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JAIL LONDON - JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Peers, June 9-4. [MORNING lIERALDI Lord Holland, last night, hi the . House of Lords, gave notice that he should this day bring under their Lordships' consideration, the "extra ordinary-terms" of a protest that had been en tered upon their Lordships' Journals against the Bill which he had had the honour to introduce— namely, 64 the Earl Marshal's Bill." The public are acquainted with the character of this is to enable the Duke of Norfolk, who is heredi tary Earl Marshal of England, to act in such office without taking the requisite oathS of Su premacy, &c., that Noble personage being a Ro man Catholic. The protest against the passing of such Bill is from the pen of the .Duke of .New castle, and it is also signed by the Earl of Abing don. Those Noble dissentients protest against the Bill—first, because the House had been " taken unawares ;" and secondly, because it made serious inroads upon the Constitution. The first objection is stated at considerable length.— The protest sets forth that the House was not in the habit of meeting before five o'clock for the transacting of public business, except previous notice were given of the alteration of the hour ;. that the Earl Marshal's Bill was brought forward, • and was passed before five o'clock, to the sur- . prise of the dissentients; and that therefore, the estimation of the dissentients, the House had been taken unawares, and such Bill had not' fairly been submitted to the consideration, and i , had not regularly received the sense of the House. They also objected to the Bill because it set a dangerous precedent, and thereby made an alarming inroad upon the Constitution. The Bill itself, which is thus protested against, by a cu rious coincidence, will this day, at half-past three o'clock, rect-ive the Royal assent by Com mission ; so that the Bill will have become the law of the land an hour and a half before Lord Holland can make any remarks on the protest.— The principle of the Bill is most liberal, and will signally close the Session. [BRITISH PRESS.] The Rinaldo packet has arrived at Falmouth, in 27 days, from Jamaica ; the letters brought by her will be delivered in town this morning.— Yesterday we received Jamaica Journals to the 16th of last month ; they confirm the account, which we previously published, of the safety of the Hon. Colonel Dawson, the brother of Lord Portarlirrgton, who was reported in a Guiana Paper to- have been murdered at St. Domingo.— Colonel Dawson has arrived in safety at King: stop. A Royal Proclamation, which has given great satisfation to the colonists, lies been pub lished in all the British West India Colonies, noticing that the slaves had been erroneously led to believe that orders had been sent from Englund for their emancipation, and calling upon them to " render entire submission to the laws, and dutiful obedience to their masters." A letter was re ceived express from Falmouth yesterday, which informs us that affairs were going on favourably at Colombia, and that Colonel Hamilton, the head of the British Commission, intended to have sailed for England in the Rinaldo, but was pre vented by indisposition. He may, however, be expected by the next arrival. Mr. Wildman, M. P., and Colonel Campbell, came passengers in the Rinaldo. [MORNING POST.] Since the dismissal of Viscount Chateaubriand from the Ministry, the Journal des Debuts makes daily revelations which throw much light on the system of Government adopted for the last two years in France, and show that the discarded Statesman considers all reconciliation with his late colleagues impossible, and intends to wage with them a war for political extinction. lie proclaims in fact what they had not only endea voured to keep secret, but sturdily denied when ever it was charged upon them by the Liberals. lie declares that they have purchased most of the Journals, violated the spirit and the letter of the charter as well as the rights of the people in the last elections, and that their acts were so repugnant to his elevated mind, that if he did not resign, it was because " he knew that he formed the moral strength of the Government, and feared the effects of a division between the Royalists !" This self-knowledge is a proof of singular modesty on the part of .the Noble Peer, and .his late colleagues are certainly much to blame to have so easily parted with their " moral strength." There is however still much strength of some kind or other iu the following remarks, which they make through the medium of the Quotidienne, upon his conduct. "If he disapproved so deeply of the ensemble of his col leagues' operations, he was in total opposition to them. lle had then but one course to follow, and that course was rigorously pointed out by duty. Ile was to protest in the Council, and if his protest occasioned no change of policy, to retire." With all his flowers of r h e to r ic and , poetical genius, M. de Chateaubriand will have some difficulty in conquering the force or-dis guising the finch of this proposition. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The following observations are extracted from a letter dated at the Havannah on the 9th ult., and they completely chew on what a slender thread at prAent hangs the occupation of Cuba by Spain :—" During .the last month a great change has taken pl a c e in the political feelings of _ the whole of. this population. Previously we had only known the calamities of war by rumour, for they seldom were known by experience. The . distresse s of our neighbours laid . the foundation . of our properity, as our trade had generally'been respected by all the Belligerents, and universal prosperity was the consequence. The scene, how. ever, is now greatly changed, for the Colombian Privateers hover round Our coast, and capture and destroy nearly the whole of the coastiog trade. Added to this, We hav e also to suffer the loss of a most lucrative trad e w i th Mexico, which Governm ent y i has latterly enti rel that interdicted The Land propr ietors cannot now tr ans • • port their crops from one port in the Island to another, without suffering a heavy loss from the Colom.' bian ships of war ; and the whole of the transit trade, which we nearly exclusively enjoyed in European manufactured goods with Mexico, has been suddenly withdrawn from our merchants. The consequence, is, an universal complaint, for the Land Proprietors receive no income, and the bills of the tradesmen are heavily in arrear.— Some change must soon take place, else it is impossible to say what may he the result of our present situation, for the dissatisfaction of all classes is openly expressed, and certainly not without good reason," &c. The inhabitants of Cuba, therefore, will soon either protect their property and prosperity, by the adoption of a flag of their own, or by placing themselves under the Colombian Republic. His Majesty's brig the Rinaldo arrived yes terday morning at Falmouth, from Jamaica, in twenty-seven days, bringing the Mail from that Island of the 25th May. The news from South America is favourable, hut the particulars have not been received, either from an omission at Falmouth to forward the document, which con tained them, or from the abstraction of that do cument from the bag at a stage eleven miles on the other side of Exeter, which is strongly sus pected to have been the case. The following is a copy of the letter received by a private Ex press from Falmouth : " PALkIOUTII, JUNE 22.—The Rinaldo packet has just ar rived from Jamaica, after a passage of 27 days only ; Colonel Hamilton is not arrived, as he had been complaining, but he was expected to sail by the next packet, if a ship of war does not take him before. send you a series of Jamaica papers, from the Ist to the 22d of May, in which there are no politi cal or interesting news, excepting the arrival of a vessel in four days from La Guayra, where all was tranquil, and which should suppose will sufficiently refute the report of the defeat of Bolivar received, according to The Morning Chronicle, from that place at Saint Thomas on the 13th of May. Major Campbell has arrived by the Rinaldo. The news from - South America, and particularly from Colombia, is represented by the passengers to be very flattering. I inclose an answer to as many of your inquiries respecting South Ame rica as I could obtain.—[This is the document which has not been received.] Major C. is a relative of Colonel Campbell, the British Commissioner at Bagota.—[ln London it is strongly suspected that he is the Commtssioner himself.]—All the pas sengers by the Rinaldo are from Jamaica, and none of them from South America. I beg to say - again, that the news from South America is of the most favourable description.—(lbid.) [THE TIMES.) It was announced yesterday that the Rinaldo packet from Jamaica had arrived at Falmouth, after the very quick voyage of 27 days from Kingston, but the letters were not delivered. The principal facts which have transpired are the arrival of Major Campbell and Mr. Wildman, M. P., m and a general intimation that the aspect of affairs in Colombia is favourable. As there is no doubt that the former gentleman is qualified to make a very full report respecting the situation of the Republic, whither he has been sent by this Government for that purpose, a hope seems to have arisen among the merchants connected with that country, that it may be of a nature to induCe Ministers to take some decisive steps towards declaring Colombia at least independent. Colonel Hamilton, w© understand, hes not re , turned, having been detained by indisposition. [NSW TIMES. We have received Jamaica kpers and letters to the 16th ult. The Royal Gazette of the Bth contains a series of extracts from the Demerara Papers on his Majesty's remis s i on o f th e sentence 9f death on Mr. Smith. On this subject the two Journals of the Colony have a shade of difference. The Guiana Chronicle' quarrels with every body on the subject—with the Court Martial for having recommended the unfortunate Mis sionary to mercy—with the General for not having disregarded the recommendation—and above all, with his Majesty's Government for having only ordered Mr. Smith to be banished from the Settlement. He ought at least (says the Editor) to have been " transported for life to Botany Bay," or " sent to hard labour on board the hulks for the same period." ! The Demerara Royal Gazette is a little more mode rate. It says