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TILE LONDON j6WINALS VATIIACTS 1) %I LY 11t011.11Nif TAPERS February SI, 18'23. [MORNING CHRONICLE. j WO understand the Chancellor of the tatche. quer will this evening recotnmend to the House , a • reduction of Fifty per Cent. upon the Windows, and Fifty per Cent. upon the House Assessment Tax. Such we understand is the amount of what the Chanceller of the Exchequer means to yield to_ the demands of the Country—a deduction here and a deduction there, amounting in all to a sum far below what the public have a right to expect ; but no one tax or branch of taxation will be wholly repealed; and the machinery will be carefully kept up, that eorrupt influence may not be diminil . ted, and that the extension of taxation , may be as easy as possible, when the moment -proves again' favourahle.—We understand that Mr. Motherly offers a plan in opposition, by which he proposes to relieve the country immediately of seven millions of taxes, and yet support public credit. This proposition consequently must create great interest and anxiety in the public mind, but as we.do s'ot profess to know it, we Ore preelnded from offering an opinion on it. Itlis proposition of Mr. Maberly is, however, a -bold 'one, yet we cannot imagine it would be made but upon the fullest conviction of its prac ticability of execution ; and his ability to form a correct judgment in thew matters Ministers ought to be the first to all,ow, after the benefit they de rived from his putting them in possession of a method of keeping the public accounts, and saving them from the errors committed under the old mode, of which he made such a memorable ex poure in the house. [NEW TIMES.] As 'to Spain, matters remain exectiy in their fiormer state. The French liberal Journals con• gratulzte themselves that the Royalists were still at iluete on the Bth instant ; " blocked up there," says the Constitutionnel ; but as Bes. sieres, the Royalist General, has 5000 men, of whom 3000 are disciplined, while D'Abisbal, the Republican Commander, has only 4000; and as the former was at Huete and the' other at Vellisco, we do not welt understand what this blockading means. At all events a large Royalist force had been for ten days within thir- Oen or fourteen leagues of the capital,Which`must rather derange the grand plan of " putting the frontiers in a complete state of defence." , One Journal indeed' annount es that Torrijos was ad vancing with 3000 men towards St. Jean Pled de Port'; but on the other hand Minn, it appears, bid marched away from the frontiers of Barce- Jana. The French Papers give an interesting sketch of the life of the late venerable Duchess De Sa. rente, who for nearly huff a century devoted her services to the Princesses of France. rYi 0 n NiNG ERA Notwithstanding the prospect of the war be• tweets- France and Spain, the French Annuities maintein a high price. '1 -'his may, in some respect, be accounted for. The amount of the French debt is not more than one hundred and fifty millions of our money,. and being held by thirty millions of French people, besides English it‘ohlers, and people of other European States, is but trifling in comparison with the debt of England, amounting to eight hundred millions, which is held alMost altogether by English people. In proportion to the quantity of any . thing, so in proportion, in general, will be its value we mean, after, any article shall he recognised as an article possessing valUe in the opittion of the world generally. Now, reasouing according to the rule of proportion, a debt of 150 Millions, diiided among :10 millions of people, is much less likely to -be depressed perManently in price by political circumstances,' than a debt of 800 millions divided among 20 millions of people. The French Annuitiesohere fare, which fell from about SS to 76,.are recover ing, and are now , at 80, while the English 3 per cent. Consols, which fell from SO to 71, have rallied not inure than a half per cent. [MoitNtNU POST.) it IS the fashion amongst a certain class of po likens to praise the industry, the intrepidity, and the perseverance.of Mr. Ilume.. We would remind thia,class, that industry is of little value in any cute, if undirected by intelligence, and when employed by a Member of Parlia ment in the accumulation of a heterogenous mass of facts turd opinions, without regard to truth or falsehood, or authority, and without the faculty of comprehending, arranging, or ap• plying thin, for the purpose of presenting their crude or inipracticable results to the serious attars. Pion of the Legislature—that, industry, in this one, is not only a useless, but a very mischievous quality. We would remind this clan of-politi cians that th© high and valuable qualities of in trepidliy and porsPi , enuce can only be applied when beneficial Ands are pursued by wise and honourable means ; that when ignorance and folly force their imperfect conceptions upon a grave and enlightened usaembly, a coarser term may well supply the place of intrepidity # and that when the same conduct is eviterated after frequent and iwinted rebukes, it is much better described by the , tome of obstinary, than toy that of perseverance. We wilt venture IQ Wert, that live is no pre vious instance in the history of Parliament of a :Member having brought forward. a motion with so little of accurate' information upowits subject, as Mr. 