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BLOCKADE OF MADEIRA. (Copy.) Foreign-office, Aug. 18. Gentlemen,—ln reply to your l e tt er o f th e 15th inst., Inquiring whether, during the blockade of Funchal, a vessel bound from this country to the Bahamas might touch at aNy other part of Madeira, for the purpose of landing pas sengers, without infringing the blockade, I am directed by the Earl of Ab er d een to acqua i nt you , th a t hi s M a j es ty' s Governm e nt do net consider, amording to the information which they have received, that the blockade extends further than the port of Funchal. I am, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) DUNGLAS. Alessrm. D. and A. Wilkinson, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill. THE ARMY. The Depot of the 90th Regiment of Foot has received orders to embark on board the Amphitrite transport, at Tynemouth, and to proceed to Portsmouth. The Depot of the 80th Regiment of Infantry is ordered from Carlisle to Tynemouth. The Depot of the 74th Regiment of Foot is ordered to Proceed from the Isle of Man to Carlisle. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following ships were taken up, and thus stationed, viz.:_ Ships. Ton Commanders. Destination. Bridgewater 1276 J. R. Alanderson 1 Bengal and China Lady Melville 1263 Richard Clifford...... j (Early) Farquharson 1326 John Cruikahank ... Inglis Duke of York l3e7 Robert Locke Bengal and China IlYthe Thames Windsor 133.5 Thomas Haviside ... i Madras and China Repulse B uckinghamshire 1367 Richard Glasspoele Bombay & China H erefordshire 1279 William Hope (Early) Duke of Sussex... 1336 W. H. Whitehead Atlas 1267 John Hine Bombay & China General Kyd t bay, and China .ISt. Helena and China, ss Kellie C as tl e 1332 E. L . Ad ams . ...... .. through to pass kellie Cgstle 1332 E. L. Adams ..........4 through the Straits of Ma lacca. Waterloo 1325 David R. Newall .... 3 c,..a.leby Castle ..... ransittart Lowther Castle Charles Grant Apartments are taken for Miss PATON, at the ensuing Salisbury Music Meeting, in the name of Lord lind Lady LsNNox.—Chester Courant. SCOTLAND.—So many vessels have arrived at Fiaherrow within the last few days, that it has been found necessary to send sixteen additional tidewaiters from Leith, for the purpose of assisting those stationed in l'lsherrow in the discharge of their duty.—Edinburgh Courant. The Editors of the English Orange Papers, ,commonly, but improperly, called Ministerial, appear to neve been driven " beside themselves," as the old women S ay, by the speech of Mr. Secretary DAWSON. They affect, however, to see nothing in Mr. DAwsoN's conduct but sheer folly, and labour hard to persuade their readers that the Government do not participate in the change of npini on put forth by the Honourable Member. One of there papers, and the most able of its class, is endeavour mg to raise the No-Popery cry, no doubt for the purpose of keeping the Duke of WELLINGTON up to the sticking- Place of nen-concession. The Editor is evidently alarmed lest his Grace should give way ; and not without reason. We ca n tell, however, our brother of the " broad sheet," that the Duke has all along looked upon Catholic Emanci pvaift,itiieouna; a que s tio n o f ex p e di ency , an d th at h e never was opposed to it. We believe that he is now con scious of his strength, and that he has determined to carry it. The truth is, the majority of the influential part of the people of England have hitherto been opposed to the politi cal claims of the Catholics, and there never was a Prime Minister in this country, with the exception of the present, in whom sufficient confidence was placed to shake or neu tralise this feeling. No Minister could have carried the repe a l of the Test Act but his Grace, and no man now in existence would have the slightest chance of emancipating the Catholics, as it is called, but the same illustrious indi vidual. If our contemporary and his colleagues could suc ceed in exciting a strong manifestation of feeling against the Catholic Claims, the Duke might pause befige he at tempted to proceed in their favour; but this they will not be able to do. The truth is, the people of England, as a body, abhor Catholicism, and we hope and trust they will ever continue to abhor it; but the question is, whether, by continuing to oppose the emancipation of Catholics, they will not be serving the cause of Popery more than by granting it. In our opinion they would, and we have little doubt that each is the opinion of the Duke of Wei.- totorott, and of every other man who looks at the thing Without prejudice. For our pint, if we thought that, by granting the Catholic Claims, we should be serving the Popish superstition, we would resist them, at all hazards, to the last moment.—Morning Herald. It is a current opinion at Chichester, that W. CORDE R resided here fora month at Christmas, and went by t he name of CLARK E. His conduct and other circumstances tend k to con fi rm t h e b el i ef. A letter directed to hi m h int been opened by a p erson o f th e same name , filled 'tut with so much dread lest the contents should be known, that he immediately sold his furniture and quitted the city, • without any person's knowing whence be came, or whither he went..—Brighton Guardian. The remains of CORDER, after undergoing dissection are now in the process of prep ara ti on f o r a ske leton, by Mr. Joni{ DALTON, jun., one of the surgeons to the hospital. Some foolish accounts of the dissection have a ppeared in the London papers, and been copied, we see, °Y our provincial neighbours. So far as the craniological development of the criminal is concerned, those accounts are exactly contrary to fact. The organ of destructiveness it said to have been described by a "celebrated phrenolo gist" as very large. No " celebrated phrenologist" has s een the body, end what is usually described as the organ de structiveness, is not traceable on CORDES'S cranium. T defect is, however, amply recompensed in the eye of t he phrenologist by the full development of the organs of secretiveness, acquisitiveness (theft), combativeness (he *as said to be a great fighter at school), and self-esteem, "pith a very circumscribed share of benevolence and vene ration. The body displayed a great show of muscular strength ; and was found to b e i n an uniformly healthy ndition. The consumptive symptoms alluded to by the s urgeon for the defence, seemed to have left no traces of t hat disease. The most interesting object to anatomists, learn, was an appearance of inflammation of the viscera ht'f th e a bd omen, w hi c h i s genera ll y presented where death 41 been caused by hanging, and which wa s very di stinct e this case.