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PARLIAMENT. TIOUSE OF LORDS, fruzsimir, Fri). 'll. Viamirkt• ORA.NVILLB , ,presented a Petition from the Merchants, !tinkers, and Tratleirs;of the Town of NVolyer hampton, against the Insolvent Debtors' Act.— . Liia on the table. 3IAIt.RIA GE, ACT. Lord ELLENBOROUGII rave notice that he should move the second reading of the Marriage Act Amendment Bill' on Monday next, and should afterwards allow ull time for their I.Jorclalups to consider the measure.--Atk.ourned till sday. HOUSE OF COMMONaIa NEW aWRIT. A new• writ. was ordered for the Borough of Arundel, in the room at Jahn Blake, Esq. deceased. TA LLOW. On the motion of Mr. CURWEN, me Tete= vote ordered to, be laaton the table of the quantity of Tallow and• Hemp, im ported and exported to and from the tanned Kingdom, during the year, ending the sth of February linen. ' 51r. LYTTLETON presented a Petition from the Mer • chants and hankers of Wolverbampton, praying fora revision ef the Insolvent Debtote Act. Ordered to he orothetable. CALL .OF THE HOUSE. Lord. HOTHAM, pursuant to notice, moved theta Call of the House be appointed for Thursday the tltoh inst., in order that the fullest attendance might be ensured to mee t the discus sion of the question, of which theßight Hon. President of the Boord of Controui gave notice on the part of the AttOlney-Ge rotr4l of Ireland.--Ordered. SMALL 'DEBTS. Lord A latioßPE gave notice of a motion , for leave to ' bring in a DM for the more effectual and speedyarecovery. of Small Debts, for this day se'nnight. SLIGO ELECTION. Dr. LUSIIINGTON presented a Petition, complaining of undue ixteuerice at the Election for Sligo.—Ordered to be taken into consideration on the 13th of March. YEOMANRY CORPS OF IRELAND. Mr. GOULBURN molted, pursuant to notice, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend and continue the Yeomanry Corps Act Delooda Mr. HU:VIE said, it was his opinion that the establishment; of this Corps, which took place in 1798, had been produc tive of nothing but great expence to the country, and much Mee chief. The different bodies of it generally consisted of none but Orangemen, anti there Was no question that it was to theM only was to be attributed all the disturbances in the north of Ireland. He hoped, therefore, the Right lion. Gentlerhan - would thew some good reason why the country should be sad dled with this expence, especially after the re-establishment of the Act which had been repealed last Session. The Yeomanry Corr he considered one of the grossest jobs. As arta of this Vie found no less than ten Briga,de Miejois with petitions from the Yeomanry Corps. These were stated as not fit for service, and were a charge of 12711. to the country, for winch some, it appeared, had served tea, some fifteen years. Some 'were invalided, whom he was informed were not older than him {Hr. Houle), and in better health ; and he wished to know -whether the House believed that, even with his impudence, he would ask for a pension. There was a Major Colley who was set down as having served ten years, and wits forty-five years of age, who received a pension. Ile asked the Members An. :igo to state whether this Gentlemen hall not a private income ad , 2000!. 'a year, and was Treasurer of the county be sides: Tins was only one case in fifty ; and he. thought befo r e tli q agreed 'to this Bill, they ought to institute an inquiry to acsera tags whether they were able to do theic duty or not. The or • dinary expences of this Cobs were 16,0001. a year ; and a Mr. .Icay gut 10001. a year lot' paying it. He should not oppose .the bringing in of the Bill, because a time for noticing theatt things would coma whilst it was in progress through the lloteee. GOULBURN said, he was not disposed to gu through the variety of details which the Hon, Member had tntrodueeti into his speech, which would have been more usual and correct when the Army Estimates were before the House. The pree sent Bill was that under which the Yeomanry Corps was trained and exercised, and in ranting with respect to it, he certainly had riot thought it necessary to come down to the House pre pared. tc say whether Mr: Celles was or was notproperly super.- annualtd , With 'respect to the Brigade Majors at the close of the war t a very considerable number in Ireland were placed out of' employment. A great number who were effective were placed on the present establishment ; others, who were super , numerator, were put on half -may, and ever since not one Eri • gads bad been appointed but from that list. They were sreduoad far the purposes of retrenchment, and if any charge -existed against the Irish .Government, it was fur filling up the vsearicien front the Retired List, thereby effectiog a saving. Mr. A fia.IRCROMBY thought, that if his Hoo. Friend t-(1olr. Hanle) couldathew that great expence could be saved, it -ought to effect the question of bringing in the Bah Ile, how. ever, came down to the House under feelings of great anxiety, -wain seeing the notice of 'the Right lion. fa:nth:man relative r.:t o the Bill for establishing a k comanry Corps under the pre sent tarcunmetancee of Ireland. lie hoped the Bill would not ire prettied till After the arrival of the Attorney-nieneral from Inlaid, when 'the House would have full meansof judging -low tar a measure of this nature was judicious under the pre sent state of that unfortunate country. Especially ought the 'CatholhoQueetion 'to precede it in that Hoose, which lie could -Lot help entoldrring one intimately connected with it. Mr. (,0111.13URN, after complaining of the course of the Honoured& end Learned Member, in bringing fbrward such topics, when he (Mr. tioulburn) had no opportunity at' reply, proceeded to observe.