The Sun. — London, England, 1824-02-26 00:00:00

Til E LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Feb. 9.6 [TIIE TIMES.] We perceive, if we are not mistaken, that stun .of surprise hi the nation at the late exposition of IVir. Robinson's most astonishing plan of finance, which imposes silence at first,. but will shortly Duak forth into indignation and exertion. " So," people are now beginning•to murmur, " we are " to have no farther reduction of taxes." " No," -we reply, " you are to have no farther reduction ." of taxes ; retrenchment is at an end. The " Government has taken one or two classes of ." your fellow-subjects, n 4 the South Sea whale " fishers and herring ushers, and exporters of " Irish linens, and sconced them for the rest of " you. But it intends to allow you nothing of " what it has itself ; and, which is worse, the " money that was coming into you from foreign " sources,—money of your advancing, and but ill " repaid,—it stops in its transit to you, and " squanders upon the most useless objects."— Such is the disappointment of the people, and such is the only real mode of replying to it. It is worth the while to observe most particularly, that the money really due from the Emperor of Austria, amounting at this time to the sum of upwards of twenty millions, would have just yielded an interest (on the terms on which it was lent) capable of removing the window-tax ;or the capital might have brought up the whole tax, and no one but the debtor have been the poorer! and now, even the trifling sum of two millions and a half, rendered yet more trilling by the deduc tion of the discount, is not to be allowed to go wholly to the alleviation of our burdens, but to be applied to building churches, and to repairing Windsor Castle ! The inference, therefore, is clear, that the repeal of taxes is now meant to be at an end. Government is, as it were, upon the plain : it has descended as low as it intends, and therefore expatiates at its ease in playful speculations upon the wool-trade and the silk trade, and dispenses its unexpected 44 God-sends" around it with all the graceful prodigality of in considerate ease ; for if any farther reduction had been contemplated as necessary, the plan of finance would have consisted of the removal of the real and substantial burden of the window tax, of the assessed taxes altogether, instead of a parcel of frivolous speculations, meant only to de ceive, and incapable of diffusing any good. It is further to be remarked also, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer devises this his petty plan for peace only ; for " if," says he, " a war should " occur, some alteration would undoubtedly be cc necessary in the arrangements which he was " contemplating ; and Parliament would in all " probability be compelled to make what it had " never made in vain—an appeal to the public " spirit of the nation, in support of its honour, and "in vindication of its dignity." In peace, there fore, we are not to be relieved beyond the present point ; and the moment a war takes place, the trade of fresh taxation is to com mence. But we are happy to observe, that the nation has at this moment (what it may soon lose) the means of defending itself in its own hands. The present Parliament is drawing to a conclu sion ; we believe it is in its fifth session ; and a - Parliament never sits beyond the sixth. the repeal of the war-taxes be not allowed to be suspended, as is attempted, till a new Parliament shial have been chosen, farewell to even the very hat e of all farther reduction of our expenses. We stand at present at a send-war establishment, Had there we shall stand till a war breaks out, when we shall very soon be mounted up to a war establishment and a half ; the present being then assumed as the peace establishment. What we should recommend, therefore, is, that public meetings be called to scout this frivolous substi- tute for retrenchment ; and to call for the real repeal of taxes, to the present load of which the nation should not continue to be subjected during a period of foil peace, and when Ministers also have shown that they are not too easily to be provoked to drat• the sword. This is indeed an appeal which Mr. Robinson but little contem plated ; but, which, to use his words, is an ap peal 64 becoming the public spirit of the nation, " in support of its honour, and in vindication of " its dignity :" and what time so proper for the constituents to meet their representatives, in order that their respective feelings may be ap preciated, and the pretensions of rival candidates canvassed, as within a year of the genera'. elec tion ? [MORNING POST.] There is one point of view in which the con sequences of the Loans of the Bank of England to landed proprietors has. not yet been contem plated, namely, the influence they may have on both houses of Parliament, in the event of the restriction on cash payments being renewed, and the arrival of a convenient period for repealing that restriction. Suppose