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ber had brought forward the present motion., lie certainly did expect to have heard him open the subject with something like a general explanation. of the principles upon which his Bills were found ed. As however he had not done so, his Hon, nd Learned Friend mast. excuse him, if, without Meaning any reflection whatever; he stated that he had just left the question where it was be fore- he touched . it. That being the case, and considering the lateness of the hour, he should • not enter into the merits of the Bill. He cer tainly did object to it, because be:considered that before the one-pound notes were issued, the punishment of death had been sufficient to repress private and public forgery, and because the punishment proposed to be substituted in its place would not in his opinion be equal to that purpose. The Hotye then divided --- For th's Committee - - - 1.18 Against it - • - - - 74 !Majority - - - - -44. When sti'augers were re-admitted to the gal kry, the House was in a Committee upon the which went through pro forma; and the Report was ordered to be received on Friday next. Sir J. 'MACKINTOSH said, that owing to the lateness of the hour, it would be. impossible to praceed with the other two Bills. He should, b. - .refore, move, that the Order of the Day for their being committed be postponed to Friday. Agreed to. The remaining Orders were disposed of, and the House•adjourned A.LTNiro PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF :co.magoms. Merc,trii, 3';' • die Mail; 18 2 1. . , rEir.R3FIELD B OROUGH (Right of Election),--Petition of Electors; also, of Hylton Jolliffe, - Esti, touching the Right of Election, considered—M Members present—Parties called in--Names of Members drawn, and the mimber Of 49 names 'being complete, the list was deliyered to the parties,- who then withArew. , ... Limerick City (Right of Election),—Frouse informed, that the Committee required the Counsel for the several Parties to ' deliver in to the Clerk of the Committee, Statements in writing • .of the Right of Election for which they respectively contended: 'That, in consequence thereof; the Counsel for the Petitioners, `Airitli:lm Stainer and others, delivered in a Statement, as fol '-'lolr3 : That the Right of voting at an Election for a Member to sezve In Parliament for the City - of- Limerick- is vested in the .1% - ceEolders and in the Freemen of the said City, whether resi ctent or non-resident therein, 'duly admitted to such Freedom -by. the Mayor and Common Council of the said City, and sywrn : , That the Mayor and .Common Council of the said City hare, from the earliest period, exercised a discretionary power of admitting such persons to the freedom of the said City as they thought proper, whether such persons were resident within the said City and its Liberties, at the time of their admission, Of not : " That no person is entitled as a matter of right to be admit ted a freeman at large of the said City, whether claiming by birth as the eldest son of a freeman, by marriage with the daughter of a freeman, or by servitude under a regular appren ticaihip ; but the Mayor and Common Couhcil of the said City have, in the exercise of such their discretion, frequently acquies ced in the Petitions of persons founding 'such their Petitions on the above claims of birth and servitude : " That persons admitted to their Freedom of the said City 'tinier any Naturalization Act, or under the new Rules, have r.,6 right to vote on the Election of a Member to serve in Par- Lament for the said City :" Thit the Counsel for the Petitioners, Richard Bourke and cJiers, delivered in a statement, as follows ' • That the Right of Electionin and for the City and County o the City of Limerick is in the Freeholders of the said County, r,:ad in such Freemen thereof as had served apprenticeships in Cie said City, or as were resident therein at the time of their re spective admissions to the freedom thereof : 7" That the eldest sons of freemen, and persons marrying the daughters of freemen, and persona who have served regular ap prenticeship within the same City to freemen thereof, are of right entitled to the freedom of the said City, and to vote at Edectionl; therein: " That all merchants, traders, artificers, artizans, seamen, or otherwise skilled and exercised in