Star. — London, England, 1822-04-04 00:00:00

_,-. irgr •••• , POW> ,- 117•7M 1 OP'" , ."" .• . w ... 1 C..40' ENING STAIt. - LONDON. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1822. !TOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A great deal of business is transacting this morning in the l Markets Consols opened at 791 for the Account, 79; for Money, and for May Account *of to 'We have no confirnutkm up to this hour of hostilities having commenced between the Ens. Mans and Turks, but a report Prevails that the French Funds have again fallen. Private Letters are in Town from Genoa, stating that an Ambassador had arrived from Lisbon, to the King of SARDINIA, who has refused him an audience, and would not accept of their new Constitution, in consequence of which, the Portuguese Ambassador departed immediately, and hostili ties are expected to commence between the two Governments. The above circumstance may account for the reinforcement of the Austrian army, as well as the French sending a large force to their frontiers. FORZIGN MA vourr.—The Foreign SeClileitieS are not 00 the rise 66 morning, and but few Bargains are doing, which is owing, no doubt, to the state of the Continent.—Spanish old, 68, tellers; *New, about the same price; Prussian, 88, ex. div. ; Danish, 86) ; Neapolitan, 71, sellers ; Colombia, 107; New, 84. Two Thousand Pounds of Spanish Bonds have been stolen, going into the country by a coach. • STOCK EXCHANGE—ONE O'CLOCK. The Market looks very heavy within "the last hour. The Commissioners have to-day been purchasing Consols for Monej at 79k, at which price they continue. The first transfer of Re duced sod 4 per Cents. will be made on Saturday, and tlw Divr dcuds will be p'•il on Wednesday neat. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 pet Cent. Consols 79 1 A % 5 per Cent. Navy Anna. 103 1 / 4 103 103 1 /. India Bonds, 61s. 635. prem. Exchequer Bilk of £3,000, Ss. 6s. pre. Ditto Small, 4s. 6s. 7s. pre. Bank for Acct. 251—Consols for Acct. 79 3 / 4 lA. The latest arrivals from the Continent give little hope that the peace of Europe will long be preserved. The interferences of the Ambassadors of England and Austria have not reconciled the differences between Russia and Turkey ; notwithstanding the confidence with which it has been stated that the disputes be tween these two Powers had been adjusted. While Russia has never modified her first demand, Turkey has protracted the negociations until some favourable circumstances have made her assume a higher tone. It had been stated in a private letter from Constan tinople, dated the 25th February, that, after much difficulty, the terms of the Russian ultimatum had been accepted. Nn sooner, however, was such a re port spread in the Turkish capital than the Public became enraged, and the Divan, catching the alarm, determined not to accept the ultimatum. This deli beration is said to have taken place on the 28th of , February. Such are the accounts direct from Constantinople; and they are generally confirmed by letters received in Paris from that city, which state, that on the 25th of February the Porte held a Great Council, which was attended by the Commander of the Janizaries, and several Chiefs of the city. The next day some disturbances broke out, which were suppressed by the rigid orders of the Government ; and the Reis Effendi then communicated a Note to the Ambassa dors of the Allied Courts, which was by no means satisfactory, and which did not justify the hopes that' had been entertained of pacific negociatiun. From Russia, where the Press is under the immediate ma nagement of the Government, we hear of nothing but war, and of the eager longing which the Russians have for the commencement of hostilities. Russia and Turkey, however, are not the only Powers likely to be disturbed ; since, if we may judge from the best information, France is not likely to re main long tranquil ; an imbecile but arrogant Go vernment, a Legislature split into the most violent and opposite factions, and a discontented population, are a few of the characteristics of France at the pre sent moment. General BERTIION, it will be seen from our extracts from the French Papers, so far from being cooped up in a forest, had shewn himself at a fair, beating up for recruits, attended only by seven men. What a picture does this exhibit of the feelings of the French towards the present Govern ment, when a proclaimed traitor is thus not Only suf fered to remain at large, but actually to openly excite rebellion against it. The Agricultural Report seems peculiarly unfor tunate in that it does not give satisfaction to any party. It holds out delusive hopes to the farmers, which they well know cannot be realized ; and impo. tent threats saf high prices