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the briJgc o it bearing at arried atttcili• rre formidablt reE ered e. Tito le Grand Vi• I li and Uskub, I pardon, and Seignior. All squally offered on themselves leir pardon, to ml take him, its Highness.-- n all the routes f ced the passage ier, bearing the sed to grant to gilt bank of the is the bearer of we said, would e supposed that some influence Nord Ponsonby ty to conceal thcy had done red its course. 11 a post scrip. Lille was no: Lebeau pressed e knew that he the Congress. %dant : last protocols, we give with• h of last May )nsonby. This Vowing are the ; exhausted by would make to i submit. , would accept first accept and 'owers will take dignity, and the II refuse to pus eclarcd so to the who recognised u Commerce. E O'CLOCK. 831 for Ac nornina, and 3 : at present Paris, brings Cents. 64f. O'CLOCK. art of the day ent 83g. _ . sent 54. O'CLOCK. Three per Ct . Three and a Half per Cent. !w, abut. Four Jan. 1960, —. Old Annuities, 10 ditto, ---; 8 10. Consols inuary states, rich consumed Lives, and one believed that Charlestown 28th Janual, ntents are not Flor has ar- The cause of state, that the d sent off. It a lost. t Rio Janeiro; t Bahia. The is morning : cool from Bahia, unts have been e having taken lad joined the propositions, n of the Por ig of the Pre and the inha- There w•as no :ettes of April Is and decrees, of the disturb have obtained tISO state that • restored.-- rty lives have their families and the mew o, for the sane- ered into, be in a very di, e. The un f the Heigh t sed our fund I elements ft, n, as lung a mintee of th 'la are in fu tined for the I itself in t I cordon san onstantinopl rte, upon t cha of Scutar I passports a e 13th at Con ha of Scutari ni Vizier wa • Thanks to th !as have cause he could not s fled without other rebels.— SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. TIM ES.—As the meeting of Parliament approaches, the interest resnecting the important measure increases. Now that the maj lit) , in the Commons is secure, a " longing, lin:tering" affection for the old abuses would suggest the nattering hope that the Lards may throw out the bill. There is no assembly in which there are not some few rash and inconsiderate men, but we are convinced that the calm good semlmte of the House of Peers will too well weigh public wants timid wishes to offer a wanton opposition to them. We do rot say that the House of Lords would have originated the hill: exclusive of the interest which too many of them pos sess in the rotten boroughs, that house is naturally given to repose in tranquil dignity, and to resist any change, and -.'vry properly so,—for many changes do not pay for the -rouble of effecting them ; but tranquillity is now all on the ,:her side, and the trouble would spring from resisting the mill, for opposition to it is opposition to KING, Commons, tnd People. Now, though honourable men cannot entirely change their opinion, even should all the world be against them, yet who is not induced to doubt his own opinion when he sees that it finds no support ? The Lords will, therefore, we have no doubt, pass the bill : indeed, the sober-minded would not like such leaders as passion and prejudice would unclumbtedly place at their head. l'OST.—When Tories declare that Lord Durham, Lord Duncannon, and Sir Thomas Denman, havq framed a Re :,.rm Bill, which first strikes at the root of the old conser. %itive party, and would next overturn, by the blind Impulse change, that very Whig power which for a little time it tuiids up—that the Whig Cabinet is in fact at this mo ment urged on by Radicals, who, like Mr. O'Connell, seduce but to abandon out Ministers—that the Lords, if they yield from fear to the Bill as it stands, ex. change the certain success of a fair field for • future Bight with diminished forces from untenable ground— that the demolition of the Church is already pro.. claimed to be the test of the next general election.—that the Throne itself must, if our present fearful rate of progression be not checked, become, what Mr. Stanley so properly de. precated, the subject of daily debate—when the Tory ex presses these fears, he is informed that Lord Durham and his friends have so framed the Reform Bill, that while it wears the mask of democracy, which inveigles purblind Radicals, it contains the marrow and muscle of a high ari. stocracy. by whose Whiggish arm the Church, the King,' and the Peers, shall long he upheld. Since Tory warnings are unheeded, it is well that the English Radicals, as well as the Irish one, have dropped their disguise. We tell our Whig ma‘ters that the desired establishment of a Republic is avowed in harnngues, and applauded with cheers at nightly meetings throughout this city, of which they arc the protectors. HERALD.—Yet another King has bnen driven from his throne, and become a wanderer on the face of the earth.— Toe Emperor of Brazil has abdicated, as the term is, his throne, and his infant son (for the present) reigns in his stead. The Divinity that did hedge a Crown appears to exist no longer. While some nations seek in vain for Kings ta reign over them, others are transferring crowns from one head to another with less indifference than a man disposes of his house, or passes his estate from his own possession to that of a purchaser. Truly we may say, with that great moralist, little Keeley, the actor, that every man who is not a King has reason to be exceedingly thankful.