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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, Feb. 21. [NEW TIMES] Poor Mr. Hume ! he has been for some time industriously labouring to destroy the little re putation he had gained ; but in no instance has he been so successful in exciting the ridicule of his antagonists and the regret of his friends as he was last night. The Hon. Member astonished the House by moving that there should be a re duction of 10,000 men in the proposed military force'of the country. Even Mr. Calcraft was in dignant ; and on a division there appeared a mi nority of ten in favour of the motion—against it a hundred and two ! For the details of the differ ences between the Army Estimates as voted for 1823 and submitted for 1524, we must refer our readers to the Parliamentary Report. They will be found in the highest degree satisfactory. In such conduct as this on the part of Ministers, there is a complete disregard of the feelings of their opponents, which almost amounts to abso lute cruelty. Surely they cannot be altogether ignorant of the sufferings some persons experience when they can discover no plausible pretence for finding fault. [THE TIMES.] By our private letters, which accompanied the transmission of the paper containing the decree respecting the late Spanish Colonies, we learn that the French Minister Talaru, roused, per haps, from his inaction by the unexpected deco ration of the blue riband, and the sight of an intruder on his domain (in the person of Mar. cellus,) was labouring hard to obtain from the Court of Madrid the publication of an amnesty. As the French Government is now taking credit to itself for inducing the King to grant that free dom of commerce ‘‘ith America which it was not in his power to withhold ; so it is no doubt sin cere in its efforts to obtain a little popularity by extorting from him an act of amnesty which will cost him just nothing, and which, for all purposes of protection to his obnoxious subjects, will be nearly as nugatory. it will, however, be a good thing for the security of the French troops now in the Peninsula, and for the repu tation of the French Ministers now on the eve of a general election. M. de Talaru has, therefore, received positive instructions to press the measure with all his diplomatic zeal, and from the eagerness with which he is proceeding, has inspired the Spanish fanatics with an idea that they are required to abdicate some of their privileges of intolerance and vengeance. Hence he has received the consent of the more liberal portion of the Spanish Cabinet (if the word " liberal " may be so abused) to the publication of a qualified amnesty, and finds his views op posed by the carmarilla, the priests, and the misguided rabble. M. lleredia, the Prime Mi nister, is said to have given his word of honour, that if this conciliatory measure does not speedily obtain the King's consent, he will not remain in the Cabinet, and the King's friends are endea vouring to counteract him by assembling fanatical mobs around the Royal Palace, and raising the ferocious shout of 44 No amnesty !—Death to the partisans of Amnesty I "—lf this coalition of the King and the mob do not prevent the publi cation of the measure, we may easily foresee that it will prevent its execution, and that Ferdi nand's oblivion of wrongs will be as little to be relied. on as his recollection of services. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The manner in which Ministers met the mo tion of Mr. Grattan on Thursday night, was, to say the least of it, extremely disingenuous. If, instead of having recourse to paltry shifts and evasions, which can deceive no one, they had frankly owned the truth, that the Goverunientof Ireland has hitherto been conducted on a prin ciple of division and exclusion ; that the ascend ancy party, who have always had the monopoly of offices and employments, are closely leagued together, and strenuously exert themselves to prevent that monopoly from being in any case broken in upon ; that the exclusion serves to mark out the one sect as a superior, and the other as a:degraded race ; and that, without removing the exclusion which leagues the Govern ment with the Protestants, it is a matter of the utmost difficulty to find any opening for Catholics—if, we say, Ministers, instead of their evasions, had frankly avowed this, they would have given greater satisfaction to both Ca tholics and Protestants. The instances they quoted with a view to show that they did not confine their choice to one party, were, it must v ery unfortunate ones. They were be owned, forced to recur for these instances to the ap pointments made in 1806, during an Administra tion determined to act on other principles than those orexclusion. But Sir John Newport, when he satisfied Mr. Peel of this circumstance, over looked in the hurry of debate one point, which rendered all that Mr. Peel had said totally irre levant to the