The Sun.
London, England, 1830-04-23 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.

(From the Court Circular.)
His Majesty passed another good night on Wed-
nesday, and yesterday morning the following Bulletin,
which confirms the previous favourable statements
of his Majesty's health, was issued. It will be seen
that only one physician now attends the King:—
" Windsor Castle, April 2?.

The X:No is better.
(Signed) " HENRY HALFORD."
Majesty signed a number of official warrants
end documents en Wednesday, some of them relat-
ing to the Treasury.
The Duke of Wellington visited the King, at his
Palen at Windsor, yesterday, and after having an
audience returned to town.

(From the Mites.)
Yesterday's Bulletin, with royal brevity—and
indeed with. somewhat of oracular mystery—told
the people of England, in four words, that " The
i•isift is better." But the previous Bulletins forgot
to tell us the nature of that malady of which " The
king is better." They spoke at first of a bilious
attack, and then of an " embarrassment of breath-
ing," which latter mode of suffering is nothing but
asymptom and effect. We have yet heard nothing
about the cause or causes. The liver, the iting.4
the heart, have each and all, in the absence of pro-
fessional information, been guessed at agleordingly,
as the seat and source of the ditotder. It is even
said, but this of course we cannot know, that his
Majesty's Ministers-these who form the link be-
tween the Sovereign and his people—are as much
in the dark on this topic as are the peasantry of
Wales; that in fact nothing is known, and hardly
any thing said, beyond :that little impenetrable circle
of which neither centre ttor circumference is visible
to-.the general eyes of Englishmen. This is not
honest in the'tirst place, because the public has an
undoubted right to ascertain the situation of the
NlOnerich. It is, in the second place, very stupid,
because more secrecy will not prolong the King's ,
valuable life; and those creatures whom tie of Royal kindness now protects, may be tallied to a
searching and severe account of the manner in
which, being not officially kreqtonsible, they exer-
eiee a more •than power. There may be
surds a thing, if items:vary, as an appearance at the
bar of the Lords er Commons!
Since thie WAR Written, we observe, in the
" Court Circular" that the Duke of Wellington
visited the King yesterday at Windsor. This, we
toast, implies that his Majesty is recovering : at all
events, it is certain that the real state of the King.
is now known, as it ought to be; to his rittcfpal
Minister.

(Fran the Morning lift.ti-ald.)
•
WINDIOR, THURSDAY EX-t clNG.—llis Majesty's
health is improvitT rapidly, and to-day--I have it
from. unquestionable authority—he is " very eon-
giAerably better." But the Bears of the Stock Ex-
'change say—" Aye, but the King, or any other
scan, tray be very considerably better, and yet he may
1e in a very dangerous condition!" To this, were the
Pettient any other than the King, I could give you a
score of what the unlearned call knocks em-down
answers; but it ought to be a sufficient answer that
the Royal physicians are trot in continual attendance
not
even the physician in ordinary, Sir Henry
Belford. Sir Henry never comes down—at least
for these fout-days past—till the evening—that is to
say, in time for dinner ; and he as regularly returns
to kis London patients early every morning ; and as
to Sir Matthew Tierney, the only extraordinary
claled in on this occasion, he has not been het at
441 these three days. P. P. P.

(From the Monting Chrtsti'ds.)
Our readers will see from the Bulletin issued yes-
terday, that there is no tenger ally apprehension
respecting his Majesty. The terms of the Bulletin
The King is better," at once discredit the reports
at connected the difficulty 'needling wits a
breaking ai) of his Majesty's constitution, nut we
a9sitred on authority, which, if we could name,
w°4l4 be deemed unquestionable by our readers,
that the ditlicglty of bree4tthig was asthmatic, and
laiSt at all what rumour cleacribed it. The most skil-
ful and-experienced physicians are always cautievs
it pronouncing decidedly in castes of this kind) espe-
cially when the patient is, like his Majesty, of an
advanced age, and corpulent ; and hence the obscu-
rity of the 'anguage of the Bulletins. We believe,
however, we may assureettr readers, that it is really
believed at 'present by his Majesty's medical at-
tendantir that there is no longer any cause for ap-
prehensioß.

