The National Register.
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.,_

Advice, have been received from the Isle of
France, of the 12th of February. Their contents
are satisfactory, inasmuch as they state that the
fever, which had committed such dreadful ravages
in that colony, had entirely digappeured • not only
on the coast, but. also in the interior. The accounts
vary as to the number of persons who have been
carried off by the malady, but it seems certaiu that
between 5 and 6000 persons have suffered, a con-
siderable portion of whom consisted of Europeans.
The fever had been introduced into the colony by
a merchantman, from the island of Ceylon, and
was of so virulent a character that the individual
died two days after being attacked by it.
A letter from New York of the 14th alt. says—
" The Senate have passed, by an unanimous vote,
the Bill to prohibit all intercourse with all British
ports in Canada, Nova Scotia, and the West Indies;
the Bill must pass the House of Representatives to
become a law."
Tur Cottons-mtg.—The Lord Chamberlain hav-
ing received an order from the Privy Council for
the solemn proclamation of the intended ceremonial
of his Majesty's Coronation; the different Officers
of the Herald's College, and the Lord Chamber-
lain's department, assembled at St. James's Palace,
at ten o'clock yesterday morning, in their official cos-
tume. From thence they set out in procession to
Westminster Hall, and there proclamation was first
made, and afterwards it was proclaimed through
the metropolis, with the same ceremonies as those
observed when his Majesty was proclaimed King.
We understand a Committee has been appointed
at Westminster Abbey, for the purpose of arranging
the business relative to the intended coronation, and
installation of the Order of the Bath.
Among the latest pensions granted by the Crown,
and payable out of the 41 per cent. duties, are the
following :—Lord Keith, Sir John Leach, and Sir
Benjamin Bloomfield, in trust for Sophia, Mary,
Elisabeth, Augusta, and Amelia Fitsclarence, 25001.
per annum. The warrant is dated Sept. 9, 1818.
Account of Bank notes and Bank Post Bills in
circulation in the first week of May
:
Bank notes of 51. and upwards Z16,344,710
Bank post bills 4.349,510
Bank notes under W.

44,812.120
Duty on British Spirits from Malt, paid by the
six principal houses in London :
. From 3th July, 1818, to 10th April, 1819, £978,083 4 tl
From sth July, 1819, to Bth April,lB2o. 119,304 4 0
being it deficiency, in nine months, of 198,7701. Os.6d.
including the additional duty of Sd. per gallon.
His Mainly's Levee.—At the Levee held by his
Majesty on Wednesday, there was the extraordinary
number of 1791 persons present, being upwards of
300 more than has been known on any similar oc-
casion within the memory of man.
Mr. Robert Baker, Chief Magistrate of the Po-
lice, received the honour of Knighthood on Wed-
nesday last, at the Levee.
One of the yeomen-porters to his Majesty, after
officiating in that capacity at the Palace gate during
the Levee on Wednesday, returned to his own
house, where he had scarcely arrived when he
seated himself in a chair, and expired without ut-
tering a word. He had exnibited no previous symp-
toms of indisposition, and was considered a man of
a robust constitution.
Mr. Wedgebury, one of his Majesty's Pages, and
formerly Page to the Princess Charlotte of Wales,
died on Wednesday evening, at his residence in
Chelsea.

The Caledonian canal now carrying on for avoiding
the tedious and dangerous navigation round the
northern and western coasts of Scotland ix truly
gigantic : when completed, frigates of 22 guns will
be able to navigate it ; the depth is to be 20 feet,
the width at the bottom 50, and at the surface of the
water 110 feet, and the sluices from 162 to 172
feet in length.
The Annual Merino Meeting for the exhibition
of Anglo Merino Sheep, Fleeces, Cloth, Yarn, &c
took place on Wednesday at Sadler's Repository,
Goswell Street. The Stock was of excellent quality
—the fleeces of the finest texture—and the cloth
and yarn beautiful ; the whole of British produce.
There were several useful implements exhibited,
and all of hand or manual power, a circumstance
we rejoice to see, as the rage for machinery has of
late caused a great increase to pauperism and oppres-
sive Poor Rates. The yard was well attended ; we
noticed several Noblemen, Members of Parliament,
and many practical breeders and farmers. Lord
Castlereagh sent three Ewe Teats for one of the
premiums. We understood that Mr. P'ane's (the
Member fur 11-1. 'Aire) stock, was much admired,
as also.' 1 Mr. Caweton's.
i?t an alarming fire broke
Ines Street, but by a good
'acrity of the firemen of
it was subdued without

