The Statesman.
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TIE STATESMA!'

parts of the kingdom; and nothing has been more
remarkable than the unanimity which has prevailed
at all these meetings. Scarcely any where has there
been a voice raised in favour of a renewal of the Tax.
I flatter myself, notwithstanding some indications
of a difference of opinion haveappeared in this town,
I still flatter myself, that we shall witness a like
unanimity here. During the continuance of the war,
we submitted to this Tax with patience—duty to our
coueitry required it—duty to ourselves now requires
that.we should come forward to protest against it.—
e
The town of Liverpool cannot he silent on so im.
portant an occasion—and as the City of London has
•et an example to the kingdom at large, it will be-
Con,e us to set an example to our own county and
neighbourhood. The happy influence of these ex-
amples, I trust,- will extend itself far and wide, till
the general sense of the country against this Tax is
declared. Then we may be suie it will cease—for
when the voice of the people of England has spoken,
the Minister must obey. I conclude with seconding
the motion.

slenien here present, who hue been as actively hos•
tile to the came which I have endeavoesed to sup-
port, as Mr. Gladstone ; and these will testify that,
when the battle is.over, I can shake hands with an
adversary ; and that I can interchange the courtesies
of civility, and the kind offices of friendship, with
those who are directly adverse to me in general and
borough politics. Nor do I arrogate to myself the
least merit for so doing.
Fortunately for us all, Sir, this is the habit of our
town ; and I should be ashamed of myself as a na-
tive and a burgess of Liverpool, were I capable of
acting upon a ditferent principle.
But, Sir, in reference to an inipotation of malig-
nity, let us look at the transaction itself. With
what have I charged Mr. Gladstone ? Hare I charged
him with fraud or dishonesty, or with any thing
which debases the human charlotte, ? , No; I have
merely said that be bad received t'lettir ram my
Lord Liverpool. In this.affaic, IL• caw are nothing
disreputable to either partyi. It.heoneof the proud.
distinctions of this countryi Sir; .tinst Mlniiters of

When Mr. Fletcher had concluded,
Mr. Suseutfto rose, aud after a brief,explartation
with Mr. Mayor upou a point of order, proceeded
as follows.:—

I understand that a great sensation has been ex-
cited in this town, by a letter addressed by Mr.
John Gladstone to the Editor of the Liverpool•
Courier, charging with malignity and falsehood a
person unknown, who lind communicated. to the
Editor of the Morning Chronicle, information of
letter eepposed to hive been received by Mr. Glad.
stone from Lord Liverpool, intimating the wish or
intention of his Majesty's Ministers to propose a re.
tirwal of the Property Fax. Sir, I think I • owe it
injustice to the gentlemen with whom I have the ho-
nour to act, in promoting a petition to prevent such
renewal. I think •I owe it in candour to Mr.
Gladstone himself, thus publicly to avow, that I am
the person in question, and that I made the comm.
Ideation of my own mere motion, without the pri.
sity or participation of any inditidual whatsoever.
And,• Sir, in justice to myself, I must solicit Croat
this meeting a patient and candid hearing, whilst
I enter upon a vindication of my conduct in this par.

Some time ago, sir, I received a printed letter con.
taining a copy of the resolutions and petition voted
by the Livery of London, against the renewal of the
Property Tax. To this was annexed a postscript,
stating, that a Committee was sitting at a tavern in
the city, by whom any communications respecting
the object of that petition would be thankfully re-
ceived, and duly attended to. Soon after this, a
gentleman of ibis town, upon whose veracity and
accuracy I could perfectly rely, informed me that
he could state upon what he thought the most re-
spectable authority, that Mr. John Gladstone had
received a letter from Lord Liverpool, informing
him that so great were the expe►►ces likely to be
consequent to the winding up of the American war,
that Ministers had it in contemplation to renew the
Property Tax for another year, and wishing to know
his senti►uents oil the subject, and his opinion whe-
ther the town of Liverpool would be likely to ac-
quiesce in this arrangement. My informant further
stated,' that he understood that Mr. Gladstone had
returned an mower on his own behalf, approving of
the renewal, but that whether he had given any opi-
nion upon the acquiescence of the town, be could not
electly say; bet that he was inclined to think that
the fact was so.

