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Indulgence ; and he agreed with the saying of one of the lat. ter, that " All the fictions we pursue fthe t ru th i s not Do but i ns i nua t e th e true." , to be sp o k en o f a deceased Monarch—if no llth will he tolerated but fulsome, flattery, the business of history is over. In China, he begged to tell them, that two of the principal Ministers are historians, who are bound to publish all the sayings of their master after his death. The Pere Du '4'nel, in his History,. of China, says that one of the Emperors was desirous to conceal a something, and applied to one of his Historians to eirect his object. Ile complied ; but the other not only gave what the Emperor wished to be concealed, hut added his wish that he did so. Kings, after all, are answerable to one tribunal—they are answerable to posterity ; and if they were not, all restraint upon many of then: would be at an end. if, concluded the Learned Gentleman, men are not allowed to ° eil the truth of Monarchs, all the lights of the tunes will be extinguished, literature be enervated, history no lesson and no `xamPle• Kings will become despots, looking upon their !nople's riches only as subjects for taxation, and their glory as of no value. • I hope in this country we shall see no such doc trines prevail as would lead to this state of things, and that we f,411 have juries to prove they shall not. The case of the de fendant is now, Gentlemen, in your hands, and I have no doubt non will fairly do your duty by him. The LORD CHI EF etsT rex then commenced his charge to the Jury by reedin g extracts from the indictment, and observed that though their was something of complication in the case, yet that alittle consideration would enable them fully to comprehend it. It was not to be disputed, that any publication which had a tendency to wound the peace of the King was an offence de serving punishment; and it was now for the Jury to say, whether the publication before them was or was not of that character. So far, then, they would have nothing to do with any abstract ques !son ; for the practical one was fully and alone now for their con sideration. Was this publication to be viewed merely as a po litical sort of squib —was it what it professed to be, the compo eition of one Poet in attack against another—or was one defa matory of, the late King ; and if so, likely to wound the peace of His present Majesty ? The solution of this question was in their hands, and he hoped in forming an opinion they would not surrender their judgment to any man ; but in their verdict satisfy their sense and conscience, without any regard to whatever consequences might follow. Some obsvations have been made for the defendant, in which it_was insisted that as the Attorney-General did not pro secute, the Crown felt no particular interest ; but by the Bass of England it was competent to any one to become a pro %cistor ; and he thought it useful to the protection of our liberties that the law should be so. If it were not, too much duty Might devolve on the public functionaries, and therefore to a certain degree cause injury to the community. Whether this Prosecution were undertaken or counselled by His Majesty's edvieers I know not, and shall say nothing upon the subject; it was tbr the Jury to decide on the character of the matter ' l,l llediately before them, and by their verdict to chew whe ther they consider it innocent or offensive. This Poem has been read through at the request of the Learned Counsel for e ae e defendant, and I, continued his Lordship, must express ' 1 ;.7 abhorrence of many parts of it. I cannot say it is 4( tt)gether unknown to me,—neither can I say I have c lot some knowledge of the other Poem to which so much allusion has been made ; but I must say, that having been brought up in a school of much severer taste, I 'hinit on taking them up, I should soon again lay them down with disgust. This Poem contains many hitter invectives, °f whose truth or falsehood I shall say nothing. True, it is said, they are put into the mouth of the evil spirit ; but then with what object, and containing whose sentiments, it is for you, Gentlemen, to decide. It is for you to say, in fine, if this publi cation be defamatory of the late King ; and next, as such, if it be calculated to disturb the peace of mind of Ilk present Majesty. ----Human society is so constituted, that if a father is charged with criminal and guilty acts, some disgrace must attach to his eon and successor. It you, however, Gentlemen think the matter contained in this Poem can be considered as the right of fair discussion ; as supply honest materials for History ; or, on the other hand, libellous and defamatory, then you will say so by your verdict. As I observed to you before, Gentlemen, sur render not your jud gment to any riian, and let your verdict be such as will satisfy at once the conviction of your own minds and consciences. The Jury retired within ten minutes of four, and returned in tNyauty-five minutes with a verdict of Guilty. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Fot the Article on the late Oxrottt) Exrur.stox, see our Fourth Page. RRATUM—In the 4th Line of the Victualling-Office Ad vertisement in esterday's SUN, for " Friday, the uth i n ., stant," read "Iriday, the 23d instant." PRICE OF STOCKS Ting DAY AT nvo o'cLacK. tlstil t Stock "34A India Stock per Cent. Red. 4 per Cent. Cons 07% South Sea Stock 3 6. Pee Cent 9n- Old Annuities 4 Per Cent. -f (jld 1 r Ex. Bills 56 59 ( ey lO5 4 Ditto Small Pet c N .. eras. l i v e 4 ', 4 nk Long Ann. 22 5-Piths i 3, India for Con. Acct. ` r oP. 3 per Cents. Cons. for Feb. 89 A to l i ltli _......... C E or FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JAN. 16, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Five per Cents. 911. (Scrip, 41 pm. ( Six per Cents. 00. Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. (Ditto New 88y. Five per Cent. Bonds, 79i. Scrip, 5i prem. S Pallish Five per Cent. Bonds, 11320, Oa. j t Ditto 1821,24/. Ditto 1823, 16. Pruslian f Five per Cent. Bonds, 90,1. Danish Portuguese t Ditto New, 39. Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Colonibian 76. Six per Cent. Bonds, 63i. PoysiN (00. 2l e New, 3i. z , can Mines IN prem. Bank Shares £22 106.-1:23. 4 ' Seven per Cent. 000. 11 ' er kan Six per Cent. 00-000. Five per Cent. 00-000. (Three per Cent. 71A. A lort HlOl t minutes TO-MORROW. after 3. 'Ev e n ing , 28 minutes after . PreAtl i Attu4 n tillytri an , J i.JAL E SUN. EAI QUIS DICI.RE FA LSC7 if ALT DEAT ? LONDON, FRIDAY JANUARY 16, 1824 from he f ° ll owin g are cop i es o f letters rece i ve d J ai) i g"tit to Lloyd's at Cuxhav e n, dat e d pia—lF• „), g( 24.. „ e t wit h I enclos e y ou a l e tt er thi s d a y a dd resse d to p I n-')e by Ca l : ri -a t .ri 116 ", commander of his Majesty's packet Lord "call ' e su bject of t h e two b eacons h av i ng b een bl own "r 4hi 4 :H 7 zl at s a b ndy Isla nd, whi c h h ave f ormer ly b een the guidance Jo piling at neligol an d .-1 am, Sir, &c. 111:14 NETT Esq., Secretary at Lloyd's, &c. J. DUTTON. Cuxhaven, Jan. 5, 1824. ;, 1 , 3 : 44 s nl---As it i s highly necessary that it should be known le As Commanders of Packets, and others, who may a ke u se of Heligoland road s t ea d t hi s winter, I think it my ; te "Y to m a k e known to you, for their information, that I oh tied,in going into that anchorage on the 2d January, that tw o woodm beacon s on Sandy Island, which are the leading 4.4'3 to keeP vessels clear of the Stein Rock that lies in the e to the. estors of a libel? kApeare; 'dant et still load e of lot L.ll a al ►el ? ►tea of :yds d a. Ter, the me iag ?-- 'bt. od ok ras lid fair way of the entrance between the two islands., have been blown down by the late gales, as I was informed while lying there, and have not been replaced since. I am, Sir, &c. JAMES P. MOON. Commander of H. M. Packet, Lord Duncan• To J. Dutton, Esq. Agent to Lloyd's. Enrroa—The following is an extract from a Letter just received, and dated Alicant e 30th Dec. S'24 " On Friday last a quarrel ensued between some boys and some of the Faith people, which has been explained as a plot for re-establishing the Constitution ; anti on this false found ation a general arrest of every Spaniard friendly to Liberty has taken place, to the amount of 300 ! so that. there is scarcely a family in town not in tears,—and the place looks, as if the plague was raging, sad, dismal, and silent." The writer has not dared to annex his signa ture ; but living