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TIM LONDON JOURNALS: DAILY t from the Morning Paper:, June }a; [MORNING POST.] Phi wr rd Papers to thn lqtli instant contain ad vidti- had the armies ; but they" are' not' of recent date, and relate to events which Italie already been repeatedly recorded in the shape of Bulletins, semi-official reports,and private letters. Thus the asserted failure of Mina's attack upon Vich, is still the . prominent topic of triumph and, exultation. It hai • even been made the subject Asian Order of the Day to the Army, in which Moncey, having nothing in the nature of offensive operations to boast or, points out a successfUl defence as d matter for admiration and imitation. Of the importance of the action itself a just idea maybe formed by the Marshal's own statement, that•the French !esti consisted of a non-conimis sioned' officer and two soldiers killed, and 2.0 wounded, and that of Mina in three officers and 60. soldiers. He adds, it is true, with much netiveM ." that, there must have been more Constitutionalists killed, but that Mina had und'Oubtedly hidden them, or carried them away with his wounded." But even admit ting, his supposition to be true, as dead men arc Dot very portable, nor very useful baggage in a flight, such as the retreat of the Constitution alists is represented to have been, it is not likely that many should have been carried off, and it is impossible that an affair, attended with so trifling a ross, should have been thought of any import ance, if the pretended victories of Mataro and Castertersol bud -been real. There is another acknowledgment itt.this Order of the Day, still more remarkable for its simplicity, and at the same time of considerable importance. The poor old Marshal, who seems to have some difficulty iu concealing the truth, after stating that the in habitants 'of Vich had taken part in the defence of the place, makes the . following ejaculation with, undoubtedly, groat sincerity of spirit : " Would to God that this example of courage might have imitators !"—We are thus informed that this is the first and only instance in Cata lonia in Which the invaders have received any aid from the inhabitants. This intelligence is gratifying ; it shows what are the general feel ings of the people towards the enemies of their freedom ; and it is the more valuable, as it has dropped unintentionally from the lips of those who had hitherto done every thing in their power to cause the contrary to be believed. . , [THE TIMES.] French rapers of Wednesday are arrived. One might infer from these, what we are, in truth, loath to infer—that the affairs of the in vaders are advancing; slowly, indeed, but yet that they arc advancing. Their accounts boast of nameless successes and obscure triumphs; so that' we' know not which to admire most—that uo few memorable occurrences should arise in the invasion of,a,country, or that the conquest is not snore rapid where the oppoAtiOn is asserted to he so feeble. With, the oft-subdued and. ever y viyl4 ; Mina, is miWagain stated to be " on his last logs I" Be is not .to be confesinded, it is said, with another Mina of much greater capacity and courage, but who was unhappily shot in Mexico! In one respect, then, at least, the living Minis has the ad vantage ; as a Man .who' has not dined has a pleasure to come, which, with him that has dined, is aver and gene. NOW this, it appears to us, is a war in which, above 'all others, great service May be rendered to the aggrieved party by the spry least assistance, because every thing is upon tE ,small scale —every thing bat the sacred cause 10' which the true Spaniards are contending, that, indeed, is upon a scale and of dimensions large enough, for it is the cause of all mankind rlr;00 existing and to exist hereafter. There was aAirrie wlien llse liberties of Enoland h ung , as it were, suspended on the courage of one roan—and tit . at Man %riss 11wopden. Where would our hOasted freedom:, our vaunted Constitution, nosy haVti bePn, if he had suffered himself to be itkughed out of his resolution by the servile W!oraitippers of the (...;"ourt, in the affair of the Ship-money ? It is with Pleasure, there fore,, that we notice the Meeting at the London Tavern, this slity support bf the Spaniards . , irs whose aid the city of London has first gene. rqusly voted a donation of one thousand pounds. Mitch 'positive good May by done, as we have above stated, froM the peculiar character of the ivar,l4 voluntary contributions properly applied, whatever may be their Mania. With what feeble resources