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popularity, they could not oveyt ur prevent it.—
But if such 44 we slow poises', destitute
of any head, compii,eil of men, who, whatever
parliaint 'wiry for li•gal abilities they way some of
theist uultvidually have, are neither dreaded abroad,
nor

remtected sud baioved a home ; if such well
attempt to stand betureea the burs rod his rag,

they will Ix• the victims of their own temerity and
mdirirn•ttoo. 'There is moreover au additional mo-
tive for inquiry, and we will add, for punishment
of same 6nll, ptelleittOti to tilt:110)11C In the per-

non of one of the members of the Administration

Weinessi Lord CASTLEREAGH. Tilut Virtuous

mud immrrupt wohletnati, after r.tionlifling all the
nays ailia meridian genius iu Ireland, where his hi-

boors facilitated so greatly the unionof the two king-
doms, continues still, for his owo, and for the bene-
fit of Mankind, todee ote his exertions to his country.
How lie will• reconcile the transactions, bargains,
and exchanges, which the East India Committee
have reeently disclosed, either with the nice honour
of his rank in life, or with the decorum and purity
of his Nlinisterial othee, we are yet to know ; and
we trust that a clear diselirsure will be extorted
Irian his own lips, by the !louse of Commooa. They
owe it to their own dignity; we had almost said, to
their own aa;ety-, to do it. W. observe erith•souic
surprise, that lie was reduced to the necessity of.
correcting his ciisleilet, given before the Committee
alone stairs; u circumstance not to be forgotten,
when we recollect how much advantage was at-•
tempted to be taken of Mr. WARDLE'S inaccuracy
or omissions, iu stating the precise time and num-
ber a hiavisits to Airs. C LARK E. on particular days.
i'so Ministry, without excepting vireo those at
the head of which were sisceevaively placer!, the
late Earl of Burt, the present Duke of OtAFTON,
or the lite Lord leave ever, dining the
course of the present reign, including the apace of
near 1.0'14 century, received such revere, as well..

as pitch solemn sod unanimous marks of national
reprobatiom as the present Administration! Other
Ministries may have been wore execrated, and
more unpopular ; but, none have been declared
by thecitiesof London and Wratwinster, as well as
by the osounty of Middlesee, 'to Mire forfeited all
claim to public eutdidence. Cud to be unworthy of
future toast. They are, if we inuy use such an ex-
pression, at?atitted ; by the Crown; but
by the people. 111 • effect, and cousequeßces lot
a political, and mordattaint ; for, it is in tat
both ; at ore 3rt to I. :MI. The case is iu sons:
measure new ; and so are the times in wheels
we live. 'nines, which, whether we couteen-
plate them internally, or externally, till us with
fear and wonder! Withal, we behold a Revolu-
tionary Chief, decorated with all the Ensigns
of Imperial dignity, coercing the Continent of
' Europe, extinguishing, subverting, and regenerat.
Mg kingdoms ;• but stamping every country-, from
Portugal to Poland, with his owu image and attri-
butes. Already, the ancient dynasties seem to be
meowed with complete annihilation, or .only to
exist by sufferance of the Conqueror. If, after
exploring this altered map of the world, we look et
borne, what prosseet presents Accumulatiog
public debts, interminable taxes, rooted abuses, and
au Adinivisttation equally unwilling, as it is unable,
either to repel the enemy without, or to extend re-
lief within. A Ministry originally raised to power
by clamour and delusion, and sustaining itself, iu
spite of defeats and disgraces, by corruption ! One
of whose very Members has been tampering in the
vilest recesses of indirect East India communica-
tion, in order, be a new species of alchymy, to.
tionsioute seats in Parliament into Writeniliips.—
We believe, that since 1641, such symptoms
of national fermentation have not exhibited them-
selves. They demand the wisest, mildest, and
most healing, as well as conceding measures,
in order to restore and to preserve that calm
so intlispensible to our gene's! safety. No
little personal changes or sacrifices can effect
it. The Cowin must co-operate with, and even
meet the wishes of the people, on all those great
and Vodkal points of pecuniary, or of Parliament-
ary Reform, where their sentiments and opinienis
lisve strongly prononntecl. This is the only
remedy consonant with our actual situation, and
which can hold out a rational prospect of future
tranquillity, or durability. The first step then,
which we would recommend to this great and de-
sirable end is the removal of Viscount CASTLE-
REAGH. If there be equal law and equal justice
to this country, and such has been always its
boast, out he must go. We repeat, out he
must go ; and in doing so, we ore not afraid of
being charged with prejudging, 119 in the rase of
the Convention of Cintra—or of clamouring for a
trial, as its the case of the Duke of VORIS. Vise.
CASTLEREAHH has been already tried, and found
guilty ; and it now only remains for justice to be
done upon him. Ile has been found guilty upon
his owe' coo cession ; a confession, neither "totted
by threats, nor emoted from him by promises, of
the compound crime of stteni ming, under toe cover
of at. exchange, to sell a Writership, which is a
breach of the iallit.••••itild to buy a Seat in Parlia-
ment, which is a breach of the Constitution.
•
The Good latent, one of r fleet of 30 sail from
Lisbon, which left that city on the 2211 List, is
arrived at Plymouth, and reports that the whole of
the British forces had quitted Lisbon, hut that
their destination was not known. Captain SIIITARDt
the Commander of the Good Infest, we understated,
has deposed on oath to this effect.

