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titidtkidt4,-JAN 14. Mr. H. Ctsc-cerr bas arrived at e the Royal Hotel. e last The arrived guests at the Marine Hotel are, Mr. and. Mrs. Mosiriers utituoviie and family. At the New Steyne Hotel, Lord Hall ioiLouam and Sir Rueta* and Lady ARBUTHNOT. At the Norfolk ihizel, Sir Hunts and Lady DALRTMPLR, and the Honourable Mr. VAINURtt.• , • I.nrd llweituarr and family ate still here. Sir W. F. FARQUHAR set Out for town this miming. Her Lady- Ship and family bile+ to merrow. Lord Say and Seca was in the departure list Yesterday, but re turns shortly. Lady Sae and Sets and family remain. Mr. Secretary Peet has been with us since 'Saturday. General Como' bas been with us some days. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE: • The Earl and Counter of Scarborotiih have left their seat in 1 . -rkskire, on a viist to Laid 31i4clieton, at his seat, Wtsliwton 11,1 use, Vottinghainshire. 1.m.,1 Melbourne arrived in town yesterday, from Earl Cowper s rear, Pansenger, Herts: Lord Frederick tYeascle4 arrived yesterday at ths brother's, the Duke of St:•Alhan's, in St. James's-square, froth his seat in Herts. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tynte arrived yesterday at their house in (;ro.venor.srreer, from Buttenton Hall, Staffordshire, the seat of T. Swennenton, Esq. Win. Heysham, FAq. and sons arrived yesterday at Fenton's New .Hotel, St. James ustreet, from their seat in Hams: Depar t/west—Thomas Page, Est fur his seat, Cobham ; A. F. Nunis, }.q. for his seat in Hams ; Captain Milner, fur Brighton. Arrivals at the .Pulteney Hotel, Albernatle.street:—Mr. and Mr+. Wykehani and Messrs. H. and A. Wykeisam, from their seat, Tythrop House, Oafordshire. Departures--Ww. Gunning, Esq. for Bath; J. Maitland, Esq. for ditto. Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel,Lower Brook-street—Wm.Unwin, El. from a tour; Serjeantson, Esq. from a tour. Departures —Colonel Gray, for Norfolk ; Captain Lowther on a tour. Arrivals at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street—Mr. and Mrs. Williams, (rim Yorkshire; J. Smith, Esq. H. Smith, Esq. and Mr. and Mrs. I lardun. Departures—Colonel and Mrs. Edwards, for Bath ; Mr. arid Mra: Stroud and family, for B er k s hi re ; G. ihumpsou, Esq. for Ramsgate ; H. Williams, Esq. for Oxford. THE ARMY. A complete new syctnn is under consideration before Mr. Se eretary Pen, for rendering the Yeomanry Cavalry ofpreland more efficient; it will be stabmitted to the Colonels of the different Corps, in order to see how far it can be carried into effect. The 42d (Hopi! Highland) Regiment of Foot, has arrived in three Divisions, on board the Albion,Sovereign, and Noma trans ports, at Gibraltar, from Ireland. The 62d ( Wiltshire) Regiment of Infantry, has completed its augmentation establishment. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. -...■10..-- FA LAROUTII, JAL isi.—Wind N.B. to E.—Sailed the Hanger, EGBERTSON, for Liverpool. PLYMOUTH, SAX. 12. —Wind N.—Sailed the Princess of Wain; CLYMA, for Sierra Leone. l'orrsuourn, JAN. 15.—Wind W.N.W. fine weather.—Ar rived front the Downs, the Ellen, DOHCAN, for Tobago; Itebe. Arrwett., for —; African, steam vessel. for Sierra Leone; and Harmony, Awnarws, for —. Sailed the Concord, Fate- DIAN, for Lisbon; and Liberty, ALwatnor, for the Western Isles. Cowrs, Jaw. 13.—Arrived the F.bor, Amorasow, from St. John's (N. B.) Sailed the Bairns Warre, WORTHY, for Alvarado. DEAL, JAN. 13 —Wind W. N. W. Hest breese.—Arrived aid remain, the Mary, &Mutts. from Jamaica; and Onyx, Wirt.tra, from Honduras. laysorooe., JAN. 12.—Wind N.B—Arrived the Thomas, Cum- XINCIIANI, from Quebec ; Gomer, Toeless., from Ptrnau :War mion, WILLIAIVION, from St. Petersburgh; and Kopper, from Finland. THE WEATHER. EDI NT BURG HA.Taistmar 12. The frost still continues intense, and in consequence, the navi .gation of the Claion Canal has been shut since Monday. Dudding tene loch presents every day an animated spectacle, being crowded with skaters and curlers. Tice skating dub were on the ice there on Tuesday and yesterday ; and hundreds, who cannot partake of these sports, have been tempted I ,y the clear weather ? to enjoy the romantic walks to and from the loch, and to become spectators of the lively scene. The Leith skaters have been also daily enjoying that elegant amusement on lAchend. ... Thursday sT'nnight, the elegant silver medal, annually given by Sir George Clerk, Bart. of renicuik, M.P. &c. was played fur on one of Ms ponds at Pi nicuik House. The day being favourable and the ice fine, an excellent opportunity was afforded for a display of the respective merits of the players. After a general keen con test, the state of the game at the last mode of trial was on a par between the following individuals, via. Dr. James, and George Clerk Renton, Esq. ; Thomas Aitken, Walston ; Mr. James 31.1,e5n, Nine-mile-burn, and Messrs. Harpers, of Brunstam Castle. The medal was gained, by one shot a-head of the above competitors, by lir. Andrew Harper, jun. After the termination .at the contest, the Members dined in the King's Arms Inn, and 11pcl.t the evening in that innocent and social manner of which this amusement is characteristic. GLASGOW, JAN. 12. Yesterday, about three o'clock, a number of boys and young men collected upon the ice on the river, a little above South Wel lington Place, to engage in the amusement of skating and sliding. The ice, which at that time, was not sufficiently strong, gave way, and seven or eight persons were precipitated into the river.