The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-02-17 00:00:00

s' "---- ::.--',. . THE POIMSAIGOTIIbASS-e ..I t s 1 , z ,... eat. •n . , - 7• 42 . 4 " -. .. • ;:3•it *, • • ' • .. 1 tic Ad: ~,.. , TO. LOU} BYRON: . - . ~ tA . - ' Koalagton Feb. 17 1823. v,1 6 1..r : .. iert gasp.. °".]`,, 1 liave jest been reading.. an &octant of the pro ••t etraingt, in the case ef bore Portsmouth: Before this 41 ; aisle A get! something very signal must be don e t o th e v tiqpnnceplece and horri bly ctuel forties who have been 'ilmitietl.forth ; or, *e must cease to hear any talk about • knglish humanity. _ilnLia—the meanwhile I perceive with no little surprise", that your Lordship has acted a Taft, in the 6mA which needi no' puetic'tAlent to make it excite feelings eef-htmor far beyond 'lbw that • ,beetthive been nnabloto enteltelti your diems of" tale." The putt, which yois acted I n'tkis dtania kali, I most tell` ...wt. - tilled me with astoolslitnent ; and your Lordship 'trill do well to coosidar that the impression made upon me has been made upon the public in general; and 1 hee lip.-e we say, with voice pretty neatly unanimons if tips; be a optebueo of Liberalism ;•if Li herielism Wilt I:idtiii a young, a bale, a weft-informed noblenian to gO'arm In arm opon an oteaslott lite thiettul f.,ed purpose like this, and in company like this; if liberalism oil! indbce such a voting nobleman to act a 'parelikt +is towards the nub! , tunate head of one of tied most ancient bruit:es of his own i orders if, ]caking well 'avail tha parties; gonsideiingi svull all the motives that's - ere at work; consHering, too , ail the. mnise g uencts, conseq u en c e s man ife s tly i n t en d e d, . if, under all mote circumstances,, Liberalisnawill indhee . a yea, subhuman to att sat+ a part, God defend man kind . th . .- influence of Liberalistni—Atpresent, It t i at wout co! he rid ht to to Into what mirirt seem to amount 1 ioa jade:cat opuw this eallt, taken alto4ether. There will be tun—enough for that; but the facts, as far as they relate tit your Lord - ship; ate before the public, and I can venture 'crossfire. you, that they have made an impression, I with regard to you, that it is very necessary for you to reutove, if yoa. can, without lo sof time. 1 am, Your most ol.edient; , • and most humble Servant, W. COUBETT. Madrlrispapers to the sth instant, from which we have given copious and interesting extracts in another part of our paper, have brought a gratifying account of the m us nrr in which the hostile Speech of the King of France at • the opening of the Chambers, has been received in that capital. It did sot reach the Spanish Ministry till the nth inst. .aad they had no sooner ascertained its nature, than with manly frankness, combined with energy, they immediately came down to the . Cortes, then sit ting, and after communicating its content•, submitted a propositions for ttplueiv the army on the full war establishment, and the nation in a state of defence by land and ace." The proposition was discussed by the Cortes on the follonii:g day, and all was unanimity and enthusiastic patriotism. In the discuss on that I'4.llu:red eatiga Arguelles was distinguished, by Lis animation and energy, Let us" said the orator ...seply'to tile proud Power which threatens us with an army protected by the God of St. Louie, that we will invime the aid of Gott who protected the Spaniards in Ituncesealles; to their appeal to their Plod of St. Loots, we nil answer by call ing On the trod which gave us victory in the battle of Saint Qtrintin: and if the Iseloved son of the King of France comes hiller at -he hea I of the French troops, we will show him the tower in which Francis the First was &st a i ne d a prison r Finally, sr e will sty, not to the French iglu's. but to its Government under the influence of a bigoted faction, that Spagiards. who will not be staves, shall invoke the God of Justice, and trust in hi in •for victor - • • - • e- - Tan. IL—On Thursday dm Pembroke, rocnd-otern 74, was taken out of dock, having had a tho •roughrepalr; the Valiant, 74, was taken into do •k, for a like,pu . r.rise. The ships before nothxd as preparing for Commasson, are yet proceeding with, only in an ordinary eidirse of.expe .ition. Thr statements we yet perceive in some of the pipers, of the Dock-yard Dates being closed, to keep . oectet the preparation< going on there, arc all idle fahricalons. The Pandora, IS, Capt. Willi em Gordon, sailed on.Wednesdav, fur Sheerness ' to bring thence newly raised seamen for the Bri!ou, and oiler ships fitting out in the harhour. LITURPOoL.