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THE LONDON JOUItNALS. DAILY txtractsfrom the Morning Papers, Feb.l7, 1825. [MORNING POST.I French Papers to the 15th instant, with the Elude of Tuesday, reached us last night by ex press. They contain intelligence from Madrid 10 the 4th, which is of some importance. It ap pears that the King of Spain was so dangerously ill that prayers had been put up in all the Churches for his recovery, and the Holy Sacra ment exposed during the service. The cause of his illness is said to have been a violent fit of pas sion luto which he had fallen during a Council of State on public affairs, probably our recognition of South American independence. He is report ed to have deplored " the sad fate which had placed him at the head of the Government," and thus to have once in his life entered into a com munity of feeling with his people. He complained of never having been properly seconded by his :Ministers, though he had selected them from the individuals whom he thought most attached to his person. Ile declared that every body de ceived him, and that he was not without uneasi ness for his own safety and that of his family. lluch alarm, if that word may be applied to the feeling with which the anticipation of the decease tot' such a man as Ferdinand must be viewed by his subjects, had been experienced during the three last days, as the gout seemed disposed to fly to the stomach ; but the exertions of the Physicians, or those of Nature, had at last arrested its progress.—lt appears that an evil spirit continues to actuate the Royal Vo lunteers in various parts of the country. At Corunna they had been disarmed by the French, and even the Spanish troops of the line had been sent out of that city to prevent open quarrels with its garrison. Both operations bad been carried into effect much to the satis faction of the inhabitants, and without any re sistance on the part of the volunteers or the troops, though their discontent was visible arid their hatred of foreigners ill disguised. Troubles of a serious nature are said to have occurred at Grenada, where the military having been called to repress the populace who wished to break up by force a Constitutional Club, they had on the contrary joined the offenders in open defiance to the Authorities. A courier had in consequence been sent by General Quesada to the Govern ment to inform it of the necessity of immediate assistance. [THE TIMES.] The debates on Mr. Goulburn'S motion, after three adjournments, and four nights of protracted discussion, terminated yesterday morning in a di vision of 278 for Ministers, and 123 against them, leaving, as to numbers a large majority in favour of the introduction of this new penal measure. The general grounds on which the motion might be supported or resisted, as well as a wide range of collateral subjects more or less closely con nected with it, were pretty well exhausted before the debate of Tuesday evening began. The in terest, however, excited in the coarse of that evening was far more intense and animated than any which had sprung up in earlier stages of the discussion, due exception being made on behalf of the display by Messrs. Plunkett and Tierney on-Friday last. This arose as well from the per sonal nature of-the topics selected by Mr. Canning, as from the general ability of his speech, and from those powerful appeals to the sense and feeling of Parliament, which were put forth by Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. Brougham. It would be difficult to describe the merit or the effect of the speech of the Member for Westminster by the most faithful report, or the most discrimi nating comment. Its leading character was con stitutional spirit : its incidents and ornaments were singleness of purpose, ardeur of conviction, gentlemanly candour towards those whom he opposed, and an energy of expression that went straight home to the minds of all his hearers.— This was the proper and becoming discourse of an independent senator and an honest English man.—Of Mr. Brougham's speech we shall notice one passage ouly ; and it is one which Ministers will hardly thank us for recalling to the attention of their friends or enemies. Mr. Canning stated, ac every body knows, that it was impossible to carry the Catholic question against the prepos sessions of the people. Now mark Mr. Brougham's reply, for it is a sharp rebuke to Mr. Canning's argument, so far as the Right Hon. Gentleman meant that observation as an excuse for some of his colleagues ; though we admit with pleasure that in one respect it casts no reproach upon the conduct of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Even," says Mr. Brougham—" even suppose " the country was against them, should that " dishearten Ministers ? Why not set them " selves against the current, and endeavour to " allay it ? Did they always act in such fear " and terror of public opinion ? What was the cc opini on o f the public in 1820, when that " most infamous and disgraceful measure—the " trial of the Queen—was brought forward ? 