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Government of Rio ianeiro, it odds, found. the colotozation of the Brazils upon a plan well de wised, and could ne►er euttertain tlw thought of peopling its territories with convicted ruffians, wheu Hi man' persons of good character present them ti'kes in crowds for that purpo►e. Snell a project would be worthy only of Romulus. FLANDERS MAIL. eausseco, AvaiL 24. The Countess of Sfuntholon. who since her return front Sr Helena has resided in this city, set out last week fur A (Terri i rig to the account of the receiver of the sobacri p twos for the payment of M. Van drr Straeleu`s fine of 3,000 norms, no inure has yet been received than 1,400 francs. APRIL 27. We learn from the French frontiers that the recruiting has every where been completed with the greatest ►egularity. Several subaltern. and soldiers of the old army have heen put upon active service.—As the censorshipof the journals is much morestrict in the departments than in thecapital itself, several papers of the Opposition party have ceased to give political intelligence. On this occasion there appears some grounds for the opinion that the inscriptions for sums to he furnish. ul as smolt.s fur the journal., are provided by secret (ano nymous) associations. ROMFRIA, APRIL 16. On 11w night of the 21st March a terrible event took place in the Circle of Sart; in Bohemia. The upper part of a enuuutain demebed itself, carrying away with it 19 houses, mid two chili the, of the village of Strohm, which it partly buried some fathoms deep in the loosened earth, the top of the mountain was about 12 hours in coming loose, but so unequally that in the 'pace of an hour some of the buildings slid down 10 paces, others 20 paces, till at length they all fell into ruins, at the distance of 200 paces; happily no lives were lost. This event ascots to have been prepared by the wet seasons which bare preceded the present year, mill the heavy snow of Nat winder is supposed likewise to hare contributed to it. The spot over which the detached part of the mountain passed presents the appearance of flakes of ice, piled upon each other. It is much 'rearm. that the river Eger will be pied), if not rowdy filled up, the masses of earth having reached Its bank. In this tame, a mill on the oppo.its bank will proba bly he the first thing that will be destroyed. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON. WEDNESDAY. DRAT 3. 1820. We entreat the particular attention of our readers to a subject of the deepest importance to the charac t, r of lets Majesty's Government and the admini stration of public justice, which was submitted yes terday evening by Mr. Alderman WOOD to the House of Commons. It will be remembered that ore sereral occasions during the late momentous trials at the Old Bailey, the unfortunate prisoners referred to an individual of the name of Edwards, a modeller, whom they all accused as the prime instigator and promoter of the late shocking con roiracy. Tire same of George Edwards was cam p:ised in the list of witnesses comintruirated to the risoners by the Crown, but the Conroel for the proseention did not conceive it necessary or carpe. (Lent to bring him forward, notwithstanding the de sire repeatedly expressed by the prisoners at the her. It was of this man that Mr. Alderman Woon ftlt himself imperiously required, under circum stances peculiarly painful, to put a few questions to Thirderrood a few minutes previous to the clove if his miserable existence. From the statement made yesterday evening by Mr. Alderman WOOD, we fear that there is but Ito much reason to believe that this Edwards was a spy, employed by the Ministers of the Crown for some time previous to the liberatiox of Thistlewood from Horsham gaol. The depositions of seven perrons, offered voluntarily on oath to Mr. Alder man WOOD and Sir WILLIAM DOI/VILLE. •Gem that this fellow was iu the habit of frequenting public-houses and places of general re , iort, where he uniformly distinguished himself by the seditious intemperance of his conversation. and constantly endeavoured to instigate others to the perpetration of some dreadful' outrage; that he actually devised a scheme for destroying the Members of the House of Commons while engaged in debate, by the ex plosion of grenades, and iron tubes filled with gun