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of view, to lower Parliament," and to render it ti inefficient as a great deliberative body ?" Is Mr. IVarrnsears, or any one of his colleagues, de• ficient in that kind of information which might have belonged to Sir Wm. CURTIS and his associate in defeat ? Are they less capable of forming a correct judgment of the interests of the realm, less alive to the sufllrinir of the people, less aware of tl: • blessings to be derived from an excellent Con. stiiiition, prudently and hosie.tly administered ? I hra , then cm the return of one .• lower Parlia ment," or render it inefficient," if, as the Minis terial Myers told us, the return of the others %%unlit have reflected the highest credit upon the City ? The difference, if The Courier had wisdom enough 1,1 understand it, and honesty enough to confess ir, sloes not exist between the men, but the principles they respectively profess: and if it so happened that these Gentlemen had changed sides, or if, as is more probable from former occurrences, which every one of our Nlinisterial Papers, with the ho nourable exception of The Sun, might perhaps be able to explain, The Courier and some of its col leagues were to change sides, we should have found their ready pens now drawing very edifying con trasts between the present Represe•utatives of the City, and those to whom the Livery, in the whole some exercise of their discretion, have refused any longer to confide their interests. In our previous columns will be found a full account of the proceedings yesterday at Brentford, for the election of two Representatives fur the County of Middlesex in Parliament, when Mr. Bytto and Mr. MELLtsti, the former Members, were returned without opposition. We have received Paris Papers of Tuesday last. The 5 per Cents. are 74 f. 30 c.; Bank Ac tions, 1,675 f. The following are extracts:— PART % JUNE 23. It was unde►stand yesterday that Lord Welling. tnn was to set off at six o'clock this morning for Cambray. It is thought that his absence will be of .11.,rt duration. Ye•tertlay morning the King took an airing on foot in the Little Park. Before Mass, his Majesty reeeiv.ol the Bishop and Chapter of Versailles, At friar o'clock the King was at Argenteuil. His MIM jr,ty'si health is in the most flourishing state. The following are some further details of the st ,:,0 sloth ravaged the Isle France on the night at ta• -.2Atli of February and Ist of March : Up to this moment more than sixty dead bodies lucre been drawn out of the road, and from the Trou-Falifarou. Fifty vessels have either sunk, antlered damage, or drifted. In this number are 10 or 12, which carry on the trade between the Isles of France and Boarbon. LIST OF ♦ESIIELS SIMANDED OIL DAIIAORD. " I.a Ploilumele, la Cert., les Trois- F eeeee ,le Velocifere, le Rangoon, le Jeune-Ailulphe, la Consignee, Is Miner's., le Carmelo, h Celestine, la Cielie, rithicaiu, la Prnsperite; the isle la Magiciennr, Ir Peraeverant, Ic Melaacho, Murals, FAuielia, la Pallas, la Motivate, le Henry, la Jeune.Emelie, la Pax, the cutler Clarity Billies, la Julia, le Revenant, la !Aura, le Geuereux, le Hansa, le Jason, Malmo, la Maria, le &shams Shaw, le Java packet, le Griffon, la Caroline, b Cilia, le Blucher, le Zephir, le Dolphin, la Fanny, Is 14., le Mince-Regent, laJulie Martlw, Is RAlps, le Jenne -11, ury, ('Eclair. VESSELS I OST. " La Petite-Fate, Le %Valiant, le Fox." (Several of these vessels we fear are English.) It has been proposed to the inhabitants of Dieppe, to raise a monument in that place of his birth to the celebrated Duquesne, Admiral of France, who under Louis XIV. triumphed over the redoubted and valiant Itnyter, crushed the corsairs of Tripoli, bombarded Algiers, humbled the pride of the Republic of Genoa, and silent(' I elf in twenty ditftreist combats, the ablest, and at the same time time most fortunate seaman of his time. There can be no doubt that the town of Dieppe will readily embrace this proposition. Flanders and Hainburgli Mails have arrived. A Inter from St. Petersburgh declares, that tli.! Court of Great Britain has invited that of Hassid to demand of the Ottoman Porte, whether it considers the piratical Regencies on the coast of Africa as its dependencies or not ? and if it does, whether it will secure the several flags of the Euro pean Power, from their insults? It further states, that iu the event of the Porte refusing this guaran tee—and from its imhecillity what hut a refusal can he anticipated ?