nothing indeed to exonerate the Government at home from the charge of lenity; Gut it labours earnestly to prove that the Gover nor was excusable for not hanging the prisoner at once. It is really painful to see with what acrimony these Journals speak of the lament able transaction. The milder of them pro. nounces Mr. Smith to be 44 a prime insti gator of rebellion ; " but the more infuriated writer attacks the King himself for having exercised the Royal Prerogative of mercy on the occasion. " We are absolutely at.a loss to find words (says he) to express our in dignation. Such a compromise of justice as this was never heard of in the annals of the present or past age. Has not the King said, in lan guage as plain as any language can be, ' Go and do thou likewite ?' The King can do no wrong, is one of the earliest maxims instilled into the ears of a schoolboy ; and yet, upon a little consideration, it seems astonishing whence all the wrong can come." As to the manner in which he exults over-the death of Mr. Smith—a death accelerated if not wholly occasioned by. his cruel persecution—the expressions evince a ma lignity almost diabolical ;—"' The wretch is now no more. Fortunate it is that the hand of Hea ven removed the wretched criminal to a place of severer account before this sentence was made know n. Comfortable it is that the guilty man sas ushered to another world," &c. &c. — We know not how to account for sentiments so utterly contrary to those of Christian charity, otherwise than by ascribing them to a destitution of religious principle. It will be remembered, that on Mr. Smith's trial the Assistant Judge Ad vocate unblushingly argued, that to teach respect for the Sabbath must be taken as a proof of trea sonable intention. The same systematic contempt of that day appears to prev a il i n ot h er Colonies. A few days ago, as some men were mowing in a clover field, belonging to .51r. Wm. Kipping, at Golden-green, Had low, they discovered a partridge sitting upon sixteen eggs.— The bird did riot fly away, but suffered herself to be carried some distance to Mr. Kipping's house. She was there put ihto a large parrot cage, and then sat upon the eggs as if she had never been disturbed. She went out to take food and drink, and returned with the greatest regularity to her task of incubation. SHERIFF AND DEPUTY SHERIFF. TO THE EDITOR. No. 9, Re:sex-street, Strand, June 20, 1824. Sin—lt having been reported in yours, and almost every other Was presented to his Majesty at the " to my go i ng abroad ;;"this report has last Levee, Daily Paper, rrior that given rise to innumerable inquiries and conjectures relative to my future arrangements; therefore I take this opportunity to inform you, that it is my intention to be in the United States by the Ist January next, at which date they have announced paying off a large proportion of their funded debt, of which I hold a small proportion ; and, on the 15th June following I am required to he in Paris, to receive the first instalment of an old debt due to me . ; and soon after, for reasons explained in the accompanying letter to Ald erman W oo d, 1 i nten d return ing to Englund, and if not in Parliament myself, to get some independent Member to move for a Committee to be appointed to inquire into the allegations of a Petition which I presented to the House of Commons, on the 18th July, last year, of which I also send you a copy, and which, with this communi cation, may be disposed of as you think proper—and have the honour to remain, Sir, your most obedient Servant, J. W. PARKINS. COPT OF A I:ETTER TO JUL. ALDERMAN WOOD, M.P. June 19, 1824. DEAR Sire--My disappointment may be more easily felt than expressed, on learning from you, when down at the House the night before last, that it was then too late' to move the House to appoint a Committee to examine into the allege,. tions contained in my Petition which you presented, and which was ordered to be printed on the 18th of July, 1823. Of the importance of that Petition you must be perfectly aware, not only having read it before it was presented, bu have since had every opportunity of reflecting on it, having been, as well as every other M.P., furnished with a printed copy of it. Independent of the public good to be derived by the prayer of the Petition being carried into effect, as regards the unjust and illegal conduct of the Corporation of London, in selling the office of Secondary or Deputy She riff to the highest bidder, there is also an important duty owe to myself, to obtain justice for ttlie wrongs and injuries which I have sustained, by being compelled, as it were, to hold the office ' and perform the innumerable disagreeable and expensive duties of Sheriff of London and Middlesex, for which I have not received the slightest return, not even common civility, from the City of London. I regret exceed ingly the loss of the present opportunity, as I considered the objects sought for in the Petition of so much importance to the public, that the wish to obtain them has been the principal cause of detaining me in England ; and further I had even consented to go to the expence and trouble of obtaining, in the usual way, a. seat in Parliament, for the purpose of ad vocating it in person ! Still continuing to