The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-01-26 00:00:00

Paid to the Defeinlint, as underwriter of a 'policy of
insurance on a vessel from •She Ria de la Plata to
England.
The ship sailed in the month of March 'without illy,
licence from the South Sea Company, and was lost in
the July following, about which time the owners ob-
tained far the vessel a retrospective licence, Which the
Lord Chief Justice at the trial of the close thought
was not legal for the purposes of this voyage, and
the Plaintiff sato nonsuited. .

Mr, Rlcuattosox now moved to set aside the non-
suit. He quoted authority to support the legality of
such a licence es the South Sea Company had given in
the prevent instance ; end
The COURT expressing a disposition to consider
them, granted a Rule to show cause.

couaT OF COUNION PLEAS, JAN. 23.
DONNELLY V. DANN Ali.
This was an action on a Bill of Exchange for 3001.
at two months, drawn by the Plaintiff, and accepted
by the Defendant.
After the acceptance bad been proved,
Mr. Serjeant BUT said, it was one of the most im-
pudent actions ever brought before a Court. This
Bill had been given by the Defendant to Donnelly
for another Bill, drawn by a person named Hud-
son, on Henry Roper Curzon, of Portman-square,
%Wei. into his Banker,. This Bill of Cur-
zon's orr-ptance had been, to use the Learned Ser-
jeant's expression, concocted in usury. Donnelly
knew, at the time he passed the Bill, that it was
usurious, because he had given only 2701. for it,
reserving- thirty pounds for discount. Mr. Serjeant
Best then proposed calling Mr. Hudson to prole his
Case, ;IA
Mr. Serjeant LENS objected to him as an interested
wit tress.
The Ctutr JUSTICE over-ruled the objection.
Mr. Hudson being in the box, was shown the Bill
accepted by Curzon.
The witness admitted that he drew it on Curzon,-
having advanced him upwards of 30001. The latter
being in want of a further supply, the Bill was
draw it. The witness having some transactions with
Donnelly, who had acted as his Attorney, in Ire-
land, he sent the Bill to Mm to 'get it dieconsted.—
Donnelly discounted it, and paid him only 2701. de-
ducting 301. foe discount. With respect to Curzon's
Bill, the witness considered it as good as the Bank.
of England, because Mr. Corson would, neat week,
he said, be in the receipt of 170,0001. Before Don-
nelly discounted it, he took it to Houlditch and .Co.
ill Loosz Arre, to ask whether it was good, and arcs
int'Orbed it was good. •The Bill, however,. was not
paid, and the Defendant, feelieg that he had not
received a valuable consideration for the Bill given
in lieu of it, refused to pay his acceptance when
due.

Sir V►c situ Gana. asked Mr. Sorjemit Lens what
he had to say in reply to the defence, and whether •
he thought a good consideration for the• Bill which
was the subjrct of action could he.mode out ? It ap-
peared in evidence that the Defendant had taken
Curzon's acceptance in professed ignorance of the ,
tranisction between Curzon and Hudson. Lie sup-
posed it a good Bill, and paid it into thtleands of his
banker.
• Mr. Serjeant LENS, after some farther observations
on the part of the Learned Judge, .rather averse to
the Plaintiff's case, declined addressing the Jury in
reply, and informed hie- Lordship that the Plaintiff
would submit to a uousuit.
He was accordingly nonsuited.

PREROGATIVE COURT, DOCTORS' COMMONS,

.I*N.- 95.

CHALMERS V. C.A.THERWOOD AND OTHERS.

This case came before the Court on the admission
of the attention. The question arose with respect
to several unexecetett papers propounded as codicils
to the will of William Looker, formerly of Great
Cirter-lane, Doctors' Commons, and lately of the
Fichte* Office, end •of Islington, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, deceased.
It appeared that the deceased died on the 25th of
.November the'adranced age of 70 years and
upwards, his death having been occasioned by being
ran over by a carriage, leaving a widow, three sons,
and one daughter. That in the year 1807 he made a
formal will, attested by witnesses, in which be gave
to his daughter Charlotte 9'21. per annum, and totally
excluded his eldest son ; that afterwards he drew up
a paper be Celled a codicil, in which he gave to his
daughter Charlotte 1001. per annum ; that by an-
other paper he made a 'farther provision .for his
dmighter, by giving her 1001. per annum, and the
use of his hooserind furniture daring her life.
The Court (Sir Jon's litcnor.t.) after recapitelat,
ing the articles of the allegation, was clearly of opi-
nion that those several Unexecuted papers were to be
ctinsidered only as deliberative memorandums, and
therefore pronounced for the regular executed paper,
dated in 1807, as containing the last will and testa-
ment of the deceased, and rejected the allegation.

