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THE.LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, August 14. • [MORNING lqltALD.] . :We yesterday received . the following letters from Madrid : 31.—1 think therci is some chance of mat ters baying rsranged between the Duke d'Angouleme and the people of Cadiz. I have reason to knol that there is a dispo sition to accommodation on . both sidlf - 'on it kve already beard that the loan with this Regency has been taken by a Mzuquis' or a Baron dela , Croisc, at 60' Conmiission per cent.'; the payments to be monthly, and at therate of 20 millions in cash and bills. The. Bonds contract- cd for are about 380 ft does not, however, appear that the Marquis has as }'et exhibited his securities. lie is gime to Paris tor, the purpose of providing them ; but if he does not return before the 15th of August. with adequate securities and the amount of the first instalment, the contract is to be de dared Void. • There has been seine talk here of» decree haVing been issued by the Regency, declaring all the loans and other engagements contracted by the Cortes,' to be of no effect. I can state to ybu that such a decree has never been issued, although it was spoxen of in the:lTnt confident manner. It would' seem that the re pert,of such a' measure being in agitation, and actually com— pleted, originated with Erro, who conceived that by playing Off . such a trick he might induce some of the Paris and London houses to send hint proposals for his new loan. It is certain that the Duke del Infantado has declared that this point could be decided only by the Icing. The Marquis had introduced an article into the contract, declaring all . former loans' null and void; but it was objected to by the Regency, and crossed' over by the Duke himself. The documents necessary for opening the mixed commission in London have been all sent from hereby a gentleman who embarked at St. Lucar fur England, on the 24th, in the merchant brig Swift. 31essrs, Machado, Colomb, Ugarte, and Mem have been appointed, commissioners on the part of Spain. The two latter are gone to Gibraltar, whence they will embark for England. Blanco into act as Secretary; Mr. Ugarte is the Director General of the Great Book, and I rather suspect that the ncgaciation of a loan' ferias part of the object of his missiim. On' passing through here with dispatches, Mr. Ward re. ported " that tile British frigate which entered Cadiz went for the purpose Of conveying away all those of the Constitutional party who might wish' it ; but the Ministers - declined the offer, saying, that ti..y aII to a man would live or die with the CariSti. tUtioll. The King was not suffered to be seen—he has been re niored from the Hospital ar;aili to the CUstom-house which is bomb-proof. general_ ,Batiesoulle was extremely enraged at the breaking - of the blockade, and the frigate's entrance, and suit word to the Admiral that he ought to have sunk her —it 'la not unlikely that the opportunity may be again offered to him. Provisions in Cadiz were not so elcessively dear as repre.. sented outside. Woodand charcoal were, however, extremely Scarce: Sir William A'Court had sailed from San Lticar in the Neptune for Gibraltar. The w rests here continue—a greater n umber were taken Up 'last night than for many preceding days. I am credi bly informed that during the present month of July upwards of 700 respectable p e rsons have been imprisoned In the prisons De la Corte and De Is Corona. No reason whatever is as signed—it would Seem the Superintendent-General of Police fa new branch of Administration in 3ladrid introduced by the Freneh), thinks he has no other duty to perform—probably the extortion of money may be the secret object, as the new men in office are extremely needy. The unfortunates deprived of their liberty are all pasons of good circumstances, and many very rich. It is reported, but I don't know how exact, that the French lost 700 men in their late attempts on Cartunid. [TIIII TI !dm] liallasteros has, it :WOWS, pledged his troops to be, partners 11% his own ignominy—Abishal strove to do the same. l'hat.equal success may attend the treachery of Andalusia as that of Madrid ex hihited, is the prayer of every honest man in Europe. We shall be more than - commonly anxious to learn whether Zayas has also lost himself, since Ballasteros has undertaken to answer for him, as well lig for the fortresses within the military command which he has so basely abandoned. Judging from some colonial paragraphs which have reached us, the island of Tobago appears to be in, what the late Lord Londonderry would have called " an unsatisfactory state." The Go vernor and the House of Assembly have been carrying on hostilities of sundry kinds against each other—his Excellency proclaiming, and their 46 Honours" protesting— while the subjects of both look on, we doubt not, with feelings which, were they duly Considered by the dis putants, would tvach theta to conceal at least, if they could ,not moderate, their quarrels. It is really a serious reflection for those who think West India colonies of the slightest benefit to the mother country, how often, or rather how con stantly, questions not much dissimilar to.those which ended in the loss of North America, are the subjects of angry discussion between the exe tutive tuithovities in most of our islands, and the local bodies over which they are nominated to preside.