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From Captain Doak,-aurt the passengers in the ship
.Juno, arrived from ealtutta, we hare received (says the
c o- York Papers,) the followintinforination :
•' The Juno stopped at St. Helena on the 4th Novena-
her, was boarded by a Lieutenant of the dug ship, who
i.-.li.ired what was needed, and said that the water, of
ishich we requested a supply, should be seat off inutile-
diately
"We learned from the officers who boarded us, that
isothiug new of any interest bad taken place with regard
to Napoleon Bonaparte. He persists in keeping him-
self entirely secluded from every ripe, excepting those of
his oivn fayrily ; And notwithstanding be has liberty to
recreate to extipit of a number of miles in and about
Longwood, yet, ache must in such be accompanied by
an English rttaidet, (the,,. went sae for this purpose
is a Captain of the anny,lind as he would be exposed
to the gaze of the inhabitants to whom his appearance
would be as great a novelty u on the first day of his ar-
vival, he chooses to forego the pleasure, and the walls
of the garden and grounds immediately connected with
his house, bound leis promenades. tleneral Bertrand
and his Lady were still with him. No foreign officer
remains at present to bold surveillence but &French No-
Menian ; the Russian and Austrian Ministers having re-
turned Kome time since.
•• Bonaparte has not consented to see a single person
since Lord Amherst was admitted to an audience—and it
w.. 3 supposed that it was on account of the intimacy of
this Noblemaq with the British Ministry, that this favor
was granted him. The nature of the spoversation with
his Lordship had never transpired on the island.
" A lady of some rank had lately, in returning from
India, endeavoured to get introduced to him, and fur
tbis purpose a splendid ball wan &leen her by the Uo-
vernor, to which Napoleon was invited; hat be took no
notice of the invitation. Lord Somerset, in returning
from his command at the Cape, had also solicited an au-
dience, but Bonaparte refused to see him. It was ob-
"erred be had never kept himself so entirely secluded
for snclo a length of time ; that he was seldom the sub-
ject of conversation, and was hardly thought of by those
on the island, and the latest ucws they get from him is
frequently via England.
" His appearance is said to be the same as when he
first landed, except his having become more corpulent.
His lie,oltlo is very good. He is abundantly supplied
with every thing necessary and convenient. Ills new
mansion was nearly completed, and was described as
being very spacious and elegant. Sir Hudson Lowe
still commands on the island. The naval 7orce consisted
of the Vigo, 74, the Nag-ship of Admiral Lambert, who
had then commanded on the station about four months ;
the Menai ship of 26 guns, Captain Moresby; brigs
Levan., Captain Shannon ; Redwing, Hunn ; Sheer-
water, Roberts, and Heron. A large merchant ship was
there, and was employed in importing supplies for the
Wand and fleet. A 'brig, tender to the flag-ship, was
employed between the island and Cape of Clued Hope.
for supplies, &c. The Heron was to sail for England in
a day or two. A vessel, supposed from her signal to be
a gun-brig, was going in as the Juno came oat.
" The story reported some time since of a ship appa-
rently dismasted, having appeared off the island under
stospocious circumstances, load no foundation in truth.
A schooner had been signalized often from the heights
for upwards of a fortnight, and by her superior
she chided the station brigs which were frequently in
chase of her. It is most probable she was a Patriot pri-
vateer watching for Spanish lndiamen. There are about
2000 inhabitants iu the island at present. The number
of troops is about 2000, who occupy the several stations
all around and over the island. It was healthy at St.
Helena."

REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE.
HACKNEY-ROAD AND HOXTON.

