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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY ----- Extracts front the Morning Papers, May 6• LNEW TIMES.] How long the war in Spain may be protracted by the obstinacy of either party, ox what may be the eventual result of the lamentable state of disunion- which exists in that country, we pre tend not to anticipate : but it is our duty to im press as strongly as possible on the minds of our readers, _that the Spaniards are a disunited people ; and unhappily both parties are disposed to go to extremes. We alike abhor both ex tremes—we alike abhor the absolute power of a despot, uncontrouled by any wise institution, and the wretched anarchy of the democratical system established by the mutineers of 1820. For the sake of Spain, for the sake of Liberty, and for the sake of our own Country, the sincere friend of both, we do certainly wish that the sound and excellent advice given in January last by the Duke of Wellington may be ultimately followed ; anti that the conflicting parties in Spain may be brought to sacrifice their respective prejudices on the altar of a wisely-balanced Constitution. [THE TIMES.] The French Papers last received are not de void of interest. It is clear that the Duke of Angouleme has spent his first strength, and is batting for want of breath, even before he reaches Madrid ! It is said that fresh forces, amounting in the ,first instance to 30,000 men, are to join him. The first colour which it was en deavoured to give to this delay was, that ne gociations were on foot for peace—for peace hardly yet broken by the Spaniards, except, indeed, according to the old comic writer— "ld sit beilum, übi to pulsas ego vapulo." 11 ow eves, the rumour of a negociation may allow us to say a few words upon that topic.— We recollect, at the time st lien Buonaparte,'s foolish invasion of England was most talked of, and appeared to have made some impression on the public ,mind, a resolution to have keen pro posed by Mr. Sheridan,—whiclt was only not carried into effect because it was not rendered necessary by the occasion,—that all the penalties of high treason should attach to any one who proposed treating with the enemy whilst he had any footing in the Kingdom. We trust that this principle of action will be adopted by the Cortes, and that 64 the son of our love," Prince Hilt, having attempted to reach Ma drid, for the purpose of making a peace, will find, when there arrived, t ha t he has to go back again, in order to effect that object. how ever, the mischief having begun, we confess we feel no zeal, for the speedy termination of the war ; at least, we would have those who have thus disturbed Europe, and wish to mislave not only the bodies but.. the very minds and reasons of men, removed from that power of which, through their stupidity and prejudices, they know not the right use : and then let the contest close, anti peace be established as soon as may be. [MORNING cilitotstct.E.J The number of Inquests which have lately been held on the bodies of prisoners who have died in the Milibank Penitentiary has attracted much attention, and the .notice , which the sub- ject has obtained in the House of Commons has excited a desire to have a more full inquiry, into it than any, which has yet token place. it was notorious that the situation selected for this extravagantly expensive establishment «as the most unhealthy that could possibly be chosen; and it turns out that the regimen of the prisoners was every way unsuited to that situation. The proceedings on a late in quest have induced the Medical Gentlemen connected with the Penitentiary to come forward and disclaim being responsible for that. regimen which was even disapproved of by them. It is clear, however, that blame attaches somewhere. Mr. Peel, to be surf'', in the usual cnut of Ace, expresses " WS high and unqualified confidence in the Coirunittee to Omni the House has en trusted the managetnent 6f the l'enitentiary,", while at the same moment he is obliged to change the regimen, in order to check. the mortality consequent on bad and . insuflicient diet. This is quite a matter of course ; We never yet knew a case, from Aris to Brittle, where abuse in gaols has been detected . , in which one honour able or Right Honourable Member has not vouched for the humanity of the gaoler, another for the salubrity of the gaol, another for the vigilance, of the Visiting Magisttates, a fourth for the piety of- the Chaplain, a fifth for the skill of the Surgeon, and a sixth for the hap piness of he prisoners.. To these optimists the . only danger appeared to be, that all the world would break into gaol, the only grievance was, that honest men should be_excluded from such comfortable abodes, a good house over his head, and oranges after dinner ! ! And yet we find, notwithstanding these eulogies, that prisoners will die, of cold, of damp, of neglect, of bad food, and little of it ; that obstacles are thrown in the way of inquiry, as if something were wrong about the 'system, that plistmers are afraid to give evidenee, lest they should be ill used, and that a gaoler , (we beg his pardon), a Governor, is afraid to . trust a WRIWSS alone with a Coroner's Jury. Why all this hatred of inquiry ? Why this anxiety to exclude the