-hander a general cry of " Go on," from 'the Opposition Members)—that he was not prepared on this .questinn to go into the consideration of the etate of Ireland,— lie did not wish to take the Homes. by surprise, but, on thel contrary, to bring the whole business of Ireland - before the House, for which. purpose he had thus early introduced the first stage of this Bill, He did not apprehend it was necessary fur tint then to go into a vindication of the establishment of a yeomanry corps in Ireland. The propriety of' that, he believed, had been tdready recognized, and stood upon a good luds. He ' begged in conclusion to say that he should at any time be ready teepoetpone any stage of the Bill in obedience to any view of time future. taken by the Honourable Member who had preceded him. Mr. AI3ERCROSIDY explained. • .• Mr. V. FITZGERALD vindicated the eharacter of the yeo trianry of Ireland from what lie considered the unjust aspersions of the lion. Member for Aberdeen (Mr. Hume. ) So tar from' their being compoeed exclusively of Orangemen, he knew of one corps composed entirely of Catholics, and that noth ing was '.farther front the truth than such a reprettentatien. Tbe lion. Member seemed to have forgotten the illustrates services of the yeomanry of that country. With respect to what the lion. Member bad said of Major Cones, he begged to assure the that so far from his being of' the ago and strength of the lion. Member, v i 2. 45 years of age, -he had served that num - 'leer of years in the yeomanry. Mr. SPRING RICE; said, that two-third:' of the yeomanry foree of Ireland was confined to the province of Ulster alone. a In the comae of the progress of this Dill through the House, 'he would endeavour to introduce a clause to secure the Catholic population of (he conntry from the danger and insults °farmed men joining hi the obnoxiousprocessione of the Orange Lodge • Mr. V. ri TZOERALD explained. After a few words from Mr. Hume, Mr. Secretary PEEL observed, that with respect to Major Cullom, lie could state that he was put on the Retired List, in order to give repose to an old and meritorious Officer, anti not. to make a 'vacancy .. for the appointment of ano th er Leave was then even to bring in 8)0101. M r , e ti )tlialtUßN then obtained:leave to bring in s mu to continue the Act, known by the name of the Irish Arms Act, wad to effect a reduction in the Staff. TURNPIEE ACTS ' Mr. F. LEWIS, pursuant to notice, moved for 'leave to bring in a Bill to amend and consolidate the existing Top pike. ActS• Ile assured the: House that such an Act woultrle productive of a gnat saving of expence. Aftcra few words from Mr. CtiltWEN, BEN'NETT, and Sir T. Avez.Aii to, leave was granted. WINDOW TAX. Mr. 110BHOUSE gave notice, that after Easter it was hie intention to renew a motion ho made last year, for the 'Tepee, of o n e Window Tax. 'This tom tiori, ho begged: to observel .evould be contingent upon the three circumstances, viz. of the country not being mo, war, time Aseeeemed Taxes not wholly re pealed, or the obnoxious Tax itself repealed. RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN. Mr. HUME said, he was anxious that time House should knew how much money had been paid to the Emperor of liers- Niti of the three millions guaranteed by this country in 1815.-- .• It woo not irnpossiple that we had then waited the Emperor in hie tut* upon Spain. He knew not what was the understand ing %woo which we took thiX loan upon ourselves ; but if it was to ks p the v;ao of Eimiope, be thought we had no just grounds for diecoetietring to pay it. For time sake offitll in , fottnailosi , he time for a return of the ese,ourit paid of the Rita3fart Du t;h' Undertaken by timid country, by a Con ventien et Lotelen, on the 19th of May, Ifflai, and how much • principal and interest renutioed yet to pay.— -ordered. QC IT-It B NTS--IRE LA N D. Mr. than moved for the-production of a Copy of the . Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the •state of QUWRents - in Ireland. He declared it to be his inten-' tion to make a motion for the appropriation of Quit. Rents and Clown Lands to the rctliiction of the National Debt by ntak. iog a :linking Fund of the produce of their sale. A great part, he understood of the annual revenue from them was wasted in , pensions. The Hon. Member also moved or a return of the amount received .from these•sources from the year 1798 to the ,present time. Mr. OOULBURN reminded the lion. Member that Portia. , rnent had already done what he announced as his intention to do on the. introduction of a Bill, by an llon..priend, of his last Scssion. Mr. HUME was aware of the measure, and his object was to make it effective. • - Mr. GOULBURN assured him that theonly way to do that would be to insert a clause to force people to become pur 1, ihasers..."