The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-19 00:00:00

l'IlE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Feb. 19. •[TILE TIMES.] In the Lisbon Gazette of the 29th ult., we find a long article, professing to be the comanuni • cation of a correspondent on the history of revo lutions, and the conduct of factions. From the style in which it is written, and the Scripture quotations in which it abounds, it seems to be the production of a priest;aed was probably even delivered from the pulpit, on occasion of the late restoration of his Faithful Majesty to absolute power. The author begins by comparing the season of Portuguese constitutional liberty to-a . - wintry storm, and the events which it produced to the .agitations of a troubled ocean. The coun ter-revolution is of course the return of spring ,and repose, and is celebrated in the gldwing lan guage of the Trappist's proclamations :—" After " the frightful events of our revolution, we saw • 66 our beneficent star (the King) rise more brilliant . 44 and glorious, restoring us to peace and life, and . " announcing to us, by the influence of his paternal • " and benignant government, the end of our misfor ." tunes and the re-establishment of our ancient " political consideration." It would be a tire „some and fruitless task to enter into the merits of ..a dissertation like this, ambitious without power, pedantic without learning, and abounding in the forms of logic without a single instance of con , clusive reasoning. Ws allude to it merelyffoe,r e , . the- purpose of stating, that, - unlike the produc tions of the fanatical party in Spain, it strongly, recommends clemency and oblivion as the duties incumbent upon rulers after revolutions like those in the Peninsula. Nay, the Catholic author pro ceeds so far in the liberality of his ideas, as to censure the bigotry of Philip 11. of Spain, to praise henry IV. of France for granting conces 910I1S to his Protestant subjects,and to deplore the, fatal policy of Louis XI V. in recalling the edict of Nantes. One would suppose that in the fol lowing passage the author had in view Ferdinand of Spain. (whom he studiously forbears from praising), and his fanatics. " Unhappily on such " occasions there generally come forth, like ravens to a field of carnage, bands of cruel and needy. c: adventurers, who nurse discord among the citi t= Z eus, and who, instead of endeavouring to " sooth the animosity of parties, inflame it by a " hypocri.tical zeal, and a furious intolerance, " making vengeance and fanaticism the only " guides of their conduct ; and, like the troops " of malefactors during the dreadful earthquake " that shook our. capital, converting- the alarms add confusion of the public to the advantage of ," their rapacity." Though the claims of tolera tion and forgiveness are strongly, -urged in this article, we see no hietof the necessity of secur ing good government in future by the establish meet of institutions - -which would at once strengthen the monarchy and protect the people from the abuses, of power. [bIORNING rola.] The business in the House of Commons last night was of little importance. Mr. Courtenay obtained leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Bankrupt Laws, and briefly stated its chief pro visions ; by which his object seems to be to esta blish certain restrictions under which a man may render himself subject to the operation of the law, without incurring its criminal character, and to alter both the mode in which certificates are ob tained and their operation. Mr. Curwen com plained that his Majesty's Ministers had violated the Constitution of the Isle of Man by sending instructions to the Governor to allow the verdict Of Juries to stand good without being legalised, a s it had been the practice, by the House of Keys (the House of Commons of that island), and moved for a copy of the instructions sent to that effect. Mr. Secretary Peel stated that the Attorney-General of the Island and the It, lo . i-ney and Solicitor-General of England having declared that in their judgment the !rouse of Keys did not possess the right of legalizing the ,verdicts of Juries, nothing had heen sent to the Governor but the opinions of those distinguished Lawyers, on which he had thought it fit to act.— If the . House of Keys wished their claim to be discussed in a more solemn manner, they might appeal to the Kino - . in Council. The motion Laving been pressed, however, was carried on a division by a majority of 28 to 26. [NEW TIMES] The Decree of King Ferdinand for a Free Trade ,with the Spanish Colonies, though at first treated by one of our Cotemporaries as mere matter of moonshine, is now discovered by the same. Journalist to be of extreme importance; an'd in this latter opinion we fully.coincide. The Aurna/ tic; Debuts of the 17th inst. contains some judicious remarks on this Decree.