The Sun. — London, England, 1827-02-27 00:00:00

SPRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The communication which was made a fuw weeks ago by Mr. Adams to Congress, of the correspondence be t ween Mr. Canning and Mr. Gallatin, touching the trade of the United' States with the British Colonies, has been made the basis of a new Act, by the last accounts, on its passage through the American Leg;slature, amounting to something very like a non-intercourse Act between the British dominions and the United States. It will be re collected, that, in spite of an agreement between the two Governments for facilitating the commercial intercouse of their subjects, by a reciprocal and equal admission of the vessels of each to the ports of the other, on the same terms as native . merchantmen, the United States so far violated this arrangement as to impose discriminating duties upon British ships from British Colonies, within the Repub lican harbours; and by another class of duties, to obstruct the prosecution of the voyages of British vessels having landed cargoes from Great Britain in the United States, and thence bound onward to the colonies of Great Britain. Upon this manifestation of an unfair and encroaching spirit in the commercial policy of the United States, Great Britain withdrew from the merchantmen of the Republic the privi lege which, by an order in Council, she had tendered to the ships of all nations—viz, that of trading to her colonies on the same terms, with regard to the shipping of those fo reigners, as British ships themselves were subject to, pro vided that the ships of Great - Britain should be equally favoured in their turn, on entering the port of the foreign state accepting the said privilege from Great Britain. The American Government struggled hard for an acknowledg ment from the British Minister, that the trade of fo reigners with the eolonies of Great Britain should be con sidered as an open subject, upon which any foreign Go vernment had a right to insist on negociating with the pareat state. Mr. Canning, with a more strict adherence to the known principles of colonial and commercial policy, declared the resolution of Great Britain to reserve to herself the indisputable right of admitting foreigners to traffic with her colonies, on whatever condition she might herself think proper to ordain. His Ma jesty, therefore, by an Order in Council, excluded the United States from the list of those foreign coun tries whose merchantmen should be admitted to the ports of British colonies—being the only foreigner who had abused the privilege by an unfair treatment of British ships in return. The purport of the Bill now on its pas sage through Congress, is, from and after the 30th day of next September, to close the ports of the United States against, not only British ships proceeding from the British colonies, but against those of all other nations bound from the same colonies to the Republic. The colonies thus excluded from all direct intercourse with the United States are, the whole of those compre hended within the western hemisphere—Africa, Mau ritius, Ceylon, Van-Dieman's Land, and Newfound land. This, we believe, carries the system of non-inter course to colonies which were not inhibited to American ships by the British orders in Council. The United States have an undoubted right to enact and enforce sudli prohibitory laws, if they really persuade them selves that the Republic will be a gainer by them. But if it be imagined by Congress that England will yield the point in dispute, which is neither more nor less than her own sovereignty over her colonial posses sions, they must reckon on a weakness in the Councils of this empire which we trust will not soon be dis played: It is -probable, indeed, that this retaliation is founded more 'upon a surmise that England feels her self a greater gainer than the United States from the pro secution of their Mutual commerce, and has proportion ably a more valuable stake at issue. But the Thriller non-intercourse policy of the United States disappointed severely the hopes_ of its authors, and the present will most likely have the same effect. If our colonial produce be nut suffered to- find its way directly to the ports of the republic,-their importation of provisions and lumber is equally annihilated by their present law. Bui even though.- the legal importation of our produce be forbidden, can its contraband introduction along the Canadian and New Brtit:Swick frontier be likewise effectually shut Out ? It i s , we sonfess, a miserable warfare—this, of repelling all mutual 'a b ,-omriccidation by unfriendly and exasperating laws ; r bett,if ,: s he enjoyment of a more extended trade can be Only purchases:l by an acceptance of unfair and cavalier conditions, neither tr;ee honour nor the interest of England will justify her abandonrosZnt of the ground which she has taken. The President is el;:nowered to anent, by pro clamatidn, the above provisions apinst commercial inter clause with our colonies, if, on or befor - e. the 30th of Sep tember, he shall have proof that England has given way.— Tinzes The private letters delivered yesterday at the Post- I office, from Oporto, dated the 6th, and Lisbon, the 10th instant, fully confirm the accounts published in the Official Gazette, of the successes gained by the arms of the Con-: stitutionalists. The activity displayed in pursuit of the Rebels is, in fact, almost unexampled. About the 30th, the Rebels, having concentrated in the province of Minho, forced the "bridge of Miserella, at which period COunt Villa Flor:bad • crossed the Douro, and was in the neigh bourhood of Villa Real, being on his march from Upper ileira. He immediately proceeded to cross the Bridge of A r Karante, and on the 2d reached Guimaraens, a large and popt ii,lus place ten leagues distant from-Villa Real. On the 3d, he arrived at Braga, three leagues from Ouima raens, whet: he "remained. daring the 4th waiting for the remainder of ris division, and on the sth proceeded to the Bridge of