OLD BAILEY

Yesterday the Sessions eirturnencer: here for the
trial of Prisoners. before the Hight !fon. the Luau
MAvos, Mr. Justice Laviakticr, Mr. Justice Lk
I.ll.mst*, Ice. &c.
Jarnes Morgan was indicted for stopping Joseph
110,01 on the king's highway, putting hitu iu fear,
and taking from his person a silver watch.
Joseph Hawes, the prosecutor, stated, that 'emu-
*lug front Ilsuipoteird, on the night of the stb of
February last, he stopped !war Chrilk Farm
by three footpads, a: inert with pistols, who rifled
luta, sod took his watch. The slight was dark, and
he could nut be positive of the person of the Pri-
soner. but believed he was one of thou.

Cowlwr, u pawn-broker, in Ratcliffe Highway.
proved, thut the Prisoner punned the watch the
next day, under a feigned name end addreve ; and
the Oflicyr who took hies into ett.aody and search-
ed Ind lodgings, bond the (hiplic.itr of it.
The Jury found hi .n guilty—Death.
namarltultun and Andrew liteu were indicted
fora burglary. with intent to stein, in the dwelliii
I.loUge of Willman SatIMOD., on the night of the lyt
of Abaci].

The Prosecutor keeps a cheese and butter shop
in Doswell-street. About the hour of nine, on the
above night, his shop-door being latched, and he
sitting iii his back par!our, he was alarmed with a
noise, and saw the prisoner, Bolton, veizt.c.l in his
shop, by a man of the mime of Dewick, who had
observed the Imp pri.tial!rs at the shop. Bolton
lied crept into the shop upon his hands and feet,
and 'Offen had stayed at the outside, and upon
sonic alarm, had called to his companion—" D-4-n
you, you are dune." Upon this the alines). had
darted into the shop, and seised the former on the
ground. Ile afterwards went unit, mid with sonic
difficulty secured the other.--Guilty—Death.
James Crowder was indicted for a burglary, by
breaking and entering the dwellisig-house of Timo-
thy !Haycock, with intent to steal, up the night
of the uth of April.
The Prosecutor keeps a linen shop at No. 6-1,
Broad-street, the corm rof Drury-:ane. About
half-past seven on the above evening, he heard a
pane of glass break, and saw the Prisoner attempt-
ing to drag a piece of handkerchiefs that were
' banging in the window, through the broken pane.
Several persons, in passing along the. street, NM
the transaction, and giving the alarm, the Pri-
soner, in attempting to escape, was secured.
The Learned JUDGE explained to the Jury, that
breaking a pane of glass, and, thrusting the arm
throngit it, fur the purposes of theft, was a ranch a
burglary, as the breaking into, and entering the
house with the like intent.
The Piieouertiras found guilty—Deaih.
John Awe was. indicted under Lord Ellenbn-
rangier Act, fur cutting ltuAl wounding Richard
Pearson with a poker. This case, as stated by Mr.
OvatVEY, was of a most atrocious nature. The
Prosecutor had married the mother of the Prisoner,

and coming home one evening found him and his
mother together, the latter stultified with liquor.
Having reproached him with giviug her so much ;
the Prisoner retired, and, ammo :himself with a
poker, attacked the old man, and gate him a des-
perate wound on the head; he atterw:irdo attempted '
to strangle him with a rope, and in that state
drag:Teti liiiu.seentingly dead down to a ce:lor.—
Snime nrighbottrolt *be Isetnd a Noise, etttotred Ithe

house ; (Zs seeing the blood Which flowed from the
wound, scisrehril for, and found the unfortunate
victim, who, by the skill uud humanity of a bur-
geon, Waif rvitured to life.
Both the Learned JuDGEs agreeing, that upon
this statement this was not a case to he Wrought
within it, winch upon the decisions already had
upon it, only applied to wounds inflicted by instru-
ments used in common to cut with ; the Pit,ntter
was of nectsrity acquitted, but was ordered to he
detained to answer for the