The Sun. — London, England, 1822-03-08 00:00:00

TILE LONDON JOURNALS. VACTRACTA , FRO:* TILE DA I T.Y MORNING PAPERS, March 8, 18,22. [BRITISH PRESS.] The promised statement of the Chancellor of the Eechequer, which had been appointed for Last night in the House of Commons, was again postponed to Monday next, in consequence, we are sorry to say, of the continued indisposition of the Right Honourable Gentleman. The distresses of the agricultural interests occupy a consider. able portion of the time of the House every even ing. A. Petition was presented yesterday evening from ttie county of Suffolk upon this subject by Mr. Gooch, which gave rise to an interesting discussion. • The state of the counties of Nor folk and Snffolk was noticed by Mr. Lockhart as presenting serious grounds for alarm. Popular agi. tation that arises from general distress demands the most immediate attention from the Govern ment ; but the exertions, hitherto unavailing, of the friends of the country in Parliament, have unfortunately proved not only the strength of - .Ministers, but their determined unwillingness to afford any effectual relief to the agriculturists. — The remission of a shilling a bushel on the malt duty, is too insignificant and too indirect to be stow any immediate assistance to the distresses of the country. The repeal of the Salt duty would, in the opinion of well informed land holders, be much more productive of general good. The miserable majority of four against Mr. Calcraft's motion, shelved clearly that the sense of the House of Commons was hostile to this odious impost, and if the Ministers consult ed propriety of conduct more than their own pitiful personal interests, they would have in stantly consented to give up the tax. [NVO IINING POST.] We team with regret, from what passed in the House of Commons last night between Mr. Lockhart and - Mr. Gooch, that riots have oc curred in Norfolk, and disturbances have taken place hi Suffolk, which made it necessary to call out a part of the Yeomanry forces. In the course of the evening some explanations took place be tween Mr. Wilmot and Mr. Hume, which prove the latter to possess quite as much sensibility to attacks upon himself as becomes an Hon. Gen tleman ever so ready, on slight grounds, to call the conduct of others in question. It had been well if he had contrived to conceal this. Since it is known how much a sarcasm cal: gall this Senator, it is to be hoped that the Hon. Gentle man will remember, for the time to come, that " he who plays at howls must expect rubbers." A Petition was presented to the House of Com- Mons last night, from an individual in the situa tion of a Trustee Stockholder in the Navy Five per Cents.. far a party who is absent from the country. The difficulty in which he stands is, that. he cannot coL.municate with the real owner of the stock in time to dissent within the period allowed by the Bill; and by acting upon his own .discretion, he stands in fear of our highly penal laws for the misappropriation of this spe cies of property. The inconvenience is obvious and pressing, and the Government have seen it in that light ; for Mr. Lushiugton stated that it was in contemplation to introduce a clause, giving a longer time for dissent to Trustees. [MORNING CHRONICLE.] No Foreign Mail was announced as having ar rived at the Post-office yesterday ; and three Gotlenburgh, one liamburgh, and one French still remain due. No advices were, consequently, received from 'Madrid ; but the last letters from that place, Speculating on the expected nomina tion of Ministers, mention, that the current rumour was, that M. Baugueri would be appointed Finance Minister, in which department he has long been employed. He is distinguished for generally having been in the Opposition when the Cortes have discussed and determined on financial plans, and he himself presented one. Report also gives out, that M. Cleme,ncin was to be chosen Minister of the Interior.—This Gen tleman, we believe, has usually been employed in this department, has acted as Speaker of the Tate Cortes, and, if we remember well, was chosen President of the Committee, entrusted with the new territorial division. M. Cuesta is spoken of as Minister of Grace and Justice. This Gen tlermln is an Arch-Dean, or Dignitary of the Spanish Church, extremely liberal and en 4ightened) and at one time obliged to fly from the persecutions of the Inquisition. All three were Deputies in the late Cortes. It will be seen from our Parliamentary Re port that the disturbances in the Counties of Norfolk and . Suffolk were last night alluded to in the House of Commons. Mr. Gooch stated, that' it had been found necessary to call out the Yeomanry Cavalry. The same Hon. Member stated a circumstance which must give foreigners a precious idea of the mildness of the rule of our Country Gentlemen. Mr. Lockhart had, on a former evening, said he understood there were 200 prisoners in Thetford gaol, of whom 80 were poachers. " 0 no," says Mr. Gooch, " there are only 150 prisoners, and of these only 40 are poachers !"