—Great Britain will invite Russia to tain the Convention already concluded between Great Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands, for the purpose of mutually protecting their respective fl.tgs from aggressions ni the Mediterranean. We Icier often lamented, and we fear cause will still arise for lamenting, that when Great Britain had the power in her own hands, she did not utterly an nihilate every means of future . yance possessed by the pirates. Algiers is now more powerful that, It was before Lord Pavlov - ries visit, and we in vain look for one permanent advantage resulting to Eu rope, or the cause of humanity. by that latest and most glorious tffort of the British arms. Air rameort, Jung 25.—A1l is hustle and con. fusion hertz. The coolest between Lord NUGENT. Mr. Iticawoob, the banker of this town, mod the suit or Lord 0. CaystiDlSH, is carried on with greet spirit. All the parties ore in high expectation of success—but the struggle will be between the two later. Lord NUGENT to certain of being return rd ; he is beloved by all parties. t t,cla ct„wok i 7 1111414 .i.jge• ) F..I.3IIIONABLR ARRIPALS awl DEPARTURES. 1.1•.• ARRIVALS. Brook Taylor, Earl. and %rite. at the Clarendon lintel, Bowd.otreet, yesterday, front Wirieniberg; John White, Eaq. at ditto, Goon Paris. T G. 1% I it'd, Ea' q at the Si. Peleraborgh Hotel. Macr ame:, (ruin Lord Pike{ seat, it' Essex; Mr. M`Quire, at ditto, front Paris. nF.PA Kn . ,: CS. The Earl of Bri.hgesrater, Cum his house in Cavendish square, to his seat is Hants. Earl ruiznilliain, from his house its Grosvenor-square, to his seat in Northaniplernaleire. Lord Ardi it, from his Amuse Is St. James's-place, to his seut. Earl Spencer from his Weir in St. James's-place, to his seat at iViinlileelon. Lord awl Lady Ossulston„ fonts their house in Charles. street, Herkeley-meare, to their sem, Walton, Surrey. The Earl of Malasesbues, front his boom iu BeikeleY-`qoate. for Ili. Drat in Hants. Lord Greneillr , from hi. house iu Hamilton place, for his seat, Dropasure. THIS QV:Mag.—Thursday afternoon the Duke Of CLARENCE went to Kew on a visit to his Roval Mother, and returned to town in the evening. —On Thorsd Iv evening, after dinner, the QUEEN took ill mein, in her small chaise in Kew Gardena. ac companied by the Prioress AUGUSTA, 4 1 Vcc._..y..,,_ terday min ruing the Duke of Yon!' went to Kew on a visit to her MAJESTY, and returned to town to r. The Report i,f t he state of her MAJESTY yeateiddy was—'s The QUEEN was going on very well." Yesterday, about one o'clock, the Prince of HessE-Homuovaci arrived at Carlton-house, awl had a long Interview *lilt the PRINCE REGENT. His Serene Highness afterwards accompani e d the PRINCE REGENT in kis carriage to Stratford-house, visit to the Grand Duke lltcuat:r., but his Imperial Highness was unfortunately from home. The PRINLE REGENT r.tursierl Carlton-house, when the Pi lure of HESSE HOMBOURG took his fare. well leave of his Royal Highness, and set off. km compaied by his Aide-de-Camp 8111'0110'NAGHTEN, til MN o'clock. for Brighton. In the ev tt the PRINCE REGENT dined with Sir Thomas LID DELL, as dui also the Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE, and is select party. Yesterday the Duke of CUMBERLAND, attended by Major POTEN, came to town from Kew, and re turned in the evening. Yesterday morning the Duke and Duclxso of GLOUCESTER left town fur their seat at Bagshot„ where some repairs and alterations have been going on for some time. Their Royal Highnesses were expected - to retort' to town loot evening. On Thursday the Duke and Duchess of CAM /MIDGE walked through different parts of Loudon in private, unattended by a servant. Yesterday their Royal . Highliesiwa went to visit Lady Cite- MORNI, at Chelsea. a list of persons killed by lightning, given in a provincial Paper, we find the followin g: -_A young lady in this neighbourhood died yesterday of lute, The Hon. Mrs. PELHAN'a assembly, nn Thus day evening, in Connaught-place, was