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eter-hall., that if a person brought an fiction ter libel, beim?: charged with theft or other felony, and a jus tifrcation was pleaded on which a verdict went for the d.efendant, the plaintiff must be held to be con victed of the crime, and liable to the punishment a:warded to it. He mentioned this circumstance, in • 'order to show the jury that they were bound to re quire the most satisfactory evidence before they de cided in favour of the justificatory pleas. If any doubt remained on the minds of the jury with re spect to the charge of theft being made out against the plaintiff, she was entitled to have those doubts interpreted in 'her favour as much as if she were on her trial in a criminal court. He could not but re gret that die late Lord Chancellor had not carried into execution the intention he avowed, of corn plittins,; the parties who had p u bli s h e d t h e a ffi davits. Had that been done, the jury and himself would have been spared the present painful investigation. One be nefit, at least, would result from the trial of this cause. It would clearly show, that persons of high rank and fortune could not violate the laws without affecting the characters of all those who were dependent upon them—without, in fact, creating an atmosphere of contamination around them. This was undertaking a dreadful responsibility. It would be seen how difficult it was for great persons, who placed them selves in the situation in which the individuals whosa conduct had given rise to the present cause had done, to get about them any people but those who were likely to plunder them. This seemed to be a punishment inflicted on them by Providence for the breach of the moral laws of society. No person, who had a character would think of- placing it in their keeping, because he knew it could never be restored to him unsullied. In such a house, all kinds of irregularities were to be expected. If thefts were committed, it was difficult to find out which was the band that, committed them. These circum stances were e. - lentioned by him, because he thought they ought to be taken into consideration in deter mining die question of damages. Mrs. Scott had lived tong with Mrs. Bligh, and he could never re commend a jury to give large damages to a person who had lived in that house with a full knowledge of the conduct of its mistress. The learned judge then pr .ceeded to read 'the evidence to the jury.— In commenting on the note sent by Mrs. Scott to Mrs. Bligh, along with the silk gowns which that lady hid missed, containing the words, " I have sent back the gowns, &c.," he observed that it had been argued from them that Mrs. Scott had inten ded to steal those articles. Now Mrs. Bligh had sworn that she had not taken any measures for three weeks to obtain the return of those dresses, and that at the end of that time they had been vo luntarily, and without any co-inpulsion, restored to her by Mrs. Seott. Now, if Mrs. Scott had been a thief, would she have taken the trouble of restoring them of 'der own accord He contended, that in the wlaole of the evidence offered to support the libel, there was a want of proof of the animus fur andi, which was necessary to constitute legally the crime of theft. Adverting to the reasons given' by Sarah Little for declining to remain any longer in Mrs. B's. family, which were founded on her scruples to:see such immoral conduct as was daily exhibited by the female plaintiff and the man cook, Bergeret, lie felf himself bound to say, that an individual who consented to live in the house of Mrs. Bligh and Mr. Long Wellesley, was not an individual who Could have any particular nice feelings on , such a subject. Her delicacy might perhaps arise, sup posing her testimoy to be correct, from the proceed ings of Mrs. Scott and Bergeret, being more openly profligate than any of those practised by the lowest prostitutes who walked the streets of Covent-gar den. He did not believe that any prostitute could be found who would be tempted by any 'lire or re ward to submit to the unblushing depravity to which Sarah Little had deposed, and perhaps that consi. deration would 'not escape their notice, when they were estimat;:ag the value which they ought to set upon her 'testimony. He left it to the Jury to de cide, w l aether the statement which she had made in her 'affidavit, declaring her knowledge of the exizt-i ence of nothing more than improper conduct on the part of Mrs. Scott and Bergeret could be reconciled with the statement to which she had sworn yester day, that she had seen them on four different occa sions committing an act of adultery most shamelessly together. He was sure that if that fact had been mentioned to the intelligent gentleman who was at torney for Mr. Wellesley in the case in Chancery, he would have distinctly introduced it into her affi davit. Supposing, however, that the facts to which Sarah Little swore were true, a farthing's damages would be sufficient for a woman so lost as Mrs. Scott must' then be to all sense, he would not say of virtuous but of female feeling. In the course of his remarks on the evidence of Dubois, the French valet, who had boasted, as was said, s of receiving fa -yours and kisses from Mrs. Bligh, he thought it only due to that lady to observe, that if the vanity df the Frenchman had led him to make such a vaunt, he did not believe it to have any foundation whatever in truth. He would never believ, that any English woman,whohadbeenliving with anEnglishgentleman would, in his absence, entertain a criminal intrigue with an animal like that. (A laugh.) 