—lt can not but be extremely satisfactory to our mer chants to know that they may now dispatch ship ments .to South America, without fear of their betng.detained or captured by. Spanish cruisers on. the ground of prohibited trade. It is justly oaerred, that the Decree in question re-unites a laige.party r io the Colonies to the Parent State. With, the . political ,consequences . which may tii"kce result, as between Spain and the C010n4,0,-we n4,0, - we have-nothing to . do ; but yet we may re4sOnably rejoice at the prospect thus afforded of ; an amicable adjustment - - of the existing differeoces.,— . qne thing is, certain,, that the olit4re'Asions, and vexatious of the old Colonial syStem of Spain are clearly at an end. 4C A great and'themarible revolution in the commercial and pa : 4ookt world," says .the Journal des DObals, " has been accomplished.!! - Much praise is cer tainly 'due - to M. de Marcellus, for the:able man-. ner'in - Which he has conducted the discussions on„this important subject. We have . heretofore noticed the entire accordance which. existed be tween.our own Government and that of France, in a common desire to --moderate the . views .of 'Spain, relative to the vast ultramarine territories: formerly :-subjected to her sway.— Bat the wishes of England and France had to ,epcot!ntgr prejudices- not peculiar to Felcjinand, or. .hia Goverptnent. The Cortes, at all periods of their existence, were even more violently attached to the notion of their sovereignty over the Colonies than the King and his Ministers ; and they attempted to exercise that sovereignty in a more despotic manner. The triumph gained by the legalizing of a free trade is a triumph quite as much over the doctrines of the Liberales, as over that of the party called Servile, ; in fact, it indicates the ascendancy of a party hitherto almost un known in Spain—that of the Moderates. [MORNING HERALD.] On offering to present a Petition to the House of Commons, on Monday evening, Mr. Hume ad verted to a subject which, trifling , as it may ap pear ara first view, is of great importance to the interests of the country. It is the rapid state of decay in which some of our largest and newest ships of war are said to be at this time, in conse quence of a disease in the timber called the dry rot. From inquiries which we have made in va rious quarters, we believe this statement to be correct ; and therefore the evil is one of so se rious a nature as to call for the immediate atten tion of Government. The first question to be ascertained is, what is the cause of this disease? Various causes have been assigned by persons pretending to a knowledge of chemical science, and some of those have projected, and actually put in practice various remedies, which even tually turned out to be nothing better than mere quackeries. Mr. Hume stated, and the fact is now well known, that the dry rot is occasioned by the felling of trees in summer. At that time of the year they are full of sap, which all the season ing or doctoring in the world will never afterwards remove, and which at last works its way through the timber - in those fungous excrescences that are followed by the total destruction of the wood. The practice, for many years past, has been to cut down the trees in summer, because the bark, which can only then be taken off, and which may be said to be in its perfection, is more valuable to the owners than the trunks—that is, the bark will fetch more money in the market.— During the late wnr, when it became necessary to build great numbers of ships, the Royal fo rests were not sufficient to furnish one quarter of the timber that was wanted, therefore it became necessary to purchase timber from private indi viduals in the state we have just described; and of this diseased material most of our new ships have been built, particularly such as have been built by contract in private dock-yards. The cure of the evil is thus clearly explained ; whoever in quires into the subject, and examines the quality of summer-felled timber, will find what we have stated to be the fact, and it only remains for the Government to take care that in future no ships shall be Wit except of trees cut down in winter, whatever the increased expence may be in the purchase. The expence of the material is trill ing compared to that of the building, and surely it must be a matter of the first importance to have ships that will last thirty or forty years, as some of our men of war formerly did, instead of those crazy machines that are now likely, to become useless in the course of ten years after being built. [BRITISH PRESS. It appears ele;tr, from a prepared and laboured article in the Journal des &bats of Tuesday, that lelopen the the trade 'r of a n Southds Decree , America, affecting took suggestions of the F renc h C a bi net, an d i s a l ast effort to