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cause of their violence is the Duke of Wellington—the next the infuria propria; but when the Learned Gentleman, one of these Tories, comes forward as a patriot, he must forgive me if I look upon his claim with caution, and if I confess that I am sur prised so small a cause as that which actuates him could have oc casioned so great a noise, and that so great a noise should have produced so little effect. I did expect a most griev ells charge would be brought against my Learned Friend, and sorry I should have been had my conscience compelled me to vote against him. But lamin no such unpleasant situation, If the thunder of the prologue had been equalled by the subsequent parts of the ads of this drama, it would indeed have appeared by the vote we must have come to that this House did cast blame upon my Learned Friend; but I feel the greatest satisfaction in knowing that we shall be compellel to do no such thing. The motion. indeed, Sir, appears to me not meant for any other purpose than to purge the bosom of the Learned Gentleman of the perilous stuff that weighs upon his breast.—(Hear, and laughtere—it has done that-1 hope he is better for it.--(Leughter.)—l, Sir, who hardly ever op pose any motion for inquiry, must almost make up my mind to , do so here ; for the Learned Gent. has not made up his mind to any subsequent proceeding, and this motion in itself is without any definite object. Why he has not done so is clear—he does not wish for them ; they would be inconvenient to him ;—he had rather the papers should be denied than that they should be laid on the table of this House. It is unnecessary now to discuss the ge neral subject of the law of libel. It is a law got hold of by one of those fictions which are the curse of the law of England.— (Cheerse—A libel is something which depends on the constitu tion of the mind of the Attorney-General.—(Hear).—No man can say whether he is writing a libel or not.—(Hear.)—There is hardly any man so mad as wilfully to subject himself to the ope ration of such a law, or to attract the notice of the Attorney !entre'. except the few to whom that notice will be an ad vantage. I think that Alexander is one of that number, and I think he is, as the Learned Gent. called him, an organ of the party.—He is worthy of the party.—(Hear).—l must say, how ever, that I hardly expected from a lawyer an acknowledgment that he was so; but, nn doubt, as be is, his sufferings for the party will recommend him to the justice and the generosity of that party. These prosecutiobs, then, will not restrain hiin : he enters to eat ' • and that necessity is a more compulsory motive Ebert goy my Learned Friend can oppose by ex-officio informa tions. I am inclined to believe he will benefit from them, and that, instead of being an example of terror, he will be an object of emulation ; and I think my Learned Friend will at last believe that the Press must be left to itself.—Jleare—There is a wide dis'inction which I wish to take between a public and a private libel. If any man feels that he must set himself right with the geuntry, be wants no ex-otficio—that would . defeat his purposes. If his object, on the other hand, is not vindication, but punish ment, then he has recourse to this unjust, unconstitutional in strineurnt, to indict a penalty on the offender. But his character will not be vindicated. That object he must attain by the course of an action at common law, which is the only one that admits truth as an answer or eefence ; but here the attempt is to vindi cate character by the use of a brutal instrument of terror which necessarily excites the compassion of all around.—(Hear).—l do not know that truth will even be admitted as a defence to an ac tion of libel, but it ought, certainly, in all instances, to be al lowed in extenuation. But be that as it will, while the law is in earth a state of confusion as it is at present, no person knows what is and what is not a libel. The law is vague—but the term libel cs still more so. In the civil law it only means a book, and in [Petah , ' !Courts an indictment before a tribunal ; but it is alto.. tether vague end unsatisfactory, and its state is such that far treat aurtaiiing the license of the. Press, it has no power but to work injustice. ft has been asserted, and it is true, that distress is abroad ; but the Doke of Wellington and his Colleagues have no brought it on the country; and when the Learned Gent. week, of it, he should remember who were the authors of it. Whetaver may be said of the imperious disposition of the Duke of Wellington, I never knew any Ministry who bore " their twill, ties more meekly."--I have not the honour to know him but as a Public Minister; but I believe, that though he does not think of the public distress ea:oly as we want him to do, there is not yet no roan who would more willingly afford relief if he could, and every one roust be convinced that the charge which was the sub ject of the prosecution was utterly uortimuled. Jr. PEEL said, that at that late hour he should make but a few observations on the speech of the Hon, and Learned Gentle man. tic should throw aside all matters In it that were rather per•onal then political; at the same time he mutt admit that the Learned ',Readier had adhered to the outline he had at first laid down. As to this nameless " Mr. A." he could assure the Learned Gentlemen tisgt he took no offence whatever at the mention of that Right Hew Gentleman. After the elaborate proemium of the Learned Geetlerilan, he was much surprised at the motion Itself. After three months' gestation, and three hours of painful delivery, he had been in some anxiety as to whet the miraculous conception would end in, when lie was never more surprised than by the Learned Gentleman moving fo • papest, every one of which he had In his bend. Notwith. sanding the assent of the Attorney-General given to the motion, he must say that co Parliamentary ground had been made for their production ; but as a vote of c'nsure was threatened, he was not surprised that the Attorney-General had readily ae- Ouieseed in the motion. if there were still any business depend ing on them Leftne the Courts, he should certainly oppose it ; but that business was concluded, and he withdrew eis opposition. He must, however, say that this motion was in direct saastrast with that of the Hon. Member for Antiegli_ in the lest case ii, which ass Attorneyekeeneral was attacked. That motion svgs apt for the production of paters with which every one was acquainted, but to enter a resaliatioe pp the journals, " that prosecutions ea officio were contrery to the practice, and not congenial with the she it o f the British Constitetiose end ought not to be drawn into a precedent hereafter," After We rilAllll way in which his Learned Friend had met this ;notion, be woidd withdraw his Parlistrientary objections to it, rind yield his aespot. 'flip Learned c e ntimes, supposed that there vies tf e , Ole GO verionent tei everwhelin an individual, who wits stated to be the representative of the party with which lie acted, SO fee es he (fir. Peel) was eontserned, he knew nothing of the coeweracy, for Le never heard of Om libels until his Learne& Friend had thougee fit to appeal to Om law and vindicate its authority by these prosecutions—(Flea(, had agreed with the Hon. Baronet, iriwi had said he had teirespif been abused as to the eourse that ought to be a d o pted with respeet to th e se libels. That lion. Baronet's political career had beets MO gar tho his, but still he thought li - e.sould play the rival In ail the Iteinoore efeertY abuse.—(Hear, and lateghter.)