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F RENCK PAP ERS. (From the Moniteur of Wednesday. ) The Official Part contains the notice of the in troduction of several Ambassadors, and a Royal Ordinance relative to the army. The first ar ticle says—" Henceforward no re-engagement shall be made in our army, except for two years and four years."' (NON•OFFICIAL PAils.) PARIS, DEC.l4.—Next Monday, the 20th in stant, the Deputies will meet in the Hall of their, Sittings, to draw lots for the great Deputation vhich is to go and receive his Majesty, on the occasion of the Royal Sitting for the opening of the Session. _ _ ' [From the Etoik of Thursday.) CON‘TANTINOPLE ) Nov. 10.—the Porte has at length published an official report on the exe cution of the Moldavian Officer, which caused such a general sensation. If we may believe the Turkish reports, the Officer was secretly asso ciated with a band of robbers. M. de Minziocky has not yet presented his credentials to the Reis Effendi. lie is resolved not to do it till the Divan shalt have completely fulfilled its promise to evacuate the two Princi palities. A very energetic Note is said to have been presented to the Government of the Sultan by several European Ambassadors, to urge this evacuation, which has been so often promised. The Sultan, it is said, has given formal orders to that effect, but nobody will believe the reality of the evacuation till it is effected. But there will then remain a much more delicate subject to be discussed, namely, the future fate of Greece. It is already known that the Porte pro tests against all foreign interference on this subject. Lord Strangford, in , his last conference with the Reis Eliendi, wished to enter into some discus sion on this subject, but the Reis Effendi imme diately changed the conversation. It is thought, however, that the corps of the Memos, and even the chiefs of the Janissaries, would prefer nego tiations to violent measures ; but since the fall of Chalib Paella no concessions from , the Turkish Government in favour of the Greeks can be ex pected. Ibrahim Pacha, now 'Admiral of the Turkish fleet, has proceeded from'Mity-lane to Boudron. PARIS, DEC. 15.—We have reason to believe that the Principalities-of Moldavia and Walla chia are now evacuated, in consequence of fresh rernowdrances made by the Allied Courts at the beginning of this month. (From the Consatutionnel.) lit unto, I) EC. 2.—( Extract from the Memorial Pordelais.)—llis Majesty has ordered that Co. runs shall no longer he the seat of Government for Galicia ; the Civil and Military authorities are to take up their abode at St. Jago de , Compostella. Most of the troops destined for the Havanna)) have been embarked at Comma, and the.vessels vi ill depart immediately after the whole are on board. This small expedition is to proceed from the Havanna!) to Vera Cruz, to reinforce the garrison of St. Jean de Ulloa.— Two frigates are ordered to be fitted out lig Ferrol, which are to proceed to the South Sea. V' Prom the 'Courier Francatt. ) * MknItTIO, seems that it is the island , of Ivica, and not that of Majorca, of which the .Constitutionalists have made themselves musters ; and at Madrid nothing is talked of but this event. It is also certain that the Constitutionalists have made their appearance in several parts of Arra gon, Andalusia, and In other provinces. Vessels, armed and manned by the proscribed Constitu tionalists, are cruizing in the straights of Gib •raliar ; and lately they captured and sunk a yes. ael bound to 'Cadiz, having on hoard a cargo of ,oxen front the coast of Barbary. The Chiefs of the French military force and of the Spanish civil power at Cadiz do not act in much har mony, as (he former see with dislike the persecu tions which the latter exercise towards persons who have only erred in their political opinions. FRENCII rUNDS—Pmus, Dr.c. 15.—Five , per Cents. opened at 102. 0.; closed at 102. s.—Bank Stock, 1,990. — Neapolitan Reach, 874.—Ditto Spanish, 18.—Royal Spa nihh Loan, 561. —Exchange on London, one month, 25. .1. ; three months, 21. 90.--( Court duthentique. INUNDATION AT ST. PETERSBURGII St. PETERSUURGII, Nov. 25.—Besides various details already published from the Hamborgh Papers, the Etoile contains the following : As if every scourge was to be united on this day,- the. Government establishments at Colpina, which were out of the reach of the inundation, were burnt, down.ut the same time. Large establishments have been formed prompt ly in the principal quarters of this city, to afford the individuals who have lost every thing, shelter, 'fire, provisions, and clothing. Several charitable societies emulate each other in°zeal. The Em peror has already given a million of rubles ; the Empress Maria 50,000, the 'Grand Dttkes each 50,000, the Commercial Fund of the Colonies 1,000,000, Count Scheretneteff 50,000, M. Me. ch e eff 30,000. The losses of the merchants is incalculable, and chiefly fall on foreigners. It is affirmed that M. Sliglitz has lost sugar to the value of three millions, of rubles. A charitable committee has 'been formed, and the Privy.Counsellor, Alexis Kourakin, who is appointed its President,• has .received from his :Imperial Majesty the following rescript-- " PRINCE ALEXIS BORISHOVITSCH, " The disaster caused at St. Petershurgh by an inundation equally sudden and extraordinary, has tilled lily heart with --sentiments of affliction. " The decrees of the - Supreme Being arc just and inscrut- - :able. , Profoundly submissive to his will, and pitying the fate 'of those who have suffered the loss and ruin of their property, the ouvernment - cannot repair all the evils of this disastrous aaY , but I have imposed it on myself an a sacred duty to afford : prompt and efficacious succour to those in particular who have 'been .ruined i and to the indigent s they more than all others are •entltledtto my 'wound protection. I assign _theme gratuitous distribution of a willtion of rubles from the saving of the ad ministration of the Military Colonies. Mere follow the names of the Members of , the Committee). 