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E LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Ex irectsfrom the Mornmg Papers : May 20, 1824. . • 111 is qnita e 4cLf. A l, to read, 4,4[:• accounts- (tom 134 . .,Cts.peopsAteepky, tlq they cefiect.,on the cha, rsl . otof. who ¢ ; o Ws a hmls . p.lase in the ; ad . ministration of that colony. A ii,ontipqs vviiwtot may be j.u.stly. coodemned.,7-a lofty. and overbearing despokism • spay, be disliked,, even by . w,hp are dazzied with, 4s magnificence ; ''Tstst a tyranny so, miuute, so mean, - so vitidietive., nngentlernanly, so opposite to, whatever is un skets.iciod I the word English, as is described. in ' ifieseletters, provokes a compou,nd feeliog, of tosfrtempi anddisgost, which, we repeat, it is most paieful to experience. The wrathful suppression of a literary society, composed of sixty-onegen r tiernen, who included among them the ChiefJus- Ike and all the most respectable members of the Vqlozn.j!,, lotiowed, the suypression of gr..: Greig's 440At5.4.,. 244 may, be adcluced as one among ouperous, isastan.ces of the freaks of " legitimacy" when disembarrassed. from all controul from ae p,r,es4. The publication of a, calumnious pamphlet, the matter of which had been raked up from the obsolete slander of 20 years, against a geatlernan ofhigh respectability,whohad fallen un des the displeasure of 'my LordGrosvenor,'bera use of his zeal for literature and science, is a second proof of the blessings of arbitrary power—espe. • sial t ly as the printer's name was loft out, and . thtq" my Lord's" authority vindicated—to treat . with, contempt the laws which his own wisdom • had enacted: But en attempt to seize the funds tbat bad been raised for the relief of the destitute colonists, was more than an act of tyranny. AO effort was made, as appears by the correspond ence,, ,to transfer the above. funds to certain • functionaries, who were afterwards to distribute ibein among the persons for whom they bad been lu4Kribeki„ This, however, was at once defeated ; and then, but not before, came out an suthorized declaration, that there was no want of succour in the colony, to the•amount of -more than 1,000 or I,soodollars, When, it is to be remarked, the gross ~ fund, vvhiclr had been- officially snapped .. at for the same professed purpose was no less than 107,000 dollars ! To what uses, then, would that fund have been applied, had not the design - So seize upon it been providentially frustrated 1. Lord Charles Somerset is still Governor of the Cape,-with permitted emoluments which do not fall short of 12,0001. sterling per annum. The Commissioners sent to investigate the supposed abuses of his administration have not yet report ed, although two or three years have elapied.. Is it that the offences are so multiplied, as AO have altogether overwhelmed the inquisitors ?..- But *..-every body asks the question, when is this bro. ther of the House of Beaufort to be recalled ?—• --We .'answer s within one day• after Parliament shall have been reformed. The existence, in truth, of such a Government, is enough to spread the passion for reform likeswildfire through the land. BRITISH. US.] • • Tfie Paris Papers of Tuesday are filled with t!.e continued debates in the Chamber of Depu tes on the Budget of 1826. The subject of con-, sideration on Monday was the expellees 'of the War Department, which are estimated in the ' -whole of . 195 - millions of francs. General Foy took advantage of the occasion, to make a strong • alrpeal<lto.the Chamber, on the Royal Order in December last, to place fifty of the old Generals on the retired Be: stigmatised this measure as-barshi unjust, and, impolitic, and even subver'-. sive of the honour of 'the army., On the miniver , 54 . 17 of, the _battle. of AusterlitA,,he fifty Generals. of the Army.tha-t gained it were told, that they no,lptiger were worthy of forming post. of, it,. :li e , afterwards, at gretit:ifh l ob,- . jected to the prodigality with which the public money„-was,expenfled. The increase. of the mill t• a'ry charge..was altogether above-two M. de Clermont Toucere, the Minister of War,_ replied indefence 'of his department. In coo elPitin; itie''vitidicated the measure attacked by, Gen,e,ral, Toy in the commencement of his. sllcetche Tito redoction.of the General Officers wtti 7 he said , , in fulfilment of a pledge given ; charnl;ers. The King had interfered only. to , Moderate its effect as much as pos sible..-. .The measure was equally blameless in it5...06;14,1e, in the. mode. of its execution, Ap -subsequent' period-of. the day, M. Benjamin • Collstaof, -cOmfilained of the conduct of .the -Frisicb" Government with regard ,to, the Slave, .