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'RICES OE STOCKS THI R Ink 5t0ck...... 8 per Cent . Re, . 8 3%%"31.; 34 Per Cent. C o y is. _82% 3!4 2% 3 • ,/i per C ent. Ditto Red.... 90 89Y, 4 per Cet. >"i ew 08 7% I°,lia Ditto, 1826 99 ./n .13an dia k Stot Lou.re Ann. ... 19 1-16 7i% % I . -Ditto 80/ ids W -57 pm. Pit:ICES FOriEIGN F Austrian Bonds, per cent. t. n Bonds- Bu eno & Ayres B 65A% Chili Bow i 5 a Bonds. 6 ' per . a. ` '3 ' O / 1 abian Bon? DDitto 0824 1%4 % 9 an; ,h 3 p er ct. mi 2 ! (ire ek licnct, en n it' co 1f126 Gl' at nnals Bonds D P. 69 517 i 9% 9 PRICES OF SHAREP, .trazilian Mining Company Mexican Mining Company Potosi La Paz and Peri;•;tan Asso Tlalpuxahtia Mining ',:ompany Protector Fire Insv:tance Compan Canada Company.,„, COUF/SE OF EXCHt Amsterdam, .. , C.F. 12 5 Ditto, at silgh', Rotterdam, .._ 2U. 12 6 Antwerp...,,. l2 6 Alton Ilamba. • tirgh 2% U. 37 4, 3 U 37 Paris, 3 d; 4, 2% ys' sight Ditto . Mordea, ix 25 85 Merlin. Frank tort on Maine, Ex.M. 154 Teter aburgh, rble . 3 Us. 9 0 Vien na, effective fi 2 M. 10 15 nit ate do. Mar hid 33N, Cac Liz 34 Bil boa . B. ireelona 3 3 14 i Sc •ville 33% G ibraltar MA lathed. ' Due. '0 America 1 ( 0 Brazil 1 '0 Buenos Ayres O Donaghadee 0 • 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 0 France 1 Gottenburgh a 1 ; DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 37 35 37 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 37 35 37 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial —pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Acct. 82% 3% 2% INDS AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 33 Portuguese Bonds '7B Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New 95'4, Russian, New, sp. :c 9 OYz ..4 Spanish, 1851 . 1 12yi French rtentes, 5 p. c —t. —c. --Exchange —f. —c. —3 per cent 6Bf. 75c. Exchange 2st. 50c. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. £2O 21, 5 £1 6 .£1 4 196 £1 3 6 150 .NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 4Zi Venice .. Malta Naples 3S Palermo per os. 114 Lisbon 51% Oporto 5l Rio Janeiro 4O Bahia 42 Buenos Avres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l4 BULLION, PER OZ. X. e. d. Portugal Gold, in coin .... e 9 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 New Doubloons 313 3 New Dollars 0 4 pl Silver, in bars, standard O, - I L S -' Arrived. Due, 0 0 H Gu am erbn:!), Jersey' 0 HO and •fgh 0 j , . amaica 0 Leeward Islands 0 Lisbon 2 0 Malta 0 1 , 1 Waterford 0 HJ.GH WATER AT VON - DON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Mo rrung l7 minutes ajtv,.. 4. I Evening ....... 34 minutes after 4' iz e LONDON, WEDNES,i)AY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1827. The proceedings in Parliament last evening pos 6essef'., but little general interest. In answer to some (Pie Ations put by Sir EDWARD KNATCHBULL re v ecting the course intended to be pursued by Mi r Asters with regard to the Corn Laws, Mr. PEEL again declined to give any information as to the nature of the proposed measure, but stated that the mode of proceeding which it was at present intended to adopt, - was to move Resolutions in a Committee of the whole House, which Resolutions would contain the plan in its nature, form, and details. These Resolu tions would then be printed, circulated, and committed for a future day, that Members might have an oppor tunity of fully considering them. The Report of the Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates was brought up and agreed to, after some conversation respecting impressment and the discipline of the Navy. Amongst the various measures which have been adopted by the present Board of Admiralty, for im -Iroving the comfort of the Seamen of the Fleet, there seems to have been none which has attracted so much attention, and to be so fully approved as the construc tion of a corn mill, now in progress at Deptford, for the rivAnufacture of biscuit meal and flour, for the general use Of the Navy. The fact, mentioned by Sir GEORGE CLERK, in the discussion of the Naval Estimates, of the large quantity of meal and flour, supplied by con tract, which is rojec;ted annually, has convinced every one of the propriety of this measure ; but as the whole case does not seem to be understood, and has not been properly exp/:ained by our cotemporaries, we shall offer -ftw observations upon it. It must be already known, that the principle upon 'Which the Government acts in providing provisions for the Navy, is to procure good and wholesome articles of all species; to insure this, those articles which are in °st liable to adulteration are manufactured in the , 'vktualli ng Yards. Thus Beer and Biscuit arc al 'waYs made under the immediate superintendenc e ' of Government Officers in those Yards. But un less the material of which biscuit is made is also Prepared under the superintendence of the King's Officers it is impossible to ensure a genuine article for the seamen. This has been long felt, and mills at Portsmouth and Plymouth have been for many years established for grinding