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Newspaper
Java Government Gazette
Location
Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
Date
Apr 08, 1815
Page
5
The discussion centers on 1796 specie payments to the Bank and government creditors. The author argues paying in specie would overcompensate lenders and harm debtors, noting practical impossibility and a Treasury hint that Bank demands may wait until after a peace treaty. The tone questions the Bank’s near-term obligations.
At the Somersetshire Assizes Mary Ann Adlam of Bath-street faced indictment for petit treason in the killing of her husband Henry Allen Adlam in Bath on June 18. Witnesses described a quarrel preceding the fatal knife wound and the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter with a six month imprisonment.
Sir Samuel Romilly urged the court to place Miss Smith under her mother’s care, arguing the father’s morals endanger the child. Counsel noted the mother’s divorce for adultery and cruelty, with alimony and independent income. The lord chancellor ruled the child’s ward status was present, yet the case remained unresolved as she stood to inherit about 16,000 pounds.
The court discussed a ward's marriage under twenty one and the liable party’s duty to settle assets. It noted the ward could receive 16,000 at age twenty one with parental consent and contrasted this with an infant brought by Habeas Corpus. The judge promised an early opinion.
The National Intelligencer reports the General Court Martial aboard the frigate United States in New London harbor. It convicts Lieut. William S. Cox for neglect of duty and unofficerlike conduct, orders cashiering and perpetual incapacity. Midshipman James W. Forest is cashiered for drunkenness. Acting Midshipman Henry P. Fleischman is publicly reprimanded for false parole name. Bugler William Brown is found guilty of cowardice with three hundred lashes and wage stoppage. President reduces to one hundred. Captain Joseph Russell faces further misconduct findings and wage actions.
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