The Sun. — London, England, 1834-02-12 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. Among several very unfounded charges brought in the House of Lords on the first night of the ses sion, against the adminis ration of our foreign po licy, perhaps the most baseless and visionary of all was that which imputed the present unsatisfactory state of Turkey to our neglect of Turkish interests, and ascribed to our blameable supineness, or apathy, the exposure of its independence, either to the in roads of the Pacha of Egypt, or to the more dan gerous protection of the Russian Autocrat. It has been said that immediately upon the breaking out of the rebellion of Mehemet Ali against the Sultan, his master, we ought to have interfered in favour of the latter, and to have sent a squadron to the Archipelago or to the coast of Syria, to have en forced the submission of the former. And it has been argued, that if such had been our conduct, we might have prevented the victorious approach of Ibrahim towards the Turkish capital, and thus have rendered unnecessary a course of policy which has brought the Russians, as allies, into the heart of a metropolis which they are so anxious to ob tain as conquerors. Perhaps no statement or argu ment was ever more erroneous or sophistical. The quarrel between the Viceroy of Egypt and the Sultan assumed first the character of a rupture be tween the Viceroy and Abdoullah, Pacha of Acre, one of the provincial governors of Syria. In that early stage of the contest, both of the contending parties pretended to own equally the same allegiance to the throne of Constantinople, and the Powers of Europe could scarcely foresee a distant necessity of interfering between them. Even after the six first months of the war, when the Riche of Egypt had overpo‘sered his weaker antagonist, had overrun Syria with his victorious arms, had been declared a rebel by the Sultan, and had seen all the Turkish army prepared for punislrng his revolt, there was still no call for English intervention. As long a s the dispute was limited to the demand of additional territory on one side, and attempts at spolia tion or plunder on the other, it was but natural that the British Government should consider it as one of those thousand-and-one struggles be tween the Porte and its vassals which have lately distinguished the anarchical annals of the Ottoman empire. The Sultans of the north of Europe have I:kevvise sometimes their quarrels with their suhjec s —the dispute being sometimes between the Sove reign and his Senate, on matters of administration, and sometimes between the people and their rulers. nhout free institutions, as in Germany, where the Governments endeavour to control their subjects; but nobody ever dreamt of setting in motion fleets or armies on the contingency of a danger to the balance of European power from such a cause. It was only therefore after the conquest of Syria, after the march of the Egyptians across the Taurus, and ott the advance of Ibrahim Pacha towards Constanti nople in consequence of the overthrew of the Turkish army in the decisive battle of Koniah, that the British Government was really required to interfere. Had we been able earlier to procure for Mehemet Ali the concession from the Sultan of all his demands on Syria, we might have stopped the progress of his arms before the important engagement to which we have alluded. The Viceroy even offered, we be lieve, to retire in the autumn of 1832, provided Great Britain would interfere as a mediator, and guarantee his Syrian conquests; but as the Sultan still considered his ultimate success against his reb I subject as certain, and as the experience which we bad acquired of his obstinate character in the nego tiations about Greece forbad us to hope that he would became reasonable till he became unfortunate. t must have appeared unwise on our part to require toncessiotts so important before his defeat. But when the advance of Ibrahim threatened the safety of the Turkish capital, and perhaps the throne or life of the Sultan himself, the remonstrances of the British Government to Mehemet Ali became ne cessary, and certainly had the effect not only of stopping the onward march of his army, but even of causing him to abandon his claims upon Adana, one of the most important provinces of Northern Syria, and essential, from its exten sive forests, to the formation of his navy. It is true this district was afterwards conceded to him by the goodwill of the Sultan, or gained by the in trigues of his friends in the Divan ; but its conces sion had ceased to be essential to the retirement of his troops or to the establishment of pea Ce. Had Mehemet Ali been encouraged to proceed to extre mitiea by England, as it has been alleged, his army could have been on the shore- of the Bosphorus long before the arrival of the Russian auxiliaries of the Sultan; and then the Turkish fleet and army, toge ther with every Osmanli at Constantinople (a few Russianstipendiaries about the person of his Highness excepted), would have drawn the cimeter to make common cause with Ibrahim to accomplish the re generation of their country, aid to preserve it from the withering embrace of its northern protectors. Another prevalent mistake on this subject deserves to be corrected. Mehemet Ali is no doubt a powerful Monarch, and exercises almost independent sway in the dominions which he has long possessed; but the occupation of the Pachalics of Syria does not render him less a vassal or tributary of the Porte than lie had formerly been. He is nominated an nually to the various Governments which he holds, like the other Pachas of the Ottoman em pire, arid his tribute to his sovereign Lord at Con stantinople is not only more regularly paid than theirs, but will amount to a larger sum than has hitherto been delivered into the coffers of the Sultan by any of his predecessors. The statement which we have just given, and the correction of the mis takes which a e have just pointed out, should pro duce an additional caution both in and out of Par liament in discussions on our diplomatic transactions or foreign policy. It is enough that our Govern ment has bad to struggle against autocratic preten tions in the East—it ought not to be subjected to domestic misrepresentation in our Parliamentary speeches.—Times. In the Court of Exchequer, on Monday last, was presented another beautiful instance of the opera tion of our English law of libel. It was the case of a newsvender sued by an attorney—and for what ?—for publishing a libel on the said attorney, by sell ng, in the way of his trade, a newspaper. The Judge declared tha , as the law at present stood, any party, whether newsvender or coffee house keeper, or any other sort of publisher, was bound to know whether the publications he put forth to the .