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THE LONDON JOUUNALS. 15 VEY I.XTItACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, January 23, 1822. [MORNING POST.] We received yesterday French Papers to the 20th inst. The Report of the Commission charged with examining the project of law for regulating the periodical press was received, and the dis opssion of the other project of law for repressing he offences of the press took place on Saturday,- but these papers being those of the day itself contain no details. The King has issued two /Ordinances, which are given officially in the Wioniteur. The first suppresses the General PoliCe'Directorship which was created in 1820: and the second directs the re-organization of the ten Local Companies which were disbanded in 1817. 'An article of the 7th inst. from Vienna stales that the whole Russian army of the South bad been moving towards the Pruth since the 23d of December. Three divisions had passed the Dniester on the 26th, part of them during the night. 'f -he troops were provided with biscuit ,for fifteen days. The villages along the left bank c,bf the Pruth were so crow ded with soldiers, that it was thought impossible they should long remain in that state. The Emperor of Austria has resolv , *d to restore to Hungary the districts which had been detached from that country when the king . dom of 111yria was formed. The birth-day of the Emperor Alexander was kept at St. Peters burgh on the 24th of December by the Court and the people. A grand 7'e Deum was sung in the Chapel of the Palace and the Cathedral of Cazan, and in all the Churches of the capital, and a general illumination took place at night. — The earthquake experienced last month in the Government of Kiew and of Podolsk was also felt in the southern provinces, as far as Teffiis in Georgia. The commercial losses occasioned at Genoa by the late gales are stated to amount to eight millions of francs. A runionr was afloat yesterday in the City, "that the Russian ultimatum had been acceded to •by the Turkish Government. The report was said to be founded on the authority of letters from Smyrna, but could not be traced to any au thentic source. It did not gain general credit ; and yet had the effect of raising the funds, which had previously fallen one half per cent., to their former prices.—(lbid.) • [BRITISH PRESS.I The Paris Papers of Saturday last have ar -rived at our office. The next arrivals will in all likelihood communicate intelligence of more in terest than these can boast, for Saturday was ap pointed for a public sitting of the Chamber of Deputies, to hear the Report of the Committee upon one of the laws relating to the controul of the public Press, and to commence the debate upon the other. Upon the result of the debates on these new measures will probably depend the fate of the new Ministers. The late Ministers were thrown out principally because of their avowed hostility to the public Press ; should those who form the present Cabinet be convicted, by the defeat of their measures, of a similar of fence, they, must expect to share the same fate, and in the event of their expulsion, necessity points to the liberal party upon the left sid e of the Chambers as the fit depositaries of the Executive Autho rity. The selection of that party would imply a great change in the character of the French Government; but the extent of the change would Probably disappoint the hopes and fears of many, while, without causing any danger 'to the prin ciples of the Constitution and to the spirit of the Monarchy, it would be yet sufficient to gratify the wishes of'the ,people, inspire them with con fdence in their rulers, and, with,the freedom of the press, secure to them the full 'enjoyment of tneir other immunities and privileges. [MORNING HERALD.] The accounts from Spain—not yet, however, in an authenticated form—state that the King at length had dismissed his • Ministers, and in grusted the portfolios, ad interim, to the sub ordinate servants of .the Crown in their respec tive departments. It is unfortunate (sup. , posing the account true) - that he - did not do so before. Had he done it sooner, he might have Egad the ad vantage of a conciliatory act done with a good grace. • As the matter stands, it will pro bably be • regarded as nothing better than a con - cession wrung from his weakness, and yielded, perhaps, with the secret purpose of violating or defeating it. The difficulty of obtaining a new Viinistry is, we are well assured, d• flagrant pre text, put forth in bad faith; and suggested to this unhappy Prince by that noxious race of spiritual ptiv:,sers, which has once more sprung up in Europe, after 'having proved itself alike destruc tive to nations and to Sovereigns. The members of the late Spanish :Ministry are still ready to as sume the reins of Government, with an additional stock of public confidence acquired since their 1 dismissal. But their having opened the dungeons, and broken the torturing instruments of the inqui sition—their having thrown open the Convents, those dens of lazy proflig acy, to ,be purified - by the light of - Heaven and the eye of man—their having let in Land still in a very moderate degree only) the rays of European knowledge and men tal freedom—these are sins • for 'Which they are . not, and never will be, forgiven by the evil spirit of bigotry slavery, .Which, after hating been exorcised from the nation and the Government, still finds refuge near the 'Throne. - Every friend of rational freedom; humanity, and peace, must lament this disastrous influence which surrounds the King of Spain, and is the original and sub stantial .cause of the violent excitation of Opinion and feeling which distracts the people and en dangers the Throne of that kingdom: [THE TIMES.] A meting of owners and occupiers of lard in the county of Devon has taken place at Exeter. AC This, certain resolutions were proposed, of no great moment from their. intrinsic value, and of still less from the fate• - which awaited them. They were, in,. fact overlain by one potent resolution to call a County Meeting, for which this asseun- Wage of land-owners was torrsidered as a feeble and insufficient substitute. It. is not a little cu- rious to hear men talking now of the transition from war to peace as one of the causes of agricul tural distress. Why, this peace itself has been almost as long as an .ordinary war ! The too speedy return to cash payments is assigned as another cause of the distress. This return has been very speedy to 1?e sure—six or more years after the time specified by the act. Yet are we far from arguing that the tardy return to cash payments, united to other causes, (such is the amount of the national debt, and the aversion to economy,) has not tended to create the difficulty of which agriculturists so loudly complain : but there seemed at last to be no choice between the putting an end to the unsupported paper currency by the issue of gold, and the suffering our bills of Engla►ti to sink to the same level as that of the French assignats. The importation of foreign grain in 1818-19 is another • reason assigned for the low price of the native growth in 1821-22. If that fatal importation were indeed of such durable consequence, we do not see why it should not operate thirty or three hundred years hence ; and why, in truth, it should not hinder native grain from ever at taining a remunerating price in future.—We on the contrary, rather suspect that the im porters of grain have so suffered by their specu lations, that their examples will serve to deter others from a similar course, and that therefore the importations of the years 1818-19 must rather have tended to raise the price of native grain in the succeeding yehrs. [NEw Tlli ES.] We have received letters from . Paris to Satur day afternoon.. 'rlie closing price of the rentes on that day, for, money, was 85f. 15c. We should observe, that in speaking of Friday's priee as 86f. 25c. we meant only to refer to neeociations it terme: the money price was 85f. 70C.—The 111oniteur extracts from the Journal des Debuts an article which may be considered as the political Profession of Faith of the party specially attached to the new Ministry.- 7 1f we were disposed to criticise this production, we should say that some parts of it are rather abstract than practical ; but we are well aware that it is necessary to accommodate popular writing to prevalent habits of reasoning; and that political abstraction is so much the habit of the day, as in some sort to compel a writer to employ general terms, when his own - better taste and more cor rect feelings would prompt him to dwell on par ticular topics. The Royalists are taunted with their supposed belief in a divine right of Kings ; against which their antagonists set up a fancied sovereignty of the people In truth, both these notions, as they are conceived by the herd of illiterate and shallow politicians, are eminently absurd. Paley has justly said, the divine right of Kings and the divine right of Constables stand on the same footing. Both theie rights, so long as they exist by the law which holds society in its established order, partake of that divine right which flows from the will of the Creator ; and as it is manifest that-the lawful succession in an hereditary Mo narchy cannot be disturbed, much less the kingly office itself abolished, without a great and fatal convulsion of social order, therefore the right of a lawful Monarch to his Throne must be regarded in all sound reasoning as most sacred, although (as the Royalist Writer says) there is no occasion in political reasonings to have recourse to the divine intervention. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] The County Meeting of Norfolk was called a Radical 114eeting by the Ministerial Press, be cause the. speakers charged Ministers with a wasteful expenditure of the public money, and expressed it as their opinion that a diminution of Taxation alone could afford relief to the dis tressed Agriculturists. The same radical senti ments, however, pervade the whole country. We yesterday inserted a Report of a Sornersetshire Meeting, and we this clay insert a report of a Meeting at Exeter, at both of which the spirit which displayed itself in Norfolk and in Sussex was very unequivocally exhibited. At the Ex eter Meeting it was resolved_ that a Meeting of the great County, of Devon shoold be called ; and a,meeting of the county. of -Surrey has, we see, been fixed for the 4th of next month.. % these meetings be less radical, that is, will