— By the exertions of the bye-standers, five were rescued from their perilous situation, but two youths, Walter Keir and James Clark, both book printers, were unfortunately drowned.— Amongst those who signalized themselves in their efforts to save the sufferers, we nimt mention Lieut. Impett, of the 71st Regi ment, at present In garrison here. At the risk of his own life, this humane and gallant officer dashed into the river, and by his individual exertions sav e d t h ree persons from death. ames Clark lost his life in attempting to rescue his fellow-sufferer; having got a college-gown from a student standing by, he threw it in that Keir might catch hold of it ; in this be did not succeed, and the ice gave way under bins. WINDSOR, JAN. 13.—The severity of the weather, during the present week, has prevented his MAJESTY from enjoying any out-door excursions. His Aistrasrr devotes the greater part of the day to public business in his study, and frequently dispatches Messengers from the Royal Lodge to London. His MAJESTY dines at seven, and generally honours his suite with his company. We are sorry to state that Mr. M'DtAnatib, Editor of the Dumfries Courier, met with a very serious accident on Fri day se'nright. He was about to take a short ride in the afternoon, but had not proceeded many yards from the door of the stable in the King's Arms-yard, where he mounted his pony, when, from some unaccountable cause, it came down with its rider, whose leg yttting beneath it, on its rolling over on its side, was broke in two d.fferent places. He was soon afterwards removed to kis own boort.. and, we are happy to understand, is in a promising way Cl recovery. Thursday se'nnight, a Gentle Man belonging to Edin. burgh, who rode out with the Mid Lothian fox bounds, was thrown from his horse at the Myles, and fractured his arm.— Another Gentleman, when taking a leap, was precipitated into a ditch, without injuring himself. The horse bad to be extricated from his perilous situation, by aid of a man and ropes from Sheriff hall coal pit. Several other equestrians were, as if by .magic, reduced to the bumble station ofipedestrians. Wit:CHESTER QUARTRR SZSEIONS.—At these Sessions ' L e Duke of BUCKINGHAM appealed against the con .rtion of the Magistrates (Mr. POULTER and Dr. Naw s,.l.-r), for convicting his Grace in the mitigated L.tity, under a late Act, for not having his Christian 41J surname on his waggons and carts. There were s:renteen Magistrates on the,Bersch, including the Chair t.an (11-. POLLEN), eight for, and eight against, the clnviction, when the conviction was quashed by the Chairma.,l giving the casting vote in favour of his "ace. Mr. LOCKHART, M.P. was on the Bench, and argued very' strongly in favour of the conviction, as, his Opinion, all Acts of Pitsliaasent ought . to be inter according to the letter. Yegerday, about two. o'closit is the afternoon, the !k n . (-,Ennuit -srailsom Arbil* :baiting on the Ser pentine, tell , and dislocated his sta. PROM VIZ PUBLIC LIDOS*. Though they (the Russian Documents), have been put forth for the purpose of elucidating those circumstances which have recently taken place, they leave us as much in the dark as ever with respect to many essential points; and we are still unable, after the most diligent perusal, to decide, whether the act or rather acts, by which Constantine has renounced his right to the throne, were dictated by compulsion, or adopted freely and deliberately? We are well aware that there is, upon the face of all these documents, an ap pearance of his having acted solely from the suggestions of his own mind ; but the same controuling influence, which could have ex acted from him this great sacrifice, could clearly stamp upon it whatever form it pleased. We do not pretend exactly to. say that a threat of violence was actually used; but what we mean to assert is, that if menace has been resorted to, it was as easy to exact, by this means, from Constantine an attestation that he acted under no' , constraint, as his signature to the instrument by which he re-1 nounced his birthright. In one of the Documents a preceding act of renunciation is allu deli to, but it is not published; and this