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received nfornw the led, bu t rea ders Du tch 30 po' hjOh the live d td eel' 311 ' ha d las t of the n )rt i°ll of e best of 1"- de the dlte j kfor i an °f n nee' b r a ssel, ° 'e are 11 1 g be C° c i order Duk e of e wh o fy l , veeii Itll-09'er, ) the co p' ible Jo esent e r, ing le or , 0 „' ;ore' tv r of di• r e oic ° , it , ,ar 00 0 0 0 " y it to te t here' • tte tb e r e t 0 1 he • 0 1 , t • O— o df e d r y • 0 [ep° SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(THIS bAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Nov 17 Wind SW. light.—Arriv e d f rom the R. : ' River and remain the Triumph, Green, and Pants -1000,1,10 for Bomb ay ; A nn, Ti ndall, for Bengal ; an d F anny, mmond, for Mauritius. The Upton Castle, for Bum hay, is at anchor in the Gulls. Arrh'ed the Camilla, from eq, South Wales—sailed the 16th July ; Fortitude, d .uhnscn, f rom P ernambuco ; and James Watt steamer, I r?tri Lisbon-- sa il e d t h e 10 t h instant. Arrived from th e River the Dart, Ormiston for " Wii• for Bomb , - • ' itradeira ; . 10 a.amb am, - ~,n rgiana, Gibson, for St. Vincent ; , iaig,tt,var, Ray, for New South Wales; Fanny, Drum N nd, for Mauritius ; Wansbeck, Case, for Tobago ; h enry Freeling,, for the Sandwich ishinda, and remain ; with the Tain O'Sbahter, Adrian, and others, outward !),°t4id ; also the H e t * , L ang l ey , f or Ri o J ane i ro . A rr i ve d th e bruid, Treadwell, from Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, NOV. 16 AND 17.—Light airs and varia ble. —Arrived his Majesty's ship Charybdis, from the t Cap e o f Good Hope—sailed the 6th September, St. H e len a h e 22 d, Ascension the 30th, an d T ener iff e t h e 17 t h u l t . ; Maje s t y ' s s hi p Al ger i ne, from R i o—sa i led t h e 23d It • Guardian, Holland, from Malaga ; Ebenezer, Long, ' t 'rn Lisbon ; and Fanny Voase, Davetor, from Oporto. PLYIIOUTSI, Nov. IG.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived off 130 rt the Wellington, Thompson, from Charente ; and his nlajest 's ship Cruiser, from Portsmouth, for the West ladi es ! P ii.mouTH, Nov. 15 AND 16.—Wind S. Ti. S. W., POI, mod era t e b reezes.— A rr i ve d t h e Cl or i n d a, S tee l, ' to rn M aur i t i us , sa il e d J u l y 28, an d f rom S t. H e l ena Sept. 23 ; t h e Fi re Fl y steam-pac k et, f rom t h e Mediter -4tl"i, left Corfu 27 t h, P a tr as an d Z a nte 28th, M a lt a 31 s t h "ctober, Gibraltar Bth and Cadiz 9th inst. ; the Oporto, Stewart from Faro • the Margaret, Grant, from Bahia, having b een struck ' by a sea; the Jane, Killett, from ..ondon, with damage ; having been in contact with a sail e d Off port, th e Cl aren d a , S tee l e , f rom M aur i t i us , 'thed July 28, and St. Helena off 23t1 ult. f Dov Ea., Nov. 17.—Arrived port, the Cygnet, Rolls, 411, Mauritius. P ENZANCE, Nov. IG.--Arrived off port the Dapper, uickenson from Constantinople. VEruiszy,ls---Arrived the Diana, Brown, f Pm Sr. Petersburgb ;. Hebrus, Chegwin ; Dolphin, e Measures; and Rose, Carlecet, from Copenhagen. B RISTOL, Nov. 17.—Arrived the Idas, from Bilboa. fco in Ne MILFORD, Nov. 16—Arrived the Jessie, Chrigbton, wport. t The Villa gev i se , G ros , f rom M arse ill es , T ou l on , an d 414 to Algiers foundered off Sardinia—crew saved. oThe J esus M ar i a, J osep h Sarashe, from B ergen to l b°a, is t o t a lly wrec k e d on th e i s l an d o f J u i s t, on l y one t the crew saved. °Et . Lundy the Pitt, Radcliffe, from Africa. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK I BY the French Mail this morning we have accounts L . r n Vienna, stating that the Gov e rnment h a ve re -0 satisf ac t ory i nte lli gence f rom th e E ast , b u t most te ed accounts from Hungary. There have been ' h e e tt oils disorders at Presburg, and at Eulaw blood has e a spilt ; the soldiers fired on the citizens, and it was trePOrted on the 'Change that the Diet of Hungary is to o I mmedi a t e l y c l ose d. Troops are proceeding in all di ections to prevent any further disturbances. 0 Letters from Pampeluna state—" We are continually 13 the qui v i ve h ere , as b an d s o f i nsurgen t s approac h to tn4ll. ''' w ails, causing great alarm in the town. Detach !nit veer t t after them ; but they immediately e en ou PP eared, l and returned the following day. 41 4 sertaica Papers have been received to the 3d of October; :tati quiet there. Th e B ar b a di an s t a t es , th a t as e.O enced, 6a rds commercand the ial aharbourffairs th is nearly empty ; the wharfse reign of dulness has t oo longer in a bustle, and even the Americans seem have deserted us. , the papers from the Wind war d I s l an d s are not in t4tl'esting. Some of the principal mer c h an t s an d inhabi t 4 of Barbadoes bad corresponded with the Governor te 4 the s u bj ect o f the Municipal Bill, who rep li e d i n trot favourable to their interest. d i l t hurricane bas been experienced at St. Kitts —some lage Was done to the shipping. Jul v 4 Pers h ave b een re ceiv e d from Bengal to the 4th e 1 ;' they do not contain any political information of %rence "Ishii Mail has arrived—sailed on the 31st October. THE FUNDS. p I3 Y the Dut c h mail which ha s ar r iv e d, w e fi n d th e i r et ith da combout per cet, lower, and by ti e French ess thei e rs a are per cent. n higher, 75f. se. In cense- C nce of this coullerbalance, no effect has taken place in at , °4°lB , which opened at the price they left off on Satur -204%, 8 8 to for the Account ; but the speculators still p or 'olue to pause in their operations, as the news from thee. and Spain are not of the brightest cast, and th eis every appearance of a procrastinated struggle in P eninsula. 5 e reig Market utch rather lower, 491 f i; Pkni 4 . 2 F 2i 23; n Portuguese 60i 61 ; Belgian 95i i. HALF-PAST ONE. the W e have received the following letter from Cadiz, of Sti t Nov. t." No doubt it will he of some interest to d i t o know bow affairs are going on in this country. In I , sl !tion to what I stated in my last, I am at present more 414 ' ti tre in respect to the future result of affairs, as the ling opinion is so decidedly hostile to Don Carlos, the ex ce p t i on o f t h e pr i ests an d mon k s , w h o, no i °l , will be o ver p owere d b y t h e Q ueen ' s party ; an d I 4 11 ct) in a short tim e , th e country w ill b e regenerate d. D t he provinces, except Biscay, are qui e t. e merara Papers have been received at the North a n d t , t h Am er i can C o ff ee -h ouse , t o th e 31 s t o f A ugust . t A L I ;c , O Antigua we have details of the utmost distresses S ueh n ß amongst the agricultural body of that island. 1 9 the total want of means and absence of all credit, goat t he landed proprietors, finding it utterly out of their Cer to provide the necessary provisions for the negroes, brought the subject under the consideration of the eglfilitture of that island. 68e0usols have been during the whole of the morning at . r t ,c'i for the Account, with little doing. e t „,"e steamer from Lisbon has not brought a mail, con tpe.,e4tly very few private letters have been received, and u° not bear of any further particulars than what are - : a tlY published. t o Let ters from Rio Janeiro bring the Exchange on d " 38} 39 ; stock, 54 ; all was tranquil. tatt 4 the FOreign Market the prices continue much the e 44 in the early part of the morning.