powder; and that he had expressed an intention of waiting the liberation of Thistlewood, as the des perate courage of such • man was necessary for the perpetration of his scheme. With Thistlewood lie accordingly became acquainted at the house of Pre.toe, the shoemaker, within a few d.ya after the liberation of his unfortunate victim, and there is no doubt that he took an early opportunity of communicating his project to Thistlewood, whose desiwrate fortunes and vindictive temper probably remit-red him bat too willing to give the proposal a fiviturable reception. The question respecting the propriety of employing spies was argued at some length yesterday evening by Mr. BROUGHAM, who considered the practice as at least defensible ; but what puoisliment is due to a spy who takes ad vantage of his own privileged treason to instigate others to the perpetration of the most atrocious crimes, and then betray them to certain death ? Mr. Aldermen WOOD declares that be has sufficient evidence to prove that this Edwards was the first who imagined the murder of the Ministers, lied that it was his activity and money which drew so many persons into the conspiracy. Surely the Ministers who employed the spy ought to investi gate the manner in which their agent performed. his task, and if instead of confloing himself %o the Wain, and perhaps not dist est duty of merely watching and reporting the schemes anti projects of others, and thereby guarilia.g against the perpetration of much evil, he should be found foremost in the way of crimes, prompting the desperate sod encouraging the timid, sod devising for both such enterprises as of themselves they hod never iinsgined, the Ministers owe it to their own fair fame, to the cha racter of public justice, and to the violated rights of humanity, to snake so diabolical a ruffian ao rumple to 0:11CM The motion made by M►. Alderman WOOD was, that Edwards should be called to the bar to answer for the breach of privilege in proposing to mur der the Members of the House of Commons. The worthy Alderman was driven to this course by the conduct of Lord Sinmoirii, who refused of course to give any sasistroce towards exposing and punishing his owl. agent ; but as a mistier of so grave a nature could not be properly investixtited by the House of Commons tinder the form of a breach of privilege, the motion was necessarily withdraws'. The only way, indeed, of bringing the question properly before the House of Cons mono, was in the limn of an impeachment against Lord SiomouTii. Lord ALTHORP bot night obtained leave to bring in a new Insolvent 811. It is the same as that introdactd by hi. Lottlshii) in the last Session. The question of publication in the case of Sir F. BCRDETT is still before the Court of King's Bench; we therefore have hitherto felt an unwil lingness to notice it in the way of argument, but the subject is forced upon public attention by an Evening Treasury Print, which with its wonted fa cility overcomes the difficulty, by at once assuming every poiut in dispute. It was a favourite maxim of the civil law, as di gered in Jnitiaian's Instituter, that the mere act of writing., or even of dictating N libel, isidependerst of public:llion, was as criminal as if the writing were actually published, and was in certain cases punishable even by death; but by the common law or England, the crime of libel was at all moo held to be incomplete until the writing were ac tually published. In the Star Chamber, indeed, the writing of a libel alone, without put/icor/on, was punishable, but no precedent, we trust, will in modern times he drawn from so infamous a source. The course of practice for considerably more than a century has been conformable with the ancient role of the common law, and consequently in all the modern books of principle or practice, the fact of publication is held to he indispensably neceseary for supporting either a civil action or a criminal process. To facilitate this point of evidence, the Courts have beets extremely libelist in their con. 