On Thursday last, a General Court of the Governors
of this extensive and useful Institution was holden at
the Male Establishment, Edward Forster, Esq. the Trea-
surer, in the chair.
lt is well known to he the object of this benevolent So-
ciety, to provide a place of refuge for personsdischarged
trout prisons or the hulks; for criminal or deserted fe-
males, and for others, who, though willing to work, are
from a lo.s of character, often unable to procure an
honest maintenance. To many such unhappy persors
an asylum has been afforded, work has been found for
them, and on conducting themselves well, situations
imitable to their respective abilities have been provided.
The Committee lamented, that their funds oblige them
to limit the numbers to sixty of each sex, except in cases
recommended by the judicial or executive powers.
The females are occupied in washing and household
work; and the males in shoe and boot:inking, taylurs'
work, hasket-makiog, brnsli-mannfacturing, book-bind-
ing, and in preparing fire-wood for sale.
Sreenty-aine females were admitted within the year,
V Tri *nerdy fire discharged ; forly•two males were ad-
mitted, and forty:four discharged.
1n addition to these, the Committee had extended ma-
terial relief to thirty-eight persons, enabling them to
rise above the pressure of their necessities, and to pro-
cure an honest subsistence, by their own labour. They
have also opened a temporary refuge for each sex.—
That for males was established in the year 1518, opon
the premises of the refuge at Homo., at the sole expense
of the Society, for the improvement of prison discipline,
and has afforded shelter to many a penitent offender
against the laws of his country. Upon his discharge
from penal confinement, to whiim no other door of re-
fuge presented itself. Into this branch MO males have
bees adostitted since its formation, of whom 292 have
been provided for.
The female temporary refuge was established in the
same year by private subscriptions, and has since been
consider:ly enlarged by the more treats. Into
immesh 17 females have been admitted and 157 Jis-
charged.
The 'olunittee closed their report to a %try respects.
Lie. Court, by au enumeration of several liberal doss-
Louisal legacies. and by an appeal to a geeerseis pelt.
11a, who have long 414 succesfally Iseneured the lewitu-
trim wish. its assistaii‘e, not to beer their 'ippon wlebont
sn'endeasour to streugtben the arms of a huskily. open
trkseecour asap" who turd *furore, and who Mlle
ries to whom to apiely ; many- wile sae tepsostaut -of
crime. and who want only Cowell*/ opportunibAlo Wry
front ,the erilof their their •in -
sltenti.m, in with
of subsistence.
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COURT 01, BMA'S BENCH, SATURDAY.
.We gave again ezelattirely on, Saturday, after the
Italian of that day's 'proceedings in the case of Sir
Francis Burdett. Maas of the impressions of oar
loir 'paper baring, however, been worked off before our
reporter arrived, we now re-Mate the circumstances
the second stage of that important batistes in com-
plete detail. About one o'clock Mr. Justice Best took
his plat upon the bench, and Sir Francis Burdett. at-
tended by his brother, Mr. Jones Burdett, and by Mr.
Hobhonse, appearing at the same moment, after a
short special atgonient had been decided, the case of

THE RING r. ■OIIRYT,
was resumed. The ATTORNIIT-0114tRAL having pniy-
ed judgment,
Mr. Justice BrsT read his report of the trial.
Affidavits were then put in, on bekalf of the de-
fendant.
The first was an affidavit frees Mt. Bickerstetkw
The deponent swore.that be was not in Leicestershire
during any past of August, 1819: ■nd that be re-
ceived the letter, afterwards published, in a sealed
envelope.
The second affidavit, front Sir Francis Burdett himr
self, set out the paragraphs rearectiag the Manske,-
ter transaction which appeared in two newspapers If
the 18th Atrgns't, 1818; and stated that, upon those.
paragraphs, in what he conceived to be the discharge
of his public duty, the deponent had written the let-
ter now treated as a libel. •
- The affidavit of Arthur Seale, a printer in Totten-
ham-court-road, stated that, in the month of March,
1819, lie hail, at the desire of one-Fletcher, or Frank-
lin, printed fifty copies of the circular letter after-
wards sent to the jurors by whom Sir Francis Barden
was tried.

The ATToRNET-ElltlelllLlLL objected to the reading
of Seale's affidavit.

Mr. SC ',KLETT put h in, in order completely to ex-
onerate thr honourable defendant front having been,
by himself or by -his friends, the contriver of that
letter.

The Court thought it improbable that any one could
have suspected Sir Francis Burden of such an act.
The AT ri,RNEV-GENERAL.—Quite impossible.
Mr. SCA tuArr put in the affidavit, also, to shew that
pains hail been taken to influence the jury.
Mr. .111:tice BAYLIM—That would have been a
ground of motion for a new trial.
SC.tRLITT had not been in possession of the
facts contained in Scale's affidavit at the time when the
rule x;si for a new trial had been granted.
The LORD CHIMP Jurrace thought, that if Mr.
Scarlett could in any way connect the prosecutors
nith that attempt to influence, the matter wouhi still
be must important for the consideration of the Court.
Mr. Scvnt.cyr was not prepared to make out such
connexion.

