The Sun. — London, England, 1816-05-09 00:00:00

r ~ • • in, padiglied fvvelve ;Tent's Iterate,' cc iebrated letter Of Mr, 'Tooke to :11r, Dmitri 'orier:,',.!rdsLord A,lo . ntrzon, on the sub , - jt (i t R e i o e,. ; i n w hi c h, ie h le argn fl g tii it clues. ,“1,; !rival* s en timents had escaped the chore brought to skew the Jury lie w.ts not a man to prove a traitor. li e w i s h e d . 0 ' kn ow tclty tfiat sort of evidence should rapt be received in erl§e*S'oilibel which iu i Il.ttthet's Aviv; Th :light fit tribe' snbmittial, to a Why, should riot' that be Wien into consideration, which in many cases svouhl he conclusive, but aviii*.b in all cases must have considerable weight, , al c tog Materially,On the tnotives by which the party' tats actuated 1 It wonld be for those %slit) opposed a negative to his motion, to - prove that' in the great bulk of cases of libel, tl•e truth tw;is of no impottance at all to the mat ter At issue. If this could he established, he should be-content to retire from the 'ttguinent. The licentionsuess of the press, not only in latter times, but at all former periods in this cmintrY; he explained by describing the impunity derived iiat the sithatiort in which the party libelled was placed. The individual who sustained the greatest p t, and injury front a libel, had two modes of prt,ceetting tuft opts to hint. lie might proceed by actiOn or- by iodietment. If he brought an ' Lion, after incut ring a great expellee, and endur ing a speech from the defendant's counsel ten times worse to hint than the libel itself, he might after all .veceive, for a. injury sitstained, which no.ttioney (amid repair, 401. or 501. damages. Judo, while they contiuned to be composed of men, would be likely to give such verdicts, and to be inflnenced no't merely by the circumstances, hut by the names which garnished their paper. lie had marked the greatest disparity in the damages given in various • cases of a nature pi ecistly similar. Front these considerations, he would never advise an ac, tion, but for the _circumstance of the defendant being precluded from proving the truth of what he bad advatnal, if the party aggrieved proCetaled . by indictment. This deterred, in many eases, those who were libelled front tak ing that course, while the inconveniences he had described made them mita - Ming ,to venture on the other. This struck him to be of so : much ii.n pottittice, that he considered the public had more reason to complain of, the impunity afforded to libellers of private character by, the law as it now' stood, than evenahe defendants, in being prohi bited front proving the truth of those pnblicat- . Tinos for which they were prosecuted. Since the flak of Lord Hardwicke,frpm the year 1735, the truth of a libel had been allowed to be proved where an action was brought. The saute course nught to be sanctioned in cases of indictrncitt,-- In criminal prosecutions the truth or false itood might he considered on the qnestion.of guilt or innocence. in private cases the truth or raise hood of the libel should be proved, , With a view to the assessment. of the damages called for. In some public ,cases he was aware that the truth of the, hd iiug h u.Wit , to be received as a just , fication, and there ", r C unts:y where private chariteter had beta iii which such is defence was not to •be thought oft too itt tt . ll it was proper that this Should ho submiued to the conshreration 11 . the Jury, lie strongly objected lathe ease as it now stood, which. punished a libel, for its having it tendeticy Kovtike fl bread) of the peace, toot eSeverely titanic punished an actual breach of the peace. For the former a. year's Itupristm " meat, irt some eases two years' imprisonment,was 'frequently awarded, while an actual breach of the peace was rarely visited by more than months' confinement, Whyre a man was killed in