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tIIE ARMS. thr 43.1 (or dl.•nronolhshirr) retiolrol of f. ut, C.•OtrAI J . F . Lnnl lloodeo, l; C.H. 1 n.I R.C. Colonel, 1.11,1 lately Gum Cork for GO:traitor, for the purpose of rrlttruug the 2tilh rept meat. . . . . Tbe Z4. l l!ivr transport hes been ordered to convey the de. lot of the 261 h returns ft Cowry to enrk, 1.11.1 to befog heek the depot of the •3d.regimrnt from Cork to the lyle of Wight. . . _ irttextr.t.rw, Of TOOFR El.—Yesterday the lialf.prarly iipaprrinits of the 6dd rciesiorol, end a OH .chmeoll of the 4th dragoon ritiardt, rpm 'errs' lore, took place berme MajorGenesal E. G. Egerton. The steady .ud kr appearance of Ibe 63d, the internal (To ..... uy of the rect. m^at, and the cnerllrist al•te of dist-4,1111e of the *huh., met the entire "'ppm i ba.iuo of the General, and wan highly CIA, tillable to Lieut.-Culusstl Burke and the other Whorls. THE TI \Y, EXPPCTI:D VISIT TO THE CITY. A few slays 'go a piraraph appeered in some of the Mi. xiderial Piper., stating in solisissee that the Corooation Committee were oboist to exercise their powers in favour of a second invitation I. the King to dine at Guildhall. Very much to the uremia' sowie of the Committee, this state ment is nut the fart. It is true the Committee met on friday ^to eoosider of the best mode to he adopted t i p ex. pens the eoneratillotion and respect of the Court of Cam no's Council to his Majesty np..r his coronation, and to resider whether any proceeding el Id be taken by the Committee, or ',pod made prior to Lord ‘laysir's Day." Three were teen or eighteen members persist, and Sir hones Shaw was elusion...v.ly e.lled to the chair. Mr. Cavell, without making what proposition wa• 10 he made, slated, that in his opinion the Committee were not competent to , like soy steps whatever, as their powers ceased after the invitation had been given to his Majesty, and could not he re. 'Owed until the King 'holed be graciously pleased to an nounce his intention of runlet-sing the ihrtingoished honour on his faithful subjects in the City. A. snout as that should happen, the Committee would have NU awthurity to set, and he for one should prove bat zeal sod loyalty by using every effort to contribute to the enthusiastic receptiou of the Sovereign. Mr. Dixon did not at all relish this mode of handling a subject upon which he and a few others of the members had evidently set their heart,. He thought that no opportunity should he lust of otantrestiog the warmth of the City's attachment to the Royal Person, sod suggested that a Sob-Commitire might be appointed, whose business it would 'he to ascertain what the intention of his Majesty was with respect to the splendid favone they had in expectation. His idea of arriving at such kaowledge was thrwagli the instrumentality of the Secretary of Stair, between whom and the Sids.Consmittee an interchangruf urn. timeals wield take place, likely to pot an end to a great deal of peinfal inimpionse. Mr. Hiirewsnbe condemned any proposi. lion that had the appearaere of wail of uppeonesa. He could prevail upon himself to attempt to gain any object by a side rind, and certainly enwld not roamed to employ • Sub- Committee to do that which the Committee itself was not in its present cireitmataeces competent to perform. If the Com mittee had so power to met (as was evidently the case), what sort of authority could they delegate? With regard to the eiperted honour, no mats could appreciate more highly a man from the Sovereign this he ; but the City of London had goo* as far as they could gi. ronsistently with their His Majesty bad visited Ireland, and Scotland, and Hanover, 'thee his commotion, and was pleased to ex• ease himself frost doing a similar honour to the Corporation of Lewdest. How then could the iavitation be repeated ? Ewes if the Committee had the power, he was convinced that the majority would give that one indisputable proof of their sew of their ow. bimenr—• rejection of such a proposal. Alderman Waillimam observed, that it was quite conclusive frees the Journals, that the Committer had so such power as some Gentlemen supposed, and that the dignity of the Cor poration was, he hoped, isseapable of being diminished. In the midst of the discoosiwa, Aldeessaa kleara• entered the Cosionittee.roont, and having said that tie understood the Committee wished for his presence, stated without hesitation the amerce he had thought proper to adopt or the sob. jeco or the invitation give, to his Majesty. As Mr. Peel had beeu appointed to the adulator be wow held subrequently to the invitation, sod could not be supposed to be in prooroshiso of the fact, he (Alderman Heygate) considered it due lo that geotleman to euelooe to him the resolutions of the Coon