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FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Journal du Commerce.) PARIS, JUL! 16.--We are assured that orders .have been issued to fit out fifteen ships,of war, of various rates, which are to proceed to Cadiz, bud thence to manoeuvre in the Mediterra nean. It is not yet stated who is to command this squadron ; it is only said that the Minister cif iVtarine will Ito to Toulon after the Session of .t) , e'Vhambers; and that the naval division will i , se4. , intile off that port, to be inspected, by his lti:vc+ The following annonneetrent of a partial t .il;i f i ge.o r th e sp a nisli Mittiskry-isiaken from the a.Journal published at I3ordeanx " The 'Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count d'Ofalia, is dismisiql, and M. Lamendet la ap pointed to succeed him. It is affirmed that the Nlinisters of the Marine and War Departtnents will reslo. All three belong to the moderate party. It is believed that M. Ariona, Director- General of Police, will also be dismissed." It is reported ito the saloons (says the Drupeau Blum.) that M. de Talaru, the Ambassador at Madrid, is appointed Minkter of Foreign Affairs, and that M. (le Chateaubriand is destined to an important embassy. (Prom the Mote.) General M'Gregor, famed for his military en terprises iu America, has been in Paris for some time past. This officer, who has distinguished himself by several exploits in the field, had re ceived, in full sovereignty, a grant of the most fertile lands on the shores of the Mosquito. It now appears, that he has just obtained from the King of Spain the confirmation of his title and of - the grant. It is added, that he is called to make an important figure in the affairs of South America. Two English capitalists have arrived in this capital to negociate a loan with General Nl‘Gregor : it is said, that by, the terms of this loan the Bonds of the old Royal Loan will be received at the rate of 40 per cent. (From the Constitutionnet) The Ministry have just experienced a fresh check. The Chamber of Peers, in its exalted wisdom, has this day rejected the [3lll respecting female religious communities (see the report),-- a bill in opposition alike to our manners, our wants, and the charter. Thus daily does consti tutional opinion, in despite of its ettemies, make fresh progress. All men of discretion and de voted to their country range themselves under its banners. It will triumph over every obstacle it is the first want of France ; it will triumph even over the Jesuits. We shall see if, to. morrow, the Journals of the men in power will re-assert that the Ministry have not lost the inijority in the Upper Chamber ; and we shall soon see (we must hope so) whether a Ministry and a system in oppositioo to the public'opinion, and to one of the branches of ►he legislative body, out yet maintain itself for any length of time. CHAMBER OP PIERS, JULY 16. The Chamber met ut one o'clock. Th&Duke de Manatee, %gime admission was deckled yesterday, was then received in the usual forms. Count de Courtarvel reported on the bill re specting the loans for the cities of Nantes and Poitiers. The consideration of the hill relative. to, religious commu .tities of females was thou resumed. An amendment, pro, pmed by Count Boy, to strike out,. the clause enjoining that. the forms observed in the regulations of the :public adruinis tration should be followed in the ordinances of authorization, wa•4 opposed by the Minister of the . Interior, and rejected by tile Chamber. • _ _ _ _ _ Another amendment, proposed by Viscount Laisn4, had for it. 4 object to limit the powers of communities established by a elinple ordinance, to that of acquiring property upon an onerous fitie, without granting them the right of Gccepttng legacies or donations. This amendment having been developed by its wit;bor, anti supported by Count Segur, was oppOsed by the bake Mathieu de Montmorency, and rejected on a ballot, by a majority of OS to 79. ' The bill itself, modified by the different amendments pro posed by the committee and acceded to by Ministers, was then .submitted to a definitiva scrutiny, and rejected by a majority of d 6 to 113. This day M. Villele and the Duke d Dou de3uville transacted business with the King. His M4jesty did not go out. '!'he King's .sloop Infatigabk, coming from Cadiz, is arrived at Rochefort, having on hoard the Spanish General Ballasterus. IFrom Galigluzni's Messenger.] We hear that a Commission has just been _tuffnect at the Marine °like for the definitive torpnization of the Colonies. • Several diplomatic couriers were sent ofr from the FOreigu'Ofike on Thursday, with . dispatches `for Loudon and Vienna. Extraet or a private letter from Madrid of the 6th inst.:— " M. Calemorde, Minister of Justice, the only Minister who acoomparsied the King, has published, by the King's command, a remarkable circular. Ile sets forth, that shortly after the entrance Of the French troops into Spain, the country Wa% often the theatre of private vengeance against the Constitutional Sys. tan, and that several Royalists had been arrested and prose cuted for having taken satisfaction for the insults which they had formerly received. The King, says the Minister, wishing that all' discord between his subjects should disappear, com menced -since the re-cstabliahmeut of the legitimate govern moat." ilt:xtract of a private letter from Bayonne o o f f i the 10th inst. " Oa the 4th inst. the Royalist volunte r ra no attacked in a public place some old ConstituConalists(mT . t" in which several of l e i a i r p en), and a 'bloody struggle ensued, killed and wounded. Some Monks carried aboutcth- party image of Christ, in order to put an end to it. We learn, froenra wens of Spain, that many persons in easy circumstAnc:s e = . tinue to emigrate, on account of the continual disorders. [From the Biotic.] ST. Cr,oun, Jur.Y 17.