aduel, the survivor got,off with the trouble of a trial; if con victed, he was pardonetl (this at least was the practice oldie law), while for a libel intended to provoke a dnel he might he punished with t tvelve or eighteen inooths' iinprisonmeot. He proceed ' e.l to suety the inconverneoces arising out of- the prtatent state of the law, where the party libelled proceeded by indictment. He wished to guard against the possibility of looking, or whispering, or shmgging a mate's character away, as was now frequently done ; and by admitting, the truth of the libel to proof to save the prosecutor from bor a , jug his t eputation assailed,by tt side wind, withont , any notice being given of the attack, to enable to prepare ftir his-defence. There was no, case to which these objections could apply aa, to which they would not he eqoally strong as the • law now stood. On all the grounds which he bad 'stated, it seemed that not only no harm coalt result, but the greatestbenefit, as affecting • the Liberty of the Press, front the adoption of the regulation which be proposed. The first, branch - of the alteration which lie proposed was, 'that_ the tlistinction between oral and written slander should be done away, both as respects nit action and a prosecution. The next branch was making the author cognizant to the pub., )itch ion of a libel ; and on this branch he would nllaw all evidence to, go to the Jury. Lastly, and most materially, he would propose thnt the truth of the matter lhould be . given in evidence, that the prosecutor should have -notice that it was intended. to prove the truth of the libel, xtul then be would take away the-power of. justifying on the ruth; Th ; c other points on which lie would touch related merely to jurisdiction—natnely, the cx Officio power of filingiucormationl, and Special Jut ies„ The real reason for the practice of ex officio information's. was ,:that Government thought it a more sore, way of proceeding ,against oh noximt,,, intik than to trust to the oaths of twelve good anti lawful men forming the Grand Jury,, Government. knew that the Grand Jars took ,this into,aeconat----that in sueh a arse the truth was not allowed to be pleaded, and.there-- fore Grand Juries were very cautious of, lindiug Nib j ut such cases. But, if evidence of the truth• • was allowed, this objection, would he put an end to at once. Another great objection to the prac tice al e,r officio informations, Was the power of. keeping them hanging ore; die heads of in: t!ividuals for an indefinite length of time. The ,resetu, was a most favourable fime for dis t' ritssing - the subject, as the titres were iu all. respects. Of lite there had been no cw3es Of political libels, so that -it was a most fit opportunity to revise this important chapter pt th e hoki, The next point on which he touched was Special,,Jorit%. There ;vas no reason why it fibs l 1 .,-Ittittiri be die only, crime of any importance • actorbefore'a Common tract pow gOne tbrottglitbe ditl'erent ftountiS tin Which tore rested the expedicurY of the measure he proposed; atrd . he could coacctVe ntc argument on which it was likely it could be opposed, except that of an aversion'to malse any elotoge the law—an ob. jeetion its answer to which he would only say, that it scented to him a timbre rational, though perhaps not so ardent an , admiration 'of the law, to endeavour to remedy thole imperfections to odtich all human institotions are subject, than allow those faults to continue Which might pe re moved. Ile concluded by moving, " that leave be given to bring in a Bill for securing and ex tending the Liberty of the Press." The ATToRNEY-G EN 1:: RAL felt no disposition to , refuse his Hon. and Learned Friend an opportu nity of bringing into the House a Bill, the object of Which was to secure the Liberty of the Press. But at the saute time he was obliged to