of every thing hut manly courage Mina retarded the progress of the enemy in Catalonia : and of what infinite s ervice that very Sum of one thousaed Pinny's have been to him, if he could but have it , in ardnoUs duties ? Besides, the got , aid of conotenance and sympathy is no small 'thing to a People who Might otherwise think theinseives deserted and forgotten by the whole World, no ,owir• cause, that cause upon which ' the have ,sel their hearts -- a Matter of indif ference and in reality nothing Worthy, to the more enlightened part of mankind. How dis heartening to be told, " The ,English, who sup " ported you against the tyrant Beonaparte, see " nOthillg ill your situation 144 to claim their " services or protection." Let mot this be either said t0,,0r felt by, the brave Spaniards, whO are engaged in this perilous and difficult COnflict. Those who represent our aid as useless, would not waste their breath, if they did not fear th e reverse. xtv Tlis."l • , m ,„ ..several wiorgsses arrivensternay with au. vices from Paris up to. Tietday night. The Yantis- had recovered .frOm;the depression of the ireceding,afternoon, and siosed at,.. 87 1.: 30 1 he primate lettersdpkiert pasitivelY that the king of Spain left on the 7th, escorted 990 Q Militia 'IV OPO regulars, and was ex, .*eted ia arrive At Cadiz by the Ist inst. it is mow stated that eleven Members of the Cortes Had !men ,flTWoveretl in. a, schtirne, for delaying the c arrying off Of the Kittg .hiS Cabinet, 'UM' that they have since been obliged to abscond „ to avoid the vengeance of tne Min i sters.— Th e letters received yesterday to the 18th May froM Gibraltarmention not only the arrival there of San Miguel, but that he was accompanied by seVeral individuals who had taken part in the Adminislration, and had fled thither for safety. A report prevailed in Paris at the departure of tins expresses, that the whole Province of Galicia had declared in favour of the King and the old order of things.—Consols yesterday were steady at 81f, their price on Tuesday, and they_ ap peared firm. Spanish Bonds are of dull sale at 38.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer will, it is generally believed, make some satisfactory disclo sures upon bringing forward the Budget. [MORNING CURONICLE.] Letters of the Ist of June, from Bilboa, men tion that General Ballasteros had entered Va lencia with 14,000 men ; they add, that Santona is extremely well fortified, and that the only 22 intik who had been able to 'escape from the seve ral actions the French and Spanish Royalists have had with the besieged and the guerillas had reached l3ilboa, accompanied by their Commander, Varrutia, a noted character, in the interest of the Bourbons. In the vicinity of Santona, therefore, not a Frenchman or a Royalist is now left. The Authorities placed in St. Ander by the French are getting away as fast as they can, accompanied by the Bishops, Curates, and Friars. Longa has also made off with them. The French behave very ill, they are entirely in the interests of the factious, and in Madrid they might have prevented a great part of the plundering and outrages, if they had wished. They will dearly pay for it. The proceedings in the House of Lords on the subject of the Marriages of Dissenters do not give the highest idea of the liberality of that body. If the Church of I.".ngland Service re specting Marriage shocks the Catholics and Dissenters, what objection can there be to the allowing them to have a religious ceremony of their own ? We can view the at tempt to force on any one a religious ceremony of which his conscience disapproves, in no other light than a religious persecution. The Legis lature may take what securities it pleases against imprudent or improper marriages ; but it ought to leave all that relates merely to religion, to the discipline. of each religious community. Dif ferent opinions may be entertained with respect to the facility with which marriage is contracted in Scotland, but we never hearil any one disap prove of the allowing every sect to marry in their own way; a liberty enjoyed in that country.--- (Ibid.) [BRITISH PRESS.] • Yesterday the French Papers of TUesday,witli the Pilote of Wednesday and the Cour. Authen. tique, reached us by private express. Angon, lecne's detachments, if they continue their ward On Andalusia and Seville, will find they have ar rived too late. Ferdinand with his family, the 'cOrtes,. 