The Sun.
London, England, 1819-05-07 00:00:00

BOSSINEII ELECTION PETITION.

Mr. GRBNFELL presented .a petition from. Sir
Chailes Blount, praying that the consideration
of the• petition which he-had presented on Wed-
nesday se'nnight, against the return for Bossiney,
might he postponed, The Hon. Gentleman moved,
that the present order for taking the petition into
consideration on Tuesday next be discharged, and
that it be postponed till the Ist of August.

A discussion then took place between Mr.Stnart
Wortley, Mr. Tierney, Mr. liftskisson, Mr. Wynn,
Lord Castlereagh, Sir J. Newport, and Sir J.
Mackintosh ; and the latter proposed, as an amend-
ment, that the further consideration of this ques-
tion be adjourned till to-morrow (this day), on
which the House divided, and the numbers were—

For the Atoriitiment
Against it 5!)

Majority 30

The original motion was then put, and nega-
tited without a division.—The House adjourned
at Two o'Clock.

. On Tuesday last his Majesty's ships Hecla and
Griper were taken down the river by the steam-
yacht to Northfleet.
_ _ _

The Lords of the Admiralty have ordered an
84-gun ship to be built at Bombay, to he called.
the Bombay. The Bombay now in the service is
to be called the. Blake.
An Account has been laid before the House of
Commons of the total weekly amount of Bank-
notes and Bank Post-bills in circulation, since
the last return, on the 19th of January, 1819,
to the 27th of April, 1819, inclusive. The
greatest amount is that of April 20, 27,4565001.;
the lowest, that of April 6, 24,409,7701.--
Hence, we see that, within the short period of
14 days, between the 6th and 20th April, there
were three millions withdrawn from circulation;
a fact which may help in some measure to account
for the extreme pecuniary distress experienced
among commercial men a few weeks ago. Within
the last week the amount in' circulation has in-
creased to 26,775,4401.
Letters and Papers from Gibraltar to the 12th
ult. state, that the disputes which bad arisen be-
tween the Officers of the 64th regiment and those
on board the Urle, United States sloop of war,
which we. mentioned a few days since, had been
pur an end to through the energetic measures
adopted by the Curamanding OfEcer.

LAW INTELLIGENCE:

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY G.

THE MERCANTILE CONSPIRACY.
THE KING V. JOHN KINNEAR, LOUIS LEVY, 14°5r
LEY woot.F, and OTHERS. '63il
Mr. GURNEY moved the judgment of the itie
on the defendants, who were found gullty'et' tier
last Sittings in Guildhall, of conspiracY t°' er
fraud divers dealers -in Scotch and Mancheo
goods, by taking their property and paYing /39
hills for the same.
The defendants appeared in Court, Louis Leg
having previously surrendered to his bail in
case of Ladbrook v. Levy. •
-The CHIEF JUSTICE read the whole of the egii
dence, which occupied a considerable portion a,
the day.
• •
The defendants then put in affidavits to In ttce
el
the Court to inflict lenient punishment. ,01:4,.1-fr
complained of erroneous statements in the .3:4";„(t
papers and hand-bills, which had been circoni`e
by those who conducted the prosecution, f0r::6,1
purpose of exciting prejudice against them, be
added, that the Jury had tried them- oaer e
prejudice thus produced. They stated their lot.
inin of circumstances, and other pair:
cidars, to obtain mercy of the Court, Severe' be
spectable persons made affidavits, stating that
defendants had borne honest characters Ina-ti
years previous to the offence of which they at° •
convicted. ails"
The defendants finally made a joint au`6-espp•
complaining that they had been confined in .11--.oy
gate with -the worst prisoners, and- particile%
%vitt) sixteen persons convicted at the Middies
Sessions of shocking propensities.
The Attorney for the prosecution also roa—inr
affidavit, in which he stated that he had tuade„aa
quiry into the affairs of Meyer, the principal e;as.
spirator, who absconded. The result was, 3 b:di
cuvcry that Meyer had accepted bills to the 9111°%d
of 50,0001. which were all out against biro at I
time he absconded. •ntli
The Court having perused this affidavit,
mated that it came too suddenly upon the (eel
lemlants, who were not perhaps prepared to Woe
it, they therefore remanded them to be brought
again on Monday next. tett,
The Officer who had them in custody sta;
that the inconvenience the defendants cOmplateZe
of was occasioned by the crowded state of "
Jail.
writ&
THE KING V. THOMAS ELLIS, ESQ. AND Atc-- leo
This was a c:iminal information against tbeil
Pendants, Captain Thomas Ellis, and John arrh.o tti
Esq. for challenging General Kinsey to "tig-,tetl
duel with the former. ,The defendants WO; e
judgment to go by default, and Captain Ellis Ole
up to receive the sentence of the Court. hotli
The COURT, after hearing the affidavits on - 0
sides, were of opinion, that as protection 1(,
violence seemed to be the only obiect of the 6°
,eej
ilerta, the justice of the case would be satis"e;
by calling npon Captain Ellis to enter into
curity to keep the peace for two yea"' himself
the sum of 1,0001. and two sureties in 5001. ocihe
which he Was ordered to find to-morrow. 111
mean time he was suffered to go at large.
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