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LONDON JOLIANALS. DAMN EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNINi PAPERS December 8. [MORNING POST.] We.received 'Brussels Papers to the 4th inst.' last night. An article froth Warsaw contradicts the reports circulated some time since at Vienna, that the •Riissian army had gone into winter can tonments- It is stated, on the contrary, to be on the war establishment, provided with eVN:y thing necessary for, a campaign, and . ready to march at the first notice. Every regiment has its fall complement, and the whole are so stationed that one. may succeed another, without inter ruption; . idwards whatever point it may be thought fit to direct an army. The article adds, that corps of reserve have been formed in . the Interior of Russia, to keep the army, up to its proper complement in case war should break out. The victories gained by the Persians Over the Turks are confirmed ) and Bagdad 'is said to have fallen into the hands of the,conquerors. This invasion,. on the part of the Persians, like the enterprise of the Greeks, is after all but an attempt to re-occupy the land which once be longed to their ancestors. Babylon was the seat ‘)f their empire', and one day's march would bring them from the populous streets of Bagdad to its solitary mounds, still unconsnmed though still mouldering on the banks of the Euphrates. [MORNING HERALDa At a late hour last night we received three day's Paris Papers—those of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. The debate in the Chamber of Deputies, on Monday, was extremely animated. The question before the Chamber was the recep lion of two projets of law for continuing the Censorship five years longer; but, by a side- - - wind, the debate turned altogether upon the quarrel between the King and the Chamber.— The Ministers make a sorry figure. Only one division took place upon an important point.— But here again the Ultras and Liberals cilesced, and left the Ministers in a miserable minori.— The principal orator who attacked the napters was M. Delalot, an Ultra-royalist. He charged them with calumniating the Chamber to the King—with perfidy—with poisoning the ear of the Sovereign ; and his accusations were re-echoed from the right and left with equal earnestness and cordiality. The Keeper of the Seals mounted the tribune in reply, but whether the feeling of being in a minority, or the unpleasant', expressions provoked on both sides by his obser vations, damped his spirits, he said but little ; that little was most ineffective ; and he descend ed from the tribune amidst shouts of -laughter.— If the French Ministers weather the storm, they are immortal. " The Monitcur has some remarks upon the majority on the Address, which alv scarcely intelligible. The writer looks like a person just starting from his sleep, who sees something so improbable that he can hardly' believe his eyes. Such is the view taken by The Moniteur of the junction of the Liberals and Ultras.--Ile consoles himself with the reflection that a union of such heterogene ous elements cannot last long.--We fully agree with him, but we believe it will last lon g enough to unseat the . Ministry.--It appears, from a sentence in th e Journal des De bris, that we exactly anticipated the precise point of agreement between the right and left.— This Journal says," as far as regards the Greeks, the fact has been long before the public.. Every day we behold Royalist and Liberal writers ex pressing an unanimous wish for the deliverance of the Greeks and the expulsion of the Turks," &c.—There is yet no mention of an actual or. pro liable change of Ministry ; but from private com munications, in which we have considerable con fidence, we judge that M. De Cazes will be once more lord of the ascendant. This would be sad disappointment to the Ultras. [BP.ITlili PRESS.] _ _ Papers from Ireland to the sth inst. were re. ceived yesterday. An outrage of savage.atrocity has been committed near Boyle, but there are no further accounts of crime in the disturbed districts which are situate in the south, of the island. We trust that they are beginning to subside, and that the extraordinary measures already adopted by the Government, aided by the exertions of the local gentry, will suffice for the restoration of tranquillity, without the areadful•expedient of the Insurrection Act. It was lately stated in a Dublin Paper among the rumours of . the day, that " the residence 'of the Earl of Donoughmare, at knocklofty, in the county of Tipperary, had been forced to surren der its arm to the deluded peasantry, although • sOrne.policemen were inmates for its protection." The indigilation eXpressed by his Lordship against this. statement, which he contradicts as a base fa btjcation, we consider, although not so intended by his Lordship, as a.severe censure upon those c9Pntry. Qe l ltlWlleA, syl)4 have tamely. and volun tarily, divested, them elves of the means