The Sun.
London, England, 1830-09-02 00:00:00

'ENULIS,

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOUINALS;

It is no doubtful sign of that honourable sympathy
with which the people of England regard the suf-
ferings of the Spanish nation, that some persons
have begun to express impatience at what they ima-
gine to be an undue delay in the threatened opera-
tions of the patriots. The individuals, more zea-
lous than discreet, who thus give way to an incon-
siderate and childish disappointment, appear to here
very little conception of the real views entertained
by the Constitutionalists, or of the only 'safe and
rational means by which such views can be accom-
plished. If it was expected that the great body of
enlightened Spaniards who have devoted theniselveit
to the re-establishment of their country's rights, on
a just, solid, and stable footing, should break forth
like a multitude of inebriated sieves, to firm an in-
surrection whose course was to be flunked by brutal,
desolating fury, and its excesses to lead, through
universal anarchy, to a return (as must inevitably hap'
pen) of the despotism against which they were at
first directed, the complaints now made of tardiaess
on the part of the Spaniards might have:some-thing
like con,isteney to justify them. But we would
suggest to those who take an interest (and what
Englishmen does not in Spanish fortunes, that a
hasty and ttunoltuary movement is precisely that
which the Government of Ferdinand would desire,
beeanae it is that which of all others must be most
disastrous to those who attempted it. To gain the
hearts of the Spanish nation, and ,to win over their
.consciences to a vigorous and steady ceeoperetion.in
the public cause, it was requisite that the evil to be
removed, and the remedy for it, should be fairly pre-
sented to the people, that the rejects contemplate d
should be clearly understood, and the means, stud
instruments of execution deliberately adapted to
their purpose. Plans of this nature are not to be
forced into action in a given day or week. To be
success!ul, or to deserve SUCCCRII, they must be pro-
vidently and prudently conducted; their authors
owe it to society to demonstrate that they fully com-
prehend their own motives, and hare weighed the
benefits for which they struggle,r, against the mis-
chief, grave, though transient, of that disturbance of
individual interests and enjoyments which their ewes
sures have a tendency, at least, to produce. To us,
therefore, it is a mutter of sincere rejoicing that cu
detnonstratiDll, premature and desultory,has yet beet+
suffered by the patriots to escape them—to, em-
barrass, by its irregularity, the direction of the gene-
ral force, and to retard the consummation of the
great and final purpose. Deeply and severely
shall we, at least, be disappointed, if the patriot
phalanx, when it once comes decidedly, ferweral,
does nut exhibit satisfactory evidence that the impulse
is given by that very directing and centre) purer
which our Madrid correspondent of yesterday con-
ceived to be the only thing waiving to the triumph
of the constitutionul cause. 'Whatever opt-retiring
ire undertaken, must be consistent, harmonious, reel,
as far as possible, sitnultaneous. On that ground is
would afford us less satisfaction thee others appeal:
to have derived from it, " that several partivw of
Constitutionalists, completely armed, have begun
to show themselves in Andalusia, singing the Hymn
of Riego, and the Tragalal and frightening the
Serviles of those districts for their lives, if we
could regard such uppearances in any light
than as the inevitable overflowings of a cup filled
already to the brim." The day is near—per-
lurps very neer—at heed, when the intelligetice of
such proceedings, forming a small branch of trans-
actions on a far wider rink, may be music to our
ears as well as to those of our neighbours; but the
hounds ought not to throw off without the bunts-
mutt. It probably is not from Andalusia that the
earliest information of military movements wvill. be
received. Now we are cif opinion that it the effort
which is hoped to be at hand,--if that effort, as is
fair to surmise, be in any degree coloured by the
characters of those who promise their, country that
ii shall be made, it already bears, we prestunie to say,
a complexion of principle, rectitude, and sobriety,
from the influence of which, on the cause itself, the
highest good may be anticipated. As an evidence
in favour of this prospect, for the restoration of a
rightful Government to Spain, we now diet to the
public the manifesto •to the Spanish nation{,"
framed by the directing Constitutional Junta, a copy
of which has been sent to us by some of their most
distinguished fellow-countrymen, and which is, by
this time, as we are informed, in course of prompt-
gallon through several provinces of the Peninsula.
This manifesto will speak for Itself, as to the deep
reflection with which it has been meditated, the
lofty spirit of patriotism in which it bus been con-
ceived, the strict regard to historical truth which
breathes in every line of it, and the tone of adjure-
tion, at once indignant, pathetic, and commanding,
in which, after enumerating the crimes of Fettlinued
and the wrongs of Spain, it appeals to the honour of
every Spaniard to rescue his loved country from
utter and intolerable degradation.- It wilt be.thern
seen how little of the Jacobin or revolutionary ge-
nius belongs to the Constitutional Spaniards-e.how,
with the true ptide of men who revere the virtues of
a noble ancestry, these champions of the ancient law
of Spain rest their charge against an insufferable
despotism, or evidence of its being also a revolts-
tionory and upstart usurpation, and how all the nt-
guments and even prejudices which oppose the sub-
version of " legitimacy as a conservative
are here enlisted against the tyrants who live but to
perpetuate the rule of lawless violence over an ancient
constitution, providing by known and recorded safe»
guards for the welfare of King, nobility, and people.
We shall merely add, that this striking. document
has been prepared as the appeal of the Constitu-
tional leaders, DOW about to act openly against li'er-
dinand, to their countrymen and to mankind. .That
the contest, If a contest should be necessary, will,ott
the part of the Spanish tuition, be confided to those
noble minds from which the address itself his ere:t-
weed, is our ardent hope, and, at peseta, our foot
persuasion. The names affixed to it would justify
that desire, were it nut premature to disclose them
in this country. In the mean time we recommend
to those who feel for the mighty cause, stow once
more udvancing among nations, a earelul study. of
this animating and affecting discourse; amt we leave
them to determine whether, the deep and:asitole-
some fountains whence it has flowed, ought to be,
or can be, numb longer choked np by garbage from
the sty of. Ferdinand. It is more than probable, es
we have already hinted, that in a.eery short period
news will arrive of measures having been actually
adopted by the Constitutionalististorrespending with
the sentiments' of the manifesto...4.lmm •
Of the unhappy disturbances in Belgium, juit
enough is known, to produce regret and solicitude,
but not yet, quite sufficient to direct our fears for rti»
turity in any one exclusive channel. If " rebeifion,"
having for its aim the Actual dismembermeot of the
kingdom, be a graver epithet than we are yet te-
x
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true that the louver orders of the population of lirtv-
sada formed the bulk of the actors in thew violent
scenes; and one mein distinction between their
warlike proceedings and those of the. Petitions has
been, that the people of Paris were accompanied
and encouraged by dicers and gentlemen of bight
rank in society, whereas the military branch. of the
Brussels transaction appears to haVe been Carried on
by the
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totaled by similar tumults at Antwerp, er hy indi;
cations of the approach of such at Liege, at Tour-
nay, sad other important towns. Nevertheless, it
dots not seems to ni that the effort on the part of
the GovernMent to "'put down" (as it is called)
the insurrection by military force,il-such en eXpt-
dient should, unwisely, be resorted to, is likely to
failfer Me. present, Men of property, whose sole
safeguard is in public order, would, no doubt, assist
in repressing the outrages of a mere mob ; but is
that the one thing necessary ? We are afraid
that although , the superlieini symptoms of this
state malady may be driven inward% 'there, may
be an organic disease at work, which- it lies her
yond the sphere of ,force to eradicate, or of mere
administration to assuage. We rememher distinctly
the fete General Foy asserting, • that elthough
French soldier should 'never set his foot in Flanders,
, the incorporation of that country with Holland consld
not by pessibility endure beyond the term at which
the Bourbons were destined to forfeit the crown of
France, il, indeed, it should last so. long. The prite.
eiples of rottenness, if we may rim speak, are, in the
relations between the DOA+ and FleMings, twOfold,
--Ist, the great increase of taxes imposed on the
latter, compared with those payable by them while
subjects of France, 'the object of the aecureulated
taxation being to equalize their fiscal condition with
that of Holland-;---ti lorioking ground en which to
extend the burdens of a people who had no one
kindly feelingtowards the Ditch, lied whose enmity
would only be the more exasperated by so disagree-
able a consequence of the conn ection forced upon them
by the iron hand of conquest. We have been In,
formed, but perhaps we have misconceived our
forment's meaning, that another source of finaneinl
grievance to the Fleming* was' their being made
liable to the interest of a debt, formerly eon-
trneted- to certain Jewa by the House of Austria
—the Imperial debtor having mortgaged the pockets
of his Flemish subjeei a for its amount, and
the present Emperor, taking advantage of the allied
victories of France, to router the said mortgage
available against the new Belgic monat•chy.---'2 The
next main griertnee of the Dutch connection for
the Flentings is, the exclusion of their 'geode froth
the French marker, whence previensly came the
thief demand of Flemish inenufactures, then roes'',
• dered ht the same light as the protium) or French
domestic industry. The decline anti ruin 'of their
manufactures is traced, we do 'not say how truly) but
we kneW constantly and rigoroudy, to that 'same
ill-
starre.d connection.—ls it a wonder, then, that the
manufacturing classes, combined with 'the whole body
of Flemish tax-payers,---that is to say, the entire
nation,—should foster within it a moil of discon-
tent; or that when aggravated by a harsh and injudi-
times administretion of the powers of an executive
Government, effects should follow, such as we have
been for some days past !amending ? We' repeat it,
that acts of outrage may be now suppressed, and so
far the symptoms of the evil rendered leas conspicu-
OM; ; but, conscientiously speaking, we much fear
that the seat of it cannot he reached without wounding
the very essence of the monarchy. As for the
march of troops by foreign hewers, let such a mete.
sure assume what shape it will,—whether to forM
on army of observation, of precaution, a " cor•
don srmitaire," or what you will,---a continental
war hick fair to be the inevitable conf,equence. We
do trust, therefore, nay, .we confidently, hope, that
the Belgic Prince and people will be permitted by
Prussia anti by Prance to pursue each their:own
course usmolested, and that if any interferenee of
any description be eirrei,ed by either of the above
powers, or by England, it will outline itself to a
strictly amicable mediation. We abstnin here .frorn
any recital of the facts which have reached us from
the scene of trouble, wishing to avoid all hasty con,
elusions as' to their precise ;Ammeter tied beariog.
Whatever may have been the ease as to the noose