'fume possessed OH that of the Ordnance Department. It is ap attar disgrace to the Op. position that such an abortion should have been brought forth from its ranks, I - 70E Timm] In thne , Muse of Lords last night, the Marquis '4O Loftisdo,Wn gave notice to Lord Liverpool that he shoultl . this evening make some inquiries with respect to Our foreign relations. The Noble Bart Lutimated in reply, that Monde) , would he a mote convenient day. The nature of this reply leads us - to infer, that the important (Ova-ion of peace or wax Is not yet, decided i s but that 0 1 ' 1 a. tittle time will put Ministers in possession of the result of their negociations, au4 that of the contending parties. The interest which the British nation takes in the affair is evi dent, from the inquiry which we hear conti nually Made—" Well, are we to have peace or war ?" .as if the Spanish cause were our own, — That it is our own , essentially, and that it is the cause not only of every, people that has, but of every people that wishes for, a free Constitu tion, is too evident to need demonstration. — But yet the present state of our preparations indicates that our Government does not think it ours at the beginning. Indeed, there is a hope— to which the appearance of a British auxiliary force in the Peninsula might be fatal—a hope that the French army, when assembled on the Py renees, tnight hesitate between undertaking their infamous errand, and returning to overthrow those who bad sent them on it. We should be sorry, therefore, in such a case, to see their pride piqued by the appearance of a hostile force which they may be supposed to fear, but which they would yet greatly out-number. In the House of Commons, 11 r. Brougham asked whether Ministers had received any informatten that the Brest fleet was out : and the answer was in the negative. [BRITISH PRESS.] A number of petitions were on Wednesday night presented by Mr.- Brownlow', the Member for Armagh, on the part of the Orangemen of ; that county, complaining of the establishment of Jesuits in the South of Ireland, and mercifully deploring the bigotry and darkness of the people which in their wisdom they attributed to the ma chinations of that appalling body. These worthy petitioners appear themselves to have been pretty much in the same situation as Lazorillo in the farce, who declares he was born such a natural genius, that reading and writing were. wholly omitted by his parents in his education. Their ignorant and ill-spelt petitions were laughed to Scorn-by the lionse; they were met by the shout of derision from both benches ;, they were ridiculed by Mr.Brougham,whaexcited general laughter at their folly, and contempt it their unparalleled ignorance. Infatuate'' blockheads! Well, in deed, would it be for them if those who were their advisers,'and instigated them lu this folly, possessed but halt„the sense and discrimina tion of the Jesuits.' Objectionable as many o f the tenets of .that body may have been, and little as we,are inclined to countenance the Slavish' snpremacy they ..sought to acquire over the Inman ,mind, it would be weakeness to deny that Many of them were men of consummate talent, and that the cause of general learning was deeply indebted to them. Throughout the vast missions of Southern America, in Canada 'and in China, their labours were great and unremitting. The dominion they acquired in Paraguay was unparalleled, and was the result alone of great intellect and perseverance. To thi-Jesuit du lialde, and others of that body, we are indebted for almost the only genuine accounts we possess of the real.tate of China, OLD . BAILEY, Ff.U. 9.0. BILL SO.A.NIM. ni Sbann's, batter known by the name of. Bill • Simmcs, the pickpocket, was put, to the Bar, under an indictment charg ing him with picking the pocket of a Gcntlemai.of the name of I:!;dwara Sick.• , • 'The priso ner, wlio now appeared at the Bar dressed in a neat suit of black; was brought up yesterday for trial. He therf put In en affidavit, stating that two material witnesses were absent, end desiring the postponement of the trial. In consequence, the trial was postponed Until this day at 5 o'clock. • 'The evidence now produced against the prisoner was deter . . and decisive. It appeared that the prosecutor was passing along the Street on the Ist day of February, between six and seven o'clock in the evening, anti was informed by a person that his pocket-had been picked of a handkerchief. The prin. Opal Witness to prove the case wee J. Woodward, - a servant of Sir John Lubbock. Ile saw the prisoner following the prosecu tor very closely, and' therefore watched him narrowly. He saw the prisoner pull, the handkerchief from the prosecutor's pocket. Witness immediately went up to the prisoner, and endeavoured to take the handkerchief from hlin. The prisoner, howevez, equared at him, and a woman who was in company with the prisoner collared him. 18`itness succeeded in informing the proseiutor that his pocket had been picked, and the prisoner was secured. The prisoner made no defence, and called no witnesses to charaCter.