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HAYMARKET THEATRE. tt . frs . - 4 .14, •-•`. f-4,1*-- Miss PATON and Mr. LISTON were last night more than usually fortunate in the new opera of Nursing. Plant. and Algid. Mr. TERRY played, and was received as if the success of the piece depended on him alone, and the whole opera was received with an cc/at that will ensure its successful and profitable repetitious for the reminder of the season. M.CORNILLOT,the FRENCH CONJUROR. A very respectable company assembled last even ing at the King's Arms Hall, 'Change-alley, and were highly entertained with the extraordinary feats of one of the most scientific of conjurors, whose power over hidden agencies is so marvellous, that none, ex cept those whose " hearts are hardened," will dis pute his ability to call " spirits from the vasty deep," or hope to perplex him with the mortifying question of " will they come ?" In one point of view some danger might be apprehended from M. Cornillot's exhibition, if it could be supposed that in this city of pickpockets, any of the aspirants for fame in that honourable proles ion could imbibe even • small portion of the spirit of this master genius. Rings and watches disappeared in the most unac countable manner, but, contrary to custom, they were restored with surprising celerity to the pos session of their owners. An egg was put into a gentleman's pocket, and • ring was thrown out at a window ; immediately after the egg was found to have produced a fine pigeon with the lost ring in its mouth. The most delicate compliments were paid to the female part of the audience; mir rors were presented to them, which at the first view did nothing but reflect their fair Image, but when looked upon a second time, there appeared inscrib ed by some magic hand the words "Je aids jolie." There was also a wonderful pendulum, which pro. claimed the gallantries of several elderly gentle men who seemed to be the chief favourites in the Covet of Love. Some beautiful silvery lights were produced from a combination of gases, and various scientific and amusing experiments were performed, which fully engaged the attention of the spectators till • late hour. M. Cornillot announced. that he had several no velties in preparation, which he would have the honour of exhibiting on a future occasion. The Duke of Yost' visited the Ktisa yesterday. Yesterday morning at ten o'clock his Royal Highness the Duke of CANIIIRIDGn. accompanied by Colonels PLATT end HuoimoN, left the King's Palace at Pimlico in his travelling carriage and four for Brighton. Count and Countess LIEVEN entertained Vis count and Viscountess GitAtcvit.Ln and a distin guished party at dinner yesterday, at their house in Harley-street. Hen RY ELLIS, Esq. passed through Boston yes terday oe'unight, on hors Way to Guuby Park, where he is gone on a visit to the Earl of BUCKINGHAM SHIRE. The Bishop of PETIMOROVOH I* reported, in the Huntingdon Paper, to have abandoned his " 87 questions." Among the novelties to be produced at Covent garden Theatre, during the ensuing season, we hear of • new tragedy from the pen of Mr. BALL. the successf•l dracostirer of Nigel, Joao of Arc, etc. We understand the address spoken by Mrs. EGERTON in the new ratio-drama of Joao of A►c, sod slave published, is front the pen of Mr. GREEN. WOOD, • gentleman becoming not less known for his poetical abilities than for his professional talents. Among the many splendid proofs of British gene rosily which grace the long lists of subscriptions for t►e relief of the distress in Ireland, we cannot pass withoat particular notice the liberal contribution of 4541. by Messrs. PEACOCK and Co., of the City of London Tavern, arruounced iu our Paper of the sth Samosa. ~. ~~~ ~. - vow. It would he perfectly consistent with the whole of thisaftr rif sevete measures should now be adopted . . DRAULT, and that he *Wald be driven ! T om woression and have his hopes of prosperity hli4hted, because he had the virtue and the firenness w despn the threatenings of pow.r, and to discone orrt the t.rrangements of the Judges and the Altai nry-Gereval. r ou e or the Paris Papers of Saturday last, the t aerie. F►owcais, the Joiermal de Commerce, the a t owiteif ionise!, and the Pilote, were visited on that eat by Officers of the Police, and the Papers seized o n the claige of their having wilfully misrepresented it .,. raceedings of Thursday in the Arose Court of v. v .,. The Editors have been