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factory evidence. Ile submitted, :thatin this case the evidence
was not sufficient to Satisfy any reasonable man, acting under
the sanction of his oath, that the defendants were guilty of the
charge preferred against them. There was nothing but the
vague evidence of one witness, Who had seen the, names of
Shackell and Arrowsmith over the door of the house where he
had purchased this paper to guide them to a determination. If
'upon such testimony men could be convicted Of a criminal
offence, there was no security for the administration of justice:
The Solicitor-General proceeded to answer the comments of !qr.
Seariett, upon the libel itself, and terminated' a very able 'ad-
dress, by calling upon the Jury not to convict a man of a cri-
mind charge upon such imperfect testimony of guilt.
Toe CurEr Jusrict said; that as ifregarded the defendants
Arrowsmith and Shickell, there were two questions befoe the
.Jury; the first was, whether it had been proved to their satisfac-,
tion that these persons were the publishers of the newspaper'
containing the alleged libel ? and the second question for their
decision was, whether they thought that the matter contained in
that raper was libellous Ifthey were of opinion that the evi-
dence was not satisfactory enough to convince them that the de-
fendants were the publishers of this paper„ then they would
acquit them ; if not, then there was the other quttion, upon
which he was hound to give them his, opinion that the charges
contained therein were libellous. They would, however, ex-
ercise on this subject their own sound diseret;enotnd he ma.fe
no' doubt . but Ong_ their verdict would, be consistent with
lustice. • . -
The jiity'd&beratedtivithout leaving th 3 box, Ste abeut
a. quarter of an both., and returned with' a verdict of A t:-
QIIITTAL.

POLICE INT ELLIG ENCE.

0 UILDHALL.--CONST IT UTIONAL A SSOCIAtIO Y.••••••17,-;;S.
tardily another of Cathie's shopmen was brought, up before
the Sitting Magistrate, Alderman Bitten. ,He was !narked
hit he list of prisoners as " anonyinotis," and in the custody of
John Purton,. for a misdemeanour. Thiprisoner was a lad ape
parently of about 17 years of age.'
The.warrant for the apprehension of the •iVrisoner had been
gianted on the 27th of Dec. last, by Alderman Thompson, on
the information of John Parton,- who stated that he had -par-
chased.of the.priSoner a certain pamphlet called " An Address
to the Reformers of Great Britain,' by IL Carlilee and that
the said pamphlet containing many passages which were {bas-
phemous, and seditious libels of and concerning his Majesty's
Government and the religion of this countty, as by law esta-
blished, &e. &c. and on *hid' passages verdicts }rad been found,
declaring them to be Wasphemous and seditious libels, &c. •
Mr. NI URIIAY, the Secretary to the Constitutional AssoCia-
tion, conducted the proseentiOn.,
John PUrton,-the first witness, stated that lie was a yeoman,
and resided at No. 4, Cross-court,. Drury-lane. On • the 21st
of December last he went to the honk No. 55, in Fleet-street,
commonly known by the name of Carlile's shop, where he asked
for a pamphlet called " An Address to the R,efornier4 of Great
Britain," published.on the 24th of Jime last by R. Cathie.
The prisoner immediately took it from the shelf and. handed
it to the witness, who 'gave him sixpence for it, and then left
the shop.
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Examined.by the.Nlagistrate—The prisoner-was in the shop
selling any thing that was.wanted. . I am quite certain as to his
identity ; this is the pamphlet which I pnrchased of him ;- did
'not see what he did with the money; I returned afterwards'.to
the shop and asked the prisontr his name, but he refused to tell
it to me. - •
The evidence (as taken down by Mr. Payne) was then read
over by that Gentleman to the witness, in order that it inis,,•lit be
corrected by hiui, should there be any error, before he swore to
the truth of it.
The deposition having been read, was then signed by the
witness.
Alderman Buten—Now, prisoner, are you disposed to tell
your name or to cnnceal it ? can iform you, that if yon. do
conceal it, it will not, as you will find, in any. way avail you:
Prisoner-1 suppose. it will Make no diarence to me whether
I tell it or not ? •
Alderman It RC it --:then, what is it, and,Who are you?
.Prisoner—M v name is John Barclay, and lam by trade •a
printer.
Alderman Bincii--,--Who engaged you in the trade in -whiel.
you were found ? •
Prisoner-1 'Was out of place and out of work ; and one day I
was going up Fleet-street, when I saw a bill in the shop-window
stating-that a shopman was wanted. I went in and asked about
the place, when Mrs. Wright, who is the housekeeper, engaged
me inimediatcly, without a character; I was to have ten shillings
a week:for serving behind the connter.
Alderman 11 incit—Who shewed- yon what to sell,?
Prisoner had .to find the things out myself. There were
pamphlets lying on the counter, and when any thing was asked
for I looked about till I Ihund it, and in a few days learned where
all things were. I sold every thing that was,. sked for. I did
not know what was libellous or what was not.
Alderman 13titcH-1-Irho received the money ?
Prisoner—A man who used to come there every night; he
used to pay me --my wages. •On the first Saturday I was there
•he gave use five shillings for the half week; I did not knoW
any thing about the timings being libellous or Tot. . Tice nri,
soper further answered to the interrogations, that be re:!6vec no
Victuals frOm his eMployers, but only the ten .shillings per
week. Ile has been apprentice to a printer, who became bank-
rupt .before his service was .out, gave •up his indenture, and
times set him adrift to seen for himself. - •
.waii-dum committed-to find two bails in 201.
each, and sureties of 401. to answer the charge at the Sessions.
Giving no bail, he was sent to prison.
To L So Tll WARK.—SII 0 CKrING MrIiDEIL
Mr. Alderman J. J. Smith, the acting ll sgistrate at this -Jus-
tice Room, was engaged for a considerable time yesterday, -in
an examination with r view to the discovery of the murdc;ers
of a male infent, had been found by a waterman on .the
17th of December, upon one of the starlings on-the west side of
London-bridge.