—Suffolh Herald. About three weeks ago a young French Lady, '' ll, her way from her native country to the southern parts t d . Ireland, where she had been engaged to fill the situation ' l ,f governess in a respectrble family resident there, arrived : 4 , London, and stopped fur a night at the Coach Hotel in ti `ge City, where the Paris conveyance had agreed to set her ‘r t ru and the next morning had her neat engaged in one t he s etag es on her road to Ireland. Most unfortunately, s tepping out of the hackney -coach b,-6ttever, as she was f„ l eh conveyed her to the stage in which she had secured i ',; r Plaee, her foot slipped, and she fell to the ground ; and "4t tilat instant, another hackney-coach that was pass .or , 1 1 1 ; roll at a quick rate, went over her, ad broke one of At t . le t% without, however, it would appeal', much blame ,i_khing to the driver, who, it seemshad not time suffi ‘n The unhappy y tna pull up and avoid the accident. 1I 0 „ - 4 g lady was imm e di a tely conveyed to Bartholomew's toPital, where it was found necessary to hive recours eii the )" I b t preserve life. el t pr ompt arnpnt a t ion o f t o ago Poor su ff erer has since remained, in a state o f mental ti:,,: ) ' impossible to describe, and most distressing to wit pital th e medical and surgical gentlemen of the hos hetiv andand ve r y especially from Dr. LLOYD, the most kind ; alth humane attention ha s b een pa id to h er ; bu u , u gh in oth er cases t h e y cou ld h ave no dread of a fata l fe esui i_t fr om such an amputation, they have some reason to ar that the intensity of mental suffering in this patient proc InaY ess too long retard, if not altogether prevent, th e h ea li ng in the wound, until the constitution shall be too far book f or recovery. The unhappy sufferer is described as a r Y Young lady, of much personal beauty and accomplish nie Is a total stranger in this country, not know ing a s i ngle individual, native or foreign, in it, nor can she 'Nak one syllable of its language : and when the unhappy a ccident o occurred she had with her barely a sufficiency o f sey to d e f ray herexpences to her destination. Her con ;:of entreaty, entreaty, since she has been at the hospital, of the , i t "lioal gentl emen who attended ber, is, that they would thther die. Dr. LLOYD wrote a letter on the subject of Young lady' s m i s f ortune to the family in Ireland to is ,:otri she was destin e d, but h as not received any answer. m ut stat es h erself to be an orphan, .°_theri and h av i ng only one brother, a traveller, on the without father or uatin ent .......[The a b ove , we un d erstand, is in some parts s b e e r rect. She is not wholly deserted as was hinted, nor is ._.") extrem e di s t ress. H er state of health is, however, P r oreal, and she is not expected to sunvive.l SUMMER ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT-BRISTOL, AUG. 19. LUTTRELL V. DAVIS. This was an action in which the phintiff com plained that he had retained the defendant to attend him as a surgeon, but that,:neglecting his duty, he so unskilfully, &c. treated him, that he suffered great injury. There were other modes in which the cause of action was stated, and the defendant had pleaded the general issue. Mr. Sergeant WILDE stated the case for the plain tiff, whom he described as a Lieutenant in the navy, who had passed the greatest part of his life in the service of his country, and who had now been obliged to present himself as a plaintiff in a Court of law, in order to claim compensation for an injury which, it was to be feared, would affect him for life. That injury, he alleged, had arisen from the want of skill and proper care on the part of the de fendant, or of the young gentleman whom the de fendant had employed to perform the operation of bleeding the plaintiff. Among the proofs of the wretched effect produced upon the plaintiff, the Jury would find that lie had become delirious ; and at this moment his arm was contracted, and would probably remain so for life. Miss Collins, a young lady of considerable per sonal beauty, and of very intelligent manners, said, I live with my mother in this city. I know the plaintiff. He lodged in my mother's house. He came in January last. He remained about two months. I knew the defendant by name. I have seen him once at my mother's house. He came to attend Mr. Luttrell. He came, I think, in January. I know Mr. Grace. He came after Dr. Davis had had been there. He came on the same morning. He is, I believe, an apprentice of Dr. Davis. He is about nineteen years of age. I was present when the plaintiff was bled. He was bled in the left arm. The blood flowed very freely. The blood, before the bandage was put oa, flowed over my hands and over the sofa. Mr. Grace asked me for the lint. I gave it to him. He required it doubled several times very thick. An inch thick, I should think. He covered the arm from the wrist to a little above the elbow with the bandage, which he tied very tightly. The arm, above and below, was very black. In some places I could see the arm between the ban dages. The plaintiff complained greatly of his arm being in pain. Mr. Grace said it must not be un bound. Mrs. Luttrell was present at this time. Mr. Grace continued for about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. After he went plaintiff asked Mrs. Luttrell to untie the bandage. She did not do so. I remained in the room about three hours. Plaintiff was very ill, and complained much of pain in his arm. After that Mrs.Luttrell and I walked out. 