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VIE LONDON JOURNALS. ViXTRACTi rit(im TIIC DATT.V I‘I9ILNINTI PAPEII.3, dm:m:7 21, , 1823. -.0r.- [THE TIMES.) The publit het i not so long to expect the reply to the Notes of the Ambassadors at the Court of Spain, as it was obliged to wait for the Notes themselves. That reply, the same to all the Powers addressing the Spanish Government, we present to-day. Were we of a temper to rejoice in the discomfiture of legitimate Emperors and Sings, the present document would indeed sup ply matter of great triumph. How completely, but how quietly, are Messrs.Mekternich, Bernstoti, and Nesseirode put down by the very first clause in the Note, which is to serve as an answer to all alb powers that remonstrate against the pre sent Spanish Constitution :---- 44 You all solemnly " recognized it in 1.819. ii i" But little remains to be added to this, except, as we say in our country, " a groan" for Messrs. Nesseirode, Bernstoff, and Metternich. The Spanish ques tion is upon a right footing, so far as relates to Foreign Powers. - , rn moNi NT; eosT.l We received 'last night Dutch Papers to the 16th inst. They contain an article from Nurem berg which conveys some interesting intelligence respecting the view taken by .the Allied Save veigns at Verona of the Greek affairs, and of the propriety of doing something to ameliorate the condition of that breve and injured people. Total independence seems to have been considered in compatible, with the legitimacy of the Turkish F.toperor and his Government, which we are told " had not for a moment been called in question, but had been assumed on the contrary by the Congress as the haSis of fresh negotiations with the Porte." it was only proposed to obtain for the Greeks the free possession of several parts of the Morea and of some or the islands, under the supremacy of Turkey, find the Cong ress 'separated with an un \ derstanding that negociations to attain that object • would be renewed. The intelligence subse quently received, from Constantinople,, however, is said t.a have operated a great alteration in the sentiments of certain Monarchs. It was thought that cc if a party had violently•: seized on the reins of Government, the Sultan was become merely a tool," and 44 an active interference in the internal taroks of Turkey might be justified, without too nearly affecting the principle of the legitimacy of the Turkish Emperor." [ffitiviqtPßESS.] In no proposition of geometry, in no problem of mathematics, can the solution be more aptly and satisfactorily applied to the questions pro.. posed, than the reply of Spain is fitted to the de-1 mends of the Holy Alliance. But it is not the abstract fittness which call: for admiration : it is the moral grandeur, the ,perfect self-possession, the absolute justice, the entire wisdom, the mug nanimoos contempt with which Spain has deigned t‘o answer the insidious, cowardmalignant pre tensions of barbarians. It wits but yesterday that au English Morning Paper (our readers will discover his name as wallas his nature in his bray ing) said, "The leading men in Madrid are quiteas violent us Hunt, Cobbett, and Carlile." Ere the evening came the Answer, the unprecented, un rivalled, immortal Answer of Spain, written by her leading men to the. Allied Sovereigns. If indeed Bust, Cobbett, and Carlile could con duct themselves with so much wisdom, discre tion, and :intrepidity, as .the leaders of a revolu tion, it would be vase in the Govermnent Jour nals to conceal the dangerous fact. [mour4lNG ctinoNteLed Many strange things have happened in our times ; but one of the most strange, and for which we were the least prepared, though it is not on . that account the less grateful, is the discovery announced yesterday by a contemporary (The New Times), that the threlktened invasion of Spain ought to excite our ppreliiinitons for t/n cause of sound ratimud anti that it will probably' lead to a remilit that no party in the outset would have AViSheii. This discovery is the more Valuable, as it can hardly have been made by our ntemporary without having previously been made by others whp'tt opinions may have 'some effect on the issue. Whoever has converted our contempiirary is entitled to the highest praise, for We are sore, no -Missionary among the -Heathen ever had a harder task on his hands. When we first lighted on the paragraph ive could hardly trust the evidence of our eyes ; we suspected tha t we had fallen on a wrong Paper, that we had confounded different Times with each other. ; and we re.read the title at top letter by letter, to make sure of it. %V e, in fact, considered the rof of our contemporary us a citadel proof acainst the ascault , , of Litwraliam under any shape or modification. With the aid of his energies in the good (*Wee, wee certainly promise ourselves great Little did we suspect, one short week ago, that we should be so soon fighting together under the same stand. and Against the Holy Alliance and the