of bourbou and the crown of Franee, there is an tie,
doubted guarantee of the tleigk throne to thtr
House of Orange by certain of the great Powers of
tireurnsttinem which certalely Otis more
grave considerations to every question concerning the
tranquillity and welfare of that state.—Timer.
We have received the Paris Papers of Monday, in
the columns of which the details of the events that
have occurred in the Netherlands occupy a promi-
nent place.. The interest excited by the Brussels
Intelligence seems to have fore the moment 'super-
seded that which belongs to the affairs of Frence.--
The imforinnee of the recognition of the new Go-
Yerlitzterit by the. Powers of Europe, is, however,
pot overlooked by the journalists. It is stated that
Atehassadors ere on the point of proceeding to all
the Courts to which the accession of Louis
Philip has not yet been officially announced, and
the following appointments for this purpose are
enumerated by the journal dea ijchate—viz4
the Puke of Montebello to Madrid ; the Prince
of Mookwa, for,Stockholm Copenhagen
. Ormond Valeze, to the }blue I Count Anatole
flee Montasoprico, to Rome end Naples ; the Mate
tiola de Prealin, sou-io-low of General Sebestiatd,
to Turin, Modena, Partne,,,and Florence; the Mar-
quint de Dalmatia, to Oldenburg!' Meekleeburgti-
. Schwerin, and Meeklenburgh-Strelitz; M. 410 Mar.
triter, ,Member of the Chamber of ,Deputies and
Colonel of die Ist Legion of the National Ouurd,
to Munich, Baden, and Simgard; Count Rene de
Ilouille, son-in-law of M. de Thiars, to Dresden,
flenover,. Grand Deeel Hesse, Electoral, Hesse,
mid Sitxtr-Weitnar. The weavers and other artisans
in the mannfactories near Rouen have, had meetings
and processions, resembling, those of the labouring
cla,aoi, in Paris, end -for the earns objects—entirely,
name wages creel loss work, They have, however,
been guilty of no excess or disorder.—`,Hosea.
It is expected that the approaehing sitting of'Par-
liniment %y in last till the third week in, December,....
Many and weighty matters will he immediately
- brought forward, partictilerly the Regency'questioe,
and tho arrangement of tire Civil List If we are
not greatly aniainformed, Parliament—or to speak
more accurately, the country—,will sae reason tin be
satisfied with the proposed methods of •dispasing of
.both these subjects. The. Regency will, it is' ex-1
*Ol4 be settled in a manner which will preclude
all reasoeable objections, and the Civil List, es•
peCially as regards the Royal and diplomatic
brunches of expenditore, will be reduced with no
flinching hand. 'Our Government is, we believe, ten
observant not to sec the 'digits of the times, and too
upright out to-yield to 'the proper denoted,' of the
piddle, when expressed through honest end au-
Monk elrannclh.--.-Thsres.
Among the commimicationa which we have ra..
eeived ou the subject of- the late events in Prance,
there is one underline signature of " Deeius," of
much merit, which prudence will nor allow us to
publish. The memo which ha recommends would,
in the present circumstances of • the country, be st.
tended with more danger than he imagines. The
people of England admire the conduct of the Pori.
sifting, no doubt, and there are many ,of them who
believe that the late events in France will, in some
way or other, produce changes at home; but they
have never asked themselves the question bow the-
-changes are to be produced, nor proposed to thenr
Wets any definite comae of conduct with a view to
k.Ore effect to their :Wishes, Our. , correspondent
thinits that 't a long course of enifering in the lower
Ottitses, of, oppression end unavailing complaint in
the middle"; and of corruptions, fraud, hypocrisy, and
injurnies in the higher, have assimilated the condi.
tlan of thlicooutry to that, of the French of 1789,
rather than of 1830," and betake, Is titers an ire
flividuall capable of thonght, who'does not acknow-
ledge that a champ its oar political' institutions is tit,
cessary torsi inalinablll..-.Thta the only
question
with buy is. whether it will bus imperfect, violeet
aril destructive, like that of, the i- v
iution ;or eirtotua, rational, anti w't !"Thr
4like()-
last ?" A 'Reform in Psdiument nita)igthrit"' l the
produeo Ow Most biteefieial results ; tittt!wo"f 'aftutbl
highest ranks of ,this:trousavy are by ao otoSue'sr,t':!
wail to 'concede ,Refettn, from a belief that,
warm ef :the people net:stub itikia.;riornia theithr
tenure precarious. •
rt Cso (addaehe etoresperulettt) tiny arms doubt 14h t
are the cruet; the only autos for grin% to at ad.ose winta

