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the Sot IS. WI Sin* me ss dill portaill? if a dil iurs‘i melt - moo Richar d militate, cominandlng a Royal IVlvinniatta- t s . 1 3 13j, return from Portugal. —.... • --- ' '' eral the Earl o r Pembroke, on his pr , mogon, ! 71: firr , blshop or Cashel, I , y ti.e Lord in Waidng. All the American Newspapers, Lately received; B a rop de Diemar, by the same abound in Extracts from th e P r i nts o f L ondon. Al l h ma j o r• General Houstown, oar is appointment to th e 4th Car- ' the most offensive observations that have been made con ' ; b a:talion. ttror.;.er.3 coet al Sir Robert Wilsen, by Lord Viscoun t Cm- upon the conduct of the Ame r i can Government,' have been studiously copied .by the American Edi. dews' , i ieste:Aiat zeneral sir c Hastings, on his appoint ment to thr tors, to make the British N at i on t he more unpopular. Inkl: trtettnt•General Robinson, nn his promotion. In the spirit of indignation, the following article ap- Ge• end Sir Jahn Murray, Bart. oar his promotion D euttaant- .. pears in the Baton Patrio t of the 12th u l t . : Th ere were present - 7 Dukcs __ De vonsbire, Grattan, Beaufort, Aityle, and Norfolk. " The late message of the President to Congress is s .-Stafford, Headfort, -Salisbury, Hertford, Sligo, an intimation to them to proceed faster than they 7 42 ": 116. e li c eley, Blandford, Thomend, and Testaferrato. Oxe w— omnb ke Nelson, Morton, Effingham, Northampton, have done." Too much time is - Wasted in debate...-. FX l9— ' r° 'p Mcruntoorri Coartown Winchelsea The Bills which are to provide the means of offensive eisnot„,,,l.C hidle g re er i ', i e L Y b'y,Aylesford, s 'Statr, Fortescue , Gower, Cholm'''' , Coventry, Bei rymore, Warwick, Clancarty, and defensive operations, should be passed with no "O n i ack i nt anishire, Selkirk, Kingston, Cosford,Kellie, Ca- more delay than the necessary forms of business re. ossorii .._ a d Sandwich. tes..-, ar i c ton, Chetwynd, Hawarden, Millington, Sid- quire. The success of the design depends on the ffloatx p r i m rose, Maynard, Hampden, Petersham, Bolingbroke, and Milton. promptness and vigour of the execution—action and w oo ds, Bu ccoar rl ' .-laidoff. " not talk, 'is the best test of p atr i ot i sm . W e are g l a d ~,,-" D e Dismal., Pfeilltzer, and .Wolff , - • to find the President is disposed to forward the whe e l s , Bar- i_ Gre neille, Kenyon, Whitworth, Mulgrave, R a d stoc k, 9 AZ- 1 . 0 , Ar d en , witioughby de Broke, Say and Sele. Sheffield, of Congress, and we hope no weight which it carries, wapd , C. Spencer, Glenbervie, A . shbrook, Gardow,. Pon- will be 'so heavy as to encumber its motion. The _ h .- - smo ky, Rodney, Kirkwall, Dillon, Boston, R. Spencer, ~.„„'"'''' G & v omit Erskine, De Donstanville, Duridas,Lovaitie, Members have a great responsibility—if these preci. i•-• - ' - Lake , N apier, Kelly, Borringdon, Fitzgerald, Hemp- out moments for preparation are lost, the country cerstane , aith i m . pe mo,kerry, W. Fitzroy, Bolingbroke, ire, Fitzroy, L. In.*. i Bruce lieresford, Murray, Burgberah, and G. L. will be ruined, and they will be i:s destroyers. may, .......cr n, , .imißraeL cps—Derry, Cloyne, Kildare, Meath, and Chkkester. Bean —of Winchester. Rev. Doctors —Carey, Hook, Bell, Burney, and Cookson. Doctors—Highmore, Kirney, Saunders, Price, and Kneighton. • s T. Plumer, V. Gibbs, J. Graham, H. Burrard, P. Frsu eii, C. Asgill, G. Worrendis, J. Heard, E Buller, H. Dalrym ple, F. Baker, R. Barclay. S. Fludyer, J. Shelley; E. Nepean, J. g o dajr, W. Stirling, E. Knatehbull, J. Lubbock, C. Brisbane, ',Cm:start, C. Burrell, C. Vide, G. Oillas, K. Wilson, C. Hast. bp s , I. Vlurra)•, T Stepney, C. Hamilton, N.Dockenfield, H. C. Lippincott„ M. Wood, M. Ximenes, S. Bentham, J. limes