'and . their good friend the English Ain. bassador,•quitted Seville on the 27th May for Ca. 111 z. They were escorted by 0000 volunteer tikand .5000 troops of the line. In Cadiz, properly defended, both the Spanish King and the Govern. went will be perfectly safe. It is most important to keep Ferdinand out of Angouleme's hands his disposition is too well known to trust him fur a moment. His presence with the Royalists would now be the signal for general, proscription and persecution throughout Spain, and the cause of liberty would suffer deeply. The Spaniards are at length gradually arming throughout the entire country, and guerilla bands every where starting up. The French couriers have been stopped; several convoys of money have been taken iii the defiles of Salinas and elsewhere. Ouvrard's family, among the rest, were stopped by the guerillas of Pelo, who took from them 100,000 francs. While the French army was united, and marched in columns, the guerillas did not appear; but now that the invaders are dis persing, and the bands of the Faith left behind at garrisons, the majority of the inhabitants tit to bear arms have universally assembled, and are acting on all , points. Spanish privateers also swarm on all the coasts and in the Straits of Gibraltar, and ,several French vessels have al ready been captured by them. ThuS it appears that all the advantages of the war do not rest with the French; the Spaniards have contrived to come in for a share too. The intentions of the faction in France against Portugal are at length beginning to be openly declared and apparent.— The Eloile, the organ of the Ultras, has in its paper of the 9th a paragraph of no ordinary character and meaning, couched under the con. venient head of 46 a letter from Bayonne."— This article states that the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, who had resided in Bayonne for more than a year, had set out to go and preside over the Regency of Portugal, during the captivity of John VI., the Portuguese Monarch ! The Prelate was to go first to Valladolid, and then to Zamora, A inarante's head-quarters. The Courier Frangais remarks on this intelligence, that if it be true, the friendly relations of France with Portugal will not long subsist. The depar. tare of the Patriadh of Lisbon from Bayonne, to preside over a non-existing Portuguese Re. gency, would resemble Mata-Floridas' expe dition from the French frontiers to preside over the Regency of Urgel. Every thing, the French parer adds, shows that war is about to break out between France and Portugal, if hostilities have not already commenced. So then the mur. der at last is out, and the views of the French Cabinet remain no longer doubtful. There is now no mystery as to the source .whence A marante's rebellion sprung up. England is bound to protect Portugal, by solemn treaty, if France has attacked her, or will do so, of which (here now appears but little doubt. What becomes of our boasted neutrality ? Or will we, in the face' of •a sacred compact, see our ancient and faithful ally crushed, and look coldly on?-- The perfidy of the French faction in all these transaction is unexampled in the annals of infamy and fraud. A maratite never would have attempted a revolt in Traz-os.Montes, but for .French pro mises and support. Driven oil, of Portugal by the constitutional General Rego, he has since 1)601 maintained by the gold of the Ultra faction alone. He is now at Zamora, hi Leon, recruiting his shattered forces, under Angouleine's patron age, with the intention of carrying insurrection and bloodshed into Portugal again. IRELAND. INFAMOUS OUTRAGE.—Some small vessels, which the liberality of the Government had freighted with seed potatoes at Clare, in aid of the poor of Cunnemara, .were on their passage plundered by some villains, and this essential re lief to an impoverished population intercepted. The Rock system is, to spread distress where it does not exist of itself—and, where it does, to aggravate it as much as possible ; and the proba bility is, that this wicked instance of violence is attributable to this desperate and devastating scheme. His Excellency the LORD LIEUTE NANT has issued a Proclamation, offering a re ward of fifty pounds for the apprehending of the plunderers of those vessels, which, we hope, will lead to a discovery.--(Dublin Correspondent, June 10.) EARLY ARRIVAL OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.— We understand that, after the 18th of this month, the Steam Packets will proceed from Holyhead with the English mails at four o'clock in the morning. Taking the average time of the passage at seven hours, the Packets will reach 1-lowth at eleven, and adding one hour for the coach thence, will arrive at twelve at noon. We believe, that this important object has proceeded chiefly from the exertions of our indefatigable Secretary, Sir EDWARD LEF.S, with whom it has long been a main point to insure the early arrival of the British mail.