corn into flour and meal, for the Navy —those mills being sufficiently capacious for the manufacture of the quantity of the flour and meal required at those ports during peace, but wholly inade quate to the wants of the service during war. At Deptford, however, the great manufacturing Victualling Yard, and from whence all the other ports are occa sionally suppli e d, an d t h e s hi ps on ioreign stations are victualled, no corn-mill existed, and the whole sup plies both of biscuit-meal and flour have been pro vided by specific Th e qua li ty of Contracts t a k en b y pu bli c ten d er. flour and biscuit-meal obtained by that mode, notwithstanding th e caut i on i n i ts receipt, al luded to b y Sir GEORGE CLERK, being found to be i n f er i or and less genuine, factored at the _e d M ills,than such as a re mann - Govmilrnment at Ports mou th an d Plymouth, the A l of miralty, very wisely, determined to construct a sufficient capacity to provide all the flour and mea l Whi c h Naval Service, and f or the might be requ i re d f or the abroad, which are victualled fr s oemoholne f troops an d garr i sons By this m eans , genuine and wholesome food will be' as at hom e . ensured f or a ll our sailors and soldiers abroad, as well pto i ia t rt have ie articles It has been observed that the sa me end been gained by gr eater care in the rec e i might from C o ntractors, but experience has shewn th a t i t i s impossible. The system of Contracts which is acted upon in all Government transactions, as less liable to abuse than any other, is itself liable to many objections. It opens the door of competition to every speculator. And as the lowest tender must be accepted, contracts too often calculate on fall into the hands of men who, perhaps, a profit only by evading, in some way or shape, the conditions of the contract. Hence, in articles like flour, or biscuit-meal, in which it is very difficult with any test to discover the presence of meal of other grain than wheat, it has been found almost im possible to prevent imposition, notwithstanding the immense caution used in its receipt, as evi denced by Sir GEORGE CLERK'S statement, that 6,000 sacks of that tendered for delivery at Deptford, in one year, had been rejected as not genuine, or as inferior to the article stipulated for in the contract. The Naval Administration of the country is en titled to the highest praise for the attention which they have devoted to all the internal economy of the service during peace. In no respect has this been exhibited more than on the subject of victualling the fleet. At no former period of our history were our seamen so well and so amply fed as now. In fact we have no hesitation in sayin g that the British sailor is better fed than any labourir, g man in this or any other country in the world. Admiral the H 5n K. C. B. is to ourable Sir ROBERT ST O PFOR D , succeed Admiral Sir JAMES SAUMA REZ, RS C ummander-in-Chief of his MAJESTY'S ships at :1:1„mouth. We have given from the Times a sketch of suppos ed candidates for the Governor-Generalship of India. To the parties alluded to we might add the names of the Speaker of the House of Commons, and of a Noble Duke, now holding an important Colonial Go vernment, whose appointment, it is said, would be ac ceptable in a high quarter. In the Court of King's Bench, as stated in our Paper of yesterday, the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE deli vered an opinion of some interest to the frequenters of club-houses, who form rather an important portion of the fashionable world. An action was brought against Sir PHILIP MUSGRAVE, by the proprietor of the Cocoa-tree Club-house in St. James's-street, for the amount of his subscription, which Sir P. Mt's- GRA VE resisted, on the ground of absence for twelve months. Mr. SCARLETT thought that the rules of a club were not binding on the Members in law, but the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE held that the members of clubs must be acquainted with their rules, and were therefore bound by them. If this is to be the law of the land, being admitted a member of a club involves more serious consequences than people generally suppose. Many men withdraw from them quietly, and fancy that by simply discontinuing their subscriptions, the connexion ceases, but under this de cision one may be called on for ten or twenty years sub scription which may have accumulated during a resi dence in India, or some foreign country. , We should strongly recommend all gentlemen going abroad to keep this in view, and to give notice of their intention to quit, when they expect their absence to be protracted. We are sorry to see two subjects of such vital importance to the greatness of this country, as Im pressment and Naval Punishments, taken up hastily by some Members of the House of Commons, in a discussion upon the Naval Estimates. If these great and important questions are to be .discussed, let them be made the subjects of specific motions, and be considered with all the attention which they deserve—not incidentally