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• ♦ 6 6 a. • io • • riglan k wbich Colonel 'lOll4l ENS justly designated a c ,. "P"Weall system, that would, if persevered in, aNai down aristocratical distinctions, and reduce every ita te to the same level of misery." The rental of the P a .* of Shipley, said Mr. W. HORTON, was 2,599/. sad or P at 2,314/. We wonder that, under l i en circumstances, the land is cultivated at all. doubt it is au extreme case ; but there are rn allY others not much better. Were the pro- Posed measure likely to . correct so monstrous twenty, or even fifty millions, would be well T owed. We might add, that when 2. milieu I.. i men are talked of, we do not see why, all the an . Catholics should not be permitted to emigrate. Ing nd eed, it seems only an act of common justice to give ij ° ,the option of quitting a country where they are re sect the rights of citizenship. Prankf o rt papers of the 13th inst. have been received tl iii morni ng . They contain the following extracts f r t. : 7lll the Oriental Spectator, of the 22d and 29th 'member,. relative to the affairs of Greece : ' •= EGINA, DEC. 10. 0 0 1( 2 4 , aisitaki has sent a report, dated Arracova, Dec. 6, to the liZerinnent, stating that after defeating an Albanian corps at 1 7brena he had pursued it to Diatenant, and thence to Arracova, ~n e re he had succeeded in surrounding it on an eminence. The 7 1 . 141 na . us' having attempted to open themselves a passage, Ka :4Bkaki, according to his own account, killed 300 of them, b ,.._ . 411°11 11 whom were the Kekaya Bey, and three other distinguished W u °, s, whose heads he promised to send. He is especially satisfied ,„:", the booty made on this lecasion, consisting of arms, costly ap- Zei, and.looo horses. The accounts previously received do not T e e with Karaiskaki's statement. His attack seems to have had .7 1 , 4 5u1t, and a few killed and some horses taken (the number of j uit h is excessively exaggerated), cannot be placed in rompeti "tin with the difficulties which Karaiskaki will meet with on his retu ro• What he passes over in his account is, that Fabvier did 144 accompany him in this expedition, though he had already Mme as f ar as Megara for that purpose. This circumstance ~ ~..__"'u n he attributed to the information which he received in that „Iwo, that the Seraskier, being made acquainted with his 141 , would attack him with all his cavalry. He found rateseary to return precipitately to Methana, and it was well t sar him that he did so, for a little later he would have dhis magazines and works in the occupation of Colocotroni Palicari. This danger was followed by another still greater. he Tacticos, after their return to the camp on the 12th No vertihtr, began to murmur. Fabvier after ordering the troops to ha bitation, their old positions, had scarcely retired into his wretched when several hundred soldiers with their arms assem tlll4 tumultuously round the door, declaring that they would kill b i , lll _ , and he wail only saved by the interposition of the Philhellene' , C_ u " appearance awed the mutinous troops. F a b vi e r sh ew e d "nelf to them, and desired them to return to their duty, r i:P l 'elienting to them, that if they killed him , they would 17 * b 0 more assistance from abroad. I his argument had an outset on the greater number, and all returned to their posts, but 11 ° 1 ' 0 4 was punished, because severity would have exposed Fab- VlO and the Philhellenes to certain destruction. l`abvier, more and more' convinced of the impossibility 'f• acting in concert with the Greek Captains, formed, at 111 q coil of the month of November last, the plan of shut !lnt himself up with the few that would follow him, e citadel of Athens, taking with him as much p owder as pos -"',41. We every moment expect to hear that he has arrived there w , th 300 or 400 men. According to all appearance Methane F ill then be plundered, and Fabvier shut up in t h e Acro p olis, left to his f a t e. •_ Captain Hastings on his side has not been more fortunate, after ntal mutinies among the Greek sailors on hoard his steam ;r t. ": he was obliged . to land them on the isle of Syra, and to 4 4 arge all his officers, keeping only eight Englishmen, which 31 4 tober Si absolutely necessary to get back to Napoli. There 4 intend s to dismntle his ship entirely till the Greek ~4 1/t roment furnish a es him with the means of paying h grew, and purchasing ammunition and provisions.— N ea Pteposed expedition to Scala Nuova could not he undertaken, li e Lft he was refused every kind of assistance. The frigate 11 % ,":„ . has given cause for quarrels even before its arrival. Mau- T has, with difficulty escaped from Hydra, contends with 4 e i t i'ji, for the command of the fi igate. The affair is to be I, av after the election of a President. The Primates of Hydra til4 e sent an their ships to Poros to prevent their being seized by te irr i d ) : P b ula ". Commodore Hamilton goes backwards and for .etween this place, Napoli, and Hydra ; he is consulted in • cOole* 1A.4 of a President, and will probably have some influence SLAYENCE, FEB. 11. 2 1 * Rhine is now frozen over here, and the communication - 'ween the two banks is re-established. eur ,1_,.. ' W o e 'h ave n more than one occasion stated Pq " tle raiination not to f o ll ow th e e x a mpl e. of our cotein ,, the ew rtries N Times and Cour i er, in either if tillY misrepres e nting, or ignorantly (if we can -t oiti it) my s tifying the Finance statements s u b - 141 v; _ te erl to Parliament, but that we should endeavour to 1 7 ; '" the subject with perfect impartiality and to sub. a l - I, ` t i our observations upon it in so' clear and intelli -ja;;' 4 manner that this important branch of our it -Kii°,oa,l affairs might become better understood than on p hitherto been. Acting upon this principle, we Friday last laid before our Readers what we con ceived to be the dr aw c general results and deductions to be , th published by erae;' o 4rc ' t nl he the return that morning, income and 18 e 26 : and we year "Petai tu II ?Use of Commons, o had t , re of the country h of t h e cue s atisfaction to find, in the fromthespoenec Fri. da v . 