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are by these reasonin ..Itietnpting to justify Mr. Huskisson. We candidly anti sorrowfully confess, that we think him also a tainted man : it is impossible to view him now in office with this same Mr. Herries, both Cabinet Ministers, Ivitliout disgust. Let Mr. Huskisson also look, —no, let him do more than look—let him feel bow he has used his friends and colleagues in the late Administration. They promise to stand by and support hi m even to the loss of their places in his opposition to Mr. Hernes: he suf fers them to fulfil that promise ; they are driven from office, and he calmly unites with the offen sive person (offensive to him more than to them, and denounced by bite to them) in forming a new Administration. There, we think he will not, he cannot long remain : he is in the midst of enemies, and he has no sympathizing heart or heering countenance to partake in his griefs, to sooth him. hinder insults and sneers, and to rally his drooping spirits after the hours of official la bour. Attention also should be paid to what our correspondent says on the subject of no offer being made to Lord Lansdowne, according to the wish of the King, to take a part in the pre sent Administration, or that his Lordship' s re fusal was presumed from a communication with Mr. Huskisson.— Times. It seems to be hinted in some quarters, that the Duke of Wellington is on the point of pub lishing own version of the speech he made at the meeting of Parliament, so far as concerns his retirement from the command of the army ; and a free translation it promises to be. His Grace it appears, is not to act in person at the Horse Guards, but only by his ancient deputies— (es we long since feared and openly deprecated) —Lords Hill and Fitzroy Somerset ! Now we are not justified in calling this afree translation of the words, " I have resigned the office of Commander-in-Chief of the Army"—"l have • relieved myself 'from the responsibility, but re tained the power ?" It is like a gentleman alighting from a curricle in Downing -street, and resigning the reins, for ten miireaea or so, to his oroom, A fig for such resignations What, and who is this forthcoming " Commander of Forces," who succeeds the Duke of Wellington? —A brave, 'unflinching, and literal executive officer, who obeys his orders, and never went an inch beyond them since he was born ; a veteran subordinate, who would as soon think of mutiny an the field of battle as of questioning the slight est intimation of his old leader's wishes, whe ther conveyed to him through an aide-de-cawp or a Treasury runner. This is au appointment - of the very worst description that we had antici pated. It is worse than a direct and open mono poly of both sword arid state by the Duke of Wellington, because it is a hypocritical subter fuge to cover the conjunction of them, under the mask of an ostensible separation. It is, more over, weak and useless, for there exists not a soul by whom the delusion will not at once be detected. With Lord Hill for Commander of the Forces, and Lord Fitzroy Somerset for his Secretary, is it not obvious to the whole nation that the patronage of the army is as much the Duke of Wellington's, as that of the Treasury would be under the make-believe intervention of a brace of his junior clerks ? This was not the sort of resignation which the country demanded, from north to south, when the astounding news of a military Prime Minister was first circulated -nor was it that which the House of Lords ex pected, when the Duke said distinctly, " 1 hare re,sigm'd the office." It is a bad omen. It is a prorogue, we fear, to a revolting drama. '['he people of England will not sanction so formidabli.: a stride over their usages, their maxims, their ill iint.;tS, their constitutional defences, and their horror of a military monarchy. .The nobles and landed proprietor of the realm will never endure the sweep ef a sword like this over all the rich harvest of tight, privilege, arid independence, that was wrested from the gripe of armed violence by their ancestors. It is childish t o talk of a theoretic resp o n s ibility, which p ower , so concentrated, can defeat a nd laugh at. Still more contemptible is the notion, that with the army thus delegated to his creatures, the Duke of Wellington will abstain iron) managing it, for the furtherance of hic political objects. and for nothing else. Motions, we trust, in both Houses of Parliament, will put on record the sense entertained by the wise and generous among those great assemblies, of this new military visi tation ; and the people throughout England, we have little doubt, will, by petitions and remon strances, support the cause of public decency, as well as liberty, now rudely threatened.—lbid. Nothing was talked of yesterday, but the awkward position in which Huskisson and the Duke of Wellington stand in towards each other. , The great blunder Committed by Mr. Huskisson was, the going at all to Liverpool. It was obvious that he could not make his ap.. pearance on the hustings, without finding him eelf under the necessity of stating more with respect to his recent movements than it might be prudent to disclose. The English are a peo . - 7ele of slow perception, and can with difficulty - . ollove those rapid movements, by which States men of versatile characters can change parts in an instant. It was obvious, then, that his Liver pool Constituents would be sure to demand from him some explanation as to the nature of the very wonderful transformation which had been wrought either in him or his new colleagues. But very little,study--4 a r less than he must have bestowed on gettin g up the rhetorical artifices to persuade the friends of Mr. Canning that it was an intense regard for his memory, that drove him into the arms of his most bitter enemies might have sufficed to satisfy him that it would have been much safer to • say nothing. than to tell only half the truth ; and that though it was exceedingly flattering to him, that his Grace of Wellington should have made him self and the . rest of the Cabinet new men for his sake, yet, like