The Sun. — London, England, 1836-06-22 00:00:00

PRL'ES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock. - 1 India Stock . 2 per Ccnt Red. ..... .., 91% I [)itto Bonds '2 dis. jar 3 per Cent. Cons. -- I Swith .ea Stock — 3% per Cent 99% % , Old Annuities - Dit to Red. 987/ 8 %T. New Ditto - New :3% per Cent — 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751.. —.— Now 3 per Cent - Exch. Bills, .£l,OO ... 13 11 13 pm. Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpire Ditto 500 13 11 13 pm. Jan 5, ISOO 15% 13-18 Ditto Small Oct 10, 1850' Jan. 5, 1501' - Ditto Advertised plra. Jan. 5, 1500.... - April 5, MO — 'lndia Stack for Account...—. Jan. 5, 1870 — 'Consols for Account Omnium pm PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Austrian Bonds ........... ..... ... !Peruvian Bonds — Belgian Bonds 111c 2 1,4 I Ditto Account — Ditto Account. Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account —l Ditto New Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds I Ditto Account — Ditto Account I Ditto, 3 per cent — Ciillian Bonds — Prussian Bonds — Ditto Account — Russian Bonds, 1822 — Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account ... ..... —........ Ditto Account — Ditto Metallic.... ............... Columbian Bonds, :82.1 3! % , Spanish Bonds ..................... Ditto Account —l Ditto Account .................. Dan'sh Bonds s Ditto Bonds, Mt... ......... 42 7 ,iN 3 Ditto Account —; Ditt o Account.— ........... 43 24 3 Greek Bonds . French, 5 per cent.-- ..... —L —c. Ditto Bonds, 1-; , 25 -- 4 per cent. —r. —c Ditto Account —l-- 3 per cent. Bof. 40c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent-- —l---- Exchange 2sr. 60.; Ditto Account — t Dutch, :14 per cent. Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account - ! Ditto, 5 per cent 11;2 eapolitan — I Ditto Account — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Bolanos Mining Company... Rhymney Iron Mining Company Brighton Railway Company 5 London and Croydon Railway Company 5 London Grand Junction Railway Manchester South Union R ailwa y Com p an y 2. Northern and Eastern Railway Company 3 N rth Midland Railway Company 5 COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F. 12 04 Ditto. at sight Rotttniain 2U. 12 , Antwerp l'2 5 Hamburg 11.13 l3 14 Alt ena l3 14 __ __ • Paris, 3 days' s:ght 25 CO Ditto ....... .............. 2 25 90 Marseilles. Frankfort of Maine, Ex. M. 134 Petersluigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 0 Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2M.10 12 Trieste ditto lO 13 Madrid 37 Cadiz.. 37 Bile a .....—...... ....... •... `.16Y4 B .rcelona ' l 6 , i Fwvilie `':fi y 6 14234 9 17% SIA 336 3% 12 G e!raltar LNGE YESTERDAY. 'Leghorn 18 Genoa 25 85 411 Milan... Venice 47 Naples 404 Palermo per oz. IV. Lisbon 56% Oporto 56 l 4 Rio Janeiro 36;4 Bahia Buenos Ayres Dublin, '2l days' sight 1! .4 Cork l% PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons • 0 0 0 New Dollars _ 0 4 1 0 4 ......... Silver, Mrs, standard 0 5 Arrived. Due 0 0 traz:l it U BtIeTIOS Ayres 0 0 Carthagett 1 Dublin... 0 Pt:milers MAILS. IA rrived. Due Arrived. Due 1 France 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Oucru. & Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 f!amburg 0 0 Mexico 0 10 Holland 0 0 Ostend 0 Jamaica 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. M0rning.........18 minutes after 8. Evening 488 minutes after 8. HAMBURG, JUNE 10, 1836. ‘..1 N approach of WEDNESDAY the 22 d instan t, the First Day of Drawing of the 68th HAMBURGH GREAT LOTTERY, HEINE BROTHERS, the CONTRACTORS, request those, desirous to purchase at the first Price of 81. to LOSE NO TIME in ordering by one of the Mails reaching this before the 20th instant. To those, whose remittances of £lO, E*2o, or £3O, reach them before the 20th instant, HEINE BROTHERS will on executing the order (and sending a Scheme with full particulars) return £2, £4, or £6, (viz. Two Pounds on each Ten Pound Note) by return of Post. Orders for more than Two Tickets must be declined, there not being Tickets enough remaining unsold to allow them to attend to orders of greater extent. Orders for less than a whole Ticket will also not be attended to. DIRECT to HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURG. P. S. Order arriving after 20th instant cannot be executed below 10'. per Ticket. Tickets warranted undrawn will sell from 0.2'2d inst. till the establishment of a higher rate at Ten Pounds sterling. A higher rate will follow this first rise in price very soon. TO ADVERTISERS. It will be seen by the following extract from the Stamp Office Returns, that THE SUN is now the Leading Evening Paper, in point ofcirculation, as the Lists for the Months of March and April last will show : Sun ..... 136,000 Globe and Traveller Courier 70,500 'True Sun, and Weekly True Sun 58,500 Shipping Gazette Ihe publication of Tu SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 50 minutes past Three o' .„,jt- 14'14 . .74, TIV LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1836. Our Contemporaries, whether in favour of, or op- Fried to, the motion of the Right Hon. the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, for the reduction of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers, seem inclined to discuss the question with a degree of moderation which does them credit. This is the more extraordinary on the part of those who oppose the motion, inasmuch as they assure us that the question does not at all affoct their "selfish interests"—being wholly an affair appertaining to the public. The world is so well acquainted with the patriotism of the Conservative organs, that it must be astonished to learn that they succeeded in keeping their temper when they saw the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. preparing the way for a mea sure which they believed calculated to lower the moral character of the British people. To ob• serve the most decorous demeanour—to practice that sacred principle which directs the smitten on one check to expose the other to the blow of the miter— to permit the coat to be carried off by the pilferer of the cloak—to watch the progress of a self-immolating Bill with looks as unconscious of resistance as a lamb led to the slaughter, is no more than the public must be prepared to expect from such High Church, King, and Constitution-loving journals as the Herald, the Post, and that most devout of converts to Toryism, the Times. But surely such apparent resignation to the will of the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will appear rather curious when it is known that self has nothing to do with the convictions which our contemporaries have so calmly and indifferently expressed this morning. Had our contemporaries stated that the reduction of the Stamp Duty on Newspapers would entail upon them losses to the Amount of some millions sterling, we would have seen nothing surprising in their apparent indifference to the measure. We of course know that Conservatives are indifferent to the charms of vulgar gain ; and that, like the primitive Christians, they would be too happy to have such an opportunity of becoming martyrs for the sake of their cause and the country. But we cannot so easily reconcile indiffer ence to a question which they assert will operate mis chievously on the public mind of Great Britain and Ireland. Do we misrepresent the language of our Tory con temporaries ? Take the following from the Times of this morning : " Our present office is with the tax affecting Newspapers, and we repeat, that as a matter of selfish interast, there is no thing in the mere reduction of that impost which gives us the slightest concern. The difference between 4d. and Id. per sheet is paid by our readers, not by us. Whatever advantage at present accrues to us from the fact of our being established, and from the connexions of half a century, is in no degree de pendent on the amount of tax which we pay in periodically to the Stamp-office, but of which we are the mere vehicles from the pockets of our customers to Somerset-house —a circum stance out of which it would puzzle a clearer head than that of our superficial necromancer at the Treasury to bring home against the existing London Press a charge of commercial monopoly !" • Thus, in a pecuniary point of view, the reduction of the duty does not give the Times the " slighest con cern ;" and, as a sort of curious corollory, high prices limiting circulation—and the impossibility of carrying on business, without an enormous capital, does not create a monopoly ! 