the highest eminence will not venture to propose
taxes of magnitude without consulting the feelings of
private. individuals, of considerable property high
reputa►ion, and extensive influence, of which Ifescrip.r

I lion Mr. G. mast on all hands be allowed to be, and
I surely, it is no disgrace to Mi.. G. to-receive a letter
t from Lord Liverpool.
But I hate been charged with falsehood ; and on
the appearance of Mr. Gladstone's !eon` in the Len.
idon Newspapers, my correspondent was so impressed
1 with its contents, that he wrote me word I had fallen
intoagrievous error, that Lord Liverpool had written
no lettetlo Ms. Giedstinte about the Property Tat ;
and that it behoved rile, if possible, to trace out the
source of :ivy mistake. On my arrival in town yes.
• terdly, I set about the necessary enquiries, and L
have been fortunate enough to receive informatlow
which convinoes me, that in my communication tw
my friend I have been bubststitially correct.
Il'o evince this, I must of necessity enter into a
. brief recital of facts, which I shall state . under the
•i correction of several gentlemen, now in my eye, wins
have Neel the correspondence to which I shaft allude,
and under the correction of Mr. Gladstone himself
1 who is possessed of that correspondence, and who

will of coarse set me right, if J state any thiug•whicb
is erroneous.
On the Rtith of last I)..rember, Mr. Gladstone re-
ceived a letter from Lord Liverpool antiosincing the'
happy news of a treaty of pence, between this court.
try awl America, having been signed by the Como
missioners at Ghent. And here I shall take the;
liberty of expressing my opinion, width I am pees
suaded is the opinion of this meeting at large, that ie
thos making this important communication to a prid..
;ate individual, my Lord Liverpool was gailty of a
gross breach of decorum, of a pointed disrespect to
you, Sir, our Chief Magistrate, who now so ably
fill that chair, mid' through you to the Inhabitants
of the town of Liverpool in general.--[This senti-
ment ;..us received sails bird cheers of typianse.]
To this part of the letter was annexed a commu-
nication of not inferior importance, via. that as
Warlike preparations . mitt necessarily continue for I
some time longer, and u some months strut adaM
before our troops could be withdrawn from Antedlcrc:'
the national expence world ho necessarily so great,
that Ministers proposed to renew the Property Tax
for one year. IVhether this letter contained any
direct application to Mr. Gladstone for his senti.
welds on the renewal of the Property Tart, I am not