44 What were the feelings of the country when " she was subjected to so shameful a persecti " tion ? Ministers felt no reluctance to con " front those feelings, to beard public opinion, to oppose themselves to the wishes of the whole population. The clergy, the army, the " country gentlemen, were averse to it. There 44 were all these great interests in battle array " against the wish of a single mind ; and yet Mi " sisters never made a pause in their disgra4e c; ful an d di sg usting - course. Were there any 4; grea t reas ons of stale to enforce it ? No ; hut " there was oro person who held in his hand g "- the issues of otllcial life; and to ratify a Royal " and excusable cipriCe—excusable in the indi ct vidua, but not in those who yielded to it—to f:I 'Phis, we re lves slaves e his prepossessions they made th wsith unhesitating baseness." Peat, is fatal to Mr. Canning's defence of the Cabinet, though the Right lam a , Honourable Gen partook not in their scandalous treatment of the Q ueen. Again, for the Foreign Secretary himself, a n d the sacrifice which he represent a ti on of Oxfomade of the d eman n cipatio. r to his zea 1 for Catholic We should like to know What Nobleman at this moment is Chancellor of the University of Oxford ? Lord Grenville must be the reply ;—and yet Lord Grenville was known to all the world to be a friend to emancipation, as warm and conscientious as the Right Hon. .Gentleman. If , then his sentiments on that ques _ _ . tion threw NI r. , Canning out.of the representation, why was Lord Grenville elected Chancellor of that learned and Protestant body—elected, too, in opposition to Lord Eldon, the champion of the Orange cause ? No, no—there must have been something over and above their politics in the characters of the chosen lord, and of the rejected commoner, to affect the pretensions of each in a manner so strikingly different. This was no sa crifice to principle. [NEW TIMES.] The numbers on the divisioliof Tuesday night, or rather of yesterday morning, speak volumes as to the sentiments of Englishmen on the Catholic Association. It is not quite four years since Mr. Plunket moved for the appointment of a Com mittee " to consider of the laws affecting Roman Catholics." That motion was supported by 253 votes, and was carried by a majority of 6 in 'avour of the Catholics. Mr. Goulburn's motion for leave to bring in his Bill was supported by 278 votes, and was carried by a majority of 155 against the Catholic Association. Here, then, is a marked and striking distinction between the Catholics and the Catholic Association. It is the same House of Commons (with a very few changes) which furnishes both majorities. It is the same house which, in 1821, evinced towards a numerous body of his Majesty's subjects the most conciliatory sentiments,and in the year 1825 stamps a factious and dangerous assemblage with its severe reprobation. And this latter senti ment, at least, is in full accordance with the judgment of the whole people of England. This affords a complete justification to those Members of the Cabinet who deem the claims of the Catholics founded in justice, and yet resist the manner in which those claims are sought to be enforced by the Association. ‘Vould it be constitutional for a Minister to oppose an immense majority of the House of Commons, hacked by a still greater majority of the people ? Would it be rational in any Ali nicter to allow a factious body to dragoon the Government into a measure which he even deem ed abstractly right ? So much for the general question as applicable to Mr. Canning and seve ral of his colleagues ; but the speech of the Right Honourable Secretary derives a peculiar value as an historical record, from the com plete and unanswerable justification which it contains of his own personal conduct on the Catholic Question. Having formed, to gether with his early friends, Mr. Pitt and Lord Wellesley, an opinion favourable to the Catholic Claims, he has acted up to that opinion through out his political life. He has ►made sacrifices to it of no common magnitude. In the year 1812, that glorious year when the tide first turned de cidt•dly against the Spoiler of Europe, and when, as Mr. Canning emphatically says, he would have given ten years of life for two of office—at that critical and alluring period he refused office to adhere to principle. But Mr. Canning is not only a politician, he is a literary man. We re member him at Oxford as distinguished in that sphere as he now is in the sphere of polical ac tion. He declares it to I►ave been his earliest ambi- Hon to represent that University in Parliament ; yet knowingly and voluntarily did he abandon the gratification of that deep rooted desire, that he might adhere to his principles on the Catholic Question.