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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, June 19. [THE Tistts.] A Spanish Cabinet Messenger arrived last night in London. He was dispatched by the Mock Regency at Madrid to Mr. Canning, and we know that the letters which he brings for the British Government, dated the Bth instant, are for the purpose of requesting that England will acknowledge the Regency, according to the ex ample given by the Courts of Austria, Prussia, and *Russia, together with their underlings of Naples, Sardinia, and "zd genus °pane." Now, then, it is to he seen whether Mr. Canning will lay the honour of England rroskrate at the feet of a French General and his traitorous associates, the Spanish Regency. Wo shall see whether our neutrality is as honest as Mr. Canning boasted, not two months ago. 'Neutrality com mands that the messenger should be immediately sent hack with a peremptory declaration, that England cannot consider the French-Spanish Re gency in any other light than as a parcel of traitors against their King and country. The Spanish Subscription at length assumes that character and importance which is due to the cause. The Public will partly perceive by the Daily Papers, and partly learn from the general voice, that Meetings are every where convening, and local contributions raising, in aid of the 0p..; pressed People of the Peninsula. A Meeting has been held at Chichester, of certain inhabit ants of the county of Sussex, Sir Godfrey Web ster in the Chair, at which a series of resolutions were agreed to, sympathizing in the injuries of the Spaniards, and determining to advance them pecuniary aid. The inhabitants of Clapham and its vicinity have met for the same honourable and humane purpose. The inhabitants of the iVard of l3ishopsgate have signed a Requi sition to their Alderman to call a Meeting.— Among the Companies of the Metropolis, that Of the Tin-Plate Workers has •been the first to skew its brethren of similarsocieties that it feels for an oppressed peopl e , though fo reigners. We cite these rather as examples of what may and will be done, than as forming a summary of what has been done. The ball is set a rolling ; and we have no doubt it will gather in its descent. The brave Spaniardi will at least see, that if we cannot fight for them, we can feel for them. Meetings of every description . are on the point of assembling ; their result, will prove beneficial to the inhabitants of the Peninsula, by producing pecuniary' aid ; and useful to those who assemble, from the exercise of free discus lion. We cannot close those notices without re commending with our warmest earnestness to the grand London Committee, the most active exer tions, mingled with the most peculiar care and attention to their proceedings. The world feels that much depend* upon them; the Spaniards feel the same in a yet more acute manner.—, ( [WORN'Nta IlEttALli.) There is no intelligence from Seville later than the bth, at which time, it is stated, intentions were entertained of removing the King to Cadiz, and the Cortes to the hie of Leon, from which Cadiz is but a league and a half distant. It is scarcely to be supposed that this statement is founded in truth, because the Cortei" could not do any act which would sooner lead to their dis solution than that of separating the seat of their deliberations from the residence of the Govern ment. The French could find no sort of diffi culty in cutting off the communication between Cadiz and the Isla, for the road between the two towns is a causeway, the foot of which is washed by the sea on both sides. The French might 'detach a thousand men from Port Saint Mary's across the Bay of Cadiz, land them on the causeway, and thus completely dissever the King from the Cortes. There is no doubt that the approximation of the French division to Seville will ha'e obliged the Cortes by this time to cvine to some decision as to the place of their removal, but we apprehend that whore ever they adjourn to they will not separate them selves from the King. It is the season of all others the least adapted for the congregation of a multitude in Cadiz, and upon the slightest symp tom of a plague, could the Cortes think of de taining the Royal Family within the sphere of its influence? Besides, although the Cortes might succeed in shutting themselves up within the walls of that city, would they not go into it with the certainty of cutting themselves off tram the rest of the Peninsula ? 