The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1821-11-26 00:00:00

OLYMPIC THEArRr. A new oeriona melo-drsrna web predated' al this Theatre on Satardsy night, called Ls &RaoleS, trasoloted from a mere now performing in Pan, under the same name, of which the following is the story : The Count St. Maur, bevies bees *rah, et the Stet of the throw of Framer, I. &feedlot( the King feta sit attempt On Us life and sovereigety by Charles the Bud. Duke of Bur goody, his sagitisived widow retires re the Valley of Usage bleb, is Switzerland, for shelter, with her infest duelists*, Eloise, whom, us her death-bed, she bequeaths to she gear. disesbip of her uncle, the Baron D'Hersialt. desiring Mak she may never be Maimed av jail the valley I.e a more dangerous renigesee midst resell sett pelages. litre the growing charms of the young orphan, jest bow tog into the dawn of weistembeed, Meet the eye and suttee the licentious passions of the Coast de Palm. &minim of the Duke of Lorrain, to whom sister be is millaweed, orb -espies his confidant Miebelli so carry bee of by fame.— • mysterious Solitary, dwelling la a lowly below the preci pitous summit of a desert simientaia, is she eons whirls forms the boundary of the Volley of Daditillalia stakeout' yet eadeared to all by the sets of MANN MU& bu le cow &tautly performing, exerciees a sari at tatiratipmedbaship over the orphan Eloise, watch's' her siege ttad 11.601mit het of impending danger. Oo her being attacked .bip sod his ralEans, be frights is and smeneet iatg Mid after wuds extorts from Miebelli a foil dldastslasf ih t deeigas of his muter, inclodiog hie iabtadird gees& Se Leeriest France, with a levy of Swiss troops whieh helms berm so tberisel by the Cantos' to raise ter the eadelante of the Duke of Lorraise against that Prime. De Pailag, defeated in his attempt by force to obtain pommies/ Site, Makes proposals for her hand, which gramilimphal by the Bova. but with respectful firmness &seised ir 11/Mits lA* hos formed a roasautie attachment for the /Wiry. Ea. couraged, however, by the Bates, M pesswome is his solicitations, and at a seemed interview is 114.411441 bir her with more determined resolution aireetepaeied wits reproaches for his base sasd tersekwasiedesirie, of which she has, since hie first applicatise„ bore Wormed by the Soli. tary. lectured at her retrial, owl paseeked by her dieeeverip of his iateutious, De Palso tbsewilamo her with Miser to intimidate her into compitisami, bust foilim, swims a dagger to Fluor into her bowie, ria4 lie Orphsa of Is. Maim again owes her safety to the ieerremiliew at hire snystivrees protector. lie now discloses r lieloa OM we swim, mil devoted love for her burns with's' his beeset, and is easamell by her of • food return; but assiirwm her that commissioners of his history forbid all bole of their heiwg mired, bat bids her farewell fur ever. Night evade' ea, the Primp of lUndeilach, the residence of the Baru., is attached by 1)s relay and enveloped in Same% theta wheel& Elia* eacepieg, dies for protection to the Solitary os his desert utountaie, where she is julued by her nocleoritoemssevito to their notion, but requests to know the name aisle mimic's future husband. The uuknown having exacted from both an oath of seereey, :aims his visor, and discovers the festaros of Chattels the Bold, the murderer of Eloise's father, and seducer of the . Baron's daughter. Bursting with rage Dud the thirst for re , image, the Satins revokes his rash eimmast, and invokes the most awful curses ou the destroyer of the peace of his family. Eloise, heartbroken by the accumulation of horrors thus awfully crowding upon her, falls deed ow the spot. At this instant, Ile Palzo and Michell. bevies gained the summit of the sououtaiti, rush lots the het in search of Eloise, and the Solitary tiring a tuna, buries them in its ruts*, and fallsdesti by the corpse of Eloise. From this sketch it will be seen that the piece abounds with striking situations, and with ►ncidents. of a powerfully interesting nature. Some excellent. scenery is also introduced, of winch the Goalless el the Priory of Unde r lach, and a view of the Labs with the Village on its borders, by moonlight, front the autumn of the desert (1301111t4111, deserve to be particularly mentioned for their beastly and pleasing