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THE. LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY gdracts from the - Morning Papers, May 12,1825. . . [TIM TIMES.] `,50 far as depends on the House of Commons, Citiolic. Emancipation has become the law of the. land. But it is only _the representatives of the people who as yet have sanctioned it—those witcariree believe, amidst all the. defects, whether argatisetttative - or practical, in the composition of the.flouse of.Comynons, do represent with a con. siderable approach to truth the feelings, the prin.. ciples, and opinions of the English nation, its. li berality, -justice, and good sense. Of another assembly, constituting a second ordeal through which. this great measure has to work its progress, we may venture tcr say, that its decisions are not always those which- express the prevailing senti mitit, of the English nation. The House of Lords is more distinguished by wealth than any peolic body now in existence, or that ever exist ed:_ perhaps, if we except the Roman Senate during one period of the empire. But it is wealth almost confined to landed property : its immediate possessors have in few cases acquired it by their industry or talent. They are men who have not looked at the affairs_ of empire from:more Than a single point of view : they hive-not-mingled with the community so much as any .other of the various clases which compose it. There -is more inertness of constitution= more stagnation of reason=more sameness of character—more incapacity of transition from one state of feeling to its-opposite—nore satisfaction with whatever has long endured, because the greatness of every individual aristocrat, who knows that he is already at the top of society, and can be no personal gainer by change, has grown up with the system ;—these characteristics oldie House of Peers are favourable to the ge neral stability of. the Commonwealth ; but they are adverse for a time to the adoption of each. separate improvement. This dignified body of proprietors„indeed, are seldom otherwise than behind the bulk of the nation in watching, or at least acting on, signs and- seasons. We do not say that they are:- less enlightened by reflec tion than men of somewhat inferior degree ; but perhaps they are less warmed than might be desirable. by friction with the general spirit of the country. How such supposed attri butes, of.- the , Upper House of Parliament may affect - that most important measure now about to be sObinitted to it, is an anxious question: The cause of Emancipation , has before been frustrated by tile' Lords, when the sentiment of the_ people . wailriendly to it. Is it fitting or politic that. thelthts of. the subject, and the extension of pubakliberty, should find their only ,obstacle in the.laighest orders of the State ? Is there not alsuorerhurribly ask, some peril involved in the rejeetiOn of this. measure ? We agree with that :the single consideration- 4 What shali"'.be done with Ireland if .emancipation -be reftiSear.'--4s. enough to settle the whole ques tionve We .never . -, yet heard a candid . .assert that the Irish nation could be leit, a.. prey- to the, turbulence which! now peretlebtlly - , distract it , nor,: an uncaudid one ableV i expfain 'what cure he had in prospect, but. emancipation for the Catholics. We have never heartrifnan of any party bold enough' to deny that, hand, torn_ by -religious and civil feuds, would be a deadly instrument - in the hands of a faretaPower--first, to embaiii4:, - England by apprehensions, and next by arms. To set against theseir there_ is. not one 'distinct_ and palpable ground of fear defined, much .less-established, as an argument against ,Emancipation, , which does not exist -without it-we may add, for want of it. Deep is . the responsibility now --resting o a the House of Lords. .May•Providence,direct them DIQUNI NG• P O ST.] The opposition which we were the first to give to any, essential . alteration of the Quarantine Laws,: has grown to a height and strength among the public .generally far beyond whatever we even ourselves anticipated. We therefore trust that theregulatory modifications which the Board of Foreign Trade haie sanctioned, will be fully investigated before they receive the seal of Par liament.. Since the subject• was some weeks ago_ introduced to the House of commons in the shape of a Bill, •the Medical Profession have, to their lasting honour,• come forward to throw:: the light of science and-, experience upon those points which, ti'iongh. out of the routine .knowledge of Members of. the Legis lature, or of the Government, it is indispensably necetlaiyithat both should be made acquainted with before arriving. at a decision respecting any