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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, July 2 [II Olt NINO POST.] Letters from the Havannah, of the 6th ult. state, that the Slav© Trade flourished in full vigour there, and that the Custom-house Officers were in' the constant habit of receiving bribes for conniving at the importation of the .Negroes. It is said indeed that persons in authority were not entirely free from corruption. A vessel which discharged : a cargo of slaves not very far from St. Jago, 'and for not .preventing this infraction of the law, several officers received a doubloon for each slave landed. smuggling.of all kinds was tarried. on to a great extent in the different ports of Cuba, and it was notorious that hundreds of slaves had been imported within the last few months. With respect to the affairs of South America, the advices supply but little informa tion. Considerable apprehensions were enter. tained at the Havanna!) of an attack from the Colorribian Government and preparations had been made for a defence. [THE TIMES.] We publish extracts from a very interesting letter of Colonel Stanhope (see another column of wOun), on the state and prospects of Greece. The account appears to us to be an able and an hottest one. We must odd, that it presents, on the whole, an encouraging picture of the Greek confederacy. Personal dissensions may, indeed, exist, but the contrariety of feeling by no means . extends to the substance of the cause—viz. the grand question of resistance or submission to the 'racks. [BRITISH PRESS.] We this day lay before our renders the sub stande of a very important document respecting the state of Greece, written by Colonel Stan hope, whose residence in that country, and con nection with the Greek Government, enable him to give the most correct information. The state ment of the gallant Colonel is distinguished by its candour and clearness; and it is rendered ad ditionally interesting by being published just be fore the commencement of the campaign. Much .delusion has unquestionably been spread with regard to'the actual condition of Greece. Dis appointment has followed amongst those whose enthusiasm led them to mix in the struggle, and the Greek cause has suffered not a Ittele from the misrepresentations that have naturally flowed from that source. The Greeks have certainly been paralysed with intestine dis sentions, but t it is at the same time true that. they have every year advanced upon the Turks, and rescued a larger portion of their country. The , year before last the Turkish army penetrated intu the Morea, as far as Argos. The following Campaign they did not attempt to pass the isti runs of Corinth, and there is every reason to he , lieve that they have this year been repulsed from • passing the straits of Thermopylae. Indeed the gallant Colonel seems to coi►sitlVi the Ottoman empire as...rapidly approaching its close. The Greek Government has varied greatly in its cha - reefer according to circumstances.and..the habits of those who have presided over it. It has chiefly been and still continues decidedly democratic. But the gallant Colonel states—" the principles of civil liberty are beginning to be duly appre ciated." Justice,it appears, is badly administered, and the want of educated men felt " in every department of the State." Agriculture is lan.l guishing, so much of the country having been' yearly overrun during the war; and commerce i 9 stagnant : yet the Gallant Colonel despairs not of - the success of the G reekS. " The struggle," he guys, " however protracted, must succeed, and must lead to an improvement in the condition not only of Greece, but of Asia."— ' We cordially concur in this opinion,, and as the purest of causes f►as too often been stained by the crimes and follies of its supporters, we must not suffer our indignation, at the conduct of some of the Preeks, to induce us to forget, that they are . strugglingio save themselves not only from tht• most:revolting •and horrible slavery, but from indiscriminate slaughter. Every good man gives them ,his good wishes, and we say, devoutly, Amen.•' [NEW TEN Ei.] Yesterday one of those temporary alarms which of late, have been so frequent, bat have hitherto invariably proved' groundless, prevailed in the ,Maney Market, producing a decline of one per, cent. in Consols; There was a variety of reports to account for this depression : the chief was that M. de Villele had Tesigned, and a total change had taken place in the French Cabinet. We could not, however, learn 'that . any Express bad orrived,frorn Paris during the hours of buil peal, .The* French fleet of fifteen sail of the line, which .had. been reported_ to be fitted out for the Mediterranean, was now said to be, intended for another quarter, and' their ebject to be" no * less than the forming of a 'corn. bined d expedition, with Spanish vessels and troops, for the recovery of the South American Colonies. We:need hardly say that this is mere, unfounded surmise. The advertisement which ap. peered in The Sun and New Times yesterday for the supply of the Navy with beef and pork at• tracted some attention from the magnitude of the nuanattes 'to be contracted for ; but it was over.. 1 °01404 that the largeomount incliided a supply Tor the,Colonies, Under all these circumstances, , however, Consols declined ; their opening price "4•1 , and they closed at 91k fur the accetitit.