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reason for building on piles was the difficulty of meting at the •ulid peseta. In the present instance Dlr. Pato hed given his own opinion, but was overruled. It wan Mr- Peto's own opinion teat they should go deeper. There were two objections to vie piles in the present .instance—first, that they were not kept immersed in water. as they ought to have been.; and %c --reed. that the surface ilitibiih had not been cleared away. But ;Hr. ',Ding thought it mfiiciere to clear away the rubbish at the spots into which the piles were driven. Then Mr. Pro said, that since they would have piles, care outfit to be taken that they should be of the bait materiels; anti Mr. Poo had, in fact, prodded piles of the beat beech.wood that could be procured. As to the driving of the pike, lie referred Howell' to the In. epectore. Ile had insisted upon having direction/4 and had in •fact got directions in writing. Ile followed them to the letter, UAL in the opinion of the Inspector Utile time, had completely done his duty. lie had employed the very beat beech for the piles, according to the directions of 31r. Laing, arid mane them of such lengths and dimensions as the Clerk of the Works ordered and rewproved. And yet. although in all this he Inel Milowed the dl. teellollll of the Crown agent*, they now turned round upon him, aid said he must be answerable for the Liss which had ensued. Beefy pile was driven in the presence of 31r. Day, whit attended for Mr. being. The persons whom Alr. Veto employed In tirisieg the piles were front the Landon Docks and similar situa tions, and were consequently amongst the most experienced and ekilfel in the business that could possibly be preemed. The piles 7".le.hlsever, liable to a inure early decey.owing to die construction of a brick wall by the Government officers in such a situation as to relent the piles from being always immersed in water, as was originally intended. This work was finished in 1813; and, con. sidering the want of due care with reference to the piles, it was surprising that the building erected upon them had stood so long. They had heard much about die appearance which the piles now bore, being bent, reeked, and distorted ; but that was no crite rion by which to judge of the manner in which they had been originally placed ; for now, when the superincumbent weight was removed, and the piles were examined, they must appear to he- scattered about, and not at all in die position which they originally held. They must of neeeisity appear to be bent in all directions. This Mr. Pete himself apprehended would he the case, and he made no secret of it. So much for the driving of the piles; and he now came to the next point, which related to the filling up of the spandrels of the whet. It was contended that these should have been filled up with brick-work ; but there wits no stipulation to that effect in the contract. But then they said there was fraud and collusion between Mr. Petit and Mr. Laing. with respect to the measurements and other things; and there the Jury would please to mark the cunning and uncantlid nature of the proceeding. 31r. Veto was always anxious to have every thing inspected and duly measured by the Govern ment agents. But they atii ! that as Mr. Laing had fraudulently colluded with Mr. Peto, they would not call hint, and they in. sited Mr. Pro to call him, to prove that there was no fraud, with the knowledge that, by their own imputations against him, the Jury might be apt to regard him with suspicion, especially as the Crown Officers had filed an information tor fraud against that gentleman. Was that a candid mode of proceeding against Mr. Veto, whom they placed in this awkward dilemma P But the truth 11:15, that • Minieters were driven to this. A great noise had been • male in the House of C71111310t11 respecting the inattentimi paid to the public buildings; and wishing as much as possible to shift t sO blame DASH • ohem.Aves,' they marked out Mr. Poo as their .:calm. Ti. e Atturrey.Gerrend ought to have been the last man to I , lve ca/led the attention of the Jury to the information against Mr. Laity& oil WHIP attempt to raise a prejudice in their minds egairiu that gin l elr 3 ri ; for they did not call him themselves, and yet asked Mr. Peto to call him, keying 31r. Peto in this dilemma. either not to all him at all, or if he did call him, to produce a v itnesin against wham the Jury could hardly help being pre -I.ieed. !loving said thus much on two points of the cause, he mote came to the last one—the subject of the materials employed on tee root to support tier slates. Here, too, tie had to repeat that the materials were approved of by the Government Architect and lo selectee. When be said that, it would be quite sufficient for his case; he would move that fact, and he would further prove that these materials belonged to Government, and that the Crown Agents actually compelled Mr. Veto to buy these materials from themselves. as being the best that could be got for the purpose. 'e hest materials consisted of boards which had bees put up dor. fag the progress of the building, for the convenience of the work. rn, and fur holding their tools; anti of boards which had been vied as planks for scaffolding or other such purposes. And now t` :y complained that these boards were old, and decayed, and full of Drift; but the materials were nut old, He was compelled by the t. route agents to purchase the Government timber for the express purpose tad applying it us he bad actually done. And was it not a From extraordinary proceeding to come into Court and blame Mr. ' P. for following their own directions and order, ? They would, Gee way or other, have ••• their pound of flesh," although even if' Die. Peto were paid his full demand, he would be a loser on the whole contract They charged him with collusion and fraud, with in% being able to pneluce a particle of proof against him on that head. They did not calla single witness to support this grave and t easy charge. There was no fraud, although there might be some mistakes as to meesurentent ; and those mistakes, if any had been admitted, were owing to the Government agents, and not to Mr. Pete. Even with respect to the piles, if they had been immersed tit water, as was originally Intended, the building might stand for centuries: and Mr. Laing was perhaps not enisuaken in his judg. inert on that point. At all events, Mr. Pao was clear of any blame in this respect; he had only to obey the orders of his diree. ter. When he should Mere proved this came, he would look with co , fidence for their verdict in bin Peso's favour. SECOND DAY. EVIDENCE FOR THE DEFENCE. Mr. John Cook called. mid examined by Mr. COMMON Seta tiLANT..-1 was in the employ of Mr. Peto in 1813, and for years heroes that. I was his general foremen at the first pert of the build. log of the Custom-hnuee. I have been forty years employed in work of that deaaiption. Mr. James Day was clerk of the works to the year 1813, acting under the orders of Mr. Laing. the archi tect. I received orders from Mr. Day with regard to getting the hotel of the old vaults. lie told me to take the level, to ascertain tee depth of the old vaults, below the kirb-stone in Thames-street. I took an account, so far as levelling mid those things. After clear.. tee away the rubbish, we began to dig for our footings, under the direction of Alt. Day • . 