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CATHOLIC DINNER AT LIVERPOOL.
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1 From the Liverpool Advertiser of Tuesday.l
It had be-.-n for /tome days dtnown, that of the member* of die
Irish Catholic Deputation, Mr. O'Connell would be the anly one
who was likely to be present at the intended public dinner at the
Music Hall ; but on Sunday • letter was received from this gentle..
man, slating that he was engaged as Corm-el in an appeal cause to
be hard in the House of Lords on 31onday evenfog, and expres-
sing his regret at not being able to attend it, and Cost he must be in
Dqblin on Wednesday. As the dinner had before been postponed,
anti all the arrangements made, it was not thought deeirabre, ender
all the circumstances, that any further delay should take place.
The dinner was accordingly given yesterday evening, tinder the
direction of Mr. Lynn. of the Waterloo Hotel.
T. 3101. e neve SERI,. Km. of Hurst-hourte, tram in the chair,
and the !tee. W. Sri e Ptitan, Vice-president.
The room was elegantly decorated for the occasion. A number
of holies graced the gallery and the orchestra-
The CHATIMAPI, IL. soon as the cloth was removed, rose, and
alluded to the disappointment which the Meeting must feel from
the absence of the members of the Irish deputation ; expressing. at
the game tune, his conviction, that the festivities of the occasion
woilld not be damped by so undirected an occurrence.
3lr. PREBT Ten read, at the request Mthe Chairman, the letters
of apology whie he hod received from Mr. O'Connell, and Mr.
O'Gorman, the Secretary df the Irish deputation in London. Mr,
P. after having read the letters, also expressed his hope, that the
hilarity and festivities of the evening would not stiffer from the ab.
sznx of the themhers of the deputation. The great, the noble
cause which the Meeting had ass ediblea to celebrate, should, and
Ought to animate every breast.
" The King," with three times three, and great applause.
The C/lAIRBIAN proposed the health of "his Royal Highness
the Duke of Sussex," in a compitmentary speech. The toast was
drunk with three times three, and rapturous applause.
The Char w sea pr. in nmpeslng "the Atom of civil and religious
liberty all over the world." alluded to the imputations which had
been cast upon the Roman Cihholics, and expre.sed his firm con-
vietion that those imputations had been triumphantly refuted by
the evidence given before the two Hires«, of parliament.
The Rev. W. Sri rise e•ft addressed the Miertng.
There were nearly 480 Gettsiemeo of the highest relpettability
present.
FEMALE FASHIONS FOR JUNE.
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[From La Bale A tremblecl
EVENING COSTI•XE--Dress of tulle over white satin ; the
bonier trimmed with beautiful net-wnrk of (lodize silk ; on each side
of which are Outings of crape, en dent. de imp, which by their I
richness impart a charming relief to the resille, or net ornament.
The corsage crosses over the bust in graceful drapery, and the
sleeves are long, wide. and transparent ; they are confined at the •
wrist wish two superb Hindi:matinee bracelets-of finelyorrought gold,
with a fastening, forming en medallion, of some interesting subject,
in mosaic. A negligee lappet head-dress, of very fine blond, with
• narrow pink rouleatt near the edge : these lappets are brought in
a point on the forehead, and hang down very low on each side of the
face, to which the blond gives the mnst attractive softness, parti-
cularly if the complexion is good. The hair is ornamented with
full-blown roses, with their foliage, and the back of the head is
adorned with numerous bows of pink satin ribbon. The necklace
is formed of one row of very large pearls.
CARRIAGE Derss.—A pelisse of pale pink *made Naples made
in the Bavarian style; three rows of white blond finish it round the
border ; and down the front are the Writer ornaments, which con-
sist of pink satin stripes laid crosswise, each edged with blond : the
terminations of these are eonceaird by a facing rather broader than
the satin cross stripes, of guns de Naples. finished oo each side by
blond. The bust is finish?d by a stomacher, exactly correspond-
ing with the front of the skirt, except that as the tablier widens at
the bottom, the bust ornaments widen at the top, and terminate In
a point under a belt of pink grits de Naples. The sleeves fit nearly
close to the arm, and the mancherons, which are somewhat full, are
of the mann kind, the quartering,' marked out by white blond.
