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TUE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Exirath from the Morning Papers, Feb.ll. POSI'.I , • We copied some time since., from the French Papers, a Proclamation issued by the late Sir thornits - Dglaitland, cobiplaining of a - Violation of neatrat-territory by the Greeks, and placing the islands of Ithaca and Santa Ahura under the eperation of the Quarantine Laws on that ac..- connt. The original of this Proclamation has since Itrriired, with the melancholy tidings of the death of its author. it appears to us to,ditier in no mate.rial : point from the French translation, and we should hot have noticed it had it not been ac companied with . private and evidently exagge rated accounts of the barbarities said to have been; committed by the few Greeks engaged on this. occasion. Even then we should have con teoted. ourselves with stating, . that the Journal ae3.-04.bots, wherein the first particulars appeared, bad- since contradicted almost all that gave them An _odious character, had not an attempt been made .by one of our contemporaries, last night, not only to establish the criminality of the indivi duals concerned, but to extend it to the whole - nation. The injustice of such a course cannot fail :to:strike every mind. What ! because the crew of a. Greek vessel, recollecting the conflagration of their houses, the destruction of their families, their wives. brutally violated or ,carried into slavery, _and their child rendashed against stones or hurled living into_ the flames, are said to have pursued .0 shore, the equipage of a Turkish brig of war which they had driven on the rocks; to have killed and wounded a few, and wrecked their .vengeance on the bodies of the dead, are we to be told that, the eight or nine millions of whom the Grecian people is composed " are unfit for poli tical independence, and that it is an odious fraud - which is palmed upon us, when we are invited to 'a;sist the - brave, the magnanimous, the per secuted, the Christian Greeks ? " Yet this is the dOCtrine which has been promnkated Since when have the unauthorized acts of individual revenge been. visited as national crimes ? [MORNING ZIERALD.] The :death of Sir Thomas Maitland has been made the . occasion of defending his memory as • Governor of the lonian Islands ; and this de fence, as far as it goes, chiefly consists in irn • putiog odious and inhuman cruelty to the Greeks. We cannot help ,remarking, that both the means of defence and the time of provoking such a dis cussion are particularly ill-chosen. Without en . tering into the causes, it cannot be denied as a fact,: that Sir Thomas Maitland was a most un :popular Governor within the sphere, not only of -his administration, but of his influence. Perhaps - .140.man in his situation could have been ,popular, • and t.:e question of unpopularity becomes one only of degree. At an early period of his Go vernment he became the chief actor and arhi • trator, if it may be so expressed, is one of the most harsh, most mournful transactions that could he imagined—the violent removal, the uprooting, it may be called, of the inhabit ants of Parga from their native soil. Those who were the objects of a proceeding so grating to all the habits, and feelings, and prejudices of mankind, could hardly be reconciled to it by any conduct, however equitable and mild, and a vehement clamour—a general groan, went forth against Sir Thomas Maitland. The idea of fa vouring the savage and cruel barbarian called Ali Pacha, at the expense of the Parginotes, is so irreconcilable with the character of a British General, invested with executive powers as the representative of his Majesty, that we will not suppose it possible. But unhappily the imputa tion became a germ of animosity between the whole Greek nation and the Royal Commissioner from that period to his death. Subsequent occurrences also tended to strengthen this prejudice, and it is necessary only to recall the events of the last few years, and the proceedings in Parliament, to see that the Government of the lonian blends was, with little intermission, a succession of acts of rigour I - . on the one side, and of complaint on the other. , It was not in human nature to escape the effect of the first great discord between the Royal Corn uiissioner and those under his Administration, as well as the Greeks beyond his authority, though not beyond his influence. It may therefore be reasonably presumed that he had no disposition to show the Greeks or their parties in the lonian Islands any the least favour. It was hardly to be expected. This is not the age of evangelical charity and preternatural virtue ; but still the Government of the Royal Commissioner may be perfectly defensible—however