Star. — London, England, 1823-04-08 00:00:00

ASSASSINArION DP SIR CHARLES • 13AMFYLFIE. • • y ester day afternoon A. &esti ful attempt at assassi- na • followed by immediate suicide, took place in the fteiAboathood of Portman-square, which excited I • rest warm a nd horror. It appears that Sir Cu ARLES L ows has had in his service, as housekeeper, ! during the last eight years, the wife of a man of the I name o f J o seph Morley. This person has often been very troublesome to Sir CHARLES, and so frequently called attliehonse and created disturbance, that the ser vants were ordered to refuse him admittance in future. Yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, Morley called at No. 1, Montague-square, the resic?elice of Sir Dwain, and inquired for him. 'The servant v ho opened the door ordered him to go about his business, and on his refusal endeavoured to force hint from the door; he then struck at the servant, nor was h until some other person came to his assistance that he was enabled to make him quit the house.— Morley then went down the square and inquireA of a woman, who keeps a fruit-stall at the corner of M o e-street, if she had seen Sir Cuattr,Ls I:Am- YrtnE pass? The woman had scarcely replied in the negative, when Sir CHARLES came up ; Morley, on seeing him, instantly drew from under his coat a double barrelled pistol, and shot Sir CHARLES BAM EYLDE in the side; and almost before he had fallen be discharged the secbnd pistol into his own mouth. The ball passed through his head; and he instantly fell dead on the pavement. Sir CHARLES, thegt:ll seriously, if not mortally wounded, was enabled to reach home, stemming the wound with his handker chief. On enquiry this forenoon, we find that the ball has net been extracted, and that Sir CHARLES, who is between 50 and 60 years of age, is not con sidered out of danger. The body of Morley was conveyed to the Worces ter Arms, 1 3 (mm:in-street, where it remains in an apartment which is locked up and sealed, until the Coroner's Inquest shall he held. 3,:alousy is said to have been the cause of this dreadful act. islag' g re 'row ok is ft the as b , arse of co EDP rq ly. SPORTIA G lATELLIGLNCE. BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S, APRIL 7. Tattersall's, being the principal day before the Craven Meet ing, was well attended by a numerous assemblage cf sporting characters of respectability. The alterations were great in the Garet; and a ditfer,:nce took place in the Colt liiddlesworth, Derby, and Oaks. The Doncaster St. Lest: - stands nearly as before. The following are the particulars : CLA RIM 9 to 1 agst Dlorisco 10 to 1 apt Swap .10 to 1 agst Talisman COLT RIDDLIMIVOSTH. 1 5 to 1 agst Talisman 3 to 1 agst Ajax 4 to 1 agst '3lo.scs S to 1 4gst Wanton 7 to 4 agst Web 4j to I agst Emilio' FILLY ILIDDLZSWOItTII. Nothing done worth mentioning. I 9 to 1 agst EmiSus 13 to 1 apt Talisman oars. 3to 1 apt Zaida. No movements on anT other. DoNCASTZI ST. LEGE., si to 1 apt Sherwood I 9to 1 apt Tinker 5 to 1 agst Web 7 to 1 agst Fanatic BOXING. SIIITH AND BLACW.—Saturday last, this contest, which had been most anxiooly looked for, took place in a valley, denomi nate., Helper Valley, on the Ashborne road, about one mile frnn. r. For tales round this place, the bustle commenced at .. hour, with groups of people coming from different parts eager to witness th.• h.ttle. Between six and seven, Smith .nd Blacker entered the ritig, in excellent spirits and good con , ooper was Smith's second, and. Osbiston officiated u bottle-holder ; Hacker was attended by Tom and Neddy Nut. Round 1. Several feints took place, when Smith put in a se vere left-handed hit on his adversary's neck ; Blacker, by a sharp return on the mouth, made the claret fly in all directions. A =re t many blows were exchanged, when Blacker, in closing, found himself on the ground. t full of spirits, ran in, and put home a fierce blow on the right breast, and 'another between the shoulder and the atm,wbich ;vas of no effect : they closed, and Blackerwas thrown. 5. Smith, on the alert, gave his opponent a severe left-banded kit on the ribs, which sent him down.-6 to 2on Smith. 4. Smith stood up heroically, and a smile of confidence was seen on his gallant brow; several good blows were given, and tell stopped, bra Blacker fell. 5. Oi no importance. 