measure, of tize:kiod. Our, own columns have b e en iraCed.. with several of these communica tions, and not otily have the enlightened Gentle merr to whom wee thus stand indebted demon strate&the fallacy, or at least the uncertainty, of the prethises whereon a repeal of the Quarantine Laws has been recommended ; but the writings of all other Medical Practitioners in Journals ex clusively devoted to scientific disquisitions, have corroborated that conclusion. The weight of so rant" and respectable a. body of evidence must be' duly felt in Parliament, and . inspires us with perfect confidence as to the result. We- may be permitted, however, to notice an 'absurdity into which those have fallen who support the doctrine of the Plague being not contagious—an absurdity which, in our opioion; destroys their whole theory.—Those sanguine specntatists contend that the P:ague is not corn: municable from one individual having it to another who has' it not ; but, on the contrary, that when several :persons become affected by this disease in particular places, the attack is indepeodent and substantive in each case, and resulting 'solely. from the effect or local- causes, chiefly confined to the state-of the atmosphere'. . We - say' chiefly confine& to the state of the atmosphere, be . - cause,o with the exception of food, every circum stance; of climate and' situation, that can act on the:ltama& system, • does so - no otherwise than-througie the medium' of the circumambient and ski pervading air in which we live. - Have not Anti-Contagionists fought then for a mere slot:Jaw?: The Contigic . iniif.s insist' 'on rro` more than the atmosphere immediately surrounding an infected body becomes so impure and pregnant with pestilential effitivia, that those who breathe it catch the distemper. This, 'in our mind,:re duces the whole matter.in dispute to one and the same thing--the constitution of the air. That constitution, in one instance, arises from local incidents—in the other it is produced by the presence of a morbid mass, which commu nicates its noxious exhalations to the ad jacent atmosphere, and the operation of the air in both instances is alike—namely, to pro trate the physical powers of man, and per chance lead to their dissolution. We say nothing here of the dissemination of certain diseases by touch: or attrition, or, in other language, inocula tion. That point, we take it, is not involved in the present question, and we therefore conclude, that if according to the Anti-Contagionists, a cer tain constitution of the air, from natural local causes, generates plague—a certain similar con stitution of the air, from artificial causes, must, on their own showing, be productive of a like result. Upon these grounds, the theory on which a few rash enthusiasts would have the Quarantine Laws abolished vanishes, as well as the super structure raised on so sandy a foundation. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] When Mr. W. Bankes presented the Cam hridge University Petition, he laid great stress on its having been agreed to by all the Heads of Colleges, leaving it thereby to be inferred that there was not among the whole sixteen one indi vidual favourable to the cause of the Catholics. We are happy, however, to find that a Petition, 'of which we annex a copy, has been signed by two of that body, and that eight Professors, toge ther with nearly thirty of the resident Masters of Arts of Cambridge -University, have followed the example. The following is a copy of the Petition, which is now in London, and we really think that the most sqeamish individual, who is a sincere well-wisher to the cause, cannot object to it on the score of farm : " To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled. - - " The humble Petition of the undersigned Graduates, Mem bers of Convocation, or of the Senate of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, sheweth, " That your Petitioners are friendly to (what is commonly called)=' Catholic Emancipation, ' and do therefore most ear nestly intreat that a- Bill ; which has recently passed the Com mons House of Parliament, entitled a Bill to provide for the Removal of the Disabilities under which his Majesty's Roman Catholic Subjects now labour, may receive your Lordships' sanction." Extracts from the Paris Papers of Monday will be found above. An article from Naples communicates an effort in favour of morality by the King of the Two Sicilies, of which there is uo example in this part of Europe. The officers of the army and navy, of that Sovereign, are to be discharged, if they do not marry the mothers of their natural children. This is not the first time that violent attempts have been made in Italy to improve morals. Muratori mentions, that a Minister of an Italian Sovereign issued an ` edict, with a view to diminish the 'number ef -cases ef sed Qcti on, that the seducer should, in all cases, be forced to . marry the vic:. tim of his lust. The result, however, was very different from what this Minister- anti ciputed, for, according to the• historjau; the hope of marriage induced females to throw them selves in the way of young men• of family, and there was a great increase instead of a diminution in the number of seductions. The Bastardy Laws in England, from the way in which they are executed, produce nearly the same effect.