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COURT OF KING'S ItiNellidaboatile, Junk rt.
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Tlllt 1100 r. witt.fsilet:iiiti.
On Ilia asottou of Mr. U. Meetstirre, this De-
fenitsid wea.hrotight stp to plead to, an indictoseat,
preferred UOustt, hiss! by the Society for the Sap..
prevision of Vtlet [ging, him with . the pablinar
two of • blasphemous libel, contained in a poetical
work, ~titled e, Queen. Neb.".
The-retteid was of extreme kngth, mud occupied
ti iegssal' &tilde time in reeding The Defendant,
iiiiderstirod, pleaded Itut Chifty, and received
Joliet of trait for the Sittings after ii:is Term.
The D-efendant then moved fur a list of the sab•
sentry's camposing the Society for the Suppression
of Vies, in 'isftler'thot the Jury, he whom the in-
+mood wis tolse tried, might iron be composed of
his prosecotorp.
Mr. Justice Hot,ecisro (the linty- Jadge in Court)
logo...edit'' the Defendant, he was prepared with
on affidavit:l •
The idnfeeient sehseitted that no affidavit was
eeceasoldree.it was notneossa the ittdictment woo
preferred by the Society- who now appeaved by
Coattail. He: was present when • similar motion
was made lest Term for a list of the Consiitational
Association; and he trailed that he should be per.
Emitted to enjoy the same eitssuiege.
Mr. Justice HOLIWYD said, the Court could hot
take notice of what was done in any tither ease, as.
less there was an uffuluvit of the facts ow which the
Defendant proposed to found lus.motion. No such
affidavit was before the-Court, and tin, the absence •
of facts on oath, the Over of the motion could not
be grouted. The Defendant, when prepared with
an affidavit, might move if be chose.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Werrineeta,
navveovr,-Jtrit U.
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HOLDING V. MEET AND OTHERS.
This roman action for false imprisonment, *ought
by the Plaintiff,. who is • wine-merchant (against
whom a commirsion of bankraptcy had issued),
against the Di-repaunt*, . three Coannistioner• of
Bankrupt, wacomoriitted the Plaintiff to New.
gate, for not satirfAciorily onsweriog certain ques-
tions which they had proposed to him open Income
mination under that oimini,sion. The question
upon which the care bailed was refitive to a piece
.f plate. which the Plaiiiiiff stated lie had pardon.-
ed in Pelnuary 'hest for 35!. Bring naked by the
Commissioners " 'Where nod piece of plane nor at
?" lie anrweied, " I cOO% soy." The
loretion was rep-aced, and he give the seine
answer. fie war then asked, "If he had
no other answer to' ,give to that question ?"
to which he replied, G. Healy, Sir, I rem% goy
where that plate is at prisms." Upon this the
Conarnintooriers aimed thefewarrsuit, upon which he
takenwar IV New!.;%i,e. firtiog'ha.l Ininstlr brought
up Loftier Mr. Justice ElaylrY, under a Writ of
habeas corpus, by vilions he was traansiard, he was
by bun re-committed. Hr then brought the pre_
writ action. 'rite petitioning creditor's debt woo
disputed ; but not much strew woo laid upon that.
The ground of action mainly relied spun, was the
full and satisfactory :Answer has contended by the
Planing's Commis') which had been given to the
question proposed; but which, the Defeinian=
• I lasted, woe by no romps vati,factory, and its •
answer as perfectly them in ,pnroeing the
courre.they bad adopted toward, she Plaintiff.
• The Leagued Judge, in his diorite.%) the Jury,
observed that a cuselif more importance hold mot
often occur. The Plaintiff stated that he has pur-
chased a specific piece of plate on the I Ith Fe.
bruary ; and being asked, on 6th of the following ;
April, where .that; piece of plate was, Ins only oh-
ewer was, " I can't say." This, his Lordship
thought, was shuffling and prevaricating with the
Commissioners, and they were, therefore, warranted
in committing ban, pursuant to the authority
vested in them by Act of Parliament.
Verdict for the Defendants,

CQNSTITUTIONA L ASSOCIATION.
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al•IISPON NOM!:
Saturday being the day open which Messrs. Sharpe and
Murray, solicitors to the Coastitutional Association, were
summoned to appear before the Lord Mayor, the Court was
crowded at an early boor.
Mr. Alderman Wood was untamed is the disposal of minor
muses, whets at half.past twelve Mr. Sharer, Mr. Murray,
Mr. Lungueville Clarke, and other members of the Consti.
tutional Association entered, attended by Mr. Adolphus.
Mr. Parkins and other Gentlemen appeared, attended by
Mr. Thackeray, the Barrister.
Mr. nobler told Mr. Parkins, that in consequence of the
indisposition of the Lord Mayor it was his Mob the case
should stand over until Wednesday, upon which Mr.
Adolplnts • said be did not andersiand how Mr. Par..
kin. was at all connected with the irsusactios ; he did
not recogoise him as a poly to il, as his name did not
appear upon the inforinstioa, and he wished to know if there
were any professional Gentlemen in attendance.