6. Blacker, on the decline, attempted to rally, but he received a most swore body blow, which seemed to knock the Mears out et him, another on his temple, which spoiled dim fur the remain der of the fight. Seventh aisi last round. Blacker had been so severely punishe that he was not able to face his man with his former . r;solution, and he reluctantly acknowledged be could hght no longer. This battle lasted fourteen minutes. ItOYAL HUNT. Friday, soon after nine o'clock, the huntsmen and hounds arrived at Longford with the deer cart. About ten o'clock a fine deer was turned out of the cart for the day's diversion ; the assemblage of sportsmen was numerous to attend the last day's bunt. This deer was turned out in a large field to the left of the liitb road, leading towards Drayton, and took at first to the /tin towards the Magpies, taking to the left through the fields towards Hettinfon, and crossed the Uxbrisige road, went by Pinner to the right of Watford, taking to the right acrnss the inclosures by Harrow on the Hill, where many of the sportsmen were obliged to give up the chace. The deer kept running with great swiftness, crossed the Edgeware road, and was taken as Kilburn Wells, to the left of 'titivate:id, after a very lows day's sport. It was an excellent opportunity for the Loudon sportsmen, to bring them so near home, the deer taking the direction towards London. Some of the sportsmen had many Liles to return home in the dark; the huntsmen and hounds, with their attendants, came home through Windsor about half gm eight o'clock. We have heard, upon very good authority, that the Spanish Ambassador in London has received a report, drawn up by two Spanish Gentlemen, who, within a very few days, have passed over the country at pre sent occupied by the French forces. By this docu ment it appears, that the Army of the Pyrennees is destitute ot the lot age necessary almost for the com mencement ot the campaign; and that, in conse quence of this deficiency, which cannot be hastily supplied, it wiii be necessary for the cavalry at least to remain within reach of provisions for their horses until vegetation is in a more advanced state in the Peninsu'a.—British Press. • STAGE COACH PERILS.— About two o'clock on Sunday 'swiling the North Devon coach, being then at a short distance from Teffont Magna, was over turned; both the fore-springs, lamps, and windows were broken, and the coach materially injured. The Passengers providentially escaped with very slight in juries. At Teffont Magna three poles were put under the perch of the coach as substitutes for springs, and passengers proceeded in it to Salisburf, where another coach was procured. Before the coach left Taunto.:, two of the passengers objected to the book keeper that there was an excess both of luggage and Passengers but no attention was paid to them. The %tidy person who exhibited the least concern for the Passengers, warßruford, the guard. ... ral or, t.!: HA 1 k r al 1114 1 t i t , 1 GI )it, a ; Y 6 rge St Sal Kepi' id coca Lt 1)4 UT got ai ow ooe,S. rs a:f of Lt :w G•• 80, - Val i ty, 6 her ind t rry tb se vier chit e. oveat i afro ill fail riio SHERIFF'S COURT, SURREY: PALMER, EBO. V. Twit.. • Yesterday a Writ of Inquiry was executed-before the Under ,Sheriff and a Jury of the County..of Sur rey, for the.purpose of assessing the damage* in an ac!, tion brought by Mr. Fy sc h e P a l mer , M em b er f or Riad ing, against Captain Nicholas B. Bull, formerly Com• minder of the King of the Netherlands steam-packetl, for a libel published by him in the Juke Ball Never+ paper of the 18th of August; 1822, and in whicli action the defendant had suffered judgment to go by default. The plaintiff's damages were laid at £2OO. Mr. CHMILES l'alLues stated the case for the plaintiff. In the course of last year an event had oc curred, which caused at the time a very considerable ferment, which, lie believed, had scarcely even yet subsided. That event was the death of the late Lord Londonderry. Considering the suddenness with which it came upon the Public, and the mournful circum stances by which it was accompanied, few occur rences had ever created a stronger sensation in this country. Different persons viewed it in different lights; but there was no man—he spoke it to the ho nour of the country—let his political prejudices be what they might—let him detest as strongly as pos sible the political principles of the late Lord London derry—who did not join in expressing sorrow at the distress in which the manner of that distinguished Nobleman's death bad plunged his surviving rela tions. Unmindful of political feelings, friend and foe had j. , ined in a sincere, and, he believed, well merited tribute to his virtues. Few men had had the good fortune to possess a greater number of pri vate friends; and in proportion to their number must have been the pain and disgust which they felt on, hearing of the conduct which had been falsely im puted to his Hon. client by the defendant in the pre sent action. When . the news of Lord Londonderry's death arrived at Reading, his client was in a private billiard-room . The nesys.became the topic of con versation; and in a few days afterwards the feelings of Mr. Palmer were horrified at reading this para graph in the John Bull Newspaper, which he should