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A parcel, containing the halves of Bank-notes, to the amount of
about 6001. was transmitted from the Bath Bank to London, directed
to the house of Jones; Lloyd, and• Co. of Lothbury, by the Rath
coach, which stops at the Swan-with.twe•Necks-inu, lad-'ant..
The parcel should have been delivered in. Lothbury on Tlll ;jay.
but, to the astonishment of the house, no parcel reached them ;
and as they could get no satisfactory intelligence at the inn, a
racns was dispatched, requiring the attendance of the eh rks
porters who might have had charge of the parcel, or through
hands it might have passed.
Mr. Hawses. attended upon the part of the owners of the notes,
llr stated, that what was peculiar in this case was, that in the na.,.
bill the parcel was mentioned, and ticked off as delivered, ail
so involved and complicated were the arrangements of carriage
delivery of goods, that there appeared to be no possibility of .okt .
taining through what means, either of intention or care:esscesa, the
loss had taken place. The Public were, he added, deeply interes•••t
in the subject, as there was no security for property traiismitted
from one place to another.
-One of the clerks produced the way-bill, which included a perm
directed to Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. the carriage of whit!,
amounted to ts. Sd. The parcel was ticked off to one of the porter,
of the establishment, whose name is Bellringer, who Was of coots,:
responsible for that sum to Mr. Waterhouse.
Another of the clerks, who was in the habit of checking th- way.
bill, stated that he had done so in this instance, and that I:e
ticked. offahr.parcel to Messrs. Junes and Lloyd, but /a: had a‘ir
seen the .parceL
The Loan MAYOR expressed surprise at his having ticked clia
parcel which he had not seen.
The clerk said it was usual,. in the great !miry of business, to tick
off without looking to the articles included in the way-bill.
The Loan Mavon asked whether. it was not the duty of the
clerks, when a parcel mentioned in the way-bill was not found, to
mention that circumstance to their employer?
The clerk said, in answer to this cniestion, that he really had not
observed whether the parcel was or was not to be found- Another
person always called over the parcels, and whethec this part.o.lar
parcel bad, been called over or not, he could not determine. r
were mistakes of the kind constantly occurring.
The Loan Mayou.—We must enclaavour to put an end to
takes, which so frequently deprive persons ol their propert), a 1
leave them no means of-redress. •

lieUritiger, the porter, was then questioned. He •ahlr. that !..•
one of the porters of the establishutztit, and was alio xed ....Os:.
ant. He-was responsible fur parcels dir..cted to th.., ground
the house of Messrs. Jones and Lloyd was, but 1w did pot .
deliver on that ground. His assistart delivered there. The p4te
was entered in the book to his account, but he lead never seen '
nor been paid for it ; nor had he of course paid for it.
Mr. HARII6II.—MiS sort of confusion, by which the Ptiblic are
exposed to such serious losses, entirely contraveues the effirt to pro.
cure justice. Suppose the notes bad been whole, and ha circulation,
a very 'serious sum would be totally lust. It is a Moit
thing that a man's property should be subject to he blown ..w. y
from him, and that no chance either of recompense or
faction should remain.

The assistant to DeWinger was called. lie knew nothing, !1.1
said, about the parcel. lle had never received it, never been paid
for it, and of course never delivered it.
The Loan illsvoa.--you, are perfectly right, Mr. Harmer, is
saying that the Pubite are grossly treated by the persons conneetid
with inns. What security can I have, that if a parcel be direct- t
to me I shall ever receive it? The , constant and dreadful impoti.
Lions to which we are all liable, have induced the Cilurt of Alder.
men to apply for an Act of Parliament to give Magistrates a pewee
of making more strict inquiry into the cauie oldie loss at pa:,:tic,
and to punish irregularities by which confusion likely to Lau fe..e
with the detection of a felony is engendered.
Air. HA tam said; he was sorry to say the ease coitH not be pur-
sued further. There was no trace of the notes, and all that w,ttld
be done at the inn, was by reference from one clerk to another, :rail
from one porter to another.
One of the clerks observed, that the parcel had been entered as
a common parcel, by no means a proper security for poperty of
value, which might be secured by insurance.
The LORD MAvon said, the omission, with respect to insuring
goods was no excuse for the disappearance of property confided to
the care of innkeepers. He trusted, and indeed he was convinced,
that this Session of Varliament would not pass over, without snow
enactment for the protection of parcels.
Here the case ended, but Mr. Mauve assured the Loan Maros
that everything should be done to trace the half notes.

