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il . , ti 1 1) fit 4 NUMBER 0160.1 EAST INDIA 11 . 01;SE, Jan. 2, 4122. THE COURT OF PIREOTORS of UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the .EAFf INDIES : do hereby give Notice to all PRIZE AGENTS or other Persons who are di rected by the Act of Ist and 2d Georke Cap. 6-1 i to pay over to the East In.lia Company in Londoit; the atnottht of UNCLAIMED PRIZE MONEY remaining ;.i7 their hatti.:4 longiog to Officers anii Soldiers being-, or baring been, in the Service of 'the East India Compatiy, .and• to COm :Winders 'Of- . _ ficers, Seamen, and other persons, serving, or who may bore serve 4 on board of any Ship or Vessel-in the Seivice of tlie said Company, that the period limited by the said Act, ,within which the payments were to be made, expired on' the :Id December last : And the Court hereby require a!! Per sons to whom the said Act may apply forthwith to deliver to their: Secretary, at the East India House, Lists of the Un claimed Prize Money kis- remaining' in' their hands, and pay antqunt t liervot-into the Compan , :s Treasury. —Forms' of thestaterzieni; * required from the several rai4i7 uniy be seen on application at the Secretary's Otlice at this House. .JOSEPH DART, Secrutn:.Y. ATLAS ASSURANCE COMPANY. OF LONDON. Instituted ISOB, and empowered liy'an Act Of Parliament of •the 54th George 111. LIFE DEPARTMENT. P ERSONS assured for the whole term of Life,. will have an addition made to their Policies every Se venth Year, on the - principle so beneiicially practised till lately at the Equitable Aisuranee (Mice; or the amount thereof May be applied in redlictiun of the future Payments of Premium.' Policies may also be effected for the whole term of Life, on a plan peculiar to this Office, whereby the Premium is pay able for a fixed number of years. ' Lives assured by this Company are allowed to pass by sea, in decked vessels, from one part of the United Kingdom of Great. Britain and Ireland to another, and to and train the islands of Guernsey and Jersey; and also in time of peace, to piss in King's ships and packet or passage vessels, between the British and French portsin the English Channel, and to include the mouth of the River Thames, without extra► Pre mium, apd without being subjected to the inconvenience of applying for the special leave of the Director:, as heretofore required by the usual conditions t• 1 Life Policies. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Policies for 3001. and upwards will 'be entitled, under the system of Assurance practised by this Office, to participate in the surplus Premiums every fifth year, pro ided no claim has been made for loss. Proposals folly explanatory of the prin c ipl es an d rates of the Company may be had at the principal Office in Clieapside, London, and of the several Agents in the Country. I - lENRY DF,SI3OROUGH, Jun. Secretary. Claeapside, London, January t, 1822. 1 THE EARL OF LIVERPOOL.---thiß amiable and distinguished Nobleman presided, on the first ' day of . thiS year, at Kingston-npon-Thames, at the first meeting of a Charity instituted and provided for by his Lordship, giving a handsome annual re ward taeach of five poor families who should bring proofs of a course of the hest conduct and cha racter, with a preference to- those who had not received parochi a l re li e f. His, Lordship, sur rounded by all the principal Ladies and Gentle men of the neighbourhood, distributed the re wards with his own hand, and addressed the 1 successful and unsuccessful candidates for his bounty, in a speech,- short, but extremely im pressive, and well adapted to their situations and capacities. The Rev. Mr. GANDY then ad dressed the meeting and the poor, at some length ; he powerfully pointed nut to the latter the advantages, as well as the duty, of religion and good conduct, passed an elegant eulogium on their Noble Benefactor, and paid a most af fecting tribute to the memory of the virtues and eharities of the late Countess of LIVERPOOL.— Mr. PALMLR, a Gentleman in the neighbourhood, being called upon, saki a few words : he exhort- . ed the poor to remark that, character and con duct, rather than their necessities, had acquired. the rewards for them ; that attention to their re ligious duties (without distinction with respect to religious opinions) had been principally attended to in the selection of the successful candidates; and ho described. the Earl of LIVERPOOL as " a Nobleman whose recreations are charity, and who relaxes from the cares of the national welfare in the pleasure of promoting the happiness of the poor." JOHN AFC. EGO R, the Scotch Piper.