and dear bread to the Pub lic, mho feel relieved of all anxiety on the subject from the folly of the plan by which it is proposed to effect it. Last night the Report was attacked in the House of Commons, not only by those who are ene mies to commercial restrictions, but even by the Colin uy Gentlemen, who are equally dissatisfied with it. This forenoon we received a Spanish Mail, bringing Madrid Papers to the 22d ult. Some slight attempts at disturbance had been made in the Spanish capital on the levying of the conscription, but they were easily suppressed. The following are extracts; MADRID, MARCH 20. times gentle, sometimes energetic, of a detachnsen! • of cavalry, of the Regiment del Nitwit% which was posted near the place. These Mistime afterwards repeated, with °then of the same kind, is consequence of which the National Militia, which occupied the entsances to the square of the Constitution, inter fered, and arrested a comstryntan who distinguished himself in one of the groupes.. Many of those who composed it proceeded to the Attitude de la Ville to demand his liberty, which they afterwards repeated in the square of the Constitution. We do not know whether they attained their object. .This evening there have been manifested some symptoms more or less lending to disorder, the ef fects of which have beep repressed by the noble atti tude of the local and paimanent national militia.— The militia perceivinif that, after the operation of the day was concluded, considerable groups assembled in the square, and that many of o' the persons who composed them were armed with sticks, took hose is could, and at night continued its efforts to:p . revent the interruption of the public tranquillityi . the pre servation of which is confided to its zeal. It is now nine o'clock at night; all symptoms of dis order have vanished, and the city is quite tranquil. ' . PAMPLONA. M A RCII t s. For some days past we hive heard of certain bands of armed peasants, which have appeared in the North part of this province. These bands, some of which consist of 100 men, seem to be rather smugglers than rebels, though there are some who pretend that they are entirely composed of enemies to the Constitutional System. It is known, however, that many of these parties are engaged in smuggling spices and colo nial produce, by which they make large profits. Notwithstanding these circumstances, complete tranquillity prevails in this capital, and the Authori ties do their utmost to preserve it, and prevent all fresh causes of complaint. MADRID, MARCH 20. The Mail was robbed on the 18th near Mendes.— The soldiers who escorted it seeing the robbers, en. deavoured to attack them, on which the villains fired and killed one of the horses of the soldiers, and the other ran away. The banditti robbed and ill-treated the passengers. We have so frequently spoken of these abuses, that we are weary of repeating the same thing. Yet we cannot but lament the scandalous neglect in the ad ministration of justice. The capital is full of gypsies, vagabonds, and presidios, who were already con demned, and have escaped the punishment due to them. 'We shall shortly give a representation made by the Municipality of Madrid to the Government on this important subject. It is, in truth, disgraceful that the unfortunate tra veller should be robbed within three leagues of the capital of Spain, and still more so that these excesses should be repeated daily. The enemies of our liberty take advantage of all these events to decry the Con stitutional System. If the judicial power does not exercise speedy and complete justice, it will be respon sible for all the disorders which its indifference must produce.. This morning early, the Authorities had taken all proper precautions to prtserve order in the ceremony of drawing lists (for the conscription), which had been announced to begin, and in fact did begin, this Shortly after it commenced, some cries were Fuera lieera r which, for a considerable were overpowered by the admonitions, some. BURGOS, MARCH 17. It seems incredible what is passing in the environs of this city, by the existence of the wretches Caraza, Hipolito, Isaac, Nicasio, and a few others as bad as 1 1 them, if that is possible, and by the inefficacy of the measures adopted to pursue and exterminate them. The insecurity in which we are to go out of the gates, since the unhappy Manso was seized by these wretches, of whom nothing has since been heard, is inci eased by a horrible event which has just happened. Here follows a long account of two persons having been carried off by Hipolito; as they did not return for many days, their wives uent to search after them, but in vain. They have since been found in the mountains murdered, and it is probable Manscihad the same