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London, England, 1819-04-26 00:00:00

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Mr. FARMER stated, that this was a Petition from
the Committee of the Lunatic, praying his Lordship
to appo►nt a Preacher to this Chapel, or to refer it to
the Master, to approve of some prtper person to be
appointed for that situation.
The Loan CHANCELLOR—" Is not 'this a very
novel application r
Mr. FARMER replied, that when the circumstances
were stated to the Court, the application would ap-
pear quite reasonable. The Rev. Dr. Busfield, who
had long and successfully laboured as an eloquent
preachcr in that chapel, had lately resigned his situ-
ation as one of the preachers, and a vacancy had
consequently taken place. The Chapel was allotted
for the maintenance of this lunatic, a female, and the
profits arising from the seats were applied to her use.
It was desirable that a popular preacher should be
appointed, similar to what Dr. Busfield was acknow-
ledged to be, because a more ncmerous audience
would be assembled, and, of course, the receipts of
the Chapel would be greater. The fornr of worship
in that Chapel, and .the doctrines preached, were ex-
actly conformable to the prescribed appointment of
the Church of England.
The LORD CHANCELLOR—" I don't see what I am
to do in this matter. The qualifications you point
out in the Petition as essential to the Clergyman to
succeed Dr. Busfield in this Chapel are so many, and
are, besides, the subject of so much difference of opi-
nion, that I doubt if I durst venture to judge of
them. You require a preacher to be pious, popular,
eloquent, orthodox., and a great many things else,
which I nad not mention. You further say, that
Dr. Busfield is the most popular preacher ever known.
Whom can I get to please you so well."
Mr. HART, on the other side, denied there was a
vacancy in the Chapel, or that Dr. Busfield had left
it ; but till an affidavit of these was procured, he
'must resist any reference to the Master, or any order
being made by the Court, on uaauthenticated facts.
Tke LORD CHANCELLOR said this was necessary,
and ordered an affidavit to be filed forthwith.
GUILDHALL, WESTMINSTER.
MONICHOUSE AND WARD V. 00MWISSIONZRE 01 Tel

• NEW STREET.
An inquiry took place on Friday before the De-
puty Bailiff of Westminster (Mr. &nutty) and a
Special Jury, as to the claims of the Plaintiffs in this
case, to compensation for their interest in their free-
hold premises, situate at No. 77, Swallow-street,
which are to be removed in consequence of the pro-
gressive improvements in that neighbourhood.
The premiiies had been variously valued, some
stating them to be worth £sB9o—others £5064
C 3365-0548.

The Jury found the value of the premises £5BOO.

Bow-rraerr.—Our Readers will remember that in
November last an extraordinary degree of interest
was excited in the public mind by the disappearance
of the male child of Mr. Horsley. The principal
circumstances connected with the loss of the child
are most probably flesh in public recollection, and
it will therefore be unnecessary for us to enttr into a
lengthened detail. Bennett was apprehended at
Braake, near Bremen, soon after the .theft of the
child, and lodged in the prison there-to await cur-
tain forms and arrangements, which being com-
pleted, he was sent under an.escort of some Olden.;
burgh dragoons to Bremen on Sunday se'rtnight,
and placed at the disposal of Mr. F. Coleman, the
British Vice•consnl. On Thursday se'nnight he was
sent off from Bremen in the custody of a German po-
ke officer and an assistant, to be put on board the
I..hatt at Cuxhaven. He was landed at Harwich on
day last. Intelligence of his arrival -was imme-
diately forwarded toßow-street Office, and Good-
win, the patrole, who accompanied Mr. Horsley to
France in pursuit of Bennett, and who held the
warrant originally granted, was sent off to take him
into custody. Goodwin met the German officer and
his prisoner on board, and returned with them to
London. They arrived at BOw-street on Saturday
morning at half past ten o'clock, and at half past one
o'clock the prisoner was conveyed into the private
room of the Office to be examined before Mr. Manta.
The foreign police officer produced to the Magis-
trate a packet directed•to him, and containing copies
of the depositions of Mr. Horsley, and other docu-
ments which had been taken at Bremen, and upon
which Bennett was committed to prison there.—Mr.
Blasts, upon the subject of these documents, obser-
ved, that he had nothing to do but with the case im-
mediately before him, and evidence of the fact with
which the prisoner was charged was all he required.
Elizabeth Holbrook. the girl who had the charge of
Mr: Horsley's child when it was stolen, was then
brought in and examined, and the prisoner was iden-
tified by her.—Mr. BinSli said thiswas sufficient for
him to act upon, and to commit the prisoner for
trial by a July of his country, and each party would
now only have to make what preparation they con-
ceived necessary for the prosecution and the defence.
It had been publicly rumoured that a bill of indict-
ment had been found against the prisoner for the
offence with which he was charged ; but as this was
only rumour, it would perhaps be necessary for him.
to ascertain the fact. —Goodwin, the officer, was then
dispatched to the Sessions-house for a certificate of
the indictment.—Bennett, who during the examina-
tion was allowed to sit, was very deeply affected. He
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continued in tears the whole of time, and so
much was he cast downtime his sister wax repeatedly'
under the necessity of exhorting him to assume some
degree of firmness.—lt was urged on the part
Rennett, that Mr. Horsley, when at Bremen, pro-
mised him mercy, and that he ought not to forget
that promise.—Mr. Horsley said he promised, when
on the Continent, that any mercy which he could
thew to Rennett, consistently with the demands of
public justice, should not be withheld ; but he never
held out any hopes that he would forego a prssecu
ti")n altogether. He had before stated, that he en-
tertained no vindictive feeling towards the prisoner,
very far from it ; but he certainly felt himself bound
in justice to the pub*, from whom he had experi-
enced that sympathy and assistance, to bring the
matter before 4 Court and Jury.—Tbe certificate of
the indictment having been obtained, and every ne-
cessary form being completed, the prisoner was fully
committed to Nowise fox trial.