omission is the more to be regretted, as it probably contains the key to this mysterious pro ceeding. The communication of Constantine is as remarkable for its self-abasement as for its adulation towards Alexander—two cir cumstances strongly indicative of constraint, whilst they encourage a suspicion, that the only share he had in it, !was that of simply affixing his signature. It must be remarked that he mas then at St. Petersburgh, where compliance could be more readily enforced than at Warsaw, had compulsion been deemed necessary. ... We have thus analyzed this singular collection of State Papers ; and our impression is unchanged, that Constantine, instead of having any claim to our admitation, as a hero, is entitled to our sympathy, either as a dupe or a victim. In the meantime, it is clear that his second marriage was made the original pretext of rznctirtg front him a sacrisce, which two years afterwards assumed the character of a voluntary act. The Jury consulted about ten minutes, and then returned a ver dict of—Acquittal. Mr. Serjeant ARAM called up Fletcher, and told him that had the verdict been the other way, he would have committed him for contempt. Wm. (lark, aged 15, was indicted for feloniously em bezzling 7s. 40. the monies of John Carr, his master. The prosecutor stated, that he keeps the Red Lion, in Portogal-street. The prisoner at the bar had been in his service, u pot-boy, four mouths previ ,, ils to the 26th of June last, when he suddeol absconded. While in his employ the prisoner used is take out the bills, arid was authotisA to receive payment. The day be. " • • P • • eta !fore - he ran away he received* tummy 'which accounted for. A customer of Mr. Cirr's proired that fie paid the stoner prisoner the day before be w . e.nt away. ,to 4 qiestiOn from the Court, the prosecutor said he hes nothing . of the prisoner iron the 26th of J u n e till the SlOth r ot December, when he catisid him to be appiehended. The itirj , found the prisoner Guilty. MEETING Al' 13LANDF.1311.a. A numerous and Sri kly respect 'hie theetine of owners and occupiers of lintwithirt the county of Dorset, was heli at the Town Hall, in Blandf rd. nn Monday the 9th inst. JASI ItS J. PA Retina RSON, Esq. in the Chair. Sir JOHN WYLDBORZ SMITH, Bart. addressed the Meeting, and after stating as his firrti and unbiaised convicti .a, that in the prosperity and security of the landed interest were involved the prosperity and kcu rity of the community at lirge; read some resolutions, and a petition to Parliament against the introdecticin of foreign corn, on payment of a protecting duty. The Resolutions and Petition having been seconded by the Rev. H. F. YFATMAH, in a speech of considerable length, were unani mously adopted. Sir J. W. SMITH then moved, that a Society be formed in the County of Dorset, for the protection of agriculture, and that J. J. Farquharson ! , Esq. be President of such Society. • Seconded by J. BASTARD, En and carried unanimously. It was then moved, that the Petition to the House of Lords be presented by Earl DIGIT, and the Commons by E.B.Poansou, Km. Among the numerous agriculturi.ts present we noticed Sir J. SMITH, General Bisossass, J. J. FAuwaimisex, Roc D. P. Oct.. Esq. Rev. H. F. YRATMAII, T. H. BASTARD, J. Cuss, Esqrs. and nearly two hundred sariculturins at the first respectability. 41asacmgyi ramose mono signstizea themselves in their efforts to save It ClOci no: smite US, that there is anything miraculous box, but he recalled him, wh the sufferers, we must mention Lieut. Impett, of the 71st Regi- in the state of mind which would prompt • a Prince to rigid examination by the Cou ment, at present In garrison here. At the risk of his own life, make such a choice. Instances of the kind, it is true, felted an uncommon degree i this humane and gallant officer dashed into the river, and by his y,but they are by no means thathe was given charge ate not frequent in history , individual exertions saved three persons from death. ames Clark lost his life in attempting to rescue his fellow-sufferer ; having got inconsistent with the general philosophy of the hu- depart the Court, until the ye a college-gown from a student ztanding by, he threw it in that man mind. - John Joplin, the father of t Keir might catch hold of it; in this be did not succeed, and the One other point demands notice, and it is no less sa- went with the last witness col ice gave way under him. tisfactory than important. The Emperor Nicholas ex. versation with. Fletcher, said, pressly declares that he d es i res hi s re i gn to b e not hi ng my l oss o f t i me, and give during the pr e s ent wee k, h as prevented his MAJESTY from enjoying WINDSOR. JAN. 13.