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TILE 140.NDON ..Iqll-RNALS. PNTIIACTS FROM TUE D-AILY .full 26, 18622• 'MORNING PAPERS, [MORNING CHRONICLE.] ROYAL TOUR. His MAJESTY'S present plan is to-take water at - Gyeenwich, on the 7th or Bth of August. In addition to the Yoyal Yacht, a steam-boat has been provided, which the King will enter should the weather be perfectly calm. There has been much discussion in ,his Majesty's domestic circle on the subject of the Suite, which, in the highest quarter, is wished to be most numerous, and se lected without any regard to party. Previously • to the Duke of Devonshire's journey to the Con tinent, his Majesty 'expressed a desire that he would join the Royal Tourists, and his Grace returns from Aix-la-Chapelle for the ex p ress purpose of doing so. One of the finest hotels Edinburgh has boon engaged for the Noble Duke and his immediate friends. His Majesty and Suite will laud at Leith Harbour, and pro ceed from thence in the Royal Carriages, which have been sent to Scotland by sea, to Holyrood House, where such preparations are making for his reception as the shortness of the notice would permit. It is not exactly determined whether the King will sleep at Holyrood House, or im mediately proceed to the Duke of Buccleugh's Palace at l)alkeith, which his Majesty's known love for retirement has induced him to select for 'his residence during his stay in' the neighbour hood of Edinburgh. His Majesty intends to visit the fine ruin of ftUslyn Castle and the Chapel ; likewise Hawthornden, the hallowed seat of Drummond the poet, and proceed from thence by Laswade to Datkeith. - All state matters are to be observed and kept up at Holyrood House, to which the King will regUlarly return from balkeith, in case his Majesty should not Choose . to sleep in Edinburgh. The Duke of Hamilton, the Duke of Argyle, Lord Roslyn, Lord Lauderdale, Hid lion. W. Manby, and all the distinguished friends, of liberty in Scotland, 'will he included in the Select circle during the King's stay in that hospitable country. His Ma 3est3's first intention was to take the tour of the 'Western Islands, by G lasgow, Dumbarton, Inve rary, and from thence to ()ban, Mull, Staffa,and lona, " that illustrious island, which was once the luMinary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the ,benefits or knowledge and the blessings of reli gion," but the peril of the voyage, after quitting - the main laud, and the want of adequate accom• modation on these interesting islands, occasioned t,hq Royal Tourist to change his plan s. The K-Oble palace and domain of his Majesty's. old friend, the Duke of Argyle, would, in the event &f the 'Highland tour, have been, chosen as , the • Loyal Rendezvous. Hamilton Palace, Tay mouth, Brechin Castle; and Abbotsford, the residence of the poet and novelist of Scotland, are to. receive visits from the King. • [l:w . TIMES.] The Spanish Royalists appear to be predomi nant in the Provinces, and 'the Revolutionists in the Capital.- Such is the result of the latest news from Spain: The Volunteers and Militia " con tinue under arms "In 'Madrid, and " ,occupy the positions . which they did on the 7til." From this it would seem that they are not wholly without : apprehensions of a fresh attack. The `Municipality of .Madrid have addressed the King in a tone and spirit so exactly resembling 'those of the Municipality of Paris in 1792, that the one appears to be little else than a verbal translation of the other.. These very royal gentry take upon them to direct his Majesty low he ought to govern them, and what proofs they expect of his sincerity. lie rittst become, they say, the first Liberal in the kingdom. lie must discharge all his present Ministers, and choose men of energy ;. he must turn off all his ilorneStic establishment ; the re tention of any one of them would deprive his Majesty of the confidence of his faithful Muni cipality ; and, lastly, he must " economise Spanish blood " by a " ,prompt and severe pu nishment" of the men who lately hazarded their lives for him. Anaxagoras Chaumette or Marat himself could not have more convincingly set forth his loyalty and fidelity to the Monarch whom they shortly afterwards murdered. A French J our nalist very appositely remarks, that we cannot draw a very satisfactory omen from the alleged tranquillity of Madrid from the 7th to the 12th instant; for it must be remembered that be tween the 10th of August 1792, and the massa cres in the prisons of Paris, there was a lapse of 22 days. Among the 'Volunteers, who so pa triotically joined in the contest with the King's Guards on the 7th, was a corps entirely corn posed of fugitive rebels and traitors from Naples, Piedmont, and France. These vagabonds are destined to perform the same bloody part in the Spanish drama as the Federes from Marseilles did.in the ,Parisian horrors. The French Liberals now . talk.OPenly ,ef the approaching deposition of the -King -Spuin. They do not seem agreed 'whip is to be his, successor ; but they have no_ob jection to his having a sincesser,: with only two provisoes—that he be a mere tool in the hands of their party, and that he be not of the legitimate dynasty. In like manner _they :negociated with the Allies in . 