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'-- • :+i :... • l'iti!- -,• :' -'-:••-'-- :. ~t, Drs. 11 eU WEDNESDAY, JULY t • • Li - 1; IP 1?: JUVENILE FETE, SATURDAY NEXT, tale JULY, At the ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. vim THU HIPICIAL PATIOX&OI OP THU IMO. • IN compliance w ith the request of many Ladies and Gentlemen who have expressed a wish, in eviler to gratify the desire of the Juvenile Branches of their Families, that the Amusements at these Gardens should, for One Night, terminate at an only hour, the Proprietors, anxious, as far as lies in their power, a meet the wishes of. all who lumina them with their company, have determined to Open the Gardens expressly for the Decision, on an Extra Night, and to devote that Night to the Accommodation u well as Amusement of the Junior s • it u, therefore, proposed' to open the Doors at Six, and the ( tope Dancing, Fire-Works, Ascent ou the Rope, and the other Amusements, to be ALL OVER BY TEN O'CLOCK. and as the Proprietors feel an anxious desire to see a numerous Assemblage of the Young Folks now at home for the Mondays, they intend for this Night only to charge Ofildren under Twelve rears V.4ge, Two 9Fillings each ; Other Person., as usual, 3s. 6d. The Musical Department must, of necessity, be a little cur tailed, but the Rope Dancing, Fire-Works, Asetnt on the Rope a-la-Saqui, Cosmorantas, Heptaplasiesoptron, and other Amuse ments. will be as extensive, and as grand, as on any preceding Eve Ling. s, Supper Boxes may be engaged the Day before, or in the Morning. No Orders will be admitted. Er The following aay being Sunday, the Gardens must, of necessity, be cleared befote Twelve o'Clock ; it is, therefore, sespectfully ann,,unced, the Lamps wiU be eatinguishtd at Half past E., r.•n. N. B. The Gardens will be open on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, as usual. NEXT TUESDAY. and .1. SIVEW It 1G HT inform their Friends and eJ • the Public OA AI.I. PURCHASERS, after Inking the eienee if the First D.y, „ ill be allowed to return their Tickets e Sh.res (.4t any time on or berme .26th July), WHETHER DRAWN ea UNDRAWN, at the following very trifling Reduction, viz. A ‘VIIOLe TICICRT only £l. tts. I;ALF .£1 5I EICHTU WARIER ... 0 - 13 SIXTUINTH 4s. TEN CAPITALS Jl UST BE DRAWN THE FIRST DAT, The Scheme containing, TWO of £30,000 TWO ... _ . of Prolate ether Capitals of #.2,000, £1 ,000, &c. &c. Consols and llsney, and Not Two Blanks to a Prise. Tickets and Shares are Selling at J. and J. Sivrwatanre Offices, 37, Comsat:a-, 138, HATMARNET, 11, I lowoes, Corner of Coventry-street, Where they sold AIL the £20,000 Prizes io a recent Lottery, and in their last Contract 4,421, a Prize of £25,000. BEAUTIFUL N IIIIDL&WOR IL TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, Of Warwick-House, Regent-streats At No. 8, New Bond-street, on IV ZDNESSIM, the 84th July, isn, at Eleven o'Clock, CEVERAL beautiful and very highly-finished 47 PIECES in NEEDLE-WORK, fit for the decoration of any Mansion in the Kingdom, finished in the most enlivened eolcors ..ad animation, comprising Seven capital Pieces. One :el -resenting the Male Lion in the Tower, executed in the highest spirit, and a near resemblance of life. Another the Lioness, with :er Whelps, in a Den. A highly-spirited representation of Queen Charlotte's beautiful Zebra. And four o hers of the Bunting Tigers; with some of smaller Note. Executed in va rious Wools, by the late Mrs. SYKES, of Manchester. Supe tier in Drawing and Colouring to any production of the kind extant, and allowed by Artists to equal in effect the finest Pa,, , t gs. To be viewed on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, preceding the Sale, by Catalogues, at One Shilling each, to be had on the Premists ; and of Mr. Rebins, 170, Regent-street, opposite Burlington-street. HEREFORDSHIRE, Between HEREFORD, KINGTON, and the HAT. VALUABLE FREEHOLD ESTATES, Capital Residence, Offices, Pleasure-Grounds, Garden Farms , and Lands, in the Parishes