Star.
London, England, 1822-03-22 00:00:00

In 'the Neil of dabs*, a bna's
iintinkwunikleopeesdis
had just been casting reflections.
Commons-44 No I" from Mr.blihi
Trion, 'nine Out otevery ten tPeichei
had better be•kseviiihtte. ir they looked to thie words
of the Hon. Baronet, they really Were net sto,aborni-
nablY c"ProtiLeed laughter).—gr. Abilorono
*Brown, who was a very mild man, and himself, had ,
been hissed from the top to the bottom of die Thom'
'On the last day of meeting, because they withdrew
when Mr. tiume was about to present hinitelf ad%
Cdurt. He had not done so froth any •disrespeet to'
the GentleiWen, aleintigh he disuppeeved ,of the vote,
but because he was hot suitably *Wed; So much:
for the consistency of the Court; and yet be did not,
make any complaint, although he was not indifferent
totheepinion of his fellciw;citizetii. lie eimicluded:
by moving the previous question.
Mr. %Newt could tell the Copit why the wortb.y
Baronet had been hissed; it was because,. when .retirs
in*, he said to the Lord Maypc, " I wish your Lord-
ship joy of your company." With teipeCt to the
duct of Sir Wm. Curtis, he had greatly aggravated it
by the ungentleinanly language Which kb had used
that day. Like an old sinner, he had added sin to sin.
If the Court, therefore, did not give this vote of cen-
sure their decided support, they did not deserve the.
name of Englishmen—(Applause). •
• Alderman ATKINS submitted to the good sense of
the Court whether they would visit with such severity.,
an inadvertency of expression occurring in the warmth
of debate ? or whether they would not better consult
their own dignity by supporting the previoUs question?
' Mr. Dixos wished that this business had not been
brought forward. Although the Hon. lia•onet had
Unguardedly used expressions which were too strong,
no man possessed better or kinder intentions. He con-
demned the communication of private letters written
by one Gentleman to another. Bin he opposed the
passing of a vote of censure upon the lion. Baronet.
Mr. Alder Man HEYGATE did not defend the wis-
dom or prudence of the Honourable Baronet's ex-
pressions, pai titularly as he had been so long a mem-.
ber of that Corporation, from which he bad received
so many kindnesses ; but still he thought it might not
be high treason to say that the Common Coui.cil did
sometimes step out of their line. He (the worthy
Alderman) had heard Members of Parliament in that
very Court of Common Council avow that the House
of Commons was profligate and corrupt: having
heard this language used here, what was thereto pre-
vent the House of Commons from visiting the party
suing it. with a greater punishment than this Conic
could inflict, namely, sending him to the Tower?--
lie was an advocate f•r the freedom of debate, and
that principle governed him in the vote which he
would give that day. Dangerous precedents ought
to be avoided; and he would therefore support the
previous question.
Mr. TAYLOR might consider this vote of censure
inexpedient, if it had the effect of sending the Ho-
nourable Baronet to the Tower. If this Court de-
rived honour from anything, it was from the stand
it had made against the progress of corruption—
(Hear, hear).—lt would never fall from its high cha-
racter by being told by courtiers that it meddled with
matters above it. In all that the Honourable Baronet
had said, he had not heard him offer any apology.
Sir W. CuRTIs.-4"None."
Mr. TAYLOR would be proud, if he had used inso-
lent language, to apologise it—(Hear).—This was
not the hist insult that the lion. Baronet had offered.
Sir W. Cunrts.—" Nor. perhaps, the last!"
Mr. GALLOWAY said, that the-perverse line of con-
duct pursued by the Hon. Baronet that day, proved
how well he merited the punishment proposed to be
inflicted upon him. The conduct of that Baronet on
that occasion was the most disgraceful of a long life.
of disgraceful acts—(Cries of " Order"). He had at
length, by his folly, unmasked himself, and sliewir to
his followers he was no longer worthy of their sup-
port—(C'heers).
Mr. GRIFFITH condemned the language which had
just been used. Stones should not be thrown by
Gentlemen with glass heads. For his part, he thought
it would be most advisable to let the matter drop.
Mr. FAVELL briefly replied. He wai happy to see
a tolerable sprinkle of Aldermen on the bench (there
were twelve present) upon this occasion; particularly
as they were so punctual in their attendance, when
the business of the Corporation required their pre-
sence. The principal excuse offered for the espies-
I sions of the Hon. Baronet, by his friends, was, that
they had been uttered in the warmth of debate; and
yet, after having been cooling ever since the Ist of
March, he had repeated them that day in an aggra-
vated shape.
The previous question was then put by the 11
.CORDER, and negatived ; and the original motion car-
ried by a great majority, without a division.
Mr. FAVPLL then moved that the foregoing Reso-
lutions be signed by the Town Clerk, and published
in the Newspapers.
The motion being seconded and put,
Mr. Alderman A•rxists put it to the prudence of
the Town Cie: k, if he would set his hand to those
violent Resolutions. If he did, let him take the con-
quences—(A laugh). Mr. OLDHAM asked the Re-
corder, as the legal adviser of the Corot, if the Town
Clerk could sign those Resolutions without incurring
the risk of personal injury ?
The Reconoza could not answer the question.—
He not prepared to say what might be the extent
of the risk to which it would expose him.
Mr. DIXON, whatever his opinion of the Resolutions
might be, would certainty have no hesitation, were
he the Town Clerk, in signing them after they had
I been passed by the Court, which would, of course,
bear him harmless.
Mr. Alderman HEYGATE called upon the Court to
pause before they asked the Town Clerk to put his
name to those Resolutions. It was a standing rule
of the House of Commons, that none of its Members
should be questioned for words spoken in Parliament.
On the present occasion that rule had been violated,
for the Hon. Baronet had been so questioned.
Sit C. HUNTER wished to know what use there was,
since they had passed the Resolutions, to ask the Clerk
to incur a personal danger—(" No, no ;" and cries of
" Question, questionl).—Was this argument, or was
it decency ?—(Repeated cries of " Questionr)—lie
would stand there till midnight, if lie thought it iros-
sible fur the Court to be rallied into a &emir coots*.
Mr. Alderman WarrHuaat rose to 'order; those
expressions Were quite disordeelp •