'Will the Times have the kind ness to inform its readers wh4ther an Act of Parlia ment which would exclude all wines from this country except those of the vintage of France would not give a monopoly to the French wine grower ? Assuming that its answer must be in the affirmative, we beg to ask what possible difference can there be between the monopoly thus created by law, and the monopoly created by the necessary outlay of a large capital, coupled with taxes so heavy as almost to amount to a prohibition ? The wealthier classes, whether they prefered it or not, would drink the wines of France in the absence of all others, just as they now read the Tunes; but it does not follow that they would either drink the one, or read the other if they were allowed a choice. Mr. GOULBURN stated that the purchasers of Newspapers in the United Kingdom did not exceed 300,000 persons. In the absence of more authentic information on the subject, we shall as . sume this statement as correct. He further observed the readers of Newspapers more than quadrupled that number. Now, no man who pays for reading a paper but would purchase it, if he could obtain it at a price within his means. The high cost of the paper is clearly the cause of its being monopolized by so few hands. Were the price proportionately lower, the number of purchasers,. on Mr. GOULBURN'S own own showing, would exceed a million, and the mere • readers would be proportionately as numerous as they are at present. The high-rate of Stamp Duty narrows at least in the ratio of 1 to 20, the circulation of the Press ; and what narrows circulation gives a monopoly to those who are in the field as its conductors. There -is but one other observation in the Times upon which we wish to make any remark. It regards the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER'S proposed plan for limiting the size of Newspapers Another is the trickery of the inch-measurement project. There are papers supporting the democratic and destructive interest through thick and thin, which hardly thrice in a whole twelvemonth publish an enlarged sheet or supplement. There are others which resist the tide of Whig-Radical destruction, and we now allude to the Times particularly, which publishes a large sheet four or five times a week. (The superficial-inch measurement is so contrived that the journal subservient to the Minister passes unscathed by any- but the ordinary tax, while the anti-Spring Rice journal, which pays more than double the amount of any other in advertisement duty, appears to have an extra tax invented for, and imposed upon; it alone, an additional penny being actually laid on as a punishment for the crime of paying duty at once on 400 or 500 advertisements, which would otherwise be distributed through several succes sive days." There is something singularly short-sighted, or very unfair in this charge' preferred by the Times against Mr. SPRING RICE. We cannot believe that the Right Hon. Gentleman could be so simple as to lay an embargo on the Times for opinions which it may renounce before a month. The Times is now opposed to the Government—but what of that.? Two years have not elapsed since it worshipped the very men who now compose it, and it is possible that before the ex piration of as many weeks, it will denounce LYND HURST and PEEL as a pair of the most. arrant politi cal quacks that ever undertook to tinker a constitution. We remember when the Times adored Mr. SPRING RICE; and we are confident that the Right Hon. Gentleman looks forward to a bespattering with praise in its leading columns, and that too before he is a twelvemonth older. The Times is therefore manifestly in error in attributing the course proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman, with respect to a limitation in the size of the sheet, to spleen or any other feeling of a personal nature. But the Times complains of an extra tax upon its 400 or 500 advertisements " as a punishment for the crime of paying extra duty." This again is an unfair way of putting the question. The Times does not devote its columns to advertisements merely out of pure love to the Treasury ; neither do advertisers appeal to the public out of mere r:gard for the Times. What, then, is to prevent the Times from adopting the rule which it tells us it adopts with respect to the present high rate of Stamp-duty? Why not cast the burthen of the additional tax upon its purchasers ? If double sheets be so very desirable, no n person will refuse to pay an additional penny for each of them ; and, on the contrary, if an additional rate of duty be considered onerous, does it not follow that the addi tional sheet is worth nothing in public estimation ? We have neither space nor inclination to refer again to the debate on Monday evening ; but there was one fal!acy in the speech of Mr. GOULBURN, which our Tory Contemporaries have seized upon as a sort of Godsend, that we cannot pass over without exposing. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after summing up a long string of calculation., told the House that " the relief given to the public in the case of Newspapers, would be but one-twentieth part of a penny, while that in the article of Soap would be 44-,d. or 3d., ac cording as they used hard or soft soap." Now had the Right 'Hon. Gentleman only paid a little more regard to his own tabular statements, he would have found that the relief given to Newspaper purchasers would be nearly two pounds a-year, over and above the- facilities otherwise afforded to advertisers. By his own average estimate, the purchasers of Soap exceed 15,000,000 ; the purchasers of Newspapers, on the contrary, do not exceed 300,000, and yet the amount of revenue in both cases is nearly the same. Is it not then clear that there can be no comparison between the relative degrees of oppression of these taxes ? The one is scattered over the whole eotnmu , pity—the other is paid exclusively by a few. Our fair Contemporary, the Morning Herald—or " Granny," as the Times has happily baptised her— shakes her aged head at us this morning, after the true Tabitha-Bramble fashion ; and is specially sati rical on, what she is pleased to call, " the vast versa tility of talent and illimitable knowledge of The Sun." Now why should the old lass act so like a vixen to wards us ? We have never done aught to deserve her ill-will ; on the contrary, we have done the best we could to conciliate her good opinion, having always spoken of her with the reverence due to her grey hairs, even while we regretted the petulance and co quettishness to which, like the rest of her charming sex, she is at times addicted. We trust it is not in our nature to speak harshly of a female—still less of one situated as poor " Granny" now is, bowed down with years and infirmities ; bed-ridden—purblind— paralytic—with scarcely a tooth in her head, or an ounce of flesh on her old bones. We think, however, we have discovered a cause for our fair Contemporary's spleen. She was to have been married, it is well known, to the late Mr. SINIPSON, of Vauxhall; the wedding-day was fixed, and even the bride-cake was purchased (we have this fact from " Zeta," of the Morning Post, who was to have been one of the bride's-maids), when unfortunately the worthy man was summoned away to that kingdom where " they neither marry nor are given in marriage ." The conse quence of this disappointment has been fatal to poor " Granny's" temper and peace of mind. She knows well that at her time of life she can never expect to meet with another SIMPSON—one so exactly like her, in the eloquence of his style and the fascination of his address —hence her petulance, her spite, and her irri tability towards all with whom she is brought into contact. We state these things " more in sorrow than in anger," for we have a feeling heart; and at this very moment, despite her cruel conduct towards us, we entertain none but sentiments of the deepest com passion for poor " Granny." It appears, by a conversation which took place in the House of Commons last night, that a point of some importance to the Tea Trade has been definitively settled. Last year an alteration was made in the mothe duty on Tea. I ns t ea d o f t h ree 2s. 2d., a n d 3 s . per lb ., idaceri separate o tie f l a (l dutiessb' ) e , i e tl n g f O o f t i u s l . p 6 rotictive of the greatest fraud on the revenue, injustice to the fair trader, and impo. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, [836. STAMPS AND EXCISE ACTS. The following are the resolutions of the House of Com mons regarding the Stamp and Excise Acts, which were agreed to on Monday last : ' 1. That the duty now payable on Newspapers shall be re duced, and that the following duty shall be paid and payable thereon : that is to say, for every sheet or piece of paper whereon any Newspaper shall be printed, a duty of Id., sub ject to such provisions respecting the size of Newspapers, and the printing of Supplements, as may be provided by any Act to be passed during the present Session of Parliament. 2. That the duties and drawbacks on Paper printed, stained, or painted, in the United Kingdom, should cease and de- termine. 3. That the duties now payable on Paper, and other articles of Paper or materials of the First Class, made in the United Kingdom, should cease and determine; and that, in lieu thereof, the duty now payable on Paper of the Second Class, shall be charged and paid on all Paper, Glazed Paper, Sheathing- Paper, Button Paper, Buttonboard, Millboard, Pasteboard, and Scaleboard, of whatever kind or description, made in the United Kingdom. 4. That the allowances and drawbacks on Paper, Glazed Paper, Sheathing Paper, Button Paper, Buttonboard, Mill board, Pasteboard, and Scaleboard, and on Books, now paya ble, shall be reduced to the amount of the duty now payable on Second Class Paper. 5. That for every dozen square yards of Paper, printed, painted, or stained, in the United Kingdom, which shall be exported as merchandize to foreign parts, there be granted and paid, in respect of the Paper Duty harged thereon, a drawback of two-pence. Resolutions agreed to :—lnstruction to Committee on Stamp Duties Bill, that they have power to make provision therein pursuant to the first resolution :—Bill on the subse quent resolutions ordered to be brought in by Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY. In the LORDS' further evidence was heard on the Stafford Disfranchisement Bill. The Royal Assent was given to se veral Bills ; and the Dublin Police Bill went through Com mittee. The Lord Chancellor intimated that on Tuesday next he should lay Bills on the table for abolishing Imprison ment for Debt, and for the better enforcing of Church Discipline. In the COMMONS', among the petitions were one from Kil marnock, praying for a reform of the House of Lords, and another from the Radical Association of Hull against the new Poor Law Bill. The latter was withdrawn, the terms in which it was couched being deemed disrespectful. A petition was also presented by Mr. Hume from 34 of the architects, who had sent in designs for the New Houses of Parliament. Mr. F. Manic stated that he did not intend to proceed further this session the Turnpike Trusts Bill. For a conversation on the subject of the duty on Bohea tea, which comes into ope ration on the first of July, we refer to our parliamentary report. On the subject of the paper duties, the Chancellor of the Exchequer proposed that the difference between the high and low duty should be allowed on the stock on hand after the 10th of October. He also stated that be should this day propose an equalization of the duty on East and West India sugar. Mr. Flume obtained leave to bring in a Bill to allow the rate-payers of counties to elect a certain number of persons to assess, levy, and expend the county rates, and to perform the duties having reference to the finan cial expenditure of the counties now executed by the magis trates in quarter sessions. The Solicitor- General obtained leave to bring in a Bill to continue the Insolvent Debtors' Court for one year. The House then went into committee on the Registration of Voters' Bill, and the discussion on the several clauses principally occupied the remainder of the sitting. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French mails, with ship letters from Gibraltar, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Oporto. The general topic of conversation entirely relates to the trial (this day) in the cause, " Norton v. Lord Melbourne," the particulars of which the public are anxiously waiting for. Consols opened this morning at the closing prices of yester day, 911 for the Account ; Reduced, 91 : Exchequer Bills, 11 13 ; India Bonds, 1 diset. 1 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2091 210. In the Foreign Market little doing, but the prices coming higher from Paris Spanish Active Bonds have improved from the closing prices of yesterday, 42'1 / to 42 43 ; Passive, 131 ; Deferred, 201 1-; Portuguese, 811; Three per Cents., 53+ ; 311 ; Mexican, 34 35 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 561 57k. HALF-PAST ONE. We hear by private information from Madrid that the nego tiations with Mendizabal to join the present Ministry are still on the tapis. He has been otiored to go to London as Am bassador, which he has refused, as he suspects they wish to get rid of him. Accounts from Lisbon state, that the Prince of Portugal is going on a tour to the Provinces, it is supposed, to influence the new elections in favour of the Ministry. The Queen re mains in LSbon. _ _ _ . From a, communication read at the India-house to-day, Government - have notified their intention to assimilate the du ties between East and West India sugar;. This communica tion has given great satisfaction to the East India merchants. Consols have been, during the whole of the morning, at 9l for the Account, with little doing ; Exchequer - Bills, 11 13 ; India Bonds, 2 discount, par ; Bank Stock, 2091 210. In the Foreign Market scarce a bargain doing. Spanish Active, 43 ; Passive, 13:}- • Deferred, 20.1 ; Portuguese, 81i ; Three per Cents., 54 4 ; Colombian, 3li ; Mexican, 34; Dutch 2k per Cents, 57k. Consols for the Account, THREE 0' CI. 0 CZ. FIELDING,—A literary friend one day called to pay Fielding a visit, and found him in a miserable garret, without either furniture or convenience, seated on a gin tub turned up for a table, with a half-emptied glass of brandy and water in his hand. This was the idea of consummate happiness entertained by the author of " Tom Jones"—by him whose genius handed down to posterity the inimitable character of " Square," with Lis " eternal fitness of things."