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secution should be watched with the greatest jealousy.'
The person, at whose instance it was preferred, had
been found guilty of the offence of keeping a gaming-
house, and the Jury should consider whether the object
of this prosecution was not to deter attornies from con-
ducting indictments against persons keeping those pest/
of society, common gambling-houses.
Mr. Ji&SOP and Mr. CHITTY, for Bow•ley and Smith,
also addressed the Jury, and contended that the alleged
conspiracy had not been made out. With respect to the
evidence of Mr. Westmacott, it was urged as an ex-
traordinary fact, that he had not been examined as a
witness for Taylor, when the latter was tried and found
guilty.
The defendants called no witnesses.

The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE stated the law as it applied
to conspiracy. Two must conspire, in order to consti-
tute the offence. The Jury had to consider not only
whether Bosley and Smith had conspired against
Taylor, but whether Hollinbery had entered into the
conspiracy? His Lordship stated the evidence with a
point of law arising out ot the words of the indictment,
and left the Jury to say whether the facts warranted
the conclusion, that the defendants bad conspired for
the purpose,of extorting, by threats of proseCirtion, a
sum of money from Taylor ?
_

The Jury found all the deiendants Guilty.

ANNIVERSARY of the SUNS of the CLERGY.

Yesterday the Annual Festival of this excellent Cha-
ritable Insti ution was celebrated at St. Paul's Cathe-
dna, where these was a most brilliant assemblage cf,
rank and beauty.
At a little before twelve o'clock the Right Hon. t' e
Lr rd Mayor, accompanied by the Lady Nlayore.s
at d family, in their state carriage, the Sheriffs in
tl.eit state coaches, and several AtJermen, with their
Ladies, arrived at the COedral; and shortly after die
Canadian Chiefs, four in number, dressed in the must
peculiar manner, made their appearance, and were cal.-
ducted to a stall, where they to k their seats, and a'.
cted great notice.
The atic Procession was met by the Stewards, the Dean of the
Cathedrals and the Prebendaries of the Church. _ _

Among the company we noticed, the Archbishops of Canterbury
at d York, the Bishops of London, Worcester, Ely, Litchfield and
Coventry, Gloucester, Sodor and Man, Llantlati, Chester, Lin—
I can, Bangor, Salisbury, St. Asaph, St. David's, Ste. with several
Noblemen, Members of Parliament, &c. &c. The pews and gal.
I series presented a most splendid appearance.
The performance commeticeJ with the Grand Over.
tare of Weber, which was executed in the most in is-
terly style, and after the second Lesson for the day w. s
read, Handers Grand • Detlingen Je Ileum, and th '
Jubilale, with trii Grand Chorus from the Messiah
were performed with admirable eirzct. After the third
Collect an Anthem from Handel was sung, and after-
wards an Anthem from Dr. Boyce, composed on pur
pose for this charity, which was executed with consi-
derable taste. At the conclusion of the mitsic an elo-
quent discourse was delivered by the Rev. J. H. Monk,
D.D. Dean of Peterborough, and the whole concluded
with Handers Grand Coonation Anthem.
At the conclusion of the service, the friends and pa-
trons of the Insetutinn repaired to Merchint Taylors'
Hall to dinner, and about six o'clock upwards of
two hundred persons set down to a sumptuous enter-
tainment, the Right lion. the Llrd Mayor in the chaff-,
supported on the right by the Archbi,h-p of Canter-
bury, and cn the lets by the Archbishop of York. L' ri
Chief Justice Abbott, Sir Claudius Szt•plicn Hunter, A'.
dcrmaa Sir Char'es Flower, and oilier l ersons of dis
tinction attended.
In the course of the evening the Canadian Chiefs volunteered
some harmony, and chaunted some music in their own peculiar way,
which was very amusing, and met with great applause.
The Subscription was announced as follows
The Rehearsal of Music at St. Paul's £IC9 5 6
The Anniversary 217 3 1
At the Dinner 620 13 0

Immediately after the division on tl‘e Ca'holic Bill,
an Express was sent off to Dublin, ria Liverpool,
with the result, and another was sent off also by the
way of Holyhead. It was anticipated by the Catholics
themselves, that the Bill would be rejected in the House
of Lords, but not by so large a majority.
DARING ROBBEKY.—Yesterday morning, at an early
hour, while the set van were engaged in the upper part
Of the house of Sir It Bear KENNEDY, in Wimpole-
stte
t, some thief or thieves entered the k.tchen, by
pasting down into the area over the railing, an.' pro-
ceeding to the pantry, where the plate was lying for ti,e
purpose of being cleaned, they carried off an assortment
of silver ladles, spo-ns, f irks, &c. to a considerable
amount in value, and got clear away with then without
having been observed.
A very extensive coin rge has taken place for export
to the English Colonies, to supersede the dollars and
other circulating medium in all the English possessi.ms
This measure will facilitate the exchange of -all articles,
and greatly promote commerce.
A Court-Martial was held on Friday, on board the
GENOA, 74, in Ilamoaz-, on Mr. W. TURNER, late
Purser of the HARLEQUIN, when he was adjudged to
be dismissed his Maj sty's service.
Monday 1 ist, a brig was launched at Monmouth.
The interesting spectacle aurae ed great crowds, and,
as.is customary, about 200 went on board, to remain
on deck during the launch. Due precaution had been
taken against acci:lent ; but, unfortunately, as the ves-
sel approached the river,.the ground, which supported
the extremity of the ship on one side, gave way, and
she began to float—she lurthed nearly to her beam-
ends, and precipitated fourteen persons into the water,
which was of considerable depth. Many were in-
stantly rescued by the active and praiseworthy exer-
tions of th~e ; but three youths were I sat.
Bishop 'WREN calculated that he walked round the
earth while a prisoner in the Tower of London. Even
Swirl. counted the number of steps he took between
London and Chelsea; and a Reverend Divine wrote
one hundred and nineteen Sermons on thell9th-Psalen.
REMEDIES.—For the gout, toast and water; for bile,.
exercise; for cum, easy 6110eS; for rheumatism, new'
flannel and patience; for the tooth-ache, pluck it out ;
and for love, matrimony.
Nearly all the journeymen tailors throughout the
Metropolis struck on Monday last ; and many masters
have acquiesced in their demands, 44 that no work
should be sent out to be done by women."
The'bee-hives of Egypt are made of coal-dust and
clay, which being well blended together, they form of
the mixture a hollow cylinder, of a span diameter,
and as long as they please, from six
.to twelve feet;
this is dried in the sun, and it becomes so hard that
it may be handled at will.
The grand saloon in the town hall, where in 1811,
the City of Brussels gave a splendid fete to NAPOLEON
and the Empress MARIA LOUISA, is now fined up
for the fetes to be given on the marriage of FREDRAIC,
the second ion of the King of the NETMERLANIM