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Nil L 107TELLICENCIL LAW INTELLIGIAVE. PALMOUTH, JULY It. Sailed the Princess Elizabeth packet, for Lisbon ; Lord Hobart ditto, for Cadiz ; Prince Ernest ditto, fur Gibraltar, and the Townsend ditto, for Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, JULY te. Arrived the PEACOCK sloop from Portstbouth.— Came in the Puicorartc sloop of war, from a cruize. Sailed the DREADNOUGHT, 98, for Basque Reads, with Admiral SOTHEBY, to relieve Admiral STOPFORb in the s ci pioN ; the PHEASANT sloop of war, for Li verpool ; the FERVENT Run-brig, for Lisbon ; and the Morrist , n hired armed ship, with a convoy of colliers f or Swarsea.—The ST. DOMINGO, 74, is come up the harbour to be docked. PORTSMOUTH, JULY Is. Arrived tile DELIGHT sloop of war. from the Me diterranean, and is put under quarantine ; Major Attmsroso is passenger on board her. Also ar. rived the !Win schamer, from the West Indies, last from Plymouth. YARMOUTH, JULY is. Yesterday, P. M. arrived the Earl of Leicester packet, Captain HAMMO ND, and landed a mail, and Dutoms, Esq. and L a d y, and servants, from ottenburgh. Admiral'Sir _JAMES SAUMAREZ was cruizing in the East sea, with 10 sail of the line, and 10 sail cruizing in the Belt, when the Packet came away. Arrived this morning the QUAIL schooner, f r om the Baltic, with dispatches from Admiral SAD. siorz, and letters from the fleet.—Wind S.W. GREENOCK, JULY . The Adventure, Greig, arrived here on l'londay, sailed from Pensacola, 23d Ma,, in company with the Earl Bathurst, Evans; and Victory, Gray, both for Liverpool ; parted company from them 2d June, in lat. 24. 7. N. long. 83. 12. W.—Snoke on the 4th inst. in lat. 53.40. N. long. 26. 3C4, W. the ship Ann Green, Abrahams, of this port, from Whitby, bound for Quebec, all well.—Spoke on the same day, a brig, out 16 days from Liverpool, bound for Newfound land.—Arrived at Port-Glasgow, on Monday last, the American schooner George, Borden, from Charles. ton, in 32 days.—Spoke on the 30th June, the ship Hopewell, Graham, of Ayr, (one of the Jamaica fleet), out 44 days from Jamaica, bound for Port- Glasgow, all well. Since writing the above, the Hopewell has passed for Port-Glasgow. The Stag, Love, arrived on Monday night last, at Port-Glasgow, from St. Thomas's; sailed thence 3d June, in company with the Pomona, Rowe, for Clyde, parted from her on tho 20th, in lat. 35. 2. N. long. 47. 51. W. then all well. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JULY 13. HARRISON V. WOOD, SHERIFF. The Plaintiff; about the year 1804, became the creditor of the celebrated Mr. King, to the amount ' of 81700. He at length was obliged to have recourse to legal proceedings in order to obtain his money.— The Sheriff' was directed to lay an execution upon Mr. King's house in Norton-street. That officer, under an indemnity of £2OOO, returned nulla bona ; it was subsequently ascertained, that there was property in ; the house, and the present action was brought to re cover damages for the false return. The defence set up was, that Mr. King having been discharged, as an insolvent Debtor, his effects became vested in the Clerk of the Peace, and that he had at the time of the execution no property. On the part of the Plaintiff it was contended, that Lady Lanesborough, the wife of Mr. King, had pur. I chased furniture previously to the discharge of her husband, and that the property, of which she was ; undoubtedly in possession at the time, was to be con sidered liable to the demands upon Mr. King. The question was then reduced to the value of that pro-i perty, and after hearing the statements of witnesses, who varied it from £5OO to £lOOO, the Jury found a verdict for the Plaintiff.—Damages £950. TUE KING V. DE :MULLES. The prosecutor is a boot-maker, and the defendant a jeweller. They lived in the same house, and having some bickerings with respect to their title to the pre. mises, several quarrels took place, and bills in Chan cery were filed, which were productive of much ill blood, that ended in wha; the plaintiff swore to be an assault. His case was supported by Mr. KNAPP. For the defendant, Mr. BARRY stated that he was an inoffensive peaceable man, who for many years sup ported a respectable character, and has been a mem ber of the St. James's Volunteers upwards of nine years ; that he had received a variety of provocations from the prosecutor, whom he described to be of a most litigious disposition. He called witnesses on his behalf. The Chairman left it to the Jury to decide, who, after a long consultation, returned a verdicto f guilty ; and the Court ordered him to pay a small fine. GRAVESP:ND, Jute 33.