— The depreciation in Foreign Securities continues daily fo increase, and the alarm amongst the Pro. Pnetors appears nearly as great 'as at the' corn encemen t 01 last year, when so many persons suffered severe iesseA « The Scrip of the last Loan to Coloinbia, *lO4 opened at 5 1 discount clided 0n... de. ciased ut abn tr -2. 8 . per cent:dis. uount..l%le,4icati Bands decline:ll from .52 1 - to 50 • And we understand very large amounts 2 dis posed of between those prices. were Russian Bonds were one per cent. lower ; and French Scrip ex perienced a decline to the same extent. • r • . LAIORNING CHRONICLE.] Yesterday the COllBOlB for the settlement on the 26th proximo, opened at 92i, and a great deal of business having been done in them, they . reached 93 early in the day. This improvement, however, did not long exist, for very heavy sales were afterwards made by gentlemen connected with the West end of the town, and a decline of per cent. was the consequence, the closing price having been 91k. That property can be thus sacrificed, without any well-grounded cause, it is not possible to conceive, and, unfortunately, at present there is too much reason for the pa trons of peace and human happiness to dread, that their beneficent views are very hostile to the principles of the Holy Alliance, that iniquitous combination of tyrants against the liberties of mankind. Advices were received yesterday in the City of the arrival of a Russian fleet in the roads Hof Copenhagen, consisting of two ships of the line and two frigates. They sailed again on the 6th of July, for the Sound, and their reported destination was a visit to the waters of Iceland. Now really it is difficult to believe that magnanimity would send an expedi tion on so unprofitable an errand, and it is a much more probable supposition that these ships intend to get into the Atlantic by the north of Scotland, in preference to a passage through the Straits of Dover, for, by the one rout they have the chance of passing England un observed, whilst, by taking the other, strong suspicions of their ulterior object would be cre ated. Be this as it may, however, they had scarcely quitted the anchorage of Copenhagen, when there arrived, direct from Cronstadt, one French and another Russian frigate, and it was announced in the Danish capital that the Russian frigate would touch at Brest and Gibraltar, but her ultimate destination was un known. In the present state of Europe, the fact itself of the great naval exertions, which the Con tinent of Europe is making, is sufficient to create uneasiness in the breast of every British subject. Several other Russian ships of war were expected jn the Sound. The French papers publicly an nounce the formation of a powerful French fleet in the Mediterranean Sea ; the whole coast of America is covered with F ren ch pendants ; and when it is added, that a Congress is actually at the present moment holding a conference at Johannisberg, it is not difficult to account for the general alarm which exists amongst the friends of peace. At this Congress Count Munster re presents Hanoverian interests. It is sincerely to be hoped that English interests are not conjoined with the mission of this German Di plomatist. The latest information states that is Excellency had, in a very short period, re ceived three expresses respecting the occupation of Lisbon by Hanoverian soldiers, and that his brother Ministers had ridiculed English inter ference in the affairs of the Peninsula. The avowed object of this Congress is the regulation of the German Press, or, in other words, the suppression of that engine of human intelligence, by which alone fraud can be detected, and tyranny overthrown, The affairs . . of the Penin. subt, however, it would appear, engage their nt. tention, and It Is impossible to doubt that the sup. pression of freedom in America is also not the least important object which has rendered this meeting necessary. The acquisition by Spain of . her former American Colonies would he a severe injury to Great Britain, and hence arises the strong desire which the Holy Alliance has always expressed for the suppression of civilization in these vast regions. If the Holy Alliance desire war with England, let