of Comma' Council upon the subject, sod to re. quest the &tertiary would ameetain whether his Majesty in. Mooed to confer the hopeehfor bonus? on the City. He tooted that be should ant be eiloaldered as having exceeded his duly in moiling a private communication to the Secretary span the question us which all were en noxious, sad declared that he bad lowish', in view but the howour and interests of bus Gliow-cit teens. The answer to his letter was to the ?feet that his Majesty had given no commands upon the subject. He (Alderman Heyeate) completely agreed with those gentle men who were of opinion that the City of Lowden could peered no blether in this matter; and there was nonionic w ont ethoogb to indite, him to compromise the dignity of the Corporation. Milestone %Yakima.. wide every allowance for the cal of a worthy Alderman just about to fill a eel' , high soil responsible situation, but repeated that the Coast of Common Council alone hail the power to act. After some bother diecussiow, it was determined that the Committee had Ito power whatever. Indeed, sus bendy columned were WI the niembros before they separated of that fact, that they agreed to maintain a resolute silence on the subj. et of their preereilings.—( Evening Paper.) The Marquis of HERTFORD, it is rumoured. has strroigthened his parliamentary by an ar riligiment in a Suffolk borough not tiny miles from Abiburough. Ciliraltitr Ripers to the Ist instant have arrived. The G , lll)..itig are extracts:— A smut Monk of as earthquake was felt in This Garrison yesterday morsine, about five minutes before six, proceeding from north to south, which lasted 90 and odd seconds. In a few buildings the walls and ceiluses sustained ..me damage. Zsklwo is r►potted to be in the environs of Gs:stemma with a party of about 40 meet. The chief object of his inewrsioo into ibe Roods district seems to have been the releam of the Aati.Constitestioaalists, who were coofined after the late dos. Prrsioa of the armed malcontents in 'boor wiountsias. It so ufiicistly reported from Port Mary'., limier date the 24th inst. that two of the eirdividoals who were ill of the (ever, are sum in a stale of tow►ale.ernre, and first Iwo other ease* that were deemed suspicious are uo loner considered as sorb. The herring fishing is now about over. There has been a considerable falling off iti the take of fierrin ; •s tins year. According to the statements of exp. ilt lash-curers. there have not been quite two-11,11dt of the usual quantity taken on the Caithness coast this ►eason ; and owing, it is step posed, to the prevalence of strong easterly winds, when thr fish were spawning. The fishing season lies canely failed at Dunbar and the opposite oast. "I lo fishers have also met with 'alir success iti the West Highlands. In consequence, herrings hare Idiely risen from 30s. to 33.. sod 34.., and good wrst.country herrings are ►riling rrothly at 3L.. and fitis. a barrel wholesale.—(Caledunian Mercury.) The recent heavy winds and rain caused some damage us the interior of the country. There are 11.11, hying in t h e Bard.cage-walk. St. James's five trees blown down by the wind. On Sa turday the Thames was very rough ; the oldest wa termini dud not recollect ally such storm. At Duo gerlurtbstairs the floods and overonvolia drams rust►- ..d to those steins with terrific fury. and broke down ;i portion of the causeway. At Battersea, and io tat direction, the like severe storms and gale, were o. ltetieticetl. "fhe windmills could not be stopped. tris beats vtotured on the Timm. tArb iNrEiLICRifCIL COURT OF KING'S BENCIT, ITyrrienisica, W E 0111410 AV, OC KKKKK 23. Before flee LORD Cater Jurrics and a Special Jar,. LIBEL. THE KING D. SAMUEL. WADDINGTON. This was a eriminsil informstion tiled agisisq the Defendant by Attorney-General fur publishing a psidatte and blasphemous libel against the Chris tian religion. Asa ma rli• cause sett exiled on mud the Jury weie shoot Iv he gworn, the D-frodmol, who con ducted hit nen defence, titti•cted that the ctinie ought to hr Irlrd hV a Petry Jury, according to law. Toe LOUD CHIEV JUSTICE told him there was rio "1(11 The Defendant, who came provided with a large box, filled with books and papers. begged leave to read to his Lordship a paronge fro n Biackstowe, which he necosiliogly woereded to do„ The Lotto Cater JUSTICE told him the cause 111110 be inetil by the Special Jury; mud if he thus/gilt proper, he might hereafter move fur a stew trial. The Joty were then sworn. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL (with whom was Mr. GURNEY and Mr. LITTLEDA LE). stated that the Deft-orient was charged 111 the information with publishing a blasphemous libel, reflecting on the Christian religion, and the Sacred Writings, in a wnrk called .