1815, and would have taken at theii hands any King Wit a Isourbon. [THE TIMES.] A letter from Rio de Janeiro Of the 18th May announces a fact, which, if the - accompanying observations of the writer he well founded, is of an interesting and important character. The Prince Royal, it appears, on his father's birth day (May 13), when the troops were drawn up in the Palace-square, declared his resolution to assume the title of Prince Regent and Constitu tional Protector of Brazil. It is added, that the Deputies from the Minas_Geraes and other pro vinces are not to proceed to Lisbon, there to take their seats in the Cortes, according to the arrangements under which they had been chosen. 7. 1 4 e account states, likewise, that the Govern ut4t Is preparing a martifesto to be- sent to -every Court in Europe, justifying the assumption of the above new titles by his Royal Highness. The inference drawn from these preparatives is, therefore, probably a correct one—that they lead at once to a declaration of independence, and to a final separation from the Mother Country. With what sentiments this prospect is beheld in ,Portugal, it would not be difficult to conjecture. The Portuguese would be unlike all other nations,. if they could see with indiffer ence a dismemberment take place, which strips the old Monarchy of more than hull its greatness. But if the Brazilians desire the change, we do trust, for the sake of the people of Portugal, that they have already learned so much from neigh bouring nations, as not to imitate them by dis puting rights which are no longer questionable, or a physical power to which all resistance must be vain. If North America tore herself from the arms of Great Britain, what can Portugal do to wards retaining by force the Brazilian provinces ? Spain is yet, perhaps, 'a more striking lesson.— She has had no power to contend with but that of her own insurgent colonies. She even confined her efforts almost to a single province, namely, that of Venezuela, and see how the conflict has ended, and how soon ! Brazil has in all respects outgrown the tutelage of her parent. She has capacities ►hich can be developed by no other but a Go vernment on the spot, and a population which will no longer bear that subjection of the Colo- nial interests to those of the mother country, which has hitherto constituted the sole relation between-a Sovereign State and her dependencies, Thus circumstanced, they can do no better than shake hands and part. A contest, or' rather the beginning of a contest.—for continue it she could not, at such a distance from horne,—would plunge Portugal deep into ruin. At present there per vades Bazil such a feeling of kindness and old fellowship towards the mother country, as might, under prudent guidance, become the means of establishing, to the good of both, an intimate, but equal and purely commercial, intercourse. This is the true cement of harmony between in dependent states. Portugal, free by her insti tutions, maritime by position, and industrious from necessity, cannot fail to prosper, without looking to resources beyond those which Provi dence and the solid interests of surrounding na tions have assigned to her. She has had time to study her own case, and in the spirit of true affection for an ancient, tried, and gallant friend, e trust that she may not finally misunderstand [MORNING HERALD.] The Paris Journals of Tuesday arrived _ las night by _ express. One of those angry and in decent scenes which are so frequent in the French Chamber of Deputies, was exhibited there on Monday. It appears that in Saturday's debate, the Keeper of the Seals, in explaining the cause of the dismissal of an Advocate named Lecomte from an official situation which he held, charged that individual with a participation in an act of forgery, committed by a Notary. At the last election Lecomte voted for a " Liberal," mid the left side, of course, inferred that his dismissal was to be attributed to his po litical conduct. Before the interminable debate on the Budget commenced on Monday, M, Casimir Perier accordingly rose and opposed the adoption of the proces verbal (which is gene rally a matter of routine), with the view of in ducing the Keeper of the Seals to suppress the charge. " The Minister," said he," in speaking of M. Lecomte, used these words :---"Vhe acts in which he fraudulently participated.' " [BRITISH PRESS.I ISIr. Hume last night, in the House of Com mons, produeed his Resolutions, which we pub lished on Monday last. The results being deduced from arithmetical facts, cannot be ques tioned. Lord Palmerston once observed to Mr. Hume, that the ancient philosopher held no mortal could controul past events and arithmetic. The successors of Mr. Vitt have now got the be nefit of an illustration in full. Mr. Pitt was only ambitions of having his name inscribed on-that co lumn of the nation's faith,- the Sinking Fund. As an article of faith, indeed, perhaps as there