—A country fellow is always forced to marry the girl who swears a child to him ; and hence the most immodest female has the prospect of being first married. The less Legislators meddle with these matters the better.—(lbid.) EMORNING HERALD.] The new Game Bill which had passed the House of Commons has been thrown out by the Lords. Though there can be scarcely any altera tion in these laws which_ would not be for the better, the proposed Bill, as far as we could un derstand its provisions, contained so little of good, while it perpetuated, anti indeed increased, so much of the evil of the present laws, that we are not sorry that this inefficient and palliative specimen of legislation should have proved abor ti.ve. The matter, however, cannot rest here, and the landed gentlemen mistake their own interest if they wish, and are still more mistaken if they ima , ine, that a system _which is demoralizing so large a portion of the most.valuable part of the community can last much longer. It is not by aOliering thus pertinaciously to these odious re lics of feudal tyranny, that the landed interest is likely to propitiate the country at large ott those more vitally interesting subjects which at present _occupy the public attention. We do not envy that Noble Lord or Honourable Gen- tleman his moments of reflection (moments which neither wealth nor power can avert)-, who knows that the prison of his country (and perhaps of more - than one) contains a constant succession of persons committed for offences against these same laws, and on his own manors: and who at each assizes that he attends, beholds culprits brought to ignominious death, whose career of crime began by the violation of Which they are tempted in every way to violate ; first, perhaps, by their .own destitute condition ; secondly,: by the abundance of the game ; and thirdly, by the great and tempting demand for it. As far as this .Bill Went to give the - gatue and the right of s p or ti ng to the owner of the soil, so far it had our entire approbation, as being consistent with common sense and the natural rights of pro perty. But much more than that is wanting. — The sale of game, like that of poultry,• should be unlimited, and- the summary power of punishment given .to 'Magistrates should be taken away. The're . 'is no reason, that we can perceive,- why stealing a- - duck and a pheasant should be different kinds of crime ; 'that the one should be determined by a Juryla an (Ten Court, the- other by .solitary, interested Judge in hi s own p ar lour. We think, too, game were once fairly open to sale -,an d .cam p e, Itition, either •that the demand would .decrease . .'with,..the- facility of obtaininif it,, or that .„such - means would' be . 'found' to answer the demand as would take the Au.pply _almost entirely out of the hands of poachers. We throw out these hints, not in the hope or expectation of their being likely to be immediately adopted, but under a full persuasion that the present Game Laws will in their effects soon become too in tolerable to be borne. {NEW TimEs.l It will be remembered, that in our . Paper of the 26th tilt, we said, " iir Arc. - hibald. Campbell, in his private communications to his friends, sub sequent to the victory of the 15th of December, intimated an expectation that the Burmese would sue for peace." This statement is fully con firmed by the Calcutta: Government Gaxette, which was received yesterday to the 4th of January. In the Supplement of the 3d of January is the following passage :—" Private letters from Rangoon of the 17th Decem ber say, that the enemy's loss has been very great. Prisoners and deserters state that the General and Minister Mounshooeza had arrived at no great distance, with powers to enter . upon a negociation for peace on the 3d of the ensuing moon, should the result of the engagement prove unfavourable to the Bur mese arms." Not-only is our information, with re spect to the probability of peace, thu& comfirm ed ; but our view of the importance of the victo. ries.at Rangoon appears to be conformable to the view taken of the same events by the Govern ment of India. Whilst