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London, England, 1818-06-18 00:00:00

OLD BAIL&Y.

Yesterday these Sessions commenced before Mr. Justice
PAWL and Mr. Justice ABBOTT.
The following list of Pri►oners for London sod Middle-
sex, are exhibited in the Calendar

London—Forgery, 3; stealing in a dwellingliouse, 3 ;
stealing privately in a shop, 2; child stealing. I ; lar.
omits, 15; embezzlement, I ; misdemeanors, 3 ; stealing
from the person, 12.—Total, 40.
/4101dIssar—hluriler, 1; housebreaking. 5; sheep steal-
ing, 2; forgery, 14; highway robbery, 6; stealing iii a
dwelling-house, 7; stealing privately in a shop, 2; stealing
Post-Otfice letters, 1; maliciously cutting, 1; receiving
stolen goods, 1; larcenies, 90; easbeszlenseat, 2; mulch--
demeanors, 1 ; various offences fur the County Assizes, 3 ;
stealing from the person, 16; hiving possession of forged
notes, I ; bigamy, I.—Total, 160.

HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

Mow Mynas, a soldier, was indicted for committing
highway robbery out the person of Benjamin Hooker, and
taking forcibly from, his a gold watch value 501. one gold
watch chain, value!/. and three gold seals, value 2/ on the
night of &today, the 24th May, on the Chinese Bridge is
St. James's Park.

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The Prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.
The Prosecutor was crossing the woods.n bridge in the
Park, on the sight in questions, about len o'clock ; was as-
saulted by the Prisoner, who made a grasp at his bro..ch,
and tore of the corset of his cravat. He (ibe Prosecutor)
drove him up against the seutry-box, sad called to the yea-
try, who came up, but refused to interfere, saying it was not
his business. The Prisoner also said the sentry would nut
take him in charge, as be was his comrade, and besides ac-
cased the Prosecutor of offering bins two guineas to commit
as unnatural crime. Pm/scalar called him a d—d rascal,
sad repeated his request to the sentry. Thu latter still re-
fusing, the Primmer ran away, and as he passed the sentry,
the Prosecutor fancied he saw him put something tato kis
band, and on coming up, found the corner of his cravat in
the sestry's hand, which he took, and produced in Court.
West to Bow-street, on Monday morning, where he gave iu-
formation, and to Mr. Edmnds's shop, iu the Strand, where
%shad purchased the watch. Had two Napalms's in his pocket,
of which be was nut aware when he met the Prisoner. Next
saw the Prisoner at Mr. Jarusio's, a silversmith's shop, in
the Strand; while he was in the shop, not concealed, beard
Prisoner say that a gentleman bad given him the watch, and
that that gentleman was nut present. Did not give the Pri-
soner the watch.

LYwa►eznsstaad—Did not street any person before he
cane to the bridge ; did not know he had any money about
bins; the reason he did nut go in the guard-house was, he
was disaaaded from so doiug by a geutlentan he aid shortly
after the transaction, and be was ignorant that the Prisoner
was a soldier, hs hawing beta dressed iu dark coloured
clothes.

James Smith, a Miler, ezawbted.
Was walking seer the Chinese Bridge on the night speci.
Bed is the iadictssest, from the Palace; saw two mem run.
sing towards him, owe in pursuit of the other,. the latter,
who was the PrOsientor, was crying "Stop thief! he ha;
robbed me of my watch, which cost eighty inject's." Wit.
nese desired the sultry to stop the masa, but he refused, 'sl-
its', it was not his duty.
John 'attain, is • silversmith in the Strand. On the
45th May, a very valuable watch was brought to his shop
by ahoy to have a globs put in it; his suspicions being ex.
tiled, asked the boy to oboes it belonged, who replied, to a
soldier, drinking at his hoses, the Three Jolly Smirkers, in
Hangerford Market; told the bey to leave the watch; went
for an Officer, and brought him down to the Three Jolly
Butelseeti, and went in, leaving the officer outside; was
told the owner of the watch wig gone out ; returned bume,
sod kept the officer io waiting; a few minutes after the Pri.
sneer came into his shop very drunk, and us belts' ques.
tioned, said a gentleman gave him the "batch.
Mr. Hooker came in shortly after and said, that is the
person who took my watch.
Crost-arisasined—Prisuner said be was sure the gentleman
who gave him the watch, would never come forward—be had
attempted to take unnatural liberties with him.
Mr. Hooker remarked—" Teo, this is • charge I expected,
soldiers always make these charges." Witness observed, that
order the circumstances, it was better he should take his
property, and say no more about it, which he seemed willing
to do, but Mr. Edmond,, the maker of the watch, who had
come in, said, " No, Mr. Hooker, you must clear your chit.
ratter." Prosecutor requested the examination might he
put off till fiat day, ekes he should advise with his friends,
whether be should prosecute or nut. Saw Mr. Hooker the
seine evening, asked him had be lost any thing else, he said
be bad out—be had been robbed of nothing else.

