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~~ ~~ ~~ a !' . _ !Ilk\ ern OF LONDON TAVERN, Jens 13, lett. 111 THE COMMITTEE for MANAGING the SUlt• SCRIPTION for the RELIEF of tie DISTRESSED DISTRICTS in IRELAND, have the satisfaction to aehami ledrh:be following Subscriptions received sine* the 19th inst. Committee recommend in the strongest terms m these who have in Ireland the management of the benevolences in the crisis, that they contrive in every useful way to ceen. Cthe labour of the poor with the aid which k may be ne cessary to afford them. When the Agricultural Poor in England were sailhellig l ikbEr works were performed, which had been long wanted, ami whisk were of permanent benefit ; such as removal of andeektelosnikkg, inipwwing, or repairing public roads, lovrerbg diode& fens, &c. Other useful works were suggested purposely 55 give employment to the industrious labourer , and Width works .• ware psedective of very great benefit to the Poor themselves as well as to the Public. Added to the General Commi Amount of Subscriptions ahead Edward Bullock, Req. 5 5 Mr. KS. Grosvenor 10 0 Doncaster first remit tance, per J. Denni son and Co. 1001. 3s. dd. et—Hon. Col. B. Fitzgibbon. advertised Z 79,647 4s. isd. From Wrigkt and Co. AWidow 1 1 From Curries and Co. Beverley Subscription, -Bower &Co. 1634 as. 6d. perboera. Mr. Sam. Windk 1 1 From Smith, Payne, and Co. A Sussex Farmer I 1 Mr. Thomas Mason 5 0 The Misses Jephson, .Robert Shedden, Esq. 10 0 Sandwich 5 0 George Shedden, Esq. 10 0 Small Subscriptions 8 10- B. B. Shedden, Req. 10 0 From Pried and Co. From Lubbock and Co. O. L. 2 0 Rev. Geo. Ogle Basildon 5 • 0 From Messrs. Hoare. T. Blake, Esq. second • A. Z. 5 0 subscription 10 10 :Miss Wyatt 5 0 R. R. - 15 15 H. Oddie, Esq. , 5 5 JosephWatts,Eq; 1 I Rev. Rich. Crammer 5 0 From Lloyd:* Coffee-hosmo. From Marsh and Co. W. L. .. 1 1 Capt. J. Reynolds, R.N. 1 1 Charles Tyndall, q. 5 0 hlrs. Reynolds 1 1 From Jones, Llo yd, and Ci. E. Ravencroft, Esq. 5 0 Horsham Subscrip. per ltlalpas Church, per the Rev. If. J. Rose 391.11 ilk Rev. P. Egerton 381.128.2 d. From Lees and Co. Whitewall Chapel, Mal- T. Holmes, Esq. .5 5 pas, per ditto 81. 12s. 2d. From Curtis and Co. Front Marten, Call, and Co. G. Gillett, Esq. 10 0 AbbottsLangleyChurch, From Esdaik and Co. per Rev. W.Lewis 301.145. Bd. Springfield, Essex 20 6 From Morland and Co. Great Radon, ditto 611. is. 6d. Beaconfield Collection, per I Mrs. Turner Brown 2 0 Rev. J. Gould 25:. 17$. Id. Cheltenham, per Tur- From Drummond and Co. ners and Morris 551. 195.7 d. D. 1). 100 0 From Rogers and Co. Mrs. Cath. White 3 0 E. J. 5 0 Rev. G. Lock 2 2 From Barclay and Co. Mrs. Lock, sen. Black- Wm. Coles, Eq. 10 0 heath 1 1 From Nlasterman and Co. From Coutts and Co. kingsbridge, Devon 30 0 Francis Giles, Eq. 5 0 NRssCurrer,EahtonHall, Alex. Baillie, Esq. 5 0 per M. Wilson, Esq. From Child and Co. Yorkshire 20 0 Rev. C. Proby, Twicken- Front Williams-and Co. ham 5 0 Midhurst Subscription 33 5 From Herries, Farquhar & Co. Midhurst Church Col- J. L. Greffulhe ' Esq. 100 0 lection Isl. lis. Id. From Barna rd and Co. From Fry and Co. Cole & Co. Twickenham, Chippenham Church, by second subscription 5 0 Rev. J. Allport 441. 6s. Bd. The Committee will meet at the City of London Tavern daily, at Eleven for Twelve. They have also the pleasure to inform the Public that their Lordships, the Postmasters-Genera), have been pleased to order, that all Letters addressed to the Committee, shall pass FREE of Postage, provided such Letters be inclosed in covers, having the following direction :—$ On the business of the Committee for the Relief of the distressed Irish—Francis Freeling, Esq. Ge neral Post-Office, London." Subscriptions are received at the Committee Room, between the Hours of Twelve and Four ; by Smith, Payne, and Smiths, and by all the Bankers in London and Westminster, no other persons being authorised by the Committee to receive them. By Order of the Committee, M /CH. W. TROY, Hots. See. PARLL4MENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, JUNE 13: The Bishop of EXETER presented a Petition from the Parish of St. Sidwoll, Exeter, against the Catholic Peers' Bill.— Lad on the table. Lord ROLLE presented a similar Petition from the Pariih of St. Edmunds, in the same City.