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EDUCATIONAL CLOTHING SOCIETY. 11101 - 1 COI 7 1:T OF JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGII. CONTEMPT OF COURT. On Wednesday last, the Court met at two o'clock, when di tire .I . ln!ffe.S Wer• prese nt. Gilbert M . Lend and William Corse attended, in roost-Ay:epee of an tudcr front the Court, to answer for h Contempt of its authority, 89 formeily men- The lormer was broogitt into. Court in charge of' filrers,,,f)eing now in custody or) a charge of sedition . ; the hue) is at present on bill nutter a similar charge, The arrele under cowl deration of the Court was contained in the 9th N innber of a Paper, oriuted in Gksgo , r Ott the 2.sll,December (as', called The SO it 4 the Union .Ibvr: M'Leod beiog irverro,4aied, Mr. CoCKBUBN rose and said, that as Mr. 14 ',cod bad confessed himself the printer and pub lisi,er of the walk in question, hie sith,vitted to the Court that Carse shouid dischared. SoLICIToR -GENN Et AL oppostd the motion, and the Court sustained the obj.c.l.n. Mr. MILE.ott xt.as again examined, and declared, that the re acre other persona etvnloved in subor dinate situations in r•rin:ing the Paper, to . whom he paid wages, and that he also paid Mr. Carse for the use of the materials. _ . . tC+ill,+ur Carse being interrogated, declared, that he wAs in no way concerned in the printing and publishing of No. 9, vol. 1,, of " 'the Spirit of tjuion"—that it vas printed t his office, No. J 27. Tiongate, Gla‘go iv, bill that t 'AVIA a took upon himself the piloting. publishing, and correcting the press of said number. Gilbert M`Leod luither declared., that the article now under corisidernion of the Court was 'Yrilten at a :imp when he laboured under great distress and agitation of mind, in consequence of domestic affliction, and that, it it contained any thing disrespectful, he desired the Court to re ceive his sincere contrition for the sante, never Laving any inte•tY!ion of offeeii,4 insult to the Court ; that he v.tricrilted the Institutions of his country, and that nothing was ti. - .rtlr.n• from his intention than to bring cunt:mil - at on the Court. HENRY COCKBURN, Esq. Counsel for thepa .nels, stated_ that as they had only arrived in Edin burgh on Tuesday night, he was quite unpre pared to take up the case, and wislied that it might be postponed till Thurstle.y . . - To this mo tion the Lord Advocate readily assented, and the Court appointed the patties. ti appear at the bar • of the Court at one o'cicck on Thursday. Pursuant to adjournment, the Court met at one o'clock on Thursday, when Gilbert M`Leod and William Cat se were ag.an placed at the bar. The Lord . Advocate moved the Court to proceed to judgment, when the Lord Justice Clerk intimated that if the Counsel for the prisoners bad any thing to state now et , as the time, Mr. CoeKROHN filth addressed their Lordships in a 14;Ost able and kiniinotis speech. The Learned Counsel stated, that there were two leading points he had to submit for the consideration of the Court ; first, the incompetency of their taking up the case in the present form, and which, even if it was competent, the propriety of doing so; and, secondly, that it competent, then it was necessary to consider if the passage in the Paper tinder dis cussion contained libellous or contemptuous mat ter. The second point he would not speak to, un , il the question of competency was first of all decided. With regard to the competency, he contended that the Court should, in cases of this Twilit, if possible, give the party accused the be nefit of a trial, according to the solemn and regu lar forms of the law, anti that the indi.; idual should have the advantage of a trial by Jury. The JUDGES, Who were Jll resew, severally delivered their opinions, and were unanimous that the application was quite competent. The ob jection was then repelled. The LORD 1L76T1C6 Cr.exx. then stated, now was the titne for the prisoners tg state why punish ment should not be infl:cted. Mr. COCKBURN wished the Lord Advocate to state what he considered libellous in the passage. The LORD JUSTICE CLERK considered that quite unnecessary. Lord Gmt.t RS also stated, that the Court, when they ordered the attendance of the individuals at the bar, had considered the contemptuous ten dency of the publication. Mr. ,COCKBURN again addressed the Court