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1 II E LONDON JOURNALS. • DAILY • . Exthretr from the Morning Papers, May 5, 1825. - [NEW TIMES.] It,has been announced by the agent to Lloyds, that two ships have arrived at Milford with foul bills of health, from a place infected with the plague. We feel it our duty to call this fact. stronglyto the notice of the p ublic ; that no pos, sibility may.arise of spreading that awful scourge. throughout- the country, for want of attention to the salutary provisions of the Quarantine Laws. some persons have asserted, with extreme auda, city or extreme ignorance, that the plague has been proved not 'to be contagious ! The proof is' almost wholly the other way ; the opinions of almost all the distinguished members of the- me dical profession are-the other way ; the plictice of nations for centuries past has been the.other way,. and against this vast weight of evidence, the vague declamation of one or two extravagant writers it, in our opinion, too trivial to deserve notice ; especially when the health and safety of millions is at stake. We admit that the Quarantine Laws may -he modified in detail,• but we are strongly of opinion that they will he found to be sound in principle. We admit that the time of per forming Quarantine may be safely . shortened ; but we do- think it would be most rash - and - on, justifiable, in the present state of medical science, to break down a barrier on which the security. Of the ilthole . country may depend. We cannot take leave of this subject without once more. -ex pressing' our surprise that no Member of either House of Parliament has yet moved for the Re , pert of the College of Physicians, who ottani, mou.sly declared the plague to be, in their opinion, a contagious disorder. [THE T111E3.1 It had escaped our observation, that mention -was made on Tuesday -night in the ilou-e- of Commons, of the dirty and` impotent malice of withholding a silk gown from :tilt. Brod:111am: A• Petition vas Olen presented by Mr. Denman, from the Corporation of -Nottingham,• in favour of Catholic Emancipation, in which, among other things, it was stated as' an act of injustice, that iitJO'Connell could not receive a silk gown at the Irish bar; but this, Mr. Denman is repre sented to have stated as not; a• single instance : the petitioners " might have 'seen another in " stance in the lion. Member for WinchelSen, " who was excluded from the rank of a silk " gown from political motives." It is, no doubt. " patuful to see political enmity, or personal rancour, thus brought in to commit ravages on established usage and professional order. There is a vast difference, however, between the cases of Mr. O'Connell and Mr. ; Brougham.: Mr. O'Connell is excluded from the dignity of -a-silk gown, in consequence of the actual law of - the land, which has affixed such a disadvantage to the religion which has obtained possession of his mind. Whatever may he the pr6entpolicy of that la*,: its origi - a Was pure, and, we may add. religious. It is something the very reverse of religion, miserably inflaming the mind of another man, that excludes Mr. Brougham from the sup posed honour of a silk gown, and that in viola tion of a practice almost equal to law. And who suffers bY this injustice ? Not he against whom it is levelled, as the daily records of his court,and the columns of every public Journal, evince ; butharm less,unofl'endin^,professional roen,and their clients, NT - hose most important-interests are at stake. It isirrewerently and falsely insinuated in an Even ing Paper of yesterday, that a more illustrious person than he on whom the petty malignity is generally-charged, is the author of Mr. Brougham's exclusion ; . for it is said , that 44 the Queen, the Queen Regnant," had she lived through the atro cious attack upon her life and honour—that her Majesty, in that case, would not have exalted the Counsel opposed to her to, -professional dignities. We can assert with confidence that her noble and forgiving nature was far above noticing, in subse quent life, the conduct of the persons employed to plead. against her; oor, indeed . , could their success upon the impartial public mind have in spired a sentiment of revenge :,9 - 4! are, therefore, only the more inclined to repeat the terms, 44 ir reverent and falae" as applied to an insinuation which_ would now, for the first time, impute the unmanly conduct which we are ,tepiobating. t to one in a corresponding situation of dignity with that of her