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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers March 20. [ - THE TIMES.] 'We have but little to say respecting the de bate of Thursday night, introduced well and powerfully by Lord John Russell, on the French occupation of Spain. Mr. Canning has a great aptitude to throw ridicule upon grave subjects; and yet the intrinsic importance of those subjects remains the same, after a thousand jests--even good as his—have been cast at them. It is much : to be desired that the Right Hon. Secretary would argue a grave matter gravely. The pre sent House of Commons is not much distin guished by talents : perhaps we might predicate the contrary. We recollect how potent poor Lord Londonderry's rhetoric was amongst them ; and his Lordship's successor should recollect the same ; and, in the full career of mirth and fun, he should suddenly—stop short ! with the abruptness of " proc'.umbit humi bos," turn his thoughts into his own bosom, and ask himself whom he was amusing. How he may be replied to in some of the serious parts of his argument will be evident from the following specimen. He said,- and we read the allegation with surprise, that the purpose for which the French army re nittinpil in Spain was changed They had " gone into the country to defend the fanatical " party against theConstitutionalists,and now they " were actually interfering for the Constitutional ", party with the fanatics." In reply to this we ask, under whose- protection, under whose arm is it, that the fanatics (as Mr. Canning justly calls them) would stab the Constitutionalists ? Is it not under the 'arm of the French? Did the Right Hon.' Speaker mean to say, that if the French were not in the Peninsula, the fanatics -would dare to harbour the thought of torturing the friends of a limited monarchy ? It is evi dent, therefore, that the presence of the French creates those evils, and excites that horrid appe tite for blood, which they, and their abettors, pretend they stop to controul. But farther : let us take the picture, and that only such as Mr. Canning has drawn it, of the atrocities which the fanatics would, as he says, commit, if the French were 'to withdraw ; but which, in truth, they would not even think of committing, as they do now think, were it not for the presence of the French. 44 What was it," says the Right Honourable Gentlemen, " that the French were " doing in their" occUpation—in what . way Were " they employing their influence ? Were they " urging on the cruelties to which the party now having the ascendency in Spain were ‘C hut too much inclined ? Were they fostering " the gloomy vindictive prejudices of the Monks, 44 or exciting the blind fary of the pOpulace ?" These, then, are atrocities which Ferdinand and his adherents would commit, if they were not re strained- by a foreign force. But the Constitu tional party had once., r atrit for a . long time, the ascendency: they were controulled by no supe rior power ; they acted as they pleased ; and did they, under that licence, perpetrate any of the horrors of which it is acknowledged their adversaries would be guilty had they per mission i• The whole question of the French aggression turns upon this point ?—the in vaders entered the country to oppress a mild Constitutional party who had committed no ex cesses, and to give the ascendency ,to a Set of me n to whom their forei g n allies dare not allow tire indulgence of their o wn diabolical passions. Then, we say, the sooner these wretches are left to . the controul of their own countrymenthe sooner the management-and custody of them is confided to that party by.which they have hither toi been :treated ;With-inoderation and lenity --- the sooner will matters revert to their proper course; and; we hope no opportunity will be lost of press ing these:considerations on the French Govern ment. [MORNING POST.] We do not pretend to be so deeply skilled in the arts of divination as to fathom exactly the new project which has been started, of a" Chem ber of Commerce of the City of London."—lt may, therefore, proceed from the . want of .suffi cie-nt. information that we, . at present consider the speculation rather of a questionable nature.— What its real objects may be, the operations of such an extensive and - powerful mercantile body can'illone precisely determine; but we frankly own. that it would seem prima facie to be ca pable of doing Mischief, without the possibi lity of doing good. Nothing can be more im poSing.in a vast commercial country like this than to -find a congregation of the great officers of existing establishments, such as the Governor and Deputy• Governor of the Bank of England, and the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Ilouse,•the patrons of an AsSociation bear . - ing the denomination of the one we now allude to. Is it not, however, to be apprehended that this very peculiarity may be the seed of enorm oui evil, and the " Chamber of CoMmerce of the City of London" be: the means of recon ciling to each other,. and -concentrating to exclu sive endOkose rival interests from the clashing