—This part of Mr. Canning's speech is the more worthy of remark, because so far from being addressed in terms of flattery to the Ca tholics, to conciliate their favour, it is accompa nied with the distinct avowal that he knows him self to be unpopular with them, and unpopular because he does not and will not act on their suggestions, or with an exclusive view to their interests. Ile adds, moreover, some str.eng re marks on the improper temper with which they have often urged their claims, on the improper spirit in which they have received legislative belie fits,and on the want of gratitude which they have evinced to their tried and faithful friends. These reproaches are but too well deserved by the Ca tholics as a body ; yet it would be unjust not to add, that there are, especially among Catho lics of the higher ranks in England, many ho nourable exceptions from this censure. There are in the class to which we allude individuals of unimpeachable loyalty and attachment to the Constitution—men fully sensible of the gratitude they owe to his late and - present Majesty—to the Legislature—and to the individuals who..have advocated their cause in and out of Parliament. Our deep regret has been to see that the influ ence of such persons among the Catholic Body has of late been obscured—it has been weighed down by the violence of the Leaders of the Ca- tholic Association. When that factious and per• nicious Body is dissolved, we may hope that the Catholics wilt once more submit to prudent di rection, anti trust the success of their Claims to the effect of " cool, dispassionate disscussion in the two Houses . of Parliament." [MORNING lIERALD: 3 The unfortunate subject whicr, has hitherto occupied so much of the attention of Parliament, will not, we trust, prevent the Chancellor of the Exchequer from bringing forward his plao of Finance for the year on the day which he had named for that purpose, viz. the '2sth inst., as it is extremely desirable that a measuse of such ge neral importance should be made known as early as possible. A pretty general expectation, we believe, prevails, that the whole, or greater part, of the Assessed Taxes will he remitted, and that a considerable diminution will take place in the duties on Foreign Wine. The lat ter trade is said to be in almost a state of stagnation, in consequence of the uncertainty which prevails upon the subject. Of course, no one purchase wine subject to a high duty, while there is a prcibability that in a month or two that duty will be taken off. It is much the same with persons who are forming or altering their establishments ; a s well as the many land lies who Are ready to rettan from abroad in the event of the Assesed Taxes being reduced. It is, therefore, highly desirable that as little time as possible should be lost in making known to the public what it is that they are to expect. It is quite obvious that the indirect taxes are those which flourish the most, are the most readily paid, and are the least felt. The man who will grumble all the year round at the tax upon his house and windows, and who views the un fortunate collector of it in no better light than a thief,will pay twice as much to G overnment i n articles of luxury and comfort without complain ing. There are, besides, a class of people to whom every favour should be shown, but on whom the Assessed Taxes press with great and unavoidable severity —we mean perlons who have large families, and such as are compelled to be housekeepers, and to keep up a certain ap pearance in life, however ill able they may be to maintain it. Of the Wine Duties we are anxious to see a reduction from a conviction that it would produce rather an increase than a diminution of the revenue, and that the increased consumption of Foreign Wines would open new channels in return for our trade and manufactures. We dare say that there are other heads of taxation which will be pressed upon Parliament for relief ; but none, we think, with Such strong claims as these. At all events, the sooner public expectation is set at rest the better, as uncertainty is a serious loss to the revenue as well as inconvenience to individuals. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] In the interval between the first and second act of the great Catholic Association Drama or Tragi-comedy, we may advert to a minor circum stance, which, some how or other, found its way into it, but which we could not before notice. We allude to the notice taken by 1)r. Lushington of a puklication of a particular description, well known now in all parts of this metropolis—the Memoirs of Harriette Wilson. " What (said the Hon. and Learned Gentleman), if it should appear from the recorded proceedings of the University Club, that two such entries as he should state were inserted—' The Memoirs of Harriette Wil son—ordered ;'—' A Plain Bible, rejected.'- 14 hat were the prominent features in the Me moirs he did not pretend to know, but, from what he understood, they very particularly con cerned many Noble Lords, and many Honour able Members in that House. They were the Memoirs, it is said, of" a Lady of Pleasure." We were glad to learn from Mr. W. Bankes, the Member for the University of Cambridge, that the Club had had virtue enough to withstand the temptation, and that the Memoirs had not been ordered," though it had, no doubt, been often inquired for." The Hon. Member did not, we suppose, deem it advisable to advert to the order for the rejection of the Bible, which, we imagine, as the members are mostly Clergymen, originated in a wish to avoid any thing like the shop, to use a familar expression. With respect to the Memoirs, our contemporary of The New Times, let us in some measure into the secret of what was going on at the University Club in his number for Monday last—" Chancing (he says) to pass the publisher's shop on Saturday even ing, we saw with dismay the number of persons that were purchasing obscenity ! Among them were several whom we remembered to have seen as servants at the neighbouring Club Houses." Our contemporary adds, " We know that the work has been sent to the Continent, and trans lations will soon appear in French and German ; so that many an eminent name will be shown up,' as the phrase is, throughout the Empire."— Shewn up ! Where are we ? In England ? It cannot be a spewing up ; for are we not the most moral people in Europe ? Yet, if we are to be lieve this calumniator, there is hardly an illus trious or exalted name in this country who has not worshipped at her shrine. [THE PUBLIC LEDGER.] The fate of Peru is decided at length in fa vour of her legitimate ruler; and a new era of justice and happiness has opened upon that coun try. This important intelligence is contained in the Madrid Gazette of the Bth instant, under the form of a Gratulatory Address from Count los Andes,tilias General la Serna, Vice roy of his Catholic Majesty. In this docu ment the Count congratulates his victorious Sove reign on the entire restoration of his legitimate authority. It is true, that the Address is dated as far back as March ; but months are only dots in the volume of immorality, which is to register the triumps of this great Monarch. It is also true, that Bolivar has since then torn down the sacred ensigns of legitimacy, and planted in their place the accursed emblems of popular re sistance. As the career of usurpation, however, is short, we suppose that the Madrid Gazette, for the purpose of adding its weight to this maxim, has published the present Address ; and therefore it is to be considered as a prediction, and not as a real statement of facts. This conquering in anticipation, though it does not produce solid results, has the advantage of offering some solace under the pressure of actual reverses ; and it will be seen, from the extracts we have made from the Buenos Ayros Papers, which arrived yesterday, that Ferdinand stood in need of the consolation which visionary triumphs afford, when he published the gratulatory Address of his Vicegerent. These Papers represent the Spanish Cause in Peru as utterly desperate, and its defenders shamefully disunited, at a moment when the greatest energy and concord could only protract, hut not wholly avert their ruin.Whilstßolivar,with the main body • of. his troops, was acting with his usual vigour and good fortune against La Serna and Canterac,. another divison of his troops had appeared before • the gates of Lima ; and the resistance they had to expect, might be ascertained from the fact that a small detachment of