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but said that political eircurnstuneew would not per-
mit the resumption ; and it was on 'that occasion he
had said, that Bragge was a good dog, but Holdfast
was a better; not, however, approving the conduct
of Holdf act, but quite the contrary. His Honourable
Friend', who had made such an able speech, had ex-
pressed his wish that the House had rather heard him
(Mr. Sheridan) ; this was somewhat surprising, be-
cause his Hon. Friend knew that he differed from him
totally in opinion.—(4 laugh.)—Before he could be
convinced that Parliament ought not to interfere on
t .e present occasion, he must also be persuaded that
a change of system would not put an end to the means
of supporting the great contest in which we were en-
gaged, nor disturb the whole commercial arrange-
ments of the country. Could any thing be more un-
just than to compel the public creditor to take Banks
notes, and yet leave it in the power of others to refuse
them in payment from him ? He, himself, had for four
years encountered Mr. Pitt, and proposed resolutions
as to the state of our finances, in which he had been
followed by others. Upon these, Mr. Pitt had been
in the habit of proposing amendments. • The great
difference between them u as, as to the expenditure
which would be necessary in time of peace, he con-
, tending that it. must be 17 millions, while Mr. Pitt
affirmed that 151 millions' would be sufficient. Every
pee would have thought it extravagant tu supprsy-
that tt e country could support an income much be-
yond the highest of these sums, yet now the country
supeortesd an expenditure of 70 million, without the
sliphiest symptem of severe injury. No one in walk- I
ing the streets of this metropolis could suppose that
its wealth and luxury had decre..sed ; though he la-
mented the divressetof the manufacturers and others,
arising frees a different cause. This taught him not
to be so confident with regard to financial predic-
tions ; and he was amazed at the warmth with which
both sides, without much personal interest in the ques-
tion, supported their several opinions ; and with what
confidence each side asserted that it was in the right.
But party;feeling -bad run high on this subject
(Hors, hear, from both tides). If he had wanted a proof
that he was correct in what he had stated, he had it
Tlyw (a laugh.)—Every one was full of his own theory.
If the Noble Lord whose conduct was said to have
given rise to this Bill, had not written a book on the
stibject, he never would have thought of distraining.
Gentlemen would be divided into parties of Bankists
and Bullionists, and hardly refrain from throwing
their hats at each other in the street. The present
Act, le believed, did no more than what was just and
proper under the present circumstances. He hoped
yet to see the day when the difficulty should be done
away, and the ILA enabled to resume payments in
cash ; but that must be under different circumstances.
He could not risk the measure of fixing a time for the
resumption and altering the system in our actual
situation. But even the disappearance of gold was a
proof of the great credit of the country. In other
countries they must have gold, becau c the public
credit was small. Upon the whole, he thought it
too perilous to alter the system at present, when the
fate, nut only of this country, but of Europe and man-
kind, was at stake.
Sir FRANCIS BURDETT was convinced the
bill proceeded on the erroneous notion held out by a
Noble Lord (Stanhope) in another place, that any
thing would answer for a measure of value as well as
geld. But his chief object in rising, was to say a few
words with regard to the case of Lord King. That
Noble Lord had, from the beginning, ability and in-
tegrity enough to endeavour to point out the mischief
which would result from this system, and to attemp:
to stop its progress. Seeing no end, however, to vie
destructive course pursued by the Government, he
thougnt himself justified in saving his owe-property,
which he bad derived from no large salaries nor pub-
lic plunder, of any kind. The Government ante,.
however, was resolved to take the management of his
estate out of his hands, and therefore supported this
bill. With regard to the assertions of the Bank Di.
rectors, that they had but a small interest in the
Baal:, he was sorry for it ; he had rather their whole
property had been in the Bank. Their command of
money, from their situation, would give them a very
undue influence over whatever other conerns they
might be engaged in. His suspicioas of them, there-
,' . fore, were rather increased titan diminished. I'he,C4
vernment and the Bank had now become partners!!!
the Ministers accommodated the merchants with Ex-1
chequer bills, and the merchants accommodated the
Government with loans, so that among them the
whole had been converted into accommodation paper.
The H'on. Baronet then ridiculed the notion of the
Treasurer of the Navy, that the loss of our gold pro-
ceeded from the state of our commerce, of the ex-
changes, and of the Continent. It was impossible to
believe this, when we saw other countries in our situa-
tion, with plenty of goldl\The whole of this difficulty
had been distinctly tot etdria-logg egg? by writers on
this subject, who were Called stfeCitlaMts, because they
happened to see further than their antagonists, and
had eyes with speculation in them. It had been fore-1
told that our system would go on more slowly than
that of other netions,beceuse they issued to the amo nt
of all their capital. But wewere in the same
Sand had gone top far, perhaps, to recede. This m
sure was nothing till Bank-notes were made a legal
tender, and the next step would be a maximum of price.
Instead of temporary expedients, the Minister ought to
look the evil in the face, and adopt some fixed plan
of procetding. Their maxim, however,avai sulficlo
for the day is the evil the and indeed it was of W'
great consequence, for the 7stem would go on till it
extinguished itself.
Mr. A. BARING dcated.. the stispiciofis of
111 the Hoinourable liaronEi, which hesahought !Aim
country would not follow, until he could profits&
some proof that there was cause for them. He
ref
seoniniendetliii&reduction of the expenses of the Goa
%Trim-lent, but Tnsisted that thekktate of the public
Lila:ices and debt were recoverable as they stood at,
pre-vit. Thg Funding system, he srgued, was
adapted to walgoof short duration, built any one look-
ing at the country., must be inclined to 'pronounce the
/list t re years as years of great prosperity. Not-
with A gtze.be.:, boryr failwrd by some against
the motion nfl.s4 a alai:Ll& PlalAnal sioltple
remedy appeared Miim to be, 'that of mating Baltic-.
-notes a legal tender.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY declared, that having
voted of inst the Bill in all its stages, lie had waited
till this late hour, in the hopes that some of the Ho-
d sourable and Learned Gentlemen would have declar.
I . red their sentiments upon a measure so pregnant with

