The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-01-20 00:00:00

THE STATESN

French Papers also contain some further particulars
of the late shipwrecks on the Dutch coast, and off
Jutland. The Mouiteur, in reply to some observa-
tions which appeared in the Courier, repeats the accu-
sation against our Ministers, of their having thrown
Foreigners, discharged from our service, upon the
German and Dutch coasts. The number of these
unfortunate beings is estimated at 3000; and the
French Government say, 46 We will print the inter-
rogataries and proofs of this crime, with the result
of the inquiries made in different countries from
Hungary to Russia?" The Post of this morn-
ing, in answer to this statement, asserts that—
" The persons who have lately been sent out of this
country were of a widely different description : they
were adventurers of depraved characters, men who
had no honest business here, and were evidently in-
triguing in the service of the enemy. They were sent
away under the Alien Act." We are unable at pre-
sent to say which of these accounts is entitled to the
greatest credit. The following are extracts from the
Paris Journals received this morning :

" CONSTANTINOPLE, N0v.25.
" To satisfy the impatience of tb • public, and announce the
happy event of the birth of a Prince, the Seraglio was last night
illuminated. Discharges of artillery, and (he public criers an-
nounced this agreeable intelligence. The young Prince has been
named Moult4e VEST. The GRAND SEIGNIOR received the fe—
licitations of the Divan. The public rejoicings will commence
to-morrow. The Capitan Pacha, ALv PACNA, was on the 18th
dismissed, and MANNED PACRA, Great Chamberlain to his
Highness, named High Admiral. The marine is expected to
derive great advantages from this nomination."—(.llonitenr,
Jas. It.)
" A Tartar has arrived here from Bosnia,in five days, bringing
accounts of the defeat of the Sery inns nearßode and Bs•rkolTdsche.
The Servians loss several stand of colours and nearly 1000 men.
Wedatter ourselves, that by the irruption of the Bosnjans in their
province the Servians a ill be compelled to withdraw a part of
their fore( s from Unlock, or at least abandon their projected
enterprize upon Jemmy Baca, which interrupts the commnnica-
tion and the safety of the Bosnian roads."—kGazelte de France,
Jon. 10.)
" A general dissati4l/4ction against the GRAND VIZIER, who,
after placing his army in a very disadvantageous position, dared
to propose to the Porte, to purchase peace by immenseracrifices,
prevails here ; hut, according to all appearances, the GRAND
VIZIER will he abandoned to his fate, and new armies set
on foot. The great roads a hich lead tam Schumla and Widden, are
filled with treopi, who, by forced marches, are proceeding to
their respective destinations. The Peeves have received the
most positive orders to accelerate the recruiting as much as pos-
sible. Considerable sums have been assigned to equip new ar-
maments, and immense transports of artillery, warlike stores,
and provisions, have already set off far Bulgaria."—(Joairnal
de 1' Empire, Jan. 10.)

We have received Dublin Papers down to Saturday
last. The Petition of the Protestants in favour of
Catholic Emancipation continues, it is stated, to be
signed by all the respectable and patriotic Gentlemen
of that persuasion in Dublin. An attempt was made,
at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen of Dublin,
to procure a Petition against the Catholic Claims,
but this was successfully resisted. Upon this sub-
ject the Dublin Correspondent, of the 17th, in a
Second Edition, remarks—" We find, notwithstand-
ing what we had already stated, that an attempt was
made to procure a Petition against the Catholics, and
in opposition to the Protestant Petition, which has
been so universally signed at the Commercial-build-
ings.
The Petition against the Catholics was made
to originate with the Board of Aldermen, as it was
supposed they would adopt it with more docility than
the Commons—but after being detained there for se-
veral hours, it was announced that the Board had
anscrto ! ! This is another triumph over the
Minister. We will return to the subject again."

The Committee appointed to inquire into the
state of the Police (of the Nightly Watch we cannot
bear to think) will immediately commence their im-
portant labours, and the people look with the most
anxious solicitude to the result. Nothing short of
a new system, which will go to the prevention, as
well as the discovery and punishment of crimes, will
answer any purpose, at a time when our houses-can
no longer be considered our castles, when the stoutest
heart is appalled by the unheard-of atrocities which
have of late disgraced the metropolis, and when we
are no longer safe in our beds. Nothing can
be more idle than to expect that any improve-
ment of which the present system is capable, can
be productive of the slightest benefit. Vain in-
deed were it to require an increased degree of
vigilance, method, and intelligence, in. those who
never had any, and who, from their nature anti
constitution, can never be expected to possess any.
Tho old law might have answered in old times ; but
it Is not suited to the increased depravity, arising
from a larger population and increased temptation ;
and the well-disposed part of the community, trem-
bling as they are for their safety, even in their pre,
sent barricadoed state, therefore look with eagerness
and hope towards their Representatives for an effec-
tual means of personal security—a protection which
they have a right to expect, and which ought not be
denied them by those in whom they so naturally place
their trust.