---An In quisition was held before Mr. HlGas, Deputy Coroner for Westminster, at the Board Room of St.'james's Infirmary, on the body of JOHN R. McGecrort, the celebrated Scotch Piper, whose death was occasioned by an unfortunate accident. Being a performer on the union pipes, and highly respected by the Scotch Nobility and -Gentry, was generally invited to their festive entertain , ments, and on New Year's night had been at the 'residence of --- Wedderburn, F. 4., in the Al bany. The 'footman of ?lr. Wedderhurn de posed, .that after the company broke up at his master's on New Year's night, the deceased brought leis pipes to the front door to go bottle, and on putting his hand into his pocket for his box, having asked a person present to take .a pinch of snuff with him, he found the box missing; he laid down his pipes to go to look for it, w en t u p stairs and kn oc k e d a t the chamber-floor of one of ' the servants, who, told him that he would come and search for the box if he (the deceased) .would go down stairs. The deceased, instead of going down the stairs by which lie had ascended, took another direction, down another pair of stairs. lie (witne. , ;s) heard a . very heavy fall of something immediately afterwards, and a deep groan, and on going to the spot found that the deceased, who was a very heavy man, had fallen doWn the stairs headforemost, and his skull was dreadfully fractured. He was in a few minutes a lifeli.ss corpse. The deceased had drank se veral glasses of Madc , ira, but tvzt: not intoxi cated. Anothei witness corroborated, the above, and after a few observations of the Coroner, a verdiet of " Actidental Death" was retnrned by the Jury. CONSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATION for • OPPOSING -the PROGRESS or DISLOYAL and SE nITIOUS PRINCIPLES. Committee Room, 8, Bridge-street, Maelariats, Vet:. 6 4 1821. ft haring been falsely and industriously circulated through 3 c,tne Of the Public Journals that the Funds of the Association have been applied in support of the prosecutions instituted 11.11 Ir. Sharp, their Honorary Assistant Secretary, against The Times" Journal, and "The News" Weekly Paper, !she Committee feel it proper to contradict this assertion . ; qtttlt u assure the subscribers, that no -part 9/the Funds has been,,. either directly or indirectly, so applied, and that it is hot in contemplation to appropriate any portion of them to • 4 putpoie. 7 14 i4s.tice Sharp, to whose usefuj and gratuitous services the Association indebted, Commit:ifs. blink it right to state, tbat no app!ication w . hatever, for as sistance in these matters, has been made to them. By order of the Committee, CIIAS. MUILILVY, Hun. Secretary Stibwriptleos reeeired - s .- 44'eand, by,W.Clrdale. r r. S. Bar ell, Esq 0 0 Li etltenfinl- , Cxellerdi Sir F. Slavlean 5 5 Admiral P. Halkett 5 0 A- B. Z. 10 0 Iter. %I'll Nam L. Glovrt• 2 C: 4 1)1a;n William Fleury bulon, B.N. I ' 0 Iter. J. Russell Deare r Charles Deare 1 1 'er•Ctlas. Almeric Bclli Med Subscription 2 0 ,nCe last publication :—• Halifax. Capt:tin Slade XI t Major Priestley 1 1 W. Greenny, Esq I 0 Wm Bates, Esq 1 0 Edw. tVainhouse 1 0 R. %Vainhou' se~ Esq 1 0 J. Sunderkftid, Esq 1 0 NOttiligionn. Ret•erenii John Kirby, 5 5 Gotham 1 1 G. de Ligne Gregory, Esq 5 5 Huddersfield. W. 3acond, Esq •Loughborough. 4r.R. Harris . 2 2 Am Matthew March. . 2 2 Ir. P. Cliate' ' 1 0 rit4 , , Hinxnart, Esq. 3 s lies , . I. H. J3coll - 2 2 : key. Charles Grove 1 1 John Pearson, Esq 5 0 Itl . Talbist,,Esq 1 1 , Thomas Joinings, Esq 1 I key. Edward Northey,2d . ,stihscrißtion 3 : 3 4 . NI. KirhY, Esq I 1 Le t. j.' L, It ~..? 5 5 t litistoplier Smyth, Esq 5 0 iker. P. E. Buissiec . 2 2 i 4 dain Ashew,Esq (an.) - 2 2 stet : ft, S. Dixon 1 1 1 Capfaiu rosiest ' 2 2 ,Y. C. Smyth, Esg 1 1 ‘:74.1. Carmicha e l Smyth I I ' l l - znAftired from the Sub. scription of Lite Guards. It. Davis and Son i 0 Richard Dirt, Esq , 2 2 A lrJos.c . ph Urash.ritlge 1 1 Juieph Price, Esq 1 I W. Middleton, Esq John Adams, Esq Rev. John Prior • Kent. Editor of the Maidstone Journal 1 1 M. Lombard, Esq • , 5 0 Colonel Thomas Austen 5 0 .1. L; Millet, Egg 2 0 Mr W. W. Gell 0 5 Wjtney. C. R. Henderson, Esq 2 2 - : Oxfordshire. I Richard Curtis, Esq - I Rev. Dr Lor e d a y (Ma,t. %lisle!) College) Rey. I I ugh Moises,Whit. church,2d suliscription 2 0 Rev. Thomas %Vitale, F. St John's. 2d sub. George Jackson, Esq., Whitchurch, 2d stub. 2 0 J. Harwood Harrison, Esq, Merton Collegv 1 1 Huntingdonshire. Rev. H. Y. Sulyttites, Stan , rround 1 1 Rev. If. Walker, Orton 1 I . ' Wiltshire. Rev. Nathaniel G.Wood rotie;Somerford • I 1 Flack ney. T. G. Williartis,Esq 1 0 William Boston, Esq • 1 1 Lincolnshire. Rev. Avilliam POtelieet 2 2 Northamptonshire. Rev. William Norris War blinolon . Gloucestershir e . Rev. Dr. Manley, Rector Leeds. John Beckett, Bart 5 5 Julio BlaydS, Esq - 5 5 %V i5O(1, Esq . - ]';ter Rhodes, F,sq •5 0 A. 1 .32.61 Keck, 5 tt Beckett, Esq 3 3 E.