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BOW-STREET.
EIIireAORDINARY Casa..--On Friday two hackney-
coachmen were brought up, charged on suspicion of
stealing a watch limn the person of Perry William
Hughes. servant to the French Ambassador.
Mr. Andrews, for the prosecution, said, this case came
before the Magiitrate under very singular circumstances:
—A young man, named Taylor, was prosecuted for this
very robbery at the last Old Bailey Sessions, convicted,
and instantly sentenced to transportation for life by the
Common Sergeant. Three gentlemen. wined Jeremy,
Harper, and Smith, gave testimony extremely favourable
to the prisoner at the trial, but the evidence was but.
slightly attended to. Three coachmen. named Judd,
Randall, and Auger, who gave testimony w a similar
effect, were committed to Newgate by the Common Ser-
geant, and were still in confinement. The gentlemen
he had named, however, front what they themselves
saw, and from what came out upon the trial, were
firmly convinced that Taylor was an innocent man, and
had, at their own expense, employed Counsel, and ea-
cacti themselves to bring the real offenders to justice,.
and to save Taylor from so dreadful a punishment. It
was what these gentlemen learned, in the course of their
inquiries, that led to the appreheusion of the prisoners at
the bar.
It appeared that Messrs. Thomas Jeremy. Thomas -
Hagar, and John Smith, were on their nocturnal ram-
bles on the night in question, and they each deposed,
that they were passing-the Margins of Granby,
iu
Charles-street (at the deer of winch the robbery was
said to be rd), just at the moment that the pro-
secutor was calling for the watchmen and imitating a
man, and they went into the public-house, where they
distinctly saw Taylor sitting in a box in the tap-room.
inside of eight or nine others, and it was utterly impos-
sible that he could have gained that position in the time..
tf he had beets hi the street when the watch was stolen.
Cole. a hackney coachman, swore, that Use pro- •
secutor Hughes mounted his coach-box. in a state of
intoxication, on the night in question, at the door of
Drury Lane Theatre, and drove himself to the duos of
the Marquis of Granby, where he treated several persons •
with ruin and pipes of tobacco. Witness was at his
coach when the cry of " Watch" was raised, and in a .
minute after he saw the prosecutor and one of the pri-
soners struggling together under one of the coaches.'llte
other was also of the smoking party,. but Taylor cer-
tainly was not.
Mrs. Wecalini, the landlady of the Marquis Granter, .
and her waiter, swore most positively that Taylor was in
the tap-room when the alarm in the street was given,
and that he was never out of it the whole tune. The
two prisoners were smoking with the prosecutor in the
passage a initiate before the robbery, and the latter was
completely drank.
Hughes underwent a long.iuterrogation by Mr. Bit- -
nie, and he admitted that he was drunk, but not so
.much seas to lose his recollection. He did not escollect
mounting Cole's coach at Drury-Line; he knew he.
came on a coach fiatitt. the City. lie was quite sure he
did not call for pipes and tobacco. He was certain into
Tayloe.
Mr. Andrews said, he did not mean to impute wilful
misconduct to the prosecutor, but it was quite clear,
from all that .had been. heard, that he was in such a
state at the time lie was robbed, as to be utterly incapa-
ble of giving a clear. account of the transaction. and his •
inebriety had been the cause of the conviction of an .
innocent man, who was now under a sentence the se.
veresi, short of death, that the law could inflict. The,
men who had been co ed to.Newgate for the evi-
dence they gave on the trial would be here on a future
day, and fully hear him and the other witnesses out iu
all they had stated.
Mr. Adolphus, in a few remarks on, behalf of• the
prisoner Stevens, agreed with Mr. Andrews in regretting
the absence of the three men alluded to, and strongly
deprecated their committal.
After an investigation of several hours, the prisoners
were remanded till Tuesday next, wheu the three wits. •
nesses will be futthcoutiog, and the case further pro—
ceeded in.
The Office was crowded to excess, and it is but tight
we should add, that in spite of their being in such a
house at such a time, the three above-iiaival gentlemen
are all very respectable, and that two out.of the three are
"-item in the immediate nei•anbourlsocel. .

Exportation of Machinery.—ln consequence of.
the repeated exportation of machinery to the Con-
tinent, and the necessary injury to our manufac-
turing interests, the manufacturers of Nottingham
have of late been much on the alert to detect the
persons by whom those mischiefs are effected. In-
formation having been received that a man known
by the name of Derbyshire, who stands foremost
in the list of mechanists in this country, was about
to sail for France with some valuable machinery
used in the manufacture of lace, steps were taken
to arrest him at Dover, and on Wednesday night
Ruthven set off to that town, in company with one
of the constables of Nottingham. They found their
man, and secured him. He had with him some
of the necessary implements of his trade, and con-
fessed that the rest were to follow. He was. accom-
panied by his wife and child, and was going to set-
tle in France. His real mune, he.says, is Holding,
and in that name he obtained. his passport. He
' was brought to town on Friday night, and set
off for Nottingham on Saturday, in the care of
Ru thven.
Lord Castlereagh, on Friday, was sufficiently
well to have a large party to dinner, at his houec ia.
St. James's Square.

