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into all the circumstances of the situation of the West India planters, as also into the acts of the Government at home with respect to the Legis lature of the islands. The LORD CHANCELLOR expressed himself decidedly averse to the compulsory manu mission of slaves, or to any hasty and precipitate measures respecting them. He was far from objecting to inquiry, but main tained that the late insurrection in Jamaica 771:3 by no means connected with any mea sures of the Government. He was desirous of laying the ground for a progress towards free dom by taking such steps as would prepare the slaves for its enjoyment. The motion was then agreed to. After which the Irish Tithe Bill was read a first time, and the House adjourned to Monday, the 7th of May next. The German and Belgian Papers, received this thotbibg, contain no news of importance. At Brussels, and generally throughout Belgium, the greatest precautions are taken, in anticipation of a visit from the cholera. The following are extracts : BRUSSELS, APRIL 14.—M. Behr, whose departure was delayed, had his audience of leave of the King the day be fore yesterday : he wore the new diplomatic costume. lie set out for Paris last night, and will thence go to Havre, where he will embark for the United States. The Board of Health has caused the popular instructions on the precautions to be observed in case of the appear ance of the cholera to be every where posted up. The Chamber of Representatives also takes its precau tions against the cholera. Vessels containing chlorine were to be placed in the hall yesterday. M. Ph. Vandermaelen has just published, from official documents, an account of the population of Belgium, which, according to the census, was, on the Ist January, 1831, 4 ,062,427 inhabitants. A French courier arrived here yesterday afternoon from Valenciennes, with despatches for the Minister of Finance. Those despatches were delivered to him by another courier, who came from Paris, and who remained at Valenciennes. It is affirmed, that the physici ins sent to Paris have transmitted to the Government a very interesting report relative to the cholera. Our physicians, sent to London, declare that the English contagionists had given up the point, and that there, as at Paris, it is ac knowledged that the cholera is epidemic. ANTWERP, APRIL 13.—Last night, between ten and eleven o'clock, several musket-shots were fired from the fort of the north, on a Dutch lighter, which, taking advantage of the moonlight, p ts.ed before all our batteries, and pro ceeded to the Tete de Flandre, where troops were landed this morning. As the Dutch do not suffer ships, of whatever nation they may be, to pass their ships of war after sunset, there is no reason why the Dutch should pass with impunity be fore our fortifications. As it will be full moon to-morrow, and the Dutch may again attempt to pass, the inhabitants Must not be alarmed if they should hear the firing of xnusketry or cannon during the night. Several ship., with cargoes of oats, have arrived from the Baltic. We hope these arrivals will cause a reduction in the price of oats, which has risen so much, and so ra pidly, within a few days.—Brussels Papers, April 15. AIUNICII, APRIL s.—The Bavarian State Gazette contains the following Royal Decree : " Louis, by the Grace of God, King of Bavaria. " The German Diet, in its 19th sitting of the 2d of March, this year, came to the following resolution:— [Here the resolution is inserted.]—Aa we, in the perform ance of our duty, as a Member of the Confederation, to see to the preserva'ion of peace and tranquillity, already took, on the Ist of March this year, those constitutional measures respecting the Journals called the Deutsche Tribune and the Westboe (German Tribune, and Mes senger of the West), published in the circle of the Rhine, Which were the best calculated to answer the declared ob ject of tl e German Diet ; and as the said measures have already been cartied into effect, we, in conformity with the resolution of the Diet, hereby prohibit in our domi nions the journal published at Hanau, called Die Neuen Zeitschwingen (the New Wings of Time), or any jour nal that n ay appear in its stead ; and enjoin our Officers and Magistrate. to act accordingly. " Munich, March 31. " LOUIS." (Signed by all the Ministers.) ,--Frankfort Papers, April 11. CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH the night of the 26th of February, the barrack of Ratnitschiftlik, erected on an eminence behind the suburb of Ejub, was set on Ere by accident. A fourth part of that vast building was consumed, and the whole would certainly have fallen a prey to the flames but for the exertions of the troops.- ---Austrian Observer, April 6. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess of KENT end the Princess VICTORIA rode for some tune yesterday at Mr. Foz ARD'S Riding-school. Count ORLOFF, accompanied by Count WORONZOW, returned to the Clarendon at twelve o'clock yesterday, from a visit to their MAJESTIES, at the Palace, at Windsor. M. ZEA BERMUDEZ, the Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. BROWNE, the agent for Antigua, had an interview with Viscount GODERICII yesterday, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Cotquilourt, the 'went for Dominic,, also transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. The Marquis of LANsDowNE, Viscount 111ELEouaNF, Lord HOLLAND, and Lord DouttAm, visited Earl GREY yesterday, at the Treasury. Mr. .Buses, the agent for Jamaica, had a long confe rence with Viscount ALTHORP yesterday at the Treasury. THE LORD CHANCELLOR. --Lord Plun ket has arrived in Dublin from London, and will preside in the Court of Chancery this day, being the first day of Term. We are happy to be able to state that his Lordship is in the enjoy. ment of excellent health and spirits.—Dublin Times. THE SOLICITOR GENERAL. --Mr. Cramp ton has arrived in Dublin, after a long and arduous attendance upon his duties in Parliament.—Dublin Times. THE NATIONAL DEBT.—The editors o the Liverpool Mercury have computed that the sum of the national debt considerably exceeds the amount of one dollar per minute ever since the creation of the world, reckoning the date as given in the Bible, and the dollar at ss. sterling. We may well "stagger' under the load ! Fifteen pounds an hour, day and night, since Adam and Eve were in Paradise. We have heard that one of the debtors who escaped from our gaol when it was attackeil by the rioters in October last, left behind him, concealed in his bed, banknotes to the amount of two thousand pounds. W e have itnot in it. our power either to confirm the rumour or contradict Bristol Mercury. At an annual examination of the Sunday Schools in Oxfordshire, last summer, the children had all been carefully instructed in their parts, like performers in the drama, and one boy, who had been taught to repeat the Belief," unfortunately was taken ill and obliged to remain at home; and the boy who had learnt another part occupied the sick boy', place. On the day of trial, when the examining clergyman asked him " What do you believe in ?" his answer Was " nothen ; the boy what believes in the Holy Ghost is ill at home a-bed. Webster, the comedian, has concluded an ar rangement with Davidge for the City Theatre, and will open it on Easter Monday with a new company. The Richmond Theatre (now Kean's) was built by an actor called love, about 1766. Love (whose real name was Dance, and who was brother to the Men celebrated architect of that name) was the only Falstaff the public could 'into for many ye ars after min's retirement. He came first notice as a political writer during Sir Robert Walpole's ministry. Th e new edition of (c Cavendish," a work which it is well-known was, on its first appearance, so much t alked of i n a certain great house near Charing-Cross, will be putlished immediately. If this caustic naval story has already excited unusual attention, the forthcoming reprint will not be like ly to ab ate the effect, since it is said that the author has intr educed, with additional boldness and disregard of cense quences, several new personal sketches. the ntric tDE.