41 1 .11 etLr oR of the EXCHEQUER ' -Vent") that we had not e rror ;,, ~,,. had ade. «e now ... the observations we m . fallen into any resume the 1-• more neces led,,, , , subject, being convinced that a right know -6, oi if L . '" by the public at large, is not sary for ' Ma.ethem to possess, than it is the The present w i s h o f his c ,..) stY's Ministers should be afforded. materially _!4cxl.l,oß of the EXCHEQUER has so : ni Plified the accounts, that a person paying laps,ttention to the subject, can unravel them (wl*',l) ordinaryiper )s, before his time was impossible), and the Right_ the Financial Gentleman so far from wishing to conceal e rinancial State of . the country, has with a manli ness and candour which reflects the highest honour ueupion. him, acknowledged a ny i naccuracies i n hi s ca i x a.tion which tions whi have arisen, a nd has afforded all the eellelad"a.ch he could give wh e n unex pe c t e dly ~_stu., .1)(:11 hew to speak on t h is subject. .sir penditure r we‘ shall look at the Income and Ex -18250, the county • t . • / and 18 9 6 p7o y sp c e o c ntpco a zte 11, as between and 1827, - , and 1826 on the subj tive/y, as between and shall then offer some general remarks subject. 1 * We find the total Ordinary Revenue of 1825, wa s .. _ While - that of 1826 - - - - £52,065,389 16 2 The Re•ve-nu d 49,625,485 11 6 repaym ent of-acivthees e derive from othe r sources, i nc l u di ng In 1825 -- - was And in 1826 .. . M aking th e T ota l I ncome for 1825 - £ 5 ,208,479 5 11i 5 ,269,503 18 9 57,273,869 2 lit And f or 1826 - - - - 4,894,989 10 3 1825 - - w The t ota l Expenditure including advances, was in And in 1826 .- £51,620027 16 If - - - - 53,885,541 2 2f Thus leaving a surplus of Income over Expenditure, in 18 25, nis - - - - - £5,653,841 6 Of And in 1826 of - - - - 1,009,448 8 Of Here we must remark, that the Income of both years, includes the sums advanced by . the Bank of England for the Half-pay Annuities, viz In 1825 --- • - And in 1826- - 1,580,000 While th e Expenditure. of neither year includ es the II Sum applieu towards the AsaeMption of funded A Die which was in 1825 And in 1826 £G,093,475 7 8 5,621,231 16 2 In 1825, there was paid off of the Unfunded Debt There was raised by the creation of - 28,784,050 Unfunded Debt - - - - - In 1826, there was raised by the Con tributions towards Funding Exche quer Bills, and by the creation of Unfunded Debt And there va -Fasl off of Unfunded Debt 26,278,000 The balances on the Exchequer were on the sth January, 1825 - - - £9,552,522 13 6/ On sth Jan. 1826 - - - 5,305,638 11 11 On sth Jan. 1827 - - 5,119,555 . 3 9i From hence it is clear, that by the surplus income; and by drawing the balance in the Exchequer lower, the actual reduction which was made of the total amount of Funded and Unfunded debt, was, in 1825, 9,900,7251.75. Bd., and in 1826, 1,195,531/.165. 2d. And it therefore follows that if the before-mentioned sum of 1,580,0001. had not been advanced by the Bank of England in the 'last year, the income of 'the Country would not have been sufficient for the ex penditure (excluding that for the Sinking Fund) by 384,4781., that is, if no funded or unfunded debt had been redeemed or created, the income of the country, without borrowing, was not sufficient to defray the expenditure by that sum. This is certainly a state of things far from satisfac tory, but it may be argued that the Revenue of the Country was depressed during the last year from vari ous causes, which will cease to operate this year, while the expenditure was swelled by advances and acciden tal circumstances which are not likely to operate in the present year. To a certain extent this may be the case, though we are not sanguine enough to hope that the income will, on the .one hand,. be greatly increased, or the expenditure, in the present state of affairs, be materially diminished during the .current year. But, for argument sake, we will admit that these two causes may work favourably to the ex tent of 2,000,0001., which is far beyond what we ex pect they will. How then will matters stand ? We have seen that the actual reduction of the total amount of funded and unfunded debt,. effected during the last year, was, with the aid of the sum of 1.580,0001. ad vanced by the Bank, on the Half-pay Annuities, only 1,195,531/. With the supposed additional 2,000,000/. an actual diminution could therefore be effected to the extent of 3,195,531/. ; but a Sinking Fund is to be maintained to the amount of 5,600,0001. In what way then is the difference of 2,500,000/. (in round numbers) to be raised ? Is it to be raised by direct Loan, or by a further issue'of Exchequer Bills ? The latter may be the temporary expedient, tut the former measure must, in point of fact, be resorted to, by Funding Ex chequer Bills, or by raising the money to pay them off. What, then, are the inferences we draw from these premises ? They are simply these :—that the Income of tlle Country (even including the advances of the Bank) is not sufficient to maintain' a Sinking Fund of the present amount; that it will •bes-still'leS - s able to do so next year, when those advances by `the Bank for the Annuity of 585,7401. sold to them,. ter minate, and that, therefore, so much of the Sinking Fund as .exceeds the actual difference between the In come and Expenditure, must be annihilated, or the Income of the Country must be raised to a correspond ing amount. If the maintenance of a Sinking Fund to its present amount is considered essential to support the credit of the country, or as a tangible resource in case of emer gency, the latter measure, of increasing the income by taxation, or some other means, must be resorted to, for it is idle to say that a Sinking Fund of larger amount than the real surplus income, and maintained by bor rowing with one hand to buy bank with the other, can be otherwise than a most clumsy and expensive ma chine of very doubtful expediency. On the whole, we confidently trust that the question of Finance will be fairly met in the ensuing Session, with the desire of placing it on a footing calculated to maintain the na tional interests without affecting the national credit. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. As the account day approaches (the 27th inst.) the anxiety of the speculators increases, particularly as the fluctuations have not only been frequent but heavy. This morning the Consol-market evinced a decided disposition to advance. Consols opened at 81i (having closed yesterday at 80i 1) and rapidly went up to 81t, buyers, at which rate some business was done; a re-action then took place, and they receded to 1, and are now 611 k ; the continuation for April account is scarcely per Cent. Reports are in circulation of a further division of troops proceeding to Portugal, as well from this country as from Hanover. India Bonds are 48 50 ; and Exchequer Bills, 30 1 pm. The atten tion of the public seems to be fixed on the English Funds, and little business has hitherto been done in the Foreign ; 'Mexi can 6 per Cent. Bonds are 671 a ; Colombian, 37 1 1 5 . ; the meet ing wiucl. took place ye , tcrday h.T, not had any e&ct on them; Greek are 15i 16i; and Russian, 99 1. Nothing new can he quoted relative to Shares, the prices remain without any variation for the last few days, and no business seems to be doing in them. Three per Cent. Consols, 81f 1 ; Ditto for account, ; India Bonds, 48 50 pm. ; Exchequer Bine, 30 1 pm. . FOREIGN FUNDS.—Brazilian, 63 5 ; Buenos Ayres, 32 4;. Chilian, 36 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 37 4 ; Danish, 601 1 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 56 7 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 67i ; l'ortu- Peruvian, 33 5 ; Greek, 15i- 16A ; Russian, 99 ; tnglo Mexican, 35 32,4 dis. ; United Mexican, 11 . gBluoP:asecullifsss.c.llr73rizilian, par 1 pm. ; Real del Monte, 50 10 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 35 45 pm. ; Bolivar, par, 2 pm. ; Colombian, 19 20 per Share ; New, Ditto, 14 15 per Share ; Potosi, 34 6 per Share; Pasco Peruvian, 641 per Share. Two o' Consols have again advanced to their highest quotation this morning, being 814 1 for account, and 814 2 for the next time ; money Stock is scarce, which circumstance may account for the prices keeping up. In the Foreign Funds there is nothing par ticular to mention, Colombian Bonds are 37 ; Greek, 16 and Russian, S9l I. THREE 0' CL 0 CK- Consols for account, 81i Al. We shall give the fight between O'Neal and Can non in a Second Edition. A MON CHAT. J'ai recu les V's, aussi oettes du lSme, avec les P's ; je tacherai faire tccit ce que vous me chargez, et qu'elle vous envoiercie ce qu'elle m'a prorois. Reste assurez qu'on pense de voila a cheque heure, et sovez tranquille la dessus moi, je vous emprie de ne plus preter I'oreille A tout ce qu'on vous ditent, car je serai tou jours le meme. Attendez le ISme du moi prochain. Feb. 18, 1827. _ANECDOTE OF MOLIERE.—The following fact respecting this celebrated character deserves to be mentioned. — He had just bestowed some money on a supplicant—a moment after the poor man ran after him, saying, " Perhaps, Sir, it wa not your intention to have given me a louis d'or, I have come to return it to you."—" Keep it, my friend," said Moliere, " and here is another," exclaiming at the same time, "Virtue can neve remained concealed ;" an explanation proving that he reflected on every thing that presented itself to his view, and that he studied nature in all her features, as a person who was arribitious of truly representing her.—Le Mercure de Londres. Died, on the 10th instant, in the 85th year of his age, Wm. 3litford, Esq., of Exbury, near Southampton, bro ther of Lord Redesdale, and author of the " History of Greece. — 'rants Telegraph, COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The " Gamester" was performed at this Theatre on Saturday evenin g . Miss Jarmin appeared; for the first time in London, in the character of Mrs. Beverley. In many of the seems, her acting fully came up to expectation—in others, it was hardly above mediocrity. She wants that dignified mien and noble air which are almost indispensable in this character, and which no living actress but Mrs. Siddons, ever fully displayed. There is, at times, too, particularly in some of the long speeches, a little of that mo notonous, high sounding, stage declamation, which is so common with inferior actors, and which never fails to awaken the spectator from his dream of reality. To counterbalance these defects, howeverai she has many superior qualities. Her action is natural, her bursts of passion are well-timed and never extravagant. She seldom over steps the modesty of nature, and always evinces a just concep tion of her part. Her reception was very flattering. The scene between her and Stukely, (Mr. Warde) in the third act, was admirably performed, and received proportionate applause. Nothing could he more natural than the burst of indignation or, discovering his base design, or the impassioned and disdainful look with which she replied,—"Would that. these eyes had heaven's own lightning, that with a look; thus I might blast thee !" There