--Laid on the table. Mr. Mason, from the East India House, presented an Ac count of the Revenue and Expenditure of the different Presi dencies hi India, from May 11121, to May 1822. Laid on the table. Mr. CIIIIWYND and others brought up a Message from the Commons, announcing that they had agreed to the amendments made by their Lordships in the Vagrant Laws Amendment Bill. They also brought up several Private Bills, which were read a first time. The Manslaughter and the Warrant of Attornies' Bills were read a third time and passed. The Annuities Memorial 13111 was read a second time. The Recognizance. Bill went through a Committee. The Report of the Irish Deeds Registry Bill was received, and the 13111 ordered to be engrossed. The Marquis of L A NSDOWN thought it right to inform their Lordships, that having received a communication from the Noble Earl at tke head of the Treasury, stating that he would do his best to attend in his place to-morrow, he (the Marquis of Lansdovrn) should certainly make the motion of which he had given notice on the State of Ireland. BANKRUPT LAWS. The LORD CHANCELLOR reminded their Lordships that a IXll had been brought up from the other House at the close of the last Session, to make some important changes in the Bankrupt Law. But as it contained much unnecessary matter, sad was otherwise highly imperfect in its nature, he had signi fied his intention, if the measure were allowed to drop, to intro duce a Bill, or Bills, himself upon the subject. This engagement be was now ready to perform. The first Bill which he should bring in, would remedy a considerable hardship, occasioned by the state of the law as it now stood. If a Commission of Bank ruptcy were issued against a particular firm, all the partners were involved in the same fate, whatever might have been their conduct. Now, men bad different feelings, and there were some who would think it highly important to their character to have the Commission of Bankruptcy superseded, instead of being obliged to take their certificates as Bankrupts. This, however, could not now be done, although their honesty might entitle them to it. The object of this Bill, therefore, would be to amend the law in this particular, and to enable the Lord Chancellor, or the Lord Keeper of the Seal, in cases of b an kruptcy under a joint Commission, to supersede the Com mission agai.• . any single bankrupt (any one of the partners) who had satisfied all his creditors. On Monday next he should, therefore, introduce another Bill to amend some other part of the Bankrupt Laws, and he hoped that, together with the pre sent, it would pass before the close of the Session. He should afterwards propose another Bill, but as, from the importance of the subject, he had not yet made up his mind with respect to all the clauses which it ought to contain, he should merely lay it on their Lordships table for consideration, and should not expect the measure to be carried into effect until the ensuing Session. The Noble Earl then brought in the first Bill, which was read a fiat time.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Upon the motion of ?dr. Curewvion, the Lords' Amendments to the Vagrant Laws Amendment Bill were read and agreed to. sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a Petition from the Hop rowers of Canterbury and the eastern parts of the county of Riot, praying that no alteration may be made in the 54th of the late King, for regulating the marking of hops. A conversation ensued, in which Mr. Cumin withdrew his notice upon the subject of the Laws for regulating the m a rki ng of hops. He at the sante dm* intimated his Intention of forward his Bill early in she nest Session. Sir E. KNATCHBULL presented a similar Petition from Western llivislon of the county of Neut. Both the Petitions • ordered to be printed. fIURTEIS then gave notice that he should bring in s:Bill to and amend the said Act early in the next Session. LETUBBLDOE wished to septimthe Sous that, as Se had Oval Itip th' an aOinfffild dada Ire Sinner a mnion, he found ski should DM be VII to Whig foreword his motion until about tin days hence, one as *way Honourable Members would dim hevoleft towel, •he should withdraw it eitostedser until the sent Session. Mr. ABERCEOMBIE postreselli 10. With* relating to the Ptess hi Scotland, frail the 19th to the Sikh inst. The further consideration of the Report of the Stamp Duties BIN was postponed to Monday nett. The Irish Hearth and Windy* Yak Rapist Bill was com