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Queluz and the Count de Lages on the part of the Emperor, and Mr. Senator Gildemeister and Mr. Syndicus Sieveking on the part of the Han seatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Ham burgh, have been exchanged in London accord ing to the usual forms, by the Viscount Itabayana, his Imperial Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Lon don, and Mr. Colquhoun, Agent and Consul- General for the Hanse Towns in Great Britain. SIXTH ARTICLE OF THE BRAZILIAN TREATY. " All merchandise whatever, without distinction of origin, imported from the ports of Lubeck, Bre men, or Hamburgh, into Brazil, or from Brazil, into these ports, in Hanseatic vessels, or in vessels be longing to a nation favoured in Brazil in her direct commerce, shall pay in Brazil the duties of import and export, and the duties of every kind only, ac cording to the rates levied on the direct and national trade of the most favoured nation,—rates which by other treaties are for the present fixed at 15 per cent., instead of 21 per cent., on all merchandise imported for consumption. The Hanseatic Repub lics not having put any restriction on the indirect commerce of the Brazils, and the Brazilian Govern ment not being able, in the present state of her com mercial relations, to grant to the indirect commerce of these Republics the same latitude and a perfect reciprocity, it is agreed, that the said indirect com merce shall in the mean time be restricted, and shall only extend to nation :3 whose direct commerce is, or hall be,favoured in the Brazilian ports by particular treaties. " Merchandise exported in Hanseatic vessels from the ports of the said favoured nations to Brazil shall pay there the same duties of export and import, or any other duties whatsoever, which the Hanseatic ~ , e ssels pay in their direct trade; such merchandise being always subjected to the usual formalities as if i►nported by favoured nations in their direct trade." —lbid. In the Number of The Quarterly Review just published, there is a very able article on the Police of this Country. The subject is now of paramount interest, from the rap growth of crime of late years, and the intoler fie oppression now suffered by the people, from the inability of the Institutions of the country to afford them protection. We have certainly, as Mr. Peel observed, " outgrown our Institutions ;" and the 4ime is not far distant when the very extent of the evil must force a remedy. All the arguments urged by Mr. Sugden against an improvement of the Law of the Country may with equal pro priety be urged against any improvement in our System of Police. " The Law as it now stands," quoth Mr. Sugden, in his Letter to Mr. Humphreys, " is the production of many ages.; all the learned Lawyers of the successive periods have directed their attention to its improvement, and application to the exigencies of the times ' :in which they lived ; and establish what code you may, time alone can fix its meaning and re putation, and impress those who live under it with that veneration and respect, without which no law can effectually answer the purposes of a wise Legislator. But where is the man whose bold aspiring can lead him to believe that he can at a blow destroy the wisdom and experience of ages, and furnish a better system in its place Von cannot build a house, without quickly dis covering many wants which time and inhabitancy alone can point out, and enable you to supply." Ergo, a new house will always be found more inconvenient to its occupant than an old one : ergo, old towns must always abound more with conveniences than new towns. 'Well, our Po 'lice, as it stands, is equally " the production of many ages ; all the Legislators of the successive periods have directed their attention to its im provement and application to the exigencies of the times in which they lived ;" and the work ing of Law and Police is also pretty much alike. The property of suitors in the Court of Chan cery has, within the last reign, risen from 4,700,000/. to 33,000,000/. ; and the number of crimes has increased at nearly the same rate, and we have by far the richest lawyers and the richest thieves of any nation in Europe. To them the system is the most convenient possible. But we must confine ourselves to the Police. In the state in, which it existed among our an-. cestors, it would seem to have been well adapted to its purposes. We wish to found on it no nn- Feaehment of their wisdom; we merely protest against their wisdom being received as a justifica tion ()Cale folly of their successors in not displaying the same sagacity in providing for their own wants. The Reviewer discovers in the constitution of Justices of Peace, notwithstanding the precau tions taken at first to guard the Institution against abuse, an inherent tendency to settle in time into that barbarous. substitute for !domestic juris prudence which we now possess. Having noticed in an account of the provisions of our ancestors for Police, the Wardens, or Con servators of the Peace chosen by the people at the County Court," whose special duty it was to watch over the general security-- - --an office .similar to that of the Assertores Pads of some of the ancient German tribes, the Reviewer pro= seeds to observe, that--" early, however, in the reign of Edward 111. their title was changed to that of Justices of the Peace, their power greatly enlarged, and nomination transferred from the Commons to the Crown. By a Statute passed in the thirty-fourth year of that reign, declaring the authority to be given these new functionaries, the power which had previously existed at coin mon Law of taking surety of suspected persons, and those of evil faine, .was distinctly recog nised In givitig this, and much additional power to the