Star. — London, England, 1828-12-24 00:00:00

'IC CI ibber, )e flan te ; • ]en Mr.l county ling Cal rriting, 4 WHOP. print SW dng. ho► Aube. era the event Member. bee which and that the casts quire and nest likely the per' lumber of c CborO" ardem sr wardens g rag of the 6 b , ad to ELECTION OP COMMON COUNtILMEN. • BREA D—STR 31r. Deputy Madge 18 Crimea I s Bridge 18 Iluilein II Berra Is De Grave 18 lou 18 n.., BR wret7 Joyner Gre, !Ache Cartwright N. Saunders Arun *Width Knott Chatfield BROAD alf•uePoty Crokatt Jupp Wahrfierd Patterson Pigeo n Deshttne ,KET WARD. I Mr. Cnpo ILONA 1, that u afar rr Iltaalp•"' eallr ifi g I it h a " Ifa bri er ge ch giott Ni t it OM, 04 imam if left ga tad 312 110 304 304 103 101 ir waru t beatltifu l behefe°' there het Lf prig" soother re perfe ct inectie-• aganlel. Mr. Wo3* Hr. J. Waller, DepuCtAyNDLE Wi 48 John Pl att 48 I John Saunders 48 Jeremiah Evans 4$ William White 48 P itr. Laud 13souhts CHE A 61 A. Penning 57 Chrks Ilieadun 57 , &Jones SO 111. Stevens SS G. Ledger • 64 I 14 LCuthberi WARD OF FARRMGDON WITHOUT. Yesterday morning the Wardmote again assembled, in order to choose their new Candidates. or elect their old ones. M 11 o'clock Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN was pre sent, as wete also the several aspirants, with the neer tion of a few ssho considered themselves safe. At three o'clock, the Alderman declared that the poll was closed for that day, and the doors of the vestry room wer e ordered to be closed ; and after the poll and check clerks had compared notes, he pronounced as follows, " r ough the medium of Mr. Reeves, the Vestry Clerk of Sr. Andrew's: air w. C. Bousfield 208 I Mr. Samuel Roberts 177 Charles A. Savage 200 J. Macke:, Deputy 182 Richard Taylor 190 J. T. Bedford 167 Edward Tickner 187 Robert Obbsrd 161 H. Butterworth 185 Vincent Finkle 162 James Ramsbaw 185 Alexander d Uoway 161 James Harmer 154 Underwood Prke 149 G. F. Hums 184. tHenry Hot $0 After this annunciation; the worthy Alderman wished to know whether any candidate desired to address the Sleeting ? After a little silence, Mr. FEARoN stated that Mr. Hunt whited to say a f e w words—(Applause). Mr. HUNT came forward, and as soon as the .clamour had subsided, addressed himself to the Alderman and Gentlemen of the Wardmote. He said, that after the awful denunciations which be had heard in a sacred edifice yesterday, mixed, as they were, with evident tokens of disapprobation, it was necessary far him to nuke a remark; and he did so because no females were present; and if that had been the case yesterday, he would have done so. It was his misfortune in the , beigh.day of youth to marry by the old-fashioned term—he meant that he had scarcely arrived at the age of twenty•one; but this was twenty-six years ago, and what that had to do with the present ba.iuess he could not divine; nor could it ever, but for the prying, meddling, troubling little man. who was one ci his adversaries; but as he had expressed yester day, the lady, and her guardians, and trustees, 64441 well satisfied with the arrangement then made, why J should any little meddler meddle in a-concern which I concerned not him ? He therefore thought, and he would appeal to the wor.by Alderman, whetlier eludes as well as hypocrisy were not arrayed against him? fit he must say, that cowardice only would induce any one to impugn the wife from whom he was separated...be never bad done so, and he pledged hi m self he never would—(Applause; So much then for separ-tion. If, on the one hand, fate had im pelled, and misfortune guided on -the other, he could not help it; but why, at a meeting like that of yes. terday, should anybody have come forward with such a weapon : but who among them (alluding, as we . understood, to his wife) would protect the head wreath to save the crown? On an occasion like this, matters like those should be left in the back groond--he thought so, not because he himself was implicated, became be was at all times able to defend himself—but it' wai dastardly and cowardly to hold up females to public obloquy in a public assembly. His conduct had been faulty and immoral—he never concealed, although he ever did and'should lament the fact and the cause (and he said this without imputation to any one), but it was sot for those who' stead near him to judge of his. or the conduct -ot the females whose names bad been brought into