—Mirror. A gentleman resitlin7 within twelve riles of Brig;, about eleven years ago, sold a horse to a strimger at one of the Barton fairs, for 141. A few days since, the same horse was sold again to its original osroer for the same sum of money, after an elapse of so many years, and though the circumstance was not theta known to the purchaser, he has since discovered his sad mistake—the horse is now twenty-three years old ! ! Lincoln Gazette. There are four brothers of the name of Smith now living in the neighbourhood of Exeter, whose ages amount to 302 years ; the oldest being 80, the next 76, the next 74, and the youngest 72. The last is now living at Crediton, and has been married v:ithin the Lst month. PENSION TO DR. DALTON.—The pension Of Dr. Dalton has been raised from one hundred and fifty pounds I to three hundred pounds per annum. LITERARY SECRETS.—Who is the heroine of the forthcoming new novel of " Female Domination ? " is the uni versal question at present in the literary aml fashionable circles. More than one haughty and imperious fair one, we find, has been in no little alarm on the subject. Unquestionably, the satirical power of the Authoress of " Mothers and Daughters " is not likely to he lost upon such a theme. Another book, called " The Diary of a D6sennuy6e," is. likely to create no little sensation in the world of fashion. It is stated to consist of sketches of high life and manners, and to be written by one of the Exclusives, who has stipulated with the publisher that the name of the author shall on no account be suffered to tran spire.—Sunday Paper. The processions on the Fete Dieu have been re newed this year in many of the towns of France, and in Toulon the guns were fired, as in the time of Charles X. Dovercourt, near Harwich, was in Catholic times greatly celebrated for a miraculous crucifix, enshrined in the church, which attracted many pilgrims. Its power was thought to be so great that the valgar imagined any attempt to close the church doors would be punished with sudden death, and therefore they were left open night and day. In 1532 four men, who were anxious to abolish this object of Catholic ve neration, entered the church by night, and having removed the crucifix a quarter of a mile distant, burnt it. Three of them, however, were taken, convicted of felony and sacrilege, and hung in different parts of the county. It is a triumphant evidence of the exquisite taste of the Egyptian monarchs, that we have made little, perhaps no improvement, on the forms of the vases and vessels, and that an Egyptian beaufette or sideboard, with all its details, not excluding dishes, plates, knives, and spoons, near four thou sand years ago bore a striking resemblance to the sideboards of our modern palaces and villas. The hunting cups were em bellished, as at present, with heads of the animals of the chase ; but the banquetting urns, instead of being supported by the forms of vanquished Carians, i. c. Cariatides, as at Athens, are supported by the forms of vanquished Bactrian, Chaldean, or Ethiopian Kings. A correspondent states that the accounts published of an apprehended failure of the potato crop must be, gene rally speaking, at least premature, as much of the seed is only put in the ground during the present month. The first ripe strawberries we have seen this season were exhibited last Saturday in the shop of Mr. Thomson, fruiterer, Green Market. They were from the beautiful gardens of Mr. Lowthian, of Carlton House.—Carlisle Paper. The number of persons qualified to vote for any election between the Ist of Nov. 1835, and Ist of Nov. 1836. for the Northern Division of Hants, is 3,538 ; South 5,478, North Wilts 5,059 ' • South 3,059. East Som erset 8,504 ; West 8,854. Berkshire 5,843. Dorsetshire 6,220. MARCH OF REFINEMENT.—On Wednesday last, in Exeter-street, a chimney sweep, clad in his sooty habili ments, walking within a hoop, and carying two buckets of hogs-wash, was observed to be puffing a segar I—Salisbury Paper. A girl, named Hibbert, of Bolsover, who has seen about eighteen blooming summers, took a trip to Sheffield fair the other day to see her faithless swain. On her arrival at Sheffield, she found her fancied lover gallanting another of the frail sex to see all the " fancies of the fair." Without asking for an explanation, or stopping to take any refresh ment, she hastened home again (a distance of 13 or 14 miles,) and on her arrival at Bolsover she procured two ounces of laudanum at a druggist's shop, which she took by way of an obliviate of what she had seen at the fair. Haymakin g has commenced in this neighbourhood, and some fields have been housed between Exeter and Tiver ton. The crop and quality are much better than was expected. Exeter Post. sition on the public, it was deemed necessary, on the urgent appeals and most meritoriously persevering re presentations of the Tea Trade, to do away with the discriminating duties altogether, and to fix one rate of duty, namely, 2s. id. per lb., on all teas, with out distinction of quality. In this the Government acted wisely. It retraced its steps, and profiting by mature consideration, and the information afforded by those who were practically acquainted with the sub ject, undid the mischief which precipitate legislation had occasioned. Twelve months were however allowed before the new Act was to come into operation, in order that no injustice might be done to those importers who had sent out their orders to Canton on the faith of the former law. This was considered by all parties —as well it might—an ample space of time for prepar ing the way for the new orderof things. It seems, however, to suit the convenience of some of the persons connected with the trade, to have this period, which expires on the Ist July, extended still further, and the CHAN CELLOR of the EXCH EQUER has been assailed with applications, memorials, and petitions, to that effect. The Right Honourable Gentleman last night stated the determination to which the Government had come—namely, that it was impossible to suspend the operation of the Act of Parliament; and, therefote, that the new system of one duty would commence on the Ist of July, but that the Treasury would afford to the applicants all the facili ties in its power, by allowing those who should enter Teas for home consumption before that day, to take a time not exceeding 31 days for the payment of the duties to which they became liable. This indulgence is to be extended to the outports as well as to London. The Moniteur of Monday announces the arrival of the King and Queen of the BELGIANS at Neuilly on Sunday evening. The same Journal states, on the authority of letters from Madrid, that General MENDEZ VIGO had arrived in the capital, and that CORDOVA would set out for the army on the 15th. Colonel CANOVA fell in with QUILEZ, the Carlist Cnief, at Barrio], where the latter was defeated, haxing lost 100 men killed and several wounded. The Spanish Government has authorised two per sons, one of whom is Don JOSE ANDAGNA, to con tract a loan of 80,000 fr. or 90,000 fr. with some house in London. PARIS, JUNE 20.—Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians arrived at Neuilly yesterday afternoon at five o'clock. The Court on leaving Neuilly will go to Eu with the King and Queen of the Belgians, and the family of Saxe Coburg. The President of the Council, Marshal Gerard, and Count Montalivet, will accompany their Majesties. Every day further preparations for the journey are made. It is said that M. de Montalivet has conceived the idea of re-constitut ing the gendarmes of the chace, to serve about the King's per son in the palaces out of the capital. The Aid-de-Camp of the Duke of Nemours is reported to have sent from Vienna a very curious memorial, on the military state with which it would bo proper to surround the, King and his family ' - it would be a guard of honour taken from the schools of St. Cyr and Sauonicr. According to this plan these gentlemen would enjoy a pension, and be equipped at the expense of the Civil List. It seems that the Marquis de Chatcauguon has not accepted the Peera4e which was conferred on him by the ordinance of the 11th December, for his name does not appear in the Al manac Royal (first Court Calendar). This is another refusal to be added to those of Messrs. De Bizemont and De Berbis. M. M. Arondel de Nantes, condemned to death in 1532, has just surrendered himself. M. Rougier, Mayor of Roanne, and M. Popule, Sub-Pre fect of Roanne, have given in their resignations.—illessager, June 20. FRENCH FUNDS.—Partts. Jose 20. Five per Cents., I . Bf. 25c. 20e. 30c. 35c. Four per Cents., ICI f. 90e. Three per Cents., 8 I'. 20c 25e. Bank Act ims. 2,290 r. - Aente do Naples, 100 t. 20c. :Inc. 23c. Lipman Five per Cents., 102 Spanish Actives, 42% 43 42%N. Spanish Differes, 2. M 20. Spanish Passives. IL% IA %. Belgian Loan, Fire per Cents, 103. Porugucsc Loan, Five per Cents., SiAt i i. Portuguese Three per Cents. 51%. ►Las tian Lo:01, 397 f. s^e. 3115 f. EXCOANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, —n. —c ; money, 2.5 r. 40c. ree months, paper, 2M. 27 c ; money, 251. 25c. 0 TS .40theltil20C. BOUR.SK, QUAItTER TO FOUR.—At the opening of business the price of the Three per Cents. was 801. 35c. It remain ,, d stationary the whole day, bei.ig alternately buyers and sellers at that quotation. Little business was done. Spanish Active Stock opened better at 421, buyers. Some bargains were done at 43. The price remains at 42k. All the securities look firm. P. S. A sudden improvement has occurred towards the close of business, without any apparent cause. LAST PRICES.—Five per Cents., 1081. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 801. 45c. ; Five per Cents. Spanish, —; Three per Cents., Spanish, —; Cortes, —; Coupons, ; Gueb hart's, —; Differes, 154 ; New Loan, —; Actives, 424 4 ; Pas sives, 131 ; Dacats, 100 50 ; Romans, 1021 —; Pedros, 801 ; Belgians, 103 ; Dutch, —f. —c. ; Elaytians, 395 f. —c. ; Nliguels, —; Brabant Bank, —; Belgian Bank, 19. 1 ; ; Con tinuation, —c. ; New Ditieres, —; Five per Cent. Perpe —; Royal Loan, —. We have received Brussels and German Papers. On the Bth, the King and Queen of the BELGIANS set out for Paris, leaving the PRINCE ROYAL at Laeken. The marriage of the Princess of SOLRE with the Prince of SALAN SALM took place on the nth inst„ at Roeulx, with extraordinary pomp. The cere mony was performed by the Cardinal DE TRot, Archbishop of Rouen, and attracted such a great con course, of persons, that there were present 15,000 stran gers and 400 carriages. We are happy to learn that the trade of Belgium is in a most flourishing condition. We have no news of any importance from Germany. VIENNA, JUNE 11.—Four per Cents., ; Three per Cents., 76a ; Bank Shares, 1,375.—A/igen:eine Zeituny, June 16. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. There are moderate arrivals this week of most kinds of grain. The Wheat trade continues dull, at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease arc unaltered. Oats find buyers at the terms last quoted. In the Flour trade no variation. ARRIVALS. Whelt Barley. Oats. Flour. English friZh FereiEn - 2,3",0 SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, JUNE2I. —Wind W., fresh breezes.—. Arrived the For tuna, Leicester, from Sidney ; Reward, from Jamaica; Eliza, —, from Honduras ; Ophelia, White, from Sierra Leone ; and Elizabeth, Dyer, from Limerick. Arrived from the River and sailed the True Briton, Black, for Madras ; and remain Charles Broak, Bell, for St. Vincents; Rambler, Hall for Gibraltar ; Clifton, Worsclls, for China ; Malcolm, Pond, fur Waterford; and Express, Gibbs, for Whitehaven. PORTSMOTII, JUNE 20.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrivals none, sailings none. PLYMOUTH, JUNE 20.—Wind W.—No arrivals. Sailed the Hercules, (steamer), for London. FALMOUTH, JUNE 20.—Wind N. W. to W. N. W.—Arrived the Glasgow steamer from Gibraltar, sailed 6th inst., Cadiz Bth, Lisbon 11th, and Oporto 16th. Sailed the Lord Melville Packet for Lisbon with mails. COWES, JUNE 21.—Arrived the Louisa Adelaide, Fulberg, from New Orleans. GUERNSEY, JUNE 20:—Arrived the Flora de Meseur, and Eliza, Gifford, from Havanah. BRISTOL, JUNE 21.—Arrived the Walton Wood, Dubton, from Barbadoes ; Mary Ann, Tucker, from Gallipoli ; Idas, Bamfield, from Sicily ; and Ellen, Payne, from Trieste. ; Babeta, K on i g , MILFORD, JUNE 21.—Arrived the Spartan, Elli s , S myrna. LIVERPOOL, JUNE 20.—Arrived the Supe r b, B oec k e l man, and a and JGoraeng,nrSyt,atßanngota,tilforoff7i fr S nrn t. PR.efgears;buarngd Success, Li e dlk e , h from Memel. Off port the Scipio, —, from New Orleans. MARYPORT, JUNE 19.—Arrived off port the Mary, Murdock, from Memel. &lc°, JUNE 19.—Arrived the Eliza, Simpson, London. DUBLIN, JUNE 19.—Arrived the Hope, Cadman, London. LEITH, JUNE 19. —Arrived the Helen, Torrence, Messina. HULL, JUNE 90.—Arrived the Active, Strornberg, Lubeck. LYNN, JUNE 20.—Arrived the Carl, Hammond, and Sophia, Brideman, from Memel. The Mary Porter, Sampson, from Newcastle to Plymouth, has arrived at Ramsgate, very leaky, having been on the Goodwin Sands. WHEAT CROP.—The Mark-lane Express states that " in some counties, and especially in Lincolnshire, much of the land sown with wheat has been ploughed up ; and in other localities many plants have failed, or else grown so spindly from the weakly and impo verished r oot, that the cars must be short, thin, and few." The vines are said to be coming on very favourably this year in most of the wine districts of France. COMMON Y HIS DAY.) Before Lord Chief Justice TINDAL, and a Middlesex Special Jury.) CRIM. CON. NORTON V. LORD MELBOURNE. This case, which has excited such an extraordinary degree of interest, came on for trial this morning. Long before the time appointed for the opening of the Court to the public, the galleries were crowded, it being generally understood that as much as five guineas had been given for scats. Indeed, ru mour, with her hundred tongues, makes the impatiently curious part of the community much more extravagant. When the door was opened, there was a tremendous rush from the Hall, and the Court in every corner was instantly crammed. The gowned and wigged members of the Bar formed by far the. largest portion of the auditory. When the rush was made, several gentlemen of the Bar appeared amongst the crowd, and the unavailing cries of " make way for the gentlemen of the Bar," excited considerable merriment. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE came into Court precisely at half-past 9 o'clock, and the Jury was then called over. The name of Sir Robert Peel was called, but the Hon. Baronet did not answer. The following Jury was then sworn in :—Robert Stafford, merchant, Foreman ; William Rowlandson, merchant ; Au gustus Ruff, merchant ; Anthony Hammond, Esq. ; George Robert Smith, merchant; Charles Wilkinson, merchant ; John Dunn, merchant ; William Hopkinson, merchant ; Valentine Collins, merchant ; Robert Smith, merchant ; and John Simpson, merchant. Mr. BAYLEY was about to open the pleadings, but from the uproar in the Court, it was impossible to hear a word the Learned Gentleman uttered. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL said, that unless some means were taken to produce order, it would be impossible for the trial to proceed. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, that unless there was more order and silence, he would adjourn the Court. One of the officers said that several of the witnesses were endeavouring to get in. The CHIEF JUSTICE—When they are called let them be ad mitted, and not till then. His Lordship added, that as the Court was now full, the doors might be closed, and no person else admitted except witnesses. The ATTORNEY- GENER AL said it was proper that the wit nesses should be all ordered out of Court. The CHIEF JUSTICE said, that any witness who appeared to give evidence must leave the Court, or be would not be heard when in the box. The' witnesses were accordingly ordered out of Court. • Order having been in some measure restored, Mr. BAYLEY opened the pleadings. He said that in this ease George Chappel Norton, Esq. was the plaintiff, and William Lamb Lord Viscount Melbourne was the defendant ; and the declaration charged the defendant with having carried on criminal conversation with the wife of the plaintiff, to which the defendant pleaded Not Guilty, and therefore issue was joined. Sir WILLIAM FOLLETT then rose to address the Jury, and spoke as follows : —My Lord, and Gentlemen of the Jury—it is impossible for me to address you on the present occasion with out feeling deeply sensible of the responsibility of the task im posed on me. Of the nature of this action, and of the injury which the plaintiff has suffered, you are already well aware, as unfortunately from the high rank of one of the parties— from the position which he occupies in this country and in the Councils of his Sovereign—and from the well-known beauty and talent of the unfortunate lady whose conduct will be made the subject of investigation this day—this subject has become one of public and painful notoriety ; and in justice to all par ties—in justice to the plaintiff—in justice to the defendant— and in justice to the lady herself, I am sure you will feel hound to dismiss, as far as you possibly can, from your minds, the idle rumours to which this case has been subjected, and that you will approach it as you would any other trial, between two persons, whose names where wholly unknown to you ; that you will act upon the evidence only—upon the evidence adduced on the part of the Plaintiff, and if in your minds you arc satisfied of the guilt of the party, you will fear lessly pronounce your verdict. The position of the parties in society you will feel to be a subject for your consideration, as forming one of the circumstances on which your verdict will in a great measure depend ; if y?ou find that the de fendant in this case has taken advantage of his high posi tion to lull the suspicions that might otherwise have been awakened, or to introduce himself into the family of the plaintiff as a benefactor, a patron, and a friend— if he has taken advantage of that position to inflict upon the plaintiff the deepest injury—aye, the deepest in every case in the present state of society which one man can inflict upon another—if you find that this illicit intercourse has been long- continued—that children have been born, and that it is impossible to ascertain the extent of the injury ; and if you find that he has poisoned that source which is the purest of all feelings—the affection of a father for his children—this, Gentlemen, is the case which I have to address you upon, and upon which I beg your calm and dispassionate attention. On the part of the plaintiff I ask you to look calmly and dispassionately at the proofs which we will adduce before you, and then we will call upon you to say whether you are satis• fled or not of the guilt of the defendant. The plaintiff, as you all know, is Mr. Norton, brother and heir-presumptive of Lord Grantley. Mrs. Norton is the daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Sheridan, who unites considerable per sonal attract:ons with a great deal of that talent 'for which her family has long been celebrated. They were married in the month of July, 1827, Mr. Norton being at that time 27 years of age, and Miss Sheridan 19 years of age. It was a marriage of affection—at least on the part of Mr. Nor ton it was one of unbounded affection. Their income at that time was extremely limited for the rank of the parties. They inhabited a small house, which Mr. Norton occupies at the present moment near Storey's-gate, looking towards the Bird cage-walk. The house is close by Storey's gate, and the situa tion is rather important, as you will perceive when I come to speak of the evidence. It is the first house as you enter the Park. At the time of their marriage Lord Melbourne was not ac quainted with either of the parties; he had no acquaintance either with Miss Sheridan or with Mr. Norton. A child was b )rn in July, 1829 ; he was the eldest son. Their first ac quaintance with Lord Melbourne was in the early part of the year 1831, and it commenced in this way :—Mr. Norton was a Commissioner of Bankrupts ' • that office was reduced, and upon that a suggestion wasmade that Lord Melbourne, who was at that time Secretary of State for the Home Department, had been in early life acquainted with Mrs. Norton's family. Mrs. Norton wrote to Lord Melbourne to state the injury that was done to her husband, and the consequence of her ap plication was a visit from Lord Melbourne. He called in answer to her note, and shortly afterwards he appointed Mr. Norton to the situation of Polite Magistrate for the Whitechapel district ; this was in April 1831. This appoint ment necessarily obliged Mr. Norton to be absent a great deal from his home. He was obliged to attend at the Police office in Whitechapel, which was at a considerable distance from his house. He left his house in the morning, and was absent in general till 7 o'clock, and occasionally when he was obliged to remain late, he dined in the neighbourhood of his office. After this appointment Lord Melbourne became a constant visitor at Mr. Norton's house in Storey-street. I do not mean to say that those visits were altogether confined to the periods of Mr. Norton's absence. Lord Melbourne pro fessed to be the friend of Mr. Norton. He came into the house as his patron, and Mr. Norton felt towards him nothing but friendship. Lord Melbourne dined in the house several times, and professed to be on terms of intimacy ; but I find that Lord Melbourne was a constant visitor at the house at times when Mr. Norton was not there. He began by coming to the house shortly after the duties of the Home Office were ( I suppose) discharged—about 3 o'clock. He came constantly three or four times in the course of a week, sometimes oftener, some times less, but still he was a constant visitor. He was in the habit of leaving before Mr. Norton returned, and I think that any gentleman, on looking at the evidence I am going to state, must be satisfied that very shortly after their first interview a criminal intercourse commenced, and was continued between, the defendant and the wife of the plaintiff. Of course, in all cases of this sort it rarely or never happens that you can prove the actual commission of the offence. In this case, as in all other cases of crime, fpr crime it is, you must convict the parties by circumstantial evidence, which would lead any un prejudiced mind to infer a guilty conclusion. I believe I can not better state the sort of evidence that must be adduced in such cases than by reading from a book I have before me a state ment, in which it is laid down, that with respect-to the proof of the act of adultery, it is enough to