1. The first care of the Comniittee shall be to provide shelter ~ a nd subsistence for those who are deprived of both, and in ice• 4teral‘the relief afforded out of the sum assigned shall be given only ieltbose Whose complete destitution renders it indis pensable. 2. It shall be exactly and faithfully distributed according to the allotment made. 3. It shall be given promptlyand without obstacles. " These rules will serve as the basis of the operations of the' Cominittee. The sentnent , of ccunpassion, of genuine philan : _ thropy, and of duty towards God and to your country will point out to you and to your 4.olleagues the path you, musk follow in this great work of charity. " I remain, &c. (Signed) " ALEXANDER." The following - is au .extract of a letter from Sir DANIEL BAILEY, dated •St—Petersburgli, 13 (25) Nov. 13,24, to SAMUEL TuoitN:rox, Esq. Gover , nor of the Russia Company : " I take the opportunity to aortuaint you, for the information of the Court of Assistant.s of the Russia Company and others interested, that a deputation of Merchants waited on the Mini ster of Finance and Commerce on Saturday, to•represent to his Excellency, the necessity of altering, under present circum stances, the legal form of the Custom House, to which, it the usual adherence was insisted upon, it would become impossible for individuals to take effectual steps for their property, espe. daily such as from its nature (as sugar for instance) nothing but the active and prompt exertions of the owners could save from utter ruin. " The entire remission of the duties on Bonded Goods, which were destroyed by the inundation, and a reduction of those par tially damaged, were also main objects pressed upon his Excel lency's consideration by the deputation. " And I have the Sa s faction to state, that all the measures proposed having been represented by his Excellency to the Emperor, his Majesty, with his accustomed goodness and con. 'aeration, has been most graciously pleased to approve and to order them to be put into execution. " Measures have also been adopted, by the active benevo. lence of his Imperial Majesty, to succour the distresses of the poor sufferers bereaved by the flood of home, clothes, and food. Houses of reception have been opened, and, among others, the Exchange has been appropriated to this charitable but neces sary purpose. Magazines of flour and salt are opened, and no advance in the prices of these necessaries of life is allowed to take place. " I am this moment returned from a meeting of the factory ; 12,000 rubles were voted for our distressed countrymen. A sub scription is to be raised, and a charity sermon is to be preached _ _ in aid of the :hove, the distribution of which is confided to the Committee, consisting of the Treasurer, Mr. Law, Mr. Birch, Mr. Anderson, and myself. The river is now full of floating ice, though it has again ceased to freeze, and all communication with Cronstadt has been stopped since the 10th instant:" UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF.CHANCERY, DEC. 17. A TTORNEY-GENERAL V. TRRELFALL. 'This case was only worthy of notice for being an example of the extraordinary eagerness for litigation, which obscures even the sense of self-interest in some folks. The object of conten-1 tion is a piece of moor-land, in Lancashire, 4 feet by .10, urn which the . gable-end of a cottage stands. ?be A ttorney-C4endral claims it a.s.part of a trust of a charity to 4hich tit( contiguoits, land is appropriated. Therelintboen original liilrand answer —trial at law and argument—new hearing in Chancery—new trial and new argument —and the present proceedings are in another hearing in equitY, far another new trial ; the whole aided oud nicely shaded and obscured by evidence of every kind, written andoral, positive and conjectural, direct and tra ditiOnal, respecting-the wall and the building—the nature of the land, whether virgin earth or manured—added or original —on a slope or on a level, and so forth. The •Ilonn CHANCELLOR observed upon the tutu for law which had prevailed in urging on the case. The rent of the land wases., which, taken at ISO years' purchase, would pay half the fees of this morning. At en improved rent, computed at 41. a-year,2oo/., perhaps the amount would defray one-tenth of the costs.of the suit. His Lordship's statementwas too modestly calculated, if the rumour among the professional people be correct, that the en tire expences, including suits of law and equity, have already reached the sum 0f'7,0001. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 17. This Court was occupied in partly hearing a cause of no public importance. Oxvonn, DEC. 17.-LThe names of those Candidates who, at the close of the Public Examinations this Term, were ad mitted by the Public Examiners into the First and *ond Classes of Literte Ibenwniarce and Discfplina: Matheaudim et Physiece respectively, according to the alphabetical arrange ment in each class prescribed by the statute, stand as follow : In the First Class if Literm liantaniores. Hussey, Robert, Christ Church Philpot, Joseph C. Worcester Plumptre, Henry, University • Vernon, Egerton Venables, Christ Church In the First Class of Thscif. 