If.-examined by Mr. ALLZT.
011 Mr. Hooker being asked by him if be bad lust no
mosey, he put bis band to his waisteual.porket, and said,
" Dear me, I must have lost two Napoleons, aad a sixpence."
'Joseph 'Leidy, the boy al lb publie.honse, examined.
The man at the bar asked him to lake the watch to Mr.
larmin's for a glass. Heard him say the watch was hi, nude's.
James Pollard, 3d regiment, was on duty on the Bridge
os the night in question; heard • cry; wrist to the place
whence it proceeded; and found two men collaring each
other, who gave charge of Gee *statism They had • gestalt,
and violent language passed between them; he advised them
to go before a constable ; he did not know whether the Pri-
soner was out of them, bulk bring dressed is tibluuit.l
clothes.

Souse +imams were galled *a the part of ►he Prisoner,
but their testimotty was not of a decidedly favourable
character. _ _ _

Justice Anson charged the Jury ; and after • short de-
liberation they returned with a vrrilict of asit/iy;
that iu their conception theeridence did not au lbs slightest
imputatiou ou the character of Mr. Hooker.

Duet.—A meeting taok place on Tuesday morn-
ing. at seven o'clock, at Chalk Farm. between
Lieutenant Wtt. Liam, of the Royal Navy, and Mr.
IVALCOT. The parties exchanged ohms twice, and
on the last fire Mr. WALCOT received a wound iu
his left arm. The seconds then intro fared, and the
parties left the ground on friendly terms. The
meeting originated in a dispute at Vitualhill Gardens
uu IVedneaday night.

Norwich Corn Market nu Slturday was thinly at-
tended, awl prices remained h as last wC, k.
Maim 'lithe pens on the Hill were tilled with lambs,
which sold at great prices. Scuts lean twist* wick
plrsitilul, with some Devon mire's sad Istlicrp, mid
high piicts were demanded lur all.

771 E

• REITONSTRA VCR
TO HIS HOLINESS POPE PIUS VII

The humble Address and ,Remun•tr■nee of the General
Itu•nl of Ilse Suomi* Goitiolles of Ireland
MO.T HOLT FATHEII,
The General Board of the Roirnin Cuth•tlies of Ireland
most humbly approach your Holiness, der p'y impressed
wilt those sentiments of veneration which are doe to the
Supreme Head, upon earth, of the R 101114,1 ratholie Chore+.
They desire to ALsoure yowl' Holinr.s, that 1111 (hauler of

eirentnxtaners *hall ever 'mine, them to iiiterritpt that aye-
rildal eormesion with the Huly See, which they esteem to
tie esseatial to the Citholfe ennintunion,,and whirl' their an-
cestors protected stud presented in slifiture of moat cruel
persecutions, and the t *eductive tesuptationa.
It isoltirefore, with deep regret, that they tinil them.
selves called np.ott to sulinsit to the paternal cousiilenition
of their Huly Father, any expression of ilisappi o i eee meld or
clO*Ntisfachuo ; hut their teal for the preservaii ssss of their
Religion colonels them to unfold to his Holiness the sub-
ject* of their anxiety and the source, of their afll ction.
They could not with safe conscience adutit, that they dis-
cover, la the recent comfort of the *deniers or the S..e of
Home, any proof of au eSistios reciprocity of attachment.
It would stem to have been furvitten, that the conduct
and perseverance of the Roman Catholics of !related had
entitled them to may share of mood, ur even of favourable

toomitlerslioo—the Rule:yrs of threw centuries ■pprrr to be
slresaly forgotten, soul the *reboot pt. ore of the pre-
sent generation it uut I steward worthy of tieing tekeu into
ectousti.

We pod forth so claims to gratitude. What Ihr Catholics
Of Ireland did in soopport of their religion, they did it nut
from hums./ respect, but fur God's glory and direr own
aanetiiestions; unit with cheerful hearts do they avow the
instils& which they owe to Providence for their preserva-
tion, udtwilltstandong the contiuited danger. of persecution
and neglect.

