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TO TOE EDITOR OF THE DRITISII PREYS. --nr-- . _ . s to —When I last wrote to you on the subject of the ' West Indies, !pledged myself to use facts instead of urgu- Lucius. In my last letter, I think, I brought forward facts en ough to prove that the planters were not, as is bare fa -41y stated, the enemies of moral and religious improve. m em in their slaves. I shall now prove by official docu ments that the condition of the slaves is far from being as has been represented. TLe legisiatute of Dominica, taking into consideration the danger of allowing unanswered calumnies to go abroad, ordered a Committee to Investigate an.l report on the eon. dition. treatment, rights, and p rivileges of the negro popu lation: and from Ibis Report I beg to submit to you the following extract. The authorities on which it is collided are thus deseiibed by the Committee : nom ni my individuals possessing, from othets hiring the superintendence and rate of, the largest estates, belonging to rest. dent and absent proprietors, from the clergymen of the different re. pentuasions, from medical gentlemen of high character and catcesive practice, from the register of slaves, from the recants of the Courts olJustire, and from the laws of the island, they have procural a body of evidence, upon which they Ilan foccded their I t tmort, to the truth of which they challenge the severest loves t,g4tlntl. The following account of the treatment of the slaves will. 1 have no doubt, surprise those of your readers who have been taught to believe, that their lite is one uninter mitred series of haul labour and hard blows, competed to which the life of a chimney-sweepar's donkey would le o:iarn cart dignitate CERTIFICATE OF 115. CIREENIFAT. I do hereby ceetify, that for upwards of thirty years post I have bad the medical care of several of the largest plantations in this island, and that during that period I have in general found every attention paid to the comforts of the region, in providing them Stith wine, medicines, and every other neensavy ; and that my instructiors in regard to their proper diet have been strictly attended to, and have witnessed the greatest solicitude for their recovery. And I do further certify, that for several years past, the situation of the negro population. as far as they antic within my Imostledge, has been gradually much ameliorated in every respect. Given under toy band, at Roseau, this sth day of June, Jolts OILIENWAY. SOrgcon and ?realms:a of Physic. CLUTITICATE Or SPALDIXO. Ido hereby certify, that tut upwards of three years past I nave had the incOical attendance of several plantations in this island,' and drat during that period, I Fare in general found every atten tion paid to the comfort of the sick. in providing them with media ciao. win..., and Corry other necessary ; and that mV Instructions in tepid w their proper diet have been strictly attended to. And I do funher certify, that the negro population, as far as they have OM within ivy knowledge, arc comfortably lodged, and furnished with every thing that relates to the necessaries and cotterniences st life. Given order my hand, at Roseau, this 6th day of June, 11121 Joux SPALIIISO, Surgeon. iretvittgavr. or DR. .101INSTVWE. Ido hereby certify, that I have resided in this Colony 32 years, and that during the greatest part of that time I have had the me- Meal care of a number of large estates in different parts of the ishad; that for the last six years 1 have had the care of all the rdipal estates in the quarter of St. Joseph's: and that always mo the proprietors and anomies of the different properties anions that every attention should be paid to the comfort of the sick wroes, by allowing them wine, and every article of nourish ment necesaary for their situation.; and that my directions respect sr their medic ines and diet have been uniformly attended to. I do further certify, that the condition of the negroes ree fer. in this quarter, has been very much ameliorated in every r. , Pect during the six years that I nave resided in it. at. Joseph's, June 8, 1323. JADES Joy NITONT, M.D. Wlds regard to the freedom of conscience and religions kernction enjoyed by tlie slaves, this Report gives the most satisfactory statements. It contains a full account of the establishment of a Branch Clutch Missionary Society, shish has received every encouragement from the inhabi tants of Dominica, and the school-muter of which re ceives a salary of i.; . 0/. per annum ; but as the details would occupy too much of your valuable columns, I shall content myself with quoting a few certificates rom the clergytnen of different persuasions throughout the colony CERTITICACE OF TIIE SEW. JAMES C•TTII. I do hereby certify, that full liberty is granted at present to the Wesleyan Missionaries !o visit the estates where the slaves are not Roca; Catholics, fur the purpose of imparting religioua instruc tions, by all the proprietors, or their representatives, to whom ap pbcatiou has been made. /AXIS CATTS, Joe 5,112 M. Superintendent of the Wesleyan Miasionarias. . CERTIFICATE OT THE CATHOLIC PRIEST. do hereby certify that since my arrival in this island, in the year 1819 , every facility has been granted by the proprietors of estates, to enable the negroes to attend Divine Service on Sundays, and the hol:Juys, st the Roman Catholic Church ; and that the attendance of the Legnica is so rest that the church is crowded to tams ; and that every attention is paid to their religious instruc tion, and that hardly a Sunday passes without the Communion being administer. d to slaves. Given under my band at Roseau, this 11th day of June, 1823. JEAN DE LA THOS Xtwrwo, Curs. That these clergymen are not useless, will appear from the only official record we can nave of a clergyman's activity, a registry of baptisms and marriages : Return of baptisms and msraiages of slaves solemnized by me fee the last two years. 30th May 1823. 21. C. C. Nrwstow. During the year 1021 . None 1822 . . . . 6 Baptisms 18227 7 . 2 Marriages 1823 6 Baptisms. Return of haptisms of slaver, performed by the Roman Catholic fleryyman, in the island of Dominica :—• Rtes l.r Jan. 1821, to Ist Jan. 1822 • . . . lo Jan. 1022, to Ist Jan. 1823 . . 