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Cr . .~ ENGLISH AND BRISTOL CHANNELS SHIP CANAL. THE Act of Parliament having passed, constituting the SUBSCRIBERS a CORPORATION, Notice is hereby given, that applications for Shares, in lieu of those for feited by the neglect of Molders thereof to execute the Deed, may be made to Mesita. King and Lain, Nu. 5, Gray's Inn square; or to Mr. Clarke, Chard, Somerset, the re.pective Soli citors to the Bill. This Jay was published, In Three Volumes, thro. price 365. boards, A HISTORY a the FRENCH REVOLUTION ; accompanied by a History of the Devolution of 1335, or of the States-General under King John. By A. THIERS and FELIX BODIN. Translated from the French. Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, Ave-Maria-lane. Tbis day Was published. in post octavo. price lOs. 6d. Svcond Edition of THE FORESTERS. By the Author of " Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life;" And " The Trials of Margaret Lyndsay." Printed fur William Blackwood, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. Of whom may be had, I. 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Villatteuva's Pam phlet against Dr. Doyle—Blanco White's Evidence against Catho licism—Butler's Book of the Catholic Church—Blackwood's Ha. gaaine, No. Cl—Phillpott's Reply to Butler--O'Hara--Tales by the O'Hara Family—To-day in Ireland—Xl. the Drama. To C. North, Esq.—Xll. Works Preparing for Publication--XIII. Alonthly List of New Publications—XlV. Appointments, Pro -1 rnmions, &e.—XV. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. Printed for William Blackwood, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. This day was published, price al. Is. Part XV. of rpHE ENCYCLOWEDIA. METROPOLITANA. Cormors:-1. Pure Sciences--Completion of Geometry. 111. lii.torical and Biographical Division—Herod the Great.— Caius Cam Caligula—Tiberius Claudius Drusus Caesar—Nero Claudius Caesar. IV. Miscellaneous Division-English Lexicon— _ COP=ICYC.— including Cork Court—Crane--Creed— Culdeis. Curdlstan--Cyclades, &c eac. la A few copies are printed on royal paper, with proof im pressions of the Plates, price £l. 16s. The Parts from I. to XV. on royal or decoy paper, may be had together, or separately. Printed for J. Alawman; C. and J. Ilivington ; Baldwin, Cra. dock, and Joy; Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper; G. B. Whittaker; J. Duncan, London ; J. Parker, Oxford ; and Deighton and Sons, Clinbridge; and may be bad of all Booksellers in the United Kingdom. • DISH'S LUCK, AS USUAL! ON Friday the 15th inst. the Drawing of the State Lottery took place at Coopers Hall, when Bun's Offices were, as usual, very successful, u he Sold and Shared 3,613 . (Class B) . £21,000 • 9,776 . (Class B) . 21,000 8.687 . (Class A) . 2,000 4,237 . (Class rq . 1,050 The latter Ticket was also entitled to 16 Pipes of Wine ; and it is in the recollection of the Public, that lltsit added to the late Scheme, as a free gift from himself as Contractor, Four grand Prizes of Wine; this Ticket was one of them, and Base will allow ill: balder' of the Wine Prizes to select the very best Wine they can pick out from the Stock of any Wine Merchant in the United Kingdom, and Lie will pay for it, and send it, Carriage free, to wherever the fortunate holders reside; or if they prefer Money lint is in3ead of Whie. an will pay Money for the Prises whatever to vzr) 14-it Wine would cost. Exclusive of the above, Bun also Sold on 15th instant, Four other Capitals; and In the Eight pre ceding 11Iohtlas he sold Three Prizes of £30,000, Nos. 1,804, 2,478, ard ; Four Prizes of £20,000, Nos. 699, 7,034, 15,301, and, 18,5.;6 ; besides Prizes of £lO,OOO, £2,000, kc. &c. and there is scarce a Town in the United Kingdom that has not partaken of unparalleled success. Ctsti regrets that Lotteries draw very near their final close; but he is happy in having, before that event takes place, to lay be fare them 1 grand Scheme, which contains Four novel rich Prises C 25,000 each, and various other Capitals, with all the ether rich paints that Blues late Scheme possessed, all to be Drawn in ONE D 31st of Nest Month. (AUGUST). Tickets and Shares are selling at liwat's Offices, 4, C,orshill, and 9, Cliaring.Cross, and by his Agents in the Country. SCM VW