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:it'd red, MI 'ole, gen. pyal r ngk icily sut- tire. eai- Mich stly ince. Ire" te. dis- lost I for that :tea red, tern ring • I for I for An ntly en- -7e is Out in cers 'ole, gen. optl fon- slug itn- Sre ery- AC- may was elye ngle 'oily cuf- f an ottle oon, We. fiftf this new ; rows the N to has o at Of and hiCla firs .ntly I Te• gled her Ire" the in. MR. FA nt2 (MAR. Mr: Farquhar was one of the many distinguished in stances of the a dvantages which Scotland enjoys from its admirable system of education, which, from its cheapness, is accessible to all. Mr. Farquha r was a native of Aber deen, and went out early in life to India as a Cadet on the Bombay establishment, where he was a chum of the late General Kerr. While at Bombay, he received a dan gerous wound in his hip,which caused lameness, and affected his health so much that he was recommended to remove to Bengal. Mr. Farquhar's mind was ever occupied in study, and chemical research was his favourite pursuit: from its practical application the foundation of his present immense fortune was leid. There was some defect in the mode of manufacturing gunpowder in the interior, and Mr. Farquhar was selected to give his assistance. By degrees he got the management of the concern, and finally became the sole connector to the Government. In this way wealth and distinction rapidly poured in upon him, and be attained the particular favour and confidence of the late Mr. Warren Ilestings. In Bengal he was remarkable for the closeness of his application, unabating per/meet-ince and extraordinary mental vigour, and also for his habits of penuriousness. Alter years of labour he came home from India, with a fortune estimated at half a million of money, the principal part of which was invested, through Mr. Hoare, in the funds, at the rate of .531. for three per cent. Consols. On landing at Gravesend, r. Farquhar got on the outside of the coach to London, 1N d his first visit very naturally was to his hanker. Full of dust and dirt, with clothes not worth a guinea, he presented himself at the counter, and asked to see Mr. Hoare. The clerks disre pried hie application, and he was sufered to wait in the cash-office as a poor petitioner, until Mr. Hoare, passing through it, after some explanation recognised his Indian customer—the man whom he expected to see with a nabob's pomp. Mr. Farquhar requested 231. and took his leave. After leaving the banking-house, he went to a relation's, a baronet, with whom he for some time resided. About Christmas a grand rout was to be given by the relation of Mr. Farquhar, in consequence of his return. One evening, a week previous, Mr. Farquhar received a hint from his relation that his clothes were not of the newest fashion, and recommended a Bond-street tailor to him. Mr. Fat Titter asked him if that really was his opinion ; the answer was given in a way with which Mr. Farquhar did not feel pleased ; be went to his bed-room, packed up his trunk, requested the servant to call a coach, in which he set out, and never associated with his titled relative after wards. He then settled in Upper Baker -street, where his house was to be distingriished by its dingy ap pearance, uncleane I windows, and general neglect. An old woman was his sole attendant, and his apartment, to which a brush or Mom was never applied, was kept sa cred from her care. Books and papers were strewed on the floor; the spot where the book was concluded, there it was thrown, and never removed. His neighbours were not at all aeqnainted with his character ; and there have been in stances of some of them offering him money as an object of charity, or as a reduced gentleman. Ile became a partner in the great agency house in the city, of Basset, Farquhar, and Co., and also purchased the late Mr. Whitbread's share in the brewery. Part of his wealth was devoted to the purchase of estates, but the great bulk was invested in stock, and suffered to increase on the principle of compound interest. Every half year he regularly drew his dividends, his mercantile profits, and his rents, and purchases in the fun Is. In this manner his wealth had accumulated. Mr. Farquhar was deeply read in ancient and modern li terature: his mind was one of extraordinary vigour and originality—his conversation of a superior order, impressive and animated on every subject. His sen timents were liberal, and strangely contrasted with his habits. His avarice may he considered as a disease which he could not control. His religious opinions were pe culiar, and seemed to be influenced by an admiration of the purity of the livcaand moral principles of the Bramins. It is said that he offered to appropriate 100,000/. to found • college in Aberdeen, on the most enlarged plan of educa tion, with a reservation on points of religion; to which, however, the sanction of the Legislature could not be pro cured, and the plan was dropped. He went afterwards to reside in one of his own houses to Gieweeseer-place, Port- ' man-square. a hich lie furnished in a style of modern elegance. He also set up a handsome chariot, and so far as appearances were concerned ; indulged in several luxuries ; but his domestic habits were still the same, and his table seldom laboured with the pressure of heavy dishes. Ile had one nephew, to whom he allowed 3001. a year. Ile had few other claims of family. Those who were well acquainted with Mr. Farquhar considered him as a sordid miser, who had scraped money together by lucre labour and saving; but the few with whom lie associated recog nised a powerful and enterprising mind, a cultivated and discerning taste, and an intellectual refinement totally op posite to that penury which he seems to have at first im posed on himself as a duty, but which habit had made second nature. Ile was diminutive in person, and by no means prepossessing in appearance; his dress had all the <viatica of the antique to recommend it; and his domestic t xpenditure did not, till lately, exceed 2001. a year, although his possessions, money in the funds, and capital in trade, are said to amount to a million and a half. On the 2Gth of last month, the cloth manufactory of M. Lclan, burgomaster of Cherattes, in the province of Lige, was totally destroyed by fire, with all the machinery, wool, cloth, and all that it contained. A hundred workmen are thrown out of mployment by this event, which is attributed t t nitlistence. Yeaterday morning, in Blackfriars-road, a hackney caach and light cart came in contact with such a violent concussion, that both vehicles were upset, and the person driving the cart was much hurt; while the mar, who drove the coach, and from whose carelessness the accident hap pened, and a gentleman inside, escaped without injury. On Wednesday last, John Bullock, a young man about 24 year of age, undertook, for a few sliillings raised by subscription, to run nine miles in one hour. lie started from the Bull Inn, Downham-tnarket (half a mile out and back), at 20 minutes before eight on Wednesday evening, and accomplished his arduous undertaking, with apparent ease, in the short space of 55 minutes. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On the evening of Sunday, 2.5 th June, a dreadful accident happened at the baths of Linhaeli, near Bonne. The youth of the neighbourhood nue dancing in the meadow, and a crowd of curious per sons, placed on the house s belonging to the baths, were amusing themselves looking at the rural festivity. Sud denly the middle gallery, vieltling to the weight, fell into the interior, and dragged them along with it; and almost at the. same time the upper gallery, which hall nothing to support it after the middle one was gone, fell down in the same way. Twenty persons, in consequence of thii event, had their arms and legs broken ; a still greater number have dangerous wounds, but no one as yet has been found to have lost his life. A gang of tour swindlers, taking advantage of the air s t.c.! of the Highland gentlemen at the markets, succeeded last week is uttering forged notes to an amount hitherto unequalled in this part of the kingdom, and at the same time •isiting with distress and ;ruin many small farmers in Skye and on the west coast. Having hired a youth from Strathpelier to accompany them, the swindlers commenced purchasing cattle anti horses, at prices from Ws. to 30s. a-heed higher than the market rates, from the small far mers in Strati), Broadford, ike. whom they paid in forged boles. In one strath 130/. were passed. 'I o avoid detec tion, they shunned respectable farmers; and on being in sited to examine some stock at the offices of the minister of the parish, they declined. In the evening they quar tered at the Inn, but about midnight effected their escape unperceived, carrying with them the whole of the cattle. Ihi the following morning, suspicion led to the examina tion of the notes, which were, without exception, found 'to be forgeries. The Sheriff of Skye despatched a party of twelve men, by the route of the Black-mount, in pursuit of the fugitives, and we sincerely hope they will succeed in recapturing this modern foray. The forgeries consisted of small notes, on the Batik of Scotland, British Linen Com pany, Sir William Forbes and Co., the Commercial Bank, anti the Montrose and Paisley Banks. These notes are said to be pretty well executed, the impression rather pale, upon strong paper, anti with the new coloured Government stamp, in imitation of the more recent issues from the Banks; they arc likewise described as quite new, though Purposely soiled and creased.—lnverness Courier. PIRACIES IN THE ARCHIPELAGO BY TILE • GREEKS. The following is an extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Constantinople, dated June 10: ,• In consequence of the increasing acts of piracy and violence taking place in the Archipelago, I avail myself of an opportunity Isy express to inform you of the circumstance. Neither flag nor property seems any longer respected by the freebooters, and our own navigation is suffering seriously. " The Helen, Points, has been attacked by pirates off the island of Andros, and plundered of, it is supposed, about one third of her cargo. Having since arrived at Smyrna, measures Were taken to ascertain the property lost, and about 40 packages had already been ascertained as wanting, which the Captain was prevented from knowing at the time, having been beaten and driven away, when he attempted to note the goods which the Greeks were carrying off. A similar misfortune has since attended the Diadem, Capt. Airth, nearly in the same place. Three boats, load of goods were carried o 6: and they are pursuing the some means at Smyrna, to ascertain the extent of the loss. From the extract of the log in my possession, it !teems that Captain Airth made some resistance, and it is to be wondered at that no severe treatment of the crew followed. " By the annexed copy of a letter from Capt. Hamilton, of his Majesty's atilt) Cambrian, dated May 31, you will observe that every thing has been done for the protection of the trade within the Amite of his limited means. The Volusia, coming from Malta with a rich cargo of manufactures, and the Rambler, from hon. don, which may now be in the Archipelago, it is to be hoped will be more fortunate than the two which have just preceded them. " The navigation is now become too dangerous to he attempted without convoy, or until our naval force has been materially in. creased." " his Majesty's ship Cambrian, Smyrna. May 30, MS. " Stn,—ln reply to your letter. stating that three English vessels are likely to be ready to sail within a few days for the westward, I have to inform you that it is my intention to provide convoy, about the Bth of next month. If the Gannet should return bcfore that time, she will weetompany them to Malta ; if she does not, they will be accompanied to a safe distance to the westward by his Majesty's ships. " ►'hen I sent the Brisk with a convoy to Enos, I directed her, after she had performed that service, to proceed to cruize in the Silos Passage. I have sent the Keringspatam to cruize to the westward, giving convoy to any vessel,' she may meet with (that are coming up the Archipelago from the westward), clear of the Straits of Silota. I am, &c. &c. "GEO. W. Ilaatit.rny. " Captain and Senior Officer. " To Francis \l"er.