consider it of such vast importance, though ever so disagreeable and incon venient with my own plans of personal comforts, I propose returning to England during the next sitting of Parliament, when I shall be very glad to avail myself of your knowledge of the subject, and, ad interim, I will thank you to return me all the papers and written communications which I forwarded, with a view to enable you to speak on the subject, and bring on the matter this Sessions. I remain, dear Sir, yours most sincerely, (Signed) J. W. PARKINS. P.S. The Sheriff's accounts for the year 1819-20, not having been passed, and I not having received my quieter, it is pos. sible I might be exchequered during my absence for the mis conduct of others, therefore I was more desirous that the busi. ness should have been brought forward this Sessions, which might hive prevented my recrossing the Atlantic to attend the next Sessions of Parliament. " It is nineteen days since I first communicated to you, and repeatedly since, my intention of moving the House. It is to be lamented that you did not then inform me that the motion must be made forthwith, otherwise it would be too late for the present Sessions. To the HOWOUILADT:g the Coaciapag. of the UNITED KANO. DOM gfalaimivr Sin vrAirr and iIIVEL.IbiD, in l'arliament assenzipleti. The humble Petition of Joseph Wilfred Parkins, of Essex street, in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, Esquir e : —Sh ew eth unt o yo u r Honour able House, that in the year 1819 he was elected by the Citizens of London to fill the office of one of their Sheriff's, and also as Sheriff of the County of Middlesex ; that such election took place without the knowledge or approbation of your Petitioner, at a time when he was some hundred miles distant from the Metropolis. That being in consequence compelled to serve the said office, or to pay a considerable fine to be excused, he took upon himself the duties thereof, and was duly sworn faithfully to perform such office, and to account to his Majesty for all fines, estreats, and forfeited recognizances, as also felons goods, and unclaimed 'property 'found in their possession, as well the arrears of taxes to be paid into his Majesty's Exchequer, which generally amount to a very large sum, -of money ; 'that, in consequence of the Corporation of London having assumed to themselves the right of disposing of certain places and appointments within the said City, your Peti tioner was denied.the power of appointing such person as he thought proper to confide in, to act as his Deputy within the city of London. The - said Corporation having taken upon `themselves, in consideration of a considerable sum of money, to appoint an individual, who is to act, and who does act, as Deputy Sheriff within the said City of London, year after year, notwithstanding the annual election of Sheriff s within the said city, which by law is absolutely necessary, and in the very teeth of an Act of Parliament, which forbids any one person to act as such Under Sheriff for two successive years together ; that your Petitioner, in consequence of such illegal and unconstitutional appointment, his been altogether deprived of the opportunity of seeing or in any manner of being made acquainted with his public accounts during such Shrievalty, neither is he at all ac quainted with the amount of the fines or levies due to his Ma jesty, during the time of his serving such office, or with any matter or responsibility relating thereto and therefore he has been and still is unable to pass his public accounts in his Ma jesty's Court of Exchequer, anti to relieve himself from the responsibility of his said oath. That your Petitioner has upon every occasion which presented itself made application to the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, at 'Westminster, who have not offered him any relief, and . your Petitioner's accounts are thereby still unsettled, and he is still responsible for all the misconduct or misapplication which may take place in the rendering of such accounts, as by the law of the land, and by his oath he is bound to do. That your Petitioner, in consequence of such unlawful appointment by the Corporation of the City of London, has, during his said Shrievalty, been made a mere cypher in regard to his said office, and with regard to the most important part of the duties thereof; and that the only official department left to him, with out any controul, was the being subject to pay all costs, charges and losses which might be occasioned, or might fall upon hint as said Sheriff, at the will and caprice of the. said individual so constituted by the said Corp Oration as aforesaid ; and who has, in fact, issued a writ against your Petitioner in the nature of an execution, to levy a sum of money, the costs incurred by reason of the misconduct of himself or of one of his own.appointedOf tigers ; and that your Petitioner was actually arrested without sitting in a public coffee-room, and was compelled to pay the said costs before he could obtain his liberty. That your Peti tioner is most anxious to pass his said accounts, and relieve Himself from the obligations of his said oath, as far as his re- i sponsibility in such office is incumbent upon him, which has been increased by the death of his colleague in office ; but not having any controul over the said individual, he is totally unable to render an account, and therefore prays of your Honourable House that you will exercise your prerogative, by calling upon the Corporation of the said City of London to shew by what au thority they have sold such appointment for a valuable conside ration ; and Why they interfere with the province of the Sheriff; being one of his M ajesty ' s Officers, who, though elected by t h e Livery of London his Majesty through the , conditionally, is not actually appointed, un til confirmed and ap proved of by Ba rons of his Exchequer. And your Petitioner will ever pray, (Signed) J. W. PARKINS. instantly y A SUDDEN DEATH.