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London, England, 1820-02-11 00:00:00

THE MAILTc.ETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 1 I —We have had but
little Wheat. fretih in since Monday, for which
article of fine quality the demand continues to-
lerably brisk, and picked samples may be quoted
Is. per quarter higher ; Fine Malting Barley being
scarce, fully supports Monday's prices,bui there is
little doing in the middling descriptions. In
Beans, Peas, and OA'S no alteration ; the con•
!timers of the latter article hold off buying, in the
expectation of large supplies next week.,
SMITHFIELD MARKET, Fe►s. IL—There was this morning
a middling supply of all kinds of Cattle, hut those of a su-
perior quality obtained ii,londay's prices ; Mutton is rather
higher than last Market day ; Veal and Pork intl.), maintain
last Monday's prices.—The Hay .'Market is much the same
as per our last quotation ; Straw and Clover no au,ration.

Dr. RALPH EDEN fias been appointed Physician
Ex►raordinary (4) his Royal Highness the Duke of
GLOUCESTER.

airing the time of proclaiming the KING on
Mo►rdls al the cornet ot Petticoat-1 taP, White-
chapel. ti number ct persons -wcre completely ,ui-
rorint:ed by a wing at pickpockets, (Ind ridsbrd of
their property in the most ahitaciptis manner.
A Mr. ALyer, of SiHri(oll, in Leicesters .ire,
graver,, hB4 his porket-book cut ont •tront his
aide tic4ket, containing notes, &t,. to the itmoutit
of 1401., with which they got clears ti.

MLE !MG of the FRIENDS of Sir W . Cti iiT IS.

.
A Meeting of the Friends of
.Sir W it.
CURTIS '
having been called at the London Tavern, a nu-'
nierous party of Gentlemen assembled in the (reat '
Room yesterday morning.
At one o'clock, Sir C. S. UuNTeR, Sir C. .'!.
FLOWER, Sir C. PRICK, Mr. MANNING, M. P— ;'
Mr. Alderman ATKINS, and several other persons
of the first distiec,ion ii, the City, made their ap.. 't
pearalice. and were welcomed with the loud ap.
plause of the company.
Sir C. FLowEit claisped the attention of the
Meeting for a moment, while Ile prOposed that ~
Mr. Manning, -M. P. should be called to the i4,...i
Chair. A motion to this affect being made, was
carried by acelametions.
Mr. MANNING (harieg taken the Chair) siid, 5
Ise had felt anxious th it some Gentlemen of the ;)
Corporation of the City of London Should he call.
ed to the Chair on this occasion, though be, ro •.,
the friend of Sir IV. CUrtis, had presided at a p; I-
rate meeting oo a for mer day. Since, however.
he had been celled to the situation in which hex
then found hititselt, lie.etteld not but say, that it .•.!"
was highly gratifying to him to preside over a ei,
compeny so numerous and respectable, calic(t to.
gether on such an °cession. He would endeavoor
to do his duty, and trusting to their kindness to
fP
excuse his errors, he hoped that his humble efforts le.
would afford them satisfaction. The object of
the present Meeting it was unnecessary for hiin :4
to stare, as it had been made known I huot,gii the 4,4
mediem of all the Newspapers. There were ,u many ;
Gentlemeo competent to give effect to it present, ei
that he did not feel himself called upon to enlarge 1;77
On the subject, and he would therefore, without fel
forther preface, proceed to read to'them tlie Re- '.T
solutions which bad been prepared.
Mr. HALL then read a string of ReSolutionsn
descriptive of the qualifications necessary to a He- t' 1
presentative of the city of London, and calThig on 'P;;,,;
Sir W. Curtis, as a person eminently fitted to fill Xfi;
that important situation, to come forward as a ,7:;.
Candidate at the ensuing Gentle) Election —(Se:ee,
Adrertisement)
Sir C. IJUNTUR thought it matter of great se- kr
tisfaction that Sir W. Curtis was likely to accept "„,-;
the invitation given to hint on a former day, and tst
likely to be repeated on this occasion. He was .t''',•
glad that the Hon. Baronet would again be ready" -e!,,
to receive their suffrages, to replace him as one '..),
of their Representatives in the House of Com- 7;::„
mons. it afforded him pleasure to know that the ;
Meeting hard the sanction and the countenance of
,•
the Honourable Gentleman who then filled the 3,,
chair, as he took his presence among them as an
earnest that the Merchants of the City ot Landon ~..:
were disposed to come forward it) behalf of Sir
~.
William Curtis. Nothing could be of greater in). ,:-'
portance than that the mercantile body, whose in- -.,..,.
fluence evea where they-bad no votes, was so de- :-.,'
servedly great in the City, should espouse the 7'4
cause of the Hon. Baronet. Their assistance, it
,'
it were only in asking for the votes of their friends. T
would he of essential set vice. One point he was 4
most eneions_to impress on the Meeting. Sir W. ee
Curtis was more than most_ others peculiarly fitted ;.'
to he one of the Representatives of the City of Tly
Londbo, from his long acquaintance with the V
House of Commons—from his acquaintaoce with .e.
its oldest Members, few of the Metnbers now in
it being older than himself—and from the fecili- -'..,
lies which these circumstances afforded him of at- .•.
tending to the htoinesi of the City with effect.— . ~.4i.
It was an old saying, <<A• soft answer often r, c
turrooh away wrath." The man 'gement of Sill:
W ;Curtis hail often turtle() away wrath ; sebdtied ;444
those who on some occasions were most irritated te.e
against the City, and prevailed upon them to
favour measures (to which they had in the first ae- ,
instance objected) which were of great import.
anee to the Citizens of London and to the nation *.4je
at large. Sir W. Curtis had for many years dotie T....,::'
his ditty as the. Representative of the City of Lon-
don, and he doohted not that if again returned, t •
he would not fail (while his health permitted), to
oe-
[
exert himself in the retitae of their tights and li-F,
berties, es he had hitherto done. 11 , concluded 1
by moving the first Resolution. orte,ie
Mr. Alderman ATKINS seconded the loot ion "?'•
and observed, it moult! ill become him to give a
silent seconding to a proposition which ap;eettetlLVe
to him of so much importance to the City of Loe- N
don. He had opportunities while he "had the ho- til
nour to be one of the Members for the City, et 4;,:l
knowing that the Honourable Bart. was a most Z.''A
fit and proper person to represent the City of 6.it
London in Parliament. It his health permitted, te,,
he was confident that Sir William Curtis would V:,
still atteed to their interests as he had hitherto
•'
his •
done. These would claim no trifling portion of
his time, and he believed that it was known the 1
City M'embers, with Sir William Curtis at their )14
head, had giv,n mitre attention to their ditties as te•.,
Members of Parliameet t;:ao had been witnessed .1
on the part of the Representatives of any other 'v-
place. This known, it was nnnecessary for him 44
to s y toore in behalf of his Hon. Friend, for 0
whom he had the greatest tegard, than that he St
w "'rot
do all in his power to promote the Hon.
Trot
I
Bat onet's view's and those of the very respectalrle 44
Meeting that he had then the honour to address. e o
The first Resolution was then carried with '4.
great opplatise. . et".

