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London, England, 1824-04-05 00:00:00

KING'S THE4TRIL

AFicciardo e araide was produced on Saturday night
forth e first time this season. The Opera, though played
but a very few nights at the end of the last season, be-
came exceedingly popular by the singularly striking
movement which occurs first- in the Overture, and is
afterwards repeated on two occasions. The Overture
is the one played to Native Land, at Covent Garden
Theatre, where it has constantly gaited so much ap.
plause. The only difference in the cast is, the substitu•
tion of Madame COLBRAN Rossini for CAmpongsr.
[ler exertions were distinguished by the same remarkai
ble beauty of tone, . and correct. styie of execution,
which we had •to admire in her Zelatira,. The °petit
went nff with its accustomed effect. .;
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UNIVERSITYanitCLERICAL,INTELLEGI:Ncr,

OXFORD, APRIL S.
• Tuesday, 'the Rev. Arnek Heßlear, of Trinity College, and the
Rev. Charlei William Doild, of Christ Church, were admitted
Masters of Arts.
Friday, tlte.Rev. Christopher Lipscomb, Fellow of New College,
Oxford, was admitted Bachelor in Divinity ; and Ciismo Nelson
Innes, of HAIM College; was admitted Master of Arts.
• CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 2.
His Royal-Highness the Chancellor has appointed Frederick Pol-
lock Esq. M.A. formerly Fellow of Trinity
.College, Commissary
of the University, in the room of the late Thos. Harrison, EN.
It appears by the University Calendar, that the number of gem.
bers on tße boards of the respective Colleges, amounts to 4489,
being an increase of 2:2 since last year, and more than double the
number in ISO 4.
The Archbishop of Dublin confirmed 170 girls and 82 boys on
the 85th ult. in St. James's Church, Dublin.
At a Geveral Ordination in St. Margaret's Church, Westmin.
ster, by the Bishop of Winchester, on the 25th of March last, the
following Gentlemen were ordained : •
DitAcoss.—Chas. Currier, A. 13. Pembroke College,, Cambridge;
Thomas Orange, a literate person.
Prttesys.--Charles .John Taylor, A.B. Christ's College CM.-
; John Hall, A. 13. Sr. AlbanOxtord ; Walter it. John
Pilc-nay, A.B. S. John's College, Cambridge.
ECCLESIASTICAL rßomarzoNs •
Thursday se'nnight, the Rev. Thos. Bathurst, Clerk, A. 8.!. was
collated to the Rectory of 13elaegh, with the Vicarage of Scottuw
annexed, in Norfolk:
Saturday se'nnight, the Rev. Edw. Wilson, Clerk, A. 88. was col-
lated to the Rectory of Toperoft;lnathe county of Norfolk.
The Earl of St. German's has appointed the Rev. Richard Lynda
Cotton, M.A. Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, and Vicar of
Denchworth, Berke, one of his Lordship's Domestic Chaplains.
The Rev. Nathaniel Dodson, M.A. has been foliated to the Pre-.
bend or Canonry of South Searle, in the Cathedral of Lincoln.

THE XIS.
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• IV INDSO4% :4RA1V46.4 se.
Yesterday, at a quarter past iNI9OIQCIr, nis MAJESTY
drove to the Lodge- in- his pony. pbieton, accompanied
by the Marquis CONYNOHAM and his usual attendants.
After remaining nearly four lurs at the Lodge, and
driving about the grounds, his MAJESTY returned to
the Palace to dine.
This morning (Sunday) his MAJESTY, with his usual
attendants, heard Divine ServiOe in the private Chapel;
the Sermon was preached by the Rev. C. K. SUMMER.
Tuesday his MAJESTY. W4l. go to London, whete he
will 'remain a few days...
3unGE-Anvoca-cs arrived here yesterday. and
had an audience of the KING, and laid before his MaJgrrY
the prdceedings of some Courts-Martial, upon which the
KING gave his commands ; after which the JUDGE..
ADVOCATE left the Castle, and returned to London.

FASHIONABLE ARRANGE3fENTS FOR THE IFCRE
Trlts EVEVINA.
EMILY, Marchioness flf Lonnounnuar's Rout, St. James's-square.
'The Marquis of ANCLIIIII.II Grand Dinner.
The ;tartar ibtenowav 'a Entertainment, Grosvenor-square.

• vo-munitow.
Dowager Lady FGOSIA Bout, in Upper Seymour-street.
Sir Geoaas WsupeNneit's Grand Party, Whitehall-place. '
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Lord and Lady Gwrnva's Entertainment, in Piccadilly.
WZDNESDA Y.
The Kmo's Levee, Carlton Palter, at two o'sloCk.
Mrs. &MACEY'S Party, Great George-street.
Sr JOHN and Lady Cort.cr's Entertainment.
The Countess of SANDWICH'S Entertainment, Dotter-street.
Lad of Deait's-Anclent Music DlSlClE9rnsvenor-square.
Mrs. Line's Rout, Ilenford-street. •
Gen. Sir Joust and Lady bluansv's Petty, In trimpole-street.'
ALWACIL'S first Sall.
• THURSDAY. •
The 'Marchioness of illavrwas Grand fatttp, meet the Du.
of GLOCcEsTEK.