—No reports. THREE O'CLOCK. 4:41501s for Account, 88 11. t. ' I L begi ns to b e current l y w hi spere d t h at nego ation dj, t 4 are favourably proceeding fur the union, at no very L -11t t Y day, of a n obl e l or d c l ose ly connec t e d with this ts and the daughter and only child of a wealthy le r auner residing in a neighbouring shire.— Worcester er ctici. g a t he clothing trade at Stroud is generally e o d d and healthful. Black superfinea meet a ready sale ; the great quantities of cloths are now making there . for hina market, to the older of one or two enterprising - .tnen, Bristol Mercury. kti t H E O'CONNELL FUND. This fund is %t td 4t leing with great rapidity throughout the country, kt e ' / "Y pest brings an account of its increase. The ~pdunt collected at Fermoy was 601., at Kilworth 351., " Killarney over 601. Cork Evening Herald. ti lt 4 .itIVUL WIPE.—A few days previous to i kt„, s ec eue of the wife of a tradesman in Boston, which Aft - er r ed a sho r t t i me ago , she gave her husband her keys. Itlrp ri t he funeral, in looking over the drawers, to his great ht se he found three hundred sovereigns, which she had A 'Y Unkn own t o hi m . tt t , 4l ' most splendid window of stained glass has b y fitl y been placed in the chancel of Kenilworth Church, of hi Munificence of the Venerable Archdeacon Butler, t iori p " fi re ulibury. It consists of a series of the under-men• - ; t: Lrmorial bearings emblazoned on elegant shields, tte g l ih f l "ely surmounted by the crest or coronet appert ' "eto; the names of the several noble families they l ighj b nt 'nded to commemorate being placed beneath an tV )r namentetl pannel.—Birmingham Journal. ,' T aiki3RDINARY PRODUCE.—A standard , 4 •P` t ee, not a l arge one , i n t h e gar d en o f t h e R everen d tartlett, rector of Swanwich, has this year borne 141 . 1 P e ars, weighing but a few pounds short of half a ho e. The fruit is of the species called the iron or baking t, 4 , ' %p t !'d the same tr ee , a few years since, produced a e ,'Rhing tw o p oun d s 24 ounces . IN) A 0 141 caught a whiting at the end of the N 4 vr, I • 'lleaday, weighing between 4 and 51bs. Its ' l t!t n 2 4 2 feet, m e asures 5 inch es across , 3 t h roug h th e ' l,l nearly 14 in girth.—Norwich Mercury. U R GE CABBAGE.—A cabbage of a large hie Pulled this week in the garden of Mr. John 4k ;,' 44 emaker the circumference of which was S ‘ ll l ll s t - :_ t he Weigh; upwares of 211bs. The . heart of the 'easured 3 feet 2 inches, and weighed illbs.— Courier. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) SHAFTESBURY V. MARLBOROUGH.. In this case the testator, the late Duke V of Marlborough, left his very large freehold and copybold estates in strict settlement, in trfist to the preSent Duke for life, with remainder to the Marquis of Blandford, with remainder to his first and other eons in tail. The leaseholds, as they determined from time to time, were directed to be regu larly renewed ; and the sum of 38,0001. had, since the present tenant for life came into possession,been expended in tines and fees parable on renewals. The principal question which arose on the will related to the mode of raising the funds requisite for defraying the fines, and other expenses attendant on the renewal of the lease, the expression used by the testator being " to be paid out of the rents, issues, and profits of the estates." The Court held that under these words the trustees were at liberty to provide the fund as it should be required by sale or mortgage of the property, in as much as the renewals could not await the gradual accumulation of annual rents and profits, and a trustee could not be called on to draw on his own credit. This gave rise to another question, most important in principle, and also from the extent of property involved how far the present Duke of Marlbo rough should contribute in respect of the fines payable on renewal as they should occur during his tenancy far life. In the case of Allan v. Backhouse, in which the same di• rections were given by the testator, Loid Eldon was of opinion, that although the fines were to be provided for by mortgage, the tenant for life should bear a proportion of the expense, and it was referred to the Master to ascertain and report the apportionment that should take place between him and the remaindermen. HONOUR,Hts on a former occasion, in giving his opinion on the first point, stated he felt great great difficulty in following that decision, although it had been affirmed on appeal. He could not refer it to the Master to determine what proportion should be paid by the tenant for life, be cause that must necessarily depend on the period of his enjoyment, which it was impossible to estimate till after his death. There were only two ways in which it might appear at first sight, that it was possible to do it ; but they were in fact really nugatory. In the first place it might be done by compelling- the tenant for life to give security that his assets shall answer the proportion which, at his death, should be found due by him according to the period of his enjoyment ; or it might be left to those entitled in remainder to recover against his assets ; but it was extremely unreasonable to call on the tenant to ►give that security. Was be not to enjoy the interest intended for him by the testator unless he provided a security which it might be impossible for him to pro cure ? And then it was hard on the remaindermen to leave them a remedy against a person whose assets might turn out to be insufficient to meet the demand. An opportunity having been granted by his HONOUR that Counsel might address themselves to the question whether the tenant for life should be called on for contri bution, the Court was occupied during the whole morning with hearing the arguments upon that point, which had not concluded when our Reporter left. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) TENNANT V. PHILLIPS, AND PHILLIPS V. TENNANT. The COURT, on its sitting this morning, proceeded to hear the resumed arguments of Counsel in these causes, which had been postponed from Saturday last. The at guments had not terminated when our Reporter left. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice PARK, ➢lr. Justice TAUNTON, and Mr. Justice PATTFSON alone took their seats on the Bench. The Loan CHI EF JUSTICE was absent. The new trial paper having been called on, Mr. Justice J. PARKE said the Lord Chief Justice had directed that no new trials should be taken to-day which had been before him on the Circuit, or at the last London Sittings. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL inquired if it was likely that his Lordship would be in Court at all to-day ? Mr. Justice J. PARKE—No ; be has gone to Brighton, to attend a Council ; he gave notice on Friday, that none of the cases which he tried should be taken to-day. The new trials belonging to the Oxford Circuit were then taken, none of which possessed anything of the slightest public interest. BAIL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) PALMER V. TILE HUNGERFORD MARKET COMPANY. Mr. WORDSWORTH applied for a rule calling on the Hungerford Market Company, to show cause why a man damus should not issue commanding them to summon a jury to assess the value of the interest of John Palmer in the Globe public-house, and certain tolls taken by him at the stairs leading to the river Thames, all which were required by the Company under their Act of Parliament. The application had originally been made by Mr. I -Iw, when the Court ordered the rule to be enlarged as to certain points, and to be granted as to others. The Learned Counsel now moved either to amend that rule, so as to extend to every part of the claimant's loss, or to have a rule calling on the Hungerford Mar ket Company to show cause why the mandamus should not issue. The applicant was one of the tenants at will, under the Rev. Mr. Wyse, the proprietor of the Hunger ford Market Estate, and it was formerly contended that the good-will of such tenants was not such a vested interest as called for compensation, but since then the con trary had been decided in several cases. The Company had latterly, however, so far recognised the applicant's claim as to offer 100/, but the demand of the claimant was 9001. His Lordship (Mr. Justice LITTLEnaLE) granted a rule Nisi. GLINNON V. LORD RANELAGII. On a former day a rule was applied for in this case, permitting a copy of the declaration to be di-emed good service on the defendant if it were stuck up in the King's Bench office, in consequence of Lord Ranelagh having left his regiment, which was stationed at Knightsbridge Barracks, and gone abroad, and having no town residence. The rule was then refused owing to a non-sufficiency of inquiry as to the probable residence of the defendant. Mr. fluTcHEsoN now renewed the application. The defendant bad been personally served with the original process at his barracks, and was now abroad, no one knew where, and it was not known when be would re turn. Oa the first application at his mother's residence no information could be obtained of him, and on a sub sequent application it was ascertained that the mother had also gone abroad. An inquiry was then made at the Adjutant-General's office, where no information could be obtained, except that the defendant had leave of absence from his regiment. His LORDSHIP said, as the case came under the new rules of practice, the motion had better be made before a full Court. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) HAYME It V. REDSDALE. This was an action by the endorser of a bill of ex change against the acceptor, tried on Wednesday last before Mr. Justice Park and a Middlesex Jury, when a verdict was bad for the plaintiff for 650/. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW now moved for a rule to show cause why that verdict should not be set aside, and a new trial had, upon payment of costs, on the ground of the verdict being against the presumption to be raised upon the evidence adduced on both sides. The parties to the cause were all well known in the sporting world, and the bill on which the action arose was given by the defendant for the ac commodation of another sporting character of the came of Ford, who was the drawer of the bill, which was dated Aug. 8, 1828, and became due on the 11th of Nov. in the same year. The evidence for the plaintiff was confined on the trial to the proof of the acceptance of the bill being in the handwriting of the defendant, but on his behalf the drawer, Mr. Ford, was examined, and proved that the bill bad been acc e pt e d f or hi s accommodation, and that he himself had been in the habit of accommodating the plaintiff with his acceptances, and produced bills to the amount of 1,7001. He also deposed that he had settled his account with the plaintiff, and in that account he had included the bill in question, and, in fact, had on that settlement given the plaintiff his bond for 1,000/., with the collateral security of a policy of insurance on his life, both of which he produced on the trial. The Learned Sergeant stated, that Ford said th at the bill in question was most decidedly included in that settlement. Mr. Justice PARK—But the Jury did not believe a word that the witness said. Though he waa at first de cided as this and saveral other facts, yet when he came to be sifted, his decision was completely shaken. I have no hesitation in saying that if the trial should come on again before me, I would tell the jury not to believe him on his oath. Mr. Sergeant LUDLOW said that he did not think the evidence of the witness was falsified by anything that ap peared in evidence, but rather shaken by his manner of giving his testimony. But putting his evidence out of the question, he would rely on the great lapse of time during which the demand had laid dormant, and upon two documents which he bad proved on the trial which went to raise an inference that the defendant was d stbarged by plaintiff from all liability on toot of the bill. TI ose documents bore date some time in 1831, and were re• apectively a receipt in the handwriting of the plaintiff to the defendant for the sum of 4751., the purchase money of a race horse and a filly, and the other was a bill of ex change for 700/. The COURT considered that the question was one en tirely for a jury, and had already been fully commented upon before a jury. It did not appear either that the verdict was wrong, or that any new facts could be adduced before another jury, and on these grounds the rule must lie refused.--Rule refused. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (gittings in Banco.) PENNELL V. I.nWSON. This case came before the Court this morning upon a demurrer to the defendant's plea. Mr. PLATT read the plea, from which it appeared, that ;n an action tried before Lord Tenterden, in which Johnson was plaintiff and the late Lord Foley was defendant, when sitting at Nisi Prizes, Mr. Camp. bell, now Solicitor-General, appeared as counsel for the defendant, and made a motion for the postponement of the trial, in support of which lie read an affidavit from Lord Foley, stating that the action was brought for the recovery of a bill for 2501., of which he was the acceptor, but which, along with other eight bills, had been got from him by a person named Alvis, from whom he received no consideration further than 8001., the amount of the bills being upwards of 6,0001. ; that the bills had gone through various hands, none of whom had given value for them; that among others who had had them was the present plaintiff, who he stated to be a notorious swin dler, and that he was keeping out of the way for the purpose of avoiding being subpcened by him, Lord Foley. A reportof the application appeared in the Times, in which the state ments of the affidavit were contained, and for that the present action was commenced. The defendant pleaded a justification, and th tt the report was a fill, fair, and impartial one of what was said in Court on the occasion. Mr. HUTCHINSON