any mystery, craft, or trade, or in the working or making any manufacture, or in the art of na vigation, residing, inhabiting, and exercising their trade, mys tlry, or craft, within the said city, are of right entitled, under the Statutes and. Rules relating to the said city, to the freedom thereof, and to vote at elections for the same, during such their renidence therein. " That no person howsoever in any respect entitled, except such as have been residing and continually inhabiting within the said city at the time of their admission to the freedom thereof, or have been apprentices therein, are entitled to vote at. elections for the said city." That upon the statement delivered by the Counsel for the first-mentioned Petitioners, the Committee have determined, thd the right of election, as set forth in the said statement, is not the right of election for the said City of Limerick. That upon the statement delivered in by the Counsel for the last-mentioned Petitioners, the Committee have determined, that. the right of election, as set forth in the said statement, is rot the right of election for the said City . of Limerick : That tire Committee have determined, that the right of elec tion of Members to serve in Parliament far the City and County of the City of Limerick, is in the" Freeholders of the said County of the said City, and m such Freemen of the said City as were resident 4crem at the time of their admissions to their respec tiv. 3 fredoms. That the eldest sons of freemeii;'and persons who have mar ried :the daughters of freethen, and persons who have served Seven years apprenticeship to freeinen of the said City, are en titled to the freedom of the said City, and to vote at elections for the ft Metropolis Police Bill,—Committee on Wednesday - next. Metropolis Roads . of Trustees of Kilburn Rritlge ; also, of inhabitants . of Ilyde and Kingsbury; alga, of householders residing along flit: sides of the New Road from Edgeware Road to Tottenham Court Road ; also of inha- Litants or Enfield ; also, of Commissioners for Paving, &c. ;3amers, Town; also, of inhabitants of .Chiswick ; also, of Ircrnsofi also of proprietors of stage-coaches and postmasters t.-avelling . en the road from London to Watford also, of coach men drwmg on the road under the superintendence of the trustees of the Middlesex and Essex Roads, against; to lie on the . , , . .• -• • Court bf Chancery,—Account ordered, "of all business which has been set down for hearing in each branch of the Goi7t of Chancery, in every Term since the establishment of tig of - fze of Vice-Chancellor :" " business which has been disposed of in each branch of tlin Inuit of Chancery, in every Term since yhe establishment of the office 'of Vise-Chancellor; other th.an motions of ,course and consent causes : • • • =• . 4' Of all business which remains undisposed of in each branch of the tiourt of Chancery, stating the times. when .the earliest unheard cases, in each class of bUsiness, were respectively set down for hearing :" " of all cases which stand for judgment .in. each branch of the Court of Chancery, stating the respective tines when such =es were beard." • Peters&ld Borough (Right of Electioi4 ComMittee,—Parties being returned to the Bar, the reduced List was delivered in, to vrha the name of Lord Viscount Folkestone, the Nominee chosen by the Counsel for the Petitioners to oppose the right of clectign as determined by the former Committee,. and the ;lane of Mr. Tennyson, the nominee chosen by the Counsel for the Petitioners to defend such determination, being added, the same was called over, as follows :—Mr.. George Philips Mr. Wilson, Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Hudson Gurney, Mr . Wharton, Mr..deorge Richard Philips, Mr;Baillie, Mr. Chu loner, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Gipps, Mr. Synge Cooper, Lord Viscount Folkestone, Mr. Tenny son :—Committee sworn. Usury Laws Repeal Bill,—Petition of Bankers of Marl borough, in favour, _ _ bl essat , e from the Lords,—That they have agreed to, Militia Pay Pay (Ireland) Bill;—Timber Duties Bill; Officea (Ireland) Bill ;—Brecon Bridges Bill ;--- Po* , i ar Gas Light- Bill ;—Stratford.upon-Avon Canal Bill, priamut Amendment ; —Charitable Establishments Bill ; Prison Fees (Ireland) Bill ;—Worthing Paying Bill ;—Shrews join, Paving Bill, with