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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Amongst the many impediments thrown in the way of an intimate acquaintance with our abstruse and obscure laws, may be ranked us a principal obstacle the enormous price of law books, which increase in proportion to the de crease of the price of works on other subjects,— and the Present cheapness of printing, paper, &c. This.is a peculiar hardship to the modern Lawyer. 'The evil is twofold :•- iu the first place, he is obliged to purchase at an immense sum the latest works and authorities, i❑ order to compete with the quirk and quibble department; and secondly, having. so done,—far from such works being valu able property to him, and available for the pur poses of sale,--Ahe booksellers, by a very inge- nious contrivance, knock up a new edition, quick on the heels of the former, which instantly be comes valueless, and is refused by them either for sale or exchange. " A case of this kind I will state for the Wm-- ,mation of your Professional Readers :—Wishing to exchange an edition of Barton's Element's of Conveyancing, for a more modern work, I was informed by an eminent Law Bookseller it could ~►ot be received in exchange, because a new edi tion had appeared--formed precisely of the same materials, but in five volumes only instead of six. I am, Sir, Your obedient humble servant, City, Nov. 17, 1823. T. L. LOANS • CONTRACTED FOR BY SOUTH AMERICA WIT ENGLAND. • STATE. g Contractors. Brazil . . . 18241,200,000 sprct 75 Thomas Wilson & Co. Ditto . . 1825.2,000,000 85 Rothschil'ls. Buenos Ayres 1824 1,000,000 r; pr ct 85 13arings. Chili . . . 18221,000,00& _ 70 Hulletts. Colombia . . 1822 2,000,000 ' 4 Herring,Grabam, & Co. Ditto . . . 1824 4,750,006 Goldschmidts. Ouatimala . 1825 1,428,571 73 J. and' A. Powles. -.Mexico . . 1824 3,200,006 sprct 511 Goldschmidts. Ditto. . . . 1826 3,200,000 iprct Barclay, Herring, &Co. Peru . . . 1822 i. 450,000 8 Frys and Chapman. Ditto . . . 13`24. 750,000 82 Ditto. Ditto . . . 1 1825 1 616,000 78 Ditto. £21,594,571 _ALTERATION OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, 'The Chief Magistrate of a considerable ,town -in Buckinghamshire, having been frequently ap plied to by the townspeople, and others attend ing the market, for a concise and clear explana tion of the effect to. be produced by the Acts of 'Parliament for ascertaining and establishing uni formity of weights and measures, has circulated among them the following analysis, which we publish for general information : By the .sth Geo. IV., chap. 75, and the 6th Geo. IV., chap. 12, it is enacted, That from and after the Ist of January, 1826, . all contracts for goods and merchandize that are sold or deli vered by weight or measure, shall be deemed and construed to be made according to the standards established by these acts, unless a special agreement is made to the contrary; and in all cases where any special agreement shall be made with reference to any weight or measure established by local custom, the rate or proportion that such weights and measures shall bear to the -.standards now established shallbe expressed, or such agreement shall be null and void. Persons are at liberty to use the weights and measures in their possession, if the ,ratio or pro portion they bear to the new standards is painted or marked upon them ; but makers of weights and measures- are not per -mitted to make any weights or measures after the Ist of Ja nuary next, except in conformity with the standards now to be :established. All the powers and regulations contained in the various former acts, authorizing the searching for, seizing, and destroying of weights and measures not conformable to the standards, are, with the penalties and forfeitures, declared to apply to standards established by these acts. The standard of weight is the pound troy, of 5,760 grains, and the avoirdupois pound is declared to contain 7,000 of such grains. The Legislature has therefore made no alterations in the weights ; but an alteration, to the extent of about 1 grain in the avoirdupois pound. has become necessary, from some sup posed inaccuracy in the old standards kept in the Exchequer. The measures for length and superficies are not altered. 'The standard measures of capacity, as well for liquids as dry goods, are all founded on the imperial gallon, established by these acts, and directed to contain 101 b. avoirdupois of distilled water, at 62 degrees of heat, the barometer being at 30 inches ; the'same being in bulk equal to 277.274 cubic inches ; and all other measures are to be taken in parts or multiples of the said gallon. The quart to be 1-4th part of the gallon, and to contain 69.3185 cubic inches or 241 b. of water. The pint to be 1-Bth part of the gallon, and to contain 34.65925 cubic inches, or 141 b. of water. • Two gallons to be a peck, and to contain 55 , 1 . .548 cubic inches; or 218 b; of water. Eight gallons to be a bushel, and to contain 2218.192 cubic inches, or 801 b. of water. *Eight bushels to be a quarter of corn, or other dry goods. No particular form or proportion is directed for the bushel or other measures used for corn or other goods, usually sold by strike measure. The strike is directed to be round, straight, .and of the same diameter from end to end. The standard