. .
Nuw, Sir, I trust that Mr. Gladstone will not be satisfactorily informed. But tikiotthe letter, and
offended, for I really mean him no offence, when j . supposing it to terminate as I have recited it, hap.
say, that on the receipt of this intelligence, I thought.; peal to the common sense of this meeting to deter-
very little about Mr. Gladstone, but a great deal,,mine what could be its object and end. Many of
about my Lord Liverpool ; for I looked upon this you are Merchants. You deal largely in sugar, I
information as a sure and certain sign that notwith- cotton, and other articles. Now, if any individual
standing the remonstrances of the cities of London among you were to receive a letter from the First
and Westminster, Ministers still hankered after the Lord of the Treasury, announcing the intention of ,
Property Tax, and were putting out their feelers into Ministers to lay a Tax on the commodity ,in which
the country, in order to ascertain whether the people , he largely dealt, what would be his opinion of the '
at large would submit to it. ' purtport of such a letter, would he net consider it as
This fact I deemed of so much importance, that a mode of sounding his sentiments upon the subject ,
Ir determined to communicate it to the London Com- of the proposed Tax, and as an intimation to him '
mittee, and with that view I wrote to a friend of to feel the pulse of his brother Merchants upon the.
Mine who resides in the city, an account of the par- subject. In (hi; light, I view Lord Liverpool's let-
Oculars I have just recited, requesting him to corn- ter to Air. Gladstone. In this light it was viewed
municate the requisite information to the COM• by Mr. Gladstone himself. For what was Ws con-
mittee, ander the authority of my • name, if that duct in consequence of it? lie answered it the day
werenecessary. In due course of post I received an on which he received it. He is here present to
attester from my friend, informing me, that after correct me if lam in error, when I state that hit
diligent search, he had not been able to find any such answer conveyed to Lord Liverpool his opinion,
body as the London Committee, and that in default that the renewal of the Property Tax might be ac-
e( such channel of publicity, he had handed the quiesced in by the inhabitants of Liverpool, 'atone
information contained in my letter, together with year longer, butstiot to a more distant period----that
my name, to Mr. Perry, of the Morning Chronicle. he oat himself ceovinced of the necessity far its
And here, 'iir, I beg leave to observe, that I wish- , renewal—that a requisition oaf handing oboist, re.
ed my friend simply to communicate to the Com- questing the Mayor tocall a Meeting-to consider of
mittee, for which he substituted Mr. Perry, the fact a Petition against its renewal, but that liv-, Mr. G.
of my Lord Liverpool's hating intimated the inten-.! had set oa foot a coenter-requisition for the purpose;
tion of Ministers to propose the renewal of the Pro- of preventing such Meeting, iu which he hoped he !
perry Tax. The remainder of the intelligence was should succeed;
intended merely for his private information. He 1 Tsia wit produced from tog rA,,erooto r 1
did, however, communicate to Mr. Perry, the whole ! oil none from itynceii by roue filder, sort f sAitirt
of what I hod written on the subject. I hare no been.perinitted to Peruse.
doubt but this was occasioned by the want of die- i I therefore confidently assert that it ma itifestlY it:
t
tinctness in my commUnication. Mistakes of this ' i.. •.• ' • 1. • '• '
udet to it previous curtespondence on the subject of
kind will occasionally happen. An instarise of this the Property'Taithat it ripitats the wishes of Mi-
sort just now occurs to my recollection. (Mr. , rasters for Its renewdl—that it contains a Pledge that
Shepherd proceeded to narrate his instance, which i it Oil not be Contineed heyetid the 6th April, 1810
excited some degree of mirth In the audience,- and 14
'titbit the ominous eiiieptitlii of the .case of the
then thus continued.) In like manner my friend, breaking out of a iitiii war;
instead of communicating a part of my informationi ' •• • . . i, 1
Bann given this brief statement Offeeft, I shell
communicated the whole. From '
this information
conclude, Sir, by expressing my thanks to yourself
the paragraph in the Morning Chronkk was framed 1 . I. • • •
and this Meeting, for the patience with which t have
(I presume by some one of the Editors of the Morn-
beg that it may be distinctly' Len heard ; and my humble but conadent reunion
ingChronicle). For I
understood, that I did not compose the paragraph hi that• _• of . , , , persons,
qnestion; and that I firmly believe, that as it stands, nay, -
i
in the eitimittiate all disinter
even of Mr. Gladatoue hitisself, .shall stand
acquitted both of malignity cad falsehoott It will
no two words of it can be stated to stand together as '. . a , • .. -
give me• great pleasure to hear from nir. Gladstone a
wine.
satisfactetx expbs:patio.n of the disavearel contain . 'ed
For this proceding I have been charged with
falsehood and malignity. . in Os, letter toy, die Fiditar of /he Lieerpooi C•urior.
pit talenti I intimat vtrg illglity—hif pato, dul-
-1 will first reply to the latter imputation. Sir, 1 • • •• ~.4( - • - ;
trust that malignity is a feeling that never found* racier I respect arst ierinily I welsh! mach
ranter 'retard' 111116.) 41,114 fliisPd than an' soy ***ins t.
place in my breast. With Mr. Gladstone I Weser• ..,
had any personal.altercation or hostility whatevet.— (To be concluded tc4oorrom.)-
True it certainly is, that Mr. Gladstone and tnyself
have been on contrary sides in. electioneering pi..
titles. This circumstance I have always most sorely
lamented; for I have been early aware of the ratty
great Weeks of Mr. Gladstone, and of his extensive
and growing lallohnce. But there are tesfeitipse:

...