—At six. m a re carpenter, yesterday n morning, as M r . J. WEST, a Baldwin's-garden s , Gray , s_ion-lane, was getting ccsos'tcel out of bed, he s a id to hi s wife, My dear, can you see me ?" Sh e answ ered, cc certainly I c Then," says h t ., 4; cannot see you," an n d fell d own a lifeless corp se . M r . years of age, and of a remark ably healthy, rob ust C ons tit u tion, and h as l e f t West v a e flue children and his widow to lament his loss. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFF'S COURT, JUNE 22. CRIM. CON. FREDERICK JOHNSTONE, ESQ. V. LORD BRIIDENELL. Mr. Bnouemsse stated that the declaration charged the de fendant with having seduced the wife of the plaintiff, and that the defendant having suffered judgment to go by default, the Jury were now assembled to assess the damages. The Learned Counsel said, he thought he should best dis charge his duty by shortly and simply detailing to them those facts which alone it was now necessary to prove; because, as they were well aware, the material facts, namely, the marriage of the parties, and the seduction, had been admitted by the de fendant's suffering judgment to go by default. Captain John stone, the plaintiff, was a young man of a most respectable family, of the highest honour in his profession, and of a for tune which entitled him to aspire to the hand of liss who afterwards became his wife, and who was daughter, he would venture to say, of one of the most honourable and gal lant officers in his Majesty's service, he alluded to Admiral Halliday, who had, in consequence of the death of Lord Dysart, taken the name of Tellemach, and became possessed of a considerable fortune. Admiral Tellemach was married early in life to a lady of family—Lady Elizabeth Stratford, daughter of the Earl of Ormond, a person of whom it was im ' possible to speak other than in terms of unqualified admiration, whether as to her virtue or a c c omplishm e nts. Thi s l a dy an d her husband had recently endured the heaviest affliction. In three short months they had lost three most lovely daughters, and now to this blow was added the seduction of a fourth—an event which he would venture to say must have aggravated their sorrow in a tenfold degree, because by this act was a stain, for the first time, inflicted on their house. At the time of the marriage of Captain Johnstone, which took place in 1817, 'he was 26 years of age; his lady was 20. She was a person of great accomplishments and distin gu i s h e d b eau ty. They lived together as happily as w a s usually the case in married life ; their comforts being only interrupted by some few of those differences which were seen amongst the happiest, and which were found not unfrequently to arise from momentary irritation of temper, without leaving any lasting impression. The af fection of Captain J. for his wife was unbounded; and during an illness with which she was attacked, at the latter end of 1822, he attended her incessantly, and conducted himself in the most exemplary manner. The family of Captain Johnstone was not equal in point of fortune to that of Mrs. Johnstone ; and it might so happen that this circumstance had led to those little strifes to which he had alluded. Mrs. Johnstone might, and perhaps did, feel mortified that her husband was incapable of granting her those indulgences which were enjoyed by her more fortunate sisters, but still she had all that the means of Captain Johnstone would justify him in granting; and even if her in clinations were thus thwarted, this formed rather an aggravation than excuse for him who would take advantage of such a state of things, to seduce her from the arms of her husband, and from the paths of virtue. It was a fact too, of which sight should not be lost, that Capt. Johnstone and Lord lirudenell had been intimate from their earliest infancy, and continued in the en. joyment of each other's friendship to within a short period of the melancholy occurrence which had led to the present proceed ing. In the beginning of the year 1823, rapt. Johnstone went into Dorsetshire, on a visit to the Hon. Mr. Sturt, whose wife, Lady Elizabeth Sturt, was Lord Brudenell's sister.— Mrs. Johnstone was invited to be of that party, but, for some reason or other, she declined accompanying her husband, and 'remained in town. It was on the 7th of January, Captain Johnstone went to Mr. Start's, and after lie had been there a ' week he was inexpressibly shocked to receive a letter from Admiral 'rallemach, informing him that Mrs. Johnstone had set off from her house, without assigning any reason, for Paris. Mr. Johnstone instantly hurried to town, and saw the Ad. miral, whom he entreated to lose not a moment in writing to his daughter, to point out the imprudence of her conduct.