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- t - Tlll4. EVENING STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1824. THE FUNDS. I b.. This day was puhtished, Bvo. boards, 6s. ITUNIAN SUBORDINATION; being an elemen tary Disquisition concesitiog the Civil and Spiritual Power and Authority to which the Creator requires the submission of every !Inman Being, illustrated by references to some most extra ordinary, and not generally known occurrences, during the last fifty years, within the British Dominions, in the Management and Agi tation of the still pending question, commonly termed Catholic Emancipation. By FRANCIS PI.OWDEN, T.ondon : Publishes? ;:y W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers Ilall.court ; and sold by Jun Anderson, jun. Edinburgh; Hodges and Arthur, Dublin ; and Edwards and Savage, Cork. IMPORTANT NATIONAL WORK. This day was published, In One Vol. 4to. with a separate ‘'ol. Atlaa, containing Thirty nine large Draughts. price £lO 10s. the Third Edition, of THE ELEMENTS and PRACTICE of NAVAL 11 A RCII I TECTUR F., describing the theory and practical parts of that Art in their minutest details, the whole illustrated by Fifty three Engravings. To this Edition is added an Appendix, containing the principles and practice of constructing the Royal and Mercantile Navies, in vented by Sir Robert Seppings, F.R.S. Surveyor of his Majesty's Navy; which method of building Ships has been of incalculable benefit to Great Britain. The Appendix has been written expressly for this Work by .lone Kstowuts, F.R.S. Secretary to the Coin. rnittee of Surveyors of his Majesty's Navy. London : Published by W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, Stationers Hall -court, Ludgate-street. CARMARTHENSHIRE. CAPITAL FREEHOLD ESTATES, 70 BE SOLD BY AUCTION, IN CARMARTHEN, On the Twenty-fifth of Sarramara next, IN TWENTY-FOUR LOTS, THE CALLIVEIt ESTATE, situate near LLAN DI LO. and containing about SIX HUNDRED ACRES. The PA NTHOWELL ESTATE, situate near ST. CLAIRS, containing TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED and SIXTY ACRES--boih Estates consist of rich productive Land, and capable of great Improvement. Mr. Samuel Vaughan, at Treleach, will strew both Estates; and for Particulars apply to It. E. N. Lee, Esq. Lincoln's-Inn-fields; and Mr. Adam Murray, Surveyor and Land Agent, 61, St. Mar tin's.lane, London. Letters to be Post paid. STOCK EXCHANGE. TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened this morning at 92}, g, and were done as high as 92j, i ; but soon after severalßrokers of eminence began to sell Largely, which lowered them to 92}, and they are now at 92}, I, for the Account, with a heavy Market. FOREIGN FUNDS. The most business done in the Foreign Market this morning was in Colombian and Mexican. Current Prices s—New Spanish 151 j, Old 2lj j, Russian 93, Alliance Shares 11 to j, Mexican 591 53, Colombian Scrip 41 4 disc. Chilian 79, French Scrip 111 1 prem. Austrian 93j 94, For tusliete 87j, Damn Ayres 1 prem. PR ICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 23614-3 per Cent. Reduced 93 1 ,4 93 11. per Cent. Cons. 92% 1 / 4 -Si per Cents. 1011 4 4 per Cents. Assented 101 100% % 4 per Cents. New 105 74 %—lndia Bonds 86 83 £l,OOO Each. Bills (2d.) 41 5 39 43 ; (1 1 4 d.) 43 40 1 I:500 Do. (2d.) 43 40 ; (114 d.) 4.0 3 £lOO and £2OO Do. (2d.) 40 5 ; (IVA) 40 4. Consols for Acct. 92% % 3/8. The Paris Papers of Tuesday and Wednesday hare reached us, but they contain nothing worth translating, for we have no faith in the rumoured triumphs of the Royalists in Peru, when they originate in the Madrid Gazette. We arb yet without any confirmation of the reported victory of BOLIVAR ; .ta be sure, there has not been any arrival since that could either corroborate or refute it. We stated yesterday, that there was some doubt of the intelligence being received so quick at Guayaquil, from Lima. • .One of the Morning Papers calculates the time erroneowArshy assuming that the advices left Lima on the 10th of May, but were that the case, how could a letter written that day, state that Callao proposed to capitulate on the 13th, three dayi after ? and yet such •is the case. The 13th of May was, therefore, the very earliest day on which the intelligence could be dis