The Sun. — London, England, 1823-07-03 00:00:00

T 1 LONDON JOURNALS. DA 1 IN Extracts front the Morning P(Ters, July 3. i - MOR NINO POST.] The• Budget Statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer last night will be read with inte rest by every one. It is rich, not in promise but in performance. We are not told that we shall have tt.Sinking Fund of from five to six millions, but that we have got it. instead of hearing that the public debt is to be reduced, the future tense is diScarded, ;and we now learn the gratifying fact that within the last six months a positive re &Talon of debt has taken place to the amount of no 1p” 'thati 3,ooo,ooo!—While,thiS has,been ef fected, it will be remembered taxation has been largely reduced. Coupled with that, active the gratifying fact, that the venue has so improved, that the remitted taxes are not wanted ; and the Chancellor of the Exchequer expressed an opinion which few Mi nisters in his situation ever ventured to utter, namely, that the very reinission of taxes—the relief afforded to the people, if not pressed too rashly, would furnish the means of extending the operation of that principle on which it is de'-' sired that our finances shall be regulated.— Having at the opening of the present Session taken 4 general view of the' finances of the coup-, try in the current year, as compared With tire last • the Right Hon. Gentleman thought it un necessary ininutely to recapitulate. He accord ingly did not go through the usual comparison, but the l'aper, presenting it at one view to the exe, fernish a general outline of the state ment he was enabled to make.—(See . (mother column qf itt: Su NO [T . 1111.1 TIM ES. I , • The following intelligence from Spain is of a later date than that furnished by our immediate correSpOtident : 'comes, hOWever, from' 'a source so respectable, that we think it our duty to lay, it before the public :—Sir Robert Wilson was at Vigo ten days since, in good spirits, and confi dent of :eventual success to the Spanish cause; Galicia is likely to ,be defended. It is . country abounding in- strong military posi tions, and -peculiarly well adapted, therefore, to, that description of warfare -in whiCh the Spaniards have generally most eminently dis= tinguisbed themselves. A militia is organiz, ing rapidly 'in Galicia, which will amount; it is expected, to 10,000 men ; and "it, is- upon that accumulating force that the Spaniards are generally retreating. Sit. Hobert Wilson proceeds in the levy which he has undertaken, and can find soldiers, we hear, much faster than lie can get muskets to arm them with. Much reliance is place(( upon supplies of money from England ; and the. Spaniards only regret the want of such a British force as would have proved a rallying point to the people in CaseS of temporary eNi gircy, Bollasteros is said to be likely to do well. Ile has 1%000 men with him—yoUng soldiers, tome of them ; - but armed and determined. Guerilla parties are rapidly fonning.in The bodies generally consist of about fifty men each, and more than 30 snch parties were estab lished at the, dale of our information. The course on the part of the Spaniards must necessarily be confined to a rptrenthq and irregular warfare; bat this is . a mode of defence, which, from experience, the French have cause to dread.— We feel great pleasure in stating, that the spirit of the people in that quarter remains, under every circumstance, vigorous and unabated; The force of money on the par( of the French, and the utter destitution of it on the part of the Spaniards, can scarcely fail to throw the balance, at the outset, in favour of the fanner ; but supposing France even to gain full possession of Spain, and. we doubt whether her arms and money together will carry her'so far-suppesing Franee, we say, to gain full possession of the Spanish territory, she will then find, as she has found before, the impossibility cif keeping possession of it. [BRITISH PRESS.] .„ We are highly gratified to hear that the grand fancy ball at Covent-Garden Theatre, on Friday night, is sure to be most brilliantly and nu rnerously atteniled. The great and affecting cause, in aid of which it has beef' projected, can not fail to attract a splendid assemblage in the very lint circles. Chivalrous and romantic cou rage have always been dear to WOlllllll'S heart ; both are now, oxerted by the gallant. Spaniards in defence of all that can be prized by a nation, and our fair countrywomen will not, we are sure, when such a cause solicits their powerful patron age, be absent. The Courier, with a spirit worthy of itself, has been making vilo attempts to ridicule the ball : but. this,, venal and versatile print is now little, indeed, attended to ; a few of the old underlings of the Government Offices are its drily present patrons. It is known to be paid for its slanders, and could not, therefore, iutluence the conduct of the rrsost worthless member of the go vernment circles. An infamous Sunday paper hss beets also wiiiihg.