mentioned on receiv ing the report of the Committee of Supply. We are convinced that the most injurious consequences frequently result from a partial discussion of questions calculated to excite the feelings of mankind. Erro neous statements, get abroad, and wrong impres sions are consequently formed, which it is not easy afterwards to remove. We would therefore, with due deference, suggest to Hon. Members the propriety of abstaining from the mention of questions involving, as these perhaps do, the Naval power of Great Britain, until they are fairly brought forward in such a Manner as to allow of the arguments on both sides being fully stated and considered. After all, upon the subject of Impressment, we shall only remark that this ancient prerogative of the a Cz y wn wi c t o h t , ild withouta r t isk pse u r i e g tt :t l ie b f e utu w re lo s ll a y; .ety dol u ie f the country. During peace it is never acted upon, and its exercise, during a future war mall it is hop e d, b e materially reduced • but still emergen cies' have ari sen w h ere the salvation of the Empire depended upon the Executive being ablennin g to a ex fl er e t et th a is t prerogative, as the only means o f ma a moment. The question must not b e as some Hon. Members are i nc li ne d to view it, a s one wto o hich is becondemned loked upon of mere official convenience, because Madame DE STAEL considers it to lm con trary to the spirit of the Constitution, but it may be considered as one of absolute necessity for the preser vation of our national greatness. Individually it i s at tended with hardship ; but so are many measures, which public expediency justifies. Means may be found here after of keeping up the number of seamen necessary for the British Fleet, without frequent recourse being had to impressment, but we are afraid that the power of impressing sea-faring men for the naval service cannot, under existing circumstances, be wholly abolished con sistently with the safety of the Empire. LORD NORB URIC'S LA ST PUN.—When Lord Norbury, in reading the Chancellor's recent judgment in the Wellesley cause, came to that part of it in which, referring to the number of Mr. Wellesley's paramours, the Chancellor added, " It has been explained that the number 1,003 was derived from the play of Don Giovanni ; but it does not appear where he got the number 12 dozen." "Why," exclaimed Lord Norbury, " what number so proper for a man of gross habits?" Our theatre, on Friday evening last, was crowded to excess, the performances being for the benefit of the widow of the late Mr. Auld, who met his death by falling over the stairs leading to the pit. The talents of Mr. Auld had raised him to the situation of Stage Manager at Astley's Amphitheatre, in London, where he was much admired and respected; and in consequence of which, Mr. West, one of the proprietors, now re siding at Topsham, so far interested himself, that Mrs. and Master West gratuitously lent their assistance on this evening. Mrs. West as Fatima in " Blue Beard," and Columbine in the " Harlequin Pantomime," evinced much vivacity, feeling and ac tivity, and was warmly applauded; hut, were not this the case, we might look to the motive as highly praiseworthy and ho nourable to the heart, and an apology for imperfections, had they appeared. Master West's song, and the duet by Mrs. W. and him, were simultaneously encored. The receipts of course, were satisfactory to the widow and her friends.—Exeter Alfred. TAE FUNDS--(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Another day has passed without any arrivals from the West ward, but as the wind has changed to the W.N.W. we cannot be long without intelligence ; in the mean time the chief attention of the monied interest in the City is anxiously directed to the present state of our funds, which have been rising so rapidly for some time. Consols opened this morning at 82i with the mar ket looking strong, and afterwards advanced to 83* 4 for this, and 83+, buyers, for the next time ; a slight re-action then took place, and, in consequence of some sales having been made, re ceded to 82k, the present price ; India Bonds are 55 7 ; ,and Ex chequer Bills, 35 7 pm. In the Foreign Funds every kind par take of the rise in the English Fundt, together with the great plenty of money, with the exception: of Spanish and Peruvian Bonds, in which no improvement can be quoted ; Mexican Bonds are 6Si 9 ; Colombian, 39+ 4 ; Russian, 90+ ; and Greek, l6+ ; Portuguese are 77i Si. There is no alteration in the quotation of Shares. nor scarcely any transaction in them. Two o' Clock. Consols remain steady at 82 83, without any business of im portance ; Ohree per Cent. Reduced 83/ ; no alteration in India Bonds or Exchequer Bills; Colombian Bonds 381 9 ; Mexican 69 I. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols for account - , 82i 1. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE. A number of reports agitote the City, and Consols have fallen to 82a; they are now 82i buyers for the account, and 82i for next time. Consols 82a Do. for Ac 4, 82a Brazilian Bonds 65 Danish Bonds 62-k Greek Do. 1825 161 Mexican Do. 1825, 68 a Peruvian Do. 34-} Russian De. 901 Spanish Do. 12# Buenos Ayres De. 54 Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824, 38i SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY). FROM LLOYD'S: DEAL, FEB. 13.—Wind N. by W.—Passed from London the Lady East, Evans, for India ; Flora, transport, for Dublin, with a detachment of artillery ; Comet, Ormstron , for Port-au-Prince; Orion, Moore, for Demer ara ; S meaton Castle, Campbell, for Jamaica ; Jupiter, Madala, for the Isle of France ; St. George, M'Clure, for Jamaica ; D. Ricardo, Lacy, for Pernambuco ; Williams, Matthews, for Bilboa ; and John Cato, Potts, for Lima. Powrsmouni, FEB. N.E.—Arrived his Majesty's cruiser Viper, from a cruise. Sailed his Majesty's ship, Clio. Eastward.—Passed the Scaleby Castle, Newall, for Bengal and Calcutta ; and the following sailed for London Persever verance, Si-•ers, Aurora (R. Edwards), Economy, Aurora, Amelia and Sarah, Hope, Robert and Mary, and Parmelia.. CORK, FEB. 10.-Sailed the J. Morgan, Wallace, for Trini dad, passed the Mary, Smith, from Charleston. GRAVESEND, FEB. 13.—Sailed the Inglis, Searle, for India ; the Tulioch Castle, Pearce, for Jamaica; Effort, Wood, for Tene riffe ; and Mary, Plain, for Malta. LAUNCESTON, FEB. 13.—The Union, of Aberdeen, and the Alliance, of Sunderland, arrived off here last night, and are riding on the South Road, both making anchor. LIVERPOOL, FIEB. 11.*Passed, the Commerce, Clark, fur Pernambuco ; Dee, Reisein, for ; Demerara; Frances, Gillespie, for Barbadoes ; and the Memnon, for St. Vincent's. • FEB. 12.—Sailed, the Janet, Oliphant, for Bahia ; Senta, Be veridge, and Stapleton, Hunter, for Pernambuco ; and the Hamil ton, Bunker, for New York. LOWESTOFT, FEB. IS —The Union, of Aberdeen, and the Alliance, of Sunderland, were, hove off this Strand last night, toad are riding in the South Reach. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MOUSE OF LORD S. -.:-APPE AL S. ARBUCKLE, ATNELLANT, INNER AND OTHERS, RESFOSTDENTS. The LORD Cualicktunt yesterday intimated that he would be prepared in a few dayito rk.liver. , their. Lortiships' judgment on this appeal, and that due notice 'Would be given to the parties. The Loan CHANCELLOR, Lords EXMOUTH, and TYNEH AM, were in attendance this morning at ten o'clock, for the purpose of hearing appeals. LORDS ULSES: AND OTHERS, APPELLANTS, RHOADES, REsroNnENT. This was an appeal from a decision of the Court of Chancery. A bill had been filed in that Court for the purpose of annulling a lease of a farm granted by the late Lord Selsey, and certain of the appellants, to Rhoades the respondent, who had been the steward and solicitor of the Selsey family. The bill was dis missed with costs, and the present appeal was against that, decision of the Court below. Mr. HORNS appeared ir. support of the appeal. The farm in question he stated to have been held by Lord Selsey, under the see of Chichester, by leases rativs , ,able every ,seven years. The respondent had persuaded his 14014) to enter into a contract in the year 1804 , to grant him a flojae, for twenty-one years abso lutely, commencing from Michaelmas, 1806, at which time the interest of the then tenant was to determine. The Learned Gen tleman contended that it was inconsistent with the duty of Rhoades, who, it must be remembered, was the confidential agent of Lord Selscy, to advise its Lordship to enter into such a contract. For in case Lord Selsey did not find it his interest to renew with the See of Chichester, or in case the Bishop refused to grant a renewal, it would have been impossible for his Lordship to grant to Rhoades the term for which he had contracted, so that in fact Rhoades had advised him to enter into a contract which might have sub jected him to an action in a Court of Law. The Learned Gen tleman entered into a. variety of details, with the view of chewing that Rhoades had used undue influence in obtaining the lease, and submitted that a Court of Equity ought not to have sanctioned an instrument procured under such circumstances. Messrs. HEALI) and Perrs appeared for the Respondent. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER. SITTINGS IN BANCO AFTER TERM. When the Learned Judges took their seats, they intimated, that as Mr. Justice LITTLEDAL Z would have to be at the Old Bailey to-morrow and Friday, they were unwilling to go on with new trials on either of those days, but wished to take as many of the demurrers as possible ; and that instead of taking the Crown paper on Wednesday next, as had been intended, they would take it as soon as the demurrers were over. This notice they wished to be left at the Crown Office, and also to he sent to the Gentle men on the Oxford Circuit. Th, Court sat for about an hoer before it could get any Coun sel to attend. The Learned Judges had intended giving some jndgments, but were prevented from doing so, because of there being no persons present to hear them. COOL V. LEONARD AND ANOTHER. This