patched from Lima to Guayaquil. That BOLL VAR will defeat the Spanish troops we doubt not, and that the liberation of Peru will not be distant—nay, may have been effected as stated in the letter ; but we should wish More authentic evidence of the fact before we place im plicit reliance en it. This morning we received Brussels Papers to the 28th of July, bringing intelligence of a victory- over the Turks, who have been a fifth time defeated at the more than ever immortalized Thermopylae. It appears by this account, which is very brief, that Dervisch Pacha, who commanded at Larissa, advanced with 10,000 men. ODYSSEUS kept the Turkish army in check during an engagement, which was very severe, when receiving a reinforcement, the Turks .were entirely routed. The following are estracts: .ATHENS, JUNE 0. Odysseus, united with Panorias of Salona, and Ni cetas, surnamed the Turcopliage, has for the fifth time distinguished the straits of Thermopylz by the defeat of the barbarians. When news was received at Athens, that the captain Pa , ..ha Lad succeeded in re-victualling. Negropont, a Lew a:tack on the side of 13cOtia was expected. Mea st.res weir, ti:erefem-c, taken in anticipation el this event; Dervi.,,ch Pacha,.v..ho commands at Lazissa, baring : :, ;:tnced with 10,0 1 .)0 men, the conibat., IcConimentcd e.: the, 24th of May ('llst of June). • The action was bloody ; that day the enemy es'a • 7 2 :1 check at Dit.a, where Odysseus having been joined kwy Scaltr.o, Dinos, and 7.•:.icetas, the Turks were put to the taut. We are ignorant of their-loss, but at this moment all the mountaineers and the peasants ofthe pliins are going, according to their custom, to enrich thrn4 , :clvcs with the spoils of thefurk4, and the villages r.:,ound with cries efj,l ) :. , RR►•5 .Et.s, ItTLY te. The Slipteme ptcmitlnced ou the its dCnision in tl:e cause of the Duke of.:Bootbon 031 , en against tilCyrin , :.c. cirailkath' . - nag Ch(trtiuns d'ikge N l L) 'ewe of: -Rolm, drawn either from the nature of the dispute, or from that of the acts appealed to on each side, or from the Decree of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, are over-ruled, on grounds drawn from,the rights of distri butive justice, from Article V. of the fundamental law, or from the desire expressed by his Majesty to let the territorial jurisdiction take its free course in a dispute,the subject of which is now the sphere of private interests. On the main point, the Court decided that the Duchy of Bouillon was not governed by the compact of poli tical succession, but on the contrary, in its nature sus ceptible of being disposed of, either according to its own public law, or according to the compacts which have determined the fate of this Duchy, in the several fami lies which have had the sovereignty of it successively. Deciding according to the entail of 3lst January, 1696, the Court decreed that the Duke of Bourbon, &c. were entitled to enjoy the effects of it, to the exclusion of the Prince de Bohan. The Court, considering the Prince de Rohan as bona fide possessor, condemned him to the restitution of the revenues, only from the date of the commencement of the action.—The same Tribunal pronounced judgment, on the same day, in the cause of the English Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre. The decision confirms the sen. tence of the Tribunal of the First Instance, and the measures taken by the Minister of Public Instruction, tending to hinder the sale of the estates belonging to the Corporation of the English Ladies. It decides that the appellants are not invested with the fee simple of these estates, and that they neither have nor could enjoy them, except by conforming to the intentions of the founders of the Corporation—that is to say, giving in- structions, a condition which it is still in theirpowiv to fulfil. It is believed that both these important causes will be brought before the Court of Cassation. PETERSBURGH, JULY io. The Emperor set out on the 6th, to visit the Military Colonies in the Government of Novogorod : he will also pay a visit to General Count Arackjew, at his estate of Grusin. Count Osten S4cken, Commander-in-( Army, has arrived here from Mohilow. lief of the first FRANKFORT, JULY 21. An Ordonnance of the Austrian Police renews the order not to suffer any suspicious foreigner to enter the Austrian dominions; and to send beyond the frontier all those respecting whose opinions any suspicions shall arise, or who shall be guilty of any fault whatever. —........._ Frankfort Papers, to the 22d instant, have reached us• r'Fhey are principally filled with details of the late storm of thunder and lightning, which seems to have been gene ral all over the Continent, as well as in the British Isles. WINDSOR, JULY 29.