— According to the accounts from Rio de Janeiro. the F.mpe -101 abdicated his throne in favour of his son (a child who was 'van in December 1823, consequently only about five years t age), on the 7th of April. Very few details have as yet transpired, but it is understood that his Ex-Majesty and the Chambers came to an open rupture, and that, the soldiers refusing to support him, he was compelled to resign the Im i trial Crown. Manuscript copies of the Act of Abdication are in town, but the printed document has not arrived. There is no reason, however, to doubt the truth of the intelligence, though we are bound to state that some persons profess to disbelieve it. The Ex-Emperor may be daily ex pected in this country, he and his family having embarked on board two frigates destined for England. The event, we understand, was not unexpected by persons well acquainted with the state of things in Brazil. Great jealousy, it ap pears, has for a long time existed among the Brazilians of the Portuguese, who, we are told monopolised the fa vour of Don Pedro, and misapplied various sums of mo ney which the Legislature had voted, amongst other things, for the payment of the Portuguese dividends. lft is .aid that a copy of a declaration of the Chambers to the Ex-Emperor has been in town for more than a week, in which declaration they threaten to dethrone him, providing he did not yield to certain terms relative to the appropriation of money, and the bringing to trial those who had misap plied it. It also appears that the Chambers have for some time substituted in the public documents the term National for that of Imperial. From this circumstance it is pretty evi dent that the Brazilians are looking forward to the establish ment of a republic, or what in Spanish America, means an anarchy. The result may be easily anticipated. Brazil, we believe, contains four millions and a half of inhabitants, about three millions of which are black slaves. A strong Executive and a republican form of Government are in all countries Incompatible, and, in a nation like Brazil, pecu liarly so. How is a slave population, like the one we have de. scribed, to be kept under except by a strong Executive? A massacre of all the whites in Brazil is greatly to be feared. By the way, Don Pedro will arrive in Europe very oppor. tutiely. A King Is wanted both in Belgium and Greece, and an Empercr out of employ will be just the thing for them. It is said, however, that Don Pedro will make an attempt to recover the Crown of Portugal, and there are those who con fidently predict that he will shortly reign over the whole of the Peninsula. If this should turn out to be correct we can only say that we wish him better luck than be has had in Brazil. TIMES.—We have inserted a letter signed" Alpha," on the death of Mrs. Siddons ; and let his suggestion of a pub lic funeral have what influence it may, we shall venture our opinion on the subject. From the praise of Mrs. Siddons in her private character, we have no authority for dissenting: we therefore readily believe even on an anonymous state ment, all that is said in this respect, and offer to her me- mon: thes tribute of respect for her virtues while living. But we sill at the stole time fearlessly assert, that there is no thing in the art of a stage-player that should entitle the most successful professor of it to a public funeral. We know the ciy with which this declaration will be received by the more austere party, who reject all amusement as profane, of ap probation,—by the volatile and thoughtless, of disappoint ment, and almost honor. The fact 1, , that we perfectly coincide in Rousseau's opinion, who, in reply to a celebrated article in the eneyclopedie " on the Stage," clearly proves, at least to our satisfaction, with his own marvellous and se ductive eloquence, that in a barbarous state of society the theatre is useleas ; in one moderately corrupt, it may render some service; but in a pure one it is prejudicial.—Besides, shat is a stage-player ? A contingent and dependent one. flow few actors have been tolerable writers : And if others thd not write, they could not act. The merely representing, even with augmented force— which but rarely happens (in the ease of Shakspeare and the best writers, never)—that which the author has conceived and in words expressed, what is it ? if the general end to be obtained were the radest in the world,—and it is far otherwise,—the part %inch the actor bears in the attainment of it, besides being, is we said, contingent, is comparatively but trivial. What. ever marks of private friendship, therefore, may be paid to lln. Siddons on her sustaining the lot of mortality, and we lope she will have many, we should consider any public !ettimony of regard as a proof of the decline of noble feel. mg in the nation,—as an evidence of its approach to that ..ate in which parties et eircenres were all that was thought nccesntiy for a people. Parliament will assemble on Tuesday next, but first week will be occupied in sweating in members and a Speaker. On Tuesday, the 21st, the King will down to the House in state, and open Parliament with a •;%eech from the throne. Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, Bart. G.C.B. is ap pointed to succeed the late Earl of Northesk, u Rear •Wmiral of England. Vice-Admiral Charles Eking, C.B. and Rear- Admiral Thomas Baker, C.B. to be made Knights Corn. traders of the Bath. PttitTsmtirttl, JUNE 8. Yesterday admiral S:r E. Codrington, G.C.B. hoisted his flagon board the Cale ,:cnia. The squadron now lying at Spithead have a most meg !' lieen t pearance, consisting of the Caledonia, 120, Captain I %V? ? ; P r ince Regent, 120,J. W.Dundas ; Asia, 94, Hyde l'aner; Donegal, 70, Dick ; Revenge, 74, Rillyar ; 71, J C. Rowley ; 60, Maunsell ; Briton, ot. J. D. maeldand ; Pearl, 20, Broughton; and Brisk, 10, Iltwertield. A number of families are continually ar. I .llg here to wi t ness the assembling of so formidable a rvir destination or time of sailing, is not yet ascertained.