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tine of forces, he ascertained the expense of owls man to be—of the life and horse guards, about 70h p.'C man; of the dragoon guards. 481. 10s. per isiaii; of the foot guards. 341. per man ; end of The infantry of the line, 31/. per man : fronl *which it wet evident' that • considerable Waving .might he effected by reducing, as they ought to do, the more .expensive, which were also the least evade able description of forces. He did not wish ten= necesarily •to reduce the efficient mid availirlabli force of the country, but he must press on the consideration of the disuse, the necessity of some reduction of the more expensive sud less useftil establishnients. The difference iu the charge for these corps, between 1793 and the present year, was as follows :- 1792. • 1821. Ditrereiee. I.de and Home Guards L 63,006 L. 92,191 L 49,115 MIX' , " Gololk 1 " i 105,130 451,644. 287,514 Dragoons ' *.' Foot Gelsiler;iiir;..... 154.970 222,959 68,089 —,— ,—. 1 . L 383,000 L. 787,794 L. 384,728 The memo sishe whole military establishment, ordinary and eahribdlellMiiiiil7ll, according 'twoifieial diseumeats, n ie li sid ierilligne For WWI id ' 510,349 Makin; a total of while for 1810, as appears from the Supplies for that year, the total for Great Britain and Ire- Isord was 9,500,2161., making • difference of 7,269,067/. ; a disproportion for is hick he con tended there was not the smallest possible resins,. The army estimates for the current year are less than throw for 1810 by 133,4981. ; so that some re duction in the actual expenditure might, as it ,reined. be expected. That difference, however,. might have been Considerably augmented by the erloption site different plan in the reduction of the forves,' which the country had a right to expect would have' been the case, since the benefit had heeu pointed out by the Noble Lord himself. From the statement of the Noble Lord (Palmer ston) before the Finance Committee in 1817, it ap peered• that the difference of expense betweeii 8,000 hoop's formed into 10 regiments of 800 men each, and the some .number formed into 20 regiments of 400 men each, se they were iu the estimates of 1792, would give a saving to the public of 74,3121: The regiments of 1821 are estimated at t,50 men each, fur 93 regiments, and will cause to the toughy au increase of expense on 60,000 rank loud file, of 211,0251. more thin would have been required if the regiments had beau reduced to 75 in number, of 800 men each, as re commended by the Noble Lord himself in 1817; and by the latter arrangement the reduction of 18 regiments might have been gained. He would now proceed to notice . the staff establishments, of which it was. his intention to propuee a very great reduc tion in the Committee. In 17192. the expense of the whole staff of Great Britain, at home, smouuted to 6,4271. ; in 1821 it was 28,495/. ; giving • difference of 91,9581. on the general staff slime, reclusive of the Irish and medical staff: Of this s u m' the Commander-in-Chief's Office. erot the couutry annually 15,782/. which office did nut exist in i 792. Ile was so far from wishing to depreciate the services of the illustrious person at the head of that office, or of the Adjutant or Quarternosoter-Getterul, or of the Noble Loid, that he featly believed the duly at the Horse Guards was well attended to; but if he were asked why he wished to reduce those offices, he would answer, because he thought the duty might he 'lone at a lower rate, and therefore might' to he re duced. What was the state of the Stuff abroad ? In Mt, the charge for the Staff iu the West Judie., North America. and the Mediterranean, was (7,1 18/.; in 1801, 19 9331. ; mid in 1921, 8 14191. •'rhe Staff in the old. Colonies, the charge for which in 1803 was 19.93.51. cost in 1821 51,490/. ; and the new Colonies acquired since 180-2 involved air additional expense under this Brad of 31,039/. Thus the increased expense of the Staff abroad, since 1792, was 65,4111. The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to observe upon the anomalous condition of some of our Colonies, such as Ceylon, Worthier, Cape of Good Hope, •frini dad, and Malta, which, although they were por tions of the British empire, were out of the pale of the eonstitutiori ; and to none of them had any of i , s blessings been extended, except Ceylon, whew, iii the infiuite Credit of Sir Alex. Johnstone, the trial by jury Irid been established. He contended that it' these Colonies were placed on an equal footing with other parts of the empire, instead of being left t • be taxed at the merry of Ministers arid Go vernors. they would gladly contribute to the pay ment of • part, if not the whole of the expense of their civil and military estribledimeirs. Ile also commented on the absentee system, and on the well-known fact, that each of those Coloilies while •in the hoods of other nations, defrayed the whole charge of their adcniuistration ; but the nicenent tiny came into our possession, they hecitnie a constant drain to the revenue of this country. This consideration it was which had caused the Com mittee of Finance, is their Report, to remark, that it would become a serious question, whether if those Colonies continued to be a drum on the re-' venue of this country, it was worth its while to keep them.