THE EV&NING STAR.

infringements on the laws of the land. The Bill, in
fact, was one which had for its object an alteration
of the contracts of men ; it Wks an ex postfactolAw;
and though the necessities of the State might re-
quire it, nevertheless it was what he had stated.—
The Honourable Gentleman early in the debate had
expressed a hope that some of the Law Officers would
have stated the law, for at present men were left in
doubt. There was nothing more mischievous than
to make prominent • the defects of the law by new
remedies. As the law at present stood, it was pro-
vided, that no person should be liable to arrest or
Lmesne proces, if he tendered to his creditor the amount
of his debt in Bank-notes. The remedy which was
apparently open to the debtor, if he did not pay
in gold, was, by carrying a much greater number
of Bank-notes, of the same nominal value, to mar-
ket, to pan, his debt, or he must be immured in
Iprison for life. His Right Honourable Friend,
I therefore, if he meant to give effectual remedy, must
' make Bank-notes a legal tender infinitely. With
Irespect to the inn, .rations upon the Established Laws,
he wished to know if the .Law Officers bad cone
suited the Judges, because when he brought in his
Bill to explain and amend the Criminal Laws, that
was mainly objected to him, viz. that he wished to
make an innovation on the law, without consulting
the Judges. The great objections which were to the
Bill, were those he had principally stated, and there-
-1 fore he should vote against it.
Lott; CASTLEREAGH, in explanation of what
he had stated oh a former night, said, that what he
I meant by the Bank of England being allowed to pur-
-1 sue with energy, was this, that he conceived it more
desirable that the people should rely on a moral pro-
tection than a legal one.
Sir S. ROMILLY and Mr. SHERIDAN mutt'•
ally explained.
1 Mr. TIERNEY (amidst a general call for the question)
had no wish to detain the House, who, because the
Attorney-General would not speak, seemed to think
that he (Mr. T.) oughtente to speak, end therefore
he would abstain from an enlarged view of the sub-
ject. He should notice the extraordinary speech of
his Right Honourable Friend (Mr. Sheridan) who
gave his observations evidently second-hand, not
having accurately looked at the subject. He cer-
tainly supported the Bill, conceiving that it would
induce the Bank to resume their payments in cash.
Indeed in the Bullion Committee, a more sterling
friend they had net. (Mr. S. observed lfe never
said a word.) True, said Mr. T. the deliberations
of the Committee, were at an hour too early for my
Right Honourable Friend, but notwithstanding 'he
concurred in all that was dune. In the prophecies
which he had made from year to year fur four years,
.down to 1792, of the downfall of the resources of the
Country, he had failed ; for up to this period they
were, according to his speech of this evening, in a
flourishing, state. The tact however was otherwise,
for the commerce was at a stand, the revenue giving
ealy, and the Consolidated Fund last year had a de-
ficiency of nearly 5800,000, and the three last quar-
ters the deficiency was £1,800,000. The Right
Hon. Gentleman then concluded, that the powers
which the Bill would give to the Bank was dange-
rous, and he lamented that any of the Bank Dime-
tors should be found to give their countenance to it.
The idea of compelling the people to take Bank pa.
per was horrible, when the difficulties of the country
were so great, that it could not afford relief to tenants
nor secure landlords : that while the law stands as it
does in Ireland, nothing can prevent a person from
sending his guineas over there, and obtaining in re-
' t:trn 256. for each in Bank-notes. It had been said
i
that it was necessary to carry on the war in the Penin-
Isula—why so it might; but are the people of Spain
disposed to sacrifice as much as those of England ? If
not, he could not consent in any such war, to overthrow
the public credit in England. If it was intended to
brighten up the finances, and to make the enemy be.
here that they were unexhausted,%hat was done al-
ready, by the resolution pas* thelse months ago—
that Bank notes were equivalent to guineas.
Mr. SHERIDAN begged to explain. His Right
Hon. Friend had seemed to think that in his vote of
this night he had been actuated by some improper
