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.In consequence-of the-fine weather we were (a-
vowed with the whole.of la-t Week, we have ex-.
perianced a very great increase of company ; indeed
scatce a Packet arrives that does not contain- perhaps
tty or sixty ; we' are, however, sorry to hear that
the packet which left town on Thursday last, ex-
perienceJ some damage in consequence of the wind
blowing very fresh ; k) Much St) as to tear her Main-
sail, acid otherwise occasion much alarm to the pas
stinger
Dandelion is not yet open, though we understand
the Public Breaktastt will .commence on , Saturday
next; the ..ssewbly • IlooinS will also open in a
short time tor the season. Ju fad 'the chiet =MSC-
rnents of Margate appear at present "to be centered
to the card and lac-J.-tables of the various libraries ;
ilmougst which ::BErrisoN's certainly claiM the pre-
ference, whose evening promenade is perhaps one
of; the must rational sources of amusement to be
net with at any Watering 'Place ; where, inde-
pendent of the niretin various friends, hearing the
news of 'the clay, Ike. Mr. STEEL exerts his musi-:
cal talents on the grand piano-forte, to charm the
lovers of that ddightful science. Amongst other,
performances last evening, we noticed several sonatas
of DussEK, VIOTTI, STUIBEYT, &C. which were
executed by hint in that masterly style that fully in-
tit les to that commendation he so justly meets
with.

1\1r: SlLvart has disposed of his Library ; we un-
:ltrstand tke Auction is to be carried on by his sue-
cesors ; ho ever, it reinaitis to be Seel) whetherit
wilt be cuilda,:.ted with so 'much humour as or-
Welty.

G.IIiNCR has established 41is Library in High-
street : in short, every thing promise's a very gay
assemblage of company this season. The improVe-
Ments of the Pier are going on, and will be shortly
completed,
, ,

The Clergy of 'Spain are represented to be ex-
tremely aaive in rousing the people to resist:lnce,
more aelive even titan the Nobles. Several of tl►e
patriotic .4ddresses have been signed by,the Bishops.
The Bishop of ST. AND4IIo, in reely to a letter from
BUONAPAKT F., in►iting him to form part of the De,
pntation of the Clergy to Bayonne, replied—

" 1 einnot make it convenient to attend, and it I could, I
would not. i judge yi,gr ti)cei it y towards by your
conduct toward. Portugal, and other kingdom. with which
yini have Interfered. If you are in earnest in ytnir otar'to
befriend t4s Spanisti Nation, let the first proof bey our libe-
Litirt.; ourSover.. ign and Fatuity, and withdrawing your
troops f :,itiong us; but this we do not expect you will
do of your Own accord, and thcrefiire it becomes tne Spanish
people to as I trust they Will, to compel you."

Don' GASPAR MELCIIOII DE jOVELLANOS, late
Ministet of Grace and Justice in Spain, is appointed
President of the revolted Provinces of the North of
Spain. This fualted-charader having, at.cording to
Lord HoLLAun, devoted the labours of his useful
lite to the improvement and happiness of his coun-
trymen, was, during "the reign of CuAnt.L.s, impri-
Ao. ed in the dungeoni of Palma, without any accu-
sation whatever. On the acCession ut FERDINAND,
the first all of his reign was to send for JovaLLA-
pus ; but before he could 'reach Madrid the ileV,v
Xing w 4; removed. to Bayonne, and the Provinces
had begun the insurrection. He vas detained .by
the leaders. of the Pafriots, who informed hint that
his services were necessary, to sandion and animate
Coniedtracy.-