many - persons here depre ciate and undervalue the exploits of Sir Archi bald Campbell and his small but heroic band, the Calcutta Government recognises them as " bril. liant achievements ;" signifying in the most pub lic and formal .manner, its high admiration of the judgment, skill, and energy manifested by Sir A. Campbell, and of " the gallantry, spirit and en thusiasm evinced- by the brave officers and men under his command." Hence we feel thoroughly justified in all that we have said of the Burmese campaign ; and we look forward to its speedy conclusion, with an anticipation of additional security to our Indian Empire, from the impres sion made on the. Burmese by the victories which we pave already obtained. [BRITISIf PRESS.] Calcutta Papers to the 4th of January were received yesterday. We have in another column given some extracts from, them, and the General . Order issued by the Governor-General, in honour of the victory at Rangoon. The total loss of the enemy is officially estimated at 5,000 killed and wounded, 250 pieces of cannon, and the greater part of the military stores. The grand army, of the Burmese, before their defeat, consist ed. of nearly 50,000 men. There is no truth in the revolution said to have taken place at Ava.— The report appears to have originated in a super. stitious trick, on the part of the barbarian King, to break the spell by which he supposed his dis asters to have been occasioned. In order to get rid of the baneful influence, he has placed his son - temporarily on -the throne, and this circum stance probably gave rise to the report that the King - was dead. It was expected that the Bur mese lion - 1d speedily sue for peace. The-Roman Catholic Relief Bill was last night carried: up. to the House of Lords by Sir John ' Newpor4--accompanied by Mr - . Plunkett, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Brougham, and many other Mem bers of the louse of Commons. So great was the apparent anxiety to be present on the occa sion, that not more than twenty Members remain ed, out of - perhaps a hundred, who were in the House when Sir J. Newport left it with the Bill. On the motion:of..the Earl of. Donoughmore, the Bill was read a first time and ordered to be printed. The second reading was fixed for TuesdaYiii:ict, when the debate on the.principle of the measure will take place. Several petitions had been - preciously presented against further concessions to-the Catholics:—(lbid.) LTHE PUBLIC LEDGEII - .] We have received Calcutta Papers 'to the 4th of January. Private letters from - Rangoon, of the 17tIr a December, confirm the great loss sustained by the Barmese in the late battle. In the attack upart.Kenimendine, one of the Minis ters of the . King of Ava was killed ; and another of his Ministers fell mortally wounded into the hands of our troops. The latter was 'second. in command, and was married to a near relative of his Burman Majesty. Shortly before the action, a person 'of great distinction had arrived in the neighbourhOod of the enemy's camp, with full powers to neizociate a Treaty of Peace, in the event of the - eniagement pihvingdisastrous to the Burmanarms ? and, as this contingency has occur red, it is probable that the Lord of the White Ele phant willbe glad to accept such terms, as may be proposed to him. In the mean time, he appears to have abdicated his throne in favour of his Son, in the hope, it is said, that this sacrifice would pro pitiate the Fates. The abdication, however, is only a temporary act.; and, as he has had a proof of its inutility, his next, we presume, will be more creditable to his judgment—that of trying to put an end to a contest, which he has not the most distant chance of con ducting to a successful issue. The army which the Burmese had in ._.the last. engage ment, consisted of all their disposable troops ; and such another effort they cannot make for a considerable time. As they had placed great hopes upon that army, they probably fell into an equal George; Major-General Sewell .is raised to t'•he command of the Mysore Division of the Army,; Major-General Sir John Doveton to the centre command of the Army ; and Colonel 1. Hawkes to the Northern Division of the Army. In every part of our Indian Empire the greatest tranquillity seemed to prevail ; and the Native Princes have exhibited in their quiet deportment the strongest proof imaginable of the awe with Which the British name has inspired them. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OP CHANCERY, MAY 11. TANNER V. FEARY. His LORDSHIP proceeded to give his judgment to a certain e*tent in this long depending case ; not wholly concluding it, hut leaving certain points for ulterior consideration, with re sPect to which he desired Mr. Heald to supply him with some additional information. EX-PARTE BENNETT, MAYOR OF FOWEY. Mr. HEALD was heard on the part of the petitioning creditor, and maintained that there was a debt due from Mr. Bennett, the Mayor of Fowey, in his individual capacity, sufficient to lay a foundation for a commission of bankruptcy at the instance of the creditor. He referred to several cases which had been cited, maintaining that they had not the slightest application in the present instance. He insisted that the debt upon which the commission was founded was not a joint debt from the Corpo rition or its Members, but a debt contracted by Mr. Bennett, and for which he was personally liable. Mr. GLYNN, on the same side, seconded the arguments of his Learned Leader. [We have already stated enough bf this case, particularly upon the first application to the Court, that to enter into further detail would be tedious.l , The LORD CHANCELLOR regretted a circumstance which appeared to belong •to this case, namely, that the petitioning cteditor and solicitor, should be one and the same person. He said it was a coarse which was not altogether creditable to the ptofession, because it was almost impossible that a man who filled both these characters could do justice to either. Upon the whole his Lordship thought this was evidently a joint debt, due from certain Members of the Corporation, and not the debt of Mr. Bennett personally, and upon that principle he super seded the commission, at the same time, his Lordship refused to give the petitioning . creditor any leave or encouragement to iiisue another commission ; but left him to act in that respect conformably to the dictates of a sound discretion, and the advice to which he would have recourse. LORD PORTSMOUTH'S LUNACY. The question of Lord Portsmouth's lunacy was incidentally brought before the Court, upon a petition from the Committee, relative to the payment of the expences of the proceeding at Freemasons' Hall, and various other matters connected with the subject. The Loan CHANCELLOR intimated that before making any final order, with, reference to the matters of the petition, he must see the Master to whom the subject stood referred. In re sill GREGORY PAGE TURNER. A petition was presented on the part of Lady Turner, pray ing that the Committee of Sir Gregory Page. Turner might be ordered to pay to her the sum of 500/., for the immediate main tenance of herself and child, and that she might have an annual sum of 1,5001. paid to her. . . • His LonDsnre said he had no jurisdiction upon the ques tion, and therefore could not make the order required. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 11. ASSAULT—THE KING V. PARRY. This was an indictment against a young man, practising as an attorney at Aberistwith, in the county of Cardigan, for an assault on Lord Vaughan, the eldest son of Lord Lisburn, on the 12th August last. The indictment was removed into. this Court by the prosecutor; and the defendant, having suffered judgment by default, now appeared to receive the sentence "of the Court. Affidavits on both sides were read, giving very differeptac counts of the transaction. It appeared that, at the time in question, the defendant, in company with a person' named. Pierce Evans, was shooting grouse over land in the neigh bourhood of Lord Lisburn's estate, over which Lord Lisburn claimed manorial rights. Lord Vaughan, accompanied by his younger brother, and a gamekeeper, also went to shoot,- when the gamekeeper, by his Lordship's direction, warned off the defendant, but he reftised to desist from shooting, and in sisted that his Lordship's party were.trespassers on the land of Mr. Jenkins, who had given ,thera permission to shoot. High words ensued ' according to the prosecutor, Mr. Parry fol lowed and insulted him, and according to the defendant, his Lordship treated him with contempt; and at length Mr. Parry struck the prosecutor on the shoulder with a stick, and desired him to consider himself horseithipped. The defendant pro duced affidavits from Dr-Butler, the master of Shrewsbury school, where he was educated, testifying to his peaceable dis position when under his care, and several affidavits from the Rector and other inhabitants of Aberistwith, giving him an ex cellent character. . . Mr. BROUGHAM ( withwhom was Mr. J. LOCKHART) ad dressed the Court on behalf Of the prOsecution ; and after re presenting the defendant as irritated by' the ill success of his sportsmanship, called on the Court, by their sentence, -to testify their approbation of the conduct of Lord Vaughan, in appealing to the laws for redresi, instead of taking in, other mode of obtaining satisfaction. Mr. DENIIIAN and Sit W. OWEN, in mitigation, charac:, terized