and competition of which the Most important advantageS' to commerce and the community at large are at: present 'derived ? The vulgar but venerable maxim—" Caw me and I'll caw thee," is most likely to find entrance into our " Cham bers," and a system of mutual cathpromise thus assume the appearance of general unanimity, lvhik the Society, instead of being the real organ of the Merchants of London; would merely affect and .abuSe that-character for the purpose of promoting the objects of a combination of a few • great Companies, 'already` quite powerful enough in their separate capacities. • Another re sult, somewhat ilia to the foregoing, is the ty ranny whiCh this " Chamber of Commerce" niay be presuMed to exercise' over trade in general, and all'those engaged- in mercantile pursuits' not sufficiently important or fortunate to be Mem bers of the proposed Senate. There is indeed something apparently Preposterous in the whole idea'Of this self-constituted 'Commercial Legis lattice—composed - of aristocratical pretensions . and higgling principles. May it not be inquired too. vithf siiCti-ininStitution was never - thought :of till 1524 ? and why the project has soon broken the shell, after the Chancellor of the Exche quer,'' late declaration of his Majesty's Ministers' views on the subject of free trade and mono polies ? We beg; hOwever, not to be supposed to express more than our doubts of the scheme in these observations—but we certainly must say, that even the highe'st-flight of .fancy we are able to venture on, has hitheito failed to suggest to us a single benefit which the " Chamber of Com merce of the City of Loudon" can confer, which could not be obtained without it. rIKOHNING CHRONICLE.] We differ from a contemporary with respect to the institution of a Chamber of Commerce in the metropolis. We conceive that much benefit may result from an association of the principal traders, and we do not see how it can possibly be productive of any disadvantage, if no other powers are given than those which are possessed by the Chambers of Commerce of Liverpool, Glasgow, or Manchester. On many occasions, it is of importance that the sentiments of merchants should be communicated to Government and the public with as little difficulty and delay as pos sible; and a better mode cannot be devised of at taining this object, than by fixing on a common receptacle into which the intelligence possessed by individuals may be poured. It cannot be ex pected of individuals that they should leave their own affairs, and charge themselves with the trouble of e nlightening their fellow-citizens in matters of public concernment; but were there an association for the express purpose of attend ing to affairs of commerce, they would repair thither with their information without hesitation. But there is in this case something more than mere conjecture to rely on. The experience of the great trading towns of the island in the pos session of Chambers of Commerce, is the best answer to all doubts as to the advantage of the Institution. On all critical occasions we find these kodies in motion, enlightening the Govern ment, or enlightening their fellow-citizens, on matters with which their body are concerned, while in many cases the traders of London are silent. There might be caballing in a Chamber of Commerce as welt as in a Common Council, or other Corporation, were large funds to be placed at the disposal of the association. But we anti cipate nothing of the sort where there are no funds to corrupt the members. [monstip , HERALD.] It seems that in the United States a Bilthas been brought into. Congress to alter the tariff—that is, to increase the duties on English goods. Those duties were already tolerably, high ; but it ap pears that our Trans-atlantic brethren are not satisfied, and that they intend to make their duties higher still. A Memorial has been presented from the Board of Trade of. New York, signed by Mr. Bayard, its President. We believe.that Gen tleman is connected in mercantile business with the .IMuse of Messrs. Barings, of London. The Memo .rial; Which is rather lengthy, is worthy the perusal of those in this country who advocate the princi ple of high duties, or prohibitions, in order to protect thi manufacturing interests. It is sin gular that at the time England is beginning to open its eyes to the folly and the uselessness of an illiberal commercial policy, Mr. Can ning's friend Jonathan should be commencing it. This does not say much for the free Government. of the United States, or for the enlightened members composing that Government. Should, these new duties take effect, our Government. will probably lay a higher tax, on the United. States' cotton, than on cottons from other parts of the world. Does Jonathan, however,. think that his coasts can be better pro tected from the trade of smuggling than our coasts can ? How would Jonathan, after a certain time, like to pay two or three millions of dollars annually, for the expence of -coast block ades ? lle probably does not think of this,* It is rather singular that Representative Govern ments in general are more