iit.AcKmv..t, after %That }rad been s'aid by
tbotte who had receded thought it useless ti•
(10 mire thttn to move the second Resolution.

Str C. FLOLvER seconded the Resoiution,
was carried with great appl,tuse.
Mr. JACKS, as a very old Meml.ler of the Cor-
rratinn of the Ciiy of London, having know'
Jir W. Curtis for many yi•ars, was ready to co-
operate most cordially in the great work of return
ing the lion. Baronet to Par:lament. He coo..
ettrredwith a;1 that had been said by the preeed
ing Sr;ftatters, and was of )r) that there never
waS periOd when the introdnetion c,f commet-
ciAlll.l QOs into the 11 mse of Commo:is wa,
morenece‘rttry than it was at present. He; to
one, sincere-1y hoped that he shook never agait
hee the city of London represented by so ter:
merchants as Vrt-te now to be found among tliei
Representatives. The importance of teturnin;
en nmereial tarn might be nnlerstood froth whw
had been sta-ed to him by Sir .J. Shaw. Thai
llon. Baronet had assured bins that assisted as h.
had been by the co-oneration of Sir Wil!,4

Curtis, and Mr. Aldetman Atkins, in every year
-r•-.1
.-st., the Parliamentary business of the City had claim-
,,t:
r.;,:ed 100 nut of the 365 days. These were required
to attend to the Commercial and Shipping lute-
,.;;.e re-ts of :he gteat Metiopolis. tie was convinced
1
~ that flo y ou4ltt to return that description of Can..
I..:;ltlidate now. proposed,. in the person of Sir Wm,
;-'4 Curtis, and he, as their Representative, , would,
!'''-- he doubted nor, do his duty not only to the Cot.-
...4....r.poration, not only to the Lively of London, but
also to :he great Commercial body of this vast
t-'z City. ti e moved the 3,1 Resolution.
t„... Mr. CLAY seconded the Resolution, which was
o'g: then a;:reed to.
:.4.: Sir C. FimwFll moved the fourth Resolution,
-zr. which went to disprnse with a Pet solid canvass nn
:',.j the part of Sit W. Curtis.
—,..74 This Resolution was seconded by Sir F. DR-
,,,g
i:;;;,-: SANGER, ant! amended by Mr. Aide, titan ATKINS,
so ,is to make it the request of that Meeting to
"';the Livery, that a personal canvass should be (Hs;
i.,,,
0 [tensed with, which was a;.:retid to.
'll i\l,' WARD had wear pledsoie in moving the
15'fittli licsololioo, vt-hiCh went to appoint a depu-
i!.'', t viol, to invite Sir l's'. Curls to become a candi-
-73; date at !he ensuing election lie (Mr. Ward)
~0
'•,ttaineere:y hoped the 8.,..:-,,oet would again he re-
turned fur 113,-- Coy of London. On lite Iluyal
gl;‘,i,,. Ex,chaitge but one feeling had prevailed on the
. ortrasi,,n of lii, tieing thro,vn out at the last dee-
,'
.t.:illIt1 The cry of " Shame, shame," when it was
e 4•4 first kuoti 11, had ie•,ounded trout one end of the
4 Exchange ,o the other.
.'.''it Ai IholinAm seconded the motion.
Th, CHAIRMAN, heiore the Resolution was put,
----Ithou,,h, it tight to state, that as Sir W. Curtis
Y.;l:'y . . ,
,i.t..4 was then in ilie City, it was !Dwight by those near
.A.. !rim. that it 111,0 It be well to get the answer of
:,1 the lion Baronet before the Aleeting separated,
•'l4, 1 hat nothing :night he left uncertain. Should the
':' Resolution be carried it the company would keep
i.; together five or-ten minutes, lie e%pected that the
v.iietinta:iou would be able to return with the mi-
lsaver
This o of
iI Sir, 1 i
I%nlid.:
ion was
-,,:-.
Curtis.
received wilt great ap-
,t P lause, and the Deputation proposed to leave the
room, but before doing so,
f The CHAIRMAN begged to state, that in addi•
tion to the respectable attendance of the Magis-
tA friary of the City then in the room, he had to state
r,',7.';,i, that he held it' his hand a letter, apologising for
4tl fhe absence of Sir R. Catr Glynn. Nothing but
the circumstance of his being that, day the Sit-
:ft ring Magistrate could have kept hint away.-
61 The Meeting bad hia most hearty wishes for their