conciliate sup port f rom a par t y i n th e colonies, before the s l ow ac t o f th e i r indepen dence is extorted by necess i ty . ' Thi s i m p o t en t decree, the French Mi n i ster i a l P aper a ff e cts to say, " Detaches. the ques ti on o f commerc i a l in " terests from that of th e i n d e p en d ence o f the cin' riseow f from I 44 colonies; it places on a distinct basis the in " terest of commercial nations, at the same 66 time that it creates or re-unites in the 46 colonies a numerous party to the Parent " State." This is all mere froth—words without any truth or meaning whatever. The commercial interests of the Colonies have sprung solely from their independence ; before that period they were fettered by a tyrannic monopoly : both, therefore, are united, and cannot, be , severed by any sophistry of the French writer ; nor will this ridiculous Decree create or re-unite, in the Co lonies, a numerous, or any party, to the Parent State. The separation is now absolute and irre vocable: Spain never can, by any concession or ef fort she may now make, recall her parted authority over her once vast possessions in the New World. Therefore, though the Journal des Mbats states that every thing may now be hoped for, we are persuaded this annunciation will have no effect whatever : the Colonies will make ne " arrange ments," the basis of which is not an acknowledg ment of their independence ; they will treat on no other terms : their trade is at this moment ab solutely free, with tariffs and duties established by themselves. Any calculation of additional good will to follow from this Decree is therefore a most mistaken and hopeless one. In fact, even those Colonies which still continue nominally de-1 pendent on Spain, the Philippines and Cuba,-1 have, as the Journal du Commerce remarks, long thrown -off all commercial shackles.- 1 In every point of view, therefore, both as regards her emancipated, and yet dependent Colonies, this Decree is equally weak and unavailing.—The Etoils has a letter from Corfu, dated the 6th of last month, stating that the descent of the Greeks on the Island of Mitylene had been completely successful ; the Christians, to the number of seven to eight thousand, had everywhere hoisted the Cross, and on their approach the infidels were obliged to take refuge in some forts. The evacua tion of Mitylene by its oppressors was looked to as probable. Other letters (the same paper adds) state; that the Turkish garrison of Patras, being informed ef the preparations making to invest that fortress and take it by assault, had deserted it, and retired to Lepanto. The Journal des Mbats, remarking on these important statements, says that the evacuation of Patras is doubtless. pro bable ; that of the descent on the Isle of May lone it thinks'much less so, and at least prema ture. The possession of Patras by the Greeks would be of great importance : the place is ex tremely strong, and a seaport of consequence ; it lies'in the Morea on the skirt of a montain near, the entrance of the Gulf of Lepanto, fourteen miles south-west of the latter place. Whether the descent has been made successfully on Mity lene or not, it is plain the Greeks are waging everywhere successful war against their oppres sors) and that freedom is gradually rising all over Greece. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] A letter from an extremely respectable person, written in Lisbon, and received by the last packet, distinctly mentions that the Portuguese Government had by no means abandoned the hope of regaining its ascendancy in the Brazils, either by means of intrigue or main force, and that its attention was particularly turned to this subject at the present moment. The same letter adds, that so great was the eagerness of the Government, that preparations were already going forward in order to send out an expedition in the course of the ensuing spring, accompanied by a considerable naval force. The late dissolution of the Brazilian Congress, by the Emperor's mandate (the encouraging conse quences of which, we observe, are vauntingly put forth in the last Lisbon Papers), together with the disunion and confusion so apparent in the Provinces, has, no doubt, served to revive the drooping spirits of the Lisbon Cabinet, and, as the latter imagine, afforded a favourable opening for a fresh attempt. This ought to convince not only the Brazilian Provinces, but also the whole of the Independent sections of South America, how ne cessary it is to be unanimous and consistent, and in order that the people may be disposed to sup port the new Government placed over them, how requisite is it to teach the by by practical results, the great benefits they hdve derived from dis lodging the old one. If this is not done, the work of consolidation cannot fail to be slow in countries where a national character is not yet formed, and