211allscnwt. et Phys. Orentell, Algernon, University Hussey, Hobert, Chris: Church Vernon, Egerton Venables, Christ Church In the Second Class of Litcrte Ilunatniores. Adams, George, Queen's Boraston, Gregory 11. Queen's Bowman, Frederick, Exeter • Dallas, Robert Charles, Oriel Des Voeux, Charles, Oriel Fronde, Richard Durrell, Oriel Orenfell, Algermin, University Higgins, Edward, Brasenose lloblyn, Richard D. Minot Pears, James R. Magdalen Piumer, Henry, Balliol Ryder, Henry D. Oriel Strong, Edmund, Exeter Townsend, William, Queen's Wigley, Charles M. Balliol Woodhouse, George W. St. Mary Hall. In the Second Class of Discip. Mathensat. et Phys. Adams, George, Queen's Fronde, Richard 11 urrell, Oriel Littlehales, Bendall, Oriel. Lit. Hum. I)uppa, Baldwin Francis, Brasenose. Ferrets, Nmby .1. Oriel Fowlellenry, University Ilarrison, Henry R, Lincoln • . Lane, Samuel, Exeter Jaitham, Richard, Brasenose Legge, William, Christ Church Meyers, John; University Platt, Samuel, Magdalen Hull Robinson, David, Queen's Round, Joseph, Balliol . .Thresher, Philip, University. 13. P. Sutions, J. E. TYLER, ( Public Examiners. T. V. Smoot, •C. A. OGILVIE ' The number of candidates who were not admitted into the above classes, but who were nevertheless adjudged worthy of their Degrees, amounted to seventy-seven. The total number of Degrees conferred during Michaelmas Term was was—.D. D., 3; D.C.14., 1 ; 4 ; 8.C.L., 3 ; 13. Med., 1 ; M.A., 34 ; 8.A., 114 ; incorporation, 8.C.L., 1. On Friday the following Dogrees were conferred : Doctor in Divinity.—Rev. Thomas Cox, Trinity. Bachelor i n .Di v i n i ty .—ltev. Richard Walker, Fellow of Magdalen. Masters nf Arts.—Rev. John Butt, Lincoln ; George Grim stead, Magdalen. . Bachclori of Arts,---Joseph Webb, Wadham ; Ilenry Wood, Mafillalen [fall ; James Robert Pears, Dow of Magdalen ; William \Tin"' Retry, E xeter; Rev. George Parry Hollis, St. Alban hill ; William Ch ar l es Town se nd, Queen's; John Edward Latimer, blerton. On the same day, in eollV(lcation, the nomination of Ste. phen Peter Itigaud, Esq. 51. A. and Savilian Professor of Geo. metry, to be a Delegate of the Clarendon Press, was unani. mously agreed to. ECCLESIASTICAL P ME F.llllEli • Wednesday se'nnight the Rev. Oeortte Upvili was i nst i tute d to theJtectory of liornblotton, Sontersetshire, void by the re. signation of the Rev. J. R. Roberts, on the presentation of J. Roberts, Esq. of Barnstaple. • The Rev. Richard Baty, to the . Free Grammar s c h oo l of Bedale Yorkshire. The Rev. Liscombe Clarke has been presented, b r the War. den and Fellows of (Winchester College, to the \ le:ire - Ka o f Downton, Wilts, vice the Rev. Thomas Lear, resigned. s . The Lord Bishop okit. David's lies been pleased to licence the Rev. David Archard Williams to the Mastership of the Carmarthen Free Grammar School, to which he was nominated by the Mayor and Common Council of the said Borough, vice the Rev. T. Hancock, deceased. .The Rev. David Davies, late curate of Newport, h a s been collated by the Lord Bishop of St. Daviin; to the v i cara ge of Llanboidy, in the county of Carmarthen, vacatod by the, death of the .Rev. John Jones. The Rev. \Villiani Carwithen M.A., has been preferred to the rectory of A Ml:Mews .4)ll.•tbo:Waliti, in Exeter, -onithe pre sentation of the King,- and to tho rectory of :11anatori, Devon, on his own petition. The Rev. 0.. W. KilAiagton, to the vicarage of Shaith, in Yorkshire. In .The Brighton Gazette, " Mr. F A UNTLE. ROY'S beautiful freehold . Grecian Villa, also two desirable pieces of building ground, the elegant furniture, a cabinet pisuo.forte, linen, French ebina,.a cepiial.ll .feet table, about 100 orange-trees, and other green (Louie plants," are advertised to be sold by auction. weight is very much diminished in roasting. The manufacture is very expensive. Mr. Hunt—l have a host of medical men to produce as wit nesses as to the wholesomeness of this corn, but the defendants have admitted that it is not poisonous. 'This closed the case for the prosecution. • Mr. SCARLETT now addressed the Jury for the defence.— 'rue libel had stated that the defendant had attended the Hamp shire Meeting for tie purpose of vilifying the gentry of the county, and that, in his proposhig that the taxes upon leather, coait, and other articles should be 'remosi , lead tali the ost s. NAsseasedT,axes, he had been actuated ,bye motives of * lntereiit, and that his pretendedsagnpfally f the poor. was purely hypocritical. The libel stated that the plaintiff con sumed, in his manufactory, 150 chaldrons of coals per annum, which was the reason for his proposing the coal-tax to be re moved ; and that, as the profit upon his corn, it amounted to 300 or 400 per cent. He contended that these assertions were within the limits of fair politiatil warfare, with a person who, like Mr. Hunt, had courted notoriety, and who had invited every species of discussion upon his conduct. A man who had courted notoriety to the extent of even having his name chalked upon the walls of London, and who, in this Court to day had so exposed even the most private actions of his life, was the last to complain of anybody who had given him an op portunity of saying so much of himself in public. But the pro ceedings at the Hampshire Meeting had been published in all the London newspapers, from whom alone the defendants hail learnt the conduct of this Mr. Hunt. Why did he not then proceed against the London Press ? Why did lie select a coun. try Editor as the object of his attack ? The defendanta had published nothing original of the case ; they had only com mented upon what was known to all the world. This