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The Honourable Mrs. Hors's Assembly; Mau.-
'Marchioness of Sattsausy's Card Party. -
Laity Dan's Rout, in Grossenonstreet.
Mrs. Wn.usis Wrsilels Row, Whitehall-plate. •
Lord Brivires Itntrrtiinnient-, Great Gernge-street.
Mrs. Geneiarßsaasnares Quadrille Dail, in Harley-streets
SATURDAY.
Earl of Avestan's Grand Entertainment, Aberdeen House. •
The llonou'rable AGAR ELLis's Grand Enterudanseat to frincl
Lrorot.n, Spring Gardens.
The Countess of SANDWICH'S Entertainmeni, Di:reef-streets

Yesterday the Princess AUGUSTA attended lithe
Service, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. After service. lir-loyal
Highness visited the Duchess of GLOUCCSTRIL
The PI ince,s AUGUSTA honoured the Italian Opera
Home with her presence on Saturday evening.
The Princess SOPHIA visited the Princess AUGUSTA
yesterday.
The Duchess of CGMBERLAND, according to accounts
from Berlin, has of late been severely indisposed.
CHARLES WILLIAM WYNN, Esq. U.P; had a grand
Dinner Party on Saturday, at his house, Whitehalbplace; among
whom were Prince Pouaksc, his Excellency Baron Fecal., Lord
and Lady GIFFORD, Sir llusarmay and Lady Dave, Mr. Fast-
subtitle, ate.
The Countess of SANDWICH tzave:an elegant Enter-
, tainment on Saturday to the Duke of ‘WLLI.INOTOIS, his Excellenfy
Count bevels* EMILY Marchioness hi LONDONDERRY,EaTI BATHURST,
Lady Groottonsat BATHURST, Earl of ANERAM' ale Marquis of MIST-
:POSH, the Earl of WILSTMOREI AND, MT. and Mrs. ARBUTHNOT, Mr.
Gosport, Mr. PLANTA, &c. at her house in Dover-street. •
The Marquis of WINCHEiTER has purchased, Lady
ManmAy's late residence, in CaVentlislitzsplare.
The infant Earl TEMPLE was' last week taken so
alarmingly ill that an express was sent to summon tin Olarqttis of
Cirasmoslo Wotton. We have heard witlaintsch pleasure thin.* is
now so much recovered as to be no longer considered iit danger.
it is the intention of his Royal Highness the Oahe of
CLARENCE, the Admiral of the British Fleet, to hoist his Bag in oue
'of the Royal yachts early in the ensiling ',Unmet, for the purpose of
making aquatic excursions. The amiablf-Dueliess and her rurinuq
will accompany his Royal. Highness. •
it is said, in letters from Petersburgli, that the Vol.
peror ALExasnaa has assignesl.half a million of rubles for.the sup-
port of the Italian Opera for six months, and of which Madame
Fonds is to have 1..!00 francs nitnithlv.
Count LEREZELTERN, the Austrian Ambassador lit
the Court of Pttersburgh, was dangerously iU in the middle of last
mutt th.
A Vinedran "TEA PARTT.—Thq Petersburg Republik] N
,•of the e.7tb ult. contains an advertisement, signed by six gentlemen
as " managers," notifying fhat " there will be a Tea Party at City
Point this evening, the I.'lth inst." and that " gentlemen wishing to
subscribe can do so in the evening." To this singular advertisement
is attached the still more singular note beige, with the odd Dame of
's !rotten Foulkes" appended, that.", Ladies can be accommodated
with beds."
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It man whose.name was unknown, at the parish of St.
'George, in this county.
It appeared in evidence that the•prisorier was scream.,
W Mr. Packer, a salt-merchant, residing in St.PFprges,
and who, with other neighbrairs, having sustained great
depredations on their property, gave directions to the
prisoner to watch it by night. About five in the motn-
ing of the 2,i of Febrility, the prisoner gave an alarm,
and informed his neighbours, in great agitation, that lie
had killed a man,—that pit was luck for him "—that
the man lay dead In the garden, and that he would go
anywhere to deliver himseliup to justice. At the same
time he stated that before he fired, a man cried out to
him—" Fire, and be d—d," and to a corapanion—
t,D.---11 it, Tom, why does thee not fire r he aimed
at the legs of the man, whom alone he *saw, and Hho
was on an elevated ground, and so mortally wounded
his comrade below. The body was found in the place
described by the prisoner ; the heart perforated, and the
pericardium filled with blond. In the pocket of the de-
ceased was fcond a steel and flint, andsby his side were
three fowls, newly killed, in an apron. The pfhoner's
master described the situation of the ground, which
sustained his statement of the manner in which the death
occurred, and gave him a most excellent character for
good temper and general propriety of conduct.
Mr. Baron GA arrow charged the Jury, and ex-
pressed his great anxiety that the doctrine he was about
to lay down for their guidance might be distinctly un-
derstood. It was the duty of men set to watch the pro-
perty or othersoor engaged in protecting their own, to
abstain from firing or mortally assailing those whom
they suspected to he robbers; to endeavour to secure
their persons without qui . and not to attack them
with dangerous weapons, until such a measure became
necessary for the defence of their own lives ; but if such
a measure was necessary, then they were guilty of no
offence, in resistiog till death, but their case would .be
one of justifiable homicide. In this instance, then, the
tlue,tion for coniideration was this—did the pi ironer
fa4sbly, without due cause, fire the gun, or did he file it
with a well-grounded persuasion that such a measure
was essential to his own personal safety ? In the first
case he would be guilty of manslaughter, in point of
law, even though the precise effect which followed was
not contemplated ; in the last, he would be wholly
guiltless. The Jury almost instantly returned a verdict
of Not Guilty.
