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This is the young man tittle ftlittlitlatit4o at Marlborough -street Police-oMee, some fut.. e l l Pee) exhibited suc h an extraordinary career in passing phOtta the 3 40 4er Un at admonished him on his de c i s i on ; but the pri and sted m his plea o f gu il t y, w hi c h was then recorded; TiCt':l4 taken from the bar. of no "Iti: xe "all t hat whatsoever took place before the Learned Jud ges were st ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC. A great diversity of opinion prevails as to the utility of acade mical establishments in promoting the fine arts. While one party confidently predicts that such institutions will ultimately advance them to the same excellence that they attained in ancient Greece, another datea their declension from the moment when they were no longer left to work their way by their own energies, but were crippled by systems, and encouraged to loiter on the road by unearned largesses. The truth seems, in this dispute, es in most others, to rest between the extremes. Academes; which dignify an art by exaltinkits professors, which teach by philosophical lectures, and by the exhibition of the most perfect models, and that make known to the world the works of its ingenious students, must , be beneficial, because, among many other reasons, they induce yootlixof talents, edu cation, and respectable connexions, to embark in studies which, without the prospect of honorary distinction, as well as pecu niary reward, would be thought beneath the itinbition of per sons so favourably circumstanced. Sttch is the Royal Academy at Somerset-house, founded by the late King, which has raised the arts of design to an eminence they never before reached, and enabled our artists to surpass all fbreign rivals, in the seine de gree that the latter once excelled the former. But it offers no ,premium to mendicants ; its royal founder, and his adviser, knew too well the impor4nce and difficulty of art, to draw into its ranks, by a lure of meat, drink, and shelter, those who could do the state much more service with a spade in the hand, or a tnusket at the shoulder. Conservatorios, or, in fact, musical Fotindling Hospitals, in which children not only were instructed, but boarded and lodged gratuitously, existed upwards of two centuries in Italy. They were generally crowded with pupils, who, in most cases, were not selected on account of any great premise of musical ability, but according to the interest' eMployedin getting them admitted. Of those received, a . very small Proportion,inani fested any proof of genius, and an immense majority of theta never arrived at mediocrity: Thus - numbers were annually thrown on the world, with minds raised above handicraft occu. nations, who struggled hard to preserve a . decent appearance ; but who, being devoid . of the means; •of obtaining an income equal to that of a conunihily 'skilful artizan, were condemned to undergo all the pains of disappoinnnetit, and to fall victims to. misguided charity.. An eff?rt was made about fifty years ago, by Dr. Burney, Signor Giardini, and the celebrated Jonas Hanwa, to convert our ,Foundling Hospital into a Con serva . torio ; but this absurd attempt, though countenanced by many good-natured unreflecting people, was immediately discovered to be the job of a designing foreigner : and; assailed by reason and by ridicule, was soon abandoiled; and is now almost utterly forgotten. In the early part of the French revolution a cower. ' vatoire de ntosigue was established in Perla, which still continues open. The essential differenee, then, hi the,priuciple upon which these two species.of academical. institutions are founded, may be thus stated : the one, knowing that real genius must very soon dispel the obscurity in which it is shrouded, and force its way into.notice, waits till it is developed; and then, with a pro. tecting brand, leads it into the true path: Of improvement; watching and directing its.progress towards iti object, which, if pursued with zeal and perseverance, it. cannot fail to attain. The other, by holding-out tlie teniptatiose of bed and board for a term of years, prompts' many who have a genuine and undoubted tasie for wholesome food and a warm house. to fancy that" nature has . also Addy endowed tlietii with an appetite for art, and straightway .they find some-patron of the' establishment who, being perhaps a rich, but Incognito, re lation, or probably a kind master, quickly discovers that his 'supplicant has a remarkably correct - eye, or a wonderfully fine ear, and