the conduct of the prosecutor as ill deserving_ the sanc tion of the Court, either at the time of the assault or since. He had treated Mr. Parry and his friend in the most irritating manner ; following them about from place to place ; stopping when they stopped, sitting down when they sat down, shooting at the birds which their' dogs pointed; and picking up the birds which they shot. After the assault, Mr. .Parry was willing to acknowledge his error, if Lord Vaughan would ad mit that he acted in the first instance on an erroneous impres sion, but Lord Vaughan chose to prefer an indictment at the Sessions, and to remove it into this Court. Mr. Parry, having determined to plead " guilty," took a journey of more than 30 miles for the purpose, but found the indictment removed ; by which proceeding he had been brought 270 niiles from home, and detained in London 19 days to receive sentence. Mr. Justice BAYLEY, in his address to the defendant, ob served that, in proper cases, the Court would always protect parties to whom violence was offered, and who appealed to the laws instead of taking vengeance into their own hands: In this particular case, the defendant, though in the firstinstance he had allowed himself to yield to irritated feelings, had since conducted himself with great correctness, and he had, by the course adopted by the prosecutor, been put to considerable inconvenience and ex pence. The Indictment might have been preferred at the great Sessions, which was in every respect a fit tribunal to deal with it, and where it would have been brought to a speedier and more effectual issue. Under these circumstances,, and meaning to give no encduragement to men, however provoked, to strike or insult others, the COU RT adjudged that the defendant should pay a tine of 51., and should be imprisoned till that fine was paid. Mr. Parry immediately paid the fine and left the Court. LIBEL.—..BRITISH PRESS. THE KING V. CARLTON AND OTHERS. It will be recollected, that in Hilary Term, 1824,a Rule was obtained, calling upon the defendants, who are the printer, pub lisher, and proprietors of The British Press Newspaper, to shew cause why a Criminal Information should not be filed against them for a libel, which appeared in that Paper, reflect ing on the character of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart. ill. P. In the Easter Term following, Counsel were heard against the 'Rule ; and in the following Term, Mr. Attorney-General (we believe) was fully heard ; and Mr. Russell heard in part, in support of the Rule. Mr. RUSSELL reserved his argument in support of the Rule, and contended, at considerable length, that it was quite clear from the affidavits filed, that Sir George Chetwynd had fully answered all the charges contained in the libel, and therefore the Rule ought to be made absolute. Their LORDSHIPS having consulted together for a few minutes, The LORD CH/EF JUSTICE said, the Court would take time to consider their judgment. I E I N s IT A. N L DA I I N , F H O E R R M AI A ,D T , I , O A N N . D degree of despondencv when they were apprised of its destruction. ID . , this temper,. nothing is cit r t l A L . . ~ , r: u ,; i t da he printer and publisher of a weekly newspaper g u - "THE JOHN MI. BROUGHADI movecl nln. L.." more likely, than that they would try further effects of Britis7► hostility. These Pa to avert the pers cause why a criminal for a rule calling on George G- th also contain an Order.-of the Day of the Gover- IHE KING v. clergyman named Cooper, al 'a ra n i c i ll , t i_is e. He information had.an ea a ll ffi e fron the Stamp-office prOving, nor General in Council, in which very high enco- should y not be ' ex t i : ib s i t te o d w the benevolent purpose m e iums are passed upon several Officers, who had distinguished themselveS in the late engagement. his nection of Mr. Guthrie with the paper, and the affidavits of His Excellency is . by no means , sparing of Mr. and /qrs. Cooper, d' • denying all the charges made I,ii:ii.ise;against him. Mr. Coo , pe ts r u i n la ly taught Christianity at all -and with that gentleman's Ja maica,oofuatfrworttihinghisr.ewliiLrei6tuosm 41g: tl►e whilst we readily it admit . that a . cold and reserved style of commendation, would: struction w t t o th tl on,!he estate-of Mr. Robert Hibbert, and. !evince bad taste as well as injustice, consider- enure-sanction. If the slaves were to be splendid results o the battle. In COIISe- , , —and surely the deiirableneas of that object would not be dtsputed--he had the opinion of Sir George .quence of0!e death i d. General Sir A. Camp- Rpse,. a .slave-owner, awl member of the Church of .ling, bell,: several newailpOintMentS are annannced. land, who could be !Dislenters th at •i t i!cuoltc, be of ac i c o o grti s u h d e r tu %Tv of Alie Lieute7aii ..