trial had afforded Mr. Hunt the opportunity of publishing in all the newspapers in London that his coffee was the very best thing in the whole world, and that the King, Lords anti COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 17. Commons, Judges and Bishops, had approved of it. Mr. Before the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE, and a Special Jury. hunt looked extremely well, and his health might be de- LIBEL. rived from taking his roasted corn, but the good looks with "INT V. st!cisCitamn it:D OTHERS, PROPRIETORS OE TIIE which he had been complimented by Mr. Hunt, certainly did not arise from any such cause, as he had not taken any of the BOSTON GAZETTE. coffee, Mr. Hunt not having sent him any. With respect to At the opening of' the Coma, Mr. Henry Hunt appeared in the plaintiff's profit urion this corn, by the evidence of one of person to conduct his suit against the defendants. He stated the witnesses, he calculated that a bushel of rye, costing 405., that this was an action which lie had thought proper to bring would sell for 141. Bs. when converted to coffee. With respect to against the proprietors and publishers of the Boston Gazette the poison, the writer had not given his own opinion, he had and Lincoln Advertiser, for a most gross and unprovoked attack only quoted from another work, and the opinion related to rye upon his character; an attack which was calculated not only to generally, and not particularly to theplaintiff's coffee. This opt. injure his reputatin ,r 1 but to ruin bins effectually as a man of nion of rye had been often asserted, and particularly in France business. He would state, that in April last a public meeting before the Revolution. If a medical man were to say that any had been called in Hampshire, to consider of the expediency of certain article of food was unwholesome, would be he ex petitioning the Legislature for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes. posed to actions for libels by all who dealt in those articles. Ile had thought proper to attend that meeting, and his attend- I n cases so genera l, t h e p ar ty b r i ng i ng th e ac tion m u st a t least ante had been converted by the defendants into an opportunity p r ov e s ome spe c i a l damag e s, and which the plaintiff had not Jury. This of publishing the libel which he would read to the done. Some years ago a book was published, under the name libel vilified his character in every respect; it asserted that all of Death in the Pot. It professed to show that almost every his pretensions to _public spirit were merely hypocritical, that he thing; used in the kitchen had something deleterious in it.— had attended the Hampshire meeting solely for the purpose of This book frightened every body, and seemed to bring eating debasing the characters of the gentry of the county in the esti- and drinking out of fashion. All the tradesmen in London 'nation of the vulgar, a n t i it procee d e d to s t a t e , that his might have brought their actions against the author. He con feelings for the poor were hypocritical, for tie bad himself been tended, that when any author declares an article of consump feeding upon the di s tresses o f th e p oor , by se lli n g his roasted tion to be unwholesome, no person dealing in such article could corn at one shilling a pound, and at a profit of three hundred bring an action for the publication, unless he could prove sonic per cent., until a competition had obliged him to reduce the special injury sustained in consequence of it. price Of the article to only fourpence a pound. The libel then The LORD CHIEF JusTics: observed, that the attributing went on to state, that the roasted grain, which he sold as a of hypocrisy to the plaintiff was clearly actionable ; and that wholesome and nutritious breakfast, was composed of an in. an action would lie for any publication, reducing the value of a gredient which was an absolute poison. They stated, that rye man's goods, without his proving any special damage sustained was a grain which produced great pains in the intestines, with by the publication. violent head-aches, an inaptitude for motion, and other dip- The Jury, after a short consultation, brought in a verdict for tressing symptoms, which attended the eating of rye-bread or , the plaintiff—Damages, Two If Undrcd Pound:. drinking quantities of gin—a liquor into the composition of [Mr. llunt, immediately after the trial went up to Mr. Scar which rye was known to enter very considerably. They then lett, and presented him with a parcel of his breakfast powder, threw out, that such mast necessarily be the consequences of which that Gentlemen accepted with great good humour. The making use of his roasted corn as a substi tu te for coffee at audience were convulsed with laughter. Mr. Scarlett, having the breakfast-table. He trusted that Mr. Scarlett would not in his speech observed that amongst the Lords, Commons, think of passing over so serious a charge in his specious man- Bishops, and Judges who had formerly received the present ner, and say that such observations were a nsere matter of from Mr. Hunt, he had been neglected.] course, and did not mean to apply particularly to Mr. Hunt. 