4 fees fi watt the depth we were to go ; be le., that level w a foun d a great number of old walls, sonic were of brick and MM.. and some conetrected with oak and chalk. When they resisted the piles, we applied to Mr. Illy. 1 heard hlr. Pete several times speak to Mr. Do , about the discovery of old walls ; I need him say it was better to take them all away and place York landings. Mr. Day said he would take away the walls where he thouelit tit; he gave such directions regularly. The first pile was, I betieve, driven the beginning of July ; it was of oak. Mr. i.'sy said there should be no more oak piles, the tinder was to be . beech. There was no beech then driven, and the week waited omit they were supplied. I saw the beech timber supplied ; it teas of a eery good quality, and was driven under the directions of . lie. Day. I heard Mr. Pcto name to Mr. Day, when the Ole o:riving began there, be wished he would appoint some person to see -la the pile-driCag, ma he (31r. Pettit could not attend to It. A per iod named Mullins wan appointed by Mr. Deg ; he thought became shout two days after the beginning of the pile-driving. The ' pile-driving for the Leong Boom commenced :Janet three months • aftu. Alr. Day gave ,Mullins orders to see that the monkey struck the pile-heed a certain number of times. In the first hue:ince, we - Cut of with an ale the projections on the piles, and did so for several days; we were afterwards ordered not to hew off the knots, but to preserve the bark, and only to sharpen die end where the shoe was to go on. It was a very laborious operation, and the e lootles were suspended for seven weeks. I did not perceive at the • vete that the oaken tinder was injured; but it was not used, in „ celatemente of tile objection of hir. Day. and new timber was then . *might. There were from 120 to 130 loads of the timber not WELL • 11 , . Day etas at the works every day, and Mr. Mullins attended to it'' deivieg of the piles. The planking commenced almost di ,•swedy, and followed the piling in tech piece. Mr. Pro objected to . Aft mode of planking directed by 311 r. Day ; if the timber should . give way , it would make a great cavity. .Jr. Day persisted in his • arias. 17 went down to 31onewn, in Surrey, to select two lots of umber ; it was the most via Ilent I ever saw: that wee in August, idl3. awl In rebel's", 1814, Ova timber deemed the muse else-1 - meter. Mr. Peto said to Mr. Day. chat where the columns were , t i staid cat the west wing, the weight would bo AO heavy that he • wished to lure oak piles ; to which Mr. Day objected, but said he would conehler about it; and is the course of finee days there was as order to drive oak piles. It was at the east and west wing, and . motet the main body, they were driven. I took the measurement of ' tho greatest part of the piles. I know Gino one instance in which • Mr. Day's totters tatik rot strictly complied with. I was eon. .played by the Gomtrehteienees of the Customs to build the new wheel welt.; I kern . not of any effect that wall would produee, • oleapt that ft weuld p174117t the water (rem getting to the &untie , Hen. !Ain& it was wreedight. Croencatitnined by hlr. ATTORNEr•GENEtttI.—.9OIIIII part of . the rode was lot out as task-wirin Some of the befell piling e „. ember the Long Ream was given out as teek-work. Believed the biotin. given was Wei. per foot. Never knew them to bore for the . graved from time to time. Heard there had been boring for the , gravel before the pile-driving began. Many of the piles were re iked. None were so short as six. feet when put under the . coy ine. . . iinexemined—lt was equal to let nut such work. He thought rid. se beech was not fit timber. thinly of the piles were cut by Mr. a Voy:s mints. A great number of premix were at the works, who angemeted alterations that wage made. .. e . fad. Letylierne examined by Mr e eic SILETT.--ii was there at the beginning of driving the nilci g Mr. Day was the clerk of the tr ot h s ; ; i tem the monkey recoils riiiin the head of the pile, they call , It bottomed ; he went tie Mr. sky, to tome and see that the piles Litt driven were bottomed ; be said he could not come. Mr. Peto weans in, and said to Mr. Day: that he should not he satisfied unless • )s. saw all the piles bottomed ; Mr. Day &aid he could not at. . teed 1111 them ell; when Mr. Pro sai l that n person should .-ba appcioted for that purpose, and Mr. Day appointed Mid- Lithe, who was always there. He went to the heap of piles, : sod out them to the length that Mr Day ordered. They „owe then shod. When 31re Day could not get down the pile nit far , ea be wished, he hail it rut off, and sometimes hat, another driven ,b 1; it; Ire ordered Dancer the short piles to be cut off, so as to range lath the shaper": 111111011111e1 the piles took neither the plunks nor deeper. All the pilot, witnove any rceeption, were chosen by a . When wittiest thought them ton small far the heavy pen of the 'rig, he threw them on one side for the lighter part. The piles t'r4, of the port that came down were all beech. t lie never drove any beach piles bit at the( 'ustom linos., and it will decay moner then no other wood it not kept under water. hlentioned this to Mr. Ilay at the early part of the wo.k, who said that it was wood chosen de 1 lir. Rennie. tie had seen the ground umlerneath ; in his opiaion it was not fit for piles to be driven into. After the first floor of the building was up, the groin of one of the arches gave way. Atleietil Mr. Day to clear the foundation all away, and support the column upon an inverted arch. Mr. Day said it would do eery well as it was. When they first began the piling the water flowed in every title; if beech is under water. it will last longer. There were rid drains under the foundation. Knew where the wharf wall was built; worked about the bottom ; the building of that wall prevented the water from flowing in, and kept the foundation dry. The timber used was all new and sound ;it was green. It had not been long cut. It is allowed to be best green. I never heard that it was better for the bark being on ; when the idles were all driven Mr. Laing gave Mullins a pound to get.some ti.ing to driuk. Ile did nos recollect one order of Mr. Day's being dkobeyed, ,311'. Scant. T said that, as it wan admitted upon the record that Mr. Peto had given his opinion that piling was an improper mode, he need not prove it. Witness moss-examined by Mr. Sonic's . on-Gextuan—The piles were all selected by Day. and not by Mullins; knew nothing about how many piles were driven under six feet in length ; the driving was left by Day to Mulliho, but the selecting of the straight 0.. crooked piles he reserved to himself. The stone caps used a here tilt pan fill down were Portland stone, for which granite was substituted ; that did not affect the paling. Ile be lieved that Mullins had a guinea a week from Mr. Poo, lie did not know what Day lied. Re.examined.—lf there was any difficulty in bottoming of the pile Mr. Day was sent to. Day examined all the sleepers before he alloted a plank to be put. There was nothing for Mr. Day then to attend to but • the driving of the piles and the laying down the sleepers and planking. lie never objected to the crooked timber. By a Juryman.