BONAPARTE IS said to hare ordered an expedition
to be fitted out at Brest, against the British settle-
ments at New South Wales.

Letters from Naples, of the 26th Nov. state, that
BAUR Ur had ordered all the frigates and gun-boats in
the ports of that, kingdom to be prepared for sea
With all expedition and that a second levy of seamen
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had been made. Two regiments had at the same time
received orders to quit Naples and march towards
the coast.
A motion is to be made to-morrow, by Mr.
BROUGHAM, for an inquiry into the enormous fund
of the Droits of the Admiralty.
A new 74 gun-ship is laid down at Deptford, and
named dui livo, after the one lately lost in the
Texel.
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THE KM.
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One Readsm would andoubt saaaark the circumstance of the
variation between the lialietin of Sunday, the 12th inst. and the
testimony given by the Physicians on Monday, the 13th. The
difference ought to be accounted-for, and au explanation of the
fact will arcouut also for the terms of the Bulletin exhibited yes-
terday. The Physiciaus all meet at Windsor on Saturday'moro-
ing ; and it is after visiting the KING, and a consultation together,
that the Bulletin which is shewn at St. James's, on the Sunday, is
Made out. It substantiates his Mascsrt's case therefore only up
to that date ; and accordingly, the Bulletin of Sunday se'nnight,
said that " his klasEsTv continued nearly in the same state."—
On, Monday, however, it came out in evidence that at .5 o'clock,
in the evening of the 1 I th,after the Council had broken up, and all
but the Physicians in rotation had left Windsor, an access of his
I.i.furv'scomplaint came on. Dr. K. Wit us gave all account of
it in his evidence ; and, we understand, that the exacerbation con-
tinued with unabated violence for the whole week, during which
the KING'S irritation was at times excessive. It would be must
painful to the hearts of his affectionate People to have a Journal
of the disorder for the seven days, during which its violence.
continued it became so alarming on Saturday morning last (by
the length of time it had endured, and the effects which want of
sleep, and a !Orli pulse must necessarily have on the bodily
frame), that all the ordinary Physicians were desired by the
Queen's Connell to continue their attendance on his M esTv's
person. Sirli. H t LEDA!) and l)r.llxaEaoav accord inglyre.mained,
aswell as Dr. BAILLIE,and expresses were sent to town tot his effect.
The Bulletin made out, as we have said.onSaturdav morning,states
the tact of his MaJesvir having lad as access of his complaint.
After the Council broke up, Inwever, and indeed about the.
same hour of the day when the access Caine on (five o'clock in
the evening) his M.tivery fell into a tranquil sleep, which lasted
without interruption fur six hours. Yesterday morning he ap-
peared materially refreshed, eat his breakfast ss ith appetite,
and had again axoniptaed sleep. The Physicians had, the hap.
piness to see his Nlasairev's wonderful constitution again reco-
ver itself from tile shock, and the two Plissitians, seek„ the
danger over, came to town. This is the substance of the account
which we havareceived_ from Windsor. and upon which the
public may rely. The Doke ofeYcnte did not leave Windsor
till eleven o'clock, and carried to the PRINCE REGENT the
agreeable information of tleparoxysin having subsided.

RIOTS.

—mow-
NOTTINGHAM.

