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.set•en year:,, obtained a JirOrce wivi poor, on th? . grinnad that he nne attaining the age spec iged ay tgc LaWs. Another case was that eiglaeen years cohabitation with iitted adultery ; but voided the .try causing her five din ;e,l, which she was enabled to do, x - as it stood, It was now com ,.:,ca satiated with the enjoyment Llivorce, although the moment ,ranccd, as stated by the great tct3 viro eencessit in nnum ventris coartubia lita intim ex se videre ereatans, :c , tle- J and Hughes, the-marriage c.irs after the death of the father The Honourable Member next manner in which banns of mar at allowed to be published; and luskiation of his observations, that married last year in the parish of ly lour belonged to that parish— of all wc:e publidied as if they proceeded to a division, when 'es, 97 ; Noes, Majority, t 4. ere then added to the Dill, on the . , Amendments was ordered to be read a third time on Monday next. :MENT OW TUR POOR. i Mr. STURGES BOURNE, the order ng into consideration the Settle '4ll having been read, the Bill was a third time this day sennight. 45 ON.PRANCE RILE. ;REAGH moved that the further :he Report Qn the Claims on France lmmitted to a Committee of the vening; but at the Suggestlooaod 7 GLAS, agreed that it should be put 'STICE GENERAL OF SCOTLAND. day having been read respecting tstice General of Scotland Bill, m House should reselse itself into le subject next Wednesday. ' s POOR RELIEF BILL. le day having been read for the 'self into a Committee on the Scots IY hoped for the indulgence of the stated the reason how any misunder \risen respecting the Bill which was before the House. After having tanation, the Honourable Gentleman if such a Bill passed into a law, a would be extended not only to the lower and middle Driers of society. 11 would be allowed to be commit- th the amendments. DVOCATE of SCOTLAND feared . be so advantageous as the Hon. to expect. When the Bill had suf ed by being filled np in the ►e Lord Advocate) should take that bate it. then committed, the Report ordered Wednesday se'anight, and the Bill med. SCOTS BURGOS. .DVOCATE moved that the second ots Burghs Accounts Bill be pow ay. -NT wished it to be postponed to istain day. There had not been time of the Bill to allow it to he sent to there properly coulidered. He sugges of postponing it for eight orten day mentiona ' .DYOCATB said he had withdrawn Ant kind which had been introduced the express purpose of allowing .the Isidered by the Convention of Scots the petitions from the Scots Burghs, neplained of wal the want of a pro .e mode of keeping the accounts of le great objeet.of many of those pe• so much tt, pus an end to the non- I the Magistrates, as to obtain Par- Irm—(ilea),Aear.) He was resolved discussion, and take the sense of the 11 on Thursday. MILThN said, he should not now iseussion of the Bill, though he cosi ly inadequate. But if the Learned his Bill of the ssme nature as that 'traduced last year, he could only say ".....dlyever a measure which had met er , al reprobation .OSE said he had a, particular appli, Magistrates ES Stirling to oppose this of that ilurgh were.ir so flourishing I cy wished to have time to present a Ruse, stating the remedy which from had lOund- so elatual--:.namely, that interested in the funds a do:Aro:11 ov,pr ❑t. I! , !, felt it his duty to move as an rat tar Bill be read a second time this solely for the purpose of giving the due time to consider how the pro v,uald affect them. sc:onded the Amendment. He was t 7 . ,: Learned Lord rc-assert that the petitioning Burgesses was Paz- Ile had himself presented a P:nrgh of St. Andrew's di.:yelaiming bclieved all thitoihers equally said that the measures of his '.2l:lrficat had beta so contradictory as. I , ::plicable. tie-present Bill s'acpW ,A3l, and he therefore concurred in the. ;V)VOCITE said he bad no wish tot tir:lgh the House without allowing. 6::.cuAull and consideration. He. that the people of Scotland• c.•portunity of being enlightened by i)l4ce tiuriag the debate on the and that time should be. allowed tc. .:ta;ea:.4 belytc the further stages Of.