the Bank. to have lent on mortgage large sums to Peers, to Borough Proprietors, and to Gentlemen who usually sit in Parliament ; suppose a war to take place, with the restriction on cash payments ; then peace and prosperity, and the question of re suming cash payments started—the Bank Di rectors may then say, as they did five years ago' to the Committee on Mr. Peel's Bill, " We are ready to resume cash payments to morrow ; we are anxious, eager, to resume them, but the general r •n that will fall on in dividuals will be tremendous ! Credit and com merce, trade and manufactures, will be shaken to their foundations ; a general bankruptcy must s u e ! Among other things, you Noblemen and Members of Parliament must instantly pay oft' your mortgages to the last farthing." Such a menace would make many a Member of Parliament shudder and shrink, and vote for the continu ance of the paper system. Let the evidence of the Bank Directors before the Parliamentary Committee on Mr. Peel's . Bill, given only five years ago, be read. What horrors of bankruptcies and ruin did they predict, if the paper system were taken from them ? Yet ever since the country has been gradually increas ing in ease, till now it has arrived at a state of unexampled prosperity. Mr. Baring on Mon. day night expatiated on the ruin which the re sumption of cash payments had occasioned to in• dividuals. This might be designed to justify the testimony of the Bank Directors against Mr. Peel's Bill: But Mr. Baring was not correct. The chief ruin took place in 1816, and Mr. Peel's Bill was not meditated till February, 1819, when the Parliamentary Committee of En quiry into the question was agreed to. If the Bank get the Landed Aristocracy into its clutches, it will controul the Parliament as it did controul the Ministry. The chief utility of the Bank consists in commercial discounts. It should be altogether prohibited from lending money upon land, a course inconsistent with its modern prin ciples and practice, notwithstanding antiquated laws of permission; a course very incompatible with its security, and with the public safety in times of distress. Short dates and quick returns have been the security of the Bank. Mortgages have been the ruin of many a private banking concern, though actually solvent. The Bank would not venture to lend on mortgage, did it not speculate on a Restriction Act in the hour of difficulty ; and for the public security it should be restrained from so dangerous a course, how ever profitable to it a return to the paper system would prove. [NEW TIMES] The Funds have nearly recovered from the depression of Tuesday, arising, as it did, from the efforts of a few parties interested in the fall of prices, and the misrepresentations which they caused to be sent abroad. It is well known that many of these individuals have been closing their present transactions, and buying largely for the Account terminating in April next. Some little scarcity of money is experienced at the present moment within the precincts of the Stock Exchange, but it is not expected to be of long duration. Money fetches within the House, for short periods, from 4+ to 5 per cent., and consequently the premium on Exchequer 13111 s has lowered to 425. The old Four per Cents. continue nearly stationary, but advanced ytt `terday in common with other de scriptions 01r funded property—the last price was 10211. Several expresses were received from Paris, bringing accounts to Monday even ing. The letters do not contain news, but re peat the confidence of the writers that affairs upon the Continent are going on as favourably las could possibly be wished, and that the under standing between France and this Government was upon as solid a foundation as ever. Under this desirable state of affairs the Rentes continued to advance, and are stated to have been done at the close of business on Monday so high as 103 f. 25c. Scrip 12 Console for the present Account, which were done in the course of yes terday at 91, closed at 91-H-, and for the April Account at 91-4, the general expe ctat i on appear ing to b e th a t they would be higher. In the Market for Foreign Securities there has been the last two days a complete cairn. Spanish Bonds were deserted, and quoted nominally at 24L. The chief business was confined to the Scrip of the Greek Loan, and some large purchases were made yesterday, which produced an advance from 14 to 3 premium. Colombian Bonds, which were at 651 in the course of the day, closed at 67. French Scrip at 11 1 -. In other Stocks there was no material alteration. [MORNING CHRONICLE. The early revolutionary movements in Mexico led to many wanton massacres, which were by no means confined to Spanish commanders. Several Mexicans at that time wielded the sword of ven geance against their countrymen, and vied with each other in rendering themselves worthy of the confidence of their employers, by resorting to acts of the most disgraceful cruelty. One of these wretches, who afterwards