'No one who had seen Mrs. Bligh in Court yesterday, could have a doubt of her bring a woman of birth, fashion, and education. Though she had fallen in one point, it did not, therefore, follow that she had fallen in all. He should not, therefore, discredit her evidence, if it were uncontradicted by that of other persons; but if it were contradicted by that of other persons, he should prefer the evidence of a person in a low sta tion in life who had not fallen, to that of a person of the highest rank and station who had fallen in that point which was the point of honour to all women —he meant personal chastity% He called the atten tion of the Jury to the manner in which Mrs. Bligh contradicted the evidence of Sarah Little. Sarah Little swore, that . she had told Mrs. Bligh that she had seen Mrs. Scott and Bergeret in a situation which left no doubt as to their guilt. Mn'. Bligh swore that Sarah Little never told her any such thing. Again, Mrs. Bligh swore that she had never been out of her own house at two o'clock in the morning. Here he must pause, for the sake of this unfortunate woman—unfortunate in having lost, by _ her own admission, the protection of her husband.— Lost, did he say ? no ; she had thrown it away fr om her. She had sworn that she had never been: out of her house at two o'clock in the morning, and' also that she had never, upon such occasions, worn any of Mrs. Scott's clothes. On those points the Jury would find that she was contradicted by three, if not five, distinct witnesses. She had likewise sworn that she had never returned home with Mr. Wellesley in a hackney-coach. Mr. Wellesley had sworn that she had so returned home. Which of the parties would the Jury believe? They would likewise recollect that she directly admitted that she had come into Court to justify her character, be cause Mrs. Scott had been held up, as she said, very undeservedly, as a highly proper person. —He felt himself bound to notice that observa tion of Mrs. Bligh, because it threw a colour over her evidence, and showed that she had a motive for putting down the character of the female plaintiff. The Learned Judge, in the course of hisobserVa tions on the evidence offered by the pla i nti ff to rebut that given by the defendant's witnesses, particularly called the attention of the jury to the contradiction which Catherine Nicholas had given to Mrs. Bligh's deposition, of having packed up her own things pre viously to her departure from York-street to St. John's-wood, and of having never worn Mrs. Scott's, clothes ; and also to the assertions of Evans and' Little regarding the notoriety of the illicit inter course between Mrs. Scott and Bergeret. He, ad mitted that in the evidence . of Debo ra h Gamble there was great and inexplicable confus ion. H e thought, however, that he should not be treating any party with injustice if he struck her evidence entirely out of his and their considerat ion: She had given such contradictory statements respect ing the paper which she held in her hand, by first saying . that it was written by her son, and then admitting that it was written by the plaintiff's attorney, that he thought it better to omit all consi deration of ber cvidence ; than to point out all the inconsistencies of it. He would read it, how ever, to the jury, if either of the parties should deem it necessary. Adverting to the evidence of the watchmen, who bad sworn that they had seen a woman returning to her house repeatedly at a late hour in the morning, and who had now identified Mrs. Bligh as the woman whom they had seen,—he asked the jury to consider, if that woman was not Mrs. Bligh, who was it ? It was not pretended by any of the servants who had sworn so positively against Mrs. Scott, that either Mrs. Scott or any other of Mrs. Bligh's female servants was in the habit of going out at night, and returning to her house at an early hour in the morning. If, then, the woman whom the watchmen had seen was not Mrs. Scott or any of her fellow-servants, it could not be any other person, if they had sworn truly, than Mrs. Bligh. After detailing the evidence at great length on one side and the other, the learned Judge stated that it appeared to him impossible to say that the whole of the general plea, or any part of the third plea, in which this publication was defended as a full and fair report of the proceedings in a court of justice, was satisfactorily made out. The only point which he should wish them to consider was this—had Mrs. Scott been fairly and satisfactorily proved guilty of adultery with the man cook, Ber geret, and of stealing the property enumerated in " this indictment," and spoken of by Mrs. B. He had stated the evidence which had been given by the wit nesses who had been called by the defendant to sub stantiate those charges, and he had pointed out to the Jury how they had been contradicted by other witnesses, and also by each other. If the Jury should be of opinion that the proof offered in sup. port of these charges Was sufficient, let them say so by their verdict. Let them, however, not forget that it was Mrs. Scott who had been attacked by the defendant. She was not before the public, ex cept as a witness. As a witness, she was the last person whom the defendant ought to have attacked; for what man would ever venture to come into a Court of Justice, if he were liable to be attacked on every part of his conduct through life in the news papers. If Mrs. Scott had been guilty of perjury in the affidavits which she had sworn in the Court of Chancery, the law of England, on that charge being proved against her, would remove her from this coun try, which she would no longer be worthy to inhabit; but, at all events, let her not be tried, condemned, and executed by the public papers. The defendant in this case was a volunteer against Mrs. Scott; he had dragged the woman forward, and had put her on her trial before her country. If they should be of opinion that he had no grounds for the charges he had made against Mrs. Scott, they would negative his plea ; but if they should be of opinion that he had grounds, they would say so by their verdict.