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roan, without at least seven years of liberal pursuit ; and it would obviate the ludicrous exhibition of one toothless senior examining the proficiency of another in Xenophon or Caesar. " Particular hardship there would be none, if the measure were to be made so far prospective as not to affect any whose names are now entered at the Inns of Court; and, as to general hardship, none could be pretended in a proceeding which went rather to limit the arbitrary power exercised over the profession, than to narrow the approaches to it. If the English barrister is to be saved from falling even below the condition of a Dutch Advocate, whose fee is half a florin (91c1.), he is to be saved by securing some such connexion as we have described between the legal profession and the literature of the country." Murder will out. Save, Oh, save, the Eng lish Barrister from falling even below the condi tion of a Dutch Advocate, whose fee is half a florin ! Not a word of the clients. One would suppose that Courts. of Law existed merely for the benefit of barristers and attorneys ; and that in all law reforms, the only consideration ought to be, in what manner can most money be wrung from the people, for the behalf of those who con duct their causes. In reality ) this is not very far from the mark ; but the doctrine has never been laid down with so much naivete as by our contemporary, who does not scruple to de clare the end and object of regulations to he to make the Barristers gentlemen, and to prevent them from being so poor as Dutch Advocates. But what is there in this, after all, to surprise us ?--There is not a shoe-maker, a tailor, a weaver, or a spinner, throughout the kingdom who does not agree as to the necessity of keep ing up the dignity of his trade, by throwing, difficulties in the way of entering it. The com mon labourer is indignant that an Irishman should step in to do his work for one-half of his terms. The spinner is indignant that knobs should work on lower terms ; and that he may have money to treat his friend or his mistress on Saint Monday, he endeavours to terrify his competitor by blows and vitriol. The printers endeavour to secure their respecta bility by refusing to work in Rat-houses —that is, houses that employ men who have either not served their full time, or choose to take lower terms. But the same Sir James Scarlett, and other Benchers, who look with such complacency on plans for narrowing the admission into their own profession, are ready to stir up heaven and earth against the attempts of their inferiors who tread in their footsteps. The employer, in all other cases, is to be at liberty to take whom he pleases, and on his own terms ; but we must be gentlemen, in the English sense of the word—that is, we must be preserved from the necessity of lowering our terms. Such is human nature. We can never be too indulgent to ourselves—never too severe to others. What is wanted by the public is the utmost possible competition of talents ; what is wanted by the profession is the least possible competition. If a man possessed of the highest talents and learn ing could be obtained for half a florin, the ex peaces of obtaining justice would be so much less, which would certainly be an advantage. If cheap cottons and cheap corn be a blessing, why should cheap law be an evil ? But there is no danger of the highest talents and learning being at the Bar, to be had in this country for half a florin. The education, without which a man cannot appear to advantage at the Bar, is too ex pensive and tedious to admit of any such ruin ous competition. The theatres are not shut against any claimants ; but competition does not lower the salaries of good actors. The literary market is an open one ; but the terms have been continually rising within the last thirty years. Notwithstanding the complaint of improper ad missions, the fees of Barristers are, com pared with the prices of commodities, far higher now than ever they were. Respec tability forsooth ! Every man of sense will endeavour to preserve a character for re spectability. But what test can secure gene ral respectability ? In the present day, every man must stand or fall by his own respectability, and not by that of others. A man can always answer for himself ; and more is not required of him. The Master's Degree from Oxford, Cam bridge, or Dublin, would afford but a very slender guarantee for respectability ; though it might diminish the number of candidates for ad mission, and narrow the choice of the public. Ingenuity has, in all ages and countries, been racked to keep the ranks of the Learned Profes sions as thin as possible. We were not a little surprised with air instance of the perfection to which the art of exclusion had attained among the Indians of Cayenne, described in the 4th volume of Voyages to Guinea, the neighbouring Isles and Cayenne, by the celebrated Father Labat.—" All Indians (he observes) are not Piayes, as all whites are not Physicians. Many ceremonies must be passed through before arriv ing at this degree of distinction. If it does not cost so much money as in our Faculties of Me dicine to arrive at the robe and cap of Doctor, it costs much more pain and suffering. The time of trial is at least four years. They are counted by the returns of a particular star ; for their years have neither months nor weeks, their science not reaching so high. " He who wishes to become Piaye presents him self before the Doyen (Dean), or Chief of these Charlatans. The latter, having assembled his brethren, examines the claimant; if he is the son of a Piaye he is received without expences, and without difficulty, in the number of candidates. If he have not this advantage, lie must compound with the Elders ; nothing is done for nothing. They have paid