for I l
success. •
hr Chairman and the other Gentlemen named
in the Resolution just ti reed to, then left the
room
'.
le t ,
r -
oe purpose of communicating with Sir
,1 W. Curtis.
r-4- While they were absent,
tlAir. S DIXON observt.d, it was most unplea-
-1
`,4 sant for men of business to he doing nothing, and
.N. 41 1/44.1th this feeling he would take the liberty to ad-
., dress them in the absence of the Chairman, and
,;.;:l t they would hear the few %voids that he had to
01 say he would feel himself much gratified. Much
, is he wi,lted to see Sir W. Curtis again RS one
of their -Representatives, he had at the present
-..,,S moment som,thing else ou his mind. The pre-
sent question lie viewed as taking a broader basis
' than that of the mere return of Sir W. Curtis to
Parliament. Eli. looked on Sir W. Curtis to be
~,. a man well acquaioted with the mercantile jute-
rests of the city of London. Some of tile Got-
-.:4 tlemen who now represented tie City (of their
"
• ~private character be wished to ,say nothing) had
',K'
't .
ot the meicantile experience of the lion. Hart.,art.,
and were therefore, in his opinion, not Such men
'..71,'i as ought to be returned to Parliament for the
City. He hoped that care would be taken to re-
i.
turn merchants in the next Parliament, and trust-
ed that that splitting of votes would be avoided,
~ which bad caused the Hon. Baronet to lose the
day at the last election.
i 0
; Mr. MARTIN thought the position that the city
'4l' of London ought to be represented by merchants
, was one which could tint be controverted. No-
thing but experience could make a merchant,
,74::,
serve
eitntivearscho,ttii)ltys.exlp,leieryieill,coe,t.levemerrcol,iiagtiiitts
10 thattocofourli.l
', .t to look at the politics of the Candidates. Our
g'
I
.:y happy Constitution required that care should be
4 taken to preserve its balance. He must vote for
Sir W. Curtis and Mr. Wilson, because they were
friends to a regular Government, but he could
0.: not vote for others, looking at the course which.
19 'bey had pursued, and seeing that it had produced
4
4' much evil. Mr. Alderman Wood and mr. Waith-
!,f''-'',, iban had as much right to think as they did, as he
~f.., , ttii' to entertain the opinions which be had now
ci: ,ivqwed ; but while they were on one side of the,
:ii.,,i, qAestion ant.' he on the other, be must oppose
t,eto, and support those who differed ftom them.
;',
- The Meeting would feel with him that it was im-
portant to return those who thought as they did
, on politics.

... .
.. After an absence of a quarter of an hour, Mr.
e'•;:, MANNING and the other Gentlemen of the Depu-
.6.
ration returned.
4,1 The CutalastaN apologised for the unavoidable
' 41' delay etr,iel] had 9rceurred, and then read the an-
" swer of Sir W. Curtis to fire invitation of which
they had been- Lire hearelrs- In this letter the
. Lion. Bonnet expressed Lis readiness to come
,•,.., forward in compliance with the wishes of the
iig-, Meeting —(See Advertisement )
. Sir C. P W RICF Moved a vote of thanks to Sir V.
A• Curtis, for the manner in which be had acceded to
ft. the wishes of the Meeting.
•t-- Sir W. LEIGHTON seconded the motion.
t Tt!e motion was then carried by acclamation.
Mr. MANNING stated, that as Sir W. Curtis had
.:,v,aceepted their invitation, a Committee would sit
•''" daily at Heat house, and the divrict books would
' -
- be prepared for the use of his friends on Monday.
•,e
lc' Sir C. Pince was sure that the Meeting would
V feel with him the extreme obligation] they owed to
'l.:-. the Chairman for kis sanction and countenance on
. " ' this occasion, knowing as they did that a greater
i •
s orteAment to the mercantile interest of the City of
:.; Ivo.,don conhl not he found in it. He therefore
r.,, moved, that the Thanks of the Meeting should be
; given to the Chaiiman, for his able services on
•: th,s occasion,
~ The Motion was carried wi:h great applause.
iv
I•
Mr. MANNING, e , in retuning thanks, said he had
I,
! always con.,itirred it t hrough lite one of the proud•
:.:!," fS I. distinctions to be a merchant of the City of
t;:::,;