►, Esq. &e. &c. GOSPEL TRACT SOCIETY. The Annual Meeting of the Gospel Tract Society was held yes terday evening at the Freemasons Hall; the Meeting was very numerously attended, the Hall and all the galleries being cum- Octet) , filled. The Rev. Di. HAWKER took the Chair at six o'clock precisely. The CHAIRMAN commenced by observing, that it bad always been his maxim that what began in prayer would end in praise ; be therefore begged leave to read to them the 19'h chapter of Isaiah. The Rev. Chairman commented at considerable length on this por tion of scripture, after which a prayer was delivered by the Rev. Mr. Lewis. The Secretary (Mr. PAL )rER) then proceeded to read the Re port. Upwards of 150,000 tracts had been dispersed within the last year, through all parts of the world ; lie was delighted to say also that a Swedish gentleman had undertaken to translate several of them Into his own language. The Committee had also undertaken to print some sermons of the best authors, which were hitherto out of the reach of the poor, from their high price. Many of these were no* ready for delivery, but as the subscribers were allowed to take the full amount of their subscriptions in tracts, at the whole sale price, it was impossible for the Committee to support those occasional expenses without having recourse to collections, lie concluded the Report, which was of considerable length, by ex. honing the Society to evince their approval of the conduct of the Committee, by the liberality of theii donations on the present oc casion. The Rev. Cues. Coomna moved that the Report he mproved of by the Meeting, and be adopted and printed according to the re commendations of the Committee, This Resolution was secanded by J. R. HoBERTON, Esq. and was unanimously carried. . _ A few other - Resolutions were also passed : and after prayers and a psalm, in which the whole assembly joined, the meeting dis persed at ten o'clock. V.VII - F,RSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE. On Tuesday last, being Commencement Day, the fol lowing Doctors and Masters of Arts were created : Doexo Its IN DITIWITT—The Rev. Miles Bland. St. John's College, Rector of Lilley, Hers, and Prebendary of Wells ; the Rev..lames Walker, St. John's College, Episcopal Professor of Divinity in Edinburgh; the Rev. Wm. Itloore, St. John's Col lege, Perpetual Curate of Spalding, Lincolnshire; the Rev. Wm. Ward, of Cain. College, Prebendary of Salisbury, and Rector of Great Horkesley and of Alphamstone, Essex. DOCTORS i CIVIL Law.- Jolin Wylde. Trinity College, late Premier Judge at New South Wales ; the Rev. George Ritmo Jermyn, Trinity Hall ; William Calverly Curteis, Trinity Hall. DOCTORS Is Plivsic.—Edward J. Sesmour. Jesus College; John Wilson, Christ College ; Henry Hawes Eux, St. John's College. MASTERS Or ARTS.—J. W. Gleadall, Cath. ; 11. Harper, Qu.; H. Dickonson, Pct.; G. Leapirgwell, C.C.C.; R. Foley, mm.; R. Conyngham, Pet. ; C. Currie, Pemb. E. Fisher, Pet.; R. Cory, Emm. ; W. Hodgson, Pet.; E. Nepean, Trin. ; T. Crick, St. Joh. ; W. Marshall. Qu. • R. E. Kerrich, Chr. • R. C. Hildyard, Cath. ; S. S. Rushy, Cad'' ' . ;J. Bainbridge. St. Jo h. ; G. B. Airy, Trin.; C. J. Myers, do.; F. Field, do. ; L. Steven son, St. Joh.; J. C. Williams. Cads. ' • C. Jeffreys, St. Joh. ; C. R. Dicken, C.C.C.; H. Howarth. St. Joh.; H. Norman, Cult. ; L. Buller, King's; E. Strutt, Trin. W. Hicks, Mag i .; S. J, Boileau, Trin. ;W. G. Peeve, do. ; F. 1 1'. Atwood, do. ; P. Mason, St. Joh. ; W. Stockton. Chr. ; J. Thomas, C.C.C. • E. Wilson, Jes. ; J. Robinson, C.C.C. ; C. May. St. Job. ; O. L. Foxton, Chr. ; H. Margetts, St. Joh. ; J. D. Glover. do. ; C. Illelhuish, do.; E. Osborne, Pet. ; T. Wilson, Cath. ; J. Moverley, Qu. ; J. Fumivall, Qu. ; H. Jackson, St. Jolt. ; T. Willis, St. Joh. ; H. J. Cooper, St. Joh. • J. Barber, St. Joh.; S. C. Saxton, Cl are . ; H. Ong*, Chr. ; G. Tomlinson, St. Joh.; H. B. Clive, St. Joh. ; J. L. Pettit, Trio. ; B, Wharton, St. Joh.; W. Pearce; St. Joh. ; E. Kempson, Trio.; E. Birch, St. Joh. ; G. Bryan, St. Joh.; R. Poole, Cath. ; %V. Speer, Trim ; W. E. Evans, Clare. ; F. V. Luke, Pet. ; C. W. Heigham, Chr. ; C. J. Rennet!, Trin. ' • R. %V. Rothman, Trin. ; C. G. S. 51enteath, Trin. ; John Sandys, (41r. ; F. IliW, Trim ; T. Singleton, C.C.C. • E. J. lawman, C.C.C. ; R. H. Sandy.. Trin. ; W. Somerville, Pet. ; C. Gray, St. Joh.: E. Egremoot, Trin. ; C. S. Chaplin, Chr.; C. Thorold, Emm. ; G. L. Russell, Chr. ' • C. Collins, St. Joh. ; T. Collyer. St. Joh.; J. Bateman, St. Joh.; A. Williams. Pemb.; T. Trocke, Pemb.: P. Gordon, Down. ; F. G. Smith., St. Joh. ; pt, Blake , Pemb.; J. C. Evans, King's; W. Huntington, Triu.; IV. Waring, slsgd. ; T. W. Oillhatn, C.C.C. ; J. Cubitt, Chr.; IV. 11. Parker, Down.; J. Chapman, King 's; 0. F. Ile. neage, Trin.; T. Dale, C.C. C.; O. tVightman, St. John's; 0. Sergeant, St. Joh. ; S. Benson, St. Jolt. ; A. Hopkins, Emm. ; %V. Sutcliffe, Trin. J. N. Palmer, Pemb. ; ll'. Brett, .C.C. ;J. Porter, do. • W. Gay, do. ; %V. Knight, Cath. ; W. P. Lendon, Trim • J. H. Thelwall, Trin.; G. Osbert, Qu. • G. Jackson, Qu.; T. %V. Salmon, Caius ; C. H. Maturin, King's; G. W. White, St. Joh. ; N. Walttra, Trin. ; W. H. Barkwerth, Trin.; G. B. L. Hesse, Etym. ; G. J. Berry, Emm. ; C. A. Dwarris, Lulu!. • D. Hewitt, Trin. ; C. W. Ethelstone, ; T. Clown, Qu. ; H. N. Coleridge, King's ; J. Mountie, Trin. ; J. R. Maude. St. Joh.; H. Thorp, Chr. ; T. Barringer. St. Joh. ; J. W. Allan. Trin. ; E. Childers, Trin. ; R. H. Wrightson, Trin. ; 11. 1811, Trin ; C. D. 11.11Ord, Jes. ; T. Ron - idly, Trin. ; C. E. Palmer, Pet.; .1. E. Drinkwater, Trin. ; J. Punnett, Clare; R. D. Backhouse, Clare; W. E. 1.. Faulkner, C.C.C. (incepted 1819) ; W. Taylor Rayne, S. Joh. (Incepted 1820); W.A. Clever. lug, Trin. (incepted 1325) ; A. S. Thetwall, Trin. (incepted 1823); Robert Edmonds, St. Jolt. ; N. It. Calvert, St. Joh. (incepted 1825); Charles Tennyson, St. Joh. (incepted 1818) ; S. E. Batten, Pemb. (incepted 1824) ; R. B. Radcliffe, King's ; Geo. Norman, Per. _ At the congregation on Saturday last, the Rev. Francis Lockey; of Magdalene College ; and the Rev. Charles Frederic Bond, of Trinity Hall, were admitted Bachelors in Civil Law. On the same day, George Shaw, of Celia College, was admitted Licentiate in Physic ; and Edward Ellis, of St. Peter's College, Bachelor of Arts. „....... The Rev. John Natt, B.D. Fellow of tit. John's College. Ox ford, was, on the same day, admitted ad eundent and Edward Hatch Horre, B.A. of Dublin, was incorporated of this University. At the congregation.on Monday last, the Hon. Charles Dundee, of Trinity College, son of Lord Melville, was admitted Honorary Master of Arts. On the sante day, William Henry Holt, of St. John's College, was admitted Bachelor of Arts. At a congregation holden on Thursday the following degrees were conferred : _ _ _ MASTER. OF ARTII.—Rev. Gilbert Tristram Ricketts, Trinity College; Rev. Samuel Poynter. Trinity College; Rev. Jerkin Jones, St. John's College (compounder) ; Daniel Green, Catharine Hall. BACHELOR IX CIVIL Law.