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- • THE LONDON JOUUNALs. !EXTRACTS FROM TIIE DMI.Y MORNING PAPERS, IYovember 6,18'22. [MORNING cilaosict,v . ..] Letters of the highest authority, received by the Post of yesterday, mention, that the latest accounts which had reached the French capital from Verona were of an extremely satisfactory kind and expressly stated, that from every thing thatshad hitherto transpired there was no prospeCt of any thing like war ; and that it was the ex pectation of those, who had an opportunity of judging correctly, that all differences would be finally settled by Diplomatic arrangement alone. This, in a great measure, confirms the information we have ourselves already received and published ; and we hope and trust, that a check has been given to the abominable policy of nations inter fering in the domestic concerns of each other. It is, indeed, now very fully ascertained that the Duke of Wellington left England with very dif ferent instructions in his pocket from those with vi Lich he entered Vienna ; and that even subse quently to his taking the road to Verona, he re ceived fresh dispatches, explaining more and more distinctly the new policy on which the British Cabinet was determined to act. When he quitted England, he took along with him what bad been prepared for his predecessor, and scarcely any other change was made in his first powers and instructions, than the alteration of the name of the new personage, who was to re present British interests at the Congress. The basis on which he was to act and treat was, how ever, altered, before his G race reached Vienna; and at oue time, we understand, there was some hesitation on his own part, whether he should accept' the trust confided to him. Better reflec tion, however, probably induced him 'to make some little sacrifice of his former politics. [MORNING IiERALD.I We noticed some days since the announcement, rather pompously, in the Dublin Papers, of a determination taken by the Irish Government to suppress henceforth the periodical mummeries about the statue of King. William on the 4th of November. There could be but one opinion upon the propriety of putting out of sight this Miserable shred of party bigotry, and we gave credit to the Dublin Magistracy and the .Admi nistration, for abating the nuisance, without ad mitting the importance set upon it. It is not without some surprise that we now find, —at least so it seems by the last accounts, —that the Government has not interfered at all, and that the Lord Mayor of Dublin has Merely issued a Proclamation, calculated only to provoke this wretched tail of a party (for none else are seen in those mummeries), to set his wisdom at nought. [MORNING POST.] French Papers to the 4th instant reached us last night by . Express. They contain no intelli gence from Verona or Spain, and but very little from Greece. Yet that little is important, as it proves that the vain attempt made by the _Aus trian Observer to throw fresh doubts on the final rescue of the Morea, even when forced to ac knowledge the expulsion of the army sent by Chourschid to that Peninsula, was not better founded than the first. 'After hesitating during two whole months to tell the truth, that Journal finding that the truth had r told itself, has at last reluctantly admitted the reverses which its friends the Turks had experienced. It has attributed them, however, in a long and laboured article, less to the valour of the Greeks than to the im prudent precipitation of its late hero, Chourschid Pacha, who is now charged with having rashly advanced to Argos, without having secured a suf fieient supply of provisions. [THE Timrs.] The Jamaica papers contain an official 'and . la mentable account of the sufferings of our com merce in that quarter from the enterprises of the, pirates. How long a time has ,this evil been growing up, ! how loudly has it been reprobated in every stage of its increase ! 'and how useless haVe complaints been to invigorate weakness and to quicken sloth! The cries for redress, however, cannot, now be stifled, for they are uttered by whole bodies of men, and would pierce .the - ears of dulness itself. The mer chants of Jamaica have had a meeting, and have unanimously passed resolutions 'on the sub ject of their grievances. This is as if the sheep themselves should take counsel from their fears, to resist the wolves when they are deserted or be trayed' by their shepherds and &op.; for mer canine men ought to have nothing to do but to attend to the calls of - commerce in security and ease during peace ; whereas it appears that the ports of Jamaica are even blockaded by a piratical force'. The Jamaica merchants, we perceive, exculpate the COmmander on the station., and boldly criminate the Admiralty at home. Their proximity to the scene of mischief renders them the most competent judges of the causes which prodUce it. It would be better for them, however, not to lay their losses to the door of tire „Lords Commissioners, lest they should be requested to send two of their body over to have a whisper from the Secretary.