injudicious and in conclusive the vindication. lie who would vin dicate Sir Thomas Maitland effectually, must do it by arguments grounded upon his conduct and his Government. An advocate who employs no other means of defence but the decrying the cause of the Greeks, and imputing to them bar barous cruelties exclusively, .even though their cruelties should be truly stated, will hardly find a favourable audience in any part of Christendom at the present day. EBItIT;S4 PRESS.] We had by the last Dublin Papers, that th e rule for a Criminal Information against the hu mane and liberal Lord Farnhatn.7--the Colonel Barry of last Session, bas been made absolute in the Court of King's Bench, in Dublin ; and his Lordship will now have to stand at the bar as a criminal, and meet the verdict of a Jury, as to whether he was the flagellator of the wretched boy Lynch or not. What a tale to come before a Court of Justice ! exhibiting a Peer and a Ma gistrate as the whip-beggar of a poor starving boy, torturing bin] with his own hands, without either legal investigation or conviction. If the story be true, it is sufficient to brand any man who could be ruffian enough to perpetrate the vile act, with indelible infamy. Such are the ad vocates of the Orange party—the clients in Par liament of Messrs. Brownlow, Dawson, and others ! Can they now raise ; their heads in such a cause, without the burning blush of shame, after a tale of abominable atrocity such as this has been recorded in the Irish Court of King's Bench of a man who has been their fidue Achates ? FINORNING CHRONICLE.] . _ It will- ,no doubt be highly consoling to the public to know that the affairs of Smith America are fast approaching to a settlement, and that the independence of that interesting portion of the globe is on.the eve of being, on, the most secure basis, recognised. We say on the most secure basis—because we have every reas on to believe that the plans about to be adopted in Eur Ope are of such a nature as not only to remove from the new States all apprehension of external danger, but also to afford their respective Governments considerable, although indirect, aid in the grand work of consolidation—a service we our selves consider infinitely more important than the mere ceremony of a formal recognition in the diplomatic way, and without which, the good effects of the latter might possibly be lost. On the highest possible authority we now proceed to state, that the overtures and propositions re specting the recognition of South America, to which Mr. Canning alluded the other night in the House, were made by Great Britain direct to Spain, and in terms so strong and explicit, that they were properly attended to the moment they reached Madrid. In consequence the Duke de San Carlos, at present the Ambasl sador of Spain at the Court of Prance, was appointed to a special mission to London, and the necessary credits and funds for carrying into effect this special mission had been for warded to him from Madrid when the last ad vices• came away. The choice of the individual may also in some measure be considered favour able to the issue of the important trust confided to-him. The Duke de San Carlos is a native of South America, and, although at the time he was the Ambassador of a despotic Piing, and resided in the British metropolis, he laboured-hard to coun teract the independence of his native land,and often resorted to means both impolitic and unjustifiable, we hope he has learnt some liberality in the school of adversity in which he has since been placed, and that the pledges he gave when the Revolution broke out in 1820, were not insincere. No man can be more sensible than he is of the folly of further sacrifices on the part of Spain for the.at tainment of an object long since placed beyond her reach, and as the basis on which he is now to act is aiready agreed on, and all the preliminary negociations over, we have every reason to anti cipate -a speedy and successful issue. [THE TIMES.] A Meeting of the West Indian Proprietors was held yesterday at the City of London Ta vern, upon the present state of West Indian af fairs. We feel very strongly that these gentle men deserve all the consideration that Govern ment can bestow upon them, consistently with the paramount interests of humanity. They hav e determined to address the King at the present crisis, and yet we hardly know what his Majesty , can do for them in his personal or individual ca pacity. Their address asserts their right to their possessions in laud, and that to their property in slaves. Both these tights have been too often sanctioned by every form of legislation to be dis puted ; and yet it might b e argue d , that the same powers which are appealed to as binding, may also loose. W e have heard