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Of Price. d to 41s 6d d to 43s 3d eorge Holt, larchioness the lion. Lurch, Wm. beth, third John-strcet, r place. burgh. place, aged relict of W. ipany's Ser afield, Vicar ge, the Rev. t the SuN SIR}. CONTRACT FOR. COALS. • Nary-Office, April 10, 1822. THE PRINCIPAL. OFFICERS and CO if. MISSIONERS of HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY do 4 ereby give Notice, that on Thursday, the 2d of May next, nt One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat with such Per mew as may be willing to Contract for supplying His Ma iesty's several Duch Yards, or any one or more of them, and this °lice, with COALS. A Distribution of the Coals, and a Form of the Tender, may be seen at this Office. 4o Tender will be received after One o'Clock on the Day of Treaty, nor any noticed unless the Party, or an Agent for him, attends. Every Tender must be accompanied by a Letter ad dreoesed to the Navy Board, and signed by Two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Person tender- Ong, in the Sum of 251. per 100 Chaldrons of Coals, for 14 due performance of the Contract. PICT(); 11. L l NG- OFFICE, April 4, 1824. TH E COMMISSIONERS f or VICTUAL: LING His MAJESTY'S NAVY do hereby gsve No tice, That on Friday, Me 2Gth Insternt, they will be ready Y° receive nuders in writing (ealed Up), and treat for Me 4 oPply of what FRESH BEEF may he required for Me use Majesty's Ships and Vessels at the places under-men tioned,from Me date against each (depressed, till the 31st De- Penzance Newcastle and Tinmouth Haven 7th June I Guernsey and Jersey 7th - Greenock 7th - C ampbelton - G alway 2oth -- B elfast, Carrickfergus, Larne Harbour, and Newry - Milford Haven Stranraer and Loch Ryan ... 23d -- L eith, Leith Roads, and the Firth of Edinburgh : eft be paid for by Bills payable, without interest, sixty da afer date. .. 10th August J The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office, O r ty applyiog to the Postmasters at Guernsey and Jersey, and to the Collectors of His Majesty's Customs at each of No regard will be had to any Tender in which the Price shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be delivered to the Board before One .'Clock on the said Friday, the 26th Instant, nor unless the Person who mahes the Tender, or some Person on his Waif, attends, to an swer when called for. Jt: Each Tender must also be accompanies! by a Letter signed two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering, in the Penal Sum .f 5001. for the due performance of each of the Contracts. HAZARD and Co. have already Shared and Sold in the present Lottery, • No. 467 7,839 And Fifteen other Capitals of £2,000, £1 ,000, £5OO, &c. There is but One Day more to draw, and the Wheel contains TWO of £20,000, And Twenty other Capitals, All of which must be drawn on TUESDAY, 43d April, that being the last and only Day of Drawing. „,Tick e t s an d Sh ares , Warranted Undrawn. are Selling at VAZARD and CO.'s Old and Fortunate Offices, 9'B, Royal machange ; 26, Cornhill ; and 324, Oxford•street, Corner of Swallow.street. Clr BISH has already Shared and Sold TWENTY-THREE Capitals in the present Lottery. ALL MUST I3E DRAWN LAST AND ONLY DAY, NEXT TUESDAY WEEK, - THE 23d OF APRIL. TI3ISII, of the OLD STATE LOTTERY . OFFICES, 4, Cornhill, and 9, Charing C ross , Lon "( 1, calls the attention of his hest Friends, th e Public, to The present Rich State of the Wlieel, which contains TWO PRIZES OF £20,000 ! A , And 20 other Capitals of Zl,OOO, k5OO, &c. &c. ' 4 l of which must be drawn on 'Tuesday, the 2Sd Instant, when the Lottery will entirely finish. 'rickets and Shares, Warranted Undrawn, are on Sale at VSll's Offices in London, and by his Agents in the Country. "cry Ticket—Every Share—Every Capital—and every other Prize must be drawn NEXT TUESDAY WEEK. II ASRANCE CON OF ON, , tituted ATLAS 1805, S a n d empowered lPANY by an Act of LON Parli D ament of the 54th George 111. THE PRESIDENT and DIRECTORS hereby give notice to Persons assured with this Com f4nY from Loss by Fire, whose Policies have be en in f orce -4 '4 years ending at Christmas last, that the return of sur. 11'14 Premiums to the assured, (agreeably to the system of 1 1 Comanyis 24 er cen uon the Prmiums received Londo p n ; a nd 20 p er cen t, t. O p e on those received by the ,i'aUntry Agents in Great Britain; and that the same will, 0 and after the 25th instant, he payable at the Office in tt i l leapside on the London Policies, and by the Agents in a Country, on the Policies effected in their respective "'Prics. LIFE DEPARTMENT. ,_,Persons assured for the whole Term of Life will bare an ; 4 9ition made to their Pi:Aides every Seventh Year, on the as surance so beneficially pra c ti se d till l a t e ly a t th e E qu it a bl e 1 .. 4 , 41 rance Office; or the amount thereof 'may be applied in ` 4ll ction of the future payments of Premium. 4 Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life, on ; t 4 1 : 14, 1 peculiar to this Odice, whereby the Premium is pay 't for a fixed number of years, HENRY DESBOROUGH, Jun. Secretary. t: heapside, Louden, March 14, 1822. BRAMAH'S PATENT PORTABLE PENS. SPURIOUS Imitation of these PENS hay ing recently been introduced for Public Sale, J. 4 MAH and SONS, 124, PICCADILLY, the Manufac turers and Proprietors of the Invention, acquaint its flume ), Us Patrons and the Public, that in future every Box or 41 ,c,ket of their Genuine Pens will be stamped with a fac si -41',1,.0f the Signature of the Inventor JOSEPH BRA . by which means the Counterfeit will be easily dis .olrer_ J a nuary 24, 1822. .