public eye ? [MORNING POST.] The Paris Papers of Sunda'y last arrived yester day by express. They contain nothing new from the army ; for tie assertion that it is received with enthusiasm wherever it appears, and expected with impatience in every village, or town which it haa not yet catered, has been so often repeated as to have lost the charms of novelty, without having acquired the credit of truth. The flight of the traitor Amarante into Spain is confirmed • but what its the result of defeat and despair, , is represented in die Ultra Papers as the effect of previous at rangernents, and. the arrival of the " Royal Portuguese Army" (swelled to 11,000 infantr y , and 1500 citvalry), to co operate with the-In vatiors, is exultin g lY- a nnotinced as an event which must.give the last blo to betsnthat Iteg o' dence of th $ force, e Pen insula. We shalt_ probably vr next told before which .Anutrente. has constantly fled for the last three weeks, does not cc exed CO or 10041 men ; for illese Jour nals have math it so regular a practise to treble the number of the Rebets, and to decimate that of the Constitutionalist4, tempttrength of habit betrays them into the same at- St s delllBlol4 OM when those attempts cannot fail to PARIS PAPERS. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. Yesterday having been the day appointed for laying the first stone of the new building about to be erected by this institution at Clapton, a vast concourse of respectable per sons, who were provided with admission tickets, -proceeded to the ground at an early hour, for the purpose of witnessing the ceremony. A considerable space of ground having been enclosed in an aambitheatrical form, seven or eight rows of benches were erected nearly tall round it,which were appropriated to the exclusive convenience of ladies ; and, although apparently calenlated to hold upwards of two thousand, it did not afford ac commodation for above two-thirds of the number that attended. Within these benches was railed in a further space to allow standing room to the male spectators ; and within this, again, was funned the arena on which the ceremony was to be per funned. This consisted partly of solid ground, and partly of a temporary flaoring, or platform, composed of planks laid across that part of it which had been excavated for the basement apartments of the intended building. The planks rested on a bean;, which was supported by props of thick timber under neath. in the centre of the arena was slung the stone. At about three o'clock the Duke of York, accompanied by Prince Leopold, arrived - at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney ; where, after partaking of a collation, their Royal High nesses joined the procession, which then proceeded in the peescribed order to the ground. As soon as it enter ed the arena, the Lord Mayor pronounced a short address, which was succeeded by an apnropriate prayer by the Lord Bishop of London. The members of the procession then formed a wide circle round the stone, and the stewards placed the children in front of them, arranging the boys on the right, and the girls on the left. The band struck up, the. children Commenced singing some verses composed for the occasion. and the process of lowering the stone was begun. Before, how r ever, it had descended many inches, or the children had sung through their first stanza, the platform on the left of the stone on which the Duke and the Prince, together with the Bishop,several clergymen,the Lord Mayor, &c., and thegreaterpart of the female children were standin, gave way with a loud crash, which was echoed by a universal scream of horror from the benches, and folloaed by a scene of the greatest confusien for some minutes. The principal prop, it appeared, having been overturned, in con sequence of the rope which the persons held who were lowering the stone being tw tsted round it, the beam which it had sup- ported yielded to the pressure of the weight overhead, the planks resting on the beam of course sunk , with it, and the individuals who stood upon the planks shared in the fall ; except such of them as had the address and opportunity to spring otithe boards when they felt them giving way. Amongst these was the Duke of York, who, at the first alarm, leaned forward with considerable agility, and reached the solid ground in safety. Prince Letiliold also, and several other individuals near hini, escaped falling, they having fortunately been standing on that part of the scaffolding most remote from the centre, where .it first gave way. A number of the girls, however, and other individual+, fell in, but all these were happily . extricated from their alarming; situation without any serious injury. In one instance alone the accident was fatal. Ose of the labouring men, who was underneath the scaffolding, and holding the rope above mentioned, happened unfortunately to be at that moment immediately under the beam. It crushed him to death. The wretched victim was borne away in a dreadfully mangled. state. The ceremony *as then hastily concluded; and the parties returned to town. At six o'clock, the institution cele brated their anniversary festival, by a dinner at the City of London Tavern, at which the Lord Mayor (in the room of the Duke of York, who was prevented by order of his physicians front attending) presided, supported by Prince Leopold and the Bishop of London. The meeting was crowded, and the collection considerable. ( From the Etoile of Sunday. ) PARIS, MAY 4.