The Catholics of Ireland have observed with painful 1.1110.
thins the marked disinclination ceinced at Home, to enter-
tain their moist bumble solicitations for atteution. Nearly
two years have elapsed since they foi wanted to the Holy See
an Address and Remonstrance, by the hands of flour dele-
gate, the Rev. Richard Hayes; to this respectful gammon,-
cation, to the sentiment of which they unalterably adhere,
no answer has bees, obtained, nor has any
manifested to cherish those Catholic priiiciplea *lnch in-
duced Obit Address. This sense of indifference is much ag-
gravated, when the Catholics of Ireland observe all active
anxiety evinced to forward the wishes, and aeciunplish the
purposes of that Power, which persecuted our ancestors,
awl still oppresses their posterity. on account of their ad-
'service to the Catholic Faith. The c .... commation of our
Jinni tmeut is accomplished by the hatosliment of the
faithful Delegate of near six millious of the most constant
and attached members of the Catholic Chinch.
We sincerely lament the necessity which obliges us to ad-
dress this Remonstrance to your Holiness, whose character
we venerate with unequalled attachment : we cannot for a
moment entertain the belief, that the coudeica against which
we complain, could hive beeu approved of by the Head of
the Catholic Church, or sanctioned by him.
We catanot suppose that your Holiness would willingly
discountensuce the prayer of the Irish Catholics to preserve
their faith sad discipline front the intrigues sad hostilities
of the avowed enemies of their Church. Neither can we
'Ovoids, the opinion, that your Holiness would direct, ur
willingly admit, that the Delegate of so large a body of Ca•
tholies, whose conduct was must earnestly approved of by
his constituents, and who possesses, as he well merits, their
confidence, esteem, and gratitude, 'Mould have beeu con.
signed toss ignominious exile,without the institution ofauy
judicial proceeding, or without coy representation of
conduct being attempted.
This Booed can feel no difficulty in eacertaining that this
offensive indignity did not arise from any misconduct on
the part of the Irish Delegate; on the contrary, they attri-
bute it to she tut, successful iutrigues and iefbleeee of the
enemies to the Catholic Religion ita Ireland, who considered
the expulsion of the Rev. Mr. Hayes from Home, a neces-
sary preliminary step towards the accomplishment of their
hostile purposes.

For we hive it 4111.11 with regret, that a lay interference
bag taken place at Rome in the strains of the Catholics of
Ireland. We solemnly protest ■gaiost the interference of
the Statesman, to whom, its particular, we allude; and we
distinctly renounce any submission to him or him measures.
We will not yield to a Minister what we would nut concede
to his Master--the right of interfering in our temporal af-
fairs. Our intercourse with Rome is exclusively confined to
spiritual CO•Cerlii ; and we never can agree to have that in-
tercourse regulated by the interests of the Court, or to have
it direeted by the political Minister.
. . . .

We cannot avoid declaring to your Holiness, that our ap-
prehension of undue amid temporal iuterfesroce see much in-
creased by learning that your Holiness imams to be address.
ed iu person by one of the most active opponents to the in.
depentleuce and purity of the Irish Catholic Church, Sir
John Cox Hippisky. We earnestly conjure your Holiness
to give us credit to his representations of asy portion of
the Irish people. He leas exhausted all the repunrors of his
ingenuity to bud precetkaate of degradation and despotism
in ecclesiastical nutters, in order to apply them to the pre-
judice of the Catholic Claims in Ireland.
We implore you, Moat Holy Father, to prnteet,hy a timely
interposition, the Catholics of Ireland eeriest the dangers
which impend over them. We entreat your Holiness to allay
all rational alarms, by establishing such a Concordat with
the Bishops of our Church in !related, sa will render the
election of their successors perfectly domestic and purely
Catholic; and will, at the same time, immature the institution
to the person so to be elected. We ergo this measure the
more earnestly, because we know it to be approved of by
every class amid rank of Catholics, ecclesiastical and laical,
in Ireland. Such a measure would satisfy the doubts of
every Protestant 11111111, nut bent me the autsibilation of the
Catholic Faith, and would at the same time relative all
the sources of disunion which generate hostility in the Ca-
tholic Body.
Most Holy Father, we further pray your Holiness to cause
to be revoked the order of bauishment which has been
issued out against our Delegate. With a view to allay the
feelings of dismay which now universally and most power.
fully agitate the minds, and affright the eunecieuces of your
long persecuted and ever faithful Catholic Children in
Ireland.

Beard-Rom. Dublin, JON 19, 1817.
(►llued by order) EDWARD 11A1',
Secretary to the Catholics ui Ireland.

THE POPES REPLY.

(TRCIIMATION.)