—Good God ! only 40 poachers in one prison at one time ! Truly the Gentlemen of England exact a precious price for the blessing which their residence in the country confers on .us! For the paltry distinction of having the monopoly of a few wretched ani mals, they crowd our prisons with our wretched peasantry, and thus spread crime and demora lization throughout the land. And yet we wonder at our long lists of commitments, while those under the Game Laws alone exceed in number the whole of what we find in the Cri minal Calendars of large kingdoms !—The sub ject which particularly occupied the House was the Suffolk Petition, which Mr. Gooch recom mended to its notice in rather an odd way. The speech of that lion. Gentleman at the meeting where the Petition was agreed to, taught us to expect at least a somewhat more earnest call for economy. This inconsistency - was admirably ox posed, first by Mr. Coke, and afterwards by Mr. Macdonald, the latter of whom observed, " There was something so like a spell either in the at mosphere, or within the walls of that House, it had such an effect in changing the note of Hon. Members, in making them unsay what they had said, not only in private, but on public hustings, that if one had not some particular knowledge of the individuals, he would be inclined to question their personal identity".—(lbid.) [New TIMES.] Nothing can more decisively prove the judi cious character of the measure proposed by Go vernment for the conversion of Five per Cent. stock than that, out of a body of above 100,000 proprietors, it has not been found possible to collect together twenty to join in an expression of dissent. Our readers are aware of the abortive attempt made to get together a meeting for that purpose on Tuesday. It was next proposed to have a meeting yesterday ; but that also evapo rated in smoke. Here, then, is another demon stration of the utter absurdity of the complaint in The Times that the time allotted for expressing dissent was inadequate—that thousands of holders would crowd to put down their names, and would necessarily be turned back, because they had not sufficient time allowed them to subscribe!! The Five per Cent. stock appears to have nearly reached its true value, according to the plan of transfer. It left off yesterday at 1024, and it may propably maintain that price, or something near it, so long as the Stock continues unreduced. We congratulate the nu merous body of dissentients. Government must raise a Loan of at least Twenty Thousand Pounds to pay them off, which cannot fail to produce a striking effect on the Money Market ! The Dissentients, when they have received their 100/. as a payment, may invest it in the Old Fours, at probably 100 per cent. ; but they will not be able to get into the New Fours, without an addition to the price ; because the irredeem able stock must of course be of more value than that which is redeemable. [THE TIM ES.] In Ireland the Special Commissions under the Insurrection Act have begun to operate upon the minor class of offences against the public peace. The constitution of these Courts is such as to ex clude the trial by Jury ; the Magistrates, who are Jurors, as well as Judges, being empowered to declare the guilt and to award the punish ment—which latter may amount to transporta tion. A curious, and we trust a salutary, ex ample has been afforded by certain parties in the county of Tipperary, of the manifold dangers which ought to be anticipated from the enact ment of strong penal statutes. Formidable as is the operation of so harsh a remedy as the Insur rection Act, even where the necessity for it seems most apparent, and its administration most cautious, conscientious, and correct, the country which authorises it ought to be prepared, not only for the legal exercise of its powers, but for a disposition in some quarters un fairly and intemperately to abuse them. By the active and strenuous interference of Donoughmore, it appears that the county of Tipperary has been rescued from an attempt by some frightened or arbitrary Magistrates, to get up by unlawful means a sudden meeting of a small number of Justices ; and through them a surreptitious application to the Government to vouchsafe the Insurrection Act as a boon to the baronies in which they resided. A writing clerk, in the office of the Clerk of the Peace, was called upon by a Mr. Jacob, one of a party of twelve Justices, to post up, in the name of his principal, (which he had no right to do), a notice on the Court-house door, so late as the 20th of February, for a meeting of Magistrates at Cashell, on the 22d, which would have been an insufficient notice had the Clerk of the Peace himself prepared it. On being remonstrated with upon this breach of the law, the clerk confessed his fault, but pleaded the strong and urgent en treaties of the Magistrate, and tore down the no tice, which indeed was of itself invalid. These facts came out at a subsequent meeting of Jus tices, where Lords Donoughmore, Listnore, &c., and a number of others were present, and where, after