—The King heard mass in his. apartnrrnts. At two o'clock his Majesty took an airing in the environs of Versailles. Nuts, JULY 17.---A. private letter from Rome announces that his Holiness the Pope was to hold a Cousistory on the 6th of July. ft is thought that the vacant sees in France and other places will then be filled up ; and there is even some •talk of the promotion of certain foreign prelates • to the cardinalate. The Procureur-General for the Royal Court of Paris has raised an appeal in . Cassation against ' , the decision in favour of the ..dristarque. The amendm • for 0 riqi e f o f .L O. granting 500,00 francs in mittee on flee i vrdeulis' proposed try the Com- M Laboissiere's ve : c `l i fet,•was rejected ; hut .de in support of it on Friday was received with eluded, several cheers. When he con _lll,l,,i_),lPatt::,les rushed Ceeiards him, ' t i s;( l. ZLe ili c i r i r t at u i i on m l 4 ie l had l congratulating him Par.mcn t r t } l l " l -‘Tred. Neapolitan live per Gents. in duc—ats:ZiPer Cents. 98. 85. ybange on Lannon, IU. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, tifi, - h 4 it4lntes 41 T 8 P a tF le, ~u4le month, 25. 5, ; three ditto, 24.90.._( court ilut/tentique.) DOCTORS' COMMONS. In the COURT of PECULIARS of His Grace the ARCH BISHOP of CANTERBURY. (On the 12th qf July, 1824, in Trinity Term.) Before the Right Hon. Sir Joiew NICHOLL Knight, Doctor of Laws, &e. D ean o f t h e A rc h es, and Judge of the said Court. TILE OFFICE OF TILE JUDGE PROMOTED BY PALMER AGAINST TIJOU. • SENTENCE. Sir Jonw Nre woe r.—" The Court has to express its regret that a recommendation which it threw out at the hearing of the former cause • has not been attended in respect to this, with the success that ie could have wished—in restoring harmony to this parish of St. Mary, Newington, by the settlement of these causes out of Court ; and the Co ur t is now driven, there fore, to the painful necessity of giving the best judgment it can exercise upon a review of all the circumstances of the pre. sent case. The present proceeding, then, by Mr. Palmer against Mr. Tijou, originates in the same transactions with the former cause, which was likewise one of the Judge's office —promoted by the same gentleman, Mr. Palmer, against a M r . RofFey. And in that former cause, this Court having noticed, pretty much at length, the general circumstances of the transaction,--and hav ing stated the law applying to the subject, it will not be neces sary on the present occasion that it should repeat those prelimi , nary observations which it might otherwise be very proper now to offer. It may, howeVer, be requisite fur me at preient to state that in that Ma of Palmer and Roffcy, it appeared that at the election of Churchwardens for the parish of Newington, and while a poll was going forward in the Church for that election, a violent quarrel took place between Mr. Roffey, one of the Churchwardens, and 'Mr. Hurcombe a parishioner, which quarrel continued at the polling table for a considerable length of time ; the reproachtul words " coward" on one side, and " informer" on the other, being repeatedly passed and inter. changed between these parties so quarrelling. Which of the two began this altercation or which of them was the more to blame in the course of it, does not (I think) very distinctly ap. pear. But certain it ix that, they had both grossly violated the law which exists in this country, for preserving the sanctity and decorum of such a place. Now this quarrel was followed by one of a still more violent and shameful nature, which took place in the north aisle of the Church, the majority of the per. sons who were then in the Church being attracted to that part of it by the disturbance which prevailed there. But it wan after the commencement of such disturbance in the north aisle, anti during its continuance, that the. offence of brawling, which is charged against Mr. Tijou, is alleged to have been committed. —He was not at all engaged in the affray that originally led to that disturbance, nor was he present, as it app ears , w h en i t b e . gam Some of the witnesses have proved that during the period in which such disturbance was ping forward, one of the by. standers called out to the constables to take, and a constable ac tually had seized and taken into custody Roffey, the Church. warden, who had been appointed by the Rector. Now, stop ping here fora moment, I think it is hardly proper for the Court, in its judicial capacity, and as being, also, the ordinary of this parish, to pass over a misapprehension that seems to prevail among the parishioners of this parish with respect to the d ides and authority of their several officers. Most of the persons present on this occasion seem to have con sidered that there was nothing special whatever that attached , Itself,—nothing peculiar is the character that belonged to the place which they were then assembled in. Whether it was a Church or a tavern, or a polling-booth, that they were in would appear to have made