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Imperial Parliament continued from page 155.
of Petitioners, adding that they did not belong to
any particular party in politics.
Mr. SPOONER trusted that the House would not re-
fuse
that enquiry which was sought. The difficulties of
trade were great ; but as to relieving agriculture by rail-
lag the trice of corn, he trusted that the means of pm,-
chasing at higher prices would be first afforded, before the
high prices were granted. He stated that the trailers and
others of Dudley mid Swerbridge were going about in
gangs of hundreds, sad they were about to be joined by
the colliers. He lamented that they were so misled, at
they batne time, if enquiry were not instituted, and relief
afforded soon, it would be granted in vain.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the
',coed reading of the Civil List Bill.
Sir R. HERON said, it was impossible for him to ap-
prove of this proceeding, when the Civil List was fixed
at the highest rate, now that the country was in the se-
verest distress—when it was doubtful whether the revenue
would produce what was estimated, and whether the in-
terest of the debt could continue to be paid. Economy
was mentioned in the King's Speech ; it was an ominous
word, bnt he was afraid that the mention was made only
that the practice might be dispensed with.
Bill read a second time, and on the motion that it be
.committed on Monday,
hir.„HUME complained of the want of information.
AU that could perplex had been granted; what could
infest,' had been withheld. He should not go into the
subject, as he understood it was desired to postpone the
debate; but he had examined the items, and he found
that 450;0001. would maintain the household of his Iffe-
esty. at the title of the Bill was a misnomer, for no
•°_, ()visionß was to be made by it for the often, and surely
he Queen, a man's wife, was part of the household—'
every man's wife was an important part of his household.
He complained that the Acts tegardiNg the Civil List had
• never been properly acted upon.; and he maintained that
the accoonts could be and ought to he simplified. The
House was treated most unworthily by the refusal of ac-
counts ; secrecy and seclusion would do a good deal of
harm in the country.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in reply,
.denied that there was any improper concealment, and
added, that in the Civil List Accounts, or the Consoli-
dated 'Fund Accounts, all the items were to be found
sufficiently detailed.—Motion agreed to.
Lord A. HAMILTON postponed his motion respect-
ing the fourth Bacon of the Exchequer in Scotland to the
zith umlaut.
The Marriage Act Amendment Bill was read a second
time.
The Irish Chancery Composition Resolutions Bill went
through a Committee, Sir J. Newport observing, that on
a future day he should call the attention of the House to
the subject of the Compositions—Report on Motley.
The remaining orders helms gone through, the House
adjourned to Monday.
FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
D. Armitage, Modal&ld.
IA N ittigSr..
L. Baines, Leicester, ails& lididose, Mr. James, Ely Plots,
J. Milner, Cambridge...Wm Bob. Messrs. Teens and Co.,
Lincon's Inn Fields.
T. and J. Danvers. Carper's Row. Tower Hill, roachants.
Bd. Mr. Hodgson; Castle Street, Holborn.
J.; T., W. H.. and J. H. Hardy, Birmingham, merchants.
Skews. Baxter and Barka, Gray's Inn Place.
T. Peke. Bodbotese, Glammtashire, civil engineer. Sol.
Mr. Sespant'slna,
srlemoor, imairs. Barks, farmer. SoL Mr. Pittman,
Smarr lan. Omar, Lars
IL Sinn sal T. W. Comm Northampton, pocas. Sol. Ms.
Grapey, irmana's Cana; Comb&
DIVIDENDS.
Maylo.4. P. Greaves, H. Sharp. and F. Fisher, Coleman
Stress, ammohants-30, T. Buchan, Charlotte Street, Fitzroy
Squan.sdanaarte maker—JO. B. Parkes, Halliford. Middisma,
British eriesenerchant—t6, W. Adam, Narrow Wall, Lambs*,
timber merchent-27. G. Simpson. CepthaU Court, morelorid-
-27, J. Shaw, Bond Street. carpet nanufacturer-31. W. M-
ips, Briglothehnstone, builder-31. T., J. J., and R. Retold,Blwachease. calico printers—n, R. Banda, Coleman Sasso,
alsoinosliadi factor—June 6,lir Zitr.,Lardeniall SOM.
rattle ar adasr-7, S. Roberts, spirit mordast.-1, J.
B. Mame, North Waltham. Norfo grocer—July u. G.
Vidalia& and G. Clarke, Basinghall Street, Blackwell-hall
factors.
CERTIFICATES to be granted May M.
W. Reynolds. Bristol, soap W. Hindle. Leeds,
draper—P. H. Delman, Bamford, auctioneer—T. Hubbard,
jun., Coventry. silkman—T. Addis. Pawl. Worcestershire.
plumber—G. Forster. Berwick upon Tweed, merchant—G. Pa-
ra. Yak Saar, Westminster. plumber—J. Atkinson, Dal
mon, Yorkshire, mordsant—J. Wild, Liverpool, merchant—G.
Audio. Lag Aas, mach plater—J. T. Clarke, Tothill &vet,
Warminster, Sbeward, Belgrave Place, PiO3I)CO,
boarding hams. Isorw—G. Dann. Linton, Kent, butcher—T.
Nessalp.Cdralsn Saw. warehouseman—J. Marauder. Nor-
folk Street, New Rsad, master mariner—W. Thomas, Cheap.
aide, tailor.

The King of Prussia has presented to the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, by the hands of Baron Bu-
low. a splendid desert and tea service of porcelain.
A similar present has been made to Mr. Wilberforce,
and to N. M. Rothschild, Esq. accompanied by a
complimentary letter from Baron Hardenburg, in
the name of his royal master.
Lord Sidmouth has intimated to the Lord Lieu-
tenants of the different Counties, the Militia of
which are to be called out for training and exercise,
that it does not appear to his Majesty's Government
to be advisable that any of those men whose peritak
of service will expire in the present year should be
called out for that purpose.
There is at the present time, in the summer-
house of W. Padwick, Esq at Cosham, Hants, a
robin's neat, with five young birds; the nest being
built in a paper bag, which carelessly stood on the
table ; and more singular to say, the door b, nig
bolted and the windows closed, the bird has to de-
scend the chimney, and make egress therefrom, to
carry on her instinctive economy in rearing her
callow family.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF OF KING'S BENCH, MONDAY. MAI S.
THE KING V. HUNT,__BAHTORD, JOHNSTON, AND