— The Admiral did write, but without effect, and Captain Johnstone himself set out for Paris, but was unable to pro. cure access to his wife. He consulted legal advice, as to whe ther it would not be possible to get at her by force, but this he found impracticable, and was compelled to leave her in the house of her grandmother, the Dowager Lady Aldborough, as no solicitation could prevail upon her to return. IT - p to this time no suspicion existed of any connection between Mrs. Johnstone and Lord Brudenell ; but some time afterwards it was. dis covered that she was living under the protection of hisi Lord ship. Mr. Johnstone, on receiving this ! information, went over to Paris to obtain evidence on the subject ; but it was not ' till within a very short period of thepresent time that such evi dence was procured. It was of this injury the plaintiff had to complain, and to a Jury of his countrymen he now appealed for compensation for his loss—if pecuniary compensation could be given at all adequate to his sufferings. No money, in fact, could wipe away the recoll ec ti on o f the past ; but still he (Mr. Brougham) thought it was the duty of the Jury, from a sense of justice, to give such a sum as would mark their sense of the de fendant's misconduct, and prevent that stigma which otherwise must attach to a husband, whose conduct had been invariably marked by the warmest affections, and the most anxious solidi. tude for the happiness of his wife. The Learned Gentleman said he had omitted to state that there was of this marriage one daughter, who was now six years of age—and he would now only mention the fact, leaving the Jury to draw their own con, elusions • they would know best how to appreciate the feelings ! of a father on whom the difficult charge was thrown, at a period of life when the parental care and example of a mother was so essential to the formation of a daughter's mind—and they would then say what damages the man who had inflicted this injury ought to pay. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call the following witnesses:— Mrs.' JOhnstone sworn—The plaintiff is my son ; he is an officer in the 19th lancers, and in 1817 he married the dau g ht er of the present Admiral Tallemach. She was also the grand daughter of Lord Aldborough. When the marriage took place, the plaintiff was 26 years of age, and Miss Halliday 20. After their marriage they resided with me, and I had frequent and constant opportunities of observing my son's deportment toward his wife. I always considered it was that of affection and tenderness. Shortly after their marriage they went to reside at Englefield-green, near Admiral Tallemach s house, and she there fell ill. Captain Johnstone having oc casion to gO into Dorsetshire, left his wife at Englefield-green, but she soon after quitted the house, and Capt. Johnstone fol lowed her to Paris.. Cross-examined by Mr. ScARLETT.—My on and his wife resided with me about two years after the marriage; in fact, it was their only home. In the first year the child was born. 1 thought when they were married that she was much attached to him, but I could observe a material change afterwards,. and she finally went to Paris ; but did not come to my house in town. Very shorty after Captain Johnstone followed her, and he re. mauled in Paris long enough to make inquiries. Jury—. Are you aware that Captain Johnstone was the object of his Lady's affections when she married ? Witness—Undoubtedly my son was the object of Miss Hal liday's affections when he married. UNDER SIIERIFF—When you observed the change in her t a i ff m e e c l ons had she been acquainted with Lord Brudenell any Witness—She had seen Lord Brudenell in company, and also at the house of Lord Cardigan ; Lord Brudenell has also come to my house and inquired for her ; she has only been ac quainted with his Lordship since her marriage ; but my son has known him since he was a boy. Admiral Tallemach was next sworn—The Admiral was first questioned respecting the marriage. The ceremony, he said, took place in August, 1817, and with the perfect consent of all parties; himself, Lady Elizabeth Tallemach, and Mrs. John stone were present, and several other friends; he was not aware that the Bishop of Lincoln officiated on the occasion, or was present. After their marriage they resided at Mrs. Johnstone's house, and they afterwards removed to Englefield-green, when he was daily in the habit of seeing her. Q. And during the time they so resided at Englefield Green did you observe that they lived happily together ?