—ln Inland, for six years, he lied been subieeted to abuse ; sod subsequently to the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. e leed been as much exposed as any man to abuse ; but the previous appeepticeship be had served eei suffering calumnies from the other side weds; Wine:Mous to them nos y; At the same time he finest say that, unless tee person ma king the ellegetionesgainst the Ctietwellor, and unless the lesr:PP holding the situation Crf Chi3P10.44 to is 'loyal Du - e had been Y vindicetion ishancter would not brought forwat - 1; have been affeete4. Tg es Xl i a'Y al -I SW' tr e A Ch r apt ] oPes • el le - but he Could not hef() enkeng That tact' gave him kttle le- 4 the Learned Gentleinifee aA,V cie a little Felineeghg mined( with the l ib e ll er i r e t , se ' AlorningJourna‘," Witlin term party. It ieeffled slim big Alexander the representatiVe- ef,' that that this must have been a" lapauChelentre." hat he hat! used these Sir C. WETHERELL denied not Only -1 . words, but that he had used any to which a ferncould give such a construction.—s(Crles of No, no.) Mr. PEEL begged his pardon. Me was willi n g to g ive tijg Hon. and Learned Gentleman the power of making the eeplanatioii het there could be no doubt that lie bad used the words, althouli they might have fallen front his mou th unintentionally , an d in the heat of the debate. He had said that the object of these prosecutions was to beat down that powerful party with which Mr. Alexander was connected. For three months ignorant persons might give credit to the calumnies that individuals put Myth ; but what con wit - 4 him under such eircumstances always wes.e.hat if the party abuse.; Waited fix that time the abuse would recoil ootne wteerer.omm! —(Hear car.)—Thats howevee, was what th e Atto roey- probable G had to eteasider. He had to etausider what were the effects of publication ct this kenclem tem minds of a party not only here but- in Ireland. It was imooseihke to deny the studious e fforts theta made hy the party (though tie did thee! the justice to believe that :note they would be happy to see thewand es-hat had once been dpi predictions, completely faismsele inis settle the w e of the Pees: intent people of Ireland and to koep up excitement by the hope beet there was an influence whit!) weeeerninent ; and that there wou ld prevail ever that of the would be some sn:aoge by which the,reavit measure of thankemacipa ban would be defeated. The ellhet ,Olt e p4rasseeelis of ind upon the public was well known ; fore leSsotiOiceiliers attend ing the proceedings sit' Parliament might riot be 441,1,0 he them, the people of Ireland were in a very different siturdiop f that was written in the English iewspapers was studiously copied into the Irish Papers, and whatever appeared under such authority as that of the Chaplain of the Duke of Cumberland must produce attention and excitation ia Ireland. His Honourable and Learitett Friend had been charged .wit O ut,,,,14e severity ; but s ome circumstances connected with the late ,cases het( not been duly considered. It had been left out of view that a peseen of the name of G.utch had also been prosecuted end Aetna guilty ; but that on proviig he had no knowledge of the ctfestseve cation—t hat he was not in London, and that, its fact, ise Was ill wires it was printed, the Attorney-General had recoesinerstleid that he should not be brought up for judgment, Ile exercised a Opals' degree of forbearance towasets Mr. Alexander. in the case se which the Jury reconunended Awe, to mercy. These facts ;showed that, as the chief Law Officer of the Crown, he had been oduated by no party or perwingi motives, puss that he com menced the proceeding, not at the dietation of beaseeinmet, but in the due execution of his public dot e winch was semictis to dleebarge with all possible lenity. t wee the peculiar pro vince of the Aeteeney-General to watch the exec -setae of The Press, I and to eotatroui -aloes excesses proved him the friend et. its ra tional liberty. To were to the Press its proper influence oeer public men, was not to porusie its respectability to be invaded by those who set decorum et damns:es* , No man felt more than him welt (Mr, Peel). the necessity Air tee and power of the Press; but indiscriminate abuse, and public. And iweeato calumny, lessened mgt power And destroyed that advents:se. Tfieese , w W ho used such weapons ere the worst enemies of t he Preas, er e interven tion of the hew ,lets necessary for its protection. - 1 , ice; had eWeseii ilfonourable iliseeziects objected to time concession of AC*" iew,ers &war the Press, unt.ilit4e iStlixt of the existing law had beef] fairly e w e & Such was the Amsavpr in 1919, when it was said that no great) eagmetment was newesseueeeowt that appeal ought to be made to a Juno. of the country. hilt l e ttorney-General, in this in stance, had aegealed to a Jury , awl frpitilt had shown that the law, as it at present stoo d , suitce, was eek Correct the ex cesses of the Presi. • Lord ALTHOItP bast sever been persuaded of tae &ewe oe'ex.ottieea informative..by all the debates he had 'laud city epo „ th e i lbject. iffe admitted 4,bet the publication was a libel ; but he though:. that aseid the exciewi e wi of last year, it ought to pease ,: _over, Rated .neeckleai t tie9s of the late pro have been ceetlings was shown by ~,,a4 0,461,101i Off toe eeetorney-General eier the iscrelic6 aiftweere they had that libels were just as rife eleet the been pronounced. It was a reins. 4.- i r A t .k m.t- P 0 papers selected for prosecution were a. l 7 la Y d time ,,QP,PPAi'Licm to the Government of the day ; but lie nev..7" ee° ""' .e _ s , LI , a of so little violence, as far as the press was c 0,,. as l'revi tion.. While ous to the passing of the Bill for C atholic Emend's- . to 2 . , :hw that he censured what had occurred, he was willing the Attorney-General had not displayed any unnecessary The ATTORNEY -GENERAL explained. Mr. O'CONNELL maintained that the leading feature In the conduct of the Attorney-General was a desire on his part to obtain the dictatorship of the Press, aiding himself in this at tempt by a total silence as to the true definition of libel. lie could not think that the chief law officer of the Crown had, by any means, viral sated himself on the subject of the ex.ctlicio Information against Mr. Alexander, and in the outset he had procured a very unfair advantage. He had tiled a criminal in formation against that gentleman, in answer to which Mr. Alex ander was obliged to disclose his defence; and when the At torney-General filed his ex-officio information, a count was inserted, in order to meet that defence. The hook was barbed on both sides to catch the fish, and the criminal in formation acted as a sort of hill of discovery—(Hear, !scare — It hadbeen said by the Right Hon. Gentleman (sir. l'eel), that the prosecutions had been instituted in consequence of the ex citation produced by the Catholic Relief Bill • but it was to be recollected that that measure was passe d Oil the "k 1 of April , and that the libels were not p u bli s h e d until some mo nths afterwards. Surely it would not be pretended that paragraphs in newspapers were likely to have the effect place procuring eean the repeal of that Bill, ia of reviving the monopoly of power, and of renewing the struggle so long and SO injurio us ly mainta ined. According to the Attorney-General, the Bill produced an e ff Octneither upon the country nor upon the metropolis • and after it was passed, this isle was so y e t,from three months its propriety" by a few paragraphs, that it was necessary to commence instant prosecutions, and to bring on two of them agaiost s aucethe on the sane day. In the State 'trials were instances o eeTi an prisoners awake during the night before their trial, that might not be eteimetent to defend themselves and the onl y 'y parallel to that extreme of injustice anti cruelty was the prac- Lice or compelling a min to defend himself against two actions o es the sense hear.)