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The ComMittee of the Corporation of London
made their report last Wednesday relative to the al-
legations contained in Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS'S Letter
to the Livery, on the inadequacy and bad condition
of the City Prisoners; And they have fully confirmed
all that Gentleman's statements, recommending the
adoption of every impinvement suggested in his 2p.
peal to the humanity of his fellow-citizens. A sepa-
rate commodious prison is in consequence likely to be
built for Middlesex debtors, in lieu of the corner of
Newgate into which those unhappy persons have hi-
therto been thrust : Ludgate is to be enlarged ; the
female prisoners in Newgate are to be more humanely
lodged ; goal fees, and irons, are to be abolished, or
effectively regulated ; and a new Compter is to be
built instead of the ruin called the Poultry Compter.
In procuring these salutary improvements, the Public
are greatly indebted to the intrepidity of Sir RICHARD
PHILLIPS, who has-honestly done his duty in spite of
venal calumnies; and to the zeal of Mr. JACKS, the
Chairman of the Committee, who has been indefati-
gable in his exertions.
BREAD.—There being no Court of Aldermen to.
day, the Lord Mayor, after inspecting the returns,
ordered the present prices to continue.

The Committee appointed to inquire into the causes
of the scarcity of Bullion, have made a comprehensive
Report, in which the important subject of their inves-'
tigation is treated in all its bearings. The Committee
have recommended that the Bank should be required
to resume its payments in cash in two years hence.
The Court of Directors have given official notice
in the Gazette of Saturday last, of their intention to
report to the next General Court of the• Company,
four Resolutions, unanitimusly passed at the India-
House on the 6th instant, which we regret to find
precludes all hope of the safety of the Calciltta, Ben-
gal, Jane Duchess of Gordon, and the Lady Jane
Dundas. The following is the form of the Resolutions:

" Resolved, that this Court has every reason to believe, that
all the persons who were on board the ship
her loss have perished, and that the occasion and circumstances
relating to her loss are wholly unknown, and therefore that there
is an impossibility of inquiring satifacrorily into the loss of the
said ship," &c. fcc.

The late Mr. WINDHAM has bequeathed the family
estate in Norfolk, valued at six thousand pounds per
annum, to Mrs. WINDHAM, for her life : the estate is
afterwards to devolve on Captain LuKIN, of the Navy,
and his heirs. He has left handsome legacies to his
two other nephews in the War-office.
HOLIDAY SPORTS.—The Kent Road was thronged
yesterday by troops of City apprentices, and holiday
folks of every description. Greenwich was the grand
rendezvous, and the motley groups prepared to com-
mence operations on the heights within the Park. In
the cavalcade of dust-carts, tax-carts, and other ele-
gant carriages, a new four-ia-hand driver langed up
with some eclat. He was not a Member of the Club,
for his tet-out was unlike any thing contained in the
fashionable orders of the day. Instead of blood.bays,
he conducted four donkies, in plate harness, ribbons,
and flowers. The dri•rer himself appeared in cos-
tume, which partook of the dusky lining of a chim-
ney ; and the vehicle, drawn by his well-managed
steeds, had previously conveyed food for canine and
feline animals about the metropolis. This extraordi-
nary equipage proceeded in grand style, and the cha-
rioteer received as much attention as a Roman Victor
making his triumphal entry, until be arrived at New
Cross Turnpike, where one of his leaders halted, and
refused to obey the propelling motion of a broomstick.
His obstinacy threw the rest of the cattle into confu-
sion, and the driver, being unable to restrain their
vicious tricks, fell, like the son of Sol, from his seat,
and quitted the reins. The donkies then dragged
the vehicle, kicking and flinging across the road, and
by coming in contact with ihe hind-wheels of a
brewer's dray, it was soon demolished. Fortunately
a glass of Old Tom, alias gia, soon restored the pros-
trate driver to the full exercise of his powers, and
with the aid of a few brothers of the whip he rallied
his cattle, and left them to repose in a dry ditch, to
secure the fragments of his barouche. This accident
produced some amusement among the spectators,
and we did not bear that any worse misfortune oc-
curred to damp the pleasures and sports of the day.
Arrivals at Swansea :

Captain and Mrs. Boarder, Mr. and Mrs. Holland and family
Mr. Williams, Colonel. and Mr*. Knight, Captain Wardc, Mr.
Wards, Mr. Edwards, Mrs. Crooke, 84. Ike.