(' 3 3 Williftru lley,Esq 3 3 ttbourns 3 3 ill'awcett, Vicar 3 0 M. FVitton,Esq,Ot c s 2 Two Ladies by W. Hey, Esq - 2 0 Jittn e s Nicholson, 2 0 r. Thomas-Kirby , 1 1 1 1 Kennington• • 1. • Smitw, E any Patron of Viii;;;" I 0 t. (4. Harford, Egq JOllll S. Harlont, fi,q 5 - 5 Miss Elizalicll) Ftand 10 10 Jimat ftau (hay, Esq Twee Esq 1 Soutilamptim. Ikey.'rlionias Mears A Ptiend, by the Rev. T. Mears Sicisrs. M. and M. Mad- Uent. Get. C;rnieron Nea-House Benjamin Bullock,-Es4 Juniper's nonce, g 2 Mrs. RoSe, Cufrucils 1 I Miss Rose, Cutinells 1 I Arthur Quarterley, 1.7. q Christchurch . 1 1 Messrs. Dean and Co. ditto dkon - 2 2 11/r E. Langthin nine 2 2 J. Hainberongti, Esq 5 5 Josvph Burt, Esq 1 C. Mr". JOsepli" Laufer 1 0 Slessrs.,Foder ai,d Chan. net' - C:ravesenti. Rev. W. CI-1w ford,D D. 2 2 At IlriAt011;'• T. and W• Both.:1.1 1" lithe Harries. Esq Bentliall Hall (An ) 1 0 George Durant, Esq, Toni; Castle 1 1 George Baylis, Esq 0 to Wm. Bayley, Esq 1 Messrs. Corser and Co. Whitchurch Preston'. The Gentlemen of the Old C"ffee House A4rgarenny.• Messrs. Osborne, Hill, • and Co • %* The Letters of " Cate are in course of publication by the Society, as a Volunie. . N. B. The names of additional Sabseribers will be occa sionally published. .1.11. Chapman, Esq 1 0 Bristol. 10 0 W. Miles, EN, Clifton .1 "-My Cuuntry's Weal" 1 0 Notts Strelley 5 0 W.Charll ors,Esqlwell 5 0 ;lewdley. W. M. Mosely, lis4.Win terdyne 2 0 Thomas E. , q 1 I John Nichols, Esq 1 I Warminster. James Ludlow, Esq The Proprietors of the IThrliam Comae Ad vertiser 3 3 It) 10 5 0 Donations and Subscriptions wilt he received by the Tren surer, Jahn Atkins, Esq. Alderman, No. 7, WalbrOok : and by the followineßankers in London • • Messrs. Barclay, Tritton and Co. ; Messrs. Barnard, Dims dale, and Co.; Messrs. Birch and Chautbers ; Messrs. Bond, Sons,. and Pattisall; Messrs. Bosanquet, Pitt, and Co.; Messrs. Cocks, Cocks, Ridge, and Co. ; Sir W. ti,, Bart. and Co.; Messrs. Dorrieds, Magen, andeo.; Messrs. Drummonds and Co.; Messrs. Everett,- Walker, and Co, ; Messrs. Frys and Chapman ; Messrs. Richard and George . Fuller ; Sir Richard Carr Glyn, ,Bart. and Co.; - Messrs. Goslings and Sharp ; Messrs. Hamtnersleys and Co.; Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co. ; Messrs. Hoares, Fleet -street ; Messrs. Hodson, and Sir W. Stirling, Bart.; Messrs. Hopkinsons ; Messrs. sfones, Lloyd, and Co. ; Messrs. Lees, Brassey, and Co. ; Sir J. W. Lubbock, Baronet, and Co.; Messrs. MarrYatt, Sir - W. Kay, Baronet, and Co.; Messrs. Masterman, Pe ters, and Co.; Messrs. Marsh, Sibbald, and Co.; Messrs. Marten, Call,• and Co ; Messrs. Martin, Stone, and CO. ; Messrs. W. Merle, Son, and Co.; Messrs. Mrirlands, Auriol, and Co.; Sir Joint Perrkng, 'Bart., and Co.; Sir John Pin horn, Weston, and Co.; Sir Peter Pole, Bart., and Co.: Messrs. Puget, Bainbridge, and Co.; Messrs. Ransom and Co. ; Messrs. Sikes, Snaith, and Co. ; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and. Co. ; Messrs. Snow and Paul; Messrs. Stephenson and Co. ; Messrs. Stevenson and Salt; Messrs. Whitmore, and Co. ; Messzs. Willis, I'e►cival, and Co. ; Messrs. •Lad brokes.and Gilman; Messrs. Praeds, Mackw•orth, and Co. ; I and by most of the Bankers in the Country; also at the - Office of the Association, 6, Bridge-street, Blackfrii,trs,.f.ond on ; where all other communications may be addressed by letter, to Mr. J. B—Sharp, Honorary. Assistant Secretary." ' 1 Resolved, That the List of Subscriptious received since the last publication, amounting to ‘3 , 13 Ws Od. be published in the Newspapers. 1 1 I I 0 10 I 1 2 1 I 2 ‘2 1 0 5 5 2 0 V 2 I 1 1 1 10 10 '4.: ''' I .'„ • , 5 : . Ifi lli ' . 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CA 31P111.1.1. and Mr. GOULBITRNE W,Vre for the plaintiff, and .21r. c-r,l.lnt for the defembint. The plaintiff was a searcher., and the defendant was Collector of the Customs at Jatnaica. It .vas alleged that the defendant's deputy, a person named Hutchinson, had, embezzled. about 10,0001. of which the plaintiff dainied 78th. hi's - shale. The defence set up was, that the defendant had not taken pos session of his appointment until eight: months after he was no minated to succeed the prior Collector, and.that in the Interval the embezzlement alluded. to had taken place. Thelury, however, under the Learned .hedge's directions, found their verdict for the plaintiE--Damages 7861. Common Jury. Tun ri.); - G . V . WEAVER AND OTHERS. This was an informati,* agaislkt i , ,01:4_ defendants, fo r a lib e l up . 