„, t76eneral: Bowser.Stceeeds him ,in thessionnons these,.3lissionaries were impelled to• Iti out chief counnati t & of' the PreSidencß' "ol ; Fort, St, (e arl l3l.- any ;hope e ofgain, • . ~ . p rgpinoosn ee him, rfeogru al a grossr w ay libel the ddocaont i .nliaet. to keep them alive; but by zeal; which, - even if Mistaken, was respectable, because it was sincere. Mr. Brougham they read the article, which was headed " More Sanctified Saints: Unmasked," and contained an affidavit of a person named Arti stal, who was described as " a gentleman of respectability and honour ;" but who really was an overseer of an estate in .the island.. This affidavit charged Mr. and Mrs. Cooper with gross and habitual drunkenness, with cruelty to the slaves, and espe cially to a boy named John—with acting dishOnestly in, refe rence to .a hogshead of sugar, and with conducti ng th emse l ves so offensively to the slaves, that they refused to av a il th emse l ves of the opport u nty afforded them .of attending Mr. Cooper's ministry. All this was expressly denied by Mr. and Mrs. Cooper : they had never conducted themselves with cruelty— they had bought .and paid for the sugar which was used by Mrs. Cooper's pupils in a school which she kept for the in struction of the female slaves ; and the slaves never had desisted from attending the lectures. As to the boy, he had been flogged by order of the overseer with great severity, but with out the knowledge of Mr. Cooper. In short, there was rarely a mass of scandalous matter so entirely without foundation ; and it was accompanied by offensive comments, both in prose and verse. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE asked whether Mr. Cooper bad returned to England ? Mr. Bitouonam replied, that he was in Court. Mr. Justice BAYLEY inquired if the publication was recent ? Mr. BRouGHAM—On Sunday senzught. The COURT granted a rule to shew cause. • Mr. BRotramast- then said, he was also instructed to make a similar application against a person named Shackel, the printer of the John mill, for a libel, containing the same charges, but not accompanied by any comments in prose or verse. Mr. Justice BAYLEY—Is it worth your while to have ,more than ,one information ? Mr. BnouGnAsr--Yes, my Lord ; for Mr. Cooper has been.; systematically attacked in this newspaper ; and besides, as both' parties pretend to have their own peculiar sources of informs, tion, he wishes to call on both to justify their attacks, and Ihtis to render his own vindication more complete. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—YOIi may take your rple, , Mr. BROUGHAM-1 wish to expbtin w hy M r . C ooper h as "applied to the Court instead of bringing an action. An action. fbr a libel was brought by - another gentleman against the same Paper, and a proceeding was instituted in Chancery, which has hung up the matter for ever. • HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY, MAY 11. - THE PORCUPINE- This was a cause of seamen's wages claimed by 0,14 W, who - was the son of a friend of the master's, and Who had made the voyage out and home to South America, in the several and suc-- cessive capacities of able seamen, second and third mate. It was alleged by the master, that he took the lad at the earnest request of the father, merely to. give him some experience and to teach him navigation ; that no wages 'ever were specitied in the lad's articles; and that whatever he, the master, might feel dispos ed to award him for the services he hi& rendered the ship on het voyage, must be considered in no other light than as a gratuity. The Learned Counsel for the master and owner also attempted to prove a charge of theft and misconduct against the lad, which was set up, though very indistinctly, in plea. The Counsel for the boy insisted upon his right to recover the wages schcdulate. With whatever view, or in whatever capa city, the master of the Poreupine.might choose to contend that their client had sailed in her, it was very certain;and indeed ad mitted, that lie had well and faithfully performed the duties of an able mariner during the first portion of the voyage ; and the amount of the wages that would have accrued to him as an able mariner had,in fact,been brought in and deposited inCourt,bei somewhat upwards of 50/. Rut i n th e l a t ter per i o d o f t h e s hip voyage,she lost the services both of her Ist and her 2d mate ; and it was perfectly proved in evidence that the lad had been appoint,. . ed to take upon himself the duties of the 2d mate, and afterwards those of the first ; and had'ably and properly discharged them. The Learned Counsel then replied to. the sort of case which, : had been set up against him, as of theft; and contended that it was in no degree supported in evidence. Lord ST OWETL, in giving judgment, .severely reprobated the manner in which a case of the kind just alluded to, and which the Court could notbUt consider entirely groundless, had been introduced into this question. The Court, looking to the_.extent and nature of the serv i ces rendered; and to their en hanced value at a time when the vessel had lost the assistance '- of her &stand second Mate, finally pronounced for the wnss • schedulate (about 871.), with costs.. COItONER'S INQUEST. MELANCHOLY DEATH 01? MRS. BRODIE. u.