BOW-STREET.
CAUTION TO COTOITABLtS.....MT. Henry Orme, a. tradestnan set virg
the office of constable in his own right, for the p.sristi of St. IlIar;c1
in the Fields, was fined 40s. for having 'unnecessarily delayed the
billeting of a party of the G;enadierGuaids.
GUILDI! ALL.
Mr. Bayliss, pawnbroker, in Aldersgate-street, was fined X; inr
taking a keyed bugle in pledge, from Wilkes, a tfruinr,ler iit
the Tower hamlets Militia, though the name of the Regiw•nt was
engrween on ft.• • . •

BIRTHS.
Wednesday, in New flurlington-street, the Lady of Sir Charts
Hulse Bart. M.P. of a son.
Feb. 15, At Weymouth, the Lady of Sir W. G. Parker, Bart
R.N...0f a son.
Tuesday, at Wheelock House, Sod¢ack, theillre; tbe Lady of
Lieutenant-Colonel Tryon, of a daughter.
In Dublin, the Viscountess 31assareene, of a son,

Al Altai ED.

Monday, Robert Nelson. Esq. of the Alas,has Civil Service, lo
Margaret, eldest daughter of Jonathan Ilarrison, l; q. of Goya-
street, Bedford-square.
Friday, at Clare, Captain George Baker, of The 16th Lancers,to Caroline Julia, only daughter of that lite JUhn Barker, INq. of
Clare Priory, in the county of Suffolk.
At St. Mary's, GuiltliOrd, the Rev. Henry Piir sclue, to Eliza-
beth, eldest daughter of %Valiant Elkins, Eq. of Biidgefoot House,
Guildford.
Rev. H. Maliett, of Blakenen ,to Coe, youngest daughter
of Shepherd Coe, Esq. of the above place.
Lately, the Rev, W. Southwood, Pator .of Abe Baptist Church,
Sudbury, to Charlotte, second daughter of the late T. Mark by, Esq.
Thursday; at Bildestone,ia Suffolk' the Rev. Montagu Oxeadeu,
M. A. •sim of Sir henry Ozendeap !dart. to Elizabeth, ilaaghter of
Richaid Wilson, Esq.
M*nday, at Wangford, Spencer Horsey Kilderbee, Esq. of Glern-
ham, to the Lady Louisa Rouss, youngest daughter of the Earl
of Stradbroke. _

Lately at Downham, in the Isle of Ely, Mr. George Kidd, of
lAttleport, Wesleyan Preacher, to Miss M. A. Harrison, I'yemore.

DIED.

In his 80th year, the Rev. Dr. Ford, late Ordinary of Newtate.
In the 73d year of his age. the Rev. Richard Thomas Gough
uncle of Lord Calthorpe.
At Cathcart Manse, oa the 294 ult. Mr. Robert Dow, only tot
of the Rev. David Dow.
Feb. 8, the Rev. Peter Macnee, MioLter of the Scotch Church,
Bavington, Northumberland. •
Monday last, at Donnington Priory, Berks, aged 70, Admiral,Sir
A. Bettie, Bart. K.C. B.
Lately, Betty Wardle, widow of R. Wardle, sexton of Ringley
Chapel, ne.a. Bolton, aged 85 years and 1 t months., Me hamlet:
eight children, 51 grand children, 70 great grand-children; and two
great great grand children l—total, 131, all of whom are living.
Thursday evening, during the conflagration at Messrs. Pickier.'
and Co.'s Wharf, Mr. J. Veale, collectihg clerk to the establish-
ment, whilst endeavouring CO save a very considerable sum of mo-
ney fur his employers. AU means of escape being cut olf, he fell
a victim to the devouring element. lie was a young man possessed
of superior abilities, and a suavity and urbaneness of man} erg
which endeared him to a aumerous circle of friends, by vrhoot he
will be long and sincerely regretted.

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