—On the 27th ult. letters from St Petersburgh were received at Frankfort, announcing that M. de Tatiacheff had just been nominated Russian Ambassa dor at Constantinople. NEWS FROM SPAIN. MADRID A P RIL 15.—Every thing indicates the ensuing departure of those who, amongst us, were the most ardent propagators of the new order of things. The Municipality and Constitutional Administrations are preparing to leave this capital, which the inhabitants observe with joy ; they only re gret the absence of the King, and ardently anticipate the arrival of the French troops who will restore him. APRIL 16.—1 t was to-day said, that the advance guard of the French army, was at Sorno-Sierra. The Political Chief of Burgos has arrived to-day with some of his colleagues ; the Political Chief of Vittoria, who ought also to have arrived, has not me his peance. It is thought that he has fallen into the ad power a o p f the French ad vanced guard. f/ [Front the Journal des Mats.] " PARIS, NAY 2. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCII ARRIVED MOM BAYONNE ON THE FIRST OF MAY. The Major-General to his Excellency the Minister of War. " VITTORIA, APRIL 28.—The citadel .of Jaca is in the possession of the Army of the King of Spain. " The Commander of the new garrison, on his arrival, had the Revolutionary Chief arrested, who immediately sent his submission, with that of the troops under his command. The garriion of the place is to be reinforced. Vittoria, April 30, 7 o'clock.—Oeneral Molitor with his whole corps arrived at Saragossa on the 26th. The population testified the most lively joy. Forty-eight cannon, and a great number of bombs were found in Saragossa. " The blockade of blequinenza is raised in consequence of the movements of General Molitor, who is going to march to wards Lerida. " head Quarters, Vittoria, Aril 30.—Ballasteros has re treated towards Valencia." [From the Journal de Paris.] PARIS, MAY 2.—While the Journal des 'Mats confirms that Ulmann one of the Chiefs of the Faith , has en tered Va lencia, which does not at all appear from the official dispatches, we read, on the contrary, • in a letter from Perpignan, on the 24th, that the Constitutional General Manso has come to join Mina with his division, the affairs of Valencia no longer caus ing any uneasiness. It seems that there is nothing new on this side of Catalonia, in the movements of our army. It appears that his Excellency will not send any more cou-. riers to Spain by way of Bayonne. The English Ambassador at Seville sends his dispatches, and the public their letters, to Vigo, whence they, are conveyed to England by packets ap pointed for the purpose. Letters from Seville of the 17th April, received by sea, give sitisfactory accounts of the healths of their Majesties, and of all the Royal Family. The enthusiasm which the inhabitants of that city spew towards their Majesties is beyond description. Whenever the King . appears in public, he is welcomed with the liveliest acclamations. Many persons have come to Seville from the neighbouring country to have the pleasure of seeing their Majesties. The necessary preparations were making that the Cortes might open their Sittings as soon jis possible. News had been received there that Conte du Chnst tAinarant9, after his de feat by the troops of General Rego, had fled into the Spanish territory in hopes of joining the - French army. The news of the entrance of this army, into Spain had caused a great sensa tion at Seville. [From the Quotidienne.] In consequence of the movements of the army, Mina is between General Molitor and Marshal Moncey, so that he must either retreat into the mountains, or go towards Bar celona. We can announce as certain the taking of Valencia by Ul. mann ; that city having proposed terms of capitulation, Ul mann accepted them. At the moment that his troops were taking possession of the city, the revolutionary party, who had a great share in the condemnation and execution of Elio, bad posted some wretches who fired 'at once out of several windows at Ulmann. That General was not struck; but his first care was to arrest the .ludges of Rho, who had concealed themselves in the city, as well as the Chiefs of the Patriotic Society, and he had them shot. ,From 11w Etoile of .Ssaturday.] BURGOS, Aram 22.—1 t is asserted that General Morino has retreated" in haste froM Valladolid in consequence of the movement of the Royal Portuguese Army, which has advanced towards Alorga to the number of 11,000 infantry, 1,500 cavalry, and four pieces of cannon. It isimpossible to form an idea of the harmony between the Spaniards and the French troops, who are received with cries of " Long live the King! Death to the Constitution ?" The Pilate of to-day republishes the celebrated Declaration issued at St. Ouen by his Majesty this day nine years, viz. May 2, 1814, on his return to France, after the overthrow of Napoleon. I ears, MAY 3.