The National Register.
London, England, 1822-08-11 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

BAYONNE, JULY S 1.-At the present moment,
when reports arc circulated of a war between France
and Spain, it will not be uninteresting to give a
view of the military preparations which may have
given occasion to these rumours.
We have no positive data of the effective force of
the French cordon from Toulouse to Perpignan, but
it appears tiom the information we can collect, that
it may be estimated at 20,000 men, of which 3,000
are cavalry, and three brigades of Light pieces of
cannon each, which are not even all organised. As
for the troops posted on the frontiers, from Toulouse
to Bayonne, we may take them at 10 or 12,030,
and affirm, that on this side the number is hardly
cifficient for the sanatory cordon, supposing that to
be the real object, there being points where 300
Spaniards might easily enter.
The journals have exaggerated the military pre-
parations which they state to be makin,. at Bayonne.
At present we see no indication of the increase of
the garrison, which is 1,000 foot, 300 artillery on
fixa, 100 on horseback, and 60 of the train. These
.160 men of the corps of artillery have been only u
month, and brought no cannon ; but within this
week 24 field-pieces have arrived, and a large quan-
tity of military stores. Horses are expected, to or-
ganize, it is said, two field brigades. The workmen
in the arsenal are extremely busy in preparing car-
tridges, &c. which seems to indicate some expedition
more serious than the cordon, and dw more so, as
the fever has not appeared again in any part of
Spain. Nothing is doing for the defence of the place,
though they talk of repairing the outworks, which
are much damaged, but nothing is done. Pretty
considerable contracts for provisions and forage have
been concluded. _ _ _

Workmen are busily employed in making 6,000
uniforms and other things for the division of the
Army of the Faith under Quesada, who has lately
received, by contraband, a great number of muskets,
ammunition, and four field-pieces. This General is
certainly protected, though it cannot be said by
whom.
On the other hand, it is a fact that the French
douaniers are very vigilant to prevent the passage of
all kinds of arms and ammunition to the Peninsula,
and that only the day before yesterday they seized
50,000 cartridges and 100 muskets. This fact is an
answer to the imputations of the Spanish Govern-
ment, respecting the protection and succour which
it says the defenders of the faith have received in
France. These people have certainly been protected
by a secret hand, for every body knows that Quesada
prepared his expedition on the French territory.—
Yesterday, the 30th, there were despatched from
this city 100 bales for the Army of the Faith, con-
taining military effects, and chiefly uniforms.
Lopez Banos arrived at Madrid on the 29th, and
Gen. Equinosa, who succeeds him, entered Vittoria
on the SOth. The Deputy Calatrava, who is ap-
pointed Minister of the Interior, has left Bilboa for
Madrid, with an escort of 100 men. Lopez Banos
has at length accepted the ministry, and the Deputy
Sancho succeeds Martinez de la Rosa as Minister of
State. Thus there are now three Ministers of the
popular party.
The latest accounts respecting Quesada are con-
tradittory, but the result seems to be, that he main-
tains his position in the mountains, and keeps on the
defensive, making excursions into the plain, which
harass the constitutional troops. The post from
Barcelona has not arrived this fortnight.
VIENNA, JULY 27.—Letters received from Jassy
Inst week already inform us that the entire evacua-
tion of Moldavia by the troops of the Sultan was to
take place in a week. Later accounts, of the 12th
and 13th of this month fully confirm this intelli-
gence. The Janissaries really left Jassy on the
13th of July, at seven o'clock in the morning, and
commenced their march back to the Danube. Kut-
tank Ahmed Paella had taken such vigorous mea-
sures of precaution, that no disturbance occurred on
this occasion. The Commander-in-Chief sends out
parties to pick up the stragglers, who are immediately
bound, and sent after the main body.
BUCHAREST, JULY 6.—The journals have pub-
lished the Boujoudi, or, order for the evacuation of
the principalities issued by order of the Porte by the
Dacha of Silistria, as Seraskier, or Commander-in-
Chief of the Turkish troops in Moldavia and Wala-
chia, to Hadschi Ahmed Pucka, his Kiaja (or deputy)
at Bucharest, as commander of the corps in Wala-
chia. '1 he order issued from Silistria to the Kiaja
in Jassy was of the same terms. The Hatti Scher&
(or S..preme Command), sent from Constantinople
to the Paella of Silistria, with the Sultan's own
cipher affixed, and which has never before been pub-
lished, is us fidlows:—