no sort of elifference to them. There was a great disturbance, the constable is called for ;—the cry is, " turn him out," (for that is the cry which is raised with re gard to Roffey)—and one of the constables, of tire name of Wright, proceeds to execute his office and lays hold of Roffey, one of the Churchwardens ;—and another Constable, Passey, thinks it to be a pint of his duty to lay hold of Tijou, who is the sidesman of Itoffey, the Churchwarden appointed by the Rector. Now, it is to be recolleeted, that the order a n d go . vernment of the Church and of parish *Rite transacted therein are, in the first instance at least, under the operation of Eccle. siastical haw,and the supervision of Ecclesiastical Officers. The Court, indeed, does not mien to say, that if an actual breach of the King's peace takes 'place in the Church, and the Eccle siastical Officers there either neglect anti omit to perform their duty, or do themselves violate it, the civil authority may not in such case interfere to preserve it ; and most undoubtedly it may at once interfere, if called upon, or required so to do by the Ecclesiastical Officers or authorities. But I apprehend, that in the first instance it is the duty of the latter to act ; that the primary authority belongs to the Ecclesiastical Officer in his Church. Now, who is that officer ? It is time Churchivardee, with his sidesman, whir is his assistant. It is their duty, or a part of it, at least, to attend the performance of public worship in the Church, in order .to preserve outer and decorum during the celebration of the service. And indeed it is part of their oath of office to preserve order during such " celebration of divine worship." And thus, if they who arc elected to the situation happen to be persons who dissent from the public worship of the Church, from motivei ofconscientiousness, they are allowed to serve the office by sufficient deputy. But, as a general prin. ciple, it is part of the duty of Churchwarden; to attend and preserve order in the Church itself. They are, consequently, protected by law in the execution of that duty, and thnt which would amount to an assault in another person would not he so in them. For example: if they take off a man's bat in the Church, or turn out a person for misconduct—provided they do so without any unnceeeary violence and in a proper manner, they will be protected without being liable to the ordinary con sequences that another man would be exposed to for acts of this kind. Of course they can only do so on sufficient cause; but they (the Chuichwertiens and their sidestnen,)are time parties therefore whose special duty it is to maintain order in the sacred place. How for that consideration may aggravate the offenc e of the present defendant I am not now considering. I am noticing these principles of law in order to correct the erroneous impres sion which seems to prevail in respect of them in the particular parish in question. For I find that in this transaction the constables are called for in the first instance; and with a great degree of alacrity they rush forward to the performance of their chines; and in one case, without being called open at nil to do so. Paitsey (I dare say without any impression that he was doing wrong on the occasion)seizes Tijou;—whereas Tijou, as sidesman of the Churchwarden, had plainly a right, and it was indeed to size Pass e) , and turn him out of the Church. ifime,Pit li3ty s i sey d t i l t ie constable, was acting improperly. Anti certainly it ought to be a very strong case to justify the constable in invert ing the order of authority, and taking into custody or assisting to take both the Churchw ar d en a nd his side s man, altho ug h undoubtedly there may be circumstances which would justify an interposition of this sort The Court, I say, mentions these matters not as very much bearing on the present case ; but that time rights and duties of these respective officers may henceforth he properly understood, anti more generally known in this Parish of Newington. And in the present case, there are two questions that mainly present themselves thr consideration ; the first is, whether the charges which have been brought against Mr. Tijou are mufti ciently established ? and, in the next place, whether there are any grounds for mitigating die costs, supposing that the proofs in the case are su ff icient ? Now, upon a mature consideration of the whole of the evie dence in the cause, I ant decidedly of opinion—(and at this hour of the they I shall not travel in detail through the evidence which has been produced, and all of which I have very care fully read,)--I am ofopinion, I say, upon the whole of this case, that time articles state sonic of the facts rather in a more aggravated point of view than the witnesses, taken together, prove timeso facts ; but although there are considerable incon. gruitics and inconsistencies in the depositions of some of the witnesses, I ant of opinion th a t the charge is proved again s t 'Tijou—though, taking all the circumstances together, I can not think t h at it is one of a very aggravated nature. For I very much agree with the Learned Counsel who spoke second in defence, that the character °ile transaction must, to a con siderable N extent, be ascertained and determined by time nature of the proceeding which was going on at the time. It seems that there was it great disturbance in the North Aisle of this Church. Holley had been actually