for coals, lime, fruit, and other goods, com monly sold by heaped measure, is the aforesaid bushel, to be made round, (zee must presume cylindrical,) with a plain and even bottom, and 19 inches diameter from outside to outside ; and when used, to belleaped in the form of a cone ; such cone 'to be of the height of at least six inches, the outside of the bushel being the extremity of the base of such cone, and, including the cone, it will contain 2815.4387 cubic inches; which gives 597.2967 cubic inches, being 26 and 12-13 dis per cent., or 2 and 2-13ths of a gallon above the corn bushel, for the contents of the cone. .; All other measures used for coals and other goods sold by heaped measure, are to be made cylindrical; with the diameter at the least double the depth thereof, and the height of the cone 3.fourths the depth of the measure. The proportion that the new imperial measure of capacity bears to the various old measures is as follows : 1-31.73, say a 32d part, or Nth per cent. (being one quart in a bushel) larger than the corn bushel. 1-4.992, say a sth part, or 20 per cent. larger than the wine measure. 1-59.67, say a 60th part, or 1 and 2-3ds per cent. smaller than the beer measure, which difference is equal to little more than one cubic inch in a quart. _ _ The difference front the old coal measure will be very trifling, it being only 3-sths of a pint larger in a chaldron. A further alteration is made, by inference from the declared proportions of the weight and cubical contents of the imperial gallon, which is interesting to scientific men, viz. that the specific gravity of water, hitherto established at 1000 ounces per cubic foot, is now calculated at the rate of 997,1364 ounces per foot. Magistrates are directed to procure, by the Ist November next, models of the standards for their respective districts,towns, kc. properly compared and verified at the Exchequer, the ex pence of which is to be paid out of the county rate : and it ap \pears that the cost of the standards and indenture of correctness ,will be nearly 1001. The malt duty will be raised very nearly 4 per cent. by the _Act 6th Geo. IV. chap. 58, which was passed to adjust the ,aroount of duties to the new standard of measure. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY—(This DAY.) PRACTICE OF TIIE COURT. Mr. iloitNE begged to iliention the case of Beaver v. Rhodes, i►► which he, understood his Lordship had been applied to relative to the handing out of certain papers. On the part of his clients, who were most respectable gentlemen, he begged to state that no undue advantage had been taken, and, in fact, that all that had been asked by him (Mr. Horne) was, that the bill and petition might be handed down, which had been granted. The LORD CHANCELLOR said, he had received a paper certainly, but he was convinced tl►e only proper course to be pursued was, never to grant one party to take out papers in the absence of the other, and he was determined never to allow it to be done. It was open to both parties to apply, and if they both vi ere present lie would order the papers to be given out, but not other wise. - COURT OF KING'S BENCH—(Tats DAY.) THE STAFFORD PEERAGE. THE KING v..T.ts. S. S. COOKE. The Defendant pteesented himself one the floor of the Court this morning, wrapped up in a thick great coat, wearing gouty slippers, and supported with a crutch in his hand, and had every appear ance of severe illness. On the sitting of the Court, Mr. Cooke (the defendant) rose and addressed their Lordships, stating that-he had made a pain ful effort, in consequence of what passed yester day, to receive judgment, in order to exonerate his bail. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—YOU come up to-day knowing we have other more urgent business be fore us, and therefore cannot proceed to your judgment this day. The defendant explained .that he was informed it would be postponed AM this day, in conse quence of his being unable to . come up yesterday. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—You may wait, or if you choose go home for to-day. The defendant hereupon bowed to the Court, and retired. [PROCEEDINGS OF YESTERDAY.] COURT OF CHANCERY, Noi. 17. POWELL v. MOUCHAT. The LORD CHANCELLOR said in this case, which is 'an ap peal from a decision in the Court of Delegates upon the effect of a legacy to an illegitimate child, which appeal is referable by the immediate commands of the Crown to the Lord Bleb Chancellor, that he had received such comniands from his . Ma jesty, and that he would fix an early day for the hearing. EX-PARTE GRIMSTEAD IN RE HOWARD AND GIBBS. BANKRUPTS. Mr. MONTAGUE said, that he was to have moved the Court by it own direction for leave to obtain certain books and papers belonging to the estate, which were required for the conduct of the new trial granted by the Court this morning. He found that his learned friends were not yet ready for the motion. He did not wish to be he ar d i n argument ' s en it, and if the other side would consent to it, h e wou ld h am s ' up the petition to his Lordship, and wait for the order of the Court upon it. Mr. BORNE said, he must object to that course, being well aware that his learned friend was equally eloquent with his pen as with his tongue. He would be ready to meet the motion in a day or two. OLASSIXGTON v. TIIWAITES.