--/ Hear, hear, hear.)—Fie was tint .1 mail who was willing to give up any one colony, but he was anxious that their 'lye eues slersikl he applied to the discharge of some • portion of their own expenditure, Mots(' of being levisbed in large incomes to various officers, many of whom never went Leer them. The next head of expense he had to notice was, the Hospital and Medical Staff abroad and at home, exclusive of the East ladies. lii 1792, it sinoinited, exclusive of Ireland, 'to 43,5456; in 1821, Ireland Was in cluded. and the amouut was 132.4821.—betug se increase of 108,071. The expense of the public deparinteins of the army, which consist. ed ,of the Wer.office, the Army Pay-office, keit for Great Britain alone, was. in 1791, 8 - 2, 3391 1 Nt 18 31, 1 33.074/..--making a difference of 80,7361: 1 for Great Britaiu alone, to which was to be added thief - wri t for Ireland in 18-21, teeing 10,5181. T he ettPllll2e of the office of the Secretary at War with an establishment of twenty-one clerks, in 17929 ": 8 .237h. In .1821, the expense of the souse "we, the establishment being 76 Clerk. timoiln's to 34,18 3 / 4 to which is to be added for the depart• Wert of arrears' 17,1361. This latter expense was occasioned by the establishme nt of a separate branch, for the purpose of bringing up the ins- manse mats of accounts that were its arrear, f and it was calculated that the whole of the aceouuts would be disposed of in three years from its eatabliplinient. It had, however, gone on for ten or twelve years, and yet the accounts remained in arrear, and would continue so to k do as long 'as' this suet coritinued to be grant . 'ed-by-the House for the keeping up of that este r blishosent; the expense of which was worse than tireless—for, be contended, that it was unjust to.inquire into any of f icer's acceiants so many years, • perhaps 10,40, or even 30 years after theYivere deli vend In, and then to call upon the parties to make up any apparent de fi ciency. whiCh might have been cleared up by the product.on of proper vnucherr,. had the accounts been ex:stained in time, lint whick . the lung delay, and perhaps the death of the officer, themselves, rendered it impossible to produce. Thia establittlinnent, was, therefore, not only uselessly expensive, but ',reductive of much injury and, in— justice to milividuals. The smeary, except where the parties had neglected to send in accounts, ought to be entirely given given up, and the grow ing accounts to be examined and inquired into as they became due. Besides this addition, there was a further increase of charge iti this office of J 3,371/. : for superannuation, which he muintsined to be an enormous . evic He did not media to say that the superannuation system was worse managed in the Noble Lord's office than iii any other, but be coo -1 sidered it to be bad iii the extreme in all. The system itself was u cryiiig, evil, and the Bill which had given rive to it had entailed upon the country an.increused expenditure of several hundred thou sands of point is per annum. The whole expense of the War-office in Ifitil, thus' a:Wonted to 64,6901., which, in 1792, at the commencement of the war, was onl y 8,2571. the difference being 56.4331. At the former period also, the whale details of the array were conducted in this office. with the addition of the Adjutant-General's de partment,- in which was then tronsacted at a charge of about 8461. all the business now performed by the Commander-in-Chiel's office at 30,684 l waking a difference of iy,13.38/. These several illfferences in the various departmeutewhich he enumerated, were, Ire contended, enormously disproportionate to the actual difference either in the duty actually requi site to be done, or which the change in the circum stances of the country required. Hering proceed ed !hos far with such general statements ini he hail conceived it necessary to lay before the Howse, he, should, when they were in the Committee. call their attention to the details.