enter his protest against all and every of the changes pro posed by his Hon. and Learned Friend. `He therefore reserved to himself the right of discoss. log the question in the progress of the Bill, He then replied very ably to the arguments of the • iron. and Learned Gentleman, on the subject of ex officio informations and Special Juries. As to the first, he contended that it was absolutely ne cessary, for the security of -the State, in trouble some times, that there should be the power of fil ing ex' ngicio informations, and the lion. and Learoed * Geotleman had not ahem' that it would he better to vest this power in any other Officer than the one by whom it was now exercised. As . to time other poiot—Special Juries, he maintained that COmmon Juries were not composed of men who could be supposed capable of Intoning a pro per judgment on the nice construction. of words io a libel. By a particular detoil of the manner in which Special Juries are chosen, he totally re futed the audacious calming, that it. was : usual to pack Juries. - The Sol tl icrron-asEttAL begged to be allowed to take this opportimity of entering his protest against the alterations in the law proposed by his Hon. and Learned Friend, whosepotiOn was he- - fore the House. As to the proposal of allowing time troth of a libel to be given in evideoce, Ile thought it would prove destructive of social comfort,. It would allow a ntan, who had .conts mitteda wrong, by publishing what he had no right to publish, if calh d to account for this, to 1 put his accuser on his defence. There was no I man who might have been guilty of ,any buffo-. dence in the course :of his Ile. of which be might have well repented — who have by his Inittre condUctretrieved his character—awl who might be 1 Worthily enjoying happiness in the bosuns of his family, who ought not have hi s d ese r ve dly re - es „. tahlished 'character destroyed—and his fortune ruined by arty Malicious person it; a pamphlet or newspaper, bringing up this. cirelnostance fot'• gotten awl t' betted of. When such a libeller was 1 broneur to trial, he had only to prove the truth of the libel, acrordbig to the proposed alteration, and therm lie would come off victorious. And this lityller might, day after day,' ye - 8r after year, repeat the publicatitm of time libel, and when called to account. gi'"ff by P r n img the Ifluhtof i t . wooot n ot such a easy !;new toe, impolite', injustieo of an alto a,Clun lu the law lion. and Learned Gentleamman then &scanted at some length on this point with much ability.' He shortly replied to what was said by the Mover On the aimliject 4)1 cx glficip laminations and soecial juries, and conchtded by saying that he would not , oppose the brine:nig in of the Bill, but reserve the further discussiou of it, tiil its prt.%tess through the MaattYa'rr noticed one kind of libel, which in its effects might he much more mischievous to individuals by ritiniog their character, their for. tone, perhaps I...yeti affecting their lives, which diet nut seem to have poome,within - the vietv of the Hoo, Mover (Mt. Brougham). flettlholed to expressiens' used , iiithat Muse towards indivi duals, in which their characters might:be unfairly attacked, and when the persons sti,aggrieved- de mantled satisfaction, they wertomet by the person who assalVd their (Malawi* with assertions of time privilege of Parliament and instead of that a t o nement which was usual in private life, the assailant would have the Speaker of the House for his second, and time Serjeaut at Arms for .a ,bottle-holder. The' 1100. and Learned. cientle.: titan insist reeollect some sock ease as that to which he thus alluded. Mr. Bitooon AM : warmly repelled the unprece ateoted and unprovolted attack witi,4 hail been made upon him •by the iloomirahle Geltleman . who, had , just . sat down—an .attack whtels was wholly UneonhCald With time question before the House. Ile perfectly recollected the eircumstatree the Hon. Alentber„altuded to. It was this. Jo the course of ,an inquiry which took place in that House about four, years ago, he, .