justices, no little care and fore-thought were em ployed to guard against the mischief that .2,tithap pity but too soon occurred from its falling into ihe hands of unzvorthy and incompetent persons. The Legislature foresaw, that if ever such men took part in the administration of these laws, they would either pervert them to their own cor rupt purposes, or, through remissness and igno rance, suffer them to fall into .desuetude. It, therefore, by several successive statutes expressly ordainet; that the Justices of Peace should be - 6 bons gent: et loialx, moult suffisant et vailantz,' &c.; and accoding to the Act above mention - - cd, ' one Lord w,z,s to be assigned for the safe- ' guard of the peace in every county, and with him three or four of the most worthy of the county, together with. others learned in the laws.' Ho hushed, in his Chronicles, thus speaks of the administration of justice in the interior of the country : —There are divers e a l so o f th e best learned in the law, beside sundrie Gentlemen (where the number of Lawiers will not suffice), Prince appointed by special Commission of the to look into the good government of hi s sub jects, in tha counties where they dwell ; an d o f these the least skilful in the law are of the Peace ; the other - of the Quorum, otherwise called Oier et Determiner ; so that they have authority on l y to hear, the others to hear and determine, such matters as are brought into their presence.' Such (says the Reviewer) was the deplorable state of the Police of England, as early even as the close of the sixteenth century, that in 1586 we find a Magistrate of the county of Somerset thinking it his bounden duty' to submit its .insufficiency to • the grave consideration of ; the Lord Treasurer. Any one who .reads his letter, might suppose it to be a representa tion, and not a very unfaithful one, of what is passing at the present hour For upwards of two centuries has the police con tinued nearly in the same deteriorated and im becile condition, with scarcely a single effort on the part of the Legislature either to revise and adapt old Institutions, or devise new ones, more, perhaps, in unison with the present state of so ciety ; and this, although every neighbouring 'country around us has its ameliorated code of police and criminal procedure. Statute, it is 'true, has been heaped upon Statute ; but each passed on the spur of the occasion, without re gard to principle or system. And thus the laws which constitute our domestic jurisprudence have no better pretension to arrangement than the in dex of an Army List—an alphabetical one. If Police was at any time their object, it was ra ther that of parks and poachers, than the pro tection of persons ; not so much to keep down felons, as to keep up pheasants ; and that it might , not lose its character for consistency, in being always most defective when and where most wanted, the metropolitan county came to be distinguished above all the rest for the incompetency and venality of its Justices. So early as the reign of James I. they obtained the appellation of the Basket Justices,' and were characterised as men pri vileged to domineer in their parishes, and to do their neighbour wrong with more right.' To wards the close of the last century, to such a height had their corruption attained, that they boldly ventured to open shops for the sale of justice, or rather injustice ; and it was to sup press this iniquitous traffic—this handy-dandy play of which the justice, which the thief—that the first Police Bill was introduced into Parlia ment." Before proceeding to notice the obser vations of the Reviewer on the inadequacy of the measure then enacted for the wants of the Metropolis, we must observe, that from the low state of the knowledge of Jurisprudence and Police possessed both by Legislators and People at the period in question, a better measure was not to have been expected, and, if proposed, would not have been successful. It must al ways be borne in mind, that the members of the Legislature are of a class, in which the origina tion of liberal and enlightened views on any subject is not to be expected. They are rich men, and naturally, therefore, dis posed to pleasure, rather than inquiry and reflection ; and it is much if thirty or forty years after the development of any system, it has found an entrance into the heads of Mem bers of either House of Parliament. The prin ciples of Smith had been discussed for thirty years in every country Of Europe, before they found their way into the discussions of the House of Commons ; and Romilly vainly at tempted, year after year, to impress on the col lective wisdom a few of the more obvious of the doctrines respecting Penal Jurisprudence, that had been promulgated by Bentham an age before and which are now universally admitted. Par liament is a very opaque body, and rays of light can with very great difficulty penetrate it. It is a great clog to the intellect of the nation. Still however, it must follow in the train of improve ment ; and it is but justice to add, that of late years the character of the Commons has been greatly improved, by the introduction of several men of active and inquiring minds, through the instrumentality of whom we would fain anticipate better things for the country. So far from being prepared for a suitable Police Bill thirty years ago, when we first ventured seven or eight years ago to doubt whether the Great Unpaid were really the glory of the coun try, and whether they had been of such service as they themselves imagined ; the doctrine was viewed in the light of a heresy, deserving little less than the stake. But to proceed with the Reviewer, " It must ever (he says) be a subject of regret, that so fair an occasion should have been lost for infusing into the Magistracy a little of its ancient