unsocial in their ideas and acts regarding other nations than despo tic Governments. Mr. Canning fOund the Cortes of Spain more difficult to treat with, so far as any commercial btisiness might be on the tapis, than the Spanish absolute king. The probable reason for this is—that in one case there are likely not more than half a dozen men who wish to make legislative provisions—in the other there are pro bably one thousand.. [BRITISH PRESS. We thought that Ministers were sufficiently Strong in both Houses this Session, without any fresh accession of numbers, and yet neW.aukilia ries—not of influence, bUt of expected talent — have been sought out, and introduced from Ire land, into the. Lower House. Mr. North and Mr. Dogherty,: have both, within these. two nights, taken their seats, under, it is said, the fostering patronage of the Foreign Minister—the first for the borough of .Plympton Earle, in De vonshire ; and the latter for that of New Ross, in Ireland. Mr. Dogherty is a King's Counsel in Ireland, and we. believe, a distant relative of Mr. Canning : Mr. North has been always men tioned as a Man of acknowledged . talents. — His career at Trinity College, Dublin, was a very brilliant one, and yet he _ never rose into any thing like full busineSs at the Irish Bar, where he has been called for several years. His eloquence, though highly cultivated and finished, is rather cold and studied ; he is •too declamatory on every subject, however tri vial; and an ornate more thah a ready or persua sive speaker. Mr. North possesses considerable talents but no fortune; lie is married to a sis ter of Mr. Leslie Forster, the. Member for Cavan, and is thus connected also with the Count de Sa lis, who has large estates )goth.in. this country and Ireland • to them he probably owes his intro duction into Parliament.' It is yet to be seen what accession of 'Strength, as a powerful and ready. debater, he will bring to the, Minis terial benches. Our own' opinion is, that he will 'fair; and that, opposed to such men ..as ;Alr. Bro'ugham... Sir James Mackintosh, orMr. Hume, he will be utterly overmatched. Mr. Dogherty has .not the. high repute .of Al r.. Nnrth, but he possesses some talents as a ready and .sportive. speaker to use a homely expression, he has more ready coin" than Mr. North. Mr. Pitt was fond of seeking out young men_of distin guished talent in this way, of whom that great Minister and splendid declaimer formed his body guard, and Mr. Canning is now acting his part in the same great theatre, with his great patron's example before him. Of the numbers, however, whom ambition or influence have introduced into ' the House of Commons, how few comparatively have made any figure. The orators of their own little circle have shrunk into insignificance on the benches of the Commons House, and after one unhappy effort or two, silence and oblivion have been their fate. [NEW TIMES.] - Our Readers are aware of the anxiety which has been so long expressed for the arrival of M. Hurtado, the person charged by the Executive Authority of the new Republic of Colombia to investigate the money transactions of the late M. Zea. By an Express received yesterday after noon from Falmouth, we learn the arrival of the Lord Sidmouth packet from Jamaica, on board of which M. Ilurtado is positively asserted to be.-- This news excited a great bustle on the Stock Exchange. It was concluded that at whatever price M. Hurtado might ultimately agree to take the Old Bonds they would only be received in part of a New Loan : and ac cordingly no less than three lists of Subscribers to such anticipated Loan were prepared, at the head of which respectively stand the firms of Messrs. B. A. Goldschmidt, Messrs. ltougemont and Behrends, and Messrs. Isaac L. Goldsmid. We of course feel no other interest in a matter of this kind than what arises from our regret that British capital should not be applied principally to British purposes. As to the system of bor rowing two millions to pay off one, it speaks for itself ; and any remarks of ours could not make it clearer. However, M. Hurtado's schemes will not be singular; a number of new Loans we learn are in contemplation, and will be brought out as fast as catching titles can be invented for them. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. That from certain documents to which r)ur Committee have had access, the advantages to be derived from the establish ment of a Chamber of Commerce in the City of London appear to have engaged the attention of several of its leading mercan tile characters for some time past. In the year 1.817 private meetings were held, at which the subject was considered and discussed, the expediency of form ing such an Institution was unanimously admitted, and the propriety of convening a general meeting of merchants, bankers :ship-owners, and others, at some convenient period, for the pur_ pose of carrying the objects into effect, was determined upon. , From a variety of circumstances, none of which, however, have been influenced by any change of opinion as. to the expediency of the measure, the convening of a general meeting