of pro tection, and to whom we would recommend his Lprdship as an example of courage, energy, and spirit, worthy of imitation. [NEW TIMES.] The Paris Journals of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, arrived last night. The Chamber of Deputies did not meet on Saturday last, but their proceedings on Monday were of uncommon inte rest. The Ministers proposed a new Law on the Press, including, the establishment of a Censor ship for five-years. The Royalists (the Ultras, as they-have been called) strenuously resisted this unconstitutional proposition ; and they seized this occasion to denounce in the strongest terms the, conduct of the Ministers, in deceiving and misleading the King. M. Delalot, a distinguished Royalist among those lately elected, delivered a powerful speech on the occasion. One passage we shall particularly notice. The obnoxious epithet :of Ultra Royalist has been attached by the Revolutionists to the most loyal men in France. On this circumstance M. Delalot makes the following unanswerable remark :•-•-•" When buonararte governed this 'erniire, many Men' eminent in all kinds of tatent.gerved him with zeal, with courage, with.devotedness ; tell me if any one - of his :Ministers, if any one of his Police Agents, if any one director of intrigues, would have dared in his presence to brand the zeal of his servants, by callingthem Ultra BuonapaTtists i" This is one of those happy and forcible ways of putting an argument which preclude all possi bility of reply. Ultra Buonapartist! It never entered into any person's head to invent such a word : and, if it had been employed in Buona parte's time; the author of it would either have been been shot up in a madhouse or consigned to a dungeon. And yet the term Ultra-Royalist, at least as absurd, at least as contrary to common sense' and reason, was invented by the monster • Fouche, retailed by his con temptible successor Decaze, and we blusli.to say, repeated by loyal Englishmen, the dupes of re volutionary calumny and artifice ! That we should find The Times and Chronicle greedily catching up this nick name, and applying it to every man in France or England who is not an absolute traitor, is natural enough they labour in their vocation ; but " it is a foolish bird that fouls its own nest"—they are blind indeed who ridicule loyalty in France, while - they pride them selves on it in England. rMORNING CHRONICLE.] The sufferings of the Agriculturists at the pre sent moment, more particularly in those parts of the country where the soil is naturally poor, are so very great, that in the correction of the errors almost universally prevalent among them, on several very important points, such as Rent, Tithes, Poors'-rates, &c. we would, above all things, wish to avoid every thing harsh or offen sive. They are not more chargeable with the causes of our difficulties ,than .the other classes of the community, and they are now the chief sufferers. The Landholders are also no doubt great sufferers, but from their preponderance in the Legislature, they are chargeable as a body with much of the evil which now presses so heavily on themselves.----As the. price - of food enters so much into almost all the items of agricultural expenditure, for direct taxes on farmers are neither many nor heavy, on a. sup position of prices continuing at their present rate (which they certainly will not do), the expendi ture would no doubt accommodate itself in time in a great measure to these prices. But we all know this would not wholly remedy the evil.— The nominal value of agricultura'l stock I:Ws'falleh at least one half.. It is true the price at. which that stock would sell would now purchase nearly as many commodities as could have been pur chased by the former at high nominal value.— This would be all very well if the farmers were always free from debt ; but in an enterprising country like this, nothing is more common than for men in every branch of business. to extend their dealings by means of borrowed money.— ' There were few farmers entirely clear when the change of prices took place. This debt stood against them at the old nominal amount, while the nominal value of the assets to meet it were so Much reduced. Hence many a farmer who has considerable capital, on squar ing matters w ith his creditor, found himself nearly stript of his all. This is evidently a case of the greatest hardship. The 'landlords find, in like manner, an undue proportion of their estates swallowed up by mortgages, which formerly were far from heavy. This is a great evil, but , how is it to be remedied ? There are persons who put themselves forward as the advocates of the Agri culturists, who tell us that the only remedy is a tax on foreign corn of 40s. a quarter. In the pre sent state of the world, this would amount to a prohibition, except in cases of downright famine. But would this tax really remedy the evil from which the Agriculturists are now suffering ? [THE TIMES .1 The