[From Ilia Nottingham Review af Friday ks!.]
" :Wen easily forget crimes that are known only
to themselves," says a celebrated writer ; but the
frame-breakers take care that the world at large shall
aid them in remembrance of theirs ; for w kilo the in-
creasing number of these crimes gives a corresponding
notoriety to their mysterious perpetrators, the varied
circumstances attending their commission constantly
furnish matter for sympathy, disgust, and conversa-
tion—to what a state is the lately flourishing town of
Nottingham reduced! Our own Orders in Council,
and the French Decrees, speak hire in language too
Intelligible to be mistaken.
On Monday night they went to a house on the
forest-side, to demolish two warp lace-frames, for
"taking what is called two-course hole ; :but on the
wan and his family putting up the most tender
iltreaties for mercy (the frames being the product
d his own diligent industry ), and giving his word
to make no more of that sort of net, his flames
Were spared ; but with the most horrid threats of
vengeance if he did not keep his promise.
On Tuesday night the house of Mr. Slater, of
New Radford, was also entered ; the first man pre-
senting a drawn sword to his breast when. he opened
the door, suspecting it had been his own appren-
itice who wanted to come in ; but . the depredators
(contented themselves with cutting the warp asunder
on the beam of the frame, and with taking away
the wheels which are necessary to the formation of the
two-course hole mesh. The same night two plain
cotton frames were broken at'Sueinton • their holders
being chargea with working at an ribetted`Prit'e." On
Saturday night Week, a hay-stack 4-as burnt at But-
. well; and we have just learnt that two frames, be.
longing to a hosier in this town, were last night
broken in the parish of Westhatlatn, in Derbyshire..
A picquet of a hundred men now parades the streets
of Nottingham, in seperate parties, headed by the
civil authorities, every night.
The followiug is a copy of a printed notice sent to
the respective hosiers, &c. of this town :
" Nottingham. :lan. 19, ISI2.
" Sir, applicationheint intended to be made to Parliament,
by the t..“,true-
for an Act to make good the damage sustainedl
lion of the frames, yon are requested to meet at the NaNews Ito 'm,
Ltehange Hall, on l'lrw,d:o, next, at ten o'clock in the fore-
noon, for the ptirpose of con) iug the sanw into ettect."
A tneetiag was accordingly held, and the Resolu-
tion agreed to.
On this subject, a correspondent desires us to put
the two fallow Mg queries :—first, will the landed in-
terest, and others not concerned in manufactories,
be agreeable to bear the burden in common with
those tradesmen who have sustained damage by the
destruction of their frames ? and secondly, if this
Act passes, will it not be an inducement to mean-
hearted fellows, who may have a frame or two, to
break those frames themselves, whets they nre ren-
dered useless for want of work, and seek for a re-
manemtiou from the public ? In our Paper a few
weeks ago, when dilating on cut-up hosiery goods,
we stated, that if this practice were to be permitted,
we might as well send for tailors to take measure of
our legs, &c. This, we are informed, is now really
come to pass ; for tailors are now actually employed
in making cut-up.gloves. -A little misunderstanding
has, however, taken place ' • for the tailor does not
understand weighing out and lit ;And the hosier does
not understand cabluw.
LEEDS.
'We are extremely sorry to learn, that the spirit of
riot that has so long afflicted the town ofiNottingham
and its neighbourhood, has extended 70 miles north,
and has appeared iu the opulent and industrious town
of Leeds. On Wednesday night last, at nine
o'clock, the Magistrates were suddenly convened,
and were informed that within about two hours an
attack was to be made by a number of persons on
some premises at Shipscar, where the dressing-ma-
chinery, introduced about 12 months since, had
been established. After a few minutes consultation,
the two troops of horse quartered in _the town were
ordered out, and proper means were employed to
assemble the civil power. It was stated, that the'
men to be concerned in the outrage were to have
their faces blackened, and to be armed with short
hammers. At the time appointed, a number of per-
sons were seen passing and repassing near the spot,
but they seemed to have taken the alarm, and not to
be disposed to collect for the accomplishment of their
design. In this situation, the purpose being appa-
rently abandoned for thr night, one of them was I
seized upon at the Bridge, whets a hammer and a
large piece of burnt cork were found upon him. He
was immediately conducted to York castle, where
he remained for the re-examination of the Magis-
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NAVAL INTEL LK; ENO?.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. :9.

Arrived his Majesty's ship Hyperion, front the West Indies.
Sailed the Venerable, Crane, and Cadmus, on a cruise.
PLYMOUTH, .I.‘x. Id.
Came in the Phcebe frigate front the Cape of Hope, and the
Foskitund sloop of war, from a cruise.
Sailed his Alajekty's ship Scylla for the roast of France.
FALMOUTH, JAN, Iti.
The following 1 ackets are due, and may be houtly expected,
viz. Arabella and Duke of Kent, from Llvinat ; Darlington,
from Colic ; Adventure and Saadu led, from Malta ;
Castle and Elizabeth, from the Hrazils; Express; front C.*
Windward Islands; Prince Ernest, from Jan.aica; and Do-
bar t packet. from New York.

The Cartaret packet is the only one in purl, and she sails on
the 4.3 d, wind and weather pennitting, w ith the Mails for Lisboa
and Surinam.