cited before the Ft...indent of that Court—the virtuous and impartial Judge woo tried the Rochelle case, to answer for t his offence. The summons was their condemns- Lon. Some of our Ministerial Papers, noticing the ►rstemeut contained in these Papers respecting the affecting manner in which the accused who were convicted in the Rochelle affair expresved their gra titude to the advocates who defended them, ridicule tile tears which were said to trove been shed on that occasion by all parties. The same writers were not ►o very jocose a short time since, when on the trial of a gaoler, convicted daring the last Assizes for cruelty to the unfortunate beings subjected to his power, an advoCate was so overpowered by his sym pathy for the gaoler that he was obliged to retire from Court. We heard nothing then from these persons about blubbering barristers or weeping ad vocates, although to our minds the case of persons crushed even to death by the weight of ministerial influence, and the criminal partiality of the pre siding Judge, offered a far more legitimate subject tor manly sympathy than the prosecution for a mis demeanor of a discharged gaoler, convicted before no impartial Judge mud no hostile Jury of no. doubted acts of cruelty. Bayonne Papers to the 4th instant have arrived. They state that all accounts from the neighbour ing provinces of Spain announce that the Consti tutionalists display great activity, and are mak ing such preparations as may ensure the defeat of QUEIADA, and are determined to pursue his force into France, should it seek refuge in that country. This movement, which must bring them into collision with the French sanitary cordon, would be a desperate measure. Great military preparations have been recently made at Bayonne, but they are considered rather as means of prevention than originating in a hos tile motive. The Army of the Faith, the title assumed by the enemies of the Constitution, com. wit great excesses in the interior of Spain, where they rob travellers, sod intercept all cot respondence. The merchants of Yrun had received no letters from Bilboa, Saragossa, and Pamplona. for several days. On the 26th last they took the patriot Mats. DIZABLL, a volunteer of Villa Franca, but to pre vent their sacrificing him, some of their relatives are detained by the authorities as hostages, at the instaoce of the patriots. General MIwA arrived at Saragossa on the 22d, with 100 horse. BENNIERIN (the Frenchmin), who commanded the troops of the Trappist in the affair of Ayerbe, is deod of his wounds. A pamphlet has just made its appearance at Madrid, full of calumny and •bialie against the Bourbon family. It is widely circulated in that city. Extracts from Madrid Papers to the 31st last a►e given in our preceding columns. They represent the new Ministry in the enjoyment of the public es►eem. The Kum's, guard is confided entirely to the troops of the line and national militia. General Eno has been condemned to death, but the cease I. to be revised by the Supreme Military and Naval Tribunal. Jamaica letters and paper to the 44th July con. tam no later D ews from the Sponish Main than that already obtained from the Untied States. Accord ing to the Jamaica papers, the expectations that Puerto Cabello would soon submit were not so 'linguine as they have been reprevented. The corn muniention between the Wend and South America __— lad been much interrupted by the royalist cruisers, alse endeavoured to prevent all intercourse with the rrbele. Estract from • letter dried Liverpool, Septem. Mr y The Christopher. Dor LE, master, has arrived here this evening from Bahia, from whence she sailed on the 15th July. Captain DOYLE re. poi's that Bahia was in a stale of blockade, and he does not think that any vessel would succeed in rifing to tea after him." lir. CANNING, we understand, was expected in kw,/ yesterday, in consequence of an invitation to yin Mr THE Funnit.—The markets are looking up. flunk Mork Account, 247 248; Colloid* for Money /fill; ditto- for Ills Account, 8I ; New 4 per 4!riits. 