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TIIE LONDON JOUR GALS. EXTRACTS ritog kiLY 3.IOnNING PAPERS, July 12, 1822. • [MOP.NING CHRONICLE.] The Greeks have taken a Turkish corvette and brig of war, and three transports laden with slaves : and - the — treasures of Scio of M et y lene, 4:vhich have been sent to the Morea. On the sth May the Capitan Paella was still with his fleet in the Channel off Scio, and the Greek fleet were in sight preparing for attack, having Con greve rockets on board, from which they expect ed great advantages. The Egyptian fleet, con sisting of 40 vessels, set sail on the•c2c2d May for Candle. Si of these vessels (merchantmen) were under British colours, laden With stores and horses for the expedition. The Capitan Paella had sent to Court 100 Virgins and 100 youths to be distributed as presents among the Grandees of the Divan. There is no doubt of the taking of Napoli de Romania. ao. There is to us something unaccountable in the apathy with which a people pretending to be Christian, and hitherto supposed to be humane, view what is now taking place in Greece. - If any one had two or three years ago hinted at the possibility of a British Ministry affording aid to the most odious monsters that ever disgraced the human form, in a project to exterminate a noble nation gallantly struggling for their ndependence, whiie the people looked on with indifference, even after such heart-rending scenes as those of Scio—lf, we. say, any one had hint ed, however distantly, at the possibility of this„, a loud yoke of indignation from every quarter would 'have instantly silenced him. But who shalt be able to blot out from the page of history the record of a reality which far outruns all that malice could by anticipation have imputed to us? No generous voice has boen heard to deprecate the oppression of the Greeks in the British Senate, while, as if to resider the deficiency the more glaring, its eloquence was never so much engrossed by the praise of our own philanthropy,. and invectives.tgaiustour neighbours for the want of it.—(ibid.) [Ntlir TIMES.] The French 'Ministry appear to b© acting with a most injudicious degree of hesitation in the case of the traitor Berton. Instead of bringing him to trial as a rebel at once, they have sent him before the tribunal of Poitiers, the members of which many of them, revolutionists, will probably suggest some technical objection against punishing him at all. Meanwhile chances are afforded for his escape ; and these, we may be assured, will be eagerly laid hold of by the Liberals. A scheme of this kind was lately adopted at Poitiers. A house was set on fire, in the hope of drawing off the attention of the sol diers, and thus finding means to snatch him from destruction. The Commandant, however, was too wary to fail into this trap: he kept the soldiers in their quarters, and thus the scheme failed.-1 M. de Corbiere, the Minister of the Interior, ap-i pears to mov ,, in this business with a degree of indecision, which is not very favourable to the Royal cause, The Fri nch people naturally rea son thus : if you dare not punish treason, you !rust doubt the validity of your own power. Either Berton is a rebel, deserving instant and ocemplary punishment ; or the Government against which he conspired rests on a weak and unsteady foundati,-n. [THE TINES.] The accounts of the British Consulates through out Europe and America have been laid before the House of Commons. The most striking cir cumstance in our whole consular system seems to be, that the :charges made at the several ports, or, iu other words, the extra taxes imposed upon British commerce, for the profit and gratification of the Consuls, are in most casts (for " aught up pears) levied by the will, and apportioned by the consciences, of these officers, without any specific superintendence or controul from the Le gislature of this country, or even from the _Minister who appointed them. With the exception,we be lieve, of th ePo rtuguese dominions and Leghorn, our Consuls at foreign ports have raised what contri butions they thought fit : hut if we may judge from the fair, legal, and authorized pickings of these gentlemen, what their emoluments have been, and are likely to continue, where they have no limit except their own conscientious for bearance, it is probable that, if put up to auction, the patronage of the Foreign Secretary in the single article of foreign consulship might be worth the attention of his Lordship's financial brethren among the Ways and Means of the year. The Consul-General in the Brahil3 has pocketed within six years 57,5671., of which he owns to 43,500/., as clear profits made out of the mer chants of Great Britain. The Consul ut the single port of Bahia has made in the same pe riod above 14,0001. The total receipts by our Consuls in the Brazils only, from 1815 to 1820, both inclusive, were 90,274/. 