vigour, purity, and spirit ; and of at once organizing a system of police, that might have done honour to the country. Instead, however, of the measure (which in its operation is confined to the Metropolis and its vicinity) being framed on liberal and enlightened princi ples, every step of its progress was marked by jealousy, an absence of all information on the subject, and the most narrow policy. The persons to fill the important office of Police Magistrates under this Bill, were to be selected not from amongst the moultz vailantz et sniff cant or les cogs de la ley, but taken from a degenerate Magistracy, disenfranchised and salaried just enough to procure them the distinguishing epithet of the paid ;' then being fixed hi obscure retreat in different parts of the town, and encircled each of them by half a dozen petty constables, they were left to controul a population of a million of people, and this was called Police ! The Bill has been re newed at different times with but few and unim portant alterations. A motion for a Committee of the House of Commons is, whilst we are writing, '‘ announced, to inquire into the state of the Police of the Metropolis and its vicinity." We regret it dues not take e wider range, and embrace the country at line, which is still more destitute of adequate protection than the Metro polis." These are bold positions for the place in which they appear. In the main we agree with the Reviewer, and we hail the promulgation of his doctrines in Time Quarterly as a favourable sign of the times. The domestic jurisprudence Of the country must not continue to be adminis tered at hazard, Men of skill and energy must be drawn into die public service by the usual motives, and due pains be taken to ensure the display of diligence and judgment. There should be a chain of responsibility throughout the iystem from the lowest to the highest. But Dagon Must first be hewn down.—Morning Chronicle. Mr, Wilmot Horton has not been used by the iVlinisters of the House of Commons with the courtesy to which his talents And his labours en title him. There may be very substantial ob jections to the plans of Emigration which he has propounded, but how is their value to be ascertained without discussing them ? And what is to be said of those who content them selves with remaining absent from the House when a scheme which ostensibly involves the di rect comfort of thousands, and indirectly the comfort of millions, is expected to be brought forward? If it be bad, why not quash it at once ? If it be defective, why not endeavour to mend it ? Again, Mr. Horton ought not to be discouraged because his audience is back ward or indifferent. Let him introduce his Bills. If they are negatived, he has done his duty ; if they pass, he has gained his point. One lesson Mr. Horton's want of success hitherto most im peratively presses on the House, to be cautious how in future it gives way to motions for Com missions of Inquiry, of whose labours it is de terrnined never to avail itself. If Members had behaved when Mr. Horton first raised the ques tion of Emigration as they have done of late, the people of this country, whom it is his avowed object to advantage, might at least have been spared the expence of the means by which he has wished to advantage them.—New Times. We are glad that Mr. Wilmot Horton is so much out of heart with respect to that Emigra tion Bill of his, the Bill to enable Select Yes-. tries to borrow money in every parish in Eng land, and to mortgage the parish taxes as a secu rity for the interest. If Mr. Horton would bring in a Bill to enable Select Vestries to tax parishes for the money necessary to transport the poor to foreign countries, such a Bill ought to be suffered to pass. Take the money out of the pockets of the people at once, as a gift, not as a loan, and then Mr. Horton would soon bring parishioners to their senses, if there should be any thing go ing wrong on the part of the " Selects." The system of borrowing is a dastardly system. Eng land has had quite enough of borrowing ; she need not plunge further. An 800,000,0001. debt stares us in the face, with taxes to support such debt of 30,000,0001. a year—while the expences of the Government are only 20,000,0001. a year. —Morning Herald. From the reply of Lord Dudley to Earl Grey, it would appear that there is every pro spect that Russia will take possession of some part of Turkey—we should think the Princi palities of Wallachia and Moldavia. The Rus sians will then, in all probability, like the Romans in olden time and the British in India of modern times, halt, and secure to themselves, by negotiation with Turkey, possession of those Principalities. This is the way that we think the present affair between Russia and Turkey will end. As to England being able to oppose a measure of this description, she has it not in her power—for, as Cobbett often justly remarks in his Register, " Debt says to the King of England, Thou shalt not make war while I am in existence.' " As to France, it is not her interest to oppose this supposed seizure on the part of Russia, Turkey is the barrier to our East India posses sions. It would be the interest of France that that barrier were destroyed ; for then France might come in for her share of the division that in all probability will ultimately take place of our East India possessions by Russia. Austria, and France. Besides, France, by aid ing with Russia, will have the better chance of keeping Spain, and, in conjunction with the King of Spain, of obtaining virtual possession of Portugal.