was a little falling off towards the close, but those who have seen Mrs. Siddons in this part, and . Witnessed the look of scorn, the ineffable contempt, the hurt fed, yet dignified manner, in which she rung the hell and tolA him to be gone, must lay their account with a little disappointment. Taking her acting altogether, it was far above mediocrity. Mr. Young performed his part as Beverley, in his usual superior style. His look, the natural and graceful modulation ,of his fine voice, the propriety of his gesture—all merit the greatest praise. There cannot be a better proof of the superiority of this actor, than the - favour with which he is still received by the public after so many years acting. His appearance on Saturday evening was hailed by the audience with as much enthusiasm as if he had been absent for years. Mr. Warde excelled in the character of Stukely. All, indeed, per formed their parts well ; the attention with which they were listened to, and the effect produced on ,the audience, were the best proofs. Many of the ladies_ were , deeply affected, and even some of th? other sex had some difficulty in checking the rising tear. The }Muse was quite crowded. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) - COURT OF CHANCERY. BROWNE N. DE TASTET. His LORDSHIP had ordered this case to stand for judgment to day), but in' consegtience of Or! numerous engagements . that had, occupied his attention since the Court met at Westminster, he had been Unable to prepare himself by this morning to dispose of it, but he should be able to do so by Saturday next. His Lord ship felt inclined to say ThursdaY, but he.preferred naming the day by which he felt sure he would be ready. - - • - Is THE'NEATTEA OF JAMES PARR , ‘A BANKRUPT. Mr. ROSE moved in this matter, that a writ of Habeas Corpus might lisue, directed ,to the Keeper of the 'Correction House of Preston, ordering hiin to' bring up the body of the bankrupt on the muses of his commitment. He had been committed by Coin miseioncrs in the country, for conseirsvhich he thought he had reason to complain of.—=Writ ordered to issue: COURT OF KING'S BENCH LIBEL. THE ICING V. RICHARDS. Mr. ADOLPHUS opened the- pleadings, which stated that this was an indictment against the defendant for publishing a libel, re flecting on the character of Lord Glengall, and on the Dowager the Countess of Gleugall. Mr. SCARLETT stated the case. No doubt, be observed, the Jury must have heard of a newspaper called the Age; who the real proprietor of that newspaper was nobody knew, but Richard Downing Richards was the .ostensible proprietor. So far as a newspaper contributed to excite a, smile by, its observations on the follies of the day, . however it might 'lsrve. to' render. any .person ridiculOus, providing it refiatned front wounding his feel ings, by reflecting on his moral character, he (Mr.; Searlett).would •• , . sot aovise a prosecution ;' Dtlt When a newspaper transgressed those . bounds, sml hecame the vehicle of . calurriny and slan der, it was high time to take it- up, and punish it for its inroads •on the peaCe of ' ' There 'could be no doubt but that Some of t4e - real jorOptietori of this 'Va.' per, - entertained- malice towards 'the `Earl of Glengall, - for the series of Wanton attacks of Which he had been made the subject in it, could not otherwise be accounted for ; and not con tent with Calumniating his Lordship, it became the vehicle of as persions even on his mother, the Countess of Glengall, whom it designated a smuggler—adding that she vas obliged to change her name, ill order to evade the penalties of 'smuggling. He would not detain the Jury with any observations on the libels ; as no remarks of his could be stronger than the libels themselves. The learned Counsel then read the libels as follow OBITUARY r01t.'1846, 9TH FRBRUARY. - .We are sorry to have to record the decease of the Hight Ho nour able the . Earl, of Glengall, one of the most. amusing story tellers on town. In the•. early part of his life his Lordship was better known by the name of dull care,. but- :bright ening up, he became - the owner -of. several 'dramatic pieces—lrish Tutor, Cent. per Cent., High Life in London, and Norah, and a play called the French Libertine, have been attributed to his pen, they were nearly all however damned at the time. His Lordship's mother was celebrated for carrying the question on the legitimacy of Lord Belfast, who married her Ladyship's daughter, and also for sniuggling, to such an extent that it was a regular rule to search Lady Caher, and she only avoided it the last time by becoming Lady Glengall, during his absence from England—a title the Preventive Service were not acquainted with. The Earl was, however, a good-hu moured, handsome, and witty man ; and- hie virtues and talents are thus recorded : " Here lies Le Menteur Veridique, The MENTEIJII, very Dies:, indeed;, Of whose attainments here to speak There surely is but little need : For Dick's accomplishments were such, He's left a fame which never dies ; And having lied in life so mud', No wonder 'tis in death he lies." ANOTHER. " Good passenger, one does lie here, Who, living, did lie everywhere."' _ 111 r. SCARLETT read the above libel, being'the one on which the indictment was founded, and five others, published at several periods in 1625, equally calculated to bring the prosecutor into contempt, but for the insertion of which we have not space at present. Mr. Mallison, from the Stamp-office, was then called, and proved the defendant to be the registered proprietor. .1. Ma.ddagan'proved that the DowagerXountess of Glengall was formerly Lady Caber, and that he believed the Earl of Glengall and the Countess, his mother, were the persona alluded to in the libel. No one having appeared on behalf of the