question. While the Worthy Gentleman was thus aadressing the Wardmote, thump, thump, thump, was heard at the .door, and although the vestry (whicb is yet y spacious) was tolerably well filled, a 90e1H00'1110te as to whether the door should be opened or not ? ss No, no," was echoed; 6 4 a Gentleman has already been'cOuveyedc.ut of the roam, who had important duties to perks/m. on account of the heat, and why should the doom be opened ? Ibe room was already full" (said some). '- A desultory conversation here took place between the worthy Alderman who presided and several of his con-' stituents, in the presence of Mr. Spottiswode; Mr. Al derman Venables. and others, who had made their arpearance to witness the result of this day's proceed ings ; after *hies Mr. Alderman WAITHUAW rose and said, that there was nothing connected with the wardmote over which he presided to. r quire closed doors, and therefore he wished them to be opened. The mandate was no sooner given than obeyed, and after mush aging and striv ing the anxious throng rushed in, belt its they obtained the eetri, the cit zees, who were &atilt of their lives, leaped over all boundaries, e'en the atermanic chair, in order to pmerve themselves from expected pies sore. Mr. Husit . , intimated that he had complained of closed doors ; nor by any allusion be had made did he wish io impugn the worthy Alderman—.(Applatise). Att-r some observations by Mr. AARON. the ward mote was adjourned until eleven to-morrow. BASSISHAW WARD. )Ir. H. Hughes 18 I f Mr. S. Shirley J. Frisby 18 W. Lister J. F. &mailman Is tN. Richardson BISHOPSGATE WARP. Mr. Solomon Bennett 72 JJr. Was. Day T. Greenaway, Dep. 71 Kr Win. Rawlins, Dep. Wm. Stevens 68 Mr. John Dewier ie. Pearson 57 I John Srinevant W. A. Peacock 67 Thos. Wiades W. Weston 66 I John Midden Mrs Kenyon 65 Benj. a. Wiodus Nadu auk 65 ELECTION OP CO WARD OF FART Yesterday morning th in order to choose their ti old ones. At 11 o'clock Mr. Ali se nt, as wets also the ses tion of a few ssho consi At three o'clock, the A was closed for that day, a we re ordered to be close , clerks had compared no virough the medium of of Sr. Andrew's: )lr. W. C. Bousfield Charles A. Savage 9 Richard Taylor Edward Tickner H. Butterworth James Rarnshaw James Harmer 3 G. F. Hums After this annunciatio • to know whether any c, Meeting ? After a litth Mr. FCARON stated tl f e w words—(Applause) , Mr. HUNT came forty • had subsided, addressed Gentlemen of the Ward awful denunciations whi it, edifice yesterday, mixet tokens of disapprobatic th Duke a remark; and hi ha pibent ; and if that ha rod would have done so. beighday of youth to th term—he meant that I bet age of twenty.one; b ago, and what that bu,iuess he could not d ▪ the prying, meddling, one ti his adversaries; tr day, the lady, and her well satisfied with the rtr should any little medt. K co ncerned not him ? would appeal to th slander as well as hyr him? fir he must st induce any one to inn las was separated-te net himself he never won ;stir for separ.tion. If, co chi Felled, and Inisfoetunt not help it; but why, terday, should anyb her such a weapon : but w :Tan ., understood, to his wife tith to save the ctown? C rg • like those should be lef e w so, not because he hin was at all times ebb dastardly and cowats obloquy in a public al faulty and immoral-. . ever did and'abould I. 'sibs he said this without it y an sot for those who steal re wa the cooducr -ot the ad brought into small:it While the worthy tar the Wardmote, thurm en; ,door, and although t, tWei was tolerably well flu iitioll the doer should be i echoed; .4a Gentian glum. ot the roam, who has poug. account of the beat ar opened ?1 be loom I mood A desultory convet Me , c worthy Alderman trl rmio stituents, in 'the pres is can derman Venables. a whos appearance to witnes. ided 1. lags; after *bier uibber Mr. Alderman W 1 °lanced was nothing connect se here he presided to. r quit te; and wished them to be ni Frith = B.Oll , t4llO •• t • ' - - WARD. : Mr. B. 8.i.4 ?mum Jones ' Stnaßrien f Thornhill Ponder tStone ff3otubekl Hutton &RT WARD. Mr. Cowasi Peppercorns tStewart t Walks Coney . XO Is SS 16 14 11 [CK WARD. Mr. Jrhn Dowan Thomas Rood f Samos) Wadley J. Rylood Abode WARD. Mr. Edon. Skettletrarti J. Burrs R. P. ()anthill, tI. Grant t. 1. Nes WARD. 1117 121 140 107 Mr. Carte Hale Hinter Hall CRIPPLE° ATE Mr. Alderman 109 1 Pullen 187 Haines 163 Taylor Iso