IIATTI SLOEIIIE TO TUE I•ACIfA OF SILISTRIA.
" Thou, who art among the radiant of the Empire, hear what
at do accordingly, for it is my supreme will. Know
that thy report on the state of the two principalities which arc
committed to thy care has found approval before my throne, and
induced me to order what follows .—The people trum Anatolia,
vita) hate volantarily crossed the sea, and carried their arms into
ilunictia, to ci—operate in destroying the plots of the rebellious
Raja., with the help of the great Prophet, this name be praised

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11.

Parliament was prorogued on Tuesday last by the
King in person, and in our Parliamentary report
will be found the Speech put into his Majesty's
mouth by his Ministers—it is, as usual, peculiar
only for its stupidity and the proof it affords of the
comparative littleness of the ability of the present
Cabinet—only let any impartial Englishman look

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at the last document which emanated, on a similar
occasion, from the President of the United States,
and he will sigh for the debasement of the diplo-
matic character of his own country.—There is, how-
ever, one part worthy of laughable distinction—in
addressing the House of Commons the King is made
to say, " I thank you for the supplies which you
have granted me for the service of the present year,
' and for the wisdom you have manifested, of availing
yourselves of the first opportunity to reduce the
interest of a part of the national debt, without the
least :•tfringement of parliamentary faith"—now
can any of our readers fancy the Majesty of England,
personified by Mrs. Davenport, as Mrs. Peacleem,
congratulating Filch on his cleverness in picking
pockets at the Opera House on the preceding even-
lug, tapping him on the head and exclaiming .‘ you
are a fine lad, and will one day or other make a
shining character if you escape the gallows.," without
seeing how nearly the circumstances of his fancied
scene have been fulfilled in reality, only remem-
bering that Tile KIND IS NOT AN OLD WOMAN,
and that Lord Liverpool has not, like Filch,
youth to plead in extenuation of the roguery of the
reduction of the 5 per Cents.

