Ann. Hewitt; about ti 3 years
of ahe, who was a servant in a house in John-street,
Tottenham Court Road, stretched up 'to a candle-
stick on the mantle-piece. The :draught of the
chirpney made her,clothes catch fire. Her screams
,attrafted several persons, who climbed outer the area
rails to her assistance; brit it was too late, she died
yesterday morning in Middlesex Hospital •
The Legislature of Baltimore are on. the eve 'of
passing A lawto-tax all bachelors above the age of
2h, for the maintenance of illegitimate children.
The Bachelors of Baltimore lately had a meeting on, •
the occasion,,,and presented a Petition to the -
Le-
gislature against. the measere.. A counter Peti-
tion was intended to be presented by. the Ladies,
and a meeting was called for the purpose ; but,
although their general cordiality in- the cause. was
not doubted, so :few attended that the project was
abandoned, •

We copy the following curious notice from the
Halifax Chronicle, of December 19
`` Notice—These are to certify, that my wife.
Elizabeth (formerly the widow. Wild), too Wild to
be ,steered by my compass, but one of her own
making ; and as she has the devil for her pilot, she
has altered her course, and steered away from me,
so that I will pay no debts of her contra tang after
this date,
" oat. 9.7, 1806. RICEIARD JENKINS?'
Politeness of the Welch' Courtiers.--The. Welch
made a law, that none of the Courtiers should give
the QUEEN a blow,.or snatch any thing violAtly out
of her hands, on pain of forfeiting her MAJESTY'S
protealion:
The Drawing .of the State Lottery finished on
Saturday, the 14th inst.• The Ticket No. 18,006
as First-drawn on that day, entitled to Five Thou-
sand Pounds, was sold at HAZARD,' auxin, and
Co.'s Office, Royal Exchange, where every fixed
Capiuil.Prize this Lottery has been sold and shared.
The following are the numbers of the Capital Prizes
in this Lottery which have been sold at HAZARD,
BuRN Ey and Co.'s Office, viz.
N0."12,283 - 30,0001. •• •
24,490 - -
} In Shares.
../to - • .. • sotlel ,
24,468 - • - - wool.
.
sz76 - . wool. J
• tkoo6 - - sOOO ?
In whole Ti,-.4-cts
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