attended by nearly 300 distinguished lashionables. Lady LIDDELL had a grand enured Is night at her holm its Portland-place, which way very °time rouvly and Earl hly attended, There have not been so many promissory note., issued for a long time previously as suite the com mencement of the general election, by some they are called eked Pulls. Mrs. G. LANE Fox has issued cards of invitation fur a grand assembly oil Tuesday nem, at her resi dence in A tulley-.4uare. Lord Gwyoia and Lady WILLoUGHBY enter tained yesterday Sir B. and Lady TARLETon, Sir THOMAS Amour HrioT, Mr. and Mrs. BEEKFoRiI. Mr.. R l Gay. Mr. MONTGOMERY, awl a select party. Its the evening her Ladyship had a select circle of fashionable*. Alr. BYNG reltertainrd a party of distinction yesterday, at his house in St. Jaines's.square. Mr. Seattsri's Iteiselit is fixed for 'Tuesday next. It is the last night of the heal.ott, and if the merits of Mr. SPKING he duly rewarded, its close will he marked with eclat. So little encouragenient hue the Theatre at Bristol received from the biliabitants or that city, that the scenery is adverii..ed to be sold by auction. At htall.pa.t nine o'clock yesterday morning. No. 8,029 ass drawn a prize or , 20,0004, and sold by I-14z4ku 111111 Co. the Contractor% at ibeir very told Office, Royal Exchange, London. As Usesh!—Yeatetiloy was the last Day of Drawing. It Isad not finished *hen this piriagregli was seat to p►ess, biit the (olloa ingespitsl Prizes, shared mot sold by BISH, had been already drawn, belie (ar venal) creme, in trunsbi r and amount than those sold by nay other Office-keeper :•• NO AIMS, * Ptize of 3,0001. And as Sixth-ditto's nose above 1,000/. entitled to 20,0001. Making a Prize of 23.0004 Sold is 16 Sixteenths. 813 2,623 6,510 9,290 12,107 2,317 . 6,372 10,770 But, also sold, drawn Firld and Stcond Days of the pre. sent lottery :- 3,471 1.489 4,402 13,461 401 . 1,005 11,152 2,060 8,016 .. 1,348 9,124 - - - - A New Lottery of only 8,000 Tickets, will begin 4th of Avner?, cuutsiiiiiig Twit Prises of 30,000 f. ke. kc. The venerable Earl ST. VINCENT wrist down last week non the neighbourhood in l'l, month, and is at present ri maim% at 1 reinatott Castle, the house of Mr. '1 uctc ER. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Ltmoomes his, FRIDAY, JVNL 48, CONTE3IPC OF COIIRT—CLANDESTINE I : MARRIAGE. ANY WADE, 140te BASELEY, by her next Friend, r. lI•SELNY, SCRUTON, Wed OTHER:. The circumstances of this case are already be fore the public. It will be recollected that tlm Plaintiff twine eloped with the Defendant, her pre sent husband, and that they were married at Gretna Green, and afterwards at Edinburgh, in the face of an injunction of the Court, for *kelt coutempt the Defendant was committed by the Lord Chancellor to the moody of the %Verde° of the Fleet Flirt's). The Plaintiff became a volun tary prisoner with lion. vtid is now the mother of two children, and has lately attained the age of 91. Sir ARTHUR PIOGOrT this day stated, that he moved, nu the part of the Defendant, that the Master's report might be confirmed, and that a marriage settlement might be executed according to the report, and that the Defendant should he discharged nut of the custody of the Warden of the Fleet Prison. He (the Learned Counsel) did nut think it was necessary fos him to state the report. 'lie LORD CHANCELLOR—" I will read it, Sir Arthur." After his Lordship had perused it, he said, " 1 doubt whether it is the usual order that the De fendant should be discharged from custody, ou his giving an undertaking that he will execute the set tlenteut ; I think he can only be entitled to it after the actual executtnit of the deed." Sir ARTHUR. l'lntluTT—" I beg to bring to your Lordship's att •iition one of the items of the re port : the Master allows the. sum of 1,500/. to pay off the debts of Mr. Mondry. He wished the Re gistrar would 'make a note that it was to he paid by iststaltnents of 3001. per annum for five years." The LORD CHANCELLOR—" Out of what fund is the 1,500/. to c e?" Sir ARTHUR PI000TT—" Out of the income allowed to the Defendant." The LORD CHANcEI.I.OR—" Take the order; but it is not to take effect until the marriage settle ment executed." Sir A. I'IHGOTT—" If the order is granted on the Defesidaist's undertaking to execute the settlement, and lie fads in the performance, he will be again in contempt." The LORD CH ANCELLOR —" That certainly would hr the result of his non-conformance ; hut can you tell me if it was the case where we could find him ? He might put us in contempt, and it is my duty to guard against such all event. 