— h "ar-Admiral Parker struck his tag last evening for a few ` 24 '. Lord Adolphus Fitsclarence is here on a visit. NAVAL AND MILITARY MUSE(I3L It is with much pleasure that we have perused a circular, which has been issued under the highest auspices in the naval and military—or that which is now happily denominated, the United—Service, for the formation of a Naval and Military Museum. We think this really an undertaking of national importance ; and from the peculiar facilities en joyed by the members of the two Services, of col lecting objects of scientific interest,which are to form such a Museum, it cannot fail of making rapid pro gress when once set a-going. The objects of the Museum are thus briefly stated in the circular to which we have alluded : It is proposed to establish, in London, a Naval and Mi. litary Museum, for the use and benefit of the United Ser vice, to contain Models,Plans, and Memoirs, connected with the Naval and Military Services, interesting Trophies, the Arms and Armour of all ages and countries, specimens of Natural History from all quarters of the Globe, and what. ever else may be instructive and curious, or in any way contribute to the improvement of the mind, furnish it with' matter for rational pursuit in retirement, or augment pro fessional resources when actively employed. It is also intended to collect a Library of History, Science, Tactic!, and especially of books of professional reference. It will be a subject for future consideration, whether Officers may not be invited to give Lectures on specific points of Naval and Military science, whereby much prac tical knowledge may be most beneficially preserved and com municated, and from which an identity of general views and principles may be happily diffused through both branches of His Majesty's Service. The great aim of this Institution will be, to foyer the de. sire of useful information, and to facilitate its acqui.ition ; it is therefore proposed to admit Officers of all ranks belong. ing to the Army, Navy, and Marines, the Militia, regular and local, and Yeomanry, the East India Company's Land and Sea Forces, and the Civil Functionaries attached to these departments. This important undertaking has received the gracious sanction of the King, who has condescended to become its Patron. His Grace the Duke of Wellington has accepted the office of Vice-Patron, and the Institution already enrolls amongst its Presidents and Vice-Presidents many of the most distinguished names in both arms of the United Service. 4 _ So—the French King is on a second tour. As the object is so plainly seen through, and so wittily exposed in the French papers—such child's play can have no political result. It must rather tend to produce a revulsion of public feeling. Bombay Gazettes to the 30th Jan. received at the North and South American Coffee-House.— The Bombay Gazette gives the following general order by the Honourable Governor in Council : " With sentiments of the deepest regret, the Government announces the death, at half-past twelve o'clock, P.M. on the 15th of this month, at Mahableshwur Hill, of His Excellency Lieutenant-General the Honourable Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith, Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Presidency of Bombay. In consequence of this melancholy event, the flag at the Castle is to be hoisted half mast high, and minute guns, to the number of sixty, fired ; and mourning to be worn by the officers of his Majesty's and Hon. Companys' Civil, Military, and Naval services for three weeks. The charge of the office of Governor of the Presidency has devolved on J. Romer, Esq. It has occasioned some surprise that no letters were received from St. Petersburgh yesterday. It is known that the Cholera Morbus was at Po langen, through which the mail pus's, and the conjecture is, that the letters have therefore been detained; but some very satisfactory accounts have, however, come to hand from Lithuania, respecting the general spirit of hostility to the Russians. Every man capable of bearing arms, it is said, is preparing to take the field. Letters from Antwerp state that General Chassi had sent a message to the Governor of the town, stating that his patience was quite exhausted, and that, if they continued raising the fortifications, he should fire upon the town, upon which they de sisted. They also stated, that some change was to take place in the office of Governor ; M. Tele man, who was a member of the Patriotic Society, was to be dismissed, and it was expected that M. Rogier would be elected in his place. Letters were received yesterday from La Guayra to the 6th of April. The expectation prevailed there that the disturbances in Venezuela would end without any serious fighting. The Congress of Venezuela, which was sitting in Valentia, was about to pass a decree investing General Paez with extraordinary powers to proceed to windward, and put an end, by one means or other, to the existing commotiens there. The communica tion between Caraccas and Bogota was not open. Pena, Secretary of State, was about to go to the United States for the benefit of his tealth. NEW BEER TRADB.—The society lately formed for " the mutual protection" of its members, goes on to consolidate their union. We observe a meeting of its Committee having taken place last evening at Mr. Crucifix's, in Bishopsgate-street, to make rules and regulations for its guidance. To this we shall simply add, may they succeed in rescuing from unmerited obloquy a very useful body of tradesmen. Mr. CAMPBELL, in his respectable Journal the Metropolitan, gives the article of a Templar on Juries. Its chief object is to impeach the princi ple of unanimity, which we consider the only fea ture that renders the institution a test of truth.