The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-04-04 00:00:00

Constitutional and Religious
Country. He assured their Lordships, that besides
the respect to which the Noble Persons in that lionse
who were friendly to the Bill were entitled, be also
felt that the respect due to the deliberations of the
other House imposed upon them the duty of consider-
ing the measure with temper and serious atfention.
lie need not recal what had been bis conduct on for-
mer occasions, when the claims of the Catholics bad
been discussed; but if in reconsidering his former
opinions, he should find grounds to make him think
fit to change them, lie should feel that be was not
doing his duty to the country, if be did not frankly
avow that change. For lie thought that the only
mode of preserving real consistency. was not to
abstain from altering an opinion, if that opinion were
found to be erroneous, but in all things to act openly,
according to the dictates of conscience. It was his
full conviction, however, on this occasion, that the
great interests of our Civil and Constitutional Esta-
blishments, would nut permit him to agree to the
present: Bill, such as had been introduced. Neither
did he think that it would be possible for him as an
individual, to give his consent to the measure, what-
ever modifications it might receive. He pledged him-
self, however, to take the subject into his most serious
consideration before the day fixed for the second read-
ing, still thinking that it was impossible that any
modification could be introduced into such a Bill,
which would meet his view and induce him to give it
his support.
The Bill having been read a first time,
The Earl of DONOUOIIMORE moved that it be
read a second time on Tuesday next, and that the
Lords be summoned fur that day. Agreed to—.ld•
journed.

snatched his hat, In which was a silk
handketchief, off his head, and laid it at one side. The
plaintiff remonstrated against this coded, upon which
the defendant said, if be was not sattsfied he must go
to the watch-house, and instantly called in a night
patrole and gave him in *barge. The patrole con-
ducted him to the end of Isis beat, and the defendant
then said be would take the plaintiff to the watch-house
himself, which he did accordingly, and left him there
until near eleven at night, when he was bailed out by
a friend. Fur this injury the plaintiff brought his
present action, to which the defendant pleaded as a
justification, that the plaintiff was drunk and disor-
derly, and that for those. offences, he had sent him to
the watch-house, which he might lawfully do. The
plaintiff's witnesses completely negatived drunkenness
and disorderly conduct on his part.
No evidence was offered for the defendant, and the,
Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, fonnd a
verdict for the plaintiff—Daniages 5/. costs 40s.
cItOWN SIDE.
RANK OP LN (MAN 10 PROCICCTIONS.
The following persons pleaded Guilty to the minor
offence of knowin4ly having in their possession,)
without lawful excuse, forged Bank notes, and s•verally
received sentence of transportation for 14 years, viz.
Henry Brown, Thomas Cutler, Prudence Davis, Joins
Easton, Robert Gregory, William Groves, Edward
Carter Hubbard, Charles Iliscock, John Jones,Willians
Jarvis, George King, John Knight, Jobn Kirby, Wil-
liam Morgan, William Nugents, James Prince, Maria
Stevenson, Stephen Simmouils, Walter Stanhope, John
Tayior, John Wilkinson, and Richard 1
Against each of these unhappy persons there were in.
dictments for the capital offence of tittering forged
notes, knowing diem to be forged; but as no evidence.
war offered for the prosecution, verdicts of Not Guilty
were recorded. Several other prisoners have pleaded
Not Guilty to both indictments, and will be tried on
Wednesday.