— What viii become of our West India merchants and planters, this additional evil having sprung up, and being superadded to such. a state of suf fering and depression as was never before expe rienced by any commercial intereqb o "ginto Great Britain ? [N EW TIMES.] The Jamaica Papers, which were yesterday received to the 15th. of September, contain the Resolutions of the: Merchants of that Island re specting the late captures in ,that quarter. They complain " that the squadron on the station is totally inadequate to the protettion of the Trade." Whether this complaint be well or ill founded, we have not the means of judging ; but some re marks occur to us on the face:of the statements. The fact principally relied on, as evincing the audacity of the Pirates, is, that a vessel which had sailed from Port Royal was the same day chased back and wrecked on the Palisadoes. It is singular that no mention is made of this ves sel's—name or nation, of her, flag or destination. But we believe we can supply this defect. Let ters received by the packet state, that she was a Spanish vessel, under Spanish colours, belonging to a Spanish owner, and bound to a Spanish port. The supposed pirate was probably nothing more than a Colombian privateer, which, in pur suance of the hostilities existing between Spain and the Colombian Republic, of course chased a ship which she met bearing the Spanish flag [BRITISH PRESS.] In consequence of the notice issued for the meeting of the Common Council of the city of Dublin, forty-nine members of that body met at the Assembly House on Saturday ; one gen tleman, conceiving it to be an illegal meeting, quitted the room, when the remaining forty eight proceeded to business. They commenced by deprecating the conduct of the Lord Mayor in issuing what they were pleased to term an illegal Proclamation—entered into Resolutions that they would persevere in dressing the statue—called upon Mr. Allen, the Clerk of the Corporation, to draw them up as the proceedings of " the Com mon Council" of the City of Dublin ; but this Mr. Allen refused to do, saying they only composed a small part of, the Council. , Mr. Sutter and some other persons then volunteered to draw them up as the proceedings of the Council at large. The 4th of November is the anniversary of this exhibition of the statue of King William, dressed in orange rags, an exhibition as insulting to the memory of the Sovereign whom its pairons affect to honour, as to the living Sovereign, to whom they profess loyalty and affection. It will be seen in our extracts from the Dublin Papers of Saturday, that a violent resistance was expected to be made to the Proclamation of the Lord Mayor, and the agitators persevered in preparing for the ceremony. Their efforts, however, up to Saturday evening, had been effectually resisted by the Police, and his Lordship being supported by the Government, his final success may be confidently anticipated. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.; [From the Glasgow Courier, Oct. 31. j The subject of the Distillery Laws is now en gaging, in a serious manner, the minds of the landed interest and the highest authorities in the country. A great reforma tion in this department can, and will speedily take place. Jus tice must ultimately prevail over error and prejudice. The ab surdity of confining one set of men to distill for the Scotch, and another for the English market, and not only so, but con fining the monopoly of the whole market for the latter country in the hands of fifteen concerns, is most impolitic and injurious to the best interests, of the country, ,the revenue, and even of the individuals themselves. By this means, the population of England are compelled, at a greatly enhanced price, to drink spirits of the very'worst description, which offers an irresistible temptation to the illicit introduction of Foreign Spirits and smuggling British to an enormous amount. It is incredible to what extent the Revenue suffers by this injudicious system.— By the monopoly as it now stands, the English distiller and the distiller for the English market, are enabled to dictate to the farmer the prices they will give for the grain, to the rectifier what , price they please to ask. There is no competition. At this mo ment the Distillers in and for the English market get two shil lings per all. more than the Scotch Distillers do , for the same article. ' Thus the English Distiller sells to the rectifier his whisky at 14s. 6d. duty 10s. 6d. while the Scotch Distiller limited to the Scotch market, can hardly obtain 7s. 6d duty ss. 6d. In this manner, the profits of the former are enormously great, and they are enabled to crush, or as we hear, buy off any one who may intend to commence distilling for the English market. It is rumoured, that 10,0001. was lately given to a person in Scot land, who was preparing to distill for the Southern market, in order to induce him to relinquish his intention. The quantity distilled by some English distillers is very great. Thus, from Parliamentary Paper of 1321, it appears, that the firm of Cook and Co. made 325,711 galls. and that of Leader and Co. 267,970 galls within the year. Two shillings per gall. extra profit upon the former-is 32,571/. Smuggling, in all its branches, seems to be considered as a fair offset against this system, and the consequence is, that in both Foreign and British Spirits, it is carried on to an extent most injurious to -the Revenue,, and perfect destruction to the interests of the fair trader. Nor can it ever be