—Arrived the Sir Edward Hamilton, Fell, front Jamaica; the Prince George, Seeger, from Gibraltar; eat the Tlary and Francis, Atkinson, from Charletson. — Sa il e the Southwark-, Gibbs, for Gibraltar ; the Phoebe, Foley, for Bal. thro: . e; and the Factor, Caughey, for Belfast. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. The following Naval Promotions and Appoint ments have lately taken place : ADMIT:ALS AND CAPTAINS -Sir R. Strachan is appointed to the chief command in the East Indies, instead of Admiral Keatea, who was before named for that station. Sir E. Pellew is appointed to the command off Flushing : Sir 3. T. Duch..vorth will hoist his flag on board the Antelope at Torbay. Sir I. Coffin is going out a passenger with Sir John, to Newfoundland, to visit his (the Magdalen) Islands. Sir J. S. Yorke is appointed one of the Directors of Greenwich *Hospital, in the room of Mr. J. Hunt. Capt. P. Paget to he a Commissioner of the Navy at Madras. Captain Jenkins, who was wounded in the Ambuscade, is ap pointed to Greenwich Hospital, vice Lytme, deceased; Captain Hudson to the Regulus; S. F. Digby to the Theban; T. Fife to the Cadmus; --. Phillimore to the Diadem; Capt. Tomkinson to the Cakdon; T. Everard to the Port Mahon ; J. Tancock to the Mercury ; Huskisson to the Blonde ; Hon. Capt. Percy to the Hotspur; Capt. Lye to the Nymphe ; .1. Bowen to the Phenix, vice Madge; Capt. Austen, re the Indian, is promoted to a a post captain, and appointed to the Swiftsure, vice Conn, de cased; Capt. Jane, late acting commander of the Observateur, to the Indian • Capt. Carden to the Mars ; Lord William Fitzroy to th e Maceionian ; Capt. C. Schomberg to the Astrase; Capt. Chethant to the Leyden ' Capt. Warde to the Banterer; Capt. Coe to the North Star ; Capt. Henderson to the Eclipse, vice Creyk, ill; Capt. Bowes (acting) to the Medusa ; Capt. J. Nash to the Salvador del Mundo, the flag-ship of Sir R. Calder; Capt. P. Browne, of the Plover, is promoted to a post captain; Capt. Corbett, late of the Beurbonaise, is appointed to the Africaine frigate; Capt. Galloway to the Princess, vice Kilwick ; Capt. G. bavies to the Sapphire, vice Gordon ; Capt. Swaitie to the Phi lend ; Capt. Campbell to the Helicon; Capt. Harward to the Christian VII. the flag-ship of Sir Edward Mew; Capt. Clay to the Nymphe ; Capt. Rosenhagen to the Redstance ; the Hon. Capt. W. Gorden to the Nereide ; Capt. B. Walker to the The tis, vice Capt. Miller, come home sick ; Capt. Peeuell to the Roe samond. Mr. Edgeeurnbe is appointed to be Purser of the Tourterelle, vice Dyne, dismissed. F. Warsley, to the Elizabeth ; R. Pawle to the Sabine; R. Andoe to the Elizabeth; J. Browne (2) to the Mercury; J. Mould to the Venerable; J. Crasbe to the Pandora; J. Gallichan to the Mirotaur ; F. S. Cosgrove to the Minerva ; T. Prickett to the Gladiator; J. Baikie to the Dictator ; W. Pike to the Achates ; W. E. Wright to the Donegal; T. B. Glowes to the Hamadryad ; J. Striven to the Valiant; I'. Mitchell (I) to the Thalia ; R. J. Gordon to the I.everet ; R. Rawle to the Clio ; W. Hutchinson (3) to the Thisbe ; E. B. Watson to the Favourite ; J. Moore (4) to the 1 Liphone ; H. Forbes to the Nymphe ; R. R. Bowden to the Courageux ; J. A. Murray to the Unicorn ; W. Parker to the Savage ;I'. Major to the Vulture ; J. Forbes (2) to the Antelppe; 'B. N. Hoar to the Leda; Hon. J. Arbuthnot to the Surveillante ; T. W. Came to the Phi'omel; R. Dixon to the Brisk ; J.Thoin sun to the Medusa; P. Blake to the Talbot. _ _ _ SIR RUPERT GEORGE AND OTHERS, v. TAYLOR, ESQ. This was an action against a ship.owner, for non-! performance of his contract. The 'defendant had hired the ship Commerce, to the Transport Board, under a penalty of £5OO for non-sea-worthiness, or other failure of performance. The ship was sent out in April 1807, laden with provisions ; she was obliged to return shortly after, from the leaky state in which she was found at sea. The provisions were damaged to the amount of more than the penalty of the bond, but the action was forced to restrict itself to the penalty. Witnesses were called to prove the material facts. Mr. Taylor made no defence, and the Jury accordingly found a verdict for the plaintiff.