—He meant that the wharf wall prevented the flowing of the tide; if that had not been there, the foundation Would have been alternately wet and dry. lie did not think that the piles would hate been so constantly under water as to preserve the beech wood. James Oliver, a general foreman, heard Peer, say one day, that unless water were admitted to the pilings, they would be insecure, and that they ought to be sunk deeper. Day replied, that there was uo occasion to sink them deeper. HMG Poo say, in the presence of Day, that lie would not take upon himself the ninon sibiliiy, if. the buil:lines should be proceeded with in that number, and Day ohjeved to any alterations on account of the expense. .1. Smart, an engineer, frequently saw the Custom-house in the progress of the uutitling ; never saw better materials nor work. manehip ; there was no other defect in the building but the foun dation. Beech, if kept wet, is the best timber for piles; but if dry, it is subject to rapid decay. C. Fowler, an architect, was employed by Mr. Laing to assist him in forming a plan for the Custom-house ; they were in no instance guided by the original specification ; the drawings were according to Mr. Laing's suggestion ; the east and west front were done with stone, though, in the original specification, they were to be done with brick ; saw the buildings in January 1825 ; the piers were sunk about Fenn feet; he thought it impossible that the building could last long, unless the rubbish had been removed be fore the piles were sunk ; when the plan had been fixed, it was the duty of the clerk of the works to see the different parts executed according to it ; he considered that the wharfing wall, in pre venting an access of water, contributed much to the downfall of , the buildings, for if the piles had been kept watered they would not I have rotted. Several other architects having given testimony to the same effect, The ATTOnNEY-GENZRAL rose to reply. be said that Mr. Scarlett had very unfairly charged him with an endeavour to excite a prejudice in the Jury against Mr. Peto; and not content with accusing him of undue motives, had also accused others, who were absent, and, consequently, unable to reply ; but he (the At torney-General) would undertake their defence. slr. Scarlett had stated, that thin action had been instituted in consequence of come noise that had been made in the House of Commons, respect. ing the inattention paid to public buildings ; and that the Chan. cellor of the Exchequer, wishing, as much as possible, to sift the blame off himself (knowing that some sacrifice should be made), had marked out Mr. Veto as the victim. But Mr. Scar. lett did not stop here he went further ; and said, that some per. sons in office, whether Commissioners of the Customs or not, he did not say, wished to protect a favourite architect ; and had, therefore, resolved to sacrifice Mr. Veto, in order to shield Mr. being. lie (the Attorney-General) denied that there were any grounds for such insinuations. At the moment that pro ceedings had been instituted against Mr. Veto, similar proceed. ings were commented against al r. Laing; and he, of his own knowledge, could exculpate the Chancellor of the Exchequer from the charge made against him; for, before Parliament had met, the papers relative to these proceedings had been laid before him (the Attorney-General), who, upon examining into the dr cuntatances, immediately ordered proceedings to be instituted against the parties, as, In duty. lie felt himself bound to do. The buildings had been inspected by an architect of eminence, who returned that they had nut been built according to the original specification. The defendant had contracted to finish them for 165,000/., yet they had cost the country 300,0001., and would re. quire to have 1)0.000/. more expended to render them available. He thought that justice and right demanded that both parties should be sued, and that Mr. Veto should bear part of that bur.. den which had been imposed on the country. It was rather sin. gular that Mr. Peto never made use of .Mr. Laing's name as a palliative, until the trial came on : he at first put in a simple plea, and as he had much property and character at stake, the Court, very properly, yielded to the application of Mr. Scarlett, and allowed him to amend his plea, which was done in so corn. ' phoned and ingenious a manner that the Crown did not know what issue to take. Mr. Veto, in not informing the Crown of Mr. Laing's interference, until the moment of trial, gave strong reason to suspect a collusion between them ; he would not say a fraudulent one, as Mr. Scarlett had attributed to him, but he would say, an improper collusion. What other inference could be drawn ? Mr. I'eto had entered into a contract to do a certain work in the best manner ; the terms of this contract were, to pro. vide engines for driving piles nine inches in diameter, not less than two feet, into'the hard gravel. This contract was with the Government, and not with Mr. being. There was no question that the contract was not performed ; the manner of piling was inferior, and the work cheaper, than it done according to the mi. ginal specification. Mr. Veto said that no stratum of hard gravel could be found into which the piles could be driven ; but all the witresses on behalf of the Crown had sworn, that there was a stratum twelve feet deep, into which the piles could be driven with security; and none of Mr. Peto's witnesses contradicted this. But Pew said, that he felt bound to obey the directions of Laing, as architect to the Commissioners of the Customs. Laing was cer tainly a surveyor of the winks ; but it did not follow that he had power to supersede the condition of a contract. The Crown denied that he had any authority to justify Mr. Peto in deviating from the original specification. The conduct of Mr. Peto, in other respects, was not supportable; for he knew that the piles were insufficient— his own witnesses said so; yet he complied with the directiohs of Mr. Laing, without remonstrating against them. Mr. Smitke had sworn that the piles were only 7i inches in diameter, whereas, by the contract, they ought to have been 9 inches square. lie also knew that piles driven into the rubbish could not support the building. Even if there had been no contram,he ought not,under such circum. stances, to have proceeded in a building which he knew could not last long—his duty was to represent to the Board that Mr. Laing had given directions whicb, if followed, would prove destructive. The specification required that there should be nine piles under the footing of each pier, yet in no Instance were there so many. It is also required that the sleepers should be six by four inches, and made of oak; yet Mr. Veto took upon himself to make them of beech, without any suggestion to that effect front Mr. Laing. lied the sleepers been of oak, the building would be yet standing. To this all the disasters might be attributed. Every person ac quainted with contracts of this kind knew that the contracting parties were bound to comply with the conditions, or make compen sation fur the loss sustained by the non-performance. In point of law, Mc. Laing had no authority to give directions; yet it had been said that it would be hard for isle. Peto to suffer on account of Mr. I,linte. interference. Ile (theAttorney-General) did not think so. on seeing the culpable manner in which i:r. Veto had conducted himself. He attended there as a servant of the public ; he had no Interest in the result, eer did he feel any inclination