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7LAW; IN TELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS SCOTCH APPEALS. • mite. 'manic BLACK MACNEIL, APPELLANT; MALCOLM MAU; RFGOR, RESPONDENT. The circumstances of this extraordinary case are shortly these. - The appellant is the daughter of the late Doctor - Macneil, of Lanarkshire, she was not born •in Wedlock, and until her 23d year lived with her mother ; she then went to reside with her father, whose bad health required unremitting attention. He ac knowledged her publicly as his daughter, and in April, 1816, executed a deed by which he left her his house and furniture, and at the same time passed her a bond for "W. In the May following he made his will leavin g to her all his property heritable and movable.— The respondent, Malcolm Macgregor, was a journeyman printer, and having married the step-daughter of a Mrs. Robertson, by whom the appellant was nursed, became on intimate terms with her as well as with her father. He Was occasionally employed.in the management of Dr. Mac neil's affairs, and by that means obtained a perfect know ledge of the Doctor's intentions towards his daughter- and o f the two deeds which carried these intentions into effect. Some time before her father's death, the appellant was courted by a Mr. Jolly, and was subsequently married to him with the approbation and in the presence of her fa ther. The respondent, according to the evidence ad duced in support of the appellant's case, knew of the c ourtship an d o f th e i nten d e d marr i age long before it took place. He received presents on tha mar riage, and had actually drunk bumpers to the health and prosperity- of the newly married couple. The ap pellant and Mr. Jolly lived together without any inter ruption until March, 1818, when Macgregor raised an action of declarator of marriage against her, on the grounds that he had been married to her previously to her union with Mr. Jolly. Dr. Macneil had died before the ' commencement of this action, and the appellant became pos sessed ofhis property. Macgregor alleged that he had beentwice married to the appellant, the first of these marriages was clandestine, and was alleged to have taken place at Holy town ; the second, which was a regular marriage, was performed by a Mr. Joseph Robertson. It is scarcely ne oes.,-..ry to add, that Macgregor's first wife had died. The Fame came on for trial berme the Court of Session in Scot land,_ and it was decreed, after the examination of a num ber llanter of w i tnesses on both sides legally m arr i e d to the a - g with Mr. Jolly. ppe ,Previously , that Macgregor had been to the marriage From this decision of the Court of Session an.appeal was lodged by the of Lord s . Ho lady, and th e case came on to-day before the nse After some discussion between the Counsel on both sides, the further consideration of the cave was put off until Mon fl..e, hav e th e Mon day week, i n order that the parties nsigt, in the mean proper o pportunity of seeing whether it would be secorone o o d tuspbraaceedd golly), the a p pea l , w i thout calling in the sated i n t h e oily) who was, o f course , d eep l y inte r result. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. PROMOTIONS. wi t the opening of the Court, this morning, Mr. J. silk a las, Mr. Campbell, and Mr. F. Pollock, appeared in ;V1; g °lv na, and took their seats behind the bar as usual. w. eu Lord Tenterden took his seat, he addressed Mr. 'Warns as follows : His Majesty having been g v ilei° " l Y pleased to appoint you, Mr. Williams, one of his l earned in the law, you will take your seat within ..4e bar sc eording . y. " I His Lordship having addressed Mr. : , 4111 Pbell an d Mr. Pollock in similar terms, these three tieoarned G entlemen, after exchangi ng b ows o f congratula -12 With their brethren, took their stations within the bar. Th e 8 . Si tti Peeial Jury causes appointed for the present oe p h y. haling been finish e d y es t er d ay , t h e C ourt h as b een 7Fled to-day in the trial of Common Jury cases. is 2n action of 'damages against a cow-keeper, in Palace :vet, W estminster, for an alleged nuisance, occasioned by i ce 's - Pool in hia cow-yard, took up the time of the Court, "'Most the whole morning, the details of it possessed no 14tereat. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. LAST DAYS OF LORD BYRON.-(LIBEL.) TARRY V. HUNT. Wu an action by the plaintiff, the author of the called " The Last Days of Lord Byron," to recover 7agel of th e d e f e nda n t, th e Edi tor of the Examiner test "P"P4Per, for two libels on hi s c h aracter, published in Paper : the first in a paragraph on May 22, 1825, tad th e second in an Editorial note to a published letter from Colonel Leicester Stanhope in the Examiner of April 2, 1826. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and special pleas Of ifttification. Jonsra opened the pleadings, and Mr. Serge sant 1 ADDY tated the Case to the Jur Mr.. Se rgeant WY LDI and Airy.. defend PLATT conducted the ant's . Mr. Sergeant TAIMY commenced by observing, that a Snore disgusting attempt to slander . the character of Mr. Parryh had .. never .. come under his notice. The plaintiff had .7 n a sni p - builder, and was induced by a gentleman of his - ` cluaint ance, and a gentleman of the Greek Committee, to to to Greece, where he was a great favourite of Lord Byron, Who Placed him in command over a body of engineers that Lord Byron had collected for the defence of Greece. The Plaintifiremained in Greece for some time, and collected the hook, and f ac t s w hi c h h e had since published in his ,"°k, entitl e d " T he last days of Lord Byron, " Mr. nlet, the defendant, thought proper in alluding to that Z (4) l , k ) to mak e th e most di sgraceful attack on the author, e b e l tu'e he Jury w ou ld fi n d was without provocation, and lheved without parallel for violence and grossness. 22 a first was published in the Examiner of Sunday, May ' 18 25, a n d was as follows :_.... l "The Times has thought proper in its strange anxiety to eill ' ie rate the character of Mr. Bentham, to notice with Prai se tib i the very contemptible production of a very conter r p- ri hitile f:alow, one Parry, lately a caulker, but now ca in i , ea , l i e ,: f a Major, and who had unfortunately prevai ez - rtql the Greek Committee, to send him out to -r...._ it bu ll as an engineer. This exceedingly ignorant, boast p g' bullyin an d drunken individual, it seems, while en -agnedfis in th e the Greeks, got introduced to Mr. en- Beat able, a n n of honour which the late estimable Sir tT ' ,..s e t Rom'llY a and other similar spirits,. have always co u n i- d eteet 4 PPreFlat i ed. ' Taking advantage of this unexpected de 11 , On, the worthless creature in question , im a in in o e r d - Ivo r ' Laa h etet ) d i to get up something w hi c h h e . g au- ev ' habits, such / sv ul- : 11, has u itib t lislie - d various details, of n . o sort of interest, i f n o t r eres in t_, stanc e ' r especting Mr. Bentham 's . r ather ' tt n , " them ' with that he dines at ten o'clock at n i ght , and runs ° Walks for health, &c., accompany ing d rentarke deel— g 4 .