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Till?, LONDON JOURNALS. ivUttvli Fito7ll THE DAILY 111011NING PAPERS) January 10, 181. ..~_.. [MORNING sons.] • French Journals to the Bth inst. arrived last night by Express. The fluctuations at the Paris Kxchange were, very considerable on Tuesday last, in consequence Hof the various rumours, which prevailed. Some speculators, says, the Quell 4ienne, pretended that letters had been received from Madrid, announcing that serious disturb. antes had broken out in that capital immediately after the arrival of the Russian Courier, who bad brought dispatches, addressed by the Emperor Alexander to his Minister, and com municating to him, the determination of the Congress. Others asserted that the Cortes had returned a haughty and insolent answer to the notification which the Russian Ambassador bad sent theM of the receipt and nature of those dispatches. These reports, however, are de scribed by the same Journal as premature, and they must indeed have had but little foundation, if they could not satisfy the credulity of the Quo tidienne, which has hitherto shewn itself greedy of all intelligence calculated to strengthen the probability of approaching war, and, roost wil ling to admit its correctness, without hesitation or inquiry. Such as they were, they had much influence on the money market, which experiz enced many vicissitudes during the course of the day,. but recovered towards its close: [stonNrsts cnnosict.c.] The clamours of British sufferers by pirates on the high seas have, at length, roused the energies of the Admiralty. and Government, and we un derstand they are determined to take the most effective measures to suppress the calamities to which oar peaceable merchantmen, as well as those of other mercantile nations, are exposed.-- Thlsis a topic of•which we have ourselves loudly and often tonaplained, and when we express a degree of satisfaction at , the recent change in the sentiments of those who stand at the head of the novel affairs of this country, we do not seek to give them any great credit, either for their vigilance or disposition to protect British- commerce; for the fact is, they,have been frightened Out of their slumbers, and bullied into something like activity, and.fitiMU lased, or rather shamed, by the example of the United ,States. Not that we mean any on favourable allusions to the naval officers generally iu command of the vessels intended, to defend our shores in time of war, or the masters of our trading vessels, ow, as well , as during the late struggle, we have plenty of gallant Captains in the Navy List, if ti n y are only called upon arid chosen according to, their, merits. The evil in tended to be remedied is of a very old date. The last accounts from the ‘Vest Indies do, however, mention that the Tyne has captured several pirates near Matanzas, and we hope she will con tinue to be successful. CNFW TlNtts.l , The Paris Papers of Tue;day contain little that is of material interest. 'the ,enter are still rather declining; they left oil' on Tuesday at 87, 70. The gerferal expectation of unfavour• able news from Madrid tends to produce this effect. The most remarkable fact in the news from Spain is the capture of the Fort of 13alaguer by the !Loyalists. This, we own, surprises us. We well knew Ova the Army of the Faith, though in many of its divisions defeated, wa far from destroyed ; but we did not believe that any part of it was strong enough to cap ture a forOss defended by fourteen piyees of cannon and a strong Republican garri§on. The different fartrons in Madrid are violently guar- T),4 , kesenf obje'ct of dispute is wbet they Shall do with their captive King. One party is for dragging him to Cadiz, the other for keeping him at Madrid. 13oth parties act on a common apprehension that the French troops must reach theSpdnish Capital ;- but while those who urn net connv;:ted with that city desire to carry oil' their prize to :a safer retreat, the Muni cipality of Madrid ‘vish to hold him in their bandf us pledge for ebtaining, favourable terms from the Tongue/ or. c) 3.Nti Nti 11,‘“,1}.] TlieM:ieoikti . g . front Paris are un:tre than usually • barran.,': ; Tlie taurnturs a t i i einst the uncertain con duct.'of-. th. l'Oinistrx, by bOth parties---the menaces of the , ii i i.O•k,Journals; and the rather languid coati oversy . w,hich they, and those called 'Liberal, up, is uffiles , rving of notice. The hopes and feztrs,i e fthe opoonent parties seem: to hang, a good detii x ,npon tin new Mutt tel, and there is on 'both sulas It tone of cajolery which is any thing but complimentary. to kilo; It. W•ould appear that the (3 overtnnent of this COLM tr y has fallen into ba 1 odour +.