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I remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient, faithful Servant, 145, Lead eu h a ll -street, July 10, i J 1827. 1827 E. ELLICE. ST. KATHARINE DOCKS. NOTICE is hereby g i ven t h a t, b y v i rtue o f a Resolution of the BOARD of DIRECTORS of the ST. KATHARINE DOCK COMPANY, the Subscribers (such who have paid or shall pay the remainder of the in stalments upon the amount of their Stock, previous to the day hereafter named, excepted,) are required to make a payment of Ten per Cent. on the amount of their respective subscrip tions, to George Carr Glyn, Esq., Treasurer to the Com pany, at the Banking-house of Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., No. 67, Lombard-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th day of August next. By the 9th Section of Geo. IV. cap. 105, no Sale or Transfer of Stock can take place after a call until the amount of the call upon such stock shall have been paid ; and for the personal accommodation of the Subscribers, the Treasurer will receive the amount of such call on the Monday or Tuesday preceding the day above named. JOHN HALL, Secretary. St. Katharine Dock Office, Austin Friars, • July 12, 1827. DEVONPORT WATER -WORKS. THE COMMITTEE for MANAGING the AFFAIRS of the said CONCERN, are deb 'irons of receiving Proposals for forming a CONTRACT to furnish and lay down Lines of Cast-iron Pipes from a place called Brooklands, to an intended Reservoir to be formed a Stoke, being 4,920 yards, and from thence to communicate with the Company's Works in and about Devonport. The said Reservoir must be included in one and the same Contract, and the Proposals must be framed accordingly, and upon ready-money Prices . Plans and Specifications of the Works to be Contracted for, and of the Reservoir, will be shewn by Mr. Tyson, at the Office, No. 1, Cavendish-square, between the hours of Twelve and Three; and Specifications are lodged at the Company's Office in Devonport. A CERTAIN CURE FOR THE JAUNDICE. THIS invaluable Medicine has been a Family Secret for a number of years, during which time it has been used with the most complete success, and is now for the first time offered to the public as an effectual remedy for that disease ; many patients who have been sent from the hospitals as incurable, besides numerous others, have been perfectly restored by its means. Quart bottles may he had at U. each, or pints at 10s., at 1, Elder-street, Spital-square, where also satisfactory proofs of its efficacy will be given. The cure is completed in nine days, two quart bottles being sufficient. It is proper to remark, that the medicine is perfectly innocent in its operations, and may be taken by infants with the most perfect safety. Patients may be seen from ten till one on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. S CLARK'S GENERAL OUTFIT -a • TING WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST INDIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER 'CHANGE, STRAND. Officers, Cadets, and Writers going to India, and Gen tlemen proceeding to South America, or any other part of the Globe, will find in this Establishment the whole of their Military Appointments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes, Belts, Riatols, &c. together with a large and well-manu factured stock of Sea Cots, Couches, and Bedding ; Cabi n Wash h an d T a bl es, Chairs, and ' Lamps ; Sea Chests, Mule and Bullock Trunks, and every other deseription of Travelling Equipage. AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India and other tropical climates ; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives aid Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Hindostannee Books, Maps, &c. •-.A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, 'tandem, Phwton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, Easl and West Indies, and Smith America, which merit inspec-1 ties from their excellent quality, first style of workman ship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking one Ready Money Price, but from which no abatement will be made. THE NATIONAL SILK WEAVERS' SOCIETY, Established for the sole purpose of giving constant Em ployment to the poor Weavers and their numerous Fa milies of Spitalfields, sad to educate 500, and clothe 200 of their Children ; and also to educate an unlimited number of the Children of other industrious Silk-Weavers. THEIR PATRONS, an d th e NOBILITY and Public, are most respectfully informed, that their Establishment, 59, Oxford-street, WILL OPEN on MONDAY, the 25th Day of this Month, and that they have commenced Selling at their Warehouse, No. 15, De vonshire-square, Bishopsgate-street, opposite the Church, previous to opening their Retail House, at No. 59, Oxford street. They cut at their Warehouse any quantity of Silk from the piece, at one penny per yard on the cost price, where they always keep ready manufactured rich Ducape, plain and figured Gros de Naples, stout Lustring and Sarsnet, Black and coloured Levantines, and Satins of every de scription and quality, and a most extensive assortment of rich Silk Damasks, including, amongst a variety of others, Thirty new Patterns of elegant Taberets, the designs of which are perfectly Original, and executed exclusively for the Society, consequently will be found the greatest no velty ever submitted to public inspection. Ladies are most respectfully informed that it is not profit they seek, but only sufficient to cover expences, and keep the men in constant employment. Those Ladies and Gentlemen whowill honour the Societyby becoming yearly Subscribers of Ten Shillings, will be waited upon at their respective dwellings by one of the members of the Com mittee, with every new Pattern of Silk previous to their being submitted to public sale. The Subscriptions will go to the Fund of the Society, to provide for the benevolent purposes for which it has been established, viz.