‘ Painter's Principles of /Yoram" The passages must, iu the course of the prosecution, be read. He would not therefore insult the ears of the Jury by repeating or by commenting on them now at any length. He conceived that he should best discharge his duty by doing no more than was positively necessary. He would merely state that this was a blasphemous libel on the I. Old and New Testantent," and ou the character of our Saviour, expressed in terms so coarse as to excite disgust even in the minds of those persons (fur such there were) who were inclined to question the truth of the Christian religion. This libel had before been the subject of prosecution in that Court, and several attempts had been made to prevent the circulation of it. Carl& had been found guilty for publishing it, ad successive informations were afterwards filed against those persons who succeeded him in Fleet street, and at last it was hoped an end was put to it, as the whole of the stock of Carlile was seized in exe cution. Some time after the Defendant established a shop at No. 2005, in the Strand, for the rale of pamphlets. The Learned Counsel then detailed the facts, which he should prose in evidence. in order to fix the Defenant with the publication ; and it would then be for the Defendant to say what answer he could give to them. John Parton was then called, and examined by Mr. GORMILIf.i am an officer of the police ■t Bow-street. I know a shop in the Strand, No. 201, it is one shop divided into two; it is a shop for the sale of pamphlets. In the month of April and May last the name of S. Waddington was over the door iu large letter. I have seen the De 'rodent in that shop► freqoently. There were several written placards exhibited in the shop window; I made copies of two of them.— [The notice to Defendaut to produce the original placards was here given. The Defendant declined puoducing them, and the copies were then read. The first was, " Paine's Age of Reason and Palo es's Principles of feature are now selling behind the curtain, price sa. ; no connexion with Witch. dungton, the fanatic." The other paper was, "To tl►e forces of the Essex and Bridge-street Gang. S. Waddington having seen them rosining about his shop, like roariug lions seeking whom they may devour, giver them notice, that S.Wsddington sell' nothing seditious or blasphemous, but he has strong suspicious that somebody uuder the roof dues."]-1 observed the shop for four or five days, and the piacsrda were always there. I made copies on the 24 of May, and !observed theta on the 4th of May, the day Waddington was apprehended, still in the window. As I was watching the shop, I observed the manner in which the business was conducted. There was a spout connected with the floor above, and I have seen the customers putting money into the bag, and the bag was then drawn up. I saw the person in the first floor drawing it up. After the bag was drawn up. a book came down the spout from the first floo►. Sometimes the Defendant and one or two youths were in the shop, sersing in the ordinary way. There was a trumpet to communicate with the first floor. Against the back of the shop there were titles of several books, with a hook at tached. There was also it rope and a ring, and by putting the ring ots the hook it was drawn up to the room above, and it indica'ed to the person above the book which wits wanted. "Palmer's Principles of Ivature." and " Paine's Age of Reason," were among the titles of the books. Great numbers were attracted round the shop window. The other half of the shop was occupied by Poole, a tobac cunist, and there were separate entrances to the street. On the 4th May, I, in company with Smith and Duke, went to Mr. Poole's ; from the stairs we could look through the keyhole into the first floor, occupied by Wadditigton. The spout was directly opposite that keyhole. Duke was stationed on the stairs ; we were there for several drys. In consequence of information we received, Smith and I came oat of Poole's front door, and went into the street, and Smith went into the De fendeut's shop, and 1 looked through the shop witidow, and saw Smith receive a book, which came down the spoor. Smith was there six or seven mioutes; the Defendant was hot there at first. but in two or three minutes he came into the shop from a door which led to the staircase on which we had been standing. There is only one staircase for the whole of the house. Poole and Waddington had both access to the staircase. I went wilts Smith to Bow street and obtained a war rant; I came back to the house and apprehended the Defendant in the shop. I had purchased several little things of Waddington, in the shop, on the eventing previous to this. Cross-examined by the Defendant.