late Majesty. [NIORNINCI POST.] We are lad to perceive that the portentous . effects of Mr. Ilurne's Combination Act have elicited the general reprobation-of all Parties for that dangerous bot premeditated experiment of our Radical Lawgivers. The mighty :rasp of intellect which the lion. Member for Montrose applied in the'concoction of this law was beauti fully exemplified in his defence of the " opera tives" on Tuesday. " What," said Mr. Hume, ".would' the landed interest think of an enact. merit to prevent them from obtaining if they could 555. instead of 455. a quarter (or their Corn and forthwith he proceeded to maintain that under the present Combination La Nv the working, classes have only exercised a similar right to Oat enjoyed by ,the Agri cull urkts. This sort °fa:win/within& ad Agricolas, which was intended, no doubt, to be very captivating and popular Just now, is as glaringly absurd as wany of th e ITP"• Gentleman's most felicitous attempts at ratioci nation. If our great landed proprietors way-laid and maimed, in endeavouring to murder, every farmer who chose not to follow their example, we should then certainly discern a resemblance another complexion betwen t}gem and 31r. operative proteges ; and the likeness would be strengthened if the landed proprietors besides used violence and intimidation to make the public con, some not only whatever qualities and proportions. of. bread' and meat they thought proper to dictate, but cooked and eaten exactly in the manner and at ..the times it might please the humour of the agficultpiists prescrilte. In our on:in-inn, deed, the argument may be turned and pointed against the existing Combination Law with coin itieie success. If it be expedient to review end alter the Corn Laws, because under their pro visions an undue advantage is afforded to the British Grower and Proprietor, producing or menacing injury, to the rest of the community, and ultimately to themselves, is it not still' more expedient to alter the Combination Act,'under whose, provisions not only great. detriment has been sustained by all the most respectable and va luable interests in the. State, but this detriment effected by means of atrocious outrage ? A truce, however, to this part of the subject. As was , well observed on Tuesday evening, one of the most crying evils of the existing law is, that it allows the majority of the " operatives" to tyrannize over the minority, and also over their masters, to the ruin of trade and manufactures, and of na tional prosperity. One portion .of the working classes needs protection, and ought to obtain , it, against the other, and while every fair and or derly mode of adjusting wages according to cir cumstances should be permitted, the interests of *the whole should be kept by law as nearly as possible in equilibrium. We sincerly hope some measure adequate to the exigency will emanate from the Committee at an early day, so as to ex purgate our Statute Book of the alloy of Mr. Hume's political principles. LBilmsit PRESS.] The attention of the Paris Paper 4 of Monday is divided between the new financial laws and the :ceremonies of the approach•itta COronation. The Monileur contains a Royal Ordonnance, re gulating the manner in which the holders of the five per cents. are to effect the conversion of their stock according to the provisions of -the law just passed. , On the 6th of this month the proprie tors of the tive_per eents. will be allowed to ez change their Acriptiotis . against "the new Itentes of 3 or 4I per cent. Another Ordonnance, is also .issued ,for a now coinage of gold and silver, to the amount of four millions of francs. The new coin is to bear the - head of the King, with the•legend round it, "CharlesX:Roi de France," and the date. Thenews from France continues to be as distressing as ever. The decree of Ferdinand, which we pub- .