—( Mid). The Kitty, of the Continent are making large strides towardq the subversion, as it seems to us, Of their own power. The exhibition more im mediately under our eye is that of his Majesty the King of Sardinia, establishing bY a formal decree the Society of Jesuits, as the privileged teachers of youth within his dominions. Has this Royal Person, then, forgotten the history of Europe—or had be a Jesuit for his own pre. ceptor, who suppressed the terrible but whole. some lessons to be drawn from the machinations of his brethren, and from their overthrow ? But it is on the 'breast of a waking people that Charles Fen% would fix this intolerable night-, ware. Ile would bring back Italy to the 37th century, ag some other Potentates, his neighbours 'Would make nil Viurope retire to the 10th. We rntly wish the e'kperiment to be persevered in.-- We deprecate its tieing abandoned from timely caution, before the people every-where open their . eyeS to the tendency of the scheme, and to the genius and den of the projectors. What a spectacle does the European world now present to 11 , ; ) and what must be the feelings of those state:;:mcn of a free country by whom it has been pleFa red I . ( [NEW TIMES.] 'lire Courier's trepidations and alarms on the f.uhject of a mediation seem to be shared by no body, The other N e wspapers take the liberty ,to laugh at ur wort by cotemporary : and we rant own we ourselves were betrayed into a sinile, AS bich we are sorry so see has given him serious offence, We hope in a day or two his fears will blow over, and with them will vanish the anger which e have very unintentionally created. The prices of the French Funds on Tuesday con vincinzty prove that in Paris, at least, no apprehensions of evil are entertained. The, Rentes on that day closed tit 93f. We. the Scrip at 3 premium, and the Neapolitan Stock at 77.1 gpanish Bonds too flag assigned near 3 per' cent. in the confidence of pending negociations, which it was thought would provide that the Loan up to 1822 should be annulled. When we speak of negociations, we rust not be supposed to inti mate that the individuals who keep the King a prisoner can be treated with as a Sovereign power. They however- may, as individuals, make such stipulations as they think necessary for their personal security ; and whatever pro mises are ,mado to them will no doubt be reli giously performed. The complete confirmation of the submission of Ballasteros leaves the Re volutionists not a chance of success. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] It will be remembered that about a fortnight ago the French Alinisterial Papers gave an ac count of a sortie which had been Made by the 'g,arrisOn of Cadiz on (Ike 16th ult. and. which they represented to have been most disastrous to the Assailants. The Constitutionalists, it was assert ed, left bihind them 1000 prisoners - on that day, .and it was farther said that their loss in other re spects was equally severe. A letter has, how ever, been received from an Officer of high rank 'in the Spa t itish army, who was himself in the centre of the front column during • this action. This letter is dated oh the 19th July, and says that the sortie was made from the Island of Leon by about four thousand men, and that its object was as much to ascertain the real strength of the enemy as to try the troops, one half of whom had never been in fire. — The attack was made with great steadiness, and the first lines of the besiegers were car ried with the bayonet. The • French after= wards appeared in greater force, and the Spaniards withdrew in very good order, with the loss of 146 men in killed; wounded, and missing. • The Spaniards, (luring the whole of this affair, are reported to have behaved with courage and considerable coolness. Sir W. A'Court had notified to the Constitutional Go vernment his:intention - to remove from Seville to Gibraltar, had 'expressed his unaltered friendship for the Spanish nation, and renewed the offer of his services to reconcile. the existing ,differ 'ences with France. No reply had been return ed or previeus tQ the, ,IDtlt July, to this' coat , munication, and consequently if negociations then existed ,between the Constitutional Go vernment of Spain, and the. Bourbons of France, England had not been admitted into the discus sions.' From the North of Spain adviceS have been received which are iMportant,sbecause they afford convincing proofs of the activity and de termination of the people. In. Arragon three powerful guerillas had - been , formed. The first one consisted of nearly 2000 men under I3arrena, the second amount-1 to 800 men under the Cu rate Teruel ; the third was less numerous, and the Mot! of its Cotilmander is not mentioned. — In Navarro two respktable parties bad Also been collected under independent leaders. lit New Castile the Empecinado extended his opera. tions so Close , to Madrid, that, on the 2d of August, he' carried off twenty Frenchmen • and One Officer, who were entrusted with ' Ow. - night guard at the 'gate., of Toledo.