(Mr. Broug ham) as a Member of Parliament, in the discussion ,upon the evidence, made such remarks as be thought fit ,on the testimony of a witness who had been examined at the bar. In doing tins he consulted no' Man, and less than the least of any man did he consult the Ifini.Genticutatt, He (Nlr.Broughato) - on that occasion had expressed a strong and poOted opinion—au opinion which he was ready to repeat, .ronl from time repetition of whieh he was not to be deterred - either by the proceedings of the Hort, Gentyntatt's frieud out of doors,' or by his Imo less regular proceediogs _ion after this he received a lettertrOtu the-witness allotted to, civilly requesting that he would read the report in the newspapers of, what had been ascribed to him, amid state its writing whether or not it was is cor'.. rect account. When he said that, he declined.do. nig so, he'llimly deiteribed what he was Sure would, nuttier sinubir eironiStances, be the conduct of every n u ns in that house, Ile had yet to learn 'that the privileges of that House were so entirely at an cod, that at the desire of any individual a • Member, instead of taking time repose 3o Steedfttl to hint, was to become, forsooth, a corrector of a newspaper report, of his 0 wnsentiments. 'flm,an swer in ‘r high he (\lr'.B.) declined to comply With' the requisition 'wide to him, was of coarse couched, in civil terms, but stnnetiMe afterwards lie received .another letter,of ,a nature very differeut from the former ! coutaining :as gross abrrach i of the privileges of that House, as foul Sit aspersion on time character of a Mettilmer of it, and is an nOwar , r a ntable. an inroad on the rights and privileges of free tliktlSSioll ;A Parliament ) ai had perhaps ever • cicc~trr'eil. ('ii tliat ieiief be (Mi.. toot hit - other ncite than to reconrnend the writer to he,- . ware' how he probeeded further in the line whidi he had adopted,, tit, it might:involve ltitn in a 1.4i6- dieament that mi4lit not be quite .eonv-eoleot him. Sometitne afterwards, when he was 200 miles from London itt the discharge Of his pro.' tensional duties, he silw the whole of the enrres poride»cc published in a Isfewspaper. or this he took no notice, although he haul' since re gretted that he 'Mid not listened to . the strong recommendations of his . I,Liendi to bring the person in question before that • Hotise.— The Honourable Gentleman had that bight given Advice of another description. lie htid unequi vocally hinted, that he (Mr. Brougham) ought to have given to the individual in question another species of satisfaction. In vain did the Hon. Gentleman shake his head. His expressions were ' too distinct to be misunderstood. He (Mr. B.) had acted on the occasion alluded to from the dictates.of his own judgment and feelings ; and be begged leave to inform the Hon. Gentleman, that there was one species of persons by. whom he would never allow himself to be influenced— those Ivho, interfering between two individuals, endeavoured to produce a personal altercation be tween•them. r. Al A it RY ATI, in ex planation , observed that he did not mean to impute blame to the Hon. and Learned Member 01r. B.) for not having given Satisfaction to the person alluded to. At the - same. time, he could not approve of the statvment which had been made of that person— , that he had said, bread and water. would . . be food good enough for the lower orders of the people. Such an assertion must have been prejutlicial to a man who gave.employment to nearly 2006 persons Ile (Mr. M.),thought, that in writing or speak.; tog or any person, whether in 'or out of the House, the rule should be, ".Ne quid falsi