0.2 Jersey. • •:31r. , 84.31LETT-stated the ease ?hr the Crown. He said tha, this information had been granted .. by the Court of King's Bench, upondhe application and the prosecution of the Earl of • Jersey. The defendants, Weaver, Shackell, and Airewsmith, were the propnetors And publishers of a nhwapaPer :which went by the name of "John Bull." The Learned - COunsel conjoe tured that the author of the libel was riot - 0ne . ..0f - those persons, • and the probability was, that he never should be known to the public. If he should have the unmerited good fortune to be received into society; the connexion of '-his name M, ith this libel would for ever banish him from an ititercourse with the civi lized or the reSPictable ; but if, on the other leitUL he hed been-excluded for his offences from society, the brilliancy ufthis.performance was not much calculated to remove. his obscu rity. But though these seleffendants were not authors of the libel of which h e : com pl a i ne d , st ill i t was- O f. not leSs import ance that these who lent themselves to 'the malicious designs of others should -be answerable to the lairs which through their instrumentality had been violated. :Had the author of this libel been. :discovered, he (Mr. Scarlett) should have recommended to-- the Noble Prosiacoton to hare abandoned the present proceeding, and to have pursued the real offender; but inasmuch as it seemed wise to these defendants to • con ceal the author, it- was right and becoming that they should be deemed responsible for tins publication. He believed he might say, fur the credit of the English Press, that hitherto there had been no than so void of decorum, so lost to every sense of decency, as to- drag before the tribunal of public opinion the character of a female. Through whatever extrav agance th e press had proceeded in its animadversions upon public men, and. its censure of public measures, it had not made the investigation of the titivate character of females the meansOf using a political • purpose. Be that purpose base, or be it generous, the press had not stooped to the contemptible artifice of advancing it by such expositions ; it seemed. that for a purpose which this author might, in the perversity of his judgment, consider a just one s it seemed he set out With professing 4 d es i gn o f cab:ilaw ing her late Majesty. lie - conceived that Whenever it served his purpose he was justified in attacking anyone Member .of the • itoyid Family, and that he was at liberty to do so, provided it answered a political purpose. He did not agree with those who thought that the private character of Princes. ought not to be made a subject of p . ublic.discussion, except in cases of extreme necessity. But he imagined that he was at liberty to vilify and • to traduce any private character, man; woman, or child, for the humane and laudable purpose of accomplishing his object—of degrading the charaCter of the wife of his Sovereign. It was painful to reflect upon the' eireumstances, which ought to be ob literated.from the minds of all. But be- was compelled, in the discharge of his duty, to advert to the situation of her late Ma jesty. Whethez she were guilty or innocent of the charges attri buted to her was not matter -of inquiry on that day. But certain reports injurious to her Majesty's character having been circu. lilted, it becameeiccessary or expedient to investigate those charges, and it was a painful - investigation —painful, alike to those who, he (Mr. Scarlett) made no • doubt, in the -dis charge of their duty, were compell e d t o b r i ng t h ose matters before the public. However that mveetigation terminated, it was to be supposed there -would •have been an end to all discussion. Not such, however, was the delermin a t iou o f th e aut h or o f t h at libel. • He resolved to pursue the 'loyal game with unabated hostility, and to disehargehis envenomed arrows against any in. dividual who would dare to shew those forms of attention which it had been customary to pay to the Queen of this country; and he accordingly and consistently declared open war upon all who should presume to treat with courtesy the Queen of England.