13s. 4d., or an average of above 15,0001. per annum. The state of our Consulates throughout France and Italy demands considerable purification. [MOlttil NO PO3T.] Private letters from Constantinople state, that the execution and sale of Greeks continue in that capital. All the European Ambassadors bad re tired to their country seats, as the Feast of Ra madan had begun, and all business would be sus pended for several weeks. Several tessels had, previously sailed to ieinforce the Capitan Pacha, v. , ifo sill remained at Scio, and whose fleets bad severely buffered in its crews, from an epidemic disorder which had broken out amongst them. The thousands of dead bodies unburied on the shore, or floating on the sea, had created a kind of pestilence, and the slain were thus taking vengeance on their murderers,—The French Pa'pers contain no additional details of the late conspiracy at Colmar, although there are ac counts from that city, announcing that the Court of Assize had opened its Sittings on the Bth inst. for the trial of the individuals concerned in the plot of Be'fort, which broke out on 60 Ist of last January. The ConstituConnel states, that all the artillery of the ' 6 Army of the Loire," which . had been deposited in the arsenals of Rochefort and la Rochelle, had been sent in waggons to the Sanitary cordon on the Spanish frontier. Baron de Rothschild left Paris on the 7th inst. for St. Petersburgh, in consequence of the intention again expressed by the Emperor Alexander to raise a considerable loan. The departure of this great capitalist, and the pur pose for which he was hastening to the Russian capital, once more revived the expectations of a war between Russia and Turkey. The King of Sweden has issued a Decree, allowing his subjects to trade freely with the South American States, and lowering the Custom duties on their merchandise and produce.—The French Chamber of Depu ties did not take up the discussion of the Budget for IS'2 on Monday, as it had been anticipated, but continued that on the new project of law for forming new canals in France. [Barran Pans.] New York and Philadelphia Papers to the 16th last have been received. Au Act has passed Congress, the first section of which authorises the President, " on satisfactory evidence being given, that the ports in the Islands or Colonies in the West Indies, un- ' der the. dominion of Great Britain, have been opened to the vessels of the United States, to issue his Proclamation, declaring that the reports of the United States shall there after be open to the vessels of Great Britain, subject to such reciprocal rules and restric tions as the President may deem expedient." The second section authorises the President, in the event of the commercial treaty with France being concluded, to rescind the tonnage duties at present in force. The above Act to continue in force to the end of the next Session of Congress.— The intelligence from South America is as favour able as the friends of liberty could wish. [MO lINING lIERALD.3 In the debate on Wednesday night on Mr Western's Resolutions, Lord Milton made a re. markablo observation, and that was, that if the Ministers at a certain period had taken off taxes to the amount of ten millions, it would have effected the salvation of many who are now in a state of ruin. The Noble Lord expressed his hope that the example of the freeholders of [the county of Kent, in petitioning for a reduc tion of the interest of the National Debt, would not be followed by other counties, but insi nuated at the same time that some imitations were by no means improbable. Now, how it is possible to reduce the taxation of the country in so large a sum as ten millions, without at the same time reducing, and that very considerably, the interest of the National Debt, we are totally at a loss to conceive. Were Lord Milton First Lord of the Treasury, we think that he would have a very difficult task to do the one thing without simultaneously doing the other. We have often before said, that the grand item in the annual expenditure of the country is the in terest of 32 millions on the debt. This item it is which causes about two-thirds of the taxation of the country. The expenditure of the Army, the Navy, the Crown, Stc. is trivial in compari son ; being only about eighteen millions per annum, or little more than one half of the other, or about one third of the whole expenditure, and of the taxation required to meet that expen diture. According to the Noble Lord's propo sition he would bring down the taxation re quired to pay the Crown, the Army, Sze. full one half. What would be the consequence under such circumstances to the Army and Navy, to whom, while Buonaparte was in his glory, and threatening us with invasion, thanks for beating him and his Generals were regularly voted ' ? What, we ask, would be the consequence, if one half of that meritorious Army and Navy were turned off, without a farthing in their pockets, and who have been, for the greater part of their lives ) accustomed to do no other than Military and Naval duty ; and who are therefore comparatively incapable of applying themselves to other employments, by which they might earn their bread ? If the Noble Lord was either a Naval or a Military Officer, and bad been all his life, or the