Star.
London, England, 1824-07-21 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JULY 20.

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CA22 Off MIL OOLIRLAT.
Yesterday morning Mt. MAULS, the Solicitor to the'
Treasury, was in attendance, and had a long conference
with the Chairman respecting the above Gentlem.ir,
who was brought from the House of Correction to apply
for his discharge. On his entering the Court, he handed
a paper to the Chairman.
The CH !el.! AX, having read it, said (tddressing Mr.
Gourlay), this paper, like the one befoie ptdented, is of
no avail. The Court have no cognizance of what has
taken place. The Court can do nothing unless your
make :an application to. be discharged on the ground
that no person appears against you.
Mr. BOLLAND said, if such an application were made,
he was prepared to oppose it.
Mr. Gourlay.—ls there a presesutor here now?
CLIAIRMAN.--410 ; I have only the commitment.
In answer to a question froth Mr. Overlay, lir. liottatt tail;
he received his brief frosts Mr. Mauls, sad attended on the part uf
the Crown to see that the provisions of the Act respeetine insane
'Persons (39 and 40 Geo. 3. cap. 24, sec. 3), were complied with
sod which ordered that such persons should not be discharged until
tbey had put in good bail.
: Mr. Gouriay.—l am ready to take city trial now.
r The Citatastax.—lf no one appears you• ate entitled to voer
discharge on putting in good bail, but you are not entitled tu .c
as a twitter of course.
I. Mr. Gburlay.—l am of a different opinion, and do not see bow
you can require bail. I have staid the time but ;my honour is
cruelly at stake, and I am cnitious to have a public t dal and set the
matter at rest. Ido rot like being treated like a madman.
Ciiantstattos—You can go before a Judge on a Habeas Caput, sod
if he considers your detention illegal, he will discharge you directly.
Mr. Gourlay.—l should be establishing a wrung precedent if I
were to consent to give bail now.
Citainmax.--I cannot discharge you without.
Mr. Gourlay.—l have cruelly suffered, but will not stiffer tl:e
rights of the public to bat compromised by me. What amount uf
bail do you require? I ask only from curiosity.
' Cuatitatan.—l shall not require heavy bail; I will let you know
'like amount when your bail are in attendance.
. Mr. Gourlay.—l want a fair trial (in peat agitation). I differ
,with you all in opinion—l differ with you entirely; I will not
yield ; I am ready to go back to the place I came from.
CnAIRWAI.4.-4 cannot interfere; you must comply with the ts•rm
of the Act. Twill take your bail; that is all I can do. I shall be
satisfied with yourself in se2oo,and two sureties in LIM each. You.
can put in bail either to-day or.on the adjournment day.
Mr. Gourlay.—lf such an Act is enforced, no man can he safe.
Why_am I not tried? It is a most monstrous proceeding. At this
rate a Magistrate may keep a m.in in perpetual custody un the
ground of insanity.
CHAIRMAM—You may take till the adjournment day to con,ider
whether you will put in bail.
Mr. Gourlay.—l thank you, but it is not probable I sh-ll
any one to bail me. lam determined to weather it out. I Lai
ready to go back again. lie then bowed and left the Court in
custody of an oWcer.

CITY BUSINESS.—A Cm.n.n.--niirlt Aldermen was :lel,
yesterday at Guildhall ; when Aldermen BRoWN ant
KEY, Sheriffs Elect, executed the usual bond to talc,
upon them the said office in due course.—The Chun.
berlain reported the surplus of the Orphans Fund for
the quarter ending the 3th inst. and the Court, them•
upon, directed him to take the usual measures for the
discharge of 8,5001. of the debt.—Mr. J. B. MONTEFIon
was admitted one of the Twelve Jew Brokers.—Nle.srs.
CHAPS AN, JACKSON, HAY, BUTTS, SAN DERsoN, THOM
SON, LYON, and, FLOWER, were sworn Rulers of the
Company of Watermen and Lightermen.—The Cons
resolved, that the London prisoners, at the Old Bailey
Sessions, should in future be tried in the evening, ex.
cept in cases where the Judges ma; think proper to try
them.—Three children were admitted into the Schott
at Emanuel Hospital,Westminster.—The Court directed
the payment of several bills, Btc.
SINGULAR PHRKONENON.--FULDA, JOLT I.—A re•
inarkable event took place on the 2nd of last month, at the foot
the Vogil mountain. The villages of Greed, Zen, and °then,
were overflowed in the night by a vast quantity of water, to that
the inhabitants had no doubt that a water.spont had burst on the
mountain. It had, indeed, rained hard in the night, but not
so as to produce such a flood, which besides continued, though
gradually decreasing, for several days, without any further rain.
On farther investigation into the cause of this phenomenon, it wrs
discovered that on the llimmelsberg and the wooded environs se-
veral considerable springs had issued from the earth aid caused the
fkod. These springs have issued from places where there never
way any appearance of water before; and some of them 'tin conthr
to issue from the ground ha copious streams.
BATTLII WITH AN ALtroavott.—.-The Kingston (Ja
malca) Royal Gazette of May YR, Contains the' Moiling extraotdi.
nary narrative :—'4 Monsieur Francois, a French fisherman of this
city, on Friday senatight, watemployed in catching fish at Cow Bay:
being fatigued, In the e+ening he threw himself on the sand to rest
shortly after a slight shower of rain fell, which, With the wind
the same tit*, covered him with the drifting sand; in this state
got up, and went into a neighbouring pond of fresh water, and be-
ginning to wash himself, was seized on by an alligitoi, which lace-
rated him' dreadfully. blonsieur Francois grasped the animal
the bead, and succeeded in disentangling himself from its hold;
then seized him by the leg, which was much torn, but he effected
his escape tir the bank, where laying himself &len, he was followed
, by the alligator, which strain Seizing the leg, attempted to draw this
now suffering and bleeding man into the pool,. but he was relieved
from his perilous situation by permit who came to his manna.
He was brought to this city in his fishing canoe, and has been de-
clared out of danger; he is in a fair way of resundos his habiu •
industry in a abort time."