never was a belief more unquestioning devout, so there was never one which proved so costly to the faithful, or more directly opposite to the truth. It was a splendid proof and trophy of faith—let us now see what credit it will do to the com mon sense of the nation. It appears that the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, in twenty nine years, have reduced a charge of twelve millions annually, at an expeuce of an annual charge of thirteen millions. To say nothing of the vast addition made to the bulk of the debt, by always heightening the value of the funded capital, by purchases and various inci dental losses and expenses, which are too nume rous to insert, the bare fact of the Commissioners having fixed on the public an additional charge of one million a year, and the efficacy of the Sinking. Fund being still a matter of devout poli tical belief, is indeed a glorious instance of na -1 tional faith, as Mr. Pitt called it. [MORNING POST.] In the House of Commonq, last night, Mr. Hume moved a string of resolutions, the object of which was to prove that a Sinking Fund was wholly useless. His resolutions were more re markable for their length than for their novelty or ingenuity, and the attendance of Members proved that the importance both of them, and of the speech which was to introduce them, was duly appreciated. So appropriate a display of emptiness loas, perhaps, never been witnessed. Scarely '2O Members were in the House during the greater part of his harangue. Mr. Tierney sat for some time on the Opposition Bench by himself; but he at length retired, probably because he thought it indelicate to sleep while his Honourable Friend was holding forth, and felt that it was impossible to remain in his place, and keep, awake. Some parts of the oration it. is quite impossible to quarrel with. For instance, when Mr. Hume states. to the Senate of Great Britain that the difference between 4/. 10s. and 5/. is ten shillings, we hesitate not to say be is quite right. We Os° agree with him, that if more money had been raised by taxes during the war, the debt would have been less, and consequently the burdens of the people not so heavy as they are now that peace has arrived. But then, we cannot forget that there were always Gentlemen in the Opposition, like Mr. Hume (we do not say his equals in talent and information), who contended at every period of the war that the people were so much oppressed by taxation, that it was impossible for them to bear more. Hence arose the necessity for borrowing so largely.— Now we would agree with the lion. Gentleman to seize on the Sinking Fund, if we had not some idea that a future Mr. Hume, if " the pomp and prodigality of Heaven " should bestow on England such another Statesman, would in that case complain as loudly of our spending the 5,000,0001. at present set apart for a Sinking Fund as he does now, that addi tional taxes to that amount were not imposed during the war. As to the idea of doing away with the Sinking Fund, it is too absurd to de serve serious attention. One of Mr. Ilume's principal arguments is, that we cannot prevent it from being seized by some future Chancellor of the Exchequer. That it should be so seized we admit would be much to be regretted, but we cannot go further with the lion. Member, and say, " because such an act is to be dreaded at a future period, let us put it out of the power of any wicked Chancellor of the Exchequer to commit such an outrage;by hastening to perpe trate it ourselves." PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. ( From the Bury Gazette, July 4.) The very delicate affair of die Privilege of the House of Corn-, mons has terminated satisfactorily. Messrs. Hope and Menzies have been to London, and are, we suppose, gone back to Edin burgh. The House having voted them guilty of - a breach of privilege, " muler all the circumstances of the cote," did not feel itself called upon to proceed further, and thus ends the business as far as Parliament is concerned. An Hon. Member of the Opposition said, and truly, that " this would be a tri umph for Mr. Hope :" no doubt it is the triumph an honest man must feel in the vindication of his character from unfound ed aspersion ; and we do not etvy the feelings of the man who does not triumph with him. We rejoice that the matter has concluded so harmlessly. Parliament has Wisely exerted its privilege to prevent mischief, and still more Wisely- avoided mischief in the exertion of its privilege. It should not how ever be forgotten that all the inconvenience attending this af fair, with other greater and most lamentable evils of recent occurrence, have had their origin, not so much in the abuse of the freedom of the press, as in the attempt to fetter it by those who had set it an examplt of the most daring licentiousness.