'rut: APOTHECARIES' COMPANY v. BENTLEY. The author of the libel hail quoted as an authority for his opi- This was an action on 55 George 111., to recover penalties nions upon rye, a book which tie called " The Cottage Myst- against the defendant for practising as an apothecary without cian." If such a book w ere really in existence, let the de. a certificate from the Company of having passed an examine fendants now Produce it. But they had published this vile tion, and not having been in practice on or before the lit of calumny, charginghlin with selling a poison, and , as if this w as August, 1015 . not sufficient, they had t rum p e d up a work which they called Mr. SCARLETT stated, that this action was brought by the "'The Cottage Physician," in order to give th eir falsehoods the Apothecaries'Company to enforce a very wholesome law. The stamp of truth in tne same manner that in other cases credibi- statute on which it was founded was passed to protect the public lity would be produced by quoting such names as Coke, Little- health against the malpractice of ignorant persons who might ton, or Ellenhorougli. .A 3 soon, a s the libel had been shewn impose on the unwary, and made every man liable to a penalty ta hi m , h e instructed his attorney to bring the case before a of 20/. who practised without a certificate of qualification, un- Jury, in Order to try whether this charge of his selling a dele- less he should be in the practice on the Ist of August, 1815, and by a verdict to w h en t h e A ct b egan to o p era t e . There would be no doubt that t p e r r o i o te u c s t beverage hiAtrae w o e l r r e ou o g r i v o e u r t e t n h o e t e o ti u le nt fct r a yirom the consequence th e d e f en d an t h a d practtsed ; and therefore the only question of such a publicat ion. 'rite defen dants had never made any would be, whether he was within the exception which, by the offer of compensation for the injury t hey had done him. What- case of " The Apothecaries' Company v. ltoby," was held Lobe ever the Press may have said• upon him could have nothing to restricted to persons actually in practice on the Ist of Aug.lols, do with the present action. Formerly he had been abused by and to extend to persons who might have acted befpte that the Public Press for not attending to his private business, but I period, but had ceased to act as apothecaries. Now he would offer he had rusticated two years in a close dungectr, he had show that the defendant was not very likely so to have prac determined to devote himself to his own affairs, and then the tiled—that he had been apprenticed to the trade of a White- Press cried out—" Why does Mr. Hunt get into trade—why smith, had become a hardwareman and travelling auctioneer, does he not continue in politics 'and go over to Ireland ?" If and had been made bankrupt before he started as a surgwn in case to give only nominal damages, George-street, Hampstead-road. Of his literary qualifications ffering, that he was to be driven out of so- the jury would be enabled to judge from a letter which he had ciety an d totally ruined. At a time when the poor were written to the solicitor of th e Company on the subject of the Su l i e had thought that he could not do better than present action. In this letter, he spelled practice, proctiss i t t h s would Ju l be were iii declaring title find out a cheaper beverage for them, and, after great trouble weight, waight ; profession, projicion ; most, Inoue ; and and expense, Ime bad discovered this roasted rye. No sooner perhaps, peeps ; [The, Learned Counsel read The letter, point. lead he gone to the expellee of advertising this wholesome and ing out these and other peculiarities• in the spelling.) The nutritious' beverage than he was prosecuted, not for selling. jury would recollect, that it was not mixing a draught, or com a poisonous material, but fur having violated an Act of pounding a bolus, which made a man an apothecary, but the Parliament by selling a substitute for coffee. He was fined maintenance of an establishment, and the ability and opportu -200/. under this Act, passed for protecting the West India in- nit y of' making up the prescriptions of physicians. Unless the terests. At the time of th a t indi c tment he had two tons of defendant could lime such a practising as this, the plaintiffs this coffee in his possession ; this he had hail packed up in par- would be entitled to recover, and would only ask for a single eels, and had sent a parcel to the King one to each of the penalty. Royal Family, one to each Member of f ' both the Houses of Susanna Male, wife of William Male, living in Park-street, Parliament, and one to all the Judges. Many Members so Regent's Park, said she became acquainted with Mr. Bentley highly approved of it, that they brought in a Bill to legalise In 1823, when lie lived at No. 4, George-street, Hampstea the sale of it; a Bill w hi c h p asse d without opposition. But road, and produced one of his cards. The card expressed that the misfortune was that the whole"wo r ld h a d r ead that he had M r . B ent l e y, sur g e o n anti accouc h eu r, would be at home till been fined the 200/., but few had re a d o f t h e p r o gr ess of the 9 o'clock every morning. Ile had a shop fitted up with shelves Bill through Parliament. He bad now ten shops for the sale of and dr a we rs . Being for medical advice ; he felt her pulse , and ill about the nutumnolte ant her sister-in coffee in different parts of London, and paid for these shops, in law a p plied to him rent and taxes, no less than 12001. a year. Why, Gentlemen, told her she had an inward complaint , and a decline c omin g in the old hackneyed quotation from Shakspeare— on, but he would send some medicine, from which she would " Who steals my arse, steals trash, find benefit. He sent some pills and medicine in a gallipot , p "Tomas mine--'is his and has been slave to thousands : " which were taken. She found herself no better, and went to But he that filches from in me my good name, him : he said. You must not expect to get better directly, be- Robs me of that which not enriches him, cause it is an inward complaint." She and her sister continued And makes me poor indeed." off and on to take medicine till Christmas, when she grew of much worse. Once she proposed a phycician, to which AIL Here, then, Gentlemen not only robbed me of my purse, but Bentley objected. Once he gave powders, to operate as emetics my character. Shakspeare never contemplated such charac- an d directed them to be taken every 3 hours, however violently ters.