Jones 100 DOW GAI 45 40 40 59 Mr. tlirit ten Foster Price f Hepworth Mortimer tPsct Blesdess t &gather FARO WITHOUT. Mr. Hats' Atkisson f Curtis Russell WARD. Ur. Replies Bennett Nesbit tCombe ORIGINAL POETRY. HYMN-.CHRISTMAS EVIL The Samoa comes—the heavenly Babe ! His hour of birth draws nigh— He comes—Goo's holy messenger— Hail his nativity I Welcome the meek and gentle Lamb! Before him prostrate lie; Acclaim, with gratitude and love, With hallelujahs bigh! Hail, hail, the blessed Martyr here, With suppliant tear and sigh! Hall bbrk. di Man, with heart and voice— Hail Caanea nativity! December 24, 1828. t 3 - St Si 'U 106 NAVA L INTELLIGENCE. E.L.E. Maus Amin= Tun Dar—Dublin I—Waterford 1. • The Factor, GRIVFITUS. from Chester to London, struck on Artclow Bank on the 20th instant, and wat run on shore near Bray in a sinking state. The Edward, from Trsiee to. Liverpool, was lost previous to the the 40th instant. . DAaemousu, Dac. 22. —Arrived the Catharine, from Er. Michael's. Hum.. Dec. U.—Arrived the Mary Ann, 111111111 T, from Qee. bee; Vine, HALL. from Terceira. Livaaroot., Dsc. IL—Arrived the North Star, Rum, from Charleston ; Heroine, &Lux, from St. Andrew, N. B. Zeno, Lows, from Terceira • Donald, Colima, from Sc. Ander(); Shamrock, .--, from Oporto. DUAL. Dec. S.S.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London the Nymph, Lone. for St. Ives, Albion. Coast:, for Trieste; and Para packet, Portia, for Para. Arrived the Entlymion, suns. from Newcastle, for Rio Janeiro. The Hopewell, and the Anie. dean ship that sailed last evening. have not put back. PORTSMOUTH. Dec. 2L—Wind L'August Eu gene, CrILLARD, for Cherbourg. FALMOUTH, DK, W.S.W. to S. W.--The Sandwich and Zephyr packets have sailed, but since put back. THE ARMY. —.New— • . . Lord Finites' Somuser, u Military Secretary to Lord Hitt.. Denisnanding in Chief. went through his Li* yesterday, at his 'Ogee hi the Horse Guards. A few Generals, and about twenty: ether °Seers, transacted military business with his Lerdehip. Monday the Amphitrite transport arrived at Cowes, having - on board the 30th and 47th depots. consisting of 104 men and IS officers, who took possession of the Albany barracks on Tuesday, to the great satisfaction of the inbebitantfrof that town. (CIRCULAR.) Horse Guards, Dec. 1. .Supplementary Instructions , to be considered as attached to tlitt form of the Confidential Inspection 'Report, and which' are to be carefully observed by the General Officer, whenever such hotpot- 1 dos shall take place, and noticed, seriatim, in the table of General Observations When the Regiment, or the Reierve'Cumpanles, are inspected' and exerdsed. the General Officer will once -at least, or oftener as the occasion may serve. call upon one of the Captains or Sub alterns (provided the latter shall have been doing , duty for a rea sonable period with the Corps) to put the Regiment or Compa nies throtigh their exercise, field movements, and evolutional such Captain or Subaltern to be selected indifferently, and without pre vie.. notice given to him or the Commanding Officer, in order that it may be ascertained whether due attention has been shown to the instruction of every Officer, whether .opportunities have been afforded to him of becoming acquainted with every pate of kis duty, and whether be has availed himself of such opportunities. ' The General Officer will charge the Commanding bilkers to encourage the subalterns of their respective corps to quality a tt n. seises for the duties of Adjutant., both in the field and in the eedatty-room, and to afford to them every facility of acquiring.a MlisMnalt knowledge of such duties ; and k shindd be pointed oat Ns them, that by showing a zealous desire to render tbsoilealme thus useful, tli-y will strengthen the claim which they may - have lo advancement in the service. • "The General Miter win point out to Officed commanding Re giments and Corps the necessity and importance of their requirhis Captains and Subalterns of Companies to become thoroughly ac ted with the character, disposition, -temper -an d habits, of avry notwommissioned Officer and soldier. of their respective Companies, so as to be able to answer it onie; arid correctly, any miestions which may be addressed to them 'by their Superior Offi cers. This knowledge can only be attained by unremitted atlas tine to every devil of duty, and by close obseivstioo. . ' Finally, the General Officer will take every opportunity of lithl pressing upon the Culnmanditig Officer. and through him *pop] 1. 