Amendments. Proprietors of Wharfs Bill,—Petition of Merchants and pthcrs, of London, against. , Insolvency (Scotland) Bill,—" to explain and extend the oe. ration of certain Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, rela tive to Insolvency and Notour Bankruptcy, and for making prOVision for the payment of Creditors in such cases," present- T"4 - 4 1 SIJN THE SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT? LONDON, THURSDAY, MAY 2-1, 1821. The most recent intelligence respecting the Greek insurgents continues to be very interesting. It appears that all the young Greek students at _the University of Gottingen have left that town to return to their country. Numerous detach ments of Greeks are continually arriving in Mol davia and Walachia to join the forces of Prince YPSILANTI, who possesses abundant supplies of money, and pays his troops liberally. his army, which at first amounted only to 3,000 men, was soon increased to 36,000. At Bucharest he found more than a thousand Greeks belonging to the first families, who had just arrived from Vienna, Buda, and Odessa, and immediately inlisted under his banners. It is well known that there are among the insurgents several European Offi cers of different nations ; and latterly several soldiers belmiging to the Austrian regiments sta tioned on the frontiers of Transylvania have de serted their corps, and repaired to Walachia, where some•of them have obtained the rank of officers. The Pot to has placed the forces des tined to act against the Greeks under the com mand of the Pacha of BRAILA, who has been pro moted to the rank of Seraskier. Report ascribes to him but a small portion of military talents. Prince YpsrLAwrz has _addressed the following Circular to his Eminence the Metropolitan, the Bi shops and the Boyars of oldaviaandWalachia " I am convinced that you have long since been apprized of the enterprize which has been formed for the deliverance of Greece, and that in the two principalities of Moldavia and Walachia a considerable number of Greeks will fly to arms to re-enter the sacred soil of their country, and there, in conjunc tion with their brethren, will fight for their national rights. These military corps, conformably- to my former proclamations, copies of which are annexed, will treat the inhabitants of Mol davia and Walachia as brothers, and respect always their per sors and property, in proof of which I need only advert to the good order observed during my stay in. Moldavia. - But I have this day been surprised to . hear of the flight, without any cause whatever, of the inhabitants of Bujen and Rimnik. The effect which this conduct may produce throughout the country induces me again to exhort you to remain quiet and banish all fears, and to request you will communicate to all the inhabi tants and merchants that they need not be under any appre hension of being molested in their country . . Be assured also that the Great Power which protects these two Principalities will not, under any circumstances, permit the Barbarians to en ter them. 'With this object, his Excellency Count %Vittgen stein has not only received orders to advance with the troops under his command from 'Warsaw to the fron tiers; but they are, at this moment, in full march. I have, therefore, no doubt that you, who have been recently chosen to form the ProviAiona.l Government of your country, will hasten, like good patriots, to put an end to these disorders and this flight, so prejudicial to the inhabitants, by publishing my Pro clamations. Assure your countrymen from me that they have nothing to dread, and may, therefore, remain• quietly in their homes ; on 'my arrival, I will prove the truth of my assertions. But the Hellenic troops must pa:is through Walachia, and it is abiolutely necessary that you should furnish them with pro- Visions and quarteis on the route : besides the division which is now marching through the country, I shall soon follow with all the Greek army. " Given at my Head-quarters at Roman, March 17, 1821. " ALEXANDER YPSILANTL'' The following are the contents of Spanish Pa pers to the 10th inst., received this morning : " CADIZ, ?s I.