The Statesman. — London, England, 1824-01-24 00:00:00

Eirrr 1 .1 t y. . i , 1 sict ! • Ii 4 i , .‘i: , - i ; 0 . 1 , ,)•.. _ 31/. Dumfries. Derby, Suffolk-321. Flint. Montgomery, Rutland-31S. If ants-361. Gloueester, Warwick-386. Not tingham-3'll. Devon. 891• Danbarton--401. Lincoln-42 1 . Stirling, Stafford. 431. Renfrew. Durham, Leicester-411. Cheshire-461. An- siesta. 46/. Woreester-47/. Berke-491. Wilts. 611. Haddington- 6 1 1 /. Cambridge. 641. Perth-561. Bucks —6Bl. Edinburgh, Oxford-841. Clack 661. Lanark, H' Sussex. 711. Northampton-721. Bedford-951. Essex. 1261. Lancashire-1321. Linlithgow-144 1 . Herts.-1491. Surrey. 6461. Middlesex. Roads are of two kinds—the Turnpike Roads, and Cross Roads : the latter it is difficult to estimate, the former ex tend above 24,000 miles. The annual income of the Turn pike Roads on the average of the years 1818, 1819, and 1820, was as follows : England L970,619 Wa1e5........... 37,872 Scotland . 129,633 Smperset: Forfar, Kent; York-701, L 1,137, 923 But this income, besides the necessary expense of continual repairs, was burthened in the year 1821 with the following debt : England. Wales . 201,982 Scotland... 1,124,273 L 5,260,490 It is very remarkable how great the difference is both in income and expenditure between the roads in different parts of the island. The annual expenditure per mile varies from 31. to 548/. on the average of different counties ; and the annual income varies from 6/. to 6081. Where the es penditare is highest the income is not only highest, but affords by far the highest excess over the e xpenditure. — This, as may readily he supposed, is near the Metropolis. While in, one part of England the expenditure exceeds the income 231. per mile, in Middlesex the i ncome exceeds the expenditure 601. The President of the United States in his late Message to Congress states that " there are established by law (in that country) eighty-eight thousand six hundred miles of past roads." FRENCH PAPERS. _-...- The French Papers of Wednesday, supply only the fo'lowing articles from Spain s— ftla DRID, JAN. 11.-By a decree of the sth, his Majesty announces his royal intention to create a junta composed of persons of known zeal, of which Don J. Perez Villamil, Counsellor of State, is to be President, for the purpose of favouring by all possible means, internal and foreign coin metre, the national manufactures, and in short, every branch of public prosperity. His Majesty being informed by Count Bourmont that the French Government ►rill pay fur all the articles supplied to the army of occupation except meat, has ordered the Mayors of all the communes where the allied troops are stationed, to take care that the Commissaries of General Bonrmorst shall duly receive the provisions of which they have need, awl that all assistance shall be given them in providing for the French army. The Minister of War, in announcing his Majesty's intentions, exhorts the Alcides to take care that no fraud is committed, and informs them that the articles furnished ail! be paid fur monthly by the paymasters of the French Army. liartcewela, JAN. 7.—The municipality Itas published a long decree for the preservation of public tran q uillity, in consequence of an attempt to create a disturbance (on the 4th.), by insulting an officer of his Majesty's armies. JAMAICA PAPERS. KINGSTON, Nov. 22. In the Hon. House of Assembly, on Tuesday, Mr. Onto- St ON rose for the purpose of moving for the appointment of a Committee for considering of some measure, which should show what the feelings of that House were in respect to the conduct of Parliament at home towards this country. He apologised for having undertaken this task—he bad waited in hopes that some more able Member would have taken the subject in hand, and he would most willinely resign it if any Member morecompetent would undertake it. Ile was afraid that what might be done by the different Com mittees, that had been appointed, would not answer the purpose of fully showing the grievances of which the country had to complain. He WAS afraid that in the state of thelegislature of this Island, such measures as might be proposed, would not be unanimously carried. The (louse should not lose sight of its firmer place, when under similar circumstances, in 1759, a Committee of the house met the Council, and passed a joint memorial to the King. This course, lie