DEAL, JAN. 19.
Came down from the River the Elizabeth sad Margaret, for
Bermuda, and several vessels from the Westward, and has sailed
for the River and different destinations.

COWES; JAN. 19.

Sailed the Hornet American frigate, for France.

LEITH, itN. IG.

On Tuesday, the Zealous, of 74 pots, and Clio sloop of war,
with a convoy, sailed from the Roads for the Nure; and,
terday, the Venus frigate and Gallant gun-brig on a cruise, kit
Snake and Cherokee sloops of war came Mat the hurboar yi
lerday to be repaired.

COVE, JAN. 13.
WriT Ixot.► Futer.—Early yesterday morning, his Majesty's
ship I/anode/4, Capt. Barber, with 25 sail of West Indianien,
sailed hence with a tine breeze from the N. E. •They were:joined
by some ships off the harbour, and soon got a good oiling.
other Beet for the West Indies is expected to rendezvous hue
directly. • •

TbeFisgard arrived at Spithead on Thnrsday, from a crn;s4
in the Skive, of Is month, during which she experienced the most
tcnipestdollreather on the coast of N era ay sumt Jut land, par:i-
colarly about the time the Hero, St. Geoige, and Defence, were
drisea oa ►hoer. On the tittth December, about seven in the
svenin.i, when in the act of wearing, the crew were surprised by
the most melancholy cries of some persons at a distance, Shortly
after, a small boat was seen pulling towards the ship, fohnd io
be nearly sw amped ; and the surviving crew, eotrAstiog• of four
persons, were taken on board the Fi•gird, almost exhaust with
cold and fatigue, where they had e‘riy assi-tance a*rded
theme. One man aas foucd dead at the I ottom of the boat : and
it was thought that not one could have survived another hour,
as there was a very heavy sea running at the time, and the I.naL
was stove-in in several places. These poor fellows were the
crew of a galliut (from Jutland to Norway, n ith corn) which
they were obliged to abandon, when sinking, baying sprung a
leak, and,they had been in the boat 36 hours. The Fisgard, on
her passage to England, lost her main-top-mast, whilst the men
were furling the top-gallant-sail; one mate fell overboard and
was lost, one was killed by fallin,.; on deck, and four others
were much wounded.

THE M.IRKETS.

CORN ENCIiANGC, JAN. 90.

This day the arrivals of Wheat coastwise make a emisideralele
supply, ith part of lab: week'sfureigu, upwards at' :•0 0 9nar-
tern. The trade generally dull in sale, at a deelenson is price of
about 9.5. and :is. per quarter. Berle; is likewise dull in
at the late redaction. Malt somewhat lower. Whit, and
Grey Pea, with of each sort, hardly at last prices.—
There are hat middling supplies of Oat', and .06 trade quoted
at little variation. Flour Lsalsogeutrally.aamed cheaper.

Wheat 56615 s 1014 ' Tick do.
FIIIV ditto ........ 110 116 i 1/0. (Fine Old)
11 ye
32
Watley 35 48 Poland do. ....1. • •33 37
Nlalt 74 FI Potato( de. ... ... S 8 X
__

White Peas (boilers) 77 84 Rape Seed
(grey do.
Brun

•• WITH FOILS I

1414%11W f-J -

Tosial tier fllVal. pensame of bit.. • . '
Reef ...is. 01. to 11s., 04. Mead of Cattle this day :
lissom —St. Id. to Gs. 24. Reasta
Veal ....7s. wt. to Rs. 0.1. Sheep ......... .
Pork ....6i. 44. Is ;s.- 44 Cnlves ..... . 100
Lamb • ...os. 04. to Os. (M. Pies ,. .... 290
11dlf-P4ARKET.' - ' .
Hay
Straw lll. • 2s. - Od. to 21.141. Oa. • •
Clover .....61. Or. • 04. to SI. 0.. Od.,

• The poll at Barnstaple finally closed, lite -en
Thursday evening, when WILLIAM Dual Esq. illt3
elected.—The nnmher of each candicbiteinni--

• Wm. Busk, I.sry ' IS!
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Sir M. Lopes, Bart ASO