1 know but oue instance where a similar order was granted on nu undertaking, and that was the case of att officer in the army. whole commission depended nit Isis joining Ina regiment immediately. Are the trustee* to the settlement ready ? for if they are, it makes little difference as to the specific words of the order." Sir A. PIUGOTT—" I have not got the names of the trustee. in Court, but they shad be laid before the .taster forthwith." The LORD CHANCELLOR—" That will do; take the order as I have ; •ed it, to take effect after the esecutitm of the settlement. I think it is the heat thing 1 can do fur this young lady tinder all the circumstances of the case."—Motiou granted. The Earl of LAUDERDALE and Lo►d KIRNAIRD to•,k the oyth. to qualify them to vote fur the election of the Scuts Peers. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, GUILDHALL, FRIDAY, JUN? 26. Sittings after Term, before Mr. Justice PARC, acid a Special Jilt y. PALMER and ANOTHER tr. BIGNOLD. Mr. CAMPBELL opened the pleadings. This was an action on a policy of insurance, brought by the PlaitititTs, who are assignees of a bankrupt, named Wistriegrave, against Mr. Bignold, the Secretary of the Norwich Insurance Society. The declaration set forth, that IValtlegrave, on the 14th of January, 1817, took out a policy of insurance, which was executed by three of the Directors of the Norwich Society, for 1,51t0f. on his household furniture. weeritig apparel, books, plate, and ou the dwelling house, 93, Bishopsgate-street, and the Bull Inn, adjoining thereto, •and commuiticatieg therewith. On the 9th of March, hi the same year, part of the property insured was destroyed by fire, hut the Norwich Society refused to make good the loss. The Defesident set up the policy and the regula tions of the Society in bar to the Plaintiff.' claim— and lie also 'pleaded several plea.: Ist, That the slid premises did contain a pipe-stove ; id, that 110 notice was given of there being a pipe-stove on the premises; 3d, that the dwelling-house was not in Waldegrave's occupatiou ; 4th, that he had no in terest therein ; sth, that the premises were not ac curately desert bed ; aml. fish, that the property in sured was nut accurately described. Mr. &deem LENS said, that the Plaintiff% sought to recover, by the present action, the amount or a Ines sustained by a lire which broke out iu Mr. Walliegrave's premises, on the 9th of March, 1817, by which damage, to the amoutit of 9171. was oc casioned. The present case could not occupy much • of their time, since there was not the %flintiest idea that the fire had been wilfully occasioned. Ile thought the Secretary of the Norwich Society had set up thr most ungracious defence possible—but. he hoped, the verdict of this day would teach the : Norwich Society to imitate the course pursued by the Insurance Companies in Loudon, who never .refused to pay their policies, unless they had the most cogent reasons to suspect some nadir (feeling. The Learned Serjeant then adverted to the (lit *rent pleas set up by the Defendant, and ob served, that he would disprove every one of them by the most incontrovettible testimony. Samuel Waidegrave deposed that he had kept the Bull lull, Bishopsgate-street, for near twelve years. Ile became a bankrupt in February 1817. tie occupied the food house, No. 93, Bishopsgate street, which eilititied the not, and communicated with it. The furniture, %%eating-apparel, books, plate, table and bed-Intro, china and glass, con timid to b.: his pl.:petty down to the period of tie I fire. lie knew the Defendant, Bignold, who, about two years ago, when he was at Norwich. pointed out to him the adi.intage he would derive by inswing in the Norwich Surietv, and wished him to effect a policy there. Witness, up to that time, had 'Hunted with the Sun Fire (Ace. When the Defendant came to lire in town, he again premier' nititess to insure in the Norwich Society, observing, that he conld then have no excatae for refusing. Witness said, when his policy with the Sun Fire-office hid expired, at Christmas, he would insure with the Norwich 5:.