— In verdicts we do not want probabilities, but ade • cision that commands universal assent, and as cer tain as the judgment that follows; and, therefore, we demand the assent of the whole jury. The pro bability of being right and wrong, is rigidly as the numbers. If 6 to 6, an equal chance of being right or wrong ; if 8 to 4 (2 to 1), twice right and once wrong ; if 9to 3, thrice right and once wrong. A precious criterion for hanging or transporting ! But if 12 to 0, the verdict then affords all the test of truth which we can arrive at with that number. Then again, EVERT ONE of the 12 is personally responsible ; while, in a majority, no one would be responsible. Only gross knavery or ignorance would therefore elect any other system ; and una nimity is the only recommendation of this British mode of trial—while any modification of it would render it a curse, and the prolific source of injus tice. If Scotland has—in any species of trial— adopted a majority, it must have been the corrupt trick of some lawyer, to give more influence to the Judges; and if France has done so, it must have been the Gallic conceit of amending a British In stitution. On Wednesday morning the William Harris transport, Lieut. Steevens, arrived at Spithead, from Valparaiso, last from Rio, with stores. On board the William Harris cams those two enterprising voyagers the Messrs. Lander. COURT CIRCULAR. The birth-day of the Duke of Cumberland was celebrated on Wednesday at Kew, with the usual demon ' strations of rejoicing. About one o'clock a Royal salute was fired in honour of the day. A number of poor per. sons, to the number of 180, were served with a plentiful dinner on Kew-green, given by the Duchess of Cumberland. After dinner " Goo save the King" was sung In good style by the gentlemen of the choir of Kew church, accompanied by the militar► band. A variety of village sports wer• then started, the successful competitors in which were rewarded with prises : ths spectators were very numerous, and the scene, owing to the interest excited, very enlivening. In the evening the tradesmen of the Royal Duke illuminated their hou.es, and there was a very grand display of fire-works, under the direc tion of Mr. Winterbourne. The gentlemen composing the deputation from Belgium, were occupied fir a considerable time yesterday morning, with Viscount Palmerston, at his Lordship's pri. vote residence in Great Stanhope-street. Despatches from Lord Ponsonhy, at Brussels, were brought by a King's Messinger to the Foreign Office, on Wednesday night, for Viscount Palmerston. The Spanish Minister transacted business yes terday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Richard Lander arrived in town veslerday morning from Portsmouth, having returned from his mission in the interior of Africa, after exploring the course of the Niger. Mr. Lander attended at the Colonial Office, and had an interview with Viscount Goclerich. Earl Grey left town yesterday afternoon for Richmond, on a visit to the Russian Ambassador. The Right Hon. Charles Grant arrived in town yesterday from Scotland. SALE OF HIS LATE MAJESTY'S CORONATION ROBES. _ . Yesterday a portion of His late Majesty's costly and splendid wardrobe destined for public sale, including the magnificent Coronition robes, and other costumes belonging to the departed Monarch, was sold by auction, by Mr. Phillips, at his Rooms in New Bond-street. There were 121) lots disposed of, out of which we subjoin the principal in the order in which they were put up: No. 13. An elegant yellow and silver sash of the Royal Hanoverian Ouelphic Order, 31. Bs. 17. A pair of fine white kid trousers of ample dimen sions, and hoed with white satin, was sold for twelve shil lings. 35. The coronation ruff; formed of superb Alechlin lac.", 21. 50. The celebrated costly Highland costume worn by the late Sovereign at his sejour at Dalkicth Palace, the seat of his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, in the summer of 1822, was knocked down at 401. 52. The sumptuous crimson velvet coronation mantle, with silver star, embroidered with gold, on appropriate de vices, and which cost originally, according to the statement of the auctioneer, upwards of 5001. was knocked down at 47 guineas. 53. A crimson coat to suit with the above, 141. 55. A magnific e nt go ld b o d y .d ress and trousers, 26 guineas. 67. An extraordinary large white aigrette plume, brought from Path by the Earl of Fife,in April, 1815, and presented by his Lordship to the late King, was sold for 151. 87. A richly embroidered silver tissue coronation waist coat, and trunk hose, 131. 95. The splendid purple velvet coronation mantle, sump tuously embroidered with gold, of which it was said to con tain 200 ounces. It was knocked down at 551. although it was stated to have cost his late Majesty 3001. 96. An elegant and costly green velvet mantle, lined with ermine of the finest quality ; presented by the Emperor Alexander to his late Majesty, and cost upwards of 1,000 guineas, was knocked down at 1251. There was very slight competition for any of the articles, and we did not observe that they were knocked down to persons of distinction. The proceeds of the sale could not have amounted to any considerable sum. Most of the cos tumes were superbly embroidered in gold, from original drawings and designs by artists of celebrity. HAMPTON RACKS—Xzwrian&T. The expectation that his Majesty would honour the sports of the far-famed Moulsey Hurst with his presence, had a marked effect on the attendance yesterday. It was very fashionable, and by far the fullest ever seen at Hampton. After all, the wishes of the majority of the visitors met with a complete disappointment, none of the Royal Family having attended; the Drawing-room is the alleged cause of their Majesties not having realised the promise held out to the public. The Coburg Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 20 added, was won by