'traction of publication, and it hes been uniformly held that the communication of a libel to any perste —whether the individual censured, or a third party —whether by • Inter *waled, or in an apes paper—whether by immediate trseisfer from hand to basal, by the intervention of a third person. M even by the common post, is a publication in law. This evidence of publication is so indispensably ne emery, that it has been required even in eaves where publication has not been charged in the in dictment. In the well-known case of the seven Bishops, in the reign of JANES I 1., when of the four Judges who filled the King's Bench, three were notorious, for their abject servility to the Cons, the defendants were charged in the information with having falsely arid miiciously made, compos. ed, and written • false, scandalous, and seditious libel ; and yet, had not Lord StisDitit.snri, the President of the Council, been opisortenely brought into Court to prove the publication of the alleged libel within the Council Chamber, the case could not have been left to the Jury. It was, however, lately contended in the King's Bench, that writing u libel, alone, was criminal, and the case of the king v. Berire, determined by Lord Ilot.T, WWI brought forward fur the !oppose of supporting thivd.logerous doctrine. The Learn ed Judge, however, who rested upon this case, seems to have inistakeei Lord flour's meaning. In the King v. More there wus no question about pub lication. The defendant, it seems, had only col lected lied traissclibril the libels of others with the intent of ibein, and he was found guilty of writing only, by which was underatood the ma nual act of transeribilig ; and it was contended on the part of the defendant. that this writing alone was not criminal. But Lord HOLT very justly laid it down no low, that to write, meaning thereby to transcribe a libel, with iment to publish, was just us criminal aft act as the anginal composition. The words in Lord IttestoNn's Report are, " He woi of opinion that the copying of a libel by a man who is nut contriver nor composer of it, is criminal ;" and to prove that the intent way contemplated by Lord II I.T, ihit 11.,.-artod dodge goes on to say, that .1 if an officer of a court, or reporter. &c. copies u Lbrl, such copy ill writing is not a !Owl, because it IS tint done nil infaniiim of the party, but only to bring the criminal to putrishinent." From this case, therefore, we cull only deduce, that to terde or copy the libel of another person, with intent to du injury to a third party, is as criminal as if 11w copyer or writer were the original composer ; but this case can never, if fairly con. sidered, be supposed to warrant the detestable and dangerous doctrine familiar to the civil law, and upheld by the practice of the Star Chamber, that the mere act of committing libellous sentiments to paper is criminal, without publication subsequent." The next question then is, whether ine charge of publication, which is the substantive offence, can be laid in one county, and be prnved to have occurred in another? which is the Paine as if it were proton :et! to support an information at the very moment that it is contradicted in the prin cipal point by the evidence for the prosecution ! It is admitted that Sir Fitaxcis BURDETr wrote the letter in Leicestershire, but there is no evidence that he communicated it to any indisidual in that county. The publication in Middlesex was clearly shewn by Mr. Bat:wits ; and therefore the offence, if any, was clearly committed in Middlesex, where as certainly the Hon. Baronet might have been pro. seeded. This point was laid down in argument by the Recorder of London, who was of Counsel fur the Crown in the case of the seven Bishops, and was not then contradicted. " Suppose a M asi," **id Iw, " write a *conditions letter from London to a Jodge at Exeter, and send it by the post, and the letter is received from the post at Exeter mid opened, would any man make a question whether the gentleman that sent the letter may not be indicted for a libel at Exeter, where the libel was received?" This position cannot be contradicted, and it was upon this very principle that the seven Bishops were prosecuted in Middlesex, where the publica tion was effected, and not in Surrey, where the libel was actually written. The writer in the Treasury Print very weakly observe., that " libellers might write in one county with impunity if they but sent to print and publish it in another county, and no such thing as respon sibility fur authorship would exist." This device would be of little avail, because the libeller may be prosecuted in