—uk. I know that they quarrelled very much, had very high words, hut never in my presence. About three months after they were married the plaintiff came to me, and informing me of the unhappiness that existed between them, said his wife had just then proposed a separation. I expressed my regret at hearing this circum stance from persons so recently married, and requested he would not then enter into any detail, as the accoucheur was then in the house attending on Lady Tallemach. He acknow ledged himself in error in then mentioning the circumstance, and said no more, but they continued to live very unhappily together. In the summer of 1822, when Captain Johnstone's lady was taken ill, she remained at my house, and then the Captain evinced great affection. In the beginning of 1823, Captain Johnstone went to visit the family of Mr. Sturt, in Dersetshire, but when it was proposed, I never heard that his wife was to accompany him. Q. I believe you informed the Captain of her having left the house ?-,A. Yes, upon her leaving the house for Paris, I wrote to him; he came to town immediately, and he first proposed going to Paris, but at my suggestion he wrote a letter, couched, as I supposed, in very fair terms, to endeavour to bring her to s p h u e rp w o u se, not t e went e ar England, 'and return to her home ; but this not effecting the done. Q. called on her mother, but Q. Are you aware what were the terms of the separation ? A. The terms were, that she was not to , reside in Paris, but in aware w ov h er ere to she P aris.w as England, with me or her mother. Mr. Middleton proved that be was in Paris in:March, 1823, and saw Captain Johnstone there some portion of the time. This closed the case on 'the part of the plaintiff. , Mr. SCARLETT now rose to address the Jury for the de fendant. lie remarked, that the case which had been opened by his Learned Friend had been short, and his proofs had been equally short. He had witnessed a great variety of these cases, but he did not recollect one of this sort. He trusted the Jury would do him the justice to believe, that there was no man,who respected more the relation between man and wife than lie did ; but at the same time it might sometimes happen, without the least imputation upon a defendant, that unhappy differences of temper might arise, which would render the marriage life unhappy, and occasionally place the husband in such a situation as to render the loss of a wife a circum stance of no great injury. The person whom he had the ho nour to represent was a Nobleman of the strictest honour, who approached the consideration of this painful subject with every sentiment of regret. It had been imposed upon him as an im perious duty not to cast the slightest reflection either upon the lady or the plaintiff in this case. His client felt that he had a reparation to make, and he would willingly submit to such damages as die Jury upon a fair consideration of the facts of the case, stripped of all adventitious colouring, might think proper to award. It was fit, however, it should be stated, add it was due to the defendant, that the Jury should know the fact, that whatever occurred between Mrs. Johnstone and Lord Brudenell, did not take place till long after the lady had quitted her husband's protection. Whatever difficulty the defend ant had to encounter, he at least had the satisfaction of know ing that he had violated no confidence, and that, however he might have been impressed by the beauty of the lady, who had become the partner of his cares, lie could not accuse him self of having had recourse to the ordinary arts of the seducer. Under these circumstances, the question for the determination of the Jury was, to what reparation the plaintiff was enti tled from the defendant for the injuries he had received.— He did not stand there to say that Lord Brudenell had not formed a very violent and irresistible attachment for the lady—for she was, as had been said, a lady of 4reat beauty and accomplishments —nor was he instructed to resist the payment of.'such damages as were fairly due; but it was impossible not to observe, although his Learned Friend had talked of the affec- - tionate manner in which this couple had lived together, that not" - a single servant, male or female, had been called to support this statement. Indeed, the evidence of Admiral Tallemach went distinctly to prove the reverse, for lie candidly admitted that the plaintiff and his daughter lived anything but happily ; and that within three months of their marriage a proposition was made for a separate maintenance. The Jury would also mark, that although married for six years, there had been but one child. It was not his intention, for, as he had alreidy stated, his instructions forbid him, to say one word to the prejudice of Capt. Johnstone ; but it was pretty clear that there was some paramount cause, distinct from any connection with the de fendant, that induced Mrs. Johnstone to fly from the protec tion of her husband to that of her grand-mother. It was un der the protection of that lady that she met the defendant. She was possessed of great personal charms, and her situation rendered her more particularly an object of solicitude. Under such circumstances, it was not extraordinary that two young persons should forget what was due to their own happiness.