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London, England, 1810-12-07 00:00:00

things had changed a little. More was expend
edli
than received, and from that period the balance had
not been at any time omitted. Last year the balaiteel
amounted to above 5e4400. I3y this Report it would
be seen that the balances now in hand amounted to
£81.54 13s. 7d. The Quitter Session he had been
accustomed to consider as some check upon these
accounts, and yet it was not to that Court, but to
the Court of Lieutenancy, that the duplicates of the
accounts were presented. There were two smaller ba-
larces,which carried the whole amount now remaining
to be accounted for to £8190.. Whilst these balancesil
remained unaccounted for, thetax had been regularly
levied ; so that the City had been wrongfully paying.,
th:s tax, because there could exist no right to levy it,
until The kalances should be accounted tor. He had,
therefore, thought it right to give notice, that he
should attend at the Sessions whenever these accounts
should be presented, in order to state such obser-
vations as appeared necessary, to shew, that the
accounts could not be allowed without a gross yin.
lation of law. The Committee had also directed
their inquiries to the use of the City Regiments ;
and the result was, that these regiments appeared
to be of no utility whatever, whilst the expence was
nearly as much .as the whale revenue of "the City.—
It appeared to him also, that there was much danger
to be apprehended from regiments composed of
strangers and not inhabitants. It was not so their
ancestors had provided for the security of the metro-
polis. There was one more circumstance which he
thought tight to state to the Court, though it had
come to his knowledge in adtmanner which rendered
it difficult for him to establish it. If the circumstance
was unfounded, he supposed it would be contradicted
was this, that he believed in the mayoralty of Sir
R. C. Glyn, an application had been made to the
Lords of the Treasury, and a loan of £5,000 obtained,
which sum had never been since repaid. He should
not trespass longeton the time cf the Court, but con-
clude with moving' that the Report he now read.
The Report was then read, which agreed in all the
material points with the statements of Mr. Waithman.
Mr. Waithman then moved, that this Report, with
the Appendix, should be printed, and that a Copy of
it should be sent to each Member ; he also moved,
that the Lord Mayor should he requested to call a
Court for the purpose of considering it, and to have
the cause of the meeting specified in the notice.
These motions were unanimously agreed to.
Mr. Alderman HUNTER expressed a readiness to
have his conduct investigated, and said, he should
prove many statements in the Report to be incorrect.