'When we returned we found that he had ordered the ser vant to untie it. I afterwards untied a little more of it; when I did so I saw the arm was very black, and he said it was very painful, and that I must not touch it. Mr. Luttrell continued for about a fort night afterwards at my mother's house. I saw him from day to day; he was in great pain during the time. I heard him groan in the night. I saw his arm several times after this, it was very bad and black, and very much swollen. He was bled a se cond time on the Thursday after the first bleeding. Mr. Grace bled him. Mrs. Grace told the defendant her husband was very bad, and he said Mr. Luttrell would soon be better. Cross-examined—The plaintiff suffered great pain all the time Grace was present. My mother Is a schoolmistress. When the plaintiff sent for the de fendant, he had a very violent cold, which ended in an inflammation on the chest. He complained of a difficulty of breathing, and a pain in the chest. He was bled immediately after he complained of that difficulty. After the second bleeding the pain was removed. I don't remember whether there were any marks of former bleedings in the arm. I re member Mr. Luttrell stating that he had been bled before. Sarah Harris—l lived servant with Mrs. Collins, while the plaintiff lodged there ; I recollect when the plaintiff was bled ; after Mrs. Luttrell and Miss Collins had gone out, the plaintiff became like a madman with pain, and he begged me to slacken the bandage ; I did so, and saw his arm, which was black and purple ; in the course of the night the plaintiff, who groaned excessively, came down and threw a little dog of his out of the window; on the following morning he went out with his naval cloak on ; he appeared like a madman ; when he came back he was quite exhausted, and was obliged to go to bed. Mr. Henry Smith—l knew both the plaintiff and defendant; I went into Mrs. Collins's house in con sequence of being told that the plaintiff was very ill; he was in great paiin ; he was bathing his left arm ; his mind seemed somewhat affected by his pain; I recommended Mr. Bleak to him ; I saw both his arms, his left arm was marked with dark streaks from the wrist to above the elbow, the right arm was very well. Cross-examined—l was there on the same day when the defendant came to see the plaintiff; I re commended another medical man, but I did not re commend the plaintiff not to see the defendant. Re-examined—l gave the name of Mr. Bleak because I was told the plaintiff would not see the defendant. Mr. John King—l am a surgeon; I live at Clif ton ; on the 30th July I examined the plaintiff's left arm. [The plaintiff bad been bled on the 30th January.] There were marks remaining as of his having been bled in the left arm; it is necessary to choose a vein according to its situation and size; there was a vein of sufficient size, and in a good si tuation, in which there might have been a bleeding; the bleeding had been, not in that vein, but in an other; the latter was such as might have been pro perly adopted if there bad been no better; there was one better in situation and in size ; the vein that was opened required more skill than the other; that vein lies upon an artery, consequently it was necessary to make the puncture with such care as not to reach the artery with the lancet ; I could observe a callosity upon the tendon immediately under the scar, on the place where the incision had been made; the ordinary effect of such a wound is an inflammation of the tendon; the pain resulting from a wound in the tendon is exceedingly great. Mr. John Swaine—l am a surgeon in this city; I examined the arm with the last witness ; scarcely two persons have exactly the same distribution of the reins ; the bleeding ought to have been made in the median cephalic, but when the median basilic is em ployed, greater skill and care should be used; the bleeding might be safely effected in the median ba silic vein, if the patient was steady ; I was not able to ascertain in July in which of these veins this bleedi ng h a d b een effected; other parts might be in jured, but the tendon is not particularly sensible; such a wound as I saw might have been made upon the tendo n without producing an injnry upon the other parts which are sensitive ; the nerves in the neighbourhood might have been injured, and the cc o, such cistira : ta c a bit n ,ui,ol dtiinjuryoeefo fit mi N fil v ebm o drs d mi as b pt e teroe a llai c iden u ii t gn e igitil i bti ) f a ora i otn t i n t ri o lattribute e e t he of h m e a o t d i o ; t1 t o h n e t f l a t e s fascia the tendon over the arm; from my own observation I could not tell whether the injury had occurred three or six months before; if a patient suffered great pain from the tightness, it would not be proper to ' keep on the bandage in that state for six or seven days; I should attribute the pain and the blackness of the arm to inflammation and to the suffusion of blood. A skilful surgeon ought not to wound a tendon ; from the appearanc es In the plaintiff's arm , I should suppose it was wounded. d This was the plaintiff's case. Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS (with whom was Mr. W. P. TAuNToN) addressed the Jury for the defendant, urging or, their consideration the absolute necessity of being satisfied that the injury of which the plain tiff complained had been occasioned by the negli gence, or want of skill, on the part of Mr. Grace, before they gave their verdict for the plaintiff. The defence he should set up was this—that the bleed ing had been performed properly; and that if any njury had arisen from the bandage being too much tightened, that tightening had been made in conse quence of the plaintiff's own wish. Mr. Henry Grace—l know the defendant; he is a physician in this city; I am his apprentice; I had been four years with him in January last; I hare attended the hospital constantly since April, 1824; it has been part of my instructions to practise bleed. ing ; I haVe bled eight Or nine hundred persons ; was sent by Dr. Davis, on the 30th january last, to the lodgings of the plaintiff, whom I was ordered to bleed; I found him lying on a sofa, labouring under a violent inflammation of the chest ; he could neither speak nor breathe well; I had never seen him before; there were present his wife and Miss Collins; I informed him Thad been sent by Dr. Davis to bleed him; he bared his arm, and 1 bled him; I saw the veins of his arm ; they were differently distributed from what I see in general s but not dif ferently from what I have seen in many instances.