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Dust m, OCTO3III 19.
[Prom the Armisares
QUARTER ASSEIWELY.
Yesterday being Quarter-day, the Corporation
assembled at their house in %Villiam•street. The
greater portion of their time was occupied by a
babbling demagogue (it Mr. Sutter) heaving and
working nut his wandering ideas and oratorical
abortions in the promotion of discord sod dominion
amongst his fellow-cititeno. This man and his fac-
tion opposed a vote of thinks to Sir William Smith,
for the gentlemanly and proper di•charge of his
functions so High Sheriff. Oa the question bring
put from the Chair, it was carried by a great ma-
jurity of voices. A ballot was afterwards had and
repeated three times, in consequence of some inse.
curacy in counting the numbers in the House ; upon
counting the last ballot, the numbers were 47 white,
and 49 black—majority two.
Mr. Sutter moved the thanks of the Howe to
Sheriff Tho►pe, for having given the toast, which
was unanimously agreed to. The Sheriff, with that
grace and dignity for which he is so remarkable,
returned thanks, lie made the same speech at at
his official dinner ; a speech which has gained him
such distinguished notoriety. it was " lauded to
the very echo."

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Warms s*,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 21.
Deere ae LOAD CUM 'went and Special Juries.

LIBELS.
THE KING V. THOMAS DOLBY.
On this case beiug called on, six special jurymen
only appeared.
Mr. SCARIATT and Mr. EVANS, for the Defend-
ant, objected, that when this e..u.e was befor
called on fur trial et a former lilting, three spe-
cial jurymen appeared, and at was the to
only that were challenged on the ground of minutia.-
ferency in the Sheriff who returned the pannel : the
Learned Counsel contended, therefore, that the
three special jurymen then not objected to. ought
now to form part of the jury to try the cause. and
that the Coroner might only to have completed the
requisite number from talesmen.
The LORD CHM JUSTICE overruled the ob.
jectiou, on the ground that it did not appear on
the pos€ea that the special jurymen were nut object-
ed to.

On the talesmen coming to the book to he sworn.
it appeared that they had been summoned specially
by the Coroner.

THANKS TO THE BRITISH NATION.
The Corporation in diet instance affected the pos-
session of at least one redeeming virtue.
Mr. Fitzsimmons said they would give all they
could, " their liberal thanks to a liberal people,"
for the noble generosity displayed in the relief and
preservation of their countrymen. This retointion
was received and passed with considerable applause;
as also thanks to Mr. Wilton and Committee of the
Landon Tavern, the late Lord Mayor of Dublin,
nension House Committee, and Secretaries.
Thanks were voted on the motion of SQ. Wm.
Smith to the late Lord Mayo►, for his conduct
while in office.

Mr. SCARLIMT again objected that the Coroner
had no right to anticipate a deficiency of special
jurors, and prepare beforehand for that event by
■ututnooing any Niemen; but that be ought to
complete the jury out of indifferent persons who
might be in Court. The present proceeding was a
novelty, and, as he apprehended. full of danger—
and as such, he thought it his duty now to object
to it.

Mr. Ewalt* followed on the acme side.
Mr. GURNEY and Mr. TINDALL were heard on
the other side; and

Thanks were also voted to Thomas Whelan.
The freedom of the city, and a congratulatory
address on his promotion, was voted to his Grace
the Archbishop of Dublin, and ordered to be pre•
seated by deputation ; and an address and freedom
of the city to T. Spring Rice, Esq. M.P. for his
exertions in Parliament for the benefit of the
country, and particularly for his services in the
Committee on the Local Taxation of Dublin.

REPEAL OF THE UNION.
On the motion of Mr. Poole, seconded by Mr.
Joshua Kearney, some spirited resolutions of Mr.
Willis's were agreed to, and it was resolved to peti-
tion Parliament for its repeal. This resolution was
sent up to the Board of Aldermen for their concur-
rence, to which an answer was received about hall-
past seven o'clock, that the Board " had disposed
of them." A motion was then agreed to, that the
resolutions should he published, and stand as
them of the Sheriffs and Commons of Dublin ; and
■ Committee was appointed to prepare a Petition to
Parliament on the subject.
About two o'clock a motion of adjournment to
soup and satlilon was made, when Mr. Fitzsimmons,
after complimenting the Press, and instancing such
celebrated men as Sheridan, Erskine, &c. who
had hero Reporters, mo►ed that the Gentlemen of
the Press should be invited to partake of the re-
freshment, and Mr. Sheriff Thorpe politely ad-
vanced to the centre of the room, and requested of
them to do ao ; the Gentleman who attended for
this Paper, bowed to thank him, and declined the
invitation.

MR. OWEN—ORPHAN SOCIETY.
Tuesdoy the annual dinner of the Orphan So.
ciety was held at Dempsey's. City of Dublin Ta-
vern, &ekedle-short. About eighty Gentlemen
sat down to dinner. Counsellor FINLAY took the
Chair.