the new institutions have scarcely taken root. We are far, however, from think ing, that the reviving hopes of the Lisbon Go vernment are exclusively derived from the un settled state of Brazil. The affairs of the New World must have been discussed by the Allied , Powers since the late changes in the Peninsula were effected,and at least some general understand ing must have been come to with respect to them, and the result in all probability has led to the de - claration of free trade on the part of Spain, in what she still calls her ultra-marine possessions, and tended to encourage the pretensions of Portugal. From the downfall• of the Constitutional cause in the two countries, we always anticipated fresh hostility to the independent cause of America on the part of Monarchs incapable of any act of enlightened policy, and who are at the same time anxious to render themselves popular at home, and secure their own despotic thrones. Fortu nately, the power of both is extremely weak, through the want of m eans, and fr om th e i r threats or intrigues nodanger is to be apprehended as long as union prevails, and the several Govern ments in the Southern Continent of America pos sess the confidence and,suPport of the people. — They must look to Spain and Portugal, and avoid the errors which there ruined the Patriotic cause, and always be prepared for the worst. OR THE SUN. MARYBONE. ' Ma. EDITOtt--I am tired of seeing the ma jority of our Newspapers perpetually mentioning one of the largest parishes in the metropolis by a false name--MarN-la.bonne. They might just as well call St. Mary -le-bow, in Cheapside, St. Mary-la-belle ; and then suppose that they were their French, as probably benti those u e r c u li l t ly corre c t orsdoNv n h i o now print la-bonne. There could not be a St. M ary th a t was no t b onne; so that epithet would be no distinction at all. A modern history of London, now open before me*, puts the matter on its right footing. It prints in large characters, " ST. M A It Y-AT-BOURN, vulgarly ST. AI A RY-LA-BONNE. Being thus de clared vu lgar, I hope th e gentlemen will be ashamed of it. The parish is properly called the parish of St. Mary le-bourn, the /e agreeing with the bourn, not with the Saint, or St. Mary at bourn, as equivalent. Bourn is an *ld word for brook, and the same brook which gave a name to Mary-bourn, gave one also to the place where criminals were anciently tied up, namely 7y bourn. Another brook, it is well; known, gave the name to Holbourn; which Stowe wrote Old bourn. should any scrupulous grammarian object to the union of a French article with an English name ; let him recollect St. Mary-le-Strand, and St. Martin-le-Grand; also St. Mary-le-born, and Stratford-le-bow, both named from the bozo or arch, which distinguished them. We may add Chester-le-street ; and. others may occur to those who are conversant in topography. I have to hope, therefore, that we shall see no more, in papers published in . the Metropolis of the British Empire, of St. Mary-la-benne. Whe ther they may choose to write Matwbone, as so long practised, or Marybourn, which would be better ; or the more correct, but less convenient and popular, St. Mary-le-bourn, may be left en tirely to their option. Popular use will filially confirm one or other of them, as it may happen. Nor does it much signify which.—Your's, GLOSSARius. • Huglison's, vol. iv. p. SA. SUICIDE BY A BOY.—Au inquisition was taken yesterday evening, at the Prince of Orange, Phillip-street, St. George's in the East, on view of the body of Edward Day, a youth of. only 15 years of age, who hung himself in the water closet of that house. Mr. Henry Chapfield deposed that he is landlord of the Prince of Orange ; the de ceased has lived with him,as pot-boy, for the last 6 months; he was.a very wild sort of youth, and very much addicted to drinking, and, whenever ine briated, conducted himself in a strange way ; he was fifteen last December, and there can be no doubt but he committed the rash act himself,,but what could have prompted him to the commission', .of such a dreadful deed witness cannot develOpe ; , he was, generally speaking, very honest, and was only a trifling sum in arrear of his beer money.