— The left arm was the one I operated on. There are generally four veins in the left arm; three of these were very indistinct in the plaintiff's arm; they were the cephalic, the median cephalic, and the median basilic. The largest in his arm was the ba silic, and in that I bled him. That was the best thing I could do, for I could not bleed him in any other; if all the four veins had been equally acces sible, I would not have selected this, but I should have had no objection to bleed in either, confiding in my own skill ; I had a good lancet. On the next day I saw the plaintiff again; I bled him in the other arm ; I took about 12 ounces ; while I was bleeding him he said his other arm was stiff; the bandage s having been too tight, that he had it loosened by his wife, and he requested me to look at it; I did, and removed every thing that was on it; the arm was rather inflamed round the orifice, and the upper part slightly discoloured; the discoloration was oc casioned by the pressure of the bandage on a very fine skin; I have many times seen similar appear ances; they generally go away without any appli cation ; I did not see :him again till the Thursday following; I then went with Doctor Davis to see his ara ; we examined it ; it was swollen and in flamed. Dr. Carrick, who had practised physic for 35 years; Mr. H. Daniel, who had been surgeon to the Bristol Infirmary for 25 years; Mr. Richard Lowe, who had been in the same office for 18 years; Mr. Emanuel smith, and a number of other surgeons, gave evidence, the effect of which went to show that all the symptoms of inflammation spoken of in this case, might have been produced, notwithstanding the best skill and care had been employed ; they had heard the evidence given to-day, and from that evidence they did not think there was any reason to accuse the defendant or Mr. Grace of want of skill or care. Mr. Sergeant WILDE replied on the evidence. Mr. Justice PARK summed up the case to the Jury, who instantly returned a verdict for the defendant. An action of breach of promise of marriage stood in the paper, but it seemed that the parties con cerned for tke plaintiff imagined no other cause would be taken after that of Luttrell v. Davis, and they had accordingly left the Court. When the case was called on, no one appeared, and Mr. Jus tice Park consented to wait for a short time, which he did, and the attorney then appeared and consulted with his Counsel, who finding none of the witnesses were in Court, was obliged to withdraw the record. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-APPLEBY, Atm. 18. The Commission was opened here en Saturday evening, and business gone into this morning; Mr. Justice BAYLEY in the Civil, and Mr. Baron HuL LOCK in the Crown Court. There were only four prisoners in the calendar, and two causes on the paper. The whole business of the Assize was dis patched in a few hours. BULLY V. CROSTIFWAITE AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover back 101.8 s. balance of money paid by the plaintiff in his ewn wrong to the parish officers of Kendal, for the support of an illegitimate child, affiliated to him before its birth. The child died shortly after, but the parish refused to refund the money. It was now pleaded in abate ment, that all the churchwardens had not been joined in the action. [S DAY half-pasi ourt, that for CO I his case its had 1 doubted' Iroceed, 8 lould aro! :crtamly ae Court i n l y give e affidavit' iient it Tv r the case, t instance, each so 'I posed this; working rangen iee I town en ar the cas us the ma DAY.) Trusser•) .E. s. , 3 15 t°l i 14 4 1 IS barely Td 1. 0 toi Tally 0 1 14 j 1 1 0 ie ; price' -Aug. 19. vn and coin ght modes, r bushel 001 :ipal putt° land was al of which dvance w' s6 ions, but r. Malt Is r. Being ince. es of last J!, eeu exceed , -est, which s. d. 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D----"" f pr' r) ce 0 °vent mg aw"Y by the n d ,o ll le dram a le 'loose or ansWerif ) 1 7 :e rrlaD"P 3 ',.) mr. n Gazelle' The payment of the money was not disputed. For the defence a witness was called, who swore that most of the persons named in the defendant's plea were present at all the meetings where this com position between the plaintiff and the parish officers was agreed upon. Upon better recollection, how ever, he believed one named Gibson was not alwnas present. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—Then that will not do. Mr. BROUGHAM called another witness, but it ap pearing that he was a rate-payer, and might have some interest in the result of this trial, Mr. ALDERSON objected to his competency. Mr. BROUGHAM—We'II release him. Get a li. 15s. stamp. The Attorney seemed to demur. Mr. BROUGHAM—Stay, let us see if he knows any thing about it. Now, Sir, what can you tell us about this? Witness—Nought.—(A laugh.) Mr. BROUGHAM—Then you may go down; you're not worth the 1/. 15s. Mr. Justice BATLEY—The defendant has failed in his plea, and you must find therefore for the plain tiff. Verdict—lo/.Bs. Jane Chorley, a pretty-looking young woman, was arraigned upon the Coroner's Inquisition, for the murder of her own illegitimate female child. The unfortunate prisoner had lived as servant at the Lower Stairs public-house, in Kendal, when she formed the connexion which led to the infanti cide. Having up to that time borne a good charac ter, she wished to conceal her shame by the removal of the evidence of it. Mr. COURTENAY, on her behalf, took a successful objection to the Inquisition. It stated that the Jurors had inquired of the death, said to be occa sioned by the smothering with a flannel, and " other means," and in their verdict they found it to have been caused by the " said" means. The Counsel for the prosecution abandoned the inquisition as untenable. kr. Baron HuyLoot decided that the objection must prevail. The besetting sin of all these inqui sition was, that so much pains were taken with them. An indictment against the prisoner for the murder had been thrown out by the Grand Jury, and she was therefore discharged. William Hornby, a ferocious-looking rustic, was indicted for feloniously breaking out of Appleby Gaol, where he was under sentence of imprison ment and hard labour, for previous felony.--Guilty. Transportation for life. John Wales, the accomplice of the last prisoner, was convicted upon the same evidence, and received the same sentence. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—GLOUCESTER, Auc. 19. DAVIS V. RUSSELL AND OTHERS. This was an action to recover damages for false imprisonment. The defendants pleaded the gene ral issue. Mr. CURIVOOD, in stating the case to the Jury, observed, that the plaintiff was a woman in an humble rank in life, living in Cheltenham, and the defendants were George Russel, the High Con stable of that town, and George Pearce and -Wil liam Tovey, his assistants. The pluintiir was now advanced in years, but she had for a very consider able time filled with credit and confidence the situa tion of housekeeper in the family of Lady Faulkner, and she had retired from that service with a small fortune of savings, which was still further increased by an annuity of 20/. allowed her by a nephew living in Wales. She lodged in the house of Ann Hamer ton, a woman who united to great personal attrac tions a more than ordinary degree of talent, and who possessed in an eminent degree those qualities which made any female a favourite with the male part of the creation, for to nothing but the posses sion of such powers could he fairly ascribe the ex traordinary degree of favour which she received from men during her life. Tc, this Ann Hamerton, who was implicitly trusted by the plaintiff, from the very high character which she bore at Chel tenham, the plaintiff shewed a 10/. note which she received by post from her nephew. That note was placed in a trunk in her bed-room, but it was stolen on the 15th of November last year, and although the plaintiff had not for a long time the slightest suspicion that Ann Hamerton knew of the robbery, she subsequently received such infor- Matioh as &Impelled her to have Hartierton appre hended; and, Upon an examination before the Mticris;. trate, she was bound dyer in reeegniiaiices to appear and take her trial. That woman ; who as a dress= maker in Cheltenham, had the audacity to appear and take that trial, and after an investigation pros tracted to a great length, was found guilty, and sen tenced to be transported for seven years. That sen tence was not, however, carried into execution, for he regretted to say that the unfortunate woman hung herself in the prison on the night of her conviction. This artful young woman—for artful he must call her from the course she purstted—tietermined, the rim= ment she was accused by the plaintiff ; to adopt some means of retaliation, and for this purpose she Caused a letter to be forged and directed to Miss Davie, as if from an accomplice who had been concerned with her in robbing the house of Hamerton; and, having sent for Russel, the constable, she shewed him the letter unopened, as he believed, and informed him that she had reason to believe it was written by an accomplice of Miss Davis, who she was now convinced had been guilty of robbing her. Rua. sel, under the persuasions of Hamerton—he (Mr. C.) would not say imposed upon by her represen tations, but actingender her directitons—went to the lodgings of Miss Davis, and without the slightest warrant or authority, dragged her, on a Sunday even ing, from her bed, and confined her in a common gaol of Cheltenham, during that and several successive nights. For this outrage the defendant and .his assist ants were civillyresponsible, and bound now to make a reparation for the injury they had done the plain tiff. It was almost unnecessary to say that having been apprehended without a shadow of accusation, and upon the mere suspicion expressed by Miss Hamerton, the plaintiff was, after a short confine ment, immediately liberated; but it was for the Jury to say what compensation, in damages, she de served for this illegal imprisonment, under the cir cumstances he had detailed. After observing, that although Ann Hamerton had been convicted in the other Court, upon the clearest testimony, three parts of the town of Cheltenham still believed, from her insinuating marine's, that she was innocent. The Learned Counsel concluded, by observing, that the guilt or innocence of Hamerton had nothing to do with the present case, and that the simple question to be determined, was the amount of damages to which the plaintiff was entitled from the Jury, as a fair compensation for the injury she had sustained, by the wrongful imprisonment, which resulted from the conduct of the defendants. The Learned Gentleman then called witnesses, to which Mr. TAUNTON, for the defendants, replied; and the Jury, after some deliberation, found a verdict for the defendants. The Danish Minister transacted business yes terday at the Foreign and Colonial offices. CHELTENHAM, A uG.l9.—Earl BATHURST arrived here yesterday morning, and had a long consulta tion with the Duke of WELLINGTON, at the Priery-house. In the afternoon the Duke of WELLINGTON went to the seat of Earl BATHURST, at Cirencester, where his Grace dined with the Earl and Countess, and returned here at a late hour of the evening. Ills Grace was at the Old Well before eight o'clock this morning. On his approach the band of the Spa played " See the Conquering Hero conies." Sir THOMAS DALLAS and Colonel CONTNGHAME pro menaded with the Duke, after he had taken the waters, in the Long Walk of this Spa. This magnificent promenade was thronged with visitors by half-past seven o'clock this morning, his Grace being accustomed to visit the Spa at an early hour of the morning. The Duke of MANCHESTER. and a select party dined with his Grace on Sunday. The hall at the Assembly-rooms was very numerously attended yesterday evening. Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when the following Captains were sworn in to the command of their respective ships, viz.— Captain Jones( DUDMAN, Inglis, and Captain JOHN CRUICKSHANK, Farquharson, for Bengal and China; Captain JAMES KEITH FORBES, Thames, for Madras and Chins; and Captain JAMES B. BURNETT, Scaleby Castle, for China direct. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.—Mr. CAMP BELL, the distinguished author of " The Pleasures of Hope," is to deliver a course of lectures in this University next spring " On the History of Classical Literature." It is a part of the plan of this establishment, that in addition to the lectures of the regular Professors, the Council shall have the power of engaging individuals of celebrity, in literature or science, to give occasional courses ; and that, too, upon subjects for which a professor has been appointed. The building in Upper Gower-street promises to have a beautiful effect when the cupola and portico shall be finished. The greater number of the lecture-rooms, &c., are now ready for the reception of the professors and their pupils, and the University will certainly open, we hear, on the Ist of October, the earliest day which the Council announced for that purpose. THE NEW POST-OFFICE.