-The motiona4ere then agreed to. VIOE.,TREASIJRER OP 11WA,ANV.. • Mr. HUME moved for Copies of ativ Correspondence he. tweed the Chief Secretary of Ireland and the Chancellor of the Exchequer during the last twelve months, relative to the Of has of `'ice-Treasurer of Ireland. He believed it to be a most useless office, at a charge to the country of nearly 0,000/. a. year. The Honourable Member also moved for a Return of the Establishments of Ireland, abolished in consequence of the Union of the two Exchequers of Ireland and England ; the amount of money saved, and the allowances niade for the loss of offices. Also a Return of' the expense of the Aix of Vice- Treasurer, with the number of persons employed, and the sa lary of each. The motions were severally agreedio. On the motion of Mr. LUSH INGTON,.it was agreed that the House should, to-morrow, into a Committee on that part of the Lords Commissioners Speech which related to the current expences of the year. Returns were also ordered of the Revenue'upon Wines, and the amount paid by each country, stating quantity and quality, and the countries from whenca exported, Or, the years 1821, 1822, and 1823: On the motion of Mr. S. RICE, the Report of the Commis. sioners appointed to inquire into the state of Public Works in Ireland, and the sums expended for the relief of the Poor under their direction, be laid before the House. On the motion of Mr. .LUSIIINGTON, Returns were or. dered of the account of Sugar imported from the East Indian Colonies for the year ending lith January, 1823; also the quan tity imported , into Great Britain and Ireland, and the Colonies from Ocoee, specifying the. quality, with the bounties and ut t n the same. Also 'similar' Returns relative to Rum and Coffee, andthe itkOtr PrOduee of the Oilonies. AMERICAN COLONIES. Mr. WILMOT moved that the House should resolve 'itself into Li CoMmittee of the whole House to take into considera tion the American Colonies Trede Acts. The House having resolved itself into the Commitee, the Gentleman moved a Resolution for bringing in anew Bill to regulate the Trade of those Colonies. The. HOuse resumed, and the Report of the-Committee was ordered to be received to-morrow. SCOTCH CLERGY. Mr. HUME gave notice that he would to-morrow move for returnsmf.the Stipends granted to the Clergy of Scotland in the year 1750, and alsnfor similar, returns for the year 1820. Mr. LUSIIINGTO'N brought up accounts from the Corn. missioners for the reduction of the National Debt, together with Pampers relative to the herring Fishery, the Customs, Ex cite, and Civil List of Scotland—Ordered to 'lie 4.n the table. —Adjourned. DR. CHALMErts. GLASGOW, JAN. 20.—1 'have called together the Gentlemen of the agency of St. John's, for the purpose of making itii(iiOn my acceptance of the offered chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of St. Andrew's; and it is not iFititout ratich 'agiation that I contemplate the prospect of leav ing such a number of friends, in whose kindness and Christian worth I have foUnd a refuge from many disquietude% The appointment is altogether unsolicited on my part; and just happens to be the seventh that has been submitted to my con sideration since I have been connected with Glasgow.—You will, ther'zfore; believe, that it is not upon a slight or hasty de liberation that I have resolved to accept of it ; and I now hasten to offer the explanation of my seasons to those who are best en titled to know them. My first is a reason of necessity, and is founded on the im perative consideration of my health. 1 should like to unite the labour of preparation: for the pulpit with the labour of honse hold mirristrationi in the parish ; this is an union which 1 have made many attempts to - realize, and I now find myself to be al. together unequal to it; this mortifying experience has grown upon me for a good many months, but never did it become so distinct and decisive until the present winter. My very last at. tempt at exertion out of doors has been followed up by several weeks of utter incapacity for fixed thought. 1 find it impossi. ble any longer to acquit myself both of the personal and mental fatigues'of my Present Office; and when under an impressive sense of this, a vacant Professorship came to my door, I enter tained it as an offering of' Providence, and have resolved to fol low it. My second is a reason of conscience. lam aware that the fatigue of my present office is shortly to be lightened by the erection of a chapel of ease, and the Subdivision of the parish into two equal parts. I have often taken encouragement to myself from the anticipation of this important relief, and if my succeneorbe possessed of ordinary strength, and have nothing to Carry ,olfins mind from the direct work of the ministry, he will now, I am persuaded, fee. the comforts of a sphere so re duced within manageable limits, that it may be overtaken— but it'so happens of me, that my attention of late has been divided between the cares of my profession, and the stu dies of general philanthropy—and while sensible of the re buke to which this might expose me, from those whose piety and Christian excellence are entitled to veneration, yet I can affirm of every excursion that I have recently made in the fields of civic and economic speculation, that I have the ness of him who condonneth not himself in that which he bath attained. I can truly say, that when I entered on this field, it was not because I knowingly turned me away from the object of Christian-usefulness,, but because I apprehended that I there saw the object before ; .but the field has widened as I have advanced upon it, in so much that I cannot longer retain the office which I now bold, without injustice to my parish and congregation—without, in fact, becoming substantially, and to all intents and purposes, a pluralist. In these circumstances, gentlemen, I have been met, and Most unexpectedly, with the unanimous invitation of at College, within whose walls I can enjoy the retirement that I love, and again unbosom myself among the fondest remembrances of my boyhood.