defendant; the LORI) CHIEF JUSTICE summed up • he told the Jury, th a t if they belie ved that the lib e ls complained of,- were: . ealoulated to bring Lord and Lady Glengall into contempt and ridicule,- they should find the Defendant Guilty ; if not, they should acquit him. The Jury retired for about half an hour, and retained a vet'- diet for the defendant. The foreman said that he , was desired by his brother jurors to express their reprobation at the series of personal attacks which had been made on the prosecutor's character in the Age. HUGHES V. WIZARDS. Mr. Anotrtics opened the pleading* somee plaintiff time ‘N s ' i a r s ic a e Mr. SCARLETT stated the cave. He said that he had the hcircles; Th honour of appearing for the plai n tiff i n t hi s case to seek such com pensation in damages as the Jury .rn i g h t t hi n k proper to award for a in ischtahrede highest Anilg a es reputation. purchased the estate of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York at Oatlands, and had also married a lady of personal attraction, who used formerly . to perform great personal at the Italian Opera: Though her situation, in life was not such as to render her an object of choice, yet her accomplishments were in the eyes of some people calculated, to do away .with what other de ficiencies she might possesi. But whatever,might be her qualities, be did not see how the defendant, in this case, could be offended with Mr. Hughes for marrying her. Yet, he accused him of having first seduced, and then been disgracefully compelled to marry her ; then of discarding her, and living with another girl whom he had previously seduced. The Learned Gentleman here indulged in severe animadversions on the abuse of the Liberty Of the Press, and observed, that Juries were the only retraint on its li centiousness. He hoped, that in this instance, they would mark their sense of the infamy of a man, who, if possible, by a verdict, ought to be hunted out of so ciety, and who if he could not pay in his purse, should pay in his person. He had pleaded the general issue, and consequently had admitted the libel. If he conceived that what he had written was true, it would be competent for him by pleading a justifica tion to prove the fact; not that he (Mr. Scarlett) meant to say, that everything which was true might be published with impunity. The Learned Counsel concluded, by reading the libel as follows : " Obituary forl 846—Few persons hays gone down to that bourne, frdm which no traveller ever returns, more regretted than Mr. Ball Hughes, just departed this life, as a wit, a scholar, a finished gentleman, a tender 'father, and a devoted husband. About 28 years ago he bUrst forth on the town with .a fortune of nearly 700,0001. the greatest part of which he gave away in the holy cause of cha rity. It has been malignantly said of him, that when he took away Mademoiselle Mercandotti, about which the celebrated epi gram of the facetious George Coleman has appeared—' She's one Ball at his foot, and,'—&.c. He had not the • remotest idea of marrying her; but not being able to effect his purpose without, and urged by Lord Fife, wheedled by the mother, and denied by the lady, he finally consented. The tongue of slander further said, that some time after his marriage he bad• such a predilection for a maid instead of a matron, that he supported one for a long time at No. 189, Regent-street, from which place he removed her to the Quadrant, in the same street, and finally removed her to the Continent in 1626. They did also say that he had lost seve ral sums in gambling, and that the debt for the purchase of Oat lands from the Duke of York was never at all discharged, but we have reason to belive that the whole . of the Report was a tissue of malice and invention. Mr. Hughes spent some time in Paris' and acquired a perfection in the French language, fos which he is so distinguished, as .a• proof of which, the following epitaph 'Was some time since written by himself, and is placed on his tombstone, agreeableto a codicil in his last will and testament. :. " Here's Mr. Ball Hughes stretched at length, Whom all the maids that knew pay A tribute of regret to find Son est sitot coupe." . _ . The above libel appeared in The Aye of the2d of April, 1826. —He then read the following, which appeared on the .19th of Fehruaey :—" Your house getting on, : one story finished, another story talked of, the reason of delay owing to Ball Hughes owing the ready money for °attends to his Royal Highness, and having taken French leave, and his wife's maid from the Quad rant." Mr. Sc at.rrT called on the Jury to give heavy damages against this man, who was himself a man of straw; and was made the stalking-horse of a number of persons who throve by calumny. • The Proprietary' having been proved as in a former instance, Samuel Kendal was called.—He deposed that he bad been land steward to the Duke of York. Mr. Ball Hughes, the prosecutor, purchased the estate, at Oatlands, on the 4th of October 1824. The money was vested a few weeks after hi the hands of trustees, in order to have the title investigated. There was a house build ing for his Royal Highness, in the Park, called York House. No person having appeared for the defendant, the Chief Justice briefly addressed the Jury, and left the question of libel and da • mages entirely to their decision. The Jury having deliberated about twenty minutes, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 1501. RAIKES V. RICHARDS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a merchant, re siding in the city of London, against the defendant, who is printer .and publisher of the Age newspaper, for some alleged libels inserted in that newspaper, reflecting on the character of the plaintiff. Mr. ScA RLErr stated the case for the plaintiff. The