therefore is the 'properest person in . the .world to be nominated as a student. Let us now inquire what the academies of music upon the conservatorio plan have produced. have all the great core. posers and performers, or the larger portion' of them, issued from under these roofs ? We admit that formerly Italy was supplied by many distinguished musicians from those of Naples and Venice • that Scarlatti, Pergolesi, Durante, Puesiello, Cimarosa, and others, were brought up in one of these schools ; but conservatories, or academies formed upon their principle, have now done their utmost ; they are gone by, and, like the monastic institutions of the dark ages, though once useful, are become pernicious. The c'anservatoirc de Paris, which has been in full action for thirty years, and has sent into the world nearly three thousand dere:, most of whom are in very tie. plorable circumstances, can show scarcely one celebrated mu. sician, who was reared within its walls. We do not assert that it has produced none ; but our recollection does not at the mo ment supply us with .a single name of consequence. We will, however, appeal to memory fora list of tho se w h o h ave not been indebted to academical tuition for a knowledge of their art, and from a crowd of names that rush in upon us, we select those of Handel, the Bachs Haydn, Mozart, and B eet h oven ; ofLully, Purcell, Gluck, Boyce, and Gretrey ; ofSalicri, Mayer, Winter, Weigl, and Rossini; of Mara, Billington, Banti, Catalan', Colbran, Fodor, Camporesc, and Salmon ; o f Mar click Viganoni, Crivelli, Garcia, Harrison B m artlean, and Braliatn ; of Clemen ti , Dussek, Woelfl, and Cr'amer ; of G iartlini, the elder Cram er , Salomon, and Viotti ; oferosdill, Lindl e y, a nd Dragonetti ; a n d we could cite dozens of others as witnesses on the same side ; but these which we have brought forward have strength enou g h t o b ear dO wn any oppos i ng evidence. The Royal Academy of Music, the subject of' this article, is stated to be found e d u p on principles similar to thos e of that most excellent establishtnent the British Institution, in Pall mall; but a f ter a pat i ent comparison of' the plan and laws of both, we can trace no analogy, except in the arrangements concerning the subscribers, and 'a few other very trifling points. It is in truth modelled after the French Conservatoire, the laws and regulaions of which have been imitated, not to say copied, hi the formation of this British School of Music. The following is a brief'sketch of the " Rules and Regula tions," published and distributed by the Committee :--- The King is the Patron, and the Duke of York is the Vice-patron. Its object is to promote the cultivation ofmusic amongst the natives of this country, and to afibrd the IIIeVIS of studying the art to forty males and forty females. The funds for the support of the institution arc derivable from the following sources :—There will be four classes of con tributors or subscribers; Ist, to the amount of a hundred enn. neas in one payment, or fifty. and an annual subscription of five guineas ; 2d, fifty-tive guineas at once, or ten and an ftnnual . allowance of five; 3d, thirty.five at once, or five and an an nuitseof three; Ith, twelve in the first instance, or a yearly, grant of three. The subscribers of the first class may not only be present et all the rehearsals and concerts, and all the public examinations of the pupils, but may introduce two friends on those occasions ; and each will have three votes at the election ' of the students. The members of the second class are to have the same privileges as those of the first, except that they will have two votes only at the elections, and may introduce one person only to the concerts, rehearsal*, and examinations.. The subscribers of the third class are to have only one vote at the elections, and a free admission for themselves only to the above. mentioned performances ;• and those of the fourth will be en titled to a free admission to the public examinations of the pupils only. The following is a list of the Directors:.