Marquis Wellesley and Mr. Goulburn are to set off, it is said, in a few days for Ireland. If the presence of the Noble Marquis and his Secre tary be considered as necessary to the pacifiCa tion of what is generally called the sister countu, though our sister is a terrible vixen, they have no time to lose. Mr. Wilmot is fixed upon as die suc cessor of Mr. Goulburn in the situation of Under Secretary of State in the Colonial Department; and Mr. Clive is to retire from that department, and to be succeeded, as the report states, by Mr. Dawson, the brother-in-law of Mr. Peel. Thus far affairs, we presume, go on smoothly. But Mr. Canning, we learn from the Derby Mer cury as a matter of fact, stopped at Derby on Wednesday last, with, his wife and daughter, on the road to the Marquis of Stafford's, at Trentham ; and in the way of rumour, we at the same time hear that the Right Honourable Gentleman has refused the Governor General ship of India. We are not surprised at the refusal: but what a change Mr. Robert Peel become a Cabinet Minister, and Mr. Canning offered a situation in another hrrnisphere l We recollect,that when the Lisbon Ambassadorship was found out for the same Right Hon. Gentleman, he was then upon an excursion at some distance from the ca pital. He will not now, as then, return and take the office We should presume not.—The King remains at Brighton, but does not come out much. His Majesty's continuance there, and Mr. Canning's flight to Trentham, remind us of a philosophical experiment of this nature : A large globe charged negatively with the electric fluid is suspended between two little balls ; and as often as the little balls, from the attraction of gravitation, approach or touch the great globe, they are instantly driven to a distance by a discharge of the repulsive fluid : in this manner it is that the King and Mr. Can ning, who are continually brought to the oppo site sides of the great ball, the Ministry, by their respective connexions and relations, are as cer tainly driven to a distance by a discharge of re pulsive matter out of the great ball. There is an odd story in circulation, of which we can not vouch for the truth, but this is the substance of it :—lt is said that Mr. Canning-hesitated for a while before he finally rejected the Indian prize; and that during, this period of indecision roe King) who 'e'lpectea - hothin4!less than Mr. I Canning's refusal, s'rote a ►etter with his own hand to the Marquess 'of Hastings, stating to his Lard ship the reasons for his recal. Among these, the most remarkable Awe write the tale with doubt, for we know net how sncha circumstance could trans pire,) among these reasons, however, the most pointed was the wish of the Royal writer to pos sess near his person somefaithful friend in whom to could confide. His Majesty is said to, have dwelt much on the painfulness of his present situation from the want of such a confidant. For our own parts, we believe that not only the, King of England, but almost all other -Kings that are or have been, might make the same complaint. -- It is the curse of persons ,in their exalted sta tion, as they have no equals near them, to want faithful, disinterested, honest friends ; and the general truth of the propositi6n may have given occasion to this particular application. Ills IVla jesty's cares may be conjectured from reason and analogy ; but how could his actual complaints, breathed only in a letter, and that subsequently destroyed, haVe become known with such minute exactness ? NAVIGATION ACT. A BILL .To explain and amend the several Acts for the encouraging and increasing of Shipping and Navigation, and to regulate the Importation of Goods and Merchandize into Great Britain, so far as relates to the Countries from whence, and the Ships in which, such Importation shall be made. (Continued from our Paper of Yesterday.) 43. Provided also, and be it enacted, that I,3thing in this Act contained shall extend or be .construed to extend. in any way to alter or repcal an Act, passed in the forty-ninth year of the der *n of his late Maiesty - ,King George the Third, intituled, " An Act to permit the Trade betiveen Great Britain and the United States of America to be carried on in Ships or Vessels belonging to the Inhabitants of the said States," by virtue of which, goods, wares or merchandize of the growth, produce and manufacture of arty of the said United States may be imported into Great Britain directly from any of the territories of the said United States, in ships or vessels belonging to the inhabitants of the said States; or in such other ships and vessels as are described 'in the said recited Act :" Provided nevertheless, that nothing in the-said recited Act of the forty-ninth year of his lite Majeity's reign shall extend or be construed to extend to the restraining or preventing the importation into Great Britain of goods or merchandise, being of the growth, Vroduction or manufaCture of any part of the United States of America, in British-built ships or vessels registered and navigated according to law, in like manner and under such rules and regulations as goods or merchandise of the growth, production or manufacture of any other part of America may by law be so imported. 