has been the manufactures, objects o f which navigation, shall b e and c hitherto suspended ; the delay has nevertheless operated to give additional force to the sentiments which now so generally y r evall in - f a vour of,the . forming of an As s o c iati on of Merchantg and othershi commerce interested t e st re Metropolis, la tile trade, to promote the interests of those classes of the community general, and of the commerce of t h e port of London in ' in par_ ucular. _ In the expectation that much' useful information might be acquired from the several Chambers of Commerce, and other mercantile associations already established in the princi pal ports and manufacturing districts of the,.United Empire, your Cominittee applied for, and obtained, the rules and regu lations by which niost of them are governed, accompanied by detailed reports .of their respective proceedings : from these much highly important and valuable information has been collected ; and your Committee take the earliest opportunity of expressing their sense of obligation towards those gentlemen who have b e e n instrument a l i n procur i ng i t f or .t h em , a nd also to the respective "officers of the several establishments in the following places, for the readiness with which they have fur nished the • desired i nformation, " viz. Glasgow, Greenock, Edinburgh,' Leith, Newcastle, Liverpool, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, and Plymouth. In the consideration of the subject, your Committee have de rived m u c h ass i sta nce from the proCeedings de tailed in those docu 'men ts ; they furnish conslasive evidence of Most imortant advan tages having been .derived by the commercial interests through the medium of those institutions,, and establish proofs beyond Contradiction in support of an extension of the system to other parts of the United Kingd om. Your Committee, in the course of their investigation, found. reason to regret that the Merchants and others connected with the commerce of the metro polis, impressed as they appear to have been with the inn, ,ortance of the benefits to be derived. from such an association, ,should not more zealouslY. and effec tively have exerted themselves to secure those advantages. to the city of London. An institution comprising in itself an u nion of every. description of mercantile interest, posseSsing a practical aegttaintance with the trade and navigation Of the em pire, and an intimate knowledge of all that locally concerns the port of London, cannot fail to be attended with great and peculiar advantages., Placed near the seat of Government, it would be ready to furnish to his Majesty's Ministers accurate and practical in formation on all points Connected with the commerce of the empire, and to submit, as occasions arise, such suggestions as may contribute to improve the regulations, and the municipal and fiscal lavisaffeeting the trade, manufactures, .and naviga tion of the . united . kingdoni ; it may also point out such re straints and burtlenS appearing to operate Nutiously upon any branch of our commerce. • • In looking for a•• period favourable to the establishment of such an 'institution, it Would be difficult to find one in which it promised to contribute more to the public advantage than the present. The attention of the Legislature, and of his Majesty's Government, has lately been particularly, drawn to the sub jects of commerce, trade, and navigation. The defects under which the system arising out of our code of commercial law has long laboured, have been clearly demonstrated'i•and the invalu able labours of the Parliamentary Committees on foreign trade liaire led to the enactment of laws distinguished,by a more en larged and enlightened policy, - which • have thus given a new character and improved principle to the commerce of the coun try, as well as in its mercantile relations with foreign states. Important advantages have also resulted from the inquiries of the Commissioners into the branches of the revenue of the Customs and excise, by which great relief and new facilities in the operations of trade, have been afforded, and remedial mea sure§ are in progress in respect to the fiscal. regulations by which those branches of the revenue are governed. In the further pro secution of similar objects of great national importance, such an institution :mist be of value to the Government itself. The Board of Trade and other of the public departments would find it advantageousto possess the means, as occurrences might require, of resorting to those who, from their habits and expe rience, would he qualified to afford the best information, and which, being furnished by an associated public body embracing in itself so many interests, would not be exposed to thesuspi, cion of interested or partial motives, both entitle their opinions to respect, and aid most powerfully in resisting importunities which have for their object undue protection in favour of parti cular classes, or the establishing of regulations for partial pur poses in matters of commerce, manufactures, or navigation : a system whiCh has been the source of all