the county where the printing and publishing takes place—where, in fact, the crime is complete, and the only hardship imposed upon the prosecutors is, that they shall not lay their renue in a county where no offence has been committed. Paris Papers of Satu►day last have arrived et our Offiee. Three petitsons, which had been trans mitted to the Committee before the removal of the Duke DEcAzEs from the Cabinet, were reported to the Chamber on F►iday. The petitions were from different individuals, but they concurred in praying the Chamber to Addrers tht KING that M. DEC AZES *lmola be dismissed from the administration of the Goveroment. To this one of them added u request, that this Minister should be impeached, on the ground that his measures were injurious to the cause of Royalty. M. BENJAMIN CONSTANT and M. MANUEL, strongly urged the necessity of transmitting this last petition to the Mioirter of the Interior, for the purpose of complying with its prayer. but after some th,ctipsion, the Chamber passed from the three petitions to the order of the day. The Five tier Cent*. are 73 f. Go c. Bauk Actiuus 1,500 f. Yesterday the Duke of YORK transacted Liilitnry business with the KING at Ins Palace in Pall-mall. The Doke of CLARENCE and Duchess of Gi.ou- CiSTEN paid their respects to his MAJESTY. The Duke of YORK held a Levee yesterday as Cominauder-in-Chiet, at his Office in the Horse Guards, wilich was attended by upwards of thirty Officer*. Yebterclay the Earl of Ltvteroor. hod in outhence of the li ! tr G. A letter front Liverpool, dated April 27, says, "General D'EvEagux sailed this day for Cc lumbia. Ile was ocemnpoilieil by the Officers of his Staff, Ins Chaplain, soil 30 young Gentlemen, who, to emulation of their countrymen of the !ri►h Legion, have cuo►rcrated their lives sod swords to the rau►e of South American freedom." On the 29th of March the PRESIDENT of the Coiled States rent a Alessage to Congress, inform ing them that the Courts of Great Britain, Rus. am, and France, continue to interpose their good offices to effect the ratification of the Treaiy reit- • tire to the Floridas, on the part of Spain. And in consequence of the earneo, desire of these Powers, that the United States would take nu step for the present on the pr iple of reprisal, which might possibly tend to Jistuth die peace be tween the United States and Spain. the PitesiDE!lT recommends to Congress the postponement of the decision on the questions now pending with Spain, until next tienion. "The distress of that nation at this juncture (he add.) utfords a mo tive for this forbearance, which cannot fail to be duly appreciated. Under such citcninataiices the attention of the spoohie Governatent may he di. relied from its foteign concerns, mid the arrival of a Minister here lie longer delayed." Jamaica papers to the 14th March have arrived by the packet. They contain %nions particulars of operations on the Spanish Alaiti ; but nothing decisive had occurred, either on the stile of the Patriots or Royalists. An expedition by the lat ter, connoting of 900 troops and as many militia, under the e ttttt mand of Geo. W ARLETA, had beets dispatched to attempt the re -conquest of the pro vince of Antiochia, but foiled its its object, and was compelled to return Jowl' the river B area to Cartha geom. Ocala Wits occupied by the Independents. By the moat receipt accounts from Lima, it appears that the Andromache frigate was lying tit Callao during the blockade of the harbour by Lord COCH MANS. Captain Sltlßaxrr ass applied to by the Spanish merchants to take specie no boar,l, but re booed, as contrary to his instructions. This refusal is in strict accordance with the neutrality professed by Great Britain its the contest b e ta/ gel , Slain uud her Colonies ; and the contraiy conduct would pro bably have given fist to oil altercation with Lord COCHRAN E. 0 1, 61;IA .....,.....--• .. . tli.,.fv .,_ lraq tk. ~..,11,„,, ,-,... e _ ~. ,t,ff.......„_,_...., ~, __,,...„ , ...„,..:„,„„. „ (~.,..„,:.:,...,.:.,,,..,...:...,.,..,.,,,.... ie.