-- 'Plus annunciation of his wrath was duly proclaimed and exe cuted. The CounteSs of Jersey, a name upon which private scandal had never ventured to inflict a stein, thinking, whether • erroneously or not was not then the question, that the charges preferred against her M a je sty .were quite foun dationless, paid that respect to her which this author deemed a crime. - lie pub lished the following false and foul observations upon that Lady. —Mr. Scarlett here read the libel. The, rincipal charge, as it seemed to us, and' that most animadverted upon by the Learned Counsel, was a passage in the libel, imputing to Lady Jersey an intimacy with the late Queen, whom the libel styled a . modern Messalina. • The Learned Counsel commented upon the several parts of the libel as he proceeded, and concluded by aa4erting,!• that as the libel was as calumnious as it was base, -he was con vinced that the Jury would have no hesitation in finding the de fendant guilty. .- Thomas Wriht, clerk to th e attorney - for-the . prosecuti on ,. Said that on th e ` Ist of June last he purchased the paper contein int" the imputed libel, at Nu. 11, Johnson's-Court, fleet-street.. UM! names Shackell•and Areowsinith, printera,•he saw on - the door; witness produced also a copy of an affidavit from the Stanip-office, Somerset-house. The affidavits of _the several defendants were then read, stating that they were the preprietors of the newspaper called John Bull, and that it was printed ats No. 9, Dyer - The CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that this was not the place mentioned by the witness. The newspaper was produced. The Sol, iercon.-GENERAL submitted that it could not be read,- since in the paper produced 'it was said to he printed. at Johnson's -court, Fleet -street. The 11th section of the Act (the 3f/d Geo. III.) was the portion of it upon which the Solicitor- General relied. Mr. SCAiiLE.TT said that, the objection ()Ibis Leaened Friend (the Solicitor-Geheral) was, _that although the names of the printers and publishers were the same as those contained in: the affidavit, ..he place of printing was not the same. Had he produced the paper from the Stamp-office, this objection might have weight. On the sue?Tstion ofhis Lordship, Mr. SCARLET T proceed ed to offer additional evidence. The witness knew of no other place where the paper was printed or The Cult:l' JIT . STICE. His ignorance cannot advance yon. Cross-examined by the SOLICITOR-GENERAL—tie don't know Mr. Shackell, norMr e Arrowsmith, nor Mr. t'.! eavea_ W hick -business is carried oil in Johnson's-court ? • lie don't know ; but beard presses at work. Ile' has not seen the John Bull newspaper exposed for sale at any other place. Mr. SCAB EETT hail 'no other evidence to offer •; • but he ap prehended that this was quite sufficient: • 7 . The CHIEF JI,STICE.—It may be evidence to go to the Jury against two of the defendants, bet not egainat the third. •M r. SCAR:LETT admitted that it was a matter of fact whe ther this was the same paper or not In that view lie thought that the negative evidence of the witness was not wholly unim portant. The CHIEF' JusTreE.=-Tha evidence may or may not, as the Jury should deteemine, be conclusive against two of the defendants. The affidavit had now nothing to do with the case. Weaver, whose name was not over the door, was quite Out of the question. If yoh think it worth while to go cn upon the slight evidence, that the .names of these two pers o n s were over the-door, I' can have no objection. Mr. SCARLET T thought--that this was evidence to go to the July. The libel was read by Mr. ABBOTT: ' Henry Richardson was called, and proved that reports inju rious to the character of the late Queen were very generally circulated in May, 1821. Mr. SCAILLETT said, tlfat this was his case. The SOLICITOR-CENERAL said, that it was his duty as Counsel for the defendants to address to. the Jury a few obser vations : and 'when he considered the nature of the charge, and the consequences to these defendants should their verdict pitss against them, he was convinced that they would require the charge to be established by the most clear arid the hiest 'satis- , factory evidence. Ile submitted, : thatin this case the evidence was not sufficient to Satisfy any reasonable man, acting under the sanction of his oath, that the defendants were guilty of the charge preferred against them. There was nothing but the vague evidence of one witness, Who had seen the, names of Shackell and Arrowsmith over the door of the house where he had purchased this paper to guide them to a determination. If 'upon such testimony men could be convicted Of a criminal offence, there was no security for the administration of justice: The Solicitor-General proceeded to answer the comments of !qr. Seariett, upon the libel itself, and terminated' a very able 'ad dress, by