them had actually en nt molestation. e l e d s t t a h t ; i t n t city without meeting with the slightest Pa triots is On such light and delis to enough for our plain appetites : whilst the Spanish 11.Ionach may regale himself good lliissubstantial success of the. trophies. We observe from the French Papers, which have furnished us with extracts from , T he viands as artificial Marfrid Gazette, that some of the subordinate malefactors and minor depredators hi the late ini quitous attack on the Spanish Nation, are to be proceeded against by law, on the charge of scan dalous peculation. This, however, is a mere mockery of Justice as long as the principal cri minals are at large. [BRITISH PRESS.] 'We had not space yesterday even to publish the official report to the King of France, respect ing the contracts of M. Ouvrard, who, during the Dauphin's campaign in the Peninsula, found means to provide the French army, though at no very reasonable prices, with those sup plies of provisions which the regular Commis sariat were, or pretended to be, unable to ob tain. Our correspondent mentioned some time ago that the report of the commission would im plicate several persons standing high as Military Intendants in that campaign, and that an attempt had been made to procure the suppression of the Report, by representing to the Dauphin that it would involve in public disgrace some of those who most largely shared his confidence. His Royal Highness, it may be remembered, declared that he would not interfere. "if my confidence has been betrayed," said the Dauphin, " I am sorry for those who have abused it ; but I can not prevent the truth from being made known, nor hinder the Commission from discharging the duty confided to it." The King, it now ap pears, has been governed by sentiments equally honourable and praiseworthy. The Minister of 'ar prays that justice may be done, and' his Most Christian Majesty answers, by re ferring the Report to the Department of Jus tice, " to cause the laws of the kingdom to be executed." M. Ouvrard was arrested a few weeks ago for debt, and after an ineffectual at tempt to obtain his release, committed to the pri son of St. Pelagie. In the Etoile of Tuesday, it is stated, that against Ouvrard, Rol lac, and some others, inculpated in the fraudulent transactions of 1823, on Saturday last, a suit was commenced by the French Government. Ouvrard has been examined, and the seal put upon all his papers. TRIM. FOR DUELLING. The trial of JOHN JAMES AMORY, Esq. who shot the late GEORGE FORBES, Esq. in a duel at St. Kitt's, on the 3d ult., took Place on the 17th. 111 r. FORBES and Mr. AMORY were (as is generally the case) on terms of the closest intimacy. The latter entertaining an affection for a Lady in the neighbouring Island of Nevis, confidentially disclosed it to his friend. Unfortunately the deceased, some time after, imbibed a similar feeling for the same lady, made a like confidential disclosure. It was then agreed between them, that neither should take any steps to ob tain the lady's approbation, without communicating his inten tion to the other. Mr. A. designing to visit Nevis to declare himself, and ascertain the sentiments of the lady, asked the deceased to accompany him, which he declined ; and being asked again on the same morning whether he intended going, he replied, " No, I don't think I shall."—Mr. A. was shortly afterwards informed that his friend was gone to Nevis, and in a few hours received the following letter : "MY DEAR A 31011 Y—I pledged myself to take no step in the attainment of the object we both have in view, without ap prising you so far of the same, as to give you a fair advantage in the pursuit. I have every reason to apprehend, from cir cumstances that have recently come to my knowledge, that there is a doubt entertained of the sincerity of my attentions, in a quarter, where I am most anxious it should be otherwise con. sidered. 