they be less strenuous in, their calls for, economy and dimi nished taxation ? Those who entertain any such hope know little of the present temper of the country. Men- who, in spite of their utmost ex ertions, see their property passing, rapidly from them into the hands of others,, ,are not likely to be deterred from.callingfor what they conceive the only remedy forthe.evil by charges of radical ism. The term has now lost all it terrors. In the absence of real evil, the imagination often conjures tip that which i 5 Aureal ;., and. the Yeoman, after a. plentiful meal, could enjoy by his fire side over his bottle, the horrors of the anticipated spectacle of blasphemy :;nd radicalism stalking triumphantly over the land, trampling on our holy religion, and overturning the venerable fabric of the Constitu tion. But the presence of real danger soon chases away : these phantoms of the brain; and the agriculturists are.now unfortunately beset with real danger, in every .direction.—That the re trenchments which have. hitherto taken place, or which are announced as about to take place, are far, very far, below „what the exigencies of the country demand, and • what may. be, easily effected,.is now fortunately a very general opinion among those who have the power in their hands. • Lnd,er a different state of.things it•might have been difficult• to satisfy the country. gentle men that overgrown RStahlishinents at home and abroad, were not essential to the glory and Oa ' racier of the country .; but a discontented yeo manry -and unpaid rents are calculated to give them very different views. We do.not.despair, therefore, that these circumstances, and the con viction that it is impossible to raise priCes by mo nopoly, will induce the country gentlemen to be come economists in good earnest. Sir THos. GREY, Knt. M.D. of Ramsgate, is appointed a Magistrate for the Cinque Ports, in the room of the late Rey. Richard Harvey.—(Kentish Gazette.) TAW INTatIGENCt-. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAII. 22. At eleven o'clock the Cdurt rose with Out being able to trans act any business; no Counsel being in attendance to argue the -cases set down for argument. No itss than fourteen. causes were struck out of the papers in succession, and amongst Others the case of Murray v. Eiliston, involving an important queStion of copyright. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JAt.r. 22. Sittings at Guildhall before the Lonn CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury. CLOHE AXD RICHARDS V. SADLER - Mr. WiST opened the pleadir!gs.—Mr. Serjeant PELL stated the case to the Jury. The plaintiffs were respectable bottle merchants in Spitalfields, and the defendant the keeper of an extensive repository in lloswell-street. The action was brought to recover the sum of 351. being the value of a horse sold by the defendant, with a warranty of soundness, and the amount of his keep since the sale. The horse was proved to be unsound. Serjeant VaUGH_►?i, for the defendant, said he should defend the action on the ground of no notice of return having been given within a limited period. A general notice, put up at the defendant's premises, was proved, but was held not to he sufficient, and the Jury're turned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 50 guineas, being the amount of the value of the horse and his keep, from Au gust last to the present time. ARCHES' COURT, MONDAY, JAN. 21. PERRIN- V. PERRIN. Dr. JENNER opened this cause, which was brought up by etters of request from the Court of the Commissary for the Bishop and Diocess of Winchester, for the parts of Surrey . ; wherein it had been, originally instituted by Mr. W. Perrin against. Mrs. Francis IPerrin, of Camberwell, Ins wife. The letters of request were exhibited in the month of August, 1821. He had now to pray the admission of the libel propounded ; and after his Learned Friends should have stated their objec tions, he would endeavour to reply to them. • Dr. LUSHINGiON, who appeared on behalf of Mrs. Perrin, stated, that his objections to the admission of the libel would confine themselves principally to the 4th article. The libel it self comprehended allegations which, supposing they should be proved, would undoubtedly be sufficient to entitle the hus band to the remedy for which he prayed; but it did appear to him that it comprehended also some facts and circumstances that, according to any rules of proceeding ever observed in that Court, were wholly inadmissible. The marriage took place on the 7th af February, 1818 ; and the libel, after pleading this fact, went on to state,. that on the 26th of February, 1820, W. Perrin separated himself from hie wife ; having on that day been informed, " and it then having first come to his knowledge, that Mrs. Perrin had, previously to her marriage, carried on an adulterous intercourse with a person mimed Thomas Lee, with whom she had become acquainted, by whom she had had a child, and from whom she had received an allowance of 401. a year." The libel also charged, " that Mrs. Perrin, previously also to the said marriage, had formed an adul terous intimacy with a person named Jobn Howell ; that on the said day Mr. Perrin charged his wife with the facts in queStion, and that she then admitted the