„, -- "Kned to throw ridicule upon his excellent an d Wretched """' host. W e should not have noticed such :11etched stuff; had not the Times given it currency, 7 7 n iz i: °f the low-minded author, who cannot write 5 ne ' of English, with commendation, and made 4 Very foolish and flippant remark upon it. The re putation of Mr. Bentham cannot be lowered by the writers ' ll the Times, but such doings excite great disgust in many quarters, and the Times may he assur e d that ere long it W ill hav e ample reason to regret the unjust and unhand-. the course w hi c h i t so very frequently adopts." lo reading and b r inging to the notice of the Jury a libel of 'Jo atrocious a nature, it would L., requisite to search for Some sort of motive in nicking such an attack upon an indi vidual an ut he believed the Jury would not be able to dis co,,er y. It might be thought that the object was an attack on the Times • but, however public prints might differ en Political oin ' ts, it was for the Jury to teach thos P e o ' sv i such ho conducted them, that in cases they should respect the char acter of in dividuals. He contended, l) however, that e h a libel was an infliction of the most severe kind that a su man could sus tain. In making the attack on the Times, the defendant had not spared Mr. Parry, though the Ju ry w ould find that there was nothing to provoke the de fe nd ant. Mr. Parry never came in contact with Mr. Hunt, and could never have offended him, and yet Mr. Hunt !hought proper to publish this moat cold-blooded n bel, and to call the plaintiff a bully, a poltroon, a slanderer, sad a sot- The defendant bad an object it might be said, ttntacititieising the plaintiff's work, but the Jury would find had in the cr i t i que on Mr. Parry ' s work, the defendant not mortal an onl y d libelled his work, b u t b a d i n fli cted the most author unprovoked injury on th e p l a i nt iff , both as an and t u u c t h a libela w man. Th e J ur y m i g h t, per h aps, think that ould satisfy the malignity of the defendant ; they uch was not the case. So long after as April 1826, I"old find th at h e had published another libel, as tZ ° .° . B the f ormer, and as injurious to the plaintiff. book:I injured him hi every respect : in the sale of his which had fallen off considerably since these libels itly:_r: Publish e d ; i n the respect of his friends and acquaint iCa, and in the mind of every person who read them. leg e le eond lib e l was published as an editori a l no te to a whir publi s h e d i n the Examiner of Sunday, April 2, 4 E4. 41 Was add ressed to M r . P arry. To this note the feu(nes was directed by an as t er i s k , and it was as :,...... ( 0 ; 1116 man was a caulker i n th e d oc k -yards, and is arli f to repeat the worst of him) a slanderer, a sot, a bully, D ,,,a , Poltroo n . Wh o wro t e t h e b ook to which he has e.. - - " a ed hie n ' •we cannot exactly say ; but he himself 4,1 6 t Write tea lines of English." author or an individual no grosser aspersions maid he'thrown on any one. At an author it was said that the plaintiff could not write a line of correct English ; as an individual, that he was a sot, a drunkard, a bully, and a poltroon. The law advisers of the defendant bad re commended him to justify this foul and calumnious libel, and upon looking to the record, he found it justified in these words, that the plaintiff was a sot and a drunkard ; to wit, in London in the kingdom of England, and a bully and a poltroon ; to wit, at Missolonghi in Greece--(Laughter. It went on to state, that the plaintiff suggested, that he could take the Turkish fleet at the distance of nine miles by some machine, and that he could capture the fortress of Lepanto by a fire-kite. These statements were put in to justify the accusation contained in the libel, which stated that the plaintiff was a bully. It was also set forth that the plaintiff stated, that Lord Byron had so good an opinion of him, that he appointed him to the command of a Brigade of Artillery, and that there was no one on the spot so fit as the plaintiff, who observed that he deserved this situation better than any one who was there at the time, but that ho was only a fireman in the regular army, and that some German officers thought it beneath their dignity to serve under him.—(Laughter.) —This was put forward as an evidence of the plain tiff's disposition to boast, but all the poor man said was, that he deserved the situation of commander of the artillery better than any one else who was there. He was sure the Jury would not consider that this statement of the plaintiff's afforded any excuse for the gross libel which the defendant had published concerning him. That libel, as he before stated, had done the plaintiff the most serious injury ;—he was about to receive an ap pointment under the Government of Buenos Ayres, with a salary of 4001. a-year. He was negociating with Captain Ramsay and Mr. Hullet, the Consul-General for Buenos Ayres, and it would be proved that those gentlemen in stantly broke off the negociation upon seeing the libels which appeared in the defendant's paper. In conclusion he called upan the Jury to put themselves in his client's situation, to think what they would feel if the epithets, sot, bully, and poltroon were applied to any one of them ; and after estimating the plaintiff's feelings by their own, to give him such compensation as they considered he was entitle , l to. Defendant'. Counsel admitted the Proprietorship of the libel in the Examiner. The libels were then put in and read. Captain Robert Ramsay was then sworn and said—l am a Captain of the Royal Navy ; I was authorised by the Government of Buenos Ayres to organize a small navy; Mr. Parry was recommended to me by Mr. Hullet, the Consul-General - for Buenos Ayres ; I communicated with Mr. Parry, and with an intention of appointing him ; I approved of his credentials ; I was then lodging at a hotel in Grosvenor-street, and the Sunday Papers being brought up I glanced on the name of Parry and read the libels which were this day produced ; in consequence of which I broke off the negotiation with Mr. Parry. Mr. Hullet mentioned to me that Mr. Parry expected 400/. a year for going out. The day after I saw the libel in the Examiner I wrote to Mr. Parry. I wrote to say that all intercourse between the plaintiff and me must cease until he confuted the abominable libel in the Examiner. Cross-examined.—My negociation with Mr. Parry w as quite prospective. My exertions for the Government of Buenos Ayres were afterwards rendered nugatory by the breaking out of hostilities with:Brazil, which induced the English Government to prohibit its officers from giving any assistance to Buenos Ayres. Re-examined—l never confided any papers of conse quence to the Government of Buenos Ayres to Mr. Parry. The case for the plaintiff having closed, Mr. Sergeant \Vans addressed the Jury for the defendant. He said he was sure that Captain Ramsay was too respectable a gen tleman to have entrusted any papers of-consequence to Mr. Parry. The papers his Learned Friend alluded to were not memoranda of the last days of Lord Byron, or of any one else, for if they had been, the Jury might conceive how little the reputation 01 the departed would have been consulted by such an historian. He was a little amused by part of his Learned Friend's statement. After getting as far as the boast made by the plaintiff that he woui'l blow up the Turkish fleet by a fire-kite, and that he was only a fire-master in the regular army, his Learned Friend's hopes