-111 his speeds to the Jury, on :lie V4th December, the Attorney-General had said, that if the .author of the libel had bees: given up, he would not have prowecuted the newspaper. With refersaece to this asser tion, he ( O'Connell) would tiow iak isisn if lie hap pened to beef in mind a ease pending Agaieet s gentleman of the name of e laldwin, and whether he had not Actually in his pocket a letter f rom Mr. Stanle y Lees ilittied, a barrister, a doc tor of laws, 401..011 of a late Sherillef Dublin ' in which that GentlemAn avoWeilthimself the author of the libel, and acquitted 133kiw i ii o f en participation ? Did not the Atttorrney.Gene else know. that a fan' } lays after that letter was se rieteta Mr. Gifford waited upon Mr. Maule, the Solicitor for the Treasury, and formally admitted the authorship of the libel; to which the reply was, that Mr. Baldwin's disavowal was wanting? Did he not know that Mr. Baldwin sent in his disavowal on the ' , ld of January, which was kept until the 27th of January, and then re turned to him without the slightest ceremony ? Did he not • know, finally, that the notice of trial for this libel was only coun termanded on the very day before it might have been brought before the Special Jury ? Where these facts or were they not ? and with them before him was he (Mr. O'Connell) right in as serting that the Attorney-General meant, if possible, to crush the Press ? He had talked of the power of the Press—the power of publishing what any man pleased—but he had not done what was absolutely necessary—he had not defined what was and win t was not a libel. What was the difference between the law of libel at present and the Star-chamber law of old, which was handed down from one prerogative Judge to another, and reite— rated by Attorney-General after Attorney-General, whether Whig or Tory ?—; Hear, hear.)—A libel, as the law now stood, after the recent prosecutions, was this :—Anything that tended to throw reflections upon any man—that was a libel ; and if the law continued as at present, instead of being free, the press was in a state •f miserable servi.tide and s'avery • and nothing could protect it from the heavy inflictions of the Attorney-General but the shield of public opinion. He (Mr. O'('onnell) had felt it his duty to express his strong dissatisfaction at the present state of the law ; his only consolation was to see the Secretary for the Home Department by the side of the Attorney-General, for to the Right Hon. Gentleman he looked for the controul of the I.aw Officer of the Crown, and the protection of the liberty of the Press.—(Cheers.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL denied that either what he had done or said warranted the supposition that he wished to become the dictator of the Press. On the trial, on the 24th December, he had certainly said that the Duke of Wellington would have prosecuted the author of the libel, if he had been furnished with the means of doing so ; but those means were withheld until he was obliged to prosecute the newspaper. He did not intend to be drawn into a discussion of the facts con nected with the pen , ''ll:.; prosecution of Mr. Baldwin ; but he would just moption 'that notice of trial had been countermanded ten days before the day on which the trial was to have come on. Sir It. HERON contended that the Noble Duke had been ill advised in instituting the prosecutions. Mr. NORTH addressed himself to answer the remark founded by the Hon. Member for Clare upon the dittbrence of date be tween the passing of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill and the com mencement of the prosecutions ; he admitted that some months had elapsed between the two events, but he contended that attempts were most industriously made on both sides of the water to keep up the excitement of the public mind, which it was neceesery to check. It wa: the duty of Government to pro tect the great measure of Emancipation in the infancy of its action. 'I he SOLICITOR-GENERA L contended, . that the best friends of the Press were those who wished to curb its licentious ne 5, without infringing upon its liberty ; and he denied that the Attorney. General had erected himself into its censor, or wished to become its dictator. The I-lon. Member for Clare seemed to forget that no party could be convicted upon an ex-offic:o infirr matim without the intervention of a Jury constituted upon the most impartial system, and judges at once of the fact and of the law. Instead of meriting reproach, he thought that Government deserved great credit, for not instituting prosecutions for libels published during the agitation which attended the passing of the noman Catholic Relief Bill ; and it ought not to be forgotten, that the libel on the Lord Chancellor was only one of a series of attacks, the object of which was to bring the Members of the Government into contempt. He put it to the House to say whe ther any one could credit that the libel charged as upon the Lord Chancellor was really upon the Duke of Wellington. Yet Mr. Alexander swore that it was, and set up for his defence that he did nit mean or intend to attack the Lord Chancellor, but some other member of his Majesty's Government. What else could his Honourable and Learned Friend do than meer that defence in the manner he had done ? It was al leged in extenuation of those libels, that they had no effect upon the character of the Lord Chancellor, but he had the best reason to know that it had effects upon Its character, most injurious; and if he had allowed his character to remain under such aspersions, he could not much longer hold his place ether as a judge or as a member of his Majesty's Government. It was most erreneous and most unjust to suppose that the Lord Chancellor could be insensible to libels such as those questioning the character of a man so high in office, and holding a situation that, in an espec al degree, required spotless and perfect purity. Could any Lord Chancellor discharge his functions if disap pointed suitors, leaving his Court, could go out with any colour of imputation upon his integrity as a Judge ? Important, then, as this character was to himself and the public, what could he have clone but consent to the institution of that proceeding which had brought upon his Hon. and Learned Friend the accu sation of the Member for Plympton ? At that time of night he could not' enter into all the facts of the case; he could tell them, however, that if was a seleotien of three out of three hundrs.d libels, any one of which he believed might have been prosecuted. He could not enter into all the grounds of that assertion so often made, that his Honourable and Learned Friend could not have done otherwise. If the conduct of every Attorney- General, on occasions similar to that, were made the sub ject of discussson in that House, he should venture to say that the license cif the public Press might be expected ma terially to increase ; for the legal advisers of the Crown would gladly avoid the responsibility of instituting those pro secutiotut, if they cppld allege a well-grounded apprehension that their conduct az poblie prosecutors was likely to undergo a too rigid investigation in that House. If that House, after an Attorney-General had honestly exercised his official privileges, should bring him before them as his Hon. and Learned Friend had that night been brought, they would naturally enough gladly avail themselves of the pretext so afforded to avoid prose (alarms which ought really to be instituted. He regretted that instead pf the speeds which which his Hon. a nd Lea r ned Fr i end the .. .itemiser for Ptymptoo had that night made in that House, he had net undertaken at the Bar the defence of Mr. Alexander. But ho must ISO, 1101 1 .iever, speech.—(dicer, shrink from the responsibility of that hear! from sir C, Wetherell).—}le assured NO Hon. and Learned Friend that he meant him do personal offence —nothing could be further from his mind.—(liear).—But the mover had trot only brought the Attorney-General before the House, but he arraigned before them the conduct of the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and the verdict of the dlffs.tent and successive Juries by whom the cases w ere trim. lip p i .tt all foncerned upon their trial, and re tried the cases therrUiyeti. Ile Irsbolired, or at least the effect of his speech was to bring into contempt the direction of the Judeand the verdicts of the Juries.