of Kingten, Rardilley, and kluntioston. TO BR SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. ROBINS, (Of Warwick House, Regent•street), At Garraway's Coff.!e-House, 'Change-Alley, Condon!, Co Tutiasuay, the 22d of August, 1322, at Twelve e'Cloct,- in Cots. By Order of the Trustees of Rituals, Wiivcissisz, F.sq. rium Valnable FREEIIOLD and COPY ;OLD 1 ESTATES, situate in the County of HEREFORD. Lor 1. A very desirable FAMILY RESIDENCE, adapted far the accommodation of a Gentleman's Famil* 13OLLINGILAM HOUSE, situate on the road from Kington to Hay and Hereford, seated on a I.awn,ln a highly picturesque part of the country, com manding the most varied and' extensive views of a great part of the county of Hereford, and other beautiful, bold, and :noun taiuous scenery; in a genteel neighbourhood, and with particu larly good society ; with delightful Pleasure-grounds, excellent walled G - .rden, Offices, Farm-yard, and OutLuildinp of various iescriptions, well supplied with water; and nearly Sixty Acres of rich Meadow, P.oiture, Arable, and Vetoed Land, with a Few in Eardistey Church. Coaches pass daily within a short tLatance. . Lot 2. The MERE and CROSSWAY FARMS, situate adjoining the road from Kinston to Hay and Hereford, with a Farm-house, Barn, Garden, and sui.dry Inclosures if Meadow. .Arable, Pasture, and Wood Land, containing upwards of Fifty- Lur Acres, in a MO 'fate of cultivation, adjoining the lands of the Rev. William Foley and the I.te Thomas Stephens, Req. in the Parishes of Kinston and Eardistey. Lo r 3. The POUND FARM, situate in the Parish of Min ter, wait Farm-house, Garden, and Outbuildings, Orchard, and sundry Inclosures of Meadow, Pasture, Arable, and Wood Land, tot:taming nearly Fifty-three Acres, in the occupation of Mr. Janie* Chandler. Lou 4. Gk: I' H I NG'S LANDS, adjoining Kingswood Com mon, on the South side of the Kinston Road to Hay, compris kir Four Inclosures of Meadow and Arable Land, in the occu ltation of Mr. James Chandler. LOT 5. HEN GOED FA RM, situate adjoining the road from Kinston to Brilly, in the parish of Huntington, containing up- wards of Twenty-sir Acres of Meadow, Pasture, and Arable land, in the occupation of Mr. James Manwaring. Loa 6. YEW TREE FARM, in the Parish of Eardistey, ad joining the road from Hay to Fairdistry, with Farm-house, Yard, and Outbuildings, and upwards of Fourteen Acres of Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land, in the occupation of Mr. West. Loss 7 and a. TWO TENEMENTS, near Pound Farm, ea the road from Kington, with Garden, Orchard, and Plantation, is the occupation of Richard Parker and Morgan. The i.th. r Lute consist of the Bridge Inn, well situated for bnsintss, its the town of Ki: gtnn, and Seven Inclosures of capi ul rich Meadow Land, containing upwards of Twenty-five Acres, &dist' ' g the road to Presteipn, watt. led by the Myer Arrow, "chid' Miss s on the south side and through part of the land in the U. :p it i .n n 1 Mr. W. Ilidiop,T.S. Rogers, Esq. Mr. John Bowen,&c. To he viewed by a f lying to Mr. 'l'. S. Roger, Solicitor, Kir : - ~ , of whom Particulars may be had ; /utile Oxford Arnis ars: ; . ~', head, Kington ; lintel, Hereford ; White Swan, I ay, I: . lA's:ming. r ; Angel, Ludlow ; Falcon, Bromyard ; flaw, T :.Isecy ; the 1 lop.pole and Star, and Nis - . Beittley, Auc rit.t:s•ot ,' oi tester ; at Garraway's; and of Mr. Robins, No. 17Q, Ittgeu-strett, opposite Burlisgton-sueetc ARMY CONTRACTS. MR.HOPL"SLfs RrholK &gatbillterntß TREASURY CHAMBERS, Commissariat Department, Jane 24, 1922. pu o i ng f rankly eximosed ser s od,. iffiewiplumedbis or- NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous lathy se He Goverment Press at swum& we 'dint k Mc of contracting to supply the following Articles for the use of the Army, viz. OATS, justice to Mr. Hors that his 0 Letter to the Has. Janus To his Majesty • Cavalry in Cantonments and Quarters, in the Ammonium, M.P." should appear in sue columns. At the undermentioned County : same time, we disavow a intention