—Rev. W. H. Dickinson, Christ College. BACHELOR or ARTS.—lhvid Fulford Hanidge, Queen's College. At the same congregation, the Rev. Thomas Brooksbank Char flock, M.A. of University College, and William Spencer Harris Braham, M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford, were admitted ad conchal. MORTALITY OF LEECHES. —The heat which prevails in the neighbourhood of Strasbourg has probably been the cause of the accident which happened to a waggon passing through that town, on its way from Hungary to Paris, loaded with a million of leeches. They putrified on the journey, and it was found necessary to throw them into the river. The loss of the speculators may be estimated at 3201. or 4001. THE BRITISH PRESS. HOMR CIRCUIT. HERTFORD, JULY 7. Danitl Ilollinestearth, Ri. hat(' (-ha's, and Joseph Chapp.^l, were indicted for a burglary in the dwelllng.hnur e of Pinebe Driver. at Stocking Pelham, in the night time of the &h May last, and stealing therein a silver watch, four hams, and two pigs' faces, her ro pperty ; a purse, containing five soverei g n s . the property of Sarah Salmon, and a fowling-piece, the property of Charles Salmon. Mr. AN DREWS conducted the prosecution; and Mr. ItytarrD the defence. The cue for the prosecution rested maialy on the testimony of an approver, Samuel Ricketts. a youth of 17. It appeared that the prosecutrix is a respectable elderly woman, occupying alone house, in the palish of Stocking Pelham, her family consisting of a grand son and granddaughter, and servants. About one in the morning of the 11th May, the house was beset by four men, who effected an entry by means of breaking open the brewhouse window. After making a light, they proceeded to the bedchamber of the faintly, and demanded their money, using abusive langusge, but offering no violence. They obtained from the prosecutor's granddaughter a purse containing four sovereigns, and after rifling the house of the other property. mentioned in the indictment, they decamped. The booty was afterwards divided among them. Next day the prisoner Hollingsworth was apprehended, and the others in a few days after. wards, when Ricketts made a voluntary confession, implicating the prisoners. None of the stolen properly was found upon any of the prisoners. According to the evidence of the accomplice, the pri ioner Hollingsworth had planned the robbery; at his house the others met on the night of the robbery, and had some beer. In the details of the circumstances of the robbery there was some varia tion betwee the account given of it by the accomplice and that by the other witnesses. He stated that the purse containing the sovereigns was delivered to his companions by Sarah Salmon, whereas the witness, Charles Salmon, stated that he had given it, having received it f r om his sister. e was, however, confirmed in other particulars of his evidence. Mr. Justice Hoeaovo summed up the case minutely. The Jury deliberated about ball as hour, and found all the pri. soners Guilty. Sentence of death was recorded. John Parsons, h mewl,' en of remectableappearanch was in dicted for stealthy, at Hoddesdon, on the 31st of May, a valuable horse, the property of Simon Allen, Esq. of Doctors' Commons. Mr. PRICE conducted the prosecution ; and Mr. LAW the defence. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor's groom, tfiat on the 29th of May he left Brighton with the horse in question, with directions from his master to take it into Hertfordshire. He stopped in the afternoon of the 31st, at the Black Horse Inn, at Hoddesdon, to take some refreshment. He there met the prisoner, who ad mired the horse very much. Soon afterwards he sent the horse to a blacksmith's, to be shod. Having occasion to go to a neighbour ing village, he went away for about two hours, and on his return he found that the horse had been taken away by the prisoner. Pur suit was instantly made, and at eleven at night he was traced to his lodgings, in Sawbtidgworth, and in consequence of what passed between him and the constable, he restored the horse, pleading drunkenness as an excuse far his conduct, and that he had in tended to bring back the animal to the owner. Witnesses were called to the prisoner's character, and it ap peared that he was a young man of good expectations, and enti tled to freehold property to the amount of two thousand pounds on coming of age. The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found the pri soner Not Guilty. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. NORTHAMPTON, JULY 6. The Loan CIIIEF BARON, on entering the Court this morning, ordered Catherall, alias Captain Mash, to be placed at the bar, and pronounced upon him the awful sentence of the law, without how ever naming the day on which it was to take place. His Lordship conjured the prisoner to makewthe most of his time in this world, in order to prepare himself to meet his Creator. The crime of the prisoner was marked with such atrocity, that all hopes of mercy in this world must be denied him, and he, therefore, earnestly ex horted him to prepare for the world to come. The unhappy man seemed to hear his sentence with something worse than indtfference; and it was not a little curious to hear by standers offer wagers that the Captain, notwithstanding all his exploits, would not die " game." I thought the matter revolting to humanity, and almost forgot the outrage of the prisoner, while I could not but silently disapprove the greater outrage upon humanity exhibited in such heartless betting. LIBEL. SHERARD r. WARD AND JAMES. This wiz , ' on ac. ion to recover compensation in damages for a libel. published by the deli:n(lBnm, in a newspaper called the etimrdon, Northampton, Raiford, and Cambridge Weekly Jel4 , nal. The plaintiff is an attorney of considerable practice in this county, and is also clerk to certain Justices of the Peace. The libel imputed various malpractices to 31r. Sherartl, and particularly stated that he appropriated certain penalti.si to his own use and profit which should have gone to the poor of the parish. The defendants pleaded a justification, but called no witnesses to support their plea. MIL RKADER, for the defentlupla, admitted that no ground ex isted for the imputation east updtst the plaintiff; and Mr. CLARKE, for the plaintiff, said he was satisfied to take a nominal verdict, accompanied with the apology of his Learned Friend. Verdict for the plaintiff—damages. Is. ; coots, 40s. I would have been much more minute with this account, if