-Troide;• !No'ieffert was made to suppress it ; nor the . petitien respecting. it.signed• 'l4.the principal,merchacts.of Paris. M. Dupon, • the Minister'of the Marine, replied, that time law oarance.;prphibited the Slave Trade, and that the Government- had:adopted•every measure cal ". epfased,t9'.qtrry,the into,execution. Ile was eto,fiiniCii-ilta-t: the : severity of time law ought not I ' o '-6,4n cre ased, because the. aggravation of the PUnishuientwoultlTcrily tend' to defeatits-ob •tH ject,:artu.. sepifg y, guilty. • Oat. the traffic was cOiltfarY tf'; 11 - t2o)ari l i t Y ; tke negroes'were _ more miserable since it had citased;.ttie, Were. now, r'llossaC.r" • by e the victors instead-Of delivered , into the hands of.the EnitTettps,..yriro:. were interested in maintaining anci,•,pteserving..; them. h e ,ivlition to .w,Nctt 13.1 Constant' had allude* proceeded , only, nfew grocers, who were incapable -of fooling, a. currect.opinion on the *ubject under consideration. Vye. rupt..ic r.E.DpEit.l - We fins!, from: the'rrerich Papers,' that the fa. moms FianStrpeon wkese, . t ame6l(l4.s9l)ro• 6- rank in- the'recent transac 'tiot,ks of the . ..Qttonlan, Hovire,, fins hem, restoxed ,tlte•full favpur of, hks,Sovereiaos—The. woidS " full faroorn• (to• net , _ adequately tlegcrilm the. hooonrs w bs 1L ha,ve JA.cel4...joat-covferrftl uppt,t.!his. noted dipfamatist, ag..see ftud.thai.h,e,has:bgetkae- Ifcted frog! the rani4 of the Russifto. notrilily for the spien t diCappoiOrneu,t,,4, Arni t iassad or, Extra. ortiinar" . osr-tise:oceasion of Aircapp.roacitiog car°, ution at Illttio”, The part. he 'acted at Con.. bkaptin - OPI4 , W-05 supPA4e4,teitilY AP gwilied a en dency tb provolta thy Porte to commit some act that would give Rnisia a pretext for hostilities, that this Fox cf had only the alternative of uphold,- tii.l4. kg a line of conduct which bad given general disgust, or of dismissing him from all his employjneute. It would now appear that his disgraee was a reluctant sacrifice on the part of the Russian Government to controulling circum stances, and the condemnation of his principles may have been also a concession to necessity.— With respect to ber designs on the Ottoman Em pke, Russia may couch, but she never sleeps ; land, whenever she sees a favourable moment for seizing her prey, to suppose that she will let it pass, would betray an utter ignorance of the cha racter of that power, at least it would be the first time that she neglected an opportunity to ex tend her dominions ; but her caution is as pro verbial as her ambition : and as she never let her prey escape, where she . could seize it, so she never lost itby her impatience. She would sooner wait for years than risk a favourite object ; and at no period of her career did she display this tnixture of caution and decision in so conspicuous a manner as she has done its the unostentatious, but eminently politic reign of her present Sove reign: Let the latter only see any circumstances arise in Europe, that should enable him to accom plish a project that has descended to him as an heir loom of his Imperial Crown; and it will be seen that be is not insensible to the duties it has devolved upon_ him. As yet England has been the chief obstacle to the designs of Russia upon the Otto man Empire ; but this obstacle has been consi derably lessened by an event that we shall al ways deplore, as the strongest instance of infa teation which has been displayed for years in this country. When the news reaches Warsaw, or any other place where the Russian Emperor should be at the time, it will cause him as much exultation as if he had received intelligence of some, signal victory. Let us not deceive our selves ; the occurrence to which we allude, will be hailed by such States as are our rivals, with the same joy as it has been received by all en lightened Enlishmen with dismay. [MORNING POST.] The business in both Houses last night was comparatively unimportant. The Bill for allow ing the importation of Canadian Corn, and the sale of warehoused Grain, was read a second time in the Peers without exciting any observa tion. The County Courts' Bill passed with little more notice through the Commons ; but notice was given by Lord A. Hamilton that he should oppose the third reading of the Bill for regulating the salaries of Scotch Judges. The most interesting discussion of the evening was on receiving the' Report of the for modifying the Qua rantine Laws. On this occasion Sir Isaac Coffin adduced fresh proofs of the contagious nature of the "Plague, and gave reasons which would be of sufficient strength to convince the most in credulous, if there was nothing_ but incredulity in the case. hle also mentioned the disadvan tages to which it exposed our commerce in foreign countries, and that part of his speech was con firmed by the statement of Lord Belgrave, who said that 4 4 our opinions on this subject had al ready reached Marseilles, Leghorn-, and other ports, and thP consequences were likely. to prove most prejudicial to our trade. At several ports the