same to be true." Now he (the Learned Counsel) -objected to this article on several grounds—namely, that these 'circumstances were all of them stated to have occurred !at a period previbuS to that at which the marriage was pleaded to have been celebrated ; that the yew foundation of suits like the present, instituted in this Court, was, in acts of adultery, pleaded to have taken place subse quently to the celebration of the marriage ; and in those no thing was pleaded saving relation to anterior acts. But he did take it, that it was for the husband to make every proper irquiry before he contracted. marriage, and the law presumed always that he did so; but if he did not, he knew of no re medy that the law provided for his neglect. In point of law, marriage was a complete waver of all acts of the nature set forth, committed prior to its celebration ; and many reasons existed why it should be so. It would be exceedingly incon venient for the wife, for instance, to defend herself from a charge as to connexions that were long passed. And if she was to be put on her defence under such circumstances, be would be glad to know whether it would not likewise be competent to her to inquire into the anterior conduct of her husband ? But it was quite clear that misconduct, neither on the part of the wife nor of the husband, previous to their union, could justify the Court in making that the ground of a sentence of Separa tion as between the parties. He believed his Learned Friends could not find one single precedent where that had been the case. He had now stated the substance of his - objections; but the Court would also see that the plea here was " that the husband was informed." This, evidently, was no plea; but doubtless his Learned Friends would ..say, they had introdUced this article for the purpose only of 'Recounting for the separa tion which had taken place between the husband and wife. But he denied this ; and it was important to observe that this was not a suit in which the wife could counterplead the facts ; and go, herself, into other events with regard to which the hus band might be put upon his defence. The fact of Mr. Perrin being " informed," seemed to be introduced for the purpose of prejudicing the mind of the Court, and of strengthening the presumption that his wife had, as' pleaded, committed adultery subsequently to their separation. The Learned Counsel fur ther denied, that by the law of the land, a husband had a right to separate himself from his wife by reason of any misconduct before marriage. He denied also that the husband could so se parate liiinaelt, except by a sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court. It was not for him to tale upon himself (legally speaking) to judge of the propriety of such separation. For all these reasons, the Learned Counsel contended that the eircumstancei to which he objected had been introduced into the plea without any legal or equitable bearing on the case. The deed of separation bore date on the 30th of March, 1820; and by that.deed, Mr. Per rin covenanted to make his wife a certain weekly allowance. In cases like the present, deeds of separation might be introduced for certain purposes; as, to shew the fact of separation ; but they could not be exhibited as deeds in-any degree binding on the parties. But why was not this deed itself produced I No doubt, because if it were, it would be found that the preamble ran in the usual way : " Whereas unhappy differences have arisen between, &c. &c." taking no notice of the discoveries said to have been made by tha husband, and alleged as the im mediate cause of such separation. He concluded that the Court would direct that deed to be propounded, and order the libel to be reformed, by striking out that part of the 4th article which related to the information received by the husband on the 26th Of February,lB2o. Dr. Dopsoar, on the same side, confined his objection to the 4th article also. Dr. JENNER, in reply, observed, that his Learned Friends having bruited their observations to the 4th article only, had ad mitted .that no sort of imputation attached to Mr. Perrin, as to any delay in the institution of this suit, after discovering his wife's previous infidelity. In answer to what had been urged against the 4th article, the Court would remark, that the facts in question, as to Mrs. Penin's misconduct previously to the mar riage, were not pleaded substantively, hut merely for the pur pose of laying before the Court the grounds that led to the se paration of thehusband from his wife, followed up, as that had been, by her own confession (whether that was true or not.'