otmotive, or one which he could not avow. Mr. TIERNEY declared he had not. He had said
is Right Hon. Fr' had spoken contrary to his
general sentiments, I% some reasons which he (Mr.T.)
did not know.
Mr. SHERIDAN said he had acted from a con-
scientious sense of duty. He was not aware that his
Right Hon. Friend had any superior title over him-
self to an uniform adherence to principle. It might
be true, as his Right Hon. Friend' said, that he some-
times voted with his friends without hearing the speech
of his Right Hon. Friend. Probablia he might so have
voted, in consequence of not hearing his speech— " FALMOUTH, JULY 17.
(A laugh.) Ai , " Arrived this morning the Princess Elizabeth
A division having taken place, there appeared— Packte, Captain Kinn, with mails from Lisbon,
For the 3cl reading of the Bill 95—Against it 20-- " which she left on the sth insant, on which day his
Majority 75. IMajesty's ship ALCMENE entered the Tagus, with
When re-admitted into the Gallery, we found Mr. eleven transports under convoy from England. Lord
BROUGHAM reading his Resolutions,lkx in nutn- WELLINGTON'S head-quarters were at Elves, while
ber, the substance of which was as follov. those of the enemy under SOULT, were at Badajoz.
to That any Statute which might interfere with the right of It did not appear that General Sir BRENT SPENCER
ake subject to dispose of his property in whatsoever manner he •
had joined Lord WELLINGTON ; he is in the North
iced, or by which he might be prevented from parting with a ;
Banknote on what terms lie pleased, even should he be die- : holding MARMONT in check, who, it was also reported,
posed to give it for nothing, was contrary to the principles of , had joined Sowor. --General BLAKE, with 16,000
freedom in general, and those of the British Constitution in par- : SOULT has men, had marched against Seville.
de-
titular. j tached from his army 18,000 risen to fall in with him.
Ike CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER I It was not known if the siege of Cadiz was raised.
saithat no one wished to oppose the inclination of . The army under SOULT has been strongly reinforced ;
the Hon. Gentleman to give his Bank-notes for no- : they exceed 60,000 men. Conscripts have been marched
Nhing, but he apprehended that neither INEor any from France, and now garrison the fortresses in Spain,
9f those whet were endeavouring to depreciM them, , while the troops from thence have joined SOULT.
would give them for a farthing less than the most , „
--General NIGHTINGALE came passenger in the
sturdy advocate of the Bank. I
packet, and went off in a chaise and four for town ino
sd. That any statute, which had for its object to restrict or mediately on his landing. Strong, and immediate
modify contracts between individuals, was adverse to sound
principles of legisla*
3d. That any sea t had for its object to prevent the free Darlington packet was in the Tagus, and expected
eschauge of Bank-nofes or the lawful currency of the realm, on reinforcements are required to meet the enemy. The
to sail on the 9th instant ; the wind being favourable
am twits tb might seem good to those between whom such an she may be soon expected.
cafe Ace, was highly inexpedient.
I tit 1 " Passengers per the Princess Elizabeth,Major Graham, Cap-
4tiNh h mtalahosiept of a double price was the best
tains Nixon and Montague, Lieutenants Brooke and Hutton."
means of restoring the curreßby to its natural state. i
• Sth. That no law could establish a parity of valuebetween pa. 1 ---,--
per and Geo, so that the former should not be liable to deprecia- A Gentleman, just arrived from Bilboa, which
lion id Arfuture contracts. ' place he left on the 27th ult. states, that the whole of
6th. That it was the duty of the House to resist a scheme the province of Biscay was free from the French, they
which went to establish an Intiersul LAW of southars., and to re- •
having quitted it for the purpose of reinforcing SOULT.
fuse their assent to the bill wit respestte the currency brought
from the House of Lords, and framed on the same principles. 1 A Government schooner has arrived at Plymouth
The Resolutions were seconded by Lord FOLKE. i front the Mediterranean on Thursday evening after
sToNK, and negatived without a division.—Adjourned ',Post : she was put under quarantine immediately on
at two o'clock. her arrival.