it Win plate Ces canner or later it must), the latter cha.
:meter instead of the former ? One word, nronnizatinn—
the union of Patriots—the systematic cooperation of all
those who ere determined to purify the institutions of their
country, but at the same time to maintain order and re-
spect for the laws, to preserve inviolate the persons and
property even of their enetnies---this is the one thing
wanting to direct, concentrate, and contrntil the energies
of individuals, to ensure a Reform which shall not over-
step the limits of justice and moderation, and give to the
changes that must take place in this country the nnhle and
dignified character by which those now going on in France
are adorned."

The course. recommended by our correspondent
is impracticablev for several reasons ;.and there is no
analogy between the circumstances in which the
Ireton Associations originated and the state of this
country. The Breton Associations were in corneas.
plation of a subversion of the Constitution,' and the
substitution of the reign of violence to that of law.
But m England the Parliament, however defective
,
its composition, is the supreme authority wutell haw
been always recognized by the nation ; and the inno-
vations have been gradual and imperceptible. To
call upon the people of England to refuse to pay
taxes, as our correspondent proposes, would he mi.
questionably seditious, and therefore severely punish-
able. The conviction of Major Cartwright for the
attempt to improve the Representation by the
people themselves (at Birmingham), is a warning
not to be neglected.

" It is undeniable," argues our correspondent, "that
the Constitution of this country ie based on the principle
of the Sovereignty of the People, who, in its tbeory,
that is, in its spirit and- intention, should ,exercise
their power through their Representatives in the
mon* House of Parliament. It is undeniable that the in.
li,obitatitti of these islands have an inherent end prescrip«
tive right to he taxed only by their own consent, given
in Parliament throegh the Representatives they may freely
delegate for this purpose and that of Legislation. It
is also undeniable that the present system of Repre-
s .ntation is wholly fictit;ons—an open and acknowledged
effected chiefly by tneana of Boroughmongering,--
This practice, wild notoriously places the supreme power
Of legislation and taxation in the hands, of a small knot
of persons, is indisputaqy Mega); but the judgee of its
illegality being : the parties thenimelvee who are guilty
of It, all correction by that means is hopeless.—
Now, I oak you, ' have we not, under these eircum-
stancee, as holy, just, and legal a cause for rising to over-
throw the undeniable usurpation of the Borouglouongers
as the French had for resisting the similar usurpations of
Charles X. ? Ile affected to interpret die Charter as giving
him power to alter their representation. Our usurpers+
pretend to he authorised by law to uppoiut our Reprosen-
latiocs theowlves, and with a view only to their own in's
i cereals. But can there he a doubt that nso doing, they
misinterpret the spirit Of our Constitution as mush as the
Tyrant of France did that of the Charter? I ask you,
would a Jetty convict any one who should call on the
roplo of Boehml to refuse the payinent of taxes which
they have not voted through their Represontativee, hut
which leave been granted by the took of a few needy and
peculating Borough-proprietors, with a mockery of repre-
sentation that deeeives no one? I think not."