of expressing any onbdee ()X FORD. FORAGE, viz. as the correctness of Mr. Hora's statement, any more than O ATS , Bay ow & saw , t o hi s Majesty's Cavalry is Bursas, .we would of Mr. Anaseatuar's. But " fair play is a jewel," and Oats, in Cantonments and Quarters in the undermentioned and -11Oth parties should be beard, on matters connected with Counties : the Public Press, which have occasioned so much pain and CORNWALL. MIDDLESEX. WARWICK. distress to many families.] And OATS, air ' and STIWIT, to his majesty's Cavalry and Ar tilkry Horses In Barracks, and Oats in Cantonments and TO THE HON. JAMES ABERCROMBY, M. P. _ Q.ustters in the undermentioned Counties, viz. Ste—ln the diffeient reports of the speech delivered - ESSEX. KENT. LANCASTER. NORTHUMBERLAND. SUSSEX. YORK. by you in the House of Commons, on the 25th of That the deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th day of June, in moving for a Committee of Inquiry into August next ; that Proposals in writing, sealed up, and marked the conduct of the Lord Advocate, and the other " Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at this Office,' Law Officers of the Crown, in fcotland, there ali en or before Tuesday, the 23d day of July instant, but none will be received after twelve o'clock on that day. pear a variety of statements' and reflections pointed Proposals must be mide separately for each County, and against me, of which I lose no time in taking notice, each Proposal must have the Letter which is annexed to tbj in theist public manner in my power. lam suf- Tender property filled up, by two persons of known property uu ficientty well assured Of the general accuracy of these gaging to become bound with the party tendering in the amount stated in the printed Particulars. f o r th e due p er f or m ance o f the reports, in so far as the topics of the present letter are Cann-am; and no Proposal will be noticed unless made on a involved, to feel myself justified in taking this step. printed Tender, and the prices expressed in words at len; The improSability that any occasion will occur in and should it se happen that during the continuance of the the House of Commons, during the present Session tract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the of Parliament, of which my friends can avail them amount of the Stamps on He Contract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor, shall be refunded to him. selves, in order to meet your reflections on my con- Particulars elf the Contracts may be had upon application at duct, makes me desirous no longer to delay a public these Chambers, between the hours of ten and four. answer to such part of the charges against me, to which it is proper at present to advert. The charges against me amount in substance to this ;.---Tnat I had manifested, in the course of a pri vate action, a marked and rancorous spirit of hosti lity—a sg furious zeal" against Mr. Stuart, of Dun mirth originating in party motives; and . that, from these feelings, and in order to create an undue pre judice against Mr. Stuart, in his approaching trial, I LAST RE- had instituted a wanton and groundless prosecution Annual s s• against a person of the name of Borthwick, on ac e.P.count of transactions in which Mr. Stuart might be -adnur - A. s 2 o supposed to be implicated, without ever intending to A. s s o bring that individual to trial, and that I purposely CockssandCo• 2 2 0 kept this prosecution hanging over the heads of Mr. - AA. 0 . 