LONDON.

SATURDAY, StTLY
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per et Cone. for money 621--Ditto fur account 631
3 per Ct. Reduced 6343—Navy +Spey Cent. 931 94
4 per Cent. 79+—Bonds Ili. 12s. prem.—Otnntum 13 dis.
£zcheq. (3d.) par to 2s. prem.—Ditto (33d.) Ss. 6s. prem.

THE KING.
Welament to say that his MAJEnTY'S disorder still
increases. Dispatches were yesterday sent to Town
every two hours on the subject, the paroxysms having
been excessive. The PAINCE REGENT, who was to
have dined with Mr. PERCEVAL as this day, has sent
an apology, at the same time signifying a wish to
decline all dinner parties while his Royal Parent con-
tinues in his present alarming state.
The Bulletins which have been issued since his
MAJEATY'S relapse having been very interesting, we
subloltk them in the order in which they were issued :
" %SMMS. CASTLE, JULY 16.
The symptoms of the KING'S disorder, since the
late accession of it, have continued to increase, and
His MAJESTY has passed a very restless night.

(Signed 0. n. HALFOIID, "W. HESERDEN,
"M. RAILLIF, "R. WILLIS."

" WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 17.
" His MAJESTY has had some sleep during the
night, and his disorder has not increased since yester-
day. (Signc.l) 44 MILLIE, " lIEBRRDEN, 44 WILLIS."
" WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 18.
" His MAJESTY has had some sleep in the night,
but he is not better this morning.
(Signed) " BAILLIE, lIEBERDEN, WILLII.S."
" WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 4 9.
14 His MAJESTY has passed a sleepless night, and
is not better this morning. (Signed)
1144 H. lIALFORD, "W. HEBERDEN, " It. WILLIS."
" WINDSOR CASTLE, JULY 20._

46 The Kixo has had several hours sleep in the
course of the night, and his MAJESTY is in no respects
worse this morning. (Signed)
" 11. HALFORD, "W. lIEBERDEN,
44 •I. BAILLIE, "R. WILLIS."
A heavy firing was again heard all day yesterday
from the French coast. A sloop arrived from off the
French coast in the evening, and stated that she had
spoke some French fishermen, who informed her that
BONAPARTE had arrived at Boulogne. The firing
therefore must have been in honour of his arrival.
I We have received letters from Gibraltar of the 9th
I ult. containing a letter from Seville of the 25th ult.
with the undermentioned list of Officers just arrived
there, and which we publish for the information of
lour readers :