Toes,lay being the day appointed for his Majesty's
closing the Session of Parliament, preparations were
made for it in the course of the morning. The
streets through which the Royal procession was to
pass from the King's Palace in Pall to the House of
Peers, were covered with new gravel. Sir Richard
Birnie, the chief magistrate of the police, stationed
extra parties of the police-officers at the corner of
Pall-mall and the Hay-market, Charing-cross, Pa -
liament-street, and Bridge-street. Those who were
so fbrtunate as to obtain the Great Chamberlain's
and Peer's tickets began to arrive at the entrance to
the House of Peers at 11 o'clock, elegantly dressed,
particularly the ladies, many of whose dresses were
nearly equal in splendour to a court day; they re-
mained in their carriages, and under the colonade,
till l 2 o'clock. when the doors were opened foe their
admission. The King's Crown, and the maces 14
the Sergeants at Arms, were brought to the House
of Peers by the King's watermen, escorted by a
party of the Yeomen Guard. The streets were lined
with waggons, carts, and caravans, &c. to admit
persons to view the King. The balconies of private
houses, as well as the windows, were filled with
persons genteelly dressed. The King's guard of gre-
nadiers, preceded by the band of the Ist Regiment,
marched into the Palace-yard at one o'clock, and
played some delightful pieces. The porters, foot-
men, &c. appeared in their state liveries. The gen-
tlemen and under porters were also at their stations.
Sir Richard Birnie, Chief' Magistrate of the Police,
Townsend, Sayer, Vickery, and a numerous assem-
blage of police-officers, were in attendance. The
flags of St. Martin's and St. Margaret's churches
were flying during the day ; anti the bells were rang
as the royal procession passed to the House of Peers.
—Every possible exertion was made to prevent the
admission of improper persons. His Majesty was
dressed for this national and splendid occasion in the
uniform in which he appeared on the morning of his
coronation, consisting of a crimson robe and mantle
decorated with the Order of the Garter and the
Golden Fleece, (the Chief of the Austrian order,
being the same us the King wore on the morning of
the coronation.) The procession to the House of
Peers was arranged as follows :—Four royal car—
riages with one set of black horses and three sets of
bays, besides the royal state carriage, drawn by six
beautiful cream-coloured horses, with new harness
and light coloured ribands, which was driven by Mr.
Roberts, a groom to each horse. His Majesty wore
a black velvet hat, with ostrich fc-athers, with it
diamond loop and button. The royal procession left
the Palace at twenty minutes before two o'clock, anti
entered the house exactly at two. The King's en-
trance wasannounced by a discharge of cannon on the
Lambeth shore. After remaining in the the house
25 minutes, his Majesty returned to his Palace is
Pall-mall.
Extract of a letter from the lady of a military
officer, dated Sydney, New South NVales, Frb.
1842 :—" This country is so much better described
in many published accounts than I feel capable of
doing, that I must refer you to them for a minute
description of it ; but when I look to the date of my
letter, it appears very t.tid to me that I should be an-
noyed by a scorching boa, while you are wrapped
up in 'our warmest clothing. Until within these
few days we have had no rain for four months. '1 be
cattle died for want of drink, and it was apprehended
that, (like many of our predecessors) we should have
to pay sixpence a gallon for water. Notwithstanding
the great heat at present, this colony is said to enjoy
a vay happy temperature; the air is very healthy