-.. The. Duke of Devonshire, President, The Archbishop of York, The Marquis of Aylesbury, Vl't e The Earl of' Forteseae, ' -Presidents. . The Earl of Darnley, The Duke of Wellington The Earl of Morley The Marquis of CI olmondeley ,ord Rovenswarth Tlie.Earl of Lonsdale , The Vice-Chantiellor The Earl of Wilton Sir George Warrender, Dart. The Earl of , Belniore Sir James Longliarn, Bart. The Earl of Scarborough The lion. John Villiers Th e B u t of Fife O. Watson Taylor, Esq. 3LP. The.. Earl of proterilow Curtis, Esq. The Earl of M ou n t Edgeeumbe Francis Freeling, Esq. The Earl of Blessington : spigeestein, Esq.' The general direction, as well as the financial management, will be vested in a sub.cOmmittee of nine subscribers (chosen by the Directors), who are to have the "'entire superintendence of the Academy and students, and the appointment and con troul of all the professors and masters." Lord Burghersh hai tie= named Chairman of this Committee, and Sir Gore Ouse ley and Count St. Antonio are among his associates. The mu sical education will be directed by a person of character and repute, styled . the " Principal of the Establishment," or by a Board, consisting► of three professors ; and in the house will reside a master of the male school, and a mistress of the female school, to whom will " bekng the duty of attending to the discipline .and conduct of the students."— The firsi object in the education of the pupils will consist in a strict attention to their religious and Moral - instrue tion ; the . .next. will be the study of their own and the Ita lian language, writing, and aritiTletic, and their general in struction in the various branches of music, particularly in the art of singing, and in the study of the phincqorte and organ, of harmony, And of composition. No student shall be admitted at an earlier age than 10 or later than 15 years. They. shal have received such previous instruction, as to be able to read and write with tolerable proficiency. They shall have shown some decided aptitude or disposition for music, to be nscertain. ed by the professors and masters in council ; and as the object of the institution is to bring up persons who may in after-life devote themselves to the profession of music, so where no suf. ficient aptitude in the student is shown, as it would not he of advantage to him to be brought up in a line of life in which he would not be likely to succeed, an examination as to the pro gress and attainments of each pupil, shall take place by the prin cipal and the professors, after twelve months from their en trance, and the continuance or disinis.sion of the Student will be decided by this inquiry. • As the students will be gratified with board and lodging, each will be required to pay fifteetiguineas on admission, and subsequently ten guineas per annum . ; and it is expected that all should be properly- attired.' If any sliduld offer them selves in addition to the eighty original pupils, they must pay twenty guineas annually, beside eighteen for board ; and from those supernumeraries who merely receive instruction, twenty guineas a year will be demanded; but it must be observed, that, in each of these three classes, the children of regular pro. fessors of music will be favoured by a reduction of the annual payment to eight, thirty-three, and fifteen guineas ; and if any person, of verreonspicuous mtisical talents,' should apply to the society for farther education; without haVing the means of defraying the charges, the Subcommittee may order them to be received and gratuitously instructed. There will be one or more ► :public concerts in each year, at which such of the students as arc sufficiently advanced Abell be produced ;. the profits of this concert' will go to the benefit of the establishment, except when any of the students are retiring• in that year from the Academy ? when so much of the profits, as the Sub-committee shall direct, will be divided amongst them, as a portion which may assist their comferfable . establitlh. ment in the world. Previous to each concert,. there will he a rehearsal, at which all the students will appear ; and, with re gard to the public examinations, the Sub-cominittee will fix. the day when thcyare to take place, and will distribute medals and rewards among the more deserving pupils. . - - - - The high character of the accomplished and amiable Noble man to whom this Academy is indebted for its origin, is an ample guaranty. uf the pure and excellent ;natives which'sug.. gested its formation • but the various published documents whence this abstract has been drawn, show that.his other two.. cations, particularly his important public employment, have not allowed him to devote much of his time tirthe development of his plan,•whicli h as f a ll en , we '..are extremely sorry to per.' ceive, into infinitely less able hands. If what we have advanc ed relative to conservatories be allowed to have any weight, our remarks must bear rather heavily upon the Royal Academy of AI usiC, which is altogether borrowed from those foreign, turd, with a solitary exception, exploded Institutions. Music, as an art., is susceptible of very considerable amelioration, much more so than is commonly supposed ; and its improvement is to be sought in the enlarged intelleetor its professors, who have seldom been enabled to bring sufficient. mental • strength, or collateral knowledge, to its aid. Hence th e p uer il e co n ce it s i n which it so frequently abounds; hence the contemptible poetry which is often sel ec t e d for setting to music . ; hence the eternal repetition of a.few unmeaning words in a hint, air; .and hence that neglect of sense and of prom* which renders so many learned andliterary people indifferent, if not inimical, to music. 