— The Jury returned a verdict of " Insanity." FOR THE SUN. IMAGINATION. MR. EDITOR—Such is the extensive influence which the imagination has upon the human mind, that a few words upon the =timer of enlarging its powers, and directing its energies to proper objects, may not prove wholly uninteresting. Vast as is the field which the imagination can embrace, its power is still limited, to the for mation of new combinations of ideas that are pre viously known, and that have been acquired through the medium of the senses. It is by in creasing this stock of ideas, and by giving more energy to that faculty of the mind by which new combinations can be formed, that the imagination may be rendered more vigorous. To accomplish the first of these objects, nature and her name. roux and varied phenomena, must be diligently . studied, We must examine her amidst the rich ness of well cultivated plains ; the barren heath ; the rugged and peaked mountains ; the gloomy forest, and the smiling pastures ; when the tem pest rages, when the thunder rolls, and the light. ning plays amidst the dense clouds—these are the objects that fill the soul with the highest emotions, and raise it above the usual level of humanity. They must have been seen and heard, and felt; they must be obedient to the call of imagination, and, at her command, stand forth in all the awful splendour of their varied and fleeting forms. The mind that can find delight in contemplating scenes like those just now enumerated, is alone capable of receiv ing the strongest impressions of any one of the fine arts. Fertile as is the imagination, it can still repre sent to itself only such objects as the senses have perceived. Not, however, the grosser senses, but those only from which the most pleasing and elevated emotions are produced. With what profit and effect does a mind properly disposed, witness the glories of creation, the magnificence of the universe ! With what emotions of delight will it listen to the sighing breeze, or hear the voice of the Lord of nature, in the awful roar of the thunder; It is upon the readiness and facility of either associating simple ideas of a similar nature, or of conbining those that are dissimilar, that depend the powers of imagina tion. To acquire this facility little more is requisite than an intimate acquaintance with language. Our mental, as well as our bodily faculties, are all , equally susceptible of improve ment. By attaching definite ideas to arbitrary signs, and by forming abstract, when definite no tions cannot be obtained, the power of associa tion, and of imagination, may, like every other fa culty of the mind, be strengthened and rendered more perfect, in proportion as we call them into practice. That such is the case, is proved abun dantly, comparing the richness and grandeur of the works of Homer, of Milton, &c. with the barrenness of imagination discoverable in the poems of Osian. The imagination has been often taxed with either impeding or counteracting the understand ing. Very far, however, from this b e in g th e case, it ma y be more j ustly considered as conducive to the perfection of this highest faculty of the mind. In all our pursuits we have only one object in view,' the att a i nment of knowle d ge : b ut t h e means we employ to accomplish this purpose, must of nec ess i ty differ according to the nature of the object. In mathematic a l pursuits we are led by a series of simple and determinate principles to ' a conclusion whi ch i s not less determ i nate and im mutable : and the links of the chain which we have to follow, are so obvious, that common sense is alone sufficient to lead us to this conclusion. Still a person endowed with a brilliant imagina tion, instead of following each intermediate link, will perceive at one glance the conclusion, at which a duller mind can arrive only after plodding over every inch of the ground. In physical, or in moral researches, the case is, however, Widely different. Here, in addition to these immutable and determinate causes, the mind has to call up at once all the accessory, or adventitious circumstances which may influence the general conclusion. This has proved a fertile source of error, when mathematical principles, or reasonings, have been applied to subjects to which they are totally foreign. The first principles of our reason are alone requisite to guide us in , ma thematical pursuits : and as these principles are the same in all minds, they must inevitably always lead to the same conclusions. We are placed in a path from which we cannot possibly deviate, and we are necessarily compelled to go on wheresoever it leads. But in physical sciences, we tread on less sure ground, and have frequently no better nor safer guide than analogy. Igno rant of the great and immutable laws which go vern the operations of nature, we endeavour to discover them by analogy ; but as no two causes can be perfectly similar, in the physical world, we are ever exposed to come to an erroneous con clusion. In the moral world every thing depends on the human mind, which being itself influenced by the different states of society, by igno!ance or by prejudice render the discovery of truth a matter of much uncertainty. If we look into the dif ferent states of society we shall discover that in morality, our knowledge is less simple than .in physics, whence it follows that a proper exercise of the imagination is essentially requisite for the investigation of both moral and physical truths. The rash, or insidious method