—Again, it has been very likely said by,ltussia to France. if you be quiet as to my views on Turkey, you may take possession of Algiers or Egypt. Austria will be tempted by Russia and }ranee, to the effect, probably, that she may seize as much of Greece and its imme diate neighbourhood as she can. It is not at all improbable but there is a secret treaty between Russia, Austria, and France, with respect to the gradual seizure of, and division of, Turkey in Europe and Asia. The eventual object, we think, is to get at us in the East Indies--for, as it is commonly supposed that our power depends upon our East India possessions,.so, we believe, it is thought, by the Powers we have enume rated, that if they can only put an end to our power in the East, they will destroy us alto gether as a nation. That the French should hate us, there cannot be much doubt. They must hate us, for Wellington beat their idol, Bonaparte. France can never forgive us for the latter, and as for Russia, Austria, and other Powers, the time will arrive when they will be glad of a war, in order to get rid of the debts owing to us, or the debts to become owing. Besides, according to the predictions of ancient writeiT, on the Prophecies, the time appears to he rapidly approaching when the Mahometan system is to be overthrown, and afterwards the Hebrews are to be gathered together from all nations, and are to be restored to their native country, again to . become a great nation ; in the which case that part of the world would again become the highway of all nations for trading purposes, the traffic with the East be again carried on between Europe and Africa through that central medium, as it was in the days of Babylon, Nineveh, &c. At the bottom of the loan system, or the annuity system of Europe are the Hebrews ; and when they have brought that sys tem to such a pitch that it can go on no longer, and no European Government will longer pay divi dends, then it will not be the interest of the He brews to remain in Europa, they will fly away, and settle somewhere else. England will be the last European nation whose debt will give way, and the last nation from which the Hebrews will fly. Her Parliament will gradually extin guish her debt, as her Parliament brought it about. But should England's power in the East and West Indies, Canada, &c., be put an end to, and England left with no commerce but that of an internal nature, the Hebrews will then run away, to whatever part of the world the em porium of trade may be situated in, and in or near the Holy Land, we think it very likely that they will at length settle.—/bid. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. COUNTRY DIA RY.—SATuRDAy, MA acu 29. Brooks, N,, Doverdale, Worcestershire—Star and Garter, Worcester Greatbatch and Co. ; Oxford.—Star, Hanley 2 Robson, H., Hanley—Swan, Hanley„„ 1 Terry, 'l'., Malton—Blacksmith's Arms, York ... . Williams, E., Bangor—Clarendon, Liverpool ll Williams, H., Bangor—Clarendon, Liverpool 1 INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn-fieldg, March 31, at Nine. Bartram, Samuel, 'Whitechapel-road, coaclismith Brewer, William, Cirencester, grocer Field, John, Sneedham, Gloucester, schoolmaster Fletcher, Isaac, Abingdon, sacking-manufacturer Gibbs, Mary Ann, Ramsgate, haberdasher Hodgson, George, Gilderstone, clothier Holbrook James, Battersea, lieut. R.N. Jeffries,John, Stamford, book-keeper Kitson, Thomas, Newington, stone-mason Plume, William, Cavendish, gamekeeper Raby, Philip, Sheffield, saddler Boss Thomas, Weymouth, excise-officer Shiels, John, Wapping, mariner Tomlinson, Thomas, Westgate, butcher Wenham, Thomas, Vauxhall, stock-broker Willis, Henry, Twickenham, cabinet-maker CQpIiTRY.--At the Court-house. at Ruthin, at April at Ten o'clock. Jones, Hobert, pg)iwsfaii:labourer At . oover, March .1, at Ten Ranoe, Charles, Dover, innkeeper Hose, Lydia, Faversham, washerwomaii Adams, Samuel,i Broadstairs, fishmonger Carpenter, Francis, Bromley, gentleman Cox, James, Margate, blacksmith Durtnall, William, Dover, ironmonger Howe, William, Margate, shoemaker Hide, Angel, Deal, grocer TO REVIVE PLANTS, &c.—Dissolve cam phor to saturation in alcohol, adding the former until it remains solid at the bottom of the latt er ; a sufficient quantity of rain or' river water is then to have the alco holic solution added to it, in the proportion of four drops to 1 oz. of water. Plants which have been removed from the earth, and have suffered by a journey or otherwise, should be plunged into this camphorated water, so that they be entirely covered : in about two or three hours the plant will revive. It is then to be placed in good earth, watered, and protected from the too powerful action of the sun until the roots have taken hold of the ground.— Brande's Journal. LENT ASSIZES. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.- . -LEICESTER, MARCY 26. The Assizes for this county commenced to-day. There were 14 causes entered, and 45 prisoners for trial, exclusive of 12 in the borough ; the latter, however, were principally charged with trifling of fences, and were nearly all tried yesterday evening, after the commission had been opened. Elizabeth Ilolmei was indicted for wilful 'and cor rupt perjury. In the course of the trial, the prisoner, upon being asked from time to time if she had any questions to put to the witnesses, invariably replied, " I'll be tried by no one but my King and my country : I'll be tried by his Royal Majesty King George the Fourth, and the twelve honourable Lord Judges of the land; and I will not submit to be tried by any one else." From her frequent and unvarying repe tition of this reply, it was judged necessary to make some inquiry into the state of her mind ; and for that purpose, both the gaoler and the surgeon of the gaol were called. But they both stated, that they had never seen any grounds for believing that the pri soner's mind was in the slightest degree unsound. Verdict—" Guilty." OXFORD CIRCUIT.