for their rights; and without they are paid in return, the requisite quantities are not pos sessed. " Things being arranged, they begin by making the candidate observe a severe fast during four whole revolutions of the star ; that is, during the four years of his studies. No dispensation is allowed; the smallest infraction spoils all—he must recom mence without mercy, though even lie should have arrived at nearly the end of the fourth year. " This fast consists in eating no beast with hair, and no fish with teeth ; all the fish and all the beasts with hair are too substantial and too nutritive; they weuld prevent the intellectual operations which are necessary to learn the science of piaylerie, or kna very, which is, of the three parts of medicine, the only one which is necessary to them. " They live during this time only on certain small delicate and substantial birds, killed with the ordi nary arrows, but more commonly with the Tapire, a kind of arrow which crushes the stomach of these little creatures without piercing them; and the number of these small birds is regulated; they must eat to live, and not live to eat. These birds are called Tonorinzirsi. The fish they may use is not more large or substantial. They are called Aarcous sari ; they are a little larger than their name ; they are fresh-water fish, difficult to take from the small ness of their size. They give them, I know not from what reason, the name of a gum or a tree liatso,he same denomination. However this .T.& l l_st nourishment, taken in such small s l uantitteS!*o - dewthe candidates so f ee bl e , so atte nuatos,.. Fa : liatt:t* the end of th e i r f our years , t h at they'' eletons tither than rrten. Pligar " This is not all, the Candidates are obliged to - ta ke a wine each radon,—that is, a drink, oe'rather %:, k a me di c i ne , w hich operates in a very rude manner. ~~~a It is true the Elders take it as well as the Candi dates, but as they are better fed, they support more easily the operation and the violence of the remedy. They use for its composition green tobacco leaves. They bray a certain quantity, of which they press out the juice, which they put in water, and leave it to ferment for two or three days. 'I he best wine of Europe does not ferment like this liquor. The Elders of the Piayes and their Candidates meet when it is in a state to be drunk, and drink it out of conis, of which the least holds at least a French pint. They are soon intoxicated and sick; they re commence after the paroxysms, which are more se vere to the Candidates than the Elders. The num ber of cups which must be drunk is fixed by the Elders. The Candidates must drink them all, though they should remain on the spot. This liquor is very bitter, and they are allowed to eat nothing between. It will easily be allowed that twelve such doses a year are fully equal to twelve of the most knotty Theses, and twelve examinations even by our Apothecaries. During the three first years they follow their profession of Botany, and they learn to know plants and the simples necessary for their medicines. They are taught also the mode of using them; but it is during the fourth year that li they show him the soul of their art. Now he must redouble his attention ; for what he has hitherto learnt is nothing, or very little in comparison of the secrets now communicated to him, which must reader him respectable, rich, and in great request. " Some time before the revolution of the last star, the Elders meet, the Candidate presents him self quite naked; and he who has instructed him, or one of the most ancient, scarify his whole body front the neck to the Feet, with the edge of a razor or any other sharp instrument. This painful and cruel operation is called Epene in their language. These scarifications are so managed that they cut the whole epidermis in the manner of lozenges, which draw from him a good part of the remainder of his blood. This is in the order, though reversed, of our medi cine, which begins with bleeding, and ends with opening; while that of Guaiana begins with strong and frequently repeated drastics, and ends with a copious bleeding. " At the end of the fourth year they conduct him into the forest, seek a nest of wasps larger and more venomous than ours of France ; they cover his eyes to preserve his sight, which he would otherwise lose; they exhort him to remain firm and to suffer this last trial which will put the seal to his happiness, and they then throw a stick into the nest. The wasps, irritated, fall on him, and leave him in a dreadful condition. These are his provisions, his robe and ' his cap. The Elders then give him the hand of fellowship, acknowledge him as Playe, compliment him, and lead him to an entertainment prepared by r him to thank them for the honour done to him in making him a member of their body." By this trial the Indian Doctors succeed in ; preventing their profession from being over ; loaded—the great end and object of all profes s sional trials.