On the cloth being removed, Non Nobis Domino
was sung.
" The King," and several other toasts, having
been drank with every demonstration of respect aod
attachment,

The CHatalt4N rose and spoke as follows:
Gentlemen, 1 am about to propose • toast, to
which I request your particular attention; it is
one which 1 feel assnred you will receive with
pleasure. Any man who applies the energies of his
talents, and the exertions of his life, to the advan-
tage of his fellow-creatures, sets forth a strong claim
to the good opinion of mankind, and challenges the
respect of every nation, whether civilized or savage.
Gentlemen, I ptop•se to you " The health of Mr.
Owen."

Loud applau►e followed the announcement of this
tout, which was drank with three times three.

Mr. Owen then rose, and reword thanks as
follows :—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen—l return
you my best thanks for the very kind manlier in
which you have drank my health ; and I beg leave
to assure you, which I do with the utmost sincerity,
that 1 do not feel myself entitled to that claim on
your consideration, which has been so strongly
urged by your worthy, hat mistaken Chairman.
In the direct course which I have taken, 1 have
been actuated but by one motive—the simple and
distinct one of contributing to the happiness of my
fellow-creatures. Tins island, perhaps, more than
any part of Europe, requires some amelioration of
the condition of the people. lam well aware of
the various principles which keel, alive a spirit of
party feeling in this canary. It was my firm de-
termination, on my coming here, not to enter into
any party feelings; 1 Ism never done so iu Eng-
land, 1 have never done es in Scotland, I have never
done so in Wales, and 1 am aware how much
greater injury might be done here by giving way to
them ; but I look forward to the period when those
feelings ■hall subside. Within the memory of
many persons present a sew power has been created,
far exceeding the united power of the whole world
fifty years ago. My visit to this country has been
for the purpose of endeavouring to indeed Govern-
ment to give that power a proper direction, •hich,
ailed by wisdom, must insure prosperity to persons
of the highest, as well as to those of the lowest de-
gree. I shall not detain you, Gentlemen, by enter.
nag more fully into the subject at present, but shall
conclude by giving, " An Union of all Parties fur
the benefit of Ireland."
This toast was drank with three times three. A
great number of appropriate glees sad Kings enli-
vened the evening, and it was not until a late hour
that the company separated.

Mr. SCARLETT replied.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE was or opinion that
the objection was not valid. His Lordship thought
the Coroner bad not done wrong in desiring certain
persons to be present to supply an anticipated defi.
ciency of special jurors.
The Jury being then sworn—
Mr. TINDALL opened the pleadings.
Mr. Guas air stated that this was an indictment
against the Defendant. a bookseller io the Strand,
for publishing a seditious libel, entitled the " Pub-
hied Dictionary," addressed, as the preface stated,
to Members of Parliament, Magistrates, Half-pay
Officers, &c., and it professed to furnish a com-
mentary and explanation of the vucabalary of cur.
ruption, in the course of which King. Lords, Corn-
mons, Clergymen, Lawyers. in short, every class of
the community but the very lowest, were abused
and vilified. For the purpose of the present in-
dictment * few passages had been selected from
the work, ■nd he did not think his Learned
Friend, Mr. Scsrlett, would be able to extent*.
ate the malice and wickedness of these passages
by any reference to other parts of the work,
for there was scarcely a page that did not contain a
libel. The first he should select was 8. Common
Law ;" that was said to be " any thing the Judge
pleases ; for example, the fining Mr. Davison three
times in the midst of his defence, and fining Mr.
Clement for publishing Thistlewood's trial." The
writer of this, continued Mr. Gurney, was not so
ignorant as not to know that the common
law was not what the Judge pleased ; he
was not so ignorant us not to know the cir-
cumstances under which Davison was tined;
and thst had the Learned Judge forborne to fine
him on that occasion, he would have betrayed his
duty to the public; ■nd it was not for publishing
Thistlewood's trial that Mr. Clement w•s fined, but
for publishing part of that trial whilst it was still
pending. But it was not the object of the writer to
inform, but to mislead. In • note it was stated
that Chief Justice Pemberton had said, that he
had made more law than the King and both Houses
of Parliament, and that some of the peseta
Judges seemed inclined to follow his example.
The next passage he should advert to was, " Con-
stitution in Church and State."—" The Constitu-
tion under winch we live is a gross imposition ; it
consists in this—religion without piety, law without
reason, representative's without constituents, togs-
tocracy without talents, a King without authority,
and people without subsistence." The Learned
Counsel proceeded to cite other passages, amongst
which were—" Parliament," said to be " a meeting
of s thousand persons met together under pretence
of the public good, but iu reality to procure
for themselves and relatives a larger propor-
tion of the public spoil,"—t'" St. Stephen's Cho-
pel," said to be " a House of ill-fame, fre-
quented by night brawlers and other suspi-
cious characters." It surely would not be as-
serted that passages like these should come within
the protect* due to tl►e liberty of the press, or
that we should become slaves unless • writer was
permitted to abuse the Government in all its parts.
In the absence of all defence, his Learned Friend
might resort to the topic that this was a prosecution
by a society ; but it was not upon the pleasure of
those individual., but upon the opinion of the
Grand Jury who had found the bill, that the prose-
cution was founded. It was no part of the inquiry,
by whom the charge was preferred ; the question
was, whether the Defendant was guilty or not of
hawing published the libel. and with what intentions
hr had made that publication. The press existed
only under the protection and restraint of the law,
and if it were not under such restraint it would be-
come. instead of a blessini, a nuisance. How could
the character of individuals and of the Government
be respected unless the press were under the re-
straint of the law ? Mr. Gurney concluded by re-
peating the words of au eminent Judge, that if the
press should gain a victory over the law, it would
gain • victory over itself.
Horatio Horton was then called and examined by
Mr. TINDALL—He stated that lie purchased the
book (which was put into his band) of the Defend-
ant himself, at his house in the Strand.