--Giiitfy.. The ItECOODt44I, sale) that he should consider, that he was only wasting words, if he attempted to make any impression upon a burdened wretch, who, for so long a course of years, had acted in defiance of the laws of his country : he should there fore content himself with passing the sentence of the Court, that he be transported for lus natural life. The prisoner never alteted it single feature in his face when sentence wasintased, and left the bar apparently unconcerned. DArtING OANO or liunnLAß4—/toin Walker, aged 18; James Aldridge, aged 22; and Thomas Gibson., alias illacketi, aced 16, were put to the bar, on an indictment charging them with burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling.house of Andrew Kimpson, and stealing property to a considerable amount.—Gibson was acquitted, and %S 4 allier and Aldridge found crniity,--peafii. Thrisoners wire alto found guilty on a second indictment, charge' with burglariously entering the dwelling.houie of James Armstrong, of No. 4, Prince s-place, in the parish of St. Otorge in the Kest. The Court declined going into the three other indictments, as the bridi 'Of juititelinntldhe attained by- the two COOVittionii. that had taken place. Mr. Justice PARK, however, exhorted the Pelsonert to,make the best possible use of their time, ;t being clear that they were a most desperate gang of house. breakers, to•whoni hb could not hold out any hopes of mercy, which must, if at all exercised . , come from a higher quarter. TT - Oa Tttea4a, last a very unfortunate eircuni, stance took place at the Bank, in this town, originating in s quarrel between an Irishman of the name of Connel,ande fel. low-workmen of the name of Baldwin. It appears that the boys in the factory, where Conned worked, among othets son, were in the habit of applying opprobrious epithets to As he posed beneath the windows of the shop where they wore working. Being naturally irritated by the iiontinued repots don of this conduct, he remonstrated with Baldwin and begged that he would reprove or punish his lien, who was a ring-leader. Baldwin, who was a ruin of sullen temper, treated the Teuton. atranees with contempt Cannel At length declared that he would punish eke boy Jhimself. This he soon afterwards did, when , 'the elder Bald Win broke his stick and abused him very groSsly; : this happened on the Saturday ;on Tuesday-the Irishman went to a,jorner's , akop connected with the inill, to liavehis stick re pa.e4, and, while he WAS there complaining of the treatment he tied 'received, Baldwin rinfortunately carnet in, and heating ',What Connel said, called him a ci—d inlhman, and sine. ing big atiek,„ broke it again and .threw is iu his face. The impetuous temper of Cannel could riot brook these 'repented wrongs; he ithrnediately seined a hammer and struck Baldwin With such viidetee as to fracture his skuU, We regret to learn . that poor, Baldwin eagired on Sunday a.ftrreoan, leaving a wife and seven children, totally bereft of support. An Inquest .was last night held on the holy, at the bongo at Mr. Duffield. the Leeds .11rroS, Batik ; wlitn the Jury, after a patient initeiitigia,. been retorted a verdict of ,Afenslaulrider. The Coroner un mediately made out his warrant for the commitment of Connel to York Castle, to take his 'Wales the approaching Assliet,— Leeds Irrielfirencer, Feb. 10.), INSOLVENT. DEBTORS' ACT. Public Meeting of the Merchants, Bankers, and Tradesmen of the City of London, for the purpose of " taking into consideration the operation of the present In solvent Act, and the propriety of petitioning Parliament for such a modification or repeal of the Act, as shall be cleaned ad visable," took place at the Egyptian Hall, in the Mansion House, yesterday, at one o'clock, when the business of the day having been opened by the reading of the requisition , calling the Meeting, the Right Hon. the LORI) MAYOR was called to the Chair, which, however, he shortly afterwards resigned to Alderman WooD, in order to attend other important duties of his high office. Alderman BROWS then rose and observed, that it was the farthest from the wishes of the Committee who had drawn up the resolutions intended to be submitted to this meeting, to wish to bear hardly or unjustly upon the honest debtor, and with that expression of their feelings, he would proceed to a consi. deration, of the nature' of the Insolvent Act; for the protection of creditors, certain regulations had been made, which subjected those debtors who had contracted debts fraudulently, or had otherwise evinced a dishohest conduct, to such imprisonment as the Court should think fit, not exceeding three years.— After touching briefly upon other provisions of the Act, the worthy Alderman observed, that the debtor was by this Act enabled to dictate to his creditors in a most unjust and prejue dicial manner. The object of the present Act was to relieve insolvent debtors, and the deliberation of such from imprison ment. From the King's Bench and Fleet prisons alone 3780 prie soners had been discharged within the 15 months preceeding Dec. 1821, Whose debts amount to 3,170,009 t, and the assets did not average more than ode , halfpenny in the pound; , it was with this circumstance staring them in the face that creditors are asked daily to sign compositions, and if they refuse, are bearded with a threat of taking the benefit of the act. Indeed to such a pitch was the syaterneearried that there were now plaintith who might be lured, with whom a debt might be created, at whose suit the debtor went to prison, and having been filtered, as it were, of their old incumbrances, they re turn to commercial society—too many of them, he was afraid, to