Prado;. built over the . River Cavado. At that moment, the ii,:bels occupied three important po sitions along - the:, line of the above-mentioned river. The first was at the bridge of Porto, where. there .is a small:hermitage, dedicated to our Lady of Porto. This bridge is about a league above that • of Prado; which, at the time, was the central position of the Rebels: Their third position was at Barcelos, a neat town, , abOut two leagues lower down the_riv e r,_ = d_ u i ne miles froM Braga-, which latter place Abe - Marquess and Marchioness de Chaves left as the Constitutionalists advanced, after having been well received-by severak:Members of the Mu nicipality and Clfrgy. Braga is a place of considerable eonseqUence in the province of Minho, being the See of an Archbishop, amid . : containing a number of ,rich and nowerfat Clergymen , . It was an important Ronian sta tion, and the inhabitants are, industrious, resolute, and harp v- " The number of the._ rebels assembled along the line. of the Cavado was estimated at 4,000 infantry, in cluding r o ,ilitia, and a good corps of cavalry. Count de Villa `lor a,_tacked the central position on the sth, and forced the briSlge with fixed bayonets. The rebels re treated on Barci, p, small town n ear t h e r i ver Li ma, an d • about four leagues fra: ll the bridge of P ra d o . H ere, be fore the evening closed, the Count a tt ac k e d t h e re b e l s, whence they we re di s lod ge d who retreated to the bridge ,- with fixed .bayonets, and obliged to disperse. In the course of the day,. 260, prisoners were taken by the:Con stitutionalists, among whom were a considerable number of men beloncrin g to the rt•h and 24th regiments of the line,the two traitorous corps which commenced the re volution—the first by doing into Spain by Estremoi, With Magessi; and the other by deserting from Braganza. The effects of this victory must be important. The rebels stationed at Barcelos would be compelled to cross Leina, and, after' joining those posted at Viana, pro vl towards Caminha, thel as t Portuguese town on the f ron tier of Gallicia, near the sea, whence they would again have to cross the ,Minho, and save themselves in Spain. The retreat of this party would still be extremely difficult, being a etively pnrstied by the victorioua Constitutionalists, under Count Villa Flor, as well as flanked by those under General Moura, . the Military Governor of Valenta. It is probable that th e rebels defeated at Barca would attempt to retreat into Spain, by the road leading from Arcos de Valdevez, over the mountains to Castro Laboreiro; and thence into the proiinee:of Orense. The rapidity of the movement made by the Constitutionalists from the bridge of Prado to that of Barca was astonishing. The distance usualljrtakes seven hours . for a traveller to walk i t. As anticipated, the rebels recruited a few distinguisbed partisans during their stay in the province of Minho. At I present we only ' mentien Viscount d'Alenha, better known 'as Martinho Correa, and Baron de Villa Ponca, who recently joined the ApOstolical standard. Count da Taipa, who was acting as a volunteer under Count de Villa Flor, it now appears, was the Commander of the troops embarked at Regoa for th . e defence of Oporto. The idea, so extremely judicious, 14 itself, ori ginated with Count da Taipa. He had . received orders from the Commander-in-Chief to go to Villa Real with a small division, but, on the road, hearing that the Re bels had forced the bridge of Miserella, so bravely de fended by Col. Zaaallo against superior numbers, the Count returned to Regoa, embarked his troops on the Douro, and in ten houra arrived at Oporto. Finding that the city was safe, he immediately marched towards Braga, to rejoin Count de Villa Flor; and, in the action of the sth, we find him leading the attack on the bridge of Prado. Colonel Zagallo, who defended the bridge of Miserella, when forced by the Rebels, and who had ordered his men to disperse when he found that he could no longer stand his ground, arrived at Oporto almost alone ; but a day or two afterwards, the whole of his men joined him at the rendezvous agreed upon, and he immediately proceeded to the seat of action with an additional force, chiefly composed of volunteers, which the Governor placed at his disposal. Oporto was perfectly safe; aid, so great was the enthusiasm of the volunteers, that when part of the newly-raised corps was about to march against the enemy, many of those who were left behind to garrison the town, offered sums of money to their more favoured comrades, to give up their places, as well as for substitutes to serve for them, in order that they might equally have the honour of taking the field. It appears, nevertheless, that when the rebels were so near Oporto, on the '2d, a council of war was held, when a few cowardly or disaffected persons in the municipality declared that there was not a force strong enough to defend the town. Gen. Stubbs instantly rose up, and declared that with the patriotic and spirited inha bitants alone, he had a sufficient force; and advised those who were of a contrary opinion to leave the town, as he was determined to defend it, inch by inch. This proves, that when such sentiments as these could be openly ex pressed in Oporto, certainly the most liberal and Consti tutional town in all Portugal, some secret and lurking enemies lay there concealed. The real fart is, and it must not be disguised, the country is extremely demo ralized; and unless the central Government seconds the efforts of the victorious army, matters will be by no means safe in Portugal. During their stay in Minho, the rebels were feasted by many of the higher orders of the Clergy, as well as Judges and Nobles, who used every effort to insure their success, and supplied th em w i t h money.— These acts must not go unpunished, as they are a topic of loud complaint in the most intelligent letters we have this day read from Lisbon.. There is evidently something wrong in the estate of Portugal, both in the capital and in the provinces, and a remedy must be applied to the disease. On this subject we shall take an early opportu nity to express ourselves at some length.