••••• NDIA. SHAWLS WANTED.—AppIy at rt MILLARD and SON'S WHILESALE ad RETAIL ,:rieaklr4N and BRITISH LINEN WAREHOUSE, N u . 16, lorde, where Families and La ar dies riving from India, forming establishments, entire or in part, are very re :lPectfully informed they may exchange their India Shawls, k r ld roake *el ect i ons w i th the greatest economy from the best wiles of warranted Scotch and Irish Linens, Skeetings, and 12; 4 ' 4 4 Table Linen, Russia ditto, rich Moravian Worked ;adtestes and Trimmings, curious Shawls, all kinds of India ,'British Muslin, an d l ong Clot h s. French Canihrics as Ported, rich P r i nte d F urn i turcs, Muslin , and Cambrics, of Nue designs, peculiar to the house; Marseilles Quilts, &c. VariousiqC the ' new articles for morning and evening dress; u ;ne articles taken in the piece and demy regularly at the 41c„resalo price, and those divided at the lowest reduced ready -nIY prices. —Proprietors of fashionable Town and Country utip es Pay,... S LIPPIIed, and tliv uSual allo*ance made for cash. • mlO 4 • '1•0 BE SOLD BY AUCTION. By Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, Wellingtoa•Street. SVa terloo-Bridge, Strand, on WEDNESDAY, April 17, and Three following days, at Twelve ()Thick, TILE MISCELLANOUS LIBRARY of the late WILLIAM KINNAIItD, Esq. Magistrate of the Thames Police. containing Antis's Order of the Garter. 2 vol. ; Edniontlson's Body of Heraldry, 2 vol.; his Baronage Dugdale's Baronage, 2 vol. ; Haurisii Scriptores His torhe Romans, Latini Vetere', fig. 3 vol. ; Encyclopaedia Bri taranica, 20 rid.; Variorum Clas=ics, &c. &c. Together with a Good Collection of Tracts relative to Shakspeare. To be viewed, and Catalogues (price Is.) had at the Place of Sale. THE GRAVEL AND STONE, LUMBAGO, & c . HICKMAN'S PILLS are allowed to be the most, successful Preparation for effectually removing and preventing the future recurrence of those Disorders which arise from an imperfect action of the Urinary Orgms, as Gravel arid Stone, Lumbago, Pains in the Back and Loins, Suppression of Urine,Ecc. Composed of the most innocent ingredients, this truly valuable Medicine relieves the suffer ing patient from the excruciating tortures of those diseases ysithout any violence or injury to the Constitution, and re quires no confinement or restraint of diet during its use. It is One of the oldest Public Medicines extant; and its pecu liar virtues and efficacy have uniformly maintained the highest reputation. Sold in Boxel;'at Is. 9d. and Its. by Butler's; Chemists, No. 4, Cheapside, St. Paul's, and 220, Regent-street (near the Argyle Rooms), London; 20, Waterloo-place, Edinburgh; and 34, Sackville-street, Dublin; and by the Principal Medi cine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. A NEW WEEKLY LITERARY JOURNAL. On SATURDAY, April 270.1E422, will he published, price 8d in London), and Is. if sent free by Post, THE MUSRUM ; or Record of LITERA TUNE, FINE ARTS, SCIENCES, ANTIQUITIES. the DRAMA, ate. (To be continued Weekly.) This Work will be devoted to, I. GENERAL LITERATURE. 2. The BELLES LETTRES and FINE ARTS. 3. SCIENCE, SCIENTIFIC DISCOVEKIES and DISCUS . SIONS. 4. ANTIQUITIES and BIOGRAPHY. 5. FACETLE and VARIETIES in prose and verse. • tinder the first head will be comprehended ORIGINAL ESSAYS chiefly illustrative of manners, with great variety of lighter.matter calculated for information and amusement. A CRITICAL NOTICE of every new work distinguished by intrinsic merit, or the celebrity of its author. All diicoveries in Arts and Sciences will be recorded In ANTIQUITIES will be noticed whatever may appear calculated to illustrate history, or to throw light on manners and customs. To the • DRAMA a more than ordinary attention will be paid. This species of composition is at a singularly low ebb, and is rarely noticed by Journalists except as a matter of news. The Editors are impressed with the importance of the FINE ARTS to.society, and pledge uuremittin: , attention to their progress. No important work of art or exhibition shall escape notice. The PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS will not be neglected. The Editors will be vigilant in the cause of true honor and morality ; and avoid whatever would lead to religious or po litical controversy. The MUSEUM will be neatly printed in Quarto, contain ing 16 Pages, or 48 Columns, and will be delivered early on Saturday, in and near London. Orders for this Paper will be received by Mr. MILLER. 69, Fleet-street ; Messrs. Simpkio and Co. Stationers' Court; and all other Booksellers in Town and Country. It may also be procured REGULARLY by giving a GENERAL order to all Newsmen, Postmasters, and Clerks of Roads, in the same manlier as for any Newspaper, Magazine, &c. All ADVEIt FISEMENTS are requested to be sent to Mr. Miller, 69, Fleet-street, or to the Printer, A.. 1. Valpy, Red Lion Court, Fleet-street; where also COMMUNICATIONS, addressed to the Editor, may be sent. Persons residing in the COUNTRY, who are not desirous of having the Work on the day of publication, may receive the Numbers, at Bd., through their Booksellers or Agents. ROYAL NAVY, &c. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 13.