distinctly trace to Mr. Nicholas Boys Bull. The Learne,l Gentleman then read from the John Bull the following paragraph : " Mr. C. Fysche Palmer was in the billiard-room at Reading, between twelve and one o'clock on Tuesday morning, when be said to Dr. iklitford, of that town, that' Ile should have a dinner at the Crown on the occasion, with a haunch of venison, and turtle, and tots tfpunch 1' This he repeated several times, add ing, ' that it should be a regular jollification."' —Now, what kind of person must the world suppose Mr. Palmer to be, if, filling the station 'in society that he does fill, he could, after hearing of the mournful death of • a distinguished individual, express himself in the barbarous and inhuman phrases that were im puted to him—if he could make the death of that di.tinguished individual, with whom he had never had any quarrel, and who was, besides, the favoured Minister of • his Majesty, not merely a subject for indecent remark, but even a subject for merri riment and regular jollification ? The libeller went on—" Mr. Fysche Palmer subsequently addressed himself to an individual present, and asked him to make ore of the party." It was worth 'the while of the Jury to observe tile minuteness of the particulars to which the libeller had adverted ; it spewed the art and cunning of the man : he added the particulars, in order to lead the reader of them to this conclusion—that they were so many and so. minute, that it was impossible that all of them could he false. But to return to the paragraph: it went on: —" This person feeling himself to be insulted" (and, said Mr. Phillips, well he might) 46 by such aninvi tation, told Mr:Palmer that he as mach detested him as he did his character and politics.'" Mr. Pal mer, it was well known, differed in politics, no doubt conscientiously, from th' late Lord Londonderry; upon the politics of that Nobleman, he (Mr. Phillips) had neither time, nor place, nor intention at that mo ment, to dilate; all that he•claimed was, that the same credit might be given to his client for purity of ' intention as the defendant seemed so anxious ,to de mand for the late Lord Londonderry. The defendant went on to state, that the Gentleman who received the invitation told Mr. Palmer that he 64 wished his punch might choke him. Mr. Fysche Palmer incensed at th is rebuke, required an apology, which was re f rsed." These words, continued the Learned Gentle man, formed part of the paragraph complained of. But these words were not all: they were accompanied by comments, which he should also prove to have been written by Mr. Nicholas B. Bull. In those com ments Mr. Palmer was described as a miscreant, who in intellect and feeling was belo'w the brutes, as a man who had disgraced himself by the use of expres sions that ought never to have escaped the lips of a Christian and a Gentleman. Those comments, be it recollected, were written by Mr. N. Bull, on a libel of which he was the sole creator and inventor. Let the Jury attend to them : " One could hardly belieye, if one did not know it, that such expreuions could have escaped a Christian and a Gentleman (as Mr. Painter we presume to be, as being in Parliament), even though be were a Whig ; but true it Is, that in this most extraor dinary display of patriotic feeling, Mr. Fysche Palmer thus pub licly indulged." —They might, perhaps, be inclined to ask how thee paragraphs gut into the newspaper in question He would tell them : Mr. Bull went to the King's Bench prison, where Mr. Shackell, the printer of the Joke Ball, was at that time confined for a libel, of which he had been found guilty. He dined with the printer, and told him the circumstances which he (Mr. Phillips) had just detailed to them.. The printer, on hearinf them, felt considerable astonishment, and said, " It s impossible that they can be true!" "Oh !" replied Mr. N. Bull, " I'll give you my honour, or my oath, if you like, that they're all true r The printer then asked him—" What is it you want me to do ?" want to write them," said Mr. Bull, " as a paragraph for your paper." The editor then desired him to sit down and write them. He wrote them accordingly. Mr. Shackell was struck with the improbability of the story, and again asked the question, how was its truth to be vouched for? Mr. Bull replied, "1, for one, am willing to vouch for it; besides, I'll give you the names of the persons who were present." " Well, then," said Mr. Shackell, " if such be the case, I I think it only right that his constituents should know what sort of a person they have got to represent them." The libel was, in consequence put to press; and if the matter had rested there, it might, perhaps, have been somewhat excusable, from the haste with' which it was composed. Unfortunately for the defend ant, he could not even have the