Cross-examined by Mr. Scsat.ere.—Witneis
had known the work before, though he bed not read
it through; he was directed to purchase it by the
Committee of the Constitutional Association, but
by whom the order was given he did nut recollect.
Mr. Murray is one of the Committee, and also the
Solicitor and Secretory of the Aisociatiou. He is
employed in this prosecution. Moses' is ie the
service of the Society, and receives a yearly salary
of 801. He received some salary about three weeks

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*go, but does not know if there has liertriPX new who lent Oeine'S Writings to supposed friend
subscription lately. Before he was employea*V his. who informed against him, and the mats
the Society he assisted his brother in his correspon.• j bat seansported for seven years. He (Mr. Scut-
dence, and was introduced to the Society by Mr. lett) would got mention names, but the fact
Sharp. It was on the 1611 r May who tried him had ' himself
chaired the book. He knows !Uri. that he
per- wbolles;owlieuldt thtafitegajouldegeSuoi (Kea one of the Counsel.
sonally; he a.ked witness if he had nut seen He mentioned this asau illustration- kfthe ro cessity
him in Bridge-street ; witness answered that he there ass Out the Jury should be *toured'ethitt tile
might have seen him in Cliespride. lie answered bookseller intended all the evil consequences that
to for the purpo.e of cutting the matter as short us Mr. Gurney had stated. In conclusion, he trusted
possible. Witness had un knowledge at the time the Jury would give an example by their verdict.
he bought the book that it was fur the purpose of that when a Society bent to buy a bank (which, as
prosecution. libel, the Goverument think too contemptible to
The libel was then put in and teed by Mr. Ab- notice), without giving the bookseller warning of
bolt. their intention, the Jury would not find that the
Mr. SC A RLETT then rose, and addressed the Jury I bookseller intended all those consequences stated in
on the behalf of the Defendant. He said that the the indictment, but would find him nut guilty.
observations of his friend, Mr. Gurney. oere most The Loan Cam Jusirick, after reading end
of them common-place, which belonged to every commenting on the alleged libellous passage!, said.
prosecution. lie had selected two or three passages that tap one could doubt that the tendency of them
for the purpose of declamation, but he had not in- was to bring the Government and Coostitutiou into
traduced airy topic which respected the intlividoal. contempt. The intention must be judged of by
Mr. Dolby, or his character. On this subject he the effect of the acts of the person, and when a
(Mr. Scarlet!) wished to make a few observations, wen k was put forth whose tendency was so manifest,
without wishing, even if he had the power, to move I the Jury must infer the intention from the effect.
their passions, but only that they might distinguish I lie thought it • matter of perfect indifference who
those prosecutions where the public interests were I the Prosecutor was, as it was not affected to be de-
concerned, front those officious and iirtemperate I nied that the witness had spoken the truth. By
proceedings put in motion from other reasons. If ; law he was bound to give the Jury his opiiiion, and
the book merited the character which his Learned in his opinion thi, was a libel, but the Jury would
friend, Mt. Gurney, had given it, eurrly it would exercise their own reason and judgment, and find
not have been left to Mr. Murray, the Solicitor and accordingly.
Secretary to the Association, or to Mr. Sharp and The Jury retired to deliberate at half.past one
Horton, his assistants, to discover it; but the At. o'clock, and at four they returned into Court with
torney.Gerieral knew that from any book that ever • verdict of Guilty.
was published passages might be selected that THE KING E. CLARKE.
would be deemed libellous, but it did not follow This was au indictment at the instance of the
that the general tenour of the work was of that Society for the Suppression of Vice against the Or-
character. Did the Gentlemen of the Jury think pendant, for the publication of a protium and blab-
that when Dean Swift published those works which phemous libel, called "Queen Malt."
were so much admired. and now formed part of the The Defendant, who appeared in his own cense,
literary character of the nation—his Garlfieer's Tee. asked if the Jul were any of them Members of the
eels—that he had any intention of putting down, Society for the Suppression of Vice? and bring
the institutions of the country? In the Voyage to answered in the negative, they were sworn.
Brobdignag might he found whole chapters on the Mr. Maaavarr opened the pleadings.
abuse of existing limitations; but did he therefore Mr. GURNEY stated the case for the prosecution.
mean to pat them down ? There was no writer The libel in this case was the work of a very young
but what pointed the ridicule of his argument man, • few copies of which had been circulated
against the abuses of institution.. For example, some years ago, but it had sunk into deserved obli-
Lord Chesterfield, a courtier. and employed in vion, where it would probably have remained, if
high offices of State: did any man suppose that he the Defendant, who happened to be possessed
meant to polite down the Monarch, when he said of a copy, had not republished and adopted
in his Letters to his Son—" Monarchies differ it as his own, knowing that the author could
much; Monarchs differ not at all ; those who have no protection from the law for a work like
are absolute desire to continue so. and those that. When the Jury heard the passages read,
that are not endeavour to become so.*—Then they would see it was impossible to mistake the
again, no doubt, the Jury had all reed the character of the work, or the intention of the author.
Psalms, he would not quote the passages. but there It might be said that an author did not adopt all
were many strong ones against Kings; the Society the sentiments what he puts into the mouths of
had not found them out, became he believed they the characters of his work ; but here there were
had more business at their writing desks than at notes, which, if the text left any unceitaiuty,
church. All the institutions of mankind were is. excluded all doubt on the subject. The Learned
ble to shim. The satirist takes hold of those Counsel briefly touched on the passages, which
abuses, and exposes for the purpose of reforming were of a most profane and irreligious tendency.
them. There was not a chapter in Horace. that The work was, he said, consistent in wickedness,
did not satirise Kings and Governors; and Juvenal, and so religion and morality were inseparable.
under the supposed name of • Roman Senator, and when you destroyed the one you also destroy-