HIALY.
Mr. Hunt's motion for a new trial has occupied the
Court of King's Bench several days. He concluded all
he had to urge in favour of his motion on Saturday last,
and then solicited that the Judges would take till the
Monday following to cons Per the subject ; they acceded
to Isis request, and their Lordships this morning deli-
vered their judgments seriatim. •
The Lord Chief Justice.—Although this matter has
occupied a considerable portion of that time and atten-
tion which is dedicated to the general administration of
justice, it has nut presented to my mind any doubt
whatever; and I will deliver my opinion upon the
everal points with as much brevity as possible.
The first objection taken by the defendants was to the
rejection of evidence as to the supposed misconduct of
the military in the dispersion of the meeting; and, in
my opinion, that evidence was perfectly irrelesant to
the matter in issue. The matter in issue was the object
or purpose of the assembly, and the conduct of the pen.
ple prior to the dispersion. If, however, any doubt upon
that point could exist, the verdict of the Jury, narrowing
the charge to the 4th count, would remove that doubt
altogether, because the countdoes not charge the defen-
dants with any violence at the time of the meeting.
The second point of objection is the admission of the
resolutions of the Smithfield meeting; and the objec-
tions to this point of evidence are two-fold ; first, that
the best evidence was not produced which the circum-
stances might have afforded ; and, second, that no evi-
dence ought to have been admitted upon the subject.—
With respect to the first of these objections, the papers
which were prodnced were proved to have been received
from the hands of one of the defendants at the time of
the ineeting,, as the resolutions which were to be passed
at the meeting; and therefore, as against that defendant,
no better evidence could exist. With 'regard to the
latter objection, it was in proof that these resolutiOns
hid been recently proposed by that defendant at a very
numerous meeting held for the alleged purpose of parlia-
mentary reform—the avowed purpose of the meeting in
question—at which the same defendant, a stranger in
Manchester, wjs invited to take the chair; pnd as re.
garded the question of intention, I have no doubt that it
was competent to show, as against that defendant, that,
at a similar meeting, held . for an object professedly
similar, such matter bad been proposed under his
mediate inspection. Having now disposed of these ob.
jections to the law laid down in the case, I shall take no
notice of what has been called misdirection as to this or
that particular point; I shall only say, generally, that
the whole effect of the evidence appears to me to have,
been left most properly to the Jury : that the jury were
not directed to presume against the defendants any thing
which was not well warranted by the evidence ; and that
they have not come to any conclusion which the nature
of that evidence did not fully justify. I therefore think
that this is not a case in which a rule to show cause
should be granted.
!el r. Justice Bayley said, that as he had tried the cause
he would rather postpone his observations until his
, learned brothers had delivered their opinion.
Mr. Justice Holroyd fully concurred in the opinion
delivered by the Lord Chief Justice.
Mr. Justice Best.—l have never entertained the least
doubt upon the subject • and I also agree entirely in what
has heed stated by the Lord Chief Justice.
Mr. Justice Bayley, if he entertained any doubt upon
the matter would certainly state that doubt its the
strongest language to the Court; but, after giving the
closest attention tu,..tbe arguments which had beets used
by the defendant, it did appear to hint that there was
no foundation for granting the present application
With respect to the conduct of the soldiers, it appeared
to him, the Learned Judge said, that he should have
forgotten his duty if he had permitted any evidence upon
that head to ,be admitted at the trial. He conceived,
upon that occasion, that the jury were trying, not the
demeanour of the soldiers, but the misdemeanour of the
crowd. If the soldiers had mi)conductcd themselves,
they were liable (or that misconduct to be put upon their
trial ; and it would have been most unjust to prejudice
the question against them, unless such a course bad been
absolutely necessary for the purposes of the defence. That
description of evidence did not apply to the charge upon
the face of the indictment ; and, as ter as it could ap-
apply to any evidence given by Mr. Holton, or by Mr.
Entwistle, the evidence of those gentlemen had been
combated by the most complete admission of evidence,
to show non-resistance upon the part of the people.—
With respect to the second point of objection—the
admission of the Smithfield resolutions•-•-his Lordship
had no doubt that those resolutions had been reaularly
and properly proved. Not only had those resolutions
been really delivered, but a copy of theist had been given
to a certain individual by one of the defendants as a
transcript of those which were to be proposed at the
Smithfield meeting. That individual had compared that
printed copy with the resolutions actually propounded
to the meeting, and had found it correspond with them.
With respect to the other point of objection, he had not
been able to bring his niiod to doubt that these resolu-
tions were most powerful evidence in the case. If a
rim was seen similarly circumstanced at two places
within a short period of time, was it not to be presumed
that his conduct at one of those places would be consist-
ent with his conduct at the other? If he had at one
'meeting, for the alleged purpose of reform, proposed
certain resolutions, was it not prohab' - second
meeting, for the sa rime, and
quetit, he would e similar
been said by the e ants that
presumes'. He (Mr. Justice Ba
ni that sentiment ; but if it we
Jury were not entitled to dray
suniption which would be ti
evidence, then he entirely die