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and agrees well with most constitutions.—The face
of the country is covered with wood, yet it is so
rocky and there is so little earth, that one is puzzled
to know how such immense trees can find nourish-
ment. The so lis chiefly sand, in which there must
be mixed a great portion of iron, the proofs of which
my stockings frequently furnish me. We find this
a most expensive place. The prices paid for every
thing ate so uncommonly high, and so little will it
procure for you, that money is looked upon as almost
without value. Every article of consumption in
housekeeping is dear, except tea. Butter is ss. a
a pound ; eggs 3s. a dozen; fish in general very in-
different in quality and scarce—oysters only are good
and cheap ; fowls are ss. to 6s. the couple--so much
for provisions: but clothing is extravagantly. dear.—
At
present there are neither (ladies') gloves nor
shoes to be had at any price. About a month since
there were still some gloves on sale, and I paid 10s.
a pair fur short ones, and yet I am told every thing
is cheaper by one-half than twelve months ago.—
The ladies here are in mourning for the Queen.—
Being unprovided with a black dress, yet not wishing
to be out of the fashion, I was obliged to pay 20s.
a yard fur detestable bad silk. In short, there are
neither silks, satins, gauzes, gloves, nor shoes to be
had here at present. Twenty pounds worth of any
of them from England would bring at least 501.
every thing British is so highly prized, at which,
indeed, I do not wonder, the quality is so superior.
—lt is almost impossible to procure a female servant;
incited they are not tolerable, being all vile, drunken
wretches. We are, therefore, obliged to employ
mer. as cooks, and to do all our domestic work ; this
is a great source of expencc. It is not possible for
any military officer with a family to live upon his
pay alone. Farmers here are certain to realize large
fiirtunes, and even convicts, who possess any portion
of cleverness and industry, cannot fail to become
independent—l ought to say zich: in short all are
well off' here except the military. Do not fail to
send me by the first vessel, shoes, gloves, ribbons, &c."
Tti E ROYAL Ira c ter.—The Royal George, which
is to convey his Majesty to Scotland, is a noble ves-
sel, with an exterior distinguished for its symmetry
rather than fur its embellishments. On stepping on
board, the same elegant simplicity is noticed : with
the exception of the gilt coat of arms at one end,
the gilt tiller at the other, and a beautiful orbicular
glass compass-case in the centre, the quarter-deck of
this royal yacht scarcely exceeded, in decoration,
oue of our crack frigates. Descending a winding
mahogany staircase that opens near the left or lar.
hoard gangway, you come to what is called the mid-
dle deck. A door facing the stern led to the King's
dining cabin—a room, .23 feet wide, or " athwart
ship," and full 17 deep, or " fore and aft." A door
opposite to that conducts you through a passage,
about three feet and a half long, to the King's state
cabin, or drawing-room, which we supposed to be
about 20 feet wide and 15 or 16 deep. To the left
of the passage, entered by a door from the state-
cabin, the King's bedchamber, measuring about 13
feet one way, and the length of the passage the
other. The cabin to the right of the passage has a
small bedchamber for the personage on board next
in rank to the King. The ceiling about six feet
and a half from the deck, and the royal apartments,
though richly and tastefully fitted up, do not con-
tain a superfluous piece of furniture. In the two
b. ok cases of the state cabin are several standard
orks, fbreign as well as English. Returning to
the staircase, a door leads to the fore pert of the
ship, where the captain and his officers, and some
et the principal attendants dine; and the scuts arc
c ens ettible into beds A passage from this room to
a tracking kitchen, that reaches to the bows of the
vessel. Here the cooking presses wholly managed
Ly steam, and nothing seems wanting in this impor-
tant departinent. On the lower deck, the sleeping
cabins of the officers of the ship, and here also are
slung the hammocks of the men. The Royal George
measures 330 tons, and was built in 1817, at Dept-
ford dock-yard, from a design by Sir Henry Peake,
one of the surveyors of the navy. The King's trip
to Ireland last year, it seems, afforded indubitable
proofs of the superiority of her construction. In
the two days heavy gale which his Majesty expe-
rienced on his return, the yacht shipped scarcely
any water, while the attendant frigates were "plung-
ing bows and bowsprit under." On the same occa-
sion, Royal George showed also that she could
asal] and outcarry almost any of the men of war
in company.

The 12th of August has for ♦ears past been a
red-letter day at Vauxhall—as this is the first year
that His Slujesty has honoured these beautiful Gar-
dens by his especial patronage, the Proprietors will
produce a magnificent display of attraction, and
evince nut only their gratitude to their King, but a
laudable anxiety to merit a continuance of the un-
founded patronage they have experienced from the
public. We can promise the votaries of pleasure and
lovers of harmony the highest gratification—and we
bear all the world of fashion will be present.

THE NATION.