—Da mages, £5OO. T. Sibbald, midshipman, passed for lieutenant, in London, the first Wednesday in June. Sonotos:t—Mr. Dunn, surgeon of the hospital ship at Cork, is appointed surgeon of the prison hospital at Forton, vice Dr. Bur nett, who is appointed Inspector of Hospitals and Physician to the Mediterranean fleet. Thomas Downey to the Thisbe, J. Hall to the Dauntless, D. Ross to tte Paplion, A. Robertson to the Pioneer, M. O'Brien to the Jason, J. Fletcher to the St. Antonio, R. Vs'oodthorpe to Cie Dwarf cutter, Carden Milne to the Cadmus, W. M. M'Laugh lin to the ilizaheth, W. Boyce to the Mercury, A. Gemmell to the Christian VII., Isaac Butt to the Trent H. S., M'Cally M the Amsterdam, C. O'Brien to the Racoon, D. Boyter to the Rifleman, T. Logan to the Tygress, J. Holmes to the Heureux, S. Bailey to the Astrza, M. O'Brien to the Macedonian, J. Todd to the Rinaldo, L Holctes to tl:e Banterer, T. Dean to the Afri cline, J. Young to the North Star, J. Graham to the Venerable, J. Urquhart to the Brisk, T. C. Roylanee to the Regulus, D. Steel to the Achates, G. Muon to the Tweed, J. Little to the Salvador del Mundo. ASSISTANT-SURGEONS—A. Hutchinson to the Aboukir, J. feed to the Furious, J. O'Donnell to the Caledonia, F. Marsh to the Macedonian, W. S. Thomas to the Astrza, G. Irwin to be an hospital-mate at Porchester Castle, R. Anderson to be ditto, R. Kent to the Valiant, W. Rogers to the Dreadnough., G. Syl vester to the Lion, C. Mortimer to the Bruiser gun-brig, G. H. Weatherhead to the Pallas, G. A. Waters to the Brill cutter, G. C. Togenlier to proceed to the Mediterranean, M. Power to the Poictiers, Y. Stephenson to the Mediterranean, A. N. Murray to ditto, B. Nicholson ditto, W. Barr to ditto, P. Boyle fo.ditto, Z. D. Lewis to ditto, T. Fog m:. to the Implacable, J. Cowan to the Amid'. A. Scott to the Berwick, A. Young to the Undaun ted, L. Reslford to the Havoc gun-brig, J. Thomson to the Le itnia, J. Davis to the Ethabon, J. Bremner to the Christian VII. J. O'Reilly to the Tickler cutter T. Swanston to the Trusty, J. Clerk to the Royal William, T. Downer to the Antelope, 0. King to the Centaur, T. Paterson to the Se:dacha, G. Roberts to the Nista, J. Howe to the Royal William. tnainder to John tatter, his son, for his life, with re- I mainder to the issue of John (being the present Earl), CONSISTOttY COM', nocrows comitoNs, JULY 13. 1 in tail, and several other limitations. LOVEnZN v. LOVEDEN. I The other part of the will is very material to the This was a proceeding for a divorce' instituted by i question—it was the leasing power, which was for E. L. Loveden, Esq. M. P. for Shaftsbiiry, against three lister, or 31 years, at the improved rent. his wife, on the ground of 'criminal conversation with He died in 1766, confessedly much impaired in Mr. Barker. mind and body ; and the present Ormond family The principal facts hate been already before the have ever since enjoyed the estates, as was _publicly public, on the action brought against Mr. Barker in said and believed, under the will of 1754, ( which the Court of King's Bench, in which no damages were was proved in the Prerogative Court, without opposi recovered ; and this day the Ecclesiastical Court pro-' Lion), and they have uniformly, from 1766, to 1796, ceeded to give sentence on the question of divorce, executed leases of these immense inheritances, in the having heard the evidence and counsel on the pre- j usual manner, for three lives, or 31 years. The de ceding court day. I fendant, Mr. Lalor, being the resident tenant of the The Learned Judge (Sir W. Scorn) entered at I lands of Cregg, near Carrick-on-Suir, took a lease of great length into the evidence, and ob s e r ved, that ' t h ose lands for a term of three lives, in 1788, from though it did not positively state any actual commis- Jahn Butler, the late Earl of Ormond, and father of sion of the fact of adultery, yet, from the general the present Earl. conduct of Mrs. Loveden and Mr. Barker, the par- In 1805 the present Earl having become deeply ticular circumstances and situations it appeared they embarrassed, assigned these, and all his other estates, were frequently found in, would justify the conclusion to certain trustees, namely, Messrs. Price, Clerke, in the mind of the Court, that those opportunities were Ch ar l es B ut l er' Moreland, and Hone, for payment not thrown away upon them, and that an adulterous of his debts, and of a certain annuity reserved to connection did subsist between them, and had, on himself. those occasions, been repeatedly gratified. These trustees shortly afterwards announced choir The learned Judge instanced a variety of circum-lintention of impeaching all the antecedent leases, stances, particularly that of an intercepted letter of ' aUedging, that John Butler, of Kilcash, executed Mrs. Loveden's of too indelicate a nature to be read in another will, in 1761, shortly previous to his death, evidence, but which he deemed it necessary to con- and that, under this will, the leasing power was ce ment upon in support of this conclusion, and