Arrivals at Tenby :
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas and family, Mr. ant Mrs. Price, Mr.
and Mrs. Randal, Rev. Mr. Wills, Mrs. Wills, and family, Rev.
Mr. Phillips, Mr. Caleraft, Mr. Rook, Scc. 45:c.

The following are the last arrivals at Tunbridge :
Lord and Lady F. Osbonte, I.ord and Lady Mulgrave, Lord
and Lady Colnbrook, Lady. Smith, Dowager Lady Donegal, Ma-
jor and Mrs. Downman, Mr. and Mrs. Done, Mr. and Mrs.
Akers, Mr. Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. Penn and family, Miss God-
frey, Mrs. Harvey, Miss l'reacher, Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Craufurd,
Mrs. Moffat, Mr. Sliewell, Mr. and Mrs. Devenish, Mrs. Gent-
lie, Mrs. H. Bonham, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton, Mr. and Mrs.
Plaskett, Mrs. Hamond, key. Mr. Plimley, Mrs. Holman, Mrs.
and Misses Horsley, Mrs. Smith Owcn, Mrs. Robley, Mrs. Cham-
pigny. liar. and Mrs. Maitland, Mr. And Mrs. Hibhert, Mr. J.
Powell, Col. Cochoun, Mrs. Faincombe, Mrs. Gen. Romer, Mrs.
Harcourt, Mrs. Ramsdeu, Admiral and Col. Jones, Mrs. Iron-
monger, Mrs. Watson, Messrs. Southby, Harrison, Carr.ek, Col-
linson, C. Pelham, Lefevre, Brisco, Longman, &c.

The following are the last arrivals at Brighton :
Mr. and Mrs. Wakefield, Mrs. Bradford, Messrs. Dynmke,
Fleming, Sydenham, Burlle, Lynch, J. Bunn; Rev. T. Walter,
Mrs. Cunning, Mrs. P. Dorville, Miss Batley, Rev. E. Smedley,
Mr. Rule, Mrs. Potter, Mr. Cunningham, Miss M. Colquhctin,
Mrs. Prant, Mrs. Watkin, Capt. Howard, Mr. Lampton, Mr. E.
and Mrs. Bilk, Mr. M. Stuart, Mr. Gee, Mr. Chalmers, Mrs.
Gray, Him. H. Erskine, Mrs. Morley, Mrs. and Mrs. Wilson,
Mr. and Mrs. Philcox, Mrs. Sward, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan,
Mrs.J.Ede, Mr. and Mrs. Heathcote, Miss Christie, Mrs.Strvin,
Miss Flint, Mr. and Miss Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Mr. and
Mrs. Flavor, Mrs. Saunders; Messrs. C. Wycott, Crimp, Lim-
merman, Purdew, , Stewart, Purviance, Ames, G. H. Barrow, 3.
Allen, Tiff, jun. H. Creswell, Clarke, Mae, 1. Guilt, R. M. Lu-
cas, Atkinson, Beazeville, W. Gibbons, Tomkins, T. Townsend,
R. Pole, Roper, Knox, Reed, Scott, Foskett, Wheble, Rayner,
NV. Merley, R. Lockett, &c.

The following are the last arrivals at Worthing :

Lord and Lady. Lisle, Lady 13owyer, Countess Doan, 'Lady
King, Lady Aim Digby, Sir Robtkt Craufurd, Hon. Mr. scot,
Hon. Master Stewart, Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs.
Reiner and family, Mr. Towers, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Robson,
Dr. and Mrs. Whitler, Mr. Ross, Mrs. Fielde, Mr. bimpriere,
Mrs. Wyatte' Mr. and Miss Francis, Mr. Cook and family, Rev.
J, Drake and family, Mr. G. Dixon and family, Mr. Fayrer and
family, Miss Brown, Mr. Pinchbeck, Mr. Chandlers, M. C. Miss
C. Stringer, Mr. Little, Mr. and Miss Julia Watts, Messrs. T.
Hall, T. Walker, U. Chaos, Hawes, Faint, Wolversthohn, &c.

