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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY B'xtrocts from the Morning PtTers, Jay 17. _.r. r .. [WIC TIMES.] TtiPre is reason to congratulate the people of Ireland, we think, on the peaceable manner in which it is now ascertained that the 12th as well as the ISt - of July has passed over. No triumph appears to have been celebrated in any 'part of the country from which communications have reached the Dublin Journals ; and. as there was no provocation offered, so there 'was no challenge to be accepted, and no outrage on either side has occurred. It is curioos, therefore, to observe . how, sooty and with how little trouble a heinous crime, when discreetly treated, subsides into a despicable folly. Not more than six or eight . Months .ago, the dressing or not dressing of a statue was to be the signal for a religious war frem . north hi south of Ireland ; the attempt 'to hinder that stupid mummery was to knock the. Lord Lieutenant's brains out, or to 44 disperse" his Excellency out of the kingdom ; the attempt to punish three drunken beasts of the upper gal lery. wee to end in embroiling the Government of Ireland with the Parliament, or both with the Catholic body ; but all has issued in a cloud of, smoke. The Orange , chorusses are reduced to the solitary screaming of a poor wit less Clergyman. The CetholiC Association hus acted. rightly on two occasions, and in the same week ; for it has remembered to thank .Mr. Brougham, and has forgotten to plague the Lord Lielit,Oant t the question, then, that meets one at every. turn is, 'what was the meaning of thisconfounded pother only a few months ago ? and' the answer, we supposes; must be, that Ire land would not have been [retold without it.— We have indeetlgood reason for believing, that if on this last ,Ittiniversary the public peace has been preserved, it wxs tint for want of anxious wishes, or of buiy muchlnations,.tetiding to Set the country 111 . 11 flame. Lord. Talbot had been frightened oily Clef his seteses by numberless pro phecies thilt ,generarrebellion WOW break out by a given day ;nod seine local dhltnrlntotes in'the southern counties gave colour to The fictions of his informers. Ilia Eitellency and r Grunt beghtl fortifying Dublin,on the presumption, 'doubtless, that the old Fmglish pale weir all that would be left to the King's GoVertmient, and that the Castle Wet their citadel and only' tenable post. It being well utiderstood that trstfason of disturbance has . been hitherto favourable tie . the continuance and' eXtension of that ascendaney which some persons otaim as their birthright, it is the obvious interest of such claimants to 'exaggerate commotions or to in vent thetp. They tried it with the last Irish Admi oistra tibia, and succeeded they have very recently tried it with the pr e s e nt one ,bot have,asreportsays, cOottiletely failed. All descriptions of incendiary tools have 'been employed .to throw rival factions into conflict, and thus to verify the assurances pressed upon the Government. The Itibandmen were threatened with a triumphal entry of Sir Bradley Kinginto the capital, monstrous as the eh '4ltilif.Y may seem, with a march of 20,000 Orange men, headed by Lord O'Neil, to enforce the de- Caration of the statue. This, of course, led to gn"thilts. and consultations of the Bihand men ; the object of which meetings were as certained to be precautionary ; but were re- PrE'sankd to - the Government as offensive and hostile to the State: The double - fraud, however, miscarried--4he persons in authority would not. be alartned. Lortt.Q'Neil and his army were not forthcoming, nor was the ovation of Sir Brad ley King., 'l' lie gibaodureit were equally slow to take the field ; and, to CUM up matters, there is no mate rebellion in Ireland than there has been any diiy these thirty year*, although that, to be sure l is Alot sayingmech for its tranquillity. . . rMORNiild POST 4 The Party which. has defended Iheaggression orFranre against, Spain assumes' a tone of contl-. dence.sud-triumph in the belief, real or affected, that the SUCCesi of •the , former is now nearly com plete.. this is, the first occasion, perhaps, on which the success of an, enterprize s been con sidered as derisive of its jastice, and we must he perniitted to hesitate ere we concur in a mode of Judgment which would compel us to applaud the most iniquitous and 'unprincipled schemes of cone quest as often as they do not fail, and which ac. knowledges no distinction between the triumphs of a Wellington or of a fluonaparte. lithe sway 41` . 