The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1824-04-22 00:00:00

I . s_-- ___ —___.— --n--..._ ._ _ = . -..- . . being exacted at St. Jago), weathers:set why 13 cabin passengers.' The Celt tee.Jusrect—What man veal become the weer of a notified that to Mr. Nesbitt. This was in the ordinary course of i who have pie a liberel visage-money. mutt console themselves ship if he is to be subjected to *aides of this kind ? to become so b- 1 busbies, and occurred abut twelve &deck. Witness stated whit ten rellection, that, for about 10,0e0 miles more they must I . Ale BROueltals-1 don't ay they ere everyday that the usual course was. when there was any i e c orre ene s s in pinch their appetite., to please whom, and for whose pecuniary in. ject to such inquiries; but I conceive in this case I have a right to these pewees, to mentiou it to the Person aPelying, and request team, I lenve you to guess. At St. Jago vie parboiled two bun . pursue this examination. such person to write to the Governor on the subset. locks and six small plan, the farmer of the sin of an English l Witness proceeeed--lie brought home with him a great deal of ' The witness was not cm's-examined. !niece ; they were killed and salted, but the extreme heat prevented . the salt provisions from Van Dieman's Land. eitnelth Kaye was for thirty-six rites Solicitor to the Bank. He icehavieg the desired effort: the meat was ultimately given to the l . Reeexamined—tenthees ha s s erved nine years as a Midshipman um me Governor of the Bank, and suggested that the better course pigs. 'I hese pigs were all the fresh provisions we had for eighteen In his Majesty's navy. There was full as matt provision en I would be to write directly to Sir le. Sutton, as to the authenticity passengers, weo sat tiowu to dinner, excessive of several children. board as was necessary. St. Jago was a fit place to procure prom of the signature. Mr. 51•Dougal called at liis office before three i l'he conduce of the steward Was O , Ost abominable, particularly ' sifts. The unsettled state of the Brazils nimbi have caused The o'clock; he told him that he had experienced much inconvenience towards the twins : be gave and withheld just what he pleased : had he put in there, to be detained for several weeks. lointee course adopted by the Barak. I k. Witness stated that some he tined to the pt:ssettgers with the greatest disrespect, and his ! Thomas Motley is tidenurveyor of the Customs at Portsmouth. dieglets were entertained as to the genuineness of the signature, a n t i common expressions would have disgusted a Hottentot. There: It is his day, in eases where vessel, take passengers to America or HIM it was quite right the Dank should be perfectly satisfied on was an apparent street between the Captain and him. I now come' the British Colonies, to aseertain that the passengers agree with the that score before they raved a power of attorney for so large an to one ' , articular instance of cruelty, inflicted on a young geode- I mnster-anll, ad that there is a sufficiency of salt and provisions. affront. He arrittid it, and said the be.t course would be to man, under the eyes Ind wi:h the assistance of the Captain. This' Ile examined the Minerva; she was properly provisioned for the melee to Sir Rirtend. I corralled rich him, and li:Mired the young man was a harmless creature, weak in nerve, and rouse- I voyage. I mustered the passengers, and told them what I came address of Sir Iticeard Sutton, which witness obtained from him, quently more deserving the rrotectiee of the neater. Under the there for—that if they had any suspicions as to the vanity or qua and Mete it down on a slip o f p a p er eet Sutthroke, near Lincoln." line, where the heat sometimes was excessive, they would shut 1 lity of the water or provisions, they were to sigeitt to me, and Witness asked him when an answer weld(' be expected, and Mr. his port-hole, which he had opened for the admission of air •at 1 I would satisfy them before the vessel sailed from t port. They M'Dounal replied, "On Friday morning." He said he had offered another time they would lower a board down under it, d esa lt a ' stated they were perfectly satisfied both with the quality and guao his own indemnity to the Bank . . Witness replied the sum was too bucket of water on it., which ran into his bed ; some of the pas.' tity of the provisions. large, and Mr. 111`Dougal acqniesced in the justice of the re- Rangers emitted in this ; the young man came upon deck in his : Croe.s-examined by Mr. M'ILDE.--The ship was perfectly equal mark. He then accompanied me to the Bank, end I gave the ad- tut implore the protectien of the Catain ; but he, with the 'to the voyage. lie is not aleaTe that the vessel sas much less diem to Mr. Dawes. gr ?I:parka:awe, tcld him, when li e pointed out who it w as, ' ,than the average of vessels going to Van Dietuan's Land. She was Corse - examined.-11r. M•Dougal had not applied to him for to " tent them with the same sauce," anti in the interim, who 1 tearly 2MI tons. My duty is confined to the salt provisions. water, . permission to see the power of attorney for eon 0001. He might the young man was almost in a state of nudity. I saw him (the !and bread. It is usual (h e believetn for ships to touch at the Cape have applied by letter to the house with which he was so long con. Captain) assist the second mate to haul • bucket of water to the !or Rio Janeiro. acted. main-yard-Ann, and while the youth was preferring his complaint I Re-examined.—lle knows that the number of passengers is re- James Nesbitt is inspector of powers of attorney. Mr. Boyde at (what he thought) the fountain-head, the bucket was capsized ; gulated by an Act of Parliament. nande more than one or two applications to him, connected with that and the water fell upon him. The greaten consolation se had on I Samuel I nmite Garrett is a ship agent at Portsmouth :he m pe wet of attorney (the power in mustiest* board was, that in cases of great danger, herd gales of wind, ite.,, members the Minerva, and procured for her fresh provisions ac- Cross-namined.-1 did not stop this power of attorney. we hail a chieemate, whose supetior seamanship made him re.; cording to the Captain's daemon. According to my observation, Mr. SCAWLLTT replied, that it he thought this case important opened by all, and whose tranbtni will at all times command re. said the witness, the Roth provision on board was abundant, and in the commencement, he owned he felt it much more so from the spat ; his name is Reed. His seamanlike conduct, and his civil the passengers were perfectly satisfied. To the butcher for fresh grounds open which the Attorney-Genteel but treed the defence treatment of stingers, has tamed him out of the ship ; this the i > I paid 401., an the poulterer 301. There were beside, sheep, of the Bank Directors. It his reasonings were worth any thing, it Captain has effected std has left an experienced British sailor in rigs, and live poultry. • completely set aside and me-noted the practice upon which, for the a foreign country, tlxteen ur sixteen thousand miles from his native Cross-examined by Mr. BaowoHes.