The collar is French. rather narrow, stiffened, but turning down
again ; it is trimmed with a double roe of blond. A beautiful
French bonnet, of white Japanese pone, is crowned with • superb
plume of marabouts bending backwards towards the crown t a
blond of a very rich pattern falls over the edge of the bonnet,
which ties tinder the chin, on the left side, with lappets of./apanese
gauze and blond. The shoes are of pearl-grey carded silk, with
parasol of emerald green.
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DUBLIN AIIEBENINTS.—As usual It MS found neces-
sary to have a strong patrol of horse and Mot police through
the principal streets of the city in the vicinity of Trinity
College yesterday (Trinity Sunday) evening, to prevent,
if possible, the destruction of the lamps. Notwithstanding
the vigilance aria altivity of the police, a great number
were broken in Dame-street. In George's-street, Aungier-
street, Sufrolk-street, anti on the South side of Merrion-
square, they were nearly all demolished. Those round
the walks of Stephen's-green were also destroyed: tipper
Merrion-street, iilerrion-rqw,, and some other streets, also
suffered. It was reported that the house of the Lord
Chancellor, in Stephen's-green, that of Mr. O'Connell, in
Merrion-square, and the Wesleyan Methodist house in
George's-street, were attacked, but there is no truth what-
ever in the report. Here and there a stone was thrown at
the windows of houses, but nothing like a design to attack
a particular house seemed to be contemplated. Some of
the persons engaged in the work of demolition were cap-
tured, anti brought to different watchitouses.—DuNio
Morning Register of Monday.
On Saturday a report was veil, industriously circulated
throughout the city, that one of the oldest and most re-
spectable of our private banks had ceased payment. It is
almost unnecessary for ua to say that the report in question
is utterly destitute of foundation ; but we caring too highly
condemn the unworthy conduct of individuals who origi-
nate and circulate rumours, which, however unfounded,
are but too well calculated to aggravate any existing embar-
rassment to which a particular department of trade may be
subjected.—Dublin Morning Post.
We are enabled to contradict the paragraph which has
appeared in several of the London Papers, stating, in re-
ference to a late trial (of Henry Savory), that one of our
local Magistrates had been severely reprimanded for his
conduct on that occasion. No such reprimand has been•
given or received.—Bristol Mirror.
Tea TRADE.—The respectable part of the wholesale
tea-dealers have represented to the Hon. East India Com-
pany the injurious tendency of charactering teas, according
to the present system. At the East India Company's sale,
which commenced yesterday morning, it was expected that
something would have been said on the subject ; nothing
however. transpired. The complaint urged by the tea-
dealers is, that owing to the teas being charactered, and
published in a sale book, which is often done very errone-
ously, some individuals, unconnected with the trade, are
offering to sell in the country, at a certain per centage on
the cost price, without at all referring to the cheapness or
quality of the article—thus setting aside all judgment of
the trade. We have heard of respectable houses, who ire
driven to the same expedient, and we understand that it
is sometimes the case, that of teas sent into the country by
the same house, at .ss. 10t1. and 6s. 441. per lb., the lowest
in price has turned out to he the beat in quality. We think
such a system should be changed, and we can see no reason
why a person well acquainted with the qualities of tea
should not have the benefit of his judgment as well in
that as in any other mercantile article.—Evening Paper.
The celebrated statuary Bra had a narrow escape a few
days aga from a serious accident. For a month he had been
occupied in forming a platter model for a statue of the late
Duke of Berry, to adorn one of the Places at Lille. The
work was considerably advanced, when the framegave way,
and the statue, which weighed' 4,000 pounds, fell down,
near the artist. Had M. Bra been employed at the lower
part, he would certainly have been crushed to pieces.
At St. Rogatien, near Rochelle, there is a white ewe, five
years old, and of a good height, which has had lambs four
times : the first time, one lamb ; the second, three ; the
third, two ; and the fourth (March 2), seven-, all white,
like herself; five males, and two females. The five
former, and one of the latter, were living, and six of them
are still alive, The ewe gives suck to three.