had whole pages in abuse of Kings. What ed the other. It was not surprising, therefore,
then ? Were all satires to be exploded ? But he that the author bad gone on. to abuse the in-
would go farther, and would say, that not even' stitution of marriage—an institutiou which had
the history of any country of the world could be contributed more than any other to the happiness
pointed out that was not libellous. It might be it and virtue of mankind. He would not enlarge on
libel to write on the dead, if thereby you hurt the the blasphemotis passages, as the Jury would have
feelings of the living. What man then could the misfortune to hear them read by the officer of
write the history even of a King that was dead ? (for the Court.
all Monarch. were not perfect) The history of Clunks Jones was then sworn and examined.—
Henry VIII, fur instance, since our present He stated that he purchased the book frum the
Sovereign was descended from him. Sir Na. Defendant on the 4th of May, 1821, at his shop,
thaniel Written was prosecuted for • libel on No. 201, in the Strand. There were four other
the memory of a Russian Sovereign. There was copier in the window of the shop.
hardly any species of work which might not be pro- The passages of the libel having been read—
secuted. therefore the Jury were not to infer mien- James Regnali was called, and proved having
lion from particular passages. but to take the whole bought a copy of the libel on the 10th of
work together. The Learned Counsel proceeded to 1821, from the Defendant.
quote • peerage from Dean Swift's political works. The witness underwent a long cross-examina.
in which the Irish House of Commons was charm:. tioo.—He said he had been in the service of the
tensed as a den of thieves, and the debates corn- Suciety for three years. He had been io the Cur.
pared to the noises which arise when butchers take tom House, but was discharged. mid had since had
the air ; but no man could infer that Swift de- a pension granted him of 751. a year, commeucing
signed to overturn the Government because he horn the time of his discharge.
pointed his satire against the worst part of the Irish The Defendant then addressed the Jury, and
House of Commons. The Learned Counsel then contended, that the price (12s. 6d.) at which he had
commented upon the different passages of the alleged published the work, precluded it from circulating,
libel, and contended that they were that general except smungat well-informed people. He had,
sort of satire which had been allowed in all ages. immediately that be heard the work was complained
Rut, supposing the book were vicious, was Mr. of, waited ou Mr. Pritchard, the Society's Solicitor,
Dolby, it bookseller, to be made a victim because and offered not only to stop the sale of the work.
Mr. Horton had gone and expressly asked for a but to give up all the copies, provided the prosecu-
work addressed to aldermen, magistrates, half-pay holt was stopped ; but his offer was ultimately reject-
officers, &c. To the last hour of his (Mr. Sear let t'.) ed. [The Defendant here attempted to read a letter
life he should contend that the intention of the from Mr. Wilberforce, but was stopped by the
seller was not to Ise inferred from one or two pas- Chief Justice, as that gentleman was not in Court
sages of the work sold ; and how could Mr. Dolby to prove it. The Defendant afterwards wished to
conceive that there was any thing wrong in selling read a petition to the House of Commons, but in
this work, addressed to Magistrates, &c. to a decent that also lie was stopped.]—He then said that hav-
looking person like Mr. Horton, from the very fo. ing been prevented front pursuing the course lie
cue of loyalty in Bridge-street ? Supposing, instead intended, he should only now briefly advert to the
of the Political Dictionary, a person weset ogo work for which he was prosecuted. lie hail a
to the bookseller's and ask for Johnson's Die- wife and two children, and it could not tie
armory, and carry it forthwith to Mr. Murray, and supposed that lie would have published it if
desire him to look •t the word " Oats—food of he had thought it would bring Inns into prison.
man in Scotland, and of horses in England," would lie then referred to the works of Shaltspeare, Dry.
he not run directly to Lord Melville and point out den, and Milton, for parallel passages to those cum-
the obnoxious article, as tending to ridicule the plained of in Queen Mab. He declared that tie
whole Scottish nation ? This book was a profea.ed had not published the work with a view solely 441
general satire, and set forth the distorted seine io profit, for if that had been his only motive, he
which certain persons use particular words. It was could have cleared ten times as much by a oak
the mode the writer had adopted to lash the vices of Paine's, which he held so his hand, for which la
and ammo of all existing institutions. The book. might have had twenty-five pounds a sheet, but ha
seller had not said, " This is • good book, put it refused it, because he knew that he should thereby
in your pocket;' but he sold it to Mr. Horatio have offended the law. lie thought it extremely
Horton, a decent-looking person, who came front hard he should be prosecuted for a work, the opi-
the Bridge-street Association to ask for it. He moos of which even Mr. Gurney had once advu-
(Mr. Scarlett) admitted the work was full of satire; opted. and had received a media froil • Suciety uu
but it was sot to be supposed that the author in. that account.
tended, ss the indictment sets forth, to pall down The Defendant having concluded his address—
and destrciy all the institutions of the country; and Mr. Pritchard, the solicitor, and hiisciiilt were
if the Jury del not believe that, they could not examined, and deposed to the offer diode lee
find the author guilty, much less could they find Defendant to discontinue the work; Ift.atit if
the bookseller guilty who merely sold the work. cross-examination, they stated that the Drffrndaht
That the Jury should forrn their juAgntent of the still continued the sale. and said he would del hate
Intranet+, of the seller from other circutnetances I made the offer if tha book had not been dull of'slife.
than isolated pillars of the work sold, was apps- The Loan CHIRP JUSTICE, after reading a'44l
rent from the case of a bookseller who was found . commenting on the passages in the indictment, de-
guilty, though he was from home it the time, and dared his opinion that •the tendency of die work
had not the book in his possession; but his showmen was, to promote Deism and destroy Christis;ity.
seta So procure it fot the person who afterwards The Jury, after a short deliberation, fouled the
iiifornied against him, lu s iseighbOutitig coup. t Defendant Guilty, but recommended him to mercy
try (Scott-mil) there was an instance of a man in consideration of his family and his poverty,