--The 3linerea stopped at last hundred years, the butsioess of this City had been carried on. land. Portsmouth about a fortnight or three weeks. It was the first time he. hen herd, even in a lase debate, that the • The first right we entered the channel that leads to Hobart This was the plainties case. Bank Dinneen were craters fee the public. They were no niece Town the ship was hoveeo ; ore hand. who hod charge, fell Mr. Deouetheanstroce.ce.ei to address the Jury on the part of tresses fee the public than the odour. of the Jury. How hail asleep s and the ship drifted.on Oe melts t several passengers went the defendants . He hoped the Jury would permit hint to sa y at dime wise and discreet par s onages a ct e d in this transaction ? i n . upon deck, when, feeling metteMing teach the bottom, they called the outset, and that his Lordship would not take the assertion' deed the mat lireposteneas and fidiettftels course had in his mild on Me Reed, who imm:xliateiy came up, and by hie skilful me. amiss, that the Learned Cement for the plaintiff ready 'unmade,. been adopted by these gunrdians of the politic interest—that is, of regement got her off. The owners ought to know of this, in jus- stood the intention of the supposed libel, if they imagined it ever :heir own body. A power of attorney, which they conceive to be the to poor Reed, who has been hardly used. " meant to say that there were at provisions on board the vessel; 1 a forged _power, was tendered to them by the arch-forger himself, The Learnad Gentleman then proceeded to comment upon vs. that there was any want of sweh provisions as had been related to Mr. 111. letral ! They Issue no warrant--they lay no detention rians passages contained in this communication. He should con- by the respectable officer nom Portsmouth, whose duty was con. z d T e : 3 W his gentleman I lno ! They actually require from him the tradiet that assertion which stated that St. Jag° was an unfit place tined solely--lest, to the examination of the qmactity of passenger sif the person whose name was attached to the power of at - mecum provisions. He should. on the contrary, show th at it nit board , to see that the number prescribed by the Act of Pliz.l teeney, and that eddress he gave, and stated that Sir R. Sutton's was oneof the best places foe such e purpose . As to Rio Janeiro, 'lament was not exceeded 1 and, secondly, to take a cursory in. 'residence was in a different el se from that stated in the power of it would have been a considerable deviation from the ordinary . spection of what provisions were on board, and see, as far as he Was any thing similar to this lolly to be ennui tn time corm. and at that season of the rear the Cape of Good !fore • could ascertain, that there was sufficient for that number of pas- I L= inp of any p u bli c h ot l y ? " Sir R.Sotton is new residing at would have been a most dangetous place to touch at for provisions. stingers. He had to ascertain that the mere necessaries—the " in broke-1, whom you sunnet of haino forged this power of et. The port dent were just es great at one place ante other. •• 1 leave disposables of existence." as thalettet termed them--a somewhat toraity, am leaving town by the notch this evening. Do you write Ell to Pleas for whose benefit " must clearly refer to the owners, awkward and clumsy phrase, but not on that account libellous— to Sudhroke, and you will have an answer on Friday . ' Why, Thsse were the facet which they proposed o i the other side e, : es . were on hard the vessel, Necomplaint was made in any part of would it not occur to any reasonable mind, and ehiefly to the shrewd. Oft'. With respect to the remarks in which the writer indulged, as the iettet, that the vessel did not possess these necessaries; but Sts of a Bank of Lninand soli6tor, that this very person would to the character o, the leaptain end the Steeard, he could no: ask there were comforts far short of luxuries which a passenger was dies have an opportunity of going down to Sltdhrohe, and replying damages for try statement on that subject, since this action w as emitted to expect, who bad paid so handsomely as 70/. for a four Ii the' name of Sir Richard coition to the letter which they deter- brought merely by the owner of the vessel. With respect to the months' voyage, and of the absence of these the writer complain age' sel upon writing? 80 th a t. f o r their own protection, theism°. illusion mole to the treatment of the young man, the Captain had od t and the only evidence brought forward to-day--the testimony site and combined wiettont of the Bank Dinsetom took preciedy the no connection with it. There was a • young tan, a passenger, on of the Captain—did not dispose of that compkint. lie really soca imperfect course for their con protection. But the Bank Di- boatel that versa. The Gentlemen of the Jury knew that, o n long must. in the first instance, request t he' attention of the Jury to the hardships with which tbe defendant ied to contend. They had vectors were present—they were deliberating on the crime—the sup- voyages, it was net unusual to select one of the passengers fbr the posed offence of 31'DougaL and he asks to see the Governor, or purpose of quiz,:in„..•• him, subjecting him to personal inconvenience, published a useful piece of advice—they had given infonhation of the Directors, then in the parlour. They refuse to admit him ! and otherwise inflicting what were called practical firasontrirs on a valuable nature (derived flea one who had made this voyage, M hat, were they alarmed ? Were they afraid that as he had forged him. Such an individual was of course not wanting in the Sit - and experienced some of its difficulties) to those who were voyag e, power of attorney, so he would have succeeded in blowing up nerva t but, so far from the Captain assisting ip such jokes, he did posed to emigrate; they 'me given this information for the parr. the Back ? He might have have exclaimed— every thing to relieve the suff e rer front the difficulties in which he Pete of preventing others front getting into the same serape A damn psi foci in me converthe tele, was occasionally placed. In short, the young man alluded to i n with the writer of the letter—foe the purpose of cautioning those Et tennis mew frau*. , 'he letter was the bat' of the company. , ''pow the pon who undertook such a voyage without sufficient calculation. fie, the forger, with all his imperfections on his had. was actually line it was usual, as the Jury knew to pay tribute to an old sailor The examination of the Custom - house officers at . Ponsmouth was soliciting admission to the little band then anxiously engaged in a called Davy Jones. The victim to Davy it was usual to shav e , wi t h conducted, he made no doubt, with all that intelligence which be deliberation, rot on the fate of the teener, but on the genuineness more or less inconvenience ; but no one ever Yet imagined that the !urged to the acute race of Custom-house o ffi cers; but who were of SE Ric hard Sutton's signature. He contended, that in every owners of ships were justly chargeable with these inconveniences. the persons whom he had in his muster-roll ? For anything that Sow of this case, the plaintiff' was clearly entitled to a verdict. It would be just as fair, he contended, to charge then with the suf- 'Welded to-day they had never seen the ocean before ; they em • The• Carter et: site summed up the the evidence, rind the ferings of those passengers, who, for the first time, had emoted the barked from Aberdeen, or wherever the Minerva too her de. Jury 'returned a verdict for tne plaintiff—Damages, MI. 7s. line, as it was to make the Captain responsible for the joke prac. Parterre from Scotland. What could they know of the quality of LIBEL. teed upon the young man alluded tole. the