Our correspondent would be convicted by nine
hundred and ninety-pine out of every thousand Juries,
to 11 hem the ease should be submitted ; and we do
not see how e Jury could possibly refuse to convict
him. The I3ret on Associations wale hypothetical
—they had in contemplation resistance, not to the
constituted authorities of the country, but to an ap-
prehended superseding of these authorities. But
our correspondent proposes resistance to the au-
thorities which have always been recognised. If
Parliament ie not a due authority to levy taxes, it is
not a dee authority to Make laws for determining the
righteunder which property is held; and on the same
prieciple that a man refuses to pay taxes, he might re-
fuse to allow 4 road or seared to be eut, or to attend to
any statutory prohibition. We have noticed 1 he argu-
ment of our correspondent, which he aft er wards follows
up with much spirit and ingenuity, because there is
•a possibility of persons being led away by the ami-
logy of France, whiell is not applicable. But, in
truth, the reason why a Parliamentary Reform is not
granted here is, that the people do not take the
pains to show that they are generally anxious for it.
A rei.istaneu to authority would produce little effect
without a very general conviction of the different
classes of the peoPle that a Parliamentery Reform
;is .essentially necessary; and with such a general
conviction, a resistance would not be required, be-
cause, es Earl Grey observed, the unanimity of the
people would operate on the pruderies of Parliament,
and the Reform would be granted. We think that
recent events will have ri strong tendency to im-
press the people with the necessity of Reform. It
is the duty of all Welkneaning persons to enlighten
the people on thitchubject, and to make them seir.
'suite of the neeeertity for their lesion. Whenever
unanimity, or anything- approaching it, should be
manifested, the Legiasture will, yield the Reform
required. We are inclined to think that the time is
not far distant when this event will take place.
But' Englishmen will never plate themselves in op-
position to the law, nor is it necessary. Under the
law they may assuredly wrest frdna the oligarchy of
this country all that they can desire. But there
must be union and organization,,which hitherto have
been wanting.—Morning Clo-oniefe. . .
The intelligence from the Netherlands which we
Publish to-day will be read ,with great interest.—
These Journalists who attempted to make light of
the conflict in Brussels, arid who represented the
commotion its the mere ebullition of u riototie mob,
whose violence was easily suppressed, showed little
knowledge of the awns about which they wrote, or
had some reasons for attempting to mislead the
public. One Paper that treated the matter as ttn
event of little importance, we are quite convinced
had no improper motive, but we cannot think se
charitably of the misrepresentations in some other
quurtero. The fact is, the conflict hi Brussels ended
ie the coMplete dispersion mid flight of the consti-
tuted etulioritiee, and it temporary quiet Watt only
restored by the troops giving up nil the posts in
the town to the National Guard, who made com- 1
mon cause with the populace, but at the same
time discountenanced their excesses, Thus was
Brussels revolutionized; but whether the populer
party will be:ultimately able to maintain their
ground, :and oblige the leliug to rcsmodel. his.
Government, we cannot positively say, We
shduld • , think, . howeveri from what ,wo know
of the •clienteter of the people, and from all diet has
yet transpired,. he will be under the necessity of
making considerable concesiions before tranquillity
earl be- restored. If such concessions after the
" eleventh tom" have tlinetfeet of ,Ippeasing the
popular irritation, end rediteln the rebellious
burghers 'to obedience, the Movement which is at
present reYolutionary will end, in a reform. It e,
stated that the Prince of Orange was marchihg on
Brussels with gO,OOO troop,; we cannot credit this,
and we are inclined to believe that, if he did so, it
Would have the effect of causing the Belgic soldiers,
who cordially hate the Dutch) to fraternise with the
people. What shows. more clearly than any thing
that the insurrectionists of Brussels have not been
subdued is, thus it wale thought necessary, by the
Cornmendent of the city, C 0 issue a proclumatiOn tO
the itthahitatits to inform them that orders had been
given nat so allow the troops; that were said to be
trenching opt the city to enter it. This is not the
sort of language used to the wreck of a routed mob.
In the mean time the .flame flame had spread to other
cities, and in Antwerp, in' pa:l4l4er, the distort).
ances have been serious. In (1164 the whole of Bel-
gium is in a .state of extraoidinery confitsion.—
..Morning herald.
We have received several commuilicatiotis relative
to the proceedings on the Coroner's inquest which
has terminated in a verdict of manslaughter against
Mr. St. John Long. Our correspondents must ex-
cuse eel( we decline inserting their observations, for
and against, on a ease which is about to undergo
the Solemn investigation ore Court of Justiee. It
is not fair, either towards the public or the individual,
to prejudge the decision of a legal tribunal, and cur
.t.leisvoiir to forestall the verdict of s JurY. It is A
preetiee in which we never indulge, and it is alwity,
with k'Ogrot
.that sic see the power Of, the Press frier
erlied to ro!4tu Or bnietelli pOpnla e4eltfOnfOlt
egnin9,.en accused paritop,„ when the 10•Wegi•lel
Country are once poi le motion to give justice et ,

rights. We have our own opinion on the subject,
and whether it agrees with that of the Journalists
who have chosen to usurp the office of a Jury,
or not, we think it our duty to abstain froM
expr6ssing it. The verdict of the Coroner's Jury
is but an initiative proceeding, like a bill of indict-
ment, to put the party on his trial. The infinity
by the Coroner is not, as has been, erroneously
stated, a judicial investigation—lt is merely inqui-
sitorial; for, in point of laW, no person is accused
until the verdict is found; the use of that verdict is
to put the party to answer the criminal charge, if a
bill presented to the. Grand Jury should be thrown
out. The .Press has, therefore, no more .right to
comment upon the verdict of a Coroner's Jury than
on the contents of, an untried bill of indictment. The
public will bear witness that we have never been
backward in vindicating the just rights of the Press,
but to introduce popular_ excitement into the. sanc-
tuary of the laws, and trouble the pure fountain of
justice, is not one of those rights. On the contrary,
every subject of the realm has alight to a fair-trial,
however atrocious the nature of the charge against
him ; but a fair trial can never be had unless the
tribunal be calm and diipattiiotiate... on this
principle that excitiag publications in newspapers
forms atlegal ground for the postponement of a trial,
when such publications are formally brought under
the cognimee of the Court. The Press has quite
enough to do by confining itself to Subjects of legi-
timate disenstion, without trespassing :on the pro-
viocie of the legal tribunals.--.3krning. Herald.

COMMISSION OF LUNA,CY, SEPT. 1.

(Concluded from our Piper of yesterday. )