1 those of every rank, the advantage which they, iadivideally,ffie Corps and the Service at. arge, -will defier f the *dories ; wards , the tion.connnissioned O ffi cer and soldier of a synem of . command andAreauntnt which shall be free from the curie/And elk naive language too often used in reproving the .soldiet „ler trifling irregularities or for accideptal omissions—they should:lts told that the use of gross language and offensive tern's, upon 14 occasion, is not only enbecoming their own character and statioe,i as Officers and Gentlemen, but degrading to the soldier; whereas it is desirable to keep up lo all tanks of the army a proper feeling and high sense of hunotu, by which the correct discharge of duty "trill be best insured. • " '" '• The gross abuse which is often lavished on a soldier foi a trilling fault. an accidental mistake, or an unintentional omission, produces irritation or sulkiness, and to this cause, more than to any other. may be trued acts of insubordination, which entail the necessity serape punishment. if reproot be necessary, It should be conveyed in such a manner, and in such terms, as will make a lasting isnprei sloe. without hurting the feelings of the individual and lowering hint in his own edimation. The Officers should nut only thew, melees observe this injunction, bet they should require it to be els. served by the Noe-commissioned Officers, and indeed their example will very soon have the effect of checking the use of impropeemid, olleisive ternss on the part of the NOwoooteivetooett ()Siert to -wards the Soldiers. It acts of incaution' Neglect .ud of insubot. dirties sheeld take place, aitheesh•Wholly unprdvokeil lifitny treatment received. the miss of correction and puntshmetit which, are authorised by time regoistMes tithe service must he resorted : to, sadden will have *die effect if not preceded by !ease and , abusive Wars s indiMd it will probably be found that they will become sesposatlvely rare, as the duty will be done more cheer- , fully ad staksesly. By coolant() of the Right Hoe. Geo. Laird Hill, 14. TAT LOPE; Adjutant. General. . 54 61 61 110 it It PS 74 71 James Wbiley, shipkeeper of the Eclipse steam packet, was on Monday, at the Themes Police office' found guilty of stealing a quantity of bras., end sentenced to two months imprisonment in the House ef Correctiou. Thursday, as Lord WILLIAM PACIZT. Lord EIL n and a third Gentleman, whose name we do not know, were returning from - hording, and were riding at a quick pace through Parliament-street, they were met by an Officer coming in a contrary direction, and before either could sheck their speed or Mtn, aside, the whole.party came in contact with considerable force. The Gentleman in company of Lords PAoaT and Eaton, was severely hurt by a blow on the knee. The sword worn by the Officer struck Lord W. PAOLI; and cut his eye severely. He was driven with greet force against Lord Eaao&, who nearly fell from his horse in consequence, and it was several minutes before he was enabled to proceed. The Loan LIEUTINANT, ac comp= sd by one of his younger sons, rode into toe is Jay to, visit Lord W. FAUST ; the Ladies PAOZT tinned in as open carriage, and remained for a Consi derable tune, and attuned to the Park.—Dfiblbt Even ing Pea. . • SO 49 411 1 44 i 4 'TO THE EDrfOR THE .S'T'AR. S. Clarensont-squue, 24th Dee. WS; Sta—The Duke of Wellington haying given permis sion, and earnestly recommended me to publish the inclosed for public benefit. I send it for insertion in your Muni& If yet& give it an early place, I s willsend to you, in another communication, a short description of my plan for constructing sea-walls, piers, and break waters. I am, your most obedient humble servant. DAVID GORDON. " a, Claremont-square, lath June, IBM " MT LORD—There can be no doubt that the ern ploymbnt of the labouring poor in Great Britain and Ireland, and more especially in the latter country, is a subject which engages much of your Grace's attention. The encouragement of emigration, and the cultivation of waste lands. seem to be the two modes which are generally looked to as most su:table for palliating at least the distress of the poor. I humbly, but most con fidently believe, that there is a third mode superior to either, which might be immediately