letter. He would leave ovisions, which stensicknees perhaps prevented them from tast eilltlOW AOAIXST 'CARLTON AND °TITERS. it to his Learned Friend to prove the truth o f that justiffeation fig? A ten days' voyage could make them but slightly ac . Mr. Fitenentex Ponces opened the pleadipees. He said which he bad put upon the record. ' Ile did not mean to say t h at quainted with the quality of the provisions • for really they knew list Arthur Gibbon was the plaintiff, and John Wm. Carlton, the accommodations to be foiled on board this vessel were equal to no more of the voyage to Van Dieman's and, they could know Mary Stanynonght, and Jonathan Duncan, were defendants. The those of an East India ship, for a passage in which 4001, w a s not no more of it, from the specimen of sailing they had already melon was brought to recover compensation in damages for a libel infrequently demanded ; or to those of a West India ship, which achieved, dime of • prohlem of Algebra, aril some of them, he published in The British Press newspaper. reffcting upon the took so much shorter a period in reaching her destination ; but he made no doubt, far lees. What did it signify what they could say nonthict of the plaintiff, who, with his brother, since dead, wad contended that the Minerva was perfectly suited with every thing on the subject ? All dim they could say would amount merely to eater of the ship Minerva. The defendant, Carlton, pleaded the that those settlers of Van Dieman's Land bad a right to expe c t ; this, that they were satisfied. Ile did not mean to contend general issue. The other defendants pleaded, first, in detail, and that she was nor, as represented in the libel, almost destitute ofthe that there were not sufficient provisions on board; for of secondly, that the facts stated were true. To the last plea the necessaries of life n • that she did not, for the sake of saving p o rt tar'tha ere could be no doubt, when the Captain had enough :planet' had replied that they were not true, and upon that issue dues, touch at St. nage ; and that he should prove the passengers of proviaMn to last him on his voyage home. The was joined. were perfectly satisfied with their accommodation during the 'voyage. question was, whether there was a sufficient stock of whole ', .Me. SEARLETT stated the case. The plaintiff was a merchant The question then remained, what damages was the plaintiff end. some provisions on board this vessel? If the Jury di. leading at Aberdeen. The three defendants were connected in a ded to receive for so unjusti fi able an attack upon his character. rected their attention to the letter, they would evidently per. newspaper, called The British Press. Of that newspaper Carlton This was a question peculiarly for their consideration. The etive that part of it was written to ;entity public curiosity—that it -ems the printer, StanynOught the publisher, and Mr. Duncan Jury would recollect that by te very pleadings the defendants referred to the appearance of the Colony, where the writer had so the pntenietor—as least they respectively filled these departments Ma de this publication their own ; they scorned to resort to a confess recently arrived, and had therefore no incidental coIIDOORRISI with 4a that newspaper at the period when the libel, to which he should slots that they were mistaken—that they had published without due the plaintitnin the present action. The plainuff comps/sal that .speedily call the attendees of the Jury; Was published. The de- rdiection that which they sine discovered wen, unfounded ; oo the his character was injured ;,,pnd was he very anxious falEtbil 'Jodi misdeed Carlton had pleaded the general issue, but with what contiary, they vindicated the publication, and if their vindication cation of that character 1-4 as be exceedingly solicits* sd.se taint he was at a lo* to discover. Ile presumed it was not intended failed, the Jury, in estimating the damages, would take that failure up every speck that adhered it ? If he was, wily did he giet glee no dispute the fact, that C a nton w as th e pri n t er of t h at newspa p er into their consideration ; they would give this plaintiff suc h e a . us the delay we asked, in order that we might have an ml pain ,shan the libel appeared. The action was brought for a libel of an maims as would compensate him for the injury that he might have nity of producing our witneases. The Jury had heard from the satiamely injurious nature, st it regarded the character of the plain. sustained by a publication so deeply calculated to injure him. One Captain that all the passengers were left at the Colony, with the 'tiff; and the two other defendants, nothing alarmed at the ten- word more with respect to Reed, the first mate, to whom allu s ion exception of two, and they were disposed of by the misfortune .daticy of the libel, had thought proper to enter a justification on the was made in that letter. He was actually inespable of p er f orm i ng of the Minerva The defendants were necessarily ignotant of the .accord. The rteintifr was a joint pmprir:ir of the ship . Minerva, his duty, and instead of giving the general niusfaciton stated in very existence of these men ; but there was $ party who knew of :His brother, afore dead, was also in A visual 1322, a joint pro- that libel, he created by his conduct the general displeasure of the their existence, and that party was the plaintiff. Why bad they .praetor in the same amen This action won--brought in con. passengers ; but it was utterly untrue that he was lett to provide not been called before the Jury to-day, to relieve the plaintiff's • sequence of an attack made upon the diameter and integrity for himself a panne home from Van Dieman's Land ; on the con- case from the solitude in which the Captain's testimony—himself .tut" the plaintiff, in his capacity as owner of the ship nlicerva. trail, he was °tiered by the Captain a passage havoc in another vet- a party to the action—left it ? Ha called it solitude ; tor, with :The plaultift fitted out for Van Dieman's Land, in the sum- set, and he refused that offer; he preferred rather to remain at Van respect to the two other witnesses who appeared there to-day, they' ores of 1022, a vessel called the Minerva ; that vessel sailed Diemen's Land, to Institute a suit for damages against the Captain. seemed to hate been produced for the fide purpose of riming that .irt. the first instance from Leith to Portsmouth, and she took The result of that proceeding was tolerable evidence of the chase - th ey knew nothing af the facts at issue in cho ownices*. A ve rary ills fi nal dephrture from that port to the Place of her destination. ter of Reed ;he utterly failed in his action. With these observe- occurreue might happen, in which a person who suffered *hip : There were several passengers en board this vessel. Ile believed dons he left thiscase to the consideration oftheJury, perfectly saris- wreck, should have been put to great heard and jeopardy by the eta the Minerva, if not the lest, was among the first of those ',es - lied they would pronounce their verdict for the plainti f f : ignorance of a party, who might afterwards make a charge of this lads that had sailed from Scotland to that rising eulogy •it was Alaule attended from the Stamp Office, with • certified copy nature against him. For instance, this P r eisshiecked man, not so - therefore an object of extreme importance to the plaintiff' that his of the uffidavite of the