— The party which had for years made the press a means of .pol , luting the minds of the poor, took alarm - the moment the same engine was employed to laugh at' the fooleries. of faCtion, and to unmask the machinations of mock patriotism. From the mo ment that loyalty became active in the promulgation of truth, Whiggeiy,. "Radicalism, and all the horde of unamalganiating sects and opinions have been indefatigable in their efforts to deter, and crush all who presume to oppose their undefinable enets and impracticable propositions. We have seen the deadly lengths to which their zeal will carry them, and 'thenc:: we may infer what they mean by liberty. But that is not li berty which defames Government in all its branches, and there most defames it where most it deserveS applause—that is not liberty which pours contempt upon 'every order of the State, and puts the Church under perpetual ban and anathema—that is not (liberty which fills the common ear with dark reports, and the•common mind with foul disaffections, and the whole kingdom with dangerous seditions and daring thoughts of Revolutions. If freedom of speech and the liberty of the press arc to go thus far, for, a most poor and wretched purpose have our ancestors shed their blood and laid out their souls for . pos terity ; even for the purpose of encouraging every mutinous spirit to pour forth his fulminations at his pleasure, and un der the mask of public good to destroy all good public and private. LAW INTELLIG ENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 25. The Luau CHANCELLOR was occupied for some time this morning in hearing cases in his private room. Mrs. Drusilla Street was discharged, after receiving a smart admonition from his Lordship. Upon coming into Court, his Lordship stated that the judgments in the House of Lords were so important, and would necessarily occupy so much time, as to render it im possible for him to afford the additional day this week which he had expected. But Monday, he hoped, would be the last day on which it would be necessary for him to sit in the House of Lords in the morning, and thenceforth ie would continue to sit in this Court every day uninterruptedly, until he should rise for the vacation. TOOSEY V. BASKET'''. The plaintiff in this case was residing in Hindostan in 1818, when he received intelligence that the late Madame Storace had bequeathed a legacy of 50,0001. between him and his brothers and sisters. Upon receiving this information, he proceeded to the island of Sumatra, for .the purpose of communicating upon the subject with his father (since dead), who had been for some time living at Bencoolen. Upon his arrival here, however, he learned that his father a short time previously sailed for England, leaving his affairs in the island to the management of the defend ant, who acted as his agent. The plaintiff remained at Bencoolen for about fifteen months, and left it in the month of February, 1820. In May, 1821. he became of age. During his stay at Ben coolen, he was supplied with necessaries, and money to pro- Cure necessaries, by the defendant ; to whom, previously to his departure, he gave a bill on his brother William for 5001., another for 7251. (both of which the brother refused to accept), and his bond for 3,207 dollars, or 801]. 15s. sterling. The de fendant having commenced proceedings at law against the plaintiff upon these securities, the latter filed a bill in this Court, in which he stated that the whole amount of the money which he had received from the defendant was 4501., in con, sideration of which the bill for 5001. had been given, and was since paid; that the bill for 7251. was given to the defendant at his own suggestion, upon stating that a balance to. that amount was due to him by the plaintiff's father, on whom tilt. plaintiff had expressed it to be the determination of his brothers, sisters, and himself, to settle an annuity ; and which bill was given on the express condition that he( the plaintiff') was not to be held respon sible for its amount or any part of it, in the event of its not meet ing the concurrence of his brothers and sisters ; and lastly, that he had put his signature to the bond for 3,207 dollars without knowing what it was, up the defendant's requiring some se curity for such money as he had advanced to him over and above the amount of the bill for 5001. Under these circum stances, therefore, the bill prayed for the interposition of this Court to relieve him (the -plaintiff) from the proceedings at law. The defendant being resident at Bencoolen; an ex-parte mo tion, on behalf of the plaintiff, was made befor the Vice-Chan cellor for an order for service of the subpcena upon Mr. Miller, the defendant's attorney at law. The application, however, was refused by his Honour, upon the ground that the plaintiff had nothing to do but to _plead his infancy. In consequence of this refusal on the part of his Honour, Mr. WET HERE LL to-day made the same application to the Lord Chancellor. His Lonnsilf r was of opinion, that it was very possible the plaintiff might not wish to plead infancy, thinking that he had more honourable grounds of defence—such, for instance, as the condition upon which he had passed the bill for 7251., or his having received no consideration tbr the bond—he ought not to be tied down to the necessity of pleading his minority. His Lordship, therefore, was