—(Hear),lt might be supposed dirt its pronouncing an opinion upon a question of that cert., he had something of a personal interest ; but he could assure the ;louse he had none, for the responsibility did not rest with Into, an t i the - fefisFe he might, without imputation be al lowed to say that never were pfwoutums carried on with a kinder feeling—never With a greater desire tp avoid msneecssary putusio4.3;:t. To these few phseryations he should en/dole him telt; fRr at tfiat late hour he did not desire longer to getain tic: House. Mr. SADLEI could not avoid making R. few obsetva • tions upon an occasion like the preaent, were he npt de terred by the lateness of the hour. In the discharge of his duty, however, he felt bound to say dist the question, tliongh well argued as a legal question, had not yet been put upon ihnze gropnds of constitutional right, policy, and e xpediency, upon whiel; he de+iled to see it placed. Influenced by a consideration of that - 644117, bp h a ulfu .re solved, as speedily as circumstances would admit, to bring the matter again before the House in a distinct and sub stam;ye form ; what its shape should hereafter be, he in tended to tape r.,;? opportunity of giving due notice. In' the subjects of his inteAded r r - ,o 4 ions would be included the r, ~,,, time chosen for the prosecution In qme4l9P i tb;... nature .... of the proceedings, and the spir it in which it was con. Atreted ? 34, MINA after making due askrzwledgmeuts to the Hon. and Leaned ferr e ber for Plympton, for the manner in which he had brought for,;/.4 ; . Ie present motion, and for the service which his motion was calculr,t;;ll tq e!fect, and the incalculable benefit which it would confer trpoii tp, c a nse of liberty, said that he had read his Ma jesty hi,torpg-peueral a lesson which he hoped that public officer wow d KeTeprher. He next proeeeded to pronounce a warm eulogium po;i. the Fonduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (the Se‘retary fn i: p ie Home Department) for the noble indifference which at all times 1 4,F manifested with respect to the various libels uttered aza i inst hirfi, He (Mr. II.) ceuld not exPress in ter me ,t ;io s,trong Iyhich that indifference had excited hi the kreas4 ,cf 21; Wok;ip - o - ?pen, The pleasure which the contemplatioo Of 11)4 e v.e i no Fas calculated to excite, was materially 4hoinished by the regret which be could not help feeling at the speech of the 4a r opet the Member for Westminster. The whole of that neyli wa.s a defence of the Attorney-General, and web - thitt was a `which they little expected to coiiiit fTPIP that rarter; arn,l it - ,vaa . re,i.-..!4able enough that the defence ;WNW bOre tistamed ,ttya ryl:t4erce to the worst and most odious pilot's of our hisiory; argument which would call upon that Ille;se tO !aagq.pb the prosecutions of the present Attorney-General, merely beeayso they were not so bad as some of the prosecu tioha u ,h,i;o predecessors, was anything but the reasons of one who Nraz a ,fr;e.::;c.: to the Liberty of the Press—was anything but reasoning v./V:4? ;^.he rouse of Commons ought to sanction at this time of day.' '}dot bpi" did t':e Hon. Bart. fail to treat the Member for Plympton with the respect which was his due, but he carefully abstained thiottib..,v i tt his entire speech from saying any thing which could be otherwia4.l.? , a defence of the Attorney-General. However, that speech cirrie,i x . 4 . tL it its own antidote, for few who heard it could see ill it , staieimtoti; ar t () fer!.simings any thing which could excite a desire to be satawnstith the poent practice and system, merely because it was not so bad its ,c, .;11 that had gone before. The Attorney-Gen. had told tbei4 d r esired to see and preserve a well regulated Press ; but in; 4344.4 p i f well-regulated Press a Press regulated by himself; 11421 i s " &ilia,. 112 would call a'we::- regulatel Press. lie bad heard many deli:rco in that liodie any elsewhere, but so lame a defence &a that made by the Iron. st;ci !learned Attorney-General he had never before heard. That def e ,upg would speedily abroad by means of the pu blic Press; ‘4 - 4 ,4 whep the Hon. and Learned Uent. cane to read it in the morn;ni, hoped that a clear perception of its impel fectious would lead him to see th,e folly ,of *l4ch lie had been guilty, and would put a stop to his proeeedings oi s.rnilar kind in future. He (AL,, H,) was far 'from attewpting t fa r , that the publication against the T.ord Chancellor was defenstltle ; Ice had heard no one;in that house note apt to defeuffit. But he would inquire why the Lord Chanceih.:bad w it defended his cbaraeter by an appeal to a Jury of his country 4; the usual way ? lla would not say that the reluctance to do so, proceeded from auy weakness of his cause ; but he had not thought proper to do ay, par bad any one ex plained why he avoided that course. remark able that throughout tie whole of those proceetkings, and during the discussions in that House, the affair of the Lord Chancellor was put in the front of the battle, and the House and the country could now judge what had been made of it. Ile woi.ild put it to the House whether the Attorney-General had not ttor:.; wore to bring his Majesty's Government into contempt and diseep;,..te with the best part, of soci e ty, in his prosecution of Mr. Alexander, than that indi e id e sl had ever done by his publication of the pa ragraphs question-,(llear.)—Nothing could give him greater sasisfaction than to heq from the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department that those prosecutio ns 1, 4 d been instituted without has L : iow.. ledge--Oat he ];pew nothini of them till he saw the men. tion of them, the next day, in the public newspapers. That circumstance did him the highest honour; and his decla ration of it that night in the House was not less creditable to him, as fixing the onus upon the proper party. He hoped that the debate of that evening would teach the Attorney General a little more caution than he had hi therto manifested, and that he should not soon again be found in a similar situation. Sir F. BURDETT rose in explanation ; and denied the representation which the lion. Member for Aberdeen had made of what fell from him (Sir F. Burdett), but at that hour he could not think of troubling the House with denials in detail of the points upon which the Hon. Mem ber misapprehended him ; he thought it better, there fore, to wait for the motion of the Hon. Member for Newark, and take that opportunity of setting himself right with the House. Mr. Secretary PEEL said, that the Hon. Member for Aberdeen tal mistaken him also—nothing could be fur ther from his mind than to express any difference from his Hon. and Learned Friend the Attorney-General, either as to the grounds of the prosecutions, or the manner in which they had been conducted. Ile did not dissent from a single word that had been uttered by his Hon. also Learned Friend. Ile entirely concurred with him in every particular. Nothing that he said could even seem to bear another interpretation, except that wherein he spoke generally of his own feelings, and of the little pain which he felt from any thing that had been published against himself. The fact was, he gave himself very little trouble about them. His Hon. and Learned Friend had not acted upon the feeling that the Government or that any individual needed protection—he went upon public grounds solely. There was a charge made of a most se rious kind by a person standing in the situation of Chap. lain to the Duke of Cumberland—it became necessary, then, both for his sake and the due ' discharge of his public duty, as a public officer, that • prosecutions should be instituted; ' but that was done without the slightest desiie to ale mischief, much less to ruin . an individual.— As fur him (Mr. Secretary Peel), he could safely declare that he did not know he had been libelled by Mr. Alexan der; therefore, private feeling he had none whan he first expressed his concurrence in the measure of prosecution—a concurrence that still continued in full force. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL briefly explained. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL then rose to reply. In doing which he assured the House that he should only occupy their attention for a few moments. When he made the observations with which he prefaced time motion which he had thought it his duty to submit to the House, he professed himself with perfect candour to be a Tory—in doing that he little expected to receive . the support of a high patriot, like the Member for Westminster; as little did he expect to final that Hon. Baronet supporting at tacks upon the libeity of the Press, and censuring its sup posed licentiousness. It was strange enough to hear that lion. Baronet attacking him (Sir C. 