325 lit Jun. 1823, to 21th May, 1823 • • • 146 Total - • • 791 Ido hereby certify that the above is a correct return of glares Larded by the Roman g:atholic Clergyman, as appears by the Register. JtAX DZ LA Hos 'Wits°, Care. Rtorn of marriages of slaves, celebrated by the Roman Catho. lie Clergyman. the island of Dominicr : From Ist Jan. 1821, to Ist Jan. 1822 . 13 Marriages lot Jan. 11.22, to Ist Jnn. 1823 - 17 Ist Jaa. 11.22, to 7th June, 1811 . Ditto. Total - • • 37 I dn hereby etrtify, that the above Is • correct return of the re.rm ; .ot celebrated by the Roman Catholic Clergyman, at app.:as by the Register. JEAN DE LA Ifos XIMEXO, Canaries, 6c of slaves, performed by the Wesleyan Missionaries, Ist o: January, 1821, to May 30, 11r23. Tota/, till. J•Mss C ' ATTs Wesleyan Missionary. . Mortaces pelfrmed between slaves by the Wenleyan 31budon iret. (Nan tle January, 1821, to the 30th o f slay, lira. Tots: yg. JAMES W esleyan Niwionary. I shall conclude this long letter with a short document, 14 1 , 1 s must astonish some folks. i N !t'r^of due% who have been manumitted from the Ist of mulu 0111.. 10. v.1,,21, to th e h t o f J uno , 1E323. Total, lOU. Number of rPnl,tur.nerly slaves, receiving pensions from the colony, 111 M a re fatts--- , leny them who can. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, A IV EST INDIA PLANTER. teams Papists, r x T7:4, Ilerrisaant, &French t il x°Pher, eneoseit three toads in boxes, and covered the rsitu plaster of P a ris, to th e c nviplete exclusion of : lie then deposited the boxes at the Academy of , 2e s ez, at Pais, and in eighteen months afterwards tiny' t• Two of tl:e toads were found living, and 'Loa. Unfortunately the diinensions of the boxes " tot ben recorded. Dr. Edwards, from whose .. "31 " . .:c We hav e taken this account, lately made sonic of a similar nature; and he seems to have t,i, that wh atever care may be taken completely to ! toad in plaster, the air will penetrate ; that it is Itesaiittol through the material ; which is probably klso 7 6 ote when toads have been known to live enclosed in 73 and wood, and that when these animals are coin m•tlY excluded front the air, by the interposition of °ki s / or mercury, they slie e ili,y die. —The Chemist. r 1 11 !too's M eon suntan, the -"" August, this Chapel will be re-opened, after the Iqt:sad alterations. A solemn II igh Mass will be sung I tlglat key. Dr. lirainstitii and the Sermon preached I lie Right Rev. Dr. Poynter. triune Lorne—Twe "Frenchmen had • dispute sometime whm tale of the parties scot • challenge to the othee, ~,.1!oly accepted small swords, pistols, with calibre bit worry as Mu. shut, and powder in lots, of 14 premier iw it ;; l lldlet more than from fair to ` middling—was picked up. :‘:3k u ,„ ~Kigs Procured. the day apointed, one of' the party len" ll : l , l34, erhire was the place. and the other Rhode In "44* his fool, and we hare not heard one single re ipt,4l.rt this mistindtestanding might be by mutual consent k k , o,7bollerire wasgiven, they whispered so lout!, that \Vil la", 01, etier's vales, was that of a humming-bird to it. As 6 4 7 n'Welling in an opposite direction, they calculate upon long Bunkum. TILE SLAVE TRADE. The Eighteenth Repel of the Directors of the African Institution has been publisher]. It contains a concise view of the progress made towards the suppression of the Po reiga.Slsve.tratle. "TUC NETLIERLANDI.—The Dutch Government, not withstanding the treaty sigtml at Bruisers, on the 31st of Decemlx•r, Ig2l, appeals wholly intlitferent, if not seemly adverse to the abolition of the horribly traffic. Much of the correspondence between our Government and the Court of the Netherlan.!s, is occupied with rental 'trances respecting the supineness of the Government of 'Surinam, in preventing the fraudulent introduction of slaves into that colony." " now made the law of Spain, that all Captains, Mastas, and Pilots of Spanish vesse!s, who pur chase Xegrocs on Oro col.•• of Atrial, or introtluc.• them into any part of the Spanish monarchy, or are foetid with slaves on board their vessels, shall lose their vessels. and be sentenced to ten yeats' hard labour on the public works. It is to be regretted that these penalties should be so limited in their operation. Thev 'bught to extent to all Spanish swideets engaged in the Slave Trade, as principals or agents. The letters of the British Commissioners at the liavannah, however, clearly chew, that, notwithstaniiing this law, no thing has been effectually done to prevent the importation of slaves into the island of Cuba." " Port-f.s:o A 1.1 1 1)11111g . the year 1592, thirteen Portu guese slave-ships, having on board upwards of 1,700 slaves, were comlemell at Sierra Leone, for trading in slaves north of the Line. Some of the caws inept% ed perjuries without end, and atrocities of the most outrageous and revolting kind, and implicated in the guilt attending them Portuguese fhlictionaries on the coast of Africa of the very highest class ; anti all of the cases afforded proofs of the most re prehensible disregard, on the part of the Brazilian autho rities, of the stipulations of the treaties with this country. The licence granted to these ships permitted them, While their e.estination was declared to be to Africa south of the Line, to visit St. Thomas's, Cameroon, Calabar, &c. n filch I no motive could be assigned for their visiting, but that of carrying on an illicit slave-trade. Nay, the authorities in Brazil appear to have concurred with the contrabandists, in giving fictitious names to places north of the Line, borrow ed from places south of the Line, for the purpose of de ceiving the British cruizrs and the mixes{ Commission I Courts. The name of Molembo, a place south of the Line, to which the Portuguese Slave-trade is still permitted, has been transferred, for this profligate purpose, to a place near ()Man, in the Bight of Benin. I "In the case of one vessel, the Conde de Villa Flor, taken with 17t1 slaves on board, it was fully proved, ' that the Governor of llissao was himself an interested ibartici pator in the illegal embarkation of slaves, a certain num ber of the slaves being his property ; some of them being entered in the