enemies of the liberties of 'Spain. [N ENV TIM M.] In speaking of the foreign news, we would wish to guard ourselves from being misunderstood as advocates for war, c hen wt say that we cannot but regard such it result as roost probable, from the present state of affairs. it is strongly indi cated, we think, by the fall of tin French Fonds vim the rectipt of the Spanish Note. It is indi cated, by the tenor of the Note; mid still more by the conduct of the Republicans at Mn. drid, which evinces a decided sentiment of hostility - against will the Allied Powers of the Continent. A fact by no means im material, in this point of view, is, that,a se. eund violation of the Freoch territory is stated in. the Et e lle to have taken place , near . St. J an Pied de Port. It does not appear to have heel; accompanied with those circumstances of dastardly cruelty which, disgraced the former offence ; it was not directed to the butchery of wounded men in an Hospital ; but still the free quent recurrence of such events marks a careless ness and contempt of French authority, which are the natural preludes to war. It has been argued that France has every thing to lose and nothing to gain by a war with Spain ; but to this those who best know the state of France reply, she has every thing to lose, and nothing to gain by a Peace. [MORNING HERALD.] Within the last two days foreign news has come upon us by explosions. The diplomatic Notes addressed by the Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Governments to the Spanish Go- vernment, through their Ministers at Madrid and—still more important—the Answer of the Spanish Government and Cortes—it may be said of the Spanish nation—to these Notes, and to that of France ; of all these the reader is in posses sion, The press of other matter prevented our noticing them yesterday. They bear some minor, but still marked, shades of distinc tion—hut all agree in general views, and in a certain style of declamation upon European politics. In every respect the Russian Note takes the lead. It is dated several days ear lier than that of Austria. There is in it a clear ness of expression, an earnestness of purpose, an energy of movement, which distinguishes it from the others, both as a political document and as a composition. The comparison even suggests strong internal evidence that Austria and Prussia, instead uf' concurring purl passu in the move meta of Itusia, were carried away in her train. The Austrian Note is a forced and feeble echo of the Russian, uncertain of pur pose, and .somewhat deficieht in clearness, scat tering now and then pacific phrases over a' surface of violent declamation. The 'Prussian Note is as loud-voiced as either, but a lank and meagre production.—indeed, no bad personifica tion of that august Monarchy. Besides the re luctant air, and the want of clearness of purpose in the two latter Notes, there is, the reader must have observed, a glimmering disclaimer of the right of Foreign Powers to dictate what political institutions are best adapted to the, actual con dition of Spain. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Correct State of the Betting at at \Viol's One Tutteraver • No.betting on the CLA 'AtTERSALL I 3 yesterday, and Jerrnyn.street, last night. Derby or Oaks. t rr. G to 2 agst Moses 7 to 2 agst Swap 5 to 1 agst I'osthuuia 6 to I agst Wanton 7 to 1 apt AquiHim 7 to 1 agst Ajax. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. [0 to 1 agst Sherwood 22 to I agst Patois Royale . 4 to 1 agst. Fanny, 25 w 1 agst Armstrong 8 to 1 agst Fanatic 30 . to 1 agst Sir Edw. 'Dods. I 8 to 1 agst Tinker worth's c. !If to 1 apt Barefoot 130 to 1 agst bro. to Violet. . . A great deal of betting. SKATING.—An Extraordinary Skating Match lately took place .= Aqualate Mecr, the beautiful sheet of water of Six J. F. Boughey, Bart., in the presence of 'most of the beauty and fashion-of the neighbourhood. Tice match was undertaken for a considerable sum, by a (lenticular: of the cloth, to skate 30 miles in three hours, Willa: was accomplished with ease. At Starting the bets were Ii to I against hint ; but all the knowing ones were sadly taken in. Orion SuoTs.—On Saturday last, Mr. James Corney, of Littlehampton' shot, with - one charge, from a fowlingpfeee, thirteen,seafgulls in a field near that place : and a few days ego, Mr. Holmes, jun. of North Farm, r indon, at one shot, killed 10 rooks, a hen-pheasant, and a pigeon. Cotrhoto r ,-The cockers of Sussex and Hampshire had two grand days' Play At Chichester on Monday and Tuesday last. The Most celebrated feeders from the Royal Pit, Westminster, Nash and Flemming; superintended the respective pens. For. time bestowed her smiles each day ou.the former. At the close the numbers stood thus—Nash—Monday and. Tuesday, 12 main 9 byes—Flcutining-1 0 main 2 byes. The three shake. bag matches, Fash and Bolt feeders, were all won by the former. The Gentleman alluded to in the following extract front the Percy Anecdotes now resides in