* to. • Sir J ! .:1 1 11ES M AC!i INVOS TT 111mi/hi. tlae Lenrnes Lord had %fret:ally agreed to the AmesWment. •Jut the notion of the Learned Lord seernia•to be,. that the Members of the House shourd at the debate on the second reading give a set of lectures on the con stitution of the Scotch Burghs, to enlighten the Bur gesses, and in'return receive a series of excellent clis sermtious in the form of petitions, For his own part, he ?unit confess his utter inability to instruct the Burgesses of Stifling, or any, other Burgh, on a sub ject on which they themselves must have so much more practical kno - wledge. Lord CASTLEREAGH thought that without in convenience to either party, from the feeling which they expressed on both sides of the House, the second reading should be postponed till Thursday se'nnight. *Mr. FORBES thought the burgesses of any Eng lish burgh might, with the s.une reason, come to Parliament for a total reform of their Constitution, , _ as Scots burghs; from Which petitions for this purpose had been presented. Mr. FINLAY remarked that this Bill was not the same as that which had been introduced last year.— The last Bill related to the audit of the burgh ac counts ; but as he had never heard any complaint of the audit, he conceived that Bill to. be unnecessary. The present Bill, however, was much more impor tant, aud though his opinion upon it was by no means matured, he thought se was likely to he beneficial. The LOAD ADVOCATE explained. He could only tell the Honourable Member who spoke last, that the .provisious of the present Bill relative to the audit of burgh accounts, were copied verbatim from the Bill of last year. He agreed to postpone to this day fortnight. `The Bill was then ordered to be read a second time this 'day fortnight. 1 1 0 . ‘ her bet. )lart at t;ho, after I " A oritni r , • of the ba‘tardize ii• • to the fat a man, . 1v ;1;: , tr) • firi!...lo:l Co.Y•11r1 r:rv. tconpuc P riV4t4' C.::1;;:a Set:, rri•l: CAW 110: 1)::C ef the are at F resco 0 , illu .:hies ex banns 1 „ it. e then • . app:aved—Ay c!ceial iwlof Dr. De Bill with the .., sect and to be SETTLE? Ou the motion of the day for Lakin cf the Poor , e.ltobereada Lori ' 1 • of the be recut ilot:sa this et of ?Jr. F. i)oui to morrow. LOAD CHIEF Jus Le order of the Lord Chief Jus ;areed that the Catictittee on the SCOTS The order of tie t,, to resolve its 'Relief Bill, Mr. KENNEDY e while he stai ding had arise 7 about to be 'yea that explana atended, that if ;zit of liberality 11 but to the lo bo:td the Bill land printed wit The LORD AD Bill would not banber seemed to iently developed ‘-tr.tnittee, he (the portunity to deb Toe Bill was thi s be teceiveel on ' - -1.701 to be prin The LORD AE ~. g of the See praed till Thursli] Mr. J. P. GRA: some !nett distant since the printing Scotland, and then ttl the propriety it.t beyond the d The LORD AI the Lill of the sat lastyrar, for the :abject to be cons florets. In all tl the g.,..!..tt evil core per check on the &e Burghs. The 0t..0:a was not s CCOUr Ability Of • itary to brim; on the d I broSe63 the Bil Lord A. HA inter into the lined it wholl; Iced thought the which he liad int 6tt thew. m.;re anon fr..an funds ;state, that the itsition to the fl !I p pezienc e they 1 14: .l a rat i al l tat, th:. :%%e4121 i ..; :tar • , ..• ••• to . UC H S: •'.l) 1 . • t'„. • • 'Le • „t i t d , •••••••.,....11 ts .• FRIENDLY SOCITTIEL Mr. T. COURTNAY moved the second reading of the Fondly Societies' Bill. Mr. F. LEWIS objected to the Bill, inasmuch . as it was a totally new mode of distributing the money collected for the Poor, through Benefit Societies, in stead of by- the officers of parishes, as formerly. Sir R. WILSON said, that the last clause of this Bill rendered the whole abortive: because it denied parochial relief to all who would not become Mem bets of Benefit Societies. Mr. COURTNAY said, the Bill might be amended in the'Commiteee. _ _ _ The Bill *as then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday se'nnight. AMERICAN TRADE. •Mr. ROBINSON snoved that the House should re solve itself into a Committee, to consider of the Con vention with the United States of America. This having been agreed to, he said, that by the Treaty, a considerable portion of the fishery carried on by Ame ricans on our coast of North America, had been given up by the