practise afresh those arcs by which they lied formerly ob tained a degree of credit to which they certainly were not en titled. The worthy Alderman then detailed the nature of the improvements suggested, which will be found embodied in the petition. Sid CHARLES Putcr ' in a very nest speech, proposed the first resolution, which, having been shortly seconded by Alder man GARRATT, was put from the Chair, and carried unani mously. Mr. FAVELL, in proposing the second resolution, observed, that from what. he had recently heard w and front the very nu merous body of respectable Gentlemen whom he saw around him, he was sure that no motive but the public good could be attributed to them with. whom the proceedings of the present meeting originated. The really honest debtor could not op pose the slightest objeclion to the,present petition, and as to the opposition (,)f those upon whom the resolutions werte intended to operate ; it would !kg be worthy of a moment's consideta *ion. Fie thought the public at large were greatly indebted to the commercial gentlemen of Bristol, who had acted so wisely and strenuously in petitioning the legislature for the necessary modifications of the Insolvent Act ; and he was sure that they were worthy of the cordial cg-operation of the British creditor of the Metropolis. Mr. MAwsrAw, of .01d-street-road, seconded the'resolution, in so low a tone of voice as.to prevent opr hearing his observe tions.—Carriedunanimously, It having been proposed and seconded, that a Petiton, found ed on the resolutions previously agreed to, should be presented to the House of Connons, Alderman Brown read the Petition, which we subjoin : To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of threat Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled. The humble. Petition of the undr ignekhlerchants, Bankers. and*Traders, of the city of London, Sheweth—Thet an Act of Parliam - ent was passed in the first /ear of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Relief of lneolvent Debtors in England, to continue in force until the first day of Juba, 1825 ;" and that another Act of Parliament was passed in the third year of the reign of his present Majesty, intituled " An Act to amend an Act of ' the first year of his present Majesty for the Relief of Insol vent Debtors in England." That the limited duration of such Acts shows manifestly, that they were intended rather as an experiment to determine the practical operation of their provisions, than as being the result of experiments already made and valnable consequences already ascertained. That your Petitioners humbly submit to your Hon. House, that the said Acts lave been sufficiently stied, and that they have proved highly injurious to the country, inasmuch as they have weakened that faith, and itnpaired that confidence, which are so essential to the commercial interests of Great Britain-- have injured the fair trader—and have affortied facilities to the practices of the fraudulent and unprincipled. That in a country so eminently commercial ae England, it is almost impossible, amidst the competition occasioned by trade, to be at all times wholly guarded against the designs of persons who contract debts without possessing the means, and fre 'quently without the intention of payment. That experience has abusdantlyproved, that so fur from the honest but unfortunate debtor having occasion to dread the re lentless persecution of his creditors, it more generally happens that insolvents obtain their discharges without sufficient trivets tiption, on the part of their creditors, of the causes of 'their insolvency. That while your. Petitioners disclaim all desire of pursuing with severity those whose insolvency is occasioned' by th e ea ilamitotis vicissitudes of life, and are solicitous that all such should be iiiiielded by the protection' of the law, they most re pectfully submit to your Honourable House, that it is essen tial to the ,weil-being of the community, that effectual provi. sion should be made for the counteraction and punishment of dishonesty and fraud, and that the &listing laws.have proved insufficient fot Oak Put Pose• That it appears to your Petitioners, that any legislstive enactments, by, virtue of which insolvente• may obtain a dis. charge from their debts without the consent of any portion of' their creditors, must be destructive of commercial prosperity, as thereby thelionest creditor is made to bear the evil conse qtiences of' fraudulent and improvident speculation, while the unprincipled debtor entirely escapes from the effects of his own; dishonesty, under the protection of such enactments. you: Petitioners therefore humbly pray your Honourable Rouse that the acid Acta may be repealed, or that your Peti tioner); may have such other relief from the evils occasioned thereby, as your Honourable House shall in its wisdom see fit. And your Petitioners shall ever pray, &c. The. rat i tio having been put from the Chair, a Gentleman from the body of the Hall addressed the Chair. Ile was re quested to step upon the hustings, which, having done, he en tared into a warm and highly amusing speech of some length • he asserted that he had some Resolutions in his pocket, what he wished to submit to the Meeting. Alderman liroOD observed, that the regular way for the Gen. dentin to submit his resolutions to the Meeting would be to propoie them as en 'amendment to the Petitiiin now proposed and seconded. • The Oenttenian wished only to submit his Resolutions to the Meeting, and had no desire to propose an amendment to the Petition.eaThe Petition was then carried unanimously, and ordered to be. presented to the y House of Peers by Lord Sid. mouth, and to the House of ' ommons by the Lord Mayor, And to be supported by the Representatives, of the City. ST. CHnisToeuen's, JAI4. 