—(Muck larglaer, and loud cries of Heur, hear, hear.)-11e felt that he should not be doing his duty in the present distressed state of the country, unless he brought under the notice of the House the differeace in die scale of the various establishments at the two several periods to which he had referred. The Hon. Gentlemsn concluded by moving the 10l- Itiwing Resolutions :- 11.. Resolved, That it appears by the official returns before the House, that the total military establishment of Great Britain and Ireland, fur 1792 (exclusive of the East Indies. • mod of the artillery, obi Nis, and marines), consisted of 48,474 men, moody, of 15,919 for Great Britain, Gurnsey, &c.; 17,373 in the Colonies abroad; and 15,132 iii Ireland ; and Hots the total military establishment of Great Britain and Ireland for 1821 (exclusive of the East Indies, the artillery, the militia, and marines), consists 0(.81,106 officers and men, namely, 27,852 in Great Britain, Glow', &c.; of 32,476 is the Colonies abroad ; and of 20,7711 is Ireland. 2. Resolved, That the supplies fur the expense of the mili tary establishment of Great Britain and Ireland in 1792 were 2,331,1491.; dial the supplies voted for the military establishment of Great Renato and Ireland for 1829 were 9,500,216!.; mid that the Army Estimates fur 1821, now submitted to the House, are only 153,498!. lesi than those of 1820. • 3. Resolved, That there were in the service of Great Bei tete and Ireland, in 1792 (exclusive of the retutar cavalry and infantry). 25,757 troupe, namely, 3,730 of royal artillery, 4,425 of royal amities, and 17,602 of disem bodied militia; and in 1821 (exclusive of the regular ca valry and infantry) the number of 115.492 troops, name ly, 7,872 engineers and aroilkry, 11,000 royal marines, 51,998 disembodied militia, and 57,622 yeomeory cavalry and volunteer infantry, being in unitiber a larger force by 132,367 men, available for purposes of the Governnient, in this year than in 1793. 4. Heim/yeti, That it is the opinion of the House that wider the present circumstauces of the country it is ex pedient to make a large reduction in the ammo and expeu diture of its military establishment, and to approximate as .as soon as poseible to the establishment of 1792, as return- Amended by the Culotte Committee in 1817. • Sir R. WI Lson seconded the Resolutions. ex- , pressing his concurrence, particularly in the obser vations which the Hon. Member had made with respect to the Colonies; and tittering in support of his opinion iota a statement from his own know lidge of the Mete of the Cope of Good Hope, when it first came into our possession. Lord CAeTl.69.5AOti said a few words which we could not collect. Mr. HUM 6 said the Resolutions expressed no opinions of late, but the results of documents be fore the Hone; and the recommendation founded on them, 01 a return to the establishent of t 79?.. was the same which had been made by the Finance Committee. The SPEAKER then pat the resolutions, and they were negatived. Mr. HUME, we understood to say, that it hail been his intention to brave divided the House un the last resolution. The SPEAKER observed that he was certeiu the House I would see the delicate situation he was placed in, as to the I Honourable Member's views is proposing his restitutions, i fur they were defeated by the rules of the House, and he , Maid out assist him, as the only question that he could ascii put was, that lie should be allowed to leave the Chair. Mr. TIERNEY said, that the intentions uf his Honoura ble Friend (sir. Hume) would he defeated, certai n ly, by his mistake, if the House resolved itself into a Committee to • take into titres-consideration the Army Estimates; sod wheat • he considered the late hour of the night, he was of opiniou 4 that it would be more convenient to postpone the plug into the Cumnisit. eto M lay. land PALMERSTON was of opinion that it would an , • swer every purpose of the Hon. Member to move his rooste r Quits in the Committee; and, although thee would not be 4 ente r ed mi the Journals of the Muse, he could again move II them on t h e R e p o rt of the Committee being brought up, which would give hint the opportunity of Lariat them en tered vu the Journals. He could see Nu reason *by the Committee shoeld be p ost psde d. 31r. J. P. GRA NT said that the Nolde Lord had forgot the solojeell alluded le lay his Right Huu. Friend, that the late hour of the night was au objection to plug tutu the Corn - i ull ' i lt . CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, the 1 night had not su far advanced as to Ferrol their plug into the Committee. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR said, lie disapproved of g i.i t ig i nto Ike discussion in Coltinailtre at sir late au hu Ir. tie would, ' therefore, move, that the House should then adjourn. Mr. J. P. GRANT seconded the motion). Mr. GOULBURN made a few ohaervalions •,- but from this:e was Wad uu ctalis hearduf I Question ! Ealito. eiiesliour'—'• Go on ! go (Ml,' TY, 7 'j • • • • -. %a I Lea C4STLEREAGH said, perhi s it mottld be better, MIOM' all the circumstances, to adjourn; as the question might be better discussed ow Monday. The SPEAKER observed„abst if the motion of adjourn ment was carried, there would be. ma tune fixed for the con sideration of the question. la his opinion the better ,way would by that the motion should be withdrawn, and the owe' that be should dies leave the Chair" being negatived, the vanities 'world theta be, a that the House should resolve itself into tie Committee es Illestday next " • • • This suggestion of the. Speaker was agreed to, and the further' consideration of the Estimates was postponed tue , Monday. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved, that the House should admit rising tui,juurn to illoadeY Agreed in. LAST OP NIGH TREASON. ' Mr. Serjeaut olgsLoby mitred the first reading of the Bill assimilating the law of High Treason in Ireland, to the law on the saute subject in Great Britain. The Bit/ war atcortlingly reed a first time. The Honourable and LennsesPilltmillier then moved, IIMt the Rill should be printed-amd reed a second time on the '22d of the present on:tis. The other tinier' of s h e Jay were then .lisposed or, and the HdOle adjourned at liatf-past It o'clort. sill hlouilay. NINO R.l TT On Mr. Benoeit'n 'notion of Adjouroment, out Mr. Worthy tituving (Jr calling to Ilse Bir UN Priiiter of The Morning Chronicle, Marru 0. . . Barrett, ft M. Honyirood, ST. P. Roberto, Q. '4 new; . , Bernal, R. Hu, J. Ricardo, D. Cisme', J. C. James, Wm. Srftori, Earl iiif DeCrrispigo#,SirW. Lamblou, J. ft. Taylor, M. A. Denisim W rY. Lusbincton, Dr. Whitbread, S. Dcsinnit, Thos. Musick, J. B. Writ!, Marmaduke Blister, E Martin, J. Wilson, Sir R. Fcrstisou, Sir R. C. Ossulaton, L.rd Western, C. C. Gdeurircily, Lurd. . Ord, W. , Icoud, Alilrrmas Hubh•rwic, J. C. Parnell, Sir H. Halberd, Hun. E. Palmer. C. F. .. , TICLLIIRO. Hutchintua, Huu. Kier, T. S. 11/msett, Hii. H. G. C. H. Roberts, A. Cremey, Thos. _—...5...--- . ' • T ' , MINOR/ TY On Mr. CreerOy's motion for reducing the number of Plaremme and Pensioners in the House of Commons, pre. eious to the consideration ~uf the Army Estimate*, Match 9. Altborp, Viscount Hobhouse, J. C. Pares, T. Benyou, B. blornbz, E. Phillips, W. R. Birch, Jus. Hunywuod. W.. P. Ricardo. D. Buy, Viscount Harbord. Hon. E. Sefton, Earl of Barrett, S. M. Hume, Joseph Talbot, It W. Caseadisb, H. Hughes, W. L. Wood, Aide. man Coffin, Sir I. James, W. tVilsrn, Sir R. DrCrespigny, SinlY. Lushington, Dr. Webbe, Ed. Dinicarisuu, Vise. Limb/on, J. G. Vt)rvill, N. Denison, W. Mundt, J. B. Whitbread, S. Fitzgerald, Ild.srd W. Marlin, Julio IGleurireliy. Lund Ossulstois, Lord Guise, Sir W. Palmer, C. F. Hutchinson, Hon. Parnell, Sir H. C. H. TeLi..utt. Bennett, Huu. H. G. Creevey, nous. LM TE LUG EN C E. .• that the publication 'would not Übe place till tctk u'.lucl The Plrenters servant might hate cease before, but he dad I not serve him till scull! Three o'clock. • The whole "i th e publication was over that morning in an hour; generally Abe publication lusts four hours. lie had be , •rd the News men complain of his seiliag *eagle papers. He onee threat a cop of coffin is the boy's fare, fur giving him the lie. • George Hitks, Clerk tit The Tines office, proved that he called by. the desire-of see Defendant upon 'the Plaintiff about Mit ameathe before the publication of 224110ne tat. to kern what it was Mr. Hodgson had to complain of, and lie found that he principally .complaioadh of th.- publislu'e to the smaller sievitimett.• parcel* of eight papier, at the mine tins. that hiactfueed to sell nine pap. re (on whieh number there war au eater allowance) • lie eumegnanicatea, on hie return to the office the eumpleint of Mr. Hettlffloos and Mr. Walter immediately put a stop Valise practice. the the 20th of Jane last Mr. Booth's elk came to the office in the rvenottg, and eteinpiniond el the papers c-oming out 0.0 late on that day. The AVDRIPII , oat" riained that the pubitce lion hail closed at half-past eleven o'clock, Mr. Hootle7o desk informed him that Mr. booth was supplied by Weld ion. He •kerwarda waited upon Mr. South, who confirmed Inbat the clerk hat told hies, or wheels he afterwards issiurva ed Mr. Walter on tad SIM of June, the lay helot e the pub