thought, should no .v be adopted. The Hon. Member admired the prudence and wisdom with which the Executive had introduced the subject to the House. He was desirous that the House should inquire seriously into the grievances under which the country la boured—to inquire what had been done, and to renel the unblushing attacks upon our character and laws. Kt was not for blinking the question, but to meet it fairly and fully, and to inquire what was necessary to be done. He should have retrained from stepping forward on the o,•ea. sion, had any one more competent moved in the question, and lie won'd willingly resign it; but he conceived it necessary to bring the matter to issue, and far that purpose moved, 't that a Committee be appointed to inquire into, and report bathe house, what steps are necessary to he taken in conseqnence of information, received from the Agent on this Island., of the proceeding's adopted by the House of Commons, anti his Majesty's Ministers, in respect to slavery in the British Colonies in the West Indies." Mr. HIGOIN seconded the motion, and thought the House should always proceed by precedent; and in 1789, whin the British Parliament were endeiv inring to legislate for us, the House asked the Council to join in a remonstrance to the House of Commons.—Sack was the case then, and he hoped the House would not depart from it. The Honourable Gentleman cited the following passage from the remonstrance :—" It is with surprise, equ tiled only by our affliction, we learn that certain innovations are pro jecting in Parliament, which not only threaten injury to all property throughout the British West Indies, bltt, in the case of many individuals, strike altogether at its existence." if then it was thought necessary to adopt such proceedings when the Abolition of the Slave Trade was meditated, how much more necessary was it now, when our very existence was at stake. The power of legislation for ourselves was interwoven in the Consti tution. The motion was carried; and Mr. Higgin, Mr. Barrett, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Mais, Mr. Plummer, and Mr. Robertson, were appointed a Committee. The Consolidated Slave Bill was raid a second time in the House of Assembly yesterday, and ordered to be com mitted. It contains, as far as we could , hear, bat few Additional provisions in regard to the Slave Population. 11 protects the slaves on Mondays from being levied on by the Marshal; and directs all shops to fie shut, and prohi bits the erection of booths on Suodayi, under a penalty of fifty pounds for the first offence, and imprisonment for the second. 7 -There is a clause to punish the crime of which Simpson was found gnilty, but escaped punishment from the inefficiency of the Law. Supervisors of Workhouses' are restricted from giving more than ten lashes to negroes, except with the aothority of a Magistr►te. Penalties are to be inflicted on persons purchasing clothing from negroes. These, we believe, are the priocipal additions. It was stated, in several of the newspapers, that Mr. Barrett pro posed, in the Committee to admit the evidence of n7roes Ti E STATUSM.AI in the Courts of Jnetice, which is erroneous—the onl) proposition of the kind was submitted by Mr. Cox, but. not meeting with the approval of the other Members, be immediately withdrew it. In consequence, however, of the motion of Mr. Gagnon on Thursday, that the papers, which were submitted to the inspection of the Committee, be laid on the table of the House, much more new matte► it is probable, will be introduced into this Bill. Mr Barrett stated, that the instructions to his Grace the Governor from Loi:d Bathurst were put into his hands as Chairman of the Committee, to whom they were read, in order ascertain whether they would adopt any measures upon the suggestions contained therein, when it was determined that no notice should be taken of them. He had no objection to the production of the papers, but thought that some substantial reason should be given by. the Hon. Member why the papers should be laid on the table of the House. Mr.6rignon did not doubt hut that the Committee, after haying heard these instructions read, had acted wisely and properly in coming to the determi nation mentioned by the Hon. Chairman ; but as those instructions had thus influenced the Committee, surely it was proper that the house should be made acquainted with