—SAIVIIDAY.—Mr. fliiskisson is this day returned our Member for the !louse of Commons. At the close of the poll on Friday night the numbers were— Air. Haskisson . Lord Molyiteux Dr. Crompton . . . . On Saturday, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at tlio Foreign Office, at which Air. Vansittart (now Lord Besley), attended for the first time since his long and 'severe indisposition. The Council sat in deliberation till about a quarter past three. Cenci' SSTER ELECTION.—Tho election of a representa dye in Parliament for the city of Chichester commenced on 'l'aerla Itst, when Sir tiOdfrey Websti r, Hart. and W. S. Poyntz, req. were proposed as candidates. The skew of hands was decidedly in favour of Sir lioderev, hut on a poll being eemanded by Air. Poyntz, the foll Owing eras the state of the votes:— torSrri. 1/11IISTia. First D.'v, Tuesday !Second Day, Wednesday ........ 99 91 Third Day. thiwsday.. ...... ..-.... 42 25 . Not more that) half the electors had polled on Friday awruing, notiviths;stoling which it was expected the elec tion would clot s in the e; ening. • Thus fu we had taken from the Bright** Herald of Patord,, a r, To-day, ne have received the Sussex atleer li et of a later date, which weir; as follows On Friday, at three o'clock, Mr. Poyats was 57 a-head on the poll: and on Sieurday a at two, wi understand, he had increased it's majceity to 62.—We have nut heard whether the election terminated on Saturday. AkuNini, ELecTioN.—On the death of Mr. Blake, one of the representatives of Arundel, a gentleman of London, of the name of Cottlsnil, avowed his intention to b-come a candidate on the blue or Tory interest, and an active can vas was commenced in hi s favour. The Whig party upon tit:s immediately sent ,an invitation to Thomas Read Kemp; Esq. who has a seat at Dale Park, in that neigh bourhood, pmmising to give him their support if he would rime forward in opposition to Mr. Copland. Mr. Kemp instantly accepted the invitation ; and although one day later titan his oppouent, yet, on his canvass, so decided a feeling wus manifested in favour of Mr. K on the part of t e mijority of the electors, that Mr. Copland deemed it etulent to withdraw his pretensions. No other candidate li t aving yet appeared, Mr. lienip's success is considered eertsin. Monday next has been fixed by the Mayor for the slay of election. Ittrocusersa.—A vacancy, as occurred in the repre e.n9alcu Gt this city in Parliament, by Hen iresigantion of James henry !.sigh, Esq. the lase Itepresentative,who, in his address to the Electors, states, that the great in- create of business in the Houle of Commons, together pith toe constant attendance absolutely necessary, at this important period. compel him reluctantly 0 resign. Coax-Exciwros, Feb. 17. 7 -The arrivals of last week were tolerably good of all sorts of Grain, except English Oats; of !rich Oats the quantity was considerable this morning. There is a gOt , d supply of Wheat, Barley, and alearls, from Essex, Ke nt, - and Suffolk, but there are toot wary Oats fresh up. Prime sarnpki of Wheat found 'Ayers in fall as good tame as this day se'ennight c but other kinds sold heavily. Goad parcels of barley sell :whet better, but higher prices are not obtained. Beans Ore feud sale more readily at the prices last qtured. leeley and gray peas are each Is. pet quarter dearer. Oats •af pod quality met ,a free sale, and rather exceed last flotations. Wier Ilndi are dull, especially the light vanilla of 1 ish. 1:: Flour uo alteration. wT- a ~, IMP! ...~:..; . .'v~^( . *it*" STATE. OF ••- • I l it • . • e We exceedin g ly rtigret to state; iffeeweither tYqe go nor the North of Celtind are in peeh a ecipidition as Friends of .the Country would Wish. What with t • Wbite-bovs in . 