removed till the population of these kingdoMs get as good an article as can lie procured under heavy taxation, and not as atpresent the worst. The quantity,of Spirits distilled in England and Scot land for the English market,is fully 5;000,000 galls. annually. The same Spirits, and of even a superior quality, could be sup plied from Scotland and in England, at 2s. per gallon less than John Bull now pays, a difference to him of 500,000/, annually, which extra stun goes into the pockets of 15 distillers, licensed for the English market ! ! The reason given for maintaining things as they are, is, that under the present system in Eng land, there is no evasion of the Revenue (which we, however, very much doubt) and that were the trade thrown open, and the Scotch system of distillation introduced, smuggling and evading the revenue would also be introduced. Tins is mere assertion and apprehension. We cannot see why the English distillers should be dishonest under a good system, and honest under a bad one. On the contrary, the trade thrown open, and put upon a footing that good spirits could be got in place of bad, would make it the interest of every distiller to see that smuggling of every kind was put down and kept down. The Rev. WM. CoCICBUIt-N, the new Dean of York, is the author of the following works :—Remarks on Vol ney's Ruins, Bvo. 1804 ; Authentic Account of the Death of Lord Camelford, Bvo. 1804 ; Dissertation on diffusing the light of the Christian Religion throughout 'the Eastern World, 4to. 1805 ; Letter to the Editor of the Edinburgh Review, Bvo. 1805 ; An Address to the Methodists, &c. Bvo. 1805 ; Essay on the. Epistles of St. Ignatius; Bvo. 1808 ; Address to the Roman Catholics, Bvo. 1807 ; Credibility 'of the Jewish Exodus de fended.against Gibbon, &c. BVo. 1809 ; Sermon on the Fast Pay, 1809, Bvo, ; Strictures on Clerical Education at the Uni versity or Cambridge, Bvo. 1810. CURIOUS KITTENS.—A. few days ago a cat, _She property of i%jr. Dewsbury, tanner, of Bodnant, brought forth three kittens, which vie with each other in the singularity-of, their appearance. One of them has two heads and apparently three eyes, 'the one ey6 in the centre being common to both : the. second kitten has .six legs, two of which will be useless having no joints ; it is also furnished with a double spine ,whicli gives the back a very broad 'appearance; the third is formtd as cats in‘general, but it is of a deep liver colour, a thing ne ver before remembered. A great many respectable people nave been to pay their respects to the " lady in the straw," ,who, with her extraordinary progeny, is doing well.—(Shrewsbary Chronicle. ) ACCIDENT FROM FIRE-WoßKs.—Between one and two o'clock on Monday afternoon a young man, of'the name of Freeman, a lodger in the house of Mr. Keates, 6, Pelham-street, Brick lane, Spitalfields, making some squibs.and other fire-works, held a paper of gunpowder in one hand, whilst with the. other he went' to throw some loose powder into the fire. The sudden flash communicated with the powder in his baud, which exploded ; his face and eyes were in con sequence shockingly burned, and it is feared he will lose the sight of both his eyes ; his hair was burnt, and his right arm shockingly maimed ; he was immediately carried .to the London Hospital. An apprentice to Mr. DunbtAd, pawnbroker, Skinner-street; Sornerstown, met with a similar accident in making fire-works, a few day's ago, on which occasion the house had a narrow escape from being set on 'fire, the shop-window being blown to pieces, and several of the pledges de stroyed. TRIAL BY JURY. Yesterda.y. the'Twenty-eighth Anniversary of the acquittal of Messrs. Hardy, Thelwall, &c. was celebrated at the Crown and' Anchor Tavern. The company had their dinner in the large room. There were near 300 persons present. On the motion of Mr. Galloway, Mr. Wooller was called to the chair. After various toasts, that of " The Majesty of the people," " The Trial by Jury," &c. the Chairman (Mr. Wooller) read a letter from Lord Erskine, excusing his absence, which was as follows :—(The letter was addressed to Mr. Nicholson, of New Bond-street.) " beg the favour that you will explain to Mr. M'Crevey and Mr. Gardour, the cause of my being prevented the pleasure of receiving them, with yourself, on Wednesday last; and you will further much oblige me by expressing to your worthy friends, when assembled, on the sth of 'November, that I regret my not having it in my power to meet them ; but that if they desire it, I will not fail to be present when they re assemble next year. " When all circumstances are duly considered, no . public event can, in my opinion, better deserve to be held in per petual remembrance amongst us, than the acquittal of Thomas Hatdy, in 1794, from the unfounded charge of con structive High Treason. A great portion of the ordinary period of human life has since passed away, and a very short time indeed can now remain to me ; but I am sure, that, even in my dying hour, I shal call to mind the august spectacle of London on that day ; which proved at once the firm foundation of our lives and liberties whilst the trial by Jury shall continue, and the worthiness of those who knew how to value such a blessing. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your faithful humble Servant, " tRSKINE." (Signed) " Buchan Hill, Nov. 1, 1822." " P.S.