had even the presump tion to aspire to a throne in the very country he had so much outraged, writing from Salvatierra, to his commander-in-chief, General Cruz, under date of the 17th of April, 1812, gives him an ac count of a victory he had just gained over the Independents, and boastingly adds, " that he had sanctified Good Friday by sending on that day 300 of his excommunicated prisoners to the deep abyss below." How different was the con duct of another Mexican, Gen. Bravo, a distin guished patriotic chief, in an action about the same time ; he took 300 royalist prisoners, just at the moment that he received information that a dearly-beloved father had been shot by ,the enemy. Some of those about him observed that this would be a fair opportunity to avenge the death of a parent, and obtain a just retaliation for the massacre above alluded to. " No," said General Bravo, " the shade of my virtuous father can never be satisfied by so inhuman an act ; his murder and that of the others require of me acts of charity, nobleness, and generosity." He instantly ordered the 300 royalists to be re leased, and sent them home. [BRITISH PRESS. Sir John Wrottesley's proposed plan, for the alteration of the coinage, brought forward by him last night, was quite Utopian and uncalled for. The Honourable Baronet—to accomplish what happy results we cannot guess—proposed to have only three tables in denominations, in place of four, as at present existing,—namely, pounds —next shillings, each to be in value one tenth of the pound—and farthings, one thousand of the latter to be equal to the pound. In the farthings, the lion. Baronet stated, this would make an increase of four per cent. above their present value. This plan, the mover stated, pre vailed in France, in America, and longo inter vale, in China. The worthy Baronet con cluded his strange propositions by moving an Address to the Throne, praying that an inquiry might be ordered into the best method of adapt ing the coinage of the realm to a decimal scale. Mr. Wallace, the Master of the Mint, very pro isp.rly opposed the motion and plan of Sir John Wrottesley, as not possessing any advantages, even if adopted, and quite uncalled for at the present moment. In the course of the speech Mr. Wallace instanced the evils arising from the discrepan cies in the currency, and the embarrassment!. created by it in the present intercourse of this country with Ireland. The currency of the two countries would, however, the Right Honourable Gentleman hoped, be soon assimilated, and an other obstacle be thus removed to the close and friendly feeling that was every day strengthen ing between the two countries. Sir Henry Parnell stated the injurious effect this discre pancy of currency brought with it to Ireland.— It had been his intention, he said, to bring for ward a motion on the subject, as he had inti mated last Session, but as Mr. Wallace had un dertaken the important subject, he would leave it in his hands. The original motion of Sir J. Wrot tesley was of course lost. Any meddling with the currency further could now be productive of no thing but alarm and distrust. The change from a paper to a bullion circulation has, in the main, been attended with the greatest benefits, and brought restored confidence in its train.— But the entire currency of the country ought to be put on an equality ; Irish money will not circulate here; and there is always a loss as against that country, of at least 84 per cent. in the exchange with England ; it has been so high, during the last war, as twelve, fourteen, and, even at one time, near twenty per cent. All English money circulates in Ireland at an advance: thus 1/. English is 11. ls. Bd. Irish ; but Bank of Ireland paper, tokens, and tenpenny pieces, the current circula tion of Ireland, will not be received here. Thus all money transactions with this country are car ried on at a great loss and inconvenience, an in consistency as between one part of the empire and another that ought to cease. The Custom- house regulations, that fetter and annoy in the intercourse between both countries, are of the same character, and should be altogether extin guished. Measures, we are most happy to tee, are every day in progress to cement the Union between both countries, and make them really one. It is only now that the measures of 1800 are beginning to be felt. The intercourse between England and Ireland ought to be as un restricted as between Middlesex and Yorkshire. The Currency Laws, Custom-house regulations, and all other enactments ought to be put on the same footing. The more extended the connec tion with Ireland becomes, the more will that country be benefited. Were tranquillity and conciliation established in that fine island, where every necessary of life is now so cheap and abundant, British capital would soon, from its capabilities, and the cheapness of labour and provisions, be diffused largely. Let us hope that a better policy, as regards Ireland, will be now unfolded, and