1france. were . firmly established at this moment' over , the , whole of the Peninsula - , We 'should not therefore feel the has strongly that the principles Jecito the invasion'were detestableas well as absurd, and this sentiment is altogether indepen dent of tb,e use which she might mako .. of her ill. acquired.. authority.. It would, however, be dis. crept on the part of those who have pretended to justify, the •invasion, to moderato their .exulta tion,Jf ,even it should be successful, until they see Olt Frittme seeks not , the establishment of, troy ,p,Prmapent authority in 'pain ; since it can.' root lie ; doubted' that ti n Government and the Iwo)* of , EpOland would concur, would be bouniihy duty and honour, a s welt ,as iote rests. 0 cettcnr * ,,in defeating .by any means, or at such an. intention. We permit ourse'Ves to Suggest these ,cooslderations and breathe these hopeS, with a view to a state of things, whidt,, confidently and promptly es It is torpedo' by those whose wishes dictate tin it nioots ; ,we still believe not only distant but hro. probable. The advance of the French army nu .. resisted to Madrid; the further ad vance of a detachment of it to the neighbourhood of the isle of Leon • the acclamations of a rabble, at the sight of military spectacles .? the .apparent, re. *pert of dealers. o.r fartnerof „to &passing army -.Attach was. eon Wed b y , Fret-wit) Treasury to pay .them; viell for their tornmodities ; the dcfec. twit Or equliocation of • ,one or two m i litar y , leaders ; the, servile homage of a few prosti, lute ii or titoid Grandees .—these thin g s all, . taken together, do not appear to us to, be by any means ti4fillise of the ultimate, still less the 104ra„ii, inbjugation of Spain, — There ;ere rmitiji . ,questions to-which ,these cir etutistatices afford no answer; but 'biltich it be • • Inu answered favourably to the French before any expectation of their success can be rationally en tertained. What is the whole amount of loss hi therto sustained by the French army since it cross sed the Pyrenees? What is the number of Con stitutional Guerillas now in, or preparing for the field, compared with the number existing at the moment of the invasion? Of what strong holds in the country have the French yet obtained posses sion ? What provinces or districts are reduced to such peaceable and regulated subjection as to pay taxes to the Treasury of Madrid ? If the answer to every one of these questions must be decidedly unfavourable to the French, what real and secure progress is yet made towards the subjegation of Spain ? Are they any nearer the attainment of their object, because their bayonets glitter in spots from the Pyrenees to the remotest extre mity of the kingdom ? Is not this dispersion ne cessarily productive of weakness and danger ? If it be pretended that all apprehension of danger is removed by the cordial friendship of the population, let us be told then, who are the men that maintain such obstinate possession of the fortresses ? Let us understand how it is, that with so devoted a people for subjects, the Madrid Regency should be without a Treasury ? —Acclamations may resound, and triumphant arches be constructed from one end of Spain to the other ; we will not form our judgment of the issue of the conduct from symptoms so ostenta tious and obtrusive—we think it much safer to infer its condition and its prospects from the troops that pass and the ammunition which accu mulates at Bayonne—or from the large addition just made to the public debt of France. EMOII.NING CHRONICLI,] Accounts on WlliCh the utmost reliance•may be placed have been received direct from TOPolizel of the 16th May. They give a very favourable view of the. affairs of the Greeks. The know ledge of the interest begun to be taken in their concerns by the British' public, bad been commu nicated by the agent sent by the Greek Com mittee, to a sitting , of the House of Brepresenta. tives. About sixty Members were present; and the majority of them were moved even' to tears by these first proofs - of the sympathy Sect for thorn in a country to which' they had - long fondly looked, bUt of which they had received but too much cause to be distrustful. Though the efforts of the Turks would probablY be oh a greater scale than any they. had' hitherto made, the courage , and confidence of the Greeks had, on the other: handy greatly increased ; and they were makidg a sensible progreit in a' better organization. The Military Chiefs were beginning to recognize the authority of the Cen- - t'ral Governmentoo that a union df counsels and operations, the want of which has" hitherto been . of 'au much injury to thellreeks, might now, be c alculated on. Upon. the whole, though their wants were :many, yet they bore up with courage a nd determination. We cannot let slip this ot*. 