‘oild contained libels or not ; and that, if he did not take care to " ascertain the fact," he was equally liable with the au her! There is a precious law for you! Why, good God ! was such rank nonsense as this ever before sanctioned by any civilized legislature ? Here we find it expressly laid down by sit able and excellent Judge, who is un qeestionably correct in his law, that every hotel keeper is bound " to ascertain" that the morning or evening journals which lie on the tables of his coffee-atom, for the entertainment of the geode men aho breakfast or dine there, contain no li bels against the Government, or egainst any mat e woman, or child, in the kingdom, before he can venture to bring them into !vs house, on pain of possible prosecution or action for libel ! But the case on Monday was that of a newsvender. What then is a newsvender? Somebody, we presume, who tray be, in some way or other, concerned in the writing, arranging, or . printing of a published work ? No such thing. He is a tradesman of a totally different calling. He is one who buys journals by the hundred at a wholesale price, and distributes them again by sale or hire for a moderate profit amongst a crowd of customers, without ever having a moment's time to look into the contents of any one of such journals berme he so distributes them. He is a mere common carrier of articles of the na ture of a hich he is wholly himself unconscious; the only object to which he pays, or can pay, the least attention, being the names of the journals which he sells, and the Humber which he purchases, and from the supply bt rt.? those who do read them be itziakea — Eris ...oree4ty . . profits. How then is it conceivable by being that such a man - : 1--~f can justly he made to answer for any portion or such productions ? Why the oilman or chandler who furnishes light to read them by, might as rea sonably be punished for his part in promoting the knowledge of their contents ;—nay, one friend who accommodates another by the loan of a newspaper for an hour or two, might, under no sharp stretch of the law as just expounded, be prosecuted for the crime of publishing. There is nothing, let it be observed, in the act of taking 7d. in exchange for a paper sold to a single customer which can aggravate the offence against a prosecutor for libel, beyond the act which we have above referred to, of lending tire paper to a single acquaintance, and not asking any thing in return. We hold, therefore, that under this nefarious law the most ordinary proceedings of domes tic or neighbourly intercourse must be put an end to, and that every man who parts with his newspa per out of his pocket may look for a notice from some attorney that he is to stand an ac.ion for libel . But where, even in the case of tradesmen, is this terrible nuisance to end ? Many keepers of cir culating libraries carry on likewise the more active business of newsmen ; and Baron Bolland has pro nounced that every vender of a printed publication i s answerable for its contents : so these unfortunate circulating librarians, eking out their precarious in comes by the supply of newspapers, are not merely responsible for all newspaper libels, whether they may have seen them or not, but for all the scandal which may by possibility be contained in the five thousand or six thousand volumes of modern ephe meral rubbish under the name of novels, which they may as well shut up shop as refuse to circulate among their subscribers. There must be a finish nut at once to such stupid and barbarous iniquity. We call upon the Law Officers of the Crown to bring in a Bill without delay for the correction of this amongst other enormities of the law of libel. It cannot be done too soon. Until the power of persecuting innocent persons, now in frequent exer c-se, be abolished, there will be a universal warfare against the peace and comfort of society ; and though, as in the case above alluded to, the damages may amount to no more than a single farthing, still costs and vexation form severe eucroachmen•s on the tranquillity of life.—Tinges. Our readers will have the satisfaction of learning from our Parliamentary report, that Lord Alihorp stated last night that it is the intention of Govern ment to introduce a measure for the establishmen , of Local Courts. The Bill is this year to originate in the House of Commons. We know of no mea sure more calculated to benefit the country than the establishment of Local Courts. That much incon venience has been suffered from the want of them, is a matter of notoriety, and the only wonder is that the nation has been so long patient under the evil. The institution of Justices of Peace has, in some measure, supplied the place of regular tri bunals; but though Justices of Peace may be found of considerable benefit as aids to tribunals, we are quite satisfied that they ought not to possess the extensive administrative and judicial powers com mitted to them in England. The union of terri torial influence with judicial power is always, per haps, an evil, though in the early periods of society it is, perhaps, indispensable. The first step in civilization, however, is the annihilation of this union by the general Government arrogating to itself the judicial power. At an early period of our history the King's Courts were invested with jurisdiction over the whole land, and the Courts of the Barons were superseded. But the Aristocracy has been enabled to recover much of their lost power in the institution of jus tices of the peace, which for the want of local tri bunals, has gradually become invested with the jurisdiction possessed in other countries by such I courts. Against the union of territorial influence and judicial power it is hopeless to contend, and hence the mischief which the justices of the peace have been enabled to do in the execution of the poor laws. In Scotland, where local tribunals are established, justices of peace remain what they ori ginally were in England, a sort of aids in emergency to the administration of justice. They are useful to the local judges by serving as a stimulus to them, as the dissenting clergy are to the clergy of the Establishment. We have no doubt, as the laws in England and Scotland respecting the poor are essen tially the same—that the reason why the Scorch are strangers to all these abuses connected with the administration of the poor laws, which are now producing such bitter fruits in England, is to be attributed to the exclusion of justices of peace from all interference with the poor. We are far from denying that, in the absence of more regular tribu nals, justices of peace often do much good in the country. We merely wish to say that the institu tion has been productive of much evil as well as good, and that much of the evil would not have occurred had regular tribunals been esta blished. It is quite clear that no merely local judges could have possessed sufficient power to convert the whole labourers of the coun try into paupers, and that nothing short of the union of the power and