10312; India Bonds 48 49 ; Lx. Bills, 3 4 ; ditto, 5 8; Foreign Stocks: Neapo litan, ;178 ; Spanish New. 66 681 64i 65 ; Old ditto, 1 , 71 68; Danish, thlf 89. h has been reported an 'Change, that the hook af Portugal has advanced their Government 10 0.000 k, which will enable thew to go on for the Present Without conttecting a loan. It was also 114entd that Meson. Itornscumn have contracted if Paris for a new Neapolitan Loan of utt millions ducats, which is about two tailbone sterling. Another sew Spastiolt Loan wit talked of es 'Change canting forward soon. ear 0 .r4. •4•4 1 ., FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. • i the OnWager Dnehess of Richmond and the Ladies Un isex pi ;rave Richmond this day on • visit to Sir George ) p and L e e B er k. ley, as thslr seat in Su rr ey. The niquis of Salisbury has arrived •t his house in Sr lingtnn-litreet from Worthing. The Earl and Countess of Coventry and family left town yesterday moms' fur their seat, Cronus, Worcestershire. Viscount •od Viseownteas Granville arrived on Tuesday *treeing at their house in Bruton street, Berkeley square, from the Marquis of Bath's neat, Longleaf, Wills. Lord Wilqam Rlassell left lowa us Tuesday evening for the Coatinen,. Lord John Rouen has left town fur Wooborn Abbey, Bed fordslsire. Lord George Bentiark arrived yesterday evening at bis fallwee (the Duke of Portland) house, in Si. Jmnees•square, from LitelsArld, Staffordshire. Lord William Sentinel' hes arrived at the Doke of Port larriN,.Welberk, Nntt., from Ireland. Sir Walk'. at Lady Harriet Williams Wynn have arrived at Berne, Seitzerbad, ou a visit to their brother, bis Excel lency Henry Wpm from German Sir Henry and Ledy Grargtna Wellesley, sad Mr. and Miss Wellesley, warted yesterday evenhig at their house in Bul ten-Moges, trews WRthirrg . ' The How lMtu Tborluvasaa arrived at Hodgaon's Hotel, Dowewistrest. Liestesaut.Geseral Sir Philip Kestisge Roche has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, Bonds's...et, frost Worthing. Arrivals at Jordau'a Hotel, St. irmees.sireet :—Colosrl Austin from his seat, K•ppinston, Kent;' and Miss Poseie from Kest. Departures—Lady Farearby for Wickham Rectory, Best. C. B. Bathurst, Earl left town yesterday for his seat, Lyd. Bey Park, Glorcestirshire. Arrival at Thomas's Hotel. Berkeley-arissrei—Mrs. Ken. sentry sod hasty from a roue Departures:—Curd Tem. pletows and kostly fur their house in Hill-street; Mr. Hey. dock and family fur the Costliest; the Marquis of Eimer for Parts; Charles Loess, Esq. fur his seat sear Newbury; ■od Mrs. Murray and fatally for their seat is Bucks. Departum from Warren's Hose!, Retest street:—The Hot.. Geom., Walpole for the Earl of Oxford's seas, Wul. Series, Norfolk ; Mr. sod Mrs. Ainsworth for the Cond oms; and Mr. Hawkins for Little Hampton. James Maa.e, Em arrived yesterday at Ilse Pulteoey Ho tel, Piccadilly, from S.Hathomptoo. Mrs. Gooch kft tows yesterday for bee seat, Guildford Hesse, Surrey. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. These s•..ions comnsaiipd mesterday morning be fore the Lord Mayor; the Recorder, Mr. Baron Utah/Im, Mr. Justice Best, sod Mr. Justice-Rich. •r 1 son, - After the Jury wer4sworn s•v.rsl prisoners were arraigned, and pleaded Not Guilty. 1 hones Leathwiek Robansens, a decent lorAing Mali. IPS. Capitally indicted for furging and counlerd felting the Goldsmiths' Hall nark to four silver bottle 'Ads, Mr. BOLt.AND slated to the Joey the offence with which the Prisoner stood Charged. There was another in.lictinent fora minor offence, to which the Prisoner had pleaded guilty, and which would %ob ject him to transportation for 14 years. In roue qtience of the Prisoner having given some informs non to the Stamp•ofce, he should therefore, with the permission of the Court, not call any evidence to this charge; hut he wished it to be understood by the dealer. in these sort of goods, that the Stomp, office had information of fraud• to a very gr►at ex tent, and it would be but exercising a proper degree of caution, if, before they made purchase*, they were to ascertain at the Goldsmiths' Hall if the marks were genuine. No evidence being colledlithe Prisoner was ye. quitted ; but his plea of Guilty to the minor offence was recorded, and under that he was detained. Mary Waits was indicted for robbing R. Fenton. From the evidence of the Prosecutor it appeared, that he was hustled by some girls of the town, in Bow -street, who got him down, and took his money out of his pocket; but u he admitted that he had been drinking very freely at the time, and his evi dence against the Prisoner not being very clear, the Jury, under the recommendation of Mr. Justice BUT, acquitted her. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. CLERICENWEL4 WIRDNESDAY, SIPTEMBER 11. CHARGE OF RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS. James Rogers sons indicted for receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be stolen. Mr. A r.t.tar stifled, that the Prisoner was indict ed under a new Act of Parliament, for having re ceived three copper boilers from a person unknown, the principal offender,.(the thief) not having been brought to trial, as ,Jie was not knoWidi. The Prisoner had been tried at the Old 8.,i,1ey for the theft, but proved an alibi, and of course was ac quitted. Joseph Powis, an officer belonging to the Thames Police, deposed, that the Prisoner was a deller in marine stores, residing at Blackwell ; he searched his premises on the 22d of April, and in a cellar found three copper boilers. The Prisoner pro duced • book, and said he purchmed the coppers from • person of the name of Litchfield, who lived at Stepney Causeway. on the 11th of April; he inquired, and there was no such person to be fouud there. Mr. Henry Houghton, a ship-owser, residing at Limehouse, stated, that he saw the copper. in a warehouse of his on the 19th of April. On the night of the same day the warehouse was broken open, and the coppers steleo. The coppers now produced were his property. John Elliott stated that he was in the employ of the last witness, and on the morning of the 10th of April he saw the warehouse had been broken °nen ; it was secured the night before by bolts, which were forced. Mr. ANIMISM, Counsel for the Prisoner, ad. d r d the Jury, and contended that his client might have come most honestly by the coppers, which appeared from his conduct ; when the officer went to search his premises he made no opposition, there was no concealment,_ the coppers stood an. covered in the cellar ; if he had come improperly by them, and was • dishonest man, he might have cut them up in pieces. He also produced his book, and said he purchased them from Litchfield on the 11th of April. Thei:** certainly was en incon sistency in that statement, when they were not stolen until the 19th of the same month ; but it was nothing more than one of those mistakes that every tradesman was liable to in the harry of business, to put • wrong date by mistake. He left I►is client in the hands of the Jury, for them to deal with him as they would expect to he dealt with if they were placed in his disagreeable situation. Two witnesses gave the Prisoner an excellent character for honesty. The CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence, and the Jury returned • verdict of Not Guilty. DINNER so M. MIMS iM ACIENDAkN. On Thursday a toady of more than one hundred sr the townsmen end country gentlemen enter tained Mr. flume at dinner, in Anderson's New low ; ALEXAPIDIR BANNERNIAN, Em. iw Ow t sir. The dinner wu• swmpluuw.. •.n that at..ri the other arrangements did great credit in Mr. An ders.n, and gate general satisfaction. The Nisei and remarks were taken up with great spirit, and the utmost glee prevailed the whsle eve ;;;;; g. Tlie following, among many other toasts, were given :-- " The Rine"—"TheCeostilatiou"—" The Royal Falaile, may they wear forget the principles which placed thus oa the throve." The CHAIIIIIIAN, in Rising Mr. Hume, said, that he saw with great setwricii 111 l the company then es sembled.and all rinks combining to pey respect to a gentlemen who had dirtioguis , ied himself au much. and whose merits were as well knnwn as his name. If there be any difference of political opinion among us, yet we join uneniinotwly in our admire. lion of the men who is the prime supporter of the rights of the subj-ct, and the watchful guardian of the public expenditure. But, besides Mr. Hume's well.known merits, he could say that every indi- Indusl who had hts cause in the hands of Mr. Hume might he sure of kindness, dispatch, and sa ►isfaction. He would make no unnecessary compli ments. and therefore he gave— " Yr. Hume" (three times three)—straok with rapturous appisese. . • Twer—... 