'Tis, consequently, an act of justice to my own feel. ings, and due to : the lady, to remove any unfavourable impres sion of this nature without delay. " I have hitherto acted undisguisedly and generously towards you, in a transaction in which, unfortunately, we are most truly and deeply interested. I.think lam not swerving from the same line of conduct, in adopting the earliest means in my power to effect the view mentioned. I shall go no farther ; and if, after I am known to be serious, you are elected on the occa sion, I cannot feel myself deeply disappointed. Whatever our fate may be, respectively, you ma y a l ways ca l culate upon the sincere friendship of, " Your's, very truly, GEO. FORBES." Conceiving that this conduct Was ungenerous, when he met the deceased ( who had returned) on the 2d November, he passed hi m without notice ; remarking afterwards that he had cut Mr. F.'s acquaintance, it was communicated to that Gentle man, when some expressions fell from him which produced the following : " " Nov. 2, 1824. SIR-By the tenour of your letter addressed to me on Sa turday last, I discover that you have committed a breach of promise, in consequence of which I can no longer be upon terms with an individual who has acted so unlike a Gentleman. " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, " JOHN JAMES AMORY." This occasioned a message from Mr. F. whose untimely end was the melancholy result. Several gentlemen of the highest respectability gave evidence as to the honourable manner in which Mr. AMORY had acted throughout the unfortunate business, the conciliating dispo sition he evinced, and the fair and honourable conduct observ ed towards the deceased ; and the Jury returned a verdict of—. Not Guilty. LONDON SESSIONS, F EB. 16. RECORDFR'S H The Grand and Petit Juries having been sworn, the RE CORDER addressed the former at considerable length. He was happy to' congratulate the Gentlemen of the Grand Jury that the calendar of prisoners was much lighter than it had been at corresponding Sessions in preceding years, nor were any of the offences marked with any extraordinary degree of moral turpitude. There was, however, a case of manslaughter, which would claim their particular attention, and it was pro bable, that in the case to which he alluded, a bill for murder would also be preferred against the accused. It would therefore be their province to find either one or the other of the bills or both, should they think proper, on the evidence which would be laid before them. The Recorder was extremely sorry to observe, that that part of the calendar which related to the• county contained no less number than rive cases of manslaughter, which were alleged to have been committed during the short interval since the last session. It appeared to him, as it had to others, that much of this evil was to be attributed to the encouragement held to those notorious violators of the law de nominated pugilists, whose profession it was to fight for money ; hence it was that the lower classes of the people were freqttently led into disputes, and terminated them in the disgraceful man ner to which he alluded. It liras lamentable that men of rank were to be found who debased themselves so low as to sanction and promote such proceeding which were shameful and flagrant misdemeanors against the public at large. He (the Recorder) could not hells regretting that persons of distinction should by their patronage sanction such violations of public peace and public decency, and thereby contributeito the deterioration of public morals. In order, if possible, to stem this tide of iniquity, fraught as it was with destruction to human life, the Court was determined, as far as its power and influence went,-to yield its assistance ; and should.any- case of this de scription come before .it, the parties convicted should be pu nished with the utmost rigour of the law. The learned Re corder also intimated, that not only the principal in such con tests, but those who had provoked, excited, or abetted them, should also be prosecuted, and that neither rank nor station should prove a shield against the powerful sword of the law. • .The Recorder . attri-buted ,the diminution , of offence in the city to the promptness with which the daily prowler had been prosecuted and condignly punished '(alluding .to the crime ofstealing handkerchiefs, &c.); it was 'therefore by stich a prOcedure that crimes of other discrintions might, ft not abolished, at least be rendered much less frequent. CHARGE OF SWINDLING. Bow-STREET.--Yesterday Eliza Louisa Web ster alias I'dy, was brought up in the custody of Thos. Jones, a police constable, on a warrant, in which she stood charged with obtaining by false and fraudulent pretences, three silk scarfs, and a quantity of gros de Naples, bombasin, and other goods, value 251. and upwards, the property of Messrs. Mann, drapers in Parliament-street. The prisoner, several months ago, kept a coffee-house at Charing-cross, and was at that time in custody at this o ffi ce on c h arges of obtaining money under false pretences from one of her lodgers, and other persons. From the evidence now adduced, it appeared that a lady of the name of Johnstone, widow of the late Comptroller of the Twopenny Post-office, in