many other pieces of' good fortune, it was one which could not be told. Could he not find in the whole medical vocabu lary, one_ disease capable of supplying hint with a pretext for staying at home, aad leaving his election to his 1: werpool friends ? His reputa. tion wasunquestionably ver y hi g h w ith the ?la d on, and it is possible he supposed his services Could not be dispen se d w i th, that his Grace h a d m ecourse to him as a Man, without wh om there could be no Administrati on . I n th i s confidence of his strength, he may have s uppose d t h e D u k e bound to submit to the humiliation which the . communication of the guarantee of stipulation necessarily involved. ‘V ith these ele vate d id eas. and conceiving his own reputation to be of ,Wore importance to. himself than the reputatio n am, Grace and his other colleagues, he determined to leave them only a choice between the mortifi cation of losing their own characters or losing his aid. A man is never so liable to commit indis cretion as when he b u ilds o n th e es timate he !las formed of his own importance. Had Mr. His kisson not entertained a very high estitnatet of . is own importance, he would hardly have hazarded the visit to Liverpool, and the dis closures so humiliating to his colleagues, which could not fail to be the consequence of his appearance on the hustings. The Casuists used to determine such knotty points as the one which the Duke of Wellington has been lately called on to decide, namely, whether, when that is told in public which w'as confidentially com municated, the party affected by the violation of confidence is bound, in foro conscienti c e, toin jure himself by adhering to the truth ? Perhaps his Grace could solve a knotty point like this without the aid of a Casuist. A circumstance is related of Sir Walter Scott somewhat analogous. When asked by a personage, whom he could not safely put off with an evasion, whether he were the author of the TVaverleB novels, he answered he was not. The question was not a fair on e ; and it justified, he supposed, the answer it re ceived. Mr. Huskisson's communication was, w e presume, deemed an unfair one, and to justify contradiction. Mr. Huskisson would have stood deservedly high with the country (which would not have concerned itself with any trickery to his late colleagues), had he succeeded in bindinghis colleagues to the system with which his fame is associated, But the open contradiction he has received from the Duke of Wellington, demon strates in a manner but too unequivocal, that he has obtained no available security for the country ; and it demonstrates moreover, that he has made as bad a choice for himself as for the country ; for he has joined those with whom he cannot be useful, at the expellee of all probability of a junc tion with the men with whom he might otherwise be able to do good.—Morning Chronicle. A curious instance was afforded in the House of Commons, on Tuesday night, of the difficulty in which a man who pursues difFerent avocations is placed, by inadvertently adopting means in one, which can only be attended with success in anothei. We allude to the odd manner in which Mr. Croker confounded the Member of Parliament with the Quarterly Reviewer. The Reviewer can make what statements he pleases with perfect safety, because he is not responsible for them, - and becaltse, when circumstances are confidently styled as facts, the reader (who sel dom can be undeceived by seeing a contradic ion) naturally presumes there must be some foundation for them, The following is the part of the debate to which w e allude : " Th. Honourable Member for Aberdeen (said Mr. Croker) had stated with approbation, that in 1817 the Establishment of the Navy had amounted to only 19,000 men ; hut he had then made more violent speeches against that Establishment than what he had this Session made upon the subject. " Mr. Hume rose and said, I beg the Honourable Gen tleman's pardon, I was not in the House then. —(Loud laugh.) " Mr. Croker—This mattered not—(laughter)—for the Hon. Gentleman had entertained the House with such speeches before that period. " Mr. Hume said be never did before 1817— (Laughter. ) " Mr. Croker—He begged pardon ; but the Hon. Gentleman had made so many finance speeches, that it was impossible to remember when they were delivered." Now the assertion which involved Mr. Croker in such an awkward predicament would have told admirably in a Review ; but tbe blunder con sisted in forgetting that boldness of assertion, when not supported by fact, is imprudent when a contradiction can be instantly given. As a writer, the Honourable Secretary may be al lowed to despise the weakness of those who, when invention tells equally well with reality, pusillanimously deprive themselves of a source of strength by confining themselves to sober matter of fact. But every thing has its proper place ; and the Honourable Member must, we - think, have forgotten the place he was in. The bit would have told admirably in a Review ; and the Honourable Member apparently was absent, imagining himself addressing his readers instead of the Chair. It was the wonder of every one how the late George Rose always contrived to have a letter in his pocket .from somebody or other, in confirmation of any assertion he felt himself called on to make ; but the authority was sever questioned. Now Mr. Croker, some how or other, does not manage matters so well, for he seldom opens his mouth without laying himself open to instant contradiction. These absences are very injurious to the reputation of Statesmen.