proprietor, printer, and publisher ofthe copy much as matter of right as in the discharge du, cautioned -ivied should be well fitted out--that she should be well stored with fish Press newspaper. It appeared 'that John William Carlton was all who valued their safety at sea not to use the map oa fsparticular . eavisions, in order that the passengers should report favourably of the printer, Henry Stan " nought thepublisher, and Jon a th a n Doran hydrogrsOcr—informed the public fiat in such a chart the rocks that - -- n - • • - the sole - - - of that news"-- "• - - - were at 6id down, and that therefore - ' and immie-^• - - - ,tile voyage, and thus encourage , spirit so congenial to Siot :4lo4--the spirit of emigration. (A laugh.) The Jury would easily =ive how such a favourable report would be likely to operate those who were inclined to visit that new colony, and how touch interested the plaintiff naturally was to procure the favour : iet)!ti opinion of the passengers. With this view, he had therefore as additional anxiety to provide in the best manner for the accom 4madation of the passengers, durinfc a voyage which usually occu :Ned from live to six months. 1 he sum required from a cabin flmissenger for this voyage was seventy pounds, about one-third 4:41 what was demanded front a passenger going to the East _:.lllldiert, though that voyage was match the same in point of ;ante. Therefore, a passenger upon such economical terms bad not s right to expect precisely the same accommodation Oiritli one who paid three times the sum for the p assage to the East o•fr:dies The luxuries of life were not to be expec ted ; but he under . &nod that when the Minerva sailed from Scotland she had on board , An abundance of salt provisions; and to that Stock there was added, before she s.iled front Portsmouth, a considerable quantity of live Mock and fresh provisions. By a law recently etracted, a public :akar was appointed by the Custom-house for the purpose of exa mining the quantity sad quality of the provisions taken on board a vessel Dotted on such a voyage. He had stated, that at Portsmouth ?..ionsis live stock was taken on board. No one expected that live :mock was to last daring the whole of a voyage. The Minerva, 4;ktimrever, touelcd an St. Jago, and at that period the live stuck was -:apt entirely exhausted. They took in at that place additional live • Mack, proceeded on their voyage, and at the termination of it, all ' :Mae passengers, with the exception of one, expressed their grati -.lade to the Captain for his conduct and attention during the voyage. r iA smtlernan, of the acme of Brown, was one of the passengers, • :ad he it was who withheld such an acknowledgment from the alessain. This Mr. Brown sailed from Leith with the Minerva, .after they were at sea, the Captain discovered that he hod :mangled certain p ri nting blocks, which it was rot permitted by i•ass act of the Legislature (into the policy of which he wax not then s4aquiring) to remove from the country. The Captain insisted on -.Mr. Brown's throwing this machinery overboard. Mr. Brown re • monstratci, but the blocks were ultimately burnt. He never for- Ape/ that injury. Ile was the only one that expressed any diasatis -•amain with the Captain's conduct ; but whether he was the author ,:1 1 .4a l lettee. tie (Mr. Roulet') knew not. The defendants had t proper not to surrender the author of this libel, and in that allimainaticn, perhaps, they acted not unfairly. The mischief was : >yt in the writing. but in the publication of the libel. One could easily !...yeffmstand why a gentleman, whose machinery had been burnt, tailoeuld feel a little angry on the subject—should wish to vent his dean on the author or this supposed injury. This was, perhaps, lowdonable in such a sufferer, whether his affliction was real or I. imaginary ; but the newspaper which, for profit, inserted in its . eel ortms tne communication of this offended personage, really caused j she if:pry, and its proprietors deserved to Stara for such a publics- I . •tion. He should, having made these preliminary observations. proceed to rigid to the Jury the libel in question. It was contained la a letter pi reporting to he an account of what took place on board . Me Minerva, And it was introduced in the following terms : . •••I'Ve has • beau favoured with the following extract of a letter from a gent' !oleo in Holum Town to his brother, a respectable merchant in the city • Hobart Town. November 7, 1822. We arrived here in the Minerva, of Leith. Captain after aapomp of eooterhing less than five months. Our voyage was I ODO of such a nature, that I shall have reason to remember it all Cjics days of my life ; and although it must remain (front the treat meat we received oo board) a stigma on the character of the captain • Jed owners, still I beg you to understand, while you are perusing ..Me sequel, that 1 write this, not from any motives of malice, but •. merely that by its publicity others may be iietetred from acting a • .oi:tiller part. The Minerva was ill-found in every comfort of life, when you take into considererien the length of the voyage. ' From Falmouth to St. Jago we found tolerably well, having Me di provisions every other day, hut for any thing more than a three weeks voyage she was wholly unprovided, except in the in - idepenaables of existence. • The sea steak we laid in at Portsmouth were four sheep, six pigs. and about four or five dozen of fowls, ninny of which died fat wan t proper o f f oo d a nd attetalance, the corn provided For them having been expended in a month. Si. Jago, the first and only ‘• come here, is ill suited - to supply a ship with f.sonsfat we made In s ad ;i ; that she owntrs oled must il have known. Had of opt, we could at • - 41is it into flio Janeim or the t aPe have rendered WIT ion voyag e place have found plenty to . d . of set h e coast eration . . of port mote agreeable ; but perhaps d u o f &ages at ei th er of the above places ( no ra any consequence —.e proprietor _ oeat newspaper. Witness produced a copy of the 1 'Wish Pent for August 6th (Wednesday), containing the im puted libel, which was read by Mr. Abbott. John Nicholls—ls a ship-broker. Knows the plaintiff; believes him to be the owner. Had transacted business with him as the , owner. Knew his brother, William Gibbon. He died last year. Believes he also was a part owner of the vessel. Has seen the publication, and believes it to refer to Mr. Gibbon. Cross-examined by Mr. BROUGUAN—It is ab ou t fift e en monad siuce I saw Mr. Gibbon. James Bell commanded the Minerva on her voyage to Via Dieman's Land, in 11122. She sailed from Leith with her poiseb 'rem, in all thirty-nine; some of whom were taken in at P or t smout h. I'he cabin passage fare was 701. to Van Dieman's Land, and 70 guineas to bidney. We wcre about ten days coniing from Leith to Portsmoutit. The Messrs. Gibbon were the only owners I ever knew. We had abundance of stores. There was as much stock nn board as the ship could possibly hold. In April we sailed from Portsmouth, and through stress of weather we were compelled to put in at Cornwall, where he took more provisions in. There were ighteen cabin passengers, including three children. We touched. 