influence, which the own ership of the soil gives, with the judicial power, could have produced such a result. We refer to the Rev. Mr. Brereton's pamphlets, and to the re cent proceedings in Buckinghamshire, for a proof of the utter impossibility of contending with the Justices of Peace, when they set themselves to protect abuses in the administration of the poor laws. We instance particularly the abuses of the poor laws, as a result of the absence of tribunals deciding on fixed principles. But every man who has lived in countries with Local Courts, knows that redress is obtained in them for many wrongs which must be borne with in England, because the redress is either too expensive, or cannot be ob tained in time. How many disputes, for instance, arise out of the mode of exercising the right to water! A man may see his neighbour employed in an operation by which he may sustain the most serious injury. In Scotland he may obtain an in junction at an hour's notice, and the whole matter may be inquired into on the spot in a day or two. The native of Yorkshire or Westmoreland, with all the improvement of modern communications, cannot hope for an injunction in less than a week, by which time irreparable danger may have been sus tained by him. But this is only a sample of the numberless wrongs which mu•t be borne in England for want of Local Coin ts.—illorning Chronicle. A Committee has been appointed, on the motion of Mr. Ward, to inquire into the practicablity of a plan for recording the votes of Members. This is a great step gained. The inscription un the collar of Bealonstichais's Newfoundland dog," Beaumatchais in'apppartient" (Beaumarchais belongs to me ) , may be said to express pretty correctly the feeling of the old representatives with respect to the relations be tween them and their constituents. Instead of considering themselves as representing the people, and accountable to them, they considered that they had bought the people for a period, and were their masters. Hence, during the unreformed Par liament, the idea of Members being bound to attend more than they liked, would have been scouted an infringement on their dignity and independen c e; and the publication of divisions, so tar from being 'avowed, was looked on with an evil eye. We need hardly observe, that there is a good deal of he old feeling in the reformed Parliament—that many Members do not like the idea of being bound to attendance in their places in the House, from its meeting to its rise,as a positive duty,but conceive that they ought to be masters of their time, to attend the House when anything interesting invites them, and to absent themselves from it when plea sure invites them elsewlisre. 'l his sort of feeling, however, is quite incompatible with responsibility to constituents, and it must be mastered. When a man entered the House of Commons because, from his property, no competitor could stand a contest with him, or because he was the proprietor of the place from which he was returned, it was nature that he should consult only his own inclinations as to the extent of his attendance in Parliament. BuL this state of things is, or ought to be, at an end ; and real representation supposes responsibility to a constituency entitled to demand a constant attend ance in Parliament, except in cases of justifiable ab sence. And if any practicable plan come before the House, recommended by a Committee, it will he difficult to find a feasible pretext for rejecting it. Last year, when the subject was brought before the House by the Hon. Member for Colchester (Mr Harvey), all sorts of objections were offered ; but the objection which weielied most was that of Lord Al thorn, that the specific plan of Mr. Harvey was im , prac:icable. Mr. Ward took care to avoid the snare into which Mr. Harvey fell ; he avoided risking his plan by a premature exposure. He contented him self with stating that he had a plan, by which he did not doubt that an accurate list of every gentle. man's votes might be taken, without the loss of five minutes' time. If the plan be really such that five manures will give a record of every man's vote in a division, all objections to it mu-t gtve way. We may, however, be allowed to suggest, that an other Committee ought to be appointed to inquire into the practicability of adding to the attendance without adding to the speechifying. While a Mem ber is absent he cannot make a speech in the House, that is quite clear; but in the present age of speechifying it will be difficult to prevent Members indemnifying themselves for additional attendance, by an adlitional number of speeches. That the taking the votes will add to the attendance, we hold to be unquestionable. The next improvement, we trust, will be to reduce the Members to one. half of the present number as a beginning—a plan to which we see no invincible obstacle. The places which return two Members might return one; and where one Member only is returned, another piece returning one might be added to it. It is quite clear that between six and seven hundred orators are fat too many for the de-patch of business. Thirty years ago there were but few speakers. Members purchased their seats because it was fashionable to be in the House, and a country gentleman was returned for a county b cause he had 20,0001. a year; and no man with out a large income could think of standing a contest with him. But no man would now think of offer ing himself as a candidate who could not speak for an hour without hesitation; and no man who once attains the distinction of beteg able to speak for an hour is ever long silent from choice. After all, Mr. Buckingham's notion of the quarter of an hour sand-glass was not a bad one. Hoo ever, something must be done, and that ere long, or Constitutional Governments will fall to a large discount. From what fell from Mr. Warburton, we suppose the plan is to employ cleiks to go from seat to s. at, to take down the names. In that way, less time might. be consumed than is now consumed in going out and in. Lord Althorn quite agreed with the principle of the motion. He thought that every Member should be reepon-ible for the way in which he voted.