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HIS MAJRS7I"R IMPAIMATION.
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The statement that his Majesty would embark at
Greenwich soon after eight o'clock yesterday morn-
ing, caused thousands of persons to assemble at the
different wharfs and landing-places, along shore, us
early as six o'clock. The promenade at the Custom-
house was crowded with passengers, anxious to get
on board the steam boats, which were soon filed ;
and at half-past seven they unmoored, in order to
reach Greenwich in time to see his Majesty. At
the Tower, the City State Barge, decked out with a
profusion of flags, and a band of music on board,
received the Aldermen and their ladies. At half=
past seven the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the
Lady Mayoress, and part of his family, in his private
carriage, arrived ; and soon after his Lordship had
taken water, the Royal Sovereign steam-boat was
attached to the City Barge, and towed from the
Tower stairs.
The ladies displayed a profusion of jewels, and
were all in full dress, as also were she gentlemen.—
The city cavalcade, steam-boats, cutters, galleys,
and an immense number of vessels of every descrip-
tion arrived off Greenwich at ten minutes past eight.
The band instantly struck up the national air of
" God save the King;" which was loudly cheered
by the. immense assemblage collected on the shores
and the •river.
The City Marshals and officers were placed on
board the barge, but his Lordship's servants and
the Marshalmen were in the Royal Sovereign, with
scarcely any other persons on board.
Great disappointment was experienced by the
company, on their arrival at Greenwich, when they
were informed his Majesty would not embark until
two o'clock, as many of the ladies bad risen so early
as four, in order to decorate their persons, and be
time for the sight.
An accident happened to the Goldsmiths' barge,
on approaching Greenwich stairs, which had like to
have been attended with serious consequences; the
rowers, anxious to approach the City Barge, ran
foul of one of the King's craft; in the conces-
sion, the figure head of the barge was knocked 'off,
and fell into the river, the plate-glass windows were
broken, and the stern also much injured ; fortunately
there were no ladies on board, the barge principally
occupied by a number of the gentlemen belonging
to the Common Council, and the Livery, all dressed
in their Livery Gowns.
The interior of Greenwich Hoipital was crowded
with respectable people, and several of the horse
guards were ranged inside ; the foot guards did duty
at the entrance, and kept the foot and carriage way
clear against the arrival of his Majesty. Very few
colours of Foreign nations were displayed ; and the
only one that attracted attention was the Turkish
frigate, lying off Deptford ; she was handsomely;
decorated, and the crew dressed in their tuitional,
costume.

No extraordinary preparations were made along
the Kent Road. At Deptford, a flag was suspended
across the road, with the.-inscription " God save
the King! " and a few laurel-leaves were displayed
lions the windows of some of the houses.
GREENWICH, HALF-PAST Two.
All is impatience ut the non-arrival of his Ma-
jesty. The crowd has increased almost to suffocation
on shore, and the number of vessels assembled on
the river is beyond example. The most absurd
rumours arc afloat, in consequence of his Majesty's
absence. •
CARLTON PALACE, HALT-PAST Two.
The Kityg has not yet left Carlton Palace, nor is
expected to do so for an hour. It was ebb tide this
mornin,, at seven o'clock—it is now almost low tsa.
ter, so that the tide will be against vessels proceed-
ing down the river till between seven and eight this
evening. On the cause of the delay, Speculation
is at least equal to the anxiety of the multitude,
who have been waiting at Greenwich from seven
o'clock this morning.
QUARTER PAST THREE.
His Majesty has this moment left the Palace in
his travelling carriage, escorted by a party of the
Guards.
GREEN WICH, FOUR O'CLOCK.
HIS Majesty has just arrived, and immediately
went on board the royal yacht, under a salute from
the guns and the vessels in the river, and the squa-
dron set sail directly, the wind and tide against hion,

THE KING'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.

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The following is given as aprogratame of the intended
Royal Procession to the Castle: A may, however, be
staject to future modification :
It is understood that one of the earliest oljects which
may be expected to attract his Majesty's attention, is a
visit to the Castle. This is to be paid withall the vomit
and circumstance of royalty ; and, as it may be thought
that the arrangements of this day will, in their general
outline, serve as a model for all the after proceedings of
the saute splendid description, we shall describe them
fully.
1 ne King will proceed from his palace of Ilolyrood.
house in an open carriage, drawn at the slowest piatsible
pace, the Scowl' Regalia carried before him, and attend.