- ciety. After choistmar, Ilignold called to him se veral times. They talked together about the de scriptimi of *be premises. An idea struck writhes% that. as there were two houses, there ought to he two policies. This he communicated to the De feudasit every time he saw Defendant said, " lie knew the premises well—he had been up and down the passage seyeral times—the premises were one and the same, haring a regular communication --and lie felt no hesitation with respect to wit ness's effecting a policy." Willie's went with him to his office, the policy was effected, and lie paid Defendant the premium. Defendand said, the po licy must go down to Norwich to he signed by the Directors there. The policy never was returiled to lion--atid, after the tire, when he applied to have his loss made good, lie was met by a refusal. After his bankruptcy he continued to reside at the Bull ion. On the Morning of the 9th of March, a tire broke out in his premisra, which consumed part of his furniture and effects. The Defendant came to his house in the forenoon of that (lay. The foreman of the Norwich Office afterwards came, by Defen dant's 'direction, ti t lock up the damaged goods. There never was a pipe-stove on his prem'ses. Cross-exastined.—Witness's ingot-ince with the Sun-office expired at Christmas, 1817, and lie effected the policy with the Norwich Society in Ja nuary, 1817. He insured with the. Sun for 1,500/. odd, and to the same amount with the Norwich. Hip°ld knew the premises, as be had often slept at the inn. He never mentioned to witness that the premises were not properly described. I"s'ittless never saw him since the fire. Ile heard that the policy . had been withdr iwn on account of the im proper description—but lie did not know the fact himself. He sent his clerk several times for the policy. The answer he brought back was, that it had not been returned from Norwich. This mes sage was broulst back, at least three weeks or a month after the policy was effezted. There were at the back of the inn a range of stables and a coffee room. There wire two coach-offices, one under the front house, and one at the init. One of those coach-offices belonged to liOn, and one to a Mr. Marsh. He did not know that in the latter there was a pipe -stove. He heard it said, five or six years back,. that there was—but lie never. saw it. l'here was no internal comintinicetiois between Marsh's coach-office and the house which witneu occu pied. Mr. Cockerill, an appraiser, shard, that the da mage done by the tire amounted to 7191. 16.. ex clusive of the wearing-apparel that was destroyed. Mr. Serjeatit COPLEY, for the Defendant, said, those who knew the character of Mr. Bignold, would feel with him, that he was quite incapable of defending this, or ally other action, if lie did not believe that lie hail a good and valid plea. which his duty direc , ed him to place out the record. If, therefore. the defence which would this day he set up was not a good one, it arose entirely from mistake and misapprehension, mid did not proceed from any wish, on the part of the Norwich Society, to refuse that which was just and proper. As to withholding the policy from Waldegrave, the Jury would find that there was no impropriety in the act, and that that individual had nu right whatever to complain. By the terms of the policy, if a pipe-stove were on the premi ses, it was considered an additional ri.k, a n d • higher premium was de manded. It was admitted, that an agreement was entered into for effectiug the policy—and, when it came up from Norwich, a person from the Office, who was conversant in these 'natters, took it to Waldegrave's house. On looking over the pre misc.,' lie found that they were not properly de scribed—and amongst other things. lie observed • pipe -stove in the coach-office. Now, it was true, thus coach-office was not in the occupation of Walilegrave, but still the risk was precisely the same. It was a risk which required a higher rate of premium than Wahlegrave had stipulated to pay. In