—The Stone of the Consti tution having been found yesterday morning dis figured with mud, various persons repaired to the ' house •of the Consistary (where the Mu nicipality meet), renewing their clamours for the speedy administration of justice, and petitioning against some persons as disaffected to the Consti tutional system. It seems that the demand, which they signed, being put into proper form (formalizada), the political Chief ordered these persons lo be- arrested and proceedings instituted. Ile afterwards issued a Proclamation, in which he says, that the horrible offence committed on the night of the 29th, against the Stone of the Constitution, had justly excited the indignation . _ of the heroic Citizens, not that there was any reason to fear an attempt against the system in the midst of a people entirely constitutional, and of a garrison which had given the first signal of independence. " You have demanded," he says, " the arrest of certain persons marked out as " disaffected to the system, and with very just " reason that of the Preacher of the Barefooted " Friars, who dared to utter in the pulpit ex " pressious offensive to our Code. I have with C ‘ pleasure acceded to your wishes, together with " the Most , Worshipful Municipality ; orders C 4 have been given to arrest all those in the city " (and they are now arrested), and likewise to 4 C take those who are absent." He then exhorts them to confide on him and the Municipality; to let the law take its course, secure that the guilty shall be punished. " You must watch over 44 the enemies of our institutions. Let each " zealously observe the actions and !no " tions of those who do ' not proceed in " the constitutional path, and present to jus " tice every one who shall deviate a step from 44 it.—The Constitution or Death is our motto.— " Let everyone fly who does not love it, and is 't not at all times ready to sacrifice himself for " it."—lie concludes by exhorting them not to be guilty of any excess, or of any action unbe coming a true friend of the Constitution. The number of persons arrested is eleven, at the head of whom is the Bishop, Don Francisco Xavier de Cienfuegos. 6 ' ALarsfaAs, APRIL 20.—The Journal of this town, called The Bee, contains a certificate of the Secretary of the Municipality, relating, that on the 25th, at the invitation of the Politi cal Chief and the First Alcade, the Comman dant, the Clergyman of the parish, and the Mem bers of the Municipality met in the Town-house, where they were informed that a great body of the National Militia and of the people were united, to solicit., the above authorities to listen to what would be explained to them by a deputa tion speaking the sentiments of the people. This deputation, composed of respectable persons, re presented, that the people, with the - National Militia, guided by love to the Country and to the Constitutional System, had conceived a dis trust of some persons living in the town and in St. Roque, because their opinions were extremely unfavourable to the Constitution. These persons were, Lieut.-General D. Jose O'Donnell, Bri gadier-General Don Manuel Albugoti, the ex- Inquisitor D. Francisco Sid, and three other per sons, whom they desired to- be banished , to Ceuta. Thff also desired that a Judge of the First Instance, an Auditor, and a Lieutenant of Artillery should be deprived of their ofliCes. The political chief and other authorities at tempted to gain time, that the clamours of the people might abate, and the sanctity of the laws remain inviolate, but the deputations insisted, and after various altercations the petition was declared to be just, and it was agreed that Gene ral O'Donnell and some of the others should be placed in the convent of this town, under the custody of the national militia ; that Albugoti should be deprived of his command, and the Lieu tenant, the Judge, and the Auditor suspended. " MADRID, MAY B.—Accounts from St. Jago of the. 2d mention the arrest of several persons, by order of the Political Chief, in consequence of certain petitions. They are twenty-five in number, twenty of them ecclesiastics belonging for the most part to the Chapter of the, Cathedral. They have been sent under an escort to Co mma. A great many prisoners are expected from Tuy, Orense, and Vigo, said to be con netted with thosc of Burgos. There are many persons of distinction among them. The number is said to amount to 308."