-upon it, end trying, by its menaces and falsehoods, to frighten respectable femeles lovay. This abominable Publication only exists on slander, and cccvers with its poisonous slaver every thing corning within its reach. Moral• assassination has long' been, its, trade, and the murder of female reputation its infernal proles sion. The wretches who contribute to this paper never yet spared tip eharacter of man, or the in nocence of, unprotected woman. They are assas sins whose trade is slander, and vituperation their pursuit. They hire their pens as the bravo does his dagger, at so many sequins for the victim. A fellow who has purloined a purse will seldom baulk the murderer of a reputa tion after, if it, increase his spoil ; destitute of all character himself he. will endeavour to reduce all others around him to the same level. Na tional freedom, like private. honour, is too generous a,feelin to,find any place in the breast. of such a recreant. He, has , no sympathy 'but with vice / and no solace but in seeing debase went and degradation. as general as possible about him. Ile , knows, that it would be Mollie. tion to female lips to rep'eat: his name; he therefore bates the sex with the same antipathy that ever influences the slanderer towards those he has injured and sought to destroy. The praise of this paper would be the worst censure any measure, public or private, could receive. Scorn and con tempt are the best returns that k lan be made to its falsehood._ The cause of liberty in Spain is a just and holy one; it embraces every thing dear to British feelings ; and the splendid fete on Friday night will, we are assured, be fully attended, and bring with it a• considerable acces sion to the interesting purpose for which it was projected by its most rsspectaWe'and patriotic authors. [MORNING nEttALn.] The accounts from Ireland are at this moment looked to with some anxiety respecting the issue of the Ist of July. We havo seen letters by the last Irish Mail, from .which it appears that little or no' apprehension prevailed in Dublin. The most reputable even of the Orange Members of the Corporation of that City, had not only aban doned the dressing of the statue, but used their influence to prevent any ceremony. Under these circumstances, it is likely that there will be no attempt at any kind of celebration, or that it will be so contemptible as not- to cause mischief. — Other precautions have, we are informed, been taken by the Government to prevent disorders throughout the country. The Yeomanry have been commanded not to parade in the usual manner on this anniversary. Should the zealots of the party still meet together, there will be less danger from their being unarmed. It is through the country that the public peace is most likely to be disturbed. In Dublin there are means suf ficient to enforce order, and due precautions have no doubt been taken. At the same time is long since the two parties which divide and dis tract that unhappy country, have been so exas perated against each other. The idea of danger to the State from the association called Itiband , men, is quite absurd. But the united opera ' lion of illegal confederacies against law and life and property, with religious and political animosities, bid fair to produce the lament able effect of not only checking the natural progress of civilization, but of throwing the country back into a state of utter barbarism. This effect is not a thing merely in apprehen sion. It has commenced already. It is true that the commission of crime and outrage has re cently somewhat declined. 'But even this, if we must credit some of the accounts from Ireland, is more alarming than consoling. It is the silence of a secret conspiracy, to break out on the first of July ! The event will soon decide. But we venture to anticipate that the prediction will be falsified, and the alarm proved groundless.— " Things cannot continue to go on in Ireland in this way," is one of the tritest of all trite remarks. It is, however,, true, and though this truth seems to be felt, and though so large a proportion of the time of Parliament, in, this Session, has been devoted to the affairs of Ireland, nothing has been done in the way of effective amelioration---whilst the close of the Irish Inquiry has proved the source of mischief. t is to be regretted that Mr. Goulburn's Tithe wo not introduced earlier in the Session — or rather that the minds of the Irish and Anglish Governments were not earlier made up. It would appear that` the author, at least the mover of the Bill, himself even had hardly' fixed in his mind the provisions