a good deal of discussion, it was resolved to adjourn for a week, that there might be time to bring forward informations upon oath :—ano ther preliminary which the Insurrection Act en joins and requires, but which some of those very functionaries, who would have been intrusted with the administration of it, were pleased to say might be dispensed with ! Such are the ex traordinary hands, which in the present state of Ireland and of her Magistrature, are thought competent to wield extraordinary and almost despotic powers. [MORNING lIERALD.I The Insurrection Act has commenced opera tion in Ireland, but has yet made no impression upon the outrages there. The system of crime and plunder has even become more. organized, relentless, and daring. In open day dwellings are seen in a state of conflagration, and the per petrators, with incredible hardihood, remain on the spot to witness the progress of destruction until the military and police are within sight of them, when they effect their escape. Of late, it is observed that not only do the banditti take arms, but provisions and live cattle, which are conveyed to the mountains or other places of their concealment : yet the proceedings against them are such as one would suppose must strike them with terror and dismay. In the county of Cork several executions have just taken place, under circumstances which present a striking picture of human desolation. Not a man appears as a spectator—but the wo men of the lower order, for miles round, attend in great numbers, and from the less controllable feeling and the sense of impunity of the sex, pre sent a scene of agony and rage which exceeds imagination. The Insurrection Act too works in Limerick with a " cutting and slashing" vigour, which shows that those who are administering it construe the spirit of its provisions with unscru pulous liberality. Of seventeen prisoners, thir teen have been found guilty. Some of those con victed had strong circumstances against them. The circumstances proved against others as the ground of conviction were of a levity to make an English Magistrate stare—and others again are sentenced to seven years' I transportation beyond the seas, as " idle and disorderly," merely because they were found at some short distance from their cabins, alone and unarmed, after the curfew hour of the Insurrection Act—that is, after nightfall. One man who was tried as " an idle and disorderly person," upon the simple and solitary fact of being found after dark, unarmed and alone, some hundred yards from his dwelling, met the charge by producing the most respectable witnesses of his having passed a life of the strictest good con duct, moral and political. Serjeant Torrens, how ever who seems to have taken a lead in the proceedings, maintained that he was still " idle and disorderly " in the sense of this Act.— Our readers, we are sure, will not suppose it possible that Parliament would consign to trans portation beyond the seas a man chargeable only with the malum prohibitum of being out of his dwelling after dark, in consequence of some innocent circumstance of urgency, or necessity, or even negligence, where there appeared no thing else to attach to him a criminal purpose. It is true the man was acquitted upon another ground ; but it was in announcing to him his acquittal that the Sergeant gave this exposition "of idle and disorderly." In order to pre vent any misunderstanding, we should men tion that it is of a Sergeant at Law we speak. The ambiguity of the style and title might lead the unwary into attributing this interpretation to the rigorous notions of duty and obedience, which might be derived from a too exclusive familiarity with that formidable emblem of power and pu nishment—the halberd. The execution of the law is marked by corresponding dispatch. The convicts are taken from the bar, some marched on foot and manacled, others tied down on carts, and escorted to Cork, where they are put on board the hulks to be conveyed to New South Wales. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. It is our desire to make Extracts from the Provincial Journals, as well as from the Loudon Journals, a permanent feature in our Paper; but the pressure of other matter has interfered. NVe shall, however, resort to the former as often as we have opportunity, as the Provincial Editors have more time for reflection, and several of them obviously possess more talents, with a more can did spirit, than we find in those of the Metro polis. The following extract is taken from The Leeds Intelligencer of Monday last, a paper to which we have often been indebted for many judicious articles : _ . " The Committee of the House of Commons, on Foreign Trade, was re-appointed last week, on the Motion of Mr. Wal lace; and their labours will, in all probability, be directed to the perfecting that alteration in our navigation laws, which that Gentleman announced as being in contemplation at the close of the last Session of Parliament. Our readers are aware that Mr. Wallace introduced two bills on this subject intu the