seized and taken into MM. Indy by the constable. And at this point of time Tijou was not even in the church. Ile had been at a neighbouring tavern, as it is stated by the prosecutor's own witnesses. Ile was afterwards walking with a friend in time church-yard, when he hears a noise, and understanding that there was great confusion pre. veiling,, he goes into the church where he finds this great dis turbance and uproar. He being a strong powerful man, pushes hi:t way through the crowd, and I really don't know how it is poseible that this could be done without sonic contd. clerable struggle ; for it is a great exertion and not a very easy matter to find a passage on such occasions. However, he forces his way through the crowd,tn order to get at the spot where the immediate disturbance takes place ; anti I think lie must noon have discovered that there was a struggle between lioffil the Churchwarden, and Wright the Constable. Now, if the Court could be satisfied that he went there merely to perform his duty as sidesman (for to go there, strictly speak ing, was part of his duty as sidesman), that he went merely for the purpose of aiding and assisting hie churchwarden (and it was part of his oath faithfully to assist that officer) ; or if he went there' merely with a view to defend those who were op ,—that might be almost a justification of his conduct in theircsdfierst instance, and a very great extenuation of his offence in the latter. But I cannot say, that I can arrive at that great stretch of candour which would lead me to suppose that he Palmer v. Roffey. so went there merely for the purpose of performing his duty as sidesman—to keep order in the church, or to put down any ex isting disturbances that were then taking place, or to rescue a friend whom be supposed to be in danger. But, even if he had done what he did with the one purpose or the other; if he had gone in, in the execution and discharge of his office, or to rescue any person from an act of violence ;—still he - way bound to do so in a proper and becoming manner. For if his conduct wAs attended either with improper acts or improper wonls ' that circumstance might s till i nvo l ve hi m in a violation of the law. Now, in this consideration of the subject, which really seems to me to arrive at once at 2 correct view of it, as far as I have been able to judge from =training very fully this evidence, and from attending very carefully to the arguments of Counsel, I think that Tijou did on this occasion conduct himself in a manner that does amottnt toe violation of the law; and, there fore, that I am bound to consider him as having so done, and then, consequently, to pronounce him liable to punishment on that account. But I must look at this case, at the same time, as one by no means of an aggravated nature. He was stimulated to the con. duct which he pursued by the various exciting circumstances around him, and by the. situation of his friend. The original brawlers (though that fact does not so fully a pear in this case as it unquestionably did in the former one) were beyond all dispute Roffey and this Mr. Hurcombe. hey had kept up their quarrel' before Tijou entered for hours together. They were the great offenders and the authors of the whole of' this disgraceful disturbance; and not only Tijou himself, but a great number even of the bpstandersi were incited, in conse quence, to do something that was more (undoubtedly) than was proper, considering the place •in which they were, but which may be, in a great degree, explained and excused by considering the circumstances of their situation. Now what, after this, takes place in the north aisle? Tijou goes to the spot where this transaction between him and Bishop takes place. * But, according to Bishop's own account of the mat ter, it was he who first put his hand on Tijau. It is true that Bishop asserts, and I dare say , that he does so with perfect truth, that he did so is a pacificator. But still, though he might mean to be in this affair a . peace-maker, the Court must look at the manner in which Tijou would receive his advances to that effiv. ; and supposing that Mr. Bishop put his hand thus on Tijou's shoulder, it was an act which might very possibly have had the effect of removing Tijou from the situation he was standing in at the time; for he was standing on a bench, and we may fairly suppose that being intent on what was passing, and unprepared for any thing else, a very slight touch of his head or shoulder would easily displace or remove him. Now, if the fact was so, he would immediately slip down, and thereby become liable to suffer all those untortunate consequences that seem to have ensued. I think it is no proof at all of any violently outrageous conduct that Tijou, not being aware of Bishop's intention, struck or caught hold of him. The blow does not seem to have been a very severe one; but however, of whatsoever sort it was, Tijou, according to Mr. Bishop's own statement, after wards said he was sorry for it,—not thereby, as I should under. stand the matter, admitting that he was the aggressor upon this occasion, for he supposed, in the first instance, that Mr. Bishop had been the aggressor,—but that he meant he was exceedingly sorry for what had happened under such circum. stances and misapprehension, and finally they shook halide to gether. But what then does Passey the constable do ? With out being called upon, for what appears, ay any person, he at once darts upon