14.—" .An event has occurred on the island, which has produced the deepest sorrow ; the death of Mrs. MAxwer.L, the wife of our excellent Governer. She was the only daughter of Colonel Douglae, of Annan, and 6 first cousin to the Marquis of Queensb er y ; she was but .t. fallen to the yeloatrs of o f a a nrieji t vid ll u a a s i b to ut be sei t t r i to or r n e deservedly beloved and respected, and to none to be more sincerely lamented ; kind and benevolent, to all, she was the friend of the friendless. one trait, among many, will show the bias of her mind ; unticipging the pos sible termination of her confinement, she desired that, instead o f a n expensive funeral, a sum of motley might b e given to ti n pour ; a bequest w hi c h h er , [ lng h am ' most religiously carried into execution. The ladies of the island have deter mined to erect a monumelit to the memory of one who was among the brightest ornaments of their society." LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, FEB. 20. ANONYMOUS LETTERS.—LIBEL. • SIR- DAVID OGILBY AND WIFE V. J. CHANNON - AND WIFE.* Mr. CAMPRE Li. opened the pleadings.—This was an action , for several libels alleged to . have been published by the de fendant's wife, of and concerning the plaintiff: Mr. SCARLETT stated, that this action was brought by Sir David Ogilby, a General in his Majesty's service ; the other plaintiff was Lady Ogilby, a Lady of great personal beauty, great family, and opulence—against the defendant and Lady, who are likewise persons of great opulence, and moving in a high sphere of rank and fashion, to recover a compensation in damage% for a series of the most extraordinary libels for their character of malignity. Sir David, on his return from India, had the misfortune to lose his first wife. Ile accidentally beiame acquainted with the defendant in the course of last year, and became an occasional visitor at Mrs. Channon's house; in the course of April, last year. Mrs. Channon re quested Lady Ogilby to introduce her at Court, Lady Ogilby did not'chooae to introduce that Lady, and sent an excuse that her carriage was full ; Lady Ogilby afterwards gave and omitted to invite Mrs. Channon ; he mentioned - this as the prebable motive of malice for the libels in question. The defendant's wife said to a Lady going there, do you know the character of Lady Ogilby whom you are going to visit ? This was the manner in which she went on, by dark hints, to un dermine the high character of that Lady, whilst at tids*very time Mrs. Channon was doing all she could to cultivate Lady Ogilby's acquaintance. On the Bth Of July a party took place at the house of a Gentleman of fortune ; in one of the apart. ments of the house she accidently saw Mrs. Channon ; that circumstance produced such at:4re= upon her nerves she could not overcome the 'sensation ' and was suddenly indis posed at the sight of her. The Learned Counsel read a letter from Mr*. Channon to Sir David, protesting that she could not account for the expression of Lady Ogilby, that she could not bear the sight of her, complim e nting Lady Ogilby on her beauty, and professing the warmest frlendship to Sir David and Lady. One of the anonymous letters ran thus :—" Lady Ogilby is now in the back ground (spelt grond), from having kept company with certain low characters, who have been fre- Suently noticed in company for their lewd w i n k s to th e men." igned " A Friend to Morality."—The next letter is addressed to Lady Paxton :—" A friend to Lady Patton wishes to caution heragainst the society of Lady Ogilby, for keeping company with certain disgusting characters." The next letter is to Lady Desange, the wife of the late Sheriff:—" A person, who only heard yesterday of Lady D.'s acquaintance with a person named Lady Ogilby," and con.. mining a caution similar in substance to the former, it con cludes—" This is written by a parson who saw you coma from theirhoase, and thinks it better to caution you against such sequaintances." The Learned Gentleman observed, such malignity would hardly be credited from the other sex, much less from the delicacy of the female character. These letters would convey to the public a character of malignity, a love of scandal, hitherto unknown to the delicate.feellnys of the female mind. Mr. Scarlett referred tea summons taken out before Mr. Justice Best, in which Mrs. Channon was called to come forward and disavow the hand-writing, flirt Mrs. Channon re fused, Had she done so, Sir D. Ogilby would have accepted her disavowal, instead of bringing this action. Sir D. Ogilby Was above pocketing damages in a Court of Justice, and what were given should go forth to the public, as a test in favour of Lady Ogilby's.character, and to mark the disapprobation of a British Jury towards the malignity of these libels.- Miss Duncan, sister to Lady Ogilby (a lady of great per. sonal attraction) examined by Mr. GußNEY.