111unst6tt; and the Oringensen Lord• Wellesley is likely to " have - an active " S pring and &ismer. Three houses in thi. Libefties of Limerick were attacked , and . plundered 'for arms' nwth? fi lth inst. Two houses were hitint h) the 'Countyof Cork, some threatening notices were distributed, awl the Cnnivy 'of Tipperary nne hoses was consented. In Dallibay, Itiounty of Alonarhan,thewcysiital of theOringemen Pas 'celebrated by their bred) ren with the most riotous excess. The Tows was annoyed and outraged, by • bonfires and 'seditious ,yells, through'. the entire• evening of Monday. Thescreams were manifestly bor,rowed fro:n tile Orange to;lges of Dublin, sad front the Shilling liall,ry of the" Theatre ; os • ths-Ith, Wt., Groats fur " The Knave of for " Haldepated Wellesley," for 4 . The Attorney. genertil. To with the Mope, the Popish Priest. ? add the Papists," - "these exclamations were at:compaaied with ttiecoestpet ,dipyhetget of .4re-arms. W e h ave not time, no r is it necessary, to ms say comment on these thinp,-=(Deblies sreasag lost .) • .coutcry OP DUBLIN ELECTION. • ' THE CHAIRING. (mimosa lion Thu DUBLIN Wpastswi sore or,rinerr,) Yelteriity, the chairing of the .Fneeessful candidate int' the representation of the county of Dahlia hmk-place.—• The f: tends of Col. White assembled at an early hoar in the :awning, .at the costal Court Holse, Kilinainhan, aring standards, on which various mottos were exhibited ; the prevailing eoloar.s being pink and blu#. About half past twelve o'clot•lc an Man- nse con-oar:e having assem bled, the pro:ession was got into form; and, Col. White having ascended the Chair, amid loud fleeting, it began to move from the liustings . towards the City —and a spirit of conciliation teemed to pervade the entire proceeding, the various stan lards bear . ng utot:os as follows : White and Con illation. The Kin ;, Wellea'ev, and Conciliation. Independence, the Constitution, and Co ni:iwion. The greatest order and regularity prevailed until the Procession reached Trinity ( °liege, ft ton whenty an attack was made on the people. Stones were flung front the front of the College, inside the iron raging, from the Win:lows, and from the roof. Consteinttion for a mown' prevailed, until some of the populace seized the stones which w..re flung a' them, and broke the windows of the College. In their baste, the orange, women's baskets were resorted to by the pripu'ace, and their contents flung against the windows, • Several persons who hid accompanied the Procession scaled the iron railing of the Coll .ge,and stick in baud, compelled the assailants to retreat though the small evor, of the College, which was quickly closed ac ; but two I of the party who were shut out were severely handled by the mob. In opening the door to rescue them, ten or twelve of the mob rushed in, and the door was again quickly closed. Sereral perimna have been seriously hurt, we under stand by this affray; we have heard that one WOlllB9 had her child killed in her arms, and that a youn; girl r •ceived a blow from a stone in the head, by which she has been severely injured. When the attack commenced the chair had not come up; when it did the Candidate booed and saluted the Col.ege, from the s indnars of which some persons were seen threatening with clenched hands. In cunsciittence, of this attack the route of the proeeeslon - teds - chatigdli, and instead of griing up Grafton-street, arid ronn4 Ste phen's-green, end Merrion-square, as had been the Origi n .1 intention, it proceeded dui% u Westmorland -street. An attempt o as made by some of the foot plice, aboat f o'clock, to disperse the crowd near the Candidate's house, but they Mere beaten off; one man in the multi tude was, we understand, dreadfully hurt. A ho ly of horse police, consisting of from 2U to 30, came in fall speed to the assistance of the foot, b u t w h en t h ey arr i ve d all was quiet. An olfirer's guard of the I leo Iteganent was placid at Sir Compton Domville's Committee-sumo in Gcorge's-strees. At ten o'clock last night a riotous mob, armed with heavy bludgeons, rushed throngs Dania -street, lin.ftan street, and Anne-street, cheering for Sir Compton DORI • ville, - and assaulting all who reused to join their shout. They stopped for some time oppoihe the alansion-house, hissmg and groaning the Lord Macor, and m Elting the echoes ring o ith their applause of Sir Ilarcoart Lees, Mr. Sutter, Ilandivich, and other respectable supporters of Orange Ascendancy. A number of other persons soon collected, and loudly cheered Colonel White and the Lord Mayor; so that the city was kept in a state of ex citement for a considerable length of time. Three persons have been seriously injured by the in dignant populace, who were so wantonly a tt ac k e d by a portion of the College la.la, viz:—Mr. St. George, who was decorated with orange ribrons; a person of the name of Spray, and a porter, named Cope. We expect that the conduct of Nye individuals who were stationed on the top of the College, and inside of the rail s , undergo a strict seratiny.