— At all events, as the imputation of perjury was not justified by the defendant, the plaintiff would be en titled to their verdict on that point, as also for the police report, of which no justification was pleaded. But if they believed that Mrs. Scott had been guilty of theft and of adultery, they Would give her but very trifling damages for the injury which she might have sustained by the publication of the other charges against her; for he agreed with those who said that people of blemished character should not receive the same compensation for the injury a libel might inflict upon them aspersons of unsuspected and uninipeached reputation. It was the misfortune or the fault of Mrs. Scott, that she had lived in Mrs. Bligh's house. It was incumbent on him to make that remark, in justice to the nominal defendant On the record. Whether the persons who were the real defendants would be satisfied with it he did not know, nor did he care, since in making it he had only performed his duty. He was afraid that, worn out as he was by the length of this cause, he had not performed that duty as well as he ought; but if they should want information upon any point in it, he should be most happy to render them all the as ,istance in his power. He then left them to con sider their verdict. Mr. Sergeant WILDE begged leave to remind his r.7ol'us/Ifp, that the fourth plea justified the Pollee •epOff, by justifying the theft and adultery that were I s a rg e d izi it. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE agreed in that obser vation ; but remarked that the charge of perjury was not justified : that complaint was unanswered. Mr. Sergeant WILDE hoped that his Lordship would leave it to the Jury to decide whether perjury was imputed to the female plaintiff by the defendant. The LORD . CHIEF JUSTICE—I stated that point once already, as clearly and as broadly as I could to the Jury. A Juryman—Could three distinct verdicts be given, my Lord? Mr. PLATT was about to call his Lordship's at tention to this remark of the Juryman, when The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE remarked, that the case was now in the hands of the Jury, and there they had better leave it. The Jury retired from the jury-box a short time after six, and returned with their verdict at twelve minutes before eight. Mr. KNAPP then asked the Foreman—' find for the plaintiff or the defendant ?" Foreman—For the plaintiff ; Damages, One Farthing—Costs, 40s. Mr. KNAPP—Do you find Mrs. Scott guilty of adultery and theft, or either of them ? The Foreman—Guilty of adultery only. Mr. KNAPP—Do you find the publication a fair account of the affidavits, and what passed in the Court of Chancery ? The Foreman—No. Mr. KNAPP—Do you find that the libel imputes perjury to Mrs. Scott ? The Foreman—No. ." Do you CONSISTORY COURT, JULY 13. ROSE V. ROSE. This case has been so often published, in proceed ings in this Court and a Court of Law, that the public may be spared a repetition of its offensive de tails. It was a suit for divorce, by reason of adul tery, promoted by Mr. Rose, of the Legacy-office, Somerset-place, against Louisa, his wife. The parties were married in October, 1816. Mrs. Rose, it was alleged, was in the habit of leaving her house at Highgate during the absence of her husband on official engagements, and pursued- a course of pro fligacy, especially with a Mr. William Blakemore, a person of the medical profession, resident at Finch ley, with whom she was sworn to have committed adultery in Hornsey church-yard in 1824. Mr. Rose instituted proceedings at law in 1825, against Mr. Blakemore, and recovered 1001. damages ; arid in 1826 he commenced the present suit. On the part of the wife it was alleged that differences took place between the parties shortly after marriage ; that Mr. Rose eame home of an evening intoxicat ed ; that upon one occasion he kicked his wife when pregnant, and attempted the chastity of Miss Su sannah Bowyer, an inmate with the family, and one of the witnesses in this cause. After Dr. LUSHINGTON had been heard for the husband, and Dr. JESSE ADDAMS for the wife, chiefly on the credibility of the witnesses, _ _ _ Sir C. ROBINSON said lie would consider the question attentively, and give his sentence before the next term. ROBERTS V. ROBERTS Upon this. case case being called, Dr. JENNER proposed that it should be heard in private, to which Dr. PHILLIMORE, on the other side, did not object. The Court thereupon adjourned to the dining-room, from which all persons but the Advocates and Proc tors on both sides were strictly excluded. No rea son was assigned for this unusual course. It was, pa, rob bly owing to the nature of the details, as in a recent matrimonial case (that of Brown v. Brown) in the Court of Arches, which was also heard in wivate on account of the disgusting character of the evidence. Before the Court adjourned, Dr. LEE expressed a desire to be heard. Sir C. ROBINSON—We must previously under stand'each other, Dr. Lee. Does it concern any thing befo re th e Court ? D. LEE— Certainiy. I am going to state the circumstances which occurred between the Registrar "'S and myself since the last Court-day. In consequence of your decision— Sir C. ROBINSON-..-! adjourn the Court to the next room. Dr. LEE, as the Judge was leaving the Court, ob served—" This is the first case I ever knew in which a Counsel was not permitted to speak in his own defence:" PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2lO South Sea Stock 93 3 per Cent. Red. .86%%7 Old Annuities — 3 per Cent. Co ns . 85% 6% 5% % New Ditto — 3% per Cent. Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d.55 54 pm. Ditto Red. 93%,4 4% Ditto 5OO 2d. 57 54 pm. 4 per Cent. N ew lOO Ditto Small Ditto, 1826 Bank Long Ann..... 19 15-16 20 Bank for Account — India Stock 252 3t India for Account — Ditto Bonds B6 88 pm. Cons. for Account ...57%%%% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. 99% Ditto, New Russian, New Spanish, 1821 :10% 11 ':823 - French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. -- Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent —t —c. Exchange —t. —c. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. £2O . 150 nce Co. 10 ilway 27 STOCKS, JULY H. St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, July 12.) " CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 15.—1 t had been known for several days that M. de Ribeaupierre had demanded his audiences; but the commander of the port having caused the Russian flag to be taken down from a vessel the papers of which did not appear to him to be regular, and having caused it to be sent to the Ambassador, that Minister made serious complaints on the subject, and demanded satisfac tion, declaring, that if the Russian flag were not replaced, he Would not accept his audiences. The satisfaction de manded was given, and the audiences of the Grand Vizier being fixed for the 7th, that of the Sultan was fixed for the 12th or the 14th at the latest. People were not a little surprised on learning that the declaration of the Porte, declining the proposals for the pacification of Greece, had been delivered to the Ambassador and to the other Minis ters two days after the audience of the Grand Vizier. How ever, the solemn audience of the Sultan took place yester day. 'the Ambassador could not have excused himself from going without violating all the forms of etiquette, and assuming a decidedly hostile position.—Augsburg Gazette. " GENEVA, JULY 6.—According to the new circum scription of the hopric of Basle, its Catholic population will be as follows :—Lucerne, 100,000 souls; Berne, 42,000 ; Soleure, 43,949 ; Argovia, 68,000 ; Zug, 14,000; Thurgovia, 16,782 ; Basle, 5,000; in all, 290,031 souls. " The Bishopric of Friburg. on the Brisgau, which in cludes the whole Grand Duchy of Baden, and the Princi palities of Hohenzollern, Hechingen, and Sigmaringen (according to the Papal Bull, Provida Solersque, of the 16th of August, 1821), has a Catholic population of 770,000 souls. Friburg has a Bishop, who will become Archbishop, a Dean, and six Canons. The Bishopric of Basle has a Bishop, a Vicar-General, and 14 Canons. PARIS, JULY 11.—The schooner brig La Railleuse sailed from Brest on the 6th inst. It is sent to inform the Captains of French vessels employed in the Newfoundland cod fishery, that France has declared war against the Dey of Algiers, and those among them who have to return to the Mediterranean are first to touch at Cadiz, to wait for the convoy of one of his Majesty's ships. " Letters from Odessa of the 24th of June say, that ac cording to recent accounts, which have still need of con firmation, peace is ou the point of being concluded between Persia and Russia. The Schah, they say, is to cede to the Emperor of Russia the whole country as far as •the Araxes, including the fortress of Erivan. The annual revenue of this country is estimated at 50,000,000 of francs.—Augs burg Gazette. " The Echo du Midi says, an extraordinary courier has been despatched from Madrid to Iron, to give orders to the Governor of that frontier to permit the new Nuncio of his Holiness the Pope to enter Spain, paying him all the honours due to his rank and his character : at the same time despatches were sent from Madrid to the Nuncio, who was at Bayonne, to inform him of the new determination of the Cabinet of Madrid. It is known that the appear ance of some differences between the Court of Spain and that of Rome had induced the former to delay the arrival of the Nuncio in its capital." GERMAN PAPERS. SWITZERLAND, JULY 1. The troubles in the Inner Rhodes of the Canton of Appen zell may be considered as terminated. On the 22d of June the little court assembled for the first time since the lath; the attendance of members was, however, very namerous. On this occasion Mr. Landamman Sydler was introduced .as Representative of the Confederation, and delivered his credentials from the presiding Canton, and ex plained the object of his mission, which was to protect the authority and the constitutional character of the Govern ment, and nothing further. On his leaving the meeting it was resolved to summon the Great Council for the 28th. On this day the instructions for the Minister to the Diet were discussed, and M. Zaesler, the second Landamman, appointed to that office. A Committee appointed on the 26th, by the weekly Council, for proceeding against the authors and in stigators of the tumult, was confirmed. This Committee others were afterwaras added. They mination of witnesses immediately. Dir. 3 ; to whom two inain in the Canton, which is otherwise perfectly tranquil, till the proceedibga are ended, which meantime will afford much amusement to the company at the baths, Gais Hei tnvehsbad, &c., as the affairs are all of a private nature. CARLSRUE, JULT 3. The Official Journal of the 30th ultimo, contains an ordinance to the following effect :—" Louis, &c.—By Act 1 of the law of the 30th of January, 1819, we ordered that civil officers of inferior rank (who were therein ape cified) should not be liable to be removed from their offices, after they have held them five years. . " In order to judge with respect to each officer in parti cular, whether he should be permitted to enter into the period of his service, when he cannot be removed according to law, or whether it would Rot be better to dismiss him entirely, or to fix a longer term of probation, a report shall be made to us from all the offices, in the month of January each year, with respect to the capacity, assiduity, and moral conduct of all the officers whose term of probation is net expired, and they shall know our determination on the subject. CASSEL, JUNE 30* It is reported that the Hanoverian Government has ap pointed M. Schmidt Phiseldeck, who lately entered his Majesty's service as Privy Councillor, to draw up a new Code of Regulations, for the Administration of the Mines of the Hartz; and that he will very shortly proceed to exe cute this impoi tar Commission. The Postmaster-General of England has ex tended the hour of departure of his Majesty's Post-office packets from Kingstown, to five o'clock, instead of four in the afternoon, from this day, Wednesday, the 11th instant.