Mr. Alderman WAITIULSK.asked if this was de-
cent or orderly.? ,
Sir C. Hua'ragt, if he wal 'oC!t of orcler, had taken
leave:of tifs monies. • 'Mere wart/Se policy 4- asking
'the 'Wien-Clerk to put Ms name-to that which wan'd
beet& •Of the Hilletet•of the Reese ef.Centimons?-
H cilia Molre Warned bins of his Ask,

Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN said, Ti was absurd to
talk of rule of Paidianten which only -applied -to
brintint actiont An# such cases, but which did not
.free de itOnstittsenti froni asking. questions of their
Represehtittives-4:Proceeding practised every day.
Mr. thaws asked, if there were not three persons
.ih New ate, connected with the John Bull Newspaper,
-for Having called the conduct of a Member of,Parlia-
ment in question?.
The cries of 66 *Question" being now renewed, the
Reiblntion ants put, and carried the same way as the
other Resolutions.—(See Advertisement).
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FRONT TAXATIOM

In the Thistle of last Stmday, the Editor proposes
a 64 New and ample source of Relief from Taxation,"
't/hichris worthy both of the attention of the Legisla-
hire and the Public. After noticing the amount of
Ind:timed Dividtinds in the Bank of Engrand, and
the appropriation of them by the Government, he
isms explains the extension of the same principle to
other Funds:
" If, in the course of less than a century, there has acct.mu-
; turd in the hands of the Bank nearly a tnillion and a half of un-
claimed dividends due by Government, how great, we would
ask, may be the accumulation of money due by tha Bank
.of
England itself to persons who hare not demanded it, and who,
from the lapse of time, arc nut now ever likely to demand it?
If this question may be .fairly put to the Bank of England, of
which, we think, there-can be no doubt, why may it not, with
equal teirnees, be put to every other public and incorporated
body in the kingdom?
" It is one of those necessary consequences more or less com-
mon to all countries, that the various accidents and vicissitudes'
of life should throw the rights of many individuals into abeyance,
and occasion the entire neglect and relinquishment of a still
greater number. The chance of these events is, however, muck
increased in a country such as thii, which has long abounded in
rkhes, long been exempted !tom those domestic convulsions,
which give new owners and new titles to everything, and where,
from a continual tom:lsere.: with all parts of the world, and a
prevailing passion for foreign adventure, more instances are daily
occurring of the legal claimants to property being missing than in
all the world beside. For a century and more such accumola-
dons of unclaimed money must have been going on amongst us;
and that their amount, at the present day, can be otherwise than
of immense marnitude, no person can possibly suppose.
" With respect, then, to these accumulations, we would just
observe three things :-Ist. They are, at present, of use to nobody
why hod any ri,Vir la Mein ; they consist either of capital which
Gears ne interest, or of interest tench bears no accumukiiim.-2d.
The only party who is enticed to turn them to use, while in this
state of inoccupancy, on the established maxim quod satins est
credit domino regi, never was in greater need of any benefit which
can possibly be derived front them.— And 3cl. Such public ap-
propriation could he objected to by nobody who has any right to
object it ; since it is the absence of those who have such right
which is the sole reason for proposing it, and since it 'may be
fairly presumed that every person would wish that what can be
of no service to himself or his natural representaives, may, at
least, be of ,-er vice to his country."