that the Abolitionists talk as if the proprietors could come to some terms with Government, accord.H ing to whiCh the latter could purchase their, estates in the West Indies, and cultivate; them afterwards upon a new system, without slaves, as national prop er t y ; and we observe that this idea is seized by the petitioners, and discussed as feasible. Come from whomsoever it may, the • notion is impracticable and even absurd. Government can make no such purchase as that spoken of. It would be better, there fore, to look to those objects which are• within the bounds of human policy. There is no ques tion but that if we were now first acquiring pos session of the %Vest Indian Islands, we should cultivate them, or direct them ta be cultivated, by free labourers : but it would be a most tremendous act at once to tell the whole of the slave population as it now exists in those islands, that they were free to work or not, as they thought proper. A few individuals may be punished for their idleness by being left to fast ing, and the State sustain no great harm ; but thousands upon thousands, if they abstain from work, can and will support themselves by plus der. The Abolitionists, therefore, disavow with reason all idia of abrupt manumission : but they. would prepare the slave for such a consumma tion by gradual measures. They would pro hibit, for example, the use of the whip ; and would allow the slave one day in the week besides the Sabbath for his OWLI labour. The planters ask, in reply whether it would be just to the masters in England to assign a second day of rest to the labourer ? The truth is, that in England nothing has been more common than for the Legislature to interfere between master and labourer ; and it has at various times released the latter froth several penalties, even whipping and impri sonment, attached to certain specific acts of neglect, disobedience, or breach of contract.— And with respect to the additional day, the hours of work are generally so regulated in England, as to afford the labourer more than that time in the week. Every tacker or thresher in a barn, when not working " by the piece," has his extra hours, and every journeyman mechanic has the same ; so that the right to make these enactments for the West Indies cannot he doubted. The question, therefore, is one of humanity, mingled with policy. [NEW TIMES.] We have made no small exertion to lay before the public a valuable mass of matter relative to the West Indian Controversy. The proCeedings of the Meeting of Planters and Meichants held yesterday in the City will convince every person that a far different spirit prevails in this country from that which agitates the Colonies. rn the Jamaica House of Assembly, consisting df 35 Members present, we find his 'Majesty called upon to dismiss his present Minister's for irnbe cility ; and we hear Lord Bathurst charged with " natural incapacity," and with having intro duced " revolutionary principles !" Whether this language is to be called absurd or violent we will not dispute; but we rejoice to observe that nothing approaching to it in either of those qualities is to be found in the proceedings of yes terday. Assuredly the London Meeting was far superior to the Jamaica Assembly in numbers, and infinitely more so in respectability ; and yet it adopted a petition,the tone of which was not barely moderate but humble. The petitioners spoke of laying themselves at his Majesty's feet, and ex pressed a conviction, in which we cordially join with them, that " His Majesty's paternal feel ings insure protection equally to all his subjects, as well the weak as the strong." This is indeed the great and beautiful principle of our Constitu tion—that it. does protect alike the strong and the weak ; that no one is so strong as not to need the protection of the law, and none so weak as to be excluded from it. In the Co• lOnial system the Slave is weak and the Master is strong : our Sovereign's paternal care is extended over them both ; and the claims of both must be brought to the tribunal of equal justice. The petitioners argue their case with moderation and calmness; if we cannot ac quies.ce in their reasoning, we certainly see much to applaud in their temper. We must admit, too, 'that the blame does not rest wholly with the Colonies. If Slavery be a blot and a stain upon any social system, which we cer tainly think it is, there is nd denying that the British Legislature has in times past entitled it self to a share in the odium. But we think the Petitioners go much too far, when they argue that the State which has once tolerated a particular kind of property is for ever afterwards debarred from doing anything to deteriorate that pro perty. This is ame taphysical refinement, and it is bad metaphysics. It