appeared for the plaintiff, and took several objections to trifling variations between the justi fication and the libel, which were overruled by the Court, who said, it might be a full, fair, and very impartial report, and yet such slight discrepancies appear. It was in the nature of the thing that such should happrli. Mr. HUTCHINSON then said the libel, after setting out Lord Foley's affidavit, stated that he was supported by an affidavit from the attorney to the same effect. The LORD Cum' BARON read over the plea delivered in to the Court, and decided that " to the same effect" applied merely to the last branch of the affidavit of Lord Foley. Air. HUTCHINSON—Then we come to the principle which the Court has now to decide—whether the defendant had a right to publish such defamatory matter, even though it was said in Court. The report might have been fair had all the facts in the case been reported, and those gra tuitous slanders with which Lord Foley had thought it proper to interlard his affidavit. Even if a party was before the Court, it was a question whether any slander spoken of him could be reported, but he conceived that as in this case where the party spoken of was merely a third party, and not before the Court, so as to have an oppor tunity of replying to it, the question was clear, that no such right existed. Coun , el and other parties in Court were privileged to say anything that properly belonged to the cause, but he contended that that privilege ceased with the occasion, and even the Coun sel had not a right to repeat any libellous or scandalous matter after the cause had been disposed of, and if such was the case, hew much stronger did it apply to the case of a reporter who gave it to the whole world. In the King's Bench, in the case of the King v. Carlile, their Lordships had decided that it was not justifiable to publish anything that was said even in open Court that was at all either defamatory, slanderous, or blasphemous—that case was reported in the 3d Barn well and Alderson, page 167, and it decidedly said that even a correct account of a case of such a nature was unlawful, The Learned Counsel also cited the cases of the King v. Levy, and Flint v. Pike; the latter was reported in 4th Barnwell and Alderson, 476, and there Mr. Justice Bayley said, assuming that it is lawful to publish such reports, is it so to publish anything which is injurious or hurtful to an individual ? He knew no case that his Learned Friend could cite but that of Currie v. Walter, but there, though the Chief Justice Eyre had expressed a strong opinion of the legality of such reports, still no decision had been come to. That, he believed, was the only authority on thst side. The Lulu) CHIEF BARON inquired whether there was not a case in the Bth Term Reports where Mr. Justice Lawrence had recognised that decision, and was not the opinion delivered by Chief Justice Eyre also recognised by the full Court? Mr. HuTcHiNsorr said that certainly that case existed, but in bis opinion it did not amount to a decision. Even if it were lawful to publish the facts stated by a witness, still it could not be allowed that statements like those which were quite extra judicial should be put on the s,me footing ; fur if so, every man would be at the mercy of the vilest creature on earth, who made an affidavit to stay the trial of a cause in which he might be engaged. Lord LYNDHURST—Suppose a witness were to say that he would not believe a man on his oath, that was the strongest libel that could be uttered—would it be a libel to report such a case as that? If the arguments that you have advanced are to be held good, every re porter will require to be a sound lawyer, in order to decide whether he was reporting what was material to the cause or not. Mr. HUTCHINSON said, if a reporter put himself in such a situation he must take the consequences. No witness could have asserted such statements as were contained in the affidavit, theret,it he hope:: their Lordships would allow the d,murrer. _ Mr. PLATT said, the question involved one of the most important points relative to the administration of justice that bad ever been argued in that Court. He would ad vance it is a general rule, that whatever took place in a public Court, to which the whole of his Majesty's sub jects had the right of access, was a fair subject for publi cation. For the publication of those proceedings was no more than, as it were, extending the results of that Court to all the readers of the paper in which it appeared. If their Lordships were to say, that what took place in that Court was not to be pub- lished, it would be the same as to say, that all his Majesty's subjects, who lived without the verge of that Court, were never to bear anything of their proceedings. The proceedings in question took place in a public Court sitting at Nisi Prius, and the questio❑ now to be decided was, whether the trial should be reported or not; for here the affidavits on both sides were read ; they were quite relevant to the case, and came before the Court sanctioned by the oath of the parties making them. Then as to the question of the materiality of the report relative to the case; as to that he would only ask, whe ther a reporter was expected to be a hater lawyer than many of their Lordships; for if their Lordships decided against him, if it did not er.iirely put a stop to re porting, it would require the reporter to decide questions which sometimes gave great difficulty to the Judges, and supposing he was required to do so, would his report be either full, fair, or impartial ? It could not be so. if he was required to select those parts of a case, which, in his judgment, would save him from the law of libel. It would be a garbled report, and as such open to be much found fault with. A report of a public Court bore no analo:.y at oil to that of the two Houses of Parliament. The puhiic had no right to enter them, but to be present in that Court their right was clear. That disposed of the two cases cited by his Learned Friend. In the case of " Curry v. Walter," it was quite clear that the Court was satisfied of the legality of reporting. The full Court had entirely concurred in what fell from Chief Justice Eyre, and the case, on demurrer, only fell to the ground on some technicalities. He would suppose the case of one man saying of another he has picked my pocket. That case comes on to be tried in Court, and the plaintiff gets damages. Yet the reporter must not touch that case, for he cannot give a full, fair, or impartial report without repeating the libel. In that case the reading world is to be deprived of what to them would be both amusement and instruction, and the man whose character was attempted to be taken away has been now avenged by the damages ; still, if their Lordships decided against him, the papers must not touch one single word of it. In the case of Flint and Pike, it was the form of the plea that was principally objected to ; it was not objected that the libel was in substance a true and faithful account of the proceedings of the trial ; the defamatory matter of which the plaintiff complained was part