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London, England, 1820-10-18 00:00:00

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bound therhiehrea by strict prececients, and the or.
Binary rules of judicial pr mirecorigs in the other
Courts, they could newer have 'ltemised their judi-
cial functions in the present case. They have, threw.
fore et,:iimetired with an iiiitglisty. and baying time
**smiled at jurisdiction uiiere they avowed that the
law give it not, by what tarttence can they now
cling in the teelmicalittes of oblinaty prac-
tice, and close their errs and ears to the re-
ception of truth, the discovery of inch and the
sdininistratiou of perfect justice alone. can jus-
tify the institution or the present proceeding..?
This great point was not 6c:ten:third yegtertloy, for
a question relative to the admissibility of such evi.
deuce in the Courts of common law was submitted
to the Judges, who retired in consider of it, end
after 311 hour's deliberation returned to the House
mid requested further time fur funning their opi-
sii4n. The House immediately H gljo It rard, though
at the early hour of hair-rut inn o'clock. bo that
from the difficulties experienced upon this mutter by
thr Learned Judges, it seems trot to be perfecily dear
that eves, the strictness of ordinary practice would
warrant a Judge in refusing to admit evidence for
the purpose of estimating the character of a pow*.
cation from the mat-practices of an lizent. It
speaks but ill for the character of the present pro-
secution that the promoters of it should have suf-
fered this question to occupy fur a moment the
time of the Learned Judges.

The House of Commons met yesterday evening
in pursuance of the terms of their adjournment.
The prosecution now pending ugaitist die QUEEN.
u might have been anticipated, was made the sol►-
ject of much observation. A Petition, sr•y nume-
rously signed, from the inhabitants of the town of
Plyetiouth, was presented by 11.11/11 JOHN RUSSELL,
prrs•iug the !louse of Commons not to s stir•lion the
Bill of Pains rod Profshies, should it unfortunately
pass the Upper House.
The recent poblication of seditious hsnd•bills,
which can no longer iw called m3-.14:6011,, was no-
ticed iu the House• by Mr. flowE, who mostd.
that Sir ROBERT BAKER be called to ilw her of the
House to lw examined touching his conduct in dis-
charging WILLIAM FRANKLIN, chrrg►ed with has-
ing fabricated the hind-bilk This most atrocious
stiSir will sway shortly he probed in the bottom,
and thet► will he discovered the real rueut►rs to
public pence. it is a dreadful thing that ruffians,
under the ma►k of a pretended loyally. should pub-
hob the most inflammatory incitements to mischief,
and then impudently descant in their several Minis•
terial Papers upon the pernicious tendency of their
own acts, alleging from them the existence of
some secret faction plotting the overthrow of
the Government and the ruin of the country.
This affords a pretence for strengthening the
hands of the 'Ministers, and leads by obvious
Weiss to the sterifice of some poor victim upon the
scaffold. Who can contemplate such atrocity
without shuddering at the baseness of human sta-
ture ! We trust that the Ministers will see the ad-
vantage of isermitting such dangerous auxiliaries to
stiffer the consequences of their unauthorised wick-
edness.

The House adjourned. on the minion or 1 Ard
CASTLEREAGH, utitil the 9.3,1 of November.

The Paris Papers of Friday artier(' last night.
The Duchess of BERRY and her royal infant enjoy
the best possible health. The Muni:ear contains
a list of the Presidents of the Elector4l College..
It includes five 13i.hopr, and several Peels mid
Deputies, among whom sie find the following :
The Dukes of Brtissac, CA DORF. It F:UGIO,
DIMAS, and TA RENT!: ; the Abbe De 1110 N Ts..
QUI EU ; blarquises TA LA RU, CLI/RMONT-TON-
stales. LAU atsirom, and La Gum's. The Lis-
bon rapers received in Patio on Thursday, con-
tain full details or tile successive adhesion of the
provinces of Portugal to the new Government.
They also mention the curious circumstance of an
extract made in presence of the private IVotary of
the Inquisition, which proves that et the moment
the revolution broke out there was not one person
confined in the prisons of the Itiquisitioli.
The 3 per Cent. Consols are 74 9.10 fr. ; Bank
Actions, 1,365.

It was confidently reported last night that the
lief/411e who went in pursuit of FRANKLIN have
succeeded iu effecting his a t.

The 13th regiment, now in garrison at Glasgow, and
331, now in Edinburgh Castle, are to prorevd immetharrly
to Ireland, on the arrival of the 41,5 and 77.1. from th it
'wintry. The first of three regiments that !suds in firtoland
guru us to Ednibnrgh, and the tabor remains at Waspy.
CAREW SMYTIII. Esq. Ilerrister-at-1,4w, rids yr.-
leftist .I.ctrd, by the Common Council. to owl ve
the office of Recorder of this city. We lriiintr
not to anitoutace his sionMaiiiou to that office, Ili
we are sativlie.l the Irish Gower 1111 l ent will fully
sanction if. It iiiii vt live in the memory or alit
modem that chi+ la the Wilt' Grllll,lllllll whose
conduct ill the 11013/.lr 01 (71,11111iitips in the year 1819
was so deveivrdly the theme 4.f admiration; he
these proved himself the steady lisrliasui or the min
he conceived to be opprevved, and also displayed an
accurate conception of the laws of the realm, and
a pee feet scquaintai.ce with their spirit and in.,.
g•ity. From a Geotlesilati so accomplished and
upright. we have Very Uridr to air 'climate ibr hap-
pleat result, wherever .Ire influence or his coticon.l
cast be conveyed; and the decision of his opi.stou
its our Setviora Court will, doubtless, affind per-
fect satiolacliou to all the inartie4.—(Limerick
Advertiser )

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