The number of Electors is 560; only 369 polled.
Alexander O'Kain was found guilty,on •Mondry,
before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edin§urgn,
of robbing Alexander Stewart, at Stirling, and sen-
tenced to be executed there on the 21st February
next.
LIMERICK) JAN. 14.—1 n consequence of private
information received by Mr. BERN MO, our post-
master, a man named Patrick Donoghue, mho called
for letters this morning, and answered the descrip-
tion Mr. .BERNARD had of him, was apprehended
Laud committed to prison, on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the murder of Nlarr and Williamson's
lies. It appeared he resided at Ratcliffe Highway
for the last five years, and is a native of Ardnacrusha,
near this city.
GREENOCK, JAN. 13.—We are happy to perceive,
that Government seems disposed to take up, this
Session, the state of our foreign commerce. We
trust lasting and important advantages may be the
consequence ; and we are authorised to state that
Lord MELVILLE, in a letter to Mr. CRAWFORD, the
Chief Magistrate, alike creditable to his Lordship's
-
candour and ability, has undertaken the charge of
resenting the Greenock Petition to the House of
Lords. _ _ _

On Wednesday last, the Town Council of Edits-
, burgh, Resolved unanimously,—" That the present
system of police is imbecile and inadequate to the
protection of the city, and appointed a Committee
I to consider with the Judges of the Supreme Courts
and other Public Bodies, in order to get the Police
Act altered or amended, so that it may be made
more efficient for the protection of the lives and pro_
. perties of the inhabitants." At a meeting of the
Society of Writers to the Signet, held upon the 13th
I instant, a similar motion was made, and agreed to
' unanimously.
DAAING Rosatast.—On Saturday evening last,
between, the hours of seven and eight o'clock, 11r.
IJoisnstoNE, dyer, of Bromley, Middlesex, was
knocked down in Devan's-lane, and his pocket rilled
Ivy two fellows, one of whom put his foot on hi%
stomach whilst the other searched his breeches
Ipockets,-and took therefrom six shillings; but fortu-.
nately did not obtain his notes, which were loose in
the inside pocket of his coat.
One hundred and forty of the least atrocious con-
victs on baud of the hulks, at Woolwich, Sheerness,
11.anaston, ald Portsmouth) are be be enlisted into
the 103 d regiment.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Jas. 17.
sanwooo e. SIR r. SURDIVIT.
The Plaintiff's Counsel, Sir &intim floottax. Mr. Mats,
and Mr. Btu., were beard this day, at great length, upon apse.
titian for a rehearing of this cause, upon which his lordship lad
some time
,ago given judgment. Our Readers will most proba-
bly recollect the heads of it from a former report ; they are
briefly the following :—The Plaintiff, Mr. Harwood, was no-
pile% of a Gen lemon of the pante of Tooke, but not on terms a(
tntimacy, such as might be *expected from such a relationship,
until, by the good ofhees of Mr. Horne Tooke, the nephew was
reconciled to the mule, and by that means has 'merited a very '
considerable forme. The kindness of Mr. Horne Tooke was
greatly enhanced from the great probability of succeeding, io his
uw n person, to the gentleman's property whose nephew he had
thus genet ously served, as the uncle had been known to have
given hints of etch an intention. Mr. tiara nod expressed his
sense of this generous interposition, by giving Mr. Home Tooke
a note of hand for four thousand pounds. This note was passed
iu lsol. Mr. Horne'l'ooke, de:.iring to convert this into a provi-
sion for his family. purchased for pan of it an annuity from Sir
Francis Burdett, and took a bond for the remainder, 16001.;
upon which the Plaintif tiled a bill in equity, and moved for an
injunction to stop proceedings at law, on the ground of no fair
or valuable eons•deralon having been obtained for the note is
question The Caancellor granted an injonctioo, conditionally,
ou his (the Plaintiff) confessing judgmeot, and paying the mo-
sey into Court. His Lordship's judgment, as has been stated,
was adverse to the Plaintif, who, however, has thought it ad-
visable to petition his Lordship fur a rehearing. The very
Loomed Counsel. in support of the petition, in a great measure
re-opened the cause, and argued that, even upon the Defendant's
own shelving., no valuable consideration had been given for the
note ; that it had been obtained in consequence of an intimacy,
that was followed by a kind of undue influence ; that general
policy di"roontenancal transactions of this nature; that the
Maintif and Mr. Borne Tooke did not stand in that degree of
relatiouthip, which, sometimes, and under particular circum-
stance', gives an iopearanee of equity to such proceedings,
there being no equality of contract in the parties in this case ;
and that great danger would result from the establishment of the
doctrine, that strangers might bargain for their advice in the af-
fairs of relations. The cases cited in support of those arguments
were very numerous. His Lordship noticed all the points with
his usual accuracy, and seemed to lay particular stress upon the
circumstance or the Defendant, Sir France, Burdett, having no
notice from the Plaintitl of auy legal or equitable objection to the
note at the time of his giving a valnahlt consideration for it.—
Upon the whole, the leaning of his Lordship's mind serums to be
tor the affirming of his own decree; but be has thought proper
to tike further time for the consideration of it. His final judg-
ment is expected to-morrow. No Counsel appeared for the De-
fendant, a circumstance which his Lordship noticed in the be-
ginning of his observations, by stating the necessity of greater ac-
curacy on his own part, inasmuch as it was his own decree, and
that the Defendant log reposed so much in the validity of that