which he should consider essentia to its operation as a measure of relief and trim, [NEW TIMES.] , The speech of the young Emperor of Brazil (the Prince Royal of Portugal) to the Repre sentatives of the Brazilian Nation, convened for the first time in a Constituept awl Legislative Assembly, is an important and interesting docu ment. It is remarkable that this young Prince denounces the errors of the deinocrutical Consti tution of Portugal, a very short time previous to its abolition by the people of Portugal themselves---it is remarkable that at the present moment the two great branches of the Porte goose Monarchy are separately employed, in the two hemispheres, on the formalion of moderate Constitutions—Constitutions which, to use the judicious expressions of the young Monarch, " may place insuperable barriers to Despotism, either Royal, Aristocratical, or Democratical."-- Our sagacious Liberals in Europe never dream' that there can be a Democratical Despotism till they experience' it, like poor Sir Robert Wilson, in their own persous.—Then, indeed, they are ready enough to cry out against " a frenzied populace".—then they find that the majority of a nation may be very ignorant, very violent, very unfit to be trusted with governing themselves ; and then at last peeps out the whole secret of a Demagogue—that he thinks himself the only proper man to govern the world.—Such was the opinion of that Prince of Charlatans the late Monsieur Napoleon Buonaparte. 'We have elsewhere exposed the sheer nonsense which that worthy Gentlemau talked about religion. and the ludicrous notions that he had of mar riage ; and we shall hereafter advert to some cu rious specimens of his shallow, confused, Wan ' derinA prattle on other important topics. Yet this was the idol before whom " all the talents" of England prostrated theniselves for ti ears in servile adoration. They could pardon his des potism in France ; they could palliate his invasion of Spain; and they could talk learnedly and long on the madness of opposing his great schemes for the happiness of mankind. They are more enlightened now. They see that the mutineers of 1820 were true lovers of liberty—that Mina is a most humane burner of towns and mur derer of iirisoders—that the " gallant" Spanish nation is unanimous in its enthusiasm for the Constitution of Cadiz—that the grand military plan for the defence of Spain is proceeding triumphantly, to its consummation ; and that nothing is wanting to its entire success, but a Quadrille of Whig Ladies at Covent Garden Theatre Si foret in terris rideret Democritus. However, let the merry Party show oil their political wisdom in a dance ; end, above all, let them not put it off beyond the pre sent week, for in all probability they will next week hear that they have capered in rain. Only a few, and those the most desperate of the traitors who have deposed their King, are believed to have got into Cadiz, the rest have wisely run away on the road. The two French Corps, those of Generals de Bourmont and Bordesoult, 'after separately traversing Estretnadura and. Andalusia, have met not far from' Cadiz ; having first annihilated the Army of li,opez Banos, and forced that ferocious robber to disgorge two millions of reels, the plunder which he had taken from his unhap py countrymen. We find, too, that those brave French heroes, the friends of Mr. Bowring, who went to Spain to raise the tricolor flag, and make all their countrymen desert, are returning to England re infecta. Alas ! alas! the cause 'of treason is -in a bad way ! We are sorry we have not room to insert the Lamentations of Jeremiah, which appeared in The Morning Chronicle yesterday, in the shape of a letter from one of Sir Robert Wilson's Aides-de-Canip. It is. a very doleful piece of mirth and highly entertaining. [AIORNING CHRONICLE.] 4( We have given (says -The courier) from The .11Ierning Chronicle, a most amusing account of the ace'_ dents that befel poor Sir Robert Wilson, on his intended journey to Lisbon. ''. Most amusing to hear that several brave men were on the point of falling a sacrifice to a brutal mob ! The Courier would no doubt have been still more amused bad the Priests succeeded in their attempt at assassination. There have unfortunately been in all times but too many who, like The Courier, have thought it excellent sport to see. their fellow'. creatures in peril, when they deemed themselves secure : Sauve, mari magno turbantibus tequora ventis E terra magnum alterius spectare laborer. The Courier would, we suppose, be in ecstacy to hear of an auto daft being celebrated at "Lisbon and Madrid, at which the Members of the Cortes should be dispatched in some of the ingenious modes devised by the wisdom of their ancestors. A . populace, we know from experience, may be debased; so far . al to