— ' This enterprise of this distinguished Officer ' had caused much uneasiness to the garrison - of the Spanish capital, which, including Faithmen and Frenchmen, did not exceed two thousand five hundred men. In St. Sebastian all the horses had been slaughtered and salted,and the garrison would have abundance. of prOvisions to last till November, previous to: which the winter storms will raise the. naval blockade. The more the. present _state of Spain and the characte.r"orits inhabitants are reflected on, tine more obvious 'must it appear, that as' long as it is held in mili tary possession by a foreign enemy, tramoillity can never be restored, and the expellee of its .hostile occupation by the French (if they, can occupy it), will far exceed any advantage which the establishment of ignorance and oppres,ion amongst its inhabitants ran ever confer on the • Bourbons. . . LiwouNING eosT.] Haniburg,lt Pa'pers to the 9th inst. brought us last night some interesting intelligence, the im portance of which is heightened by its being in some measure opposed to what: is called by Con. tinental Monarchs " the spirit:of.the age," but would "be more correctly denominated the blirnt- IWSS of Despots., After a lapse of ten - years, the King of Prussia , has at length recollected the promise which he made in 1813 to his subject..., when it became - his interest to breik tiff the ties contracted with Napoleon, and to rouse their indignation against the man whonfhe had lately served as an ally, and worshipped as a *demi god. lie has seized the opportunity of- his birth. day to giie to his People, not a - Charter or a Constitution, but something which is at once an approach to, and an apology for one. 'This sub stitute is to consist of Provincial Assernbliel , , formed on the elective principle,landed property being the basis of representation, but with very limited powers. They are' excluded from the consideration, of tive general concerns and intr.- rests of the State, and are only to deliberate on projects of law which of their respective pro vinces, without being able to originate eny pro position themselves, the initiative residing solely with the Sovereign. Some intimatien is ~,,, T iven that there may be a Convocation of the General States of the kingdom, but whet her so glea t a step is to be taken towards the establishrm nt of a na. timid Parliament " remains for his 7ilaj:.sty in his paternal care, to determine." Considered as a whole, the, system is complicated and not likely to work harmoniously together. tut viewed as the,creation of a period when Prussia had jeinod the other Members of the lioly Alliance in their audacious denunciations against every thing that hears the shape and name of a Constitution, it is a phenoinenon which would only dkplay ex traordinary degree of: political inconsistency, if it might not also be regarded as a symptom of an approaching return to sounder and more salts tary principles. At a late hour last night we received B a yonne Papers to the 6th inst. They contain advices from Madrid, according to which the chief bh. ject of the Duke of Atigouleme's removal to the Bay of Cadiz was, 44 to nogociate with the Cortes by the aid of Sir William A'Court, who was sup posed to have had some influence on the Prince's journey:" In this opinion we are dis posed to coincide, notwithstanding the declara- . tion lately put forth by the supposed organ of the French Government in this metropolis, that it would be below the dignity of France to accept our mediation to draw her out of a situation admitted by herself to be full of difficulty. It would not be the first sime that the French Go vernment would be secretly doing the reverse of what it openly professed ; and that declaration may in fact have no other object than to enable it to feel the public pulse before it takes or avows the course which it has really taken.—abid.) [BRITISH PRESS.] German Papers to the sth of August were re ceived by us yesterday. It appears from them, that Frederick William of Prussia, alarmed at the growing spirit of the times, and desirous, in his own words, " to give his faithful subjects a desirable pledge of paternal favour and confi dence, had resolved to introduce Representative Assemblies into the monarchy, and to that end to establish Provincial Assemblies, in the spirit of the ancient German Constitution, such as the pe culiar situation of the country, and the spirit of the times require." A Committee is then ap pointed, of which the Ctown Prince is named President, " to prepare this measure and consult on it with experienced men in every province." On the Report of this Committee, Frederick William subsequently decided, that Provincial Assemblies should be called into action ; that landed property was the basis of representation ; and that the provincial estates were the legal organs of the various' subordinate estates in each province. According to this decision, the Decree adds, the Prussian Monarch will cause to be sent to them, for their discussion, the projects of laws which concern the Province only. The Pro vincial Estates were to receive from the Provincial Assemblies petitions and remon strances, which concern the special welfare, and interest the whole Province, or a part of it, and to examine and decide upon them. Thus something like the shadowy outline of a re presentative Constitution has at length been sketched out for his diversified subjects by Frederick William ; confessed by him not to arise er mero moN—not from his own disposition and free-will, but from the peculiar situation of the country, and required by the spirit of the times.- Strong as the resolutions of the Holy Alliance against the increasing popular spirit of freedom have been, one of the leagued despots has himself been ohlh4ed to yield to this very spirit, and publicly acknowledge its force. Denuncia tions have been launched against Baden and Wirtemberg, and the Ministers of the three Great Powers have been withdrawn from the latter, as much from hostility to the comparative f ree dom o f tht- 1 , representative constitutions of both States, as to the partial liberty of the press, for a while sanctioned within the dominions or Wirtemberg. Yet Prussia, due of the haughty accusers of these States, is obliged to follow where the two minor powers led, and to concede something like representation to its own subjects, of absolute necessity. The truth is, liberty has gone abroad too generally in Europe to be extin guished by a tyrant's breath. Germany is full of it; its rising youth are all imbued with the animating spirit, and its grown men look bark on the mighty struggle they made for independence, and beheld it subsequently torn from their efforts with grief and indignation. Frederick William's kingdom is a diversified compound of different nations. Amid the usurpation of Silesia, the plunder of. Poland and Saxony, the acquisition of Pomerania and the Rhenish Pros inces, its surface is a strange and tesselated pavement of all squares and colours, bound together b y no com mon principle, and sure to part asunder in the very first contest that involves it. But the Prussian Monarch had promised his subjects a Constitution, and afterwards withheld it. lle filled the dungeons of Berlin and Magdeburg!) with victims, but their sighs were heard beyond its walls, and increased the deep and general murmur of discontent: Fre derick slept amid nightly alarm, and every roll of the drums startled his slumbers as the summons to revolt,. Tyrants, in the fulness of despotism, may • confederate ; but the mighty power of resolves. N opin i on will prove too strong for their o o Despot can stand against the ge neral hatred and determination of an entire People. Frederick William has been denouncing liberty and representation in 'Spain and other States ; and he is now obliged himself to concede a portion of both to his subjects, from involun tary apprehension and absolute necessity: l — Papers to 'the 3d of August speak of a plot against the Elector of Hesse-Cassel. This is an old and incorrigible despot ; a dealer in human life, who sold his subjects in thousands {Win our war with America—was annihilated during the influence of Napoleon, who merged his electorate in the king dom of Westphalia— and returnedi on the fall of the conqueror, with the costume and .principles of former days un changed—his powdered queue was us long and his feelings us despotic as ever. fle could not revive the n bite slave trade 1w once carried oil: but in pla ce o f it, lie became it complete negro-driver within his ancient dominions. Such is the wretched and tyrannical being against whom and his mistress the Countess of Reichenbach, plot, it is stated, was formed. Anonymoui letters, it appears, had been written to the antiquated despot, when at Nenudorif with the Countess, full of menaces, and predicting that neither would live long unless they changed their conduct. This amust always be the fate of Tyrants : they walk amid unknown ene "l;7 ; they sleep amid perpetual apprehension anti mi n(et ni h ., / , , a;:inut kn ows necessity a is r i l i o e t c c e o s snafirlyi confined dt to that all the Kings of Europe should " change their e u the old Elector of Hesse Cassel alone ; we may begin at home, awl travel north and south through the Continent, almost without meeting an exception. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. GLOUCESTER, AUG. 13. Nut rams Cduii•f.