effect. Mr. H. JOHNSTON suede his first appear ance at this theatre in the part of the Solitary, which he played with his accustomed energy and vigour of ais le, and was warmly received and greatly applauded. Mr. POWER played the Baron with nine.' propriety ; his scene with the Solitary on the occasnou of his discovery was a highly credit able effort. Miss S. BooTH made a powerful impression on the sympathies of the audience in her delineation of the feelings and emotions of the interesting k loise. The burlesque tragedy of Bumf& skin followed, and the extravaganza of Life in London concluded the entertainments of the night. On Thursday, being St. Cecilia's Day, the gen. tlemen of the Windsor Catch Club held their annual celebration of the festival at the Swan Inn. Nearly fifty persons sat down to an elegant dinner. After the cloth was removed, Nos Nobis Domine was sung in excellent style, by the gentlemen of the ‘Vindsm Choir, assisted by severel amateurs. God rove the King, Glorious Apollo, and many other fine songs, glees, and catcher, were sung iu the course of the evening. New Journals start up every thy in Madrid, some of which bear curious Hies : such as the Pe riodical Mania—the Clamours of the Paroquet of Grenada, Clamours del Papagoyo Grenadine*. M. MAJENDIE is elected a member of the Aca demy of Sciences at Pais, vice Doctor CORVISART, deceased. Among the travellers who landed at Calais be• tweet' the 11th and 17th instant, on their way to Paris, were the Duke of HAMILTON. Marquis of iIEADFORT, English Peers; Lord HERBEUT and "tits. Lord LOWTUER. and Count de MosTe it : the two latter with dispatches. Friday night last a pony belonging to Mr. firtwo, of St. Stephen's, to decide a trifling aagrr, walked up a flight of fifteen stairs into the porter.room in Norwich. The entrance of this film-legged stranger, who walked round the room and returned without receiving or doing the least injury, afforded much amusement to the company present. On the 7th instant was slaughtered. at &larch. in the l.le of Ely. for the purpose of deciding • het. • Wet-shear ewe. out of the breeding flock of pure Leiceiners, belonging to Mr. JACKSON, of that place. the carcass or which, when dressed, weighed 1021 b. and had also 141 h. of loose fat. The rive seised • couple of lambs this year. and bed only gesss keeping during the whole season. The excavation of the r;ver Nene, from Peter borough to Yonder, has commenced arid is ginAg on with rapidity, there bring nearly 2tlo men eui— ployed. The following is the copy of a lett, r addressed to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex : " aftVislB/ilt 23, 1821. " Gt/ITLIBItII—As it is evi.kail that a large body or the ralighteued sod respect. hle pert vlll.e community are "laid "lli gsmost the seventy or the prrsroi as 'initial code, sad more especially of that part which relates to she punishment of death fur the forgery yr Mut. Noire. it has beets thought .Irso able to call • lodine milling in reference to the cases of the persons under ars.teisce of (Noah for u. at Tuesday On morrow); acid the tooterbigtird rcpt. al you well have the loi.duris w call the same." ... . 1 ..,, ~..;‘, 4,* if' Nltt , itllt• it": 1..-i . .- • Vrikk ft th Weeplatitilair.- ______;_:.,...4...vi - ..; ..., i , • lißli t iSH IIaffriTEITIOW. CLOW s tette. 41littlittliiitet'W.firtiitlit.''' r i , i.t 'ht with leeliwgit of the didiitkifl'heiritir lie lsgirit ' #1,1411 Ala.. —l.. to elate. that on Mail db bight. or ;silt kg mt eyel l it • /TV !Minting of the fichool terininatea no Satier . 34, the MOrtiong, the house of kir. Vothenittit t .9hea, an OPU• MHOS I having to be cleared f o r the mew year's exhibition. lent farmer, at I.4ltrtmlitiiii. hear Cleastrekl, N - A spirit of perseverance sal a n snamitiqureable degree a 'Oren Fetherd and Mittlitvihithe, Haretnk bf Mid. Impri4rement have Wen ittwerrible in the performanees at I dlethiril. in this county, and at the niirtls-west the students. !tome of the most laboured and excellent foot of Slieviiiimaii Mattitistry, was destroyed by 'works of the late i•altilliiinii have twee studied with a sea a 'fire. with e ßiblaml.l Shine hit wife (*ha was sttn raseareh which mist go far in ailrameiteg the miterid ells- posed in have I ris in on that n"hai"1 ty night of an Meter of British Art. Copiea have