—Yesterday the Camelion brig, Lieutenant Withan, sailed on a cruise ; and this morning . the William and Mary yacht, Captain Phillimore, C.B. arrived from Dublin, and came into harbour. Captain Bowles is ap. pointed to command this yacht. Remains at Spithead,—Par thian. In Harbour—Queen Charlotte, Ramilies, Albion, Active, Owen Glendower, Ranger, Hind, Fly, Arab, Grass hopper, Calliope, Starling, and 'William and Mary yacht.— Ships offered for sale—Alexander, 84 ; Princess of Orange, 74 ; Tagus, 46 , Sapphire, 26 ; Spey, 20 ; Musquito, 18 ; Recruit, 18 • Muros, 14 ; Rolla, 10 ; Leveret, 10 ; Greci a n, schooner; irince Edward, cutter; Hyena, store-ship; New Star, long-boat. Saturday evening his Majesty's brig Parthian, Capt. Whit. worth Lloyd, arrived at Portsmouth from Port Royal, Jamaica, whence she sailed on the 9th of February, leaving there the Tyne, Capt. Godfrey; Carnation, Capt. Walcott; and Tri bune, Capt. Willoughby, C. B. The latter ship had suffered much from sickness. The troops had also suffered greatly, particularly the 50th regiment. There was no news from the Al ain. The Newcastle having been found to be in such a defective state, the intention of fitting her out for the voyage to India has been abandoned, consequently some other ship will be pro vided for the conveyance of the new Governor-General._. ( Portsmouth Paper.) On Wednesday the Driver sloop of war, Capt. T. Wolridge, sailed for the coast of Africa. She will touch at Gibraltar, to ship . goats for the use of the Royal Marine garri son , (un deri Major John Campbell) at the Isle of Ascension. The Alligator frigate, built in India of teak, is ordered to be fitted for foreign service at Woolwich. An immediate survey is to take place fbr the most eligible situation to erect telegraphs between London and Plymouth.. _. A communication from the Admiralty to Portsmouth takes place directly, and each station is under the superintendance of a Navy Officer. A general return from all the naval dock-yards is ordered to be made forthwith, of each artificer whose age is sixty years and upwards. This is supposed to be preparatory to a further re duction and superannuation of these individuals. Captain Filmore is appointed to the Ordinary (as a Com mander), at Plymouth.—Lieut. Hugh Goold is appointed to the signal station at Lump's Fort, near Portsmouth ; Lieut. G. Williamson to the station on Portsdown Hill.—Lieutenant Charles Gill (not Youle), and Mr. Simon Little and Mr. John Elliott., Pursers, are appointed to the Ordinary at Portsmouth; Mr. John M'A rthur (b) to be Purser of the Gloucester, 74, guard-ship at Chatham—Capt. Pettman, to the Ordinary at Sheerness ; Capt. Knight, Lieut. Coxwell, and Mr. White burst, Purser, to the Ordinary at Chatham; Mr. Archdeacon, Purser, to the Northumberland, at Sheerness. MERCANTILE SHIPPING, &c. DEAL, APRIL 13.—Wind S.W.—Came down from the River and remain in the Downs the Felicity, M'Dougal, from Madeira; and the Canaries and Idas, Aldridge, from Miramichi. DEAL, APRIL 14.—Wind N.E.—Came down from the River this morning the Agincourt, Mahon, for Madras and Bengal ; Lady Juliana, Smith, Quebec ; Anna Horsley, do. ; Friends, Richardson, do. ; Dradson, Edmond, Miramichi ; Aurora, —, do; Maria, Fowler, New, York ; Meanwell, Phillips, Jamaica; Elizabeth, Brady, Quebec; Good-Intent, Rosely, do. ; Lovely, do. ; Equity, Storr, Trieste ; Skipsey, Landley, Quebec • Kent Lindaurdo Mariner, Donald son, New York ; Crown, C orbett, Ilfracombe ; Quartres Scours, Petru, Rouen, and sailed with the rest of the outward-bound, with a light breeze from N.E. PLYMOUTH, APR IL U.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Lady Popham, Jenkins, from Jamaica, wind bound, with her fore- Mast sprung, sails split, foretop-mast, mainmast-head, and maintop-sail yards, &c. carried away, the hull much damaged, having experienced heavy gales, particularly on the 7th of March off Caldicott Castle. Arrived also the Charlton, from Newcastle for Quebec. PORTSMOU TIT, APRIL 14.—Wind Southerly.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Phaeton, from a cruize. His Majesty's ship Parthian (not Spartan as reported yesterday), from J a m a i ca . with specie ; and his Majesty's yacht, William and Mary, from Dublin. FALMOUTH, APRIL 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Boyne, Bidwell, from Calcutta : sailed the Ist of December. COURT OF KING'S lIRN6II, APRIL 13. THE CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION. THE KING V. CHARLES MURRAY, SIR JOHN SEWELL, LON GUEVILLE CLARKE, AND JOSEPH RUDWORTH SHARPE. As soon as the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE took his seat on the Bench, the case of The King v. Murray and others" was called on by Mr. Aunovr. Nine special jurors answered to their names, but one was excused by consent of both parties on the ground of urgent business. A tales was prayed on behalf of the prosecution, and four common jurors introduced into the box. The special jurors sworn were—John Leach, Edward Hughes, William Whitworth, Thomas Fenn, John Scott, Thomas Todd, and Thomas Parker; the common jurors—. James Pummell; Thomas Richardson, Richard Wilson, and John Trigge. Messrs. SCARLETT, DENMAN', tend EVANS, appeared as Counsel for the pro sec ution : and 3lessrs. GuRNEY,TINDALL, and AnoLentrs, fin the defendants. The jury being sworn, Mr. Evams stated the substance of the charge. The indictment alleged that the defendants, being evil-disposed persons, and designing_ to usurp several of • th e prerogatives of the King., and to brissgsheits into contempt, to subvert public justice and the 144140 of threalm, and to op press certain individuals, and to exteittfroen them money,goods, and chattels, did conspire to threaten to indict, and to indict, divers of his Majesty's subjects for the publication of pretend ed seditious and treasonable libels, they (the defendants) not being personally aggrieved by the pretended libels, nor being required to give evidence respecting them, nor holding any or: flee under the Cr o wn,- and also, that they conspired to extort money, goods, and chattels, from certain persons, under colour and pretenceofabstaining front further proceeding against them, and for so abstaining to proceed. 