—at each member's death, 12/. A member's wife's death, 6/. If any member sick, 12s. per week, aid if out of employment, 10s. The purchasers, if they wish, may see rich Silks in the progress of being manufactured. W. G. GARLAND, Secretary. CABINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY. 'CHEAP-CABINET & UPHOLSTERY, at theLEORND ON REPOSITORY fo r th e CA BINET-MAKERS' SOCIETY, being the only r e al one now existing i n HALL-STREET,London, No. 71, corner of LEADEN has b een establishedop upwards Aldgate Pump, and which tem p e w nt a . rds of Six y ear .. F or R ea dy Bloney, and no Aba The Trustees and Commit Nobility and Gentry, that they respectfully inform the Establishrnent for the B enefit " o e f y . still conduct the above fam T l llustrious and ingenious Mechanics (who have larg e offering their Manufactured Articles in the C abinets by Line of the best . louse in London, workmanship, and cheaper than by an y satisfiednf the warehouse no other profit being required than to satisfy families, constant the rent and incidental expenses ; being employment to enable them to support theirw number of whom appear by the Books of the lasatrailut Meeting to be PM From the great patrona ge 'terly mittee have received, they are in hopes of increasing th a tm- number. The following Is a Specimen of the Low p r i ce , , , &slim ( ' ; all Goods warranted : Fire feet Mahogany Bedstead, four-post £4 10 0 0 Tent ditto .. - 1 6 Bordered Mattress to fit - 1 1 o Mahogany Drawers with solid end s - 3 5 0 t; Eight Mahogany Chairs - .. 610 0 g.... Mahog an y Pembroke Table - 2 0 0 t t Feather Bed free from dust and smell, from £2 12 0 to 8 5 0 Drawing-room Sofa, from £5 5 0 to 7 7 0 Sofa Bedstead _ - '3 0 Mahogany Horse-Hair Sofa - . 610 0 4 A quantity of Paper Hangings for Bed, Dining, and Drawing. rooms, at nearly Half-price. The Trade will find it worth their attention. Houses Furnished at a few days' notice, and Apartments in a few hours.—Goods packed free of expeuce except the auktsi ng . 'RILL, Agent. J. RASLEft, Secretary. No. 10,871. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS. CROYDON BARRACKS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Order of the blaster-General and Board of Ordnance, on the 17th of JULY next, at Eleven o'Clock in the forenoon precisely, on the Premijes at the Barracks at Croydon, Surrey, PART of the BARRACK BUILDINGS at that Station, consisting of excellent Roofing, Gir- ders, Joists, Carcase Framing and Weather Battening, Stairs, Sashes, and Frames, Doors, Shutters, Pan, Plain, and Ridge Tiles, and various other Building Materials, well adapted for the use of Country Gentlemen, Farmers, Builders, and others. Catalogues may be had on the Premises, at the Engineer's Office, 67, St. James's-street ; and the Clerk of Works' Office, at the Tower.—The Lots may be viewed six days before the Sale. By Order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. Office of Ordnance, July 12, 1827. ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET-PLACE. LAST WEEK.—Notice is hereby given, that the EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACA DEMY will finally close TO-MORROW, the 14th inst., at Seven o'clock precisely. Admission (from Eight o'Clock till Seven), Is.—Ca talogue Is. H. 'HOWARD, R.A. Sec. Exhibitors are requested to send for their Works on Tuesday the 17th, or Wednesday the 18th instant. IMPROVEMENT IN BEAVER HATS. " George Brummell, who was always oracular in what appertained to becoming dress, was not singular in his opinion, that no part of the wardrobe more strongly indicated the gentleman than his hat. I have known a man of the old school, who would rather have been out at elbows, than have wanted that finish to the appearance which a good hat, well put on, uniformly affords. Nor has any part of our manufactures been more decidedly im proved, of late years, than the hat. What hours of misery have I not endured, merely from the tightness and weight of a hat. Being particularly subject to headache, from any pressure or constraint of the forehead and temples, I have been far from inattentive to all professed improvements of that article, but I have never yet met with the equal of COVINTON'S SHORT NAPPED BEAVER. Its durability is without precedent, it retains its shape to the last, in spite of weather, and is waterproof; it is as light as a feather, and so elastic as to adapt itself most com fortably to the wearer's head."