'These arc amongst the-things that require a remedy; and can it be said, that in the whole Constitution of•this acidenty, any thing like a cure is offered for su c h ev il s ? In the scanty coarse of education proposed, does there appear to be tiny adequate attempt made to cultivate and strengthen the minds of those who are destined hereafter to appeal u our passions through a mediuM of their own Creating ?- Is any provision ;Mule for en larging the understandings of our future organists, in just pro portion to the importance of their duties, as coadjutors in the sacred service of the church ? Ibis any care been taken. to re. fine the manners apd purify the morals of those who are, ut Paine, not very distant; period, to be introduced into our families as instructors, and under cover orthe most insinuating.of all the arts ? To this last interrogatory, and to this only, an affir mative answer can be given; and it is comprised in the follow ing highly laudable regulations. Chap. v. Art. Ist. The first object in the education of th• students will consist in a strict attention to their religious and moral instruction. • Art. 2d. A tit arrangement shall be made at the opening of the 'Leadenly for the performance at' divine worship, and for the proper attendance thereon of the !Lonna,' We will not quote Seneca to prove the superiority of example Over precept, but we shall take the libCrty to ask-the Commit- tee, whether or not a lemon. has been nominated to an influent. big situation in the academy, the example of whose Ufa is—if he be countenancedsuflictent to render nugatory the most pious and enlOtened precepts that may be delit ered to the ! pupils ? • Here we must pause; and shall conclude our remarks by addressing outselves to the bosoms of those illustrious and dis tinguished personages whose names app ear vs patrons, direc tors, and visitors of alis estahlishment ;,-to these.Gentlemert of the Conimittee, whose diameters stand so un s p ot t e d, so high i n soda y ;—to all, indeed, who - love virtue and hate vice ; and, with die utmost deference and respect, we ask them, whetherthe appointment to an important arid responsible office in the esta blishment of a man, who has absconded from his native land to escape the disgraceful sentence which offended laws and the Judges of his country pronounced upan , lllth--ivhather the admission of such a man within the walls of a house devoted to . the education of youth - of. both s ex e s, would n ot stra n g l e t h e infant institution i n itsbirth, expose the Whole numagetuent to general arid merited reprobation, arid disgrace a country which bolds so exalted a r a nk, in the opinion ot . surrounding nations, for ha support of' all that is honourable, and for i ts d etestat i on of whatever is flagitious ? " 1 „• Our Readers will remember that soon after the plan for constituting a RoYAL ACADEMY ot' Alusto WAS first an nounced, we entered i nto an ocamination of its nature and ten. deney, and endeavoured to prove that it was likely to over stock the musical profession, and eventually to Involve most of the Pain's in .poverty, unless they possessed extraOrdinitry talents. We then observed that there was no wont of mu sicians, or of students who devoted themselves to the art. We received the thanks. of many humane and intelligent char.. Wets; but the plan has proceeded, though it it utterly destitute of all solid grounds :of .support, aril, nn the Contrary, will doubtless be attended with tire evils which we predicted. Ob serving the foregoing article on this subject in the first number of The Lady's Migozint., new series, we take the liberty of in.. setting it in our Paper, zind at the Magt.t.:ine is amusing and Instructive, we hope •to be excused by, the Proprietor if we should again avail ourselves of the same elegant miscellany.for the gratification of our Readers. I.OltD PORTSMOUTH'S CASE. EXAMINATION under the KING'S CO fl lISSXOi~'. FREEIIASOIWIIALt, SrA URDAiiiFEA.22,-TWELFIR DAL The Court opened at ten o'clock this morning, and immediately proceeded to business. The 'cross-examination of Mr. Twinam eontinued.Lord, Portsmouth at different times purchased of me hay, strew, and oats. His Lordship knew the market price as well as I. I do not recollect receiving any notice not to attend to any orders of Lerd'Portsmouth. 