—l believe it was your Letter to the Editor of The Traveller that I purchased. I am sure that ut one time I bought that work of a boy in the shop. I do re collect that I purchased some work of you. You told our to take it, and tv ok the money. Defendant-1 shall be able to contradict that. The cross-examination procerded.-1 was at to e r had a aummdna trw ar at the M a n:. moil-home, and did onitene to ii. The Defendant In-re itritereited to esitnidie the us to whet took place their. Mr. GURNEY ohjeet.d In 1b,.. ac !rrrli.iraot. The Derenibilit with great vrhrnlruce tioostrd on his right to pur►tl that Morse. The CHIEF JUBTIcr. at•veral limes attempted to explain to hiin, hut the Defendant conionoing his animated observations, his Lorr.hip at last desired hint to attend if he lord the capacity. 1 1 t r addington believe I have too much ca pacity for this Court. The witness procerded..—l witted in lay an in. formation. but I did not the Lord Nlrvor reftised it, and I did not proceed iu any other way. The Defendant still inesaing for point. tavticoline of the examination had before the Lord llayor The CIIIT.F JUSTICE again explained to hint, that being taken Ito writing, he must have the de position itself. The witness went on.—l (lined once o► twice at the Sun, Devereux-court, with Smith. [At the desire of the Defendant, all the other witnesses for the prosecution were ordered to withdraw.] Witurss continued.—l do not know whether we read it o► no. I did not read that pamphlet, nor did any person read it to me. I never was in your room on the first floor after you quilted it. I saw you go into that room. I neser purchased any thing of you to my knowledge that was iihrllotts or blasphemous. I asked you et Carlilt's shop for The Republican, and had it, you took the money. You never refused me any book to my knowledge. The CHIEF JUSTICE suggested to the Counsel for the prosecution a doubt, from the Defendant's conduct, whether he wilt perfectly Palle. Mr. GURNEY assured his Lordship there wss no suspicion of the kiltd. The witness went on.—On one occasion I did tell you I would be a friend to you. I did not strike you in your own plaice, and my I would find yon a lodging. I remember you called me a num ber of names. The copy of the notice is Duke's writing. not mine. In the course of the cress-examination, the De fendant turned and addressed the Jury. exp►essing his opinion that as Sodom and Gomorrah► would have been saved by one righteous person, so if there was one righteous person on the Jury he should be spared. The CHIEF JUSTICE again expressed his doubts of the Defendant's sanity. The witness proceeded.—l never said 1 had no hand in this prosecution ; I never asked you to drink with me; I did offer to shake hands with you as I owed you no animosity, but I did not, to my knowledge, say I would find you a lodging. Re-examined by Mr. GUREEY.—The placard was written by Duke, copied from the pencil-writing which I took down. William Smith, examined by the SOLICITOR GINZIAL.....I an] an officer of Bow -strew. and went with Doke and the last witness to Mr. Poole's on the 4th May. Duke was on the staircase, and in the afternoon I. Parton, and Mr. Poole being in the back parlour, Poole's daughter came down into the room. In consequence of what she said, I and Parton went out of the house, and Duke went up stain. I went into the shop ; the Defendant was not there at the time. There were titles of books against the wall with hooks attached ; there was a rope with a ring hanging from the first floor. I attached to the ring the title of Palsser's Princi ples of Nature, and through the speaking trum pet I asked, " Have you got that ?" I sent up the money in a beg ; the hag was drawn up, and in a short time after the Defendant came in. I had not got the book when lie came in ; he came from within. and offered me a chair to sit down. Shortly after a book came down the spout and fell on the floor, and I took it up unit went out of the shop and rejoined Purton. I 'hewed it to Parton, and marked it before it went out of my hand. Cross-examined by the Defendant.— I asked no question of you respecting the hook ; I have asked you for books, and never asked you for any that you did not serve me with. The Defendant again &ailed to have the particu lars of an examination at Boor.atreet, and was again informed by the Chief J twice, that that which wee in writing lie could not examine to. The Defendant wished to wee the statute for that, or to know whether he mug take hie Lordship'. opinion for law. * The CHIEF JUSTICE. —UpOII this subject it must be so taken. The witness went on.—At Bow-street I pointed out passages to the Magistrate. The book was opened ; I do not recollect whether you desired the [wok to he shut. The Defendant— , ' Noe mei ricordo again." The witness continued.