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INSTiaLdffION. OXFORD. THURSDAY, JULY S. _ 1 . This mining, at eight o'cicck, the ladies **paired to the The: ire gates with• tearful expectation Of a ctita 3printrilent. but the arrangements which had beets to ads w ere s ojudiciousande . ectuid, that teviornonti h a d rhelr to rs realised. At Half after ten, the CHAN: C ELLOR, followed by the Noblemen and Doctors. en tered the l'heatre amidst the same bursts of applause which we h a d witnessed on Monday, and with less d i, Apr obation. The first part of this morning's cerem ony consisted in the degrees conferred tin-ani piously on t h e toll ,wing Noblemen and Gentlemen : Th e Right Honourable Lord Viscount Harwuden; the Hon, ski a ,d rrville, M.P. ; the Hon. Win. Henry Lyttelton, M.P. t. eke ho.;. Jame , Also cromby, ; Sir Cecil Bissbopp, But.; slr woa d Pole, Bart.; Sir George Clarke, Ban.; Sir Stephen Glynn, Bor . ; air Richard Brooke, Bart; Sir Oswald Mosley, Bar t s;r James Matthew Strong, Bart.; Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, Knt.; Sir Codrington Edmund Cat rington. Knt.; Resr.Adrair a l ane George Manley; William Cavendiab, Esq. M.P.; ch u t e s Wattle Williams Wynn, Esq. M.P. ; William totades, q . ; John - Leash. Esq. M.P.; Daniel Giles, p g . M.P.; William Henry Fremantle, Esq. M.P.; Pascoe Gren., fa , g , q . M.P. ; Richard Wm. Henry Wyse, Esq. M.P. 3 Wm. va n es, Esq. M.P.; and Joseph Halsey, Esq. M.P. • Some were distinguished by superior applause, par ticularly the son of the great Asszacnomem, and Mr. c. WYNSE. But when Sir SIDNEY SMITH appeared for presentation, the roar of applause shook the Thea tre to its foundation ; and the business was suspended for a considerable time. • Such a glorious reception must far outweigh years of perilous warfare and dar ing enterprise, and ought to act at a noble incentive to the naval and military defenders of their country. The cheering looks of nearly a thousand of the first women of the country for. rank and beauty were the fairest meed for heroic actions. Among the number of honorary degrees we should have to record one given to Mr. SHERIDAN. But three Masters of Arts have expressed a determination to give a non plant. Although we believe that, with that exception, the degree would have been conferred with cheerful unanimity, yet Mr. SHERIDAN has de clared his resolution not to accept it, if there were one dissentient voice. In this resolution we think him wrong ; for this will establish a precedent of partial opposition, if it is in this instance submitted to, and pave the way for the introduction of intrigue in the mode of obtaining or repressing degrees in a Univer sky, of which independence of principle, and purity of conduct, have always been the characteristics.— We can wi:h confidence assert; that no objection lies with the Heads of Houses and the Senior Members, who consider Mr. SHERIDAN as a man of high emi- Pence in genius and 1- reratore. The younger Mem bers greeted him with the most loud and general . applause. The Speeches followed in the following order : Mr. CHINNEKI, Christ Church—English versa. Earl Di.LAWARK, BratierlOSC—English verse. Mr. ROGERS, Ori.l—English blank verse. Mr. RA WNSLEI, Exeter—English verse. Mr. CREGSON. Brax aosv—l.atin Alcaics. Mr. MILLS, Mlealen—English verse. Honourable Mr. Cam rait.t.., (son of Lord Cawdor; arise Church—English Blank verse. Mr. K tett, Corpus Chri►ti—English verse. Mr. PouLtER, New College—English verse. Mr. RANDALL, Trinity—English verse. Mr. C. BA rev osT, Christ CUurch—Engiish verse. Mr. BILL, Oriel—kiiglish verse. ?.4r. RICUARDS, le3¢B-..-Ertigiilh blank verse. Lord_AP3LE?, (Best 3011 of Earl ISathurst), Christ Church, Latin illcalcs. The compositions reflected great credit on the au thors. But we think blank verse ill calculated for 1 thi. occasion. It is either too easy or too difficult. If it does not posse's the sublimity of MILTON, it is too apt to fall into the affected simplicity of some late poetasters. There is a richness in the heroic rhyme, which is best adapted for solemn recitation. Some elegant and affecting compliments were paid to the late Chancellor, particularly by the first speaker. The allusions to Lord GRENVILLE were delicate and i appropriate. Nothing of a political nature was ob served, unless the assertion migl.t be so enflamed, " That both Britannia' hail him as their friend." The abolition of the slave trade seemed to be the favourite topic in his public character. The greatest applause was given to the conclusion of a poem, cer tainly far from being one of the best in other respects, which ended with the approaching time, " When Gambia's banks, like leis now, " Shall ring with Gaitrivihhes name !" A grand dinner, on a most magnificent scale, was given by Christ Church College to the CHANCELLOR and the most distinguished characters connected with the college. In the afternoon, the concert was, as usual, brilliant and crowded, and deservedly so. In the evening, there were private balls and parties in every college, and festivity and elegant enjoyment were protracted to a late hour. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. haps, from the want of it, the topics, of these eftts. were almost all alike.' They were all address to : Chancellor, filled with. his praises, and those of the Universiervirrioh.had elected him. tisflir t fseats.thee in the chair • Of . Mei hithi.tbe l miciconte there r In most . of them; his Lordship- was panegyrized for his public conduct some years ago, to which was attributed the suppression of violent factions, and the public safety from anarchy, such as prevailed in France.. 7 The zeal and eloquence with which he suc ceeded in atchieving the final - abolition of the Slave j Trade, furnished ample scope for the poetic fancy, which represented the' "palmy" Africa, centuries ! hence, resounding the praises of 44 GRENVILLE with all her tongues." His Lordship's education. at Christ ! Church, his talents, his learning, and his early and continued affection for the University, &c. &c. were general topics. One or two complimented him on his ancestry. All these productions contained very good lines, and no 'nconsiderable share of poetical genius; some thoughts were finely conceived, and elegantly expressed. There was one exception to their close resemblance to each other, and that was the first one, (Mr. Chinnery). This.youthful versifier, whose lines have unquestionably .much beauty and spirit, deli vered au encomiastic poem on the late Duke of Poler . LAND, and said but little of the present Chancellor. All proper respect is due to the virtues of the departed ' great, but there were not wanting critics in the area, who thought that the magic powers of fiction, so ne• cessary to poetry, had not been neglected in describ ing the many and transcendent merits and great pub. lic services of his Grace. It was really not the most complimentary thing in the world to Lord GREN VILLE, to tell his Lordship so much about one, whose serious political differences of opinion on the most important public matters, both in Church and. State, led him to take his Lordship's place at the bitad of the King's Ministers, and keep it to his dying day !! ! His Lordship was told, that he was to see in their regret for the loss of the Duke, the feelings of attachment which the University would bear to himself! There was also an elegant compliment to 'the memory of Mr. WINDHAM introduced. Another exception from the general strain of senti ment was in the lines of Mr. Btu., of Oriel College, which rose above the common places ; and with a noble spirit of British freedom, congratulated the Chancellor on being placed at the head of an Univer versity, which had counted among her worthy sons, the brave and patriotic Hampden; that master of hu man reasoning, Locke, and that English classic. Ad dison. These allesions (though in the theatre of Oxford) did not pass without their immediate public reward.• • Befcnre such an audienc,, composed of their fellow and rival statients,of their masters and teachers, of numerous strangers, and of their mothers and sis.l tees anxiously witnessing their exhibitions, aid ready to spreid their fame the Whole country round, it must naturally be supposed that they tried their very best at delivery. Young CHINNERV seemed, in this respect, to tarry the palm. His air is a little too studied ; but neither he nor Lord APSLEY is at all incommoded by that almost insurmountable difficulty to many ora torical essayists, diffidence, which somewhat damped the 'meritorious exertions of several others. Earl Da. LAWARD had very considerable merit. The Noble ! Chancellor looked at, listened, and bowed, with great attention and politeness, not unmixed with dignity, to all his juvenile panegyrists. His Lordship's task cer tainly demanded more self-possession than that of any other person in the theatre; for, it requires no small degree of fortitude to sit above two hours, hearing fourteen promising young gentlemen exhaust their