House, which were read once, and printed for the consideration of Members during the recess. The object of the first of these bills is, to repeal (livers ancient statutes, and parts of stte.utes, so far as they relate to the importation into, and the exportation from, England, of goods and u►er cbandixe from and to foreign countries : and of the second, to make more effectual I.rovision for permitting goods im ported into Great Britain to be secured in warehouses, or other places, without payment of duty, on the first entry thereof. These acts are now before us :—The first appears to contain many objectionable clauses; particularly one, by which the exportation of British wool would be permitted. It is, however, too long, and its provisions too multifarious, for its to do justice to it this week; but, in our next, we shall certainly again call public attention to the subject. The se cond bill is less complex, and its object more direct than the first. It provides, that goods of every description may be brought to England, and warehoused, either for home con sumption or exportation ; except, in order to protect our ma nufactures in our own markets, such goods, the importation of which is now by law prohibited. The latter are to he ware housed for exportation only, and not to be delivered for home consumption, on any pretence whatever, under penalty of the forfeiture of the whole of such goods, and of a sum equal to twice their value. All goods warehoused for foreign con sumption are to be exported duty free. Such is the outline of the proposed Act : the details are not of so much conse quence : for it is the principle of the Act itself, to which, un der existingcircumstances, we feel it to be our duty to object; as its operation, though it would probably extend our commerce, would also injure our manufacturing interests, and that in no inconsiderable degree. It is evident that, except other measures are also adopted, the manufacturers of Great Bri tain would be placed on a much less eligible footing with re gard to competing with foreign manufacturers, than they are at present. Merchants would bring foreign goods to Eng land duty free, and re-export them on the same terms: Of course the manufacturers of Germany, of Flanders, and of France, would not be backward in availing themselves of the privilege; and - the consequence must be, that, as the latter would, in many instances, be able to undersell the British manufacturer, the markets which are now opening for our commerce, in South America, and in other quarters, would be supplied with the products of foreign nations instead of our own ; and the advantages which would result from making Britain the great emporium of the world—the " storehouse of nations,"—would not counterbalance the injury thus in flicted on we of our most vital interests. But this measure may be made one of general utility; and our manufacturers would offer no opposition to it, if they were put on a fair footing with the foreigner. To do this, the duties on foreign wools, oils, &c. must be repealed; and we shall then fear no competition. Indeed, without any reference to this particu lar measure, we believe a repeal of those duties would have a far more beneficial effect than that of Is. a bushel on malt. We are glad to find, that the attention of the merchants and manufacturers of Leeds has been called ,to the subject. A meeting, we understand, was held on Saturday, at which it was taken into consideration; and we hope that the mer chants anal manufacturers generally will lose no time in ma king their sentiments known to Parliament on the occasion." EXTENSIVE CIRCULATION OF FORGED , flO NoTEs.—Yesterday John Lomas, a youth of genteel appearance, was brought up to Bow street Office for re-examination, charged with uttering a great number of 101. Bank of Eng land notes.—The Office was crowded with per sons who had received forged notes from the prisoner. Among them were several medical men to whom he had gone for advice, two or three music masters, who had given him lessons in that science, and not less than eight or nine tradesmen to whom he had by various stratagems passed his forged paper. The charge, however, which excited a strong er degree of interest than any other, was one preerred by two young ladies named Boorman, residing at Hackney, for whom and the family, in consequence of the prema ture death of their father and mother, who had once been in affluent circumstances, a subscrip tion had been set on foot. The prisoner called and gave one of them a 101. note, which was im mediately changed at a neighbouring shop for ten sovereigns, and lie left two of them, walking off with the other eight. The 101. note was in a few days returned from the Bank, stamped " Forged." The two Misses Boorman swore positively to the person of the prisoner. —The prisoner was remanded for further examination on Thursday next. PUBLIC. INSTITUTIONS. SOCIETY OF FRIENDS OF FOREIGNERS IN DIS• TRESS.