mitted, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr. COURTS AY pve notice that on Monday he should move for leave to bring in a Bill for annexing the puzishment of bard labour to some offences which did not inter it under the exiii:lng law. Mr, Alderman WOOD rose to submit Ma motion relating to Rchester Jail. Mr. Secret szy PEEL felt that what he was about to do might be Irregular, but he wished to appeal to the Honourable Alderman not to waste the time of the House, because he was sure that he could convince even him of the inexpediency of his motion under existing circumstances. A Committee of the most respectable individuals in the .country were now sitting to in quire into all the facts relating to the subject of the county jails and their local *Radon& • Mr. Menem/ and Mr. o.l3zorwrconcurred in this suggestion. Mr. Alderman WOOD expressed his desire to comply with the wishes of the House, and withdrew his motion. Mr. BROUGHAM wished to ask the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Goulburn) whether he had made his Estimate of the number of Officers to be employed under the new Act in Ireland? Mr. GOULBURN said it was impossible, from the nature of the measure, to say how many Officers would be employed. Mr. BROUGHAM was aware of that difficulty, but what he wanted was the maximum of the number the Right Hai. Gintleman contemplated as likely to be placed at the disposal of Government. Mr. PLUNKETT subtoitted that it was impossible to give any estimate. since a great deal was matter of discretion. The number mentioned might or might not be appointed. Therefore, as it was impossible to give an estimate of discretionary power, no estimate could be made up in the present case. • IRISH TITHE Mr. GOULBURN then rose to bring forward the motion, of which he had formerly given notice, on the subject of Irish Tithes. The Right Hon. Gentle man observed, he was not so presumptuous as to sup poit that on this subject he should be able to bring forward a proposition equal to curs all the evils of the existing system, or which would give satisfac tion to all. He only came forward to submit the first fruits of the consiJeration of Government on this subject; and in the commencement of what he had to say, he must protest against all thosemild and visionary schemes which .he had seen given to the Public, holding out that the property of the Church might be taken without hesitation, and applied to what some called the legitimate purposes of the State. He understood also, thst the plan he had to propose Was likely to meet with opposition from some Gen tlemen opposite, because it did not propose a general commutation of tithes; but he must request to be allowed to say, his object was directed to a dif ferent end. At the same time his plan would not operate to prevent commutation, if such a plan could, be effected, to which he, however, thought he saw almost insurmountable obstacles. In consider ing this question, it was impossible not to see that tithe was private property, the title to which was most ancient, and most easy to be made out.— He had no doubt he would be told that many indi viduals who held tithes but ill discharged the duties pertaining to them, and therefore ought not to retain them ; but if thii doctrine were once adopted, where was it to stop ? It might extend to landed and to all other private property, to which individuals of indifferent characters had clear legal claim. This was a doctrine he was convinced the House could not intend to entertain for an instant, and he now claimed to deal with tithes in the same manner as he would with the same portion of private property of any other description; and he was persuaded if his plan was adopted it would do away all the rational grounds of complaint against tithes. Many evils had been imputed to the tithes in Ireland which did not belong to them, but arose out of the tenure of land in that country, and other circumstances with which - tithes had nothing to do. One of the great evils was the forbearance of the Clergy is collecting their dues, which made them, when enforced, fall with increased pressure, though the demand of the Clergy, taking Ireland throughout, was much less than what they were entitled to. Another evil was, that the Irish Clergy received their tithes from the poorest order of the people, and the Clergymen of Ireland were re duced to the necessity of abandoning their tithes alto gether, or