-SHREWSBURY, MARCH 24. DOE, ON THE DEMISE OF OLDNALI. V. WOLLEY. This was au ejectment brought to recover estates in Shropshire to the value of upwards of 60,0001. Mr. TAUNTON (with whom was Mr. Sergeant Russia', and Mr. CußwooD) stated that the estates in question bad belonged to Thomas Wolley, of Woodhall, Esq. who had died in 1799. That gen tleman having married a lady, who was the aunt of the present Earl Powis, and sister of Mr. Clive, who had for many years represented the borough of Bishop's Castle in Parliament ; Mr. Wolley was very anxious that his right heir at law should inherit his estates, and had, even in his life-time, adver tised for his male heir to come forward, not being satisfied as to the claims of many persons who assert ed themselves to be his heirs. He made his will, and by that he left the whole of his large property to his wife for life, and after her decease to his own right heir. Mrs. Wolley, his widow, died in 1824, and upon the present claimant, Mrs. Oldnall, asserted her right to the property, under the will of a person named Frances Wolley, whom he was in a condi tion to show was the heir•at-law of the late Thomas Wolley, Esq. of Woodhall. It therefore became necessary for him to show two things--first, that Frances Wolley was, in fact, the heir-at-law of Thomas Wolley ; and, secondly, that Frances Wol ley devised all her rights to Mrs. Oldnall, the pre sent claimant. To establish the first point, he should show that Frances %Volley was descended from the grandfather of Thomas Wolley, Esq.; and he should also show that she was acknowledged as a relation of the family of the late Mr. Wolley, hav ing written abundance of letters to her as his cousin, which letters would be all distinctly proved to be of his hand-writing, and to be franked by Mr. Clive, whom he had already stated to have represented the borough of Bishop's Castle in Par liament. With regard to the validity of the will of Frances Wolley, under whom Mrs. Oldnall imme diately claimed, it was right to state that Frances Wolley was deaf, and had an obliquity of vision, so that she could only see any thing that was held on one side of her; but it would be most distinctly proved that she was in full possession of her facul ties; and to put the validity of her will out of doubt, Mr. Brampton, the attorney, who drew it, had caused it to be.written in such a way as to en able almost any person to read it. (The Learned Counsel produced it. The will was written on a skin of parchment, with very black ink, and in Roman letters an inch and a half long, so that the writing had much the general look of the painted let ters that are on the notice boards put up in fields to warn off trespassers.) This will, it would be dis tinctly proved, was read over by Francis Wolley herself, and she ran her finger along under the name of Mrs. Oldnall, and under the words " all my real and personal property," to show that she perfectly understood what she was about. With respect to the defendant, his father was the baker to the House of Industry at Shrewsbury, and be was descended from a person named Hooley, and was, in fact, no relation at all to the family to whom this estate be longed. A great body of evidence was adduced to prove the facts stated by the Learned Counsel, after which the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-BURY, MARCH 25. WOODWARD v. DOWSING. Mr. KELLY opened the pleadings. The plaintiff, in various counts, complained of a libel on his cha racter. Mr. Sergeant STORKS stated the case ; and from the statement of the Learned Sergeant, it appeared that in 1818 the amount of the poor-rates in Wick ham Market was about 1,400/., but that in 1826 they had been reduced to 750/. An alteration so striking created much sensation in the parish. The defendant, who was draper and flour-seller, had an opinion that all was not right, and wished to con vince others that his opinion was well founded. The mode by which he endeavoured to bring about' this conviction was the employment of the parish bellman or crier to give notice to all parties con cerned, of his suspicions and notions of the subject ; and accordingly he instructed the bellman to " sound ,the wide alarm throughout the state," and to inform the inhabitants of the village of Wickham Market what those notions were. They were accordingly cried, for the amusement or reflection of the idle or the interested, and were as follow, constituting the libel in question :—" Oyez ! oyez! oyez! in conse quence of the illegal and illiberal practice being still continued in this parish, forcing an order in lieu of looney on certain poor persons, who, through neces sity, arelobliged to seek relief, by which illegal proceed ings such persons are obliged, against both their wishes and interests, to procure flour from one person only,to the injury of others in the trade, as well as a loss to the persons so confined, arising from the difference in price, this unlawful practice being carried on in defiance of an Act of Parliament prohibiting such' illegal conduct under a penalty of 100/.,and in spite of a caution given to prevent such an abuse of the public money,—Notice is hereby given, that in case such a practice, after this second public notice, is again ad hered to, and information given of the same to Mr. J. C. Dowsing, it shall not fail being seen into, and the penalty imposed enforced, for the benefit of the poor." It further appeared, from the testimony of many witnesses, that the plaintiff was one of the overseers at the time of the publication in question, and that in their opinion the libel pointed to them and the churchwardens. Each of the parish officers, to the number of f our , t h oug h t proper to v i n di cate their respective characters, by bringing separate actions against Mr. Dowsing for this same libel.