Seer, T. Metcalf, J. Anstruthnr, .1. ticott. W. Farquhar, and C. Grrierats—Brodrick, A. Hope, Will'arn Gordon, Smyth, Carnpbtit, Aylleti, Houstoun, Rcbow, Broyrne, Robinson, Om. roe, Hi,lnp, Ross, Lin.!say. Lumley, Roberttor, asney, Har Ai, Murray, Wilscn, Dyer, Maitland, and Pakenham, ht. John, c o p nee , Cartwright, Manners, Stuart, Needham, *Thornton, Suswis, Porter, Phipps, Wemrs, Stevens, Anson, Howorth, Baker, Bennett, Bradshaw, Barter, Barclay, Rochfort, Lawson, &, Leger, Sharp, Bunion, Wb . . te, Agnew, DeWatteville, Night - lapk, Ackland, and Wbldington. ' • Admirals—Bowat , r, Apkn, Strahan, Knight, Markham, Bu!.. kr, Hamilton, B.igh, and Martin. Colonels—WMa s son, Dairy. gee, Pl.xtmGeld, Stanhope, Mac Lod, Christie, Desh:OW, Beaumont, Con -liter, Congrave, Frazer. G a d o° , rianger, Petro. Cu*zon, Murray, Alceck, Taylor, 011ehl, prinkwrers StaoYltn:i, Sebnglit, Cookson, 1.. heck, Bwke, Barrage, Strutt, Ho: , Co la.a •e, • hornton, Davey, Bebb, bletult, Bingham, Tuid. Carroll Cooke. Rooke, Hill, Hamilton,. Torrent, Higgins, Ponsonby, Otway, Orde, /Vl'Doaell, Cary, Irmo, Watteville. " The strength of the country must be called out ; the Army, the Navy, and the Militia, must be put on a respectable footing ; the test the sp ritof the peo ple. They will fight for their rights whenever Con. gress will authorise it. Their courage has been proved in many hard battles—their fortitude has been shewn in many hard occasions, but their patience is ex hausted in bearing the indignities of an oppressive and jealous enemy. It Congress catch one spark from the temper of the people, at will electrify their whole assembly." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. FALMOUTH, MARCH 10. Sailed his Majesty's schooner HERRING, with Dis. patches for Lisboa ; Duke of Kent packet (2d), with the West India. Mails ; and a few traders, for Ports mouth, &c.—No arrivals., Wind N. E. 'TORBAY, MARCH It. Sailed his Majesty's ship PHEASANT, with 2 fleet under convoy, foi Newfoutynand. —Wind E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH Major.---GraFam, A. D. C Dalrymple ' Martin, Williams, Ttaurnhere, Chapman, Camar, Warner, Doyle, Widdiington, Itatty, O'Halloran, Biahop. captains—Cochrane, Sr phens.lPaldgrave, Bicknell. O'Con. ler, Wilmot, Hoge, Chariewood, Erskine. W. Smith, .1 R. Pow, Paterson, Handyman, liornby, Davison, Chambers, Code; Malcolm, G. Bell. Bogue, Northey, Ctanter i D'Aeth, Sharp, Macnamara, B Young, Digby, Perry, W r yland, Ran. kP hert, Barl Hartinpi, Brenton, P. Bingham, Hun k?, Fit:Clarence, Barrow, G. Harris, Malcolm, Harm liren se, Wilmot, Courtenay, Rockford, Cbarretie, Willia ms,, and Ilicepson. Arrived the American ships Magnet, Capt. DUEW, from-St. Mary's, with a cargo of timber for London, and the Acteon, Capt. Powrats, from St. Mary's, with a cargo of timber for this port ; the latter with loss of and greatly damaged by heavy seas and continual gales. The English clip Ranger, Capt• MOTLEY, was Chased yesterday off the Start, by a French schooner privateer, but she fortunately es caped. Arrived the Neptune (1) tender, with men for the Navy from Dublin. Sailed the Its.sourra, 14, and EARL SPENCER cutter for Cork. The ARMADA, together with several other men of war, are now (6 o'clock) passing by for the Westward, having a very large fleet. under convoy, supposed to be the East and West-India, and Mediterranean fleets, together about 300 sail. Dangos--.Lake, T.empriere. Penruddock, Chaplin, Morgan, Wire, Watson, Durrari, and Somerset. Rev.lviturs.—R. H. Chapman, 1. King, R. Carr, J. Hewlett, J. Croft., T.O Miller, Stopford, D. Erskine, Wuey, Louth, and D. Garrow. Governort—Cameron and Gore. )terra.