— He apprehended that it was open to the husband to shew that the separation in question arose out of particular circumstances, which, though they might not go legally to establish, were suf ficient morally to justify. such a proceeding on his part. He trusted that the libel would be admitted without alteratiOn. Sir Joitax Nicitoz.i. said, the only question was, as to the admissibility of the libel before the Court. The general sub stance of that libel was allowed to be properly pleaded, and to contain such matter as, ,upon proof, must entitle the husband to the relief for s+hichlie prayed. The confession by the wife, as to the facts upon which the separation proceeded, was plead ed to have been made by the wife in the presence of her' mother and several friends. Subsequently. to that separation, she was alleged to have funned the criminal and adulterous intercourse which was the foundation of the present suit. It was contend ed that the matter of the 4th article was not admissible ; that ante-nuptial conduct could not be pleaded as a ground for sepa ration, in the case of a marriage contracted subsequently to suchmisconduct ;- and this could, not be denied ; and the Conn id on the other side accordingly admitted that it could not be .made the foundation of a suit like that which was here instituted by the- husbands Then the article was laid in such• a way, that the party himself did not seem to have relied upon this p .it of ; for facts alleged only on' the information of the husband, were.not that sort of proof which the Court could re ceive. But it was said, on his behalf, that this matter had 15een introduced into the plea for the purpose of accounting 'for the fact of 'the parties having separated from each other. Now, even in that point of view, be would not be et liberty to plead it ; because if the wife had been guilty of 'these acts previous to the marriage, the marriage itself would be a waver of all sorts of complaints on the part of the husband on that account ; neither would such previous misconduct be any justification of a separation. The Counsel had rightly observed, that 'the Court must guard itself from having its mind prejudiced by any extraneous pleading of circumstances, that might have a tendency prejudicial to the case of the wife. The learned Judge, after observing Upon other parts of theylea, directed the fourth article to be reformed, adding, that to obviateobjections, it had better merely recite .the usual words of a deed of separation— " that whereas unhappy differences had arisen between these' Parties, on such a day they agreed to separate," arid so forth, and to omit all mention of the misconduct stated to have taken place before the marriage. (Term commenced here this d a y , and there were two admis sions of Prectori.) ADIMIZAtatV SESSIONS; [Further Particulars.] Yesterday .tohn Stebbin_gs, W. Butcher, jun.. T..rini4, W. Butcher, sen., and John Denny, were put to the bar on an in:. dictment charging, that a 'certain • brig called the Westmor land, being on the high seas, anhl, within one mile of Lowes toffe, on the coast of SteiThik, in a state of distress, and thht a life boat having put off to the assistance of the said brig, the defendants did conspire to prevent assistance being gis'en, and in pursuance of such conspiracy, did cut away a rope, by which the life boat was fastened to the said brig. Sir. CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON, the King's Advocate, opened the case. Thomas Bates was a seaman on .board the Westmorland, bound from Stockton to London. She unshipped her rudder in a gale of wihd on the 7th of December 'last, going over the sternpost, not far from Lowestoffe. ; she broached to im mediately, and became unmanageable, and went aground on the Newcome." She drew ten feet water. Her cargo was valued at about 6,001. Her .admeasurement was 198 tons. When she struck she was in danger of going to pieces. The master immediately-gave orders to let go the anchor, and great fears existed that she would go to pieces, 'as it did not stop her striking. The cable was cut, and a signal of distress hoisted. Four or five ' pilot-boats came out to ' them, and amongst them a yawl called the " Seamen's Assistance," with about 15 men on board. Denny and the other prisoners were part of the crew. They threw a warp to the boat from the brig, and the yawl hauled alongside under the weather-bow. Shortly after a life-boat came off to them, previously to which the yawl put two men on board, Stebbings .and W. Butcher, 1 jun. 11 lien the life-boat came alongside, the signal of distress was flying, but as soon as Stebbings got on board, he went and began to bawl it down. No order was given by the Mas ter to do so. The life-boat came alongside while Stebbings was - haWling down . the signal. She came under their lee bow' and were rowing in addition to having sails. Lieuten ant Harmer was in the life-boat, and he made her fast to the brig. The men in the yawl sung out, " cut her away, cut her away." When Stebbings had hauled down the sig. nal, he came towards the starboard-bow, and witness asked him to assist him in 4hrowing a warp into the life-boat, as she had then only a small rope on board. Instead of doing this, he leaned over the bow, and cut away the life-boat, which drifted away. The wind was at . this time blowing strong from the southward, to which point the tide was set ting very.strongly. Tlie sea was very high. The witness at this time went to Captain Rider and said; " the villains leave cut the life-boat away ; " to which he answered, " the villains, the villains !" No one had ordered. Stebbings to cut the boat away. —The ship was in danger of going to pieces at the time when Stebbings heard Captain Ryder say " the villains, the villains;" he came up and said they had no business here, the ship is our's, and we have got the ship. "We are your .saieguards and protectors—you are as safe as if