DEATH 6? LADY HAMILTON.
[MOIL THE GAZETTE DE FRANCE OF JAN. 20.]

CALAIR, JAW." ir ..--The•ellaiebrated Emmn, widow
of Sir Wm. Hamilton, died here. yesterday. This
Lady had heen intimately connected with Lord Nei-
son. Hy a codicil to his will, *Fitted: an hour be-
fore the battle of Trafalgar, he confiented all the le-
gacies he had made to her Latlyghlp. This document
Was found in the possession of lAdy,Hantilton : and,
pursuant to her last request, her body will be con-
'eyed to England.

. A CAirrtoti.— In order to prevent the imposition
too fretuently practised by the tall-collectors at the
aifferent toll-gates he the environs of the iietio-
polls, the Public are hereby informed, that thaaddi-
_

Aloud toll collected on Sundays, at the under-men.: tence and. 'aiiieitihrtint,. "reiiiiotis iiistriitt iiin'idd „ IN. j" istiliwk.- . ...
tioned gates, nuttily denominated the Westminster . cousolatiqn ; and' to ItOik ts, *titled; that deirollinisl "'TATO WO **kV lad Mr. Wkwron, where
4
Soaday Tell, has ceased to exist ; the purpose, or- exercise wilih odr getablistied efiiirnti iiiirciibes and, fii(tier' *hi.' 4fie ' °Wideman that ''terse`.' planned-the
the Act of Parliament authorizing the said tali haw- so amply provides, , ,
~,..' ' ; bri?filkit. bf Vie" p.ddistOne Ligite-114Vsel thoisgh
jug hems, fully effected, viz.:—The Massis:gate, 1 Tor this pusgress toreciteejy, gilder iiii3Orisienird iitii,iintAniiittely illiiiii!,-are peritaps.:the two hest
Pimlico, Kensington-baro Hyde-park, - Edgeiware- cew. .e lid . cO4ecil 0!, 'el Ceielpittee .IS aifidelbi tit'rii Orberstil 7IN Ike Itlioltint, . The Noble Esti
road, Tyburn, Yorkshire-Stingo, Mari-le-bonne, Moittiationf the Chipintoi die retehierl,lll.the 'i irwi4i letoL4i' hit i;erit,"a4d Mr.'. Westorktrquently
farthing Pye-house, Tottenham. quert-rcted,.. the Institution ssistil the esid,inbe Ot Viinierity be io ilea ot VI Telehde t' bitih4 fighre eiht anatomy they
sate hi the. new road near Bettis-bridge, the Bell.. plajjejg ,rogiltedl. es to w,attrint.theii iipsiiiiiis'illitiOh 1 besprektfnielejtiteift 'aitechif the seterstl, races
gate, atelthe Oa O'er Cold Bath-fields. • , 1 to' rat' priUke serrtoe or iiiticridisfilailtimillendth' .1 . &pert - iiir ~es— ' - - - - •