was a case tried at the last Gloucestershire Assizes, the oircurnstances of which were rather novel and peculiar, and were these—the plaintiff was a foreigner, whose profession was that of travelling throughout the kingdom, exhibiting a dromedary and some monkies. In pursuance of his calling, in the town of Stroud, he seemed to have given offence to some of those moral and purity protectors, usually known by the name of " Charlies" or watchmen, who thought the town of Stroud ought not to have such visitors as those of dromedaries and monkies, conse quently it was deeermined, by one of those interfering gentry, and also a person callin g himself b, police-officer, to . remove this foreigner and his animals. They went to where they were, drag_ ged out the plaintiff from wh ere h e was, struck and threw him down, opened a shed, at five o'clock in the afternoon, where the animals were, took them out, and walked them out of the town. An action was brought by the plaintiff for a trespass and an as sault, which was tried before Mr. Justice Burroughs, and he was of opinion that the d e f en d ants ought to' have had notice of the action, under what was called the " Stroud Act of Parliament ;" and he, therefore, directed the Jury to nonsuit the plaintiff. It now came o n to b e argued upon the question why that verdict should not he set as id e and a new trial had. After it was fully argued, the Court d ec l ared their opinion to be, that there was no pretence for nonsuiti ng the plaintiff. The Act ct ; of and the ParliamentiartrNelreVsd on the referable t o t hi s ease was, the part that provided for the appointment and duti es o f watchmen.— Watching, Li ghting, Paving, &c. A It had been contended that they had thus interfered to remove a nuisance; but it did not appear to t he Court, from the evidence given on the trial, that the dromedary, &c. had been a nuisance even in the day-time, by having collected a crowd of persons or otherwise, when alone, under any pretence, the animals could have been removed on the ground of nuisance. A watchman had no right to interfere, until he went on duty, during the hours at night • no ground whatever , could he op en a s h e d, in the , • on due execution of his duty, and take out the animals as had been done. There was no pretence here for saying that either the defendants or the persons who had appointed them to do this act, could have supposed that they were authorised to do it, and therefore the Court set the nonsuit aside. SITTINGS AT NISI PRIUS. EASTWICR V. THORNTON. This was an action brought to recover from the defendant the cum of 64/. 1 s., a which 60 1 . were fo r his passage from China to this country, and 4/. Is. for goods sold to him during th e "Yage. It appeared that the plaintiff was Captain of the ship Asia, the defendant had also been the captain of a ship which traded in the Indies. Both parties met at Canton, in China, at a period when the plaintiff was about to sail for this country, and on learning that the defendant was reduced in his circumstances, and wished to come to England, he pro posed to take him for 601. being half the usual fare, and accord ingly landed him at Portsmouth, and he, plaintiff, set sail thence to Hamburgh and his ship was lost in the passage. He made se veral applications subsequently to the defendant for the amount here sought, who always promised, but still failed to pay it.— The passage of the defendant, and his several promises to pay the 601. having been proved, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 601. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, (GUILDHALL.) THOUR.T V. GREAVES. The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in trying this case, which was for the balance due on a contract between the parties. The trial was not finished when we went to press. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. LONG. The . Court was occupied during the whole of the morning inlear ing this case, which was not concluded when we went to press. The history of the case was, that a party of the Preventive service, on the Southampton coast, had fallen in with a smuggler in Oct. last, which after they had hooked, they had parted from, and lost sight of; subsequently, the Adelaide was seized, on the supposition that she was the smack ; but the captain had claimed her, on the ground that she was not the vessel, and the question to-day for the jury was whether the Adelaide was the smack ? CONSISTORY COURT. (Before Sir C. RoniNsoN.) ' WEBB V. WEBB. This was a suit for a divorce by reason of adultery. Dr. Lusffrnorox appeared for Mr. Webb, who, he stated, was an attorney, residing at Bath.