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'ed by a numerous and noble train, consisting of his gre..t
officers, and other personages, distinguished for rank or
official station. His Majesty will pass up the Cation-
gate, High-street, and Ltwomarket, betwixt two Imes
ut• his sulijects, disposed, under certain arrangements
and classifications, on each side of the streets leading to •
the Castle, and who ar► to remain firm at their post, in
order again to enjoy a sight of their SoVereign a► he re-
turns from the Castle to the Abbey. These arrangements
appear to be made with admirable taste, and to be aro.
hued to produce the most splendid and impressive effect.
From the Palace up to the cominencetnent of the
high-street, the Canottgate is to be lined by its own in-
habitants, and throve of its auciens ally, Leith. Along
the High-street, as far as the Lawnotarket, the incorp
rated crafts are to be drawn upon both sides, displaying,
as in ancient tunes, their banners, awl disposed traits
their several D...atons; the whole under the command
of the Deacon Convenor, with the blue blanket, which
is said to have seen the holy wars. At the Cross, a plat-
form is to be erected for the whole body of the magis-
tracy, in their robes, headed by the Right Hon. the Lind
Provost, and attended by their officers. Upon the bal-
cony of the Royal Exchange, opposite, another platfo
• is to be raised, which is to contain what may be rept....
eil as the representative of Scottish beauty—in the pe-•
sons of several hundreds of the fittest women in Scot-
land; these are to be admitted by tickets from the Lord
Provost. Other galleries, fur the same purpose, will he
erected elsewhere. The Clergy are to occupy an erec-
tiou in front of St. Giles's Church. The open space
before the County Rooms, properly levelled for the oc-
casion, is to have a stage for the acco iimodation of the
Judges of the fou► High Courts of Session, Justiciary,
Exchequer, and Jury, attended by the weathers of toe
Faculty of Advocates, and other legal bodies.
Front the Lawitinarket, as high as the Castle-hill, the
trees is to he lined, on one side, by gentlemen of the
neighbouring counties, with their Lord Lieutenants and
Deputy Lieu.enants , and on the other, by the Probe.
son of the College, the Rector and Masters of the High
School, and other Academies of the City, i—the buys
wearing silk sashes and Scottish bonnets; as well as by
the other classes of inhabitants, ranged under their legal
or conventional leaders. -'l'l3e Castle-hill is to be guard-
ed by a large bit:lpol Highlanders, in complete national
costume, Iluough whout the Royal Procession is to pass
into the Castle. It is understood that his Alajesty will
realm to the Abbey in the same order.
We learn that the Convenery of the Trades of Leith
have forwarded to London a Petition to be presented to
his Maj..sty, praying his Majesty to disembark at Leith.
'The Ladies of Edinburgh and its vicinity have un ted
to prepare a splendid St. Andrew's Cross fur his Nlajesty,
composed of Scottish pearls and brilliants, which is to - -
be presented to the Kole, before his landing, by Sir W.
Scott. We understand this Association have been termed
•• Sisters of the Silver Cross."

NEW Yortz, Avo. 10.—A melancholy eeeident
is mentioned in letters from Valparaiso, by which
six officers of the Franklin, 74, then lying off that
port, lost their lives on the• 19th March last. They
had left the ship, with' three sailors and a midship-
man in the morning, in one of her boats, with the
design of visiting Qintera, a small town to the
northward of Valparaiso, belonging to Lord Cbeh- •
rane. On nearing the shore, they Mund a high surf :
rolling, and attempting to pass through it, in order •
to gain the usual landing•place, the boat was upset,- -
and the whole party thrown into the sea; the mid- •
shipman and one of the sailors were the only per. '4.
sons who escaped. On the intelligence of this dips -
tressing event reaching the Franklin, -her flog-wea
displayed at half mast; a token of respect which watt
adopted by Sir •T. Hardy, in the Creofe, by the
Chilian squadron, and by all the vessels in part.
'lite advices from Valparaiso received at New York
extend to the end of March. Mlle intended expedi-
tion against the island of Chiloe was then nearly
completed, and was to consist of one frigate, a sloop
of war, and two brigs, under the coramand of Com-
modore Wooster, formerly of New York. Two
Spanish vessels are said to have surrendered to Lord
Cochrane off Chiloe, without resistance. Hfs lord-
ship was waiting at the latter place for some ship-
ping which was fitting out at Valparaiso. These
papers also confirm the account of the defeat of the
Spanish troops at Quito, by General Bolivar; with
the addition that the royalist general, Morales, had
in consequence shot himself. The inhabitants of
Caraccas were in a state of alarm on account of alt
Indian leader having sprung up, and obtained a
considerable number of followers; the negroes had
been endeavouring to raise a mutiny in Cameras;
some of them had been expelled the country, the •
patriot squadron of nine sail had arrived at Laguira
Irma Puerto Cabello, much shattered, having had
an engagement with the Spanish squadron at that
place. They were. refitting and increasing their
force to return to the blocakatle. The Spanich fri-
gate Legira, and the brig of war, Hercules, 11 .d
gone to Porto Rico for provisions; the produce
the country was scarce and high, and the markets
glutted with foreign articles.
On Sunday between one and two, as a gentleman w• s
riding through Chandos-street, Covent-garden, on a spi-
rited horse, the animal heroine so unmanageable that he
was obliged to hare recourse to the spur, when the horse
rushed forward and struck itself against a postovheu the
blond flawed coeiously from the wound of the
which we have since heard is dead. The gentleman was
mtali butt from the fall of the how.