—Vide Stockdale's Budget, No. 21. These Hats are to be obtained, with every variety of shape and fashion, at C. Covinton's, 1132, Cheapside, two doors from Gutter-lane. EUROPEAN COMPANY, FOR LIFE INSURANCES, the SALE and PURCHASE of ANNUITIES, and ENDOWMENTS for CHILDREN and OTHERS. Established January, 1819. Office, No. 10, Chatham-place, BlackfTiars. PRESIDENT. EDWARD BERKELEY PORTMAN, Esq. M.P. VICE-PRESIDENT. Sir CHARLES FORBES, Bart. M.P. TRUSTEES. Sir William P. Call, Bart. John Bent, Esq. J. G. Harris, Esq. Clement Hue, M.D. Peter Still, Esq. G. J. Sullivan, Esq. Thomas Wilson, Esq. DIRE John Poingdestre, Esq. William Sargent, Esq. John Bent, Esq. James BoHand, Esq. Thomas H. Call, Esq. I Frederick Silver, Esq. J. G. Harris, Esq. G. J. Sullivan, Esq. W. Paxton Jervis, Esq. John Thoyts, Esq. Rev. Ph. Le Breton Edward Wright, Esq. MANAGING DIRECTOR—JOHN CLARK, Esq. Alllllloll* T. Rent. F.aq_ T. 14_ g n nrEnty J. Wilson, Esq. BArrxxas--Afessrs. Bosanquet, Pitt, Anderdon, and Co. 73, Lombard-street; Sir William P. Call, Bart., Arnold, and Marten, 25, Old Bond-street. PHYSICIAN—T. Thomson, BL. D., 62, Condnit-street. SOLICITOR—Wm. Spike, Esq. Temple. This Company continue to effect Life Insurances at re duced premiums, which may be paid Quarterly, Half yearly, or Annually, at the option of the Insured ; to grant Annuities on single or joint lives ; and to advance Money on Annuity secured on Freehold, Copyhold, or long Lease hold Property, or on Money in the Funds. The Assured and Annuitants with this Coppany par ticipate periodically in the profits. THE CARNIVAL AT LISBON. The Vigil of Ash-Wednesday is observed in all true Catholic countries as an evening of rare festivity. Like every thing else at Lisbon, the whole day is a compound of the disgusting and the delightful. The entire population in the morning are employed in excesses, which none but a Portuguese could tolerate or invent. The night happily ends in dancing and music. The three days, commencing on the Sunday called Fat Sunday, and ending on this night, are de nominated the Carnival. The two first days are in no ways distinguished but by the deaths of undigesting Pietists, who overeat themselves in a devout farewell to meat. On the Tuesday, with the dawn of light, the spirit of the hour begins. The children of every family are all alive with expectation at the coming frolic, and to speak the truth, the grown-up world are no less impa tient. If the character of a people be taken from their amusements, the Portuguese will rank on this occasion about the lowest in the scale of civilization. The whole farce consists in throwing eggs and oranges at every person whose business compels him to appear in the streets, or showering flour and then dropping water upon it, on every man's coat that has the least pretension to gentility, and in pouring pail fulls of water, combined with all villainous mix tures in it, on every hat that covers a head. All the artifices which we employ in England, to entrap each other from the house by false letters and messages on the Ist of April, are resorted to here on this day. Commands from uncles— messages from dying relations—orders from pub lic-offices, and all sorts of fictitious formalities are circulated. Old birds are sometimes caught by the ingenuity in which these deceits are wrapped up. Strangers are sure to catch it. If you venture on horseback, you are a mark for the whole range of batteries, angular and dia gonal ; if you take a sege, the windows are battered in, and gallego ruffians deliberately throw every thing revolting on you. The safest way, if it be life and death which compels you to go out, is to steal along the sides of the streets under the cover which the balconies afford. At every open space, however, you must make up your mind to suffer ; for up to the seventh story, are devils lying in wait with basins of water simul taneously t o l et f a ll upon you. Whil e you l oathe the tormentors, you cannot help laughing at the tormented, provided you be safe yourself. A poor fellow creeps alon g. in getting i nto one of these safety connectingsomes p t a i c lu e e s till takes a slylook up r to see how the mischief is best to be avoided —on the instant down comes the deluge ; if his mouth be open, he only swallows a pint full—hisey es , h • is face, and chest receive the remainder of a gallon or two. This sport is not confined to children or ser- LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1827. vants, or the lower classes only. I assure you there is scarcely a gentleman or lady in Lisbon, who is not as active as the humblest person. The love of mischief, and the pleasure of seeing others suffer, those fixed principles of noble hu man nature, sets us all at work. There is no resisting the inward man. Were Ito tell you the dignified persons whom I saw tapping innu merable barrels of dirty water, you would not be lieve me. As the day wears on, the combined armies in the various balconies, for want of fresh victims in the streets, turn their arms against each other. Those in the upper balconies watch those who pop their heads out of the lower, to play the same pranks on them which they have pestered the pedestrian with. The devils at the top of the house, like him who " looks over Lincoln," have a supremacy of mischief. The only annoyance which the lower residents can give the upper, is, by discharge of water from syringes, but then for every pint full he receives a pail full. One rascal, who had a small garden engine, swept the world before him. When the home art i llery are "llgusted, then the gallegos and boatmen begin their horse play. They pelt each other with all sorts of defilements. The shops have been closed all the day ; a nice hand the man must have who takes down the shutters the next morning ! This is the Carnival at Lisbon. I assure you Ido not exaggerate nor burlesque it. The time was, I understand, when gallantry, romance, and music, combined to render the days delightful ; but as Portuguese report to me, that on matters of taste there is no disputing, perhaps the pre sent system is by much the better. Tuesday being the last meat day, is devoted to a great dinner festivity among the natives. The poorest man has pork, Bologna sausages, and a roast ; the rich stuff themselves with all sorts of fleshi ness. A physician has assured me