--Yesterday an inquest was held at World Turned Upside Down, in the Kent-road, on the body of m r. Thomas Kent, managing clerk in the service of Mr. Ware, solicitor, of Blackman-street, Southwark. On Monday e ' fl ing the deceased shot himself under the ear duri v .. n- ,e t emporary absence of his wife, which caused his irrini ci• e late death. A piece of paper was found with the following or written on it by the deceased :—" I hope - and trust that In v w dear wife will forgive me for the act which I am about to comit. and that she will pray to God to forgive me." He added, that he attributed his misery of mind to friends who had turned their backs upon him. Evidence was adduced of his having been for some length of time labouring under a nervous complaint and from the se_entary n ature d 'which affected his understanding, creased. Verdict—lnsanity. of his - employment it had in_ COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY). EAST INDIA COMPANY i•. CAMPION. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved to stay proceedings under on order made by his Honour the Master of the Rolls, till a petition of appeal could be heard in the House of Lords. A new trial had been directed by the Vice- Chancellor. Upon an appeal to the Lord Chancellor that order was set aside. The cause was then set down before the Master of the Roils, and subsequently heard before him. An attachment was about to issue for the non-payment of money consequent on his Honour's order, and as an appeal to the House of Lords had been lodged, hence the present application. The LORD CHANCELLOR observed, that the order under which the proceedings were sought to be stayed was a deeretal order made by the Master of the Rolls; the pre sent application, therefore, ought to have been made to the Judge of the Court. Motion dismissed with costs. IN THE MATTER OF BENNETT, A SUPPOSED LUNATIC. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN had to apply for a commission of lunacy in this matter, to inquire into the state of mind of Mrs. Bennet►, an old lady, residing in Northamptonshire. Mr. TEAD and Mr. IticHaans appeared on the other side. They stated that the lady in question was ninety one years of age; and that it was sworn, tnat if a cAm mission did issue, it would occasion her death. After what had been sworn to on the other side, they could nut, however, resist an inquiry ; but they submitted that the inquiry ought to be by physicians delegated to visit the lady, and then to report to his Lordship. Sir EDWARD SUGDEN opposed this proposition. From the evidence he had, it was clear the lady was living en tirely under the control of her servants, and in a way from which there could not be the least doubt, that she was unable to protect or manage either herself or her property. Mr. TEAD then consented to the issuing of the commission. The LORD CHANCELLOR, in directing the commission to issue, hoped the greatest possible care and tenderness would be attended to in executinc , the inquiry. Sir E. SUGDEN cordially joined ' his Lordship in the ex pression of this hope, and felt happy that it had been pub licly expressed by the Court. The LORD CHANCELLOR did not conceive there would be any necessity whatever for producing the lady before the Jury at all. The commission might very easily be executed without letting her knew any thing of it what ever. In granting the commission, therefore, he desired that in the order the usual clause requiring the production of the supposed lunatic, should be left out, although, if it were found to be absolutely necessary, the Commissioners might have her produced. KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY.) AL LED GED LIBEL ON THE DUKE OF CUMBERL AND. Sir CHARLES WETHERELL said he had to move for a rule to show cause why a criminal information should Tilt be filed against a Mr. Phillips for a gross and in famous libel on an illustrious person, who was a Member of the Royal Family—the Duke of Cumberland. That libel was contained in a publication, the title of which was, " The Authentic Records of the Court of England for the last Seventy Years ;" it was an octavo volume of three hundred and ninety-five pages, and represented to be printed " London : J. Philips, 334, Strand, 1832." The affidavits on which this application was founded had ex tracted from the publication the whole of the libellous matter which affected the chat acter of that illustrious individual, which libellous matter commenced at page 93 of the book, and continued to about page 106, constituting about ten or twelve pages. The subject matter of the gross and attrocious libels consisted in a charge, or au insinuation, against that illustrious indi vidual, of either having committed au unnatural crime, or some act showing his intention to commit that crime. Such was the nature of one of the libels corn • plained of. The subject matter of the other was, that his Royal Highness having, as it was pretended, been detected by a person named Sellis in a situation with hn individual, with whom he had committed, or was about to commit, that offence ; that be either murdered, or pro cured the murder, of the only person who was a witness to the transaction. Those two topics constituted the two nefarious libels his Royal Highness complained of, and in respect of which he (Sr Charles Wetherell) was moving their Lordships for a criminal information. The matter, therefore, consisted of the commission of a detestable crime; and, secondly, of being privy to the murder of the only supposed witness to that transaction. The Learned Gentleman then stated that he would read some of the extracts front the hook, which had been copied at greater length into the affidavits. The introdt.ction of the libellous matter was as follows: " The memorable year 1810 was ushered in under distresing and unsatisfactory circumstances." It then stated that an attempt had been made on the life of the Duke of Cumberland, and proceeded to say, that " A short period before this dreadful catastrophe, the Duke had been surprised in an improper and unnatural situation with this Neale by the other servant Sellis, and an exposure was expected. A brother of the Duke had also received accommodation in the same suitable apart ments, and had by that act disqualified himself from any public expression upon the case, or opportunity to punish an aggressor. We presume that the following statement of the Cumberland stratagem may give energy to the mind and activity to the determinate resolution of our fellow-coup. trymen. We hope our efforts in the best of causes—truth— will be crowned with success ; and trust, though we may pay the price of liberty, that our testimony will not only enrich mankind, but prove an