that all proscription and unworthy restrictions of every sort will gradually he abo lished by the wisdom of Government and the Legislature. The most incalculable benefits would arise from such a policy : confidence, tranquillity, and p r osperity, would all follow within a very short period ; the saving of expen diture to Great Britain would be immense, and her ac qu i s i t i on o f stre ngth i n every way propor tionate. C an Ministers much l onger act on the present nar ro w and unw or th y p o li cy, which has so many evils in its train ? [MORNING HERALD. much reason to b e satisfied w the Chancellor o f th e Ex chequer. ]Elie thestatement country of ; ]Elie propo se d re d uc ti ons o f d ut i es are judicious that on silk especially. The reduc tion of this dutyt w ill probably en abl e E ng l an d to compete, in any market 'in the world, with the French or any other nation, in the silk ma nufacture. If the relief of this branch of our trade could be extended, we would sugg e st to the Chancellor the propriety of taki ng o ff part of the duties fro m articles used in the dyeing of silk. l y e are also glad that the silk goods of other countries are to b e a d mitted into this at certain duties. It will put a stop, in a e great ext e nt,, to n s muggling that a r ti c l e . Th e of th e d u ty on sp i r it s i s than nothing, and ,tpyrriiofinpitcp:gsle!asietretitilh,euicizti%lo,ves tver, better of on s theo much ave Oil . of the, 5 tax India pl an t ers . Th e repea l coals will make them, rat;e per cent. cheaper. To him who uses ten chaldrons in the course of the year, the saving will be 3 054, or about one penny a day. We are also glad that wool is to be per mitted to be exported on payment of so trifling a duty as one penny a pound ; it is getting rid of the idea formerly entertained by the manu facturers, that we should not suffer the ex portation of any article the pecular growth of England, except in a manufactured state. _T o us it al ways appeared that so long as we exported any thing, no matter in what state, as a matter of necessity, we must import something from a foreign country which this country cannot produce. Why should not the farmer send his wool to France in return for wines and fruits for his table, and silks arid other things for the female part of his family: This was formerly the case if wemay credit the accounts of the hospi table style in which our ancestors lived. By an cient accounts, it would appear, that they abounded in all foreign productions—that is, in proportion to the population which then existed. It is excessive duties and prohibitions which impede commerce, and which have the effect in the end, of cramping hospitality to strangers and social intercourse. What is it that causes the English people to be the least hospitable to strangers of any other people, and the least given to social in tercourse, but the high price, caused by high taxa tion, of the luxuries of the table ? Our ancestors were renowned for their hospitality ; they had few or no taxes—we are notorious for our niggard liness —we are weighed down with taxes, especially on those things which we wish to give our friend when we invite him. We dislike the proposition for giving half a million towards the building of new Churches—this, we think, must arise from the suggestions of some architects or builders, who want jobs. There are already more Churches than are filledi and such will remain the case till the Clergy reform their manlier of reading the Church Service, curtail it materially in its length, and take as mach pains to plainly speak their sermons, as an actor does to deliver the parts put down for him in a play. This is, however, easily accounted for ; for what encouragement is there for a man, who, take it in general, can see • no prospect of rising beyond a 1001. a year, till he is old, and about to leave the world and his unprovided family, and who cannot soar beyond 1001. or 2001. a year, let him take ever so much pains ? On the part of some of the Opposition there was an objection made to giving the King 300,0001. for two years, for the purpose of improvements at Windsor Castle —this we would give him cheerfully, for we would much rather see a King employing his time in de corating his residences, and thus setting a good example to his subjects of comfortable homes, if he would only at the same time remain at peace, than a King fond of war. Besides, the cost of one is very different from that of the other; 150,0001. a year spent by one, and the bills paid, is very different from 150,000,0001. a year spent by the other, and the payment of the bills left to we know not whom to discharge.