MIDDLES EX NERSIONS, CtwastswELL,

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21.

These Sessions commenced ibis day before F.
CONST. Egli. the Chairman, and a Bauch of Ms-
gtstrates.

IMPORTANT TO TRAVERSER&

The CHAIIMAN. 111 addressing the Grand Jury,
observed, that there were traverse cases to he tried,
he believed to the number of 118, and that there
veer► oilier charges likely to occupy the Court for
ronsidersble time. Ile thought it very material to
tirosecutors, wits, and defendants to know,
that the Act of the last Sesmot, of Parliament, call.
ed the Recrignizsures Act, would comm.-nee it■
operations these Session•. It therefore became ne-
cessary for all pa►ties will .rrr bound upon their
recognizance, to nppear to plead (if not to try), at
all events, upon the adjournment day. The canoe-
amence of any neglect in this point would be moat
disrogremble. as the nest place re►orted to would
lbe the Court of Exchequer, where the recruelli.
2 once' would be estreste.l, and the defaulters °bile
ed to ;mower with their persons.
The Grand Jury then retired.
• Prheard Kelly. ■ scavenger replant, on the flora
row ►oail, was iudu•ted fur as,sulting Edward Nur-
' combe, • parish officer, un the llth of Mry lost.
Ir appeared from the evidence of the Prosecutor.
that he and his fellow-eoustahles, George Ihrowese

end John Moore, were on duty on the night of the
&or laid in the ; they heard a cry of
'•r Murder !" mod knoCked at the door from whence
theciy proceeded, upon %Inch the Prisoner came
• to the window with a gun, nod instead of giving
tidy explatietimi as to the cause of the alarm, he
threatened to shoot them if they did not instantly
retire. A woman who lived with the I'•i-oner took
the gun front hint, up•ni which lie Razed a (part
• I:riffle sod threw it at the Prosecutor Hurcinsibe,
which severely wounded hint.
The evidmee of the Piesecutor was corroborated
br ITrowne and Moore.