—Last evening his MAJSSTII had a splendid dinner party at the Royal Lodge : there were present his Highness Prince ES?ERIIAZY, Earl and Countess COWPER, Earl and Countess LH:vas, Lord and Lady Maavaostonau, who arrived in the course of the day, on a visit to his MAJILVY. Yesterday, Mr. WILKINSON arrived at the Foreign Office, with dispatches from Constantinople; also from Sir limasae Wat.cass.ar. our Ambassador at Vienna. His Royal Highness the Duke of YORK was in at , tendanco at Guildhall today. having been subpoenaed on a trial. The Earl of Hanaowsv,after attending the Cabinet Council on Wednesday evening, left town to proceed to Geneva, on a visit to his son Lend Samos, who is, with his Lady, on a visit to her mother , the bfarchloness of Burs. The Earl of LIVIRPOOL left town on Wednesday evening, for Coombe Wood. The Council which has been holden for some time past at the Horse Guards, before which several witnesses are no. derstuod to have been ezamined upon a subject that has not been permitted to transpire beyond the °Seers of the Staff concerned, has closed its sittings. Sunday the Consecration of the Bishops of Jamaica and Barbadoes, took place at Lambeth Palace. The LORD MAYOR has this morning caused large placards to be posted up at the Mansion House, cautioning, under severe penalties, that all dogs, used for the purpose of drawing trucks, dm shall be muzzled; and that dogs In general will not be permitted to range the streets in the City of London. We are happy to bear from all parts of the country, that, notwithstanding the apparently uagenial state of the late spring, the crops of every description are most promising and abun dant. This, after all, is the main consideration. Statesmen may ponder, and subjects may toil; but without the blessings of Da vis:a newsman' the wisdom and labour of man would be of little avail. While Paovmance thus showers down its blessings upon us, we trust that nothing will occur to defeat their obvious effect. Peace and plenty are advantages which the bulk of our population have long looked for. They are now arrived; and we trust that we shall be allowed to enjoy and to increase them. h is a remarkable circumstance, and by no means generally known, that neither the small-pox, measles, "hooping-cough, nor scarlet fever, have ever been known in New South Wales, Van Dieman's Land, or the Sand wich Islands. Every one who may have observed the opening in the Strand, called Pickett-place, must have been at once convinced that it was made under the contemplation,, that at some future period it might be deemed expedient to form a spacious street in a line therewith, so as to open a good and direct carriage communication into Lincoln's-inn-fields. This design has now beeh taken up by the parochial officers of St. Clement Danes,whose plan is to complete the undertaking, by forming a cor responding opening at Little Turnstile, into Holborn. The number of houses to be pulled down, if this scheme is adopted, will be about thirty, most of which are very old, and in a dilapidated condition. As it is very rarely that so great an improvement can be effected at so little expense, it is presumed that the plan will speedily be adopted. TuE BIRTH-PLACE OF SHA ICSFEA RE.