professed stricted to 21 years only, although, by that of 1754, himself not entirely ignorant of the laxity of modern the leasing power extended to three lives, or 31 years. manners. On what ground the action in the Court They served numerous ejectments accordingly, and of King's Bench could have failed, whether from ne- the question finally turned upon the sanity of the gligence in the plaintiff or his agents, or from what Testator, in 1764. other cause, he would not pretend to say ; but from ; William Burke, one of the subscribing witnesses to the whOle of the evidence that was given judicially before him, be was clearly of opinion that the fact of theaeill of 1764, proved its due execution in his pre seat at the house of Mr. George Bryan; at Hamp adultery was sufficiently established to entitle Mr. Loveden stead—but never did the testator utter a word ;he to the remedy he sought, for the repeated expressed himself by signs and nods. The witness violations of his honour and domestic happiness, and was told by the Solicitor, Mr. Palmer, in coming pronounced for the divorce accordingly." I away, that it was a mere family transaction, and would never be questioned. He saw the testator very feeble, and reduced in his appearance. Several Gentlemen who had seen Mr. Butler shortly afterwards at Kilcash, testified many curious particulars respecting his dotage, and enfeebled state of mind and body ; amongst them were Sir William Barker, Edward Hunt, Esq. Pierce O'Donnell, Esq. and others. An attempt has also been made upon the first trial to impeach the lease for under value ; and it was proved that the same identical rent was reserved upon a lease of the lands in 1769, to Mr. Lalor's father, as was reserved for Mr. Lalor himself in the lease of 1788 ; but this objection only elicited most conclu sive evidence of the history of the value of lands .in Ireland, by which it appeared, that lands had declin. ed in value by reason of the American war, between 1783 and 1786, to so low a rate, drat they had not, until 1790 or 1792, acquired the acreable rate they fetched in 1769, and thence to 1775, and that, there fore, the identity of rent in those two years of . 1769 and 1788, was perfectly consistent with the fact of identity of intrinsic value in those two years. The Jury, composed of aged and intelligent gentlemen, were so perfectly aware of this piece of history, that the objection was, upon the second trial, distinctly and handsomely abandoned in open Court, by the Solicitor General, upon Lord Ormond's pant. However, Lord Ormond's Counsel rested the strength of his case upon a piece of evidence newly discovered, which they insisted upon as conclusive in a Court of Law, and as estopping Mr. Lalor, and all other tenants deriving under the late Earl, from impeaching the will of 1764. This was a decree of Chancery pronounced in 1785 and 1790, indirectly establishing this will in a fami y suit, amicably insti tuted and founded upon a previous written agreement of 1781 0 touching the payment of some legacies spe cified in the will of 1764. Counsel for defendant contended, however, that this decree was nothing but an amicable one, and upon consent—that it did not d.rectly establish the will of 1764—that the probate of the will. of 1754 re mains unrevoked to this day—that the will of 1764. had never been proved in the Prerogative Court, or otherwise publicly produced until of late days—that the decree of 1785 did not establish the will directly, ' as against the late Earl himself, and much less against Mr. Lalor, his tenant ; and that, even if it had, it is not conclusive in a Court of Law, inasmuch as no decree of a Court of Equity, however direct, can give a legal title to lands, or act otherwise than against the person or party, by compelling him to convey a legal title, which the decree has not done. These and some other important questions in this cause have undergone divers public and learned ar guments during the last two years. Chief Justice DOWIMS this day read the unanimous opinion of the Court. He stated the two questions in the case :--lst, upon the point saved respecting the conclusiveness of a decree of a Court of Equity upon the validity of a will impeached at law for insanity ; on a full and luminous argument his Lordship decid ed that such a decree is not conclusive—that a Court of Equity does not possess an original, and therefore 'a concurrent jurisdiction upon this subject ; and that its decree, even if it had established the will directly, and not merely by inference or argument, could only do so in a Court of Equity, and not at law ; that it gives no legal title. His Lordship pointedly adverted to the hazards to property, and he inconvenience to the general admi nistration of justice by Courts of Law, if decrees of Courts of Equity could bestow a title in ejectment, and declared, that in all his experience, and through out the minutest search, he had traced no instance of such a doctrine being held or hid down as was here contended for. The second question arose upon the motion for a new trial, as being contrary to the weight of evidence, and to Lord Norbury's earnest charge nod direction. 