—Dublin Morning Register. EXTRAORDINARY SWIMMING.—Our r eaders will doubtless recollect the circumstance of Dr. Bedele, of Manchester, having, some time ago, announced his inten tion of swimming from this town to Runcorn, a distance of about eighteen miles, without receiving any aid from the boats; which might follow him, or resting in any way whatever, out of the water. It appears that this offer, on the part of the Doctor, originated in a wager which he laid with Mr. Matthew Vipond, of Manchester, that he would swim with him from Liverpool to Runcorn in one tide. All preliminaries having been settled, the morning of yes terday was fixed upon ; and, as if to afford every facility to the adventurers, and grace their daring attempt, the morn ing opened out exceedingly auspicious, the sun shone bril liantly, and every thing seemed to favour the bold experi ment which was about to be tried by the aquatic adven turers, great excitement prevailed, and numerous specta tors, in boats, witnessed the arduous and novel under taking. About a quarter after eight o'clock in the morn ing they started from the Queen's Dock. The Doctor, prodigal of his strength, was anxious to give his opponent every advantage by allowing him to keep a-head. During their progress, at different times, small quantities of brandy and wine were presented, in bottles fastened to the end of sticks, from the boats. The swimmere were thus enabled to receive their refreshments by treading water. When within a short distance of Runcorn, the Doctor shot a-head of Vipond, who, however, made every possible exertion to regain his former sta tion, but his struggles to effect this only overpowered him, and, when within half-a-mile of the landing place, he was obliged to yield the palm of victory to his more robust or more disciplined competitor, and was taken into a boat. Just before the swimmers reached Runcorn, the Eclipse steamer passed and saluted them with cheers, which the Doctor returned by waving one hand above his head. The Doctor was taken up opposite Runcorn Church, at ten minutes to twelve, having concluded this extraordinary un dertaking in three hours and thirty-five minutes. The adventurers were hailed, upon their arrival at Runcorn, by the plaudits of numerous spectators who crowded the piers and the strand, all anxiously waiting their arrival. Wh en the Doctor was taken into the boat, so little was he fatigued, that he declared his ability to swim twelve miles further. The Doctor and his friends, who were joined by numerous arrivals from Manchester, returned in the steam-packet to Liverpool, where they arrived about four o'clock in the afternoon, and immediately pifoceeded to Mr. Blorgan's, Fenwick-street, where a number of gentlemen were waiting to receive him. A band of music was in attendance in the lobby, and, on his approach, struck up the air of " See, the Conquering Hero comes." He appeared to he little worse for his great exertions, described himself as being very warm and comfortable, and expressed his readiness to swim again to the same place at any time. Considerable bets have been pending on the performance of this feat.— Liverpool Courier. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds. — Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. 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'73f.; Bank Stock, 2,020 f. ; Neapolitan, 78f. 25c. ; Spanish Loan (1823) 62f. EXCHANGES ON LONDON.—One Month Money, 25f. 30c. ; Three Months, 25f. 20c. Will any friend of Lord GREY, and of con sistency, condescend to answer this simple ques- tion—How would that Noble Lord act, if called on by his SOVEREIGN (though Heaven forbid he should) to constitute himself the head of the G.),.,_.inn.Ait, or, in other words, to form a perfect and pure Administration ? In it pos sible that, forgetting all the associations of his early life, he would, under the circum stances alluded to, hasten with the seals, to lay them at the feet of the good Lord ELDON ; or would the same harmony continue between his Lordship and a certain warrior Duke, which is found to exist when they have a common ob ject for their personal rancour? Men ge nerally act in concert with those whose political principles most resemble their own, but Lord GREY objecting to Mr. CAN NING for not going far enough with regard to the Catholic Question, unites with Mr. PEEL, who states, that he has unbounded confidence in the Right Hon. Gentleman, but declines joining his administration, because he differs 'with both toto ccelo, on that very subject respecting which his Noble Associate in opposition, thinks Mr. CANNING lukewarm. It is the finest specimen in latter times of extremes meeting. How extraordinary that two men of ordinary intellect, should state as the grounds of their union, their dissent in opposite directions, from a third indi vidual, holding opinions which made him the natural rallying point for both. Some apology, or at least some extenuation, may b e offered in the case of many individuals of the party,—such as Sir T. LETHBRIDGE, or Lord LONDONDERRY ; but the more we reflect on it, the more unaccountable appears the con duct of the few amongst them, whom nature has provided with the usual