memoranda as chipped and received from his official residence—as if all dee' ncy was cast off from , the Government of the settlement.' Such is the strong, but most appropriate, language of the Judge of the Mixed Commission Court. The examinations in this case de velop the most complicated tissue of fraudulent expedients for defeating the ends of justice ;—among them fabricated log-books, exhibiting a voyage from the Brazils to Ca benda, by way of the Cape de ‘'ertls, when the real destination was Ilissao : and schedules pointing out the bribes by which the connivance of the Judge Governor, &c. was to he secured at the port of discharge in the Brazils. This vessel had already made several very suc cessful and gainful voyages under the shelter of these in genious expedients. The owner, in one of his letters, declared his intention of putting an end, by this voyage, to his course of slave-trading, as, ' provided,' he says, that it were the pleasure of the Almighty that every thing should be placed in safety, they would have reaped a good harvest' In consequence, it may be presumed, of his capture on this occasion, which prevented his gathering the fruits he hail anticipated, be appears, by the Sierra Leone Gazette, to have returned to the coast in the sue ceding year, and to have successfully effected another voyage. " The Portugese schooner boat, San Jose Xalasa, be longing to a lady of Prir.ce's Island, the daughter of Gomez, formerly the Governor, and still a member of the governing Junta of that ishind, though only of the burden of seven tons, was sent to Calabar for thee*. Thirty slaves were purchased, and, having been put on board the boat, it made sail he Prince's Island. But tiresome proved tedi ous, provisions began to fail, and the allowance of food was reduced to one yam daily for two slaves. At last the pro visions and water wholly failed. Ten slaves polished ; and the whole must have shared their fate, had not the vessel got back to Calabar, after having been six weeks at sea. The surviving slaves were in the moat deplorable state of emaciation and wretchedness. Nor was this to be wonder ' ed at ; for, besides their privations, they were manacled to gether, and cooped up in a vessel of only seven tons bur then ; having no shelter but what could be afforded by the space between the water casks and the deck, a space of seven inches! " On the separation of Brazil from the mother country, Mr. Canning lost no time in representing to the Portu guese Government, that there could now remain no pre tence for refusing entirely to abolish the Slave Trade. It bad been prolonged by Portug al solely for the sake of Brazil ; and it now only remained to prohibit it entirely, under the Portuguese flag, to the south as well as to the north of the Line. To this application, however, the most peremptory negative was given • and a threat was even held out, that if Great Britain 'basil(' proceed on this principle, Portugal would at once consider all her treaties with Great Britain as null and void. The necessity of continuing the traffic was also maintained, on a ground which until now had never been urged, or even heard of, and which is un founded in point of fac.; namely, that the Slave Trade is required for supplying, not Brazil, which, it is now dis covered, (lima not nee d them, but its other African and Asiatic possessions, with labourers. " In the year 1422, it appears that 29,216 slaves were imported into Rio de Janeiro alone, from the coast of Africa. The number embarked had been 31,240,-3,481 having died on the passage. In one vessel, containing 492 Slims, 191 had died ; in another, containing 631, '213 had died ; in a third, containing 418, 216 had died, &c. &c. "The number imported into Bahia, in the same year, was upwards of 8,000. " FaaNer.—The largest chapter in this calamitous detail must be given, it is to be feared, to France. The remon strances to that power lave been frequently and urgently, but unavailingly, renewed by Sir Charles Stuart, our Mi nister at Paris. " The replies of the French Minister to these remon strances are particularly deserving of notice. They will be fouttil to be any thing but satisfactory. In October, 18'2'2, M. de Villele remarks :---‘ I.'p to the present time, the King's Government had imagined that it had suffi ciently proved the firm resolution it bad always enter ' tame d , of repressing that odious traffic. The severity wI. . nch it has displayed, whenever it has been possible to bring it to conviction, would appear to remove all doubt on this subject. In this respect, I shall therefore abstain from enlarging upon the refutation of allegations, which I 1 repeat, arc already sufficiently disproved, no less by its actions, than by its well-known resolutions. I do not deny that certain avaricious speculators may have risked such expeditions in defiance of the laws; but these are only in- I fractions, such as no Goveinment can altogether prevent ; and perhaps it might not be impossible for me to distover, even in England itself, more or less recent instances of this nature. The King's Government 1131 been neither less ac tive, nor less severe, than the English Government, in de tecting and punishing them. The measures which it has taken in this respect are such as it has judged necessary to ensure, in the most effectual manner, the execution of its own arrangements, with regard to an object, the import ance of which it duly appreciates.' " A few observations Deem to be called for by the state ments of M. de Vilele. " No one will deny, that in England there Is a deep and general feeling adverse to the Slave Trade ; that not only naval and revenue officers, but private individuals also, have a powerful motive to vigilance in the large rewards they receive for the discovery of slave-trading transactions; an:l that voluntary associations exist for the suppression of this traffic, composed of men little likely to slumber over the infraction of the abolition laws. If, then, under these circumstances, the French Government has been neither less active nor less sincere than the . English Government, h me has it happene , l that not one i nstance of slave-trading under the English ilia,: should have been detected during ; the last