— If a King will be content with amusing himself on 150,0001. a year, we should say let him have it by all means, and we would give it to him at once ; we would not give it to Commissioners to hand it to him, for that is accompanying the gift with a sort of insult. But why not build the King a new Palace near London, to which fo reigners and country people could have easy ac cess ? Why not give him at once a splendid Palace at Shooter's-hill. He deserves a splendid Palace for having the good sense to keep at peace, when the Whigs were doing all they could to goad him on to war. We wish that a million had been voted him this year for the purpose of building him a handsome residence, for such is wanted in the vicinity of London. Handsome palaces, and buildings, like St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey, are the grand promoters of internal commerce. In our metropolis we have too few public buildings on a grand scale, which is one reason that so few foreigners visit us in pro portion to the celebrity of the kingdom. But then we should let people see national buildings for no thing—we would not be so mean as the clergy of Westminster Abbey; at the door of entrance to the Poet's Corner, a man is placed to demand of those who are desirous of seeing that place the sum of sixpence. It is such nipping levies as these that displease foreigners, and possibly pre vent the spreading of the Protestant religion. It is not long since that a friend came to visit us, who had not been in London for ten years-- of course we went with him to that beautiful pile of building, in which Addison gathered his thoughts, when viewing the tombs of the Great, which afterwards formed one of his best papers in the Spectator; and at th e P oets ' Corner door, we saw a man in black s t an di ng to receive sixpence ! "Is this you r go i ngs on ?" said our friend ; " is this the liberality of the City of Westminster ? No wonder," he conti nued, " that there are so many Dis sen t ers an d the part of whenpeople see such a p a l try spirit on the Clergy." LENT CIRCUITS. Crown °Skit, Feb. 23. DAYS AND PLACES APPOINTED FOR HOLDING THE LENT ASSIZES, 1824, viz. :- NORFOLK CIRCUIT. Sir Charles Abbott, Knight, Lord Chief Justice, and 31r. Baron Graham. Buckinghamshire, Thursday, March 4, a t A y l es b ury. Bedfordshire, Wednesday, March 10, at Bedford. Huntingdonshire, Saturday, March 13, at Huntingdon. Cambridgeshire Tuesday, M arc h 16, at C am b r i dge. Norfolk, Saturday, March 20, at Thetford. Suffolk, Saturday, March 27, at Bury St. Edmund's. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. Robert Lord Gifford, Lord Chief Justice, and Mr. Baron Hullock. Northamptonshire, Saturday, February 28, at Northampton. Rutlandshire, Friday, March 5, at Oakham. Lincolnshire, Saturday, March 6, at Lincoln. City of Lincoln, the same day, at the City of Lincoln. Nottinghamshire, Friday, March 12, at Nottingham. Town of Nottingham, the same day, at the town of Notting ham. Derbyshire, Wednesday, March 17, at Derby. Leicestershire, Monday, March 22, at the Castle of Leicester. Borough of Leicester, the same day, at the Borough of Leicester. City of Coventry, Saturday, March 27, at the City of Coventry. Warwickshire, the same day, at Warwick. HOME CIRCUIT. Sir William Alexander, Knight, Lord Chief Baron, and Mr. Justice Best. Hertfordshire, Thursday, March 4, at Hertford. Essex, Monday, March 8, at Chelmsford. Kent, Monday, March 15, at Maidstone. Sussex, Monday, March 22, at Horsham. Surrey, Thursday, March 25, at Kingston-upon-Thames. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Bayley and Mr. Justice Holroyd. Durham, Saturday, February 28, at Durham. Westmorland, the same day, at Appleby. Cumberland, Thursday, March 4, at the City of Carlisle. Northumberland, the same day, at the Castle of Newcastle upon-Tyne._ _ , - Town of Newcastle, the same day, at the Guildhall of New castle-upon-Tyne. Dancaster, ‘Vednesday, March 10, at Lancaster. Yorkshire, Saturday, March 20, at the Castle of York. City of York, the same day, at the Guildhall of the City of York. OXFORD CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Park and Mr. Baron Garrow. Berkshire, Monisy, March 1, at Reading. Oxfordshire, Wednesday, March 3, at Oxford. Worcestershire, Saturday, March 6, at Worcester. City of Worcester, the same day, at the City of Worcester. Staffordshire, Thursday, March 11, at Stafford. Shropshire, Wednesday, March 17, at Shrewsbury. Herefordshire, Monday, March 22, at Hereford. Monmouthshire, Saturday, March 27, at Monmouth. Gloucestershire, Wednesday, March 31, at Gloucester. City of Gloucester, the same day, at the City of Gloucester. WESTERN CIRCUIT. Mr. Justice Burrough and Mr. Justice Richardson. Southampton, Monday, March 8, at the Castle of Win chester. Wiltshire, Saturday, March 13, at New Sarum. Dorsetshirc, Wednesday, March 17, at Dorchester. Devonshire, Monday, Alarch 22, at the Castle of Exeter. City of Exeter, the same d ay, at the Guildhall of the City of Exeter. Cornwall, Monday, March 29, at Launceston. Somersetshire, Saturday, April 3, at the Castle of Taunton. CHESTER CIRCUIT. The Honourable Charles - Warren. Montgomeryshire, Thursday, March 25, at Pool. Denbighshire, Wednesday, March 31, at Ruthin. Flintshire, Tuesday, April 6, at Mold. Cheshire, Monday, April 12, at the Castle of Chester. CARMARTHEN CIRCUIT. Samuel Heywood, Serjeant at Law, and John Balguy, Esq Cardigan, Monday, April 12. Haverfordwest, Saturday, April 17. Carmarthen, Friday, April 23. SOUTH WALES CIRCUIT. William Wingfield, Esq. Chief Justice, and Robert Mat. thew Casherd, Esq. Glamorganshire, Tuesday, April 6, at Cardiff. Breconshire, Tuesday, April 13, at Brecon. 