United States ; but there was still no law to condemn American vessels, fishing, fur instance, in the harbour of Halifax. It was therefore neces sary, that som.: law should be enacted, for the punish ment of Americans violating the Treaty; and there fore he should move, that the Goyernors of our Pro vinces, and . the Commanders, should be empowered, by Orders in Council, to take American vessels vio lating the Treaty. He then moved for leave to bring in a BM, to prevent subjects of the United States from fishing.on the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. Sir J. NEWPORT said, this was a subject of most momentous importance,_ and he begged the House would attend to it in a future stage. Leave was then given to bring in ;the Bill. General GASCOYNE wished to know when the Bill would be brought in, to give tithe for those in terested to inquire into it, Mr. ROBINSON said, he meant to bring in the Bill to-morrow, but time would be given between the first and second reading. BARNSTAPLE ELECTION. Lord CLIVE brought up the Bill for preventing . Bribery at Elections in the Borough - of Barnstaple r read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time this day fortnight ; that the Bill should Ile printed, and a copy forwarded to the Mayor of Barn. staple, with directions that he should order the same to be al4ed to the doors of the Town Hall; and, further, that notice should be served on the parties concerned. It was also further ordered, that the Spialcer should postpone issuing his writ for the Elec tion of a Member until this day fortnight. • MISCELLANIES. The Report of the Life Annuities Bill was brought up, and the Bill was ordered to be rear: a third time to-morrow. Mr. MARTIN, of Galway, in compliance with the request of Mr. V. Bsa.sx, postponed his Motion as to the conduct of an Irish Judge, until Thursday. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for a statement of the man ner in which the several Offices in the Departments of Excise In F.ngland, 'Mind, and Scotland, were filled, and through what channel Appoiruments to those Offices were recommended. After few words from Lord CASTLERLACH, the Mutionwas agreed to. General HART moved for certain Returns connected with the Excise in Ireland, and the application of fines levied for il licit distillation.—Ordered. General HA Wl' gave notice, that on the 29th instant (Thurs day) he would MG*: e. for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal all those pacts of the 49th of the King, which aotborized the laqing fine, oa town lands for illicit distillation. Lord PA LMERSTON gave notice that he would bring for ward the Army Estimates on Monday next. .Mr. MANSFIELD presented 'a Petition from I 4 eicester agaicst the Poor Settlemect :sir. GRANT presented various Papers connected with the subject of illicit distillation in Ireland. The House adjourned at Et.kvzu o'CLocr. TOMICINiIS PICTURE LoTTgRY.—The Prizes in Temkin'', Picture Lottery, valued at £1.52,925, are now on View, at No. 54, New Bond-street,• where Tickers. price T..d. 3s. each, are on Sale ; also by P. W. and F. P. Tomkins, No. 53, New Bond-street ; Longman and Co, Paternoster-row ; Cadell and Da vies, Strand; Hurst, I.tobinson, and Co. No. 90, Cheapside ; J. W. Whitely, No, 103, Newgate. street ; P. Colnagbi and CO. Cockspur-street ; and at all the Lottery-Offices. AOADI !-.CAinto! , L has sold a larger amount of Capital Prizes than any other Office-Keeper ; and the Public will renteml;er that this is no unusual oc-. currence id his (Mims. The Fon . r.Grand Prizes of. £20,000 contained hi the Scheme of the present Lot-, tery, which will commence drawing on the 11th flay, arc, as usual, now on sale at 19, Cornhills . and to Oxford-strcet. The Ticket, No. 706, a Prize di , 20,(X)0 Guineas, sold in the Last Lottery by CAR , ROLL, was the kierest.Pri::e which the Lottery sore t.tiiio; and No. 9,...t‘26.; a £'2,000, and many others of , £506, .4:200, 4.c. were Also sold by CAiILOI4.