—The old line of houses opposite the northern extremity of the post-office are at present being pulled down, preparatory to the widen ing of that part of St. Martin's-le-Grand, opposite to St. Anne's-lane, in order to afford the different mail-coaches a full sweep into the area in front of the office. It is feared that part of the church of St. Anne, which fronts the street, abutting towards the new lines in an irregular manner, must be also removed to give regularity to the widening of that part of St. Martin's-le-Grand correspond ing with the range of the street from Newgate-street.. The new post-office itself is new seen to great advantage, the scaffoldings erected in front of the centre portico to com plete its erection having been removed, and the whole front, which is the purest and most chaste lonic, may be taken in at one glance of the eye. The central portico, which is supported by six fluted columns of the same order as the architecture of the remainder of the building, is sur mounted with a pediment, without any ornament or em bellishment further than the cornice, which runs round the pediment at the angles. There are at each extremity of the principal façade two projections corresponding with that in the centre, and supporting small porticoes with four pillars and two pilasters each, but not covered with pediments. The entire of the building is completed on the outside, and the greater part of the rooms ceiled, plastered, and their windows glazed. But great internal arrange= silents are still necessary, before the business of the post. office can be transacted at the new edifice. The rooms are remarkably well lighted both from the side windows and those in the roofs. It is said that the mail-coaches will not start from it until the 23d of next April, the birth-day of his MAJESTY, on which occasion the Noble Postmaster- General will give a splendid entertainment to the principal officers of the establishment. The Thames Tunnel is now entirely at a stand. A brick wall hu been completed at the further extremity of the excavation, which, being made water tight, prevents any water oozing in in that part, and also does away with the fear entertained, that if left in its un finished state, another break iu of the river might be the consequence. The water the Tunnel makes (if we may use the expression) at present is very trifling, and the whole of th e interior is as fresh and firm as before may ac cident happened. The workmen, with the exception of a very few hands who are employed in thoroughly removing every appearance of the late disaster, hare been discharged; and even the few now at work will in another week no longer be needed. Public curiosity appears to have slack ened in a great measure, as the number of visitors to in, spect this wonderful attempt of art is now very limited, and from the slowness with which money is collected for its completion, the undertaking wonld appear to have com pletely slipped the recollection of the public. Notwith standing the appeals made, and the time that has elapsed since the new plan was first proposed and adapted, little more than a tenth part of the sum required to finish the work has been gut together. We understand that it has been proposed, in alie event of the sum of 100,0001. being raised, to commence working from the other aide of the Thames as far as they can go ; and in case of the water breaking in, as they approach the dangerous part, which istheeentre of the river, building up a similar wall to that now placed at the end of the present works, and afterwards completing the centere by means of the coffer dam. If such a plan be in contemplation, it must of ne cessity be attended with considerable expense, but is, perhaps, that most likely to ensure the completion of the undertaking. FASMOVABLt INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The uke of from c unibe r Newcastle oni whence Po r trr e n- c s e q uars, Tuesdayon evening, they p dc( l o ti ni :"e in; t eu d sas t r o sl t ß a.n a Ad m n s ce g to a nj t: i i ,, L sis o n r 9 l ni C sain h o ir e c ar l i_ ii ids l q l, ,L i a n arde l:st Afro o . m v o er nsmr -s i q iom u vr a b, r l e e_a , t • the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat, Clandon, near Guildford; Sir Min Brought on . Bart. at Long's Hotel, Clifford - s treet ; Captainsh'd Mrs. Edwards, in Manchester-square , fro m Paris ; M. Blacker, Es q. at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Ireland ; M. Grant, Eo'iti. a ditto, from Scotland; Major Dalrymple, in Grog_ senor-street, froth Clititenham ; Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald, in Orchard-street, from fCorfolk ; Major and Mrs. Allen, in Brook-street, from the S'etherlarids g Mr. and Mrs. Eve rett; in Albemarle-street, from Florence Admiral Lord Hotharn, in Davies-street, Berkeley-square ; the Rev. Mr. Bullen and Miss at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; Mrs. and Miss O'Connor, and Miss. Blake, at the Berners Hotel, Perners-street, from Tun bridge Wells; Mrs. and Miss Harvey, it! ditto, from ditto ; George Reede, Esq. and family, at ditto, from Brighton ; thgold Hanbury, Esq. and the Rev. Arthur Hanbuq, .at ditto, from di& teat, Holfield Grange Park, Coggle shali ; Barnard Carter, tsq. at ditto, from a tour. ARRIVALS Al' SCAPPOROUGII, colonel French, M.P., Lady Arundel, Colonel Ray, Mrs. Peaqmorit, Airs, Gandolfi, Mr. Fitzherhett, Miss Dormer, Mrs. teet and family, Mr. and the Misses Lee, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Ives, MY. Capes, Mr. Roberts, Mrs. Bailey, Mr. Lister and family, Mr. and Miss Mangles, Miss Stephenson, Rev. Mr. Young, Mr. and Mrs. Mel lin, Mr. L. Cubitt, Mr. Mason, Rev. W. A. Fouataine, Mr. R. Harler, Miss Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. Middle borough, Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Scholefield, Mr. Atkin son, Mr. Gillis% Mr. E. C. Mitchell, Miss Bentley, Mr. and Mr.. Hart, Mrs. Middleton, Captain and Mrs. Vincent, Miss Pollard, Mr. B. Charlesworth, Mr. Dwikia, Mrs. Bilhatn, Mr. Speight, Mr. W. H. Teale, Mrs. Fairfax and family, Miss M. Mountain, Mr. Joseph Taylor, Mr. Hailstones and farnilp Colonel Wainman, Mr. W. Wain man, Air. J. Lee, Lady Arscotts, Mr. Temple, Mr. Ken yon, Mrs. Greases and family, Mr. Crompton, Mr. Gi bert, Miss Adams, Mr. Stavin, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison and family, Mr. Redford, Major Goldsworthy, Mrs. Goldsworthy, Mr. John Brown, Mr, John D. Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Duffield, Miss Kirk. ARRIVALS AT ASKERN SPA. Mrs. G. Berwick, Mrs. T. Upton, jun., .13, Goodman, Esq., G. Goodman, Esq , Mrs. Goodman, Mrs. a Clap ham, and Mrs. Broadbent, Leeds ; Townrew, T. Perkins, Esq., Miss Perkins, Mr. and Mts. Perkins, Snaitk ; Parker, Esq., Mrs. and Master Parke s Selby ; Mr. and Mrs. Firth, Tickhill; Mr. Cuttill, Lin coln ; Mrs. S. Quick, London ; Miss Campbell and Miss Munro, Edinburgh. At Jones's Terrace Hotel and Boarding-house—Mr. R. Townrow ; Mr. E. C. Weddell; H. Bulkeley, Esq., Stavely House, near Chesterfield ; J. Hargrave, Esq., Mrs. and two Misses Hargrave, Wortley ; near Leeds; Miss Williamson, Staffordshire ; Mr. Turton, Howden; Mr. W. R. Galpine, Selby; Mr. J. Teal, Leeds; J. Horner, Esq., Middlesmoor, near Hull; Mr. and Miss Wellborne, Hull. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATITRSALL's THIS DAY DONCASTER ST. LEGER. For the two or three weeks preceding the St. Leger, listening generally becomes more fashionable than betting. In pursuance of this custom the listeners commenced busi ness to-day, end although considerable sounding took place, there were very few bets. No material alterations have been made among the favourites since our last, and not many among the out-ciders. The following were the dos- ing prices :- 5 to 2 agst Mr. Armitage's Velocipede 5 to 1 agst Colonel King's Bessy Bedlam 5i- to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Colonel 6 to 1 agst Lord Milton's Ballad Singer g2O to 1 agst Mr. Theakston's Jour des Noces 25 to I agst Belinda 26 to I agst Mr. Marson's Murphy IWO to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Merchant 50 N 1 Mr. Gascoigne's Louisa colt. BURDER OP RACES. TUESDAT, AuG. 19.—A Gold Cup, value 100 govt., the remainder (if any) in specie, by subscription of 10 soya. each. Three miles. Sir J. Astley names Brownlock, 6 yrs, 9st. (Cowley) 1 Mr. Goddard's ch. c. by Anticipation, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b. 2 Lord Ailesbury's Rioter, 3 yrs, 6st. 91b A Purse of 50 cove. by subscription. Three miles. Mr. Mills's Gamelius, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b....(C0w1ey) 1 1 Mr. Goddard's c. by Anticipation, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b. 3 2 Mr. C. Day's Manes, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b. Mr. Appleyard's Brocard, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b 2 4 Mr. J. King's c. by Anticipation, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b 4 5 CRICKET. The Grand Crisket Match between the Goodwood Club and the 10th Hussars, with Major Cowell, Lord Charles Russell, and Capt. Price, R.N. for 500 guineas a side, was played at Goodwood, as follows : GOODWOOD. TENTH HUSSARS. Ist Innings 73 Ist Innings 54, 2d Ditto 1361 The Goodwood Club beat th( play was very good. The ri at Brighton. e Hussars by 23 runs. The •eturn match will be played DECISION OF THE GRAND REGATTA AT GREENWICH, IN HONOUR OF THE NATAL DAT OF HIS MAJEISTI -(EXCLUSITE. Last evening the town of Greenwich presented the greatest bustle, amidst all classes, it being the evening fixed by the Managers of the Grand Regatta for its decision, and Owing to the propitious state of the weather, together with the intense interest excited on the occasion, the Hospital parade, the shores, and, in fact, the various craft that were lying in the river, from whence the slightest view could be had, was crowded by all descriptions of company. Bands of music paraded the town, with eockades in their hats, and nothing appeared to be wanted to satiate the appetites of the lovers of this manly description of sport. The match was for a prize wherry, given in honour of his Majesty's birth-day, together with other prizes. It wan rowed for on Tuesday se'nnight, but owing to the extreme excel lence of skill, and the equality of strength of the two competitors, Mee (pink) and Groves (yellow), who were left to contend for the grand prize, it was decided by the managers to be impossible to say then which man had won the wherry, as they both came in to the boundary boat, oar and oar. It was consequently arranged, that the heat should be rowed over again yesterday evening, each man snaking choice of his umpire. At about six o'clock a signal gun was fired, and the two men were placed at a boundary boat lying off the rope-ground on the eastern side of the Hospital ; each man seemed " eager for the fray," and were loudly cheered by their friends, and by the vast assemblage along the shores. Shortly after another gun was fired, and away they went, yellow having the best of the start. Pink kept close after him, about half a boat's length on his starboard side. Yellow, full of strength, kept as much in shore as possible, which example was followed by his antagonist. On reach ing the boundary boat, moored off the Grampus hospital ship, yellow endeavoured to round her first, but pink pulled up most manfully, and fouled the stern of yellow, by which trick (allowed to be fair) the latter was shoved up the river some distance before he could round, and pink then took the lead till off the hospital, when he was fouled by a lug-boat, which gave yellow an opportunity of making way, and before pink could right himself, yellow came up with him. " Foul ! foul !" was hero vociferated by the umpires ; and after much delay it was agreed that the heat should.l,e rowed over again. This was accord ingly done, and after one of the finest displays of a quatic skill we ever before witnessed, Yellow was declared the winner, and he was pulled ashore, amid loud acclamatitsus, the hand of the Marine Society playing "See the conquer ing Hero comes." The rem a i n d e r of the evening was spent full of visitors entwithtlieg as re on o n eatest hilarity, of the fair day "'• was nearly a --- --• THE NEW Bistior OF LONDON.—Yesterday the return made by the Dean and Chapter of London t o ,s th c e on c fi h r u m rc a l t i io d n oo u r , , ill in tak C e h epal p acse id ri L 0 M F I E L D to the vacant See, was . formally read in B ow the Apparitor of the Arches' Court his MAJESTY'S writ of conyd delire, for the election of Dr. Church, Cheapside, by of Canterbury, who opened a Court Ecclesiastical there with the customary proclamation, ~ Om &c." The writ about a minute, and then taken down, in order to be ' e hibited to the ARCH BISHOP or CANTERBURY. The Cere monyien the is affi :o ed rdah t i o p course of a few days, and the con ' ' Congo ei eltre t he for e le ct i on iif Dr. SUMNER, to the vacant See o f Che ster ' will appear in the Gazette of Tuesday. was then of e f I his SPIRIT OP THR PUBLIC JOURNALS, Lord Anglesey experiences a cordial reception from all classes of the Irish, wherever he appears. He mingles in a social and unaffected manner with the gentlemen of the country—makes no parade of his ephemeral grandeur—is not a Vice roy of glittering pretension in his politics, greedy of men's tongues, but acquiring no affection, be cause he feels not any. Lord Anglesey is treated by the gentlemen of Ireland like a mem ber of their own community. Individuals and bodies of all colours, from the Catholic to the Presbyterian, take pleasure in manifesting the uey means ea through ns confiden ce tvith which the frank and manly bear ing of th e L or d Li eu t enan t has inspired them. The pea sants o f Ti p p erar y—the boldest and most hisla lawless 1 unguardede ss i the kingdom---unyokethe w th the braveorse s from their towns.