'ft has been mentioned to us that they will not either proceed them selves, or permit the King to go beyond the Isla on that side, but that they will remain in the Isla until the pursuit of the French shall compel them to retire, and that in the last resort they will, with the consent of the British Govern ment', take reftwe in Gibraltar. In this state of thinga,Creat Britain would have )t in her power to negociate for Spain, and to exercise in reality that intervention in the arrangement of her un. fortunate affairs, which M. do Chateaubriand pledged himself, in the late negociations, to call for, when the proper time would arrive. Consi dering the Insincerity —we had almost said du plicity—with which the French Ministers con ducted themselves towards our Government in the progress of those negociations, it might well be doubted whether they would not take measures for reducing our inter ference to a mere shadow, if they would allow it at' all. With the King and Cortes on our side, propositions might be made worthy of England to originate, and of Spain to accept. We might pat to flight altogether that monstrous principle set forth in the speech of the King of France, that 66 Spain could hold her institutions only from her Sovereign." We might secure to the Spaniards the liberty of (lie Press, and what more nearly - concerns ourselves—we should pre. vent the accolnpliihment or one of the main ob jects of this unjust war—namely, the renewal and maintenance' of a French interest in Spain, destined.to, pp ii r athinate over that of England. We could haves wished that the Spaniards had been able meerthe French on' equal terms, and have driven them back beyond the Bidassoa, and then have taken their own time to modify their Con stitution. But this is a hope whose ground is every day diminishing ; and should it totally disappear, we see no happier means for solving their difficulties than that to which we have al luded. It is another question, how far such a pro ceeding on the part of the British Government, as that of affording an asylum to the King and Cortes, would be likely to expose us to the dan ger of ultimately Committing our character of neutrality. This, however, is a question which it seems not at all necessary to discuss at this stage, for " come what may," could we refuse hospita lity to any of the Belligerents who might demand it ? There are at this moment Royalists and Constitutionalists in Gibraltar, and if the Duke of Angouleme happened to be so hard pressed as to find it convenient to Ily within our ramparts, would not the Governor receive him ? [MORNING POST.] The mere announcement of the - noble and ra pidly filling Subscription commenced in Great Britain, will have infused a new spirit throughout Constitutional Spain. The arrival of the first supply from British sympathy will have afforded arms and ammunition to the PairrOts, who only want weapons to rise in defence of all that is dear and precious to man. The King and the Cortes will have retired within the Gibraltar of Spanish liberty, and the whole face of the contest will be changed or changing. The effect produced in France by Mina's incur, sion seems, according to every account, to have been far greater than could have been anticipated, and the alarm of the Authorities and of the Government itself, excessive. This alarm was encreased by the good conduct which he and his troops observed, as it served to con ciliate the feelings of the people. Some regrets arc ever► expressed that he committed no ravages, but paid regularly for all that his army had,' as the plunder or destruction of villages would have cured the French in those parts of all sympathy for the sufferings of Spain, and of the marked disposition which many of them entertain to succour rather than to oppose the injured.— This circuinstance alone may alter, not the wishes, but the intentions of the French Goverment.— It must slew them that the continuation of the contest is not without danger for them, and that it is their interest to moderate their de mands rather than incur the risks of a protracted war; but above all will they,be influenced by the solemn testimony which the spontaneous.offerings Of a free people bear to thetjustice of the Spanish cause, and the iniquity of its enetnies,and by the dread of the effect which it will produce amongst their intended victims. They will feel that a shield is extended overthe fallen, and they will suspend the meditated blow, lest that shield should be succeeded by a sword. In, this manner will this noble Subscription be doubly useful to the friends of Constitutional freedom, that is to say, all the enlightened part of the population in Spain. It will enable them to fight battles, if battles must still be' fought ; and it may induce their °pyres. sors to render the rood to peace lois difficult, by itbandoning the idea of restoring absolute des. potiSm. Let then degenerate Britons cease to diShonour 'the land in which they live and the language in which they write, by vain efforts to chill the sympathy and to check the liberality of -the Free Brave, for the Brave who would be free.l [BRITISH PH Ess.] Lord