Learned Gentleman commenced by expressing his regret that the con ductors of any journal should resort to the practices which bad obtained for the journal in question such notoriety. His client bad to complain, that for a length of zilae he had been libelled and abused in a manner which drove him at last for protector into that Court. It would not, the Learned Gentleman said, be ad mitted as an excuse on the part of the defendant, that these attacks taken singly were mere trifles, and not such as to injure any man. Nothing could be more fallacious than an assertion of that sort, for the Jury must be well aware that the constant dripping of water made in the end an impression as deep, as if one violent rush had taken place. A man might perhaps have the forbearance to overlook one or two attacks of the nature complained of he might bear to see kis name stuck up as •an object of ridicule once or twice, but if that oc curred week after week, if a man is to be held up to ri dicule, can it be wondered that be should come into this Court and seek relief at the hands of a Jury. When we see no tices posted up that Dicky Glengall, Hughes Ball, and Tommy Raikes, are to be showed in the next Age, can it he supposed otherwise than as a deliberate intention to do all in the power of the conductors of that Journal to exhibit individuals in a ludicrous and contempttible point of view. The learned gentle Man teat free to admit that it perhaps would be beneath the notice of a sensible man to take notice of any remarks respecting the peculiarity of his person or countenance ; but if these remarks proceeded to such a length as to wake bins the subject of laughter and observation at every tea-table, can he fee otherwise than uneasy, whilst smarting under the consciousness that he is 6w:A and joked about. The libels which were the subject of the presaat action were four ; one was con tained in an article headed " Obituary," and stated, among other things, Mr. Raikes had lost a great deal of money in a spe culation in tallow during the Russian war. It went on to say, that Mr. Raikes had late in life got into good society and that previously to his death, which was gravely annouueed in the libellous paragraph, he was ashamed to carry about his claugh tors, lest their appearance might betray his age. Another of the libels was contained in the critique on the first performance of " Woodstock," at one of the theatres. After saying that the play in question had deservedly gone` to the place from whence it came, it stated that the only thing worthy of remark was the conduct of a " pert sit," who had poked his face, which was the ugliest in the kingdom, into the Duke of 'York's box ; and, whilst Mrs. Chatterly was reciting the prologue, threw on - the stage the frag ments of a play-bill. This conduct on the part of the plaintiff was, in the opinion of the writer in 7'he Age, calculated to excite the indignation of any journalist; and he expressed his earnest hope that his Royal Highness, when made acquainted with the ill-behaviour of the plaintiff, would take measures to exalude him for the future from his box. The plaintiff was also declared to have been unfit for the high. society which he thus outraged, and which his birth did not entitle him to move in. The Learned Gentleman read the other two libels, one of which styled Mr. Raikes the most uncommon monkey of the age. The other libel attributed to the plaintiff a predilection for the farce of " The Liar," and was intended to impute to that gentleman habits which would entitle him to the name of the entertainment in question. The Learned Gentleman, after remarking at some length on the irritating nature of these attacks, expressed his hope that the Jury, which he had then the honour of addressing, would not declare, as their predecessors had done, that it was not libellous to tall a man a liar, It wag, perhaps, a matter of regret that the defendant (Richards) was the only person to he got at in the present instance, for ne was the mere stalking-horse of others, who were the authors of these libels. Here, then, was a body of men behind the curt tain, who were associated fur the purpose of vilifying and abusing every gentleman who was obnoxious to them, the law as regarded libels of this nature, the learned gentlemen thought required alteration ; an injured man had now no means of ascertaining the real authors of them, for if he filed a bill of discovery isCa Court of Equity for that purpose, the defendant ,would have had it iri his power to demur to it. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to call Mr. Joseph Tims, who produced the affidavit and the hand-writing from the . Stamp Office. The affidavit set forth, that the defendant was the sole proprietor and publisher of the Age. Mr. Mallison, from the same office, produced the copiee of the Age, which contained the alleged libels. 4 A Gentleman was- then tailed for the purpose of proving that he was in the frequent habit of walking up and down Bond-street, and that he saw placards; posted up, announcing, that inthe Age newspaper, would be found some articles relative to. Mr. Raikes. Mr. BROUGIIiM, for the defendant, objected to this evidence. Mr. Solos - LETT—What does my Learned Friend mean to say that lie defends this action? Mr. BROUGHAM—Indeed I do. . Mr. ScsaLETT—Surely my Learned Friend ought to have in timated the fact to me. The last case was undefended, and my Learned Friend was then in Court, and made not a single remark. Mr. BUOUGHAAL-I had no brief in the last case, and until the h fhe Learned from the defendant, could n not newspaper be given ,en which in v Gentleman stated, that the posting u p of the placards could not proper ea time ary for for s n m e e t o to takesays a n - y pa t r h t in in this, not .) of: itcourse think ro n affect his client. Any thing done b y a third p art y , with a co py of a a i p n u s purchased c t h he as ed d e fe f n r [The examination continued — The witness saw placards exhi bited, detailing the nature of the a rti c l es that were to appear ou eid h e e nce had ag the following Sunday. Mr. Buovianaas again objected to the reception of this evi dence. . -Mr. SCARLETT contended that it was for the Jury to say whether this information could be procured otherwise than from the defendant. It was admissible as evidentia rei. Bitouctuor, in reply, argued that if the Court sanctioned the doctrine contended for by his Learned Friend, it would have the effect of opening the widest door to evidence of an improper nature. The fact of the placards containing the name of Mr. Raikes was merely a proof that the newsvender intended to puff off the paper, by exciting the curiosity of the public. The LORD CHIEV JUSTICE was of o:nnion that there was as yet no evidence to connect the defendant with the placards. Mr. BROUGHAM then addressed the Jury for the defendant. He said that his Learned Friend (Mr. Scarlett),' felt some mis givings wh en h e a d verted to the trifling c haracter.of the libels, which were now the subject of prosecution, and he, (Mr. R.), (lid not wonder at his Learned Friend's feelings. It was quite absurd to say, that Mr. Raike's character was likely to suffer, or his feelings to be rudely torn by those nonsensical para g s a i s te. The topics on which his Learned Friend usually insisted in wan of libel were, that they affected the fair fame, blighted the reputation, and wounded the feelings of the party, a ga i ns t whom they were directed. But in the present case .no such topics were applicable. Whether Mr. Raikes was a little more or less ill-favoured in his countenance or person, .could be of very littlecorisequenee. It had nothing to do with his cha racter, nothing to do with his reputation, nothing to do with his happiness, and very little to do with his feelings. The charges contained in those libel.% if libels they could be called, were frivo lous and trumpery charges, and were frittered down to nothing by his Learned Friend's own admission. His Learned Friend ad mitted, iu substance, that no person in a dignified situation would think it worth his while to bring' an action for such trifling charges. A man whci was well known or filled a public situation, would depend upon his own respecta bility, without considering what others thought or said of his person. 'This his learned friend acknowledged, but then be said that - hen a person filled no public situation, but was only known in private life,'and amongst those circles in which he moved, it was not pleasant to have his person a subject of conversation or ridicule in the little coteries in which he moved, or at the dinner parties which he frequented. This was the . ground taken up by his learned friend, and what could be more curious ? Mr. Raike s ' person must be known in the coteries in which hi moved. Those persons . could not be ignorant of that gentleman's person, when they had the advantage of viewing it, which the jury had -not. His learned friend's position was, that the libels now prosecuted, were to make-the plaintiff's persori a subject of ridicule in thi. circles in which he moved. Yet was it possible that the indivi- , duals who composed those circles, were not able to judge whether Mr. Raikes was well or ill-favoured in his person, until they sent next Sunday for the Newspaper. Then, and not till then, ac cording to his learned friend, they would see whether Mr. Raikes was an Adonis, or whether they should laugh at him, or treat him as a very handsome man. If Mr. Raikes was not a very hand s some man, it was not the newspaper was in fault ; it was nature was in fault : and if Mr. Raikes was a very handsome man, nothing could be more harmless than the paragraph in the News paper. His learned friend said the libel must apply to Mr. Raikes. He (Mr. B.) did not know that it did apply to Mr. R., but if it did, it must have its foundation in nature ; and if it had not its foundation in nature, there was nothing in it. Mr. Raikes had only to show himself, and there was an end of the squibs.—He had heard of ladies being offended at any imputation upon their personal loveliness—such observations might mar . s. woman's prospects; hut it was really too absurd for a gentleman of Mr. Raikes' age, who had two daughters old enough to be brought out in the world, to trouble himself with such ridiculous ! squibs. Of all the cases of libel he had ever heard this was - by far the slightest, and. the one which tended the lealt .- to affect a man's fair fame, his reputation, or his happiness._ But, then, his Learned Friend said that the Editor of this News ' paper was not contented with ridiculing his client, but he had actually placed him in the obituary, and killed hint whilst living. • But this was a misfortune which others besides clients were iti4. ject to.—(A laugh.)--Lawyers, as well as laymen, had been kill ed before their time ; and it really was very annoying,' for, the first .intimation the person thus dispatched had of his death was, if in Parliament, to find, that his letters had been stopped at the Post-office, and next day to see a long paragraph containing his life and character, in a news paper. The advantage of this practice was, that the person. thus prematurely killed, heard all that good of himself during his life • time, which under other circumstances would have been kept for his executors and administrators.