ten y ars, whilst the instances of French slave trading s! , ou'd have been absolutely innumerable? How bappeus it also that, notwithstanding the multiplied proofs , which the French Government has had, of theitatter in efficacy of the present laws in repressing the Slave Trade, it should stilt refuse to affix an infamous punishment to the crime ; while in England the crime is nsiinilated to piracy? And haw happens it. lastly, that, while from England not' a slave-ship can be 'hewn to have been fitted out during the ' lavt year, indeed for many years previous, it can be *hewn that from the * tingle port of Santa no fewer than thirty slave-ships were fitted out, in the course of only a few months of the vear 1823, openly, and with searely an at- tempt at concegirent, and with the full knowledge and par.' ticipation of mull:miles in that port? The details on this subject will he given in another place. Suffice it to say, that slave ships ender the French flag still actually swarm upon the African coast ; that they carry on their trade there with perfect impunity,. being visited even by French cruisers without molestation; and, that, in conseqence of their munity from Dritish capture, they not only protect exten sive interests properly French, but shelter the criminal ad venturers of other nationa from detection and punishment." %We shall give some iiiteref.tinen:tracts from the Ap pendix to-morrow. COLGAIBL4. Yesterday - we reeeivet a lc f the Caracas pipet, the Cogombiano, to the 16th June. ltey announce the arrival at La Guayra, on the May, of the Netherlands corvette Eendragt, with Capt. 11. W. Quarel On board, as Commis sioner from the King of the Netherlands to the Colombian Republic. U lean also, that the celebrated 3. Lancaster had arrived at Caracas. "We behold in this event," says the CoLanbiano, " the realisation of the liberal views which have long animated our townsmen with respect, to public education, as well as a strong evidence of the high appre ciation in which they hold the talents and merits of this gentleman. Mr. !Lancaster tomes amongst us as an Kvited guest ; and in this capacity has already received that eonlial welcome which is due to our own character and 'to his. Nothing can exceill„ the liberal 'attention with which the Corporation has nuthifested its ism of the presence of kr. Lancauster, and •of the important national interests con nected therewith. Caracas well deserves prosperity when 'she founds her pretensions thereto an the intellectual a& vancentent of her children, and on thus honouring the wise add good." . . . - - The following extract of a private letter from La Guars, dated 19th June, contains some interesting information, and some pertinent remarks upon the anomalous character of our actual relations with Colcmbis, caused by delaying the nominal recognition of her independence:— " The only public events since my last are—the arrival here of a Commissioner from the King of Holland; of a' new Intendant, General Escalona, in the room of the Mar quis del Toro ; and of Mr. Joseph Lancaster, the great teacher. All these several personages, we hope, will tend to our improvement in their reapectim stations ; the first, by establishing friendly relations between us and the King of tfie tow Countries, (who must needs be rejoiced that we are emancipated frcm that dependent state which his worthy an-' cestors so long endure/1;3 the second, by being a little more active, discreet, and conciliatory than his predecessor; and the third, by extendingaml improving our system of national education. Our foreign piddic functionaries go on increasing. We have an American Consul, a British Consul, a Dutch Cotten', and a French one, on the way from Martinique. I see by the papers you are still discussing the propriety of ae knowledging our Independence; but in What an odd post-! tion does the British Government place itself: you send here a British Consul, who puts King George the 'Fourth's ! Anna over his door; you pass a law to admit Colombian , ships into your ports ; and yet you tell us we are not recog nised as a nation, and I see that if ever our name happens ! to be mentioned in any of your Courts of Justice, the Judges call out, We do not know any thing of the Republic of Colombia!' I assure you that to plain unlettered men, as the folks here very much are, all this seems very strange. We are likely to improve much under General Escalona, for our Intendant. lie has all the activity and vigour neces sary in a young Government. General Soublette, we bear, goes to England as Consul-General. The news of the hew loan being made has spread confidence every where, and will do irnmente good throughout the whole Republic, WEren once our wheels get fairly greased here, you will find a machine in motion the power of which you have little idea of; but we must have time." NEW CHURCHES. The sum of one million and ai.. f having been granted towards the building of new churches, we present our re:-.lcrs with the following account of the cost of the fifty sew churches built by Sit CHRISTOPIIik Watx after the fire of London, 1666. Though including the Carntintat. OF ST. PAL Ce, the whole expense does but Hula exceed one million:— e 6. 4 St. Paul's- ' • • 736,752 1 8/ Allhallows the (treat . . . 5,641 9 9 Breed-street : . . 3,348 3 2 Lombard-street . . 8,058 15 1 St. Albans, Wood-street . . 3.165 111 St. Anne and Agnes - . 2,418 9 II St. Andrew's, Wardrobe - • 7.060 16 11 Holborn . . . 9,000 0 0 St. Antholin'a . . - 6,685 6 ill St. Austin's - . . . 3,145 S 10 St. Benet, Grassehnrch . . 3,583 9 61 ...... Paul's Whir( . . 3.328 18 10 Fink . . . 4,129 18 10 St. Bride's . . . . 11,430 511 St. Bartholomew's . '. . . 6.077 1 1 Christ Church . . 11.778 9 e St. Clement, Eastcheap . . . 4,365 3 4 Danes . . . 8.786 17 I/ St. Monis, Backehurch . - 5,737 10 8 St. Edmund the King . . . 6.207 11 0 St. George, Botolph-lane . - 4.509 410 St. James, Garlick-hill . . . 6,357 12 10 Westminster . . 6,500 0 U St. Lawrence, Jewry . . '.. 11,870 1 V St. Michael, Basinghall . . . 2.1122 17 1 -- Royal . . . 7,435 7 9 Queenhithe . . 4.364 3 8 Wood-street . . - 2.554 2 11 Crooked.lane - • 4,641 6 11 Cornhtll . . . 4,686 611 St. 31trttn, Ludinite . • 5.378 18 8 St. Matthew, Friday-street . - 2.301 1 9 St. Margaret Patten* . . . 