—/bid. The admirers of romance, as well as those who look to the " glorious uncertainty of the law," must have had both their inclinations gratified by a trial which took place a few days since at Bury St. Edmund's, wherein a man was arraigned for cutting the throat, and thereby at tempting to murder the object of his affections, who, with all the native kind-heartedness, con stancy, and ardour of her sex, declared that she believed the attack upon her life was " all for love ;" and in the end, by the kind interference of the Judge, And with the consent and to the manifest satisfaction of all parties, the prosecu tion was abandoned, the prisoner acquitted, and the silken bands of Hymen exchanged for those of a more fearful quality and aspect. Nothing can have been more truly amiable and delightful than the conduct of the venerable Judge, Mr. Baron Garrow, upon the occasion. He, it is clear, has not outlived the best and kindliest affections of our nature ; nor have age, or the scenes it has been his lot to witness, produced one atom of that obduracy, which, though it may add to the sternness of the judgment -seat, takes from it its brightest charms, tenderness and mercy. It is true, that, technically speaking, there may be an apparent awkwardness about this transaction. By a fiction of law, crimes are presumed to be committed, not against the injured party, but against " the peace of our Sovereign Lord the King, his Crown and dignity ; ' and it is for acting upon a principle somewhat resembling that which has occurred upon this occasion that we hear so much sometimes said about compounding penal offences. But every one who reads what oc curred upon this trial must be delighted that there is at least a discretion lodged somewhere which can soften down its rigour, and rob the law even of its bitterest terrors, where a ''air opening for such a result presents itself. May we hope that this precedent will not be lost upon any of those who have the administration of justice in all or any of its branches? How many persons are destined to ruin, and some times to ignominious death, where, if a due dis crimination were used, they might be saved to society and themselves. Are there none, for instance, who now execute the Criminal Law who would not have taken a different view of this very matter to that which Mr. Baron Gar row took, and who, tied down to what is called " the path of duty," would have left the law to take its course ? If there are any such, we trust they will not be above taking a lesson from what occurred on this occasion. The law would be a much greater terror than it is to evil doers were its sternness, as on this occasion, allowed to bend to circumstances, and if mercy were permitted to interpose promptly and effec tually when neither individuals nor society can be injured by its exercise.—Morning Herald. No one can have attended a Bankruptcy Meeting, which too many have, unfortunately, occasion to do, without being disgusted at the scene which they almost invariably witness. The mob at a police-office is nothing to it ; for at the former, the Commissioners are mixed up with the crowd, and are generally no otherwise known or distinguished than by keeping on their hats, to show their consequence, in a hot room, and by generally neither knowing nor caring any thing about what is going on. Indeed, how can that be otherwise ? It is a very common maxim, that no man can attend to two things at once. Lord Eldon, however, hearing that these persons were in the habit of appointing meetings to be held under six or more Commissions at one and the same hour, issued an order limiting them to three, which, we humbly conceive, were two too many. These gentlemen, however, who have no objection to move for a poor devil's commitment to the Fleet prison, for what they call a contempt of Court, deem it no contempt in themselves to disregard an order of the Lord Chancellor ; and Lord Lyndhurst, it seems, has just discovered that, instead of confining themselves to three, they are actually in the habit of fixing seven, eight, nine, and even ten meetings, under as many Commissions, to take place at the same hour, and has condescended to address a circular, under his own hand, to the whole body, exact ing a better, or, rather, some attention to Lord .Eldon's order for the future. Had his Lord ship cashiered a few of the offending parties, pour encourager les autres, it would have been better. At ieast 7 if clients are to be sent to the Fleet for their contempt, those who show lion last Monday, and extracted a pistol metal bullet . apology or atonement, amongst an infinite number such evident signs of mutiny i n th e service from it, just beside the top of the windpipe. In the of libels, was a letter addressed to the inhabitants of might undergo something more than a mere mean time, on the same eveni ng on which this un- Stoke-upon-Trent, which contained the following admonition. This is a matter in which the fortunate occurrence took place, a warrant issued passage. public, especially in a mercantile commu- against the prisoners, upon which they were appre- , Mr. CAMPBELL then read 4 be passage in question I and said, these were the libels and the calumnies for nity like ours, are greatly interested. Lisa- i Fended without resistance. 1 Several witnesses were called, who described the which this action was brought. vency is in itself a great evil, and should not be prisoners as shoemakers by trade, and as always Mr. Wm. Williams.—On the sth of last March augmented in its consequences by that which is having borne a good character for upright conduct I attended at the copyhold court of the manor of framed to be its remedy. The Lord Chancellor, 'and peaceful demeanour. I Newcastle-under-Lyme; it was held at the Wheat we humbly conceive, is greatly interested, as far 1 The Jury, after a few minutes' deliberation, re- sheaf. Mr. Hodgson, the deputy steward, was as his labours are concerned, in having the first turned a verdict of Guilty against them all. there, and Mr. Mulock and two other persons : he proceedings in bankruptcy confided to proper The prisoners were then called up for judgment, was in the room when I went in, making inquiries hands, and the duties honestly executed. T o and the usual proclamation for silence having been respecting the surrender of some ground on which a : made, , his Lordship placed the fatal black cap . upon chapel had been built. The surrender . was to be what sort of hands the duties are intrusted per n head. As soon as Ann Sporton beheld it she made to Mr. Simpson and the plaintiff. Mr. Mulock laps we must not inquire. No man who knows ' screamed, and flung her arms round the neck of her was very abusive to the plaintiff and Mr. Simpson. any thing of the matter will, we believe, venture brother, who immediately fell back in a swoon.