imaginations and their numbers, in enumerating one's own merits and virtues ! But this is our custom on such great occasions. Very general satisfaction pre vailed among the auditors, who cheered all the ora tors. The whole ceremony concluded with Goa save the King," by CATALAN!, BRAHASI, &C. accompa nied by a full band. About seven o'clock on Wednesday Morning, Mr. Tmaour, a Bachelor of Arts in Baliol College, was' found in Broad -street, most dreadfully disfigured, and covered with blood. It appears that he 'had fallen from his room-window, in the upper storey of the Col lege, but in what way the accident happened cannot be accounted for. The most probable conjecture is, that the unfortunate sufferer had arisen in his sleep and met with this shocking calamity. He was in his shirt. The disfigured and mutilated 1 ody was im mediately taken tip and carried to Dr. STEVENS, who gives no hopes of being able to save the life which yet lingers in the bruised and broken frame. Last night the Second Concert took place at the Theatre, which was crammed at an early hour. The vocal performers were, CATALAN( ' Mad►me BtAscan, Mrs. VAUGHAN ' Mr. BARMEN( AN ' Mr. BELLAMY, Mr. KNIYETT, and Mr. BRAMAN!. The last gentleman had nearly got into rather an unmusical scrape in the Orchestra; he substituted an English song for un Italian one, which was announced, at which the au dience made hint hear their displeasure pretty plainly : he, however, informed them, that some parts of the intended song were mislaid, and that he was there fore under the necessity of substituting something else. The Theatre this morning WAS not quite so incon vetantly full as on Tuesday, though them were se veral r.2w faces in the areit—wnong others Mr. SHE AMAX. NAVAL INIELLIGENCE. PLYMOUTH, JULY 4. Arrived the FAVOURITE sloop from Cork ; the InTr.tuntsr gun brig from the Westward; and la Settee frigate tram a cruize. A most distressing occurrence took place yesterday off the Rant- Head :—One of the Kingsand fishing-boats, which was returning to port with a cargo of fish, about six in the morning, was struck by a b. wy sea at midships, which instantly turned her on her beam-ends. Her crew, consisting of JACOB HANCOCK, the owner, and two men, of the names of Wilkinson and Gray, get on the bottom of the boat, and suppdrted themselves in that situation I 'warty two hours, in the presence of several persons on shore, who were compelled to witness there perilous situation, without being able to afford them the least assistance. At length a wave swept them off, and they sunk to rise no more. They have each left families to deplore their unhappy fate. PORTSMOUTH, JULY 5. Sailed his Majesty's ships CALEDONIA to Plymouth ; ENDY. MIO fur Cork ; the G.torrirr brig on a cruise ; the CIIARWILL with a small convoy for the Downs ; and the SNARMIOPTER with a convoy for Guerney and Jersey. The Procession of the CHANCELLOR, from Ballo' College, along Broad-street, and through the Cla rendon Printing-house, to the Theatre, which was very numerous and splendid on Tuesday morning, WAS to-day composed only of the Bedels, the Chan cellor, the Vice-Chancellor, and a Doctor straggling at some distance behind. After Lord GRENVILLE had entered the Theatre, and taken the Great Chair with the customary formalities, he proposed a list of names of persons for the Honorary Degree, to all which the Doctors and Masters said " Placa,' and they were all admitted, as the first list was on Tuesday. This ceremony being finished, the Recitations com menced. They were fifteen is number ; and were delivered alternately from the Western and the Eas ier* Rostrums, the west taking the lead. Either. fro= some general understanding, or, per. SHEERNESS, JULY 5. Sailed his Majesty's ships CALYPSO and CZNTINZL, With a convoy for the Baltic,—Wind S. W. YARMOUTH, JULY 5. This morning arrived the Ny steams frigate from off Flushing, where she left seven sail of the line cruising. Yesterday morning sailed with live bullocks for the Beet off the Tete% the ABOUKIR; of 74 guns, captain Pas): ts ; and the PAZ schooner with stores for the ships cruising off Heligoland, Etc. The ships in the Roads are the Roebuck, Urgent, Chanticleer, Calliope, Britomart, Le veret, and Bravdageren gun brigs.—Wind W. FROM LLOYD'S 1.13 T. GRAVSSILND ) Jute 5.