well acquainted with his hand writing, I can vouch for the authenticity of the foregoing. I am, Sir, very truly, yours, Jan. 15, 1824. To the Editor of the Sun, &c. &c. In our front page we have given extracts from the Paris Papers. With the exception of some brief notices respecting the state of Spain, and the rising spirit of disturbance in that ill-fated country, they contain nothing of political interest. FERDINAND VII. still withholds the long-talked of amnesty, probably for the purpose of facilitat ing a project for sending off to South America the twelve thousand Spanish prisoners who are still confined in France. After the promulgation of an amnesty, these unfortunate Constitutionalists could no longer, of course, be detained by the French Government, but must be sent back into the Peninsula, where their disper sion amongst the population would only add to the existing difficulties and dangers, be sides depriving the Government of an oppor. tunity of converting them into au engine to be employed for the recovery of the Colonies. They are at present liable to the penalties of rebellion, fulminated against them, in corn. mon with all who took part in the Revolution ; and th e Government, therefore, can make their futu re services in America a condition of their pardon. CITY, TWIIIVO 0 9 CIOCL—Consols epened this morning at BS 3 '- to 89 for Money, and for next Account 89k to 891. Very tittle has been doing- this forenoon. The different Brokers are making up their Acc oun t s , thi s b e i ng S e ttli ng D a y. The two failures which took place yesterday have been for some time anticipated by the Jobbers, in consequence of which they have had no effect on the Market. The fluctuation, this Account, has been from 834 i to 89-1. It is said that a private Express has arrived from Paris, bringing the Spanish Bonds at `2V- on Wedneday. We do not hear as yet of any failures this morning. FOREIGN MARKET.---Spanish Bonds which left off yesterday at 24/, opened this morning at 2 5, 2 441, end are up to this hour 2.4 i. Little busi ness has been done except in this article. One u'Clock.—Consols have risen to 89-1 7 1, in consequence of its being an immense Bear- Account. The failure of Mr. J—, yesterday, is for upwards of 350,0001. Consols. Private let ters from Paris say, they expect another change in the Spanish Ministry.----We here a few small failures in the Alley this morning, but to no great amount. An Express is said to have arrived with the French Rentes 94f. 35c.—Spanish 261. G lERALTAR, DEC. 9.8.-Part of Lord Cocu- RINE'S squadron was to sail from Rio Janeiro for Monte Video the latter end of October, to blockade the latter port. We have given a report of the conviction ob tained yesterday in the Court of King's Bench, at the instance of the 'Constitutional Association, against Mr. JouN HUNT, for publishing, in the Liberal, a libellous poem by Lord BYRON, on his late MAJESTY, entitled the Vision of Judg ment. The warmest admirers of Lord BvitoN . must acknowledge that the Poem in question is chiefly remarkable for a coarseness of ribaldry un worthy of his genius, and for a spirit of asperity towards our late venerable Sovereign, by no means honourable to his Lordship's feelings as a man. The prosecution against his Lordship's publisher, however, appears to have been very ill-advised. The poem had been already forgotten, and has only been again dragged into notoriety by the present ill-judged proceeding. The Times of this morning, for example, contains, in its report of the trial, the whole of the Poem for the publica tion of which the verdict was obtained ; and as this example Isill probably be followed by other journals, many thousands of additional copies of the libel will be circulated in consequence of the legal proceedings to which it has given rise ! Mr. BELL, the King's Counsel, has retired from the Court of Chancery, and means to confine himself ill future to Chamber practice. THE THEATRE3. DRURT-LANE..- The new Opera, entitled Philandering, was again represented last night at this theatre, much curtailed, hut it still ex ceeds the length usual with such productions.— The plot is more condensed, and is therefore more intelligible, as it is divested of extraneous matter. The performers all acquitted themselves well, and the audience were more merciful in demands for encores.