Mr. Baron GA R ROW, in directing the prisoner to be
discharged, expressed his hearty concurrence in the ver-
dict, and his opinion, that if any man should reproach
him for the misfortune, lie would disgrace himself, and
do great injustice to his neighbour.

APRIL 3.
THE KING V. COOKE AND ANOTHER.
Shortly after nine o'clock this case was called on by
the officer. A full special Jury answered to their names
and were sworn.
Mr.: James S:aznp Sutton Cooke, one of the defend-
ants, rose in Court, and announcing that he intended to
defend himself, requested that the witnesses on both
sides might be ordered to withdraw.
Mr. CAMPBELL, upon this, begged to state that he.
had die honour to appear for Mr. Jenkinson, the other
Attendant now to be put on his trial.
'Mr. Justice Pam gave directions that the wish of
Mr. Cooke should be • complied with ; and the witnesses
accordingly withdrew.
Mr. TALPOORD stated the substance of the indict•
ment, which charged Richard Stafford Cooke, .James
Stamp Sutton Cooke, John Russell Miles, and Richard
ienkiiison, with a conspiracy to disturb Sir George Jer-
Liugham in the possession of lands and manors which
he had long enjoyed, and of the issues and profits of
other lands which- had been leng'in the possession of
his tenants, by unlawful means and devices ; and stated
as overt acts of such conspiracy, a forcible entry into a
messuage called Stafford Castle, which had long been in
the possession of .the prosecutor; an assertion by James
Stamp. Sutton Cooke that he was appointed,agent to
his hi other by the House of Peers, which he knew to be
false; and a pretended holding of courts beet and baron
in manors possessed by Sir George Jerningham.—
There were other Counts, severally' describing the cah-
sphacy as above, but omitting to state any overt acts.
To this indictment, Richard Stafford Cooke had pleaded
a plea in abatement, which was still pending ; Miles
bad not pleaded; the other two defendants, J. S. S.
Cooke and Jenkinson, pleaded la Not Guilty," and they
only were now before the Jury.
Mr. TAUNTON stated the case. The charge against
the defendants was, that of liavin4 put their heids toge-
ther, and devised means of obtaining money under false
pretences. Sir G. Jerningham was the party against
whom these malpractices had been devised, and to
whose injury they wete brought into action. The de-
fendant Cooke was a Solicitor, and might be supposed
to know that the law was sufficient to establish a legal
right. Sir George was a gentleman of Most ancient
family, of lineage the most direct, and of connections
the most respectable and honourable. Such were the
titles of the plaintiff, and it would ere long be seen of
what nature those intended to be opposed to them really
were. In order, however, to meet the misrepresenta-
tions which had• been most industriously made, he
should enter into some description of the lineal descent
of Sir G. Jerningham, as a more historical statement.,
as recorded in Acts of Parliament, and enrolled in the
archives of the High Court'of Chancery. Sir George is
lineally descendel from the Duke of Buckingham, who
Was attainted and beheaded in the reign of Hoary VIII.
On his death, and after the attainder, the blood of the
Barons &afoul was restored to Henry, one of the sons
of the attainted Dike. In the reign of Charles H .
great peat gland-daughter of this Henry mauled a
Sir ;;;,',ran! Howard, who was then created Baron
Stafford. Nobleman was convicted of treason.on
perjury ,of Titus basest and was beheaded in 1680.
Through him, llen, undouhtek27, no title could be
claimed. Supposing his attainder to be legal, his chil-
dren could not as such inhetit; but the rights of his
wife were unaffected birdie attainder, and she was af-
terwards herself summoned to assist in the coronation
of James 11. The Crown alterwards, by letters pa-
tent, granted the !eversion to the Baroness; so that her
right was indisputable in any view of her case; for if
she was seized in fee, then she had an absolute
:fight ; and if she was only seized in tail, this grant!
conferred such right, and • rendeted her title com-
plete, notwithstanding the attainder of her husband.—
From this Baroness, and from one-of her heir s who was
created Earl of Stafford, the present Sir George Jer-
nir.gham was lineally descended. The Learned Counsel
tit:n st;:ted the nature of an application made by Mr.