fate. The French Papers of Monday have been received, and furnish us with the following extracts : PARIS, APRIL 1. It is believed,* says the Ruche (Aquitaine, that Berthon is in some measure concerned in the plot of La Rochelle. What is' certain is, that he has :hewn himself at a fair, with seven others well armed, and endeavouring to get recruits. Telegraphic dispatches from Toulon, of the 26th and 28th of March; anemonee the sailing from that port of the Medea frigate and the schooner La Torche. The Medea, commanded by Cap tain Rigny, is going to the Levant to rallyshis Majesty's squa dron, after having cruised to Various coasts of the Mediterra nean. The Torche, commanded by M. Dupelit, is gone to Al giers and Bona to protect the coral fishery in those parts, where treaties give the French vessels the right of pursuing that fishing. The Eche de I' Orient complains that, in contravention of the Concordat of 1801, attempts have been made in the diocese of Rennes to restore the suppressed Estes, and instances those of the Virgin Mary, which were before united with the Sunday, bUt during this year celebrated in the diocese on the day when they fall. The Clergy publicly announce them—the Parish Priests especially, recommend the observance of them to their Socks, who are very docile; labour is interrupted, and the silence of the Civil Authorities induces new infringements of the law. The name of the Bishop is put forward to authorise these innovations, and it seems not to be known that he alone has no right to change what his Supreme Head has thought fit to establish, which the rest of the French Clergy observe, probably, without resistance, and to which he is bound by a law of his country to submit.— The same Journal mentions the still more blameable conduct of an Ecclesiastic at the head of a College, who suspend s t h e stu dies of a youth on the holidays thus illegally restored. FRANKFORT, MARCH 26. Prince Suss° is still undtr surveillance at Lemberg, the Aus trian Government not having allowed him to prosecute his jour. trey. He has applied to the Court of St. Petersburgh for leave to return to Russia. Private letters state the late natal action between the Greeks and the Turk; at the entrance of the Gulf of'Lepanto, was very Woody, and that the loss on both sides was immense. The loss of the Turks is.estimated at 25 ships of war; but the Greeks are said likewise to have loot 16 ships of war. The Vienna Cour/ Gametic has published a numerous promo tion ht the Austrian army. It is observed that such promotions are generally made on the eve of a war. It is repoittd that an irn- • amar • . - 7 I • 4.4b.5.n11%,'• • -,v` Extract of a letter from Valparalso,dated Nov. •: " The Sacra mento has arrived, and it appears that Lord COCHILANE had gone for Callan, some say to Acapulco ; but I think his principal object is to look after the ship Emperor Alexander, in which, I believe, he is interested. The army at Guyaquil has suffered consider ably, and General Soots, after having muted the Spaniards, has been completely defeated ; and it is reported the Spaniards are now masters of Guyaquil." • Extract of a letter from Cape Ihytien, dated Feb. 14 :—" The exportation of specie is again prohibited, and any mosey im ported ought to be reported, to entitle ft to be re-exported. The tonnage duty on all vessels is one dollar per ton, since the first day of the year. The Americans pay a duty of 12 per cent. on an dry goods; and the British flag only seven per cent. This market continues to remain overstocked with all kinds of Ame rican provisions." The accounts front Ireland represent the County of Cork as becoming more tranquil, although the list of outrages is still con siderable. Several houses have been plundered of arms, and others burnt to the ground, both in the Counqes of Cork and Limerick. At the Kerry Assizes, on the 27th ult. Waiter aad Robot lir pager (father and son), Arentinis Gallivan, were convicted Of . the murder of Major Cows, on the gd of November last. They were ordered fur execution, and their bodies to be given for dissection. The noted offender 'hoick Dillane, alias John Reek, who with his accomplices have hitherto kept the neighbourhood of Newcastle and the adjacent mountains in a state of terror, was this morning apprehended in a cabin on the mountain behind Mount Plummer, by a party of the Rifle Brigade. LINCOLN COUNTY MEETING. FiertiV727l:•.4 - • - .• • 1 ••••=•-•••••!”.. . . portant negotiation is on foot between the Ceuta of &fin Old . NA/AL 174171GLIOEIt'CX. MUM& I iliffeitilf *fee Ikea t•ollirniatleili . • . • . . • .' ~-.... _ .