were blown up, and he declined giving any further account of his client's pursuits. He (Sergeant Wilde) however, would take up the narrative, and give a full account of the plaintiff from that place in which his Learned Friend, (Mr. Sergeant Taddy) had dropped him. His Learned Friend said that Mr. Hunt had published the libel without any object. If his Learned Friend meant without any bad object, he (Sergeant Wilde) agreed with the observation. Mr. Hunt. in his character of editor, was remarking on a recommendation which appeared in a contemporaneous journal the Times. That paper had recommended a book which contained gross aspersions upon a name which he bed never heard repeated but with respect, that of Mr. Bentham, and Mr. Hunt thought it his duty to set before the public in a true light the character of the work and its author, which another journalist had spoken so favourably of. Mr. Hunt had no mercenary motive, no personal resentment to gratify; and if he had erred and exceeded the limits to which the press ought to be confined, it was without any discreditable object or any disgraceful motive. His Learned Friend said, that the justification was a disgusting attempt to support the slander ; the justification, however, would prove that the defendant was no slanderer ; he had called the plaintiff a sot, and a poltroon, and be justified those epithets, by aliegieg that the plaintiff was in the habit of drinking to intoxication at different times, and that though frequently boasting of his zeal in the cause of Greece, when the hour of danger really came, and the boats went out to fight the enemy, the plaintiff excused himself by stating that he was not quite dreesed; he was not attired in such a manner as would show his proper respect for the enemy, so that he waited at home until shaved, and by that time the battle was over.— (Great laughter.)--Mr. Sergeant Wilde hoped that this day Mr. Parry's slurring . would be completed. These facts had come to the knowledge of Mr. Hunt, and he thought it his duty to lay them before the public. —He did not, as was sometimes the case, attack the plaintiff before he had put himself forward in the world ; he did not seek him out in the private walks of life, for the plaintiff bad put himself forward as a public character, and invited the world to scan his merits. Some years ago many individuals, with warm hearts, and charac ters of unquestioned integrity, had joined together to assist the Greeks, whose cause had then excited much sympa thy. The plaintiff was sent by th e s e p e rs ons t o G r e ece as a mechanic, he being by profession a shipwright. Upon his return he published a bock which purported to give an account of the last days of a man whose memory ob tained unlimited admiration, if not respect. He ac quitted Mr. Parry himself of writing the book. Some hired slanderer had formed the work out of the scanty materials which the shipwright supplied. He acquitted Mr. Parry, therefore, of the libels contained in the work, for the fact was, he had not intellect enough to write them. It was quite easy to distinguish the portions written by Mr. Parry, or supplied by him, from those written by another person. The brilliant and tran scendent genius of Lord Byron, whose capacity to put his sentiments in the most elegant finer, enabled him easily to trace particular passages supplied by Mr. Parry. A con versation is reported to have occurred between Lord Byron and his friend Mr. Parry, on the subject of what should beCome of his remains, and Lord Byron puts this question to his friend, " Well, old boy, should you kick the bucket in Greece, have yau any wish your body should be sent to England?" This was his (the shipwright's) re collection of Lord Byron's conversation. He said the shipwright, not meaning to libel that useful and respectable employment; but when a man bred up to that trade, takes up the title of an author, and lends his name to blacken the fame of indivi duals, so much ahove him in life, lie put it to the Jury to say whether that man's pr e t ens i ons were not a f a i r s ubject for observation. The Jury had heard the tone in which he spoke of Lord Byron, and they should hear the manner in which he represented himself to have spoken to Mr. Bentham, whom he visited before he left London for Greece. He says, Mr. Bentham asked hi m , " H ave you read Miss Wright's book on America?" " Yes," was the reply. Here, said the Learned Sergeant, I think the plaintiff must have made a mistake—(Laughter) —b u t on his opinion being asked of the book, his reply was _i n his own words—" Mr. Wright knows no more of America, than a cow does of a case of instruments." This was the man whose literary reputation—as stated by his Counsel—was injured b y the libels in questi on ! No doubt when the plaint iff ' s labours as a shipwright w ere over he was wont to indulge in literary discussions, and of course enjoy the society of eminent literary charact ers . He himself had borne testimony to his intimacy with great men. In page 195 he states that Mr. Bowring having invited him to visit Mr. Bentham, his reply was— " Who the d-1 is Mr. Bentham ? I never heard of him before." So much for his acquaintance with literary men ! However, he says---" I arranged with my wife over night, (shouts of laughter, in which the whole Court joined), and brushed off for Queen-square as hard as my legs would carry me. • Here the Jury could perceive the same facility of diction and elegant propriety o! - - expression which characterized the plaintiff's observa tions on every occasion. The facts were, that Mr. Ben tham, wh o ta k es an i n t eres t in every p ar t o f t h e wor ld where good was to be done, was anxious to see every one aonnected with Greece, and hoped to obtain some information from hrr. With this view he invited that person to his house,--and - the return he got for it was the exposure of all hititieculiaritiea," ''ln fact the plaintiff sought to degrade his venerated name in the minds of those who did not know him. Alr—Bentham's name was never associated with injury or injustice to any one, but was known everywhere where* good wan to be done. Yet this was the character that the plaintiff had sought to traduce; and if a journalist, with the pen in his band, sought to rescue the honour and good name of this venerated individual, who was assailed by a low-minded man, who, in return for Mr. Bentham's hospitality, sought to turn him into ridicule, was that journalist to be praised or blamed ? Which did the Jury think, when he stated to them, that this venerable man of eighty or ninety was represented as mixing himself up with the prostitutes of Fleet-street ? The Learned Sergeant here read the following extract : " We went through a small garden, and passing out of a gate, I found we were in St. James's-park. Here I no ticed that Mr. Bentham bad a very snug dwelling, with many accommodations, and such a garden as belongs in London only to the first nobility. But for his neighbours, I thought, for he has a barrack of soldiers on one side of his premises, I should envy him his garden more than his great reputation. On looking at him, I could but admire his hale and even venerable appearance. I understood he was seventy-three years of age, and therefore I concluded we should have a quiet comfortable walk. Very much to my surprise, however, we had scarcely got into the park, when he let go my arm, and set off trotting like a High land messenger. The park was crowded, and the people, one and all, seemed to stare at the old man ; but, heedless of all this, he trotted on, his white locks floating in the wind, as if he were not seen by a single human being. " As soon as I could recover my surprise, I asked the young man, " Is Mr.