to press hard on Mr Veto. lie would nor make any observations that were not fairly deducible' from the contract and takings. It was foe tits Jury to decide on the issue, and to consider it Mr. Veto had coin. plied with the terms of the contract. He felt confident that they would discharge their duty, by giving a verdict unbiassed by any consideration of the consequences. _ The Loun CIIIEF li:taws addressed the Jury, and requested they would leave out of their consideration all the irrelevant topics introduced by Counsel, and confine themselves solely to those points that were on record. It was satisfactorily established, that Mr. Peto had acted with the consent, and according to the directions, of a person placed over him by Government; but whe ther in doing so he was justified or not, was a question of law, not of fact. (The Leritned Judge was about to read the evidence, but the Jury told hint they would dispense with it.) Re pro ceeded to say, that the first issue on record was, whether the piles could have been driven according to the specification. This the defendant denied, and it was for the Jury to decide. They were secondly to consider, whether Mr. Laing had any authority to direct the planning or construction of the building. Of this there was no evidence before them. There was no testimony of Mr. Peto having entered into it secret collusion with Mr. Laing, as was alleged; they were therefore to leave that out of their consideration. The Learned Judge here read the terms of the contract, and said that the principal question was, whether or not Mr. Pato was authorized to dispense with the conditions therein tont:tired. In his opinion he was not. This was an action on a contract under seal, whereby the defendant was bound to certain things for the Conimissionen of the Customs. Nothing could discharge hint from the contract but another of equal de gree ; that was the law, and it remained with the Jury to apply it. It was not competent for Mr. Peto to understand himself dis chersed from this speeigc contract, without the consent of the Com missioners. He certainly had acted very imprudently in not consult ing them before he had deviated from the original specification. It appeared to him (the Chief Baron) that by the terms of the contract, the spandrels of the arches ought to have been filled with brick-work and not with rubbish ; yet there was no evidence that the neglect in this instance arose from any interference of Mr. Laing's. It was also a point in issue that the work had not been executed to thesatisfietton and approbation of Mr. Laing, or the Commissiorers, as required by the contract. Of this the Jury could entermin no doubt, for it was in evidence that Me. , Laing had expressed kis disapprobation of it. But still the main point fur their consideraf , t it was, whether or not Mr. Peto was justified in of Mg Mr. Laing; for it appeared from the testi mony of several competent Judges, that the buildings were, in every miter respect, well executed, except in Wed parts which were under th e Ath recm of Mr. Laing. It wan not for the Jeri to consider the Cenitriticnces of a verdict against Mr. ?eta; they THE BRITISH PRESS had a duty to perform for themselves and their country, nod if Mr. P.:to should thereby suffer, he tuOtt seek for relief in the proper quarter. The Jury retired about eight o'clock to consider on their verdict. which was for Mr. Veto, on all the isi..ucs except thp! first the first issue being, whether or not Mr. Pero had made sufficient exertion to find a stratum of hard gravel. The verdict is virtually in his favour. COURT OF SESSION, EDINBURGH-III:ST DIVISION. lllfs MAJESTY . R TIIINTERS Tur BIBLF. SOCII:TY% On ltiday this imp rumt cat eWas decided by their I,iird,hipit. Lord II E 31 AND said, he wondered that the Bible Society made such an attack on vested rights; if they had considered that they had been wronged, they should have presented a memorial to the proper quarter, stating their grievances, and if they did exist. he had no doubt they would have been remedied. They had not done so, hut had made an attack which was highly indecent and im. proper. Was there not nnes.by for a power to be vested some where to protect the accuracy of the sacred text? and where should such power be vested hut in the First Magistrate of the Sate? It was the dnty of the King to enforce his right on every occasion. and as he bad the right, so he was bound to preserve the purity of the sacred books. lie did not know, and it 91E3 here of no conse quence to know, what n ere the privileges of the King's printer in England. That person was nut known in our law, and in this case England was as foreign to us is Frier , - From the nature of his office, the King was he.4l of the Church as well as of the State, and the foundation of this right lay deeper than that noticed in the confession of faith • it was one of the brightest jewels of the Crown, and God forbid it should ever be deprived of it. The translation of the Bible by King James was received in Scotland as well as in Englat.d—it was by the King's authority that it was printed and published, and therefore he was of opinion that no one could ex ercise such rights but by the King's permission. Lord CRATOIE was dearly of opinion that the King's printer had the sole and exclusive right of publishing Bibles in Scotland, and referred to several Acts of Parliament in support of his opinion. It was a right sanctioned by use, and was according to the kw and constitution of Scotland, that the King had the power of printing Bibles, as he had of printing Acts of Par liament. I.Ord if.tt.oßAY considered this to be solely a case of law. It embraced two questions. The first was or e as to general rights and the nature of then' ; the second WM, how far these rights had been delegated. He did not look upon the exercise of the right by the First Magistrate in the State as a monopoly ; it wan merely a great end important trust confided to him, and it was placed in his hand by the common law the good honest common law, and the statute law of Scotland. No State could exist, where some rights were not vested in the civil Magistrate, whether he was called King, OT Prince, or ^rotector. These rights the Magis trate was bound to discharge, and the people were equally bound to obey. Whatever religion wns professed in a country, the Prince was bound to protect all in the exercise of the national religion. The only protector of our hational religion, and the purity of our Scriptures, is the Crown. The King of Scotland wan the head of the Church, and it was agreeable to our law that he should be supported in that office. He was the successor to all Bishops, and is the patron of all churches that ate vacant. Although the Gene ral Assembly might meet and pray, they never prxeedcd to busi ness without his Majesty's Commissioner being present. The purity of the Scriptures was of paramount importance, and had been watched strictly by the Church. From 100 to the present time, they uniformly found the General Assembly giving instruc tions to their comniis , ions to apply to the civil power to watch over the purity of the sacred writings. It appears by several decisions of the Court of Session on eases similar to the present, that in so far as printing and publishing the Scriptures, the questions were utd. (orally decidtd in favour of the royal prerogative. lie had no doubt that the prerogative