—Though * the shrine of many a Catholic Saint bas had more numerous, yet name h..d ever more sincere or enlightened devotees than those who have nude homage to the genius of Swansea/4w at Stratford-on-Avon. 1 he room which is there shewn as the one in which the immoetal bard was horn, is covered in every part with the names of visitors ; even the cei li ng, the s id es , the projecting chimney, and every par tition of the surface have been written on. A list of the names would exhibit all the rank, character, and genius of the age. The Rev. Joseph Holden Pott, M.A. Archdeacon of London, .Vicar of St. Martin in the Fields, and formerly Of St. John's Col ? lege, Cambridge, has been presented by the Bishop of London, to the. Vicarage of Kensington, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. ,Itennel:. • Wednesday a grand contest took place between the Don Giovanni and the r t. , (morge pleasure-boats, for fifty sovereigns, from Black. triars Brid;e to Putn e y, and back to Cumberl a nd Gardens. About three o'clock the vessels started di} a signal gun being /wed. They set off in the most excellent style, keeping on an equality up to Chelsea Reach, when the Don-Giovanni got ratiser•the lead, closely ' fo!lOwca h' het r;prio!..l , t ; fitit the Don Giovanni got round the gool•hrst, then bt..rt nluw ti the liiver, and was declared the winner. • VR. YATES, AND HIS COUNTRY COUSINS.I CIIELTUNH AM, JULY 28 . Our. Races were uncommonly well attended during the three days—the company coming from Gloucester, Tewkesbury, &c. as well as Cheltenham. The Plate run for during the three days was worth upwards of 2,000 gdiireas. The diem/ices trludistrie, whe ther natives or Londoners, were also in tolerably full attendance; and succeeded, in defilnce of the " world's law," in despoiling di. vers personages of sundry valuables. The most memorable, or rather that matt tallied of amongst these performances, is the robbery committed on 'Sirs. YATES, late Miss Banarrox. Mr. YATES in conjunction with Mr. FAR - Lay, of Covent Garden, have the Theatre here, as well as those of Gloucester and Tewkesbury. Now, Mr. YATES is a newly married man, and withal uncommonly gay, driving , about in an open barouche, and in this display he is, as it be- 1 comes a married man to be, accompanied by his elegant lady. That they went to the listen, therefore, may not be surprising. They were there, and some courthyosen took an uncommon in terest in their comforts, impelled no doubt by perceiving the mu tual anxieties of the young couple to see all that was to be seen, and 1 1 to know all that was to be known. A countryman told them about a very celebrated rider, named Bog, and as be was announced as a distinguished performer, the young couple were naturally very anxious to behold him. Ile was arriving ! The scene be came more animated ; expectation was on tip toe—for " Bag !" The Lady quitted her seat to have a better view • and in order to be wholly disengaged and unembarrassed, she relieved herself of her reticule, which-she put under the seat. One of the " country. men" was very tired, and begged to be accommodated behind the carriage; and this was acquiesced in,and besides, from his elevated station, he could give early note of " Bag's" approach. Ile did so ; be was on the look out : and at last he exclaimed, "" Now, Bag," and " now, bag," echoed the countrymen. — The great rider was scrutinixingly watched—but, Io ! when the sight bad passed, the fair lady went for ber reticule, it was gone, as were the countrymen. The warning that the robbery might safely be committed, was—" Now, bag I" and sure enough they then bagged Mrs.Yarrs's reticule. In it were aXS note, some sovereigns, her gold watch, chain, seals, &c. Mr. YATES'S portrait, handsomely mounted in gold, was nut in the " bag" as some per sons here have stated. It may be needless to add, that neither Mr. nor Mrs. Y. have since heard anything of their " Ormsby Cousins." SHERIFFS-THIS DAY. NEWMAN V. OREEN, THE SHERIFF OF LANCASTER. This was a suit to recover the sum of 5401. 18s. from the defend ant, who Is the Sheriff of Lancaster, for money had and received on account and behalf of the plaintiff,under an execution against a per son named Hislop. Joseph Hughes, Clerk to the Agent of the plaintiff, produced the writ in the cause Newman p. Hislop. Thomas Gorton provvl that the present plaintiff was also the plaintiff in the above actlbn. It was also proved that the Sheriff bad, in his return, stated the sale of Hislop 's goods for the sum of 5401. las. Mr. Hescnsesm having summed up the evidence, the Jury found for the plaintiff to the full amount. A number of appeals against of importance occurred. were beard, but nothing THE ARMY. It is generally believed in the first lidilitaryarcies, that tke ques. tion of the expediency of preserving our possessions in