Jaci:.:s Cooke to Sir George Jerningham, iu November,

f 8225 Isis applicatiOn, however; was of conrse.unstte-
cessful, and the ciiiiipirary to-defraud was then first
embOdiecl: jatires Stamp Sutton Cooke forthwith gave
a dinner at his lodgings or hnirse,. at Somers' Town ; one
of his guests, named Crank, lxiappoiated his Secretary,
receiving SCI. for such appeietrueut. On the 30th of
December, they met-at StaitsA; and associating them-
selves with. one Smith, a tieriff's officer, went on the'
same day to Stafford Castle, which wasoot then com-
pleted. This Castle was shewn to strangers ; and when
the party arrived, Smith told the old woman who lived
in and exhibited the Castle that the two strangers with
him wanted to seethe Castle; they were admitted, and
then it was that the defendant Cooke declared his bro-
ther the heir of the estate, and took prisses,ion ; he then
endeavouted to bribe the old woman, who, however, in•
stead of obeying the mandate of her new Lord,- Richard,
Baron Stafford, applied instanter to Mr. Seckerson,
the steward of Sir George, and who, on his arrival
at the Castle, 'finding Mr. Crank, the Secretary of the
new Baron, left in possession, forthwith ejected him.—
The party immediately set to work. They first enlisted
a Stifford schoolmaster, of the name of Jenkinson, who
was the other defendant to this indictment. The next
step was.to publish notices addressed to the tenants of
Sir George, Mr. James Cooke having oaken his abode
in the town. There, in all due pomp and apparently
oppressed with business, he received such of the tenants
of Sir George as his notices had induced w pay him a
visit. The first notice served was dated on the 30th of
December, 1822, from Stafford Castle, arid cautioned
the tenants not to pay any rents to Sir G. Jerninghem,
or his agents, or to any other person than to Richard
Stilton Cooke, as. legal Baron of Stafford, or- to his
bailiff, steward, or agent. On. the lst'of January the'
second notice was dated. It was in effect a caution to the
tenants, that if they did not pay their rents and arrears to
Baton Richard they would be distrained on. It offered a
reduction of one half the rents for the ensuing seven yea: s,
and pledged the new Baron not to eject any one of his
.tenants from his occupancy. The first thing the de-
, Pendant did to get the money, was resorting to acts
of trespass and violence of a description such as had
never been seen since the days of the civil wars. Men
were employed to cut down timber on the estate. To
quiet the scruples of these men, an axe was drawn
round the bottom of the trunk of such as were to be
cut down, under the persuasion that this ceremony gave
a legal title to the cutting down. Many were the trees
that fell in pursuance of this system of devastation,
and even sold to those who had no objection to ad-
" vancing money upon such security. Sir George, how-
ever, obtaining an injunction against the further cut-
ting down of trees, this plan was for the time ;than-,
Boned. James Sutton Cooke was alsa appointed game-
keeper to the manors of Sir George Jernirigharn.—
For these acts of trespass and fraud the present in-
dictment was preferred. On the 15th of January, Baron
Richard visited his barony ; nut, however, with all his
baronial honours, not in his baronial splendour, but under
the appellation of simple Mr. Brown ; and as a mean of
fur ther disguise, he put up at a humble public-house, and
drank ale and smoked tobacco at night, and drank rum
and milk in the morning. This disguise was certainly
effectual, for the host of the inn never, for a single mo-
ment, dreamt that he had been honoured by the patron.
age and support of so noble a guest as Baron Richard
Stafford. He Shortly after repeated his visit ; again
smoked tobacco, and again drank ale ; but still his
'Lordship thought proper to travel incognito. On the
13th January, a third notice was served upon the tenan-
try, fixing the 16th January for the payment of rents,
at the George Inn, for which receipts were to be given
by James Stamp Sutton Cooke. Jenkinson was sta-
tioned at the room door in which the steward of Sir
George was sitting to receive the rents, at the Swan
Inn, for the purpose of using such - misrepresentations
as should induce the tenants to repair to the George
Inn, to pay their rents to the agent of Baron Richard.
The result was, that James Stamp Sutton Cooke, as
the solicitor, and young Crank, as the agent, received,
from some few, intimidated tenants, the amount of ten
pounds for rent, and, he believed, a whole hatful of
halfpence. What was the next step ? A distress
for rent was put into the house of Mr. Seckerson,
Sir George's agent, at the time be, was attending his
professional duties at the Stafford Quarter Sessions;
constables were called in, and the agents-of Cooke ex-
pelled: A second distress was put in the house in the
afternoon, by four men forcing themselves up stairs,
and intruding upon the privacy of lilts. Seckerson and
Some female visitors of that lady, in a manner he should
not then describe. James Stamp Sutton Cooke next ap-
plied to an old maiden lady, named- Mary Peake, for
the purpose of endeavouring to induce her to acknow-
ledge his brother as her landlord. For this purpose he
told her that Sir George had given up possession to his
brother, who only was kept out of his rights by. Mr.
Seckerson. He further said, that' the House ,Lords,
the House of Commons, and the King himself, had ac-
knowledged the right and titles of his Noble brother.
With this maiden lady', however, he Was unsuccessful in
every particular. Under preteocesenUaliy false, how-
ever, he obtained the sum of eight pounds from a man
named Rogers,and 171. 10s. from another named Dudley.
To these men he produced a letter, which he said he had.
received from Sir George, althotigh he had never re-
ceived any letter of any description whatever from that
Baronet. Thetime having arrived when the Noble Lord
Was to make his formal entry into Stafford, the sth of
March, it took place with all due display of ribands.