—./h/ore Mr. Attlee PARE. BREA= OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. SMITH v. COXWELL. This was an action, brOught by the plaintiff; Mr. Stafford Smith, a druggist at Cheltenham, against the defendant, Miss Ann Coxicelf, a young lady residing at Cheltenham, for a breach of promise of marriage. The case excited the greatest interest, and at an early hour the Court was crowded in every part. Many ladies and gen tlemen of rank and fashion came from Cheltenham and other places to hear this trial. Mr. CROFT opened the pleadings. Mr. LUDLOW stated the case to the Jury. The Learned Counsel said that a very great degree of public feeling existed against his client, in consequence of the situation which he stood in as regards the present action. Mr. Justice Pans—That feeling will not be carried into the jury-box. The Learned Counsel resumed. He believed that it would not; he would therefore state that his client, in bringing this action, had no wish to enrich himself, but to repel imputa tions which had, by some means or other, been circulated against him in the town' of Cheltenham, and which had oc casioned lids ruin. The defendant was a young lady, the .daughter of the Reverend Mr. Coxwell, who resided at Chel tenham.' There was a disparity certainly in the situation or rank in life of tho plaintiff' and defendant; and in a fashionable place like Cheltenham, where etiquette in society was strictly observed, it was impossible the plaintiff and de fendant could openly meet in public society together; and as his client had been unjustly assailed, it was necessary that he should show that the plaintiff was not the first to make advances; he should prove that this lady made the first advances to the plaintiff. Ile did not impute any thing like improper conduct on the part of the young lady. The lady was above 21 years of age, and their first interview took place in the.plaintiff's shop, where the defendant called to make pur, chases of lavender -water, eau de Cologne, &..c.; after the inter view she frequently called to see the plaintiff, and always made her purchases at Ins shop, and they occasionally met in private. On one occasion' the plaintiff niet the defendant in private in the kitchen of her father's house ; for this the plaintiff might be blamed, but if the kitchen was good enough for the young lady to sit in, it was good enough for Mr. Smith to be in to address the young lady. Mr. Smith was a gentleman possess ing a handsome person and gentlemanly manners, and there was nothing extraordinary that a young lady should admire a handsome man ; and he did not think that because the defen- . dant and plaintiff' thought right to carry on their intercourse clandestinely, Without asking leave of papa and Mamma, that • his client deserved censure', though he might have, had he attended the family professionally, and had used arts to gain her love. If tuls were used, they were used on the other side, and he could not applaud the taste of the lady's friend s or ad visers, in forcing , Mr: Smith to 'produce that evidence, which, in justice to his own character, he should be bound to do. It was not necessary to prove that a promise ot marriage was made in certain terms ; but he should be able to shew that a promise had been given enough to' support the present action. With reluctance he now must produce a document written by the defendant to the plaintiff. "January 26, 11123.--Should Mr. S. S. feel the slightest wish to be acquainted with Miss A. C., if he will attend the next public bell, he will be introduced by Mr. Marshall, M. C. to Miss A.C."—( Laughter) Such was the overture made by the defendant; - but it was not allowed at Cheltenham,. that a resident tradesman should be admitted to the public balls, and therefore the parties took opportunities to meet in private, and on the morning, after an interview hi the lady's father's kitchen, the plaintiff received, this letter : " February 4.—1 am just returned from an unpleasant walk; and after what I have heard I cannot resist the impulse of my wretched heart to write:to my dearly-beloved StreAlioN,— (lanAhter)—and relieve the sorrow lam overwhelmed .with. I um sorry, my dearest love, at the bare idea of your shedaing tears on my account; it gives me a deep pang, as I would sacrifice my life for yourhappiness,, if I, could only have five minutes' interview with you uninterruptedly. Mary say! you will not meet me again where you did last night; in private. myseeelint send i n g g i et :s m a y sa b ri beloved 1 1 ( 1 ) 1 cyaoeyudi reminda i w n r ? i tyionug Will of Su n sn:en pleasure of. When will you ineet.nie at the Ells ? When shall I have the d a n n i a y r d k i , l ta w a ir n il i d l i w in l ear a lock of your hair, if-you send it. It is nearly. t v:l ear i tn en e a a a b l 7e k l n on t o g ? f ' letter, my dearest dear. w l. as ear t fi n e i t y l C nc o c u e n ss s a el r , y a ‘ to f ‘ tel ° r y n ea t Ttf a it t t s Cc g t c h . t e h p e i t ai h r o n iklet . vd t A t e h rs x : it sa .l :i n d s n a t rsf y C vft a p t 1 0 ; te t ip S ifse h r e i l inyert t : r 7,( o olsi n li o:rf i) efltoic. a nehre t r i i : csiely s tweo ' ea a otuvri s ri.inine i ng n 3. g i mil u rilao l .tn t inn e ,yece o t i, l yj a a.fiax n nniw ti l(tiiiiena t ii l lgfire r : yha y sac e liat n v itildsa f unt r deh : g:i t ei t oi t i s swtr: t o 0 oe tac e : aati.olxethw servant tre;etll.r. Smith at m.owwu t i t 4tis The following evidence was then called ly pay to as sent by Alias