-Bentham flighty?" pointing to my head. " Oh. no, it's his way," was the hurried answer, "he thinks it good for his health, but I must run after him," and off set the youth in chace of the philosopher. I must not lose my companions, thought I, and off I set also. Of course the eyes of every human being in the Park were fixed en the running veteran and his pursuers. There was Jerry a-head, then came his clerk and his portfolio, and I being a heavier sailer than either, was bringing up the rear. " What the people might think, I don't know, but it seemed to me a very strange scene, and I was not much delighted at being made such au object of attraction. Mr. Bentham's activity surprised me, and I never overtook him ar came near him till we reached the Horse Guards, where his speed was checked by the Blued drawn up in array. Here we threaded in amongst horses and men till we escaped at the other gate.into Whitehall. I now thought the crowded streets would prevent any more racing ; but several times he escaped from us, and trotted off, compel ling us to trot after him till we reached Mr. Galloway's manufactory in Smithfield. Here he exulted in his acti vity, and inquired particularly if I had ever seen a man at his time of life so active. I could not possibly answer No, while I was almost breathless with the exertion of follow ing him through the crowded streets. " After seeing at Mr. Galloway's manufactory not only the things which had been prepared for the Greeks, but his other engines and machines, we proceeded to another ma nufactory at the foot of Southwark-bridge, where our bri gade of guns stood ready mounted. When Mr. Bentham satisfied his curiosity here also, and I had given him every information in my power, we set off to return to his house,, that he might breakfast; 1 endeavoured to persuade him to take a hackney-coach, but in vain. We got on tolerably well, and without any adventures, tragical or co mical, till we arrived at Fleet-street. We crossed from Fleet Market over towards Mr. Waithman's shop, and here, letting go my arm, he quitted the foot pavement, and set off again in one 'of hs vagaries up Fleet-street. His clerk again set off after him, and I again followed. The race here excited universal attention. The perambulating ladies, who are always in great numbers in that part o the town, and ready to laugh at any kind of oddity, and catch hold of every simpleton, stood and stared at or fol lowed the venerable philosopher. One of them, well known to all the neighbourhood, by the appellation of the City barge,' given to her on account of her extraordinary bulk, was coming. with a consort full sail down Fleet-street, but whenever they saw the flight of Mr. Jeremy Bentham, they hove too, tacked, and followed to witness the fun or share the prize. I was heartily ashamed of participating in this scene, and supposed that every body would take me for a mad doctor, the young man for my assistant, and Mr. Bentham for my patient, just broke adrift from his keepers." But the plaintiff was not satisfied with ridiculing Mr. Bentham and Lord Byron, he traduced every one of whom he spoke. Colonel Stanhope, the son of the Earl of Bar rington, a gentleman of high honour, who had lent his dis interested assistance to the Greeks, wag Aid traTieed. The plaintiff, who represented himself as having caught the last breath of that extraordinary man (Lord Byron), and who wished himself to be thought his Lordship's friend after death, as he was his confidant in life, also traduced that unfortunate Lady, to whom Lord Byron was united. Those who were really Lord Byron's friends knew that he had never uttered a disre spectful word against Lady Byron. He always admitted that the errors which had led to their separation were his own. Like many other great men, he had some vices which tended to operate strongly on a chaste and de licate female mind. This Lord Byron knew, and he never could have intended that any eaves-dropper, in his death chamber, should catch any thing that he might say dis paraging to the character of that noble Lady. Lord Byron could not have intended to wound the feelings of his wife, but if he had, it was not for a friend to publish the foibles and vices of a great character. The plaintiff went on to say, that the worst of Lord Byron was the mockery and scores with which he treated the dull routine of domestic life, and the matrimonial and parental duties. Here was a story for a friend to tell ! But Mr. Parry winds it up by adding, that Lord Byron would have been the most devoted of husbands and the best of fathers, if he bad not been corrupted by circumstances,or if he had found a woman who bad appreciated him. He then went on to state that Lady Byron was herself a woman of fashion, full of the dogmas rather than the charities of religion, and that Lord Byron only spoke of the world as he found it; for having seen five women visiting his wife one morning as friends, with all of whom he had intrigued, how could he possibly form any ideas of domestic virtue ? Thus, the plaintiff had spared neither friend nor foe; Lord and Lady Byron were equally maligned. In May, 1824, the plaintiff addressed a letter to Colonel Stanhope, which appeared in page 347 of the book, and he called upon the Jury to bear in mind that this letter was written after the death • of Lord Byron. In the letter, the plaintiff addresses Colonel Stanhope to the following effect :—" Honourable Sir—l have ever held your private and public character in the highest respect and veneration." This was the plaintiff's opinion of Col. Stanhope, when he wanted a small supply of money, but in another part of his book, he calls Col. Stanhope a conspirator. He says that no great cordiality existed between him and Lord Byron, and that Colonel Stanhope wanted to set up a Newspaper. The plaintiff goes on to say, that the conduct of Stanhope (for so he familiarly termed Colonel Stanhope), was like that of the King of France,though he (Sergeant Wilde) could not conceive how the plaintiff knew any thing of the King of France. But so it was, that the plaintiff compared Col. Stanhope to the King of France, because hebribed the news papers to supporthis policy. The Learned Serjeant concluded by observing, that the plaintiff was clearly an uneducated ignorant man, and that the defendant had stated nothing in the libel which would not be supported in evidence. He submitted, therefore, that the Jury cught to find for the defendant; but if they found for the plaintiff, the smallest damages would satisfy the justice of the case. Robert Laycock sworn—Went out to Greece in 1823 as a mechanic.. Plaintiff accompanied witness in the voyage. He said he had worked as a journeyman ship wright. Plaintiff was very fond of brandy, and seldom went to bed sober. He often drunk by word of mouth, which meant that he never took the bottle from his mouth whilst drinking. The plaintiff often boasted of what he could do. He said he could destroy the Turkish fleet at fifteen or twenty miles distance, and that he could take Lepanto by a fire kite. He said he had been at Rio Ja neiro twice. The CHIEF-JUSTICE said he supposed the plaintiff was half seas over when he spoke of being at Rio Janeiro.