—Walker, Gram, Freneb, Nugent, Morritt, G. Simp- Ors, Crawford, Dickenson, Straiten, Oakley, D i phap, Hamilton, Istssat, Procter, Moors, Jackson, Temple. Simeon, FeHower, bon, Calvtrt, Maconnochie, Dobyns, Stephenson, Watson, Broker, Aubio, De Ponthieu, Simpson, Pochin, fheltion, Poster, De Hardie', Croznbie, Bytriey, Walker, Praise Pat ine, Powell, Herbert, Foster, Meyrick, Nugent, Staple, Dick awe, R. Knight, Nlitford, Hume, Bayford, Silvrrtop, Bond, %Os, Math, Hon. D. M. Frbkine, H. Erskine, Kenrick, Gra!wet, Craufurd, Clifton, A. Smith, Daly, C. Smith, C.. Gnat, jar. Davy, Salter, Sanderson, Adams, Qs ulbourne, Stspford, Marsder, Warm, Disbrow., Kennedy, Hunter, Wil borate, Puynder, Hon. Stourron, St. Leger, Hors. G. Bla gum, Willis, Merry, Gyre, Sydenhans, Liston, Henries, Tom kte, and Barry. • Yesterday, after the Levee, a splendid dinner was given at the Mansion-house, by the LORD MAYOR, to which the Royal Dukes and a large parry of the Nobility were invited. It is rumoured thr.t, in addition to Lord MEL inua's being at the head rf the Admiralty, Lord Cani Eß , Si r Er aßDßcu.En,And AdmiralGßlM:lE Hope will- constitute the Board ; but no changes in that or any other department will be announced till after the 26th instant. The Earl of COVENTRY, on Thursday, gave an elegant entertainment to a select party of friends, at his Lordship's house, in Piccadilly. The Comptrollership of the Household is to be given to Lord JOCELYN, son of the Earl of RODEN. NAVARRO, who signed.the'eapituLition of Peniscola, aCovernor, is the neph e w o f t h e N AVARRO who, like Mon.a, went over to the enemy at the time when Noe:11ov entered Madrid. His brother is not only a Partizan of the French, but has been °ate of their In Zt zealous adh erents f rom t h e commencement o f their usurpation. Th ese c i rcumstances ma k e t h e t l e ueuere of thi s recreant re l at i on l ess surpr i s i ng , b ut t "7 render the confZence of the Spaniards in his Ptriutisuu the m ore unaccounta bl e . We und erstand that a requisition is now signing / th e Livery of London, requesting the Lord Mayor to calla Common Hall, " to express their feelings and °Pitli ,2 ll3 ° ll the present unprecedented and embar ---11 state of the country, and to adopt such men -1,,4„,r 3 . 6 may be thou r; l it necessar y to p romote an i n : 7 Into the state of public affairs, and to redress rubric grievances, and particularly to promote a re.l (3r es mile apresentation of the people inParliamcnt." ri ,: rh ed ursday sennight, a Lady and Gentleman in Swansea, f rom w h ence - t h ey procee d e d to s'ularmen on Sunday morning last, where the-latter *4ll....recognised by a very old friend to be General LlConjecture was afloat that the Lady had aueel herself under the gallant General's protection, Zu__u, was con fi sme d b y the arrival of two Gentle -717 us Swans ea , on T uesday l ast, i n pursuit of the '`u fugitive. to It is intended to a p p l y to P ar li ament f or an A ct ...."ulose the Forest of Delamere, in Cheshire, con "Luang about 10 ,000 f ai Th e.Ely Bank o f Messrs. BRACKENEURY, which di out aluineut four m ont h s s i nce , l ast wee k dec l ar e d a of twenty shillings in the pound. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH It Arrived his Majesty's Jfips Tumor, from a cruise; and the BEAGLE, from the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ships TURACIAN, Note, and ROYAL OAK, with a convoy, for the Downs; and the SPRIGHTLY, on a cruise.—Wind W. DEAL, , MARCH 12. Sailed his Majesty'.; ship 81:41RUE, for Yarmouth. Wind N. E. YARMOUTH, MARCH 12. Arrived the King Georg* cutter, with the Ame tican brig John, of Bostob, detained going into the Tete' by the' AQUILLON ; she is laden with indigo, logwood, and sugar. Sailed the DWARF, with stores for the ships in the Downs.