at great length. After which the Judges severally delivered their opinions, when the following interlocutor was pronounced " The Lord Justice Clerk and, Lords Commissioners of Justiciary having considered the Newspaper entitled The Spirit of the Onion,' No. 9, containing a commentary on the prececdings which took place before this Court, at passing sentence of fogazition against George Kiuloch of Kinloch, with the representations made by his Majesty's Advocate thereanent, with the declaration emitted by the said Gilbert_ ril'Leod, and heard Mr. H. Cockburn, Advocate, as his Coun sel, with what has been this day:represented by his Majesty's Advocate respecting the said William Carte, and the declara tion emitted by hint, Find that the said publication is a false and slanderous rein esentation of what passed in this Court at pronouncing sentence of ftvitation against George Kinloch, a nd a gross indignity offered ' to this High Court, calculated to create groundless jealousies and doubts of this due admi nistration of justice by the Supreme Criminal Court of this part of the United Kingdom. That the said Gilbert M'Leod, the Publisher and Printer of the said Newspaper, and the Author of the article mentioned in the representation of the Lord Advocate, and the Said William Carse, in whose office the said Paper was printed, are guilty art and part of printing and publishing the said false acid slanderous representation ; therefore the said Lords decern and aejudge the said Gil bett to he imprisoned in . the Tolbouth of Gias gow, for thc; space of four months from this date, and thereafter, until lie shall find sufficient caution and 9trety fur his good behaviour for the periOd of three years from the date of his liberation, and that under the penalty of 401. But in the whole circumstances of this case, and of what has been stated by his Majesty's Advocate respecting the said William Carse, the Court do not proceed to inflict any other punishment upon him than to dismiss hint with a rebuke, Seine] they appoint to be given him by the, Lord Jus tice Clerk, and grant warrant for transmitting the said Gil hest McLeod front the jail of Edinburgh to the Tolbooth of Glasgow." Counsel foe titu Crown, the Lord Advocate, &c.; agent, 11. Wei render, V 490. W. S. Counsel for the phisol,tvs, Henry Cociaiurn, Esq. W. S.; agent, .Charles Fisher, Lstl. W. S. The Court was crowded to excess dining the two days which this case occupied their Lord ships, • tt hich arose both front the novelty and importance of the question and the eminent ta lents of tl,e GoittiSei lor t he. pi isoners. Lord Er akine-, who is at preseiit on a visit to.bis brother, - the Earl Buchea, sat oft the Bench on Thin . s - day , and paid great I.tention to :he whole of the proceedings. His Lordship wore the ribbon of the Oder of the Thistle, A numerous and most respectable Meeting was ve3terd,iy held at the City of London Tavern, to receive the Report of the Committee, and to con sider tile best means of forwarding the objects of this Society. Among the persons present were' Mr. Wilberforce, M. l'., Mr. Wi'liams. M. I'., the Honourable Mr. Villiers, 1-1. Martin, Esquire, Dr. Collier, the Rev. It. Hill, the kev. Mr. Clayton, &c. Thrre W 35 also a nuther-4s - and fashionable ,ittendance of Ladies. _ _ _ Shortly a t ( --; one o'clock, his Royal Highness the Doke of Sussex rook the Chair. His Royal Highness congrAtulated the t_cociety on the very frill attendance on that occasion. It was the more pleasing, as it proved the great interest which was taken in the Charity. It was also a bather proof, if soy such proot was necessary, of the increased means which were to.4je afforded of extending; the benefits ofeducation to their more distressed fellow creatures—(applause )—He had not the honour of attending the Anniversary Meeting of last year, a vatiety or business having precluded the possibi lity of his doitig so. Evyn now, indeed, he was ;dared nearly in a similar situation. But how ever seriously his time might be engaged, he should feel it rather a Wall( of attention to the Meeting, as well as a want of feeling towards the advanC:ement of the Charity itself, it he had absented himself on the present occasion, on a plea of business. He begged however, to lssure rite Mecing that he was lunch eressed tor 'line, and he hoped, therefore, that they would excuse