calling upon the Jury not to convict a man of a cri mind charge upon such imperfect testimony of guilt. Toe CurEr Jusrict said; that as ifregarded the defendants Arrowsmith and Shickell, there were two questions befoe the .Jury; the first was, whether it had been proved to their satisfac- , tion that these persons were the publishers of the newspaper' containing the alleged libel ? and the second question for their decision was, whether they thought that the matter contained in that raper was libellous Ifthey were of opinion that the evi dence was not satisfactory enough to convince them that the de fendants were the publishers of this paper„ then they would acquit them ; if not, then there was the other quttion, upon which he was hound to give them his, opinion that the charges contained therein were libellous. They would, however, ex ercise on this subject their own sound diseret;enotnd he ma.fe no' doubt . but Ong_ their verdict would, be consistent with lustice. • . - The jiity'd&berated t ivithout leaving th 3 box, Ste abeut a . quarter of an both., and returned with' a verdict of A t:- QIIITTAL. POLICE INT ELLIG ENCE. 0 UILDHALL.--CONST IT UTIONAL A SSOCIAtIO Y.••••••1 7 ,-;;S. tardily another of Cathie's shopmen was brought, up before the Sitting Magistrate, Alderman Bitten. ,He was !narked hit he list of prisoners as " anonyinotis," and in the custody of John Purton,. for a misdemeanour. Thiprisoner was a lad a pe parently of about 17 years of age.' The.warrant for the apprehension of the •iVrisoner had been gianted on the 27th of Dec. last, by Alderman Thompson, on the information of John P ar t on ,- who stated that he had -par chased.of the.priSoner a certain pamphlet called " An Address to the Reformers of Great Britain,' by IL Carlilee and that the said pamphlet containing many passages which were {bas phemous, and seditious libels of and concerning his Majesty's Government and the religion of this countty, as by law esta blished, &e. &c. and on *hid' passages verdicts }rad been found, declaring them to be Wasphemous and seditious libels, &c. • Mr. NI URIIAY, the Secretary to the Constitutional AssoCia tion, conducted the proseentiOn., John PUrton, - the first witness, stated that lie was a yeoman, and resided at No. 4, Cross-court,. Drury-lane. On • the 21st of December last he went to the honk No. 55, in Fleet-street, commonly known by the name of Carlile's shop, where he asked for a pamphlet called " An Address to the R,efornier4 of Great Britain," published.on the 24th of Jime last by R. Cathie. The prisoner immediately took it from the shelf and. handed it to the witness, who 'gave him sixpence for it, and then left the shop. . • Examined.by the.Nlagistrate—The prisoner - was in the shop selling any thing that was.wanted. . I am quite certain as to his identity ; this is the pamphlet which I pnrchased of him ;- did 'not see what he did wit h t h e money; I returned afterwards'.to the shop and asked the prisontr his name, but he refused to tell it to me. - • The evidence (as taken down by Mr. Payne) was then read over by that Gentleman to the witness, in order that it inis , ,•lit be corrected by hiui, should there be any error, before he swore to the truth of it. The deposition having been read, was then signed by the witness. Alderman Buten—Now, prisoner, are you disposed to tell your name or to cnnceal it ? can iform you, that if yon . do conceal it, it will not, as you will find, in any. way avail you: Prisoner-1 suppose. it will Make no diarence to me whether I tell it or not ? • Alderman It RC it --:then, what is it, and,Who are you? .Prisoner—M v name is John Barclay, and lam by trade •a printer. Alderman Bincii - - , --Who engaged you in the trade in - whiel. you were found ? • Prisoner-1 'Was out of place and out of work ; and one day I was going up Fleet-street, when I saw a bill in th e shop-window stating-that a shopman w as w an t e d. I went i n and asked about the place, when Mrs. Wright, w h o i s th e h ous ekeeper, engaged me inimediatcly, without a character; I was to have ten shillings a week : for serving behind the connter. Alderman 11 incit—Who shewed - yon what to sell,? Prisoner had .to find the things out myself. There were pamphlets lying on the counter, and when any thing was asked for I looked about till I Ihund it, and in a few days learned where all things were. I sold every thing that was,. sked for. I did not know what was libellous or what was not. Alderman 13titcH-1-Irho received the money ? Prisoner—A man who used to come there every night; he used to pay me - - my wages. •On the first Saturday I was there •he gave use five shillings for the half week; I did not knoW any thing about the timings being libellous or Tot. . Tice nri, soper further answered to the interrogations, that be re:!6vec no Victuals frOm his eMployers, but only the ten .shillings per week. Ile has been apprentice to a printer, who became bank rupt .before his service was .out, gave •up his indenture, and times set him adrift to seen for himself. - • .waii-dum committed-to find two bails in 201. each, and sureties of 401. to answer the charg e at the Sessions. Giving no bail, he was sent to prison. To L So Tll WARK.