benefit of this ex . . . , . . cuse. It was on the Thu rs day that the conversation which he had just detailed took place. Ott the Sator day followink . Mr.Shackell again' su S ifOr Mr. Bolt. He had then got the proof or resoiseisFige paragraph question.. He - gave it: of 1-Mi. - N. Bally saying, 4 Here is the prost-s-400k it IlitOr, and if you are not ' quite sure of what you state, we'll leave tl,e paraT, . it ' graph out altogether." “ No," said Bull. " don't ci; ' ( that —it's true as gospel-..put itinl”.. snAthat, inste • H of cancelling it, lie gave it his deliberate approlsa+ 1 tion, after he had had two whole day'. to 112BeC . f Urn it. Not ouly did he approve v.f the !tatements,,hut ,also of the comments by which they were Accompa4 vied. It was almost unnecessary to i A , ...tne their minds with a repetition of them; but tbeie was one to which be could not refrain from driw lug their at tention. It was this— " A Whig of eminence may be andwed some excuse for re. joking at the fall of a great Tory. breanse Ms • ruling passion . — tbe hope of place —may be flattered by such an event ; but this 'apology cannot be allowed to „men wilose talents and preten sions are so extremely humble as those of Mr. Pilmer, who. ex cept, perhaps, as deputy assistant clerk to Mr. Creevey, would never be employed by any Administration upon earth: • That was one-of the comments : but let them listen to what came next. After abusing Mr. Palmer in. every possible manner, oil he goes— " Lest the incredibility of the above statement should make it doubtful with our readers, we beg to observe that there were is the room, amongst other witnesses to the affair, the Ilnu. Cid. Aostruther, Capt. Price, Mr. Tuppin, Mr. Thomas Tanner, Mr. Bull, and Captain Rich." It would strike the Jury with horror to hear, that of the gentlemen thus vouched by the libeller to have been the witnesses to the allair, one was in France, another in B:ightln, another confined to his bed by ill health, and the fourth absolutely unknown iri the town of Reading ; and yet it was on the authority of such persons that Mr. Bull avouched a libel to be true which he hims'elf positively knew to be false.— Perhaps, however, Mr. N. Bull laboured under some mistake. There was no ground for stating that Mr. N. Bull had acted under a mistake ; the whole story was a pure invention of his own; nothing had oc curred that was at all like it. He would produce the Gentlemen who were present in the billiard-room, and they would declare upon their oaths, that so far from the facts being as Mr. Bull had stated, they were directly the reverse—that, in place of the con versation imputed-to Mr. Palmer, he had expressed before Mr. Bull the regret which he felt at the man ner of Lord Londonderry's death, had stated his sor row at seeing the people about Wokingham rejoicing - at his death, and had added, that he had gone out of his Inn there on purpose to rebuke them for so doing. He should prove, he repeated, that this was said in the presence of Bull himself ; what, then, must that individual be, who after hearing Mr. Palmer ex• press his regret at the manner in which Lord London derry had died, and his indignation at the savage joy' with which the people received the tidings of it— what must he be, who under such circumstances, could go to, the publicpress of the country, and im pute to his 'honourable client conduct dialnetrically the reverse of that which he had actually followed? He would tell the Jury what Mr. Bull was. Hewas the son-in-law of Mr. Tanner; one of the persons skid to be present at the conversation, and one of the most violent opponents of Mr. Palmer athis diterentelee tions in Reading. That circumstance might afford them some clue to the malice which had led the de fendant to write the libel for which he was now called upon to answer. He would bring before them indi viduals of great influence in the town of Reading, who would tell them, that if his Hon. client had not taken this method of vindicating his character the electors of Reading would never again have returned him to Parliament; for, feeling as men and Chris tians ought to feel, they would have spurned a man who could make the death of a political opponent a fit subject for merriment and revelry. It was not long before the Club, in - whose room this conversa tion was said to have occurred, assembled to take notice of it.. The persons who were present whilst Mr. Palmer was in the toom were all examined as to it. Every one of them declared upon his honour, first of all, that he did not hear one word of the imputed conversation ; and, secondly, that he had not given any information of it to the John Bull newspaper.— ' Colonel Anstruther, the President, then wrote to Mr. Nicholas Bull, who was the only person present who ' had not been examined, requiring from him a similar disavowal. The following was his reply : • .. •,- *. ' - . • i' - .