— (Laughter.) Examination continued.—Plaintiff was reprimanded by several persons for setting a bad example to those under him. Plaintiff had said that Col. Stanhope was sent out to assist the Greeks, but that he was a d—d ass, and they might as well have sent out an old woman from the workhouse. Remembered a Turkish brig being rim aground at Misso longhi. Mr. Parry was at Missolonghi at, the time, at Lord Byron's house. Witness and another were ordered by Mr. Parry to go in a couple of boats with howitzers to at tack the brig. Mr. P. did not go, but was to come round by land with Greek soldiers. He did not come. He had a blue coat on, but witness did not know whether be had been shaved.—(A laugh.) Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant TAnDY_Captain Longridge commanded the Ann, in which ship witness was. It was after he left the Land's End that he drank brandy. Had drank with Fletcher, Lord Byron's valet, coffee,- lemonade, wine, rum and water, and a little brandy. By the Coim, at the request of Mr. PIATT....Mr. Parry hurt his. finger by fighting, at Missolonghi, with a man named Grubb. He then came aboard nearly drunk, and cried out all, night, " Oh ! my finger." William Fletcher, had been valet to Lord Byron for 20 years up to his death, and received a pension from the fa mily at present; knew Mr. Parry at Missolonghi ; he lived in Lord Byron's house ; had never seen him so drunk that he could not walk—(a laugh)—Lord Byron generally called him Captain Parry ; remembered some men being sent to attack a Turkish brig off Missolonghi ; Mr. Parry came home, and said that he wanted to shave and dress. It was early in the evening that he came, and he was a long time dressing —or, at all events, he did not appear in a parti cular hurry.—(A laugh.)—When the brig was in flames, a person was sent to his room to call him, and he found him asleep. Had seen Mr. Parry before this trial, and Mr. Parry treated witness very civilly. A Mr. L. Zam belli was present. Mr. P. shook hands with the latter, and said that if he (Zambelli) spoke the truth, he would speak Well of him (plaintiff.) The latter said to witness that he had always been his friend. Cross-examined by Mr. TADDY—Mr. P. had never wished him to speak any thing else but the truth. Was not a sufficient judge of fighting to know whether he (plaintiff) had ever behaved cowardly or dishonourably. The brig was in flames when Mr. P. was called ; the Turks set it on fire, but it was thought that it might have been taken. Mr. Parry was Captain of Lord Byron's ar- tillery brigade, which was composed chiefly of mechanics from England ; witness had seen Mr. Parry what he would call half-and-half.—(Laughter.) By the COURT.—Witness and others were rather sur prised that so►ne means were not effected to take it. Some of the corps went out while the Captain was stopping at home to dress and shave himself. Antonio Lega Zambelli, an Italian, examined by the means of an interpreter—Lived in the service of Lord Byron, at Missolonglii. Had the care of the liquors and the provisions of the latter. Knew the plaintiff at Mis solonghi; had seen him twice ; he was asleep on the carpet on th o se occasions, his bottle by his sidC, and Lord Byron called witness to take him away ; had not seen him affected by liquor more than twice ; had only seen him drinking in the room with Lord Byron, who handed him the bottle. Could not say how many bottles plaintiff drank upon those occasions; had heard plaintiff speak of Colonel Stanhope frequently ; he spoke against him, but could not say exactly what ho said. Recollected the Turkish brig at Missolonghi ; remembered Mr. Perry going to shave ; saw him enter the house and go up stairs ; did not see Mr. Farry go out of the house any more that day. The brig was not burnt when he came into the house. By Mr. TADDY.—It was six or seven hours after Mr. P. went into the house that the brig was in flames. Capt. Parry remained in the house all that time without going out, Saw it in flames himself. Plaintiff was called Capt. Parry at the time he arrived, but he was called in Latin terms " Major," at the back of Lord Byron's house. At this part of the evidence the witness spoke so fast that the interpreter could not follow him, and Mr. Sergeant Wilde a pplied to the Court to substitute either Colonel Stanhope or Mr. Bowring for the. interpreter, whom he considered incompetent to interpret the witnesses' answers. Mr. TAnDY contended that they were both witnesses in the cause ; but the Lord Chief Justice held, that if they were credible witnesses they were credible interpreters. Neither of them, though witnesses, were parties in the cause, and Mr. Bowling. accordingly appointed interpreter. Mr. Bearing was then sworn to interpret. By Mr. Sergeant WILDE.—I did not her any person calling out while I was in Lord Byron's house. The per sons who were in small boats on the coast desired Captain Parry's attendance on account of the vessel being ashore ; this was after Parry went into the house ; the persons call- ing out saw him, and he answered, " stop, stop ;" Parry did not go out after that all ; Parry came as Captain when he came the first time. Colonel Stanhope sworn by Sergeant . Witnit.—l am Lieut.-Colonel in his Majesty's service, I volunteered to go out to Missolonghi, I saw Parry there, I had an opportu nity of seeing whether be was a . man of sober habits or not ; he lived in my room, and was in the habit of drink ing ; he was a boaster of his own powers ; I never heard him say any thing about storming ; I have frequently heard him speak of rockets; he was, a greater man at making them than Colonel Congreve; he said he had some of which Colonel Congreve had the merit. He said he could take Lepanto with a fire-kite ; I think I have heard him say he could perform operations on a fleet at a dis tance of seven miles, with the fire-kites. I don't think him a man by any means capable of writing the book now produced; I should say he was totally uneducated; he certainly was not a grammarian. I have heard him make a boast of his military capacities as an engi neer. I saw the Turkish brig when she was ashore Lord Byron was not there; a Turkish brig run on shore about five miles from Missolonghi ; Lord Byron and myself, went with the Greek agents, to give assistance, we ordered the officers to ppoceed with the brigade and the artillery ; almost the officers, soldiers, and some of the in habitants, immediately proceeded thither ; we were For some time under bombardment, and thinking we would be stranded, and being there for two days, the crew set her on fire. The crew got into bo'ts, and went to another brig that was off, hovering. Byron did not attend from indisposition; Parry never attended at all. Byron treated Parry as a fool—as a merry-man. Byron called Parry Falstaff, and Parry used to call Byron Hell. I have had an opportunity of seeing the writing of Parry. I never heard Parry say any thing of importance of Fletcher. By Seijeant TADDY..