1 knew a man of the name of Powelle he he was bailiff to Lord P., and occasionally gate me orders ; his Lordship was always desirous of having his bill tolook over it, and was always very accurate. Lord P. was fond of amus ing himself with taming. I never saw him in a smock frock; I have seen him in a fustian jacket, :Tali as I have frequently seen gentlemen wear. I never saw Lord P. shooting. I have seen hint driving with a miter's whip, and drive very well. I never sew him drive ill. Lord P. would not let his horses be treated ill. He has - often come to me and said I worked my horses too bard. I have never seen Min maltreat his horses; the impression on my mind was, that he was remarkably care ful; I do not recollect having seen Lord P. attend a funeral ; I have never seen his Lordship ring the bells ; his Lordship endeireeured to outwit me about some water, but I got the best of it. I have frequently seen Lord P. at turnpike meetings; I might have said that I considered Lord P. a man of weak mind; I do not recollect that I ever called Lord P. a fool; swear that I do not believe that I ever made such an obser ration. Re-examined—My dealings with Lord P. were continued down to 1817 and 1318. Lord P. perfectly understood what he was about. I made my bargains with Lord P. fairly, and not with a view of indulging a weak mind. Examined by the Jury--I do not consider Lord P. a fool. Ile has a weak mind, and particularly to strangers ; to those he has known for many years, he has not. / remember Lord P. detecting little, errors In my account. I have never heard Lord P. complain of Lady P. I mean that Lord P. had not the power to discharge his servants without the consent of. Lady Portsmouth. I so collected from Lord P. himself. 1 think a man of sound mind would not have parted with the power of discharging his servants voluntarily. When I made an affida vit in 1815, I was applfid to by Lord P.'s agents. I understood my affidavit WAS to be used in resisting the application for a commission of lunacy. Rev, Dr. !lesion, examined by Mr. Wzr.T.IAMS—I nm Rector of Mary-lesbone. I knew Lord P. many years ten or more—of lite I have not seen hint. From the year 1 81 4 to 1817 I knew him ; at that time he attended my parish church. Ile sat in the eame pew with me; we generally conversed before the service began. His Lordship's conduct was perketfy pro. per in every respect, and he prayed with due devotion. I have been at Lord P.'s house with parties once or twice in the 140 Lady P.'s time, but not since. The conduct , of Lord Ports. mouth on those occasions wee that of other Gentlemen.' j saw nothing in which his conduct could be impeached. As far ns had an opportimity of seeing, Lord Portsmouth conducted him. self as a.pqrson of sound mind. lExamined by the Juryfdo not know wheth er L or d P orts . mouth ever received the sacrament. I saw nothing to impeach the m s r o . uZi r legt e... _ ol l LO re r a d o P e orts ia matl a t ip 's si n i l r in c. o. r am Mairistrate, anti one of the visiting M ag i strates of the Lunatic Asy um. I am acquainted With Lord Portsmouth —between 15 and 16 years. I was introduced to him by the late Dean of Exeter. I have met him at the houses of different gentlemen in the county at large parties. His Lerdship conducted himself in' the same way as any other gentleman. Hie remarks were as apposite as that of others. I have been at Ilursthorne. and Lord and Lady Pertimunith have been army house. I had conversations with Lord Portsmouth. His Lordship's renisrks were trite and cor rect. Ile conducted himself as other gentlemen do. The con vereation was common:place. I have seen Lord P. at the As. sizes, at the oratorios, and the races. I have seen him at Ses sions, and I have met hint at Judges' table and at the Sheriffs'. His conduct was as other gentlemen conducted themselves. The Rev. Dr. Goddard—l reside partly at Andover, and partly in Lrindon I. - for many yeare I wax master at Winchestee College; I have known Lord P. rather more than 20 years ; have been frequently at parties with his Lordship; on these occa. sions 1 havti had 'opporoutities of conversing with his Lordship; I have