25stg ►nttLLigcnce.

DURHAM.
THE RISO a. WILLIAM(.—SPECIAL JURY.
The expectation of thin estraordinary cause had crowded the
town of Durham in an uncommon manner since the beginning
of the assizes. The Court was escessibeiy crowded long before
his Lordship came. At ten o'clock the cause was called on.—
Twelve of the special jury attended, but one of them being ex-
caned from ill-health. a common juror was sworn in his place.
Measra. Scarlet( and Tindall were counsel for the plaititilf , aid
Messrs. Brougham and Alderson for the defendant. John
George Lanibtun, Esq. M. P., sat at the bottom of the table
among the counsel. Archdeacon Phillipsou took his place on
bin Lordship's left hand on the bench.
Mr. Scarlett addressed the jury for a whole hour, and pleaded
with remarkable earnestness for a verdict. A great part of his
address was a reply to the arguments which he anticipated Mr.
Brougham would use. Ile contended that a verdict against
the defendant was necessary to save the Whip, of whom be
Mr. Scarlett) was one, from the imputation of hostility to the
established church. He knew that no other opportunity would
lie given to him to Address them. He therefore called cpon
them, after they should be entertained by the speech of his
I , .ed friend, whom ineloquence and ability no man could
PM pith'. to revert to the question before them. If his learned
•friend could satisfy them that there had been no intention to
bring into contempt, no calumny, no slander, no attack on repu-
tation, no effort to depreciate the clergy in public estimation,
then. Sod then only, could they lied a verdict for the defendant.
The usual formalities of proof were thee gone through. Mr.
Ilrosgharn elicited, in cross-examination, that the bells were
merrily pealed for the coronation, but were quite silent—" sup-
yressed their emotions," on the death of the Queen.
"Mr. Bronghain spoke for an hour and forty minutes with an
energy and copiousness of his peculiar reasoning, never
equalled even by himself. He himself was obliged to join with
Ins Lordship in lamenting the bursts of fervid applause which
frequently interrupted the proceedings. He appealed to the
.Jury whether they had ever known a person standing in the si-
tuation of a public pa•osecutor, stating his case with so much
ardour, having recourse to so much declamation, urging his
arguments in so loud and so eloquent a fashion, as his learned
friend the Attorney-General of my Lord the Bishop of Dur-
ham. But, very tar Irate complaining of this, he called upon
them only to draw the inference which lie had drawn three
quarters of so boar before--that hi► learned friend felt what a
labouring case his was, and how dill'ereut from all be bad ever
felt before, when prosecuting, and especially for libel. " Gen-
tlemen, he has called my client that unhappy man. Unhappy
he will be, indeed ; but be will not be the only unhappy man
in this country, if the doctrines of my learned friend receive
the sanction of your verdict. Such a verdict, I fearlessly tell
you, would utterly destroy the liberties of us all." The learned
gentleman afterwards contended that it was perfectly lawful to
location the very foendation of the established church, and to
make all sorts of animadversions on the clergy as a body. This
doctrine he contended to be particularly applicable to this
country, where there were three different establishments, and
still more in this country, where there was a church so splen.
didly endowed. He represented with undescribable effect the
forlorn and pitiable condition of the Scotch, whom his Majesty
was about to visit, but who, though moral, well educated, re.
ligions, and loyal, had not such a thin as a bishop from IL.
'('weed to John O'Grost's, and knew not the blessing of
tithes. Tlw learned counsel then argued that the writing
iu question did not all allude to any discussion respecting the
establishment, but only lamented the fatal tendency of the mis-
conduct of the clergy. " Who among us has not within the
the last three weeks expressed that the flagrant misconduct-of
an individual brought disgrace on his order l" The statements
respecting the conduct of the clergy towards the Queen, and
the ollusiou to the late of the illustrious personage, were p fw-
erful and pathetic beyond description. In conclu►ion, lie
called upon the jury to give their verdict fur the defendant, for
the sake of that hietarchy who brought the action, but against
whom a verdict fof guilty nould he a fatal blow. "It is your
duty to proclaim that light must continue to visit every recess
of {hit hierarchy, and by that light its abuses must be cur-