—Th e sever i ty o f the weather' but a continuation of that o f t h e E mperor Al exae der. be off to-morrow and ni t a p p . any out-door excursions. Ilia Marrasrr devotes the greater part of The great characteristic feature of Alexander's policy was joined them, and said that th the day to public business in his study, and frequently dispatches its pacific tendency ; his views were to maintain the sworn away, and he would nc Messengers from the Royal Lofts to London. His Masaser dines peace of Europe : and, therefore, when we peruse the afterwards became more frien at seven, and generally honours his suite with his company. warm and earnest encomiums which the present Sove- to treat them, and then to to We are sorry to state that Mr. M.Dra Ruth, Editor reign of Russia passes on the character and conduct of to this, they all went to a one of the Dumfries Courier, met with a very serious accident on Fri- day se'nright. He was about to take a short ride in the afternoon, his predecessor, we cannot b ut regar d t h em as ausp i c i ous sa i d was an attorney. He sa but had not proceed e d m an y yar d s f rom the door of the stable in omens of the peaceful tenour of the approaching reign. informed by him that if hi s the King's Arms-yard, w h ere h e mounted his pony, when, from would compromise on the sat some unaccountable cause, it came down with its rider, whose leg PROM Till PUBLIC LIDOS*. Jones. He came all the way truing beneath it, on its rolling over on its side, was broke in two Though they (the Russian Documents), have been put forth for . the purpose of elucidating these circumstances which have recently its end, on the sit d.fferent places. He was soon afterwards removed to his own to further huure • and, we are happy to understand, is in a promising way taken place, they leave us as much in th e d ar k as ever w i th respect aga i nst hi s son was a bare fats AI recovery. to many essential points; and we are still unable, after the most Mr. Serjeant ARABIN said, diligent perusal, to decid e , w h et h er t h e act or rather acts, by which Thursday se'nnight, a G ent l e d ian b e l ong i ng to E d i n- that a person of his age shoul Constantine has renounced his right to the throne, were dictated by whom_ he supposed h burgh, who rode out with the Mid Lothian fox hounds, was compulsion, tbb or adopt ed i free ly and deliberately ? We are well parties _ thrown from his horse at the Myles, and fractured his arm.— aware attere is, upon the, face of f all these documents, an ap- charge of felony against his SI Another Gentleman, when taking a leap, was precipitated into a rance of his having acted lisolely in fl uence , the sugges tions of his own A great number of very rr ditch, without injuring himself. The horse had to be extricated l it but the . same . controu og whic h could have ex- had known the prisoner for frt from his perilous situation, by aid of a man and ropes from Sheriff mind ; acted from him this great sacri fi ce, could clearly stamp upon it . Ball coal pit. Several other equestrians were, as if by .magic, whatever form it pleased. We do not pretest, exactly to say that him a most excellent character reduced to the humble station ofipedestrians. a threat of violence was actually used; but what we mean to assert Mr. Serjeant ARARIN sumo WINCHESTER QUARTBR 5281110,13.—At these Sessions is, that if menace has been resorted to, it was as easy to exact, by great minuteness, and remarke .1. e Duke of BUCKINGHAM appealed against the con- this means, from Constantine an attestation that he acted under no ' , 1 1(`11 of the Magistrates (Mr. POULTE ner in which the wit nesses h a . It and Dr. New . constraint, as his signature to the i nstrument b y wh i ch he re. The prisoner had certainly rev c,.1.-r), for conv i ct i ng hi s G race i n t h e m i tigated nounced his birthright. i• La i t In one of the Do cuments a prece di ng act o f renunciation is alio . ter , an d if t h e J ury had any y under a l ate , A ct, for not having his Christian deli to, but it is not published ; and this omission is the more to be him the benefit of it. ei.i surname on his waggons and carts. There were ,regretted, as it probably contains the key to this mysterious pro- The Jury consulted about ten WE sventeen Magistrates on the.Bersch, including the Chair- ceeding. The communication of Constantine is as remarkable for diet of—Acquittal. t•an Olr. PoLLEN), eight for, and eight against, t h e its self.abasement as fisrits adulalion tow ards . Alexander — two cir- Mr. Serjeant ARAMS called up 11l c a u s m u sta ic e i ce on s strongl y thegly onl i n di cat i ve sn, f . e com a tratnt, it,whilsast t h e t _ a y enc ourage the verdict been the other way, h clnviCtion, when the conviction was quashed by the 3 1 _ b . hi d in _, _ _h t l" _i • P y for contempt. Chairmal Fivtng the casting vote in favour of his affix ‘ irig hi; signature. It must be remarked that hems s then at Wm. (lark, aged 15, was in ( ;:ace. .Ir. LOCKHART, M.P. was on the Bench, and St. Petersburgh, where compliance could be more readily enforced bez_zling 7s. 4frd. the mon;es o argued very . strongly in favour of the conviction, as, than at Warsaw, had compulsion been deemed necessary. ... ... 