consequence of this discovery, the Berson who had the policy took it away (Mr. Waldegrave then being from home) to have it altered, before it could become operative. The messenger left word for Mr. Wildegrave to call at the office, but lie never did. The policy remained there to the time of the fire, hut was never consider ed operative—and the Society did not think them selves accountable for any damage Mr. Waldgrave's premises had sustained, as the necessary alteration was not made in the policy. It was for the Jury to consider, whether, in truth, these premises, con sisting of * house let out- in lodgings, a range of stabling, sold a coach--ffice, with at pipe -stove, were legally covered by the policy. The Defen dant should have been apprised of the pipe -stove— for, though it was not on Waldegrave's premises, the risk was the same to the office. It was of no consequence, lie contended, whether the pipe-stove was in the house occupied by Waldegrave, or only in a room adjoining to or under it. -- Heather being called—deposed, that. about three weeks before the tire, he called at %Vlllde grave's house with the policy. He found the de scription in the policy did mit ugrre ,iith the pre mises. They were slated in the policy to be brick. srlseeems they were timber.—[liere the policy was handed to the witnrs•, who, to the great amusement — l:if the Court, found that there was no description whatever of she materials of which the premises were composed.] Mr. Justice PARK said, the issues joined in iltis case were of a peculiar 1111111 fr. Thr 111.1111 nor was that which alleged " that there wits on the premises," for which toe reKitlations of Ilia Norwich Society specially provided. That fact, however, did not appear—and, even if there had beau a pipe-stove there, it was very que►tionable, as the tire had not been occasioned by it, whether the office acted correctly in taking ad•:dotage of the circumstance. Mr. Seijc•aut COPLET.-." It is all a mistake. 1 am ready to let the Plaiiitiei take a verdict For tic whole." • Mr. Justice PA It IS • very unworthy de fence. Do you wenn to put the parties to the trouble or fintigiqg another action fur the amount of the swearing apparel ?" Mr. Serjeant Cort.Eir—ii No, my Lord." Mr. Justice Pants-6i You had better snake one business of it." The value of the clothe, destroyed was then proved to be about 174.—IThis sum the assigliers could not recover, tvearing-app.isel bring excepted Kurt the goods applicable to the payment of a 'bankrupt's debts.] • Mr. Serjeant COPLEY now stated, that he could not consent to pay this sum. Mr. Justice PARR—" Then let the Plaiiitiffi have a verdict for 7191. You will put these parties to the expease of another action, which must in evitably be the ca.e. As the wearing apparel does not pass over to Wahlegrave's assignees, and pin refuse to pay fur it, a fresh action must be broug . ht." • Mr. Serjeant COPLIEY" I ant ready to du what is fair." Mr. Justice PARE" I will say nothing more about it. There was no question whatever about the Plaintiff.' claim. The case ought not to have been brought into Coen." Mr. Serjeant COPLLY" Standing here as the representative of this office, I cannot antler it to be plundered." Mr. Justice PARK—" And I, sitt;in.r bete, to administer the justice of the country, a ill he under the tweessity of slimming up, if these observations are carried forther.!' Mr. Serjrunt CCPLEY-•-." am really In Live the point to the decision of any gentleinv.ii of com petent skill." The Jury immediately returned • verdict fur the Plaintiffs—Dainages 7 is!. I W.—Curti 40s. ADULTERATED COFFilr. EXCISE-OFFICIE, 4fit, 26. INFORMATIONS BEFORE THE BOARD OP COMMISSIONERS. This (14y being appointed for hearing severid inforinatious agaiiit individuals fur vrodiutv, factilitsitri mud artificial vegetable prodirve coft:fe, the Court was crowded at an early hour. The cases were as follow: THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. agtutzst J. eliA LOtrEtt. Mr. Magow stated the case on the p,irt of the prosecution. The Defendant. a grocer its the 80. rough, had beers detected by the officers of 'Exise in selling as real coffer, which; of coarse moist have paid the usual duties to the ExCise, a aim. rims and fabricated