Nugent's Bill for the Relief of the Bri tish Catholics was read a second time last night, and ordered to he committed on Monday. Some opposition to part of the detail was made by Mr. Bankes. Mr. Peel declared his disposition to restore the elective franchise to the Catholics of England without any restriction. The de claration does him credit. Sir George Hill, the Orange Advncate, was the only Member who went so far as to oppose the principle of this most equitable Bill. Ireland, according to this liberal and enlightened Representative, has en joyed no tranquillity since 1793, when the elec tive franchise was restored to the Catholics ! " A Daniel—yea, a very Daniel come to judgment." " Oh, wise, Sir George, how much we honour thee!" We can tell, the Vice-Treasurer that it is the conduct of men such as he has shewn him self, that has reduced Ireland to its present de plorable state, and not the restoration of their undoubted rights to the great body of the people of Ireland. Sir . George Hill, and a few more of the vile party to which he is attached, are firebrands in Ireland, who will never suffer tranquillity or union to prevail among its people. With his principles and his attain ments, each worthy of the other, no opposition he can give any liberal or conciliatory measure, is matter of surprise ; the Only astonishment would be, how he could open his moth to utter a single enlightened or informed sentence. We would as soon expect humanity or toleration from a Fa miliar of the Inquisition, as any thing liberal or enlarged from such a man as Sir George THU.-- There is a privilege in Parliament to say things, which those who utti;r them there would not do out of doors. 'ln this way the Patrician Sir George assails, hi his armour of privilege, the principles and loyalty of the best blood in Eng land, and asperses the conduct Of nine-tenths of the suffering people of Ireland. This, too, from an Irish member. Common courtesy should have restrained the attack in one case, and common truth and justice in the other ; but it is suilicienf to say it came from the Vice-Treasurer, and Member for Lomlonderey—the liberal and dis interested Sir George Bill, who has a place, a sinecure, in these times ton, of 1,500/. a year! 'ri 31ES.] The news of yesterday, both from Spain and Portugal, is of immense importance. The Coun ter. Revolution in Portugal appears to be nearly complete. It was begun in the neighbourhood of Lisbon on the 27th May, by General Sampayo ; the Infant Miguel, the King's son, put himself at the head of the insurgents, and proclaimed the abolition of the Constitution at. Villa Franca, only 20 miles distant from the capital. On the 29th Gen. Sepulveda, with great part of the gar rison, of Lisbon, joined Prince Miguel« The same day the King, who was under the ciintroul of the Revolutionists, Darned' a new Ministry; but D. Neves Costa, one of the persons nominated, instead of accepting office, joined the Prince. On the 30th, three other Ministers were chosen from the Revolutionary ,party ; but on the 31st the Royalists had advanced to Scavem, within five miles of Lisbon ; and there is every reason to believe they entered the capital itself on.the Ist June.—ln the south of Spain we were told that the plan—the great military plan—of the .Revo lutionists was to develope itself; and that General Bordesoult was marching to certain de. struction in the passes of the Sierra Morena.— Well ! the first news we hear from that quarter, .even before the French have reached the Sierra Morena is, that the Revolutionists are beaten by the Spanish Royalists! Valdepenas is in La Mancha, on the road to Seville, 126 Miles South of Madrid, near the head of the Guadiana ; between 30 and 40 miles further to -the South, among the mountains, lies la Carolina, and about 15 - or 16 miles beyond (het, descend ing toward the Guadalquivir, is Baylen, memo. : rable for the surrender : of Dupont's army to General Castanos in 1808. On the ith instant the Revolutionary General Palencia had a part of his corps at Santa Cruz de Mudela, on the Valdepenas road, and was marching with the rest upon Almagro, about fifteen miles west of that road. Finding that the corps was thus di vided, the Royal Spanish General, the Duke De Dine, attacked those that were at Santa Cruz de Mndela, completely surprised them, took the only two pieces of cannon which they possessed, and made 200 prisoners, whom he conducted to La Carolina on the Bth inst. On hearing this news, Palencia hastily retired from Almagro, and di rected his march across the mountains ; but here he was so unfortunate as to fall in with Gen. Bor desoult,who completely destroyed his small force, about GOO in number, of whom he made 260 pri soners; and then pursued his route to Baylen.