wanders away from the plain practical q uestion of utility into the fine spun theories of " The Rights of Man," which can end in nothing but confusion. Let us look at the state of slavery in its practical details, and see whether they are of absolute necessity. FOR THE SUN. PAINTING. MR. EDITOR—When you resume your atten tion to the present Exhibition at the British In stitution, permit me to recommend to your notice the large Picture of 44 CHRIST receiving littl e children and blessing them ;" you will not be aware that it is the production and first attempt of a young and promising artist of the nam e o f PAnni s; h e is well acquainted with anatomy, and his friend Mr. CARPUE entertains a very high opinion of his abilities, and haS spok en o f his talents in drawing the figure to his pupils. Mr. P. i s scarce ly, •known as an artist, not havin g associ a t e d w ith any ; he was very exten sively engaged by the Duke of Nottnin?,i ßun .. LAND lately in designing the grand chande liers and scroil-railing for the stair-case, which were executed by his Majesty's glass -man.— The above painting was begun and executed under every disadvantage of light and room,and few young Men are to be found of the present day who would have persevered to complete a painting of such magnitude under similar cir cumstances. AN AMATEUR. CURIOUS AFFAIR AT STOCKIIOLM._The Stock holm Gazette, of the 16th u lt., con t a i ns th e fol lowing statement :—A jeweller sent to a lady a necklace value by his appren tice, aad of 1 days afterwards, wish ingl of c.7 . ith r f h e i we trinket gave satisfac tion,tookienore%lvieolwierfarle mad e tl inquiry, and was in forn3ed that no such article had been received. The lad in consequence was arrested by the police, but as he persisted in his story that he had faithfully performed his m as t er ' s command's, he two offic ers was taken by to his mother, who in order to elicit a wa t s r c u o e m e p o e n il f c es l si t o o n c . ha i s a tise tb l e ihn n , peared that the youth had lean time, it ap spoken truly, and that it was the lady who had desc en d e d t o f a l se h oo d. Justly incensed at what had taken place, the lad's mother prefers a complaint to the Upper Justice (the Ombudsman), th a t t h e po li ce h a d acted with undue severity towards her son, in as much as he was made to endure torture to ex tort confession, a mode of p un i s h ment utterly repugnant to the Swedish L aws. Th e w hole affair has created an extraordinary sensation in Stockholm. It is rumoured in the Swedish capital that the CROWN PRINCE will undertake a journey to Norway in the course of the ensuing month. General Count BERTRAND and his family are at present at Rome. Prince GU:bTAVLIS, of Swe den (son of the deposed King) arrived in that capital lately, under the title of Count Itter burg. COUltti r E OF EXCHANGE, February 10. Amster dam Ditto, at :Sight Rotterdam • /2 3 Antwerp Hamlin rgli Altona 37 6 2+ Us. Paris, 3 Day's sight Ditto Bourdeaus, ditto Berlin Franliforton the Main Petersburg Vienna lO 10 Trieste lO 10 :.ladrid Cadiz 13i1boa Barcelona Gibraltar Leghorn Genoa . . 4'31 -Venice, Ital. Lie 27. 0 Malta 4O -Naples Palermo 51:4 Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro Bahia ... . 9 BULLION Portugal Gold, iii Coin 1.0 0 0 ritr rlz Foreign Gold, in• Bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars - 4 9,f Silver • Itl Bars, Standard 0 4. 11i LITERARY NOTICE. A SUPPLEMENT to the APPENDIX to Capt. PARRY'S VOYAGE for the DISCOVERY of a NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, in the Years 1819-20. Containing an Ac count of the Subjects of Natural History. Plates. Although the narrative of the first voyage of the intrepid Captain PARRY has been some time published, the above work has but just made its appearance. In a short advertisement prefixed to the account, the undaunted Navigator of the Frigid Zone expresses his regret that it should have been so long delayed, which is subse quently explained by the illness of ROBERT BROWN, Esq., by whom the botanical part wa s undertaken. The subjects are in the following order :—Mammalia, Birds, Fish, by Captain EDWARD SABINE—Land Invertebrate Animals, by the Rev. WILLIAM KlRBY—Marine Inverte brate Animals, by Captain EDWARD SABINE— Shells, by JOHN EDWARD GRAY, Esq.---Botany, by Ron. BROWN, Esq.