'I were various overt acts of the conspiracy laid in several counts. There was also a count for administering an unlawful oath ; counts for extor tion without laying the conspiracy ; and a count for improper ly compounding prosecutions to the prejudice of public justice. Mr. SCARLETT, in statir , the case for the prosecution, con tended that the Constitutional Association differed from other societies for the suppression and prosecution - of crimes; since those societies were established for the purpose of protecting the property of, and punishing offences against, individuals, whereas, the object of the Constitutional Association was to punish offences against the State, a power which properly be longed to the King's prerogative, and ought solely to be exer cised through the responsible Law Officer of the Crown. He very ingeniously endeavoured to impress upon the Jury, that this conduct, on the part of the Association, was mischievous, dangerous, and illegal. 'The following evidence was called for the prosecution ; G. Galloway stated that he knew J. B. Sharpe, and could swear to his hand-writing. The signatures to the papers now produced are in his hand-writing. There were then put in and read, the circular issued by Mr. Sharpe, as,Secretary to the Society, and the copy of the affidavit of Sharpe and another, deposing to Atkinson, a bookseller, in the London-road, having sold seditious publications. W. Atkinson, a bookseller, in the London-road, was arrested on the 23d March, last year, and taken from thence to Ser geant's Inn Coffee-house, and was afterwards taken to Hemp's lock-up house, where he passed the night. On the following morning lie attended with his bail at the Chief Justice's cham bers ; Mr. Gibbon and Mr. Murray were there. Mr. Gibbon said he knew the bail to be respectable; and his Lordship ob served, he saw no objection to taking it then ; but Mr. Murray said he must have notice. The Chief Justice then observed 24 hours' notice would be sufficient ; but Mr. Murray observed, the prosecutors were determined to have 48 hours' notice. The witness was then taken to Horsemonger-lane jail, where he re mained till Monday evening, when lie was taken to Union-hall, and discharged on paying 14s. Afterwards witness was at a stationer's in Wood -street, and Mr. Bradshaw, one of the per sons who had tendered as his bail, when Mr. Murray, accom panied by a Gentleman, witness believed Mr. Clark, came In. Mr. Murray said they had been to witness's house after him. They wanted him to give up his stock, and sign an agreement not t o se ll an y more. - Witness said he had no books, but they said lie had. Witness replied, all that remained were at Mr. Perey's shop, to whom he had sold them as waste paper. They then went there and got them. There was one copy of the " Address to the Re formers," the book on which the indictment was founded.— They then went back to witness's house, and Mr. Murray and Mr. Clark both said that witness must give up the books, or they would go to the Kingston Assizes, which were coming on next day, and would file a bill against him. He then gave up all his papers, and they went aw a y. N ext morn i ng, about seven o'clock, a man came to him on horseback; and in conse quence of the message which lie brought, witn ess an d B ra d. shaw went to a Judge's chambers in Sergeant's-Inn. Mr. Murray was there, and told witness lie must make an affidavit that he had given up all his books, and he accordingly made the affidavit. The person who cam e i n t h e morning demanded 181. 16s. Bd. of witness ; and after having been at Sergeant's. Inn, witness told Mr. Murray he thought the demand exorbi tant, who replied he could not help it ; those were the expenses incurred, and they must be paid. Witness said he could not pay it. Murray then said he would take off the odd shillings, and afterwards, that lie would take Witness and Brad shaw then went to the office in Bridge-street, and were intro duced to the Committee. Mr. Sharpe was one of them : the others witness did not know ; but one was called Sir J. Sewell, and another, Mr. Clark. Th e y men ti one d t h e d eman d made on witness for costs, which had not been mentioned previous to that day. They were told to wait in an adjoining room till Mr. Murray came. After waiting for some time, they were called in: Mr. Murray was then there; and witness was told that his books had been looked over, and they returned twelve, as not coming within the description of libellous or seditious. Mr. Murray also said, that, in consideration of the imprison ment the defendant had suffered, they would take 51. for the costs. Witness then went away, it being agreed that the 61. should be paid on the following Monday. But next day wit ness went to Mr. Murray, in consequence of a message he received, and took the money with him, which he paid, and took a receipt; Mr. Murray having . .informed him, that unless the money was paid that day nday) the prosecution must go on. Cross-examined by Mr. GuitxEr...