—Morning Chronicle. There are many,lawyers in the House of Com mons, and we are now in the fourth year of a " re forming" Administradon, and yet the law of libel remains a blot upon the Statute-book, and a dis grace to a civilised age. The state of the law as to criminal prosecutions, in which truth itself, even when disclosed not only without malice, but with the best intentions for the information of the public, is held to be a libel, shocks reason, and is abhorrent to all sound notions both of justice and of public policy. In civil cases, indeed, the truth is admitted to be a justification, and, if fully and technically proved, it goes to the root of an action for damages —but in the civil, as well as the criminal briatich of t e law of libel, there is much to amend and reform before it can satisfy the notion of enlightened jes tice, or be truly describe) as the perfection of rea-on. The case of aces v. Onwhyn," is oee of the mot recent practical illustrations of the unjust work ing of the libel law in civil cases. Here we fled the plaintiff, an attorney, bringing an action for alleged injury to his character, against a newsvender, in whose shop a newspaper containing a libel was sold. Whether the dealer in newspapers is aware that the Journal which he sells contains a libel makes no difference in point of law. A ready fiction of pleading which, being a fiction, requires no proof, intakes him as amenable to the law, either in pet,on or purse, or in both, as if he were the author or a knowing publisher, clearly ac tuated by malice to the ruin of another man's cha racter. Nor is this all—if the July, on the whole view of the merits of the case, and, on being told by the Court that the defendant is legally liable in dantges for the copy of the publication which was sold in his shop, whether he knew its contents or not—if, we say, the Jury, tenter all the circion wainces, should estimate the character of the plain• tiff at one farthing, that lowest estimation of cite meter, below which the current coin of this realm, at least, can measure nothing lower, infl cts on the defendant the psyment of coats, which seldom are less than 100/. and often more. It is true that the Judge who tries the case may, if he pleases, certify and deprive the plaintiff of his costs; but Judges, in general, do not like to exercise this power, espe cially where to punish or silence the Press, is the object of the action. Of the merits of the case of " D cas v. Onwhyri" we say nothing except as an il lustration of our argument against the justice of making the casual vender liable, whether he is aware the pa per which he sells contains a libel or not. It has been truly said that if newsvenders are not to sell news papers until they have perused the whole of their 1 contents, there must be an end of their business al together, and thus a most industrious and, in nume rous instances, a highly respectable class of trades men, who furnish the public with an article which, in the present state of society, has almost become a necessary of life, must be annihilated. Nor would his perusal of the contents of every Journal which he sells always save the newsvender from unpleasant consequences. The eye of a sharp practitioner of the law will detect a libel where the common ob server can perceive nothing that, to his apprehen sion, may not be perfectly innocent. Latet anguis in herbs. He must, therefore, employ Couneet to give his opinions upon every Journal which he sells, as to whether a libel may not lurk in some part of it ; for if the sting of that libel should millet damage only to the amount of one farthing upon the most worthless character that ever fled from public scorn to the refuge of a Court of Law, be will be mulcte I in a sum fur costs which will take away the profits of long months of laborious anti honest industry. In the case to which we have alluded, the Solicitor-Ge ncral, as Counsel for the defendant, having eli cited from the son of the plaintiff that he heard his father say he had brought 84 actions against news venders for the same libel, which was then before the Court, put it to the Jury very properly, that if he actually proceeded in those 84 actions, and in every case the Jury estimated the plaintiff's loss of character at the amount of one farthing, the whole of the damages in all those actions would amount to but Is. 9J., but the costs which he, as an attore ney, killing his own mutton, would be entitled to put in his own pocket, at the average of 1001. each action, would amount to the sum of 8,4001. Is not this a monstrous state of things ? We have, a s we said before, several lawyers in Parliament, most of them reformers, and yet the law of libel remains in this disgraceful state. The direct encouragement to trumpery and vexatious actions of libel, which this state of the law gives, we need hardly mention. Among the number of attorneys admitted every year all cannot earn their bread respectably—some will have recourse to sharp low practice end disre putable ways of applying whatever little legal knowledge they may have to the harassing and fleecing the King's subjects, and bringing the name of justice into contempt. Accordingly ra persons Have been so apt to avail themselves of .he odious law of libel to put money in their pockets as at torneys who have lost character and caste. No per sons view with more paint and disgust such dis araceful practice atid perversion of the machinery of Courts ofJustice to speculations in plunder, than the respectable members of the attorneys' profession ; and we believe none would be more pleased to see the law altered in such a manner as to effectually deter the low practitioners of the law from loading 'he profession at large with that disgrace which is brought upon it by the speculators in farthing-jus tice, with its cornet-like tail of costs. In ca-e. of verbal defamation, if the damages are under 40 shil hugs, there are no more damages than costs, and Therefore the sharp practitioners of the law do not deal much in actions of verbal slander on their own account. The same principle ought to be adopted in cases of libel, only we would make the sum that should carry costs nearer 401. than 40 shillings. Where the Jury thought the injury so slight, or the character so bad, as not to give substantial damages, the party who drags another into a Court of Law should pay for his own amusement.—Morn. Herald. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEB. 11. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, FEB. 11. (Before Mr. Commissioner HoutoYro.) WILLIAM VENABLIES ' BANKRUPTCY. The bankrupt in this case was Mr. Venables, of Nava. rin Hou , e, Lamb's Conduit -street, who has carried on business on an extensive scale as a linen-draper, &c. The lust meeting of the creditors was held to-day for the proof of debts, and among the creditors present were representatives of the principal wholesale houses in the trade. Many of the shopmen employed by the bankrupt to serve behind the counter appeared to prove for wages due to them. 11r. ASHURST, the Solicitor to the fiat. said the credi. tors had no ohjtction these claimants Should prove their debtQ, i.nd he paid in full as servants. Mr. Commissioner Hord:mina must first be satisfied that the claimants were menial servants wi•hin the mean ing of the Act. He would take time to consider the question. Tie liabilities of the bankrupt are estimated at 24,0001. and the alleged deficiency is stated at about 12.0001. Tne stock on the premises is valued at between 8,0001. and 9 0001. The debts proved to-thy amount to about 15,000/ The assignees appoioted were Mr. Dillon, of F .re-street ; Mr. Bradbury, of Aldermanhury ; and Mr. Hitchcock, of Wailing-street. LIBEL.