suffered much more from thirst than hunger. One vessel, a brig, passed near, but passed on without notice, perhaps supposing there were no living persons on board. to this country: they were consigned to Messrs. Thellusson and Co., of London, and were duly received by that firm. Of the bullion so consigned, Mr. Despree now demanded an account from QUEENSBERRY ANNUITIES. Mr. Mitchell, the surviving partner Mr. Heald, counsel for the an- of Thellusson and Co. In annuitants, applied to the chan- swer to this claim the defendant cellor to have 2,2071. 9s. 10d. pleaded, that, Mr. Despree being paid by the accountant-general in 1804 an alien resident in a to the several annuitants of the country with which England was duke of Queensberry, or their re- at war, and the Messrs. Thelluspresentatives, for one fourth of sons British merchants, the whole the arrears of their annuities from transaction had been illegal: the the 23rd of December, 1817, to plaintiff replied, that the prothe 23rd of December, 1820; and perty had been imported under that 16,918/. 15s. Bank 3 per cent. licenses from the English governannuities should be carried over ment; and whether the importaby the accountant-general, and tion had or had not been licenced, the dividends applied by him in was the question put to the jury. payment, to the subsisting annuitants, of one-fourth of the arrears of their annuities, during their respective lives. The lord chancellor was pleased to order the same accordingly; observing, that he wished to do all he could for the legatees of the duke of Queensberry (under the peculiar circumstances of the case); and by making this order, he should do equal justice to the legatees and annuitants, as his lordship had, by a former order, given the legatees one fourth of the arrears of their legacies, and interest, and he now gave the annuitants one-fourth of their annuities during their respective lives. 19. Court of KING'S BENCH, GUILDHALL.-(Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) -Despree v. Mitchell.-This was an issue directed by the vicechancellor. The plaintiff, Mr. Despree, who is a banker at Paris, sent, in the year 1804, a quantity of dollars (value about 250,0001.) VOL. LXIII. On the part of the plaintiff the deposition of Mr. Vaccavessa, who shipped the dollars to this country, was put in. Mr. Vaccavessa swore that all the ships had licenses on board. Memoranda were also put in, of orders in council granting certain licenses for the importation of bullion to Messrs. Thellusson and Co. The evidence of the defendant went to show that the licenses obtained by Messrs. Thellusson and Co. had been intended, and employed, to cover certain importations of bullion from Holland, not the importation of Mr. Despree: it was also proved, that the ships, which brought Mr. Despree's dollars, had, previously to that service, performed another voyage; and it was contended that the licenses granted by the English government to Messrs. Thellusson and Co., although nominally granted for a period of 6 months, were intended to cover only one voyage: the protection, therefore, had ceased F before the consignment from Mr. The lord chief justice left the OLD BAILEY.-Perjury and Abduction. The following extraordinary case occupied the court from five until nearly twelve o'clock at night : Edwin Mostyn Jones, a young man of respectable family, was indicted for a misdemeanour in making a false affidavit, in order to procure a license for marriage with Charlotte Lovell, and by that and other devices, inveigling her from the home and protection of her natural guardians. Mr. Adolphus described this as a case of most gross fraud: and this fraud, he said, had been followed up by conduct so base, that it was almost impossible to conceive that a person of liberal education, and moving in the society which the defendant must have been accustomed to, could have been guilty of it. The prosecutor in this case was Peter Harvey Lovell, esq. of Cole-park, Wilts, and the defendant a captain in the North Gloucester Regiment of militia. Mr. Lovell was blessed with ample property and a numerous progeny, and his happiness never knew any diminution, until the unhappy period when the defendant became acquainted with the family. This took place at a review at Cirencester, in June last. After a short acquaintance, the defendant wrote to Mr. Lovell, requesting leave to address his daughter Charlotte, but met with a refusal. This, however, did not deter him: he followed her from one place to another; and finally, having general's office, produced the P. Lovell, esq., deposed that he was the father of Charlotte Lovell, and saw the defendant at a review at Cirencester, in June last. About three days afterwards he was introduced to the family at Cole-park, by captain Vaughan. Before he went away, he said to the witness, "I am ardently attached to your eldest daughter, and wish to be permitted to pay my addresses to her." He went on to say, that he had property to the amount of 500l. a year, and the witness said he would make inquiry. He did so, but the result was unfavourable; and he wrote to the defendant declining any further communication with him on the subject of his daughter. This produced a letter of remonstrance from the defendant. This letter was read, and couched in terms of the bitterest disappointment at the determination of Mr. Lovell. Witness saw the defendant after this at some races, and at Bath, and common civilities were exchanged. Shortly after the elopement of his daughter, he saw the defendant, and asked him if he had married his daughter. He said he had. He asked him where; but he refused to tell. Witness told him he must be aware that the marriage could not be legal, as his daughter was not of age, and proposed a remarriage, and offered terms, which the defendant consented to; but witness afterwards discovered that he was incapable of complying with those terms from pecuniary disability, and having, in the interim, found out where his daughter was, he determined, at all risk, to break off the connexion, and to have her back. He found her at a lodging in London, and when he brought her away, her clothes were detained