undefinable legacy to every child of humanity." The meaning of " Cumberland stratagem," said Sir C. WETHERELL, was undoubtedly in allusion to the supposed means by which Sellis was removed. But to proceed with another extract : " On the morning of the Ist of June, an astounding commu nication was made by the daily papers, that hi► Royal Highness had been surprized in the night, and that his life had been at tempted by one of his valets, named Sellis. Many reports were circulated, and the general opinion was that the Duke was the murderer. Of course the high Tory party took no small pains to propagate the opposite sentiment, but the former was most generally believed from the analogy of attending circumstances." The publication then proceeded to state some other cir cumstances, with which it was unnecessary to trouble their Lordships, but afterwards be stated— " The first account states, that early after midnight of May 31, an alarm was given by the Duke to his servants, by his screaming aloud " murder, murder ;" that a valet named Neale, was the first person who heard the Duke's cry, and ran to his assistance; he found his Royal Highness bleeding from wounds recently inflicted, and saying some person had at tempted to murder him ! Surgical assistance was immediately rendered, the wounds dressed, and the Royal patient pronounced out of danger. The several apartments were searched, and in a room appropriated to the use of Sellis, a must awful spectacle presented itself. The body of this unfortunate man was lying on the bed, his throat cut, and life quite extinct. The report went on to state that it was believed Sellis: had intended to murder his master and then to rob him ; but finding himself detected by the Duke being aroused before he had finished his deadly pur pose, he hastily retired to his own room, where he committed the rash act of suicide, to prevent detection and consequent pu_ nishment. Afterwards the daily accounts spoke of the dread fully wounded state of the Duke, and every expression was used to convey an idea of the murderous intentions of the de ceased valet, and the improbability of the Duke being any blameable party In the transaction. The election of the Jury and the chosen evidence produced considerable disgust, in many persons who were acquainted with the more private life anti habits of the Duke." The publication proceeded to state some of the private life and habits of the Duke, and that Sir Everard Home had proved that Sellis must have fallen by his own hand. It also proceeded to detail the Duke's cries for Sellis, the object of which was no doubt to imply that Sellis could not have been murdered, but must have fallen by his own hand. It then stated the position in which the body of Sellis was found in his bed, and proceeded as follows : " The wash basin was in the stand, but was half full of bloody water ! Upon examining Sellis's cravat, it was found to be cut. The padding which he usually wore was covered with silk and quilted ; but what was most remarkable, both the padding and the cravat were cut as if some per son had made an attempt to cut the throat with the cravat on ; then, finding the woollen or cotton stuffing to impede the ra zor, took it off in order more readily to effect the purpose." This was evidently to show from the position in which the body was found, that Sellis had been murdered. He then stated that certain proceedings had been adopted fi,r the purpose of procuring an improper, unjust, and partial inquest to be held before the Coroner, and among other dramatis persona, who were em ployed to procure that false inquest, an individual was. who could never be brought into notice, without, at the same time, recollecting the great legal and intellectual attainments which were attached to his character and con duet—be meant the then Lord Chief Justice of the King lorn, and the first coroner of the land, the I ite Lard Ellen borough. The statement regarding that inquest is given as the evidence, which some supposed dernent could swear to, but who was not examined upon that inquest. The words were these : " That Lord Ellenborough undertook to manage this affair by arranging the proceeding: for the inquest ; and also, that every witness was previously examined by him ; also, that the first Jury, being unanimously dissatisfied with the evidence ad duced, as they were not permitted to see the body in an undressed state, positively refused to return a verdict, in consequence of which they were dismissed, and a second Jury summoned and impannelled, to whom severally special rues_ senger had been sent, requesting their attendance, and each of whom was directly or indirectly connected with the Court or the Government; that on both inquests the deponent had been omitted, and had not been called for to give his evidence, thought it must have been known from his personal attendance and situation upon the occasion, that he must necessarily have been a material witness. The second Jury soon returned a verdict against Sellis, and his body was immediately put into a shell and conveyed a certain distance for interment. The Duke was privately removed from Slt. James's Palace to Carlton-house." It then stated " that his Royal Highness scent out daily in a sedan chair to Lord Ellenborough's." It then summed up the various reasons why, as the publisher stated, the verdict should not have been mur der, instead of felo de se, thereby insinuating that his Royal highness either committed the murder hirns?lf, or procured its commission. Those reasons, which were six are as follow: 1. " The very unusual request for additional arms in the bed-room of a prince, without some reason given. 2. " The absence of Neale during the whole of the exami nation of the Duke's wounds, yet he gave the alarm. 3. " The situation of the body of Sellis, rendering it utterly impossible that he had fallen by his own hand. 4. "The omission of the principal witness (the attendant) on the jury. 5. "The strange difference between the announced and the actual state of the Duke's health. G. " The refusal of a verdict by the first jury, and the very ready compliance and concurrence of the second. " We certainly feel sure that there was much mystery in the affair, and we ought to inquire from whence that mystery originated. Had it been the case of a poor man, he must have been hung, and his body given for dissection, merely upon cir. cumstantial evidence. But the son of a reigning monarch has, by circumstantial evidence only, been acquitted." The lacier sentence constituting the conclusion to which this supposed deponent would lead people's minds to believe that this " Cumberland Stratagem," as it was called, had been so managed and procured by the aid of the Lord Chief Justice of England, that the illustrious Duke lied not been found guilty of murder, merely because he was the son of the reigning monarch. Now for the purpose of supporting the present application, he would call their Lord shil s' to the affidavit of his Royal High. ne.ss. There had been certainly for some time past various mysterious insinuations, and various medes. adopted of assailing the character of the Illustrious Duke, which he might on many grounds be justified in allowing to pass unnoticed. To persons in different situa tions of life many libels might be published which they might not think proper to repel, and which they might treat with utter scorn ; but the present publication con tained a charge so plain in its