• Ali-LA-en APEX Lk M SIM .in • • •• • • Tamar @ i 411111 4 Tilmlogs In. IldeLot 6 6 )fir I Is , . „„___._. .. House, when Useessimet-Colessi AzarauseerWasetss. sis i i. A [taco ' fini l .1 446 aillall by atria 7 112 i'llug'"" Vedred List, wis sippikned Gwynn, of St. Helena; anti - the Ittikoviitg details t. - - ' - • ', ( 4 . . I tali T. W. itelillthil Was sworn into thestheingand of the es — A ' . “ On the Sstlt, In tl4 tubes ies the bona of Rothachildjmi. - ; 114 dewily 000dieird to Nana sod Naha received an express froth Perk.. An extraordinary heeds Iva i Lamm Arm. 1.-... His Mabester 'Memo endow Panic, of noticed in the transactionotalthmer sureeneT i the tickets see . ITlniiin, hienlA/All mss. CA*I.M.J he Leidi Reads the lottery . of Rothschild inituesWely MI 3 per cent. an other I . on gentility, with a large limn eapntred by her o ft ' Anwlan pa p ers fell in properties. tin Mb ultimo, near the Orius magi ry Nicer a keen three o f . . throe hou ._ rs, in which his Majesty's revenge totter, karat CHAU se The house of Rothschild havlisg, contrary, to is lanai nes lusted. Tie smuggler is is innikesne vessel, hasio torn, observed profound sileneeksn the contents of the dispatches , tarts, riguc - w -- . ._„.. ,____ ~,,,_ .. A .__,.... .____.9. -: which k has received, the most singular reports were In cirenla. i " 4 6 5 7 , 1 1 4 6 "'lai s ores"' iaTeraana7"".";:randu,"6" tads Lion on :Change, and the 'Magistrates of Frankfort not having !t tis Pond contradicted, it was believed by the merchants that the to be the nest valoabie ensa: peon* into Letr i n, c , 4 within the last ether Teen. the throe a part of the carp conifer bad brought news of the commencement of hostilities be. tweenehe Russia ns and the Turks. On the same day_ the bowl fwrao thrownom iiib ev to erd m Dionsa by IM,4l,llllftrunci, ailedl Cut tn t F "bt isit e st ap o e a c to i .ef Rothschild dispatched couriers to different capitals." - Letters from Odessa, ftoni a respectable quarter, which we Good Hope 3 d Jasearr• Fausoon, Ana t...... Wind N.E. — Arrived the Four Prie st. have also. received express, state, that in - consequence of orders Robert and Thandia, from London. from St. Petershurgh, greatpreparatiens were making at Odessa and o—Wind N.E.—Arrived the York ma. . . to receive the Emperor Alexander and the Empress Dowager. Putman; Amur done, Ilssusesoessass„ tress Shields to Rockfon, with loss" Three butters give no further information of ulterior movements . ef a the Russian arnica = they say that the Genetak .h t _c h i e f anchor and cable. Sailed the Co_lumbus, Riassr, for Miranneh4 have lately received orders, the contents o f which will supplkd with anchor and cable; the Nile, for St. Andrew's; . probably be known when the Emperor arrives. and Elul Castle , for Qu e b ec. French Funds, Free per Cents. April 1, 87 fr. 7 0 c. SS fr. Poarassourn, A vast. 3.—Wind W.S..W R . 7. Saijed . h , i . s_ ,Tajestr i 17 fr. 115 c. ship tarter. for the East Indies; and =lam. NN 'WA VIM, . for Demerara (the last put back); and Thistle, Gum's, for Ali. cant. Padded up Channel the Herefordshire, from Cut a. Mu., Aram 3.—Wind N.N.W.—Came down arum the River, the Baltic Merchant, Ili aver ; and Eagle, Coinmw, f er Quebec; Atlas, WATSON, for Buenos Ayres; Jack l'isr, LAID ww, for Quebec; Bengal Merchant Honest. , for Madras and Calcutta; and several others, particulars unknown. Remain is the Downs the Sense frigate, and Good Czar, SMITI4 for o:. den.—Seven o'clock—Wind W. Corrode-House, Aran 3.—Ships Entered Inwardt: Daphne, from Lisbon; Spring, from Bristol; Industry, from ilamburgh ; Harthony, from Belfast. Cleared Outwards: Padas, for Cadiz; Lord Cranstoun and Amphitrite, for Jamaica; John llowar4 and Emulous, for Quebec ; Flora, for Antwerp ; Hazard, for Newfoundland; Chance, for Gibraltar • Reliance, for Bueno s Ayres; Vigilant, Diadem, Harbinger, L ord Mulgrave, and Lord Wellington, for Miramichi. Friday, a Meeting of the Inhabitants of the County took place at Lincoln, to petition the House cf Com mons oa the subject of Agricultural Di , ,tres , . Sir J. 11. THOROLD, the Sheriff, opener the bosrue,.. Sir ROBERT HERON then addres , e the .‘l, 2 ,. t i nz i n a very long speech, in the course whi,h he de clared the Agricultural Committee to be a humbug, and the averment that distress was araristh,o, e to the transition from war to peace. to be the veriest nonsense ever addressed to rational men. Nl,.ch cf the distress he attributed to the arcked paper cur rency now exploded, and which he hoped no b,ate Physician would, under any emergeocy, again resort to. He could not understand upon what vain,iple the Fundholder could nox claim t r be paid a. the rate of six or seven per cent. for that which Ile rad contracted to advance for five per cent. T.e nourable Baronet, in conclusion, said, he Amu a pr.L. duce for the adoption of the Meeting a Peti.ion, suet AS those only vrho were' far gone indeed