period of quarantine for English ships was extend ed, and some species of goods perished before they were brought ashore. These considerations ought not to he overlooked.". It raises, -therefore, an additional objection to the proposed alteration : fur it is clear that our trade will lose more by the restrictions to , which ft will be subjected abroad, than it will gain by their removal at home. We regret to learn that•there is a case of strong sus picion of infection from plague on board a vessel now under strict quarantine in Stangate Creek. ; The vessel in queption arrived from Alexandria only a few days ,ago. She brings suspicious hills of health, and, after full investigation of the facts before the Council, peremptory orders were, issued, that no part of the cargo should be de livered until she has performed the full term of quarantine required by law. Previous to her ar -Irival at Alexandria, this vessel had been at Suda, .• in Candia, where she had a case of confirmed .plague on board,of which the man infected died. Notviithstanding all the confident assertions of the plague not being contagious, it will require ; stronger confirmation of that doctrine than has yet been afforded, to induce the. Legislature of this country, to abrogate the salutary precau tions by which %ie !lave - been hitherto protected 'against the importation of contagion. • rMORNING HERALD.] The Earl of Darnley, last night, in the House of Lords, in correcting some misrepresentations -that had crept into the Public Journals regarding' -his presentation of Catholic Petitions, said he did so for the purpose of setting himself right, not with the view of preferring complaint. In deed, his Lordship added, he should not feel him seff justified in making any complaint ; when he recollected under what circumstances and disad "vantages notes for the reports of what took place in that House were taken, his surprise was that they were done so well and so accurately.— When it is remembered that till within the last ten years, a rrporter below, the bar was not al lowed efett,to exhibit a note-book ; that if any thing of the kind: were seen, a Messenger im mediately proceeded to him and desired him to 'put it into his pocket ; and that on Tuesday, the ll..ords, for the first time, recognized the presence of the public Press, by setting apart a space for ,their,special use (withdrawing the accommoda tion, however, on 'Wednesday); we are not with out hopes that some complete accommodation may hereafter be afforded to, the reporters from. the dif ferent Journals, in both Houses. The legal fiction of no," stratigert" being allowed to be present is wearing aiay rapidly ; but when notes of, the speeches and proceedings are allowed to be taken, without affording the ineaus of,taking them,accu rately, complaint comes with a very il! grace.— So -far to recognize the Gentlemen of education and character who -attend to report ,the debates, as to enable them to see, to. hear, and• to. take notes without being jostled amongst the crowd, iwould.leave the privileges of both Houses where they aro ; any violation, of them would make the offending parties liable to be called'to - the bar — and what more powerful safeguard could be de sired ? One thing is certain, the House can no more keep out the Press, than they can prevent the ebb and flow of the river that passes close to their walls. Why, then, not make a virtue of necessity ? Why not afford those facilities that would give then a just and decent right to com plain if the speeches were misrepresented ? Much credit is due to Lord Darnley for " breaking the ice;" but his Lordship only fol lows the public voice on this subject, and at an immense distance. [NE►W TIME!.] The Quarantine Law is to be read a third time to-day. We have all along expressed our opinion that the utmost caution is necessary in legislating on the securities against the plague. Let it be but for a moment congidered what a place Lon don must become if that deadly and awful dis temper were to be introduced into its streets ! A blow, more fatal than the whole Continent united could give to our national greatness, would be then struck in an instant. The heart spring of our commerce would be paralyzed. Our unrivalled mercantile' establishments would sud denly cease to act. The seat of Gov ernment would be deserted ; and the immense population of this vast metropolis would render the scene of deso lation too hideous to contemplate ! Mr. C. Grant, who appears to take the direction of the proposed law, is a man of two much caution and sound sense not to have consulted all the best authorities on the subject, and we collect from his statements ..that he considers the. Plague to be, undoubtedly, contagious; but the Honour: able Gentleman, we hope, will excuse us for suggesting Anti he . ought, in a matter of such vital importance to the general safety, to satisfy the mind of -the public as well as hii own ; and. it does appear rather an unaccounfi, able oversight not to• have called for the pro: duction of the unanimous Report which was made by the Royal College of Physicians:on this subject: As to the . eulogies bestoWed on Doctor Maclean, we can only say, tha, knowing of his talents or attainments beyond what appears in his petition to the House of Commons, against the Quarantine .Laws, we should be inclined to weigh his opinion very lightly against that of the College. lie says the -present system," originated in ignorant and cre dulous times,: has heen•continued without proof, and, rests upon no othet,nfoundatliini th*the as= sumptions of tbelfith and 17th centuries.!'