nature, composed so delibe rately and so malignantly, and so industriously worked up for the purpose of scandalising a member of the Royal Family, and exhibiting in its title-page the words "Authentic Records of the Court of Eng land," that it was a duty incumbent upon his Royal Iliehness nut to stand upon his known principles of honour and rectitude, but to come forward and meet the charge in a public Court. Theaffidavit of His Royal Highness stated, thathe bad seen the publication in question, and that lie believed that one object of the libel was to charge lion with the commission or with the intent to commit an abominable offence with a person named Neale ; that the whole and every part of th it statement was a wicked, scandalous, and malicious falsehood ; that he had never committed, or had any intention or desire to commit that detestable offence with Neale or with any other person ; and that he always held such and the like offences in the greatest indignation and abLorrence. His Royal Highness also, upon his oath, negatived the charge of having been detected with Neale by &His, or by any other person or persons whatsoever, and that the whole of the matter insinuated in the pub lication was utterly false and untrue. The next part of the affidavit related to the imputation that his Royal Highness had murdered, or caused to be procured the murder of Sellis. His Royal Highness deposed, that in case Sellis did not die by his own hands, which he verily believed he did, he was nut accessary to the death in any way whate ver. On the contrary, he verily believed that Sellis did die by his own hands, as was found by the coronet's in quest ; that the proceedings of that inquest were duly, properly, and impartially conducted, and that he had no reason to believe that the verdict was not a just and honest verdict; also, the insinuation that he was accessary or privy to the murder, or death of Sellis, was a scandalous and malicious falsehood. The next affidavit to which he (Sir Charles Wetherell) would refer their Lordships, not wily denied the charges imputed to His Royal Highness, but most circumstantially denied them. It was the affidavit of Cornelius Neale, with whom the detestable offence was alleged to have been committed, and with whom it was said in the publication, that the Ro)al Duke had been detected in an indecent situation by Sellis. Ne *le deposed, that he had read the libel; that in May, 1810, he was one of the valets to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, and was always called by the name of although his sirname was M'Neale ; that he believed one object of the publication was to charge him with having committed, or intended to commit, a destable offence with the Duke of Cumberland ; that the whole of that statement was untrue and destitute of foundation ; that he had never committed, or had any intention or desire to commit, such an offence with his Royal Highness, or with any person whatsoever ; 'that it is liaise and untrue that he was ever surprised in an un natural, indecent, or improper situation with the Duke of Cumberland by Sellis or by any person what suever, and that the whole statenierst was false and unf ,unded. The next affidavit to which lee would refer was that of the Curoner who held the in quest on Stills; and their Lordships would see that the whole statement in the publication regarding the inquest contained the most abominable falsehoods, and must have emanated from a most malignant mind. The gere'ral representation in that publication respecting the inquest was, that it was solely under the management and contri vance of the then Chief Justice, in order that the son of the monarch might not be found guilty of murder, because he was the son of George the third. The affidavit of Thomas Adams, the coroner for the verge of the King's Palace of St. James's, befinte whom the in quest on Sellis was held, in the year 1810, deposed that it was not true that Lord Ellenborough undertook to ma nage the affair by arranging the proceedings of that in. quest. He denied that any witness had been previously examined by Lord Ellenborough, or that the first Jury had been dismissed because of their refusal to return a verdict. He denied that each juryman was connected wiih the Government; that it was not true that any erson was omitted as a witness, whose evidence was ma - etial to the investigation. He deposed that when Sellis died he was required to hold the inquest; that by the statute of the 23d of Henry VIII. it was provided, that in case of death happening in any of the King's p daces and an inquest necessary to be held, the jury should be composed of 12 yeatnen and officers of the King's household ; that he issued an order for the attendance of twelve yeomen and officers of the household ; hut, believing th it it was important that the investigation should be conducted in the most impartial mann. r, he took upon himself to coun termand the order, arid assembled a Jury of persons who lived at a distance, anti were wholly unconnected with the Palace of St. James; thet his summoning officerNip plied to Francis Place, of Charing-cross, mercer, for the names of persons who were eligible to compose a jury ; and that out of such persons an impartial jury, of which Francis Place was the foreman, as sembled on the Ist of June, 1810, to hold the inquest; that the Court was thrown open to the public, anti all • persons who chose were admitted without distinction, among whom were several reporters, who took notes of the prooceedings ; that the whole of the depositions were taken by John Reid, the then Chief Magistrate of police, and they were read over to the wit nesses, who were severally asked if they had any thing to add to them ; that all the circumstances were most impartially scrutinized by the Jury, and every person was called who could give the slightest information respecting the case; that the Jury went to Vie aparttnentwhere the body of Sellis was discovered, and carefully examined it, and all other circumstances touchinLt Sellis's death ; that he locked the doors of the apartment, and would not permit the po sition of the body to be disturbed until it was ex twined by the Jury ; that tl:e Jury unanimously returned a ver dict that the deceased, Joseph Sellis, voluntarily and feloniously murdered himself ; that the prose- dings were in all respects regular, except that the Jury were not composed of yeomen and officers of the King's household; that the verdict was a just, true, and honest verdict; and that there was not the smallest ground to allege the contrary. Their Lordships would therefore perceive that the imputed perversion of justice by managing the inquest, as stated in the publication, was wholly nega tived by the Coroner. With regard to the other affidavits, he would not trouble their Lordships at any great length, because they applied to the person from whom the book was procured. At the foot of the title page"was " Lon don, J. Phillips, 331, Strand," What the" Christian name was—whether John, James, or Joseph, did not appear ; but it was sufficient for the purpose of this moton, if the identity of the individual be established, which he conceived had been sufficiently done. Lord TENTERDEN. What says your affidavit ? Sir C. WETHERELL said he had the affidavit of John George Sutton, who deposed; that on the 29th of March he went to the Office of the Satirist Newspaper, No. 334', Strand, and asked a person whom he saw there