--( Spanish Papers, ed, AO read a first d.nc, to b..; read a second time on Friday, and to be printed. Scottish,' Creditors Bill,—" to - render the payment of the Creditors . Of persons engaged in trade and manufactures in Scot land mere equal and expaditions," presented, and read a first time, to tie read a second time on Friday, and to be printed. Cloyer, Seed,—Petition of Farmers of Nottblgharn; also, of 6eed Merchants and others, of Nottingham, complain ing of the adulteration thereof. East Inaia Trada Act,—Committee thereupon on Friday. Church Briefs 13ii1,—Further Consideration of Report on Friday. _ _ llai;:krUptcy Laws Arriendment Bill,—Committee on Fridap East Inuia Private Trade 'Bill,—Cornmittee on Friday. Supply,Reports To-morrow. Prisons (Ireland) Bill,—Committee To-morrow. • Prisoners' Rc.scue,—Bill to amend the Law touching the rescue of Prisoners, ordered to be brought in by Mr. Grey Ben net:and' t. Denman. - Cinque Ports Salvage Bill, Read a second time, and corn Salvage Act Amendment witted for Monday, 4th of Bill. June. Ways and Means,—Committee deferred till Friday. • NOTICES of MOTIONS, . for THURSDAY, May 24. L Mr: Creevey,—Motion on the Four and a Half per Cent. Duties, Barbadoes and Leeward Islands. 2. Mr.Williarn Willliams,—Bill to prevent occasional Votes arising from Freeholds under forty Shillings a year, in certain Cities and Boroughs. 3. Mr. Chancellor. of the Exchequer,—Bill to appoint a CoMmission to inquire into the Collection of the Revenue in Ireland. 4. Mr. Wodehouse,—Bill to amend Act (43 Oeo. 3) rcittirig to Lnnatics. 5. Mr. Chetwynd.—Bill to amend the Laws relating to the apprehending, punishment, and passing of Vagrants. 6. Sir Mountague Cholmeley,—Bill to amend Act (28 GeO. 3) to enable Justices of the Peace to act in certain cases out of the limits of the Counties in which they are situate. 7. Mr. Peter Moore,—To move the re-commitment of the Metropolis Gas Light Bill. . 8. Mr. Hume,—Rcturns relating to the lonian Islands. ORDERS or Tur DAY; - I'd THURSDAY 24111 'MAN. L Poor Relief Bill ;—Second . Reading. 2.- Gamekeeliers' Appointment Bill ;—Committee. - 3. General Turnpike Bill ;—Second Reading. - 4. Spoiled * Stamps, &c. Bill ;—Further consideration of Report. • 5. Coal Yards (Ireland) Acts ;—Committee thereupon. 6. Insolvency Coart (Ireland) Bali—Further consideration of Report.. 7. MttrOPolis Roads Bill ;--Purther consideration of Report. 8. Woollen Trade Act ;—Report thereupon. 9. South Sea" Company Act ;—Report thereupon. 10. Rttm Importation 'Act ;--Report thereupon. 11. Customs Duties ?pct;—Committee thereupon. 12. Stamp. Acts (Ireland) ;—Committee thereupon. 13. Lagan Navigation Acts ;—Report thereupon. 14. Bank of 'lreland Bill ;—Committee. 15. Seamen's Wages Bill ;—Report. 16. COals Drawbacks Bill ;—Third Reading. 17. Proprietor§ of Wharfs Bill ;—Report. 18.*Supply ;=---Reports. 19. Prisons (Ireland) Bill ;—Committee. .20. Election Expenses (Ireland) Bill ;—Report. 21. Assessed Taxes Composition Bill ;—Committee.. 22. Churches Building Acts Amendment Bill ;—Committee. PUBLIC COMMITTEES, for Thursday Morning., May 23. 1. London Bridge at one. 4. Scottish Malt at one. 2. Foreign Taade ,at one. 15. Opthalrnic 'Hospital at one. 3. Receiver-General of 1 Land Tax - . at One. PRICE a THIS DAY AT TV F STOCKS N,s - Er,vE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 228 '5 per Cent. Navy Ann..., 1091 3 per Cent. Red 74W 1101 3 per Cent. Cons.... 7 . 5 k 75 7.5 i Bank Long Ann. l9 3,1 per Cent. 4 per Cent 924! Excheq. Bills 2 4 pr. India Bonds 4bs. Cons. for Openin g 75 3 i/ 7G 751 HIGH WATER AT LONDO: Morning, 7 *minutes after 8. , N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. I Evening, 38 minutes after 8. Maylo.) Dutch and Flanders Papers, the former to the 23d,and the latt,er to the 22d inst., also reached us this morning - , and the contents follow : " FRANKFORT, MAT 16.—We have this morning learned that their Majesties the Empe rors of Austria and Russia have quitted Laybach to return to Vienna. " His Royal Highness the'Crown Prince of Bavaria arrived at Nymphenburgh on the even ing of the 11 th e on his return from his tour to Italy. " BRUSSELS, WY 21.