'portunity of expressingoursetisfactiOn Wilful that the'exertions of 1141 Greeks have at last seendogly established them in the fairour of all parties in this' country. We may say that, a very short time ago, we stood nearly' alone when we pointed to Greece as a country, capable, from its situation and the qualities of its indegenous population, of becoming a valuable auxiliary to this country, and a barrier against Russian encroachment. — Now this sentiment is echoed from one end of the island to the.other ; and it is difficult to dis tinguish between the 'engage of th. Ministerial and Opposition Journals, when speaking of the CI reeks. rNEW tIMESI We have received Letters and Papers from Cape Coast Castle to. the 15th of April. The Owen Glendower, Driver,' and Gyre:le,• had re cently arrived there. Sir Charles MiCarthy,-the active and able Governor of the British :terri tories on the western coast of Afriea f embarked on the 14th on board the Owen Glendower . for Acura. At his departure the inhabitants crowded to the shore, to testify their attachment to One who,. by his equitable and paternal government, had endeared himself to all classes subject to his command. On the 13th of lnst December his Excellency landed at Cape Coast Castle from Sierra Leone. A. few weeks after his arrival he attended the opening of an excellent new road, which had been cut from Cape Coast to, Annamaboe, over woody mountains and plains heretofore almost impassable. This and every other improvement of the country, Sir Charles hat' zealously prompted. It is indeed gratifying to observe a British Governor so indefatigable in spreading Christian knowledge and the arts :Used life through regions involved in Pagan super. stition and barbarous ignorance. Schoills on the system of Dr. Bell have been established at all the Settlements, and the Native Chiefs eagerly avail themselves of these means to have their children taught our language and arts. At-the examination of the scholars the Governor was present, and found . their progress in reading and writing gnglish to be really surprising. The na tive towns near Cape Coast am- much improv ed : a market, a novelty to the Africans, was opened. British jurisprudence was gradually ietroduced, and native troops were organized . under English Officers for the defence of the Settlement. This last measure appears .to have had no small effect in deterring the Kitig of the A shantes, a most barbarous tyrant and plunderer, from a meditated attack on Cape Coast, The' Fautees and other tribes in the neighbourhood begin to look up to us for protection ; and though the policy pursued by Sir Charles Mac arthy was eminently conciliatory, yet it appears that the spirit which he displayed in resenting a violation of our territory by the King of Ashantee, had made the latter speedily desist from his menaced invasion.—The Slave Trade, we regret to find, was still carried on with hate-,‘ ful activity both by Portuguese and French yes. sets. Until that bloody traffic is declared, by the common consent of nations, •to be piracy, no ef fectual means can be found for its entire suppres tion. [MORNING HERALD,] It is now near forty years mince the starting of the question of abolishing the - Slave Trade--20 of these years were consumed in a ceaseless struggle to procure a sentence of condemnation from Parliament upon this inhuman crime— and the remaining period, up to the present time, has been applied to the means of giving effect to the law of abolition. The exertions for this latter purpose have not been, proportionately successful—Avarice and rapacity have dared the penalties of the law, and it has been doubted whether the horrible cruelties resulting from a clandestine traffic have not counterbalanced the check given to it by the act of abolition. Bat, of late, a new subject of legislation has forced itself on the ptiblic notice—a new picture of the horrors of slavery; more reiolting; if possible, than the agony of being dragged away from all the objects which nature or affection, or preju dice, have made dear to the heart, and being consigned on the ocean', to torture, disease, death —lt is the horrible treatment slaves receiie in most, if not all the British West India Colonies. Vire yesterday gave a specimen, in an extract from a correspondence received by the Colonial Secretary, from Honduras. What scenes of dis gustful atrocity I .