for the book in question. That person called " Mr. Phillips," when a person came from the inner room, to whom he repeated the application. That person put his hand under the counter and delivered him the book, demanding one guinea for it, which he paid. Then there was the affidavit of J. Hackwell, who deposed he went to N , s. 334. Strand, to ask if they sold the book, when a person called out to another person in a❑ inner room ; on the latter person coming out, the deponent requested to be supplied with the book; that person, who was caled "J. Phillips," asked him if he wanted it for himself? and he said " Yes," upon which "J. Phillips" delivered the book, and received from the deponent a guinea. The deponent inquired what would be charged him if he purchased them for sale, and the reply was " fifteen and eightpence." Mr. Phillips then took up an advertisement of the book and said, " You see my name is J. Phillips, 331, Strand." Understanding that the book was subsequently sold in Wellington-street, the deponent, on the 12th instant, went to No. 13 in that street, where he perceived that it was soul. There he saw the same person of whom he had previously purchased a copy at the Satirist office, and, without appearing to know that person, he asked him if Mr. Phillips lived there? The reply was, "he did," and that his name was Phillips. Lord TENTERDEN stopped the Learned Counsel -by stating, that ha had shown quite enough, and granted a rule to show cause. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) BEESTON AND OTHERS V. FOSTER AND ANOTHER. This was an action of Craver, to recover twelve bills of exchange, tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the sittings after last term, at Guildhall. Mr. CAMPBELL this morning applied for a rule to show cause why the verdict, which was for the plaintiffs, should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the grounds of misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge, and the verdict being against evidence. The Learned Gentleman said the plaintiffs were large merchants in the city, and in the course of their business had intrusted twelve bills of exchange for discount in the hands of a Mr. Stevens. He again for the same purpose gave them into the hands of Messrs. Wood and Poole, bill-brokers, on the morn ing of Saturday, the ISth of November, 1831. On the trial it appeared that Wood and Poole bad been in the habit of having advances from the defendants, Fosters, on the security of bills placed temporarily in their hands. Pursuing that practice, Wood and Poole being pressed for money to meet their engagements on the Saturday, went to the counting-house of the defendants with a bundle of hills, amounting sixty, among which were the bills in question, and obtained 3,0001. upon them, on the pro mise of leaving other hills in the evening, Fosters then being a considerable sum in advance, and pressing for se curity. Wood and Poole failed on the Tuesday. The Learned Counsel said, that whe❑ at the trial he was about to call evidence to prove that it was the regular practice of the most eminent bankers in London to do business on the same principle, it was admitted on the other side that such was the practice so to lodge bills as security without their being ciscounted ; therefore on that ground it was clear that his clients were the real bona ,fide holders of the bills. The question at the trial turned upon the evidence of a Mr. Stephen Fox Stevens, a brother of one of the plaintiffs, but his Lordship would remember the confused manner in which he had given his evidence. He ha sworn to having seen the bills in the possession of Wood and Poole on the afternoon of Monday, as well as at in termediate times ; but they (the defendants) had strewn clearly at the trial that the bills were in their hands on the Saul - day, but on the applieatian of Wood they were returned to him o❑ the Monday, in order that he might make a list of them, he not having done so on the Satur day in the hurry of business, but that they were returned in the afternoon of the same d,y, and were never after wards out of their possession. On the trial they had the evidence of Mr. Wood to this effect, and now he (Mr. Citnpbell) bad the affidavits of Mr. Foster, and four of his clerks. The question was of the utmost importance to his clients, both as to their character and in a pecuniary point of view, for the original owners of the remainder of the 60 bills had commenced actions for the recovery of them. T!,e Learned Gentleman contended that the way in which the case should have been left to the Jury should have been, were the defendants the bona fide holders of the bills for a valuable consideration, which the Learned Lord haul not done. The COURT granted the rule. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) GARTH V. HOWARD AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by Captain Garth, against the defendant, Howard, and Fleming, a pawnbroker, to recover the amount of a quantity of Ore, the property of the plaintiff, which had been unlawfu ly detained by Howard, and pledged with the other defendant, Fleming. The cause was tried in the sittings in London, last Term, before Chief Justice Tindal, and a verdict was given for the plaintiff. Dama;:tes, 2001. Mr. Sergeant AtinmEws now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside, and a non suit entered, on the ground of the inadmissibility of ?.Jr. Whitelock's (the attorney for the plaintiff) evidence, upon which the whole case rested, inasmuch as he had gone to the house of Fleming, and had obtained an admission from this shopman (during his absence from home) that the plate was in his hands. Had not the ser vant admitted that fact, there would have bee❑ no evi d• nee to support the plaintiff's case. The Learned Ser geant argued the case at great length, and the Court granted the rule nisi. ADMIRALTY COURT-(THIS DAY). THE PUBLIC OPINION. Dr. Annams stated that this was a question of some importance relative to the jurisdiction of the coast. It appeared that the Public Opinion and the Royal Charter ste.im .boats plied between the town and port of Kingston upon-Hull and the opposite coast ; they had come into collision near the entrance of the Hull docks at low water mark, and consequently within the jurisdiction of the authorities of Hull. The Learned Civilian at some length stated many authorities in support of the opinion that the Court had no jurisdiction. The KING'S ADVOCATE contended, that as the Humber was an arm of the sea, and that the collision took place at a spot wl•ere there was a flux and reflux of the tide, that Court had jut isdiction. Sir C. RoinNsott was of opinion that the characteristics of this case led to the belief that the Court bad no juris diction. The Act of Henry the Sixth gave the jurisdic tion to Hull beyond the place where 'he collision occurred. He should be disturbing ancient usage if he decided that he had jurisdiction ; and therefore refused the application to hear the case. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) THREATENED ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF SIR W. O WEN. Tris morning a young man dressed in livery, lately in the service of the Lincolns' Inn Club, was brought before THOMAS HA Ll, ' Esq, charged with having threat ened the life of Sir W. Owen, and with having attempted to comm►t suicide last night at the Grange Coffee-house, in Carey-street, Lineolns-inn-fields, A policeman stated, that about eleven o'clock last night he was called into the Grange Coffee-house, where he found the defendant in a state of great mental ex citement. The landlord of the house informed him that he had come into the house and requested a bed for the night. He was told be could be accommodated, and he sat down and partook of some beef-steaks that some of the servants had ly:en served with for supper ; whilst sitting at the table, he took up a knife, and made a most desperate attempt to cut his throat, which he would have effected had not the persons present rushed upon him, and rescued the knife from his grasp. The witness con veyed him to the station-house, where every care was taken of him for the night. Mr. HALLS inquired if there were any persons present who knew any thing of the unfortunate man ? Mr. Evans, Superintendant of the Lincoln's-inn Chit), here stepped 'forward, and stated, that up to Monday last the defendant was in the service of the club, but, owing to a serious dispute thit had occurred between him and Sir William Owen, one of the members of the club, an elderly and very nervous gentleman, he was obliged to discharg e him. On Sunday night, he abruptly en tered Sir William's room, threw up the window, and was about to hurl him head foremost out, but fortunately the rest of the servants came to his assistance, who protected him from his violence. He had repeatedly threatened to blew his brains out, and be (witness) had frequently en deavoured t o restra i n hi s v i o l ence b y remonstra ti n g with bins upon the serious results that might accrue from his dangerous line of conduct ; and notwithstanding, ho ever, on ev ery occas i on he h as called upon t h e Deity in the most solemn manner to witness that he would have the blood of Sir William Owen the very first time an op portunity presented itself. Mr. HALLS —Is he subject to drink?—Mr. Evans said a more steady man never existed ; he had been with him nearly nine months, and only once during that period sv,.s he tipsy. Mr. Evans continued that he attributed la• violence to an aberration of intellect, and be felt himself called upon, for the safety of Sir William Owen, to have some restraint put upon him. _ _ Mr. HALLS a'ked the unfortunate man what he bad to say to the accusation. The poor fellow gazed steadfastly At the Magistrate and said, in a low tone, " I don't want to hurt Sir Williau Owen; if I was to meet him, I :Could touch my hat to him." Mr. Evans said that a better servant could not be found, and he received an excellent character with him from Sir A. Mackenzie, his former maven. Mr. HALLS said he was bound, under the circum stance., to call upon the defendant to find sureties for hi, good behaviour. The unfortunate man said he had no friend, upon earth to bail him. Mr. Evans said he had a brother-in-law, (Mr. Darling) a poulterer in Newgate-market, to whom he would imme diately send to inform him of his situation. The Magistrate desired him so to do, and in the in terim the defendant was locked op. A man named Bughe , , a bargemastet, of Edmonton, corrinlitted suicide by hanging himself to the rail of one of the foot-bridges on the New River on Friday. A few hours before he had thrown /litnself into the Edmonton lock, but assistance being at hand, he was rescued and suffered to go home by himself, on promising not to repeal the attempt at self-destruction, It was said that he had ordered a new barge, and, not having the money ready to complete the pur chase, had to forfeit forty pounds deposit. This worked upon his mind, and no doubt was the cause t;f his committing the act. For days past, he had displayed great aberrati•on of mind, in consequence of which the Jury, who held an Inquest on the body, returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.--An Inquest was held at the London Hospital, on Saturday, on the body of Richard Murphy, coal whipper, who was at work on board the Strathfieldsaye, a collier lying in the City Canal Basin, the preceding day, when the hook used to fasten the chain round the basket slipped, and in its ascent caught the unfortu nate man in the eye, which it penetrated, and drew him up a great height before the accident was discovered. As soon as the three men who worked the gear perceived his situation, their alarm caused them to let the rope go suddenly, and he was precipitated to the deck with a dreadful shock; before, however, any assistance could be given him, he had extracted the hook himself. He was taken to the hospital, where he died in a few hours,—Verdict, Accidental Death. _ _ An antique octagon-head gold ring, with ar morial bearings, was lately found by a pauper in the ashes in the brick-field adjoining the workhouse, in Exeter. It has been shown to several of the cognoscenti in heraldry, who cannot decipher to what family the arms appertain. The ring is heavy, and worth 11. 7s. as gold. The crest is an armed arm, holding a tilting spear; the arms are three pheons, «ith a chevron ermined, field azure— Westernflying Post. AIR. (LORD) GREY AND REFORM FORTY YEARS SINCE.—In one part of Mr. Grey's speech at Morpeth, he observed, that attempts had beets made to suppress his pro mised motion next Session, for a Reform, and that a party of gentlemen in Newcastle had petitioned the King to suppress it—But says he, " the King dares not attempt it ; neither King, Lords, nor Commons, nor any man, nor any body of men, nor any power upon earth, shall prevent me making that mo tion ; I feel it a duty I owe to my country, and my constituents, and, I will do it, though the axe and the block be before my eyes."—Gales' Sheffield Register, June 20, 1792. COACH-RACING EXTR AORDINA RY.—The omnibuses upon the Paddington-road offer sometimes contrasts, parables, and episodes of a curious and entertaining nature : for instance, a few days ago the omnibus Reform was seen com ing along at a steady pace, having abreast the Adelaide, which was attempting to cross it : however, the driver of the Reform, encouraged at seeing the Citizen come up, laid into his horses and succeeded in getting the lead. The Adelaide found out her mistake, followed the Reform, and they all three arrived safe at the winning post ; Reform first, next the Citizen, then the Adelaide, amidst the shouts of the multitude.— The Parrot. MARCH OF Music.—A Highland piper having a scholar to teach, thus initiated him into a knowledge of semi.breves, minims, crotchets, and quavers—" You see that fellow with the white round open face (pointing to a semi -breve, between two lines of a bar), he moves slowly from that line to this, while you beat one with your foot, and take a long blast. If you now put a leg to him, you make two of him, and he'll move twice as fast. If you blacken his face thus, he'll run four times faster than the first fellow with the white face. And, what think ye ? after blackening his face thus, if you bend his knee, or tic his legs, he will hop you still eight times faster than the white-faced fellow I showed you first. Now, whenever you blow your pipes, Donald, remember this, the tighter those fellows' legs are tied, the faster they will run, and the quicker they are sure to dance."—Literary Guardian. Sir,"said one of two antagonists, with great dignity to the other, during a dispute which had not been con fined to words, "you have called me a scoundrel and a liar ; you have spit in my face; you have struck me twice: I hope you will not carry this any further, for if you do, you will rouse the sleeping lion in my breast, and I cannot tell what may be the consequences." THE FACTORY SYSTEM ILLUSTRATED.