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THE ARMY: , . • LAW INIELLIGENCE . COURT OF KING'S BENCH, NOVEMBER fn. LAING% DELANIORE, GENT. Mr. SCARLETT %hewed cause against a rule obtained by Mr. Brougham yesterday, for postponing the execu tion of a writ of inquiry before the Sheriff in this cause, of which notice had been given for to-morrow. It was an action, by the Captain of an American vessel, against the defendant, an attorney, for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. The defendant had .suffered judgment by default, and had gone to France, leaving his affairs under the milmagement of his father. This application for delay was made on the affidavit of the father, stating that his son was confined with illness at Paris ; that having gone to France to seek him, he crossed him on the road, and that he had since been unable to obtain an answer to his letter, though he had written to give him eiotice of the proceedings. The father also stated, that he believed, if timr were granted, he should be able to adduce evidence which would ma teiially tend to reduce the damages. The Learned Counsel contended against the indulgence prayed, on the ground that the judgment was regular; that an attorney could not be ignorant of the liabilities lie had incurred ; and that, in fact, the defendant, when the illicit intercourse was discovered, said ,4 lie should be ready to answer for his conduct when regularly called on." At this time the defendant was living in France wi:h the plaintiff's wife, who had eloped with him, and it was believed that he was drawing his property from England, in order to deprive the plaintiff of the fruits of his judgment when he should obtain it. For these reasons the Learned Counsel opposed a delay, for.which no adequate cause had been shewn—to which the de fendant, as an attorney, must know that he, %ea; not , entitled, and which might entirely deprive the plaintiff of his remedy. Mr. F. Pot.Loca, on the same side, expressed his hive that the indulgence asked would not be granted, with out exacting security for the damages and costs. Mr. BuOuGHAM urged the hard situation of the de fendant, who, by an accidental absence, might be en tirely precluded from availing himself of those grounds of defence which it was sworn that he possessed. Al though_ he might be lioble to an action, yet every one knew, that in cases of this kind, itwas often long doubt ful whether • proceedings -would be adopted. So far from wishing for delay merely to postpone execution, ,he was willing to give judgment of the present instead of Hilary Term, in case the judgment which he prayed for should be granted. . • • ...The COURT ranted the defendant six weekaiefore l the execution of the writ of inquiry, on his father par; ing the costs of the delay and application, and on ebndiv ion that judgment would be given of the present Term. THE KING V. JONES, ESQ. . • Sir Hoar Towns, Adjutant.Gcneral, &c. inspected the 1* Ban g.° of the Grenadier Guar& yesterday mornkig, in sba DO Mewl. The Battalion perfbrmed several movements accord to t h e inhered system. They formed in apea column of - c aapanies, right in front, formed column of grand silo Woes, and reformed coltitml of companies. They then formed the diamond wo re by divisions and grand divisions ' and reformed open column by divisions and grand divisions. The division closed to the front, a nd formed the solid square. The squaremseliared for firing, the gnat rank kneeling ; the close cohtnut was reformed ; the close co. b r on then rucuted several wheels iff the quarter circle, anasubea. am .* farmed hi open column, ordered arms, and stood at ease. he wise& of the movements and formations were In quick this'. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Atrived oteToesday, at Portsmouth, the harts, 10-gun sloop, .