—A Deputation of the National Guard of Versailles had she honour to be presented to the King on occa sion of the anniversary of the 2d of May. His Majesty went out at three o'clock and took a promenade to Choisy le Roi. At eight in the evening M. Villele transacted business with his Majesty. M. DE CIIATEAUBRIAND'S SPEECH. The Moniteur of Wednesday last has given, at great lento.. the speech made by this Minister in the Chamber of Peers. Speaking in reply to . Count 'Vold and Baron Barante, he was drawn into explanations on the great question respecting Spain. He began as follows : " I am called upon, Gentlemen, to reply to questions which it has been thought fit to address to me. lam accused of si lence. lam about to state my reasons, and perhaps they may appear to you of some value. A Noble Count has expressed a wish that we should, in imitation of Eng Lani, have deposited on the table the official document* relative to the affairs of Spain. We have no need to appeal to that example. Publicity belongs to the nature of constitutional Government ; but a just medium must be observed, and above all, times, places, and nations, ought never to be confounded. If the British Govern. nient be not in some respects as circumspect as ours must be,, that difference arises from the difference of political situation. In England the Royal prerogative has na cause to fear making the inost.ample concessions, because it is defended by institutions which time has consecrated. Have you a rich clerg), the holders of extensive .estates ? Have you a House of Peers which possesses the 'greater part of the lands of the kingdom, and of which the Elective Chamber is but a sort of branch or offset ? Do the rights of primogeniture, entails, the Norman feudal laws, perpetuate fortunes which may be called immortal in your families ? In England the aristocratic spirit pervades every thing—all is privilege, association, a nd corpora tion. The ancient usages, like the ancient laws and ancient nm numents, are preserved with a sort of religious veneration. The democratic spirit is nothing ; a few tumultuous meetings which assemble from tithe to time in virtue of certain rights of counties, constitute the whole of what is grunted to demo cracy. The people, as in ancient Rome, are clients of the high aristocracy, and the support and not the rivals of the nobility. It may easily be conceived, gentlemen, that in sucli.a state of things, Engliuid has n ot hi n g to fear from the democratic spirit. We can conceive, also, how Peers of the three kingdom s, how men who would ha ve ever thing to lose by a revolution, . pub licly profess doctrin es w h y ich would seem calculated to destroy their social existence. It is because they in reality run no risk. The members of the English Opposition safely preach demo. cracy in the aristocracy; nothing. is so agreeable as to receive the honours of popularity, preserving all the whole titles, pri vileges, and sev e ral m illi o ns of income. Are we in melt a condition, gentlemen ? Do we present such guarantees to the Crown ? Where is the aristocracy in a country where you can not find 12,000 propri e to r s who pay 1,000 francs of taxes ? Where is the aristocracy in a state, in which the equality of succession annihilates large properties, in which the spirit of equality had allowed no social distinction to subsist, and hardly suffers this day the natural superiorities. Let us not deceive ourselves. In France there is no monarchy but in the Clown; it is the Crown, which fromits antiquity, and the forc e of custom, m, serves us as a barrier against the waves of democracy. What a difference of position ! In France it is the Crown which shelters, the aristocracy ; in England it is the aristocracy which serves as a ramp a rt to the Crown. This single fact in terdicts all comparison between the two countries. If, then, we do not defend the royal prerogative ; it' the Government, yield ing to all the claims which may he made upon it, should pro duce all the documents which the Opposition think fit to call for, your rising institutions would be speedily overturned, and the revolution would re-appear among their ruins." In alluding to the speeches in the British Parliament, M. de Chateaubriand said— " Gentlemen, let us not iiiiltate such examples ; the exist ence of Representative Governments would be impossible if their tribunes were to retort ; imprudent recritnitiauons would soon convert Europe into a field of battle., It is for us to set an example of Parliamentary moderation. 'Wishes have been expressed against us; let us wish the prosperity of every Power with which we preserve amicable relations. Some have dared to raise a voice against the wisest of Kings and his august family. What have we to say of the King of England ? Nothing, except that there is no Prince whose policy is more upright, and whose character is inure generous ; no Prince who, ARTISTS BENEVOLENT ,FUND Yesterday the Fourteenth Anniversary Festival of, this Society was celebrated at the Freemason's Tavern, when 170 Gentlemen sat down to an excellent dinner. At six o'clock the Noble Chairman (the. Earl of Darnley) entered accompanied by Sir Thomas Lawrence, the President of the Royal Academy, Sir John Swinburne. and several other dis. tinguished Members of the Royal Academy. After the cloth was removed, Nan nobir Domine was sung hy Messrstial . Broad hurst, Pyne, and Webb'. The King, and the tui Royal Toasts having been drank with the accustomed