availed of, and which would both add to the riches of the country, and give employment to hundred of thousands of labourers: That mode is t t employ the active industrious poor, in gaining from the sea those immense tracts of inundated land, which is to •be found in Ireland from Lough Larne to Cork; and in England, from the Humber to the Downs—in the British Channel, and on the coast of Cheshire and Lancashire, &c &c. &c. • " At' the estuaries of the rivers, especially where large towns are situated, the land gained wtuld be of the very richest kind; and as an evidence of the extent, I may mention, that almost the whole of Lough Strangford could be, at mill expense, gained ; and the Maplin.Sand alone, at the month of the Thames, would !anthill upwards of 45 000 acres of the richealand in the kingdom. Taking this at 501. per acre (and such land would 'be w.'rth 1001. per acre), this spot itself would add 2250.0001. to the capital of the nation, for a - comparatively small outlay, besides improving the navigation of tie river, and giving employment for a considerable period to all the industrious pour in Kent, &Sex, and Suffolk. ,4 The importance of gaining land at the estuaries of rivers, especially when large towns are situated there on. seems very much to have escaped the attention of mankind. Upon that subject the following is submitteJ: si Ad rivers are constantly carrying a portion of the most particles of the earth into the ocean. When tillage is adopted, the quanrnity of these most valuable particles, which are carried away by every shower, is .vastly irtetersyd-t-so that if means are not constantly employed to bring them back, or supply other nourish , ing particles, the country around the greatest cities be comes a desert. The adoption of common sewers, and the i 'Creasing cleanliness and comforts in all the do mestic arrangements in London and other great 'cities, now hurries off to the ocean immense quantities of the most valuable mauure, ninety-nine husidreiftris r f which might be easily preserved to fertilize the low lords. by - means. of the. tee walls and embankments which I rropose at the estuaries of the rivers. On the subject of *constructing sea walls I feel -much confidence, because I have for upwards of twenty sears been making ob,eivations relative thereto, in va rious parts of the world, where the sea acts with the greatest.violence. lam convinced that such stroctures have hitherto been • made at vastly more expense than war:necessary; and in a manner which neither •reniers them so secure nor permanent as.they might easily be . I , "It would require drawings; Mut Ockapy_ ton much 4 pcsuc i iiirace's time, for me-to detail fully • feie my plans; but it your Grace shall entertain the,inbject. and will order two cart loads of broken stone, such as is now used.for the public roads, to be placed in any outhouse, (le empty room, I will, in a few bows. con,truct model, which, with some explanatiOn, will convince your Grace, that sea walls. piers, or breaksiaters, may be constructed at vastly less expense than has hitherto 'sten the ease. and which, without any rep,in mutt, unless destroyed bx human agency, or a convulsiob of native, he as durable as the material cf which they are composed. The sea, however violently impelled, must be quite innocuous against such structures. " That I am right, both in theory and practice, I asi certain I can convince your Grace, or any person, eV. rcpt an engineer wedded to the Aid system, withoit knowing why. My system is not alone applicable to embankments to gain land from the sea, but would be equally effec. mural to protect the coasts from encroachment, which generally might be done at little more expense than the cog of a park wall.. By means - thereof, the bars 'at "all the harbours in the kingdom might be removed, and • made accessible at all times of the tide. and new hat. btAr it-formed whet: ve- r there is good ancboragi ground. • • " Beside examining the sea charts of all the barbours in the kinking°, I have personally inspected man* 'sit them, to. see how far they could be improved, and' orirAng , he latter I may state 44 That in Belfast Bay a large extent of land might ,lse gamed, and the navigation of the river vastly ins. ,roved. That _by projecting two piers beyond the Pigeon 'Hoiose at Dublin into the deep water of the Bay, ships might enter at all times of the tide. If from