—of human nature degraded,— in the sufferer and the tormentor! It may be supposed that those stated are cases of exception—or that this system of brutal cruelty is confined to some only of the lesser settlements of inferior` wealth and civi lization. It is not,•liewever, the fact—infarma tion of the condition of slaves in the principal colonies has recently 'inured in upon the public, by means of the African Institution and other similar associations, who, have communicated the correspondence of missionaries and other agents who bad been sent out from this country. The planters, or persons in' their interest, have had the effrontery to assert that cruelty to Negro Slaves was unknown in the larger and wealthier islands. But how doei the fact turn Out ? According to several recent publications appearing' under the auspices of the associations to which we have al luded, and written by eye -witnesses, - Jamaica it self exhibits to the European observer, in the gene.' rat, a shameless,correptiand inhumanly cruel cotf , ' mtmity. We are unwilling to particularize from these Works Any extracts by way of ,etatnple,' merely becau§e the passages - calculated tOsfamp the character of the system would be too shock- - nig for quotation. It is hard to'say.whether the scenes related exhibit' the sons of Europe' there; more brutal In their cruelty to negroes',.or their owtrprofligacy. It is true' that some,Par liametitary enactments belie been mhde to check this aboinitrationantr that the Mine Depart ment' has also' used means and' endeavours for the same purpose,• which' have" net come proininently, before, the public--but hitherto With little or no effect. ger does it appear that any real improve: meet can. be effected by tbesd' r 1 ITz Is raiss.l The Aforsiteur gives us a bulletin' from' Marshal' Moncey—not containing an account of splendid achievements by that Generel, but , merely aft• flouncing his Intention . to' besiege Barcelona, and giving note of the prepar'atioiA made for that purpose. From the style of the FrenclvGenera4 however, it,is tolerably clear' that he does not think lightly of the undertaking. Atcording to. this bulletin, the place was to have been inVested on the 10th snot.; but we are happy to find it acknowledged by Moncey, that he will be op. posed by thevorps of thn two Spanish Generals, Milaus and Llobera, who'lere stationed in COM* mending positions' near the cityi with a force amounting (even by the French' account) to /WO men. The Paris Papers have stioften amused us with the threatened investment flf Barcelona, and the enterprize has been so lung delayed,',that our hopes are certainly strung when we look to that quarter of the Peninsula. Neither is there any thing to discourage us in other directions. The war not soon terminating, hue, ed the Duke d'Angouleme to think of returning to France. This is consider it i s probabi l ity reported, i t n fi d e n c consider ed the more probable, from the circumstance of Marshal J.auriston having proceeded to join the ertny in Spain. A letter from Bayonne, dated the 7th instant, states that the Marshal was at that place on the Pith, and reviewed a regiment, which was on its way to the seat of war. The French ministerial journals have lately amused their readers with statements of the deplorable situation of Cadiz ; amongst other accounts, we were told that the garrison was in a most dig tressed state for want of provisions. Information, however, w hi c h ma y be relied on, has been re ceived w i t hi n t h ese few days, from which we learn that, so far from the tosin being distressed, it was well victualled, and quite prep are d f or a vigorous and determined defence. The Guerilla chiefs, it would seem, are extremely active in their harassing mode of warfare; whilst Ballasteros, on his part, with a considerable fo rce , i s successfully extending his field of exertion. After the reported declara tions in the French official Bulletins, that all the boasted success of their arms had been obtained with a trifling sacrifice, it