— At the Bolton Petty Sessions, on Thursday, James Barnes, power-loom cloth manufacturer, of Farnworth, was summoned by William Greenhaigh for wages, arising out of a dispute about the notice to be given to a person about to be discharged. In the course of the investigation it appeared that there was an arbitrary rule, which was strictly enforced, that any person found speaking to another during working hours was subjected to a fine of 3d. !! A little girl, daughter of the complainant, had 9.d. deducted from her wages, on the day her father was discharged, for being too long in pulling her cut out of the loom.—Liverpool Chronicle. MR. GALT'S " STANLEY BUXTON."—A weekly journal, speaking of this already popular production, says, " Mr. Galt has certainly marked out for himself a line in the composition of works of fiction, which is not only unlike any thing else of its class, but is not easy, if not impossible, to imitate. This is the rare privilege of genius, With the ap pearance of the greatest ease, almost of indifference, he pro duces the most powerful effects ; an extraordinary faculty, be longing, we had almost said, to Galt alone." Another critical review (the Atheimeuin) says, "We read Stanley Buxton ' with the most intense and absorbing interest." THE CARDINAL.—Ihere is a large breed of spiders which are found very generally in the Palace of Hampton Court. They are called there cardinals, having I suppose been first seen in Cardinal Wolsey's hall. They are a full inch in length, and many of them of the thickness of a finger. Their legs are about two inches long, and their body covered with a thick hair. They feed chiefly on moths, as appears from the wings of that insect being found in great abundance under and amongst their webs. In running across the carpet in an even ing, with the shade cast from their large bodies by the light of the lamp or candle, they have been mistaken for mice, and have occasioned no little alarm to some of the more nervous in habitants of the place. A doubt has even been raised whether the name of cardinal has not been given to this creature from an ancient supposition that the ghost of Wolsey haunts the place of his former glory under this shape. Be this as it may, the spider is considered as a curiosity and Hampton Court is the only place in which I met with it.—Jesse's Gleanings in Natural History. TIIE MORNING AlR.—There is something in the morning air that, while it defies the penetration of our proud and shallow philosophy, adds brightness to the . blood, freshness to life, and vigour to the whole frame :—the fresh ness of the lip, by the way, is, according to Dr. Marshall Hall, one of the surest marks of health. If ye would be well, there fore—if ye would have your heart dancing gladly, like the April breeze, and your blood flowing like an April brook—up with the lark—" the merry lark," as Shakspeare calls it, which is "the ploughman's clock," to warn him of the dawn ;—up and breakfast on the morning air, fresh with the odour of budding flowers and all the fragrance of the maiden spring; up from your nerve-destroying down bed, and from the foul air pent within your close-drawn curtains, and with the sun, " walk o'er the dew of the far eastern hills." But we must defend the morning air from the aspersions of those who sit in their closcairless studies, and talk of the chilling dew and the unwholesome damps of the dawn. We have all the facts in our favour that the fresh air of the morning is uniformly whole some; and, having the facts, we pitch such shallow philosophy to fools who have nothing else for a foot-ball.—Timcs' Tele scope for 1832.. CHARACTER OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON'S GENIUS.—The peculiar character of Sir Isaac Newton's genius, and the method which he pursued in his inquiries, can be gathered only from the study of his works, and from the history of his individual labours. Were we to judge of the qualities of his mind from the early age at which he made his principal discoveries, and from the rapidity of their succession, we should be led to ascribe to him that quickness of penetration, and that exuberance of invention, which is more characteristic of poetical than of philosophical genius. But we must recollect that Newton was placed in the most favourable circumstances for the development of his powers. The flower of his youth, and the vigour of his manhood, were entirely devoted to science. No injudicious guardian controlled his ruling passion, and no ungenial studies or professional toils interrupted the continuity of his pursuits. His discoveries were therefore the fruit of persevering and unbroken study; and he himself de clared, that whatever service he had done to the public was not owing to any extraordinary sagacity, but solely to industry and patient thought. Initiated early into the abstractions of geometry, he was deeply imbued with her cautious spirit; and if his acquisitions were not made with the rapidity of in tuition, they were at least firmly secured ; and the grasp which he took of his subject was proportional to the mental labour which it had exhausted. Overlooking what was trivial, and separating what was extraneous, he bore down with in stinctive sagacity on the prominences of his subject, and having thus grappled with its difficulties, he never failed to en trench himself in its strong-holds. To the highest powers of invention Newton added, what so seldom accompanies them, the talent of simplifying and communicating his profoundest speculations. In the economy of her distributions, Nature is seldom thus lavish of her intellectual gifts. The inspired genius which creates is rarely conferred along with the matured judgment which combines ; and yet without the exertion of both, the fabric of human wisdom could never have been reared. Though a ray from heaven kindled the vestal fire, yet a humble priesthood was required to keep alive the flame. Fancily Library, No. XXIV. Dr. Brewster's Life of Newton. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S DEAL, APRIL 17.—Wind N.E.—Arrived and remain his Majesty's brig Investigator and Woodlark tender, from the westward. Sailed the Pi incess Royal, Laing, and Governor, Halkett, for w Stuth PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 17.—Wind light and variable.— Arrived the Amphitrite transport, from Plymouth. PLYMOUTH, Aram S.S W., rived hi‘ Illajesty's ship Forte, trout Newf , undlanti, with a mail, sailed the 23d ult. ; and lahelia, Hatchard. from o,torto. Off port the Wellim, Schap, from Batavia ; Velocity, Dtrrell, from Jamaica; Indemnity, Woodliall, fmu Demerara; and Quentin, Odin, from Ter•ravecchia. FALMOUTH, APRIL 16.—Wind variable light breezes. —Arriv , d the Champion, B ills, from Zante. PENZANCE, APRIL I6.—Arrived off Fort the Hythe, Sheoperd, from China. SCILLY, APRIL 'G.—Arrived tlf port the Diana, from the. South Seas; and Ehza, Siggili, from P.,rt,, Cabdlo. BRISTOL, APRIL 17.—Arrived the illarmion, Adams, from ZAnte. Dunurt, AriuL 16.—Arrived the Celia, Jatres, fry m Lisbon. XisoALE, ArPic 16.—Arrived the Hersiet from Savannah. Hurd., Aram 16.—The Amicus, Holmes, from Goole, drove athwart the Matilda, Catty, from Sund. !land to Charente, in Grimsby roads, on the niv,ht of the 13th ingt ; both sustained damage. The former has put in here, the later into Grimsby. Slltinns, Arm 16.