First appeared a hired London' carriage; on one of
the pannels were painted the arms of the Stafford fa-
mily ; on the dickey sat Baron Richard and fhe Honour-
able James Stamp Sutton Cooke; inside* Sat- Nlr. Miles,
the first who had.its;yet appeared ; tag-rag and bobtail
followed the carriage';.. the horses were unyoked, and
that which is ussally done on such occasions was done
by. the mob of the day. Speeches were also made, and
as Stafford is famods for its ale, that Axitent 'beverage
was plentifully disObtfted. A dinner' 'was also given,
at which speeches were again made, the false .ple-
tensions. previously made by the Honourable J. Cooke
were repeated by Baron Richard. The next act of
the farce, or comedy-, was the holding of COurts
Leet and Courts Baron, precededi.of course, by formal
notices in the usual technical form of words. These
were signed " John Russell Miles, Chief .Steward."—.
On the day fixed, the Courts were duly hel&—a• Mr.
Ward acting as bailiff, with a wand in hii hind duly
painted and emblazoned, and John Russell .MRes
ciating as chief steward. Mr. Seckersozremonstrated,
and warned the defendants of the illegality of their pro-
ceedings; but hi> remonstrances and warnings we*
unheeded) and the Courts were held with much form(
and ceremony. The .Learned--(.;ounoel, after stating
the nature of his evidence, observed that the conduct Zi
the defendant was unexampled in the.annels of inprfs-.1

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'turel He concluded by informing.the furl thttZ
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could not find, piesent. detail°. ...A
against Mr. Itiehoialte'Or Rules,; Wag
not necessary lie' should prOve M. James • Cooke to'
have conspired 'with Mr. jenkinson' to' defraud Sir
George Jerningham, as his Lordship would inform
them that, if the former was
.proved. to have fraudu-
lently conspired with either his brother RiChard'or-wiz),
Miles, he would be equally liable- to their ierdict
against him, as if he had been proved to Italie conspired
with Jenkinson, although) neither of the other two de.
fendants appeared to this intlictment.-4,lr'Was'statei
that Mr. Richard Cooke had pleaded-his:Peerage in
abatement; and that the King's Bench had allowed
the plea. Miles, one of the defendants, was out of the
country) —Several witnesses *ere called in' support of
the indictment.
Sir George Jerningham,eramined by Mr. TA UNTOS,
said-1 have been in possession of the estates and barony
of Stafford 14 years, I succeeded my late father, Sir
W. Jerningham, who had been iii possession since
1753. He succeeded to the possession of them on the
death of my !,ran.imother, who was a Plowden, and
niece of the Carl of Safford, who-e son dying without
male issue the eatldom became extinct. There is* ,
building on my estate called Stafford Castle:. it is a
modern erection, built by me on the site of the ancient
castle, and on the old Nindations. I saw Mr. James
Cooke in ; lie came to me, accompanied by a Mr.
;Lane, neither of w hem I bad ever. seen before. Mr.
Cooke said, he claimed the estate on behalf of his bro-
ther; he wished to have nothing to do with haler's;
,and ill would give it up quietly, he would return the
back rents. Ile read me an opinion of a Gentleman,
think Pet kips, in favour of his brother's' claim. I re-.
4*erred him to Mr. Charles Butler, my Counsel. I re-
ceived a letter from M!. Cooke, to which I returned an
answer. I never wrote in that letter or
.in aril other
that I was wilting to give. up the estate; or that I
Was convinced of the justice of his claim ; or, "Gci»
forbid I should keep it, if he had a clear title." I
never saw him_ but twice in my life. I never gave
hire the smallest reason to believe I would resign
the estate, by word or writing. I never made an
offer of 8001. a-year, or of a farthing. I have no por-
trait of Mr. Richard Cooke, at Cossey-hall; he called
there thirteen years ago, when he was buying timber in
Norfolk, and then said that he wished to be quiet, but
his brother urged him to prosecute his claim. I never
received.an invitation to dine with Sir C. Wolseley in'
my life ; .md in January last was in Norfolk. I never
wrote to him in my life, and have now no acquaintance
with him. I never had an idea of dining with Sir C.
Wolseley, and never wrote an apology to Mr... Cooke
for Pot being there to meet him.
Criate:exairtinedby Mr. Cooke.---I did not sly that " Goo forbid
I should keep the Barony front Mr. Cooke." I am realty not
aware that I received this property only on the death of Lady
.%liactasia Howard.
Will .you swear that this property is yours?—To be sure I will.
(A ~,reat laugh).
Mr. Cooke.—Then I will prove to the contrary.
Sir George.—Very well, if you please.

Mr. Justice ; 1 shall not allow it ; I cannot.
Mr. James Currie-said, that he had searched the Journals of the
House of Lords in 1813, and found no appointment of any one as,
agent to Mr. Stafford Coyke, though he was mentioned as appear-
ing as agent to his brother.—This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. CAMPBELL. waved his right to precedence, and Mr. Cooke
was ealled on to address the Jury.
Mr. Cooke rose, and began by reading a long history of the Noble
House of &afford, beginning with Edmund de Stafford, in the year
1311. After rapidly reading this paper, through which it was im-
pouliale to follow him, he sail he now came, in the year 1521, to
the Duke, his great ancestor, and to that which was the no plus ultra
of his case; fur from this great Duke lie would deduce his pedi-
gree,, and prove it by evidence.
Mr. Justice Peale said, he could allow of no such proof the
whole question was this—had he conspired by unlawful means to
obtain money and disturb A peaceable possession ?
After Mr. Cooke had called witnesses, and concluded his ease,
Mr. CAMPBELL addressed the Jury for the defendant Jenkinson.