-:Bmdshaw had commu nications with Mr. Sharpe whilst witness was in isiorsemonger lane. He went first without witness's knowledge, but after wards he went at witness's request, who said he should be glad to have the matter settled. Did net recollect expressing sor row for having sold seditious and blasphemous publications, but would not swear he had not done so. When witness saw Mr. Murray, he solicited him to stop the prosecutions, and sa id he had made away with all his seditious publications, and of fered to make oath of that fact; but on being afterwards told by Mr. Murray that he had been informed they were only re moved to the house of a friend, they went to Percy's house, and there found them. The Gentleman who was with Mr. Murray, and who witness supposed was Mr. Clark, was Mr. Price, as he now understood from a Gentleman then in Court. There were some Black Dwarfs, some Medusas, the Mock Trial of Carlile, several numbers of the Republican and the Tax-gatherer, Nero Vindicated, &c. amongst the numbers taken away by the Society. Witness believed in the New Tes tament ; did not know, could not say that he ever said the con trary. _ _ _ Re-examined by Mr. DENMAN.—Believed Mr. Murray said Mr. Price was a barrister; and Mr. Price said, unless witness agreed to the terms proposed, they would go down to Kingston next day and prefer their bill. The name of Clark was mentioned in the Committee-room, but not applied to Mr. Price. William Bradshaw.—Offered himself as bail for Atkinson at the Chambers ; witness was then, and is now, a man of sub stance. Gibbon, the officer, was present, and said he believed the bail to be good; but Mr. Murray insisted on having forty eight hours notice. Whilst Atkinson was in confinement, wit ness called several times on Sharpe at the office in Bridge street, and was ultimately introduced to the Committee. AIL Sharpe, Mr. Murray, Sir J. Sewell, and Mr. Price, were pre sent, as well as several other persons whom he did not know. He afterwards applied to Mr. Murray on the subject of costs, and represented the poverty of Atkinson. Mr. Murray said he could do no more than take off the shillings. Witness went immediately to the Committee, and it was at length settled that five pounds should be paid. James Barstow, Esq. a student of Gray's Inn, knows Mr. Ro-. bert Wardell. Recollects going about Easter of last year,' with Mr. Wardell, to Mr. Murray's office. Witness had pre viously been at Mr. Murray's respecting bail, and requesting Mr. Murray would not proceed to arrest Mr. Wardell. Mr. Murray said he was aware Mr. Wardell was a Gentleman, and be certainly would not arrest him. Bail was afterwards put in, and a negotiation was entered into, by which it was agreed that Mr. Wardell should suffer judgment to go by de fault, and enter into recognizances for two years, and.that Mr. Wardell should pay the costs. Witness had always considered the costs were to be paid, and had told Mr. Wardell so before costs were ever mentioned by Murray. Witness considered that Mr. Wardell was asking a favour, and that it was a de sirable thing for him to avoid a public discussion, and, there , fore, as a matter of course, that the costs were to be paid. The costs on the - two prosecutions were 571. Witness mentioned a bill, but Mr. Murray said a pressure of businesS had prevented his having it copied out. The money. was paid without any bill ' being asked for. Cross-examined—Mr. Wardell is n6t in town. lie thanked Mr. Murray at the time for his civility, and witness had every reason to know that Mr. Wardell did not charge Mr. Murray with any extortion in his charges. Thomas Dolby, a bookseller in the Strand, went, on the sub ject of a prosecution instituted against him by the Society, ac companied by his solicitor, Mr. Nettlefold, to Mr. Murray's office, where some conversation passed. Mr. Murray said he was desirous of getting at the author of the publication , _ the subject of prosecution. After some conversation, M r . Mur ray appeared inclined to restrain the prosecution, and said he would consult the Committee ; and a future meeting was ap pointed, at which witness and Mt. Nettlefold again attended. lie then said he could not give up the actual writerof the article in question, but was ready to give up the editor and proprietor of the publication in which it had appeared. Mr. Murray said that would not answer the purpose; but Mr. Nettlefold cited the case of Vi right and Cobbett, in which the Chief Jus tice had held that the Editor and Proprietor might be prose cuted, although the actual writer was not known. This seemed to satisfy Mr. 'Murray. A meeting was appointed, and took place that evening. A paper of terms was drawn up, and was in the hands'of Mr. Nettlefold, and, witness believed, afterwards returned to Mr. Murray. (Mr. Murray here produced such a paper as that alluded to,hut witness said it was not the same.) The terms were not carried into effect. Mr. Nettlefold said Mr. Murray read the terms from a paper in his own hand, and kept it. Thomas Dolby recalled.—The terms were, that witness should give up the entire stock of the offensive publication, and express contrition for having sold it, and enter into engagements not to sell any publication which the Society might deem offensive.