' PIDDING and Co. No. 1, Cornhill, request their
Friends and the Puhlic will bear in mind that Two out of the
THREE remaining I'rizes of X 20,000 Sterling are liable to he
&aided the Next Day of Drawing, Nr7:T Tan/SD.% v (March e 9),
for one is to be attached to the First-drawn Prize en that day,
and another is to be attached to the Nialr..7ra \‘n Prize above
seLleo; and as there are to be at least .1,000 Numbers drawn,
such an occurrence is not very unlikely; but, independent of
these, there are :16 other Capitals of £tl,ooo. £l,OOO, &c. Zee.
many of which will also be drawn. PIDUP;C: and Co. hope some
of these desirable thins are destined to reward those who make
their purchases at the Lucky Corner, No. 1, CornhilL
MURDER or :alas. DitsArre.—m. sitting Magistrate at flow-
street was occupied five hours on Wednesday night, in the exa-
mination of a whole fandly, brought before him by gone Officers
of the Thames Police, on suspicion of their haviag been con-
cerned in the murder of Mrs.. Donatty. The prisoners were
Robert Rigby, a jobi•ing porter ; Ann Rigby, his wire, with an in-
fant in her arms; Eisabetli Rigby, their daughter, about six years
old ; and Mary fiCrel, slater to Ann Rigby.—The circumstances
which led to their apprehension were these :—Yesterday se'u-
night a Mrs. Ilaines, who keeps an old clothes shop at No. 9.
New Round-court. Strand, purchased, for a shilling, a pair of
breeches and a pair of woman's half-boots, from the little girl
Elizabeth Rigby. The breeches, which were of light drab ker-
•seymere, very much worn, had a few spots of blood about the
knees, and they were much torn behind. On perceiving this
blood, the cluthes-woman—having heard of the horrible mur-
der in Robert-street—became very much alarmed, and her
step-son, who, it appears, is a city officer, happening to call upon
her on the following day, she shewed them to him, at the same
time telling him from whom she had purchased them.—He
communicated these circumstances to Jeiferies, an officer, and
he and some of his party apprehended the whole family at their
lodgings, one wretched room, in Lemon-tree-yard, Bedfordbury.
—The three grown prisoners positively denied all knowledge of
the articles in question, and were remanded.
Yesterday Mr. ‘TINSIIELL, the Magistrate, resumed the exa-
mination of Robert Rigby, alien, his wife, Mary Worti, her sister,
and a man of the name of Samuel Askew.
One of the pentlemen of the Parish Committee 'hewed tie
prisoners the finger of Mrs. Donatty, which was preserved in spi-
rits, but did nut tell them what it was. Atter they had looked
at it for some time, they all declared they could not tell! He
then told them; and watched their countenances very closely, to
see what effect it had on them, but no material charge was ob-
served.—Two females, who lived near the deceased, attended;
one of them was intimately acquainted with Mrs. Donatty, and
stated, that on the night of the murder she saw a man loitering
about the house of the deceased for two hours in the course of
that evening ; she described him as a tall, thin, gentlemenly-look-
ing man—he had no resemblance of either of the prisoners.
Richard Waller, groom to T. U. Whitmore, Esq. stated that
on the night of the murar he sew five mil moiling quite fast,
as if front Millman-place, at the back of Mrs. I)u:tatty's house.
He pursued and overtook one man, with whom lie had a struggle,
but he got away. This man much res,nuhled Rigby in point of
size. Amongst the other four men, witness said, one resembled
Askew. He very closely examined both the prisoners with their
hats on and oil; slouched and not so, behind as well as before.
The sack which was left in the house of the deceased had a
numbeiof small shaviii,ls in it. A Gentlemen of the Committee
produced one of them from his pocket-bon!:, and asked the pri.
sutler, Askew, if he knew what it was? who, af:er examining
it, declared he did not. It was fromall!lit-coloated wood, sup-
posed to he sycamore, and Askew bring a viol:a end
maker, some of his shavings were brau,;itt to the Office, which
resembled those found in the sack.
Askew's landlord said he had lodged with him for twelve
months. He was a man of regular habits, and had been only
twice out lately.
Aim Rigby and Mary Wood were pat to the Bar, after the
men were taken away, but nothing material transpired. M.
Donatty, the nephew of the deceased, attended and examintd
the boots sold hy,the child to Mrs. Haines, which si•ert net his
aunt's, tlierhaving buttons, and she mostly had them to. lace.
The examination continued till nearly five o clock, when it was
adjourned.
liarroo-Gaansw.—A man of the name of Gregory was exa-
mined yesterday, on suspicion of being concerned in the .munler,
Piloosidiretoctit tehv3i-1
fled for fo,r-
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