i were not'that the plaintiff is one of those gentlemen who, being skilled in the law, never fail to use it to their own purposes ; and I had rather say too little titan state the whole truth on such an occasion. I hope this caution may be excused. OXFORD CIRCUIT. OXFORD, Fll7OAlr, JULY 7. CROWN SIDE. CHARGE OF MURDER. Jaws Arnett was indicted for wilfully and maliciously murder. ing Thomas Maley, by tiring at and against him a certain gun loaded with gunpowder and leaden shot, at Enaham, in this county, on the lith of April last. Mr. CARRINGTON opened the pleadings. Mr. CURWOOD stated the case to the Jury. The Learned Counsel said it was his melancholy task to detail to the Jury the circumstances of this case, in which the prisoner was charged whit an offence, not only by the law of England, but by the law of all other nations, and by the law of God, pronounced in thunder from Mount Sinai, ranked as the deepest and the blackest in the cata logue of human off:nee.. It therefore became an imperious duty on the Jury to weigh well the circumstances of a case, in which a fellow-creature was charged with a crime, his conviction of which might subject him to almost instaataneous death. The Learned Counsel then went on with much candour to preface a statement of the facts, with a remark that in his judgment the present was but a case of manslaughter. Charlotte Smith was then called, and stated that she lived at Ensham in this county. She remembered the 17th of April last, and on the evening of that day, at a little after eight o'clock, she was opposite the prisoner's house, who was a respectable farmer at Ensham. There were a great many persons near the house at the time, and among them the deceased. She heard " Murder" cr i e d in the house. Mrs. Arnett, the prisoner's wife, presented !terse' f at the down-stairs room window, and cried out, Do pray come in, or I shall be murdered to.night." She requested the deceased Thomas Maley, particularly to go tn. The deceased 31aley then got over the pales, and took the key of the little gates from Mrs. Arnett. Ile came bark, and unlocked the gates, and others went in also. The deceased entered at a window, which Mrs. Arnett pushed up, while she had a candle in her hand. Cross.examined by Mr. Sergeant YEagg—lt was dark at this time, and there were a good many people in the street ; but I did not hear any of them use any galling Jeering expressions to the de ceased. Ileis at timer; an irritable neon, but at others a very kind and good-natured man. Mary Ann Smith, the sister of the last witness, corroborated her evidence. . _ . Several other witnesses were then called, whn proved that the pri soner fired through the kitchen door after the deceased had entered, and shot him deed. At the time the prisoner fired, a woman 1.13 burg pulling hint back by the collar, and he prisoner's face was not to wards the door through which he fir . Mr. Justice Boanotron c the Jury, and they found a verdict—Guilty of Manslaughter, The COURT sentenced hill to one year's imprisonment in the gaol of this county. _ , •- ----- WE SPERIV CIRCUIT. WINCHESTER, TErvasnAy, Jul.: 6. CROWN SIDE. Thomas Derby, an ironmonger atiiii;Port, was charged with having in his possession a number of copper bolts and bars, marked with th e King's broad arrow. It appeared that in consequence of private information which they had received, the Custom-house '4:Boers visited the prisoner's premises, where he carries on a very extensive business, and dis covered several small bars and bolts of copper, on which the King's mark was plainly discernible. T he articles were foundconcealed in different parts of the premises. In the prisoner's defence, John Warren, his shopman, was called, and stated that the articles were brought to Derby's premi ses during his absence, and were o ff ered for sale to witnes s , w ho told the person that offe red them that he did not think his master would purchase them, as they were marked. NVitneas swore that this transaction occurred only half an hour before the Custom-house officers visited Derby's, and that the prisoner had never seen the articles until they were in the hands of the officers. James Woodman, the prisoner's porter,, sorrnborated the other witness's evidence, and stated that the geneal directions given by Derby to his people were, not to purchase any articles which had been marked. _ _ Several respectable inhabitants of Gosport appeared to testify to the prisoner's good character and general respectability. Mr. Lawns addressed the Jury for the Crown, Insisting upon the circumstance that the articles produced were discovered in se parate places, and apparently with an intention of concealment. After a short consultation, the Jury acquitted the prison er . Aaron Rungay was charged with having. in his possession a quantity of cordage and a deal plank, contait:ing the King's mark. The prisoner, with another person, was seen in a small skiff, hovering about Portsmouth harbour, before day-brenk, on the mor fling of the 15th May. This circumstance excited the suspicion of the Preventive water-guard, stationed at Stnney St-ps; they kept the skill' in 4/iew until the prisoner and Ilia comp °lion landed, when the officers entered, and discovered about forty fathoms of rope, hoofing the Government mark, and a piece of deck plank. marked with the htoad arrow. Neither the cordage nor the plank appeated to have been used. Mr. Altssiwn, for the prisoner, shortly addressed the Jury, urging the insufficiency of the evidence. The prison!v was found Guilty.