—lt was there that I passed through the course of my own academiCal studies, and that I am now called upon to direct the studies of another generation. Some of you have long known what I think of the great worth and import. arum of a Professorehip, and that I have even held a literary , office in a University, through which the future ministers of our parithet pass in numerous succession every year, to be a higher station in the vineyard even of Christian usefulness, -than the office of a single minister of a atingle ongregution. Morel - Plainsophy is not Theology, but it stands at the en trance of it, and so of all human sciences is the most capable of being turned into an instrument either for guiding aright, or for most grievously perverting the minds of those who are to be the religious instructors of the succeeding age. It is my anxious wish, that those reasons, which have satis. fled myself, should satisfied you. In the calm retreat of an an. cient and far-femed University; in the employment, which it, offers, so akin to the thing that I hold in the highest estima. lion ; in the post of suPeriority, which is there assigned me ; in the unhouuded leisure and liberty of its summer vacation, dlur. inn; which I may prosecute my other favonrise pursuits and more particularly may renew, for months together, my con verse with Glasgow, and so perpetuate my intimacy with your. salves ; in these there are charms end inducements, which I have not been able to resist, and which I have 'not seen it my dutyto put aiysy from me. I feel the highest gratitude for your affectionate, services, nor shall I ever cease to remember your toleration for my errors, and the kind and indulgent friendship, wherewith you have ever regarded me.' 7f y prayer for you all is, that you may be enabled by the grace of God, to live the lives and to die the deaths of the righteous; that you hold fast the doctrine which is • unto salvation, and grow daily in the faith of the Gospel. which both pacific% the conscience rand purifies the heart— • Quit not, 1 beseechyou, those stations of usefulness, to which you were guided, not, I trust, 'Oy any human attachment ; but, by a' principle of allegiance >to Him, who is the same to-day, yesterday, and for ever;. do, with , all your might, that which your hand findeth to do, and more' particular . 1 5' do T'crave, that, throughout the remaining months of my abode in the midst of you, you will afford me the aid of all your light and experience in the maturing of these final ar. raugements, by which the parish may be transmitted in the belt ! pOsaihle condition to my successor. (Signed) THOMAS CHA LME RS. LORD PORTSIVIDIrrIPS. CASE. EXAMINATION , . SrCONI) PAY, TI.TXSDAY, FEB. 11. As soon as the Commissioners hail taken 0104' seats. Serjeant Pr LL addressed the Court, and _said that he wished to correct a mis-statement which had gone forward to the public. It had been stated in all the Morning Papers that he appeared there as the Counsel for Way Portsmouth. He wished it to be distinctly understOod' that that was not the citse, and that he attended there•only as the Counsel for Lord ports mouth. As the public papers, to which he must say all were indebted, had been the medium of circulating the mis-state mcnt,•7ie was titre, from their liberality, that he had only to mention it, and that it would immediately be corrected. The Learned Serjeant then said, that as the order of the Lord Chancellor would materially govern the proceedings, be `fore they went on any further he wished that it should be read. The order was •then read. Tt in substance directed the .Corn missioners and the Jury to inquire into the state of mind of the Earl•of Portsmouth, and to report whether he was fit to manage his own affairs. It directed that every person who had the Earl in their custody should produce him, for the examination of the Commiasioners•and the Jury, whenever they should require to • see 'h Mr. Serjeant 1.4. then stated, that he had 'found it his dtity 'to have an interview with the unfortunate Nobleman. The noise 'ln the Hall was at this time so loud that no one at the lower end of the table could hear the Learned Serjeant distinctly; but as far as we could . collect the purport of what he stated it was - that the Earl of Portsmouth had earnestly requested, in the course of the interview, to know whether he should be called, and if it mere, necessary for him to appear ; he strongly wished that he might be apprised of the fact, and due notice given him to prepare himself. The Learned Serjeant promised to give the unfortunate Nobletnan the earliest information he could obtain as to when hewould be required to appear. The Learned Serjeant now, therefore, in the presence of the whole of the . Counsel who attended in support of the proceeding against the Earl, wished to ask them at what stage of the proceedings they meant to produce him as a witness ? •If they could not conve niently state the day on which he would be called, they would in kindness, liberality, and humanity, not call him suddenly to meet the painful struggle, but would allow him some opportu nity of preparing himself. M. IVETHEnEct. replied, that.at present it was not pos. siblefor them to state at what partiof the proceedings, or when it wouldlie necessary, to call in and examinethe--iiol4 Lord. The CHIEF CONtntsstowynt read the order. and from the, terms of it he said the Noble Lord must be produced at the in stance of the Commissioner; or the Jury. The Learned Com missioner was of opinion that it aid not depend on the Counsel on eititr side when the Noble Lord should or should not be examined. The first witness called was John Edward toomb?., a medical Gentleman, who was examined by the Coatmow SE EAN T.