+ ith the at party. The latter bus its eyes and hopes upon Russia. One of its Journali q [Mies ,the foliowing erk t of Voltait e-r-ohserving that, from.a compliment, it hits, in process of tittle, become a trutli " Cum!, doNuttl aejt;ea.rd:hei quo nous vientla ltimietc." It was addressed; to Catharine, and was sea ely exag4eraCed-'---for tier views WON: as enlightened as ber passions We're deprtOied and eine!. At the sarm time, s+ are quite sure that Voltaire would have been the last I)tt'Sorl' to giving_the Tartars stich tell ini,itntio the' n as • following, .to come upon a mission Of civilization and discipline into Spain, Italy, and France. " Europe," says the OW/divine, " lies nathing to fear from an in va.sion of the 'T.. artars. She has need of those Tartars . " against herself. It is' to the Cos‘rAcks that it belongs to 'dissipate . the darkness W 11k 1 surrounds us, tmiLlo convert us to reason." Front such Propag;indis.fs of" light and - "reason, most people would pray that &rive be. delivered, [TOE The singular scrape into which the Grand Jury of Drthlin hlve plunged themselves, by appearing to the indges and to the whole oommunity have thrown aside that regard to facts which would have induced them to send, the parties in+ dieted by the- Attorney-General for trial in the ordinary course of justice, has led to their ` , adoption of a second proceeding, more novel, though not more unaccountable, than the first. —Through their foreman, Sir George White ford, they .have felt it _incumbent on them to deliver what is neither more nor less than a declaration of innocence—a disavowal of any corrupt motives in their rejection of the evi dence, and in their finding upon the bills ! This is very discreditable. It Is most injurious to the general utility of that noble institution, a Grand Jury, that their treatment of any case submitted to them should be such as to offend the common sense and honest feelings of their countrymen; and it is, we repeat, most disgraceful to men upon their oaths that they should condescend thus to crave mercy, in a manner, for a decision to which they allegethat they had been determined by rea son and conscience only. Now, had the Dublin Grand Jury been entirely satisfied with themselves, we really cannot help believing that they would have braved the disapprobation of others, and not fallen upon the humiliating expedient of formally assuring the Court and the public that indeed they had not been forsworn ! We doubt whether any jury of Englishmen would be so lost to the sentiment of manly self-respect. The Grand Juries of Lancashire, on a certain occasion, did not suffer this degradation. The Jacobin French soldiers, at the outset, of the Revolution, g ave " their honours that they would adhere to their 46 oaths." The Irish champions changed the tense. [BRITISH PRESS.] It would be the pleasantest thing to the in quirer for truth, and the most beneficial think to society, if a mode could be discovered by which victory and defeat in political argument could be decisively ascertained. At a horse race it would be a monstrous sort of contest, which could be terminated only by the combined power of obstinacy in the rider, and physical energy in the horse. The observation is of general and per. manent application, but at present we mean to apply it specifically. Homer celebrates the un daunted valour of Hector,' by comparing , him to flies that returned to the milk-pail the next moment after they had narrowly escaped destruction. Shakspeare says of certain per sons, very troublesome beyond question, " The time has been that when the brains were out the man would die, and there an end ; but now they come again with 20 mortal murders." Dr. Johnson, to come down with our historical definition, says, that " particular reasoners are like wool-sacks : you kick them, but the impression is lost, and the surface is closed as somas the foot is withdrawn." Now for the application of this disagreeable truth. The Editor of the English Administration pub. fished last year a " State of the Nation." A sad thing it was, and it had not one word of truth in it. Yet after the fullest exposure of its folly and falsehood, here he is again in this blessed year of 1823 as full and smooth as if he had never been kicked. Such, however, is the pleasure of per forming this.unavailing operation upon the elastic animal, that we shall repeat the amusement, and with great vigour, if not with better,efrect, than before. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. The w i follong pertinent, just and spirited ob servations on the recent NORFOLK MEETING are taken from The Bury Gazette of,yesterday Did the prosperity of agriculture, the safety of the state, the liberty of the subject, or the sanctity of the church, depend in the remotest degree upon the conduct of the Norf o lk county Meeting,. we should regard the proCeedings which we this day report at length, with feelings of poignant grief and extreme alarm ; but as, fortungtely for the country, the trickery of the whole affair ,is too apparent, and the wickedness of the propositions to o glaring, for any honest man's serious consideration, ,we regard the, petition, its . proposers, and supporters, as things which. would' be imsctirevons, but which, thank Clop I have not tree power. We "are too far front fearing these people anti their scheentes, that we think we ought to congratulate the County of 'Norfolk, and the whole kingdom on the barefaced brazen disclosure of their designs. Whilst they skulked beneath the mask of .IVitiggery —whilst they talked of - Hampden and Sydney, and lIJOH, honest men might be deceived and side with and support them, without losing all e teke . e to respectability; but, that is past ; for to ;siippothe petition they have agreed to, a man who Hist trample upon integrity and abandon common honesty. We will not exult over the poor defeated Whigs and self deceived Reformers, we pity them sincerely; bitten by the reptilei they have fed, stung by the serpents