exacting them from the most indigent class. In the County of Kerry there was, in one parish, a living of 4801. a-year, and the number of persons paying the tithes was 1,980. That was a case casu ally taken, and similar instances were to be found all over the country. In Ireland the lands were let by competition, and the Irish peasant, from a wish to occupy the place of his birth, often gave rents far above his ability to pay. From a number of small tithes the emoluments of the Clergy were derived; and a Clergyman, with a large family, was reduced to the alternative either of sacrificing his lawful emo luments, or of obtaining them by a suit at law. He should propose, first, to enable the incumbent to enter into leases for twenty-one years with the occupiers of the soil ; and, in the second place * be should propose to enable the incumbent to transfer that lease to the owner of the soil. Those provisions would make the payments of tithes more certain. The persons who paid the tithes, and he who received them, would be placed upon the same footing The lease would also hold good for twenty-one years, notwithstanding the death or the promotion of the incumbent. The leases, at the same time, would be subject to the approba tion of the Ordinary. The agreement would be made with the owner of the soil, 'who had the power to indemnify himself for the advances he might•make. In the different dioceses, where a composition had been made with the occupies' of the land, the most beneficial effects had followed. In some other parishes, the more wealthy inhabitants had agreed to pay the incumbent a certain stipulated sum, and took on themselves the trouble of collecting the tithes. In the districts where this practice had been adopted, the greatest harmony prevailed between the clergy man and his parishioners. That practice was an anti-1 cipation of the law he intended to propose. It was most improbable that any objections could be made on the part of the clergy ; and he could not believe that the gentlemen orkeland would oppose a plan that would so materially contribute to the tranquil lity of the country. He had heard it urged, as an objection to the measure, that it would materially in terfere with any future and more comprehensive arrangement. But his opinion was, that so far from impeding any such arrangement, it would materially facilitate such a measure. The Hon. Gentleman con and in the next 7s. 6d. In consequence of en Exche quer process these two petty sums had swelled into 'ES. Es. 10d. simply by the addition of £2. 10s. under the head of costs. This was no unusual case. In the course of twenty years the tithe rent had trebled in proportion to the rent of the land. He hoped the Bill would not be pressed on the House, but that the Right Hon. Gentleman would wait till the next Session. Sir J. NEWPORT was convinced that the measure would not answer the expectations of the, country.— The Bishops had already the power of leasing tithes, and no tithes were worse administered. Mr. PLUNKETT hoped his Hon. Friend would not oppose the introduction of the Bill. If the mea sure was a good one it ought to be adopted, and if so inoperative as was described by the Right Honourable Baronet, it could at least do no harm, and the field would be left open for a more efficient plan. If a full compensation will not made to the Clergy, it was an aggression on the right of property. He believed the Clergy received nearer 1-20th than I.loth as their tithes. But the Clergyman would be entitled to a compensation, not in proportion to what he actually received, but to what he was entitled to receive. The tithes had been no more a cause of disturbance than the rent or the taxes. In the year 1820, the counties where no tithes of potatoes had been exacted had been the most disturbed. Some lands in Ireland were tithe-free, and in these cases the additional tent exceeded, by four times, the amount of the tithes. In numerous cases the poor man much more willingly paid the tithe to the Clergyman, than that the land lord should compound with the Clergy man and charge it upon the rent. Mr. S. RICE said, that after the speech of the At torney-General of Ireland there could be no hopes of a commutation, and without a commutation there could be no adequate remedy. The Bill would be ineffective, and had been so found already in two cases out of three. He agreed with Mr. Malthus, that we should