4 ?Serie Iwo ha 14011 VIZ licliillt MUM ow gado sealt's awn.' " When the plaudits ceased— __ - • Mr. emus said Wien interrupted by applause) nearly as fullows:—He was at • loos for language to express his feelings at that moment. The wry in which the Chairman had brought his name to the notice of the Meeting, and the kind manner in which they had been pleased to receive the toast, had made a deep impression on his mind that could never be effaced. If he foiled to express, in ade quate terms, what he felt on the occasion, it would arise from an over anxiety to do justice to his feelings. The credit they had been pleased to give him for his public conduct, was very much above his desert, and it was difficult for him to ex press his thanks. to them •a he wished. On no occasion had he had the honour to address a nu merous Meeting better able to judge of the con duct of public men than the present; and after this mark of attention in meeting him here, he would endeavour to explain to them very shortly the course he hid pursued, without attending to his own humble exertions, more than, under all the circumstances, he found himself obliged to do. It was peculiar to this country to witness such meetings as the present, where so many respectable and independent Gentlemen met to welcome one, a stranger to them personally, and only known by his public conduct. He was fully sensible of the honour conferred upon him by such meetings, and the assistance he derived from them in his public capacity. It was one of the many important ad vantages which Englishmen enjoyed under the British Constitution, to be thus enabled at public meetings to mark their opinion of the conduct of public men. Whilst he was well aware of, and highly valued the advantage which the glorious Revolution of 1688 had secured to this country, he could not shut his eyes to the many abuses also which, in tepee of time, had crept into that Con stitution. It was the duty, therefore, in a peculiar manner, of every person placed in the House of Commons, to use his best exertions to remedy the existing abuses; to improve, protect, and secure those advantages which we ought to enjoy. if he had read that Constitution aright, the liberty of the people, the independence of Parliament, and the dignity of the Crown, were equally to be guarded and valued ; and it behoved every member of the community equally to protect them all. In the mutable state of human institutions, it was • proof of wisdom to suit the establishments in the country to the intelligence and circumstances of the times, thus to obtain the greatest portion of happi ness to those who lived under them. That know ledge of every kind, and political knowledge in particular, had been diffused most widely in this country within the last thirty years, might be learned by the immense increased circulation of the daily and periodical literary and political publica tions which had taken place ; and it was the duty of our rulers to have had this circumstance always before them. Under • wise and just Government, it was to be expected that, with the increasing means of wealth, knowledge, and power, which this country pia:sewed, the happiness and prosperity of all classes of the people would have increased. But was this the case? Did not complaints of great distress, and even want, reach us from most of the branches of the community, and this too while Providence poured upon us abundance of every produce, almost to overflowing 1 Such a state of things could only, he thought, arise from misgovernment, and it was incumbent on every man, placed in the situation lie was in, to ewer. tain the cause, and to attempt relief and reform. —(Hear. hear.)—He was well aware that attempts were made by a hireling press to put down every man who endeavoured to correct abases, and an alarm was sounded against him, that he intended to overturn and destroy. instead of amending and establishing the Constitution. Such had been the system long pursued by the adherents of hit.. Pitt's system. It had been one of their most powerful engines for the last 90 years, and he regretted to think it had been but too successful, in keep ing op and increasing those abuses, which had gone on until they threatened, at last, to sweep all that was valuable into inextricable ruin. It was not an easy task, under these circumstances, for any body of men, and much less for an isolated individual like him, to succeed in any efforts to remedy abuses of such long continuance in the Government. But, with the perfect knowledge of these dif f iculties, he had proceeded, and it was highly satisfactory to him to know, by the approbation of many of his countrymen, as well as of the present company, that his humble exertions had in some degree suc ceeded. It was right to state that he had, on en tering the House of Commons, joined the Oppo sition undoubtedly, and he thought there was not one disinterested person, here or elsewhere, who, after reviewing the ruinous system of the Ministers of the Croup for so many years