--HORNII4G HERALD NEWS PAPER. Mr. AGAR, for the defendant, was aiiaioos to remove the impression of some statements made t lay Mr. Glassington on Saturday, which, by having found their way intolbe news papers, had produced a roost.improper effect upon the character of his client. ' The LORD CHANCELLOR renewed his observations upon the consequences of publishing what is going on, and not con cluded, in courts of justice. He was ready:to do every thing in his power for the suitors to prevent them from suffering injury to their , characters by printed publications, but .the injury done to them by newspaper publications be could not remedy. He could only repeat that which he had Wore said, thatwhen hdltirst entered Westminster-hall, there was not u lawyer who walked that floor who would say that the proceedings in any kind of trial might be printed before the case was brought to a conclusion. That he pronounced to be the state Of the law when he entered the profession. How it came to be altered he could not say : he really did not know how tile change of the law on this point had been brought about, nor by whom it had been brought about. Whether the publication of such extracts 1 as were put forth froin causes in course of hearing and before decision could tend to diffuse a knowledge of the laws generally, must be judged of by others, for he never read them at all. Mr. AGAR ridiculed the idea of any such usefulness in the labours of those publishers of ex -park extracts, when their whole sheet of paper could not contain perhaps as much matter as was talked or spoken by one of the Counsel in the cause.— He then went on to the subject upon which he had to address the Court. He described the proceedings as they now stood, and the immediate object for which the parties were contending. The plaintiff had filed a bill for an account, which was met by a sufficient answer, to which there was a replication entered.— He then moved for leave to take the replication off' the file and to amend his bill, which was granted by the Vice-Chancellor. Meantime defendant filed a cross-bill for an account. Plaintiff then filed his amended bill, which not only prayed for an ac count, but also to make void the sale of certain shares which had been disposed of as being contrary to the alleged articles of partnership. Both bills remain unanswered, and defendant claimed precedenee in the right of having his bill ansu ered first. Mr. ROIiPELL gave a totally different version of the case on behalf of the plaintiff, whe claimed to have his bill answe re d first. He admitted th a t t h e y h a d f or a', certain time lost the claim of priority. But on obtaining leave to amend their bill, the Court, as matter of favour, gave, unasked, to the de fendant, six weeks to put in the answer. Defendant did not put in his answer, and the use which he made of that time was to file his cross-bill. Upon the whole the Court must see that Mr. Glassington was entitled to have his bill, which was in reality in the same situation as the original bill, an swered first. The Loan CHANCELLOR said, that if the parties would take his advice, they would leave off troubling the Court with these motions for priority. He would Ore them till to-morrow morning to consider whether they would not do better by agree ing to put in their answers both together. After a momentary consultation between the parties, it was agreed that both answers should be put in together, and the case is to be argued on Monday next. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Nov. 17. There was NO causes of any public interest among those which came on to be heard to-day. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Nov. 17. THE MARQITIS OF HERTFORD V. THE HON. AUGUSTUS STANHOPE. (Further Particulars.) At the sitting of the Court the Marquis of Hertford took a seat on the bench. , The ATTORNEY-GE N E RAL moved, on tne part of the Noble Marquis, to exhibit articles of the peace against the Hon. Augustus Stanhope. ' The Articles were then read by Mr. DEALTRY. They were as follows._ " The exhibitant on his oath saith, that in the year 1816, he had received information that this exhibitant's son, then _commonly called Lord Beauchamp, a youth of the age of 16 years, had been invited to the military quarters 'i)f the said Au gustus Stanhope, then a Lieutenant in his Majesty's 12th Light Dragoons quartered at Paris, and had been by the said Augustus Stanhope and another person induced to play at cards, and had been by them made to give promissory notes to the amount of 16,0001. or thereabouts, as his supposed los ings in a few hours' play. That, in consequence of this in formation, he, this exhibitant, did make application to the Commander-in-Chief, that his Royal Highness should be pleased to order an investigation to be had into the said trans. action. That a Court-martial was accordingly held, as this deponent is informed and verily believes, at Cambray, cn or about the 22d day of September, in the said year 1816, upon the said Augustus Stanhope, who was there charged with behaving in a sc a nd a lo us an d infamous manner, such as was unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman, in conspiring with a certain other person to' draw in and seduce ,Lord Beauchamp to same and May with them, for the purpose of gain