also been in the hebit of calling at his house ; the re sult of my opinion is, that I eland& not have observed any thing if I had not heard df these procetelings; his conduct and theotemour was perfectly good, and such as that I lind observed in other Gentlemen.. The Rev. Dr. Newbolt—l have been on speaking terms with Lord P. for 25 years ; !should WAY he WM nut it nano of strong mind, but decidedly a weak mind, such as would excite one's compassion; 1 saw Lord P. play ut Whist he Mellowed snit, but wars decidedly a very bad player • I wee mew three hours with Lord P. in the same pew at the commemoration of St. Paul's Church; I thought his Lordship &inducted himself with the greatest possible decorum ; since 1814 I have not seen Ilitu ; I should say he was a weak and illiterate moan ; but still I should say tie was perfectly 'sound. Examined by the Jon v—When I saw . Lord P. played at whist he seemed to moo to knew no more of the game than simply to follow suit. The Rev. leuteelles Ironmongereel am one of the Pre bendaries of Wincheeter ; I have frequently conversed with Lord P. on common topics, and he has conducted himself like other Gentlemen : I consider his Lordship of weak mind, and so far sound as a person of weak mind can be, not tending to ally Insanity. The Rev. Mr. Evtms---/ live near Andover ; I have known Turd year 17fki ; heave had frequent opportue o P t ;.ol b m g ) e lii rv t in he g the scale of hie Lordship's mind ; I looked moon hiss Lordship as of weak underettinding, but perfect as tar as it goes Examined by the Jury.--T have had no transaction with Lord P. t o form it judgment of hi tt ap t i tu d e f or business ; my opportunities of observation were confined to collusion obserea tion. Sir John Sewell—l first met Lord P. 2-1 years ago ; I was at Malta in 1811 and 15 ; while there I read an account in the newspapers Of his Lordship having seen a man coming out of an area and drop a silver spoon • his Lordship got out of Ids phaeton, pursued and secured the mean; the man was after wards tried and convicted ; I mentioned this fact to Lord P. at Southend, at the latter end of 1815; I asked him whether that story wait true ? and he said it was; I have played whist with Lord P. twice; vie were opposed both time% and I won ; on the second occasion, which was utter the interval of a year, Lord P. said, " Sir, you are very lucky, you heat me before ; this struck Inc as an extraordinary instance of recollection ; , from the result of my own observations on Lord P. 1 do not I th a4 i i i myself justi fi ed in saying his Lurdihip . was either of a weak or unsound mind. • 1)r. Phillips e -.1 am a pliyeirian ; I reside at Wanchester ; I resided'at Andover far 11 years ; I first went to A n d over i n 1811; professionally attended Lord P. and his family from I had also been frettttently a visitor before I attended as physician up to the time of his Lordship going to Scotland; I eleoee e t his Lordship at other gentlemen's buses • I have met Danner.his Lordship-at the Andover Corporation thus frequently seen Lord P., the opinion I lied formed of his L or d. ship's mind was that it was sound ; I think I had oPportunities to term a correct opinion Of . hie Lordship's mind ; I have seen t h! r s ape Lo r r ; dsh i Li: e t : d itu ne n 4 li w e i i i i i h etti r g d s co ce ndt:e n t i w ar ae n c fr o ( rrec an Ea t t a u r 2ll ,.l . burgh •, he was just dm seme as I !led' ever fbund him ; he ex. bibbed no symptoms of ait ‘stisound mini!: Examined by the Juut —As a professional man, I tun of opinion Lord P. is not a man of tutsuond mind ; I have seen Mr. Comb?* et llurstborne. - When - I was, at Ilurstborne the servants appeared' to treat Lord P. with proper respect ; his Lordship was of weak mind ; I do not dunk. Lord P. could have been of unsound mind without My discovering it. Questioned by Mr. Ilaertoes—Do you consider a man of sound mind who would sniffer his servants to beat him in his own bootie, without insisting on their diScharge ?' Witness-1 think this is reedier is pouting quteetion. Mr. Ilaerests e el think so too. Mr. Serjeant Pt objected re the observ a tio n o f a Juryman upon any answer which a wiultse might give upon his oat h. Mr. 3 nownu said, it was time: thIS couversation slinghl b e put en end tot.