for arrears of rent, &c. Miss F. Lovell, sister of Charlotte, deposed, that some time after the acquaintance, she and her sister went by a stage-coach on a visit to their uncle and aunt, sir David and Lady Goodge, in Hertfordshire, and on the road they were joined by the defendant. In the course of conversation he said to witness. " I should have thought you were older than your sister Charlotte;" to which she replied, "Oh, no! I am between sixteen and seventeen, and Charlotte is nineteen years of age." He left the coach on the road, and some days after their arrival at sir David's he was seen riding along a lane, in front of the house. He once met them when they were out in the carriage with sir David and lady Goodge, and he was constantly presenting himself within view of the house, but never was admitted. At length witness had an interview with him at the garden-gate, and entreated him to quit the neighbourhood, as he had been seen about, and they would be sent home if he continued there. He implored an interview with Charlotte; but she told him it was impossible, and he went away. He still, however, continued to show himself, and witness wrote a letter to him, dictated by sir David Goodge, and signed by her sister. The purport of it was, to desire him to quit the place, for she was determined never to marry him without her friends' consent. This produced a letter from him, bewailing his fate, but declaring that he would, as she desired it, give her up for ever. In another part of the sheet, however, there were a few sentences written with lemon-juice (which were not discovered till a month ago), imploring her to save him from distraction, and to reward his fidelity by "running away with him." On a Sunday, shortly afterwards, sir David, lady Goodge, and all the men servants, having gone to church, and witness and her sister being at home alone, a message came, that a gentleman was waiting to speak to Miss C. Lovell. The latter went down to the garden, witness followed, and found her conversing with the defendant, who, pressing her to elope, declared he had a license in his pocket, and would marry her the following morning at St. Martin's church, London. She begged him to go away, as she would never marry him without her friends' consent. Witness also begged him to desist, and promised she would write to her father and beg his compliance. All, however, was vain: he said such another opportunity would never offer, and no earthly power should compel him to forego it. There was a gig standing close by, in the care of one Rawlins; and the defendant, at length taking Charlotte by the arm, pulled her down the lane to the gig. Witness laid hold of her, and appealed to Rawlins to assist, but in vain. He got her into the gig, and witness pulled her out again. She all this time cried, and declared she would not go; but he swore no power on earth should make him resign her. He got her again into the gig and drove off. Her sister was now in court, having been subpoenaed in behalf of the defendant. Captain Vaughan, of the Glou cester militia, swore that he communicated the situation of Miss Charlotte to her father after the elopement, the defendant having disclosed it to him. An interview took place in consequence, between Mr. Lovell's brother and the defendant, at which witness was present. Mr. Lovell's brother requested the defendant to give up his niece, and told him if he would say where she was, no proceedings would be instituted against him. He refused to give her up, unless Mr. Lovell would "come down" with a settlement, and pay his (defendant's) debts! If that were done, he would marry her; but without it, he would neither marry her nor give her up. The conference ended here: and a few days afterwards the defendant called upon witness, on his way to London, and told him, that he had had an interview with Lovell and the soli citors, but nothing was settled. He added, that he had but a small fortune, and had incurred considerable debts in this “running off." Here the case for the tion closed. prosecu Mr. Alley addressed the jury for the defendant, who was found Guilty. COMMERCE.-Trade of Liverpool, Lady-day quarter, 1821, compared with that of 1820. From Jan. 5, to April 5, 1821. Europe........ 125 British 153 19. A meeting of the society to promote religious instruction amongst seamen, was held at Hull, to consider of building a floating chapel for the use of the seamen. It appeared, that a floating chapel capable of containing 7 or 800 seamen, might be constructed for about 6701. A remarkable phenomenon occurred lately at Bishop Monckton, near Ripon, on the estate belonging to Mr. Charnock.-About two in the afternoon the attention of a person in his service was attracted by a rumbling noise, which apparently proceeded from the stack-yard, distant 30 yards from the house. He supposed it to proceed from children throwing stones against the doors and wall; but, on looking up the avenue, formed by a row of stacks, and leading to the house, he observed a small portion of the ground in motion, which, after continuing in a state of considerable agitation for some minutes, suddenly presented an opening of about a foot square, whence issued a great body of water. Returning with violence, it soon enlarged the cavity, and in its progress, carried down with it a portion of the surrounding earth, several feet in extent, which was buried in the abyss below. The water continued to ebb and flow more or less, at intervals, during the day.-Mr. Charnock plumbed this subterraneous pit in the evening, and found it 58 feet in depth; the water has now subsided, and remains settled within two yards of the top. BANK NOTES, &c.-The following is the official statement of the number of Bank-notes and Bank post bills in circulation, made up to Friday, April 6: Amount of the whole............... £. 22,976,475 SUICIDE. An inquisition was held at the George and Crown, Broad-street, Bloomsbury on the body of Mr. Alexander Murray. A pistol layon the floor near the body, the barrel burst to pieces. There was a wound on the left side wider than the mouth of a quart pot, so that the heart and the intestines were exposed to view. The |