— The witness deposed that in 1808 he was applied to by the late Lord °motley, General Norton, two of the Trustees of Lord Portsmouth, and by the lute Lady Portsmouth, to go and reside with his Lordship and take care of him. The witness said, I then found him in much the same state as he is now ; he was at first exceedingly polirtkto me, as be is to all strangers, but after re siding with hint three or four days, I discovered certain pecu liarities ; his general conduct certainly implied that he was a man of peculiar mind.; he, had so, many peculiarities that I cannot specify them; I remained- in the family until the year 1811 t from what I observed of his ,conduct I thought him to be a man of extremely weak, I may say certainly of an unsound, mind; he was so far weak, as to require the at tentiou of other persons; I was placed with him for the pur pose of regulating his conduct, and was with him three yearl for that purpose, and received remuneration for my ser• vices. I am connected with Lord Orantley's family by mar riage. Lord Portsmouth neither settled, his own accounts nor had the command of money, and when he did give orders they were not at all times obeyed. Ile had often insisted on par. ticular servants being discharged, but Lady Portsmouth (the late Lady Portsmouth) would not allow diem to be discharged, unless she conceived that their conduct had been improper. When I was applied to on such occasions, I seldom confirmed his sentence ; frequently servants were still kept, notwithstand• ing his reputedly insisting that . they should be discharged.— Indeed, for the three years that I remained in the family.— I do not remember one servant to have been discharged solely by the act of his Lordship. The witness related some peen. liarities in the manner of Lord Portsmouth when at table ; amongst others, was his frequently exclaiming that he-had been run against by the servants an A hurt, When he had not been touched. He would often turn front table as any one of them came near, and in a threatening tune and wild manner tell them to take care how they came near him. He would often take an active part in the husbandry occupations about the estate at Hursemore, and would superintend those opera tions. He was Particularly fond of driving the horses, and drove a team walking by the side with a whip. He was often seen in the fields amongst the men whipping the horses, and acting as a carter. This, in fact, was his chief occupation whin he was in the country. In 1811 the witness left the fa mily in consequence of his marriage. After' the death of the late Countess in 1013, he was appointed to remove his Lordship to London ; he attended him at the instance of the Trustees, and remained with him until ist Feb. 1514. The witness con tinued : " I observed no improvement in hit state of mind.— About the time I removed him he was perpetually holding conversations about women, and expressed a strong desire to be Married." Question—Did he mention any particular person to whom he should wish to he married ?--Yes ; several. Do you recollect their names?-1 remember one was Alias Duvine. Ido not recollect the other names. Did the name of Miss Hanson form any part of that num ber ? Certainly not. Witness continued—l remonstrated with him on the impro priety of his thinking of marriage, and told him, it was too early a pet to think of so soon after the death of his late Countess. lie replied to my remonstrances, that he should not be happy until he was married. I saw Lord Portsmouth again on the 2d of July last ; it was about 18 or 20 miles from Edinburgh ; I went to Scotland at the particular request of the late Lord Grant- Icy ; the present Lord Grantley was with Lord Portsmouth when I saw him. On our way to London be gave us a long history of his ill treatment at Edinburgh ; he said that a Gentleman of the name of Alder, who was resident in his house, had treated him with great indignity anti cruelty, and had frequently beaten him and knocked him down. Ile told us that he had been frequently i nterrupte d in his bed-room , by this Mr. Al der, and had f requent l y been sent for by Lady Portsmouth at night, and sometimes at one or two o'clock in the morning, on her complaining that she -was unwell. I asked his Lordship whether Mr. Alder came dressed on those occasions; bis L o rd. ship replied that he came sometimes in his robe de chambre and sorpeAltithoNt, od . that, onco begs iq ,, .!44 shirt. told us ttuts,likAldir was in the habit of sleeping on the same door as Lady liintattiOuth. I asked Bins wiat'lllr. Mier did when ltetain'e into •He told us that' he mostly remained there of contidatzlile tamp and that he, always lay on the left hand aide of Lady Portsmouth, so that she was between him (Lord Portmouth) and 31i. Alder. 