---Artfred the Mount Royal. Hall. from Lisbon ; and the Letitia. Morney, from Cadiz. Sailed the Charles, ---, far Tobago ; Wilcombe, Oates, for Lisbon; and the Va liant, Owen, for Cork. The Clufflinaldizien (Or C: ambrian Society) have pre sented Mr. PARITY, the Edirxir of the Welsh Melodies, with a beautiful silver Me:dal, for adapting English words to a number of the dimming ancient British Airs, and for supporting and heAutifying the Au' tnelUdies mbri a. Ju: , :; • LAW INTELLIGENCE. Legion, who happenee to be the nearest regiment, were (stirred tri the protection of th intsabitants 'and tle. supourt .4 the laws. '1 Tranquillity was res . tired, a regular Court Igaral was held, a. d COUI.I' OF KING'S BENCH, JULY i. a few All the ofieieters punished. What does Mr. Cobbett make ks. ( THE KING V. COMMIT AND OTHERS. of this ? He re , resents it as an innocent .liff.rence about some '''' -.‘n EtTmlecaalmlye :, into Court, about A quarter past petty sum of meoey,between mea wit,: had been 'vials a month racket friends. 'l ' h, Other Defendants, And many ot his i b..itore at Mc inc plinigis tail! hor 4 lit,. wiy a I:note Iroltill '.CI .I,lllt, anti ::.y purii• l iitirnt tyranny ! Hi. rase Its a• d tetra: the I r Jud.es were on the Bench, and the I soldiers fee suhmittine so the punishment which the law, in its Court was crowded. When the bustle had ! rt s t t p re e , :ie l m ar , eo an o i ri e e tt a i V: t r i t the most lens- odious 't S i i ' r eTt , l i n ' P d n h ' e t a ' them He TokNEV-Gat, rose, and briefly up f 0 the Army and the Nalcin as mat express? ) fi•t. d and de the publishers ; aq Mr. •HANSARDI Court against ILISI I kid- ,'Aent of the • enedly brought forward to . :.cute the arbitrary i turpos.s of an CO33ETT, tile prof ietot ; Messrs . BAGSIIAW and Bubn , : opprecsive authority. How is it pros ble to exp co loyalty or Lord ELLENDoIt the ( 1 sealer , or • courage in ei.her native troops or lei tinese gallant foreigners The Political Registi . whom the misfo.ounes of their own cmoitry nave sent to the cause of ours, if this langua,,e Is permitted to proceed from a licence given on the trial; akj when • IMII recapittilated the e v ;Lie' ice this had been concluded, ag er ris d i liur in r ? tie nouns tic p,:f0i.1.: ul the Isle et Ely for rot rehefliou 'gaunt the Government which had the cruelty enquired whether th r, and the obst , nacy to Mr. COBBETT replica. Detendants had any afli davits to put down the disobedience of the sohlie to produce ? persevere is not the blackest parts of the venom which the I:Wier has pre , . that he did not intend to offer pared WV the popule.r mind. lie turns off trim r. saner comities • any to the Court , rations, and fixes kin self cm the Utiverinnent oft le country.--• Affidavits on the par, of Richard BAgshaw and H: draws hi: picture of the cruelty whit.' Nap.. eon is, accord- John Budd were then red. They severally :rtated, in nearly the same terms, hat their ce,nitection with . mg to his softened phrase, 'zed to exercise. He draw- hi, plc. tore ot the rigid spirit of the Brits% Goveremrn• , bids his readers Mr. Cobbett was merely as he Venders of his paper ; look on the sketch a his ina.ter hand, and /Ira* their conchs. subsided, moved teltil;!if:il sion. Is it to he borne that this libeller should teU the people that they had no peculiar fi ' pia tonit ; and that they and the ariny that the sword of despotic power is hues over their merely ordered it as they would have ordered any other, at the desire of thei r :ustomers . TI.. heads by a hair—that our laws are caprice, and our J suite op. y both religion ? Mr. Cobbett Is 'senesce; but his delicacy Consist, in palliating the conduct of our enemy, and la s candour lit nefsm stated that they had not read the paper in question, previously to publication, and that they were not ac- —u pon ng our w ow h n om . t i c ji) lia 3 rg o t es h, t . he lo 7 :l ine al tobfiscalmmilintra.ll4 tau en emy leni s I quainted with its libellous tendency. They were mar- dient, the fumes!, the jails:ll4s, and the 1101 y l ; abie ll ; I L . ° alter tied men, with children, and their presence was ne. all his explanations, I feel that he multi no other' This is Li O character of the libel. 1 have aot pre vied it beyond its meaning ; cessary to their businzcs. Th e y w ere both advanced I have not e i xtrated o , liiave not urged; I hay.- ju ! L ed it dui of • in life and infirm, and confinement would be ruinous i t , t hi s be t he genuinetbara:ecr of the work, to them. They had suffered judgm ent to go by default. wban own su els. to 'sequence which it was iteeneled to produce— „. and now threw themselves on the mercy of the Court, what was to be the triumph of the wester—what was to be the with the stronger hope, as they had never before been result of his libel, a.ter it ha.l nude its progress Hoesch the minds of the people ? Was be to be corteet welt nosh ug less prosecute?! in any charge of libel.