• To any man who hai the slightest aCtjudintance with 'medical history, or has ever read the . workS of Mead or Russell, this" statement must appear as extravagant, as it certainly is novel, in Parlia mentary records. We believe, indeed, that Dr. Maclean will be found to he a man of an ardent, enthusiastic turn of mind, and an unsafe guide in a matter of such vital importance. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The Bishop of . Cliester has taken the lead all through the late proceedings respecting the Ca. tholics, and he put himself in the front of the battle on Tuesday night. His speech was de ficient in argument, but it was showy,• and it gave great satisfaction to his own party, who since have never ceased extolling it.—They are almost disp o s e d to place him on a level with Dr. Doyle, but he has neither the learning nor the logic of that eloquent champion of the native po pulation of Ireland. However, there can he no doubt that the Bishop of Chester is a great ac quisition to his party, and we may set him down as on the high road to Canterbury- It would,: in fact, he good policy. in the Aristocracy to take a hint from' the success of the promotion of Dr. Blomfield, to relax their monopoly of the rich Bishopricks, so far as to place one or two novi homines of flexible character and popular ta lents in the front of the order. The parting with a little would give greater security to the rest of the immense treasures of the Church first by the strength which talents necessarily give, and next by the effect which such a manifesta tion of liberality would have in the *way of concili ating the people to the existing state of things in the Church. A very little liberality goes a great way with the people. The selection of Dr. Magee for Dublin was not so successful a: speculation. Learning without judgment and temper will not do. His pastoral Charge set Ire land in flames from one end to the other, and his 'evidence before the House of Lords filled his own friends with dismay. We shall not at present state all that we know on this subject.—The Catholic Church has always been attentive to draw men of talents, no matter how low their origin, to the highest stations. How many of the Popes have been taken from the dif ferent Orders of Monks. Ganganelli, almost in our own times, was the son of a country physi cian, and the late Pope long filled the chair of a professor. It is bad policy to grasp at all. For a long time the higher ranks of this country de serted the Church altogether, but at last it ac 'quired such charms in their eyes, that they took every thing worth having. Even in Warburton's time, this had gone so far, that he observes in one of his Letters—" Reckon upon it that Durham goes tosorne Noble Ecclesiastic. 'Tis a morsel only for them. Our Grandees have at last found their way back into the Church ; I only wonder they have been so lone about it. But be assured that nothing but a new religious revolution to sweep away the fragments that Harry the Eighth left after banquetting his courtiers, will drive them out again." They would be fools indeed if they suffered themselves to be driven out ; hut in a country like this, abounding with rival sects, some sacrifice is necessary for the sake of popu larity. We have often wondered that Ministers did not avail themselves of the Convocation, As a means for giving influence to the Church. There might be a reason for refusing to summon it during the first two reigns of the House of Hanover, when the Clergy were gene rally Jacobites, but that reason no longer exists iIOW. If ever they became troublesome, the remedy of it dissolution could be resorted to: Such an assembly would afford them a certain . means of • knowing the men who might be of service to them in the Upper House. A t present they are obliged to promote now and then at a venture, so that a Benefice is some times given to a man from whom they cannot derive much benefit. What an advantage to them it would be, after calculating the per. tentage of talent necessary to give lustre to the establishment, to be able to obtain it at once without any alloy, and thus be enabled to dispose satisfactorily of the rest, to per sons of rank and interest. We do not say that we have any desire to see a Convocation ; nor do we think that the History of. Convocations is calculated to inspire the friends of civil liberty with a wish for them. But as Government seems to be now conducted on a principle of subser viency to the Church, as the better part of the State, to the supposed importance of which the third of the population of the empire must be sacrificed, we only wonder that the advantages of a Convocation have not suggested themselves to those whom it more especially concerns. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. APPREHENSION or 'nE REV. A. C. MUMMERY. LAstierrla•STßEET.—About ten days since communica tion was made to the Magistrates of this office, that an indi vidual who had committed an extensive felony at the house of a gentleman named Hill, at North Shields, where he had been an inmate in the family for some time, and with the stolen pro perty was on his passage to London, on board the Charlotte, Captain Clustard, belonging to the port of Shields, and re questing their Worships would cause him to be arrested before he reached the shore. In consequence of this -communication, Mr. Miller, the chief constable of this establishment, was dispatched to Gravesend, with instructions to board the Char lotte as soon as she arrived there, and should he find the person. who stood accused, to take him into immediate custody. Mil ler remained at Gravesend two days before the vessel came into port, and, on going upon deck, the Captain piped all hands, and.both the crew and the passengers were mustered; and amongst the latter they discovered an individual, whose gentlemanly appearance and serious manner indicated nothing of guilt, and • was such as to remove all suspicion in the officer's mind of his • being the fugitifm Miller, however, proceeded to overhaul the luggage of the persons on board . ; and in the trunk belonging to, the unsuspected man he found a quantity of plate, the marks engraved thereon correspond ing with those stolen, besides other property ; the owner of the trunk was thereupon arrested, and brought to London before the Magistrates, to account for the possession of the plate, &c. On being placed at the bar, he stated his name to be William. Toynor, and that ha *as a surgeon by profession. The Magistrates however, were very confident he was not the person he klescrilied himself to be, on account of a qbantity of manriscripts on theological subjects, as well as other emblems of a sacred name, being found in the trunksewhich induced them to belieVe that he was of a more religious calling. than that of a surgeon. However, he persisted in his statement, and the ac count he gave of the possession of the spoons was so unsatisfac tory, anal not even knowing the initials engraved on them, though he declared he had had them in his custody 18 . months, that the Magistretes remanded him to prison for a week, and in the mean time information of his arrest was dispatched to the Magistrate at Shields, riciviaing him of the apprehension of the accused ; and on Wednescley evening a constable named Win. _Adamson arrived in town, with the warrant signed by Messrs. Wright and Elderton, the Magistrates at the port of Shields, in which the prisoner, who was therein described as the Rev. Abraham Charles Mummery, was charged with felony, and au thorising his immediate removal_ to that place. Yesterday the prisoner was brought up for further examina tion, before the Rev.• Mr. MATTHIAS, and JOHN HARD wicx I:, Esq. The accused, who is of law stature, is of a very dark complexion, and about 34 years of Age; he was very .genteelly dressed, and hiS demeanour is thatof a gentleman.— On being placed at the bar, he seemed fully sensible of the dreadful appearance of things; and during the investigation he was at times - much agitated, and wept bitterly. He ad mitted that he was the wretched being delicribed in the warrant, and that he was a minister of the Established Church, and a member of the University of Cambridge. The constable stated that the: prisoner, about 3 weeks ago, came to North Shields, where he went by the name of George Miller, and represented himself as the chief clerk to the secre tary of his Majesty's Commissioners of Customs in London, and that he was sent there for the purpose.ofwatiching a vessel sup posed to have a lading of contraband goeds. In this character he engaged a lodging at the house of Mrs. Hill, with whom his story was credited; and such was her 'confidence in him, that she frequently went from home and left him in charge. of. the house; and on one of these occasions, whilst she went to visit her husband, who was then at Newcastle fur the benefit of his health, the prisoner sent for a locksmith, who resides at a great distance, who picked the locks of a chest