45th Regiment, Major Brooke and Captain Thomas Allman,
severely wounded; Captain Campbell, slightly; Lieutenants
Ellwood, Marshall, Sash, and Ensign Gilbert, all severely wound-
ed; Captain Phillip, 4th Dragoons, slightly wounded, now quite
well. Volunteer Fitzgibbon of the Buffs, not wounded.
It was the Princess Elizabeth packet, Captain'
•Kiaa, which brought the Lisbon Mail, the arrival
of which we noticed yesterday. By this opportunity
Ministers received dispatches from Mr. STEWART, at
Lisbon, but not from Lord WELLINGTON. Mr.
STEWART states a report said to be received by tele-
; graph at Elvas, that General BLAKE had, by a rapid .
nikrch, gained possession of Seville, which had been
Kt without defence, though there were immense
stores of every kind deposited there for the use of the
French army. It was added, that General GRAIIANI
had landed at Ayomente on his way to join bins, and
it was thought that General BLAKE would be at the
Ihead of 25,000 men. SOULT had proceeded in conse-
sequence of this movement with a great body of
troops, and chiefly of cavalry, to prevent this, but it
was supposed he would be too late. In fact, our
readers upon referring to our columns of yesterday,
will find aletter from an officer in Portugal, which
distinctly states the report of BLAKE having retired
to the Sierra Morena, after having occupied Seville
,for some time. From this circumstance we are in-
clined to infer that BLAKE has succeeded in captur-
ing the immense stores left by the enemy in the place.
The following Letter from Falmouth, affords some
additional particulars on the subject of Lord Wm.-
LINGTON's Army :

_6ILb

NMI

I

We have received French papers to the 17th.
They contain no news from Spain.
The Monisewr of the 14th, after quoting an article
from the English-newspapers, stating that some Bri-
tish troops had sailed from Cadiz to aesist in the de-
fence of Tarragona, adds the following note :
" These troops in reality arrived before Tarragona eight days
previous to its capture. The garrison summoned them to its aid,
but in vain. They thought roper to remain in the roads. They
had the glory of remaining spectators of two amatilta, and of the
capture of the place."
The Moniuur of 'Tuesday last, contains the report
of a Court of Enquiry, which was held respecting
the capture of the Isle of France. General Decaen
is acquitted from all blame, and the soirentler is ad-
mitted to have been a necessary consequence of the
aunt of troops, supplies, and money, which the
mother-country was unable to send. The English
force which captured the Island is, as usual, gteatly
exaggerated.
The Afoniteur also contains a very long Report on
the state of the French finances, delivered to the Le-
gislative Body by M. MoLLERUs. The following are
a few passages, which relate to the naval and military
expences cf France :
44 You will find, Gentlemen, in the Budget for the
Marine service, an augmentation of 35 millions when
compared with that of 1810. This augmentation will
appear moderate, when considered in reference to the
maritime force which we have acquired, and the mea-
sures which are in preparation to increase it still more.
The union of Holland has furnished 10,000 seamen,
and 13 ships of the line ; an extent of 300 leagues of
coast has been added to the Empire; a great number
of ships of the line are building ; the maritime con.
;scription goes on with success.
44 Let every Frenchman, let every friend of his
country, rejoice at seeing the Government make such
great efforts to hasten the termination of a war which
our enemies would wish to make eternal. Proud of
their momentary superiority upon the seas, they re-
ject all the measures which might restore peace to
the world ; but they will soon be compelled -to sup-
port, upon that very element which they wish to
command, combats from which French valour will
derive as much
_glory as advantage.
44 The expences of the war department were fixed,
in the Budget of 1810, at 350 millions ; the actual
expenditure amounted to 391 millions ; 460 millions
are proposed for the year 1811.
" His Majesty himself announced to you, at the
opening of the Session, that in the first quarter of this
year 100 millions extraordinary had been placed at
the disposal of the War Minister, to cover the ex-
pences of the new armaments which then appeared
necessary. It is thus that his M ijesty has explained
the cause of the augmentation of the War Budget for
this year ; and you have admired, gentlemen, the
wise foresight of a Sovereign who prepares those
means for guarding himself against the most distant
dangers.
44 Eight hundred thousand men are under arms ;
all the strong places are in the best state ; others are
constructing with the greatest activity, to consolidate
the defence of the frontiers, and to secure the tran-
quillity of future generations. If the war beyond the
Pyrenees demands extraordinary expences, the fruits
of these sacrifices cannot be doubtful.
44 England, by making the people of Spain mis-
take their true interests, may still prolong, perhaps
for some time, this unequal struggle ; but her object,
that of overturning the continental system, shall never
be attained. Reduced to herself, and abandoned by all
her allies, she is already exhausting her lalt resources,
and the blood of her own children is shed in a foreign
cause. It was from the height of his throne, that the•
most glorious of Monarchs predicted to us a most
glorious issue. His immoveable will has been always
calculated upon the extent of his means. Let us con-
fidently hope, that the moment is not far distant when
the liberty of the seas, and the repose of the world,
shall be conquered upon the fields of the Peninsula."