—They were pre- 1 pared for interrupting the procession of Colonel White, being provided with stones, which they hurled against the Gentlemen who headed the cavalcade, by which seve ral of thent were injared. Th a trees inside. the College Palk wall, in Nassau-street, were decorated with orange flags, which remained until long after the Chairing was over. It wasknown the day b ttVre yesterday that a party in the College had organized this projected attack on the procession. TUL LATE DISMISSAL?. The late dismissals from the Lord Lieutenant's Court haring originated in the attendance of tl e pieties con cerned at the second Meeting of the Beef Steak Club, at Morrison's, on the anniversary of his Majesty's accession to the throne, the following, which is a portion of the li.t of toasts, and referentially MUSIC!' expounders, in dulged in on the occasion in question, may throw some light on the umbrage , aken : " The Duke of York."—lsond applause. " Tie Lord Lieutenant and Prosperity to Ireland." "The Primate and Church of Ireland."—Loud ap plense. " The health of the Marquess iVellesley."—Comic duet from 11 Matrianonio Sec:11o. The Attorney General and Irish Bar."—Langhing Catch. "The late Attorney (leneral."—Long and protracted applause. An absent Member of the Club, Earl Talbot." It is impossible, says the Reporter, to convey to oar readers the enthusiastic feeling excited by this toast. It ‘ram drank with three musical cheers, and the plaudits lasted some minutes.—Auld tang sync. " The Exports of Ireland, esti asap those wAo would subvert the Constitution be the Asst.—Now kilobits rink eth in the West." It is reported that the Marquis IVelksley irshortly ex pected in England to attend to his duties in the House of Lords. In his Lordship's appointment of the Lords Jus tices in Ireland who are to continct the strike of the Go vernment during his Lordship's absence, it is stated that the Lord Chancellor fur Ireland, Earl Manners, has been omitted. The Dnke of York, it sprars, is not entirely rerovered from his long and severe indisposition. His Royal High ness rides out daily in his close carriage, for about two hours, and ozrasionally visits the PriOCeill Sophia. Hi. lti)yal Highness's uredie..l geuiernen continue to attend ip; . 17. , - W 0 1 4140111 (iteci*• trite Xstrtt,ngsrblt STAR OF FEJT. 0) • The eNPOitthilla Of rating dads, VlLaren, Grierson, and bd'eivan, which was tO.:Eave taken- place to-morrow the 12th current, hssbien ri:apked, by the High Conrt Justiciary, till Wednesday the 46tb. The inlerfereMe of the (butt on this weasion was' idronsequenee of no an. awes. having been received to an I'4oes/ion to the throne for mercy, and which,was with reason.; atirihuted do-the 'weatber. About an hour 'after the Court hid come to thh. decision. the Carlisle ,mal arrived in town, - bringing a respite for all 'these unfortunate youths, by which the, execulton of the setreace Is delayed for one utoti.h. THE PAlll'lliNON.—Four poles ;have nice, erected Off the Calton (lift, for the putpose of ettablinz the genie men interestid in this undartaldneto judie 9f the prober; ble effect which this ghat buildintk will have upon the neighbouring 'Observatory: r In deference to that *institu tion, the proposed site has '.been' 'Somewhat 'altered; and the foundation stone now appear% to be /dared in' the cen tre of the west front, in place of the cett.re of the south front; by which means the building has been thrown to a greatet distance front the Observatory than tsar originally Intended. We skall rot at present enter more fully twon this subject, hop:mr that no ultima'e steps will be taken ~ to the injury of the Astronomical Institution. ka affair of a serious nature, and which Is likely to be real in its consequence, occurred on Siturday in a house of bad repute, sitnate on the South bridge -- A gentleman, having objection to the charges, received a stab in the front of Ms body, aimed at hint wilt a bl4nife, which entirely p e netrate 1 the csrilage of the third rib. lie was conveyed to the hop' Infirmary, where, we regret to any, he still lies, in a very pricart on. s'a'e. • Yrsterdsy, the unforrunste gentleman nal visited by the Crown Officer, for the impose Of receiving his testimony ; when he po,ritiy..ly identified the landla dy of the Image as th- person win stabbed him. in this he is corroborated by an eye witness of the ferocious transaction. The woman, in her defence, accused 'per son who was present of being the perrtrstor of the crime; and we understand that the latter, hit.elf, and two other unfortunate females, were committed to aafe custody. • Tun WESTURR.