London,. and to be connected with the Gentle-
men then near him, and so long as be retaked
his faculties, he was confident that this feeling
would remain unchanged.—(Applause.) •
A Gentleman now announced that it had been
thought desirable that Sir W. Curtis should ap-
pear among them. He had accordingly been sent
for, and would probably be-there in the course of
two or three minutes.
In a very short time Sir W. Curtis made his ap-
pearance, and was welcomed with the most cordial
greetings by all present. He advanced to the head
of the table and took a seat, apparently almost
overwhelmed with the pleasure of the moment.
Mr. 'MANNING said it occurred to hint, since lie
last addres,ed the Meeting, that it would be bet-
ter that the District books which he had stated
'would he ready by Monday, should nor be open-
ed tid atter the funeral of his late play sty.
Mr. Aldeiman ATKINS, while the Hon. Baro-
net took rime to recover his feelings, disturbed
as thcy had beets by the agreeable communication
"hich he had received that morning, suggested
that the Committee to sit in that House should be
an open one, that every friend to Sir W. Curtis
might attend to assist in the proceedings, and to
report progress. At the same time he suggested
the expediency of guarding against the intrusion
of those who might come to spy " the nakedness
of the land;" (though there would be none to he
spied,) and of admitting only those who were
trienels to the Hon. Baronet, and to him alone,
as it should be remembered that (to use the old
adage) it w-hs very difficult for men to serve
many masters.' Hen then proposed that Mr.
Maiming shonld he Chairman, and Air. Hall Se-
cretary to the Committee.
Mr. MANNING said, his avocations would pre-
ciode him from giving the Committee bis constant
attendance, He was willing to be nominally the
Chairman, if his personal attendance could be
dispensed Fit h. •
The motion was agreed. to.

Sir. W. CURTIS then stated to the company

►hat their Chairman had done him" the honour to
read and to communicate to him the Resolutions
come to this day, calling him forth once mote as
a Candidate for the situation which he had held
for 27 years as one of the Representatives for the
City of London. They all knew his situation, his
feelings, and what his political life had been, and
therefore for hint to take up their time on these
subjects, would be a waste which he should be
sotry tor. After living three-fourths of half a
century in the City of London, it might be ex-
pected, that at his years he should desire repose.
But repose he could never know. while he retain-
ed his health and those political feelings which
had first recommended hint to those he now ad-
di es sed. He must continue to defend that great, and
good, and valuable Constitution which we enjoyed,
from all attacks to which it might be exposed. So
long as he continued to be a man and a Magis-
trate,-he would continue to raise his voice, how-
ever feeble it might beconu:, against the machina-
nous of those who would destroy the Constitu-
tion of the count' y, which had for'so many cen-

Curies been the pride and the safeguard of Eng-
lishmen. On the pr. sent occasion, he felt much,
but " that which the heart telt, the tongue could
not utter on every occasion." It had been his
intention after what occurred eighteen months
ago, almost wholly to retire from public life,
but after the call made on him to come forward
again, this Was impossible. It was impossible
to resist the flattering invitation which he had
received ; and his voice now, thank God, strong
would still be raised in their behalf, however fee-
ble it might become hereafter. If he should be
returned :o that situation which he bad so long
had the honour to hold, he would endeavour to
fulfil their wishes to the best of his ability. He
would do that which an honest man ought to do.
In the first place, he would endeavour to defend
the peculiar privileges which belonged to the City
that sent him to Parliament ; and then lie
would act on other subjects as his own judg-
ment snood(' direct. To say that be .would never
attend to the wi•lies of the Livery would be
wrong. But a man going into the House of Com-
mons must, in twiny instances, act from himself.
iVhatever opinions he had previously formed, they
would possibly be shaken by the arguments he
might hear opposed to them, and a different convic-
tion produced. It was by this opposition of sen-
timents and arguments that truth was elicited. On
such grounds he wished to offer himself to their
choice, and on such alone. He was not prepared
to say more at present. As their servant acting
on these principles, he was ready to obey their
commands. If they continued to exert themselves
as they had done this day, he had no doubt of a
successful result at the ensuing Election.
This speech was received with shouts of ap-
plause —The proceedings were ordered to be pub-
lished in the Morning and Evening Paperq, and
the Meeting adjourned.

A woman called Frances Clarke, as our Reader
will recollect, has been tried three several times at
successive Assizes in this county, on a charge of
murdering her illegitimate child ; she was acquitted
on her first trial on the law of misnomer, in
the indictment the child being ther,io described
as " George Lakeman- Clarke," although it has
been christened " George Lakeman" only ; on
her second trial, she %vas acquitted again on
another flaw in the desc;iption of the offence, it
being stated that the child was murdered by poi-
son passing into its stomach, but it proved in
evidence to have been suffocated by the poi'.ou
not so passing, but stopping in its throat ; the
third indictment being witbout flaw, Frances
Clarke was pronounced guilty, with a reserva•
tion referring the point of law to the Judges ; we
ought to notice the public spirit of some Gentle-
men of this city, who tut niched the pecuniary
means of carrying this extraordinary business
through ; we now find that the Twelve Judges
have decided on her case, that no person can be
legally tried twice for the same offence ; of course
the miserable woman-is free.—(Western Luminary
EARLY LAmes%.—At end near Nit,hrliy, Min).
Cultram, in the tuid,le of last month, about 28
sheep, brought forth 52 lambs ; and as' the pas-
ture is good, and the sheep sound, thvy will no
doubt' prove a valuable artiae. when ,brought .to
market.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, FEB. 10.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. CATIIERINE-BALL.

The pleadings in this cause, which has occupied
uhf Court during several sittings, were concluded
this day.

The LORD-CHANCELLOR deferred giving judg-
tnent till he should have read over the papers.
At the rising of the Court, Sir Watkin Lewes
addressed his Lordship on the subject of a suit in
which he was concerned. He said the question
at issue involved the disposal of property to a very
large amount, and therefore it was of importance
that it should be decided as early as possible. He
begged his Lordship to fix an early day for the
hearing of this cause.