--Morning C'hronicle. The postponement of the Corn Question for a few clays more in the House of Commons may, perhaps, he excus able, if it be really admitted that no person can be found capable of the task but Mr. Canning; but its total aban donment in the Upper .House, in consequence of Lord Liverpool's unavoidable absence, is the most extraordi nary tacit admission of incapacity on the part of an Admi nistration that we ever heard of. So, after all the vast parade which has been made of the promised expose in the Upper House upon this subject, the only way in which the great landed proprietors are to learn what the mea sures are which Government intends towards them, is from the printed Votes of the House of CoMmons We 'have been accused of having‘made insidious remarks on the incapacity of the higher orders. Those who have so con strued our remarks have misunderstood them. What we meant to convey was not all insidious ; but an open, un disguised avowal of our regret at a fact,. which, we fear, cannot be denied ; and which the circumstance we are alluding to, pretty candidly admitted. We say it with shame and sorrow, that it is a disgrace to the country that it should want for men of talents in the higher ranks of life, when their own means of education are so ample and when the spread of knowledge is so vast among their in feriors. It is a stigma and a serious hiss to the country, that so many of its Nobility are found to he adepts on the race-course and at the gaming -table, whilst the candidates for legiSlative distinction were never so few or so barren among them. There is nothing insidious in this. We state it as our open, undisguised conViction, and shall he happy to see ourselves contradicted by facts. We are no enemies to the higher orders. It is because we deplore, and wish to see their situation in this respect otherwise, and we honestly avow our conviction of its truth. If. our object were insidious, we need only hail in silence the increasing reign of Aristocratic dulness. But our insidi ousness betrays itself, we are told, in our allusion to the Universities and public schools. This too we deny. All that we have said on these heads has been open and avowed. Of the latter we do not know much but at the former it is quite notorious, that young men of rank are exempt from the studies, and great part of the discipline, if there is any. The fact is as notorious as it is absurd, mischievous, and preposterous. If it wanted any confir either, as to its existence or its effects, it would be found in the difficulty. which now manifestly exists to End persons qualified at this important crisis to take. office under the Government. Though it may be too late to remedy the evil as far as the immediate moment is con cerned, it is not too late to provide against its occurrence in future. And we leave it to the good sense of the , public to decide, who are the truest friends to the higher orders, those who flatter them to their ruin, and applaud their insufficiency—or those who honestly point out the injury and degradation they entail upon the country, wild neglect to qualify themselves for the duties which they above all other men, owe to it.—Morning Herald, DINNER TO DAVID WILKIE, ESQ. E. A. AND LIM!fER. TO BIS MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND. : RomE, JAN. IG. —lt must be gratifying to the friends and admirers of this eminent Artist, to learn that his health, although not re-established so far as could be wished, is yet in a state of gradual improvement. Mr. Wilkie has lately executed, in oil co lours, some sketches worthy his high reputation. The Artists from Scotland, at present residing in Rome, having formed the wish to give a Dinner to their celebrated countryman, were eagerly joined by the other gentlemen of that country, and a dinner was accordingly given to Mr. Wilkie, in the Palazzo Astuli, at which nearly fifty Scotchmen were present. His Grace the Duke of Hamilton, animated by the same patriotic feeling with the rest of his countrymen, .and by the love of the fine arts so remarkable in his family, _kindly consented to take the Chair.— His Grace was supported by Sir Archibald Campbell, Sir Alex ander Wood, and General Ramsay, as Croupiers. There were also present, the Right Honourable Sir Robert Liston, the Honourable Colonel Grant, -- of Grant ; Sir James Gordon, Sir William Forbes, and Sir Francis Mackenzie, Barts. &c. &c. As guests, the following distinguished foreigners cor= dially joined in chewing this mark of respect to so eminent a person, Cavaliere Thorwaldson, Il Cavaliere Camucini, 11 Cavaliers Benvenuti, of Florence. His Grace the Mike of HAMILTON, on entering the apart ments, requested that all the Artists present might be introduced to him, which was accordingly done; and the company shortly afterwards sat down to dinner, which, as well as the general ap pearance of the room, was of the most splendid description. After dinner the following toasts were proposed from the Chair : " The King with all the honours." " His HolinesS the Pope." In giving the above'toast his Grace the Duke of HAMILTON observed, that it could not'fail to gratify all who came, either as artists, or as visitors, to this ancient and imperial city, to find amidst the heart-buining - s and dissensions existing between Catho lics and Protestants in so many other nations ,of Europe, that here the stranger and the student, under the paternal government of the Roman Church, were sure to find, even in times of war and civil commotion, both encouragement and protection. F ee li ng, there fore, as foreigners, the highest respect for the unaffected piety and many virtue* of the present Sovereign Pontiff, they cannot in such a Meeting, conformably to the customs of their country, do less than drink " Health and' long life to his HOliness the Pope." This toast was received with enthusiastic applause, and was