Tijou and says Ile will take him into custody. No doubt this individual, Passe)+, may have been a good deal agitated at the time, and may not • precisely recollect the cir cumstances which took place. Whether the witnesses on the other side are tight in their account of the matter, does not ap pear exactly, nor is this extraordinary; for I quite agree on that oint with Dr. Lushington, who observed in his speech, that In a transaction that was conducted amidst so ;much noise and confusion, the Court cannot expect witnesses to speak accurately to very minute circumstances. It would seem that Tijou said, on being touched, " What do you mean by that ?" and then die party was pulled or 'thrown down. This was a very improper act certainly, and snore especially in such a place : But what the Court has to consider is, whether, looking to the circumstances themselves of this part of the transaction, and to those which had just taken place in the North Aisle, this was such an offence as the Promoter of the Judge's office in this cause was properly called on to prosecute ? k'Or that is the way in which the matter must bear upon the ques. tion of costs, to which I stall come presently. 1 do quite concur also with Counsel, the Learned Counsel for the defendant, that the forgiveness of the party injured, Mr. Bishop I mean, and their shaking hands, was a circumstance that dud not 'render it at all necessary for a public prosecutor, acting for the maintenance of decency and order in this place, to fpund all these Proceedings against this defendant. Un doubtedly if this was such a case as did render them necessary, the public proaecutor (as we may consider the present promoter) was justified in so proceeding against this party. But I must consider whether all the circumstances of the case before me, taken together, do entitle this party . to the payment orb is full costs. It must hti ob se r ve d, in the first place that in general where an offence ham been committed, *tack it has been necessary fur the party committing it to defend, the'expenees necessarily Incur. red in prosecuting that offence and in bringing theparty to punish , :tient, are, by the general rule of this Court, to be paid by the party whose own misconduct has rendered proceedings neces sary. But this is not matter of course, as to that party pro. cceded against, who may substantiate his defence; and still less is it matter of course as to the payment of costs. The Cottrt may mitigate them according to its own discretion, for the mat ter of costs is held in these bourts to be matter of discretion.— But the Court, in a question of such extreme importance, would go only upon a very full consideration of all the circumstances of a case; and in governing its discretion it would maturely consider, as it has maturely considered in this instance, the con duct of both the parties • and upon the result of thi s consider ation, its judgment webe founded as to how fur the defendant ought to pay, and how far the promoter is entitled to receive the whole costs. In thi s case, two prosecutions have been instituted by the romoter, Mr. Palmer ; the one against Itoffey (the Rector's Warden), the other against Tijou, - Roffey'S sidesman. Roffey, it appeared in the first of these causes, had been guilty of quar relling for an hour together in the Church ; first, at tho polling table, and afterwards in the north aisle ; and the Court did not think there was any ground in that respect to excuse .his brawling or to extenuate his conduct ; and therefore held that he was liable to the full costs. By the punishment of Roffey, moreover it appeared that the sanctity of the place would be protected and vindicated; that the law on the subject would be ascertained and made known, and that an example would be held out to the parishioners, lc hich might have its full effect in preventing the recurrence of these scenes in future. If in the transaction there was another person engaged, whose conduct was scarcely less offensive, noisy, and violent than Roffey's,— or a person whose conduct was distinguished by scarcely a shade of difference, who had been " in part delictu" with ftoffey or nearly so;—it would have been invidious, to be sure, to se lect one only of two such parties, for prosecution. But I cer tainly think that Tijou was not the person who could be said to have been so "in pari delictu." this person was, in fact, not at all connected first with the affair which had taken place between the two original offenders, Bailey and Hurcombe. It is very true that Mr. Palmer was t h e pu bli c officer of this pa rish. It was his duty to maintain order; and at his return,for he was not present when the affair occurred, he instituted proceed. ings against Roffey; and lie acted very properly in doing so. duty, but he was encouraged and required to w to a k s o no th t a o t nl s y te l p i is bya meeting of the parishioners in Vestry assembled. Yet, I cannot go along with Mr. Palmer's Coun. sel in the position which they have argued to me, that he was bound to obey the order of such Vestry. He was to exercise his own discretion and judgment in the matter. He, I say, was to exercise his own discretion : and where a measure of this kind is a proper one, undoubtedly the Court is always disposol to go as far as it tan to p r ot ec t public office rs i n th e faithful and impartial disch arge , o£ their ecclesiastical .duties, even if there should be some degree of unintentional