—Wind N. N. E. On account of there being a shew in the Scheldt of re-equipping the Scheldt fleet, Lord A. BEAUCLERK has been ordered to proceed from Portsmouth pith five sail of the line. A schooner, almost new, from Terceira to Liver pool, laden with fruit, was lately captured by the Jean Bart, French privateer. Tuesday the traul.boats were chased into Ply mouth, and also a brig, bound to Lisbon, by a French cutter privateer, of 14 guns, which hats infested that coast for some days. Fifty vacancies are reserved in the Royal Naval 'Asylum, Greenwich, for the orphan sons of seamen who perished in the ships loit in the North Sea, and in the Saldanha, which was recently wrecked on the coast of Ireland. • The Gamekeeper at Glynn, Cornwall, observed two birds, on the wing, on Sunday se'nnight, engaged in desperate combat. They fell to the ground so, and had all their faculties so completely absorbed in the affair, as to suffer him to catch both of them. They proved to be a hawk and a jay. Smug BARKER a pauper of Bury, and well known in the market of that town by the name of Old Sue, who died a few days since, has left property to the amount of nearly £lOO, and mostly in specie, viz. in gold about 24 guineas, about as much more in shil lings and sixpences, a great number of dollars and halt-crown pieces, and in halfpenny and penny pieces. She had received collection of the parish for a considerable time. A person of genteel appearance and address, has lately imposed upon several tradesmen in Newcastle upon-Tyne, wherehehas been staying for three weeks, under the pretext of waiting for the convoy to sail for Gottenburgh, to make a tour on the Continent, with a Gentleman of great respectability. About - two hours before he disappeared, he got from a tailor a blue coat, buff waistcoat, and blue pantaloons. • THE ARMY. —...... . INXTRUCTION OP SOLDIERS' CHILDREN. (CI Ea:L A It .) , - " Adjutant Generals Offioe, Hur.e.fluards. Feb. ISM ~ SIR--i have received the Commander.m-C4ilers . directions to acquaint you, that the person whom you may have selected to fill ihe ablution of Sebeolmaster-Serjeant to the under your command, (if such selection has been nu.de, is vibe directed ! to rep Ito the Mitltary Asylum at Chelsea, to receive informa• tine esplanatory of The mode adopted at that Institi., ion, of in structing children according to Dr. Bata's ..iy earn. " You will be pleased tvotify the Lame of the detrain to this Office, and state the prolsabk date of Ws arrival at Chelsea,. where he will report himself to Lieutenant-Colonel Wit.i.tass. so 24, the Commandant of she Asylum. You will also gee arch further intelligence respecting the Stijeant as you may dipmare quisi:e. I have the hono , ir to be, Sir, "•Your most obedient bumble Servant, " H. CA LV ER r, Adj.- GOltrai." . P. S. The Receipt of this Letter to be acknowledged. To the Officer commanding Rt g nitut. Captain ... JAMES- WILLIAMSON of the 94th regiment, who was killed at Ciudad Rodrigo, was the second son of Lieutenant-Colonel WiLuastsox, Inspecting Field Officer of Volunteers in the Inverness District. He fell in the assault of that fortress on the 19th of i January last, at the head of the grenadiers which he commanded. Lieut.-Colonel CAMPBELL, his Com manding Officer, in a letter to his father communi- eating his death, thus s p ea k s o f hi m :•—" I t i s with " the utmost sorrow and grief I take upon myself the pailful task of making known to you the sad and i distressing story of my much-esteemed brother officer Lid friend, your son, Captain NVILLiAMSOY; who departed this life upon the memorable evening of the 19th instant, having been killed by a musket-shot through the heart, and fell close at my side, at the moment of victory, while valiantly cheering with his hat in his hand, at the head of the grenadiers of the 94th regiment, whom he nobly and bravely led (with that manly courage and magnanimity 