• The parties married in the year 1802, and the alleged adulterous intercourse was stated to have taken place in August and September, 1825, when Mr. Webb was at the sea-side, whither he went in consequence of the illness of one of his children. During his absence, it was pleaded that Mrs. Webb admitted the frequent visits of Mr. Hooper and Mr. Smallcomb, and that an adulterous intercourse was carried on be tween those two persons and Mrs. Webb. Upon Mr. Webb's re turn to Bath in the month of November, 1825, he found prepara tions made in the drawing-room for the entertainment of visitors. and entertaining some suspicion, he searched the house, and dis covered Messrs. Hooper and Smallcomb, in the female servants' apartment. After this discovery Mrs. Webb withdrew herself from her husband's house, and the parties ceased to cohabit. The acts of adultery were clearly set forth in the libel, and some witnesses had been examined in support of it. On the part of Mrs. Webb, a responsive allegation was given in, which the Learned Counsel contended, was filled with matter totally irre levant, and which ought to be excluded. It set forth that Mr. Hooper and Mr. Smallcomb, the persons named in the libel were in the habit of frequenting Mr. Webb's house for the purpose of carrying on a clandestine intercourse with the female servants, one of whom was subse quently delivered of an illegitimate child. It also stated Mr. Webb had recovered damages to the amount of 1001. from Messrs. Hooper and Smallcomb for the loss he had sustained, in conse quence of the seduction and subsequent confinement of this ser vant. The Learned Counsel argued that those circumstances were quite immaterial, as were the declarations alleged to have been made by Mr. Webb after the separation. He was stated to have said, that he would keep his wife without money, to drive her into the streets, and that as she was a pretty woman she would be sure to pick up somebody. Nov this might be highly improper of Mr. Webb, but it had nothing to do with the guilt or innocence of his wife. Dr. JENNEic on behalf of Mrs. Webb, contended that the cir cumstances pleaded in the responsive allegation were most impor- Aant.. If it were proved that the servant had carried on an inter course with Messrs. Hooper and Smallcomb, it would discredit her testimony against Mrs. Webb, as it might be inferred that she would charge that lady, to throw the disgrace off herself. Dr. LusniNcroN trusted his Learned Friend did not mean to contend that a slip like that would discredit the testimony of any servant, or it was to be feared that there could not be a competent witness found in all Bath. Sir C. ROBIN Sox thonght the responsive allegation must be ad mitted, but that some of the articles might he struck out, and others abridged. He therefore ordered the allegation to he reformed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). QUEEN-SQUARE. HORRID DEPRAVITY—ROBBING PARENTS.— SamueI Stonc, a youth about 15 years of age, was charged by his father with divers acts of robbing, and Phillip Gorinan, a dealer in marine stores, was also charged with purchasing the said property, well knowing it to have been stolen. The prisoners were both fully committed for trial, and the parents of the youth bound over to prosecute. LONDON SESSIONS.—(Tms DAY.) Before the LORD MAYOR, Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. MATRIMONIAL FRACAS.--Jahn Carpenter, pastry-cook, of 57, Fleet-street, was indicted by his wife, Ann, for having on the 24th of last December violently assaulted her. This case has been often before the public. The happy pair came together by an advertisement, consequently the match was rather made in public than in heaven. But three short weeks, however, elapsed before their squabbles became as public as their courtship, and continued with becoming regularity almost every day np to the above day. Mrs. Ann Carpenter, therefore, now appeared in propria per sona, against her lawful spouse, and deposed with true connubial warmth, that on the 24th of December he had threatened at din ner to go to America, as it was love that would drive him there. Mrs. Carpenter, on this occasion, behaved with great modesty and meekness. She believed that Mr. Carpenter alluded to another lady, who had some time before favoured him with a young Carpen ter. He then gave her a slap on the mouth, and continued beating hertill 7 o'clock in the evening,bywhich time she had received a severe black eye, had lost a tooth, and could eat nothing but spoon-victuals for three weeks. She had not taken any thing to comfort herself before dinner, nor used the least bad language; might have taken one glass of gin and a little porter or so, but had not given her husband any provocation; he first struck her in the presence of the family, which consisted Jf 7 of Mr. C.'s children by a former wife, and one by complainant. During the whole evidence Mrs. C. evinced the most vitlent symptoms ofwarmth,and interrupted the evi dence almost every minute, and was not restrained till after a severe remonstrance from the Court. On the other side several witnesses proved that Mrs. C. bad, taken two- glasses of gin, be sides porter, before dinner ; that she had gone to bed drank after dinner ; and that before the marks of violence were seen on her face, she bad taken a chair and smashed 8 panes of glass in the shop win dow. The blow itself was stated by the defendant to have been