of the speech of Counsel. Mr. Baron BAYLIY—Yes, there the libel was not written but oral, and might have died away very soon. Mr. PLATT —Counsel were privileged in uttering de famatory matter, yet their privilege did not extend so far as to allow him to impute crimes to any man, entirely arising out of his own head. The case here was very different, the very matter complained of was necessary. Publicity of ithe proceedings of Courts of Law were of the first importance, not only to the pablie, but the administration of justice. Suppose any reporter was present that day in Court, whose duty it woul he to report that c,igir, if their Lordships should decide that his Learned Friend's argument was right, he could not give publicity to one word that had been said, nor would he dare to publish their Lordships' judgment on the occasion. Their ought to be some known law, by which parties might know how far they might go. The rule ought to be laid down in one way or another, then the press would know what they could do with safety. There was no pretence set up that any malice existed in this case, for if the report was fairly done, it, rebutted that. H trusted their Lordships would dismiss the demurrer, and set at rest one of the most important privileges of the public. Mr. HUTCHINSON replied, and The Loan CIIIFF BARON, after consulting a short time with the othcr Jud,, , Q, said the question wa. one of very general importance and extreme difficulty. They would consider the point, and give judgment on a future day. HOME CIRCUIT. WINTER GAOL DELIVERY, 4th TVur. IV., 1E133. HERTFORD—Thursday,2Bth of November, at Hertford. EssEx—Saturday, 30th of November, at Chelmsford. KENT—Monday, 9th of December, at Maidstone. SUSSEX—Saturday, 14th of December, at Lewes. SURREYWedReSday, 18th of December, at Kingston upon.Thames. The Hon Sir Stephen Gaselee, Knt., one of the Jus tices of our Lord the King of his Court,of Common Pleas, and the Hon. Sir John Vaughan, Knt., one of the 13arons of our said Lord the King of his Court of Ex. chquer, Justices, JOHN CLARK, Deputy Clerk of Assize. Sessions-house, Old. Bailey, London. Workmen are at length employed in pulling down the house at the corner of Coleman-street and Lothbury, by means of which that much frequented access to the City will be greatly improved. GREENWICH TIME.—The following notice has been issued from the Admiralty The Lord. Commissioners of the Admiralty hereby give notice, that a ball will henceforward be dropped, every day, from the top of a pole on the eastern turret of the Royal Obser vatory at Greenwich, at the moment of one o'clock p.m. solar time. By observing the first instant of its down ward movement, all vessels in the adjacent reaches of the river, as well as in most of the docks, will thereby have an opportunity of regulating and rating their chronometers. The ball will be hoisted halfway up the pole at five minutes before one o'clock, as a preparatory signal, ant close up at two minutes before one."—Mcchanics' Magazine. The potatoe crop in Ireland will this year fall short by at least one-third of the usual average. This failure of the food of the peasantry of that country may possibly lead to another appeal to the charitable feelings of the British public ; and the anomalous spectacle may be exhibited of a peasantry begging for the means of sub• siste❑ce with one hand, whilst with the other they are straining to raise a princely income for an individual who would almost seem to feed upon their discontent. ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE.--.Mr. Hamilton read an extract from a letter from Sir W. Gell, mentioning the arrival of Mr. Wilkinson in Italy, on his way home from his long sojourn in Egypt, and announcing a fact of great interest to the philosophical inquirer. Mr. Wilkinson bad procured means to ascend the famous statue of Memnon, the musical wonder of more than 2,000 years, and the subject of so much ingenious speculation ; and Le had discovered that all these learned theories were like that of the different effect between live and dead fish i❑ a vessel brimful of water, i. e., without the fact on which to raise the hypothesis. In short, Memnon has not emitted sounds in consequence of the rays of the sun falling in any direction nn his morning head ; but in his mighty breast there is inlaid a sonorous atone, and by it a concealed niche, in which was placed a man with an iron rod to strike the stone, which consequently emitted those mysterious and priestly sounds which helped to uphold the solar adora tion, and the wonder of an ignorant awl idolatrous people ! The statue itself bad been broken, probably by Cambyses, and afterwards repaired ; but the secret was taken good care of. " BUMPER."—When the Catholic religion was in the ascendant in England, the health of the Pope was usually drank, in a full glass immediately after dinner —au bon Pere—hence the word " Bumper." LIVERPOOL COTTON -MARKET, Nov. 16. —We have bad a very dull market this day ; the sales are about 500 bags, prices nominal. A WAR CRY.-By way of a good story, it is told of Lord Beresford, that on his first formation of the Portuguese army, and getting some of the regiments under fire, he cheered them with the animating war cry of "Fogo !—meas filhos logo !—mias bacalhao a mania !" Anglice—" Fire ! my sons, fire ! more salt fish tomor row !" POLITICS OF THE EDINBURGH NEW TowN COUNCIL.—The Weekly Chronicle of the 9th gives an analytical list of the new Councillors, from which the following result appears:— Whigs. Conservative Whigs 2 Radical Whigs 3 Radicals 9-33 Established Church supporters 2l Voluntary Church supporters l2-33 We have put Dr. Macauley into the class of Whigs and Established Church Supporters, without knowing much of his sentiments. We are by no means sure that the gentle. men of the Council will acquiesce in the designations as signed to them by our intelligent contemporary. REGISTRATION SHILLING.—A questio❑ having arisen whether or not freemen, as well 101. householders, are required by the Refortn Act to pay Is. for registration, Mr. T. Frith, one of the overseers of Stafford, wrote to Lord John Russell, who replied as fol lows: " Woburn Abbey, Oct. 28. " Sir,—Any opinion that I can give you will he unpro fessional, and therefore worth very little ; but it appears to me that the overseers are, by the Act, to collect from every elector whose name is on the register; but what he collects is to be in addition to the poor rate. I should, therefore, say, that the oversee! ought to collect from every freeman rated to the relici of the poor, but he cannot originate a rate for these who are not rated. Your obe dient servant, J. RUSSELL. —Nerihampten Mercury. DEATH OF ADMIRAL SIR HERBERT SAWYER, K.C.B.