The grand Cricket Match for 1000 sovereigns, between
twenty-two Yorkshire players and eleven of All England, and
which has excited such great Interest amongst the amateurs and
patrons of this noble game, which was commenced playing at
Darnall, near Sheffield, on Whit-Monday, was concluded on Fri-
day last, in favour of All En land, the numbers being at the first
innings, tbr All England, Byes 5-82; at the second innings,
Byes 1-126. And for Yorkshire, at the first innings, Byes 4-118;
et the second innings, Byes 9-42.
The following Works will be published in a few days,
by Mr. Colburn, 8, New Burlington-street (removed from Conduit-
street) via,—l. The Diary of Samuel Pepin', Esq. Secretary of the
Admiralty in the time of Charles 11. and James 11., and the in-
timate friend of Evelyn: with a Selection from his Private Cor-
respondence; edited by Lord Braybrooke, in 2 vols. 4t0.-2. The
Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. now first collected
and edited, with Notes, in 1 vol. 4to. uniformly with the Memoirs.
3. A new and revised Edition of Tremaine; or, the Man of Refine-
ment, 3 vols.-4. Absenteeism. By Lady Morgan. 1 vol. post
Bvo.-3. Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre,
and Theatre Royal, Drury-lane; Abroad and at Home; including
a period of nearly half a century ; with original Anecdote*, of many
distinguished Persons, Political, Literary, and 3lurical.-8. Sir
Jonah Barrington's Historic Anecdotes of Ireland during his own
Times, with Secret Memoirs of the Union, 2 vols. 4to. with up-
wards of forty Portraits.

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VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—lVEnittsnar, Suwr I.
• •.CAGE V. HAPIIISON.
In this ease an elipitteation wax made some days ago for an order
to commit the defendant, Mr. Harrison, to the Fleet prison, for
disobeying the Injunction of the Court. The complaints made
against him, and fanning. the ground of application, were three:
list. that he bad cut ter.sin Sewers; seem.dly, that be had cut
sclera; and thirdly, that he had permitted his cattle to injure the
plants of the plaintiff, all agaitr...t the prohibition of the Court.
His Holton a stated this mnmlng, that, with respect to the twe
last, sufficient notice had not been given to him that he had been
restrained by the injunction 14 the (Mort from committing those of.
fences. As to the first, on the 17th of the month notice was served
upon him that he was net to tut the sewers. IWhen that notice wee
green, the work at the sewers was standing still, and lie then said he
should continue to cut them as he had been doing, without regard
to the order of the Court. On the 18th or WM- the remainder of
the sewers were cut (to the length only of &bran 40 or 50 poles), and
when a witn:_tss (in the cause) told hint he had been at his 44
tricks, he tlid not deny having eto them. On the whole of the evi-
dence it did not appear that the 'llef-ndant himself had cut them ;
but it appeared what had been ect out had been taken away by his
sons and servants, and therefore it was to be inferred that it had
berj done ty the deftndant's or! er; consequently, for the sake of
example, though what he had actually done MU in itself of little
importance, the Court felt it absolutely necessary to make the order
for the committal of the defendant.
it.onsx F•IRLIE. •
His If ON t)rft gave judgment in this dose. He stated that a Ms,
Jabs llolnie made his will in the year 1810 at (alcutta, by *AIM
he bequeathed the whole of his property to be equally divided bos
awn hie brother and sister in this country, with a provision, tbad
if his sister was dead before she could beciwne entitled to NO
'lately, her children should have it equally divided benkeen theta.