-o f ejlts A. D. Y. Minimum?, from Guernsey, where she was og l ed to pot in after the late gale, having been struck by a heavy e t s, which laid her on her beam-ends, washed away one of her t e ak and did other damage. She is now refitting at Spithead. TheVacros, 18-gun sloop, Captain T. Poseearr, fitted fur foreign „tyke, went out of Portsmouth harbour, on Wednesday, and as inoir as -Lieutenant-Colottel Nicoot.t.s, Lieutenant CAM PELLE, and a p iny of Non-commissioned Officers and privates of Royal :11a s, o ing out to the Island of Ascension, shall have embarked, she w ill ssfl for Plymouth to be paid, and receive het final orders for proceeding to the Coast of Africa. The Saerno, 18-gun sloop, Captain J. JONES, sailed from Pout moth arc Sonday for the Irish station; and on Monday, the Aaaow e wer, Lieutenant POIROKY, on a cruize. Viscount alat.m.xe and family arrived at portsmouth on Sunday, fop the Isle of Wight, and dined With Admiral Sir JAMS and j A gy liaotursWarrstrao, and on the following morning set off for hoodoo. • • It is said that Admiral Sir James Saumaate, Bart. G.C. B. *i!l loin his gag at Piy mouth, at the expiration of Admiral Sir A. Cucortaxis command. Fatmoutu, Nov. 20.—Wind W.—Arrived his Majesty's brig LYRA, from Lisbon with a Mad. Sailed the Ocean, Buckle, Dash, Henry, Ann, Frien d s, Liberty. and Confidence, fur London. Pxvitowito, Nov. 20.—Wind W. Arrived an dsd sailed again for London, the Posthumous, 111 4 1Cavta, from Jamaica ; Britannia, Iticuatien, from ditto; Pomona, Game, from ZAtite; Ceres, • Desa, from St. John's, New Brunswick; and Henrietta, JOll A NNA , Irons Rio Janeiro. PORTSSIOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Bueephatus, Sum, from Gibraltar; Par.. ma, GRAYS, Irons Elate; and Bril liant, nutria, from Lisbon. DEAL, Nov. 21.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived and sailed fur the River, the Mary Ann, Lewis, from Pictou ; Smyrna, TA mmita, from Smyrna ; Mulgrave Castle, Rating, from the isle of France; Margaret ' of Dundee, from the Mediterranean; Echo, Swour, front the Bay of Fundy; Elizabetli,'Paatan, from the &web Seas; Zephyr, Nicuocs, from Guernsey ; Larch, —, from the 'Medi terranean ; and the transport brig li, with troops from the West ward. Came down front thq o piver and remain, the following out ward-bound vessels t via.. Die Caroline, CAM/BILL ; Etveretta, la ms ; Glattoo, Lavrios ; Reward, Asozason ; Bombay 51erchaut, NEM ; Prince George, Pa &Kea ; Peru, lit/Tres; Riseborough, Born; Augustus oe-ar, Str.ar ; Mary, Frt.tios ; Garland Grove, Povomar ; Atstiws, Ragaa ; VenLia, GILMOUR ; and New Albion. SOURNESS, Nov. 2L—Sailed the Antelope, Cons, with convicts for Bermuda. CUSTOM-HOUSE, NOVEMBER 21. Sims Hareem Ixwaans—'flie ,Earl Bathurst, and Three Sisters, " from Rotterdam; Venus, from Gottenburgh ; John, from Santan der; Rocbastrees, from Pernambuco; Emerald, from Quebec; and Annctte i from Danizie. Farmtzo °email's—The Thane of Fate, for Madeira ; Kelso. for Hamburgh • Ruby, for. St. Michael's; Colombia, for Jamaica; Hannah, far Bombay ; and Ruby, for Genoa. Cs.reamict Omen's/ye—The Sincerity, for Jersey; Tigris, for St. Helena; William Bryan, for Jamaica; Jonge Elizabeth, for Rot terdam ; Coquette, for Lisbon ; Thetis, for Hamburgh ; Amphion, • for Alicant ; Surrey, for Sierra Leone; and Lord Wellington, for Mr. COOPER moved for a mandamus addressed to the Marshal of the King's Bench Prison, requiring him to hear the complaint of a prisoner in his custody, named Forrester, against another prisoner named Bridgman. Mr. Forrester had been a prisoner some years, and in April, 1821, had occasion to employ an attorney. Mr. Bridgman was then introduced to him as a solicitor and; partner of Mr. Gellibrand, of Austin-friars, who w4s, known to be an attorney of the Court. Under this cha racter he obtained from Mr. Forrester .4 £lO country bank note, for which he was to obtain change, return part to his client, and employ. part in carrying on the, suit. Having obtained the note, he set off and was never heard of "by klr, Forrester till he was himself brought to the same prison for debt, and was recognised by his dupe, and discovered to be no attorney. Mr. Forrester now applied to the Marshal to hear his complaint, but he refused to pay attention to his•story. The COURT asked what character the Learned Court ', sel supposed the offence to bear ? M r. COOPER replied, he thosisbt it amounted to felony; and considered it within the principle of the well-known case of Major Semple. Mr. Justice BEST observed, that it was no felony, be 'cause Mr. Forrester, when he parted with his note, did Ilot expect to receive it again