On the part of tler defence Lydia Webb, a woman
w!in cohabits' with the Prisoner, stated, thete was
nu ere of " Mutder !" t,n the night alluded to, or
any ilivtailaince whatever iu the house. She and

the Prisoner were awekrn•d out of their bleep by
violent knocking at the duo,. The Prisoner got
Hp, went to the window, and tad the Iter►ons that
were knocking that they were misiaketi, sod dew-
ed them to retire ; instead of doing which they
itervetrerrd iu annoying the house, and that the Pri-
soner did not throw the bottle uuiil they had ac-
lenity broken api lof the door.
• The CHAIRMAN sommed op the evidence.
The July deliberated for a length of issue, and
at length um: of them rape d a ori.it to retire,
shone bring a diPi•eotiesit awung►t them limn the
general imp►es•ion made on their amide by the
evidence.

The CH mem AN begged to know upon what point
thee• could possibly differ ? the case appeared to
I:iin to be as dear as prspilile.
One of the Jury said lie dissented from his bro-
ther jurors, becoirse lie did not believe the evidence
ft., the prosecution.

Another of the Jury *aid there were eleven of
them of a differeot opinion.
The Cts AIRM Alt hgaiti eXpostitistrd with the Jury,
untl •firr they had I' wif.ulttd together vri. bout el-
f, et. he told titer 'they !night retire if they could
• owe agree. skid The Court would, if another Jury
could be found, not trouble diem again.

They' then retired, •nd when they hod been alb-
rent.ebont •n hour—

The CHAIRMAN stated that a common Foie's'
tad hern simsde so the Coosa from the Jury, that
• one of them had stabs! that !le would ►ornirr starve
?hen come to •the same opioioo of Ina fellow
Jorors.
Mr. A I.Llr, who hod ju►t come into Court, oh-
served it Wei HI tht ptwur of the Court to dismiss
the Jury.
. . . . .

7'hc CHAIRMAN Ohs. n•ed it had not the power
will the close itt the tottioßt..
Mr. ANDREWS, r.tio wit. Counsel for the Pri-
aone►. outtl he Not propo4rd to the Solicitor for
the proweation to withdraw a Juror.
'l•he Solicitor said the 'cumin of his objecting
we% that ate Prisoner 'night afterwards bring Ills
act.on.

The CHAIRMAN observed, it "MOM not he in his
rower, for there never was a mote clear cave proved
than that against the l'rir•ouer. The Juror that
retorted to agree to the verdict would have saved
tee Court much trouble if he liod stated, when he
Cat went Into the hos, that he was drtertained not
to return a verdict of guilty aganivt any Pliaoner,
however wows hit conduct might have been.
The SOLICITO* then raid lie would agree to a
Juror being withdrawn.
The Jury were seat for. In the mean titwe
Mr. ANDREWS staled, that the Pr;soiter would
withdrew his plea of /lot and plead Guilty,
ward with pleasure; pay to the National School 51.
The CHAIRMAN observed, that this conduct on
the part of the Pri,ioner did him much credit.
On the Jury returning to the box
The CHAIRMAN addressed them, and informed
them that the Prirotier had withdrawn his plea of
!keg Gwitty, and pleaded Guilty. It well not for
him to know the rraion why one of them could not
agree 10 a verdict ; no doubt but lie acted on a
.euti.cietitious principle, but it certainly was both
agatovt law and justice.
COCRT then sentenced the Prisoner to
pay • tine of la. which he immediately did and was
discharged.
The remainder of the day was occupied in trying
petty sasoults, of no public interest.

Fourteen hundred prisoner*. male and female,
finite been conituitted rrom Lambeth.street Police
Office, for various uffenoes, within the last eight
month, ; of Which ,umber right hundred and eigh-
leen were taken to the New Yriaon, three hundred
and stzty-five to the House of Correction, and two
bandied audaeventeen to Newgate for trial.
Between seven and right o'clock on Saturday
itighit, a *toot man. of genteel exterior, entered a
linen-drapes shop iii St. John-street, mod desired
'to be sliewo some silk handkerchiefs. The lady
who was serving in the shop, placed a dozen of dif-
ferent potters, before him on the counter for in.-
.
*perilous, all of which be seized and made off with,
wad although an immediate alarm was made, be
wiped with .his his.

POL (CE.

BOW IiTBEET.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES BY SERVANTS.
John Calaphell was charged with stealing two pairs of toil.
'err snuffer-stands, the property of his employers, Merefs.
stalker and Co. wholesale dealers is silver sad plated gaud.,
Beaufort buildista, 'band.
The Prisoner, us bating Ititerigitesied, woloatorile conVetwed
his guilt, and Care ups great number of pawabrokerettlopli.
retie for pledges of silver and plated goods ea a considerable
extrot, whirl were peodweed yesterday by She shores* of
seven different pavnibrulkeia, before Air Richard Biettie, the
sitting !Begirt's'', when Campbell anderireat a second elm-
untealinn. &sterol of the pawnbrokers' dames idtatilied
the Prisoner as the person who plotted the property, and
slated shoo lie had pledged the different articles by the name
of
Whitlingliani.