vegetable produee, the groat!. end manufacture of this. coma I V , and Witieli g of course, was not .object to the Excise pluti;.s, arid, therefore, operated as a baud upon the revenue. • J. Spencer, an of of .the Excise, was then sworn, and deposed, tlialin March last he had bent present when Thomas Lord, another rifficer. had purchased of the Defendant, at the rate of threes. halfpence per ounce, stn ounce of coffee, as the Defendant described it, which, upon subsequent examination, proved to be a very spdrious material, contaireing but a small proportion of genuine coffer. He requested to see the coffee ground, which wag complied with. He then required to see some of the parcels of ci ffre aisle!. had been ready ground, and prepared for sole in parcels of *moaner each, which he with difficulty obtained a sight of, and being convinced upon examination, that they are compounded of apurioua materials, lie seized the parcels, and affixed the broad arrow to the box in which they wereileposited. Thomas. Lord, also an Excise officer, was pre.. sent on the occasion of the seizure. He corrobo. rated generally the facts stated by the preceding witness ; and said, that when the preceding wit ness asked to see some of the ounce unreels or papers kept for immediate sale, the Defendant denied, in the first instance, that lie had any ; but upon Ilia vuggesting that it was Vdill to dissemble, us they had they lied beets iiiforinerl of the contrary. he admitted it mielit possibly occur that he might perhaps have a single parcel winch hid ;tett:lt:ince been returned by a customer. and threw, ui a cart less manner, a single ounce ready wriulted and in paper, upon the table. The ufliceri II c drawer from which he took the coffee, it, and having strong reasons to suspect it was adult,. rated, they of course seized it in the King's name. The coffee thus seized amounted in weight to about 81ha. A considerable quantity, 171hs. weight, of vegetable powder, resembling coffee, was sl.o seized in the Delendant'a warehotise by him and Siwocer. Samples of each were taken at the bow, mid 4iven to a person in the trade, stained Herbert, to exa mine and analyze them. Joseph Herbert stated, that he was a coffee-dealer in the Borough, and had on the occasion alluded to received two samples of coffee, ma: 1:p d one and two, which, upon analyzing by a process peculiar to him self, he had discovered to contain a small proportion of coffee, compounded with a much greater proper thou of another vegetable produce, and *wise sand or gravelly substance. It was probable the vegetable produce added, consisted of beans or wheat, roasted by the seine ;process as coffee usually was prepared, and ground together with the coffee. The compel. onion of that marked No. I, consisted Of coffee and spurious material sirs the proportion of half mid half, as far as he could ascertain, speliking generally. The sample, N. 2, consisted of a veg. table pow. der, 111) pert of ..loch was coffee, but which bore a tami n g resemblance thereto, and was used by per sons iii the tr dc, fraudulently diiiipseit, kr the pur. pose of cheating the rel roue ; it also contained* cousideralile of ,and or erit, whip Is tend ed to r • ! weight cl coffee when added there. • . e urtous compositioii, resembhog cof re. s thus imposed iipoi, the ignorant a,.l un wary. Nu one but u vet) i taul judge cf toe dif ferent species of coffee, could detect the former sample, No. I ; and the colour ~ad appearance of the sample, No. 2, was calculated to deeei re any per son nut conversant in the different descriesionv of coffee imported into this country. He *tided, that he hid been full tacitly years in the cutler trade, residing chiefly in the Borough., stud that, irs giving his pittelition to the c xuininatwu , and detection of spurious coffee, he had been actuated by a desire to preserve the laws ul )11$ country from being tie. • • had not hero occasioned by it, whether ri staling chief]) in the liorougii, and that, iii giving cleat cotiectly in taking ad.:amaze of the . his nttrittioti 10 tile examination and detection of spurious coffee, he had been actuated by a desire leant COrLET—" is all a tuistake. 1I to preserve the laws ul his country from being sta. -az •1 IR