fol lowed by that of " his Royal Highness the Duke of York and the Army," "his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence and the Navy," " his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and the rest of the Royal Family," " The health of Mr. Wilkie, the toast of the day." The above toast was received with the loudest cheers. Mr. WILKIE immediately rose, and said-,-That in the gentle manlike and eloquent address they had just heard, complimented, as he had been, by such a judge of art, his embarrassment in re turning, as he ought, his warmest thanks, was greatly increased. The honours of the day were equally due to his brethren present as to himself; they were honours paid to the Arts ; and if mixed up with a sympathy for the privations to which the too eager pursuit of them had exposed an individual, it was only the more creditable to their generosity. The Arts might well elevate the humblest professor, since they gave to Imperial Rome herself her dearest interest. The possession of Art had made Italy to all a land of promise —had continued her empire—and had brought them, Protestants as they were, across the Alps, in pilgrimitge, to pay their devotions at the shrine of the Vatican, No one knew or could describe better than his Grace in the Chair, those quali ties which an Artist ought to study in coming to Italy. It is the exhibition of mind that has - given Italian Art its pre-eminence. Without mind, the purity of the antique would be unavailing ; the glow of Correggio and Titian were mere ornament; the dramatic compositions of Raphael unmeaning; and even the contour and style of Michael Angelo, without the highest inspiration of mind, could not have essayed, as Milton has done— " To assert eternal Providence, And vindicate the ways of God to mat:." But as Scottish Artists, the younger students should be aware that no Art that is not intellectual can 1a worthy of Scotland. Bleak as are her mountains, and homely as are her people, they have yet in their habits and occupations a characteristic acuteness •and feeling. She has a history which has inspired even the genius of other nations, and has interested Europe by the of female beauty in Mary Stuart, and by the perfection of female kindness in Flora M‘Donald. On her Throne' an inspired Poet has sat, and an inspired Poet has come from her plough—her fancy is seen in the effusions of Ossian, as her, study in the learn ing of Buchannan. She has converted the Mountain . glen and green bank into a new Arcadia, resounding with poetry and music —has realised pastoral life - in the strains of Allan Ramsay, and has shewn the powers of thought alike in the heartfelt song of Robert Burns, the heart-touching tale - of Henry Mackenzie, as in the metaphysical speculations of David Hume and Dugald - Stewart. It is she that, with story, tradition, habit, character; and passion, wielded with all the creative power of a splendid poetical fancy, has delighted and astonished the world in the gigantic laboisrs of Sir Walter Scott. If, coming from such a land, the artist should represent the fair day without sentiment, " Or the human face divine" without soul, he will he unworthy of his country— unworthy the land that gave him birth ; but whatever the artist may try, or whatever he may accomplish, histefforts will be cheerless sinless he is met by the sympathy of his own countrymen; he may emulate the distinguished artists now pre sent—he may enter the lists with Berivenuti of Florence, and Camucini of Rome, to whom the classical taste and intellectual aim have, with the mantles of Michael Angelo and Raphael, descended ; or, if a sculptor, may venture to compete with another bril liant genius, Thorwaldson, also present, who has come from the frozen shores of. the North, as if to verify a paradox by giving warmth and life to the clay and the marble of Italy. The Scot tish artist may emulate the high promise of the English artist here, or the high accomplishment of the English, our brethren at home ; still all will be unavailing, if he is not met by the co-operation of his kindred Scotsmen. But that he has this sympathy and this co-operation is abundantly proYed by the assemblage now present. Here is the Highland Chieftain and the Lowland LandlOrd—the first of our Nobles by the side of the humblest artist ; high military rank in the person of our Croupier, and high civil authority in the Lord-Lieutenant of Inverness-shire; one who has been the repre sentative otßritish Justice, in the person of Sir Archibald Camp bell ; one who has been the - rePresentative of British Sovereigns, in the person of Sir Robert Liston ; but *veal], we are honoured with the encouragement of our Chairman, who, in his own person, represents.the Noblesse of Three Great Kingdoms :—the generous chivalry of France, the baronial aristocracy of England, and the Chieftains and Thanes of our own ancient kingdom. The - first of our Peers, the first of our C og n oscen ti, an d i n hi s palace possess ing the first gallery of art our country can boast of; whose family is, from their taste, dear to the Scottish artist, as the family of the Medici is to the Italian ; and whose ancestors are dear to the poet and historian, as well as to the painter, for the distinguished part they have taken, side by side, with Royalty, in the romantic history of mir country. The next toast waa—" The Land of Cakes." Sir ARCHIBA LD CA3jPiETX then robe, and gave" the health of his Grace the Duke of Mullion." Ilia GRACE was tincOnscious of any merit on his part capable of calling forth the flattering applause with which his health had been received ; he was always happy to meet his fellow country men, and entered fully into the feelings of pride with which every Scotchman must regard the triumphs of their common country in the fields of literature and the arts, in moral and physical science. In the historical branch of literature, Scotland had to boast of Hume and Robertson ; in moral science, besides many illustrious names deceased, she has yet, in his esteemed