,ected."
Air. Baron Wood said the jury would not he influenced
by the eloquent and emphatic speech they had beard, but would
judge soberly and dispassiouately. He was directed by
law to tell them hisopinion, and he ►old ►hem, therefore, that he
was clearly of opinion that i► was a libel and a gross libel.
Messrs. Alderson and Brougham reminded Isis Lordship that
be watt not directed, but empowered at his discretion, to give
his opinion, as in criminal cases.
Mr. Baron Wood.—Then I inform you, gentlemen of the
jury, according to that discretion that this is a libel.
The jury considered two minutes, and tli.m retired ten
minutes before one. The (Mutt having adjourned before they
were agreed on their verdict they were, after a long delibera-
tion, conducted to the Judges' Chambers, where they delivered
a verdict of Guilty upon oue count, and " Not Guilty" upon all
the others.

VIE KING V. WILLIAMS.
This was an indictment by Load Stewart, for a para-
graph copied from the Irish:oats into the Durham Chremick,
reflecting on the late Mai (pis of Londonderry. Mr.
Brougham ',tilted, that Load Stewart having assured Mr.
Williams that it was totally untrue, he authorised him to
say he believed it be so on his lordship's authority. Mr.
Sergeant Hullock expressed his lordship's satisfaction with
this apology, and consented to a verdict of out guilty

ULACPIIESIV.
• An old man, named C. Hodgson, way convicted of tit-
tering abominable expressions respecting the Bible, the
Saviour, and the Virgin Mary, at Bishop Ackland, while
a missionary fruit' London was preaching in the market-
place. He was sentenced to imprisuuwcnt for two calen-
dar months.
M. A. Tsylor, Esq. as foreman of the grand jury made
a report of the state of the gaol, after a full investigation
of the c ise alleged by one of the debtors. Every cir-
cumstance e: complaint visa entirely disproved, and the
conduct of Mr. Wolfe, the lov,•rnor, posed to be ex-
t emely cot reef, humane, and judici ••••
Robert Peal, aged 50, was tried fur the murder of lt.
Peat, in Darlington, on the 2111infJune last. The facis,as
ploved in evidence, were these:—The prisoner being
tonsil' and heir at hart to the deceased, had been left a le-
pie) in a will made in IS S. but having given offence to the
testator, another will, made in 1815,1eft the whole property
to the wile. prisoner contrived to get posses-
▪ of the st ills, and was charged with given pri•
son to lire deceased. in order to oluain his properly as
heir at law. 'File prisoner lived at Ktv ells worth, in the
;NUS tip Hier ig of Yu' kshire, and came into Darlinron
▪ r!. Monday, being market-day. He always caned at
,i house ot line deceasi d. Ou the 2 th of June,