greater part of his life in the service, and incapable of any other employment, we ask, how the Noble Lord would, under such circumstances, like to be turned off at a mbment's notice, without any provision for his future maintenance ? Our opi nion is, that the Government and the Nation were much too quick in their disbanding of the Army and Navy ; that it ought to have been done gradually ; and that in order to pay them in the meantime, the property tax of ten per cent. should have been continued. The cause of the present situation of the country is, that Lord Milton's ancestors, and the rich forefathers of other Noble Lords and Commoners, did not pay for their wars as they went on ; which wars, they say, saved their estates. No, instead of discharg ing, at the time, the debts brought on by those wars, They obtained money at an exorbitant rate from the usurers of those days. The celebrated Captain Rock, known by the name of Walter Fitzmwzrice, has surrendered himself to Captain Gerald Blennerhassett, of I Riddlestown, in this County.—( Limerick News.) I ALAarIINa FthE.—About two o'clock yester- I day morning a fire broke out at a cheesemonger's in Charles-street, St. George's in the East. The flames were very extensive in the lower part of the house when the fire was first discovered, and great difficulty prevailing before the inmates could be awoke, and made sensible of their perilous situation, it was feared they would be ' come a prey to the devastating element. They were, however, at length roused, and, nearly suffocated by the smoke, effected their escape out of the windows in a state of nudity. The fire raged with such fury that although there was a Plentiful supply of water and several engines on the spot, the house was nearly 'completely gutted, and almost the whole of the stock in trade and furniture were destroyed before it could be got under. THE ARMY. NEW REGULATIONS. ( Continued from Tuz Sus of Tuesday .ast. ) STAFF OF GARRISONS. Governors. Daze.—Coat, scarlet, with blue lappels, cuffs and collar ; gold epaulettes; gilt buttons, with a erown.embossed ; and, where there is a garrison device, the same to be also embossed. The buttons to be placed in the same manner as prescribed in the Uniform of a Lieutenant-General; Hat, cocked, plain, black button and plain silk-loop ; Breeches, white, with long boots, or Pantaloons, with Hessian boots; Sword and Scabbard, (as prescribed for General and Staff Officers) ; Belt, to he worn under the coat. FULL DRES9.—Coat, us in the Dress Uniform ; Breeches, white kerseymere ; Stockings, silk ; Shoes ; Bucides, gilt ; Sword and Hat, as in the Dress Uniform. UNDuEss.—Pantaloons or Overalls, blue ; in other respects as in the Dress Uniform. Lieutenant-Governors. The Dress, Full Dress, and Undress, as prescribed for Go vernors, except that the Buttons are to be placed in the same manner as in the Uniform of a Major-General. Fort or Town-Major. • THE DRESS, FULL DRESS, AND UNDRESS—To be pre cisely the same as that prescribed for Majors of Brigade of In fantry, except as far as regards the Epaulette Sword, and Belt. The strap of the former is to be of plain silver, without any device.—The Sword and Sword Knot the same as are pre scribed for Officers of Infantry Regiments, and to be suspended by a belt worn over the shoulder.--The Plate for the Belt to be silver, and where there is a garrison badge, the device to be worn with the words "Garrison Staff" round it. Fort or Town-Adjutant. The same as above prescribed for Town-Major, except as far as regards the Hat ; the sides of the front of the Hat are to be without ribands, end the Loop is to be of narrow silver lace. Provost-Marshal. Coat, Scarlet, single-breasted, gold epaulette on the right shoulder, the strap to be of plain gold, without any device, gilt buttons; Cap, the same as prescribed for Officers of In fantry.; Overalls, blue ; Sword and Scabbard as prescribed for Officers of fnlantry ; to be suspended by a belt over the shoulder, with a gilt plate. ME M 0 RAN t u M.—General and Staff Officers have the option of appearing at his Majesty's Levees in Hessian-Boots and White Kerseyracre Pantaloons. When they do so, they are to wear their Sashes.—At his Majesty's Drawing-rooms, they are to appear in Shoes and Stockings. CIVIL DEPARTMENTS. Hospital Staff. Coat, deep blue, with scarlet collar and cuffs ; Buttons, gilt, with the Crown, Star, the letters G. R., and the words Hospital Staff raised thereon; Hat, cpcked, plain, black button, and black silk loop ; Breeches, white, and long boots, or Panta loons, white, with Hessian boots (Dress); Breeches, white, with silk stockings, shoes and gilt buckles (Full Dress); Overalls, blue (Undress) ; Sword and Knot (the same as esta blished for the Officers of Infantry, the Belt to be worn under the coat); Cravat or Stock, black. silk ; Gloves, white leather ; Great Coat, blue. The following are the Distinctions in the Uniform of the Officers of the Hospital Staff; viz. Inspector.