of the Crown extends to Bibles of every description, to the Ilebrew. the Greek. the Latin, and the Gaelic, as well as to the English Bible. What is thecopy of the Bible to which all the grants and all the decisions refer ? It was the Bible now generally in use—that of King James. With regard to the patent, the terms of it are very general ; it secured all rights and privileges belonging to their predecessors, in so far as they did not Infringe the articles of Union. The Crown had never granted a right to any one to import Bibles, but reserved that privilege to itself. If one took upon himself the liberty to import the Scrip. tures, every one wan entitled to do the same. He was decidedly of opinion that the suspenders, possessing the royal patent, had the sole power and privilege of publishing the sacred writings. He trusted that those connected with the Bible Society in this country would otter look to the Act 100, and never introduce the Apo crypha into the sacred volume. Lord GILLIES thought that the King was in no sense of the term head of the Church in Scotland—he could prescribe no form of prayer—nor could he alter the Confession of Faith. The translation of the Bible in common use is the authorized translation of the Church of England. There the King, as supreme head of the Church, has the power of grioting privileges for printing and pub lishing the Bible. If the King has authorized the translation, then he has the power; but if he has not authorized the translation, then it might be a question whether he has the power of granting rights for publishing. The right of printing, it was said, is founded on use and wont, and, therefore, by thle view, the extent of the prero gative must depend on the extent of the usage. The King un doubtedly at one time was the head of the Church in Scotland, but the case was altered at the Revolution. With regard to the patent right of the suspenders, he conceived that it only extended to the right of printing, not to the preveutitig the importation of Bibles from England. The Loan PRESIDENT tboug:it that the King, although not the head of the Church, had the right and power over Scotland in regard to the accuracy of the sacred scriptures. In all countries, whether Christian or Mahommetian, the head of the state must have the prerogative of providing the people with accurate books for the national religion. In England the King was the head of the Church, and could order all things relative to the management of that body, but while he exercised that power. he could grant no patent, anti it was under a patent of the Great Seal that the King's printer was appointed. Ile did not know whether the President of America had the prerogative of granting the right to print Bibles, but he supposed he had not, as in that country there was no national religion ; he however surely had the power at authorizing the printing of the Acts of Congress, to insure their accuracy. With regard to the question before the Court, the translation of the Bible et.w in use was that of King James, but had it been pro claimed '„ty authority as the only one to be adopted, it would have been resisted by all the sects then in England ; but he wisely left it to find its own way, and its intrinsic merit had obtained it general circulation. His Lordship here gave a long and interesting histo rical account of the different translations of the Bible, and took notice of the gross errors in almost all the English editions, even in those lately printed. Ile considered the Bible printed in Edinburgh the most accurate of any ever issued from the press. The General Assembly had for a century and a half used and adopted King James's translation. It was, therefore, as much their own as if they had translated it. The Crdwn had surely as much right to have thin translation correctly printed here as in England ; and this had never been questioted by the General Assembly. The King having the right to grant liberty to the suspenders to print the Bible, had reserved to himself the power of importing them, and, therefore, no one but the King could exercise such power. The Crown, if it chose, might not grant a right to Scotland to print the Bible, but it sax bound to provide the people whit the Sacred Scriptures. Mr. CRAWSTOUN begged to observe that the interdict com plained of included Bibles. Testaments, Psalm Books, Books of Common Prayer, Catechisms (larger and shorter), and Confessions of Faith. He 'Fiend to know if the interdict was still meant to be in force against all these books. Mr. JARDINE (on the pnrt of the King's printers) raid the Interdict would be In force against all of them. regard to the Bonk of Common Prayer, the interdict would -remain in slats quo. - - - - - Mr. ertANSTOITN also wished to know, as it was of importance to his cheats, whether the interdict nix° extended to all Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Gaelic Bibles. Timpanist risittnd tiserospendere was read, sad it only granted exclusive privilege of printing to all Bibles, &c. in the En g lish granted lingusge. The state of things at Kilkenny is deplorable in the extreme. No one who has not taken a part in visiting the abodes of distress can form any thing like a correct ida of its magnitude and severity.—Lcinsfer -Journal. The new London road through Stockport is so far com pleted, that on \Wednesday Mr. Green, of Manchester, one of the Commissioners, drove his gig through the whole ex tent, being thefirat who has passed over the arches. The Nelson coach also passed along the road on the same day. lire understand the road will be formally opened on the Ist of June.—Mtteele.ilield Courier. Early on Tuesday morning a duel was fought in a field near Highgate, between a Mr. N. T. S —s, a young gentle man from the Sister Isle, and a Mr. B—ni, an Italian ; Mr. S. was attended by Captain IV., and Mr. B. by Mr. E—ton. Mr. B. fired first and missed Mr. S., upon which the latter gentleman discharged his pistol in the air, which put ah end to the affair. The quarrel originated the even ing before in Portland-place, in consequence of Mr. S. home-whipping Alr. 8., having mistaken him for another Italian gentleman, whom, we are informed,. he much re sembles. Mr. S. on being convinced of his mistake, apolo gised; but Mr. B. considering Mr. S. had carried Ihc joke too far, insiqed on a mectipg. Last week, as some labourers were employed is breaking up and burning the turf on the estate of the Earl of Car narvcn, at Higitelose, they incautiously set fire to an ad joining plantation, of which no less than fourteen acres were destroyed. A few days ago, a -tradesman's wife in this place, who bad been tasting rather freely, and On her way }tome was requiring assistance from the walls of the houses, in order to keep her balance, was thus remarking to herself:—" 11l luck upo' your imperial measures ! I con it Itae drunken an aid' haf-mutchkin ony day, an' they wrens born that would bat Lent it; but this dings a'. '—Abcrdecia Chro. nick. POLICE. • -rtar-- .GJILDII A Lb. J. etwalbr el, a vnpng man, was charged with breaking the shop. wit,dow of Air. limn, watchmaker, I,kinner-atreet, and stealing 4 gold watches, and some articles of jewellery. .Mr. Hum stated that about two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, as he was coming into his shop from the counting-house, he perceived the prisoner's hand through a pane of glass, and he instantly