— ' He made use of many very violent expressions ; to say that competency has had much to do with The assistance of a surgeon was procured, and after : amongst others, he said, " they are two thieves :" the appointment of Commissioners of Bankrupt. a li t tl e time, with the aid of cold water, the prisoner and as be was leaving the room he said, 44 They are Like the Admiralty, the Junior Lordships of was restored to his senses. two wretches." I said, " Who do you mean by which have been looked upon as forming a nur- Lord TENTERDEN then proceeded to pronounce that epithet ?" He said, " Your clients." lam sery for sucking Statesmen, Commissionerships the sentence of death ; he recommended to the pri- managing clerk to Mr. Astbury, who was employed concluded for T th i e plaintiff. of Bankrupt have been looked upon in the law s b oners to prepare for _their a execution, and as little more, and more than half the long list y T se h i e ite p n r c ; t o n a g a t e h ra em to wra b leci hanged. away in different direr- length b witness y,N i was Mulock, here who w a cross-examined s repeatedly at a stopped of petitions in bankruptcy arise, we will venture tions, the men on one side, and the women on the by the Learned Judge, in consequence of his putting to affirm, from the incompetency, the hurry, or other. It was altogether a very appalling scene to questions tending to cast the most horrible impute neglect, of those who might prevent future litiga- i witness a whole family, consisting of the husband, Irons on several individuals. tion, were they competent, willing, or able, to do wife, son, and daughter, all condemned to die at once. Mr. Edward Lewis being called, it. At any rate, to attend to half a dozen or ten Francis Hutchinson, Joseph Greascley, and Mr. Mulock said, if you want proof respecting the commissions at once is more than the most corn- George Rrownley were indicted for conspiring to- " Public Inquirer," and that lam the author of it, petent men upon earth could accomplish ; and to gether to resist with violence the execution of the lat once declare that every word therein was written see a judicial investigation converted into a mere writ mentioned in the last case , and published by me, and that I glory in every word bear-garden, as those who visit Guildhall Conti- The Jury found all the prisoners Not Guilty. of it, save and except the errors of the press. — (A laugh.)—The defendant then required that the whole nually do, is a disgrace to those who are parties of the paper, addressed to the parish of Stoke-upon- NORFOLK CIRCUIT—BURY ST. EDMUND'S, to it, and to the system which can permit such AUGUST 10. Trent, should be read. After some further evidence, scenes to occur under the colour of its authority. Mr. Mulock commenced his address to the Jury, John Revell, Esq., was indicted for having fraudu- Mr. Mulock commenced his address to the Jury, —lbid. lently obtained the sum of 101. from one Benjamin and proceeded in the most violent and disgusting terms to state, that certain individuals had confessed As the Orange lily fades in Ireland, the viru- Harren , on the 10th da y of Se p tember, 1828, b y to him the most horrible propensities, and that he a piece of paper, purposing to be the pros fence and irritation of party animosities abate in producing was not guilty of the libel, as he had not accused , ssory note of one Jonathan Bowtell, and obtain that unfortunate country. The moment it them of the acts, but of the propensities, which he ing mi from him the sum of 101. on the security thereof, said were inflicted on them as a punishment for makes its appearance it becomes a signal for two whereas, in truth and in fact, the said paper was their apostacy in forsaking his congregation and rival factions to " erather their clans," to proceed not the genuine promissory note of the said Jonathan t, thereby the true belief. We refrain from entering to acts of bloodshed, ferocity, and outrage, and Bowtell. into further details of the rhapsody which the soner is the descendant of one of the most de those who should live in harmony and brotherly fendant delivered with the greatest volubility and res T e h c e ta P h ri le and ancient families of this count who love to array themselves against each other, as if form P erly resided at l3randeston-liall, where they y' we ' re most violent gestures, as it contained nothing but a they were a couple of tribes of wild savages, un - the lords of the manor. series of the most horrible imputations on different restrained by all laws either human or divine, M r . ANDREWS ( with whom was Mr. Austin) iof ndividuals. Mr. Baron Vaughan, this address, was several time from the nature times obliged to stop stated .st the the case . for the prosecution. e The . ch d arge and total strangers to social order. Everyhim, and admonish him that he must commit him if civilized mind must be shocked that reflects on aAgiariti Bowtell prisoner a n t er hi lva:, thatnature to a ' pieceim imposed e blank n n he persisted in that course ;and such was the disgust the disgraceful scene which lately agitated some stamped paper, put pretence ig of its being neces- with which he was heard, that several times it was districts in the North of Ireland, and spread sary to enable Mr. Bowtell to go to London as a with difficulty the hisses and indignant feelings of a crowded Court could be restrained.. dismay among the peaceable portion of the in- witness in a cause, and obtaining from Mr. Harren Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, after reading the libels to habitants. Experience must have taught the the sum of 101. upon it, after