-EAGLE V. FROST. The p!aintiff, - ; gentleman Tit the bar, and a candidate at the last general election for Bury St. Edmund's, brought this action against the defendant, a printer in that town, for the publication of handbills containing libels on his character. Sir J. SCARLETT said the plaintiff had to complain of tw,) libels, but the first would not have been prosecuted. It was published durial the heat of as el-ction, and would not have been noticed if the defendant had not exhittited a second after the election was over, and after a petition against the return of the successful candidates had been rjected by the House of Commons. The first libel was dated the 3.1 of December, 1832. It charged Nlr. Eagle with being a p reon of a litigious disposition. It stated that he was at law with his brother, and was not ad mitted to the table of any respectable individual in the county. Then, at the close of the election, when Lord Charles A. Fitzroy and the Earl Jermyn had been returned, the defendant published an article headed The Portrait. It was disparaging, inasmuch as it charged Mr. Eagle with having resorted to unworthy means to become a representative. Sir J. Searlett did not con rider these publica•ions in the light of common and ordi nary squihs at an election. which the good sense of every candidate ought to consider a good joke. He was told when he stood for Norwich that he had voted for the Anatomy Bill (which he did not), and they said lie was a " bloody Jemmy."—(Laughter.) He laughed at the name himself. Such occurrences were common ; but in this case th.ire was an attack on character which the plaintiff was compelled to resist. The Learned Gentle man then called his witnesses. Mr. KELLY, for the defendant, censured Mr. Eagle for bringing this action. As a gentleman and a barrister he must have known that his character miclit have been vin dicated at Bury St. Edmund's, yet he had thought proper to tiling his cause into the county of Midiflesex. In the articles published, at a time when Bury was inunilaeal as it were by election squibs, there might be some words which might appear in this C oat very strong ; but the Jury were to consider that these papers were written in moments of excitation, when one party attacked the other. He should contend, that more severe things than any found in these papers had been published by Mr. Eagle against his Tory opponents. Publications sufficient to fill a book had been arranged by Mr. Frost. It was im puted to Mr. Eagle, that he was riot qualified to sit in Parliament—thiit he had not landed property to the amount of 300/. a year; and that was not a libel. There tea, another part of the paper which alluded to the fall or Mr. Eagle ; but could there be any thing more absurd than to notice such trash ? Suppose at the election fur Norwich some one had called his friend Sir J. Scarlett a pale, thin, ghastly-looking person—(Laughter)—would his Learned Friend have notice I such nonsense? The fact was, it was impossible this libel could have injured Mr. Engle, who was as much respected in the town of Bury as ever lie was. Verdict for the plaintiff—Damages twenty shillings. IMPORTANT CAiE.—CORDING V RALLANTINE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a pawnbroker, against B dlantine, Esq., one of the Magistrates of the Thames Police-office, for false im prisonment. This case excited great interest at the time. Our relders will recollect that in the latter end of 1832 the house of the plaintiff, woo carried on business as a pawnbroker at Ratcliffe-highway, was destroyed by fire, as well as an immense number of pledges. Amon4st the property so destroyed was a gun belonging to a Mr. Courtney. Tne owner called on the plaintiff, who said it was destroyed. Mr. Courtney then went before Mr. Ballantine, and the case was herd at the Thames police office, which ended by the plaintiff refusing to make any compensation. Mr. nallantme then made an order for !b e payment of 3/. 9s. On Mr. Cording refusing to comply, an order for his committal was made out, and Mr. Cor.ling was sent to the House of C'orreetion, where he remained from the 12th to the 15th of November, when he was discharged by an Habeas Corpus issued from the Court of King's Bench. Sir J. SCA RLETT, for the plaintiff, contende'd that none of the clauses of the various Acts telaiive to pawohrokerb autli , r;sed the defendant to commit for non-payment on an order, and al.o that it was the duty of the defendant to allow an appeal to the Quart , r Sessions. An " amende," under the Act of Parliament for the protection of lagis trates, had been of .red but deelin , (l. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL addressed the Jury on be half of the detend int. Mr. Justice PATrESON summed up, and the Jury found a verdict for the plaiutiff—D.im.tges, 1301. In the case of the " King v. Montprivat and Stock dale ' the judgment of the Curt wee postponed. - - - COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 11. VISCOUNTESS KIRKWALL U. FART. This was an action fur libel. Mr. Sergeant STORMS conduced the plaintiff's case; the defence by Mr. Ser geant WILDE. The Learned Sergeant for the plaintiff said that his noble client was the widow of the late Lord Kiikwall. and had been living at the house of her mother, Lady De Blaquiere, in Pall-mall. The defendant at that time was a medical assistant to a Mr. Feggart in that neighbour hood, and by some means or other he contrived to ingra tiate himself into her Ladyship's favour, who subsequently assisted him to acquire that knowledge of his profession as to entitle him to become a member of it. Her patronage was not withdrawn until she found the defendant un worthy of it, having discovered that he had been libelling her character. The libel fur which the present action was brought was contained in a letter addressed to Lord Orkney, her Ladyship's eldest son. It was couched in the following terms:— " Bruton.street, Aug. 24, 1830. "My Lord,—l owe it to your Lordship and myself to say, that if your mother continues in her present line of conduct she must, ere long, arrive at utter ruin. She is about to leave her mother's house, and is about taking one with a woman whose character is anything but respectable; in fact, she is surrounded by very bad people. It would take up much time and space to enter into the particulars of her late proceedings. They call loudly fur the interposition or control of somebody. It is ra nfal beyond everything to be obliged to write this, but I see no hope of amendment ; on the contrary, she is pursuing a mode of life now, that, to say the least of it, is far from re spectable in a female. It distresses me greatly, my Lord, to be compelled to write this to you; but, failing in my endeavours to bring her to a proper sense of her situation, I have no alter native. Her little maid is going to leave her. I know not what to say. Is there a probabi ity of your Lordship being soon in London ? If not, I shall in my next letter enter into some particulars of her proceedings, but there is much I cannot write.