the forfeiture attendant on her residing out of England, would have oly swelled that residue, the half of which she would ultimately become possessed of. His lordship concluded by saying, that for the reasons he had stated, he thought Mrs. Garrick had no right to claim under the residuary clause in her deceased husband's will, and the bill must be dismissed. 12. This evening between eight and nine o'clock, the family of a respectable tradesman in Liverpool was thrown into the deepest distress, by the conduct of a servantmaid, entrusted with the care of the children to bed; when she set fire to the bed-curtains, and left the room. The alarm being given by the neighbours, the distressed father rather flew than ran up stairs, and succeeded in snatching one child from the devouring clement, but too late to preserve the life of a darling daughter, between two and three years of age, who was so dreadfully burnt, that she expired in a few hours, though surgical aid was immediately had. The situation of the distressed parents may be better imagined than described. Tais melancholy catastrophe was at first attributed to accident; but, horrid to relate, it has been since discovered, not only from the acknowledgement of the cook, then in Mr. Stoakes's service, but from the circumstance of seve. ral articles stolen from Mr. S.'s house being found in her possession, that she deliberately committed this unnatural outrage against humanity, under the faint hope that her robbery of the house would be concealed in the general conflagration which she expected must (and but for the timely alarm inevitably would) have followed her diabolical attempt.-The woman has since been fully committed for the robbery. A general bill of all the christenings and burials, from December, 16, 1806, to December 15, 1807, according to the report made to the king's most excellent majesty by the company of parish clerks, of London, &c. Christened, males 9812, females 9604-In all, 19416. Buried, males 9296, females 9038 In all, 18334. Whereof have died, This was 18. Court of Common Pleas, Fennings v. lord Grenville. an action to recover half the value of a whale caught in the South seas by the captain of a vessel belong. ing to the late lord Camelford. The noble defendant in the action is the administrator of lord Camelford. The action was brought on a supposition that it was customary, in the fishery trade, to allow those who first struck a whale, half the value of it. It appeared, the plaintiff, who was the captain of a South-sea whaler, obtained the first sight of the fish in question, and harpooned it with a kind of beacon, which discovered the fish if it went away from the ship before he could pursue it. The captain of the defendant's ship, having seen the whale, hoisted out his boats, killed it, and got it on board, conceiving it to be a loose fish. It was contended in behalf of the defendant, that the custom on which the plaintiff sought to recover, had been abolished; the jury, however, found a verdict for the plaintiff.-Damages 1000l. 19. In the course of this day the following letters were sent by the secretary of state, and the first lord of the admiralty, to the lord mayor: Foreign office, half past two, P. M. Dec. 19, 1807. My lord; I have the honour to acquaint your lordship, that lord Strangford, his majesty's minister plenipotentiary to the court of Lisbon, has just arrived, having left the Portuguese fleet on the 5th instant, between Madeira and the Western Islands, under convoy of a British squadron, with a fair wind, steering for the Brazils. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) G. CANNING. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. Capt. Yeo, of the Confiance sloop, also reached town on Saturday, between two and three o'clock, and attended at the admiralty with dispatches from sir Sidney Smith. Shortly after his arrival the follow. ing letter was dispatched by lord Mulgrave to the lord mayor. Admiralty, December 19, 1807. My lord ;-I have great satisfaction in acquainting your lordship, that capt. Yeo, of his majesty's sloop Confiance, arrived this afternoon at this office, with dispatches from rear-admiral sir S. Sunith, da. 1 ted December 6th, stating that the prince regent, with the whole of the royal family, consisting of fifteen persons, had embarked for the Brazils, on the 24th ult. with seven sail of the line, five frigates, three armed brigs, and upwards of thirty Brazil merchant-vessels. The Portuguese fleet is attended by his majesty's ships Marlborough, London, Monarch, and Bedford, under the command of captain Moore. Only one serviccable Portuguese line-of-battle ship, and three hulks, remained in the Tagus. Eight Russian line-of-battle ships remain. ed in the Tagus, only three of which were in condition for sea. Rear-admiral sir S. Smith has resumed the blockade of the port of Lisbon with five sail of the line, and will probably by this time have been joined by an additional squadron of line-of-battle ships. I have the honour, &c. (True Copy.) MULGRAVE. J. Ansley, Mayor. 21. At night a fire broke out at the house of Mrs. Maccaughey, in White Hart-lane, Tottenham, which was attended with very afflicting circumstances. Mrs. Maccaughey, with a lady from Ireland, came to town to see one of her sons; and finding him unwell, spent the night in town. A letter was sent by Mrs. M. to her family, to inform them of ber intention; but the letter, unhappily, never was delivered, or the fatal accident would probably have been prevented. Some acquaintances who had spent the evening at the house with the servants, had left it before nine, when the younger children were put to bed. In the mean while, the family, consisting of two young ladies and two young gentlemen, sat up L12 for 1 for their mother. One of the servants passing the room where the two young children lay, smelt something burning; and opening the dor, the flames burst forth. Several attempts were made, in vain, to save the children, in the course of which the rev. Mr. Roberts near. ly lost his life by the stairs catching fire. In consequence of the coroner's inquest delivering their verdict against Wm. Hawkeswood, as the suspected murderer of his master, Mr. Parker, of Swindon, Stafford shire, he immediately absconded, and was traced to Worcester, whence he proceeded onwards by the Bristol mail. Two sheriff's officers instantly pursued him; and soon gained information of Mr. Townshend, of the Bush-tavern, Bristol, that a young man answering the description they gave, did arrive by the mail-coach; that the first enquiry he made was for a house of rendezvous to enter into the navy; and that he liberally rewarded the man who had taken him there, with three guineas