Giusti& NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that application is intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Session, for leave to bring in a Bill for the better supplying with WATER from the River Lea i at or near Lea Bridge,in the Pariah of St.John.Hael ney, in the Co unty of Middlesex, the INHABITANTS of the se veral Hamlets, Townships, or Daces following, that is to say, Upper Clapton, Lower Claptun, Stamford Hill, Dalstoo, Kingsland, Shackle, Holloway, omerton, Ratcliffe, Mile End Old Town, Mile End New Town, Oldford, and places adjacent or near thereto, in the county of Middlesex; also, the Inhabitants of the several parishes of St. John Hackney, St. Matthew Bethnal Green, St. Nary Islington ' St. George in the East, St. John Wapping, St. Paul Sliadwell,St. Dunstan Stepney, AU Saint, Poplar, St. Ann, Limehouse, Newington, and Tottenham, in the said county of Mid dlesex ; Sr. Alban Wood-street, Allhallows Barking, Allhallows Bread-street, Allhallows Lombard -street, Allhallows London Wall, Allhallows Staining, Allhallows Thames-street, St. Alphage, St. Andrew Undershaft, St. Andrew Wardrobe, St. Anne Alders gate, St. Antholiti, St. Austin, St. Bartholomew Exchange, St. Benedict Flock, St. Benedict Gracechurch, St. Benedict Paul's Wharf, Christ Church, St. Clement Eastcheap, St. Dionis klackchurch, St. Dunstan East, St. Edmund the King, St. Ethel bui ga, St. George Botolph-lane ' Sr. Uelen, St. James Duke's 'lace. St. James Garlickbithe, St. Katharine Coleman, St. Ka tharine Cree, Sr. Lawrence Jewry, St. Magnus, London-bridge, St. Margar. t Lothltury, St. Margaret fattens Rood-lane, St. Mar t: n Ludgate, Sr. Martin Outwich, St. Mary Abchurch, St. Mary Aldermanbury, St. Mary Alderatary, St. Mary-le-Bow, Sc. Mary shit, St. Mary Magnus, Old Fish -street; St. Mary Somerset, St. Awl WI olnotli, St. Matthew Friday -street, St. Michael Bassishave, lit. Michael Corolla!, St. Michael Crooked-lane, St. Michael Queenliithe, St. Michael Royal Cullege.hill, St. Michael Wood s: feet. St. Mildred Bread -street, St. Mildred Poultry, St. Nicholas Coleman, St. ()lave Hart -street, St. ()lave Jewry, St. Peter • co.ruhill, St. Peter-le-Poor, Broad-street ; St. Stephen Coleman • reet, St. Stephen Walbrook, St. Swithin London Stone, St. •Veclast Fo-ter-lane, all in the City of London; St. Andrew, Holborn, Bacholornew the Great, Smithfield, St. Bartholomew the Las, 3t. Botolph Alrlersgatc, St. Botolph /litigate. St. Botolph Bishop'. St. Bride, Brichwell Precinct, Christchurch Spitalfields, St. Dunstan in the West, St. George the Martyr Queen-square, Bt. riles, Cripplegate, St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell, St. Len , Gard Shored itch, St. Luke Old -street, St. Mary Whitelsapel, St. Fa. im!chre Trinity, in the Alinories ; St. George Blisoansbury,St.Giles In the lields, St. Martin in the Fields, St. Katharine by the Towee ie lt ; Pancras, the Liberty of the Tower, the Liberty of the Old Ard Ctound, the Liberty of the Rollsi and the Liberty of Norton Fad- gate, all in the said county of Middlesex; and Bromley, All Saints Westham, and Stratford Bow, otherwise Stratford-le-Bow, in the counties of Middlesex and Essex : And for making, placing,ereeting, laying, repairing, extending, and continuing Reservoirs, Pipes, Drains, Aqueducts, and other Works for that purpose; which Reservoirs, Pipes, Drains, Aqueducts, and other Works, are intended to be and will be made, placed, erected, laid, extended, continued, at d carried into or through the sewn,' Parishes. Townships, and Places aforesaid, or some part or parts thereof. DX; NLT 1, GltEd YES. BAXENDALE, and TATHAIIII Solicitors for the Bill, King's Arms Yard, Coleman street, London. 'THR r.V.ENI NG SyAlt. I.ONDON: SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1825. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Consol Market is just is the same state as yesterday, a great dulness, and most of the good Brokers are selling. The Market is very heat'. Consuls opened at 893 3 for the Account, and soon after became Sellers at 901. _ _ In the Foreign Market every Security looks dull, and is going down, particularly South American Stock. Current Prices: New Spanish 164 17, Old Spanish 211 2'2., Russian 961 1, Mexican 754 76, Colombian New 844, Brazilian Scrip 431 disc. Mexican Scrip 3/ 1 disc. Danish Scrip 31 3 disc. Greek Scrip 134 121 discount. MUCK OF STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Iced. 90 3 /s % 3 per Cent. Cons. 8034 % 3} per Cent. 983/4 3} per Cent. Red. 98% I/ 8 4. per Cent. New losy 4 % Llng Ann. 22 1 / 4 India Stock 271 270 1 / 4 % India Bonds 48 50 £l,OOO Excheq. Bills 26 23 26 £5OO ditto 25 26 £lOO and £2OO ditto 25 27 Con+. for Acct. 89% % % FORRTGN FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Austrian Ms 5 p Ct. lilex. Scrip Ises, 31 1 dls. Ditto Acet. Ditto Acct. 31 4 I * die. Brazilian Bond. Neapolitan Bonds, 1824, Ditto Scrip, 5 p Ct. 1825, 54 dis. Persia. Bonds, 6 pet Ct. Ditto Aect. 4 54 dis. Ditto Acct. Buenos Ayres Bonds 90 Ditto Scrip, 1825,6 pC. Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct. Chiliad Bonds, Op Ct. Poi tuguese Bonds Colombian lids, G p C. Ditto Acct. Ditto Bonds, 1824, 841 1 Prussian Bonds b p C. 1014 Ditto Ace. 84 831 841 4 Do. Bonds, 1822, 5p Ct. Danish Bonds, 5 per Ct. Russ. Bonds, 1822, S p Ct. 961 4 Do.Scrip,sp Ct.. 1825, Ditto for Acc. 964 Greek Bonds Spanish S p. Ct. Cons. 214 Dn. Scrip 121 134 dis. Ditto Acct. 22 Ditto Acct. 124 154 dis. Sn.s p. Ct.C. 1823, Mex. Bonds, S p Ct. 754 Ditto Acct. Ditto Acct. 754 Frenchßentes, S p Ditto Bonds, 1624 6 p Ct. $44 Exchange, BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. AtiNsui. SHAM POD. PPJCI PIK SBAllir. Anglo Mexican - £lOO £3O iss. 45 pin. .6 CastelloStEspiritoBanto 100 5 7i Cornwall and Devooshire 50 5 Hayden 100 5 Potosi, La As, & Peru,. 50 5 Royal Irish *5 1 9-16 Tywarnhale 45 5 Welch Iron & Coal 25 - 10 - ASUMAN( COMPANY. Protector Fire 20 2 9 $1 i 1 j prem. 111 Ili 11 SIISCELL A NEOUS. _ •HAIL rAilf. PRICE PIM SNARL British Iron Company - 100 - 10 - 111 11 British Rock & Patent Salt SO 5 12 DrOltwich Patent Salt 25 5 71 8 Great Westminster Dairy 25 - 4 31 London&BourdeavaStm.Pack 50 2 31 Lower Rhine Steam Na,. 300 1 2 1 1 3 Just as our Paper was going to press, we received the ifaxiteur of Thursday, and the Bale of yesterday, by express. It copies from the Augsburg Casette an article stating that the Divan refuses all diseession on the affairs of Greece ; and that the Reis Effendi, in all his interviews with the French Ambassador, rejects every overture of conciliation. It is said, CoLoccrraoxi has dis played extraordinary activity in the organisation of the new troops, destined to reinforce the Greek armies. An article front Vienna, dated the 16th instant, states that the military and naval events of Greece have made little impression , on the people of Constantinople and the Janizaries. The successes of IBRAHIM PACHA and RMICIILD PAOLA t are blazoned forth to cnver the defeats at sta. The former is represented as penetrating into the hforea ; but it is said on the other hand, that COLOCOTRONI bad advanced on Navarino, and appeared disposed to attack I that place before the fortifications are re-established, and while the other Greek troops occupy ISRAMIX PACHA, in the environs:of , Calamata, which place be has taken. The Captain Pacha is said to be still at Suda. It is said, at Constantinople, that he only lost one corvette of $4 guns, and a few brigs. The Eteits contains the oath pronounced by Cotocarsom, in the Church of Napoli di Romania, that he would maintain the inde pendence of Greece. Accounts from Madrid state, that the Royal Family bad arrived at St. Udefonso. The Zan/e stain that the house of Messrs. ROXIISCELD has con tracted for a loan of 6,000,000 of florins, at &or per cent. interest, with the Government of the Grand Duchy of Hew. French Funds, July 28—Five per Cents, 102 f. 95c.--Three per Cents, 76f. Sc. This morning we received German Papers to the 24th instant. The Presburgh Gazette of the 15th of July, states that the Emperor of 'Ausrnta has, by letters of convocation, summoned a Diet for the King dom of Hungary, to be held in that city, and opened on the llth of September, on which occasion the coro; nation of the Empress will he celebrated. Prince Marrsastictr, who left Milan on the 4th July, arrived on the I lth in the evening at Ischl. The fol lowing are extracts : •BERLIN, JULY so. A law is much spoken of here, which is said to be proposed for the purpose of raising the value of landed estates, that is, those called Knights fees, for noble estates (riltergait). which ii generally depreciated, to give to the dignity of the Nobility a desirable reality, which might counteract the errors which regard No bility as a mere illusion without any reality. This' law would be published in the following form : Section 1. Henceforward Patents of Nobility (briefadd) will , not be given to anybody. 