her, multiplied 1.1 vci. iriTiCin). five children, ft fine yontig ertwiltin who had Wm nn a 'll4l it the hisq 40 aP, five 14+811g men, /hung artists in • goitrous spirit of entilation, which has kb and thr ee se rvan t Minds! Minds! ! to lbe happiest 'vaults. We speak of the ahove as matter Of fact, come King Ckartei• Children, YAVDIrIitIt—INS h•tit imitated maniented to us by in eye-witne.s, who saw the wish great felitilY, la tom or in fall, li. Mr. M'CaWt., bodies yesterday at ones. Its represented them as Mr..l. Col Lon, Mr. Rosso. Mr. Wean, snit Mr. Novice. having scarcely the resemblance of the human The Rivera, Otko. tmatt— has bees rigneonsly emote. form hot memi4.4l rather tvlike blasts' of bog-Wood, ted by Mr. Ill'Er•wa., and Miss Jones bas made a verb Mt- as they lay near the dense almost in w cloister, inter. riled sail besatifal mightier, ropy. mixed with the ashes of the hurr,t 'Mich. The most finished copy seem. I ° he that of the WO of It had been mentioned in town, throughout the ,tte Vos, by Mr. F•um• E n, h e i hg • Hose approxinvition lathe whole of yesterday, that 1g persons an ffered, vie. *lessee*. spirit, sod onlosseing of V 'it original. The that Edmond Shea was snot by banditti, in at partrait of Dr V himself, though not of each strict ae. tempting to escape from the Wiese, and IR others curacy in the copy, is of powerful composition and harmn- perished in the flames ; but as it appears there is Dios• effect in rutouvlag. Mr. Feu KK ' esteems on yet no evidence of thin, it is mere matter of t in• these pieces, Percent a great many reeditabie attempts on certainty, and we trust somewhat egaggerated. the same subjects from the notice mad approb•tius to which. Though w•• .tre &writhe of confining ourselves is the absence of his. they would be entitled. as much its p able to matter of fait, independent Mr. Daustmottp km, of a reduced scale, very merest/Ole of loose or idle conjectore, or hearsay. it is just we catbird Runlet's Bottle of Norellingen, and preserved the should mention that scarcely a dnubt Oxists the terrible Node of war With a force and energy almost equal to conflagration was felonious, and the coliskliteettie the inspired zeal of th e original. of a serious attack by murderous banditti : aid Mr. E. CHILDS has copied, with tasteful fidelity. the we have the information from persons who were passing near the sce ne , th a t sh ou t tw o y es t er d a y Rorpitheel, which, together with most of the valuable *sl ims otentineeti shove, belongs to the King. He has bees ri- morning the y heard . m "." 81 sh.ots',.altd. gnus „al:". ward. saw OM extensive fi re in the di rect t oil o f 1-.104.0• walled, bat scarcely equalled, by Mr. Wasik sad or two others. lichee aim copied th e Rest 1 ,in neon, as they were nit their way to Clonme I. It appears there was a jealousy ag a inst the Shoes company with Messrs. Vtleetilre and SterefeiroW. It is regarding some ground t hey l a tely Ca me into pus difbealt to ileirrmine which fairly owns the preference. session of—and it is supposed that this was the cruse Rh Maiesty'a Meet of Rembrandt, h as aimed a greater of the catastrophe ; but of this we know nothing. multiplication of copies than say picture in the robot. Mr. Of some of thew facts, we alipitOse, we ilifilltbe CLAYTER, Miss DRUMMOND, Mr. &straw!, and Mr. Ross, better informed, when the result of the Coioner's seem to have shared eiwissestee among the group of labours. Inquest is known. We unilersteurl the Inquest The Lesion lin, of Milieux° km been copied by these will not be held till this day. —(C kernel Ad: or four artists. His manner, with the exception of node re- ties titer. lined peculiarities as to his colouriag, has been very happily imitated. THIS IMITISII NA I' The present number of shipe of the British Navy employ ed in Consmission (exclusive of those Gi ling out to relieve others, sod revenue cinistre„ is 124, six —l2 soil of the line (nine as guard ships), 33 frigates, 53 elm,* awl beim 9 ilia.' cover, and surveying ships, and 17 ger twigs, echouriers, nod cutters:— At Portsmouth—Queen Charlotte, 108 ; Albion, 74; Re. lollies, 74; Active, 46 ; Brazen, 28; Hiud, 24; Rosario, 10; Csaielcon, 10; Grecian, 10. At Plyinsonlk—loaprennable, 104 ; %Vladimir Castle, 74; Spencer, 74; Phaeton, 38; Albeit, 14; Relicua, 10; Pigmy, 10; Dwarf cutter. At Chatham and Shte eeeee —Genoa. 