—This gallant officer departed this life or Wednesday last, at Bath, where he had been residing since he left this neighbourhood, to which he was much attached, in consequence of the health of Lady Sawyer. He was the son of Admiral Herbert Sawyer, and served under his father during the war with our Transatlantic Colonies, at the conclusion of which he was in command of the Porcupine sloop, at Jamaica. He was made Post-Captain in the early part of the year 1789, and in the following year appointed to the Pegasus, 28, on the New foundland station. In 1793, when the war with France commenced, he commanded the Ansphion frigate, from which be was subsequently removed (1795) to the Nassau, of 64 guns, and cruized with the North S-a Fleet till 1797, when be was appointed to the Saturn, 74, attached to the Western squadron. In 1799 he succeeded Sir Henry Trollope in the Russel, which he continued to command until the spring of 1801, when he joined the Juste, of 80 guns, and accompanied Sir Robert Calder to the West Indies. On his return to this country he who appointed to superintend the payment of ships at this port, and which appointment he held until promoted to the rank of Rear- Ad i ritl, Herbert October saw y e2r, was appointed In the e c e o a n r d l y n part c om o f . 1810 s mand at Portsmouth, and in the latter part of the same year was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, and ap pointed Commander-in-Chief on the H tlifax station, which he held until 1813; and when about to leave that station was presented with an address from the Consul, merchants, and inhabitants, thanking him for his gallant and unceasing exertions in the protection of the colonies from the attacks of the Americans. In the same year he hoisted his flag as Com mander-in-Chief at Cork ; and on the 2d of January, 1 815, he was nominated a K.C.B. At the time of his death Sir H. S. was an Admiral of the White, to which he was promoted in 1825.—Devonport Tele• graph. EDINBURGH CORPORATION.—Mr. Spittal, after having declined to be examined as to his opinion on particular points connected with the town's business, was unanimously elected Lord Provost. The Baillies and other functionaries being appointed, the first point which came into consideration was the Provost's salary. A mo tion being made that it should be fixed at 5001., Mr. Aytoun moved an amendment, that no salary whatever should be allowed. The original motion was carried by a majority of 22 to 8. Another atnendment, that the allowance should be 2501., was lost by a majority of 17 to 13. From these divisions it will be observed that the party in the Council which is again s t extre mes measure, forms a decided majority. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. FASHIONABLE INtELLIGENCF, ARRIVALS. The Earl of Sandwich, in MiYunt.street, from Hinchinbroke; the Hon. General Capel, in Charles-street, Berkeley-square. from a tour ; the Hon. Mrs. Fane, in WinZle=arreet, from Fulbeck ; Sir Charles and Lady Grey, at the Oaks, Epsom, from Brighton ; LOrd Abranley, in Charles-street, Berkeley ;quare, from Brighton ; A.dthifal Cir John Wells, Lady Eliza. beth, and Miss Murray M`Gregor, in DOV6r.street, from Wor thing ; Lord Ramsay, in Albemarle-street, froirt Oxford ; J. Hardy, Esq., M.P., and family, in Portland.place, from tl:cir :eat in Yorkshire; Mr. Charles and Lady Mary Wood, in Richmond.terrace, from Hinckley, near Doncaster; Right Hon. Edward Ellice, in Cleveland.square, from the North, Nathaniel Barton, Esq., and family, in Guildford-street, from Corsley House, near Warminster. DEPARTURES. Earl Grey, from Downing-street, for the Pavilion at Brighton ; Lady Emily Drummond, for Brighton ; Admiral and Mrs. Maitland, for ditto; Sir Charles and Lady Taylor, i'or ditto ; Major_General Sir James Cockburn, on a tour ; Hon. Henry and Mrs. Wellesley, from Bushy Park, for the Continent; Sir Alexander Cray Grant, on a visit to Sir Robert and Lady Peel, at Drayton Manor House, Stafford shire ; Right Hon. J. W. Croker, for ditto; Sir Colin Camp_ bell, for Portsmouth ; Mr. and Mrs. Athol M`Gregor, from the Admiralty, on a tour; Mr. M`Pherson Grant (with despatches), for Lisbon. BRIGHTON, Nov. 17. Divine service was p.rfarmed this morning in the Palace Chapel before their Majesties, the Princess Au gusta, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Royal Suite. On Friday his Majesty conferred the honour of knight hood on Captain Farquhar, previous to which he took a carriage airing to near Shoreham, accompanied by the Princess Augusta. The Royal dinner party comprised the following per sonages:—Sir W., Lady, and Miss Cotton, Hon. Gen. Phipps, Gen. C t pel, Captain Sir John Farquhar, Lieut.- Colonel Wynyard, Lieut.• Colonel Sir George Teesdale, and Rear-Admiral Thompson. His Majesty yesterday give audience to Sir Thomas Hardy, and then took an airing in a carriage and fidlr, with outriders, accompanied by Lady Sidney. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Gloucester, rode out to near Rotingdean, visiting the NV,st Cliff pre vious to their return to the Palace. The Duke of Gloucester took leave of their Majesties yesterday, and returned to town. His Roy.i H.ghness proceeds o❑ Wednesdsy next on a visit to the Marquis of Bristol for a short period. Rear-Admiral Thompson, Sir Charles Taylor, and Sir George and Lady Shiffner, were the invited guests to the Royal table last evening. Their Majesties continue in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits. To-morrow (this day) his Majesty will hold a council at the Palace, at which several of the Ministers will attend. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Gloucester arrived in town on Saturday from Brighton. His Royal Highness dined in the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stanhope, at their residence in Tilney-street. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria and their Royal Highnesses' household attended divine service yesterday, at the Palace at Kensington. The service was performed by the Dean of Chester. Lord Howard de Walden, Minister at the Court of Sweden, arrived in town on Friday night from Stockholm. His Lordship visited Viscount Palmerston on Saturday. The Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, the Duke of Richmond, Viscount Althorp, and the Right Hon. C. Grant, had interviews with Earl Grey on Saturday, at his residence in Downing-street. Despatches were received yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, from the Earl of Minto, Minister at the Court of Berlin. The Commissioners of the West India Compensation Fund have taken an office in Great George-street, where their meetings will for the future he held. The Lord Chancellor has left town for Brighton. Sir J. Scarlett entertained the Duke of Gloucester and a select party at dinner last evening, at his residence in Spring-gardens. Among the company to meet his Royal Highness were Lord Lyndhurst, the Master of the Rolls, and Sir Henry Halford. Earl Grey had a dinner party yesterday evening, at his residence in Downing-street. The Right Hon. Charles Grant entertained the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Pal merston, the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the East India Company, Mr. Macaulay, M.P., &e., at dinner on Friday evening, at his residence in Great George-street. The Lord Chancellor, in consequence of at tending a Cabinet Council at Brighton to-day, did not sit in his Court. He went to Brighton on Saturday afternoon, and will not return till eleven