(From the Morning Journal.)
His Majesty's advisers have favoured the public
with the following brief but remarkable Bulletin :-
44 THE KING IS alksn'TEß 1"
The object of this quaint announcement is in-
/tended to convey a favourable opinion of the King's
glealth, and by many persons it will, at first glance,
be viewed in this light ; but we regret to say that
to us it appears any thing but consolatory or satis-
factory.
Sage of the His Majesty has undoubtedly the advert-
comparative degree, according to the
rules of grammar, for, by being better, we are bound
to conclude that be has been erersc--but when?
remains fot his physicians to tell.
The last Bulletin intimated that his Majesty con-,
tinned to suffer occasionally from embarrassment in
Ibis breathing; but we are not informed whether
this embarrassment has increased or diminished, or
Whether he is considered more convalescent now
than he was on Monday last- He may have been
better on Thursday, though worse on Wednesday
than be was on Tuesday ; or he may have been
better at twelve o'cloek, noon, than he was at
?ire o'clock the preceding night.
This evident attempt to mystify the public is not
by any means calculated to lull suspicion or allay
apprehensions. The most marked, and certainly
the most unfavourable, symptom in the King's case
'was his difficulty of breathing, arising from a cause
*efficiently obvious, and rendered the source of in-
'ereased anxiety from the circumstance that similar
distressing indications attended the illness of the
lemented Duke of York. We sncerely y that
the apprehensions of his Majesty'si subjectspra
, caused
by this painful and dreaded analogy, may prove un-
founded. But the royal physicians leave us to our
own conjectures, instead of removing all fears by
being more explicit, which it is reasonable to think
they•would have removed could they have been
t 'le
justified
order. in doing so by the favourable indications of
dis
(From the iforning Advertiser.)
The following is
.the emphatic Bulletin issued
yesterday morning by the King's Physician:—
HIS MAJESTY'S HEALTH.
" Windsor Castle, April 22.
"be Rine is better.
(Signed) " HENRY HALFORD."
we trust we need not observe that we are even
There than rejoiced that " the King is better ;"
'tut We must at the same time remark, that the
secretly which has been observed upon this occasion
it
has been most unjustifiable, from whatever quarter
may have proceeded, arid has proved most injuri-
ous to
anumerous class of tradesmen. We trust
that his Majesty is not only out of all danger now,
but
hould that he will eontinue to be " better ;" and
that
such prove to be the case, we trust also
, for the sake of the public, no time will be lost
in communicating the
intelligence to the public.
Mischief enough has been done already ; arid the
the offence
least apology which can be offered is, not to repeat

The Princess AtiC3USTA visited Lady CARO-
LINE WALDEGKA,y;
Yesterday at her residence in Curzon-
strett. Iler Ladyship is indieposed.
The Russian and French Ambassadors had a
conference with the Earl Of AIMRDEIN yesterday, at the
Foreign Office.
The Prussian and Spanish Ministers had in-
Prince ESTERHAZY w
terviews with the Earl
of Aitr4ntorx yesterday.
as prese the p-
formarnce of the Prague Minstrels at the Egyptian Haerll
yesteday.

LAW INTELLIGENet,(THIS bAit.

COURT OF CHANcERY.
ASKIN V. MARTIN AND OTHERS.

The Loan CHANCFI.I.OII. stated that this had come be-
fore him upon an eppeal from a judgment of the Master
of the Rolls. The plaintiff Was Rector of Gray Stock in
Cumberland. The action *ad hrottght fair the piiriiese of
recovering tithes, whieli bad arisen out of lands that had
been formerly was'e and common, and enclosed by an
Act of Parliament, passed in 1795. The defendants
had pet up as a defence the payment of various mo-
duses; and the questions for consideration were, first,
whether those moduses had been sufficiently established in
evidence ; and, secondly, if sufficiently established, whe-
ther they were valid in point of law! The Master of the
Rolls was of opinion that the thadtisee bad bech established
h point bf evidende; aitil he dii•ectdd a cue in thb C.Mtrt of
COmmob :'leas, to ascertain whether or not they were valid
in law. After adverting to the nature of the various
moduses, in respect of the different districts,
and the evidence- in support of them, his Lordship
was decidedly of opinion also, that they had been suffi-
ciently established in evidence. lie likewise agreed
with the Master of the Rolls in the propriety of sending
a case to the Court of Common Pleas The Rector had
objected to its being. sent to law, bet the case of Eishdp v.
Chichester, had decided that this toUri can ttt tibei-ty to
send well a quehtion 1n such a ease to law, wherever it
aught think &Ver.—Appeal dismissed without costs

COURT OF RING'S BENCH.