78; Norlbumher. lend, 78; Bulwark, 78; Severn, 50; Wye, 26; Brisk, 10; Pioneer, 10; Surly, 8; Swan, 8. At Corls—Senuransie, 42; Cyrus, 20; Arab, IR ; Gan mit, 18; Pandora, 18; Sappho, 18; Harlequin, 16; %Volt, 16; Pike, 14; Plumper, At Leith—Dover,2ll; Nignrcl,l3; Martial, 12; Swinger, 12 ; Cherokee, 111. la Ike Aledsterranean—Roehefort, 80 ; Revolutionaire, 46; Srrinppliam. 48; Havaiusah, 315 ; Leine, 20 ;' Martin, 20 ; hlrdina, 20 ; Dispatch, 18 ; Racehorse, 18 ; Ruse, 18 ; Redpole, 10 ; Chanticleer, 10,, In tAe East Indies—Leander, 80; Glasgow, 50; Liver pool, 50; Topaz., 46; Hyperion, 42; Dauntless, 24; Sa tellite, 18; Sophie, 18; Curlew, 18. In the Inst Indies—Sybille, 44; Pyramus, 42; Tribune, 42; Tamar, 28; Tyne, 26; EA, 20 ; Falmouth, 20; Nau tilus, 18; Oalatio, 18; Partlsinu, 18; Raleigh, 18; Suri nam, 18; Bustard, 10. At the Brastls—Superb, 78; Aurora, 46; Dori', 42; Owen Glendower, 42; Creole, 42 ; Blossom, 26; Cunway, 26; Beaver, 10; Alacrity, 10; Slaney, 10. At the Cape—Vigo, 74; Menai,26 ; lleron, 10; Cygnet, 10 ; Shearwater 10. On the Coast of Africa—lphigenis, 42 • Pheasant, 22; Myrmidon; 20; Morgiana, IR ; Thistle, 12 Snapper, 1!. At HaWax—Newcastle, 60; Forte, 44; Niemen, 28; Athol, 28; Bellette, 20; Cyrene, 20 ; Dotterel, li; Jassrur, 18; Argue...lB. At Nesefunadlastd—Sir Franc i s Drake, 34; Valorus, 26; Erris, 14 ; Grasshopper, IS ; Niter, 12; Drake, 10; Clinkn, 10. Discovery and Surveying—Flory, Herta, Leven, Sham rock, Bathurst, Investigator, Soap, Adventure, Kangaroo. TIU NEVAI'S CRUISE. His Majesty's ship Mani, Captain Moresby, C.B. ar rived at Port Lassie, M•urttine, 4.h April 1/111, with the Success brig, of Nantes, Viisceid Bertrand, Master, from Zanzibar to Bourbon, weds 343 slaves, men, women, and boys. The hlenai bad previously captured the Eoily schooner, with 80 slaves. The following is an extract from a letter Omitting the recent services of this *hip On the 234 April we embarked Prince Sitiiiski, a Mada gascar Chief, Mr. Hastie, Ambassador, Mr. David Griffith, missionary (Dr. Bogue's pupil at Gosport), with their suite, servants, baggage, Ice. 11111 arrived on the 29th at Tamati►e. We saluted and she forts returned it. About six hundred black fellows were down in a crack to clear ►he boats. The population is entirely black. The palace of the King, Ran d..., is situated on a prodigious high mountain, more than 300 miles inland. One of his principal Generals was an Irish serjesiat in our artillery. The King sent a message to our Ambassador (whose principal object is the abolition of the slave traffie), that 1,200 of his troops and two thionomd slaves, were on the way to escort him up the country. There being no carriage conveyances, every thitig is con veyed oa emu's bailie. 11'e had a bullock sent ow board every day ; they sell Isere at about • dollar and a half each, weighing from 30016. so 400110.—plenty of poultry, but no vegetables—limes and lemon trees grow wild. 1a fact, these civil islanders gave us every thing we want. We are now fitting (12th Jour) at Port Louis, for • two.mo•tbs cruise, i•lendiug to take a trip to the Johanna Islands, with two Madsimear Princes. This fr enffiy Wised contains upwards of four snillious of iuhabitants." EXTRAORDINARY SPORTINCI.—As two Gentle men of Qn;tinton were retureing from rabbit shouting on Wednesday, the 14th inst. the fowling piece of trae of them accidentally went off, and killed live grew. REMARKABLY LARGE EEL.—A few days since was caught at Thyme Mill, by Mr. BODDINGTON. an extraordinary large silver eel, ineasuriii ! , in circumference eleven trochee, and one yard ' six inches in length. It was in the possession of Mr. ROBERT HEDGES, auctioneer, name, who grati fied the public by exhibiting it. A dreadful accident happened at Corunna on the 31st of October. The trial of a cause respect ing the liberty of the press wan held oil that day in the Convent of Franciscans, for the better accom modation of the numerous audience : the floor gave•way, and 70. persons !striated, being buried under the ruins. •• . . • 1 1 3.tlikINtiwil • • „o t, . • • ' • • Serfbltiliti Weenies:A 21. This gwerlasr the Court was crnii•dett With midi- Orkin !Very eWly hour. excited by the r‘inerlittloti of hearing the ‘jittleinetit t.l the Court nn -- Shicow, genets