in that form. 1 .. Mr. COOPER submitted that it was at all events - a misdemeanour, as Bridgman's:Attained the note uncle, the false pretence that he was an attorney, and able to render Mr. Forrester professional assistance. The Count at first thought that the transaction took place before the passing of the Act by Which obt • • tykes and securities by false pretences IS place 4 on same footing . with obtaining money ; but, finding MI enquiry that it occurred after the passing of that statute, they granted a rule to stew cause why the neandassas should not issue. --- Amaren—At Pernambuco, the Chichester packet, —, from Falmouth;' Agaphea, Atchison, from London; Jessie, Gibson, from Liverpool ; Eagle, Tonkin, from Gibraltar ; Harmony, Tait, from Messina ; Reton, —, from Nantes; Perle, Gautier; and Luna —, from Rio. At St. John's (New Brunswick), Craik "4 .anon ! Carle, - - ; and Dunlop, Dalgleish, from the Clyde. At Petersbergh, Paris, Stonehouse, from London • and Ellen, Stoue. ham, from Hull. At Oporto, Joe. Grumby, London; Liverpuot ZdST INTELLIGENCS. AIIIITAL 3 AT lAINCI•Lr-•The I/COCOA:II ' Kirkwood , from Liver pool ; the Swallow. Ros.s and the Hou . Company's ship Ilythe, Wilson, from London. The Westmoreland, Coulter, was. to sail from Bengal to Liver pool on the 31 July. Aminats AT TUC INlAtrarrrus.—The Britomart, Peache, from New South Wales; and the Alacrity, Findlay, from the Cape. We announced by a former arrival front India, that a was feared considerable damage had taketi place during a very heavy gale in the Bay of Bengal, from the 27th to the 30th May. The following are the losses confirmed by the ship Perseverance : Murray Stries.—The•Oraelbessii, Carmichael. totally lost ; 36 at the crew were landed at Kedgeree. The Helen brig, totally wrecked,on Long Island. The Liverpool, Galas, bound to the Mauritius, totally lust in the Bay of Bengal; only four saved by the boat N 0.9, belonging to Calcutta. The Cottack 'brig, totally lost, 'and a shop which was going to the lion. C.oespany'a ship General TKO far troops, at the New Anchorage.-ago saved. VNIVERSITY Ind dglilcAL. INTELLIGVICS. CAIIIORIDGE, NOVEMBER 21. ' At a Congregation held on Saturday last, Wm. Wharton Bur don, Esc of Emmanuel College, and the Rev. R. S. Dixon, of Trinity Ball, were admitted Bachelors in Civil Law. Monday, the Rev. Richard Haggitt, M. A. and the Rev. Joseph Cape, M.A. Junior Fellows of Clare Hall, were elected Middle Fellows of that Society. We understand they have bsen•electsd %to two new Fellowships founded by the 'present Society, frost the improved rental of the estates belonging to the College. • The subject of the Chancellor's English Poem for the present year, is Athena. OXFORD, NOVEMBER O. Yesterday the following Degrees were conferred : Bacnet.ons or Ames.--Joseph Borchelt, Pembroke College, Richard Claiborne, Sc. Mary Hall; Hog Henry Thomas Lowrr Colty, Christ Church; Charles Wessels Eyre, Brasennose loge ; Edmund Frederick Carringtoo, Queen's College. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. • Tise Rev. Frederick Calvert, M.A. Fellow and Tutor of Jesus College, has been presented, by the Master and Fellows of that Society, to the Rectory of Wbatfield, Suffolk, vacant by the death of the 'taw. J. Plampin. The Rev. E. Morsbead, M.A. Rector of Calstrocke. Cornwall, Hisseosabe, in Surrey, has been appointed Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of York. The Rev. T. F. Dibdin is appointed to the Ministry of the New °torch, Wyndham-place, Mary.la-bonne. The Rev. Mr. Cited, of St. John's College, Oxford. has been ii prosed to the augmented Curacy of Northmoor, Oxfordshire, oa the nominates of the President and Fellows of that Society. The Rev. John Mayor, B.D. Fellow of Lincoln Colkge, hag , iseee isenainamd to the perpetual Curacy of Forest Hill, Oxon. The Rev. John Junes, Al. A. Chaplain of Christ Church, has been *resented to the Perpetual Cnracy of St. Thomas, Oxford. The Rev. J. Ilanhstry, M.A. Chaplain of Christ Church, Ox fod, has been elected, by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, Vicar Moral of that CathedraL The Rev. Thomas Forster, M.A. Chaplain of New College and Christ Church, Oxford, is appointed to the Mastership of Taunton College School,by the Rev. the Wardell of New College, patron of the said school, which became vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Alfred Barker. We understand that when Mr. D. W. HARVEY ap peared in the Court for judgment on Thursday, Mr.