question—for among 27 classes of employments enumerated, Collectors are not to be found, and Mr. Troy is a Collector. As to Mr. Darcy Mahon, we understand, though his father was a Catholic, he has always been consi dered as aProtestant ; and even for the new employ ment he is going to receive, or has received, the Irish Administration deserves but little credit — for, having been of infinite service to that most useful body of Englishmen, the Commissioners of Inquiry, they made it a point with the Irish Government that he should be rewarded. [BRITISH PRESS. The Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Etoile of Thursday, reached our office last night. The Journal des Mbals, and the other French Mini sterial Papers, triumph at the rise of their Rentes above par. Such an occurrence, the former Pa per says, is new in the annals of French Finance. Thus ti illele has thrown Louvois and Necker completely into the shade. Under the ancient regime, this Minister's Journal asserts, the rentes never passed 84 ; and, under Napoleon, never were higher than 94. It was reserved (this jour nal, with singular modesty,adds) for a Constitution- al Regime! and a Royalist Minister (what a con trast !) to see the rentes at par. How much of this great consummation had been accomplished by a few energetic holders on the Stock-Exchange here, and the gentlemen of another religious per suasion, we shall not attempt to say ; but the French Journals will acknowledge no auxiliaries —all, according to them, is due to the constitu tional regime and the Royalist Minister. The Moniteur has no intelligence of any importance. The Etoile contains Ferdinand's last Decree on the trade of South America. But this is mere waste paper. How can the Spanish Tyrant or his Ministers regulate the trade of a continent over which he has no longer any controul ? How can he establish Custom-houses " where duties on importation and exportation shall be imposed," where, with the exception of the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, Spain has not in all Mexico a single strong place or possession beside ? In the same spirit of assumption, the fifth article of this Decree declares, " That there shall. be " determined by regulations on this matter, " what advantages, preferences, and franchises, " should be granted to Spanish trade,navigation, " agriculture, and industry." The conclusion of this Decree is equally imbecile ?—" The Ame " rican Spaniards (it says) will see in these mea " sures a fresh proof of my strong desire to " increase their prosperity ; the European Spa " niards, the firm resolution to secure to them " the franchises and preferences to which they " have a right ; the bona fide traders of all " countries, the intention of preserving and fa vouring existing mercantile relations, and the " advantageous employment of their capitals ; " and lastly, friendly and allied States and So " vereigns, a public testimony of the price I attach " to the preservation of the harmony and good un " derstanding which unite us." This Decree, and those which have preceeded it, are an idle and vain-glorious assumption of authority over South ern America, which will never be realized That Continent is now beyond the power of Spain. But these manifestos have been con certed with the French Cabinet, and not put for. ward without deliberation and purpose. The supremacy of Spain will not be abandoned with out a strug gle ;an effort to recal it, of some sort , under the Councils and with the aid of France, will ultimately be made. These impotent De cress are but the heralds of such a measure, which, when made, will be completely powerless and unavailing. [MORNING h ERALD.] The following is an extract of a letter from our Madrid correspondent, dated Feb. 5.—" In the discussion upon the recognition of the debt of 31,000,000 of francs to France, the Infante Francis was the only one for the recognition; the King Don Carlos and the Ministers were against it, and it was only the menaces of the French Ambassador and the assurances that the French army were on the point of quitting Madrid, that brought them to compliance. There are various surmises as to the nature of the security given for the payment. Some persons, who are not without means of know ing what has been done, pretend that Cadiz, the Havannah, and the tobacco and salt duties have been mortgaged for that purpose. Since the ar rival of M. Marcellus here, considerable bustle and activity are observable among the Diplomatic Body. The French Gardes du Corps are prepar ing for their departure, which is to take place, it is said, after to-morrow. This is not a little asto nishing, for I know that some days ago, as I informed you, they received counter orders, nor shall I still credit the fact until I see them set out. Count Bourmont having learned that the Royal volunteers intended to make a military promenade outside Madrid on the Ist instant, demanded the motives, and was told that