—Rock Specimens, by CHARLES KOUING, Esq. In the article on ZOOLOGY, by Capt. EDWARD SABINE, the long-disputed question among Na turalists, relative to the intercourse between wild and domesticated animals, is set at rest. The article is so interesting on this subject, while at the same time it exposes an error into which the French' Naturalists have fallen, that we readily transcribe it. It is the fourth in the series, and entitled " CANIS LUPUS"—WW. - " Inhabit the North Georgian Islands, and were seen almost daily during the winter, but would not suffer themselves to be approached within • gun-shot : they were of a very light colour, and 9f the full size of a setter-dog. " Those Naturalists who believe that no ani mal, in a perfectly natural and wild state, will connect itself with one of a different species, will consider the long-agitated question of the specific identity of the wolf and dog, as determined by a circumstance of frequent occurrence at Melville Island. In December and January, which are the months in which wolves are in season, a fe male paid almost daily visits to the neighbour hood of the ships, and remained until she was joned by a setter-dog, belonging to one . of the Officers : they were usually together from two to three hours, and as they did not go far away, unless an endeavour was Made to approach them, repeated and decided evidence was obtained of the purpose .fur W hich they were thus associated. As they became more familiar, the absences of the dog were of longer continuance, until at length he did not return, having probably fallen a sacrifice i n an encounter with a male wolf. The f ema le, however, continued to visit the ships as before, and enticed a second dog in the same manner, which, after _several meetings, returned so severely bitten, as to be disabled for many days. " It is believed that this is the first authen ticated instance of an undomesticated wolf having intercourse with a dog ; when tamed, it is well known that they will readily breed together. " Whatever doubts may have once prevailed, it is now ascertained by the observations of mo dern Naturalists, that neither in conformation, nor in the period of gestation, does any such dif ference exist between the Wolf and dog as will warrant a specific distinction. The manner of car- Te ing the tail has been considered as a difference ; but amongst the Esquimaux dogs, which have fallen under the notice of the late and the present Expeditions, there have been individuals who constantly carried their tails in the manner which was supposed to be peculiar to the wolf. These dogs approach nearer to the wolf in its wild state than any of the other domesticated varieties. A young female was procured, from the Esquimaux who were communicated with in Davis' Strait, on the 7th September, in the hope that, by her means, the perfect breed might be kept up in this country, for the satisfaction of Naturalists : a male which was brought to England by the former Expedition being still alive : but she un fortunately disappeared from the HiSc/a during the detention ,of the ship in Leith Roads to refit, and, from subsequent inquiry, it is feared that she has ceased to exist as a living specimen. The only female which was brought borne by the former Expedition was presented to the Royal Menagerie at Paris, and has furnished the subject of an article in the splendid work of Messrs. SAINT HILAIRE and FREDERIC CUVIER, L'His fare Naturelle der iilammife'res, from whence the following passage has been extracted, for the purpose of noticing an, erroneous supposition which it contains, and into which these eminent Naturalists have been accidentally misled :--- Nous devons ces precieux animaux a M. le Doctceur Leach, qui, en ayant obtenu une fe rnelle pleine, au retour de l'Expedition dii Capitaine Ross, a bien voulu nous Penvoyer.— Cette femelle a mis has trois petits, un male et deux femelles, qui sutfirent sans doute pour nous conserver fine race dout l'intelligence et la force, appliquees, a nos besoins domestiques, pourrout nous rendre d'utiles services. Aucune de nos races des Chief's, qui se rapportent a celle-ci, ne sont aussi belies et aussi fortes.'—By an omis sion, doubtless of inadvertency, the keepers of the Menagerie were not apprised that the female in question was with young by a New foundland dog belonging to an Officer of the Isabella; and it has unfortunately happened, that the plate of the ' Chien des Esquimaux de la Baie de Baffin,' as well as the minute mea surements and description in the letter-press, are taken, not from the mother, but from one of the young, after it had attained its full growth ; and it is not, therefore, a representation of a genuine Esquimaux dog, as the authors designed. It is probable, however, that the mixed breed may possess the qualities which are ascribed to it by Messrs. SAINT IlirseritE and CUVIER, of strength and intelligence applicable to our domestic pur poses, to as great an extent as the pure Esqui maux breed ; and, judging from the [slate, it is certainly not inferior in beauty." ( To be COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 10. FIRE IN WATLING-STREET. THURTELL V. T. B. BEAUMONT. Mr. Sergeant