% .1- to London, Sept. IS, 18211. " Sir,,--In reply to your letter which I received but this mo ment, on my return from Holland, I beg to state that Mr. Pal mer did, in my presence and in my hearing, say to Dr. Mitford, who was then in conversation with Mr. Palmer on the subject Of the death of the Marquis of LondOnderry, that be would go and prepare for a good' blew out' (that was his expression; --that there would be a haunch of veni•rin, and plenty of punch too; and more - than once invited the doctor to partake of it; and I d verify and truly believe that ibis invitation was given in conic. 'pence of the lamented death of the Marquis of Londonderry; and I do most candidly,. and as a man co nfess, that I have re peated what I have beard to my own privatefriends, but not with intention of its publicity," fa deliberate falsehood, said Mr. Phillips, as I will prove t 6 you upon oathr; " and I Would pet k to Mr. Palmer's honour; whether or no this invitation 'tfts not given in consequence of the-event alluded to. .. . I have the honour of remaining, ' Sir, your most obedient servant, 1 " NICH. B. BULL " To the Hon. Col. Anstruther, Reading, Berks." Now; he would produce Mr. Shackell, who wotild prove, that instead of not wishing to give the fabri cation publicity, the defendant had absolutely forced him to publish it, and after reading the proof-sheet which contained it, had given his honoor that it was all correct. .He would produce a letter in Mr. Bull's own band-writing, in which be said that he would 'oe answerable for the contents of the paragraph, and be hoped that , the Jery would make him a. little more answerable than he had expected.to be made. The letter was in answer to ooe from the printer : 0 My dear Shackell-,We have just arrived,"and•l• have this. moment seen your man, and have got your note, as well as the inclosed. What am Ito do ? I cannot say._ tbo every worth mentioned in the sank is exactly true; but UM' F'Arner Wilke was going to proiride Ms-dingier On the occasion is vs true-de dint .I am alive.- This has muck hart me for Leectainly ex sonic parts. Pray write me, and tell me what you advise epe ;IN do. We are off again in the morning, and I tweil t itcuast to you.l but cannot spare a minute. Our passage baspeess *post arduow, one. Pray tell me what I can do to gams( 0( Mis roe/ nee-' plentivtmaffsairha e% aii . ck lren remain jose . u . seck hits blear "14 ... N. B. BUL L" ..I,_ il What could they think-Of a mim who had acted thtts to an honourable indiiidual-tOro'Could 'deliberately say that a Gentlemint expressed exultation - and triu mph at the death of at, individual of whose fate' he had always Spoken with regret ?—who could publish:to the world that a man of rank and education Was preparing to revel and Make merg'otet the body of ..:; el 4 . . , • his political opponent hefi.ic it hid yei grown cOl d fro n'i the blow which insanity had indieted upon it Si-..."' tvlid could detail with a particularity of taleehaut the frost dis: , usting, that an honourable hian like hit client had, t‘ith a f- wors e [hall that of the can ._ elan` I,Dibal, declared his inteatioa Of making the death of ,a 'min who had never injured him, the subject of r' botttiapemerrirtent ? Up to that day the defend ant hont,igiyleno.itoraement for the atrocious calum nies Iseiluid-otterede he latd - , put •in a plea 44' the ge. nthiit-isiue;•and-ftati , kept it to4lte.lata extremity ;and it 'rat itrily *IWO Irethtind that. Mr., Palmer was net to ite deter relTrorh. rina itit iriehts 'Character, that tae had' alloyed judgmient to gn by default., fltti„ Phillips then called the attention of the• Jury to, the litre of 'coltitudt whiCh Mr. - Patinae 'had thought proper to ow:wander titese iircuntstakces. . Ilasimortey•beett his object, he would have attkkedihettrop . tie' tors of the John Bnll Newspaper, because - i• Patter of the great eirculatints which the John •roduciOtOsed must be provided With stifficieortundt •to antietrati de mands made against it. But upon Me.Trilitsek's going to them, and upon their informing hisilliit they had published the statement in quettoh•till iiiiithshbrity of a person who •proto,fsed - txr *Unit 'for k-Oitoath, and that they wet* ready inttniseq' pew* Gilts false hood to give him up, Mr; Palliser 'raid, tbsdAtongh the printer was much 'to binite - fat' 'giving such easy currency t , , so outrageottia-slander, still the author of it was much more culpable, and there fore against hint only would he proceed. He was given to understand that the • defendant was not a person in good circhmstaneer; his brief stated that he had recently been an insolvent. He knew, however, that he was the son-in-law of Mr. 