you were ashore. and we will take you ashore." "i itness then went away, and did not hear what was said. The brig began to float ; the yawl was towing from the stern of the brig ; it was owing to the rising of the tide that the vessel floated ; the crew put additional sail on the brig, which was got off the sand, and into quite a good channel; she remained twenty minutes after the line had been cut; did not perceive at the time that she had Water in her; when she j got into deep water she would'not answer the helm ; the people in the yawl pot four or five men on board ; the sails had been put up with the assistance of John Stebbings and 1i iiliarri Butcher, the younger ; shortly after witness went to the pump .he discovered that- the brig was •• sinking, and desired the people in the yawl to bear up, and take himself anti comp . mons in ; the yawl people got on board the yawl, as did the cabin boy and female passenger, and then they went away and left the witness, the master, ardfour seamen on board ; those on hoard called- to them to come back, but they did not do so; the prisdners must have known there were persons on board the brig ; the yawl was big enough to have held the crew of. the brig in addition to her own, and twenty . more ; the life boat was abOut a quarter of a mile to windward at the time ; the line of shore lies N. to W. ; does not think the life boat could have heard the cries from the brig ; . the wind was ,very high ; the people in the life boat could not have seen the people of the brig wave; the Captain (Ryder) seemed quite helpless from distress. The brig continued 'driving towards the shore. Thu crew went immediately to clear the, boat, into which two of the seamen got. The ship . took the ground, and the second time the sea struck the boat it was washed over, and the two seamen were lost. The witness was washed up into the main rigging.. The Master was at' this dine aft, and having been knocked down by the tiller, which was worked up and down, the witness told him - that lie and another, named Sutheran, were going up. into the rigging, and wished to take him with them: they stopt with. him till he died. He (the Captain) held on as long as life re mained, and was then lost. Witness and Sutheran renihined in the rigging until between twelve and one o'clock. Lieute nanant Harmer came on board, and said to the witness, they had no , need to tear, forlie would not leave them, and that he would stop on.board till they were rescued; which he did.. The Lieu tenant searched about for a line, to give to any boat that might come out to them, his own having berm washed away. A boat came out, and a line was thrown from it to the brig, and Lieut. Harmer made it fast. He then assisted Sutliff= down the rigging, who was incapable of doing so himself; and assisted him into the boat and got them safe ashore. Lieutenant Har mer's boat was obliged to leave the brig immediately after he had been put on hoard. Wm. Sutheran, cook on board the Westmorland, corrabo , rated the statement of the last witness. Robert Clarke, a cabin boy, saw Stebbing cut down the sig. I nal. The Capt in did not give any orders to do so. Witness I was standing by the Master when the signal was taken down. Witness heard the yawl people say, " Cut her away; cut her away 1" Robert Thomas Carter, commander of the life-beat, reached the brig about three o'clock. The yawl was alongside. The witness was in the act of getting alongside, when the yawl bawl ed up, and one of the young men went up into the larboard main rigging, and cut down the flag of distress. Did not See him go to the 'Master first. Shortly after the other man came round, and cut the rope by which the life-boat was made fast. Heard the people in the yawl call out to cut away the life-boat; saying they had no business there, and were not wanted. The people in the yawl used oaths, and; abused the life-boat people. Lieutenant ilarmer made the life-boat fast to the brig. •....;aw the yawl put two men on board just before the life-boat made fast. Saw one of the /men belonging to the yawl shake the rope by which the boat was made tast, and heard him say, " D—n your eyes, let go, and take that THING ashore, you have no business here." Saw one of the men from the yawl cut away the life-boat. Observed one of the crew of the brig throwing out a warp to the life-boat. • Lord STowELL—Mr. Harmer, the conduct of you and your brother officers has been highly - meritorious; and the Grand Jury have recommended that it should be brought befOre the Admiralty-1 shall take care that that is due. John Fowler, a Gentleman who accompanied Lieuts. Har mer and Carter the first time the life-bett went out, saw the signal of distress cut down, and heard the abusive languagt used by the persons in the yawl. Saw the life-boat cut away. If the life-boat had been suffered to remain, no lives would have been lost. The 11ev. Bartholomew Richton lives at Lowestoffe. In a conversation with Denny remonstrated with him on the impro priety &cutting away the life boat, to which he answered, that he had done nothing contrary to the usage and custom of boats going out to ships in such situations. John Humphrys, one of the owners of the - W,estmorland, stated that Denny admitted lie was the owner of the There was