—Witness's sister married Sir D. Ogilby in 1813. They have five children. In April last they exchanged several visits with Mr. and Mrs. Channon. About a week before a drawing-room was held at Carlton Palace. Mrs. Channon applied to Lady Ogilby to in. troduce her, which Lady Qgilby declined. Remembers Lady Derange visiting Lady Ogilby, when Mrs. Channon's carriage, then at the door, withdrew as Lady l)essnge'a carriage came up SCiiinaancenatiflntilvaatfs•teensrpm'eciitnativridigytedL?adgyil boAfter i g I s t: 7 yr awiptna character. retsy,,anadt sister which A rg.in e tChan.a Mrs.t Ludy Gresley's, when that lady mentioned that she had receiv ednon requested witness to call on her, for that she had something very important to communicate. There was after this another narty at Lady Oresley's. Witness, previous to this, called on ter. Mr. GURNEY desired witness would not mention names of eather party.. Witness proceeded; at this interview the said she was anxious to renew the acquaintance and said sotnething about it Gentleman that baked just like a ghost.—(A laurfr.) —She said she was willing to come forward and take Sir D. by the hand ; witness was at a party on the Bth July ; wean) the: next party at Lady Gresley'e ; at This time neither Sir David nor Lady Ogilby had the lent knowledge of these anonymous letters ; but the acquaintance between them had been pres viously discontinued. Cross -examined.—[The SOLICITOR-GENERAL put into witnesses hand a letter, which she acknowledged to be her writing.)—The visits between the plaintiffs and defendants were not more frequently altogether than three or four times prior to October last. 'Lady Ogilby was presented at the Draw. mg-room the year before; she was to have been presented by Lady Desange, but by some mistake was presented by the Lord in Waiting ; Lady Ogilby was not introdu ce d by Mrs. Chan. non to MrseDesange, bat to Mrs. Ch annon , at Lady Desange's; believes 'Lady Ogilby went to that Drawing-room at which- Mrs. Channon wished to be Introduced ; She was afterwards Introduced by Lady Hamilton • Lady Ogilby said, at Lord Gresley's, that she co u ld not introduce, but would be glad to see Mrs. Channon at the Droving-room on the Bth of June. Lady Ogilby and Sir David, prior to this, lived at Rochester. Re-examined by Mr. SCAR estrr.—lier sister has five chil dren ; Lady Ogilby is constantly with her children, nursing them ; and prior to this had not gone much into society. • Miss Mary. Ann Paton, the celebtate&singer.—liisows Mr. Channop s remembers hearing Mrs. Chanson say, that Lady Ogilby would not take her tathe Drawing-room; this was soon after the Drawing.roorn. • Sir Francis Desange.—Remembers receiving the produced letter sept by post to witness's , wife; thinks it was in an enve. lope ; handed it to Lady Ogilby ehad not much knowledge of Mrs. Channon at that time; has known Mrs. Desange about a year and a half. Mr. ScAneETT desired theludge, by examining the water. marks, to see that these letters were written on the same paper. Mrs. Buchannan, an elegant and interesting female,bei called to the Witness-bo x , fainted, but immediately recovered and was sworn. Has known Mrs. Channon from May last ; . knows her hand-writing ; witness's sister, Mrs. Plunkett, h as received letters from her ; has see n the pr oduced letter ; it is a disguised hand from witness's knowledge of her hand-writing, thinks it is Mrs. Channun's ; shown the envelope., thinks it is here; the letter to Lady Paxton and envelope, thinks it is her hand-writing ; likewise that to Lady Derange ; shown another letter, " I have no doubt of it ;" the peculiarity it , she crosses the F in a remarkable matine.r. Mr: SCARLETT—Look, the word " grond," how does she pronounce it ?.-.dhoti, leaving out the 41.. Ir, every word she uses the large D, as in writing LaDy Desange, Mr. Alfrey, schoolmaster at flurstmonceaux, in Sussex, taught Mrs. Channon to write, in May, sixteen years ago, prin cipally by himself and his father. lies seen her write lately.— (Looks at the four letters produced.)—They are in a disguised hand. Believes them to be the hantiewsiting of Mrs. Channon ; hat no doubt of it at all. Mrs. Dalton knows Mrs. Channon—bas corresponded with her. Has examined the produced letter to Lady Pattein2—hee nd doubt that it is her writing. Witness lives at Brook-greere.... has corresponded with Mrs. Channon ten or twelve years age, and is intimately acquainted with her hand-writing. Mrs. Channon has copied the words set to music for witness. bliss Duncan recalled-.. Has examined these four letters, and believes solemnly from notes she has received from her that they are Mrs. Channon' s hand-writing. , Mr. Grace, Attorney, proved the serving of a Judge's sum. mons on defendants, for the purpose of 'examining the hand writing at Judge's Chambers; Defendant% attorney did not give a list of any persons to attend. At the time of COTIVCISS tion with defendant'eattorney, witness being shown other let ters, said he had very little doubt about the hand-writing. Libela put in and re a d : _u That horrid intriguing sister of her's, going about with her ogling themes) with 'lewd gestures. It is a shame that such peopl e should get into fashionable so. ciety, after ke.ipitig company w i t h di sgust i ng c h aracters and having been in the back grond, they are now received into a little society ; cautioning the parties to svhoni addressed to shun their society, for that they ere notoriously addicted to slandering polite families. " A FareiND TO MORALITY." Time reading of these acumen% excited a general senile. Sir. P. Desange re.called—Cannot believe they are defen. ditnet handwriting; I will say, I do tot believe they are her* thatis still stronger; Mrs. Channon has soleronly denied they are her's. bli. Se en i.ET T --Have you heard that Sir D avid is it soldier? Witness—No ! I thought you meant that was like a soldier. Mr. SCARLETT.