it was merely to exercise the troops, and make them go through their evolutions. But whether believing this story or no, he ordered a regiment of French cavalry to march to the same spot, and, at the same time, such is the distrust which is entertained by him of any armed force here but the French. The inhabitants of the village to which the troops marched, not be ing warned of their approach, fled the greater part of them, while those that remained shut up their houses, and barricadoed their doors and windows, so that the brave volunteers found no means of satisfying their appetite, sharpened by a morning march. Letters from Cadiz confirm what I told you in my last, relative to the re fusal of the French General to allow Burriel, Escocio, and others to be arrested. The only other fact of any interest they contain, is an order to the Officers of the ex-National Militia in the Isle de Leon to quit it imme diately. Letters from Barcelona show that considerable mistrust is entertained by the French of the intentions of Baron D'Eroles. Since his arrival in the neighbourhood, extraordi nary measures of precaution and vigilence have been adopted. In the town, there is nothing but peace, good order, and well regulated liberty — an order of things that would very quickly be changed if the Baron were to make his entree there. All those who had been dismissed from the regiment of Carboneers by the Cortes, have, by a Royal Decree, been re called into service. The elevation of M. Ugarte to Secretary of the Council of State, has excited no little attention on account of the motive of his elevation, as stated in the Decree for his appoint ment, which is as follows :—ln recompense for his zeal and fidelity in risking his life by executing un der the Constitutional Government orders and com missions received secretly from the King. It has been remarked as a curious coincidence, that the very day that the editor (Monk) of the Restau rador, received the order suppressing his paper, was the anniversary of the holy founder of his order. The Afrancesados are in high spirits, for they pretend that the King signed, on the 2d instant, a particular amnesty in their favour, which, though not all that they could have wished, is still acceptable, as by it his Majes ty declares that he considers them worthy of being employed when proper occasions shall offer. Indeed many of them have already been re placed since his Majesty's return to the capital. The am Testy for the Liberals will not appear, it is said, until next month; for, as it is pretended,l it would at present prove fruitless, those who command in the provinces being too inveterate against the Liberals to further its execution. It is thought, therefore, necessary to adopt some preliminary measures and changes before pro mulgation." [MORNING POST.] The consolidation of the various Statutes on each distinct subject of Legislation, of which the Bills lately introduced by Mr. Peel on the Im panelment of Juries, and by Mr. Courtenay on the Bankruptcy laws, so well exemplify the utility and importance, will, when completed, be one of the greatest benefits ever conferred on the people of England. We cannot at the same time disguise from ourselves, nor would it consist with the duty we owe the public, to withhold from the public the conviction we feel of the dif ficulty of accomplishing the undertaking, without unadvisedly innovating on the old-established practical jurisprupence of the country. It would, therefore, seem to us extremely expedient to confine, as much as possible, bills for the con solidation of statutes to that object only, unmixed with any alterations or amendments, however desirable the latter may be in themselves. The intent, we take it, of concentrating several Acts of Parliament and provisions of Acts into a single new enactment, is to present the public and the profession with a bird's eye view of the existing law of the land on each subject of moment ; and that this should be done in the genuine spirit of the Constitution by embodying and combining in one statute the practice of our Courts of Jus tice, according to the common law construction which the Judges of the superior Tribunals have from time to time put upon the different statutes of the kingdom. The framing of Bills on this principle appears to us in itself a great and herculean task. In the first place it would seem indispensable to have the new law complete and conclusive, by rendering it a repeal of all and any previous statute, pro vision, and decision on the point under review, as well as a re-enactment of the scattered clauses of the actual law of the land, in one concise, con sistent statute. We, nevertheless, would not enact such rigid conformance to these rules as to, prevent the framers of the new Bills from re moving absolute discrepancies, in order to produce a certain evident unity of purpose and congruity of legislation in the consoli dating enactment. Important alterations, how