1 have fre quently seen him display) to the assault of Ciudad Rodrigo. Brave fellow! He was the first that leap ed Into the ditch, and, with Captain LAING and my self, ascended the breach. A serjeant was left with I" the body to' preserve it from insult, till the awful tn. i gedy was at an end, when it was carefully conveyed to our tivouar, and there interred with till the respect we had it in our power to pay to the remains of one so dear to his comraJes and to valou-." Le Duke EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM-LISBON: gi The sth regiment went Iteyond their orders at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, and performed a service that had pot been allotted them: Their orders were to force the gate leading to the ditch, then with ladders to scale the wall into the hum braye, drive thence the enemy's parties, turn the guns which flanked the breach, and upsetting all in their way to proceed along the fausse braye as far as the breach, and then halt and allow General M'KtsNoN's brigade to pass, and then to form in their rear. This part of the business was so rapidly executed, that when they had reached the foot of the breach, the brigade was not to be seen : the 94th, which had taken a se parate route, only appearing, and -meeting at this point formed a junction in the ditch. At this time the enemy commenced the work of destruction, which served to point out to them the necessity of assailing the breach, as it became too hot for them to nay where they were expecting the brigade. The two regiments, as if with one consent, dashed at the breach, supported by the 77th in the rear. Now shots, rliells, &c. began to fly in showers. The Eng- Nsh, however, continued to push forwards; when tin enemy turned and fled, forgetting in their haste to withdraw some planks, which were laid over ditches cut crossways between the wall and the town. Thus their preparation of defence became ineffectual, and our troops were able to follow and drive them right and left from the walls, and keep them at bay oppo site the breach, until the other bride and light division came up. This settled the business; for the enemy abandoned the defence, immediately threw down their arms and fled, each seeking his own safety, and thus escaped with their Nees." Tuesday night a soldier belonging to the Derby Militia, lying on the Heights at Dover, missed his road, and fell into one of the trenches, which are a great depth ; he was picked up in the morning, with but little signs of lite. At the Norwich Corn Market,' Wheat sold from 575. to 58s.—Barley, 2Gs (a few samples, 275.) — Beans, 26s.—Grey Peas, 285.; Seed ditto, 30s.—Oats 20s. and Seed.diuo (very prime) 21s. per coomb.— At the Cattle Market, there was a better supply of fat beef, which, of the best quality, sold at 10s. Gd. per stone.—Fat mutton fetched lid per lb.—There was a much larger show of Scotch and other lean cattle, with a very little variation in price.—Fat pork sold from Bs. 6d. to Os. per stone. At Morpeth, on Wednesday last, there was a very short supply of cattle, which met with ready sale. A good many sheep ; part stood long, and were not :dd. Beer, from 7s. 6d. to Bs. 6d. per stone, sinking offal. Mutton, 9s. to 9s. 6d. Wheat, from 765. to 965. per quarter. Rye, 445. to 48s. Oats, 265. Bd. to 31s. Bd. CORN MARKET, MARK.LANE. Tc-Jay the Market has not many fresh arrivals of Wheat, nor much on hand; sales again quoted nearly at last prices. Barley somewhat higher. Malt keeps its price. White Peas extreme heavy sale ; Grey rather lower. Beans of each description rather dearer. There ate Tew arrivals of Oats, but a good supply on hand, and this trade fully maintains the last quotation. Sales of Hoar at the late advance. CU/UNT PRIERS AS UNDER: Wheat, 801. 106 s. 122% Beans 545. 