41 Upon this part of ,the case (said his Lordship), I need say but little. The transaction is now twenty. two years old, confirmed by the uniform possession by the tenant Mr. Lalor. It has withstood a severe scrutiny, and has been twice investigated—and (what is important) the dealing between the late John But ler and Mr. Lalor, concerning this lease, was perfectly fair and at a reasonable value ; no imputation can lie upon it. He could not easily have heard of this alledged will of 1764. Had he resorted to the re cords, he would not have found it registered ; but he wo. 11 have found the will of 1754 proved in the Ecclesiastical Court. The only trace of the will of 1164 appetet hi the equity proceedings and dead it 1785. He must have examined these very carefull:r i and even then, he might have thought it was a decace never contested. It was, therefore, a qiiPstion t... Jury. There was evidence on both s;desi Wh:ch& ever way the evidence may have-preponderated, the Jury were to decide. They have decided in the des fendant's favour, and there k must rest. However, as Lord Ormond has been encouraged by the opinion of the Judge (Lord Norbury) to apply for this new trial, we cannot give the costs of the argument against him ; but as to all the other eosts—,4llo%o the trial, verdict, and judgment, and all the part of the costs which relates to the argimlcnt upon the point saved, all such costs must be folly paid by Lord Ormond to Mr. Lalor, the defendant, an: accor dingly let Lord Ormond's motion for a new trial be refused with such costs." IVESTMiMSTER SESSIONS: FRIDAY, JULY 13. William Walsh was indicted for an aggravated as, sault on a gentleman named Redhead, residing in Bedford-street, Strand. It appeared that the prose cutor was walking with some friends down Greek street, Soho, on the night of the 26th of July, 180, And being in a merry mood, they were laughing very heartily, when the prisoner, who is a watchman, ad dressed them in the must brutal language; and on their replying, he came up and struck the plaintiff a violent blow on the breast, and knocked him down; he afterwards conveyed the whole party to the watch house, where some propositions were made to settle the matte; with the watchmen by giving them money, but the party, feeling themselves aggrieved, refused to 1 1 comply with the demand. They were thin desired to leave the watch-house, as there was no charge against them. This, however, they declined, until a charge was made; and on the ensuing morning, on the subject being brought before the Magistrate, at Bow -street, the conduct of the watchman was highly reprobated, and a prosecution recommended. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, and the Court sentenced the Prisoner to one month's impri , sunment. Marmaduie TX:, one of those disgraceful wretches who have of late become-so numerous about Town, was put to the bar, charged with an assault on Fre derick Tongue, a lad about 14 years of age, late in the service of the Marquis of Blandford, with intent to commit an unnatural offence. The indictment also contained another count, charging him with in decently exposing himself. It appeared that the mis , creant made the object of his brutality drunk ; but was fortunately . detected by one of the Marquis of Blandford's servants before the perpetration of the horrid purpose, and secured. Several persons, among whom were his father and mother, gave him a most excellent character. He was convicted of the latter count in the indict ment, and in consequence of his good character, only sentenced to three months imprisonment. The prisoner was about 9.4 years of age, and of genteel appearance. Mary Clarke was convicted of stealing a pewter pot from the Britannia public-house, Berwick -street, Soho. Sentenced to 14 days imprisonment. Margaret Medley, a woman of decent appearance, was also convicted of stealing a piece of salt beef from a butcher in the Strand, named Parr • the meat was found secreted between her legs, in t he shop of the prosecutor. She was sentenced to be imprisoned threek months, being an cld offender. STEALING A DEAD