- aouo 'IA as did not state, as reported in some of the papers . , " that he had Rat see" the ajidavit which Mr. Harty proposal° rearebnr, on the contrary, lie wished the Court to understand that he had seen the affidavit. There is a report at Leghorn, that Mytelene has re - yoked. would be All event of vast importance. The iand has a warlike population of 50,000 Greeks, and it possesses two strong fortresses ;its possession would - enable the Greeks to blockade the mouth of the Darda sellch ilnderentually lead to the reduttioo of flio. , THB ;ENO O. --••••••••• . Mr. ANDRIWS moved for a writ of Habeas Corpus io bring up the body of a person confined in Newgate, on a charge of horse-stealing, 'in order to' his being ad mitted to bail. The defendant oat a-licensed horse dealer at Chelmsford, who bad lived many years in re. l pute in that town, and who wasnow charged with steal. ing two horses which he had bought openly at ford fair of two persons whom he could' call as wit nesses on his trial. The COURT inquired whether these persons had made at davits? and receiving an answer in the negative, ordered the case to stand over till such affidavits should be before them IC4NSISTORY COM . T. NOVEMBER 21. arAviirtitai d asoirvtia.z. Dr. Losatzorox said this was an action of divorce brought by the wife against the husband, by reason el cruelty and adultery; the husband bad not appeared is the regular manner, but had suffered the case to lie over from time to time; but the libel was now brought and he prayed it might be admitted. The libel stated that in March, April, and May,lB2l, the wife was grossly ill-treated by her husband ; they then lived at the Constitution - public-house, Great James street, Lisson-grove, her husband being the landlord; but through ill-treatment she left the house. Soon after the marriage he used to beat her, and use very disgust ing language towards her. When she left the house she went to her brothers; but at the solicitation of her Imp band she returned home again on his promise of amend went, but his former violent disposition was soon re newed ' • and on one occasion he threatened to stab her with a knife, but his intention Was prciented by prisons ` coming to her assistance: He afterwards knocked her jowa in the bar . ; and on another occasion dragged her 140 the kitchep, aud . scriick her so violently as to break several of hut ribs, and the has not since been restored tobeiltb.: The adultery consisted in 'his connections With several'-females, by which he had' contracted a loathsome disease. She, in consequence, piaj:cd for the divorce, on the n irges of cruelty and adultery. Sir CHRISTOPHiIt ROBINSON ordered the libel to be admitted. t. • . AULus O. 'taus. Dr.LusttiNGTON said this was a cause of divorce on the plea of cruelty and adultery. - • . • , Dr..lassz ADAMS opposed the application, And read , certain Outs of the libel, in which it *as stated that the parties had lived separate three years, and had coha bited together previous to that time only thirteen months. He (Dr. Adams) could not see what protection the wife amid expect to have, as she had already the•protection of the law, having exhibited articles of the peace against her husband; who was bound in recognizances of 2001. She pleaded that her husband had often threatened to' beat . bei, to run her throigh with a red-hot poker,' to, stab her, &e. but these were only threats and Menaces ? and not one act of personal violence proved. It was, Weed, in evidence tbat a nurse had come in - on one ,clecasiOn while she was on her knees imploring her'huti band to save her life, bUt on, her interference he di sfsted, and_ no violence was done. He (Dr. Adams) knew that in some instances it was not necessary to prove -Aetna violence before the party can come into this Court, but these threats are stated to have occurred frequently, and .yet no personal violence was committed. The case that approached neare-t to the present was Otway v. Otway, where Mrs. Otway swore to