• _ lished yesterday, was, provoked, it appears, by reports that the Allies had interfered to advise hirn e to a more reasonable and modeiate course. Ile is resolved, however, to persevere to the end, if he can, in his present wild and wicked career. Ins poverty alone troubles him ; his people's misery would pass disregarded. According to his notions it is their duty to suffer, if it be his pleasure that wretchedness should be their lot. But suffer himself he will not : and all hii veneration for the church (lops not prevent him from listening to a proposition made in his own Council for the sale of a seventh part of the lauds of the clergy, according to a Bull by the late Pope, granted to his father, Charles IV. The proposition was not adopted ; but neither does it seem to have been, absolutely rejected : there was no prohibition to have it mentioned again. Whether Ferdinand has any lurking design of attacking the property of the clergy, or whether he intends only to frighten ; them into a more weighty and more fre- I (pent ,donation of sums for his support, we cannot guess. His Court has for some time been Maintained by gifts from the clergy, on the plan of-the obsolete tax which in this country was called a benevolence. The priests are frantic with joy at the departure of the French, and perhaps they may be willing to go further than ever in support of a Sovereign who is so entirely their own. The Oreeks are proceeding against -their enemies with vigour. Ibrahim .Pasha is said to be blockaded at Modon, and the organiza tion of the population of the Morea is carried on with the greatest activity.—The Etoile at last admits reluctantly that all hope of subduing the late colonies of Spain on the Continent of America is utterly vain. A letter from Pernam buco has satisfied the Editor of that Paper that the " battle of Ayacucho was fought on the 9th December." He adds—" The Viceroy La Serna was wounded and made prisoner ; and when General Canterac took the command of the remnant of the Royal army, all he could do was,to save, by capitulation, the honour of the Spanish army."—There were some fluctuations in the French Funds on Monday, hut they closed at an advauced price. The - rate of exchange is the same. [THE PUBLIC' LEDGER.] end of the year, which is not an extravagant idea, 1 considering the perfeet security the country. would enjoy at home and abroad. Union at home would .be .the signal of increased considera tion and power abroad, and both would quicken the national resources to an extent, of which no adequate conception can be formet.Lat the present moment. his proper here to observe, that the Em pire' has arrived at its present 'towering state of prosperity, with Ireland attached to it, either as a dead weight, or, by her convulsions, impeding i!s ma r ch. When the Sister Country is tranquil lized and invigorated—when she contributes, by her industry and wealth, to increase. the general impulse that will be given to 'the re ss o t Mock- -the c r k e e- - s be easily, imagined, t o h f e ttie Empire may [MORNING HERALD.] The King and the Kingdom of Spain are in a state, not only of extreme wretchedness, but of singular humiliation. It is of little importanCe, and by no Means matter of sympathy. or regret, as affecting the individual. ' He is said not to care, provided, not. , that he can' reign—for even this be could abandon—but provided he can eat, and drink, and smoke, and sleep. There are two enemies with interfere with these enjoy ments—the-gout,' -and- his especial friends, the Serviles. To check the latter, he has ad dressed to one .of his Ministers the letter which we have given from the French l'a pers.The principal point in this letter is a proof that. they who .reckon as an essential attri bute of man, a certain' instinct of self,debasement and slavery, are not Wholly in the wrong. The Royalist party' has . on all occasions, when uncon troulled by the French, exercised the grossest insolence and outrage. Now, in. order to quiet 'their fears 'and ceittent their minds, Ferdinand assures them he will permit no limitation of his -absolute power - ,-and they shall have the ,felicity of continuing slaves to the end of the chapter.— Rumours had, it seems been spread that some of his'allies meant to require or advise the establish ment of two Legislative Chambers. The ally alluded to is England—and the .. rumour .ori ginated in the supposed existence of • a de sign to establish,' under . British influence, a constitution in Portugal, which would be followed by a similar experiment in Spain. Undoubtedly, no . such design, with respect to Spain, can be' entertained. The Spanish -Mu - - narcby; if it deserve' the name, rests at . present on a small, and the least. valuable, fraction of the people. - The Executive Government and whole admittistratiliesysteni should be neWIY organized, before 'any material change in 'the frame and Constitution of the State could be . effected. : The Spanish nation is at present in abeyance. Nothing exists but a dominant faction and weak Govern ment. It is said thatTerdinand himself was favor able to the scheme of granting some phantom of a Constitution,Th