lication. ?.Jr. North, who trope r circulating-library, in DOe rtreet,Puriland-place, and his clerk, confirmed the last witness. . the Soi.tgivion•Ggis tant e repqed. ,• The LORD Cuter Ulla ICC anointed up to the J ury. His Lordship observed, with telegram to she Defendant's pies that he had 'received divers complaints of the Plaintiff's in attention, that only one eumplaieet bad been proved (except those made by the Defendanea .as n remota were included), and that en a day when the ma& of delivery was different fro other days. TLe publisher lead stpck op a notice to ray that there •uuld be no pub!icaitou till !en o'clock, but he hail sot added that then they owed be all delivered. II tlw Jury thought any of the pleas heel hero proved, they would filed to. the Defendant; but if they were of a contrary (mirth* they would tiled for the Plaintiff, alit such remionable de usages as they might thank the jusiece of the case required. ', After a short consultation, the Jury fuuud a verdict for the Platutiff—Dagaages 401 INSOLVRAT DKIIMRS' COllltr, Faisatio9cit 9. COURT 01? KING'S BENCH, Guitou.u.z., FRIDAY, Simian 9. IN TNt RATTER OF DONE? O'BRIEN. This cast recited considerable interest, and occupied the Court leftwards of Hirer hours. The Insolvent, a dashing young man, was opposed by Mr. Heath on the part of Messrs. Atchessin Lane, !lid Car pentry, ow the ground of litit.itlg obtained credit improperly. Mr. John Green opposed in person, as also Messrs. Sow. den and B. Williams. The Insolvent's debts were tepresented as being 2,7821. Before the elimination commenced the lusolveut begged to correct his schtdule. He said that his proper, t y was not reversionary, as he Was poasesaitru of it since NHL The amendment was allowed. The Insolvent then underwent a long ciaminstion by • Mr. HEATH, in the course of which he stated ant he held a property im Ireland producing 611. per aiinum ; it hail been sold to his brother for 861, subject to a judgment of 7001. He bad given his creditors twelve places of rest. • deuce; had been • Midshipman. and came from Plymouth to Deptford in 1849; mein thence to Charing-cross, after wards to Bateman's-buildings, after that in South America, and finally returned to Liverpool. lii the latter place he contracted no debts, but came up to Loudon awl lodged in Natssu-strcet, Middlesex Hospital. lie them eousnerated many other parts of the town its which he bad resided at dif ferent periods ; be lived upon the 84/. • year, which he thee had, and the remittances his uncle sent to him. Had been • prisoner in France, avid alms recollected bowleg been at some of the clubs in Henoett-street, St.Jamees, but not within the last twelvemonths. lie owed ten tailors money, with ai* of whom he contracted debts in the year 1820 ; load lodged in eleven place:, in eight of which he was unable to pay his bill. Mr. Atcbesou had pursued him closely for his debt and arrested him in Seymour-place, just as his was going to Somerset House to enter upou a situation worth above 200/. a year in the Tax-oflice, which bad been pro. cured for him by his uncle. He then described the various emher:sesniesals which be had had to encounter, slid by which . he lust the situation in Somerset House, sod was obliged to mortgage his property. He also at-rerouted fur his cootract iug debts, by stating that his means and expectations led him to hope he could have paid them all, whirls tie certitaly should have dune were it not fur his arrest by Mr. *schemes., Mr. Sowdeu, Mr. Atchetua, Mr. Carpenter, and smiled other creditors, were then examined in succession. They stated the amount of their different debt., and that the In solvent represented himself as having a freehold property in Ireland, which induced them to give him credit. Three tailors also came forward and stated' howthey had dartsloe4l him without receiving any other advantage than the plessare I a barium obliged • customer. Before the LORD Cuter Justice and a Special Jury. • HODGSON O. W•LgEllts M. Cnerge stated the pleadiugs. It wise an action for a lib.', puliliehed in the Times newspaper of the 42d June, le2o, imputeng gross negligence to the Plaintiff (who was a respectable newsvender, living is Wimpote-street, Canted:eh square), in the conduct °fills business, and recommending the public not to deal with him. The Defendant (proprietor of The Times) bad put on the record three pleas of Justifica tion; the substance of which were, that the Plaiutiff bad come to the office of the Defendant, and obtained papers at a later hour than be cieght to have done; and that prior to the Zed June, the Defendant had received divers com plaiuts of the tuattentiou of the Plaintiff, and