past, would not have made the same election, if he had witty content plated the relief of the people, sod the prolectiem of their rights. He lii.p.d. however, that attention to Ins p..' creidurt would shew that he hati•orily tacherl himself to the Opposition known by the 1141,11" of Wings. when their memiures were such pa he could conscrention•ly supper!. By the Whir he meant those who, whilst they upheld the dignity of the Savereigin a. Chief Nlagietrste, were jealous of the encreachni-tit of power upon the rights and privilege% of the people. Ile could aware the M e etin g that he was lino e omeso w of ewer having given is vote in the Hauge of Convinces that tendril t« limit the privileges. nr reterfere with the just rights of the people, but that his invariable object had hero to limit tile undue ialwer and intl., of the Crown, to increase Ilse jell ii.flitence or the people. And au. h , lie submitted, ought to be the c-siduct of all these who co antlered the object and' • end of geed govertionent, as contemplated and se cored under the Curistitution of Ifltfl, to be the welfare of the community at large, and not the age grendoiement sit tee few. Ile did not now inquire wiwilier the Outio-iti hid always acted on those priectples to the extent they ought to have done hilt, in decoding between the professed friends of liberal print-liars sad the supportere of the Pitt or intolerant Tory system, there could not be for one moment, be thought,. doubt. A. the fruits oldie Pitt system, unfortutiately new so evident to us all, he had only to enumerate those evils which now weigh down +.ll classes of the community, a system of profusion and extravagance, an undue ineueure minnisined by the public money, which was, at one mid the same time, the cause and effect of large end unnecessary establishineuts. Our military establish ments, for instance, in a country where the Govern. ment by the Constitution is purely civil, were huge and unnecessary to extravagance; the expense of the army alone being eight millions, which, in 1791, was little more than t«o millions; both periods years of peace, and no circumstances to warrant such an excess. The public debt had been in creased from 240 millions, at a charge for interest of nine millions—to 935 millions at an manual charge of thirty-one millions. The persons in• terested in keeping up the expenditure of the country had an undue influence in the House of Commoos, and thus these evils were produced, end those changes and reductions prevented, which the situation of the country required. They Lad dr. dared themselves ready to forfeit life sad fortune to summit the King and Constitution, and well they might, enjoying as they did so largely of the taxes of the people ; the system worked well with those: but he must always consider those as irate. rested persons, and their opinions of little value— they were in the situation or men to be removed from the jury-box on a challenge of being persort ally interested in the issue of the cause. But where were the suffering community ? Did the system work well fur the people ? Why were not their calls attended to ? Because the party in power for 30 years had had, and still have, possession of that influence which prevents redress in the House of Commons, where alone it can begin with any pre. pea of success. With these opinions of the evils of the Pitt system and of their cause, he was confi dent that every man who heard him would, if in hie power, use his best exertions to effect a Reform, and would in fact, he hoped, approve of the mei toms he had adopted to obtain that desirable ob. ject. It was by a Reform in Parliament alone that our present difficulties could be overcome...not sod denly, but by degrees ; and he hid therefore voted for every motion for Reform that had been proposed in Parliament, whether great or limited. In the difference of opinion which existed on thesubject of Reform, it behoved all Reformers to act in uutson. and to agree on some one or more points on which unanimity might prevail ; to obtain these, if possi ble, as steps towards the more general and extended Reform, which so many considered necessary for the security of the country. It was too Mouton for the supporters of corruption, and those who fattened by the public spoils, to hold up to ridicule the friends of Reform, and turn to derision the anticipated conseqoences from it. He should ever contend that, although Parliamentary Reform could