ever, though possessing manifest advantages, we should think better reserved to a future oc casion. It is well known that the most practised and acute Lawyer and Legislator, in drawing up bills on comparatively simple subjects, can never positively assert the true meaning of its own pro duction until it comes into operation, and is sub mitted to the test of judicial construction, in the various cases to which the law may be applied. — Even in the very recital of former Acts a differ ence of meaning often insensibly insinuates itself into the new transcript of the law, and until sub sequently corrected, is a source of litigation or injustice. i s it, therefore, unreasonable to pre sume, that in Bills for consolidating existing Sta. tutes, though restricted in the manner which we have suggested, some flaws of this description will be discovered when they are exposed to the scru tinizing inspection of our Tribunals ? Would not these then be sufficient dangers to risk at once, and particularly as an interval of at least twelve months must e lapse before the Legislature can staunch the imperfection which it may thus have produced in the Constitution,i ll'or our own part we apprehend so, and greatly fear that if emenda tions of the Statutes are attempted exactly at the same time with their consolidation, serious confu sion will ensue, not unattended la serious evil to the country• The expediency of whatever alterations in the established practice of the Courts might seem meet to Parliament, we shall ever be the last to question; but while we tacitly subscribe to the propriety of all such amend ments, we may be permitted to express an un prejudiced, though perchance an incorrect opi nion, as to the precise m ome nt and manner in which they s hould be introduced. The Greek Committee at Cambrid4,re have transmitted three hundred pound s to the Committee in Lon don, in aid of the Funds for assisting the Greeks in their pre sent contest. JOHN THURTELL.—The surgical knife has at length concluded its operation on the body of this wretched man. The business of dissection was conducted principally by Mr. ABERNETHY and Mr. STANLEY, ill presence of only a select number of students. The flesh has long since been removed, the detached limbs and sinews having been prepared in the customary manner, and being re-united by means of wire hinges.— The affixing of the head will render tl►e skeleton complete, when, we understand, it will be trans mitted back to Hertford, and being placed in the custody of the High Sherif f , he may use his own discretion as to its future disposal. CURIOUS FACT.-- A man named Thomas Wheaton, of Rochester, New Jersey, while cut ting wood in a forest, slipped down a precipice, to the bottom of which he must have fallen, had he not grasped and retained hold upon a grape vine. To this he clung with all the tenacity of despair, and being unable to regain footing, by degrees lost all sense and animation, and re mained thus suspended, at the distance of 25 feet from the ground, for two or three hours, until he was taken down by some waggoners. He remained insensible for several hours after wards, but was finally restored.—(New York paper.) A METEOR.—On Tuesday evening last, about half-past ten o'clock, a meteor of great brilliancy was seen at Washington, at Richmond, and at Alexandria. It appearrd about the size of the sun when at meridian, and although the moon was then shining very bright, its light was eclipsed by the meteor. Its course was from East to West, and a few minutes after it disappeared a rumbling noise was heard in the air like thunder, occasioned, it is more than probable, by an elec trical explosion.—(New York Evening Post.) IRELAND. IRISH MINES AND COLLERIES. In no country in Europe, perhaps, is there a greater abundance of minerals than in Ireland in none, certainly, are they so generally diffused, or in equal variety. GOLD is found at Croghan, in the county of Wicklow.— This mine first attracted attention about the year 1795. Ac cording to moderate calculation, before Government took pos session of it, the sum of 10,0001. had been paid at 31. 15s. per oz., to the country people, for what they collected of this metal. Among these collections was one solid piece, weighing 220 z., presumptively the largest found in Europe. SILVER occurs south of Kilross, in Sligo, on the western side of the Arrow River; in Cavan, in the King's County, near Edenderry ; and again, south-east of Lough Derg, west of the town of Nenagh. COPPER is found in eighteen different counties, and occa sionally in different parts of the same county; in Londonderry, Galway, Sligo, Limerick, Leitrim, Cavan, Westmeath, Meath, Dublin, Wicklow, Queen's County, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Clare, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, and Kerry. LEAD is found in eighteen counties :—ln Donegal, London derry, and Antrim ; in Down, Armagh, Cavan, Monaghan, and Leitrim ; in Westmeath, Longford, and Galway ; in Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Tipperary, Cork, Kerry, and Clare. IRON has been found in nineteen counties out of twenty-two that have been examined ; and it is fair to presume that it may exist in several of the remainder. At Arigna, near the source of the Shannon, is a mine of iron-stone, superior in point of quality to any single ore of England ;* the stratum is said to be inexhaustible. The neighbourhood yields coal, also superior to most found in England ; the bed extends six miles by five. —Fire-brick clay likewise, in the vicinage, and free-stone, abound ; and here is a bed of potters' clay, two miles in length and one in breadth. The counties in which iron is found are —Donegal, Londonderry, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Monaghan, and Down ; Leitrim, Longford, Cavan, Mayo, Sligo, Ros common, Queen's County, and Kilkenny ; Wexford, Water ford, Cork, Limerick, and Clare. TIN is found in Wicklow and Sligo. COAL is found in fifteen counties ; in many places vastly superior to most in England ; yet, from the want of capital and spirit heretofore, almost the whole of what is consumed is brought from Great Britain at an expence to the country of nearly a million sterling, annually. The counties in which coal has been discovered, and in some few in which it is par tially worked are Donegal, Londonderry, Fermanagh, Leitrim' and Sligo; Monaghan, Westmeath, Dublin, Queen's County. andKilkenny ; Tippe rar y , Cork, Limerick, Mayo, and Clare. COBALT 11 h Y ; Manganese in Donegal, , Antimony, in Mayo ; Tale, in lona g is ati found and i n Slige and Carlow. Mayo y rr PEARLS occur in Galway and Kerry ; Amethysts in the lat ter country and in Cork; Crystals in Londonderry, Antrim, Down, Dublin, Wicklow, Carlow, Kerry, and Galway; Gar nets in Donegal and Leitrim, and Chalcedony in the former ; Jasper in Cavan, Longford, and Kilkenny ; Porphyry in Dublin. • MARBLE is found in nineteen counties :—ln Donegal, that resembling what is termed statuary ; with beautiful granite, soliceous sand, and different kinds of clay, in Londonderry, of a handaome species, with valuable pebbles ; in Tyrone, Down, and Armagh, an elegant variety; in 111onaglian and Lengford, a profusion of various colours ; in Westmeath, that of a hand some yellow and dove colour ; in the Queen's County, Carlow, and Kilkenny, in the last county, of a singular description, and exquisitely beautiful ; in Wexford and Waterford, that of a handsome green, and of a black colour ; in Tipperary and Cork, of a great variety of tint, and of exquisite polish ; in Kerry, with a pleasing combination of colours ; in Galway, of a superior beauty ; in Roscommon, ex hibiting the petrified skeletons of animals and in Mayo, beautiful black inarble without specks ; in Sligo, a singular stone is seen, which is very hard, and exhibits the figures of serpents; takes a high polish. GRANITE appears in seven Counties; decomposed granite or porcelain earth in Wicklow. The whole Island is possibly one stratum of limestone, as at various depths it is constantly found. SLATE is met with in six counties; steatites, or soap-rock, in Down ; g ypsum in abundance in Antrim ; beautiful spars in Clare, resembling those of Derbyshire ; petrifactions in Lon donderry and Cork. Fullers' Earth is found in six counties ; clay of different kinds in nine; ill Leitrim, of a green, yellow, pale red, and crimson colour ; sulphur occurs in Wicklow j-. Nothing can more neatly prove the want of working our Coal Mines, than that, before the improvident spoliation of the forests of the country, according to Sir Wm. Petty, there were, in 167, as many as 6,600 forges at work, or perhaps 8,000, which gave employ to nearly 25,000 persons. " Kirwan's Mineralogy. Newenham's View of Ireland, 45, 50. His Grace the Duke of Wellington has been pleased to ap point Lieutenant-Colonel Lisle to the situation of Barrack- Master at Waterford, vice Captain Mansergh, appointed to Belturbet. And his Grace has been further pleased to trans fer Capt. Mansergh, from Belturbet to the district of Roscrea, in the county of Tipperary. LEINSTER CIRCUIT. County of wicklow, at Wicklow, Thursday March 4. Wexford, at Wexford, Tuesday, 9. Waterford, at Waterford, Monday, 15. City of Waterford, same day. County of Tipperary, at Clonnell, Friday, 19. Kilkenny, at Kilkenny, Saturday, 27. City of Kilkenny, same day. Right Hon. the Cum' JUSTICE,} judges. Hon. Baron Sir W. C. SMITH , JonN DOMV IL, } Registers, CHARLES HUBAItD, The City and County of Cork Assizes will commence on the 31st of March and Ist of April. MICHAEL HAMERTON, ESQ.