friend, 1 . /Tait! Stew art, already so happily alluded to, one who has delighted and in structed Europe by the brilliance of his language and the profound ness of his researches into the depth of the human mind. I❑ physical science, as a practical philosopher, one name stands pre eminent for the obligations be has Conferred upon mankind ; one who has made warring elements bend to his purpose, to add new powers to mechanics and navigation ; has enriched commerce, and brought lands, diStant and separated by Nature, into familiar and certain intercourse. The inventions of James Watt, acknowledged by all countries and by all professions, confer a lustre on Scotland, of which, as no one felt more proud, so none could feel more the honour of presiding on an occasion like the present, when they were met to do justice to the merits of a Scotchman so eminent in art. The Duke of HA MILTON then gave " the lieAtb of Sir Robert Liston," who had gone through a long and meritorious career in the diplomatic servi of his country, anti had represented his Sovereign in almost.every Court of Europe, Sir ROarai LisTOet returned thanks. ner T e here camtvweirnei,t,h, I llec ca er . ic T - e h ly or t , l v r a u i n d k s.n tl ,7 e a ' n ' d hel l t l hs c o ac. fll ß C e a r v r a e - .. . u of theseorence." givingln t4. ate, his Grac'e thanked these illustrious artists for the honour they` had done Mr. Wilkie and the company:by their piesence, and passed a just encomium on their acknowledged excellence as artiste. There addresses his Grace gave in the Italian language. . Iw G G en i. e&al i n t ' e Abas u zz e , ss in of a H ne a a rii t i s lt p o e n e . c , b, then gave the " health of His Grece returned thanks. •.. The next toast was the " health of Sir .Thomas Lawrence, and the Members of the Royal Academy pf London." Mr. - WILKIE returned thanks; passed an , eulogium upon the high talents and accomplishments of the distinguished President, and upon the advancement made.-in Portraiture, Landscape, and History, by his brother members ; 'lamented the. loss tbey - had sus tained in the death of John Flaxman—a loss which, great as the rising genius in sculpture was, could scarcely be compensated.— He anticipated much honour to the next exhibition from thre e admirable workiiately produced in tome, the Spartan ',lsidas of Eastlake, the lialian Vintage of cern, and the elegant group of Pysehe borne by the Zephyrs, by,Clibson. " The English Painters in Rome." Mr. LANE, in behalf of himself and brother Artists of England, begged •to be permitted the honour of returning thanks for the notice his Grace'and the , rest of the company bad been pleased to take of them. The next toast was, " The English Sculptors in Rome," which was followed by...." The Memory of John -Flaxman ;" " Sir Walter S co tt and the Poets of Scotland ;" 4 , Mr. Henry Mackenzie and the Literature of Scotland ;" The Institution for, the. Encouragement of the Fine Arts •in Scotland." Sir A. Camesr.r.t., a Member of the Institution, returned thanks. " The Trustees' Academy of Edinburgh." Mr. WitsoN, as an old Stndent, and as the late Master of the Academy, expressed his obligations to the Institution--the sub ject of the toast. The Duke of HAMILTON then rose to propose " The Memory of Canova ;" and in an address of great feeling and eloquence, characterised his general talent as a Sculptor, and dwelt with pe culiar satisfaction in recalling the amiable qualities that distin guished his deceased friend. " The Sculptors of Scotland." Mr. Thomas CANIPBELL, as the senior Scottish Sculptor pre sent, begged to return thanks. The Memory of Sir Henry Reaburn." Shortly after this the Duke of Hamilton left the company amidst the loudest acclamations of applause. The Chair was then taken. by Sir Archibald Campbell, and suc cessively by Sir Alexander Wood and Sir James Gordon. The jovial songs of Burns and of Cunningham kept up the hilarity of the meeting to a late hour; and in recalling national feelings and recollections, under the walls of the Capitol and the Palace of the Caesars, showed the peculiar characteristics of the sons of that mountain diStrict which the exiars could never conquer, . LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, FEB. 26. WILKIE V. SIR HENRY FLOYD i BART. The Hon. Mr. LAW stated the case to the Jury. It was an action brought by the plaintiff for the pUrpose of recovering one hundred guineas, the price of a likeness of the defendant, painted by the plaintiff. He then called the following eVidence = , Henry Wilkie, the brother of the plaintiff, deposed, that he knew the defendant, who, in 1824, sent for a drawing in chalk. The plaintiff subsequently commenced an oil painting in January, 1825. Sir Henry Floyd and the Dowager Lady Floyd called, and expressed their approbation of the likeness of the head, which was the only part then finished. Sir Henry then desired the plaintiff to finish the picture,' and observed that he would send him the dress in which he wished that it should be finished.— Sir Henry afterwards sat, and a slight alteration Was made in the nose, at the suggestion of some friends of the defendant. The plaintiff had painted likenesses for some members of the Royal Family, the Marquis of Anglesea, Sir Charles Paget, Lord Jersey, Sir Godfrey Webster, the Duke of Argyle, Lord and Lady Clan ricarde, and a number of other persons of distinction. The pic ture is a half length. • The prices his brother charged were— for the first size fifty guineas, kit-cat size seventy guineas, half length 100 guineas. The noble personages he had named had paid at those rates. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant WILDE.—The prices were put in the show-room. The pictures in the room were chalk draw ings. Sir Henry sat only once for the oil painting. The Marquis of Anglesea sat only once; others sat twice. He could not men tion the names of any of the friends of Sir Henry who suggested the alteration. His brother made a likeness of Sir James Mack intosh, for his exhibition, and without any order from Sir James. There are many pictures in the exhibition not paid for, but the greater part of them were not his brother's.