they have fostered, and on -their own ground bu llied and disconditted by an out cast stranger, their situation is indeed deplorable ; we hive too touch cof the mill( of human kindness in our nature to exult over men so' fallen--they have our cordial pity. Poor NVldge I But Cobbett and his crew have no fetch tenderness, they riot in. the 'fullness of 'their plenteous joys—are mad, drunk with the `triumph over their disr,reced and defeated allies and patrons ; and We more soberly but as fervently rejoice not, that Cobb e tt has conquered Coke, not that the Whig Radicals havb rout(el the Recheal Whige, hut that the &sills of' the party standing selfempreted end obvious to ell man indeethat the purposes of, at least, - one' division of the many headed mon ster, factio”, arc now notoriously avowed to be selfish, thievish, and villainous—and that a large portion of that mob which, While 'supporting Mr. Coke's holiest errors, has betirdignitied witit.the name of the people has now manifestedthe spirit IC is of, and shown that it has profited so largely by the liberal .opinions with which it - ,,lias repeatedly been gorged 'sir to be ready to adopt any systern of plunder : , spoliation , and rob heti, 'which any loud talking,. unprincipled, political ad venturer may propose., The petition which was 'earried at' the County Aleeting, prays the Legislature to commit it . robbery, 'and we , would fain ' believe, - for the' honour of the County, for the honour of huttian nature, that there was not one man at the meeting, except the mover, bold rind, bed enough to make the proposal, although, beinr made, they were weak or winked enough to support that which they; be. yond all doubt, never heard or coneldercel. We repeat chat the', petition is bottomed oh freud and injustice, since it asks for a violation of the rights of property., and a suspension of the laws by which property in secured. - To a needy adventnrer, who, has declared the payment of his just debts is secondary considerae tion, when his personal enjoyments or the provision' for his family are at stake—to an eleemosynary 40s: freeholder--the laws which compel rogues to be honest in their own - despite'ntay be inena venient ; but to those who have a property in the soil they - tread on, who wish the land they have inherited to descend to their children, these laws are of some little import, and although their stuiptinalon for only one year might enable'reane profligate swindler to mass enough of his beigh4our's'goods to escape to that cesspool Europe, ,America themetorevel in the fruits of his fraudulent ingenuity ; yeti it WitV be difficult to preveil upon a Dowsed Cominone, composed of tiny thing but pick pockets, to listener) the proposal with any feeling but scorn and indignation, The property of the Church is inalienable, anti is'l not public property." The Crown Lands are equally sacred, I ' The Debts and Contracts between man and Man" are invier lahle obligations. 'rite Public Debt ispri vote property ; and were it possible that Parliament could be prevailed upon to comply with the prayer oldie infamous petition that he s been foisted upon ' the:County of Norfolk, front that moment it vrould be a disc .grace to be, an EnglislimaneeeThe petition, however, cannot in any vie* lie 'deemed the petition of the County, for it is quite notorious that it-was passed in opposition to the views-Of thosa Whose prayer *pretends 'to be. It is called, in the framer' ' own copy, the petition of the NNubility, Gentry, and others, of' the County of isitirfolk. There was not • one "...Nobleman" present, that part of the description is therefore false; "Gen- try" is a TOW Indefinite term; but we may venture, to say that there were not five men present, with any claim to the ebti meter Gentlemen, who supported the petition' it Others large term,' 'md means any-thing; every-thing, or no. ' thing, as the petition-maker knew ; it is therefore iniposi sible to, say that in this pariiculer the deseription may not be true. But it is quite certain that it is not the petition of the Nobility and Gentry—neither has it the sanction of one thousandth part of the Freeholders Of Norfolk. The Land owners disown it ; and the occupiers, with a very few excep. tions, are disgusted and ashamed of it. What then are we to call it ? We designate it a 4anderous scrawl, foisted in upon a county meeting, under the name of a petition, to the inju rious exclusion of thejust consideration of an important sub ject, by Mr. William Cobbett (who has nothing to do with the county), one baronet, three or four persons who have some thing to lose, and about three or four hundred who have nothing of their own between heaven and earth. If, with such a know ledge of this shameless document, any Member should be found to present it to the House of Commons, M we have no doubt that it will remain under the table as harmless as in the pocket of its author , And the event of this day will furnish, 'we hope, this usefalmon to those who have for many years sought a factitious popularity . by bullying their betters ; that in vitiating the minds of the ignorant by continued railing at the Government Of the .country; they do but prepare them to welcome the grosser incense offered by some unprincipled and bolder bully who by undaunted assurance and desperate dar ing will easily secure the palm of triumph