9.. On the other hand, every person professing the Christian I , religion, who is the actual proprietor, or :ball become so, of a noble estate, situated in the Kingdom, shall have for his own person the rank of Nobility, and the right, besides the name he has hitherto borne, to use and to write the name of his estate, or of one of his , estates, if he has several, with the predicato V.i 3. These privileges descend to every heir, provided that be ac - quires with the patrimony, and enters on the possession of at least one undivided Knight's Estate. 4. He who is not exclusive possessor of at least one Knight's estate in the kingdom, shall not make any use whatever of the pri-1 vilege of No. 2, on pain of incurring the penalties fixed by the laws (Sect. 1395,11,20 L. ; and be who from any cause share. pounce or lose the possession of the estate, shall cease also to enjoy the privileges. 8. T►e rights of the Nobility existing at the time of the publica tion of this law, remain unaltered. We expect further discussions en this subject. Many penon a l a re favourable to the measure, considering it as a means to induce lopulent families to acquire noble estates, and to preserve the pot session of them, to give to the title of rOS en im ,orance wh"ch e•: en the common people will recognise as well founded; and that besides a law of this kind would lessen many evils of civil society, the pre judicial consequences of which are evident in hisiory. Quebec Papers, Papers, to the 24th June, have re ached us, hut they contain no news. Letters of a later date, state, the great timber ship was launched on the 25th ult. • We have received New York Papers to the 2d inst. containing intelligence from South America, but it is not of much Importance. The Legislature of Georgia bad the good sense to adjourn on the lath alt. without entering into a discussion of the Resolutions of the Committee, relating to a separation from the general Governtnent, thus, as the Patriot says—" Treating the Committee, and obliquely the intemperate language of the Governor, with silent and merited contempt." Accounts front Bermuda state, that Sir WILLIAM Loaner resigned the Go vernment, and left the Colony on the Bth ult. It is added, that be proceeded to Halifax, where he would remain a month, and then return to England. A frigate of 44 guns, was lannehed at Washington, on the 16th June, called the Brandy-wine, in commemoration of the scene where General La Farr:vs lost his first blood in the Revolutionary war. It is to be fitted up to carry that veteran back to France. Young Muitar arrived at New York on the 48th ult. The Gazette says— " He is an elegant young man, apparently about twenty one years of age. After a short stay with his uncle BONATARTZ, at Bordentown, he intends, we understand, to visit his elder brother, ACHILLILS, in Florida, who is cultivating a large track of land at that place."—' A c:tv.:.xs Myna? had got into a newspaper controversy respecting his right to exercise his elective franchise. The last accornts from Lima state that Callao still held out, although blockaded by seven men of war, and besieged by 4,506 troops, commanded by ?lomat' in person. Room seemed to dis regard the threat of the Liberator, that he would hang him and his garrison if he was compelled to take the place by assault. One of the New York Papers states, on the authority of a Captain Baotnzas, that on the 16th of June, the negroes on several of the principal plantations at Matanzas, in the island of Cuba, revolted, and murdered their Proprietors in a very cruel manner. The Governor sent out a body of troops to put down the insurrection, which was not effected until 60 or 70 of the revokers were killed. Colombia Papers to the Ist of June have been received. They state, that the Congress of Peru had resolved to glee Bouvier the title of Father and Saviour of the Country, and had voted two mil lions of dollars, independent of their pay, to the Liberating Army. General Sanas was to have a title from the