9 1 Stuart and Borthwick, though I did not sincerely be- A. to to 0 Iteve that there were grounds for a criminal charge 2 o o against the latter. •s 0 The may in which a colour was given to this accu sation will, on examination, appear to be somewhat singular. And that, in some quarter or other, there has been, in the preparation and statement of the charges, most insidious misrepresentation, the de tail, which I am now to make must, I am persuaded, satisfy every one, who will take the trouble to attend to the facts of the case. In the course ,of the premeditated and artful ar gument whiCh you directed against me, I observe, 5 0 o o 0 • in the first place, that you have not only thought fit ' to iusroduee into a discussion the House of - to 0 0 Commies, the merits of a civil action of damages, • s 0 (.tt present in dependence) instituted by Mr. Stuart, o against the printer of the Glasgow Sentinel, in con sequence of certain paragraphs in that paper alleged by him to be slanderous, but that you have also chosen to make the line a defence maintained by the Counsel for the defendants, and their conduct in the discharge of private professional duty, the subject of animadversion and censure in theßritisliParliament. The foundation of the charge against me of mali cious prosecution rests on the conduct and feelings attributed to me as Counsel in that action. Whether I am Counsel in that case or net, will pre sently appear. In the 6i st instance, having been at tacked in that chatacter, I wish to draw the attention of the Public to the injustice, the illiberality, and, I fear, 1 must add, the inale.volent• spirit which that attack manifests in some quarter or other. An affair sufficiently notorious occurred last year between Mr. Stuart and Mr. Duncan Stevenson.— Some time thereafter Mr. Stuar t commenced a cor respondence with the Lord Advocate upon the sub ject of some alleged libels, said to be published against hint in the Beacon. The printers of the Glasgow Sintinil took tip this subject, and expressed (It is said in slanderous terms) their opinion of Mr. Stuart's conduct. Mr. Stuart (in October, 1821) raised a civil action of damages against the printers of that newspaper, on the }pound that their remarks werefalre, slanderous, and injurious. Gentiemen of the bar were employed as Counsel Tor the defendants; and it appears that they thought it to be their duty to maintain in substance the following defence, viz. That the statements complained of as libellous were all true, and could be proved. In particular, that it could be proved, that Mr. Stuart bed assaulted Mr. Stevenson with a horse-whip; —that Mr. Stevenson had defended himself with his cane, ttU his arms Were pinioned by servants, or persons emploied by Mr s Stuart, or who had been brought by him from Fife; on purpose to be present when he should carry into effect his premeditated design of assaulting Mr. Stevenson ;—that Mr. Stevenson de manded satisfaction fur this outrage ;—that Mr. Stuart, while he admitted having perpetrated the outrage, refused satisfaction; —that Mr. Stuart was posted as a coward, a ruffian, and a scoun drel ;—that Mr. Stuart, at his own ejcpense,printed and published his correspondence with Mr. Stevenson, and an account of the whole affair, and also his correspondence with the Lord Advocate. These were the principal statements contained in the publica tion complained ut as hbellous, and the truth of them was aver red by the defendants; but that 'ea/ice/ion also contained the following observations: " When the heartless ruffian seeks fur " revenge for ideal Injury, by employing his minions to hold the " arms of the persons he Asses, we vroulu consider him undeserv " lag of the satisfaction of a gentleman; and we would desire to " hold hint up to the unalloyed opprobrium of mankind." This passage was also complained of by Mr. Stuart, as a false and osalicieor libel. On the other hand, the pleading for the defend ants.concluded by an " offer to prove, by the evidence of per " suns well skilled in the laws and practke of honour, that the conduct of the pursuer, in regard to the said affair with Mr. 6 6 Stevenson, was most ungentlemanly and deserving of every " c ondem nat ion." IX A MEETING OF THE COUNTRY BREWERS WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY NEXT, at One o'Clock precisely, at the King's Arms Tavern, Palace-Yard, Westminster, to take into consideration the effect of a Bill brought into Parliament fur amending the Laws touching the Retail Trade in Beer. —July 10, 1322. SOCIETY %ethos