derive the .most exquisite pleasure from human suf. fering. It would be vain arguing with those, who; like The C'ourier, think there can never be too much of this, so .. lbtite as they are themselves in a whole skin. So also thought the Bourbons of France, before the Revolutien, 'and so they still think. But the same. populace, who are at 'one time delighted with the sufferings of a victim of despotism, or intolerance, ,may at another delight' in the sufferings of Kings. The Priests of France, who saw with joy the blood of the unOffending Calvanists, became in their turn the Sub'. jects of cruel experiments. Louis XV. in the joys of . his Parc aux ,Cerfs could sport with the most sacred feelings of nature, and gave orders for sabring the mother: who rose cla morotrs fir the daughters torn from them to supply a sucees. slot of objects for his lusts. The populace joked in their tarn when Louis XVI: and' his Nobles looked out at the national window, as the gulltitine was facetiously .termed in ; their brutal language. In the favourite times of Mr. Bankes, when the lower 'orders of England were more ignorant than they arc now, it was a great treat to the High Church Clergy to see the mob set fire to Dissenting Meeting Ifouses. 'At a . com paratively recent period the funeral pile was recommended from the pulpit for Dr. Priestley ; and even Noblemen and Magistrates, like The Courier, chuckled at , the narrow escape he had, when his property was consumed in the flames. Mi serable triumphs I We envy not the feelings of those who can take a delight, in the contemplation of the degradation of their fellow-creatures, who can boar enmity to the men who endea vour to remove the obstacles to improvement, and who can con template the generous deVotion.nf , Sir Robert Wilson without admiration, anti can find in it only food for the gratification of malevolence. These are not, however, the feelings of the great body of the people of England, who, though they have not been sufficiently prompt in the aid they are affording to the Constitutionalists of the Peninsula, are enlightened enough to appreciate the exertions of Sir Robert Wilson in their be half, and generous enough to wish well to their cause. No, the people of England do not wish to see Europe again subject to monks and despots, they do not wish to see the Inquisition re-established in Spain and Portugal ? they will never condemn the gallant officer who first made disciplined soldiers of the Por tuguese, for his again dedicating his talents and experience to their service in their exigency. They„, will not deem his-assas sination amusing, nor , like the Editor of the Nero Tinter, the apologist of French interference, deem the rage of a fanaticised rabble a just indignation. " A cashiered English officer—a person lately rescued from p overt y b y a charitable subscription at home, a nd since enrolled in the tanks of rebellion abroad as a , simple .volunteer."—Shame ! Even at St. Petersburgh the slave of the Autocrat would blush to use such language. OLD BAILEY. CONSprnACY.—Lat e on Tuesday night Thomas W. Bayly, of the Gerrard's Nall Tavern , Basing-lane, and John Thatcher, innkeeper, of Worth, in Sussex, were charged before Mr. Coxstox SEn.o . b.wr with. a cons p ir a c y t o defraud the credi.. . tor:; o f Bally, by ' conve ying away his property in contempla tion, of bankruptcy. Mr.Coxyx rose for the defendant, Thatcher, at 12 o'clock. At One O'cloelt the Jury having requested permission to re tire for the ptirpose of taking some refreshment, were absent for about a quarter of an hour ; on their return Mr. PHILLIPS luldress , ll them for Bayly; and after an hour's deliberation they returned (at a q u ar ter past four yesterday morning) a ver dict of—Gullty against both Prisoners. After the verdict had, been returned, Mr. PLATT moved an arrest of judgment, on the ground that the offence charged having been committed prior to any act' of bankruptcy by the defendant Daylv, he was competent at that time to dispose of hizqoroperty as he leased. p The CA:onto:4 S ERGEA NT decided that the point of law should be argued hereafter. The defendants were immediately taken into custody. Yesterday the Jurymen, witnesses, &c. &c. having waited an hour beyond the usual time, Mr, ARABI): entered the Court at ten o'clock, and stated that the circumstance arose from the Com stox SERGRANT having been detained in the Court until nearly five o'clock this morning, on a trial for conspiracy, and in consequence had no means of giving the legal civic officers notice that he could not b e on the' Bench at his usual hour this morning. Daniel Ifilliams and Francis Styles were indicted, the formei for stealing the rest of a turning lathe, the property of Hum 14irey Levi, and the latt er ( a p e rson of most respectable ap