On 'Sunday highs, 'Abet ifeven Ocidek; an elderly
man leas found died it the iteti st-doote, in Bridge.
Westesinster- Bridge. 1k is ittplposed he Ihti ti
ricti n tb trent, tee Otte sb4etity 61 ebb wiatlitin
lA* Itooveftai I**lll teb &UM

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Yiistatidaf being'ilio itit'dei Of fillark Tern+, tie . *es brought . before dater Leakti. MA Ito a, charged on
Vddilkris‘anfilia at the house of the toid out. Ituapicioti 0(041044 4"pockets:book, containing Bank:
ceder, atirl'ili6c4eiled frill Cherice) in state, -to open at to more than
their ditirent Courts.' Doter and :other property,th
, one • hundred' ;pounds, • The Prosecutor, who is 1
l animism or tavillii Alit 'COlil'Allr V. .ASilrOfrelii-Otri . table., "'lat._ rY gonttemani -staled, that being at
tltsciftiiirroti MID CO. al menage on Saturtlay where there ass it.
' The AiTuarrei:Giviraml: accompidied by'.llo: • siderable, crowd, he observed the Prisoner and
Pmiltt came lislii the CoOrt• of Chancery; and veciitid" `another person rather active in their proceedings, par.'
in this tern* for theludgmadt of the deurt, on' .4 tiCtilarly about the fire place. lie was induced more
ir.point- of Ise or prictlee,' which had arlien in this ?particularly to uOtiee the Prisotiee alit his collesgaev.
case; upon the •constructiell of his Lordship's late' from the circumstance of one or two Gentles-4:c
as a notorious charac.
,",p?inting.out the latter perspo.
judgmetitlin whiCh lie diiected an action at law to be:
tried hefweleo theparties, upon a quettiors'ist °Airy, . ter, who had just escaped conviction upon a capital,
whleilledsiited in. a chat& Of half Pet eeni:lnftehticharke at th 4 01d Atiltey. Oacta.efter Gil, the-Prose.
'en large saiti'M money advanced for accoMmoditlawJcitbr, having .oecosiow 'to •nriv int -the' 'crowd, was
.olivtify to. Hit Plaintiffs, by the Dilfetidisots. • • }rifled of his pocket-book. The Prisoner being sus.
WI • TDefitidhritiviertriout bider antis *6t to set pected, was traced by Harrison to a public-house in
up.thciit beattapteh• of-segcr thg jaiiiii 'ar.:the.ivitia- the citY, where Nitwits secured, In* tbe other fellow
:of the actioo. . . • - I escaped. f.Uposi. searching the person of Clipston,
• A Irerdicl Was fOolidfdi the "Difelidants on a lite . nothing. wit' found ofa nature to establish conviction;
trikl siGtilidliilit bapre Mid' Eltenberough, which as opoo enquiry, however, it was 88CertWilied, that:
the Learbed'Cbuthet totteinsgai9 WS against law, his loft-trigs had' doebeen visited, the !AIM MAYOS
end, of course, was noW the Subjict of an intended ' ordered this step to be takoo.—The Prisoner was:
menet' for a neW trial'; but a doubt hid been started, remanded for another examination.-
our the point of wectiti, is to whiehrourt the ep: . BoW-writErr...--Sonday..evening,..botween seven
pllartosi for g neii trial Ihoeld be Made; whether 'to and eight o'clock, as Upton's party. of the patrole,
the Court of lite ledge who tried the direst or' to ; belonging to the Office, were on duty in Tabernacle.
lidiCefirti.froot- whence the action wat.iirected, I walk, Moorfields, they .observed three well-known
add a ellitibetion was taken between the . cased of ehxracters, Cook/rains, Murray, and Lawrence,
issues arid fictions directed by the Lord Chtsucelfor, I walk past the Tabernacle, and suspecting they wete
ThteWinCoarscer.Lost stated the distinctl'ob wit l about to lam& open a house in that neighbourhood,
cleatly settled, namely—That where this Court (11-'lor comet a relibery. .of come description, the patrol*
reels anisioit, sod a verdict found thereon is Soltiglt . stopped tbam, whets Murray was observed to throw
to be nit aside' the "motion for a new trial is •inlili4 something fron9sins, On picking it up, it proved to
madein thii &ad ; 'but wheie hit Lqrdeltip' soil be a Wacker abeskS-ekeletets or picklock lee";
the assistabce of a Court of Comnioki..be, NICK. toto.; aud on searching Ms person, two other: skeleton or
tido mutt be made in such Court of Crninon Life; • picklOct keys': and an iron crow, used in Louse.
whose aid he could not obtain till the' fiord determi. 1 breaking,,were found upon his person. Commies•
nation of the action on a neW trial: if there *earl had ,sterol WI: The isatrole in consequence secured
good grounds for granting such new trial. I then;
,iiild• brought them to the Office, when they'
. Mr: ATTOSigEY-GENEIZAL then stated that he hack not being able to gi've asatistactory account of them-
osiloore to say, and proceeded to his own Court (the..i solve), the implthents of house-breaking being
king's'llench) to make hia application theth; as the r fotind, and an of them being proved to be in con-
pieper tribiiiial. I parky together, they were convicted as rogues sotr
vagabonds.
Sunday afternoon; In St. James's Park, a great
number of idle and disorderly lads and young men
assembled, and pelted the passengers with snow.balls.
A gentleman who had been thus pelted struck some
of the boys with a stick ; he was then attacked by
men and boys most furiously, by knocking his
down, kicking, •andill-treating him tilt he was in a
senseless state. Perry, and his party of the !parole,
whowere'stationed in the Park to keep order, went
to the spot and secured one of the ringleaders, bat 'hi
way soon rescued by overpowering numbers. The
officers, however, perseveted, and carried off one of
the principels in the rescue. They were followed by
a Mob of See or six hundred, who repeatedly act.
sautted theni. When they came to the ruins Of *St.
JaMeS's Patace the. mob' attacked them with stones
UM •brick-bats, the officers, however, carried offtheie
tlrliooer to the-doitd-house, where the mob followed
air& surrounded • it.' They refused to disperse tilt a
me of•soldiere were obliged to use souse vioteece.
Yesterday the felloW.was brought to the Office, cad
ordered to tine ball;
CO RO .A 7 'ER'S Intriksr.• . . .