Mr. William Clarke, resides at Cheshunt.r. Saw Mr.
Brund on Saturday • last. Saw nothing like insanity in
the conduct, manner, or language of Mr. Brand. Should
have no objection to be in Mr. Brand's company, it he had
a knife and a dozen pistols in his hands-- (Laughter.)
Ily Mr. AUSTIN--The conversation was chiefly on the
present • enquiry. ' Introduced himself by a note. to• Mr.
Brand.- Wrote before to Mr. Brand, signing himself
" A tvell wisher, though a stranger." Signed the last
note with his own name. -Had read several Works on in•
sanity, und attended many lectures. Had not rend
Dunn's work, on the subject of mental de-
lusion. Witness bad some knowledge from his
acquaintance with two friends whO were afflicted
with that malady.- Had attended this inquiry frequently,
and from the examination of Mr. Hirris and others had
collected the topics upon which it was supposed Alr.
Brand had delusions. Attended solely for the purpose of
rendering assistance to Mr. Brand, and not as a man of
seietrm Did not think it injudicious in writing to Mr;
Brand, or examining him for en hour and a half; and
should pursue the same course if he tort with a per,on
who acted with the propriety and self commend that Mr.
Brand had done under sintila coercion. Knew that this
inquiry was going on ; thought he saw the details of the
proceedings in the newspapers,
Mr. AUSTIN-If you had known that Sir Geo. Tuthill
and Dr. Ririe had been examined and given the evidence
they have, would you then have considered yourself justi-
fied in giving the opinion you have respecting Mr. Brand's
state of mind? Witness—Yes would !...-The witness
afterwards explained that what induced him to maintain
this opinion was, that both the medical gentlemen who had
been mentioned had only seen Mr. Brand under very ex-
cited feelings. I said,• and I repeat, that had they come
to my family under similar• circumstances, as the father of
that family, I should have felt myself justified in thrust-
ing a carving-knife through their hearts.
This sentiment elicited considerable applause in the
room, which was immediately checked by the Chief-Com-
ruisaioner, who characterised such a manifestation of feel.
ing as highly indecorous and improper on such an occasion.
' Examination resumed Did not know the French nu-
ttier* to whose works ellusiati had liven made, only by
report—this was also all the knowledge he had of Sir
George Tuthill.

By Mr. Brand---I called upon yo❑ for the sole purpose
of conversing with you on the subject of the evidence
Oven on this commitnion by Mr. Barrie, in case I found
you inclined to enter upon the discuodon of tharevidilice.
The witness here underwent a long examination by the
Conunisaioner on the subject of the conversation in tines-
dot.), Which he concluded by again repeating hie forrtter•
conviction, that Mr. Brand, although- und-oubtedly•
ex-
ct'ntric in his 'paupers, was of sane mind. i .
By a Juror—Was not aware that medical men, the
avowed advocates of different mocks of treatment in cases
of supposed lunacy, had been called into see lie. Brand.

%xi, Ward, Esq. M.V. examined, by Mr. Brand—l
recomotended you to it country house, where I have seen
you several times there:during the last two yearn. I never
saw any thing in your conduct or language warranting a
belief of your insanity—there generally appeared great
shyness in your conduct.
By Mr. Auirrtn—l have no recollection of seehi Mr.
Brand this year. What I mean by saying that his man-
ners were very shy, is that he always appeared to me ha-
bitually so. I do not know whether Mr. Haxelny has
taken proceedings against Mr. Brand or net. Be: has
always conducted himself in the MOO, respectable manner.
By the CMILF Cematiastor4an—J have a great reluctantv
to offer any decisive opinion as to Mr. Brand's -saitity or
insanity.. I have seen cases of . confirmed insanity where
the symptoms have been so diametrically
,opposed to
each other.

Harrict Calthorpo had known Mr. Brand .duting the
last four years. Had never seen any thing in his conduct
to make her think him a mad Man. Had /then him last
winter; saw no difference in him now, and did not believe
him mad. •

Cross-examined by Mr. AUSTIN....-WIN in Mr. Brandls
service. Hail not heard the evidence given yesterday, or
wren either Mr. Brand or any of his frientis since.

Win. Warne—Saw Mr, Brand shout three months
ago. Had aitoseen him since. Never observed anything
its his, conduct of biuguage to make him think Mr. Brand
a madman.

By Mr. AusTru—llati only been in Mr. Brand's corm
piny about a quarter of an hour.
Mr.l4 Brand-.-I
afvf,
ealee:vl
converged
iri calledwi ath ot:: d
three or
d r fourby
times during the last week. On one occasion was much
annoyed by a 'stench in the riem. The smell continued
for about a quarter of an hour ; I conaidered It every way
calculated to materially affect a person's novel ; it greatly
affected witness before it left ; thought the smell proceeded
ft-out a ruptured gas pipe. From the conversatione
wit-
nesa Lad had with Mr. Brand, had no reason to thdOk.bim
labouring under insanity.
Cross-examined by Mr. Anwar—Mr. Brand did not
say what be thought occasioned the stench alluded to. I
have had no coevertation with Mr. Brand on the subject
of the present investigation ; ive talked principally of ex-
traneourt,rnattera. I have carefully avnided all alluaions ai
the present proceedings. I told. Mr. Brand, at an inter-
view on Friday morning; that as I was profeasienally en-
gaged this, investigation; it would be advisable that he
should not etcortnittnicate aunt' his private affair, to me.
(6insiderahle delay here eccurred in the proceedings,
owing to the non.attendanee of the witnesses who bad'
been sultputneed.to give evidence in behalf of Mr. Brand.)
Mr. Moody, barrister, called end examined by the
Coantrasionett—l have known Mr. Brand for
twenty years— I was at method with him et Wied,„,ter,
and subsequently at Trinity college, f;arnbridge. I !um
been on terns of intimacy and friendship with him during
all this time. About the Oth of May last, :he called
upon me st my Charebersi,in the „Temple ; he appeared
to me to be labouring. under feelings of considerable agita-
tion, and craved my assistance Mid pintection of course,
professed myself ready to render him every service in my
power, He then went on to state that there wawa very
tortnidairis conspiracy folioed against reefed peo-
ple's minds were much set against him---and'said that even
when be passed through the streets: he eliseeeed every. one
either turning their faces front him, or Pnloting at him
with the finger of scorn, as though he were a man to: be
despised anti shunned. I begged hint to etplain, upon
which he alluded to some former transections, which be
alleged to have taken place at Bordeaux. Ile did not
give me the particulars of the transactions,' btit Wad, that
Mr, Le Merchant had promised formerly to soak; to the
Duke of Wellington on the subject. lie wished to 00
to wall upon Mr.' Le Merehant immediately, but t induced
him to forego his purpose. In the same conversation he
remarked the; these stories were enutmen in every lady's
mouth 'end that they had actually got theta into exhibi-
-I,inea in both the exhibitions there were pictures
in which either the transients formed the subject,
or the portraits of the principal agents in these trans-
actions were represented. I' begged him to Captain
boor ao painters had itecome acquainted with the cis-
eumstances of these tratisaetious; he said could
hot learn that; Ito was convinced they bad been
Ittritislied to the different artists by his avowed or tweet
enemies. He pat Ocularly mentioned the name of Miss
gbarpe; who had had .materials of this kind fornitibed
her. ' I told him of thi inqiinbehility of his conjectares,
eared Alloy I agreed to ace oropoty.hint t4i the exionitiOnts
to prove the fallacy of them. Ile appeend. during the