— I had the money from Parton to purchase the book. After some oilier uuimportaot questions, the cross. examination finished. Robert Duke examined by Mr. GURNEY.-Thir witness corroborated the testimony of the two former witnesses so fur as the message received from Poole's daughter. He then went on the stoles and peeped into the room on the first floor, and saw a little boy and the Defendant. There was a candle horning near a hole in the floor. %Yuan, heard Smith's voice from the shop say, " Have you got that r He staid till he saw the Defendant come out of the room. When he came out witness went about six steps higher. Defendant went down stairs, and witness heard the money clunking iu his hand. Shortly utter witness went down through Poole's shop into the street, and went to Bow-street with PurtoVs and Smith. Cross-examined by the Derendnnt.—l believe there were two rooms on that floor, one leading into the other. John Ewers Poole, examined by Mr. Limo- DALS.-1 am u tobacconist, at No. 201, in the Strand ; I occupied the shop, parlour, the whole of the second floor, the attics, sad the kitchen. When I went to the promisee. one Clarke had port of the shop, the first floor. the third floor, and one of the attics. Clarke was a bookseller; he left about Lady-day, and Waddington succeeded him. and occupied the same pert of the premises which Clarke had done. I saw the Defendant every day till he went to prison, on the 4th of May. Cross-examined by the Defendsot.—The officers came for the e . ►xpreps impose or taking von there were ether pers"ns ceiling hook% there h . esi,toi you. Drfesidunt—Hdre you seen Gentlemen go up Main ? Witness-1 Dare seen persons go up stairs, but from their appearance I should doubt if they were gent lemen. Defendant. Well, yon hive seen men then. "My Lord," Gentlemen," are but nicknames; his Lordship on the Bruen is but a man. %%'itne•s—l have seen men. Jane Poole, the daughter of the last witness, ex amined by the SOt.tcITOR•GENEHAL.—She con firmed the evidence of the officers; she saw the Defendant Lo into the room when the officers were in the pirlour ; he first looked tip and then looked dorm the staircase, before he went into the room. Crossarsamiried by the Deferident.—There were two roams on the first floor, but whether there was si bed iii one of them she could not say ; there was no furniture iii the rooms nn the third floor. The passages of the libel were then read by Mr. Abbott, and were of the description stated by the Solicitor-General. Among oilier passages, there was one in which Moses. M a homet, and o ur Sa riuur were all r.utuked in the class of impostors. The case for the prosecution was here closed. The Defendant at^w prepared himself fur ad dressing the Jury, and having spread his books and papers over the table of the King's Counsel, near which he stood, but wanting still more room, he applied to she Court for a place to put his papers 00. His Loidahip told him, that he thought he had space enough fur a reasonable man. The Defendant then taming his back to the Bench, addressed him self entirely to the Jury. He complained that the e.r officio information had beets tiled against hint without any previous int-miry. He declared that he had nothing to do with the book, and never had even rend it, till after the prosecution was com menced spinet him by the Attorney-General, without any notice: a mode of proceeding which he should always calla remains of the Star-Chamber. And now they had absolutely no proof against him, fir the chief evidence swore that he (the Delendamt) neither served hunt with the book or received the money. The whole case rested on the evidence of Bow-street informers ! of men wro received bluod-money!—and there were many instances of their being capable of plotting and contriving any thing for a reward. He had formerly been arrested at the in stance of the Society fur the Supine-610n of Vice, of which that character, the Bishop of Cloghrr, was a member, who had done more harm to the Christian religion than all the publications ever prosecuted. The Defendant then launched into a variety of topics, which no ingenuity could discover to have any bearing on the question. He likened himself to the Apostle Paul before Agrippa, and was proceeding to read from sonic book • severe in vective against the clergy, when be was inter rupted by The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, alto told him he could not allow him, in defending himself, to libel others. The Defendant contended for the right of taking what line of defence he thought proper. He had a right to read from this work, which had never been convicted of being libellous." If his Lordship decided agsinst him, he must bear it, hut the con. sequence would be. that his