The LoRD CHANCELLOR said, he would do any
thing in his power to oblige Sir %Vatkin Lewes, or
any other suitor ; but be could not conscientiously
bring on this cause (Lewes v. Morgan) out of its
turn, while there were so many old appeals to be
disposed of.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, FEB. 10.

1,,,rd KENYON took the oath of allegiance to
his Majesty, iu consequence of the office he holds
in this Court.

CITY PROSECUTION.

THE KING V. PARKINS, ESQ. AND OTHERS.

This cause was called on according to appoint-
ment. Mr. DENM A.N then proceeded to show
cause against the rule obtained for filing a crimi-
nal information against the defendants for riotous
obstruction at the election of Lord Mayor, on
Michaelmas Day last. The Learned Counsel, who
appeared for Messrs. Waithman, Hurcombe, and
Fearon, said he should endeavour to couv,uce the
Court that 'he defendants were exercising a civil
right as well as their opponents, on the day they
were chatged with rioting. They doubted the
power of the Lord Mayor to deny th m the pri-
vilege of free discussion upon a question of pub-
lic importance"; and,. influenced by tlial. doubt,
;hey proceeded to pass several Resolic ions, t‘hich
the Livery almost unanimously adopted.. Mr.
Denman was prepared with precedents, wherein
the Livery, assembled on Michaelmas Day, had
proceeded to other business than the election.—
He stated the opinion of Serjeant Glynn, deli-
vered in 1773, in answer to an application made
ti) him on this very subject. Serjeant Glynn
declared, that the Livery, legally assembled, had
right to discuss a public grievance on Michael-
mas Day, Midsummer Day, or any other day.—
He adverted to the case of Jenks, which oc-
curred in the reign of Charles the Second.—
Mr. Jenks appeared publicly on the hustings
as the defendants did. The Common Serjeant
of that day, afterwards Lord Chief Justice
Jeffries, prosecuted him for a riot, btit failed in
his effort to obtain a conviction. In the cases of
Piikinaton and Sacheverell more violence occur-

red than was found in the case before the Court,
yet no conviction t.ok place. .The defendants had
acted right in their own opinion, and the Court,
if that opinion was erroneous, would not perhaps
visit them with all the penalties of a criminal in-
formation. The Common Council had declared
that the prosecution against the defendants ought
to go no further. He then adverted to the affi-
davit disclosing the .facts of the alleged riot and
obstruction. Mr. Sheriff Bothwell, Mr. Turner,
and Mr. Brown, deposed, that Mr. Waithman,
Mr. Parkins, and Mr. Hurcombe, were active in
the obstruction. Mr. Hurcombe was accused by
Mr. Brown of distributing hand-hills. Most of
the charges preterred were denied by the defemk
ants. After a long investigation of the details on
both sides, Mr. Denman concluded, by submitting

that the Court could not allow the Solicitor:
General to file the information, but leave the Cor-
poration to go before a Grand Jury, which,would
be the best mode of deciding the dispute.
_

Mr. BROUGHAM followed-on the same side. It
was -not a subject for the-serious consideration of
the Court. It it was made a matter of grave con-
sideration, the King's Bench would become a
Court of Appeal for the settlement of petty dis-
putes, in every little Common Hall, and Corpora-

an in the kingdom. The question was not, who

had committed a breach of the peace, but which
party was right in the form of proceeding ? The
decision would depend upon custom, and although
the Corporation had procured many affidavits,
they had not produced one from the Learned Re-
corder upon the subject of custom. That high
authority, learned in the law, might have thrown
light upon the question, yet his affidavit was not
before the Court. They had omitted no affidavits

but those of the Recorder and Town Crier. The
latter was applied to, but he had exhausted hint-
sell', and declined making an affidavit, saying he
was a Ctier, not a Swearer.

Air. Justice BEST asked, whether a precept was
ssued for the election of Lord Mayor?

Mr. BROUGHAM answered in the affirmative.

The CHIEF JUSTICE remarked, that it might be
important to elect a Lord Mayor on the day, if the
Charter required the election.
Mr. BROUGHAM said, it was not likely the elec-
tion would have been passed over. The Court
would give the Corporation of London credit for
discretion They had indeed proved their discre-
tion, even in t benoise and 1111110 k on the hustings.
One of the affidavits made Mr. Parkins say, after
the Resolutions had passed, " We have had enough
of this ; we will now proceed to Corporation bu-
siness." They accordingly elected the Lord

Mayor.
lire CHIEF JUSTICE, at this part of the proceed•
ing, intimated that the Court would go no further
this day. They would hear a continuation of the
argument another day.
Mr. BROUGHAM—May I presume your• Lord-
ships mean another day next Term ?
Mr. Hunt then rose. He said he should be glad
to know whether this was not a Court of Ctitni •al
Jurisprudence ; and if it was, whethv criminal
matters did not take precedence ?.