in T , e4,•tvy politics, could oppose. He then read the Peotion, which was as follows: " Your Petitioners beg leave to represent to your Honourable House that this County is suffering, in common with th: . rest of the nation, under a distress severe, increasing, and menacing with ruin the whole of the agricultural population. • " They refrain from troubling your l lunourable House with their opinion on the causes of thv evils which now oppress them, but they hesitate Dot to avow that no adequate relief can r e oar forded, but by the reduction of the intolerable weig it ~ f tazazion. " They, therefore, humbly pray that your Honourable House will tate into your consideration the repeal of those taxes. which press the most severely on the necessaries of life • and that you will provide for the consequent deficiency in the life; Revenue by the diminution of our enormous establishmons, and the alio: Mien of all unnecessary Places," &c. &c. &c. The motion* that the Petition be adopted was they seconded by CHARLES ALLIs, Esq. EDWARD FRENCH BROOMHEAD, Esq. dissented from the opinion expressed by the two former Gentlex.en AS to the cause of distress, and said it was the sao,e as was experienced* after the American war, and after every other .% ar. Several other Gent!emen then addressed fte Meet ing, and the County Members were requested to Fr,- sent their Petition to the House of Commons, and give it their support. Previous to the dissolution of this Meeting, ano ther County Meeting was appointed for the 19th instant, to take into consideration the .ices-- city of presenting a Petition cn the subject of a Re form in the Commons House of Parliament. Thursday last, a melancholy accident happened on board the Melton, lying in the Tyne, at the North Shore. One of •`r roy d-masts was that afternoon received on board, and as the crew were In the act of hoisting it up for the purpose of bsi..g it, the most elevated end slipped from the ropes, and falling 0-1 the head of a young man, named Joust DODDS, killed him on t' spot. The deceased was 17 years of age, and the son of Mr. Jous Donos, of the New Road, near Newcastle. A hopeless swain, about six miles from Kendal, nut weir; with a suitable return to his passion, was advised by his friem's to eat as many' eggs as he possibly could, in order to do away the killing fimte. To this receipt he resorted, and actually devoured one hundred bard boiled eggs, every four days, for eight weeks ! Poacnixo.—Some weeks ago, a man of the name of Crattris, Was convicted in the sum of £l5, for having been found on the lands of Mr. Newton, of Elden, in Suffolk, withthree pheasants in his pockets, be being a person not qualified to kill game ; and for non-payment of the penalty, was committed to the county jail for three mouths. On his arrival at the prison, hewn put into the receiving ward to be examined, as is the usual mode before being admitted into the interior of the jail. He was left there alone nearly half an hour : during the time he amused himself by drawing three pheasants upon the walls with a piece of char coal, and writing under them the following lines: I ant a Carpenter by trade, I never was encroaching, I had no work, no money, which made me go a poaching: Three hen pheasants 1 had got, and homeward was ina'ti::g, Two fellows stopp'd me on the road, so poor Joe was Liked ; Then to the justice they did bring me,with him I could not prevail, For my mittimus he did sign, and sent me off to jail. The pheasants I should have caught, I have now left for store, And this summer, if they have luck, they'll breed plenty nu;,c, And as soon as ever the next season do come in, If I am alive, and not confined, I shall be ready to begin. And if that I am taken again, the money I will pay. For I shall never stand for money, while pheasants look se gay. " Joserit CRAMS, !arch, iSie TANDEM MATCH. Mr. R. Hortmos's match, for 50 guineas, to drive a Tandem is miles in one hour, and to trot the first seven miles, tomb place yesterday, over a four-mile flat, on the Bromley read. The horse did the first four miles in 18 minutes and 82 seconds, and the other three in 14 minutes 8 seconds, leaving 47 minutes for the eight miles gallop. The horse did the eighth mile in 3 minutes 10 seconds; the next four in 13 minutes 14 seconds; and the re mainini three miles hi 10 minutes and SO seconds, winning the match by 18 seconds.—liettingsvas 5 to 4 on time. 1)1E1). 