and advantage, and in pursuance of such conspiracy, playing witb the said Lord Beauchamp at a certain game of chance, withcards, claiming of him for losses at the said game 8,0001. andarpwards, and 7,000 L and upwards, the said Lord BesuchaMP being at that time about 16 years of age, ignorant of, and unused to play, ond affected by the wine he had' been prevailed' upon .to take by the said . parties,' upon which said charge the sal Augustus Stanhope was found guilty, and sen tenced to he tr.schareeil his 31ajesty's service, which said sentence was afterwards, as exhibitant believes, duly confirmed and carried into effect. " And this exhibitant further saith, he believes that in con sequence of the said co u rt- mart i a l, a nd of its having taken place on the representation of this exhibitant as aforesaid, the said Augustus Stanhope bath conceived great rancour and hatted against this exhibitant. " And this exhibitant further saith, that for the space of eight years, or thereabouts, after the sentence of the said coutt-martial, this exhibitant had no communication whatso ev, r, either directly or indirectly, with the said Augustus Stanhope. But this exhibitant saith, that after the death of the late Marquis of Ilertfbrd, and the succession of this exhibitant to the title and estates, namely, on the 22d day of July, 1824, this exhibitant was personally insulted, while riding in Hyde Park, by a person whom he did not then even know by sight, but whom he afterwards found to be the said Augustus Stan hope ; whereupon this exhibitant, on advice and recommenda tion of his friends, applied to Sir Richard Birnie, the chief police magistrate at Bow street, to take such proceedings as were necessary to protect this exhibitant against the violence or insults of the said Augustus Stanhope; when, upon the said Augustus Stanhope giving his word of honour to the said chief magistrate, and positively assuring his father, the Earl of Harrington, that the conduct complained of should not be re peated, as appears by a letter from the said chief magistrate to this exhibitant, and also by a letter from the said Earl to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, now in this exhibitant's pos session, etis exhibitant was prevailed upon to take no further proceedings on that occasion: " And this exhibitant further saith, that notwithstanding such eng :gement to the chief ntegistrate, and such promise to his father, the said Earl of Harrington, the said Augustus 'Stanhope did, after an interval of some months, renew his molestatims against this exhibitant in the public streets, pur posely to insult and irritate this exhibitant ns he verily believes. " And this exhibitant further saith, that on the 20th day of ^ August last, this exhibitant was in his carriage in Grosvenor square, when the said Augustus Stanhope being on horseback, rode up to the exhibitant's carriage, anti put his stick into the aide witniow of the said carriage, and struck the same against the front glass wind o w th ereo f in a manner calculated, and as this exbibitant verily believes, intended to insult, menace, and provoke this exhibitant to a breach of the peace. " Anti this exhibitant further saith, that in consequence of this conduct of the said Augustus Stanhope, this exhibitant again applied to the said Sir Richard Birnie to obtain the pro tection of the law, and was afterwards informed by the said Sir Richard Birnie, and which informatitrn this exhibitant believes to be true,, that the said Augustus Stanhope had, in conse quence of notice front the said Sir Richard, called on him, and declared that he would use every means of annoyance short of actual assault, for the purpose of wringing this exhibitant's feel. inks, if he had any, until this exhibitant should either, by his politic ii iefluence, obtain his the said Augustus Stanhope's restoration to rank in the army, or obtain a place, office, or employment of a certain named amount or value, or pay him a sum of money ; and the said Augustus Stanhope further stated that he should not extend his annoyance beyond gestures and whispers during his father's life : that he had taken advice, and thought he had not in these acts of molestation, employed to obtain some one or other of the objects before-mentioned, passed the line within which he thought himself sate. And this exhibitant further saith, that he cloth verily be lieve that the said A ugus t us Stanhope hath acted, and still con tinues and intends to act on a premeditated plan to insult, dis quiet, and annoy this exhibitant, for the purpose of intimidat mg or alarming him into some payment, exertion of influence, compromise, or of irritating and provoking him to commit a breach of the peace. " And this exhibitant on his oath also'saith, that he doth not make this complaint against the said Augustus Stanhope through any hatred, malice, or ill-will,which he bath or beareth towards him, but merely for the preservation of himself from bodily harm, violence, and insult, he (this exhibitant) not now having, nor ever having had, any personal acquaintance with, or k towledge of, the said Augustus Stanhope, nor any differ ence, nor cause of difference, with the said Augustus Stanhope, other than the represent a ti on ma d e b y t hi s ex hibi tant, as be fore-mentioned, to the Commander-in-Chief, in