say that whatever convinces the minds of a jury of the commission of the act, is sufficient for the purpose. This is a fundamental rule laid down by Sir William Scott, Lord Stowell, that admirable Judge, in the case of Lovegrove v. Lovegrove, where the facts were vcry'similar to those of the present case, and the intercourse had been long continued. Lord Stowell then laid it down that it was not necessary to prove the direct fact of adultery, as otherwise there was not one case in a hundred in which justice could be obtained. It was very rarely that the parties were surprised in the direct fact of adultery. In every case the fact must be inferred if circumstances lead to the fair inference as a necessary conclusion. Unless this were the case, and unless it be so held, there is no protection whatever to the sacred rights of marriage. But there are circumstances that lead to such a conclusion, which cannot be laid down in any book, because of their infinite diversity. As for instance, the station and character of' the parties—the state of the manners of the society in which, they mixed—and many other inciden tal circumstances—apparently slight in themselves—but having a most important bearing on the decision of the Jury—the only general rule that could be laid down is that circumstances must be such as would lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just man to infer the fact. That is the general proposition I lay down. I was telling you, gentlemen, that Lord Melbourne was a constant visitor at Mr. Norton's house when Mr. Norton was not there. In what way did he visit ? The first thing that strikes me is this. Ido not know whether it may be important in the re sult, but I confess it appears to me rather extraordinary. The house of Mr. Norton opens into the Bird Cage-walk—that is the public entrance. There is another in a small court be hind. Whenever visitors entered the house they came by the entrance at Storey's Gate—that was the way by which visitors entered, and it is the one particularly which a person comin g from the Home Office would very naturally enter. Lord Melbourne always went by the gate that opened from behind. When Lord Melbourne came to the house Mrs. Nor ton gave orders to the servants that no one else should be admitted, and no one else was then admitted. These orders were acted upon. The servants were directed not to admit the most in timate friends, even their relations, whilst Lord Melbourne was there. The servants were directed not to come into the room unless they were rung- for, and they obeyed generally. Th e blinds which looked into the Park were drawn down while Lord Melbourne was there. He was in the habit of leaving shortly before Mr. Norton came home. From Mrs. Norton's conduct you, gentlemen, m ust infer what else took place. She goes to ber room ; prepares herself to receive Lord Mel bourne ; dresses, arranges her hair, and gets the room ready before he comes. While he was in the house, she frequently goes into her bed-room whilst he was there. Her hair is disordered, her dress is disordered, she goes agaio n t her bed-room to set it to rights. Having arranged her hair she comes down again to Lord Melbourne. put the case is not confined to her house alone • Mrs. Norton has b een to Lord Melbourne's house, and has 'been in that house alone with Lord Melbourne more that once. I shall show you that she has been in the carriage of a friend which she was in the habit of using—that it has carried her to Lord Melbourne's house, and left her there—that the carriage then drove round the Park, and again went to Lord Melbourne's house to take her up. Where had she been during that time ? Or in what room? It was true he could not show—she was in the house of Lord Melbourne—a young and beautiful woman, and alone. I cannot call the servants of Lord Melbourne in order to inquire where she was ; but he can do so, and he may show that all that was done was done was consistent with innocence ; if so, we shall probably hear how and where she was employed—that she had been to Lord Melbourne's house was beyond a doubt. Again, with respect to the manners and habits of Lord Melbourne, I shall prove that when Mrs. Norton was ill' and confined to her bed-room, a servant went into the room and found Lord Mel bourne in the bed-room; he remained there an hour or two. This must seem very extraordinary, according to the manners of the present day ; but the case did not rest here. One of the servants having gone into the room while Lord Melbourne was there, on more occasions than one found the door bolted, and on more than one occasion had seen kisses passed between the parties. She had seen Mrs. Norton's arm round Lord Melbourne's neck—had seen her hand upon his knee, and her self kneeling in a posture (We did not catch the re mainder of the sentence.) In that room Mrs. Norton has been seen lying on the floor, her clothes in a position to expose her person.—(Great sensation.) There are other things, too, which it is my painful duty to disclose. I allude to the marks from the consequences of the intercourse between the two parties. I will show you that these marks were seen upon the linen of Mrs. Norton * * * • and I have other facts to disclose, which leave no doubt of the guilt of these parties. It is laid down in the admirable judgment of Lord Stowell that there must be circumstances which would lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just man to concur in a conviction. I ask you as men of the world, with a knowledge of the feelings of your brother men, I ask you what must be the meaning of the visits of Lord Melbourne to this young and beautiful woman ? What was the mean ing of her denying herself to others, while Melbourne was there ? Why did she dress to receive him ? Why were the blinds drawn down ? Why were the children removed ? And why were strict injunctions given to prevent any parson from coming into the room ? Why—this alone would lead to the conclusion that these visits were not consistent with innocence. And looking at the familiarities that passed between them —at the kisses—the embraces, and the position in which they were seen—could there be on the mind of any man the slightest doubt of their guilt? It is notorious that there was a constant interchange of letters and messages between Mr. Norton's house and Lord Melbourne's. We have proofs that notes were frequently carried from Mrs. Norton to Lord Melbourne, and brought from Lord Melbourne to Mrs. Norton. Where are all these notes ? And I am glad of the opportunity of alluding to the correspondence which has taken place, because it is impossible for any one not to have heard of the idle rumour and gossip that attached to that cor respondence, whether the letters exist or not—whether they are letters of a description to satisfy you, Gentlemen, of the guilt of the parties or not— I cannot tell. Whether they are destroyed or kept, as when Mrs. Norton left the house of her husband in March last, when suspicions were first excited in Mr. Norton's mind, and he made enquiries which led to this result, Mrs. Norton's papers, letters, and every thing that be longed to her, remained in the house ; and I must say, in justice to Mr. Norton, that he acted with feelings of delicacy and honour, which, whatever may be the result as regards this trial, does him the highest credit—he declined to look at the letters or correspondence of his wife until he should be fully satisfied of her guilt. Whilst the matter was undecided, and whilst it was still in the course of investigation, _he gave strict orders to the servants that these letters should not be removed. Mr. Norton left London, and went to the country to Lord Grantley's house. Whilst he was there, the eldest brother of Mrs. Norton came to Mr. Norton's house, and by pretending to the servants that he bad the authority of Mr. Norton, he obtained from the servants all the letters. I cannot tell, there fore, whether the letters will be produced or not. They may be destroyed, and, judging from three notes in the hand writing of Lord Melbourne, which were found in the house since, it is probable if they contained no more than these, they may hot be destroyed. These notes were found since, they relate only to the hours of meeting, and are of a trivial charac ter. They state that Lord Melbourne would be there by such an hour, and nothing more ; but there is something in the style of the notes that seems to me to lead to something like a sus picion of what was going on. The first note merely said—. " I will call about half-past four.