the hope that it would re place him in credit.the want of which is that which p'resses most severely ' o n him. At no period has the Stianhh_ Government- been in . greater necessity; - and even Ferdinand must know that the want of money 'is the most fatal want of a Government—the most efficient -cause of its downfall. It was the- want of money that caused the late King and his family to fall into the hands of Buonapnrte on the first invasion. There was not money in the treasury sufficient to defray the expences of their escape from the French. It was the want of money to pay the Civil and Military Esta blishments that caused the revolution of 1820. At present the Goverment is more destitute than ever. The civil servants subsist on pro miies and peculation—the military on pro rrtises and plunder. It is no wonder that the Royalist troops commit violence and crime when they subsist by rapacity and forced Constitutions. If any proof were wanting of the deplorable con dition of the - kingdnm, it is to be found in the 'act that the departure of the Trench, a foreign nvading force, is regretted in the garrison towns. We have received the Paris Papers of Mon (lay, with the Etoile of Tuesday. The ltentes, from sympathy with our own Funds, fell on the former day, and will descend much lower, as soon as the quotations of yesterday and the day before are known in the French market. The latter, ever since the peace, has been considered as the political barometer of Europe ; and the idea never entered into the imagination of the most exaggerated poli tician, that the general anxiety would be divert ed from the internal affairs of France to those of the British Empire. Yet this unexpected con tingency has actually arrived ; and whether it is to be of long or short duration will depend upon the wisdom of Parliament. should the crisis in which we are placed lie unfortunately prolonged, the present alarm would afford only a faint outline of what is in reserve. In a few months the Funds would sink far below their present level,and every species of property would deteriorate in an equal degree. Instead of a further reduction of the public burthens, a very considerable augmentation might he expected, particularly as the Revenue would feet the violence of the shock imparted to all the other interests or the country. It is therefore - needless to say with what intense anxiety they await the decision of the Legislature upon a question which we are almost afraid to name from the portentous aspect under which it pre sents itself. But as Parliament has very seldom disappointed the hopes of the moral and en lightened portion of the Public, we would think it wrong were we to anticipate,_ an issue that ; to a Moral certainty, would lead to the consequences we faintly traced above.. Let us therefore hope that the spirit of the age `will triumph over obsolete prejudices ; and, in this case, the Ponds ; instead, Q f . falling tett per cent. viOitl , l soon rise in that proportion. Consols would . probably reach par before the the parties. But the law cannot reach this tyranny. It is clear that if the men were not to be at liberty to combine, to regulate' their wages, their hours of work, &c., their masters would have a great advantage over them. The masters might lower wages, increase the hours of working, and impose all manner of in convenient arrangements on the men, through- the intluence of the proscription exercised against those workmen who might stand out. .We repeat it, this is a very delicate subject,—and we think the less the Legislature meddle with it the better. It is •a great satisfaction to think that the removal of the old tyranny has-been attended with so little violence, and if the Legislature let the parties alone they will soon come to an un derstanding with each other. There are laws in ' abundance to punish violence of all sorts, and-the first attempt at violence ought to be instantly taken cognizance of. Sir John Newport observed, that " nothing could be more clear, than that- if any number of men might fix -a, ,rate of wages, the whole branch of a manufacture would be permanently ruined for a benefit merely temporary." But this is assuming . that , the workmen .can succeed in an attempt of this kind. It is the increased demand for workmen, incon sequence of increased profits, which .can..alone inspire the workmen with the notion of standing out for 'higher wages; - •for a diminished de .mand for labour leads uniformly. to a fall of wages.