CillPF JUSTICE—Yes, it is a Criminal Court ;
but'tl t Judges cannot give the whole of the Term
10 one cause, ‘Ve_ must go through the Bar, and
then it there is time, we will hear a continuation
of I he argument.
BROUGHAM SMiII, it would be nn use to
proceed thy atter day for one hour or two. Five

• •

-=•,
Centlemek;Were Counsel on his side the
-questions
and seven or eight on the other.. He—suggeofo, --
to let it stand over to next term.
Mr. SCARLRTT observed, that no delay c.G117,14,'
take place by that arrangement, as they could t!
proceed to trial at the Sittings after Term.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—I suppose you are tO
vie it as a question of right.
Mr. BROUGHAM answered, yes; and said;
must agree that it would be a convenient
_
to fix a day next Term.
Mr. Hunt—No, my Lords, we are not
agreed. I have no question of right to tr
contend for my established right as a Livery4lll
of London, and I mean to defend myself on 440- "
-
broad principle.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—We have betg
enough, Sir ; we will go through the Bar (o'p
morrow, and then, if there be any time, we .PP!
hear it further. The Court, at the saute timei,4,:i
not likely to find the opportunity.
•
The parties then withdrew. •:• •
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. -
CAMBRIDGE, `
Fes. 10.—We understand that,
in coosequence of the funeral of his Royal
ness the Duke of KENT being fixed to take plifO!•
on Saturday "night, there will be non-term in7tbilliy
University for three days, commencing this aket74
noon

We are informed that the Congregation which'
was intended to he holden next Wednesday-µ'i:ll
be held on- Tuesday, in consequence of non-tern
(on account of the funeral of our late must 01,!!
cious Sovereign) commencing on Tuesday even
II is generally undersiood that an Address to,
his most excellent AlHjesty King George IV. 10.111
be proposed at the Congregation -on Tuestitifj
next.

Th'e lion. and Rev Amine Wodehouse,
was on Saturday last instituted to the Rectory (?1;
West Lexharn, NTiOlk, vacant by the. detol► r:
:he Rev. Charles MOrdaunt ; Patron, Lord Worle!
house.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

1, FEBRUARY 10.
16 Ito 1 agst Br. to Bluello
17 to 1 agst Piu !dues
20 to 1 agst any other. •
OS,KS.
5 tot asst the S'orcery filly.
RIDDLES WORTH.
. .4A to I agst Seli►'ia.
' DONCASTER ST. LEGER. •14 to 1 agst Lisette c.

BETTING-ROOD
DEE
t to 1 agst Mr. Pierse's c.
2 to 1 agst Duke
5 to 1 agst Sai!or

Yesterday the prisoners committed on charges
of felony were removed from the several irtils:o
London and Middlesex, to New; ate, preparatdrY
to taking their, trials at the Old Bailey_ SessiOsixs,.
which will commence on Wednesday next..--rW
Sessions for Middlesex commence on MondoY
next, at the Sessions -house, Clerkenwell-green;
FlRE.—Yesterday morning, at four o'crocki
fire broke out at a house belonging to Mr. RAY"
Melt, situated on his wharf, Broad-street, Rai'
cline-highway, which entirely consumed' .0e
same, together with a large warehouse, contai,
ing fruit, &c. Great praise is due to the firemen!''
.
ror their active'exertions in stopping its futlqt
,rogress.

.
ATTEMPTED MURDRR.--Mary Griffi A,V;!
charged hetore R MINSHELL, Est., at Lambe,..W.
street Office, with stabbing her own son wit 5,
clasp-knife, with an intent to kill. It appci#o
that the boy (George Griffiths), who is aboto4
years of age, was generalissimo of a most exio"
sive gang Of juvenile thieves, who resort t"ol#ei
Hampshire Hog public-house, in Ilosemary,la
he had been trained to thieving from his infat!si''
and was encouraged by his mother (the prisonl
in his depravity, by which she was maintaioe:
and supported in a style of grandeur, ootaind
by the profits at her child's plunder. On 64'
tiirday last the boy absconded from the hanse
of the prisoner, on acconut of his not bel
successful in his infamous practices, and was affel
to go home, tearing the vengeance of his mothri:
who, so exasperated at not receiving her $l9O a,
booty, went in pursuit of him, declaring if site Pe
him she would murder him : her searches pro,"
of no avail till Wednesday night, when she '!
him at the head of '2O of his companions, wallOmt
along ‘Vbitechapel ; upon her seeing him' 'Bl6-
thrust a large clasp knife into his lace,
entered his ear to a great depth ; the bleo!`
flowed pr.fusely, and the roor boy vale("
out " murder !" and the wretch of a moll'e'r
was secured, and the knife was taken front
grasp: she afterwards took the wounded bay-,.(::
Mr. Curtis, the surgeon, who ordered him to."
taken to the hospital.—The prisoner did not
tempt to deny the charge ; and vociferated
a horrid oath, that whenever she caught hint 6
would murder him, and then she should he hatter%;
ed, which was all she wanted to make her hate
—She was remanded for further examivation•

On Sunday week, in the absence of 111r.!).t,
Mrs. Stafford from Ballitanigan, their residette;:
near Mullinahone, some villains entered,
house, and deliberately plundered it of the are
and on the same day the dwelling-houSe of :I,*
Oliver Landy, near Mullinabone, was plund4
of fire-arms in like manner.. l3o:11 these robbill
were committed during the time of public U
ship.—(Clownel Herald )

•
BrItTHS.
On Wednesday, at his Lordship's residence, in Gl-4)1,-;st
street, Hanover square, the Countess of Cowper,'
daughter.
On Tuesday last, in Hill-street, the Hon. Mrs.
SuHyatt, of a daughter.