—Affidavits from than seeing the Army aroused to ovtrturu tee State, general die. medical men were read in corroboration of these state- affection rioting through the land, and the country in Baines ? meats of their health. Those consequences have not been produced; but is the failure of Ms objects to be made a plea for the libeller ? Ibe escape Mr. Hansard's affidavit stated, that having pm - - was due not to him , to the virtue, to the loyalty, to the vigor chased the stock in trade of a person who had for. merly printed Mr. Cobbett's Parliamentary History, i r «a s t to n th u e canoe :a g e of d s s liffe se rin ot this m an t o . bat, iny Lends, ;runny. e has already toll us of ,he came into the printing of that work. That in some thing that can be g called lin • S ii • n e scape with- time after, about 1305, Mr. Cobbett having a quarrel wane Metiers than himself having escaped. This rewontng would be quickly adopted if another instance of Impunity occurred,— with Messrs. Cox and Baylis, his pt inters, prevailed Others will foliow the example, and count upon the escape of upon the deponent, w:th much entreaty, to undertake the criminal who DOW stands before you. Libelee& is lucrative. the printing of the Political Register. That Botley, If I were poor, and if poverty could bow me into a villain, costa being 70 miles from London, and the communica- I find a more certain, a more eapeditiotts, or a lass Lborious mode of making a fortune 1 'there was danger in incs rasing the long tions from the author coming in late on the Thursday suffering of the laws ; but if . that danger should be door away, in each week; every thins* was reqiiircd to be done there is width% to save the Star: and the l'eopl: from the malice with the utmost expedition, to be ready for publish. and the uecessities of every vulgar scribbler. Your Lordships may be strong entnigh 130 W to reerain the criminal, who now ing in time.. That the separate divisions of the work awaits your sentence; but, if you let hint loose, who can say that were brought to him in the form which was called you will have the same stretgth next year? 1 ssy it in deteienee, itroef.di d er ; and it was only in this broken and partial but it is the duty ot your Lordsirpi, when such an offender comes . way, that he had an opportunity of reading the coo- within the view of public justice, to mark him with peculiar ptia position. That though it might have been proper for nielunent. You have had private libeller. bAure )t):.; you pu nished them justly, though their uti?nce could feel e..ly reach tlernent AD inspect the entire work mi the morning of publication, yet that from ,anxiety •to send out thed the casual pain ot the individuals whom they a persel.-a. • You beycin have had before you libcliers on the Mntintstea.lua te: jus work, and tram having no suspicion that it was libel- lice, and those you feet it yoursluty to punish; nut Irvin Any p, e . lous, he had omitted that duty. That deponent had song! feeling, but front the ihmourahie and dignified eutisciouoiess no other profit by the Register than the common price that the character of the Courts of Justice ought to stand iii spot. less and urdalemit bed majesty 13. fore the people; and that an in of printing ; that he had no share, kept no copies, s u i t on n t h eir purity nuribtttytiw as eh attack on the best Literests of the io recommended none to buyers, did not provide even rs arra:gned the course of law; they did paper or stamps, and was altogether unconcerned not dare to think of abolishing it altogether. '1 heir guilt sinks with th? objoc3 which its Author might be sue. and vanishes awa y before the bold and glaring crime of the man who r stands before you. Their object was not to destroy society. posed to have had in view. That this was the first time he had been before the Court for an offence of this ! ,1,Ay.i.0.r..ti punis h ed visii ion o f tb or er a g, ru y a o 7e:St l e i n t ai “ v :L c I :ite cr..nlinil with a more nature, and that he prayed for their emisideration. .. :..y Lords—the army, histeted by this libel, calls on you Lord ELLENBORGUOII.—" Have the Defendants for just, ... Ihe S.:over:town- . which, however It may be formed, ,must look to 1...