pleased to grant the application. At two o'clock his Lordship rose, fur the purpose of attend ing the Recorder's Report. , HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, JULY 2‘). Nothing of any public interest transpired in this Court to day. One or two salvage cases, of an ordinary description, were heard, but the facts were unimportant. Lord STOWELL notified, that, having consulted with the Registrar, he had determined to allow Capt. Purvis,_ of his Ma jesty'S ship Magicienne, the seizer of the ship Woodbridge, 1301., in 'tontine " eapensarunt." Mr. A LCOCK, proprietor of the estate of Wil ton, in the county of Wexford, three years ago, ,tbrgave his tenants to the amount of 16,0001. of arrears of rent ; and about a month ago he called his tenants together, forgave them again about 13,000/., reduced their rents to half, and gave them new leases ; his lands, formerly set for from 15s. to 40s. are how set and also twenty-tive yesterday at from 7s. to 20s. per acre. One hundred and thirty-one tubs of Geneva were seized at Atherfield on Tuesday last ; Nettlestone.—( Isle of ivied Journal 2 ., July 24.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Mr. WM. WALTER AND Mr. BARRY O'MEARA. MARYLEBONE OFFlCE.—Yesterday Mr. Barry O'Meara, the Gentleman who has lately published a Work, entitled " A Voice from St. Helena, or Napoleon in Exile," accompanied by Mr. CHARLES PHILLIPS, the Barrister, appeared before JOHN RAWLINSON, Esq. the Sitting Magistrate, in conse quence of a warrant issued against him on the complaint of Mr. William Walter for an assault. It appeared that the charge was preferred against Mr. O'Meara by Mr. Walter, for a per sonal chastisement inflicted on him on the 22d instant, through mistake, Mr. O'Meara having supposed him to be Mr. John Walter of The Times Journal, in which animadversions on his work, personally offensive to him, had appeared. Before the case was entered into, all the parties being in attendance, Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Magistrate, and said no person could lament the circumstance which had given occasion to the complaint more than Mr. O'Meara. It had occurred by mis take, he having unfortunately mistaken Mr. William Walter for another Gentleman. Every wish on the discovery of his error had been immediately manifested to make an apology ; and, as the Gentleman offended had expressed a wish to adjust this unfortunate affair, a meeting of himself, Mr. William Walter, and another Gentleman, had been held on the pre ceding evening, with a view to an arrangement.—On that oc casion, a disposition to adjust the matter was manifested, and fur the offence which his client had committed, he was most ready to make a public apology, never having intended any thing calculated to give pain to Mr. W. Walter. That Gen tleman, he understood, had partially consented, and another meeting was to be held to draw up such an apology as would be deemed satisfactory to his feelings, in consequence of which, under all the circumstances of the case, he had consented to forego further vroceedings on the warrant. Mr. 'Wm. AI alter said something to the Magistrate in a low tone of voice. We understood he said, his only object was an apology in the newspapers. The Magistrate (Mr. RAWLINSON). observed, he did not wish to press the proceedings, as Mr. W. Walter had thus handsomely consented to forego them, but he thought proper at the same time to state, that although the judicial investiga tion would be abandoned, yet, for the preservation of the pub lic peace, he should find it his duty not to allow Mr. O'Meara to Ko at large without his holding him to bail, as he might yet fulfil his intention with respect to Mr. John Walter ; and as it became therefore necessary to guard against a repetition of the offence, it was highly requisite that he should enter into his own recognizance. Mr. Pumx.irs then observed that his client had now no in tention of molesting that Gentleman, and wished it to be un derstood that he was extremely sorry for the assault committed on the person of Mr. William Falter. Mr. RAwLINSON here observed the warrant could not yet be disposed of, as the case was not finally settled between the parties, and in the interim Mr. O'Meara might enter into his own recognizance to keep the peace. Mr. PHILLIPS said his client was present and had no ob jection. Mr. O'Meara then stepped forward, and entered into his own recognizance in the sum of 5001. to keep the peace towards Mr: John Walter.—The parties then left the office. • GAMING HOUSES• BOW-STREET.