—The house was crowded, and the piece well received. We cannot avoid noticing the unappropriate dresses of the two pscudo-Troubadours, as evincing a strange want of knowledge of the character. Instead of appearing to be wandering minstrels, as the name imports, they appear in what may rather be considered as the morning habits of two noblemen. COTENT-GARDEN.—Th e excellent and popu lar Comedy of John Bull was repeated last night before a very numerous audience, and the cha racters so well sustained in general, that the ap plause which attended it was nearly equal to that which it received on its original repre sentation. Mr. C. KEMBLE has been performing Falstaff at Manchester, and it is understood that he means to appear in that character on the London Boards. The jovial spirit with which he per formed Friar Tuck, in • Maid Marian, gave a good foretaste of the humours of the facetious Knight. The late Mr. KEMBLY. intended to at tempt this character, and had prepared a dress for the occasion, but relinquished the deiign.— That he would have given a correct elucidation of the text cannot be doubted; but it may be fairly questioned whether he could have shown a due portion of convivial jollity. - CLARA FISMER k performing with success at Exeter, and Mr. MacaEAor is now received with equal favour in Dublin. framburgh Papers to the 10th inst. reached us last night. The following is the only article of interest which they contain : HANOVER, JAN. 7.—A Notice, dated 31st December, has been issued by the Cabinet Ministry, convoking th© States of the kingdom for 20th February, 1824. It is reported that a University will be erected in Brunswick. This seems the more probable, as the University of Dolmstadt, which formerly existed in the Duchy of Brunswick, and was very celebrated, has been suppressed so many years. EXCHANG - EN. ITAsfnunoir, ,TAx. 9.—Ecchance on London, 36 7i—`l6 10 . 1. 10iS. PETERSBUILGH, DEC. 26.—London, 9 20-W.—Puris t BEnt.nr, Jaw. G.—London Three Months, 72;,.—( llant burgh, Jan. , ) iliamburgh Mails of Dec. 26, Jan. 2, and Jaa. 9, arrived; those of Dec. 30, and Jan. 6, still due.) By the ship Clyde, arrived in the Clyde on Sunday, we have received Demerara Journals of the 24th November, and letters of the26th. from that Colony. The sentence of the Court Martial upon Smith, was given in to the Governor on thP 24th, but had not been made public on the 26th. The letters seem to agree that the decision of the Court was guilty. The next arrival will determine the point. Some idle surmiseswere a Roat,that though found guilty SMITH would not suffer on account o f the outrage at Barhadoes. This is childish reasoning. Each offence must stand on its own m erits, end be judged accordingly. The crimes w ere different in degree. The one cannot he ad mitted as a set-off against the other. Alarthil L aw still continued, and in consequence of the fatigues of military duty, sickness was beginning to prevail amongst t}►e white po pulation. One letter of the 1 2(301 states, that it was at that time believed, the negroes had re solved to mak e another attempt at revolt before the arrival of the troop s which they had learned were to he dispatched from Britain. Several persons had in consequence been examined be fore the Governor, hut the particulars had not then tr►►nspired. The re-inforcement of troops from Britain would reach the Colony early in December.—(Gluvote Courier, Jun. 13.) The important public question as to whether a common Brewer, who disclaims the allowance usually made to Brewers not selling by re tail, may so sell beer, but not to be consumed on the premises, this morning came before the Middlesex Sessions in the shape of an ap peal from the decision of two Magistrates. Mr. HOLLAND at the desire of his Majesty's Board of Excise appeared for the appellant ; and Mr. Ser jeant PELL and Mr. PLArr spoke in support of the conviction. The Chairman suggested, that from the vast importance of the subject, and from the improbability of any dec;sion made by that Court being acquiesced M by both parties, it would lie better to refer it at once, to the Court of King's Bench. The Counsel on both sides con sented to adopt this course, and witnesses were consequently only examined to substantiate a case. The case is to be argued in the King's Bench as early as possible.