o'clock to-morrow morning. Mr. Whittle Harvey, who has been some time contending with the Benchers of the Inner Temple on the subject of their right to exclude him from the Bar, has at length acceded to the proposition originally made, that his case shall be heard without any persons but the short-hand writers on both sides. The hearing went off the last time in consequence of the Benchers refusing ad mission to a number of persons who presented themselves as the friends of Mr. Harvey. The question will now be argued by Counsel on Tuesday next, at seven o'clock in the evening, by Mr. Sergeant Wilde and Mr, Sedgewick. A Cabinet Council (the first since the pro rogation) is appointed to take place this day, at the palace at Brighton, at three o'clock. The Duke of Richmond left Cavendish•square this morning, at eight, to at tend it. His Grace was accompanied by the Duchess, who proceeds to visit the various branches of her family now sojourning there. Earl Grey left his residence in Dawning•street, on Saturday, on a visit to their Majes ties, and it is expected will return to-morrow. Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Stanley followed yesterday, and are expected to return to-morrow. The rumour is revived that the Foreign Secretary has it in contemplation to effect a further re duction in the salaries of some of our Ambassadors at foriegn Courts. The average reduction within the last three or four years amounts to about 20 per cent. The States of Brunswick have resolved that they will, at one of their early sittings, discuss a motion for an address to the Government in favour of rendering their debates public. . . . It is rumoured that the expedition to the North is to be attempted agai❑ by some of the parties who have but so lately returned from their perilous voyage with Captain Ross, who, it is also said, is to be nominated as their future commander. The mother of Marshal Bourmont is now in London. His wife and the other females of the family are in Paris. Though that splendid coup-d'ceil, the last scene of Gustavus, at Covent-garden Theatre, has cost the lessee nearly 1,0001., yet there is every chance of its being repaid, as there has been taken above 1,4001. in the four first nights. The Opera of Gustavus, at Covent-garden, on Saturday next, will be followed by a new farce called Scan, Mag. THE OPERA OF " GUSTAVUS" A GROUND OF NATIONAL QUARREL.-In the absence of other political news in Paris, the recall of the French Ambassador from Sweden, the Marquis de Saint Simon, bas become the subject of conversation. Speculators not being permitted to know the motive for this measure, have sought for and found it. The recall, according to them, shows a misun derstanding between the two Courts, and the cause assigned is curious enough. King John is said to have demanded the withdrawal of Gustave; ou, le Bal Masque, from the Opera, and the Vaudeville of the Camarade de Lit from the Pailais Royal Theatre. This demand has been refused. The London and Westminster Bank, for some time announced as in progress of formation, is likely to commence business shortly, and it is understood to be the intention of the managers to allow a small inte rest on deposits, but only in the c se of those which are to a certain degree permanent. They also contemplate charging a commission to those who keep accounts will) them, instead of requiring a balance left in their hands as an equivalent for the trouble given. This would, they conceive, prove a great convenience to some large class, • of depositors, and have the additional advantage of secu ring them against all Times. DECREASE OF DISSENT.—It is CODfi tlently asserted that the cause of dissent in this country is not on the increase, but rather retrogading than other wise, as appears by the fact that many eminent minis ters of dissenting congregations have recently come over to the Established Church—in several instances bringing their hearers with them. The following is a list of them :—The Rev. W. Seaton, formerly of Andover, now of Wales; M. Anderson, formerly of Sandwich, now f Sheverington, Wilts; R. Meek, formerly of South Milton, now of Yatton, Somerset ; T. Witty, of Frome ; Jacob Senegon, Hampstead ; J. Cottle, Axtnin,ter ; A. Brotniley, Leamington ; J. Blundell, Mill Hill ; J. Denham, Wymondley; W. A. King, Gainsborough ; J. t ~~i Tucker, Axminster; and -- Calvert, Blackpool. Be. 1 tldes thes e , two o th e rs, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Fielkhine , stely been se e ki ng ordination from the Bishop of Exeter,-1 _ . 54 2 4 ,. ind though it is stated they have at present met ' ' a refusal, they will probably eventually be adniitted.e.... c. •lesfield Courier. • `.,1,4 7 . , ..._ Lieutenant Daly, 7th hussars, now In G!as row, has just finished a match for 100/, of walking forty miles a day ten successive days, which, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, be performed with great ease, completing the distance every day within twelve hours, and without previous training of any sort. Lieute nant Daly bad only lost l lb. when the match was completed. Doncaster Gazette. Sir William Blizard, at the age of nearly 100 .rears, has tendered his resignation as surgeon of the Lon lon Hospital' Late on Saturday evtn:li the Duke of De. g , onshire arrived in town, at his inai;:'ion in PiceallillYs from his seat at Chatsworth, D .rbyshire, ant: yesterday several of the Nobility and Gentry called at DevonsNr' . House to make their friendly inquiries. The general health of his Grace is improved, but the feebleness of one of his krises still continues, but it is better than it was some weeks ago. It is confidently reported in military circles that some decisive step must soon be taken by the au thorities at the Horse Guards to bring to a termination the unpleasant relation now subsisting between the officers of a Dragoon Regiment at present quartered in 'he south of Ireland and the Colonel of that corps. The officers, it is said, hold no intercourse with the Colonel, except upon matters immediately connected with their military duties ; and he in his turn exacts from them an observance of every formality which the strictest discipline can warrant him in requiring.— Observer. MECHANICS' TURN OUT. On Monday last the whole of the workmen of 3,1,-sqs. Petre, engineers and millwrights, of Rochdale, turned nut, in consequen .e of an attempt to introduce what is called ad illegal a;) psentiee.—Manchester Advertiser. HORRIBLE MURDER NEAR BIRR.—A reiiort has just reached us of a murder, which it is stated o , curred on Wednesday lot, in the neigbourhood of Birr, in the King's County. It nppe3rs that t vim gentlemen were our shooting, and were accompanied by two peas tilts who resided in the neighhour,ood. The latter had. unfortu nately for themselves, given evidence, a short time since, in a criminal case, in tvhich a conviction was had. The pir y had not proceeded far when they were surrounded by 't numb -r of armed men, who informed the gentlemen that they had no cause for alarm, provided they did not interfere to protect the it two informers" by whom they were accompanied. An attack immediately ensued, when one of the unfortunate men was murdered on the spot, and the other so dreadfully wounded that his life is despaired of. The gentlemen, it is stated, escaped uninjured.