—(Leud laughter.)—.Faith, this was no laughing matter to t h e y might operate; she took one; it operated so violently, him. The Legislature had legalized the sale of his corn, anti rose- that she believed if she had taken another, she should have this libel, describing it as p oison , oug ht to have been p cured by the .Attorney. General. He euspected, from his died. Afterwards she had a swelling in her head, and took looks, that his Worthy Friend (Mr. Scarlett), the lion. Gen. more medicines. Her sister took medicines till April, 1823, tleman who sits there, bad drunk of his coffee,l when she died. The witness left off Mr. Bentley's pills, was ie looked so well, and had preserved his eye-sight, though age had almost de. cupped by another surgeon, got better. She afterwards b not and prived him of his. Ile had .red the misfortune to be opposed received a bill, which hadeen paid, and took it to in violent political hostility to the Honourable Gentleman, Apothecaries' Hall. On cross-examination, the witness said she had mentioned but he trusted that he entertained at this moment no hos tile feelings against him. He would state, that lie had had his the defendant's name to others who had employed him. William Male, the husband of the last witness, proved that corn analysed by eminent chemists, and it had been found to M consist of the most wholesome materials, mucilage, gum, r. Bentley attended him when ill, and supplied him with medicines. He also chewed witness a book, from which it app sugar, starch. Mr. Hunt was now proceeding to read the neared he had also followed the business of an auctioneer i n Opinions of' the chemists as to this analysis, but was stopped 1820 all round the country, and had been in partnership wi t h by the Court. Mr. Davis. , . Mr. SCARLETT was willing to bring the case to an atni- Thomas George, from Park-street, said he met Mr. Bentley cable issue, by assuring Mr. Hunt that nothing personal was at it Methodist Society in 1822, when he gave him one of his Intended against him in the publication complained of. It bills. In consequence he went to Bentley's house, and he gave was a mistake, in saying that rye was poisonous, or that his him powders, which he wus to take every six hours, for a pain powder was of a deleterious nature. Mr. hunt might accept in the side ; but he did not recover. One of his eyes was weak; of this explanation, as the trial had gone on sufficiently to give Bentley put powder in it ; and he bad grown worse and worse him the opportunity of converting it into a cheap advertise- ever since. Mr. Bentley said he came from Derby, and had went of his breakfast powder. practised there before he came to settle in London. He came Mr. Hunt—Not a very cheap ativertisment. He had been to town about nine years ago. put to very considerable expense in bringing this action, and Cross-examined.—The medicines - were put into Mr. Male's , the apology offered did not affect the first pa r t of the libel , bil l , who was the witness's s o n -in-law. .' charging hint with the basest motives of conduct. With refs. Re-examined.—He said he had practised on the witness's rence to the part o f the l ib el 2001. fin e t h at c h ar ging bhp with making an wife, which was not true. undue profit by t h e sale of h i s coffee he had evidence which John Hall, of Bury-street, Hampstead-road, proved that Mr. would prove time reverse .' H e wou ld state that the Treasury Bentley attended a child of his in the latter end of 1822 and had ordered the Commissioners of the Excise to repay him the 'beginning of 1 1 32 3 , but the child grew no be tt e r.: He se nt a bill had been levied tipon bins—the only instance of of 11. Ms 3d., which was paid. the sort since the days of Sir Robert Walpole. t h e world, asWilliam Crow said Mr. Bentley attended him, and ender'. qhe Plaintiff proceeded to justify the correctness of his life, voured to persuade him he was very ill, and in a galloping and the Purity of his motives; he did not want vindictive tla- consumption; his brother would go off in a gradual clammily wages, Diu he called upon the Jury, as, gentlemen, its men of tion. He sent pills, and the witness found himself worse; would vindicat e men of f business to give him a verdict that when Mr. Bentley said, ". That is what I want to convince you his character, andi compensate him for the in. of."—(A laugh.)—He left off the pills, and applied to another jury he had s ustained in his business and reputation. surgeon. The following witnesses were then called : Two other witnesses proved that the defendant attended E. Carter, May or o f Portsmouth, was present at the Hemp- them when residing in George-street, Hampstead-road. shire Meeting, in April l ast . The plaintiffwas at the meetin g. Mr. SCARLETT now proposed to trace the defe ndant ' s I have no doubt that the person allotted to in the libel as Orator history. at the Hampahire Meettngi Runt means the plaintiff. A Reporter for The Time: news- Mr. Wood produced a commission of bankruptcy, dated the paperovho was defendant, as hardware his conviction that the libel alluded to the p aintiff. man, dealer, and chapman, and said the gave evidence of 17th of November, 1821, against the _ Thomas Hunt—The pl a i nt iff h air been a householder in was then practising as cutter of corns. e bankrupt told him he °seed-corm log_ as a hardwareman for five years before June, 8 . Hampshire for twelve yearsa I know he carries on a manti c". The examination proved that the defendant had 2 b 2 een tract. lure of r Cross-examined anda whitesmith. Bentley was apprenticed to Strutt Co.