Clay ton.sgattre, in this town (Liverpool), where he exercises his profession of a painter. We haio seen some alas paintings, and they are admirable likenesses of the originn it, iii it singular-fact, that the deaf and dumb are not ex eluded from the pleasures arising from music ; a remarkable proof of this is related of an artist of the name of Arrowsinith, a member of the Royal Academy, who , resided some months at BVinnington, about the year . l6l6, exercising his'profession of a miniature and portrait painter: Ile was, says Ale. Chippin dale or Witinick, who relates the anecdote, ' (sate deaf. It will Scarcely be credited, that a - person thus circumstanced should be fond of music;. but this was the ease with Mr. Arrowanith. lie was at a gentleman's glee club,. of which I was president at that tune, and as the glees were sung. be would place himself near some article of wooden furniture, or a partition, door, or window.shutter, and would fix the extreme end of his fingernails, which he kept rather long, upon the edge of some projecting part of the wood, and there remain until the piece under performance was finished ; all , the time ex pressing, by the moat signifleant gestures, the pleasure he felt in the perception of musical sounds. Ile was not so much pleased with a solo as with a pretty full clash of harmony ; and if the music :was: not Very good, or rather if it was not wrrettly per. formed, he would not show the slightest sensation, of pleasure. But the most extraordinary circumstance in this case is, that he was evidently most delighted with those pastiages in which the composer displayed his science in modulating the different keys, When such passagvs happened to boexecifted with precision, he Could scarcely repress the emotions of pleasure which he received within any bounds ; for the delight he evinced seemed to border on ecstacy. This was expressed most remarkably at our Club, when the glee was sung with which we often conclude; it is by Stevens, and begins with the Ye spotted makes,' from Shakspeare's Midsummer Night's Dream: In the second stanza, on the words, .fr Wonving spiders, come nut here,' there is some . modulation of the kind above alluded to,-and. here Mr. Arrow. smith would'he in raptures, such as would not be exceeded by any one who was in immediate possession of the sense of hear ing.' "---( p -( L2verpot t UT ler, Jr.a la.) EXCCUTION.--4Yesterday morning the awful I sentence of death was carried into effect at the top of Horse-. monger-lane Jail, upon (.lies East, aged 17, for criminally , abusing a girl —Th under nine years of - age.is young man was convicted upon the clearest testimony, and under rather aggravated circumstances. Not the slightest hope of mercy was held out to him, and he profited much by the religious advice . given him by the Reverend Mr. MANN, Chaplain of the Jail. On Sunday the wretched culprit attended 'Di vine .Service, and his penitent and melancholy demeanour excited great compassion in the auditory. In the evening he took a last farewelfof his parents and family. Yesterday morn ing, at, a o'clork, the. Under-Sheriffs and attendants , arrived at the prison, and the young man having received the sacrament, was conducted into the yard and disencumbered of his irons ; during this awful ceremony he gave way to excessive grief, 'and often called upon Heaven to pity him. At nine o'clock the tolling of the prison bell announced that all was ready, mild. the wretched culprit was conducttql to the scaffbl.l by the Under Sheriffs, hlr. Walters (the Jailer), the Maplain, and attendants. On the, platform he addressed a few it:artful late words tothe assembled crowd, who seemed greatly affect ed at his melancholy fate. In a few minutes the awful prepa. rations being completed, the drop fell, and this world closed on Idai for ever. We understand Mr. II Attr,El: - is already en. gaged to .perform at the Haymarket Theatre during the ensuing - season. We hive also heard that some other engagements of consequence are in polio for that pleasant little house. LAW INTELLIGENCE. • COURT OF CHANCERY. Jaw. 20. • COLOMBIAN LOA,. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he wished to correct a misre presentation which had gone abroad, with respect to a motion made by Mr. Hart on a former day. It was on the part of an Individual, praying that money in the hands of certain other individuals mig ht - not be sent abroad, tp what was called the Coloinbian Loan • because the authority of Mr. Zea, who had contracted that L oan, had been disavowed. His Lardship . said he was represented, as having heard the motion in his private room aftet the rising of the Court; the fact was, it was by mere accident it had been heard in his private room. lie was upon the point of leaving the Court, when Mr. Hart pressed to make his motion ; upon which he told the Learned Counsel, that unless he followed him into his room he could not attend to him. ' His Lordship added, that upon hearing the motion, what