from the rabble and lead them on, should opportunity offer, to make their ancient idol their earliest victim. When the possessions of the church are seized on at the will of a Cobbett, Holkham will not long remain secure. When the estates of the King are disposed of on the petition of Sir Thos. 13eevor, the inheritance of Sir Thomas will not be worth many years purchase. When the laws which enforce the, rights and protect the property of honest creditors are suspended or repealed, he must be something more than a fool who does not see that fratidulent debtors will soon rob . the industrious and honourable man of his own. PropoSitions so big with danger, so repugnant to every honourable feeling, never could have been canted by the adaniation of the mob ; no man would have dared to make diem, hand not the minds of the humble and uninformed been prepared for their reception by a never-ending reiteration of seditious rigmarole upon every possible occasion.. The talkers at former county meetings, who, in their zeal to triumph over Tory adversaries, roared on, re gardless of the mischief they were working, now reap the bitter fruits of ' their own mischievous tillage ; and if they are not wise in time, their -heirs may execrate their fathers' foll'. The county of • Norfolk is now disgraced, . but that disgrace is not irretrievable—the shame which has stained her is not in. deliable ; and we trust the high-minded. men of . Norfolk will be anxious to remove her reproach. For once let the distinction of by a Ni e itl e a r n a il Lo .c rir ar b a e tio ft i i i rg d o is tt c e la n i — m le u t n h d o e t:y i str r en o of al wn h l a y l a d r s ti a e l s i connection with Cobbett's petition—the character of the county will then be redeemed, and if, from this degrading specimen of the'evils Whig doctrines may prodtice, when strained to revo lutiouary purposes, the Whigs of Norfolk learn moderation in their oratory and prudence in their conduct: the hireling fret. holder with his forty shilling cottage will have wrought good where he meant mischief, and Cobbett, even Cobbett, will for once in his life have been of service to his country. CONFESSION OF lIARTLEY. In our Paper, Of Saturday last, we gnve an acoount of the execution of this notorious and hardened of fender. It will, however, be seen by the .following particulars which have since transpired, that he haS made confessions which may be the means of bringing to justice the long-sought murderers both of Mrs. DONATTY and -Th. Bum and his Housekeeper, at Greenwich.. The ruthless deeds of this Man appear to have rivalled even these of the notorious Abershaw. Some days before his execution, 'Hartley. Confeased to the Rev. Mr. WisiTEll having been concerned in upwards of two . hundred burglaries in Kent, Essex, Surrey, Middlesex, HaMpshire, Hertfordshire, Yorkshire, Westmorland, Durham, Lincoln, and Norfolk. He had been confined in 16 different prisons, besides undergoing several examinations at the differ. em Polite Offices and, hod :gone by the. following names Robert Stainton, Alexander Rombollen, George Grimes, Ito. best Wood, William Smith, GeorgeCroggington, and Robert Hartley. • Hartley's father formerly kept an inn (Sir John Falstaff ), at Hull, in Yorkshire. He wee .put to school, in that neigh bUurhood, but bis 'conduct:. at school was so marked with de pravity, audio continually did he play the truang that he was dismissed as unmanageable. He then, although only nine years of age, began with .pilfering and robbing gardens and orchards, till at relight his friends were obliged to send him to sea. He soon contrived to 'run away from the vessel in which he had been placed, and having regained the land, pursued his oat habits, and got connected with many of the principal thieves in London, with whom he, commenced business regu larly as a housebreaker, which was almiiit always his line of robbery. Hartley acknowledged,, that from his earliest days he was of a most 'Vindictive and revengeful spirit. lie had been punished when at school, and, in revenge, contrived to get from his bed in the night, and destroy the whole of the fruit trees and every plant and shrub in his master's garden.7.7.At,another time hay ing robbed a neighbour's garden, he was detected and punish. ed ; when, in order to wreak his vengance,' lie set fire to the house in the night, which was nearly destroyed, together with 1 its inmates. lie had adopted a plan to escape from his fa- ther'N house in the night time, without detection, which was done by means of a rope ladder, th a t h e l et d own f rom hi s bed room window, and after effecting his robberies he used to return to Hartley ir6i hail once niinti lieiore same ' v'li teeived sentence of death, and was not respited till within a few hours of the usual time of execu tion ; he was then sent to Bottany Bay, from whence he ecin trived to make his escape, and afterwards entered on board one of his Majesty's ships in the East Indies. Whilst at this sta. tion lie was removed to the hospital on :shore,. at Bombay, on 441:4411t of sickness ; but even in this .state he could:not refrain from thieving. His practice was to scale the walls of the hos pital in the evening end way-lay the natives, whom he con trivnd to rob by knocking them down with a short ebony stick, and then seizing their turbans, in which their wealth was