- nesdav -evening an Inquest was held • the Canteen of the Royal . Horse Guards' Barracks, Reg:!nt i s"'' park', before TAIOIAS STIRLING, E sq . Coroner; 'to inquire into the cause of the death of Mrs. -Eliza Brodie who was kill- ;4 ed on the previous evening, by endeavouring 'to jump from the gig in which - she was taking an airing In the Regent's-park ; the horse having taken fright at the explosion of. the steam-gun - in 111 r. Perkins's factory. • ' Francis Stacey, a man who.kept a stall near the toll-bar, in , . the road leading up to the Barracks, stated, that he saw tbe.gig, • in which were a lady and an elderly gentleman; the horse was going at a rapid pace, and when, as far as t h e 'witness could judge, the gig was within about 100 yards of I.llr. Perkins's fac- - -tory, there was a loud-continued report, and the..horse took, -- fright, and - started off at full sped. The lady appeared much. .alarmed, and cried out for assistance ; and the gentleman - being unable to stop 'the horse, the L a dy jumped out, but the. horse continued its course onwards. .The witness and several ,persons - assisted in raising the lady from the ground : she was quite senseless ; they carried her into the Hospital at tha Bar.. racks, where witness left her. . . ' Coroner.—Do you know the exact cause 'of the horse taking fright ? . Witness--I think the explosion of the steam-gun in the factory. A Juror explained the amazing powers of this engine, which • will discharge 500 balls in a minute. The Coroner asked if the explosions were frequent ?-The ' witness said sometimes ,every day, and sometimes only once i n • the week. The Coroner remarked,. it was manifestly improper to lla‘'e such a - machine in so ptiblie a situation ; it might as well be at' Charing-cross, as the thoroughfare was'getting almost as great- He would recommend its removal to Woolwich-warren, or some other remote pike. . A Juror said, Mr. Perkins had gone to considerable eic pence in erecting those buildings, and had originally taken possession of the place under the belief th a t th e pl ace won' be retired, and not so public a thoroughfare as it had now be come. After some further evidence, the Jury found a veidict . 01. " Accidental Death," adding, that they had selected a deputa tion to wait upon .Mr. Perkins, to recommend the discontinuing of such explosions in future. • The CORONER said, as it was an offence indictable as nuisance, Mr. Perkins continued them on his peril. His MAJESTY has patronized the intended monument at Carmarthen to the memory of the late Lieut.-General Skr Tuos. PICTON, G.C.B. . . AN HONEST W ATCHMAN. —A man of tht. name.of Hobbs, in a state of inebriation on Monday night, lost 10 sovereigns, contained in a case, which . were found by a watel l : man of the name of Gardner, in Millbank, and. placed in.,"' hands of Mr. KING, the landlord of the Brown Bear publiCi house, Iforseferry-road, Millbank; who yesterday delivel them to the Magistrates of Queen-square. The owner Walt' been discovered,he appeared with his wife, and received the money back, requiting the honest watchmanwith no m ere than a single. sovereign. COAL MARKET, MAY 11. Ships at Market. Ships sold PricP . d 100 i Newcastle - - fl 9 54 Sunderland - -43 i - 2 4 s S gda'tt°l3lllll 6d .. . . BIRTHS. On Tuesday, the 10th inst., Mrs. Thomas Bees, of- Sell" nington, of a son. . - ••• - On Friday, the 6th inst., the lady of Dr. Mayo, uniiriilge"' T • wells, of a daughter. __.---• MARRIED. • 1 # On the 10th inst., at Wrest Mailing, Alexander ' Esq., of Gloucester, to Susannah,'daughter of the late Sh'Ste phen Langston. lED. On the 14t 1a ult., at Peel, D Isle*of Alan, Lieutenant RObett Gibbes, R.N. op - • e Lately, at Torquay, Devon, Ellen, second daughter o f H e n tj Chawner, Esq:, of Newton Alanor-hoitse. Nt r • IVO' On the 10th inst.,. at the house,of her son -in- law , ---* • tle- Creiv, Highgate, Margaret, widow of the late John This wood, Esq.,"Of Staines; iti'lfer 76th year. _ .. ,......jej . . !Printed and Published for the PROPRIETOStiI, gS '4. OPFJC.E, No. - 112 Strand, by J. 13 CA/IST/011S;