44. Provided also, and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend.or be construed to extend to alter or re peal an Act passed in - the fiftv-fiist year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, " An Act for car rying into effect the provisions of ;t Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, concluded between his Majesty and his Royal ITighness_ the Prince 'Regent of Portugal ;" by virtue of which any goods, wares and merchandise, being of the growth, pro duction or manufacture of any of the territories or dominions of the Crown of Portugal, which are not prohibited by law to bp imported into Great Britain from other foreign countries, and alSo elephants' teeth and ivory, may be imported into Great Britain direct from any such territories or dominions, in ships Of vessels built of any of the said territories or dominions of the Crown of Portugal, or in such other ships or vessels as are de scribed in the said Act : Provided nevertheless, that nothing- in the said recited Act of the fifty-first of his late Majesty's reign shall be-construed to restrain or prevent the importation into Great Britain of goads or merchandise, .being of the growth, production or manufacture of any of the territories or dominions belonging to the Crown of Portugal in British-built ships or vessels registered and navigated according to law, and in like manner, and under such rules and regulations as goods and merchandise of the groWth, production or manufacture of any part of Asia, Africa or America, may by virtue of this present Act be so imported. •' 45. Provided also; and be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or 'be construed to extend, to alter, or in any way to affect the rights and privileges of the United Com pany of Merchants of. England trading to the East Indies, as grant xl to or vested in the said Company by Charter, or by any Act or Acts of Parliament, not to repeal or alter, or in any way to affect or infringe the provisions contained in an Act made in the fifty-third year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act for continuing, in the East India Company, for a. further term, the possession of . the Bri tish Territories in India, together with certain exclusive privi leges, for establishing further regulations for the Government of the said Territories, and the better administration of justice within the same, and for regulating the trade to and from the places within the . limits of the said Company's Charter ;" or in an Act made in the fifty-seventh year of his said late Ma jesty's reign, • intituled, " An Act to regulate the trade to and from the places within the limits of the Charter of the East India Company, and certain possessions of ,his Majesty in the Mediterranean ;" or in any other Act or Acts in force imme diately before the relating to the trade or commerce be tween Great Britain, and any of the countries. territories, or places, situate within the limits of the Charter granted to the said United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, or to the trade and commerce to be carried on by the said East India Company, or by any British subjects to and from the said countries, territories, or places, under the provi sions and regulations of the said recited Acts, or of any other Act or Acts ; but that the trade and commerce with all the said countries, territories, or places respectively, shall continue to be-carried on in such manner, and under and subject to such regulations in all respects as are contained in tile said recited Acts respectively, or in any Act or Acts for continuing or amending the same or any of them, or in any other Act or Acts relating to such trade and commerce ; any thing in this Act con tained to the contrary in anywise notwithstanding. 46. Provided also, and be it fuither enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend, or be construed to extend to re peal or alter any of the provisions contained in an Act passed in the forty-ninth . year of the.reig,n of his late Majesty King George the Third, mtituled, " An Act to authorize his Majes ty during the present war, to make Regulations respecting the Trade and Commerce to and from the Cape of Good lope ;" or in an Act passed in the fifty-seventh year of his said late Majes ty:s reign, " for continuing and extending the provisions of the said recited Act of the forty-ninth year, and also for regulating the Trade of the Island of Mauritius" (which said recited Acts have been continued, and are now in force), whereby his Majes ty is authorized, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, to give such directions, and make such regulations touching die trade