The Royal Horse Guards (Blue) are in daily ez•
pectation of receiving orders for Portugal,
Eight troops of the 23d Light Dragoons, onder :he
command of Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of PORT.
ARTLINGTON, are t. embark forthwith tor Portug
The whole of the 4th, or Royal Irish Drab 'ons,
now at Plymouth, are not to embark immediately for
Portugal. Two troops will be left behind to recruit.
The remainder will not sail until they receive fresh
instructions from the War Office. The sth and 7th
Dragoons are expected daily at Plymouth fur em.
barkation also.

----
The late General Fox was Governor of Portsmouth,
Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Foot, Paymaster of
the Widows' Pensions, &c. &c. This most gallant
and distinguished Officer suffered a long and painful
illness, which he bore with the utmost fortitude.—
His appointment of Governor of Portsmouth was some
time ago promised to Earl HARCOURT, Governor of
the Royal Military College—hut who is to hold only
until Plymouth shall become vacant.
° TORBAY, JULY 18.

Last evening I informed you of the arrival of his
Majesty's brig DAPPER, with some transports bound
to Ireland. The wind got round to the South-East
in the night, 'and they put to sea, but it got round
again to the South-West, and again returned to Tor-
bay, where they now are.—This day arrived the
Mountaineer, Captain Rowe, from Greenwich, bound
to Honduras. She encountered a very severe gale last
night, in which she lost her fore and main-top masts.

PLYMOUTH, JULY I.
The transports that arrived yesterday from Lisbon,
are ordered round to Portsmouth, to land their pri-
soners and sick and wounded.—Arrived the QUAIL
schooner, from Portsmouth; and several transp
and merchant vessels. Also, a fleet of colliers, from
the Westward.—Sailed the Ritsoturs gun brig, for
Cork.—Wind S.E. variable, and heavy rain.
PORTSMOUTH. JULY to.

Arrired.the WHITING schooner from the Downs,
bound for Gibraltar,
DEAL, JULY • 19.
Arrived the Success frigate, with the Mediterra-
nean convoy, and are sailed tor the River. Also, his
Majesty's ships AUDACIOUS, INCONsTANT, an .1 MAR-
TIN, from Portsmouth ; and the BEAGLR sloop of
war, front off Flushing.
The SUCCESS frigate, Captain Aystouott, arrived
yesterday afternoon in the Downs, with a fleet at mer-
chantmen from the Mediterranean