portion of intellect. At a late hour this forenoon we received Lisbon _Gazettes to the 2d inst. inclusive, of which the following are extracts : LISBON, JULY 2. Her Royal Highness the Princess Regent, being inform ed of the criminal neglect of some officers of militia, who permit deserters from the army to live with impunity in their districts, without fulfilling any of the obligations which the law impos es on th em t o a rr e st such deserters, her Royal Highness orders that the Generals of the pro vinces, as soon as any deserter is brought before them, shall inform the Minister of War who took him, and the district in which he was taken, in order that her Royal Highness may determine the punishment to be inflicted on the said officers of militia who have received them in their districts. JOAO CARLOS de SALDANHA OLIVEIRA e DAUN. LISBON, JULY 2. This day, at five o'clock, the inhabitants of this capital had the pleasure to see her'Royal Highness the Infanta Regent; their satisfaction was the greater, as this was the first time that her Royal Highness has passed through the streets of the capital since her long illness• Her Royal Highness was every where welcomed with enthusiastic acclamations of joy. The following are extracts from the Allbe wine Zeitung of the 7th inst.:-- IkiONFORTE DE RIO LIVRE, JUNE 26. The districts remain in an agitated state, which is caused by the great number of rebels on the frontier tract of the neighbouring kingdom, who are guilty of all kinds of ex cesses in the defenceless villages. To-day a party of these wretches came to Tinkela, went to the house of the rector, and after having committed various acts of violence, re turned to their old retreat, declaring that they would soon return and kill him, because he was a Constitutionalist and a negro. Unless these wretches are made to retire into the interior, to a distance of at least forty leagues, we shall have no peace. VIENNA, JULY 2. The Austrian Observer contains, from a Supplement to the Universal Gazette of Greece of May 28, a report from General Church to the Committee of Government, respecting the evacuation of the Phalerus. This measure having been judged indispensibly necessary, the General gave the detailed instructions to all the commanders and divi sions of troops; the little flotilla was ordered to come as close in shore as possible ; after sun-set the small cannon were got on board, and about 10 P.M. the soldiers began to em bark with the greatest regularity, but there not being a sufficient number of transports, the troops could not all embark during the night. The detachment posted before the enemy's entrenchments remained in their places, and the fires were lighted as usual, so that the enemy did not per cecive what was going forward. After day-break the enemy began to send both cavalry and infantry against the Greek position. The General expresses great pleasure in being able to inform the Government that thesoldiers be haved with so much firmness that the embarkation was effected without loss, though the enemy was very near. The flotilla could give but little protection, and the transports were exposed for three hours to the enemy's fire. Several of the enemy were killed and wounded, and the Greeks had only one man wounded. All the officers and men, both of the army and the flotilla, deserve the highest praise for their perseverance and zeal. The brave J. Colocotroni and Nikita Stamalelopoulo were the last of the Generals em barked, whose troops prevented the Turks from advancing to the coast. The report is dated Salamis, 28th May. After a long and laborious investigation. of two days, the trial for libel in the Common Pleas has terminated, and the modest plaintiff has got one farthing damages, being the precise esti mated value of her character ! What a precious estimate to be recorded by her posterity, if any shall unfortunately lay claim to such an honourable heir-loom ! Really the cause of virtue is at a low ebb, and the time of our Courts of Justice unconscionably squan dered, if two long Summer days must be con sumed in proving to the world that an adultress has no character. But our object at present is to draw attention to the pecuniary consequences of this verdict—the plaintiff gets one farthing for her character, and the attorney three or four hundred pounds for the costs of the action ! Is such a state of the law to be endured— that a man, in proving to the satisfaction of the world that he has only injured the character of an adultress one farthing, must yet pay three or four hundred pounds as the costs of the action ? If a person in demanding a debt of a farthing or a pound, were to ask a hundred or a thousand fold the amount, what would be said of his assurance or honesty ? and yet an offended party, seeking to establish the value of character in a Court of Justice, obtains ten thou sand fold its worth. This is a plain view of the ease which any person can comprehend.— Ninety-nine libel cases out of a hundred are brought, not so much with a view to da mages for loss of reputation (for most of them have no character to lose,) but for the costs. It matters little to the public whether the plaintiff goes halves with the attorney in the costs, or whether the attorney gets all, is isactice outraged, and honest men robbed. By the Duke of York steamer, Gibraltar Chronicles to the 27th ult. inclusive have been received ; their contents are uninteresting, and chiefly relate to the sailings and arrivals, with extracts from the English papers. The report which we alluded to in our Paper of yesterday, that the Pacha of Egypt has de clared himself independent of the Porte, does not appear to rest oa any authority. Persons best informed on the subject, indeed, consider that the Ottoman Government has secured the zealous services of the Pacha by the most