VAUGHAN shewed cause why the Rule for a new trial in this case should not be discharged. This was e. case that was connected with pasties and circumstances which had excited a degree of interest never surpassed. The evi dence of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt might not be be lieved, and he asked their Lordships to consider the case upon distinct accounts. This case could not be restored to its former state, on account of the prejudices that had gone forth, for it did not follow that because a man had been guilty of one crime he was also guilty of another, which is the reason of the resistance of this claim. He would put it thus, because there was a suspicion (for he would go no higher) that the house in Watling -street had been wilfully set on fire, and that if there were any goods on the premises, they were re-4 moved before the fire. Assuming that J. Thurtell was the most worthless man on the face of the earth, he did not think it was in human nature to commit the crimes imputed to him of arson and perjury. But striking his evidence out of the question, the Learned Counsel continued, he would contend that this claim ought not to be resisted. It had been proved on the trial, that goods to the amount of 1,7001. and upwards, had been pur , chased by T. Thurtell, besides the furniture, with the view of his entering into business, as soon as he could get released from his engagement at the Cock. This had been proved by unimpeachable witnesses. He addressed himself to men of knowledge, independent of that of their profession, and he asked whether it was ever heard of that a man would purchase goods and pay for them with ready money, in order to put them into a house, and then set it on fire. The testimony of Anderson swore positively that the goods so supplied were deposited on the premises, and were, as he firmly believed ! , on them on the night of the fire. There was proof of the de ; - livery of goods at half-past four in the afternoon before the' fire. Mr. Justice PARK.—You have a strong proof on your sitlf>' in the evidence of Leath. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN thanked his Lordship. But it was said, what evidence have we that John Thurtell was not on the premises ? He answered that the evidence of Ensor went to prove that fact. But, independently of this, it was. a snowy night, and if he had been on the premises he might have been. traced. Ensor swore that John Thut tell was never out of hi 4 sight from the Saturday afternoon until 5 o'clock on the morn. ing of the fire. Had the fire then commenced ?It had—it was seen to break out at 20 minutes after four. LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE—You have a right to assume that the Jury were satisfied the fire was not occasioned wilfully, and. that verdict is not to be disturbed, except on fresh affidavits. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN would therefore be short. He then alluded to the affidavits of Mr. Beaumont and Wriggles 7. Worth. Wrigglesworth stated that about the middle of De cember, John Thurtell and Snowden went to Maigrave's, and offered goods, purchased of Todd and MorriSon, twenty per cent. under prime cost, on the introduction of Wrigglesworth_ Was his evidence trite ? Who is he ? a discarded servant of Messrs. IVlargraves. Something had been insinuated by. Mr_ Beaumont against the Messrs. Margraves : but the Learned Counsel contended that they were men of high and unimpeach able character, and incapable, he believed, of any dishonourable action. But Wrigglesworth would have it believed that theY had actually bought the goods of Thurtell 20 percent. under their value, and that the original invoices were first depoSited. with them, and afterwards changed, and that the proceeds 110 been demanded by John Thurtell. If the Messrs. Margraves A ere the tainted characters that. Wrigglesworth had described, they would not have done their work in so bungling a manner; but they positively deny that they ever knew or saw John Thurtell, as well as the circumstances relating to the invoices. Every part of Wrigglesworth's affidavit had been contradicted. by Snowdon. _ 'LORD CHIEF JusTicE—There is one part of Snowdoel evidence to which .1 will advert. Snowdon states that he acted as an agent, but it is not said to whom he was an agent. If he sold the goods as an agent why did he not swear tor whom he sold them. He does not negative that they were Thurtell's- But, brother VaughtM, don't think I am giving my opinion in the preient stage. Mr. Sergeant VauGHAN admitted it would have been better if this part of the subject ban been gone more fully into. • Mr. Justice P4rtx.