mittc.dtrCt!,-.- •
.
. abe forged and and induced him ter question the pr;soner ,
stun of £5, well kneeing tbeiidne
tba'slid Thomas ( sheohn.adhisfoeuronsds.et!xalamnoitneatiinulhlehre
admitted mistress's .' ei"...)`"
counterfeited, with intent to defraud
Coleman, was then put to the bar.
Upon calling the prosecutor, however, he did not 1 have
johdnrospidededonien
appear, consequently the trial could not proceed. boy also in the service et
th-5...._T11
oull
Baron GRAHAM expressed the strongest animad-
version against the prosecutor, and observed he was to him, and asked him what a paper ,t, r- whithl
not certain whether the Court had not the power to took from a nutmeg.grater. This he read, which
double his recognizances, which were only £4O. If vered it to be a £4O note, and .die returned ; t:9,, on inquiry he found the Court had that power, he grater. Witness asked her where she had go :ii:; should certainly put it in force. ! she replied her father had given it to her i
a) pd, L
The principal witness being absent, the prisoner, chills. The girl, he said, could not read. 'mg whose appearance was highly respectable, was ac- John Buckley deposed that he had 'd pal cein quitted. • the prosecutor, in a €5O, £44), and a xvi 1 ~ note. The trial of Gustavus Lowe for a forgery, with in- the stiO note he observed a blot of ink, but 4,r,
tent to defraud James Ramsay, was postponed, at the not know the numbers of any of them.
then
the ~,'1
iof the prisoner's father, be said he believed it to,
instance of M. GURNEY, until Saturday. being shewn him, which was traced to the -.1
Pose.iti
that which. he had paid to Mr. Watkins, hs- 7
John Ho line, Joseph Jones, and Richard Prescott,
not positively swear to this feet. . k CC4I
were tried for burglariously breaking and entering the
dwelling house of David Phillips, and stealing therein
that his daughter had brought a itiO note to 4
I Charles Rowley, the father of the p •
a quantity of wearing apparel.
nsoner, swell
which she said she had found I he desi
it where she found it, to which she replied tli4 ii'sbj
David Phillips deposed that he was a salesman, I
and lived in Prince's-street, Soho. On the morning -1 mai lin- in -.1
followed his advice she would put it in thc stret,...
He then desired her to give it to her master, tlain
of the 22d of Nei/ember he was alarmed by some
watchmen, about three o'clock, who told him that his ;
aeeutor, and see if she could not find an °e'er t te
house had been robbed. On going down stairs he
instead of following this advice she gave the cocci
observed that one of the shutters of the shop window i
had been forced aside, and a pane of glass broken.— I
her. mother.d. This note witness positively swore t
Although in the habit of shutting the shutters, he
4
clean an without mark or blemish. Re awed en
could not positively swear that on this particular oc-i
I swear that the note which be received from his ‘,4
cation they were fastened over night. On examining
the window, he missed several pairs of breeches, trove_ I was that which he had first seen in the possessira
,
sers, and ajacicet. By the direction of the watchmen, Ms daughter. He paid the note to Mt. Bond a Istie
in Somers-town, who put his name on the back.
he then went to St. Anne's watch-house, where he
Mr. Bond said he took the note to Mr. Mitesetot
saw Prescott, but did pot see any of his property.—
of Tottenham, who accompanied him to a Mr. Ssett
He then went' to St. James's'
watch-house, where lie
lin SPitalfields, who changed it.
saw the various articles that had been stolen, and the
Staunton, the officer, said that he received ifIJ
two other prisOners. On hii cross examination, he
eel
admitted that the shutters were old, and might have in Bank notes, part of the produce of the co,
been broken by accident, the father of the prisoner. These notes w•
were hid iii
tin-box, in a bank of earth, in a field near his hoot
ing of the 22d he was standing in Prince's street, when
John Murphy, a patrole, stated, that on the morn-
The evidence for the prosecution here closed,
When the Counsel for the prisoner observed' tit,
six men came towards him apparently much intoxi-
ias the £4O note had not been identified,. he did al
cated. He took particular notice of them, and From
conceive the question of guilt or 111110CCACe cooldb
their subsequent conduct could perceive that they
were not really drunk. Suspecting that they were legally submitted to die Jury,
not immaculate characters, he, in company with a Baron GRAHAM, in answer, remarked, that 1,,
thought the facts in evidence were sutLiela to testcomrade, resolved to' watch them, and, having given
the watchmen in the vicinity notice of their suspicions, rant him in referring the matter to the Jury.
they followed them, when they observed them divide His Lordship then summed up the evidence, o
tit
into two parties of three in each. The three priso-
which he commented with his usual ability, and
ners walked past the prosecutor's house several times, Jury returned a Verdict of—Not Guilty.
after which they crossed to a house in Gerard street, It appeared, although not stated in evidence, th:
the prosecutor, when he discovered his loss, bad tt
.which was broken open that morning. Witness at-
father of the prisoner apprehended, who gave the iv tacked them, and after some pursuit, took Jones pri-
formation which led to the prosecution ol hisdatight,
soner, and conveyed him to St. James's watch-house.
On being searched, nothing was found upon him.—
and the recovery of the note.
The £4O note was restored to the prosecutor, as Witness and his assistants then returned to their duty,
the Learned Judge ordered the £l5, taken from
when,on examining Phillips's house,they found it had
been broken open. They observed that the shop. father of the prisoner, to be given to Mr. Steitho
window had been properly secured before two o'clock, lipitalfields.
but on seeing it again, the shutters Bad been forced Mr. Smith observed, it was very hard he should 4,
the loss of the difference ; but the Learned Judge a
aside, the glass scattered about,. and some clothes
hanging out. He immediately gave notice to the vised him to bring an action against Bond, who,
prosecutor of the circumstance. appeared only gave sEIS to Rowley. Whether
intended to have given more was a question in /'
Owen Duncan, another patrole, corroborated the
testimony of Murphy. No other trial of interest occurred.
1
James MlArthur, a watchman, was next exatnined.
He stated that, at half-past three, be was at his duty
in Betavicle-street, when Ire saw the prisoner Itopkins
emit down the street, followed by another watch-
Enos, when he came opposite the box of the witness,,
he Was stopped, and at that moment dropped a bun.
OLD LiILET: die of wearing apparel, which witness picked up, acid
then assisted in taking the prisoner to St. James's
o a watchman, assisted in appre-
w e.
Jamescud,
Yesterday JIM, cockshead and Wigan Hem nvatch-ho
were
als tried cm an indictment charging them with stealing a hen i ii,nk op H- -iu •m. ' •
sack and a quantity of flour, ealue seventeen shillings, Madden saw the three prisoners in JamesPrince's-
Fulham ;—and with breaking out of the said dwel- in the dwelling house of Thomas Ashby, a Laker at .