DISCHAR GE and RELIEF of PERSONS IMPRISONED for SMALL DEBTS. Craven-street, Strand, July s, 11122. B ENEFACTIONS SINCE THE LAST RE PORT, viz. .e. s. a. The Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor, V.P. Annual 5 5 0 The Right Hon. the Countess of Radnor • A. 5 5 0 The Hun. and Rev. C. Cuit . - A. 2 2 0 Rev. Dr. Hughes - - A. 2 2 0 Rev. George Waddington, per Cocks, Cocks, and Co. 2 Z 0 Rev. T. P. White. per Vera and Co. - A. 2 2 0 I'. Hearley, Eq. per ditto - A. it 2 9 Henry litvell Reynolds, Esq. per Secretary A. 10 10 0 R. W. Coward, Esq. - A. 2 0 0 John Watts. Esq. per Secretary - A. 2 2 0 George Jenner, Esq. . . A. 2 2 0 Edward Howell, Esq. - . A. 2 2 0 Miss Itomdly - - A. 1 1 0 John Cotter.% Esq. two year. - - 4 4 0 Gen. Wm. Cartwright, per Mears. Hoare. A. 5 5 0 A. Askew, Esq. per ditto - - A. 2 2 0 Wm. Fuller, Esq. per ditto - - 4 5• 0 A Lady, per ditto - . 2 2 0 IR. H. per ditto - - 2 0 0 Madlle. Nohlet, being part of the profit arising from her Benefit at the King's Theatre, Haymarket, on the 15th ult. - - 20 0 0 A Lady, per Cocks and Co. 5 • 0 A. M. a Donation per Secretary S • 0 J. F. for the purposes of the Charity - 10 0 0 C. D. per Dorrien and Co. 2 2 0 C. R. - 1 1 0 Found in the Letter-box 0 5 0 £lO5 i 0 • Discharged and relieved from various Prisons t4' Debtors, for the stun a £315 9 7 Considered the Cases of - 40 Petitioners, Approved - - - 50 Referred for Characters - 3 Petitions, ..... _________ • Rejected -5, and Considered Inadmissible - 4. Benefactions are received by John Camden Neild, Esq. the Treasurer, Cbeyne-walk, Chelsea; also by Messrs. Herries, Far quhar, and Co. St. James's-street; Messrs. Hoare', Fleet-street; Messrs. Whitmore and Co. Lombard-street; Messrs. Cocks, Cocks, Ridge, and Co. Charing-cross ; Messrs. Dorrien and Co. Finch-lane, Cornbill ; Messrs. Hammersleys, Pall-mall ; Messrs Veres and Co. No. 77, Lombard-street ; ar.d by Mr. Grasswell, the Secretary, N 0.7, Craven -street, Strand, where theßooks may be seen by those who are inclined to support this Charity, and where the Society meet on the first Wednesday in every math. GREAT GAIN !—LITTLE RISK ! rEN CAPITALS in TEN MINUTES, NEXT TUESDAY, 15th of THIS MONTH (July). And the whole Ten must be gained for the trifling Risk of lin. each, being only Nineteen Pounds for Ten Capitals. Tickets and Shares are now selling by 111511, Stock-Broker, at his old State Lottery Offices, 4, Cornbill, and 9, Charing cross, London ; and by his Agents in the Country. By the plan now adopted, a Whole Ticket ultimately costs only £l. ills. and a Sixteenth only Four Shillings : other Shares in proportion. BISH shared and sold 7Wo Prizes 0f£20,000, and Thiity ; five other Capitals, in the last Two Month:. , • FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZE.Trii. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. John Coppard, gen. Mitcham, drug-grinder, front July 16 to 27, at ten, at the Court of Commiasioners of Bankrupts, Ba- singhall-street. Joseph Hirst, Greave, Yorkshire, merchant, from July 16 to • August 12, at eleven, at the Packhorse Inn, Huddersfield. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Twamley, Aston-road, near Birmingham, miller, to sur render August 3,5, and 20, at eleven, at the George Inn, Walsall. Attornies, Mr. Wheeler, Castle-street, Holborn ; or Mr. Smith, Walsall. Daniel Friend, Ramsgate, shipwright, July 1 !, and August Ramsgate. 20, at eleven, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Attornies, Mr. Bigg, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane; or Mr. Wighturick, Ramsgate. John Parker and James Ellison, Belmuunt, Lancashire, calico printers, July 31, at five, and August 1, at ten, at the Star Inn, Manchester, and 20, at twelve, at the Old Bull Inn, Blackburn. Attornies, Mr. Dodgson, Blackburn; or Meurs. Milne and Parry, Temple. James Watts, sen. Bradford, Wilts, dealer, July 24, 25, and August 20, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. At tornies, Messrs. Poole sad Greenfield, Gray's