them enjoy it; but it is the sacred .duty of the British Ministers, even should war be the consequence, not to permit the power of the em pire to be undermined b y f a l se principles, and, by extending their protection to civilization, and to the natural rights of mankind, to consolidate, a 4 well the pot t e r , as t h e tau , glory of his Britannic Majesty. • [MORNING HERALD.] Sunday's Paris Papers arrived last night. They confirm the rumour of a change of Ministry at Madrid. Count Ofulia—better .known by the name of Heredia—has already been dismissed— and he will, it is said, be soon followed by the rest of his colleagues. If this dismissal of the Ministers of King 'Ferdinand were founded upon tried incapacity—or at least their in action, and the wretchedness of the people intrusted to their adminstration, every body might understand, and few would blame this measure ; but strangely , enough, the cause of their disgr ace appears to be a suspicion of 'Liberalism. The fact seems to be that the knot of fanatics or of knaves---called the Apostolic Junta, has gained ft triumph, and at length succeeded in placing the Government of Spain in the hands of their own creatures. King .Ferdinand is now governedify.M..de Calomorde, a devotee. oLthe Apost o li c J unta -. The renown.. ed Confessor Saez has, of course, shared the fruits of the success.of his party. He has been attach.' ed by. the Pope, as " Prelate of the Household" to King Ferdinand—and is soon to be made a Cardinal, as a compensation for his late exile and privations. Fresh arrests have taken place. 'At the same time, some partizans of Servilism, who had been imprisoned for attack. ing and plundering the Constitutionalists—and even of proclaiming the Infant Carlos king in place'of Ferdinand, have been liberated—" in order," says the Minister of the Apostolic Junta, " to efface all discord among his Majesty's sub jects." Some curious facts relative to the Colo. nial possessions of France came out in the debate on Saturday in the Chamber of Deputies. Upon the proposal of a Grant for the Colony of Mar tinique, M. Benj. Constunt vehemently Condemned the perseverance, which ho said was notorious in the Slave Trade, and denounced an act of oppres sion by the Colonial Government . of Martinique, without parallel for harshness and arbitrary pro ceeding. ft is the transportation, without trial, of thirty-eight persons, charged with, having In their possession copies of a pamphlet, published iit Paris, on the subject o f ameliorating the state of the people of colour is and also a copy of.a speech spoken in the Chamber, in 1822, by M. Laine de Villevesque, on the subject. It ap pears that, in choosing the victims, a son was substituted for a father, a brother for a brother ; and also that some persons having influence, contrived to ship off their creditors., The victims of this act of oppression, or some of them, have arrived in France, and an attempt has been made to obtain them redress: The Moniteur, in its non-official part, confirms the report of several vessels proceeding to Cadiz. Two French Ad mirals have hoisted their flags. These ships are, it is said, to mauceuvre for several weeks in the Mediterranean. THAMES TUNNEL COMPANY. Yesterday a General Court of the Proprietors of this Company was held at the City of London Tavern. At a . few minutes after one, War. S strni , E sq . M.P. was ca ll e d to the Chair, and the business of the day commenced. The CHAIRMAN stated, that on a former occasion he had ' had simply to call the attention of the Gentlemen then present to the formation of such a Society; but on the present occa sion it became his duty to state the reason why further progress had not been made in the undertaking; previous to this, how , ever, he was desirous of pointing out the advantagbs of the communication ofd Tunnel under the River, from St. John's Church, Wapping, to R ot h er hi t h e Churah, at that point by which the crowd and oth er i nconven i ences of London might be avoided. A Tunnel manifestly was of superior convenience to a bridge which could not be raised without an enormous ex. pence. When the plan was suggested for this Tunnel, in con. sequence of the failure which had taken place at Gravesend, and on the very spot iproposed, it was necessary to inquire into the likely expenses. Mr. Brunelle was applied to for this purpose, as well as many other Gentlemen, and they all concurred in the two points, that the thing was practicable, and that Mr. B's plans were the best calculated for success. The Committee, in conse !pence, proceeded to obtain an act of incorpoiation, and hav ing ,obtained it, had called this Meeting to sanction the Report of their proceedings. The subscription at present was full, but there were a few shares reserved for the supply of any persons that might apply