s they asked him to give them some drink, but
ling house. he,
refused; they then said they would give him some,
if he would go along with them. This kindness,
The prosecutor stated, that on the night of the 27th however, he declined.- II
e resolved, however, to
of November, he was awakened from his sleep by one watch them, as he had been directed to be un his
of his neighbours named Watts, who called on hint relative to them. Prescott afterwards sepa-
to go down stairs immediately. With this summons guard
ratedhis
i. fromi two.friends, and witness after follow.
he complied, and on arriving in the yard, he saw the ing n.m. t 'rough various bye-streets, saw him go up
prisoner, House, in-the custody of Mr. Watts, with ato Phillips'sliouse in Prince's-street, where some other
sack of flour ying near him. Witness recognized men were • asembled. Witness
then secreted himself
him to have been an old servant of his, who had left hind — •
the
cart in George-yard, and shortly afterwards
him aboot five mouths. Having secured this man, . heard wrdench of a shutter or a door. Prescott
he went into the bakehouse, and there found the pri-
athen returnet„towlavr.ds George-yard, and cried out—
pretended Cockshead, who was then his servant, and who
All's well .. itness immediately ran before him,
pretended to be asleep. He accused him of being I and sprung his rattle, and by the assistance of another
concerned in the theft, but he positively denied any 1
knowledge of it. The suspicions against him, how- t wa,cthmAan too, k hinsinto custody, and conveyed him
ever, were so strong, that it was deemed expedient to i to
William
annes watch-house.
take them both to tf.e watch-house. On investigation I
the constable of the night of St.
James's parish, merely spoke to the prisoners having
afterwards, it appeared evident that the prisoner , Cockshead, who lived in the house, must have openedl banhb
given o
in charge n the night in question, and
. t e undl eof clothes picked up by M'Arthur be-
the dour for the other prisoner, and given him the
flour in question. of
,mg brought in and consigned to his care. He also
I said, that when Hopkins
was brought into the watch-
Mr. Watts, a neighbour of the prosecutor, deposed, ; house, his hand was cut, and bleeding, as if it bad
that as he was returning home on the night of the
27th of November, in company
of Mr. Ashby's bake-house company with a friend named been done by glass.
South, he saw the do
, The prosecutor recognized the property seen in the
open, and a light within. Attracted by so unusual a
from his possession
shop. of Hopkins as part of .that which was
circumstance, he approached tine stolene spot, and saw
A number of respectable witnesses •
Cockshead filling a sick with flour ; suspecting that ' bore testimony 1 A CARD TO THE FEMALE SEX.
to the good character of the three prisoners, whom :
there was some dishonesty going forward, he resolved
DR. FOTHERGILL's justly-celAndei Fe
to watch, and in a short time detected the prisoner they represented as very honest and industrious men. ;
xi
far different otamplaims inc:dent to the Sets,
i Baron GRAHAM summed up the evidencewith' • PI:LLS' • ent we
House with the flour on his back ;, he immediately 1 nous persods of life. It has been truly observed. ~ _ seized him, and gave an alarm to 14 Ashby. The minuteness, and the
great . Jury, after having retired . more titan eke other sex, may be considered in a creasy:.
for a few minutes found the three prisoners Guilty—.:. ! invaErls ; thry are subjected to a varietyi ofinclisnet.asess
to
fool
prisoner said he hadreleived theilourftoniCockshead.
Death ; but recommended them to mercy, on .... : lure tif the f tenctionts
wtheyaa."kn Isia and an intetTurw,
Mr. South corroborated the testimony of the last
1 which entails upon
count of their rood character.
witness.
t those regular secretions connected with the full en;0177.-, Mr. Justice Gnosg having summed up the evi. ; The trial of James Gill, George t ogden, and John ' hesitil. To act oa the constitution of the fetnale ard.r_delr:
abstraction, no remedy his been kncm:o to opfs:ate. stinzia:tacr.
dence, and explaiued the law applicable to the offence Norris, was postponed to Saturday, on the motion of
Witty, quickness, and seety, as Dr. 1-otlicr„s.ls lei I'l7.
to the Jury, Mr. KNAPP, their Counsel.
mplies l:igh tonic and invigorating powers, with its pcti:orf.
A verdict of Guilty of stealing, but not of burgle- ' "Inn Rowley, aged 15 years, was next tried an' ' thy of relieving fullness, oppressioa and these othrr"nrsll";
on : toms which wise from too much laiund in Ow baba ; t'ro:''.
riously breaking out of the dwelling house, was recur- indictment charging her with stealin a g £4o note tu
, most certain cure for nervous, hystetic,saa
11"1"1 ‘!Niigos
nod against both prisoners. the dwelling-house ot Be .. '
. njamin Watkin. as well as th,e various oilier spasmodic affections so cum.
it;
i .
Catherine Higgins stood indicted for stealing a bea- . The prosecutor stated,' re sex. Dr. Fothergill's P Its, as a family medicine, shush', si
that he was a vichlall r
vet bonnet, in the shop of Daniel Pedlar, in Beech- .siding at B 1 br•cl e' -. ' t A-andother uard'atts of theyou..o
P n every mot ..r.
Battle-bridge, e- i ge, and that the prisoner was in
street. on the evening of the 26th of November. his service. On the evening of the r hof November have females entrtsted to their care. _JI
It appeared that the prisoner went into the shop for he received a sum of seloo= •
and Smith. 1...°10..w
,in three no;es of ar-zio, of Pau nosier-row ~ Baxter and Co. .
_ttocrry ad
`the purpose of purchasing a bonnet, when she corn- ie4o, and £lO ;these
. Plymouth , N : iwall
notes he put into his pocket, Glasgow; Hoxland and Ilaydon,
mitted the theft with which she stood charged. and on the next ornin ut - • 1
g p severa notes, amongst Dublin • Pack and l'urner, Hull; Maim and load, , The daughter of the prosecutor saw the fact, and which hethought
the £lO note inquestion was, into Sharp, 'Portin3ol•lh i Cargill and Scott, I.4inhalth i 0
Taunton; Treveman, Eatter • Ctutweil sod bisewl um
gave an alarm, which led to the apprehension of the a drawer, in his bed
-room. otwo,le •--
-room. On the 25th of the same Brown, Bristol; and most Doulaellers in Y
offender.--Guilty.
month he heard that his servant lead found
a £4O ,at 2311. and I is• Also,
I.o.UNL‘ilis
John' Boote standing charged on the oath of Tho- note, which led him to U94:lFt'a A. RO MATIC PE CTOR Al.
Onsuspect.she.might haye taken . For a„„.
--provicr the voice, and for amgh, eOO yew.
'mac Coleman and others with falsely making, forging it from his drawer.
b.
exam_
.mit.tion massed
he it, i con .umpriorts, en butts at to'fd.es_.....,
, and counterfeiting, and uttering as true, a certain or. and instantly had recourse t.o his account-book, to as ae........._,..._
woo. dI
'der, purporting to be the order of John Brown, upon certain whether he h .
ad paid it away, but could not LONDON I Petaled. and Washed by LisVBI.
pu atrei•
file )
Messrs. Mtn Aleatander Anderson and Co. for the find that he had, which confirMed his' suspicida.
st aitoa-Otrscas, Tvatyle-Bar, awl N. Is