place of his victory, Ayacucho. The troops raised in Colombia to reinforce the army in Peru had beendisbanded. Next Monday will form a new era in the history of Science and of Commerce. On that day a steam-vessel, very appropriately called the Enreerans, will leave the banks of the Thames for those of the Ganges. This is one of the most im portant, and the most stupendous attempts ever made at facility of intercourse. The vessel will proceed by the way of Ancona, Corfu, Malta, Ste. to Bombay, which it is expected she will reach in thirty-mew days ! Connected with this subject, we may observe, that English Commissioners have proceeded to Alexandria to negociate with the Viceroy of Egypt for the opening of a canal to unite the Mediterranean and the Red Sea ; but as Munsulnian Princes are not the most tractable persons to deal with, it is probable sometime may elapse before the necessary consent and security are obtained. The Enterprise, which has been constructed for the purpose, appears admirably calculated to achieve this great feat in naviptien. Her burthen is Soo tons. She has two sixty-horse power engines. The boilers, which are made of copper, extend across the ship, with seven furnaces, each seven feet in depth. The whole of the machinery is by MAVOSLAY. and does him great credit. He has contrived an ingenious method of changing the water in the boilers, so as to prevent the rapid deposit of salt and sand which would otherwise take place; he has also Seed a pump, which may be called universal, from the 'various uses to Which it is capable Of being applied ; and he has also constructed a moveable rallway,which serves to conduct the coals to the point where they are wanted.-- Although the Before's will make use of her sails, when the wind permits, she will rely principally on her steam, and for this purpose she must necessarily take out not less than three hundred tons of coals. The contrivances for stowing her fuel away are no less judicious than the other parts of her construction. The coals are partly contained in chambers, within the sides of the vessel, go vered with sheet iron, and partly in tanks beneath; which. as they are emptied of coals, will be Ailed with water to keep the vessel properly ballasted. The cabin., of which there are twenty, are furnished with every convenience; but of course, where so much space Is occupied by the coals and the machinery, there can be little or no room for cargo. Such a vessel, Indeed, is not to be estimated by the scale of commercial utility, as to the trans. porting of goods, but in the speedy conveyance of passengers, and intelligence to and from India; sod there is so much of individual comfort and convenience, that bee success must be deemed a national benefit. BRIGHTON. JULY SO. The Duke and Duchess of • Clasen:nap frequently walk about our streets, arm in arm. We heard fish-woman exclaim on Wednesday, " Goo bless 'em ! how comfortable they look—jna like man and wife." Their Royal Highnesses have paid a visit to the Bazaar, with which they seemed much pleased. Lord and Lady Cameras and family have left the Royal York Hotel, to occupy 19, Old Steyne. Arrivals at the York Hotel—The Duke and Duchess of Argyle, Duke and Duchess of Richmond; Lords G. Lennox, Dunvrich, and Alvanley ; Earl of March; Earl and Countess Kinnoul ; Earl Lisburne ; Hon. Mr. Vaughan ; Lady Augusta and Mr. Cotton; Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Lawless, Sec. &c. Sir T. Jones is among our latest arrivals. Mr. Harms left us on Tuesday, after a few date residence, for London. He has lost 2500 guineas by the defeat of Cannon. Ward, the pugilist, is here. He is a line young man, with a frank, open countenance. He was on the Race-coarse, and at tracted considerable attention. Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, Mr. CANNING, as his Mearsres Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs, held a Levee for the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, at the Fo reign Office, in Downing-street. Among their Excellencies pre sent were—Prince Ertemeesv, the Austrian Ambassador; the Prussian, the Swedish, the Netherlands, the Spanish, the Danish, the Sardinian, the Neapolitan, &c. &c. Mr. CANNING gave pri vate interviews to each of their Excellencies. Mr. Husztasoli transacted business with Mr. CAN. insto yesterday, at the Foreign Office. The,Crutacetton of ,the EacHiQula came to town yesterday morning, from his **use at Beckenham, in Bent, and after transacting buosiness at the Treasury, returned in the evening. A duel, which it is feared will prove fatal in its consequences, was fought on Thursday morning, on Crawley Com.. mon, between a Gentleman of the name of ikeionstrone and a Mr. BA INA It& The first fire had no effect, but in the second, Mr. Et.rinimona was wounded on the side of the right breast, and the ball was not extracted, although attended by Mr. BAN% a proles.. sional Gentleman. The parties are distantly related. The Bank of England have declined making ahy further advances on deposits of stock. An application was yester day made for a loan to the customary amount, on 11,0001. Consols ; the answer was—that the Bank bad discontinued lending on depo ails of stock. The Royal Society of Sciences (La Soeiiii Royale Isotgoitre do Mama), in its sitting of the Sid of this month, admitted Mr. Timms Camrsar., one of the moat distinguished literati of Ragland, among the numbers of its noo-resident flies). hers. Mr. CANINO= is DOW at Paris. Nan STOCKMAN, THE PUOILIAT.—This man under went a very long examination this day, at Bow -street, charged with robbing Mr. Crouch, of between 3 and sCIOO, at the Castle at Warwick, and was sentanded until 'I Andel,. SI/MMEE ASSIZES. MAIDSTONV., JULY mt. VIE KING V. ABRAHAM CONSTAILg, ESQ. This was an indictment fot a misdemeanour. It stated that the defendant, as one of the Justices of the Peace for the county of Kent, having no regard to jus tice or to the - duty of his office, but unlawfully intend; ing to aggrieve and oppress one John Baker, and td expose him to ignominy, shame, scandal, and disgrace, on the 30 h July, 1822, without any reasonable or pro bable cause, and under mete colour and pretence of his office, did sign a warrant directed to the keeper of the House of Correction at Maidstone, reciting that he (Baker) had been duly convicted before him (de , fendint), by the oaths cf Joseph Abbott and Thomas Ferguson, of being a rogue and vagabond, to wit, by indecently exposing his p erson natced before a gist named Harriet Hall, aged ten, in Greenwich Park, and that he (defendant) had; for this said offence, adjudged him (Baker) to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three month., and by the said warrant did command the said keeper to detain him for the term therein spe , cified ; whereas, in truth and in fact, the said J. Baker, had not, at the time of the sighing of the said warrant, been duly convicted by the oath of the persons therein named, or by the oath of any other pe.sons ; but on the contrary, defendant had signed the said warrant with out seeing the said J. Baker, and without giving him an opportunity of making his defence, or of examining the witnesses to the said supposed offence, &c. There were other counts, varying the charge in particulars not necessary to mention. The last count was for false im prisonment. Mr. QURNRY stated the case for the prosecution. The charge against the defendant was, that he was guilty of gross negligence and inattention in the discharge of his duty, whereby a grievous injustice was imposed upon an innocent man. With the guilt or innocence of the party suffering the Jury had nothing to 4a. Admitting him to be the most infamous of men, tl , e offence of the defendant could in no degree be lessened by that circumstance. As a Magistrate he had grossly violated his duty ; and if the Jury were satisfied of !:is guilt, they were bound to say so by their vet dia. John Baker, the prosecutor, deposed as follows s In July, 1822, I lived in D. Word. lam a married man, and was a housekeeper, and carried on the busi ness of a green-grocer and iruiter. er. I lived there nearly eighteen months. On tht 30th of July, between two and three o'clock, as nearly as possible, in the afternoon, I was near bbe fence of the Observatory, in Greenwich Park, and had turned aside for a natural purpose. I then came on a little way, at which time my dress was properly adjusted, and heard a child crying. She was then about twenty yards from me. 1 went an, spoke to her. I asked her what she was doing there ? She said she was selling matches and laces in the Park. At the time I so spoke to her, I swear most solemnly that my person was not exposed. After I had spoken to her, I observed three men lying on the grass at some distance; they were between fifty and sixty yards off the place where the child sat. I afterwards learned that one of them was named .Ferguson.