—Mid. A great variety of reports were in circulation yesterday, The Privy Council, which the King held at his Royal Lodge, Windsor, yesterday, was to have been held on the previous day, but was postponed without any cause being assigned, which occasioned considerable inconvenience, for if the Council had been held on Tuesday, the pricked list of Sheriff's would have appeared in the regular Gazette, whereas arrangements were made for the pricked list of Sheriff's to appear in a Supplementary Gazette, last night. It was generally circulated yesterday that Mr. Huskis son had resigned, which report we are not able to confirm or contradict ; the Right Honourable Gentleman was busily engaged during the day, and was in consultation with all the Cabinet Ministers who did not go to Windsor. Consi derable mystery was attached to Lord Goderich and Mr. Wynn, two of the ex-Ministers, going to the Royal Lodge and having audiences of the King, and attending in Council with the present Ministers. We happen to know that Lord Goderich was sent for by the King, and we,.be lieve_ Mr. Wynn also. They were both invited to dine with the King. Lord Goderich excused himself, having previously invited a party. Mr. Wynn, after. having his audience of the King, proceeded to visit Lord Grenville, at his seat at Dropmore.—Morning Herald. The account which Lord Goderich has given of the immediate cause which led to his acces sion from the head of the Government is in complete accordance with a statement which we - gave at the time, and may serve to show the public that papers not under the eye or control of Ministers have often as accurate sources of information as the journals to which official people give or withhold whatever suits their pur pose. But, after all, Lord Goderich's explana tion will prove, we should imagine, any thing but satisfactory to the country, excluding, as it does, all mention of the Noble Lord's tender of his resignation a month before it actually took place, and involving, as it does, at least, the most ex traordinary no, sequitur which the political world has ever been presented with. For what is the real state of the case, according to Lord Goderich's statement; but that Mr..fier-- ries and Mr. Huskisson, not agreeing in the Cabinet, they nevertheless contrive to reconcile their differences, and remain members of the new Government, while the Noble Lord himself, who is the friend of both parties, retires ? This is something like the umpire being driven out of the ring, while the combatants shake bands, leaving nothing for the forme r to decide. The truth, however, we suspect, is, that the world is allowed to know little more than it knew be fore, and that there is a great deal behind, which, probably, will never see the light till some post humous ana break upon posterity with sundry State secrets, of which, as regards the last age, we of the present have reaped so large astore from the Memoirs of Horace Walpole, Lord Walde grave, &c. We cannot be .suspected, we trust, of meaning to disparage the character of the late Prime Minister, towards whom, especially as Mr. Robinson, we have ever felt and expressed the sincerest respect, when we say that we think that it was in an evil hour for his political repu tation that he consented to take the office he lately held. It may be true that, on Mr. Can ning's decease, nobody else could be found to take the head of affairs who was so likely to keep the remains of that Ministry together. The re sult, however, has proved how fallacious even that expectation was ; and there are few, we sus pect, except the underlings, who enjoyed by this arrangement, for a few months longer the sweets of office, who do not now consider that it would have been much better that Mr. Canning's Mi nistry should have expired with him, than have survived long enough to do no service to the country, and to go to pieces just at a mo ment so critical and important as to the state of public business. Were we to guess at any one of the avowed causes which led to Lord Goderich's retirement from the Government, we should attribute it to the teazing effects of his Lordship's incessant state of unsettledness in a high quarter. What man in private life feels comfortable with a servant who is for ever giving him warning ? And still less does a man like to be eternally harrassed with a house-steward, or major-domo, who cannot keep peace between those under him without incessant reference to the master. To be told by this kind of viceroy over the domestic establishment, on one day, that the coachman and groom are quarrelling, on the next that the butler and lady's maid are at war, and on the third that the scullion and the still-room maid have sent each other to Coventry, are plagues and vexations that a nobleman or gentleman possessing a large establishment ex pects to be relieved from by possessing a super intendent capable of healing and controlling such petty differences, and of keeping them, at all events, from reaching unnecessarily, the master's ears. As the truth of this parallel must be felt, we trust that its homeliness will not give offence; for, however the affairs of nations and of public life may appear to soar above domestic causes and examples, they approach to, and are influencd by the latter much more than the world in gene ral is at first inclined to admit.—lbid. Mr. Huskisson's declarations about guaran tees at Liverpool, were met by a direct denial on the part of the Duke of Wellington. Mr, Huskisson's limitation of the objects and labours of the Finance Committee were met by a direct denial on the part of Mr. Peel. In the . one case Mr. Huskisson acted the part of an Ultra Libe ral, and was pulled up, with the utmost prompti tude and coolness, by the pride of character of the Premier ; in the other he acted the part of an Ultra Tory, and was met by the constitu tional principles of the Home Secretary. In neither capacity has Mr. Huskisson been suc cessful, even with the public, probably from a suspicion that he was acting in both, although in his exhibition at Liverpool, which was more in his peculiar line, his failure was not so marked. Nothing could have surprised the House more than hiaeclaration touching the Finance Commit tee. Whatever might be the opinion of its sound ness or unsoundness, it was most unexpected from Mr. Huskisson. The contradiction of it has been more fatal to his credit than the speech of the Noble Duke. The term guarantee might have been explained away ; there might, in fact, be misunderstandin g o n b o th s id es . Mr. Hus kisson might have qualified his words at Liver pool by some epithet, which, although not heard by those gentlemen