- But the demand for , laheur is cre. cited tij the rise of profits and the wages, therefore, cannot possibly exceed that which alone causes the demand. The wages in any one branch of ourmanufac,tures must always, therefore, have a relation to the profits in that branch,.otherwise there could be no demand for - labotir, and the, wages'would fall instead of rising.. .In.a country like. this, in• which labour is free,.it is impossible to conceive a demand for a rise in any particular town, or from atiy particularhOuse,. much be yond the average rate; - because an influx of .workmen from other plaCes would soon cure the evil. 'We observe the Lawyers in the House were . 84 eager to have the matter left to the Common Law.. This is saying in so many words, let there be no law whatever on •the subject, but give to us a complete contronr:over the parties. The Common Lewis of too stretching a quality to be relied on as a protection by.the working people. If ever there was occasion for-a Clear and definite-law, is in this" case. If it was deemed necessary to define that crime by which the existence-of the State is endangered, - surely we have a definition of the offences of work men .against their employers against workmen which—shall , subject tile parties to punishment. Under the common law., the workmen would be like .travellers. benighted in a forest, uncer tain whether they were about to tread on-firm ground, -- or into a pitfall. We would strenuous ly, therefore, recommend, above all things, the placing - the law, on-this subject, on a clear and distinct . fiftoting....7le . cqinmon law may be the perfection of reason, but, unfortunately, diffe rent men may have . different motions with respect ,to perfection.": One Judge will consider that rea sonable which another will. consider the-reverse. Sortie fellows, who blacken their faces and pre. tend to be chimney-sweepers; are in the. habit of going .abou town and comMittingrobbeties, which they easily accomplish on account of the facilities of admission given to those whoa they resemble. Several robberies have been lately commit ted in the city by sturdy vagabonds of this description. The other day, two stout fellows, dressed and "daubed like sweeps, knocked at the house of- a gentleman in Broad-street, at an early hour in the -morning, told-the servant girl that they were sent by.,some -respectable master chimney-sweeper to clear away the soot, and when she e*pressed surprise at not having heard of the intention before, said they must go to work. She supposed that the men were authorized, and showed them to the kitchen, where they began to make what she supposed to be preparations. They were not long employed, when a knock was given at the door. The girl ran up stairs, : and was rather surprised at seeing another chimney-sweeper, who asked her whether his comrades were ' there ? She replied that there were two men belOw, but that they could not leave their'work until it was completed. " Oh, they must come to the East India House," said he; " master has ordered them there at once." The girl, upon going to tell the two chimney sweepers, met them coming up stairs with their bags as if they' had heard all that.pikssed. They went,offin ahurrY;litit:Wilen , [MORNING CIIRONICI,Pg • the poor girl looked round her kitchen, she found that a cup- The subject of the Combination Laws was beard or safe had been broken open; an d t h at some articles of plate were stolen. This is a sample of : the practice of a- great' again brought before the House' last night. The number of plunderers in the city. Sortie'Master 'chimney - great problem to be solved by Legislation in this sweepers went the other day, to inform the Lord Mayor of the: case is, to leave masters and workmen equally at ftteat t t a h n e d e t r l i l n e i y e. at - the ,ofthis same - f formidable Very es o s f ecltheir 'ppreliension .thieves a would be at liberty to agree together as to what each shall tributed to the respectablecleaners of chimnies, • . . give and take, for, the sake of prornoting their Aecric LAND EXPEDITION.—(Frotit the .A 4.7 respective interests, while at the same time nei- bony Argus of the 4th of'April.)—" The Officers tiler party shall carry that liberty so far as of" the. British Land Arctic Expedition, consisting to restrain the free agency of the other. Work.