--(ldem.) ( From the Cork Advertiser.) TO THE O'S AND AIAC'S, AND ALL OTHER SONS OF IRISH. KINGS NOW ASSEMBLED IN DUBLIN TO CONTD.OUL TH} LORD LIEUTENANT, AND DIRECT THE AFFAIRS OF IRELAND, "The humble Petition of Whitehoys, Rightboys, Rock boys, Ribbonboys, & c., most freely and fairly sheweth, " That your petitioners would be glad to learn from your Highnesses own mouths what your schemes, views, and inten tions really are, because until they are so informed, it is impos sible to be sure that your High Illightinesses, and your peti tioners, may not have very different ends in view, and that con sequently an offer of allegiance on the part of petitioners, would now be improper andpremature, That as far as petitioners can at present collect from your Highnesses long speeches, there is but one thing in which they can he sure that they agree with your Highnesses, and that is, in putting down the Protestant Church and its members, and setting up the Old Church and her followers, in doing rch, however, care should be taken to limit the power of the said Old Church, and not permit her to exercise the authority she possessed in Spain. and Portugal, as otherwise we should be worse off than betbre— " That petititiners will not only join in this, as far as It may be done with safety, hut alio in bringing about those famous old times when every county or largo barony had its chief when the Irish were all marshalled in clans, each under its own leader—when their time was divided between fettiting and fighting—when they had little rent to pay, and no taxes—when every clan was governed by its own laws, the strongest hand uppermost—when summary and justice was administered without the delay of Assizes and Sessions—and when ther e were neither Judges, Juries, Lawyers, or Attornies— " That if these be your objects, Petitioners are your's, heart and hand ; but if, as some persons give Uut, your intention i s to change, not the power itself, but the tiOsons by whom it is exercised to turn out of their seats some present Members of Parliament and officers of Corporations, anti put yourselves in their places—to increase your own property, and power by pos sessing yourselves of other people's, to continue charging us with rack -rents, tithes, and taxes, to enrich yourselves anti your friends, and to keep up Courts of Law, with no other difference than turning out old Judges, and putting in new ones of your own election ; then, and in that case, we must be free to tell you, that you are doing nothing for us at all, or may be worse than nothing; since we must be governed according to what is called the British Constitution, may be better for us to remain as we are, than to run the risk of new taskmasters. "That petitioners have been attempted to be humbugged by a fellow calling himself' Pastorini, who says he is a Priest of our Church, and one of our best friends ;—that we know he is o rtit col a P r es of our Church, because we know our Priests are n pretends to tell fortunes out of o rju r o i n, t and this fellow the to b Bible,e profaned a n w e h d i wherefore petitioners hope you t a ei li o o w ly si will have him punished as a common cheat. " That petitioners having been thirs open and explicit, hope and believe that youe Highness:es will be equally candid in your answers. And petitioners, as in dtity bound, &c. " TISIOTHY 44 Signed b v order, SHAUOHNESSY, Sec." TO THE Enrrou. or Tilt CORK ADVERTIStR. n—l send you the above, which - seetns to be the rough draught of a Petition, and was found, as I am informed, on the road between Mill-street and Killarney. This was all I could learn respecting it, and the only explanation I can give : You will dispose of it as you please. 1 a►n, Sir, your constant Reader, A. B. • UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CA 3tfiltlDGE, FRIDAY', 12.—At the Congregation on Wednesday last the following degrees were conferred : Doctor in Civil Law.—Robert Wardell, Trinity College, Barrister at Law. Bachelors in Divinity.—Rev. John Savery Tozer, Fellow of St. John's College; Rev. Thos. Greene, Fellow of Corpus Christi College ; Rev. Richard Jellreys, Fellow of St. John's College; Rev. John James Cory, Fellow of Sidney College; Rev. Andrew Irvine, Emmanuel College ; Rev. William Mor gan, Queen's College. /Muster/ of Arts.