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.The body of the child was wrapped up in a, piece of flannel,
and ineled, tog7ther • with a large stone, in a coarse. bag. A
Coroner's inquzSt bad been held upon it, and a verdict. of Alur-
kr brought in against sOrue person or persons unknown. Tile
Churchwardens. of St. ‘iary Magnus, in whin parish the body
was found, had offend a' reward 0.51. for the. discovery of the
Murderers, and the (>tii.ers or; both sides of.the River haw be...n
using every diligence to t.l,Letai;z some clue to the pepetrators.—
At Ltr•thAVelfare, an officer of this establisinwnt, got private
inf)rm:ttion that .a young woman foal stated, that she had seen
a child thrown into the /fiver.. 1/e succeeded in tracing this
young woman. out, .and brought her up yesterday before the
Alagistrat:-., when ie r deposition was taken, whicn was to the
followin, effect : •

• That her name was Elizabeth Canty, and that being ori Lon-
a°a bridge in her way home to the Borough, about eight o'clock
in the evening of the 12th December, she observed a man with
something wrapped up in his arms, which she soon knew from
its cries to, be an infant. • lie was standing over the first arch of
the.sontk east part of the bridge. He • holed about biro cau-
tiously on each side, to see if he was observed, and she distinctly
'saw. him-thrust the bundle with the infant through the 'balu-
strades of the bridge into the river. ~Suspeeting his intention,
and seeing a female with him, She addresse& herself to her, and
said " the maim is l'oing• to drown the child :" to which the
woman replied ." what is that to you ? or mind your own busi-
ness:'.' While ii,isconversation was passing, the man•acconi-
plislied his horrid PurpoSe, which was no sooner effected, than
he and the woman made •tifi'down Tooley-street.
• The description given of the parties by Elizabeth Canty is,
that the man wits about 5 feet tinches high, dark complexion,
and large dark whiskers, and,dressed in a light drab cost. The
female was a tall stout woman, and had on a dark gown, a slate
coloured whittle, and "a black willow bonnet, with red ribbacds.
From a review of all the, .circumstances, the Magistrate was
of opinion, that die body found by the waterinan waS:not that
of th:-: infant whiekhad been thrown into the river in the man-
ner described by the witness.

SUDDEN ISEATu.---Mr. Mim.s, of Parliament-
, street, Westminster, had on New Year's-day a
large party. of his own family and friends to
dinner, and spent the day with cheerful hilarity.
Yesterday morning, his servant, 'as customary at
breakfast time, taking up the newspaper, found
-his master had suddenly expired. Medical aid
was immediately procured,' one of w hinn was
iiiolitus, but too .late.:.The Doctors were
of opinion, that the cause of his death was an en-
largement of the heart.

SPAIN.