is rather an awkward truth for them to learn, that. their army has been thinned of at least ten thousand men since its invasion of Spain. There is another report in the Bayonne Papers, that Morillo, when he learnt that Ferdinand was r e stored to his authority at Cadiz, had resumed offensive operations, and publicly declared his fir n determination to tie. fend the Constitutionel system. However this ratty be, it is not a littl e s i n gular, that the French Journals of Mendes , are , totally silent on the proceedings of Morillo, and give us no news what ever from Gallicia. We noticed yesterday the want of &rich i n f ormat i on ; 'and we cannot but think that th e French Ministry know a little snore of the events in the quarter alluded to, than they are disposed to snake public. An other matter of congratulation is) that the French have not yet obtained possession of the strong places in the Peeinsula ; and the last accounts inform us, that the garrison of Ciudad Rodrigo made frequent and successful e xcursioug, which the besiegers were unable to prevent. From the general aspect of affairs, therefore, we congratu late our read ers on the prospect of a success ful "shinniee being made against one of the foulest aggression s that ever disgraced a civilized nation. PRIZES IN LITERATURE AND POLITICS. A Society of Statesmen, and of men of letters who wish to become Statesmen, has, it is said, been formed, and has commenced its operations by propoSing a prize to the writer who shall best demonstrate all the advantages of absolute power, victoriously refuting the partizans of Con stitutions and Representative Governments. The Memoir id to commence by an historical expose of the benefits conferred by absolute power on the earth amongst the ancients and amongst the moderns. The author is to be careful not to quote examples, except from the Government of a single individual, for fear it should be objected in such case, that absolute power was productive of no inconvenience from its being dispersed in the hands of many. This restriction will doubt less preVent 'many traits which might have figUred with honour in the picture to be traced. The exercise of absolute power by the peasants of Suable, by the adherents of Vat Tyler in England, and .by the men of the 4 2d of Septem ber, would furnish useful and facile embellish ments. But it might be a reproach to this dis play, that it was clothed with republican forms, and the Seciety mean that all the eulogies are re served for absolute power, in the hands of a single individual. It desires, moteoVer,that the author of the Memoir should choose facts, ad the ground of his panegyric, occurring under the reigns' to, whiCh the charge of usurpation is not applicable. Thus all the acts of Napoleon, what ever resemblance they may have to the proceed logs of such' or such' a Government, not that of an usurper ; or whatever good there may be in the principle which dictated them,' are . to form' no part of the Citations entering into this part of the work. The Strciety expecte that With ,sotne !abhor the anilioi may find sufficient instances to britig toglithei alt the requisite' qualities. It Par ticularly poiriti out th'e' reign of Louis Xi., that of Charles . D 6. ,, which . resent to the writer St. Bariffolotnew, as an intfemlnity for the silence en joined .on him' eispecting. the 2tl September;' a part of that of LOWS on account of the Dragonidee; that of Henry VIII. of England', lietaiee it must enlist the fair sex into admiration of absolueipoWer and lie therefore will not fail to give an' abridged recital' of the destiny of the wives of Henry VIII., and of nearly the whole period of British history, froth 1660 to 1688 ; together With .the' giraffes of Kerrel 7 --of Jeffries women drowned and burnt in Scotland, be cauee' they could' not give security for their' (ley°. ' tion to the King;: lastly,' the deaths of Sidney, Easex,-and Russell', must not be neglected. The author may give' also some anecdotes from the an nals of the. Ministry of the Marquess de Pomba' ; and froth' thi life of one M. de Souza, whom the absolute power of that Minister placed in a sub :terraneau clifugeetr, half of his body being in water, where M. de Souza remaiued till his death.. This l'eColfection - may encourage M. de the'great grandson or grand nephew of that M.'d'e Souza, to neglect nothing for the pur pose of restoring abretute power throughout Per fugal: Alter•haVing Out treated the historical part,' the' author must take much care about the reasoning+, Re must give to absolute power a precise add exact definition. He must say that absolute power, to exist in reality, must be above ,all taws,. for if there are laws to invoke against 'absolute power, there must be an authority sup. posed capable of judging the validity of its acts. From this circumstance alone such authority would be above absolute power, the acts of which it could controul, and it would follow that such power would be no'. longer absolute.