—I have ever since the trial kept up my acquaintance with Mr. Hardy, and believe him to be a worthy and innocent minded man, incapable of meditating the destruction of the British Constitution. " To Mr. Nicholson." After several other toasts, " the Liberty of the Press," &c, the company separated. DINNER TO JAMES BRYNE. Yesterday eveninz, about 200 gentlemen dined at the Horns Tavern, at Kennington, for the purpose of pro moting the subscription intended for 2 the relief of this per son, and for placing him in a situation by which he may be enabled to earn a livelihood by his industry. Mr. Parkins was in the Chair, supported by Mr.. Cohbett. The latter gentlemen addressed the Meeting several times, and pointed out the necessity of something being done by the people of England in favour of a man who had been the victim of the greatest perversion of law, and of the most cruel tyranny and oppression ; and he was happy to say that England was the only country in the world where men were actuated by an in dignant spirit against such violations of law. as had occurred in the case of this individual; and whose relief was extended to the victims of tyranny carried on according to the forms of law. Eleven years had now elapsed since the unhappy man had been whipped almost to death through the streets of Dublin, and afterwards subjected to the most dreadful incarceration for up wards of two years. The people of England had lately take up his cause ; and he assured the Meeting, that as soon as Parliament met, that assembly should be called on ,to take up his cause by means of a petition which should be presented from the individual himself. The " Health of James Byrne," was 'afterwards drunk with three times three ; after which he got up, and gave a de tail of the sufferings he had undergone, and described what , he had felt from the idea of his having lost, and afterwards re gained, his character. A gentleman of the name of MAsox, who once practised at the Irish Bar, said he had been a state prisoner in kilmainham Jail, during the time Byrne was confined there, and he felt it necessary to declare that nothing could be more correct than the conduct of Byrne, during the whole of the time he had been confined there. In the course of the evening Byrne's wife and children were brought into the room, and their healths were drunk. They were decently dressed, and their appearance excited consider able interest. A liberal subscription was afterwards raised in the room ; and a little after eleven o'clock the company dispersed. IRELAND. [FROM THE DUBLIN EVENING POST OF SATURDAY. DECORATION OF KING WILLIAM'S STATUE IN DU'BLIN. The painting, which had nearly been completed, has been stopped. Policemen have been placed, night and day, near the Statue,_ to prevent the operations of the party, if they should be so rash as to attempt any. This day an effort has been made to finish the painting, but the artist was promptly seized by the police, and brought to the Head Police Office. Yesterday the Guild of Merchants returned thanks to Alderman Nugent and the Magistrates, who opposed the Proclamation of the Lord Mayor; and, by a paragraph which we subjoin it will be seen that the Common Council are to assemble this day at three o'clock, for the purpose of-taking loyal measures, or adopting some Resolution. Two o'CLoca.—Another attempt has been made to paint the statue. The painter attempted to lay his decorating brush on the pedestal ; be was, however, prevented by the police. A set of persons, notorious Orangemen, wcte inspiriting the man to attempt the job, but the police are hitherto inflexible. We know the names of the parties, but we do not choose at pre sent to make them more public. The Lord Mayor has been sent for. HALF-FAST THREE o'CLocx.—Counsellor Graves, one of the Police Magistrates, has just appeared on horseback at Col lege-green. He announced to the police about the statue that he had just-arrived from the head-office, where the Magistrates had come to. a determination not to allow the painting to be continued. He further directed the police to prevent' any per= 'son ascending the statue for the Purpose of decorating it, or for any other puryose. The following circular was distributed yesterday ; the object is obvious enough, but it is of little consequence : " Dublin; Oct. 31, 1822. " The Commons of the Common Council are requested to meet on Saturday next (this day, at three o'clock), on very spe cial business, respecting, the honour and interest of the loyal City of Dublin, at the City Assembly-house, William-street." U. E. POST-OFFICE, FIVE O'CLOCK*-111EETING OF TILE 'COMMON COUNCIL.—In consequence of the notice issued for the meeting of the Common Council, forty-nine gentlemen of. that body meet at the Assembly-house. One gentleman con ceiving. it too be an illegal meeting, quitted the room, when the remaining 48 proceeded to business. They commenced by de precating the conduct of the Lord Mayor, in issuing what. they were pleased to term an illegal 'proclamation—entered in Reso-. lutrons that they would persevere in dressing the statne—called -upon Mrs Allen, the Clerk of the Corporation( to draw them up as the proceedings of " the Common Council" of the City of. Dublin ; this Mr. Allen refused to do, saying they only com posed a small part of the Council. Mr. Sutter and some other 'persons then volunteered to draw them up as the proceedings of the Council at large. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, November 5. Anisiettlain - -- ' ' • -12 2C. F. Ditto, at Sight , . Rotterdam .. Antwerp 1 2. .3 Han burgh 37 8 2/ Us AlLona 37 9 2/ Us. Paris, 3 Day's sight 25 55 0 Us. Ditto r, ourde a u Z , ditto Fratikforton the Main Madrid 37 Effective Cadiz .... 361 Effective Bilboa 36/ Effective Barcelona Q.eville Gibraltar Leghorn ' - Goma •.3l—Venice, Ital. Liv. 27 50. Malta Palermo Lisbon Oporto . Rio Jtineiro D ow n , .... 9 1 ...... „Cork 9i pet Cent. BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin ~L.O o 0 pti Ox Foreign Gold, in Bors t 3 17 New DoublOons ......... New Dollars. Silver In Bars, Standard 0 0 0 Admiral VUGET, who died on Thursday last at Bath, was one of the Companions of the Order of the Bath, sailed round the world with Captain VANCOUVER, and many . yeari Naval Commis sioner at Madras, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 5. THE PORTSMOUTH CAUSE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL stated that as there were affi davits in answer to his petition, which he had not seen, he hoped his Lordship would postpone the hearing till Thursday. Mr. HORNE objected to Thursday, as he had not seen the answers to Dr. Bankhead's affidavit, and time was necessary for further inquiry. The LORD CHANCELLOR said he had read Dr. Bankhead's affidavit, and he saw no reason for postponing the discussion of the subject up to a certain point. He had since read the affidavits in answer to the petition, and thought it was fit both parties should have time to consider them. On Thursday he should be ready to state what he meant to do. His order had been mistaken in the proceedings as to the visit. He had made no concession to any medical man to examine without the pre , sence of others who had examined. The simple question was, whether there existed such weakness and imbecility as autho rized him to issue a commission of lunacy, in all the horribly distressing circumstances. He would on Thursday intimate whether lie would or not issue such a commission, and regu late the steps to be immediately taken by an order which none could misunderstand. There might be another question, whether he would call upon certain individuals to make affida vits or not. OBLIGATION OF RETAINERS. The rest of the day was occupied in discussion whether Mr. Basil Montague had taken a brief impoperly in a case against which he had received a retainer. It was introduced to the Court by Mr. Horne as the petition of Mr. Lloyd in the matter of Glover, but his Lordship called upon him to shew statute or common law to prove that he had a right to decide at all. It was a very important question, whether the Lord Chancellor had jurisdiction to compel the bar to do right, or to restrain them from doing wrong. He was rather of opinion that it be longed to the twelve Judges. If the parties consented, he might give his opinion as having had experience in those matters. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, for Mr. Montague, wished to wave every objection to his Lordship's jurisdiction. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—If he should be asked his opi nion as John, Lord Eldon, he would give it. This was a case of bankruptcy. He did not say the question might not come be fore him in another form. Every day he interfered in the case of solicitors, and there might be cases to call •for interference in the case of Counsel. He would hear the case as an individual, but he would not regard it as a petition in bankruptcy. Mr. HORNE then proceeded to state the circumstances set forth in the petition, In the bankruptcy of Mr. Glover, Mr. Lloyd was a creditor to a considerable amount. Mr. Lloyd took the opinion of Mr. Montague in the matter, and gave him a retainer. Mr. Montague attended 12 meetings of the Com missioners in the character of Counsel for 111 r. Lloyd, Oa the 22d of February last there was a meeting of the Commissidbers upon the subject of the bankrupt's final examination. On the 20th preceding a retainer was given to Mr. Montague for the bankrupt, and on the 21st a brief and fee. Mr. Lloyd having a debt to prove against the bankrupt's estate, had not intended to give a brief to Mr. Montague for the meeting of the Com missioners, but he complained that Mr. Montague took a brief for the interest against which he had been contesting, and had received a retainer. Mr. PEPYS followed. The LORD CHANCELLOR said nothing could be clearer than that there could be no objection to the second retainer. If a Counsel had a retainer from one party and no brief, and if he took a retainer and brief from the other, it was quite right, pro vided he gave notice to the party who gave him the first re tainer. It might be a question whether a notice must be given of necessity. The general understanding was that there must be a notice. His Lordship stated his own experience on the Northern Circuit. It was. a floating idea that no retainer bound beyond twelve months, but they of the north had not been so sharp. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL disclaimed it for the Western Circuit. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, Mr. TRESLOVE, and Mr. MONTAG uE spoke on the other side at great length. The last Gentleman mentioned, as an instance of the evils of retaining, that the.late Lord Lonsdale had retained the whole northern circuit against a Lake-poet (we believe) Mr. Wordsworth. It was right to mention that the present Lord paid every farthing —lO,OOOl. Mr. HORNE replied. The LORD CHANCELLOR, after having repeated all the circumstances of the case, gave it as his clear opinion that no blame could be attached to Mr. Montague. The necessity of the notice depended very much on the nature of the case. —lt appeared that Mr. Lloyd's attorney did in fact know that a brief was given to Mr. Montague, and did not himself mean to give him a brief. Mr. Reddish, the attor ney, acted upon an idea which many held, but it was an erro neous one. He had known the greatest evils occasioned by re tainers when great men in that Court oppressed little men. The understanding and practice of.the bar were founded in rea son, and for the benefit of the public, not of the bar. During forty-six years that he had been in the profession, this was the first time the question was publicly discussed before any Court. It was against all practice and principle that a retainer should preclude counsel from taking a brief. he evil of such a doctrine proved to demonstration that nothing could be worse, whatever prima fade aspect the contrary practice had, and he ad mitted that there was something unpleasant in it. Here the re tainer had been in a matter of bankruptcy. By the way, the poor bankrupt gave a larger fee than the rich creditor. It was quite consistent to hold a retainer for the bankrupt, and for Lloyd. The observations of Mr. Lee, attorney for the bank rupt, ought not to have prevented Mr. Reddish from commu nicating with Mr. Montague. There could be no obligation of confidence in such a transaction. Mr. Montague, too, men tioned to the Commissioners at once the painful situation in which he stood, and offered to refer the case then. No blame whatever could be imputed. Mr. Mowr.kuuE said lie did not ask costs. COURT OF KING'S BENCH', Nov. 5. THE KING V. SEATON. This was an indictment for perjury alleged to have been committed in an answer in Chancery, to a bill filed by Messrs. Farquharson and Co. by the name of Barclay, Farquharson, and Co. against the defendant, Mr. James Seaton. /There were three assignments of perjury, upon which the indict ment was founded. 1. Whether the defendant, previous to the year 1797, had had any transactions with the house of Barclay, Farquharson, and Co. 2. Whether he had received of them a sum of 12,200/. ; and 3. Whether he had received a further sum of 4,000/. ? The defendant pleaded Not Guilty. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, who conducted-the prosecution, abandoned the last two assignments, and said he should decline ofFeriAg oitny evidence upon that part of the case, but would confine himself to the first assignment. He then proceeded to open the case at some length, stating that he should be able to establish it in evidence. It seemed that Mr. Seaton had denied that he had had any transactions in business with the house of Barclay, Faiquharson, and Co. previously to the year 1797, but had admitted that he had transactions of a specific nature sub sequently, which he had gone on to state.• Now he (the Solici tor-General) should be able to prove that the defendant had had transactions to the amount of many thousands with them, and that he had .actually executed a contract of partnership in extensive speculations to South America in the year 179 G. He understood, that the defence intended to be set up was, that the defendant had misconceived the meaning of the interrogatory to which his statement was an answer, and that he had sup posed it referred only to a partnership generally. The fact, however, was, that the interrogatory referred to general deal ings ; and the best reply to this ground of defence was, that the defendant himself had gone on to state what transactions he had really been concerned in with the house of Barclay, Far quharson, and Co., subsequent to the period in question. He put it to the Jury, therefore, whether it was possible for any man, conversant with business as the defendant was, to mis conceive the object of the interrogatory which he had answered? Upon the evidence he should lay before the Jury, he antici pated a verdict of guilty. The Bill in Chancery upon the answer to which the perjury was assigned was then put in. Upon reading the prayer and the preliminary parts, it would be extremely difficult to show in what way the interrogatories upon which the perjury was assigned, because material to the subject of the Bill, inasmuch as the object of it respected an estate which the defendant had sold to the firm of Barclay, Farquharson, and Co. and therefore it became material for the prosecutors to show in what way the statement alleged to be false was pertinent and relevant to the matter in issue, of which there was no intimation to be collected from the previous parts of the Bill. Mr. SCARLETT, for the defendant, took the objection, and said he could not understand in what way the prosecutors pro posed to Make out the charge of perjury. The real fact was that two bills had been filed in equity. The