-His Excellency Mr. Elaut, the new Minister of Finance, arrived here on Wednesday, and immediately entered on the function; of his high office. "The cause of the Vicars-General of the Dio cese of Ghent i; not yet terminated. M. Del hruck and M. Verhagen have spoken at great length for•the defence, and the Attorney-Gene ral has commenced his reply: " The Second Chamber Of the States-General continues to 'discuss the Articles of the new Civil Code. "The Supreme Court of Justice has annulled the sentence of the Tribunal of the First In .stance relative to Mademoiselle Le Normand, and has sent this modern Sybil before the Tri -bunal of Louvain, to be there tried. " The Journal of Ghent states, that Mr. Pe seux, a Frenchman by birth, who has been 'for some time Editor of that Paper, has been arrest ed, as the author of several articles relative to the affairs of Naples. M. P., after answering the various interrogatories put to him, said, t That in all these articles he had always respected the authority of the Sovereign and the principles on which the preservation of society depends ; that he had always written that the insurrection at Naples, criminal in its origin, had been legalized by the consent of the King and the Prince Royal ; that he had always considered the war against Naples as an aggression, since it was not proved that the nation and its Sovereign had in any man ner offended Austria ; that the articles in the Journal of Ghent are moderate, free from crimi nality in the eyes of all those who respect the liberty of the Press, and that his intentions are pure,' &c. " HA MBURGn, MAY 18.—Welearn from Stock holm, that the Diet of Norway has rejected the proposal of his Majesty relative to the Nobility of that kingdom." • LISTIQN, MAY s.—At the Meeting hf the 3d; the Ministers informed the Assembly that M. LAURENtO D'AN - DnA had received orders from the Court of Rid Janeiro, to demand that a Palace should be got rewly at Lisbon for the reception of the King and Mi. Court, on his arrival in Europe. The letter further states, that the Palace of D'Ajuda was too small, but that of Quelnez would suit. The Minister demanded 45,00 . milrays for that object, which was referred to the Committee of Finances. The Meeting at the Crown and Anchor yes terday was so much in the hackneyed style of pretended patriotism, that any report of its pro ceedings must be disgusting to all real friends of the country. We have, however, given an account of it in another part of our Paper, because it is proper that the true character of the Agitators should be known, and held forth to the contempt and indignation of the people. The chief subject of complaint at this meeting, which may fairly be characterized as factious and seditious, was the laudable attempt to controul the licentiousneSS of the Press, set on foot by a body of persons styling themselves a CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. The necessity of such an association is obvious, for never were the blessings of a Free Press so shamefully abused as at the presentperiod. Even those public Journals which profess to be adverse to.the dar ing licentiousness of such writers as COBBETT, and to act on the purest principles of Whiggism, approach so nearly to the doctrines of the writers alluded to, that hardly any distinction can be made between them. The New Constitutional AssociatiOn in question appears to be fOunded on the principles of that Association at the Crown and Anchor, which, twenty-five years ago, arrested the progress of the Revolutionary doctrines which spread the contagion of French rebellion and regicide. That Association held forth a warning voice to the country, and by the diffusion of short, well-written tracts, corrected the judgment of the lower classes of the people, and in a great measure contributed to the security of our establishment in Church and State. The new Constitutional Association, however, though founded on the same principles which were then so seasonable and so beneficial, has adopted an other plan, viz. watching over the progress of the Seditious Press, and submitting its productions to the notice of the Law. This surely is.a proper object, for who would wish that attempts to destroy that Constitution which renders us the most free, secure, and happy people on the face of the earth, should pass unpunished till the whole is buried in confusion and anarchy ? It may be ex pected, therefore, that an institution for so salu tary a purpose, and supported by some of the most respectable characters in the country, should be reviled by the meeting of yesterday, and the abuse of the latter may therefore be considered as the mere effect of factious spleen and ambition, crossed in its wicked machinations. -~.