repeated threats, where her husband' had held a pistol to her bead and would have shist her, but for the interference of the servants; but there it was also stated he spat in her face, 'bushed the candle into her face, and on one occasion seized tree viofristly by her arms in the garden, until she eras' *eitricatOrlby the gardener, who heard her screams for assistance;' and jet •in that case the prayer was not granted: Tbiesiiai ail° a difference of rank be-4 tween thoseyarties and the parties now before the Court; Mrs.Oisiay wai'the daughter of a Baronet, and her hus band was postesied of property to the amotint of 50001. a year; and Mr. Hultn&wavonly a pawnbroker residing in Stepney. 'As to the charge of adultery, it was made in general terms, that he did, soon afters the separation, and does 'still,..eohabit with one Mar?: Hughes, who passes fur his wife rand he (Dr. Adams) contended thaw' the charge ought not to be made general, bat ought to be particularized. Dr. LaWsitimorou wits heard at some length hi reply, He contended, that thecharge of cruelty was sustained,' although no violence was proved, and that it was nut necessary to wait until she had been's:Willy beiten or killed before she complained. Neither , was it necessary to prove uny individual act of adultery, .because it was stated that . Mr. Hulme has all along =tobisbiied with another wuman.— . libel admitted., - • : i• COMMON PLEAS, DUBLiN. Bli • TRIAL AT: RAIL .' ' MATHRW LORD VISCOUNT KINDSLAND Wills GRACE THE AISCHNISHor Or DVISLIN AND nicitAkn immix. At ten o'clock on Monday se'onighti this highly im- . eause came on . to - be heard before the Right. die Lord. Chief 'Justice Norbtiry, Mr.- Justice 1110 ore, Mr.'ittitice Johnion,' and Mr.'Justice'Torrens, altl a special Jury, selected from :the'itiost respectable let ntlennki or the ciomity. . • ffir''COmpteits Doraville,, 'Bart. Foginia."' " 1 "`: 4 ! 4 ' 31 .'" .' • . The case nciiipliellhetonitilt days, when, after the • -:-• ..... L iptoduttion of many intik:it records and other docu-. merits, and heating some of the moit. profound legal arguments on both sides, the Jury, under the unanimous direction of theCorrt;at shteeo'clock on Saturday last, found -a verdict for the nobk plaintiff, restoring to him a part of the extensive Church patronage so lung and ,denteredfy enjoyed by his ancestors.. Tbrprincipa . l.Points appeared to be the following.: On the restoration Of King Charles 11. the Act of Settle. tient aim Passedin this kingdom, which vested all ad `vowsons of Churches then enjoyed by Irish Papists (as they are nailed in the Act of Explanation), in the King, until such Papiits, in their heirs, should conform to the Protestant religion. It appeared by the letters patent: THE EINO 9. WATERS. - inqiiiiitions; *Sri, produced in the Court, that Sir Pa- Mr. Seamus moved for a writ of Haien Corp a, to trick Baintiaill, of TtirveY in the County of Dublin,' - bring up the body of Wm. Waters , a pris oner in Do , r- had many Church benefices in his gift, which, will) chester gaol, in order that he might be discharged. The many other patrimonial inheritances, .at his death de party was convicted under the statute called "The volved on his son and heir, NitholAs Barnwalt, who was, Hovering Act," which subjects the navigator of any in June, 1646, created the first Viscount Barnwall l of vessel hovering about the coast with brandy, not being Kingsland, by Charles I.- but who, having survived the for the use of the seamen, to a penalty of £lOO. In this civil wa rs of th is countr y , foutfd himself, before. the pass. case the information charged that t e defendant had ing of the Act of Settlement, unjustly dispossessed of a brandy on board his vessel, but did not - go on to state large part of this 'property, but was restored to such por tion or his estates by decree of innocence, under the Act that the brandy was not for the use of the seamen, which the Learned Counsel submitted was a fatal ob- of Settlenient, in 1665. 