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because at every ordinary Session, Courts were in the
habit of acting upon presumption---Arpon presumption
drawn either from the presence of evidence on the one
side, or from the absence of evidence" on 'the other.--,
'file evidence as to the training and drilling (his Lordship
continued) appeared to him to be evidence perfectly ad.
tnissible. He.had thought so at the time of the trial, and .
he thought so now. With respect to the inscriptions on .
the flags, he was of opinion that parole evidence was
fit to be received. The production of writings was not
in all criminal cases necessary. He had entered into the
subject, the Learned Judge added, at greater length than
he had originally intended; but he had thought it ne-
cessary to show that he still maintained the opinions
which he had expressed at the trial; and, for the rest. he
concurred eatirely In what had been said by the Lord .
Chief Justice.
The Attorney-General now alluded to the length '
of time which the case had occupied, and proposed .
that judgment should be immediately pronounced,
unless that measure would be inconvenient to the court,
or unless the defendants had any thing to say against
the adoption of that course. • '
Mr. Hunt submitted that the pronouncing sentence
would occupy as much time now as at any future pe-
riod. He therefore requested that the defendants might
be allowed time to prepare.
The Lord Chief-Justice thought the request reason.
able, and said it should be complied with.
Johnson merely wished for time to send into the
conning.
Mr.flunt.--The defendants wished to send for affi-
davits. For his own part, if the Attorney-General
would not put in any affidavit in aggravation. he did not
wish to pat in any in mitigation.
The Lora Chief-Justice said, that the Court was not
the place in which that question could be answered.
The Atunney-General thought that it was important
that
,judgment should pass in the present Term
Mr. Hunt would take until this day week.
The Lord Chief-Justice said, that Monday next
would be the last day of Term, add that the Court
would be very fully occupied on that day. The defend-
ants might take until Saturday ; and. if they then stated
upon affidavit that they had been utiableto accomplish
their object, the Court would consider whether it could
postpone the matter until Monday.
THE KING V. SIR FRANCIS mumps.
Mr. Denman stated to the Court, that in this case be
had certain new matter which he wished to introduce;
and requested that the Court would hear that matter
before they pronounced upon the application which he
• had already made.
Mr, Justice Best observed, that Mr. Denman had
stated, at the time when he made his first application.
.that he was unprepared, except as to the point of the
publication in Leicestershire.
THE LING V. PAGE.
The defendant in this case. was convicted at the last
assizes for the county of Hereford bf an assault upon a
young lady of the name of Edwards, The circum-
stances of this case have already been before the public,
they were shortly these :—Miss Edwards is a young lady
of beauty and fortune residing at Tewkesbury, and the
defendant is an attorney resident at the same place.--
Attracted by the charms of the lady's purse, or of her
person, Mr. Pace made addresses to 'Miss Edwards;
but, after a short time his proposals weredeclined. Mr.
Pace, upon this; thought proper to become furious; he
loaded his pistols, swore many oaths, pursued Miss
Edwards to Aberystwith; and meeting het there, on
the Marine Parade, presented a pistol, and struck her
with it. A gentleman, Mr. Gittens, who was escorting
the lady, interfered; Mr. Pace fired at him, was dis-
armed and taken into custody. Mr. Pace was tried at
Cardigan, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, for shooting
at Mr. Gittens, and acquitted. lie was subsequently
convicted at Hereford for the assault upon Miss Ed-
wards • and Mr. Jervis now prayed the judgment of
the Court.
The sentence of the Conti was, that the defendant
should be imprisoned eighteen months in Gloucester
gaol ; and that he should at the expiration of that time
find security, himself in 2,0001. and four other persons
in 5001. each, fortis good behaviour during a period
of three years.
THE KIWG V. THE MAYOR OF CHESTER. _

Mr. Williams moved for a rule to show cause why a
a criminal information should not be filed against the
Mayor of Chester, for improper conduct in the exercise
of the duties of their offiets. The affidavits upon
which the motion was grounded stated, that the Mayor,
being attached to the Grosvenor party, had, during the
poll at the late election, refused the freedom of the
city to certain individuals who were entitled to such ad-
mission ; and it further stated that, in consequence of
that refusal on the part of the Mayor, Sir J. Egerton,
one of the candidates, had lost his election.
The Court refused the rule for the present, upon the
ground that the affidavit did not charge a corrupt mo-
tive.

TUESDAY, MAT 9.
Christopher Harris, Robert Shorter, Wm. Watlin,Thomas
Whitehorse, Julio Cahuac, James Sainsbury, and Phillip.
Francis were - brought up to receive the judgment of the
Court, after 4aving been convicted of the publication of
certain seditious libels in Carlile's." Republican."
Mr. Justice Bayley sentenced Harris to seven weeks
im-
prisonment ; Shorter, six weeks; Watlin, six weeks;
W hitehotne, one month; Cahuac, one month; and Francis,
one month; and each at the expiration of tint term to God
RI, for good behaviour for three years, themselves in
SOL and two others in VII. each.
Hobert Wedderburn, a m• n of colour, appeared to receive
the sentence of the Court, after bring convicted of blaspbe-
us words, tending to revile the- Chilblain Religion.
The sentence was, Two Years imprisonment in Dorchester
.01, and wind security fir Oree'yeurs, himself to 501. and
•• others in Vsl. each.
ibis Osborne sod Geor;,e Rags. printers and publishers
tirroingham, were .eotenced to be imprisoned two
in the house of correction, Cfoldtisith-Gelds, for puh-
a blasphemous attack on the Liturgy of the Gburcia