them; as.the Hon. Member bad candidly said that he had no objection to their production, he hoped his motion would be acceded to. It was seconded by Mr. Alias, and carried. Thus these instructions, which the Executive gave so much satisfaction to the County by withholding, are now fairly before the House, and we suspect will occasion nsucb discussion, considerably prolonging the session. While the Memorial to the King was being read by the Clerk in the House of Assembly on Thursday evening, there was a deep silence, both in and outside the bar. It would he indecorous, we presume, at present, to give even an outline of its contents,—Kingstoss Chronicle. The House adjourned yesterday, until Monday next. - On Monday a Meeting of the Merchants and other res pectable inhabitants of this City, took place at the Coon House, to express their opinion of the public character of Commodore Sir E. W. C. R. Owen, K.C.B. The requisi tion to the Mayor, and the advertisement calling the meeting, having been read by Mr. Williams, his Honour, who was called to the Chair, requested, that if any Gen tleman had prepared Resolution., he would produce them, when Mr. Biggar handed a set, with a letter to the Com modore, which were read. Mr. Chrystie proposed an amend ment which was adopted, and Mr. Biggar, Mr Chrystir, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Woodburn, Mr. White, and Mr. Atkinson, were appointed a Committee to present the Address. as also to prepare a suitable inscription for a piece of plate, which was voted to the gallant Commodore. A sub-cription list was then opened for that purpose, when nearly 5001. were immediately subscribed. We understand that it now ex • ceeds 900/. In the Supplement to this day's Gazette we have given an account of the alarm which hal been excited among the planters of Trinidad, by the promulgation of Earl Bathurst's instructions to Sir K. Woodford, the Governor of that island. These refer to those which had teen trans mitted to Major General Murray, the Governor of Done rare (inserted in the first column of this postscript) awl which, we have learnt from the speech of Mr. Hamden in the Council of Barbadocs, here the primary causes of the recent insurrection in that colony. We have printed that part of this dispatch in Italic, in which this pious Minister speaks of the sense of shame, that ornament the proter - tion of the black female sex! What a wonderful feline anent has taken place in the ideas of this Noble Lord and of his associates, since the framing of that disgusting clause, which was introduced into Mr. Stephens's Regis try Bill, whereby every owner of Slaves would have been compelled to insert in his retel) the marks upon the bodies of every Slave male or female, in whatever part they might have been found, and to which examination we are confident that not one of them wonld have sub mitted. _ - Kingston, N0v.22. The Oloncester, 74, Captain Lillicrap, sailed on feel day morning. for Curtgoa, having under her charge the Dutch schooner Eugenia, which was lately detained and sent into Port Rayal by the Union schooner. 4, 1.60.....0rt Henderson. for having p car g o of Slaves an board. We on:Jerald that Co:nmodore Sir Hilliard Owen has, with great consideration and humanity, directed the male Slaves to be kept on board the Gloucester, and that one deck has been appropriated entirely to their use. Mr. Wilberforce's sable sisters still remain on board the schooner. so that their nice morals and feelings will, we feel confident, not be much endangered by contamination from our honest Jack Tars. _ _ Remain in Port Royal Harbour the following vestals of war, viz.:—Nieman, 26, Capt. R. It. Sibley; Carnation brig, IS, Capt. E. Stopford ; Union schooner, 4, Lieutenant R. B. Henderson, and Serapis (broad pendant ar.d con valescent ship), Lieut. G. V. Jackson. Commodore Sit E. I /wen has been pleased to direct that the Union schooner, 4, Lieut. Henderson, I IAAII sail .. SA.. on the 23d inst. for Alansiello de Cuba, when she will give convoy to vessels hound thither. _ _ The Co►►►►nodore has also been pleased to direct that the sailing of the Nieman, 26, Capt. Sibley, shill b- postponed till the Stb proximo, when she will proceed from Port livid through the tiulp►► of Florida. MAILS. aitlw DIIE. ARR. DUE. ..0 I.... Dublin 0 I. • ...Holland I ...Waterford.. • ..0 0.....Hambr0 I O —0 & Jarsay....o o....Franee I 1.... nation 0 0 ...handers ..... •.. O ...Guttenberg I 0....Ma1ti 0 • _— PRICE OF bTOCKS THIS DAY ,VIL OCIAJCK. Rank Ntnek. 