applause. The Earl of Datt.NLtY rose and said, that be could not pro ceed without making a few observations upon the toast he was about to propose. Ile was sure it w ou ld be drank by those who, like him, had witnessed this year's Exhibition at Somerset-house, with applause. According to the best of his judgment, the Exhi bition for this year seemed to make progressive improvement in_ every department, Ile could state with confidence, beginning with sculpture, that that art did not only come in competition w i t h t h e w orks, oLthe celehnited Canova, allowing that g reat ma n every merit, but they were pieces of sculpture now ex hibited which.actually vied with that artists best performances. In fact, in every branch there was an increasing display of pro• gressive improvement. The Noble CuAtitMAN then passed a high encomium on Sir Thomas Lawrence, and concluded by giving the " health of the President and the Members of the Royal Actkilany with three times thre_,e " which was drank with ent husiastic a pp lause. Sir Tfi oat - as 1.0.1%" BENCE said, as an organ of the Royal Aca demy, he rose to return thanks for the manner in which the toast had been received. lie completely agreed with the senti ments expressed by the Noble Chairman with respect to the specimens of art now exhibiting, and concluded by expressing his gratification at seeing the Noble Earl in the Chair as the supporter of so valuable an latitude!). CHAIRMAN then gave the " health of the Marquess of Stafford," and the Noble Marquess renamed thanks in a speech in which he highly praised the vigorous exertions of the great artists of the nation, and iceommended the objects of the In. stitution. • recoil upon their authors, and expose their want of consistency and principle. The Quotidienne asserts that Valencia had been occupied by Ultann's corps, and that the first care of that Chief " was to arrest the Judges of General Elio, who had concealed themselves in the city, as well as the Chiefs of the Patriotic Society, and to have them shot." The Journal de Paris contradicts the report in the most' formal manner, and adds that so far from Valencia being exposed to any danger, that place was deemed so secure that the Constitutional General :Mans° had been able to march towards Catalonia, to unite his forces with those of Ballesteros and Mina. It is not indeed likely that Ulmani, who lately ex p e riebced. so severe a repulse near Valencia, should have been able with defeated troops to atchieve that which he could not accomplish in the plenitude of his strength. And stiU less is it proba ble that if '4'alencia had fallen, the Judges of the oppressor Elio, or the Chiefs of the patriotic Society should have been so imprudent as to remain within the city, to glut the vengeance of the sanguinary soldiers of the Faith. All the probabilities of the case are therefore against the occupation of Valencia, which, even if it were real, would only be a temporary loss on the part of the Constitu tionalists. [BRITISH , retEssd As the. Irish Inquiry proceeds, light thickens on the whole business, and the motives and actions of the p arties engaged are becoming distinct and clear. Evidence was given at the bar of the Commons' House last night, which, if it re main uncontradicted, fastens the charge of partiality and corrup tion on the Dublin Sheriff Thorpe, most unequivocally. A most respectable gentleman, Mr. Dillon Macnamara, an attorney, whogaveltis evidence in thelairest and most car id manner, stat ed, that on the day the bills of indictment preferred against the Orange rioters were ignored by the Grand Jury, Thorpe, the Sheriff, came into the town-clerk's office, three quarters of an hour before the Jury came into Court, and said, "'he knew there would , be no bills," and seemed highly pleased as he said so. In less than an hour after, the Jury came into Court, with the bills in their hands, ignored. Another witness who was ex amined (a Mr. Tomlinson) heard Thorpe say, at the house of a Mr. Smith, that they might challenge as many as they pleased —that he had in his pocket a pannel of sixty persons he could depend on. This, it must be admitted, was admin isterin g jus tice most impartially; ' its fountains were in this way preserved most unpolluted and pure. Mr. Plunkett spent his time and trouble well, where an array' of sixty furious Orangemen were packed by the leading Sheriff, to decide in the very first in stance on so important an occasion between the Crown and the accused. A third witness; Patrick M'Connell, deposed to his having been at one Sibthorpe's, a glazier on the Tuesday after the riot at the theatre ; that there he saw Thorpe, the Sheriff, in close conversation with William Graham, one of the traversers ; anti on witness's asking when would the accused he put on their trial, Thorpe replied, " I have got the Orange pannel in my oCket." A fourth witness stated his ha vin g heard this worthy. Sheriff declare at the Shakspeare tavern, in Dublin, " that he wished the Devil had the Marquis IVellesley out of Ireland," that lie was "an annoyance, and in their way." All this was certainly very calm and very becoming language for a high functionary to use on such an occasion, where a most atrocious outrage had been perpetrated, and j us tice was deeply committed in the