the misconduct of his servatit The Soucterelet-Gremext. then rose, and adilmsed the Jury fur the Plaintiff, whose he described as a respectable boukveller and umesvenders He congratulated the July that this was nut an action for any political offence, for whatever latitude might be allowed in the opinions of some persons where political topics were discussed, there could he no dispute as to the necessity of repressing attack , ' of this sort directed against private persons. in political discussion the statements published in one paper were checked and cor rected by other papers which took a die:Teel side, but fer viatenceuts against so individual there was no remedy but in an appeal to • Jury. The tiassege of %kWh his client with such good.reeenns compiained, was publish 11 in the front of the paper, in • conspicuous place, just preceding what was called the leading article, and rats thus—t' We have re ceived so many complaints of the inatteutien of • newsman named Hodgson, residing in Witnpole street, and have so frequently ourselves witnessed the miseonductof his servants, that we are obliged In inform our readers in that quarter, that after this day we do not mean to permit Mr. Hortgami or his servants to come again to the office. The public will readily enough find other newsvendesa who will seep') them regularly." The Plaintiff received • note from The Times office, notifying the same thing, to which he returned an answer, informing them of his imitation to seek redress for A Common Council was held yesterday •t Guildhall, the libel in a Court of Law, and on the following day went which was fully attended. with a friend to The Thstesoffiee and required tolvesueplied, The Commission of Sewers for the year ensuing was hut the newspapers acre refused to hint. The character of sealed with the City Seal. the Plaiutiff for regularity and punctuality in his business A Petition was presented from the Grand Jury foe ton was so well established, that he had not, in consequence of elou, relative to their basing been refused Matting the Gaol the attack, sustained any loss of the custom wbieli he had hr. of Newgate as a right by the Keeper of that Gaul, and its fore enjoyed; but es it was ee l s ' ,laird to work him great respect of the legal proceedings adopted by them against prospective injury, iii preventing him acquiring fresh sus- him, which was read and referred to the Committee of City imam, he was entitled to ask fur damages •i the hands uf Lauds. the Jury, which lie had no doubt they would award him. The Court then proceeded to the election of four Assistant The Leas ned Counsel then mitered on an examination u f the Beadles of the Court of Requests, which, from the number Defendant's pleas, mud contended that even if they should be of the candidates, occupied a considerable time, and tin the proved, they were no answer to the Plaintiff's case. ballot being taken and east up, the fullowine parties were Mr. Mallison, from the Stnmp office, was them called, but declared duly elected, viz. Peter Dowsers, Thomas Pracliey, it was admitted t h at the Defendant was the author of the I James Bennett, and Juhu Dimes. alleged libel, and one of the proprietor. of The Times. The Lord Mayor declared • vacancy in the situation of Mr. Noel, who resides in Winipole street, proved that he Priecipal Land Coal Meter, by the death uf Mr. John H a waii's, saw the paragraph its The Times of Ild Jae, last, and eon. I appointed the next Court to fill op the owe mitered it to apply to the Plaintiff. The Plaintiff supplies The Cummittee of Coy Lands made a Report ream him with newspapers, and the wittiest still continues to deal i mending an application to Parlimment against the Bill for with him. repealing part of the Act of Charles 11. restricting bui dings Mr. SCARLYTT addressed the Jury for the Defendsitt. He on the Baulks of the Thames between London-hi idge and contended that the notice which his client had published, i the Temple, when some discussion ensued. The Revert was a mere def en sive meniure so pent, et himself from the was agreed to by • considerable majority, autl.