TO OUB BELOVED CHILDREN OF TUE GENERAL
BOARD OF TOL CA'T'HOLICS, DVBLIAI.

limo PP. VII.

111,1,,e,1Childrers--Ifealili and Amish)lira' Benediction'
—lO your letter, dated the 19th day of last July, a Mr+ tom
venerable brother Laurence Caiditial I alti, of the Holy
Boman Choirs h, Bishop of 1111 l 1, and Pallets of the Con-
gregation fair the Propagation of Ilse Faith, deliceied to us,
you complained that we had given uo aasa,r to the letter,
In which you had IMO years before recorded your reisioc-
stream concerting( the siihject of the Lied' .f 11;rhops.
But you should, by sio means, Istre havered let nor
silence, that wt bare I.e. ■t ►eart the interests of the Ca titultc
Religion its that kiiegdom, or flint our dtspoattwn is 11-se fit-
couralile or less ptnmpt towards the people of •It hood,
whose constancy in the faith, unshaken by may adversity,
anti whoar distinguished merit, us the cause of rclogioo, ae
atkwowbdgeatdadmire. For 11w Sanwa ro it-A.ollolloe which,
it appears from public records, we had ilevotrd to ibi inter. its
of all Church's, even in the midst of rtils said of 'lithe M-
ute, soil which we 1111 W dta•uta, with isieresseil enello-, and
cern your own approvi-d faith and religion should base far-
ed-heal yon with abundant protii, that there existed another
tamer why it appeared inexpedient 10 answer your letter.
In truth, we them, had a double teitam fur adosoiog this
muar►ri to the limit place, *lasi.... at ttly Minh t:u:.•