Msnnen,Dr.c. 17.—(Private Letter.)—she
crisis of the fate .of the Ministry has arrived, in
coniequetice of the Coites having approved, with
some rnodificatious, the Report of the Committee
appointed to consider the events of Cadiz and
Sei i!le. The Committee meets this evening for
the purpose of draWhig up an address to the
Throne, conformable to the Report. :The merle
hers of the • Committee are divided. Smile Wish
that the address should request the Governmenst
Ito propose to 'the- Cortes energetic measures for
Vr
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etentine- the return of the evil, While others are
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‘tlesirous that no suggestion of this kind should be
made. Be this as it may, as soon as the address
shall be presented to the Cortes, thsere will arise,
•
on this point, a discuSsion on Which the Mode..
rates flatter themselves, and I think with reasoc,
that they will have the advantage. On this' que.s_
lionthey will have the more weight, as the Mi-
nistry may now be regarded as overthrown, ased
the greater part of them have voted against it.
They are thus more at liberty to urge the neces-
sity of repressive measures.—lu the division on
the report-of the Committee every one voted acs
cording to his particular opinilon, and not with
his party.' It vvill not be so on the question of
the address ; for then all the Moderates will cons
Curs in supporting a propOsitidn for energetic
measures. These measures, lam persuaded, will
chiefly relate to the bringing to trial the authori-
ties of Seville-and Cadiz, to the abuse of the
liberty of the press, and the abuse of the right of
..petition.--But it is still possible that the
address may not be presented. This Will
happen, if the King should, in the mean time,
determine to dismiss three or four of his Ministers;
and this measure, it is reported, is in contempia-
tion. Should this course be adopted, two or
three Members of the Administration would con-
tinue in office. If, however, the Address be pre-
sented to the King, it is probable that all the-
Ministers will share the same fate. But these
considerations are of secondary interest, Th 4
I,oportant point is, that the King does not al=
tempt to separate himself from the Cortes, and
does, not endeavour to support his Ministers in
opposition to the wishes of the people. On this
point every one:appears satisfied, and there i§
no doubt that a part at least of the Ministry wilt
be dismissed. The business will be deck!,
farthest within two Joys, hut the best proof that
no apprehension prevails on this score is, tisat
we are in a state of perfect tranquillity. Not
the slightest symptom of agitation is observable.
You may judge front this what credit is due to
the alarming news circulated at Paris. The leta
ters from Andalusia are, highly satisfactory.
Those -from Seville state, that the decision of the
Cortes is waited for in that city, and that-it-will
be obeyed, whatever it May be. There has Oct
yet been sufficient time for returning art answer
to the dispatches which were forwarded with the
first declaration of the Cortes. The accounts
from Cordova announce the most perfect tran
qui lity, which completely contradicts all the
rumours circulated respecting that city.
SPANISH LOAN.-111ADRID, , Dec. 17.—The
eintorcha Espanota of the 15th has published the
Conditions 'of the new Loan, subscribed by MAL
Asdoie, Iluhbard, end Co., of Paris. 'I he fol-
lowing are the principal terms of the contratt :
" MM. Ardoin and Hubbard supply Spain with
140,000,000 reals, for which they receive in-
scriptions .of 5 per cent. rentes, at the rate of 10
piasters of • capital for one rente ; and as the
Spanish Government allows a commission of 5
per cent. it follows that Spain will receive for 5
piastres of rente only the sum of 47+ piasters.—
The Spanish Government engages to receive
from M. Ardoin and Hubbard,-1. The bonds
and premiums of the loan of Paris, at the rate of
S 5 piasters. 2. The bonds of the Dutch Loan

at 5,600 reals each, converted into rentes, at the
same rate as stated above. 3. Notes for• arrears
of interest on the Dutch Loan, at the rate of 41
mats per florin.—lf the contractors anticipate
their payments, they will besallowed a discount
of 5 per cent. For each sum of 200 reals paid
by the contractors, they will receive an inscrip-
tion of a piaster in specie. These inscriptions
shall be payable after the Ist of September,
1,821. Payments shall be made every six months
at-iViadrid, Paris, or London, at the choice of
the contractors. A sinking fund, destined -to
redeem the inscriptions, is to be established with

an annual sum of 30 millions. The business of
the oinking fund. will be managed at Madrid by
its agents, and at Paris and London through the
medium of the contractors.—These are the" prin
1 conditions of the contract, which is not-yet ra-
tified by the Cortes. The Minister of Finance,,
wt;en called upon in the course of the late debates

by diterent Deputies of the Cortes for explana-
tions, did not reply, but postponed making any
statement until next week, when perhaps he will
he out of of

The length of a man's life may be estimated by
the number of pulsations which he has strengtlz
to perform. Thus, , allowing 70 years for the
roinrniin age of milt', and 60 pulsesin a minute,
for tlieC6IllMOll measure of his poises in his whale
4e would amoont to 2407,5'20,000; but, if, by
intemperance, he • forces, his blood 'into a more
motion; so as to give 75 pulses in a minutt,„
the same ioribe'r Of 'pukes WOuld be completed
II .56 yfears, consequently his life would be re-
duced 14 years.,