—The Annual Meeting of this Philan thropic Institution was held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, when a Report of the proceedings for the past year was read. In this it was stated, that relief had been granted in up wards of eleven thousand cases since the esta blishment of the Society in 1807, besides the constant assistance given to fifty aged and infirm Pensioners upon the bounty of the Society. It also appeared that in administering relief to so many deserving objects, the funds had sustained a considerable pressure, requiring all the co operating exertions of its friends to render the resources adequate to the great benevolent ob ject of the Institution. SURREY DIS,rENS.URY•—The Anniversary of this Institution was celebrated yesterday, at the London Tavern, by a considerable number of its supporters and friends. The Chair was filled by FLORENCE YOUNG, Esq., who is, we believe, one of the founders of this laudable Charity. The donations announced in the course of the evening were very considerable, and exceeded those of the year preceding. Dr. Davis gave a very in telligent and interesting account of the Society's object, its success, and its prospects. The state- Iment appeared to give general satisfaction, and was much applauded. The evening was spent in true conviviality, and the company did not se parate until a late hour. The following is the latest publi,shed :—Patients admitted from Ja nuary Ist, 1821, to January, Ist, 1822, 4,195 — Cured 3,243—Relieved 254—Discharged for irregularity, gone into the country, hospitals, &c. 51—Dead 78—Remaining under cure 569 Total 4,195. INFIRMARY FOR ASTIIMA AND CONSUMPTION, &c.—Yesterday evening the Anniversary Festival of this Institution was held at the London Ta vern, Bishopsgate-street, and was very respectably attended. The LORD MAYOR, in the Chair, sup ported by Mr. Sheriff Garratt, Mr. Alderman Ileygate, Rev. Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise, Bart. &c. The Infirmary is extended for the recep tion of poor persons afflicted with asthma, con sumption, and other diseases of the lungs. From the opening of the Infirmary, in March, 1814, to the 31st of Deceinber,•lB2l, there has been ad mitted 4818 out-patients, and 171 in-patients.— In the course of the evening Messrs. Collyer, Broadhurst, and Philips, sung several excellent songs and glees, &c. and several appropriate and effective speeches were delivered in support of the Institution. The contribntions were liberal, and the company did not separate until a late hour. AGRICULTURAL MEETING. Sir JOHN MAXWELL, of Pollok, whose valuable estate in the vicinity of Glasgow is occupied by a most respectable class of tenants, lately sent letters to each of them, stating, that in conse quenqe of the depressed state of agriculture, he had now determined to allow abatements, at the rate of ten per cent. on their rents, for the last and current years, upon their shewing that they had led manure to their farms (without counting the cost of cartage) of the value of the proposed abatements. And,! as a further stimulus to that spirit of improvement which Sir JOHN stated he had the happiness to observe has generally pre vailed among his tenants, he thought it expe. dient, and took the liberty of proposing, a com petition and distribution of premiums among them, as follows : tst. To the tenant who should be declared to have his farm in the best general state of cultivation and manage ment, 401. 2d. To the tenant whose farm was in the second best state of cultivation and management, 2QI. Stl. Fur the best cleaned and neatest lot of summer fallow, of not less than six acres, 101. 4th. For the best crop, the best cleaned, and the neatest dressed lot of drilled potatoes, of not less than six acres, 101. sth. For the best crop, the best cleaned, and neatest dressed lot of turnips, of not less than four acres, 101. 6th. For the best crop of wheat, not being less than ten acres, 101. _ _ 7th. For the best crop of hay, not being less than ten acres, 101. sth. For the best lot of pasture grass, not being less than ten acres, 101. The competition to be continued for two years at the least. And having invited them to dine with him, on Friday last, in the Town's Hall of Pollokshaws, to talk over the proposed competition, 50 tenants of this patriotic agriculturist sat down to dinner; Sir J 01IN MAXWELL in the Chair, and Mr. WIL SON, his agent, Croupier. The proposal, and Sir JoHN's address to the Meeting, were received with the most lively sa tisfaction ; and, after spending the evening with the greatest conviviality, the company separated at the latest hour, all highly gratified at having met upon an occasion which is evidently calcu lated to produce reciprocal benefits to the pro prietor and tenants. Let absentee landlords in this and the sister kingdom follow the example of the worthy Baronet. (Glasgow Courier, March 5.) THEATRICAL LETTER. My Dear Country Girl,' Your Friend The Soldier's Daughter,' instead of learning 'The Way to Keep Him,' consented to a ' Clandestine Mar riage' with ' The Strolling Gentleman ; but no sooner was 'The Honey Moon' over, than her Suspicious