pearance) with receiving tbe saute, knowing it to be stolen. Verdict—Williams Glatt?j, Styles Not Canty. At a Meeting of the Catholic Association in Dublin, on Saturday, the notice respecting the change of the title of the Association from Ca tholic to National was withdrawn. The Address to the Loan LIEUTENANT, requesting his inter ference to prevent the op/ensive Orange ceremo nies usual in thi s mont h , a l so fell to the ground. The remains of the younger Mr. Griffiths, the parricide, as we have already stated, were on Tuesday carried to St. George's workhouse. A co nsultation was soon after held by some of the ,principal gentlemen of the parish, who gave orders for its interment in the burial-ground of St. George's, as it w o uld be irregular to inter it again in the cross-road after the ceremony had been performed. The body is supposed to have been taken up by resurre ction men, who, from its nauseous condition, found iE unfit for atm torn,Y, and therefore left it with the poor coach wan. SHIP-OWNERS OF LONDON. To the Honourable the Commons of the United Ti inplom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. The humble Petition of the undersigned SHIP-OWNERS of the Pow' of LONDON, SIIEVETH,—That your Petitioners have seen, with the ut most alarm, that a Bill has been introduced into your Honour able House, entitled a " Bill to authorize his Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the Duties and Drawbacks on Goods Imported or Exported in Foreign Vessels ;" which de clares it to be expedient, " that his Majesty should be em powered to allow the importation or exportation of any goods, wares . , and merchandiZe, in Foreign Vessels, upon payment of the like duties, and with the like drawbacks, bounties, and al: lowances, as are now by law paid or granted upon similar goods, wares and merchandize, when imported or exported in British Vessels, from or to those countries in which no other duties , are charged or other drawbacks, bounties, or allowances granted, upon the importation or exportation of any goods, waxes, or merchandize, into or from such country, in British Vessels, than are charged or granted upon such goods when imported or exported into or from such countries in Foreign Vessels." That as it cannot be doubtecl that a rule by which the Foreign Shipping interest will be greatly benefited ;--whichsubverts a principle that has been acted upon by this country during the last 200 years ; and which has so essentially conduced to the establishment of her naval superiority, will be readily and ex ultingly adopted by . every nation that has the means, and is desirous of possessing an extensive marine, your Petitioners are unable to contemplate the proposed alteration in the law In any other light, than as a change of system, directly tend ing to the exclusion of British Ships from all participation in the trade of those countries. That your Petitioners trust that such also will be the con viction of your Honourable House when you take into your I consideration, that the British Ship-Owner is subject to heavy duties on some of the most important articles used in the con-1 struction and equipment of his ships ; and, that three fourths of the crews must be British Seamen, whose wages are higher than others ; whilst the Ship-Owners of the Baltic and Norway, have the means of building, equipping, and navigating their ships at an infinitely less cost, having all the materials at band free of duty ; the expence of victualling their seamen being much less ; and their wages not being one half the amount paid to British seamen on similar voyages. That even the existing differences of duties and bounties on particular articles, in favour of British Ships (the removal of which is contemplated by the said Bill), are not found to. be sufficient to enable them to sustain the competition to which they are exposed, in the trade of the north of Europe, as will be seen on a reference to the official Accounts, by which it' Willappear, that of the considerable increase in the tonnage .entered froth Holland, Norway, Prussia, and Sweden,. in the last three years, the largest proportion has been in the ships of those countries, viz Tons Brit. Tons For. In the year 1820 - - 160,288 137,336 1 - 181,40 136,432 2 - . . 199,484 187,181 the removal therefore of such difference of duties and bounties, cannot but be attended with the most injurious consequences to your Petitioners. That since the return of peace, British Shipping has fallen in value one half, and has been, tbr the most part, unproductive *to the Owners ; and the consequence is, that the number of Ships is annually diminishing ; and that Ship-building is rapidly on the decline ;as . will appear from the following ex tracts from the Of cial.ACcounts Number of Ships, Tons, and Seamen employed in Navigating them, belonging to the British Dominions : • Ships. Tons. Men. In the year 1818 26,607 2,674,468 173,607 19 - 25,482' 2,666,396 174,378 20 . 