- of captain . Franklin, Commander; Lieutenant men, for instance, ought to be allowed to say,' we Kendall, astronomer ; Dr. Richardson, surgeon have agreed not to work under such or such a and naturalist ; Lieutenant Bark, surveyor; and Isurn ; but then they ought notio be allowed to Mr. Drummond, botanist, passed throne' this say to their employers, you shall not supply our city last "week, on their way to York, bppei Ca places with persons willing to work for a, less nada. The whole 'party will assemble at - Bear sum. But this is, no doubt, a problem of very Lake, and in. the Spring of 1826 will descend difficult solution. There are various ways by M'Kenzie's River,embar4 on the Polar SeaioJnly w . hich . worktrbon, 'without having recourse to vio- of the same year, and sail w estwardl y towards fence, - can influence those who refuse to submit Icy Cape. Should they not there. meet with Ito a g eneral arrangement. We have art instance Captain Parry, the Blossom of 28 guns, which in Dr. Franklin's Memoirs, who, having refused , has lately sailed, from England to the South Seas, to comply with - the general usage ; found.his will be found waiting at Beliring's Straits in the work thrown into confusion whenever his back event of the expedition reaching that poiht. It was turned ; and, no one could tell who did the is intended, on reaching M'Kenzie's River, that mischief. Every society exercises more or less the a party shall proceed eastward, and explore the power of sendi ng its members to Coventry for of- line of coast bety‘Tett that , and Coppermine, fences against•c onee nieuce orinterest. Mr. Hume .River. A detachment of the same expedition reminded the la w y er s of the manner in which they has gone on by way of Hudson's Bay." persecuted those brethren who took lower than PROBERT'S HORSE.—There is no, truth in the the usual fees. 4 ‘ When some of the witnesses statement, which was copied into the, London Papers from the I.,ercfo,:cl Journal, averring that (said Mr. Ba r i ng ) were examined before the Pa : Committ e e, th e y d en i e d they ever attempted to the horse stolen b y P r obert was d etained for its compel w or k m e n to ta k e l e ss wages • than the keep,and that Mr. Meredith, its owner,was likely general body agree d t o t a ke ; but being pressed -to lose the animal altogether, from inability 'upon the subject, they confessed that they to p ay the demand of the stable-k ee p er . Th e used to ma ke t h e s i tua ti on o f su ch persons fact is , that when the final examinati o n o f Pro very un com f ort abl e. " Th e i r s it ua ti on m ight be bert to ok p lac e a t B ow - street, Mr. Minshull, sup made very uncom f orta bl e by th e mere circum- posing , very reasonably, that a s th e p ar ti es were stance of excommunicating them, that is, re- related there might besorneattemptat compromise, fusin g t o spea k to, or assoc i ate w ith them. But resolved to have the hersedetaitted, in order toen , we r ea ll y do not see h ow the exercise of this sure the forthcoming of Meredith upon the trial. sort of moral influence Ca n be prevented_.--' When that had tak en p l ace, M r. Minshtill de- Neither are we sure t h at i t o ught to be preven t.; sired Ellis, the Officer . w h o a pp re h en d e d Probert, any thi ng ed or that th e l aw ou ght to take cognizanc e of to tell M r. rAmes, o f t h e Angel I nn , w h o , it will purchased the horse at Dixon's,: violenc e . Great hardship .is .in like manner and at whose stables it remained, to giVe it up to beyond direct acts of com p ulsion and be recollected,, often suffered by workmen, in times when em- Meredith, arid:be.(Mr..Minpliull) would see that ployment is not plentiful, from the understand, the pric-N , of the , keg was p a id. The horse was . hug of masters not to employ persons who 'have delivered to Meredith, and a bill for time keep taken at,'active part in any di s p utes between sell! to Mr. illiii.tli u ll. ' , . LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY,',MAx 4. GORDON V. GORDON. In this case, which has been under consideration in the dif ferent branches of this Court for some years,' and in which the defendant, Mr. James. Gordon, is a gentleman at' the bar, his Lordship gave judgment at considerable length. It came•be fore the Court on a rthearing, after ,a decree had been given. The principal points were the question of legitimacy of the plaintiff, which involved the property of estates in the West Indies, •(and which - had been established by the verdict of a Jury, upon an issue directed by Sir Wm. Grant), and whether the defendant was cognizant of that fact previous to certain agreements with the plaintiff, who was his brother. His Lord ship affirmed his own decree. Mr. James Gordon appeared on his own decree. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, ALAI' 4. COLOMBIA-lIIISII LEGION. I , MACIs'AMARA V. DEVEREUX. This was a demurrer to a bill filed by the plaintiff, which bill stated that the defendant Devereux was a General of Division, commanding' the Irish Legion in the service of the Colombian 'Republic, to which the plaintiff acted as. Commissary.:General, in which capacity he sent out various recruits, stores, and provisions to Colombia, for the use of the legion, in 1819, by the defendant's directions, on account of which he (the defendant) was indebted to him in a consi derable sum of money. In August, 1823, an agreement was en tered into in South America between the parties, by which the plaintiff undertook to have all his accounts regularly made out and submitted within a year from that time, and "the defendant engaged to pay him the 'amount; as a security for Which he lodged' cash to the'amount of 16,672 dollars, and bonds to the amount of 150,000 dollars, in the hands of Hurtatlo, the Co lombian Minister. The plaintiff being unable, through appre hension of being arrested for debts incurred by sending out the provisions, to appear in the country at the peribd specified by the agreement, the defendanrwas insisting upon Hurtado returning to him the securities lodged in his hands for the Tull - Ho - tent of the agreement, and threatened him with an action of trover. After stating some other particulars of the transactions between the parties,the bill concluded by praying that the Court would refer it to the Master to inquire what sum was due from the defendant to the plaintiff on account of the said stores, provisions, &c., SQ 'furnished as before stated for the use of the Irish Legion, en. Devereux demurred to the bill on the ground of want of equity, the transactions on accountof which the alleged debt was claimed being against public policy, tending to endanger the safety of the kingdom, and being contrary to the express provisions of several Acts of Parliament. Mr. HEALD, in supporting the demurrer, contended, that the whole of these transactions were illegal. Colombia could only be recognised by the Court at that-time (1819), as a co, lony engaged in hostility with - the parent state, which was in amity with Great Britain. He referred to the statute 9 Geo. 11., chap. 30, which made it a capital felony to enlist, or pro cure the enlistment of, any of the King's subjects as soldiers in the service of any foreign power ; and next, to the 59th Geo. 111. chap. 69, which repeated the former, but still made such conduct a misdemeanour, punishable with fine or iMpri sonment. The VICE-CHANCELLOR observed, that that Act was ex- , pressly made on account of these very provinces. Mr. HEALD said, that the only argument that could be at tempted to be used by the opposite side *as, that although it was illegal to procure the enlistment of recruits, yet it might not be so to furnish them with stores and provisions. But if it was illegal to enlist them, it was quite absurd to say that it was not also illegal, and contrary to public policy, to aid in equip ping them for the occasion. On these grounds, therefore, he was sure his Honour would decide that the defendant was right in demurring to the bill. Mr. SUGDEN, on the other side, said, he heard the objec tion with astonishment, in consequence of the dangerous situa don in which this demurrer placed General Devereux (who was now living at 49. Southampton,row, Bloomsbury,) by admit ting the truth of all the allegations contained in the bill, which proved, according to Mr. Ileald's argument that he (Devereux) had been guilty of a serious offence against various Acts of Parliament, in having raise 4 troops in this country for a fo reign power. He was also astonished at it, after the declara tion made by Devereux, that he would be- always ready to settle any debt incurred on account of the Irish Legion, or in curred by him on any other account, or in any country. The objection here urged, however, would not stand, because the bill did net state that the Irish Legion, was composed of natural born subjects of this realm. A body of troops in any country might be termeA the Irish Legion, and yet not be composed of 'lrishmen. The Court, therefore. would not infer that they' were natural-born subjects of this country unless they were so , described. y r.t. cl o ea a r was to s o h f ow op -subjects