usu ally deposited, he stole off unperceived, whilst his victims, were left weltering in: blood,._ which 'always followed his Whilst on this station, a gentleman on board the ship missed a valuable box of pearls, and suspicion falling upon a native In dian he was put on shore and dreadflilly tortured, (his finger and toe nails being torn out), t o m a k e. . him confess. A few days before flattley's execution he -confessed that he had been die thief, having stolen the pearls, and secreted them in a cre vice in the shiP's side, where.theyhati slipped down to the hot. tout, and he never could get at them again. Hartley wrote an account of this circumstance - to, the commander of the.ship who came to Maidstone immediately, anti recognized Hartley, as having been engaged as an officer's servant on board, and Hartley assured, hint that the pearls still rema in e d in the place Where be had secreted them. Hanky acknowledged that lie was an accomplice in the murder of Mr. Bird and his housekeeper, at ,Greenwich r for which murder Hussey was executed in IEIIO, but that neither himself or Hussey were the actual murderers. • Hartley ob tained admission. into the house by presenting non) at the door, when himself, with Iluseey and another person whoni he named rushed into the house,. and shut the door.-- Hartley instantly rail up stairs, and plundered the drawerit, and whilst there he heard a thud cry for miercy. He went to the top of the galss, and saw Hussey pull Mr. Bird's{ housekeeper to the floor, whilst - . strnek her repeatedly with a hammer. Hartley ran down stairs, and saw ,Mr. Bird lying dead on his back. The sight so effected film that he immediately threw on the table two wetehea which he had scented, and ran out of the house, and never 'saw Hussey.- afterwards, nor had any share in' the plunder. Happy would it have been had his hand* always been, its free from blood, he confessed that he aftewitrds met a Gentleman on the highway and shot him dead ; • after which he . took front Ids :person a watch and 751. Hartley was alsO witness to another , scene of .murder which occurred in one of his midnight robberies. Himself and a companion lied in tend . the house Of a Gentleman, who; 'being alarmed, seized a poker, and made towards. Hartley,. who snapped a pistol, which missed tire. The Gentleman seized him by this collar and dragged. him to the floor, when Hartley's companion plunged a knife into , his heart, and he fell dead ,upon Hartley. TWo.Ladiegbad, followed the, Gentleman into the room, and at the hoirid sight. they instantly-fainted, whilst Hartley and hie companions made their escape. He hat also frequently confessed that the murder:of Mrs. Donatty was the abovt.mentioned -, who he represented to be a most blood-thirsty villain. In one of his midnight excursions with, two of his companions, he had a narrow escape of. ,his.: life. Iley . had packed up the principal part of the plate in the lower rooms; when one of his companions, with horrid oath, declared that he Would proceed up stairs, in attempting which, he was shot dead at the side of Hartley, who, with Ilia other companion, made :a hasty retreat. This circumstance only served to harden him in iniquity, as he aknowledged that he was totally doioid of fear or natural af.. fection. Feelings of remorse were, howerer a little awakened a few days before his trial, by an affectionate letter from a sister imprisoned for debt, whom he had robbed 0'2004 by forging a power of attorney, by which he obtained possession of a legacy of 20W. which had been bequeathed to her by a dis tant relation. - • Ire looked forward to thc time of his execution with Rite. nishing coolness; and,. in order that he might have the day continually before bim, he had drawn a circle on poet, to form a kind of dial, with an index pointing to.the number of days yet remaining, and. this index he moved daily as the days' of life decreased. This monitor he fastened against the wall of his , cell, where it was 4onstantly in view.. He was but twenty.five years of age, and about five feet six inches •, • • high. LAW INTAPAG.ENcE. COURT Or, IMO'S BENCH, Jaw. 9. 1". WILSON. Mr. BRODERICK stated, that the declaration alleged the plaintiff' to be an attorney, and that the defendant had publish. ed a libel of him in reference to a prosecution at the Old Bailey, in which he was concerned. The libel was published in a Newspaper called the Hull Advertiser, and purported to boa report of certain observitions made by Mr. Justice Bayley on the conduct of the plaintiff, Imputing to him subornation of perjury. Mr.. SCARLETT addressed the Jury for the plaintiff.