—The conviction against the Imperial Gas Company, for breaking up the carriage -way in Oxford-street, was this morning confirmed. Yesterday morning, soon after eleven o'clock, the Earl of LIVERPOOL came to town in his tra velling chariot from his seat at Coombe Wood, near Kingston, Surrey, to meet the CHANCELLOR of the Excntictumt and several other official Gentlemen at Fife House, Whitehall, where they remained a considerable time in consultation, after which the Noble Earl left London, on his return to Coombe Wood. Wednesday evening ;about six o'clock Earl BATHURST arrived in town, from his seat, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Yesterday the Noble Earl transacted business at the Colonial Office, Downing -street. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER arrived in town on Wednesday afternoon from his visit to the Earl of ABERDEEN, at the Priory, near Stanmore. The great ceremony of the marriag e of the Grand Duke IthcnA EL with Princess CHARLOTTE of Wurtemberg took place at Petersburgh on the 17th ult. The Princess received on the occasion the names of Helena-Pawlova. FASHIONABLE A RRIVA LS. George. Bynge, Esq. M. P. at his house in St. James's square., from Ins seat, Wrotham Park ; Pasco Grenfell, Esq. M. P. and Family, at their house in Charles -street, St. J ames's square, from their seat, Taplow, Berks ' • Sir Henry Goodricke, Bart. and James Mayve, Esq. at th e Clarendon Hotel, Bond street, from Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire ; Mr. and the Misses Henry, at Gould's Hotel, Jerroyn-street, from Paris. CHANGES.—The Dowager Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox, for Brighton; the Earl of Burford, for hie father's (the Duke of St. Alban's) seat, Gatton, Surrey ; Count Lieven (the Russian Ambassador,) for Strathtieldsay, Hants, cn a visit to the Duke of Wellington; Mrs. Henry Baring, for Paris. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Ths Duke of Wellington is entertaining a distinguished party of friends at his sea, Strathfieldsay, Hants. A. C. Bootle, Esq. has issued cards of invitation for a dinner party on Wednesday next, at his house in Bryanston-square. Dowager Lady Neave had a select circle of fashlnables yes terday evening N. t her house in Albemarle -street. STEYNING, JAN. 15.--On Monday, Jan. 12, C. Goring, Esq., at his mansion, Wiston Park, gave a sumptuous dinner to a party of friends, and in the evening entertained the Nobi lity and Gentry.of the neighbourhood to a ball and elegant supper. The band played God save the-King and scveral loyal tunes in the gallery of the spacious hall, which was most taste fully lightc-I up with wax candles. The fantastic toe and music kept time till Tuesday morning, when the gay and happy company parted; the music was supplied by P. Cramer of Brighton. 1-...4.34k14. ter. -- 4 - ..' '''s - "tze s , ?.. ( -. Z'fr ~ 4 -.1 •., v• '4‘i No - Zvi G .).- ,-.-... '-.. K • !v . ! . ; .1 - - , co-,, <.• ," ~ -h i . "'-• . , , ,=-4 . i- - ' --zr./ , '7 , _ , .....• .04-;7—. t••• ; .: • : i' - ''.\... - .., , .... g.47.,"'‘ pe.. 7 4, ' 44 .4.• .-,,...... ` - - • r?, , ,) • V: , ,,, ~,„„ , _v.-- ~-.• & 4 14 A t j GALA NIGHT AT THE RECTORY-HOUSE, GATESHEAD. On the evening of Friday the 9th instant, Mrs. Co Ll.' NSON, the amiable Lady Of the worthy Rector of Gateshead, gave an elegant Soiree Melee, at the Rectory-House, to a party, chiefly of young friends. Nothing, perhaps, can be more fitting than to combine the performance of the solemn duties of the great festival of Christmas with those recreative amusements which are equally essential to the health and the enjoyment of the younger branches of society. And we think the provinces may claim some credit for humbly imitating the cheering ex ample afforded us by our illustrious Monarch at the Royal Pa lace at Brighton, during the late festive season—where " to he happy and to make so" scented the sole wish of the Sovereign's paternal heitrt. But to return to the hospitable Rectory-House: ever, we understand, was there a more cheerful and happy evening spent. An amateur concert open e d th e entertain ments ; and the skill anti science of the performers