—Yesterday two men, named Barry and Jackson ' the proprietors of a gaming-house in Pall-mall, and Messrs. Silk, Felton, Maddox, Barber, Soyeux Israel, and 16 others, (whose names could not with accuracy be collected), all fashionably dressed men, and some of them, it is said, connect ed with families of distinction, were brought before Sir R. BIIINIE, in the custody of J. J. Smith, one of the principal officers, and several of the patrol, under a search- warrant issued on the previous day by . Mr. Minshull, upon p rivate informa tion. The charge against them was, that they, 4 - being idle and disorderly persons, did haunt, resort to, and play at un lawful games," in the house No, 33, Pall-mall. Mr. ALLEY, who attended for the defendants (except Barry and Jackson) 'took Mn objection in limine to any proceedings being had under this warrant. Mr. Mirishull was the Magistrate who granted this extraordinary warrant; he, of course,was in pos session of the information upon which he had thought proper to issue it, and before him, and no other Magistrate, the case should have been heard. Mr. Minshull should have paused be fore he granted a warrant to officers to break into a man's house, and at least, when he had done so, he should have taken care to hear and dispose of the case. The warrant was issued against " two men of the names of Barry and Jackson, whose Chris tian names were unknown, and divers other idle and disorderly persons." This, the Learned Gentleman contended, was not a legal warrant, the omission of the Christian names rendering ' it a mere nullity. It had been ruled over and over again, that warrants of this general description were illegal, and he called upon the Magistrate to dismiss the matter without any further hearing. Sir R. BZRNIE, without expressing any opinion upon the legality of the warrant, must, he said, hear the case. There was a certain number of persons before him, and he must hear under what accusation they appeared there, and dispose of them in some way or other. Smith the officer was then called, and stated that a warrant having been placed in his hands, he went, with about 15 other constables, at half-past 10 o'clock on Wednesday evening, to No. 33, Pall-mall, and having, by a preconcerted plan, gained admittance at the lower door, they went up to the first floor, where they found 12 of the defendants sitting round a table, playing at a game the name of which witness did not know.— 'There was a great deal of money, and a large number of silver counters on the table. The appearance of the officers in a moment threw all the party into confusion, and a gene ral scramble took place, in which witness - acted a part, and seized three 101., and five 51. notes, thirty sovereigns, and a quantity of silver and counters. Having secured the players and their apparatus, they went up to the second floor, where they found time remainder of the defendants playing at Rouge ct Noir. There, also; a contest took place for the money, and one gentleman, who appeared to be quite at home in a scramble, got by far the greater part; the officers succeeding only in getting the silver counters, of which there was a great number. The box or drawer, which was called " the bank," was secured, but unfortunately there were " no effects," the money having been " scrambled" out. - lie believed Barry and Jackson were the proprietors of the house. The gaming apparatus and several papers were produced by Smith, Nichols, Bond, and other officers. The table at which the party in the first floor were playing was of a circular form, with compartments, numbered, and of various colours. There was also a large green cloth covered with figures, several money scrapers, balls, &c. The game played in the first floor was understood to be Line, deux, ciuque. The following paper was produced which the officers found stuck up in the room : " Gentlemen are most respectfully informed, that the Rouge et Noir will be open every day (Sundays excepted), from one o'clock till four in the day, and from seven till eleven in the evening. " The stakes are limited from half-a-crown to twenty-five pounds. " Any stake under half-a-crown cannot be received or paid ; nor can any declaration whatever be attended to. " Gentlemen are particularly requested not to stake their money hall way. upon the colours, as the bank, to prevent er ror, will give change. " Gentlemen are most respectfully informed, that the bank will be on the table every day (Sundays excepted), from one o'clock in the day till twelve at night. " Stakes are limited fiom one shilling to one pound on each of the numbers and zeros ; and from half-a-crown to fifteen pounds on the even chances. . " As the bank have their own counters, gentlemen are re quested to exchange their money for them before they dom -mence play, as the bank, to prevent mistakes, cannot receive or pay any other than silver. . " No declaration can be attended to, nor half stakes taken. " Gentlemen are 13articuW•ly requested, when their money has won, not to touch their stakes till paid. • " No. 33,• Pall-mall." The defendants made no resistance to the authority of the officers, except the taking of all the money they could get ; and they were taken quietly to St. Martin's watch-house, where they were lodged for the night. Mr. ALLEY addressed the Magistrate at some length, and with considerable warmth, in behalf of the defendants, who, he said, with the exception, perhaps, of Barry and Jackson, who were said to be the keepers of the house, had been most.unjust ly dragged forward. The warrant was to apprehend "idle and disorderly persons," and his clients