those restraints falsely called protections, that, up to a recent period. ) , had by degrees so interwov6nitself with our commercial legislation, as deeply to affect the best interests Of the British empire. The association would. likewise afford an easy 'mode of con veying to the councils-of the nation the deliberate opinion of the great mercantile • body upon any public commercial question which might come • under its consideration, and, if required, 'furnish immediate , ; evidence on any particular points to either "of the. }rouses of ParliaMent. Merchants and others desiToos, of making representations to his Majesty's Government, or to the.Boarcls of Revenue, touching commercial matters of itn pOrtance, might avail themselves of the practical knowledge so respectable and useful a body would be supposed to possess, and resort to it, in the first instance, for information and adVice. The Chamber might, in many cases, remove misconceptions, satisfy . parties by explanation, and thereby render such repre. sentations unnecessary i Whereas, in cases in which it might be expedient to memorialize the Government, the applicants might derive the advantage of such suggestions as the Chamber could afford; and where conflicting pretensions of parties, involving: commercial questions of a general character, shall appear dan gerous to the public interests, the Chamber might also advan tageously lend its assistance to conciliate or reduce those pre tensions within just and proper limits. Your Committee, in the progress of their inquiries, have also availed themselves of such information as they were able at the moment to acquire, touching the Chambers of Commerce in foreign Europe. They find that the establishments in France and Rolland are in each country regulated and governed by legislative enactments ; they are also invested with a power of hearing and determining matters in dispute between parties re lating to trade and navigation, and of undertaking under certain regulations, references which are confided to sworn arbitra tors, selected by the directors, or boards of management, of the respective Chambers. To the advantages which such a regulation presents in coun tries in which the parties engaged in any suit, whatever may be its issue, are compelled to pay their own costs, your Committee can in many cases bear testimony ; at the same time, they are sensible that a system which unavoidably exposes parties to have their differences adjusted by judges, some of whom frequently have an indirect interest in the question propound ed, and of others who from local connexions and prejudices must find it next to impossible to administer justice impar tially or with satisfaction to the litigants, is open to serious objection. It appears, indeed, to have been complained of, and the facilities of appeal which exist in those countries frequently de prive the successful party of the benefit of the judgment he may have obtained. An attempt has been made in some of the British commercial associations to establish a regulation found ed upon a similar principle, with a view to the more speedy and economical settlement of disputes arising out of commercial transactions. Your Committee cannot but approve of that principle, yet consider it in practice surrounded by great dif ficulties ; and they are confirmed in that opinion by the fact, that the measure does not appear to have been actually brought into practical operation by any of the institutions before refer red to. Some insurance companies, indeed, lately established in the Metropolis, have adopted a regulation of the like de scription in the adjustment of disputed demands, the claimants being entitled to the option of having them determined by arbitration. The subject, however, is one of considerable importance, and your Committee entertain a confident opinion, that great advantage might be derived from the nomination of referrees, under suitable regulations, to whom recourse might be had, particularly in questions involving matters of account and the usages of commerce ; the subject may therefore usefully occupy the consideration of the proposed Chamber of Commerce ; but it should rather be entertained as one of the many measures of improvement which will be well deserving of its attention, than as constituting a fundamental rule in its formation. The importance and utility of Chambers of Commerce have been so far admitted by the highest authority, as to have led to the incorporation of some of them by royal charter ; and as that mark of fivour has been graciously conferred upon establish ments in some of our principal outports, your Committee con fidently hope that the same high and distinguished patronage will not be withheld from the proposed Chamber of Commerce in the City of London. Your Committee, therefore, after diligent inquiry, and an at tentive consideration of all the circumstances before referred to, have no hesitation in recommending the forming of such an Institution, to be designated " The London Chamber of Com - tnerce ;" and that, as soon as the details shall have been finally arranged and determined