—Sentencenot pasted. CIVIL SIDE. WARDE V. TERRY. Mr. TANCRET (with whom was Air. AltaxWEATnEst) stated this case for the plaintiff. The action was brought to recover da mages for a malicious prosecution. The subject of the prosecution. it appeared, was of a very trivial nature. The defendant Terry borrowed a drab great coat from Mr. Hunt, gsoler of Portsmouth. This coat by some means was stolen from 'ferry so long as two years ago, and was discovered its December last, altered in fashion, in the house of the plaintiff, Mr. Warde. The patties are near neighbours, resident within a quarter of a mile of Portsmouth. The plaintiff is a grocer, and defendant a victualler. Upon the discovery of the lost con, the owner Hunt, another constable named Home, and Terry, proceeded to plaintiff's house, and took him before a Magistrate on a charge of robbery. Ile was at firet impri soned. end afterwards admitted to bail until the Sessions, when he was tried and acquitted. Counsel for the plaintiff now contended that if Terry wan not influenced by malicious motives, he would have gone to his neighbour . * (Warde`s) house, and mitleavotired to obtain some explanation about the coat. This he had neglected, however, and took the plaintiff through the streets of Portsmouth, on a market day, at two o'clock, surrounded by constables, and at the same time openly charging him and his family with the rob bery. Under these circumstances, he submitted that the plaintiff was entitled to some damages. Several witnesses were examined to support the case, but it did not appear that Terry had done more than any other man would have done under circumstances equally equivocal • and as sonic of the witnesses stated that Terry chewed a great reluctance to proee cu te, the plaintiff's Counsel, at the suggestion of the J udge. con sented to a nonsuit, after consuming five hours of the public time. THE KING V. noon. Mr. Sergeant Wit.nE said this was a prosecution instituted by the King's Attorney-General, fur obstructing certain officers of the revenue in the execution of their duty. It was unnecessary for him, however, to trouble the Court or the Jury by entering into the particulars of the case, as the defendant had admitted the impro• priety of his conduct, and expressed his sorrow for what had oc curred. No doubt (the Learned Sergeant mid) the admission of the offence would have its proper weight with the party who insti tuted the prosecution. A verdict of Guilty was theh entered by conseAt. Mr. Justice GASET.EE having disposed of the Crown business, proceeded this day to the trial of Nisi Prius caers, but those which came before his Lordship were of no public interest. GENERAL ELECTION. MEMBERS RETURNED. Whithorn (Burgh) . J. li. Lowther, Esq. Peebles (Iltirgh)—A. Hay, Esq. Elgin (Burgh)—General Duff. Renfrew District of Burghs—A. Campbell, Esci. Western District of Burghs—T. F. Kennedy, Esq. Stirling District of Burghs—R. Downie, Esq. Limerick (County)—Colonel Fitzgibbon. Tlinmas Llnyd, Esq. Andover—Sir .1. W. Pollen Bart., T. A. Smith, Erq. Ludgershall—Hon. Mr. Ellis, Mr. Foley. NORTHUMBERLAND. Liddell . . 15117 Reil. - • • 1317 Beaumont - . . ISO NORTHUMBERLAND ELECTION. ALNIVICk, TUESDAY NIGHT, JULY 4. The business of this election becomes heavy and uninteresting. ft is exactly at that stage when the successful Candidates are known, and each party has become almost worn out by its zeal, and incapable of. if not unwilling for, further exertion. The re tirement of Lord flowick, although for several days s deterinined upon, when a fair opportunity had been afforded to his promised voters to poll, has spread a gloom over the business of the election ; and the calm temper and dignity displayed by the Noble Lord in his retirement from the hustings, has created, even among his Lordship's opponents, a strong feeling of personal respect. At an early hour this morning, Colonel Beaumont and Mrs. Beaumont, the parents of the Candidate, arrived in this town from London. The Colonel immediately voted for his 3011 and Mr. Lidded. TIIALEE ELECTION. TO TILE EDITOR OF THEBLIN EVENING POST. Sin.—Having seen in your paper an incorrect ststement of what mimed between Colonel Crosbie and me, at Henner's Hotel,nn last Sunday evening, I beg von will publish the following Shortly after the melancholy events of that evening, Colonel Crosbie rushed into the room where I and a large number of friends were, called me by name, and said that the man who caused the interference of the military was a murderer. a scoundrel. and a vit. lain ; that he considered Lord Ennismore was the person ; and he instantly struck me on the breast, and darted out of the room. No altercation (as is stated) took place ; I did not speak a word. In tour days after, the Colonel offeted to make an apology, which I rejected. Illy friends unanimously insisted on my adopting the course which I am pursuing ; I shall therefore, at present, make no further observation. I ant, Sir, your most obedient servant, ENNIS:IIOH E. DREADFUL FIRE AT LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, JULY 6, INC Thursday morning, shortly after twelve o'clock, the neighbourhood of the Salthouse Dock experienced great alarm by the appearance of fire in the extensive warehouse of Mr. John Aspinall, Orford-street. The fire commenced in a cotton-room on the second floor, and in a few moments threatened destruction to the neighbourhood, which con sisted chiefly of warehouses. The alarm bells were rung, and in a short time all the engines in town hastened to the scene of conflagration, by which time the fire had extended to other premises. Mr. Aspinall's warehouse is situated at the corner of Orford-street, and under the warehouse were several offices into which it was found impossible to enter, with a view of saving the books, &c. ; among them we un derstand were Mr. Cyrus Morral's office, and also that of Mr. John Gillies. The fire, notwithstanding the exertions of the firemen and others, reached several other ware ' houses, amongst which were those of Mr. Joseph Leigh, Mr. Riley, sailmaker, Messrs. Itriikin and Co. Mr. C. Fletcher, and others whose names it was impossible, from the confusion which existed, for us to collect; suffice it to say, that at one period were presented to the gaze of the thousands collected to the spot, on fire, Mr. Aspinall's ware house, at one corner of Orford-strect, that of Mr. Gibbons, at the opposite corner, the other warehouses for 40 yards up ' Orford-street, and a warehouse, the hack of which was in Flixton-lane; the appearance of whole fur several hours was awfully grand. The engines of the different fire-offices did all in their power to prevent further progress, but it was impossible to stop the rage of the fire, situated as those buildings were, and the general fear seemed to be for the safety of the private dwellings of the neighbourhood. The police officers were quickly on the spot, and rendered the most effectual services by their well-timed arrangomentF. The Mayor in a short time arrived at the scene of destruc tion, and, by his decisive measures, a great deal of the pro perty in the adjacent warehouses was conveyed beyond the reach of the fire. Soon after his worship arrived on the spot, a great part of the crew and all the marines of the Bittern sloop of war, landed, and owing to the efficient arrangements of Capt. Price (the acting naval officer of this port,) and Lieut. ltochford, It. N. (commander of the Bittern), a great deal of property was saved from the de structive element. Mr. Harrison, the quarter-master sta tioned at the rendezvous, was called out at an early hour, and rendered a most essential service in this dreadful cala mity. We understand Mr Aspinall is fully insured. URTIIER PAP.TICULARS.