he said was , _ that without his stating, one way or the other, what was the nature of. the Colombian Loan, he could not as a Judge, sitting in the King's Court, recognise it as a Loan to a Government not • recognised by . the King of t his country; but that if any person applied to individuals in this country to lend money to persons abroad, and those persons afterwards disavowed the authority of their agent, that such was a fair ground for his interference ; and that, if the record was put in that way, he would grant the injunction ex parte, whatever might be the nature and character of that which was termed the Colombian Government. His Lordship Anther said, that, sitting as Chancellor, he could neither authorise or deny the character of that Government except on authority higher than his own. He wished it to be clearly understood, that It was by the merest accident the motion was heard in his private room, as it was called. His LORDSHIP, on account of the extreme severity of the weather, and his labo u ring under a cold, sat in his room ; but his Lordship was anxious it should be understood that he sat there publicly, and that the Court was accessible to all persons who might desire to be present. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, JAY. 20; THE OPERA.IIOIISE..—WATERS v. TAYLOR. Mr. HEALY) as Counsel for Mr. Taylor, said, he had a long motion to submit to the Court, only a portion, however, of which, at the present moment, he thought his Honour could fairly grant. It was a motion. that Mr. Waters should be di rected to pay into Court a sum of 5,5001., and that he should be ordered to pay to Mr. Taylor his proportion of the interest, amounting to 9201: The motion proceeded to pray, that in case of default of payment, Mr. Waters should be declared to have forfeited all his right and title to the estate of which lie had been declared the purchaser. This latter part of the motion lie would not press upon the Court. In order that his Honour might beable to understand the object of the present motion, lie would state a few of the leading points as connected with this long litigated case. When the Opera-house was first sold to Mr. Waters, a special order wax made to pay the purchase-money within a certain time, and Mr.. Waters was never placed entirely- in the occupation of the property.— Several applications were made from time to time, and ultimately a sum of 34,0001. was ordered to , be paid into Court by ' Mr. Waters. This 34,0001., together with die 7,0001., formed a part of 70,0001., the whole amount of • the purchase.money. In consequence• of a further appli cation to the Court, this sum of 34,0001; was reduced 'to • 23,0001., which was paid into Court.. There was subsequently a reference to the Master, anda vairety of inquiries, by the or der of the Court, were made by the Master. By an order of 'the Court, dated 24th. December, 11316, Mr. Waters was al lowed to retain in his hands a certain portion of the purchase money, and it was to that order the present motion referred. Since the former hearings in this case, new parties had sprung up, and claimed a right of interference. A Mr. Chambers ap peared . here on the present ,motion, and Mr. Wetherell anti Air t Sngden had been retained to support his claims. Mr. Chambers was no party on the record, and as no supplemental bill had been filed by him, he had nu right ,whatever to be heard' by Counsel. After some discussion by Mr. HART on the part of Mr. Wa ters,,Mr. BARBER for the executors of and Mr. WETHERELL for Mr. Chambers, The VICE•CIIANCELLOR observed that the question here was, not whether Mr. Chambers had an interest in the case, for it was quite clear he had ; but whether he could assert that interest by now appearing ? Ile thought the Court could not hear that gentleman's claim, excepting as it regarded the sum mentioned in the order of the 16th Octo ber, 1821. • The best course for 'Mr. Chambers to adopt, was to place himself precisely in the same situation as .Mr. Waters now filled, as he claimed a right to the whole of Mr. Waters's interest in the estate. It was now_ requisite that Mr. Chambers should not only establish the validity of the contract, but also show to the Court hie right to put himself in the place of Mr. Waters ; that must be done by filing a supplemental' bill. • : Mr. WETinEntra..then asked the Court to suspend the pre sent order until that supplemental bill was filed. - The Vice-Crramscria.on acceded to this suggestion. It was the duty of the Court to carder this motion to stand over Until that bill was filed. It was obviously greatly to the in terest of Mr. Taylor, that Mr. Chambers, a man of great re spectability, should supersede Mr. Waters, as purchaser of the estate. The last day of term was fixed by the consent of alt parties hr filing the supplemental bill. CPUBT KINO'S .BENCH, JAN. 20. LIULL.