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dered was, how those clothes were obtained.? Solo-
mon', a military uniform maker, stated, that a dress
corresponding exactly with that in which Du Bourg
appeared, was put chased at his shop by a man on Sa-
turday, the 19th day of February, who said they were
for a person who intended to perform the part of a,
foreign officer in the country. His Lordship then
proceeded to narrate the remainder of the evidence,
in a clear and elegant manner, and concluded, by
stating, that this was a great and important question,
and deeply concerned individual prosperity and the
welfare of the public. The Gentlemen of the Jury
would weigh the circumstances of the evidence in an
impartial manner. If they were of opinion that all
the defendants were concerned in the conspiracy, they
would find them all guilty ; if they thought other-
wise, they would acquit all those whom they deemed

innocent.
The Jury then retired at six o'clock, and at half.
past eight they returned with their verdict finding—
Thorne: Loral Cochrane, Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Esq,
Charles Random De Berenger, Mr. Butt, Mr. Holloway,
Mr. M'Rae, Mr. Sandon, and Mr. Light—Guilty.
Thus terminated this extraordinary and important
trial, after a patient examination of two whole days
and one night. The crowd collected in the Court and
its avenues was immense.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, JUNE 6.
The Court was occupied the whole of this day in
the trials of three causes of considerable importance
to the public.
FRAUDS BY COLLECTORS.
TIIE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. GEORGE HEAP.
THE SAME O. WILLIAM sUTCLIIPFE.
These were causes or informations filed at the in-
stance of the Board of Taxes, charging the.defendants,
as Collectors of the Property Tax for the township of
Stansfield, in the division of Morley West, in the
county of York, with having collected and converted
to their own use monies from five different persons, as
property tax, amounting together to ,E 6. 4s. which
were not charged-in the assessment, and for which of-
fences the prosecution sought to recover five penal-
ties of £lOO each given by the statute. The defen-
dants resisted the prosecution on the ground that al-
though they had collected the money they had paid it
over to the Receiver-General. To support this they
claimed credit for a dishonoure,:i bill to the amount of
se22. 10s. remitted to the Receiver-General on ac-
count of the first half•year's tax. But in this attempt
they wholly failed, it being clearly established by evi-
dence, that the bill had been rejected by the lteceiver-
General and returned, and that the Collectors had
paid him no more than the exact amount of the rate,
corresponding with the Commissioners' duplicates
transmitted to the Exchequer.
The Jury without hesitation found a verdict for the
Crown, in the full penalties, viz. one penalty of £lOO
on the information against Heap, and of .4€loo in that
against Sutcliffe.
LANDLORDS REFUSAL TO ALLOW PROPERTY TAX.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. JOHN MINKS, TIIE YOUNGER.
This was an information against the defendant to
recover the penalty of £5O, in consequence of his
having, as agent or rent-gatherer to his father, a
blacksmith, at Bromley, Boa, refused to allow his te-
nant the landlord's property tax.
The evidence of Wood, the tenant of two small
houses in Stepney. proved, that on the 19th of Octo-
ber, 1812, he paid the Collector £2. 10s. for land-
lord's property tax, and that on the 25d of that month
he offered the Collector's rece;pt, with the residue of
the rent in bank notes to the defendant, and which he
refused to accept, insisting on the full rent, and ob-
jecting to allow any part of the property tax. That
the like offer was made on the following day, when
the refusal was again repeated ; and that the father
( Hinks the elder) still insisting on his full rent, sent
in a distress for, and levied it, with £2. 2s. expences,
on a Mr. Stokes, the succet ding ()collier of the house.
The defendants Ctamsel endeavoured, with some
ingenuity, to impeach the record by technical objec-
tions, which were over-ruled by the Lotto CHIEF BA-
RON, and the defendant having also, without effect,
attempted to shake the testimony of the witnesses for
the prosecution, the Jury found a verdict fur the
Crown.—Penalty £5O.
His Lordship commended the conduct of the Offi-
cers of the Crown in bringing such prosecutions be-
fore the public, in order that they might not fail, by
the example, to protect the individual against fraud,
and to secure the payment of the taxes lay those on
whom the Legislature meant them ta. fall.

On the 30th of May last a Court Msti CIA was held I
at Portsmouth, on board his Majesty's ship GLal: %-
wilt, Hear-Admiral FooTF, President, upon Caw:no
CHARLES Orl*Fit, his Officers and ship's Company,
for the loss of his Majesty's late ship PitirWiltl'lNF,
captured off Toulon by a squadron of the enemy's
ships, in the night of the 28th of February, I tic 9.—
' The Court, after bearing the evidence, &c. sere of
opinion that the l'itorativiE was captured by a fat
superior farce, after having made a seaman-like and
gallant defence, and did therefore adjudge Captain
CHARLES OTTFIt, his Officers and ship's Company,
to be honnurally acquitted,
The following Promotions, Removal;, &c. have re-
cently taken place in the Mediterranean:
Captain E. L. Graham, from the Caledonia to the Apollo, va-
cant by the accidental death of Captain W. B. Taylor ; Capt;.iii
Lord Algernon Percy, from the Pelorus to the Caledonia (attics),
Captain Hole, from the Guadaloupe to the Pylorus; Lieutenant
Pengelly, from the gun-boat service in the Faro, to the Guaila -
loupe; Cain Stow, to the Brilliant, new 74, building at Genoa,
and nearly completed; Captain Hamilton, front the Rainbow to
the Havannah ; Captain Silby, from the Swallow to the Rainbow,
but acting in the Havannah until sbe is joined by Captain lla-
milton ; Lieut. fowl Cornish, 4st of the Caledonia, to the Rain-
bow (acting); Captain Wemyss, of the Pylades, to the Cosack ;
Captain Hoste comes home overland; Captain Roberts, of the
Merope to the Pylades; Lieut. B. Suckling to command the Me-
rope; Lieut. James, Ist of the Union, to command the Swallow ;
Lieutenant Colby, Ist of the Prince of Wales, Lieutenant .1 s
Bazalgette, First of the America, and Lieutenant Maple!on,
First of tile Edinburgh, to be acting Commanders of flirt e
French brigs, taken at Genoa: Lieutenant George Gosling,
from the ktavanna4 to the Apollo, vice Lieut. W. 11. Nairrs, who
exchanged; Lieut. W. I'urney, of the Elizabeth, to the Apollo,
vice Lieut. Bingham, who also exchanged.
1 X11.40.—A match has been concluded betwixt
Painter, the Lancashire man, and Richmond, the Black,
to be fought on the 27th of October next Captain
nauctAv undertakes for Painter, and Sir HFruv
Smati for Richmond. The bets are at present even ;
but as time is in favour of Painter, from the chance of
improvement in sparring, and Richmond cannot he
improved in that article, and is daily getting cider, it
is supposed that Painter mill be the favourite before
fighting. The battle to inks place near London.