Gerrard-street, Soho, had been fo7 many years a customer at Messrs. Mann's. She now resides at Woodford, in Essex. A short time since, during the ab sence of the managing partner, a letter was received by the principal shopman of Messrs. Mann, dated " Woodford," and purporting to be written by Mrs. Johnstone, desiring that mourning for her three nieces might be furnished, and placed to her account. The articles which would be required were then enumerated, and the firm were requested to send them packed to her (Mrs. Johnstone's) late residence, in Gerrard-street, from whence, it was added, they would be for warded to 'Woodford, by one of the post-boys, who had been spoken to upon the subject, and who would bring them without delay. The shopman, believing the letter to have been written and sent by Mrs. Johnstone, packed the gros de Naples, scarfs, bombasin, and the other things comprised in the orders, and sent the parcel to the Two-penny Post-office, in - Gerrard-street. The order was placed to the account of Mrs. Johnstone in the regular way, and no more was thought of them after until Friday last, when another letter, purporting to be written by Mrs. Johnstone, came by the two-penny post to Messrs. Mann's, in which tile articles betbre sent were referred to in terms of praise, and directions given that some more gros de. Naples, lawn for handkerchiefs, and other things, might be sent to the shop of a Mr. Pedley, in Holborn, where they would he called for by a friend of her's, who was coming to Woodford by coach from the George and Blue Boar, Hol born. Mr. Mann w as a t h ome w h en t hi s l etter came, ant there was something about the manner of it which made him suspect that all was not right. He, however, caused the goods to be packed and t a k en t o Mr. Pedley's shop, taking care himself to accompany the young man who conveyed the parcel. He ob tained leave to sit in a parlour at the back of the shop ; and in the course of the afternoon the prisoner came in and asked for the parcel whieh was to he left there, addressed to Mrs. John stone, at Woodford. While she was speaking, Mr. Mann entered from the parlour, and put sonic questions to her, which she declined answering, observing that as he appeared to have some scruples, she would leave him to settle the matter with Mrs. Johnstone. She then left the shop, and was followed by Mr. Mann's shopman, who watched her till he saw her go into the George and Blue Boar, when he returned to his employer. —Subsequently, however, an application was made to Mrs. Johnstone, and she declared that the letters were Rot written by her, or with her knowledge. Further inquiry was then made, and it was ascertained that on the morning of the day upon wbich the first letter was received at Messrs. Mann's, the prisoner called at the post-office, anti inquiring for a lad who was employed when Mr. Johnstone officiated there, asked him if he would take a parcel which would be sent there in the course of the day, clown to Mrs. Johnstone, at Woodford ?--- He readily assented, and the parcel was brought from Messrs. Mann's, but in th e a ft ernoon t h e prisoner called for it herself, and said she would forward it by another conveyance. By way of satisfying any scruples that he might have, she shewed haul a note, apparently written by Mrs. Johnstone to her, begin ning 64 My clear friend," and requesting her to make some al teration in the order which she (Mrs. Johnstone) had sent to Messrs. Mann. She took the parcel away. A warrant was issued at this office On Tuesday, and Jones ascertained that the prisoner was living at No. 5, Queen -street, Brompton, with a Life-Guardsman named Withnell (the same with whom she avowedly cohabited when before in custody here), anti he went there with one of the prosecutors. fie found Withnell in the house, but lie denied that he knew where the prisoner was to be found. .Jones, however, went up stairs, and found the prisoner behind the door of one of the rooms on the attic story He found some lawn handkerchiefs, bearing the prosecutor's private mark, in the house but could find nothing relating to the charge when he searched her person. Yesterday morning, however, when he went to fetch the prisoner from the watch house, he found in the room where she had slept a great many pieces of pawnbrokers' duplicates. The pieces were wet. The prisoner seemed dejected, and when asked if she had any kkt.i c i h enloar i ch i t ,nsuhtela aunt tntri t e:lae,i4nr Sir.w. things wtsel3 f l r elsu o ahh i nn i Messrs. e r acnrldean.buocstre, htn. tMn wasan v ' s very y o w defence to offer, re