Sir Richanl }Weir censored the ealadoet of pawahrobers
is receiving valuable articles without strictly lute/misting
the parties offering thew, sod proilieolarly fruni pentium of
the Prisoner's youthfel appestattee and oast of respectebi-
lily in dress, thereby •ifiirding facilities fur servants to dis-
pose of Platen properly; sod particularly censured Ike roe
-
duet of Win. Leek, shopenin to Mr. Issue Lrvi, of Loudon.
swot. Fitzroy *goalie for receiving a variety uf articles front
the Prisoner willsunt'dise ;equity.
Leek, in justillestioa„ said, that little tradesmes frt..
Tiredly pledged sitnifer articles to enable them to pay their
bills.

Sir Richard espremed his surprise that some of tke articles
had byes, rimmed by Mr. Camino', in the Strand, whit was in
g I so Caliiil/11••••1 correct.
Robert Haulers, Allman in Mr. Cameron, esplained his
conduct in receiving articles from the Prisoner, by saying he
hurl frrquently pledeed the same silver candlestick, which
induced him to byline the whole were Ida property.

The shopenna of Mr. Paseenure, anti four other pawn-
brokers, agreeing In give up the property they had teceired
in pledge (cone she Prisoner, were ant bound ever w prose-
coie ; bat dense of Mr. Levi and Mr. Cameros were.
Fhiesty Saslow. was charged with rubbing Mr. Glasitin.
of Wig-street, Hackney, purse-massfsetweer ; she had bee"
in his service about a useuth, but front her womendset he was
obliged to part with her; bet before 'be left theism's., yester-
day mousing, be searched her boa, when be loused IS silk
posses and other articles, his properly, and from &commie
Snead in her possession there was sespieion a►e bad con-
veyed other property out of the house, and search-warrasts
were iesued for porewises where the property was 'opposed
to be deposited, and a number of purses were found is the
poseeesion of a kinale eonseeted elth the Prisoner, who was
aloes brought le lhe office, charged with receiving the goods
and knowing them to have bees stoles, havisg received them
from the Prisoner through the medium of a boy.
The Prosecutor very huseasely observed he was the father
of ten child/me, asd wished every lade,' lobe sbew■ es the
OM 4111011.

Sir Richard Hirai', in reply, said it was Impossible for Min
to pan over the flagrant coo:lint of Fanny Kroyou, his ser-
vant, and any thaw the Prost minor might have to say for
merry, must be addressed ha the Judge ill her Irbil. The
worthy Magistrate, however, agreed to discharge the young
woman in whose possession some of the purses had been
found, after a an ious admonition.
The Prosecutor stated hr received Fanny Rearm from the
Foundling Hospital. Her person was reeugitioeil by Mr.
Cueing the Magnirair, who was sitting or the head with
Sir R. Birnie: he desired the Pruncutur to report her COY.
duct to the Directors of that laudable loatitutiour.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT HIGHGATE

ARCHWAY.

Fur enure time post a reasidevahle nom►er of workmen
have been employed to boilrligg thirty almshouses sear the
Arehwey at flighgute, for the aged pour brimagiog to the
Mt Company ; but before a foumdatiu• for Chem could
he obtained, a• immense body of earth Out was deg from
sturroad at the time the Nagel was proposed, sad which Puri
remained ever since, standing to an Unwire. height, was
(moot weeragary to be removed, sad $ you somber of excs-.
cairns were employed fur the purpose. On Saturday morn-
ing, •hilst 1101114. of the ormigstora were waiting for their
barrow. being tined by their fellow. labourers who were dig-
ging from the. bottom of an monitors pile of earth, the
*hoist fell in with s immesh/go crash, sod fuer or live of
dm navigators were buried nod th. The posse of
the poor fellows were distinctly braid, and the whole of
Sir labourers employed in the err ction were instantly
called in action, mid having set to work with surpris-
Hirt acti►ity with their pr. koses, they, after a short space
of time, extricated Agar of the men from their perilous
sirns-
lion, but not till they were urarly smothered; the fifth, an
urged nay-gator, who acted as foreman, and who had been
employed at the building of the Archway, and 'len in the
etudes. ions of the Regent's Canal, was found dreadfully
untabed, list still alive. The nofurt name men was taken on
a ahutter to the Ateliers, Tavern, where be received every
surgical aid, but he only Implied • few noigutes. The body
now lies lur a Coroner's Jury.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

maroan, OCTOBER IS.

Mr. John Allen, M.A. of Christ Church, in this Univer-
sity, Isms on the 9th instant elected Master of the Esee
Grammar School of llnsinster.

The Rev. J. M. Colson, LL.B. late of Jesus College, Cant.
h,ttlze, to the Rectory of St. Peter, Dorchester; perms, the
King.
The Rev. Mr. Bement to the Vit urn- of I.rdshant, near
Leeds.