He reminded them that the question was not whether his client had
acted discreetly—whether he acted rightlybut whether he was a
conspirator, and guilty of a crime which would render him infamous
for life ? Did not the whole evidence prove that he was the dupe of
Cookethat be left his school, deceived by the splendour of his pre-
tensions—and that be was deluded by the documents.exhibted to his
view ? The Learned Counsel here produced a book on the Stafford
peerage, written by " John Campbell, Esq." (not himself certainly)
and displayed an immense pedigree, by which ft was shewn that
Mr. Cooke was related to kings, dukes, princes, and emperors, and
bad the blood of five Plantagenet. in Ms veins-- (A laugh).
Mr. Justice Peat —Does it begin with Adam or Noah, Mr.
Campbell?—Mr. CemnittL—My Lord, Adam is about the middle
of it—(Loud laughter).
Mt. Cameari.t. proceeded to allude to the apparatus of Mr.
Cooke's establishment, by which his client might well he deceived.
The splendid living—the carriage with the Stafford arms—and the
crier in a scarlet robe. For his part, be had a great respect for the
office of crier, having long held it himself in the Oxford Circuit
Court, though he bad never worn a scarlet robe, or wielded a inure
imposing staff of office than the fire shovel—(Great laughter.)—The
Learned Counsel proceeded, on a minute examination of the evi-
ce as affecting bis client, to argue, that he had evidently acted
ide; that he was engaged to copy notices long after the scheme
have been formed; that he was tar less implicated than the
Iwitness Crank; and that alk his conduct was consistent with the
supposition that he believed the proceedings legal, for which he had
already been visited with heavy sufferings.
Mr. TAUNTON having replied,
Mr. Justice PARK recapitulated the substance of the Indictment,
'and gave his opinion that it clearly charged a conspiracy in point of
law. To convict any one.defendant, the Jury must believe that he
conspired with others mentioned or referred to in the record, as he
icould not conspire with himself alone ; but they might find one only
ttf the defendants before them guilty, if they thought he conspired
with Miles or with Richard Stafford Cooke. As to Jenkinson, his
!Lordship really thought the case of conspiracy slight, though no
doubt he had acted very incautiously and improperly ; yet, pro-
bably, be was deceivedeby the representations and papers of Cooke.
With respect to Mr. J. S. S.Cooke, he was ready, late as it was, if
!the Jury desired it, to read the whole evidence.
The Jury intimated that it was qui-e unnecessary.
Mr. Justice PAUL said, then he would only observe, that such a
series of proceedings, such a tissue of misrepresentation and talie-
hood, as had been proved against that defendant, he never recol-
• lected. If that defendant. had a title, the law was open to him;
but fur such conduct as his no excuse could be made ; and if they
believed that this conduct was the result of a conspiracy between
him and his brother, the case was roved against him, and they
must find him guilty.e—The Jury consulted for two or three minutes,
and then found James Stamp Suttou Cooke gui,ty of conspiring
with his brother IL S. Cooke; and acquitted Jenkinson. The trial
lasted eleven hour&
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e have teceived by the Lis,. , packet the Lisbon
Gazette, from the 9th to the 15th ult. inclusive: it contains
an announcement; that the Secretary -of State for FO-
iiign Affairs has issued orders to all Portuguese Diplo-
nhitic Agentsat Foreign Courts, to make known akshe.
edurt44.re he resides, that his Faithful 111.satiteivill
never recognise any Loan contracted by the actual Cio-
veritesitit; r(e' facto, of Rio Janeiro.
Letters 'from -Gibraltar state, that the Consul of the
Netherlands, vesidentln Minorca, had received an offi-
cial intimation from the Consul of the Netherlands at
Algiers, that au Algerine squadron had sailed in pursuit
of Spanish vessels. In consequence of this intimation,
't has been 6otified to the Dey, that as soon as any cap.
tore has'been 'repented, the Dutch squadron will act
ogainst.
Monday,. Nre, James Kor, ship-master, Greenock,
having gone ilownics the Quay, in front of the Custom louse there,
to baths tsis.eyes, which he was iu the habit Of doing, unfortunately
slipped.froot thr soya, and was *owned. -

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Corget )goes, front* .... • • .- - . 1.. . • .
sign•Macnstataas., half-pay 36t., Pepn, - ' via' tVI "?"-!i• ' a • '
Mopdtrys: apart findin 'wall .Yid if. •'r ei.4,41414 ',, 7.,
nuettstoca4soarnment on TurutiVfor tlte+orpßlPieinstist4idtaln .'
a thargeragliffisria• Officer .of:the 9s4litsigikeA f,.
from-lhe regisnantatreaulatlans.respecting dress. The eosin was- :
composed of-General-Wm/mac:lora and several Officera belonging-
...
to different Regiments. Thu. Officer accused, at the suggestiOn of '
the Court, committed his defence to writing, which he presented
on Tuesday, and the• whole proceedings were forwarded to 'the ,
COSIMANDERTN-Citisr, from whom an order has been received fur
the disso.ution of the Court.