—An immense quantity of snow fell in this part of the kingdom on Friday last, and added fea-ful ly to the desolate appearance of :he consury. Since our last, very few mails from any quarter, and none from Loudon, arrived here until Sunday. On Salt I day, the large and acute icicles, suspended ft mu the copings of th , houses, Sena. ed to threaten instant death to whoever shoold have the temerity to walk beneath them • On Sunday a gradusl thaw commenced, and has continued in operation to this elate. Th. occasional descent of large tissues of snow front the rt )fs of houses, has rendered it prwlen: for foot passengers to take .he middle of the ro id. In Nicholion %tree% a lady was struck to the ground by one of these dangordas ddlodgatents, a.,il she was lifted up almost in sensible. The progress of the thaw is this morning ac celerated by a hue shutter of rain. The atmosphere is temperate for the season. There is at present no communitation with Fife beyond the immediate shores of the Frith. The snow between Innerkeithing and Kinross is in Borne places upwards of 20 feet de..p. Loch Lomond was froien so as to bear on Wednesday morning, and Inch Alurrin was accessible over the ice. Mr. (1. Rennie of Fantassr, wishing to come to Edin burgh, adopted a novel and very eWectital mode of provi diny a passavfor Ltiruself through the snow. He ordered -that 14 fitli t i4lo4 o should be brought out and driven before hint to this city, where they sere sold to good ad vantage. By a person who arrived here from the north on Sunday we learn that, up to Monday last, the snow was no: two inches deep in Rannoch, Breadalhane, and Athol. On passing the line of 'he Grampian hills, the traveller found the snow become very deep, an much so, that the direct toad from Perth to Bunkeld was impassa blel even to foot passengers. Four north mails got as far as Kinross on Wednesday Several coaches (both mail and stage) are stuck in tfi? snow between the Ferries and Kinros ; stone were completely buried, and the tops of others only were to be seen. (Treat numbers of people were at work open ing the communication, which was nearly completed on Wednesday, but Thursday's storm made it worse than b fore. On Snntir.y, all the vessels which had been driven up the Frith in the late gales set sail, to the number of about 200; the day was fine, and each a numerous fleet of ell descriptions of vessels, sweeping down the Frith with all their sails wt, presented a singularly striking spectarle. It appears by a letter received from the North, by a geutle. man trims Norwich, that the shipping on the Sunderland coast have eltifered sevriely,l4 being reported to be on shore, from Hartlepool to the Tees, wily &mut five miles ; but few lives have ben lost. The life boat wa; the means of saving many. One s'ap was driven through the pier at Sunierletid; the extremity of which is built with wood. By another letter to the same gentleman,it anpears that the snow storm. which lasted four days, td, by the high Winds, matte drifts from three to four yards deep. Near Searbro', on the estate of Abraham Raulinson, Esq a mass of snow fell npon &cottage, forced th • ro 4.hrough, and killed a poor man, his wife, and three children. A snow plough, drawn by twelve horses, and assisted by twenty men, was employed in removing the obstruction, to make the roach passable fir the mails, 5:.c. No com munication hail 'taken place between York and Neweas tie for a week, and the inns in the neighbourhood of these ;dates hare been filed with travellers, oot know-' ing which way to steer. The snow between Durham and Sunderlanl is 30 feet deep, and the mails from those towns have not been able to remit either place for four days. Villages situated very near the coal pits have not bad the means of gaining sufficient fuel, and many fait.ilies have Beverly felt both cold and hunger from ihis eseen ca lamity. The mails from Newcastle to the North had 15 horses attached to them. WEATIIER.