his retiring as soon as he had set the business a-going. He had frequently enjoyed the honour of presiding at Meetings of this nature, but to mine of them had he given the sanction of his ni-ime until he has found, upon enquiry, that the ohjscts in view deserved to he supported. He had examined the present Charity, and had found it worthy of his support, as it tended to bring malty persons- front a state of indolence and ig norance i situation where they could be made useful and respectable members of society. tie hored the Meeting would confine thetns,lves stiictly to Cm question before them. Any at tempt to inquire into the causes which produced the distre s s they had assembled to relieve, would only tend to tveoken their efforts.—The Secretary would read the Report of the Committee, after tifitiell, RS , he (the Duke of Sussex) had between GO end 70 miles to travel, he hoped he would. be allowed to bid the Meeting good-bye. The Secretary then read tire Report. It contained a statement of !he number of chil dren who had been clothed anti sent to school by the Society. During the List year more than GOO children.had been clothed beyond the number pro vider! for in the pievions year. The Report itself is too voluminous to be inserted at length. The Treasurer also read over the various items of disbursement. It consisted of the sums ex pended on the clothing. &c. of the children. Mr. Wieetests, M.P. said, that after the Re port, which so eloquently pointed out the objects of the Society, little was left for him to asy. The Report drew the attention of the Meeting parri. cularly to the objects which the Charity was in- I ended to relieve, and the object in assembling the present Meeting was to consider the best means of administering that relief. It was totally unnecessary for him to enter into the propriety • • of educating the lower classes, as whatever doubt had formerly existed on that head, was at present totally removed. But if there ever was a period when that education was more imperiously called for than another, it was the present, when at tempts had been made to lead the lower or ders astray, and to deprive them of that confi dence which they ought to place in superior powers. Of all the Societies with which he was acquainted; the present was most pre-emi nently entitled to the support of the public, as it went to relieve the most miserable of the mi serable. Its object was to give to numerous poor children clothing, education, and a knowledge of the living God, who would never desert them-- (Applause).—This became the more imperative at a time like the present, when a spirit had gone forth teeding_to destroy at once both morality and religion. At such a crisis it was necessary to ad minister an antidote to the poison, by teaching the lower classes to read the Bible, and to place reliance on that God who is equally the father and protector of the rich and the poor ; thtis leading to lOok forward to a future, after all the trials of this short and sublunary life shall have passed away. The Society had derived great advantage from the praiseworthy—the enthusiastic exertions of the Ladies, who had so honourably to their feelings taken apart in it—(applause)—lt was to the female part of our population that we owed every thing which was pleasant in life. They possessed more power in reclaiming the profligate, and bringing back the wanderer to the paths of virtue, than even the Ministers of the Church, with all the sanctity, and all the mildness of eloquence which the gospel teaches. Ile could not sit down with out returning his thanks to those Ladies who had so kindly exerted themselves on the present occa sion, and he trusted they would impress upon their friends the benefits to be derived to a large por tion of their distressed fellow creatures, from a cosoperatton in the meritorious and charitable undertaking—(applause.) — He concluded by mov ing, that the Report be received, adopted, and printed. . The Rev. Dr. COLLIER, after a variety of ob servations on the necessity of leading the minds of the lower orders to the study of moral and re ligious reading, concluded by giving his sanction to the Report. The question, that the Report be received, adopted, and printed, was then put and carried unanimously. The i)uke of Sussex expressed his satisfaction at seeing the Report so unanimously agreed to. as an Englishman, he felt proud at the just and wei: met iced eulogium which had been posse(' on the Ladies of the metropolis on this occasion. There was no other country where the Ladies possessed so meet' power as tney did in this, nor was there any other powet more beneficially exer cised, or more productive s)t advantage to society than it was.