Mr. Tkuckeray slated that be appeared professionally.
• sale. Adolphosylnevi said' as this was a new ease, be should
sanest he she boll Mayor, that It would be well to have
some assessor provided, and he was prepued to bear part of
the eipenses.
Mr. A Warman Wood said, that in the absence of the Lord
Mayor be could ieltv N simmer, but for himself he should
any, that were be Lord Mayor, he should nut be dictated to
by the brat Counsel in the land in the cowrie he should pursue.
Mr. Adolphus staled that he by no means meant to dictate
to the Lord Mayor; he merely threw the oboes vatiou out as
a ssgyestlun. Etainples might be cited to shew that on
other occasions a similar course had been adopted, and it
appeased to him that by so duiug the ends of justice would
be more fully silvered.
Mr. Alderman Wood said that it was not his retention to
have had any thing to do with the question. He merely at-
tended there in the absence of the Lord Maim, who was ex-
Memel? (Dowell. He should mention the eircumstenee to the
• Lora Mayor, whose duty it appeared to him to be, to make
himself master as.well m be could of any Act of Parliament
under which be should have °remit.° to administer justice.
But at the same time 'was perfectly at his own discretion to
proctlre legal *resistance, ?flee repaired it. And fur himself be
should again say, that, putting the question of dictation out of
•cousiderat lon, whwit ins sewer could geniis that even the so g.
gestion, were be called upon to act, should not have the
slightest weight; he therefore wished the cause should stand
-ntase.l 111 Wednesday.
•'She pieties them retired from the Court, upon an under.
oppiding that they slitioW attend at the same hour on Wed-
nesday next.
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Friday afternoon William Coe., the unfortunate indi.
vision' who was so dangerously wounded on Monde/ even.'
daring the dontsrhassee in the' Masonry end
street with the soldier*, died :is. the Westminster Infirmary.
Five of the *Mums persona who rue sionteheaded by the,
officers during the affray, and a di tomtit.), riellatu emitted in.
priason. •

EMIGRATIOPP.
The following is a gap* of an intereoling letter
from ott..intelltiont person, who emigrated by the
ship Broke,. which milord binds fair toads
with mitten' 141 Atomiser. adilumited to the Presi-
dent and Members Si the BridoetonCeitimiion Erni-
ignition Society
Lanark, FebeuII4IBIVISST:
Oar voyage was a we/ pleases! out, •beintinlinlollllll
from Greeesock to Onebee,hi slut weeks. 00.1110eit6011116814it
we had provisions as follows : —l2O bolls oatmeal, 3 barmier
pease and barley, It oil. beef, 5 cwt. pork, 8 cwt. butter,
47 cwt biscuit, 1 hied. nwhoseei, and one half cwt. salt, fur
144 souls—. eplasstiey mweb mere than *sough. From the
sickly state of the pawnor% is general, it is necessary to
have provisions of the best await', porticularly Automat awl
bread ; such as come here I advise to lay.io some .potatroli,
pavement, ham, cheese, sager, and coffee (les is a drug of
see); likewise cream of tartar, vinegar, Mem, sulphur, pep-
per, and nsusisrd, which will be rea awful as well at sea
as here; also a few bottles of porter, with GP of *We, sail
one or two of good spirits. On arrival at Quebec we sold
upwards of 80 bolls mosses! out of 83, at lid. per lb.; 28
cwt. biscuit, at 61. per ewt. (Glasgow price 18s), with 2 bar-
red. pork, or 4 cwt —which produced money enough to settle
aw account 11w ship's ageat here had against us of 52f. and
28s. to earl, member over; without which I know not how
we runlet have reached he sellietweet, the Geeerese"l
wheys being so very small. Our passage being provided to
the place of settlement, and 21. deducted for it, according
to the minute, on Tecsday the 21d August we sailed from
Quebec to Montreal, where we arrived in thirty-too hours ;
there the Commissary (wend us waggons, which conveyed us
to La Chine, seven or sine miles above the turn and rapid,
where we ley two days, and then weet op the river is the
Government Ilat-kotiorsed boats, whirls (oak o• to Fort
er Preseat, 120 Indies above Montreal. This
'passage occooied eight days, and was the most disagreeable
part of our journey. We lay two days here, sad thee set
out far Perth, wills waggons to convey the women and cliff-
dips, the men travelling on fool. The journey occupied
from Iwo to three days: the distance was 34 miles, namely,
12 miles along she river to Brukrville, and 42 miles inland,
north-west. Here we were furnished with two weeks' rations,
and got fine flour in-place of bread: our allowance front
Quebec to this was, to esch etas per day lib. dour and 111,.
pork or heck ; to los wife one half ditto ditto ; nod to chil-
dren of all ages, one-thud ditto.