result. No wonder that Ireland should be in its present dreadful state, if this be the way its sheriffs and public officers conduct themselves. LONDON ORPHAN ASYLUM. by his sentiments, his manners, and his conversation, gives a more finished idea of the Monarch and the Gentleman. The French Ministers have been severely criticised. I know the Ministers who now govern England : those eminent personages are worthy of the esteem and consideration which they enjoy. I have been the particular object of insults. \l'hatMatters it, if you, Gentlemen, consider that I have only incurred them by having well served my country ? Do not fear that my wounded vanity can make me forget what I owe to my native land ; and whenever it is a question to maintain good harmony between two powerful nations, I shall never recollect that I have been .offended." He concluded thuseriment Well, gentlemen ! the exp has been tried, and, as I never doubted, it has perfectly suc ceeded. The cannon fired on the Bidassoa has dispelled many illusions, dispersed many phantoms, and overthrown many hopes. Eight years of peace have done less to consolidate the foundation of the legitimate throne, than twenty days of war. ' A King, who after having restored us liberty, restores us glory ; a Prince, who in the midst of the camp has be come the idol of 100,000 French soldiers; have nothing more to fear from the future. Spain delivered front the Revolution —France resuming her rank in Europe, and again sending an . army—legitimacy acquiring the only force which is still wanted : these, gentlemen, will be the fruits of a short war, which we did not court, but which we did not decline. These great con siderations ought to put an end to all political divisions : we should imitate those old companions of Conegliano, those veterans of the army of Conde, who now repose under the same tent, and have the same flag." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 5. ARTICLES OF THE PEACE. Mr. GURNEY moved, that Lord Clifton, the son of the Earl of Darnley, might exhibit articles of the peace agrinst Robert Bligh, Esq., and that they might be filed. The articles were then read. They set forth, that articles had been exhibited some years ago by Lord Darnley against the defendant, who had been bound over to keep the peace towards him and his family in the sum of 6,0001., and had • been compelled to find two sureties in 500/. each ; which secu rities were now in force, and would run for 12 months longer. Notwithstanding . these obligations, the defendant, who was a prisoner for debt in the King's Bench prison, and obtained op portunity of absence by means of day rules, continued to annoy Lord Darnley and his family, by parading before his house in Berkeley-square,_ insulting him and his son, following his car riage, assailing him with terms of virulent abuse, and even as saulting him with a horsewhip, without the slightest provoca tion. On the Ist of this month, as Lord Clifton was driving his sister in a gig through Pimlico, the defendant came up on horseback, pursued him towards the park, struck him violently with a horsewhip, and then rode furiously away. The exhibi. tant, in conclusion, deposed that he did not exhibit the articles from any motives of hatred or revenge,but from fear of his life, or some grievous bodily injury. Lord Clifton having been sworn to the truth of the articles, Mr. GUP.XEY expressed his hope that, under the peculiar ' circumstances of this case, the Court, perceiving that the re. straint already imposed on the defenda nt was ineffectual, would take such measures as might afford sufficient protection to the Noble Lord and the family of which he was a Member, from the continual annoyances to which they were subjected. The LORD HIEF JUSTICE said he would defer making any order in the case, till Mr. Justice Bayley (who was then in the Bail Court) should be present. After Mr. Justice BAYLEY had entered the Court, • The LORD Curia , JUSTICE ordered that no day rule should be granted to the defendant , w ithout a s pecial applic tion to the Court for permission to issue them. Lord Darnley sat on the bench during the proceedings. THE KING V. ST. MARY, NEWINGTON. In this case, in which a rule was obtained for a mandamus, requiring the parochial officers of St. Mary Newington, to pro ceed to the election of everseers and guardians of the poor, which they had omitted on the day mentioned in the local statutes, the Con UT directed the writ to issue. TIIE ICING V. J. W. TRUST. As thcJudges were leaving the bench, the defendant, who is prosecuted by ex-officio information, for selling a blasphemous libel, and who is the brother of the young man who received sentence on Thursday on a similar charge, presented him self on the floor of the Court. He moved for a rule to show cause why the appointment of the special jury, struck to try his case, should not be set aside. In support of this application, he read an affidavit which, set forth that the Master of the Crown-office, in order to nominate the Jury, turned over the leaves of the Freeholders' book, taking one name from each page ; that he requested the Master to take the names from any place in succession, on the ground that, in this mode, no unfair selection could take place, whereas there was rootn for it in the other ; but that the Master persisted in the course which he had first adopted. The LORD CluEr Juirriet.