having filled up the • 1 public authorities that at particular seasons of paper as a promisory d. note for 1001.. The fraudulent the jury, said it was quite horrible that a Court of Justice should have to witness the way in which that the year such frightful scenes were likely to p.retetn:e blankuit er which h tl i i s e fil 7 . rismrr got h ß . ow ei t f ell to II man had conducted himself. If the Jury believed occur, and it is, therefore, strange that the ne- p si r g o n miss e ory note PaP fo e r r' l 00/ , and ln hi t s lumpy' himself as this evidence, which proved that the words had been cessary means were not taken to prevent thosespoken by the defendant, and believed that their from Harren the sum of 101. upon the no n t l e g , would be processions which have always led to acrimony, clearly established by evidence, and he should, leave tendenc y was to de g rade and injure the plaintiff, it lawless contention, and deadly conflicts. Much the case entirely in the hands of the Jury. was their duty to find a verdict for the plaintiff. He did not advise them to give merely nominal damages commendation has been bestowed on the procla- Evidence was entered into, at length, upon these but not to give more than was enough to show that illation issued by the Lord Lieutenant, after facts, after which they did not believe the imputations cast upon the many outrages had taken place, calling upon all Mr. Baron GARROW summed up. - --- - plaintiff; nor to give so little as might have been ne- Magistrates to exert themselves to suppress tu- cessary if they had heard a more sober defence. mults and disorder, for the impartial tone which Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 50/. it breathed with respect to the contending par- '1 he next action being against the same defendant, ties ; but the praise would not have been atte- for the same libels, spoken and published of and nuated, if the proclamation had been issued concerning another plaintiff, before outrages had been committed, and the ~Mr. Mulock said, I shall not intrude myself on the Court in this second action. tranquillity of the north had been disturbed by SIMPSON V. MULOCK. he infuriated factions.—Morning Advertiser. Mr. RICIIARDS having opened the pleadings, some observation was made by some one about a verdict by consent. Mr. Mulock—l shall consent to nothing; but I shall make no defence. Mr. CAMPBELL then stated the circumstances of this case, which were, with the exception of the name of the plaintiff, precisely the same as the last. Mr. Campbell was about to call the same witnesses, when, after some conversation, Mr. Mulock agreed to his Lordship's notes on the former trial being read to the Jury. Mr. Mulock—l hope, gentlemen of the Jury, that in this case you will not give the plaintiff onefar thing less than his brother in iniquity. Mr. CAMPBELL—I have no objection, gentlemen, to a verdict by consent. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 501. Mr. Mulock—This is the happiest day of my life : now I shall go to my Judge. The defendant then left the Court. SUMMER ASSIZES. While the Jury were deliberating, Mr. KELLY objected that the indictment was not sustained by the evidence. The charge was, that Revett falsely represented to Harren that the note was a good and negotiable note, and upon that false representation obtained the sum of 101. Now, the note was a good and negotiable note, and the fraud if any, was practised upon Bowtell, who was liable to the payment of the note in the hands of a bona fide holder, for value, notwithstanding any fraud of Revett upon him (Bowtell). No fraud was, or could have been, practised upon Harren, who was clearly entitled to recover against Bowtell upon the note the amount he had advanced upon it. Mr. ANDREWS replied to the objection. The Learned BARON was clearly of opinion that the objection was fatal, and after having stated the grounds of his opinion to the Jury, directed them to acquit the defendant. He was then acquitted. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—NO TTINGHAM, Ave. 10. Edward Revill, aged GO ; Sarah Revd!, his wife, aged 57 ; Peter Greasley, aged 21 ; and Ann, the wife of Thomas Sporton, aged 41, were indicted for feloniously, unlawfully, and maliciously shooting at William Middap, on the 2d of July last, in the parish of St. Mary, im this town, with intent to murder him. The prisoners, who are all members of the same family, Edward Revill being the second husband of Sarah Revill, the mother of Peter Greasley and Ann Sporton, were in possession of a house in Park-row, belonging to a man named Nelson, to which they conceived they derived a title from their ancestors. Mr. Nelson brought an action of ejectment in the Court of the Mayor and Sheriffs of this town, and the defendants not appearing, judgment went against them by default. A writ of possession accordingly issued, directed to the Serjeants at Mace and their assistants, commanding them to cause possession of the premises to be delivered up to the lessor of the plaintiff. At about 11 o'clock on the 2d of July, William Gibson, one of the serjeants at mace, pro ceeded to the house, together with two assistants, for the purpose of executing the writ. They found the house, however, closed against them, and on de manding possession it was refused. Edward Revill was seen through a window, in a room on the ground floor, sharpening a large knife with a file, which he declared he would stick into the body of the first man who attempted to enter the house. Peter Greasley put his head out at the first floor win dow, and being informed of the object of the officers, declared that if they forced their en trance they would he murdered. Hearing that the writ was a writ from the Sheriff's court, he said it was only attended to by fools or -children, and he would