of drawers, stating that his wife had gone . from home, andathat he wanted a document of an .important nature. Having succeeded in getting. the drawers open, he stripped them of all they contained, and with the whole of the family's wardrobe, together with all the plate; all of which property he removed without detection, and went as passenier on board the Charlotte, but, fortunately, he had overlooked an old te a - ca ddy, i n w hi c h was deposited about 800 e The constable further stated that there were several other charges of felony to be preferred against him by the publicans in Sun derland, where he had pledged the stolen property, and where he had been living for some time, and, he understood, had occa sionally officiated for the Rev. Mr. Collison, the Rector of Get sell, fn. the county of Durham. The prisoner listened with the most profound _attention- to the constable's statement. . The: AGISTRATt (Mr. Hardwieke).addiessed . the•prisoner, and said, that be regretted exceedingly to see a person of his apparent respectability, and his sacred calling—and from what he saw of his writings, he was a man of undoubted talent— placed in such a disgraceful situation. Ile had heard the charge alleged against him, of which there - could - be.little doubt, as part of the property had been found in his possession ; there fore all that remained with him to do, was to hand - him over to the constable, to be removed to the place where the offence was committed, iere to take his trial. The prisoner confessed his guilt to the fullest extent, and said he was led from the paths of virtue and truth, as well as to the commission of the - felony, in consequence of an illicit amour. Ile intreated the Magistrate, if it Was commensurate with the ends 'of justice, to have him' - tried in London for the offence he had committed, as he conceived that the officer who found the goods upon him would be a sufficient witness to con vict him ; and spare at least the feelings 'of many valued friends in that part of the country before. whom he had appear ed in so different a character. It would be also injuring the cause of religion and virtue. Mr. HARDWICKE said, that if he granted the request, it would be attended with considerable inconvenience, as it would be bringing witnesses from a very distant part, and a great ex pence . to the country. The prisoner pulled out a purse, which seemed to contain plenty of sovereigns, and said he would defray the expences himself of the witnesses. 111 r. lIARDWICKE, on further consideration, refused to com ply with the request, inasmuch as the finding the property on the prisoner only had reference to a minor offence, and for that only could he be tried in the county where it was found, and the warrant charged him with a capital offence of stealing in a dwelling-house : therefore he must be sent there fur trial. THECI - lARGEOF BIGAMY, MA nit t. EsONE-OslyicE.—Yesterday Mr. SediJ . y was again brought before Mr. RAWLINSON, in consequence of an ex press, wish • of the prosecuting party that the commits' of the accused might take place as expeditious as possible. He, on being brought from the House of Correetion was not locked up in the cellswith other primoners, butwiat - allowed to sit in the outer office, under the care of Godfrey the jailer. He amused himself with reading a novel, and conversing with a gentleman of hi's acquaintance, until su mm o n e d in t o the Magisterial pre sence for examination. The officers were about placing him at the bar, when 21r. llawarmsorr observed, that that course was unneces sary in this case, as he would make sonic dikinction. ' Mr. Sedley bowed, and took up apositiori close to thecleik's desk, at which his second wile was sitting. - - Mr. RAwfaxsore,then addressing -him, said—Sir, I have had the deposition o f thi s l a dy taken in order to spare her feel. ings and yours by its detail before you ; but the clerk will read . it over; and•any question you may wish. -to- propose shall be put by me in such a way as not to injure your case. . • Mr. Sedley thanked the worthy Magistrate, and observed that he was promised, and we understood hint to say, had en , gaged the professional attendance of Mr. Harmer, whoM he did not see present. - Mr. Itawunson . said, that in the present stage of the case, Mr. Ilariner's profesaiotal skill could avail him but little; that could be rendered available before an higher tribunal ; but he might be -sati,ried his case should be fairly watched. The depositior. of Mary Ann Palmer was then read, stating, towards the•terminatlon of the year MI6, she became acquaint ed with the prisoner, and that on the stth of December of that year she wastnarried to him by licence, at the church of Saint Peter, Hereford ; there being present a gentleman of the name of Griffith, and a female of the name of Honor . Xing. Tht deponent also saith, shelived