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IVI Amiox-liousa.--LYesterday •W. Young, master
of t& trediag• vessel, swae,Prought
,before wet 144.
_hileyee, charged witke_eintatien of the Act of pate
liMpept, wide!' subjects 'the`Cemmetiders of British •
stehsels to a heavy peniteti'forivegietting is serums
•caes to take-on board-tbeit Alps licensed pilots, le
,ccimplete the voyage in safety. The Defendaetwal
ise,cotamand of a vessel freighted arid bound to any
Ore between Boulogne and Ostend. * The particular
.places at. which Captain Youig,trangressed the pro,
vision's of the Act' wire not stated, he having et mice
,admitted the fact. But it appeared that previous ta, .
recimpleting ltiseeoyage,.lae was hailed by a• pilot, wh.
!peered his serskese , These were refused by the De.
:feitilant, aed,the pilot:was dismissed. The Captaie •
hi his defencethettl forth an Act of Parliament passes
in the 'rear 180€1,.frOnt a clau'se of 'which 'he mei%
Wined be wee heitherlintile In theinformation nor the ;
penalty. The. inhumane 'produced a more Teepee.,
..,el,ct,- which at once oenrinced the .Captain of les
Error, and ha was adviied by the Court, in foture to
be better read Before teipeoceeded to determine Beet !
vat tyre hintseff. .* e
Teter4teneo life'diT without hesitation, ned Me
4n the sem of 201. ated he was further fin la the
ppeitiltyraf 11. and expenses, upon a nominal charge,
the partiesOot wishing to press proceedings in the -
cash.
Ifni. Lazeaby was again broogiit up, and under.
. •
-went another examination, charged with tittering and
hating in his possession a quantity of .hase coin.--
The former examination of this man;: together with
that of his companions, Paving appeared in our Ps.
per, it is only necessary to state, that on the present
•ocetetiona Ray and Kinnersley, the ofic:eu, deposed
to their hard' since gone to the houmsoottlie Pais
,soner in Stepney-fields, ahem they. bltillip a lialiet '
____, . discovery of base coin.
• - A PREAL TO THE PUBLIC: 1 ..._ .... _ .
...... . . A 1.
The Prlioner, at the instance. Pt :tilt: et ,
Numerous as the, instances ate of that: eleemosv. ANNUAL anon?, seen :AT ' Till anitatlede cox-
i nary aid with which oar ceuntry idieloisters to the ; .111.14/14' JAN.'B7; 1814. . the Mint, was sent in custody to the OlStie eff tile''
thpki Megistrate„ in Worship-street,. where *ore' yea
. necessities of -those earwig 'her children whose bare ; Ftent January ls 1113, to January 1, 1814,
; dens of afilictioe poverty has augmented, float warmth have,tesforielio society, by' recommending them to other charges of a like nature against individesis con.
of vylnpsthy with which her benign spirit has con. plati, or by reconciliation to their friends, 33 men j wacted with him. •
,
itempleted theirwsaists has net teen chilled by any and wornen ; of the conduct and present circum. l• .Bow.sieteeT.—Yesterday another . invest Wee
superciliout indifference, when their Vice's have era- stances of nearly the whole of whom the Committee, took place before Mr. NAaEs, relative to Ciiptaia
versed . her view and displayed .the tiblims in the are already enabled to speak favourably ; and have flasana, of the Turkish schooner the Gelea, for vie.
ge
lowest degradation of that poverty, the disgrace and no reason to doubt but that • the greater number of lently assaulting and wounding Cire os ,one of hit
punishment of crime. Here-the tenderness of corn- those, who do twit remeirr in the places provided for seamen. ' . ~ , .1
passion eases into.the. earnest anxiety of preveution ahem; nrelitinglottestiy and in good fame. I The evidence was the same .as of) its's; former occ
sion ; but Mr. ALLEY, mhoiateuded for the Captain,
!and reform; and religion elevates the effort into that., in addition 'so the above gratifying- Report, the I