—Just as Sir Henry said, " Finish that picture for me," the Dowager Lady Floyd had left the room. He had no participation in the profits of his bro ther's trade. The chalk drawing was paid for. The oil painting was in 1825. The' chalk drawing had not been sent horee when the articles of dress, now - in the .possession of the plaintiff, were sent. It bad not happened that persons had eat for the purpose of finishing pictures, painted on speculation by his brother, without his brother saying, " If it turns out a likeness will you take it ?" 7iie painting was here produced. Mr. Holder examined by Mr. Las—He should call the plc ture produced a very fine portrait, and 100 guinea' - a'reasonable charge for such a painting by an artist of Mr. Wilkie's rank. By Mr. Sergeant WILDS—It made no difference in the charge whether it was a copy or not. Sir Thomas Lawrence sketched in chalk. If a gentleman paid for a chalk drawing, and a copy in oil was afterwards made, the charge would be the same. Re-examined—Was not aware that Mr. Wilkie never painted in oil without first taking a chalk drawing. It was a very good practice. By the Cm:am—Sir Thomas Lawrence did not Sent home his chalk sketches ; but if a finished drawing in chalk was made, it was charged separately from the oil painting. Captain M'Queen—Was in the Bth Hussars with the defendant. Considered the painting a very strong likeness. Several of his brother officers had recognized it as such. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury, who, without hesitation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff , --Damages 100 • guineas. WOOLBY AND ANOTHER 21. RING. Mr. HILL opened the pleadings. This was an action for libel. The defendant pleaded Not Guilty. Mr. Sergeant TAMP; stated the case, and observed, that al though the present subject for the consideration of the Jury might at first appear trifling or unimportant, yet when they were told that the feelings of a woman had been grossly, insulted, and her character attacked, they would, doubtless, come to a different con clusion. The plaintiff and the defendant were next door neigh= hours, residing at Bermondsey, and, some time in the course of the manifest summer, the latter kept pigs at th e b o tt om cogs garden, to the anifest annoyance of - th e f orm e r an d hie e. They made several ineffectual attempts to have this nuisance removed, and, at length, the defendant painted a board, and placed it in his garden; the painting facing the entrance to the plaintiff's house. This board 'represented a . large sow, and contained tl:e words, " the _Essex sow," and this painting,' although very unlike the person of the plaintiff's wife, 'was in tended to pourtray her, and at once to hurt her feelings and to bring her into disrepute with her neighbours. The lady was, as it would be proved, a native of Essex, and it would also appear in evidence that it was meant to describe her. After this picture had remained in the defendant's garden for some months, and had taken considerable effect on her feelings and her health, a letter was written by an attorney, by direction of the lady's hua hand; requiring him to take down this board, and to make a suf ficient apology to the injured party. This reparation was refused, and the hoard kept up after this notice had been given. The plaintiff, therefore, came to seek damages at the hands of a Jury ; he did not require large damages, and, even now, if an apology were offered, he believed it would be received. The painting in question was then exhibited in Court, and merely represented a large sow, painted in a very gross and dis gusting manner, and contained the words, " the Essex sow." Mrs. Martha Wyatt examined by Mr. Sergeant TADDY—I was at the bottom of Mr. King's garden; saw the picture of the pig very often ; it was in the garden six or seven months ; any body who passed might see it; she could not at first understand what it meant ; Mr. King said to her one Saturday, " the Wooly's won't let me keep pigs ; they say they are nuisances, but I keep them very clean." Witness replied, " I don't dislike the smell of pigs, but I like the taste better ;" Mr. King then said, ".I've put up Madam Woolby ;" he then looked up to the picture of the pig ; she had no thought then that it was put rip for a woman ; he said he wanted to give Mrs. Woolby a taster ; Mrs. Woolby is an Essex woman. do: rflnvyhailashmhtih.iaaernie r and tremble in the Mr. Sergeant WILDE, for the defendant, regretted •the absence dulnessoflr. wSebrigcehantNra generallyug li a e n t , ten ss d 'h e o d se cas hu m m i o n ur a usually cour e. prevented .yastiee., t e h n a d t , , who would, no doubt, have exhibited this matter in its to be colours. lie hoped the Jury would not allow their d min m s r. t pre-occupied by the statements of his Learned. F l r v ien ( with reference Ser geant Taddy), but would consider the case de m o e o r t, e . a right to claim to the question, had the plaintiff, or o h He (Mr' Serg t ea mrthe story contained recollected reading - in one of the else. damages that o a f i r a o r m g :t so he w, de a f n en d dant l defendant? fitixliv hbo painting lofainl seaiedii .3a: s ee v srt a i rn s aaann. m gy te e h r aoi e nn l n y g.. papers of the Specotam much so, that whenever lie saw one of those of it, he looked up, such hd mightfound tipathy to cats, s . t i a i n ima tl t j s ' ethl a fe tta cs c au k ud n e s :d en aos th ntnr a ieeern t tocahlesc'aa:ll:hadi occasion tol:nenddfejeinrnl wonde r ing g under the sign of a cat. be thecase with the lady in question, who might have such an antipathy to pigs "as the man had to cats; but the Jury were not to give her damages because of her antipathies. One of the Jury inquired if there-were any means of ascertain in.. the circumstances of th e d e f en d ant. ° The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE replied, that there was no evidence one way or other. The JuryTeturned a verdict for the plaintiff Damages 25/. lIIIRSLEX V. DIXON AND ANOTHkR. Serjeant TADDY stated, that this was an action brought by the plaintiff, a printer and stationer, in Blackfriars-road, against the defendants, Mr. Dixon, who was a horse dealer, in Barbican, and a Mr. Brown, butk of whom were members of a company well known to the public under the name of " The Steam Wash ing Company." The action was brought. for the recovery of 130/. for work done and stationary delivered. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 1001. LORD MAYOR'S COURT, FEB. 26. A gentleman named Ryde, brought an action for recovery of his half year's salary, as Secretary to a deceased Company, c a ll e d the ./Egis Insurance. It was brought against John Wilks, Peter Moore, and four others, on an attachment lodged against some of the property of the Company, in the hands of Sir John Perring and Co. It appeared, that a Mr. Ritchie, one of the Directors, had been been left out in the summonses, and thi Recorder held this to he fatal to the action.—Plaintiff nonsuited. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THAMES POLICE-OFFICE• —There will be in the recol lection of our readers, the detection and demolition of a base coin manufactory; in the Vauxhall-road, some few weeks ago, since which several parties, the proprietors of it, have been committed for trial. The Mint have, since that period, been unceasing in their exertions to trace out every channel through which the ma nufacturers have circulated the base coin, and yesterday a young woman with a fine infant in her arms, who gave her name Margaret raeor, was brought before Wm. BRODRIP, Esq.,the sitting Magistrate, charged with uttering several base shillings, which were manufactured in the Vauxhall establishment. Priscilla Blindell, is the wife of Thomas Blindell, and her hus band keeps a baker's shop, in Cross-street, Newington-cross, and on the I ith of Ja nuary l as t t h e p r i soner at the bar came to her shop, and, purchas e d a sma ll l oa f, an d in payment for which she gave a shilling, at the same time receiving the change. After she had left the' shop, she discovered that the shilling was a base one. Shy then marked it, and ?ut it wide from other money, after DIED. - On the 23d inst., at Newton, near Wisbeach, the Rev. Wm. Alair, in the 52d year of his age. Oa the 24th inst., in the 42d year of her age, Mary Ann, wife of Mr. F. L. Loden, Hanover-house .Estahlishmcnt, Yen-. nington-common. On the 24th inst. in Connaught-square, Lieut.-Colonel Rad: clyffe, Major of Brigade to the Cavalry in Great Britain, aged 53. This distinguished Officer served in all the campaigns of the late . revolutionary war, commencing .with the Duke of York's, in Flanders, in 1793, and_ ending with .the sanguinary battle of Waterloo. There he received, a severe wound from a musket ball, which lodged itais knee, the constant pain and irritation of which (as it could not be extracted) has thus prematurely de, stroyed his valuable life. His Lieut.-Coloneley took its date from that fatal day. He was presant at the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, the . blocliade of • Pampeluna, and the attack of Bayonne, besides numerous engagements of minor note. He was Major of Brigade during the campains in Spain to the battle of Toulouse inclusive; after which he was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General to the Cavalry, and accompanied it as such through France .to England. So entirely tvas . his mi n d de voted to his profession, that almost the last words he spoke (only two built before his' death),' in answer to a question from his Physicians as't o h ow h e f e l t, were, " I am re t rea ti ng, retreating ; L cannot advance." H e was a most scientific and dexterous swordsman, a skilful Officer, and able tactician. Wit ness : a small work whi c h h e . p r i n t e d • on those subjects. H e was a sin cere(lo:eo(, 1 andmmoasnt sincerely - Herrne friend,enetreliiyv e and grievously .gmosta conscientiousrie highlyvou sl3a , d lamented.Ch universallyr respected, ist and brave and g a and Ptintad and Published by AL YOUNG, at the SuN-Orrisz, - Rio. 11% STRAND. which she gave information to the police; she was,.eransequiptlr told to watch the prisoner, and not to take any ni:lice,pf.*,..loxt give her what she wanted. The prisoner came subsequently on the Ist, the 3d, and sth of this month, and every time she pur chased a small quantity of bread, giving a shilling, and receiving the difference. However, on the 12th she came again; and again purchased a small quantity of bread, tendering a shilling in pay ment. The officers being in attendance, she was taken into custody. James Foy took the prisoner into custody, and found on her person two counterfeit shillings, now produced, also 21b. of beef- steaks. He asked her where she lived ; she said in. Water-lane, Blackfriars. He, accordingly, in company with. Mr. Mitchell, one of the chief surveyors, went and searched_ her apartment, and there found concealed behind a looking-glase in the room, four bad shillings, now produced. This statement was confirmed by Fauty and Mitchell, other officers of the establishment. Mr. Field, from the Mint, now examined the shillings, and said they were counterfeit, and made front the Vauxhall die. Mr. BRODRIP asked were they well executed? Mr. Field said that the die was most exquisitely cut ; it was nearly as good as the genuine die of the Mint. Mr. Baonare observed, that the shillings seemed to be greatly rubbed down, and the counterfeit appeared too plain. Mr. Field, on a further examination of them, said, that they were only the cast shillings, and not the ones which used to be circulated, as the counterfeits which were in circulation were most admirably rubbed down so as to give them the appearance of being for a considerable time current ; indeed, one of the. most difficult processes which they had to undergo was that of rubbing down, which they did to au extraordinary degree of perfection. The only spurious coin which are now in circulation are the casts ; the manufacturers never circulated such as these now produced. Mr. BRODERIP asked the prisoner what she had to say in her defence. The unfortunate young woman made no Answer, but wept bitterly. She was fully committed for trial. During the time of her examination, her unconscious infant was playing with the riband of her unfortunate mother's cap. UNION-HALL.