whole interview to be labouring under very excited feel-
inga. three,hours afterwards be called in Iris car-
riage, agreeably to the above arrangement. I was exceed-
ingly distressed at observing 'his - agitated state of
mind, but did not at this time think him insane.—
I thought it very probable that there might have
been some former transactions of a very exciting in.
tore, which i was unacquainted with. When we had got
into the carrime he said, with extreme exultation, that
" the villainy was all out." On arriving at the Suffolk-
street exhibition, be begged ins to look about for myself
and I should then see it all. I did so, hut saw nothing
to strike me. Hu then placed me opposite some paintings
containing groups of six or seven persons,• and asked me
"if .1 did not now see it ?" I saw no likeness in any of
those, to any person I knew. I told him this. He then
went on to specify some particular pemor.s whom I do not
recollect.--.among the rest his sister, and other females,
to whom be thought I must see strong resemblances
in the painting. I did not know the females be
mentioned, and he could have no reason to believe I did—
indeed many of them, as I afterwards learned from him,
had been dead for several years. He, mentioned a young
lady. formerly resident in, Edinburgh, and then pointing
to a female character in a painting illustrative of a scene
in the " Vicar of Wakefield," he asked me if I did not see
the striking resemblance of the painting to the original :
he then alluded to some other transaction, after which he
declared his conviction that the main events of both were
embodied in this singe painting. I told him he must he
mistaken-.-be still persisted in maintaining his opinion, and
the consequence was his (witness's) firm conviction that he
was labouring under some delusion. (Witness then went
On to detail the circumstances attendant on two subso
(merit visits he bad paid to the exhibition at fluff lk-street,
and Somerset House, in company with Mr. Brand, they were
to same effect as those in their first visit.) Mr. Brand's
conviction appeaied unshaken—the persons he prin-
cipally, insisted upon being represented in the d'fferent
paintings, were Mrs. Carr, and Scarrit the chess player,
He declared that he had seen both of them in the streets
the preceding ilay, although both individuals were dead,
I represented the absurdity of his believing that the dead
ahould come to life again, he made come incoherent reply,
and declared that he had seen the woman of the house where
Mrs. Carr lived, and on her appearing angry wi ill him he bad
cud "No matter, I am not ;rah:tined, I bare done nothing
wrong." lit the picture representing a scene in the ".Vicar
of Wakefield" I remember there was a young girl Alpe-
rently about the age of fifteen represented. Mr. Brand
particularly pointed out this, which he said was a like-
ness of what his wife's sister had been at that age. Two
days afterwards be came ta my chambers in very great dia.
tress about Mr. Le Merchant's conduct. lie said he had
been to Mr. Le Marchitnt, and that gentleman had denied
having ever said Ire knew the Duke of Wellington,
or promised to speak to his Grace respecting his
(Mr. Brand's) ease, lie said his honour and existence
were at stake. lie beged me to be the bearer of a message
of a hostile nature to Mr. Le Merchant. I refused to do
this, and !mime I him into a conviction that the same
purpose would be as effectually answered by his writing a
letter, which Was written Accordingly. Mr. Brand ap-
peared exceedingly imitated and depressed during the whole
tins he was writing the letter, which he (witness)
imputed to the extraordinary press of business he had at
that period on his hands acting upon his mind to perplex
and confuse him. .

By the CHM COMMISSION/CR—MI not seen Mr.
Brand since the 21st July. Saw Mr. Brand then with
Dr. Babington. The conversation turned upon Mr. Brand's
bodily health. Witness put question, to Mr. Brand, and
front his answers witness thought the impressions upon
Mr. Brand's mind were the same. Dr. Babingtou cau-
tioned Mr. Brand, against drinking. Mr. Brand said he
would drink, and nothing should prevent him, or words
to that etrast. Witness went with Mr. Carthue to see.
Mr. Brand is Toddll.fields prison. Mr. Carthue sat in
his card, and when he and witness entered the cell, they
found M?: Brand banking at the earl, and asked us which
was Mr. Ceram. It was perfectly light, and after a
short,time Mr. Brawl recognized and distinguished us
both. We tried to talk to him, anti put questions to him
about the management of his farm at Sutton, and the ma-
nagement of his business. lie refused to answer, or was
unable to an so. The impression on my mind was, that
tie was utterly unfit to talk about or discuss business. He
raid his; mind was in a most distressing. state ; that he
would
,not yet any thing till he was let out; he told me
that he had Or should write to Mr. Peel, demanding jos.
tice, and to be let out of pi icon. In early life Mr. Brand
was shy, and his manlier was very reserved. . 1 do not
think there is any material elevration) he will.extremely
diffident and modest; he possesses strong intellectual pour-
ers, but not muckactivity. I never heard it word front
him respecting unnatural purpotteun- He hid raid that IW
was not ashamed to shim himself, and this, be now thought
had reference to such subject. Front the result of the
conversations I haul with Mr Brand id the four days al.
hided toy I think that Mr. Brand was not in a sound state
of mind, and was unable to govern his property. It was
on my 'suggestion and the advice of the physicians, that
the present commission was taken out.
By Mr. 8rand.....-Did consider that Mr. Brand was not
in a fit state to do business. Had thought it right to ask
Mr. Brand to sign a document to vest the management of
his (Mr. Brand's) property in trustees. Had no recollao.
teen of Mr. Brand's mentioning any thing about the Je•
suits in France, Spain, Portugal, tee, or about Pnlignac.-
Recollected Mr. Brand asking Dr,•Babington if lie (Mr.
Bland) were mad, and Dr. Baliingten'is answer was, "1
do not think you mad," Did not recullect Mr. Brand
pointing to a picture of Mrs. Fry at the exhibition, and he
(Mr. Brand) saying she was in a passion. Some of the
conversation in Tothilkfields prison might be in joke.
lly Mr. Anitysi—sConsidered Mi. Wand a person of
goad memory and a good classical scholar when he lett
Winchester. Wei not acquainted with the fact that Mr.
Brand had obtained a knowledge,' by heart, of 100 Roman
tvritets; he frequently quoted largely. . M Mr. Brand's
friend, Witness had consulted on the beat mot I, of managing
Mr. Brand's property ; had thought it would have saved
the expenses of this comtniesion if a power of attorney hail
been obtained to put his affairs in the hands of trustees.;
considered Mr. Brand's state of mind such, however, as to
make him unfit to sign such a document, and witness,
therefore, had recommended with the phylician, in which
the medical men coincirli:d, that this commission should be
taken OW. interest to atyrve.