who produce so much mis. chief among high and low—the Reporters of the Press—nor by any body else, might yet have been published in the corrected edition of his speech. He had high authority for softening down the meaning of a passage by a little convenient altera tion. But how account for his ignorance of the functions meant to be exercised by the proposed Finance Committee, otherwise than by admitting that the intentions of the Ministry were unknown to him—that he came not into their secret on a point of infinitely more importance than the appointment of Lord Althorp ? If that appointment without his knowledge, was suf ficient reason for Mr. Herries resigning, a forti ori the drawing up of its instructions without his knowledge, must be a sufficient reason for Mr. Huskisson to follow his Colleague's example. We stated yesterday that there was a confident report that he had ,done so, and, from circum stances that have transpired since, we consider the report to bear on its face the appearance of authenticity. Lord Dudley, it has been since stated, has also resigned ; but after his Lordship's speech, in which he followed nearly the same line as the Duke—baud passibus aequis—we hardly credit this. That Mr. Huskisson is now absolutely useless in the Cabinet must be obvious to every one, and, therefore, if he have not taken the very intelligible hints that have been given him, it is time that they should be conveyed in terms that do not admit of two interpretations. Among the reports prevailing in the political circles yesterday, and founded on the belief that Mr. Huskisson and the rest of his liberal friends had resigned, or would soon resign their places, it was stated that Mr. Herries would resume the Chancellorship of the Exchequer ; that Mr. , Goulbuni would return to the Colonies; and that the Marquis Wellesley would relieve Earl Dudley as Foreign Secretary. Should such an arrange ment be made, the Administraton would be come one of unbroken strength, possessing no element of disunion within itself, and invested with the unlimited confidence of the country. — New Times. DESCRIPTION OF AN INN PARLOUR.—The floor was sanded, and the fire-place decorated with a huge beaupot ; two triangular armed-chairs, with black leathern seats, were placed for the repose of the travellers ; and against the walls were pendant, framed and glazed, How ard's Visit to the Captives in Gaol, and, as a companion, the Youth restored by the Humane Society : over the chimney appeared the Rev. Mr. Peter's impious print of a pious family ascending to heaven like a flight of sky rockets : and in either recess a pinky-brown oval engraving of Love and Marriage ; the former judiciously typified by a conversation, on a hard, damp, dirty bank, between a youth in a large hat, wearing also a ruff, tight silk panta loons, with puffed hose and slashes, bearing in his hand a shepherd's crook, closely resembling a billiard mace ; and a young lady with her hair profusely thick and long, whose hat had fallen behind her. head, and of whose bands one was clasped by the swain, and the other enveloped in a very small basket, containing eggs, by which, doubtlessly, was intended some pretty allegorical allusion yet undiscovered. Marriage, in the other recess, was personified by a couple (perhaps the same as in the companion) seated on another hard dirty bank, the flapping hats and slashed breeches being most religiously preserved as the costume ; but on the knee of the lady sat a " pledge," of about four years old, its hands clasped in the act of supplication, the father standing over the mother playing interestingly with one of her curls; on the f ore ground was a not h er l i ttle basket, in which were represented a couple of d oves quarrelling for a straw, illustrative, no doubt, of c on j uga l affection,—Say ings and Doings, Third Series. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW.STREET.—Johnson lodged informations against William Barry and Thos. Parkhurst, two eating-house keepers, residing in Drury-lane, for selling beer without a licence. • Parkhurst pleaded a misnomer. It was proved that the waiter at Barry's took three halfpence for half a pint of beer instead of a penny farthing. Barry was convicted in the mitigated penalty of ten pounds, which he paid, through the advice of Mr. Alley, who very kindly recommended him not to appeal to the Sessions. FIATTON-GARDEN.—A respectable looking man, named She; idan, was summoned by the Overseers of St. Pancras, for refusing to maintain his wife, the daughter of Lady Perrott. It appeared that about four years ago, Mr. Sheridan met the lady to whom he was married, at Chel tenham, where she was engaged as an actress, and shortly after they were married. They lived happily together for two years, when Mr. Sheridan having unquestionable proof of his wife's infidelity, separated from her, taking with him his two children. He stated that his wife was now living in a state of adultery; and the fruits of her illicit in tercourse are two children. . The defendant was ordered to pay six shillings a week to his wife, but he said he should appeal to the Sessions. UNION-HALL.—JOHNSON, THE INFORMER, IN DAN GER..:=Yesterday being the day appointed for the hearing of • the summonses issued against the licensed victuallers, whose cases were to have been entered into on Wednesday last, but were postponed in consequence of the absence of Johnson the informer, who subsequently laid fresh sum monses against the defendants, upon representing to the Magistrates that he was fearful of personal violence to wards him by the mob that assembled in front of the of fice on that occasion. At 12 o'clock yesterday, the crowd was as great as on the former occasion, all the approaches to the office being completely blocked up by a dense mass of people, attracted thither to catch a glimpse of the in former. One o'clock having arrived, and Johnson not tucking his appearance, it was intimated that he did not intend to appear, as his witnesses were not iu attend ance. Shortly afterwards Johnson made his appear ance, apparently labouring under great agitation and alarm. He said, that he had been shamefully treat ed by the mob. " I was thrown down (said he) into the mud, and when down, was kicked in a most cowardly manner ; my clothes are covered with mire, and in fact my life has been placed in jeopardy." Johnson added, that he had subsequently found his witness, but when he ventured to approach the office, he met with a reception, that }was quite enough to deter even a bolder and a stronger man than he pretended to be, to encounter it a second timeJ, Mr. SWABEY expressed considerable indignation att the treatment whirls Johnson had received, and said that :the blackguards who had insulted him should be punished.