certainly did not come under that•denornination, for many of them were gentlemen of the highest respectability, and had gone into the house by mere accident. The warrant, like all general warrants, was illegal, and he was surprised that Mr. Minshull should have issued such an instrument. If the officers had been resisted, and any one of them had been killed, the crime would not have amounted to murder. He must enter his protest most so lemnly against such a warrant, and he would call upon the Magistrate to dismiss the gentlemen before him. There was a deficiency in the proof, for he had no evidence that they were playing, and moreover they were not named in the warrant. — As the Magistrate who issued it had chosen to limit the au thority of the officers, by inserting the names of two persons only, they had no power over any others. Sir B. BIRNIE said, that these gentlemen, however respect able they might be, were found in the house, and in such situa tions as left no doubt upon his mind that they were playing, The Act of Parliament, however, said " persons haunting, resort ing, and playing," and lie thought the " haunting and resort. ing"lnn not proved. If he could take the passage in the dim. junctive, he certainly should hold all the defendants to bail ; but as it was, he should only call upon Barry and Jackson for sureties. _ _ Mr. ALLEY said, he was sure it would be quite sufficient for the worthy Magistrate to discharge the others with his ad monition. _ Sir R. BIRNIE said he knew nothing practically of gaming, never having won or lost 10s. in his life; but is what he had heard were true, his admonition would have very little effect upon men who addicted themselves to the practice, and he would therefore spare it. Twenty-two of the defendants were then discharged upon payment of the usual fees, and Barry and Jackson were held to bail, each himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. The apparatus, money, &c., remain in the possession of the officers, who received the thanks of the defendants for the kind ness and delicacy with which they performed their duty. Some of the defendants appeared heartily ashamed of their situation. MANSION lIOU sE.—Yesterday two persons, genteelly dressed, were held to bail for having taken part in a riot before the Mansion-house, on Wednesday, occasioned by the resist ance of the multitude to the Peace Officers in their efforts to enforce the City regulations to the Blackwall stages. HAT TON GARDE N.—Yesterday several Bargemen belong ing to the Regent's Canal were charged with having entered into a conspiracy not to work their barges to Paddington, where they were to take on board a numerous detachment of the Guards to be conveyed to Liverpool, unless they had an advance of wages. They were all conveyed to prison until they could give security to appear to answer the charge. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yous, JULY 22. BOWER AND CO. V. MUDIE AND OTHERS. Mr. BROUGHAM opened the case. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Bower, Bacon, and Company, were type-founders at Shef field. The defendant, Mudie, and five others, entered into the speculation of a weekly paper, entitled, The Leeds Gazette, Commercial and Agricultural Journal. Several persons were shareholders, but the plaintiffs could only pioduce evidence to fix these six defendants. Mr. Mudie was appointed Edi. tor, subject to the control of a Committee of Management.— The defendants were partners, as would be proved from their presiding at these Committees, and from their frequent inter ference in the management of the business. The paper vies begun about the latter end of 1819, when it •became necessary to provide a certain quantity of type, which was ordered of the plaintiff's, who would prove the' delivery to the amount of 3781. Witnesses to the number of 'eight were called, and deposed, to seeing the six defendants coming there, and by several acts of interference with the management of the concern, appearing to them to be proprietors. Mr. Mudie had quitted the concern. The paper in question eventually expired. The witnesses admitted that several meetings of these Com mittees were for the purpose of procuring subscribers, and hence the uncertainty when the several defendants became shareholders. _ _ _ Mr. SCARLET T addressed the Jury for the defendants, con tending that no satisfactory evidence had been given whereby to infer that they were partners, or when such partnership had commenced. _ _ _ _ The CHIEF JUSTICE left it to the Jury; first, whether all or any of the defendants were to be considered as partners ; se condly, whether they were so from the commencement, or only joined the concern at subsequent periods ; and, lastly, whether they were'to be included in the first or subsequent de livery of types by the plaintiffs, so as to make them liable to the whole, or only a portion of the plaintiff's demands. The trial lasted till between six and seven in the evening.— The Jury found the whole of the defendants liable; but, owing to the uncertainty when their individual partnership com m^aced, gave—Damages 471. 