601. Fine ditto, 1255. 130 s. Tick ditto (stew) 4415. SU Rye 525. 58s. Ditto (Bne Ohl) 1181 Sas Barley, - 525. aft at. Oats, 30e 34s 11114 Malt, 84.. 925. Poland ditto, 395. 40s. White Peas, (Boilers) 725.801. Potatoe &to, 421. 41s. ed. Grey ditto, 555. 61s. Rape Seed, ,C 69. Lid. Fine flour, 1001.1055.--Secoixh, 9.55. to 1004 • Beef Mutton Od to 61 Od Veal 7. 04 to As Od 6. 4d to 6. 44 Pork Os ad to 7s 4d IItAIN OF CATTLI Intl bay. feast/, about 7110—Sbaes sad Lambs, 2,200. Cava*, 100--Plp, 110. PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW IN SMITHFIELD. Hay 41 qrs to 61 So New Clover SI St to 61 6s N•w Hay of as s. fig as Straw 21 its to 21 15t TIM . Afigif4CLE otat We have beon favoured with a note of the ease re ferred to the other evening in fhel/ouse deomnsoirs on Mr. Wu.sos's motion to amend the Marriage Act; ! and as it is one which is not reported, and which ex ! hibit,s the operation of the Act in a strik:r.c point of view. we hasten to give it a Otte in our Parser. _l.. " I,IOIICOOILT OF DELEGATIts, JUN na, Ipm 1, 84 Hswrrr 9. Banaminn..—This was an Appeal by Tboimis Hewitt, (styled in the proceedings Aeriairr,) from a*Epecree el 16 hiupiscopal C.,ort of Y• rk, "aiming a Libel,. or Ma, gsven in by Mr. Hewitt. to have his marriage with S. &etcher (calling her: self Hewitt) ileclared.null and vuid.--Counsel for the husband, Mr. DALLAS and Dr. AkNOLD; for the Rife, Dr. STODUART and Mr. Stamm:l; ii• The Libel pleaded the Marritege-iketrend • al• kged, that Thomas Heyiitt was burn the 17th r,I July, 1764, and was married to S. Br Reber tke 16th of October, 1781, a be virtue of a licence eartriaititedy obtained by him, the said Thomas Hewitt. on apse suggestion, that he was then 21 years of ages" it far ther ;targets, that such marriage was had without the cons.mt of the said I'. Hewitt's faller. w;so was a publican, then living, but who died in December lad. There were exhibited, together with the Libel, a copy of the Affidavit, in which T. Hewitt was :tiled a steward, and a copy.of tae Entry of Marriage, to which tha woman had set her moil. • 44 The Counsel for the wife contended that this was not such a plea as ought to be admitted to proof. It is discretionary in the Court to admit oreichtde a party, as appears from the circumstance that sib person lowed to institute a suit of this nature, without slew. ing an intxres. in the event of the suit. Now this m at t*.e same time that he chews his interest, also strews that he is totally unworthy of any interference of the Court to protect his rights by a declaratory sentence. Let him act, at his own peril, on those rights. No rule is more general, in civil matters, than that a party asking justice shall come into Court with clean hands, but this man comes into Curt loaded with fraud and perjury, and avows those very crimes as the foun la tion of his suit. The injured woman was no party to the false affidavit, and probably was too ignorant to know any thing of the nature of the fraud. They farther argued, that the lapse of nearly 25 years from the marriage, ought, under the circumstances, to bar the suit. Non condat, but that a numerous i,surs of this marriage may esist :--they may have taken • a rank in society according to the improved cifcurn btances of their father, who, from a steward, the sena a publican, has become an esquire. Some of thenithay halm attained inajoiity, and may have formed, or be about to form, matrimonial and other connections, correspondent to their supposed legitimacy. To dis turb such a state of things wined be a grievous bard. ship, not only ou the innocent ails and children, but . on all their connections. Beside s , t h e ,achy in bring. ing the suit is a fraudulent..her, on the part of the husband; for irdeprives t h e wife of her best evidence —that of