POLICE.%

•COURT OF KING'S BE(CH, tip.
1;014 F...t.t.estaoauvGli and the other iudgss anti*:
the Coco, soon after one o'clock.
Mr. Campbell presented the usual atalamea( of the
situqt ion.of the convicts on boort um Rival/41pp,
and hulks at Woolwich, Chatham, .4ogstoaa llar7
bout, Portsmouth, &c.
The Court were afterwards occupied feme
LONI-
Jerable time, In hearing the justification of

TOE ASSIGNEES OW KENSINGTON AND Gt 4 V. talar
01 5511711,, STEIN, AND CO. 71
Thitf was a cause tried before Lord Et.i.ellats.,'
summit, at the sittings after hut Term. It was en
issue from Chancery, to determine whether certaiu
trausactiens between the house of Kensington and
Go. of London, end the house of Smith; Stein, apd,,
Co. of Edinburgh, were not of an usurious ttaturel
and, a verdict had been given for the Plaintillt. •
. .1
The Arrotutay.C.Lege AL, on the part of the De-
fendaats this day moved for a rule fo show cause why
the verdict should not be set aside, and a new tri
granted, on the ground that the whole of the evi-
dence'clearl,y proved, that the transec.tions were or•
an usariops nature, and contrary to law,. The,
Learned Attorney contended, that the verdict
_was.;
manifestly opposed, to the evidence, and directly
contrary to the directions of the Learned Judge be.
fore, whom the trial took place.
The COURT expressed a doubt, whether the appli.
cation was properly made to them. As this was an
issue from the Court of Chancery, they were of opi..
mien, that the application should be made, in the
drat instance, to that Court. They would, how.
ever, kopk into the books, and censult with the
Lord Chancellor on the subject; and for the present,
they wotklar neither grant, nor absolutely reftme the
application.