—Blue coat, double-breasted; lappels of the same colour ; scarlet collar and cuffs ; slashed sleeves and skirts ; with three gold embroidered loops on the collar, three on each cuff, and three plain on each sleeve. Deputy-lnspector.—Blue coat, double .breasted ; lappels of the same colour ; scarlet collar and cuffs ; slashed-sleeves and skirts ; with two embroidered loops on the collar, two on each cutf, and two plain on each sleeve. Physician.—Blue coat, single-breasted; scarlet collar and cuffs ; slashed sleeves and skirts ; one embroidered loop on the collar, one on each cuff, and two plain on each sleeve. Surgeon.--Bide coat, single-breasted; scarlet collar and cuffs; slashed sleeves and skirts ; one e obroidered loop on the cellar, one on each cuff, and two plain on each sleeve. Apothecary.—Blue coat, single-breasted ; scarlet collar and cut.;; slashed sleeves and skirts ; one button on the collar, one on each cuff, and one on each sleeve. Assio - !ant Stqff-Sitrgeon and Hospital Assistant.—Blue coat, with scarlet collar, single-breasted ; slashed sleeves and skirts ; one button on the collar, and two on each sleeve. Purveyor.--To weir the uniform of a Physician, with the exception of plated buttons, instead of gilt. Deputy Purreyor.—To wear the uniform of an Apothecary, with the exception of plated buttons, Instead of gilt. Commissariat and Paymasters-General. Coat, deep blue, with lappels - of the same colour, except ' those of the Assistants and Deputy -Assistants, which are to be single-breasted, the cull's and patch on the collar of black vel vet, white lining, with slashed sleeves and skirts ; Buttons, gilt, with the Crown and Star, and the words Commissariat • Stair, or Paymaster-General's Staff, raised thereon ; the But tons of the Commissary and Paymaster-General to be placed. at equal distances, of the Deputies by threes, of the Assistants by twos, cf the eputy-Assistants, two and one, one on the cuff; Hat, cocked, plain, with uniform button, goldi lace loop, and bullion tassels ; Pantaloons, white, with Hessian Boots, or Breeches, white, with long boots (dress) ; Breeches, white, with silk stocking, shoes and gilt buckles (full dress), Overallsel blue (undress) ; Sword and Knot, (the same as established for ' Officers of Infantry, the Belt to be worn under the coat) ; Cra vat or Stock, black silk ; Gloves, white leather ; Great Coat, blue. Judge-Advocate. Coat, scarlet, plain, blue facings; Buttons, gilt, flat, with the Crown, and letters G. R., cf the same pattern as fixed for the Staff of Recraiting Districts ; Hat, cocked, plain, black button, and black silk loop ; Breeches, white, with long boots, or Pantaloons, white, with Hessian hoots (dress) ; Breeches, white, with silk stockings, shoes and gilt buckles (fall dress); Overalls, blue (undress) ; Sword and Knot, (the same as esta blished for the Officers of Infantry, the belt to be worn under the coat) ; Cravat or Stock, black silk; Gloves, white leather; Great Coat, blue. illEmonaNU3l.—Thc.. Officers of the Civil Departments, attached to the Army, are not entitled to wear Epaulettes, Sashes, - or Feathers. Yesterday (Monday, Bth instant), the first division of the 2d, or Queen's royal regiment of foot, commanded by Lieut.- Colonel Jordan, arrived here on their way to Ireland. The second division is expected this morning.—( Liverpool Advertiser.) One company of the lsth regiment of foot hat receivedonlers to march frori Chepatow to this town, and will arrive here on the 26th instant.—( Wolverhampton Chronicle.) iIATAILTON, JULY B.—To-morrow the detachment of the 4th Dragoon Guards stationed at our barracks take their route for Ireland, and are to be replaced by the Scots Greys. During the period of nine months which tnis corps did duty. here, tee utmost cordiality existed between the individuals of this distinguished regiment and the inhabitants, and we feel it not only our duty,' bat it is with peculiar pleasure we can bear testimony to their regular and uniform good conduct —The Officers, by their gentlemanly demeanour, leave this neighbour hood with sentiments of esteem by all who had the pleasure ()fel their acquaintance, -andevith-regret at their departure. CameeseE, JULY 6.—The Scots Greys have been passing 1 through this city, in divisions, during the last week, for Scot- land, to replace the 4th Dragoon Guards, who go to Ireland.— ; The Greys, as Buonapai:te said with reason at Waterloo, are superb troops. By the breaking down of the baggage cart be tween this city and Penrith, on Tuesday, the wife of one of the Scots Greys was so much hurt that she died on Thursday morning. Other persons on the cart were also Injured, par. titularly two boysebut not dangerously. DUBLIN, JULY 9.—The Barrack Board in Scotland is dis continued from the 24th ult. The management of the whole Barrack Department, for the general service of the army, is to be vested in the Board of Ordnance; and the Store branch of the Commissariat Department is also to be placed under the same management. —On Friday and Saturday, two troops of the 6th Carbineers, under Major Carmichael, arrived in Lime. rick from the county of Kerry, to do duty in that garrison.