—I know that Parry is a man of strong natural understanding. I do not know that he superintended the building of steam vessels. I never knew any man with whom I have not had occasion to differ in opinion with when I have been on terms of in timacy. I differed in opinion with Lord Byron re specting a newspaper. The subjects have been politica', and others on which I have differed with my friends, prin cipally with respect to a Free Press; to state the sitbation of the inhabitants of Greece, I differed with Lord Byron ; we both were for Free Press, hut we differed on some points. Parry was nomi nally in command of some of the forces. I was my self a superior commander, but there was none between Parry and myself. The officers to whom I alluded were Parry, and a German officer who directed the discipline of the forces. I was at Missolonghi, about six weeks or two months after Parry came out. During that time, he was in the habit of drinking to excess, both at Lord Byron's table, my own, and every place where he could get it. I never saw him dead drunk, but with as much as he could take. He taught some of the men the rudimentary artillery knowledge. By Mr. J. WlLDE_Though Parry was not at the brig, some of the men under him were there. By the Conter---I should have conceived, from the situa tian he held, he ought to have been there. Mr. Parry was at the head of the Subaltory, and it might be said he was right in remaining there till the stores had been supplied. The brig frequently fired. If he was an efficient man, he could have been of the greatest possible use, for the brig might have been taken with the cannon and artillery under his command. By the Jury—He was called Major. To gratify his vanity he was allowed to have that title, and in fact to act as Major. He was allowed by Lord Byron to be called Major. I rather think he had a sort of uniform. I don't know the signature to the paper produced to be that of the Greek authority. The title of Major was given to him by Lord Byron and by the Greek Government. The trial was not concluded when we went to press. Mr. BROUGHAM visited Mr. CANNING yes terday. The Princess LIEVEN, the Duchess of LEEDS, the Dowager Marchioness of DOWNSHIRE, the Baron de MuxeltausEN, Earl and Countess BECTIVE, Earl CHAT HAM, Earl FERRARS, Viscount STRATHAVEN, Lord HOL LAND, Lord JOHN RUSSELL; the Bishop of St. DAVID'S, Lady C. LANE Fox, the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, the King's PROCTOR, the Dean of WESTMINSTER, Sir F. BURDETT, and Alderman BIRCH, were among the inquirers, yesterday afternoon, after the health of her MAJESTY, at the King's Palace, St. James's. Mr. CANNING, Mr. WYNN, and Mr. Hus xissorz had several conferences yesterday with Viscount GonEarcu at his residence in Downing-street. Yesterday, the dispatches for Bengal, by the ship Thomas Grenville, Captain CHARLES SHEA, were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. Yesterday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India House, when Major-General Sir JOHN MALCOLM, G.C.B. took the oath on being appointed Governor of Bombay. Sir JOHN afterwards dined with the Directors at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street. There were present several of his MAJESTY'S Ministers, and many other distinguished characters. DlED.—This morning, at his house in Great George.street, Westminster, in consequence of a fall from his horse, some time since, THOMAS INl.stmE, Esq., uni versally respected and beloved. The Committee for regulating the approach • in g Southampton Regatta, have offered six prizes to be contended.for, among which are two silver cups, to be sailed for by yachts. - SILIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JUNE 13.—Wind N.E.—Arrived from London the Robert and Ann; Stephenson, for Miramichi ; Eliza and Nancy, Head, for Cayenne; Lnd Alfleda, Mitchell, for Gibraltar. Arrived the Thalia, Shand, from Jamaica; Cecrops, Gilmore, from Trinidad ; and Barclay, , from Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 12.—Wind E.—Arrived the Bel lona, Wakeman, from Walla; and Humility, Hay, from Pillau. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 13. —Wind E. N. E.—Arrived the Logatus, Anderson, from Dantzic ; and Magnet, —, from Cape Coast. Passed the Astell, —, from China. Cowes, JUNE 13.—The Sicilian, —, from Jamaica, came out of dock last night, and has commenced reshipping her cargo. PARIS, Sums 11.—By advices from Cadiz, of the 25th ult., the Libre Colombian privateer had arrived at Gibral tar, with the crew of the Spanish ship Andrea, which she captured off Cadiz. _ GIBRALTAR, MAY 24.—A vessel, which arrived from the Eastward on the 22d inst., reports having seen, off Frangirola, two Colombians, a brig (the Pinchincha) and a brig schooner. It is reported that there is a Colom bian cruising outside the Straits. ROTTERDAM, JUNE 12.-The Helena Christina, from Batavia, has become a total wreck; only a small part of the cargo and some of the ship's materials saved. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOVICES OF MOTIONS FOR TATS DAY. 1. Mr. Michael Angelo Taylor—To make certain altera tions in the mode of ballotting for the Trial of Election Petitions, and on other points connected therewith. 2. Mr. Edward Davenport—Select Committee to inquire into the causes of the severe distress which has af flicted the Commercial and Industrious classes of the Community during the last and present years. 3. Mr. Charles Pallrner—Bill to amend the Acts 3 Geo. 4, and 4 Geo. 4, relative to the estreating of Fines and Recoveries. 4. Mr. Stanley—Bill for tlie regulation of future Elec tions for the Borough of Preston. 5. Mr. Moore—Returns relative to loans made in Eng land and Ireland under 57 Geo. 3, c. 34, and sub- sequent Acts ; and to present a Petition on the prac tical improver.ient of Ireland. 6. Mr. Robert Go: don—To present Petition relating to the state of Lunatic Asylums. 7. Mr. Spring Ric?—Motion respecting the Election Pe tition presentel from Athlone with forged signatures, of which forgeries Thomas Flanaghan was cognizant. 8. Sir John Newport—Report of Commissioners of In quiry on Irish Education, concerning the Middleton School. 9. Mr. John Wood—Number of convictions of Retail Brewers for selling Beer to be consumed on their premises, under Act 35 Geo. 3, c. 116, since Ja nuary, 1824 ; distinguishing the several Counties. ORDERS OF TICE DAY FOR THIS DAY. 1. Arrests upon Mesne Process Bill—Committee. 2. SaVings Banks Bill—Second reading. 3. Malt Bill—Further consideration of Report. 4. Land Revenue (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 5. Customs Bill—Committee. 6. East Retford Disfranchisement Bill—Second reading. 7. Dissenters' Marriages Bill—Further consideration of Report. S. Prerogative Court (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. 9. Court of Exchequer Examiners (Ireland) Bill—Report. 10. Game Bill—Further consideration of Report. 11. Excise Duties Bill—Further consideration of Report. 12. Butter Trade (Irelandl 4 ol=Committee. 13. New South Wales Di - if—Second reading. 14. Slave Trade Laws Consolidation Bill—Second reading. 15. East India Company's Charter Act—Committee there upon. 16. Consolidated Fund Bill—Third reading. . 17. Glass Bill—Third reading. 18. Exchequer Bilis (13,800,0001.) Bill•—Third reading. 19. Vote of Credit Bill--Committee. 20. Game Certificates Bill—Committee. 21. Advances for Fublic Works Bill—Third reading. 22. Stamp Office Bill—Committee. 