— Various, he said, were the modes which had been contrived by the ingenuity of modern times for libelling individuals. Some irony was resorted to, and the public were gravely assured that a party had not committed some outrage on decency and morals ; sometimes a statement was made with an ex pression of hope that it would prove untrue ; and some ' times a person was informed, with affected kindness and candour, that reports were prevalent against him, which he ought to disprove. There was also another mode of attacking character even more dangerous—by pretending to give a faith ful report of proceedings in a. court of justice, or by copying a report from another Journal with some slight alteration, which might seem accidental, but might give to the whole account a different colouring. There were great advantages attending a true report of all important proceedings in courts of justice; . and great allowances ware to be made for unintentional errors; because when discussions were• going on between Judges and Counsel, the points of law might easily be misunderstood, and because, to give a correct and lucid report of legal proceed ings, a professional education and a knowledge of the principles of law were almost indispensably regitisite. If the publics. tion in question could fairly lay claim to any of these allow ances, it would not have been made the subject of the present action ; but it would be found impossible to apply any of them in its excuse. Here a private conference took place between Mr. SCAR LE TT' and Mr. GURNEY, who was counsel for the defendant, after which Mr. SCARLETT said, that his learned friend had made a pro position to which he would accede. As the action was brotight to vindicate the character of his client, anti not for vindictive damages, he would take a verdict with such damages as would carry costs. . . Mr. GURNEY observed, that as there was no justification pleaded, he could not show the correctness of the.report; or ask a verdict for the Aefendant. lie Would not add an observation more. The Jury then, by consent, found a verdict for the.phintitf. Damages 40s. SAMUEL v. MACIIIN. This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment, to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. The alleged assault and imprisonment took place in May last, , at the rooms of the defendant, who is an auctioneer, in King-street, Covent-garden. A watch, which had been pur chased by Mr. Barnett Solomon, was missed; and a proposal was made that the parties present should undergo a search. The witnesses for the plaintiff' represented this proposal as com ing from Mr. Machin, and that he ordered the doors to be closed. Ile, then fixed on the plaintiff to be searched, and be was searched by a officer who happened to be present, but the watch was not found on his person. No other person was sub jected to the same process. Mr. SCARLETT submitted that the 'plaintiff had not made out any prima.facie case, but ought to be nonsuited. The Loan CHIEF Junto , ' said, he thought enough was shown to go to the Jury. The question was, whether the search was made by the authority' of the defendant. Mr. SCAREETT began his address to the Jury by saying it was quite indifferent to him personally, how much time causes occupied. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that he was desirous that each case should occupy as short a time as possible; but he did not think the observation quite decorously made. Mr. SCAR:LETT replied, that he merely intended to apolo gize to the Airy for taking up ,their time in laying evidence before them. He then proceeded to state his case, which was, that the search was proposed by the company • that when the officer came forward, Mr. Machin told lam that he gave hint no authority, and he must act on his own discretion: and that, afterall, the officer never touched him., but that he jumped on the counter, pulled off his own coat and waistcoat., and insisted on being searched in public. This statement was supported by four .The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the Jury to decide—first, whether the plaintiff had been searched at all by any person but himself; and secondly, whether , if he h ad been searched, the plaintiff haul authorized the procee d i n g . It was ve r y pos. The Jury, after a few minutes • deliberation, found a verdict mi sib a le h , t i h n o t n h es e tcloynbfleuilinonisOtaf!,seunc.h a scene, that some of the witnesses no imputation on the character T th h a e t there. was iLi . deed, was afterwards found. for the defendant. It was admitted l o t t f e tt emplaalilnsutAid*.es . WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. Yesterday these Sessions commenced before Mi.' COST and a full Bench of Magistrate!. TUE: NINA v. CHAULF.S TEIII3UTT, ON TIIE PROSECUTION OF GEOROW. KENT, FOR AN ASSAULT. Mr. ALLEY opened the pleadings, and detailed the ease on the part of the prosecution. Tice. defendant was formerly Cap tain of an Indianian in the Company'd Service, -and the prose were proved . cuter was con in ne e cte v d en w ee ftlLth l e i y . ulkli e c u P t I b ttss. ad eleven once* in the dress circle of the Haymarket q !mare, on the 11th of Oetober, ph s , Chatterley's benefit night. The defendant had much annoyed the audience during the first and second acts of the performance, in thrice obtruding himself into a private box, from which lie was each time removed. After assaulting one. of the h ox .k eee p ers , h e went down stairs into the lower lobby, where his conduct was so riotous as to disturb and prevent the audience hearing the piece. It was ut the end of the second act when defendant was in the attitude of striking Mr. Hodgins,. a rdspectsble shareholder of the house ; that the prosecutor left his box, as others had done, and remonatrat. ed with defendant, stating that it was impossible to hear the performance, and that his conduct and his lifting his hand to a man old enough to be .his father, was ungentleman-like, and that if he had any complaint to make, the lantiger would remedy it. He seemed satisfied ; but upon Mr. Kent