apply the tithe system to landlords who had to receive improved rents. Mr. D. BROWNE conceived a commutation of tithes in Ireland was necessary for the peace and har mony of Ireland. In that country, the subject of tithes was always a subject of grievance. Upon the word of a man of honour, he believed that Ireland could not be quieted until there was a commuta tion of tithes. Mr. DAWSON denied that any charge of extor tion was well founded against the Clergy of Ireland, for the right of tithes was given by law to the Cler gyman. If he exacted more than was his due, he was punishable at common law. He deprecated the use of tithe proctors, or any other popular agents; but he denied that the Clergyman deserved opprobrium op that account, because it was impossible for him to be constantly co'lecting, or even wrangling about the value of his tithes Mr. O'GRADY was of opinion, that from the tithe system arose all the evils and disturbances in Ireland. He did not think that the present Bill would remedy all evils; but, as it was the best measure he had yet heard of, he should vote for it. _ _ _ The Marquis of LONDONDERRY wished the House to consider that this was only a motion for leave to bring in a Bill, and therefore he submitted whether the House would now go into an extended debate on the tithe system of Ireland ? The very mode in which this question had been met was most discouraging to Government to bring forward any measures of relief, when they found Hon. Members turn round upon them, and refuse their assent to that which they had formerly advocated. He hoped, however, that they would not consent to a total abo lition of tithes, as had been done in some of the coun tries of Europe, which had of late years been infected with the bane of revolutionary principles. In' his opinion this Bill would give a great boon to Ireland, by destroying that Middleman who was the great grievance of the tithe system of Ireland. He depre cated the conduct of Members in looking at this measure as a matter at once so easily settled. If the question of tithes were not met as one of private pro perty, he should tremble at touching it at all. He, therefore, hoped that the whole system of commuta tion would be kept open for future discussion. Mr. C. HUTCHINSON was disposed to differ with his friends, and to give Ministers leave to bring in this Bill ; but, by doing so, he did not pledge himself to support the Bill when it was broug ht In. Mr. DALY would oppose the Bill in every stage. Sir N. COLTHURST thought a commutation of tithes necessary for the peace of Ireland. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill ; and the other Or ders being disposed of, the House adjourned. / ? yott elda th Writbi en was " , t4 you itt. di l d m ti: t ere ine by tn o e is c ° m:ini t g a l . c l e t o e i r s i o sT ; i i pt n t ); and having found, or pretended to herr fou i 4 , their', some writing. holograph of the aid Sir Ale xander all, yes did wickedly and maliciously chant nge the R a ii ilezwider Boswell to Ogist a duel with you ; and a tinie a n, ,e of meeting having been concerted, you did, upon Tuesda, e 11th day of Martha 1521, or upon One or other of the da;; that month; of of February immediately pr 'Nliately following, upon the farm of Balbaitont in the little to the northward of the road from the *Lie of Auchtertoei to the burgh of Kirkcaldy, and about three quarters of a mile or thereby slistant from the said village of Auchteno o l, in the said shire, wickedly and maliciously discharge at the s id Sir Alexander Boswell a pistol loaded with ball, whereby the said Sir Alexander Boswell was MOrtally wounded, the bdi having entered near the root of the neck an the right side, . o d shattered the collar-bone, of which mortal wound the said sr Alexander Boswell died in the course of the next day, a n d was . this murdered by you the said James Stuart: and you the said James Stuart, conscious of your guilt in the premises, did at i . scond and Bee from justice: and a letter, bearing to be dated Auchinleck, Nov. 7, 11121,' and to be subscribed ' Alexanrier Boswell; as also &writing, entitled Whig Song,' and addressed on the back, ' For Mr. Alexander, Sentinel-office, Glasgo w a letter or writing, bearing to be dated' Dumbarton, Decends v? 17,1821; subscribed Isom. ' ' and a writing entitled Perry, Req. late proprietor and editor of the Meriting Chttnitici and addressed