'Wetherell) for defend ing the privileges of that House ; but yet it ceased to be a matter of very great surprise when it was remarked, that some years ago he had not treated the privileges of the House himself with much respect. He laud treated as chaff all the precedents that he had produced—he tram pled under foot all that had been contended for as the undoubted privileges of the House, holding very cheap the defence of those privileges Such being the real saute, he could not help regarding the Hon. Baronet more as a theoretical than as a practical supporter of the liberties of the Press. lie should come now to some of the observations of the Right Hon. Gentleinan the Se cretary for the Home De e arttnent. lie bad made Mr. Alexander the representative of him (sir C. Wetherell): that was not correct. The Morning Journal might genes rally be considered to speak the sentiments of the party to which he belonged, but that dial not make Mr. Alexander their representative. He used no expression to justify such an indifference as had been drawn; anal as a further proof that, direct or indirect, he bad no connection with Mr. Alexander, he would state that he had declined to defend him in Court. With respect to the matter of one of the libels, he must be allowed to say that if the regal branch of that legislature were placed in the situation then de scribed, it became justly an object of commiseration, placed as the supposition was in collision with that anal the other House of Parliament, He had received credit at the commencement of his observations for a desire to ab strain from the proceedings of all personalities; but lie thought he had reason to complain, that the Right lion. Gent. (the Secretary for the Home Department) had not avoided the personality, for the desire to escape which he had been so ready to praise others. A variety of .topics pressed themselves upon his attention, upon which, lie thought, that important observations could be node ; but lm e felt the necessity of detaining the House only as short a time as possible. It was itnposmible be could reply to all that had been said ; but he conceived that the position with which he had originally started had been perfectly sustained, and had not for a single !imminent suffered from the attacks of any assailant, His Honourable and Learned Friend (the Attorney-General) had re minded him of the advice given by a great wit and a very shrewd man, Selwyn—who advised, that whenever your opponent said nothing absurd, the most expedient.plan was to make him do so ; thus, though he (Sir C. W,) l an d never said that any man had been tried twice for the same offence, yet it was thought right to make him say 50,.--• What he objected to was, the power possessed by the At -orrsey-Generel of tho King to file his private information first, and then come forward and change it to an iimforrna, tion ex-officio. It was a power which ought to be abo• fished, and one which he should certainly move the aboli tion of, did he conceive that he should find in that House sufficient support. He hoped he should ; at all events, he inonded to bring tile matter forward, when the documents for which he then moved ahould be laid opop the table of the House. The power of which he complained wee most liable to abuse, especially if, by any unhappy event, there happened to becorrupt Judges, capable of allowing time same cape to be tried a second time, under a new form. The At torney- Generai had .(11pitted tst lre meant to put down the Paper ; and this was a part of the compl4int syhicis he (Sir C. Wetherell) made. It was not because Alexander was scurrilous, but because the Paper was the cluttnpion of the fallen Protestant party that it was to be put down. C al m the Attorney-General find no other paper to p ut down '? — " iiiim 1 but,!! Bald Mr, Attorney, " I can't read all the newspapers ; I have not — time."' Peilmapa tmo ; ramie it seemed that the Attorney-General found time to read the Morning Journal. There were many other Papers,—... Daily Papers,—besides - as many as 15 Sunday Papers, b e believed, of which the editors made no holiday on Sunday— '. f‘ The Sabbath chines no day of rest to them." Of all these dairy "al gi4a44y liL,LeFs, Pena h atil o '4 Journal was read by Mr. Attorney. The knockers an 4 the bells of all the other editors were undisturbed by Mr. Attorney ; it was only the brass door of Mr. Alexander that had charms for the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. a' a nd yet," said Mr. Attorney, " it was not Alexander, tiie':libelp, that I attacked, bug the Morning Journal." thi l 3' . wa,; , :vlit lc' cottiphu!Uegq; af-,tl many, if any f4em•- , ilegiun told hint hint the f t Ire wag Conneoeal ' with 4rrr .Of these people, he begged to say, its the strongest purlia, mentary language, that such Gentleman imputed to him what was not title. He had been taunted with his labours of gestation ; he bad been told that his labours were all gestation, and that they ended not in delivery ; but he hegtif Peva ta c ; that be 110 stated he should go far ther, and lie prPinied tti. 2 iii OE4 his 14400 i slip mil no; end in the barren result anticipated.—(Hear, and laughter.) l :-- The Hon. Member fer Newark had said very troiithat there were other points of view in which the present sub ject might be considered; anal it was to be hoped that in I ti r oaa am;; : ea 1: , 4 , b• : •, or in some of them, that Hon. Gentle man won't) hrl'ng . i(44iitier 'gig orri;y-10 - aqor ; 0 ;t', tfo‘r - t!p. , He acknowledged the 44iiitsincp iiriliA 'lie "14 rcgiveti from the Hon. Member for Clare in arguing this question, who had shown upon that, as upon other occasions in which he had seen him exert his talent in this country, 144 1 . 1,:i r 2.3 an able lawyer. He had proved, in the mO:4 )3s.tiiffetory ;:::tinge., that the proceeding on the part of time * Xtigt . iteyZGale,•: ,- , va4 - r ipp:r cedented, oppressive, and vexatious.--(Hear, Isar.)-‘-- He intended to propose a Bill to abolish, as he bad already : wed, the power possessed by the Attorney-General of link air et a ipia information after a private information ; till! lie yen iiilk 41004 Oc 4 - 0 - 07:qyd Hon. Gentlemen would go along with him—thal fa; 'atter' `E;i - l'api4avit f,lid by time defendant, lie (time Attorney-General) should net be at l'lieFt7i to change time form of the proceeding, unless he were elate to masee ofrt a elafficient case to the Court. A t so late an hour Le should ilhstain feoan ",:aa.7elling• further into the topCs on Vl'llidl,llol3loo'llelled in iiis'opemmin i g. He woald sherefle only say, that lie ss'as inucia obliged to those lion. dentlemen 3414.4 /iv; expressed their approba tion of the course he hail pursued ; and though lie l i eJ movt with some stripes in certain patriotic quarters where he had not expected them, he hoped that he should be able to aaa,-,,: Soundly, in- time assurance of being quite as patriotically ciialmaa,,e4 may ;list elegant effusion which lau d issued that Mita from the Han, iiaroaet, lie '4',4emniet• for Westminster. - ' '' .' • Mr. PEEL—He dial not mean to ineinuee that there was any connection between the Hasa. and Learned Gentle man and Mr. Alexander. Mr. TE';:. : l;!..9oN—Tlie House should take care that they did 'riot make - an order that cod 1 - ao'i be emnplied with. The Hon. and Leached tieniferrian had ['loved for " An exact minute of time worde in *bias - eaelm Surja prat nounce.V their verdict against Mr. Alexander upon each of the inforinutions and AU exact minute of t h e terms in which any of the Juries expressed a recommendation of him to mercy;" These documents, he apprehended, could not he furnished ; for the record would only state that the verdict had been ' Guilty." Sir C. WETHERELL—The verdict of the July, in the second case, had been given in writing, and handed to the Court. Mr. TENNYSON—If the words existed at all, it wou'd ie in the Judge's notes ; and then the question arose, could ,at Ilouqe order a copy of these notes? Mr. PEEL—If tilos, memoranda were not in existence, urn to the order of the House would be to that effect. Resolosion ,, proposed by Sir C. Wetherell were then to nem. dis. other Orders of the Day being disposed of, the Adjourned at Four o'clock. The House LI S' OF SIXTY-ONE, WHO THE NEW Althorp, Viscount Baring, F. Baring, Sir T. Brownlow, C. Burdett, Sir F. Brougham, Henry Bright, H. Beaumont, T. W. Calvert, C. Clive, E. B. Cavendish, W. Cave, R. 0. Denison, W. J. Dawson, A. Davenport, \V. Easthope, J. Ewart, W. Guise, Sir W. Graham, Sir J. Grant, Rt. Hon. C. Grant, It. TRICIS OF STI lignk 'stack 3 per CenL Red. - 93 4% 3 ,4,4',4! 