first contained many interrogatories to which the def'endant's attention was not particularly brought, and then the prosecutors filed an amend ed bill requiring more specific answers. The amended bill had seen fully answered, and, therefore, there was no pretence for charging the defendant with perjury in his answer to the first bill, upon which this indictment was founded. The CHIEF JUSTICE said lie would not stop the case merely upon a suggestion that the matter upon which the assignment fo: perjury was founded was irrelevant to the original cause; but his Lordship would say this, that in all probability the Jury, exercising a reasonable judgment, would not be likely to i come to a conclusion upon such a case as this, that the defend ant vas guilty of wilful. and corrupt perjury. Tie SOLICITOR=GENERAL said, that after such an intima tion from the Court, he could not think.of pressing the case any farther, and, therefore,,he should offer no evidence= th e P aft of the prosecution. assige - Mr. SCARLE T observed, that with respect to the two ments of perjury which had been abandoned by the Pt°sBgi tors, and which were in fact the most material, his client the provided himself, at a great expence, with witnesses from West Indies, who came prepared to spew, _ in the most seus facTtohrey c %n r n .F er, j t u h s a T t t l h c e E re to w ld as thnoep,Truertyer,ictehfaotr tashisthperocasecstelsoLl; stood, they were bound to find the defendant not guilty. dict—Not Guilty. • HIGH COUR T OF ADMIRALTY, S '. t he Nothing came on in Court to-tlay, save a few m otions su ordinary course. The Court sat for half an hour only. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Nov 5 ",1) t. Win. Richards was opposed by Mr. HEATH o n behalf_ &tat; Tobias and other creditors. The insolvent stated in his _ 3 L. P., 1 nation that he was the Captain of a West Indianian, below to'a Mr. Miller. In February, 1822, when about to sail 01, West Indies, he took a chronometer and 3 gold ,watches,e4f,,,d„_ &c. from Mr. Tobias, with a view of disposing of them se";_;:o They amounted to 1671. He also took a quantity of boots t . 17:; another creditor, named Jessop, to the amount o f 170/. or, similar purpose, for which he gave Mr. Jessop a bill upo ir e_i7; employer for 801., which was accepted, but is not yet d j el e In November, 1821, he called a meeting of his craiitera:the then owed about 7001., to which amount he had r rtY ope4 e i r s West Indies, consisting of cash 1101., u pwards of 2001. ig wine ; 101. worth of tin ware ; 301. or 401. worth of slops,.. dozen Port wine; 100 gallons Geneva; and 34/. wo rth eorr:ift He had left these things in the possession of a Mr. E dwarnsi, the isle of St. Vincent; but upon his going out this o Y e rt al l o Thie was informed that vermin had eaten the corks; th e was broken ; the geneva gone ; the slops destroyed; usaiog ware lost; and part of the madeira leaked. Notwithstalis this unsatisfactory account of his proilerty, he gave Mr. Mkodt a fresh investment of property to the amount of 100 k., fla him about two-thirds of the boots, and one of we t he watches. The other two watches (worth 301. each , ) es lce remainder of the boots, he gave to a girl of colour 0 1 ) 1d into the interior of the island to dispose of for him; no he could not find this hawker on his coming awaY9 -11e .. 0 011 enter her in his schedule as his debtor, thinking th e rligaes she had lost. He did not know her name. She was son e o p! called Mary, sometimes Nancy, and sometimes other 1 1011 ,bea She lived " where she could." No witness was pre sent ' he gave her the articles ; he took no receipt from ber. for th eti nor did he tell her how much she was to sell them for. t o After the insolvent had underwent a long examinsit in l tater this subject, and as to what furniture, &c., he had, an to the Mr. Tobias and other of the opposing creditors depose" to the circumstances under which he obtained credit, as well as ;0 1 apparent nature of his furniture, the case was ordered _T he: bile over to the 18th inst. for the insolvent to amend h is 5 ,.:1 pa' with respect to the Mullatto hawker, and to bring forivfLittge sons to prove whether or not the identical articles Of seen by his creditors at his house are now forthcoming. POLICE IN'T'ELLIGENCE• DREADFUL DEPRAVITY- ~.6 0g ht BOW-STREET.—A case of frightful depravity vf u Lt - led before the Magistrates yesterday. A young woman Via ll ;b bet with robbing her father and mother, attempting to s me tinl• mother yesterday morning, and her brother and sister scl. e. , sno since ; also to destroy herself in more instances than e,ntele• other acts of deep and gross depravity most horrid to Pi' plate. . 