i bd of st 111).1 nit her hoe Nlajestv. SIMS, after the sitting of the Court, Mr. Day ' 411411„sesueed fen-judgment on the Defend -nit, in 'beano, of she King e. Blwuw, hut Nlr. Justice BEST being detained in the Ball Court, the Cart* JUSTICE desired it might swill over toll he cause lobo Court. The Court being full-- THE thin tb. WESTER AND oTtiscs. The Sosictiilt-thuili4i prayed the judgment i d the Court Eat thew' Defendant., who were tried hefitre the Lori! Chief Justice at Guildli.ll. nt the sittings attire last Term. On that occasion no evidence was offered. The Solicitor-Ge. nerd. who appeared f.r the Defendants. con. arming toe verdict of Guilty. The Defen• dente are the Proprietors and Printers of the John Roll Sunday newspaper. The libel for which the Defendant' were.now bmnght up for judgment was published in that Piper of the 54th January, 1821. It imputed the stints of Licly Ossultote, • and the other %Male hratichrs of the Countess of Tehltervillt's Mtly to her late Mitjettic, to the circumstance of tlie late Lady Ciroline ‘Vrottesley (the daughter of the Countess or Tankerville) h4s nig been detected in a criminal intrigue with a menial servant, The affidavit of Sir John Wrotterlee, Bart. was then read. It stated that he had beet, married to the late 11. adv Caroline Wrottetley 22 years, and that during that time he had a numerous family of children ; and in leta, to his infinite grief, Lady Caroline Wrovesley died in his arms. The affidavit further shoed, that she was a Lady of the strictest honour and cliavtity, hint there was not the Ilightest ground for the libel in question. T4tillidict Of Lady Taukerville was then put and send. The deponent was the mother of the Me CI Combine 1 1 rottevley. It stated the affec fit•h' harmony sitht•itting between Sir Jolly IVrotte-ley and her late daughter. and teat,fied to the high character s thus Lady for chastity and honour. • The affidavits of Lordln aetiont Oeoilston and the lion, Henry Grey Berniai l lbrotherri to the late Lady C;irofine . lVrOttesfil). these affidavit. were confirmatory of the preeedinj i ones. and further slated, that the papers continual the libel in ques tion were sent to the inns it, the steighboorhood of the residence of Sir John Wrotylley and the Earl of Tankerville, Mad' otherniti tudustriou.ly circu lated, fur the purVosi, as'llie,dootient. believed, of ',Minding the &diets of the jpdividuals belonging In thane The efft laviti of the Ofefewciaoh were then put in and read. • Hobert Thomrs Metier Swore thefts, was inertly employed as the reader to the JoBrs Ball, and that 'he had no authoiity whatever to admit or reject soy !paragraphs publidled in the said piper. Mr. Henry Tons Cooper selected the articles for publication s lead the deponent did not are the paragruph ;question till after it was eompo4ed. The depts. inkjet' did not know the author of the said paragripli. matiuscript copy, lie believed, was destroyed. ;ai the practice of the office was to destroy all pa pers soon after the publication of them. He further 'swore that he did not send the papers of the 14th January, 1821, into the neighbourhood of the Earl jof Tasikerville end Sir Jobe Wrottesley, whose Iplaces of residence he did not even know. Thomas Arrowsmith, printer of the ' John Bell, and one of the Defendants, sirore to the same 'reffect as the preceding, and that be did nut even Ace the paragraph in cotillion till sonic days after it had been printed. That ki ri secoud edition of the same Paper, he eaesiid the paragraph to be struck out, and 4,000 copies were actually circu lated oruithog such piregraph, and that hod'. be seen the original copy lie would not hare suffered it to he inserted in the Paper. The copies of the first edition, remaiiiing on hand, lie had imme diately lucked up to prevent their further cir-u -lotion. William Shackell, proprietor of the paper, and one of the Defendants, put in au offidovit contain ing the same allegations as the preceding. - Toe affidavit of James Harmer, Solicitor for the prosecution, was then read. It stated that the de ponent had seen, iu u previous paper of the Joke Ball (No. I.) a paragraph' in which the members of the Tatiketville family were spoken of in terms nearly as offensive and to the same effect as the libel before the Court. The deponent had gone to the office of the John Ball, and stated, that if the author of the libel iu question was given up, no prosecution would he had against the printers and publishers; but they declined giving him may in formation on the subject. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL complained of not having seen the last affidavit of Sir. Harmer, but after some consideratiou he declined the offer of the Court to postpone the judgment to Tuesday next, to give him time to answer it. He then addressed the Court in mitigation of punishment. He stated that the Defendants were sincerely sorry for the publication in question, and had consulted him when the Court was first moved against them, and had desired him not to thew cause against the role. They had pleaded cot guilty, in order at the trial not to justify, but to express through their Counsel the regret which they felt at having been made in strumental its such a publication. He enlarged ou the difficult situation iu which proprietors of news papers were placed, from the hasty manner in which such publications were given to the world. He did not deny but that public policy required seine pu nighmeitt should be inflicted on his clients, but he strongly urged on their behalf the absence of ail indignant feeling towards the prosecutor. Mr. PULLER followed ou the same side. Mr. SCARLETT ►poke in aggravation of punish ment. It aas at all times disagreeable. sometimes inviduous, and would in all probability become dangerous for au advocate to undertake such a duty av that which had devolved on him. Had be seen any thing in the conduct of the parties either at the time of publishing the libel. nr subsequently indi cative of that contrition and sense of impropriety for which their Counsel had given them credit; had they shown 'any token of penitence by any • .. • to be found, M their publication, or rile s oovered any iocheionimp a however slight, to nootke reparation to the wounded feelitiga of Aussie .whom they had so grievously °integer', he would but have troubled the Court with a single re. (nark, but would have left the offence entirely with the judgment of the Court. Their retention en titled them to no commiseration. There wasmot only a perfect absence of contrition, and an entire neglect of reparation to those whom they admitted themielves to be falsely calumniated in the subse quent numbers of their publication, but there was no circometance tending to alleviate their guilt iii their affidasits. He expatiated oil the eitormity of a system of crime like that which had besot espouted ed. From the statement of t h e it Counsel, it was plain that a machinery fur libels might hr put in motion which might disseminate die most 1,1. e sod envenomed calumnies ; and, if their plea .sere ad mottled, there could be no reiteration dome I' vier to the individuals maligned, or to the good miler of society, however grossly and watitonly broken its upon. The real author obscured himself. awl the mechanical sgents of his knit west put foir ward to plead haste or ignorance as an excuse for publication. They were deprived even of this excuse. Their affidavit stated, that one of them was so convinced of the falsehood of the libel, that he would have remonstrated with Cooper, the Editor, had he been in the way. Hire was proof at It nit that lie had the power of renatnietnuice, suit au apparent sense or ability to distinguish right from wrong ; and yet nothing had beets don e by any one of the Defendants by way of attempt to undo their own maiden and guilty Pppadom, except just 'so far as they juolged it might lie woeful to them in Pecking shelter fr tier impending judgment of the laos. Ile trusted their Lordships would prove. to these Defeedants that before they undertake to pit:dish hires of the same kind again, they artist be assured that they were neither slanderous nor false-or, if they were convinced that they were true, they noun still los prepared to Phew • better tea than soy they had yet urged for publishisig them at all. " Parties in these coots," the Learned Coutisel proceeded, " usually state they have too malice in' their publication of such libel*. They published this, however, and with what motive ? Why ate we left tot silence on this subject? There was too previous malice-8m operating motive; and is it to' be