Western Africa, at the expense of increasing the army, has at length been determined in the affirmative. T►e reinforcements, however, will be raised in a manner the least objectionable to then who are ad vocates for abandoning the scene of so much recent disaster. Two Black Regiments are to be levied. which will prevent the expense and delay of recruiting in this country. Two White Regiments are, at the same time, intended to be formed from convicts, in the same manner as the 60th was first raised, which will strengthen the white population in our African possessions. These four afillawl= with the increased strength of the Si West India Resilient, Royal African Colonial Corps, will, it is supposed, prove saint to make such a demonstration against the Askance's, and elf ether enemies, as shall obtain a settled peace, and prevent a reeeneilte od such reverses ai have been lately experienced. Of this force Major- General TURNER takes the command ; Colonel SUTHERLAND, second in command; and Major CHISHOLM will retain the important post of Cape Coast Castle. The Ist division of the 75th Regiment of Foot has arrived in Dublin, from Gosport. The Ist division of the 31st Regiment of Infantry will embark for Portsmouth on board the transports that conveyed the Ist divi- Bon of the 15th to Dublin. The 86th Regiment has marched front Armagh to Newry. The Yd Battalion of the Ride Brigade has marched from' Lime rick to Templemore. The Slith Regiment of Infantry,has moved from Cork to Mantel. The Olith Regiment has marched from Enniskillen to Boyle. The 734 Foot has moved from Castlebar to Athlone. The 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards has been ordered from Newbridge to Dublin. The sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards is ordered to march from Ballinrobe to Dundalk. The 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards is ordered to march from Dundalk to Newbridge. The 9th Regiment of Light Dragoont (Lancers) has been or dered from Cahir to Dublin. The 18th Regiment of Infantry has arrived in the lonian Islands from Malta. The 93th Reement of infantry, which embarked in April at Portsmouth, has arrived at 3lalta. The 78th Regiment of Foot (Highlanders) is ordered from Kil kenny to Dublin. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTIMOUIII, JULY 29.—Wind E.—Arrived the Lord Beresford steam-packet ' from Jersey; Sir Francis Drake ditto , from Ply mouth ; Cam illa ditto, from Havre ; and Circassian, I.)ustrow.strz, from Loodou for India. jinx gg.--Wind Easterly. Passed through from the River, the Foxhound, EMNSPIT, for the South Seas; Jane, 1111A1TN, for Gibraltar; and Ann, W.s.rsorr, fur Smyrna. Laysaroox, low 28.—Arrived the Jackson, TATLOIII, from Que bec—ealled 30th June, in Company with the Rob Roy and Scotia, for Liverpool—spoke the Julius Cesar, from London, off Green Island; on the 14th inst. in lat. 51. long. 40. passed the brig Mar garet, from Quebec for Liverpool: Lady Skerbrook, S.tacowett, from Pictou—sailed the 3d inst.; the Maria was to sail on the loth, and the Enterprise the 14th, for Liverpool; on the 19th inst. in Ist. 52. long. 22. spoke the Sir James Ketnpt, from Quebec for Kinsale: Columbus, Tnomsoe front Miramichi—sailed Ist inst. Mars, EVANS, from Newfoundland; Caroline, —; Julia, —, and Brothers, Th omson, from Trieste; Susan, —; and B lossom, WILLI/MOON, from Leghorn. The Latona, Mitts., from London for Bengal, was spoken with un the 6th inst. in lat. 36.30. long. 15. and the slackarel, Roseau, from Sicily for Rio Janeiro, on the 7th inst. passing the Gut of Gibraltar. WATEIVPORD, JULY 26.—From the Ist of September, a floating light is to be stationed off the Coning Islands, outside the Saltees, between the Wexford coast and the coast of Wales. The light will be off the small island called Coningbeg, to distinguish *from the larger, called Coningmore. The floating light ship is liked with three masts, on two of which lights are to be hoisted. She is to• bear, by compass, &E. A E. from the great Sakee Istand -24 miler; W. 8. from Tosser Rock, 22 miles ; N.W. front Hook Tower, the Eastern entrance of Waterford harbour, 14 miles. • • • A letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Constantinople,• dated the Rsth of June says—" A proclamation has