'r , !lis Opinion, all Acts of Roliansent ought . to be inter- We have thus analyzed this singular collection of State Papers ; The prosecutor stated, that , pregame unchanged, that Constantin e, nova of .Portugal-street. and our im • isi d • The prison! f Wed according to the letter. having any claim to our admitation, as a hero, is entitled to our his service, as pot-boy, four Yegerday, about two. o'closk iis the afternoon, the sympathy, either as a dupe or a victim. In the meantime , it is of June last, when he su, !kn. Genjw it .B ra bi g s h a ki ng on the See. clear that his second marriage was made the original pretext of 26 th . 11111011% •I! I in his employ the prisoner usi pentine, tell, anddislocssed his staa eroding from him a sacrike, which two years afterwards assumed the character of a voluntary act. and was authorisA to. receive I e, . . . ._ .z....... .• . . ~...... - AFiAzits OF RUSSIA. _ 7ROM ?Ike& the' important and most . extraordinary fact of the abdication stands authenticated; but the real motives and causes of it are as imperfectly explained as ever ; and this i% a want which, in all probability, time alone can supply. With regard to the influence of this accession of Nicholas to the empire upon surrounding States, it would be silly to hatard a conjecture. He promises in his Manifesto to follow the footsteps of his brother. These are vague words: but it may not be amiss to remark, that peaceful as were the reported inclinations of Alexander, and " moderate" the tone of his policy, the late reign was an example of steady and succ:ssful aggrandizement, at the expense of all the neighbours of Russia, save the Austrian territories alone; and exhi bited a growth of military power, more truly formidable to enemies or rivals, than any reign within the last century, that of Catherine not excepted. The continued incorporation of Poland with Russia seems to be decided by the same singular proceeding which has transferred the imperial Crown. FROM TUB MORNING CHRONICLE. The Documents from Russis prove huw dangerous it is to speculate respecting the conduct of individuals. It now appears that Constantine, so far from being dis- ' satisfied with the bounds of the Russian Empire, and wishing to add the best part of European Turkey to it, had not even a desire to ascend the Throne. His letters place the subject beyond all df.ubt. Whatever faults he may have, he has never been accused of duplicity, and, after writing such letters, we must suppose him one of the most finished. dissemblers that ever lived, if we believe him to entertain a wish for empire. It is a remark of the historian, Ribertson, that there are several instances of Kings resigning their Thrones from disgust, from desire of ease, or other motives, and retiring to private life ; but that there is no instance of any body of men consenting voluntarily to yield any portion of the power. of which they may happen to be in possession. Most men are fond of power, and in anticipating the conduct of a body, we may safely' build on the inclination of the majority, which becomes that of the body. When we take a hundred thousand men, we can tell to within a little how many of them will be alive in thirty years; but when we fix on a single indi vidual, we know not whether he may live one day or a hundred years. The publ cation of these Documents, and the gene ral belief they are. calculated. to produce of Constan tine's unwillingness to reign, will, we should suppose, prevent any attempts on the part of the military to make a party in his favour. TRAM Tire BRITISH PRESS. The reasons which induced Constantine to renounce his birth-right yet remain uneiplalted. The docu ments appended to the Manifesto, and numbered in succession, communicate no information whatever as to the motives that have led to this extraordinary abdi cation. Never do we recollect to have read so un meaning and unsatisfactory a letter as that which Constantine, in the first initance, is represented to have addressed to the Emperor Alexander.