—l have the honour to subscribe myself your Lordship's obedient servant. " E. J. FAIIY." His Noble Client, on discovering this letter, telt it her duty to institute the present proceeding, in order to clear her character from the aspersions east upon it. Mr. Sergeant WILDE, for the defendant, did not mean to deny that the letter was not written by the defendant, but it was the private and confidential communication of the defendant, as the medical attendant on the plaintiff, to her son, Lord Orkney, as to the state of his mother's health. It was a m Ater of painful notoriety, that Lady Kirkwall had been, since the death of her husband, in a state of considerable excitement, or rather labouring under a delusion respecting him. She fancied that he was still alive, and that she was suffering under some great afflic tion, and that many persons in high authority had the power of relieving her, if they chose. She had totally alienated herself from her family. This delusion increased to such a degree, that she constantly required medical ad vice, and Mr. Filay, the defendant, was in constant at tendance upon her, as well as in constant communication with Lord Orkney, her Ladyship's eldest son, on the subject ; anti the letter in question was not written from malice, but in the kindest and most confidential character. Mr. Sergeant STORKS was heard in reply. His LORDiHIP was of opinion, that unless the letter could be proved to be entirely false, er written from ma• li ce , the plaintiff must be called. Anna Maria Viseountess Kirkwall was then called in the usual form, and nonsuited. On Wednesday week the first seam of coal, three feet nine inches thick, was won at Toornley colliery, t he property of Sir Wm. Chaytor and Co., at the depth of 86 fathoms.—Newcastle Courant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION•HO USE. A man from the Wish mountains, named Dennis Sullivan, who said he was a to for by trade, and that his father was an Irishman, and so was his mother, was charged before the LORD MAYOR with having laid a heavy hand upon his wife's person. The wile said that the defendant attacked her because she never made any reply to him when he happened to he in a bid humour, which was often the case. On the prec , -ding day he took it into his head to try the force of his knuckles against her nose, and she put herself under the protection of the police. The Lonn MAYOR—WeII, defendant, what have you to say about this atoiault? Defendant—lt's the first time I licked ber these three months, and I couldn't help it What do you think she did? I had 101. worth of clothes to finish off, and away she goes with the whole batch and spouts 'em. She took good care to finish them, with the assistance of some chaps, before shoo put them up the flue, and she took just the money they cost in the making. When I accused her she fetches me a clink in the jaws, and the spirit of a man couldn't stand a blow from such a thing as a woman, so I returned it upon her nose. _ The LORD MAYOR.—And do you call that spirit ? Defendant—l would not stand a lick from man, woman, or child. _ . A friend of the defendant said that the wife had a mo,t insatiable thirst upon her morning, noun, and night, and never seopptul raising her elbow until all was blue. The wire declared that upon the occasion of the visit to " her uncle's" she had actually been imposed upon by a female friend, who passed off a quartetn of gin upon her as part of the pule source of the New River.— (Low! laughter.) The Loan MAYOR—I cannot allow a man to beat a woman, and you must therefore find bail. But I a Ivise you to endeavour by mild means to reform your wife. Sue certainly is a person of very unfortunate tidbits, but kindoe , s may cute her even of the habits of mistaking gin for water. BOW STREET. Yesterday a very fashionably-Messed young man, who gave his name Dancer, and who sail he was the son of an Irish Baron, was charged with obtainine uni,r false pretences the sum of one sovereign from Mrs. Hughes, the lanulady of the Co.tch and Horses, in St. Martin's lane. The prisoner was fully committed for trial upon the charge of defrauding Mrs. Hughes of a sovereign. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKETS. (From the " London New Price Current" of yesterday.) SUGAR.—The demand for West India Muscovades continued animated last week; there was a general advance of Is. per cwt. on Friday; the estimated sales for the week were 3,000 hhds. and trs. ; the rise in prices within two weeks may thus be stated, coloury 2s. 6d. to 3s. higher, Sugars 525. to 555., Is. 6d. to 2s. ; advanced parcels of brown, formerly selling 48s. 6d. and 495., no longer to be purchased under 50s. The accounts from the adjacent Continental Markets are favourable for produce, particularly for Sugar; in consequence the holders of Muscovades put higher prices on Sugars this merning. At the close of the Market the estimated purchases this day were 1,000 hhds. and trs., the prices again in advance on Friday of 6,1. to Is. per cwt. The stock of West India Sugar is now 23,700 hhds. and trs., being 4,307 more than last year. The stock of Mauritius 75,329 bags, being 13,846 more than last year. The delivery of West India 2,993 hhds. and trs., being 656 more than last year. The delivery of Mauritius 6,693 bags, being 1,223 more than the corresponding week of 1833. The demand for refined goods greatly improved last week ; the fine Crashed was nearly cleared off the market at 30s. 9d. and 315.; some good Lumps sold 675. and 685., and no parcels or low lumps now offering. The wholesale grocers took large parcels of fine goods for the home consumption of the country. The Refined Market is this afternoon decidedly higher, and very extensive purchases would be made, but there are no ado. qu ate supplies of goods. MAURITIUS SUGAR.—The prices of Mauritius Sugars last week advanced generally Is. per cwt. EAST INDIA SUGAR.—Parcels of the Irte India House sale have been selling at a small advance, and generally the demand for East India Sugars is extensive. This day's public sales, 42 bags Bengal, 349 bags Siam, and 62 baskets Java, sold at rather higher pric s. FOREIGN SUGAR.—In addition to the 300 chests of white Bahia sold at an average of 255., which we noticed last week, some low to fine brown Bahia sold 21s. to 235. Another par cel of Paraiba and Maranham Sugars, about 300 packages, on Friday met with no offers, on account of the ridiculous perti nacity of the holders, determined not to sell except at the old tare of 13Ibs. in place of 18Ibs., now admitted to be the fair and equitable allowance, corresponding to other large European mar kets. This day's public sale 1,743 boxes yellow Havannah Sugar, low soft to fine, 1,500 sold 245. a 275., very full market prices. Average price of Sugar, 1/. 