ear Faibuß td, contained In a .periodical work railed the
" Black ook."
WiDNIIDAY, MAY 10.
Bninani.—Abraham Wynne, John Goodeve, and
Henry I)unsford, Agents to Mr. Swann. appeared to
receive judgment, after having been found guilty of
bribery at the Assizes for Cornwall. The offence was
commuted at Penryn, during the election of 1818, in
order to insure the return of Mr. Swaim to Parliament.
Affidavits were read, stating the general good character
of the defendants.
Mr. Justice Bayley, declared the Judgment of the
Court:—John Goodeve and Abraham Wynne were
sentenced to 6 months in Bodmin gaol. Dunsfurd was
sentenced to
.be imprisoned pne year, in the same gaol.

iraIDAT, iliil It.

TTHE LINO V. WOLSRIAY AND HARRISON.
he Solicitor-Peneral prayed the judgment of the
Court on Sir C. Wolseley, Bart. and Joseph Harrison.
Mr. Justice Best read the proceedings of the trial from
the notes of the Chief Justice of Chester.
The Court then intimated to Mr. Pearson that they
were ready to hear him in support of his argument for a
new
Mr. Pearson- Xs some length, explained the grounds
.upon which he thought a new trial ought to begranted.
Atltese rested principally on the direction of the Judge
who had presided at the trial, especially in stating to the
Jury that the evidence of Johnson was' uncontradicied,
when he (Mr. Pearson) contended that he had received
complete contradiction ; and in connecting the observa-
tions of Sir C. Wolseley with respect to spies with the
assault committed on the officer, it appeired in evidence
that the Litter had taken place three quarters of an hour
before Sir Charles's arrival. On these points Mr. Pearson
spoke ably and forcibly. .
Mr. Park followed on the same side.
Mr. Chitty, on behalf of Harrison, also addressed the
Court.
The Chief Justice expressed his opinion; that there
was no ground (or a new trial.—The other Judges con-
curred in this opinion.
Sir Charles Wolseley's affidavit was then read, in
which he denied having used the words imputed to him
by the witnesses for the prosecution.
Mr. Pearson addressed the Court in mitigation.
Mr. Harrison being asked if he had any. thing to say,
answered—" l havq butt a few observations to make. I
beg leave to state, thabbeing in 'Newgate under a very
heavy sentence, 1 save had; no opportunity to employ an
attorney. I do not mean to sets much. I must bear
the weight of the Court's displeasure. If the Hon.
Baronet may escape, I will bear with patience the judg-
ment of the Court.
The Solicitor-General, in support of the prosecution
addielsed the Court, pointing out the mischief which
might have ensued from the effect a man of rank and
education like Sir C. Wolseley was likely to produce on
the working classes of the community who assembled at
Stockport. He the defendants to the Court.
The Chief-Justice said, after some deliberation with
the other Judges " We will confer4n our judgment in
this case till Monday. Harrison must remain in custody'
and be brought up on.Ronday. Sir C. Wolseley, ac-
cording to the practice of the Court, must be committed
to the custody of the Marshall, and appear on Monday
again."
The defendants-then left the Court.
THS LING V. 14ANN.
The defendant, who had been convicted of publishing
&libel, was brought up to receive judgment, but in con-
sequence of baying discontinued the sale after the
prosecution commenced, he was discharged upon his
recognizance.

BM NG.

. busy fight took place yesterday on Beeson
Green, near Jackas Common, between G. Coithead,
a farmer, and Calvert, a yeoman also. They
fought for 20 guineas aside, and another stake of
richer quality, who should enjoy the charms of a
handsome young landlatle They, were rival lo-
which caused this combat, and both had a
.c of science.
The first round lasted nine minutes, and the men bit
ray with much determination and avoided going down
much as possible. The ulood flew about in all direr-
Amu, and the round ended by Cushead giving his ad-
versary a heavy till.
Much 011111011 was used, as the men were tired; but
-alvert showed must science in placing two left•halided
facers and breaking away; a rally followed, awl Calrert
floored by a tairmelling bit on We ribs with the right
Both had got second win, and they let Inc.- as in the
4 round, and rallied away for seven minutes, after
which both went down at wrestling.
The lady would not have been able to tell her rival
apart, 'seeping by white bead and black head,
faces being hid by the contusions from bitting.—
ishead was knocked down by a blow on the throat,
the effects of which the battle was lost.
This was the last round. and it was equally manfully
Contested with We others. Coxliesd fought game, but
Is head was cluniceried so, that be reeled about a if be
1 taken a quart of blue ruin. He was again knocked
wn by a blow on the body, which won the fight for
Calvert, as his antagonist could not come again to the
scratch.

Tuesday evening as Mr. James Smith, Vestry
of St. Mary, Whitechapel, was passing along
Hayoon.square, near the Minories, a fellow ran by,
shoved him aside, and robbed him of his watch.
. Smith not perceiving that he was robbed, tarn-
round, and reprimanded the fellow fur his conduct,
which the thief made him a polite apology,
walked off. Mr. Smith, on discovering his loss,
Ewoued hint, but without effect. •

OLD BAILEY.