and corrimerco to and from - the Cape of Good. Hope, and to and. from all islands, colonies, or places, and the terri tories and dependencies thereof, to his Majesty belonging, or in his possession in Africa or Asia, to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope (excepting. only ,flie possessions of the East India Company), as to tis'Vrafally in Council shall appear most expe dient and salutary. ; 47. Provided alsO, and-be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend,. or be.construed to extend, to repeal or alter such part of an Act made in the eighteenth year of the reign of King GeOrge the Second; among oth er thin g s, for re pealing the inland - duty upon tea sold in Great Britain, and granting other duties in lieu thereof; and for better securing the duties on tea, Mein any other Ad or Acts, whereby it is enacted or provided, that it shall and may be lawful to and for the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies, and their successors, by licence, under the hands of the Commissioners of his Majesty"s Treasury, and also to and for any other person or persons licenced by the said Commis. sioners of the said Trea4ury to import into Great Britain in British-built ships, registered and navigated according, to law, from any ports of Europe, such • quantities of tea as shall be specified in such licences respectively' under and subject to such restrictions, limitations, rules, methods, and directions as are prescribed and required under or by virtue of the said Act or Acts, or any of them. - 48. Provided also, and be it further enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed. to extend to re peal or alter such - part of an Act, passed in the fifth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the T hind, made, among other things, for more effectually supplying the export trade of this kingdom to Africa with such coarse printed calicoes a nd ether goods of the product or manufacture of the East Indies or other places beyond the Cape of Good Hope, as are prohi bited to be worn and used in Great Britain, under or . by vi r t ue of. which the Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury are au thonsed to allow, by licence, certain goods in the said recited Act Mentioned, to be imported into Great Britain fOr the pur pose of exportation to Africa, under the conditions and regula tions therein stated. (To be continued.) LAW IN-TELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, DEC. 7. BOLD V. STEWART. 'the circumstances of this case we have already stated. Mr. DUCKWORTH followed Mr. HEALD for the den:ndant, and Mr. HART replied. The LORD CHANCELLOR—" The case I am called on to decide is one - of very great importance, and its circumstances perfect'y novel. If I could feel myself justified in declaring that the equity is clear on either side,l should be relieved from the consideration of many difficulties, but I cannot come to that conclusion. If 1 were to stop the proceedings under the outlawry, and it should result from the action at I:.w that the plaintiff in equity is liable to pay the bills of ex change, the defendant in equity might then be unable to recover from the plaintiff, because in the interim he might have dis posed of the whole of his property. If, on the other hand, 1 were to permit the proceedings under the outlawry to be carri•Al, and it should subsequently appear that the plaintiff in equity was not liable to answer the bells in the mean time, he would be ruined by the effect of the outlawry. It is extremely hard that I can get no information with respect to the mode of pro ceeding to take a partner's interest under an outlawry,for a great deal depends on that. 1 have been told that the Court of King's Bench knows nothing about it." Mr. HEALD said, he was afraid his Lordship 'had been mis- informed on that point. . The Lon') CHANCELLOR—" I recollect a Learned Judge in the Cotat of Ring's Bench saying on such a question, into the Court of Chancery." I would say, willingly, get out of the King's Bench and come into: Cha ncery _Wt then 1 can meet with no information on the subject, although I have as well an informed bar asany in Westminster Hall ; I, therefore, think it very extraordinary that I can get no information from them on the subject. I see before me a Gentleman who has had great experience in the office of the Sheriff of Middlesex (alluding to one of the Solicitors in the cause), and I expect that he will make inquiry respecting the manner in which the Sheriff arrives at the knowledge of what constitutes the interest of a co-partner, and that he will let me know the result of his inquiry to-morrow morning."—F ur ther consideration postponed. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DECEMIIER 7. HOWARD AND GIBBS' BANKRUPTCY, EY.Z-PAIITE GRIMSTEAD. This 'case was again brought under the notice of the Court this day by Mr. HAItT, who presented a petition from Joseph Valentine Giiinstead, praying that an early day might lie .fined for the hearing hiipetition; anti that the new choice of assignees might he stayed until the hearing. Understanding, however, - that the Commissioners always gave a • fortnight's notice, and as the day fOr hearing the petitions in this Court would be'the 20th, he did not feel it necessary to troubk the Court farther than to open thepetition, as the Commissioner§ would be able to decide on the -preponderating debt before 'that time. The debt of 32,8211. had been proved underthe formerCounission, but had been rejected under the new one, and the COmMisSioners would .be fully able to inquire into it in the mean time. The VICE-cIrANCELLOR was not disposed to interfere with the matter before the Commissioners - , or th make any order at present on the petition, as it was not necessary ; but to give the parties an opportunity of proving the debt before the choice of assignee& Mr. Hon)rn said, then of course his Honour's Order for the new choice of assignees would issue. The VICE-CHANcEnnon said tlfe Order would of course issue. The importance of the case was not in the particular fact, but in the principle' of the practice under the Bankrupt Laws. Mr. HoRNE hoped'that if there was,any intention.of appeal ing to his Honour's Order it would be stated,.as there was:a very general opinion that it would be appealed from. Mr. HART said, if his opinion were to be asked to-morrow morning, lie should say it ought to be appealed from, but at present - he knew nothing of it. He had been asked the question the other day, and had said it - ought not, but if asked again he should say otherwise.' The VICE-CHANCELLOR said, the question' was one of very great importance, and it was also a new one ; but with respect to an appeal he could know nothing of it until notice of the ap peal was given. The Petition was then ordered to be put at the head of the Paper of Bankrupts for the 20th, and Mr. Shaw's costs to be paid out of the estate. Mr. MosTAGuE said, the Petition of 'Alt. Carroll would not occupy more than five minutes, the only question being, whether lie ought or ought not to answer a question put to him ?, After some conversation, this Petition was ordered to stand for three o'clock on Tuesday. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 7. Middlesex Adjourned Sittings after Michaelmas Term, befOre the Lard Chief Justice and Common Juries. CHAMP V. 'HULL. This was an action against the dcf,2ndant for negli , -entiv driv ing a gig, whereby a horse and cart in which the plaintiff was riding were injured to the amount of 51. 14s. Mr. NIARRYAT and Mr. IturcifficsoN were for the plain tiff; and Mr. GURNEY for the defendant. The transaction in question took place at Wandsworth late in the evening. There was contradictory evidence on both sidtks; . and the qUestion was to whom the blame of the accident was attributable' The Jury, under the Learned Judge's directions, found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 51. 4s. KING V. TOWNSEND. _ This was an action brought by a respectable silk-mercer, in Pall-mall,against a discarded shoptnan for a libel, inionting to the plaintiff that he had given information to the Board of Cus toms against Mrs. Decima Barber, a milliner in Pall-mull, that she had smuggled silks in her house, whereby the plaintiff sus tained special damage in the loss of Mrs. Barber's and other milliners' custom, the fact being that the defendant himself had giVen the information, and being dissmissed by his master had made a voluntary affidavit before the Lord Mayor, alleging that the plaintiff had instigated him so to do. Mr. GURNEY and Mr. ANDREWS conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. CHITTY the defendant'S. .The action was brought merely for the vindication of Mr. King's. character, who had suffered in his trade and reputation in consequence of the slander contained in the alleged libel.— The case was clearly made out in evidence, and The Jury ; under the Learned Judge's directions, found their verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 201. THE KING V. IttISPINI ANT) °TITERS. This was an indictment against Mr. Ruspini, the dentist, of Pall Mali, Mr. Powell, an assistant of the /atter, and Mr. Davy, a solicitor, for an alleged conspiracy to defraud Alr. Temple, a pawnbroker of Panton-strect, Haymarket. The gist of the Chaige was, that the other defendants, knowing that Ur. Ruspini was a bankrupt, and that a Commission had issued against biro, had pawned certain articles of plate with him, and received. thereon 201. in order that t4ey might afterwards be Liken out of his hands by virtue of the CoMmission. Mr. GURNEY, Mr. DoLLArtD, and Mr. CosPex conducted the prosecution ; Mr. DENMAN appeared for Mr. Ruspini, Mr.