Lordship would go down to posterity se ■ tyrannical Judge. He con tended that it wus relevant to the point; if his Lord ship would but have a little more patience he would show it. He had been deprived of all his property by this prosecution, and though be stood now with out a shilling in his pocket, be was proud to appear in his own defence. He then adverted to the cause of the Greeks, who were Christians, yet not one of the Christian Powers of Europe appeared CHI their side. They were defending Christianity by pro.c cuting authors who presumed to inquire into its truth. He declared no blasphemy could equal that which had been uttered by Lord Liverpool, when he stated the agricultural distress to proceed from over-production. After some further observation:, he concluded by declaring his intention to call no witnesses, but to leave the case as it stood to the decision of the Jury. The .- SoLicrrott-GBASRAL said he should not reply. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then summed.up the evidence.. and told the Jury the single question for their consideration was, whether the Defendant, by himself, or by his agent, had published this work, the passages of which, as the Jury had once heard, he would not again repeat. The Ja►y consulted together for a few minutes, when one of them asked his Lordship if • book de nying the divinity of Chri►t was a libel ? The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE—" No doubt this is a libel from the terms in which our Saviour is spoken of. The Christian religion is part of the law of the land." The Jury then returned • verdict of Griky. THE NIRO V. THE INHABITANTS OP ST. PANCRAS. This was au indictment preferred at the instance of the Commissioners of the New Street against the Parish of St. Passers., for not repairing the road which ►ons round by the eastern side of the Re gent's Park. on the side of which the Jew's Harp !mstic-house. and other houses are built. The question turned entirely on the construction of the Acts of Parliament. The Cut EV JUSTICV suggested that a case should be made out for the opin►on of the Court, and eel. deuce of the facts was then gone into for that pur -100". It was established thet the road had been open to the public; but it appeared it hail been greasily cut up the cartage of materials for the erection of the horse barracks. The CHIEF JUSTICE expressed an opinion that this was a somewhat premature proctilmg, if it were to try the question of liability, and thought, as regarded the compelling the parish to repair it, bad au ungracious aspect. The SouciToit-GxxxitAL, after disclaiming any illiberal intention on the part of those by whom he was employed, consented to withdraw a juror, it be ing understood that Government would repair the road at present, and the question of future liability still rema►ns undecided. The remains of THoNAI M'Kamets, M.P. will be removed this day from Leicester-square, fur M. germeut io the New amrch, Ma►y.k-bone. OLD BAILEY, II ...EONESDAY. OCTOBER 43. These Sessiniis comineur,tl tlys clay Mr. Justice PAKK, the LORD MAYOR, and the RicoanFii. The tOlintring it w 'molars , of the number cf . Prisoners to he tried, awl the crimes they me charred with:— Burglsry, 5 ; rar, 1 ; returning frees trineperistion, 1 ; highway robbery. ; deIP4II.IiIIC SailSillfl , ol l f..r attempting to commit on infhtnuu• off,site. ! ; en abominable ri.toe. 2 ; forgery, 2 ; selling plate with rouged Grold.rniih.' meek, 1 ; receiving stolen Rwo la, 3 ; tint). zzienient. 2 ; suspicion of felony, 1 ; Lateen., 74 ; obtainiiig [unit. by filer. pretenein, 1 ; and ottallux fium the person, 16. Total, 112. FORGERY. John Benjamin Brooker, dei-cribeti in the Cden dui. as a bill-brukcr, was CApiloily itiduetrei for ing an endorsenintit as a itrript on ti (Ant k ; was a second count itlthe lv ii i i i i i l . ic c tai la e rk ti e t i et hrong with uttering it, knowing it to be forged, It,. intention of defraudioi Mr. ALLEY stated the co se on tile Wirt of 11.0, proiteeution. and called the following The Cleik of Aisi Prins of the Court of Corn-. mon Pleas produced the record of en ovum, of William Clarke v. Brooke.. The action was for gouda sold and delivered, and the Dr fendatit plead ed the general' issue. Verdict fur the Plaintiff. 131. 