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 16.
THE EISA V. DAYNON AND OTHERS.
This was an indictment charging William Samuel
~flavi,on,Jarnes Stevenson, and William Oakley, with
ronspiring together with a persrin not tried, of the
*me of Charles Chapronnier, to defraud Charles
Jackson, of various sums of money and effects, byre-
presenting the said Charles Chapronnier as a person
who was on the point cf succeeding to a very large
fortune, under the will of a Lady of the name of
M•Veigh, to whose will he was then suing out a pro-
bate from Doctors' Commons. It appeared from the
statement of the Attorney General, as afterwards
frayed in evidence, that Chapronnier, Davison, and
Stevenson were all prisoners within the rules of the
Fleet at the time the indenture tripartite was entered
into between them. The original overture for a pe-
cuniary accommodation, and the original introduction
of Chapronnier to Ja!kson was accomplished by Da-
vison, with whom Jackson had been many years ac-
quainted, he having been introduced to him on his
return from India about ten years agia; having been a
Major in the Company's service. Jackson, at first,
refused to accommodate Chapronnier, but was at
length induced, by the importunities of Davison, and
by his assurances that he had looked intb, *and fully
satisfied himself on the reality of Chapronnier's pros-
pects and expectations, to agree to advance him one
thousand pounds, and aisd to sell "Bins ;Carrick,
horses, Etc. ; and latterly, when his confidence in
him .increased, in consequence of the repeated and
unceasing representations of Davison, and latterly of
Stevenson and Oakley, who was a watchman in
Bloomsbury, who also frequently accompanied Mr.'
Chapronnier, as to the immense fortune which Cho-,
pronnier must shortly possess, was induced to let, and'
finally to sell to him a country house ready furnished;
after which Chapronnier set up an equipage, and, in
the long run, got into Jackson's debt to the amount
of X 3350, for which he granted a warrant of attorney,
and agreed to confess judgment. Even the happy
tidings of the probate being allowed were at length
announced, but the only benefit thence derived to
Jackson, who now saw that he had been duped, was
his being enabled to ascertain the fact, that the greater
part of his valuables, at his country-house in Essex,
which he had let to Chapronnier, were carried off,
and that the curricle and horses, which he had sold
to the same person, had been placed in a stable in
town, in the name of Oakley, for the purpose of being
sold.
Theevidence was extremely clear as to Dav ison, but
as to Dr. Stevenson and the other defendant, Oakley,
Lord ELLENROROUGJI did not think it sufficiently free
from doubt to send it on a Jury.
The Jury, without hesitation,foundEtavisbn Guilty,
and the defendants Oakley and Stevenson not guilty.
ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.
Yesterday these Sessions commenced at the Old
Bailey, before Sir. WILLIAM SCOTT, Baron GRAHAM,
Mr. Justice BAILEY, &C. &C..
The Grand Jury having been impannelled Sir W.
SCOTT said, he felt satisfaction in acquainting them,
that there was not a single case in the calendar upon
which they would be called on to exercise their func-
tions. But he must at the same time express his re-
gret, that many of the Gentlemen who had been sum-
moned had failed to pay attention to the notice—a
neglect which might have been productive of great
inconvenience, and which he would be sorry to he
obliged to enforce by the usual penalty ; but he must
feel a to le: his duty to remedy the evi, if it should
occur in future, by a recurrence to that mode prescri-
bed by the practice of the Court.
Captain John Stevenson, whose trial was put off
from last Sessions, upon his own application, now
appeared to take his trial for an assault which it was
alleged he had committed on Mrs. Mary Popplewell,
wife of Mr. Popplewell, of Barbadoes, on board his
own ship, while on a voyage to the West Indies.
4r. SCARLETT, as Counsel for the prosecutrix (Mrs.
Popplewell) stated, that he was instructed to apply
for leave to put off this trial until next Sessions, in
c,nsequence of the absence of Capt. Austin, without
whom she did not think it safe to proceed; but as he
was now on a voyage to St. Domingo, and would not
return these two months, she prayed the trial to stand
over until his return.
Sir W. Scorr desired that the affidavits upon which
this application was made might lie read.
The joint affidavit of Mr. Fry (the attorney for the
prosecution), Mr. White (his clerk),. Mrs. Popple-
well, and Mrs. Austin, was then read. It stated, that
the attorney having called at Captain Austin's house
with a subpeena, he was informed by his wife that he
had left England about three months since, upon a
voyage to St. Domingo ; that the evidence of Capt.
Austin was of so much importance, that it would not
be safe to proceed without his presence ; and that, as
he might be reasonably eipected boriie in the course
of two months, the deponent (Mrs.Poppltwell) prayed
the indulgence of the Court.
Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN gated:, RS Callla for the
defendant, that after having heard the matter con-
tained in the affidavit,- he certainly was not anxious
to press the trial; but at the same time, he begged to
represent the peculiar hardship of Capt. Stevenson's
situation. Although he was at large upon bail, he
could not pursue that course of life Upon which he
depended for support He was the Commander of
a West India vessel, and, by reason of his detention
in this country, was unable to pursue his voyage to
the West Indies. Feeling, as he was sure the Court
did, how very inconvenient his situation was, he trust-!
ed under all the circumstances of' the case, they
recogni-

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would suffer him to be at large on his own ft..
zance, or so alter the security as to suffer him to leave
the kingdom between this and the time his trial would
be likely to take place.
Mr. SCARLE'VT said, he was very willing to enter'
into an engagement not to adopt any course during
the absence GI Captain. Stevenson which might tend
to the prejudiee of his securities, but he apprehended
there could be no alteration whatever in the recog-1
nuance.
• The Court thoaght this proposition extremely li-
beral, but said that there could be no alteration what-
ever in thesaecurities.
Capt. Stevenson then entered into fresh securities,
to appear at the next Session, himself in 41000; and
two slll,Liei is agog each, antibe Court adjourned.

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