__ The reason Johnson did not attend on the former occasion was on account of his apprehension of danger, and he there fore did not absolutely discharge the summonses. The cases were then called on, and in consequence of an informality in the summonses, they were all dismissed. At the conclusion of the above business, a number of per sons who had been taken into custody in consequence of riotous conduct in the street that morning, were placed at the bar ; those who were proved to have been exciting the mob, were held to bail, and the rest were discharged. John son appears to-morrow (this day) against three vintners. Mr. Okley, keeper of a circulating library, was charged with threatening to stab his wife with a large knife. Mrs. Okley stated that since she had been married to the defendant she had led a very miserable life, in conse quence of his ill tseatment. It was almost an invariable rule with hint to come home late at night in a state or in toxication, when he is sure to behave himself in a most dim proper meaner towards her. He left the entire care of the house to her ; she had to pay the rent, pay the bills, and, besides all that, she was obliged to mind the circulating library. Three days ago, in a fit of passion, he seized a knife and threatened to stab her. Mr. HONE-Has he ever beat you ? Mrs. Okley-- a -Oh yes, Sir, that he has ! " Fie ! Mrs. Okley, bow can you say so," exclaimed the defendant. Mr. HONE-Mr. Okley, what have you to say this charge' Mr. Okley unfolded a piece of paper, which he held in' his hand, and which appeared to contain a written defence; but, when he attempted to read it, he burst into tears, and was unable to proceed. When he recovered himself a little, he denied Mrs. Okley's statement altogether. "'Tis true," he said, " that Mrs. Okley does pay the bills, but then she pays them out of the profits arising from a well stocked library, which I gave her the care of. As td the charge of getting drunk every night, I am obliged, by. the business 1 fellow, to be out until the Houses of Parliament break up, and thus I am necessarily up late. When that is not the case, as sure as ever I come home, I find Mrs. Okley having a party with her, and my ears are saluted with Poor little man !' or some such song ; and thus, your Worship, I ant obliged to take refuge in an ale-house. I am little, to be sure, and t e sit well looking; this is the cause of it all, for Mrs. Okley is too fashionable for me, and considers me her inferior, and looks down upon me. Besides, your Worship, Mrs. Okley won't sleep with me." Mr. HONE—How long has she abstained from doing so ? —Mr. Okley : These two years. Mr. IlosE—Why not sleep, Mrs. Okley, with your husband ?—Mrs. Okley : I was only two days confined with my first baby, when Mr. Okley came into my room, and told me I had better make haste up, and mind ray shop ; and I think that was a just cause for my refusing to sleep with him. The MAGISTRATE asked Mrs. Okley what she wished him to do in this affair? Mrs. Okley—l wish to be protected from his violence; and the only way I see for that is separation. This word the lady pronounced with great emphasis.— Poor Okley seemed almost petrified. When he bad a little recovered himself, he turned round, and looking beseech ingly at his wife, exclaimed, "Oh ! Mrs. Okley ; Mrs. Okley !" Mr. HONE said he did not see any thing in the defend ant's conduct to sanction such severe measures, and ad vised her to go home and respect her husband as she ought. Mrs. Okley required that Mr. Okley should at least be held to bail. Mr. IIoNE refused, and desired them to shake hands. Okley instantly proffered his hand ; but Mrs. Okley re fused, till repeatedly requested by the Magistrate. She at length half extended her reluctant palm, which Okley eagerly seized, and shook with a warmth which appeared by no means mutual. The parties then left the office to gether, SHIPrING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL. TUESDAY, FEB. 12.-High Water 26 min. past eight o'clock.—Wind N.E.—Arrived, the Velocity, Baker, from Bahia (sailed 9.3 d Dec.) with cotton and hides ; Caledonia, Graham, from 13allina, with oats ; Sheffield (steamer), Richards, from Belfast, with . sundries ; Corsair (steamer), Goodwin, from ditto, with ditto; George the Fourth (steamer), from Newry, with ditto; Mersey, Johnson, from Glasgow, with ditto; Enterprise (steamer), Craw ford, from ditto, with ditto; William Huskisson (steamer), Lindsay, front ditto, with ditto ; William and Mary, Gib son, from Dumfries, with ditto ; Countess of Lonsdale (steamer), Marshall, from Whitehaven ; Thetis (steamer), Turnley, from Dublin, with the tsiall. The Halifax, Finlay, from Halifasr, off, in 21 days; Clyde, —, from Bombay, off. Two ships, four brigs, off at half-past four o'clock. Private Signals—Messrs, J. and IL Ctiulming, for the Hugh Johnson, from the Clyde; and Messrs. Bolds. 6.1 A RED OUTWARDS.-The Christopher Columbus, Bernie, fur Jersey; John Troughton, Ravely, for New Or leans ; Colossus, Maxwell, for New York ; Duke of Wel lington, Pearson, for St. John's ; Hibernia, Kennedy, for St. Domingo ; Grecian, Banck, fur Monte Video. Telegraph Office, Feb. 12. Ho MI EA o, FEB. 11..