out of ten, which he received for his bounty. Mr. Townshend then accompanied them on board the tender, and pointed out the young man, who acknowledged that his name was Hawkeswood; but said, although he had fled on hearing the ver dict of the coroner's jury, that he knew nothing about the poi He was, however, immedi. ately taken into custody, and conveyed to Stafford gaol, after under. going a strict examination; in the course of which, he acknowledged giving his master his usual cup of camomile tea, which he was in the habit of drinking every morning, and in which arsenic had been in fused; but that he did not put it in. It appeared, on the examination before the coroner, that Mr. Par. ker, the moment he tasted the tea, complained that it had a very un. pleasant flavour; and he did not, in consequence, drink the whole of it; notwithstanding which, he was soon after taken ill, and began to suspect he was poisoned. A surgeon was immediately sent for, but Mr. Parker died in about an hour after. On examining the cup, the surgeon found the dregs of arsenic at the bottom. Hawkeswood, being closely questioned, prevaricated in his answer, and at length made his escape, and concealed himself in his father's house till the coroner's inquest declared him to be the murderer. Mr. Newland died worth two hun dred thousand pounds in stock, besides 1,000l. per annum arising from estates; and has disposed of it in the following manner: To Mr. Henry Hase, now chief cashier; Mr. Rippon, second cashier; Mr. Atwood, and Mr. Bros 500l. cach as executors. To Mrs. C, housekeeper to the deceased, the interest of 60,000% 5,000l. in cash, the house and fur niture at Highbury, and horses, car riages, &c. To Mr. H. Hase, 250l. per an num, arising from the Broad-stree annuity (money lent by Mr. New land to the parish; and when the annuity shall cease, the principa to be paid), and 700/. consols. Mr. Rippon, second cashier 700 guineas-Mr. Bross, 70 guineas.-Mr. Atwood, 10,000!. To each of the family of th Goldsmids, eight in number, 500 to purchase rings. T To the gentlemen belonging to the chief cashier's office, about twenty in number, from 80l. to 100%. each, with about two exceptions. To the porters at the bank and lodge, from 10. to 50l. each, and to the domestics of the deceased's household the like sums. The residue of the property is left among the relatives of the deceased; among them a Chelsea pensioner, who, during the life of Mr. Newland, received 50l. per annum, has been left 1007. a year. A farmer's servant at Hornsey, who did not partake of Mr. Newland's boun 5th Jan. 1786.. -1797... -1800.. -1807..... ty during his life, has been left 3007. per annum. The second report of the commit. tee on the public expenditure, which was ordered to be printed in August last, and which had for its object an elucidation of the management of the public debt by the bank, is entitled to attention. The report commences by an in. vestigation of the profit derived by the bank from the management of the public debt. The following statement shews the increase of the debt, and of the charges of management: Debt Unredeemed. £.224,102,424... Charges of Management. £.100,846 £.5,687 4,000 To the last sum for management is to be added on account Allowance towards the expences of the house.... The balances of public money in the hands of the bank form Sundry other accounts, under the heads of pay-master-ge- 1,898 457,000 25,500 1,531,974 964,415 Commissioners for the reduction of the national debt........... Exchequer money, accumulating for the payment of dividends, average amount.. 1,488,073 6,167,928 £.10,629,890 To this is to be added, the sum remaining on account of the commissioners under the convention with the United States of America... The committee then shew, that the actual balances in the bank, at four different periods of the quar. 475,029 terest upon these balances, at between 5 and 600,000Z. being at the rate of 5. per. cent. which they consider to be not far from the amount of the profits arising from this source. The following is stated as the amount of bank notes (exclusive of Il. and 27. notes) in circulation at different periods: 7th Feb. 1795.....£ 12,870,500 persons thus circumstanced in a greater degree of intimacy. Lord Elgin and the defendant became very intimate. He was received as the most welcome visitant at his lordship's house; but,unfortunately, he availed himself of that intimacy to injure his unsuspecting friend in the tenderest part. Mr. Fergus. son obtained his liberation from France much earlier than lord El11,215,000 gin. Her ladyship continued with 12,856.770 him until the year 1805; when she came to England, to endeavour to procure his lordship's liberation, in which Mr. Fergusson appeared to lend his most cordial assistance; and, in fact, many of the letters written to lord Elgin upon that subject, were written from them both. At length the French government agreed to accept gene. ral Boyer in exchange for . lord Elgin; and his lordship returned to England in April, 1806. The should shew by her ladyship's letters, that her passion for her husband conti nued long after she had left him in France; but while she had been in England alone, there was much reason to believe that her affections from her husband had been totally alienated. Her ladyship had lainin of a child in Paris, which had died, and was embalmed and sent to England to be buried. She had lain-in of another after her return to Baker-street; and when his lordship arrived in England he was surprized at a letter from her, re questing that she might not be pat in the same situation again. As he knew that she had suffered more than usual in these child-bearings, he thought it might arise from a recollection of those sufferings, and that in a short time the memory of them would die away, and that Sheriff's Court, Tuesday, Dec. 22. Lord Elgin t. Fergusson. Crim, con. The inquisition of damages in the action brought against the defendant for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife, came on to be assessed this day, before Mr. Burchell, the under-sheriff, and a special jury. Mr. Garrow, as leading counsel for the plaintiff, stated to the jury the circumstances of the case :His lordship intermarried with his lady in Scotland in the year 1799, and soon afterwards was appointed to an embassy to Constantinople, where his lordship resided until the year 1803. At that time he was on his return to Europe; and passing through France, was, in common with other Englishmen, arrested by the order of government. The defendant, Mr. Fergusson, was also at that time in France, and was one of the persons detain ed by the French government. Similarity of fortunes united the he |