not more thin 1,0001. Saved, as a great - deal of the property was stolen. The salvage and expellees' amounted to 70V1. The value of the cargo was between 5 and 6(KWI. Thomas Aldis was on board the life boat, and after the brig • had got off the sands, went within fifteen yards of her. - They did not hail the life-boat; if they had, could have been along side the brig in a few minutes; there was nothing to prevent the crew of the brig telling them, if they had wanted.assist ariee ; the yawl remained-quite long enough for the crew to haVe got- in three times over. Henry May, a Trinity pilot, s:tered the life boat ; there were two yawls and two gigs ; the " Seamen's A'ssistance" arrived before the life boat. Mr. GURNEY was about to put a question relative to the im lzeision on the Court as to the first possession, which was ob jected to, and overruled. Lord STowELL said, if this case had come before the Court of Admiralty, not one farthing of salvage would have been al lowed. In fact, the owners - had been extremely ill-ad Vised to pay one farthing; for if that was allowed, the persons who might first get on board might tarn the master out of posses sion, and let those, and those only, they might think fit come on board. The idea was completely erroneous. The witness, Henry May, again examined. Thinks the yawl was strong enough to to have steered the brig, if she had had no water in her. _ _ _ The case being closed for the prosecution, Mr. 'GURNEY addressed the Jury on behalf of the priSoners; in the course of which he said the question here was not whether the defendants had acted ignorantly as to the law and the usage of the coast of Suffolk, but whether they had feloniously conspired, and in pursuance of that 'conspiracy had cut away the rope and hauled down the signal.riag, or that they had actually deserted the crew with the intent to drown them, notwith*Mnding they Lad gone out at the risk of their lives to save them.. He dwelt on the fact of four of the defendants having accompanied at.midnight the gallant Lieutenant Harmer, to the vessel , and contended that though the men might have acted under erroneous impressioni, yet there was nothingin the slightest degree to warrant so grave and serious a charge; a charge, that if made out, would de serve the greatest pUnishnient. Mi. Gurney Vim rrodeedirigii t an able speech, when Sir CHU ISTOPHER -ifoniNsoll said the object of :the AA I L miralty was, that a full and fair examination of the.transactio , '' should be had, and the next wish of the 'Court was, that whew. there was nO particular atrocity to deal with, mercy might . 1 7b1 shewn ; and therefore, in - pbrsuance of a communication betweOf the iespective gentleinen enncerned, a verdict .would be t4keL7 against one of them (Stebbings), arid he would be let Out onlOi own recognizance to appear when called on. Mr. Justice BAYLEY, in a forcible Addrms, explained the erroneous idea nndee whiCh Mariners on the-Sn(folk.coast a c,tet l 7, and informed them that the firstio),at Which arrived ,vias.na-t-P have the exclusive right to l i d with tbe'property,7as tile.Capto could use his ownxiiseretion whether or not he would have ad4i'. tional assistance. The law was the only means by whit% ques7 tions relative to salvage could be decided If persons yen!. ture to set up their own judgment in oppbsition to the Carair , they forfeit all claim to salvage. Ilis Lordship then salt?, -" c was agreed that a verdict should be returned against Stebbing 6 and that the prisoners should be acquitted of.the.con-spiracy , Lord STowEt.t. addressed the Jury, and fully concurred 0 the law laid,dOsin by Mr. Justice Bayley. The Jury ,ieturned a verdict of acquittal, 7 as-to the -Coo; spiracy, &c., and found St2bbings Guilty, on the Count, 01 cutting the life-boat away.' . - Mr. Justice BAY LEY said, he was convinced that .the ; pt? soners would feel grateful 'to the prosecutor for :the =Mier which the trial had ended. -Stebbings was then bound, in his own reeogriganec of OW to appear when called on. The Sessions were adjourned till Thursday, the .'lst March. Faont THE LONDON GAZETTE, JAN: 2j* NVIIiTEIIALI., JAY. 21, 1822: The King has been pleased to prese'nt the Rev. WiMans Spencer Whitelock, Clerk, !Waste! of Arts, td the Victtregc 0 !: tiedney, in the County and Dio'.iese of Lincoln, void brtta death of the Rev. Dr. Douglas. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. \V, Edwards Chatham, /ineh-draper, from Jan. 22,tp,3Iarc. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Comrnissipaers. . BANKRUPTS. • . W. Mann, Thompson; NOrfolk, farmer,' to surrender, Fob. - 6, at. four, and 7, at nine, and March 5, at four, at the SOrfoLi Hotel, Norwich: Attornies, Mr: R. Barber, Fetter:lane ; and- Messrs, E. and G. Cooper, East I.).2reham, Norfolk. J. Thurbon, March, Isle of Ely; Cambridgeshire, drapeAl• Feb. 6, at seven, 7, at ten, and March 5, at twelve, at the eirif'' fin Inn, March. Attornies, Mr. E. Barley, Mardi ; and Mr' S..N. Meredith, Lincoln's-inn, New-square, T. Gallon, Leeels,Stuff-therhant, Feb. 19, 20. and March ;if at eleven, at the Court House, Leeds. Attornies, Mr. Making' son, Middle Temple; and Mr. Foden, Leeds. C. Lea, Ha} wood, Salop, maltster, Feb. 4,. at five, and Feb; 5, and March 5, at eleven,. at