10s. only, being the amount of the subsequent supply of type by the pkintiffs. HOME CIRCUIT.-CHELMSFORD, JULY 24. CROWN SIDE.-ARSON. Thomas Bloomfield was indicted for feloniously and mali ciously setting fire to certain corn stacks, belonging to James Page, in the parish of Great Clackton, in this county, on the 4th of February last. Verdict—Not Guilty. Philip Martin and Thomas Rist French were indicted for assaulting John Cook on the King's highway, in the parish of Steeple Bumpstead, on the 4th of April, putting him in fear, and taking from his person a 1/. note and ss. in silver. The case was opened by Mr. DOWLING for the prosecution, and proved in evidence.—Guilty—Death. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—SAY.ISDURY, JULY 24. The Assizes were concluded this day, and upon the whole there have been fewer cases of importance than can be remem bered for many years. MIDLAND ClRCUlT.—Lxxcomf, JULY 23. ACOURT V. GOULSO\. This action, which was called on yesterday,was for unskilful ness in the defendant, in undertaking to perform a surgical operation on one of the plaintiff's legs, and which it was after wards found necessary to amputate. The Court resumed this morning, when, after hearing the remainder of defendant's wit nesses, Mr. CLARKE, sen. addressed the Jury on the part of the defendant. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN replied on the part of the plaintiff:—His Lordship left it to the Jury to decide upon the facts stated in evidence. After some short deliberation they returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages 101. CAMBRIDGE ASSIZES, JULY 23. CROWN SIDE. Robert Smart pleaded Guilty of having committed wilfu l and corrupt perjury in the same Court, at the last Assizes, on a charge of rape, in order to exculpate the accused part Y. --- Transported for seven years. James Ridgley, aged 69, who was brought up by Habeas Corpus from - Horsemonger gaol, Surrey, charged with having , in the parish of Bermondsey, feloniously counterfeited anti forged a certain stamp ordered to be used by the Commissioners of his Majesty's duties of Excise, for marking and stamping of hides and skins, with intent to defraud his Majesty. The Jury found him Guilty, but on account of his a dvanced years, he was sentenced to only one year's imprisonment in the county jail ; to pay a fine of 501. to the King; and further, to give security to keep the peace, himself in 2001. and two sure ties in 501. each. John Isaacson, aged 32, William Gilbert, aged 40, and Wii" limn Reeve, aged 40, were convicted of sacrilegiously breaking into the church of Wicken, and stealing thereout certain sacer dotal robes, &c.—Death. Edward Smith aged 26, William Handscomb ad 21, 31a Jonathan Rceder, , aged 27, were convicted of , bur ge g l ar iouslY breaking into the dwelling-house of Thomas Thurley.—Dtal h " James Fordliam, for receiving the goods stolen by the a bove , was sentenced to be transported for 14 years. William Collis, aged 22, and John Whitby, 29, were con victed of burglary, on the evidence of James Peters, an ac complice. Guilty—Death. The JUDGE then passed sentence of Death on eight indit duals, whose cases we have noticed. He hoped they wo ult4 all prepare to quit this world; but,addressing Smith and Hand:.- comb, he implored them, in future, not to expect any mi te„ 3- Lion of their sentence.—The prisoners wept bitterly. BIRTHS. On Tuesday, at the house of R. H. Crew, Esq. the Lady °f G. Hole, Esq., of a daughter. On Thursday, the 25th inst. in Wimpole-street, the Righ t. Hon. Lady Bridport, of a son. At Whittington Hall, Lancashire, on the 20th inst., t he Lady of Thomas Greene, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. Yesterday, the 25th inst., at St. James's, Cl er k e nwell, )Ir. , Charles Chapman, of Shadwell, to Charlotte, younges t daug p , ter of Mr. John Williams, of Spencer-street, Northarorta square. On the 23d inst., at Startforth, Yorkshire, the Rev. W i t 'iy, Willis, 111. A., Vicar of Kirkby, in Cleveland, to Pero „f youngest daughter of the late W. Stevenson Preston, Fiscl" Warcop hall, Westmorland. DIED. ne gt., On the V June, Brevet Major Henry Vernon, 36th resident at • 'axo, lonian States. l'sterd. morning, at Vauxhall, Lady Viscountess the nre land, widc of the late Lord Falkland, and mother of " sent Viscount. ro ot On Sunday night, the 21st instant, the Lady of th e pleas , Hon. Lord Norbury, Lord Chief Justice of the Commone_ect.. Ireland, the Lady Baroness Norwood—truly regarded, r, :,tiiris ed, and lamented ; a pious example of female virtue an u " tian fortitude, during her long life and painful illness;‘_.triagc, On Wedn:sday last, at Stockwell-green, Mrs. W fi t .% oar relict of Joseph Wrhitridge, Esq., formerly of Balh ant ' l Cla O pham. li eril n the 10th instant, at Sceaux, near Paris, ag— e ldest s ot ' Blanch Rosser, B:A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, of Mr. Rosser, Skinner-street, London. • Printed And Published for the PROPRIE TOPS, at the Sil)d Office, No. 112, Strand, by J. 11. CausT6lB" , Y 1 ;,