— He s had, however, to repeat that the plaintiff had sustained no loss—he had himself acquiesced in his wife's desire for a sepa rate maintenance ' and she had positively refused t o re t urn to his house. The Jury, weighing all these facts, would give such damages as appeared to them consistent with justice, and the fair claims of the plaintiff. The UNDER-SHERIFF having summed up thecase, The Jury, after a short consultation, assessed the damages at One Thousand Pounds. CORONERS' INQUEST. SUICIDE BY A LADY. Yesterday afternoon an Inquest was hi-sld at the sign of the Worcester Arms, George-street, Portman square. before T11031A5 STIRLINO, Esq., on the body of Eleanor Bettisworth, aged about 40, who lately resided in the house o f Captain Willoughby, of the b6th regiment, No. 11, Montague, street, Portman-square, where she put a period to her existence, by hanging herself. The first witness examined was Eleanor Brown, who being sworn deposed, that she is cook in the service of Captain Wil loughby, and had known the deceased for the last six years, during part of which period she was in health, but latterly she had very much altered In her mind, and became exceeding ly whimsical, so much so that witness felt perfectly satisfied that her intellects were deranged. Tuesday morning witness was in the kitchen, when 'she was a l ar m e d by C a p tain Wil loughby, her master, who called for assistance, as the deceased had hanged herself. Witness proceeded up stairs, and beheld the deceased lying on the landing-place of the second floor, where she had fallen after having been cut down by her mas ter. A doctor was sent for, but the deceased was quite dead. Witness had no doubt but the deceased committed the act her self, in a state of temporary derangement. Several of the Jury expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the testimony of this witness, and from motives of delicacy towards the feelings of Captain Willoughby, who was repre sented to be extremely affected at the lamentable event, were ready to dispense with his testimony ; but he being the first in dividual who discovered the deceased hanging, the majority of the Jury conceived that his evidence would be material to bring their minds to a satisfactory conclusion. The CORONER suggested, that as Captain Willoughby was so much afiected, the Jury might walk to his house and hear his evidence prior to viewing the body of the deceased, which the Jury accordingly did. On their arrival, Captain Willoughby was sworn. He deposed that the de ceased had been known to him for the last twenty-five years, during the latter part of which time she was considerably changed in her mind and manners, especially within the last twelvemonths. The last time witness saw the deceased was on Tuesday last, at about half-past eight o'clock in the morning, when witness was in his room, preparing to leave home to breakfast with a friend. The deceased entered the room, and after conversing with witness a little, she requested him to put away some plate, which she had frequently perplexed him to do. She shortly afterwards quitted the room, and on witness being ready to go out, he proceeded to the stairs to call the deceased to inform her of his departure ; and receiving no answer to his calls, he proceeded to the drawing-room, but he found she was not there ; he immediately, repaired up stairs towards the attic, where he saw the deceased's legs, and dis covered that she had suspended herself by a coed to the ban nisters. He instantly made an alarm and called last -witness, and proceeded down stairs for a knife, with which he cut the deceased down, and sent for a surgeon, but all pulsation - had ceased, and she was quite dead. Believed her to be insane. During the period of Capt. Willoughby giving his evidence, he was exceedingly affected, and shed tears, and it was with considerable difficulty that he conquered his grief. Several of his friends who had been condoling with him were present. The Jury returned a verdict--"..That the deceased committed the act herself, while labouring under temporary derangement." Melrose-hall, near Wandsworth, has been sold to the Marquis of STAFFORD,- and not to the Marquis of HERTFORD, as erroneously stated, by private contract, for 30,0001. COAL-MARKET, JUNE 23. Ships at Market. Ships sold 94 Newcastle 0 Sunderland Price. 31s 9d to Ns 64 —s Od to —3 Od BIRTHS. On Sunday, the 20th inst., in Charterhouse-square, the lady of Mr. Bell, of Bow Church-yard, solicitor, of a seventh son and a daughter. Yesterday, the 23d inst., the lady of Sir Fred. Baker, of a daughter. On the 2211 inst., at Chertsey, Surrey, the lady of Captain James A. Murray,R.N., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 23d of March, at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Edward Peploe Smith, Esq., of the Bengal civil service, son of George Smith, Esq. .31. P., to Henrietta Frances, daughter of Charles Bayley, Esq., commercial resident at Benares. On the 21st inst., fit Canterbury, G. Minter, Esq., 45th regiment, to Mrs. Emma Wood, daughter of George Minter, Esq., of that city. DIED. On Monday, at Winchester, at the advanced age of 87, Mr. John Jones, Gent., upwards of - 40 years a respectable house keeper in the palish of St. George, Hanover-square. In the 78th y e ar o f hi s age, at his house, in the city of Ox ford, on Monday, the 21st inst., Martin Wall, M.D., and Lord, Litchfield's Clinical Professor in that University. • On the 20th inst., Mr. Samuel Palmer, of Birchin-lane, auc tioneer, aged 32. On . the 20th inst.,' Ann Wastie, relict of the late Cokinel . Wastie, of Haseley louse, Oxfordshire. 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