tlicere ,aut scribere andeat." • HaouonAM 'explained.: The CHANaeLLOR of theExcnrauan spoke to order, after which - Mr. Baouonlik observed, that with regard to the motion Which he had sohMitted, he woold , not take tip more of the tinie of the House, as it was not intended to oppose it. Ile would tesere his observations on what had Nllen from the lion. and Licari - 1d Gentleman opposite, to the tints 'when the Bill; which he should have the honour to submit, should be 'brought before the' House. Leave was then given t(i'bringin the Bill. DANK nEsnucTroNs. The Order of the Thty‘for the farther consider ration of the Report of the Bank Restriction! Bill Inning been read, , Lord FoLKsTont rose again to oppose the mea .Snre, convinced that were lid Opted, cash pay ments would never be resumed; Ile then nonved that the Report be taken into further considera r tion this day six months. Mr. GEIENFeLt. should feel himself guilty of a dereliction of his public dory, it he did not seize this ppportunity of resisting the measine, Mr. l'itifttN.G defended the lhl(, which gave a direct intimation to the that it was rX peeled they would restnhe cash payments art the cud of two, years. It the considerkitioo. of the port were put off to this (hiy six months, the taxes could not he collected, dud the whOle wheels of the public machinery woidd be stopped. /Niter a. few tvords from Mr. Hainmersley, the qut , !,iiort was put, and the athendment nekitived witliont a'divisiun. llr. liottiveit then proposed to add a clause to t h e Bill to the following etiect . ---provided 'always and be it enactrd, that the*Directors . of the Bank ithout delay take such measures, of preparation, 0$ to their judgment and wivioni may appear tit t 4, to enable diem to resnnie..cah pigments as soon atter the poising of. thi4 Act, as in their judgment may seem practicable and %ale. 'the GnANCELLOR Of the Ls:CHEQUER opposed the Clause as useless: It Was similar to that pro poeti by the Hon. Gentleman, whiFir.had already b eet' re jected,•and as he had not brought forward any n'ew'arguttieliCl in its support, he should re sist its introduction. The declaration in the pre amble was'to the same effect, and would answer ,cvery pnipose. Tae house then divided: Attsinst the Clause 135. Fur it Minority itgaitiA it On re.entering the Gallery, we found ,Lard CAsn.r.tlP,A9-13 postponing the.second .reading of the Alien Bill till tn . -Morrow. His Lorthdrip was unaostood to shy, that he should not prciss it. to mOrrow, it Friday could be appropriated to it. The Local Militia Ballot Bill, and the Irish Clerk of the Picas Rill,went through (.',unitnittees. —Reports to-morrow. Mr. Husxtssor: brought in a Bill 19 amend and render more elfecti've the Act for the construction of a New Street from Carlton-House to Mary-,le hone Park.--Iteard a first time, and ordered for a second reading to-morrtm'. COLTHTENAY presented Papers from the East India Company, stating the separation of the Commercial from the 'Volitieal Accounts of the Company.—Ordered to lie on the table. Adjourned at Half-past 'l. l welve o'Clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BOWL MAY 8 THE KING V. INHABITANTS GE ALL SAINTAi-SIZEBY This was a case,reierved by the Sesaions of the County of ,llerl,y, upon the ,tpiestion whether a pauper gained a settlement utideo the tollnwipg circumstances Corpormion ot Derby at first employed the pauper to take sand and.gravel from the river by way of removing a ifnisanee.