(so. b i r Mr. ScaaLETT—The avera ge we i g ht of Stephen Davenport said, in , 1805 he was , a . t, Derby, when a quarter of corn i t , , oolba. Re-examinedtit sixteen. In 18 1 17, the witness found of rye will make thirty-ff' ve or thirty.eix pounds of coffee. 'rise him flying . by the plaintiff—l should think that a bushel He might then ino h i e e tigithourhood of 3 oorfields, making up parcels of hardware, as if for sale. This year he went to see toil in George-street, where he was practising as an apothe cary and surgeon. He showed a book to exhibit his practice. 31r. Edward Fox proved, that in 1811 the defendant worked as a whitesmith at his mill, and continued to work there in 1812. Mr. Roberts proved that Bentley was employed from 1801 for seven years and a few months by Messrs. Strutt, first as an apprentice, and then as a journeyman. Mr. Robert Ward, of Derby, priaxed that Bentley was in the employ of Warner and Co., at their mill, from Alichailmas, 1814, to Michaelmas, 1815. He saw him half* dozen titres li day, and did not know hi to carry on any otho business. 11e came to witeilLai,ffic•in th i and remained till seven O% eight in tai evening. Mr. Bowden, a stove-manufacturer, proved that Bent ey came to work as a smith, in November 1815, and worked for his father till October 1817. • Mr. Osborne, a bookbinder,recollected Mr. Bentley working as a smith for Mr. Howden, in 1816. " He afterwards made our catalogues to sell by auction, and dealt in hardware. The letter opened by Mr. SCARLETT was then read by Mr. A BBOTT, who, at the desire of the Learned Counsel, marked the peculiarities of the spelling, much to the amusement of the audience. _ _ This was the case for the plaintiffs. Mr. BROUGHAM submitted that the plaintiffs were hound to prove the allegation in their declaraaon that the defendant bad not obtained a certificate fronr the Company. He took th e tinction to be this—that where an exception was created by ' distinct clause, the burden of chewing that he was within it lay on the defendant; but when it was introduced to qualify the penal enactment in its very body, the negative must he both stated and proved. Mr. SCAR LETT admitted that the n e g ative must be sts,.!,' but denied that it must be roved p ; and Instanced as e xarti, . i point the case of convictions against unqualified persoi., ! .r sporting, in which every possible qualification must be n ..:..- med. and in which the proof of qualification was neverth 1 ~; wholly cast on the defendant. . s hould think he Iva Counsel for the defendant to move , if the y The be If el n u D ire C d ul to Er pr J o ti ve sT a JUSTI C E held that but th ol e v plit e l i e n a ti v ff e s t( c ) ot t i i l l t a not l in error. He reminded them that they , were not to try wheth er the tlefend althed to an was m an of good education—not eve n whether he was q tact, he did s tine as as an apothecary ; hut whether, in point of Some merriment o Mr. BROUGHAM then add ressed the Jury. practise on or before die Ist of August, 1815. had been created by . the exhibition of his errors in spelling and style; but a man might be an excellent compou nd tence— of er meordd t ! eines, though an indiff ere nt composer of senas b Chatham himself wrote letters, spelling dors " dos: " great Duke of Marlborough, who was as experienced and as expert in the art of killing as any of the Apothecaries' Coln.. Pan'', .spelled in a way which he might defy any of the Apothecaries' Company to rival.—(Great laughter.)—Notv he would prove that the defendant did practise as an apothe cary for years before August, 1815, (and the language of til e record was " on or before,") and that therefore he was on this record entitled to a verdict. The Jury would not regret such a result when they considered that this Act, though well in: tended, was most severe—that it created and perpetuated ammirn.. nopoly—and that the old common law of the country wo • .7, and the cient to protect the public, not only without the Apothe cary Company, but against them, by-the right of action wht e t gave to every man who had suffered from improper train -11 11 married ll.illia a i n n d i l l i a id d ti n ire ss e by a person pretending to skill. Almighty God did me good." He attended m/ first -h°lll ill—Mr. Bentley gave me physic, which I swear before tof . and gave him medicines .--( A laugh.)—He woe ed at Ales.srse. Strutt's but he was continually ilabblin in medicines: k i c t il i t n ire l n B . 