—There is no ground what ever for the application. The practice of which you complain has been the constantractice of the office. The defendant.—Will not your Lordship hear me make a few observations ? The LORD CHIEF TUSTICE.—No: you have- no ground whatever to complain ; the practice has existed for years. The Judges then left the Bench, and the defendant retired. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. .--STATE OF THE ODDS. Hy'. 7 to 4 agst Emilius 10 to 1 agst Pantina 4 to 1 agst bro. to Paella 20 to 1 al.lst any other. 5 to 1 agst Nicolo BETTING-1100M, MAY L. DER 0 .tKS. i to 2 apt Zinc 9 to 2 asst sist. to Wanderer 5 to 1 agat Tint 12 to 1 agst Sister to Sultan 14 to 1 agst Olivera 14 to 1 agst Reserve. ST. LEO ER. 20 to 1 agst bro. to Paella 25 to 1 agst Columbus. DONCASTER ll to 2 agst Sherwood 9 to 1 agst Tinker II to I agst Miss Fanny Match between !Medoff and ing—even betting. 'Augusta, Second Spring Mee' Letters from St. Petersburgh, dated the 11th ult., state, - that on the preceding day a Govern ment official notice was affixed on the Exchange., warning the Merchants not to carry on any com mercial transactions with Spain and Portugal, and particularly not to send any vessel thither. The same letters mention a curious instance of disaffection to the Russian Autocrat among the peasantry of the Government of Witepsk, who, though recently releated from bondage; and actually vested with a right to the pro duce of their own labour, have had the ingratitude to answer this benefit by a refusal to pay their taxes. They have even gone so far as to insult an Imperial Agent sent thither to remonstrate with them, and have bad the auda city to address a letter to the Empress Dowager, in which they accuse the Emperor himself of in justice! It has been found necessary to dispatch troops to the Province to put down the rising disaffection. We may notice, by the way, that this appears to be the only authentic account yet received of any movements of Russian troops.-- ( Times.) • Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, a very full and highly respectable Meeting of Ladies and Gentlemen, interegt ed in the pro Motion of the Gospel in every part of the known world, by the laudable and zealous exertions of the Ministers in connexion with the late Rev. J. WESLEY, was held at the City road Chapel; J. IitITTEEWORTII, Esq. M. P. in the Chair. A very able and satisfactory statement of the progress of the labours of the Missionaries was read to the Meeting, and the gratifying intelligence that the receipts of the Society ex. coded those of the_yrecedin_g year by upwards of 6,000/. W. W ILBER FOUCE, Esq. M. V., W. WILLIAMS, Esq : AL P., and several other Gentlemen, made animated appeals in behalf of their fellow-creatures, in furtherance of the objects of the Society, and we have no do doubt but that the funds of the Scono ciety, by the united sympathy of a ll sects in its cause, will - tinue to prosper and increase. In the night of the 23e1 ult., a female antelope was sto len from the Duke of BEnronti' Menagerie, at Woburn Abbey; fifty guineas reward is offered. On Wednesday evening last a sudden and alarming fire broke out in the malt-house of Mr. LovEtocx, in the parish of Speen, which entirely consuinvd the same, to gether with upwards of 60 quarters of malt and 26 pockets ci hops. LONDON MARKETS• PRICE OF BREAD The price of the 41b. Loaf is stated at 9d. by bakers. There are others of the trade w ho sell horn a half penny to three halfpence below that rate. the full-prieed IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Fureign. Wheat Barley - Malt - ----- Oats lye _ g............ am... Beans . Peas .1,044 esti ••••••••.• ... ..... Tares Rapeseed Mustard Seeds Flour Drank Linseed • - ..--- , ....... --.. ....-.. . .....- 69 . • 10,966 150 4% --- . -- 2 , 668 . -- SEEDS, May 5. Red Clover(Foreign) 14s 37s—new —I per cwt. Ditto English 0.....16s 44s 49s—new, 34s 46s 49s 521 as SVhite,dittu 47s 37s—fine, 515 605 636 Trefoil .... per cwt.... ICs 15s—fine 15. 17s 19s Per cwt. Ribgrass Carraway Seeds . 54s 56s 60$ Coriander do lOs lis Ids Spring Tares . . —s Od —s Od —s Cinque Foin 3?s to 36s—fine —s per qt. ' Itye-Grass ... l6s to 251—tiew, es, sos per qr. Cailltry per qr —s 40s to 455 Oti p_er qr. Vi' bite Mustard Seed los to Ilsoll Brown ditto 9s to 151 Od Winter Tares 145 to 30s Od per qr. Rape Seed . e 251 to 45106 261 481 per Last. Turnip Seeds. —s Od 6s to 7s 6 d p r. bud ' . Linseed NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL 111A1i1iETS, May 5. By the Carcase. Beef --es 441 to 3s 4d Veal ...... .. Ss Od to 4s 4J Mutton es 8d to 31 10d `P0rk........ 2s . 8,1 to 4s od Latnb, 4s 041 to 5s Od. ST. JAMES'S J-JAY MARKET, May 3. N. Hay 31 lOs Od to 41 15s Os! 1 Clover, 41 os io 4 1 15s Od Old Hay 01 Os ud to 01 Os Oct 1 Stine., 91 8s Od to 31 151 Oct SMITHFIELD. Old Hey ••.. 31 15 s Od to 4 1 10, 0 ' A ei 1 31 Straw d----- rer - c oil 9! lOs od to el 145 Od--Arerage, 91 13s 4) 4s Okto 41 1 5s 041---Artrage, 3 1 16 ' 3d Clo'ver New Ha y ditto o ,ai " 0: 011ddlittotir04E11CitigssA0Q1didE-----HAA::cerraaggrc: 3 01 1 90: ad d a d Straw 4l lOs od to it 18s od--Averages 11 17 ' Clover .2_.. ....... ,..... .