—This estimable Gentleman is still alive. Since the application of the trepan, by which the brain has been relieved from pressure, he has greatly recovered his recollection, but is unable to speak. The power of deglu tation is, in a great degree restored. On Wednesday he made signs for pen, ink, and paper. On getting them he wrote or seribled the word " watch ; ' on which his watch was handed to him, and often since he has looked at it. • On Thursday he got out of bed and walked to the couch which is near his bed. In our notice of this most atrocious transaction in our last number, we omitted stating that John Bagot, the meri torious sad trust-worthy steward for thirty-four years, at Hamerton, was the person who dispa tched an ex p ress to Dr. Eagle, Mr. Singleton and his police ; that an hour did not elapse before the Doctor and the police arrived—that shortly the Doctor came— and that early in the morning the Rev. Mr. Stephenson, and Robert Constable, Esq., reached Ha merton. Two men of the name of James Hogan and John Murphy have been since taken up, and committed for fur. ther examination. After a pursuit of two hours and a half, the former was taken by one of the Lisronagh Police. The coulter of the plough, with which the assassins struck Cap tain Hamerton, was taken from Patrick Purcell, of Do. noughmore. We have no doubt but the exertions which our Magistrates are making will be crowned with success, and that this murdering gang will be brought to condign punish ment. The hideous aspect which this atrocity presents is frightful in the extreme ; it fixes a horrid stain upon the char acter of our peasantry, and is fraught with circumstances of deepest horror. We never observed a stronger expression of indignation than has occupied the public mind on the present occasion, nor witnessed a more general and lively interest than has been felt for this most amiable and excellent Gentleman. — When the - aged—the universally respected, and benevolent pro prietor of Hamerton has not escaped the assassin's hand, it may well be inquired, who shall escape ? The unsafe state in which the window was, through which these desperate fellows entered Harnerton-bonse, will, we trust, excite a necessary degree of caution in every gentleman who resides in the country.—( C/oti- I met Herald.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 20. LE BRETTON V. WILLIA3IS. This was an action for breach of covenant in a deed, where by the defendant resigned to the plaintiffa school, in St. James's street, for the consideration of 8001., and covenanted not to set up any school within three miles of that place. It appeared that Mr. Williams, after the payment of the money, conducted a school in St. Alban's place, which was less than a mile from that which he resigned, and had several pupils who had been at Mr. Le Bretton's institution. Mr. MARRYAT, for the defendan!, relied on a discharge of his client under the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, subsequent to the breach of covenant, and which operated as a bar to the action. The discharge of Mr. Williams was proved by the usual testimony, and that he had inserted the 8001. received as a premium in his schedule, for which the plaintiff was a creditor. It appeared, however, that previous to this discharge, the school in St. Alban's-place was conducted in the name of the defendant's son. Mr. SCARLETT, for the plaintiff, urged in reply, that the breach of covenant did not, upon the evidence, arise till after the discharge, and consequently was not affected by it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left this point to the Jury, and directed them, if they found that the breach was subsequent to the discharge, to give Mr. Le Bretton such compensation as the injury done by the rival establishment might seem to them to require. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1501. RUSSEN V. LUCAS AND ANOTHER. This was an action against the late Sheriffs of London for the escape of Mr. Hamer, a prisoner, against whom a detainer was lodged by the plaintiff: The question in this cause was, whether Mr. Hamer ever was arrested. It appeared that the officer went with the writ on the evening of the 21st of July last, to a Coffee-house Jermyn-street, where Mr. Hamer was sitting in one of titz' boxes, and told him "he wanted him." Mr. Hamer made no objection, but sat still, and a gentleman named Oldfield, who was present, remonstrated with the officer on arresting a gen= tleman in the public room, when the man replied, " I want, you too ;" and Mr. Oldfield went with him into the passage.-- In the mean time Mr. Homer made his way through the bar, and the officer lost him. Mr. MARRYATT submitted that Mr. Hamer was arrested, though there was no contact of person, because he had acquies: ced in the caption. The LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE assented to the doctrine that personal contact was not, in all cases, necessary ; but to disc ' pense with it on the ground of acquiescence, there must be some positive act done, and not a mere absence of objection. He was clearly of opinion that no arrest was proved, and certainly had. an escape-warrant been applied for, it would not have been. • granted. The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. The other causes were entirely destitute of interest. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEE. 20. POCOCK V. BILLING. This was an action to recover 3001., being the value of a bill of exchange, of which the defendant was the acceptor, and the plaintiff the last endorsee. Mr. Serjeant PELL stated the case for the plaintiff, and called the following evidence : 'Wm. Kimble deposed, that in May last he called on the der fendant for payment of a bill of exchange of 3001. It was the same as that now produced. The defendant refused to pay the bill. The names of Pyble and Wells were endorsed on the back of the bill. Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN.—About the time the bill was presented for payment, the plaintiff was a pri soner in the King's Bench prison. The defendant, when he refused to pay the bill, said that he should be indemnified bt Mr. Elmore, who was the assignee of Gray, the drawer of the bill. He did not say that Gray had parted with the bill with+ out consideration in order to cheat his assignees. The bill was then put in. It was drawn in August, 1821: and became due on the 17th of February, 1822. A witness proved Gray's writing on the bill. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN addressed the Jury for the de' fendant, and stated that he would call evidence to pro that the bill had got into the hands of the plaintiff under, ' circumstances of such suspicion as to render it necessarif if he hoped to succeed in the present action, to proda o. proof of having given a consideration for it. The eircue l l stances of the case, as they had been described to him ' On as he believed they would appear- in evidence, were, tht, Gray, who was a horse-dealer in Oxford road, became a ban'"; rupt in 1821, and endeavoured to defraud his estate by the bill which was the foundation of the present action, togethe e with several others, to a person named Pyble, who, witboil receiving any consideration, gave them to another person naive' . Wells, and from him they passed into the hands of Mr. l'°` cock, the plaintiff. , ' George Whittyhall stated, that some time in 1822, a shi t time before the bill became due, he was in company with Pyb le and Wells, at the house of tha-latter. Some conversation arc's., respecting the bill which Pyble said he had given to Well . ? who was to give it to Pocock to get it discounted. He un der stood that no consideration had been given for the bill by 3 0 of the parties. Other witnesses were called who proved that the plaintiffbi l f i t paid away the bill, which was afterwards returned upon 11;; hands, and that he kept it in his possession for a conside rahw time without taking any steps against the defendant. The Loup CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the evidence, arl,„ observed, that it was for the Jury to consider whether the e,'", curn stance s attending the transaction were not sufficiently 6 1 5 picious to require the plaintiff to produce proof that he h given a consideration for the bill. The Jury retired to consider of their verdict, and after bei l l absent for about two hours, returned with a verdict for 1.4' defendant. TRANSPORTATION OF CONVICTS.-The Chan man convict ship is ordered to Portsmouth to receive on h oar Z 180 convicts for conveyance to New South Wales. The Pharr, convict ship will receive on board, at Sheerness, 200, and r",, Countess of Harcourt 170 convicts at Woolwich, in order their being_ conveyed to the • same destination. Hunt wil l be transported in the latter vessel. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, February O. .. 12 2 C. is A Instel darn Ditto, at Sight ItotterdAlo . _ Antwerp l2 4 Hamburg!' . 37 a 01 1 . 1 , 1 , ' Altona Paris,3 Day's eigh t 23 60 av" Ditto nourdeaux, ditto Berlin Frankfort on the Main Petersburg!' . 9 Vienna Trieste Madrid Cadiz Bilboa 3bi fik 4 Barcelona Aeville Gibraltai Leghorn Geiaai , .... ..... .i:4A-Venice, Ital. Lir 27 0 Malta 45 _Naples 3Bi Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia ill 1)111)1in .. 91 Corti 91 pe! Cent., BULLION Portugal Gold ,I n Coin I .C- 0 ft" i'' l Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 ti New Doubloons New Dollars 9 4 9i Silver In Bars, Standard n 4_12...!........0,05‘ BIRTHS. On the 18th inst., at Kensington, the lady of P. C. Esq. of St. Petersburgh, of a son . 0 4 On the 18th inst., at Dulwich, Surrey , the lady' of Gowan, Esq., of a daughter. Printed and Published for the PROPRIETORS, a t the OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CAOTAXO' DIED. Cla p On the evening of Thursday, the 19 t h inst., at `-'" ' Thos. Cattley, Esq., aged 63. ce On the 17th inst., Mr. Wm. Smith, of Portman-Pla'O r dington, in the 73d year of his ae. h " 10 a 1 ti l On the 17th inst., Mrs. Brookes, relict of Wm. - e Brookes, late Surgeon of the Surrey Militia- 1 , 0 6 On the IBth inst., Miss Margaret Langdale , at het 'n° East-street, Red Lion-square. i