upon, the necessary application be made through the proper channels to his Majesty, for a royal charter of incorporation. A draught of rules and regulations, recommended for the government of the chamber, have been already prepared. Your Committee are sensible that no measures of permanent or of substantial efficacy can be successful without cordial union and.co-operation:; that to give full effect to such an association, it is indispensably necessary that it should receive the support of the leading mercantile establidnents, and also unite the talents and experience of the most eminent commercial charac ters of this metro . polis; that it should be conducted upon general and liberal principles, free from every, influence of. party pre judices or distinction, and that its direction be selected from those, connected with the several branches of commerce, manu.. factures, trade, and navigation, as well as acquainted with the local business of the port of London. And in order effectually to secure the permanent connection of the chamber with the g-rmt commercial interests of the metropolis, it appears de sirable that the representatives in Parliament for the City of London, and the heads of leading corporations and other in - titutions connected with .its trade, should have seats at the. Board of Directors during their continuance in office. Your Committee have particularly in view—the Governor and Deputy do4ernor of ihe Bank of England : the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Hon. East India Company ; the Governor; Sub, and Deputy Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation; the Governor, Sub, and Deputy Governor of the London Assistance Corporation; the Governor and Senior Consul of the Russia Company ; the Governor and Deputy 'Governor of the Levant Company ; the Sub. Governor and Deputy Governor of the South Sea Company; the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Eastland Company ; the Master and Deputy Master of the Trinity Corporation; the Governor and Deputy Governor of th e Hudson' s B ay Company; the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of each of the following Companies—West India Dock .Company, London Dock Com pany, Last India Dock Company, Commercial Dock Company, East Country Dock CompanY, Surrey Canal Dock Company ; the Chairman of the East India Trade Committee; the Chair. man and Deputy Chairman of the West India Merchants; the. Chairman and Deputy Chairman . of the Society of Merchants trading to the Continent; the Chairman of the Wine and Spirit:Trade Committee; the Chairman of the Committee of the Ship Owners' Sociely ; the Chairman of the Society of Bri tish'North America Merchants; the Chair Man of the Coin mitte for Managing the Affairs at Lloyd's. Your Committee are equally impressed with a nec e s s ity of theimrnediate management being confided to hands every way qualified for so important a trust. Upon such a selection many Of the advantages to be derived from the association must de pend; whether that object may be best accomplished by .ap pointing a managing director, or a committee of management, who shall undertake the active superintendence, or whether the duties may be assigned to the secretary alone, with equal ad vantage to the commercialinterests i your Committee will not take upon themselves to determine ; the office of secretary, however, will be.one of honourabledistinction, from which no-gentleman,' whatever be his mercantile station, need to shrink ; and who, in accepting and fulfilling the duties of it; will render a most valu able service to his country. In. conclusion, . your Committee beg to disavow most dis tinctly, that in the.recommendation they haye felt it. their duty to make, any disrespect hat been intended to the mercantile associations which already exist in the City of London, no desire is:felt to interfere with their functions or particular ob jects ; nor. is there, ; in, the opinion of your Committee, any reason which shoUld prevent the respectable individuals who compose those associations from enrolling their names'amongst the members of the proposed Chamber of Commerce; their cordial co-operationand Support the contrary, be anxi ously looked for in favour of an institution which is intended: to •be 'an encouragement and support to every description of mercantile interest. _ _ The objects of the Chamber will be general, and such as an institution of a general ::character alone will be` qualified to eff'ect. its aim will be the improvement and extension of British commerce in all its branches, and by those means to contribute its aid in strengthening and extending the best foundations of the permanent greatness, power, and prosperity of the United Kingdom. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, March 19. nisi et dam Ditto, at Sight Itotterthii 9 Antwerp l2 .2 Hamburg!' 37. I,ls A 1 tuna Paris,3 I)ity's sight Ditto Bourtieaux, ditto Berlin Franhforton the Main Petersburg! . 9 Vicuna lO 9 Trieste ... . 10 9 Madrid . Cadiz Bi Barcelona Seville..... 35f ... Gibraltar Leghorn" • - Gehou Malta ,45 38i Palermo Lisbon Oporto . 