„ Od PRICE OF HOPS,. per Cwt., blay Pockets. I Bags. Kent •• 41 Ws a3l tOs a5l Os Kent.. 21.1 s a313,a 41 9 5 Esse F a avnb e a l in t : s fi a n4 l ! tl s 6 a s 3 t l o 1 8 8 1 s 0 Essex. sc :0.11415145, oalietlol66ls a Sussex.. 21 10* a2l las a3l 3 5 Su ssex 21 Us a2l es ael 111 6,31 31 H . & 2 S s t eers, e A r l a V t Tri E li S n ' ar v.. . . 9s ea to es 4d nest I~eifers 24 10(1 to 31 Ott Market Calf .. each.. el d, Middlings.. titl to is ad Horse us 04:1 to Of °° SHEEP SKINS. 9d to Polled 4 0 s s 0 01 to o Os ss 0 04 t: I tlatrinairmlitigs ..... Od to 9s °od Fells a ...... Coach Hides PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 5111bs each per lb 931 to ecl Ditto, 56 to titilbs each . ****** . ***** '''''''' 941 to 251) , Dressing Hid es ............................ 1 8,1 to 90u Crop Hid es , 35 to 401b5 fo . ; .. .. .. '''' ;lg. ....... .. 19,1 to Oa Ditto .... 45 to 501b1 ....... 04 to ot Calf Skilti..U6 to 40101............;.....‘........i0a 1° 96j .............................. iod to 9iii Ditto So to 7°lb 3 .................... Q6l to 0 Ditto 7O to IsOlbs ....... .. 94d to 97a SotallSeals (Gict-ttia d ........... 1 fiti to Ad Larg. ditt0...... n ) ..................... la to I sit Tatiordliorse 11" . ( e V ..................... 161 to I sit Spanish Horse iiii4d-,.; ......................•1-1.1 to 9141 -••• • • ' ei DAP, c.per i elb.—May 701 ' Yellow Soap •.. Mottled ................ i g Gr s , Curd . . 610 4 . ............... S aves ................ 76 0 ,1 Good Dreg s .... . ..... PRICES OF TALLOW, s Town Tallow 37s od ---s od Yellow Russia 35s Od —s 0.1 White ditto .. —s ud —s Soap ditto.... 32s 0(1 —s Od• Melting Stull 27s Od —s 0.1 Ditto Rough.. IBs od —s Od PRICE OF CANDLES, FROM Pr:ce of Candles, per doze; Od'per dozen allowr TAA,Low CriAiunro's 11, si blouldi, N. for ready money. -------- PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of Slb.--MaY g. tld Prier of 'fallow (as stated by the COUNTRY_ IIIII5g! , - Gut Lannon M. Wheat per 1. 1.11 Os to 171 5 s dew Wheat..- --10 s to —I Os, Oats, per yr ... 11 Ss to i l Its New ditto.... 01 Os to 01 Os COAL MARKET, May 5 . Trice• 0 Ships at Mario . Ships sold. ft 4 Newcastle 45 Sunderland ---- .---------- —_— InCIC °" DitEADFUL ACCIDENT.--About four o'c . t ko tag, ig wheninheexr in Saturday ' 6 3 54 .............. 3 3 , 7 , 0 0 . a l n o 4 4 1 ; vd ....., ay afternoon Mr. WEBS , the principal offic,c,n,ntei. a w s ep _lndia Dock, went to shut up and lock the large.,ltt'alre oil o t u r tw ice expired,n e it hi, a n a , g t y o i, eu n y n s gin, leavingt i n t lw il ne the hinges and of wind blew it to, anti being looSe. id 1. h loilg in, h' hinges and fell upon him ;he was carried to „ no e d f_ er l , i w n h a ie fi h e , l n d ly n ner e e surgical assistance was time in atteinl: mon. to lament his loss. • A 4 /1 0 ii Satu,"-' r DEATH BY Tilt STING OF AN .ADDEB.--vn de o 10 a u s e a woman, named Elizabeth Brea, was gallO il ft s ,v so n d ' 47:3,1t. of th! poison, occasioned her death on Tuesus, ( west Briton.) luah le s°ll' At Brecliin,. on Friday morning last, a very tv!th heater Ii lion the property of a gentleman at Perth, willcv o b sent for exhibition at a cattle show, was savaged s ',, ti ye b in his stable, by his throat being cut. Ile was t 0.10,4 b y lii; shown at Montrose on Friday, and had been litte reu t, litriit our own groom at ten o'clock on Thursday night ; wi mil soli the snit next morning, on the groom going the •table to S t found dead. ---...."---''.. gnilniSetoliiirrlufleiti _itillisept.r.,o, afiesifinffils'etn.B°l.tsne'teeld°Cltia°°llWsatlinid°l3°Shter Admiral H Tt Walmer, in K , ent,"Ntlitiverrinstant, the b adY jain O i n n ti G ie r l e s e t n i , n e s Y ta ; nt, at Northileet, Kent , I r R • Wal. Borough. Rowland,t Ist in!tan G B. of a son. f fit :ll. k I** ot Upper Thames street, to busan, s .„., of second daughter of Joshua Itowlsd, I ' ' i f A hi t s l!derabad, on the lilth of November last, M J N o I odttuuh Majesty's 30th Regiment, to Miss Wor itrrojit! t, atiSTAt.RSaßloEunrss, Southwar :11:11134;11i:e aim, ter London. Samuel Browne, EA', late of the Oar I.ately, t C ------,openhagen, DBIaIrT:S—e--l-b-lyt:Cehlit::oreir::diniet;:tr. i 9 Majestyea of Denmark, and Commismry tienetak..l _ ro ily, . 0 P rtment. The Baron was rel was he ancl4.o.' ! . I , e , lAtr c • lie ennobleeldenrYeal to iii lf th e e P S a el " bys, of Nord__ tum b er l a nd. ,c ...... Charlotte-square, I o: c p :sq n u n K.'--- , ID Charles Da P vr assn Ef State. On the 28th ult., W . 11" m the infant son of Dr• If eatllitill'°' On his a i re ar , k N f e o w r ci so mi ni toi e c :u essentialpona.l,y servicelic rem ts in 00 Sir Robert Kingsmill Bart. of Sidmonton, 0 0 ' 63d year of his age. ' ' 4!, r dere 8,, ~ trge nin the ks Or service at the'Bombay Presidency. . Jahn se >,s, t the 3d inst., at,.anneade vanfectleatc;ict,, lolitrion. ,st‘ stg. , of the deputy sea-east i t rs 0 ti e t s o t this eounryiiinon.thissitlnl3. t'o,ol ' At Kensington, on the 3d insitant.).fantes 4.;),lcirlOilci°sl' aged 24 onl survi n so of the late Archtthi k E3(t• f ' Ed' Y s 1 g n , 0 inburgh. ---------'''' _________........—..-- ~s . st she '.' Printed and Published for the PfLOPHICORS, sTA itto. Offi c e, No. 11% Strand, by J. IL CA