Mr. Smith's Harmony. Two year old Stakes of 25 sovs. each ; colts, Bst. 711); and Allies, bat. 41b. (half a mile,) was won by his Majesty's ch. c. by Waterloo, or Middleton. The Gold Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 goys. each ; 5 yrs, Sat. 41b; 4 yrs, Est ; 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b; 6 yrs, and aged, 9st. 11b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. Winners extra. The winner to be sold for 250 soy& &c. Heats, once round and a distance. Wu won by Mr. Osbaldeston's Apuntador, 5 yrs. HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THETIS. " Admiralty Office, June 8, 1831. " Srit,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to send you herewith, for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, an extract of a letter from Captain King, of his Majesty's ship Astrea, at Falmouth, dated the 6th instant, respecting trea. sure in the Thetis. (Signed) "Joint Basaow." To 31r. Bennett, Lloyd's " Mr. Power, merchant at Rio Janeiro, landed here this morning from the Daphne, a Brazilian vessel; left Rio on the 7th of April. " I had the pleasure of seeing him, and he stated to me that the Adelaide, tender to the Warspite, arrived at Rio about the lit of April from Cape Frio, bringing up about 5,000 dollars, which had been recovered front the Thetis, and also a plan of the vessel as she lay under w ate r. G reat h o a i were entertained that great part of the treasure would be - covered." THE YORKNHIRS SOCIETY. The Ar.niversary Festival of this Society, instituted for the purpose of 'maintaining, clothing, and educating the children of indigent Yorkshire parents, resident in the me tropolis, was celebrated last night, at the Freemasons Ta vern. The chair was taken by Lord Blotrousw. who was supported by Lord Dundas, Sir E. Peter, Sir J. Hall, the Vice.Clisneellor, Mr. Bayntun, 31. P. for York, Dr. Birk. beck, &c. Above 200 persons sat down to dinner. Lord BROUGHAM, in proposing the health of the King, the Queen, and the rest of the Royal Family, observed, that those toasts called for a warm reception from an assembly which had met together for charitable purposes, because the Royal Family's known patronage of all charitable institu. Lions reflected equal honour to themselves, end benefit to the community. (Applause). The next toast was " I be County of York, as munificent in charities as boundless in resources." ----- The CHAIRMAN then prop osed prosperity and perpetuity to the Yorkshire Society. le said that he attributed the honour which bad been conferred on him of being permitted to propose this toast from the chair, to his being a York shireman by adoption. He was glad to see by the report, that a material lucrease had taken place in the effective opera don of the charity. In 1028, the number of children in the school was but 20, and it was at present 32. But he wished to say a few words with respect to the expences of the establish. meat. He was an old inquirer into matters of charity. To a certain.degree he might call himself an old schoolm as t er .— What herst looked to in these matters was the balance-sheet, and he found by that, that the average cost of each child In the school was 201. a year. Now he conceived that if the society possessed a school-house of their own, w hi c h at pre. sent they did not, the average cost would not exceed 171. and thereby 1001. per annum might be added to the funds, or five or six additional pupils supported by the charity. This consideration, he said, ought to induce the friends of the institution not to relax that endeavours, but rather to l inacase them, in order that the society might be enabled to confer more extensive benefit than it could do at present. The 31embers for Yorkshire, the Committee of Manage ment, and various other toasts were then drunk. Lord Dunntos proposed the health of Lord Brougham, who, be said, ought to be considered, as far as charitable In. stitutious were concerned, a chisels of the world. The toast was honoured with great cheerio,. The amount of subscriptions to the charity collected in the course of the evening was stated by the Secretary to be neatly SOK LAW REPORTS. COURT OF CHANCERY, Juwz 9. CRAIG V. LORD OWILOW. The LORD Citaxcxxmt, in giving his judgment in this case, stated the circumstances, which were shortly these : The plaintiff', in the year 1818, purchased of defendant cer tain estates fur 90,0001., and afterwards sold the satre to a Mr. Clark, who entered into possession. Plaintiff not having completed the contr.ect, defendant brought an action of eji et %vent against the tenant of the lands. The plaintiff (Craig) filed his bill for perfamance of the contract of sale, and prayed amongst other things an injunction to stop the action at law. In 1818 the plaintiff and defendant came to an agreement, which, however, did not put an end to the suit, though the object of it wu to terminate the differences between the parties. That agreement was to he made a rule of Court. The plaintiff afterwards made some objections to the title, on the ground of cor.cealreent of a family settlement, and filed a new bill, praying for the revision of the foriter bill, and that he might have the full benefit of the proceed ings under that up to 1818. His Lordship said that the ate se rpent could not put an end to the suit, and there could be no end to it, except by a decree or dismissal. An agreement could not carry a matter into the Master's office, unless there was a subsisting suit. It was the order of the Court that gave the Master jurisdiction, and without such he had no authority. The suit not being dismissed, but still subsist_ ing, there was nothing to prevent the patties from resuming the proceedings, when they put an end to their agreement. There was, therefore, no reason to file this