• Petition to injury which his one business was likely to receive from the I the House of Commons adopted, and ordered to be presented ivattention of the Plaintiff. As to dainegee, if the Jury I as initial by the Sheriffs and the Rementhrancer. were of opinion that the Plaintiff was entitled to any, it was I • The Committee for General Purim:ex made Reports upon mauifcst the smallest that could be given would be more considering the Memorial of the Goveneure of Christ's Hue than sufficient, for tin injury had been slwwn to have heen purl fur an alierritiou in the ' lawn ea...pectin( Carts; upon sustained. The Learned Cuensel thee procitded to call his the Petition of the Tackle House and Ticket Porters, cum. witnesses. plaining of the lonholders and Whet htigere ; and relative to William Watkins, acting publisher of The Tines, proved, . the Orpheus' Ditties on Wines, and other matters. that before Juue last the Pleintiff's boy rams very ore- I The Lord Mayur laid b. fore the Court a communication golarly fur the papers. He came almost eight o'ciock K. -he. from the Court of Aldermeu respecting the I ray HVIL.SITI., r•Ily, which during the flounce of Parliament, wee some. broom, which was ordered to be printed, as well,.as a lir. s issies before t h e psi ."' w a s published ; and to that case I i purl from th e Gaul Expenses Comsuittse uu the meld emblem. another boy afterwsrds came, sometimes during the time I The Committee to watch over the prom/Alms of Om the paper was being published; but steeple remittently frorn ...Court of Aldermen, to their prosecuttuu agasnat meta* L ame to three hours after the publicattun was tinithed. Hi . reeryineu, reported the autuuet of expenses incurred 111 dr. had occasionally told the boy that he would have his tern iu . Gatlin the raid prosecution,, and were allowed to draw uu ten minutes, but,he never would wait, alleging, that his was- : the Chamber fur the discharge of shie same. ter hail ordered hum nut to do so. The boy, named ei gisenn . i 't t i e Committee appointed so receive the Queen on her ' ducted knurl( wills the gentlest violence imaginable, calliiig going to St. Paul's were authorised to draw tor payment of , the witness scoundrel and villain, and giving him the lie. He their expenses uu that occasion. often sat down and read the papers after be was s d. The • The Bill fur presenting vexatious actions iii the Mayor's ', wisteria had frequently mentioned to Mr. Walter, the late Court was amended sod read a second time. hour at which the Plinutirs boy came fur the papers. 'On Mr. Trimbm, Mr. Deputy Crowder, and Mr. Oldham, were the 20th June lilt the paper was published late uo account severally appointed GUTerllofll of Cialat'll Biidcwcll, and St. of some particular stews, aitil the wisteria stuck up a lattice ' 'l' homas's Huapital. One of the Commissioners directed the Insolvent to ■sake over the whole of Isis interest in the lands he held in Ireland to hie creditors, whatever t hat interest might be, until tho debts were discharged, which .la accordingly done. The Chief Commissioner (Mr. Reynolds`, in passing judg ment, observed, that this was a ease of sttreme extravagsnce in contracting debts without the probable means of paying them. The judgment of the Court was, that the lusulvent should not be discharged 0111 of custody, or be entitled to any benefit of the Act for a period of t ',sive months from the dale of tiling his pstitiou, at the soil of all his creditor., except Mr. William. CITY BUSINESS. AMERICJ. • . • NEW YORK, FFORVART 8.. • CONGRESS —The Semite did riot oit vet Satur (l.l • Iv the lion•e of Represent.itives considerable dt.t.ussion took place ea to a compensation to be al!tward, under the Getterol Appropriabun Bill, ta, the delegates from Missouri, when. 00 tke motion of Mr. Livermore„ 11 *is agreed to remunerate them by a separate appropriation.- 7 On the motion of Mr, Clay, it swiss sigrerd . by the House, thot the resolution or lost Sr.bion, author- Wulf ai appropriation for the support of a mission to such of the Governmental of South America as 113.1 r.ighlisheil their inilependence, should be re fa.rred to a Con,utjtter, in order to ha've the eesolu- slim carried into rtfret. On Friday, kn. the Situate, Mr. tietiftwd; from the Committee of Finance, repotted a Dill :0 exltild thetilue for unleding vessels et fiew fork, ruriS log front foieikii ports. The leered attempt to destroy the Boston Thea tre by fire, is sowther link its the chain of bilr,otry and leotaticism, .which unhappily preemie its a par tial degree in this country:. This spirit, dreadful its culisequenFess as it is base in its means, if not firmly suppressed and desticlyed, will incresse ai:d spread desolation. HATTI.