for them, whose ground it would be necessary to take. It had been feared that quicksands might be met with under the bed of the Thames ; but this the Committee had it in their power to contradict, as on boring the ground, it was found that there was a genera l s t ratum o f blue clay, of almost sta. cient consistency"to stand without the assistance of brick-work. He •was happy to state, that there was no expeCtation of any further expences than had already been stated. It was pre. sumed that the increase of traffic caused by‘this thoroughfare ; would proportionably increase the value of the shared. The Report of the Committee was then read. It stated that the subscriptions were now full, with the exception of the re. serve stated above. The ground had been surveyed, and 39 borings made, as well in the bed of the river as on the Surrey side of the water, near Rotherhithe Church. The Committee had agreed with Mr. Brunelle for his patent, for which ho was to .rec:ive ten thousand pounds in two sums • . and that gentleman had be en appo i nte d eng i neer, at a salary of one - thousand pounds per annum for three years; and Mr. Butler appointed Clerk to the Company. The expences up to this time had amounted to 2,1771. ss. The Report concluded by stating the sanguine expectations of the Committee under the management of so able an engineer as Mr. Brunelle. Mr. MARTEN, in moving that the Report he printed, could not sit down without stating the very handsome manner in which Mr. Brunelle had acted with respect to the payments that were to be made to hint for his services ; it was his own wish that no payment should be made to him till the Tunnel was pierced 60 feet on each side. The motion was then seconded' and carried unanimously. Mr. NUDE!. observed, that he was sure the Report must have been highly satisfactory to every one present. lie moved the custody of the common seal be committed to the Directors, to be used at their meetings by the majority of them. This motion was likewise carried unanimously. A number of bye-laws for the use of the Company were then read, and after one or two remarks front some Gentlemen present, were approved and carried. Mr. MARTEN . moved that the three following Gentlemen, Vmii. Thompson, Esq. M.P. and Ald erman , J. Somerville, Esq. and Wm. I'rater, Esq. to be appointed Auditors for this Company. This motion was carried unanimously. Mr. PRATER shortly returned thanks for himself and his colleagues. - Admiral Sir E. CoinuNnTON moved the thanks of the Meeting to Wm. smith, um:J. M.P. fire his services during the progress of the Bill through the (louse of Parliament.- I%lot/Ih* could have sbewn his zeal and exertion more than Its having passed without the slightest opposition, indeed. it had passed in a manner sub sikntio, and nobody had known any thing about it. fie considered this as a very popular question, even in the West end of the town. Both the Duke lof Gloucest e r a nd th e D u k e o f W ellington had expressed their high satisfaction of it, n n d hi s Royal Highness had consented to open the work as soon as every t hi ng was ready, to be fol. lowed by a public dinner to the Proprietors—Meer !) The motion was seconded by G. 11. Wou.neTore, Esq., and carried with applause. The CITAIIIMAN returned thanks, and observed, that as long as he held a scat in the direction, he should undoubtedly Committee.t the su tra i n ot . 10001. feel it his duty to do every t hi ng in his power to promote_the interests of the Comp an y. ' A l' i l r i . a n i k ln s A ri lw •e lA re n tl h ie a n d voted m o to ye tIIe . that be divided among the Direct ors , f rom the time or per annum the Royal Ascent to the first receipt of tolls, according to their re s pective attendances. „ Mr. PULT.rir suggested, as an amendment, that, as there were thirteen Directors, it would he better to let the sum be 13001. per annum. • Mr. IlliAbiAli observed, that the sum he proposed was. to be divided according to their respective attendances, and he did not think that above ten out of the thirteen gentlemen, would make a point of attending. Mr. Brarnall's :notion was then carried unanimously. Mr. MARTEN MOVed i ntitlicß to Messrs. Sweet, Stokes, and Carr, for the t a l ent di sp l ayed i n procuring the Act of Incorpo ration. Mr. Helms then moved the Thanks of' die Meeting to the Chairman, who returned thanks, and the Meeting dissolved. Suicinc.