error in theitpro ceedings. B ut it is al so t h e d uty o f this Court to protectindi viduals against the abuse of any public authority of this nature, pu of a and still more, rrom being harassed b other individuals who i may be able to wield theblic purse parish against them. From the evidence a dd uced, as I have b e f ore o bserved, in the se two causes, t he two principal offenders wereindisputably Rae) , and Hurcombe. Ilurcombe is not yet on his defence, but the whole of the evidence I speak of does go to whew that he had, for two or three hour s together, been engaged in a quarrel in this church. Even if Roffey was the greater offender of the two, and t here was a necessity for more than one of these prosecutors, still I . think that the second prosecution ought to have been against the individual I have mentioned. Uut what is the conduct of the Vestry ? They order a prosecution ; (and Mr. Palmer acts in obedience to that order;) they direct a prosecution against Tijou, who at worst was a subordinate offender only ; and they order none as against Hurcombe, for so I collect. On the con. trury, Iltircombe is brought forward as a witness in the cause against these other parties; and not only so, but he is the agent of the party prosecutin g . For I observe from the answ ers o f more than one of the witnesses, thist application for the purposes of this cause has been made to them by Hurcombe, and that they were by Ilurcombe sent to the office of the Proctor. Now really the Court is extremely unwilling to enter at all into the disputes of this Parish ; yet looking impartially at the subject, the Court is bound to consider whether this prosecution against Tijou can have been instituted with a proper and legitimate object ? It is not instituted in order to assert the sanctity of 4 place consecrated and set apart for the worship of the Supreme 13eing ; for that object would have been atchieved equally if * See Bishop's Deposition. Mr. Pahuer the promoter. they had proceeded against the other party only. It is quite impossible on the other hand to correct all those who have, on this occasion, offended against public decorum. Now this was not an offence in the present case which imperatively called for prosecution by the public officer, who, acting fairly and im partially, proceeds, as I believe Mr. Palmer does in obedience to other parties. It is in obedience to the Vestry that this pro secutiUn is brought, it is said •by Mr. Palmer; but he must look to them. Certainly I cannot conceive that this has been done in the impartial discharge of a public duty, so as to found upon his part a claim on this Court, in the exercise of its dis cretion, to give full costs on the present occasion. Looking therefore to what has been the conduct of these parties, and to all the circumstances of this transaction, I think it is a case for mitigated costs. _ _ And as Tijou will have his own costs to pay in the cause (which costs have been made pretty heavy, fur I believe there have been thirteen witnesses examined in the case, and to ten at' them interrogatories have been administered), and asAl r. Palmer will probably he indemnified for his costs, (though the Court can know nothing about that order at' Vestry, under which he is said to be proceeding), I shall suspend 'Mr. Tijou train entrance into the Church, " ab ingressu Ecclesia3" as we term it, for the space ofone week : and I shall further condemn Mr. Tijou in the sum of 301. " in nomine 'expe.nsarum." Has that Bill been taxed yet, in the other cause, Mr. Registrar ? itEcisTums.—lt has been brought in, Sir, by Mr. Felie Slade, who now presents his bill of costs, which has been taxed. Sir Joxit Nicirox.r.—At how much ? REGISTItAII—I now repeat it, at 289/. 15.. Sir Jottx Ntctrotr.—Then before you take the sentence down, I Khali make the sum to be allotted " nominc expensa. rum," 501. WEST INDIA DOCKS. DELIVERIES for the WEEk, and STOCK ON HAND, for the Week ending the 17th of July, 1824. THE ARMY. INSPECTION OF TUE SEVENTH 5SABS.—Field-Mar. steal his Royal Highness the Commander-in--Chief, attend: d by several General Officers and a numerous Staff, inspected the 7th Regiment of. Light Dragoons, yesterday morning, on Hounslow Heath. The Commander-in-Chief, on entering the ground, was received with due military honours. His Royal Highness, followed by a brilliant military cortege, then rode down the line, and inspected the men and horses most minute ly. The Regiment afterwards performed in an admirable man ner, a variety of movements and evolutions. The Command er-in-Chief, after the • general salute, advanced to Colonel Thornhill, who gave the word of command, and expressed his unqualified approbation of the manoeuvres of the Regiment. illusTEn or THE GUARDS. —The Brigade of Guards that was recently reviewed in Hyde-park by the C<' rimander-in- Chief, viz. the three Battalions of the Grenadier Guards, and the Ist Battalion of the 3d Regiment of Guards, was mustered yesderday morning on the Parade in St. James's Park, by Co lonel I)'Aguilar, the Muster-? Vaster. - The Battalions made a very line appearance, 'and after the muster filed off' to their re spective barracks and quarters. Delivered. Articles. Howe Stock on Con- Exporta- Hand. sumption. MM. ............. ................... Ilhds - - 3,500 - 37,182 Sugar ( - I. Tierces - - 391 . 3,001 Puncheons - 134 591 24,906 Rum (lads - - 21 29 1,134 . ( llhds and Tierce 112 1513 15,193 Coffee 1 ' ( Barrels and Bags 30 2121 26,073 (Bales and Bags GO - 617 Cotton (Pockets and Serons . . 