7_ _ section to the proceedings. The descendants of Viscount IffichOlas professed the Catholic religion tintil . the 2d of Anne, when he was di- The . Count. granted the writ, ions-a certiorari to vested * by Act of Parliament, of-his adiewsons;'which remove the proceedings. . . .. ~•. were by said Act vested in the Crown, until confor . The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the Coast at twelve nti, ty. - In'the year 1815, the present Mathew Lord Vas . o'clock, to attend the Council on the Recorder's report. count Kingsland, the heir male of .the first Viscount, Emus OF ALIENS. - conforir.ed tothe prot e stant religion, as by law reqnired, Mr. 'LINDA c• said there was 'a case tried before the and thereby hii seclesiaitical - benefieei were reverted in Lord Chief Justice, on which a Special verdict was had. him. On . the vacancy Of the Mirth of Garretstosits, It was of the greatest importance to the Public, and in- in . theAtchairiceseorDubfia, he ?media - his clerk, and volvei many interests. The 'question was—Can an pa the Arthhishofs lefisirirte wiltstote -Nato atweght A r American, born hi America sineOhe independence 'at Ma rit ° r F" • a.Prploral wiymimirt of that country , inherit lands in- England ? - .7 . ` thi. ,sworallierp rsaarreh ow the Mr. Justice LIATLHe acknowledged . the llllportapce lionprOtt: OW r:aikt pillisiei:ei r ation At, 'of the einestion, and directed fhat•lt should be se! der the Haacci'atli• • • the' amirmk - 110, , hi' day ..-, at the head of the paper for triia teat Terdt. manner abormaseatiosse& - % 1 •• , ts. • 1 -..,, = . - .:T W.A. :. • ! —.I,AL MEMOIR OF LORD - In Tilt SrAR of yesterday we announced the death of this much-respected Nobleman. His Lordship was the youngest of three sons. The eldest, the Earl of BUCHAN. is still living; and the second son, the Hon. HENRY ERSICINS, long the ornament of the Scottish Bar and of Scottish society, died a few years ago. Teoscits Lord ERSKINE was born in the year 1741 s and previous to his adopting the profession in which he was long so distinguished, he served a short time at sea, under Sir Jou sriLleosav, in the capacity of Lieutenant ; on quitting the Navy he entered into the Attny, as an F,nsign in the Royals, 'or Fir,t Regime* of Foot, and served six years. in that Regiment, tWe of which he passed in Minolta. Mr. Eesetue was about twenty-six when he com menced his course of legal study. He entered as a Fellow-Commoner of Trinity ColTle, Cambridge, in the year 1777 ; and, at the same time. inserted his name as a student on the books of Lincolt4 Inn. One LP his College declamatioaa is still extant, as it was deli vered in Trinity College Chapel: TM thileis, was the Revolution of 1688- • It gaineda_ . ,l4 044.1 ) tiles` v b Ich he 'closed to accept, not atlenefing CambridgeMit Student, and only declaiming in confoiniity to the riles of the College. An ode written by Mr. Elm:se about this time. is imitation of Gray's Bard, is worthy of notice as a. sportive production of his fancy : it was published irs. The (Mighty Maff '' nzime. In originated in am occasion' truly humorous . The author had been disappointed by his barber, who neglected his usual attendance upota him, and. prevented him from dining in the College hall.. In the moment of disappointment, hunger, and im patience, he is supposed to have poured forth a male diction against the whole race of hair-dressers, with a. denunciatien prophetic of a future taste foe cropping; and unpowdered hair. , Mr. ERSKINE did not enter the University for any academical purpose, but merely to obtain a degree, to+ which he was entitled as the son of a Nobleman, and by which he saved two years in his passage to the Bar.. his education had been previously completed in Scat. land. ,In: order to acquire a necessary idea of the technical parts of his future profession, he waspersuaded, by the judicious counsels of his friends, to enter as a pupil into the office of Judge BULLER, then an eminent special pleader at the Bar. Lord Enmities advancement was singutarly rapid. His first brief was in defence of Captain Hamm, for a libel on the Governors of Greenwich Hospital, and he displayed so much eloquence, boldness, and ingenuity, as stamped him at once the most able and eloquent of advocates. This character was afterwards confirmed by his subsequent defence of Admiral KIPPEL and Lord GEORGE GORDON. There was; perhaps, no department of his profession in which our Advocate reached higher excellence than in his observation on evidence. The defente of Lord Gkoaras GORDON required the exercise of these powers to their amplest extent.; as the case on the part of the Crown was . supported by a 'variety of witnesses.