the year 1816, and which this exhibitant thought himself bound by his duty to make." When the of f icer had finished reading the articles, the Noble Marquis rose, and was sworn to the truth of the articles, and to the motives which had been stated in their conclusion. The Judges consulted for some minutes, and looked over the articles, after which The Loan Clime. JUSTICE, addressing the Attorney- General, asked it' he knew any instance in which the Court had required a party to give sureties on an apprehension founded in part on the information of another, who made 1,0 affidavit, and for whose forbearing to make affidavit no reason was given ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said lie did not, in this case, rely merely on the information derived from Sir R. Birnie. He begged to advert to the acts of Mr. Stanhope; his unprovoked attack on the Marquis in the Park last year, and the repetition of that attack in August. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE—Brit there is a considerable interval between the attack in August and the present time: The ATTORNEY GENERAL—Yes, my Lord, but the Mar quis of Hertford has been absent from :London ; and your Lordship knows he could not apply to the Court before the com mencement of the term. The LORD':CHIEF JUSTICE.—I am perfectly aware of that ; no delay cou1:1 be imputed ; still the Court may con s der the lapse of time in reference to the necessity for their interference. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL.—The Noble Marquis swears that he now apprehends a repetition of the insults to which he had been 'subjected. Mr. Justice BAY LET.—Yes ; but he founds that apprehen- - sion partly on the information he has received from Sir R: Birnie. I s`tottld think there can be no difficulty in applying to Sir Ric lard Birnie e if he consents to make affidavit, the Court my Act on his deposition; if he reftises, then they will see the gro ind of his refusal, or at least understand that the attempt has been made. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE.—I think it will be more satis-' factory to the administration of justice,. thiit in this case, we should either have the affidavit of Si r R. Bi rn i e , or the fact that he has been requested to make one, and'has declined. Mr. Justice BAY cEr.-,You see you rest your - apprehension of the future conduct of the individualegainst whom you move, partly on the information derived &mil the Magistrate ; if you had rested it simply on the acts of Mr. Stanhope, the Court could judge of them TheAi : TonNET-Giu:NERAL.If the Court thinks it will be more satisfactory . „, I will direct the application to be made; and your Lrirdsings.will allow_me to mention the case again. The - LortD Cum , JUSTICE.-0 certainly, before we rise to-day, if you. can obtain an answer. The ATTORN - EY-GENERAL —Then I shall probably be able to renew my applicationin the course of the morning. The Noble Marquis then lefrthe Court: At three o'clock the ATTORNEY-GENERAL renewed his application, that the articles might be filed, stating, that he was now funished with the affidavit of Sir It. Birnie, who en tirely supported the statement of the Marquis of Hertford. The affidavit of Sir R. Birnie was then read. It stated that in consequence of a complaint made to him by the Marquis of Hertford, earl insult offered to him its Hyde-park, he, in July, 1824, saw tie Hon. Augustus Stanhope, and remonstrated with him on the line of cond uct he had adopted. On that occasion, Mr. Stanhope said, " Sir, I have given my . promise to my fa ther that I will not again molest the Marquis of Hertford, and I consider that promise as more binding than any bail ou can require." With t h a t assurance t h e M arq ui s was satisfied; but in August last, another complaint was made against Mr. Stan , hope for striking his stick against the carriage window of the Marquis of Hertford in Grosvenor-square. Upon this Sir H. Birnie again SAW Mr. Stanhope, who then expressed hi s d eter . mination to annoy the M arqu i s by every means short of actual assault, until he procured his restoration to his rank in the army, or paid him a sum of money ; and added, that he had taken ad vice as to how far he might go without being liable to the visi tation of the law. And afterwards Mr:Stanhope said he be lieved he had clone nothing to subject hitnself to magisterial in terferene; nor would he go further while his father lived ; but that he would not refrain from annoying Lord Hertford by such means as he could use short of assault, unless he would procure him a place in the Customs or Excise of 300/. or 4001. a-year, or give him a sum of money. These expressions were communicated by Sir It. Birnie to the Marquis of Hertford. The COURT immediately intimated that this affidavit was sufficient, and admitted the articles. THE KING V. JAMES STAMP SUTTON COOKE. Mr. TAUNTON prayed for the judgment of the Court on this defendent, who was convicted at the Spring Assizes, 1824, of a conspiracy, and who hat hitherto postponed the judgment of the Court on affidavits of illness. _ _ Mr. CAMPBELL, begged again for the indulgence of the Court, as this gentleman was yesterday - taken dangerously ill. This announcement produced a general - smile . in Court. The Learned Counsel produced four affidavits to support the allegation of illness ; but in three, the deponents gave no ad. dition ; and neither of them professed' to be the medical at tendant of Mr. Cooke, though it was stated in one of them that lie had been attended by a surgeon. It was sworn that Mr. Cooke was in attendance on Monday, pursuant to notice, but judgment was not then given. Mr. TAUNTON said, that Mr. Cooke had applied to him on Monday to knelt whether the case was likely to be heard, and, on his.replying in the negative, and informing him that he might go home, he solemnly promised to attend to-day. If he conscientiously believed these statements ofillness, he would not press for judgment ; but entertaining very serious doubts of their truth, he was bound to play that the recognizances might be entreated. 