rushed out and seized him. Ile missed from the window, besides the watches, a quantity of fine gold ladies' seals and keys, chased finger. rings, and chased runners for watch chains , bat the precise number he could not stite. As no part of the property could be found upon him by the officer, it was pretty clear that the prisoner must have had an accomplice: but that he was the thief there could be little doubt, because his little finger was cut with the glass, and was found bleeding; and particularly as it was the finger of the left hand which was cut, while it was that hand only that could have been used in committing the robbery, from the relative positions of the aperture in the pane and the articks stolen. When questioned by the officer, he gave two false addrcsses, aml who or what lie was had nut yet been learnt. The prisot,er, in answer to the charge, only attempted some ex plat:futon respecting the cut on his linger, but spoke in PO low a tone as rot to be understood, and at the r,:quest of Mr. that h. waa re manded fur a few days. BOW-STREET. Yesterday, E. Anher,a respectable-looking young man, who has been in custody since Tuesday se'nnight, on the charge co,' stealing a parcel containing 5351 in bank notes, from the Birming ham Peet.coach, underwent a public examination. A. F. Stonebridge deposed that he was clerk to Messrs. Bolton and Watt, of Birmingham, at their house in London-street, Fen t hurch-street. On the llth of April lust, he made up a parcel con taining 538/. in bank notes, viz. 500 one.pound notes, and seven of five pounds each, at.d directed it to Mr. John Robinson, Soho, Bir mingham. The 500 one-pound notes were numbered front 130,001 to 80,500, inclusive. He took the parcel to Chaplin's Office, at the Spread Eagle, in Grarechurch-streer, gave it to one of the clerks there, and paid 21. sa. 7d. for insurance, carriage, and booking. J. Brookiark, a clerk at Chaplin's, remembered Mr. Stouebridge coming to the Office. On the same afternoon the witness gave the parcel to It. Evans, the guard of the Birmingham Post-coach, and told him it contained money, and desired him to take care of it.— Lie put it into the side pocket of his coat, and said, " I will take care of it till it gets to Birmingham." E. Hammen. a youth, deposed that he is a servant at the Rose and Crown public-house, in Lettle Britain. lie knew the prisoner perfectly well, from his living at the back of the Rose and Crown with his sister, and frequently cot - 1101g to the house to drink. Ife was always at that time dressed in 'hobby black clothes, and a silk hat much worn and bent. (The prisoner was now very smartly at tired.) The Rose and Crown was much frequented by guards of coaches, several of whom lodged there. Evans, the guard of the coach, lodged there, and it was the business of the witness to take his (Evans's) hex coat, knee caps, &c. to the Bull and Mouth Inn, front which the coach started. On the Ilth of April, witness went as usual to the Bull and Mouth, and as the coach was about to start, he saw the prisoner and two other persons sitting inside. Ile was surprised at seeing the prisoner Inside, and spoke to Evans upon the subject. (The nature of this communication was not al lowed to be stated, as it %WI not made in the presence of the psi. soner, and consequently could not be legal evidence.) The witness mounted the coach and rode as far as the Peacock, at Islington, and when he left it the prisoner was still inside. Mr. Butler, Mr. Hariner's clerk, who attended to conduct the prosecution, here stated that Evans, the guard, who had himself been charged at Guildhall, on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery, had been summoned to give evidence, but he did not see him present. .Evans was then called upon his summons, but did not answer. Thomas Middleton, a clerk in the inspector's office, at the Bank of England, stated that about noon on the 12th of April, the pci. apner brought to the Bank 21)0 one-pound notes, and desired to have them changed. He gave him a 2001. note, and took him to Mr. Iligman, one of the pay clerks, to get sovereigns for that note: Mr. Higman gave him 200 sovereigns for the note. The 200 one.pound notes paid in by the prisoner were part of 500, which had been issued only the day before, numbered from 130,001 to 80,500. The other 300 of the same parcel of notes were paid in about eleven o'clock the same morning, by another man. Witness was quite positive as to the identity of the prisoner. Mr. Higinan, pay-clerk at the Bank, proved giving 200 sove reigns for a 2001. note, and produced the note. Before he gave the gold, he handed the person who presented it a pen, to write his name and address on the note, and it was given back to him with " Thomas Mathews, No. 12, Euston-equate," wtftten upon it. He had no recollection of the prisoner. George Ruthven, one of the principal officers, deposed that he was employed to search for the prisoner, and found him on the 9th instant, at his father's, at Lewes. His father kept a respectable grocer's shop in the town. When he entered the parlour, he saw the prisoner, and said, " How do you do, Alr. Archer ?" The pri soner replied, "My name is not Archer." At that moment Ifs sister came from the shop, end he said to her, " they want to per. suede me that my name is Archer," The witness then said to the young woman, • You are living here, I perceive, in respectability, and I should conceive will hardly risk your characttr by telling an untruth. I ant an officer—will you tell me his name ?" The young woman replied that his name was Archer; and witness brought hint away. Mr. Butler said he was instructed to state, that there were other witnesses, who could prove that the prisoner went by the coach to Stoney Stratford, there left it, and returned immediately to London by another coach. These witnesses, however, resided in the country, and be had to pray that the prisoner might be remanded to a day nearly approaching the Ses•ions, in order that one journey might suffice fur the re-examination and the trial. The prisoner, who said nothing, was remanded till Saturday, June the lith. 31 AR LBOROUG H-STREET. Yesterday P. Flynn wax fully committed for trial for stealing the box great coat of J. Reynolds. Esq. value 51. AIL Reynolds said he is temporarily residing at Stevens's Hotel, Clifford -street, Rond-strcet. Last Thursday evening ; he went to Covent-garden Theatre, and, after the performances were over, he left the Theatre to seek the carriage to take up the family ; he found it at the corner of Charles -street, and desired the coachman to re main where he was ter the present, while he returned to his family. At that time he observed the coat on the box of the carriage. R. Thurgood, coachman to 111 r. Reynolds, said he got off the box to speak to his master, which did not occupy more than two or three minutes, when, on getting on to his sect, he missed the coat, but did rot are who took it. Jones, a watchman of St. Giles's, was calling half-past eleven, on Thursday night, in Church.lane, George-street, when he ob served the prisoner coming along with the box-coat on his atm. Having a knowledge of him for two yearn, he attempted to stop him, but the prisoner broke from him and ran off. In the pursuit the prisoner threw Ahe coat behind two girls standing in the street, who said, " Here's the swag." Ile took it up, but the prisoner escaped. %William