„ 0 . ... . FASHIO.VA 81.0 PAIITIEB. The Earl of Warwick will i entertain a large party of die linznishril personages sus Saturday next, at hie house inSey• nsiieliNrr. IEIII Bathurst has isaurd cards of iovitation for a gravid dinner ini the 11th Wawa, at his house in Stanhoyie•street, May-fair. Count , .: Ileinchansp bas issued cards of invitation for it grand lout, un the 11111 inst. at her house in St. JilMtlit• music. Mr. and Mrs. Fremantle gave an elegant entertainment Ca Stourla. at their hawse in Stanhope-street, May-fair, to the Duke niGloncesser. Among the diatingnishml party in vited to mret his Royal Highness werr, the Ambassador of the Netherlands, the Marchiosses" of Salisbury, Earl and Countess Temple, Lord and Lady Bulkrley, Connlru Vern_ lam, Lord lintham, Colonel Datums, Major Ilesketli, &C. Sir William Ahrly, But. has issued earth of Mattson/is for a musical party on Monday next, at his house in Hill.alreet, Berkeley•square. WIN MON. MAY 1. Tin. noble Terrace surrounding Vindso► Castle, farinerly the favourite p tttttt evade of his late Ma jesty, was this day, by the kind condescension of the King, permitted to be re-opened to the public. It haying been generally known in Windsor and its neighbourhood that su , li were his Majes4's gra cious cominuittle, a numerous asaemblage of beauty and fashion graced this elegant and enchanting walk. A great number of work-people have been employed in repairing that part of the Castle, and the n hole 01 . the Terrace has been relaid with fine gravel, which presents a beautiful polished surface. This Terrace measures 1,870 feet in length. and may with justice be said to be the noblest walk in Europe, both with regard to the strength stud grandeur of the building. and the fine and ex tensive prospect over the River Thanies, and a most beautiful and rich country ; and it must he confessed that this charming bill seems by nature designed for Royal ?dainty, and with sit august state to overlook all the adjacent country; for as Sir John Denham beautifully says— " Windsor the next (where Mars with Venus dwells, Beauty with Strength), above the valley swells Into my eye, and cloth itself prevent With such an easy sad anfored ascent, Thai no otimensluous precipice denies Across, no horror turns away our eyes; Butt such a rise, as cloth at once invite A pleasure and a reverence from the sight, Thy mighty Master's emblem, in whose fare Sat meekness beighteu'il with insjestic grate; Such seems thy gentle height, made only proud To hr the basis of that pompous load, Theo which a wilder weight no mountain hears, But Atlas only, which suppurts the spheres." Canwea's HILL. IVEW 'MOMS. Miss SHARP had a benefit concert at these rooms last evening, which attracted an overflow of elegant and fashionalile company. The perform ances were few, but of the moat select kind. Each of them formed a distinct characteristic of the stnnseinents, and might be severally called perfect examples of good taste nod execution. Common gallantry requires that our first notices should be of the performances of the Ladies. Miss SHARP is emilielit as a prwfrs•or of the harp. It is, per ham the most difilcult instrument by which to acquire reputatiois. Though primitive and roman tic ►n its common diameter, its sounds admit of no modulations except these of bard and soft; it has of itself bat one expression of sentiment, that of Military ardour. Min SHARP called it forth in the most effectual manner, in playing a military Con certo, by BocHSA. There is, however, always room fur a scientific student to display judgment on the harp, by consulting and aiding the composer's de signs in the comhitastions„ and this also Miss SHART effected with a nicety of skill, which her great master (Sir G. Sanas), who performed with her in one piece, most have admired. She richly deserved she aboodiost success of which the crowd ing of the rooms gave testimony. Mrs. SALMON, who seems always getting in advance of her former fame, sung r• Oh dolce content° I" in a manner which was enough to remove any desire, as it took away the apparent possibility of hearing it better sung. Any thing more pure in taste, more grace fully flutist in utterance, snore variously and en chantingly modulated, even in its most maze and rapid divisions, was never heard. Second to her to expression was the obliguto flute ac companiment by Mr. NicliOLSoN, who again distinguished himself, and in a inure conspicuous way, in his performance of a sort of medley con certo of his own, full of difficult variations, and well calculated to display the highest attaininento of execution on the flute, Mr. Moat