3 per Cent Cons. ! 3Y,i per Cent . Ditto Red. ...7 p 0 1 ,4 % 4 per Cent. Ann. Ditto, 18 . 2' lO6 5% t; tnk 1.. Ann. Ditto 30 years Ditto 30 years India Stock 242 44 Ditto Bonds 76 77 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 69% ; 115 Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds 27 Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish 75% Greek Bonds 1416 Ditto, 1825 46% 6 Guatemala Mexican Bonds Ditto. 1825 the rel The agreed T OF THE MINORITY VOTED (ON THE IST OF MARCO) TO REFER 'ARK PETITION TO A COMMITTEE. Howick, Lord Honywood, W. P. Harvey, D. W. Heneage, G. F. Hume, Joseph Kemp, T. R. Littleton, E. J. !Lumley, J. S. Lambert, J. S. Marjoribanks, S. IMaherly, J. Marshall, J. Marshall, W. Monck, J. B. Morpeth, Viscount Martin, John O'Connell, 1). Osborne, Lord F. Palmerston, Visc. Poynta, W. S. Palmer, C. F. Pendarsres, E. W. Phillips, G. Price, R. Protheroc, E. Robart., A. W. Russell, Lord John Robinson, Sir G. Sefton, Earl of Stanley, Hon. K G. Slaney, R. Smith, W. Smith, R. V. Taylor, M. A. Wilson, Sir It. Warrender, Hon. 6 Wood, Alderman Warburton, 11. Wilbraham, V. Webb, E. Ward, C. LIST OF THE MINORITY OF FORTY-SEVEN (TO ONE HUNRF.D AND FORTY-EIGHT), WHO VOTED (ON THE IST OF MARCH) FOR MR. HUME'S MOTION TO GRANT 99, 0 00 SEAMEN AND MARINES TO THE IST OF JULY, TO ADMIT OF INQUIRY WHETHER THE NUMBER MIGHT, AMER THAT PERIOD, BE REDUCED. Bernal, It. Benett, John Baring, Sir I'. Baring, W. B. Buck, L. W. Calvert, C. Carter, H. Denison, W. J. Dawson, A. Dunc(nnbe, T. Davenport, Davies, Col. Ebrington, Viscount Euston, Earl of Fasakerley, J. N. Eyler, T. B. Guise, Sir W, Gordon, R. Graham, Sir J. Hobhouse, J. C. Hollywood, W. P. Heron, Sir R. Ingilby, Sir W. Jephson, 'C. D. Lahouchere, H. Martin, J. Macdonald, Sir J. Moberly, J. Monck, J. R. Morpeth, Viscount O'Connell, D. Philips, G. R. Palmer, C. F. Pallmer, C. N.- IProtheroe, Ed. Rickford, W . Robarts,.A. W. Robinson, Sir G. Sibthorpe, C. 1). Townshend, Lord C. Wrottesley, Sir J. Webb, E. Whitmore, W. W. Warburton, H. :11 TM IS Wood C Wood, Alderman (Whitbread, W. H. TELLER. !Hume, Joseph BAT AT OWL O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ........ Old Annuities New Ditto FA. Bills, 11,000 2d. 7K 77 pm. Ditto lid. '7ll 77 pm. Dltto 40.'2(1. 76 77 pm. Ditt0....... lid. 76 77 pm. OW/ amain Ditto ljd. 76 77 eni. Sank for Account India for Account ' Cons. for April VS 9'214 t, 1,4 THIS DAT AT ON! O'CLOCK. Neapolitan — Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old Ditto, New — Bussian Spanish. 'B2l I2X Ts I— Ism — French Rentes, sp. c. —t —c. Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent. Exchange PRICES OF SHARKS THIS DAY ♦Y OHS O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss at 5/. pm.) £2O St S:l4 84% Umtetl Met. Min. Co. (ii. at 2/. mo.) £lll% 20;4% 51 Van Dieman's Land:Agricultural Co. 10 2IA ?KICKS OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, FEB. 27. Bank Stock 242% St. Patrick Imur. (per sh.) Consols, 2 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 98% National Ditto — Ditto New — Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent lOl% t Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3% per cent.... 90% !Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stoci Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent —' Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p.c. Commercial Buildings , COURSE OF EXCHJ Amsterdam C.F 12 9 1 Ditto, at sight. 12 71 Rotterdam 2 U 12 9 Antwerp 12 A Hamburg M.II. 14 SI Altona l4 31 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 S 5 Ditto 2 U. 26 10 Bordeaux 26 10 Berlin Frank Aid on Maine, Fx. M. 1551 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective A. 2 M. 19 16 Trieste do 10 17 Ma , .rid 36 Cadiz • 3o!.i Gilboa 36 Barcelona 35% Seville SS% Gibraltar 47% ,NGIC YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4 7 14 Genoa 26 10 Venice 47% Malta 4B Xi Naples. 304 Palermo per oz. 1184 Lisbon Oporto 44 Rio .laneiro Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l St BULLION, PIM OZ. X. i. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due Arrived. 'Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 2 O Brasil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward islands ... 0 1 Dqblin O Flanders 0 0 Mexico O France 1 0 Sweden O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford .... ..... HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ... 32 minutes after 11. 1 Evening... 0 minuted after O. „. ribr ~eta LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1830. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated last night that he would bring forward the Budget on Monday, the I.sth iastant, His reason for fringing it forward thus early is to relieve the public anxiety as much us possible. We sincerely trust that Government will find it compatible with their Own duty and the public interests, to propose a reduction in taxes of the first necessity, in order to iciieve the distr6ses of the people. If they entertain any doubts as to the propriety or efficacy of the reduction, still we think they ought to hazard the experiment, for should the returns fall short of expectation, it is yet within the power of lißverpinprit to remedy the 41,e4ciency by low; whi;:h the puidic will of course have to pay, and it is, therefore, but just that those on whom the debt will fall should have a chance of any scheme of improvement, however desperate, since the loss or gain must be all their own, while Ministers will reap whatever glory may etlste withotic risking apy of the disgrace. We are firmly persuaded that a - reduction - of taxation would benefit the revenue, while it would materially improve the condition of the people. my the paciset-ship (*urge annipg, 1010 ar rived at Liverpool on Monday, in twenty days from New York, haVing outsailed the packet-ship of the Ist of February, we have received the papers of that city to the 9th ult. inclusive. We subjoin the moss ifiterestipg pArtiop iptol;gfp9e they bring. " PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE TARIFF. ‘• In the House of Representatives on Friday; Mr. M'Duffte from the Committee of Ways and Means, re- Arte(f the* hill A till to redo e and 'Modify the duties upon certain imported articles, and to allow a drawback on spirits distilled from foreign mol.,sses. "Be it enacted, & c .,—That froM and after the 30th day ;I.