By the Jury—Ohl not think me. Brand had suffered'
very much in his appearance since lie saw lum in June. Ile
appeared in better health, bid not so,much so as he could
haVe expected.
fly the CHIEF COM itissiOnze-I'inm what witness had
seen, in Mr. Brand that day, he thought his appearance
theaarne!iiin'June. Witness left town under the unpree-
siuo that it was proper to put Mr. Brand under restraint,
and nothing that I have sten ttaai ahem that
One or.two questions put to me by. Mr. Brand has con-
firmed that opinion.
B. Mr'. Bran&--It was by witnesses aaUction, as a friend,
that this commission wan proceeded with.
Mr. and Mra. Stephens, the parents of Mrs. Brand's
wife, Were next examined by Mr. Braid, who had dined
with/them at' Aylesbury in May late. They considered
Mr. Brand not to be cray either then or at present.
Mr. 'Srdpliena ernsa.examined by Mr. Austin—Rad
dr'ank some Wine at the tavern at Aylesbury where they.
dined. Could not tell what wine it was. Witness and
Mr..Branddrank three bettlesin four hours.-;--(Laughter.)
It was neither black nor white wine they dranik.—(Con-
tinned laughter.) MA had flontomovertuttion with Mr.
Brand about farming; he gained much knowledge from
What Mr. Brand said. Ho believed hi Clod that Mr.
Brand was of aouna mind:

Hannah Stephens, daughter to laet:witnew, WAS pre-
,,ent et the marriage of Mr. ,and Mrs. Drand ort faster-day.
Witness-save nothing to Mike her believe that Mr. Mind
was then crasy, or that he was a, et present,. Iliul toyed
at Mr. Br'and's farm a weak after the, marriage, and YAW
nothing crazyabout Mr. Brand.
Other witneesee were called by Mr. Brand, but they di di
putagreed that four of them ehoufte
he
Mr. Atli:l4H tiy afterwards rose to reply, and
after tint teinininous evidence which lied been taken dor..
in tno:redivi a
ittas
eight days, he should have to ask the in-
diligence of the CA' lurt, 'especially as he bad lost the as.
eietarien of Serjeant Teddy. it was fortunate for him,
iihue:tir after ;t
replyv i 4 Mr. Aesci 0.
however, that this ease was not marked by any of those
circumstances which liad attended ionic investigations of a
similar nature. The parties who were proceeding with
this camas had no interested motives to Serve, and the
linger of calumny mold not be placed on a blot in their
characters. The evidence of Mr. Moody that day had put
this question at rest. The Roman law provided that per-
orate who equanderad away their property bh u Itl have re-
stiaiiits placed upon it, and that others should have the
inanagenient of it. Mr. °Misbrand was the nominal party
in this cause, but from Mr. Page htiti come all the mooch
rind who would not derive one farthing advantage, what.
ever the verdict ,night be. He had acted like a good
uncle to Mr. 'bind, in muleavonreng to `save BM. per
„mom, which &eight bt ell that wee left of a large pro,
petty politeaseil by Mr..Tfrand. The jury' had to consider
'whether, dieeriling to the erilinnisahin,4lr.° Brand Was of
unsound mind, The proof of the existence of itiattnity
!lad been mystified, but he timught George'I'uthill lead
phial! the #ttth*t in' a-dear and simple vie*. It was
covered, when parties were found labouring under certain

delusions, over Which they had no controul, on other atth.
jects the parties afflicted might 'be perfectly sane. The
learned Counsel then referred to the evidence to prove
that Mr, Brand had laboured under many delusions;
that be conceived he saw portraits .of those who had
been his companions. in the disgrac. ful course of life be
had led ; that he conceived be had seen Mrs. Case and
Dashwood since death ; this his friends all compired
against him ; and last of all, came the melancholy delu-
sion that unnatural crimes were to he attempted upon him.
This disease bad reached its climax when Mr. Brand im-
plicated the
.other sex in the same crime. This firmly
;nuke I the delusions under which Mr. Brand laboured,
as well as the complaints made by Mr. Brand, that smells
in the hotel and elsewhere arose from persons who were
gulty of, unnatural crimes The Learned Gentieman, at
great length, went on to embrace every important point
of the evidence, and:laid great stress upon the respectabi-
lity of the witnesses, Dr. Paris, Dr. Sutherland, Mr.
Paynter, Mr. Mody, and others, who were called in sup•
port of the commission, all of whom had repeatedly
' spoken to the lunacy of Mr. Brand, and some of whom
had sworn that it was a dangerous lunacy. He observed
further, that all the witnesses called for Mr. Brand, ex-
cept Alderman Wood and Mr. Ward, were obscure per-
sons or servants, whose minds had not been sharpened by
education : he excepted, of course, the chess and cricket-
players. The Learned Gentleman conc'uded by stating,
as incontestable proofs of Mr. Brand's insanity, the facts
of his having squandered away 1,500/. upon one chess-
:player, 3,000/. for shells, wasted thousands upon one com-
mon woman, promised marriage to another, and absolutely
consummated that enormous folly by marrying a third.
He calledupen the Jury to save Mr. Brand from the effects
of his own delusions.

John Smith, a surgeon, who w'ts to have been called
prior to Mr. Austin's addressing the Jury, wa, then
called. He spoke to his opinion of the sanity of Mr. Brand.
Considerable discussion teok place as to whether the
case should be proceeded further with that night (it was
then nearly, seven o'clock).* The Commissioner...earnestly
pressed for such a course► which svas objected to by ►►ome
of the Jury. The. Commissioners alluded to the gum
expence attending an adjournment.
The Jury alien retired for a few minutes, On their
return, they, by their Foreman, informed the Court that
they had come to the an minions opinion of nut troubling
the Commissioners to sum up.
Being called upon for their verdict,,
The Foreman said, that it was the opinion of the Jury
that Mr. John Brand is a lunatic without lucid intervale,
and has been incapable of managing his own affairs since
the Ist of April last.
The CHIEF Commtstuomca—A very satisfactory ver-
dict, Gentlemen.

Mr. Br.oul heard the verdict communicated with ap-
parent indifference, and coolly took up his mans, sod
left the roomy► in company of his keepers immediately
ulterwerds. The Court then broke up.