—Rev. Win. Plucknett, St. John's College ; Win. Poynter, Trinity College; Rev. Francis Bedford, Pem broke Hall. Bachelor in Civil Law.—Rev. John Blake, St.John'e College. Bachelors of Arts.—llugh White IJail, St. Peter's College ; Edwin Saunders, Jesus College. At the same Congregation the following Gentlemen were elected Burnaby Lectured for the year ensuing :- 1 Mathematical—S. Carr, M.A. Fellow of Queen's College. • Philosophical—J. P. II igman, M.A. Fellow of Trio. College. Rhetoric—Wm. Greenwood, M.A. Fellow of C. C. C. Logic—J. liallewell , M.A. Fellow of Christ College. The Chancellor's gold medal for the best English poem by a resident undergraduate, was on Saturday last adjudged to Win - - throp Mackworth Praed, of Trinity College. Subject, Au:- tralaisa. ...... The Rev. Thomas Homer, of Trinity College, is elected second master of Sheffield free Grammar School. The Rev. Lotnbe Atthill, B.A. was last week licensed to the perpetual Curacy of Rumburgh, Suffolk, with the perpetual curacy of St. Michael Southelinham annexed, on the nomina tion of Mrs. Atthill. been at anchor for some day --------- -- His Majesty's goo - b r ig the! Investigator has derstand she haw b een sent out by the Lords of the Admiralty sin St. Andrew's Bay. We un. for the purpose of taking an accurate survey of the cost of Scot. land—( Edinburgh 014erver.) Wit ITLiiAll. CHAPEL.—The workmen em ployed in laying down the pipes for drawing off the water from the canal in St. James's-park into the Thames at Whit e h a ll stairs, having pro ceeded as far a s th e carr i age way between White hail Chapel and Lord Carrington's house, their labours have been suddenly suspended, in consequence of great fears being entertained abort the foundations of those large edifices, the workmen being obliged to dig 20 feet down, so as to have a proper fall for the water to run off, hut at that depth is a complete quicksand, and they are obliged constantly to pump the water out, which, on account of the land springs, fills the space very fast, LAW INTELLIGENCE-. COURT OF CHANCERY, JUNE 12. • COVENT•GARDEN THEATRE. Mr. HART and other Counsel were heard in continuance and support of the motion on behalf of Mr. Const, for an injunction to restrain the other Proprietors from disposing of their inte rests, and for the appointment of a receiver; and Mr. HEALD was heard on the other side. The LORD CHANCELLOR left the Court at two o'clock, la menting that these differences could not be settled elsewhere. But if it were true that it was not a question for a Court of Law, and the matter could not be referred to private arbitra tion, there was no other place to which they could repair. As things stood, the account he had to give of his three last morn ings was, that he spent them in attending Covent-garden play, and had not to go through the acts. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 12. THE KING V. MESSITER. On the reading of the Judge's Report in this case, which was a prosecution for bribery, instituted by Sir T. S. Champ neys, it appeared that the Jury having found a general verdict of guilty upon the evidence of one person, whom the Learned Judge seemed to think was unworthy of credit, The Counr, without argument, made the rule absolute for A new trial. SIR W. SHOUT V. LORD NEWRY. This was an action upon the warranty of a horse, sold by the defendant to the plaintiff. The Jury had found for the plaintiff. —A motion had been made for a new trial, on the ground that there was no proof of a warranty for soundness, inasmuch as the only proof was that the defendant bad said the horse was sound, without pledging himself that it was sound at the time of the sale. On spewing cause against the rule, The Coun T were of opinion that it was unnecessary to prove an express warranty, if the representation at the time of sale imposed a warranty ; such was this case, and therefore they discharged the rule. THE RING V. FIELDER. Thts defendant had been convicted some time since of keep ing a gambling-houge, but the record having been missing, he was never brought up for judgment. In a former term, the Solicitor-General applied for leave to make up a new record, and a rule was granted for that purpose. Mr. A DOLPH us now produced a new record, and The Counv ordered that the defendant should come up on Tuesday, to give sureties to come up for judgment next Mi chaelmas Term. TliE XING V. BARRY O'MEARA, ESQ. Mr. PHILLIPS said, that leave had been given to him by the Court, to mention this case to-day, but that unfortunately he had not found an opportunity of so doing until the present moment, when he feared it was too late to enter into it at length. He therefore wished their Lordships to appoint some day, when it would be most convenient for the Court to hear the case. He had seen his client, and it was his desire that the merits of the case should come before the Court. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—You know, Mr. Phillips, we cannot dons you request. It is our duty so to arrange the busi ness of the Court, as may be most conducive to the interests of the persons who come before us. The case must now come on whenever it is convenient. It is impossible to depart from our general rule, fir the sake of particular individuals, whose Counsel, however, are very properly anxious for their interests. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, Juxz 10. TIIE KING, AT TILE PROSECUTION OF THE RIGHT HON. WILLIAM C. PLUNKETT, V. J. HAMILTON. When this case was called on yesterday, Mr. NORTH rose for the purpose of supporting the arguments advanced on a former day by Mr. Bennett, to shew cause against the order obtained in the case being made absolute. The Court inti mated it was unnecessary for this Gentleman to address them, and the Chief Justice with accustomed dignity and precision, proceeded to deliver the judgment of the Court. He observed that this was an application for a criminal in formation, on behalf of the Right Hon. Wm. Conyngham Plunkett, in his individual capacity. It was grounded upon an affidavit from him, stating, he hail received through the Pout-office a threatening letter, with the defendant's signature, and anothe r a ffi davit rom Alderman Darley, stating he be lieved the letter to be in the hand-writing of the defendant.— The letter, as far as it, displayed the offence charged, furnished, in the opinion of the Court, grounds for a proper application for a criminal information; they were also. of opinion that the offence was one calculated to obstruct the course of public justice, and that there was no occasion to set out in the pro secutor's affidavit it was intended by the.'avriting, of the letter distinguished,YCp in rsao,p lo 73p n lnay t n h aa to provoke a breach of the public peace. Ther e another of ground against the conditional order urged, because the d 4 Burrowes, • were cued in pro secutorcon- could file an information es-officio, the Court ought not to sanction the present application ; in support of which prosecuting the or t King eas v e f . as san ii i i ,t di w vi a d s ua en l, ou an g d h a t t o ipl sa yi y ng th in e fimation ; but the Attorney-General here appears at the Bar he his own person ; and without discussing how far the principle* present, was different from those cited, and any other high offi-. c w e . err!. the Cro w n however, t w t e h l e l as m t u h g e e p s nese he w e n uto hy r. il T le heCourt defend ant should be allowed, and in coming to this decision, they were not governed so much by the denial of the defendant as by the manner of that denial, and the circumstances connected with it. It was not sufficient as a general rule in that Court, that a mere denial to an imputed offence stopped the course of proceeding ; but, on the contrary, it often furnished ground for sending the case to another Tribunal ; for though the Court possessed ex traordinary powers analogous to those of a Grand Jury, yet were the modes of investigation different. A Grand Jury cannot en quire into the defence, and have only to decide whether there was sufficient ground to send the matter to be tried by another Jury ; but this Court bad not only to decide whether the case should be put in this particular way, but they had also to look at it with reference to the expence, and in this respect, the proceeding was most severe. The Court had always, there fore, to consider, whether from the defence this extraordinary way of proceeding should be resorted to. Ilere the Chief- Justice cited several cases relied on by the Counsel fur the defendant, such as the King v. Dodd, the King v. Robertson, in Blackstone'a Reports, and the King v. Daly ; and observed on how far they differed from or agreed with the present. When the defendant insisted upon his innocence, he must do so de cidedly and unequivocal ly, and such a denial the Court consi der not a proof of innocence or guilt, but on the probabity or improbability of the matters alleged, deliver their Judgment. In the present case the only proof of the guilt is the proof of the hand-writing, and though the proof of the hand-writing is good evidence on a trial, it is not sufficient when opposed to the positive and direct swearing of the defendant, and in the absence of all other. Both uffidavits may be morally true.