25,374 2,648,593 174;414 21 - 25,036 2,560,802 169,179 2,519,044 Number of Ships built i n th e British Dominions : 166,333 Ships. Tons. In the year iota - 1,059 104,366 - - 1,125 112,173 20 - 883 84,582 21 - - 872 74,847 22 - 723 62,534 That your Petitioners observe that in the votes of your Honourable House, the said . Bill is termed the " Reciprocity of Duties Bill;" but your Petitioners humbly beg to submit to your Honourable House, that there is no " reciprocity" in an equality of duties and drawbacks, so long as British Ships are subject to heavy burthens, of various descriptions, from which Foreign Ships are exempt : and as to foreign countries retaliat ing upon British Ships, in their ports, the higher duties which, for the protection of British Shipping, are pa able upon certain articles when imported into this country in Foreign Ships, (thel effects of which it is proposed to avert by removing such differ ence of duty) your PentionZrs humbly beg to remind your Honourable House that almost every ship that arrives from those countries, imports; a cargo, whilst not one in three of them takes back any goods from this country. Yonr Petitioners beg fiarther to point out to your Honourable House, that an equality of duties, as proposed by the said Bill, would, in effect, be a repeal of the most important part of the Act of the first and second of his present Itlejesty, cap. 37, Altering the duties on timber, which was passed after the most minute inquiry ;—the examination of numerous witnesses on behalf of the merchants, and othersengaged in trade with the north of Europe ;— anti the most deliberate consideration of the subject by your Honourable House ; and if it was not then deemed expedient to make so hisportant a concession to fbreign countries, your Petitioners confidently hope that your Honour able House will not deem it to be necessary or proper at the present period, when the shipping of those countries is in creasing with the increase of their trade, and the shipping of this kingdom engaged in trade with the north of Europe, is evidently on the decline. That your Petitioners are not insensible that attempts are making by Foreign Countries to induce this Nation to with draw the protection hitherto afforded to her shipping, by mak ing distinctions in the dutiei on goods which they import, to disadvantage of British Ships ; (which proceeding they af fect to consider as founded ou a principle of reciprocity); and that the effect of persevering in that system, and of the adop tion by this Nation of the necessary measures of counteraction, by encreasing the duties on goods imported from thence in , the Ships of such countries, must eventually be, that the importa tions would be made In British Ships, and the exportations in Ships of those countries ; the return voyages, in both cases, being in ballasts- That your Petitioners are no less sensible how greatly such a system of Commercial warfare would be to be regretted ; but your petitioners are notwithstanding of opinion that such a state of things, supposing that any Foreign Country should think fit to . persist in that system, but which, fronta regard to its own interest, it is conceived' that no Foreign country is likely to do,) would be infinitely preferable to that of super seding the employment of British ships in the trade of Europe, by the operation of the said Bill; as this nation need never be at a loss for an adequate supply of the articles which such country produces. ' That the principle of affording. protection to domestic in, dustry, from Foreign competition has been recognized and acted upon from the earliest periods of our history ; and under its continued operation, the British Shipping Interest, as well as others of the most valuable' branches of native productions and manufactures, have been fostered intoimportance : your petitioners therefore humbly submit to your Honourable House, that the relaxing that . principle in favour of Foreign Shipping, to the prejudice of British Shipping, whilst protection still con tinues to be afforded to Agriculture and Manufactures, would be such a procedure towards the Ship.owners, as your Peti tioners confidently trust that your Honourable House, in its justice, will not agree to sanction, without at the same time re .solving to compensate the Shipping Interest at large, for the ruinous depreciation of their property to which they will thereby he exposed. That under these circumstances, your Petitioners humbly hope that your Honorable House will not think it fit to nish the protection which the existing laws afford to British Shipping, by passing the Bill in question Into a law ; since the effect must be, to expose an important branch of it to gradual but certain decay ; and so far to deprive the empire of that re source for seamen for the supply of the national marine, which the Commercial Shipping of the country has hitherto been made the means of affording ; but, on the contrary, your Petitioners humbly entreat, that your Honorable House will discuunten mice every measure 'calculated to deprive British Shipping of protection from foreign competition, until the former can .be relieved from the burthens andrestrictions to which it is at pre sent subied ; and instead of a power being given to his Majesty to equalize the duties and drawbacks upon articles imported or ekported in British and Ships, , as Ships ,as proposed by the said Bill, that his Majesty maybe enabled by your Honcirafile House to effect the purpose thereby intended, by an authority to make such alterations,. 41 the duties and drawbacks, as may from time to time be found necessary to countervail those differences of duty - which may be made in foreign ports, to the discourage ment of British Shipping, And : your Petitioners will ever pray. London, June 27, 1823. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUI:T 2. BEARD V. WARD. The further proceedings in this case were resumed this morning. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the Jury in reply, on behalf oldie plaintiff; and spoke for upwards of three hours. — In an elaborate and powerful review of the evidence. on both sides, he condended that the balance of testimony was decidedly in favour of the affirmative of the issue in question, namely, that the lunatic, Mr. William Cotton, was born in lawful wed lock. He contrasted the character of the evidence on each side, and urged, that that on behalf of the plaintiffs bore un questionable features of cogency and conclusive credibility; whilst that on the other side was vague, suspicious, and in credible. On the one band there was written evidence, which could not err, confirmed by the testimony, of witnesses of un impeachable .character, and unquestionable veracity, demon strating, from first to last, the legitimacy 'of the lunatic ; whilst, on the other, the case of the defendant was supported by mere evidence of reputation, and that given by persons who had a decided interest in the result of the cause, and whose present conduct was decidedly at variance with their own acts whilst the lunatic was alive, and who now came for-- ward to impeach his legitimacy, under circumstances which rendered thein unworthy of belief, and incapable of command. ing credit at the hands of the Jury. Ile particularly animad verted upon the conduct of the defendant, and ot his half brother, who was a witness on this occasion, upon the conduct of Mr. Carr, Secretary in lunacy to.the Lord Chancellor, and. Upon several other prominent witnesses called to establish the defendants case. The conduct of these persons lie insisted, from fi rst to last, excited the stro ngest susp icion, and led to the conclusion that this attempt to bastardise the lunatic was founded in fraud, and the desire to wrest from the plaintiffs that property, to which in point of law and justice they were entitled. If the Jury, upon the balance of the testimony, en tertained even a doubt in favour of the lunatic's legitimacy, they were justified in finding for the plaintiffs; but, opposed as the plaintiff's' case had been by the questionable evidence which they had heard, they were bound to give it verdict in favour of right and justice. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the evidence on both sides with great minuteness, and left it to them to deter mine the credit due to the witnesses on the one side and on -the other, and find their verdict accordingly. The Jury retired for about an hour and a 9uarter, and found their verdict for the plaintiffs, thereby affirming the legitimacy of the lunatic, in opposition to the finding of the Jury in the Common Pleas. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. IPSWICH RACES, 1823. TUESDAY, JULY 1. The Gentleman's Purse of 50gs. For three yr olds, 7st, 711).*; four, ilst. 111 b. ; five, Ost. 41b. ; six, 9st. Mb. ; aged, 9st. IMb. Heats, about two miles and a quarter. Mares allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 250 gs, if demanded, &c. Earl of Darlington's br. c. Brother to Antonio, 4 yrs - 1 Major Wilson's b. h. Lawrence, 5 yrs - - - 2 R. Wilson, Esq.'s b. c. Buck, 3 yrs - - 3 Mr. Barnard's f. by Mtdey, 4 yrs - - 4 King's Plate of 100 guineas. Major Wilson's b. c. by Juniper, 3 yrs - - 1 1 Duke of Grafton's b. c. by Soothsayer, 3 yrs . 2dr Hon. C. Wyndham's b. I. Addy, 3 yrs - - 3dr Earl Stradbrook's r. c. Phasis, 3 yrs - 4dr Mr. Doddington's b. f. by Orville, 3 yrs - - sdr Earl of Darlington's b. c. 4 yrs - .. 