THE ARMY.

MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY.

Major-General Nugent, late of 88 F. Paris.
AlaJoes..Cult, 59 F. Manchester; Shuttletvorth,
Royal, Inv. Art. Hathensge Hall, near Sheffield.
Carrattis—Dallas, 37 F. Dublin ; Arthur Riehard
Wellesley, Rills Brig. ; Pick, h. p. 89 F. ; Symonds,
h. p. Conbell's flee Corps.
LIKIITENA NTS—Nesbitt, 56 F. ; Oakley, late 2 Vet.
Bit. ; Sheppard, late 6 do. Colchester ; Bell, late 9 dn. ;
Armstrong, h. p. 32 F. London : Milan, h. p. ;
Kelley, h. p. 7 W. I. R. Wexford ; Krietseh, h. p. 4 Lint.
Ger. Leg Hanover; Heitmuller, h. p. do. Hanover,
Ensign Neill, late 1 Vet. Bn. Drumatee, Market Hill,
Ireland.

Paimmter Dull, late 9 Vet. Bn. Dudilingstont., North
Britain.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

We have received the Sydney Monitor to the Bth
April. The following are extracts:—

IMPORTANT DECISIONS THIS WEEK IN THE

SUPREME COURT.

The editor of this Journal has been prosecuted in dif d.
rent ways tell times within the list 18 months, by the
express order of the General. His Excellency having now
got through hie list, it at length became our turn. Six
actions were brought by us against the General's friends
and supporters. Six actions—not informations. We
would not follow the, example of our foes in prosecuting
asp• slanderers in a Court where the truth of their
could not be allowed to be proved by them 34ainst
No ; tee would scorn to shield ourselves behind the fortifi-
cation which the remnant of old Star'Chamber law his
left in our code •—namely, a prosecution for having written
the truth. Our six actions have been delayed until a Jury
of twelve citizens (allowed under the new Act) -could be
brought into play. We were content with asking for
'common Juries too, the defendants, however', wisheal for
apeciali and they had them. The following is the list of
our six actions, and their results

I. An action Hall .v. Rossi, Browne. Wollatonecraft,
and Bunn, AlagiNtrates, for an illegal conviction of plain-
tiff, for harbouring his assigned Fervato, after the latter
had been taken by force from hie premises.' This action
was tried on the 16th ultimo. Verdict for plaintiff--
Damages,lo/. end costs.

2. Ati action against Mr. Augustus Hely, a Magistrate,
and the Superintendent of convicts, for sending his con-
stables to the pre►nises of the defers ant one Sunday might
while he and his family Were at Church ;and, after threated-
ing to break open the door, terrifying the servant of the
plaintiff (the latter being absent) to give himself up to
them ; and also for drtaining the said servant four months,
be being sent by the' General 160 miles away, though a
itoher'and industrious printer. This action was tried on
the 16t11 ult.—Verdiet for the plainiiit---Datnagcs 25/.
and costs. ' •

3. An 'action'agaiiiiii the new. Ralph Mansfield, Editw
of the Sydney Gazette, for publishing in his paper (the
Paid'official nrgan of Gevernment) on address to the tie-
neral, from certain Magistrates, landholders, Bce. ; and the
reply of the General to that address ; in Inuit of which
the plaintiff WO held by the world, as editing the Sydney
Monitor, a Journal which was not read by any Man of
common respectability, together with other opprobrious
remarks, contained in the said documents, and in a lead-
ing article of the Rev. Editor in the name Gazette. A
plerrofjustitication was entered by the defendant, in which
he failed; for the Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff...
Damages 40s. and coots.
4. Au action against the Rev, Ralph Mansfield, for
having alleged ip his Journal that the plaintiff, by his
writings, had influenced the .wind of Mr. Shelly (a re-
spectable emigrant settler, . who, lately left the colony to
avoid entering into extreme bail) to ass-Ault the General,
and insinuating assassination, &o. Verdict fur the plain;
tiff--.50W. anti mots.

5. An action against the Rev. Ralph Mansfield, Editor
of the official journal, for having published in th.►t,paper,
that the prosecution instituted by the plaintiff against
Captain Wright
.(39th), for the murder of one Patrick
ciynch, a convict it Norfolk Island, was a malignant pro-
secution. The defends'nt pleaded the general issue of not
guilty. After. the Counsel for the defendant had con.
eluded his address to the Jury, the letter, being of opinion
that the words charged were not libellous, gave a verdict
for, the defendant,

6. An action against the Boy. Thomas Balm Scott,
late Archdeacon of Now. South Weles, for asa►aulting the
plaintiff in the King'. church of St. James, *Rey, ,re..
peatally during many months, on Sunday mornings And
evenings, by constable* armed with staves► Who lilted the
same against the defendant when he attempted to enter
his pew, which he had regularly hired of the Church-
wardens and paid the rent duly. This will be tiled on
Monday.

Apil
Mr. Haire action for an assault and a trespass .on his
pew. in` Bt. Janiss'a Church, was tried yesterday, before
Mr. Justice Dowling .and a Special Jury. Verdict for
plsintiff—Demages 25f. and cost*
The Counsel fur the defendant, in one of his addreitem
to the Jury, called the plaintiff a " branded libeller." But
the Jury knew the plaintiff's moral character. They hive
known bins for 18 years. • They have seen him bring up
a family of eight ohildren, They know him in all his ways
in private life, and they equally know him as a public
man. They know that hie convictions and present im-
prisonment are.the result of prosecutions in which he was
not allowed to put the truth of his writings in evidence.
They knew his conviction* have been the result of trials
before seven military officers; selected from the garrison
by their commending officer, that commanding offie,r,
being the virtual prosecutor. Therefore, by their verdietts
the Jury (a special Jury) have proved that the plaintiff
was not a branded libeller ; they have proved that, in their
opinion, hiaJournal did not deserve the infamous character
attributed to it by, the Rev. R. Mansfield,' nor yet the
scandalous obeervations which the Bev. Gentleman pub-
lielied, as the written ohservatione of the King's Represen-
tative. Their verdicts hive Alnico that, whoever it was
that did write those published libel*, was himself *libeller ;
not a libeller, however, prosecuted in the Criminal Court,
where he 'could not put the truth of his assertions in evi-
dence ; but a libeller, who, hts publisher being. allowed
to justify hie libel for him, attempted to do so, but failed