— The bellman was amongst the plaintiff's witnesses, and certainly, for a literary man, exhibited but little symptom of the " march of intellect :" he had the good fortune of raising the only laugh by which the dullness of the trial was mitigated, by a confession of his inability of reading the copy of the libel, which was put into his hands. The schoolmaster was called in, and with the assistance of Mr. Timothy Leek, the libel was at length made out : The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages 20s. The plaintiffs in the other three actions agreed to take the same verdict. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—EXETER, AlAncit 24. An action had been set down for trial, in which the owners of the ship Countess of Morley were the plaintiffs, and Mr. Barber Beaumont (in his capacity of Director of the Rio de la Plata Emigration Com pany) was the defendant. The parties had retained a great number of Counsel, and had entertained seven or eight and twenty witnesses for a week at Exeter. But as the pleadings were about to be opened, the defendant consented to a verdict of 600/., subject to some terms. His LORDSHIP was engaged till about five o'clock in hearing a great number of cases of robbery and petty larceny, which had nothing to distinguish them except the circumstance of the three-fourths of the offences having been committed in the same parish— that of Stoke Damarel, which adjoins the town of Plymouth. His Lordship then adjourned to the Civil Court, where, in the absence of Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE, the following case was disposed of : THE ICING V. WM. SNOWE. The defendant in this case was a surgeon, who had some years ago made proposals of marriage to a Miss Read, a lady of considerable fortune, residing at Stowe, in this county. The lady laving rejected his addresses, he had, for a considerable time, been in the habit of addressing to her, through the post, letters containing the most indecent and disgusting imputations upon her character and behaviour. The contents of the letters were, if we may so express it, written upon the outside, so that the libel was legi ble to all persons through whose hands the letters passed. An indictment having been preferred , against him for th e o ff ence , h e pl e aded "Guilty' to the charge ; and Mr. Sergeant Wilde, after putting in an affidavit of Miss Read, in which she swore that the insinuations and assertions regarding her in the letters were wholly false and unfounded, prayed the judgment of the Court upon the defendant. His LORDSHIP sentenced him to be imprisoned in the common gaol of the county for six months, and at the end of that time to give securities for his good behaviour for two years, himself in 2001., and two sufficient sureties in 1001. each. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.-YORK, MARCH 25. „... _ Mr. Justice BA.YLEY disposed of all the causes set down for trial in the list for the North and East Ridings. They were for the most part undefended. The trial for the causes entered for the West Riding does not commence until Thursday. The list contains 140 causes, ten of which are special j uries. The trial for the Wakefield Soke causes, in which Sir J. Scarlett is specially retained, is said to be fixed for Monday, April 7. HOME CIRCUIT-HORSHAM, IVIARCH 25. JACOB V. HATTON. Mr. GURNEY stated the case. This action was brought to recover compensation in damages for a violent assault which the defendant had committed upon the plaintiff. The latter was a respecta bl e man, who kept a boarding-school at Frant, near Tunbridge Wells, and the defendant is a Captain in the Royal Navy. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the Jury, without leaving the box, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 51. VEYTON V. ADAMS. This was an action directed by the Court of Chan cery, and was brought to recover mesne profits of an estate since the time the d e f e ndant held the estate after his legal right had expired. Mr. GURNEY stated the case. The defendant had been tenant of Wakehurst-park, the property in question, under a lease from the late Admiral Peyton, at whose death his son became entitled to j i the property; and the defendant's lease became void, an action of ejectment was brought, and possession of the property was recovered. The present pro ceeding was to recover the value of a great number ra m h m hi i t t s te , d , , to and a m that an., the of rabbits, and of a quantity of underwood and heath, which the defendant bad dis p osed of. He should ,ied all the l ir a i d beenwhic committed, the Learned Gentlema n r me o f ; ll ' h e cdh t a h nl a ta t , waste gah laughter had e ki. i himself was obliged to join.) Witnesses were then called, who proved that the defendant had killed a number of rabbits, and had t c i u o t h b ; r uhshutwoo theyd a a nd h dd ed e a t t h, ha during the periodheyedndoteofe defendant in hta d q ues- not madehat outthe t ex t e rminated the w hole race of rabbits. Mr. MARRY AT (with whom was Mr. CMITTY) addressed the Jur y for the defendan t , and contended ' meansprove defendant had " killed all the rab b i ts to a man." -- that his ea h s i e s L a e h a d r n e h d e F h r a i d e nd e v h e a n d fa b i (A laugh.) The Learned JUDGE having summed up the case, ffhe Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff-- Damages 319/. 195., subject to the opinion of the Court hereafter upon an objection taken by the de fendant's Counsel, relative to some outstanding terms in the lease, which it was contended were in existence, but which the Counsel on the opposite side submitted were not good in law. LORD RossmoßE.—A letter from Monaghan s t a tes, that a public dinner is about to be given by the in habitants of that town and neighbourhood to this able and patriotic Nobleman.