5 001 1 9 The father and mother are hard working industring s jjjed residing in Orange-street, Leicester-square ; they et en tsp . ." give their evidence in great distress. From their sta te u'by appears that the prisoner refused to work for her a tla s: continuing in service, or when she was at home, to l e d sin needle, &c. instead of which she read novels:l4 lived in a state of idleness. She broke open boxes, drilw — iauee. s ,`" procure articles of property to pledger sell, with the P A , fropw, which she bought novels to read, which had put Wu"' ow ea rea ys et, and romantic notions into her head, that she app delirious, at least to nothing else could her idle, exi lli n d l ine and outrageous conduct be attributed. Her taking " - istal P ‘ to destroy herself was discovered in time to prevent the des tbf fects of it. She then endeavoured to bleed herself ta to 0 . which had reduced her from a plump hearty looking 50 lit very puny appearance—so much so, that although, sto stare she appears to be only 14. She has also attempteP , at arttv herself to death, refusing to take any thing to eat fro o2 '" -- night to the Tuesday following. The Magistrate doubted if she could be in her 070045 asked if any medical gentleman had attended her? en,. &, fie informed Dr. Scarr, of Castle-street, Leicester-square, ordered her to be confined till the evening, when he , ;00 Dr. Scarr on the subject. In ANOTHER FORTUNE TE ' , T , E 11. • aint; ,g Dog-row, Bethnal-green, of fortune-teIIing WORSLIIP-STREET.—Mary Louisa Th. dipson, Ic c a brought before WM. BENNETT, Esq. the Magismte, with telling the fortune of a Police officer. Of 6ce ' f this ler Barnard Glee d, one of the Police constables o Rev co related that having received some information of th . s bo ut . po of the Destinies. of Lovers, he went, on Monday its t ' a D t he o . l ' . o'clock to her house. He introduced himself with recd l 4; dence and complacency possible, observing, that h iti vitig t o mended to her by a person just by for the purpose ofn .ne fortune told. There was another woman in threw „ t roiss!, - , 1 • time, but as soon as the officer announced his impo_in e er she was ordered to withdraw. The sybil and the ,o ciate tion se left to themselves, the former made a preface to the af le e, ha lo her foreknowledge, by saying—" Well, before wobeg,Thiog, a little gin." The officer agreed, and gave a boy lash, s''' an d so , immediately fetched the gin. The officer took a g_cd,vec,:if,, the fortune-teller, and this gave a stimulus too he go is u i l l u lie? . y e mancy. "Now," says she, thataay yur t o a f ell ' ca wish," said the officer, " is, I may be unite joull e friend, who now waits for me at the Queen's If eau Ale a car d ; diately those inestimable books of fate, commonly ~a d th e e , . were placed upon the table. The Sybil shuffled them' ~ ' cut th said, in a phrophetic tone, " shuffle them as I did, al, l 7 liat ol'ai' e " eelebri jag into three parts." The first cut was the queer' ci t he 0 1 0 " There," said the prophetess, " is a fair woman, a",, Ther e 'd will be your wife." Then came the ace of diamonds: said the fortune-teller, " is a ring, which deno tes tb s , your marriage." Another cut was the kingof not es o 1 said she, "is a dark man ;he is your enemy, trust do you ;;,,e especially do'not trust him with any letter what ever; „ do , 0 ,., such a man ?" said she, looking in the officer's face• lie d t he i T e , the answer. "Did you ever trust him ?" " Id id, r tortanc•te„or. cer, and seemed grieved in' his heart. then In smiled with satisfaction at her own skill gentle I l e and 00 tentous silence opened the palm of his gentle the of mined the lines upon it. She, seemed to sighs a gr eat 'l e ire; that were evinced, and said, " You have h a ,„ 1 dos , trouble, but you are sure to have the young v l ° l ' l _ 3 c i ir istrl n g and all your wishes will be accomplished beforL her bang She She then told him he was a widower, and that o' oth er till ith e some hair from the back part of his head,a h ad told. ju st and then she would ensure the fortune she e buY t he officer paid her two marked shillings and cam O E fate 3 .".. t he as he was shaking hands with this kind harbingo: and toooi,to door, another officer, young Armstrong, came 'ht her t, old beldam into custody, and afterwards h r ° llg. to hat u office, when the worthy .Magistrate committed her bout in the House of Correction for six weeks' Yesterday being the Anniversary of t"'l e -f ee powder Plot, in the course of the reorni e were displayed on the different churches,l ato p metropolis, the bells rang a merry P eac e fired' were fire('. o'clock the Park and Tower g uns an ____,_,4,l • BIRTHS. d Y of ilaPi On the 2d inst. at Brotherton, Y orkshire, the La" Crowder of a son. • he La dy ef On the 4th inst. in Queen -square,_ Westminsdhter,. t E. J. Hopkins, Esq., accoucheur, of a son an en, MARRIED. • t‘ v Dr' 1.% a t- On Friday last, at Plumstead Church, by the It,.ai per sr . son, William Oliver Locke, ZI.D. Ordnanct geol' as PO late Thorn ment to Anna Maria, only daughter a the gate, Esq. of Fring in the County of Norfolk. Mr. John Dewhurst, may years DIED- tile is Anclanel ' On the 30th ult., Mr. Thos. 13arry, of 11 " n— , 48th year of his age. Josephe p h Eva tis " _ a cre, On the 4th inst., at Camden -town, ''.lr. in Long . etk o On Monday last, at four o'clock, at his houseith Two o f the Swan Inn, Lad-lane. 1011°' 0 f oif en'" On Monday, the 4th instant, Mr. Robert. • Pil l ' place, Goswell-street-road, aged 33. scho ol, of 047 1 ,00 On Sunday last, at Hemel Hempstead . st so n of , s i n ce, mation in his bowels, Septimus, the yin s ix we e ;,I; u och Farrar, Esq., of Mecklenburgh - sq uare. he, with his afflicted father and six brother's, lamented mother to her grave. followed r Printed and Published f or the Floral f ; t i the Sy."' Office, No. 112, Strand , by J. 13. CAS T C Atienil irh t Sci foli o PR N 3.:.