-11 7 .ALFOnD for Mr. Davy, and Mr. Anitau.A...m - for 31r. There was not the slightest evidence to affect Mr. Davy; and, upon the whole of the transaction, The LORD GIIIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury (the defend ants' case not having been heard), that they must find the de fendants not guilty, there being no evidence to support the charge on the record. • For anv thing. that appeared to the con trary, the motives of the defendants Were honest and bona fide; the object apparently being to raise money in order to avoid the ruinous consequences of a bankruptcy. If this was the sole ob ject of the defendants, as it appeared to be, the indictment could. not stand. The Jury found the defendants Not Guilty. WEST V.,F11.47,1C1.5. This was an action against the defendant to recover a com pensation in damages for exposing to sale certain-piratical copies of prints representing . melo-dramatic clwacters, without the leave and license of the Plaintiff,' who had the copyright, con trary to the statute. Mr. INLORYAT and Mr. REAVER conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. lltrim.n.x the defendant's. Several witnesses were e:'iamined, who made out the plain tiff's case, as alleged, and Tii Jury found their verdict for the plaintiff', damages one shilling ; subject to the opinion of the Court upon a point re served, whether the case was within the statute. - COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC. 7. HERE AND OTHERS V. WARD, crane K. This cause again occupied the whole of this day.—Mr. SCAR LETT opened the case..of the Defendant in a very long and elaborate speech, which lasted nearly two hours; afttir which much evidence was gone into, the chief object of which was to establish the fact of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Cotton sub sequent to the birth of the two eldest children, and in support of this, a certificate of marriage was produced, purporting to have been signed by Mr. Sweetapple, a Clergyman ; also the bond usually entered into upon the occasion of persons married by licence was produced, and several .persons called to prove the hand-writing of Mr. William Cotton; arid of a Mr. Rey nolds, who was formerly a steward of the Duke of Kingston, and who had entered into the bond jointly with Mr. Cotton. Several exceptions were taken by the plaintiirs Counsel as to the proof of the hand-writing of these parties ; and much learned discussion took place. • In a case of such importance we do not, as we stated yester day, think it right to enter minutely into the evidence, until . after the Jury, by their verdict, shall have decided the point at Ships nt Market. 1141 Newcastle 32t, Stinderlizid issue. We understand the defendatltintendg to 011 A few molt witnesses this inbrnirig; *hen the SOLlerronTl, 4 4T RA I: will! reply, and before the don of another day tig - ease will raosts likely be disposed of.—The Court did not bre:4k up until after seven o'clock. CONSISTORY COURT,•Dr.ctunrit 7. OFFICE OF THE JUDGE, V. DTI. CVARItt. On the sitting of the Court this morning, the Rei.. defendant being in attendance, the artieles exhibited against him lry.Arch deacon Woollaston were read by Dr. Adams. These articles set forth die alleged contumacy of the defendant towards the. Archdeacon, in refusing him admission nt the great south door ; as likewise at the chancel door of the parish church of Great Waltham, Essex, over which the promoter-is Arch deacon, and the defendant Vicar, on Thesday ilio 12th day of June, 1821, when the promoter, - by virtue of his' office, at.... tended at the Spring Visitation thereby opposing and-obstruct ing him in the execution of his duty aforesaid. These articles concluded with the prayer of the promoter, that this Court would adjudge and punish the defendant as the law directs and further, that the Court would restrain the defendant from the repetition of such of in future; and that lie should be directed to pay the costs of this•suit. Dr. CLARKE here offered to read an Address to the Court in Latin ; but was interrupted by the Judge, who begged to cat to his notice the expediency that the line of defence which the Rev. defendant meant to advance, should be considered by him, with the assistance of Counsel; wheth;.r his interest was to make an obstinate defence, or to adopt the milder course of excuse or apology. Dr.•C.4...auxE=ln other Courts I have been misled by Pro fessional Gentlemen, and therefore I think T can myaelf best explain my motives and feelings to the Court. The Ji!DGE.