-(Applause.) --- lie should t rove take leave to retire, requesting of his Friend, Mr.‘Vii berforce, to take the Chair in his stea d. Ile, who had destroyed the slavery of th e African, was best calculated to assist in restoring that freedom of thought, and that morality of prin ciple, which were but too frequently lost amidst scenes of poverty and degradation.—(Lotrd ap plause.)—His Royal Highness then withdrew amidst the warmest applauses of the meeting. Mr. WILBERFORCE, in ' taking the Chair, ob served, that his only qualification for the office to which he was called was, his heartfelt zeal for the objects of the meeting ; indeed, nothing could induce him to undertake the duties imposed on him, but the commands of His Royal Highness. — (Applause.) Dr. COLLIER, in explanation of the reasons why the meeting was not more ably supported, ob served, that Mr. Brougham would have been pre sent, were it not for professional engagements.— Sir,J. Jackson woull have been present,-were he not engaged at the India House. 11Ir. H. G. Bennet was present in the early part of the day, but was obliged to retire on urgent business ; not, however. without contributing to the fund. He stated these facts, in order to spew that the Charity had excited a great degree of interest among the higher orders. Mr. R. HILL moved a Vote of Thanks to his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, for his kind ness and condescension in continuing his patronage to this Society. The Rev. A, FLETCHER seconded the motion. —Carried unanimously. Here several of the !.,:;:,;(- • ioHr , it were in troduced. Their neat anti comf.lttale viothing gave tie greatest bitisfaction to the meeting. Mr. WILBFRFOIiCE eras Co4ViDeed the meeting must feel bight) , gratified at li . ttes•sing the effects of their i...00wy. It must k jve every subscriber the highest gr;.oilication a racct that these poor children we, only rescued from poverty and distress, lint' d1:a1 they were to be placed in situation, which would render them u,settil and creditable Int-inners of society. HumPnvy ARTIN , E , CI moved a Vote of Thanks to itls Grace the Duke Bedford, who had kindly accepted the offire of President of the Society, and also to the Vice- Pr e sidents and Ladies who had so zealously exerted} themselves in support of the Charity. Tile Rev. Mr. CLAYTON seconded this motion. —Carried u,Ainimously. Sir J. JAcxsos (w:io had shortly before enter ed the room) returned thanks on the part of him self and the other Vice-Presidents. The Rev. W. C. KIDD moved the thinks of the Meeting to the Committee and Treasurer of the Society his motion also included the appoint ments to those offices for the next year. The Rev. Gentleman, in making this motion, entered at considerable length and with great ahili.y into the beneficial efircts produced by an early educa tion of the lower classes of society. He mention ed various instances of these benefits, which had conic under his personal observation. The Rev. Mr. WATaanouse seconded the mo. tion.—Carried tmanituously. Mr. J. .I.lAnsvu, in returning !banks on the part of the Committee, pointed out in forcible terms, the necessity, not only of contributing to, but also of assisting in carrying the objects of the Society into effect. The thanks of the Meeting were unanimously voted to the Glairpian. Mr. ‘VILBERFORCE, its returning thaldis, ex pressed his most cordial approbation of, and his determination to support the objects of the Society. The Meeting then broke up. sum was subscribed in the room; A considerable OLD BAILEY, MONDAY, JAN. 17. SPECIAL COMMISSION-SLAVE TRADE. [FURTHRR PARTICULARS James Alex. Carroll and Alex. Valmont, were put to the Bar, charged with having, on the 7th July lug, imported and brought from the Isle of Nladagascar 200 persons, for the purpose of selling them as slaves. _ _ The prisoners, being both foreigners, and ig norant of the English language', were informed of the charge through the medium of an interpreter. The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty, and