• LAW IN7'ELLIGENCB, COURT OE' RING'S BENCH, APRIL 28. , LEWIS V.OLEMICET. This, it will be recollected, was an action brotizlit by Mr. Lewis, an attorney of Canterbury, against Mr. Clement, the Proprietor of The 06sCrver Newspaper, for an alleged libel published in that Paper, against j the plaintiff, imputing to him certain infamous and fraudulent Conduct towards a poor man, who was discharged under the Insolvent Debtors' Oct, and upon whose evidence the supposed libel was fourided. The defendant had pleaded a complete justification , of the alleged libellous matter, and at the Summer , Assizes for the County of Kent,. ISIS, the Jury, ail ter a full investigation of the cae, found a general verdict for the defendant, but a verdict was entered for the plaintiff, upon some of the pleas, without da-- mages. In Michaelmas Term last, Mr. MaxtuvATT obtained a rule nisi for entering a verdict for the 'plaintiff upon those counts upon which the Jnry had found fur the defendant. The queition, hi substance and effect, which the Court were called upon to de; cide was, whether it was libellous for the Editor of a , Newspaper to publish the report of the proceed ings of a Court of Justice, which tended to e. , ...p05e the misconduct of person implicated in such pro. ceedings ? a question of vital' importance, as it re spects the welfare of the Public. Mr. ADOLPHUS and Mr. PLATT were heard against therule, and both of them displayed great learning, ability, and er pence, in advocating the intere,ts of the ptiblic in this important question. Mr. MARRYATT and Mr. CHITTY were heard on the other side. - As the Court postponed its judgment on the ques tion, we forbear enteringat present into the detail of the arguments. Judgment will be given early in the, ensuing Term, when the whole case May with more propriety be laid before our 'leaders. •• COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DUBLIN, APRIL 21. SEDUCTION. • BIRCH D. MEREDITH. This cafe, which excited a very lively interest, came on to be tried, this day, before Lord Nosteunv, and a most respectable Special Jury ;—Alderman - Wesr Foreman, Mr: BURROWER, in a most pathetic address, laid the plaintiff's case before the Jury, and Mr. GRADY replied on behalf of the defendant: There was but one witness called, Sarah Birch, daughter to•the plaintiff, and the object of the action, a very pretty interesting English girl, of 19 years of age, and apparently extremely fascinating in her manner and address. She un'ierwcnt along and mi- I nge itvestigation, of which the following is a sketch of the ;ezlcling facts of the case : The pl a intli was the proprietor of an hotel in the small town of Broads,.zirs, Ramsgate, within halfa mile of which his daughter Sarah resided, at the house of her aunt, a respectable 134 ; she had two sisters older than herself, one of whoa: had been married to a gentleman of forterie, the other ti; a Cap tain in the Navy. In the month of August, 11.;25, the, defendant, a young Irish gentleman under age; who had lately becznue, by the death of his father, the owner of an estate of 4 or f.:SO(X) a-year, arrived at the plaintiff's hotel in a harouche and four, and having seen the plaintiff's daughter, then but 1.5 years old, at her father's, where she sometimes went of messages fiom her aunt, and been struck with h"r personal attraction, he soon eXectecl an acquaintance with her. After a few interviews, he contrived one evening to induce her to take a drive in his barouche, but she finding he was taking advantage of her ex treme youth and inexperience, when he had driven her about the distance of two miles, got Alarmed, and asked him where he was taking her ti, He gave Ismail evasive answer; renewed prornisesolniarriage, he had made to her before, wad continued driving on until they arrived, at eleven o'clock at night, thirty miles from Broadstairs, where they alighted ; and, after supping, they retired to their respective rooms. While the young lady, however, was in the act of locking her door, the defendent made his way in, and in despite of her remonstrances, completed the ruin. After taking her to different places in England,.they went to London, and stopped at Batt's hotel, Dover street, where they were pursued by her brother, who, however, did not succeed either in rescuing his sister from her seducer, or obtaining satisfaction for the injury he had done her family. The defendant made his rptege disguise herself in the dress of a house-4 maid, and contrived to avoid being taken up by