Price, conductor of police, heard the rattles springing on the night of the theft, but did not succeed in catching the thief. However, from the information he received from Jones, he appre hended the prisoner on Saturday night, in George-street. WORSHIP-STREET. - Yesterday, two gentiemcn, who reside in the City.road, in the neighbourhood of the Eagle Tavern, appeared before the sitting Magistrate (Mr. BENTET To), to prefer a formal complaint against the balloon exhibitions, which are of so frequent occurrence in the gardens of the Eagle. From the tenor of the Magistrate's observations, on a written document on the subject, presented to him by the applicants, it s'emed that they had spoken favourably of the Tavern generally; but they comi.lained that the crowds, which the, exhibition of a balloon attracted to their neighbourhood, subjected them to great annoyance, and great loss also, by the damage dupe to their premises. AIL Rouse, the proprietor of the Eagle, said he knew that the inhabitants of the houses, which sur:ouud ed his premises, were far from inimical to the exhibitions. _ The Magistrate said, lie had never heard any thing against Mr. Rouse's house, and it did not appear to him that there was any thing in the present case that called for his interference. One of the applicants said it had cost him at least 201. at diffe rent times, to repair the damage occasioned to his fences, &c. The gentleman was proceeding to state some personal insult, which he said he had received from - 111 r. Rouse, but The Magistrate interrupted him, observing, that any personal complaint he might have to inake_against Mr. Rouse, had nothing to do with the present application. Any damage he might have sustained should be the subject of a civil action. Mr. Bolen re commended Mr. Rouse to go round to Ids neighbours, and to as certain their feelings generally as to these exhibitions, and the ap plicants might do the same also. The parties then left the office. A poor woman applied to the Magistrate for a summons against Mr. Thimblehy, residing in Old-street-mad, Shoreditch. She had pawned her wedding ring for ss. on the 14th May, 1825. This year the 14th occurred on a Sunday, and she unfortunately ne glected to apply fur the redemption of her ring until about three o'clock on Monday afternoon, when she was informed that the ring had been sold. She produced the duplicate, on the back of which the pawnbroker had written' the word " sold." The summons was refused, on the ground that the article should have been redeemed on the Saturday.; RIOT ON KERSAL MOOII.-00 Sunday morning last, when, as is usual on Whit-Sunday, a great number of persons had assembled on Koval Moor, to view the preparatims making for the races, a party of men, about d 0 in number, chiefly, we believe, from the neighbourhood of liollinwood, came upon the moor, armed with large bludgeons, and, without any provocation that we have been able to hear of, immediately began to knock down every individual they came near, male or female; at the same time tearing down the booths that were erecting, overturning the standings, and de stroying every thing they could. After submitting to this treatmeut for some time, almost without resistance, the people on the moor collected together, attacked the rioters, beat them off, and iecure secure st three, named George Bethel], James Miller, and Horatio Malls liew, who were lodged in the New Bayley until yesterday morning, when they were brought up for examination before Mr. Foster. The prisoners were all ordered to find bail to answer at the ses sions, but not being provided With sureties, were committed to prison. shortly afterward!. however, they were brought up again, to answer a charge of wilfully destroying a wheelbarrow and a quantity of sweetmeats, &c. The case being fully made out against them, they were convicted ih the penalty of H. 13s. 6d., and, in de. fault of paymen_t, were committed to the tread-mill for three menthe. —Maidiester Meteliey. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK SPRING MEETING. YORK, UESDAY Nicut The unqualified e xce ll ence o f t h e sport y e st erday is the theme of ' gene:al admiration, and it will not be saying too much if we ass ert, that a finer never has been seen. The most lively anxiety wa s evinced on most of the Stakes, particularly on the St. Lege r , t h e great importance of which to the sporting world is so obvious. 1, 1 decision scented to gratify the speetatuts in general, but we are satisfied that not a few have suffered to a heavy figure by it. B e d. lamite 1/3% backed to a large amount, and his noble owner has, we believe, been a loser to a very considerable extent; indeed i t would appear that the firkle jade, Fortune, has turned her hark upon bin Lordahip this year ; for what with Bedlamite's and }Un it Canon's bad running yesterday, and the unfavourable results of the steeple chace and cocking match at Melton, his Lordsh;p is supposed to be many thousands on the wrong side of winning, s p t i which cannot but be regretted by all those who know the unble. miahed honour and great liberality which guides bis Lord s hi p ie all his Spotting transactione. Mr. Watts's stable. as usual, seems to be in great force, ard it would really appear, from the running, that his lot is again besto for the (heat St. Leger. The betting last night and this morning, up to twelve o'clo c k, at the York Tavern Rooms. wan brisk, making Belzoni first favour::e as a matter of course, and leaving Redlamite at nearly the suss odd% as before. Paul Pry w as b roug h t out, an d backed at 18 tot. The odds are as under:— DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 41 to I nest Belzoni Ili to I agat Fanny 8 to 1 apt Bed!Amite 18 to 1 agst Paul Pry 14 to 1 agst Crusader 20 to 1 agst Pirate 15 to 1 apt The Dragon 25 to I agat arty other. No other Stakes :nen tioned. The weather to-day has been very fine, sod the sport toletaL good, though inferior to that of yesterday. , Y The following is a statement : The two-year old stakes of 30 soy. each, colts fist. Sib., fillies llir. 21b. T.Y.C. (13 Subscribers.) Duke of Leeds's gr. c. by Grey Illiddleham, out of Miss Clift I 1 Mr. Riddell's ch. c. Hartsbury, by Abjee . 5 g Mr. Jsques's ch. f. Sister to Ringlet . . • 3 0 Mr. T. 0. Powlett's r. c. by Ardrouan - . 4 0 Lord Fitzwilliam's Troubadour sd. Lord Kelburne's ch. c. by Ardroasan . . b A . Mr. Compton's b. c. by Cervantesedr-. Betting—Duke of Leeds's against the field—(before the tin: beat.) The Duke of Leeds's took the lead, closely prsssed all the way to the distance post by Riddell's, with the other two dose at hand: Riddell's then came up with the Duke's, and to it they went, bead and head right home, finishing the race with a dead heat. The dead heat.—Betting 5 to 4 on Riddell's. The two went off at speed, and kept together till they came to the distance, when the Duke's got about a length of the other, who immediately regained it, but again lost ground by swerving oppo site the stand, could not recover it, and ultimately lost a wen. co , l . tested race by half a length. The winner rode by Smith. flartebitty by Johnson, Mr. Jacques's by Edwards, and Mr. Powlete: by Lye. The Gold Cup, by Subscription of 20 sow. each, the temples is specie. 3 yrs. old fist. 41b., 4 yes. 7st. 121 b., 5 yrs. fist. 71b., 6 sad aged, fist. 131h,-2 miles. Sir M. W. Ridley's Fleur de Lis, 4 yrs . . 