MARRIED. •
Yesterday, W. S. B. Turner, of N'ew•ington, Surreli
son of the late Sir Barnard Turner, to Mary A.noe,'r".•
daughter of the late Samuel Steele, Esq. barrister-at-IP,*

DIED. •
On the 29th inst. at Wa!worth, David Lang-ton, Esq, rn
62d year of his age.
At his father's house, the 9th inst. in the 18th yen'', •,"
age, Benjamin, the youngest son of Mr. Win. Wehe';;;.'
Ainershant, Bucks. ' r'iP
On the 31st ult. at Brighton, in the LOth year of be'
Ann, the wife of George Troupc, Esq.
tt,

Me°
)NI)ON: Printed by J. 13. CA }{STAIRS, of No. 29,
Orniond-street, 41w-en-square; and published PC 74,!'
SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Milton-itreet,
Ibrce, No. 112, Strand where; Adeettisernpott,
Letters. Fie. rmict he aldres,,ii

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f

k•i,
In the first place, he would enfleavon Gr to defend potation to go before a rand Jury, whichswould a"" s"F " "
f'"'" . . s'7"; "" grnm,rOr, otnaof-
lay at the last election, by the profits at her child's plunder. On SW
the peculiar privileges which belonged to the City be the best mode of deciding the dispute.
Mr. MARTIN thought the position that the cityerd'ay last the boy absconded from the loosse;/,
that sent him to Parliament ; and then he Alr. BROUGHAM followed on the same side. It
if Loudon ought to be represented by merchants of the prisoner, on accormt of his not belirgi,
would act on, other subjects as his MVO tudg. was -not a subject for the-serious consideration of
successful in lieiasmiientgamthoeusvepnragcntaitelecse,natuhdi:ansil/4t)stfirieeir°,; ,VB3 011 e which could not be controverted. No-
mein should direct. To say that he .would never the Court. It it was made a matter of grave coo-
ifieg but exerience coned make a merchant,
attend to the wishes of the Livery would be sideration, the King's Bench would become a to go home,
led it Was only experienced merchants that could
wrong. But .a men going into the House of Corn Court of Appeal for the settlement of petty dis. who, s° exitsPerated at not receiving her sett' 's
SS;;
erve merchaets. They however ought not to for- booty, went in pursuit of him, declaring if sitePeAr ....,:'
mons must, in mosey instances, act from himself. pates, in every little Common Hall, and Corpora-
;et to look at Ihe politics of the Candidates. Our him she would murder hint : her searches pros4"7:-
Whatever opinions he had previously formed, they tion in the kingdom. The question was not, Who
!Ropy Constitution required that Cale should beof no avail till Wednesday night, when she iii.ei 4:
would possibly be shaken by the arguments be had committed a breach of the peace, but which
. ahliomngat
,ttvliebiltreecalrildopfel2;o
upon
ohnis ciojetrepsaefetiiongns,bwinall.lclll%4l, .
aken to preserve its balance. He must vote for
might hear opposed to them, and a different eonvic. party was right in the form of proceeding ? The
sir W. Curtis and Mr. Wilson, because they were
tion produced. It was by this opposition of sen• decision would depend upon custom, and although
thrust a large clasp riends to a regular Government, but he could
timeots and arguments that truth was elicited. On the Corporation had procured many affidavits, p knife into his face, will .'-,'
let vote for others, looking at the course which..entered his ear to a great depth •; the bleoi,.-:
such grounds he wished to offer himself to their they had not produced one from the Learned Re-
bry had pursued, and seeing that it bad produced That high flowed profusely, and the root. boy ciale`!:'.4
choice, and on such alone. He was not prepared corder upon the subject of custom.
auch evil. Mr. Alderman Wood and Mr. Waith- out " murder !" and the wretch of a tnoo4,f,;':'
to say more at present. As their servant acting authority, !canted in the law, might have thrown
was secured, and the knife was taken front I')e.S'•
lan had as much right to think as they did, as he
on these principles, he was ready to obey their light upon the question, yet his affidavit was not
ae to eetsrtain the opinions which be had nowgrasp : she afterwards took the wounded boy_ E!.'" ;S
commands. If they continued to exert themselves before the Court. They had omitted no affidavits
Mr. Curtis, the surgeon, who ordered him to
vowed ; but while they were on one side of the
as they had done this day, he hail no doubt of a but those of the Recorder and Town Crier. , The
oestion and he on the other, he must oppose' taken to the hospital.—The prisoner did eot ,iii";'''•
successful result at the ensuing Election, latter was applied to, but he had exhausted hitio. -lb
mere, and support those who differed from them, tempt to deny the charge ; and vociferated tO.
This speech was
.received with shouts of op. self, and declined making an affidavit, saying he
lie Meeting woeld feel with him that it was inn-a horrid oath, that whenever she caught hint 60r ;:
would murder him, and then she shoeld be lia'W t;.;
plause —1 he proceedings were ordered to he pub. was a Crier, not a Swearer,
ortant to return those who thoueht as they did
kited in the Alorning and Evening Papers, and Mr. Justice BEST asked, whether a precept was d s.,
n politics.__ aril which was all she wanted to make her haitlWl'S:- .
, issued for the election of Lord Mayor?
..
After au absence of a quarter of an hour, Mr. , the Meeting adjournetl.
—She was remanded for further examination• ' ''
Mr. BeouGuem answered in the affirmative.
lANNING and the other Gentlemen of the Depu- On Sunday week, in the absence of Mr, of. f, '
A woman called Frances Clarke, as our Reader The CHIEF JUSTICE remarked, that it might be ea '