— No reason whatever is assigned for his abdication, which can rationally be supposed go have influeoced him. The act must, therefore, be regarded as the im mediate result of sonic powerful influence, whick p .at the moment , he was i ncapa bl e o f resisting. Whether he will, under all circumstances at the present- lime, be disposed to acquiesce in the arrangement by which, without equivalent or compensation, he to givenp the largest ter, itorial dominion in the woi ld,we shall shortly know. We confess that these documents, so far from inducing us to regard the Russian succession as set tled, rather lead us to consider it precarious and un certain in the highest degie... We are yet anxious to ascertain which Emperor the army of the Pruth are disposed to support. If, indeed, they should choose the pacific Nicholas, the question be decided ; but, we doubt that such will be their choice. No wish ap- \ pears to have been manifested by Constantine for the possession of the kingdom of Pound, or any other power or distinction independent of the will_ of his brother Nicholas. FROM Tile NEW TIMES. The papers before us throw no light whatever on the motive that first impelled Constantine to make this re markable sacrifice. We are strongly inclined, hqwever, to believe, that the explanation which we have hereto-. fore given, will be found to be correct, and that he gave up the toils of empire for the pleasures of domestic life. It does not strike us, that there is anything miraculous in the state of mind which would prompt • a Prince to make such a choice. Instances of the kind, it is true, ate not frequent in history, but they are by no means inconsistent with the general philosophy of the hu man mind. One other point demands notice, and it is no less sa tisfactory than impo&tant. The Emperor Nicholas ex. pressly declares that he desires his reign to be nothing but a continuation of that of the Emperor Alexander.— The great characteristic feature of Alexander's policy was its pacific tendency ; his views were to maintain the peace of Europe : and, therefore, when we peruse the warm and earnest encomiums which the present Sove reign of Russia passes on the character and conduct of his predecessor, we cannot but regard them as auspicious omens of the peaceful tenour of the approaching reign. ~ bLD AILEY—TBLS Dirt!'. • . . ~,••-, .. • • •••• Henry t..oceet'el wis put to the b ar des an indictment charging him with ror*lNg and uttering is true a Cer tain paper, purporting 10 be a note for Si. payable At the house of Messrs. Hobhdlise, Martin, and Co. bankers for the cities of Bath and Bristol, on the SI of lie. cember last, knowing the same to be forged. Mr. Batmen= cross-ekamined the witnesses for the prosecution, In order to elicit some fact in favour of the prisoner, but they all Swore positively, and the Learned Baron, Mr. Ar.a.zauDEl, hating summed up the evidence, merely a repetition of what hat already appeared in the Police reports, conseq(.eatly we are spared the trouble of repeating it. The Jury found the prisoner—Guilty-43mA. Williams Nickelson, described as a weaver, aged 19 years, was iput to the bar on an indictment charging him with burglariously breaking and entering the dwellitig-house of Robert Meagle, with intent to steaL There *as nothing in the case that could call for la full report of it, and, therefore, we merely state, that he was found Guilty—Death. Yesterday-, ittichati Simmons, 11 years of age, but known as the associate of bad characters, was charged with stealing a pocket-book, containing a half sovereign and other monies in silver, amounting to I/. 6d, the property of Isabella Stulpiner. Verdict—Guilty. The Racoansa immediately ordered him up for judgment, and sentenced him to be transported for seven years. Charles Skinner was charged with stealing from the person of G. Dyer, printer, the sum of 4i.--Guilly. Thomas Flinn and John Flinn were charged with seedling a coat, value SI. the property of Benjamin Johnson. Verdict—both Guilty. The RECORDER sentenced Thomas Flinn to be whipped in the jail, and kept to hard labour, and John to be imprisoned for three months. William Williams was charged w;th stealing a quan. tity of kersey mere, the property of Wm. Brown. Gufty. Ann APCormack was indicted for assaulting, on the King's highw.sy, Mr. Augustus Henry Graveley, for merly of the East India service, and taking from his person a silver watch, gold chain, three seals, and a key, of the value of 201. The Jury found her guilty of stealing, but net from the person, as the attack was nude out sf the city of London. Daniel Dean, a compositor, was put to the bar on an indictment,'charging him with stealing on the 18th of November, in - the parish of St. Bride, 1801bs. of type, the property of Mr. Walter M'Dowall. There was another indictment against the prisoner, charging him with stealing I 301bs. of type, the property of John Fowler Dove, under similar circumstances. Mr. Walter • 'WDowall sworn—l carry on business with my fa ther. The prisoner was in our employ from the beginning of Sept. until the middle of Nov. He was employed as a compositor. (A pair of composing cases was here produced in Court, and the witness explained the manner in which the matter was composed). The wisness proceeded—While the prisoner was in our employ, three pages of types of " Archbold's Practice" were missing. The fount of long primer was much scarcer than it had been. Mr. Wm. Jeffries sworn—l ant a printer. The prisoner called on witness, and he purchased the type produced in Court of him.