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CONVICTS TURNED COUNSELLORS.

WEIN RY--ORN ERA I. ORDERS.
Lieutenant-Governor Foveaux has learned with
equal indignation and surprise, that men who haw
bees firizoners in the colony, have so far forgotten titer
former condition as to obtrude themselves into the
Courts of Justice in the character of coun:ellor: and
advocate:. Determined to prevent the continuance cf
a practice as injurious to decency as it is in fact de-
structive to justice, Lieutenant-Governor Foveaux
feels it incumbent on him to forbid any person from
presuming to interfere with causes pending beim e the
Courts, without an especial licence from him for that
purpose.

Lord GRIMSTON has set an example worthy of ;mi.
taticol by all our Nobility, in having discharged every
foreigner in his family, and supplied their places with
Englishmen.

Lord GEORGE CAVEKDISII has purchased Burling-
ton House, and intends to fit it up for his residence.
The plan for razing it, and building a street on
scite, is consequently abandoned.

Lord GRENVILLE is so well recovered from his lite
illness, as to leave no doubt of his Lordship being in-,
stalled, in person, Chancellor of the University of
Oxford, the beginning of next month.
General RIGAUD has been sent by BONAPARTE to
St. Domingo, with a view of establishing a footing or
interest in that island, either by rendering one or oilier
of the rival chiefs dependant on him by proffers of
assistance, or by creating a third. party, in opposition
to both. RIGAUD had arrived at Port-au-Prince in
April, and had opened a negociation with PETION.
Mr. YARDLEY, a pedestrian of some note, who has
won some good matches, started yesterday morning,
to go from Knightsbi idge to Salt-hill and back again,
a distance of 42 miles, in six hours and a quarter,
which he performed with case in five minutes less than
the given time.

The Haymarket Theatre opened last night, with
the Comedy of A Bold Stroh for a Wifr, in which Mr.
BANNISTER evinced his usual talents and versatility.
He was greeted on his entrance with a peal of ap.
plause. MATTHEWS, LISTON, &c. were received with
a similar mark of approbation.
Yesterday the Journeymen Farriers assembled in
Oxford-street, to the number of 4 or 500, dressed
with their aprons on, and blue ribbons in their hats,
and paraded down Band-street, St. James's-street,
Pall Mall, up the Hay-mallet, and then proceeded
to the Jew's Harp, where they dined. The purport
of their meeting was for' an advance of wages.

The steeple of Harwich Church was, on a late sur-
vey, pronounced in so ruinous and dangerous a state,
as to render it necessary to be taken down and rebuilt.
It having been for a great number of years a conspi-
cuous sea.mark ; we mention this circumstance for
the information of mariners.

Sunday evening, abut half-past six o'clock, the in-
habitants at Canterbury were most terribly alarmed by
a dreadful fall of rain, which came down in such tor-
rents as are not remembered to have occurred in the
memory of its oldest inhabitants; the rain continued
nearly half an hour, accompanied with repeated flashes
of lightning, and, when nearly terminating, a large
ball of ;ire was seen to fall in New-street, which we
are happy to learn did no material injury.

On the King's Birth-day, in Richmond-street,
Edinburgh, a young girl's clothes were set fire to by
:t squib, and, although immediately taken to the In-
firmary, was so severely burnt, that she died before
morning.

A very melancholy accident happened at a place
called the Pease, Berwickshire. As o►ne of the bag-
gage carts of the Forfarshire militia was stopping
there, a fine boy about eight years of age, belonging
to Serjeant-Major Nicol, got out of the cart, and
was climbing on the wheel, when the horses sudden-
ly going oft; threw him on the ground, and the wheel
pass►ng over his body, crushed him to death. The
unfortunate mother was upon the cart when this un•
happy accident happened.