STATUE OF HIS swan-.
Mr. QUIN brought up a Report from the Commit-
tee appointed to consider the hest situation to place
the Statue of his Majesty, which was voted at a for-
mer Court. The Committee were unanimously of
opinion, that it should be placed in their Council
Chamber. They had consulted several artists respeosk
ing the part of the room in which it would shew to the
greatest advantage; and it was their unanimous opinion
that the best place vies over the seat where the Lord
Mayor sits ; and, that to make room for it, Mr. Cop-
ley's great picture of the Defence of Gibraltar should
be removed to the lower end of the room.--After
some conversation, the motion was carried unani-
mously.—Atter dispatching some routine business,
including a petition to widen St. Martin's-le•Grand,
and a rete•rence to a Committee, to take measures for
securing the trade and navigation of• the Thames,
within the City's jurisdiction, threatened with injury
from some proposed Canals, the Court adjourned.

COUNTRY MARKETS.
Ntwcarr.e, Dec. I.—We had to-day a tolerable supply'
Wheat from the farmers, but kving had warctly any twat
arrivals by shipping, sales were readily effected at an advanc:f
about 2s. per quarter from the prima( last Saturday. the pnc
of Rye are still rather ora the advance. Norfolk Barry site
with a dull ark at 4.2. to 455. The prices of Mak arc the ias
We bad a large supply of Oats to-slay, and pricks it, cutbeqatec
etpe►ience somr decline.