4.986 10 4 Lothliurp . . • 5.340 8 1 St. Mary, Abchurch • . 4.92 2 4 --- 31 it g d *km . - • 4,291 12 V —.— Somerset . • • 6.579 18 1 at Hill • . . 3.980 12 S Altlermanbue, . . 5.237 3 6 Ic Bow - - . 8.071 13 1 lc steeple .. . . . 7.3:11 8 7/ St. Magnus, London Bridge .., • • 9,579 19 10 St. Mildred, Bread.street . '• • 3,705 13 8/ Poultry . . - 4.654 V 7t St. Nicholas Cole Abbey . • - 1.642 611 St. flare, Jewry . . . 5,680 4 1 St. Peter's, Cornhill . . • 6,647 6 St. Swithin, Cannon-street - • 4.997 4 St. Stephen, Walbrook • . • 7,162 13 Coleniamstreet • . 400 111 St. S'eslast, root/Mane - - . I.IP 15 ON THE MODE OP "IPPIXING LEECHES. I From the Family .tirlem.l To apply leeches successfully it is essentially necessary I that the patient's skin should be perfectly clean and soft ;! and as commonly a lotion has been used to the part before the leeches are employed, considerable attention is often required before this can be washed entirely off. )lot water with soap must first be used, until the part is [dean, and then the soap must be carefully removed by means of pure water. When the skin is in this state leeches will bite very rea dily when they are fresh and hungry. The best mode of applying them is to let the leech crawl on a dry piece of linen for a little time ; or better, if it have been kept in a vessel without water for some time beforehand, then to take it in a bit of soft linen between the thumb and finger, and when it projects its pointed mouth between the folds of the linen, to direct it to the spot intended for it to set on. In Cale/ of difficulty it is often advantageous to cover the part with cream or milk ; or better to touch the head of the leech with a drop of vinegar ; or to make small incisions in the skin (of the operator perhaps, if the patient be a sleeping child), by means of a lancet ; or if one leech have adhered, to take it off again, and use the blood, to intice others to do likewise. Stictnr.—Yeatcr,lay. a man nametl Davis, a journeyman in theernplqy of Mr. Kays, a baker, of the London road. was found suspended to a rack. in an out-house belonging to his master. Net two hours befiee the discovery, the deceased had carried out the bread in his usual spirits, and no cause can be assigned for the rash act. HOME CIRCUIT. KENT ASSIZES, MAIDSSONE, ANIMIST 11, CIVIL. SIDE. [D' 'SMr. MASON Oa•Hatt ead SpeCia/Jllv2/1 THE %IWO r. THOMAS ?MAIL This was an information filed by the Atteener-lieneral against the defendant, fur a misdemeanor In OfThring a bribe to a prawn ' belonging to the smuggling blockade service, to Induce hint to con nive at the importation of uncusionied goods. Five Learned Counsel were employed against the defendant, who a in person, without Co unse l. appeared the evidence of Jeremiah Kelly, a seaman be- I longing to the Radiates, that on the morning of du. 17th of Fat Motley last, whilst he was on duty, the defendant ap:died to him to wink at the landing orcertaln contraband goods, and ufb.red him bribes of 61. and 10/. respectively, to negleetbis duty. which he de clined acerPlina. The seaman reported the transaction to his commending officer, and when the defendant appeared again at the nest watch, for the p u rp ose o f cco.linning the bribe, he was ' taken into custody. The defendant denied that he had actually offered any money to the preventive-man, but did not traverse the overture in question. The Jury found him Guilty. Vile [lx* v. RAZES. This was an information against the defendant, fur making a sig nal to smugglers on the coast. There was the same array of legal talent against this defendant, who was also without Counsel. The signal alleged to have bten made by the defendant was, in having exclaimed to the crew of a smuggling vessel, " Keep off" when one of the coast block-de appeared. James Dixon, one of the crew of the Ramifies proved, that he. Ns on duty at Old Stairs Bay, between Deal and Dover, about two o'clock on the monitor of the 13th of August last, when he saw the primmer near the Cliff. There was a smuggling boat close on shore. The witness asked the defendant what brought hint there ? The defendant immediately shouted to the smuggling crew, in a loud voice, three times, " Keep off!" upon whi.•h the smugglirg vessel disappeared. The defendant was, however, taken into cue ' tidy ; and it appeared that there was a body of men in the neigh bourhood, waiting the arrival of the sumeling vessel. Al r. Baron iflaattats expressed considerable doubt whether the mite was within the statute upon which the information was found ed, inasmuch as that statute was directed against secret signals, each as flashing &c. Now he could not conc e i ve h ow t h e words 1 " Keep all:" could be construed to mean a signal within the moan. log of the statute,' because thaw words were clearly intelligible to everybody. The Counsel for the Custorna endeavoured to convince his Lord ship that the weeds alleged clearly imported a signal within the mewing of the statute. The Learned JUDGE, however, expressed great reluetanee in ruling in favour of the Crown. He would reserve the point for the consideration of the King's Bench upon the construction of the ,stanite. lfis Lordship left the facts of the ease to the Jury. The Jury found specially, that the defendant bad used the words " Keep oft" The defendant being thus found guilty, subje:t to the opinion of the Court above, was released upon his own recognisarne is WOE to come up to receive judgment next term. THENOV. HENRY FOSTER. This was an information against the defendant and fourteen other persona, fora riot, at Deal, on the 7th March, 1821, when two per sons, named John Smith and F:dmund Payne, were barbarously and inhumanly assaulted and ill used by a brutal mob, who tarred ' feathered, and paraded them in a cart through the town of Deal. This was the fourth prosecution for the same offence. Three ether defendants had been convicted as parties to the transaction is question, and punished by the Court of King's Bench with severity. The particulars of this case have been three times before the public en the occasions alluded to. Precisely the same evidence was given on this as on those Occasions. It was proved that the defendant took an active part in the barbarous transaction, which was the subject of prosecution. Both prosecutors swore positively Is his identity. The defendant did not deny that he was present amongst the mob, but said that he had just come on shore and joined like others in the crowd, who witnessed the treatment of the prosectatori. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's direction., found the de fendant Guilty. GROWN SIDE. Jews Cannier, was indicted for assaulting Robert Hamilton on the King's highway at Deptford, on the 9th of :ilsy last, putting him in fear, and taking from his person two seals, a watch-key, and other articles. The prisoner was driver of a Greenwich stage-coach, and the pro secutor stated, that about half-past nine in the evening of the Bth of May, he was standing in the Broadway. Deptford, when the pri soner drove up, alighted from his coach, ruthed past him, and snatched at his watch, but the ribbon giving way, the seals only were taken. He pursued the prisoner, saw him throw the seals into the road, and took him into custody. On his cross-eitamiet.tion, the prosecutor said he followed no, regular business; that he was perfectly sober a hen the rubbery toot place t that he had himself been in Maidstone tool on a charge of uttering base money, and had suffered a year's imprisonment. He swore positively that he did not accuse a man named Nicholls of this robbery, and was quite certain that the prisoner was the offender. The prisoner was proved to be a man of respectable character. Nothing was found upon. him. He was releseld by the constable for the night on his own promise to appear before the Magistrates next morning, when he appea-ed accordingly. There was a great crowd about the prosecutor when he was rubbed, and some DOW. bus thieves were seen in the crowd. Two witnesses were called on the prisoner's behalf, who swore that the prisoner could not have been the offender, inasmuch as he was not near the prosecutor when he came oil his coach-box. They added, that the prosecutor was drunk at the time. The Learned JUDGE left the prisoner's identity as to being the robber to the consideration of the Jury, and they immediately touted the prisoner Noe Guilty. James Balmer was indicted for maliciously cutting arid maiming Richard Price, at East Greenwich, on the ilith July last, with ' totem to murder him. The prosecutor deposed, that he was a publican in Southwark, and occupied some land which he had purchased of a Mr. Barnett, at Greenwich, one part of which he made into bricks, and the rest he left in pasture. The prisoner had formerly occupied the same land, and was in the habit of turning out an old horse upon it. Wit. Dem warned him not to do so; and in consequence of his continuing to do so he impounded his horse. On the 16th July the prisoner's horse was again trespassing on the land. Witness warned him of it, and said, If you don't remove the horse I shall impound it." The prisoner replied, "If you pound my horse pound you." Winans called his servants to remove the hone, when the prisoner suddenly opened his coat, drew out en axe, and struck at him over the temple with the handle of it. Witness put up his hand to guard his head, and the prisoner struck at him again with the Wile of the nee, which cut his hand and took a bit of flesh out of it. His head bled very much from the first blow. In this stage of the case the Learned Judge interposed, and told the Jury that, in his opinion, the facts proved would not bring the offence within the scope of the indictment as to the intent alleged. The prisoner was certainly liable to an indictment fur another of. fence, but not one of s capital nature. The Jury, therefore, under the Learned Judge's directions, found the prisoner Not Guilty. likhartl Ilarris was indicted for herglariously breaking and en. tering the dwelling.house of Miss Ann Grace Lyles and Miss Lottita Lyles, in the night of the 20th February last, at Ton. bridge, and stealing therein various articles of silver plate, some gold e..nicets, and various articles of wearing apparel. The principal witness in support of the prosecution was an ac: complice named John Avery, who deposed that the prisoner and another man, named Joint Halrentlen went with him to the per. breakingmites of the prosecutrists, and after: open a stables. hence they took a ladder, they entered the dwelling by breaking a win dow, through which the property in question was handed. The noise alarmed the inmates; an alarm bell was rung, and the fe males screamed with vehemence, whereupon the robbers decamp ed. The booty was afterwards ilieposr.l of in London to Mn. Manning, of No. 9, Boaenta-v•lane, eh) bought the gold and silver at 3s. an ounce. The produce of the plunder, at this rate, was 61. 12s. Manning gave witness rd. saying that he should keep the 12s. for his own fee. Witness then went to Billingsgate, and bough: some end fish, in the way of his trade as an itinerant fish monger, and his father and he re:urned to Tonhridge in a fish-cart. He afterwards saw the prisoner, and gave him I!. Ile had never seen Hatfenden since. The other 34 he kept himself, and spent it. The father of the aecompliee corroborated his son's story in the particulars with which he was conversant. Several other witnesses corroborated the accomplice in minor circumstances, but The Jury found the prisoner Not Guilty. CROWN SIDE. Turastwr, Avotss 12. CIVIL SIDE. COVETER V. TOE IirNDUED or TXTEUSIIAIf. - This vats an action on the Black Act 9 (lm. I. c. 21.5. 11, against the inhabitants of the Hundred of Vermillion. to recover a punt of 2001. as part compensation for the malicious destruction by tire of, a barn and certain stacks of corn belonging to the plaintiff. 