Thursday night, a spirit shop in Gibson-street,
Glasgow, was broken into and above five pounds in
silver, a seven-shilling piece, about eight shillings of
copper, a counterfeit half-guinea, and a pocket-book
containing some bills and papers carried off ; some
partial payments are marked on the bilk
A few days ago, a mason, of the name of Steven-
son, was killed by the blowing up of some stones, at
Templeton, in the parish of Auchterbouse. The
match unfortunately communicated too early to the
powder, and the explosion took place before he could
get out of the way. He has left a wife and two chil-
dren to lament his loss.

We stated yesterday that Captain BRITON, of the
West India Rangers, -had been committed to Win-
chester gaol, for the murder of his son, a boy of ten
years of age. The following cirtumstance led to
the discovery of the place of his retreat :—A letter,
under a fictitious name, was received by a Gentleman
of the Isle of Wight, from Wells, in Somersetshire,
intimating that Captain Burrox was a particular
friend of the writer, who wished to know how the
business respecting the youth was settled, and what
was become of the Captain ? On comparing the
writing with that of Captain BRITON, at the Depot,
they were fotrnd to correspond. Allen, the Sheriff'.
Officer, was immediately sent off to Wells, where he
discovered the Captain disguised in the dress of a
gardener ; he took him into custody, and conveyed
him to Winchester. He is committed to the County
gaol, for trial at the next Assizes.
ST. JOHN'S (Antigua), APRIL o.—London, an el-
derly negro man slave, and Ryan a female slave, were
on Friday executed for an attempt to poison the Lady
of C. WHITE, Esq. Naval Commissioner at English
Harbour, by infusing a quantity of laudanum into a
glass of porter handed to Mrs. White, at dinner. Ryan
was housekeeper in the family, and purchased the poi-
son from London, and prevailed upon a servant boy
(prev:ously executed) to mix it in his mistress's drink;
the colour and smell of the liqucr excited Mrs. White's
suspicion, and, fortunately, she only tasted it. The
evidence upon which they were convicted, was the
most conclusive and satisfactory, yet both the priso-
ners asserted their innocence to the last. Ryan was
the only woman executed on this island for more than
20 yews.

LAW IAI72LLICZNCL .

CONSISTORY COURT OF ItONPON, DOClMUretni

MONS, JUNS O.

CHAPMAN, rALSRLY CALL= PLANT, AGAINST PLANS
This was a c oise of nullity of marriage, promoted
by Zillah Chapman against William Plant the minor"
by reason of minority, at the time of the fact of MAI*
riage.--In support of this proceeding exhibits of psrisb
entries were produced, which went to prove the birth,
baptism, and marriage of William Plant (, he parry
in question) to Zillah Chapman, and also proof at
the death of William and Mary Plant, his father era
mother (previous to the said marriage taking place)
without having appointed any guardian over theit
sou. Thera was likewise the depositiuns of ten wit.
nesses read, which ccrroborated the written evidence.
The Learned Judge (Sir WILLIAM SCOTT) was clearly
of opinion, that the fact of minority was satisfactorily
established, and accordingly pronounced the marriage
to be null and void.

COURT OF JUNO'S BENCH, JUNE P.
UPTON V. JAMES.

This was an action to recover a part of an appren
tice fee of E 42.

Mr. PARK stated that the plaintiff had bound her
daughter for two years to the defendant, who was 3
dress-maker. At the end of ten months, the defen-
dant gave up business, and refused to return a pro•
portionate part of the fee. That part was now to b.,
decided on by the Jury.
The plaintiff's daughter, an interesting young wo•
man, substontinted the material facts.
Mr. Gattaow, for the defendant, acknowledge]
that he had the unpopular side of th question. tie
knew how much influence the tears and tremblings of
the witness who had just stood before them mig'it
have on a sentimental Jury. His (Mr.-Garrow'sl
situation reminded him of one in which his Friend.
Mr. Park, had sometimes stood on the Northern Cir.
cuit. In one of the assize towns, a certain barrister
had put such a spell nn the mindi of the people, that,
no mater what side he espoused, that instantly be.
came the popular cne. His Learned Friend exerted
all his powers against this overbearing popularity in
vain. No matter how he stormed their passions, or
pressed upon their reason : no matter whether he was
sentimental, or sublime ; law and logic, fiction and
fact, were equally unsuccessful ; for when the main
question .. whether they found for the plaintiff or the
defendant ?" came to be asked, their single reply was,
" We finds for Muster Ellis." Sc (Mr. Garrow)
was afraid that his friend had, at length, discovered
this happy art of popularity, and that the Jury would
be once again disposed to find for Muster
No witnesses on the part of the defendant were called,
and Lord ELLENROROUOSI directed the Jury to give a
verdict for half of the fee. Verdict for plaintiff A'2l.