9a. 0:d. per cwt. COFFEE.—There has been little variation in Coffee; the British Plantation descriptions were very heavy last week, but they could not be quoted lower; good ord. Jamaica 81s. to 835., fine ord. 84s. to 86s. Parcels of Brazil sold rather higher, good ord. 585., fine ord. 60s. to 61s. In the East India there was no alteration. This day's public sales 363 bags green Samarang sold at full prices, 525. 6d. to 535. ; 400 bales Mocha rather lower, 595. to 61s. TEA.—The Government circular respecting the future regu. lations of the Tea Trade in England has caused a general heavi ness in the trade, on account of the quantity of each succeding sale till December being a million of pounds each more than the usual supply offered by the India Company; and as large par cels were taken in last sale we may expect a still more extensive quantity to be refused next sale, unless the prices recede con siderably, which is an event generally expected, and his Ma jesty's Government have given latitude on this point by redu cing the upset prices. The trade still expect that the Govern ment duty must be altered ; but this must be a distant event, as it is stated in the official circular that no such alteration is at present contemplated. Cocos.—The only sale lately reported is a parcel of Trini dad, ord. to good, 375. a 48s. 6d., being about former prices. Rtm—Rice continues very dull. This day by public sale 1,500 bags Java Rice Bs. 6d., all sold. RUM, BRANDY, ♦ND HOLLANDS.—The small stock of Lee ward Island Ruin, and the late great advance in prices, appear to have suspended all demand ; the sales of Rum lately are Berbice and Jamaica descriptions, of the former 10 over 2s. 6d. in hhds., and 29 and 30 over in puns., 2s. Bd. to 2s. 10d. ; Jamaica 30 over, 3s. to 3s. hi. Brandy is firm on account of the arrivals being more limited than what had been generally anticipated. Geneva is without variation. The purchases of Rum are continued this afternoon; Demerara 13 over sold at 2s. 7d., very bad 33 over, 2s. 10d. It is rumoured that Rums will be admitted into France at a low duty. T•LLOVV.— The demand for Tallow for actual c onsumpt i on is general, and although the parcels taken are generally limited, yet they are so numerous that they form a large aggregate for the week ; the prices are in consequence daily becoming more firm, and the prices since this day week are fid. to 9d. higher. The quotation of Yellow Candle Tallow at a late hour was 445. INDIGO. —The demand for Indigo, of which several parcels sold early in last week 3d. and 4d. advance on the late India House prices, has been checked by the accounts from Calcutta, stating the Indigo crop at 90,000 maunds ; the market has since been very dull. FRITI r.—The short supply of Turkey Fruit appears to have little effect in raising the prices, as the demand is still confined to the ordinary descriptions of Spanish, the sales of which are rather extensive. The public sale on Friday, consisting of Turkey pulled Figs, Sultana Raisins, Chesme and Eleme, was nearly all taken in, the former 435. to 455., Sultana at 855., Chesme 365. to 375. Eleme 445. SPICES.—There was no alteration in Spices last week; good shipping Pepper, 3jd. Pimento is a shade higher. Cassia Lignea without variation. Ginger, East India, 30s. 6d. to 335. 6d. This day's public sales 302 bags black Pepper, Malabar, 3fd. a 4d. ; Sumatra, 3rd. a 3td. COTTON.—The accounts from the Liverpool market con tinue very unfavourable for Cotton. The demand for export here appears considerable, but the shippers do not buy exten sively. Ons.—Fish Oils are a shade lower ; about 60 tuns Green land have been sold at 211. 10s. naked, and some White Seal Oil at 25/. In Olive Oil no sales. Rape Oil sold at our highest quotations, and scarce. Linseed Oil of heavy sale; the internal demand for the season is unusually dull. The demand for Cake is going off, and the price has fallen 11. per M. Oil maybe expected to rally. TtIIIPINTINS.—The last arrival, 2,000 barrels, has bun l ec i t t naa toms,ki 4nfi e or n ts2htw b ebhh y i aari which pdhs d rs ii,rucsanierw,ssaeeitrt;rh. rather r t a abovenl3ys ex x 3 p d l t st p . eeodro for some weeks, owing to.ets. 3 i t s o i s t a . the probable e r p i n f l a ibatlbehleen to the boisterous weather having detained heavy was very heavy last week and lost" good quality 325. a 335. At public sale 204 chests very 6 1 c Lon d o o o u n n t w t t e a h n nr u v n e n o r d t P ° 1 p i n c y :. 1 /6 and 1 refraction, sold 345. and 355. 6d. ; English retin.7 t 311 53je 5 .1c ° 2., ; . nl , 6 e ad 6 bts d w a3o . l62 a e a sl s ss 3 a a,6 s 6 k . 5 ,j,7. e d o . s Ceylons. 41a This to h . sales of s a ltpetre ; of course all information on this subject ll° 5. necessarily declined. This day 1,700 bags Saltpetre, reit; p C s h e t a i p r m t a e e n o a f t tthhee 6. 1 a t ; str 10 chests Mace, taken t b p u ß t o cm is r i t o a N ft s e_r afterwards eso eawbotuotdtihae:ovdit3hidersaswoineegfpoori; 86 chests Cassia Bud, n e do ditto, alteration t 3 i o d i . n a Pork. r s k d . EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SALE THIS DAY. , 2, 2 5 5 7 7 b to a n k s ‘s Company's fte Saltpetre,per, middling 3 heavya n d 4 i p i e a r i acbeanrt,. 3 r e fra_c t° 4d. fi;a2Bo.irdiigdthtiotttof7os.or9tshd. sad4.s7d.as3.3dll.l:ad6,4di.s auction duth.% s Cinnamon, ifted, m firstsid d 8 n i g Savour 7 .1 0 d8 ds 5 7 2 6d7 51A KE wop. CoON FRY t.OtiN H i S DIMINO .1 g r a pi, '1 Per Quarter. — s. to 8. s. to S. s. to s. 1 0; W Sta h m ea fi t )r ( d per gOPton 4O 50 25 32 14 1 9 1: Gainsborough .....—.... 57 34 18 .-.. v a Grantham .....--_,. 46 50 'A 30 17 21 0 .. 1, 2 d Grimsby ~........ 42 48 26 28 14 1- , A 3 ,„ Wheat. _Barley. I.____..____oats. 1....;e_,,, Horneastle---. 44 49 24 28 17 21 ~ P Uncoln ....._ 42 50 27 31 13 20 '''',., 0, Spilsby 44 48 24 28 16 18 Z P • 45 50 26 29 16 24 .og 0' York , W o l / 4 1(7 1 1-1 B , ea F n e s b c . B. er r ) •^^""' 36. 0 Barley---- 2 is. 268. 365 . . Pease, t;rey q ......-*•." . :''' 40'; qr.) ... 40s 525. 56 A 30 16 22 '..--r, 4 , 4, 51 1 ' . :1 Oats ..--.........—. 208. 228. 245. Flour, fine (per sacl) 4ls____4,' ' , Wheat, whit CAN'rER BE 575. to 6 48s. to 6 263 t o 20s. to 2 31s to 3 . 3135. to 3( Barley, Malting Oats Beans Pease URI, Feb. 8 ,6 i3s. --s• `",O 11 - - s . to „ in , Its. --.. Grinding.. vs. to ?ss. 20s. to 4 : 4 ", Zs -- 5 . t ° 166. Grey 305. f° MANCHESTER, Feb. 8. Si Wheat, per 7 01 b. B s. Od. to B s. 2 d. Red 7 s. 9.4 . to g s Barley, per 6 01 b 5 0 5 6 Oats 3 2 s Beans, per Imperial quarter P eas e, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 5 - Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels Flour, per Sack a 2801 b ___........---. 3 :0 0 0 44g 0 IRISH MA DUBLIN MARKET NC 1,044 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone, 91 Bete. l6 stone 478 16 stone r , 3,032 Oats 12 stonel 11,840 Cwt. Flour*. 