SATURDAY, MAY I.
THE LATE CONSPIRACY.
'This :limning. at nine o'clock, the Common Sergeant took his
seat on the Bench, and shortly r
after Abel Hall. shoemaker ;
John Firth, eowk ; Robert George. William Sim-
monde. servant; Thotnas Prestoo, shoemaker; and Thomas
Hazard, trine shop keeper; all charged on suspicion of being
concerned in the late Treasonable Conspiracy. were brought into
Court in the custody of Mr. Hodder. Keeper of Tothill Fields
Prison, and Mr. Adkins, of the House of Correction.
Abel Hall was first put to the Bar, and having answered to
his name. the Clerk of the Arraigns told him that there Waft no
person present toßite evidence against hhn, or to prosecute him.
he was d*
The same course was gone through with the remaining five
prisoners.
None of them attempted to address the Court except Prelim.
who. when told by Mr. Skeen that he was discharged. as
sumed an erect posture. and waiving his hand, exclaimeti--" My
Lord;" in a Noe isdiootive of an intention to indulge the au.
thence with a pariah Allies of no ordinary length. He was
hewers' gather imseremenimnly stopped by Mr. Common Ser.
itaaaa. wile laid. " Os EM Sir I give ne none of your nonsense ;
hors an distimrpd ; Mow Mke him sway." Preston and
is him wenthen conducted out of Court, and were
Shasta
The primasto, with the exeeptioa of Preston. were respectably
drorad-; Firtk.in particular. was remarkably well attired. and
had the appearance of a respectable tradesman. They all ap•
peered in good health, and bore evident marks of kind treatment
and god livi.
Thesoe menng. it will be recollected. were taken into custody im-
mediately after the Cato Street adidr. and bills of indictment
were preferred against H and George. but were loured by
the Grand Jury. Against the four others no bills were pre-
ferred.

The Court then proceeded with she 'regular business of the
Sessions. but the trials tluoughout the day were for petty offences
not worth reporting.

THE MlNT.—Regulations have been adopted at the
Mint for accelerating the conversion of bullion into
specie. An improved system has been introduced in a
few small transactions, by returning the amount in coin
within eight days, a proceeding which has given so much
satisfaction, that it was subsequently determined to in.
' troduce equal dispatch in transactions of any magnitude.
The preparations are now nuking at the Mint, where
all business is suspended for fifteen days ; after which
tine, we understand, the new system will be in full
force and completeness. This state of things, separately
I considered, leads naturally to the universal introduction
of gold coin into circulation. It seems desirable, how.
ever, in order to remove all impediments of whatever
kind, that some new regulatiosa should be made in regard
to the weight of the sovereigns and half sovereigns, new
the only gold coin allowed to be issued. We believe
the Royal- Proclamation, declaring them current, has
fixed only one weight at which they can be received,
without making, as in the guinea, any allowance for the
loss incurred in circulation. This weight, in the case
of the sovereigns, is so exactly adjusted to their newest
awl most perfect state, that they have been fond occasi-
onally deficient when first issued. Out of:a payment
of Sovereigns made lately into the Bank, not exceeding
a few thousands, and which were perfectly new from
the Mint, forty were returned for deficiency in
weight. The wear caused by circulation would, of
course, increase this evil, and no person will care to
receive a coin whose value is liable, every time it is
passed, to be disputed. Yet it is necessary to a complete
return to the wholesome state of a circulation in specie,.
that the people should be as willing to receive as Govern-
ment are to issue the medium.
On Thursday last, Mr. R. Dalby, of Dringhouses
near York, went to shoot rooks in Moreby Palk, having
with him a double-barrelled gut.. He fired the right-
hand barrel without accident, and in a few minutes
afterwards he discharged the other, when both the bar-
rels burst asunder, and were carried to a considerable
distance behind him. The locks were both blown off,
and one of them was found about 30 yards m the right.
The stock was splintered in very small particles, and
only the butt remained in his hands. The loading had
forced its way out near the stock, and cut part of his
coat sleeve, bite providentially he received but a slight
wound on his left arm.

A shocking accident occurred on Saturday last, at
Ealing-Green, to a fine boy, two years and a half old,
soil to Mr. Corderoy. The child in company with other
children were playing in the garden of hlr. Cordemy's
house, and meeting with a small bottle (wich was
placed along with several in one corner) conyining a
composition of vitriol, sweet oil, and. sugar, altind of
horse medicine, he drank off the contents, and shortly
afterwards began to scream. The child's cries attracted
the mother's attention, who ran to the shop, and found
the child with the empty phial in his hand, which had
been incautintoly placed there. A surgeon was sent for,
who cattle and afforded what assistance he could, but
gave no hopes of the child's recovery, and he died the
same night in the most excruciating agony.

The following Verses were written by Brunt, in
Newgate, on Sunday evening before his execution,
after taking leave of his wife ; they were enclosed in
an envelope, which was addressed to his wife; it
contained also a shilling, the last farthing he pos-
sessed, and he requested his wife to keep the shil-
ling, for his sake, as long as she lived

" Tho' in a cell I'm close cortfin'd,
No fears alarm the noble mind;
Tho' death itself appears in view,
Daunts not the soul sincerely true!
" Let Sidmouth and his base Colleagues
Cajole and plot their dark intrigues;
Still each Briton's last words shall be,
Oh! give me death or liberty 1
" Newgate, April 30, OM. "J. T. BRUNT."
On Wednesday last James Bigmore, the cele-
brated pedestrian, ran in Mr. Harper's Apollo
Gardens, Yarmouth, 24 miles in three hours, for
201. which be perfoimed considerably within the
time.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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A team of oxen, the property of Mr. Chittenden,
of Lockinhno, iu Kent, while drawing a waggon
load of faggots on Saturday last, suddenly took fright
and ran away at speed, and were at last stopped by
two of the animals falling; by which one of them
was killed, and the other had his horn broken, and
Was mach hurt.