An. elegant Masque& Ball was given on TUaday
opening at the Argyll Rooms. The preparations
were deierving of notice fortheir great taste; they
accorded in eery reppeel; with those which gave
sach singular eciat to the preceding masquerade„---
The corn pa ny began to assemble about twelve o'Ciock.
There were present but few chara&ters ; but among
those the following betrayed munch whiinsiCality and
eccentric humour :
Mr. Paul Methuen, as, Dr. 011apod, of the Galen=
lead corps of volunteer cavalry, with his rhubarb
mit and white facings:; Mr. Wilbraharn; a Jew
Pedcar ; Mr. Blackburne, it Chinese Mandarin ;'
INIr. Whitmore, in a Court-dress, agreeably • to the
costume of 1703 ; illrs. Whitmore,• in a habit Cot-
responding with the same period ; Mr. Prior, a .Blue-'
coat ; ViscOunt Palinerston, the 'Grand gig-
nior ; Earl of Rosslyn, a Pilgrim ; Lady Rosslyti,
Spanish-dress ; Mr, \Valiant Maddccks, a cobler ;'
Lord Lake, 'a Forrester ; Mr. Allen, a Countryman ;
Earl Gower, a Blue-cbat,Boy ; Mr. Gregg, an Itine-
rant Musician ; Sir. Robert Brooke, a Grey- Monk ;
-Ir. Bristow, as Oaavian ; Mr. Golbourne, a Conn-
tryinati ; Lord Krtmaird, d Dominican Friar ; Lady .
Kinnaird, a rich nincy Dress ; Mr. Kitmaird, a
; Mr. Taylor, a Pilgrim ; General Crosbie, a
; Countess of Clare, a rich Fancy Dress ;
Mt. Wellesley, a Dress Domino ; • Mr. Wal-
ttle, a• Spaniard ; • Mr. Macdonald, a Polancler ;
r. 'Cater; an Old English Baron ; Jr. Ord,
Noble Hungarian ; I\lr Green Wilkinson,
and Mr. George Green, as Twin Brothers, in
. Sltakspeare's Comedy of D'rors, were excellent.;
Mr. Prestwich, as a, l'erksliireman, supported
with great spirit u Female. Pedlar, who was
limit officiously importunate in the disposal of tickets
for the Deaf and Dumb Charity, that took 01203 611
Wednesday, in Argyll-street ; her wit .and vivacity
were unceasing We llea that this excellent cha-
r t5!..t...r was supported b# Mrs. Douglas, who repre-
sented the doOble mask so trent:likable at Mrs.
Coke's Masquerade. -
Owing probably to the advance of the season, and
slio the Welles); of the hour at which her 'loyal
'-kligliness's Ball at Blackheath broke up on Tuesday
4borning, the entertainment W 33 bin thinly attended,
4ut.more titan three hundred persons sat down to
:a4Pper, and about 350 in all were present. The corn-
lany did not separate till six O'clock.

Coati-EXcliANtsii, JUNI< 30.—The quantities of
Wileat hero to-day are'rat her considerable ; the trade
heavy in zale, and gives way in price ; Barley and
'-'l4lt have very feW buyers; Rye at leas; Grey Pease
are cheaper; beans of the. two kind likewi4.e, and
ill plenty ; .the supplies of Oats ate large., -and this
article is .igaila quoted cheaper; in Flour little alte-
ration.

ittrheaz szs a 6as a 764 od Tick, Heans - s6s a 6:s od
4i:le (Otto • 783 a Sas o 4: 04ts -38 s a 4os 3 43S 0(1
4 ' r - 4SI a 50$ ad PoLnd craw 44s a 45', ott
.Tallwhite
.. • 4os a 46s ed Piltatot - . —li44. s on
. . 64s a 74s od *tape Seed - 341 a,321 —ad
Pease I toS a 126 S at Fine Pima 6C-4 4 6,55 04,
!;.rev dittn . sss a 60s Ott I Se‘ontits, • • SO it 04 00
'4e;,,ns (Ohl) . 6oi ;a 6ss ad

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COURT OF KING's BENCH, juKE 29.
THE RING V. wltirs AND ANOTHER.

The Defendant A, the Proprietor atid- Printer of
The Independent !Plug, were brought into Court fur
the purpose of moving, by their Counsel, "tor 'a new
-trial.