Husband,' who knew how to Rule a Wife and Have a Wife,' kicked up The Devil to Pay,' turned out The Hypocrite,' became "The Inconstant,' excited 4 The Wonder' of The Merry Wives of Windsor;' and only "Three Weeks after NI arriage' reversed The Wheel of Fortune,' while his 4 Jealous Wife' informed her Distressed Mother,' and the Poor Soldier,' her father, who received 4 The Fair Penitent' with open arms, ob. serving 4 All's Well that End's Well.' Rosina,' then, as you are Of Age To-morrow,' beware of "The Road to Ruin,' still shelter 4 The Stranger' fro m The Tempest,' but shun "The Recruiting Officer,' and in 4 A Bold Stroke for a Husband' do not act The Romp ;' be careful of dealing with The Liar' or ' The Rake;' consult your Duenna,' and when assailed by ' Lover's Vows,' ask Is He Jealous' before you appoint the Wedding Day.'— Remember me to The Quaker,' and give my love to The Maid of the Mill;' tell her I am no longer The Gamester,' that I have done with The Three and the Deuce ;' I have learned ' A New Way to Pay Old Debts,' and to give ' Mea sure for Measure ;' that I am now " The Prisoner at Large,' have had much of Fortune's Frolics,' sowed my Wild Oats;' and that soon I shall come through The 'l l llrnpike Gate,' take possession of ' The Woodman's Hut,' enjoy Lore in a Village,' and be as happy as' Alexander the Great.' ROBIN ROUGH HEAD. LAW. INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, MARCH 7. The LORD CHANCELLOR this morning delivered his judg, went in the matter of Howard and Gibbs, bankrupts. His Lordship declared that the present choice of assignees could not stand, and that there must be a new election,lthereby con firming the judgment of his Honour the Vice-Chancellor. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, MARCH 7. LIBEL. DE BASTOS AND DE SILVAS V. ITOOFSTETTER. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs to recover da_ wages for a libel, affecting their character as wine -merchants. Sergeant LENS stated the case. The plaintiffs, he said, were respectable Portuguese merchants in the city, and the defendant had beeu for some time in their employment, as a traveller, to take orders in various parts of the country. He some time since entered into the service of another house, and for the purpo se o f p rocur i ng t h e customers of the plain tiffs to deal with his new employers, wrote a circular, con taining a libel of a very treacherous and malignant nature, It Was as follows : London, 20th August, 1821. DEAR beg leave to inform you, that in consequence of the repeated dishonourable and disrespectful conduct on the part of the Portuguese clerk, (who acts in this city for Messrs. de Bastos and Co., who reside in Lisbon), and the in different qualities of their wiues, by which I am continually perplexed, I have determined to separate myself from such an improper connexion, and have joined one of the oldest and most respectable and independent houses in Oporto, and in this city (not Portuguese), on whose honour and probity I can place the fullest reliance, to execute of the best quality of wines, the orders with which I may have the pleasure to he favoured by you on my next journey; for which purpose I shall leave home in a few days, and do myself the honour to wait upon you to crave your kind commands. As a very unhandsome occurrence has taken place at Bris lel, with one of my oldest friends (Mr. William Cross) and Bastos, by which he is likely to suffer a severe loss, I have to request of you not to accept any bills, drawn by Bastos and Co., or by Richard Lambert and Son, of Bristol, for the wines which were lately landed at Plymouth, until I have \ the plea sure to you, or you are p e rf ec tly conv i nced that`the qua lity is such as will indemnify you for your acceptance. I remain respectfully, dear Sir, Your obedient, faithful, humble servant, To Richard Nichol son , E sq . PIymouthALEXANDER HoOFSTE TTER .. George Masters, ,clerk to the plaintiffs, who have an esia hlishinent in the city, and at Lisbon and Oporto, proved the writing of the defendant at the bottom of the circular. De fendant was discharged from the service of Messrs. De Bas tos on the 28th of May last. Mr. R. Nicholson, a wine merchant, stated, that he had re ceived the circular, given in evidence, by the post. Mr. Kennaway, a wine merchant, resident at Exeter, de posed that he hail received one of the cireulars. Mr. Harry, a wine merchant, residing at Newport, in Mon mouthshire, and Mr. Fowler, a wine mer c h an t, stated, that circulars, like that which had been read, had -been received by them. 