of applying mere methernatical reasoning to moral or physical sub jects, has proved a fertile source of error, be cause such a method of reasoning can- lead only through partial promises to a partial conclusion. And this method of reasoning can exist only in those minds that never feel the influence of imagination. It must be confessed, howeVer, that too vivid, and too ardent a fancy frequently lead to eroneons conclusions. Men endowed with this es- timable gift, are too.apt to overlook the sugges tions of judgment, and to mistake the visions' of a lively mind, for the sober conclusions of reason. This is indeed, a melancholy truth, one of those which must convince us that human reason, when left to its own limited powers, is ever liable to become the sport of error. Having shewn how far imagination is necessary to perfect human reason, and the evils resulting from its excess or deficiency, it is necessary t: indicate how these ev il s may b e removed. The perfection of the h uman m i n d d epen d s c hioni upon a proper cultur e o f th e un d erstan di ng , upon keeping the i mag i nat i on w i t hi n ra tional bounds. Much of the evils arising from too ar dent an imagination, have their origin in the tin capacity to p erce i ve a ll t h e causes upon w hich the conclusion must depend. To perceive at once , and distinctly, all that can influence truths/ whether moral or physical, and then to drag from these premises just and natural c onc lusionaff , is one of the n o bl es t b u t most difficult efforts o f the human mind. As we receive all our ideas fro °l our senses, or through a medium unavoidabir fallacious, it behoves us, before we give credit t° their evidence, to study with attention their power and their limits. This study, which is of infinit e , importance, is attended with no mean difficult) but it is still within the compass of every wel l regulated mind, since it requires only a proper investigation of the faculties of the soul. I° moral pursuits this is not, however, sufficient, he' cause nothing can be more varied or differen t than the minds, or dispositions of men. In these pursuits to a proper knowledge of our own mind' land of the general principles of the understand' ing, must b e su p era dd e d an acqua i ntance w it h all the various prejudices, and caprices, and wal l : derings, of the human intellect, and with the di{' ferent causes by which the moral world is rogue lated. The culture and improvement of our reed soning powers, is the best, if not, indeed, the onlft method of discovering the truth ; and the ma' thematical and physical sciences, are the m ost conducive to the perfection of our judgment, and are, consequently the best calculated to keep the imagination within proper bounds, and, thus t ° enable it, even while it roves amidst the pleasing paths of fancy, never to lose sight of. the °nit road that leads to truth. midliurst. A. OLD BAILEY. ROBBERY OF THE BIRMINGHAM COACH. Yesterday Charles Crowder was indicted for feloniously re' ceiving fifty 51. bank notes and other notes to the amount ° f 4,0001., the property of Messrs. Taylor and Loyd, of Binning' ham, bankers, he well knowing the same to be stolen"' Charles Turnky stood indicted for stealing the said notes, b ut he is still at large. Mums. Alley and Law conducted the prosecution, All a Messrs.. Adolphus, Broderick, and Platt appeared for then' sowers. • The first witness called was Rober Brown, clerk to Haaburfr and Co. bankers in Lombard-st ree t, who deposed that OF notes of Messrs. Taylor and Lloyd, at Birmingham, were pal' able at their hou se , an d w h en th e y h a d rece i ved a certain quAnm tity, it was their 'custom to send to Birmingham. In DeceU' ber 1822, he packed up a parcel containing 4,0001. and having directed it to Taylor and Lloyd, he gave it to the guard'of th e Balloon stage coach. The witness described the notes.' William Serjeant, guard of the Balloon coach to Bircnilr: ham, swore t o h av i ng rece i ve d the parcel in question fronr Brown about twelve or one o'clock in the day. He took it to the Magpie, in Wood -street where he usually lodged, and PY it to Mr. Gr eaves , t h e landlord, while he took hi s usu al rest'Be got up abo u t fi ve o ' c l ock, and received back the parcel, as he believed, in the same atate, from Mr. Greaves. lie took it, t " the Swan with t wo Necks, Lad-lane, whence the Ballooll starts, and when th e coac h was nearly ready he putit into the seat of the co ac h, an d put hi s coat over it. In about five 111 nutes after h e went aga i n to the coach, and the p a rcel Iv. _ .. Then gone. He imm e di ate l y gave an alarm, and pursuft ; inquiry took place, but in vain. Cross-examined—Witness knew the parcel contained ccil valuable property, as h e h a d o f ten taken similar ones. lie „, sidered it safe in the seat, as the horsekeeper was by. • • Mr. Greaves p rove d t h at h e preserved the parcel safe, 11 ? .. gave it back to Serjeant in the precise state in which he recerf ed it. Daniel Gray sworn.