retiring to his box, he was saluted by defendant with a kick, and he ran up stairs. The prosecutor went out for the constable in at. tendance, but defendant could not be found. Upwards of two hours afterwards,. the defendant made another attack oh the pro. secutor in the saloon, after asking an exchange of cards. .The prosecutor said he did not understand duelling, and would he; the defendant, protect the prosecutor's family in the loss of, A fattier? The defendant then commenced a furious attack on the prosecutor, in which he was seriously maimed; and, in making his escape, he 'was taken and lodged in St. Martin's watch.house, for disturbance in the theatre. The _prosecutor was on the next day bound over to prosecute at Bew.street Office. M'Donald, the constable, proved the defendant's general turbulent conduct during the evening. . Mr. Hudgins, sen, proved the defendant having gross abused him, .and puthimself in a boxing attitude, and Mr. Ilodgins, jun. was assaulted by him. Four respectable witnesses proved the unprovoked assault on the prosecutor, whose conduct they described as mild and in. offensive. • . Mr. A D 01. P It V s replied, and called a woman of the named Barclay;and three others, to prove that the prosecutor made an assault on Mrs, Barclay, and that he challenged to fight de fendant for two guineas or sovereigns, when the second attack was made upon him. Mr. ALLEY replied ; and the Jury found the defendant postponed. SOUTHWARK` SESSIONS. Yesterday morning the, Loup 'Mayon, Sheriffs, Recorder, and City Officers, went in state over the Southwark Bridge, and opened the above Session s a t th e Town H a ll, for the mid of offences committed in the. County of Surrey, within the ju- risdiction of the'City of London. On his arrival at the Town Hall he was received by the High Bailiff, Alderman J. J. Smith, &c, There are not many prisoners for trial. POST OFFICE N ItEC LATIONS.—We are happy in stating that 'an arrangement has been at length effect ed with the Post Office at Gloucester, whereby the early arrival of , the Mail from that city, from the west of England, and from Ireland,. will enable our Postmaster, on Monday next, to com mence the clilivery of letters at 2 o'clock in the morning. Fur ther plans for the still greater accommodatian of the Public arc in contemplatiou.—(Chellenhant Chronicle.) The annual donation of an elegant silver medal, given to the Pennicuik Curling Club by Sir G. Ctrux, Bart. M.P. &c. was played for upon one of his ponds at Pennicuik-house, on Monday, the 30th ultimo, when, after a game of keen contest and 'excellent play, the prize was gained by Mr. JAMES Dopris, Penniciiik.--Thc elegant medal given by the Merchi ston.Curling Club was played for on Thursday, an Merchiston Pond, and, after a keen and skilful contest, was gained by Mr. JOHN NOEolloE.—(Edinkres Courant, Jury. U.) BIRTHS. On the Bth inst., in Cadogan;place, the Lady of Captain Charles Shaw, R.N., of a daughter. On Sunday, the sth Inst., at Shamrock Lodge, Belfast, the Lady of William Boyd, jun. Esq., of a son. On the Bth inst., Mrs. Edward Kerby, wife of Mr. Edward Kerby, bOokseller, Stafford-street, Old Bond -street, of a son. MARRIED. ~ o At St. Peter's Church, Dublin, Arthur Daly, Esq., Captain in his Majesty's 538 Regiment, to Caroline, 6th (laughter of William Humphrys, Esq., High Sheriff of the county of Cavan, On the Bth - inst., at Cherington, Warwickshire; Jatnes Allan Park, Esq., eldest son of the Hon. Mr. Justice Pa*, to Mary, daughter of the late Rev. William Dickins. Yesterday, the 9th inst., at St. George's, llanover-squarei John Ward, Esq., of Christ College, Cambridge, and second son of John Ward, E s 5., of Marlborough, to Ann, eldest daughter of Samu e l Merriman, M.D., of Brook-street, Oros , renor-square. DIED. On Wednesday, the Bth inst. at his residence in 'Neweuta• street, John Pratt iluitson, Esq. in the 78th year of his fp a On the 9th inst. Mr s . M ar y A nn B arratt , a g e d 40, wife O' Mr. Phineas Barratt, of New Bond-street. At Kensington, on the 7th inst. Hardress Waller LloYdt Esq. a Captam In the Army, and brother of the httaJohn Lloyd, bf Gloster, Esq. King's County, aged 84. On the Ist inst. of the measles, Mary, relict of Harry gefrik Esq. of the county of Dorset. On the 30th ult. in New Bond-street, Mr. Charles Mitchell; sen. music -seller, late of Southampton-row. On the 2d inst. aged 88, Mr. Henry Wabey, of BarleY , 'n w ,___ Royston. There are t wo b rot h ers o f t h e d ece a se d now limp within three miles of Royston, whose ages are 8(3 and 83. At Hastings, on the 2d inst. in his 21 s t year, Thomas Currie, Esq. of Jesus College, Cambridge, youngest son tnc late D r. Currie, of Liverpool. EAST INDIA BIRTHS, , MARRIAGES, & DEATHS, [Prom the Madras Courier of 'lnput 6, 1822,1 MADRAA BIRTHS. - At Quilon, on the 25th July, the Lady of Claud Curlitt.,‘ of a son. Esq. Surgeon, of a dauhter. At Tranquabar, on the 18th July last, Mrs. M. C. Pen man, At Darwar, on the 22d July, the Lady of Capt. 111 a 19th Regiment of Native Infantry, of a daughter. . At Pondicherry, on the 23d JulY the Lady of 11. Atkals °9 " Esq. of a son. MADRAS MARRIAGES. Yesterday, at- St. George's Church by the Rev. Thomas. Senior Chaplain, Anstruth e t Cheap!, FAtl. ()f Madras Civil Service, to Caroline. Matilda, second daughter Daniel Neale, Esq. of the Supreme Court. ff At