— Upon this last condition witness said he considered it ex tremely oppressive, and as requiring some little time for con sideration ; he did not know what they might deem offensive ; and he particularly mentioned Cabett's Register. Mr. Mur ray replied, he could not take on himself to say what witness might sell, but he must take care not to sell any thing which was seditious. Another condition was, that witness should pay all expenses, and enter into recognizance for two years. To this last condition also witness objected, and Mr. Murray ob served he could undertake to say, that it' the Society were sa tisfied with witness's conduct, the recognizance would be put into the end to in six months. At this pe r i o d a gen tl eman came the room and called Mr. Murray out. Atter an absence of ten minutes he returned, and said, he was sorry the negociation had gone on so far, as a circumstance had occurred which pre vented its going on. Cross-examined by Mr. TYNDAtt.—Did not recollect the Political Dictionary being mentioned in the course of the dis cussion ; had not bound himself not to publish certain works, but the negociation implied that in future he would use more caution. He became a party to the negociations if they did not originate with him. lie believed one number of the Political Dictionary was published pending the negociation ; it consisted of three numbers ; he could not recollect if all the three were published during that period ' • he should declin e g i v i ng any answer to the question whether he was, or was not, the publisher of the Political Dictionary. Mr. Nettlefold corroborated the testimony of the last wit ness as to the negociation carried on by him with Mr. Murray ; the application originated with the witness at the desire of Mr. Dolby. The agreement was, that Dolby should plead guilty, and enter into recognizance not to publish any seditious pub• lication for two years, pay the costs, sign a declaration of con trition for having published the paper in question, and the So ciety to use this acknowledgment as they thought fit. Wit ness considered the negociations as completed, when unfortu nately Mr. Jones put his head in at the door. Mr. Murray went out for a few moments, and on his return paced the room two or three times, and then said the prosecution must go on, and in a few days after Dolby was again taken into custody. Mr. %lima) , assigned no reason for breaking off the negociation. John Lindsay Turner is a printer ; had a prosecution pre ferred against him by the Association, and went to Mr. Murray by the advice of the Treasurer of the Association, the late Al derman Bothwell. Mr. Murray said, if witness wished the prosecution to be quashed, he must pay the expenses, and give up such public a t i o ns as m i g ht b e d eeme d o f a seditious nature, and enter into recognizances to perform these stipula tions. NVltness asked what the expenses would be, and he . said 251. or 261. witness said lie must consider, and would call the next day; he called the next day; and remonstrated with Mr. Murray on the hardship of his case, he being only the seller, and not the publisher; and not making any impression on Mr. Murray, he left him, and was soon after taken into cus tody by the tipstafl; kept one night, and on the following day, taken to the Court of King's Bench, and admitted to bail. In September witness was again arrested : that was after the pre sent indictment was found. Cross-examined by Mr. ADO T. PII us--Kept a bookseller's shop in Aldersgate-street. Richard William Heyward was attorney to Mr. Thelwall in April, 1821, and on the 27th of April he wrote a letter to Mr. Murray, informing him, that as he understood an indictment had been preferred against Mr. Thelwall, he wished to state that he was prepared with bail ; and to prevent unnecessary vexation to Mr. Thelwall, he would request answer on the subject. He received no answer to this letter, but Gibbons the tipstitif called on witness in the evening. This was on Satur day, and on Monday witness gave a notice of bail. On the Tuesday, about five o'clock, witness saw Mr. Murray at Mr. Justice Holroyd's chambers. Several persons were present, and amongst them Sir Richard Phillips and Mr. Adams, who tendered themselves as bail for Mr. Thelwall. Mr. Murray objected that there had not yet been 48 hours notice. Witness stated, that the names of these persons had been given to Gib bons the tipstaff on the Saturday evening, and also mentioned to the Learned Judge the letter which he had written, and to which he had received no answer. Mr. Justice Holroyd said, he thought no objection should be made to time. Mr. Murray then objected to the sufficiency of the bail, but they were afterwards accepted. Mr. Thelwall lives at North Brixton. First learnt that an indictment had been preferred against him from a paragraph in a newspaper. He communicated this to his Solicitor, Mr. Heyward, who advised him to rest quiet, and ascertain the fact. This was done on Friday the 27th of April, and Mr. Heyward wrote on that day to Mr. Murray. On the Monday following, whilst at dinner with his wife, daughter, and pupil, he was arrested. The officer behaved in the most respectful manner, permitting the witness to go to his own office in the Strand ; here he remained till evening, when he was taken to a lock-up-house, in Serle-street, and remained in custody till he was the following day admitted to bail by Mr. Justice Holroyd. The indictments