--I am by trade a brassfounder, and live at Norwi c h, b u t formerly lived at Birmingham. Inseptetnb" last I saw the prisoner and Turnley at Walton Fair in.-Esset and got into conversation with them, in the course of which the/ asked me if I knew Taylor and Lloyd's house .at Birminghell 4 and I said I did well. Turnley then said, " We have some note! of Taylor and Lloyd's to sell. We touted' (watched) the Flit of Rattler, (meaning the B a ll oon coac h ) to t h e - yar d with t.,": parcel from Hanbury's, and p r i gge d it f rom th e coach, seat. got nearly 11,000/.—(lt w as h ere s t a t e d by th e Counsel iv that two parcels were stolen.)—Ahd we fenced (disposed of theM to • receiver) for 2,0001. We afterwards tried to fence them hec ig ,' to the owners, but Taylor and Lloyd would not give us a rnek He then asked me if I w ou ld b uy any, f or t h ey were PuA hid things, and I' ight very easy get rid of th em . I sa id I no money ; and they asked me if I knew any one who had 0 ,4 money to purchase some . I sa id I t h oug h t I did, and'wout" introduce a friend of mine who would buy some. It was thee . agreed that we should meet at the Three Crowns in the Ott" road, on a certain day, and in the mean time I wrote to, .3V Payne, the th en gao l er at Bi rm i ng h am, an d i nformed him o f my discovery, and he sent me some money, with instruction' what to do. When I had got the money, I went to al. Three Crowns, and introduced George Ward, that he friend co: mine, to the prisoner and Turnley, and it was agreed ': he should h ave n i ne 6/. notes f or 101 ., and I was to have si% the same rate. The prisoner said the notes were not them readll but they would be at 6 o'clock in the evening. We then'be° some dinner, and among other things a crab, and were to enel again in the evening. We did so, and Turnley then produce d some of Taylor and Lloyd's notes, which he handed to ti2 . e . prisoner, who gave them to "Ward, but these turned out to Pv 8 only, instead of 9. A great squabble (which witness minuted and in regular flash terms, described) took place, but fulfill; the notes were purchased. These notes were marked "D. Ch • by me, and sent to Mr. Payne, at Birmingham.. The witness, in his cross-examination, said he became se' quainted with Mr. Payne in hi s (M r . P.'s) capacity as head ° the police at Birmingham. He was employed to detect yet' sons in uttering forged Bank-notes. He was introduced t ° Mr. Payne, because he was a clever chap, and knew what h i ' was about. He was down to a thing or two ; was always OP' and was not to be had even by an old un. He received *IWO one hundred .pounds from the Bank services. The witoe o then underwent a very long and minute cross-examinations as to what refreshments they had at the Three Crowns, what thee they met, what conversation passed, and who waited upon than; all of which 'he spoke to quite unhesitatingly, and conducte d himself with a degree of confidence not often met with i"' Court of Justice. , • other rr The e witnesses, servant girl a weret thethe then calledhree Crowns,to corroborate i n the C thei Gray in its minor points. P ic The prisoner, in his defence, contented himself with a sin' f denial of the crime imputed to hiri, and with a declaration- ° confidence that the Jury would not believe such a man as Gra); Mr. Baron GRAHAM summed up at great length, observil l that Gray, taken by himself, undoubtedly was unworthy L' i; credit ; but they would look at the whole of the case, and 05 themselves whether his story had not received such confirrio:, tion from other witnesses as to render it next to impossible no tY eride d lic a e ll; to believe that his whole statement was true. • If they beliely, that it was, the case was completely brought hom e t o the r, soner, and they could only come to one decision ; b u t if t had any doubt, he need not tell them that the accused was e 4 ' titled to the full benefit of such doubt. The Jury consulted a little more than five minutes, an d th e Foreman, then addressing the Court, said—" My Lords, cu,q sidering the whole of the evidence, we have so much doubt;. from the want of corroboration in the important points of,„Gral testimony, that we feel ourselves bound to acquit. the pruktle' Verdict— iv - ot Guilty. There was a second indictment against the prison& raj similar offence; but no evidence was .offered, and he eie s ,;4 course acquitted. He left the Court with a smile upon „ countenance. Priv* , ia -30 s id i0'391,"—,, - • 31 6 `0d ts 40'04 COAL-MARKET, FEB. 16. Skips at Market. Ships sold SO Newcastle - 41 Sunderland - 194 Printed and Published for the PROPRIE4roaa, at the $ 11 ? ( OnficX, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIIIS. r