—SII 0 CKrING MrIiDEIL Mr. Alderman J. J. Smith, the acting ll sgistrate at this -Jus tice Room, was engaged for a considerable time yesterday, - in an examination with r view to the discovery of the murdc;ers of a male infent, had been found by a waterman on .the 17th of December, upon one of the starlings on-the west side of London-bridge. • .The body of the child was wrapped up in a, piece of flannel, and ineled, tog7ther • with a large stone, in a coarse. bag. A Coroner's inquzSt bad been held upon it, and a verdict . of Alur kr brought in against sOrue person or persons unknown. Tile Churchwardens. of St. ‘iary Magnus, in whin parish the body was found, had off e nd a ' r ewar d 0 . 51. for the. discovery of the Murderers, and the (>tii.ers or; both sides of.the River haw be...n using every diligence to t.l,Letai;z some clue to the pepetrators.— At Ltr•thAVelfare, an officer of this establisinwnt, got private inf)rm:ttion that . a young woman foal stated, that she had seen a child thrown into the /fiver.. 1/e succeeded in tracing this young woman. out, .and brought her up yesterday before the Alagistrat:-., when ie r deposition was taken, whicn was to the followin , effect : • • That her name was Elizabeth Canty, and that being ori Lon a°a bridge in her way home to the Borough, about eight o'clock in the evening of the 12th December, she observed a man with something wrapped up in his arms, which she soon knew from its cries to, be an infant. • lie was standing over the first arch of the.sontk east part of the bridge. He • holed about biro cau tiously on each side, to see if he was observed, and she distinctly 'saw. him-thrust the bundle with the infant through the 'balu strades of the bridge into the river. ~Suspeeting his intention, and seeing a female with him, She addresse& herself to her, and said " the maim is l'oing• to drown the child :" t o w hi c h the woman replied ." what is that to you ? or mind your own busi ness:'.' While ii , isconversation was passing, the man•acconi plislied his horrid PurpoSe, which was no sooner effected, than he and the wom a n made •tifi'down Tooley-street. • The description given of the parties by Elizabeth Canty is, that the man wits about 5 feet tinches high, dark complexion, and large dark whiskers, and,dressed in a light drab cost. The female was a tall stout woman, and had on a dark gown, a slate coloured whittle, and "a black willow bonnet, with red ribbacds. From a review of all the, .circumstances, the Magistrate was of opinion, that die body found by the waterinan waS:not that of th:-: infant whiekhad been thrown into the river in the man ner described by the witness. SUDDEN ISEATu.---Mr. Mim.s, of Parliament , street, Westminster, had on New Year's-day a large party. of his own family and friends to dinner, and spent the day with cheerful hilarity. Yesterday morning, his servant, 'as customary at breakfast time, taking up the newspaper, found -his master had suddenly expired. Medical aid was immediately procured,' one of w hinn was iiiolitus, but too .late.:.The Doctors were of opinion, that the cause of his death was an en largement of the heart. SPAIN. Msnnen,Dr.c. 17.—(Private Letter.)—she crisis of the fate .of the Ministry has arrived, in coniequetice of the Coites having approved, with some rnodificatious, the Report of the Committee appointed to consider the events of Cadiz and Sei i!le. The Committee meets this evening for the purpose of draWhig up an address to the Throne, conformable to the Report. :The mer l e hers of the • Committee are divided. Smile Wish that the address should request the Governmenst Ito propose to 'the- Cortes energetic measures for Vr • • etentine- the return of the evil, While others are 1- - ‘tlesirous that no suggestion of this kind should be made. Be this as it may, as soon as the address shall be presented to the Cortes, thsere will arise, • on this point, a discuSsion on Which the Mode.. rates flatter themselves, and I think with reasoc, that they will have the advantage. On this' que.s_ lionthey will have the more weight, as the Mi nistry may now be regarded as overthrown, ased the greater part of them have voted against it. They are thus more at liberty to urge the neces sity of repressive measures.