tempting offers of territorial aggrandisement. We have heard repeated complaints of a most contemptible attempt at competition, or rather imposition, lately practised by opening Booking Offices, and displaying Golden Spread Eagles, within a few doors of the old and respectable Establishments of that name, in Gracechurch sti eet and Piccadilly. Such impudent attempts cannot be too severely reprobated. The good sense and discrimination of the public, who know so well how to appreciate the well-earned popu larity of the Old Establishment, accompanied with well-timed and justly deserved exposure, will not fail to render such dastardly projects disastrous and abortive. No Exchequer Eills, so far as could be ascertained, were sold on Thursday on the account of Government. The mode in which the transaction is conducted is very generally condemned, as quite unusual in a money negociation for the public service, and unworthy the Finance Minister of a great country. A secret sale is had in itself at any time, and in this instance there is not even an advantage to be derived from concealment, since the capitalists are so dis tressed to find employment for money, that they would eagerly press, forward to supply the Government, if its wants were openly declared, and on terms littl e , if at all, below the current value of Exchequer Bills in the market. —Times. Some time ago, a bird of a perfectly white colour, but in all other respects having the appearance of a crow, was observed flying about among a flock of crows at Cumbernauld. It was generally thought by those who saw it to be a sea gull, which had lost its road in attempting to fly over the country from the Forth to the Clyde. After some days it was shot by a person whose curiosity was stronger than that of his neighbours, when it was found to be one of those singularly rare birds, a white crow. It has been sent to an artist in this city, for the purpose of being stuffed and preserved.—Greenock Advertiser. LIE CROUP.—For this disorder, so fatal to children, M. Bretonneau, a medical man at Tours, who has long made the subject his study, appears to have at length discovered a certain cure. It consists of blowing alum-powder into the throat of the child by means of an instru ment which M. Bretonneau has invented for the purpose. In some cases, two or three repetitions of this treatment are sufficient ; in others, five or six are necessary. Numerous children, who were rapidly falling victims to this frightful dis order, after the exhibition of the antiphlogistic and other supposed remedies, have been cured by M. Bretonneau.—Literary Gazette. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twzmuse o'CLocr. The British Securities have remained, since the com mencement of business, in a very inactive state, and scarcely any business has been effected. Consols opened at £371 for account, but were quoted shortly after at 871 for ac count, and 858 6 for money, at which rate they remained stationary for a considerable time; became 874- 1, but went back to 871 I, at which price they remain. The Exchequer Market has been in some bustle, in consequence of the Government Brokers bringing forward more Bills for sale, which was effected at 55 pm. ; India Bonds are 86 8. The transactions in the Foreign Funds have been of a limited character ; Mexican Bonds are 69 4 ; some little business has been done in Colombian at 32 8. A s a nguine hope seems to be entertained by several of the speculators of an improvement in this security ; and reports continue in circulation that good news is arrived in town from this quarter; it is repeated this morning that intelligence has been received of Bolivar having been actually declared per petual Dictator with extended powers, and he seems to be the only person who is deemed capable of fixing the desti nies of his native country on a stable•footing. . No alteration in the situation of the Share Market can be quoted, either in business or price. Three per Cent. Consols, 85 6 ; Ditto for Account, 87 f; India Bonds, 86 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 54 6 pm. FOREIGN. - Brazilian, 59i 60 ; Buenos Ayres, 62 3 ; Chilidn, 27 9 ; Colombian, 1824, 32 1 ; Danish, 63 ; Greek, 161 i ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 55t 61 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 69 -1 ; Peruvian, 26 8 ; Portuguese, 76; Russian, 94 1 ; Spanish, 10 11. MlNEs.—Anglo Mexican, 45 40 die. ; Brazilian, par, 1 pm. ; Colombian, 10 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 80 60 die. ; United Mexican, 19 18 dis. TWO 0' CLOCK. There has been very little business doing in Consols, 87k, being alternately buyers and sellers, has been the only quota tion, at present they are buyers. The stun sold in the Ex chequer Market amounted to 75,0001., and more would have been taken at the premium had they been offered. The price is fully maintained. HALF-PAST TWO. Consols for Account, 87i, sellers. LONDON AND BRISTOL RAIL ROAD.II TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Your admirably conducted Paper having ahead contributed in a great degree to the exposure and extino.l tion of many of the fraudulent Companies, which were' made the means of drawing the pockets of the country hi 1825, you will, perhaps, excuse an Old Subscriber's re questing, through your columns, the favour of being; informed what has become of th e l arge s u ms ra i se d as d e -, posits on shares is the London and Bristol Rail Road Com pany ? The undertaking was never commenced, and there fore, I presume, R. H. Davis, Esq. M.P., and the other Gentlemen, whose influential names as Directors induced people to advance their money, cannot have had any large demand upon the funds for their services, and the Lawyers bill, if moderate, can be paid out of the interest made of the deposits, so that, perhaps, the