—Whether this fact is of sufficient import. ance to warrant a new trial he would not say, but it was an ob servation fit to be made. Mr. Sergeant Vairolimr—The invoices were produced on the trial. On the subject of the payment of the proceeds, it was positively sworn by Mr. Alargrave, that he never paid any money to John Thurtell on account of any sale whatever. The Learned Counsel continued to comment at considerable length on the alleged transaction with the .111essrs. Margraves. fie then adverted to the origin of the fire, and observed that it might have been caused by the negligence of Wilkinson, vbe occupied the lower part of the house, where the Plaintiff's wit nesses swore they first saw the fire, and " well in." He con tended, that after what had passed in Hertfordshire, this case could not be restored to its former state . ; and that upon this ground a new trial should not, therefore, be granted. The defendant had gone to Hertford to make inquiries of Joseph Hunt, at a moment when he was preparing for a most awful oc casion; this rendered it necessary for the other side to go also to Hertford to make inquiries of John Thurtell. If the decla ration of such a miscreant were worthy of the least credit, he would confront Joseph Hunt with Joseph Hunt. If there was any moment when his words migl.s-te. believed, it must have been immediately after his conviction, when he went, to John. Thurtell's cell, burst into tears, and acknowled g ed th a t he had done him wrong. With these observations he left the case. Mr. Serjeant PELL followed on the same side. If this case were to be tried again it would be impossible to prevent pre. , judices existing in the minds of a Jury. itlr. Beaumont rose, in the hope that he should be allowed Co wipe off the aspersions which had been thrown .out, upon his~ character, before his Counsel entered upon their argument., The Lona, CuiEE-JusTicE siad he was not aware of all . aspersions. Mr. Beaumont said it bad been thrown out that Wriggles worth was about to give his testimony under the temptation of a reward. Mr. Justice PARK observed, he was not aware that Mr. Serjeant Vaughan had exceeded the ordinary bound s of Cowl sel, when commenting upon evidence. Either, however, the Gentleman must come forward by his own Counsel, or by him self in his own behalf. The Court would then listen to him _with cheerfulness, but they could not sacrifice the rules and laws of their proceeding. Mr. Serjeant TADDr agreed that this was an unprecedented case, but if it was meant to insinuate that because one agent or one witness in a crime had been since convicted of a capita/ offence, therefore there was no ground for any ulterior pro ceeding, that argument he begged leave most explicitly to deny- If it were well founded, a criminal would have to add a fresh load to his weight of guilt, and to make it yet more apparent in the eyes of all mankind to secure himself from his due punish ment. He would now say to his Learned Friends, that their evidence it was his intention to controvert, and their inferences to impugn.--(Here Mr. Taddy took a clear and minute view of the whole case, from the commencement of the affair with the Insurance Office.) Mr. Serjeant CROSS took the same side, and the Judges left Court as soon as the argument was brought to a conclusion, for the purpose of giving their decision upon it to-morrow (this day.) A letter dated Dresden the 20th ult. says, accounts from Adorf on the Bohemian frontiers mention, that ever since the 7th January they have daily experienced earthquakes in that quarter. According to a statement in a recent Vienna Gazelle, the births in that capital in the year 1823, were 12,758 —the deaths 11,160. The theatre at Cremona was totally destroy by lire on the 16th ult. MARRIED. On Tuesday, the 10th inst., Mr. James Winstanley, o; Chatham-place, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late Samuel Rhodes, Esq., of Islington. On Tuesday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, Thomas Hoskins, Esq., of North Perrott, Somersetshire, to Charlotte Mary Adams, only daughter of the late James Adams, EA.., of Berkeley-square. DIED. On Monday morning, at his house in Great George-street, Westminster, in the 74th year of his age, John Fane, Esq., of Warmesley, in Oxfordshire, M.P. for that County. On the Ist inst., in Queen-square, in the nth year of his ages Isaac Ogden, Esq., a Judge of his Majesty's Court, of King's Bench for the district of Montreal, in the province of Lower Canada, for a period of 29 years. On the 9th inst., at Cheshunt, Herts, 91st year, Mary , widow of Herbert Mayo, D.D., late Rector o f St. George's East, Middlesex. On Friday, the 6th inst., at his house, Sunbury, Edinburgh , James Ilaig, Jun., Esq. p r i n tjd and Published for the PROPRIETORS, at the SO(' OFFICE, 112, Strand, by J. CAR STAIRS, Cq n Co. , Titer st p Ni t . (