that there are very few persons who are not made ill by the surfeit on this occasion. Formerly the day was closed by a popular masquerade, at present there are but a few private houses who open their rooms to receive such company. I could not hear of any one respectable person who did so this year. Dancing was kept up with great spirit till three in the morning—an hour unusually late for Lisbon. There was one waltz in which a few only joined, as it is not considered good taste by the Portuguese ladies to exhibit in public in the dance. At a private ball they will waltz with you while head or heels sustain them, but the deuce a trial will they give at the assembly. The distinction arises from the modesty so pe culiarly their own. The absence of supper is a terrible drawback to the pleasure of these assemblies. How can an Englishman's constitution be supported on orgeat or lemonade after eight hours' dancing.-- not to speak of the fatigue of making love's One of my friends, fi n di ng hi s energies b reak i ng down under these dil u t e d l iquors, took it into his head that nothi ng b u t b ran d y an d water ennlrl restore them. the sanctuary where the liquor damsel did allacva. v. herself, and he worked so far upon her good nature, that she unlocked her store of real cognac, to which he not only made application himself but introduced every Englishman, civil, military, naval, and marine, in the course of the evening. Never did a Lisbon saint perform a greater miracle. He talked, and they talked, their partners caught the infection from them. The British men of war were blest beyond compare, and Lisbon ladies led off the Boulanger in honour of the occasion. How their eyes did sparkle—how their cheeks did burn—how their hearts did beat—how the pat of their little feet quickened as the blood grew warm. To the last hour I cannot forget the look of astonishment which the liquor-maid gave my friend, as he de manded another goblet full at three in the morn ing. Outra yes ! (what, another !) said she. Yes, my dear, one more, replied the monster. Ho tneu Deos ! (Oh, my God) she exclaimed, as with one hand she drew the cork, and with the other poured in a limited quantity of the purest. Tuesday night concluded the Carnival, the Lent commencing the following morning of Ash Wednesday. We are under a great mistake in fancying that there is anything like a strict obser vance of fasting or abstinence on the Continent, I am certain from the experience of this country and France, that the Catholics of Ireland and England are the only persons of that religion who conform to it conscientiously. I see here friars eating meat on a Friday and Saturday, at the taverns ; and as to the observance of either on the part of the laity (the gentry whom I meet), I can say in truth, they never think of re fusing the roast and the boiled. Religion has been overdone here in form, and people are be ginning, not only to lose respect for the outward show, but I am sorry to observe, for the reality. Of this more, by-and bye. MAIL COACH TO OBAN.—We stated some t i m e ago, that a mail coach was to commence running from Lochgoilhead to Oban, by In verary ; by which conveyance, passengers and letters, leaving Glasgow at seven A. M., would reach Oban at seven o'clock on the same even ing. We are happy to have it in our power to state, that the matter is now fixed, and the coach is to commence running on the 16th of this month ; starting from Lochgoilhead upon the arrival of the steam boat at that place, with the mails from Glasgow. To travellers of every description, and to the population of those parts of Scotland, this conveyance will be of the greatest utility. The scenery along the whole line, whether by land or by water, but more especially up Loch Goil, and around the head of Loch Fine, is most picturesque and interest ing ; and we may safely predict, that the time is at hand, when Lochawe and Cruaelian will be as well known to travellers as Lochlomond and Benlomond. By the conveyan ce in question, travellers, whether on business or on pleasure, may leave Glasgow, and proceed by Inverary to Oban, and from thence by steam boats return to Glasgow, through the islands on the west coast and the north channel, and vice versa, proceed ing b the latter round to Ob an , an d re turn by the to o rtaldng whi c h o pens up Glasgow. We sincerely wis h formersucce success route to an undertaking to the rest of the kingdom a large and interesting district of country, hitherto comparatively un known.—Glasgow Herald. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, JULY 12. TUBBS V. THE EARL OF BREADALBANIL This was an action to recover damages for waste and dilapidation done to Harlesden House, in the County of Middlesex, which the Noble defendant occupied under a lease from the plaintiff. It ap peared that Lord Breadalbane took possession of the premises in 1819; the lease had twenty-one years to run, but was renewable every seven years. Ano ther lease was prepared, in which Lord Breadalbane was to be answerable for dilapidation, but the Noble defendant, acting upon legal advice, refused to sign it. No notice was however given of his refusal to execute it. In 1826, when he quitted the house, the dilapidations were estimated, and the expense of repairing amounted to 2061. which sum the plaintiff now sought to recover. It was contended on the part of the Noble de fendant that repairs had been done during his occu pation, but those repairs did not exceed 281. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE left the Jury to say whether the defendant was bound by the second lease. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, 2061. LANGDON V. C. C. WILSON, GENT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a black-lead pencil-maker, against Mr. Wilson, an attorney, of Furnival's-Inn, as the indorser of a bill of exchange for 300/. drawn by a person named Pat terson, and payable three months after date, The bill was dated the 10th May, 1825. The bill was indorsed by the drawer to a person named Russell, who indorsed it to Wilson, the de fendant. Mr. Wilson indorsed it to Sir Paul Bagot, who indorsed it to the plaintiff. The other parties having dishonoured the bill, the plaintiff sought to recover the amount of the defend ant. After the handwriting of the defendant had been proved, it was contended that the bill had been put into his hands to recover upon it, and that being so employed he was released from the liability of a common indorser. Lord Chief-Justice TENTERDEN said he could not see any reason why the plaintiff should not claim the amount of the bill as against the defendant. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Da mages, including interest, 324/. CAGE V. MANN. This was an action to recover rent for a house and stables near Chancery-lane. The premises had belonged to Mr. Bartholomew who let the same to the defendant and one Thomas Gardener, It ap peared that some arrear of rent was due, a con siderable time since, which Bartholomew did not recover, but having lately assigned his interest in the lease and premises, the plaintiff, who is the As signee, now sought to recover it. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in behalf of the de fendant, said, it would be a disgrace to the law if the plaintiff was allowed to recover. The defendant had been led to believe, from certain peculiar circumstances, in which he had been placed in partnership, that the arrears of rent due as far back as 1812, would not have been sought after, especially as Bartholoinew had never insisted on the same. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE considered the ques tion one of considerable importance, and suggested that it might come before the Court in the form of a special case. Counsel on both sides agreed to his Lordship's suggestion and a special verdict was taken. "'ITMON PLEAS, JULY 12, SCOTT AND WIFE V. CLAn►a..,. (Continued from our Paper of yesterday.) Mr. Sergeant WILDE , for the defendant, said, he thought he should be able to make out, to the satis faction of the Jury, that the plaintiff was guilty of adultery and theft. But his Learned Friend said, that the defendant had made another charge against Mrs. Scott—namely, that he had accused her of perjury, and that to that charge he had not pleaded a justification. Now, he would tell his Learned Friend that the defendant had done no such thing. He had made no such charge against Mrs. Scott ; he had done no more than give the evidence on both sides of the question. Besides, perjury did not merely consist in stating upon oath what was false, for delusion often crept into men's minds, an d they involuntarily swore to ste tements that were false ; it consisted in swearing wilfully and corruptly to that which the party knew to be a falsehood.— Now there was no foundation at all for Mrs. Scott's saying that Mr. Clement had charged her with per jury, because he had published the affidavits against her's. The defendant had, therefore, declined to justify such an allegation, because he had no wish to weigh the merits of those affidavits judicially...._ Where the charges were tangible he was ready to justify them, and that was only in the cases of the theft and of the adultery. Now he would tell the jury at once that he would prove the adultery beyond all question. The evidence in his brief was ten thousand times stronger than any evidence which he had ever known given in any case of trim. con. Her guilt would be placed beyond dis pute, unless she was the most peculiarly con structed woman in the world.—(A laugh.)—The jury knew that she had been some time in Mrs. Bligh's service. Now, in the same lady's ser vice was a man-cook, of the name of Bergeret, to whom Mrs. Scott attached herself for criminal pur poses. He would prove to them, that when the f a mily retired to bed, she was found, over and over a gain, going to Bergeret's room. He would like wise prove, that in consequence, of informati on g i ven to Mrs. Bligh, she removed Mrs. Scott to another room, and then he would prove that instead of Mrs. Scott being the visiter of Bergeret's room, Ber geret was the visiter of Mrs. Scott. Mrs. Seotb offered every opposition in her power to this altera tion, but she was compelled at last to remove to a different apartment, and then Bergeret was found following her there. The evidence which he should offer would even go beyond this point. Mrs. Scott was traced into Bergeret's bed-room. A conversa tion was heard between them, and then that noise which intimated only one circumstance,—namely, criminal intercourse between the parties. He would show th a t this had taken place repeatedly. Was this, he wo u ld a sk, a charge brought forward on the pre sent occasion for the convenient purpose of getting up a defence for the action ? No such thing. She was charged with her misconduct at the time. The twhasough reprimanded sii for was servants complained of it to t h e ir m istress. One of them refused 'to stay in the house if such pro ceedings were permitted; and the consequence the case, h w e a r s, irregularities. laitiMrre Scott s. But was irresi s tibl e; i t b roke all bo