—PALMER'S PRINCIPLES OF NATURE. TIIE RING v. TUNO RIDOE. The SOLICITOR...GENERAL stated, that this was a prosecti don for a blasphemous libel against the defendant, one of Car shopmen. The Learned Oentleman referred, to the ma chinery by which these publitationi were covertly sold, in the case of *i addington, &c. The publication by the defendant took place in a similar way. He contended that if, even the defendant was not the secret agent; yet if acting in concert with the secret agent, as the servant or shopman, lie was equally guilty. William Smith, Bow-street officer, went to a shop, No. 5, Water-bine, Fleet-street, on the 30th of August last—Burton and Duke went with him. Witness went down on the right hand side—Burton and Duke on the left.. The other two of kers went to the public-hoose nearly opposite the shop,....saw the defendant,' Tunbridge, at the door, looking up Fleet-street. The witness looked in, and saw on the left hand side as he entered .the door, that there is a partition, and turned to the left to get into the shop, which led tbilie back room, or part of theshop where witness received the publication ; witness spoke to. the defendant for a copy of the " Black Dwarf," . which be received from him, price sixpence. Witness then asked for "Palmer's Principles of Nature." Dellndant iaid,.he did not sell it, but pointing to a dial, with' the names of books and prices affixed, lie said—." You can get it there." -There was a apOut from the floor above. The defendant Went from behind the counter into the passage behind the partition. Witness saw upon the list before the defendant went out of the shop, the name of ac Principles of Nature," the number and the price:' The dial was a against partition as you enter the shop. He then went to the band, and moved thenumber next the book—the book then came down. Witness turned round to i'boy who said, "It wont stand there." Witness lAW the affixed prices, anti put the money in, and then the book came down the spout through the partition,, from the hack room, not through. the ceiling. Witness put - into the spout two half crowns, which was the price of the book. It was " Palmer's Principles ofNitturc.'' Witness then went out, of : the shop, up the lane towards Fleet-street—he looked black and saw the defendant, Tunbridge, at the doer, looking the way wit ness was going. The produced is the book, which witness marked before he parted with it. The name of Carlisle was on the door. Cross-examined by the defendant —Has belonged to Bow street. three or four years ; was before a . calico-drawer ; has been, in the post-oftice,, and then went into the velvet painting fend.) , trade..< Defendant—You say you purchased it of me, and I told you where you would get it ? Witness answered in the affiamative. Asked for. the book published by Cobbett ; purchased it for Purton, who belongs to the I3ow.street Office ; will swear that the mark on the book is his • hand-writing ; purchased the book because lie knew that there was a conviction on it before ' • will not swear that the defendant sold it hiin, but that lie told him where to get it; does not know the Defendant would have sold it, if lie had known him to be a police,officer ; has read " Palmer's Prin ciples," page 24. Defendant.—Did it induce you to feel contempt for the Holy Scriptures Witnesit—lt certainly did. Defendant. —Did it cause you to break the public peace ? I Witness.—No. The Loan onyx JusTicr observed. that it was not neces sary or usual to read the whOle of an information; the atten tion of the-Jury would be directed to the'Substance, as it would occupy unnecessary time to read the whole. The first count, in the information was here read, setting forth that defendant, being a wicked and evil-tliiiposed person, published the libel in question'. At twenty minutes past eleven. the defendant rose and ad iiressedthe Jury. lie said, the author of the work, for which he was prosecuted, was one of the greatest philosophers of the age in -wh WI. he lived ; lte laboured,incessantly to root out the growth of superstition, and sow the seeds of philosophic ads ' dOm and truth through the eye of seienee . and 'nature. He would show that to support this doctrine of libel, the law had been perverted by Judges, and Juries 'were influenced under their persuasion to perjure themselves. There was no stand. and of uniformity in theological opinions among men : as well might yon restrain the tides or the turbulence of the ocean, as swell might . you change or 'alter • the seasons, as to stem public opinion and public 'discussion on these subjects.