— The 40th Regiment have marched from i3utteyant, to replace the 11th at Ferrnoy.—The 11th Regiment of Foot have moved from Fernaoy to Naas. DARING ROBBERY AT BatrroN.—Yesterday morning the country-house of Mr. HAWLEY (the jeweller of the Strand), at Brixton, was robbed by two hopeful young thieves, ene of whom re mained on the watch, whilst the other climbed in at the parlour window, and stole a valuable clock off the mantle-piece. Unfortunately for the plunderers, a constable who knew them well vas passing at the moment, and secured them both with the property in their possession; he I conveyed them 1..0 Union Hall. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 11. HABEAS CORPUS. In the matter of DALE and HARDY, Bankrupts. As soon as his LORDSHIP took his Chair, Mr. CuLLEN stated that there were prisoners in Court, and begged that their cases might be permitted to be brought immediately under con sideration. His LoansnrP said he had no option as to that ; their cases, of course, admitted of no delay; and desired that the returns of the writs might be read. John Dale was then called in before the Bar, and it appeared i that be had been brought into the Court, by a writ of Habeas Corpus, from the New Bailey Prison, in Salford, Lancashire, accompanied by the gaoler and other officers, to which place he, with his son, had been committed under a warrant of the mmissioners of Bankrupts, sitting on the bankruptcy of Dale and Hardy. • • It was stated that John Dale had at one time carried on busi ness on his own account; afterwards he took Hardy into part nership for the term of seven years, at which time his property amounted to 4,4501. ; and at the expiration of seven years he retired, and allowed his son to enter into the concern in his place, letting all his money and interest remain for the benefit of his son, secured by a power of attorney. It afterwards turn ed out that young Dale and Hardy became bankrupts, and Dale the elder went In by virtue of his power of attorney, and swept away all the property, books, &c. and he was therefore sum moned to appear before the Commissioners, and ordered to pro duce the books ; but he failed to appear, consequently a warrant was issued to bring him before them; and when he was there, and questioned as to why he did not produce the books, he said he would inform them of the contents of the books from me mory : That the monies owing to the concern were about 13 or 14,0001. ; that he could not recollect what it owed, but that he never would produce the books to be examined, as he meant to hand them down to posterity, at all events not until the bank ruptcy was established by ahigher tribunal, as he did not consi der it actually an act of bankruptcy, and therefore the Com missioners committed him ; which the Learned Counsel strongly objected to on two grounds ; namely, that the Commissioners had no right to commit a man who was summoned before them merely as a witness, and not one of the bankrupts ' • that they could not compel him to deliver up any books, at least could not commit him for refusing to do so; and secondly, he con.. tended that the commitment ought to be set aside, because the Commissioners had not set forth all the questions and answers which they alleged to have been put to him , and which he an swered, as they say, unsatisfactorily, so that the Court might be enabled to decide whether they had judged rightly in saying that his answers were unsatisfactory. Mr. RosE was on the same side. Mr. AGAR appeared to oppose the discharge of the prisoner, and said, that the case had been stated to be a novel one ' • and he contended that it was so, merely because no man had ever hitherto been so hold as to take possession of a bankrupt's estate in such a manner, and presume to enter either a Court of Equity or Law with a view to justify such an act ; and the Learned Gentleman argued at great length in justification of what the Commissioners had done. Mr. PARKE and another Counsel were on the same side. His LoaDSHIP said, that if he were called upon to give his opinion at present, he would say what had been done was right, and that the prisoner ought to be remanded ; but as the case was new, and lest he should be considered rash in his deci sion, he would look through the papers and authorities by Sa turday morning; and as it bordered on decisions which had been come to in the King's Bench, and affected them very ma terially, he would consult with the Judges respecting it, and in the mean time remand the prisoner till Saturday. He was then removed from before the bar, and his son, James Dale, placed where he had stood. The return of his writ wss also read, and the commitment charged him with giving Unsatisfactory answers to the Com missioners sitting on his. bankruptcy. But his father's case •having occupied so much time (from ten till half-past three), his case could not be got through with ; therefore his Lordship remanded them both till Saturday morning, when he said he should sit at half-past nine. A paper was exhibited in the Court to announce, that his Lordship's latest sitting will be till Tuesday the 20th of Aug. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JuLY 11. COST Q. WILLAN. This was an action by Mr. Cort against Mr. Willan, who is the proprietor of the Bull and Mouth Inn, and very extensively concerned in public conveyances throughout the kingdom, for expressions reflecting on his character. The SOLICITOR-GENEILAL stated, that the plaintiff had been for three years 4 previous to the offensive language, a clerk in the employ of the defendant, in which situation he had con ducted himself with integrity and honour. He was also Secre. tart , to the Committee of London carriers, and was about to make a highly advantageous arrangement with Messrs. Brown and Wallington, fot the conveyance of specie from Manchester to London. One day in November in the last year, Mr. Wil. lan, without provocation, ordered him to quit his service, and charged him with having embezzled money which he had re. ceived for him in Smithfield. In consequence of this impu tation, Messrs. Brown and Wallington, though convinced of its falsehood, felt that they should not be justified in permit ting him to exercise a great public trust, and he was compelled to seek from the verdict of a Jury the complete vindication of his good fame. Mr. French, clerk of Mr. Willan, proved that the defendant came, apparently irritated, to the office on the day in question, and charged the plaintiff with embezzling money. But it ap peared from the testimony of the witness, that Mr. Willan, now m his seventy.seventh year, after a life of a very active exer tion, had suffered that decay in his faculties which might be expected from his protracted exertions; that those about him knew that he was sometimes afflicted with misconceptions which it was hard to dissipate ; and that there was no malice exhibited in his general conduct to the plaintiff. On the con. trary, he had, by his influence as Chairman of the Committee of London Carriers, procured him the situation of secretary. The witness was qnite sure there was nothing in the con. duct of the plaintiff' on which a charge of dishonesty could be grounded. Mr. SCARLET T, who appeared for the defendant, rose and begged to state that there was not the smallest ground for the charge conveyed in the expressions, nor the least imputation on the plaintiff's character. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE suggested the propriety of not proceeding further in a cause, the real end of which was attain. ed by the avowal now made on the part of the defendant. After some discussion between the Counsel, this sugges tion was acceded to, and a juror withdrawn, on the distinct understanding that there was no suspicion resting on Mr. Cort, and on payment of costs by the defendant, as between attorney and client. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, JULY 11. Sittbigi in London before the CuiEr JUSTICE and a Com, mon Jury. SLA.VDED.-11ALLIWELL V. LODGE. Mr. Sajeallt BOSAN'QUET stated, •that this was an action brought against the defendant, for having spoken slanderous words of the plaintiff. The object of the latter was not to ob. tain damages, but to clear his character from the unjust impu tations which had been cast upon it by the defendant. Offers had been made from the very first on the part of the plaintiff to stop all proceeding, en condition that the aspersions should be retracted as publicly as they had been spoken ; but to these offers the defendant had never thought fit to accede. The or.ly plea put on the record was the general issue, and the Clcf , :ndant had not therefore availed himself of the opportunity justifica tion whidi had been offered him. Theplaintit?, however, evennow, was to deal with him as indulgently as possible, and therefore offered, in the roost libera.l manner, that if the de fendant would disavow, by his Counsel, the slanderous impu tations, he (the plaintiff) would be content to take a verdict for such sum only as should repay him, the expence of appealing to a Court of Justice. Lord Chief Justice DALLAS recommended the party to con sider of the offer thus liberally made. Mr. Serjeant VAUGHAN consulted far some time with his client, but at lenntla turned round, observing, " I am afraid you must go on. Mr. Servant BOSANQUET then proceeded to lay the case before the Jury. The plaintiff was an oil and colourman, re. siding at Whitechapel, and some time since had the misfortune to have his house burat, and the destruction was completed by the explosion of some gunpowder then on the premises. No. tice of the accident was immediately given to the office at which the plaintiff was insured, and, after die usual examination, the Company were perfectly satisfied that every thing had been fair and honourable on the part of the plaintiff, and accordingly withotit further hesitation, they , paid the amount of his insur. ance. With these facts the defendant was acquainted, and yet he had, from what motive it was impossible to say, openly as serted that the plaintiff had set fire to his own house. These words had not been used lightly or carelessly by the defendant; for, having