— We - once more beg our readers to refloat on the faithful statements. which we have constantly laid' before them ; and - on the profligate; shine ' less misrepreSeutations, with which they have :been deceived , by our opponents "If - Abe French abandon _the .protection of the 'Py renees," said. The Timer, 44 they will be swul. lowed up amidst an armed Nation." !!! Where is the armed - Nation ? And what did Mr. Lamb ton and his Committee mean by talking of " the gallant people of Spain ?" ifere is French Corps, which has net only abandoned the protec tion of the Pyrenees, but proceeded nearly 200 miles South of -Madrid,. and crossed - the Sierra Morena, without seeing any ,thing of the ‘' gallant people," or the a armed nation," except the dis comfited remaims (600 in all) of a Corps, which had been beaten by: their own countrymen, and which the- French completely destroyed ! MORNING Unit() NICLE6I The Courier, who (it cannot be repeated too often), is the evening organ of the Jesuitical Go vernment of France, contends that there is a mighty difference between lending money to the Bourbons and, giving money or arms to the brave hut pauperized people, whom these said Bourbons are seeking to enchain. Granted, there is a dif , ference ; in the. .one case, the money will be lent to the wicked' oppressor —•in •the other, it will be given to the, oppressed. Some English loan jobbers will, in the first case, lend Money to an unjust and wicked faction in one cowl try,„ with which that factien may find the means to enslave the nobler, Abut poor people ,of another ; in the .second - case the people of England will give to a gallant people, struggling for all that Englishmen hold dear, the means of struggling successfully,' This is undoubted ly a mighty ditterence, I3ut, adds The Cou rier, it is legal to lend, and illegal to give.— The distinction between lending and giving is sometimes rather a nice one. The money that the French Government wishes to obtain in Lon don may be called a loan, but its real character will be best understood at the time it shall have been repaid. When will that happen'? Let The Cvorier reflect fora moment on the present state of France ! and answer that question. The money that is Subscribed, ,and is about to be laid out in arms for the Spaniards, may be called a gift ; but if it should enable the brave Spaniards to check the wicked march Of the Holy Alliance, and of French supremacy, it will, in point of fact„ have b een a loan, 'repaid an hundred-fold to the people of England, by re4niug them from ,the evils of another 64 Continental System."— The writer itr The Courier must prove that we are wrong in thus viewing the two cases, before he again advances the Jesuitical quibble respecting the difference between a loan and a gift. if his view should be adopted by the British Go vernment, the proposal of our City Correspon dent, in The Chronicle of yestelday, may smooth the difficulty, that the money or arms about to be conveyed to Spain shall be lent to the Spaniards. If they fail in their struggle ? the money is the last thing we ought to think of ; if they succeed, we. shall be their debtors to an incalculably larger amount than that of the subscriptions we shall raise for them. Mr. Peel's exposure last night of the fabrica tions of the Princess Olive will be read with much surprise, that any individual should have had the audacity to carry impOsition to such a daring length, and that in this enlightened me tropolis the iwposition should have succeeded so extensively as it leas, even with respectable people. It must have cost the Right Hon. Gen tleman not a little trouble to get' together the body of evidence by which it hasaverturned for ever the claim s an d the consequence of this noted Princess. The whole will form an important chapter in the History of Imposture.—(Thid.) We are assured that the 'revocation of the order for the dismissal of the Countess of Bourke from Paris was applied for by the Foreign Ambassadors, and that they obtained from the French Minister its indefinite suspension. As to the Countess of Oxford and Mrs. Hutchinson, the decision is adhered, to, notwithsta n ding the represantations of the Ambassador of ,England ; and these two Ladies are to leave France immediately.—(Path Paper.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT. OF CHANCERY, JUNE 18. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. EONST v. lanais, KEMBLE AND OTHERS. Messrs. JAMES and Twiss followed in this case for the de. fence ; . after which Mr. HART replied at considerable length - The Lon]) CHANCELLOR was firmly of opinion, that as the deed of 1812 . provided for the liquidation of schedule and debts, that Mr. Coast could not complain that the defendants had applied the profits of the discharge of the other debts in preference to those mentioned in the schedule. He appre hended that, like all other partnership concerns, a majority of the parties here could deckle on any general question of po licy ; and therefore, if all the other proprietors judged it expe dient to put an end the circulation of the daily accounts as prejudicial to the interests of the theatre, they were perfectly justified in so doing, although Mr. Const opposed the measure. In ordinary partnership trades, however, a new partner could not be introduced without the consent of the whole of the firm ; but in the case of a theatre no such consent was necessary, each shareholder being at perfect liberty to dispose of the shares he might be entitled to, even in opposition to the wishes of the rest of the proprietors ; still he conceived that the investing of seven-eighths of the property which was previously in the hands of several persons, in one individual, could not constitute in such person any greater right; with reference to those entitled to the eighth share, than was possessed by the parties who made suet! assignment. His Lordship st a t e d thaf the extreme liability of Mr. Const, admitting that he did not possess any pecuniary interest, perfectly intitled him to come into Court.— He desired to be furnished with the bill, the deeds, and the affidavits, in order that he might be prepared with his final judgment on Tuesday. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 13. This being the, ast day of Term, the Cou s rt sat until a late hour. • IN. THE MATTER OF DE AK E LOCK . This was'a miation, calling upon Mr. Blakelock, a respect able solicitors to shew cause why he should not answer the matters of affidavits, which imputed to him, that he being agent on behalf of certain petititioners in Parliament against the return of Members to serve in Parliament for Lancaster, had abandoned their interests, and accepted a bribe of 150/. from the opposite party to neglect his duty ? The applicant was Mr. Cawthorne, one of the unsuccessful candidates. Mr. CAMPBELE and .Mr. BROUGHAM now shelved cause against, and Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. PARKE were heard in support of the rule. Mr. Blakelock, in his affidavit, positively denied the corrup tion imputed to him. A subscription of 900/. had been entered into by the Freemen of Lancaster to carry on the petition, and the money was placed in the hands of Mr. Johnson, the Country Solicitor, for that purpose, and Mr. Blakelock was employed by the latter as town agent. Mr. Blakeloek gave the usual securities required by the Committee of the House of Corn ' mons, for paying the expences of the petition, and had actually advanced out of his own pocket about 151111/. In the result finding that, Mr. Cawthorne, whO was the substantial Petitioner was without fund s t o p ay t h e expellee of the peti .tlon, whi ch would cost 1500!. at least per week, an overture was inadAioniAlie other side, and an agreement entered into, by which it was arranged that the petition should be dismissed as frivolous and vexatious, the successful party undertaking not to demand cost's. The opposite party agreed to giv e ISM to demythir.expence s of :certain witne s s es attending in Lan don, in support of the petition. Under these circumstances, the qttektion Was,'whetlier any blarne , teat attributable to Mr. Blakelock, who positively denied the corruption imputed to him ? • The COURT, after hearing the Counsel on both sides, dis charged the rule with costs. THE NINO V. MEAD AND ANDTHER. This was a hale obtained a few days 'since by Mr. J. Wtr.. 31 bk fpra afiiiiust di dilefendant for the wilful: murder of M r . J ames L aw, certiorari to remove into this Co urt an i n di ctment who had been prosecutor in this Court in December last, , of an indictment aga in s t Me a d, for wilful and corrupt perjury,in order that the defendants miht be tried either at th e b ar o f this Court or iti'sbme'other C ounty, on the groOnd that they were not likely to have a fair and impartial trial in the county of York, where the alleged murder was committed, in conse quence itr ei.rn,in inflammatory statements, which appeared in the Y erkshire•Newspapitis;and libellous papers distributed in the City,of 'York at the last Assizes, tending to prejudice th e prisone rs on their Al% IF; JUN t:s, in en - able and learned' aignMent, now chewed cause, and pointed out to the Court the insuperable dif.. &nicks which prevented a compliance with the desire of the prisoners„ who had already pleaded to the indictment, and eon. segnetitlyetnilit• net bti tried either at the bar of this Court or in airy other County than that in which the alleged felonr Was committc:d, with out infringing established rules, and m a l t i ng a preeedent likely to produce great mischief in the administra tion ofjustio. On the part of the prosecutori he produced affidavits which purged . them from any share in those proceed ings which had led to this application. Mr. J. WY/A:TAMS and 31r. A RCHBOLD. in ingenious ad dresses to the , , Court, urged the impossibility of obtaining an impartial trial. for. the prisoners in Yorkshire, in consequence of the inflammaCnry publicationa which had been circulated in that county. • . The COURT expressed much difficulty in complying with the object of the motion. in tile absence of all precedent. Ad milling the'force of the 'reasons which had been urged in sup port of the Motion, they thought the safest course was to re fuse the Application, trusting th a t i n t h e county o f Y or k a jury could, after the lapse of .live months, since which there had been no repetition o f the publications, be foUnd, by whom the prisoners might have a fair and impartial trial. Better to adopt this course than establish a precedent which might in future times produce considerable mischief.—Rule discharged. TUE ICING V. DOLBY. The COURT gave judgment in this case against both grounds which had been urged in support of the motion for a new trial. The first objection was as to the mode in which the jury -process had been issued; and the second was as to the manner in which the tales be circupistantibus had been previ. calmly summoned. Neither of these objections was tenanable in the opinion of the Court, regard being had to the summon ingurors by the cammon law, and by the Statute 35 Henry VIII. c. ii, and therefore they discharged the rule. THE KING v. RILEY AND CLUTTERBUCKE, ESQRS. This was a rule nisi for a criminal- information against these 'entlemen, Justices of Hertfordshire, for alleged corruption in he discharge of their office, in convicting a person under the Jame Laws. - _ Mr. SCARLETT now prayed to enlarge the rule until the next Term, notwithstanding the anxiety of the defendants to give a full answer to the Charge alleged against them.—The rule was accordingly enlarged. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. LAMBERT 1110D80if. • This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment. The plaintiff, with another person, had been a surety for an indivi dual, in a bail-bond to the Sheriff of Durham, and had been arrested on account of a breach of the security by the principal. The plaintiff settled the cause, the: defendant afterwards de lained hitii for the fees of the arrest, and he was obliged to Pgive a note for the payment of those fees; af ter w hi c h the de• endant permitted him to go at liberty. The case was tried at the last Spring Assizes for D ur h am , b e f ore 111 r. Justice Bayley, and. the Jury gave a verdict for the plain tiff, • and aasessed the damages at 395. The Learned Judge reported that he thought the action was very ill adVised, but he was of opinion that the Special Pleas did, not cover the whole imprisonment. However' as the Jury had given a verdict for less than 405., his Lordship had certified to deprive the plaintiff of costs. • If the imprisonment for the fees was a new impri sonment the plaintiff might maintain the action, but If it was merely a continuation of the first impriso nmen t, a verdict was to be entered for the defendant. Their Lordships were of opinion that the imprisonment was only in continuation of the original arrest, as the parties had never for one moment been separated, and the verdict was therefore entered for the defendant. SHERIFFS' OFFICE, RED LIOI.t-SQT,TARE. LIBEL.—BAYLEY V. AMPIILETT. This was a writ of inquiry to assess damages arising out of an action for Libel in the Court of Exchequer, and is which the defendant had suffered judgment to go against him by default. Mr. BROUGHAM stated the case. The plaintiff had been a re. spectable tradesman of Staflbrd, but becoming embarrassed had been obliged to relinquish his business, and had since acted as Sheriffs' Officer. The defendant was the printer and publisher of The Stnibrdahke PoLteryGazetle,in which the Libel had ap. reared, and which arose out of the following circumstances the town town of Staflbrd had been thrown inn; a ferment by the active but irregular proceedings by whi c h a M r . C oo k e h a d en . deavoured to obtain possession of the Stafford Barony ; to which he laid claim, and which is at present in the possession of Sir George Jerningham. In these . proceedings the plaintiff had been employed, and hence had given offence to the partisans of the Jerningham family. The defendant had thought fit to pub., lish in the newspaper edited by him a song and note, forming the libel now complained of. The Newspaper was here put in, and Mr. Brougham read from it the following extracts : Worthie; who compose the family of this lordly - Cooke, Sir, First on the list is Humphrey Bayley*, soon to be a Duke, Sir; Duke Humphrey ! so renowned of old, again In. fame shall -- shine, Sir • A likely Peer t o as k the Baron and his friends to dine, Sir." " • Humphrey Bairlg, a noted common informer, who has been so long employed in the bouncing trade as to be incredible on his oath." Mr: BROUGHAM resumed—The Jury would perceive this to be - a - case of libel in which the grossest attack had been made on his client's character—that after having been held up to de. rision in the song, he had been vilely calumni a t e d i n the note, and he now call e d upon t h em to give such damages as in their opinion the case required. Mr.PEARSON i on the behalf of the defendant, urged that the plaintiff had, by associating himself with the Cookes in their lawless proceedings, exposed himself to animadversion ; and that the defendant could have had no intention beyond that of preventing Cooke and his associates' from continuing their e*- tortions upon the tenants of the Stafford Barony; he therefore trusted the Jury would give no more than nominal damages. After the UNDER SIIERIFF had summed up, the Jury re tired, and in about: half an hour returned into Court and gave their verdict—Damages, Ten Pounds. RAYI.EY V. SMITH. This was an action brought by the same plaintiff against the defendant, who is a newsman residing in Stafford, for selling copies of the Newspaper containing the above libel. the defendant bad .suffered judgment by default. The Jury returned a verdict—Damages, One Shilling. MURDER. AT CLAMMVI. TiNzoN-HALL..:l 4 esterday, at half-past one o'clock, the three young men, Sterl, Keppel, and Scott, who stand charged with the murder of Mrs. Richards, were brought before L. B. ALLEN, En. , for , : a final examination.—Evidence, in ad. dition to that already puhlished, was adduced against the pri-. Oners. Hall, the chief constable, intimated to the Magistrate, that since the last examination Keppel had made a fl confession of all the facts to one of the gaolers of Horsemonger-lane prison. • Martha hook, of Robert-Street, StoCklell, niece to the late -.Mrs. Richards, whom she was in the habit of seeing every Fri. day, fully proved the identity of her unfortunate aunt's watch (now produced), and which was pawned, by the direetiOn of' . Stoffel, at Mr. Walmsley's, the pawnbroker. Reed, a constable of Clapham, produced the pocket which Was dragged from Mrs. Richards' side., containing her sheets, des in a shagreen case, and two thimbleS ; alio the Whitehand kerchief, with marks of blood upon it, which had been thrust into her mouth, and the brown paper parcel directed for" Mrs. Bell, hat Mrs. Richards', Clapham-emu/I,in," which led to the apprehension of St o ff e l a l most i mmediately after the murder, and which it will be recollected the murderers used for the pur- . pose of gaining easy access to the, house. The writing on the • outside of this parcel was compared with that which Stoffel.ex- 7' hibited to the Magistrate on the morning of the confession, and they exactly corresponded. - • The ingenuity of Htill, the chief const a bl e , w hi c h led to the apprehension of the prisoners is well worthy of notice and praise. On the morning of the murder he received a letter from Mr. Franks, the Vestry Clerk,' at Clapham; requesting his 'Mine.' diate attendance at, that,place. On arraying there, the brown pottier parcel, directed for Mrs. Bell, was put into his hands by Reed, the constable, and Hall, upon examining it, immediatel pronounced the murder to have been p er p e t rate d by_ a "touter' or some person engaged about stage-coaches. This remark, . which was suggested by the form and making up of the parcel. he" trade in the presence of Mr. Franks; and in the course of his inquiries he ascertained that Mrs. Richards had a relation, named Stoffel, who was a" cad," or attendant, upon the Cam. berwell stage-coaches at' he Mother Reil-cap. Hall, it will be recollected, apprehended Stofft , l immediately afterwards, when apprehension.t h e publi c which. the T p P i h i r e ca iw e t vi et ne d r l e th n n e e lad e o ag r e e n p s m t er n t s h r o es o n o s sie , ri a s n o n a n d l :l:el d : Y t i o l ' , l 7 n h i lt e o i r b r e tt . n gone through, Mr. ALLEM said—Now, Keppel, are you pr e p are d t o wt y whether you were in Mrs. Richards' house on the night Of the murder ? • Keppel—l will be obliged to you if you will have the confes sions of Scott and Stciffel read over to nie,-andl will then fell the truth, as I understand they havelaid the whole to my charge. Mr. At.r.rfr reminded hint that he had already made a con fession, which he (the ,Magistrate) had taken down on his first examination, and observed, that his pleading Guilty, if he in tended to say he was:so now, would not avail him on his trial. Mr. Reeves, the Chief Clerk, then read. the confession of *offal. Koppel listened to it with great attention, and at' the conclusion