—Passed Holyhead homeward hound at 1 30, the Clyde. B. S., from Bombay. Arrived at Holyhead--Regent, Ellery, from Swansea, for Liverpool ; :Maria, Negarton, from Liverpool ; Aboojay Miley, from Li verpoo l, f or B arnstap l e; A nn , H a rding, from Newport, for Li verpoo l ; C at h er i ne , Ri c h ar ds, from. New port, for Liv erpoo l ; B u tt on , Willi ams , f rom Londonderry, for Liverp oo l ; Endeavour, Port, from Liverpoo l, for South. amPton ; Apollo, Davison, from Waterford, for Liverpool ; from Huett, from Danywait er , Philli ps , f rom W ater f or d, f o r Liverpool ; Mar.. garet, navies i Li merick, fo r Li verpoo l ; H anna h, C o tton, from Waterford, for Live r p oo l ; Ph easant, Brancey. from Waterford, for Liverpool; Margaret Merchant, Strong , from Westport, b for rblin Liverpool; ; ' 11aria T , cr° Sisters, Rich ard, Liverpool, o Newry, forr?r for Liverp oo l ; E ar l o f E rro l, Richards, for Li ve rpool; Margaret, Hewett, from Belfast, for Liverpool ; St. Cuth bert, Gea, for Liverpool ; a Dutch Galliot, Die Lemmer Johannes, Tomms, from Cork, for Liverpool, in ballaste FEB. 12.—Off Point Lynes, at 8 30, 1 ship 1 brig homeward bound ; 9 30, 1 brig 1 schooner homeward bound ; 1 pilot-boat to eastward. Great Orm's Head, at 12, No. 5, pilot-boat homeward bound; 12 30, 2 brigs homeward bound. Wind steady. Breeze from East. Hazy, at 'Holyhead to-day (12th) at 12, N.E. ;at 12 55, East. LIVERPOOL. —At 5 p.m. 2 ships, homeward bound, at anchor near N.E. buoy, have not shown numbers. A steam-boat taking one of them iq tow. LAW INTELLIGENCE COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 13. THE ICING V. ROBERT YOWLER,. This was an indictment against one of the officers of the Court of Requests its Vine-street, Piccadilly, for an assault upon a lady who was attending that Court, upon a summons, a short time since. A verdict of " Not Guilty" was recorded. JENKINS V. JAMES. This was an action to recover compensation in damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the defendant's having maliciously issued out process of outlawry against her. The facts of the case, as given in evidence, were shortly these :—The plaintiff, Charlotte Jenkins, was possessed, jointly with her three sisters of a small landed property at Credon-hill, in Hereford shire, where, with one of her sisters, she kept a school. The defendant, an attorney residing at Credon-hill, had property adjoining that of the plain tiff's. Some sheep and pigs of his having strayed into the plaintiff's garden, and done considerable damage there, she impounded them. The defendant brought an action of replevin, and the plaintiff not having appeared to the proceedings, the defendant caused the usual writ of capias ad respondendum to be issued, and got it returned non est invent us, by the sheriff, though the plaintiff was at the time residing at Credon-hill, within a few hundred yards of the defendant's residence. The defendant afterwards proceeded to obtain judgment of out lawry against the plaintiff; and her land, having under the outlawry become forfeited to the Crown, he afterwards petitioned the Lords of the Treasury, and procured a lease of it to be granted to himself. The judgment of outlawry was subsequently set aside by the Court of Common Pleas, on the ground of its having been irregularly obtained under the false re turn of non est inventus ; and the defendant had to pay costs upon that occasion, amounting to upwards of 24/. It was contended on the part of the plaintiff that the defendant, in carrying on the proceedings against the plaintiff, had been influenced by malicious motives, and a desire to get the plaintiff's land into his own possession, having purchased of one of the plaintiff's sisters a fourth part of the entire property, which had descended to the plaintiff and her sister s on the death of her mother. He had repeatedly ap plied to the plaintiff to sell him her share, which she had refused to do. It was stated by one of the witnesses, that the defendant's sheep and pi gs had frequently trespassed upon the plaintiff's land, and that, upon the plaintiff's causing them to he impounded, he had violently assaulted her. The principal point in the case, however, was, that respecting the false return to the writ of capias ad respondendum. It was urged on the part of the plaintiff, that the defendant had procured that return to be made from malicious motives, in order to obtain the outlawry without letting the plaintiff have notice of the proceedings ; and it was stated by Mr. Harris, the Under-Sheriff of Here fordshire, who was examined as a witness, that lie had refused to make the return in the first instance, conceiving he was not authorised to do so, but he afterwards received a written authority from the defendant to make the return. The plaintiff's wit nesses were cross-examined by Sir J. Scarlett for the purpose of showing that the defendant had made offers of reference to the' plaintiff, and had dis claimed any intention of actiag harshly towards her. The witnesses, however, negatived the whole of the facts which were attempted to be proved on these points, and one of them stated that the de fendant had repeatedly declared, with an oath,— " that he would do what he liked, and have what he liked." Sir J. SCARLET; in addressing the Jury on the part of the defendant, denied that his client had been actuated by malicious motives ; every step he had taken in the proceedings was that of forbear ance, and not oppression towards the plaintiff. He had made repeated offers to the plaintiff to refer all matters in difference between them to any person whom ihe might name ; but all his offers had been disdainfully rejected, and he had been obliged to have recourse to the measures he had adopted, for the purpose of asserting his rights, and protecting himself in the enjoyment of his property. Lord TENTERDEN, in summing up the case, ob served that the main question to determine was, whether the defendant, in procuring the false re turn of non est inventus to be made, had done so designedly with a view to injure the plaintiff, or through mistake, conceiving it to be the proper course of proceeding. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1501. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 13. ROLFE V. STANLEY'. Mr. Sergeant CROSS (with whom was also Mr. Sergeant JONES) stated, that the plaintiff was a young man, slightly made, but of a sound constitu tion, of about 25 years of age, and had for some time carried on the business of a draper, in partner ship with his father, in Dean-street, Soho. On the 2d of December in the year before last, he was thrown from his horse, and falling on his right knee on a loose gravel road, his knee was much lacerated and bruised, and, as it afterwards appeared, some pieces of the gravel penetrated the flesh, and were forced into the knee. He was attended on the spot by an apothecary, who having dressed his wounds conveyed him home, when Mr. Stanley was called in, and on examining the knee pronounced it as his opinion that the knee-pan was broken. During this time the plaintiff was suffering the most excruciating pain from the moveable substance within the knee, which the defendant considered to be a frag ment of the bone. Under this mistaken idea, he directed two splints to be placed under the thigh, in order to approximate that which he considered to be bone with the joint, and by that means to cause them to unite. Mr. Stanley continued this treat ment for some time, notwithstanding the dreadful agony which it caused the plaintiff, until at length the flesh healed, and the stone was enclosed. When this was effected, the patient felt some mitigation of the pain which lie had previously endured, and the 'defendant took his leave of him, assuring him that he had nothing more to do than to keep himself quiet, and to give the limb as much rest as possible. The plaintiff did accordingly abstain from any kind of business; but, contrary to his expectations, instead of mending, he found his health and lame ness become daily much worse, and he continued to linger in great pain until the September following, when another medical adviser was called in by the advice of Mr. Jauet, the apothecary, who had constantly attended him. When this gentleman, whose name was Lilly, was first called in, he found that a corroded ulcer had formed itself, from w hence proceeded a very considerable discharge, and the health of the plaintiff was so considerably affected, that in the first instance he applied himself to effect a better state of body; and having administeied soothing m e di c i nes fo r som e time, he directed his at tention more particularly to the knee, and at that time he discovered that a portion of the flint began to prot ru d e through the skin, open which lie opened the wound, and extracted the pieces of stone which would he produced, and were of a very considerable size. Immediately after this operation, which took place in November last, the plaintiff began speedily to recover, and although still lame, the Learned Sergeant had much satisfaction in stating that every hope was now entertained of his eventual recovery ; and it was co nfidently anticipated that Mr. Lilly would be enabled to effect that which it was con ceived the defendant would and could have done if he had been more vigilant in examining into the cau se of the injury. Having stated this o utline of the case, the Learned Sergeant left it confidently in the hands of the Jury, not doubting that they would make the plaintiff such a reparation as they thought the nature of the injury demanded. After the plaintiff's case had been gone into, evidence was adduced on behalf of the defendant; among others, Sir A. Cooper, Mr. Brodie, and Mr. 1 Abernethy, bore testimony to his skill and general surgical knowledge; after which the Jury having retired for an hour, returned a verdict for the plain tiff—Damages 30/. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon, an Inquisition was taken at the Sir Isaac Newton, Union-street, Middlesex Hos pital, before THOMAS STIRLING, Esq., Coroner, and a respectable Jury, on view of the body of Richard Welsh, a fine male infant, aged eight months, whose death was occasioned by suffocation. Ann Webb, a respectable looking young woman, knew the parents of th e d ecease d child, who were industrious hard working people; they had, two children ; one a little girl, about two years old, and the subject of the present enquiry, who was eight months. On Friday last, about one o'clock in the afternoon, witness called at Mr. Welsh's, and found him feeding the deceased with some bread and milk ; the mother was out at work at the time ; witness took the deceased in her arms, he appeared to be in good health and spirits ; witness soon after went away, leaving the father in care of the deceased and his little sister; about eleven o'clock that night, the mother of the deceased came to witness, aud en quired of her if she knew where her husband was, as he had left home, taking with him the fastening of the doors, in consequence of which she could not gain ingress to the room where her two infants were sleeping as she supposed ; witness accompanied her home, and the door of the room where the two chil dren were was opened by means of a pair of old cur ling. irons ; witness entered the room first, and dis covered the deceased lying on the upper part of the bed, with two pillows over the head and face; she instantly removed them off, and her horror was great on beholding the unfortunate babe a corpse ; the little girl was lying close by her little brother, in a sound sleep. _ Juror—You say that the mother entered the room at the same time you did. Did she appear shocked and effected at the discovery ? Witness—Ex tremely so. She fainted away and was obliged to support her in my arms. CoRoNER —Did the parents of the deceased treat it in a kind manner ? Witness—Ycs, Sir. CORONER—From the position the deceased was lying in, are you of opinion that the pillows got on the face by accident ? Witness—lt was not possi ble the pillows could have come in the position I found them by accident. lam of opinion that the little girl placed them on the face of the deceased; she is a very spiteful child, and has frequently hurt him while living. The CORONER said it was absurd to attach any criminal blame to a child at the tender age of tw• years, even admitting she had been the cause of her little brother's death. Ann Welsh, the mother of the deceased, having been examined, The CORONER addressed the Jury, observing that the deceased had clearly lost its life by accident, owing to the carelessness, to say the least, of the father. The Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased child was found lying on a bed suffocated, but by what means that took place, there was no evidence to the said Jurors." THE LATE MURDER IN MONTAGUE PLA cr.