- Dubleu Patriot. GENERAL. STEAM NAVIGATION CONI rANY's OFFICE, 24, Crutched-friars, March The Sir Edward Banks steam packet arrived yesterday evening from Hamburgh, which place she left on the morn ing of the 22d, and Cuxhaven on the morning of the 23d. Passed the James Riley below Stade ; saw the Jason brig and Massena packet running up the Elbe. A number of vessels were lying in Cuxhaven-roads wind-bound. The Astrea, PARTRIDGE, and the Kenewah, REID, for New York ; also the ship Plato, for Philadelphia, were to leave Hamburgh about the 27th. Passed two vessels on Sunday e vening, supposed to be th e packets from Cuxhaven, for Harwich. Fresh gales westerly.-4 am Sir, &c. J. Bennett, Esq., Lloyds'. C. BESSEL, Sec. IN gratifying to an nouSncPeßthatGtheWeffAorTtsEnß.--I now making, is by direction. of Mr. Wttss, to obtain a supply of spring water by boring, are proceeding with a rapidity, which, compared with the pro gress of the former attempt, seems almost incredible. Scarcely a fortnight has yet elapsed, since the commence ment, and already have they reached near two hundred feet : it is true, that to effect this, the men have worked early and late, but it is- pleasing to know that no time is wasted. ..... .Previous clay and shells. Previous depth, 42 led. Stratum. Tuesday Wednesday 10... „clay, flint, and chalk s tone. Thursday. . 46 clay and chalk s tone. Friday 30 clay, chalk stone, and sheik. Saturday 12 same. Monday l5 clay and chalk stones. Total of the week 143. Full total ...............185 feet. We believe the progress made this week, considering the repeated obstructions caused by flints and chalk atones, i s unprecedented. This day they commence laying down 200 feet of piping, on the completion of which the boring will be again resumed : sho uld the process he continued with the same activity as has hitherto been displa y ed, a speedy, and we fervently hope a successful result, may be anticipated.—Boston Gazette. 5,251,737 f. In a speech to the Chamber of Deputi es , general richer than on Saturday last, M. CHARLES Do PIN gives the following ac count of the influence of gaming in France :—Out of the 86 departments, the amount of 51,354,765 f, s it t h n a d v r e e d placedt lt s hs of i t bn h ts e e their playing departments are in and the other 65 on p l ace d in the lottery ; 21 departm B e 7i n ..y t i No the 65 others. The 65 appear only to venture the five hundredths of their land-tax, and the 21 playing - depart ments . every year in the lottery land-tax. If we take as a basis the l dan -tax, the 21 de partments are 16 and a half times richer than the 65 other d i tl l ,t o3 tl ,o e 22Blfi, If we take as a basis the taxes oil doors and windows, they s. are eight times and two-thirds richer than the others. ' h the taxes on patents, they are five times richer. The 21 departments are dispersed through France :—le Department du' Nord, le Pas - de - Calais, la Moselle, le Haut Rliin P t l• Bas-Rhin, le Meurthe, le Doubs, le Rh one , l'lsh-e' le Gard, ' Vaucluse, les Bouches du Rhone, l a Gi ron d e , Indre-et - Loire, la Loire Inferieure, le Calvados, la Seine Inferieure, le Loiret, Seine-et-Oise, et la Seine. Thus no influence of climate or topography displays itself in any particular man ner on the passion s of one or the moderation of the other. As we cannot discover any physical cause, we m ust co nsult the moral one. L e t us l oo k to the official state ments made by the Mini s t er o f J us tice for 1825. I have sought out the crimes most connected with domestic life. Poisonings, in the 21 departments, nine condemned ; in the 65 departments, 11 condemned. Wounding of parents, &c. for 21 departments, 20 condemned ; for 65 depart ments, 23 condemned. Domestic robbery, for the 21 de partments, 351 condemned ; for the 65 departments, 355 condemned. Children abandoned and born out of wedlock, for 21 departments, 34,376 condemned for the 65 de- Urtments, 35,016 co ndemn ed. d In four species of crimes of so diff eren t a n ature, we have then three times the number in the playing provinces above the others.... Constitittionmel. THE MARKETS. COAL MARK. Adair's 334.3 d. Beaumont 30 6 Felling Main---. 31 6 Heaton 34 3 Holywell .32 9 Jesmond New :V 0 Killingworth 33 6 Liddell's 30 0 Percy 27 0 Pontop Windsor —.—. 28 6 Pelaw Tanfield Townley 32 3 Wylam 33 6 Walls End Bell and Co. 33 3 Ditto Bewickeand Co 35 9 Ditto Bell Robson & Co. 34 3 Ditto Carr and 29 0 Ditto Clarke and C 0.... 32 6 Ditto Cramlington—.— 28 3 Ditto Hilda 32 6 Ditto Perkins and Co. 34 0 Ships at market, 1313%—5h ET.—March 4uMb Itldcl d e biewmar ll 2tdi 's.........: 3463 k .elte : Ditto Russell's —...—... 35 4 4„ Ditto Walker. _ 36 „v Eden Main 33 y Lambton's Primrose v Realism Main 39 , Walls End 36 y Walla End Latubtan 35 Walls End Ljons 33 9 Ditto 29 0 6 Ditto Stewart's 36 Russell's Herron sW.E. S 5 Hartley 29 v Cowpeu 27 d Silkstone Main 29 S' Walls End Old Etherley 32 0 . /Ditto Nutt, . 6 Pontop Trader 2$ 6 Carr Coasting. 32 Q New Etherley, small 29 0 Lambton small 23 0 Ips sold, 49%--Ussold; 89. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. s. 54 66 55 . 42 35 42 68 Andover 58 30 23 Birmingham 48 62 30 34 24 40 62 Bridport 52 56 32 39 26 29 56 Cirencester --- 48 56 27 30 2% 26 64 Faringdon.--- 48 54 36 38 24 3% —. 46 Guildford --- 44 64 36 45 22 30 58 Henley 5O 66 32 43 26 31 60 Hereford 64 66 46 50 42 '72 Plighworth Maidenhead 60 68 38 42 20 38 60 Oakingham 56 60 30 40 28 36 50 Reading 58 72 26 30 20 35 4 4 50 62 28 52 22 20 64 Southampton 52 56 37 40 30 92 54 Stroud 56 60 36 40 32 42 62 Tewkesbury 54 60 40 42 33 38 60 Uxbridge ----... 66 74 39 31 24 32 52 Wantage*, 55 70 38 45 SO 40 68 Warminster —.... 47 62 28 V 5 22 28 50 Windsor 58 67 32 34 28 31 .--. 68 52 64 34. 22 • CHELTENHAM MA RKET.—.lclarch 25. Per Bushel. s. d. to s. (1. Per lb. d. to 6. Wheat 6 0 7 0 Beef 6 8 Barley Oats Beans 5 6 '7 0 Lamb ....... ...... 