NA VAL ./A. 7.EL LIG ENCE. • ;
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r‘ DISTRIBUTION GE PRIZE TIONF.Y
To the Commanders, Officers, Non-commissioned °Macre. and
,Mien,
forming the Naval and Itlifitary Forces engaged at Ow tea
speeder captures in America, as follow :-BrigafkalacooiLa and
,schooner Atlas; schoont•rs Ilazi aad Margaret; 176 Mids. of to-
bacco, sloop Unity, and goods from his Majesty's ship Marna ; pro-
f oeety captured at St. Mary's, ship Countess of Harcourt; bark
!Istria Thereat, goods from ship Carl Gustaffs and schoarier Cooler;
property captured at St. Simott's and the schooner Reserve ; the ..
ships. Maria, Francisca and Governor Kindeland ; anti the brig For-.
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tuna; all to be paid the stl May, at tile ftoyat I lospital, Greenwich.
The Pritieess Royal, ,torsi;, from Bristol to Liverpool, was tot •
tally Inst on the Ist inst. near Barsisey. i : -
The Providence, Goonwica, from Yarmouth to Hull, sunk o
Wiatertan, on Friaay. a. ..
• 'Die Layton, MILLER, from India, cut away het main and miten
masts, off Margate, and has been towel ep to Gravesend by a
steam-Inuit.
Tile Wata.essatr, 74 gun; is ordered to be commissioned at
Portionnutb,and to be fitted as an additional guard-ship. Capt. G.
Ea Hamaratin, C.B. Lieutenants W. 11. PiEßson, G. Maar:are,
•R. fiEtsnEstsoN, G. Drcisot, E. hloartra, and J. M. LAWS, and Mr.
F. ERANCILLON, Purser, are appointed to her.
The Rom:Enna, 80-gun ship, Captain SeIitIMSERO, C.B. sailed on
Monday last, front Portsmouth for Chatham, to be paid off.
Arrived on Tuesday, at Portsmouth, the SEARLINC: cutter, Lieut.
TettNen, front Jersey. &Ott: on Wednasday, the MAIDSTONE fri-
gate, Commodore Booker, C.II. for the Cat of Africa, to assume
the command of the squadron employed on that station, with ex-
tended instructions, for the suppressioe of the Slave Trade, fatinds•d
dpon that admirable measure introduced by Mr. CaNNlNotby which
Cape itis carrying slaves are declared pirates, and arc liable to gaf-
fer capital punishment. Sailed also, the Haw List; cutter, for Chatham. •
We have now sixteen Sail of th: line iii commis:iota six of which
are employed on active foreign service; via,-the Itnvitace, bathe
Mediterranean ; SPARTIATE and C.%%iIiKIDNIR, at South America;
GANGES and Smut; in the West Indies ; and %Nova's CASTLE, at
Lisbon. The others (guard-ships) are thus stationed 1.-VICTORS',
DULWAILE % m Laar, and Manors,
at Portsmouth ; Batrautna,
Omits, and GENOA, at Plymouth ; PKINCR Remora and OLOOCSSIRR,
at Chatham; and HAMELIN.% in the Downs.
The Query CIIARLOTTit, 108 guns, Captain J. NASHi the present
flag-ship at Portsmouth, is ordered to be paid off and laid up.
Arrived at Portsmouth on Thursday, the CALLIOPt, Lieutenant .
Juswon, film a cruize; also, on Friday, the Aattow, Lieutenant
POWNEV, from a cruize ; and on Saturday the STARLING returned to.
her station; leaving at Spithead only ale CALLSOPE and ARRow.
The Plurnit convict ship, which put into Poitsmouth on Friday •
with foul winds, sailed on Saturday fur Van Dieman's Land. She
joss 202 convicts on board, with Mr. CoaoLev, late Surgeon of the
Dublin Militia. •
The order which was given (soon after we stated that the differ-
ences with the Dey of At.anots had been amicably arranged) for
Vessels bound to the Mediterranean not to wait for convoy, has been
rescinded, and such are now directed to assemble at Fahnouth for
that protection. It is presumed, therefore, that other unfavourable •
circumstances in the affair have since arisen. The transports Loyal
Briton (e), Lieutenant T. J. Lev, and Joseph Green. Lieutenant S.
SPENCER, with part of the 95th Regiment (400 Officers and men),
bound to Malta, sailed front Portsmouth yesterday, for Falmouth.
Tile remainder u: the 95th Regifuent will march in front Winchea-
ter, and embark, on the arrival of the Surrey, from Deptford.
• Funny-tat, ApRIL 5.-Wital 5.F..-Arrived the Duke of Kent,
packet (I), from Lisbon in seventeen days; Rising S•in, Stokes,
from London for Newfoundland. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet
CO. for Lisbon.
PINMOUTII, Aran. !S.-Wind S.E.-Arrived the Eliza, SCOTT,
front Sr. Michael's; Harmony and Rebecca, front London. Sailed
the Iloppet, Pause?? ; -and Ceres, Asia for St. Übe's ; Mercator,
Jacoastna for Trieste; Lady Arabella, Ilessaut, for Jamaica; Kin- •
nersley Castle, Cocci; for Mirarnichi; Tom Bowline, for -.