'at Jagd. That is the direct course. I paid port dues there. The Cape would not, at that season of the yeur, have been a proper place to touch at. We might have touched at Rio Janeiro, but it would ban been out of the way. We took in flesh provisions at St: Jago ; It tea very good place to take in provisions. We hail good weather and a favourable voyage until we got round the Cape. I The weather was then bad. The voyage lasted four months and a half. No complaint was made during the voyage of want of pro visions. I bad more than sutErient ; and took some back with me. remember Mr. Brown. I prevented him from shipping goods at Ponsmouth, which would have rendered my vessel liable to seizure. No complaint vas made of the steward during the voy age. The passengers all parted from me, with the exception of 'Mr. Brown, upon good terms. Mr. Reed was my first mate. He was not competent to perform his duty, nor was he in any degree resper ert by the passengers. I had to take Reed's duty on myself. I was obliged to procure Reed a passage home. I offered him one, but he would not accept it. I offered hint a presage in an other ship belonging to the same owners, but he staid in thecountry to get damages. Mr. Itnolio HAM—Well, we are not to lone all this. Mr. SCAR LET T--Why not ? Mr. It PO VC lIA M---1 should be greatly gratified to see the record of the trial ; it would be a curiosity. By the COURT—I have not paid him any damages or costs. RT Mr. BROl'l3ll4M—How long were you there ? Six weeks. Inns continued—The general demear.our of the steward was ' most correct. I recollect no instance of cruelty inflicted upon any individual ender my eyes. Mr. Brown did not pay until the day before I left Van Dtenian's Land. He then paid me, and took his passage by the same ship to Sidney. Croas-examined by Mr. BROUGHAM—As vet I have brought nn action against the parties • 1 have no attorney ; I have given no instruction on the subject ; have seen a professional man on the eulpject ; I know of oo other action beside this being brought; I was not at chambers before my Lord on Friday afternoon • it was before Mr. Justice Holroyd ; I saw Mr. Arthur Gibbon about I, three weeks a g o ; M r . Robert (iibLUM was before the Judge ; be is ' W , ll of the late IVni.elibbon, and sets as owner of the ship; I know of ro passenger* that have returned ; the vessel was condemned at Chili ; I know of two of the crew who came back ; they arc in Scotland; James Nichol and Smy t h ; t h e y came home with me to London, and they are gone I don't know where • they arrived here in the middle of January r when 1 was before t he Judge there was something referred to the gentlemen to settle between themselves the steerage passengers raid 41,1. and I took in four sheep • the ship was as full as she could hold of provisions ; there were :Ai fel sons on board and a cargo ; he cannot say what quantity there was of anything on board ; his log-Imok is in Scotland ; we make en tries when we take provisions on board. Mr. Sc objected to receiving in evidence the contents of the book. No notice was given to produce it. The COURT decided that its contents could not be given in evi dence. The witness resumed.—lt is three weeks' voyage to St. Jago. The average of the voyage to Rio Janeiro is about :•ix weeks. The distance from that to Van Dieman's Loral. does not exactly know. The cattle at Rio Janeiro are larger than at St. Jago. They took in two oxen at St. Jago. They did not Inert with a pre mature death. (A laugh.) These were the only two they took on board there, but they took in poultry and pigs. They were not ten days without fresh provisioner before they reached Van Die- man's Land. e great ...a imminent peril must await those who trusted to it. "Oh ! but (say the friends of the blundering hydrographer) let not the man who had escaped ship wreck presume to give such a warning —let him not venture upon the condemnation of the map of Mr. Arrowsmith, or the chart of Mr. Cary, or if he does, let him be prepared, for they will bring their action, and when the action is brought (which it may any time 'hart of seven years), let him not dare to justify unless he can keep his witnesses for six years by him, lest in their absence the map-maker should claim dimages for the loss of his character and his charts, and he is not pre-panel with witnesses to 'thew that the map was incorrect, and the use of it might be attended with fatal coosequer 7ea. This was not an imaginary case.— He had seen yesterday in a newspaper just such a statement. for which an action might be brought to-morrow. One word as to the character of the publication now before them. The jury would look at it, and see whether it was the production of a person actuated by malignant motives, or the story of one who was influenced solely by a regard to truth and justice. Now the letter pursued this course: it treated much less of the con duct of the Captain or of the owners of the M inerva, than it did of the enriosities and appearance of the colony. It was speci fic ID one of its charges, and in that charge it was not contra dicted. The Jury bad heard the vague answering of the Cap tain on that point. The letter stated that two oxen were taLen on board at St. Jago. The Captain could not recollect the size of these oxen ; at length, however, being pressed, he determined in favour of Scotland—he said they were as large as Scotch oxen. He (Mr. Brougham) knew not whether any of the Jury had ever the pleasure of seeing when living, or taming after it ceased to live, a north country ox. They were, he could assure them, though very agreeable to the taste, very stunted in their appear ance—in size not differing much from a well-grown mastiff: The Minerva then it appeared put into St...lago. Was St. Jago or not the proper port to put into for provisions? It was not the proper port, and for this reason—they reached Sc. Jago three weeks after they left this country, and thus live-sixths of the voyage re mained unaccomplished. The object of putting in at a place of this kind is not pleasure; yet, after a three weeks voyage, into St. Jago this Captain Bell directs his vessel. The letter stated that as far as St. .lago there was nothing to complain of. Did this look like malice? But subsequently the stock was nearly exhausted. There was no question put to the Captain upon the tricks—the jokes, as his Learned Friend Mr. Scarlet seemed to consider them— that were practised upon a very helpless and nervous young man. His Learned Friend, Indeed, seemed to consider, that even by the law of nature, when placed on board ship, and pureuing a long voyage, men became maliciously and spitefully inclined, and they must be femished with a butt. H is Learned Friend, however, had not ventured to ash the Captain what exact portion he took in the tricks practised upon the weak and helpless object of general meri ment during that voyage. Mr. SCARLETT—You can prove it. Mr. BROUGIIAM-0 yes ; you first prevent us from the poasi bility of proving, by refusing to put off the trial-- The LORD CHIMP JUSTICE—That ought not to be stated. The Judge refused to put off the trial, because sufficient grounds were not stated for that purpose. I Mr. Ilnotronaet—ln case the plaintiff consented. my Lord, I there was no objection to the postponement. ' The LORD Cutler Jusxrce—Before slamierons matter Is pub- Belied, it behoves the publisher to take care that he has the proof in his hsrals. !dr. Bunuon4rl continued—There was no proof Sy whom the letter wax written. The Jury would take all the circumstances of the case into their consideration—the situation in which the de fendant"; were placed—the conduct of the other side, in refusing delay—that there was no appearance of malignity in the publica tine, and they would give such moderate damage.; as the publica tion warranted, if indeed it justified the demand tor even the slight est men pen sat ion. The e'er ire JUSTICE directed the attention of the Jury to the libel ; and. if they believed that ft was calculated to injure the plaintif in his repent' yof owner of the vessel, they would fi nd • verdict fur the plaintilf—if otherwise, for the defendant. The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 1.501. The Foreman delivered the verdict twice; but some of the Jury dissented, when asked if they had all agreed. Ultimately, how ever, they found the above verdict. The new church at Wandsworth will be (*nun-Ertl Ly the Bishop of Winchester on the let of May. CORONER'S INQUEST. POLICE. of itie parish of ; oolt.hcloteeif ofat J itn :n o es *cloc ii k died dhthaeld ein:lllselloLet.4PrerAen. 