mar k e d t h at s h e h a d , ever since she was 3 ho hen d h e is s h l laolnorer aunt infancy,gphot 5 s t- o b w o i bt y l; , strange, sh e account eo added, dd l e r d s , . present. Mr. Hatts said, that the presence of Mrs. Johnston was ab solutely necessary; and the prisoner therefore would see her at the next examination. The prisoner was committed to Tothill-fields prison for far ther examination on Tuesday next. The following very singular doctithent was found in her pocket by Jones, the officer : (corr.) " I, Eliza Louisa Webster, wife of John Webster, of Bidbo- rough-street, Burton -crescent , and before m arr i age Eli za L oui sa Dunbar, daughter of the late Sir George Dunbar, of Fwqeth-. park, and Mount-pleasant, Liverpool, do solemnly bind m y s elf , to live durin g m y natura l lif e with Thomas Henry Stanley Withnell, now private in His Majesty's first Life Guards, and in case I fail to fulfil any part of the above contract, I do fur ther agree to forfeit to the above-named Thomas Henry Stanley Withnell, the half of whatever property 1 may at any time from the date hereof possess, such as by bonds, will, or deeds, goods, chattels, lands, tenements, &c. As witness my hand, this twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord 1824. , , (Signed) ". ELIZA LOUISA WEBSTER. Several applications wire made some weeks ago, for a star'" mons ag a i nst M r, Charles Pitt, of Adam-street, Adelphi, for disturbing a congregation of Dissenters, at a meetinghouse, In Burleigh-street, Strand. Both Sir R. BIRNIE and Mr. If A L Ls referred the complainants to the Sessions; and finally an ap plication was made to the Court of King's Bench, for a ma" dames, and a rule to shew cause was granted. On Monday 3 summons was issued, and yesterday the case was heard at great length, and the result was that Mr. Pitt was held to hail, to appear at the Sessions to answer the charge. Dublin is at length to be lighted with gas' The erection of lamps, and laying down of pipes, will be com pleted by the middle of April. On Monday evening week, a prayer-meeting was held at the 3lethodist chapel, Pontefract : Mr. Baines , shoemaker, of Brotherto n and his son, were passing at the tune and stopp e d t o a d m i re the congregation singing,. they were at tracted nea r t o t h e f ront of the chapel, when both unfortunatelY fell into a deep area, that had been sunk for the purpose 01 givin g light to the school-room, which was undet the building. On Mr. Baines being extricated, it- was found that life was ex tinct, as he had violently fractured his skull its the fall. Tile son was injured, but not severely. An inquest was held on the body, when the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death, and recommended the building committee to have the plac e Made secure by a fence, which was immediately cone. ATTEMPT AT 1 1 111RDER.-011 Monday morning a poo r Irish l a b ourer, named Cannon, who has a family- of five children, called on his employer, Mr. Brady, a master Pe" viour of Westminster for the amount of his week's wages; Brady had refused to pay bins on Saturday, and fe e lin g e nrage" at the r equest, he struck Cannon a violent bl ow on t h e boa with a handspike, which fractured his skull. Cannon remains in in ada ng erous state in th e W estm i nster Infirmary. Brady 1' custody. COAL MARKET, FEB. 16. Ships at Market. 72/ Newcastle Ships sold 394 21i Sunderland - - Price. 28s Od to 37s Od 28s Od to 33s Od On the 14th inst BIRTHS. a son. , the lady of Cuthb er t Rippon, Es.(l, of . . NaOtinianTiudesßdoayw,tiLhe Smith, hhinlisq„ of st.,in Bernard-street . , d er a n u a g r h d t - e s r t . reet, the lady of MARRIED. On the 15th i nst., at St. Martin's-in-the -Fields, Lieut. W.. (3. * T. Lewi s , o f the Hon. Ea s t I n di a Company ' s military .service, to Caroline, second daughter of Mr. Hume, of Long-acre. On the loth inst., at Earl's Colne, Essex, J. P. Burrows, Esq., of Austinfriars, London, to Henrietta, second daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Carwardine, of Colne Priory. On the 13th i nst. DIED. , Arthur Skeere Loftie, Esq., late of Carl' terbury, in the 78th year of his age. On the 14th inst., 111 r. J. Garry', of Gray's-inn-lane aged W 6f . ; . : On the 13 t h inst., .W. P r id eaux , E sq., o f P ort l an d square, Plymouth, aged 28. At the 11 1ou1t, near Ringsbridge, Devonshire, Wm. Jackson, Esq.; late a Comtnissioner of the Bohicl of Excise, aged 72. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the Stn.(' OFFICE, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS. Lee 1 4i; fu u an(