subscribers may yet have their payments of 1/. per share refunded, and who knows but a trifle for interest besides. Your humble. servant, and July 12, 1527. CONSTANT. READER. A report is prevalent in Dublin, that a patent of precedence.has been determined upon—some say actually sent over—for Mr. O'Connell, which will place that gen tleman with the rank of King's Counsel in the inner bar. This step, we have reason to know gives great satisfaction to many members of the bar, for there are litany of the profession, who have now precedence of that gentleman in rank, who are inferior to him in reputation as a lawyer, and are therefore exclUded from cases where the clients na turally enough wish the ablest advocate to have the lead. The advancement of Mr. O'Connell will, therefore, be ser viceable to many members of the profession. Nor can Ice see any good reason'why he should decline what is nothing more than placing him in the station to which he has en titled himself, and the acceptance of which implies no poli tical subserviency whatever. Since writing the above, we have learned, from authority likely to be well informed, that the report alluded to is true, and that a patent of pre cedence has been actually ordered for Mr. O'Connell..--- Dublin Patriot. The domestic manufactil ,:re at present well employed, and all the factoris_. t.l the distrie,, arc in full work. The demand is steady, but not eXceSsi-e, and the Uusiwaas done is safe, and moderately profitable. The improvement in the condition of the labouring t 2 s, as contrasted with their state this time last year, cannit be viewed without emotions of the most gratifying kind ~ and it will be with difficulty that workmen can be spared from the loom and the jenny to assist in gathering in the plenti ful harvest by which we are surrounded.—Doncaster Gazette. The hay harvest is nearly finished, the w ea ther having occasioned scarcely any interruption to the labours of the field. The crop, however, is not so heavy, except on, moist grounds, as the early part of the summer led farmers' to expect. Wheat presents a very flattering 'appearance.' It is, for the most part, a firm and standing; crop. Its colour is changing from a green to a deep brown ; and, if the present weather continues, harvest, will, in all probability, commence much earlier than was generally contemplated. Barley and Oats arc, in many places, yell short, though in full ear. Turnips and the eddish, eve' cially on high grounds, want rain.— Sheffield Courant. Most people think all is well when the hay is put up dry in the big cocks, and never consider the loss of weight and nutriment which is occasioned by too much bleaching, or injudicious management. Great care should be taken of bay in the making, in dry weather as well as in broken weather. Newly mown grass should not be tedded immediately/after cutting, but should be suffered to remain undisturbed for one day at least. When cut about twenty" four hours (a few hours under or over is not material) it should be tedded, turned afterwards in the source of the day, if convenient, and gathered into grass cocks towards evening. Under some circumstances, in broken weather, it would be proper to put the bay into grass cocks out d the swathe, without tedding. The succeeding day, when the dew is off the grass, those cocks should be spread out to dry, and again put into cocks something larger before night ; but if the weather be broken, the grass cocks, at a fair - hour, should be doubled (that is, two made into one) and carefully trimmed, without spreading out. Hay spread out, under the dew at night, loses a great deal of its sap and fig' 0 your, and the sun acting upon it, after it being so exposed' sooner and more powerfully absorbs its juices and nutriment' and makes it dry like stubble. Hay should not, therefore , after tedding, be left spread out at night, but should, I:mei .- eularly on the eve of the Sabbath or of a holiday, be put in cocks in the evening. By attending to this mode, the fait intervals in broken weather can be more readily taken ad' vantage of, and the hay, as effectually as possible, secured from the injurious effects of great rains or sudden showers in the day.—Dublin Evening Mail. ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION. - --Abollt the hour of four o'clock yesterday, Doctor James Browne, of Dominick-street, went into the shop of Mr. Foote, of Westmorland-street. He had not been in the shop many minutes, when a per son named Michael M'Namara, late a medical follow e d him, and loaded pistol at Doctor Browne, e exclaiming, take thatisltlustd instantly student in a rascal, tthe presented Trinity y osau maaetime rel College, otad a dead man. Provi dentially the pistol missed fire : a crowd instantly collected in the shop, but M'Namara escaped. One of Mr. Foote's young men jumped from behind the counter, and secured the pistol, which on examination, was found to contain a le a den bullet. M‘Namara has not as yet been arrested. —Dublin Patriot. A horrible event took place on Corpus Christi Day in the village of Altendorf, canto" of Schweitz. The son of a rich farmer had, on that day, given a meeting to a young servant maid, who was, in the absence of her mas ter and mistress at mass, taking care of the house and two children. He presented himself at the hour appointed, and requested the girl to give hi m u p all the money belonging to her master, and afterwards her own. On her refusing to comply with his demand, he dragged her into the kitchen, knocked her down with a mallet, and after leaving her for dead, set fire to the house, which fortunately some neighbours win' guished. On the following day the monster went very tranquilly to resume his labour, I T hile I his victim lay a corpse. He has been, however,' apprehended. /1 Per Share. 25% 120 125 % 8% 38