~ ,~- Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of GLA-. RENCE, accompanied by the Duchess of KENT, went to Bushy, where their Royal Highnesses spent the day.—The Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTER had a numerous party to dinner yesterday. The KING'S Coronation Robes are-finished, and were yesterday exhibited to many persons - of dis tinction. • No words can convey an adequate idea of their splendour and magnificence. • Two persons named Styles and Webster, residing in the northern outskirts of this city, were taken into custody by Sal rrion, the Bow-street officer, on Friday eVening last (18th in stant), charged with being concerned in the late melancholy. affray at Herne Bay, and were conveyed on Sunday morning (20th instant) to Londdn. Merritt, another man implicated in the same affray, effected his escape by ,running through the river Stour, near Barton 11 - 13.11.—(hetitial) Gazette.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH—(THIS DAY.) J. L. Turner was brought up •to plead to an indictment preferred by the " Constitutional Society," for "publishing a libel of and con cerning the Government, and also' his Majesty. On Mr. DEALTRY reading the indictment, the defendant said his name was John and not James. The Court therefore allowed him time to put in that as a plea in abatement. BIRMINGHAM SHAM ELECTION. THE KING V. CARTWRIGHT AND OTHERS. The CHIEF JUSTICE read the various argu ments used to obtain a new trial, at considerable length, when the unanimous opinion of the Court was, that a new trial could not be granted.—On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, the De fendants were ordered to attend next Wednes day to receive judgment. THE KING V. J. HUNT. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, moved the judgment of the Court on the above defendant for a libel, published in The Examiner newspaper.-:=The CHIEF JUSTICE said, that he had not the record at present in Court, but it would be there before they arose, and in the mean time_ they could pro ceed with other business. THE KING V. S. T.-EVANS. This defendant, who is propri'etor.of The Man chesteroserver, was, then called,- and appeared on the floor of the Court. Mr. Justice. BEST proceeded to read the indictment, which contain ediseveral counts. Mr. WILLIAms then rose and pointed out certain errors in the counts of the indictment. The Learned .Counsel, at 1 o'clock, we left contending the question. ABINGDON. MUSICAL X.ZSTIVAL. _ . On Tuesday last the musical' performances an nounced, took place, under the most favourable auspices. The day was extremely fine, and as early as 10 o'clock numerous parties, arrived from Oxford, and other places in the neighbour hood, and immediately proceeded to St. Helens Church. By 11 o'clock there were nearly 500 persons present, . the Ladies,SeelTh. ed to vie with each other in the elegance and neatness of their dresses. Shortly after eleven the performancesiomnienced with HANDEL'S overture to the Messiah; and the remainder of the First Part was a Selection from that .sublime. Oratorio. The Performers were Miss GOODALL, and Mr. 1.1.4.1. v - from-Lon don ; the remainder were the Gentlemen of the Oxford Choir, viz. Messrs. WILKINS, HALDON, SITEPPERD, &c. Miss GOODALL was particularly striking in " There. were She.p herds," Sec. and displayed much science and elegance of style in the beautiful airs—" But thou didst not leaVe" and I know that my Redeemer liveth." Mr. WILKINS gave "'Cam fort ye my people," with great efncti as. did Mr. HAWES, G° The People that walkel in darkness." We think this Gen tleman's voice much improVed, particularly the lower tunes. The Chorusses were givm with admirable precision.— The Second Part was principally selected from HAYDN'S beautiful Oratorio of The Creation, and.received ample justice. The band, which was formed Entirely of Performers from Ox ford, was most ably led by Mr. MARSHALL ; principal vio loncello,- Mr. RENEIGLE; the Organ, by W. VICARY, Organist of Magdalen College. . The young Gentlemen of Magdalen and New College Choirs were permitted to attend . to assist in the choral department. In the . - evening a Mis cellaneous Concert was performed in the Town Hall.