‘ Jime, 183 R, the tollowit% d tie shalt he leyied, in lieu ill those , 4 o likv, n' thelollotiing s v - • articles, g• On iron inhars vni holq:, vhether manufactured by hammering or rolling, 90 cents per 11216. ; provided that all iron in slabs, blooms, and loops, and other firm less finished than iron in bars and bolts, excepting pig or cast iron, shall be rated as iron in bars and bolts, and pay duty r t eorjiniy. " On non in pigs, 50 cents. per 1 lg pounds. " On hemp, unmantlfactUfed, 35 cents. per ton. " On flax, unmanufactured, 35 dollars per tan. " On cotton bagging, 3 cents. and 3-fourths per square yard. " Pa iinna.. - ,11.7,4i;rzti - - ,, - sc,i, ~ o. pip. cept, (.414 v.a1i,9 , ,p/ i i i , until the'3Cth 4u'ne, - 051, and 5 per cent. less A'ery year until the duty shall be'r"educediO 15 percent. ad valorem , provided that 'all 'wool, the actual value of which at the, place whence imported shall not exceed 10 cents per pound, shall pay a duty of 15 per cent. ad valore►n, and no more, from and after the 30th June next. " On all manufactures of wool, and of which wool shall be a component part, except worsted stuff goods and blan kets, which shall pay 25 per rent. ad valorem, a duty of 33 and a third per cent. ad valorem. " On all manufactures of cotton, or of which cotton shall be a component part, 25 per centum ad valorem, provided that all such manufactures, except nankeens, im ported directly from China, the original cost of which, at the place whence imported, with the addition of 20 per cent., if imported from the Cape of Good Hope or beyond it, and of 10 per cent., if imported from any other place, shall be less than 30 cents per square yard, shall, with such addition, be taken and deemed to have cost 30 cents per square yard, and charged with duty accordingly. " On salt, 10 cents per bushel of 56 pounds. " On brown sugar, - cents per pound. " On white clayed sugar, - cents per pound. On nnelasseo, 4 cents per gallon. " On linseed, liempseed, and rapeseed oil, 15 per cent. ad valorem. " Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, that the same draw back shall be allowed on the exportation of spirits dis tilled in the United States front Foreign molasses, as was allowed previous to the passage of the act entitled An Act in alteration of the several acts imposing duties on im ports,' approved, 19th May, 1828." We have not space for comment upon the Debate of last night, but the Speech of Sir CHARLES WETHERELL is worthy of particular attention ; we are very sure that Sir JAMES SCAR LETT will not readily forget it. His Ma jesty's ATTORNEY-GENERAL is not likely to have a column raised to his memory, for his profes sions of kindness in favour of the liberty of the Press. We rather suspect that like some other im perious worthies, Sir JAMES would have the liberty all on one side and the licentiousness on the other, that he might prove to an admiring world how well and how readily he could exercise the liberty of correction. But the same hand cannot flog fur ever—yet will the liberty of the Press survive. Even Justice stays her sword and tempers it with mercy; but persecution must first be just before it can he merciful—and that policy or party spirit forbids. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CL OCK Quebec Paper's to the Slat of January, M.mtreal to the 2d of February, and Bermuda to the 23d of December, have been received at the North and South American Coffee* bowie. The Quebec Paper contains the important Message of Sir James Kempt, on the financial question, to the House of Assembly, On the 29th of January, as follows : " His Excellency has received his Majesty's command to acquaint the House of Assembly, that circumstances which could not be controuled rendered it impossible for his Majesty's Government to bring. under the consideration of Parliament, in their last Session, the measures contemplated fur the final adjustment of the Financial Question, which has given rise to so much controversy is the Province. His Excellency is further commanded to inform the House of A s sembly, that without the authority of Parliament, it would not be iu his Majesty's power to adopt these measures, for which alone a permanent ad justment of this question can be anticipated. The appro ptiation of the revenue arising from the Statute of Geo. I. not being.properly a right which may be maintained or re ceived at pleasure s hut a duty, fur the performance of which the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury must remain responsible, until the Aet of Parliament has been either amended or repealed. His Excellency is fur ther instructed to lay before the House an estimate of the expenses of the Civil Government for the year 1830, framed on the same principle as that which was presented to the House last Session, and to include in it a provision for the arrears of salaries and other sums due to various other Officers that remain unpaid. His Excellency has been commnandeJ to express his Majesty's hope that the House of Assembly will grant such supplies in aid of the revenue of the Crown as are requested for the support of his Majesty's Goyernment." The British Government in Upper Canada has notified to the House of Assembly that they will not afford further relief to the sufferers in the late war, unless the Province first provide 57,0001. for them, therefore all hope of re dress is at an end. Letters from Guyaquil, to the 29th of November, state that every thing was tranquil there, and business was re ♦iving ; markets bare of all kinds of dried goods. THE rUNDS. The long and interesting debates last night on the motion of Sir C. Wetherell relating to the Press, chiefly engroses the attention of the public this morning ; Consols, which left off yesterday at 921 I for the account, opened as 921 and for money 92-1-; the market at present appears very firm. _ _ In the Foreign Market Greek Bonds continue improving ENGLISH )ANDS. 31 per Cent. 1001 New 4 per Cent., 1021 4 per Cent. 1826 106 -I India Bonds, 76 77 Exchequer Bills, 76 77 NI FUNDS. Greek, 451 6 Mexican, 261 7 Peruvian, 19 20 Portuguese, 59 1 Prussian, Russian, 1081- , Spanish, 121 131 HALF-PAST ONE. Bank Stock, India Stock, 242 4 3 per Cent Cum. 92t Do. for Account, 921 Ditto Beductd, 931 FOREIG Brazilian, 691 70 Buenos Ayres, 29 31 Chilian, Colombian, 23 i Danish, 74i 51 French, 5 per Cent. 109 i Ditto, S per Cent. 84 i The Consol Market is sot so good as in the early part of the morning, when Consols were done at 92i for the Ac count, since which they have fallen to 92ii, and for Money 92j. What we stlted a few days since that the Budget would be soon brought forward, is now confirmed. The coßtents cif it are anxiously looked for by the specu lators; it is again reported that the Four per Cents. will be reduced. The Three per Cents. Reduced shut to day. An express is said to have an ived from Paris, and by the Heeding of the Consuls it is supposed that the French Funds come lower. THRAW A' CZ 0 CIE Console for Account, i• FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 921 Danish 75 Do. forlAc. 92i Greek, 1825 46 Brazilian Bonds 69i Mexican, 1825 Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chilian Do. 27 - Russian ...- Columbian, 1824, 22/ Spanish 13 CORK ELECTION COMMITTEE. The Committee met this morning, and voted the Elec tion of Mr. CALLAGHAN void—he britg to all intents a Government Coptractoi, In the case Of MURRAY V. HEATH, DOL XAN and COABOULD, tried in the Court of King's Bench yesterday, the Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. It was an issue from the Court of Chancery, tiirecting the Jury to _ e nquire whntlier pr nc4 as engraver has a right to rese'rve tor fiks own use prods or impressions from plates which he had been employed to engrave. A MURDER AT RILLINGTON, NEAR MAL-/ TON.-On Tuesday last, whilst a labourer was digging a piece of ground, belonging to Mr. Jost Statp:its, of Rillinzton, mar Malta' he came in contact with a human skeleton, 'within a foot of the surface of the ground. The spot is situated midway between the above place and • Thorpe Bassett, in a field by the road side. The bones were cal efully removed for the purpose of placing them in sacied ground. Mr. ALLANsoIs , ,, sincaenn, bc..4ring of the circum3tance, evininvd tlar.4l, and fooad that they were tilos! of a female, apparently of from 40 to 10 years of age, in a good state of preservation, the whole of the teeth in the lower jaw being pit feet, with the exception of one of the incisors. He observed, however, that the articulating portion of the right side was broken off, which induced him to examine the correspondinz ppilion of the upper r tw, when he fon' , tare pa.ta bad been divided by solve !haw kristrymeM, the edges being perfectly smooth; there was likewise a perforation in the chin as if from a pitch-fork ; these circumstances conjoined left no doubt in his mind, that the unfortunate being Intel rnet with as on timely death. The ground balileen ;aid down sward for 14 or 15 yes,ra, bu forMerly under the plough. It it is not within fhe memoir) , of any person living in ti e neighhourheod, any one being missing. The bones above alluded to are in Mr. ALLatrsON's vossssionv.7. York Cuurau(. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). ROLLS' COURT. 'LORD DURHAM D. 