these two piers two $llll walls were carded north and south to the shores, ass extent of ground, enriched by the common ,nyer+, would be gained, which would infinitely more thin repay the expense. " That Shoreham harbour might be made accessible at all time. of the tide. is That Newhaven might be made equally-so. g‘ That t Hythe an excellent harbour might be made, and, in consequence of the abundance of suitable, ,styne in the vicinity, at away moderate expense. Con necting the harbour with the great military canal, and also 'with a rail toad or canal to join the Medway, %vapid be p vast improvement to the south of England; le That Ftilkstone,. Dover, 'and Ramsgate harbours 'might he made accessible at all times of the tide. se That Yarmouth might be made a grand and secure harbour. arThat Filey Par might be made an extensive and 'valuable shelar fur colliers in easterly gales. el That Scarborough might be 'made a secure titian harbour. " That Leith might be made accessible at all time; of the tide; and . 14 That the great port of Liverpool might • also be made accessible at all times of the tide to the largest merchant vessels ; and thereby save every year many lives and a great value in property. • • " I will be happy to wait upon your Grace at any time which may be appointed, and when I have no doubt I could furnish every explanation which might be desired. " I have the Mow to be, " Your. Gram 'a most obedlmt, " And "respeethil humble servant, (Signed) " DAVID GORDON." V To his Grace the Duke of Welikigtoo, be. ate." Y' ISO 157 SS St 5I II • ' LAMP INT6LLi4FNC • "..V.=;' 4 Ra•ntalialel f AIMS .% MID PETITION'S, 011201121 "pi 40 C1iA0C21141011. 4 1,02110.11 20 HILAIII Title s Wednesday, Janusry 14—First Seal. Thursday, January 15, Friday, and Saturday.. Appeals. Monday, January 19—The Second Seal. Tuesday, January 40--Petitions. BULB AIM PATITIONS, SIVORE Trot Vien•CSIAOC2LLIS, now, to Hicaur Tian, 029. • Monday, January 12—At Eleven o'clock, Lle Beasivelr Biota for Judgment. Tuesday, January 15—Bankrupt Petition*. Wednesday. January 14—The First Seal. Thursday, January 15, Friday, and Saturday—Bank:yid . Pr Monday, January 19—The Second Seal. Tuesday, January 90—Petitions. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. CS. JUDGMENTrIN THE MATTER or THE CORONSR eon MB • . COUNTY Of NOTTINGHAM. His LORDSHIP gave judgment in this case.—The.cir cumstances under which it was brought before 'the Coca are shortie as follow :—At the death of a lath Coroner for the county of Nottingham, a number of candidates started to fill that situation. The struggle, bonen% lay between two Gentlemen of the names of Shiltou and Swan,both of them A ttornies practising iii the town of Nottingham. Eventually, however, Mr. Swats was elected by a very large majority; and Mr.Shiltott presemed this Petition to the Coon, praying that such election might be declared void, or Mr. Swan's return . quashed, and himself d uly elected. The Petitioner tested his case on the allegat ion that Mr. Swan was not. an inhabitant of tte comity within the meaning cf the Act by which the 'election for Coroners'are panned. and that .consequently he could not legally fill that situation. tlr Appeared that by sundry chart rs granted to the town- of Nutingham by King • Henry VI. that town and the vicinity around it, to e.given taunt. was constituted - a county of itself, and entirely severed fit m the county. Now it was alleged, that Mr. Swan occupied no house in the county, he residing in the county of the town of N•ittingbam, and therefore in eligible to. become a candidate for any office which Must be filled by ari inhabitant of tie shire. To . this it was'replied; that although Mr. Swan had not hitherto. resided, he wai yet A freeholder of the county, end be hid agreed with one of his tenantry to occupy part of the houie, let to him in case it should be deemed 'no se nary for him, exercis;ng the office of Coroner, to live there. Misr a lull consideration of all the statutes that had been passed by the Legislature for regulating the - election of Coroner. the Lord Chancellor was el opinioti that the election of Mr. Swan was valid. The three Acts of Edward 111. were those which principally touched upon this point, and that of the 28th of that King was most explicit. ' Ile had most attentively read over the words of that Acl, and he could see nothing either in its letter or its spirit, to