— The sand and gravel so removed afteewards turned out to be valuable, and they therefOre ulti mately granted the privilege to the defendant aS a right. The question was, whether the enjoy went, so granted, was an, incorporeal hereditament or tenement so as to entitle the holder, At) 4,Set dem ent as au occupier. it was a ar ! , ,, no by Mr. Perm . , .that the taking the sand and gravel was no wore a tent:Ult:tit, titan a scay.orger.who cleaned the stteets.ot, Lundon could be ,said to hotii te nement, The Court, how - ever, held that it was ►►to:e to be likened to a right ‘ Qt: coinnwn., anti, that it gikineti n settleme►►t, . FROINT (.I•AZETTEk. C { „ DI VIIIBNDA. . • June G, T. Ilardi!iz, Ely, tatithridt e,liire; woolstapler- , June 1 J. Ward, v...Artield,.. clogiier—June 8, W. Waltrri cabinet- maker—May 2i, G. Leese, (Sot erbury, G, J. Ellis, , „ nton street Gr a y's-13n -tan^ seaveraer- * -Miry .H,i, %Finny. 1 % . • and T. Liverriol, thoir-scllers--Jone I; Marnr, set. Leaden l .!,ill-street. insitrance-broker—Nlay 29; J. Powell aild V 1 D. Ormond. I.: i,tni, wine-itierrliantS 30, W. EC. Igor:T:1n ;!sid J. Dv!! Hi, Sheptori-Nlallet, bankers—. May. A‘.. Guides, A:ark-Leer, inerchant—.lnly 27, T. Brooke, Gutter-lane, inerchmit—Nlay 31, Liverpool. rdpe-ntaker--,ltine 1, 3. Ni'Catty, Liverpool, merchant- - -Nlay 30, It. Wilson, 1bet.9.1011041.e, Westin”' land, drover—Mil' 81, J.' Rennin, Stiipiton-upon-Sto.weii IVorcestershire, turricr—Nlay -2;), 13. Staley, Boswell-Condi Caree-htri,et, itiot..ey-ccriveintr- , --Nta? 14, J. , Hen rignesi Old ... City. Chambers, Bishorgate-street, Lontloii, merchant — . June 1, 'l'. I't ilqoan .and West Smsexi tanners--June 1, W. Harris, Ile:Wham, 501f.114 potitsli-n t ant,factUrer—May 14, It. N. Silver, Oxiza-d,treet; • haberdasher,-Nlay 25, J. Ilialniden, Foire-street, Lambez,b; orbiting-manufacturer--May 25, P. Aost-I), Cneshaltou, rcy, calico-printer—May 31, I. Drape, Whitehaven, Gun erg Lind, insurunee-broker-Al.l 31, T. Read, Nottingham, lace. manuf,icturcr—May 30, L. Duhathel, Liverpool, umbrella mauutacturer--June 1, J. Routh, T.Le Mesurier, and 11. I. Rotith, Au:ant-friars, merchants—Nlay 29, T. ILlclitehi ShrewAbuty. shoemaker--May 30, J. A. Levy, S.A. Levy; and V.l. Valentine, Ruetilrsbury. merehanis-: May 2S, J lam, Brentwood, Essex, sluipLeeper—May :10, W, • 1 0 ' ,114, - Nottingham, joiner—May 31, NI. Lireaves, Hanley, St,dford chire, til'i,littilCr*-May :31, T. llottomore, Nottinglianirconfec tioner—Nlay 28, T. Sutcliffe, Lad-lane, and Broadbent , calico-manufacturers. CERTIFICATES—MALL 26; W. Girrarti. late of Laxfteld, Solfolt, grocer—T. Tien4aw,- wine-broker- . -W. Ho% den, Can nr,ii-otrett, in smatter-broker-7J. 'Taylor, Nottinglottn, cotton-notowr — W. B. Stuart, • late of St. Ives, fellumnger. G:.Harrisoo. 10 , 6 • of Whiteroulystreet, Charing-eross, brew e r—J. and L. Woo,'" tendril, late of Manchester, hatters—M. Rapbaeld, SrvaiL u4 tailor Startiu, Birmingham, wine-m :n e/diit—J. But lot d, Oxfordshire, sadler—d. Bradley, Itcadina. len-draper—J. Stevens, Abchntelt-lane, tnerelnttit—U.. ° " 1 ',tit i itgl on, Hansard-pi:Ace, Blaatriar's-road-11. Nu., tallow-citandler—J. Tristr.un, Bilston, Stafford: si.itr, co,it-inaster•-;-A. Benjamin; Iloxton.sqitare, oterch4tls —J. Davidson, Beer-lane, 'tower-Street, merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. .1. Goodman and • B.: Goodman, • Barbican, brass-founders ,• ` t . .4 11 ‘ n S s t i :r7 4 l r t gab:inod .J. Itae7sey. Miliwall, Poplar, t:7l i. Austin, Coppice-row, japouners—FL-W. re • . net. and T. tVarner, Tottenbanout - Sroatl, brtyih-0 141111 " 4 " . turers—'l'. Juries and I'% Sedgwieki - Holborn, car k-m ntifactururs—.l. ilall. and .1. Court, timber-ore 47, : Upton and W. I.7ptow, I),tworth, nier,:liant%—W. White an d G. SLerrinlzon, Upper 1-t.ithbt , :!e •• p"ace, Oxford -street. tkrist g ....4. Green the'eldtr mid. • • lt. ll . 6 reag, Dudley, W.oreester, niiitestnith.-•it• ii• greaves and T. Hal i zreaves, Mane he.t r , d.rqgists. On SuPtlay last the Rev. oztAs LINLEY W elected Fourth Fellow nt trs College , a t Dulwich.