— Alderman Darley may conscientiously believe the latter to be the hand-writing of the defendant, but the defendant cannot be mistaken in knowing whether it be his writing or not. His affidavit is full in this respect, and leaves no room for evasion ; he swears not only that is not his hand-writing, but that he was not privy to the writing of it, or knows who wrote it; lie also disclaims the principles contained in the letter, and swears he entertains no ill will to the prosecutor, but on the contrary, considered him his father's friend, and that he was anxious himself to know the writer. He also swore he knew nothing of it until he saw it in the Newspaper sent to his father in the country, the day after the motion in this Court, and which paper he was not in the habit of rteeiving, and on the following morning the defendant went before a Magistrate, and voluntarily made an affidavit he was not the writer. When these allegations were considered the Court were of opinion that the probability of the charge should be left to the ordinary tribunal. It' the defendant hail brought two or three inure to confirm his affidavit, as to the hand-writing, his case would be much stronger; and had such mode been resorted to on the principle already declared, it is probable the prose. cutor would not proceed. But the defendant also swears he requested such an inspection of the letter by himself and his friend, as would enable him to endeavour to trace the author, though he subjected himself by such request to have evidence furnished against him. This the prosecutor's Attorney refused. It was not on the ground of any misconduct of this kind the present decision was made, because such proceeding may have been prudent on the part of this person ; but in the absence of all other a ffi davits the Court could not see their way in this case. From ull these reasons, and the poverty of the party, the information must be disallowed without costs. Mr. North after applied for the costs, but the Court refused, the Chief-Justice observing there were grounds fully sufficient to warrant the application. Some quarries of white and green marble have been lately discovered in the west of Ireland which promise to be very valuable. The white is said to be of a quality superior, for the purposes of statuary and sculpture, to any Italian marble, being of the same texture and constitution with the best Grecian marble; and the green marble is considered to be of the f am ily of the verde antique, and to rival the finest specimens of that very rare and costly ar ticle in beauty. MIDSHIPMEN: Lieutenant COITCII, Royal Navy, presents his best respects to the EDITOR of THE Sux with the annexed information ter the benefit of the Midshipmen who are to become the Commanders of Fleets forty or fifty years hence. Some Midshipmen of his Majesty's Fleet have been imposed on and made to believe, that they must not learn or acquire the perfections of their profession, or exhibit any superiority of talent, for fear they may give umbrage to their superior Officers ; this is very injurious to the interests of his Majesty and the Country, and will entirely ruin this Navy if persisted in ; and is contrary to the ideas of the late Admiral Sir Edward Hughes with respect to Sir Richard Strachan ; the late Admiral Lord Hood with respect to Sir Benjamin Hollowell ; the late Earl Ilowe with respect to the late Captain John Elphinston; each of them having shewn himself superior in seamanship, and the latter also in astronomical science to his Su , perior and Patron ; and which superiority has been the occasion of recommending them to im portant and particular commands, stations, and services; Str Edward Hughes, Earl Howe, and Lord Hood were above such childish maxims as to ruin, or retard their promotion, because they exhibited such talents ; on the contrary, they recommend them strongly ; but, above all, it is by the junior Officers improving on the perfec tions of the senior Officers that has caused the British Navy to be superior to the Navy of five hundred years back ; in one instance, Lieutenant Couch can cite that the discouraging juniors to exhibit superior seamanship to superiors is attend-. ed with the most vital consequences to this King dom, in a Captain of Marines, with his coat off, having taken upon him to reprimand the Captain of a line-of-battle ship before the foremast men for not laying his Majesty's ship in a proper manner in action; and giving the llelm's-men and