The Sun.
London, England, 1819-02-19 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD, F. 39.

Our Market was tolerably well supplied with prime Beasts-;
business was brisk, and prices dearer. The show of Sheep
was small, and the prices of Mutton dearer ; Pork was also
dtarer; and Veal remains nominally as our last quotations.-,
The business in the Hay Market this morning was' not
livelj, and prices were dearer than on Monday. Clover hai
drooped in`price; Straw remains the same as last week, and"
butlittle business doing, .

DUTY ON COALS.

Yesterday a Meeting was held at the City of
London. Tavern, for the purpose of taking into
consideration the necessity
.of • petitioning Parlia-
went for relief from the present partial duty on
Coals in London and the out-ports. At one o'clock
Mr. Alderman Wood took.the chair. He was ac-
companied into theroom by Aldermen Waithman
and Thorp, Mr. Wilson, M.P. Mr. Byng, M.P.
Mr.H.Sumner, Mr. Har-
vey, and several other Gentlemen, Mem-
bets of the Committee.
;Alderman Worn stated the object for which, the
meeting had assemnled ; after which, the Secre-
.tary reed the militates of a conver4ation which
, took place between the Deputies appointed at a
forrber meeting to wait upon the Chancellor of the
m.llE4loer, on the subject of the .high
Fromt his it adpeared aim! that Right Hon,pen7
Liman had expressed the his.Ma7
jest 's Ministers to give the':subject their most
serious consideration.. ~
Mr. JACKS then proposed a string of resolutions,
which he prefaced with an account of the origin
and progress of the several duties which bad,been
laid on coals in London,.and otherdiStricts, tip to.
thepresent time,
.These duties amounted,. in Mid-
, d foe x and Surrey, to ahout:4os. 9 -id. per head, men,
.women and children ; inl4 counties, it was is. Id.
on each person ; in 4 counties, about i d., and
in twenty-one counties, there was no duty at all.
He_ then detailed the. evils_ to which this partial
sYstem led, and concluded by expressing a hope
that the Resolutions and the Petition to Parlia-
ment,, founded upon them, would,meet, with the
concurrence of the Meeting. ,! .1f -.!:•--
_ The Resolutions were then severally pill and
carried, es were also the petitions to both Houses
of Parliament.

Yestepdav, the Duke anti Duchess, of WEL-
LINGTON gave a grand dinner at Apsler House.
A'second edition of the admirable Letters of
HORACE WALPOLE to GEORGE MoNTacu, has just
appeared, in which the real names of all the dis-
tinguished persons ailudedto are restored. George:.
Montagu was the son of Brigadier-General Ed-
wand Montagu, and nephew to the second Earl
of Halifax. He was a Member of Parliament for
Northampton, Usher of the Black Rod in Ireland
during the Lieutenancy of the Earl Of Halifax,
Private Secretary to Lord North when Chan--
cellar of the Exchequer, and the most intimate
friend of Horace NValpole.
BATHIHG.—Sir ARTHUR CLAREE, the Pro-
prietor of the Public Baths in Dublin, has just
published a very interesting little tract on Bath-
ing.—lt contains a code of instructions deduced
from principles and experience, highly useful to
bathers anti invalids. As it is now well ascer-
tained that either cold or warm bathing may he
very beneficial to some and extremely injurious to
others, according to their complaints and consti-
tutions, information on this important subject
cannot be too widely diffused, . .

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OLD I3dILEY SES "

DANK PROSECUTIONS —FORGERIES..
This morning William Conner (who WaS
charged last Session). was indicted for Laving,
the month of January last, passed a. note, 13005,7'4
ing to be of the Governor *a-fit! Company
.Of (14:1
Bank of England, be well knowing it to el
forged, with intent to defraUd the said CorttPl'l"
The prisoner having pleaded Guilty to the moor si
offence, which subjects him to transportation for
14 years, e 4
Mr. Serjeant BOSANQUET then shortly adayess
the Jury, observing, that as the Bank alwaYll4
leaned to the side of mercy', they declined prosc-'
curing the prisoner capitally. (4").,i ,
b
Mr. Baron GRAHAM then rose, and stater' to ;
Jury, that as there appeared no evidence efo
1 re tr,-
them to substantiate a capital offence against
prisoner, he must be acquitted of that, and iltere#: 4
fore they would deliver their verdict accOrdinglY'
which they immediately did—Guilty of the oior
offence, but not of a capital apace.
John Jackson and Francis Jierry were also seri!:
rately arraigned on similar offences, in havingos-
the month of January last, each passed a
pound note, purporting to be also genuine 001
of the Governor and Company of the Bank..'
England, with intent to defraud the sii4l
patty. These two prisoners likewise rie.a.4
Guilty to the minor offences. The Jury t°1"(
theta Guilty accordingly, but acquitted theal,d3-
the capital charge, there being also no evillro-7

against them to substantiate

SPECIAL COMMISSION. •
„efsf
Soon after the Sitting of the Court
morning, Mr. SHI:LTON, the Clerk of the Arrost-i-
-read a Speci.,l Commission, authorizing
various persons charged under the Abolitic" fot
►
the Slave Trade Att with having removed,. iro,
the purpose oU being' sold, a number of Poi°.
front the Island •of- Mauritius.
• a 4i
Mr. Barou'Git'anast addressed the Jury .; •
Shot t speech. • 144
The Grand Jury then withdrew, and s-
'three hours afterwards returned with a Bill 1104'
found against. Jaques Atistide Mouneron ;
the tris
ru e Bills against Cuday, alias rhi'lst,'
-bent, Atnand Clarertsae, and Joseph Anne Tresgr°..o,
.They severally pleaded Nat Guilty, Tht'ir
isles then appointed to take place at ten •
Saturday morning:' • •