‘ , ar esters in, for any power of public good, and any Counsel ?" • waose authority to i. i . fat, must be confermable to the laws— Mr. COBSETT. "My Lord, after what has already I the people, terri fi ed, d i sgusted , and indigttant at the calumnies by been said on 11:.: subject, I have nothing, at present, to I width this libeller would shake all the tuuncl;tions of national se trouble your Lordship with, except to say, that the i curity, call on you for ju nice. • Defendants bad no share whatever in the composition 1 .e s leave the case to pit ; I know that justice will be sin& of the Register, and, I believe, 310 opportunity t r a ti t , if it t n h lp .r t t re b d e s a vi o th lor mer d c o y : .t b o u t : h s e •ott i r i ! i .o d rd oa s i hip h s will of !' itiatered forge b t y lookin over it before publication. In this I except a more solemn and iniporta-it ine L i y cy due to the nation." ' t ere is Mr. Hansard, the printer ; but I here declare, that .fidr. Goastow.—My Lords, Hier the speech which we have in my whole intercourse with them, I cannot recollect 1 PIA heard, 1 do not think it :leces.ary to trouble your Lordship ever having heard a disloyal sentiment from the lips i w 't.o " an rd y°Wern ia.taso t a i b l c i :na.—Let . the four Defendants be brought of one of them. I need not now repeat, that the pa- !up for judiment en MMArlay next. r:lgraph, which has been made the foundation of the I Tim Ktx - o v. HARnIOTT. charge, was not written by me with any evil or libel- 1 The Defendant, who is a ` :: g istrate of the Thames Police, was lons intt ,tion." brought up to receive jud g nien-. h The AT roItNEY•GS , LItAL stated, that in praying judgment, G The ATTORNEY•ENERAL...-- 44 I think the Defers- ) m e a w d, w a s n o t about m et r to ti v . 't o t t h t e ha l: t elettnt fr u , : i i i t l h bo a t iiy sever g it a y d uf w a it t: c f: dant let drop the word present, which seems to imply : • a future address ; but your Lordship will inform him ' ?ion, which might have been harmless in any other situation that what he has to say he must say now." , than that of a Magistrate, to wh:.:e actions the public ought to • Lord ELLENBottoerni then addressed Mr. Cobbett, look for all that was soledy and minutely correct, in the conduct o his office. It had haPL i.• d that the Defendant was a partner and desired bins to speak at the present time whatever in thefirm of Harden, Hurr y, and Co. Some work which was he might lu.ve to urge before the Court. necessary to be done for the Th ames Police Office, came into the olr. COBBETT.—" My Lord, lam aware of that ; bands of this firm. The bills were to be passed by Elle maga. but after what has been already said, Ido not intend totes of the Office, and in those bills Wir. tlartiott 'is name wall omitted as one of the firm. 'this might have been merely a piece to trouble the Court wills any fti.:ber observations ." o f adroitness on the part of the Deteudant, to avoid the awkward- Mr. BURROUGHS for Mr. Hansard, Mr. GURNEY for rheas of appearing to pa% the account ut Ins own charges ; but it Mr. Budd, and Mr. BOWEN for Mr. Bagshaw, briefly might have been a piece of corruption. At all events, it deserved Mr. &WEN'S ad- en q uiry ; and to make oat the tiniest possible, the Defendant bad addressed the Coon in mitigation. been prosecuted by the Law officers ut the Crown. ft appears d dress, which, though like the others, was little more on the trial, that nc corruption had been in the mind ut Mr. than a repetition of the 'affidavits, was delivered with Harnett, and that thu charges were tad and reasonable. Some of a very unusual feeling and impressiveness. He stated the counts in time iedictitiete had been answered in a way most his client to be a man much bowed with year s, and honourable to the pefson now before the Court, ate; the Jury bad expressly acquitted hint of mania intentaiti• It ii were now to whom sen‘litor to confinement would be sending to es , asked, whey, atter these aduessions, the Detentisuit had bi...an the grave, . ; brou g ht up for judgment ? the al.-ever was, because his situation The ATTORNEr-GENEIAL rose:—" My Lords, I fully agree i rendered it necessary that in such a man the sli g htest operate with my Learned Friends, that there is a strong distinction in the i should not be husked up, but masked iu a manner that sitig!it ekesguilt of the several defendants--between that of the subordinate ! ter others front that appearance of obliquity in the adruitits. ration agents and Mr. Cobbett ; but they do not , and cannot den y that lof of fi ce, which might be intim.