11 , h , e i l , i , sfed tmit a i t ti D te e w r b i y tn , e : h t e . re 4 ILe_.t a little drawer under his desk, and m it e d up little thing°. Laughter.) ohn Bentley, the defendant's brother, said he lived with him from 1811 till 1814, at Derby. He was wit h him as e.' sistant to the sr The defendant had a surgery In n i : house with ever ythin g necessary * to the tratle. There s o vfr_ jars, bottles, a pestle and mortar, weights and scales, and tner . requisites. He frequently carried out medicines top atient:l and patients came to the shop. The defendant Wa 3 eth g3t di under a surgeon at Whitchurch, in Shropshire, and afterw t ! with Dr. Fowler, at Derby. When he lived opposite 1 1 ' e r n " burgh's church, there was a sign over the " door— Bentley."ttrge°- On cross-examination, the witness said he was 4.1 years of age; he was an operator on the feet by profession, tio,,d 11 ,:,` : been so for 9 years ; the defendant was about 40 years 0 ' 4 'l the witness was educated at Derby under a person named We n ; ' a kind of Dentist,—(a laugh),—and also an operator 011.111, feet; he was nearly a year with Mr. Wood, but practice nol made him perfect; before that lie was ` a framework -knitter !, then,D elDrvbyi Derby, i a tryw, l n i ah i s nHedn b adht ro hleen t y h wu e gmaa r hitw w dt, a ilt r hel ire a en t s i w p ru.a r pl e si n loal t iw i e c tdi ed ieer : sher; e to ii p:letie lt sco l eon r iul . tolitafi l3 n: i ti c ii k wync e li r troi t i o o: n edp id e. Whitchurch. lie could not sa iy how old the defendant *ar ticular dates ;; the defendant left Strutt's in 1810 or 181. ` ; .. 6 went to Dr. Fowler's before be went to Sttutt's. d at oor. He used to act as an apothecary for about tivee Ye„l,l)e Cross-examined—Mr. Bentley sent for drugs , a nd s t " . - money ; sometimes 4d. or 2d. ; sometimes as nitwit as ss. , ,„g t S w e i l s ß p t. ra E c T:s n h g ortly replied. John Dolman said, he knew Mr. Bentley at Derby, anti t"; he was in the habit of making up . medicines. There was a sig on his door. The La r d this evidence, it was made out to their satisfaction that the tle. bard CHIEF J nas icE left the Jury to say whether, . 01 : f inerely whether he had as occas an aioPit:atilreyanlie.llllAmuedguisetini eillairsJ not ministered pills, but whether lie acted as an apothecar", ke e p, ing a shop, and making up the prescriptions of physician," the The Jury almost immediately returned a verdict for plaintiffs on the last count, for a single penalty of 201. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 17. HAWORTH AND ANOTHER V. JONES. , „ This was an action of trover to recover certain bonds, beT l ' e two shares of Richmond Bridge Tontine, bearer to receive the dividends on them. They were giv e Mr. Jones to receive the dividends before the death of th r , 0 to it "` Mr. Haworth, but he averredthat they were given a present, and accordingly kept them. are e " . The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs, vib e w as. trixes of Mr. Haworth, thereby entitling them to the which entitled (Jo COURT OF ASSIZES AT PAWS. E ROBBERY. —fin ............ n .--.. EXTEI4III. of Assizes at Pari • 1 of domestic Nu tria ~,,) 0 h a d re - be s was occupied with a ry to a very considerable amount. A Pr. Tatr a ' end/ ceivecl into his service two brothersucceisively, had freqii ,_ , lost plate, linen, money, and other valuable articles, wit ill e tw d, being able to account for the manner in which they cliaaPPM•jse At length, on June 17, his desk was opened by mean s °: to , keys, and valuable property of different kinds abstornlo. amounting in all to upwards of 25,000 francs (1, 40/ ', 6 ll:rtr a, a A rope ladder was found hanging to the balcony of ils: ~, a ny dark lantern was discovered, but nothing that tiir e d iw ing suspicion on the authors of the robbery. On Anc,,. Pelves 'g" day, tinin however,ou.rt a porter, who was sent, as he sato, by _ own to him , came to M. Tartra, and brotight nlaeve, wrapped up in an old cloth, containing above B,ooof hand o.co rat pieces of plate. This sort of delicate restitution; ',,ierre usual to robbers, gave a clue to the individuals, ant.iitied.._ and Isidore Hurnblot, the two servants, were appr,cht:,,koitil 'fuebday , the C. _Both at fi rst confessed their quilt, but at the trial fic tr i s 'it his confession, and his broilier took the whole culPs ' il l ; ~ ,i' , himself, admitting that he had placed the ladder la his . ~.., balcony, and left the lantern there to avoid t aispi‘ri o , ~,.' Court seemed to believe the first confession, end r' oi . t rr.''' sentenced to 15, and Isidore to 12 years imprisonnient. ~,, wto wife, sister of the prisoners, and a young oman' , w. implicated triuiPs as receivers, were ail acquitted. , • TILE FRAUDULEST BROKEIt.—Our valuers inaY •,),, was recollect, that, in August last year, a considerable senst:osort. excited by the bankruptcy and divappearanee of 3 1 • .P t : Mos. an Agent de change. After a close search 'of six roontn.,._ _,,v, :tart was apprehended at Pari.i, on Feb. 93, 1024, and 1 9 4 .7 0 1 to be tried. He iii accused o f h • left off,he being an :d de chew 'tying litteds""" for , a ing is payments, of having comn ..ces lent bankruptcy, anti or having incurred lieary.aP`ltaatth hisi domestic establishment not warranted ' by his Wool` „hoe It seems rather strange to us, to bear this classed as A ; 4 , it VI I for the in cognizance of a Court •of Assizes ; I , t hay,. Is gained, in fact, 2.076,4219 francs, ty his operations for ~., be io , I ° and otb - • ers , sod yet it is made a part of the a ccusat mile sod' expended 40 000 hold. 1 is , francs a seer for his house ~.t he which are in his books amount to several millions, °“ ~itch won cured of . havingu fraudulently disposed of laige surnsiv; nee/ rlca lin his hands as deposits. The trial was to e , O ....,-", Fro c Thursday, and was expected to last several dap. Paper. ) hbyu A haisd G aon,, e ii n eds t ret l i e nca m ftoe st dr 1••••••••••••011.............•••••••••...- tg S , .........-.........-...- - -.....-.....-.-.....------.--"-..........---- fish in his pond, wrench, whic h hi ' s chilch en f appr 0 a c h the pond : 8 a the - -^ ellbj etc e u :f i li n t; :I:1 ti 4 01 their hands, and actually play with them ; th.eY r .,, on take it out of the water for a little time : it Is ile " pork and bacon. a ,