— . --The following is the ;ode of eiecti"a as prescribed by the statutes persons are, chosen out of the can:lidates by the Master, Wor den, and Fellows, who are'f,:,iir in number wile" full, these two persons •draw two tolls of parr of the same, appearance Out of a box which 15 to be thrice sbalten up and down, aod the pet's" whose chalice it is to have taken thcroll iu which is written in .the inside, Gout's Gift, obtains 1 , 114 §ituation,.the elder person always choosing t' le. first : in'the present instance, there_were 1 i co", ,• didatei, out of Wbotn theßey. Mr. LIZ4LC ann . a Mr. limill.aw N s.7 . were svlected b;'. the Master,' , Warden, trod Ft:Dims, to draw the lots, Ad: 01 Mr. Lo:Lny. w;ls.the person n 116 'drew ;he nate rollotiid was imitiediatel . . lipointed to fill al) the Fdlo W 1,4110 , 11C.111t Liy the deali, eat the 'laid • I litcnAno Dos.vELL. A . Fe'f.e, in E.:141%0'1:m of the Rnv.ll tonk place 'll4kirN,clay last,. at tbQ Brigittott, which wu as ntaeroiisly au tt ded. A beautiful floopoe• was it fettr days ago !I u rtl Stormer Park by obv of t E, , rl of Citictil:,l re' gamekrepers. . . rIII;:s IN SVI , FOI., 00.—Abollt ten o'clock ott Wednesday night, state sheds, itt • w4ich 1,,,110cks were fattening, on the premises of Mr. Gray, of ll.ttllci h, were discovered •to be in fl ame s, and soon became a heap of rubbish. For- innately the bullocks were preserved: There v" • ,1 .evcry reason for suspecting this eras not the effect, of 'accident.—About one in the morning of Wed nesday, a barn,. &c. belonging to Mr. Glanfieldi of Ilartle!..hain-hall, near Woodbridge, w a s. set fii . e to. Joscpli lu:igg hats been takeu'up tan suspi• c i,m; examined, and committed.—Ou Mondaylai4 Benjaniin Parton and -Jtimes ftation were commit.' ted to Bury gaol, for riotously asSembling with other pbrsons at Itattlesdeu, and th tt maChine; . the properly Of Mr. Morpn.----Tuesllay ! se'intight a small cottage at Grtnem, in Stlffolk; caught fire,. and was entirely , consumed. Same day a haulm-stuck. on the premises'Of Mr. Harri- • ion, of ThliWOrth, was destroyed Ii fire. On Friday 'light, a barn at firinkaton, the property of Joshua Grighy„ I.4;sci. was wilfully set on fire, i t ad consumed. ,On Saturday night, a large barn b e l o o g i ng to Mr. liollinson, of Stanningfield, was destroyed- by Saute night a tire was disco- %Trod on •the premises of Mr. John liryke, Wickhanibrook, when a barn and other out-build• ings, with a stack of .wheat, and one of beans, fell. a prey to the devouring element. Two large nultintz niiices.were lately discovered, on the at' . finverhill, which were extinguished by the inha bitants. On Wednesday cseniug.a fire broke out at the office of Mr. Royal, in St. Michael's Cos - tally, which was got under after burning one bag •' of cotton..--ibary Paper, May 7.) COAL NI ARK ET, MAY 8. Ship‘ 1t Marliet. Ships sold. Price. Neweittie • se... Sig. Od. to 45.4 ed• eti Suirdrriand 911. to 4vs. 641. BIRTHS. At Fulham, on the 7th inst. the Lady of Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, of a soli. On the 6111 inst. in Montotot-.Nuare, the Right Hortdurable' .Lady Fitzroy tionier , et, of 'a Suit. At Aroch•RonAe, Ross-shire, on the td inst. the Lady' of Sir A. Niaaehrk, of a danghter. The lardy of }tear} Won't*, Esti. of Drishane, Castle } Ire' -.- land, of a s.i.t and heir. MARRIED. Monday, at Goodhorst, Kent, Mr. William Spurihn, d Mar1;.4:., , ,;, to Sarah, only cbil4 of Julia Greenland,. oi GouJit rust arid Jamaica. DIED. I On Tuesday last, At Walker's Hotel, Ilridge-street, fr ars, James 'ryers, Eq. of Field-pinee, Stioud, 61"4tec' 'shire, in the 70th rear of his age. 1.4. At his botme bandy.street . Exeter, in his elthlear , "*'! Pei)pin, senior SuPreon to the iteron and Exeter Hospital. LnNDON : Printed hr J. II CA r RNAills, No. 7, Cra ver " . hwhlingi ; anti inibiiiiittl isv N W. A. SCR! I•PS, of 13rixtonp. at the St , N-Orricy..q4n. i'te,- Firma : ~ it Ore Adverfit" . Events, Ortieri, Letters (post-paid),Zic. must Lac aticiressed.