not immediately raise the price of corn, or remove fa. mine, that it would, by giving the people a proper check over the expenditure of the public money, pre-. vent so large a proportion of the earnings of industry as is now wasted from being taken from them, and lavished on the idle and the aides'. Reform would give the people the electinn of men who make laws for the protection of their lives, property, and all that is dear iu life. Reform would put an end to sinecure offices, and unnecessary eats. blishmetits, and leave in the pockets of the people the means of purchasing more corn and necessaries, and of providing against such a famine as we had witnesse d i n I re l an d— a famine from the want of motley to purchase, in the midst of abundance of every kind. Whilst he so strongly advocated eco nomy and retrenchment of useless expenditure, he never had, nor did he believe that any person pre. sent would refuse, the necessary means jo pay, in the most liberal manner, every useful servant of tle public. These were the distinctions he wished to • draw ; the results he expected from Parliamentary and Burgh Reform; and he was confident his con clusions would bear the test of sober inquiry, bet ter than the witty observations of the oppose.* of Reform. In the belief that the influence arising from the large and unnecessary expenditure was a great bar to a reform of abuses, be IM.. Flume) had taken the course he did, of reposing to public view the profligacy of that expenditure ; the lavtih waste of the public money; and. io spite of every attempt to crust his progress, and deny the correct. nese of his statements, he had succeeded in awaken ing the public to discern otiegreat cause of their distress. To the utmost extent, indeed, lie might claim the merit of patient and Laborious insinuy and perseverance; bait he might have gone on long without success, if the difficulties of the landed iii terest had not seconded his exertions. That nu. merous and powerful class of men, who had for so many years, whilst their pockets were full, hallooed on the extravagant expenditure of the Pitt system, which had spent, in tweuty-four years, upwards of. 1,500 nullities sterling, regardless of the warnings received, now were loud in their clamours, and pretended to tie iguoraut of the causes of their distress. They do not see, or will not under stand, that by their blind support of the Munster of the day, in all his measures, the present enor mous debt wee contracted—that the interest of that debt wits year after year paid by loans; l• t 1 e- ,r, e ii tl d it i • 1 I I t r i• t ) • • 'II s 1 • 11 vi th VI rr • A (( T v 1.1 rkfi . . •.^ • rNta figh 4 ASSAU LU Robert Simpson was indicted for assaulting Ds. vid Fox kirk, on the 24th of June loot. It appeared by the evidence that the Prosecutor kept a ham and beef shop in Chiswell.a►rert, and that the Defendant was a lawyer's clerk, lodging in the neighbourhood, and that the latter charged the former with giving his wife • bad half-crown, and on his refusing to change it the Defendant struck him. The Defendant afterwards summoned the Prosecutor to the Court of Requests, sod re covered the half-crown. The Ju►y returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Defendant was sentenced to pay 41.,.with liberty to speak to the Prosecutor. Robert Loft was indicted for a►saulting John Preston, on the 17th of April last. It appeared that the Prosecutor was the proprie tor of • hackney-coach, • and the Defendant way a hired driver of one, and had an enmity to the Pro. secutor because he gave information of his having driven the carriage he was intrusted with, with three persons on the box. On the day laid in the ineictment, the Prosecutor was with his coach in Piccadilly, when the Oxford coach passed by, and Captain WiHick, who was in the coach, desired the Prosecutor to follow him with his coach to the IVhite Horse cellar; on his opening the carriage door to put Captain Willick's luggage into it, the Defendant came up to him and said he would serve him nut for three on the box, and immediately struck him most violently on the head and breast. The Prosecutor drti not return it, but said be would seek satisfaction by the laws of his coontry. The Defendant wits found Guilty, and ek ntraiced to fourteen days imprisonment in the House of Correction. The common expense of • marriage by license now amouute to upward. of five pouuds. • r . w. - 7 • ,7ia _.-J.iL• 1 .i,„ t i~ 1 r,