upon being informed of their right to have a Jury half com posed of foreigners, replied, " Eli bieir tons Anglais." As soon as the Jury were sworn and the indicts ment read, Mr. Sergeant CoPLEY rose, and ad dressed them as follows :—He began by referring to the Act of Parliament passed in 1807, en Act, which he said must meet with the concurrence of every wise and good man. This Act at first inflicted pecuniary disabilities upon those offending, but it being found that the profits of the Slave Trade were so great as to render this punishment nu gatory, an Act was passed four years afterwards to make the offence felony. Under this Act the prisoners were indicted, The circumstances were these :—The island of Mauritius was ceded to the Crown of Great Britain by the Treaty of Piece in 1814; and, in consequence, it became the duty of Government to endeavour to put a stop to the Slave Trade in that place. The Counsel then proceeded to state, that on the 3d of July last a vessel, stationed off the coast of Mauritius, to look out for slave ships, surprised and Isom ded a French vessel sailing un der suspicious circumstances. The answer given to the Commander of the vessel stationed there, being unsatisfactory, the Freud) vessel was seized and carried into Port Louis. An inquiry was in stituted, and it would aprear from the evidence of the witnesses whom he should call, that the prisoners, Carrol and Viliemont, were deeply ine• plicated. From this evidence it would appear that no less than two hundred persons had been im ported from the island of Madagascar ; from which *place the island of Mauritius was con stantly supplied with slavCs..• Besides the prison ers at the bar, the captain and mate of the vessel had heetisent over to England to take their trial ; but it appearing that they were both French sub jects, and navigating a French slip, and having never been in any part of the British dominions, their case did not tall within the Act of Patiia !Tient, as the Courts of this country had no juris diction over foreigners tinder these circumstances. Sotnethin g had b e en said respecting bringing the Nisouers horn Mauritius to t a ke t h e ir t r i a l h ere . A claus e was inserted in the 'Act of Patlianiew authorising this, as it would have been of no use to try this offence in a lend of slaves and slave dealers. Witnesses wew called, who proved the fact [ln alluding to some servants of Villemont, who were blacks, brought over as witnesses, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL said they had them before the Privy Council for the purpose of being exa mined, but they could not be made to understand that there was. a' God.] The Jury, after consulting together for about ten minutes, returned a verdict, finding both the prisoners Guilty. The Captain (Pepin), of the Jeune Adone, the mate (Oliviet), and a fisherman named Brom, were the other parties accused with the prisoners before the Privy Council. As was stated by the Solicitor-General, however, the evidence adducid against them was wholly inadmissible, as they pro— fessed themselves utterly ignorant of a 'God or any kind of religion. The Grand Jury for the City of London did trot conclude their business until seven o'clock in the evening. Among other bills returned as tound true, was one against itirria Glen, the principal party in the Bowditch case, for her abduction, • tried at the Dorchester Summer Assizes, 1813. A true bill, it may be recollected, was also found against this young Lady, and one or two others, For an alleged conspiracy in the same case, at the Old Bailey Sessions, some months ago. In the, course of the day the Grand Jury pre— seated a paper to the Court, in which they spoke in high terms of the state of Ncwgate, throogh t the arrangement of Mr. Brown, the Keeper. so f.+• as the limits of the prison permitted. They spoke ‘ in just terms of the excellent exertions of Mrs. Fry. LONDON MARKEL'S. PRICE OF BREAD THIS WEEK. The highest price of the best Wheaten Bread throughout the Metropolis, is stated by the principal Bakers to be 134• the Quartern Loaf.—Some Bakers sell the Quartern Leaf . from one penny to two pence lower. lb. oz. ' 1 b.err— Peek Loaf to weigh .. 17 6 Quartern Loaf to weigh 4 Half ditto.. ditto .... 8I I Half Qu aE t e , „ : ; iit o 2 PRICE OF lIOPS, Bags. Kent ... 3136 to 31 lts a 410 s Sussex.. 