'esterday, aged 14, Sidney, third on of the late William Davies, Esq. of t:•e house of Cadell and I)avies, strand. _ . . _ LONDON : Prince..' and putnltihrd by Liavaa. Nigbi t jukva, pacc, ntorning.E heard if Lime, were • DOVER, APRIL 3. His Excellency the Dutch Ambassador (Baron ben) and suite, arrived here about eight o'clock yesterday evening, and alighted at Wittones Ship Inn. About three o'clock this afternoon his Excel lency was conveyed on board his Majesty's steam packet Dasher, then lying in the Roads, under a sa lute from the guns of the Citadel. The wind being fair, his Excellency had, no doubt, a short and de lightful passage to Calais. - - The Duchess of CLARENCE is again in "that state in which Ladies wish to be, who love their Lords I" Mr. BOLLAND has sent round a Circular to the Members of the Common Council, announcing his in tention to offer himself as a Candidate for the office of Common-Serjeant. Mr. DRAKE, Midshipman of the Sisrzaw, has been recently presented with is rich gold medal, by the KING of the NETHERLANDS, for his humane and suc cessful exertions, in saving from a watery grave, a Dutch sailor, one of the et ew of a vessel lately wrecked on the Sussex coast, off Winchelsea. The Planet Venus which, a few weeks since, was an admired crescent to the eastward of the Sun, in the evening, is now a beautiful crescent to the west ward of him, in the morning, and may be seen by the naked eye from five till sun-rise. The spots on the Sun are at this time very interesting, there being one which is perceptible to the naked eye; it is about three times the size of our earth. An advertisement appeared in our last paper, signed a " Prudent Man, and directed against the Norwich Union Insurance Society, for which we take the earliest * opportunity of expressing our unfeigned regret. •NN e have always held it to be a sacred prin ciple, in the management of our paper, in no case to insert anything that can either wound the feelings or hurt the interest of any individual, and it has been accordingly a standing rule, often and anxiously en forced, that all advertisements, which contained mat ter in the least degree doubtfnl in its tendency, 'should be submitted to the Editor; as it is impossible that he can read over all the matter previous to its appearance in the Paper. By some unaccountable neglect this rule was not, in the present instance, complied with, and the Advertisement in question having got insertion unawares, was not observed until itovas too late to remedy the evil. We can only re peat, that this mistake has occasioned the most un speakable vexation, and that we are anxious to make any reparation that may still be in our power.—Ca ledonian Mercury, March 28, 1822. It is not true, as stated in some of the Newspapers, that no fatal duel has taken place in Scotland since Sir George Ramsay's in 1790. Mr. Livingston shot Mr. Booth in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen, about 1604. In 1810, Surgeon Cahill, 25th Foot, shot Captain Rutherford, at Iladdington; and was afterwards tried for murder before the High Court of Justiciary, when th.: Jury, by a plurality of voices, found Mr. Cahill " Not Guilty." PUNISHMENT OF DUELLING BY TILE LAW OF SCOTLAN U. When a duel takes place upon a challenge, and is followed by the death of one of the parties, this, according to the law of Scotland, is murder on the survivor, how fair and equal louver the manner of conducting the comb at. But the better to repress such irregularities, to which the fervent temper of the Scots so strongly disposed them, the Legislature, by the Statute 1600, c. 12, raised the bare act of engaging in a duel to the same rank of a capital crime, as the actual slaughter,without distinguishing whe ther any of the parties dii or did not stiffer any wound or mate rial harm on the occasion. To complete the restraint, it was by Sta tute 1696, c. 35, made punishable with banishment and escheat of moveables, to be concerned in the giving, sending, or accepting of a eballenge,even though no combat should ensue.-I luine,v.2. p. 281. It is a singular coincidence that Sir Alexander Boswell should have first proposed the repeal of these Acu.—On the 31st March, 1819. on his moving- " that leave he given to bring in a Bill to re ' peal certain Acts of the Parliament of Scotland regarding " after some observations on the Scots Acts in general. and stating that they might be divided into four classes, one of which was that of " Statutes held to he in force of an olfjectionable na ture," he added, " he wished to confine himself at present to moving the repeal of one Statute of an exceptionable nature—a Statute with respect to Duels, on which an iudividual hid Lady been tried. lly this Statute, a person sending or bearing a chal lenge to fight a duel, forfeited all his moveable property, and suffered banishment, whether the duel took place or not." The Bill passed into a law, and thus the punishment applicable to all those concerned in the affair in which he fell, is, through his instrumentality, very different from what it otherwise would have been. __ ~---• -: pal r