17wueshot divas GUILDHALL. Mr. lopeoo, the vestry clerk of the city liberty ISt. Andrew, Holborn and Mr. Montague, an inhabitant of Thavies' Inn who o f acts as solicitor on the part of thc inhabi- I Y fhe Jure having been sworn, proceeded to the " Poor aide" o r tants genefallS, atteded yesterday before the tatting Magistrate, ! the prison take a view of the body of the deceased ; (Rae Mr . Alderman ATKIN'S, with the. intention, on the part of the for- I Ann Harvey deposed that she , being the wife of 1!. y, at user geotleman, to obtain a warrant of distress against Mr. Monts-, a prisoner in the same ward with the deceased, had known him for sue, with a view to bring the question, whether or not Thavies' Inn eight mouths or snore, and that during that time he had eompltiaed is extra parochial, again before the Court of Eirtg's Bench. of violent pains in the maned', and expectorated very much, rot Mr. Jopson stated, that Mr. Montague was willing to consent ' withstanding which he was able to walk out until saturdav sent . that the warrant should issue, that the quention might be tried upon !night, eir.ce which time he had been confined to his clamber h e Its merits; and he (Mr. J.) had only to state to the Magistrate that waited for nothing, as his a ll owances Irma the charity, and th e new evidence he had collected shire the last trial. would, be had ' benevolent alms of persons passing the " Poor's grate," pred o o:,,,, po doubt, satisfy the Magistrate that the Inn was clearly within him from want: in opinion of witness he died a natu ra l i f etit h . — ` the parieli of St. Andrew, and of course liable to parochial rates. Mr. W. Bates, of No. 2, Fleet-market, stated, thst about twenty He then produced a poor-rate brek of the year 1719, in which the days since he was called in to see the deceased, who complais e d of inhabitants of Thavies' Inn were regularly assessed, and the greater languor, and loss of appetite. Witness sal of a confirmed o pi rt i ol part of them marked off u haring paid the said rate. Ile had also, t h at a di sease i n t h e l ungs and thorax was ihe cause of hi s d eath he said, discovered the original deed under which the present leases an d that drnpsical symptoms were apparent in t h e chest. Wham', and titles to the property were founded, and which described the knowing hint to be a valsistary prisoner, advised him to go i nto Inn as within the p of arish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in the city of the country,m prison tbe only alternative, but deceased sa id t h at he NC London. Neither these documenta had been given in evidence leered a an to a workhouse . His death was occasion e d ei r . a . : at the former fetal; and the parish were of opinion, grounded upon tuna causes. the advice of Counsel, that they . were folly sufficient to warrant Mr. Brown, the warder, stated, that be had offered to proenee them in bringing the question again before the Court. the deceased a liberation by a writ svereedres, but he refused n Mr. Mow reoug ;aid, that he had been mistaken if he had Mr. Brown farther stated that he, jointly with another, %slips th; been understood as consenting to the warrants being issued. lie ". poor-box," and the profits deriv e d fr o m t h e b enevolent was desirous of meeting the question fairly, without taking frivo- germ were too great a temptation to accept the offer. loos or technical cbjections ; but it was his desire to try it in the The Jury were satisfied that the deceased was deprived of rai n . cheapest mode possible, and not incur the expense of a suit in the ence from a combination of natural causes, and returned a salt, superior Courts, if he could chew the Magistrates there were no new upsettingly. grounds to justify them in granting the warrant of distress. The documents upon which L'.lr. Jopson now relied had not, indeed, been given in evihnee when the cue was formerly tried, but they had been produced before the Court of King's Bench, on the appli cation fora new trial, and had not been thought of sufficient mt_ portanec to warrant the Court in acting upon them ; and he snb muted that under such circumstances, with this decision of the Court before them, the Magistrates would not feel theniselvesjusti tied in again originating any proceedings to overturn the solemn verdict of a Jury. As to the documents themselves, he would just obserre, that as to the rate-book there was no shadow of proof that the marks against the names of tome of the inhabitants of the Inn signified, as. 31r. Jopeon contended, that the several sums had been paid, nor were there in existence any of the overseers' books of the same period to 'hew that such sums had been brought into their accounts. As to the local situation of Thavies' Inn, as de scribed in- the deed, Mr. Jopson had discovered the same descrip tion occurred in the will of John Thavy, which had been in evi dence before the Court at the trial, and held to be inconclusive, to shew that the Inn was parochial. It might be evidence as to its city,lo but could not be taken to prove that it was part and parcel of a. lily. Jepson, in reply, said Mr. Montague's statement as to the decision of the Court of King's Bench was not altogether comet. Mr. Justice Bayley had assigned as a reason fur not granting a new trial, the unwillingness of the Court at all times unne cessarily to disturb the verdict of a Jury. lie lad delivered no opinion against the documents produced ; but, on the contrary, lad suggested the very course he ( Mr. Jepson l was now adopting, viz. that of rating the Inn anew, and enforcing the payment by a' warrant of distress, which would bring tile whole question again before the Court. Mr. Alderman ATEINS said, that as the presence of two Ma. gistrittes was requisite to grant a warrant of distress, he was not, in point of form, called upon to give any decision upon the use. He could not, however, refrain from observing, that for himself he should hare great hesitation in disturbing the solemnly recorded verdict of a jury, and more especially upon documents which the Court of )ding's Bench, the great expounders of the law, had not thought of sufficient importance to act upon theniselves. Mr. Jopson observed, that it would probably be his better coarse to apply to the two Magistrates. viz. :—the present Lord Mayor (the Alderman of the II ard), and lilts Alderman Wood, who had granted the warrant upon which the question had before been brought to an issue. Mr. Alderman ATKINS concurred in that opinion, and the ap plication was in consequence withdrawn for the present. QUEEN SQUARE. DARING BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER —YeMeT. day a young man, about twenty years of age, who stated his name to be John Williams, was brought up in the custody of May ' bank, an officer of Chelsea, charged with breaking into the emu.: of Mr. Stephen Anderson, of No. 3, Ilooper's-court, Illackland's. lane ' Chelsea • and also with desperately wounding it the head, with a crow bar, a person named Brown, by which his life is now in imminent danger. Mr. Brown, brother-in-law to the prosecutor, stated, that on Tuesday night, about ten o'clock, he passed Mr. Anderson's house, and observed a light in one of the rooms ; knowing the family were spending the evening at a neighbour's, he went to the street-door, which he found partly open, and on going into the I passage a man rushed past him. He followed him, anti a scuffle ensued, in which the burglar struck hint several tremendous blows on the head with a crow bar, which felled him to the ground. At this time Mr. Anderson, who had been told of the robbery, came up with a friend, and secured the prisoner.