—The Alexander, Peart, from Akerdeen, ran on the rocks at the entrince of this har ,,our yesterday, but was a.sisted ff this inorninz by a steam. boat, The Hope, D nken, from NeiccaAtle to sprung a ieak off Buchan Ne , s 7th vid put into Peterhead, but proceeded after discharging the leak. The Economy, Williams, from Naples to Hamburgb, was burnt off Lisbon the 25'h ult. ; crew stared. Arrived at St. Helena, the Fora, Gilkons , in, from Bombay ; Victni ia, Carus, from Singapore; Fanny, Cur rie, from China ; Nisidore. front Bum bon ; and Aquila, Taylor, from the Cape or G.rorr THE MARKETS -(THIS DAY.) CORN EXC•IAN We have very short supplies of all kin teration whatever from the prim of Moi A KKIVALft. Wheat. Barley. English '2,036 qrs 587 qrs.l Irish 638 Foreign GE. rids of Grain, and no al rnday. Oats. I Flour. = q rs., 1,1045ack,7. 21t -- brIE. THE FUNDS -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The only arrivals of consequence as yet are th , . Jainaien Fapers, to the 4th of March, received at the Nortk and South American Coffee-house. The following is an extract of the Governor's sp-eeh, addressed to the House of Assembly on the 25th of February : " GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL t -Thf, sincere inte rest I feel in the peace and tranquillity of a colony to which I am attached by so many ties of duty and regard, add infinitely to the sorrow 1 must experience in announ cing to you an event which will ever be deplored, as having brought ruin and devastation to one of the most fertile districts of the island. The cicse of the Christmas holydays was marked by a sudden insurrection of the slaves in the parish of St. James, which afterwards extended to properties of the adjoining parishes, and in other parts of the island alarming symptoms of dis order also appeared. As soon as these excesses assumed a serious aspect, I summoned a Council of Wer, and in conformity with the unanimous opinion of the Members assembled, I caused martial law to be pro claimed; and an adequate force, under the command of Sir Willoughby Cotton, proceeded to the distutb,tl districts, and precautions were adopted to meet any attempt at in surrection in other parts of this island. These measures i ad a speedy effect in arresting the destruction of property, and ultimately suppressing a rebellion which at the com mencement, threatened consequences fraught with general and imminent danger. It is a remarkable feature, and worthy of particular attention, that the leaders and chief pro moters of this insurrection appears to have been almost exclusively composed of persons employed in confidential situations on the properties to which they belonged, and no doubt can remain that by their influence and example the slaves were encouraged to perpetrate the crimes in which they have been so deeply ins olved. " I regret to state that many slaves have perished in the field, and numbers have been executed alter trial ; but the audacity of the rebels was so great that striking examples were found necessary. I trust I can now with confidence assure you, that the rebellion may be con sidered at an end; but time alone and a speedy oblivion of past offences can heal the wounds inflicted, and restore confidence between the master and the slave An awful lesson has been taught to the whole of the slave rpu- I ttion, of the utter hopelesness of any attempt to resist the authority of the law with a chance of success. It will be your province to endeavour to trace this unprovoked rebellion to its true origin. " I shall lay before you, at an early period, such in formation as may be useful in this iropery. .‘ I have received his Majesty's commands to inform you of a proposition for the future regulation and govern ment of the slaves. "MK. SPEAKEII,--I deeply lament the unavoidable expenses which the efforts to qml the late insurrection must necessarily entail upon the colony." It was reported at Jamaica that the Earl of Belmore was recalled, but this was not believed. An expression of feeling took place in the [louse of As. sembly, on the Ist of March, which baffled all devcrip— tion. On Mr. Lynch submitting a minion to the H iuse not to entertain any proposition, havinv for its object the t e at ero. m s M further amelioration of tie condition of the slaves in this island, Mr. Beaumont opposed the measure. Extract of a letter from St. Ann's Bay. "We have accounts from all parts of the parish, and St. M ar y, o f till s a u m l k doggedy sorry to sayp desperationis entertained of the n oreurihsche is feiafr, brewing." FALMOUTH, FEB. 29.—The confession of R ,bert Gar. diner shows that this town was the very centre of ti :e conspiracy. He states that the whole of the rel)ellit..n was settled upon in Montego Bay. THE FUNDS. As we stated yesterday in our city article, that the gt. neral ratifications and exchange of the Dutch treaty would not take place before Count Orloff received his despatchis, which were expected to-day, app-ars to be confirmed. This has rather had an effect to cause the Funds to remain stead) this morning, and they are not quite so good as when they left off yesterday at 844 for the Account ; they opened this morning at 544 ; at present may be quoted 841 sellers, and 84i for money, with little doing. The House of L ills was occupied last night with the important and difficult question ou the distress of the West India merchants. At present it is rather difficult to give an opinion on the subject, and we must wait toe the measures that Government will adopt. In the Foreign market nothing doing. Within a few minutes the Funds have given way; lame sales have been effected. Consols are now 84, for money The cause is not as yet known. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols, which looked firm in the early part of the morning, on a sudden gave way, and declined from 84 to 84 owing to some considerable sales of money stock taking place, and for money were done at 84. a. Reports were immediately set afloat, that an express bad arrived from Paris, with the prices of the French Rents lower; also, that the cholera had considerably increased in the French capital. We have endeavoured to trace this express to an authentic source, but cannot find any to have arrived in the City to the present hour ; and we understand that the sales were effected for parties at the west end ; therefore we con clude that no political event of importance has occurred at Paris. Great surprise is expressed in the city that the House of Commons did not sit last night. In the Foreign Market there is little doing. The Dutch steamer is hourly expected. A re-action has taken place in Consuls ; they are at present 8411. Accounts from China say all was quiet there. THREE CL 0 C.K. Consols for Account 841. On Saturday two soldiers on guard at the Bank were seized with spasms indicative of the cholera with such sudden violence that they actually dropped at their posts, and were obliged to be conveyed to an hospital.—Dublin, Morning Reg:4ler. ‘''‘, HAT'S IN A NAME.—A Highland officer, on perambulating a camp, observing two of his men lying dead. drunk in the rear of a tent, called out—"Serkant, whatua twa tamn'd rascals are thae —" it's Shoa Macdonald anti D nald Cameron." Officer----" Puir Donald Cameron' Tak him into his tent, and throw a planket o'er him, for fear he should get cauld ; but tak' that tamn'd scoundrel, ;lion Macdonald, to the rear-guard." The officer's name wa: Cameron.