„r I •
Mere was brought to its, talons wit. e;111,, letter afsis fvent
I he trials 111•11.0,1,, retaiiiig to Ike ielaue subj.-cf.; Ili 1 as at
stated to those Bohops, as well by per.ua.l rat u, gtlilucati.'..
lu their Deleg.4l.-e, us well by our letter, dated the Lt 4
Februaty, Vile, sole opimun cinicei•ising *lie propoe..l login
• and the esiltject, your salami, we thought tl by u
waits all cessary to repeat the TAW to !..in Whirls ymu could
have go easily learned auJ laces gained (,sect tlas.111; lly,
the tenser of the letter which you, aildre.sed to it. 0.1 that or
Cmbium, contributed, i 0 nu ant ill degree, to isadisee na to II t
towarde you Ise that mower. Far' th..ugh sdauy ;ol.llr4strs-,;
of your devutiou to the Catholic Faith were 'mottled wale
your eapostillatiosia, yet, I...weary to our expehlaii.m. we
obierVed, that yum irequelitly KAP.: triprell4loll to sari. Isn.
rtilre 111141 Kent...WWl to seemed, by Ins 1114,1.04 1.1
wills that .1-votion mid seal which the people of
have, at all times, mut ateintal to. .11.41 S the Apostolic Nee,
r• which they justly glory that they h ice derived tile 1,215 t
of the faith. TlIV.14411:, AV, VII the one lbsiol, your ismuy .tied
illm•drissum merits induced us to act kindly los:sod. yosi
tool, um the other, we conlil neither np•ohve slur aliogeth.s•
suppress opium.' of itsuir matters wPieli, cantral y (es e
are persuaded) to your intent had crept Imo your le Ile ,',
• Illollthr It better to scud you nu answer, esp. c all/ a ,
as we hate already stated, our opinion nod jusl.;.nes.l us to
the proposed difficulties, could have been fully etinde kauu is
tu you by other menus. You her, Item, the causes of our
allencr, which we du not nsuw hesitate 10 die.close 10 you,
that we silly deliver you from all gosh-ie. and that .leis,..
forth you may never imagine that tt could be our *di
iCrt your prayers.
%Vith reassert to the transaction discussed its (list you,
letter, you should ever feel persuaded that all our effort.
and solicitudes (we, to whom the deposit and motet-tutu of
the Faith and the rule of the whole Chili eh halve Leto eon..
milted by Divine authority), are directed to nu sillier ob-
ject than to secure by all mean, the Mira' ity and advince-
ment of the Catholic Religion. Therefore when we signi-
fied that we would permit those things, if the 13. iti.ll Go-
wee iiiii ent would pees en Act of Emancipation, wkl.ll would
eutsrrly favour the Catholics, we wets induced to it by no
tetaperal eunaidei•ations or political counsels of which it
would be criminal even to eto•pert u.)—but we had solely
in view the interests and well.heius of the Catholic licit:
giant. We proposed to ourselvea that, in embuileranuu of
the faculties to be conceded by sis, ilie dribted cow mcipn-
lion would be granted to the Catholics by Ow repeal of the
Penal Statutes ; auil Hind that wretched e loom in *loess
those Catholics Churches have been placed fui lsr.rlt the,'
hundred rare, would be t. rminaied ; Miler sued horn Iv
would be restored to the Cuiliolte.; they %mild he re.cord
fruits the temptation to apostatise from the th-thoilios fails,
to which humus frailty is expiteed ; and finale}, iStaitits;
fear of the laws now 111 force against Catholic., a hie:. m.rlit
perhaps deter aeparatics from viten Mg the buiavos sit slur
Holy Mother Church, would be removed. In sow aims-said
letter to the Bishops of Ireland, we have proved fully must
clearly that” our proposition was altogether and
guarded by such 140'10110es and titione, that, hi Liwy
should he observed, no room could remain fur abuse
Bot it is fit that you should particularly remark, that we
promised the before-mentioned 'hinge citify as wr have caul
in the event that and after the eforesaid act of Goveriiihrist
should peso; nor did we by soy mrans comistaisil that, 4 V.O
sin those terms, the matter should Ire emicluded, hot we .oily.
declared that, after ernaneipatiuu should have b.eu c
pkted, we, on our pall, would feel Ito Vell11:44111:t tie -isle
then, that by such our declaration, we might in V. 1111" argue
facilitate the attaiumeut of the aforesaid enissucipat
As to the suspicion sad alarm which, we learn from the
conclusion of your letter, you entertain conerruitig this 1 -
clesiastical affairs of your counliy, we order you to he at
ease, fur you aught to consider we have well viewed and
weighed the manner in which we should conduct ourselves
regard to those matters, whenever an opportunity st lii
preseut itself, and that we shall never deem any dime of
higher importance than the interests of the Catholic religion.
Now, to 'inbreed to what relate* to Richard lifiyee, ef the
Order of the Friars Minor ,if Saint Francis; you havermii-
plaiued that we expelled him from our territory. though. es
you write, be had given us nu came of complaint. You
even seem to think, that we were drives tubs that measissu
perhaps by foreign influence, lest the statements which hiss
had to make in your name should uhlain easy access tousle
ear. When you wrote this, you were little acquamted, 115 it
seems to us, with that man's etude sef cestoluctiust luu.s.dt ;
fur having abused that hospitality which heenjoyed 111 Utrcity,
he furuislied its with many and weighty muses: or grief mod
vexation, as well as his deportment, aliogrilte r unbeconimg a
mau professing a religious institute, and by ilicessaiii aspic-
,,,,• tot our Government, les by writings diesetninatid iss
eta ry directiuo, overflowing with calumny and rancour, use
less injurious to neared to this Holy See, than to hat own Gu-
veinntetst ; of which be boasted every where and publicly
that he was Ike author, until at lesigth he piucccslcil to
such a degree of arrogance and audacity, that he Jul not
blush lis offend ourselves I.y istjtiriuu, tkpresuusnis; sus
that we could tio longer tappet-am our ionstimeuts,
nut the abandonment of our personal dignity. Where-
fore, thong!) wr could have proceeded with severity
him, uevertheleas acting towards I with tinily, the
causes of complaint which we hail having keen di chars it
by our orders, some without any difiirolly be slid nut blush
to acknowledge, and other', indeed, he could nos drily, we
caused it to be notified to him that lie all Id, or his own
accord, depart from the city ; whit It intimation Or OM'S, a lieu
be altogether and obstinately refused to obey, we urelesed et
length that he should be removed, even by furs e,heytned this
limits of our ler, itory. Wherefore, is we were induced to
art towards him in this manner, by motives quite different
fi-um those which you imagiucd, and these of weiehly motorist,
you have no reason to complain, as if by this act we had in.
fleeted an injury on the stairs of the Cithulits, which are
dear to us, for most essential reasons. In the wean tiine,
that same man, of whom we squad:, since his return to ins
owls country, has not changed his line of canduet ; fur, in
the public Journals of the 17th day of last December, print-
ed in Dublin, we have steal a report delivered by him to you,
of Isis proceedings in this city; like his former writiuge, it
is full of falsehood and calumnies, to which report, their.
fore, we most unreservedly declare to you that use credit
should he attached.

To conclude, assuring you of our paternal charity, .e
impart to you, from our heart, the Spostolical Benediction.
Given at Rome, at St. Mary Major's, this 2liit day of
February, lalB—uf our Puutificate the XVllltli.
I'LL'S PI). VII.