Preachers at St. Mary's-111 •. the Master of Bohol Col-
lege, MI Sunday morning; sad the Rev. Mr. Bellamy. of St.
Joins%, in the afternoon._

Lecturer at Carfax—Rew. Mr. Bron u.

N4VAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH. OCTORICR 20.
Passed by the Jemmitna, %%on, for the ('lye of Good
Hope. It has blown a heavy gale the whole day ; the uut.
ward bound ride all well.

Arrived yesterday the Jelius exisar from Rigs, sad Eclipse
from Loudon.

PLYMOUTH, ocTonsa 19.

Arrived the Arrow, Jaineams. from MeMet. with loss of
anchor and rable; hoc, Carlisle, from Labrador, and
Richard, Williamms, from London fur IN.
Arrived off the port the lark Tar from Jamaica for Lem.
dna, in SS days; and the Jaae, Sadler, from Prisce Edward's
Wand.

FALMOUTH, OCTOWIL 18.
Arrived the Countess of Chichester packs.' frum tbr Wands
..-ustled from Si. Thomas's 13th NIL
Sailed the Ann, Miles, fur London.

DEAL, ortolan' TO.
Arrived and sailed far lbe River the Aguilar, Aseley, from
Quebec. _

Put bark to-day several coasters, colliers, Ate- and remain
with the oetward-bound.
Ilay-pod &s.—Vinod S.W —Blows very strong, and
every appearance of a stormy night.

ocroste 19.

Pat bark ibis sooraing by strong •deerse .iado the Map
qui. of Anglesey, Reed, fire Jsinairs ; West ladle Paeksty•
Monroe, fur ditto—cad female is the Dowels.

coma, OCTOBEVI 17.
Arrived the Sweets trseepert, No. 42, fru. Gibraltar,
with creeps...uart geeraatiee.

uvairoot, °moss' W.

Arrived She Haerikee, Wilhsr, fr.. St. Pelerehwrlth
she Factor, Speed, from Philadelphia; she Beerip. Hell,
from wed the Saishrwige, llarrin, frees New U,.
Orbeasa.

carcass *9.

nit entersiog the 'loop row Ilessere, of liestiers, roe ee
beard the Milt Maolb, of Dover, end liege her steeteseed
beer to ; the forum lest several spoil both nestle put i s
here to repair.

H SiNCIULAR DI4COVERY OF 4 MURDER.
• .—.......--: 1
, l [Extract of a letter from Novoprod.]

" Whitt I am new going to relate to you might almost
pass rather fur the fiction of some idle braio, than for a reel
erode and yet the truth of it is Well known, sad attested by
respetriable authority. A Nobleman in this province being
not limning with several Other Noblemen, perceived in a
forestes hear, with • muzzle on, tied to a tree; the animal
apposed to be very tame, and by ►m wailiugaissdicated that
somelholg partienlar was the matte► with him. The Noble-
man gave orders to untie him from the tree, on which the
hear, led by a coon:eyelets with • rope, immediately ran to
a seighbuoting emu, and begs. very eagerly to lt
up the ground; the rreatsre ugly wanted language to
phew that something "hide nearly concerned him was
here buried. The possibility of Ibis was evident to the
Nobleman, and he ordered his people to dig up the spot
poistod out by the bear, which consisted of very loose earth.
To t►e no little astonishatiest mid honer of all present, t►ey
soon found two dead bodies towered with blood, which ap-
peered to have peen very recently interred, whose wounds
the bear, with a lamentable howling, began to lick, making
the persons who mood around s•derstasd, by • very singular
look, that they should remove the bodies. They made a
bier of young trees, on which they laid the bodies so tott-
ery them to the next village. The bear, still led by •
summit, goes brat, and 'eels to follow, like a dog, a scent
that he has of the'mnial t f biz muter. Hr is suffered
to lake his own way ; and they anon reach a village on the
skirts of tbe forest, when be belts ■t the door of a couage,
and Ide former wailing Is changed to a dreadful roaring.
Tb:m induces the Nobleman to call tegesher the male inhabi-
tants, sad place them is • certain order, thinking, perhaps,
by the help of the bear to discover the murderers, seacoutee
all deny any knowledge of the deed. The people belonging
to the hut, before which lbs hear stopped, also came tip
from another side, and scarcely bad they, according to the
Nobleman's desire, placed themselves wit► the others, when
the bear, with • dreadful howl, rushed upon two tall-feliovra,
whom only the animal's muzzle saves from his fury. He was
removed from them by force, hot the persons so singularly
amused were immediately subjected to a strict examination.
They confessed all ; the two beer leaders, who bad money
about them, had beew murdered by them in the forest, and
hastily buried; the hunting hors of the party having made
them Ay precipitately, leaving the bear tied to the arm by
which the dimeoveryof the murder was effected in a manner
almost incredible, and the criminals were delivered into tie
hands of justice, and will be brought to the puniabasest
which Ilteynao justly deserve."
b.