21 RN aSiss a 31 8s Essex ..21 16s a 31 5s a 31 14s Farnl►an►, second, 41 lOs to Foreign Pockets, 20s to 42: per Cwt. J.N. 1,5 Pockets. Kent 31 BsNet 31 lSs to 41 las Sussex 31 Os 31 lOs to 3; idly 14.:ssex 31 Os to 31 ius - I 4i us 51 ss—fine, 51 5s toiii Gs to — s — ratY, 242,077 i c .23 23. SLEDS. Red Clover (Foreign) Ditto English White ditto —s 60s 88s to 100 s Rye-Grass . lss 255 to 40s per qr. '.!:rnit), I',i,it. , -_, . tit Lite . .%ititiarti SetAd Brown ditto lss ot! to -zus ud Red and Green ... I tis Od to 20s Od Carraway Seeds (new) Cinque Fin sos ad to 70s Od per qr.. New Coriander do. Trefoil Ribgrass ... 3os 4is 10 54s Canary Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, 161 163 to —1 Os per 1,,,,.. sand—New Rape Seed, .1391 to 321 per Last.—gape lea. - .e 91 Os to 01 Os per thousand.--=Pares, Ss to 103 per bushel. ------, -:- = --- - NEWG.A.I E AND LEADEMIALL MAAKETS. By the Carcase. - _ Beef 8s 8d to 4s 8d Veal " 35 81.1 to 6s - 0:4 Mutton 3s BS to as 6:: 1 Pork 4s Aid to tis sa ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, JAn. 15. Hay 3l 6s Od to 41 17A Gii--Averal,-,re, 41 Is SI Straw WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. Hay 3l ISs od to 41 Ss Od-Average, 41 Ss oA Old ditto 01 Os od to 01 Os od-Average, 01 Os 33 Straw Clover 5l 10s Od to 61 10s Od-Average, 61 Os fiti RAW HIDES. - Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... Is 10d to 2s la 2s 811 to 2s I 01: Market Calf , , each .. ~ o d MiddlingS 2s 4d to '2.5 6a Eng. Horse Os Od t o o , o d SHEEP SKINS. Polled .• . Downs 42d to 56d 1 Lambs Os Od to Os OA PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 56Ihs each per lb 18d to 9.04 Ditto, 56 to Willis each 22d to 234 Dressing Hides l4lcl to 16d Flue Coach Hides 16,1 to 17,14 Crop tliecs, 35 to 401bs for cutting 15d to 17iii Ditto 45 to 501bs l7O to 204 Calf Sltins..:lo to 401hs , 18(1 to 244 Ditto 5O to 701bs 244 to 344 Ditto 7O to 1501bs Small Seals (Greenland) lB4l to 20 , 1 Large ditto Tanned Horse Hides Spanish Horse Hides 164 to 2041 PRICE OF RAW FAT, p As stated by the Tall. Melters. St. James's Market .. Os oil \Vhitechapel Market Os oil Average PRICES OF TALLOV Town Tallow 63s od —s Od Yellow Russia 58s Od —s Od White ditto .. 5Gs 041 —s Od Soap ditto.... 53s Oil Od Melting Stuff 45s Od —s Od Ditto Rough.. —s 0d.38s Od , er Stone of SIb.—JAN. As stated by the Butchers. St. James's Alaiket 14 Whitechavel Market Ss 74 Clare Market Os Od Newgate Market .... Os Od Average ... -.70 , SOAP, &c. per 1141 b. Yellow 50ap..... 3tl Mottled . Curd 986 Graves Good Dregs 99 PRICE OF CANDLES, FROM TALLOW CHANDLER'S EWA. Price of Candles, per dozen, 11 s 12s Gd per dozen allowed for ready money. COAL MARKET, JAN. 17. Ships at Maricet. Ships sold. Pricci. 64 Newcastle 2 Sunderland 0 BIRTHS. On the 15th instant, at Ciruncester, the Lady of Mr. Charles Lawrence, of a daughter. On Monday, the 17th instant, Mrs. Uredak Corbett, of a son. DIED. On Sunday Evening, Jan. 16, in Bloomsbury-square, tit's. Lyon, widow of the late Joseph Lyon, Esq. On Saturday, the 15th instant, at her house in Charlotte street, Bloomsbury, in the 65th year of her age, Mrs. B9s well, relict of the late Bruce Boswell, Esq., of Irer-k4e, • Bucks. On Sunday, the 16th instant, at his house, in Upper Lam both-Marsh, Elizabeth, the wife of Mr. Charles Field, in her 38th year, after giving birth to a daughter on flit Thai sdar previous. On Sunday morning, at Wimbledon, Mr. John Edwards, aged 80, one of the oldest inhabitants of that place. On Sunday, the 16th inst., at her house Maida-hill, in the 77th year of her age, Henrietta, widow of the late Rear- Admiral Jahleel Brenton, and mother of Sir Jahleel Brenton, Burt., and of Captain Edward Brenton, of the Royal Nary. On-Christmas Day, at Tiverton, William Gaimnins, aged 102. Ile reaped several sheaves of corn in a field belonging to fJleorgc Risme, Esq. when in his tooth y‘ar. LONDON: Printer! by.l. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. i 9, Great Ormond-street, Queen-square; and published Iry W. ~4. SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molton-street, at 'f Sus Office, No. 1;9...• Strand ; wbera AdVeffißeMtlita, Order!, Letterg, &c. (post-paid) must be alircssrd. 'gran, 'five to so be p tar: ok ci I%re In c Ad te. Lrr. \~ A t Otte ~i ~~4 'r th e inn t ic , - 1 Lti( Pe ) prr, the Pert , v tvci