—(Courier Francais). SUMMER ASSIZES. f.; I IELAISFORD, JULY 15. The Summer Assizes for this County commenced here to day, before the Hon. Mr. Baron GRAHAM on the Crown Side, and Mr. Serjeant ONsz.&iv on the Civil Side. The gaol.calen dar contains 72 commitments, including cases for the Sessions, very few of. which are for offences of a serious complexion. Of 24 venires brought down, 21 have produced causes, four of which are appointed to be tried by Special Juries. CIVIL SIDE.-blArl'ilEWS V. REYNOLDS. This was an action of trover for certain articles of household furniture, alleged to have been converted by the defendant to his own use.—Plea, not guilty. The case was this :—The plaintiff was the widow of a seaman named Matthews, who, whilst he was united to her in connubial bonds, thought proper to take unto himself another wife, now the wife of the defendant. Upon his death, the second wife took out letters of administration to his estate and effects, and took possession of the furniture in question, and afterwards married the defendant. The plaintiff, who had been separated from her spouse, instituted proceedings in Doctors' Commons, and obtained a recall of the letters of administration granted to the second Mrs. Matthews, and got fresh letters of administra tion granted to herself, and now brought the pcesent action, after a demand upon and refusal by the defendant to deliver the furniture in dispute. The defence set up was, that the defendant finding that the effects of Mr. Matthews were likely to occasion some dispute between the two wives, had relinquished all claim to them,imd had in fact delivered them up to a next door neighbour, his own brother, prior to his marriage with the second Mrs. Matthews. This, however, was held to be a conversion to sup port trover, and the Jury, under the Learned Judge's direc tion, found their verdict for the plaintiffs; and it was agreed that the furniture in specie should be delivered up to the plain tiff.—This was the only case worth mentioning. YORK, JULY 14. Mr. Justice BA YI.EY at nine o'clock thin morning took his seat on the bench of the City Court at the Guildhall, and charged the Grand Jury. Ile congratulated them on having but one indictment fur trial at the City Assizes—it was that of two women who were charged with an offence not very uncom mon in this city—namely, picking pocket*. It was the duty, his Lordship said, of the police, particularly of the night watch, to take such precautionary measures, by clearing the streets of idle and dissolute characters, and watching their places of resort, as would prevent intemperate persons from being exposed to their licentiousness. lie then congratulated the city upon their arrangements for introducing a species of labour into their prison which was now generally adopted through the kingdom (apind. ing to the Tread.niill), and the consequences of which would he moat salutary. Nothing could be better in every view of the subject than to impose upon prisoners the duty Of labour, and cultivate by every . means such practices among them as would banish habits of idleness and dissolutencsS, while they were exposed to seclusion front society. Ile was glad to find that the City of York, by introducing this system of compulsory labour, wag determined to show itself ready to facilitate the good work of Improvement in prison discipline. His 'Lordship concluded by observing, that, as at present advised, the case of the, two females already mentioned was that which would alone occupy their attention. Two women were then tried and convicted for picking a farmer's pocket. Sentence-14 years' transportation. COUNTY COURT.