were such as to impart the sweetest satisfaction to the audience. Some vocal parts in particular were executed by Miss Collinson in a style that deservedly drew down upon the Lady the must rapturous applause. W e must be permitted to be thus minute front our the mious usical wish treat, to d o n about eleven homage to dancing )n t 1 commenced, termination af and continued with great lif e a nd sp i r i t for one ur and a half. The doors of the refectory were then thrown open, and display ed to the eager eye the supper-table, covered with a profusion of the greatest rarities of the season, er.ltrernille with choice and fine-flavoured wines. A dessert followed, stud considering the presence of the brumal months, ast on i s h e d b y the variety and richness of the fruits. ('over. were regularly laid for the whole party —nearly IGU ; and they all sat down t o t h e di scuss i on o f t h e edibles, Sec. with agusto that might well be predicated from our condensed view of the bill of fare. After supper sever a l toasts, in the good old fashion, issued from the chair,filled of course, by the worthy Rector himself. The first was " His Majesty, God bless him !" drank with long-continued plaudits. Then followed a particular bumper to " A good Voyage to the Cambridge"—in troduced by a very neat and appropriate Address, by Sir Robert Shaftos Hawks : [lt is to be observed, that the worthy Rector's third son is a Midshipman, under , Capt. 111aling.] It is un necessary to remark th at t hi s toast was hailed with an applause and a clapping of hands, that bespoke the warm interest it elicited : cheers issued from all parts of the room. The worthy Rector made his acknowled gments i n t h e h app i est an d most grat i fy i ng manner. Mayor and Corporation of Newcastle" was likewise drank with great satisfaction ; the Sheriff of New castle returned thank s Between one and two o'clock the vo taries of Terpsichore again marshalled their forces in the ball room : the sprightly music struck up, and disportment on " the light fantastic toe `s was the general avocation till an advanced hour in the morning. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING - ItOOM, j A y. 1-5, TATE OF TIM ODDii WORTII. 5 to I *gat Quadrille. 7 to 1 aget Don Carlos. 17 to 1 agst Cressida 17 to 1 agat Don Carlos 27 to 1 aget Ilurly Burly 32 to 1 agst Sir Gray 33 to 1 agst Cydnus. Ka. 7 to 1 aget Sister to Sailer 8 to 1 agst Ilarossa. ST. LEGER. 25 to 1 agat Banshee 30 to 1 agst Streatham 30 to 1 agst Y. Cotton 30 to 1 aget Diadem 30 to I nit Alfred 33 to 1 agst lolls. UIDDLEB 3 to I ag't Reformer to 2 spa Prudence r [1 to 1 apt Swiss ; 5 se 1 Agit Reformer 1 to 1 apt Agnes 4 tol & gat Banshee 3 to 1 apt Reticule 9 to 2 apt Prudence 7 to 1 apt Lyrnessa noNcAsTE 11 to 1 agst Altisidora filly 13 to 1 agst Swiss 16 to 1 agst The Miller of Mansfield. 17 to 1 agat Rosanne 20 to 1 agst Ringlet 20 to 1 age Miss Cranfield , Takers of 4 to 1 agst Swiss, with a proviso that he wins the Derby. STOKENHALL COURSING MEETING, WEDNESDAY, JAN. I.S.—(LAST DAY.) Sliver Cup. Mr. Goodluck's Chance beat Mr. Owen's r. b. Capt. Good's Roger beat Mr. Mills's Fan. Mr. Howard's hi. b. beat Mr. liouyerie's tan d. Mr. lludson's Truth boat Mr. Mellish's Fury. The Tie. Mr. Goddard's Chance beat the bl. b. Mr. Hudson's Truth beat Roger. Second Tie. Chance beat Roger and won the Cup. Matches—Five Sovereigns. Major Howard's Frolic heat Mr. Gee's Nan. Mr. Woodroofe's Myrtle beat Mr. Han'x Speed. Mr. Gilcs'a Vermillion beat Mr. Hart's wh. d. Several other matches closed the sports. --- - UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Cammuno - e, JAY. 15.—At a Congregation yesterday, the degree of Honorary 14Iaster of Arts was conferred on Sir Robert Gifford, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. In confortnity with the regulations passed by the Senate, March 13, 1822, notice has been giten, that the following will be the Subject., of Examination in the last week of the Lent Term, 1825 :- 1. The Acts of the Apostles. 2. Paley's Evidences of Christianity. 3. The First and Second Books of the Odyssey. 