— There were upwards of - two hundred persons preient. Our limits will not allow us to give a detailed account of the performances; suffice it to say, that the whole was much ap- P 1-uded- About eleven o'clock most of the com p an y ad journed to the Ball-room - adjoining, when dancing commenced, and continued to an early hour yesterday morning. The whole of the arrangements reflect the highest credit on Mr. J. KING, the Director, who, though not altogether a musical prefessor, evinced much knowledge m the business of the Meeting. SPORTING EN"rELLIGENCP..- NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, itg2l. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23. Ld Jersey's Prophet, beat Mr. Greville's Prodigious, Bst -41b. each, T.Y.C. 100gs.-6 to 4 on Prophet. Bouverie's Plumper, beat Mr. Thornhill's Sardonix, Bst. 71b. each. T.Y.C. 200 g 5.-6 to 4 on Plumper. Handicap Plate of Fifty Pounds, by Subscription, beiftg the third of three £5O Plates, for three, four, five, six-yr-olds, and aged horses. A.F. Mr. Garner's eh. c. Flibbertigibbet, 4 yrs, Bst. Ld Jersey's ch. c. Oracle, 4 yrs, 9st. Ld Suffield's b. c. bylrandyke, out of Rosetta, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b. Ld Clarendon's ch. f. Igirandola, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b. Gen. Grosvenor's ch. f. Moonshine, 4 yrs, Bst. 61b. Ld G. H. Cavenctish's ch. f. by Soothsayer, out of sister to Whalebone, 3 yrs, fist. 131 b. • sto 1 agst Flibbertigibbet-5 to 2 agst Oracle-2 to 1 agst randoLl, Mr. Greville's Prodigious, Bst. beat Mr. Bouverie's Plum per, Bst. 71b. Ab.M. 100gs.-5 to 1 agst Prodigious. Thirteen hundred guineas was the sum given by Prince Esterhazy, at the sale of the late Sir Charles Banbury's said, for the celebrated horse Smolensk°. NOTTINGHAM RACES.—The ." sporting Intelligence" in THE SUN of Monday, copied from a Morning Paper, erro neously stated• that these Races are fixed for the 17th, Nth, and 19th of Augutt. The days really fixed are, the 7th, §tl l and 9th of that month. FREEMASONRY. MASONIC NOTICES IOR NEXT WEEK. Monday, May 28, LONDON. :NOS. 4, 46, 71, 104, 3 0* 321, 407, 458. COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 246, 320,490, 54 6 ,. 578, 707. - 29, LONDON. Nos. * * • COUNTRY. N05..68, 668, \Vedncsday, --- 30, LONDON. Lodge of Benevolenca, No. 296. COUNTRY. Nos. 112, 549. - 31, LONDON. Nos. 7, 86, 222, 327, Ger* Com. Fern. 'Seh. at 12. COUNTRY. Nos. 110, 176, 453. Friday, June I, LONDON. Nos. 10, 210, 399, 409. Coo N TRY. Nos. 13, 30, 65, 53, 470 r 538. Saturday, No. 274. Tuesday, Thursday, 2, LONDON. COUNTRY. On Tuesday the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Catch 'Club held their -Meeting at the Thatched Hot:s 3 Tavern, for - the purpose of adjudging the Annual Prizes, for the compoyition of serious and cheerful • Glees ; when a Silver Cup, value 10 guineas,- was voted to W. LnitgY,'Esq• fbr' the former, and the like to Mr. C. EvAxs, of th e Chafgl Royal, for the latter- Report speaks favourably of all the com positions sent in for the Prizes; and we heartily wish other musical Societies would adopt a similar stimulus, to promote style of natoie so peculiarly cur own. • MA.Y '2 3 . —Aithou'git 6 6 ' Wheat trade was rather heavy this morning, fine samples 0 11 Y Wiled Monday's prices, but there was no demand for the in; ferior qualities. - Toe weather continuing unusually cold, ca uscl a brisker demand for fine Barley than we had on Monday, 0 . prime samples sold on full as good terms as on th a t day . ; 0 3 1' sold also freely, although the arrivals have been large this wee" In Beans and Pease no alteration, PET:-.osFluto, MA Y 23.—The followinz were the prie s at our Market this day:--- Per Quarter. Wheat .... 56s Od a COs Od Barley .... 21s Od a 23s Chi Per Stone' Beef 3s 6(la 4 9 °- Iklti troll Veal 4s Od a 45 6' 0(1 Lamb Pork Os 0(1a Os Oa a 31 .10s per Ton. _.....--, Oats Pease 3os Od a 32s Od 'leans . 30s Oda 32s Od T-Tav DIED. Yesterday, at his house, in l'enterden..street, Dr. Robe' Yesterday, William, youngest son of Mr. John Murr 3 Ys Albcmarle-street. LONDON : Printed by J. B. CARSTAIRS, of No. 2►, Om Ormond -street, Queen-square ; and published by SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South Molten-street, at Tin: Strg Orr ICE, No 112, Strand; where ADVERTIaR)L.. n ' urS ; ORDERS, LETTERS, &c. (post-paid) must be address:4- ;•:,\,;\