---(Continued laughter.) On this ground, therefore, Mr. Raikes had little reason to complain, as he was no worse off, lie would say, than his bettere,but certainly than his fairers. Well, then there was another chargs, Mr. Raikes was termed a cockney. Mr. Raikes, it heemed,,was& respectable merchant, and lie was called a cockney. Well,- what was a cockney ? ,By a• cockney was meant a person who hadheen born within the sound of Bow bells, or was connected with the City of London. Now, what imputation was this on any man? Is assuredly could not be considered a matter of disgrace--At least, he hoped not ; fin. he (Mr. Brougham) was himself subject to an imputation,' being a member of the Corporation of that great and wealthy metropolis—a connection which he always looked to as conferring very' great honour on him. He•knevi many respectable gentlemen having business in the City, and living in the West End of the town who treated the imputation sought to be it'd on Mr. Raikee in the highest contempt. Yet such was the charge upon which Mr. Raikes thought it necessary to have a Special Jury int pannel:ed in Westminster—he could not go a little to the East when he knew that to be called a citizen would be accounted an honour, but lie came to Westminster to persuade a Special Jury to find a verdict for a libel. Another charge was, that it was said Mr. Raikes was not fit for genteel so ciety. Really a man . of Mr. Raikes' age should not thinit himself hurt by such an observation, for what was tq be unfit for genteel society in the opinion of all others but those regular idiots, who have the phrase for ever in their mouths? to he unfit for genteel society in the minds of rational men, was to be regular, punctual, industrious, and above fashionable vices. Every man, he repeated, hut vulgar fools,- thought a matt the better for being frugal, honest, and industrious,- and this it was be unfit for genteel society. - Now there remained another libel to which his Learned , Friend thought proper to . a ,number of characters—domestic characters, were placed oppo. site to gentlemen's names—and that appended to Mr. Raike's name, was " the Liar." Opposite, a noble friend of his, Lord Nugent, was " the Minor." Now; hit noble friend Lord Nugent, he knew was two or three end •thirty, if he was a day, so that the name of the " minor" could not apply to him, any more than that of " the liar" to Mr. Raikes, and he could only account for their names being appended to those characters, by supposing• that his, Noble Fricnd Lord, Nugent patronised the farce of the Minor at some private Theatre, and Mr. Raikes patronised the farce of the Liar. This he protested was the only way he bad of accounting for the ci:cumstances. He, therefore, called upon the Jury to look at the matter as men of sense, and not to inflict heavy damages on a poor man, whole condition was pretty well din"' - strated by his allowing another case to goundeiended. His Learned Friend said that by pleading the general issue, the falsehood of time • libels had admitted, but how could a special pleader have justified the libels if they were true. It would be too ridiculous to set forth in the declaration, that Mr. Raikes was a very ugly man. Un der all the circumstances, he thought the Jury would best con sult their duty, by returning a verdict of not guilty. The Learned Judge, in summing up, observed that wh&teter others might think of it, in his view calling a man a liar was tss greatest imputation which could be thrown on his moral character. After a few minutes' consultation the Jury returned a of guilty.—Damages 40s. FASHIONABLE, AND MISCELLANEOUS, BRIGHTON, FEB. 19.—Divine Service, as 113112.1, was performed at the Palace this morning by the Dion of Sarum. His INIAJEsTY, this evening, is quite as well at he.' appeared in the morning—gout excepted, and' that not of a virulent kind, and his MAJESTY illness about him whatsoever. Mr. Secretary Peel. had the-,honourof dirt,hig with the Royal Suite at the Palace. to-day. In all, proba bility he will return to London to-morrow. The ',report of - the state of the hrtalth•of Mr. Caii ning is ee ry:favotiirable " this _evening,nor cart we find that any ;relapse is anticipated. er C a a l Cabin clay et t o s n d t a e y r , s u N n v t e a r chaiffn. half-pasta t m l m l tt 4 1 - 13 1,fg a h t o t. S w un g h the same night, for the assembling of a Cabinet Council y es t er d ay, e n a n c i l t r' l r se ol s ithe in the name of Mr. Canning were isoued , at 1 2 o'clock Yesterday, accordingly, at two o clock, the Cabinet assembled. Mr. Huskisson's presence at the deliberations of the Councils being deemed of the most essential importance, the Ca binet, instead of meeting in their usual Council Chamber, (mem _ bled at that . Right Hon: Gentleman's residence, owing to his severe indisposition, never having ' thoroughly recovered from his illness consequent upon his attendance at the funeral of the late Duke of York. Among the Cabinet Ministers present were --the Duke of Wellington, Earls Harrowby, Westmorland, and Bathurst, Yis. count Melville, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Bexley, Mr. W ynn , &c. The Council broke up at four o'clock. Mr. Secretary Peel arrived in town from the King late on Sunday night; and yesterday had a select party to dinner; several of the Cabinet Ministers were present. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence left their seat at Bushey Park yesterday morning, and visited the Duchess of Kent at her apartments in the King's Palace, Kensington: The Duke of Clarence afterwards proceeded to his temporary residen ce 41 Charles-street, Berkeley-square. The Duke and Duchess re turned to Bushey in the afternoon. .t was Sir Edmund Carrington who spoke Monek, the Member for Reading. Yesterday the despatches for St. Helena, Penang, Singapore, and China, by the ship Farquharson, Capt. William to C the ruie purserkshank,:v f th ere at e e lo hi se e. d at the East India House, and delivered