1 then asked his Lordship why he did not kick him (Alder) out i Ills Lordship tolled that he was afraid, as Alder it'Sribb . powerful a man, and he did not like to encounter WM. Alba Lordship told us that a• relative of Lady, Portsmouth .had ill tniedhim by whipping hint and knocking, him down. lie told us that Lady ports mouth was in the' habit Of keeping a whip behind her pillow, and that she had been in the habit 44 applying it to his. Lord ship. 116 mentioned the servants as having ill used him. I saw his Lordship yesterday, he told me that he then felt the effects of the blows weskit he had received from Mr. Alder ; from what I saw of his Lordship yesterday, I think there Is certainly no improvement in his state of mind; he told me and Lord Grande!, that Mr. Alder had been intro duced into his family us a medical man by Mr. Hanson, but that Mr. Alder had told him (Lord Portsmouth) that he was a trustee. I remember Lord Portsmouth saying, on our way frOm Scotland, that he would repair to Hursemore and have a great throne erected, and would pass sentence on all who had . ill-treated him. The sentences, were, 1 think, that Alder should be hanged and gibbeeted; Mr. Hanson was to be hanged, and also Mr. Newland Hanson ; Lady Ports inciutli, whom he 'calls Mrs'. A. or Alder, was to receive transportation for life ; he mentioned a great number of per sons whom he' would' sentence to be transported, fined, or imprisoned. He mentioned these things, at least, half a `dozen times over. He said Lady Portsmouth would have child shortly, and that it was his own child, and that Lady Portsmouth had told him so. 'Witness proceeded to state the means by which Lord Portsmouth was managed.— " There was no difficulty' in managing him ; he was influenced chiefly by terror and kind treatment ; terror had a great effect upon him ; any fraud might be practised upon him with the greatest ease. The late Lady Portsmouth treated him with particular kindness and indulgence,—l might say, she was kind and indulgent to a fault ; there was not a gratification that she did not endeavour to procure him ; a degree of firm nois was sometimes requisite to controul him, I do not say ter ror;" on the whole, from the year 19(18 to the present time, the witness declared his opinion, that Lord Portsmouth, although he might impose upon strangers, hail not been a man of sound mind. Cross-examined by Serjeant Pe L L —Lord Grantley and Judge Best, and General Norton were trustees under a deed. There is something peculiar in the pliyaiognotny of Lord Portsmouth ; his eyes are peculiar—his manner is dignified notwithstanding. He .was a man of an amiable temper—very amiable when not actuated by passion. Ile has a good memory. Does he know right from wrong'? -Certainly; That is to say, in a gener a l manner. (The witness entered into several explanation subse quently upon this question. and explained that he meant that his Lordship was capable of distinguishing in ordinary and in ceremonious intercourse what he was to do.)—He would not after instruction behave in a rude manner—he was capable of instruction, and had been to Italy, under the care of a private tutor. I have not informed him of this proceeding, as I thought it would have been cruel; but he has been informed. He asked me about it ; but. I referred , him to Mr. Skirrow, who is his friend and legal adviser, a Gentleman of the Bar.— Lord Portsmouth is exceedingly fond , of driving horses ; he has an assortment of two .dozen whips at least for his own use ; a person of experience always walked behind the carts while liia Lordship was driving in order to protect him from injury; he hair driven a curricle; but I do not recollect that he ever drove out the late Lady Portsmouth. Q. Probably you were not sur p r i se d at L ord Portsmouth, who' had been so cruelly treated by Mr. Hanson, sentenc i ng hint to be hanged P—l hope I was not surprrsed ; certainly I was not Q. Then you did not consider the sentence as too severe ? Here Mr. Byng, the Member for Middlesex, who is upon , the Jury, made a loud exclamation of surprise. i Mr. Serjeant PELL asked the Hon. Member the reason of his surprise Mr. Byng said he was surprised that the witness should be called upon to give his opinion on such a Mattel. Mr. Serjeent TELL said, that site questions he had put, he believed were quite usual In the, coarse of a cross-examination. The witness proceeded—Lord Portsmouth had voted on the' Queen's trial, witness did not know whether he recollected on which side, but remembers his Lordship having said, that he thought he had voted wrong.—(Laughter.)—Witnessamtinued —I believe the late Lord Grandee , •always had his proxy : I remember Lord Portsmouth having told me so; his Lordship had written some 'letters very well, others were very faulty ; he understands French, has been instructed in Latin, and knows arithmetic, at least he can do a sum of addition with ac. ,fore cur ay. , . r .. d l n k s T i e ee w i f l r a o y m i 0 y L: n rd a Portsmouth wri tnf Habeas,t that t an he d had ad bean been be. . elated by the learned Judge to be a free agent, and had been allowed to go where he pleased. Mr. Christopher Hunter, a medical Gentleman;was then exa mined by Mr, PEPYS. The witness resided at Whitchurch, and was in the habit of' attending on those of his family who hap. pened to be ill ; witness obtained a written permission from his Lordship to ride through his park on visiting his patients who resided round about it ; when he frequently was stopped by his Lordship, who accosted him, and used exceed. ingly . abusive language, asking him haw he dared to tree. pass on his grounds, and threatened to prosecute him. This happened. very ' frequently, notwithstanding repeated expla nations, and his Lordship would often spring out upon him, as Ito went thrOeigh the park, from behind trees and hedges, or from under covered shades. Witness has known him to wait for more than two houre in these places, and would often find him lurking in the same spot upon his return from his patients, and