6dr R. Wilson, Esq.'s b. c. Buck, 3 yrs . dis. HAMPTON RACES.—TUESDAY, JULY 1. yrs old, Clarence Stakes of 5 soy. each with 20 ad ded. Three old, 7st. ; four, Bst. 41b.; five, 9st. ; six. and aged, 9st. 51b. Heats, once and a half round. Mr. A. Braithwaite's Inferior, aged - - 1 1 Mr. Friend's Master John . - - . 2 2 - 3 3 Mr. Braithwaite's Vanloo - - - Mr. Gleed's Bacchanal, 5 yrs old - - . dis. Even on Inferior, and 2 to 1 after the heat. The Ladies' Plate of 501. by subscription of 5 sovereigns each, the rest from the Fund ; three yrs old, 6st. 41 b.; four, 804 five, fist. 121 b.; six and aged, 9st.'3lb. Mr. Forth's sister to Magnus Troil, 3 yrs old - 1 1 Mr. Page's ch. f. Prosody, 5 yrs old - - 2 2 Mr. Mellish's-Miss Julia, 3 yrs old - - 3 3 ~ - .. al dr 1 o to 1 agat Julia.—The winner not 7 to 4 agst Prosoi.y-- ts f. to L n i e ttle . Mab, 5 yrs old . - 4dr M Forth's. Won by several n s 3 l l am r r. . ed T A eln i3 ip A e l t e l k l ' el e s r E e) th arn . lengths. Major Phillips's f 10Ib . br. . Singlepeeper, , lO st. . beat Mr. Lawson's b. g. .rEdion, Ost. 7113. Two miles; ' 50 's e h bes eat, even on r. Won easy, but the winner lost it by dismounting. Ihe Berkeley Ilunt Stakes .. of' 5 sovereigns each s d ov id er n eign ot fi s l . l_. After the shower . preceding the races the Duk e an d D uc h ess of Clarence arrived in the Royal stand with the Prinee of Saxe Weimar. The Royal Party were received by the Countess of ' .Berkeley, Captain Seymour, and the Misses Fitzclarence. The Duchess was dressed in a plain shawl and Leghorn bonnet. Sir G. and the Hon. G. Berkeley were the Stewards ; and the good management of Mr. Jas. Farrel, Clerk of the Course, kept it in good order. WEDNESDAY.--(SECOND DAY.) The Duke of Clarence and his Duchess again honoured the Course with their presence. The fineness of the day attracted a numerous and gay assemblage; and the racing was very good. The Coburg Stakes of five sovereigns each, with twenty added. from the Fund. Mr. Page's ch. f. Prosody, 5 yrs old, fist. 71b. - . 1 1 Mr. A. Braithwaite's Vanloo, 5 yrs old, Bst. 71b. - " 2 Mr. Carter's Touissant, 6 yrs old-- . - adr Three to one on Vanloo. First heat won by half a head. The Gold Cup, value 80 sovereigns. Subscription of 10 sove reigns each, with 20 added. Three miles. Mr. Page's eh. f. Prosody, 5 yrs old, fist. 71b. - Mr. Glew's c. Bacchan a l, 5 yrs o ld di tto . -. 1 Mr. Berkeley's Miss Ann - .. . - 3 - - Mr. Friend's Paintbr us h . 4 3 to 1 on Bacchanal. The Cocked Hat-Stakes of 8 sovereigns each. Gentlemen riders, 12st. each. To ride in cocked hats, or to carry 61b. extra. Mr. Price's Muffa Jenkin - - - 1 2 1 3.Mirr: Coleman's Shackell:s A T m om ey Toug . h : --2 3 3 --3 5 d Mr. Braithwaite's Inferior - - ..- 4. 1 2r Hon. W. Gage's Stone-mason . - • 5 4dr There was much merriment as well as dispute respecting the Cocked Hats, and the riders of Inferior and Stone Mason car ried the extra fibs. and rode in caps : Inferior the favourite s .— 6t04 on Inferior a ft er the amend heat. The rac e was lost by Mr. Braithwaite, on Inferior carrying 61b. extra. That Gen denten referred the case' for the demon of the Stewards after the second heat, and they decided that he was bound to carry the weight. The. company was kept .on the ground until near seven o'clock, and the races were altogether finely contested. The Band of the 15th Dragoons played at intervals opposite the Royal Stand, and gave much satisfaction, " God save the . Sing" was placed at the close of the races, nearly 7 o'clock. , CRICKET. The Cricket-match in Lord's Ground, between the Mulling don Club, Oxford, with William Ward, Esq. and Ashby given, and the 111arylebone Club, was decided. on - Tuesday in favour ' of the Alarylebono Club. BULLINGDON. Ist Innings - - 241 Ditto - . mArtYLEnoarn. 121 lst Inninv 105 2d Ditto Marylebone won by nine wie starting, .afterwards 5 to 4 on th • :kets ;--5 to 4 on Marylebone at he Billlingdon. COAL-MARKET, JULY 2. Ships at Market:. Ships sold 17 Newcastle 11 Sunderland 0 Scotch Coal Price. 35a 6d to 42s 9a 333 Od to 43s tki —s Otl to —s Od BIRTHS. On the:lath ult., at her seat, Munster-house,. Irelatia, Lady Jane Lawrence Peel, of a son and heir. On the 29th ult., at Woodlands, the Lady of 11. W. Yea• man; Es 4 . -, of a son. MARRIED. On the 24th ult., at Marylebone New Church, Robert Peter Smith, Es q., to Josepha, relict, of it. Chamberlain, Esq.; of 3lullet-hall, Jamaica. DIED. At New York, on the 21st ult., of a severe and protracted illness, Williatn Mackie, Esq., late merchant in Glasgow, aged thirty-one. At Edinburgh, on the 23d ult., Elizabeth, wife of Mr. James APlnnes S.S.C., Prince's-street.. On Thursday' last, at the wor kho use , Skipton, Mrs. Martha' Preston, aged 103. 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