The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-11-14 00:00:00

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4001. at the eipiration of the first quarter. Shel.
ton got it all the monies coning due from the pa-
reuts of the children, and all others ludebted to
the establishment, and conveying all the furniture
that could be conveyed away without exciting th.
alarm of the neighbourhood, he abruptly quitted
„Maidstone, leasing Mrs. Shelton behind him
Short ly after down comes the Plaintitt, Mr. Shaw,
'with a sham Warranla Attorney, to etcetite the
judgment against the rest of the furniture, and
awing thus got them into his possession, cAr ries
airs. Shelton up to London, where they to•ik a
latliney-costh, discharged it in the, middle of the
.i,treet, and got into another to avoid being traced,
and then drove to Westminster Bridge, where
having ngain dismissed the coach, they took an.
other and drove to Paddington, to which place
his client hid the good fdrtune to trace them, and
where they'have breik discovered.
Matson, who gave Shelton the character, was
sena a Prisoner in the Fleet, and of course within
their Lordships' jurisdiction. This fellow had
confessed to Mr. Richardson, his Client's Attor-
ney, that the whole business was a sham—that
Shaw and Shelton were in collusion ; but when
Nir. Richardson pressed him to make an affidavit
to this effect, he
refused to do so unless he was
first paid for it, which Mr. Richardson very pro.
perly declined doing. They were, therefore,
without this, man's affidavit ; but, as there was
Mr. Richardson't to the trnth of this conversation
having passed, and those of others to.the troika,
the eircuinstaacn he had detailed, he hoped their
Lordships would not refuse the Rule,
,because
they had not Matson's affidavit.
Sir JAMBS MATIVRILLDII4 They isbaitakt be all
indicted for a conspiracy. Take a Rules".---Rule
grpted.
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COURT OF EXCIIEQULR.

Monday, November 13.
Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Lord Harroaby, the Thin. D. Ryder, Mr Dundas
Saunders, the Lord Chancellor, and the Judges,
sat in the Court of F.:chequer to appoint Sheriffs
of the different Counties fur the year ensuing.—
During the cerecnotty,' the poor lunatic ((link.,
Who had so lung disturbed the Court, matte several
attempts to force herself' in. the presence of the
Judge 4, but she was kept back by tate ushers, and
consecyteotly raised a'great outcry.

The Ring has been pleased to grant to the Rev.
W. Howley, D. D. the Office of Regius Profeestir
of Di►inity in the University of Oxford, toge.
ther with the piace of a Canon of the .Catlitwlral
Church of Christ in the said Unive-sity, both
void by the promotion of Dr. C. If. Hall to the
Deanery of the said Cathedral Chorea.
The Re►. Edmund Paley, NI. A. of Queen's
College, Oxford, is preferred to the hviug of
(Jawthornr, near Barnsley.
His Grace the Archbishop of York has 11.
cimaed the Re►. John Atkinloot Rector of Gate
tlurton, in the Diocese of Lincoln, to the Lecture.
ship of the Parish Church of Pontefract, upon
the resignotion of the Rev. F. Drake.
The Seatonian Prise has this year been ad-
jndgcd tq G. Prytne, Esq. M. A. Fellow of
Trinity College, Cambridge, for the best Poem
un 66 The Conquest of Canaan."•

A fine new ship of 46.1 tons, named the rcent,
was launched last week fr,tm the ship-yard of Mr.
John Smith, of Gaitisbro'. On the same day,
another flue vessel, called the Arcade, of 360
tons, tbc property of Messrs. Mesons of that.
port, was lauticliethfront the ship-yard of Messrs.
Pearson, Colibitum, and Co. of Thorne.
The promise made to the Frcnat troops em-
ployed in the late compaign, namely, that they
should not he sent to Spain, it appears, is to be
kept ; but this indulgence is afforded them at the
expence of the unhappy Germans who have
fought side by side with them. All the quota of
the lesser members of the Itheuish League hare
received a route for Spain.
On Saturday a bankrupt, who had been cum.
'flitted to Newgate for not giving a satisfactory ac.,
count of his property, underwent another exit.
minationat Guildhall, when it appeared that he
had sold a horse silica his bankruptcy. Ile hod
nut, howuver, received the money for it. Several
other suspicious circumstances attaching to his
conduct. be was aga.st sent to Newish,.
The Propriutor of one of the principal glass-
houses is Bohemia assorts, that he has discovered
the secret of rendering glass medicable and duc.
tile.
The Bishops of loversd dioceses hare.issued
1 circular Where, ordering the incumbents of those
chemises where the livings will afford it, to wig.
inetat the eaingieb of their curates Co a reclaim tic-
, roe.
DTA:NANNY, a pltyalrlan at Siinderlanti, has
discovered and constructedsa lamp, upon philose-
phical priacples, which will effectually -prevent!
'lltplusions of the inflammable gas its coal snide*.
A daring robbery wits committel iu the road
leading front St. Anne's Village to Christ Church,
at Stiliday night, ear Mr. Perkcs, a traveller in
!the Boil/nigh. lie was attacked a' Fort Bridge,
by tau :ruffians, at eight o'clock in the
who robbed him of 181.• his watch; and even his'
bridle and saddle. The robbers made off towards
fliodharst. Mr. Perkerhad sonic valuable papers
in his pocketbook, and bills of exchange, which
the thieves ruturucd, and 'he had also 211. con.
cealed. .
The btst have marched into Portsmouth,. and
embarked on heard troisports. This regiment,
with theid battalion of the I lth, will sail bnme.
(lately,. under convoy of the Ulysses, on their re_
turn to the bleed of 1V alchereu.

NATIONAL DSEIT.—Au Account, shelving what
has been iedeenned of the National Debt, the Land
Taz,t end Imperial Loan, to the lit of Nov. 1809.
Itedterned by Anneal Million. &c. - £76,691,173
DM° us &vaunt uP Loans - - tt1,n4.841
Ditto by Land Tux - 1.14801113
Ditto by 11. pr r Cost. pf.r Ana. on Imperial Loan 1,11/7.019
Trautirrod for purchase of Life Anuttiries - •19,90
Total - - 1C10,897,719
The som to be expended is the tinning quArter
M 2;800771. Ile. lid.