elicited Lion Inn, NeTport, Sa lop. • Attornies, .111 r. " Hicks, Gray's-inn-square; and Mr' Brookes, Newport, Shropshire. A. Murcott, Warwick, draper, Feb. 11, 12; and March 5, at eleven, at the Swan Hotel, Warwick. Attornies, . Mr. Bur , bury, Warwick ; and Messrs. Meyrick and Broderip, Itod Lion-square. J. Buckland, Chard, Somersetalfire, miller, Jan. 28, 29, as March 5, at eleven, at the George Inn, Crewkerne, Somerset shire. Attmnies, Mr- Hine,. Essex-court ; and Mr. BaW-r , Ilminster, Somerset. J, and T. R. Pigram,- Maidstone, Kent, grocers,Yeb. and March 5, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. A t ' tonnes, Messrs. Amory and Coles, i ghroginorton , stceOf London. . C. Tatncr, Horton Kirby, Dartford,' Kent, farmer, Jam. 2 4 ; Feb. 2, and March 5, At ttn,,.at the Court of I ( - )u.lriiissiotr3 4, London. Attorney, Mr. Collins, Great Knight ki: . 4.ler-strcce , Doctors' Commons. W. Fell, Workington,, Cuniberland, broker, Feb. 11, -2111, and March 5, at eleven, - at hits ,- 2 of H. Salki:l4l„.iankeerli Workington. Attornies, Mr. 11. Fakon, Ella-court, Teroiaf London: and Mr B. Workington.' T. Edwards, Brighton, Susses., merchant, Jan. 26, Feb. at ten, and March 5, at one, at tht! Court of . ConnrdesionciO' London. AUorney, Mr, Warne, Ledenitill-street. .11..Valentinc, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, miller, Jan. 26, Feb' 2, and March 1,, twelve, at at the Cot;rt of . . Connissioner4, London. Attorney, Mr. A. C. Bond, Ware, Herts. King, Coyentry-court, _Hakmarket,grocer Feb. 5, 04 ten, 19, and March .5, at eleven, at the Court of grocer, Feb. Attorney, Mr: Carlon, High-street, Mary-le-bonc. DIVIDENDF.. Feb. 1(1, R. Dawson, Norwich, linen.draper—Feb. 15, J. vender, Leominster, Herefordshire, Mercer—Feb. 5, B. Here" 1. Pernarcl,strect, Foundling llospital--Feb. .1. Bryant, AO' tin-friars, merchant—Feb. 5, W. Cross, Lombard-street, haul 'r. —Feb. 12, J. Nichols, L'arsham, butcl,er —Pet). J, Coates, Worcester, woollen-draper—Feb. 15, E. Bair! Leicester, tailor—Feb. 19,, J. .Jones, TilouLt street, "Awl-7(l'P? and J. H. Janes, Kent-road, linen-drapers—Feb. 19, S. phreys, Charlotte-street, Portland-place, inereA4M—Feb. 14; . 1 * Pitt, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, upholsterer. CERTIFICATES, FEB. 12. 11. 'Walker, Salford, Lapcashire, inachin,e-maker—A. Ri voltat Brook-street, Holborn,loolting•-glass-mantifacturcr---- ,4 . - W. 'Jones, New Brentford, corn-merchant.—J. Davey, Jobn-street, West Smithfield ,carpentkri--T. Whatley, 13 0 "" combe, SO CT setshire, shop--keeper--J. Fowler, Mark-lane: • tea-dealer —H. Court, Fish-street-hill, straw hat,manufacturcr• PA RTNE TISHI PS DISSOLVED. G. Bra''g, and J. Bal twin, 13irrninghani, jewellers-0 , Archer aid Co. Great Wild -street, Lincoln's, Inn-fields, Mie' dlesex, gold4efiners, - as as regares Barratt—R. jun. and D. Diggon, Brandon, Suifollc,--saddlers—O. hoscX and. Co. .Ashwater, Devon-hire, drapers—T. _Brunton Tia' Co., Commercial-road, Saint Ann, Limehouse, MiddlecN7 iron cable manufacturers, as far as regards R. D. 11liddleton -j- W. Cortield and J. 111attliews, Alanchester, lion-foundete -- 11. G. Knight and .J. Garland, jun., Poole, timber-much: llo —NV. Walton and J. Tailby, Birmingham, ' japanners-- 3 ' Ford and Co. Battersea, Surrey, woollen manufacturers—J' Fletcher and Nr.jcirltland, New,ands, Alfrcton, Derbyshire• breWers-11. and'}}. Murray, -Uppermill, l'or*" Shire, woollen-printers—MT. Cooke'and G. COoper, Ncw Brent ford, Middlesex, surgeons J. Johnson and J. Edwards, Lowi l _ rove, Saddle worth, woollen-printers. A curious fact occurred at the last beast mar" ket, in Chic! ester : a farmer sold a pen of fat sheep, rold -dbsolutely refused to be paid for thero in gold ! The buyer ‘s as in consetwe'ote oblige 4 to exchange his gold for paper at the which the farmer very readily pocketed. Sli UDEN -DEATH.—Moilthly evening . 4 LadY," , named EI.IuNs, of No. 3, Chapel-street, erro vetv)r-place, took an airing on. her return, she got out of her carriage in seeming good' health and spirits, but no sooner had she ascended info the drawing-worn, than she fell down and in' scantly expired. BIRTHS. Yesterday morning, in .Gteen-street, Grosvenor-Square, 3110' Stevens, of a son. On Monday, the 21st inst. at Newcastle-upon.-Tyne, 0 ( Lady of George, Berkeley, Esq. Captain in the Royal Fui ,- • leers, of a son. MARRIED. Yesterday, Count St. Martin D'Aglic, Minister PlrnipoteP: tiary from the King of Sardinia, to Louisa, yeaagest of the late Hon: Charles Finch. • Yesterday,' at St. Andrew's Church, lleiborn, Richar d, youngest son of Daniel Esq. balker, at Rye, in Susse s ,? to Sophia, - youngest daughtkr of Wm. Rabbctli, Esq. of ford-street, Bedford-row. DIED. On Sunday morning last, at the house of her son-in-law,. illr". Bousfield, Bouverie-street, where she was on a visit, aged g Mrs. Richings; of Warborough-cottage, Oxfordshire, relict 0 the late Mr.. Thomas Richings, of the city of Oxford. On the 21st, after a s• were illness, Sir Duckworth Buckwor tl ; Herne Soame, Bart., of Heydon, in Essex.. Frei& st r e ceetio in tide and estates by his eldest son, Colonel Peterßtickwort.' Herne Soame. On Monday last, after a short illness, Hewett Cobb, Esq., o f. 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