--hia net likely that I should make th at mistake ; your 103ki' are not like a soldier.--(A laugh.) The Soeicyroit-Gismites L addressid the Jury foe the . de fend:trite. His Learned Friend had introduced Sir a Oeilhys in terms of great reepect. lle had introduced Lady- Ogilby also in the basic respectful , reamer. The Sedicitor.Otneral was not disposed to - object "to that representation, because as Mr. and Mra.:Cherinon were ' in the habit tit- visiting Sir D. and Lady Ogilby, it would not be honourable to his client* to ernel,l9l°nsl;ilals, detract from the credit of the plaudit. M the same Chi expected shit justice would be done to Mr. and o non, who had always kept the best company ; and unless °'t Jury should substantiate this foul charge a gainst them, they would return to the world as honourable as they ever bad been. Nothing could be more .base than to impute Charget of this description without evidence. The Jury were to enter calmly and deliberately' into this charge, and upon the'evidence decide whether it was possible this Lady coski have b ee n guilty of the foul offence. In looking over the letters, the Jury would find that they-were written by se illiterate person. His Learned Friend says, Nirs. Chaneolils, had not the best education, and it was probable she ring . be the author of these letters. He should prove, h 7 ' lt ' nesses of the highest character, that there was not the slightest foundation for such a statement. She was Lady of xcel : lent education, writing' letters in a most admirable style, o,nd beloved by all who had the honour of her acquaintance. .1-1 m Chanson had the misfortune, in the month of :November, to lose her sister, Mrs, Coquette. Iu consequence of the I °''' b to e wn pre t ted the month of o p f ra A wl pr n il t f roo ollo rn w she *chided herself in the coun did not return to try, and go to the Drawing-room until the second Drawinie:reismf July, and then there was not the least difficultY is 14 '4 presented by Lady Desanges. With respect to Mr. Pen; Ball, he should prove Mrs. Chanson was not in the r. It did not appear that Lady Ogilby at that time suspected ..„ Channozi to have been the author of the letters. With re fP7a to proof of hand-writing. Mrs. Plunkett, the person ecapP__ to carry on the mediation , was not called, because her OK!: would have contradicted the testimony of 3lrs. iiirda d n _ l _'. ° '',i. All evidence applied so a feigned hand was of the most Pl c ful description. Nothing could be more falisci uus °id' 10 In i h w er ed r. s e igi b l y i i, its w tu h re t i l s h to::a l lb itngsh-e 'Stilled had inutedentisier: li'')- the evidence of Mr. Alfrey, he at first, suppesid there h I to cone strong proof of hand-writing. That witness had taught e c 0 write, but it turned out, after many years hid slap sie s C ee isu teaw.her writing, that he drew his conclusion only ( 1 1)!g l ed foo l .ilu . elssloonoff Buchanan evidene egme came ,.u, tc t on o her 6.. Mrs. t.. hannon.:-e reputation P,• to come to a • l • which There waanother ' . witneis'i the ari s-iowily unspotted to' odium for life. Other witoc s.. th ', heti , and Mr. Lewis Desanges, who had ale) sP° k° w „ r itten II writing, gave their opinion that the letters were not lw o, s negative ~ Nolekens. He was eked on the question of ; han -* itir - OW. he said, Ido not believe it to be the hand -writing of Mar!.bon is the room at Mr. Penn's Ball, mil' Sir F. Desanges and the Baron Nolekens, wi,'° h : l oot the habit of receiving notes, were clearly of °Om an l • mot it her hand-writing. lie should call 'other w itnesses oil' es t is was not her hand-writing also that INirs. Chanson Ifs_ pit the . letters in question. ill. He should call the servant of Lady Cbann°l' t f e ,:; s - were n pu ev t er by w h en er t out alone o in ne th in e pt h usetc a ont r th iag e s e - . ul :, 4 an t a h c n (il' of d :t t m hti:ii s tti y enn , dro t eu h cc po vtli g c. t illrki e on Witnesses were then called for the dekocc.,.„,,, big gr Sir Robert Steel had known 111 r. and Mrs. ,_,.,"'"r", with l't r ' five years, and had been in the habit of cOrreaPr i TZ .1 old % (Looked at the letters.) The letters nisrite° '.'''4 eas t''' were not her hand-writing. No. 3 was not. he' Had never known her mix-spell words in her lettere- „ w oe Cross-examined by Mr. Scala LET T.--Ilis Orr;.satotttr. of mmirntaieraio.wmfcensishheterbriienosr;oherißynfseTeold:Chilis.nit:T:wnal:diTcoladar.iyear_,:inittightteet:,.wr:etarsic_.„;,:::.;,t-sediu*:::::::ir:irokl-11,,;ft;:, bad nothing particular in it. The correanoo dence ,s IWO of civility. She was married ; the witness also lee Ath oct man. He resided in Dorsetshire. Mrs. Channel: e..-- to Lady Steele. 