3 per Ct. Red GO 91i Ditto 80nd5.... ...... 83 82 3 et. Ct. Cons 9oi iMI Ez.11111.2d• i _ 62 61 , pni . 311 per Ceut ... • IllOilad 1 A lOOOl. c 4 per Cet.ts . . 102gi I 5OOl —52 54pm. New Fours - 5253 s pm Long Ann hip. 3 per et Con. for Acct. ...... 00a pi i WEEKLY REGISTER OF WEATHER. This week, in respect to mildness, has been a rontrasi to the last ; through the several parts of it have, in other respects, been a contrast to each other. Sundsy, yesterday, and this day have been as clear and fine, and Monday and Tuesday, in the forenoon, as foggy, as any days this season. Wednesday and Thursday were very wet, especially the afternoon of the latter day, when tuere fe:l one of the heaviest shove-s we have experienced fur many months. Some rein fell also last night, accompanied with wind. The quantity fallen here since this day week amounts, however, only to Shundredths of an inch. aimed, Jan. 24. TRERVOMITICR. S •'clock. I 11 MAILOYETER. o'clock. at alght. .48. 12, 2 33 41 32 I 30,40' Fair 19, Si . 37 41 49 ,23 Cloudy 20, T. 39 43 42 ,I 1 Cloudy 31, W...... 42 46 42 29,34 Cloudy 92,Th 42 46 48 .18 Cloudy 23, F 42 48 41 28,89 Fair 4 ; . g 3B 46 20,86 - Fair Greatest degree - of cold early is tba iaoraing, as aseerlalaod by the night thermometer : S V un& I M. 31. I T. 84 1 119. I 40. 1 1 40 F. . I Sat. . 1I 22. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCIL—A few days ago, a gentle 2l man in this neighbourhood, while devoting a few boars to the sports of the field, espied, at some little distance, a living object, which he immediately conceived to be a full grown heron, resting on the ground, or engaged in fishing one of those tiny rills with which almost all our mosses are intersected. 'fbe opportunity, of course, was too good to be neglected; the sportsmen called in his dog, cocked, presented, and fired. and that with too sure an aim as the event proved; for, on going op to the spot. what was his surprise to find that, in place of a bird, be had wounded the leg of an old woman, industriously engaged in gathering together and piling up " her wee pickle peas." From the situation of the ground. the sportsman merely got a glimpse of the old woman's bead; and as her back moreover, happened to be turned to him ' at the time, her snatch, or overlay. bore a pretty close re semblance to the snowy plumage that adorns the heron. The shot, however, was by no means deadly ) at least so sayt t h e surgeon. who extracted the lead drops; and from the well known liberality of the unconscious assailant, the old woman is more likely to gain than lose by the acci- I dra b —Dumfries Clourfrr, SHIPPING IN I KI.I.IENCE. DEAL. January 23.—Wind W.—Arrived the Liqn, Tme, from Caen ; Diana, Lord, from New York ; (Euphrates Meade. from Bombay; and Hooglen, Lamb. from Gib. 9 1 1„,.: —Came down from the River and remain , u ith the rest of the outward hound, the Minerva. Dile, for Virginia ; Poi:humus, Spencer, and John, Popplewell, for Jamaica; and It .rhad6e3 Planter, Redman, for Rarbadoes.--5 P: M•. Two shipq are coming in from the West card, one reported to he the Mellish, f Claudine. from Bengal. pawed this Rooming, PORTSMOUTII, January 23.—Wind N.',.—Arrived the Win. Harris transport from the Nledit?rranean, FALMOUTH, January 22.--Wind W.S.W.— Arrived the Prince Regent Parket from the Brazils, sailed fr , nn Ri o j i . neiro 21st Nov.; Duke of Kent Packet. front Lishan, 6th instant; spoke on that day, off the Bar, bra'ing in, 11. M. ship Glasgow, 14days from Plymouth.—Also arrived the Ahry, Toorde. from Lisbon, in t 2 days ; Siren, Stanniera, fee■ foundland ; Hope, Rosct•, from Newfound'and ; H. M. b r i ; Lyra, from Plymouth for Lisbon, and Lord Hobart Paciet from the Mediterranean, 16 days from Gibraltar. Cowss, January 23.-11. M. ship Seringspatam, from Li,. hon, got on shore by Gurnett Lodge last night, and remains high and dry.—lt is supposed she will be got off next tide. LtvnttPoot., January 22.—Arrived the 111inferei. from Buenos Ayres ; Union, Pearl, from Maraio; —, from Jamaica ; Frolic , —, from Newfoundland ; Ad e . one. —, from St. John's ; Rapid, from Messina. The Penelope, Smith, from Carrots to Low:on, was on shore yesterday near Wells, but after being lightened Was plotf without much damage. rOt Matt nn. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 12-1. STOCK Excitaxne, 12 o'Chocc—Consols opened this morning at 901 ,for the account, and 90 to I for money, with a good deal of business doing in the earlier part of the day. They are now 90$ for the account, and are expected still to rise. We do oat hear up to this hour qf any express having arrived from Paris, nor have we any news or reports in the city. FOREIGN FUNDS.—Spanish Bonds opened at 2-1.,!, and got up to 251. The cause of this rise is riot known, hut it is supposed to be the effect of speculation in the market.— There is a great deal doing in the Mexican Loan, which opened at 24.. and got up to 4 per cent. prem. French Scrip has also risen as well as the New Austrian Loan. New Spanish, 171-01(1 ditto, 20 —Colombian, 631 New Austrian, 51—Chili, 76--ltu'sian, 8934-- New Prussian, 89$--Old ditto,9ll4 --Neapolitan, S 2 to t French Scrip, 6i to 7—Portuguese, par.—Mexican Loan, 31 Povais, 32. fIiLF-PAST 12 o'CLocx.--Altliongli 100,005 Cansols i To Tile EDITOR. have been sold at 90 for money, the market still keeps l Sir,-1 have seen with great pain, in your paper of vet. rising, and the Consols, at present, are WM with a good terday, an article rela.ive to my person. Leaving out of market. i view entirely the inaccuracies Which it contained (aad it s CITY, HALF-PAST OK II O'CLOCK.—An Express has this trishor, thing,' he had intended to twee!, the w h o l e or• moment arrived from Paris bringing the French 11- ntes , currstatms could not have executed Ws t ask better). seen au on Thursday 95. 20. and Spanish 241. We do not hear las tide, in my opinion,"wasubwort-by of public attectio s , that it has brought any news of importance. Console . botia•freas the manner io %%Lich it was written, and lii. 911 90If. Spanish Mi. I newer to which it rel .teJ. I have long ago observed, tihit there are penrmas of whom we mast 'form the opinion, that they place all their Flory in seeing their productions i I pedal, or reading their names in the journals, whatever Le the nature of the former, or the tire for the publicati o n of the latter : but I, wha thin:: siilfsreiltly on the sullies:, i a nd who both lead, and strait eto lead, a ti&et, retired, and ! obseure life, as becomes S a aaisids who tiara been driven There is no subject of public interest which has occa seek an asylum in a foreign land, eanno! hut express slotted of late years, more acrimonious contention, and: to useless dispute, than the present law of libel. Every new Imy regret that lam thus brought forward; and must, in trial seems to produce some ingestions dictum frosts the . conclusion, take occasion to ohserve, that the greatest fa- Bench, which passes for law, and only iidds perplexity to your which can be rendered me is to exclude articles whirl ; confusion. In the recent tlisl of Mr. Hunt, hurting t h e ! implicate my 'mine in trivial matters like ahe present. awl feelings of the living is made the esson'e fit I.l h ds in . never to mention me except when subjects of general inte animadverting on the character of the dead. Will - rest „ an i, e i t. out noticing the instance alluded to, under this i hope to deserve this ktntlitess.at ynnr hand, for which wide latitn.le of definition, it would be ebsurd to call the I shall remain with gratitude, your humble and Arnhem English Press more free, as to any sseful purpose, titan nn „. ant, than that of France. The noblest purpose to which a free Loudon, Jan. 23. Press can bs devoted, is to improve the public mind by examples of vice, as welt as virtue; but as this cannot be . done, without hurting the feelings of some, and of cones., incurring the penal visitations of Loa, prohibition ins- • 3. lir. Trust appeared this ))))) rning on the eon of the poses silence. To give currency to this glaring insist - Court, in custody of the Keeper .of Newgitte, in order to guilty, the maxim Is resorted to, "that trails is a hbel."l p resent a petition to their Lordships for a remission if That such a monstrous doctrine as this shot' hl be held in the re lll4 in.l.r of the tern for .as !rich he was sentenced is the Nineteenth Century, and iu a Country boasted of he imprisoned. The petition set forth that the detionlart being the seat of all that is enlightened and liberal, could saleha d for the last three months, not only discontinued tl:r scarcely be credited by