was then accosted in th e same manner as before. These interruptions and menaces would happen after the witness bad made. himself acquainted to his Lordship. . Witness saw leis Lordship yesterday morning; his L or d s h ip comp l a i ne d of the usage which he had received from Mr. Alder on three or four occasions, particularly of his coming into bed with him and Lady Portsmouth, but said that he could not help it, for Mr. Alder was a powerful man, with large whiskers. Mr. Danis Ludlow was then examined by Mr . : B efiwer. oadri tt attp o lula silitina n iflnuice o thogteen i if t moi l a y:ln:eve, ag e : anea r hr?. . t: —He had known turd Portsmouth for 23 years , and had fre quent opportunities of seeing him. Before 1808, he resided in the neighbourhood of Lord Portsmouth and visited biro fre quently. .He was, from the observation of the witness at that time, a person of unsound mind, and was generally reputed to be so ; Ite was at times exceedingly civil tothe witness, and atother times lie was exceedingly angry at the witness whenever he met him, and. attempted. once .to drive over hint without any cause. Lord Portsninuth was generally anxious about my patients, as to when they would die, because he would toll the bell for them ; he was particularly fond of tolling the church bell; he ale , anxious to know when one old woman, a patient of mine, would the, ml she held a cottage of his during her life, and he said, if she died, it would be a good windfall for him. —4 have efteb seen his Lordship amongst the teen in the hay field working eitil them with the greatest femiliarity ; he did not call any of them by their proper names; one of them, a ger. doter, lie called "Cebbage stump," and gave others similar f names.- Lord Portsmouth went to the funeral uninvited, and' the family were much hurt at his appearance there, but he was permitted to remain. Witness saw Lord P. yesterday uturnin e e —ln the course of conversation he Menuuned that it was ill behaviour in Mr. Alder coming to bed to him and her lady..' ship ; he mentioned with respect to Mr. Alder, that he was a man with large whiskers, who was perfectly notorious, for he had had twenty bastards already ; he said the girl et w st tissioh tardyti enai i tertinhei would cdoci t iuton h itluhtt e lleHda,l f i j aeni o i:lio u al tir n i i i4biecitwteldae zoivalr s tliale::::il l ro:r. il t io a d u: iwc.tf, wsapittuhi h tnillniselei m eeedt hl d tile r:dlaida.eoare oawy;:cunienurltudiessnaaoatLetiton.tsri state witness u o km yt ert the asked streo h eoaiwin i luiov i aps cecsfhsteoelinil.je erected said a T t e 1 a h a i s . tioned that he had .often been obliged to carry letters front knew nothing at all about it until the 3lon. I hLow , ea o s r rdr d e;p P plwi o oeir rts dttsnte m lnhsaso o t t ua i ii t ui t ite l day *bat lie wits tarried, • i l, n i . ,. o C i r t rp r i i i i e s n:g: i f x o n a t a i t n si d d i l i l n t e l e d i ( e i b t w y n i e t A i l u i l h o r. r i :Si e i o l o fie4l : d on sh rt d i r p , t ia r L t t h s .— e rri c ot i o V i u t i n h tn : r e % •:e s r a y e y a e pe r s . t r e G f rd e ‘e -t a n y : was requested to see his Lordellip by a Solicitor, Mr. Skillow. five o'clock, and in the country had dinateathweittahblhei.cu'llan'ittid./11.1Inisleelluin denten wt o i u y t e...._ to seen the late Lord Grantley Lord Portsmouth on one particular occasion, after having been in a h a yfi e ld, eat with remarkable voracity at dinner. troughand flee C e enough h e 1 for w t e ll a t : i call another witness, when the Chief Commissioner int rpos- d, and said they had already It -wax now near The Court accordingly adjourned. THE IRISH 0. P. TRIALS. FOR THE SUN. Ma. EDlTOR—from your acknowledged im partiality mid disCrimination . , I ruust own that I was much 44AP• pointed in observing in your popular and loyal Paper the recent trials at Dublin, entitled, " The Trials of TILE COXs!IItA7 Tony !" Now, Sir, for the . present4 ahlal contentolY4 4ll4 merely asking you to o bt a in from your' Dublin agent a co rrect report of THE EVIDENCE given on these trials and to insertit in your Paper; after which yoit may,. if you plittiet the lrtirtos.speechei of the Lawyers on both sidas . The il%!. section of Tax - EVIDENCE 0?..1LY will be sufficient for toy purpose, without any observation :or comment. It will Op! tbeeyes of John Bull, end lead hi m to conclusions not in an 7 degree creditable to the, individuals who have been cngsged'lll getting up the late farce; which will end in their own aisico-. fiture. AN HONEST and CANDID CATHOLIC. British Coffee-house, Feb. 11. ••• it is proper to, inform our Correspondo:t , that Tilt EVIDENCE on these trials would occupy two or three of our The word CossPutvrons was used P rilitta Reports, and not i n any statement f rom ourselv.!g• E AMY. By the recent death of Gencral C.tvEsaisa LISTER, the Coloneicy of the 45th foot and the Governorship of Land , uard Fort have become vacant. Detachments of the 7th Dragoons have arrived in town fr°l° ScOand, and are now quartered in Paddington aoti for the purpose of learning the new exercise. A detachment belonging to the Royal Fusileers is ordered to march, on Thursday next, from Windsor to 'leading, w zllie" a similar detachment of the same corps, which i 5 " der° W. Windsor. The last division of the 65th Foot commenced its 1 1 larc b Y - terda from .Milford Haven, for Chatham, wh7re it is expec t cj to arrive on the 6th- of next month. MEMORANDUM.