The testator appointed a Mr. David Clarke, in the Ecat Indies, to
be his eXrcutor, and died in the riot. 18111. Mr. Chu3e afterwardei
converted the whole of the property into money, 'which amounted
to 7,0001., and remitted it to Fairhie and Co. as Ittr. agents here, to
be paid as time testator had &tested. M . Fairlie accordingly
paid to testator's brother, 3.50U1. but finding that Ellen Logan ithe
sister) had died at Berwick-upon-Tweed below the testamr, leav-
ing nine infant children, they refused in any way to part with the
saber 3,500/. except under the order of the Court. 'A bill was then
bled on behalf of the innuita, praying that the 3:51101. might be
ordered to be paid into Court, and then to be invcsted in the Ac-
Countant-General's name for the benefit of the children. All this
was done, and upon the hearing of the cause the nine children were
declared to he severally entitled to a ninth part of the knd. The
present application was on the part of one of the chlldren, who had
now attained het twenty-first year, that her ninth part might be
ordered to be paid out to her, and the question was, whether the
legacy duty should be paid in this country on her part of the legacy.
Strictly speaking, this question was not cognix.Mle by this Caul,
the Attorney-General having the right to litigate that question ih
the Court of Exchequer; the Court of Chancery, however, could
decide the question, but yet it would give the petitioner the option
of going to the Court of Exchequer if she were dissatisfied with the
opinion of this•Geurt.
Mr. PEMBF.RTON. interposed and said, the amount was too
small to litigate the qt colon further.
His HONOUR then said, If a testator die in India, leaving the
whole of his property there, appointing an executor there, with
directions to remit the money to legatees in this country, and if
such money was remitted eitler to mite legatees here, or to agents to
be paid to them, the legacy duty in such a case is sot payab"e
bet if part of the testator's estate be found in England without any
specific appropriation of ouch part, then that us to be considered as
administering in this country, and the legacy duty must be paid
on It. The letter was the case here, in the opinion of the Court,
because the 3,5001. fiad been remitted to this country to be paid to
Mrs. Logan, but tlrs. LogaMs legacy ,had beconte lapsed, and
therefore that money formed a residuary legacy to be administered
in this country to other pusono, consequently the legacy duty
would have to he paid upon it. It was to be observed, however,
that this Milt had gone on all along irregularly, because no per.
weal representative had been brought before the Court, but the
objection was now too late to avail.
HILLER If. HALL.
His HONOUR said. this was a motion to take a demurrer off the
lit for irregularity. The time for answering having expired, and
the defendant having obtained no order for time, an attachment
issued against him ; after the attachment. issued, the defendant
having tendered his costs, filed his den-min.& alone ; and the ques-
tion was, whether, after an attachment had issued, defendant could
demur alone without obtaining a special order of the Court to do
so. It seemed that a defendant, in such a case, could plea or an.
SWIM alone, but his Honour had consulted with smite of the most
experienced practitioners of the day, and learnt that the prevailing
practice now ts, that a defendant cannot do so, therefore the de-
murrer in this case would hare to be taken off the tile.
A gentleman behind the bar, hoped the Court would not consi-
der that it ought to be taken off with costs, as the practice had been
ao little understood.
His HONOUR said, wherever a part of a record was ordered to ,
be taken off the file, costs followed of course, so that coats would
ban as be given on this occasion.
COURT OF RING'S BENCH, Wznacenter, Juirr 1.
Sitting. in London, before She LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and
Special J111,i(l.

MACWILLIAM AND MILNER V. DOUGLAS AND OTHERS.
The plaintiffs in this action had, it appeared, agreed to demise
to the damdants, who are the representatives of the Portable Gas
iiiplaDosopsoy, two fields situated near Battle-bridge. Before
the lease was executed the plaintiff's changed their minds, and re-
tard to execute it. The defendants thereupon took forcible pea-
mission of the land, and filed a bill in Chancery for a specific per.
forrnance. The present action was brought to recover damages for
this forcible taking possession, and for the trespass.
Mr. Scaat.r.vT. for the plaintiff, called several witnesses, who
proved mat the defendants had taken possession by ten or twelve
men, armed with staves and a sword.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Jury for the de-
fendants, admitting the trespass, and confining himself to that part
of the case which related to the forcible taking possession. To dies-'
prove the taking and keeping forcible possession, the Attorney_
General called
Yellowly, the surveyor of the defendants.