23. Sites of Public Buildings Bill—Third reading. 24. Replevins (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. 25. Alehouses Licensing Bill—Third reading. 26. Carriage of Parcels Bill—Third reading. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Tuesday, June 19. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill prevent the application of Cot , porate Funds to El etion purposes. Wednesday, June 20. 1. Mr. Hume—Address concerning Naval Promotions. 2. Mr. Peel—Bill to facilitate the Recovery of Smal Debts. Thursday, June 21. Sir Francis Burdett—lmpressment of seamen. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT HEATH RACES.—WEDNESDAY, Julia 13. There was an evident falling off yesterday in the com pany, more, however, in number than quality, for most of the leading members of the hart ton and all the great turf Noblemen were again present. The same diminution was observable in the sport, but that also applied less to its quality than number, for two better races than those which constituted the day's running have not been seen for Some time. The defalcation is attributable to the pre-eminent attractions of the Grand or Gold Cup Day (the third), which is always characterised by the number and richness of the stakes, the celebrity of the horses, and the multitude of the visitors. The third day at Ascot is like the same day at Epsom, to which in many of its features it hears a strong resemblance ; in one especial particular it is likely to bear a very disagreeable affinity, viz.—in the dusty state of the roads. The King arrived on the heath precisely at one o'clock, in the same form, and accompanied as on the first day.— His Majesty was received with the most fervent expres sions of loyalty and attachment, which his Majesty acknow ledged with his accustomed grace and affability. Besides the Royal Household, there were present the Dukes of Portland, Grafton, Leeds, and Richmond ; Lords Mount charles, Exeter, Blandford, Graham, Cavendish, Jersey, Lowther, Scarborough, Fife, Bentinck, Titchfleld, Tavis tock, Orford, Verulam, &c. The Swinley Stakes of 25 sovereigns each. The last mile and a half : to start at the Swinley post. Air. Delme Radcliffe named Maria, 3 yrs Mr. Ramsbottorn's ch. c. Agamemnon, 4 yrs 2 Lord Mountcharles's h. c. Royal Oak, 4 yrs 0 Mr. J. Rogers's Monarch, 4 yrs 0 Mr. Haffenden's Trumpeter, 3 yrs Four paid-2 to 1 agst Maria ;7to 1 agst Agamemnon. Monarch let off at very severe running with Maria, a very handsome second, and the others at command ; they kept well together at a rapid pace to the turn on coming to the straight course, where every one of them made a most desperate rush, in which Maria was successful ; and on coming into the straight ground she headed, but the Others were all of a line, and close at her neck for some time; she, however, kept her advantage, shook them ofl before they made the Judge's stand, and was in first by a l e ngth, amidst the acclamations of the populace. His Majesty, on being congratulated by the Nobility in attend ance on the success of his filly (Maria being of the Royal stud), expressed himself highly gratified, as well with the event of the race as with the admirable jockeyship of that promising young jockey Arthur Pairs, who rode her. The next race n the list was the Albany Stakes of 50 sous. each, for 3-yr. old colts and fillies, in which Brocard, Maria, Pontiff, Als.meluke, and six others, were entered ; and immediately , ;n the conclusion of the last race the betting on it began. But it was soon made known that the King's filly, having been severely pushed in her race, would not start ; and immediately upon this Lord Jersey declared that he had sold Mameluke ; and as no others would encounter Lord Verularn's Brocard, she walked over for the stakes, and received the half forfeits from nine sub scribers, much to the disappointment of the betting men, as well as the others. Mr. Gulley, it is said, has given Lord Jersey 4,000 guineas for Alameluke ; and what may appear strange, his Lordship has refused 5,000 for Glenartney. The third and last ra,;e was for a plate of 501. for all ages. Once round and a distance. Lord Warwick's Double Entendre, 6 yrs 1 Mr. Heathcote's br. c. Syntax, 4 yrs 2 Capt. Leek's b. m. Fye-Fye, by Filho, 4rs 0 Mr. Brown's tr. c. by Allegro, Barrosa, 4 yrs. . 0 Lord Mountcharles's g. c. Laburn, 4 yrs 0 Mr. Scaith's br. c. by Octavius, 3 yrs. 10 to 6 agst the winner (taken); 2 to 1 agst Syntax The races finished at half-past three, and directly after his Majesty left the Heath, but not till he had signified his approbation of the precision with which the details_ of the day were conducted. The races to-day will consist of the Gold Cup ; the Windsor Forest stakes; two stakes of 200 sous. each, and a SO eovs. stakes, PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. PARIS, JUNE 10.--041 .:+i'iL,sters begin to perceive that it is no longer possible for them to retain power and fallow the legal course : in spite of all the artifice and violence which may be put in practice, they have nothing to hope for from the elections. They must have recourse to arbi trary measures, and with such measures we are now- me - - uaced. The Opposition Deputies, best informed as to Ministerial projects, have no doubt of the journals being again put under the censorship as soon as the prorogation of the Chambers shall take place. But this is the slightest of the evils we have to dread. We are assured that in a council of Ministers, held three days ago, a proposition was made for putting at once a complete stop to every kind of op position. The more timid merely suggested the re establishment of the censorship ; but others rejected that measure as insufficient. It was then proposed to suppress four journals—viz. the Debats, the Constitutionnel, the Cour rier Francais, and the Journal du Commerce. This measure was generally liked ; but it was asked whether it might not provoke an insurrectional movement. The Ge neral who commands in Paris was summoned to give his opinion. He thought it very probable that the suppres sion of the four journals might occasion a disturbance; but he observed that with 40,000 troops he could answer for suppressing any insurrection. The King might then dis solve the Chamber of Deputies, and suspend the Charter for ten years. A review is supposed to be arranged to take place at the camp of St. Omer, and then it is pre tended these great state measures were to be carried into effect. The success of the Duke of Wellington's amendment (ix your Corn Bill has highly gratified our Ministers and Mi. nisterialists : they look upon that incident as an infallible presage of the speedy downfall of Mr. Canning and hie friends. Though they study to dissemble their antipathy to your Ministry, on this occasion they cannot conceal their satisfaction and their hopes. What particularly irri tates them against your Government is, the affair of Por tugal. As long as there is a Constitution in Portugal our Ministers will never consent to withdraw the French army from Spain. They will not encounter the risk of seeing the constitutional system re-established in Spain. What ever may he said as to the retreat of our troops, you may rely upon it, it is destitute of foundation, unless the evacua tion of Spain be connected with some scheme for getting rid of the Portuguese Constitution.