Quarter- Master contrary orders to the Captain, First Lieutenant, and Master. Cans Fides, et vests , Britannia cum Sorori G eorg i us J ura dabant: With respect to the restoration of Lieutenant Couch's property in part only, it has been re presented that he is desirous to obtain it oil un justifiable grounds ; he does not sue in conse quence of his having saved four hundred merchant vessels, worth twenty million of pounds, and two line-of-battle ships, with the lives of those on board ; he only sues for a restoration of one quarter part of the propertyjhe has been deprived of, and lost in different ways, when supporting the Crown of Great Britain, and preserving, at the risk of his own life, the contributions of war taxes; he does not even ask to be paid for the means he has furnished this rich kingdom with, of saving more than one hundred thousand pounds per annum by a Report of Guard ; and on the restoration of his property he does not even ask for a pension, or arrear of pension, for hurts he received in saving the lives and credit of British Naval Commanders, after, too, he had subsisted and clothed both military and naval officers for two years together, without having been reim bursed in the least : In citing the law as touching the oaths of the Members of the Imperial British Parliament, with respect to the restoration of this quarter part of his property, he claims on the precedent of Lieutenant Home Popham, but on better grounds ; Lieutenant Popham having lost his propveesrsteyi w l l:e h t e l , co t m :n ri g u l l a n i d ld ing wa a s at r e wal.l m w e i t r i ; chant France ; whereas, Lieutenant Couch lost his property in faithfully exerting himself for the safety of property and lives of the British sub jects ut the risk of his own . iul(i have he is desirous to i n f orm th e consor t s an d children of military and n ava l o ffi cers, t h at hi s nautical inventions and imp rovements prov id e f or the safety of their husbands o sadof b ande: p i applied, ifathersMajesty's e stl shipsoe ott the av e oc p ea re n v ; en a t t: . r d l if thte loss e an l d on n g ia l t i l s y t otherSt George, nw n of e a r r o , a n l d l u i s i a s a v r e , e P s Prim and o d s e t h , of widows and orphans of military and naval officers, privates, and s eamen, by many thous an ds. Chesterman-place, Reading. Hoop EltY.—.oll Wednesday morning Mr. Wm. TREAUWELL (one of the Society of Friends), a cheesemonger, at Kensington, left his house, as was his custom, about five o'clock, to proceed to the London markets, leaving every thing safe. Shohly after his departure, his mother heard a noise, like the unlocking of the street door ; but it did not alarm her, as she thought it was the shopman who had had permission the previous evening to go to the Theatre, and to sleep with a friend. When she came down stairs, however, she found that a tin cash box, which was kept in. the drawer of a bureau in the parlour, had beers forced open, and about 801. in cash stolen. S ome silver and papers were strewed . about the floor. The thief or thieves must have entered the street door with a false key, as it was found locked. The box appeared to have been forced with at small crow-bar. A t lianham, Gloucestershire, on Monday, a boy named James Weymouth, about six years old, whilst running by the side of his father, who was driving a waggon, fell down in consequence of his foot striking against a stone,. and before his father could stop the horses, both wheels of the. waggon had gone over him, and deprived him of life. BIRTHS. On the 9th ult., in York-place, the Lady of T. IL Thellusson, Esq., of a daughter. On the I Ith inst., at Paliners Green, Southgate, the Lady of S. G. Smith, Em., of a 8011. MARRIED. On Wednesday, the Ilth inst., at Maidstone, Kent, Courtnty Stacey, Esq., of Hill Green, to Charlotte, youngest daughter of Win. G. Daniel Tyssen, Esq., of Fitzroy square. DIED. On the 18th May, at Sorento, in the Bay of Naples, in the 4th year of his age, Ronald, second son of John Craufurd, Esq., of Auchenatnes, North Britain. At Eastbourne, on the Bth inst., Jane Eliza Wake, wife of the Rev. Richard Wake, Rector of Courteen h ail, Northainp. tonshire. On the 17th ult. at Rome, where he was prosecuting his studies with great ardour and success, in his ;20th year, Ilenry Hippialey Coxe, Esq., only son of the late J. F. IZ. IliPPi 4 leY Coxe, Esq. nephew and heir apparent of the late Ilenry Coxe, Esq. of Stottc-Easton, M.P. for Somerset. Ptillttd„rend Pubhithad far the Pudratairons, at she Sus. vrrict, 112, Strand, by J. R. CAIIB74IIIS. ;r