= set fares th iintention was eta they have committed a crime. They are guilty, yet they have ! misted, but became eminently pernicious as a matter ot public not ag g ravated their guilt by the pretence of innocence—they traw l,. . . have not availed themselves of the privilege of defence, only to Mr. Pau said, he was Counsel for the Defendant, but, after pour out slanders almost as libellous as those for which they bed what bad fallen from the Attinin y-General. he would not occupy been already arraigned ; but they mast learn, that every mau the time of the Court in making any observations on the case. who has been connected with such a transaction deserves punish- Lord Li LENIOROUGH observed, that although there did not matt.-1 proceed to speak of the principal criminal : for your appear any criminal or corrupt illative it:flue:icing the conduct of Lordships must perceive that an the affidavits speak of him as the the D e f en dant, yet he had been guilty of a criminal act, and Lim sole author, and as solely enjoying the em olument of the l'aper ; the Court must look to. Theetiler Maoist totes also who had, at so that whatever of malignity there was in it—whatever of base different times, joined in signing these bill., kituwing the situation profit or vile thirst of lucre might urge to the dissenunaron of in which the Defendant stood, were equally culpable, and the such priuciples as those of the libel, all was to come home to Mr. Court could not exempt them from their tun share ot blot. u.— Cobbett. The reading of the libel must raise feelings very dn . . Ihe present prosecution would, most prd • .bly, put an end to :he ferent from those which its guilty author had in contemplation. practice in this particular instance; but he wished it also might It was at a time when a large share of the population was neces- have the effect of causing it to be discontinued in general. sarily in arms—when it was important, peculiarly important that Mr. justice Gloss: said, the observations tel.' h had fallen from discipline should be preserved—that the civil and military chases his Lordship had conveyed the opinion of the Court on the De of the country should thick kindly of each other, and be cordial fendatit's case; ft was, therefore, unnecessary for him to enlarge in the great common cause ;it was in the very hour when it be - upon it. The Court, having tilen all the circumstances of the case into conaidetauca, at J udged the Defendant to pay a Ave came most vitally necessary that the sold i ery s h o ut/be convinced that no tyrannical hand was intended to be held over them.— of Xit.O. Even then, this obscure tempter started up in his proper shape, to lead them from their allegiance—to set before them a laise contrast of the British Government with that of the enemy, and at once tredre the soldiery mutinous and the people disaffected— I may say, and say it with my full conviction, that at no other time, and in no other country, were the comfort and honour of the Army so highly valued by the Legislature; and the army have repaid, and more than repaid their care, by the brilliancy and valour of their atchlevements abroad, and by the propriety and moderation of their conduct at boom Igo to the libel; and :sand I say, that its object was to loosen the bond by winch the -oeidiee la bound to the laws of his country—to alienate his mird, s a d make him as detrimental to the public security as he is now 'an ornament and a defence ? I beg leave to briefly point out the circumstances of the event on which the libel is founded. The Local Militia in the Island of Ely had mutinied—they proceeded to Violence end overpowered their officers. The force on the get was 1/0111diCient to suppress the tumult ; and the German ...'. 4.• 1 CORN Excnnittot, MASK..LANA, !VIM o --To-day there are not many further arr % a s of Wheat coastwise, but considerabte foreign; this trade is hraty in sale, hardly at Ls: pricts--Barley IA short supply and ful a, dear—lit Afatt !attic variations—Very few Peas and Beans, and those tully at the late advance—Oats are in short supply, and this trade supports our last chwasicpass Flour at late prices. GRNRRAL CURRENCY All UNDER. Wheat, 80s. 9055. woo. keans, top.. CS% Fine ditto, 118 s. 1161. 'I ich ditto 50s. 5.50. Rye 50s. : 6 • o a ts t'4l. 30s. 345. Barley, 335. 485. P.. and e!'”4l, 376.405. Ott Malt 754.1125. Potatoe ditto, 4St Od. White Peas (boilers) 765. 425. kape feted, ietto. £.2. Grey Peas, 50s. 556. Fula Floar,9ss. 101111.,—beconds, 90s. 955. J