new bill, since they might have the same relief under the old bill. The de cision 11 appealed from wu upon a demurrer, which the de fendant put in against the discovery sought for by the bill. There was a sort of answer which was so short and evasive that the defendant must be considered as demurring only. His Lordship could not see on what ground the Vice-Chan cellor disallowed the demurrer, and he dismissed his Honour's order. ROLLS COURT-THURSDAY. MARRY V. CAIIAC. This case came on for further directions and coats. The bill was filed originally by Mr. and Mrs. Marry against Col. Cantu and Mrs. emu, to ob:ain a specific performance of an agreement. Mrs. Marry and Mr. Canute were sis ters of a gentleman named Winnif, who left them by hi will joint devisees to his estate, the value of which was estimated at 67,0001. Mrs. Marry and Mrs. Carew were not children of the same mother. They disagrted as to the arrangement of their claims under their brother's will, which led, after much difference, to a specific agreement, by which the encumbrances on the estates should be paid off, and a division be then made. For the cnnve. nience of all parties, a recovery had been suffered, and the fee-simple on the estates was vested in Mrs. Camae. Sub sequently, however, disagreements were revived between the parties, and Mrs. Camae refused to perform the agreement, which led to the filing of this biil. On this a decree had been made for the plaintiff by Lord Gifford, and.; the cue had been since then in the Master's office, from whence it now came for further directions, &c. The decree of course ditected the payment of the plaintiff's demand against the estates in question. His Honour made directions for the payment of the costs of the suit. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 9. CRIMINAL INFORMATION ON THE nionceTiox Or THE DUKE Or BEAUTORT.TINE LINO T. RINTOUL AND ANOTHER. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL showed cause against a rule obtained by Sir James Scarlett in the course of last Term, calling on the defendants, who are the editor and publisher of the Spectator weekly newspaper, to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against them for a libel on his Grace the Duke of Beaufort. The alleged libel appeared in the Spectator of Saturday, the 30th of April. The Attorney-General read the libel, in order that the Court might understand how the arguments against the rule applied : " In the way of taking council let every Reformer coo. mune only with himself, saying, What can lby myself do to promote the good cause ?' The question answered, Let him do what strikes him as the best thing to be done at the moment, and that thing finished, let him begin another instantly.' The subscription of the great borough owners is the moat barefaced piece of profligacy to be found in the whole history of boroughmongering. Why the money subscribed is rightfully the nation's ; at least if that still belongs to a man which has been wrongfully-taken from him, and if, as Is clear, these borough Lords would not have rad the money to subscribe, unless they had quar tered their brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and aunts on the public, as well as not a few of their mistresses and ille gitimate children. Who forgets the history of the late Duke of Beaufort's will, which may be seen for a shilling at Doe tots' Commons, and which charges the estates of the present Duke with annuities to his brothers until they shall be better provided for by Government. The amount of public money received by the Somerset, since the late Duke of Beaufort came of age, far exceed, the value of the estates which he bequeathed to the present Duke." Such were the observations considered a libel—but whether a libel on the late or the present Duke he was at a lass to determine. He was equally unable to see what there was of a criminal nature in ttis alleged libel. The present was not a case in which it might be supposed the prosecutor could not stop without ruin to his character. The article referred to a nobleman, against whom, whether the libel was well or ill I founded, it imputed nothing profligate or immoral ; there w as nothing in it to warrant an application for the extraordinary interposition of that Coon. lifts clients expressed their regret at the mistake into which they Lad fallen, but at the same time they were prepared, if necessary, to enter into all the par ticulars, to shew that the rule should not be made absolute. —Their Lordships would not look with indifference upon libels which injured character; but in a case of this sort, he felt confident they would take into consideration that no inconvenience could result to the Noble Duke if they gave a judgment which would prevent the matter going before a Jury. AIL HILL, on the same side, said, in a country where discussion was free, it was absurd to suppose that such mistakes would not occur. For every such error the Court would not allow the files . .of the Court to be loaded with affidavits, to the exclusion of all other business. The Learned Counsel then contended that the long silence of the noble duke and his family, whilst the re ports were in circulation, placed the matter in a position different from that in which it would have stood if there had been a refutation. lie thought the noble prosecutor nek;ht be left to his ren edy before a grand jury. Sir JANES SCARLETT, in rising to support this rule, I could not help.observing, that the argument of Alr. Hill was untenable. If a men submitted to several attacks, it was to furnish a pretence for repeating those attacks. When he I moved for the rule he said that which might not be a libel at I one time would be a libel at another. He adverted to the ! opinion of a learned writer, who had said the words " To your tents, oh Israel !" might be harmless at one period, and a rallying cry for rebellion and violence at another. The libel in the present instance had been written by 31r. Rin toul in another number of the Spectator. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to any statement of what the defendant might have written previous to the publication which was the subject of inquiry. Lord TENTERDEN did not understand that Sir James Scarlett had imputed any thing to the defendant uncon nected with the subject immediately before the Court. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said his learned friend had no right to quote any passage iv the Spectator which was foreign to the alleged libel. Sir JANIRS SCARLETT could only say, with reference to the pas-age hr had noticed, non meu. hic :craw. He would ask whether, at a time of excitation upon the subject of reform in Parliament, it was justifiable to hold up a noble. man and his family to public odium ? Having read the libel, he submitted that the statement made to excite public scorn and hatred against the noble duke was a gross libel. The .Marquis of ‘Vorcester and Lord Edward Somerset had also been placed under a sort of excommunication, for what ? Receiving reward, which every one received for publ a ser vice. Because this family had been in the army, they were called public plunderers. The present was certainly not the time to resort to such attacks. It was in shot tan excitement to riot and violence. The Court would no doubt mat: tOe Rule absolute. Mr. CAMPBELL was heard on the same side. Lord TENTERDIX said the Court, proceeding according to its usual practice, could not do otherwise than MAC the Rule absolute. In such matter the best course would be to leave the question, whether it was or was not a libel, to the competent tribunal. The Court, acting upon their opinion. could not avoid considering this publication, in which a Noble Family wat traduced, at least a subject for the deci sion of a Jury.-- Rule made absolute. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY, EDINBURGH. TRIAL Or Ma. 21It Atik Monday the Court proceeded to the trial of the Rev. Doo ms il‘Ceig, who was &stinted as 99 wow or lately Minis ter of a chapel in or near Edinburgh: 9. He was accused of twenty.one acts of theft, or reset of theft, between the months of June 1830, and the 8:h March 1831. The following were . • . t , - • . . the charges :—A quarto Bible, from %Vultcr Richardson int., Hunter-square; four volumes of Bunyan's Works, lon Mr. Richardson; the Works of John Newton, from 'Mr. Richardson; Gth and 15th vols. of Constable's Misc. Many, from Mr. Richardson ; a Lexicon, from Edw. %rev ' • Jell - son's Dictionary, i n Stip, from Mr. West ; the W rks Paley and Josephus, from Mr. Watson ' Bri• o Port ; John son's Dictionary, in Biro. and the Lady's Poetical Album, from John Canoe and Son • Gramm Lex:con Manuale, from the shop of Messrs. &frac ; Gertrude of Wyom ing, and other Poems, by Thorns.; Campbell. from the shop of Messrs. Carfrae ; stewart's Philosophical R up, in /Ivo, from the shop of dl • . Carfrae ; Latin Synonyms and the Works of Sophocles, in Greek, two vols. *lvo. front tl . c sale room of Maclanclian and Stewart; the 11'orki of Aristotle, Young's Nircht Thoughts, Virgil'ir Works, by Dryden. the Poetical Works of John Milton, Kirk White's Remains, and the Works of Rob. Dams, from Mr. Rich. Ireland ; Outlines of Moral Phi lo‘opiry, in Bvo, from Mr. R. Ireland; the Erglish version of the Polyglot Bible, from Mr. R. Ireland, the works of Sarnia% and English Synonyms, explained by Crabbe from Mr. R. Ireland ; Xenophon's Anabasia, Latin and Grxit. from Mr. Ireland; the Heart of Mid.Lothian (printed abroad), 'Ferenee's Comedies, the Rule and Excrc:se of Holy Livirg, by Jeremy Taylor; Clovis Pentateuch', F. Verged Idiotistnis Grarre, the first vol. of Hermes and M. Fabii Quintiliani Institutionum Oratoriarum. from Mr. C. B. Tait ; a Greek Testam en t, f rom Messrs . Laing ; Thomson's Seasons, from Pollock and Co. and the atla and litit vols. of Ovid's Works, from Mr. Adam Black. In answer to the usual question of whether he was guilty of the charges, Mr. 11I'Llaig replied, " I am Not Guilty of either of them." A number of witnesses were examined in support of ti e charges. The purloining was accomplished at book sales, and in booksellers' shops, a-id clearly proved ; and the jury found him guilty of eleven of the charges. Mr. P. Robertson.—This is a melancholy case, r°- much for the rank of the party, as for i:s conser quences—for by the verdict he will both lose his living and status in society. These considerations, he trusted, would be kept in view by their Loidahips in passing sentence. Lord GinciEs—This is truly the most melancholy and painful case that was ever before me, and I hope I never shall see its like again. But in administering justice wean not deal with this criminal otherwise than we would with one in the lowest ranks of life. I must, therefore, propose for him, what I would for another in his situation, that he b.! transported for fourteen years. I will not aggravate his feelings by dwelling on this dreadful case. Lord MONCRZIF—This is a case truly lamentable in Sts nature. We have before us a man who has been found guilty, on clear evidence, of no fewer than eleven el:fferent cut of theft, curried on by a sort of system, a kind of disease. through which he could not hold hi s hand rom stealing such property. With an indictment containing such charges, it was most melancholy to think that a person who held the h gh and honourable situation of an ordained Clergyman of the Church of Scotland should stand at the bar convicted of such a series of acts of theft. lam afraid that while he, front Sabbath to Sabbath, preached to others, for