Mrs. Scott's passion unds. The servants became disgusted by the excesses to which it led her, and the con sequence was, that she was ultimately turned off. Where Bergeret was at that moment, he did not know. Whether one or both of these enamoratos were in the Weis Royal, he could not tell, nor was it material, as it had nothing to do with the present case. There was another charge against Mrs. Scott, to which he must now call the attention of the jury —he meant the charge of stealing Mrs. Bligh's things. Mrs. Scott had the care of Mrs. Bligh's linen, per sonal and household. She was found wearing her mistress's apparel out of her sight, and subsequently when an inventory of them was taken, several of them were found absent. She was called upon to produce them. She denied having them. Mrs. Bligh then told her that she would not pay her her wages, nor settle her account, till they were found. Mrs. Scott went out of the house without restoring them, but shortly afterwards sent a note to Mrs. Bligh, by a little girl, and along with the note came the missing silk dresses. He would prove the note to which he alluded, to be in the hand writing of Mrs. Scott. What, then, was the case as related to this charge ? First of all, Mrs. Scott wore her mistress's dresses; and then, grown bolder by suc cess, ventured upon purloining them. For this mis conduct she was dismissed by her mistress, and in re venge for it she became a volunteer deponent against her in the Court of Chancery. These were the two charges which he had to substantiate against Mrs. Scott, and when he should have done so he should have rendered his justification complete. As the libel said that she had committed adultery with Bergeret, it prevented him from showing her general bad character previous to her marriage; for such a plea, had it been placed 'upon the record, would not have been good in law. He contended, however, that when an individual said "you have hurt my character, and I seek a reparation in da mages for the injury," he had a right to show, if he could, that that character was too worth less to be injured at all. Would a Jury like them suffer justice to be administered hood-winked ? Were they to be told that it was unfair and unjust , to take into their consideration the whole tenour of the plaintiff's past life ? How, he would ask, was character acquired ? By the whole tenour of a man's life. He was therefore ready to enter into the whole detail of Mrs. Scott's past history,—to meet at all hazards— The LORD CHIEF JUSTlCE—Brother Wilde, you are come here to-day to try whether the pleas you have put upon the record arp true or not, and more than that you cannot and ought not to try at present. Mr. Sergeant WILDE bowed to his Lordship's decision, but felt it his duty to remark, that Counsel were bound to meet every argument that by possi bility could he urged against their clients. One of his reasons for submitting such evidence to the Jury was, that if it could not be heard in justification of the pleas, it was admissible in mitigation of the amount of damages. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.-I am clearly of opi nion that you cannot attack the plaintiff's character generally, except upon the precise matter contained in the pleas, even in mitigation of damages. I wish it to be distinctly known as my opinion, that when a plaintiff is brought into Court on an action of libel, he cannot be tried for every action of his life, when only one is regularly before the Court. If a con trary rule be adopted, you will place plaintiffs in cases of libel in a situation far more cruel than that in which any criminal can be placed by the laws of England. He knows from the indictment what he is to be tried for, the charge against him is distinct and limited. But here you would compel a man to reply on the sudden to accusations of which he might never have heard before in his life. Mr. Sergeant WILDE trusted, that whatever in conveniences the defendant might suffer from being compelled thus to frame his defence, might be attri buted to the right cause. Let not the defendant be supposed to have attacked an unimpeachable charac ter, because he was not permitted to impeach it. Let there be no presumption of law against him upon that point. All he wanted was an uniformity of decision. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.--I wish for that too, brother Wilde; and in order to obtain it, we will receive a bill of exceptions, if you think proper to tender it. , Me. iiirt-natint _WiDIC thonot the question of the J L greatest importance, aria tnan eu Ms Lortisnip WI the opportunity he had given him of settling it, of ' which, however, he should decline to avail himself ~ at present. He thought it hard, that if two person:. were libelled, one of the most honourable and the . other of the most profligate character, they should ik: . both come upon equal terms before a Jury, as his ~, Lordship appeared to intimate. He thought that, the contrary would be a wiser rule ; but if it were, 'f , not according to law that he should enter into thr:: , general merits of Mrs. Scott's character, he woul4 content himself with maintaining his issues. H e .., would therefore leave Mrs. Scott's character with, no other stain upon it but that of adultery and theft. f, —(A laugh.)—The Learned Sergeant, after a shor summary of his former arguments, proceeded to ea- ~ that every man was interested in the proper adni.- t, nistration of justice, and that its best safeguard wr found in the publicity given to its transactions. 