-- 'he extoilinatien then proetetied I never saw any thing different in the conduit of Lord P. from other Gentlemen.; l have hard of Lord P. ringing belle, but I know nothing ofit of MY own Mi. Woodhstrii . , tetandtied by Mr. Serjeant stn Clerk elthe Peace fur the county of n:into; I have known Lord . . P. for 24 years ; I Lost saw Lord P. in July last, at the .heater races ; several gentlemen were in his carriage with him; ; : the races lasted three days; Lord Portsmouth was there twice 1 his Lordship seemed• very much pleased to ; be among his friends ; I hall not seen him for three or four years, before.- . when I first saw Lord P. it was during, the life of the. firSt , Countess 1 I remember in 1014 soliciting tint . nir k ee, of .clerk and treasurer of a turnpike road ; there were othercandidatea ; I wrote to Lord P. canvassing him for his vote, and he came to the meeting of the trustees; 'the pram Earl of Carnarvon was there ; it was a very large Meeting ;, there were four .o Qve and twenty persons present; Lord Carnarvon propose.rt • me, and Lord P. seconded the proposal ; on that occasion Lertl P. conducted himself very properly, and very Mu& like, a gen tlemen. The other candidates withdrew; there was other business relating to the roads talked over; 'Laid certainly took part; from anything I saw on that occasion Lord P.'s man ner was as aortal as any other gendetium present; there was Oothingsingtilar in his conduct; from all that I have seen and- • persomdly known of Lord P. I should say he was of smlnditti nci ; I have a note written to me bY Lord P. At the races, previous to this letter being written, I had some Communication with Lord P. respecting his acting, as a Magistrate te -he direcd me to sue out his &antis, in 'order that he might beemite Magistrate: [The note was then produced and read. - it Was' as follows Lord Portsmouth-presents hii cotripTiMeiits to 31r. Woodham, and 'begs to know whether he has reeeised the writ from town yet; and if he hits to inform his Lordship of P. Sept. 27, 1814.1—Directed to Mr. Woodhull,. Cross-examined by Mr. BitOonita sr—l sued out the writ " but his Lordship did not qualify or act as a Magistrate. By the 3 ukv —I do not know the date of .Lord Portsmouth having been appointed a Magistrate ; I judge of Lard ,Ports: mouth's mind only from what I have seen of him • Lord I'. either wrote to me, or told inc personally that he would decline acting as a Mayistrate fox the present. The Rev. it . Pedticn.--I ant Curate of the pariah of An. lover; I have been acquainted with Lord P. 25 yeas; I have. seen his Lordship chiOly at,public meetings ; I have seen him at the Bailiff's feast, and at the Corporation dinner at Andover; I have seen him .also at my own house au elsewhere; uni formly his Lordship'S conduct has been unobjection a ble an't gentletnanly; his Lordship's conversation was chiefly of a trifl ing nature; he conversed on ordinary topics; his Lordship's conduct in church has been most exemplary; I havedinedwith Lord P. since his return front Edinburgh ; be was better dress ed, and in worse spirits than before from what I know of Lind P. before I heard wh a t I h ave heard' in this Court; I should not haVe hesitated in administering the sacrament to him.— Adjourned. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH', FEB, 22. TilE XING v. TUE INIIAMITANTS OF TILE COTINTV or 111TDDLEST.X. This was an indictment against the inhabitants of Illiddl e S ei c fur not repairing a public bridge, to which they pleaded not guilty. No one now appeared on behalf of t h e County to offer any defence. Mr. Gun"( informed the .Jury, that the place to which the indictment referred was in the road leading from llomerton to Stratford and Bow, which was interse ct ed by the old branch of the river lea. elver this stream there hail formerly been a wooden bridge, which would be shown by a very old ness to have been used by the public, but which about 10 years ago was' broken down, and had never been replaced. Since that time, persons who passed the road with horses and ' carriages were obliged to ford the river, which in dry seasons Might be done without dif fi c u lty, but which was often ex tremely dangerous. Repeated accidents had occurred at the spot ; but nu one had, till now, the spirit to indict the pounty, in order 'to compel them to rebuild the bridge, to which they were unquestionably liable. The Learned Counsel called an innkeeper named fibley, who:- proved that the bridge was broken down 18' years ago , an d a wit. ness of 94 years of age named James Trustum, who recoil: Tied the bridge for 70 years, and had assisted in : repairing it more than 00 years since. This witness gave his evidence with a clearness and promptitude which surprised the Court. This• roads leading to the bridge were shown to be publiobighwaya The Lord CHIEF...) tittTICE stated to the Jury l that the county were primefreie bound to repair all public bridges, ar:d theretore they must be holden liable Until they could chew 1311 obligation in some other quarter to perform the duty. If, dale, lore, they were satisfied that the bridge was' public,,_ and that it was in a dangerous condi t i on , t h ey wou ld f i nd the defendants guilty. , The Jury immediately returned a verdict of eillll. Titetronn v. TIM rAtl L BTitATIESIORE. Mr. PULLER stated, that this was an action against this Hight lion. neor g e Bowes, Earl of Stratinnore, on a dishOTlOur. ed Bill of Exchenge, accepted by the Node defendant, fez. /150/. 