Inn; or Mr. Saunders, Nichnlas-street, Bristol. William Wilkins, Ashby-de-bi-Zouch, wine-merchant, July3l, at four, August 1 and 20, at eleven ' at the Queen's Head Inn, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Attornies, Messrs. Long and Aus ten, Gray's Inn; or Mr. Dewes, Ashby-dela-Zouch. Joseph Lovegrove, Cranhain, Gloucestershire, timber-dealer, July 111, at sir, 20, at eleven, at the King's Dead Inn, Ci rencester, and August 20, at eleven, at the King's Mad Inn, 13irdlip, Gloucestershire. Attornies, Mr. Whatley, Cirences ter; nr Messrs. Williams and White, Lincoln's Inn. James Smith, Rugby, Warwickshire, cold-merchant, July 22, at six, 23, and August 20. at ten, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Rugby. Attornies, Messrs. Faller and Saltwell, Carlton chambers, Regent-street. Thomas Ilarri.on, late of l'rinees-street, Rotiterhithe, merchant, July 20, 27, and August *O, at ten, at the Court of Commis , sinners of Bankrupts, Basingh.til-ntreet, Attornies, Aleuts. Robbie. sad Durrovs, Austiu-mass. • In short, on the part of the printers, their Counsel denied that the passages are false, malicious, or slan derous. They averred that Mi. ki.u.irt had made the! subject the property of the public press:—that they %vele entitled to comment on facts brought under public notice by his own publications:—they offered to provC tharthe facts stated in O.: alleged libel were ti tae ;—they offered to the libel. hether the defoodants wive evidence to preys - • ft 6ellikilee 7 f ors, stlem l re a n m e*cetii n s ot cl°l l " : :eau ' fih n c n et4 u ht g ie i n' t t o ohre d ia e n c h i nm d v e ie : list that the Counsel for the defendants were rat'tled AO state any defence on the part of their clients, s hick they thought the facts admitted et, is a propomtiou, the truth of which the spirit of party alone could lead any man to dispute. In reference to the very unfair and extraordinary comments made by you and Sir-James Mackintosh on the paragraph , •1' the de fence last quoted, it is material to observe, that It is wholly unwarrantable to ascribe that reference to public opinion as necessarily applicable to Mr. Stuart's refusal to fight Mr. Stevenson. The passage in the newspaper of which Mr. Stuart seemed to have most reason to complain, was that already quoted, in which he is accused of employing person: to hold the arms of the man he assaulted. That averment the defendants offer to prove ; and the passage in the pleading, to which you adverted in so singular * manner, bears reference, as I understand, generally tithe edible of Mr. Stuart's conduct, and particularly 'to his employing men to hold Mr. Stevenson's armss •. The paper containing this plea was, I understand, lodged in the Jury Chin, in the course of tie month of January last. Since that period, Mt. Stuart, as I am informed, has not taken one step to forward hit case—to obtain the opinion of the Cou I ton the legality and competency of this line of defence (if he has any objections to its legality), or to bt ing the facts to an issue before a Jury. The cause is, •Imwever, still in de pendence—the legality or relevancy of the plea of the defenders is still s b judice, and the opinion of a Jury must be taken on the met its of the action, mt. • less it is abandoned by Mr. Stuart. In these circumstances, you and Sir James Mack intosh—English lawyers—think fit to make the me rits of that action—the pleas maintained by the de.. fendants, and the conduct of their Counsel, the sub ject of virulent invective in the House of Commons. You pronounce a confident and violent opinion on the case of the defendants, on which the Court and a Jury are still to decide. On thegross injustice to the defendants, resulting from this perversion of the privileges of Parliamen tary discussion, in order to aid the private action of - a political associate, and to prepossess and prejudice the minds of the Public, from wham the Jury must afterwards be selected, it is needless to enlarge. But your attack on the