—lle was fully com mitted for the burglary. MARY-LA-BONNE OFFICE. ' Yesterday morning the Rev. Basil Wood, of Bentinck Chapel, St. Mary-la-bonne, waited upon 3lr. RAMLINION, the Slaps trate, and requested his interference in suppressing a most intoler able nuisance that unfortunately had existed for a considerable time back, in the Edgeware-road, on every Sabbath day. Mr. Itswntwsox said, that nothing would give him greater pleasure, than in giving the utmost assistance in his power, but he must be g Mr. Wood to explain the nature of the nuisance he com plained of. The Rev. Gentleman then stated, that on every Sunday morning it was a constant practice for yawns of the lowest class of society, from the purlieus of the Paddington wharfs, to congregate at the angle of the Harrow and FAgeware made, after having been re. moved f ro m the different public-houses in the neighbourhood in a state of inebriety, where they indulge in language and proceedings of the most disgusting nature, whereby the respectable pan of so. ciety are annoyed to such an excess, that many are prevented from attending divine service at Paddington Church and at Bentinck Chapel, for fear of being ill-treated by the assemblage ; and those who do attend are obliged to take circuitous routes to avoid them. Hehsd been frequently insulted himself by thepsrty complained of, although he would venture to state, his person was perfectly known to them, as he passed from his house to perform his clerical duty at hi chapel. The Rev. Gentleman said that he thought it his duty, for the sake of public decency, and for the benefit of the neighbourhood, to make this complaint to the Magistrate, in order that some efficient method might be adopted to suppress such a disgraceful nuisance fur the future. The landlord of the Coach and Horses public-house, Edgeware road, appeared a few minutes after the Rev. Gentleman had left the office, and applied for warrants against four individuals (part of the number alluded to) who, after he hail ejected them from his house at the usual time on Sunday morning, returned, with about fifty others, and because he would not let them in, and supply them with drink, they forcibly entered at the outer door, which was burst off the hinges. The persons against whom he complained, were the most active in the proceedings, and lie was determined to make an example of them, in hopes that it might be the means of preventing the rest from assembling opposite his house for the future. The Magistrate instantly granted the warrants, and ordered Mr. Hewitt, the chief officer, to make diligent search for the offenders. and the worthy Magistrate also desired him to make proper ar rangements wish the rest of the of les's' to prevent the recurrence of such a disgraceful scene. ROBBETIY BY • SHOPMAN.—David William Stephenson was charged with robbing his employer, Mr. James Pincott, linen. draper, of Ift7, Oxford-street ' and Ann Stevens and Elisabeth Pegg, as accessaries to the rchbery. It appeared that the prosecutor's house has lately been under nepair, and one of the carpenters, on raising some flooring-boards in the kitchen, found concealed a piece of printed cotton. He communicated his discovery to one of the shopmen, who directly named it to his employer. llr. Pincott suspecting Le had been systematically robbed, left the cotton in its noncealiner.t, and sta tioned a person to watch for the thief, and in less than an hour, the prisoner came softly down Stains, and moved off with the cotton. prisoner came softly down Itairo, and moved off with the cotton. rhe individual who was placed to watch, perceived the female pri soners loitering about the house, and knowing that Stevens was the prisoner's laundress, he caused her and the other to be detained, at the moment when the prisoner was givingto them two bundles of dirty linen. On searching one of them he found the pieceof cotton, and two shawl-handkerchiefs. On the woman Stevens being searched, several pawnbroker's duplicates of articles were found, which 51r. Pincott identified to be his property. The prisoners declined making any observations. Stephenson was fully committed to take his trial; the woman Stevens was re manded, and Pegg was discharged. UNION HALL. Yesterday James Minimax-4 Joke Clarke, the two men charged on suspicion of having been concerned in the robbery of the Hero Portsmouth coach, of 1,0051. were brought up for final exami nation. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. TUESDAY, APRIL 21.—(SECOND bar.) The Death exhibited as great a show of nobility and other di tn „ gnished characters on the turf, as well us ir!neral ' , peculators, old and young, in the Market, and all o th er ., as on ye %te*. Th r weather was most propitious; and if the Calendar dititim 7, so many stakes to be decided, the spo rt a/Ny(4rd infinite • to all present. It is noticed by the oldest admirers of t tud; th e , the Craven Meeting (which always commences on Easter ifontl st t. notwithstanding the expectation of had weather, never brought toe. gether such a string of nobility to Newmarket, nearly all o t w h om intend to stay, we understand, much longer than their usual tone. Below we give full particulars of the day's races, u well u the alterations in betting on the Denby, Oaks, &e. oceadowed iu some degree by the result of the Riddlesworth yesterday. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft. D. M. Duke of Grafton's b. c. Skiff, by l'artiran, out of Stipjack's dam, tat. 71b. - 1 Mr. Rogers's ch. c. Silkworm, by Cashel, llst. 41b. . Gm. Grosvenor's b. c. l'irgilius, be Phantom, flat. 41b. Buckle, who rode the winner, to o k th e lead at starting, and kept it; both 19heatley, who rode Silkworm, and S. Day, who rode Virgiliva, strained every nerve to head him, but he won, aller a good race, rather easily, by a length. Betting ft to 4 against Virgilium, who 11113 the favourite ; to 4 against Skiff; and S to 2 against Silkwork. The First Class of the Oatland Stakes of 30 'overripe each, h. ft. D. 31. Mr. Udny's Count d'Artois, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 101 b. . ; Colonel %Vilson's br. c. by Juniper, darn by Oscar, 3 yrs. o ld , 7st. 41b. - 2 Mr. uterine% Premium, 3 yrs old, let. 61b. • 3 The Judge p but the above three. Mr. NVyndham's Pinwire, 3 yrs. old, 7u. 31b. • 4 Mr. Itamsbottom's Cepbalus, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 6 31r. bee's Isabella, by Connie, 3 yrs. old, 7st. 11b. . I Mr. Rush's b. f. by Pioneer, ou4 of Reserve. 