just been received by all the legations here, transmitted them by the Greek Authorities, dated from the Mills of Nau plia, the substance of which is to declare, that knowing of many vessels under European flags having been freighted to the Turkish Government, as well at Alex andria as Constantinople, for the conveyance of sup plies to the fleet, and for other objects, is the present contest, they are warned from so employing themselves, as being contrary to the neutrality avowed by their various Governments ; and it is consequently declared that vessels and crews taken under such citcumstances will be treated as enemies, and that orders have been given to sink, burn, or destroy them." A letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated June 18, says—" Since the %I instant we are without any British ships of war in port. Yesterday, sailed to join the Captain Pacha at Mitylene, a Turkish frigate and a brig of war, having under escort a fleet of small craft with about 5,000 troops. Report says a large force is destined to.attack the island of Ipsara. We are sorry to say some disorders were yesterday committed by the troops : to-day perfect order and tranquillity is restored. LAW REPORT. • - COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 20. CRlbt. CON.—PETER U. HANCOCK. Mr. BROUGHAM opened the pleadings. -This w as al action brought against the defendant for criminal co n . versation with the plaintiff's wife. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. SCARLET? stated the case. His Learned Priensf had told the Jury the nature of this unfortunate case. He was extremely sorry that cases of this kind were s , ) frequent ; but in this particular one, he was sure tie Jury would feel with him for the pain and heartfe4 anguish into which the plaintiff had been plunged. /;,) occurrence of the kind with which he (Mr. Scarlett) was acquainted, affected his owattaind so sensibly. Ti 'plaintiff, Mr. William Franklin Peter, was :oboist thirty. seven years of age, and was descended from an 'and respectable family in Coinwall. Early in life I.c went into the naval service, and had enjoyed the hono ur of being present at the consummation of uur nav a l ',glory at the battle of Trafalgar. He was put on pay at the peace, and afterwards engaged in the met chant service, being entrusted with the command of a ship bound to the South Seas. He made two voyages. In 1817, he was married to the Lady who was the sub ject of the present unfortunate action. Her name Was Miss Jane Mary Margaret Beckwith, daughter of the Reverend Mr. Beckwith, Minor Canon of the Cathedral of St. Paul, and Rector of St. Alban's, Wood-street. After their marriage, it was arranged that she should , reside with her father, and in the spring following she presented her husband with a son, the fruits of their do. mestic happiness. On the second voyage she accompa nied her husband to Plymouth, and returned to London, where she produced a daughter, the only surviving pledge of their marriage. On his return he became part owner of the vessel, and as she expressed an unwilling. ness to remain at home, he took her with him as a com panion on his voyage. In the summer of 1819 they pro ceeded to Buenos Ayres, and round Cape Horn, to Val paraiso, where they remained till 1820. The ship was sold at Valparaiso, and they came home passenger& On their return, she took up her residence in the house of her father. Captain Peter's father dying at Falmouth, he went down to Cornwall to settle his father's affairs. During his absence Mrs. Peter went to reside at a house which was purchased at Moulsey, where she continued till the unhappy event which separated her for ever from her affectionate husband. Mr. Hancock was a part ner in a wholesale house in the grocery line in the city of London, and between the family of Beck with and Han cock there subsisted a very friendly Intimacy. The de- Pendant succeeded his father and uncle, and the greatest intimacy took place between himself and the plaintiff.