— Times. FISH-MARKET, BILLINGSGATE. There was a short supply of Fish at the market this morning and the prices were generally higher ; bat a con siderable quantity of yesterday's Fish, especially Salmon and Soles, were , offered for sale at a great reduction in price Prime large Turbots were 14e. to 18s. each ; small do. Bs. to 10s. each; Salmon, ls. ad. to ls. 9d. per lb. ; Salmon Trout, 10d. to ls. do. ; Eels, Ss. 6d. to 4s. per five lbs. or 12s. to 145., per draught ; good sized Soles, 3s. per three pair ; fine Brighton do. 2s. per pair ; good Lobsters, 12s. per score ; Crabs, Ss. to 129. do. ; Prawns, 3s. per lb. ; Shrimps, 2s. to 2s. 6d. per gall. Mackerel were exceedingly plentiful both last night and this morn ing; in the course of yesterday no less than 22 boat-loads arrived, and towards the close of the day, the quantity was so great that almost any price was submitted to in order to effect sales. The price this morning for vessel Mackerel was 205., per hundred ; Brighton or Dover land-carriage, 245. to 28s. ditto. Newcastle Pickled Salmon continues high in price—it was sold at 50s. per kit. MISS ISABELLA PATON'.3 CONCERT. - The Argyll Booms last night presented a full and fashion able display of Amateurs and Cognoscenti, attracted thi ther by the announcment of Miss I. PATON'S Concert. Several Singers from the Italian Opera, together with Miss STEPHYNS and BRAI-IAII contributed to the enter tainment of the evening. But the chief attraction was the singing of the three Mims PATON, all of whose songs, particularly a pathetic little air, entitled, " They say my love is dead," were received with the warmest appro bation. When the new Terrace, which is now being formed along the whole length of the Western Cliff, from. the Battery is completed, we believe there will be no Marine Piomenade in the kingdom equal to it.—Brightoss Paper. We understand that the Queen of WURTEM BURG will will occupy the Pavilion during a considerable portion of the summer. Her MAJESTY is expected, according to the German Papers, to return to Wurternburg about the middle of November next.—Brighton Paper. Workmen are now employed in covering the roof of the Pavilion with copper.—Brighton Paper. The hay harvest is begun very generally in this neighbourhood ; the swath falls remarkably heavy over the scythe. The wheat in a field at Portslade is already out in ear.—Brighton Papa•. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday an In. quest was held at the Rose and Crown, Church-street, Stoke Newington, before Mr. Ihiwin, jun., who officiated for his father as coroner, on the body of Charles Harris, a young man about 22, who had been in the employment of Messrs. Freeman and Heathcote, solicitors, of Coleman street, and who was found suspended on Saturday, in the coal-vault of the house where he lodged, in stoke Newing ton, and taken down dead. John James Hamilton, a clerk in the office where the deceased was employed, stated his conviction, from a knowledge of the habits of the deceased, that he was insane at the time. The father of the deceased had hanged himself, and be anticipated that such would he end of ►he deceased ; but he did not expect that it wou3d take place so early in life.—The Jury returned a verdi , ,J c f "Insanity." SurcznE.—On Saturday night about eleven o'clock, a watchman stationed at the end of Camden -street, Islington, near the New River, saw a female plunge into the water. An alarm was instantly given, and the watch man, with some of the inhabitants, proceeded to the spot, where they found the body of a young person, apparently not more than 20 years of age, and of extremely handsome person and features. The attendance of two medical gen tlemen was immediately procured, who, during nearly two hours, used their best exertions to restore life, but with out effect. The body was taken to Islington Church, to be owned, and it was shortly afterwards ascertained that the deceased was a young woman who had recently lived as servant in a highly respectable family in the neighbour hood. It was said, that having, in the beginning of last week, paid a visit to Greenwich fair, she failed to return home at night, anti was in consequence discharged from her situation. It is supposed that the unhappy warner.: had since been wandering about, until her last penny was exhausted, and being unable to sustain any longer the lead of a wretched existence, in a moment of desperation ter minated it in the manner described. PAWNBROKERS.—A person of the name of John Berry, resident in this town, formerly himself a pawnbroker at Hull, has been raising contributions by lodging informations against the persons in that trade in Leeds, for taking higher interest than the law allows, and has in that way inflicted fines, of which the infermer obtains one-half, and the poor of the township the other half, to the amount of 3041. The sum of 503. is exacted on each. conviction, of which there have been 85, from seven dif ferent pawnbrokers, one of whom, recently establisheA in business, has paid 701. A number of other informations were prepared, but Mr. Berry has consented to withdraw t h em . We hope the persons who lend money to the poor on security of their clothes or furniture will, in future, guard themselves against these consequences, by abstaining from taking more than legal interest,—a precaution which, we fear, is not sufficiently attended to either in Leeds et elsewhere.—Leeds Mereury. It has been long matter of complaint, that let ters sent to the eountry by post, if the persons to whom they are addressed cannot be found, are generally detained for four or five weeks in the country post-office before they are returned. This practice is said to be attended with great inconvenience to the public, and the superintendents of the post-office department have often been applied to to remedy the evil. Nothing, however, appears to have been done in the matter. The respectable attornies all cry gut against the abuse, but the low practitioners have reason tq rejoice at it. A solicitor writes to a person in the cs - Juntry, who is in debt to his client, requiring that the m oney b e paid forthwith. He waits the usual time, but receiving no answer, he sends down a writ at the expense of his client of between 31. and 41. After the country has been scoured in vain by Sheriff's officers, he receives his letter, on which it is stated, that the person to whom itis F oper scribed is dead, or otherwise departed from the place.— The practice is so very common, that it is suspected there has been an understanding between the underlings of the law and the country post-masters, in order to secure a certain profit from the unfortunate client, who is of course obliged to defray the expences. Mr. Hobler, junior, has had many instances of this sort of conduct upon the part of the post-masters. On the first of May he wrote to a town in Lincolnshire, a letter demanding payment of a debt due to Mr. Clementi, and the day before yesterday his letter was returned, and it was stated upon the back of it, that the person addressed had departed for London. It has b ee n ascertained, that the delay is not occasioned by the search after the person in such cases. It was expected that this abuse would have been mentioned in the House of Commons, but whatever hal been the cause, no notice has been as yet takeu of it..... Tunes.