`‘ We arrived on the 411, September at Perth, where we
found our lere.hren, by the ship Commerce, who tea; bed
this solace between Iwo sod threat necks before us. On the
Sib, they and we were 'meted with one blithet each mem.
her ;and the following day all impeded by order to the new
establisbeneal, having furnished mirarleres wills three or four
days' provisions. In the afiernoon we reached the Missis-
sippi, a hineloome river, similar to your Clyde, and dietant
(ram Perth 12 miles. Here we encamped fur tho night,
aneend large fires. Next Intoning, having travelled about
two utiles sod a half, we reached the oew•oriamied River
Clyde and spot whese the sew village of Lanark new %tends:
here we fiord a fearde joie, and gars thee." cheers. Captain
Marshall, Secretary fur the Settlers, gap each party af,tlp
several societies (they having divided themselves into rare
Ilea rif ten or twelve rat hl a list of lota of land to be emr
missed; and we immediately proceeded into the silklertreos,
or Pub, as it is called, where we remained for Iwo, threw,
and soap firm days, and again returned to Perth; whom
those die were satisfied wills such lots as tell to thews, leers
Iseeelhed by Captain Marshall: those who were Sol, got other
lots to bark neer; and even a third and fourth list, until theie
were willed in good land. This has reproof, d the mensbeis
of societies, iu some cams, eight er nine miles, which puts it
out of our power so act in gallium:lMo as social^ had we
been willing, which a number were not; and as societies um
do not uow exist, lint reel, malt doer his owu work, only
!indite( aid to build Nooses, pile logs, Ste.; the same as for-
mer oettlere, assisting each other where several hoods are ne-
cessary.—Oa the lffels sod 14th, we received unr first lastal-
nicest : I received, on accoont of toyer 11 and two children, ten
pound; currency, eon.' to pf. sterling, Having bought In
some provisioser, we gut them, with sow horeage, cooveyed
to Lanark village, where we built wigwams; and many of
lint families stopped its them fur nevm•l ream, notll their
houses ow their lots were built. The general way of deli;
here at fires is to wide. brush. lad clear storm one.sead
of land, and build a lug-house, which are .of differeat di-
mensions, from 14 to 22 Get lung by 10 tit 10 wide,
the legs notched into eaeh other at the four eerier,, the
.sine caulked with splits of wood laid tog-thee, aid plaster-
ed over: the roofs of hollowed bass wood, the seams be-
tween covered with the same material. From the tibia.
tine of large and malt (*miler% she progress of else mem-
bers has been different; some who have large families hav-
ing employed men to chop for them. Seth have a hand.
seine chromic; while persons situated like myself make a
less &gore. All the settlers expect to have as ousels under.
crop as will support their families the seeped year; and
fosse /Athens memrl to purchase cattle the viral.' lair.
ow. We did not receive our seemed lustalment until gee
19th instant, being five months from Hee receipt of the first,
which has drriaged our views a little. During the delay
in the payrnsitt of our mosey, we received credit front the
etore-keepra is Leuark, where there are four, sod more sic
expected shore*.
"Our general living is flour, India meat, pork. and bt-ef.
with a little butter. Provisions sell as under:—Flour, 0
dollar per barrel; India meal. Ins. tie 12a. per barrel of
111101 b.; peek, 14 dollars per band of 200111 w, or 8.1.- per
retail ; beef 3iel. to 54. per lb.; saw, led. to ltd.
per lb.; butter, 3il, per cheese, 9d. to 17,4. per lb. ;
potatoes, 2s. Bd. per bushel, equal to "prim Glasgow
memoir*. tie only purchase the litter for seed ; the car.
riage will cost Is. more per .blibel. Hitherto we have
hail our provisions to carry on our. backs, awl for three
months 'mimeo road. being cur, which made it. very &a-
agreeable; abut now we Into got up sterth-lnalle, which
save us much time and laketor. -So. general, .or almost
universally, the emigrants, loom. women, sod children, like
their change of situateou in life very much: we are in ge-
sal rai healthy, arid much stronger than when we left you.—.
I feel my own situation here much better than I expected,
sod I would Ott tae account exchanie it to resume the shuttle
is my native town. My children feel extremely happy is
the bush, sail say they would return to Scotland only lar
bring pet their grandfather, grandmother, uncles, aunts. &e. .
'Children in general are roach taken up with their situate°,
here: every year, with ordinary inaptly, will make us more
comfortable; every day ends rs us MOM to the place.
ie I sails, all who come here to bring out pots, cooking
Opuntia, bedding, and strong clothing of all sorts as much
as they am, as these article. sell at more than double their
price here; also over pots fur baking bread ia, born hulloes, ,
strung thread, needles, &c. Red flannel shirts are very mach ,
worn , cottons .10 not fit women so wells. woollens fur °or ,
Ares. We have a pleuilifel 'apply of good water every whew'
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iu the die/net ; the ;owl good, bad, aad indifferent ; but we
man need take any boa good, or it his own fault.
" Lanark, village costal's, already twenty hopes: in die.
course of lisle yeas I expect to Pe sixty or more. Dural
to use !bird Concession, Lanark township, near Perth,
Upper Canada.
0 Nu more at present front your Brother,
!• THOMAS WHITELAIT."

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