111 r. CAMPBELL urged that the affidavits on the part of the defendant had never been answered, although the prosecutor had the full means of inquiry, and that it had been sworn Mr. Cooke was liable to the sudden attacks o - f a complaint which was both dangerous and painful. The Loan CHIEF JUSTICE, adverting to the circumstance that three of the affidavits contained no addition of the parties swearing them, though in one an addition had been erased, and to the absence of any affidavit of a medical practitioner, said the Court could only, at present, allow the case to stand over for one day, in order to give opportunity for the production of the affidavit of a medical man as to the defendant's health.—The case, therefore, stood over. THE KING V. DUDMAN. Mr. GURNEY moved for the. judgment of the Court on the defendant, who was convicted at the last Sussex Assizes of wil ful and corrupt perjury. The perjury was assigned on an affi davit made to support a petition of the defendant, respecting a commission of bankruptcy awarded against him. After the indictment had been read, and the documents to which it refers, the COURT expressed doubts whether there were not objections to both the counts. As to the first, they doubted whether the allegation that the affidavit was material " in the said bankruptcy" was sufficient to found the authori ty of the Master Extraordinary before whom it was sworn; and as to the second, whether there was not a variance between the petition as set out and proved, which altered the import of the assignments of perjury. As the defendant had no Coun sel, the Couar requested Mr. Adolphus, who was present at the trial, to allow himself to be assigned as counsel for him, to argue these points on Thursday next. Mr. ADOLPHUS expressed his readiness to undertake the duty proposed by the Court. The defendant was committed to the custody of the Marshal till Thursday, when the argument is to be heard. TILE KING v. ISRYANT AND ANOTHER. This was a rule obtained by Mr. Brougham, calling on the proprietor and publisher of a newspaper, called Comnion Sense, or the Weekly Globe, to show cause why a criminal informa tion should not be exhibited against them for a libel on Colonel Berkeley. The libel consisted of the paragraph which has appeared in most of the papers, stating that an unmanly ruffian had secreted himself in Miss Foote's chamber at Edinburgh, for an unworthy purpose, with this addition—" A private cor respondent informs us that this unmanly ruffian was Colonel Berkeley, in the disguise of a gentleman." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL now showed cause. One of the gentlemen, Mr. Bryant, swore that he knew nothing of the paragraph till it appeared in the paper. The other defendant stated, that the greater part of the paragraph was a mere copy from the daily papers. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.—And that, you know, is no excuse. Mr. BROUGHAM.—And in the part which is not copied the whole libel consists. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—The defendant swears that that addition was communicated in the usual way. The LORD CUIEF JUSTICE—And what is the usual way ? I suppose some one drops a letter into a box, and thence it is transferred to the paper. Mr. BROUGHAM—Yes ; from " A private correspondent." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I told these parties that their affidavits furnished no answer to the application ; but they were anxious that the exact position in which they stand should be represented to the Court. The. LORD CitrEr JUSTICE—They certainly furnish no answer whatever. The rule must be made absolute. The rule was accordingly made absolute. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 17. Three prisoners fbr debt were brought up from the Fleet pri son on their petitions, and discharged under the Insolvent Act. EX-PARTE MARY CRESWELL, AN INFANT. Mr. Sergeant WiLDE moved for a rule to shew cause why a Habeas Corpus should not issue to the mother of the infant, Mary Creswell, commanding her to bring the child into Court. The motion was made on the affidavit of the infant's testamentary guardian, which stated, that the infant was now five years, old, and was entitled under the will of her father, to some property. This property had been bequeathed to her mother for life, on condition that she did not again marry.