interfere with this election. It was true that this question was never raised ,t least the Court, after the fullest inquiry. could find no mention of it. The case that came nearest to this pointriae . before Lord Eldon, in the matter of the county of Ye rbi' but this question itself wasnot preer;teci7o that Leaned Judge. He was clearly cf opinion that Mr:: Salmi being a freeholder, attending the County Meerioge Alt his right as a fletholder„ and having a residence itts the county at his command, Was, olthough he had not... commenced ' . inhabitancf, eligible to: Tote. and•coose.'", o quently to - becbase a Candidate. The Coart must also recollect tblft this Ware! petitlontl :a jingle individual, in which aro other freekoldeeliadrioined. No - inimi veniente appeared.to ftnere ernaltri boa the Coronet's noMtesidency ; should , I,Asnikthp matter came before the Conriiit *4i:id poi theAttestion in anotl er shape; • hilt 61 hut it vets firemattire Mist? t Speak. Under al . the tireOnotancer. of . *the case. the judgment 'rf the Coitiftfabst be to dismiss the Petition ; hut as the words Till the statute f the 28th Edward 111. had no , er pre viousty been judiciallt decided upon, the petition mpg • he dismissed without costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Dec. 23. . . . • sucu LAWSON. This was a cause for trial by a Special Jury, but as • only four Special Jurymen were ple:ent, a take watt consented to. Mr. BRODRICK opened theplesdings. This was an. action brought by the plaintiff against the def ndant for libel; published. in the Times newspaper. The de fendant pleaded the general issue, as well as a join& cation OD three of the counts. Mr. GURNEY stated the case to the Jury. This was an action brought by the plaintiff. a merchant residing in the ety or London, and ,who had had large dealings in an article Called album marina. In the month of Augur, 1827. he received a letter from a person of the name of Oppenheimer. residing at Hamburgh, and with ,wham he never had a toms %lineation be. fore. By .this he was infOrmed that the writer had shipped three bales of album marina on lomat a vessel called the Simeon, and requested him to pay the duties, and be would send' Mr. Beech directions whit •• • was theti be , dooe with them. On bit recmvirg this letter he went to the CustoMhouse, and by the me , * of *Gentleman thereof the name rf Arnott he paid the duties. This took plat: on the 146 day of, Angulo:. 1827; : aira Mr.' beech was greatly surprird to hear on the 17t1rat tilriame month that the Customhouse :searchers had, on . opening the packages of album ma- • rine..found-..10Me tea secreted in them. The ship in, . 'whiChthe packages came was seized as a matter of course, as well as the packages. Mr. B ecb then sp.• plied to the CustoMbouse, and on presenting his memo. rial the Commissioners directed' their officers to search the.Watelsotises and premises of the plaintiff; they were so.perfectErisalisfied, with the result ',f this examination. and with his conduct,*that they ordered a stop to be put to . alb further proceedings. On "the 24th of August, . Mr. Beech, was greatly surprised to see a statement in the Times newspaper, and for which :his action! was brought. Under the head of city . Article , it stated, that a - great stir had occurred at the Customhouse in consequence of the seizure on the 17th of August. It went on to say that a merchant residing in the city had three bales of p ilbrim marina consigned to hiM from Hamburgh. consequence, it said, of the mode in which the dekiance of these packages was endeavoured to be effected, the clerk en. testained some suspicions, and directed a search to be made, and on the packages being opened a ciinsiderable quattlity -of tea was found secreted in each Of the pack ages. It added that it was probable that thesamo par• ties bad cart ied on the same proceedings to a consideaage extent, and fora long time. The quantity of tea four d in each package was about 501b5., The writer of this atticle did not wait until the Commissioners bad made their report on the subject, but proceeded to make this statement. This action was broright by the plaintiff for compenaatit a in damages for *great injury which be had sustained,and he trusted that the Jury would gum by their verdict the opinion they entertained of such 1i Ji as the present. 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