i .
liufondoy evenia*lin Tattiest Ives held at the Liao nod Lamfr
Lettrer Geosvenor-street; before Amvaolvt Gem; tisq. Corotiee
for Westminster, an the holly of Sarah &Nester, a cook in tail,
filially of the lie/. Dr. Robert Hodgson, Rector of St. Georges
flaeover-eqaare, wbo pat an end to her existerwe by cower
herAbroat With a raiser, to a hay-loft over the stable is the rem
, of the hews Lower Grosvenor-street, after Raving delivers'' hierself of St child, whose body was found lying dead nest
her; wititll kerchief tied rotund i s neck, and the body
Avii
covereineind *lib itaif-hands. 1 t appeared in evidence, that
betweeng and 11 o'clock on Thursday morning, the deceased
eras mise :frail' her master's house; it was then stipposed shy
Was goat wet en Bowie hasinein of her own, but oat returning as
the dinner honf,drew near, the butter enquired for her at the
houses of several persons where she used to frequent, bat she
' *iu not to be tenni. fletvieee seven and eight o'clock id the
teeming the butler and the kiteben-nnid commenced a fresh
search, for her, and orter looking over every port of this
house, they searched the out °Neer; on their going up to the
loft over the stable, they found the door shut close wry the
butler luineelted: at the door and c lied, but reeeivieg watts-
over, he pushed it bard, and found it was unlocked, but kept
Shut by something being placed agaiat it on' the inside ; lie
forced open the door se fur as to admit bighead, and leeklag id
I saw the deceased lyingogainst the door with her throat cut, asti
the door coVered with blood ; he turned away horror-struek.—
' He nittde• thy clrcoloStatice• known to his master, who scot fee
Mr. Dorm*. a stegeon. Dr. Hodgson, Mr. Barrow, and see
ascidtor Ste ,dotaestiet proceeded to the hay-loft. The deceased
10s qui dead, With her throat cat fro in ear to ear, and. Re
.4:.r.4. ridtdeiy•ingi.rabnytheiiiiash.ideo, and
,wills .frirk whairinatbehtfbadcitiefy
ti 1 its uptick and the body iMpped up in a hay-baud.
triton
li ttteistrittiett or totormity, on the pert of 'the deceased,
were laid tieftrie theJary ; but it appeared that her having the
laihd_l4 ited-... ' weals, ass:emoted for, ne it was neces-
sarl fot rfw 14 ve a sheep lastroment for. the purpose of
deli volitive it wltbout any idea of commit-
Ottgitt/le,
"lid -that. her palas Ned the want of proper assist.
ance_pt the tilos might firing qa a momentary derw,ement.—
On the body of the infant tpereeppeared no particular maukt
6f violence, oil:iodic Jnry vrefe.le.uo +oppose that the cause of
the Landketekirf hetog tiedrintrf the child's aerie, warettulte
rtos.x..f....stering imam. 4Fitecilatonimowits long mumas
' . vatioas repdets iii eitletiettliin ; at lento& ' !Inv Sin%
ender the direction of tan% Coroner, returned n' eerdiet,
ler nacy s they gave a verdict —s'on Dead on the bad .r
the child. The deer A.vd at % Tears of age sod had livc.l. fee-
tie etrfseten and eightrars in the family. ' " - .

. COURT OF COMMON MAR. JAX. 23.
. No. point of any interest was discussed le this
COW during the day.