4 110 re rn `h lb w u ß :: t anl r h e e ce in D is e l raw b l i y et ng t t er . h roon e s beret' . Lady Steele going to the Drawing:woo' I ,„ oh 101, Ereised Mrs. Chanson to go to the Drawing' siest, t' shitnh_ teel eLem owha e da n (lag r nkn t ys she in.w r i te e mourning. e o:i f un t s t srg s ani e d rii dngi Robertsn. h c o w n s e s ( 1 u a c e ( i n o ce a i t :f t etdhevidit:tlivi 't ) t ie.tteo); .i„, 10• O nz te d tnutio i o. d gt i .:sal o t i::::: believe )::axu;esvarie;Liirt:itighs enr:tee Cross-examined i n , toanfberSdcm:slLinhliehrscAwed,liel e;l.(lialte:niAljna3tl3lltrinrsY:us.°:;llcitgl:iiibLl'Y7loll.ll:-Prislisill::,:sile!lll wrote n t ,a.a:thebelieve.iinecit._mnotes;alwe.nni.o :r receivedt h hea n nrhera..vrit.. never Jackson erinhskvi remarkedion the eet t a t remarkable aiholldrekoert from tooting iboaL a dee imno o 3; o c n ii witness e, l l a ue. Lo;h :bi .1 ‘ h aetet i rti na a arrhr t r s n n.mi v.e Steele mistakes; d w.od la. 0.. . . :8 1 . iwcro. c c oi;:;i ti 1 lum t , a ikohuaa 1 Chanson e 0 sne looked :rt.; t,tao:l4, ihass 4s. nh:_si . t ne;:nr.n c i, ~,i in,t.ii 4 :11, .1.. .10 oc, n; c: it, Li e.,eiethoi lu‘,.,:s.jeo, i teor t 0, , 4. (3 r, . 1, reedy 1 lit 0 ,liei ti al : f ay itli a:e ; 11. 1 liil i,:o tarsi ii rilaatri ,:b ila ; :.1 0 j:T ' 1 t. 1,:: 7 she ill l4't n es jr . firS t 41VI h 00..;C:ta i : 1' ~,,,d: the s _ y did not appear to her to be Mts. Cleturl'', hsdrs l the anonymous ci letters some days ago. iTh..nr i. 11 -ail' , t , ur v, 0 , 0 ~ j ; ): had sett; the writing of Mre. l) he viar o t 0 1 ht. ' .s t ° l. el : :_m i M r : dir rs .. . e . ,T Joys ti F rancisitul. e . ii Q letters m_f w s t a sl s u Ec; a P ik t r a mbe, she r d i I I 0 i r ud . ' -c e e l: h a e n fi t on the t ' bb I i s . ' e n . ic h ,., a I t i 1: efi l r 1. Mfrs' : t ....ce. .. ..), . July e. ;I. e; s : n 0 t t : s : e 4 i j I 1 i ‘ e . ,ih : :1 - o i I, f . j : : r i the dan • circumstance of Lad Y . OgilbY being t ' s neon there , a , zld to be lice ' s; he did riot " e di.s Ttn'"' il en ''e Ogilby pass through the t w" st ‘I T " Chan. 4 - '' n e chth th e e ar- - l awt e t ttera ti Mrs. Jones called again L a dy 00,hY,.;tsit illy Ile° th.d ,,,s was in considerable a •.--- She Wu 4-- ee° yr. r'...i . 04db! mentioned Mig.taCihman'nen's name . , t the sir Ball.i X. Charlotte Denys said she Wag laml u i ! i l i Jo Her Ladyship was sitting w i t h her bit she ale 0 ill out . rioi get up, to let Lady • g hen said the didnot believe t le si , of .i. that of Mrs. Channon . i. „d.writifflo h 0 ca'nlits Denys was acquainted with the .1 0 "..,, n ot writini. chsno ll est' Joseph Laws •with 310. - veil Lawson, a servant, lived ,_, Ile ue , ~ , 0 Went out in . the carriage; he attended Of: 0; hot. ! joiros bered putting any letters in the Poet in ius leis lief 0; Ann Shileock, maid to Mit. Chanson ; . e - e rt 1 nd ' be tes )/I rt, (144. September last fkb ; antnCwitYo w li‘°P as he too footm -an always went out with her mistreSs. . 4 0 tit,.„ l o l Mr. Winter, attorney for the defendant, s ~,,,, i„ , , ey l,r '- f t! surr irM nS to hopect the letters ;he conom ed al. 40 tr well educated woman. Mr- - e,,, t t The evidence having closed for the defence' 00 04 1 ,1 ~, The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, uedPonthethheaniirs° be . a lt i t, ',...-etl-4 i'ller::,,, no correct knowledge of Mr& Chanson big trot ir istA called by the defendant's. It was remarks i% die ft , Pr, not call her brother, who had ' Court thl t e, lO ' i f been in to ,oe - and coMplained that nooe b 0 tiny 'iv," i t , hi s charge. o ot, tie . ~u, to their satisfaction that these letter they receive anonymous letters, to throw la,01001;tel4 for if there happens to be a little truth in e d ' IP,', i stl:e. there is generally a great deal of r,lselluri if " h . oik,, after reading the whole of the evidence, seer: the "o f d r, cause ought to induce 11 1 ,7, ie5.? ;01 ,,, tiff' with damages, which might in solve tn e ,!` that l e : Ai on, their verdict ougot 0' verdict would be Or the defendent. found 0 v The Jury, after a short deliberation! ....., defenaint.—The cause ocupied setter' B" P " they were not sAtistial °I ~,,for- 1 1 v inf othm of t obliged abaretolciAi slandern: facts eir dsoe n . . fpia oteclowysi 0.1, u : rks: P ° s t . Fie M. to 11r.teco vs C eer O rice U dt Z t T evnt44 o tioona C i O tnd ll nd N esth r osa L ti ;;; ,u4)lo :;;;; kreelp7he;er tbtoifectadwnefoendhoptlurlo 01 4-' 5. 4 COL_FLIORc V. oe verdict for the converaktion with the plaintiff's wife. f rh!r t i :tto l ' ,j c ad d uin l er iv ke t ry Plaintiii—Dar in nagessntaecel e inu Ci . sein Jil'4l‘lic co.q r"t'llsf ,lIJ 0, 1 1 0, 1 ' BIRTOS. „A o f 1 1 * On 'Monda, at Wratting P ar k; tho - 1 0 " ) , fu . Es_ll 2 of a son y and heir. dv of I lta" Yesterday, in Arling ton - stree t, the 1 ,4 - • Esq., of a atilhborn the 19th inst., 3 1 1 4 a A n it Ib it erCt ur- i b 'ir t ' 7lllll:s .. ol'i Thompson, of Athendone, county of Wa daughter or E. N. Thornton, of genuile o u i ; i. On Thursday, th - inst., at St. „1" . 8 0 .0A" lkir. Wm. Stannard, of Charlas.streCtt Sarah Child, • of Bermondsey. f Printed and Published for the Office- No. 112, Strand, by J. aur. atannara, OT L e nlifpgsoP , - - v* . Sira,h Child, of 1. , ..-rinondsey. .t° .10.1.01••••••••••••••••••••••••...... DIED. ofe!f Yesterttay morning, the 20th in' tint ' 46 : 0 , 00 ,; ... 11 1 Irce-A Otargiana, youngest daughter of • t Cockburn. .115 f tt - On Wednesday, nt Stratford„-EstlglAraet rg',4 thgekledt daughter of the late CaPt- "1 1 ‘ , 1 1 Lr Yeuerdari at her house on DQwgli t' - her agt, Amelia, relict of .1. gs+