not hear it read. Perceiving that the prisoners were armed and determined on resistance, the officers retired, for the purpose of procuring further assistance ; having procured which, they re turned again at two o'clock in the afternoon. Another parley was held through the windows. Mrs. Revill, who was in the lower room with her husband, ob served that it was to her they must apply for pos session of the house, as the property belonged to her. Her son, who again appeared at the upper window, told the officers to send Nelson himself, and, said be, with a peculiar emphasis, " We'll give him possession." With some difficulty Gibson, the serjeant at mace, prevailed on him to hear the writ read, but before it was half gone through, he refused to listen to any more of it, and interrupted the reading by shouting and other noise. Gibson then told his assistants it was useless to hold any further parley, but they must go to work, Accord ingly they proceeded to endeavour to force the door with crow-bars, upon which Edward Revil was seen to take his station behind the door with a pistol in his hand. Peter Greasley was also seen to come down stairs, and take a pistol in his band; while, the women showered down bricks, shoemaker's lasts, and other missiles, from the upper window upon the officers. Middap, one of the officers, suc ceeded in fixing a crow-bar between the door and door-post, so as to force it open about six inches, but the crow-bar was forcibly drawn into the house by some person on the inside. Middap then took up a last, which he inserted under the door, and endeavoured to lift it off the hinges, upon which another of the officers named Harrison called out to him to take care, as there was a pistol pointed at him between the door and door-post. Harrison struck at the muzzle of the pistol with a crow-bar, but only hit the door-post. At that moment Middap received a blow from a brickbat on the left shoulder, and at the same moment the Pistol was fired off and wounded him in the chin, upon which he reeled half way round, and was pre vented from falling by the person next him, who caught him in his arms. At this time there was a mob of several hundred persons present. The wounded man was carried to Mr. Attenburrow, the surgeon, who, on examining him, found that the bullet had entered on the right side of the chin and penetrated downwards into the neck in an oblique direction towards the left shoulder. Upon probing the wound, however, he was not able to feel the bullet or any other hard substance. At first consi ' derahle inflammation took place, but it subsided in a little time. In a few days afterwards, however, fresh inflammation made its appearance on the side of the neck, on which place he performed an opera- OXFORD CIRCUIT.-STAFFORD, AUG. 10. WILSON V. MULOCK. Mr. RICHARDS stated that this was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover from the defend ant a compensation in damages for the injury sus tained in his having published a certain libel of and concerning the plaintiff, and spoken certain defa matory words of and concerning the plaintiff. The defendant had pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. CAMPBELL said that the time had at last ar rived for NI hich the defendant had been so anxious, and when this cause was to be tried before a Jury of the county of Stafford. The plaintiff was a respect able shopkeeper at Stoke-upon-Trent; the defendant he (Mr. Campbell) felt some difficulty in describing. It appeared that in 1821 he came to Stoke-upon- Trent; he settled there, and became a religious teacher, and had a congregation which he undertook to instruct in the doctrines of our holy religion. At first Mr. Mulock, who is a gentleman of consider able talent, and showed great zeal, made a consider able impression on that part of the country, and amongst the most zealous and devoted of his adhe rents was the plaintiff. It was thought proper that a chapel should be erected for him to perform divine service in. The plaintiff came forward on that occa sion to render him all the assistance in his power. — An agreement was entered into for buying the ground on which the chapel was to be erected; a considerable collection was made, and the chapel was erected. By and by the designs and character of the defendant assumed a different aspect; he first quarrelled with Mr. Read, his brother-in-law, and shortly after the plaintiff had reason to change his opinion of him, on which a circular was issued by Mr. Mulock, stating the origin of his acquaintance with the plaintiff.—(The Learned Counsel here read the circular alluded to, containing serious im putations on the plaintiff.)—He (Mr. Campbell) said that he read that as a specimen of Mr. Mulock's conduct towards the plaintiff; and if Mr. Mulock was possessed of right intellect, and not labouring under some most melancholy aberration, it would ap pear that he was prostituting the aame of religion to the worst of purposes, and gratifying his own passions under pretence of serving his Maker. These circu lars caused considerable sensation, but it was not till various other circumstances occurred that the plaintiff discovered the true designs of the defendant, and withdrew himself from his congregation. The chapel had been built, and the defendant was in no situation to de any thing for himself. The plaintiff became responsible for all that was done, and it therefore became necessary that the conveyance should be made out in his name, as a security for what he had laid out, bit the defendant wished to have the whole at his own disposal, and because the plaintiff would not comply with his wishes, the de fendant began a system of calumny against the plaintiff and another gentleman, of the same situa tion as himself—a system of calumny so atrocious, that even he (Mr. Mulock) thought