Mr. CLIFFORD applied for the new trial upon twd
grounds ; first, upon the inisdireelion of the Judge
who tried the cause; and secondly, that the publi-
cation of the libel in London had not
,been sufficient-
ly proved. With reser& to the first ground, the se-
cond clause of the 324 'of the present King; or what
was *commonly called Mr. Fox's A6I-, enaCied, that,
the Judge, in cases of libel, should give his opinion,
as 'in all other criminal cases ; consequently be was
bound to state 'what Would be a libel, and leave
,the
Jury to decide whether the publication befOre them
amoUntell •to that speCies of offence. * lii case of
murder, the Judge always told the Jury What, in
law, would amount to murder, but always left it .to
the Jury to say whether
,the case before them was
murder. Instead of doing -so, Mr. Justice Gaps?,
he said, had told the Jury that, in his opinion, the
publication for which the Defendants 'were prosecut-
ed .vas a gross and scandalous libel. In so doing, he
had assumed the fad the Jury were to and
that assumption might have had an'improper influ-
ence upon their minds. 'As to the Second point,
,by
the 38th of the King, every Printer and Publisher of
a Newspaper were obliged to deliver into the Stamp
Office an affidavit, containing their names and, places
of abode, destription at' the house whirs the Riper
was printed, and the name and title of the Paperi
and when that affidaVit was filed, a copy of the same
to be evidtnce ofthe truth of all the matters therein
contained. A copy of such affidavit, and a paper
produced from the Stamp Office, were offered itt
evidence upon the trial, which it was his duty to
contend was not such an evidence of the publica-
tion in London as to give the Jury competent juris-
The Paper produced, for any thing shewn
to the contrary, might have been forged and fabri-
cated, and not the one published by the Defendants.
He should, therefore, insist, that a &tin& rubrica-
tion ought to have been proved, as in other cases of
libel,, and not being so proved, that the Defendants
were entitled to a new trial.

The Court looked minutely into the provisions of
the Ads above cited, and were against the Learned
Counsel on both the grounds he had put. The Judge
had only direded the Jury in the way the Ad had
pointed out ; and' with respect ►o the publication, it
had been legally proved; If. the Paper produced was
a tbrgery, why did not the Defendants shew it to be
such ? that was matter of defence, and evidence might
have been called to prove that the contents of the.
Paper produced were not the cons ants of the Paper
published by the Defendants on the day the title
purported. In short, there 'was nothing to induce
the Court to send the case back to a second Jury.-
I.‘he Court then ordered the Defendants to stand
committed to Newgate, and to be brought up on
Saturday for judgment.
Mr. Corroan then moved, that the Defendants
be adinitted.to bail till that period.
The ATTOUNpI!-GEBAL objected to this, ob-
terving; that he could find nothing in the. conduct of,
the Defendants, or in the'way their defence bad
been concluded, to cutitit them to such
Mt—Wm-re then, exclaimed, that he de.ired no
lenity. He had received none, and none he asked
for. 'He stood on public grctunds; and prayed no
favoni..

The Court then ordeted the Defendants into cus-
tody, and they stand.coinnlitted.to•Newgani.
Lord ELLENsottoutai .took no part in .the dis-
. , •
CUSSIOII,

LIBEL.

VIM KING V. RAWLINSON.

Mr. ScitaLETT rose to:shew:rause against a Rule
for an information
.granted to. :the Attorney-Ge,
neral a few days back, against Mr. Rawlinson, for
a -libel.on- the -Mayor and Magistrates of. the town
of-Liverpool. It appeared that there was, a Court
in LivetpoOl,- called- the Passage Court, aninferior
Court, chiefly for the purpose of. administering
justice. between .Creditors Prisoners' tar seal
debts. ;The Mayor and Magistrates presided, and
they generally called .in the assi.tauce of tho
Deputy-Recorder; that there had been a debtor
ordered tii prison. at a time when the Recorder was
not pcesent,. on which occasion the .Detendant
wrote a letter to the following purport to the
Recorder : • •

• " That in no instance the Magistrates, should be
suffered to decide on the
_fate of a Debtor, without
the Recorder, or.the I)eputy•Recorder', .being pre
sent ; for the Mayor and 11,Iagistrates always decided
against the Debtor; and •it was oat possible that
they could be competent judges, when they were
formed out of old bankrupt ,merchants, and..super-
animated Coast of Guinea. Captains."
Mr. SC4IILETT stated, that he held an affidavit in
his hand, "expressing blr. Rawlinson's sorrow for,
ever having written such a letter. It was .done
under the influence .of passion, and he had been
sorry ever since the, period he had sent it, and that
he never• intended it for, the eye of any person but,
the Recorder; at the same t►me, he thought the
Recorder att.ited pertetttly
_proper rn shewing. it to
the Mayor and Mag►strates. No man had a greater
reyeet for, them than he I►ad, and if they did not
think this apology sufficiently .public, he would
make any other chat tin:), wished, and give it the
greatest publicity. ,
The Arroa SLY-GENERAL said, it would not be
doing his Clients justice if he-did not accept of such
an, apology ; forth) Mayor and Magistrates of Li-
verpool had no enmity to the Defendant as indi-
viduals, but being a..public body, they were obliged
to repel all attacks of this nature.—The Rule was
accordingly withdrawn..