1 conclusion, he . would now call his witnesses, when: testimony he defied his Learned Friend to shake b‘,. any counter-testimony whatever. He had no dont • they would return a verdict kir the defendant. Mr. Flopgood, from the Stamp-office, produced a copy of the Morning Chronicle of the 22d of No vember, 1826, and the report of the proceedings in the Court of Chancery of the day previous were read. Maria Evans, examined by Mr. BROUGPAM.—I was in Mrs. Bligh's service on the 10th of April, 1826, and remained with her till October following. I left my place in consequence of illness. I was a dry nurse, and was to took after the baby. Mrs. Scott was a fellow-servant of mine during the whole of that time, She was lady's maid, and had the care of Mrs. ligh's clothes, and kept the keys of the drawers where the clothes were contained. A Frenchman named Bergeret was also in the service of Mrs. Bligh. Mrs. Scott and he were continually in each other's bed-room at improper hours s:lf the night. Mrs. Scott slept at first in the attic, next door to Bergeret. I slept below, in a room adjoin ing my mistress's. While I slept there, I saw them together at twelve , and one o'clock at night. The first time I saw them was in the evening about nine or ten o'clock, about a month after I first went to the house. She has sometimes been in his room at twelve o'clock at night, and he sometimes in hers. When I have been in b e d I h ave heard them talking rs' to each other in the same room. This was at the latter end of May or beginning of June. I mentioned what I heard and saw to Mrs. Bligh, and she told Mrs. Scott that she should change her room on account of her had conduct with Bergeret. She was to came down to my room, and I was to go to her's. She said she would not come down to my room, but would rather leave her place first, — alleging as a reason that my room was not la rge enough to cortain all her things ; but I should con sider my room to be larger than her's was. She did, however, change her room, and I went into the one she had quitted. Bergeret still occupied the same room. I afterwards saw them together in the room that was formerly mine, as late as twelve or one o'clock. This was when all the rest of the servants were gone. I could hear all that passed in Bergeret's room, there being only a very thin partition between the attics. I have heard them speaking together in that room late at night. A complaint of her con duct was made to Mrs. Bligh by all the servants, and among the rest Sarah Little, who said, if Mr!. Scott did not quit the service, she would. I liaY,e heard Mrs. Bligh tell Mrs. Scott that she missed some of her clothes. Mrs. Scott said she knew no thing about it. There was a parcel came to Mrs. Bligh with some dresies and petticoats. It wear It was brought by a little girl. I h a d seen IVI"' Bligh those clothes before. There was a letter sent with it something like this, ( a letter being . abown to the witness). I don't know whether it is in Mrs. Scott's hand-writing. She had worn some of the clothes. When she quitted she was not allowed to take her own things until she . had r e t urne d M rs . Mrs, Scott notice Bligh's. I heard Mrs. Bligh me PRICE 7D. to heti sett s ei rivi'teeem4of be bad conduct with Bergeret. '4ha had preitiously mertioned .ergeant EO SA NQUET-4 about t os t clothes. ined by am not married. I was discharged on account of ill health, which was the only reason of my quittinz. I was not turned or of the house at two or tl2.ee o'clock in the morning, nor was I ever threatened to be so. I was out of h, .r service for a short time, when I had a child. Mr. Sergeant BOSAINVET-Why, I thought you said you were not married; have you had a child ? Witness.—Yes, Sir, I have had than misfortune. I was not turned out in consequence of my child being found in bed with Mrs. Bligh's. They never were in the same bed; that was not named to me as a reason for going. Mrs. Bligh was very angry with me about the child. I have seen Bergeret in Mrs. Scott's room, with the door open. Bergeret spoke very little English. By a Juror—Mrs. Bligh had a housemaid, lady's maid, man-cook, and footman. I could not distin guish what the conversation was about which I over heard between Mrs. Scott and Bergeret. By the COURT--I never saw them in the room together, except when the door was open. I should think I saw them 10 or 12 times. I never saw more than one act of indecency. It was one evening when Bergeret took her up and put her on the bed. There was no one else near but myself. I believe they saw me. By a Juror—l believe she understood a little French, but not sufficient to maintain a conver sation. Sarah Little, the housemaid, was next called, and examined at great length. She swore distinctly to having seen Bergeret and Mrs. Scott four several times in the very act of adultery. The room in which they carried on this illicit intercourse was never locked. She had seen them ongoing into the room, and did not know whether she was observed by them. They had never disturbed themselves at her entrance. She had always gone out imme diately on seeing them. Her friends had decided chat she should quit the situation, unless Mrs. Scott was disniissed, and she had informed Mrs. Bligh of that determination. In cross-examination, she still persisted in her statement of having seen Mrs. Scott and Bergeret criminally connected. Mrs. Mary Stows was now in the service of Mrs. Bligh, and was present when that lady spoke to Mrs. Scott on the impropriety of her con duct with Bergeret. This witness proved that Mrs. Bligh had been robbed of a quantity of wearing apparel