—The amount of damage sus tained cannot be ascertained at present. There are seven warehouses, with nearly the whole of their contents, de stroyed. ' It commenced in a room where men had been at work mending cotton, and it is supposed some of them may have been smoking, and some of the ashes from the pipe dropped unobserved. Great apprehensions were entertained for the vessels in the Salthouse Dock, but the tide being up, they were re moved as far away as they could. The wine in a bonded vault underneath is removing free from injury, except one or two packages burned a little. I think the books, &c. have all been removed in safety out of the offices. SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—Last week, a young man, at tempting to pass at night-fall by a very dangerous road at the extremity of the village of Gundelwald, slipped, and fell 166 feet from one tuft of bushes to another, and then 60 feet perpendicular into the cataract of the torrent of the Sevine. The resistance of the water threw him back, and he caught hold of a rock. Nine intrepid men, at the risk of their lives, by the means of hooks and topes, suc ceeded in drawing him up. This young man has not re 2cedi6vefdeett.he s ff lig e h u t t e t s e t re w d o c i r m ies d o o f r i( 7n w tu h s i i i c e il h i i s n el t o h t i l s res fa w ll were drying.—Frunlyort Paper. LAW NOTICES. COURT OF CHANCERY. /STIRS TRI LAID esiorcsi.tort, r N Li a cosn's teeltALL. Tit* DAY. AT T.:Nr. Appeu , s. Fowler v.AVlllot!ghby, I McCarthy v. I. Nix, I Wray v. Field, ap. appeal per order appeal peal. Creak v . cap e ', 1... I:plimi v. Gatlin', Htto howlug Corviek v. Yourj, do. The Cirrks Conti ntl Sollchors vogue, tied in the rehearings and ays peals, now cet deep fur bearing before the Lord ChAncellor, ate requested to send notice to the Register, if any, of such rehearings and appeal/ hare been comprogpised, abate d ,l or from any other coast the some whed called on fur 'meals cannot be proceeded with. Register's Office, June 3. T. W , Deputy Register. VICE-CRANCELLOR'S COURT. DEFOIS TOD ♦ICI•CLANCILLOR, IN LINCOLN'S INN, THIS DAT, AT HALT-PAST 10. Onsiow v, Onslow, per order Croke v. Bayline, to be spoke to Tru,tees of the British lllu v.White,do. Sweet v. Rowe, ditto Chalk v. Smith, part heard Chapman v. Schroder, part heard Caine*. Cimino v. Schroder, exceptions, further dlrrctions sod ped hon, per order Phillip} V. Mitchell, pan heard Same O. Phillip., ditto Stephen. 7, Burroughs, reheerlr./: per order Tilbury v.Wakefirld,do Blorasonse v. 'rhombi,/ Jones 1. David, Tolson v. Pays. Tolson v. Webster Tolson V. Plater Elonamnet v. Player Ditto v. Mlles Chaddoek v.Groenougti Goblet v. Bette-bey ROLL 3 Causes, furthe In re Len nock, petition Donn v. Watson, do. Willis Ir. Itoutledge, do. Anderson v. Fraser, further directions Winckworth Winck worth, petition Thellusson v. Wood. ford. ditto Esparto Briotow's F.3tater, ditto Permit v. Ferrell, cause COURT.—Tuts DAT, r Direction", and Petitta Paget v. Knight, peti. Guy V. Sharpe, ditto Miller v. Lyme, ditto In re Gore, ditto Watlthia v. Maule do. Cadagan v. Ratvon, du. gotrorhy v. Rowerby,du. in ne s Moorsom, do. Corby 3,Conyere, do. In re Stones Uoiver. shy, t More. s, by Consent. Join *. Jones, farther directions Simons v. Gutteridge, petition In rc Archbishop of Canterbury. petition ,. Torre y. Torre, ditto Charity v. Lord Or- COURT OF 11:40'9 BRNC LONDON •DJ.IIIII , II4IIINT DA Ir,VITVIIII Tbe Court will try Common Jury Claim, on t rats, and lqA, wad Special JUZISA will begin on t MIDDLZIAT ADJUCRNI&•NTaATe.O,,a, monde. do. Martyn r. Hobbs, do. a. r, OCTOOZR JO. leth, 11th, 12tb, 13113, he 17th of October. sc»asit 30. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. The office of the Accountant-General of this Court Is ordered to be closed on Friday, the I.lth of July, for the purpose of adjusting the ac • counts of We suitors of the Court, with the books kept at the Beak of England, and to be re-opened on Monday, the rich day of November .at. Dated Wednesday, Jutie 14. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, FRIDAY, JCLY 7. . - - - Upon his LORD9II it coming into Court this morning, • long diseu•sion arose upon the question of costs. in Edenbnrough Oakley; his Linicfskip finally directing the Counsel to inquire into the practice in ruch cases by Tuesday morning. The Court then proceeded with the nigher argument in the a ppeal ca use of the Attorney-6mg al v. the Skinners' Company, i n the course of which his Lordship complained of the practice which had grown up, of the Attorney:general not being present in that Court upon the argument of informations like the present, and considered the departure from the ancient prac:ice as UDC of the greatest poa: bible inconveniences. VIOE-CHANCELLak'S COURT, JULY 7. This was a continuation 0$ the Second Seal after Trinity Tear. INJUNCTION.—COPYRIGHT. beCOY V. ROBSON AND MICKLETON. Mr. HEAL' said, that in this case he Was to have moved the Court this morning (by permission of his Honour granted last Tuesday‘, further to restrain the defeidants from publishing a cer tain work. Mr. Moans:, for the defendants, interposed, stating that one of the mirth.. had been served with notice only on this morning he, therefore, prayed than his Honour would postpone the har ing of the motion until the next Seal (Tuesday, 14th July in. stanp... Mr. iirAtD—Agreed; provided you undertake not to publish in the interim that which we call a piratiati work : an't that you furnish us with copies of the affidavits o 1 or before Wednesday next. __ Mr. Moortt aequitsce.l, ant the calve way ordval to *tart/ ova ACCcraingly. COURT OF KING'S BENCIf, GUILDHALL, JULY 7. [Before the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) THE KING t.. 1)A ROCHA. This was an information filed against the defendant, whO is the sole author and proprietor of a periodical publication called The Poetagueze, for having composed and published in the 79th num.: her of that work, in the month of November 1824, a false and aen.ndaloos libel, of arid concerning the Marquis de Falwell', who is the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of Portugal to this ecorirtry. The libel charged the Noble Prosecutor, and two other Members of the Portuguese Govern• ment, the Milliliter of War and Marine and the Minister of Fi nance, with having misapplied the sum of 85.0000: steeling, which had been awarded by the British Government to be paid to the Government of Portugal, to be distributed among the officers and settlers of the Portuguese army, as their share of the booty ob tained during their joint operations with the British army in the Peninsular, war when under the command of Marshal Ben:afoul. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. I'D:DALE opened the pleadings. Mr. SCAIILETT stated the case to the Jury, and said that the information was laid at the instance of a nobleman, formerly the Count but now the Marquis de Palmella, the Portuguese Am bassador to thin country. The defendant was a native of Portu gal, a man of literary pursuits : and the proprietor of a publication called The:Porfutmeze, which was written in the Portuguese language. his gentleman had though t proper to attack every person who entertained sentiments upon Portuguese politics differing from his own, and being himself a member of what was called the Constitutional Government of Portugal, and for his adherence to which he had been obliged to leave his own country, his poli tical opinions were on various subjects much opposed to those espoused by the Marquis de Palmella, who therefore, from his high station, had become the peculiar object of attack by the de fendant. So long as the defendant confined himself to generalterrys of censure. the Marquis did not think it worth while to notice his conduct, but when the defendant began to particularize acts, and State dates and special circumstances, with a view to in jure the reputation of the prosecutor, the latter was then. in justice to his high character and distinguished rank, com pelled to institute these proceedings. The libel which he had selected was one among many that had from time to time appeared in The Portugurze. It imputed to the prosecutor the crimes of fraud and peculation. After enjoying the confidence of his Sove reign as Ambassador to this country, the Marquis de Palmella was recalled to fill an important situation in the Ministry of the Court at Lisbon. The circumstance to which the libel particularly related arose out of occurrences connected with the late Peninsular War. During that war it was known that the British and Portu guese troops were engaged in joint operations against the enemy. and frequent disputes arose between the nattiest of the two nations, respecting the division of the booty that was taken by them. The whole of this booty being made under the command of a British General. the Government of this country necessarily b e cam e the depository or the various prizes ; and the ,Marquis de Palmella was charged by his Sovereign with the adjnstment of the claim,. made on behalf of the Portuguese army with respect to those prizes. The result of the negrciations which took place with the Minister of this country (the late Lord Londonderry), on that subject was, that the sum of 85,0001. should be laid out in eschequer bills, and deposited in the Bank of England until the terms of arrangement should be definitively agreed on by hot!. countries. This money was accordingly so invested, and remained in the Bank of England until a few months ago, when everything having keen tinnily arranged, it was, by order of the King ot Portugal, transmitted to that country, to be distributed among ti. officers and soldiers of the Portuguese at my. The Learned Coun sel then read a translation of the libel from his brief. It bore date in November. 1824, and the wahatance of it was a charge that the prosecutor, while Minister of Finance in Portugal, had, in cm:- junction with two other 31inisters, robbed the Portuguese army e t four hundred millions of real , and divided it among themselves. A more heinous offence could not be imputed to a public man, and it was one which no person ought, but upon the best and most sa tisfactory proof, to venture to advance. That there was not tha slightest foundation in truth for so serious an imputation on the character of the di,tinguished person who was made the object of the defendant's malice. he (Mr. Searlett) should be able most ir - disputably to establish, inasmuch-as that the money thus stated, r t the month of November, 1824, to have been before that time mis applied by the prosecutor in the manner ilcseribed, was the: actually remaining in the Bank of England. Whatever might he the privilege. enjoyed by foreigners who sought an asylum in this country, the Jury would by their verdict tmalay teach them th,.t the English laws afforded no protectian to the anonymous libeller. Should the defnulant attempt to bring forward any evidence to prove the truth of any of his charges, the prosecutor was quite pr,- pared to rebut them. The Learned Counsel then stated the nature of the evidence which he should produce, and concluded by ex pressing his confidence that the Jury would express a proper sense entertained by them, of a man who, availing himself of the mite lege of the Lnglish press, sought, by the moat unfounded accusa tions, to destroy the character of a person of high official station, and to gratify a feeling of personal enmity, under the mask of com menting upon occurrences about which that individual was, in the discharge of his public duty, employed. Edward Thomas Granger mated that he purchased a copy of t. alleged libel at the office of Mr. Carvalho. in Threadneedle-sorer:. It appeared to be a mercantile houss. It was on the 2tl June Cross-examined by Slr. C031510N SERGEANT — I asked for the number of the work which contained the libel. Mr. Thomas Simpson, the attorney to the prosecutor, stated tits; he called on the defendant on the Illth of June 1825, at his resi dence in Newman -street, Oxford-stseet, in consequence of having been informed that the defendant wishci to avow himself the au thor of the publication in 9uesth n. I showed him a copy ot the publication, which I had with me, and also of a r u l e o b ta i ne d b y the prosecutor in the Court of King's Bent's. for a criminal info... motion against Mr. Carvalho. The defendant, in reply, told toe he was the author of the libel, and sole editor and proprietor of the , work, that . tic was very anxious to avow himself the authar. A has ray. ,nee tint 11Gt out and are