The ATTORNIV•OtxttnAL said, be had himself filed
an information against Franklin for the art.
The affidavit was rejected.

l The fourth allidavit put in was that of Williams
bullock, a bookbinder, describing the transactions
which took place on the 16th of August, al Man-
chester.
The ATTonset-OrNzaat. submitted that the affi-
davit could not be received. Sir Francis Bartlett did
not ground his letter on the truth of the facts, but
upon the account which, in a newspaper, he had read
of them. To the defendant's affidavit, setting out
that account, he (the Attorney-Oeneral) had not ob-
jected.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL contended that tenth, eve•
supposing it to be proved, could not juctify libel. In
the case of " the King e. Peter Finnerty," ►which was
a libel charging Lord Castlereagh ►with acts of cruelty
and murder in Ireland, affidavits in mitigation of
punishment, stating the truth of the charges, had been
refused.

Mr. SCAaLETT insisted. although truth could not be
pleaded as a defence to a criminal information for libel
yet, in mitigation of punishment, it formed a must im-
portant feature. It made infinite difference in the
quantum of offence whether the part• merely stated
that which was notoriously true,or whether he publish-
ed a malicious falsehood.

Mr. DINMAN thought it was of the highest conse-
quence to the defendant to prove the truth of that
which he asserted; particularly as it had been made
matter of accusation against him upon his trial—
that without inquiring as to truth or falsehood, he had
at once proceeded upon the statement of a newspaper.
Mr. PHILLIPS and Mr. BLACKBURN followed uu the
same side.

Mr. J. Brass said that the case of the " King v.
Finnerty" did not apply. The affidavits in that ease
were fresh libels. Indeed, the whole of Lord Castle-
reagh's life was despised to upon affidavit.
Tue ATTORN KY-4i EN KRAL replied.
The Corer thought that it would be improper to
ceive either affidavits of truth in mitigation of punish-
ment, or affidavits of falsehood in aggravation. If the
present affidavits were received. affidavits must be re-
ceived in contradiction, Sech a controversy would
Ur almost endless ; and the Court would, in fact, the
trying upon affidavits the conduct a parties not before
it.
Mr. SCARLRTT had a volume of affidarlts similar in
eirect, for the most part,io'tinit which hail been reject.
•J. If the Court would put off the further considers-
t;,in of the ea., far a day or two, he would endeavour
compress his matter into a single affidavit.
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I Asaltasarbse.wf She Weather is the Strand may not
be sapsappsead to posessestenspeteat opportunities fur ob-
serving Is. lalleelllll hi the recesses of vegetation, we
are disposed se give from a country paper of last week,
the following Notices of the progress of this forward
ivring.---L“ In consognenee of the kindness of the elements
almost every species of farm-work is in a state of great
forwardness; and the gardener, profiting by the same
indelgeace, is now busily preparing against the time of
verdure and Sowtrs. In warm and sheltered situations,
the droophsg erow-lower, and in some instances the
bashful crocus, are beginning to peer above the naked
mould ; while in other places, we understand, the crows
are buy building their Nests, as if the Ist of March—
e day memorable among birds—had already arrived:—
All these things might be regarded as favourable
omens, were Dot the climate of this country pro-
verbial for its inconstancy, and did not experience
teach its that a mild and open winter is often
the forerunner of a cold and backward spring." This
statement, we must remark, is made not in that part of
the country most remarkable for mildness. It is not
from Devon, or the South of England ; it is from 'Dum-
fries, in the Sooth of Scotland ; and is brought forward
as an evidence that the mildness we hare noticed during
the season has been general throughout the island. On
Thursday last, at that place, the Thermometer was at 1
48., No remarka,ble phenomenon has been observed of
late in this kin dam, except a lunar rain-bow at
iialkirk, on the 19th ult. hut at rails, on the 21st
a very mush comet was discovered, emitting a feeble
light, and without any apparent nurlens, but lissino, a
small tail of about half a degree. It is not risible by
the asked eye. Its position was in the square of Pegania,
Pear the star Gamma ia that constellation.
Strand, Fa. 3.

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