—The weather here for the most part of the week has been much more temperate and steady, than could have been expected from the extraordinary quantity of snow that had overwlielinevl the country, es pecially to the northward of Newcastle. At Edinburgh, it is said, the fall has been greater than aviy experienced there since the year 1793; and even in Curnu all it has .beemerlually extraordinary, being in some places be tween eight and ten feet deep. Oa the melting of this mass, some serious disturbance was to be looked for in the atmosphere as well as on the surf see of the earth ; and accordingly, on Friday we bad several violent gusts of wind, accompanied with hail and rain. In a shower that fell at 2 o'clock, in the north west environs of town, the hail stones were as large as horse beaus. The most extraordinary shower, however, of which we have lately had arcount, is a shower of snow, which, ac. cording to the Jamaica Gazette, fell on the 13th of Dee. last, at Annotto Bay in that island. In that climate, such a phenomenon is unprecedented in the memory of man. The quantity of rain fallen here since Saturday last is 6-tenth: of an inch. Strand, Feb. 13. THERVOUTER. 1 , 1 II AAAAA CM. o'clock. o'clock. at night. Feb. —,- 9, S•• . • 40 44 - 43 29,72 Fair 10, hi. .. 43 43 41 ,23 kale 11, 1' 43 31 ' 47 ,43 Showery 12, W SO 30 \ 43 ,40 I Cloudy 13, Th. • • 33 45 40 ,7 0 ! Fair 14, F..... 42 49 33 .47 ! Showery 113, 8 • 38 $8 —• ,97 I Rain y . • • , • • pica 14 Fair. 16.—Came down from the River last end sailed, the Ihilllint,'Clark, for St. Lucia, aau to W.:Bator/43ra*, for Jamaica. = Wititl N.H.—Came d own from..the river thim mo7teug, the Wellitigtori, Alcn, fur and sailed aithihe whole of the ontwa4 boutvl for; theiraiferent clestina •Powrssiotrre, Psi. Lk—Sailed the Psi., bale}' & for Gle rey twelterT'Nerfiltk,Ai, for Ala•lres and tleittar; Jblto Poppjettell; for Madeira and Jamaica; Christina, Nan ' soi; forlirjgo; 'rebus O. Ballenee, fur firenaig„—frelt. 16. --Arrived the Lady tamphell, tiethaM; from illi6corn4 for lifadras.Witsd N. 14 1Plit.riefotti, Pnn. 14 and 15.—SailedhisXtr's ship Tarar fir Smith America; Lady Arabella .c . ket fur. Lisbon; Lord Hobart Packer, for Jaitiairai,lllenehe,ster 'f itelcet, for 'the Mediterranean; tirnenWirh, Thom . ppon , for tbeiSeno Seat";•and the Orate, for Saint Micha h. •-• Pr.ltatou'rn,' Fie. !S.—Arrived the Pollo4ts (ruin Ber "'tett, hilltat, bound for St. WT., ont j weeks, pit into . thiepoit hr peat distred.—Sailed the whole of ;be out ward bopnd vessele.—Wind N.B. v torlltT OF SESSION (noun. invisioN) Fee. IPOZ MAULS, Ma. P. tilt HON. RU. RAIISAY MAUI:II,OV PAit3illt F. This wa. a cause of considerable interest, and the Court was crowded io exces.. Mr. Commute stated the rase fur the pursuer. lie Paid his client was the eldest son and h-ir of the hen. defender. who povmsse I an estate p tying a rent of upwards of 20,000‘ a tear: that his client hal come of age, anti was an ensign in a retitncnt of the fine. His full ptr amounted to 9ltt., and his father gate him an additioluil allowance of 11tof. But he contended this sun; of .19111. was not sufficient to enable him to support a rails suited to hi u exa`ted ei;uatiou in society, and therefore hit ac tion eoni'luded for an aliment of ihaiol. a-yemr ; which was equal to the aliment received by the defender himself while his father possess-d the estates of Panmnre. The learned gentleman referred to various law anthoritin and decisions in support of his claim. Aar. J. A. Ate far the defender, seed; that he hilly admitted his cli nt's liabiTy to aliment the pnrineri bat contended, the eltucesialluded to did not apply, in 's. ich as in them no alimrit bad been given .o the claim ant at all. But in this rase aliment hail been givel by his client to an extent which he conceived to be atteptate to his son's support es an ensign : that, in this o?lnitin, he was supported by that of the late .Sr: Moore, wins hut!, in eve, y case, when he. was Col. of a regiment, advised the parents i-f his subalterns only to allow them certain stuns an addition to their regimental pay : that the opinion of that distinguished Orneril was, that an ensistn shield eni lv have 21W)!. a year 'additional ; that in this opium his client concurred; and in doing so he acted upon the best Pelitt;.ts of what was most conducive to the future prds peens of his son in pursuing the honourable life he had chosen. Mr. Cranstoun and Mr. Monrreiff have still to be hear] previous to the decision of this interesting aie. On the 10th ins'. council were heard in the idy Court, on a motion by Mr. Douglas Cheap'', to disturis the action brought opinst him by Mr. Jones Gibion, f.,r libellous matter contained i o the late Beacon.-- Counsel for the pursuer having been heard in reply, dig Court of Wednes lay Last-deeided, that this was a case wiltblistgbt to be sent to a jury. that it might be satis factmily settled whether Mr. Cheepe was or was not the author of the libel.