against the several parties were then put in. Mr. James Harmer, attorney, has had considerable practice in criminal Courts. On looking at these particular cases, and at the costs charged in each, he considered the charges as con siderably too high. This closed the case for the prosecution. r.Gu AXE r then addressed the Jury on the part of the four defendants, who were charged with usurping the authority of the King, and with conspiring. to wring from unfortunate indi viduals not only their money but their oods, and that by means of a perversion of the l a w. H e should-not occupy the Court or Jury an hour in discussing the right of individuals to institute public prosecutions, since such was the law. and if these gen tlemen had, in their judsmient, felt it right to institute these pro secutions, they had a right to do it. As to the cases selected, there was not one of them which did not present a picture of the most gross and wi lied sedition and blasphemy. If one of another description could have been found, if a case in which an innocent man had bean prosecuted could have been disco vered, no one could doubt but his Learned Friends and those who instituted this prosecution would have selected that case; and let him here also observe, that this very prosecution was instituted and carried on by a party of unknown indivi duals, associated for this very purpose. He then proceeded to contend that these associations had existed from the Revolution down to the present time, and instanced that of the reign of William and Mary for the support of religion and morality, of which the greater . part of the nobility of the kingdom wer e membets. The Society for the Suppression of Vice, in our day, had been productvie of the greatest good to society at large. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to comment on the several cases now brought forward, and the evidence by which they were sup ported. Atkinson was prosecuted for selling a most wicked and atrocious libel, and then himself applied for a compromise, which, in mercy, was granted to him by the prosecutors ; and even as to costs, instead of having extorted from him 181. the expences incurred, 51. only were taken. So also in the case of Mr. Wardell, that Gentleman, it appeared, so far from com plaining of any extortion, . acknowledged the kindness, can dour, and handsome conduct of the Society. So of Turner's case, here nothing had been taken; and as to Mr. Thelwall's case, he was at a loss to know what it had to do with the pre sent question. All 'se could discover in that case was, that Mr. Theiwall's attorney wrote a lett er w hi c h was not answered, and afterwards Mr. T. was ar r es t e d, an d k ept i n con fi nement till bail in a regular way was put in. As to Mr. Dolby, the same reasoning would apply. Mr. D. applied to have a pro secution pending against him suspended, and Mr. Murray pro posed terms to him. Suppose Mr. Murray. had shut his - door, and refused to hear any proposition, what would then h ave b een said of his conduct ? Would it n o t have been described as harsh and cruel in the extreme ? As to breaking off the negociation with Mr. Dolby, he would only suppose, for a mome n t, th a t Mr. Murray had been told by M r . Jones, why here is an indi vidual publishing a new se diti ous w or k , at the very moment he is pretending contrition for having done so on a former occa sion. As to the excessive charges alleged to have been made, how had they been proved ? Why, by calling Mr. Harmer, a very respectable soli c itor, h e w as rea d y to allow, - to say what the charges, in his opinion, should have been, Mr. Harmer being ignorant of the business done, and having never seen the bill, when, if there had been any ex or bit an t c h arge , t h ey m i g h t have had ie bill taxed in the regular way, and Mr. Murray have been punished, if he had acted wrong. Mr. gurney then proceeded to argue on the charge of conspiracy, which he con tended had not been made out to have the slightest foundation as regarded any one of the defendants, and obsem.d, he sat down fully confident of having a verdict in favour of all the parties. The CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to sum up the evidence, and to comment on the case, and observed in the outset, that as to 31r. Clark, there was not the slightest evidence to affect him, it appearing that the person taken for him was Mr. Price, a gen tleman at the bar. As to the association, he was bound to say that an association for the prosecution of libellous and sedi tious works was not in itself an unlawful association ; but if, that being their professed object, they made their association a means of extorting base lucre, or for other illegal auposes, whatever its professed object might be, such an association would be illegal; and if the motives of the present defendants should appear to be a desire to extort from individuals their money and their goods, instead of a prosecution for libel, they had been guilty of an unlawful act. Flit Lordship then read the evidence which related to the different cases, and observed that in each case the only individual actively concerned was Mr. Murray. The conduct of Mr. Murray. as regarded Mr. Thelwall, was not so courteous as it might have been, and as his Lordship could have wished it - to have been ; still he had only done what the law allowed. His Lordship concluded with leaving it to the Jury to say whether the charges in the indictment were at all made out by the evidence. The Jury at half-past five retired, and; after being out 29 minutes, returned with a verdict of Not Guilty in favour of all the defendants. The Foreman - observed he wished to state that it was the unanimous opinion of the Jury, that Mr. Murray's conduct had been unnecessarily harsh and severe, as regarded Mr. Thelwall. The case occupied the whole of the day. LONDON SESSIONS.