been asked the reason of saying so, he replied, " I dealt with him till he robbed me, and I would rather deal with a Jew than a robber." But even then the plaintiff did not in. stitute legal proceedings ; he ordered his attorney to write to him,. offering him a meeting t to prove *hat he had asserted, or requiring him to retract his assertions. Both were refused ; and the present action was therefore instituted. Mr. Serjeant VAuouey here interrupted the Learned Gen tleman, and requested a few minutes to be allowed his client, to cons ult out of Court whether he would accept the plaintiff's offer. This Wai granted, and the defendant n4dOrdingly reti:ed with his attorney. On his return, Mr. Serjeant VAUGUAN again rose, and said, that the de fendant accepted the offer which had been made. He had in tended to defend himself on the ground of never having used the expressions imputed; and he now authorized his Counsel to disclaim them, in the most direct and positive manner. Lord Chief Justice DALLAS thought that the defendant had acted most discreetly in accepting the liberal offer of the plaintiff• A verdict for the plaintiff— Damages 40s. was then taken by consent. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DUBLIN, JULY 8. CRIM. CON. NOWLANV. LORD OLENTWORTS. This case came on this day before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury. It was an action brought by the plaintiff against Henry Perry, Lord Glentworth, to recover compensa tion in damages from the defendant, for criminal conversation with his (plaintiff's) wife. The damages were laid at 10,0001. The case for the plaintiff was stated by Sir H. Illzurnrrs. Several witnesses were examined, after which Mr. BLACK nun.NE addressed the Jury on the part of the defendant. Mr. NORTH, for the plaintiff; replied. In the course of the trial some letters were read, and givon in, in evidence. The CHIEF JUSTICE charged the Jury, who retired for about ten minutes, and returned with a verdict for the plaintiff —Damages 40s. and 6d. costs. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. TRIAL OF BENBOW. Yesterday William Benbozo was indicted for publishing cer' tain obscene libels ; the indictment contained 12 counts, ten of which contained extracts from a Magazine and Novel published by the defendant, and the other two described prints containee in those works. The prosecution was instituted by the Society for the Sup pression of Vice, and excited a high degree of interest s there were sixteen Magistrates on the Bench. Mr. ADOLPHUS stated the case for the prosecution. Hex said the prcsecution was instituted by the Society for the Sup pression of Vice against the defendant, not for one, but for S persevering publication of libels. In the beginning of the pre sent year the defendant, who had kept a large Shop in the Strand, removed to Castle-street, Leicester-square, where be commenced the publication of a periodical work called Tki Rambler's Magazine., which was calculated to do every thing to excite and inflame passion, and throw chastity into dtsgreeet passages from which formed some of the counts in the indict; talent. In the fourth number of the Magazine he announce" to his readers that he was about to publish a French nos - el, which was out of print, without curtailment, in two pocke t , volumes, at the low price of 6d. a number, and gave a specie" men of the work. This work, as they would feel when they heard the indictment read, contained passages most inflanurst tory to the passions of youth, and also contained obscene printa' To men of sense and morals it must be unnecessary to dwell 00 the guilt of such conduct. The defendant had opened a slesP to disseminate poison, and had no one but himself to blame for the consequences of his conduct. James Rignall purchased the several numbers of the M e zinc and novel produced to him, from the defendant. Th numbers were taken from large parcels that had the appeeran ce , of being the same. They were sold, some at 6d. and scree 3. 3d. each. bq Cross-examined by Mr. C. PII/LLlPs—lie was employed the Society for the Suppression of Vice. He frequently heel' t books to prove afterwards upon trials. He went to many sholgh wherever he was ordered, but never went to a circulatinA library, in Bond-street. Catalogues of some of the princir" circulating libraries were handed to the witn ess , but he st . dared he knew nothing of them. He was never sent to Murray's, to buy any book ; he had regular wages frour Society, and was not paid by convictions; he was three rail the employment, and had been 30 years in the Customs , did not know why he was discharged ; the Lords of the 1 : 1 `` : sury thought his case a hard one, and allowed him a pension . The indictment was here read, and the libels charged CO try pared with the passages in the books proved by the wint,essi, one of the libels was a song. The reading of the libels, Iv' occupied an hour, being ended, Mr, Charles PHILLIPS addressed the 'Turf for the defendan t , He began by observing that the defendant had received a 14 1 1 e,, ten notice from the Secretary, that his trial would not we - e a,, place till Friday, and at eight o'clock last night, he receiL o , notice that his trial must come on to-day, which left .his cate wholly unprepared, as he had only received hie brief morning. of Mr. ADOLPHUS examined Mr. Pritchard, the Seeretari te , the Society, for the purpose of chewing that Mr. Phillips's et a merit respecting the notice of trial for Friday was rncor h ut The witness confirmed Mr. Phillips's statement, and on ~f cross-examination said the Society had net given the defend am any admonition or notice of their intention before they . 