Ann Coxwell, in January last, to Mr. Smith's ld throw it et her feet. , I told Miss Ann what the plaintiff said, on my return, and she said be wee a very nice Ytrang man. I took this letter to Mr. Smith, front Miss Coxwell (the: first letter above), after Mr. Smith had written three letters to my young lady. I brought the three letters from the plaintiff' to the defendant: She threw the - first - on the ground, and would not open it. I persuaded her to read it. She said it was very impertinent in Mr. Smith in writing to Tier. When I took the note about the bull, the plaintiff said he hoped I would do what I could for him. I said that I would. lie said; if Miss Ann would give hint some pledge or assurance of, her meeting him at the ball, lie would meet her. I went back home , and my-young lady gave me a ring to give him as a pledge of her meettreg With, and he was, to return the, ring to her at the ball. I told him my lady :said he was a nice young man. He said he would change •his name, give up business, hire servants, and buy a new carriage; if she would have him. She said she would have hint if he would do all this before her mother dis covered it ; and if he did not, he must not expect to have her. She carried this (the second) . letter to Mr. Smith from Miss Ann. Ite said Air. Marshall would introduce hint to , Miss Ann at the ball, or to any other lady. I thought Mr..lilarshal would not, because he was a tradesman. After. I gave bine the ring, he said he would not go to• the ball, but he would rather meet her at Mr. Lovesay's at Charletota' When I took the second letter I told him that my young lady said she could not be introduced to him, except at the ball. I heard that he wart going to -a tradesman's bill at Chehen ham on that night; he visited my young lady ; he was dressed for the ball.. Mr. Smith had' previously asked me if my young lady would see hint at her house ; 1 said I thought' not'; he then persuaded me to let' hint into the kitchen that night, hat I was not to let Miss C. know of his coming. _.;.1 let him into the kitchen, and 'Went up stairs, and told the defendant she was scanted in the kitchen; She came down, stairs, and expressed her surprise et seeing him there, and was afterwards angry with me because I let him in. —He told the defendant to the kitchen that he would Meet her at the ball ; he would change his name, buy a carriage, hire servants, and marry her. She.eaid if he would do that, she would marry him. Ile gave the a shilling, and tali! Me to come next night at eight o'clock, and he wetild give me some rib bon: lie gave me three yards of pink ribbon; I took the ring with me, when I took the first : note to the plaintiff—this was after his lam reSolutiori that he would hot go to the hall. No ; it was when he would go, and then he Weald not ; but he would conic to the house. `No; .1 had not the sing when I took the tiret note he said he would meet her et the bail, if .ehe sent hint a pledge. The witness (who was very averee'to.ihe plein tiff, was repeatedly called Le order by the Judge, who asked her if she took the ring at the time, or after the first letter) gond ettect 1 did not take the ring till after I delivered the note about the ball; Idid receive the pink ribbon; my young lady did not set , on what oeeasion I was to wear it; nothing *boat the mar riage ; I told Mr.' Smith he might visit,my mistresea,gain in two nights after ; my mistress told me to say so ; my is istrees cuts. sensed 'to my entreaty. On the second visit in the kitchen I Was present all the time, •and Mr. eitrnitli said he would, change his name, and do all he had promised ; she said she would marry him if he did so before her Mother discovered' it. cannot - say how old Miss Ann Coxwellis; 1 never Iteard her say she was of that age she could do as she liked, and site etad an independence, and expectations also from her aunt Rogers; I was to live servant, the defendant said with them, when they were married, and the marriage was to tAke place wheri'Pflr. Smith had changed his name, and done the test he had promised. Nothing was said abeet Oxford or travelling on any of their visits. No `dine was fixed for marrying, but it was to be after all he had said was done. Mr. Smith asked Miss Colwell if she would have 'a miniatute likeness of him. She. Wit yes, if he would get one done. I have seen a gold chain round her neck ; this was on a night that she was going td Lady Faulkner'a ball ; but recollect s: clog nothing else, though I. dressed her on that occasion. Of this I San positive. do not recollect her pointing to a pin that was on a cushion upon' het toilet while dressing ; I never gave these esarticulars to Mr. Smith. On, the night of Mr. .Marshell's ball, I, at the detiire of Miss Ann, told the plaintiff he might visit her ; he did visit her; I cannot say what seas said, except his promising to change his name, take a house, us London ; get a place under Ooveenment, hire servants, and buy a carriage. She said nothing abOnt my haying her wardrobe on her mar e riage t I never heard her say, if she watt a servant, and had not eixpence,. what she would do as regards the plaintiff. Miss Coxwell and Mr. Smith met four tunes in the kitchen ; they were five minutes together the first time, ten minutes the se- t e.ond, an hour the ihitd, and about ten minutes on the rift casion, when , Mrs. Coxwell, the defendant's motheri.canfeac. cidentally into the kitchen, and saw Mr. Smith ; ii do not know where they stood when the mother came in. Mrs. Coirwelliit:; dered the, plaintiff to quit the house, and never spew his face there again. On the night after this discovery the defendant sent a note to plaintiff, stating she could not now have him., and she was glad he had not sacrificed any thing for her. This was the last letter I took to the plaintiff.