'Radnorshire, Monday, April ISO, at Presteigne. NORTH WALES CIRCUIT. Jonathan Paine, Esq. and Wm. Kenrick, Esq. Anglesey, Tues..lay, April 6, at Beaumaris. Carnarvonshire, Monday, April 12, at Carnarvon. Merionethshire, Saturday, April 17, at Bala. LAW INTELLIGENCt. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 25. CLARKE V. LUCAS AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover from t he defendants, late Sheriffs of the City of London and Cou nt / •of Middlesex, the sum o f 3701., b e i ng t h e amount of a wri t of execution issued at the suit of the plaintiff in May last, again st the goods of a person named Godwyn, and to which writ the defendant made a false return of null(' bona. The plaintiff's case was conducted by Mr. WILDE, and the defendant's by Mr. SCARLET T. It appeared that the plaintiff was the proprietor of a publici. house called th e Pi e d H orse i n Ch iswell-street, the good which, tog e th er w i t h t h e fi xtures, he sold to a person nen' Goodwyn for 3701., which sum not having been paid at the time stipulated for, the plaintiff took proceedings against Gl wyn, and ultimately took out a wr it o f execution, which e lodged in th e h an d s o f t h e d e f endants in the month of 3 1 s 1 last. About that time a Commission of Bankruptcy was talc° out against Goodwyn, and the defendants suffered the a ssignees to take possession of the fixtures, &c. which they afterward % disposed of, and out of the proceeds paid 1201. due at the thve by Goodwyn for house-rent and taxes. The defence s e t up t o t hi s act i on - was, that Goodwyn h ad committed an act of bankruptcy prior to the issuing of the exe cution ; to prov e w hi c h f act a w i tness was called, and he state' that early in May last Goodwyn and his wife were sitting in the bar when Goodwyn saw a person named Odell come towards the door, and he immediately got up, went into his back par' lour, and said to his wife, " Here is Odell, mind I am not at home." Odell then came in and asked for 5/. which Goodwyn owed him. Mrs. G. sa id h er h us b and was not at home, an d that she had not the money. Upon which Odell replied that he had often b een di sappo i nte d b y Goodwyn, and that ne should now take proceedings at law to recover his debt. The commission of bankruptcy was sued out on the petition of 5 person named Kershaw, who held Goodwyn's bill of exchange for 100/. payable with interest, and dated in May 1823, a WI days previous to the date of the commission of bankruptcy. The brother-in-law of Kershaw proved that he was subscrib ing witness to the Bill of Exchange. In his cross-examination, he admitted that he did not see the money pass from Kershaw to the bankrupt. In the preceding, October Kersh a w t oo k t h e b ene fi t o f the Insolvent DebtorS " Act, but he considered Kershaw enabled to advance 1001. in May last, because he (witness) having previously got 400/. bf the death of a relative, lent Kershaw 300/., out of whit'', Kershaw paid th e sum o f 1951. f or an o i l-shop, which he had purchased. Witnesses were called to prove the trading of Goodwyn in wine and spirits. Mr. WILD, in reply, contended, that the Bill of Exchange was executed by Goodwyn without having received any consi deration from Kershaw, who was insolvent, and therefore the commission was fraudulent, and was taken out for the purpole of defeating the plaintiff's claim. His Lounsinp, in summing up, observed, that the Jai , before they could pronounce a verdict for the defendants, must be satisfied, first, that the defendants had carried on some trade in wine, spirits, or other commodities, exclusive of his trade al a licensed victualler, because a licensed victualler as a licensed victualler did not come within the meaning of the Bankrupt Laws ; secondly, that the defendant had denied himself to his creditors ; and, thirdly, that Kershaw bad actually lent to Goodwyn the sum of 100/. If they could not answer all these questions in the affirmative, their verdict must be for the plain tiff for such sum as in their opinion would compensate him for the loss sustained by him, in consequence of the return made by the defendant to the writ of execution. The Jury having retired for a few minutes found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 2501. DOWLING V. HICKS. Mr. SCARLET T begged to mention this case (which is an action by Mr. Dowling, the short-hand writer, for a malicious charge of stealing a Glasgow paper, containing a report of the dinner given to Messrs Brougham and Denman, the propertY of the prop r i e t ors o f Th e Ti mes), and to request that it might be appointed for a particular day in the adjourned Sittings. lie was Counsel for the defendant; and, as many witnesses were in town from a great distance, who must att en d aga in, he wished that the p rec i se d ay should be fixed when their attend ance would be requisite. He did not wish, however, to displace, therefore m p n r t o o p n o J s e u d r y th c a a t u i s t es eh standing e t b a e k f e o n re o i l t i e t l h a e s t p d a a p y er, an" o f the Sittings. The LORD CrixEr JUSTICE said that it would be better to get a special appointment from the office, the day for which be agreed on by the opposite attornies. Mr. ScattLETT assented, and the subject was dropped. The Sittings were adjourned to the 26th April. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEn. 25. RICHARDSON a. MELLISH. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an East Indic Captain, to recover damages from the defend an t, f or t h e b rea ch of an a greement entered into between the parties. The de fendant was an eminent merchant and ship-owner. The fol lov;ing is a summary of the facts of the case :—The defendant had purchased a vessel called the Minerva, of which the plain tiff, at the time of the purchase, was captain. The Minerva was chartered by the East India Company to perform four voyages to the East Indies. According to the laws of the East India Company, the Captain of a chartered vessel could not be removed from his command unless on some special ground of misconduct, or with his own consent. The defendant was desirous of placing a Captain Mills, a friend of his, com mander of a vessel called th e M arqu i s o f El y, which was chartered to perform a voyage to the East Indies, in the command of the Minerva. That could only be done by the consent of the plaintiff, which was obtained upon the con dition that he should become Captain of the Marquis of Ely, and that if Captain Mills should die before the charter of the Minerva had expired, he (the plaintiff) should be rein stated in the command of that vessel. The agreement was re duced into writing, and the exchange of command was made. After Captain Mills had performed two voyages he died, and the plaintiff then applied to the defendant for the fulfilment of the agreement, which the defendant refused to perform. The present action was brought by the plaintiff to recover compen sation for the loss he had sustained by the refusal of the defend ant to execute the agreement. The agreement was produced in Court, and it was proved by several witnesses that the profits made by a Captain in a voyage to the East Indies averaged 6,0001., and that in some instances they amounted to 10,000/. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 7,5001. COL-MARKET, FEB. 25. Ships at Market. Ships sold 27 Newcastle - - 11/ 44 Sunderland - - 11 Price. -31 s 6d to 40s oa -343 s 6d to 441 Od BIRTHS. On Monday, the !3d inst., at the Heath, Hemel-Hempstead, Herts, the lady of Astley Cooper, Esq., of a son and heir. At Union-place, Aberdeen, Mrs. Hunter, of Tillery, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Thursday, the 19th inst., Captain Elrington, of the 3d Guards, to Charlotte, the only daughter of H. H. Townsend, Esq., of Upper Seymour-street, and Burbridge, Surrey. On the 24th inst., at Crayford, Henry Hayne, Esq., his Majesty's Commissary Judge in Brazil, to Mary, the youngest daughter of the late Thomas Slack, Esq., of Bloomsbury— square, and of Braywich Lodge, Berks. DIED. On the 24th inst., Elizabeth, daughter of John Coleman. Esq., of Wimbledon. _ _ On Sunday last, at Blakeney, in the 73d year of his age. the Rev. Richard Thomas Gough, uncle of Lord Calthorpe, and Rector of Blakeney, and of Aele, in the county of Nor folk, in the former of which he had resided upwards of forty three years. On the 23d inst., at his house, Stratford-green, Essex, in the 78th year of his age, Joseph Dawson, Esq. On Saturday, the 21st inst., in his 27th year, at Edinburgh, Captain Edward Hibbert, third son of Mr. George Hibbert, of Portland-place, and a Commander in the Navy. At Glenmuick, on the 11th inst., at the very advanced age of 110 years, Peter Grant, alias Dubrank, long distinguished by the appellation of the Culloden Hero, having fought in that memorable and decisive action. His funeral, which took place on Saturday last, was attended by upwards of SOO people; who came from all quarters of the surrounding country to the ex ttent of many miles, to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed hero. In the true Highland style, three pipers were stationed at the head of the coffin, playing the favourite tune of the period of Culloden " Wha wad'na fight for Charlie's right," while the company present were not unmindful of their Wonted portion of mountain dew, finishing upwards of an anker of whiskey before proceeding to the place of interment.-- (Edinburgl4 Observer.) p r i n t e d and Pnblished for the PROPRIETORS, at the Strx- OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CARSTAIRS.