on the back, ' Mr. Alexander, Sentintl-011i.. e Glasgow,' being all to be used in evidence against you at y ou; trial, will be lodged in due time in the hands of the Clerk ul High Court of Justiciary, before which you are to he tried, sll:.c you may have an opportunity of seeing the same: at least, time and place above libelled, the said Sir Alex. Boswell was imr dered; and you, the said James Stuart, are guilty thereof, am:, or art and part. All which, or part thereof, being found prow l by the verdict of an assize, before the Lord Justice-General,ilo Lord Justice Clerk, and Lordi Commissioners of Justiciary, you, the said James Stuart, ought to be punished with the psi of law, to deter others from committing the like crime in .11 time coming. (Signed) " DUN. 111'N EILL, A. D.- The reading of the indictment having been con cluded, and the LORD it/STICK CLERK having de manded of the accused his plea to this charge, Mr. Stuart answered, in an audible voice, " My Lord, I am not guilty." Mr. COCKBURN, on the part of the defender, said, that he did not intend to propound any objections to the relevancy of the indictment. It was certaialy worded in a peculiar form, and contained much n.al ter that he thought might have been spared, if 1;o: out of respect for the private feelings of the accused, yet out of consideration for the memory of the de ceased, without any detriment to the end, of pcb!ic justice. But although it was not his intention to ob ject to the relevancy of the indictment, he should, notwithstanding, availhimself of his undoubted right, in this stage of the proceedings, to make that s:ate ment which was necessary to open to the Court the line of defence which his client had marked out. He availed himself the more readily of this privilege (and he stated it in the hearing of those Gentlemen who were liable to be appointed cn the Jury, as eeil as in the hearing:of the Court), because he considered that what he was about to say was material to the vindication of the character of the accused, and be cause, in the event ,of the case for the prosecution breaking down, this would be the only opportunity he should have i.f making any statement before this Court. Mr. Cockburn then quoted those parts ni the indictment which attributed to the accused a de sign to provoke the lamented deceased, and other s t,f the lieges, to fight a duel or duels, and also of travel ling into the west country for the purpose of seekin . ; materials for a quarrel,and of liberating Mr.Borth wit k from prison, in order that he might aid in that purpose. All these allegations he should meet with an unqua lified denial ; and he could confidently assert, that this would be a prouder and a happier day than a:ry which the accused had spent since the occurrence of the late unfortunate event—now that he was per mitted boldly to face his accusers, and demand ail investigation into his character. For his own part, if he could speak the feelings of the accused, if he (Mr. Cockburn) were allowed, by his sense of pro fessional duty, to speak his own feelings, he should have no hesitation in admitting that the late Sir Alexander Boswell met his death at the hands of tae accused: but his legal duty did not /permit him to make that admission ; and he could with sincerity and truth declare, that of the extraordinary charges libelled in the indictment, his client was not guilty. He must also, in justice to the feelings of his client, declare, that for the melancholy termination of the life of the deceased, no person on earth was more un feignedly sorry than was the accused. But he owed something more to the feelings of his client, and i:, in performing that duty, he should mention anything derogatory to the memory of the deceased, or lith t rill to the feelings of his surviving friends,he regretted the necessity for doing so, but it was a necessity im posed upon him by the conduct of the gentleman or gentlemen who drew up the present indictment. The Learned Gentleman proceeded to state, that all %situ) knew the late Sir Alexander Boswell must be aw.ne that lie possessed in a very extraordinary degree a gi:t which, when unassociated with the most amiable dispositions of the heart, was a very dangerous gift indeed—he alluded to his powerful talent for irony. Dlr. Cockburn here detailed all the facts relative to the establishment of the late Beacon and the present Sentinel, the contributions