—[Anotherlet. ter put in.l--.This letter I now remember to have taken' to the plaintiff a week after the discovery ; it' contained a loekof her hair. The plaintiff said if I got him a lock of my mit. tress's hair, he would never mention her name again. • Cross-examined—When I told him my young lady would not have him. he said he was glad of it, for he had made no sacrifice for her; and jibe had she would have served him like , that d—d Miss S., and not have married him after all. Re-examined by the Judge—l am still in the Rev. Mr. Cox. well's service. John Green, a livery-servant to the Rev. Mr. Coxwell, sworn —I was present at one of the interviews of the plaintiff with the defendant, and at his dismission from the house. I cannot re collect what bliss Anne Coxwell said; I told Mr. Smith' next day; I don't recollect; I told Mr. Gurnett (the attorney), and my master, but I cannot recollect what at this time. This wit.. ness prevaricated so grossly that he was committed by the Judge. Miss Ann Rogers, the aunt of the defendant, was called, but failed to prove any thing like a promise of marriage. Miss Mary Coxwell, the sister of the defendant, was called. She said she had conversed with her sister, the defendant, about Mr. Smith, and she told her that she would marry Mr. Smith, provided « he would change his name, give up his business, obtain a situation under government, take a mansion in town, buy a carriage, hire servants, and have plenty of money."— (Loud laughter.) Mr. Justice PARK, in various parts of the trial; said that no foundation had been laid for the action, and this witness's evi dence being closed, stated that he could not find in. his notes any case to go to the Jury, as a conditional promise was no pro. raise whatever. - Mt. LUDLOW,. Mr. Twigs, and Mr. CROSS, argued, that there was evidence to go the Jury, who might infer from the letters read, and the tokens of love sent by the lady, that there had been a " foregone conclusion," or an actual promise of marriage. Mr. Justice PARK still remained of his former expressed opinion, and after observing in strong terms upon the avidence of the servants, and expressing his surprise that the Reverend Gentleman should keep them in his service after they bad been guilty of such impropriety, directed a Nonsuit. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LADY CAROLINE LAMB. Q uE rs,;S Q tr A nE.—The Hon. William Lamb appeared before the Magistrates to complain of a very pernicious practice which had recently obtained an alarming prevalence-the pub lication of ex-parte statements reflecting upon the characters of the most innocent and the most unoflending. A paragraph had, within .the last few days, been inserted in a Morning Paper, reflecting upon the conduct of Lady Caroline Lamb; it was a false statement ; it was libellous ; and still from the termination-the very proper termination of the case, it was quite impossible that the injurious consequences of the libel could be counteracted. Mr. Wsivit (the Magistrate)-Do you appear here, Sir, on behalf of Lady Caroline Lamb. Mr. Lamb-I am the husband of Lady Caroline. The cause to which , I refer is, I dare say, in the recollection of the Ma, gistrates. The libel of which am now complaining was con tained in the statement attributed to a woman who was formerly in our service, and who attended at this office to prefer &com plaint against Lady Caroline Lamb. The report a for any thing I know to the contrary, is perfectly correct, but the statement in which it originated is utterly false ; and my complaint is, that such a statement should go forth to the world before the accused bad an opportunity of answering it. It should not have been inserted. Mr. WHYTE-Certainly not. 1 recollect that thecause was one in which we had no jurisdiction ; but if I was called upon to decide on the woman's own story, I should have no hesita. tion in saying that I questioned its accuracy. Mr. Lamb.