23 {Butts and Pipes 33 6 1,594, Wine Illtds and i Casks 22 1 1,083 {Casks - - . 80 Pimento Bags - -I 3 373 3,135 {Casks . - 92 . 757 Ginger Bags - - 7 -1:,.; Casks - . 7 - 1.331 Cocoa {Bags 4. • 2 .f 271; Logwood Tons . - 60/ 13:4 5,01) Finnic Tons . . 1 5 - 1.917,1 Cheiti of Sugar 12,40 Casks of Molasses BATII, JULY 19. Thunder -storms, racing and ballooning bate this week been almost frightening Bath from her propriety.__ Our races commenced on IVednesday last, but unfortunately a dreadful storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, commenced before them. So early as nine o'clock the rain began to pour ; but notwithstanding, the good citizen s of B at h plodded their weary way to Lanstlown, the place where the races are held...-. Arrived there, a most extraordinary phenomenon met their sight—a dense cloud seemed to rise front the earth towards the west, and collecting into a round ball, drove over the plain, scattering the rain with which it was charged in its progress.— The darkness caused by it was so great that the spectators could not see each other two yards apart. Some of course thought that the earth had numbered its days ; and it was really amus ing to see black legs and amateurs, gentlemen and apple women, hastening front the Downs with terror in their looks, and clothes drenched in the rain. The sport w a s o f course rat h er indifferent,—the Sontersetshirc stakes of 25 sovereigns each, with 100 sovereigns added, were won by the Honourable Mr. FE I. LOW ES'S Eclipse. I'lte weather on the Thursday and Friday was more favour. able—the sport but middling. On Thursday evening Mr. W. BniDLE, the proprietor, gave a splendid gala at Sydney Cardens. On the evening of Friday Mr. GDAITAM made his promised ascent with his balloon from these gardens. The ev en i ng was beautiful, and the crowds collected on the adjacent hills were immense. The company within the gardens was hut small, which is much to be regretted, as Mr. 0. generously ascended for the benefit of the Bath General Hospital. There were a great number of ladies in gay equipages waiting near the place of ascent. . _ _ The scene within was gay and pleasing beyond description : Two bands of music were playing—small cannon were fired at intervals—and, to give variety to the entertainments, the eele.. brated IL DiAvoi.o ANTONIO displayed his extraordinary feats on the slack-rope. In the course of the afternoon a young gentleman offered 20 guineas to ascend with Mr. G.; but that honour (though, perhaps, few would con s ider it as suc h) was reserved for a hfr. ADAMS, of London. The ascent was announced to take place at five o'clock ; but it was half past six before it took place. At that time both aeronauts"took their seats in the car,and the balloon immediately rose with them, clearing the surrounding trees in gallant style, and soaring aloft in a manner at once stat e ly a nd majestic.— golden lustre upon the machine, and made a appear quite After attaining an immense. bight, the setting sun threw its transparent. It remained in sight about 40 minutes. At first its direction was north-east, but it afterwards veered round,to the east, in which quarter it disappeared. Mr. GRAHAM has very dbligingly favoured us with the fol. lowing account of the Excursion:— At half-past six wa rose with considerable rapidity from the earth, and when we had attained a good elevation the view was magnificent and striking beyond all description. The sun was just setting; and the splendour of its appearance, combined with the harmony of every thing around, strongly tempted me to exclaim with the immortal Milton— " These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wond'rous fair : Thyself how wond'rous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest' works." One object on the earth attracted our attention soon afterwards. This object presented the appearance of a crawling animal, something like a crab, and affhrtled considerable merriment both to Mr. Adams and myself. This extraordinary pheno menon I have since ascertained to have been nothing less than a horse with a man on its back !—We floated on an equili brium for some time, and then began to a s cen d. O ur hi g h est altitude was about three miles; but the barometer having re. ceived some injury, 1 cannot, without further examination, determine the exact state of the atmosphere. The gas did not expand a great deal. After remaining in the air almost an hour and a half, we began to think of descending, and I opened the valve for that purpose. As we approached terra firma, however, it appeared very woody—th ere f ore , we t h rew out ballast, (601bs. of which we took out with us), and conti nued to float along at a moderate height. Af ter d o i ng so, f or minutes,ware descended at a qu a rt er b e f ore e i g h t b etween Rarnbury, Berko, 46 m il es from Bath, in per fect2o two woods near safety. The place of descent was quite private, and conse quently we had considerable difficulty in finding our way.— 'Having packed up the machine, and procured a conveyance, we set off, and arrived at Sydney Hotel, Bath, at eight o'clock next morning. To this account it is but justice to add, that the conduct of Mr. Graham was throughout cool and intrepid • and. that the public of Bath were and are complete l y satisfied with the ascent. Sonic men carry their charity to great lengths, but it may be truly said that few have ventured so high in its cause. It is therefore to be hoped that his exertions have met with their proper reward. ANNIVERSAR Y OF ills MAJESTY'S CORONA TION.