BODY. Wm. Webb, gave-digger of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, stood indicted for stealing the ofa young woman from the church-card of the parish, on the morning of the 21st of June. Mr. ALLEY, for the prosecution, stated the ease, which he said was peculiarly aggravated from the cir cumstance of the prisoner being the person to whom the care of the church-yard was entrusted. In the month of June a young lady, about 17 years of age, named Elizabeth Lane, an apprentice to Mrs. Bayne, a milliner in Albemarle -street, died of the measles, and was conveyed :n a hearse to the burial ground of St. George's, for interment, at eight o'clock in the morning of the 21st. - She was followed by Mr. Bayne and three friends, in a mourning coach. On their ar rival at the church-yard, after the usual service being performed, they saw the lady deposited in the grave. Being much affected, they did not wait to see it cover 'ed with earth. As they proceeded towards home, a boy followed them, and said a body had been stolen from that church-yard very recently, and advising them to be careful that a similar fate did not held the person they had just buried. To this intimation Mr. Bayne paid no attention in the first instance, but, on reaching home, his suspicions were roused, and he immediately returned to the church-yard, calling on his way for Mr *Laughlin, the sexton, and a watch min named Carter. On examining the grave in which Miss Lane had been interred, near which the prisoner stood, they observed that it was very much disturbed. Mr. Bayne desired the prisoner then to open the grave, which he refused ; but upon Mr. M'Laughlin insisting that the request should be corn plied with, he stepped back a few paces, seemed much alarmed, and fainted. On recovering, Mr. M'Laughlin interrogated him as to the state of the grave. He asked him if the body was in the coffin I and he answered in the negative. He then asked him if it was in the grave ? to which he replied in the elfin. niative. He was immediately ordered to open the grave, which he did with the assistance of another man, and about 18 inches below the surface of the earth, a sack was discovered, which, on examination, PAS found to contain the body of Miss Lane, tied with cords, feet and neck together, and mangled in a most shocking manner. They then dug to the i • which they found open, and the shroud and laid in the bottom. Having . 1 the guilt of the prisoner, who had grave-digger in the parish, they laid in the coffin, and consigned it once more , ing place. The prisoner was then secured, parish officers very properly set on prosecution. The statement was most clearly several witnesses, and the prisoner was The Surrey Sessions at Guildford morning. Mary Bursa:, for stealing for seven years transportation, and sent for small periods of imprisonment. h d r u o g ad to fo til id e e c d orm, thus ascertained been tour years 1 the body again more to its rest. secured, and the foot the present corroborated by ras found guilty. closed yesterday r capons, was sent' four others wets mt. COURT OF KING'S BENCIi, IRELAND. LESSEE OF THE EARL OF ORMOND AND WS TRUSTEES, V. THOMAS 7 .11-0 it, ESQ. This long-contested trial, by elactment, has at length received its final decision. Few legal contests of the last twenty years have excited such general interest, whether for the importance of the qaestions l at l:tw, the situation of the parties, the obstinate i duration of the struggle, or the great value of the matter in question, involving no less an issue than whether the Earl and his trustees should break al most all the leases made of the Ormond estates by his father and grandfather, during nearly 30 years, in the district of Kilkenny and Tipperary, computed at a value of £5,000 yearly, and upwards. This great cause has been twice solrmnly tried, first before Baron Smi,-11, next before Lord Norbury, by Juries of the first rank and fortune in the county of Tipperary. On both occasions, the verdicts were for the tenant, Mr. Lalor ; in the first instance, with the approbation of Baron Smith—in the latter, against that of Lord Norbury. The first verdict was set aside by the Court of King's Bench, after long and solemn argument, upon the ground of some evidence, not strictly legal, having been admitted by Baron Smith, upon the trial at Clonmel. The second ver dict was now sought to be also set aside, on the part of Lord Ormond, as being , contrary to law and evi dence, and the facts were briefly these : In 1754, John Butler, Esq. of Kilcash, devised his great estates (including the premises in question) W Walter Butler, of Carryncker, for his life, with re-