as his lawful wife With him since, never until a very few days since being acquainted of his first marriage, or that his first wife was living. She also described her residence to be Clarendon-square, Somers-town. The lady, during the reading of this deposition, seemed v e r ycomposed, composed, but at its co n c l us i on e n d eavoure d to hide her ael ings with her handkerchief. She then signed it, and everted her glance from the prisoner, who was looking steadily at her. Mr. Mallett, Chief Clerk, read the form of recognizance, and the lady was bound in the penalty of 401. to attend at Cletken well and prefer a bill of indictment, to give evidence, and to prosecute that bill in the Old Bailey against the prisoner, for the crime of bigamy. She appeared to enter into the recogni zance very willingly. Mr. Itawnin son here addressed the prisoner, and said the case was not yet complete, in consequence of the absence of the first wife's mother, and it would be necessary to remand him for another examination, to procure her attendance. Mr. Sedley (who possessed the very unusual feeling of anxiety ' to have the case fully proved against him) said, " I hope, you will not have me confined in prison until next Sessions." Mr. RAWLINSON assured him it would give him pain to cause any man to be imprisoned for an unnecessary period before his trial, but he considered that by remanding him until Satur day, the witness could be brought forward in the interim, and the case speedily decided. Mr. Sedley.—That, Sir, is my wish ; but I rather imagine this woman (my first wife) will compel her mother to keep away, lest she should lose, by my conviction and its attendant consequences, the allowance for her maintenance which you were pleased to award yesterday. Mr. Rawetiesoie explained to him, that the first' Wife, in point of law, was not the aggrieved party : the ottani was solely against the second wife ; and whatever event might arise upon this prosecution, still the female whom he Erst married had the claims of a wife upon him. Mr. Sedley—Good God ! Sir, what,arn I to do ? Mine is an unfortunate case. I have detected this woman in adultery, and am I not to be absolved from the engagement I have thus formed ? Her mother, Sir, acted as a—, and wss aware of her intimacy with other men. Mr. RAWLINSON 'thought, that' by a propet iepris:entatiori of his case at the Old Bailey, it might produce a mitigation of . punishment. -He was then removed, and the Magistrate assur ed him every possible accommodation should be rendered him in prison ; and in order to meet his wishes an officer was she patched to Portland-street, Walworth, where the first wife', mother lives, with peremptory orders to bring her to the office. But shortly after the officer's departure on this errand, Mrs. Wil. son arrived, and her deposition wa s t a k en , prov i ng t h at on t h e 2A June 1811, she liyed in Leigh-place, Blackfriars-road, and on that day the prisoner came to her house and went to Lam beth Church, wher e h e marr i e d h er daughter, and from the church went to a house in Garden-place, Lambeth, where they spent the day : her daughter gave her the marriage certificate-, which unfortunately h a d 'been lost. The next day they went to Portsmouth, where he had a situation in a medical capacity ; they lived together four years as man and wife. . Mrs. Wilson being bound over the case was complete, and he was fully committed, a nd i mme di ate l y remove d to Newgate. The first wife seemed very much distressed in mind. tie re tained his composure, and never looked at her. COMBINATION AMONG THE SHOEMAKERS. G trinmear.n.-eJaniet Barnes, a journeyman ladiee'shoe maker, was brought before-Mr. Alderman ANSLEY yesterday, upon the charge of Messrs. J. and H. Gamble, of 53, Fish street-hill, wholesale shde:manufacturers. Mr.dienry,Gamble stated the case. He had, he said, about two hilndred persons constantly in his employ, who were all perfectly.eatietied.tvith the wages. he gave, earning from twenty five to thirty shihings a week, and he could not, therefore, see; without concern, that; a: body ; terming itself a Com mittee, should step in between,him and his work people, anti stir up discord; by dictating both to him and to them what abould be the remun era ti on f or t h e i r labour. Surely that was a question only between himself and 'thase lie em ployed. There was a strike among the journeymen, and about a dozen or twenty masters resisted the demanded increase of 24 a pair on the charge for making a pabe Of ladies' shoes. 