himself lie cast off the fear of GOD ; that while he held forth the good tidings to his congregation, he himself became a castaway. I never had a more painful duty to perform than to express my concurrense in the sentence proposed. The prisoner having lost his condition in society, atter all it may be best for him to be removed from the country fur a long period. The LORD JUSTICE CLERIC—I agree with your Lord ships, that a more painful duty Qum': be imposed on us than that we are now called on to perform. Looking to the nature of the charges, the proof led, the circumstances of the case, and the verdict of the Jury, finding that eh ven out of the twenty-charges are proven, I entirely concur that we, in administering justice, must measure it out equally to all offenders, whatever may have been their rank in sociel ; and it is impossible for us to award any other sentence than that proposed. —Duncan 111‘Caig (said his Lordship, addressing the prisoner), I am quite sure there is nothing I could say—intentionally it will not be said—that could aggravate the feelings of degradation which must swell in your own breast at this moment. To conceive it possible that a man who held the situation of a Minister of a chapel of ease in Edinburgh should have de scended to the commission of such crimes, affords one of the most melancholy examples of the depravity of our nature that has come under my observation. But so It is ; the Jury have found you guilty on evidence which could have left no hesitation on their minds as to the verdict they were to return ; and our duty is, in respect to the finding on such reiterated crimes, to award against you the sentenc: of the law—that you be transported for foutteen years. Yon must, therefore, betake yourself to a new course of life; you will be removed to another country; and if you have any regard for your prosperity in this world, you must carefully abstain from a repetition of those crimes which have this day brought on you such infamy. You mus: hence forth lead a life of uniform rectitude. if you have th: least hope of living in peace OT comfort during the remainder of your days ; and I need not tell you that you have another duty to perform—the duty of heartfelt repentance and fer vent prayer to GOD for that pardon which we are assured will be extended even to the chief of sinners. I trust and hope that you will by your subsequent life endeavour to wipe of that stain from your character which these proceedings have cast upon it; and I have now no other duty but to an nounce, in impartial justice, the sentence of the law, and that you will now he a r read. The Clerk then read the usual sentence of transoortatior. Throughout the whole trial NiTaig maintained the great. cat composure, and heard his sentence with almost apparent indifference. As he is understood to have heritable pro perry, he could easily have raised a sum sufficient to meet a forfeiture of bail, had he obtained a liberation in that manner, which was in his power, and not appeared, had he not entertained sanguine hopes of an acquittal Ile has no relations in this part of the country, except a beer. who kept house for him; she was in the Omer-House, and appeared dreadfully &stressed when the verdict was re turned. POLICE REP( ItTS. Bow-STlEZT.—Churles l'arker, a young nun in the garb of a sailor, was c'targed with having stolen a gold watch, two gold chains, and a gold cross set with rubies and ewe. raids, the property of Mr. Rowland, watchmaker and jewel ler, No. 9, Coventry.street, Haymarket. It appeared that, about three o'clock on the 7th of May, the prisoner called at Mr. Rowland's shop, and asked to a some articles of jewellery. He selected the articles in ques doe, which were, he said, a present to his wife, who was but made it a condition, that if they did not suit, the money was to be returned. This being agreed to, the prisoner went away, and shortly after returned in a hackney-coach, in which Mr. Rowland's son accompanied hint to No. 103, Jermyn. street, where he said he lived. They went upstairs to the first floor, and the piisoner obtained the ariieles from Mr. Row land's son, under pretence of chewing them to his wife in the newt room. It is needless to say that both the goods and the prisoner disappeared, and nothing was heard of the pri. loner until yesterday, when he was met near Temple-bar by Edward Davis, Mr. Rowland's boy, who instantly gave hi .a into the custody of a policeman. , A servant girl from the house in Jermyn-street, stated that the prisoner had called there to look at the lodgings for his brother, in the early part of the day ; when he Galled again, she supposed 51r. Rowland's son was his brother. Sir RICIIMID Biawsz remanded the prisoner for further vitamin 'don. POISON.—On Tuesday night last, Mary Anne Roye went to the house of Mr. Leeson, Chiswell street, after having poisoned herself with oxalic said, and complained of excruciating pain over the region of the stomach. The stomach-pump was instantly had recourse to, as follows :—the head being thrown backwards, so as to bring the mouth in a right line with the opening into the stomach, the tube of the instrument was then let down with great facility, and without producing that irritation which it generally does, unless this position be at tended to. A gallon of warm water was now throwu in, after which it began to overflow the stomach, and return at the mouth. The injecting being con tinued, till about two gallons was made to pass into and out of the stdmach, in the space of a few se conds, without removing the tube. The water, which at first was strongly impregnated with the, poison, now became tasteleilk la consequence of which the operation was discontinued. By this plan of treatment, the woman has done well. i 1 1 i 1 1 , 1 I 1 I , i ' : , 1