Delaware State journal, advertiser and star. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1832-1833, 1833-09-06

The officers and people of the province
Exhibited every readiness. to aid and ass
sist Colonel Butterheld, and since the
first blow has been struck, they have
been constantly on the search, and every
day witnesses new captures. We ought
to have mentioned before, that at the in
stigation of the association, law has
been enacted by the Legislature of Low.
err Canada, making the counterfeiting of
bills Of the Banks of the United States
! criminal offence.
The Duke of Cumberland in the Court
of Kings Bench on Tuesday last the case
of the King v. Philips, which was GRIM
inal information filed against the defen-
dant, by permission of the Court at the
instance of his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cumberland, for publishing in a book
entitled, ssAuthentic records ofthe Court
of England for the last Seventy Years."
libels rejecting Jon his Royal Highness,
and imputing to him the commission Of
adisgusting offence, and also of murder,
came on for trial before the Lord Chief
Justice and a special Jury. The imput-
ed libels gave detailed account of cir
Gums tances connected with the death OF
his Royal Highness's valet Sells, in the
year 1910, in which it was asserted that
his Royal Highness destroyed Sells to
|prevent him from giving testimony aga
inst his Royal Highness, who it was stat,
ed had been detected by Sells in COM
hitting disgusting and loathsome Of.
fence.
1t is also stated that his Royal High
ness, having killed Sells placed on the
bed razor, which induced persons to be-
lieve that Sells had committed suicide,
and that was called in the book "The
Cumberland Stratagem. Amongst the
witnesses examined was the Duke OF
Cumberland himself who gave the fol-
lowing testimony:-"I slept in my APP
artments at. St. James Palace on the
night OF the 3oth May 1910. In the course
r of the night l was awoke by violent
blow on my head. think from circum-
stances that afterwards occurred, it was
then about three O'Clock in the morning.
, I had been to the Ancient Concerts on the
previous evening. l thought the blow
which was here (pointing to the place on
his head) was from something fallen on
. it. His highness held down his head and
. the Jury looked at the scars which were
visible. The blows were repeated. They
a produced an immense effusion Of blood.
9 a.4-lIL ID y inut l. SAW ltlC -WCdlJOh. RAJ
- The room was dark, or nearly Sos
9 Of flash, that made me think l was at
). tackled by robbers. then grappled with
. the party and received this cut in my
;. throat. The jury looked at the scar.
| received IL wounds altogether. could
=. not tell how many persons were in the
! room. The room was SO constructed
= that l had to open two doors, one from me
d, and the other to me. The last door was
deeply cut by blow aimed to me. My
Il servant then came and | sent for Sir II.
!, Haford. Sir A. Halford could not at
u tend here to day on account of domes-
! tic affliction. | was removed to Carlton
. Palace, about nine clock in the evening.
| have read different passages in that
~ book. l made an affidavit, upon which
i the rule was made absolute. The Chiei
= Justice, in summing up the evidence, said
~ that the only question was whether the
. publication was libellous, and the Jury
~ Immediately returned verdict of Guilty,
ocl Sentence was deferred.
40 The Cotton Speculofions.--Weha have been
:. informed of various large sums of mo
9 ney suddenly made, within the last tel
,Iv days, by the great and unexpected rise II
80 this staple article. One instance, as i
If did not occur here, we may be permitted
to relate. A New Orleans merchant
largely concerned in the cotton trade
4, happening to be in New York, the notion
~. took him to make trip to Liverpool, I
ia which he was in reality induced more b
" the superior accommodation OF the New
~ York pa, kets, than from any call OF bust
49,, ness. He had no sooner landed i'll Ii,
an erpool, than he made himself in FEY
Ia days perfectly familiar with the state c
or the Cotton Market. This knowledge
ar united to his full acquaintance with tn
20 market in this country, satisfied hlr
that rise was about to take place in Ems
,r,. land. He proceeded to employ an ager
-, who purchased on his account yer
-, large amount of cotton. Before eve
~ the bills could be made out and the co
a., a.. ton delivered to him, the rise in prize
ss,es which how agitates this market, sudder
~ ly took place; and so great was the az
~. vance from day to day, that in one wee
49,. the sagacious New Oaiean merchant r
" sold his cotton without having been
owe We bliged to pay porterage,f for cash advan'
-; of two hundred thousand dollars.-Ph
r.. Gas.
ar
,al. We learn Of Capt. Beekman, frol
Carthagcna, that COL Woodbine, forme
or ly of Florida, his wife and two daughte
the who resided in the neighborhood of Il
,est city, had all been recently murdered
eranc of slaves