strangers to oar legal practic e .of all Anti-Christian works in I had closed his SLIT, The character of Nero Was quite as instrsetive to the Ro man people as that of Trojan, for be who is taught what I but that he bad engaged in the saie of works of an sa cposite character, sums as " A fe.l ottestions to Deists, to_,ehuel, is as likely tr. etorsi a •ienpre.v•mcnt. .., he who by , " Watson's Apology for the Bible , " " A r e p l y good example, Is called to imitate. Where truth is made t he , distinct immutable boundary line, there even M e ande! justice., • to.. I' ire's Age of Reason," Sm. and that he Was N 11111 IF to give up all Oa olirmaious works now in the wouldmake every man responsible for his (mations. As to 1 the application of Juries, in cases of prosecution , e it h er by possession o f a relative , and find securities, in any reason infortuation, or indictment, what eau they have to try, where able 311111, for any period their Lordships might think fit, truth and falsehood are made alike guilty 1 To justify this that he n-ver wi 1 agaiu engage in the sale of blasphemous departure Irma all common sense and right reason, we have , publications. heard a Learned Brother hammer and stammer out for an hour Mr. Arrortritv Gear Ea t h inquired where the works now at a time, such inconsisteuciee, as would disgrace I spoken of were deposited ? the lips of an idiot. The fault was in the task—nut in Defendant replied they were in the possession of a tele the (bralor, for on other occasions lie could really saeak to tive, ioidinig . in Diatuir _i sai ,.. . the purpose, but here his exertions, instead of convincing The Logo Curse Jcsaace enggested that a introit others, nearly strangle.' himself. It is to be hoped that should accompany the defendant to the place iu quistisit, this mass of legal enigmas will soon be brought under the and bring the works into Court. consideration of Parliantent, by ,sole Member, whose mind M r. A rroearsv GEN south consented to that course: ant and principles may qualify him for so importset an under• the defendant left the Cot.rt for that purpose, in custody taking. Such a one will confer an inestimable benefit on of one of the officers, and of the, keeper of Newgste. his country, and erect the most honourable monument to Frederick Oldfield a n d Williatii Bennett a l so p ooenad himself. themselves before their Lardships,, with a number ot silt davits in support of a petition . for a 'emission of the re in inder of the t-run, for wt.'', II tli?y Were totenthal Ihe intarisoned fur keeping a common (Lining house, in l'all ut lime, and was proceeding e hen we left t ..e Cour.. Mill. TI et e mins ot the aflidaci.s occtipied a great Engle A report prevaile in tl►e City, since noon, that de I %patches ►were received yesterday from Sir Wiliam ATtlitrt from Madrid, s►id to refer to the affairs of South America, and to'be of importance. E. Esroz Y Mtn. An Ukase has been issused by the Emperer of Russia, of which we shall give the particulars on Monday, impos ing additional duties on cotnmarlities import. d into that country. In several instances the existing duties are qua drupled; in all cases they are considerably increised. The reason assigned is, "in order to diminish the importation and consumption of certain foreign articles, tending prin cipally to the encouragement of luxury, and to the plc indice ef one own industry." We venture to predict, however, th it the views with which these duties have been imposed, will act be accomplished. When a nation has once ae ' quired a fondness for certain commodities, attempts to prevent the use of them will always be nugatory. Prohi bition, or duties imposed to effect a prollibiti. , n, will only give rise to snsuggling, and in no country is it known to he mote common to evale the revenue laws than in Russia. All the effect of the Ukase will be, to direct the enterprises of traders to fresh channels or resources ; and, in some eases, 'though not in all, to enhance the price of commo dities to consumers. Ants Aastv.—The Recruits, which were enlisted in Ireland, for the 95 h tegiment of Infantry, which embarked on the 12th instant, at Waterford, have embarked at Bristol, and %till arrive in divisions on the 24th, 2Gtb, and 27th instant at Winchester, where the head st i gma *I that-corps is at present stationed. Teti LIBUTT or TUB Pagas.