3 yrs. old, ist. . 7 Mr. Thomhill's Spoiled Child, by Scud, out of Rome's dam s p. Buckle rode the winner; Wright, Colonel Wilson s ; Char, 3ft. Gniville's ; a lad, Mr. Wyndham's; Bulcher, Mr. Lee's ; a lad, Mr. Ramsbottom's ; arid Haggis, Mr. Rush's. Col. Wilson's made severe play until they Caine to the turn of the lands, then was headed by hir. Udoy's Count d'Artois, and the others could not come up. It was a pretty sporting race, and at last won tolerably ease by the Count &Artois by two lengths. Betting 6 and 7 to 4 against the winner; 4to 1 against Pre. minim ; 8 to 2 against Colonel Wilson's ; 3 to 1 against Mr. Lee's; and 6 to 1 against 3lr. %VyndNim's. Mr. O. L. Fox's bl. c. by C.mius, out of Lady Em, rec. ft . from Mr. Wyndliatn's ch. C. by Schur, out of Aquilin e, ELM. 2011 Roc& h. it. Mr. Powlett's Eden, Bst. blb. rec. ft. from Lord Dunwich's Dandizette, Bst. 31b. I). M. 200 sovs. h. ft. His Royal Highness the Duke of York, who resides at the King's Palace, hid this day to dine with him, the D u k e of Rutland, Lord Lowther, Lord C. Manners, Hon. Mr. Howard, Mr. Stanley, Mr. John Bromfcld. Mr. Scott, &c. The Duke of York, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Rutland., Duke of Grafton, and all the Members of the Jockey Club. dome to-mor row at the blooms. BETTING AT NEWMARKET, Aran." .Air-riJor TEN, P.M. The Exercise Ground today, after the races were over, exhibited a scene of great activity, not only for the purpose of viewing the Derby and Oaks horses, but lor the purpose of making engagements for those stakes, when many very heavy speculations were entered into, and a great deal °Moment done, at the following odds • DERBY. fl to 1 agst Grenadier 18 to 1 agst Elephant 8 to 1 agst Osmond 20 to 1 eget Burly Burly 3 to 1 apt Jess y 20 to 1 agst Don Caries 10 to 1 apt Reformer 25 tot apt any other 12 to 1 apt Ridicule 2 to 1 twat Rebecca 8 to 1 apt 'Viscountess The evider•.ce against Wilson, which has already appeared, wax then read, and he was fully committed to the next Sussex Assizes for trial. 10 to 1 agst aoy other ST. Ll 8 to I apt Swiss 23 to 1 agst Money Musk II to 1 apt Altiridora 25 to 1 apt Miss Clan&ld 16 to 1 apt Itoaant,e 25 to 1 sgst Young Tiuka 18 to 1 apt Ringlet 25 to 1 apt Equity T 2 to 1 agst Miller of Mansfield 30 to apt Straub= Owing to the changes which took place in consequenoe if Mr. Udny's Comte d'Artois winning bis stake so well to-day, Grena dier' his play-fellow, was betted upon to a great amount. At the Jockey Club Dinner, after to-day's races, at which was present the Duke of Hirlimond, Lord Vauban, the Monsis oC Bundy, Sir John Shelley, Sir J. By ng , Hon. Mr. Fowlett, Cal. Ed ney, Lord Frederick Bentinck, Mr. Northey, ke, ita. tie Gaming races were regulated for to-motrow (Wednesday). Subscribtion Plate of MI. for two-year olds, 7st. ; three, 81t. 71b; and four, 9st.—T.Y.C. Subscribers paying 4 gs. and non -subscribers Op entrance. Sir. Boson's b. c. Mystic, lyrs Mr. Meynell's hr. c. Ajax. 4 yrs Lord G. H. 11111vendish's b. c. I Lord Exeter's b. c. by Pinto Is The Stag, 4 yrs Puts, out of Miniature, 2ra Mr. Bigg's b. e. Bulow, 2 yrs The Second Class of the Garland Stakes of 50 sovereigns a* h. ft.—D. I. Lord Darlington's Marcella;, 4 yrs, list. Lord G. H. Cavendish's Bizarre, 3 yrs, 7st. 131 b. Mr. Hunter's Ganymede, 3 yrs, 7st. Mb. Mr. Wyndham's Vidette, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b. The following are to pay 10 sos owners of the second h Duke of Grafton's liampden, 4 yrs, 9st. 41b. Duke of Grafton's Pastille, 4 I rs, est. 111 b. Disko of Grafton's Whizgig, 4 yrs. list. 91b. SirJ.llyng'sMorisco,4yrs,llst.Blb Col. Wilson's bl. f. by help!, out of Spotless, 3 yrs, N. M. Lord Warwick's Cardinal Puff, 3 yrs, 7st. 21b. Mr. Biggs% eb. F. Sunshine, br. to Moonshine, 3 yr% 71 1 . Mr. Therehili's Swivel, 4 yrs, eat. 11b. paid. L. each, to be divided between the axes in the two classes. 31r. T. Thornhill% Holbein,4 yrs, Sst. 61b. Mr. Robinson% br. e. Bertram, 3 yrs, Sst.2lb. Duke of Grafton% Cinder, 3 yrs. 7st. 101 b. Tar PREST.XT AND THE E2.CHASITION.--These fsw-fseoctl artists of the milling system are exhibiting the art of self-defence, at the Leeds Theatre. The first night they had a complete overflow, and a well-known amateur in a set-to with Spring. proved himself up to all the grunts, although he is but • yowng man. O'NEIL AND G tv w o a.—Tuesday night the second stake of 101. each was made good at Ben Bum's. There was a little die.ffing and queering; but all came right at last. The whole fifty aside is to be completed at Randall's next Tuesday, between eight and ten o'clock. Clarke, the other man in custody, was discharged, the Ma gistrate observing, that in his case the evidence brought forward was not auffiiient to seed him to take his trial CoLcuksTra, Aran. 19.—0 n IVellnesday last Joseph Smith, a promising young man, toenty-one years of age, the son of the late Joseph Smith, of Stanstred Deal, whilst upon a visit to his uncle, Mr. Cozens, of 111a;plalcn Layer Hall, put a period to his existence by shooting himself with a pistol. The deceased was at the time in an uneasy mac! of mind, which being proved to the satisfaction of the Coroner's Jury, they returned a verdict of Insonity.—Bury Gazette. Buar, Arita 21.—The four 'trete:lca men condemned at oar late Assizes--Robrrt Bruil;:r1;17, Jo'rs Wright, and Ben jamin Lforrlett, for burglary; and 'e'er, ('henry. for the sante crime, and for horse-staaling also, will he executed to-day at noon, near the gaol, at the Southgate of this town. The conduct of all the culprits since their nom:laic:l, ha+ boon marked by the utmost proprio.y. On Sunday, a must sdr , citing sermon was preached by the chaplain, the Div. Socking, an the text, Lord, remember me when thou contest into thy kingdom ;" and the soleronhy was greatly heightened by a coffin being placed before the eyes of the unhappy men, in orda to remind them continually or their approaching fate. Thcir feelings were so powerfully worked upon by the exhortations a f the pi - Lacher, that *hey wept aloud, and amongst the other prisercis, all of whom were present on this mournful ocasioh, n 4 a dry eye was to Ix: seen. CORN EXCHANGE, Aran. 21. We have had but few fresh arrivals of any Grain to-du. but th e weather continuing fine, and it being holid a y ti me , very li tt l e busi ness was done at our market ; prices ruled much the same as on 3londay. COAL MARKET, APRIL 21. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 281 Newcastle - 3ls Od to 43s ft'? Sunderlazd - - .S - -34 s Od to 44s iht :MTH. Sunday, in Iriinrole.strvt, lady litidport, of a son. 3IARRIED. On the 20th in.t. at St: ii - eo - rg — c;;Wurch. Bloomsbury, Mr. N. Atherton, of Crarco.:tr2e., solicitor, to Sabina, fourth daughter of the late David Ileroare, of Jamaica. DIED. On the 20th in■t. in I Clarke, :11..1. of llcL!, On the ::tith inst. nt King, Esq. On the lath inn. 13 - ettle Maltby, Eq. of Nottingham. At Blackheath, of the 10111 imt. James WWII; Eq. aged 74, formerly of Queer_ t;u7t-e anti Dol. IC:I. 111011 WATER Tills D.l V AT LONDON-BRIDGE• 27 min. atter tL I Afternoon, bb mia after & Blackfriare, the Rev. Robert :‘ ,, reanroberland, aged M. WI.O Newington, Emma, the wife of T. R. Printed at THE BR I CNN PRESS (Moe, by J. W. CAILTOX• 1111, Strand, and PubEihed by R. 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