he was about to speak, when the :Worthy 11Iagirtrate. interrupted him, and again urged idin not to say any thing which, might prejudice him on his trial. • The three prisoners were fully committed for trial. . . c Eitt moNy oN MAttittAGE .Cuus unship being conducted and finished by the relatives of the parties, . and a present being made to the bride (cont rar y' to t h e c us tom o f most c ountries , where the r e l at i ves o f t h e b ride are expected to bring presents to th e i r h us b an d s) a day is ap pointed, for which the calendar is consulted for a lucky one . ; , the bride sets out, locked up in a sedan, preceded by relations, servants, &c. with li g h te d flambeaux in thew h a nds, although It be noon day, to the house of the , bridegroom, to whom the key of the sedan is delivered by ..- the nearest of kin to the bride. As soon as the bride steps front her chair, the bridegroom leads her into the hall, where they are seated at different tables, in the ssine room or hall.t. but before the bride and bridegroom are seated at table, they make four reverences to Tien, a supposed spirit residing in heaven. When seated at table, they pour wine on the ground before they begin to eat, and alsO set apart 'some of the provi. jions for their idols. The moment each of them tastes the viands on the table, the bridegroom rises up, and invites his lady to drink; upon which she rises also, and return s hi m t h e trent. A ft er this, two cups of wine are brought, .of which they drink part, , and pour the residue into another cup, oat of whleh they drink alternately, and this confirms the nuptials. The bride then- goes among the ladies and spends the day with them, the bridegroom treatin g hi s f r i ends at the same time•in a separate apartment. In Chi na i t would be as ufifashionable to appear in white at a Wedding, as it.would insE urop - e to be dressed in black. The law s o f Chi na do not permit any su bj ec t and Witt he r ti e' mistress. The Emperor to have more wives than one, b ut h e may keep as many concu obbinediesenint to hi b s is ho w iz, as he Pleas es; t h ese, however, must be has three wives, and the number of his concubines is estimated . at 3,000 ; they are called con get, or ladies of the palace. If a wife elopes from her husband, she is sentenced to be , whipped, and the husband may dispose of her as a slave; if she marries another man, the first husband can cause her to be strangled ; if a man quits his wife and family, the wife, after an absence of three years, on representing the case to a Mandarin or ma- • gistrate ' is authorised to marry an ot h er h usband. A man may divorce his wife for adultery, bad temper, a clamorous tongue,. disobedience, theft, barrenness, or for any contagious disorder; ..this is seldom, however, put in . force. MURDER.--A Coroner's Inquest was held yes terday on the body of Michael Delany, of whose murder, by a man of the .name of Hussey, we gave an account in our last. The inques t sat • until half-past ten last night, and was then ad journed. • COAL-MARKET, JUNE 18. Ships at Market. Ships sold Newcastle - . ISO 28 Sunderland - . 24 0 Scotch Coal Price. -32 a 6d to 428 tad -32 a Od to 438 Od Od to —8 Od I it# 1 BIRTHS. On Tuesday, the 17th itTst:,,tleiady of Lieut.. Colonel Fors.. steen, of the 12th Regiment, of a daughter. On the 15th inst., at Farnham, Dorset, the lady of Sir S. Stuart, Hart., of a son and heir. MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at L ee , i n Kent, MARRIED . Charles Inglis Rex• ford, of Aldgate, to Jane Wanton Johnson, of Limeßijn-lane, Greenwich, eldest daughter of the late • William Johnson, Esti** Broad-street, Ratcliffe. On Tuesday, the 17th inst., at St. George's, IlloomsburY, John Prince, Esq., of Cheltenham, to Mary Ann, only daughter of the late Richard John Millington, Esq., of Guildford-street, • Ritssell-square. DIED. On Monday, the 16th instant; at h er h ouse i n De vo n s hi r e. street, Portland-place, after a short illness, Lady Staunton, relict of the late Sir George Leonard. Staunton, and mother of the present Baronet. . _ --- Yesterday', at noon, Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Irenry Thwaites, jun., of Stafford-r ow, Yesterday, a t hi s h ouse at Ilrotnptou, Mr. Jaco b Clar k e , Bucki ng h a m- ga te,• Pimlico.. woollen-draper, of White Ilorse,yard, Drury-lintel ftftar a 'fe w days' illness. On the 11th inst., at his ap ar t men t s , Little Chelsea, Mr: John Bu rc h e ll, of Great Newport.street. ' On' the 12 t h i nstant , at hi s residence in Southampton; Sir Jitnes•Lind, K.C.8., Captain in the Roal'Na7Y 4 On the 16th in st ., at Lyme-Begis, Dorset, Simon Lee, Esq., in the 88th year of his age. Printed and Published for the Pnorittiiromt, at the SUJ(• Orrtcr, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS.. 1