—The recent conipirwey in st, bomin go, &woo l ( the Blacks, is calculated to creme r ordinary alarm in that island and neighbourhood. The contemplated massacre of the ir'llitts, at a period of 110 excitement, and while its profound p. see, may be traced to two cruise. six , a tams/d, habitual hatred to the Whites; which breaks out O. eery opportune recision ; or some foreign in fluence, which seeks tbroligh revolution to obtain control over that rich island. the Blacks and Mulattos...are arrayed in deadly hostility, wor-e then the Houses of fork and Lancaster; and taking the aggregate number of iiillebnatos, the blacks are more than a third stronger. Superaddect to. theft difficnh'ies, it is very certaiu that the French. Government will avail itself of these divivions, to propose Yontilltr under tticir control again and, if President Boyer, who is a prudent, well edu cated man, does not take decided and firm mei lures, we shall not he much surprised if or re revo lutions should break out, attendrd with cones quetices equally distressing Bain former rrw YORJ, rabItUARY 3. FALL OF LIMA. As was anticipated, the Patriots of Chili, under the coma maid of the kaftans Cochrane; have struck a blow in South America, the most fatal to tyranny, and the must important itt ill CUIIIPIIUPIIreII 10 the cause of freedom than any mili tary achi.vemcnt during the whole of the ►evolutionary war in that country. From the Berniuda Gazette cf the 1316 January, it ap pears that iistelligence had beet, received at Jailiatea from the rip:mists Maw, and across the Isthmus of Darien, furor the Scotts Seas, of Lord Cochrany's haring captured the city of Litna, after a tr. mentions resistance, during NV hicts four of his Lordship's ee•sels were sunk. The particulars of this splendid Victory had out been received, but its immediate con. wequenees hod been to induce the peoph of PllllOlll5l 11 declare for indeperideuce, and the kingdom of Quito to shake vtf the tipanidb yoke. The same servants stub, that 11 rho• Powers of Colnmbia" daily acquire more ►trrngth; that Amy had arrived eI *a- • irasolla, on the Nlaiu; not that be and hi• officers had sworn to lie faithful to,the Republic. We anxiously look for de details of an rvest which has given ao fortunate a turn to the affairs of the Pat.iuts, and abide we are ceufideot will, ere lone, lead to the final emancipation of the whole ter ritury of South America from the Spanish and Poi tnetirie yoke.. There is tint a mall ill the world better adapted fur this great itudertaking than Lord Coeliimie. '114 . 41: 11-it Ll'iSii PUESS. lON DON, SATURDAY, hlAsce £O, isn. An Evening Treasury print, hitherto remark• able for the rancorous malignity with which from the moment of the QUEEN'S return to this c o n,,t r y "it has unceasingly vilified and insulted her MA , ,JESTY, has again ventured to insinuate what hen been a thousand times 'contradicted, namely, that her MAJESTY means to return to the Continent for the purpose of there fixing her permanent r(sidence. The story is indeed set forth in a form somewhat altered from the original version of the falsehood s for it is now intimated that " her state of health is such as requires the air of a more genial climate"— " and," says this unremitting, enemy, with a sneer, " if her phjsiciaris are peremptory in that opiuiia. s what can she do?" if the QuEEN . X limilthwere really so much liff.cted as to excite the serious alarm of . her friends, there. are but few people who leased feel surprise at the circumstance, or treat the le. presentation of it with stieerin4 incredulity or in. .• decent levity. Her MAJESTY his since her return to England buttered oppression and insults, so harsh and galling in their ii t ere, there are few in dividuals who, under like suffering, must not leis. experienced their injurious effect in their bodily health. tier Maatrry, fortunately, is one of those . few individuals, and for this privilege she is in debted to her extraordinary fortitside and nat., in-c, and. ilia strength of her con.titution. Hee M A . JEszT, repeat, is not in bail Le•ilth: •he Ism tint consulted any physicians, nor resporett as/ mu. • ,dial easter : whatever silica her. return. anunhat. ever the ipigiatis of physicians might w e . sue well assured that her MAJESTY has aol ienovieit inter/ion of leaving England a,geie. She I.as at ready experienced that it is i u England alone she can be protected from the nersectowns of to-i ear. Mr., !VA it is by moiling brie only she can hope that t.er e.surluirt 11111 be free from the taisiiveriss... tattoos of spas. and the tnisreprenentatrous, of .attiv tied riducers; her MAJESTY. therefire,s will Asot voluntarily throw away the shield of public • i 4o/pinion in F.rigland, under which she has already 'Amid protection and shelter. • Repi;:er, whither could her MAJESTY retie' mss the Continent with ally 'tope *of receiving 0 e .1,64 imam and distinctions that belong to., her. toile.? Where could she sue fleet ifallyel4ide thle . utiftlendl t ? influence of the illebelit Ministers of reat as within Great Britain itself? All the Courts on the Continent would gladly seize the easy _ L~ 1 I