—(Tins DAY.) This morning the business of these Sessions commenced before the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, the Recorder (Newman liNowLEs, Esq.), Messrs. Aldermen FLOWER, SCHOLEY, BIRCH, ATKINS, &c. On the Grand Jury being sworn, the Recorder, in his address to them, took occasion to observe that, in looking over that part of the cal ender which related to the City of London, it gave him great pleasure to notice, that notwithstanding the interval between the last sessions and the present was much longer than usual, the of fences were not more than half the number at that time. It was also satisfactory to observe, that an offence that had increased to an alarming extent, he meant street robberies, had also greatly diminished, and he had no doubt that, under a proper administration of the law, it might be totally annihilated. The Grand Jury then retired, and the Court proceeded to the tra verse paper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—On Saturday, an elderly man, rather ro bust in person and complexion, and wearing a large cocked hat, and a white riband in his button-hole, walked with a sort of military strut into the office, and having waited until the Magistrates were disengaged, he approached the Bench, and with a stiff bow, begged the favour of an audience. Mr. MiNSIRTLI. expressed his readiness to attend to him ; and he stated that he was just arrived from France, where he had been long a resident, and was now on his way to Wexford, in Ireland, but could proceed no farther for want of money._ He was a descendant of Charlemagne, and cousin to Louis th e XVIII, who some month s ago crea t e d him a Peer of France, but, before he could procure his patent, the new Ministry came into power, and being himself an avowed Liberal, his expected honours were withheld from him. While he was endeavouring to obtain redress for this act of injustice, he heard that his father had died at Wexford, where lie himself was born, leaving immense property, and that his sisters had administered to the will, and possesstd themselves of that t o which he was the rightful heir. Upon receiving this intelli gence, lie quitted Paris very hastily, and had proceeded thus far when his finances were exhausted, and he was under - the necessity of making this application for assistance from the Magistrates to complete his journey. Mr. Mixsituu.—Pray, Sir, will you give me leave to ask if you were ever in confinement? Applicant—ln confinement, Sir ! what do you mean? Mr. Mixsirtfia..—Were you ever in a prison Applicant.—Never in my life, and 1 think the question a very extraordinary one. You ought to know the treatment due to a gentleman, though h e h a pp ens t o b e i n poverty. Mr. Milisitur.L.—Well,c: , ,,Sir, I will be plaine r with y ou : were you ever in a mad-hous'o, Applicant (reddening).—A'iniid s .:lionse! why do you ask ? Mr. NI iNsßuit.L.—ilecauSe I believe; you are mad, or at least deranged in your mind; and I fancy that. is the opinion of every one who hears me, except, perhaps, the person I am addressing. The applicant said he was really at a loss to know - what the Slagistrate had seen in his conduct, or what he had said tb'tive rise to such an opinion. lie was in his sober senses, as much. as any man who heard him. Sir R. BIRNIE.—WeII, Sir, it may be all very true, but un fortunately we have no funds with which to forward your jour ney in a manner suited to the dignity of a descendant of Charle magne, and I am afraid you must find your way to Wexford as well as you can without our aid. Applicant—Very well, Sir. Mr. 31ixsiluLi. expressed his surprise that he did not apply for aid to his cousin Louis. The applicant, without regarding this observation, 'said he was sorry he had troubled the Magistrates, and should press his request no further. Ile bowed, and placing his huge cocked hat on his head with an affected air of dignity, he walked out of the office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The following matches are made to be run next week, at Newmarket, between the best horses of their year :—Lord Exeter's Augusta, Bst. 71b. against Mr. Fox's North Wetter, Bst. 71b. D. M. Banker (which horse was sold last week to Mr. Charlton,) is matched against Euphrates, Bst. 71b. each, 1). I. Regent is matched against Plumper ; and Barmecide and Plumper are also matched. PEDESTRIANISM.—George Wilson, the Newcastle ptdes trian, of Blackheath notoriety, having undertaken to walk 90 miles in 24 successive hours, started on Monday last, a;. twelve o'clock at noon, on the race-ground, Newcastle, and completed his task at 50 minutes past eleven on the following day, being 10 minutes within the time. The days of his performance j:ie ing the Easter holidays, the number of spectators up on th c ground was very considerable,—to their contributions only had he to look for the reward of his labour. Wilson is 56 years of age. His manner of walking appears extremely awkWard, but his steady perseverance carries him through tasks in which few men dare to engage.