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the sign of t h e S un , Gray's-Inn-lain, }whim THOMAS sTilt t.lxn, Esq., Coroner, on the body of Mr. Wm. Roakbey, aged 32, a master-saddler, lately residing in Gray's-inn-lane. Richard Horwood depot*, that he lives at No. 22, King street, Golden-square, and' had been in the employment of the deceased for upwards of a week as a journeyman saddler, dur- , ing which pe r iod he frequently heard the deceased complain of a giddiness in t h e head, and on one occasion he fell backwards in the shop while witness 1 , 7113 by his side, and hurt himself v,ry much. On Saturday last, while witness was at worlc in Vie shop, he w a s alarmed by the cries of Mrs. Itoakbey, who called o u t that she was afraid her husband had laid violent hands on himself: Wines immediately proceeded to the yard, according to the direction of his mistress, and on going to the door of the water.eloseti he found it fastened, and the blood was flowing profusely from under the door, which he immedi ately broke open, and discovered the deceased with his throat cat in a most dreadful manner. His neckcloth was off, and m l . ;: i i t n h g b n io e i nr i, a aclsaisipkekvi:iisfee the etchernesee('s cloths, f b i lad es, which was Covered A tt 4 i the floor. !Fite deceased was sensible, and witness Ingtontly sent for a surgeon, who arrived, hut although h e use d every e ffort to save him, he expired soon after. Witness has no doubt but the deceaSed committ e d the act himself, being at the time afflicted in his mind. ',.. r -10.ur returned x verdict, 4' That the d tal d axed c ece mut enthi,"s throat, being at the time in a state of erange Between t%velve and one o'clock yesterday aft"""nn) a fire broke out in the liquor-vaults, belonging to Air. BLAKESLEY, of Upper Judd. place, St. Puncras , __ which caused much alarm to the neighbours. The speedy arrival of the en gines, and a plentiful supply of water, s"" tinguished the flames ; but not before much loss was sustained. On Saturday morning John Harris, who re ceived sentence of transportation on Monday WI, effected his escape from our City Gaol. Al. though'an alarm was instantly given, and an im• mediate pursuit mad e , yet he was enabled to evade kis followers, niid has *lot yet been taken. A. reward is Offered for, his apprehension, which we trust will be successful, ns he is a desperate character.,-(,Gloucester Herald.) MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JULY. 20. (Before FRANCIS CONST, Esq.) • Mr. ROBERT GOURLAY. andAt ten o'clock this Mr. Maule, the is morning,Solicitor the C a; tathe hairm Trea a a n ar e y n , te a r t e a d the Court, adupaathe Bench, and held a private conversation with him, which lasted for ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. • Jtist as the con versation had terminated, Mr. Gourley entered the Court in custody of Vickery, the Governor of the House of Cor rection. 111 r. Gourley, who appeared in good health, walked up to the Bench, and handed to the Chairman a written paper, which that gentlemanread privately. It was a docu ment t ani . ed ver a y au c e o e n i s a i c d t er n ab ar l r e at l iv en e gt a h f , t a h n e d ei w rei e i u m n a i t l a e n rs e t e o s od ivi t l l i t e a h t had taken place, as affecting Mr. Gourley, from the time of his assaulting Mr. Brougham, his examination at Bow- Street, his committal by Mr. Halls, the Magistrate, and his arrival at the House of Correction; and it concluded by call ing upon the Court to dismiss him from his confinement, which he pronounced to be unjust and illegal. CitAntatAle—This paper, Mr. Gourley, is, like a former one which was presented to me, and of no use whatever. This Court cannot possibly have recognizance of what you allege has taken place. You were committed to prison under the autho rity of a Magistrate's warrant, and the Court cannot do any tiling to relieve you, unless you make an application for your discharge, on the ground that no person appears here to support any charge against you. Mr. Bot. LAND (to the Chairman)—Sir, I beg leave to state to the Court, that if Mr. Gourley makes an application to be discharged, I am prepared to oppose it. CIiAIRBIAN-1 did not know that Counsel was engaged. Mr. Gourlay—As you are prepared to oppose it, I shall be glad to know if there is a prosecutor in Court, and who and what lie is ? CHAIRMAN— We have only the commitment of the Magis trate, by which you wereisent from Bow-street to the House of COrrection. Mr. Gourley (to Mr. Bolland) Pray, Sir, will you be so kind as to inform me for whom you appear to oppose my dis charge ? • Mr. BOX. LAND —I appear on the part of the Crown. Mr. Gourlay—The Crown'? The Secretary of State, I sup pose, you mean, Sir. Is it not so ? Mr. BonLem—l received 'my brief from Mr. Maule, the Solicitor to the Treasury, and it is my duty,to see that the pro visions df the Act of 39 and 40 Geo. 3. cap. 94, sec. 3, are com plied with, and it may be as well that the clause in the Act I have referred to should be now read. Mr. Richards, Clerk of the Arraigns, then read the clause, which stated, that persons who had been committed upon the warrant of the Justice of the Peace, on the ground of insanity, should remain in