'fanner, one of the most wealthy persons in the town of Read ing, and he therefore thought 'hat the damages in this case could not inconvenience him much. At any rate poverty was no excuse. The law said that the man who could not pay in purse must pay in Per son ; and he asserted that if the plea of poverty was set up by the defendant, it opened to him .(Mr. Phil lips) this remark—that as chiruter wits -th• only Wealth of poverty, he ought hoe to have endeieonted to rob a Gentleman of that gem, cif which, as it was the only property he poisesie4heoupt toliave bet ter known the valUe. TheieWain'oe•point Which he had forgotten. ' He Understood that Mr.Pahnerhad dined out on the day in question, and that Mr. Bull had pitched upon that foundation his whole story. He was prepared to prove, in case any allusion was made to that topic,•that the invitation had been given three weeks before, and•had no relation whatever to the death of the Marquis of Londonderry. He should now proceed to prove the facts Which he had stated; and having done so, he knewthe case could not be left in better hands. . . ' •-•-. • •-• •- - •- • William Shacked and his brother, Edw. 'Shackell, were then called, and fully proved the-case, as stated by the Learned Counsel. . Captain W. H. Hall and Captain Wodehonse, who were in the billiard-room at the time of the alleged conversation, here proved that nothing of the kind had occurred. John Hoope Greene, Esq. deposed that he had been a resident at Reading for the last eight years. He knew Mr. F. Palmer: he was one of the Members for Reading: he had been twice returned after a se vere contest. . ' • As far as you are conversant with the inhabitants 'of Residing t do you know what impression this state ment of Captain Bell's made upon them to the ad vantage or disadvantage of Mr. Palmer? . The witness answered, that to his knowledge most - Material injury had been duneto his character by it: • he had had the plea Sure oC tassiving 'Mr: FyiChe Pal mer for some years. Mr. Knight, a nd gr. * Morns, beth residents of. Reading, also stated .that . oii .. paragreiih in the Alta But( 444_1 49 e bp,V4pi : ei great paid getseraliaiachief in that tewn,,„ , , Mr. Pp ur4.ssii hoe in t . in tie Vaiions letters which be had read in tke cOprse of hit Sited, and also the original . manusrApt ;* of jhat • Ail,. in itTicholas . . Bull's writing. u• Mr. ALLay,atidiesfect :the 'Airy for the ilel i encla or. • .•, •. • The quisaps . fanattislt Aptnied evidence, and left it totlieplitiy 1;? costsidei their ierdikt. . The Forremikn Of tfic Jury is:jol t :that lie wased to know, before :the' ;nom was ,4earid . for the . .TurY to deliberate, Whether they could dive griAfei d4Mages than those. laid t in the declaration T Hi,• - issight be asked tie questiOn , by, his 'brother Jurymen ; and if , he were, he should not.#B6,*, how to answer.it. The UN ornittaktpq said, that Wal 4' very proper question to he . 4kitr 7 . • lito*irst.ite, riply, that , . . greater - dantages.cimild not be even than those men tioned i t a the - deilaration. The Jury , after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the. pAainti ff— Damages £2OO. We under Stand, that' the.jory expressed their re gret that they were noridlowetttapve more. According to a Parliamentary paper, the expense of the Custom House establishment in Scotland is £122,4b2.: . IMPORTANT TO MANIIVACIIIIIERS OS WOOLLENS. By a Decree puhlishi:d at Lisbon, on Marck 12th, the operation of the Decree of the 14th of July, 1821, is suspended, and the importation of British Woollens into Portugal allowed, on paying a duty of only 15 per cent. This regulation is to remain in force till the conclusion of the Treaty now negotiating with Great Britain. . - • HIGHLAND SMUGGLERS, AND SASENAOIt flat. GOONS.—Saturday se'nnight, Mr. SMITH, Excise of ficer, Cupar Angus, having been apprized of a con cealment of one hundred aukers of whisky en Cairn -01-Mount, set out with a party of the Scots Greys to levy war upon them for the King's use.' On arriving at the place, they found their intended prize guarded by forty armed Highlandinen, who shewed no dispo sition to surrender the .whole of their charge, though they offered the iniairtni,party a free-will.offering o f forty aukers.. T he offer was rejected, and the &g -goons were ordered forward; but floes the depth of I the snow there was only nee pass which could be en. tered, and it .was so narrow as only to admit of a single horseman advancing at a time. He who led the van in tha attack was speedily dismounted by one of the Braemen; and the King's servants, thos con- vinced of the impossibility of leaking a seizure, now offered to accept the forty Vikers. Thu smugglers, aware of their advantage. refused to comply ; but made them a compliment of nine ahkers, with which they departed 1 • I, 1 I 1 4 . I ~} ,