the police officers, who were brought for that purpose by her brother. He then came over to Ireland, and after stopping at one or two places for a short time, he took a house for her at Ranelagh, where she was confined in July, 1816, of a boy, who was called after his father, Joshua Paul Meredyth. Hitherto, and for some time longer, the 'defendant treated her with kindness , although f a very jealous disposition, so that for sixteen months that she was in that house she was never permitted to cross the threshold. In August, 1817, be drew a kind of'will, in the shape of a letter, miserably ill written and spelt, in which he mentioned her with great affectian, and settled all his disposable proßerty on her and his child, whom he confided to her guardianship. However, his affection at length abated, and his conduct towards her ch:tng ed ; and she stated that he even beat her cruelly.--' He sent a friend of his to tell her, sit last,.that must pert with her, as he was going to get married, and had therefOre taken lodgings in town for her, her child, and a couple of set rants, and would settle an annuity of 4'MP - upon her, •and give her a sum of money in hand. His promise,however,he did not think fit to perform, and she removed to her new abode with no more than five shillings in her pocket. Here she remallued for several'erontlis, without his coming near her, or givjng her any, money for, her support ; except on one occasion that she went to 'him at an hotel in Capek-street, when he gave her a pound note, and on another, after an interval of some week., when he gave her two pounds. She was consequently corn-, pelted to pawn her watch, seals, pelisse, and several' other articles, even to her child's flocks, to enable' her to procure the scanty means of sustaining —The witness, in stating this, pulled the duplicates out of her put se,, at which the Learned Counsel who was exaniining her (Mr. (irOOLD) was so much etre( ted as to be unable to refrain from shedding tears; is for the wretchnd girl she, at different periods' ~~. ~'~> ti ''• • • ••••• . . . 1 "At bitterly, and, indeed, every •.. .4.4 ° 4 . ° 7 . 1 2 of her exzettnvon, ..,,, Indy. in Court appeared deepiro. " -(re P ial.e the fa t a l indiscreticn that had reduced this lovely : oung crea ture to 'such premature misery. In charging .the Juri, the Noble Jtkdge,After de. precazing the con , iuet of gi the 4001ler wh4 eould first r o !i the ro , e of all its sweets, and. then fling' ii, like . a loa:hsome weed, away;" a+ed, what must be - the feelin7s of the parents at losing such a child; whose education, it was plain from her deportment on the table, was far front being neglected,vven at the ten der age at which she had fallen? His Lordship was 30 oi.;Tpowered by his. feelings, that he was obliged to stop and weep for several minutes before he could proceed. tie concluded by cautioning the Jury against suffering themselves to be led away by their feelings as he had been by his; at the same time us mark their sense of the defendant's conduct, by awarding such damages as v;aatild chew that crimes of this nature were not to pass, unpunished. Verdict—Two Thou sand Paunds damages—Sixpence costs. if .4.0 04 " P4 *MU . Ofd) RAH YY. APRIL 21 BA,NK-NoTr. Fortogross.--Joseph Drana, one of the prisolers who pleaded N9t Guilty, on niday, ap plied to the Culla ; praying that he might be alioWed to retract his plea. Mr. Justice. PAnaft said, the Bank having agreed, the prisoner's request must he acceded to. He wa: therefore found guilty of the: minor offence, which subjects him to transportation. John ;tiro-ply, who aljo pleaded, on Friday, vot guilty to the In;ijor offence, was ako brought op to the bar. Mr. Baron WOOD asked whether it was the pri,:o ner's with to withdraw his plea of guilty r and. to pii:ad not . guilty to the minor offence? • The prisoner handed in a paper written in ;formal manner, and begging of the Court to , allow him to retract his plea. Mr. 'bran Mr , ion —ls ibis ;our hand-mating oner.—No, my Lord. I)arun Woun.—ls it your dictation? __over.—lt was liar tied to me this amming. Mr. Baron Woon.-130 do you %ide:stand what is coritii.ed in It? Do you wish to plead guilty to having the notes in your possession knoWing them to be forged ? The prisoner.