On Tuesday night last, u Mr. Abraham Cole,
residing at Clapton, was returning home across the
fields leading from Hackney, he was attacked by
two ruffians, who, after severely beating Mr. C.
robbed him of his watch and pocket...book, contain-
ing five 1/. Bank of England notes and a sovereign.
Castillo b. Servants.—Wednesday, about, seven
o'clock in the morning, a man dressed in a fustian
jacket and trowsers, and having the appearance of a.
painter, called at the house of Mr. Parnel, at Wal..
worth, and told the servant maid that he came to
examine the house by order of Mr. P. preparatory
to its being painted. The girl, having no suspicion,
admitted him without hesitation. He first surveyed
the kitchen, where (as if inadvertently) he left his
rule, and then proceeded to look at the front and
back parlours • here he suddenly missed his rule,
and desired. the servant to fetch it, which she did ;
after pretending to take the measure of the wainscot,
and taking a few notes on a piece of paper with a
black-lead pencil, he went away, promising to. call
again when the family were risen. As soon as Mr.
P. got up, the girl communicated to him .what had
happened ; but as be bad cedered no painter to come,
be immediately suspected a robbery, and. on exami_
nation, it was discovered &that the sideboard drawer
had been forced, and thirteen pieces of plate stolen.
MausoLeon.—This name is given to menu.-
mental pile, from the circumstance of Artemesia
having erected one of extraordinary splendour to
her husband Mausolus, King of Carla. This monu-
ment was reckoned one of the seven wonders of the •
world. The remains of Mausolus were not, indeed,.
inclosed in it, for Artemeria, having gathered.to-
gether his ashes, and beaten his.bones to, powder,
took a portion of them every day in her drink, till
she had in this manner drunk them all down, aiming.,
thereby to make her body the sepulchre of her dead
husband; and in two years time she pined herself
to death ih sorrowing fur him.. There are few
Artemesias live in our days, though there are. many.
Ephesian Matrons.
On Saturday, after Mr. Hunt had left the Court
of King's Bench, in,his way home, he was served
with an execution for 426 L at the suit of the High.
Bailiff of Westminster, for his share of the expert=
of the Hustings, &c. as a Candidate at a late Elec-
tion for that City, Mr. Morris having obtained a
judgment against,Mr. Hunt for that sum. Upon
the °Mole cunning the warrant, the whole sum
was paid .y Mr. Hunt.
_ _

Mis. Becher (the late celebrated Miss (YNeill)
allicted with a complaint in her eyes,- from /which,
serious consequences are apprehended.
The Bishop of Norwich will hold his next Of.-
dination on the 11th of June, at Norwich.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex Itas been<
pleased to appoint the Rev. George Glover, rectos.
of South-Repps and Billingford, and vicar of Cro.
mer, in Norfolk, to be his- Royal Highness's
Domestic Chaplain.
In consequence of the distressed state of agricul-
ture, Lord Petre has directed a circular letter to •
his tenants in Essex, expressive of his intention to
allow them 10 per cent. in their half
.year's rentost
the ensuing audit.

In the Court of Exchequer, on Saturday; an ap.
plication to set aside the reeognizances of. Mr. West.
and others, which had been estrested at the late,
Assists for Norfolk, in consequence of their not.
appearing to prosecute a prisoner for hoar steeling,. ,
was refused.
On Saturday night some villains broke into the Parish
Church of St. Nicholas, Deptford, and entered the vestry,
where a large iron chest was, containitig the Commu-
nion Service plate. The thieves had several iron crow-
bars for the purpose of opening the cleat; but tram its
strength they did not succeed. They emptied four bot-
tles of wine, and carried the remainder away with them„
with three surplices belonging to the clergyman.
Wednesday afternoon,during the high witicl,as.a peer
man was going along Charing Cross from Crai4's.cottrt, I
a tile blew off the roof of the Silver Cross Witte Vaults,
and fell on his head which at fractured. He was car-

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tied. into • the shop of Mr. Rowley tobacconist,
door, and surgical assistance sent fur.
CO ROINTRR'S INCIUSST.—An Inquest was held on
Saturday, at the sign of the Sun, corner of Great Ormond.
Street, Queen Squaw, on the body of Stephen Rood,
who hung himself. The deceased was an old man, and
kept a house in Ormond-yard ; he was in a state of
mental derangement fur about three months before his
committing this dreadful act. About eight o'clock the
preceding morning, he came in from taking a walk ; he
went tip stairs to his bed-mono, anal 111 ti n minutes after,
lie was found by his wile, suspended by a cord from tbe
tester of his bed. She gave the alarm, and his son came
and cut him down. Dr. James attended, but found bin:

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dead, and that all attempts to restore animation of colirse
were useless.—Verdict, " Hanged himself in a suit
temporary deranGement.'
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