1 , 11 cured. He also proved a printed Report of the proceeding the Society produced to him by Mr. Phillips. di Alr. PHILLIPS proceeded in his address. He said hill be was arm humble unprotected man, persecuted by a Social w es, had never yet been known, since their first institution, to Pri e secute a rich man. Had they read no libel from 1 4 :1; Libellers ? Had they heard of no gambling house ill n7i l e James's kept by a titled cheat ? With such persons f Vice Suppressors held too much sympathy to think c eo e prosecution, because the culprits were persons of their e a rank • but the man who published what they Pl. to call a libel was to be dragged from his family and we s signed to a dungeon for an hundredth part of the offence tha t o n overlooked in the titled and the rich. Their conduct was ne e culated to justify the satirist, who had said, " That laws le cobwebs easily broken by great offenders, and only kit 0t catch files." Under pretence of supeorting morality an d es ligion, the Vice Suppressors had dared to publish a lie, aura their hands—they had published to the world that they, son prosecuted for libel when admonition bad failed ; them, tarts had proved that they had prosecuted the defendan t he out any admonition. Mr. Adolphus had admitted than e ... publication of the novel was of long standing; it was trie , ;7l o ted into English in the year 1789, and was to be had at all o , great circulating libraries. Was it fair to take isolate".so sages of the work without the context, and clap them lasinit indictment ? Sidney had rightly said that the Bible in; e n be made a volume of blasphemy by such treateae n ol Every one who had .received a classical educadon read the story of Mars and Venus, represented prints ; every Archbishop and Bishop had read it the Suppressors of Vice themselves instructed their ren and the children of others Le it. If these stai rs , of , classic authors were not to be read, the whole sand al° education must be changed, and not a gem out te a or; mine of ancient learning that would not be trtunlle h otee by those two-legged asses. The song they had o f pre' in the indictment was truly ridiculous as a subjeel, ° v ote° secution. There were at that merncnt a haheav'e, „pres" on the music tables of the daughters of the Vice °` l ..,r 00P. - sors. The intention was every thing, aid unless l a h° posed the defendant was so in love wce s `n prosecution , a o es t e ,li c ten months imprisonment without being prosecitteue boo/ wished to provoke the Viceeeeeppressors, they could t edi t l oh suppose that he rahlishe,hi the hooks in question wlth „ c oo intention, knowing they were libellous. Without .a ',., 1 0 1 1 imagination, the works were harmless, and with ti Jvr"o3t any works v,;culd be so—not fl nov2l, out of which ool p ft ringlet not be picked by the Vii:e-Suppressors to inak e , ro 1 14# As fur the pictures, there was no one who had visited a r e tore galleries of the great, who had not seen many $e 00 1 ceptionable. They were to be seen at Carlton .bitio of Windsor, at the. Marquis of Stafforees, and at the es tu . ti eel su i ; at Somereet-house, which the most modest Indies pal r ots' mission to see. If the Society bed performed theirefee V i to the public, and admonished the defendant before ceeded to prosecute him, they mi e slit be entitled to s a to for their motives; but where the Christian volute, ee e ' t ot' give, they say persecute—where Christ says, "Letw . '"f be ir4 ; o without sin amongst you, cast the first-stone t's instead e „, abashed, they united their power to crush a poor ar o eta the Jury would be more just, and would not be ready $ an injured man to prison, and his family to ruin. theteey 'fjelt The CHAIRMAN' shortly charged the Jury, th a the sole judges in the case, and must judge whether might not explain the passage reach „ s eed " - The Jury retired for about ten minutes, and r.- -- diet of Net. 10;' On the 4th of June, at Rdenno, Louisa, rife of Blackith, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. , 0, On Thursday, the 11tH inst., at St. George Gorr square, Robert Houghton, Esq., of Conduit-street, 9 44 0t°' fourth daughter of the late George Darby, Esq., of _______ __ _ DIED. ' AO' On the 6th inst., at Croy - do - a, in the 33d Year o f her e Mary, wife of Mr. Thomas Weller. gtj Tloll° On Friday last, aged 44, Mrs. Gruntion , wife °I. " Grundon framer, of Chekt . ton near Cambridge' , , ,GT , • tbe 6111('. 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