— It was in the same state at present as at that time. Mr. APDosvalt Identified the type produced as his property. The prisoner, on being called on for his defence, complained that he bad been treated with undue severity by the prosecutors. He declared that he was once's* person who stole the property, and threw himself on the mercy of the Court. The RECORDES summed up the evidence to the Jury, who found the pri.oner Guilty. NEW COURT. Geoiie Joplin, aged 30, was charged with stealing from the person of .Frederick Woods, two gold seals, and other articles, hit property. It appeared by the evidence of the prosecutor, and a witness of the name of Jones, that on the evening of the day earned in tiro indictment, they had spent the evening together at a public-house in Great Rupert. street, Ihymarket, where the former drank rather freely, hut Jones was not so. The prisoner joined their company, and although Jones, the prosecutor's friend, was capable of protecting him, insisteJ on joining in the e• con to the Yorkshire Grey, Piccadilly where Mr. Woods lodged. On their way he was robbed of some valuable seals, upon missing v, hich, Jones accused the prisoner of the robbery, and he was given into custody, notwithanding he denied tire charge in the 'post posi. five terms. In their cross-examination by Mr. A isortEws, th the witnesses denied that they hai ever attempted to compromise with the prisoner's friends, and by accept ing a douceur forego the, prosecution. To invalidate this statement, Mr. ANDREWS called Wm. Fletcher, who stated that he was acquainted with the prisoner.' On Monday last he accompanied the father of the accused to the Yorkshire Grey, to point out Jones, in ( rder that the father might know the p• e cise nature of the charge against the son, and see if he could not settle the difference. This witness prevari cated so much, that Mr. Andrews told him to leave the box, but he recalled him, when he was subjected to a rigid examination by the Court, when he again mini. , felted an uncommon degree of mental reservation, so that he was given in charge of the officers, lest be should depart the Court, until the verdict was returnel John Joplin, the father of the prisoner, said, that he went with the last witness to see Jones, who, i i his con versation with. Fletcher, said, 14 If you will make good my loss of time, and give me a pound extra, I will be off to-morrow and ni t a p pear at t h e trial." Vitness joined them, and said that the life of his son had been sworn away, and he would not give a farthing. They afterwards became more friendly, and witness proposed to treat them, and then to toss for grog. Subsequent to this, they all went to a one.handed man, who Jones said was an attorney. He saw Woods there, and was Informed by him that if his loss was made up, he would compromise on the same terms as proposed by Jones. He came all the way from the city of Dat ham to further its end, on the supposition that the charge against his son was a bare fabrication. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN said, it was extremely strange, that a person of his age should drink and toss with the parties whom he supposed had, by perjury, made a charge of felony against his son. A great number of very respectable witnesses, who had known the prisoner for from four to ten years, gave him a most excellent character. Mr. Serjeant ARAIIN summed np the evidence with great minuteness, and remarked strongly upon the man ner in which the witnesses had given their evidence,_ The prisoner had certainly received an excellent charac ter, and if the Jury had any doubt they would give him the benefit of it. DISTRESSES OF THE SILK TRADE. Thursday afternoon; agrreting of the Journeymen Weavers took place at the Sunday School-house, Friar's mount, Bethnal-green, to receive the Report of a Com. mittee, appointed at a former Meeting, to draw up a Memorial to be presented to his Majesty's Ministers on the present alarming state of the trade. Soon after one o'clock, the large Room, in which the Mee ing was held, became so crowded that, notwith standing the severity of the weather, it was found ne cessary to open the windows for the admission of air, and hundreds of pa-sons remained standing outside, unable to obtain admission. Two er three persons addressed the Meeting. de scribing the extreme distress of the trade, and the pros• pact of starvation to the journeymen. The Memorial was then read. It gave an appalling description of the dreidful.state of distress and increase of pauperism amongst the weavers, arising (as it is said) from the removal of the laws prohibiting the importa tion of foreign silks into this country. The Memorial was couched in the Most respectful language, and was unanimously adopted by the meeting amidst immense cheering. The Meeting, which bad been conducted in the most orderly manner, then separated. BRITISH SPIRITS-ENGLISH MARKETS. PROM THZ GLASGOW CoURIZR. We are able to lay before our Readers a correct ac count of the demur that has arisen to prevent the free introduction of British Spirits into the English mar ket. It proceeds from the Distillers putting one construction-on the Act, and we think the right one, and the General Board of Excise another. The °lett is to guard against the c h ance o f t h e S cotc h distiller, who gets a drawback of 2s. per gallon on malt spirits in Scotland, from mixing these with grain spisits r and then sending the mixed spirits to EnglAnd, Zthe the distiller obtains no drawback on malt spirits.. 