— The lady, however, it appeared, did not think fit to keep the property on these conditions, 'and in consequence of her mar. riage, it devolved on her child, the subject of the present appli cation. It was alleged by the testamentary guardian that the child was much neglected by its mother, as regarded both her person and education ; and on these grounds he sought to get her, that she might he placed under proper care. The LORD CHIEF J USTICE remarked, that, as he under stood the property in this case was sm a ll, it wou ld b e b etter to , grant a rule to shew cause, in order to save the parties expence, though in strictness the Learned Counsel was entitled to the Habeas Corpus.—Rule to shew cause granted. The COURT rose early, and at one o'clock the Lord Chief .Justice went to the Guildhall, London, to hold sitting: at Nisi Pries. There were four causes entered for trial, but none of them possessed the slightest interest except to the parties engaged. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, .Nov. 17. The CouRT sat for a short time this morning to disp* of a few cases of no public interest, which remained over from yes terday's paper; and at its rising adjourned to Friday next, the 2. - )th instant. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 17.—At a Congregation on Wednesday last the following Degrees were conferred : DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.—The Rev. William Ward, of Caius College, prebendary of Salisbury (compounder.) BACHELORS IN DIVINITY.—Rev. Hastings Robinson,- Fellow of St. John's College ; Francis Gardner, St. John's College (compounder.); Daniel Jones, Emmanuel College. HONORARY MASTERS OF A nTs.—The Rev. Sir Augustus Brydges Henniker, Bart. Jesus College (compounder.); Henry Frampton, St. John's College; Thomas Tenison, Trinity College. MASTERS Or ARTS.—Henry Livius, Trinity College (com pounder.); Leonard Pickering, St. John's College. BACHELORS IN CIVIL LAW.—The Rev. IVilliam Hawks, Trinity Hall, rector of Gateshead Fell, Durham ; the Rev. Robert Hole, Trinity College ; T. B. Mynors Baskerville, Esq. Trinity Hall (compounder.) BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Andrew Anderson, Trinity Col lege; Carteret John William. Ellis, Trinity College; Charles Currey, Trinity College; William Ralph Richards, St. John's College; Charles Dilnott Hill, St. Peter's College; Thomas Pytches, Caius College (compounder,) • Edward Pattison, Queen's College ; James Carver, Jesus allege ; Henry White, Downing College. At the above Congregation, the Rev. J. C. Hare, M.A. Fel low of . Trinity College, was appointed an Examiner for the Classical Tripos, in the room of Professor Scholefield. 'File first meeting of the Cambridge Philosophical Society was held on Monday last, and was numerously attended. A paper was read by Mr. Rothman, Fellow of Trinity College, on the disconlance between obserVed magnetic intensities, par , ticularly in. considerable latitudes, and the results given by' Horsteen's thrmula, which some au thor s h ave cons id ere d as generally coinciding or nearly so with observations: A paper was also read by Mr. Airy, on the connection between impact and pressure, and the explanation of their effects upon the same principles. A portion also of a very interesting paper on the ornithology of Cambridgeshire was read by the Revrend Leonard Jenyns, of St. John's College, the remainder of which was deferred to the next meeting of the society. The Lord Bishop. of Lincoln's next ordination will be held at Buckden, on Sunday the 18th of December. The Rev. Edward Ventris, B. A. of St. Peter's College, was on the IGth inst. licensed. to the perpetual curacy of Stow cum Qui. in this county, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Hicks; Patron, the Lord Bishop of Ely. The Rev. William Walter Quartly, of Catharine Hall, has been instituted, by the Bishop of Bath and %Veils, to the vi carage of Keynsham, Somerset, void by the resignation of the Rev. C. R. Ashfield ; patron, the Duke of Buckingham. HAzAan and Co. Sold and Shared Four Prizes of R 25,000, and R 20,000 in the last Two Mouths.—Tuesday, Dec. 6th, Four Prizes of 830,000 with other Capitals must All be Drawn. By Act of Parliament all Lotteries in this Coun. try will speedily cease. HAZARD and Co. Sold in the last Year's Lotteries only, Five Prizes of 830,000, and £20,000, and in a recent Lottery All the 830,000 Prizes.—Royal Exchange Gate; 26, Cornhill; and 324, Oitford-street, (end of Regent-street), and by their Agents in a ll the principal Country Towns. FOtEIGN MAILS. Guernsey and Jersey Gotten burgh Holland France Flanders - - - pDt /' HUM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE (wit Morning, 50 minutes after 8. j Evening:, 17 m inute" TH E ►.`9 UN. SOLEM QUIS DICEIZE 7 ALSUM ,tIIOE LONDON , FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER ]B+ froe The remainder of the French Papers 0 Di day, part of which we received les terdill hisg express, arrived last n i g ht, but coot& n° 4 l ste d worth extracting. A l e tt er f ro m Legho rn ' - de al November 5, h owever , i n the JOio °` the Paris, announ ces th e arr i va l there r to Duke de B LACAS , th e French Arlib3sl'ad,:ture the Holy Se e , an d hi s su b seq uent clq ba t for Pisa. learn tpa ti the America! y sq t u h a e dr s o a n m , e w m hiC a h ils ' had we 4 Grecian seas, h as arr i ve d b e f ore T u nis, loll9 5 Sf tle to the Bey th a t h e must g i ve sPee" a pt iorie tion for th e d amage w hi c h hi s cru izers to several merchantmen of the Unit ed s , T t p a c te In case of a refusal, the Commodore u s—la that he would bombard Tunis. vet 67f , Five , At FRENCH FUNDS.