and household linen, which she accused Mrs. Scott of having applied to her own use. She Aso proved that after Mrs. Bligh had moved to St. ohn s-wood she received a bundle with a note front Mrs. Scott. The bundle contained some dresses and shifts of Mrs. Bligh's. A bundle belonging to Mrs. Scott was then returned. Felix Dubois, a Frenchman, was next called---He teas footman to . Mrs. Bligh, and swore to having peen Bergeret and Mrs. Scott criminally connected :at two different times in the housekeeper's room; 4nd added, that Mrs. Scott had herself confessed as ouch to him. In cross-examination this witness was asked if-he had not himself boasted that Mrs. Bligh had paid bie particular personal attentions—whether he had ,said that she had hung round his neck and. CV:psed him. At this question Mr. Wellesley, who had beer all or in Court, manifested strong feelings of indigna m, and exclaimed, " Oh, shocking ! horrible ! this too much." The LORD CHneF JernCE said ha could not allow `hese interruptions. • Ir. Wellesley boWed to hit Lordship, and re xined silent. Mr, Sergeant BosA,NQUET then repeated his ques t, and the witness replied in the negative. , .n re-examination he said he was not in England December and January last. He quitted Mrs. gh's service in September. foseph Burge was a groom in' Mn., W e ll e sley% vice. He had seen Mrs. Scott while she was in s. Bligh's service, and on one occasion l - ad gone her room when she was ill. She said sae could speak to him there, as the French were a ivy t.,,t Dile tv vuld spe a k w ith hi m l ie - He believed she alluded to Bergeret ; they -e the subject of conversation with the other.. 0. Bligh was next called. Her name produced ~:eat sensation in the Court. Mr. Wellesley haul.; left his seat, and went in search of her to the Lord Chancellor's library, where she had been in b y Mr. Wellesley upo n one arm, and a male tvai6,g all the morning. All eyes were fixedul)on the d '-..er through which she was expected to enter. the other. Her per sona l appearance After ~ lapse of a few minutes sh e appeared, sup tlyupporelpossessing. Her figur e i s rat h er abo v e t i'tis h :r e hr'it'i n age l l'h i t ddle stature, with just embonpoint enough to levelope a round and graceful outline. Her com plexion is of the most diicate order; her nose of 1 the Roman cast, finely formed ; fine dark-brown laps, relieved by well-defined eye-brows ; and a high. forehead, shaded with a profusion o; fine dark hair. which she wore en boucle. Her dress consisted of t coloured muslin gown, fashionably made ; a I.eeinture of pink leather; a large green barege shawl; 1,1 worked collar en suite; and large white Bros de Vapks i French hat, ornamented with pink roses, iter whieh was thrown a large black veil, whi c h wed upon her shoulders. There was about her : . ss :and presence an air tres distingue. She 5' td considerable agitation upon first getting int t 6 box, but soon recovered her self-composure. By the, direction of the Court, she was accom mo afeil with a chair, behind which Mr. Wellesley l c pl ed.himself. Her father stood in front, with his hand niar her's, on the rail of the witness box, and ieerned anxious by his presence to re-assure her. When the oath was about to be administered, the lady hesitated previous to removing the veil at tached to her bonnet, and The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE desired she would not remove it, if it were unpleasant to her. Mrs. Bligh acknowledged the kindness of this di gression from the general custom by a slight obei sance, and continued with the ve il d own t h rowY h out the ole of her examination, which was at great length. The lady answered every question put to her with great clearness and precision, and displayed a wish to be as explicit as possible. She proved that she had discharged Mrs. Scott in consequence. of the gross impropriety of her conduct with Ber geret, from whose room she bad seen her retire at a late hour at night. She had previously heard re peated complaints of her from the other servants, but had not dismissed her till she was herself a wit, ness of the irregularity of her conduct. Previously , to Mrs. Scott's leaving her, she had missed many articles of her wardrobe, which she flatly charged Mrs. Scott with having taken, and when she dis charged her she refused to settle her account, or chat h e a ri:hafts rm ; he e r whicht of this i s own t he was m o(Mrs. Bligh) had l ost, and requestedpli ve,, to pay her wages, until she had returned these arti cles which were missing. Mrs. Scott, however, de ified the charge, and left her service; but sh ort l y she clothes might b e returned by the after sent a bundle w t he witnesss house at S t. articlesd eo dhi With ' ithh . Some ad bee n returne d to John's-wood, with a note in h er hand - writing, i t nerely said that ,she bad returned the go wns and vlrs. Bligh were now produced, and that lady iden tified them as her property. In cross-examination she said she had not prose mted Mrs. Scott for the theft because she had been donned by her solicitor (Mr. Powell) that, being t married woman, she could not maintain an action; Ind unfortunately (said Mrs. B.) I have no husband to . protect me. She should not have appeared against her in this action had she not been subpoenaed. —Her solicitor had advised her, and she believed it to be very good advice, to keep herself as much retired aa possible, and not to present herself to the public more than she could help.' At this time Mr. Wellesley, who had been stand ing behind Mrs. Bligh whilst she was giving . her