custody until they put in good and suffici ent bail. CitAtitetaN—The Court, Mr. Gourley, have the power to accept of bail, if suc h i s your app l ication. Mr. Ciourlay—l do not apply to put in bail; I now stand here ready to take my trial, if there is any charge against me, or any prosecutor. Cita' itetaer—el tell you, that if no one appears to prefer a charge against you, that you are entitled to your dischar ge from custody on putting in good and sufficient bail. Your com mittal I consider to be in the nature of an execution, and there fore you are not entitled to your discharge on a general gaol de livery, as a matter of course; you are committed under a par ticular Act of Parliament, the provisions of which must be com plied with, and you must put in bail. Mr. Gourlay—Mr. Chairman, I beg leave respectfully to differ with you in that opinion, though I must submit to what is the decision of your superior legal knowledge. I have re mained in confinement a very long period without an accuser, and Ido not see how bail can now be required of me. My honour, Mr. Chirman, is deeply conc erne d, an d I am most anxious to have a public trial, that . I may set the matter at rest, and sbew the baseness and falsehood of the imputations which had been cast upon me. I . have been most cruelly, and I conceive, illegally treated, as the war ran t u p on w hi c h I was committed I believe to be an illegal instrument. CHAIRMAN—Mr. Bolland, what course do yoteeintend to take in this matter ?----Mr. Bonus/m-1 hare but one straight forward course, and that is, to oppose the discharge of that Gentleman, unless he puts in good bail. • CIIAI II NI A N—l do not know what course to 'recommend but I would advise Mr. Gourley to go before a Judge, and apply for his di sc h arg e, on the gtound of th e illegality f the warrant on. which he was committed ; and I am sure, if the warrant be illegal, the Judge would instantly set him at liber ty, which I have not the power to do without his giving satis factory bail. Mr. Gourlay—l should in.my person be establishing a most dangerous precedent, if I were, merely for time sake of my . own gross violation of i p m e i r a s a o a ni t i l l ia li a be e r a t a y s , e t n o t i t i a ut be in a ba p i a l r n ty ow ta . au l e w li ou a ld rather remainin the liberty of the subject. There is no charge against me that can he proved, and why should I be detained in custody ? Cue/ !MA N —Under the Act of Parliament upon which you were committed, I do no think I can discharge you without your giving bail.—Mr. Gourlay—l have already most cruelly suffered, and I am ready to sutler more, rather than the rights of the public s h ou ld b e compromised through me. I should, as a matter of curiosity merely, be glad to know what bail is re quired by those who oppose my discharge out of custody CHAT netAK-1 should not call upon you for heavy bail; but as you ask only, as you say, for the gratification of niere cu riosity, what bail would be accepted by the Court, 1 do not feel disposed to gratify your curiosity by enentioning any partial. ler sum. It will be quite time enough to state the sum when your sureties arc in attendance. recommended ll. C Plrr.p s conversed i . lin t itoputinb th a w il i ,a 3 n l d n o ao bta trla i t Til e; i , and slibesrttryo;n fie told hint that it was for the sake of his family and friends that he advised him to do so.—Mr. Goorlay thanked Mr. Phillips for his kind advice, and said, "' No, Sir, my mind is made up on the subject. 1 cannot do an act that may be conceived by any person to be an•admission of the truth of the impudent insinuations which have been made as to the state of my mind. Ido not like to be considered an insane man. I will, however, consider the course I ought to adopt ; all I wish is that I may be brought to an open and fair trial, and I would cheerfully rest upon its issue. I wish to know (addressing himself to Mr. Rolland) if the Secretary of State has any intention of becom ing my prosecutor ?" Mr. IS LAN D—.My instructions are contained in my brief; I only attend to see that the provisions of the Act of Parliament are complied with. CHAIIIMAN—YOU are only detained in custody till you put in bail ; I shall not object to take moderate bail, it you offer it ; you are proceeded against upon n statute, anti time Court is according o n r u n i bound to nMr. o () It a c r t li a tyt c .e c (r o v i l l s e e z e l ) t — l i a r c l el t :o n t ; e i le n t L want a fair trial ; give me a fair trial (in great agitation). I differ with you all in I will not yield to such terms ; I am ready to go back to prison rather than compro mise myself. CH AIR HAN—I have nothin whatever to do with it ;it is not in my power to interfere ; I repeat again, that as you were committed under a particular statute, you must comply with the terms of it before you can be set at liberty ; I am ready to accept your bail, and that is fill the Court bus the power of doing for you. Mr. Gotiriny—l request that the Act of Parliament may be shewn to ine.