9 stone] 1,030 Oatmeal 8 stone ) Sold to Bakers only. RKETS, )TE.—FR, From 18 0 11 0 II 6 8 0 6 0 10 0 11,911 Cwt. Flout Average price of Wheat am Receipts of Flour, 13,459 secon Firsts, Sales of Do. 11,840 Thirds, PRICE OF .7%d. I 1301 Floor 38: from ,s, froi froi BREA D• Half Quarts Quartern Loaf, [DAY, Jan. 7. To Avern 6 " 27 6 23 0 12 6 11 0 10 6 8 is 0 g 13 6 11 I is 0 I 15 13. 4d. per pm 17g. ed. t° SaCK:B,. 1 64 . 0( 1, )rn 13s. Od. to od, 63. Od. to 9 CORK MA RKETS.—Feb. 8. Wheat (per 20st.) to 235. Od. Barley (per 16st.) Oats (per 14st.) Flour (per cwt.) 5 0 15 6 Oatmeal (per cwt.) lO 0 ' 11 0 Beef, sd. to (id. ; Mutton, sd. to 6d. ; _Veal 6d. to B d.; Pork, 2d. to 121(1.,• Fresh Butter, 10d. to fed. per lb. PRICE OF BUTTER. To the Merchants. To the CountrP First Quality 153. Second 7O 6O Third 5: 5B Fourth 46 36 Fifth Sixth .................. 7=1.12L_,,,' CLONMELL MARKETS.—Feb. 7. Per Cwt, £l, _ A •. 0 s. d. s. d. . s. ta• ~. New Butter 72 0t073 0 Hides (raw) ....... 12 0 0 0 Oatmeal 11 0 oto Rendered Lard 36 0 11 0 Heads ... Pig5 ........... .17 0 0 Per Bag. 0 •' 0 0 3ft 01 Flour, Thirds ..... 25 ...„ o Ver ° lia ------ rrel. 0; .. 11 6 •••• ii 0 0 Barley ............. .. _ 2 a o ii o Coals ...........•.. a 6 5 l'er tone' ugh)... 5 0 ' 0 1 31Tallow (ro ........ 0 31 81 0 slipotatoes .... o i Per Pound. 0 12; Muttol. 0 4 ° 3 0 41Vea1... .............. • u 0 to, KILKENNY.—Butter 76s to 78s. per cwt. ; .Whe t 2° '' l 3',- (' lac to Ils pe r t per barrel ; Flour 13s to 295. per bag, Oats • muttott_74 toll Barley lls. to 13s. ; Beef 3d. to 30. per 113. ; , o.w l. ; Potatoes 4d. per atone; Coals Is. ld, per cwt. , Pies 2'2s. to 245. Od. per cwt. Fourths...l4 0 Flour, Second --Household— Rapeseed 20 Bere 10 Wheat 1 Oats Fresh Butter 1 Beef 0 a 84s. Candy 1 a 101 d. Crushed Stiga' and selling freely 0 ; d. browns and yellows 545. a 58'•' °°. a 625. ; good and fine 635. a 665. aue ti COFFEE.— 350 bags Demerara Coffee wer e sold by assx broken 80s. a 81s. ; ord. 835., good and fi ne ord. 85L 80' RlM—About 50 puns. of Jamaica Rum were sold A. for 16 0. P. ; Leewards are held at 2s. ld. a 2s. 2d. (1 „,,,od Were'— Loowoon.-380 tons of Campeachy Log- 71. 7s. 6d. from the quay. ASHES are dull, Pots at '24s. 6d., and Pearls 265. ' TALLOW is selling in small parcels at 45 5. 6d. 20L ; CO4 OILS steady, Whale, 18/. ; Pale Seal, 191. 105. a 181. 10s. per tun old measure. MEETINGS OF CREDITOR n AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STOm (From the London Gazette.) If.'; TO-MORROW, FE1.12. ,i - DIVIDFN DS A. .1 '• t 1313 0 j . Z. Pulbrook, shoemaker, Great Surrey ,stree , ..... I friars-road .................................................................. _, W. R. W. King, tin-plate-worker, Hosier-lane .............. .. l i ! , T. Cocks, oilman, Little Lant-street, Borough ............. .. 1 ~ W. and G. Nicols, coal-merchants, Upper 'rharnes-stre L : .. PI J. Robinson, builder, Park-place, Paddington ................... P.,r; Z. Delcroix, milliner, New Bond-street.... ...................... 7 ' C Yesterday the workmen commenced "i5lll the roof on York House, in the Stable-yard, St. ' 1461 :0 ° O Palace. This mansion is to be rai , ed a story higher) -oil the builder (Mr. B .ker) has contracted to put the roof on before he removes the old one. On the 16th September, at Patna, in the East L. ro f • the wife of the Rev. William Start, and third daug hte Baron Gurney. 11°Y ,A' On the Bth inst., in Alfred-place, aged 19, Anne —alichgv +u say, fourth daughter of the late Captain J. Godsol le son, Indian Navy. r On the 7th inst., at Broadwell, Gloucestershire, 'n be vll4 year, Hester Eleanor, the widow of George Stratton' Tew-park, Oxfordshire. 00- r'et° I 6. On the 9th inst., at Upper East Sheen, Surrey, t flati Sara Molesworth, granddaughter of Charles Viscount lagh, and of Robert Viscount Molesworth. G ore On the 11th inst., at the house of Titus Berry, F-. so fo rd•i street, Ilanover-square, Miss Augusta Hurst, of Sta%is o.t the Bth inst., of Peniarth, in Merionethshire, in t je ffi" year, William Wynne, Esq., of Peniarth, one of his c 0,04 Justices of the Peace, and a Deputy Lieutenant for th e ties of Carnarvon and Iderioneth. " .. ---- - -- -- ir / II 0 PRINTILD AND YUBLIPIIID IT MU ROO YOUN ° ' 't MVM OFFIGZ, 112. STREID.; SCOTCH MARKETS. ..h. 7. fo HADDINGTON CORN Al A ttKET.--A --- Bali Wheat. Barley. Oats. 1 Pease. aos First 56, Od , 29s 64 19s 0.4 26s ed ,/ d O d Second sos Od 25s Oil 17a 6,1 2,s 04 6s 1. Third I here were 545 qrs. of Wheat in market, 461 whereof so 84 Unsold —0 Grey. Average. V. 1f s. 3d. 0-12ths , Li . DA 1,1(1E1 H CORN MARKET.—Feb• 6 ' ge o " I , Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. 1 Pease. 05 6 0 61 a First 5B. 01 30, 0.1 20s 4d 30 4 91 illB' od ' second Third 39s 6d 19s Od , 16sird 25 ,P. GLASGOW MARKETS. SUGARS. ---( 6d. P er i gt t 4 01 * • to 730 hhds. and trs. ; latterly an advance o f - ol d - fib' FTrhoem salesth e G m la a s d g e o w i nHßearwaldsuogf Sugars this ei , cow :1 11 :; been realized. Brown Demeraras and Trinidads 3 ., Ø. 1 6 44 6d. a 50s. ; good browns and low middling 51L ~ 515. 00 .. ~-. ”aerara- mid. and good mid. 535. a 545. ; brown me — and middling 525.6 d. ; Some small parcels of have been sold at 235. in the warehouse. l l ' , ver y fin , e o 9 l , , steady ; Brown Loaves 70s. up to 80s. for fin e* are sti ll o,i',, _ _ _ , , . , ~., ____,,.., s u gars ~id. id peinfineedrarasuggaolras 00::, BITHS. On the Bth inst., at Linton R Spring, Wetherby, 1(°r"-- ',tile' '' the Hon. Mrs. Henry Ramsden, of a daughter. , o ' ' , On the 10th inst, the lady of the R e v. Gilbert Gilber t ' , i,- of a daughter. On the 7th inst., Mrs. Dent, of Mitcham, of a son. pot On the Bth inst., on Kew-green, the lady of Edwa rd Esq., surgeon, of a son. 11- 014 ' On the Bth inst., the l a dy o f G eorge L e e, Esq., We ' e dt Eltham, of a son, ;to of . '' h tli : On the 7th Dec. la s t, M r. J ames G. W a tts, h eal.'i , Hampstead (L. I) I nqu i rer , was p r esented with four "09 children—a son and three daughters. God help hin l ' --- American Whig. 00 MARRIED. On the 10th inst , at St. George's Church, Bioosrisbl e ' ri , t° Grant, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's Art;raVy• i Susan Pellew, only daughter of Capt. Coghlen, R 0931 t 100% 1 On the sth inst., at St. Stephen's, Edinburgh, Stews o f tP, %. Hare, Esq., of Calder Hall, to Mary Anne, daug hte e of ti P Hon. Alexander Macconochie, of Meadowbank, one tO ' Senators of the College of Justice. Asien 4 f, On the Bth inst., Andrew Baxter, Esq., 50th Reg, isr. of ' Anna Maria, youngest daughter of the late Captai n t or Hadden, of the Inniskilling Dragoons, and granddal4 he late General Hadden, of the Royal Artillery. I DIED. ipaiol' , ' On the lAth Spnternhp, nt Patna in the. East Indies,, fit' tiff 0 rrHo~ CON • 131 o f th tPpli 110 t rt 1/4,44 ;b or.