Iditine. principle of- commiseration 'which urges •tholOtintatittreute tatty justified' in stating, that many conteudede that the charge could not be maintained ;
Christian in his abhorrence of the trine to exert, all (Witte* who were; daring the last and former years, before a Magistrate, as the offence was stated to have
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the pokers of his. mind, and to apply eery means in -disehltrged for mhicenduct or impatience of the been conimitted in the county of I(aet,wherea what.
are maintaining a fair ever took place on the higiscas, was only cognizable
ids possession to rescue the criminal from the de. 1 dittipline et the Refuge,
i prayed habits of iniquitous association, and to raise char/Icier. • before the Admiralty Court.
him from vicious debasement into a repentant cop.. When"thA' Puhlie are itifaresedihat dui Committee . Mr. NARES coinciding -with the Learned Gentle.
,sciousness of moral turpitude, a just acknowledg. Mirth &alined ileenteeltestsinisch as possible to pre. man, the complaint was dismissed.
meat of its pernicious infiumice, and an unfeigned mary ealese.and- that the greeter number or thus. I HATTON-in—ln consequence of informs..
willingness to return to the paths of virtue, and the whisniltr. hate testoted,, were admitted into the time Hancock, litet, Read, and other officers, weenie
;
adoption of its better hopes. . :11 eroges- th• iniede dertitf ciontaininated - with the to the Sheers public,house, hi -Chequer-alley
2 White.
-On such a basis of prevention.. and reform " The • vices Which lead to ptiseo,..atitt those whidh are crocs.street, on Tuesday night, betwe,en 10 and 11
Refuge for the Destitute" has beets framed and esta. ' there irtibildsd ; it is'hoped' tha• the successwill bej o'clock, where they found the followitm arspicious
blished ; and if it may he admitted that the greatest dee:heti' asieitatto to every expectation that could ea. characters :--licre. Waters, aged 19 , Jahn.: Connell,.
good is elected where, the greatest evil is preventierilordlyhtc ohned. ' * ! aged 10 • Joh. likart, aged 19 ; 'John Cob, aged 19k,
or its destructive consequences remedied, the t Amone the numereet appliconts for the ilia of James Pirrakey, 16 ;_ James Allerridun, 17 ; Georgt;
'ringers of this Establishment would trust thee t t •klfliiilliiitairtimi, the Cierettittee have to note,. that . Paris'', Joseph Edwards, -18 ; &Rd fitMe4 flume,.
it
shall be found justified in their.presera appeal to the three attentinnites, as usettiOwertdirected with con- aged 18; who were brought tip, beik; .charged with
beneficent consideration of every friend of moral Enid... sideretee.adientage to many? Wilifsci previous eircum. : meeting at the &hove house, .with Iltim_tW2B- of °thee
social order in behalf of the most destitute part of . stkiteier fired theft arirresstoe into the' eau'. ; disorderly youths, sereraiof whom mesh/ Omit escape
mankind ;--for who among the children of men can ',, bnitltliellt4dhOthkerlif, iindifforded an otseortatety t from the vigilance of the officers. Connell, Waters,
be involved in more abject wretcheduess than those-int pre4nlinUtfieb. rola by a speedy restoration to . and Mackey, not giving any accoant how theysabted
who, haying. forfeited every .claim to the countettenceittreir friends; 'fit bi placing them in respectable :grey honest livelihood, our laviug any person to their
of society, are shunned by all who know them, and . siludtions. ': ' I characters, ware committed to the house of cot
=pa
suspected by alt who know them ,not.;—and who, They Wive 4dnsitted, during 'the last year, 45 ob.' bat several creditable persons attending oil tpl
even when the teproaches of their own coesciencee,l jets; to whelp no other refuge from pressing need 1
discharged. the others, and who promised to employ tbeesellitet
were • . •••
would lead them to repentance, find themselves come. slid tetheibteion presented ittelf, and who are now 1