—Yours." This letter has no beginning; it has no commencement. It does not commence as letters usually do, which are written by gentlemen to ladies. The next letter was in these words •-- " How are you ?—( A laugh.) I shall not be able to call to-day, but I probably shall to-morrow.—Yours." This is not the note of a mere acquaintance. The next letter runs thus : " There is no House to-day. I will call after the leve e ' about half-past four, or, if you wish it, later. Let me know what you intend, about going to Vauxhall.—( A laugh.)-- - Yours." These are the only notes that have been found—if there are others I cannot produce them. It is of importance to notice the manner in which these notes were written; there is nothing . of the style of a mere love letter, they are most cautiously and guardedly worded—they are not written as a mere acquain tance or friend would write. All the other letters of Lord Melbourne were removed by Mrs—Norton's-brother. There is another topic to which I must now call your attention. If you are satisfied, as satisfied I think you must be of the facts stated, it remains for you to consider what d images you will give—you are aware that by the law of this country, a husband sustaining an injury of this sert, has no mode whatever of obtaining redress, or of guarding against a spurious offspring being palmed upon him, but by first bringing his case before a Jury and seeking' for damages for the injury he has sustained. This may or may not be a wise law, but it is the law of the country, and this is the first step which must be taken in the case, and therefore the amount of damages, though not as a personal compens 4- tion, must he considered in the result. In estimating th ! . subject I have a right to take into consideration the conduct of all the parties—of the plaintiff—of the wife, and of the defend ant—and any other circumstances which may be brought tot hear in any way upon the case. It will be said the. Mr. Norton was careless of his wife—that he allowe d these visits from Lord Melbourne without disapprobation an' remonstrance—that he was absent from home, and thstr dies opportunities were given to Lord Melbourne. Mr. Nt 7 " a ton's absence was a compulsory absence, and at times where husband, from the duties of his profession, is obliged t o lent o!: his home and his wife for a great part of the day , must n. suffer, or must blame be attached to him, because a p ers ! whom he has treated as his friend takes that opportunity Wt seduce the affections of his wife. I can never believe t,head his absence, or those opportunities which Lord Melbourne "79 in consequence, will he brought out against the plaintiff. el:c, a to suspicion, I believe I can call before you every servant 'Dia has been in the house, who have lived there during the time, a% who will tell you that however their suspicions may ha ve be % excited, that Mr. Norton himself had no shadow of suspicion I.olr inquiry was made, and he was compelled to do so. A s her Mrs. Norton, she was a kind and indulgent mistres s to ... servants, and they were unwilling, therefore, to injure, If__ They did not do so ; and Mr. Norton had no reason for . s o picion, till the time when Mrs. Norton left his house. en inquiry was instituted, and the horrid conviction was broug_s home to the mind of Mr. Norton, that there existed for y”_`... this illicit intercourse. That Mr. Norton was a ki nd and le% dulgent husband, he could not give a better proof tha.,:i; reading the letters of Mrs. Norton herself—letters wrl during a time when he was absent, and which were quitease,,e_.., cient to lull everything like suspicion of the truth of her of tion and kindness and speaking of Lord Melbourne as 1 1 "2 5 other person with , whom she was acquainted. , The 1 tt s e e _, that were written are those of an affectionate wife to an eh sar n ai ' husband—they are full of affection, and calculated to disarm anything like suspicion, if any such existed. t to th c The ATTORNEY-GENERAL believed he might chem. en reading of these letters, as he apprehended they were se si. "_` :ye after the time when the crime was charged, but he would '" that Sir objW.ection. FOLLETT—You need not have made it then. Th ese things arc done merely ad captandam. The CIIIEF.JUSTICE—If the letters Were written after theer.e was just cause of suspicion, they are not evidence in the e tt a s S not Sir W. FOLLETT—I was going to state that there p w a r c u d ° ii t° . the slightest pretence for objection, and I am pre shew it. They are perfectly legal evidence, and _" at $ and Learned Friend knows it. The letters were vvritten t_.., Nor 0" 0 time when there was no suspicion in the mind of Mr. were when he was absent from his home. Some of them written to Scotland, during the period of an occasion. e:a11 sence. The first was dated July 12th, 1831 It I )_ , T bly " Dearest George, pray come home as soon as ydicP° e 'f rer e can." [The letters went on to state that the children as to a all well, that one of them was playing with a pug . d g incline roast it 20 times a day. Three other letters were re vz. pet lamb, that the lamb was so stupid that she was presive of affection and dated at several periods, _i ce lc ii , 1833 and 1835. In the latter she stated that Lord .31 . 1nr ic h had lent her a book containing Dr. Lardner's letters, to of he proved that Mary Magdalene was sex.—( Great laughter.) She had not read the _ hoc l e tters she was impatient to see how he proved it.] T the most v i b r o tuou y s et i bu t certainly showed, at least to all apearances, affelectttioern, part of Mrs. Norton; and looking at the last w hic the wrong, was it not a letter written by a person , alluded to some . quarrel, in which she admitted herselfho tporobfee in o s sod d i n t to her re conduct affectionatecalculated e ek 0. Of course the position of the parties in this case, r stances, one of the parties, and the mode in which l t l e er c l u i wife to ? excite There was any thingntbi kitvehsteltsei iectiton; damsge s ' considered, it is for you, Gentlemen, under a ount of to say what may appear to you a proper l a artam not going to With respect to the fact of guilt, c i r cumstan ces. must look at the tice In ved being trouble you again ; you may de justice You must look at them in order that you w i l e your world, and is . knowledge as men of the with innocence ? not, consistent wit between the parties. You must look itat .thetren for you to say, are they or arc they mentioned —looking at Norton's house, in the way that I hav l e have described them to the events that have taken plac i e bo a d s to Gentlemen, looking at the visits of Lord Melbourne to • Mn ; you by witnesses--ace you, and as they will be described you n carrying on h as bee of time, Lord Melbourne resist being satisfied that, for a considerablaen nait ~'