— The Attorney . and Solicitor-General only supported those prosecutions from interested motives. The victims of Anti christian perSeeutions, like these rejoiced in proportion to the number of martyrs who distinguished themselves by braving p u nishment in support of these philosophic . doc trines. Ile meant to defend every sentence, and to show that not one of them was at variance with the principles of the established law of the land. If the Jury . were not satisfied that there was no direct evidence of his having published this book, he must proceed with a very long defence. He put it to the Jury to say whether their own libraries were free from every thing - that could bear the colour of malice. He would defend the publication upon this gr . ound; that's Palmer's Prin ciples" was a book free from. every immoral inference or motive. He would show that the Attorney-General, and not he, was the evil disposed person who should have been set out in this information. He called on the Jury to look for proofs that he was the evil disposed person, and contended that in the ab sence of such evidence, the verdict of guilty against him would amount 'to direct perjury. Some thousand copies of this had been sold when it was published in America. By what evi. dence would he prove this was a blasphemous libel, other than by saying it was expressly . written against the Holy Scriptures. This was the point for their consideration what was 3 libel ? Every book was a libel. We , could not ' learn our A. B. C. without reading a libel. The Attorney-General had published by this prosecution a libel against him the defendant. What had it to do with the law that defendant had published one book of criteism on another ? If it was said the Jury had sworn upon that book, it could not be said that they bad sworn to the truth' of r it, or that defendant, in denying the truth, they were bound to convict him according to their oath. LORD CHIEF JUST ICE..—YOU have taken upon you to tell the Jury more than you are authorised. The Jury concurred with his Lordship, that in being sworn upon that book they admitted the truth. - The defendant proceeded.—lf the Jury . were sworn to pro nounce this book a libel, he had been prejudged before being heard. He should prove that the truth of the Bible was no part of the law. There could be no such law as would compel men to admit the truth of any, system of religion. No man could claim a property in religion, and therefore there could be no principle of law recognizing the protection or that in which no man had any property or right. He contended there could be no law but what was calculated to preserve moral justice and moral right between man and man. He dared the Attorney, General to prove any thing immoral in that book ; he defied him to object to it on any other ground than because it did not preach up tithes or taxes,—because it did not licence oppres sion and violation of public law and justice, by supporting pub lic robbery and public corruption. The Lord CurEr-JUSTICE interrupted the defendant, who asserted that the Christian religion could not be libelled, be cause it was in itself libellous, and against law. Defendant—l will conduct my defence in my own way; and not as your Lordship may please to dictate to me. The defendant proceetled.—What could the Jury convict him ofnublishing ? a book of criticism ? That was not against law. Denying the divinity of the Christian religion was not against law. LORD CIIIEV JUSTICE..—YeS iLIS; I tell you so. Defendant.--Could the Jury find him guilty of maliciously selling to a person who maliciously bought, for the purpose of Subjecting him to this prosecution ? He pronounced the At torney-General a .blasphemous libeller, in saving that he (Defendant) had published this book, to the high displeasure of Almighty God. He defied him to prove this. There was no competent mode of trying this question between him and the Attorney-General except by ordeal or by wager of battle. He should read the boOk, page by page, and sentence by sen tence, in order that the Jury might aid:their consciences if it was a blasphemous libel. -.They would not submit to the direc tion or the nodding of the Judge. It was well known that Judges could do away the liberty of the subject, for to the nod of the Judge, Juries were.known to give their verdicts, rather than by attending to the evidence of philosophic truth. Ile then proceeded to read the book, beginning with the preface. The defendant having gone on with his reading until about one o'clock, The Loan CIIIEPjUSTI JUSTICE observed, the maly object of the defendant's reading this publication, was visibly for the purpose Of defaming the Christian religion, which it was his Lordship's duty to prevent. One of the Jury rejoined, that as the evident object of the defendant in reading the libel was to defame the . Christians Re ligion, their minds were sufficiently made up. The defendant persisted in go 4lre on with the reading, con tending it, was the essential grodnd of bis defence, and that it wail impossible he could have a fair trial if the Jury refused to bear him out. The LoRD Curra• JUSTICE said, that unless the defendant refrained from the course of defence dut which he had adopted rder , aft him to stand committed., • - The Jury, without hesitation, pronounced the defendant— The Lour) cIIIET JUSTICE ordered him immediately to be taken out of Court in custody. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jaw. 20. Befifrre the LORD Cults . JUSTICE and a Special Jury. TASER,T). TURRITANIN Mr. Serjeant VAUGHA74 stated, that thia was an action fora breach of contract. The plaintiff had been a carpenter, but by a decision in the Court of Chancery had obtained a consider able sum of money which he thought advisable to invest in the funds. The defendant was a stock-broker employed to transact his business; one of the defendant's clerks, named Stewart, had absconded from his service with a sum of five thousand three hundred-pounds, and to recover this the "me- Sent action was brought. The defence he was led to think would be the non-liability of the defendant, the plaintiff aving entrusted liiimoney to the management of such clerk. !low far such a doctrine could be maintained he was at a loss to imagine ; but of this he could be sure,that he had evidence to sliew that the defendant, and not his clerk, was the responsible person entrusted with the plaintiff's money. if the Jury were satisfied of that fact, a verdict must be had in favour of bis Client. A great public principle was involved in this question, and he was sure the Jury would give it the most attentive con sideration. After the examination Of a.number of witnesses, . The Lord CutEr-JusT ice summed up the evidence ; and the Jury found for the plaintiff'—Damages-3,3001. ARCHES COURT, JAN. 20. In pursuance of a rescript Prom his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, addressed to the official Principal ind Dealt of the Arches, Reuben Fletcher, Esq: was this day admitted into the number of the Procurators-General of this Court. " Durant and Durant" was assigned for sentence on the nest Court day. No other business was transacted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—.MURDER or Mns. DONATTY.—The young man detained on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Mrs. Donatty, was again brought from Clerkenwell Prison before all three of the Magistrates of this Office, Sir RICHARD BITINIE, Mr. MiNsttut.t., and MT. HALLS.—. • , We arc informed that the grounds of the suspicion on which he has been detained for the last three weeks, have been care fully investigated, and the result is the establishment of his in nocence. Be was of course discharged. Another person is still in custody, on suspicion of being concerned in the murder LAMBETII-STREtT.—(RESIIRRECTIOV-MEN )..A 7 ester. day Jug. Crouch and ifrtn. Holly, i notorious body-snatchers, were examined befbre Sir DAN. NVILLIAMS ' the Sitting Ma gistrate, charged with having stolen the body of an elderly (Mn. tlem an, named Dickison,frotn a burying-ground at Beckingham, in Kent, about the beginning of December last. Sir DANIEL ordered the prisoner Holly to be discharged, as there was not sufficient evidence at present to warrant his detention, and the prisoner Crouch to be committed until he found bail. He was, however, not long under. the care of the gaoler when two Gentlemen of the faculty from St. Thomas's Hospital, who were in attendance, presented themselves before the Magistrate, to become bail for Ins irppearance to answer the charge at the Sessions, and their bail being accepted of, he was set at liberty, On Wednesday evening oysters were called in Nottingham market-place at one penny per score ; and quantities, both sweet and good, were sold at two-pence per score !—(Nottingham Review.) STOCKHOLM, Dr.c. 27.—0 n the 20th instant, the town of Boras was destroyed by fire. When the report Wits sent off to the Governor of 'Wenersherg, which was dis patched as soon as possible, $OO houses were already reduced to ashes, as Well as the church and the townhall. His Majesty has sent his aide-de-camp, Major Whitclock, with money for the relief of the sufferers. Only . 20 house's at Boras have escaped. This town, originally built by Gustavus Adolphus, was hiunt down about a century ago: The inhabitants, esti mated at 2,000, are chiefly occupied in the woollen anti hard wiremanufactures. LONDON' MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD The price of the 41b. Loaf is stated at 71d. by the full-pric bakers. There are others of the trade who sdl at Sid., std. and 7d. Red Clocer(Foreig S ti E l r— er 0 1 ' Trefoil .... per cwt.... 10 Ditto English 84$ 30a—fine new, 381 50153 i 4 E i D s S 3 , 4s j —fine, di 501 P White ditto Ribgrass c.:arrawisy Seed• s 1 43*-41fi4n6es-15fisnies,p616,sitiptsrcvr Coriander do lOs 12s 14s Spring Tares Cinque ruin . 33s to Vis—fitte "s r—„, Rye-Grass ... l6s to 25s—ncw, 23s JOI per'r canary per qr —s 35s to 40s Oii pair. White.Mustrsrd Seed 7s to lOs Od Brown ditto 9s to 15s od • Winter Tares Rape Seed Turnip. Seeds. —s Od 6s to 73 tid p basin Linseed :11 E 1 t t I o V u ' —...--- GATE AND LEADENHALL MARKLTS,IO.O" Ily the Carcase. Beef ••• • • • • 1 2• I s' ° •t d il d a t t o l o u ; 3 l b s t , O , ° o i l ! I LP V i t e } o r a k i c :. s . .. o .. d . ......... 3 .2: ° 4______ , H l tt:641"4°1 ST.'JANIES'S HAY AIARKET, ,lao. 1 6 . 0 01 N. Bay 31 3s Od to 41 Os Od 1 Clove r, .. 