5l Itio Janeiro Bahia 5O Dublin .... Cork pri Cent. BULLION , Portugal Gold,in Coin Forign Gold, in 13:tis s 17 6 New Doubloons .. .. New Dollars 0 4 9* Silver iii Barb, Slat Ward 0 0 0 .. .4 ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. TENT ASSIZES, FRIDAY, Mancx 19:• HORRIBLE MURDER. ' ester James Clover, Stephen Shelv, Joseph Sh'ilvp, and!" the Shelvy, were charged on the Coroner's Inquisition w ja il n lu u l ary mu las rd L er of Elizabeth Marsh, at Shoulden, on with re charg ed prisoners, Joseph Shelvy and Hester Shelvy, we ed as accessaries before the fact. gr. Mr. BOLLAND (with whom were Mr. Adolphus and on Baker), for the prosecution, declined offering any evidence ... this charge, against the accessaries, and a verdict of Not Gult , Y was recorded. then The prisioners, James Clover and Stephen Shelvy, were _ indicted for the like murder; Stephen Shelvy being chargea accessary before the fact. who The principal witness for the crown was Joseph Shelvy, was admitted as an approver. The deceased was a widow wo man, 84 years of age, living by herself in a lonely cottage, .n; the parish of Shoulden, and was erroneously supposed to D a very rich. On Sunday evening, 25th of January, she had been heard singing a psalm by some of her acquaintance. In con sequence of her not appearing on the Monday or Tuesdalt and the shutters of her windows remained closed, apprehen sions were entertained that something had happened to 25th Some neighbours went to her cottage, and finding the doors wine open they entered, went up to her bed-room, and found h er lying dead in her bed, covered over with a heap of rags, and two pillows on her body. She had a dreadful wound on her left temple, and the fingers of both her hands were broken. M' iron plough colter, and an old hat, in the form of a dark lantern,. were found in the lower room, and the doors exhibited marks of violence, such as would have been made with the colter. On the Sunday following 'Joseph Shelvy and Clover were aper'' hended at Folkstone, and in consequence of the informaile a which the former gave the other prisoners were taken illt" custody. Joseph Shelvy deposed that he became acquainted with ti.e. prisoner ' Clover, at thelast Canterbury Sessions, held Jan. lit whither they had gone as witnesses respecting the settlement of Stephen Shelvy. On Sunday morning, Jan. 25, they were sr Stephen Shelvy's cottage, and whilst they were alone witness said he was going to Folkstone for some money which a young man owed him for a violin. Clover said it was no use going t° Folkstone without money. Witness said he had none. Clover said that, if witness would stop till night, he would go and get some money. Witness asked where he was to get it ? Clov . er said, " I will run the hazard, if you will agree to stop." Wits ness had an old hat, the brim of which was torn, and at Clo ver's desire he gave it to him. He then asked Hester Shelvel, for a needle and some worsted. She brought him some worst ed and a needle. The prisoner, Stephen Shelvey, was not then present. At Clover's request Hester then brought him a We an; and he proceeded to make a dark lantern of the hat, bY, cutting the brim off, cutting a door in it, and sewing a piece or black cloth on the top. M itness put the save-all into the hat' This was between 10 and 11 o'clock in the forenoon. 'They then laid themselves down to rest till a little after 11 o'clock , when they got up. The prisoner, Stephen Shelvey, and h is i wife came eto the room for the purpose of going to bed. A s soon as Stephen saw the hat which had been made into a lan etern, he asked what it was. Clover replied that it was a dart_ lantern. Stephen said, " What are you going to do wit h it ?" Clover answered, " Your brother and I are going some' where to-night, and we shall stand a chance of getting a little money, I think." Stephen then said, "Where are you go" ing ?" Clover answered, "We are going to an old woman s; and I think we shall stand a chance of getting a little money. Stephen and his wife then went to bed. A short time after wards witness and Clover having provided themselves with n tinder-box and candle, they went out. As they were going:, Stephen said, " Are you off now ?" Witness said, " x They quitted the house, taking two sticks with them froze a hedge. Having arrived on the farm of a Cientlenesn named Wyburne, they took from a plough which they &und, the colter,. and a large stick called a road bat. The'', then went to the house of the deceased. Witness, unto this time, did not know whither he was' going. They fbrced the outer door with the iron colter, and after breaking an inner door, they at last got to the foot of the stairs lead ing to the bed-room of the deceased. Previously to entering th e house, witness had struck a light, and cutting the candle in tiv°l lighted both pieces. When they got to the stair foot, Clover hot the road bat in his hand. There was a door at the foot of the stairs lightly fastened. Whilst Clover was trying to open it th e , deceased called out " Hallo ! who's there? What do you want?' Clover then burst open the door, and ran up stairs,. leaving, witness below. He heard Clover strike the deceased twice Wi t ", the road bat. Witness told Cer he was runnine , ,° A to hurt the woman. Witness ran upstaffrs as quick as b he p When he got up Clover's candle was out : and at that izes,tn llt he was in the act of s t r iki ng t h e d ecease d a th i rd blow. k' deceased did not speak a word. They then proceeded to rifle the chest in the room, where they found three country 11. notes, some halfpence, some candles, and a Dutch cheese. 