4. The Twenty-first Book of The Rev. James Cooper, M.A. of Trinity College, was on Friday last elected one of the Masters of St. Paul's School. The Rev. Frederick Browning, M. A. late Fellow of King's College, and Prebendary of Salisbury, has been instituted to the Rectory of Titchwell, in Norfolk, vacant by the death of his father, the Rev. Dr. Browning ; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. The Duke of York has been pleased to appoint the Rev. Thomas Burroughes, B. A. of Corpus Christi College, one of his Royal Highness's domestic Chaplains. The Irish newspapers report an attempt to murder a gentleman of the county of Limerick, at his own door, which was frustrated by the re solution, and it might have been added, by the exemplary agili►ty, of a female, who jumped out of a two pair of stairs window to call out for assistance ! The help arrived in time to secure the intended murderers ; but, nevertheless, few ladies, we suppose, have been driven to so despe rate an expedient for acquiring the use of their tongue. OLD BAILEY—(Tors D.A.) William Ha Bryan was indicted for stealin4 in the dwelling-house of John•Cantelow, of High Holborn . , various articles of property, on the 30th of December.—Guillg of stealing under 40s. 11 1 iNam Hill, against whom there are no less than live indictments for uttering forged notes, %vas put to the bar, when lie moved the Court let his trial stand over until next Sessions, on account of the absence of two material .wit nesses, which was !accordingly granted. Robert Smith was found guilty of . breakinga r A entering th e d we lli ng- h ouse of Lady Croft, with. intent to steal, on the 17th December last. •., John Hutchins was found guilty of stealing •a coat and 30s. in money, the property of Thonn m: Thorns, in the dwelling -house of Dougal Christie, Esq. of Upper Baker-street. • MIDDLESEX SE:ISIONS, JAN. 15. THE LONDON DOCK COMPINY V. THE PARISI! or ST. JOHN, WAPPING. This was an appeal against an assessment of poor-rate, amounting to 15,0001. per annum on the London Docks. Several witnesses were called to prove the real valuation but they differed most materially in their calculations and opinions. The CnAIItMAN. after hearing both sides, confessed the case to be of difficult decision, frO-ai the variance of opinion respecting it. lie did not for a moment doubt that 'the trustees had a right to make a rate ; but his difficulty, was in deciding upon the amount of that rate. Ile certainly should not say that 7,800/. was a sum at which to rate the docks ; whilst at the same time he was of• opinion it would be runningj, to the opposite extreme to estimate them at 15,0901. It would be well, therefore, to steer between the two sums ; and the de cision of the Court was, that the premises should be rated at 10,000/. for the present ; and the parties, be thought, had bet ter meet and make an amicable adjustment. Judgment was accordingly entered pro Throw, for 10,0099?. as the sum at which the dock should be rated. THE ARMY. • Detachments belonging to the 2-ith (Warwick ,. shire), the 44th (East Essex), and the 117th, (the Prince of Wales's Own Irish) Regiments of Foot, have arrived on board the Circassian, free trader, front Calcutta, and disembarked the 12th instant at Chatham. A Detachment belonging to the fiTtth Regiment of Infantry has been ordered to embark, on the I2th instant, at Wateribsd for Bristol, and to proceed subsequently to Winchester, whore the Head -quarters of that Corps are at present stationed. The 93d (Highland) Re , riment of Foot, w hi c h sa il e d f rom Cork on th e 20 t h of November, for the West Indies, has becn ordered to Barbadoes. A detachment belonging to the Royal Staff Coips will em bark, about the latter end of the present month, on board the Orpheus, in the River, for the Mauritius. AIERCA.N"I'II,h, SIIIPPING. Drar., .T AN. 1 5.- -Wi n d ------N.N.W:Z S i a g ile g d ot otinleth (}ea Is e t: o e rt ra h l Ilarris and B erw i c k.diire East Indianten, with th e rest of the outward -bound. w d ar i d i - e b a o d t_tn dap. Mead —apparently r a in y g a coaster, a tbicktbgwhere s h e continued at 5 p. in. POETS/40171'11, JAN. Is.—Wind N.V. —Arrived the Three Brothers, Kyger, from Dort. Sailed the Louisa, Walker, for Grenada t Ilanry Porcher, Thomson, for Madr as ; and Frede rick, Willh e l m , for Leghorn.- PLY3fOI.7TH, JAN. I4.—Wind variable.—Arrivcd the Lord- Exmouth, Barrett, from Meu,.d. FALMOUTH, JAN. l4.