—l did not know them to be forged. Mr. Justice PA 10ZE.-111.11, that will not do; you must plead not guilty to the whole charge. If you did nut kuuw the notes to be forged, you kre innocent of the charge. The prisoner repeated that he did nut know the notes to be forged. Mr. Justice Partar.—Then you must take your trial. I due not take any other course. The prisoner was then removed from the bar, and remains for trial. tilr. Pris • 'nom= f t Pot was then arraigned on a charge si milar to that exhibited against,him . on Saturday, namely, with having taken out of a letter, on the 20th of September, ore CIO Bank 7 nOte, the ptiperty of Mr. Tassie, of Leicester-square, sent to the Ge neral Post-Office, addressed so the Itev..l. Vernon, at Little Stoneham, in Suffolk, and which never -reached its destination. The note in question was found in the prisoner's • Jodgings, Norfolk-street, Strand. Mr. 'lassie said he resided in Leicester.: ~e gtow ei. and was a jeweller and engraver. On the , 240 f September last, he had 'occasion to forward I £lo tii - Lhe Bev. Mr. Vernon, of Stoneham. He ea the note at tke baniting-house of Messrs. Wright, in Covent-garden.. Tht nomber was 3.08, and.witeess wrote upon it. be after wat wrote a letter, and in it enclosed the note, sealed it, acid sent it to a re ceiving-liciuie by his servant, to go by the General . Post bags. • . Several other witnesses were then exAmined, prove the delivery of the letter, and the Payment of double postage for it. • Hugh Parkii.-., Esq. Solicitor to the Post-Office, repeated the evidence ix had before given, as to what occurred at the prisoner's lodging. Harry Adkins also confirmed Lis . evidence of 'Se e: - turd:ly, but said that the confession cf-the prisoner Was eaered in so very faint a tone that he beard it but iiLdistinctly ; he did not hear the words " it's of no use," but he was sure he did a I have done wrung —I am guilty,',' or words to that effect. Mr. c UltNEli then proposed to grove the notes by which the prisoner was paid his salary in October, 1818, and January, 1819, and called Mr. Bowden, who gave the prisoner cheques on the Bank for the payment of his salary or those quarters ; and other Clerks .of the Bank proved that the note Nj. 3.548, for £lO, was not paid to the prisoner in the two quarters' talary paid to hint on the 19th of October, 1815, and the 11th of January, 1819. Adkins was called upon to produce the articles of plate found in the prisoner's apartments. They were produced, and Mr. Flaw. (who gave the prisoner a good character) was enabled to identify Only a few of -them. He had not sten great many of the •ar 7 tides of plate produced when he dined with Lim. Mr. Silvester, a silversmith, of Bond•street, was called' to prove the value of the plate found, and now • produced. He considered it, if•new, not worth more than f r om 75 guineas to £BO.. and if se cond-hand, it would be worth £2O less.. He also gave the prisoner a good character. Many other re spectable witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent character. hlr. Justice Paiute summed up the evidence, making, as he recapitulated it, such observations as °centred to him aeon the case. The Jury consulted for : 5 f ew minutes, and then pronounced the prisoner Guilt y- , -Deallt. Upon the instant almost the verdict was pronoun ced, Mr. TURNER, the Under Sheriff, applied ,to the Judge on the part of the Sheriffs t for the property pri.,ducedin.Court, :gad found in the possession (A the prisoner. . Mr. Justice PAMICE,- , " I shall not'make any order aboia ingreat haste, collected the plate. Sluce, • one of the officers tit the -Sheriff, also seized it ? .tinti tried to get it from Adkins. Adkins .(in great agitation)—.",illy., Lord, am I not to take the plate? " • . . . Mr. Justice - pARICIL-‘,` Tate iVonti . 'of Court, I :till give no order about it. _ :.• , A scram!' anti the Si seemed rat having stow , • Court across ris'.and ha ILO) a Add I bctiveekthe Police Officer Ufficers4 Sheiiffs., however, ether unOtertniced, 4nd . 4.iicins. finally iwed it into . a bag, nude his:wily out of >ss the Counsel's Uttalq, pursued bi the is ctkizera, but Nuking want too quick for ..5......4ce.ed in detaining :hp property. • • - -