0 Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork 6 01 Hay 3/. 10s. to 41. Os. per ton. LEWES MARKET—March 25. White Wheat (per quarter) £2 19 0 to .£3 4 0 Red ditto 2 8 0 2 16 0 Barley Oats, New . 1 0 0 1 1 0 Pease 1 18 0 2 4 0 Oil Cake, New l3 0 0 per thousand. NORWICH, March 22. Our farmers being much engaged in the fields, and not considering present prices tempting, are thrashing but lit tle, hence a general short supply of all kinds of Grain must be noted. Wheat remains at last week's prices, there being no demand beyond home consumption, as our mil lers cannot make Flour for London at the prices which are , now current. Barley in ready sale at last week's prices. There is no alteration in the prices of Oats, Beans, and Pease. Flour is heavy sale at the prices quoted. Wheat (per qr.) s2s. 60s. 645. Beans (per qr.) ..... 365. 409. Barley Oats 22s. 28s. 30s. Flour, fine (per sack) 435. 459. The supply CAN TERBURY, of Wh eat was March short 22 Upon our market this day as it has been for these last six weeks past. Our farmers demanded 68s. and 70s. for our best samples of White Wheat, and 60s. for Red, which caused our millers' to purchase very reluctantly at about Is. per quarter ad vance from this day week. Beans and Pease were ex tremely dull, and rather cheaper. Malting Barley comes very short to hand, and for select samples Is. per quarter above our last quotation was obtained. The supply of Oats is less than we have had for some time, and they are held at higher prices Wheat, white .60s. to 665. red s3s: to 60s Barley 3ls. to 365. Oats Beans 32s. to 40s. Pease 4os. to 425. SCOTCH ? DUMFRIES MAI s. d. s.d. s.d. s. d• Wheat, Imp. Bush 5 0 to 6 3 Butter, 160 z. 0 Stoo 9 Barley 0 0 3 4 Eggs, dozen 0 0 0 6 Oats 2 0 2 6 Beef, per lb. Flour, 1416. • 2 0 2 8 Mutton 0 3 0 5 Oatmeal 1 9 110 Veal 0 4 0 d Potatoes, cwt. dARKETS. RKETS.—March 19. CATTLE MARKET...—OUr Market this week was very thinly attended by all kinds of cattle ; the show amounting to only 129—viz. 100 three-years-old; four highlanders, two queys, and 23 cows. The drove cattle, in point of condition and size, had, with the exception of two lots, a very inferior appearance, and although a good many dealers were on the sands early, it was late in the afternoon before any sales took place ; but upon the conclusion of the market the sales were as follows—for a lot of twenty, 81. 10e. per head was received ; for a lot of ten, Si. ; and for another lot of twenty, 71. 10s. The best lot in the market, con sisting of thirty, and the next best, consisting of twenty, were driven off unsold. The cows were mostly of the Ayrshire breed, and had a good appearance in every respect ; few of them, however, took the market; the prices of. those which sold rated from 71. to 101. The sales of the ruerket were indeed considered very low, but no worse than last week. Since writing the above, we have learned that the second best lot of Galloways, which was driven off un sold on Wednesday, found a purchaser on Thursday; we believe the price was nine guineas. PORK Maascyr.—The show of pork to-day was rather owing t h to e m t a h r e k favourablemarket; de aliE ; began probably ea rtabe ing in b ris kly and continued so till all was sold o ff ; pr i ces ran from ss. 10 d. to 6s. 2d., an t i in one or two in s tances 6s. 4d. was gi ven ; we believe th e average of the market f or goo d pork may be rated at 6s. or 6s. Id. S ows , sold at from s s. 4d. to ss. Bd. state of t the ban weather,lastwtkB9 LIVE Pros.-13 carts; there was a good demand, and nearly all was sold off at from 6s. to 178. The Lockerby Pork market on Thursday last was re markably,well attended, and although the day was rather u nfavourable, there was a great quantity of carcases exposed for sale, and bought at rather better prices than any tW have been got during the season. The quantity of carcase° *was about 300, which is a good deal more than is usuallY brought in so late in the season, and they all went off at so average of ss. 6d. the light stone. There was also a market for horses, but very few sales took place. ANNAN.—March 20. The supply of bacon in our market to-day was but verl, limited, and a p peare d i nadequate to the demand, which so l" at from ss. to ss: 6d. per stone of 141bs. ; butter sold AS from 9d. to 101 per lb.: eggs at sd. per dozen; hens At 2s. to 2s. 3d. per couple; potatoes were retailed at the rate of ls. to Is. 2J., per cwt., other articles as appeared in las t week's statement BIRTHS. On the 25th instant, at his Lordship's house, i n Ber keley -square, the Countess of Jersey, of a daughter. On.the 23d instant, the lady of Charles Ellis Heaton, Esq. of a daughter. On the 25th instant, Mrs. John Seargill, Burtonztlet: cent, of a son. On the 25th instant, in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, the lady of Henry Bosanquet, Esq. of a son. At Cheltenha►n, the lady of the late .Win. Bent, of Lin coln's-Inn, Esq. barrister-at-law, of a son. On the 22d instant, at Woolwich, the lady of Dr. Ha lahan, Royal Artillery, of a son. Oa the 16th instant, at Woodlawn, near Killarney, the lady of the Hon. Thomas Brown, of a son. MARRIED. On the 25th instant, at Lewishmn, by the Rev. H. C. d aug hter of the late a C. Knox, Esq. Knox, Major Wo lri g e, Ro y al Marin es , Plymouth, to Marv Anne, On the 2 1 s t instant, at Ashfor d Bowdler, by the Rev. J. S. Liteb field,•Captain Litchfield, of the Royal Regimen s osfArtillerp t o Sarah Eliz a b et h B uc kl ey, daughter of the late John B u ckley, Esq. of A s hf or d-h a ll, i n t h e county o f aiop. DIED. On the 25th instant, in the 68th year of his age, Lieut. General the Baron de Hochepied, late Colonel of the 103 d Regiment, and formeily Representative in Parliament for Stockbridge. 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