of this realm. the T b h i e ll V w l e C re E- s C uffi llA cren C t E l that the words of Mr. SUGDEN would yield that point, but asked if his Ho nour thought that furnishing the stores was illegal ? The VICE-CHANCEELOIL was also clear upon that point. Mr. SuODEre admitted the difficulty, and therefore woulii not waste the time of the Court by attempting to argue the ease further. But he wished the public to know the way in which this General Devereux, who -lived at 49; Southampton-row , opinion, natural-born Bloomsbury, chose to pay his dehts. After deluding a great many of the King's subjects, he then came into Court- and proved he had violated several Acts of Parliament, in order to screen himself from , being compelled to fulfil his solemn ea gagements. Mr. HEALD said, that his client lived abroad at the time the troops were raised. But be would not have had recourse to thi* demurrer had he not satisfied every dedand upon him WI Ayo. Wien pressed to state this, 14 (Mr. Heald) said he r oil' not say any thing for or against any s man, where it was mere)/ Isis business to argue pleadings ; and lie had only broken throve this rule now, because his friend had so frequently, during 113 y argument, delivered General Devereux's card.—Demurr er allowed. • COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 4. THE KING V. MITCHEI.I. AND KING. These defendants, one a large farmer and the other a game keeper, residing in the neighbourhood of Norwich, were .brought' before the Court on Habeas Corpus, to he bailed from their commitment under a Coroner's inquisition, charging than with the manslaughter of Jonathan Wells. It appeared from thf, depositions, that the deceased, a lad of 18, was trespassing wi th several others in a field occupied by Mitchell, and that, on being pursued by them, he ran into a river, and was drowned. VIP complaint against the defendants seemed to be rather that they forbore to assist the decayed than actively occasioned his 64 101 7 There were long affidavits on the part of the defendants, whi rr, were not read. The Cover directed the defendants to be bailed, in 2001., and four sureties in 1001. each, and King in 1 001 's and four sureties of 401. each. and Hudson Woodhouse, the Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk, r Hudson Gurney, Mr. Richard Gurney, and the Rev. Rich ar"' ,i Sandford, became sureties for both the defendants. 31 itch ell It has been suggested that Police Officers b e . stationed at Churches at the time Sermons are preached O r benevolent institutions. One lady of distinction had her ret,'!* cule lately picked of seven pounds during the time she was 1 1 one of the principal Churches, at a sermon delivered by on e ° the Bishops. Ships•at Market. 34 Newcastle COAL MARKET, NAY 4. Ships std - Price. 33s 6d to 36s v" BIRTH. e. On Saturcl:ty, the 30th ult., in Bernard.street, Russell-squar e' :he lady of F. G. Francis, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the 21st ult., at Castle Eden, in the county of Pt1 1 : 1131P ' by the Rev. R. H. Brandling vicar, Lieut.-Colonel Browrc, to Elizabeth Ann, eldest daughter i of Rowland Bunion, B sl ' l ';' . of Castle Eden. , or At Trieste, on the 19th Morgan, P. ( 1" e r York-terrace, Regent's-park, to Miss Toppo, of the form place. On Tuesday, the 2(ith ult., in the Isle of Jersey,- J 3u ,,j es Hodges, Esq., eldest son of the Rev. Henry Hodges, deceasvo late vicar of Embleten, in Northumberland, to ElizalPe ' eldest daughter of Abraham Gosset, of Jersey, Esq. 11. r. On Tuesday, the 31 inst., at Stratford-upon-Avon , T O. Thomas Green, of Upper Thames-street, to Maria, 9 ec ° • daughter of Mr. John Taslter, of Stratford. On Wednesday, the .Ith inst., at St Mary's, Islington , on I p, J. W. Coster, of Clement's-l a n e , City, to Elizabeth, daughter of J. Atkinson, Esq., of the former place. PIED. vC 4 On Tuesday morning, the 3d inst., at his house in Oros . nor- I s -u tr ip e o e n t,.;: u r i . l l , o s h o n lic C i o to x r. Hippisley, Hart., in his 80th y;eart -. On the 17th ult., aged 56, John Cotsworth, Esq., of 1 06 • 5 On the 29th ult. at Achnagairn, in the county of Invert' e • John Frase r , of Achnagairn, 'Esq., in the 84th year of his ilg';;' , formerly of the house of 31"favish, Friser, and (..'.0., of 14 1 D` l ° o f On the Ist inst., Atki ns Ed w i n Iklartin Atkins, ' -3 . 5(1. ' Kingston-Lisle, near \Vantage. _.—..---'? Printed and Published for the PnorniEToßs, at the SAN' OFFICE, No. 112, Stzand, by J. B. CARSTAiI;3•