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pelted, by a total loss c$ chaerietar,ernkrtakiett eirftfs: 01E4014 iilligth attridalltt`itlid iittua ; whilst they i • GeiLDHALL.-.-Tuesday,, .1(4144 *arced • *O4 R.
of recovery,. to crustiness a lifa.of trenegressient evelaAlidvitbaboTebtlgeirte reject,-for want-of funds, the I Hopkinr, porters in the etrristoyment• of biro AWN•
in co-oporatios with the authors of their ,ruin east petitidnii of 110.ktretibed, and • apparently penitent man C. Smith, M. I'. underwent.* finat examination
the abettors of their first set of guiltiaess by OW felfeirjcieefores`i ' - ' before Sir C. S. lltneratt, charged. with etealiog a.
they fell. ... •.. ~, -, ~ ~ ~• .„ . .... ,'. Twetiable the Letitia tojetrge mere aecerattly: of '. quantity of wine and spirits. Wigle, so officatts
I. • l'he .primary,' principle, therefore, et .thle Instill. the bibefiis of Alt litstitutiev't, the Committee 'sub:. ! deposed, that going through the Borough-eu Sunda".I ....f
week he met the Priootier Bennett, who waa 'carry.
tion is to provide alt asylum of reformation.. tn. O ' mit toclitelt cOeshkrritten 'the folloning cans N.* •
/ pardoned and punished Convict, when delivered Of FiRST CASE. . . ing n large basket. Upon the witness stoppiog:
released from she infliction of their sentence. -.:41,41, 11/1 July, mit; a moo was eeftelek.dvA• apath,g,a., and interrogating him as to Us contents, the Pri-
I this provision is made with the purpose of counter.- pef -er pot, .indiernterieell to the 'lmmo. Derarraii sewer came cae up, seised upon the basket,
I : ivy.
acting those contaminating impressions which result idideta from his pistrishMeist, Iti ISIO, be kyle* not and ran off Witness heving raised a oaf
-
1 from the association of a prison ; and a ith the hops, New toolitirits holm!t timploydietst, forthe:iodise •of i " Stop thief," the Prisoners were iio *sett.
.';
that, by the probationary discipline of " The Ile..•ltts Pressiiig netttesitiht. • •Rettectivig with imneh t stied, as to fling the basket oter41;71110
: fuge," they may be brought to a just sense of alt Agin oil 'his past itiketthatta., and ongiooo to flit' seven or eight feet, high, and evenfuetly... ,pp. enormity of their criminal deviations, and may .-eiifiled by his iiiiin Indittet tb resist the•preseuvei of, fags themselves in a -large 'yard. Their
restored, withronewed character, to the countenauce of witiefot tlielfueute, he•felt- bitterly the leis of chow; this retreat, however, being obsetved by tisrper.
society. Of thisclass of objects,some, in consideration rietOr, and. eirnettly'deiliett to be' pit hist *ay 't
bli
ter, and the Officer soon coping up, ,lits tsagusaikill.
tof their youth, and upon -condition of their being re. I regain the Coakidesite Oflatieleity.;• '' • , the lather, that if he sought • " twurreawaygieitler..
1
I ceived into " The Refuge," have been respited front.i AMpreised iiith'ifilb eniniiiindablefeeling,' hi.prew men, he would find-them safelyeatigtt its-hit ogres,".
' capital punishment by the Judges and constitdted; eintedhiiiilielf fa the Ceps svehd-liitened na his , n"tbin the yert.l.---The Prisooors beiug folios', were
taken into custody, sod upon r‘torolog withihflo to
authorities of the land, respited, and thus they hay tile with iriedh interest ;`Sed, on Isis assurances of.
never been rejected, however low at the time pinitenee,`ieetlited him lisle Ve Wade. • .e' -:,,i,' .i the place they lied thrown away theirskets a quail.. '
: funds of the institution may have becu. !, . Ile. bal'tiot been' nitoy months ender : the furfoi.i. thy- of wine, brandy, rum,: hollands, &c. were
'Co• ~. , .. -
o these are to lie added those wretched outcasts 'iii .cini-of the Inititofion, before a titoottoo; woo, fbied-sleitroyed.—.Pliey were fullyt animitted Mettle!.
of-society, .who, having sought a miserable subsist.' familtd, tot him, lb 'ifiklet; hd hislcentinted'ist ate elk ' Ilstrot-rt ILL—A man of etateet nOtearance end
ence in the haunts and by the wages of prostitutiou, ~e'ter'sinte, **Cent et ttlivbethilidt When thaveoll6l4l.4 CSELLO•ji"C;lair:tt•lt; r)I; 11 r. ,highly, 40b:T:Zi1,Mr;th ~!rifabl.