THE LINO V. GOUNDRY.

This was a prosecution for an assault at the suit of
a Pro-Collector of Assessed Taxes, against theklefen-
dant, a respectable merchant in the City.
Upon the direct examination of the prosecutor, it
appeared that he went to the defendant's to distrain
for taxes, when he was assaulted by the defendant ind
some others, and, with his assistants, turned into the
street. In the course of his cross-examination, how.
ever, by Mr. GARROW, it appeared that the prosecu-
tor had gone to the defendant's house with assistants,
for the purpose of levyin; a distress, in case he did
not 'immediately pay. 'the defendant tendered hilt
a draft on his banker for the amount, as he had done
repeatedly before ; but this was refused, and the wit-
ness insisted upon being paid in cash, which the de•
fendant declining, he was proceeding to distrain,
when he was resisted by the defendant's friends, the
goods upon which the levy,was about to be made he.
longing to the partnership. It also appeared, °tribe
evidence of the prosecutor, that the defendant had op.
posed his father upon some occasions in the parish,
and that he had vowed vengeance against him for
this opposition. And further, that the father wasthe
I real collector, and that the prosecutor had acted for
1 him, and had been always in the practice of taking
cheques on bankers, in payment of the taxes, not only
from the defendant, but from all the houses in the
parish.
Lord ELLEN Onit01: GH reprobated the prosecution,
and the defendant was acquitted.

Yesterday, as the son of Mr. Ltw_ats late of Covent-
garden Theatre, was riding in the Park, his horse fell
with him, by which accident tbe young gentleman
received a very severe wound in the head ; but which,
it is hoped, will not prove dangerous.

Wednesday 'farm Lyon was whipped through
Glasgow, pursuant .to the certification in a sentence
of the Court of Session. This is one of the persons
who, some time ago, stood in the pillory for perjury,
and was thereafter to go into banishment from Scct•
land, under pain of being whipped and again banish-
ed, but it would appear he has been lurking about
'he country since, and upon Saturday se'nnight he
was apprehended in Glasgow.

Mr: Nicholls, a farmer at Toft, near Bourn, was
last week stepped by a highwayman, who robbed him
of £l6. Mr. Nicholls at first delivered a pocket-
book, containing £2S, with a representation that it
was all the money he had to assist him on his journey
—the robber hereupon returned him two ill notes.—
They were then parting, but Mr. Nicholls told him
that he might as well give back the pocket book.l-.
'1 he fellow acquiesced, and with the pocket book, re-
turned a £lO note, saying it was more than he should
want.

Saturday afternoon a pitched battle was fought at
Thames Ditton Common, Surrey, between two young
men, labourers of that place, of the names of Gibbs
and Pearson, seconded by Thomas Jones, of Kingston,
and Cox, of Hampton ; backed for ten guineas a
side. They set to at six o'clock, with equal ,resolu-
tion and strength, and for the first three rounds bets
were three to two in favour of Pearson, he having
knocked down Gibbs by blows on the head, which
had nearly bl;nded his left eye. After this, Gibbs
fought with more caution, hitting his antagonist re.
peated body blows, when he became the favourite. -
At length, after hard fighting for fifty-two minutes.
Gibbs WAS declared victor. A great deal
was won and lost on the issue. Th--

conveyed to their respective homes
in a shocking bruised state.

it deal of money
y were afterward'
by their friend