Tanjore, on the.22d July last, by the Rev. J. Nehlho , the Rev. G. Smschneider, to Miss E . Kohlhoff, second tlauif ter of D. Kohthoff; Esq. MADRAS DEATHS. f tho On Friday, the 2d August, the Rev. T. Nicholson, O. call• t London Missionary Society, aged 27 y ears , of the spasm be Cholera. After suffering acutely for the space of six hots, ea , sank beneath the stroke, anticipating heaven, the punch o, profession of Christ's faithful servants. A widow and i taut children survive to deplore a loss only known in it n f: gravation to those who have been brought into similar ci rcu stances. On Wednesday last Eliza, the wife of A. Flower; Esq'. o . On the 22d July, Louisa, wife of J. Smart, Esq. 31 . ~. rison Surgeon, aged 24 years. BENGAL BIRTHS. On Monday, the Bth June, the wife of Mr. Janie , Bill ek ` °( Hon. Company's Marine, of twins. On the 30th June, the Lady of Captain lfl. E. Pri4b arp ' a daughter. On the Ist July, at the residence of Major-Geneva Sir T m o M e e!rn K. , n hi ' s Majesty' s rnan'l l n fib " Li ht On the Ist July, the Lady of Lieut. Ware, 0 " 13 jolty's 14th Regiment, of a daughter. On the 13th July, Mrs. Edward De Cruz, of a son. BENGAL. MARRIAGE,. On Monday, the 11th July, at St. John's Cathedral, ll„ Rer. Daniel Conic, Senior C haplain, Charles Knuwl,3 Ro l "' son, Esq. to Miss lizabeth Carr, iDrioveztioothnes,l4lofdy,a os,ofiLl.x.4l: Same day, by the Rev. Mr. Icastings, Mr. Conduetore rester, to Mrs. salary Ann Towers, widow of the late M r . 0 .: ' ductor Towers. On Saturday, the 12th July, by the. Rev. Mr. Coriie, ) If4 John Fenwick, to Alias B e ll a Marchand: arring°l BOMBAY BIRTHS. At Beßarg, on the 25th ult. the Lady of Ensign W of his At Dap Majesty . 's 67th regiment, of a son. 'j poolte, on'the 6th inst., the Lady of Lieutenso Or ." Adjutant Worthy, of a son. • Oct, At Surat, on Tuesday th e 9 t h i ns t., t h e L a d y o f J o hn 11 of a !laughter. BOMBAY 'MARRIAGE. • On tbeillth July, at. St. Thomas's Ch urc h, by the 1 10 :„ r Davies, Lieutenant tleorge - Frankland, of the 05th Reitim e ''' Foot, to Miss Anne Mason. DdSIDAY DEATII.. At Baroda, in the 29th year of his a ge , ear ly o n the lootnil,, of the 23th.ult. Conductor W. M. Davis, of the Ordnanc d partment4 . leiving a disconsolate wid ow , child, and faintly{ lament his loss. - Ile was a lovingliusband, a tender parent , ' sincerely regretted by alibis acquaintance. ( From the-same Paper, July 23.) MADRAS BIRTJIS. ia On the 25th ult. at Cuddapah, the Lady of Brevet ear Poulton, 6th Native Infantry, ar a son. f On the 14th inst. the Lady of Wm. 'Hudleston, Bs+ Civil Service of a daughter. of At the Presidency, on Sunday, the 21st inst., the 14 3 Thomas Allsop, Esq. of a daughter. MADRAS DEATHS. Hos O a n n i n V a e s d . n z es o d r a e y r, e t i l e e it w in if g e , the 3d s in b s a t n . e t t R z n o ya ret p! o no: . At Denary, on the 22d ult. Lieut. James Allen, 0 ' t ' Battalion 24th Regiment. 0 At Madur a , on the 6th i n st. th e i n f ant son oflll4.\t - Cll • aged 13 months and 12 days. en s lip At sea, on the sth April, on bowld the brig Diana, passage from the Schelles to the Isle of France, 3 178 ' e Alexander, wife of M r . Al exa nder, M as t e r Attendant 01 . sulipatant. On Thursday, the llth inst. the infant son of Mr. J. BOMBAY DEATHS. At Poonqh, on the night of th e 14 t h J une , at half past el :: O;cloc . k, Comet Thomas Spencer, of the 3d Regiment Bon i ' Light Cavalry. The circum s t ances connecte d w ith the dea th this promising young officer are truly distressing, and se , r . v ,, ' prove how we may be cut off when least expected. b e taking his usual evening's aide in rude health 29 hciuri 004 1 14 1 : 1 r to his decease, and the first intimation given of his fatal ac' t . 0 * was that of a &Toy running into the mess house, AO° officer to be lying (as if dead) in the road. His broths ° , ',l eers, on hearing this, hastened to the sp o t, a nd picked hitolielt.- quite senseless. Several medical men were immediatell GA but the fall from his horse was so se.vere, that it baffl t d-". efforts, as he neither spoke, nor indeed was he tiensiblc, f t " , the time it occurred till the moment of his death. 'Thu. , N o minated the existence of an excellent young man, clv - . 0 . 1 e e by all those who had the pleasure of his aeq uaintan,t 11 0 rru% followed him to the grave with every mark of deep so, , funeral wall attended by the hand of his Majesty's 47 0 " . f ' ,i ir, treat, and nearly, the whole of the Officers and GentlO' n the cantonment. " V On Monday, the 24th June, of an apoplectic fit, Ve_f A 3 V10 . ; Rev. Nicholas Wade, A.M. Senior Chaplain at this l'ne 4 A more awful example of the uncertainty of holna' l , 'T t e , seldom occurred than in the present instance. . Mr., 'IV ;, in his place in the Church at Divine Service on S noon. In the afternoon he attended at the burial $ l l4 the performance of his duty ; in the evening dined w ith nvily, and retired to bed at his usual hour of nine. ( Mil day morning, at half-put six o'clock, he was a corPio rt i„1 been seized with an apoplectic tit a few hours , Nl'ade's remains were interred in the Chancel of St. 1 1 t or PI Church, of which he had been it Chaplain nears); attended by a numerous and respectable concourse o f eig • p friends. . _ Printed find Ptxblllthed for Ow O&ce, No. 112, strttnil by J. B. Cinstt.iio.'