--Be assured you will not be misled here. Dr. CLARKE—Certainly not, for this is one of the most learneil COurts in .the kingdom ; and I have only. to s ay,. Sir - Christopher, that r meant no thsresp-et to the Archdeacon. • Dr. SwAnE Y, as Counsel for .the Arclidearlm, intimated, that as Dr. C. lie understood, was prepared to deliver in an nffirrne tive issue, the Learned Coiinsesl was auti;9l:ts,Nl to state. t h at it was earnestly wished, on the,part of the Archdeacon, that the judgment of the Court ini!;dit be as as the law - Wou ld s 4 mit under tho following iiiretunstances. Dr. CLARKE—Sir Christopher, I beg to plead an affirmative issue, since it is the wish of both parties the Court should pro ceed to sentence. Sir C. ROBINSON, in passing sentence, observed, the Court should attend to the wish of the promoter, in pronouncing its judgment with as much leniency as the policy of the•law would admit. The offencekharged was undoubtedly one of enormity, in a clergyman especially, whose duty it was, not only to assist,: hut invoke assistance to.the authority of the Archdeacon. The • object was, that the Archdeacon should inspect the church, for the purpose of seeing what repairs were wanting, and to remedy . any such neglect towards preserving the public property thert If the clergyman refused to afford such facilities, it. teas not to be expected that parochial persons Would ; without goins into. the formality of the articles, suppose that the offence had in this" case proceeded from error, rather than any deliberate disrespect to the authority of the Archdeacon. The Court would content itself (without inquiring into the full extent of - punishment which the policy of the law awarded in such case). with pro— nouncing- that' the defendant be admonished to refrain from committing any such contempt in future ; and that he do fur— tiler pay the costs of the present proceeding. ROTTEN V. COCKLE, FALSELY CALLING HERSELF ROTTEN. This was a suit of nullity of Marriage, promoted by E. Rotten, Esq., against Sarah Cockle, otherwise Rotten, his wife,' on - the ground of minority.on his part, and non-consent of John Rotten, his father. The marriage, it appeared, took place et the parish church of St. Ann's, Westminster, on the 2Oth of October, IPI6, by license, upon the oath of the husband that he was then of the age of 21 years, and upwards, whereas :t appeared, by evidence of certifi cate of baptism, and other proofs, that he was of tlte age of lg• years only. The fact.of such marriage 'haling bean soh-Jr:air:- eel without the knowledge.or consent of the said John Rotten, Esq., the father; and his having expiessed much grief and dis leasure at the same being communicated to him a month after. This was deposed to by the affidavits of several witnesses, and, there being no defence offered on the part of the wife, the Court proceeded to pass sentence. Sir C. ROBINSON ebSgrS'ea, NS was a promediog under the Act of Parliament, which directS, that all parties under the age of 21, net being a. widow or widower, who shall marry by license, without consent of parent or other lawful guardian, such marriage shall be null and void to all intents aI purn-ses whatsoever. If any thing appeared to sheer, that the party seeking his remedywi the present instance bad been guilty of • such perversion of conduct as to take advantage of en act of liberate perjury on his part; in swearing tt:t.l lie wag upwards. of 21, the Court would not be restrained f r om animadVerting in strong terms, on an attempt, which Was coutrivi:.4. to e.buso the Jaw of• this country, in taking advantage of the Act cf • Parliament, to void such marriage ; but such being the law, no part of his conduct, or its being his own act, could tuakethis marriage good, from his being a minor, and wanting tl:e cc.n sent of a lawful guardian. Linder these circumst9nces, how ever, which had Keen satisfactorily proved, that this Mar _ riage had been solemnised contrary to the Act of Parliament, the Court had no alternative but to prenbance such marriag,t:,. null and void. :SIAL - ND V. RIAUXT) This was a suit of divorce, brought by Susannah Mauna; 'against her husband, James Maund, by reason of adulterY. Sir C. ROBINSON commented upon the evidence at consitler able length and observed, that upon the whole of the circiim stantial evidence disclosed, together with inferential conclusions operating on the.minda of witnesses, such forensic inference tin the place of positive evidence) might be drawn, upon which the Court could come to the conclusion, that the wife had establish ed her case sufficiently to be entitled to tire relief prayed. The Court accordingly pronounced for divorce. COAL-MARKET, Dcc: 7. Ships *old. . COURSE OF EXCLIAIs;GE, Decvitaber 7. 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MARRIED. tv Mr. Michael Lloyd, of Cross, near Newry, aged CO years, Miss Larkin, of Keggall, a pretty. girl of 1 ! At St. illarylebone Church, on :Wednesday, the .sth inst'' James Wadinore, Esq., of Chapel-street, raddington, to.lNliss Henrietta Robinson, of Maida-place. DIED. On Sunday last, at Ripley, Surrey, in his Nth year, Robert Harrison, Esq. formerly of .Mansion-house-street, banker. On the sth inst. at Chelsea, in her 14th year, Catherine, - tr eldest child of Mr. Wrentmore, of Charks-strect, St. Jauhs square, solicitor. On Thursday, the fith inst., z. - ftcr faur days' illness, in tiie 2lst year of his age, the Rev. Caleb - Evans, . thira Lon a rile Revi Dr. rvans, of Islington. Printed and Published, for the Pn.OPRIETORS, at the SuN" OrtICE, 112; Strand, .by J. B. CARS'iAIRS.