must also be mentioned in terms of marked praise for his skilful conduct as the leader of the baud, and snore especially for his very brilliant feats in an obligoto part of a trio, iu which lie displayed the must delicate and nimble lingering, straying iii his cadences through bewildering chromatic plogrestions, and again returning to the composi tion with great felicity of execution. He claims this much and more, because common fame does scarcely any tiling like justice to the excellence of Ins performative, although there are few violin players equal to him in ashy country. There was a table in the supper-room plentifully prepared with tea.. coffee, and confections, for the refreshment of the company between the acts. In wary tliitg seemed to be under the most ju d 'viola s iI7III accommodating insitsgem eta ; seal Miss SO • ItP . i !IIC!•r!..1 a s s such as, we hope and believe, mode thesatisluction of her and her polite auditory reciprocal. The Du%e soil Duchess of CLARENCE honoured Curesitii t ;•iidrii theatre with their presence last even. log, to are lie play of . Henri (legatee. Their Royal IlieltliClorei vet tit lie KING'S box. Yesterday the Duchess of CLARE/JCR visited the Duchess of KENT at the P.ilace, Kensington. and sfirristotts took the Princess ALEXANDRIN• au siting in her clot-no t e. Yestertidy the Doke anti Dockets of GLOOM!). T k .n Imam Jingler pat,. The „314 , tpois of STAFFORD'S superb gallery of Pictures will lie ePtUed this (lay for the inspection ul the Nubility. &c. at Cleveland House. ME EARL OP SELEIRK Tint Earl of !Whirls, *IS died or the Bth list, •,:t Pa,. in the Moot bof Frans* * . was in hie 44th year. lli. Luit • hris was the youngest of Eve sass (all of show attal:terl to 110114) puetbar, 4th Earl of **irk, who sltrel an 3719 -- It she lativr roil of 1847, he startled the doeshter ot Jeiues Wattl•rliarst Colvilk, Egg by *buns be has WI one sow Earl of Selkirk, krill is 1800, mid two dsnghtrr.. 1. .- 1A4,111181, aceossysoied ilia 44 1 North Ames if s, and ahermurds to France, and owatiosediorith surf unweored assiduity , to a:lnsiniater, lilt the last Sour of its, life, Shoes triad and troottring atleshuua which wealth:Lis Neither purchase sew reward. T TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. • SIR—I her leave to anima to your coosideestiott sgsetey for your istellsgetit Paper. What is the remain that on Ina present 1110.1 Gl3flosci Majesty Illetlint his first Parlianitist with ii Speerb the Thome, clad in his regal relics sod ornaments, - lie AA rot wear his Crown I know that the public hold es opinion that his could not do so till etyma; bat that that sotto. is erroneous, I will enavisiee you frees the Records, vie—la sh e into House of Leiria, vol. 20. for IMIO, it appears that his Majesty, king George 111. going to the House on Nntrent. her 18, 1760, sad making his firm Speech to the Imo Porlia• meat of Kiag George 11. which was re-assembled fur Mc mouths so the demise of the King, entered the Hume t , • state weaving his Crows, together with .11 the other teril • appendages; OW he did so a secoud flute on the 13th Ik cumber, IM, Wain to the House is *late to pass Hill, ; so d apja.ou posleflaing that Parliagtect with • Speech per vious to its dissolution. All Ibis was eleven months pi, vious to the curesitier, which look place the nd et' lie f ,. (ember, 1701. • ^ The some ceremoulits took place ow George 11. (oat going to the Hesse; ditto of George I of Queeu Anne, Cr . His present Majesty will he howl to be the first and okly Sovereip that ever sot or the Throne with a cocked hat rice the Crown. Prom • GENTLEMAN well versed in the Reeorda asoddosreals of both Humus. Albsnarle-street, CITY Yesterday • Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall for the dispatch of public business. The ousel precept. to the several Livery Compaoies for • Consumes Hall, to be held me Illtdsummer- day next, (0. . . . the demon of Sheriffs, Chautberialo, Bridgestone's, and other officers, fur the year eusutog, were ordered to be issued. The City Solicitor hid before the Court • commission from his present Majesty, fee the conservation of t►e Rise, Thelma and waters of Medway, within the j.orisdtriten of the City of Loudon, which had recruit, been tilitaisiet4; whereupon Courts of Conservancy were appointed far the counties