'MARQUIS 01 , LONDONDERRY. The bill in this case was filed by Lord Durham, for the purpose of compelling the Marquis of Londonderry speci fically to pe►for►n the agreement entered into between h►m and a gentleman of the name of Dunkin. It appeared that Mr. Dunkin was the trustee under the, will of a ged tlea►an named William Dawson Laumbton, who was pos sessed of large estates in the count} , of Durham. By his will, Mr. Dawson Larnbton directed his trustees to sell parts of his estates, in order to raise the sum 0f20,0001., but with respect to his mansion-house and the lands ad joining, the testator directs them to he left open till Lis eldest sou (a lunatic) attained the age of 25. Upon the day the eldest son attained 23, Mr. Dunkin entered into an agreement to sell part of this property to the Marquis of Londonderry, for the sum of 21,0001., and on the part Of the Marquis a deposit was paid of 2,1001. Mr. Donlie gave up possession to time Marquis, who resold the greater p irt of this property to Lord Durham, for a sum of 16,0001, this was paid by Lord Durha►] to the Mar quis of Londonderry, but in consequence of the Marqu i s not having pail his purchase money to Mr. Doukin (lie disputing the right of Mr. Donkin to give a title under Mr. Lambton'a will), Mr. Donkin refused to make the necessary conveyance, and under these circum►tances the present bill was filed. Mr. I'llerzzasTrrir and Mr. STEVENSON appeared for Lord:Durham, contending that the Marquis of London derry could, not dispute the title of Mr. Mukha, as he had actually sold part of the very property in question to Lard „ Durham under that title. - - Mr. Tixt 4rr and Mr. LOTAT were Counsel for the Marquis of Londonderry, and considered that as the eldest son of the testator was a lunatic, for the distribution ut whose property a bi.l had been filed, Mr. Dunkin had no authority to make the sale in question without the authority of the Court. Mr. PEMBERTON appeared for Mr. Dunkin, wLo wss ready to act as the Court might direct. The MASTER of the ROLLS (if the Marqiis of London derry did not admit the acceptance of the title) could do no more than direct a reference to the Ma.ter, for the pur pose of inquiring whether or not the title had. been ac cepted by his Lordship. After some further diseassion, it was agreed to take the proposed reference, subject to a communication being made by the Marquis of Loudsnderry's Counsel to his Lordship. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. BRIEN V. NOEL. Mr. KNIGHT, at the pitting of the Court, requesteJ • his Honour would be good enough to allow this satin to be called on for the couveuieuce of Sir Edward Antrobus, who was iu attendance under a sob pone, duces tecum, to produce a mortgage deed. That deed being is Sir Edward's poisessiou, as mortgagee, he objected to produce it, stating that as a mortgagee he wa• not bound to do so. Such being the objection taken by Sir Edward, the clients of Mr. Knight had adopted the pre rent course. It was not the intention of the Learned Counsel to argue the point, but merely to submit it fur thf consideration of the Court, in the way he had done, walk this observation that he did not conceive a witness having a deed or mortgagee could effectually protect himself from its production by - the course pursued. by-Sic Edward Antrobus. Te Vera• CUA NCIELLoa apprehended that it was s clearly settled point that no party could call upon a mort gagee to produce his deed without paying off his mortgage. The SOLICITOIC-G EN MIA L recollected a case similar to the present, in which Lord Kenyon said to to the mort gagee in possession of the deed, " There my good fellow* sit down on the box which contains your deed, and don't stir from it till you go ont of Conrt." The VICE-ClaliceLcoa had no power to compel Sir Edward to produce hit deed. Sir Edward Antrohus shortly afterwards left the Court with his deed safe in his own possession, unexplored by the prying eyes of his opposing parties. The Court proceeded with causes. COURT OF KING'S BENCH. DALY V. /MATTER. The plaintiff in this case_ is a partner is a banking establishment at Paris, and brought the present action to recover 315/. 16s. the amount of a promissory note, of which the defendant was an endorser.—After several wit ne.set had been examined, a verdict was returned fur the plaintiff, subject to a special case. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. WEDNESDAY, NIAKCH s.—There are *Mall supplies of al descriptions of Grain, and not much Flour. The finest Wheat is very scarce, and maintains its late. prices ; other kinds are very dull in sale and rather cheaper. Bar ley is inactive from Monday's terms. Beans and Peaa support their former prices. Oats find few buyers to-day, but they cannot be reported any lower. Nu alteration in Flour. ♦RRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flout. English ..... 1,750 qrs. 5,100 qrs. 2,700 qrs. 2,800 mein% Irish 250 I --- 4,200 -. Foreign - - COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of CLAILIENCE came to town yesterday morn ing from his residence in Bushy-park. His Royal High ness visited the Princess AUGUSTA at her residence in tbe King's Palace, St. James's, and partook of a de/in? with his Royal Sister. His Royal Hihhness returned to Bushy in the afternoon. The Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the Priecese VICTORIA, the Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Princess So- FRIA, and the Princess SOPHIA. MATILDA, visited thei Princess AUGUSTA yesterday at her apartments -in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke of Wzr.LlNaTow gave a grand dinner yew', terday evening at Apsley-house to a party of the nobility and gentry. Despatches were received yesterday from Sir hues Krsuv, the Governor of the Canadas, at the Colonial- . Office. The Earl of ABERDEEN visited the Duke of WEttitta.- TON yesterday at the Treasury. PREPARING FOR THE WORST.--Once. Qfl a time it happened that a poor wight married a shrew, who led him a most precious life ; she fell ill, the doctor wag called in, and the anxious affectionate husband inquired of him how his dear spouse was ; Galen shook his head, and told him to prepare for the worst. " What," said he," if she likely to get over it ?" SIMILES..-" I hope I don't intrude"- 0 the knife ;aid to the nyater.—" Come in"—as the spia,tr . said to the fly.—" Come on"—as the man said to his tigla boot.—" You make me blush"—as the lobster cried out id the saucepan.—Mirror. FRACkS IN GRAFTOR.STREIET.-OR Fri day evening a rencantre took place in Grafton-street, be tween a gentleman from Limerick and an officer of the 32d Regiment. It aroe:: in consequence of the latter hav-: hag been reported to have used certain offensive expression , and ac,cordingly, on Friday, seeing the officer walking Grafton-street, he rode up to him and inquired a. him b.. certain expressions bad been correctly reported as havinf, been made use of by him. The man of war not feeling inclined to enter into any explanation, replied to the ques" I tion by saying, " and what if I did say so?—you liar' your remedy." " I have so," replied the offended gentle man, " and shall instantly resort to it"—and proeeetleJ forthwith to we his whip upon the shoulders of the (Ace ° whose cap falling off, received some tircem I n t im . on tbe head and face. Recovering himself from the little ow nishment into which the sudden assault had thrown LW , he edterhteeiwo part l a : r i t s lo s iv ret o l r ,e d u no in ei t r l ese : r b a, : di r i g tt e ll i l l ead t tie l s i vaa i pi g i:i e el n :gr tl eo e d m f ti a in n k e , ao w ne l e i t t u : pr b :oe r n s o r eit. : message was deliverd on ra:itdreaat. me T e t h i e ng °ll :g ee re f ol lu u ic p k o l n y , which was averted b en O" activity of the police, both parties being arrested and ho under a general recognizance to keep the peace.—Dobl i° Morning Registers SuicinE.-,-,On Friday last a Jr. JA3,iO Gnat r, of Boston, put a period to existeness by shooting himself through the bead.. Verdict—lmanity, Against most housos in Paris are the folloo ° Mg letters, It:tit:tett im bkrge capitals, Al. A. C. 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