—PAnis, No v. doseu i ,con 931. 10f.—Three per Cents. opened at 681. I , sc ' 90c.—Bank Stock, 2,120 f liente de NaP , el , p tI P net), 841.—Rente d'Eskinc, 10#f.—BoYa' 2.1" 1823, 49K—Exchange on Amion, one tnontm months, 241.80c.—(C'ours Azithentiguc.) Edo 4, Of A the 1 r 5 We have also this day receife.. - t ee fi tain s Thursday..• Vile intelligence. it •C° e x simply to Greece. We proceed .to.g i " e from it : The Eparch Drizzas left this for 111 icOSni,t-Ittit'reeSll'""rl;tll4ll;e4 twwheeetnletrhehemisicognoinaeostoanadrrattilgeertphsearidoiffteesr,enor th iv e l l s ic : bi ;t of t/le 1$ The last depredation sadvi fsu r ,os tw ita l i t i s n . e o d l . ong l l l, l .a w h i i t m h . cmesitfterodmhynothmeoimiaistai:ooufotchee ltahtitter.tbetbefOlie were still a c. .., ... 4 at Salons, and that they continued to pi e le Istill l r n a t a i l n l Two Gr e e v e p E i n rac l y ish on e sent n fri t ni i g re a l te y a fa n i d led hr . ig have yeilk e ry r i y avvr d eeass i_ oss re eeoll c s t ; i h o el n yas l fti A; ol; i ur t . l n i f o dr u oi t mn nt-tiffieee)t,siceasni rizaq,,owfiiietha:lo:.;ltl was resistan ce. nowe He had been within a few miles . 0 f I°l ;. °l l" h rif ° ' dia has e encamped with his army in the plains 0 'tte l e 0 1011 , been g pursuit of them. The Greek expedition g11:004 with the insurgents, who - are now only 1,200 in 11111911er' °rif t small fort of Graboussa, and the town • pro ar e th e " of Kis t held oa places in the hands of the Greeks, and these still '' was s l o i nl e ua t l r), s T a w k : ja e Pi o g° t l e ri s ez refuseztah'e acheckn t d o u ni n ta i l 1 ed t n elt /lel 1$ 1 1: 1 , against the Turks. . 4fr'' at the solicitation of the 1 , : t or Tin t, '--rroc,. itranhilelthpArelluttersPheu r: Ti ra e nT G d. r 4l e i. e a_ k s s ibb h ror a alu ve again received 200,000 talari rit e . ris iig wallsn peninsulai ti o ri o s of war. t h l im lviiatshrhetimurnaesduptpolyTarfipapror ion741:010; Leviefsisloafpoli e . Greeks dare not show thein selle9er btl° rtt` to iotson his n reinforcements near a e fo r boorr capT the i h tu e la G t r i t ,i fl ifi sll , A t4 will et n b s to o tar e tAthhseueesGuttseo. a o lf nger considered safe. oeneua e t e ,ekt r m k oo t s oa p n t b t e o tr e a v n a s c fe u r a r t e e d staiwainn inbifoorre t.vgl:o3:iisto said,and p . O t all fo t nij o sse b t sop h t u faa e tihs tn t i fi slea to hl o r i n ;: e e , em e a k } d sa3: n t e lgi b .f d e p ilit: e llel s f pinr o w o u t i r aft p o t e alik rd p e a aNi snn . t rv ga e a i Pp v icr T n° e e i ea l l s r h r a ti a iri.ln n yed t e G a ai l ss i i tt o r ihi at the Austrian Captain T R IEs O 4 of ntre l ' cognized ehE pretensions vessels attempting vigilant enter there, This fin d ss ar in e s gu thsa protestealocPtiodo ts i o l h,t a hrref t bse e hea d o.ettyi d irt,eehi i ehseck:ussiulsuesiliipveotoeri.nhrnas:tfihhotseeyrthtnswolotifaeybiescti jenybe:ac ittfiliocit,ereireGio therib:ries:loleti,,ittee‘:t shaenddGtohi,ee:G;slefntoif :LeoAvenntgoi;ishwilicf h;F:tirreoaer:t3k:: s bi t y ru ab sA i : 'lstria , that power tint regard ing the 6 0 blockade. " " f o re e a: tin this Paper frog) repre, of the SERAggigg be fort A long ovnaefeegnzr ftyeoeetsrrtaxectendaeti.rti PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock DAY AT ONE o'o,oo' Old Annuities ............. New Ditto. ....... ......... Ex. Bills 1000/.1 id. par 11 111 Ditto 500/. I Ad. 13!riliT, Ditto Small lid; ••• Ditto Advertised ............ Bank for Acct. ............... India for Acct . .............. Cons. for Acct. ...... 101 3 per Cent. Red B5 , ii 3 per Cent. Cons. 3.} per Cent. Ditto Red 92 i 2 IL, 4 per Cent. N ew Bank Long Ann. 2O India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea stock PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bds, 5 per cent Brazilian Bds • 7O 1825 NDS AT ONE &COP j Mexican Scrip ......... 'l3/ N ea p o lit a n, 5 per cent ••• .. N eapo lit a n do. 1824 ....... Peruvian Bonds ............ Do. Scrip .................. Portuguese Bonds ......... Prussian, 5 per cent. ... , Ditto New ..................... Russian, New, 5 per ctl Sp a nish 1821, 5 per t --- 1823............. French Rentes,s p. C 91'1'4 - Exchange 25 lOci;ij - 3 per cent. 6 "k2l:iw 10 - Exchange ---- Scrip — Buenos Ayres Bds Chilian, Bds, 6 per cent — Colombian lids, 6 peic. 62f Do. do. 1824 65 64 5i3 44 Danish, 6 per cent. Do. 3 per cent. Greek Bds • Do. 1825 Guatitnala Mexican Bds Do. 6 per cent 724. 70 • xi PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE roC o 'Sat ' • P Brazilian Mining Company ................... • • .... l Bolivar Minin g C ompany Castello aytian a n d Espirito Company Santo Brazil .......... .. H ........... Hibernian Mining Company ................................... Pasco Peruvian Mining Company ........................ Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Mining Association ...... Royal Waldeck Mining Company .......... .. 19i New United Mexican Mining Company ..... British Iron Company .............................. .••• ..... Irish Manufactory Company .............................. poll' 1 A Rliir-ZU.