Mr. CAMPBELL was about to examine him In detail on all the
preliminary circumstances, the agreement, the bill in equity, and
so on, when he was interrupted by the •
Loan CHM, JUSTICE, who said, the simple question here is
that of forcible possession.. It is really too much to occupy the
valuable time of the Court in details which are entirely foreign to
the fact in issue. Formerly Counsel confined themselves to the
matter in issue, and did not trouble the Court with matters which
can only be properly inquired into in another place t and it is sur-
prising that such a line of conduct should be deviated froth,
especially by Counsel occupying the very hi hest rank at the bar.
Mr. CAMPBELL—My Lord, I was only follcwing the directions
of my leader.
Mr. Yellowly, re-examined by Mr. Cattwiixtt.—Was present
on the occasion in question. Saw the sword and staves ; the staves
were merely for their own protection. Their instructions were to
keep possession unless a peace oEcev should appear to order them
off:
Several other witnesses were called, whose evidence only went to
show the precaution and generalship with which the defendants
had contrived their plan for taking possession.
Mr. ScaaLETT—Gentlemen of the Jury, my case was doubt-
ful ; the Attorney-General, as it sometimes happens, has made it
certain, and has given us the opportunity to solictt you for damages.
The I.ORD Carer JVSTIOE summed up, and the Jury foundil
verdict for the plaintiffs—Damages 1001.
In answer to a question from the Attorney-General, the Foremen
stated that they found a forcible entry.
POOLE V. ELLISTON.
Mr. ALDERSON opened the pleadings, by stating that this VIC
1111 action of assault and battery. The defendant pleaded that he I
was not guilty.
Mr. BROUGHAM slated that the piaintiff was a gentleman or
some literary attainments, and was the author of two dramatic
pieces which had been performed for several years on the boards
of one of the metropolitan theatres with considerable effect and
applause. The defendant was manager of Drury-lane theatre.
Assaults, quietly considered, were offences of a serious nature, but
varied in extent t indeed no rpecies of offence could be more widely
or distinctly separated than assaults of one description compared
with assaults of another description ; the present was one which ha
considered demanded et the hands of the Jury ample and exemplary
damage* The plaintiff, who was a gentleman, had been abused
by the defendant in the most passionate, intemperate, and abusive
language that could possibly be thought of; he had afterwards been
collared and assaulted, and his friend had been railed a liar by the
defendant. This conduct was not to be endured at the hands of
any man that lied the least pretensions to the character of a man,
although he might be an actor and a manager; and whatever other
pretensions he might have to public attention, the duty of the ma.
nager of a metropolitan theatre was
" To hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature;
To show virtue its own feature--vice its own image."
But had the defender): done this ? On the contrary, lie had, early
in a morning—if it had been in the afternoon he ( Mr. B.) Would not
have wondered—assaulted, and that most grossly, a quiet and un.
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offendingsman, totally uneqi . to .. _ strength. This
was an injury that even done to a coalheaver must have been severely
felt t but how much more poignantly must it be felt when inflictial
on one who moved in the sphere and bore the character of a gentle-
man. A blow inflicted on such a person was worse than a fractured
limb—no damages could be great enough to compensate it. Many
men might have bren induced to revenge such an insult by an ap-
peal to that course which Courts of Law could not either counte-
nance or justify. Out the plaintiff had acted the wiser part ; he
had appealed to the laws of the country, and by which laws every
person who lived in that country were and ought to be governed,
and he was entitled to ample damages at the hands of the Jury.
The Learned Counsel then proceeded to detail the nature of the
assault, the substance of which will be found in the following
testimony.
Mr. St. Albar,examined by Mr. Atriensow.—De accompanied
the plaintiff to see Mr. Elliston, in the month of December last, at
Drury-lane Theatre ; witness sent in his name, and he and plain-
tiff were shortly afterwards shown to Mr. Elllston'a room. Mr.
Elliston anon entered, and threatened to drive the plaintiff out of
the room : he soon suited the action to the word, and took plaintiff
by the collar and struck him. Witness remonstrated, and wished
himto km him (witness), if he would not bear plaiutifi: Elliston