have been plunged by the desperation of want into .to tie einploirnent foi. lihn;qiiitileofhllllolllllseiellsidei be doe the most dm.* description. bar. Mablvwstatee. thei
to tow*: on Monday evening, W note fie ire
the petty artifices of dishonesty, lied afarther &haw, is trittitid, '"fiat he has riot j•idtted tcriride f as, "Altbial-..cbir coming
dement of every principle of social.jetegrity.l Wolii AO moors; the Prisoner mid a young woman were also
work returned, the same ernploy.er :hew-Amer bewail to eiecoace'i they itud not been long seated when Mr.' Mkbly
. :Other objects also come- supra.a ,the compass of many to receive oubipaiiie, 110 te%seegevive Eg. I felt the- Omer 's bead' in his monk ethos pocket, -iseateassam
this Sesectuevy of the Destitute. Those wit*, disc • e/girt..or ii
sit lite* folgielgeigiawai dim* tivirtyPortis °a feelitalainSelf lie mined a gold /fact
ut; lie. in silver, runt some meinnrandums. He directly
I pointed in-their virtuous belies and laudable endea- i tan,; sal iNiiiiiivinilefidaribitiiiidilliiiiritidrtionsi itiorAetsips Prisoner with having picked his pocket, who
!,vours to procure a Livelihood by.ituluskioua exertion,." of thin lifslikollggi.•;Riu, - • ...;. .. • -., . tendod:Mr.falt lath a Makin rage, denied the charge, and struck
,- 'Mr. Mabry several siulellf blows, Mr. Mably raised'
his east base, fresn a want of recommendation tgit.eespior,. •• ' -, - gliclipf.ttbatgeit- • "...Ai.) '
• toeefend fiii.face, when the Prisoner seized it, and the. Prase-
. .
found themselves its the most , afflictive CO/talitioO -of • ' , ,ditoi felt hint draw ;innate,' ringieom one of his tinter,. He
islesolation; and without Nelda, without a hene„. • took Ito notice,tut when the couch stopped, gave him to
. . „, iOn searching him, the two rings were fouud concealed at
i!without food, and even, without necessary apparel, Thtfroule Old Pi. ~ . .4,otnee, 'end-Fitet7 twee-band of his pnutaloons, and several of Mr. Mobley's
!might have been driyen. to Atiip_ et the precarious '.Geitiihiart to Letts •* is .iteddotity ;oil the papers "sere loonyl in his widget ; the money was lying on
'support of, the moment ,by. that total surrender of all !--itsth iiiititit at Paiii.- illi hird'AlT Peg bunker about: the seat: of the coach. Several letters were fonnd
,apoii
him, from which it appeared, ;bat he.had formerly been a Cap-
moral foctitude, and that consequent Perpeliatfosi 4. ' bAleight before, but' liter lipPeiteed to' have a verr lain-in the army, and for some time past had been employed in
ciime; from which the preventive relief afforded by. iioainble iiscoviery.. St4erar, Oils Mends who had.; the -litast.•losho
.cosotssay's service, and that his connections
t' The I.l..efirge" has leippily rescued i4era. .'. .1 . ithe:4enfriig .With Riot iiftitsint at ten o'clock,i
Thai principles and iegulatitins'by wbidist,Ms wont' ''•', be •• ~ .•1 Viehn. . • • iriernrexlicii;,,,•ttertestteeeitthuiee.
and
Illtddertmenicent,entzyssaiodf he wrail much
property. Ile was fully..committed for trial. ta og the
of reform and deliveraece hi morbid a 1,4-tZi. Nitf; 1-•"4 " ;1 •' it XitightS,, who have been married I
blishment, ere, separation frosolheiditiqqof e'itilt i. , .:*".‘ , • !'iviiilhinit, a* ettreintely giad to find that 1
• an instant'tp.nupciatiep of all !Mimi. latirciellic,
_ltle. •'..ettnefAit hate 'iteiv4eti their wives Into ladies-by
dustrieut em cat- .serious-eihertaileitilb Jiient: ", tOlifioTtlidsleril ate' they theniselves had despaired
.
Pa •

DIED.
On the 2lst lost, at stoke, near Pbosoutk Mrs. Canby, wife
of Capt. Cpmhy, of his Majesty's Ilyperion.
On the 21th inst. at Paddington-tritest, of a consumption, oc-
casioned hy.fatigoe io the Peinasola, Frederick Chamberlaine,
Esq. Lieutenant is tbk,l6o.nignaenli Light Dragoons, young-
est .on of the late Joke Chaftsberlaine, tsq.
oa the lith suet. Jftsepli /3eeto, Esq. late of the Co-
lans+ of•l)eap
• Olt thft 15th nt the sent of H. D: Yineeftt, Esti
thki adtt.•Willitun Hitts4uy, .a-Oeneral id the Army, at the ad-
vadoviamgeof 82. y .• •
011,11 C ISA kW. it tietikeiipn' in Elizabeth-place, Larabetho
bitt. Wanebnliqih,*4ll6.4, " ' •

kcilibew icethfileitiftli4iAike* riAmiatti), ill
lb traTesmar Orrice,
•