of the deceased to those publications, and the manner in which Mr. Stuart obtained the fatal evidence of the deceased's corres pondence with those-publications. For a plain state ment, this of Mr. Cockburn's was the most eloquent and impressive that was ever heard. It was a full and complete denial of all the charges in the indict ment.3—Adverting to the character of the accused, Mr. Cockburn said, that althoup he was rather un ceremoniously styled in the indictment " James Stuart," it was probably known to the person who drew up that instrument, that Mr. Stuart was re lated to some of the most noble, most-illustrious, and most ancient families in this land. Looking to that which was of more importance than birth—his c0.,- duct as a member of civil society—there were few public companies in the country with which he WAS connected that had not voted him their thanks; and he believed there was no person or public body, for whom, or in concert with whom, Mr. Stuart had transacted any business, who would not bear tesr rnony to the zeal and alacrity with which that busi ness had been conducted on the part of Mr. Stualr. The urbanity, the peace-making disposition of Mr. Stuart, was known to every person who knew Mr. Stuart. The Learned Gentleman justified his client in the recent dispute with Mr. Stevenson, on which occasion the desire of peace had been manifested an especial, and, indeed,. in an indulgent manner, by the accused. The Learned Gentleman went on to stew, that the deceased had received no provocation from Mr. Stuart to justify that daring, talse, and • capricious calumny in which he had 'advised again" the West were ordi )u. CI fp regulat Ne T. ',• • . • "chase!, Vy !Irvin for leave to btoolit, !II odd wide ecclesiagcd, eceless*ed and other persons an 'lreland, to grate go * , yi 4l thin leases of tith es, so as to bind their successors, said wridip; and ha' moot them, some wr Sir H. PARNELL thought a much iore tonspte- n orwe u, yea di d w i c hensive measure was required than the presarat. He Alexander Boswell believed the Irish Clergy acted with greatliberality place of meeting havin in exacting their tithes, though it was impossible for o tig h lr ma daY 41 . 4 ot tarp t Immediately folloielog them not to employ intermediate agents. He knew a case in .which the tithe had been in one year I Is. 3d. of Fife, a little to the THE LATE DUEL IN FIFESLIIRE. TRIAL OF MR. STUART. (.fissootinuationfrus the Star of yesterday.) EDINBURGH, JUNE 10. The following is a copy of the indictment which was read by the clerk: James Stuart, Clerk to the Signet, lately residing in Char lotte-street, of Edinburgh, you are indicted, and accused at the instance of Sir William Rae, of St. Catharines ' Baronet, his Majesty's Advocate for Ms Majesty's interest : that albeit, by the laws of this and of every other well-governed realm, murder is a crime of a heinous nature, and severely punishable; yet true it is and of verity, that you the said James Stuart are guilty of the said crime, actor, or art and part : in so far as you the said James Stuart having conceived malice aid ill-will against the late Eir Alexander Boswell, of Auchkdeck, Baronet, and having formed the unlawful design of challenging the said Sir Alexander Boswell, and others of the lieges, to fight a duel or duels, you did, upon the Ilth, or one or ether of the days of March, len, in order to enable you the better to accomplish your said unlaw ful deign, repair to Glasgow to obtain, through the medium of William Murray Borthwick, formerly one of the proprietors or printers oldie newspaper called the Gaspar Snotiaii, and then a prisoner in the jail of Glasgow, the manuscripts of sundry arti cle* which had been published in the said newspaper, and other papers and documents connected with said niwspaper, which were tees in the premises in Nelson-street of Glasgow, occupied by Robert Alexander, editor and proprietor of the news paper, and in the lawful possession and custody of the said Robert Alexander; and the said William Murray Borthwick having been liberated from jail, as arranged - and concerted by or with you, and having, on the 11th, or one or ether of the days of the said month of March, carried, or caused to be carried, away from the said premises in Nelsen-street of Glaegow, sun dry writings, the property, or In the lawful poise:Won of the aid Sol Abandon sat Mein bfought o or sawed to be