'Whilst they were taking these articles out witness heard the deceased making a noise, as if she was snuffling in blood. Clover then took the bat up again and struck her a fourth desperate blow' which extinguished life. 'Witness told him not to hurt her, bdr he made no answer. After getting every thing worth carryizig away they quitted the house, leaving the colter and the dark lantern behind, and the door unfastened. They returned to Stephen Shelvy's house, where they divided the spoil. Among the articles taken was a prayer.book ; Clover went into Ste phen's room with a basket, containing the candles, cheese, Sc. c ,i and said to him, " These things are for you." St e phen Pi,' nothing, but got up and went to his work. Thi s was the suv stance of the accomplice's deposition. Clover being asked if he had any questions to put to the' Wit' ness, said he had many to put, but it was no use. Several witnessess were called to confirm detached collateral circumstances of the accomplice's evidence. The prayer-ho cir which had been found in Clover's possession was positivel4 sworn to by several witn esses , as ' ha v i ng - been the' p ro perty the deceased. The prisoner Clover cross-examined almosi all the witness e s with some acutenes s ; brit without eliciting any thing in , favour. Being c a ll e d u p on hi s d e f ence , h e sa id , "I t i sn o t 1 W I say any thing for myself." • The prisoner, Stephen Shelvy, said he would leave his d e ' fence to his. Counsel. Mr. CLARKSON submitted to• the Court, that there -was " evidence to go to the JurY, shewing th a t he was privy to t r ► felonious act committed by: the other prisoner. Mr: Justice BEST thought there was evidence for the Jai' Ills Lordship then proceeded to sum up the evidence' with d' e greatest minuteness. Whether the prisoner Shelvy w as an acee s p ; sary, was 'a question of fact; from which the offence of murw - e in law must result. If he knew that the principal felons we i ,c, going out to commit a robbery, and h a d assen t e d t h er eto, l a though he did not contemplate' hat the crime of murder vf° l ' he have been perpetrated, still in the eye a the law, he would " - e guilty of the offence charged in the indi c tment, an d li a ble to th c I Punishment of death. This, however, was a pure question (); fact upon the evidence. As to the other prisoner there could little doubt that his was the hand which destroyed the ue ; ' ceased, and if the Jury thought 'so, would 'be' their duty t find him guilty. The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found both pri soners—Guilty. The Learned Judge 'then passed sentence of death, in t h e most solemn - and impressive manner,. and ordered Clover fc _?... r execution on Monday next. The other prisoner, his LordslOY. said, he should 'recommend to Royal mercy, under all the Cl cumstances of the case. Both prisoners were fine young men, the oldest not rn u fel l' more than 20, and were both unmoved during; the whole 01 ` - ,froin first to last.—The Court - was crowded to excess. BIRTHS. On Friday, the wife of Joseph . Conder, Esq., of the Office, Somerset-place, of a son. - 11 On the 17th inst., the Lady of Mr. J. F. Da Costa, of daughter. MARRIED. tl; 6 ' On Wednesday last, at Bishop Wearmouth Church, bi Rev. Charles Grey, Robert Shank A tcheson, Esq., of P r i t t i e street, Westminster, to Catharine, the second daughter 0 ' o f .ReVerend William Ettrick, of High Barnes, in the Coa t % Durham th . ' • - D Awara -On e l7th inst., at St. Martin's-in-the-fields, A- Cresy, of Suffolk -street, Pall-Mall East, Esq., to Eliza, e l3 "' ter of Mr. Wm. Taylor, of Ludgate-street. yeas On the 17tli inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, T/ I _ o - t o Law Andrews, Esq., of Devonshire -street, Queen-squar e ' Miss Sims, of Hart-street, Bloomsbury, and niece of R. L e Esq., of Beckenham, Kent. DIED. On Friday, the 12th inst., at his father's house, 1 16111' second son of Mr. Daniell, solicitor, Colchester, aged 21. d t On the 18th inst., at Sutton, Mr. John Robinson , 0' '- Carey-street, in his 70th year. , 41 On Wednesday, at Worksop, Notts, very suddenlY, ag e ,,e; years, Mrs. Clay, wife of Mr. Thoinas Clay, of the same pi.: spirit-merchant. While at breakfast, she exclaimed 1 kar t , violent pain, placing her hand on her stomach, and, awfutd relate, instantly expired in her brother's arms, we need children to the great grief of her relatives and friends, lcAving two to deplore the loss of a kind and affectionate parent p r inted and Published for the PROPRIET0118; at the ow OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. 11,,,,,