receiv ed by the prosecutrix in falling, when drunk, on the bar of a shut ter. During the trial, a very novel sort of stage effect was intro duced by Mr. C. The child of the loving pair was banded over to him, and with the most nurse-like assiduity he drew from his pocket a phial of milk, and almost choked it witli the ai li cation : attended of course by the compassion of the itwhole court. After a long trial the defendant wets fotmd i "guilty," and sentenced t o t wo mon th s ' imprisonment in GI Compter, and to find securities to keep wife for t wo years. the peace M u ardß his LENT ASSIZES. HOME CIRCUIT. Before Chief Baron ALEXANDER and Mr. JUStiCO LITILEDALE. Hertfordshire --Wednesday, March 7, at Hertfore!. Essex—Monday, March 12, at Cheltusford. Kent—Monday, March 19, at Maidstone. Sussex —Monday , March 26, at Horsham. Surrey—Monday, April 2, at Kingston-upon-Than es; NORTHERN CIRCUIT. Before Mr. Justice BAYLEY and Air. Baron Hut,Locr. Durham—Wednesday, February 28, at Durham. Westmoreland—Friday, March 2, at Appleby. Cumberland—Monday, March h, at Carlisle. Northumberland—Tuesday, March 6, at Newcastle. Lancashire—Saturday, March 10, at Lancaster. Yorkshire—Saturday, March 24, at York. City of York—Same day, at the Guildhall of ditto. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN-EXCHANGE. There are short arrivals this week of nearly all decriptions of Grain. Th e W heat trade remains precisely in the same state as on Monday. Barley meets a heavy sale at the terms last quoted. Beans and Pease are unaltered. There is little doing in the Oat trade to-day, at Monday's prices. Flour continues very dull. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. E nglish 2,250 qrs. I 2,400 qrs. Irish Foreign Oats. I Flour. 370 qrs. 3,4soacks. - 1,600 FAXIIIONABLE AND MISCELLANEOUS. slight on Saturday, symptoms of gou ß t ß w l VerH lC i ' s F M EB A:JE I s 2 T7 IIe experienced and which only affected one hand, were much' reduced yesterday ; and we have the pleasing task . of stating, are yet farther subdued to-day. The answer to inquiries at the Pavilion is of the most gratifying and inspiriting character. The Imperial Ambassador, Prince , Esterhazy, hav ing previously left his name at the Palace, left Brighton this morning, to return to town. Mr. Canning's health has much improved since yes terby. The Right Hon. Secretary received a dis patch from Lord Liverpool's' Office this morning, which he examined without delay ; and with the answer to which, tiro Messenger was soon after making his way back to London. party to dinner yasterday, at his house, in Piccadilly. The Marquis of Cholmo ndele y entertained a select On Monday night a King's Messenger arrived in town in a chile! ,and. four from Brighton, with despatches for the Earl of Liverpoo', Se- The Duke of Lei nster, we understand, intends building a town mai been lately called to the • of the Middle Temple , Esq. has • Bar by the Benchers of the Honourable Leonard Shelfo Leonard on part of the site of Carlton House. Society of the Middle Te =pie. Mr. George Gunt. horpe was admitted, and took the oaths, as Clerk in the 1 l e partment of the Remembrancer of First Fruits and Tenths, in th.,t Court of Exchequer, on the nomi nation of Richardson Harrison, q. Remembrancer. On Friday last, Barry St. Leger, Esq. was *lied to the Bar by the Honourable Society If the Inner Temple. Mr. VVyer, the messenger 4. if the • American GI " weeks ago, in the packet vernmeat, who came to England a few vol on Thursday night, ship James Cropper, an ived in Livery), and sailed for Philadelphia on Friday mon. *C . 41",..1 /e /L eket ti t Algonquin. es We understand that he was th e s to the American Government, and also to t. 77mis._Thr in America; and it is surmised, that their oont. Ban to strengthen the amicable relations at present h. subsisting between the two countries.—Liverpool Albion. DEPARTURE.—Mr. and Mrs. Cosway Continent. The concluding Codicil to the Will of the • late Mr. Gifford is in the handwriting of the Dean of Westminstei Mr. Blunt, of the firm of Blunt, Roy, and Blunt, has been appointed Solicitor to the Mint. ;I. for the It was Mr. G. R. Robinson who spoke a close of the debate last night, after Mr. Hiwie, relative pressment. \ t the ho iva., Mr. Samuel Mosely, a young Jew, was pub baptized on Sunday in the church at Isloath, Glamorganshii the Rev. Henry Hey Knight, vicar, who pre4shed an impr sermon on the occasion, from John iii. 5. We are happy to learn , that the 72d, (or Dut Albany's own Highlanders) have contributed most handsort the monument to be erected in this city to his late Royal ness, by a contribution of three days' pay from the offices one day's pay from the non-commissioned officers and p; who unanimously requested to be allowed to aubscribe.-- donian Mermiry. ROYAL UNIVERSITY INFIRMARY FOR DREN.-The Eleventh Anniversary Festival of this be Institution, took place yesterday, at the London Tairern Lord Mayor was in the Cha;r, and the company sepirated hour, highly delighted with the eveninfes entertainmeut. CATHOLIC. ASSOCIATION.