— Several letters from the defendant could be produced in evidence of his warm feeling and attachment for the plaintiff. But he (Mr. Scarlett) did not impute to the defendant the design of seducing the plaintiff's wife, at the time of their mutual friendship. During Mrs. Peter's residence at Moulsey, Mr. Hancock went down every Saturday and Sunday to visit her, and spend the time with the family. Some time before Christmas last, Mr. Peter was engaged in an arbitration of a difficult na ture in town ; Mr. Hancock urged by letter that Mr. and Mrs. Peter should make his hotise in Bread-street. hill their home, while be should be engaged in the ar bitration; and said if they did not comply he should blame the inmates of the Wood-street Rectory (Mrs. Peter's father) for it, and Mr. Peter must therefore pre vent the coolness which that would occasion. Mr. Hancock had written some poetry in the letter, which amused the Ladies exceedingly, and it must have bect very good, as they are allowed to be the best judges of poetry—(Laughter). They came up to his house in Bread -street; and it happened shortly after that they went to Grove Cottage, Moulsey. Mr. Peter was obliged to come to town early in the morning, and came by the stage. Mr. Hancock was to have followed him, and to carry Mrs. Peter to town with him in his own carriage. The children were to come by the stage. Mr. Hancock, instead of coming to town in a short time, remained with Mrs. Peter till five in the afternoon. This was on the sth of January. The coach did not come so early as expected. They came in the evening to Mt s. Ilan cock's mother's house. Mr. Peter thought nothing of their stay in the country, so confident was he of the af fections of his wife, and the disinterested friendship of the defendant. A few days afterwards Mr. Peter had occasion to go to the country—he was than happy— ' most happy in the e n d earments o f hi s am i a ble % wife. his return to town, Mr. Peter, on going into the boil.:e of Mr. Hancock, was met by a person at the door, who hastily put a note into his hand, and hurried away.— The note was to the following effect : " Captain Peter—You little expect the intrigue that's going on between your wife and Mr. Hancock; look in the little trunk, .red you will see the letters passing from them daily ; they sleep togethLr when you are from bone." He acted upon this suggestion. It happened that Mr, Hancock pressed him to take a dressing-box into his bed-room which he did not want, but his wife prevailed upon him, and he took it. He went abruptly into the bed-room, where there were two servants at the time, he opened the trunk with great agitation, and grand the parcel of letters, he then opened the dressing-box, and found enough to convince him that his future happi ness in life was blasted. Thus the Jury would see, that he had laid the guilty secret before them. He did not knew what could give a higher colouring to the case. Those who knew lite, knew too well the insidious arts, the professions of ardent vows, and the unconquerable passion of love, by which persons like the defendant endeavoured to seduce the objects of their illicit desires. The Jury would find it insinuated in some of the letters that Mr. Hancock had an early attachment for Miss Beckwith, but if such were the case, what could have been more easy than for a Gentleman of his wealth to obtain her ? He and Mr. Peter were of the same age, and it would be too much to suppose, if any affection _ 1 .Ad subsisted between him: and Miss Beckwith, that she would have refused him. He (Mr. Scarlett) vrould produce letters from Mrs. Peter to her husband while abroad, expressive of the, tenderest affection, and 1 1 would also produce witnesses who had seen them bait abroad, living in the utmost harmony. He would defy the other side to shew that the plaintiff had any doubt of the affection of his wife till the calamity burst all at once on his mind. The correspondence was carried elk in the house—a proof of the caution and decorum with which the parties conducted themselves in the presence of third persons—he was so consummate in the arts of hypocrisy and treachery. In the several letters to Mos.. Peter, the defendant endeavoured to persuade her o f her husband's want of love, and of his own uncooqiiri. able passion. The letters were written with great wA; ni.!l of affection, and in a good style. He addressed Peter as " My dearest Jane"—" , True affection, my Jane"---" I him no other tie on your affection but your reliance on my truth and hontrur"—" William (her bus