—Yesterday the anniversary festival in commemoration of the Coronation of his Majesty George the Fourth was cele brated by the Gentlemen Members of the Coronation Fleet, ut the Ship Tavern, Water-lane, Tower -street, when a hi g hl y re spectable and numerous attendance took place, amongst whom we noticed many naval °Ricers, and gentlemen of the White hall and other sailing matches. At five o'clock the company sat down to a sumptuous dinner. Sir F. 011131 ANNY, Bart. in the Chair. The evening was passed in uninterrupted harmony anti enjoyment.—ln the course of the day E. NETTLEFOLE, Esq. the Commodore, expressed his regret th a t i n consequence of high water not answering on that day, the superb silver cup and cover intended to be sailed for in honour of his NI AJEsT Y's Coronation, was postponed till Thursday next. MM. Bouffe-Baudry and Bonaventure, two persons residing in Paris, became so disgusted with life that they resolved to drown themselves together, In order to exe cute this resolution, they went to St. Germain. llaving made their wills, and written farewell letters to their friends, they walked to the banks of the river, and threw themselves in at the same time. M, lionaventure, however, had no sooner reached the bottom than the natural love of life resumed its influence, and he succeeded in gaining the shore. He returned to St. Germain, where he made a declaration of the facts. li e was afterwards imprisoned at Versailles; but has since been set at liberty. MEXICO. We have just been favoured with the per al of a most i mportant l etter from Vera Cruz, d a te° l June Ist, which is too long, and reached us late to admit of its entire insertion in our Jour na l to-day. " Vitt CRUZ, JUNE 1.--TIII3 country r the eve of a gr ea t po li t i cal commotion. TileJ' is at the present moment, no Government 10'1t, ever—some of the States refuse to join 01 ° C°11 ; federacy o th ers, are most anxious f" t , return of FrunutDE. There are no men or tale : at the head o f a ff a i rs, or indeed in the countril with th e except i on of ITURBIDE. I no t l formed, even by the old Spaniards/ "" k intrigues succeeded in undermining him (aid' are now all voluntarily leavipg the Co lvit ' ' ol ' ' —that his party is very strove, and his 2rEiv o evidently desired. I give you the latest 14" from the haterior:— " Generals QUINTANAR and BURTONSTP" ,t men of great tal en t an d i n fl uence, have ites d ' ' an insurrection i n G ua d alaxara, and l'a ie h stationed th e m se l ves w i th 4,000 men at : de Leon. Th ey h ave dismissed t h e Congn'i: dispersing it s mem b ers i n all direct i ons . i f b ostensible obj ec t i s to d eclare G ua d a l axa ra °t ie o r, pendent of Mexico —their real one, the re d. ' of blishment of ITURBIDE. The Congress had ab ' 10,000 t roo p s ; b ut this event has very materi3f, diminished th e i r num b ers, and desert i on s ar e re ► quent and considerable. Colonel REQu"°':'„l, 1200 men, has rev o lt e d a t S c h uacan , near Joi 3 ` e a has poss e ss e d hi mse lf o f the town, an d dis3r/11 ERRATA.—In yesterday's Leading Article on the Document published by A 1.31. ORLANDO and LURIOTTIS, liuP 2ol for " importance of the unfavourable intelligence," read "tot' importance " &c. bast lin e o f th e same artic l e , fur " bits • been mispl aced," read " has nut been misplaced." PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCIL. Hank Stock 256 2551 3 per Cent. ltetl. 9344 3 per Cent. Cons- 9243 $i per Cent. itg Dissd. loli I per Cent. {And. ItIOU New I 05 ht Brink I.ongA nit 229 i Imp. 3 per Cents India Stock • 289 Ditto Bonds 83s. South Sea Stock Old Annuities .... New Ditto EL Bills I 000/. 2d. ....... Ditto lid. 4O *, Ditto 5OO/.2d. ...... 3.9 di Ditto lid. ......... --• Ditto Small 2d...... 39 .. 40 Ditto kid. 42 Jw Ditto Commercial .......... Bank for Act. - India for Acct. Cons. for Account ......... 92it PRICES OF FOREIGN FU Austrian Bds, b per ct.... 93ifi I NUS, AT ONE O'OLOe1C• Portuguese Bonds an ... Cliilian, Bds, 6 per et. — Colombian Bits, 6perct Scrip 6:l 7 dis. Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Scrip 16 dis. Mexican Bonds 5 191 ----Scrip Neapolitan, 5 per cent. Peruvian Bonds Itussian„ Old, 5 per et 9414 ----Scrip Prumian, 5 per et. Ditto New Spanish 1821, Sper et. 1823, ditto. Buenos Ayres Alliance Shares ...120 Palladium Equitable Loan POI Manchester Ditto • French Renter —_-- Scrip l2O PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, JULY 17. 67 Bank Stock 255 Grand Canal Loan, n p.ct. C or. Deb. 3i per c e nt . l _Ditto 4 per cent ''' Stock, 34 per ct. l .... —Ditto Stock ............ ....- Gov. DEb. 4 p er cen t. — Royal Canal Stock ......... •'" Gov. Deb. h per cent. --Stock, 4 per cent. --New Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — Do. '6 per cent. •••• City Debentures, J per ct — Ballast Office Govt. Sec.' laying in Hospital 4 per ct — 4 per cent. Exchange on London, July 18, 8. FOREIGN MAILS. AIIIIIVEII. DUE. 1 Guernsey and Jersey 1 Lisbon 0 Gottenburgh 1 Gottenburgh 2 Hamburgh U H am b urg h 1 France 0 America 111011 WATER Ar LONDO Morning, 50 minutes after 0. 1 r ri 1E 8 UN. SOLED! QUIZ DICER; FALSIIM AULIE4. • LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1824. IN BRIDGE TOZIORRO W . 1 Evening, 27 minutes alter .9.