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London, England, 1817-02-19 00:00:00

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ADMIRALTY COURT, DocToits. CONIMONS, Fen. le.
VILLE DP. VAIISOVIe A,NTI) OTITItit PitIZES.
'I he question respecting the distrihu.
don of head money for the enenty!s flaps destroy-
ed in I.lasque Itonds in 1609, by Lord Cochrane,
conic on this day l'or discussion before Sir W.
Lord Cochrane himself attended, in order to
irssist his Cronniel,.Dr. Lusliington and Dr. 1.)orl-.
8014, with noree,

Sii C. ItosiNSON, his i4l;►jrsty's Advocate,
,pcogii the elitist!, by Statlitg, 'licit it wa a ivies-
ion WriSilig uu !fetid motley, d 'le for nine snip,
aptored
,the 12th of April, 1801, in Mosque
toakts.

Opposition was made with respect to di,tribn..
tlon of the said head-money by Lord Cochrane,
%vim objects to, the distribution of it among the
fleet tinder .Lord Gambier, on the:!round that
Admiral Lord Gambier, and the line-of-battle
ships under his command, were aitte miles croon
the enemy's ships at the time of the engage-
ment ; therefore Lord Cochrane requests the
Court to, reject the claim on behalf' of the said
ships.

The Act On petition on the part of Lord Coe
roue was read.

The Learned Adrocate.then objected to the
sources front which •Lortl Cochrane proposed to
draw his eridence in support of proof, that Lord
Gauthier's ships did not go into action when there
was an opportunity. of getting to the etteloy, • The
proof objected to was; the enemy's.telegraph sig.
male—Secondly, the log books of certain ships
interestedin the CYNIC of Lord_Cochrane's °Nee-
tion--Thirdly, a copy, or outline, from a French
Chart, called the Neptune Franculse, ptothlcecl
the trial of Lord Gambier, by a Coott Martial,
nod other proof, considered inadmissible: as ea•i-

{time.

Dr. AnArds, On the sante side, supported the
bjectious..

Larstumarox mid Dr. DODSON, opposed
the general line of argittnent in support- of the
objectiost, but admitted that they were really t 9
amend parts, of the l►ruccetlings %%Welt bad been
incautiously overlooked.
Sir %V. ScoTT said, be sitoul►l take a short time
to consider the objection, aunt decide next
►lay.

The KING'S ADVCiCAT“ intlinated, alit as it
was desirable the distribution hhutild go Os soon.
as possible, all unnecessary delay of couisc would
be avoided.

EXTRAORDINAAV Case:. of rather A
,110Vel (JOOOllOOll came Oil before the Coroner for
Middlesex yeAerday, in the polish o(St, Butolph
Without, Aldgate. Joseph Padgett, a lad about
16 years of age, was found on Monday afternoon,.
about half-past five o'clock, in a bay loft, sus-
pended from a beam by a halter about his neck.
His body was not quite cub), I,le was seen alive
and well about two bolus before. None of the
witnesses saw the least 'appcat once ref insanity
about him. it observed, however, that Hs
mind had been completely engross..d by the subject
of hanging—duriug the whole of Sat urday al termini)
be talked of little else; asked hi., brother whether
he had ever seen a man hung,and whethei‘he did not
think the men commit ted to the to wet., would he hung
upon Tower7hill,and that: nothing tyqUidi gire him
so much pleasnio.as to,. see a titan 11e was
a lad of exceedinglood morals, ant! no cause what.,
ever reould be assigned for the perpetratioo of such
att net. The Jury, after ddiberating, unanimously
concloded that the 14d, perfectly it,lntuated with
tire subject of hangin2:, which seemed to have em,
ployed all his thoughts, had, by way of cxneri.
!Hem, placed the raid cord round his, neck,. with,
oot any intention of .conuttitting suicide,.but hood i
h ich lie was unable to extricate himself, and died from necident and misfortune, the victim of his
tnyn imprudence.

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