91r. Sergeant TanDy and Mr. Botta/1D conducted the plain. till's rase; Mr. 31A•ItYVIT and Mr. CHITTY that of the de. fondants. The plaintifi' was a respectable farmer at Deddington„ and had an oti.liand farm at Newnham, where looker and his family re. sided. On Sunday evening, the 211th of September last, after the family were retired to rest, they were aroused by a light near . the dwelling. It was immediately discovered that a large barn was on tire, and that an oat st a ck was in flames in two places. The tire spread rapidly, and in a short time destroyed property to the amount of 1,099/. and upwards. From the appearance of the fire when first discovered, it was manifestly not accidental. In antici pation of the intended defence that it was emoted by lightning. me veral witnesses proved that the night had been tine, and no light. ning visilde. It was suggested that the tire IMtd been kind;ed by some person who bore malice tet-anis the plaimilf in consequence of his baring been very active in the suppression of poaching. and in reducing the pool's rates of the parish. The usual notices hail been given to the inhabitants, and depositions made before a Ala glstrate, in pursuance of the directions of the %ratite. Steps had also been taken to detect the authors of the mischief, by advertising' • reward of NM but without success. The defence set up was, that the fire tr,s 0.-caylonett by light ning ; and /several witneues were called, a M. that on the evening in (motion Hashes of lightning had been ►een, but not sufficiently strong, in their judgment, t, do any mischief. They admitted that no thutaler accompanied the lightning. Mr. Sergeant Taunt' wan stopped in reply. Mr. Baron Gamiam summed up the evidence, and the Jury found their remit; for the ileisit —Damage' CROWN SIDE. Before Mr. Attlee ButillOCene. Wilßaas lEgg was indicted for feloniously killing sod slayiti lSoinsnon Cock, on the 26th April last, at Linatead. Mr. literals conducted the prosecution. The primmer dad the detained were paupers in !.instead worklinuse, and the deemed, a lad shout In, !tad the care of the liriatineett children. On the day mentioned in the indictment the prisoner came into IN mom where the deceased was. and struck him several lames. Preview* to this time the deceased had been in a bad stateed health, but wan tt en comalescaet. In three days after the heating the deceased took to his bed, and died sixteen der afterwards and it wan fur the Jury. to determine whether the death was occasioned-by the prisoner.. Jot*t Caner ptd Elizabeth Bonny. mutters in Linstead coo-k -house, deposed to the circumstances of the ease. 'The deceased had the care of two of the prisoner's ehilt'ren In the kitchen of the workhouse. The children *ere crying, and complained. in the hearing of their father, that the deceased was bestir 6 them The pritoner, who was in an adjoining apartment. came into the kitchen, and struck the deceased several ttlona with his fist. The blows weer tax seer violent. In two days afterwards the deceased took t his bed, and at the end of sixteen days died. He hpd n a weakly lad, and h a d a comp l aint in his heart. It th.t th% prisoner's wife had incited Mtn to strike the deceased, upon hearing : :he latter heating the children. The Siirgenn of the workhouse deposed, that the deceased had been ill for two _oats with a pain in the chest, and was greatly debilitated. , After death th e b o dy was opened. mid it alai dim,- vered that tZe left lope of the lungs was inflamed. lailiumnation in the kidneys wan the immediate cause of death. The-.e were no external marks of violence on the body, nee were there any internal appearances to warrant the surgeon in saying that the ioNstrestatton was produced by the blow s . The deceased was a nervous subj ec t, ;aria whom pas sion might have powerful effects. An attempt was made togire in a dying declaration of t h e ceased, hut as it was not made tinder the apprehension of approach. ing alasolittion, it was not admitted in evidence. Ma 'Justice Hu annum' loft it to the Jury to say, why-the?. upon the evide;:ee they had heard, the death of the deceased cen!J be attributed to the violence of the prisoner. The Jury found the prisoner Nut Guilty. The Learned JUDGE severely reprimanded him foe his Intempe rate conduct, and ordered him to be discharged. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. DERBY, TUESDAY, AUOCIIT 10. PARK V. elle Hot. AN't sty. termer,. siker:J.l% hundred gui n eas , •an action brought by a Major Park, to teerntr two hundred guineas, the value of a hone sold to the Rev. defendant. The plaintiff, in February Jul, was staying at the house of his ea. phew, Sir G. Sitwell, and hid with him a valuable hunter, which coming to the earn of the defendant, he offered to purchase The fume. The Rev. tientkman was not a clergyman " passing, rich with forty pounds a year," but kept a pack of fox bounds, and had acquired no mean celebrity in the chase. The Major not being able to hunt, disposed of the horse on the promise of payeitint 201/ trainees. having immediately before refused 150 rulers% tor the same horse. The defendant howl examined the horse witk all the tact derived from a long experience; lie bad also mink his groom . xamine it, and not content . with this he requetied the plaintiff to seed the horse to his farrier, which the phuntrr corn -plied with ; and the animal having passed through them ortleaN, the vendor sent .the horse, witb a request that the money might bs paid, as he was then going on the Continent. To this the ekrgy man sent a verbal menage, " that he would see the Major the iwitt day and give him the money." The Rev. Gentleman not k rtipirg his promise, a written application was made to him for payment, to which he answered, " that he had discovered that the hotly hail corns." Now, no warranty had bees made of the horse ; and the defendant had kept this hunter for seven weeks during the hirntirg senor, and it was not until the very end of the hunting venter that he returned him to Major park; and when he did return Aim. he sent him to Sir Cr. Sitwell's, so ill used, and in such an ill condi tion, that .sir Crorge did not recognise him for the sleek anin•alu able animal which his uncle had sold to the defendant. Fbilinr Major Park had gone on the Continent, defendant sent the Lane to the plaintiff's seat, at Higbheld , near Liverpool. Sir 6. Sitwell recollected the defendant negotiating thektar of ' the horse with his uncle; the horse was tried before Mr. Sarille in • every way he requested; time Major's groom, at the desire or ex defendant, leaped the fmrse over some fences ; the hone etfuseti every leap, at which the defendant exclaimed, "Mv whipper-ni would have carried