'to prove the case against the risoner, Mr. G a mbl e ca ll e d Jelin. Clarke; who stated, that hit master having espied- yes terday morning that some man was giving away hand-bills to all the workpeople as they kit the pteraiSes; sent him after' one of them to get a copy from him, which he new proeluced, and proved to be an address; issued pursuant to a resolation 'at a general meeting held at.the George, East lirding-stteet to be circulated among "- The Women 'a Men," who do not belong to the.City..TratieSociety. The only witness called was one John Hudson, who stated, that he was in the employ of Mr. Gamble, ' and had heiird nothing of the strike till that morning, when, a 3 soorYwi, ho.baci quitted the shop; the prisoner delivered to him is entry . of tEa address, and in a few words pressed him to join the society.— His - master did not give the fall wages, but lie had work all the winter, as well as summer, and was perfectly - satisfied. . • The prisoner said; he had not obstructed, nor threatened. any body. He was in the employ of _Mr.. Mena, of. Skinner street, and when he worked hard could earn but 15s. a.week. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY deeply lamented these eornbina dons among labourers to advance their wages just at this mo mert. Ministers had been doing all they - could to enablV 'der merchants to send goods abroad at a . cheaper; price, and tile journeymen, by now raising the cost of mandacture, just ren dered nugatory all the a id s : G overnment had afforded. As, however, the prisoner was anxious to have legal . assistance., and the presence of a second Magistrate would be eiecessaiy t) convict him, the Worthy Alderman remanded him. ALTERATION IN THE NORTFIERN MAILS.-; , --4315 Friday last the projected acceleration of the Mail to Edinburgh took place, and two coaches now run daily through Newcastle for the two capitals. The prescribed time for the direct mai! from London to Edinburgh is .48 hours ; but it acCouiplialied the first journey in about 45 hours. MARRIAGL ExTitAonims:AnY.—At Stokesley, in Yorkshir e , on the 24th ult. were married a di m i nu ti ve y o uth aged only sixteen to a strapping dame Of the age of fifty-five.. The happy pair belonged to a factory ; and on this occasion all business was at a stand. The town band preceded:the-nuPti'l procession to the sacked fane, playing, Conic haste to 0. , ' Wedding," and other appropriate airs. After the indissoluble knot had been, tied, the. " happy, happy, happy" p a i r w ere borne in triumph, in chairs, round the town, : preceded the musicians, and followed by a concourse of speetators any guests. The ludicrousness of the s ce n e wa s greatly heightened by the bridegroom, who is of a very diminutive stature, - heing publicly shaved by the celebrated tonsor of the place, w i th gigantic razor, 30 inches long ! Rustic festiVities'followect, and mirth and humour drew the curtains of evening civeithe hila rities of the day. • A Couil Martial was held on Friday, on board the Genoa, 74, in . Minimize, on Mr. W. Turner,• late purser of the Harlequin, when he was adjudged to be dititnissed his Ma jegty's service. A very e xtensive coinage has taken place for export to the English ColonieS, to supersede the dollars 6. 7 '4 Other circulating mediuni in all the English pc4iessi4ni. Z hi; measure will facilitate the exchange of all articles; and greatlf promote commerce. A melancholy circumstance took place vestal . ' day, at No. 3, Elizabeth-place, Queen-atreet„ t Lady, about thirty y ears 0 1d, w h o too k , apartments, a ..11('r! time back in the above house, waa yesterday taken veil - 1 '; Medical assistance was, procured, w h en , it was di scov ele' she was then. in premature labour; other medicial gentle were then called in, but all their skill proved:inefiectnal. an about one o'clock she expired. The ntoat,singular part of th e case is, that no clue can be found . by whjqh to acquaint per friends, Who evidently are respectable neither, is her line u ' marked. She seemed to have b een well supplied with alone! , and every necessary for her situation. • BIRTH.. • . . • On the lilth inst., qt York-terrace ' Regent's-park, -the lc' l6 of John Conyers Huds on , Esq.,,of e daughter. , - MARRIED. Yesterday, at St. Mary's, Larnbeth, Mr. Joseph Batt off Lewis, of MarlborO ug h-pl ace , to Elizabeth,, eldest'daughto ° John Jones Holman, Esq., of Prince's-placp, Kennington. On the 19th inst., a t St. M ar yl e b o n e. Church, Mr. Sarnia° 1 Bentley, of Ely-place, to' Miss Jenkini, , of Devonshire-stie et9 Port!alit] -place. On the lath inst.,.at St. Stephen's, Mr. Thonl B4 SirnsOn, of Rotherhithe, to Mi ss H a r r ie t S t e p h enson , of the same place. DIED. On the 18th inst., at his house at Stockwell, Isaac Coof er ' Esq., in his 66th year. On Wednesday last, at the house Olds uncle, Joseph . ,;g er. Esq., Felstead, Essex, in, the 20th . Year of his age, pato - youngest son of Mr. John Kincaid, of Spiral-square. On the 13th inst., Ann, wit:4 of Ibir,,George Walker. o f t ic , Grange-road , and daughter of the late Mr: %V. Ruston, of rec ham, Surrey. ----- Printed and Published for . the' riti iquvrofic, at the OF (ICE, No. 112; Strand, bf.k.' B. CARiTAIBS