L18EL,....CA It LI LE V. DUN N AND ANOTHER.

This was an ac:ion brought by the notorious Richard
Carlile, of Fieet-oreet, pi'ziplictors of the
Nottinglith7iL and IVeu.;zrie Mercury, to recover compensa-
tion In damages for a libel pub!ished in that piper, reflect-
ing upon his character.

Mr. Carlife appeared to advocate his own cause in per.
son, and Mr. DEN3IAN with whom was Mr. Thu., ap,
peared for the defendants.

Mr..Carlile addressed. the Jury at cons:d.rable length,
and stated that his character had been smith mistaken, for
he was not the man the public generally itip'prisea, for he
was strictly moral the obligations of life—he was a
kind httsbita ' rdan indulgent father—educating his sons in'
the paths of morality, though he did not conceive it neees-
nary to make them adopt any particular religious persuasion.
He felt it a duty to his family that he should maintain the
purity of his character, and not to suffer it to be publicly
and wantonly assailed without any foundation, Rod for these
reasons it was that he had instituted the rt•esenl:
He went last autumn to Nottitt6tn, and while there,
owing to some ofretinistances which trculd he explained in
evideote, he had given a Challenge to a public discussion
• upon religious topics to the Rev. Mr. Gilbert% The 'Chat-
leoge was accepted, and. the i',',tehange-roblias Were to be
the scene of discOSsion. 'these, however, were refused,
and eheb the Riding School was appointed. So gready
tat public curiosity excited, that tickets were' selling at
one pound premium. At the Riding School some difficulties
occurred, and then another place was appointed, but Mr.
Gilbert did not think proper to appear there. %fise.
quently, however, be wrote a lettel-: to the Nottinghatii
Mercury, which letter ft:fried the ,ground of the present
action ege.inst the proprietors of that paper, who refused
to give up Mr. Gilbert as the author. Mr. Carlile, titter
addressing the Court for novards of an hour, concluded
by observing that hnd but two witnesses, and that it
was possible the ease might be put an end to as soon as
they were called, if questions were asked them as to their
religious belief. His son was one of those witnesses, and
he would only say he had taught him to be honest—he
had taught him to be 'natal—but he had not taught him
to he religious. To reject his testimony on that ground
would not be consistent with the liberality of the present
day, and he trusted so illiberal proceeding I,ionld ti"dt be
adopted by the Gentlemen of tire Bar. The damages were
laid at 200 f., buts his 'only object was to vindicate his
character, he *Mild not ask for more than nominal dama-
ges At the hands of the Jury.
The libel was read, from which it appeared that Mr.
Gilbert, in justifying himself for not appearing at the
meeting, had said that it appeared to him, from the
writings of Mr. Carlile, that he disregarded ell ni)%p-oliriaie
lciods of truth, and that he did net betieVe truth was his
object in seeking to lt,txt that meeting. That of his
morals be was intrgy ignorant, but that if he could re•
conciln it to himself to embody the principles of his works
in his practice—particularly of some of them which he
could not name—there was not a father, brother, or
husband in the kingdom, whose first indignent I.l4.l4Sur:te
would not be such as he could not eirprts`t in gentlemanly
language.
Mr. Carlile tt?,tica-lled his son.
Mr. incxstax made no objection to his taking the oath.
• Mr. I)Exarair then placed a number of pamphlets in
the hands of the witness, and asked him if th.'y writ
lh
the habit of being sold in his father's ahoti. Witness re-
plied in the affirmative; artongtt which were books called '
" Good Sense," " VS,ery Woman's Book," the " Re pub_
liran and the Lion."