18s. with interest. Bill put in, made payable it Sinith, Payne, and Co.'s, for' , value received of Mr. John Buchan. Mr. PLATT took an objection, that thia bill Stated' a special contract to pay at a certain place; and submitted, the plumtiif having declared upon a general acceptance, Was at variance with the record, so that by this action, which should have,been upon a special contract, the plaintiff could not recover. Tho,Lo lID Cli F J UST ter- over.ruled the abjection. Verdict for the plaintiff, with intereste—Damages, 5091. Ids. • A simple but very important alteration hasbeen introduced in this Court, by placing the witnesses box on an elevation cleit to the Jury, on the right hand of the Judge. The great diet. culty so often felt from the reluctance ar inability of witnesses to " speak out," will be necessarily removed. CONSISTORV COURT. On Saturday Dr. Attxotai and Dr. ADAMS were hunt against the oultnisiibility of a lihel in the case of WILDAY z. WILDAY, which is a suit promoted by Mr. Wilday, an officer in the army, against his wife for a divorce by reason of adultery.— Dr. I.4USHINOTON and Dr. Donsore were heard in behalf of Mr. Wilday, and supported the'libel. It appeared from their statement that Mr. Wilday, who j 4 4 paymaster to a regiment of foot, married Mrs. Wilduyin 1814, anti lived with her comfortably until towards 1820. They haVe • one child living. In 1820 he received thoeppoinunent of pay. master, and was obliged to ehangte, his habitation as frNuently as the regiment changed it 3 station. Mrs. Wilday did nut , assent to these removals 'cordially, and many direness arose between them on that account. In the early part of 1821 the regiment was sent to Ireland, and Mr. Wilday was obliged to accompany it there. Ile made tarangtmenta ter taking his wife with hire d but the reg i ment was or d ered to march suddenly - and unexpectedly, and he was obliged to leave her behind under the care of her mother, lie did not return until May 1 t , when he plainly perceived that his wifie* atTections were estr a ng e d Prom him, anti b e was induced , .' by some circumstances which excited his stopteion to keep a sharp eye urn her. Ile could, however_, find nothing Nisi. riot to COn tin his suspicions, but on the 11th of Septerutier she eloped front hi* house. She was tracedso ,some. lodgings at 70, Siounc.street, which were taken in a feigned name and character, and here a watch was Set upon the house,' with the view of detecting - her 'paramour, but without success. The watch was perceived, and the lady took a second flight. She was again pursued, but the pursuers saw another lady whom they followed in Mistake for her, and were thrown out. Mrs. Wilda) , was not discovered afterwards, although the *Worts to trace her were indefatigable, but Mr. Wilday learned that within four days after her elopement she was delivered of a child. She hail concealed her pregnancy from him so effec tually that he had never discovered it whilst she was with him. From the time at w hi c h it was born it was imposill4to that he could be .the father, and the birth of this child-wits now adduced to the Court as the evideoce against the mother . Or adultery. Great difficulty was met in getting this evidence, anti tot the birth was with the knowledge of her lirtnF.ty, who bad endeavoured (the counsel stated) to conceal it. from Mr. Wilday, be was obliged to threaten them with u Prosecution for conspiracy, when the evidence of the'fact of the birth w aa given up to him ; but he still hail no knoliedge as to who iVtit: the adulterer, or where her ,retreat Wes. When she itlitted hint house, she left a letter, aisigning the rtauOn of her leaving to some previous disaarreementa and renotturiending her child to his tare.—The Court ordered the libel to be reformed, as there were many facts kleadell, in, it which. might be retrenched with,. out prejudice to the case o f the hutiaaria.--The ease will eetaal on at the next terra.