While on Friday se'imight, a qigirrytaan, residing
agar' Trenewydd, Pombrokeobiriq Was incautioadp
Ilan a dark with gunpowder, from a berial coo,.
taming nearly 401bs. of die same, and his infant

chihl,isbost twelve months oh!, being at the mother's
knee, Was playing with small stick, one end of
which was on fire, a spark weir unfortunately cam.,
municated to the powder, which Instantly eipleded '
carrying away the roe, of the cottage, arid blowing
up the poor wonlan, who fill across one of the
beams. She was drettifeily scorched, mad her
nose completely crashed ;• the man was Awned
through a partition wall, being shockirigly burnt and
Mused, and the poor babe,, who was the Unhappy
; bat innocent cause of this cOmptioatedtelarpiay,om.4
hihited such a lac erriable spectacle' of distigtrement
as to agonize the feelings of all wife witnessed the
afflicting Beene. To the further strWerings of the!
father and child, death has put a period, but the
poor woman, notwithstanding the injury' she sus.
tainted; was alive on Wednesday hat.
Tilt SE4tPtSTINE Rtvea.—Yesterday the north
bank of the river Was the goal of sensation foe
fashionable equipages ; but the unfavourable aspect
of the Weather, and the depth of snow, were no great
, inducements for the dashing belles to exhibit them-
telves as bumble pedestrians. The ice was wretch-
edly bad, owing to the late transitions In the weather
(frost and thaw alternately), which melted the snow,
only in a partial degree, and left the ice full of ridges.
A great proportion of the rarer might be safely
venthred upon, bet the shelters confined their evo-
lotions to the centre. Here we observed a few men'
of hellion; but none of titled distinction. Two
boys tga a decking from their temerity in venturing
on that part of the river width had been lately frocen
eves. The welerman began to erect their stalls,
yetttrdiy, Meng the south bank; the one in the
Mitre exhibited the Union Jack, elevated on a re-
' oar ff sit;shaff.
ttaterday morning lIOMII villains broke into the
***Mese of Mr, linen-draper, in King-
ititits tlld trebliii*W klueetky df silk and other
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pinOVERV o, iteltilEßY.—Alfeitt rag, flan-since, wheri
St kohill Vetetill Berialkur were mooned at Madeira, Charles
Doughty, one of the privates, mentioned to Thomas Slew iugtons
another private, that about the year f 786, be nod his then mai-
ler. a man of Biname of Gatlin:ore, sverecouterned in the rob.
bery of t.bwititry Chore:sof the plat/, &c. lialiimore worm.
petted, Apprehended, but *as discharged, there being no
evidie ' ' 'turd him, the plate being effectually concealed by
Asp i box rowtainitig it iota a deep hole in the gardew-A,
*
On i morning of the ISth imt. the Church-warden of the city
of Coventry receive/falcon: date,; tram the Public Office Bow-
stree:, requesting to be littlifidie.t if the Chureb had been 'robbed
of the communion Skit' ' • slte:loNis•_ear 1985, and if it bad beeit.
robbed, one of the robber,, wattrrtlili, Jailing among them. Is
con‘equence of the receipt of the leter a Vestry was suMmonett
without loss of time, and Mr. GOMM. the High Constableihiall
sin, express to London to ruirtire bolo the business. Oa Ilk ar-
rival at Bow-street Office the toosiness hod not been heard of there
through the regothr official channel. Me. Goodall produced the
letter reeetved at Coventry, which wns signed by litlward flood,
who pro.ed to be it newly-appointed pairci!e belonging to the
orbee, On enquiries befog etude of him. it.turned out that he
had been in companY With Thomas Skellngtou_, who ball com-
municated to him the l/K
eers/tat his comrade, Charles Doughty"
bad eotrusted him with respecting the robbery. Doughty was
taken into custody, who did not-deny to Hood, the pafrole, the
conversation he had with his comosde Skevington, but on his
being brought before the iali
statement. flewitudtt7livorgilairliestlins
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to be conveyeid to
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