-CIVIL al Al. Mr. Justice BAYLEY at twelve o'clock commenced business at Nisi Prim*, in the Castle of York. V. socirvirs. Thiswas --- an action brought responsi. No person of the " Union Friendly Society" of, Huddersfield, against the defendant, who was assignee o 1 Messrs. nelAitullin and Joshua Ingham, bankers, and afterward* bankrupts, at Huddersfield, for the recovery of a sum of 6001. which WAS duly deposited in their bands, as topeurets foe the seciet7, in g to the provisions of the act of the late King, which entitle all friendly societies, dulyregistered, enrolled, and approved bk the Magistrates at the quarter sessions of the district, in the case of die bankruptcy of any holder of their funds, to re cover the full amount of the debt out of the assets of the estate. The plaintiff was at the commencement of the case nonsuited, upon an informality in the =deo( showing the election of some of the officers of the society. CROWN SIDE. After the Court had been opened with the usual ceremony. Mr. Justice HOLROYD, at half-past 12 o'clock, charged the Grand Jury. He said, that upon examining the state of their calendar, and perusing the depositions of the several cases in tended for their preliminary consideration, he was happy to have the opportunity of congratulating them on the compara tively small number of prisoners committed for trial, consider ing the extensive and populous nature of their district. Even out of this diminished number, it was likely some of the cases would not be brought under their consideration ; and of those that would, there was an equal probability many would not call for extended investigation. There were two or three, how- ever, upon which it was his duty to make some observations to them, although from their experience at Assizes it was per haps unnecessary. He felt the highest satisfaction in believing that the good and orderly disposition of the inhabitants of so great a county—that conduct which disposed them to order and an obedience to the laws, was in a great degree attributable to the vigilant care of the Magistrates, whose exertions and at tention he could well appreciate, not only in securing the due punishment of offenders, but also in the more pleasing and no less essential effort to give full effect to those laws in existence which had for their object the prevention of crime. One of the cases to which he had just referred was a charge of burglary, where no property was stolen from the premises: now, the law with reference to such a case was this—if the premises were en tered in the night time with a felonious intent, the removal of any property from one part of the house to another, or out of a drawer or box, would constitute larceny, so as to establish the offence complete. There was also a case of horse-stealing in which it might perhaps appear that the a nimal w a s not carried away from the owner Without his consent, but was rather volun• tardy intrusted to the person charged with the theft. If that should appear, and that the horse was lent for a particular purpose, and that the party so getting it at the same time had prepared to depart from such a purpose, and to run away with the property he had so frandulently acquired, then, in law, such an act would constitute a larceny, and amount to the offence of horse-stealing. But if the fraudulent intent should not appear to have existed when the horse was first obtained, then it would not be the crime of larceny, in which there must be a constructive taking : if afterwards, it would not amount to' the offence of felony, unless the act was determined upon after the time had expired for which the horse was lent, which would involve a nice question of law. There were also for investigation some cases of Komi. ride, in which it might be doubtful, whether the• crime amounted to murdefor manslaughter, but the safer course for the Grand Jury would be in such cases to find the bill, and leave the precise nature of the crime to be defined in the ulterior stage of trial. In one of the cases which would be submitted to them, it might be a matter of doubt whethei the act of the pri soner was the cause of the death of the deceased; if, from the evidence of the surgeon, they should not be certain that it had caused his death, it would be unnecessary to find a bill; but if from his testimony, coupled with other evidence, it should appear to have accelerated death, though there might be other predisposing causes ' they ought to put the prisoner upin his trial. These were the only observations with which he shoold now trouble them. There were only two cases tried in the course'of the day, and they were entirely devoid of interest. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CRICKET. The Cricket Match between the West Kent and Epsom Clubs was played on Epsom Downs on Monday and T ue sd a y , and decided in favour of the Kent Club. EPSOM. rENT. . 97 Ist Inning* 2d Ditto - 107 lst Innings . 149 256 When the Kent had got 149 ii two wickets down, it was agt would give up the ➢latch. the second innings, with only► xi by the Epsoni Club they PEDESTRIA NISM. t d ra on in e in th g e . A match of fifteen miles was run yesterday morning for fifty sovereigns over a three mile piece of ground, under Basil. at 5 to 4. don Park-wall, Essex, between Samuel - Betteridge, the Nor thamptonshire Pedestrian, and Woodford, the groom, who had di ß st e a t ri te c r e td in e o , n u e•li a ot i i ) r n a n n li d e I.ll 4o n t i u m in r, ut w ev ase wit f h ot a ti fe a w re da b y e s . fore the public, an d who has been in good hands, was backed The pedestrians ran naked , light drawers an d s h oes . They . starteX with the exception of at contrary ends_of the mile, and did th e groun d a s under:— BETTER [nor. Min. See. woonroun. Min. Sec. First three miles 15 53 First three miles 10 '2' Second - - 111 42 Second - - 18 53 Third - - 113 14 Third - - 18 12 Fourth . - - 13 SB Fourth - - 19 42 Fifth - - 21 37 Fifth - . 21 42 Hour 1 33 29 It was a remarkably fine race had done about the same grouni and two seconds over his advors hundred yards. Hour 1 34 31. until the last mile,' when both id. Iletteridge won by minute eery, who was beat more than a SUICIDE.—An Inquisition was taken last night before TUOMAS SHELTON, Esq. Coroner, at the Sun and Anchor, St. Dunstan's Hill, Lower Thames-street, on the body of Mr. Christopher Crow, Clerk to Messrs. Kymer, Patry, and Co., 38, Mincing-lane, Tower-street, aged about 9-3 years, who had shot himself. It appeared, that having been discharged for concealing a watch, he put an end to his existence on the morning on. which he was to depart. The Coroner wished to impress upon the minds of the Jury, that a per— son committing self-murder may now be buried' in a church-yard, though without the rites and ceremonies of the Church. After a few minutes consultation, the Jury returned a verdict of— " Temporary Insanity." COAL-MARKET, JULY 16. Ships at Market. Ships sold Prim 13 Newcastle - - 10 . 37s ad to 44s Od 4i Sunderland - . 3i • 348 Ott to 44a 9a 0 Scotch Coal - - 0 - -:-S Oti to —a Od 1111tT1i&. At Putney, on the 12th inst., the Lady of John Paterson, Esq., commander of the lion. East India Company's ship Re pulse, of a son. On Monday last, the Lady of Mr. F. W. Carter, of Soutti.• wark, of a son. A Park farm, Waterperry, Oxon, the Lady of Joseph. War-, • ner Henley, Esq., of a daughter. MA RRIE D. Yesterday, at St. George';,iiiiicover-square, John JArrett, Esq. of 111arelands, in the County of Hants and Vamerton Ifouse, Sornersetshire, to Anna Eliza Waller, younodt daugh ter of Sir Wathen Waller, Bart. of Pope's.l.4ll4, Twickens ham; and of llertford.street, flay-fair. On Tuesday, the 15th inst., at Speldhurst, Kent, ,3lajor Brook Bridges Parlby, of the 141sdras army; to Alisi 11.1 aria Plumb. On the 15th inst., at Richmond. Surrey, John Horn%low, Eag., of Shipton-upon-.Stour, to Miss Martha Sabiti, niece Of the late T. Sabin, Esq., of theism -up DIED. On the 14th July, in the 81st year of his age, at Greenhill, Delp . Harrow, the her. Weeder) Butler, senior, the last of the founders of the Society Meeting in Craven street, Strand,, for the Relief of Prisoners for Stanlt Debts. This morning at the advanced age of 116, Mr. Mark GrahaM, many years a Printer and ;Manufacturer of Primer's Ink in this tnetropolis.—lle was a man of good sense, probity, and t humour, and regretted by his nUtnerOus fkientis. On the 13th inst., at Clifton in the 24th yea r ' o f hi s age, Lieut. Henry O. Brooke, of hi s Majesty's 7.sth.regtmenf. At her house, at Carshaiton, Surrey, on Tuesday; theitsth inst., Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace. On Tuesday, the 15th hist., Ann, youngest daughter of J. H. Pope, sq., Somerset -street, Portnianictuare. On Thursday, the 10th ins t 4 et lianinierarnsth, in the 60th year of his age, Win. Boyce; Esq., Only itin'Of the late Dr. Wrn. Boyce. At Peckham, c.rl the 6th inst., in the 20th year of her age, Jane, the wife of ',lent. Tobias Voting, R.N. - , the fourth. daughter of the late John Gilbert, Esq., of 'NewpoTt; in the' Isle of Wight. Printed and PublisntT for tle Pnopntietroks at the . Orrlcy, 02, *rand, b'y J. D. CA*31%04130 ;LUC. a) 0 rue