him over, if he had b.' t here." The defendant said he was a slow galloper, but made no other objmtion. itneot delicately hinted to him that he was authorised to receive thit par_ went for the horse, his uncle being abroad. As soon as he met, tioned his ureic being on tile Continent, the Reverend ilffewiar.: asserted that the horse had corns, and refused to pay the money. The horse was sent to witness's hohite cn the 25th of March, as a• wretched condition. John Fidler, servant to Major Park, deposed to the defendant having examined the horse in every way he desired. At the de fendant's request he took the horse to a rarebit, and the farrier hay ing approved of it, he took it to the ,kfendtet, who sent word that he would give a check for the money. Cross-examined—Never knew the home fa have corn,. Had never described him as "a cursed lumbering btast." J. Weelden, servant to Major Park--The horse was resumed on the 7th or Bth of April, in a very bad conditien., with his knees broke, and an illfilUSlMltkill in his foot. He had seen the hone shed swee atm, and It had no coma. A letter war then put In, written from the tilaintiff to the de fendant, avowing the horse to be in a perfect state. and tequeming payment of the tne guineas i to this the servant brought back the message that " the Rev. Mr. Saville would seed a check the next day.' Eiuht witnesses were called, to prove dut the horse had been warranted by the plaintiff; and that at the time of warranty he was lame, and incapable of hunting. The evidence of dint persons was, in several cases, got rid of by cross-examination. C. Sharp, the Rev. Gentleman's huntsman, deposed as follows : I tried the horse on Sunday, and found him the worst beast I ever sat on ; he never took his fence, and could not go at all on hard ground ; I returned him in a better condition than I received him he had often been on his head, but never on his kneed, and could go better on his head than upon his feet. Cron-examined—The hone came or. Friday, and you tried him on Sunday It—Yes. Did you try him by the Reverend defendant's order ?—Yes. Is th . at the usual way for a clergyman's servant to keep the Sur day ?—No answer. You tried the hone in the middle of February, and reported him as utterly worthless and unlit to hunt ?—Yes. Did your master make use of him in hunting after that ?--Yrs. Up to *hat day ?—To the 24th of March. .l hen did the hunting season cease ?-0n the 27th of Ma rc h. Me. CLARK addressed the Jury, commenting on the effrontery and profligacy of many of the d e fend ant ' s witnesses. The Cater JUSTICE stated, that the Jury had but three points to try—whether any warranty had been given with the horse by the plaintiff--whether that warranty was just and true—and whence the defendant, by not returning the horse within a reasonable time. had not waived or lost the benefit of any such warranty ? This was, in point of character, a very serious cause. and he regretted extremely that such a case had been broaght into Court by any clergyman of the Church of England. With respect to the war ranty of the hone, there was evidently no warranty given at the time of sale, and in spite of the testimony of the Reverend defer:. ant's servants. he believed that no subsequent warranty hail been ever given. The defendant pretended that the unsoundness of the horse had been discovered immediately after the purchase in February last, and yet he did not return him until the 25th of March, but kept using him for six weeks, and until the hunting season was nearly over. It was his they, as an honest man, to re turn the horse as soon as he discovered his tenmundneas ; and it the horse had really been of the description pretended by the de fenelant,did he do his duty as a clergyman, or as a man of commas humanity, to expose his servants lived to the peril of hunting off an animal of so dangerous a description P The defendant would have been answerable for the death of his servant, had any such accident happened. Ile was sorry to make there oldmrsations on a Peron of the defendant's rank and profession, but he must say, h. was extremely iishmiest of the Reverend Gentleman to permit the horse to be rod: day after day throughout the whole hunting season. and now to expert, by the verdict of a Jury, to exonerate himself from the payment of his contract. The Jury immediately returned a verdict fir the .plaintifF. Damages—Two hundred guineas and costs. __ ETWILSIDAY, AVONIT 11. The Conn met at ten eclat* this morning for the disposal of the remaining causes. when the tint called Was— iII•XTOV r. JOHN 131.TXTON. This case between near n•lations, being brought by nephews against an uncle (executon, for expulsion front a farm into srPti:h the plaintiffs came ir.to possession under the will of the father la bill in Chancery being already filed against the defendant for in a:. count of his stewanlship of the firm during the minority of the plaintiffs), was referred to Mr. Pennington on the u►ual terms, and other matters in difference. The (`our: broke up at eleven o'clock. and about one the 'Jere.' left 'he town for Leicester, at which ' , laze the Assizes couicoeccs this day. NATURAL ElsroßY. From the R.wister of Arts and S.-irze.-s 1 M. Cuvier has lat e ly p r e se nt e d t o t h e French Acatler of Sciences a Report on the state of Natural History, anti the vast increase of oar knowkslge in that department s:nce the return of maritime peace, the details of vilieh s:e highly interesting. PLANTS.—In 1778 Linnicus described about S 000 spe rice of plants. M. Dreandolle has now increase-a that 11,4 Ito -kW°. Quartarrrna.--The number of trydruprda wag cs:f_ mated by llutlon at about no() ; already has NI. pesmalLts enumerated more than 74.0. de Lacipeae, who, about twrntv vi•ars *rote the history of all the known spece::: of fish, muL them less titan 1.300 in number; now the Ca`int.t of the King alone contains more than and they are eonsi,lcreil but a► a small portion of what will yet be furnished. Ilirds and reptiles are numberless ; the cabinets ate crowded with new speeics which are not vet cussed. Insects are brought from various climes by thousantls : the cabinets of the King contain alr,ady tin:e thats 2.; ,000 .recies. t h 1 J I, I ~( A ' w