Wheat, cis. to Sat.—Rye, 3d.. ?6c to
Barley, tis. to 425.--Oats !Vs. to Yin.--Wbite Peas. Ps. ros
—Grey do. 12s. to 455. —Braes, 445. to 465. pet Timm-1*
line, 725. t0.76s per sack.
HADDINOTON, Dec. I.—Though sales of Wheat watrel
a considerable proportion remained unsold, prune samples ise
tallied last week's price, and the average prices victe Is. bilk
Barley about Is. lower. and Oats about 641. per boll cheaptrtbc
last week, best 225. ed. Pease and Beams fit. 61. to
At Bury fair on Saturday last, there was a large silty odes
stock, both Scotch and homebreda, the former of wink NI
though not readily, at very high prices, but many were ?..w
away unpaid; of horses there were plenty, but in general so
dinary (liotli of the riding and the cart kind) that few sales se
comparatively made, aged cart-horses and tworikip or crsyk
hacknies constituting the bulk of the fair ; of colts and Milder
few, and those principally 10V/ or fen bad. Best two-inesi cite
7d. to ad. per lb.

BI KThS.
On the 9th ult. at Thunderten, the Lady of Sir Archie
Dunbar, Bart. of Northfield, Scotland, of a daughter.
'Tuesday se'nnight' at Norton Priory, Lancashire, thebit
Sir Richard Brooke,, part. of a daughtt r.

DIED.
At Edinburgh, on the 24th ult. after a long arid raids!
Mr. Andrew Noble, surgeon of the Royal Navy.

BENGAL 81RT1t3....-Lately at Junapore, the Lady of I) gm
rieson. Esq. of a son. In Fort William, Mrs. Robert hyrs,4
son. At Serampore. the Lady of H: I. tiellerup, Esq. of
ter. At tho Allatun House, Sera:wore, Mrs. Rehluists• i '
daughter.
BENGAL. MARRIAGE.-4.lttlt. C. W. Burton, of the Sib lisf
ment Native Infantry, to Miss M. A. Gileisrist,daglrer did
Borthwick Gilchrist.

Be II 0 A L bil.—Mr. Robert Knox, of the kin 401
Son, and Knox, aged 66 yeas.—C•ltain John Moil d
Country Service.—E. P. Middleton, Esq —At Sedbaradeda
Matilda Dyce, aged two years and nine months.