—Dublin Evening Mail. _ _ The Birmingham Journal contains a long account of the examination of some men belonging to the Trades' Unions, charged with intimidating other work- The defendants were bound over to keep the peace for three months, finding sureties in 50/. each. The universal success of the novel of " Godol phin" has now elevated that powerful work to the honnura of a classic in the department of literature to which it belongs. The mystery connected with its authorship remains, though in many quarters it has been boldly asserted that there is only one living writer to whom the production could be attributed. Why he should choose to " hide his light under a bushel" is not so easy to he ex plained. Was be apprehensive that he said too much about certain influential coteries ? Did he fear that his heroine was too palpably sketched? or did he imagine that his design (a bold one, it must be admitted) would be more safely and fully accomplished under the veil of secrecy and disguise? CAPTAIN Ross AND THE NORTH POLE —An eminent land-valuer having on Saturday last wiih drawn from the public room at the Rein Deer Inn, in this town, for the purpose of making some abstruse calculations without being disturbed, found he bad " taken nothing by his motion," as his privacy was soon broken i❑ upon by the entrance of two countrymen, who commenced an ani mated conversation on the expedition of Captain Ross. Upon this interesting subject, both, it would seem, bad read much in the newspapers. " Strange clever fellow this Csptin Ross is loik to be, nabor," says one. " Hey," replied the other, mun, varry,—l shouldn't a loiked t' a bin wee him amang them oice burgs." " I nivver reetly understood them oice burgs," said the former. " Ho, mun, they're great lumps o' oice ommust as big as a waggin load o' hay," " Worn't he t' furst as ivver seed t' north poul ?" " Hey," replied the other, " bout (with out) it wur Holiver Cromwell, and some fooaks sed he did and sum said be didn't." " Wor it like t' poul of a poul Andra waggin." " Noa, mon, it wor mooar like t' spin dil o' Maister Tommy D—'s threshing machine; and the say as haw t' world spins raond on't." " They say he tutched it—naw, Billy, do yaw think that's loikly ?" " Tutched it, hey, and brout a piece whoana wee him, and they're showink it nah it' British Museum, at threepence a piece—and I shouldn't wunder but they'll bring it dabs t' Brayfit, when they're toired on't, and then weest see't for a hopenny."—Doncaster Gazette. GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—CAPT. Ross. —lllr. Hamilton, V.P., in the chair.—This meeting, the first of the Session, was an exceedingly crowded one. The paper read was a memoir of Captain Ross's discove ries, accompanied by a chart. At the conclusion of the paper, Captain Ross himself entered the room, and was very cordially received. The Chairman notified to Capt. Ross that the Society's annual geographical premium had been awarded to him by the Council. In making this announcement, the Chairman paid a warm tribute to Captai❑ Ross's zeal and disinterestedness in fitting out the Victory for the voyage—to his courage, perseverance, and sense of duty—to his skill in preserving life and health in the inhospitable regions where he and his companions (participatory in his tribute) were so long resident ; and, finally, to the advantages which geography, astronomy, and navigation would derive from his researches. Capt. Ross, in returning thanks, took no praise for the past, but in a manly style said he trusted his future conduct would mark the sense he entertained of the Society's gift. A hearty round of applause was then given to Captain Ross ; another to Mr. Barrow, of the Admiralty. That gentleman, in acknowledging the approbation, expressed his strong belief of the existence of a water communica tion between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. A third round was given in honour of Capt. Back and his bold companions ; after which the company mixed in conversation : —Literary Gazette. The following announcement was made on Sunday, the sth inst., at one of the parish churches in Salisbury :—" Please to take notice, that Tuesday next, the day of thanksgiving for the Papists' Conspiracy, adurinted to be kept holy." DEATHS BY POISON AT OFFONT.—A most painful sensation was caused at Offton, a village situate about eight miles from Ipswich, on Friday, the Bth inet., by the discovery that a respectable occupier of land, Mr. R. Minns, his brother William, his sister Susan (all of them about 60 years of age), and Susan Minns, niece to Robert and daughter of William Minns (aged thirty-seven), Were suffering from the effects of poison, which had been mixed up in a pudding, of which they partook at dinner; William Minns and his sister are since dead. On Friday, immediately after dinner, which took place about twelve o'clock, and which consisted of a pudding, some pork, and a few potatoes, the sister Susan was taken violently ill, with excessive vomiting, and died in about three hours. R. Minns and his niece were also affected in the same manner and went to bed. While they were lying in this alarming state, William Minns, who had been working on the farm, came home and went into the house to get his dinner. Seeing his brother upon his bed he asked him what was the matter. Robert replied that they had been all suddenly taken ill after eating their meals. William asked whether there was anything the matter with the victuals, and upon Robert's reply, " No, he didn't think that there was," sat down and ate heartily of the pudding. He then went to the stable, saddled a horse, and rode down to Bricett, the adjoining parish, for a nurse. He was gone rather more than half an hour, and on his return he went into the barn, where a man named Piper was at work, and said, '6 Piper, for God's sake go and make a fire, for I am dying." He then went into the house, and soon after to bed, where he continued in a very distressing state till death relieved him from his sufferings on Sunday morning. So potent had been the mixture that'some fowls and two cats which came and fed at the yard door, where one of the sufferers had e mptied his stomach, almost immediately died. The puddine, it sp.. nears, was made by the elder woman, Susan Mions, from flour contained in a sack standing near the window at Vie hack of the house. It is supposed that an entrance was effected at the window on the previous night, and the poison put into the sack. Suspicion has fallen upon a young man of loose character, w bo a short time since a _ maulted Robert Minns upon the high road, and robbed i m t his purse, containing V. His. A coroner's inqi•est w s ,eld on the bodies of t he deceased on T hu r s d ay. and as adjourned till the next day (yesterday), when the jury re turned a verdict " That the deceased , William Minns an d S u san Minns, died from the effect of poison adminis. tered by some person or persona unknown."