--Thelong pending ques don between Mr. Clement. the proprietor of The Observer Newspaper, and the Learned Judges (by whom Thistle wood, logs, and others were tried for their connection with the Cato-street Plot, and by whom a fine of five hundred pounds was imposed on Mr. Clement for publishing the Trials of two of those persons, after their trials had been concluded), will come before the Duchy of Lancaster Cou rt, by way of Appeal, on Friday nest. blr. Clement, it ap pears, was constrained to pay the fine in . question to the Sheriff of Middlesex, but in so doing lie felt it a duty (not only to himself, but to the public and to his fellow join , halide), to enter his strong protest against the injustice with which he bad been treated, and the unconstitutional , power which the Judges had thought proper to assume . 1 It will he recollected that much discussion took place on this subject at the time when the fine was imposed, and i that strong opinions were delivered in the House of Com moos as to the illegality of the step which the Judges lIA ; taken. The question is one of considerable importance, i and, after what has been said on a recent case, it will, no • doubt, excite a good deal of interest. The Right Hun. Lord Bexley, as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, as r sisted by Mr. Justice Bayley and %Ir. Justice Holroyd, i , will preside. The Counsel for Mr. Cle.nent are Mr. Scar y lett. Mr. Brougham, Mr. Den inaw. and Mr. Platt. These • Oentlemen will, no doubt. be oppos e d by a strong C r own Bsr.—(Morning Chronicle.) • KINli'S BENCII. -(fim DAT.) OLD BA 1 - (11111 D&T.) The Sessions having I oncluded, the COMMON SERGEANT FIT tie , - , !e Ito pass the an fa' S..r.tcnce of Death on Will am Henry Reynol.ts, for shooting at General Burton; E!inund Button, for stealing in a dwelling house; James W..l!crr, fur burglary; Will.ain Hunter. for a similar cif•iice ; Robert Smith, for a like offence; John Hutchin: , 1.. r stealing in a ; Maria Williams, fur uttering forged notes; +we Hodge., for burglary; Ease Canon, fur burglary; tie. rge (Jaen, lor a like offence: Samuel Rayner, William Elliot, and John Austin Wren, for coning and maiming. 'lltassi.JirraTias roa lare•—Jos. Hendon, Sol. Natha n, 1 h omen Starling, and Verity Taylor. TRANSPORTATION FOIL S.VaN YEARe.—Charles Peer?, ' Robert Willis, Thomas Anton y . George Burgess, Jusel ik Searle, Andrew Walker, EV4II Doris, Emanuel Phillip, William Sideliptham, RiAlarai enemies, Richard Owen, Win. Eogllnli, Tharlee Elston, Charles Brudalt, Rotten Wilan, James Brotvolow, Charles Green, John Reesby. J. Williams, Mary Owen, Rolm Strate, J. Richards, Win. Laidlaw, Sarah Iteland, Sarah Wood, otherwise Barker. Win. Herniae, Charles Thomas, Anne Kent. J. Gibbs, J. Shaw, William Haumstall, Charles Giblett, diary Mary Russell, Margaret Kenneth, Margaret Bryan, Pew Glover, 'Flionian Richardson, John Morin, James Gordon. Samuel Salter, William Brandon, William Norman, William Smith, Peter Keen, Henry Thoin, Rexworthy, Michael Teens , Thomas Prosser. non's' Turner, Benjamin Edwards, David Hope, John Webb. Thomas (Heed, Charles Barlow, Rosins Cuxbcad, Mary Gray. A great number of prisoners were sentenced to various cn Pa: riods of imprison's:eat, one to he public l y whi pp ed, and a siderable number privately.—'Fite Sessions were thea journed to Wednesday. the 18th day of February. My. Croker is shoot to retire from the Admiralty. The Honourable Se. re;tary is de.titted to enjoy the delight of Indian rule, as lioveznor of ilatubay.—(Morssing• Owe sick.) Private letters from Paris revived yesterday, state the the French Ambassador at Madrid had requested Ferdinand to proceed Cu Paris to meet the Allied Sovereigns in Coo :truss; and that having referred this request to his Council they had rejected the invitation, on the ground that Ins presence could not be spared is the present distracted stv ;f tile country. GENERAL MINA. In several of the papers, two or three days ago, appeared a statement, purporting to he an account of an.ii.t eev i ew at the house of General Mina, on his fellow exiles pre. seating him an addresi. Front several of its features we were constitteed it was a misrepresentation; and therefore forbore to copy it. To-hay has appeared the full.mk g contradiction of it, from the tieneral himself, addressed in a circular to the st:a•cralE.diturs who had given it inser tion : I i .1 r '~