—Motion dlackarged.—(Ediniurgi Star.) HINT TO ma " CONSTITUTIONAL ASBOCIATION."—In the neighbourhood of the principal theatres, is a house for the sale of Hot Alder Wine, which is recommended to the cognizance of that laudable association which watcher over the politics and morals of " the lower orders of So ciety." It is not, however, en aceount of th.• nature of its liquor, or of the chat utter of its customers, or of the cou versatian carriisl on it, that the place is poitred oat; though none of these may be no better than they shoali be. It is on account of its tendency to bring, as the Lam yers would say, " our Kingly government into contain, .r The house is known by the name oi . " the Four Georee'v. 7 and four portraits, to represent one four kings of that name, present themselves, a icordiegly, at the window. But what caricatures! his sufficient for any ens to see them who has seen the features of the Hovel personages on their coin% to be convince I by the style of the figures of the se ditiously degradiog design. But this is not all. Beneath the several portraits ate certain woids which, taken to.re ther, seem as if they were simply intended to indieat., the articles sold in the house, but which, when taken separate ly. as they are placed under the several portraits, will be found to bear a pointed personal application, of a very disrespectful kind, to the characters of t he res pective Sovereigns beneath which they are exhibited. The tollowing are the several libels here denounced :—Benrath the cane ittire of George I. the of the name, " Hot ilider Wine." Linda- that of George 11. whose head is covere I with a flowing reddish coloured wig, " Ginger Be' r." Beneath the fair visage , and brown win, of (leorge I 11. " White and grown; and under the Cist of our stately majestic Sovereig• - ,nothiog more n r less than " Spruce !!!" HORRIBLE MURDER.—Ott Monday Its.' (10th inst.) an inquest was held at the Lou -e of Thomas Wright, labourer, iu Farcet-fen, near Pon I s•bridge, by Thomas Atkinson, gent., coroner for the hundre I of Norman-cross, upon the body ofAnn, the wife of the said 'Thomas Wright, who was murdered be.weea five ~ a! six o'clo.ik on the same morning. It appeared 'hit the unfortenate woman, hav ing an infElt l I wecks old in her arms, was, during a paroxysm of mental dirang-nsent on the part of her has batul; dragged by him to the house-door, and there had her throat cut wiz). a case-knife from ear to ear ! After committing the horrid deekthe min took up the infant from beside the body of its mother, and laid it io its cradle covered a lilt blood. He than called to a young man, a relation, who a as sleeping in an upper room of the • house, desirir g h:w to take care of the children ; am! immediately the murderer ran away; but during the in vestigation by the inquest, he was found in a barn not far oft where lie quietly surrendered himself, The unfortu-, nate man, about six weeks since, made a similar attempt, upon his own lifer, and I always before the shocking outrage on Monday morning, manifested the greatest et% frction for the uhfortunate victim of the inaanity with . which he undoubtedly was aftlictiid. The jury, agree ably to their imperative duty in such a rase, returned a verdict of "Wilful murder." and the coroner committed. the wretched man to Huntingdon gaol, where be will be properly treated in his melancholy situation. He.is about 32 years of age, anti his stile was a few years older. He was employed as farming man to Mr. Clarke, of Yaxley.—(S aiqfurd )tfercury.) A pugilistic conies: on the night of Mr. Harvey's treat at Colchester, between two fr.nitrien of that borough, is likely to bring to light, `. the Id.iden things of darkness,' One of the champions accused lila opponent of hiving . murdered a Mr. Holt, miller, of Lextleu, and rubbed laitts of AIL upwards of 30 years ago. Both 11)! userrove hear, are committed. The body of Mr. Holt wis (mind in * sack, in the river. The accuser declares that be held the sack whilst the other putio tke body.—(Noricids Mer cury.) bmtrnrist.oblAettier, FIR. 17.—Although this morn ing's market was not so well supplied a' on former Mon days, yet there OBS a sulficieney for the trade. Of - Oisen, there has a moderate qaamity, but of Sir , . p, the nutub..rs were rat..er shirt. beef of good quality, umiutains last market day's prices, but the inferior eur:s are heavy shie. Mutton is somewhat dearer. ~~`. 1 41; - pio • ~ 1.