1p is satisfactory, however, to state, that the objection .was not suffered to exte n d t o , or interfere with, the grain and malt spirits sea to Entlrird, and bonded during the last quarter ; but the construction put upon the Act, and the order issued by th e B lar d of Excise; in conse quence, has paralyzed the tra2e, and prevented thedis tillers, for the moment, from forwarding any more spi. tits to England, till the difficulty is cleared up, and removed, which it is expected will son be. The dis tiller conceives that, by the Act, he may clear out spi rits for the English mrrket from his warehouse, pro viding he has only the kind of spirits, malt or grain, which he clears.out at the time, on his hands. The Excise think differently. The following is the clause of the Act on which the diffe:ence of opinion rests, and 'to it we annex the substance of the instructions issued by the Excise on the subject : " XCI X. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no spirits which shall be or shall have been made or distilled in Scot. I Ind or Ireland respectively, from umnalted corn or grain, mixed or unmixed with malt, shall be taken out of any warehouse, store, or place, for removal to England, unless such Spirits were made and warehoused by some distiller. having, at the time when Such spirits were so made and warehoused, no Spirits made from malt only, or on which any allowance shall be or shall have been made in respect of the duty on such malt in his or her stock or possession, or in such warehouse, and which shall be so certified by the proper officer at the time of warehousing, and also at the de livery thereof." SUBSTANCE OF A GENERAL ORDER. " ft appearing that, in some eases, the 99th section of the ith George IV. cap. SO, has been construed to authorise Spirits made from unmalted corn and grain, either to be deposited in duty.free warehouses, or to be sent to England at * time when tht distiller to whom they belonged had spirits made from malt only, on which the allowance of the malt drawback bad been allowed in some other duty-free warehouse; " The Commissioners direct you to take notice, and apprize the several Supervisors and Officers in your collection, for the insane diate information and guidance of themselves and the distillers therein, that such construction is considered contrary to the mean ing and intention of the said clause, and, therefore, care is to be taken that no spirits made from unmalted corn be taken out of may warehouse, or removed to England, unless it can be certified by the officer that neither at the time when such spirits were made and warehoused, nor at the time of application for delivery thereof, the distiller had any spirits made front malt only, or on which any allowance may be, or may have been made, in respect of such malt in his stock or possession, whether in any duty-free warehouse or otherwise." We are requested to state that the Memoirs of the MAIICSAIIINg of ANSPACM, the publication of which has been so long delayed, will be ready for delivery by the various Booksellers, on Monday morning. A poor half-famished female, found sitting on a dwarf wall, in Portland-place, this morning, barelegged and shoe less, was happily relieved by the kind band of Alderman Bausoss , while two females in ladylike dresses, passed by with the coldest indifference. The success of Drury-Lane Theatre, during the last three weeks, has bees so great as to present a fair prospect, at no very distant period, of removing the difficulties under which th lessee labours. e Tempest was played last night at Covent-Garden Theatre. Walton delivered the part of Prospero with judgment wad effect, and the other characters were ably sustained by the usual .performers. The entertainm-nts at the Olympic Theatre, which has been long a favourite amongst the Minor Houses, are of a de scription to merit extended patronage. The River is so completely choked up with ice, that tle fishing boats, with fish, date not come higher up the river than Limehouse. Ftom thence the fi.h for the supply of tillingsg Ate maiket were cony, yed by land CArli ige. Putney-bridge arches are completely choked up with ice, formed by the ebbing and fiJwing of the tide, to a gie .t lieig!it. .~~-~r- ~ .