— One of them came up to me after I had got out of the Park some time. I had just got to the Greenwich great gate, when he called out to me, " Arn't you a pretty to behave in the manner yon have done to this girl 7' The ether two men went in search of Eggle stone, the constable. I was given in charge of Egglestone. I was first taken to Colonel Foreman's, and then to the office of Mr. Bicknell, who was there, and he told the constable to take me to Mr. Oonstables house at Lewis ham. I was accordingly taken there, a distance of a mile and a 'half, but he was not at home. I was then brought back to the office. Alter Mr. Bicknell's clerk had written some papers, he gave them to the constable, and desired him to take me to Mr. Constable's again.— The constable took the papers from the clerk, and took me to the house of Mr. Brown, son-in-law to Mr. Con stable. The constable went in and left me outside the door. The girl and the men were on the opposite side of the 'road. The • constable CAM out and took me away to the watch-house. I never saw Mr. Constable on that occasion, nor have I ever yet seen him in my life. Egglestone delivered me to Cassano, the officer, who locked me. up. I remained there that night.. • Next day, between two and three o'clock, Hodges, soo ther • constable, came for me. L-asked where I was going ? He said he hadgot Mr. Constable's commitment, and that he was going to take me to Maidstone jail. When we came to the Lion and Lamb, where the Maid stone coach stops, we found the coach full. I was then taken back to the watch r house, but I was removed to the lock-up house for the night, where Hodges told sae I could be better accommodated. I was locked op un til next day. I was then taken to Maidstone jail, and was kept there three months at hard labour. Two constables were examined, whose evidence was favourable to the prosecutor. His wife was also examined, who stated that his imprisonment had proved his ruin. By the Cuter Armes—The reason I have for saying that my husband was totally ruined is, that he was obliged to part with his horse, cart, and shop,in consequence of being shut up in prison, and I wished to be near him to do what I could for him. I Inv not able to attend his business. • This was the cue for the prosendon. Mr. MARRY/err then addressed the Jury on the part of the defendant. The Jury would observe that the indictment did not impute to the defendant any cor rupt or malicioni motive in this transaction, and there fore he was at a loss to conceive how this prosecution could be sustained ; it appearing, in point of (act. that there had been a conviction of the prosecutor. Who.. • ther it was an irregular or erroneous conviction was not the question. It was perfectly clear that there could be no intentional ill-will on the part of the defendant to wards the prosecutor, for neither had seen the other in the course of their lives, and consequently there was a complete absence of everything like or mali- . cious motive. It was quite-certain, that as soon as the error was called to his attention, he manifested an anxious desire to set it right, by ordering the man to be liberated if it could be done. But being informed by the Magistrates' clerk that it was too late, the war rant being a commitment in execution, he could do no The more. . question for the consideration of the Coup t and Jury was,whether, in the absence of any imputation el corruption, malice, or the conviction of Baker, regularly drawn up, would nut be a complete answer in point of law to this indictment ? It was mani fest, upon the prosecutor's own :hewing, that there was something in his conduct on the occasion in ques tion to justify suspicion. But the case would net stop there. He (Mr. M.) would call the persons who wit nessed his conduct in the Path, and the Jury would judge from their evidence of the truth •r falsehood of the charge. Joseph Abbott examined—.l am a waterman, living in London. I know two young men, named Chamber 'Leine and Ferguson. The former is a waterman. fie