--(The Act was handed to him, and he read it, and declared that in his opinion not one of the clauses applied to him.) Mr. Cußwoon, who was in Court, humanely observed to Mr. Gourley, that a Magistrate ought not, upon the application o f any persons whatsoever, to commit any individual to prison underthat before hi ln statute,teuond, unle s sdoub t , the ie m an i insanity he i s t t y rc o m f g t l l ) iy a p d a v r i t s y ed w s a i s r io . z o l, u 'e r d . lay to apply to a Judge for a habeas Corpus to bring him up to be examined, and he felt confidenethe Judge would set him at liberty. Mr. Gourley —If this. Act is enforced against me, no man's liberty is safe for n moment, and if poor he hay no means of obtaining redress for any outrage that may be inflicted upon him ; a Justice of the Peace has the power to commit any in dividual he please'', amid to make insanity his excuse for it.— It is a power the meet monstrous I ever been' of, and 1 will not submit to it. Cif ArnetAN—As you have asked what bail the Court will require, I deem it bat fair to acquaint you, the Court will be satisfied with younell in the sum of 2001., and two sureties in 1001. each. If you have friends who will enter into that secu. rity, you nifty take your discharge instantly, or, as this is the last day of the Session, you may take time to consider, and make the application to put in your bail on the adjouniment day, which is next week. Mr. Gourlay—lt is not at all probable' I shall ask the fa vour of any one to bail me; I um determined to weather it out, whatever may be the issue. CHAIRMAN—I can do no more fryou. 11r. Gourley then bowed to the Court, and returned in tilt. custody of an officer to the House of Correction. BitlikD.—There is actually a difference of ono hilt! in the price of the same descryoion of )read, ,old at different bakers' shops in the me ropolis: Yesterday morning, Mr. KEAN, the celebrated regedian passidthrough this city in his travel ing.chariot for London , on his return f rom I ta l y. —(Kentish G aze tt e , J u l y ech) OLD BAILEY. Yesterday, William Buttress, a country lad, was indict.' for uttering a counterfeit sovereign. Mr. hOLLAND stated the case; of which the following are the principal facts. The prosecutor, a young lad of the name of Langford, la servant to a Dr. Stephens, of Moore-place, Lambeth, thinkist he knew something about the purchasing of a horse, was cep' missioned by his brother to buy one for him f • and for this purpose he went to S m i t hfi e ld -mar k et on the 2d ofJuly,1110•1 ing appointed to meet his brother there during the day. ,al entering Smithfield, he s a w th e p r i soner at S t. B art h o l om ew's. gate, having two ponies f or sa l e ; h e i nqu i re d t h e pr i ce o f ow of iem, and the prisoner told him 31., and at length theL agreed on 2/. 10s. Langford gave the prisoner a deposit el half-a-crown, to make good his bargain, whilst be west is search of his brother, to procure the money, but whoa he could not find. He then went to a Mr. Steffan L I $ pawnbroker, in St. John's-street, and pledged his W' and seals. for two sovereigns, and returned to the isrlseel (adding 10s. of hi s own ) an d pa id for the pony, which . prisoner delivered up to him. They then went , aceordisi to agreement, and h a d somet hi ng to drink, and on tasting, the prisoner gave hi m a d v i ce, as a friend, to part wi th ti pony as soon as possible, as it was broken-winded, had the staggers, which he found to be too true, on rid* the pony rather quickly up the market. At that inottbest a number of strangers came up, and the prisoner ele e° him if he would sell it again. At this some of theca/4 0 offered 20s. and 255. for the pony, but the prosecutor le i fused it. The prisoner then said that he had the best right to buy it, and asked the He if he would 1 016 ten shillings by his bargain. wishing to get rid le a bad bargain, co nsente d to l ose seven shillings 40 and delivered the p on y over to the prisoner, who , him two sovereigns and three shillings. He then retu to the pawnbroker's, to redeem his watch and seals, and brew the two sovereigns to the clerk, who immediately told hinge/ , was a bad one ; he with that returned to the market, and Doi the prisoner taken into custody, who, on his way to the Coal* was seen to drop something, which when picked up by the d• ficer, was founded t o b e a sma ll p i ece of paper, wawa.* another bad soverei g n, exact l y corresponding with that MO tered to the prosecutor. Mr. ALLEY, for the prisoner, cross.examined the prosec ult tor, as to whether it might not have been from the pawbr4 6 lie received th e b a d sovereign ?