COACH ROOMING.
Soludo,' Joseph was indicted for stealing, at News
sugton on the 23d of August last, 400 gold sovereigns
the property of Messrs. Whitmore and Co. There
were other counts laying the property to be in other
persons. This case excited considerable interest.
The prosecution was conilneted b% Mr. PLATT, and
the defence by the COMMON Sgaaeaxx and Mr. Anot.-
Pit V A.
It appeared in evidence, that on the 23d of August
last, a parcel, containing 400 geld sovereigns, was
sent from the Golden Cross, Charing Cross, by the
Chichester roads, directed to Messrs. Hach, Dandy
and Co. of Chichester. There was but one inside
passenger in the coach. When the coach arrived at
the Elephant and Castle, St. tdeurge's-fields, it stopped
about five minutes to take up outside passengers and
luggage. When it stopt to change horses at the first
stage out of too is, the inside passenger, who had paid
his fare to Chichester, was missing. This excited
some sitspicion in the coachman, and on searching the
coach where the parcel had been lucked up, it was also
gone. It appeared upon inquiry that the inside pas-
senger had left the coach when it stopt at the Ele-
phant and Castle. and no doubt was entertained that
he had carried oa• the parcel with him. The ques-
tion was, whether the prisoner was the man. The
coachman and the guard, the latter of whom accom-
panied the coach to the Elephant an 1 Castle, expressed
their firm belief that he was the person, but neither
of them would swear to him positively.
The prisoner's Counsel submitted that there was
no case to go to the Jury, but the Learned Baron
thought otherwise, and called upon the prisoner fur
his defence.
The prisoner declared Isis innocence, and said he
was prepared to show that he was at house with his
family at the time the robbery was committed.
Accordingly four persons, Lazarus Joseph, the pri-
soner's father, Eduard White, a person connected with
the Custom-house, Isaac Alexander, Secretary and
Reader to a Jewish Synagogue, Ann Edmonds, a fe-
male servant of the prisoner, and Samuel Coleman,
one of the outside passengers, who had travelled with
the Chichester coach, were cAlled, and the substance
of their testimony was, that the prisoner had artiyed
from Ilamburgh with Isis father un the 2nd of August,
that he was in bed at his house in Berwiek•street,
Soho, at seven o'cl-wk on the morning of the 2351,
when the rubbery was alleged to have been committed ;
that he was down at the Custom-house on the morn•
ing of the 23d by nine o'clock, and that Ise was not
the inside passenger who had left the coach. A great
number of respectable persons, Christians as well
as Jews, spoke of hint as an honest and industries.

wan.
The case scent to the Jury under the Learned
Judge's directions, and they found the prisoner Not
Guilt!,.
The prisoner had been out on bail, and bad sur-
rendered to take his trial.

LONDON 3f.IRKETS, Aran 3.
COTTON.—The Cotton market continued exceed-
ingly brisk last week, and such was the anxiety of sew-
enlators and the trade to purchase, that the sales exceed
10,000 bags, making the transactions more extensive
than during any week fur the last two years. The mat-
ket has, however, been checked by an unfavourable re-
port from I.iverpool on Saturday the purchases at
that port were exceedingly limited, and the prices were
stated nt a small decline.
l'OrFEE.—The public sales of Coffee last week con.
sisted of 176 casks and 1231 hags, the whole went off
heavily, but without alteration in the prices ; the De-
tartars descriptions obtained an advance early in the
week, but the improvement was not maintained. There
has been very little business done by private contract ;
the public sale of Coffee to-day consisted of 112 barrels
mod 1/11 bags. chiefly fine ordinary liavannah description,
with colour, which previously might be valued at 1235.
and 1245. the whole sold at l 2s. 6d. The market may
in ommerplence be stated fully Is. per cwt. lower, mil,
the sale heavy at the decline.
SCGAIL----Theileuiand for Sugars during the last week
was steady; the retiners showed a disposition to buy, but
few parcels suitable for the pans were atm arket ; the prices
of Alussovades were without the %lightest variation. There
worsfew purchases of lluscovades.tbis forenoon by pri-
vale rout ract, the buyers generally waiting the event ofthe ;
public sale. The Jamaica, were of a very ordinary de-
scription, and can scarcely be taken as a fair criterion
of the market, being generally low browns and soft
Smears. The market mast, Increver, he stated heavy,
sad a shads lower. The demand fur Refined Clovis ap-
pears to increase t the price* of the law qualities may be
stated at a small improvement. The reqaest.for.Ham-
biro' vat congidendpia, and generally the export demand
appears to increase. Nine liotois were in steady, but
not extensity, request fur the house trade.

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