-Yes, Sir ; but how are you to neutralise the mis chief? The report is circulated-the character of an innocent be remedy practiceth i s tit Publish such er-parte suttements. ,ip:jrnsoryn.eislutnijsuastnlytosastpteinrsfeetelinantgdanhdowa natrosetyinotetxctouss h a't and person in the Office replied that he had turn s e - 1 -d to the Magistrate. that for its correctness he appealed teal as anatle, read ;over The 31agistrate, to whom this al ( w hich was handed to A Mr. WHYTE-Who furnished that pares rapt the",acrount contained in the Newspaper w but it should not have been. published, since it was merely one part of the case. r t a ll oy at ; t : he statement of the woolen unpleasant, ex-parte statements from the Newspapers, and that is, by ex -11-wiln".:br.iYv'tellin'irWt.ll•ltTirES-Üblffil'ciasehnnadtllasaicrcude be compelled to resort to an and to me a very painful mode of excluding such chiding front this Office all Iteporters. Mr. Lamb-I am sure that in some cases such ,publications .may perhaps be tolerated, but they are generally inpriolitt. I l t i o ni n te le, tl a i n at d Intiattlitilie newspaperinstance c( ' sv u l l iic " h ga v e insertiojustice will' not he denied. ment reflecting upon . the conduct of Lady Lamb , will not to the state re fuse insertion to my distinct denial of the trut h of that state ni°n- ment. This, after all, is but a very imperfect redress. When that woman was hired by Lady Caroline; she stated that she was unmarried, and that she had no followers. Her name, she said, was 'Drummond. Soon after she admitted thr.t she was married, and that ha name was Lary ; but that the visits of her husband would not prove inconvenient to us; since she lead no intimacy with him he being, according to her account, a man who had robbed her, and indeed the greatest rogue in existence. Use, happened, however, that in a very few days this calum niatedimiband was the inmate of our roof, and that his forgiving wife actually. secreted him. This was not exactly suitable to the wishes of Lady Caroline ; and, as we considered into rather a dangerous character, the woman who had introduce 4 him was ordered to take her - departure, and ibis not at ten o'clock at night but early in the day. Betbre her departure it was suggested to Lady Caroline that her trunk should be submitted to inspection, and among her clothe*, anclin that trunk, were found two or three pair'of Stockings belonging to Lady Caroline. She was dismissed, however, and the coachman left her at Hyde Park. Iler wages were I admit not paid to her, but chiefly on this account. A trunk containin other things be longing to her was the n lyi ng at Whit e hall, admit was considered right that it should undergo inspection before her wages were paid, and that trunk delivered to her. After she reached London I received one or two letters from her, and in answer to her se cond letter I replied, th a t if s he ga . , , e me her address 1 would send a person to her who should pay her the wages due to her, and who should also deliver up to her the trunk as soon as it had undergone the requisite inspection. She refused, however. ' to give me her address, and the first intimation I received of her hostility to Lady Caroline was derived from the paragraph to which I have been alluding. ' The 111.torstnaTr. expressed much regret that a statement So devoid of foundation as the story of the rumour appeared to be should go forth to the world. It was quite evident that no blame whatever could attach to Lady Lamb. Mr. Lamb then retired. Shortly after Mr. Lamb left the Office Mr. WHYTE ad dressed the &paters preient in nearly the following terms:- 1 regret exceedingly that I should be obliged to _recur to anv unpleasant means in order to repress the growing evil which springs from the publication of ex-prate statements. I am, however, acquainted with but one Way in which such pnillicee dons can be effectually restrained, and that is by requiring the immediate absence of all Reporters. The order of the Magistrate was obeyed. . . Guiarmana—Mr. Duncan Campbell attended yesterday before the sitting Magistrate to give evidence against a hack ney-coachmart of the mime of eioria Manning, wbatn he had gives in custody on Wednesday, for being so drank in llola born, as to be incapable of taking ea.-..! of hi.; chariot and hors 'as. The priaoner having nothing to urge in *his defence, was con victed the penalty of 103. TV* '1.4,,,w.,A4 . IS. On the 13th inst., at the Rectory, Ikaconsfield, the Lady of the Rev. John Gould, of a daughter, boat On the 4th inst., at Battle-Abbey, Sussex, the Lady of T. Bracken, Rte.. of a still-born child. t imps, MARRIED. H - - . W. Brewer, Esq., of Wantage, to Mary, twin daughter of the late Wm. Burrows, Esq., of South La mbeth, Surrey. • aY, at St. George's, Handver-sluare, Charles Mon- Esq., eldest son of AA in. 'Williams, Esq., ALP, to Alma-Maria, eldest daughter of Samuel Secitt, Esq., M.P., of Suddridge-park, Kent and grand-tiatig httr of Sir Claude Scott, hart. of Lytchet Afiuster, - Dorset. • DIED. On Sunday morning, at. Haven Batik. near Exeter, in the 30th year of his age, after a long and painfulillness, Lieu tenant Robert Gray, late of the Ilonourible East India Com pany's 14th Regiment Native Infantry, Madras Establishment. At Oporto, on the I9th tilt:, William Snow, Esq., brother of Thomas Snow, Esq., of Belmont. At Taunton, Mrs. Judith Ross Duncan, widow of William Duncan, Esq., late of Bath. 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