—lu the division on the report - of the Committee every one voted acs cording to his particular opini l on, and not with his party.' It vvill not be so on the question of the address ; for th en a ll th e M o d era t es will cons Curs in supporting a propOsitidn for energetic measures. These measures, lam persuaded, will chiefly relate to the bringing to trial the authori ties of Seville - and Cadiz, to the abuse of the liberty of the press, and the abuse of the right of ..petition.--But it is still possible that the address may not be presented. This Will happen, if the King should, in the mean time, determine to dismiss three or four of his Ministers; and this measure, it is reported, is in contempia tion. Should this course be adopted, two or three Members of the Administration would con tinue in office. If, however, the Address be pre sented to the King, it is probable that all the- Ministers will share the same fate. But these considerations are of secondary inte r e s t, Th 4 I , oportant poi n t i s , that the King does not al= tempt to separate himself from the Cortes, and does, not endeavour to support his Ministers in opposition to the wishes of the people. On this point every one:appears satisfied, and there i§ no doubt that a part at least of the Ministry wilt be dismissed. The business will be deck!, farthest within two Joys, hut the best proof that no apprehension prevails on this score is, tisat we are in a state of perfect tranquillity. Not the slightest symptom of agitation is observable. You may judge front this what credit is due to the alarming news circulated at Paris. The leta ters from Andalusia are, highly satisfactory. Those -from Seville state, that the decision of the Cortes is waited for in that city, and that - it-will be obeyed, whatever it May be. There has Oct yet been sufficient time for returning art answer to the dispatches which were forwarded with the first declaration of the Cortes. The accounts from Cordova announce the most perfect tran qui lity, which completely contradicts all the rumours circulated respecting that city. SPANISH LOAN.-111ADRID, , Dec. 17.—The eintorcha Espanota of the 15th has published the Conditions 'of the new Loan, subscribed by MAL Asdoie, Iluhbard, end Co., of Paris. 'I he fol lowing are the principal terms of the contratt : " MM. Ardoin and Hubbard supply Spain with 140,000,000 reals, for which they receive in scriptions .of 5 per cent. rentes, at the rate of 10 piasters of • capital for one rente ; and as the Spanish Government allows a commission of 5 per cent. it follows that Spain will receive for 5 piastres of rente only the sum of 47+ piasters.— The Spanish Government engages to receive from M. Ardoin and Hubbard,-1. The bonds and premiums of the loan of Paris, at the rate of S 5 piasters. 2. The bonds of the Dutch Loan at 5,600 reals each, converted into rentes, at the same rate as stated above. 3. Notes for• arrears of interest on the Dutch Loan, at the rate of 41 mats per florin.—lf the contractors anticipate their payments, they will besallowed a discount of 5 per cent. For each sum of 200 reals paid by the contractors, they will receive an inscrip tion of a piaster in specie. These inscriptions shall be payable after the Ist of September, 1,821. Payments shall be made every six months at-iViadrid, Paris, or London, at the choice of the contractors. A sinking fund, destined -to redeem the inscriptions, is to be established with an annual sum of 30 millions. The business of the oinking fund. will be managed at Madrid by its agents, and at Paris and London through the medium of the contractors.—These are the" prin 1 conditions of the contract, which is not-yet ra tified by the Cortes. The Minister of Finance,, wt;en called upon in the course of the late debates by diterent Deputies of the Cortes for explana tions, did not reply, but postponed making any statement until next week, when perhaps he will he out of of The length of a man's life may be estimated by the number of pulsations which he has strengtlz to perform. Thus, , allowing 70 years for the roinrniin age of milt', and 60 pulsesin a minute, for tlieC6IllMOll measure of his poises in his whale 4e would amoont to 2407,5'20,000; but, if, by intemperance, he • forces , his blood 'into a more motion; so as to give 75 pulses in a minutt , „ the same ioribe'r Of 'pukes WOuld be completed II .56 yfears, consequently his life would be re duced 14 years., i