Mr. Leigh deposed, that Mr. Carlile was a lodger in
the family into which the witness married, in Nottin,
ham. Went with him to the shop of Mr, Nom, to
2Sth of September, where he vtrth"Lied the paper in
question. Mr. Dunn wet asked if he would give up Mr.
Gilbert as the anthtr, to which he replied that he could
not, fot ent letter was sent by Mr. Gilbert, hut he could
rrit take it upon himself to say that he was the author.--
Mr. C. was well received before the publication in Not-
tingham, but afterwards there was en effort lbate to in-
sult him.

Cross-examined. hi: Mr. \V. HlLL—There are persona
who take in M. Carlile's works in Nottingham. Mr.
Catiilt has an agent there.
Mr. DENMAN, for the defendant, said that ho felt that
he might have put an end to the plaintiff's case by ob!iat'-
ing to the testimony of his sop,. Mita: represented as
being brought up withottt religion. He had a strong
opinion upon tin Tii,bject, and he thought it far better to
rely en the probable regard which might be entertained
to an oath, than to reject a witness who may be resolved
to tell the truth, though he deviates in some respects from
the religious belief of the country. The Learnitel
then contended at great length that tht teter was no libel.
—Verdict for the defendants.

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.

OLD COURT.

The Session having ended last night, tit t3in °Clock , the
RECORDS', attended this day pass sentence on the pri-
soners who were conriQted. Sentence of death was passed
upon the following persons, Y:Z.

, .
For house breaking and larceny--George Edwards,
Henry Tyler, James Parish, John Gerkin, Thomas Jacks,
James Plumber, John Browne (convicted on his confevon,
James Cook, William Barnadier, Thorno,s 'hot-noon.
For stealing goods above the value 'Of 61.—Sarah Norris,
John Stocking, Henry Wright Smith, Sarah Wilson,
Philp Reiley, Habritah Cotton, James Clarke, William
Thomas. For horse-stealing—Thomas Stockfield, Edward
Cullamore. For cutting and maiming—Christopher
O'Hara. For forgery—John Macdonald. Fur ottering
base coin—'William Wilson. For robltery.,-/i.tary
Anne Rowlands, Frances Matthews, Anne Matthews.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR LIFB...John James, Anne
Thomson, John Morris, otherwise Michael Green, Edward
Lawrence, John Wilkie, Joseph Farrel, JaMes County,
Enoch Comus, John Littledale, Elizabeth Thatcher, Eliza
Montague, Harriet Walters, Win. Shaw, Sarah Smith,
Anne Clarkson, John Dare, James Shaw, James Osborne,
Alfred Gazelee, James Stacey, Alexami.T.r POE, thonias
Peeling.

To Mt TRANSPORTED MA FOUATEEN YEAs.s.--James
Hand, Benjamin Buihien, George Thompson, Thomas
Hayes, Joseph Jenning, Wm. Stacey, Robert Ball, Lewis
Henry (two terms of seven years), Michael Quinlan,
George Brown, alias Wm. B rne, John Amos, Mary
Geary, Eleanor Miller, Wm. Armitage, Joseph Armitage,
Thomas Davis, Alexander Simpson, Richard Forrester,
Joseph Graydon, Wm. Cook, James Fry, El;zabeth Car-
penter, Elizi Stalley, and Rebecca Carr.

A great many others received sentence of transportation
for tieven years, and to be confined for various terms in
the House of Correction.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.
There is a good supply of Wheat this week, hut of every
thing else the arrival is short. The trade for Wheat is
very heavy, and except for the superfine samples, 2s. to
3s. per quarter lower. Barley sells freely at Monday's
quotations. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats are
held firmly, but there is very little doing in the trade.
Flour continues heavy.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour.
English I
- 5°
6,050 qrs. 3;700 9 qrs. 3,030 qrs. 2,700 sacks.
Irish
Foreign

-
brl.

Sir GEORGE MURRAY has left town for
Sunning-hill.
Mr. and Mrs. LITTLETON have arrived at
their house in Grosvenor-place, from Brighton.