5.i. Sir Richard I3irnie deposed, that while the Pri soner was under examination at Bow-iitreet Office. he received a letter, purporting to be written by the Prosecutor, stating that he deigned prosecuting, as he might be mistaken tis to the circumstance of the receipt on the hack of the check ; the letter was delivered to hin► in the office. Clarke was it licensed victualle►, and was about leaving one house to go to another ; he sent for him, as he did not think it was a proper inte►ference with a Ma gistrate, situated as he was. He came to him, and un questioning him, he raid the signature was his writing, but the body of the letter was the writing of the Prisoner. Mr. Richard Dill, an attorney, deposed, he had be, n solicitor for the Plaintiff in the action in the Court of Common Pleas, of Clarke v. Brookes; he then gave evidence of the proceedings. On the trial, on the part of the Defendant, • receipt was put in, on the hack of a check, purporting to In, signed by the Pli 1111 l iff—" Segura bill ; check 10/. cash 5/. 10% (Signed) Wm. Clarke." Mr. Serjestit Pell, counsel for the D►fendant at the trial of the action, produced the check. The Learned Serjeant got it born the Prisoner, and opened his de feoce to the action; on it there was a bill for sewers, of 17/. 9s. put in by Plaintiff at the trial, and the Prisoner put in the receipt, as if he had discounted it, and the say the money was advanced.. There was a cause in the Court of King's Bench, of the title of Brookes, and Clarke took out • notice, which was served on the Prisoner, to shew cause before Mr. Justice Best why the check with the supposed receipt of the Prosecutor should oat be impounded with the Clerk of Court. The Prisons r attended with Mr. Isaacson. his Solicitor, at the Judge's Charnbera, when the Learned Judge direct ed that the Prisoner should deliver up the bill i.s twenty-four hours ; the Prisoner dad loot do so, and he the witness took out another summons directed to the Prisoner and his Solicitor, whet, Mr. Justice Best ordered that it should be given up forthwith, on the sth of July. He (the witness) received a copy of the check from Turner, clerk to Mr. Isaac son ; he laid it down on the table before the Judge, and said he had received it in pursuance of his order, but he hid lint been able to obtain the original check. 'file Prisoner and Isaacson were present. The Learned Judge asked whets. was the original check ? Mr. Issacson siid. he hail not brought it, but that he would fetch it in a few ; he then hesitated, and said he had deli vered it back to the Prisoner. The Judge then asked the Prisoner if the copy produced was a cop met copy of the original He flowered that it was. Ile then asked him for the original ; he sail he had pluced himself in a very peculiar sttuatiog, and lie had taken most able advice, and oil the strength of it he had destroyed the original check. Mr. Judge Best doubted that lie had eser received that advice ; he was certain that no honest man would give it. On his cross-examination by Mr. Se3jeant PELL, he did not state any thing to contradict his evidence in chief; he admitted that he was examined as u witness for the Plaintiff in the action, and that he did swear that the Prisoner admitted in his office that the account given tot he Prosecutor, Clarke, by Turner. the clerk of Mr. Isaacson, was correct, soil that three clerks of the witnett's were present at ►he time ; the Prisoner. sifter the trial of the action. hid applied to lino for the names of the clerks wins were present nu that occasion; that he first refused it, hut afterwards gave the list at the Judge's chambers. Ile did understand that the Prisoner had threatened to indict him for perjury. His jibe witness's) cost., in the causes of Clarke v. li.ookes, anti Brookes e. Choke, amounted to 100/ ; w June last lie had received 140/. front his client on ac count. On his cross-examination be said, 64 he re. ceiwed the 1401. from his client. but under suds circumstances that lie thought it was proper for him to bring the money Psi* Court with him ; produced the debtor and creiltior uccount, d• livered by Turner to the Prowectit•ir, from winch it up. peered Out the Prisoner admitted him.elf to Le debtor to the Prosecutor in the sum of 13/. Wm. Donald deposed, that he was en agent ►het sold goods by commission ; he sold a horse ►o Sai;r• mot., one of the Bow-street officers, on the IFi n • f Deremher last; Salmon paid I part in moo y ■nd gave turn a hill f 15/ payable in two for the remainder. lie Nero 'panted the 1'.t... , • . tor, Clarke, to the Prisonet's office in Bre..d-ri•ii •, Bow-street. to get the bill discounted. lie wsii..l outride for Clarke, and he brought him the prireteili of the bill by a check of• the Prironer on Nr.dsoll's hank for 101. arid the remainder in cash, three sove reigns sod 15.. Clarke had not any oi•.purtuwty to prat any figures on the check or sign his name nu the buck of it from the time he left the Primates house until he handed it to the witness. On his cross-examination he said he would not undertake to say whether the Prosecutor's endorse. meta was or we. not ou the check when be receiv ed it. George Word, a hotter, ►esiding in Cla►e-noarket. deposed that the Prisoner came to him the day