We are assured that the transn&ions with Mr.
DIXON, which have been charged against Messrs.
PEARSE, in sminlying-Great Coats for the Arruy, are
ill4bunded,aird that. the most sansfaaory proofs are
prepariug, which
.will he immediately produced, to
confute them, and also the other charges. brought
forward against those Gentlemen.
Extraet.from the parish register of Church Nlin-
shull,, in Cheshire Feb. 20, &I
Demme, buried at Church Miushull, fiom Leigh-
ton, being of the age of seven score and fourteen,
burn in 1494."

INTrETITAL

jIOUS4 ol,' 11,1±,!:',',,,'„

,\\'E?i,NRSD.:Y,
In thcippeal, I.ucina 1t hers Crawfurd
and Others, the Ilunse tit!itine,i the judgment ut.
the Conn bel.ow.
'III3I.INDIARY CURATES' BILL.

On Nothing the, Itepori of . this „Bill,
L'orits :Laudefliale; and Ross Lyn,•
newel their objettioni to-Alte.:Bill, and suggested
several Anceritlthents.,• ich,:ho wever,' were
adopted---The lleport wa then teeeived, ud the
Bill ordered to be read a third time to-uiorrow.
The Bill ou. the 'table were .then advanced•in
their 'respe6title stages. • On the motion • for the third
reading of the .WeiCh Ca.:Will it was opposed by
Lord Batheikt, and•other Noble Lords, when a di-
vi.iion Wok place;

Contents - - - 38
Non.Cuntents .
Majority against the third reading

On the, uiotion of Lord STANHOPE. for deferring
(1,0 third reading of the }3ill ttithis day three months,
the Howe again dividgd,
Contents - -; - 44
Noa,contcnts . - . • - 30
Majority 4gaipst -
The Bill was of course
.10t for the present Ses.sion.
APPittn)RiATIoN.ACT. -• • *.;
•
On the motion for going into the Committee on
this Act,

Lord Hon:AN-a rose, and repeated his objealinni
against inserting in this Att,the"-Grant 'u tie Co;lege •
ot Ntlyiquoth.,-1-andihat to 111.:-1::;,t India Company.
The change in thr amount Of the former grant, he
saw no reaq.)n- ,to justify. It was a deviation from
the pribciple upon which ,the grant had originally
been made, and upon which it had been augmented
in tic .;;-it Session a Parliament. He ‘i,tshed to
learn froin' the' Noble•Secrotary of State, by -what
inducements Government,liad been led to diminish
the giant, anti thus depart:from the principle which-
had first •suggested it to the adoption of Govern-
Ment„ and the sanction of 'the last Session of Parlia-
ment. That ptinciple, the world knew, was !ht...
pri'lic;:iplo of so far conciliating the Catholics Of '
laud. 2- •

• Lord HA,wicasatiat acknowledged, that the grant
had iu sow measure been dimioished but it was
upon att understanding that no larger a sum should
be ,littoted than was necessary. to complete the
buildings that were .theti cUminenced at this 'esta-
blishment.' It was. originally intended that accocn-
ntodatiot► should be 'provided for a certain number
of Students but when it was propoSed to carry that-
accommodation to an unlimited 'extent, it was
thought proper to stop at what was first conceived to
be an adequate euvision. •
• Lords HoLiAim andl,AvornpALt reprobated the
idea of circumscribing the privileges and powers of
that House, breonf 'ruling to any understanding,
that might be supposed to have been agreed to• in
another place. .There was no end to the extent' Co
which such a mode of reasoning might be carried, if
it was Suiticint to say, tlr►t upot) an understanding
bet weeit Miniiters in another-place, such and,sueh a
measure was t.► be adopted and inserted in the Ali,.
propriation Act, and 'thus attempt to deprive their
Litt.dship.4 of .t ho exercise-of their judgment on
...such
a thensure.

Lord If Aw Krs}tUßY fikaVOWeci 'any such: design:
on his part, and only adverted tO the principle twin,
which the' measure had elsewhere ben adobe d,
and not to any particular tuhleritanding between'
indiiiduals of his. Majesty's Government on ;the
subject.
The Bill was then reported, and ordered to be
read a third time to-thorrow.