—We have received different accounts of fresh evi dence having been procured relative to this mysterious affair ; but as the re-examination of JONES will take plat* in a few days, we forbear to say any thing on the subject until then. We do not wish to indulge public curiosity unless by authenticated statements. GI LLIf AM, THE MURDERER.-011 his way from Bath to the gaol of Shepton Mallet, the prisoner conducted himself with strict decorum, and once or twice expressed his contrition at the fatal effects of his rash con duct ; adding at the same time, with an earnestness which evinced a desire to extenuate his guilt, that be was " drives to it by the bad temper of the elce.!ased!"—Bath Gazette. FATAL D UELe.---PA RIS, FEB. HAIDE, a Greek native of Constantinople, who has been residing at Paris for some time, and who has married a very wealthy English lady, having conceived that he was insulted by the Marquis de B--, at a ball given on Thursday, by Mine. H---, Rue Neuve des Mathurin, demanded an explanation. This was not satisfactory, and yesterday morning M. de B— and M. HA/DE fought s duel with pistols. The challenger fired first, without kil ling his antagonist; the latter returned the fire, and the ball struck M. Hainc in the abdomen. His condition its looked on as all but desperate ; it was found impossible to carry him to his own house, and his inconsolable partner has gone to where he lies to attend on him. Since writing the above, we have learned that M. HAIDE died yesterday. He has left two children. SELLING A WIFE.--JOHN COOK, a labourer, lately appeared at a Petty Sessions held at Five-lanes, on a summons obtained by the overseers of the parish of Tinta gel, to show cause why he did not maintain his wife and children. On being asked wkat he had to say in expla nation of his conduct, he very deliberately made the follow ing statement :—His wife and he having lived very un happily together, and having no children, he resolved to sell her, which he did, about sixteen years since, in the public market at Camelford, to a person who bid half-a crown for her. Since that time she had lived with her purchaser, by whom she had seven children; but having lately declined in health, she was compelled to apply to the parish officers for relief, and they called on Coos:, who told his story, and readily agreed to appear before the Ma gistrates. Their Worships not being disposed to sanction the aforesaid bargain and sale, Coox was in a fair way of support e e t i t l e l o e df m t e th n oe t wp h ao a ym v iaanngr reasonable d n n ael er being saddled with his wife and her offspring, when a dif ficultyoliiilaileyief dis covered, the final decision was postponed to a future day, e sw h uh i n i t r o e h n et , h l e :r visit the tread-mill.— West Briton. THE BARBARITIE S AT GRIMSBY.-- We regret to state that, notwithstanding a reward of 1201. as to ipl t la h ir e )ir having been offered for the discovery of the inhuman mis creant who has perpetrated the atrocities mentioned in our two last numbers, he yet remains undetected. The only addition we have heard to the catalogue of crimes already detailed, is the slaughter of a sheep, the property of Al derman Moonr, on the night of Thursday last, and the minor cruelties mentioned in the following communica tion, received after our paper went to press on Tuesday last :—" On Thursday week hand-bills were issued, in which a reward of 1201. was offered for the apprehension of the ruffian who had maimed and murdered such num bers of sheep ; and on the next morning the town was again in consternation by a fine heifer (mentioned in our last Packet), belonging to J. RATTON, milkman, having been found hamstrung ! The animal was in calf, and well known to be a great favourite, reared by the owner from a valuable cow. The wound was on the near hind leg, w hi c h presented the horrid spectacle of being nearly se vered in two, the bone being laid bare for several inches; and out of the numerous groups that came to witness this further specimen of depravity existing in that quarter, few could refrain from tears. We are shocked to add, that se veral cats, in various parts of the town, have also been thrown at the doors of the inhabitants, with their heads cut off, and their bodies savagely ripped up."._Hull Packet. BIRTHS. On the 12th inst., in Tavistock-square, the lady of John Jones, Esq., of twins. On the 12th inst., the lady of Mr. William Lescher, of a son, On the 12th inst., at Sandg a t e , t i e wife of the Rev. J. D. Glennie, of a daughter. On the 12th inst., Mrs. Wm. King, Wandsworth, of it . I T ot ti h rne i r c:t o . ia a go t n l3 . irstall House, Leicestershire. daughter. On the , rs. At P ar is, Mrs. Benjamin B. Williams, of Tavistock. squ are, of a daughter. MARRIED.-- On Tuesday last, at Farnboro', Warwickshire, William Markham, Esq., of Becca Hall, Yorkshire, to Lucy , Anne, second daughter of William Holbech, Esq. On the 13th instott St. Mary's, Newington, Mr. Gill. of Walworth, to Sophia, third daughter of the late Richard Moore, Big., of Kentwell-hall, Suffolk. On the 12th of Walsall, to Mary , youngest daughter of the late John Green, Esq. , ilighbury-park, I s li ng t on . On the 12th inst., by th e R ev. C h ar l es P em b ro k e , Bee tor of Weybridge , Ch arles James Ives, Esq., surgeon, of Ch e rtsey, Surrey , to Eliza, youngest daughter of Johrk Neate, Esq. , o f the sa me place. i net. , at Brighton, R. W. Fl e tch e r, Esq., DIED. On the 12th inst., in his 24th year, Henry, rungesti surviving son of Edward W. Brayley, F.A.5.,4144L5.L., &c., Secretary to the Russell Institution. „.„ PRINTED and PURI,IsIIED by M. YOTNer It the SUN OFIPICE;110. I l2,Ztnod. 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