it necessary before the expressions were mentioned, that all fe males should retire from the Court. The words spoken impute to them a most horrible offence, which, if true, would subject them to an ignomini ous death, and even if they escaped conviction would for ever render them outcasts t of society. Notwith standing the atrocity of the charge, an opportunity was given this gentleman to explain and apologise by a letter being written_ to him by the plaintiff's attorney, offering to drop all proceedings, on an apology being made. What did the Jury think was the answer returned to that offer? It was as follows : " If your asserted clients desire to free themselves from the imputation on their character, they must seek some other vindicator than " Your's, T. MULOCK." The imputation did not rest there. It seemed the defendant was the author of a paper called the Pub lic Inquirer. It did not appear at any regular riods, but in No. 4 of that paper, instead of any NORTHERN CIRCUIT—YORK, Aua. 10. ASH V. PARKINSON. Mr. STANSFIELD opened the pleadings. The de claration stated that the defendant had promised to marry the plaintiff, but had refused to fulfil his promise. Mr. ALEXANDER stated the case. The father of the plaintiff was now resident in London, near St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was in the habit of letting out his house for the accommodation of medical students. The defendant was a deputy col lector of taxes, residing at Sandal, near Wakefield. An intimacy had commenced between the plaintiff and defendant in 1825. At that time the parents of the plaintiff kept an inn near Wakefield, and the plaintiff resided with them. The intimacy had been carried on for some time before it was communicated to the mother of the plaintiff, but about the middle of 1826, the defendant applied to the mother of the plaintiff, and requested the hand of her daughter in marriage. For reasons which the Jury would hear from the mother, her consent had been in the first instance refused. But finding that the health of the plaintiff had considerably declined, the mother was induced soon afterwards to give her consent, and the defendant had ere long been re ceived as the accepted lover of the plaintiff. Thus matters had continued until 1827, when the father of the plaintiff had disposed of his concern at Wake field, and had removed to London. The plaintiff had remained at Wakefield for a few weeks, where she had lived with a married sister, but she also eventually removed to London. This had happened in November, 1827. Up to that period the atten tions of the defendant had been unabated, but about that time the plaintiff received a letter from defend ant, acquainting her with a change which had taken place in his affections. The consequence had been a considerable decline in the health and spirits of the plaintiff. No correspondence had since taken place between the parties. The letters written to the defendant by the legal advisers of the plaintiff had been returned unopened, and upon one of them there appeared this inscription in the defendant's own hand-writing--" Returned unopened, because the postage not paid." That was the way in which the door had been closed upon every attempt to settle this matter out of - Court. He would now present to the Jury the letters which the defendant had written, and which by showing them the nature of the affection which the defendant had professed, would enable them to estimate the injury which the feelings of the plaintiff had suffered. (The Learned Counsel hear read the letters, which did not exhibit much warmth of affection. In one the defendant apologized for his absence by stating that he had been playing at skittles, and in another he pleaded as an excuse the rain and a swelled cheek.) But the promise of marriage would not rest alone upon the letters. Under the hand of the defendant, and drawn out in specific terms, he should be able to show it, The document to which lie alluded ran thus :—" I Joseph Parkinson, of Sandal Magna, as sistant-collector of taxes, do promise marriage to Mary, daughter of William Ash, innkeeper, of Wake field." The Learned Counsel then dwelt upon the much greater degree of injury which a 'disappoint ment of this nature caused to women than to men. The latter might forget it in pleasure or business, but to the former it was without remedy. William Shaw proved that the letters and decla ration alluded to were in the hand-writing of the defendant. Mr. BROUGHAM addressed the Jury for the de- fendant, after which Mr. Justice BAYLEY summed up the case, and they found a verdict for the plaintiff , —Damages 20/, Joseph 11i:1 -Tram was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged acceptance of Sir John Lubbock and Co., for 191. 55., knowing the same to have been forged, with the intent to defraud the Re. Francis Barstow.—Not Guilty. METROPOLITAN NEW POLICE. We understand that the following is the out line of the arrangement contemplated by th e Secretary of State for the Metropolitan Police, for the organization of which powers were given to him by an Act of the last session : The district of which the new police force will take charge, at the outset, will be a very ex" tensive one : it will include the following Ps" rishes,—viz. St. James, Westminster ; St. Mar tin-in-the-Fields ; St. George, Hanover-square ; St. Margaret and St. John the Evangelist ; St. Paul, Covent-garden ; St. Mary-le-Strand; St' Clement Danes ; St. Anne, Soho ; St. Maryle' hone ; St. Giles-in-the-Fields ; St. George , Bloomsbury ; St. Andrew, Holborn ; St. George the Martyr. Extra parochial—Gray's-inn, Lin" coin's-inn, Staple-inn, Furnival's-inn (that part in Middlesex.) The district including the parishes above" mentioned will be divided into five divisions, each division under the charge of a superior