-- • [`hey who study this speech will observe,"with emotions of admiration, the Subtleties with which he abates the force of the testimony he is encountering, and the artful eloquence with which he exposes its defects, and its con tradictions. I say, by Gon, that man is a ruffian, who, on such evidence as this, seeks to establish a conclusion of guilt!' was his exclamation, as he was finishing this topic of his defence, Of this speech, the concluding sentence is truly pathetic. We scarcely hesitate to pro nounce it to be the best effort of Mr. ERSKINE'S talents ; it doe; not, indeed, display the minute beauties or culti vated diction, 'nor those grave remarks of moral wis dom with which his later speeches, in imitation of Mr. - Buses, are pregnant: - but, considered in reference to 'the occasion on which it was delivered, it is a most asto nishing effort of vig orous and polished intellect. In the month of May, 1783, Mr. ERSKINE received the honour of a silk gown; his Majesty': letters of pre- cadency being conferred upon him, as had been said, on the suggestion of the venerable Lord MANSFIELD.. His professional labours were now considerably augmented, and he succeeded to that place which had se long been occupied by Mr. Duwsiso, afterwards Lord Assume- TON. Ito the defence of STOCKDALI for libel, the Dean of Sr. ASArn. and Hoawa TOOKE, and the other indi viduals charged with high treason,. in 1794, Mr. ER.. SKIVE was engaged; and on all these occasions he.dis flayed the most acute penetration and the most impas sioned eloquence. In 1783, Mr. ERSKINE was elected one of the Mem bers for Portsmouth, and continued an active Member of the House of Commons. until his elevation to the Peerage, in 1806. when he was also raised to the high and important office of Lord Chancellor, which be-re tained during the Whig Administration. - ; .In all the leading discussions in the House of Peers, Lord Emmet took a share; and though a 'Manch Whig, he may be considered as more of a patriot than :a party man. Of Lord ERSKINE, as a forensic orator, it is impos sible to speak too highly: Perhaps be was ehe most powerful Advocate the Oar of England ever possessed. Foreigners were particularly struck with the elegance of his manner, which was aided by a noble and com manding figure, and by a voice so flexible, that it lent itself to every shade of feeling. 'We remember a dis tinguished foreigner, the Chancellor of a Continental University, remarking that Easier ifs was the only speaker he heard in England, who struck him' es possessing elegance of 'action and a melodious voice. As a man he WAS generous and -kinc&hearted. The world are sufficiently acquaipted with his little indis cretions, which were injurious to himself alone. Pru dence ii.the virtue of age, but,Lord ERSKINE was a young man in - disposition to thebrst. He had a'buoy ancy of spirits very rare in thin country. Lord ERSKINB left London for bdinburgh about three weeks ago, accompanied by his eldest son, by his second marriage, whom he intended placing at College in. Scotland. His death, which, as *stated yesterday, was occasioned by an intlamniation of the chest, took place on Monday evening, at Almoodale, about twelve miles from Edinburd, she resldentelbf the fancily of s- , her, the Honourable HENRY EILSICUIL knother remarkable trial is expected to come emirs course of • few - before dm PAeitt - Coen of 114 joireave the ,‘ days, - Assist. It is that of a Madame tioorsier, the widow of a ie. ~ and Nicolas Kostolo, a Greek -courier, for peng the husband of the former. • • . + kis noir inderstOodi that for the last three 4. filar dill WWI. WiNiftlatirnd Goddard, - tolititore of GOO urated to cattiest:4%lll6es defence 6 which ihry bift at length coweeeetleittitift4 Vstil: . )iewertier had - hit first ilealtektediastfeeirke tholeditart. , 7 .1 . - - . b - P 1 • - ; -ft - . , •.; - , ....At.• :, allie 11 ce et et it. t ,w 1 K !its Nit or be 'I tie ill, ;ht Lim on an a ta- '.. in in- and' ry the tild I in' Dint In -os- !ell red ►k lis Sli 43, pis st, Od R 4 g his