—At a late ful) animated discussion among the members of this asamiatio O'Connell, after a warm enlogium on the late Mr. Brie, t kindness to his parents, moved that " Cobbett's Register," had grossly outraged his memory, should be henceforth ex from the rooms. The proposition was unanimously :weed' We understand Kean's indisposition to be an : of erysipelas, for which he is attended by Sir Astley Cool Anthony Carlisle, and Mr. Carpue. This is canse snffic explain the diminution of his energy in acting, which has repeatedly noticed dnring his preleqengagement.-- Opera When it was proposed to rebuild the Leif some of the Town Council were of opinion that a Court-h( Town Clerk's Chambers only were necessary to Leith ; bu - credit of Mr. Henderson, he submitted to the Council the p of adding a little more for a jail, as it would be very unfor a poor man in Leith were thrown into jail, that his wit have to travel to Edinburgh with his breakfast.— Co Mercury. Wit in conversation is only readiness of and a facility of expression ; or, in a midwife's phrase conception, and an easy delivery.. „ F. / g o 46 licl3 Olt tti slti id b £tta tent been , ;11 jail Hue ant 4 to the topriety etstate if shontd Istionian thought ► I quick Fine sense and exalted sense are not half as common sense. There are forty'men of wit for 40 u6.er. ' sense; and he that will carry nothing about him but one man of every day at a loss for want of readier change. gold will be A DEFICIENCY OF EVIDENCE.—A sc who was very angry when any joke was passed of Galen, once defended himself from raillery by saying, " 7 on PkPician' , per son whom I ever attended to accuse me of ignor defy any Lice or neglect." " that you may do safely," replied the wag, doctor, dead men tell no tales. "—Liverpool A ` f far Pi' know. When Mr. Pitt applied to his late :Z it , licit of him the see of Lincoln for Dr. Pre' a ;::: J t - h -- ; 1 ; ep l t y o o f 6 } ( , ) i: Majesty was, " Too young, too young ~.cat hare it." " Oh, but please your Majesty," observed Mr. Pitt, "had it not been for Dr. P. I should not have been in the office I now hold." shall have it, Pitt—he shall have it , Pitt," was then the King's immediate decision.—Bath Jo urr HOMOGENEOUS MATT AR.—SOMe one had written upon a pane in the window of an inn on the Chester road, "Lord 'AI has the softest lips in the universe. " Mrs. Abington, Duce ..nd, saw this inscripti o n, and wrote uncle s• like as two chips tiir returning from Then h i en I Are h is head and his lips."—Liverpool Albion. A DANGER° cis vr . ASE.—A regular phystelan being sent for by a maker of universal specifics, grand aalatari uni s , &c. , express.you, theid his.tr, Is surprise yho:s Io have ‘fis,eti beingtrifling iemi ti c bs a tea l i l i e , d e. rt i ea n pkle o i i t ie l d a t n h : c: t ai ek i on . a pparently trinity 4. for, to tell some o my own pills.", , ~,,, ~, ~ ~, ~ • , . EASE ~'...” -, 1, ••....,••,, •,--. l , •l' ,-,irt h-it , -. UNDER DIFRICULTIES.—A Man his, much , ir 4 debt, being reprimanded by his friends for his di:: g race .ul situation, and the anxiety of a debtor being urged by the. • , , 43 in very strong expressions,—".Ah! that may be the ease," Ilarreaiau.e—mari, 'GM* ° Aid he, " with a person who thinks of paying." 4 CONFESSIONS OF AN OLD RACHELOR. ci Th,, moral to be derived from these Confessions," e r si t y s s an ay d s th ethe Il v r enda y ni - Review, "is commendable. Hear this ye Spinsters ! bear it, the Blues / L e t rauriagef m k that Lor i C r : cl E7do e : at the Union, the Oriental, the U a n r iv ed once Houses! To single Ladies, of ' a cf , rt • e r e e i a r l c p u r m . - lin NO; it will be a cal: : tTuie n nnn. i —lt Judgment ore agacity as at a neve? N sho D we i d so much decision of • But, it is necessary to re centtatt e w , f a tm t s o l a f a r c a p i lor, but supplied by the undertaker p stan ert7 per quisite ! This plain explan • ,to whom it reverts as a per 'of t t ha he t c t h h a e n slid_ explanation fully satisfied Lady E. M. Paper EXTRAORDINARY TRAVELLING,.—'Tie Defiance Coach left London on Thursday evening last at five o'clock, and arrived at Pratt's Old London Inn, in this city, the following morning at ten thus performing a journey of one hundred and seventy-five miles in xi wi t h tea nouns ,I I The same guard pro ceededGHTEEN ... three o'clock coach to Plymouth, where it arrived at o'clock the sam e afternoon, having, in the space o f twenty-three hours travelled the astonishing distance of Two nutinnzn A.XD TWENTY MILES !! ! The " Subscription," which leaves London at the same hour as the " Defiance," also came in with it ; and since that day both coaches have regularly arrived together, four hours before the usual time of completing the journey, so great is the competition between them.—What would oar forefathers say to this, could they rise from their graves, and retrace the days when even the following excited wonder—" Safe a n d exped i t i ous Travelling —To London and back in Two witExg?" t re fer A/fred of Tuesday.