PORTSSIOUTII, APRIL 4.-Wind S -Arrived the William Harriv, •
front the Downs for the West Indies ; and Willi:Ml Manning,
Smell; front ditto for St. Kitt's, with loss of anchor and chain-
cable; and Tiber, READ, front London for Africa, and sailed, with
mast .of the outward bound. a
DEAL, Aran. 5.-Wind N.-Sailed the Ann, Boons, for Quebec. '
A brae ship was seen yesterday morning, near the western side of
the North Foreland, dismasted. Several of the outrarti bound have
passed through in the course of the day. ,
Aram 4.-The Ogle Castle, BROWN; Demerara packet, Malmo
rant; Sydney packet, and the homeward-bound vessels, got under-
weigh at noon, with a light breeze from E.N.E. The Navigator,
&atoll; and Mirables, Ilternearoan, are reported to have lost an- •
chore and cables during thea'gale on the 24 inst. and gone to tiara
Westward. The homeward bound have rounded the North Fore.
land. Arriired the Little Sally, Gissort, from Smyrna-sailed the
4th February; Britannia, from Carthagena-sailed the 28th Fe-
bruary ; and Rosetta, ATILINEION, ttom Havre.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 3.
SIMS ENTERED lawanos-The Verwagting, from Rotterdam;
Margaret, and Ardent, from Belfast ; Waterford, from Waterford.
ENTERED OUTWARDS - The Landsturni, for Pillar ; Mine, for
,Elsineur; Caroline, for Havannah ; Busher, for Port-au-Prince.
CLEARING ()um A nns-The Jane, for St. Michaels; Brilliant, for
Corona ; Pomona, for Lisbon ; Hero, for Dantzic ; -Desire, for
Balboa; Marshal Blucher, for Rotterdam; Flying Fish, for Ostend;
. Heroes, for Calais; Nile, for Cape Haytiera; Aimwell, for Ha...
burgh ; Alfred, for Genoa • Endeavour, for Q,uebec, and *m,.
esti
for Calais; Woodford, fur jamaica.
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Letters from Petersburgh oue 16th ult. state ihat.l
the Imperial Family has sustained a severe lots by the unexpected.
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death of her Royal Highness the Duchess Aseroitarrre of Wunaem.
Scan, Consort of Doke ALEXANDER of WERTESIBERG., Director:Gra
neral of the Roads and Canals. The Duchess was a Princess of Saxe
Coburg Saalfeld. .
Henry Calverley, who was charged with the murder
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of Mary Gill (whose body his not yet been found), has-
been discharged by proclamation at.tile- York Assizes,
there being no evidence ng-ainst him.• • • •
CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANF., APRIL 5.:.
The arrivals of all descriptions of Grain last week were only mo-
derate. This morning there are not many samples of Wheat, Hal...
ley, Bean; and Peas fresh in from Essex, Kent, or Suffo:k. There•
arc but few vessels fresh up with O.,ts this morning: Our millers
confine their attention to-the prime dry samples of Wheat; such '
parcels have sold freely, and Lather exceed the last quotations,
but damp sorts remain nearly unsaleable. Barley is in fair detartsl '
at Is, to 2s. per quartor advance on the terns of this day se•nai;lit.
Beans are sought after toalay, and they also are Is. pn.quarter
dearer. Boiling Peas are without raatration. Grey Peas are to.
ther dearer. There has been a tolerably free *isle for Oats; this
morning, and the prices of this day se'llnight arc fully sumsfa4lo;
this.article. The ,Flour trade•cmititiues dull. . -
; ••1 f!.
TRICKS CIN ROARD SUM • •
Wheat, Red (new), 525. 645. Rye, new, 58e. 445. - - '
...-. old, Gls. 70s. - old, 58s. 445.
' White new, 58s. aca7os. , Beans, Small, new, 425. 455. .
--- aid,- 635. 78s. -----altl, 455. 475.
Barley, New, :;Ss. II s. Tick, new,•ss-s: ?i's.
Old, 00s. 00s. '• - • --- old, a9si 444. •
Peas, Grey, New, 535. Star;. Oats, Feed, veer, '2os. fas.
a--- Old, :a3s. 7:Bs. al - . .--- old, 265. 28a
• I%laple,• new,:373s 40s. • , . Padandanew, 21s. 275.
old, 00s. 00s: ' - • ....:-1..... old, 255. -29 e.
White, now, 381. Vs. • Totatoe, new, 23e. 296. .
ohli-408. 425. • . ... old, gas; 501. •
* boilers, nevt, 425. 445. - • ---e-i- §coi.r-hs-3126. . •
01d,405. 455. . Flour, per Sack, 50s. acs.
Rapeseed, per last £25, £27.
A nnwAT S LAST WEE*.
Wheat, Engliali, qrs. :003 Beans - - Imo
Barley - a,989 Peas • - 594
Malt - . 5,040 Irish Oats - 1,400 . .
Oats - - 16,560. Eaglish Flour, sacks ... 6,814
hut moreof. Cattle, •
particularly
tNilcruTlarlilyFilnEslh.Devlt. lAgaßrfiCyFinT.,
he
morning a
griatnum.
eonsumption is great, and Oaea of the best sort obtained last. Fri.
day's prices.
her of market Oxen w ewreasdilsvpeol is
disposed poi; i;ietdl;esttitohwanli:Aiteilsg'cßrori;6ss. vary fall, the
5.5t.084d5.. `..tlt:a4i.-111utojto.o, 3s. 6d. to 4e. Bd.
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11. 18satafkif. 6s. Cloven, A until. .
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