Ilion returned. Airs. Stafford from Ballilanieare, their resideit"Cas
will recollect, has been tried three several times at important to elect a Lord Mayor on the day, if the 'AC I
The CHAIRMAN apologieed for the unavoidablenear Mullinahone, some villains entered 'l'-'''
Cherter required the election.
successive Assizes in this county, en a charge ot
house, and deliberately plundered it of the artnsl', 'SS
vlsy watch had ofccurredl and then read the an- Mr. BROUGHAM said, it was not likely the eiec-
tnerdering her illegitimate child ;she was acquitted
Net. of Sir W. Curtis to he_ invitation of whichand on the seine day the dvvelling-houSe of IF-lAl4:'
on her first trial on the law of misnomer, in tion would have been passed over. 'fhe Court
fey had been Lire hearees- In this letter the Oliver Landy, near Mullinahone, was pluerteifT .
the indictment the child heir therein described would give the Corporation of London credit for
lon. Baronet expressed his !earliness to come of fire-arras in like manner.. Both these rolabi-S.,'
as " George Lakeman- Clarke," although it has discretion 'rhey had indeed proved their disere.
,tweed in compliance with the wishes of the (ion, even in the noise and tumult on the hustings. were commit ted Burin the time of politic
,a!' .4c
leeting (See Advertisement ) been christened " George Lakemae" only; on .s, ~
sass:,
One of the affidavits made Mr. Parkins say, after ship.—(Clownel Herald )
_....T. .
her second trial, she was arc witted again on
Sir C. PRICE inured a yore of thanks to Sir W„ _......„____ea
the Resolutions had passed, "We have had enough •"--!---""t ----"------ - s,
auother flaw in the description of the offence, it
'iris, for the manner in which he had acceded toof this ; we will now proceed to Corporation bet- BIRTHS.
On Wednesday, at his Lordship's residence, in Cr"-(1/rs('''•
being stated that the child was murdered by pol-
o. wishes of the Meeting. stress." They accordingly elected the Lord
son passing into its stomach, hut it proved in street, Hanover square, the Countess of Cow r ' ''''' ' '''
Sir W LEIGHTON seconded the motion. Ire 0 as
evidence to have been suffocated by the poison Mayor. daughter.
On Tuesday last, in Ilill-street the lion. Mrs. Laa'44, ,'.,_.; ':,:,:
Tee motion was then carried by acclamation.
not so passing, but stopping in its throat ; the Ihe CHIEF JUSTICE, at this part of the proceed..
Mr. MANNINC stated, that as Sir %V. Curtis had St2livan, ot a daughter. '
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third indictment being without flaw, Frances tug, intimated that the Court would go no further
cepted their invitation, a Committee would sit JS
Clarke was pronounced guilty, with a reserva• this day. They would hear a continuation of the MARRIED. v
silt' at drat house, and the dislrict books would
tion referring clue point of law to the Judges; we argument another clay. , Yesterday, W. S. B- Turner, of Newington, SurreYr goo-V .:' •
son of the line Sir Barnard 'Furrier, to Mary A•nuf, Q1.::-/:!fler .
prepared for the use of his frierols on Monday.
ought to notice the public spiritof some Gentle- Mr. BROUGHAM—Mav I presume your Lord-
Sir C. ['Rice was sure that the Meeting would daughter of the late Samuel Steele, Esq. barrister at-10k ' ''',il
' ' . -A,
men of this city, who futnished the pecuniary ships mean another day next Term ? __
el with him the extreme obligation they owed to a 4
means of cerrying this extraordioary busioess Mr. Hunt then rose. He said he should be glad , DIED. •
On the 29th inst. at Walworth, David Lang-ton, Esq., 'n: •
•i
ty. ..„; -
e Chairman for laic sanction and countenance on
through ; we now tied that the Twe I i e Judgcs to know whether this was not a Court of Ctifoi•al .•
.is occasion, knowing as they did that a greaterset veal- of his ae-e
„I It ~I 1.1.
have decided on her case, that no person can be Jatisprodence ; and if it was, whether criminal 6-Ai his father'st" house-, the 9th inst. lathe 113th yen': ',„:10.
losinent to the mercantile intercst of the City of
legally tried twice for the same offence ;of course matters did nut take precedence ? • age, Benjamin, the youngest son of Mr. Wm. Weilek':,,A
11 .don Cotdd not he found in it. He therefore
the miserable woman-is tree.—(W C
estern Luminary ) o IEI, JUSTice—Yet,, it is a Criminal Court ; '
Ifeeriffam, nesSs.
iSigeepa
rated, that the Thanks at the Meeting should be bl 011 the 3lst tilt. at Brighton, in the LOth year of her al_fi
EARLY, LAMM:4.—AI and near iSsehray, Holt» -but' the Jades!!! cannot give the whole of th Perm
C Ann, the wife of George Troup,-; Esq. 'o • ven to the Chaitturn, for his able services on
Cultram, in the midsle of last month, about 28 to one cans:. We must go through the Bar, and
,s oceMion.___ cog
sheep, brought forst, 5._ lambs ; soul as the oat,- then it there is time, we will bear a coutinuatinn I,o—aa-10N: Printed 43. B. CAHSTAIRS, of N 0.2% iv, f., 4' i
The 141otion was carried with greet applause.
cure is good, and the sheep sound„ they will no of the argument. Ortu'ind-street, Queen-square; and published tiC '"4,*-; .(
Mr. MANNINO ill rent oieg 11)111,6, Said he had St haehe, of No. ';' South Molton-street, at T".,i'er.; '-,'0::
doubi prove a valuable artiste:. tvhen krought .to Alf. lieouotteet said, it would be no use to
,vet' s considered it through life one o t the ►preoted• entice, Nn. 112, Strand ; where; Adeettiseripott., nr :. ~ i..
proceed day after day for one hone or two. Five ',vit, es, 0ai..„„,,0 n„,„„ ea la„„,,1 ot , market.
: distinctions to be a merchant of the City
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