of Essex and Kent on the 12th instant, and fur Surrey sad Middlesex on the Ist of June next. The dues to be taken at Billingsgate market fur the en. suing year were settled. The first Court in June was fixed for the Election of the Rulers of the Compary of Watertown and Lighternatu, and fur Beadles .1 the Court of Regents, L...u. INTERMRNT OP rnanturooD, TIDO, INDS DAVISON, AND BRUNT. Ir was not till Isle on Monday evening that the wives of the above onfortnnste men, who had been wands.' Mg about all the day, labouriug under aeusstions imp.imilde to d.. scriLs, that they were informed by the Keeper of Newgate fist the bodies of their husbands were busied, situ wwtld oot be gives to them, their Petition to the Pi ivy Council having failed in its application. It, however, appears, :tint ft channel was dug along-side of the sobterraorons passagc that leads to the cells, soil about seven o'clock iu the eves,- log, after the coffins bait bees filled with lime, they terse strongly screwed up, placed is a line with each usher, mid immediately strewed over with the earth, and finally cusereil with the stoats, stud of course no traces of their end remain for any future public observation. On this circumstance being communicated to their unhappy wives they were co tirely overcome by their poignant feelings. Yesterday morning an individual petition was forwarded to the Privy Council on the part of Mrs. ThAlessood, was presented to his Majesty for the body of her husband.— A laconic answer was almost immediately returned " That Thistlewood was buried." It is impossible to describe the agonies expressed by the wives of these persons concerned in the Cato-street plot, who applied at Newgate yesterday morning to see their huslosuils who were ordered for tram portation, when they were informed "their husbands were guise." These poor women immediately made an applica tion to Mr. Sheriff Parkins, who declared (:is total ranee of both the above circimanaucto, and ou his applies t ism at the Secretary of State's Office, he was told" inform .. lion of the circumstance had been sent to his Depot ! , Edouard*, it is reported, has been apprehended tools r a charge of High Treason. We have authority to say that Lord CRETIN VND was nut present at the execution of the conspiratois at the Old Bailey, as stated in the Newspapers. Yesterday morning were sent off to Port, , istouth, preparatory to transportation, Wilson, Arra , :ge. Harrison, Cooper, and Bradburn, five of the et,”- apirettors lately convicted. A proper escort tarot with them. Gilchrist remains in Neagate as re• The Chamber of Commerce of Edinburgh has petitioned Parliament on the subject I.f th..• pee.eut depressed state of commerce to al( it 4 brai.ch'es. We understood the anevchstits of L►ith have ioe. , petitioned Parliament on the same sui , ject. We understand that the Lords of the Tres my have been pleased to appoint Geoacx GA RD N Esq. to lie Comptroller-General of the Cet,tont. for Scotland, in room of the Right Hors. the Earl of LEVEN and MELVILLE, decessed.-4 burgh Courant.) Important Decisions to the Corn grade.—O3 Tuesday, Messrs. J. and R. Alison, corn-deale:e, of Liverpool, ware convicted before two Magis trates, in the penalty of IN. for wilfully delivering to the inspector of corn returns, a false account in writing of the quantities and prices of gram 'beregtt ■nd received by them.—J. Stevens, desire itn•cort•. was at the same time convicted in the mitegatin penalty of 40s. for neglecting to make a return tut! inspector of 43 bushels of wheat purchased by him. Oo Wednesday morning, as Wtt.t.t.tm ostler at the King's Arms, in Bishop Anek;d:ll , , was drowsing a horse belonging to a traveller, tar animal seized him, sod bit one of his ears com pletely off. Several divisions of the Sth Veteran Batestiara have paced through Belfast, on the route lot riti. land. A letter from Donaghadee states, 'that cn Monday last, the first division arrived there, to riu bark for Portpatrick. Colonel Chainberlsyne the coinivatuler. They seem to be inen who haw.: been inured to foreign and active se►vice. and stili ' retain the appearance of soldiers who have alone their duty, and are yet fully able to perform it.— Thermisbarked at seven o'clock, p. w. The ditiwr divisions. comprising 1,100 men, will hollow in re. Cation. 1 . i 4 i ! I, &-