-- There soldier in LordAn loyal g e l reismp There must be every w h ere a d ee p conv i c tion th well and honestly towns.— honestly to Ireland, or the temper of the nation would show itself under a far different aspect. In his Excel lency's answer to an address from the Synod of Ulster, there occurs a passage not at all strained or inappropriate, but which may serve as a fair text by which to judge his general sentiments on the subject of civil rights. In speaking of the ample share of civil and religious liberty enjoyed by the Presbyterian body in Ire land, the Lord Lieutenant describes that liberty as the " fruit of wise and steady perseverance in constitutional measures, for the attainment of the legitimate object of their wishes." It may then be not assumed without some reason, that Lord Anglesey con siders civil and religious liberty as a legitimate object of desire for those to whom it has been denied, and perseverance in all lawful exertions as the wise and just means of attaining it. The Catholics, we apprehend, will not be slow in pointing the application of such sentiments to their own conduct and condition, or in deducing ahe natural inference with respect to Lord A n giesey's . views. Yet it is because of this " COD stitUtlOnal perseverance" in importuning the legislature cos their " civil liberties" with held, that the Catholics are now menaced with a sanguinary assault from a preieuded army of 400,000 cut-throats, headed by an officer of justice ! We say nothing more of the amount of' force here appealed to, than that there are not, in the whole of Ireland, ha/f400,000 Protes tants of all denominations able to carry arms, and that of the actual number, there are at least one-half, if not more, decided friends to emanci pation : but that we may pass by. The only matter worth discussing is the principle—the justice of putting down complaint by violence — the policy of extinguishing those natural organs through which the suffering of millions presents itself to the notice of society. We have long since affirmed that the priests of Ireland have no power of resisting the people, but only of encourag ing and directing those popular impulses which exist independent of the church ! The time was, when the Irish priesthood had, as a corporation, little cause of complaint against the Govern ment, when both were Roman Catholic—both acknowledging the authority of the Pope. In such cases it is the obvious interest, and recorded tendency, of most Catholic establishments to at tach themselves to the Government, and to preach subordination to the people. But did the church of Ireland, before it was despoiled and annihi lated—did that church at any time succeed in producing among the nation an affection for the British rule, and a loyal disposition towards England ? Never. The national sense of mis government, the inflictions of the foreign scourge, were too strong for church influence, no matter how directed ; and before the Reformation, when religion in both countries was the same, as since the Reformation, when it differed, no progress was ever made by this kingdom in conciliating the temper of the Irish race,—the wronged, the insulted, the persecuted, and trampled nation. If the priests of Ireland were to-morrow to preach against the political emancipation of their countrymen, every chapel in the island would be burned to the earth. But if the priests are nothing, so are the demagogues nothing. The talisman there is in the speech, not in him who speaks it. It is because he addresses his ha rangue to feelings of which lie himself partakes, but which, if he partook them not, would ani mate the nation without him, and in spite of him, that Shiel, or O'Connell, or O'Mahon, possess any sway over his brethren. Yet, we hear it said, " Crush the Association !" and the frantic yell is echoed from an hundred drunken throats. Crush what ? A name ! for the Association is nothing more sub stantial. The Association is any number of Catholics assembled for convenience in a given chamber of Dublin. Expel them from that chamber, will they meet in no other ?—will the expulsion or momentary dispersion diminish the amount of their wrongs, or blunt their sense of them ? When the same Catholics meet in the habitation of one of themselves, will they not have one more grievance to .exasperate them in the very prohibition to meet publicly, on which the Orange statesmen reckon as their master piece of wisdom ? No : if you would put down the priests, emancipate the laity—if the demagogues, leave them no topic on which to declaim. If you would crush the Association, crush the grievance out of which it grows. Do not multiply such a hydra, by cutting off a single head, or raise 2,000 vociferating monsters in as many parishes throughout the island. The vice inherent in our present factious constitution, is that which creates whatever is vicious ill the power of the Catholics, or dangerous in its pos sible application ; any remedy but the one gives a fatal access to the disease which undermines us. There is but force for him who will not try affection ; and the present mischief! what is it but the child of force ? What is the army of 25,000 men in Ireland —the constabulary—the yeomanry —the debt incurred before the union— what, worst of all, i s tie fiend-like spirit of hatred and malignity w hi c h d esolates the land, but the effect of that paramount policy—coercion by the Orange musket ?—Times. The Paris Pa p ers alive t o the reputation toD Duke be ke o e f x o s f e e t i h n e ton. Wellin g Journal des Debats of Monday last, after ll a in inK to the recognition of the blockade of Oporto, and the imprisonment of English subjects, observes, « Here, then, conies another, blockade. It is no longer a Legitimate Ruler who declares it, but a Crowned Usurper, whose treason has caused all the Representatives of the Sovereigns of Europe, including the Ambassa dor of England, to flee from his capital. The question is not now with respect to a port of the territory on which this Goverinnent dejacto presses, but a Government fortunately separated by several hundred leagues from the dominion of Don Miguel. The English Cabinet under such circumstauces, enlightened, no doubt, by the melancholy results of its pitiful policy with re gard to Portugal, will resume with dignity the