1 Lord Kelburne's Actaeon, 4 yrs . . • 2 Mr. Russell's, The Alderman, 4 yrs . . . it Mr. Petre's Der Freischutz, 5 yrs - - - e Lord Kilburne's Jerry, 5 yrs . - ll Only 2 placed.—Mustachio. Barytes, Lottery and Zhu, paid. The betting was very sharp on this race, and large sums changed masters. 6 and 7t04 on Alderman, 4 to I agst Jerry, and Ito l apt Fleur de Lis, who, to-day as well as yesterday, has pored herself a very honest go od filly, and it is thought would Inn had a fine chance for the St. Leger last year, but for the strider. The Alderman took the lead at starting, made strong running, and seemed as if determined to make en out and out job of it, by which he mightily tickled the fancies of his numerous backers ; be kept in front at a good bat to the distance post, narrowly watched by Fleur de Lis, Actaeon, and Jerry, his first appearance rime winning the Great St. Leger, in 1824, where the two former cane out ; here the Alderman was evidently beaten. At this partof the race, Jerry, although much behind, began to make ground, creeping up surprisingly : indeed, he looked a good deal likes winner for a short time, but Fleur de Lis and Actaeon were safe, the former winning the cup in prime style by a length. Rode by Nelson ; Actaeon, by Garbot ; The Alderman, by R. Johnson; Der Freischutz, by Scott ; and Jerry, by H. Edwards. The Shorts, a Sweepstakes of 50 soya . each, h. ft. : colts, Cst. :i lk, fillies, list. 31b. Last Mile. 10 Subscribers. Lord Kennedy's Bedlamite Lord Milton's Barataria - - Lord Queensberry's The Constable - - - Sir W. AI iloer's ch. c. by Amadis - - I Mr. Duncombe's b. c. by St. Helena - - 5 Betting 4to 1 on Manlike, sad no takers, as all were sands that he Intult win. . 2 This Wits;Trettv race from starting till near the dieters. post, the winner taking the lead, and keeping the race in had but he then let loose, flew, as it were, from his companbas, and won in a canter. Although so neat a winner, he has not in say Se. gree recovered his lost laurels, having bad nothing of cowslip:nes to son against him. He was rode "by Jackson ; Barataria, by Clift The Constable, by Johnson ; Amadis, by T. Nicholson; and Duncombe's, by Scott. The Filly Stakes of 211 son. each, for 3 yrs old, Bst. 31b. Lest 111 ile and a Half. 9 Sub. cribers. Lord Muenster's Garcia 1 - • • --•— • • Sir E . Dodsworth's Miss Patrick Lord Kennedy's Mary Anne Lord Milton's Tteodosia ... . Bike of Leeds's b. by Whisker $ Betting 5 to 4 on Mary Anne. Garcia went off with the lead, followed by Mary Anne and Miit Patrick,continued in front to the distance, when the two last-named got even with her, the others being close at hand ; but Gana immediately after let loose, resumed her lead, and, though the t►o immediately behind made a desperate race to win, alternated her lead without much difficulty, and won by a length. Rode by Nicholson ; Mimi Patrick, by Nelson : Mar► Ann, by Jarksor ; Lord Milton's, by Clift ; and the Duke of Leeds's, by IStsitli. TILE ARMY. Detachments belonging to theitband I I th Regiments of Light Dres.nni marched yesterday morning from Westminster, fur the Cleary Depute Maidstone. DAschments belonging to the 2d, 20th, 38th, and 44th &Osiers cf Infantry marched yesterday morning from Westminster, for Castsraarl , A Detachment belonging to the 54th Regiment of Foot =mind Fenn' day morning from Westminster, for Chatham. MAJOR-GENERAL CHARLES TCRNER. The late Major-General Turner entered the service on the :Ist of Otto ber, 1795, as an Ensign in the 28 Regiment of Foot; ohtainedom We 18th of October, 1797, a Lieutenancy in the same Corps ; and was pn.a.utni, on the Bth June, 1803,•to a Company in the Royal African Corps.' He was appointed, on the ldth April, 1804, to a Majority in the said Itcft ment ; obtained, on the 26th May, 1807, the Lientenant-Coloadry of Royal West India Rangers, and was placed, on the 25th•1)ecember, 1914 on Half-pay. He was made, on the 4th of Jo , e, 1814, Colonel is Army; was promoted, on the 19th of July, le. 1, to the rank of ) ( err - General ; was appointed, on the 24th of June, 1w24, Capta'n-Genern sad Governor-in-Chief in Africa; and obtained, on the lit of Ju.y, le.q. the Coloneicy of the Royal African Colonial Corps. * The late Major-General, while serving with his Regiment in Ireland. as a Lieutenant, took Napper Tandy (for whose apprehension awned was offered) prisoner, but refusing to accept the reward, the Goverment immediately presented hint with a Cuptain's commission its Me Rolli African Corps. He last his arm while serving in the Portuguese mares the siege of Hadaj or, and his valuable life on the 7th of March, 18:1,.3 the arduous nod zealous discharge of his duty to his country. SHIPPING INTELLIGBNCE. L TUMMY, fat LI*ERPOO 16. Arrived the Helicon, Darwin!, from Wilmington, sailed bth April, the 22d, in lat. 47. al. long. 34. 4.3. spoke the brig Nile, 2$ days from Pr- e for Newfoundland ; on the Zlh, In lat. 48..38. long. 23.43. spoke the Snot Thomas, Henry, from Liverpool for bilramichl, out three weeks. Itt Agamemnon, Stark, from ROVWCS; ApettUlatfl, NOrdSDVID; ViCtorAr Vu a, from Dantrig. Seven help, two snoun, off at dusk. The Diary ADD was to salt from Buenos Ayres for Liverpool on the :lb. of February. A letter from ,the Captain, of the 11th, says, " I shsU" II to-morrow." Ihe Atlantic, Black, from Cam peachy, has aiiived at Cork. ` hr 014 on the 2.3 d of February, and left loading the Idriss, for Liverpool, asaP' bp wish ship. HOLTHICAD, BIS v 13.—At 7 a.m. the ship United States, for New rtt at 9 a.m. the brig Hope, from Sierra Leone ; and at 3 p.m. tis hill 0 " hernia, from Savannah—all passed the Head. FALMOUTH, MAY IS.—Arrived the Sarah, Sumter, for Lomita ;Edwa rd Protberoe, Proper; from Limerick ; and Vixen, Post-office racket. from lifilford. The two latter sailed again for London.—Varlable light witi&, Ptymourn. MAY 15.—Arrixed the Friends, Dukes, from MeMeT in i' days ; on the Ist inst. in the East Sea, fell in with the Argus, Porde, frost Memel to Sligo, In a leaky and damaged state, and sew be safe into 114 mire. Sailed the Braack, —, for Rotterdam.—Wind E. Cowles, MAT 16.—Arrived the Leopard, Gerry, f r om charlation, lath da-4; and Monmouth, Atkins. from Diatantaa.—Wind E. PoRVSSI OUTA, AlAv 16.—N0 arrivals or saltier. —Wind DOVER, MAY 113, 6 r.m.--The wind has just changed to S. " Hon. Company's ship Vansittart Is now passing for the Downs, Wi tte 'Hellish IA in sight to the westward. DEAL MAY 16.—Passed through from the Rivealsst rick Cu rtis, ' for Jamaica ; Posey Hall, Head, for 'it. Lutis ; Ala" far Dunlop, —, for Sierra Leone; and a transport b.uque, Wind E. 0 -,b STIER/VMS% MAY 16.—Salled the Marquis of Handy, Ate .5 conviet4, for New South Wales. Boer, TTE. GRAVESEND, MAY 16.—Arrived the Earl of tlancarty, Rotterdam; Prince Frederick, Hart, from ditto ; and Attwood, SOW, from Ostend. Sailed the Recovery, Chapman, from Bombay a" Shaw, for Virginia. DELI/AST. MAY 13.—The cargo of the Minerva, Brltay, on shore s Strangford Bar, has been landed, and the vessel, It Ile expected , I 14 got off. with tig The Black River Packet, Held, arrived at Plirootallgorte d • w 0 Lot, Enterprise, Bridge, from Jamaica, for London, March ra" -- ig the Petit. tutus. ..smasssrmsrarsrr.m_ HIGH WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON BRIDGE. Morning Si attn. after 10 I Evening ln • after' Printed at THE BRITISH Strand, andkubl J. W. CARLTOP (DA muss ➢lan. ii;y it.