then endured, that, without any motive, such tor abominable *holder should be given to the world ? •• My Learned Friend has attributed seine merit to his clients, as to the mode jot which they met the . •informition and appeared at the trial; and I could sincerely wish be were able to skew me, that by soy one paregraph, since the Maarten' of toe libel, they had expressed any one symptom of regreto-aily one particle of coutrition foe hoeing so inserted it. If the subsequent numbers of the paper cootained ;toy .one retractatiou of so scandalous a charge, or any one ;circumstance to ask for conciliation or compasstoo., 'I am quite satisfied the affidavits would have coo• taiticil them. But Ho such thing slwer*. They admit they wire conscious of their WrOOI4, but they did not avow it, while other papers w ere , or :might be, losiod bold enough to say, 11'e in iy los ; prosecuted, but your threats we altogether despise.' jl could make every allowance for pony feelings, for :angry reseisteneuto, which often mike mesa for g et ;their better reasou, and then commit themselves ; hut .what allowance can be made tar the muligiiaiit derer, who invents facts to wound the feeiiiios c f others, or so steles circumstances (which might be ;eerily replanted) as to provoke and wantonly his fellowscreatures ? What will your Lordships say to the individuals who are ever busy its raking 'tip the ashes of the dead, for the purpose of venting their in slice against the living? Here. unfortunately, we have not the real author. These person., how .ever, represent him-.upon their own Confeseiont they admit him to be guilty, and they must be punished as inch. I ask, Has it ever yet been discovered in 'the whole history of the liceutiousiters of the press, if there were a paper whose trade was that of at tacking the private characters of womeat ? In all my experience I have been able to find but one —but one which your Lordship may remember.— in 1789, a person of the named Witlwrs thought fit to publish • libel ou Mrs. Fitzherbert ; he probably did so through some party feeling ; he was indicted for it, and lie received a punishment in this very Court, which cannot easily he forgotten —he was sent for twelve months to Newgate, and was obliged to pay a considerable tine braider. Its the preseut case we know the object these persona • have in treducing 'intne character—in serving a political object of souse sort or other, they thought the end sanctifies the means ; but the judgment of this day will teach them otherwise. This !list!, however, was may introduced amongst • airing of others ; and I suppese they thought, if they were justified iu attacking the most illustrious female its the kingdom, it was a more veniil offence to attack and scandalise every other. But what a condition would ruatikind be reduced to if this system were any longer tolerated ? Suppose it was the ohjec• of any individuals to write down a particular cho rseter, mid I'm , that purpose to select (for scandalous notoriety) all the persons who shewed him or her oily respect; and what they failed to produce by malice they might effect by slender. Suppose also another set of individuals to take an Opposite course —and equally malign all those opposed to the cha racter they supported—whet a capital employment uwold it not be for the British Press ! ! Theis vos should have the Defendants on one side harrowing up the dead ; and A. B. and C. on the other per haps doing the sante thing. But I sincerely hope that the sentence of to-day will have the salutary effect of preventing so much evil. It is impos sible that the author of this libel can have the feel ings of a gentleman, though his education may be that of une. Suppcse that these were even colour . for such a charge, was there iso respect to be 'hews' to the children—to the Mu-thous mother, an exam ple of virtue, and beyond all impeachment ? What— to publish such a libel merely because he did mot know it was false! No attempt could be more base, even to gain the wickedest objects by the wickedest means. There was on personal malice on the part of the prosecutors in this ce-e ; but they felt it their duty to call for punishment on those proems who lent themselves to the commission of every apt cies of crime—perhaps not every species of crime, but every species of this