3 1 Nsl" 0 Old Hay 01 Os Od to 01 Os Od l Suaw 1 1 its 01 to i' SMITHFIELD. I t C Old Hay 3l Os Od t o 41 Os . 04— i I CS Old ", Straw il i-zs Od to 1118 s Otl---.1c4.1414 I'llllo Clover. 31 5s Od to 41 as Ou--•-Arrragc, ' , mirrEcur -1,1'1:1 • 10 0 . .I. 3 1 , Hay .31 (is Od to 41 Os Od--Averagr' m eir, Ncw ditto .Ol Os oel to 01 Os 0.1-.-‘vrillge, ".• IP 11 l b d Straw II iOs od to 21 Os 0d ---Average' , R.- Clover 3l 10s Oil to 41 as ad---.Arerate. 4' PKICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., Jan. 113. 'Pockets. I Bag's. 341 id' . ''' .el IP ~,, Kent .. 21 10% a 8) 5% a 4115 s Kent . • g''''" t 4+ 4 i Sussex . • ii 41 a2l 12s a Zit Os Sussex 91 Os 3 id; IJ'' Essei .. 21 101 a .114 a a 3) 15a Essex.. 21. ei 31` 61:4 Ft 11113111, fine, 610 s to 91 Os—Sreond, 51 t011:".....,0" RAW HIDES. ~ 0 1.0 1 ' Best Heifers .54 Steers, per st. ' Ordinary . • ' s h es 101 l to 3s th: Market - Call .•e f, 4 - ;,; 4' Middlings Qs 6d to 2s . fid Eug. Horse 0 , " • • SHEEP SKINS. . • ..-4 1e Polled led to 45 I Sheep ........ „ALP Downs ---- Butts, 50 to 56111s P eaTI C : per lb ..... n o i.o .A Ditto, Mto Millis each . )" il Dressing Hide 5....... : ................... 04 0 i oi , Conch Hides .......................... '. oid Lo „it cro t tirol,,,bs to .1011 is for cutting, ...... .' d to -•• . 20 4 1 Ditto .... 45 to 501bs ' E OF LEATHEIt. . od ior ii .. ,,i3a to 401 CAI' Skins.,Z6 to 40Ibs . ifiti "ki Ditto 50 to 7ullis . Ditto 7O to hhibi . . g ait I 4wl' 1 1441 ..: small Seals (Greenlood) , 04 .. ii!' Large ditto.. .. , Tanned Horse Hides , to Spaiii.li Horse Hides PRICKS OF TALLOW, SO: Town Tallow 43s Od —s Od Yellow Russia 4I s Od —s Od White ditto .. 39s 'Oil —R Os! Soap ditto.... ,36's tul —6 Oil Nlelting Bluth . 3is Oil —s oil Ditto Rough.. 20s Od Od PRICE OP CANDLES , FRO 3 Prier of Candles, per dozen ed per Lars) allowe AY, Sto. per 1 Yellow Sear• • • • Mottled ........ Curd .. ...... Graces.....• Gnarl Drags..•'' 51 TALLOW 101' 8s 6tl ed for ready none/:.,-" ------ iv PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of 0.160 Prier of Tallow -Os stated by th e Tram, COUNTRY GUILDFORD 11. , Wheat per 1. 0101 to 01 Os New Wheat.. 101 0s to 181 Os Oats, per qr... 0117$ to •11 4s New ditto.... 01 Os to PI Os NI.IRKET. , -, AIINET, Jan , i b ' i i 51 1 0:, Barley, nov, li ,to (leans, per gr' i v et Pease, per gr . 410,1 v nye, per q' _,..,,,, COAL MARKET, Jari. QO. • Ships sold. Ships at Market. - 6 Newcastle 2 Sunderland '4E O ........ 4.1.1 v _ ..... • '" Yesterday, about one o'clock, a 51 '„ i le f. en with two m in it, was observed from t'l'offP side of London. Bridge, at about 3 0 °,: c k ' d` twice, and evidently in great distress, ri f o) , , between the immense quantity of 'i c % of", that time covered the whole suri s :, - / ra Thames. In about 10 minutes the„": 0[ 0: began to move ; the men suddenly w g ',lf and it was feared they were upsetl," be ts,. boat was at the same time drifted o n , 0 1 7 the ice, and the poor men were not s e wards. The Thames is now completely Frozen over It not near any of the bridges. - The town, on Sunday, was enveloped in so dos it was necessary to light candles in several -o clu i tis Divine Service. It was a sort of Boating fog. $.4 1 atmosphere appeared partially clear, ands ,01-I°l I come dark and murky. The wind was due 0:01...,1 DIRTHS. ~ k;c On Saturday everting, De ldisl i4ed, o f F f Stui'c of male twins. On the 17th instant, at Chelsea, th e - Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. • n St! At Cheltenham, on the 13th instant, Cal pay Rifle Brigade, eldest son of ThomasiumolipisA y d o au an o ge te st r d w aug the ht l er ate of si Hotensdale House, Nutfield, Surrey, to W rims hoke Mrs. Sltse.pllhieonorTh°4eoTelovireic .1ll"-1* DIED. i l lest ilieit 1 Mr. James Gray, of the Colonial Office,;, a deuce in Davies.street, Berkeley-square, on dig ,Ji He was taken unwell on Thursday, - w hile atte.l:ol 0 duties. Thursday he was seised with delir l t oi l ' ) tihued till his decease. He has left a wife towpaet, At Worlington, Suffolk, on the lath instant, daughter of John Phillips, Esq. of Pall At Brompton, on the Bth it w ant, ago West j • - daughter of the late . Colonel Bayly, R ° Y 3. . s or Militia. , a . ell A On the 16th instant, Daniel 8ri5t0w12: 46 7,,e, , t r the county of Surrey, in the 7 1 1th year of ni 4 : — the '.' 4 . On Friday, the 10th instant, at his hong 8 1 } h ot -i t i ' Margate, Mr..lohn Itove, in the 77th vt q ' r t ) he uv rr ' On Thursday se'nnight, at his father • g,l)' Valence, Llano', the Rev. It. Yaldext White/ Nlagdalez College, Oxford. ro' Printed and Publiabed for the P4ol' at ti...,161.0 Al' Office, N 0.1 1 42, Strand, by J• 13. LA' IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foy Wheat l. b,697 .....—.. ...-- Barley - ...-- Malt - Oats - Beans . 1,171 ...-- ..... Peas -.--- Tares -- -- Rapeseed - 35 .-- ---- Mustard -...-- ....-- . Seeds l7B --....--- Flour ' 9 762 ...--... .... Brack , . 1 116 -- , 00 Linseed lB --- ___-,