Counsel, acting, or sup posed to be acting for the defendant., requires more particular animadversion. The character, and pri.i vileges, and usefulness of the Bar, and the interests and rights of the subject at large, are, indeed, as sailed in a manner not less novel than alarming, if the conduct of Counsel in a private case, not yet de cided, is to be the fit and legitimate topic of itivec sive, insinuation, and abase in the British Parlia 14ftent. If the characters, the talents, and the pro+ fessional knowledge, aye, and the motives of Coun— sel, are to be impeached in the House of Commons, by every violent political partizan, w hose fr lend may be involved in an action of doubtful issue, which they are called upon to defend ; and if the pleas main tained in that action are to be made the subject of poi pular declamation, and severe stricture in Pat liament; an advantage may no doubt be gained to the party id the action m whose favour such interference is ex‘ erted : but it•is in vain to conceal that this is an a& vantage gained at the expense of the justice due to the other party, and is a departure from that regard to judicial proceedings, which has ever been ob• served as one of the most sacred maxims of British Legislation. A more serious attack upon the privilege., and rights and proceedias of the Bar, r proceedings fraught with more danger to the interests which pri vate parties may have to defend in Courts of Justice, can hardly be imagined, than hare been exhibited in the conduct of yourself and Sir James Mackintosh. The comments upon the merits of this action seem not to be the only instance, in which you have thought fit to invade the private right and interests of parties, at this very moment litigating in Courts of Law the points which you have selected as the to pics of Parliamentary discussion. You. have_ eche. , rnently maintained that legal property iu a news paper is created by a suhact iption to a bond of et edit to a banking. house for a specific sum, though that very question is at this moment the subject of judicial consideration in a Court of Law. But then it happens that your opinion coincides with the l leas and the interests of a political friend. In like manner; you have chosen to prejudge the merits of twoother actions of damages, and have loudly condemped a news paper, for daring to censure the public conduct of a Magistrate of a Scotch Burgh, er to persecute 111 m, as you are said to represent the matter. But then that Magistrate happens to be .e attached to the noble family of Hamilton," as you are reported to say, and doubtless may on that ground beentitled to a sacred and inviolable immunity from the political - anima& of Burghs . Again, notoriety, vonduded private "avermerr action h; , of tne " the defen, condemt qualified the Corm are said before a 1 / 4 lued frieur family—a whatever, land of . Newspaper, moment - enee ag• w 'version, of v Ilia the Magistrates of i Scotch seem generally to be considered the fair objects. . In, you roundly asserted, as matter or public , 1 I ty, that an o ffi cial individual in Hamilton had I , ' ed a Newspaper in that town, whp has, in a • S action against him, founded on that very nt, denied that responsibility. But then, that • ,; lappens to be at the instance of this supporter ti i Nt ble Family" of Hamilton, and the ca s e of i Li , endant may in this manner be prejudged and med. And, last of all, I observe, with uti• d astonishment, that you actually proposed co ! I umons of England, to subject to what you 1 I to call a "full, fair, and open examination," I 1 s Committee of the noose, a young and vo. I end of mine—of great promise and ancient ,ii, ' . ! , —a private Gentleman, ix no pul' situation • _ ci e a pee t this , i. rr," on • the allegation, forsooth , t hat, in t his f liberty, be had dared to write snicks is a , l ~ ' t p a er p , ri w v h at e e n y pc o t u iun muss of d b A a asa ve ses known, that was in ,11 ' . . ;ainst that Lientlesoast which turned on that . - - 1 . . .4 , r. I k