stature. To /hew th • wickedness if the course the Defendants as 160 4 pursued, suppose at the other vile a paper said, 04 Mr. Imatit•P has made a good copy of SNYDIR% Lion Mouse. - Landscape of G. Pousati ►ao beta a 'object of mac- aeseel esishation among Mews. &Limit., LINTON, TUDOR, awl ZAciIART. CARLO DOLCIVII Daughter of Havortisse, has been abundantly copied, and as the experiment is owe of great teehoical difficulty,. ow account of the richer,. of eolour, and the delicela end powerful appropriation of light mod sande, it must iodwee rest improvement in these who have alltompled it. Upon the whole, t►e works are held generally to shew • rest thirst and ardente fur improvement, such as most alter the slow aad self-satisfying semi with which the schools have been too justly charged. If these indications are to be ; relied on, the public will be called is a very short lime to examine works of indigenious art equal is originality, in spirit, and is lb* meet vetoed as well as the strategist sad most durable particulars of execution, to the splendid per formances of continental art, which seem now to have so tborooghly awakened their ambition. OXFORD, NOVEMBER 24. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ECCLESIASTICAL PROMOTIONS. Rev. Joseph liedgkineso, M.A. of Brownness College, in this Uoiversity, hos been presented to the vicarage of Leigh, Lancashire —Patron, Lord Rev. W. Wilkinson, M.A. of Christ Choreh, in this Uni versity, to the living of Sonerby, 114111, Think, Yorkshire.— Patros, the Archbishop of York. The Marquis of Salisbury has appointed the Rev. G. Fisr. cry Vachell, R.A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, etre of his Lordship's domestic Chaplains. Rev. G. R. Gleig, curate of Raddlesmere, Kest, to the perpetual curacy of Ash.—Pairue, the Archbishop of Can terbury._ Rev. Valentine Ellis, rector of Barnerdistoo, to the living of Walton, Bocks.—Patron„ the lord Chancellor. Rev. D. Parry, carom of Crinow and Llandissilio, Pens. brokeshire, to the living of Llywell, Brecuushire.—Patron, the Bishop of Si. David's. Rev. J. Slot%art has been elected head-master of the Free Grammar School of Baltnn•in-the•Nuors. Rev. James Canner Wright. Rector of Walkerne, Herta, has been el►cleil a Fellow of Eton College. Rev. Henry Consyn, In the Vicarage of Itfonathao, other wise Monacean, Cornwall. Rev. John Moore, Archdeacon of Exeter, to • prebendal stall iu Excter Cathedral. SACRILEGE. Upon opening the door of Lskrnham Church, on Thurs day morniug last, it was discovered that some thieves had broken into the church since last Sunday. They entered by taking out a pane of glass from one of the south windows, which enabled then to open the casement. Their principal object seems to have been to steal the commuuion plate, but being frustrated in their views, the plate not being kept in the church, they 'nuke open the large chest ; the contents of whirl, they scattered about the church, not con sidering them worth their notice; they at length decamped through the same window, after they hail split open sod rubbed the pour singers' bo♦ of what it contained—about two or three shillings; they took away nothing else except the sexton's brush. It appears, evident that the villains must be yonug, •s the width of the window could out well admit ■ moderate stud person. The storm of Friday se'nnight appears to have been general throughout the wester.) part of Eng land, isisd in some place. considerable damage has been dime. It commenced in this neighbour hood about eight - o'clock. with a tremendous shower of hail, accompanied with tl ler and light g ; but wa:s of ►hort duration. The shower of ice at Dartmouth iiscluded ragged pieces of two to three inches long ; one actually measured four inches and a half. Among its etfects in that neighbourhood were from 2.500 to 3,000 paueo of gla►s brokeu.--• (Bath Herald.) Part of the 29th regiment of foot, under the command of Colonel llouoits, arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday bum Chester, on their route to We understand that Perhaineut is to meet fur the dispatch of busiuess'ou the 27th of January.— ( Evenieg Puperj. Geese were sold last week in the Dublin market at 10d. each, and willies our iolorsoaut bought at turereigu a score. , ' it) ,r/11 a• idsr It). Isi. tool ad, try the ti. Y