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TRIAL OF MR. WALSIL

SAITRDAY, JAY. iS.
Benjamin Walsh stood indicted for feloniously
stealing 22 Bank-notes of 10001. each, and one Bank-
note for 2001. the property of Sir Thomas Plomer,
Knt. with intent to defraud him of the said sum of
money—in other counts of the indictment the offence
was variously charged, to which the Prisoner pleaded

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Not Guilty.
Mr ABBOTT opened the pleadings on the part of
the prosecution.
Mr. qARROW, in stating the case on the part of
the prosecution, observed, that if it had been passi-
ble for the Prosecutor in this action to have extend-
ed indulgence or commisseration towards the unfor-
tunate Priioner at the bar, the. honourable and hu-
mane feelings and character of the Prosecutor would
bare most williugly abstained from the present pro-
secution; but from the nature of the case he was
called upon to discharge an important public duty,
which was indispeusible. He desired the Jary
would discharge their minds from any impres-
sion which might be made by what they might
have seen in the public priuti and be wholly
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directed by the evidence which should be adduced
before them. The Prosecutor was his Majesty's so-
licitor-General, and had long been acquainted with
the Gentlemen whom he had now the painful duty to
prosecute. His father had been a Director of the
Bank of England, and from this the Prosecutor was
induced to entrust the Prisoner as a Stock-broker.
He then proceeded to state the case, as it appeared
in evidence, and which we prefer giving in the detail,
from which he concluded, that at the time of the
Prisoner's getting the means into his power, it was
his intention to perpetrate the felony. As to the
question of law, he took it from the oldest authori-
ties, that the crime of larceny was imputable to the
Prisoner. The crime of simple larceny was suffi-
ciently known and well defined, it was feloniously
taking the personal chattels against the will, and with-
out the knowledge of the owner, with intent to con-
vert them to his own use, and upon the evidence it
would appear that the Prisoner at the Bar had taken
this money with no other intent.
Sir Thomas Plonier being sworn, stated, that he'
bad for many years employed the Prisoner as a Stock-
broker, and in the mouth of August last, apprised ,
him that he had made a contract for the purchase of I
an estate, for which he was to pay at Michaelmas,
and it would be necessary for him to sell out stock
to a considerable amount : the Prisoner advised at
that time to postpone being out, as he expected a
considerable rise in stock, and the longer he post-
poned it the better ; but, in November, the Prisones
urged him strongly to sell out, as stock would fall
considerably, saying, he had consulted the most intel-
ligent persons upon the subject; and, in consequence
of this he gave him authority to sell out stock to the
amount of 13,4001. three-per-cents. and 18,6001.
reduced consols. On the following day he called at
the Prisoner's office in the city, who told him be had
.made the contract for the sale, and it was agreed to
be transferred on the Wednesday or Thursday fol-
lowing, which accordingly took place ; and he then
consulted the Prisoner on the best way of disposing
of the money until he should want it, and he advised
the purchase of Exchequer Bills, but it was then, he
said, too late ht the day for that purpose. The next
day the Prisoner called at his chambers at Lincoln's
Inn, and be gave him a check on Messrs. Gosling, his
bankers, for t 2,0001. for the purpose of purchasing
these Exchequer Bills, and hrs. promised to return
with them that day at four o'clock ; this was Thurs-
day, sth December. He returned about half-past
four, appeared agitated, and 'complained of an
asthma ; and after a little pause told him he had
made the contract with Mr. Trotter, Mr. Coutt's
broker, but the Exchequer Bills could not be deli-
vered until Saturday, as they were lotked up in the
Bank, and Mr. Coutt's was not in town ; and that
he should call on that day at three o'clock. At that
time he produced 60001. Exchequer Bills, which he
said he would lodge with his bankers, along with
the receipt for the balance. Ile afterwards inquired
at his bankers', and found the Exchequer Bills for
60001. were lodged, but no receipt and he never
saw the Prisoner after until he savrhitn in Bow-
street. The witness then referred to the letter he
had received, which has been already published.

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