—Wind N.1;.--Sailed the Elko Douglas, Rice, for Suncalore ; and Briton, Pederson, for Naples. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Echo, Pomoroy, from :11 aranham. Conx, JAN. 12._—.Arrived the Dorothy, Forster, front London, to take troops to Jamaica. The 3lercey, Gloves, from Newcastle to Charente, found:rzd near the Galloper Sand the l3th ult.; crew saved. The Corneby, from Sunderland to Plymouth, on the Goodwin Sand last night, but is expected to be got oEI THE Al A RK ETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, JAN. 16. The arrivals this week are moderate—Wheat 2,5-00, 4,550, Oats 9,700 quarters ; Flour 3,250 sacks. There is ny much good Wheat for sale, and the prices of Monday are fully supported for this article. Barley for malting sells freely, and readily commands last quotations. Beans and Peas at , . rather dearer. The weather being ikliarp, occasions a good. demand for Oats, and they sell freely at Monday's prices. SMITHFIELD MARKET, JAN. 1 6 . There was a good supply this morning, particularly of Oxen . and owing to the weather setting in cold, last market day'e prices were obtained for cattle of good quality, but the inferior sorts were not much sought after. • To sink the Offal, per stone of tab. Beef 3e 4d to 4s 4u I Veal Mutton 3s 4d to 4s 6d I Pork Lamb Os Od to Os (hl. HAY AYH STRAW , TER LOAD. • Hay £4 e s to £ 5 Os Clover ..... £5 Os to £6 (s Straw XI 18s t• £2 Is. Wp inserted the following case before, but iti justice to Mr. Bishop, who has acted with i 4 much humanity on the occasion, we give it a place once more, in the hope that some clue mar be found to discover the unnatural parent :--. " DESERTED Cilium—About seven mom since a female advertised for a child to nurse. Shortly after a male infant, about four months old was brought to her. The terms being agreed upon, the child was left with a sovereign and a card or address. Front that time no on e h as called upon the nUiSe, and the card of address left turns out to be a false direction.— The poor woman, unable to support the child, was about.to take it to the workhouse, hut callin g upon a respectable per-• sou, and relating the circumstance, he has undertaken to pro rvigidxionefored, the poor deserted infan t . I t is a fine boy, faii,erra light hair, and blue eyes, and is at present under the protection of Mr. Bt snor, principal officer of lievigate." ADVICE FROM THE DEA D.—( HOW to Gun! . De l fne,3.—Mr. Jon FORFEIT, residing at .Fulharn, now in his eighty-fourth year, has for toe last two years been afflicted with deafness, which occasionally causes him much 'uneasiness of spirits, haring all his life been remarkable for his jocularity and wit. A few nights since he dreamed lie was going oti with his dogs and his gun (haring been passionately fond of the sports in his younger days); he met his surgeon, Mr. Chili% mu, formerly of Bedford -street, Covent-garden, who has been dead some years, and with his usual familiarity said to biro, " Griffith, what's good for deafness? I can't hear:'— The reply was, " Yes, take a Poppy-head and boil it in water, wash about the ears well with it warm." The old gen tleman adopted the advice, and strange to say, the effect ope rated in restoring his hearin g for two or three days to p(eec:.ion, but afterwards the deafnessretnrried, and ax before, he is a 'raid going out of the house, having a dread of being run Over. al SSECTIO N OF THE BODY OF TH URT ELL. — The crowds in front of the Hospital, in which the dissection is going on, continue so great, that : the Magistrates have been applied to for an addi tional number of constables to protect the public against outrage arid robbery. . JOSEPH HUNT.--We understand that it has been determined by Hs Majesty's Government to commute the sentence of html,ln for the mureer of Mr. WEARE, from death to transportation for life. No intimation of this merciful intenti , n has, as yet, been given to Hunt, who, to uve the words of the Chaplain of the Gaol, is " deploi. ably low-spirited."—(Turning Chronicle.) . PR OBERT.—ThiS man has had the jrnpod.4 nce to appear on the Royal Exchairge,and to addre:.:.; a Wine-merchant whom he had known b e f ore 1 his late exposure. It is scarcely necessary to say that his salute was received with contempt.