—The prosecutor swore Pm" tively he got it from the prisoner, and not from the pawnbroker' The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sell tenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correetioe , six months, and be kept to hard labour. This was the 14$$ case before the Court. SENTENCES. i The Sessions having concluded at four o'clock, the titC°l 3 l ; DER proceeded to pa ss t h e aw f u l sentence of the l aw u pon t following capitally convicted individuals, viz.:— For Deals—Richard Tolki ngton , for forgery ; Charlat Wet . , James Sheen, Th omas W atts, T home Chambers, an d ilip Smith, J• Clancy, for housebrean; Charles d Cooke, Ph •I, Fuller, Henry Deroy, Inglehart, and Joseph Folc.,"' for stealing goods in a dwelling-house; and John Jaye, oth e r ' wise Norfolk, for horse stealing. • •• WM• Pit' Transportation fbr Lift—Frederick NI ingrave, • ker, Charles Wilkinson, Charles Grant, James Rutldb 3 gi Isaac Isaacs, Wm. R o bi ns, D aniel Dacon, John Richson, Alm Wm. Farmington. • For Fourteen Years.—Alexander Fidler : on hear ing ,s sentence, the prison er , w i t h strong emotion, said" Wuw"" reflecting on the Judge or the Jury, I can only say, that I gni the victim of perjury; and there (pointing to his proseolYl . stands the man who has perjured himself." For Seven Years.—.l. Feetly, J. Greaser J. Wynne, Pl h Smith, Solomon Dias, William Bucknell, H . S. Martin, „ Tills, Wm. Jon as , Geo. Wilson Jno. Stewart Thos. William s, Thomas Bird, W m . Hodges, J ohn Robins, Nicholas Power , Richard Waldron, Wtn. Vickers, Wm. Story, John Jane. Walker otherwise Jones, Thomas Shannon, Jno. Wayte, cholas Ryan, Win. Sharp, H enr y Harris, George Grunsft i lf• James Ward, J o h n I r el an d , J ohn Simmons, Josh. WsTlaw' George Richardson, Wm. Penny, Amelia Savage, Jim smith Samuel Levy, Jno. Andrews, William Twight, Robert Solid' , Win. Reynolds, Michael Bryan, Wm. Nibbs, Henry Navel , William Ritchie, for a misdemeanor, and Barnett Lyon; t he latter prisoner, in a most insolent manner, turned rcuad to 0 3 . Court and said, " Good night, my Lord."—The prisoner Nom' instantly called hack, b ut the Court did not alter the sentence.. The Judgments of the Court were respite Wm., HoOped on Wm. Rannldft • Robinson, Geo. Clark, Jane Holroyd, r, Samuel Watkins. CA RLI LE'S BLASPHEMOUS PUBLICATIONS. Michael John O'Connor was put to the . bar to receive on' tence on the indictment to which he pleaded guilty last Sessiong-. The RECORDER addressed him in the most impressivn manner, in the course of which he expressed Iris heartfelt Wig' faction that those who now heard hint were • spared the re' petition of the horrid, wicked, and impious libel, for the publication of which he had been indicted. His Lordship' deeply regretted that the prisoner had not acted so as IC claim to the full extent the mercy of the Court; by giving up those horrid wretches who were hid behind the c up tarn, and by whom those persons who were suffering .. .4g law for similar offences were partially supported. Tn e ' Court was aware that there was what might be termed an at sociation for thi s p urpose, and yet the Prisoner refused to.ior, ford any info r m at i on on t h e subject. He, the prisoner, Au been convicted of publishing a bul,ful, and horrid, impious+ and blasphemous libel, and the Court taking into considePt: tion all the facta that characterised his case, felt that it can not pass a more lenient sentence on him than that he should DC imprisoned for six months in the House of Correction to conk' mence from the first day of last Sessions. The remaining prisoners were sentenced to various porl o. of confinement, and the Court then adjourned to the I.sth 415 1 September. 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On Monday, the 19th instant, in Cantden,arect., Cam de n, own, Mrs. John Charles 31ason, of a daughter. MARRIED. - • Oft Yesterday, at St. Marylebone ,Church, Sir Thomas Orrn,, Dan. to Miss M ary , on l y d aughter of Major.Oeneral o' s Rebow, of lir ivenhoe Park, in the county of Essex. Yesterday, at St. Margaret's, tVesuninster, Carain Fate, the Royal Na v y, brother to the M em b er f or Ox ordshire, 0 1 0 3 i nephew of the E ar l of Macclesfield, t o Mi ss Fli n t, younges t sister of Sir C, Flint. sci' Yesterday, E at St. Ma r yl e b one church, Alfred Chapman, F. . son of Abel Chapman, Esq. of 'Woodford, Essex, tcrCaroll°,4 daughter of Slr Francis Mit...naght en , one a the Judges of t " Supreme Court. in Calcutta. On the 20th i nst . at .Marylebone church, Godfrey c re l i ct of oFec Downes, Es q ., of Ilaker.street, to Sarah Amelia, rea — ° Thomas Pendarves Smith, M.D ,of Stoke Newington ! . • On the 17th i nst . Lydia, the IED: w:fe of Wm. Codner, Esq. 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