—The following changes are is take place, in the quarters of the Foot Guar&, on T ,0451 ' tbe To G w r er en o a 26th instant : Buckingham House, Kensington, and . 'Magazine Barr4‘: f dier Lo G n d U o a n r d to , .. L ' o r t i v i e e r 2lairesbaut:,aiiliisotner:oan/777,,tc: thtibsee The id battalion to change train Knightsbridge. /34thhci$ the King's Mews Barracks. etb C'oldstrearn Guards.—The Ist battalion to move frA King's Mews B arrac k s to the Tower of Londen*—Th C talion to remove from Portman-street Barrack: to Ne i ) . . bridge Barracks, an d t h at part o f upper 'W e stminster 1110060' , tiguous thereto. , d , ' Third Guards.—Th e I st b attalion ti mo ve rig'- cs • 0 . ster to Portman- street B arracks, and t h at part t/Pir:r minster most contiguous thereto. Ordnance 01, c . e, Feb. IU, 16 21 0 . t i i arry g d telo o ., Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieuten e rl bb, t retitt tt if, from lialf•lniys to be First Lieutenant, vies ,s eke, trogi n half-pay ;1. First Lieutenant George Rivets ' ret ireil pay, to be First Lieutenant, vice Ifeaver, , aun d CP Fiot pay ; First Li eutenant Ch ar l es D a l ton, to b e Second Lieutenant Thomas Congreve j, to be bvL if , Lieutenant ; Gentleman Cadet Edward Tin w c r. wen I , a Lieutenant ; Captain Alexander (3avalie M er Vrttzes, pay, to be Captain ; First Lieutenant Willian awl half-pay, to be First Lieutenant; Captain to be 31 ,VP,„ Lieutenant-Colonel . Richard. Seeker Ilrougl), 5 , . , 01 10 ": First Lieutenant James Robert Colebrciolte, to " esPt!, t tain ; Captain Wm. Clibborne, from half-pay, to '''pe First Lieutenant Charles Goading, from lialr-paY, Lieutenant ; Second C a p ta i n an d Itrevet Major R. 4 4 4 Ord, (torn half-p a y, to b e S econd Captain , vice Alia , 1:4 t4 'ed on liaMpay ; Second Captain Thos. rantharo, jutant, vice Macleod. of l ient4 Medical Establishm en t f or the illilitary „ Dcpsrt° )', Ordnance —Second .Assistant-Surgeon to be First Assistant-Surgeon, vice Statiiland, dc`7 cond Assisont-Surgeon Morgan Nugent, from l',l l l. 44l )^ir'st Second Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cannon, promo*.pay, Cs sistant-Surgeon James !rook i l '.pAY. First Assistant-Surgeon, vice L h olke, retired CITY, TUESDAY EvCSIO. this a the/ Consols opened this morning at 74 '° 811 lar t did not fall under 734 4 during the day. About three 0 6 To from rumour 3 became very prevalent of the arrival of tan gP t ,ht, A ladrid, bringing information only s even . thils '• tiorl change . in the Spanish Alinistry, and munica n eathe Constitution, were reporieti to have b 4e 1, 4 , , , 1 i et riot . some OW P.' io , Ministe t n by these disPatcl 'es' may have been appointed a probable late:, 'pointed,. ni . by no inc‘wafaillia probable, for it is known that the late:appraach t°,,,‘ „ r ate. m itself, of the Bands of the Faith under BEsstenEs tli ' . „ bitt nan, had caused much discontent amongst the inhabit°,.46as f that this change would produce any alteration ill the co'su'e,,, an conceive possible. 'At the date of these 14611:1,7,11 o Speechof the Desired Lotrrs had not been received at'' theolie promulgation of this rumour, and with th e n'lta acnitioon fter a decline, the Consols closed at 7 3 3 t° 74. 2 t ° bl foreign se euritiaa a good deal of business cant inui tot s or done on speculation, but there are scarcely any in tel 4 B- ' c alk capital made in any of them. The Spanish Bonds sn ", h til tilt ( count on the Scrip of the last Loan have - aPPt • ‘ )4lcl4‘l e44.-° to within :4 per Cent. ,„; Es Itr ! The Paper B on d s o f t h e magnanimous AL }:% ' --1) 3 bee` ; in req uest amongst Englishmen , ag hiiitr°ti,e:b : appear to be amongst Spaniards. The disposal c uncommonly difficult, :. per . 11 , 0 and they are ill cent. a l ti je, price paid for theta yesterday. Prussien 1 3 ‘ )ritts See dined in a degree-not inferior to - thoie of Ittlois. ~,, di , titan Scrip remains steady nt the lute quotatiose, ' .0 . 5 t o rr eh Hewes have fallen fully 4 per cent. In ' lW . :,, t l ot? * general feeling of th e Three:Gentlemen of Srero ''.. lOW sess any means f or the prosecuti o n of war, a nd that the P o isi' of ill.fated France must supply the needful exP ance IS, t o er, q;ituus hostiliti e s whi c h t h ey are about to wage 111:2''.1%, it nsnla, and eventually aga i nst t h e lib e rties anti ea,st°l- of the British ern • put. 1' , I°4 It In Paris, on Friday, the itentes opened at don 0) '' '. -1 6 , i i. S i'u at 79t: 711 c • The Neapolitan bonds were t , a ll '' ' ',, t ; 1 °I : concluded at 1;74 1., and Spauish were very d ull t 4 ,l o l 'll Saturday the Rentes opened at 79 1. 50 L. and dab ° f at' the" 4 per cent. d u ri ng t h e day. It is reported that 77v. " -Ivo itil ing price yesterday morning, but this is uncertain. . 0 0,1 re' for the assistance of the French Sinking liana, they I' . 0 0 f 4 ' l ' bably be considerably lower. The appearance of a general war in EurnPe It as a - - lie' D V duced a beneficial effect this day on the Ilsitic SVe ... c oal ° has advanced to 42/. per ton for arrival,. and few amass, o°l sell freely even at this improvement ; 3135. Gil' 113 : e :t for Tallo w , an d t hi s article will be deare r, as t ' e ' p rliS ~,ea war becomes more certain. , i e ..onl e e ' ' re Agricultural produce, as well as land, wi. '''' p u ah $ 4 . for the investment of capital as soon as t tl i ; f a a re b l i : s i l a Pe itl i n 4 4 , ; ;s considered less safe for property than profound peace, and a mare extended comPeti th)ll° ..' , the value of every thing.—Pferning Chion4tr,eq,,,--::..Y , •,