the husband's father, who, if living, sruglit have acknowledged that he consented to the mar riage : and any actual consent arotild do t without his formal declaration on the affiday.it, or presence at the Marriage. The Court Will pres u me such actual consent, from the father's taking no steps to testify dissent during his life, that is, f.a. above 21 years aftte the marriage. Such inference has oft sa been made in support of marriage (which is a thing highly fa. voured in the law), particularly in the ea 1; case. of Say against Selby, 1771 ; and also s in a. recent 0 111 C• Osborn againit Gollham, 1808. Suprse the father had at first expressed a disapprobauun of the mar riage before witnesses now and afterwards given a full consent, in presents his ton, and of witnesses since dead, the oil t woe 4ho driven to rely on the answers of her hushi n the prac• tice alibis Court, she is entitled lint the case set up by the husband is, that he is not to I;ebeliciednet , That; 4( The husband's Counsel, insgply., coz that the office of the Court, in giving a declamatory Gen. tence, was not discretionary, ,but. ministerial.. .It is admitted, that a party :hew* aftinterait may insti tute a, suit of this nature by the general practice of this Court ; and it is as general a practice in all the Courts inferior to this, not to exclude the husband on account of fraud. The putflic has an interest in. set ding the legal relation of individuals to each other. o With respect to the lateness of itstituting the suit, they contended, that no lapse of time could ope rate as a bar to it. Here is no statute of limitation. A marriage which is null and void at the period of its celebratior., can never become valid by the opera. tion of time. To be sure, it may induce the Court to require strict proof of the matters pleaded ; but not to reject the plea altogether. The inferences of consent. which the Courts have raised from circumstances, in the 'cases cited, were grounded on facts in the evi dence, and not merely on allegations in the libel. a Some of the Judges spoke in terms of great red probation, of the conduct of the husband, am set forth in his plea ; and intimated, that in other Courts he would hardly be admitted to stand forward on the ground of his own fraud and perjury; but from the peculiar nature of matrimonial causes, and from the general rule of practice in Ecclesiastical Courts, they thought themselves bound to reyene the decree ap , pealed from, and admit the libel to proof, which was I accordingly done." A shocking instance of barbarity lately took place near Dunbar :—A young woman, who had sat cit connection with a young man in the nsighbour hdod, uas delivered of a child, wl.ich she kept mai cealed for two days in the kitchen, and aiserwards, to avoid detection, had thrown it away, cut and mangled in different places ; a boy, while belt hip found one of the legs, which appeared to have teen broke through a little below the knee joint, and the flesh wholly torn away from the uppei part ;—the mother was corning past from Dunbar at the time the boy found it, who "hewed it to her, aEd she desired him to bury it. She immediately absents. ded, and hat since been seen at Din s!, it is supposed on her way to England. The trunk was found in a barn near the house where she resided ; and what is renirkable, a carrion crow had get of its aro s, torn off from the shoulder, an.l was in the set of flying away with it, when it let it f.. 1 close by the father's side ' who happ ene d at t h e t i me to be pl-ugh. ing. The head has not yet been found. Me. Eavryers. town-clerk of Dunbar, made evarieserties to deem the worr.aa when be beard of the chenstasees. tits. AIL t i • 'alt. .oris IM. 1, bi :Won, Itt~t. :done lama 2 and lip. Jgal. lama. is pre• aura to his I. uke of