'No defence was set up on the part of the defendant. The Cur Er-JUSTICE said, that he hardly knew what to state to the Jury in this case, where no one was called to prove the condition of the defendant, and no defence offered. The li bel was certainly of a deep character ; but it was for them to say what damages could be given in the dark against a man who perhaps was no higher than a clerk. Mr. Fowler was called up again by the Jury, who asked, whether he had abstained from dealing with the plaintiffs in consequence of receiving the circular ? Mr. Fowler said he had discontinued dealing with the plain tiffs, but it was in consequence of receiving bad wines, and on account of other circumstances totally independent of the cir. cular. Verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages 40s. DURHAM ASSIZES-Jim 28. Peter Hutchinson «•as indicted on a charge of administer• iug a certain liquid to Eliaa4eth Smorthwaite to procure her miscarriage. Mr. CATMAN opened the case for the prosecution. The evidence, he observed, would be of a peculiar nature, from the circumstance of the unfortunate woman being dead to whom the liquid had been administered. He would produce her dying declaration, together with the confirmatory testi mony of living witnesses. Mr. JUSTICE BAYLEY obserred, that in a case tried very lately in the Court of King's Bench it was decided that dying declarations were only admissible in cases of murder. Ms. J. Green, surgeon, examined the body of the deceased, and found she was four months gone in pregnancy. Her stomach appeared very dark c.loured, and inflammation ex isted to a great extent, almost to mortification. It wat im possible to say what could hare produced this appearance. Four witnesses were then called, who gave the prisoner an excellent character. His Lodrdship recapitulated the evidence, and the Jury re turned a verdict of Not Guilty, SmearNo.—Janice Bell was indicted, under Lord Ellenbu rough's Act, for cutting and maiming James Cairns. MaryThompson.—The prisoner went down the waggon-a - ay to see me home. We went past my father's house, and then turned to seek George Grey. Bell said, that as he was a stranger, if I would go with him to seek Grey to shew him his road, they would set me home. We met Cairns and his par ty; we passed them on the right side, and Madison turned to Surtees and said, " That's Mary Thompson ;" and Surtees cried, " That was the that was with her." He then " Here's at you, you —;" and with that struck Bell on the head or neck. Bell hit his foot on the waggon-way and fell : he got up, went to the other side, and was struck by Cairns, and then I rat: away. His Lordship summed' up the evidence, and observed, that the chief point to decide was, whether Cairns, or any of his p-irty, had struck Bell first ; for if they had, -and death bad ensued, the crime would in that case be manslaughter only ; is they had not, it was a capital offence. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty—Death. RAPE.—Henry Anderson was arraigned on a charge of committing a rape on Sarah Armstrong. The prisoner was found Guilty, when Mr. Justice BATLEY passed sentence of Death upon him. The prosecutrix was a very interesting looking young woman, and conducted her self while in Court with the greatest propriety. It is said that Anderson is to be executed on the 14th instant. RIGHT OF ADMISSION —.During. this trial a bailiff was heard vociferating very loudly, " Come along, sir." The Judge in quired what was the matter, and the officer said a man had broken the door in endeavouring to get in. His Lordship inquired—" Were you trying to extort mo ney from him ?" Officer—" No, my Lord." Judge—" Then why did you not let him come in ?" Officer—" I t o ld hi m there was no room, my Lord. " Judge—" The n y ou t o ld hi m wrong, for there is room. If I knew you were endeavouring to extort money at the door, I would punish you. Every man has a right to come into Court as long as there is room."—(Great applause.]—" It is very improper to express either approbation or disapproba• tion in a Court of Justice at any thing that may be said ; and if I knew who did so, I would fine him." The frequenters of St. James's Park have for some days past been attracted by an ingenious machine, which raises a very long ladder with out any support at the top, on which a man mounts and stands, whilst he saws oil the de cayed branches of the lofty trees. EDINBURGH, MARCH I.—On Saturday a very appropriate and energetic discourse, from James 27, was preached on board the Leith floating chapel, by the Rev. Mr. HARPER. Upwards of 201. were afterwards collected for the benefit of the widows and families of two seamen who were lately lost on the voyage between London and Leith. BIRTH. On 'Wednesday, Mrs. Morgan, Savage-gardens, of a son. RRIE D. Yesterday, the 7th inst., at St. Mary's, Newington, Mr. W. Fisher, eldest son of N. Fisher, Esq., Bermondsey, to Miss Rachel Sloane, only daughter to John Sloane, Esq., of Newing ton, Surrey. DIED. On the 2d inst., Mr. Josiah Stevens, of Horfield-court Farit, Gloucestershire, in the 39th year of his age. On the sth inst., at Cheshunt, in Hertfordshire, after a short illness, Elizabeth, daughter of the late Stephen Cattley, Esq., of Camberwell, in the 17th year of her age. On Tuesday last, at her residence, Richmond Rill, Surrey, Jane Theresa Delafosse, relict of the Rev. Robert Mark Deli. fosse, LL.B., in the 65th year of her age. Printed and Published, for the PRoPmEToits, at the SIN. OrFICE, 112, Strand, by J. B. CAJitiITAIIM