—On Saturday a .man .named Joseph Sim mons, recently hostler at the Talbot-inn• in the Borough, was brought up to this office in the custody of Reeve, the Marshalman, before the sitting Magistrate, R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq., charged with having collimated a highway robbery. The prisoner, who declined saying any thing until before a jury, was committed for trial. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 9id. for the 41b. Loaf--There are others who sell from a halfpenny to two pence halfpenny below that price. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brown SW. ea. .......—.•Refined .133 0 Linseed Oil - 19 0 14 0 0 di: Cake, [e 4 the Mill, per thouftnd ton •WWWP0W•,••••••.•.,...,.._ ' WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET:;—Feb. 24. 759. Od. to 105 s. Od. Od. to 369. Oa. Clover . 90s. Od. to 1265. Od. PRICES OF d. d. 20 to 21 22 to 23 131 to 15 15 to 17 14 to 15j 15i to 17i i 171 to 19,4 Per lb_ 8utt5,5,.......50 to to Dressing Hides Fine Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 t0:401b.. Ditto 45 to Ditto LEATHER. Per lb. Tanned Horse Spanish Per dozen. - d. d 13 to 15 14 to 20 Calf Skim...—. 36 to 401 b. Ditto —..__. 50 to 701 b. Ditto 70 to 801 b. Small Seals, Greenland... 16 to 24 23 to 27 21 to 23 18 to 20 RAW HIDES. Per Stone. 5. d. R. d. Per Stone. R. d. s. d. Best Heifers and Steers 210 to 3:2 Ordinary Middlings ~................... 24 to 2 .0 Market Calf '7 0 each. ________________ SPIES SKINS. Downs 3s. Oil. to 3s. Cid. I .1.4amb5.,A5.,0(1. to Os. 00. I Palled:— 4s. Od. to ss. 6d. COAL MARKET.—.Feb. 26. • s. d. . s. d. a. d. Adair& _ _ 32 0 Shipcote----..... 30 6 Tanfield Trader— 31 0 Beaumont-- 30 6 Tanfield M00r...;,. 31 6 .Lambton &math.... 19 6 Burdon 33 0 Townley...---,—. 31 - 0 Nesham-Main —...., 33 0 Felling.Maln "...- 28.0 Wy1am.....,,.......—.. 3/ 6 , Walls-aid HettOn 37 0 Hebburn Maim—, 34 .0 •Walls End Bell & W. E. Lambton.. 36 6 IldwOrth Prinirose3l. 6 Robson —34 6 'VV. L. London- Killingworth .....34 3W. E. Riddell's —36 6 derty-,..- - 26 6 Liddell's Main'„.... 28 6 W.. E; Walker..., 34 6 Waits - End - Lyons 34 0 Ord's Redhugh ..., 29 0 W. E. Stewart's., 36 6 Ships at Market, 54—V,hips sold, 254—Unsold, 2814. SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. j Barley. Oats. Beans. ' Pease. Oatmerd. ... . . • Aberdeen —.— 213. 30 26 30 --.— ••••• 46 51 Berwick.,:—. 39 41 27 28 25 SO " -- 38 40 . '5O SO Coldstream 38 40 26 - 28 27 '29 " --- . ' .." . Se Cupar .........26 89 25 28 Dumfries —7O 79 4'6 50 40 46 , _ ... Dundee...., 28 30 26 28 25 80 24 25 24 96 _ 29 Falkirk ...... 97 28 31 -33 94 30 29 • 31 ' 31 66 48 Kelso 38 41 24 28 26 30 _. 38 40 Kirkaldy..... 95 30 " 2 7' 29 27 28 .... Perth 27 29 26 " 28 25 28 26 27 25 97 --,. At Dumfries the price is given per B us h e l. Th e ot h er price, above ara par 8011, except Oatmeal, which is per Sack of 2301124. IRISH MAR DUBLIN MARKET NOI ETS. .--FRIDAY, Feb. £3. Fr oul To 28 0 34 0 17 U 18 0 19 0 21 0 15 0 19 0 9 0 27 0 16 0 23 0 1;745 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 20 Bere 16 stone 'r.,. 200 Barley ---------- 16 stone 2,089 Oats lI stone 10,924 Cwt. 9 stone ---. 5'71 Oatmeal -- 11 atone .„,„.„. Sold to Bakers only. 8,922 Cwt. Flour Average price of Wheat and Flour 455. Q ,/ - ,-.,,,,,.Mfr0m 2 Receipts of Flour, Firsts, - from 1 sales of Do. 10,924 Seconds,minis. from PRICE OF DREAD. Quartern Loaf, 41b. soz. I Half-quartern. Wheat, per bane 20 stone, P. 31 C 17 ES 20 15 104 0 0 10 11 127 0 1 d. per sack. ?tic Oct. to 150. Od. to 1 9s. Ocl. to 1 17 8% Loaf, 21b. re. Od. Ifl4. 0.1. los. ..4hd. teat, Earley. • Oats. 1 ' Flour, A per, cwt. )arrel. per barrel per barrel t, tone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist: 2d. 3d. -............_, --......... ...--_,,,,„ a s.d. s.d. as.d. s.d. as.d. s.d. asd. s. d. acct s . s.d. as. d. : a - 2 2! 0 3 1 11 1 ( 1 8 0 81 . 0 j 17 90 4 g 11 1 4 g 9 .. . . .:_t i l ! 9 g 1.2 1 2 0 0 0 . . ___o. o og 2 1 o lg 00 1_ 1:1 - 1 0 7 6 0(61 170- 8 8 0 ..... 0 1 1 00 9 00 0 -28 6 15 6.-18 6 14 0-15 6 166-17 6 130-15 0 110-126 -305 18 6-19 0 15 2-15 9 170-176 146.-150 106.-110 -27 6 17 4- 0 0 14 0-15 21200.- 00180- 00 190•- 00 -30 0 16 0-18 0114 0-.160 00- 00 IT 0- 00 00- 00 -00 00- 00 00-.00200-,-00 00-.00 00-00 _ 4, M utton,` Pork, . Butter ' ..... s. d o000 . 17: s 66 d 0000 . 6:6.... 5. d () 517 es. d i . : .....46.7 g, d eo: . lb. per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. : . t . . -0- —...._. .. --..—. ............... -.... 25: 0 0 20 0 64 0 70 0 6(10 50 0 •. (1 1 . c o l. 1 g. g. lg. 2 i i d 0 ..........a 1 o - 5 0 - 5 - 0 3 -.4 . 0 -0 MO.- 0080076072 ... 0-0 . 4 - 5 0 --O n 0-23 0 1 84 076062052 0 40 0 00- 0-0, 0-.0-0 ---- - ------- - T MINING INTELL IGE N C E. Tons. Cwt. !e p (s)°si er :4 or -1--- e 9 : o s ld : at : Ft gg edr =26l2 l : l - 1 -28 t 0 T 0g b 499 r t sday c.d. a s.d. Cork 25 6-28 6 Limerick 26 8—.27 Waterford 26 0-28 6 Belfast-- 28 1-20 0 Cloninel 30 0-305 Tralee 25 6-27 6 Carlow 29 0-30 Q Galway 0 0-- 0 0 Beef, per lb. ‘l. a d. Cork -- 0 0 Limerick— 3/ Waterford 0 0 Belfast 31 Clonmel 3 Tralee 3 Carlow—.4 —5 Galway— 0 —0 Quantity of Copi. Average Produce.. Quantity of fine C< Amount of Sale, lls. Od.—ANerage Stsnd £lO5 Cwt, ,383 0 8 0 180 6 oJ. BIRTH. On the 23d inst., in Montagu -place, .Bryanstone-square, the lady of Edward SOuthwell Ward, of Castle Ward, Esq., of a on and heir. MARRIED. 'On the 24th inst., at Mil'brook, Hants, by the Rev. William Phillips, Joseph Hayne, Esq., of Haddon, in the island of Ja maica, to Frances Jane, daughter of Wm. Carter, of Mill brook.