officer, named a superintendent of police, t°, whom it is proposed to allot a salary of 200 4 per annum, and who will be considered respoo - sible for the activity and good conduct of the, police force acting within his division. The total amount of force for the whole ef the five divisions will not fall short of SOO men' The men employed will be divided into fl r classes. The superintendent, above mentione d ; the inspector, at a salary of 1001. per annurn i ; the police serjeant, with pay at the rate of 3s- 6u• a day ; the ordinary police constable, with P 4 at the rate of 3s. per diem. The men are to provide themselves out c f. ' their pay with a plain uniform of a fixed pattern, at contract prices. All appointments to the higher stations In the police will in future be confined to th°l men who have distinguished themselves by o°' conduct in the lower ranks. Each man will have some distinguishing bade by which the division of police to which he 15 attached, and his number in that division, can be at once mentioned. No man will be accepted for the office ef police constable, who is not of vigorous consti‘ tution, who is above 35 years of age, and und er five feet seven inches in height. As the amount of pay will enable a man °f good character to earn a comfortable livelihood, and the number of candidates is very consider' able, it has been distinctly notified to every ral. examined by the Commissioners of Police (C i ° Rowan and Mr. Mayne), that he will be n:- stantly dismissed on a well-founded complaint 0 drunkenness, or neglect of duty of any kind. The Commissioners require that the whole time of each man employed shall be devoted to the service of the police. No mar will be e l ' lowed to exhaust his strength by labour durillg the day at other occupations. The whole polic e force will be gradually placed under such a degre e of discipline as may enable it to act with effec t ' should any occasion arise fur its services, as an united corps—for instance, the late riots in spv talfields, and tumultuous mobs of any kind pkinreds: Measures are in contemplation, by which the new police i olic l e i force extinguishing wil l bbe mfireads, and in made useful in prevot ing vation of life and property endangered by fire' IRISH CORPORATIONS. The Cork Southern Reporter of Tuesday an interesting account of the admission (for the fi e time) of Roman Catholics to the freedom of t he Corporation of Youghal, on the preceding day.' The liberal example had been set a week or tw3 before, by the Common Council of Waterford, it will be followed, in all probability, by every cor porate body in Ireland which has claims to Public confidence and respectability. On Monday an especial Court of D'Oyer 11111.1: dred was held in Youghal, to abolish the long -el n ing by-laws against the admission of Roman yet/re tholicsto the corporate honours of the town. 1" proposition came from The MAYOR (Nicholas Giles, Esq.), who rosetind said, now that the Legislature had seen in its or itv doin the expediency of removing those disqualify ing laws which had for so long a period affected his Ws. jesty's Roman Catholic subjects, thus placing til3°, one general political footing the members of eirevo church, he should have the honour of proposiag I the ancient and loyal corporation of Youghal a lir solution, which, on the part of that body, would g ° the length of responding to the wishes of the vernment—namely, that the numerous disqualifyi ng e laws which had existed against the admiision of o °6 professing the Roman Catholic faith into the en ~r poration of Youghal, be repealed, and that they , '7 henceforth considered equally qualified for the P ril . # lees of that corporation with Protestants. Thera; fore, be it resolved (was his motion), that all th . by-laws touching the Roman Catholics be abolish ed —(Cheers.) Alderman J. E. GREEN expressed his full coi l: rence in the proposition, and concluded by seco ing it. A good deal of discussion followed, in which ti l l motion received the cordial support of the pri nci p a• members of the Corporation, and was ultimate l f carried by an overwhelming majority. Nue Rom Catholic gentlemen were immediately proposed admitted as freemen at large, as well as one or tw°, Quakers. The Cork Paper adds, that " W hen was generally known that the measure was carved ' an universal feeling of concurrence in it appeared tu be felt." BIRTHS AT FROME, SOMERSET, LAST WEEK.—Mrs. VATEAS, wife-of Mr W. VA'r — f baker, twins !—Mrs. HINTON, wife of Mr. Hiriroth the Ship Inn, twins /--And Mn. s LANE, sear the J ° ' Butcher, of three thumping boys Died, on Wednesday, at his residence, MI: galhane, aged 81, the Right Reverend Dr. JA I4- o'SifaucitsTssav, Catholic Bishop of Killal PAINTED and PUBLISHED I Orncz, 11g, by MURTYO YOUNG, at the bxusP, Lot4P9F. BIRTHS. On the Bth inst. at Fintry House, Aberdeenshire, the Hon. Lady Forbes, of Craigewar, of a daughter. On the 10th inst. at Ilyn Park, Northaw, Her% M rtl ‘ Page, of a son. MARRIED. Yesterday, at St. James's Church, by the Rev. Ger a ' s . Andrews, Kytl4e iu Caroline, eldest daughter of John St" Wright, Esq., of Bulcote Lodge, Notts, to Sir Francit, Mackenzie, Bart., of G.tirloch county of Roes. On the 11 th inst. the Rev. J. E. Gibson, M.A. ne et°l. of Bermondsey, Surrey, to Eleanor, daughter of 1 11°6. Gaitskell, E'q. of the same place. On the 1 Ith inst. at Kenilworth, Warwickshire, WT .' Dennett, Esq. of Worthing, to Harriet , fou rth &Lug" ter of the late 11ev. J. Eyre, of Solihull, Warwickshire. DIED. On the 10th inst. Mr. Charles Gameson, of Aldgate High-street. At Tynemouth, Northumberland, the lady of Sir C ' Loraine, Bart. On the 1 Ith inst. at Islington, E. Tate, Esq. of Gr es ' Winchester-street, aged 31. On Tuesday, at Blackheath, Mary, wife of Mr. J. F. Groom, Abchurch-lane, aged 43. I 4